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This page will link you to useful functions and practices regarding MAXScript.
MAXScript is the scripting language of 3ds Max.
It is possible to edit MAXScripts using the built-in MAXScript Editor or alternatively using external text editors. MAXScript allows an arbitrary number of Editor windows to be opened at any given time. To open a script for editing, go to Main Menu > MAXScript > Open Script...
To evaluate a script, either use Main Menu > MAXScript > Run Script..., open the script in an Editor window and press Ctrl+E (or go to Menu>File>Evaluate All), or drag the script from Windows Explorer to the 3ds Max toolbar.
Single line expressions can be entered either in the Mini-Listener located in the bottom left corner of the 3ds Max UI starting with Release 3, or in the MAXScript Listener. The Listener can be opened by either pressing F11, right-clicking the Mini-Listener > Open Listener Window, by going to Main Menu > MAXScript > MAXScript Listener or by going to Utilities tab > MAXScript > Open Listener.
MAXScript provides a MacroRecorder which can generate code automatically based on user interactions with the UI. Selected code can be dragged from the top (pink) area of the MAXScript Listener onto a toolbar to create a new button with this functionality.
Development History
The predecessor of 3D Studio MAX - Autodesk 3D Studio (DOS) introduced an animation-only scripting language in Release 4 which was licenses from a 3rd party developer. The same developer provided a full set of scripting tools for the other modules of 3D Studio DOS, but these were never licensed by Autodesk. At the time R4 shipped, 3D Studio MAX was already under (top secret) development, but its first release in 1996 did not provide a scripting language at all. The closest thing to scripting Release 1 had was the Expression controller which provided a limited set of mathematical functions and branching statements to create procedural animations.
- In 1996, a 3rd party developer - John Wainwright of Lyric Media - started a Beta program for a scripting plug-in for 3D Studio MAX R1 called MAXScript.
- On August 4th 1997, Kinetix announced at Siggraph in Los Angeles that one of the major additions to the upcoming 3D Studio MAX R2 would be MAXScript. John Wainwright was hired as a full-time developer to work on further developing the language and integrating it closer to the software's core. The initial version of MAXScript was implemented as a Utility. Utilities are the lowest form of plug-ins for 3ds Max - they can have full access to all scene data, but other than most other plug-in classes they don't become an integral part of the system and cannot be accessed by other plug-ins. The MAXScript Reference including some basic tutorials was written by John Wainwright himself.
- 3D Studio MAX R3 was largely refactored to integrate MAXScript into the core system. Most procedural plug-in classes were rewritten to support a new ParameterBlock2 (the data container responsible for storing and managing object data) which allowed objects to emit MAXScript code in a MacroRecorder. The program's GUI was also rewritten to allow scripts created using the MacroRecorder or generated manually to be placed on toolbars. The other very big addition to MAXScript was the ability to create scripted plug-ins like procedural geometry primitives, gizmo-based deformation modifiers, extended material and maps etc. The MAXScript reference was edited by Larry Minton who emerged as a MAXScript guru on the Kinetix' MAXScript Support Forum and was hired by the company to take over the documentation.
- The newly rebranded Discreet 3dsmax 4 introduced another large change in the language - up until this version, methods and properties of any objects had to be exposed explicitly which required large efforts and human resources. Release 4 implemented a Function Publishing Interface system which allowed developers to expose their new plug-ins to MAXScript almost automatically. The application's GUI was once again refactored to accept a single object type called an ActionItem in all its areas including Toolbars, Menus, the new right-click QuadMenus and as Keyboard Shortcuts. This allows developers to create MacroScripts and let the end user decide where to place and how to access these scripts. Yet another advancement in this version was the support for ActiveX controls in scripted User Interfaces. After this release John Wainwright decided to leave Discreet and handed development over to Larry Minton who worked as MAXScript Quality Engineer for that release. The MAXScript Reference was edited by Mason Foster.
- Versions 5 to 7 improved on top of the existing language without significant architectural changes. Starting with 3dsmax 5, the MAXScript Reference was edited by Borislav 'Bobo' Petrov and included additional tutorials, FAQs, illustrations and sample code in each update.
- Version 8 introduced an initial version of a MAXScript Debugger.
- Version 9 introduced support for .NET classes, objects and controls, allowing MAXScript to make use of external assemblies and reuse code written for other applications as well as place .NET forms in MAXScript UIs or design .NET User Interfaces.
- Version 2008 replaced the multiple MAXScript Editors based on the Microsoft RichEdit control with a single multi-document editor based on the Scintilla Open Source control and a modified version of the SciTE Editor. In addition, the complete Avguard MAXScript Extension developed by Larry Minton as a free plug-in has been integrated into the core package.
MAXScript Language Overview
The MAXScript language was developed to be used by artists as well as by Technical Directors and programmers. It provides relatively relaxed syntax rules and is more similar to BASIC than to C++ or Unix command line as is the case with Maya's MEL script. The internal structure of MAXScript has more similarities to LISP - MAXScript is an expression-based language.
Some notes on syntax specifics:
- Semi-colons (;) are not required for end of line termination but are allowed. They are only required to delimit multiple expressions in the same line:
a = 10 print a --is the same as a = 10; print a; --which is the same as a = 10; print a;
- The language is completely CASE-INsensitive, i.e. a variable called maxSCRIPT is the same as MAXScript. The only exception is comparison of string values which is case sensitive. MAXScript provides a special name value which is case-insensitive and is usually employed for passing enums and other similar parameters instead of strings. Also, a matchPattern method allows the string comparison in both case-sensitive and case-insensitive manner:
"Bobo" == "bobo" -->false "Bobo" as name == "bobo" as name -->true #Bobo == #bobo --# denotes a name value -->true matchPattern "Bobo" pattern:"bobo" -->true matchPattern "Bobo" pattern:"bobo" ignorecase:false -->false
- Variables do not require explicit type declaration or value assignment. Uninitialized variables always return a special value 'undefined' which is equivalent to NULL. The type of the variable depends on the type of the value stored in it and can change dynamically, for example a=10 makes 'a' an integer, a="b" right after that will turn the variable 'a' into a string variable.
- Round brackets (parentheses) are used to define code blocks and name spaces.
- Arrays are defined using #() and have no fixed element type - an array can contain any number of different elements with different classes, including other arrays.
- Braces {} are only used as part of a bitArray value definition #{}. BitArrays are a compact list containing only on/off bits (true or false values) and are used to store indexed selections like vertex and face selection lists.
- Rectangular brackets [] are used for indexed or by-name access to sub-objects and array elements.
aBox = box() --create a box --> $Box:Box01 @ [0.000000,0.000000,0.000000] aBox[3] --access 3rd sub-anim track --> SubAnim:Transform aBox[#Transform] --get the same track using by-name access: --> SubAnim:Transform aBox[3][1] --get the first sub-anim of the transform track --> SubAnim:Position aBox[3][1][2] --get the second sub-anim of the position track --> SubAnim:Y_Position
someArray = #(1,2,5,6,"Bobo") --define an array --> #(1,2,5,6,"Bobo") someArray[4] --get the 4th element --> 6 someArray[7] --get the 7th element --> "Bobo" someArray[8] --get the 8th element - it does not exist --> undefined
- Single-line remarks are inserted using double-dash --. Multi-line remarks are inserted using slash-star and star-slash pairs like /* some remark here */
- Scene nodes (a.k.a. scene objects) can be accessed by prefixing their name with a Dollar sign $. For example $Box01 denotes a box named "Box01". The same syntax can be used to access multiple objects with similar names using wildcards, for example $Box* means all objects whose name starts with "Box" like "Box01", "Box02", "Boxer" etc.
- Properties of objects are accessed either using a DOT notation (Object.PropertyName) or via GetProperty / SetProperty method calls. To list available properties, for example of an existing box called "Box01", use
showProperties $Box01 --or the shorthand form show $Box01 --To get an array of all properties as names, use theProperties = getPropNames $Box01
- Some MAXScript methods as well as user-defined functions are implemented as Mapped (or Mappable) which means that they can accept both a single object or a collection of many objects as an argument. In the latter case, the function iterates through all objects using an internal loop. Property assignments are also mappable, for example $Box*.height = 10 will assign 10 to all objects whose name starts with "Box". Mapped functions are marked as such in the MAXScript Reference.
Application Areas
MAXScript is very versatile - the number of areas it can be used is limited mainly by the imagination of the user. Nevertheless, there are certain fields MAXScript excels and is used more often in:
Command Line Application Control
MAXScript can be used to access different aspects of the 3D scene and 3ds Max in general and change properties, create, modify and delete objects, iterate through group of objects and filter out by various criteria, even change some settings that are not exposed to the User Interface and are accessible only through MAXScript (for example experimental features or system switches). The command line interface (the Listener and Mini-Listener) can also be used to perform quick mathematical calculations or print statistical data about the current scene and so on.
User Interface creation
MAXScript provides a set of User Interface controls which can be placed in Rollouts to be displayed as Dialogs, in Rollout Floaters, in the Command Panel (as part of scripted Utilities, scripted plug-ins and Custom Attributes), in the Material Editor (as part of scripted material and map plug-ins) and in the Render Effects tab of the Render Dialog (as part of scripted Render Effects).
The UI controls include button, checkbutton, pickbutton, mapbutton, materialbutton, imagebutton, spinner, slider, checkbox, radiobutton, dropdownlist, listbox, multilistbox, combobox, bitmap, colorpicker, curvecontrol, edittext, groupbox, label, hyperlink, imgtag, popupmenu, progressbar, subrollout and timer.
User Interface controls can be ordered automatically, relatively and absolutely.
- Automatic placement is the default behavior: Simply listing controls one after the other will order them automatically using the default alignment settings and will also set the dimensions based on the caption text and size of the parent rollout. The formatting settings can also be specified by the user, including across:, align:, height:, width: and fieldwidth:.
- Relative placement can be performed on top of the automatic ordering using the offset:[X,Y] parameter which will shift the control relative to its automatic location.
- Absolute placement can be performed using the pos:[X,Y] parameter which specifies the absolute position of the upper left corner of the control relatively to the upper left corner of the parent rollout.
In addition, ActiveX controls and (since 3ds Max 9) .NET controls can be integrated with scripted rollouts. In the case of .NET, UIs based completely on Windows Forms can be created inside of MAXScript.
MAXScript provides a utility called Visual MAXScript which allows the visual design of rollouts in a drag&drop manner similar to MS Visual Studio. The controls created using Visual MAXScript will always use absolute placement.
MacroScripts were initially introduced in R3 as a form of package for code emitted by the MacroRecorder, but have become the preferred form of scripted tools because they can be placed on Toolbars, Menus, QuadMenus, or assigned to Shortcuts.
Simple MacroScripts have a simple form of a body containing some code to be executed when the button/menu item/shortcut is activated.
MacroScripts can include their own GUI or execute commands directly when launched.
MacroScripts have an optional complex form with a number of event handlers that can be used to add context sensitivity to the code and control the button/menu item's visibility, active and checked state and even provide an alternative action when used as menu item.
MacroScript can also be made droppable using a special event handler which can detect whether a script has been dropped into the viewport or onto objects and perform operations on them.
Scripted Functions
MAXScript can be used to create global functions that can be accessed by other scripts or via the command line of the Listener. The source files of these functions can be installed in any folder listed in the Plugin paths or in the dedicated stdplugs/stdscripts and scripts/startup folders. Functions can also be combined into a set using a scripted struct to provide better code packaging and reduce clutter in the global name space (scope) of MAXScript.
Callback Functions
Scripted callback functions can be registered with the system and are triggered by system events like the opening of a scene, the creation, modification or deletion of an object, the launching of the renderer and so on. These scripted functions can be used to monitor the user's actions and make changes in the background when necessary; test files, objects and other settings for correctness (sanity checks); modify objects on the fly (for example assign a material to any newly created object, adjust settings to some user defaults when modifiers are added and so on) and so on. A couple more specialized callback mechanisms are available in MAXScript to trigger user function calls on Time Slider changes, viewport redraws or various operations on specified objects incl. topology, transformations, sub-animation structure and more.
Scripted Plug-ins and Custom Attributes
Scripted Plug-ins were introduced in R3 and allow fast prototyping of several classes and levels of plug-ins to extend 3ds Max without using the SDK. The following scripted plug-in classes are currently supported:
- Atmospheric (extend existing only)
- Camera (extend existing only)
- Geometry
- Helper (extend existing only)
- Light (extend existing only)
- Manipulator
- Material (extend existing only)
- TextrureMap (extend existing only)
- Modifier (extend existing only)
- SimpleMod
- RenderEffect
- Shape (extend existing only)
While usually a lot slower to execute than C++ plug-ins developed using the SDK, scripted plug-ins are orders of magnitude faster to develop and can often solve a problem as effectively as a regular plug-in.
A special case of scripted plug-ins are the so-called Custom Attributes (a.k.a. Parameters) - they are implemented as user-defined scripted parameter blocks with optional UI controls which can be attached to most scene objects including base objects, modifiers, materials, maps, controllers etc.
MAXscript and Python
MAXscript and .NET
External Links
Scriptspot - Arguably the largest repositry of maxscripts online
Virtual Republic Boboland - Home of Borislav "Bobo" Petrov
MEL To MAXScript - A basic comparison of MEL and MAXScript syntax and functionality for users for Maya and 3ds Max.
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The first lady gave "the platypus walk" a try on Saturday during a visit to Disney World's ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex.
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Then, things start to get nutty.
You visit the hive-world of the floating, alien-like creatures called the Ruloi. You visit a strange horror world complete with a haunted house and weeping statues. And then you wander through a desert and emerge at... an old base sporting the Nod logo from Command and Conquer? And where your chief enemy is the Nod AI known as CABAL?
As the realms get stranger, the game begins to lose any sense of its plot. It feels like a bunch of different games got slapped together into one. The promise of the first game's fantasy world is completely lost here, and many of the unfortunate choices from the second game (blocky levels, cheap deaths, persistent ceilings) are preserved due to the very limited 3D engine.
The villain, Jakel, looks like the Ghost of Christmas Future and is about as personable. The ending is bewildering and anticlimactic. The game gets pretty tedious once you get through the out-of-place (though genuinely interesting) Nod base. The fully-acted movies from the second game are replaced with bad CG models in this game. And the graphics are particularly poor considering that the game was released in 1999 alongside far better games like System Shock 2, Unreal Tournament and the Half-Life expansions.
Even if you liked the first two games in the series, you'll probably find this one to be less of a follow-up and more of a guilty pleasure. It's unfortunate that the Lands of Lore series never really rose up to become anything great, but maybe this was the best Westwood Studios could do amidst their financial difficulties. Still, it's an interesting, if flawed, gem, and worth a play if you really like 3D RPGs from that era.
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Although it's troubled development meant it wasn't as good as it could be. Still a fantastic pre-cursor to games of skyrim calibre. Interesting environments, voice acting and skill sets. Let down by dodgy jumping sections at times but that goes with the territory.
Well worth both time and money.
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As a kid I loved to play this when ever I was able. I do love that you can increase your stats to pick your class and not just be told you have to pick one.
This is (for me) one of the best Lands of Lore games I played.
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PINEHURST, N.C. - The Jacksonville University women's golf team finished eleventh (310-313-313-936) at the 2013 Pinehurst Challenge hosted by the College of Charleston. The two-day, 54-hole tournament was played at Pinehurst Resort #6 (Par 72 - 5,983 yards) in Pinehurst, N.C.
The Dolphins were led by Jessica Welch (Lavonia, Ga.) who finished with (77-72-74–223) to tie for third in the individual competition. Christina Paulsen (Ridgewood, N.J.) finished with (78-78-80 -236) alone in 46th.Natalie Schmett (Evansville, Ind.) finished with (77-81-80 -238) to finish tied for 53rd. Francesca Yong (Malaysia) (78-82-79 -239) is tied for 67th and Carlie Gelhausen (Noblesville, Ind.) tied for 85th with (81-86-82 -249)
The University of Richmond won the tournament as they finished the 54-hole tournament with a total of 899, four shots ahead of second place College of Charleston. Caroline Lovette of Richmond closed with a final round 72 to defeat Vanessa Koechli of the College of Charleston for the medalist honors.
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Walker County Sheriff's Deputy Chuck Tidwell said four people were arrested and taken into custody around 8 p.m. Tuesday at a residence located at 1300 West 10th Street.
Manuel Wayne Posey, 47, of Carbon Hill; Kellie Crockett, 21, of Jasper; Billy Frank Cook, 34, of Jasper and Alisha Megan Head, 26, of Townley, have all four been charged with first-degree manufacturing methamphetamine, trafficking methamphetamine, unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia and unlawful possession of a controlled substance. They are all currently being held in the Walker County Jail.
Tidwell said someone contacted the sheriff's office Tuesday evening and advised them of a location where individuals were reportedly cooking methamphetamine at the time.
"The caller also stated that the subjects were getting ready to steal a vehicle located at the same address," Tidwell said. "So me and Deputy Blair Huddleston went to that location, and when we arrived, we saw two gentlemen messing around a blue Cadillac sitting near the residence. Then they went back inside, so we contacted the police chief with the Jasper Police Department."
Jasper police also responded to the scene.
"When the Jasper officers arrived, we decided to just do what we call a 'knock and talk' due to the actual complaint regarding the lab," Tidwell said. "We just want to see what was going on, but as soon as we pull up a gentlemen opened the door, saw me and ran back inside."
Tidwell said the officers smelled a strong odor coming from the residence, which alerted them to a possible meth lab, and they immediately made entry into the house.
"We secured everybody inside the residence and took them outside, and then searched the residence," Tidwell said. "We found an active 20-ounce, one pot, meth lab in one of the rooms, along with some other items used to manufacture methamphetamine."
During the process of securing the suspects and the meth lab, law enforcement officers also received information regarding items that had been reportedly been taken from the blue Cadillac, which Tidwell and Huddleston had noticed when they first arrived on the scene.
"While we were searching a vehicle that belonged to one of the females we had in custody, the owner of the blue Cadillac came up," Tidwell said. "When one of the Jasper officers opened the trunk, the gentleman saw some speakers that belonged in his car, which had apparently just been stolen out of his vehicle."
Tidwell said the Cadillac owner also noticed that the lock on his vehicle had been damaged.
"Jasper Police will be conducting the investigation in regards to the breaking and entering of the Cadillac and theft of the speakers," Tidwell said.
The Jasper Fire Department was also called to the scene because the fumes from the meth lab were reportedly so bad that they could possibly create a health hazard for anyone who had came in contact with them.
"We have made it a point to contact the local fire department or Regional Paramedical Services to check out anyone in a residence where a meth lab has been discovered," Tidwell said. "Especially if children are in a residence. We do that because of the health risk and safety issues that are associated with the chemicals used in the manufacturing of methamphetamine."
Jasper Police Chief Connie Cooner Rowe said she was appreciative of the Walker County Sheriff's Office deputies for notifying the Jasper Police Department so quickly, and assisting to eliminate situations and circumstances like the one that occurred Tuesday from the Jasper police jurisdiction.
"I have known both of these deputies for a very long time and when they called I knew the information they had was good," Rowe said. "I also knew they knew what they were doing. I was just glad our officers were handy and could come in right behind them."
Rowe said she could not have been more pleased with the cooperative effort that occurred Tuesday night between the two departments.
"The county is handling the drug case and we are handling the theft case that resulted out of this situation," Rowe said. "And more charges may be pending against these four individuals beside what the county has, once we are through with our investigation."


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Margie Weigel, 80, Batesville, died Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012, at St. Andrews Health Campus. Born Oct. 12, 1931, in Ripley County, she was the daughter of Erma (Volz) and George Braunagel. A graduate of Milan High School in 1950, she married Don Weigel Jan. 22, 1955, at St. Pius Catholic Church near Milan. A homemaker, Margie also worked at Blank's Drug Store and was a manager at Hardee's Restaurant. She was a member of St. Louis Catholic Church as well as a past member of the St. Louis School Board, Batesville Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary and an emergency medical technician for the Batesville Rescue 10 Life Squad.
Margie grew up on a farm and fondly referred to it as "down the road near St. Pius Church." She had many hobbies, which included crocheting, cross-stitching and quilting and always looked forward to her monthly card club date with her friends. A farm girl at heart, she grew a garden and liked cooking and canning what she harvested. Margie enjoyed making potato salad and coffee cakes, but her family all agreed her rhubarb pies, grape and strawberry jellies were the best. What she loved most was spending time with her grandchildren.
Margie is survived by her husband; daughters and son-in-laws Joan and Edward Tuggle, Topeka, Kan., Sue Ann and Michael Williams, Dexter, Mo., and Mary Beth and Timothy Callahan, Hendersonville, Tenn.; son and daughter-in-law Greg and Teresa Weigel, Oldenburg; 15 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her son, William; sister Lillian Billman; and brother George Braunagel.
Visitation is Friday, Oct. 5, from 4-6 p.m. at Weigel Funeral Home. Funeral services are at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 6, at St. Louis Catholic Church with the Rev. Randy Summers officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family requests memorials to the Lillian Kennel Education Fund at St. Louis School or Batesville Fire Department/EMS 10.


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---- — GLOUCESTER — Water has pooled up in the backyards, front yards and even basements of homes and businesses in the Myrtle Square area off Maplewood Avenue for as long as some can remember, and residents and tenants fed up with splashing and squishing through their land are calling on the city to help.
Officials, however, say their hands are tied in the situation.
On a rainless day Thursday at J M Harvey Glass, the front of the building at 68 Maplewood Ave. showed little signs of flood, and a rainy day brings less water into the shop since the Department of Public Works unclogged a drain up the street. But, rain or shine, a window on the back side of the shop reveals a sitting pool of water layered over a grassy private lawn belonging to the adjacent homeowner.
"It's like having your own fishbowl," John Harvey Jr. said Thursday, pointing out the window at some ducks floating on the water near a swing that hangs just above the still pool.
City Public Works Director Mike Hale said Thursday that while the city takes responsibility to make sure that the area's roadways stay clear of pooled up water, but it can do nothing to remedy the issues of flooding within private properties, even if the flooding is caused by runoff from another private property.
"The city would do anything they could within reason to help develop a solution for this, but it still has to be taken into context that it's a private property being flooded into other private property," Hale said. "No one wants to see these residents or businesses have an issue with flooding, but at the same time, we just have to be mindful of what we can and can't do."
Years and years ago, Gloucester pumped water away from the area — which Hale referred to as a wetland. That kind of pumping is not within the city's authority now, Hale said.
"The city's first sewer was developed to dewater that area," Hale said. "You filled in wetlands, you dewatered wetlands, that was the old way."
John Harvey Sr. pointed at the area in an old photograph of the city, the date taken unknown. On the land that acted basically as a resting pond Thursday, the photo from years past depicts a garden and a house, the house's sides dry.
"It's just discouraging," his wife, Grace Harvey, said. "You could see that there's buildings there and now it's just lake."
To protect their own business, the Harveys have laid down rubber flooring in the office that can be pulled up and dried out, have purchased water pumps, created a removable system of boards to block splash water that seeps under their garage-style doors, and have even tried sandbagging the building's sides.
"We've bought vacuums, pumps, hoses the works," Harvey Sr. said.
The efforts are reinforced by the family fighting the water as it flows in, too, ready with mops and prepared to pick up the removable floor tiles in the office and hang them to dry after the rain.
"Every night it rains I jump up and I come here. I stand here with a mop, waiting for the water to come through the door," Harvey Sr. said.
The Harveys plan to team up with some other area businesses and residents and meet to discuss a solution and urge the city to help fix the flooding that has nearly turned sections of their neighborhood into marsh.
In the first rainstorms the Harveys experienced at their glass and mirror shop, the family business lost papers, photos and documents they had not yet unpacked and had left in boxes on the first-floor office floor. But, said Harvey Sr., their losses pale in comparison to what their neighbors on the street have had to let go, one neighbor having had to rebuild a house after flood damage.
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Different style helmets have the logo in different spots guys.. is this a serious topic?
You guys are unbelievable. lolThere's nothing new here. First it was jerseys, now its helmets... unreal.
Nothing new here. You guys realize the Decals are put on by hand. SO it IS possible to have them be off a little from helmet to helmet.
What is your point? I was wrong? Ok. You win. I was wrong.
Nothing is different . Sticker location looks different because it's a different style of helmet. The color only looks different because of the flourescent lights they are sitting under.
I hope the greenish tinge is from the lighting.
New Bucs uni from Nike (Jags / Dolphins) also.http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/os-nike-buccaneers-dolphins-jaguars-pictures,0,3524602.photogallery
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An Alabama State Senate candidate is firing back after some have criticized a Facebook post and mailer with a picture of his family holding guns.
Republican candidate Jonathan Berryhill said only his wife, older children, and he are holding real guns in the picture. According to Berryhill, his younger children are holding guns, but he said those are pellet guns and not real firearms.
In the Facebook post, the picture contains a statement underneath that reads: "You want'em? Come and take them."
Berryhill's mailer contains a different message but the same picture. Some people have taken to the candidate's Facebook page to voice their support or concern about the photo.
"That's what I'm talking about. AMEN BROTHER!!! We need to see this in a lot more households," said Rita Voughn under the photo on Berryhill's Facebook page. Grayce Taylor posted, "Got my attention. For every gun pictured here, I am making a $100 donation to the opposing party."
Jonathan Berryhill is running for the State Senate District 1 seat.
Berryhill said he took the photo with his family as a joke and posted it on Facebook. When it received positive feedback, he decided to put it on his mailers.
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Last week, I posted about Google Buzz and how it integrates with your Gmail account, but I didn't really get into what it means for your new or refurbished cell phone. As opposed to Google Buzz on your PC or Mac, you don't need to have a Gmail account to use Buzz on your mobile. If you have a smart phone running Android or an iPhone, you should be pretty excited about what Buzz will bring to your world.
What I find coolest about Buzz for your mobile is that when you press the "Nearby" button, your are shown all the recent Buzz posts, from everyone – not just people you know, in your vicinity, listed in order of proximity. Okay, so it's Friday night, you live in the city, and you're bored. You hit the "Nearby" button, and you see posts pop up all around you like, "Drink Up Buttercup goes on in 15 minutes," and, "The new Frida Kahlo exhibit is beauuutiful," and, "Open Bar at Las Vegas Lounge till midnight," etc, etc. Because the Buzzes are tagged with GPS, you see from exactly where the person posted the Buzz. You now have a list of things to do of which you were previously unaware.
Think of what that means if you're a business owner. Because you don't have to be "following" people to see their Buzzes when you're using the Nearby feature, you could Buzz your nightly promotions, and they'll pop up on mobiles all around your vicinity.
The possibilities are really endless. Say your power goes out – post a Buzz like, "Anyone else's power out?" and your neighbors may immediately respond, "Not on our side of the street." How about, "HELP! Our dog Boomer ran away!" Someone down the street might reply saying they found him. What if you're new to a city and you'd like an insider's perspective? It's as simple as Buzzing: "Where can I get the best cheesesteak around here?" "Tony Jr's on 8th, duh." Done deal.
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PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Suffering through another tough season in the Big East, Pittsburgh is trying to find positives in losses.
The Panthers, who have lost 23 straight conference games, only trailed No. 2 Notre Dame by six at the half before falling 73-47 on Wednesday night.
Last time they played, Notre Dame won by 76 points -- the worst loss in Pitt history.
"We left it all on the court," said Brianna Kiesel, who led the Panthers with 12 points. "The stats don't show it, but we really played hard. I'm not going to hang my head. Notre Dame's a good team, but for the most part I think we did alright. We did so much better than last year. We're so much more mature and we executed, for the most part. This is a stepping stone for us."
Pitt (9-9, 0-5 Big East) was without leading scorer Asia Logan, who averages 15.5 points and 7.5 rebounds per game for the Panthers but is day-to-day with a shoulder injury. The Panthers haven't won a regular season Big East game since Feb. 15, 2011.
Kayla McBride scored 19 points to help the Irish extend their winning streak to 12 games. Jewell Loyd added 14 points while Skylar Diggins had 13 -- all in the first half.
With the game tied at 29, Notre Dame scored the final six points before break. The Irish continued the spurt in the second half, scoring 25 of the first 28 points.
Notre Dame (17-1, 6-0 Big East) led 60-32 with 10 minutes left and coasted from there. The Irish held Pitt to just 23.1 percent from the field (6-of-26) in the half.
"We played defense," Diggins said of the difference between the first and second halves. "We stepped up our intensity. I think we were passive in the first half, especially when I got in foul trouble. But we picked up the pressure and rebounded and got out in transition."
Notre Dame jumped out to a 5-0 lead and Pitt coach Agnus Berenato called a timeout less than a minute into the game.
Trailing 16-5, the Panthers went on a 7-0 run to cut the lead to four with 12:38 remaining in the first half. Notre Dame went back ahead by eight on a layup by Pittsburgh native Madison Cable and another layup by Loyd, but the Panthers answered back with a 9-2 run and McGraw called timeout with her team ahead just 22-21 with 8:43 remaining.
Coming out of the timeout, Marquel Davis hit a layup and Cora McManus a 3-pointer to give Pittsburgh its first lead of the game, 25-22.
"We knew we weren't going to lay down," Kiesel said. "We started to buckle down and run our sets and started to knock down our open shots."
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I don't think they want to abandon Android. It's great for hardware companies, in that you need a quadcore CPU and 2GB of RAM to render a telephone directory or do basic multitasking.
I don't think they want to abandon Android. It's great for hardware companies, in that you need a quadcore CPU and 2GB of RAM to render a telephone directory or do basic multitasking.
I don't know where you got your numbers, but here's what is on Wikipedia for CO2 And GWh generated. Let's at least compare the same year for each country.
It's certainly better than the US, but considering this big push the Germany is in for clean energy and the US is only half-ass moving in that direction, I'm a little surprised it is as close as it is.
This is because Germany now uses coal power plants instead of nuclear plants to produce the necessary electricity.
France is on the better side of this by far at: CO2-370,000 / 560,500 GWh=0.66 tons of CO2 per GWh
How surprising, nuclear energy is green energy.
Useful error messages are a technical merit. It makes development much easier. So they traded run-time vs. development time here.
If they bring [...] jobs back
I knew that Apple was an evil company, but I didn't know they dabbled in necromancy.
Nobody would say "he shared data on http", so please stop confusing the BT protocol with BT trackers.
Where's Germany? Did they not collect any data for it?
"Valve has big plans for Dota 2, no less big than what happened with Team Fortress 2, even if it took them a few years to get to where Team Fortress 2 is today."
They will never match the amount of hats TF2 has, their only chance is to add farm-able trousers.
The problem is not that we are missing some metric to calculate the loudness, that is pretty easy to define, and has been used to develop counteracting measures in ReplayGain and EBU R128 compliant loudness scanners.
The problem is that the production of music is so atrocious, most of popular and metal music is compressed into such a tiny dynamic range. Some is even clipped to digital fullscale, leading to horrible artifacts when listening. This is nothing which can be fixed by a law, it is simply (deliberate?!) bad engineering. As long as this keeps up the loudness war will not end.
From the last few pop(?) albums I listened to (Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Mars Volta), it seems that we, the listeners, are still losing big time.
I will explain the situation for Germany:
First of all, real popular shows you read about on the net normally haven't arrived on German networks, yet. Most of the time they arrive with at least one season lag, if at all. And even if you can watch the show by then, it is normally on networks which will drown you in ads every few minutes.
And don't get me started that not even today, with the full digitization of TV, you have the option to watch foreign shows undubbed in Germany. If you ever had to suffer through the German dubs of TV shows, you would no doubt also strongly consider piracy.
Of course you can wait for the DVD/BD box to arrive, containing an English audio track, but those may again arrive late or not at all. Coincidentally, GoT has been an exception here. Also, the pricing is oftentimes on the ludicrous side, and thanks to DVD and BD DRM you cannot even just get the US release.
This adds to my impression that many, many voters just voted for them because they are fed up with the old parties and system. It may very well be that these voters will leave for greener pastures in the future, causing the PP to fall below 5% again (meaning they won't get seats in state elections). Also, a good percentage of the voters are previous FDP (liberals) voters. The FDP had two positions in the past, neo-liberalism with open markets and freedom for the financial sector, and civil rights. They nearly completely expunged the latter from their party over the years (apart from the national minister Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger), and now they are paying for it: They are part of the national government, but didn't even get 2% of the votes in the Saarland. Most analysts assume that the voters left for the other bigger parties and the PP.
Dwindling sales of the RIAA labels could have two probable causes:
1. With Spotify and similar streaming services, most people can get all the music they need for 5$ a month. The offers there probably satisfy most users.
2. The CDs that get released by major labels are produced so poorly that I entirely stopped buying any major label releases (also because my taste evolved). It's completely retarded marketing on the majors end. The people buying CDs today are actually not the young people, but rather in their late twenties and thirties. Those actually know how properly mastered music sounds, and current CD releases are far from that. It's totally schizophrenic to still put out CDs, but to treat your own product in such a poor fashion that it's simply worthless.
Ian Shepherd's mentioning that one should avoid 128kbit/s encoded MP3. This is leaving out a critical piece of information. Luckily he mentioned himself that heavily (audio) compressed music (data) compresses very badly. This will be especially evident if you force the encoder to only allocate a fixed number of bits to a section, called "Constant Bitrate" (CBR) in MP3 encoders. "Busy" sections will get the same data allotment as quiet sections. This problem can be diminished by using "Variable Bitrate" (VBR) mode when encoding, which encodes to a specific target quality rather than file size. With that, (LAME) MP3s can still sound good enough around 128kbit/s, since the encoder is free to allocate more bits to critical sections and less bits to non-critical section.
In short, there is no reason to use CBR encoding, unless your target device is unable to decode VBR encoded files, or you absolutely need to know the exact bandwidth requirement of a stream. It defeats the whole point of lossy encoding, which is to reproduce the original with highest possible fidelity, not reach a target file size.
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Dawson Community College Head Coach Jim LeProwse is pleased to announce that he has received a verbal commitment from two Belgrade, Montana players for the 2013-2014 season. Taylar Johnson and Taylor Hill both from Belgrade High School will graduate in 2013 and continue their education and softball careers at DCC.
Taylar Johnson, who will play middle infield for the Buccaneers, was a 2012 Montana class A first team All-Conference player for the 2012 state championship runner-up Panthers. Johnson hit .397 for the 2012 season and also played summer ball for the Belgrade Wolfpack. Coach LeProwse commented that Taylar is a very athletic, talented and versatile player she can play middle infield, and outfield if needed. She hits the ball well. Taylar comes from a great high school program and will be a great addition to our program.
Taylor Hill will join her high school teammate Taylar Johnson at DCC. Taylor will play catcher and outfield for the Buccaneers. Taylor, a 2012 Montana class A first team all-conference and first team all-state player, broke the Belgrade high school single season home run record in 2012. Coach LeProwse commented that Taylor will be a great addition to our program. She will bring some more power, speed and athleticism to the Buccaneer program.


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Red Balloon is the leading English school in Brazil and a few months ago they had their students correct celebrities' tweets.
An article on Buzz Feed is generating traffic on the Internet for the Red Balloon English School in Brazil.
The school had the kids correct celebrity tweets. The kids aged 8 to 13 were called "Grammar Cops." They politely tweeted corrections back to the celebrities. Read their corrections, click here,>>
According to the video embedded at the top of this story, the teachers at the school wanted to make sure the kids knew their idols weren't right when it came to spelling and grammar.
The video seems is being used as a promotion for the school.
Someone claiming to be a teacher at the school posted this comment in the Facebook section of the Buzz Feed story:
To my mind, the message they're trying to put across is simple: young learners are in touch with technology and Internet all the time, and they also tend to think that native English speakers (specially their idols) are always right. The video/project shows that this is not the case and if they WANT to learn accurately they should be aware of what's right and wrong. Note that they didn't focus on 'Internet language' such as 'U R', '4 U', but mostly on spelling and grammar topics, which are things they're currently learning. And well, after all, this is just a commercial within the school. Thanks for posting this lovely article! ;)


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Cherokee County, Kansas is joining the Quapaw Tribe in plans to build a new waste water treatment system.
The Tribe owns the Downstream Casino and Resort in the corner where Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma meet and the water treatment plant is intended to help boost economic development in the area.
The new partnership aims to support future economic development for Southeast Kansas and the Quapaw Tribe. The two entities have come together to form the Shoal Creek Basin Region Waste Water Authority to change the way waste water is handled in the area.
"We're really enthused about it and the potential impact for the residents and the cities of Baxter Springs, Galena, Riverton, Lowell," says Galena Mayor Dale Oglesby. "It resolves some long standing infrastructure issues."
According to Cherokee County Commissioner Richard Hilderbrand the new mechanical waste water treatment system will have a capacity to remove dissolved metals and industrial chemicals as well as provide better overall water treatment. By getting rid of current lagoon systems the commissioner is sure new business will follow.
"Lagoon system is antiquated, outdated, any time you look for growth, businesses wanting to relocate, one of the things they look for is do you have the mechanical or the lagoon, and when they see lagoon they kind of shy away from us," says Commissioner Hilderbrand.
It isn't just economic benefits that will result from this waste water plan. The Quapaw Tribe says that there are environmental issue at stake as well. They say the plan will help to clean up the Spring River.
In a news release, Quapaw Tribe Chairman John Berrey says the plan will improve the Tribe's economic viability by ceasing to pollute the river, something their new southeastern Kansan partners agree with.
"Environmentally, mechanical treatment, they can put out water that is as good or better than the creek water that's going by, so I think it's just the environmental thing to do for the Spring River Water Basin, for Grand Lake," says Mayor Oglesby.
Mayor Oglesby did admit that mechanical treatment of water is more expensive, but that the benefits to the environment and economy will be well worth the cost.
The new waste water system is still in the planning stages at this point and Commissioner Hilderbrand says that a preliminary engineering report will yield details such as location, cost and materials within the next three to six months.


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WELCH (WVVA) - The McDowell County Commission decided to end its pursuit of a tax increase after nearly 200 residents packed a special-called meeting to voice their displeasure with the plan.
The meeting Thursday afternoon had to be moved to Judge Murensky's courtroom in Welch to accommodate the large turnout.
Commission President Gordon Lambert opened the meeting by informing the crowd that the proposed tax increase would not even be brought to a vote due to the overwhelming opposition presented by citizens.
Commissioners said there was some confusion surrounding the proposed increase. The 9 percent increase initially reported to multiple media outlets -- including WVVA News -- was actually intended to be a 0.9 percent hike.
Commissioners said the proposed increase would have helped keep county budgets in the black. Instead, commissioners now say they will be forced to cut budgets county-wide by 5 percent.
Sheriff Martin West voiced displeasure with his department's budget situation. West said the sheriff's department currently has seven vehicles over 200,000 miles and others over 150,000.
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Stars lip-syncing, what's she wearing? It's not important
Originally published: Jan 24, 2013 - 11:42 am
What do we really care about?
I'll admit to growing weary of politicians and government procedure. But I still pay attention to what they say and what they do. I do it because I care. It's exactly how and why I ended up working at KTAR.
I know many of you care. But I know plenty of you don't. That's frustrating.
I imagine the reasons vary. Politics is boring. It's hard to follow. Politicians are just blowhards. I understand. But here's what I have difficulty wrapping my head around: why Beyonce lip-syncing the national anthem has become a bigger story than President Obama's second inaugural address.
The Beyonce story just won't die. The news is acting as if this is some sort of scandal. It's not. And it's not important.
Neither is the first lady's belt, yet it's already sold out. So are Sasha and Malia's coats. Perhaps this is the reason nothing changes in Washington. America seems too worried about lip-syncing instead of wondering why the Treasury Department has to borrow money to stay current on bills.
Of course, the politicians wouldn't have it any other way. A less engaged electorate allows them to continue their back-room deals, continue spending more of your money and raising the debt.
They've done this for years without serious consequences. Instead, they are rewarded with re-election after re-election. Nothing will change until the rewards cease.
Until that day comes, I'll guess I'll just wait to see which fashion trend Michelle Obama starts next.
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Singapore's newest performing arts center, Esplanade--Theatres on the Bay, opened October 12, beginning with a three-week celebration of classical, traditional, and contemporary forms of theatre, music, and dance. During this period Esplanade is seeing a diverse range of activities featuring 1,300 artists from 22 countries, performing in 70 different productions.
With a prime waterfront location, the new international arts venue is set to put Singapore firmly on the map with first-class facilities including the 2,000-seat Lyric Theatre, 1,800-seat Concert Hall, 250-seat Recital Studio, and 220-seat Theatre Studio. The Lyric Theatre and Concert Hall in particular will make it possible for Singaporeans to enjoy major international opera and ballet companies, symphonic orchestras, and large touring musical shows.
One of a number of world-class suppliers involved in the creation of Esplanade is DHA Lighting. Singapore-based lighting company Te Deum supplied 10 DHA animation units, 12 gobo rotators (four doubles and eight singles), several DMX controllers and 250 gobos. Direct from its London office, DHA also supplied eight custom glass color gobos of the Esplanade logos to be used throughout the venue. "Julie Harper (sales manager, Asia Pacific region) at DHA has been very supportive," said lighting designer Leon Dark. "The 250 gobos and gobo rotators we purchased through Te Deum have been a boon and we're very happy with the gear."
In the Lyric Theatre, equipment from DHA Lighting was specified as part of what constitutes potentially one of the largest motorized lighting installations in any producing theatre in the world. Specific to the Lyric Theatre are 12 DHA Digital Light Curtains (DLCs), specified by consultant Jon Stevens of Theatre Projects Consultants and supplied by UK-based DHA dealer Northern Light. "DLCs were chosen because they provide an image--that of a spectacular, multilamp 'moving wall' of light--which cannot be achieved in any other way," explained Stevens. "Although such equipment would normally be hired rather than owned by a venue, they were included in the specification for 'special use' units for shows which require their particular capabilities, as opposed to being intended to form part of the general-purpose lighting rig."
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With the end of the lockout looking close at hand, Jordy Nelson is definitely ready for some football.
"Yeah, it's time to get going," the Packers' fourth-year wideout told PFW shortly after finishing off a Friday-morning golf game. "I think a lot of guys have actually enjoyed taking the time off (due to the lockout), since we played so long into February, and it's been nice to have had some extra time at home. But it's reached a point where things need to start back up again, and I'm looking forward to it."
Nelson sent uncomfortable chills through a lot of Packers fans' spines when he showed up at the team's gala post-Super Bowl celebration in frigid Lambeau Field on crutches — hot on the heels of an eye-popping 140-yard, one-TD performance in Green Bay's Super Bowl victory over the Steelers.
As it turned out, Nelson ruptured the bursa sac in his knee in that game, but he said he has been fully recovered for "a few months now."
"I haven't had any problems with the knee at all," Nelson said. "I just kept playing (in the Super Bowl), not knowing that something might be wrong, and it just swelled up real bad. But I'm OK now."
As has been the case with most of his teammates, Nelson has been working out on his own at home (in Kansas) during the lockout.
"As late as we ended up playing last season, our leaders decided we really didn't need to get together," Nelson said. "We still have plenty of time to get our timing back in training camp."
One change Nelson and his fellow Green Bay receivers must adapt to is a new position coach, as Edgar Bennett, who was formerly the team's RB coach, takes over for the departed Jimmy Robinson.
"It will be a little different," Nelson said. "I talked to him (Bennett) a little back in April, and he said he was just going to grind away. We will learn from him, and he will learn from us. We already have great leaders in Greg (Jennings) and Donald (Driver), and we're all very hard on each other."
Nelson downplayed the perception by some league observers that there might not be enough balls to go around in the Packers' passing offense with a healthy Jermichael Finley back in the mix.
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Santa Claus is no stranger to rooftops. But the mayor of Millstone Township, N.J., wants to kick him off one. She says the 40-foot tall inflated Santa could be a holiday hazard.
The giant jolly old elf is at the center of a legal battle. The owner of Seasonal World put Kris Kringle on the roof to spread some holiday cheer, but there is nothing cheerful about the 5 tickets he received because of it.
"There is no ordinance or development agreement that says I can't display it," said Tony Schiavone.
The town disagrees, and now Schiavone is on the mayor's naughty list again this year. Last year he was ticketed for a 20-foot Santa on the roof. That dispute was settled out of court, even though Schiavone said the McDonald's next door, which had the same inflatable on its roof, wasn't ticketed.
"It's what I do every year, I've been doing it for 12 years and they've been basically harassing me for 12 years," Schiavone said.
Mayor Nancy Grbelja told Fox 5 the Santa is against the rules because it is a distraction and that if a strong gust of wind comes, you better watch out. She said: "It's big and it's a hazard."
But Schiavone said there is no way Santa is blowing off this roof.
"It's weighted down with sandbags and bolted to the building," he said.
Some customers we spoke with accuse the town of being like the Grinch and say this Santa scandal is silly.
The mayor said she is no scrooge and that she has nothing against Santa himself, just the location of the oversized one.
But Schiavone has no plans to move him.
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