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Don't Inherit Code
- Uses, in which I care only about your public API;
- Creates, in which I also need to know your class;
- Inherits/extends, in which I can also see some of your workings and I become part of you.
Don't do that last one. Ever.
Many of the GoF patterns help move code up this list, from tight towards loose coupling. Except TemplateMethod, which not only encourages inheritance, it also creates a circular dependency by having the superclass only "work" in the presence of extensions. Bad.
Don't inherit code. Bad.
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Introducing Mexico
Jungles, deserts; teeming cities, one-street pueblos; fiesta fireworks, Frida's angst: Mexico conjures up so many contradictory images. One thing's for sure: no preconceptions will ever live up to the reality.
An Outdoor Life
From the southern jungles to the smoking, snowcapped volcanoes and the cactus-dotted northern deserts, all surrounded by 10,000km of coast strung with sandy beaches and wildlife-rich lagoons, Mexico is an endless adventure for the senses. A climate that ranges from temperate to hot almost everywhere makes for a life spent largely in the open air. Take it easy by lying on a beach, dining alfresco or strolling the streets of some pretty town, or get out and snorkel warm Caribbean reefs, hike mountain cloud forests or take a boat in search of dolphins or whales.
Soul Food
Mexico is packed with history and culture. Its pre-Hispanic civilizations built some of the world's great archaeological monuments, from Teotihuacán's towering pyramids to the exquisitely decorated temples of the Maya. The Spanish colonial era left beautiful towns full of gorgeous, tree-shaded plazas and elaborately carved stone churches and mansions. Modern Mexico has seen a surge of great art from the likes of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo. Top-class museums and galleries around the country document Mexico's long and fascinating history and its endless creative verve. Popular culture is just as vibrant, from the underground dance clubs of Mexico City to the sentimental crooning of ranchera singers.
Travel for All
Travel in Mexico is what you make it and the country caters to all types of voyager. Stay in pampered resorts, budget beach huts or colonial mansions. Eat cutting-edge fusion food in chic gourmet restaurants or abuela's (grandmother's) recipes at a busy market comedor (food stall). Getting from A to B is easy thanks to comfortable buses that run almost anywhere and an extensive domestic flight network. Or try renting a car: Mexico has some excellent roads, and outside the cities traffic is mostly light.
Los Mexicanos
At the heart of your Mexican experience will be the Mexican people. A superdiverse crew from city hipsters to shy indigenous villagers, they're justly renowned for their love of color and frequent fiestas but are also philosophical folk, to whom timetables (while worthy of respect) are less important than simpatía (empathy). You will rarely find Mexicans less than courteous; they're often positively charming, and they know how to please their guests. They may despair of ever being well governed, but they are fiercely proud of Mexico, their one-of-a-kind homeland with all its variety, tight-knit family networks, beautiful-ugly cities, deep-rooted traditions, unique agave-based liquors and sensationally tasty, chili-laden food. It doesn't take long to understand why.
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Lo recorrí por años enteros, de mercado a mercado, porque México está en los mercados. (I went from market to market for years, because Mexico is in its markets.) Pablo Neruda Mexican traders have been setting up market stalls since pre-Hispanic times...
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Above all, Mexico is a delight to the senses – spectacular landscapes, warm seas, startlingly colorful art and crafts, music everywhere, and the endlessly varied flavors of its spicy cuisine.
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The Yucatán Peninsula captivates visitors with its endless offerings of natural wonders and an ancient culture that's still very much alive today. Life's a Beach Without a doubt, this corner of Mexico has some of the most beautiful stretches of coastline you'll ever see – which explains in large part why beaches get top billing on the peninsula.
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Women's Tennis Falls in Tough Match to Iowa State
FORT MYERS, Fla., - The FGCU women's tennis team dropped a close match against Iowa State 4-3 on Tuesday. The Eagles fall to 4-10 while Iowa State improves to 4-5. I
owa State swept the three doubles matches for the doubles point. The Cyclones won 8-4 at the #1 spot and 8-3 and 8-2 respectively at the #2 and #3 spots for the doubles point.
FGCU then began to gain momentum in singles. Maria Maggiorini cruised 6-0, 6-1 at #1 singles. The Eagles also picked up wins at #2 and #4 singles. Maria Braniecka won a three-set event 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 while Jordan Vaughn won in straight sets at #4.
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"It Is Our Choices, Harry, That Show What We Truly Are, Far More Than Our Abilities"
Harry Potter and Values
By Riley Leonhardt
As a newborn, Harry Potter's future was foretold by Sybil Trelawny, "The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches… [...] he will have power the Dark Lord knows not." 1 In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Dumbledore reveals Voldemort's dark secret; he split his soul in seven pieces and hid them in inanimate objects. When Harry, daunted by the task of defeating Voldemort, seeks Dumbledore's help he refers back to the prophecy: "'You have a power that Voldemort has never had. You can,' … 'I know!' said Harry impatiently, 'I can love.'" 2 Dumbledore reiterated his belief that the greatest value of all, magically and emotionally, is love. Harry finds this simplistic answer frustrating, but demonstrates his belief in love as an important value: he consistently breaks the rules to save loved ones from Ginny Weasley to Sirius Black. Everyone from Dumbledore to dutiful Hermione breaks the rules to assist loved ones in the novels. While the ethical conduct of characters in the Harry Potter series may falter as the series progresses, ultimately Love remains the moral backbone for ethical conduct.
In Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Harry asks Dumbledore why his touch caused Voldemort so much pain. Dumbledore's response is that "If there is one thing Voldemort cannot understand, it is love. He didn't realize that love as powerful as your mother's for you leaves its own mark." 3 This very concept of love as a powerful magical force of good, and Lily Potter's act alone, sets the stage for Harry's moral behavior throughout the series. Remarkably, Harry only learns of his mother's powerful sacrifice nearly ten years after it occurs, yet he has abided by the moral code of it from the very beginning. Harry loves his friends and more importantly his newfound world of magic, enough to consider sacrificing himself to save them. Even more amazingly, Harry remains so whole-heartedly willing to do so after years of mistreatment at the hands of the Dursleys. Harry is raised by the Dursleys at a status worse than neglected child: an unwanted burden. Harry offers the Dursleys no monetary incentive and certainly no emotional benefit either. In fact, Harry states his one genetic tie to his mother, his Aunt Petunia, "doesn't love me [...] She doesn't give a damn." 4 Harry feels no love at home, yet he shows full trust in the first form of love that comes to him: Ron's friendship. Harry's acceptance of love and quickness to reciprocate is likely the result of such a lack of it at home. Curiously, through the progression of the series we do see the Dursleys' guardianship of Harry as a form of love. Petunia Dursley takes her nephew despite the threat that it puts on her own family, the financial burden and the constant reminder that Harry serves as a member of a forbidden world she wishes to join. She loved her sister just enough to allow her sister's son to live in her home, no more, no less. Harry himself comes to recognize and repay this love by saving the one thing Petunia loves most, Dudley, from dementors.
Love serves as the basis of moral behavior for more than just Harry in the series. We see each of the Weasleys demonstrate the same kind of sacrificial love Harry does. Ron consistently follows Harry on every mission to help defeat Voldemort without any provocation. Raised to fear Voldemort, and despite hesitancy, Ron won't even let Harry comprehend facing Voldemort alone. Mr. and Mrs. Weasley also demonstrate love almost immediately by fulfilling the role of emotional parental support to Harry. From Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets onward Harry never spends a summer without the Weasleys, even if doing so puts the family at great risk. Fred and George Weasley consistently get into fights in Harry's name throughout the series. Even Bill Weasley protects Harry through refuge at the height of Voldemort's power in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Ginny Weasley serves an interesting point to the sacrificial love: she is willing to die for Harry, but ultimately Harry's love for her is a deciding factor in his replication of his mother's act in Deathly Hallows.
The ethical concept of utilitarianism presents itself in the series. Utilitarianism follows the Principle of Utility which was defined by Jeremy Bentham in 1781 as the belief that "Of the course of action available, choose the one that produces the greatest aggregate well being."5 Both good and bad characters utilize the concept. Albus Dumbledore, seen by Harry and many others as the moral compass of right and wrong, best summarizes utilitarian beliefs in the series in saying, "It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." 6 Harry certainly follows Dumbledore's belief because he so often places himself directly against Voldemort despite the availability of others who wish to fight for him. We also see it in the formation of Dumbledore's Army (D.A.) in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Harry and many other Hogwarts students refuse to accept harmful censorship and militant control in a time of crisis and make the choice to learn how to stand against Voldemort rather than to ignore hidden danger in order to feel safe. Ultimately the same students in D.A. fight against Voldemort at the Battle of Hogwarts in Deathly Hallows, despite the fact that their abilities do not match their opponents'. Remarkably, utilitarianism beliefs cause the formation of D.A. and serve as the same belief behind Dolores Umbridge's agenda in Order of the Phoenix. Dolores Umbridge believes that following the Ministry of Magic's plan to disregard the return of Voldemort benefits most people. The kind of mass panic and hysteria the return of a dark wizard would cause would be damaging to the established institutions which help ensure the greater welfare of the nation.
Deathly Hallows unveils Dumbledore's consistent use of utilitarian principles for both extremes of the moral spectrum. His friendship with Gellert Grindelwald gives birth to a warped version of utilitarianism, in which suppressing Muggles protects them from wizards. Grindelwald even goes so far as to use a utilitarian phrase that Dumbledore coined, "For the Greater Good," during his deadly campaign for a pureblood society later in life. Dumbledore never acts upon this distorted belief thanks to his love for his sister Ariana, whose torture at the hand of Muggles factored into in the formation of the belief, and his guilt over her death.
Dumbledore's painful example of utilitarianism throughout the series comes to fruition in the final book. On the day of the Potters' murders, Dumbledore sets in motion a plan to save the world from Voldemort. Dumbledore leaves Harry with the Dursleys, despite his knowledge that Harry's life there will be miserable, because Harry needs the connection to his mother's blood. He allows Harry to believe that Sirius Black betrayed his parents with the knowledge of Peter Pettigrew's guilt, shielding Harry from the one chance of being consistently reminded of his parents' love for him. It even appears that Dumbledore allows Peter Pettigrew to return to Voldemort so he can buy time to further look into Voldemort's past for the source of Voldemort's invincibility. Time and time again Dumbledore withholds the truth from Harry about his relationship with Voldemort because ultimately he sets Harry up to defeat Voldemort by giving him the deadly quest to destroy Horcruxes since Harry must die to defeat Voldemort. Through his own involvement in and knowledge about Harry's life, Dumbledore acts for the greater good; he sets one boy up for death so many others could live. Even in death Dumbledore continues his utilitarian plan by withholding the information from Snape that Harry would likely live through another killing curse at the hands of Voldemort, so Harry will believe his sacrifice causes everyone else to live. Although Dumbledore's plan appears morally sound by utilitarian ethical standards, setting up a boy who had to die to ultimately defeat an evil so that others could live seems morally questionable. Harry's survival, its likelihood only guessed by Dumbledore, happens because of a coincidence and no plan on his own part; it seems an added benefit, not a necessity, to save a boy he loves. This added benefit makes Dumbledore stand apart from all others in the series; his actions truly benefit the group and not because of any specific person or persons.
Harry once described himself as being "Dumbledore's man through and through." 7 Harry undoubtedly trusted Dumbledore with his life: "[He] believed him to be the embodiment of goodness and wisdom." 8 Harry does frequently become angry and frustrated over Dumbledore's withholding of information and lies throughout the series. By Deathly Hallows Harry's confidence in Dumbledore is shaken: "Look what he asked from me….Risk your life, Harry! And again! And again! And don't expect me to explain everything, just trust me blindly, trust that I know what I'm doing, trust me even though I don't trust you! Never with the whole truth! Never!" 9 Dumbledore's utilitarian plan requires Harry to remain unaware of certain aspects of the plan until the last minute. Dumbledore justifies leaving Harry in the dark on several occasions: "Harry must not know, not until the last moment […] otherwise how could he have the strength to do what must be done" 10 and "I cared more for your happiness than your knowing the truth […] more for your life than the lives that might be lost if the plan failed." 11 Harry's reaction to the full revelation of Dumbledore's plan displays his willingness to sacrifice his own life: "How neat, how elegant, not to waste any more lives, but to give the dangerous task to the boy who had already been marked for slaughter." 12 Harry fears Death, but his anger towards Dumbledore dissipates: "Dumbeldore's betrayal was almost nothing. […] He had never questioned his own assumption that Dumbledore wanted him alive." 13 Harry never considers not sacrificing himself; from the start of the series, Harry puts his life on the line again and again. Is Harry's willingness to sacrifice himself also a part of Dumbledore's plan?
Upon learning about Harry's path towards death, Snape replies "I thought…all these years…that we were protecting him for her. For Lily." 14 Dumbledore replies, "We have protected him because it has been essential to teach him, to raise him, to let him try his strength." 15 Harry learns of his fate in Sybil Trelawney's prophecy long before Dumbledore's plan reveals itself, he just interprets it incorrectly: "…and either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives." 16 Harry's immediate reaction parallels his reaction to his planned death, "…dredging up the words from what felt like a deep well of despair inside him; 'so does that mean that…that one of us has got to kill the other one… in the end?'" 17 He incorrectly assumes it means he must kill Voldemort to live. Harry's decision to sacrifice himself is best viewed from a Soft-Determinist perspective: "Free will consists of the ability to do as you choose. If you can do as you wish, if no person, force, or thing is forcing you to do something against your will, then your act is free." 18 Throughout the books, Harry's constant defiance of Voldemort isn't Dumbledore testing his willingness to sacrifice. In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry faces Voldemort in a graveyard moments after the death of Cedric Diggory, knowing death will likely follow. This proves that Harry's willingness to sacrifice does not come from Dumbledore's teachings, but from Harry's nature. Harry remains alive not as "…a pig for slaughter",19 but to die as "but another blow against Voldemort." 20
As Dumbledore reveals an alignment with utilitarianism in the series, Voldemort's path towards evil exposes a representation of Machiavellianism. Machiavellianism is a personality type that "concerns the willingness and ability to apply skills of deceit, manipulation, and exploitation of others so as to acquire, use, and maintain power." 21 In Half-Blood Prince Voldemort displays all characteristics of a Machiavellian (Mach) even as a youth. Considered a charming, intelligent and handsome boy in his days at Hogwarts, Voldemort manipulates Professor Slughorn into revealing what a Horcrux is and how to make one. Voldemort eventually drops the charisma most Machs display and becomes "… a leader [who is] calculating and... operate[s] with a minimal degree of shame or guilt." 22 Voldemort's followers also display Machiavellian traits. Lucius Malfoy represents villainy in Harry's eyes, while the Minister of Magic finds him a charming upstanding citizen. Bellatrix Lestrange was a high society beauty before going to Azkaban for torturing Frank and Alice Longbottom to insanity with the Cruciatus curse. Voldemort and his followers effectively perform the Unforgivable Curses because of their "desire to dominate in the way characteristic of these curses." 23 Curiously, Harry performs two of the three Unforgivable Curses in Deathly Hallows.
In OotP, Harry attempts the Cruciatus curse on Bellatrix Lestrange but cannot perform it effectively because "You need to mean [it]…You need to really want to cause pain — to enjoy it — righteous anger won't hurt me for long." 24 Harry must "…become corrupt to master this or any of the Unforgiveable Curses." 25 Harry first performs the Imperius curse on several people in a matter of minutes while breaking into Gringotts. Harry displays no regret in performing the curse but says "I don't think I did it strongly enough, I don't know." 26 Ron and Hermione don't admonish Harry, adding to the question of Harry's potential corruption for performing this curse. The circumstance in which Harry performed the curse must be considered to find the answer. Harry was on a vital mission to destroy a Horcrux, and had to remain undetected. Harry cursed a known Death Eater and a Gringotts Goblin but caused them no harm, in fact Harry orders the Imperiused man to hide from harm. Harry only controlled their speech to avoid detection and subsequently ordered them to hide from harm, he cannot be considered corrupted. Later in Deathly Hallows, Harry attempts to perform the Cruciatus curse once more, this time successfully: "The Death Eater was lifted off his feet. He writhed though the air like a drowning man, thrashing and howling in pain…" 27 Harry's actions have little justification this time. When asked why he performed the curse by Professor McGonagall, he responds, "He spat at you." 28 Harry displays no hesitation or regret, in fact after performing the curse he says, "'I see what Bellatrix meant,' […]the blood thundering through his brain, 'you need to really mean it.'" 29 Corruption seems an inappropriate means to measure Harry's performance of this curse: he continues the same mission, and still believes in love above all else. Lipscomb and Stewart offer another reason to perform an Unforgivable Curse "…a spirit [must be] eager to dominate, eager to reduce all creatures susceptible to its influence to the status of tools, of things." 30 The desire to dominate better explains Harry's action. Harry brushed with improper punishment under Umbridge in Order of the Phoenix and was angry over it, Alecto Carrow used the Cruciatus curse on students as punishment. Harry continuously stands for righteousness, as can be seen from saving the life of Peter Pettrigrew to his continuing intolerance for Ministry practices. Harry experienced continued failed attempts to bring forth righteous justice throughout the series. It is understandable then that Harry for once would take the matter of justice into his own hands and dole out punishment as he saw fit. Harry's action thus isn't justifiable but understandable.
In Order of the Phoenix Sirius Black says, "The world isn't split into good people and Death Eaters." 31 The Harry Potter series contains terrible evil; Voldemort's quest for domination kills many, but it also contains powerful love. As Sirius points out gray areas exist, even characters like Dumbledore behave in a morally questionable manner. Love proves more powerful though than any other action in the series through Harry's trials and tribulations. It seems then that Dumbledore's true meaning behind saying "It is our choices…" 32 is that the choice of behaving out of love will defeat any other obstacles that arise.
1. Rowling, Order of the Phoenix, 841.
2. Ibid., Half-Blood Prince, 509.
3. Ibid., Sorcerer's Stone, 299.
4. Ibid., Order of the Phoenix, 836.
5. Furrow, 45.
6. Rowling, Chamber of Secrets, 333.
7. Ibid., Half-Blood Prince, 649.
8. Ibid., Deathly Hallows, 360.
9. Ibid., 362.
10. Ibid., 685.
11. Ibid., Order of the Phoenix, 838.
12. Ibid., Deathly Hallows, 693.
13. Ibid., 692.
14. Ibid., 686.
15. Ibid., 687.
16. Ibid., Order of the Phoenix, 841.
17. Ibid., 844.
18. Bassham, "Prophecy-Driven Life", 216.
19. Rowling, Deathly Hallows, 687.
20. Ibid., 693.
21. Mayer, "Presidential Personality", par 4.
22. Ibid., par 5.
23. Lipscomb and Stewart, "Magic, Science, and the Ethics of Technology", 84.
24. Rowling, Order of the Phoenix, 810.
25. Lipscomb and Stewart, "Magic, Science, and the Ethics of Technology", 84.
26. Rowling, Deathly Hallows, 533.
27. Ibid., 593.
28. Ibid.
30. Lipscomb and Stewart, "Magic, Science, and the Ethics of Technology", 86.
31. Rowling, Order of the Phoenix, 302.
32. Ibid., Chamber of Secrets, 333.
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Mayer, J.D. "Presidential Personality: Part 4 Charisma and Machiavellianism." Psychology Today. http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-personality-analyst/200810/presidential-personality-part-4-charisma-and-machiavellianism (Accessed April 2010).
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Holthus new Gering Police Chief
After 26 years with the Gering Police Department, Captain George Holthus is now the city's new Police Chief.
Holthus was unanimously approved by the Gering city council Monday night after he was recommended by City Administrator Lane Danielzuk from the three candidates certified by the Gering Civil Service Commission Friday. Captain Jason Rogers and Sergeant Ed Tjaden were the other eligible candidates.
Holthus said he was proud to have gone up the ladder as a member of the Police Department, adding it is a "wonderful opportunity". He added it his "intention to make Gering a better place to live, work and play."
Holthus said the city will look at what things they need to improve to "deliver a better product to the community." Holthus said the department will go through the process to determine what the priorities should be and then move forward with that plan.
Holthus and Rogers have been leading the department since the resignation of long-time Chief Mel Griggs at the end of February.
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Halo 4's Spartan Ops season 1 is finished – here's where the mode went wrong, and where it succeeded
When Halo 4's Spartan Ops was revealed in spring of last year, it was often portrayed as a revolutionary merging of story and multiplayer game modes. The premise sounded lofty: take the sandbox level design and objective-based progression people enjoy from the campaign, mix in waves of enemies and multiplayer support, and to top it all off, create a story that makes sense not only in-universe, but that supported four players.
Now that the first season of Spartan Ops has come to a close, let's look at where the ambitious mode paid off, and where it stumbled.
Love Halo 4's plot or hate it, you can't deny the jaw-dropping beauty of the game's CG cutscenes, crafted by Axis Animation. Every episode of Spartan Ops was well-directed, animated, and rendered, even in the less action-packed sequences. From the wrinkles on Catherine Halsey's face to the energy sparks from Promethean weaponry, everything looks flat-out gorgeous.
Writing, however, was a bit hit-or-miss. I lamented early on that Spartan Ops' existence as a narrative and as a game didn't always align, as characters would sometimes blatantly tell players to not care about story, but to just go shoot aliens and push buttons. Sarah Palmer in particular came across as an annoying and shallow talking head, who couldn't even come up with decent insults. While she dropped the "egg heads" shtick in later episodes, she never quite developed into a well-rounded character that was fun to watch or pay attention to.
Palmer wasn't the only offender of good writing. Dialogue between Spartan Miller and Infinity's oddly smart-ass AI, Roland, sometimes got so out of hand I was waiting for Miller to put his hands on his hips, cock his head to the side and say, "Rolaaaaaand!" Cue laugh track and exit music.
While Halo 4's campaign asked us difficult questions and showed a surprisingly complex relationship between Master Chief, the UNSC, and Cortana, Spartan Ops seemed fine in doling out the usual roles of Commander Badass, Rookie Hero, Straight Man, Comedic Relief. Only Dr. Halsey stood out as truly notable.
The plot itself was slow-going at first, but Episodes 6-10 cracked the whip and sped things up. Frank O'Connor told The Guardian at E3 2012 that the team wanted to foster "water cooler conversations," and while the first half stumbled in this area, Spartan Ops' return gave players plenty to talk about. Every plot advancement in Spartan Ops' back half was significant and enjoyable, whether it was Halsey's escape, Lasky's orders, the Librarian's gift, and the final cliffhanger, which featured a genuinely surprising twist and betrayal.
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Gerg Murphy, senior designer on Spartan Ops, said in a Halo Waypoint interview that the mode was originally designed as a more arcade-like experience, comparable to Firefight mode from Halo 3: ODST and Halo: Reach.
"Some missions would be get an item (like a bomb) to the bomb spot, kill the leader, capture the item, etc. But it was more arcadey and meant to be replayable," Murphy explained. "Each map would have the same four or five types of missions. When you played them, it would randomly pick four missions on four different maps, and your party would play through them."
Murphy described the original vision for Spartan Ops as "generic," but it's hard to say the final version didn't fall under the same descriptor. Almost every chapter of Episodes 1-5 amounted to kill all enemies, push a button, rinse, repeat. Several missions felt padded out with unnecessarily long encounters which spawned wave after wave of enemy, long after fighting them felt fun or challenging.
Again, this is an area which showed marked improvement in Episodes 6-10. A major contributor to the back half's success was the new round of maps. IGN spoke to David Ellis of 343 back in January about the mode's return from hiatus, citing the new levels as a major improvement. Ellis explained that the Spartan Ops team had more resources to utilize for the second half of season one, which allowed the team to create bigger, better maps, and take more risks.
While plenty of missions still required you to squash any and all resistance, fewer levels relied on it, and several chapters gave you fresh, new objectives, like defending your ride home, sealing off doors to stop invaders, or disarming nukes. One episode even gave you not one, not two, but three Scorpion tanks to play with. That's just good old-fashioned blow-up-y fun.
Even though Episodes 6-10 re-used maps far more than we would have liked, they were far more fun – and functional – than what we were given in Episodes 1-5. Several were created specifically for the mode, which helped make it helped it identify as something unique, not just a lazy slapping together of the game's campaign and multiplayer. If Spartan Ops was a baby, Episodes 6-10 marked its first steps, where the mode could stand on its own. Consider Ellis to have made good on his word.
The lack of Firefight mode did not go unnoticed by Halo fans. It's not hard to find several threads on official Halo forums – or anywhere else on the Internet, for that matter – arguing over the differences between the survival mode of yesteryear with Halo 4's Spartan Ops.
Ellis said in a podcast that Spartan Ops was the mode players have been asking for, but it sure doesn't seem that way. Gone are the reliable spawn points, scaled encounters, waves of enemies assaulting a base, limited lives pool, skulls, and scoring system. These were all things that people cited as a main reason they enjoyed Firefight, so it seems incorrect to say it's what the fans wanted. If I had to wager a guess, I'd think players wanted a choice. As it stands at the close of season one, it doesn't appear as though Spartan Ops has won over the Firefight crowd.
On most counts, Spartan Ops made good on its promises. It wasn't the revolutionary blend of multiplayer and campaign game play many hoped for, and it often came across as a gimped co-op campaign, albeit a lengthy one with good story progression.
Still, it's hard to argue with the price of free, and Spartan Ops made a significant turn around in Episodes 6-10, most likely due to the increased manpower and resources. Given even more time, even more developer focus, it's possible for Spartan Ops to become something amazing.
Until then, remember Spartan Ops as a fun, if flawed, experiment.


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ATLANTA -- The Nationals will honor Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson at Nationals Park on Wednesday night, when they face the Mets.
The Nationals will recognize Robinson's contributions to the game with a video and pregame ceremony. Nationals players Ray King, Willie Harris and Lastings Milledge will don Robinson's number 42. Last week, the entire team wore Robinson's uniform number at Shea Stadium on the anniversary of Robinson breaking the color barrier in Major League Baseball.
Throughout the game on Wednesday, the scoreboard will feature trivia and facts on Robinson's career. Robinson broke baseball's color barrier and brought the Negro Leagues' electrifying style of play to the big leagues in 1947.
Robinson quickly became one of the game's top draws, most daring baserunner and a symbol of hope to millions of Americans. Playing the role of catalyst, the Brooklyn Dodgers won six pennants in Robinson's 10 seasons. He was named National League MVP in 1949.
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Doctor John McHale is in Washington D.C. now. He was selected to work with the press team for a Presidential Inaugural Ball on Monday.
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This video compares the D600 & 7D for shadow recovery and they also show a 5dIII file. It's clear to me that there is banding and grain in both the Canon shots more than the Nikon but only when viewed at 100% or more and only when pushing it all the way.
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I disagreed with a huge portion of this video. I understand where he was coming from but still I disagree with his approach. and the 5D mmiii scene was so different than the sunset scene there was no way to actually compare the difference. Although yes a huge difference between the D600 and 7D. I wonder what the difference is between the 7D and D7000 in this area.
I agree about the D600 vs. 7D comparison. He kept saying that there was "so much detail" in the D600 shadows, but not in the 7D shadows. As far as I could tell, the following is actually what occurred:
1. The 7D photo was over-exposed, which blew out the highlights of the sky, and captured full detail in the shadows.
2. The 7D shadows appeared to be fully recoverable, I did not see any LOSS of detail, even if it was a bit noisy detail. The 7D shadow detail in the 100% crop simply looked brighter and a bit noiser than the D600 100% crop, but I wouldn't have said there was LESS detail.
3. The D600 shot was a tiny bit under-exposed (or possibly just "properly" exposed), which preserved the highlights of the sky better.
4. The D600 DOES preserve additional detail in the shadows, so they were able to be recovered despite the lower exposure than the 7D.
5. The 7D shadows looked dull and muddy because a 100% shadow recovery resulted in a higher shadow exposure overall than in the D600 recovery.
6. The D600 appeared to have the same general DETAIL in the shadows, however since it was not over-exposed with a 100% shadow push, it appeared to have much richer color.
7. The D600 was shot second, after the sun had sunk a little lower into the horizon, which would have reduced the dynamic range of the scene a bit. Combined with the D600's additional DR to start, the odds were overly stacked in favor of the D600.
I would offer that one of two things could be done with the 7D image. First, he could have exposed it properly. He just popped out the camera and snapped a shot, without any concern in-camera for preserving those highlights. That is NOT a fault of the camera, that was operator error. A proper 7D exposure would have resulted in much the same kind of sky and midtines as the D600. Probably would have REALLY lost some detail in the shadows if that was done, however with a bit of NR much of it could have been recovered. Wouldn't be as good as real DR, but it would have been better than a botched exposure.
Alternatively, the Blacks of the 7D could have been pulled down a bit, which would have had the effect of increasing shadow contrast, and enriched the shadow colors to look as good as the D600 from a color fidelity standpoint. Nothing can be done about the blown sky, however I would be willing to bet LR4 could do some wondrous things with it regardless, and produce a final image that looked a lot closer to what the D600 produced.
I really wish I could get my hands on a D600 to compare with my 7D. It wouldn't take much more than a LITTLE bit of extra care with the 7D to capture a similar scene with much better results. Again, nothing is an alternative for additional real-world sensor DR, but I think the video above was far too ad-hoc and careless to be a viable test. That blown sky was the result of crappy camera use by a hapless camera user.


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CATEGORIES Columns, CinematicalSometimes it's difficult to reconcile being an animal lover and a film fan. How many movies kill off the hero's horse in the midst of battle? Quite a few. How many manage to find comedy in dogs being crushed by pianos? Not quite as many, but more than you'd think. As someone who sat through 'Dogtooth' with a cat on his lap, I'll admit to laughing maniacally at a hilarious but truly horrifying sequence involving a harmless cat and a pair of garden shears, but I can guarantee that I felt really bad for a good while afterward.
For those of us who count the furry, the feathered and the scaled among our closest companions, some movies can instantly rub us the wrong way (and Cinematical's own Scott Weinberg thinks that the MPAA should take notice). However, we can usually take solace in knowing that these scenes are staged -- that thanks to good ol' fashioned movie magic, no animal was actually killed. This has not always been the case, though.
What about movies that feature actual animal deaths? No makeup, no animatronics, no dummies -- but the actual killing of an animal for dramatic purposes. Most of the time, actual animal deaths are associated with a certain breed of trashy horror movies (oh, Italy), but sometimes more famous and respected films can feature the real on-screen death of an animal.
This begs the question(s): If the film is "art" as opposed to "junk," is the death justified? Why would it qualify as exploitation in some cases and not in others? Is this ever OK?
This debate arose here on Cinematical a few weeks back when I wrote about the horror film 'Cannibal Holocaust', which features multiple instances of live animal deaths captured on film. Berating a film so infamously controversial may have been akin to beating a dead horse (man, if there was ever a relevant metaphor), but it remains a tough watch. In addition to the elaborately staged -- and to the film's credit, incredibly effective -- human-on-human violence, the film features a pig being shot, a turtle being torn to pieces, and a monkey being beheaded -- and the camera lingers grotesquely on each shot, in order to achieve maximum shock value.
These days, movie sets are tightly monitored for any all kind of animal cruelty (you can't even swat a real fly when a a camera is rolling), so to see non-documentary footage of animals being slaughtered on camera in service of a debauched horror movie is just plain upsetting.
Few films have truly managed to capture what death truly looks and feels like. There's always that invisible wall between fiction and reality, the thing that allows an audience to remind itself that "it's only a movie." 'Cannibal Holocaust' removes that wall. This is sick stuff, the very definition of an exploitation film (a term that's taken on oddly cuddly overtones in recent years) and the choice to kill animals -- unwilling participants who are killed just to get a reaction from the audience -- feels despicable (although the crew did supposedly eat the animals afterward, so it could be argued that they weren't completely senseless killings).
It's easy to wag your finger and cry about murder and moral bankruptcy when the film in the crosshairs is trash (and even if you like it, the film is undeniably trash in its very construct), but what about when the film is a internationally recognized masterpiece from one of cinema's most respected directors?
The film is 'Andrei Rublev' and the director is the great Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky. A vividly realistic look at life in medieval Russia, the film is long, difficult, often confounding, occasionally boring but above all, somehow, still entrancing. It also features the horrifying death of a horse during an extended raid sequence: the horse stumbles down a set of stairs, lands hard and is stabbed through the neck with a spear. Although the film features other instances of staged animal deaths (a cow being set on fire was safely accomplished by coating the cow in asbestos, which, quite frankly, still sounds pretty horrible), but the horse was purchased from a slaughterhouse, killed for the film, and then returned to be processed.
The scene, shot in a single wide shot, is undeniably effective: a tragic, emotionally horrifying movie moment if one ever existed. Horses and their inherent beauty are a recurring theme throughout the story, and it's a sequence that feels vital to the texture of the film.
Therein lies the conundrum: does that make it okay? Does the fact that the horse died while creating "art" allow us to forgive Tarkovsky and his crew of the same thing that we instantly condemn the crew of 'Cannibal Holocaust' for? Both films are killing an animal to evoke a reaction, one going for sadness, the other going for shock, but at the end of the day, they've both taken a life. The ability of many film fans to look past Tarkovsky while admonishing 'Cannibal Holocaust' reveals a weird, potentially troubling double standard.
And there are many other layers to this. What can be said about 'Apocalypse Now', which features the death of an ox in a native ritual? Francis Ford Coppola didn't orchestrate the killing, but when his local jungle extras had a celebration unrelated to the filming, he turned on his camera, captured it documentary style and inserted it into the climax of the film. Is that evil? Is that-immoral?
On the other end of the spectrum, how many of you knew that the lovable talking animal film 'The Adventures of Milo and Otis' was originally a Japanese film called 'Koneko Monogetari: The Adventures of Chatran' that allegedly killed dozens of puppies and kittens during production? Devin Faraci wrote an article about this that will break your heart if you, like me, watched this film multiple times in your blissfully clueless youth. The film remains widely available on just about every $5 video rack around the country.
If we refuse to watch 'Cannibal Holocaust' on sheer principle, shouldn't we also refuse to watch 'Apocalypse Now'? If we're disgusted by the secret background of 'Milo and Otis,' should we treat 'Andrei Rublev' with equal disdain? Should it be judged on a case-by-case basis or is this a case of blanket moral wrongness?
It's a tough question that doesn't feel like it has an easy answer (unless you hate animals and/or you're the person who will post the inevitable "thousands of animals are slaughtered everyday, why do you care?!" comment). Animal lovers can only take solace in knowing that this is a debate that belongs firmly in the past ... the very fact that animals are protected on modern movie sets proves that we, as a species, have grown up a little.


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MIAMI -- Mired in an 0-for-17 slump, Marlins first baseman Logan Morrison was out of the lineup for Friday's series opener against the Rays, and he will be on the bench again Saturday.
"I want to give him a couple days just to go back to what he was," Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen said. "It's not a punishment, it's not anything. I think he needed a break, mentally and physically."
Greg Dobbs got his fifth start of the season at first base in Morrison's place.
Morrison has seen his batting average dip to .216, which is the lowest it has been since April 12, when he was hitting .188 after his fifth game of the season. Through the first week of June, Morrison is just 3-for-24. In May, he hit just .176 with 19 strikeouts.
Morrison will continue to work on his swing in the batting cages and during batting practice while working with Marlins hitting coach Eduardo Perez during the next couple of days. Guillen hopes the extra work and mental break will help Morrison return to being the same player who hit 23 homers and drove in 72 runs a year ago.
"We cannot win without LoMo hitting well," Guillen said. "He's batting fifth, protecting one of the best hitters in the game right now in the National League ... one of the most dangerous hitters [in Giancarlo Stanton], and we need his help."
While Morrison was out of the lineup, Austin Kearns, who was reinstated from the 15-day disabled list Thursday night, was back in left field. Kearns had been playing left since Gaby Sanchez was optioned to Triple-A New Orleans on May 19 and Morrison took over everyday duties at first.
Kearns was sidelined with a strained right hamstring, and Guillen said the plan is to ease him back into the lineup and not play him on consecutive days to prevent the injury from being re-aggravated.
"For sure it's not back-to-back days," Guillen said. "Last time we tried that, he was gone. ... He'll play left field a lot. You're going to see a lot of action with him."
Marlins send message with roster move
MIAMI -- More than a roster move was made after the Marlins lost, 8-2, to the Braves on Thursday night.
The team also sent a signal to others on the roster who are struggling.
Outfielder Bryan Petersen was optioned to Triple-A New Orleans, but the decision easily could have been Chris Coghlan, who is batting .163 with one home run and 10 RBIs.
"A tough decision, because, to be honest with you, it could be either one," manager Ozzie Guillen said. "That is a message for another player. It could be either one."
Following Thursday's game, Guillen met for 45 minutes with members in the front office.
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Guillen didn't speak with the media following the game because the meeting took a while. But the manager made it clear that several other players should be aware that more is expected.
"The reason I didn't talk to the media yesterday is because there were like seven names involved in the meeting," Guillen said. "We had to pick one. Unfortunately, it was Petey. I think the team is better than we are right now."
Petersen was hitting .212 while getting steady playing time in center field.
Miami made a position-player move to make room for outfielder Austin Kearns, who was reinstated from the disabled list, where he had been out with a strained right hamstring.
"It's a warning," Guillen said. "The meeting was 45 minutes for one player. That means there were a few players involved in the meeting. They better step it up.
"In case, if they don't know, be aware. You never know what's going to happen. They better look themselves in the mirror and say, 'Why Petey and not me?' It took a little while to make this move. Believe me."
The Marlins also optioned lefty reliever Dan Jennings to New Orleans, and on Friday they recalled right-hander Sandy Rosario.
Miami has one lefty in the bullpen now, Randy Choate. Edward Mujica is an option to face left-handed hitters.
Stanton celebrates two-year MLB anniversary
MIAMI -- Giancarlo Stanton celebrated an anniversary on Friday night.
Exactly two years ago, the slugger made his MLB debut.
On June 8, 2010, Stanton (then going by Mike) was a 20-year-old who took the field for the first time when the Marlins faced the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park.
In a relatively short big league career, Stanton is emerging into a force. He enters Friday night batting .296 with 14 home runs and 41 RBIs this season.
"Growth, maturity. I think he's getting a lot better every day," Marlins hitting coach Eduardo Perez said. "The beauty of it is, everybody talks about his home runs. I see him more as a line-drive hitter.
"I'm seeing him hit a lot more line-drive home runs. When he first came up, you'd see a lot of mammoth, high-fly ball shots. He's worked more on his line-drive skill. That's making him more of a dangerous hitter. You can tell by his average. You can tell by his approach with runners in scoring position. It's a lot better."
Since Stanton debuted, his 70 home runs is tied with Prince Fielder for the fifth most in the big leagues over that span.
Jose Bautista has hit the most in that timeframe (94). Curtis Granderson (79) follows, and Albert Pujols and Mark Teixeira each have 74.
Stanton stands in elite company in his relatively short time in the big leagues.
The pure power, of course, is there. But he's also standing among the best in the game in categories other than home runs. His .535 slugging percentage, for instance, ranks up there with Pujols' .538 since June 8, 2010.
"He's growing at a rapid pace," Perez said.
Reyes glad to get first homer out of the way
MIAMI -- It was only a matter of time before Jose Reyes hit his first home run as a Marlin. It came on Thursday night, when the four-time All-Star went deep on his 222nd at-bat.
What he wouldn't have guessed was the first homer would come while he batted right-handed.
A switch-hitter, Reyes has so many more chances batting from the left side. Entering Friday night, he had 161 at-bats hitting lefty, compared to 62 right-handed.
His homer on Thursday was off Atlanta southpaw Mike Minor.
"I thought it would be lefty, too," Reyes said. "I guess not. I'll take it from either side."
Reyes certainly isn't worried about home runs. He has 82 in his career, with 60 off right-handed pitchers.
"It's always good to get the first one, get it out of the way," Reyes said. "That's something I wasn't looking for. It just happened."
Joe Frisaro is a reporter for MLB.com. He writes a blog, called The Fish Pond. Follow him on Twitter @JoeFrisaro. Tom Green is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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DALLAS — Larry Hagman, known for more than three decades as oil tycoon J.R. Ewing on the TV show "Dallas," died Friday afternoon, News 8 has confirmed.
He was 81 years old.
His family said in a statement that Hagman died Friday in Dallas. The statement was provided to The Associated Press by Warner Bros., which produces the new edition of the show "Dallas." A representative of the actor also confirmed the death to WFAA-TV.
The Dallas Morning News reported that several of Hagman's co-stars were by his side at the time of death.
The North Texas native was part of the original "Dallas" cast on the CBS evening soap opera that debuted in 1980. The show returned last year on cable, was a hit, and season two was currently being shot in Dallas.
Larry Hagman had battled cancer, but the cause of death was not released.
The actor gained TV fame with the fluffy 1960s sitcom "I Dream of Jeannie," in which he played Capt. Tony Nelson. But it was his portrayal of the ruthless J.R. Ewing that brought Hagman his greatest stardom.
"Who Shot J.R.," the 1980 cliffhanger episode in which Ewing was shot, was among the most-watched broadcasts of its day.
Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings released the following statement on Hagman's passing:
"Larry Hagman created a role that was mythic and put Dallas in the spotlight in the 1980's and that attention has lasted decades; gaining world wide recognition for our City. The recognition and affinity he created for Dallas can never be replicated - he was one of a kind. Larry is a North Texas jewel that was larger thank life and he will be missed by many in Dallas and around the world. We are grateful for his being a hard working ambassador for Dallas as well as the underdog with our City. On behalf of the City and Citizens of Dallas - our thoughts and prayers are focused on his family and his fellow cast and crew as they grieve such a large loss."
News 8's Ron Corning interviewed Hagman and his "Dallas" co-star Linda Gray on October 12. A representative of the actor confirmed that it was Hagman's final sit-down interview, and talked about his enduring friendship with Gray and how close the new "Dallas" series cast had become.
Hagman was scheduled to appear on News 8 Daybreak next week to issue the first checks to the creative arts education programs that are going to benefit from The Larry Hagman Foundation, which Hagman said he founded to give back to the city that has given so much to him.
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