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User Guide Belltech Systems, LLC http://www.belltechsystems.com November, 2004 Table of Contents 1. Introducing Belltech Greeting Cards Designer 2. Installation and Uninstallation Installation Running the Application Uninstallation 3. User Interface At A Glance The Welcome Screen The Main Interface 4. Getting Started Choosing templates Card Orientation - Quarter Top-fold or Half-fold Designing the Front or Back or Insides 5. Drawing Elements Text Element Rectangle, Round Rectangle, Circle/Ellipse, Diamond and Triangle Element Straight Line Element Freeform Line, Closed Curve Element Picture Element 6. Select a Seasonal Greeting 7. Select a Verse 8. Modifying your design Selecting elements Deleting Moving Aligning Rotating Showing Shadows Changing Size and Fold Type 9. Patterns and Color blends (Gradient) Color Patterns Transparent Fill 10. Interacting With The Design Elements Changing border Cut-Copy-Paste Cut-Copy-Paste Shape elements Copy-Paste text content Copy-Paste image content Resizing Making Same size Undo/Redo Z-indexing Locking elements 11. Greeting Card Background Background Image 12. Zooming Your Workspace 13. Saving Your Work Save as .bgcf file 14. Printing your Greeting Card Print Preview Print Setup 15. Right clicks and short-cuts 16. Setting your Options Rulers/Grids Show-Hide Toolbars 17. Contacting Belltech Systems 18. Useful Links Introducing Belltech Greeting Cards Designer Belltech Greeting Cards Designer is a powerful, easy-to-use software application for designing and printing beautiful looking Greeting Cards. Designing, editing, adding your photos, background and clip-arts, applying special effects --- all you can do using Greeting Cards Designer. The application gives you the total control over your Greeting Card design. You can create half-fold or quarter-fold cards; in quarter-fold you can choose side-fold or top-fold. This software application supports greeting card paper from Avery, Staples, Office Depot and more. Just to give you an idea about what Belltech Greeting Cards Designer can do for you, here are some of its features. Create Greeting Cards: Create great looking greeting cards with your own photos, clip-arts, graphics and background images. Use templates and graphics: Use from the supplied card templates, background and clip-arts to start the layout of your card easily. Verse Tool: Insert from 100's of simple to understand verses supplied with the application. Choose Type: Create half-fold or quarter-fold cards. Quick and Easy Design: Select and draw shapes and text. Resize, tilt, change color, fill with gradient color or do anything with your design elements. Convenient Design tools: Can draw rectangle/triangle/circle or any freehand lines and shapes. Right clicks and short-cuts: The application is equipped with right-click menus and short-cuts to commonly performed actions for your convenience. Choose Background: Use the supplied backgrounds or use your own. Supports any image of type bmp, jpg, gif, tif, png and wmf. Use your own clip-arts, logo and photos: We supply you with many graphics that you can use, but you can use your own pictures, logos, clip-arts and design the perfect card you want. Supports any standard papers: Supports all standard greeting card papers from Avery and other suppliers. Cut-Copy-Paste: Offers cut-copy-paste functionality for all the design elements. You can also copy-paste texts and images from other applications. Undo/Redo: Supports Undo/Redo. Use Color blends: This is a unique feature of this software. You can have a color blend the way you want. This is not a static background image, but a filled shape whose color-blend and texture you control completely. Possibilities are endless! More Drawing tools: You can insert shapes like smiles, hearts, call-outs, sun, moon, star, explosion etc. Align/Rotate: You can align the selected elements to the right, left, top or bottom, or can rotate them to any desired angle. Installation and Uninstallation Installation System Requirement: Your system must meet these specifications in order to run Belltech Greeting Cards Designer. Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows XP or higher 90 MHz processor (400 MHz or more recommended) 16 MB RAM (128 MB or higher recommended) 8 MB of hard-disk space for program installation For printed output, a Windows-supported printer Once you have met these specifications, you can start your installation 1. Locate the setup exe file and double click on it. 2. Follow the instruction presented on the screen to finish installation. The trial version of the application can be found at http://www.belltechsystems.com/ Running the Application Once you have finished installation, you are ready to use it right away, no need to restart Windows. You can run in one of these ways: 1. Run at the end of installation by checking the box "Launch Belltech Greeting Cards Designer" as show in Fig. below. 2. Go to Windows taskbar's "Start" button"Programs" "Belltech Greeting Cards Designer" And select "Greeting Cards Designer" as shown in Fig below. 3. If you have added an Icon to the desktop, go to your desktop and double-click on the "Belltech Greeting Cards Designer" icon. Uninstallation To remove the application from your system, go to Windows taskbar's "Start" button"Programs" "Belltech Greeting Cards Designer" And select "Uninstall Greeting Cards Designer" as shown in Fig. above. User Interface At A Glance The application offer a WYSIWYG(What You See Is What You Get) interface that allows you to do everything you need to design a Greeting Card. The Main Interface: The main interface consists of the main window, child windows, toolbars, menus etc. as shown in fig below. The menu bar is equipped with pull-down submenus for all the user interactions with the application. The toolbars provide you the quick access to commonly used tasks. Belltech Greeting Cards Designer can create many Greeting Cards under one main window. Each card will be shown in separate child window. Getting Started After installation, you can start creating your first greeting card from a template. Choosing templates Go to menu File->New, the New Card Template window (as shown) opens up. This allows you to create a new design from a template quickly and easily. You simply choose a template and click OK to get the structure of your Greeting Card. Now you just need to change the text and your Greeting Card is ready to be printed. You can also insert new text, photos or shapes to personalize your card. The user interface is shown below. Card Orientation - Quarter Top-fold or Half-fold Belltech Greeting Cards Designer supports creating 3 different types of orientation – Quarter Side-fold, Quarter Top-fold and Half-fold cards. The supplied templates contain a mix of all 3 layout types. For blank card without any template, select appropriate selection in the blank document area of New Card Template window. Designing the Front or Back or Insides Your greeting cards designed with Belltech Greeting Cards Designer will have 4 sides like a standard greeting card. You can design these four sides separately and print them all at ones. During your design you can the side you want to work on. Look at the left side of your window(as shown) and click on "Front" or "Inside 1" or "Inside 2" or "Back" to show the respective sides. Drawing Elements Two shape-bars (shown below) are provided for easy access to all the shapes that you can add to your design. These are described below: Text Element: A Text element is used to display text information in several ways. To insert a text element do the following: 1. Select 'ABC' tool from the shape-bar or select menu Insert->Text. 2. Click on the design area where you want to insert the text element, or click on the area and drag to create it and then release your mouse button. 3. Double click to go to it properties page and change the text, color, font, rotation etc. (More on Modifying Your Design) Rectangle, Round Rectangle, Circle/Ellipse, Diamond, Triangle, Callout, Heart, Smile, Star, Sun, Moon, Explosion, Arrow shape Elements: To insert a Rectangle, Round Rectangle, Circle/Ellipse, Diamond, Triangle, Callout, Heart, Smile, Star, Sun, Moon, Explosion or Arrow shape follow the same steps as for "Text" above. 1. Select the appropriate shape from the shape-bar. 2. Click on the design area where you want to insert the object, or click on the area and drag to create it and then release your mouse button. 3. Go to it properties page(appears at the right side) and change the pattern, color, size, tilt angle etc. (More on Modifying Your Design) Straight Line Element: A straight line can be inserted by choosing the "Line" tool from shape bar or menu Insert->Straight Line, and then follow the same steps as in Text. Double click to go to it properties page and change the line color, style, type, border etc. (More on Modifying Your Design) Freeform Line, Closed Curve Element: Belltech Greeting Cards Designer supports inserting any freeform line (open curves) and Closed Curves, on your Greeting Card design to meet your specific needs. To insert a Freeform Line or a Closed Curve element do the following: 1. Select the Freeform Line or a Closed Curve from the shape-bar or from Insert menu. 2. Click on the area where you want to start the curve from and drag to create it and then release your mouse button to end the curve. 3. Double click to go to it properties page and change the pattern, color, border style, tilt angle etc. (More on Modifying Your Design) Picture Element: You can add any number of graphics; for example, you can add your company logo, your smallsized product picture, or any picture that will identify your business or make your Greeting Card professional and attractive. To insert a picture: 1. Select "Picture" tool button or Insert->Clip-Art menu. 2. A file selector window will appear. Select your image file and click Ok. 3. The image will be placed on your design, now click and drag the picture element to reposition. You can also double click on it to go to its properties page and modify its size, position, tilt angle etc. Belltech Greeting Cards Designer supports a wide variety of image file formats - JPG, GIF, BMP, TIFF, PNG and WMF. To resize or move any element, select it by clicking on it, and then hold and drag the resize handles. (More on Modifying Your Design) Select a Seasonal Greeting You can select a ready-made greeing to your card. Select the link "Select Greeting" on the left side or your card window, and a new window appears as shown. Choose greeting from the available ones and click OK. The greeting will be inserted on the side of the card your are currently working on. Select a Verse The application supplies 100's of simple verses to be used in your card. They are categorized by occasions. You will find many verses for a single occasion. To insert the supplied verses, click on the link "Select Verse" on the left side and the verse window will appears. Now choose the occasion and select the verse you want. A verse has two parts. The first part will be placed on the front side of your card nd and the 2 part is the inside-2 page. Modifying your design You can modify your design after your initial draft in several ways. You can save the design as .bgcf file and can reopen the file later for modification. Selecting elements: The first step in modifying your design is selecting one or many design elements. Click on one element to select it. Make sure that "mouse pointer" tool-button is selected in the shape-bar. If you want to select more elements, hold the SHIFT key down and click on the 2nd element, and then the 3rd element and then the 4th one and so on. If you want to de-select (unselect) one selected element, hold the SHIFT key down and click on the selected element. If you want to select all the elements press Ctrl+A or choose menu Edit->Select All. To de-select all the elements, click on anywhere except on the elements. Deleting To delete an element, first select the element/elements as described above, then hit the delete button on your keyboard. You can also select menu Edit->Clear selection. All the selected elements will be removed from the design. If you want to bring them back, just hit "Undo" tool button immediately. (See Undo/Redo.) Moving You can move the selected elements easily by using your mouse or arrow keys on your keyboard. Use Mouse to move: Select the elements you want to move. Then hover your mouse on one of the selected elements. Notice that your mouse pointer changes to . At that time, hold your mouse left-key down and start dragging, and your selected elements will start moving. Now bring them to a place where you want them to be and release the mouse button. Use Keyboard to move: Selected the elements and hit your keyboard's arrow keys(left, right, up or down). Each hit to the arrow key will move them by 1 pixels. To move elements by 10 pixels, you can hold the Ctrl key down and hit the arrow keys. Aligning: You can align the selected elements to the right, left, top or bottom. To do that, select the elements you want to align and then click on the appropriate tool button (shown below). For align left: the selected elements will be aligned with the left most element. For align right: the selected elements will be aligned with the right most element. For align top: the selected elements will be aligned with the top most element. For align bottom: the selected elements will be aligned with the bottom most element. Align center and align middle are also available from menu Tools->Align Rotating: Rotation of your design elements is a unique feature of Belltech Greeting Cards Designer. To rotate an element, double click on the element to open up its properties window and enter rotation value (in degree) in "Rotate Shape by" box. You can rotate the selected element(s) by 45 degree by clicking on the "Rotate Clockwise/AntiClockwise" tool button. Showing Shadows: All closed elements can have shadows. To show shadow: a. Go to shapes properties windows, and check on "show shadow". b. If shadow doesn't appear, then your shadow option is turned off totally. b. Go to menu Tools->Options and choose shadow length to small/medium/large. You can also choose shadow color there. c. If you change shadow color, all elements will have the same shadow colors. However, you can turn off individual shadows for elements in their properties window. Changing Size and Fold Type: You can change your card size or fold type at anytime while designing your card. Clock on the "Change Size & Fold Type" link as shown. A window appears, where you can change paper size and fold type as shown in fig. Patterns and Color blends (Gradient) You can fill your closed shapes with amazing color gradient and give your Greeting Card a very unique look. Open the properties window and choose fill pattern #25 through 42. You change the fill color and pattern color to change the gradient effect in millions of ways. See the figure for a few gradient effects. For a closed element you can fill its area with up to 43 different patterns/textures, and any color. Go to the properties window and modify the Fill Shape area. Fill color - is the background color of the shape. Pattern color - is the foreground color of the pattern. Fill Pattern - is the geometric pattern that you want to apply to your element. Color Patterns The Patterns: 00 is no pattern; 01 is a solid, one-color pattern; 02 through 24 are texture patterns; and 25 through 42 are gradient patterns. The numbers to the left of the patterns dropdown list are just labels, and are meant to help you identify the applied pattern. Transparent Fill While you can fill any closed shape with millions of patterns, you can also choose to make it transparent, so that the elements behind it can be seen through. Check the "Transparent Fill" option box or choose pattern #00("None") in the properties window to achieve that. Interacting With The Design Elements Changing border All the elements except Text and Straight Line have border width and border color properties. You can change the border width or border color by opening their properties window. Double click on an element(or select the element, right click on it and choose properties) to bring up the properties window. Now in the Border section - select a new border color, border width or border style. For line elements, you can open up its properties window and change line color, line width or line style. Cut-Copy-Paste You can cut/copy any selected element(s) and paste to your design. You can also copy text or image from other applications and paste to your design. Cut-Copy-Paste Shape elements: Select the element(s) by clicking on them. (See Selecting elements). Then press Ctrl+C to copy, Ctrl+X to cut, Ctrl+V to paste the element(s). If you copy and paste any shape element, the new pasted element will be placed closed to the copied element(with a slight right and down shift). You can move or resize the element(s) after pasting. Copy-Paste text content: Copy any text from other applications (e.g. Notepad, MS word, web page), return to Belltech Greeting Cards Designer and press Ctrl + V to paste to your Greeting Card design area. You will notice that a text element will be created with that text. Now move/resize/change text to your need. Note, that if the text is more than 200 characters long, it will be truncated to 200 characters. Copy-Paste image content: Copy any image from other applications (e.g. MS Paint, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Photo Editor), return to Belltech Greeting Cards Designer, press Ctrl+V to paste to your Greeting Card design area. You will notice that a picture element will be created with that image. Now move/resize to your need. Resizing Select the element you want to resize (See Selecting elements). Then hold and drag the resize handles(as shown) to resize it. You can also go to its properties window and change Top/Left and Width/height(or bottom/right for Lines) to resize. Making Same size: You can select multiple elements and make their width, height or both same. Select two or more elements, then select menu Tools->Make Same Size->Width/Height/Both . Undo/Redo After making any change to you existing design, if you decide to revert back to the old design, you can perform Undo action. You also can redo the undo actions. To perform undo action: click on the "undo" tool button, or Ctrl+Z To perform redo action: click on the "redo" tool button, or Ctrl+Y You can perform up to 5 levels of undo/redo. Z-indexing: What is Z-indexing anyway? Z-indexing is to move elements in the z-axis, what that means is that you can move an element to the front or to the back of another elements. Think of a pile of books, placed vertically, the 1st one at the bottom, the 2nd one on top the 1st one, the 3rd one on top of the 2nd one and so on. Now you want to move, say, the 8th book below the 7th book. So you need to change the z-indexing. In Belltech Business Card Designer Pro, the elements are placed in the same way and each element has a unique z-index in the stacking order. You can change the stacking level of any element, as you can do to the pile of books. The commands Move to Front/Back/One Step Front/One Step Back help you change the stacking order, as described below. Move to Front/Back/One Step Front/One Step Back: Select the element, right-click on it, a popup menu appears, select "Move To->Front" or "Move To->Back" etc. as desired(as shown). Move To->Front : moves the element totally on top of all other elements. Move To->Back : moves the element totally at the bottom of all other elements. Move To->One Step Front : moves the element just above the element which is on top of it. Move To->One Step Back : moves the element just below the element which is just behind it. Usage: For example, you have put some text element, and then you have created a picture element. Now you want to overlay the picture element with the text. You moved the text over to the picture, and saw that the text is hiding behind the picture element. What to do? Right-click on the picture and select menu "Move To->Back". Locking elements While designing your card, you might want to lock the position and size of an element so that it does not get moved accidentally. To do that, select the element and click on the "lock" toolbutton; to unlock click on the "unlock" tool-button. You also can do locking/unlocking from its properties window. The "Lock All" and "Unlock All" tool-button, will lock/unlock all the elements in your design. When you select a locked element, the selection marks become red and go inward as shown. Greeting Card Background Background Image You can choose any picture as the background of your design. All the other design elements will appear in front of the background image. To select a background image go to menu Edit->Select Background.... If there is already an existing background image, the menu changes to Edit->Change Background.... The background image you choose is stretched to fit the entire area. If a background image is selected, the background color may be hiding behind the background image. If the background is partially transparent, the background color may be seen through partially. To remove a background image select menu Edit->Remove Background. Zooming Your Workspace Zooming options Click on the Zoom In/Zoom Out button to get an enlarged/shrunk view of your card. Go to menu View->Zoom to get more zooming levels. The application can zoom your work area to one of these zoom levels: 25%, 50%, 75%, 100%, 150%, 200%, 300% Saving Your Work After you have completed your Greeting Card design, you can save the file as a .bgcf file so you can re-open it later for modifying, or just print it. Save as .bgcf file It advisable to save your design as a .bgcf file. This format is Belltech System's proprietary file format for Belltech Greeting Cards Designer. A .bgcf file keeps the original format of your design and you can open it again later using Belltech Greeting Cards Designer and modify your design easily. Select menu File->Save as to save the card as a .bgcf file with a new name. Printing Your Greeting Card Printing is the final output of your Greeting Card. You can print your card to any Windows compatible printer. Select menu File->Print, to print your card. For printing Half-fold cards, choose "Two-sided Printing" option with "Short-sides" in your printer settings. Print Preview Choose File->Print Preview to preview your print layout before printing. Print Setup Choose File->Print Setup to setup your printer option, paper size, print quality etc. Right clicks and short-cuts Belltech Greeting Cards Designer is equipped with right-click menus and short-cuts to commonly performed actions for your convenience. Some short-cuts: "Ctrl + C" = Copy "Ctrl + V" = Paste "Ctrl + X" = Cut "Ctrl + A" = Select All "Ctrl + P" = Print "Ctrl + =" = Zoom In "Ctrl + - " = Zoom Out "Ctrl + S" = Save Setting your Options Go to menu Tools->Options to change display options like show/hide grid, change grid color, change shadow color/length, background color etc. The "Display inner border" option shows/hides the thin non-printing inner border around the periphery of your design area. This border serves as a guide and does not get printed. Rulers/Grids Rulers are the scales at the top and left of your design area, and grids are non-printing horizontal and vertical lines. Rulers help you determine the position/size of your elements, and distance between elements etc, while grids help you align your elements. You can choose to hide your grids or change grid density and color in Options window. Show-Hide Toolbars Go to menu View->Toolbars to show or hide any toolbars for your convenience. All toolbars actions are available from the menus/sub-menus. Contacting Belltech Systems If you have more questions about this product please visit the Frequently Asked Questions section at our website http://www.belltechsystems.com/support.asp Sales: If you have a question regarding our product purchase, please email firstname.lastname@example.com Support: We are always there to help you about our products, its free. 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Despite the stylishly designed menu display, the attractive mechs, and the occasionally breathtaking clash between LFOs, Eureka Seven Vol. 2: The New Vision is just too uneven a game to recommend to anyone besides the hardcore fan base -- who have already purchased this game.
It is perfect for fans as it is new material for a show that is soon ending it's run. However if you aren't already invested into the universe, there is not a reason to pick this up. It's too slow of a game to engage you, and once you've invested 45 minutes in starting the game, there is no excuse to be just starting the first real level.
If you're not a fan of the original, or indeed, haven't played the original, you'll be completely lost. And even if you are into this series, any complaints you had about the last game have not been addressed in this sequel.
You won't be playing much, however - New Vision relies too heavily on cut scenes and conversations, only pausing to slip in an action stage here and there.
Despite the differing game play, at least one element remains shared between the various situations and scenarios of Eureka Seven Vol. 2: boredom. With no real skill required to complete the simple challenges, most gamers will breeze through the dull segments given enough time and button mashing, leaving them to question the point in repeating those same bits of play over and over again.
Eureka 7 Vol. 2: The New Vision suffers from a plethora of problems, ranging from bad combat, to a corny story, to a bunch of un-fixed bugs. As an interactive anime, however, you're getting ~5 hours or so of new video about the Eureka 7 universe.
The good news for fans of this anime series about futuristic air boarding and mech combat is that there is actually a decent story being told this time around. The bad news for the rest of us is that the gameplay is simply average and not very compelling in the grand scheme of things.
By evening out the presentation and focusing the story, New Vision transforms the Eureka Seven series from painful to playable.
We can't think of any good reason to spend time with Eureka 7 Vol. 2. Even if the story intrigues you, you'll have to suffer through the rest of the game to see it. It's just not worth it.
Eureka Seven Vol. 2: The New Vision can hardly be called a game. The story sequences go on forever, and the brief conflicts in between are incredibly repetitive.
Repeating the flaws and dull gameplay of the first game, Eureka Seven Vol. 2 is a major disappointment for any fan of the anime and gamer looking for cool mech action.
With a sub-par visual style, and uneven cutscene/gameplay balance, Eureka Seven Vol. 2 isn't a game for anyone who enjoys playing video games.
With all of the gameplay here being decidedly sub-par, the third volume should just scrap any remnants of gameplay and become one long, non-interactive cutscene. Put it onto a DVD and charge fans of the show $10 to get more of their fix, but for the love of that is good in gaming just don't make a game out of it.
Assuming you played the first Eureka Seven game--which was long on convoluted story and bloated text-box dialogue, and short on fun--don't expect any major differences this time around. [June 2007, p.84]
Who actually thought this would be a game that people want to play? Everything about it, from the dialogue to the story to the action are so wholly worthless that I'd be surprised if it didn't outright piss fans of the series off rather than service them.
Aside from flight that's entertaining for about 10 minutes, ESV2 has few redeeming qualities. It's quite disheartening, too; just as I was beginning to think licensed games were experiencing a renaissance, ESV2 came along and lowered my expectations to an appropriate level.
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list price means nothing
While there is always some room to haggle on price, the difference between the big three is not much different in percentage from list to final quote. The difference is in the information above. Catalina has more equipment standard, and the quality of much of it beats the comptetion. You do have to pay for those things, but in most Catalina's they are priced into packages that are add on's in other brands.
At the end of the day Bene will probably total out in the same neighborhood and the Catalina, you just have to decide if they are then equal or not. To each their own.
I am biased as I own a C34. However, when shopping for the boat new, I talked to a lot of dealers in state and at boat shows. The quote that I heard from more than one sales person, that sold both Catalina's and Bene's, was that the Catalina's were "more bullet proof" than the cruising series Bene's. That said, if I was more into racing I would own a 36.7 or 40.7 Bene as they are definetely faster. The cruising Bene's not so much.
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LEGO NXT 2.0 Color Sorter
What do you think about this video?
Oscar Montoya: is there a link where i can find the instructions to make this robot?
Andres Duque: Grate dude!!!!!!! tutorial!!!
Justin: @30Snake30 You meen "good. You said "god". Lol
taucherfisch1: Cool
CLOCKWISE689: now try using M&M's
Nathan Tan: you lost 1 red ball
uriel sychev: луди
Justin: Make it sort gummballs!
Loreen Ulrich: what happened to the 3rd red ball?
marketingguy63: @daleds4 Can send me this program/tell me how you did this? I'm trying to do the same thing, but just can't figure out where to insert the code.
vader267: cool, but i lost some of the balls
TheNeXTStorm: I just made it today :)
V15VA Gaming: @vick5821 its in the manual with the 2.0
Patyx: thats great :)
supersonic448: Color sensors detect the color, and then places it into a basket, and does the same thing with the other balls.
AmazingEpic9625: 5 stars
Justin: @30Snake30 how is that rude? All i was saying is that there is a speellingg error.
uriel sychev: b.s
WaWor: you forget 1 red ball XD
BuilingtacoTV: I need programming instructions for Color Sorter! Please tell me :(
TheFelkku: @daleds4 Anywhere, i really need the program :D
DarianMr: spricht dein roboter deutsch? does your robot speak in German?
Bora Topal: @30Snake30 hey did u know im eight and i dont share dis account
maribakumon: i dont see why its working for you when i built it nothing happemed and yes i built it by book and programed it by book and im in the fll so i know how i did it should work
Fischerderfischer: Coool
30Snake30: @MrWhagWha Good for you
TheWACkids: I made that and it didn't work I don't know why.
daleds4: @Smartcamster i can probably upload it somewhere and share the link..any suggestions on where i can upload it
GreasyBadger: Please can you do a download of the instrcutions.
legomindstorm1: good!!
killjoy1025: Smart robbot :D beginning with colors, Ending with the world on fire. D:
PiaNISTII: The default program sucks hard. It always resets the position of the basket, wastes time and energy. Its not difficult to write a program that rotates the basket only the necessary amount.
Joachim Fossli: how do i program thisthing?? can't get it working
moonwalker324: thats cooooooooooooooooolll
masoaxx: @link24281 I recommended 'drag and drop' programming if your nine. I'm 14 but i do advanced coding like C++, you'll need 'Compilers' to do programming. There are a number of kiddie softwares out there for you (although i started on HTML when i was exactly your age) like game maker (google that) Keep in mind that the programming world is incredibly huge, you've got to do ALOT of maths, the game programming, robotics (as we can see here) BASIC programming (google that), middleware etc. GLHF
ronettreker: how does it recognise collor?
ANDON0073: Indeed it is talking German. Speech samples are recorded by myself with the NXT toolkit, but volume is a little low in the video.
romanruler5: I made this today :)
daleds4: i wrote my own program for this. my program sorts the balls without returning to blue after each dispense. it also rotates the shortest distance. for example, instead of turning 270 degrees clockwise, it will turn 90 degrees anti clockwise. my new program sorts the balls in 16-20 seconds less time
francisismydog: @visvamoorthy yes
AwesomeX: cool
junkydude100: Geeeez in the old days, KIDS LERNED HOW TO SORT COLORS! now that robocrap does it for them i wish i had that in preschool
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Vina Morales is one proud mama. Her daughter Ceana (who turns 4 on April 25) just graduated from kindergarten. Will she allow her "unica hija" to join show biz someday?
"If she is inclined and the time is right, then okay," Vina says. "For now, she's too young to know what she wants to do in life. She can do commercials. Like any mom, I would be thrilled to see my baby in a TV ad or on a billboard."
Now that her love life is "zero," her world revolves around Ceana. "Although I'm happy being single, I still pray that God will send the right guy to me," she muses. "I leave it up to Him. God's choice is the best choice."
Her younger sister, Shaina Magdayao, is also loveless after parting ways with John Lloyd Cruz but is being linked to Piolo Pascual. What can Vina say about that?
"Issues such as that one are a given in this biz," she points out. "As far as I know, Shaina and Piolo hang out with their friends when they are not busy shooting their movie."
The lovely sisters, with or without a "mister," will always have each other.
Mistaken identity
My close friend (daughter of a well-loved show biz icon) feels so bad for her son, who was beaten up by four bodyguards and friends of the son of a high-ranking official in a Quezon City bar on Friday night.
"It was a case of mistaken identity," my friend sighs. "When they learned that he was from a show biz clan, it was too late. My son was already badly bruised. We are still planning what to do. It's tough because the guy's dad holds a top position. But if my son lets me, I will reveal his identity para mabawasan ang kayabangan niya (to make him less arrogant)."
I told her she had nothing to fear—the legion of fans who love her dad dearly would surely rally behind her.
Bar brawls can be avoided if men just consume alcohol and not let alcohol consume them instead.
A hotter 'Foursome'
"Foursome" will definitely be hotter the second time around. Regine Velasquez, Ogie Alcasid, Pops Fernandez and Martin Nievera are all set for the repeat of their successful V-day concert on March 16, Saturday, 8 p.m. at the MOA Arena (for tickets, call 8543300/702222).
How different will it be from the first one? "It will be 40 percent different," explains Ogie. "Plus, we have Gary Valenciano as our special guest. Of course, the banter and teasing will come naturally so even if you watched last Feb. 14, you can still expect new stuff."
What does he admire most in Martin and Gary?
"They are complete professionals," Ogie says. "They work very hard at their craft. To this day, they remain grounded and humble. That is why they remain on top."
Ogie's fave Martin songs are "How Can I" and "Be My Lady" while his fave Gary V songs are "Sana Maulit Muli" and "Di Bale Na Lang."
Have they transcended the rivalry stage?
"To be honest, I don't believe I am their rival," Ogie points out. "Mart and Gary are in a league of their own, really. I am honored to be sharing the stage with them."
Such humility! No doubt, the Concert King and Mr. Pure Energy will say the same thing about the songwriter. They ought to mount their own concert and call it "Three's Harmony."
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Prior to moving to the Broadcast Company of the Americas in August 2007 (through 2008) Mark was heard on his popular daily show on Clear Channel's KOGO. Before joining KOGO in 2004, he was a well-known radio talk show personality on Salem Communications' KCBQ/KPRZ San Diego and KRLA 870AM, Los Angeles. He was also the main guest-host for SRN network's Michael Medved, Dennis Prager and Hugh Hewitt shows. Mark joined KPRZ as General Manager in 1994, after eighteen years with KFMB (CBS) Radio in San Diego, where he was Program and Operations Manager and a popular afternoon personality. He also served as National Program Director/Radio for KFMB's parent company.
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The last thing I heard about Susanne Bier's long-awaited "Serena" is that certain parties involved didn't want the film released in 2013. I have no idea if it's a bad film or not and would have hurt the Oscar prospects of Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence in "American Hustle," but it remains quite strange that a film starring that hot a duo coming off "Silver Linings Playbook" still hasn't been released, nor (at least) landed a release date.
It's also been in post-production for a long while, however, and films can be fashioned out of trouble with the right editorial care. Just ask, well, "American Hustle." I'm a big Susanne Bier fan (she took home the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar a few years back for "In a Better World" — more awards cache for the film) and I'm intrigued by this story, set in Depression Era North Carolina and based on the Ron Rash book about timber magnate George Pemberton (Cooper) and his wife (Lawrence). So here's hoping it finds its way into the light of day soon enough.
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Although having just signed with the Rams this spring, Dunbar spent the 2008-11 seasons with the New Orleans Saints and earned a ring in Superbowl XLIV though not playing in the game due to a knee injury.
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Theater Review: 'The Dresser' a satisfying blend of sad and absurd set during London Blitz
"The Dresser"
When: Thursdays-Fridays, 8 p.m.; Saturdays, 2 and 8 p.m.; Sundays, 2 and 7 p.m.; through Feb. 8.
Where: North Coast Repertory Theatre, 987 Lomas Santa Fe Drive, Solana Beach
Tickets: $35-$39
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Sometimes in the theater, there are bigger worries than whether a show is going to bomb. For example, whether a show is going to be bombed.
That's the backdrop for the play-within-a-play of "The Dresser," the affecting and bittersweet piece by Ronald Harwood that just opened at North Coast Rep.
Jonathan McMurtry is the faltering actor-manager of a small Shakespearean company braving its way through a performance of "King Lear" in the midst of the London Blitz.
The thunderous concussions of Nazi bombs detonating outside form a kind of duet of despair with the out-of-tune music in the brain of Sir, McMurtry's character, who has grown increasingly confused and erratic.
As the play opens, an hour or so before the curtain is to rise on "Lear," Sir is not even on the scene. His loyal dresser, Norman (Sean Sullivan), last left him at the hospital, after finding him weeping half-clothed against a lamppost.
Remarkably, the play is not nearly so maudlin as all this sounds. David Ellenstein, NCRT's artistic director, stages the show with a sure sense of the play's delicate tone – of its balance between gallows humor in the face of war, sickness and death, and fond regard for this often battling but still deeply bonded theater troupe.
There were moments on opening night when the audience didn't quite know whether to laugh at some of Sir's moments of delirium. But that didn't feel like a failing of direction or acting; it was more an uneasy acknowledgment of how the sad and the absurd can be so inextricably, uncomfortably linked.
"The Dresser" also stands as a not-so-subtle metaphor for how theater types will struggle against any hardship – actual ordnance, or just budgetary bombshells like the ones currently rocking the economy – to make sure the show goes on.
At the play's center is a study of the pained but passionate relationship between Norman and Sir. Most often, Sir brings the pain and Norman contributes the passion; still, the volatile affection between them is what gives the show such warmth and heart.
Sullivan is a marvel of nervous purpose as Norman; he revolves around a sometimes indifferent star, and both resents and depends on the gravity of the larger-than-life Sir. It's fascinating to watch Sullivan in early scenes, folding towels and arranging Sir's makeup table with the practiced elegance of one who's been at it for years (as Norman has).
All the while, he's telling Her Ladyship – Sir's wife, played by the spot-on Susan Denaker – at length about the great man's latest travails. The big question is whether Sir will show up for his 227th performance of "Lear" – which he does, though with barely enough coherence to know what play he's doing.
It would be hard to find an actor better suited for playing the indelible Sir than McMurtry, who has a decades-long Shakespearean résumé and the voice and presence to match this grand man of the theater.


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The excitement behind the current Ole Miss football team and program is spilling over into the construction business as Ole Miss officials announced expansion plans for Vaught-Hemingway Stadium Monday. Our view is this is a win-win situation for the Rebel football program and the LOU community which benefits from big crowds at home games. (December 16, 2014, Page 4)
This week in Oxford history
During this week in Oxford's history, author William Faulkner returned from an eight-day hunting trip in the Delta back in 1940 and Ole Miss dismissed head football coach David Cutcliffe 10 years ago this week. (December 3, 2014, Page 1A)
Walking around in other folks' skin
Editor Don Whitten looks at the excitement surrounding the success of the 2014 Ole Miss football team and points out the different feelings that Rebel fans are experiencing before and during games. (October 22, 2014, Page 4A)
High School Spotlight: Harmon brimming with FBS potential
He's 6-foot-5 and pushing 230 pounds. His arms are long, his first step's a blur when he wants it to be, and once he gets going, he's got speed that could make some running backs blush. Korbin Harmon has all the physical tools, and college coaches have taken notice. (October 15, 2014, Page 1B)
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When Associated Press photographer Dave Martin collapsed and died of an apparent heart attack on the Georgia Dome sideslines just after the end of the Texas A&M-Duke game earlier this week, photojournalism lost not only one of its best photographers but also one of the most helpful and best-liked guys in the business. Editor Don Whitten looks back at Martin's influence and work. (January 3, 2014, Page 4A)
Local teams get shot at ultimate goal
High school football teams in Mississippi have several goals: making the playoffs, practicing Thanksgiving week when school is out, earning a trip to Jackson for the state finals and, ultimately, winning a state championship. The two local teams, Oxford's Chargers and Lafayette's Commodores, both get a shot at the ultimate goal – in the same season and on the same day – this weekend. (December 4, 2013, Page 4)
Expect a close game, not a win, Saturday
Rest assured, this won't be the David Cutcliffe loss. It probably won't be the Ed Orgeron loss, but it might be the Houston Nutt loss. (September 27, 2013, Page 7A)
Duke agrees to contract extension with Cutcliffe
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Duke has agreed to a contract extension with coach David Cutcliffe, who has the Blue Devils bowl eligible for the first time in nearly two decades. (more…) (November 22, 2012, Page 8A)
Coaching merry-go-round has to stop at UM
All of the smoke surrounding the Ole Miss football program flamed up big-time Monday with the announcement that Houston Nutt will end his coaching career here this season. Editor Don Whitten takes a look at the past and future of the program, which will soon have its fourth head coach in a decade, and writes that a long-term commitment is essential for success for the Rebels. (November 8, 2011, Page 4)
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Ole Miss Sports Information Director Langston Rogers has been in the business for almost 50 years, including the past 30 with the Rebels. Take a look at Rogers' influence on college athletics and the people in it as he gets set to retire later this spring. (February 17, 2010, Page 4)


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Power crisis: No time for 'Noynoying'
In the midst of the acute power shortage in Mindanao, mounting criticism of his lethargic leadership style and the parlous performance of the economy, President Aquino reappeared in public last week from his spells of invisibility during crisis to announce that he was in charge.
The power shortage confronted the administration with its most severe economic challenge since it took office 20 months ago.
With Mindanao being increasingly paralyzed by eight-hour daily electricity outages, the President was forced to call a summit in April of affected sectors on the worsening crisis in Mindanao, home to 25 million Filipinos, following a dialogue in Malacañang a week ago between Mr. Aquino and Lualhati Antonino, chair of the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA).
The meeting sought to draw up immediate measures to address the shortage that left Mr. Aquino with little time to temporize.
The crisis that threatens to blow up into an economic emergency on the scale that paralyzed industrial capacity in Luzon at the end of the administration of his mother, President Cory Aquino, in 1992 did not come out of the blue.
The administration of President Fidel Ramos felt the full brunt of the power shortage he inherited from Cory Aquino, who did very little to prepare for its onslaught.
When the shortage became more severe, members of Congress and Mindanao residents warned the administration that the daily power outages would throw the country into a Dark Age similar to that experienced in the waning years of the Cory Aquino presidency—a legacy Mr. Aquino would be loathe to live with, for which it is unfair to hold him fully responsible.
More warnings
The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industries (PCCI) said it had been warning about a looming power crisis in Mindanao since 2008, "and as late as 2011," well into Mr. Aquino's first two years.
Some Mindanao congressmen said they had called the administration's attention to the recurrent electricity blackouts as early as 2010, so the President couldn't say he had not been warned and had not anticipated the crisis.
Power output in Mindanao has been curtailed by dwindling energy production of aging hydroelectric plants and the failure to tap alternative sources of power.
Mr. Aquino admitted on March 25 that the government had neglected to address the Mindanao power shortage and asked the people to be patient—an approach that offered no concrete measures to increase the supply of electricity.
He said it would take time before measures could be put in place, noting that the P2.6-billion rehabilitation of the Agus VI hydroelectric power plant would take up to 30 months.
The plant was built in 1953 and was good for only 30 years, until 1983. Past presidents, including Cory Aquino, never addressed the problem. This is one way of saying, Mr. Aquino is not to blame for the crisis.
Tough luck for him. The problem flared up during his watch, but the emergency demands immediate short-term measures to halt the worsening short supply of power—not excuses or looking for scapegoats.
Impact on peace talks
Energy Secretary Jose Rene Almendras said the power shortage would last until 2013.
MinDA officials on Thursday urged the administration to lay down a comprehensive road map aimed at solving the power crisis.
It warned that the failure to formulate a cohesive national policy to combat the shortage of electricity would have adverse effects on the island's economic progress and, ultimately, determine the success or failure of peace talks with separatist rebels.
There are demands to sack Almendras, but that would be scapegoating. It would not generate power supply for Mindanao.
His removal would only deprive the President of a fall guy who would deflect flak from falling on him. This is the reason why it would not serve the President to fire Almendras.
In its statement calling for the drafting of a blueprint of concrete response to the power shortage, the PCCI emphasized that, "as strategically and correctly planned years before, lower power cost was the key driver in making businesses locate and thrive in Mindanao and would be a strong platform in achieving peace in the area."
The issue of granting Mr. Aquino emergency powers to deal with the shortages has come up. Although the President is not keen on emergency powers, Ramos said there might be a need for special powers if reports in the media about the Mindanao crisis were true.
Ramos said he was given emergency powers by Congress to solve the eight to 12-hour brownouts in Metro Manila in 1992. Thanks to the electricity power law that was passed in his favor, he said, he was able to solve the crisis in 1993.
No luxury of time
The PCCI has also called on the government to come up with integrated short- and long-term strategies to address the problem, ensure the growth potential and continued operation of enterprises and industries on the island, and avert serious unemployment.
The Mindanao electricity emergency underlined the high profile of economic issues that have been sidelined by the Aquino administration and that are now calling attention to the high costs of economic neglect.
As he turned his attention to the crippling Mindanao crisis, the President was also forced to tackle government's underspending on infrastructure.
On Tuesday, he told the Philippine Investment Forum that the government had ordered the acceleration of eight big ticket infrastructure projects under his public-private partnership (PPP) program to bolster economic growth that had bogged down to 3.7 percent last year from 7 percent the year before.
Critics have accused him of lacking urgency on the economic front, blaming the GDP plunge to the cut in government spending when pump-priming was needed.
For the first time, the Aquino administration faces a call to action to roll back the power shortage in Mindanao. He has no time to sit on it.
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And making the Patriots a better team - typical of what Belichick has done since getting his second chance to be a head coach. The first was a flop with the Browns, where he went 37-45 in four seasons and alienated nearly everyone in Cleveland.
"When I chose him, people at the league office, people in this town, sent me tapes of him in Cleveland and said, `You don't want to hire this guy,' " Patriots owner Robert Kraft said. "And, remember, he went 5-11 (in his first year with Patriots) and we gave up a No. 1 draft choice (to the Jets to get him). People thought we were nuts.
"So I think that probably was one of the best decisions I've made in football."
Belichick is a disciple of Bill Parcells, the only other New England coach to win the award.
Morris lifted the Buccaneers from 3-13 in his first season to 10-6 in 2010 and in playoffs contention until the final week. He did it with the league's youngest roster.
"We put a lot on his plate," Bucs general manager Mark Dominik said, "and he has absolutely handled it all. We all see where this ship is headed."
Also receiving votes were Kansas City's Todd Haley (4 1/2), whose team went 11-5 and won the AFC West; and four coaches with one selection apiece: Atlanta's Mike Smith, Philadelphia's Andy Reid, Chicago's Lovie Smith, and St. Louis' Steve Spagnuolo.
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Wizards fall to Pistons, 104-98, fail to go over .500
John Wall scored 34 points, including Washington's last 10 over the final 6 minutes, as the Wizards snapped a three-game winning streak and failed to move past .500 for the first time in more than four years.
Washington Wizards run away from Detroit Pistons, 106-82
John Wall had 20 points and 11 assists, Marcin Gortat added 16 points, and the Washington Wizards routed the Detroit Pistons 106-82 on Saturday night.
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Heaving bosoms and hyperbolic derring-do abound in this sixth volume of the acclaimed Spanish author's series of period swashbucklers (The Cavalier in the Yellow Doublet, 2009, etc.).
It's announced as "the final installment" in the saga of freelance soldier of fortune Captain Alatriste and his page turned foster son and companion Íñigo Balboa (imagine Sancho Panza in flaming youth, eager to emulate his master Don Quixote's glamorous and amorous exploits). Final installment? Well, we all know what happened the first time Conan Doyle tried to off Sherlock Holmes, don't we? Be that as it may, Pérez-Reverte treats us to another rousing adventure firmly in the tradition of modern romancer Rafael Sabatini channeling the immortal Alexandre Dumas. Once again, Íñigo narrates, in old age, remembering. The story records their deeds as mercenary soldiers aboard a Spanish galleon on a perilous mission that will culminate in a savage battle at sea, traveling from Naples through the eastern Mediterranean to Morocco and Algeria, thence Venice, and eventually Malta. Alatriste attempts to rescue an old friend; Íñigo, itching to attain full maturity (he has survived to the age of 17), writhes in the coils of his infatuation with beautiful Angélica, the niece of Alatriste's oldenemy—and either a paragon of burgeoning womanhood or a homicidal vixen leading the impulsive Íñigo to his doom. The action feels a bit generic, but the nicely timed introductions of savory and unsavory supporting characters keeps the reader hooked. (Pérez-Reverte even invents his own Gunga Din—resourceful Moorish manservant Gurriat.) The mix is further enriched by an autumnal sense of the waste and folly—and inevitability—of men's compulsion to go to war.
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Can an applicant explain why he or she would thrive at a given college in two minutes? If the applicant wants to enroll at Goucher College, that is pretty much all it will take under a new admissions option being announced today. Applicants can now submit a two-minute video instead of all the traditional requirements, such as test scores, transcripts and essays. Continue reading
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Massive open online courses, or MOOCs, that anyone can take from anywhere in the world, are the future of higher education or the vehicle of its demise, depending on your perspective. Hari Sreenivasan talks with the man who first created the MOOC, professors who say they undermine the goals of a college education and others who see a way the college classroom and the new online format can be blended.
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