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One my colleagues Dave Douglas has been some work in educating game developers on the power of having a cloud backend to their games
Dave has made some great quick-start tutorial is for Unity3D game developers who would like to get a cloud backend that runs across multiple platforms (including the Unity Editor for quick testing).
One of the big advantages for game devs using Unity3D is that it supports so many platforms additionally Unity have a great set of resources for windows Developers including amazing FREE tools like Visual Studio tools for Unity and some amazing offers and resources
It's fair to say more people own more than one device that connects to the internet and a lot of them can run apps and games.
While the platforms and ecosystems may differ as a gamer I would like to play the same game across any device (and on any platform) and expect things to sync. Azure Mobile Services is a 'Backend as a Service' which supports multi-platform app development. In Unity the BitRave plugin for Azure Mobile Services is designed to just work on any platform that Unity supports.
Dave Douglas @deadlyfingers one of my colleagues in Microsoft UK has done the following walkthroughs of how to get started.
You can Also read his blog with the complete walkthrough documented at
There are more training resources for game developers at Microsoft Virtual Academy http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/training-topics/game-development
Guest blog by Tim Stoddard, Staffordshire University @Gamepopper
Standing out above the crowd
My discovery into games development came from an opportunity at A-Levels to make a project on anything, so I decided to make a game using GameMaker 8. I decided to pursue making computer games in University, when I transferred from Computer Science to Computer Games Programming. After making a few games for the Windows Store, I decided I wanted to make one fairly large indie game, and being a student is the best time to do it.
So for the duration of a year, I was working on a game part time, during my degree and placement, and mostly on my own.
So what is the Game?
The game was Secret of Escape, a top-down stealth action game developed in Construct2. The game has since been released on Desura, Itch.io and IndieGameStand, as well as being shown at several game events such as Launch Conference, Norwich Games Expo, Insomnia52 and London Gaming & Anime Con. But out of all the moments I've had from making a game, the one that surprised me the most was Secret of Escape being nominated for the TIGA Games Industry Award for Best Student Game.
I submitted my game to the awards because I figured it might be a good chance, and the process of entering was straightforward. All you needed to do was enter your details, choose which category you wanted to submitted to, and upload both a copy of your game and a video and give a reason why you should win the award. Then in mid-October I got an email which showed my game as shortlisted for Best Student Game, needless to say I was excited.
What is your advice?
If there is any word of advice I would give here, it would be this. If you are ever nominated for an award, go to the award ceremony. Not only is it a moment to be proud of an achievement in your career, and is common courtesy to accept an award in person if you win, but an awards ceremony is a big opportunity to network and speak to professionals from all parts of the industry.
I had the opportunity of speaking with people from indie developers such as Futurlab (Velocity 2X), Evil Twin Artworks (Victory At Sea), Sumo Digital, all the way up to large studios such as Rebellion (Sniper Elite III) and Bullfrog Productions (Fable Anniversary). Not to mention people who work in Recruitment (Aardvark Swift and Amiqus), Accounting, and Quality Assurance.
Of course there was the ceremony, with the nominees of each award being displayed on large monitors, some with footage of the games being shown. I got to see my game being shown during the Best Student Game, and cheer at excitement for seeing it there. I also cheered when Staffordshire University was shown during the Best Education Initiative award. I was also sitting with the developers at Bullfrog, so I gave my support for them too.
Sadly I didn't win, but being nominated and going to the award ceremony is definitely one of the highlights as a game developer. Hopefully one day I'll return and take a trophy home with me, so I guess it's time to start working now..
Tim excellent stuff and great to see you making the right steps!
So if your a student and interested in standing out above the crowd go and build a game for the players and not for yourself!!
Enter the www.Imaginecup.com gaming competition or individual competition like http://gradsingames.com/competitions/search-for-a-star/ and http://gradsingames.com/competitions/sumo-digital-rising-star/
One of the great things about Windows Azure is its platform agnostic
So if your building games for Android check out the following videos by Dave Douglas http://www.deadlyfingers.net/ a fellow Microsoft Technical Evangelist on building a Azure backend to your game.
Part 1
Create android app with cloud backend (Part 1: Azure Mobile Service)
Part 2
Create android app with cloud backend (Part 2: Table Permissions and OAuth)
Part 3
If your interested in trying out Azure apply online at www.azure.com or register for our special game dev offer http://aka.ms/gamedevoffer
Well the answer is yes you can!
At the Connect() developer event in New York City. We announced a number of new capabilities coming with the Visual Studio 2015 and .NET 5 releases and some exciting news regarding .NET Open Source and Visual Studio Community editions. You can watch the event on-demand here.
But here is a quick summary
Open Sourcing the .NET Core Runtime and Libraries
Open sourcing the .NET Core Runtime. This will include everything needed to execute .NET code – including the CLR, Just-In-Time Compiler (JIT), Garbage Collector (GC), and core .NET base class libraries. We are releasing the source under the MIT open source license and are also issuing an explicit patent promise to clarify users patent rights to .NET. This is published on the public GitHub https://github.com/dotnet/corefx
The source release includes many of the newer core .NET framework libraries (ImmutableCollections, SIMD, XML and MetadataReader). These libraries are fully open, and are ready to accept contributions. Over the next several weeks and months we will continue to transfer source (including the Core CLR which is not there right now but in the process of being moved) into the repository and likewise make it open for contributions.
What does this open sourcing mean?
The open source announcement, simply means that developers will have a fully supported, fully open source, fully cross platform .NET stack for creating server and cloud applications – including everything from the C#/VB compilers, to the CLR runtime, to the core .NET base class libraries, to the higher-level .NET Web, Data and API frameworks.
Last month at a Cloud Event held in San Francisco, Satya Nadella, Microsoft CEO – showed a slide like this one where he talked about how Microsoft loves Linux:
We've worked hard with Azure to make it a first-class cloud platform for Linux based applications, and shared how more than 20% of all VMs running on Azure are Linux based. In fact, we now have a number different Linux distributions officially supported for use on Azure – with full integration within our management portal and command-line extensibility.
Which now include Ubuntu, CoreOs, Centos, Suse, Oracle Linux and Puppet Labs
Bringing Core .NET to Linux and OS X
In addition to making the .NET server stack open-source, we are also going to release an official distribution of the .NET Core for Linux, as well as an official distribution of .NET Core for the Mac operation system as well.
This will enable you to build .NET server and cloud applications and run them on both Windows Server and Linux. It is going to enable every developer – regardless of what operating system they use to develop or target – to use .NET. And to do so on a fully open source runtime.
We will be working closely with the Mono community as we complete our Linux port. The Mono community have done a great job advancing .NET and Linux over the last decade. Releasing the .NET Core source under an open source license is going to enable us to collaborate together much more closely going forward.
A new free edition of Visual Studio - Visual Studio Community 2013 edition is a full-featured IDE. It supports multiple project types in one solution file in a single IDE, and has all of the productivity features and IDE extensibility capabilities (meaning you can use Xamarin, ReSharper, VsVim, and any other VSIX extension) that developers love in Visual Studio.
It is now available completely free for:
There is no program you need to join to use it – simply visit www.visualstudio.com, click the download button.
Visual Studio Community Edition Virtual Machine
It is going to enable even more developers to take advantage of Visual Studio and build even better applications. We are looking forward to seeing what you build with it. Additionally if your a Mac User you can now spin up a virtual machine running community connect as part of an Azure.
The Visual Studio Community 2013 image enables you to unleash the full power of Visual Studio to develop cross-platform solutions. Create apps in one unified IDE, and incorporate new languages, features, and development tools into them with Visual Studio Extensions (available in the Visual Studio Gallery).
Pricing Information
Pricing varies based on the subscription you select to provision your virtual machine see http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/calculator/?scenario=virtual-machines but as an example you could spin up a D3 Series Windows Virtual Machine with 4 Cores and 14GB Ram with a 250GB SSD drive for 1.42 Euro per hour and simply only pay per the hour by turning the machine off when not required.
It has never been a better time to be a software developer.
With the provision of FREE Software and Visual Studio Community edition it will now enable organizations to succeed in today's digital environment.
Using the cloud, every software developer on the planet can now create and build solutions that can reach millions of users, with no upfront costs, powered by a cloud infrastructure that delivers completely global reach. The impact an individual developer can now have has never been greater than it is today.
.NET open source, cross platform, and Visual Studio Community edition announcements will enable the development technology we build to be leveraged by an even wider range of developers and across all mobile platforms
Developers can now use the breadth Microsoft's tools and services for free with Visual Studio Community 2013 tools for developing applications from mobile and desktop to web and cloud, Azure Free Trial providing hosting for 10 websites + 10 mobile services, and Visual Studio Online offering developer services free for up to 5 users. You can get started with all three offers today.
The Event and official announcements
You can watch the online presentations here. Also read Soma's blog post for a summary of some of the new VS 2015 and .NET 5 capabilities
Internet Explorer Developer Channel went experimental implementation of W3C Gamepad API and you can use your controller to create games on HTML / JavaScript as for Web applications and for Windows 8:
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Gamepad API Sample</title> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=Edge"> <script> function gameLoop() { var gamepads = navigator.getGamepads(); for (var playerIndex = 0; playerIndex < gamepads.length; playerIndex++) { var gamepad = gamepads[playerIndex]; if (gamepad) { if (gamepad.buttons[6].pressed || gamepad.buttons[7].pressed) { // A trigger is pressed, fire weapon. fireWeapon(playerIndex); }
<!DOCTYPE html>
<title>Gamepad API Sample</title>
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=Edge"> <script> function gameLoop() { var gamepads = navigator.getGamepads(); for (var playerIndex = 0; playerIndex < gamepads.length; playerIndex++) { var gamepad = gamepads[playerIndex]; if (gamepad) { if (gamepad.buttons[6].pressed || gamepad.buttons[7].pressed) { // A trigger is pressed, fire weapon. fireWeapon(playerIndex);
} window.requestAnimationFrame(gameLoop);
gameLoop(); </script> </head> <body>
gameLoop(); </script> </head> <body>
If you want to implement gamepad support in the game to HTML5 for Windows 8 now, not waiting for the release of the next version of Internet Explorer, you can use the wrapper over XInput for Javasctipt.
Windows 8 XInput and JavaScript controller sketch sample
Building games with controller support?
Love to hear from you..
Xbox One Wireless Controller can work with your PC if you download one of the following driver packages:
Note To use your Xbox One controller with your console after using it with a PC, you must re-sync the controller to the console. You can do this by using the wireless sync button or a USB cable. For details, see Connect a wireless Xbox One controller to your console.
If you want to use an Xbox 360 Controller with your computer, you can use an Xbox 360 Controller for Windows. Or, you can use an Xbox 360 Wireless Controller together with an Xbox 360 Wireless Gaming Receiver for Windows.
Connect a wireless Xbox One controller to your console How to assign a profile to an Xbox One Wireless Controller
Getting to Grips with the API
The main method of work with a gamepad in Windows is to use the C ++ API XInput . http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ee417001(v=vs.85).aspx Noteworthy is the absence of initialization functions, you simply query the state of the controller:
1: XINPUT_STATE state;
3: DWORD result=XInputGetState(0, &state);
6: if (result == ERROR_SUCCESS)
8: {
10: if (state.Gamepad.wButtons & XINPUT_GAMEPAD_A)
12: {
16: }
18: }
XInputGetState function takes as parameters the index controller (they can be connected to more than one) as well as with the state of the structure where the return value of buttons:
1: {
3: DWORD dwPacketNumber;
5: XINPUT_GAMEPAD Gamepad;
10: typedef struct _XINPUT_GAMEPAD
12: {
14: WORD wButtons;
16: BYTE bLeftTrigger;
18: BYTE bRightTrigger;
20: SHORT sThumbLX;
22: SHORT sThumbLY;
24: SHORT sThumbRX;
26: SHORT sThumbRY;
Buttons coded bits:
1: #define XINPUT_GAMEPAD_DPAD_UP 0x0001
2: #define XINPUT_GAMEPAD_DPAD_DOWN 0x0002
3: #define XINPUT_GAMEPAD_DPAD_LEFT 0x0004
4: #define XINPUT_GAMEPAD_DPAD_RIGHT 0x0008
5: #define XINPUT_GAMEPAD_START 0x0010
6: #define XINPUT_GAMEPAD_BACK 0x0020
7: #define XINPUT_GAMEPAD_LEFT_THUMB 0x0040
8: #define XINPUT_GAMEPAD_RIGHT_THUMB 0x0080
9: #define XINPUT_GAMEPAD_LEFT_SHOULDER 0x0100
10: #define XINPUT_GAMEPAD_RIGHT_SHOULDER 0x0200
11: #define XINPUT_GAMEPAD_A 0x1000
12: #define XINPUT_GAMEPAD_B 0x2000
13: #define XINPUT_GAMEPAD_X 0x4000
14: #define XINPUT_GAMEPAD_Y 0x8000
1: float magnitude = sqrt(state.Gamepad.sThumbRX*state.Gamepad.sThumbRX
3: + state.Gamepad.sThumbRY*state.Gamepad.sThumbRY);
6: if (magnitude > XINPUT_GAMEPAD_RIGHT_THUMB_DEADZONE)
10: }
1: #define XINPUT_GAMEPAD_LEFT_THUMB_DEADZONE 7849
2: #define XINPUT_GAMEPAD_RIGHT_THUMB_DEADZONE 8689
3: #define XINPUT_GAMEPAD_TRIGGER_THRESHOLD 30
You can look at more detailed examples of work with a gamepad online http://code.msdn.com as well as take advantage of the wrapper which is part of DirectX Toolkit .
Download C++ (61.0 KB)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb648761.aspx XInput Controller Sample
In addition to the functions directly related to the status polling controller to XInput also includes management features vibrating motor and is connected accessory, such as a voice recorder with a headset or audio to the headset. Support also has a joystick for managed code in the library and XNA Monogame .
Get in touch?
So if your building a game or have built a game for Windows 8 with Controller support please get in touch as I would love to share your experience!
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Marmalade Quick and Lua are perfect new developers, but for experienced programmers, be prepared to experience a different kind of syntax. For example,
If your a C# developer you will be used to loops looking like this (c# example):
1: for (int i = 0; i < 50; i++) 2: 3: { 4: 5: } There are no brackets in Lua, and variable types. 1: for i = 1, 50 2: 3: do 4: 5: end
1: for (int i = 0; i < 50; i++)
3: {
5: }
There are no brackets in Lua, and variable types.
1: for i = 1, 50
3: do
5: end
In Lua everything is one type of variable, but it is how you use it that reflects what exactly it is. For more quick information on Lua, see this great blog by Nick Smith from Marmalade here. Some key things (variables, functions, listeners, etc are all still valid). Lua does however miss objects, but you can add objects can be added.
One of the key advantages of Quick and Lua is you can make some really great things with half the code that you would usually write when using other engines. The fact that box2d as well as the other API's are already packed into the engine make it pretty extendable for more detailed information, check out our documentation.
Knowledge of quick and lua is preferred, but not required. I will try to be as detailed as I can. I suggest you make a start with the 101 of development a Hello World Example you can make a Quick Hello world app in 5 minutes by following the guide here.
Creating a Game with Marmalade Quick
Ok, so let's get building a flappy bird clone!
After clicking Marmalade Quick (that big Q in the middle), you will need to hit 'Create New Project' on the bottom left.
You will then be presented with a screen which allows you to add some details to your project, Press hit 'Create Project'!
Ok so you have created your first Marmalade Quick project is up and ready .
Using the Hub, you can change your target platform and even edit certain configurations for specific platforms. Let's deploy it to x86, which uses the Marmalade Simulator on Windows and Mac, and see how it looks in the Platform drop down choose Simulator x86
So you should have a black screen.
This is exactly what we want. The command line is showing the build process as well as a debug message that says 'This is my app!', and the simulator is showing nothing. Considering we just created a new project.
You can close the simulator as we know this working we now need to do a bit of preparation before we can get coding.
On the bottom left of the Hub, hit the drop down menu under 'Action', and press 'Open Project Directory'.
You will now be in the Project Directory of your application.
Open the 'Resources' folder, and you should be presented with the Lua files and folders.
We now need to add all our assets to this folder structure. downloaded from https://github.com/leestott/MarmaladeQuick
So take the of the 'Assets' folder and paste them into the Resources Folders.
Take the files out of 'quicklua+': and put it into your own 'quicklua' folder in your project (overwrite if asked).
This is the folder hierarchy which has just been created
· 'fonts' folder - allows you to specify alternative fonts
· 'gfx' folder - where we will keep our graphics (I have provided some for you already)
· 'quicklua' folder - the prebuilt Marmalade Quick APIs that we will be using
· 'sfx' folder - includes some sounds we will use in our game
· app.icf - modify certain behaviours at runtime
· class.lua - a prewritten Lua file which allows for object oriented development (see here for more info)
· common.icf - more configuration settings
· development.icf - automatically generated settings file
· game.lua - this is where most of the game code will take place
· main.lua - the entry point to our application
· menu.lua - our main menu!
· object.lua - Allows us to use objects (more on that later...)
-modebug.lua – Allows us to debug the lua code in ZeroBrane
What I need you to do first is edit your app.icf file, and add the following:
2: MemMgrMaxAllocWarning=0
3: DispFixRot=FixedPortrait
6: VirtualWidth=480
7: VirtualHeight=800
10: mainFilename="main.lua"
Why edit App.icf?
What the above code does is fixing the orientation to portrait. Why? Well, Flappy Bird is primarily a portrait game, so if the user decides to rotate their phone, we don't want the game rotating with it so we want to lock the orientation to FixedPortrait
As for our virtual widths and heights, we want our app to run on multiple devices and platforms with all kinds of screen sizes and ratios. Our solution is to build the game at dimensions of 480x800, which means that our game's display surface will always scale to fit the full device screen with these dimensions in mind. See here for more info.
Setting ZeroBrane as the Default IDE for .lua files
Go back to the directory of your application, right click one of your Lua files, hit 'Properties', and next to 'Opens with:' press change. Then navigate to your Marmalade install folder, and go to:
Open 'zbstudio.exe. Zero Brane Studio is an IDE for Lua code which we package into the SDK. You only need to do this once.
And now we can code! First things first, add the following to main.lua:
1: -- Imports
2: dofile("menu.lua")
3: --
You need to set the project directory so we can see just our project select Project\Project Directory\ Set from current file
Also you need to set Marmalade Quick as the Lua Interpreter
We will need to to allow debugging of the app and testing of the app within the Marmalade Simulator
Ok next we need to add the menu into the game this will be the first thing the user sees.
The '--' are simply comments, and will not be compiled by Marmalade Quick at run time.
add the following to menu.lua,
1: -- Creates scene
2: menuScene = director:createScene()
4: -- Create background:
5: local background = director:createSprite(director.displayCenterX, director.displayCenterY, "gfx/background.png")
6: background.xAnchor = 0.5
7: background.yAnchor = 0.5
All we are doing here is creating a global variable called MenuScene which holds our menu scene.
As we have not called local before the variable name, it is automatically global and will be accessible from other parts of the application.
Next, we make a new local sprite called background. Here, we place it in the middle of the display, and then load the image we want. We also change the x and y anchor of the sprite which affects the coordinates of the node's anchor point.
Hit save all within ZeroBrane, and press the run button
The Simulator will load and display a screen with the background for the main menu.
Building the menu
We need a scene changer.
The scene changer will allow us to change scenes in our app. Go to your menu.lua and add:
1: -- Switch to specific scene
3: function switchToScene(scene_name)
So what we have done here is create a function called 'switchToScene' which takes in one parameter. Specifically, the name of the scene we want to move to.
We haven't put local before 'function', so it is automatically global and accessible from other lua files.
5: if (scene_name == "game") then
7: dofile("game.lua")
9: director:moveToScene(gameScene)
11: end
13: end
In this code we are comparing the parameter passed into the function.
Specifically, 'scene_name'. We are saying that if the 'scene_name' variable is equal to the string "game", then we will import our game.lua file, and then move to that scene using the director.
Adding a Start Button to the menu Screen
1: local playButton = director:createSprite(director.displayCenterX, director.displayCenterY, "gfx/start.png")
3: playButton.xAnchor = 0.5
5: playButton.yAnchor = 0.5
Adding a function to call a new game
1: function newGame(event)
3: if event.phase == "ended" then
5: -- Switch to game scene
7: switchToScene("game")
9: end
11: end
We call this function when we want a new game using the 'switchToScene' function.
We are passing the user's touch into the function, and then checking the state of the touch. In Marmalade Quick, we have 3 states for touch:
In this case, we are saying, call the function when the user takes their finger off the button. Don't forget to pass in "game" as the scene switcher parameter, so the app knows which scene to go to.
We have our function that will take the user from the menu to the game scene, but it isn't connected to the 'start' sprite yet. Even at this point, it is still a sprite. We now need to use something called an event listener. Add this under your playButton code:
1: playButton:addEventListener("touch", newGame)
What this line does is add an event listener to the playButton. This means that it is now waiting for something to happen. When that event does happen, it will react accordingly. In this instance, our event listener is waiting for a 'touch', and when the play button is touched, the newGame function will be called.
Making the Game Scene
Go to game.lua and add the following:
1: gameScene = director:createScene()
3: local label = director:createLabel(0, 0, 'Hey - welcome to the game scene.\nCome here often?')
Again this scene is global like our menu scene.
We have also created a bit of text using a label and we then display it to the user.
Adding a Game Title to your menu screen
Go to menu.lua file code. Make sure it is after the background code so that the text isn't drawn underneath it.
The \n after Flappy Bird is an escape character by the way. It allows us to write on different lines). As you can see, we also change the colour of it. As a node, you can do all sorts of things to it. See here:
But yes, the code:
1: local gameTitle = director:createLabel(0, director.displayCenterY+(director.displayCenterY/2), 'Flappy Bird\n A New Developer")
3: gameTitle.color = color.blue
So now we can create a button in your game scene that once pressed, goes back to the menu scene. All you will need to do is pass in the "menu" string to our global scene switcher function in main.lua.
Ok lets now add some code to game.lua: so delete the text
local label = director:createLabel(0, 0, 'Hey - welcome to the game scene.\nCome here often?')
and add the following
1: local background = director:createSprite(director.displayCenterX, director.displayCenterY, "gfx/background.png")
3: background.xAnchor = 0.5
5: background.yAnchor = 0.5
7: background.rotation = 180
1: local player = director:createSprite(director.displayCenterX/2,director.displayCenterY + (director.displayCenterY/2), "gfx/player.png")
3: player.xAnchor = 0.5
5: player.yAnchor = 0.5
What is really great about Quick is that it supports Box2d physics engine. So we can simply add physics to the player and world and we can do this by adding this line of code under our player:
1: physics:addNode(player, {radius = 21})
If you press run, your ball should slowly fall off the screen and increase in speed while doing so.
In Part 2 we will continue with the development of the game.
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I was doing aerial surveying for awhile and they do make the aerial film in 125' rolls as well. compared to standard film it's relatively inexpensive but is quite a bit thinner than standard film so I'd be concerned that in ULF sizes the film wouldn't lay flat enough. I'm also not sure how you'd develop it as the emulsion is made for special aerial developer.
There are ways of dealing with that but I don't think it would be an issue ayway.
I certainly miss the days when I could just chop up whatever size film I wanted and not worry about the cost sitting in a little plane for 600 hours a year was definitely not worth it though.
If you found a way around getting the film developed I would be willing to be you could call any aerial surveying company and they'd have short bits of film laying around. We would always throw away anything under 30'.
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You've been once and your not going this year?
It was lots of fun, but I enjoy a different aspect of racing more these days.
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Why are you lobbying for it if you know its going to create a problem?
To some, dirt, rocks, sand, and bumps are problems in racing, for others they are the challenge that is the essence of the the race. The same goes for a secret unmarked course, roadbook, and multiple stages. They are only problems if you chose to look at them that way.
I quit "lobbying" NORRA over a year ago when I started my Diabolical Rally project. Now I help NORRA understand the ins and outs off this type of rally format, help them implement the aspects they choose to take on, and try to educate everyone on how it can work and how best to prepare for it. It would actually help me if they dumped the whole roadbook thing. But as long as they are going to do it, I'd like to see them get it right. And I'd like to help you guys see the positive aspects.
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Will no GPS make it more fun?
It can, if you choose to see navigation as one more challenge in the race that you will overcome. Does dust, the smell of gasoline, early morning wakeups, bumpy roads, and all the "crap" that comes at you in a typical Baja race make it fun? For an outsider that stuff sounds worse than hell, but for a desert racer it's why you do it.
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If you're a hard core rally guy, just leave your GPS at home. If your a vintage guy, ride a vintage bike with a roll chart. If you're both, use both.
For 95% of the race, that's the way it is. Is 5% too much to try out?
Originally Posted by
The car guys will have the biggest issue with this, so they should make it for the bikes only.
Apparently there have been enough car guys looking forward to the navigation challenge to convince Mike to throw in that 5%. And I suspect there are a few bike guys who won't like it, at least until they try it. So I still don't see this being a bike specific thing.
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Ken and the staff have enough to do with out adding in one more timing/scoring dynamic.
The timing and scoring are exactly the same as far as I know.
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Tonight opponents of equality blocked LB 485, a critical bill to protect all Nebraskans from employment discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, despite strong support from the Nebraska legislature. While unable to gain cloture, a majority of legislators did vote to move forward with the bill, a sign Nebraska, along with the rest of the country, is quickly embracing full legal equality for LGBT Americans.
"Although we did not win today's battle to secure employment protections for LGBT Nebraskans, we commend the legislators who stood on the side of fairness," said HRC Legal Director Sarah Warbelow. "The majority of Nebraska's lawmakers sent a clear message that the LGBT community should be protected from discrimination under the law."
"Thousands of Nebraskans have made their voices heard in this debate," said Chris Chapek, director of Stay Equal Nebraska. "They have called and written their state Senators in unprecedented numbers. The message is clear: the overwhelming majority of Nebraskans support updating our employment non-discrimination laws to protect LGBTQ Nebraskans. A majority of senators agree. This debate is far from over. We will not rest until all Nebraskans enjoy equal protection under the law."
LB 485 was voted out of the Nebraska Judiciary Committee last week. Opponents of equality did everything they could to stop this critical legislation from becoming law. Without the passage of this bill, LGBT Nebraskans will continue to lack critical protections in the workplace.
"Although we did not emerge victorious today, the change in tide is evident," added Warbelow. "We will continue to fight for full equality under the law in Nebraska and across the country."
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For some masochistic reason, I've decided to give up coffee for Lent. (All the milk and sugar prob isn't too healthy, plus I shouldn't be so addicted to caffeine at only 21, etc. etc.) Problem is, I'm actually going through withdrawal from the caffeine. I don't want to switch over to soda, because I cut that out of my diet a couple of years ago and really don't want to go back to it. I also don't want to be popping Advil for the next week while I get it out of my system (yes, I drink so much that I get crazy caffeine headaches when I don't get enough coffee -- I'm in bad shape!).
I'm not a huge tea drinker (I just don't like most of them), but I suppose I'm willing to try anything while I wean myself off the caffeine bean. Does anybody have any suggestions -- both tea and non-tea? Or do I just have to suck it up?
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FORT WORTH -- A former Fort Worth ISD teacher, and one-time pitcher in the Texas Rangers organization, is being accused of having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old female student at Arlington Heights High School.
Chad Hawkins, 34, was found in his car with the girl last week, according to court documents.
A Westworth Villagepolice officer noticed the car windows were steamed up. An affidavitstates the two engaged in sexual touching in a gym parking lot.
What makes you think you can do that with a 16-year-old girl?It's sick, said Arlington Heights senior Jose Garcia.
The relationship apparently developed online through Facebook. Police said the history teacherset up a fakeprofile account under the name Thomas Durdan, from which he could then message the girl sometimes during school hours.
In one message, the Durdan account wrote:
I want you to walk into my class next period and sit right on my lap ha!
It's shocking, said Karen Casey, who has a student at Arlington Heights.
Even more concerning for some parents was that Hawkins was also the Arlington Heights girls basketball coach.
Hawkins was drafted by the Rangers organization in 2000. Aspokespersonsaid on Wednesday he never pitched in the major leagues andonly playedin the minors for a couple of seasons.
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Beat this already.. Seems much shorter than the first one, but that could be because I had such a hard time before and had to keep redoing things over and over. The menus/interface are so much better. I don't know why they couldn't do something like that for the first game. The graphics and voice acting are about the same (good). The girl sounds the same but looks totally different. Dunno why Starkiller's always screaming. :O Boss battles (and the game in general) were more manageable for me but they seemed to go on longer... I never thought the fight with the Gorak or whatever would ever end. At least there were lots of checkpoints during those.
I was less frustrated by part two, but I think I actually enjoyed the first one a bit more. There were more characters, enemies, and areas, more variation.. I really didn't find the maps in this one all that interesting. The first game had more of a wow factor for me in that regard. One part I had high hopes for was:
Dagobah. Instead all you get are a handful of crystals in one small area and a cutscene in the cave. They didn't have to have monsters and boss fights, but I think they really could have expanded the world quite a bit and scattered those crystals around. Maybe when you pick one up you get a vision from your past or things in the future. Make it a bit of a challenge to reach some with tough double jump+dash, trying to hide some better, etc. Oh well.
I liked how you could manage the lightsaber colors and power crystals separately in the first game. It didn't change anything, but I enjoyed switching colors every once in a while. I found at least one of every crystal, some twice (for both sabers), but I had a hard time figuring out which I should use... I think I mostly stuck with regeneration and defense in the last half of the game even though some of the others sounded like they'd be cool. There's one that turned the lightsaber dark grey or black. Looked weird.. I wish there were more that always did electrical/other damage and not just a chance of it. One thing I didn't miss from part one at all was the insane amount of combos.
Better and worse I guess...
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When my mother died in 2003, I found myself in search of clergy to conduct the funeral. When I met Rev. Saatjian, he was everything I was hoping for:warm, caring, strong in his beliefs yet open to others', and willing to admit that he did not have all the answers. He did a wonderful job translating our discussion--and the disjointed mush I gave him through tears and exhaustion--into a brief, beautiful, meaningful and moving ceremony. When my father died the following year, and although Rev. Saatjian had retired a few weeks before, he helped me through it all once more.
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Blogs home Move Baldwin Forward
Move Baldwin Forward Coalition launches
We believe that amid all the challenges we face there are spectacular opportunities to make USD 348 a premier school district. We intend to do just that.
movebaldwinforward 4 years, 5 months ago
The Move Baldwin Forward Coalition is a group of citizens in the USD 348 school district with a vision and a plan for the future. For more information please visit www.movebaldwinforward.org or send us a message at firstname.lastname@example.com.
greyghost 4 years, 5 months ago
People are already answering the call! The wrong people, but people nevertheless.
ksrush 4 years, 5 months ago
So who do you want ? 2 of the 3 look ok. The boy wonder of City Council is definately not one of them though.
true_bulldog 4 years, 5 months ago
I'm afraid you're right, ksrush. If Bayer is involved, this is doomed to fail. Kiss of death.
BaldwinDad 4 years, 5 months ago
What few dealings I have had to with Mr. Bayer has not been that good, but I admire their initiative as flawed as it is, best thing they could do if they want to improve education in Baldwin is to help form charter or private schools, get legislation to the state that allow our tax dollars to follow the kids, and dismantle the huge monopoly that is the state run school system.
Bloggerboo 4 years, 5 months ago
How do you know their initiative is flawed? There is not much on their site other than 1) do things differently, 2) put education first, 3) make tough decisions. Those are flaws in your opinion?
BaldwinDad 4 years, 5 months ago
I know it's flawed since it states it wants to support USD #348 versus opening up the district to competition. If you actually read my post I describe the best action they could take.
People have to realize that Govt run schools are extremely inefficient and almost a complete waste of taxpayers money. We need new alternatives to the Monopoly we have now that is economically draining our community and creating year after year a lower performing educational system for our children.
ksrush 4 years, 5 months ago
Your joking right ? What passes for normal in your world ? Have the school district help form a charter or private school ? Whatever your taking I want some
Torch 4 years, 5 months ago
I'm sure we don't always agree but you nailed it BD.
All levels of education need reform. Big time.
Peabody 4 years, 5 months ago
Maybe we can save some money by not teaching grammar and spelling to students.
greyghost 4 years, 5 months ago
I say we "lock and load" on grammar and spelling.
Stacy Napier 4 years, 5 months ago
Tony, They don't do that now. My daughter had a book report for 8th grade english. She had to a poster. Now how does that teach her how to write?
rochester 4 years, 5 months ago
That website has changed since yesterday. What happened to Carrie Barth?
greyghost 4 years, 5 months ago
We've already had one bail? Haaaahahaaaahahaahahhaaa Now look at these two and their "coalition." WOW
movebaldwinforward 4 years, 5 months ago
A change in Carrie's circumstances will place increased constraints on Carrie's time commitments to the degree that she felt that she could not serve in the capacity of a School Board member. Carrie consulted with each of the members of Move Baldwin Forward and we all support her decision. We wish Carrie the best and thank her for her assistance.
true_bulldog 4 years, 5 months ago
This and Robin Bayer involved? The drain is circling on this coalition.
Cityboy 4 years, 5 months ago
Who else is running for school board?
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5.0 out of 5 stars Esther Wants To Be Part of Your Family!!
2009, Apporx. 123 Mins
Directed By: Jaume collet-Serra
Written By: Alex Mace & David Leslie Johnson
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2.0 out of 5 stars Looking for love in all the wrong places
Poor Esther (Isabelle Fuhrman at 12 years). All she wanted was a little love. Unfortunately, there are a few obstacles to remove first. This takes planning, finesses, and a little collusion.
This defiantly is not "Dementia 13" but it is a want-a-be. The film is highly predictable as most of the blood is in the first scene. That is because it was supposed to be...
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5.0 out of 5 stars Esther Wants To Be Part of Your Family!!,
Josh Nelson "Rock N Roll Never Dies!!!" (Calgary, Canada) - See all my reviews
2009, Apporx. 123 Mins
Directed By: Jaume collet-Serra
Written By: Alex Mace & David Leslie Johnson
Vera Farmiga (The Departed)
Peter Sarsgaard (Flightplan)
Isabelle Fuhrman (Hounddog)
Karel Roden (Hellboy)
No Doubt About It. Orphan is the horror movie Horror fans MUST SEE!!
From the start, the horror comes. Through a nightmarish flashback, Kate Coleman (The lovely Vera Farmiga) and her husband John (Peter Sarsgaard)lose their 3rd child during its birth procedure. Kate and John are still grieving over their loss, with Kate being tempted to start heavily drinking again and John coveting another woman named Joyce.
Their 2 kids, their oldest son Daniel and their youngest daughter Max are both anxious at their parents new plan to help remedy their grief: Kate and John have decided that they're going to adopt a young girl from St. Marina's All Girl Orphanage.
That's when they meet the little 9 year old Russian girl named Esther (Isabelle Fuhrman), and movie history is made!!
Esther is sweet, beautiful and very smart for her age. She is very thankful to the Colemans who welcome her into their home, except for Daniel (Who instantly goes out of his way to make enemies with her) Slowly, Kate begins to detect warning signs from her new daughter and fears that her family might be in danger. Especially after Esther's last adoptive family perished in a viscous house fire, a fire Esther barely escaped.
But with that, Esther is also very, VERY disturbed. She is manipulative, cunning and deadly. Esther is the type of movie villain who has no pity, remorse or morality when it comes to getting her way across. She raises the bar for "NOT to be messed with!!"
The movie itself is BRILLIANT and my personal favorite!! It's one of those movies that WILL blast you out of your seat and into the back wall of the living room!! Its rare for a movie of this caliber to come along, especially with all the horrid remakes and 3D movies coming out. This HAS to be one of the greatest horror films ever made!! Not to mention the TERRIFIC twist near the end, that you'll NEVER forget!! Ever!!
There SHOULD be a sequel to this!! They can go anywhere with such an outstanding villain they've created. There was even talk about continuing the story in graphic novel form!! (Please, Please, PLEASE!!)
DO yourself a favor and BUY this movie!! I guarantee you that by the end of it, little Esther Coleman will be burned into your memory.... Forever...
You'll See Esther Coleman in Your Nightmares, And She'll See You In HELL!!
5.0 out of 5 stars "i think there may be something wrong with Esther",
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saying there may be something wrong with Esther is understatement.if hell is missing one of its demons,they can call off the search.Esther isn't really a demon,but you get the idea.the main premise of the movie may not be all that original,but this movie puts its own little twist/spin on it that i thought was quite ingenious.there are a few clues that lead you toward it if you really pay attention.and for once,i actually was,and knew there something else going on,and fleetingly had the right idea of what the twist was gonna be,but then abandoned it for some reason.beyond the great twist,though,the rest of the movie is also fantastic.it moves right along,has great suspense,has some very harrowing moments.the acting was great.i love Vera Farmiga in anything she appears in.she takes a back seat here though to young Isabelle Fuhrman,who portrays Esther.if this movie is any indication she has a very bright future ahead of her.overall,one of the better made suspense/horror films i've seen in awhile. 5/5
2.0 out of 5 stars Looking for love in all the wrong places,
bernie "xyzzy" (Arlington, Texas) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Orphan (Blu-ray)
Poor Esther (Isabelle Fuhrman at 12 years). All she wanted was a little love. Unfortunately, there are a few obstacles to remove first. This takes planning, finesses, and a little collusion.
This defiantly is not "Dementia 13" but it is a want-a-be. The film is highly predictable as most of the blood is in the first scene. That is because it was supposed to be a psychological thriller yet turned out to be a cheap slasher. The movie may be in a hurry to end but you do not have time to ward the unaware schnooks that they are about to be dispatched by a household utensil or the odd tool. The only spooky or over the top violence was when a poor defenseless pigeon was dispatched with force.
Only saw the Blu-ray but nothing really looked fake on the big screen TV.
5.0 out of 5 stars Oh esther,
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This review is from: The Orphan/L�'orpheline [Blu-ray] (Bilingual) (Blu-ray)
I can't believe this movie has been out so long and i have not watched it i'm so slow but boy i sure did glad i bought it and watched it i was so impress with the little girl that played Esther she was one evil girl and you better don't get in her way or you are dead.I don't know if i could call it a psychologial thriller but i know she is a psychopath. hand's down this is the best horror movie i have seen i was on the edge of my seat and eathing [lays chips]the bag was done before the movie man was i mad. you have to watch this you will not regret it.The Orphan/L''orpheline [Blu-ray]
5.0 out of 5 stars Great thriller!!,
This review is from: Orphan (Blu-ray)
If you like a good scare, this movie is for you......great choice of actors for this movie! You will not be disappointed.
4.0 out of 5 stars good,
This review is from: Orphan (DVD)
i enjoyed the product a lot... pretty much like it was advised and even more... i can say im satisfied
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars,
This review is from: Orphan (DVD)
Love this movie!! If you wish to watch something where the end is unpredictable - this is it.
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars,
Sick little girl in the movie but a great thriller and acting is great a must buy.
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I knew it the moment I saw the description--"suburban assault vehicle"--in the news reports. I live in the suburbs. I need an assault vehicle.
The 2000 Excursion weighs 3.5 tons and measures nearly nineteen feet long. I need it.
It comes with a cowcatcher attached beneath the front bumper so small cars can't pass me beneath my axles. But I need to find out how fast a Volkswagen New Beetle can do on the highway with a 7,000-pound truck a half-inch from its taillights.
I need to make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches while driving so I don't starve; there's just no time to worry about the traffic or the bends in the road ahead. With the Excursion I'll just turn on the cruise control and I can pay properly close attention to my meal or take a well-deserved nap without fear that anything that gets in my way will stop me. I need to feel safe.
I need a Ford Excursion because it gets twelve miles to the gallon. The Sierra Club calls it "a garbage truck that dumps into the sky." Dan Becker, director of the club's global-warming program, is quoted in news reports as saying, "This will be the most polluting truck on the road and will set a new low for Detroit."
The Excursion has six doors and is six and a half feet wide. I have a parakeet and sometimes have to drive it to the pet store when it needs its toenails trimmed. I need the space.
There are three engines available. I need all three but I'll settle for the biggest: the optional V-10. My driveway is on an incline; you can tell because the rain runs toward the street. I need the power.
No doubt there are individuals who'll say that my need for an Excursion is a Freudian matter. Those who say such things are pathetic, envious people who don't qualify for a second home mortgage and so can't drive an Excursion themselves. And let me assure you, Freud has nothing to do with it. I need an Excursion. I need it because the neighbors have to see the big bulge in my garage door. I need it because it's long and hard. And I need to flip it into four-wheel drive and thrust forward, ever forward, and ram deep, deep--oh, so deep--into moaning, shuddering woods where no truck has gone before.
Did you know that the Ford Motor Company didn't display its new Excursion at automobile shows this past spring for fear of a bad reaction from the public. What does this tell you? The message it conveys is that, for all the outcry that America is becoming too permissive with its children (which may well be the case), it's hardly noticed that society has become far too bossy with its adults. Frequently this takes the form of social pressure to engage only in approved activities, and often this institutional authoritarianism takes the form of the passage of bad, restrictive laws, like those against streaking at sporting events. We still give lip service to the notion that our nation is a land of liberty, but that has largely ceased to be true. The Dan Beckers of this world--and there are many--have nearly taken over.
This relates not only to Bill of Rights issues, such as the incendiary question of flag-burning, but to the erosion of ordinary, everyday liberties. Ninety years ago people ingested cocaine in soda pop; now you can get a prison term for the same thing. Fifty years ago a fur coat was a nice thing that kept you warm during the cold winter; today it's still warm but amateur Mussolinis, who enjoy pushing around human beings by feigning deep concern about mindless beasts, have intimidated pelt owners to the point where you hardly ever see a fur coat in the winter. Forty years ago the means of disciplining your children was your business as long as you didn't do any physical harm; today it's an orthodox dictum that spanking is abuse.
Twenty years ago you could unbuckle your seat belt if you wanted, you could smoke indoors if you chose. At the beginning of the decade computer hacking was a learning experience for college students. Now all these behaviors can be crimes.
What can we do about this? At a minimum, we should take back our little share of this country by openly doing as we please. For me that's going to be cruising the interstate in the biggest gas pig I can get on credit--a wasteful, expensive, polluting rolling meat locker that's frowned upon by every ideologue and rulie who thinks there's a right way and a wrong way to do everything.
For you it might be something else. If you don't feel like toting separated glass in a plastic box to the curb on garbage day, go ahead and pitch those recyclables in with the rest of the garbage. If you want to toss a Snickers wrapper on the side of the highway, feel free. If it appeals to you to let your lawn grow wild or smoke some smuggled Cuban cigars or light a row of fire-crackers or have rock candy and Jack Daniels for dinner, go right ahead. And if you don't want to do these things but your neighbor does, shut up--it's no concern of yours, Buttinski.
Do your patriotic duty to behave as you wish--as long as it doesn't hurt anyone else. Life is short, particularly if you see me in your rear view mirror. Because I'll be driving a Ford Excursion.
Clifford Falk is an attorney in private practice in Niagara Falls, New York.
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