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Justin Michael Hannah, 29, of Plainfield Avenue, Goose Creek, is behind bars with a list of charges after an Aug. 26 armed robbery, according to a Berkeley County Sheriff's Office incident report.
Hannah was booked into the Hill-Finklea Detention Center at 8:46 p.m. that day and charged with two counts of armed robbery, possession of schedule one and schedule two narcotics (LSD), possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime, the unlawful carrying of a handgun, unlawful carrying of a pistol and simple possession of marijuana, according to the jail's website.
His bond for all the charges totals $95,620, according to the jail's website.
At about 12:45 p.m. the female victim was sitting in a car in a parking space at 5000 Harbour Lake Drive in front of Building A, No. 17 – 32 talking to her husband as she was about to hand him $9 for lunch money. The $9 was sitting on her lap, according to the report.
Hannah approached them and asked for a lighter, then a cigarette. As the female victim reached for a cigarette, Hannah lunged through the window in an effort to take the $9 from her lap, according to the report.
The husband grabbed the suspect from the back. When he saw the suspect had a gun he attempted to grab it. The husband and suspect struggled.
The gun was initially pointed at the wife but when the suspect broke loose from the struggle with the husband, the gun was pointed at the husband's face, according to the report.
Hannah then ran toward a blue or grey SUV type vehicle and departed the scene.
A woman who had just sat down in her vehicle parked in the adjacent row of parking spaces about 50 feet away witnessed the entire incident.
She said after the suspect fled the female victim started her car and attempted to run into the subject to keep him from shooting her husband, according to the report. The witness said the subject then ran toward a grey SUV believed to be Honda and left the scene.
The female victim followed the subject for a short way attempting to find out the suspect vehicle's tag number, according to the report.
The witness told a deputy she works at a motel off Redbank Road and recognized the suspect as the person staying in Room 208. Deputies obtained the suspect's name and vehicle information from the motel clerk.
He was not present at the motel, so deputies responded to a Plainfield Drive address. While there, deputies learned the suspect showed up at the motel. Deputies arrived and detained the suspect.
The victims arrived but could not identify the suspect. The witness responded and positively identified Hannah as the suspect who pulled the gun on the female victim, according to the report.
Another subject, a 59-year-old black male from Ladson, said he and Hannah left the motel that morning at 10:30 and went to Sullivan's Island. Both parties then drove to a pawn shop in Goose Creek to pawn a DVD player, according to the report.
Hannah departed the pawn shop leaving the other male subject to complete the paperwork for the pawned item. When Hannah returned to the pawn shop about 45 minutes later he had a white woman with him. All subjects departed and went to Northwoods Mall, according to the report.
The subject's vehicle was listed as a 2004 Ford Escape. Search warrants were served on the vehicle and the motel room.
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One of my personal missions in recent years has been to help identify some of the local treasures that have been lost in Toledo. I look for buildings and structures that help define the city's past but have been left to the cruelty of benign neglect and the ravages of time. Some may be worth saving. Others not so much. But as the city debates and argues about the "blight" that has become a far too common part of the city's landscape, let's make sure we don't throw out the baby with the bathwater, for there is value in rediscovering and preserving many of these icons of the city's past.
The list of these "lost" treasures is impressive. The Erie Street Market or Toledo Civic Theater formerly Toledo Civic Auditorium building, The Spitzer Building, The Toledo Police Department range house at Detwiler Park, the decaying Pythian Castle and the grand Burt Theater on Jefferson Avenue, the old Toledo Edison steam plant on the riverfront, the historic Lucas County Sheriff's residence, Fire Station No. 3 in North Toledo, the Ohio Theatre on Lagrange St. … the list goes on.
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One building that holds some future promise for rediscovery is currently an empty shell that needs immediate attention if it is going to avoid the pain of a wrecking ball. It may well be one of our greatest treasures: The Bay View Naval Armory Park.
Since it closed to the public in the 1980s, not many people have been inside the armory, which resides along the banks of the Maumee River tucked behind the Toledo Yacht Club, not far from the Bay View Retirees Golf Course and the Toledo waste-water treatment plant.
But once you've seen it, you're not likely to forget it. It is impressive. Displaying the traditional "Navy" look of the 1930s, it offers a touch of Art-Deco and an eye-catching semicircular front portico of reclaimed sandstone.
During its heyday, it was one of this city's grand places to have dinners, see shows, hear bands, and dance. These attractions were of course, in addition to its regular use as a Naval training station and induction center during World War II.
While there have been some discussions as to what its future holds, I have learned that there is renewed interest to give this monument to our civic pride a new tomorrow.
The nonprofit historical group the Last Patrol is talking with the current owner, Roger Homrich Jr., about purchasing the 100,000 square-foot building and the surrounding property to become a regional training center for young cadets from the U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps and other maritime training for young people. It would be called Liberty Station and would host thousands of young people to train there every year from across the country. And because of its sheer size and history, it would also be used as a museum venue for this areas' proud and formidable Navy and Coast Guard heritage. In future years, its deep water frontage could easily accommodate a military museum ship.
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The Last Patrol is a group of like minded Toledo-area folks, headed up by brothers John and Jeff Nowakowski, who are also very active in the local Sea Cadets program based in Perrysburg Township. The Last Patrol was originally formed to teach and preserve military history and to display that history on the homefront. One of their early goals was to bring a retired Navy or Coast Guard ship to the area, as a floating museum, but that has yet to happen.
Their most recent attempt to acquire the Toledo-built USS Storis, a WWII era Coast Guard cutter, ended late last year when the U.S. government sold the historic Storis to an Australian salvage company, which towed the ship to a cutting yard in Mexico, where it has already been cannibalized for salvage. No doubt that it would have made an impressive display in Toledo, had it been allowed to come home to the city where it was built at the shipyards on Maumee River. Alas, it was not to be and I will write about the tragic demise of the USS Storis in the future.
Undaunted by the loss of the Storis, the Nowakowski brothers and the Last Patrol remain determined to not only tell the story of the American military, but also to expand the group's mission: To create a national youth training center at the historic Bay View Naval Armory for the Navy's Sea Cadet Corps and the Navy League Cadet Corps. Their vision is to create a place where not only the Cadets could train and learn, but would also be a training venue for other youth groups such as local schools, the Sea Scouts, the Girl and Boy Scouts, the Young Marines or the Civil Air Patrol. Students would be housed on a special dormitory barge moored along the riverfront.
While the vision for this center certainly has a big "wow" factor, it will take more than dreams to bring this aging icon back to life. It will require lots of work and time and of course, lots of dollars. Millions in fact. $6 million to $10 million, for a start. But the Nowakowski brothers don't view the huge price tag as a impossible obstacle.
John and Jeff and other members of the Last Patrol think it can be done through a combination of community support, donations, sponsors, grants and naming rights. John says he and his brother Jeff are committed to this project. "Our parents instilled in us a great love for our nation and our history. Me being a Marine, also helped. We tried doing the museum idea … but then we got involved with the Navy Sea Cadets and saw how much it helped the kids. The idea of combining our dreams with a program that just does good for the community just seemed to make sense."
The first hurdle is obtaining the money to buy the armory from its current owner, the Homrich family of Monroe, who bought it from the City of Toledo in 2004 for about $100,000. Their hopes of turning it into a boat storage facility never materialized, although they made numerous repairs to the building to keep it from falling into irreversible disrepair. The price tag for the Last Patrol would be about $600,000. John Nowakowski is not sure exactly where that initial acquisition money will come from, but believes that if the Last Patrol can get the word out to the community about their vision and plans for Liberty Station they feel strongly that it could trigger a wave of support to get the money to buy the armory property. Once that is done, then they'll have something tangible to work with and show to the public.
Here's what they would see. Built in 1935 and 1936 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), the four-story Bay View armory was designed as a training facility and process center for the Navy prior to World War II. Interestingly, like many area structures built by the WPA during the lean years of the Depression, much of the structure was built using salvaged materials from other local historic buildings that were not preserved. The legacies of those old Toledo structures still live on in the brick and sandstone that grace the impressive façade of armory.
The interior of the armory was designed to reflect the interior of a ship, and even featured a ship's bridge that overlooks the massive drill and parade deck on the second floor . It is so large that it became one of the city's largest venues for public events during the 1940s and '50s. Even through the 1960s, the armory's deck was still being used for high school proms and graduation ceremonies, in addition to its regular schedule of dinners and other public events. The 7-acre grounds upon which it sits, also provides a lush park-like surrounding of greenery, trees and a magnificent view of Maumee Bay and the Maumee River.
But, sadly, the interior and exterior need a lot of labor and love to restore it to a useable condition. The roof has lingering weak spots and some of the façade stone and ornate detail work has been loosened and lost to time and gravity. The interior, I am told, is not much better than it was when I got inside to take photos while the city still owned it 10 years ago. Water damage, cracks in walls and rusted metal are the common sight in the warren of rooms and work areas of the building. But vision and leadership require looking past what something is, and seeing what something can be. That will be paramount here. And certainly what John and Jeff Nowakowski possess as they look beyond the busted windows and the peeling paint of the once-grand armory is a shiny dream. They believe others in the community will see it with them and join them to make it a reality.
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Last week both the Rattan Lady Rams and the Rattan Rams participated in State Baseball and Softball Tournaments, and both took home the prestigious title of State Champions.
The Rams were named Class A Baseball State Champs and were awarded Class A Academic Achievement Certificates.
A parade of more than 70 vehicles, including lights and sirens, escorted them through Antlers on their way home to Rattan.
The Rams Recap: In the dugout after the sixth inning, Rattan's Jonathan Samuels came over to Blake Watts.
"If Landon (Carper) gets on, I'm getting him home," Samuels told his teammate.
Samuels did more than that, blasting a two-run home run to left to help lift Rattan to a 5-2 win over Amber-Pocasset to take the Class A state title at Palmer Field at Dolese Park on Saturday afternoon.
The home run was Samuels' third of the tournament. He hit a pair in Rattan's semifinal win over Pioneer on Friday, including a two-run game-winning home run.
The title was the fifth spring title and the 11th overall for the Rams. Their last title came in spring 2003.
Oklahoma Coaches Association Hall of Famer Leo Smallwood, a longtime Rattan coach and administrator, has been in attendance for every one of Rattan's titles. The first came in the spring of 1981. Smallwood, 95, watched Saturday's game from a chair along the fence and was acknowledged by the team after the game.
Rattan came from behind in the seventh in each of its state tournament games.
In Thursday's 5-2 win over Caddo, the Rams scored four in the top of the seventh before Watts finished it off in the bottom half.
Watts got off to a rough start on the mound, giving up runs in the first two innings while Amber-Pocasset's Ryan Cauthen mowed down Rattan's lineup.
But Watts quickly found his stride, striking out three consecutive batters to end the second after the Rams fell behind 2-0.
Watts went the distance, striking out 10 and getting the final batter, Josh Jackson, to bounce back up the middle to win the game with the tying run on base.
Rattan (30-7) tied the game in the fourth on back-to-back doubles, the second by Davidson. Davidson came in to score on Samuels' sacrifice fly. That was the end of the scoring until Samuels' next at-bat in the seventh.
After Carper led off with a single, Samuels took a curveball in the dirt before blasting Cauthen's fastball down the middle over the fence to put Rattan ahead for the first time in the game and they went on to win with a final score of 5-2 over Amber-Pocasset.View more articles in:


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Did you draw from personal experience to develop the characters? I did in a lot of ways, yes. There are elements of me and my story in many of the characters, and I found myself drawing on my personal experiences to shape the character's lives. But then, there are a lot of ways that these women don't resemble me at all too. ha.
Did you take classes or major in writing? I majored in journalism and theatre...and while you'd think the journalism degree helps me most in writing, the truth is, I think it was my time in the theatre that's helped me most. When you're an actor, you have to learn how to develop a character, to bring someone who only exists on the page to life...and I think there's a lot of the same techniques that go into writing a character. Also, dialogue is my favorite thing to write, and I think that's because I started by writing for the stage.
Do you ever get writer's block?
I do...sometimes when I get stuck I meander around the story until something hits me...and then I'm off again. Other times, I have to shut the laptop and walk away. It's funny, I could be cleaning the bathroom when a new idea strikes and I'm back to writing! :)
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Usually it's the characters...I have this innate need to tell their stories...to explore them, to find out what happens next. I also want to write in hopes that maybe someone else will benefit from it...storytelling is one of the most powerful ways to change lives...to allow people to have an experience. There's just nothing like it.
When, how, where do you write?
I used to do almost all my writing at Barnes and Noble. We lived in Illinois, and my mom came up once a week to hang out with my kids so I could do that...but then we moved to Colorado and everything shifted. Now, I have a work from home job, so I pretty much only write on the weekends. Under headphones, listening to Pandora...
Lots of people have ideas for books...how do you get published? You do a lot of research! There are tons of websites out there with great writing advice. For me, the key was going to a writer's conference and learning everything I could absorb. I read a lot of books and blogs about the topic, wrote a book (not the one that's published!) and the wrote a proposal. The next step is to find an agent and then do a lot of praying. It's a hurry up and wait kind of thing, and it's a TON of work...but it's worth it in the long run!
The most I've done is travel home to Illinois for my first signing and a launch party...then I've done some live events here in Colorado, but that's it! With the ease of the Internet, many writers rely on that nowadays!
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Eating out is ingrained into the American lifestyle. According to Kiplinger's Magazine, the average American eats out 4.2 times a week. While that 0.2 meal might not have much impact, we all know what those other four meals can do to our waistlines and bank accounts, yet it's doubtful we'll alter this behavior in the near future, so how do we continue to enjoy a little fine dining without negating all of that fitness work? Maybe Beachbody can help. Over the next few weeks, we'll take a look at a few of the more popular cuisines around and figure out how to navigate through their menus. This week: Japanese food.
If we consumed Japanese food the way they do in Japan, with the focus on fish, lean meat, vegetables, and rice, we might actually decrease the number of cases of heart disease, colon cancer, and obesity that plague our country. Unfortunately, we've put a big American spin on this international cuisine. So how can we make it healthy again? Let's walk through the options from the beginning of the meal to the last bite.
The most common appetizer offered in a Japanese restaurant is edamame, or steamed soybeans, salted and left in the pod. Edamame is high in protein, low in calories, and very tasty. (Ten pods contain 29 calories, 1.4 grams of fat, 2.2 grams of carbs, 2.6 grams of protein, and 3 milligrams of sodium—before the chef salts them.)
Another common choice is yakatori, skewers of grilled, lean meat and vegetables. Again, they're high in protein, and in most cases, low in fat. Oftentimes, these tasty morsels are heavily salted, so if you're watching your sodium intake, beware. (One chicken skewer contains approximately 158 calories, 1 gram of fat, 11.6 grams of carbs, 20 grams of protein, and 1278 grams of sodium.)
A less nutritionally dense choice is the fried tofu pouch. The title alone should be an indication that these sweet little balls of tofu and rice, deep-fried twice, are not your wisest choice. You'll get most of your calories from fat, and there is not enough tofu to justify that. (One tofu pouch contains 80 calories, 6 grams of fat, 5.5 grams of carbohydrates, 6 grams of protein, and 10 milligrams of sodium.)
Miso soup is a favorite at most Japanese restaurants. It is a light broth created from a miso (soy) paste, often containing scallions and tofu. Many studies have shown that beginning a meal with a broth soup can help you consume less calories during the rest of the meal, so it's not a bad choice. (A cup of miso soup contains approximately 75 calories, 2 grams of fat, 9 grams of carbs, 4 grams of protein, and 721 grams of sodium.)
Another popular soup choice is Udon noodle soup, which can be a meal in itself. A light broth contains noodles, tofu, vegetables, and shiitake mushrooms; it's fairly healthy and extremely filling. (A 5.3-oz. serving of Udon noodle soup contains about 220 calories, 1.5 grams of fat, 40 grams of carbs, 7 grams of protein, and 660 grams of sodium.)
Salads are offered at most Japanese restaurants, but they're often overlooked for the main course. And this would be one of the few times that skipping a salad would be an extremely wise idea. Ginger dressing—although sweet, tangy, and very yummy—isn't exactly the dream diet. Depending on the manufacturer, it can have up to 12 grams of fat in 2 tablespoons. If you can't live without a little iceberg lettuce, ask for the dressing on the side. (Two tablespoons of ginger dressing contain 200 calories, 12 grams of fat, 2 grams of carbs, 1 gram of protein, and 440 grams of sodium.)
A much-healthier, nutrient-rich, and adventuresome choice is seaweed salad. For those who have yet to try this delicacy, it consists of chopped seaweed, ginger, garlic, cilantro, soy sauce, rice vinegar, scallions, and sesame oil. Seaweed is a powerhouse of multivitamins, which makes this low-cal salad worth a try. (Two ounces of seaweed salad contain approximately 70 calories, 4 grams of fat, 10 grams of carbs, 7 grams of protein, and 660 grams of sodium.)
Sushi is often thought of as simply raw fish. The term sushi, in Japan, actually refers to the rice, which is white, with rice vinegar and a bit of sugar mixed in. What we think of as sushi is nigiri (fish draped over balls of rice), maki (fish wrapped in seaweed and rice, cut into pieces), temaki (fish and rice wrapped up in a seaweed cone), and sashimi (raw fish served without rice). Let's start with the least dangerous of options, and then move to the sushi pitfalls.
Sashimi and nigiri are very similar; the difference being that nigiri has a small tuft of rice beneath it, adding about 24 calories and 5.5 grams of carbs to the option. The following nutritional breakdown is before rice balls and soy sauce are added, so take that into consideration. Here are a few of the most popular choices in the U.S., in 1-oz. increments:
Maki and temaki are the same, except one (maki) is cut into smaller pieces. This is where sushi can get tricky. A lot of extra ingredients can obviously add calories and fat, and make your healthy dining experience akin to a trip to a burger joint. Sauces are often mixed into the roll. This may add flavor, but it's not worth the price. Also, anything called "spicy" or "crunchy" usually means mayonnaise, cream cheese, and tempura batter—not what you would consider heart healthy alternatives. The following are a few roll options, in one-roll (6-piece) increments, from the healthiest to the least healthy. Remember that every sushi chef can add his or her own pizzazz to the dish, so these are approximate breakdowns:
Teppanyaki was popular a couple of decades ago, with restaurants like Benihana® and Kabuki popping up all over the place. Skilled chefs cooked vegetables and meats on very hot surfaces in front of you, doing crazy knife tricks in the process. In Japan, they often make you cook your own meal on a small hot grill at your table. Luckily, they don't give you giant knives to work with, so the danger is lessened. As meat, vegetables, and even rice preparation would vary per location, it would be difficult to break this down calorically. Just remember to lean towards veggies, seafood, and chicken; ask the chefs to go very light on the oil; season with light soy sauce; and avoid the fried rice.
What happens when you take a perfectly innocent zucchini and fry it in oil? Well, besides losing a good portion of its nutrients, it becomes bad for you. Five small pieces of tempura can have up to 400 calories and 10 grams of fat. Yes, I get that tempura is extremely tasty, as are all things saturated in oil. Unfortunately, they also make your fitness goals that much harder to attain. Just say no to the tempura.
Sake and sushi seem to be like peanut butter and jelly for many people; and as they do complement one another, it makes perfect sense. The 16-percent alcohol content in sake makes it a very potent rice wine, so you don't need to consume a lot of it to feel the effect. There's also Japanese beer, which is similar in content to its European counterpart. Again, watching your intake can keep your calorie count down, so, perhaps, you can have one more piece of sushi. Some alcohol choices include:
In Japan, the variety of meal choices is endless. The Japanese tend to save restaurant dining and things like sushi and teppanyaki for very special occasions. Meals for the traditional Japanese tend to be miso soup, rice, pickled vegetables, and a piece of fish—at least until McDonald's® and KFC® invaded the lovely island. Japan still has the third highest life expectancy in the world, but as Western culture continues to impart its fried, fatty food eating habits, the youth of Japan seem to be facing a different kind of health in the future. If you lean toward simplicity with your Japanese meals, you will gain all of the added health benefits, and keep your waistline in check. Suki desu ka?
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"Basketball is an endurance sport, and you have to learn to control your breath; that's the essence of yoga, too. So, I consciously began using yoga techniques in my practice and playing. I think yoga helped reduce the number and severity of injuries I suffered. As preventative medicine, it's unequaled." —Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
"Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape." —Author Unknown
Face it, nonbelievers; you're losing the war against yoga. Once the province of hippies and Beverly Hills housewives, the practice has now become a go-to activity for increased athletic performance, stress relief, physical therapy, and just plain feeling good. Yoga studios continue to pop up around the country, which isn't surprising given the practice has made it into the American College of Sports Medicine's top 20 worldwide fitness trends list for 4 years running.
True, there are still forms of yoga validating that old cliché that it'll bend you into a pretzel and send the uninitiated to the ER, but that's just a small segment of what's available. Today's practitioner can choose from dozens of forms for every need and skill level.
So let's take a look at the different forms of yoga and figure out which one—or ones—will work for you because, as Tony Horton puts it, "If more and more people are involved in yoga, then more and more people are being helped. It doesn't matter what kind it is."
Yoga originated in India, approximately 5,000 years ago. And just so we can get it out of the way, yes, it's associated with Hinduism and Buddhism, and, yes, it can have a strong spiritual aspect. That said, as yoga becomes Westernized, many of the resulting forms heavily downplay that component. You're just not going to reach divine enlightenment sweating through a Bikram yoga class or session of ChaLEAN Extreme Dynamic Flow Yoga.
And in the event that you are looking for a little spirituality, it's important to remember there's a difference between "spirituality" and "religion." As the yogi Swami Chidananda Saraswati explained, yoga has transcended Hinduism to become a science that works with any religious dogma. "Yoga comes as life-giving waters, the living waters to revive that withering, languishing inner spiritual core," he explains. "It can make religion alive for anyone, be he a Christian or a Muslim, and it gives back to you the life within your religion."
Or you can remove the religious aspect entirely and just use it to help with your own self-awareness. "Even if it's really athletic, it's a mindful type of exercise so I think you still get the spiritual benefit," explains Yoga Booty Ballet® cocreator Teigh McDonough, whose workouts, including Yoga Core, feature a strong mind-body-spirit connection. "I think that's a big reason why it's popular. It benefits you more than just exercise."
That said, spirituality isn't the primary reason many of us do yoga. Some Western practitioners prefer to think of it simply as a series of asanas, or positions, that bring with them a wide assortment of physical fitness benefits. Yoga increases flexibility and balance. It also increases stamina given, to hold some of the more stressful poses, you need to learn how to breathe through the stress. It also strengthens muscles. Some forms will help the crowd pleasers like biceps and abs, but all forms work your stabilizer muscles, the ones that keep your joints safe and allow you to push your other workouts harder.
Another nice thing about yoga is that it's not about perfect form; it's about the journey to perfect form. Many sports and activities require you get things just right to reap the most benefit from them. If you don't know how to shoot a basketball, you won't make a basket. If you don't know how to dead lift, you'll throw out your back. With yoga, the fact that your heels can't touch the ground during downward-facing dog is irrelevant; you're already getting the benefit just by trying.
Most forms of yoga that Westerners are familiar with derive from Hatha yoga, which was developed in India in the 15th century. Essentially, it's a series of asanas combined with pranayama, the specialized form of breathing that brings a good yoga session together. "Hatha yoga is a practice in which you're giving your mind and body an opportunity to work synergistically," says Tony, who includes yoga workouts in P90X as well as his One on One with Tony Horton series. "It gives flexibility, strength, and balance—all through the physically difficult asanas."
From there, the form can go several different directions. Here are a few examples.
Anusara yoga. Founded by John Friend in 1997, Anusara yoga is one of the bases for Yoga Booty Ballet. It challenges physically while allowing for positive self-reflection, or "flowing with Grace" as they call it. "Anusara's alignment system is just so sophisticated," says Yoga Booty Ballet cocreator Gillian Marloth Clark. "I love it because it's so biomechanically advanced, and it interweaves the spiritual practice. But that's just an undercurrent; it's not right out in front of you. So if you're solely searching for a physical workout, it's got the whole thing covered."
Gillian adds that it's also a great workout for rehab. "It's got strength and flexibility," she says, "but the biomechanics and the alignment really do rehabilitate injury and prevent injury, which is so important."
Iyengar yoga. If you're looking for rehabilitative work, Iyengar is excellent as well. Developed by B.K.S. Iyengar in India, it's a very prop-heavy practice, requiring an array of belts, blocks, blankets, and pillows. The point of Iyengar is to bring the body into alignment—the idea being that this will speed recovery of injuries and address chronic pain.
Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga. A vinyasa is a dynamic flowing posture that connects asanas. It literally means "breathing synchronized movement." These movements figure prominently through the practice, making this a more physically demanding form. Although Ashtanga features sets of specific sequences, the vinyasa technique is used in a looser form known as flow yoga, which ChaLEAN Extreme creator Chalene Johnson uses in her yoga-based workouts.
Kundalini yoga. This is one of the most spiritual forms, as well as another basis for Yoga Booty Ballet. Kundalini yoga focuses on tapping energy, or prana, from the base of the spine. While it includes asanas, chanting and meditation also play a big role. But before you hit the hippie alert alarm, keep in mind that getting into this space can empty your brain of the day's issues so you can focus on exercise. "I choose it because it's a great way to give into a meditative state at the beginning of a workout," says YBB's Teigh McDonough. "It helps people to warm up physically, mentally, and spiritually—and very quickly, too. It helps people get out of their busy minds."
Power yoga. On the other end of the scale, there's what Tony Horton describes as "the gym class of yoga." Derived from Ashtanga yoga, the spirituality is downplayed in power yoga. Instead, focus is put on the physical aspect and really pushing those postures hard. "It's more of a workout and less of a mind-body-spirit thing," says Tony. "I find nothing wrong with power yoga if that's going to get you off the couch, but there are plenty of other kinds of exercises that are going to do that. So why not take the opportunity to do something that is the antithesis of what you're doing?"
Bikram yoga. Another "extreme" practice, Bikram yoga is also known as hot yoga. Classes take place in a 105-degree, 40-percent humidity room. The idea behind this blistering heat is that it deepens stretching and relieves injuries, stress, and tension. "The system is great," says Gillian. "It's an excellent workout, if taught properly. It's a great physical workout, and it's an excellent way to get long and flexible."
Unfortunately, the unique environment means that you can only really do it at a Bikram yoga studio, and only after plunking down $20.00.
Forrest yoga. A physically challenging practice founded by Ana Forrest, Forrest yoga incorporates Native American elements and often focuses on everyone's favorite muscle group, the abs. This vinyasa-heavy practice is intended to promote emotional healing and the release of toxins.
You probably noticed how much the various practices overlap. As Tony notes, "Different types of yoga have converged, just like with rock and roll." And to further complicate things, teaching style heavily influences a practice. For example, a Hatha yoga class can be a gentle opportunity to learn the various asanas, or, as is the case with P90X's Yoga X, a first-class, spine-twisting challenge. So if your first session is a disaster, try a few more with different instructors before throwing in the sweat-drenched towel.
If this article has helped you make your yoga choice, fantastic, but even if you're as confused as ever, that's not such a bad thing. Now that you at least know that all these forms exist, you can get out there and figure out firsthand which one is right for you. Just as is the case with those stubborn heels during downward-facing dog, the journey to finding the right practice is half the fun.
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Yoga Booty Ballet Pure & Simple Yoga - YBB's Gillian Marloth Clark leads you through a straightforward, meditative 30-minute session that's great whether you want to chill out or ramp up. The focus is on arm work, so prepare for a lot of plank.
Ideal for: Those open to the complete yoga experience, yet who want to sweat a little while they're at it.
Yoga Booty Ballet Master Series Yoga Core - Pure & Simple's more abdominal-intensive cousin features both Gillian and fellow YBB creator Teigh McDonough melding yoga with Pilates. It's also about 30 minutes.
Ideal for: The same folks who might dig Pure & Simple, except that they want a little more core work.
Yoga Booty Ballet Master Series Pajama Time - Relaxation is the emphasis of this prop-intensive program that stretches you out and winds you down for a good night's sleep. Again with the 30 minutes.
Ideal for: Those who find a little movement helps them relax in the evening.
P90X Yoga X - A big part of Tony's philosophy is breathing through difficult (read: painful) postures, so this one is intense, and, at 92 minutes, the longest yoga workout Beachbody has to offer.
Ideal for: A hardcore workout enthusiast with a little patience and looking for a challenge.
One on One with Tony Horton Fountain of Youth - This is simply Yoga X cut down to 45 minutes. Tony's style isn't as meditative and calming as the YBB girls, but this sweaty workout has its own spiritual dividends.
Ideal for: Hardcore workout enthusiasts without the aforementioned patience.
One on One with Tony Horton Patience "Hummingbird" - This straightforward Hatha yoga session with an emphasis on holding postures checks in at a smidge over 30 minutes.
Ideal for: Those looking for a Tony Horton-led recovery workout.
10-Minute Trainer® Yoga Flex - This is actually more of a stretching routine that borrows a few yoga postures to get you limber.
Ideal for: Anyone with 10 minutes to spare who needs a little stretch.
ChaLEAN Extreme Dynamic Flow Yoga - Chalene mixes yoga with Pilates for an upbeat, 40-minute session that doesn't give you much chance to hold still. When she says flow, she means flow. This one is great for your core and back.
Ideal for: Potential yoga enthusiasts who need to keep moving to feel they've gotten a workout.
Kathy Smith's Project:YOU! Type 2® Yoga Flex - Twenty minutes of classic Hatha yoga interlaced with a few standard stretches.
Ideal for: Those thoroughly intimidated by yoga who know that they need to start somewhere.
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"I loved the article. Very helpful information. Keep them coming."
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"Great article. I love the quick history lesson. I have heard of the different forms and it was nice to read them all in a concise format. I am trying to convince my 15 year old son to try it. He is very athletic and involved in Football and Baseball and thinks Yoga is for sissy. He will be in for a big surprise. Thanks again for the info."
– Laura, Chicago, IL
"Excellent info on the different types of Yoga. I do all of Tony's and a yogalates, yoga and pilates combo, class.Very beneficial."
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The Ashe County Volunteer Initiative Program's annual canned food drive is in full swing, so be sure to keep others in mind while doing Thanksgiving shopping this year.
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Originally posted by theoneandonly
That is initial cost - until you make a profit. Then they want 30% off the top - that is just crazy!!
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I think with my heart and move with my head.-Kongos
Hopefully this doesn't derail the thread too much, or maybe this information will be relevant to some other developers out there.
When the player view point is moving, is the player moving, or is the object they are walking on rotating? The reason I ask is for multiplayer environments. I was looking at Unreal and Unity, and it looked possible to have a round surface to run around on, but the mechanics to make it happen were that the surface rotated under the player viewpoint, rather than the player viewpoint running around on the surface. This was because there is a static "down" for gravity. This is fine for a single player environment, but multiple players couldn't rotate the same object at the same time. Also, the skybox would have stayed in a static position, which might look weird. At the time, I didn't see a way to write in a different gravity property for the system.
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I think with my heart and move with my head.-Kongos
The Hero Engine people would be acting as publishers in addition to providing the Hero Engine development tools. That's why they would be getting the 30%.
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Life - the one and only MMO. All the rest will FAIL!!!!
Originally posted by botrytis
What i was trying to say, that there ara hundrents of people who will pay $99 but have no idea what to do with it.
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Originally posted by Quizzical If the hope of indie games is innovation, then using an off-the-shelf game engine will stifle that, even if it does make it easier to make a simple game that kind of works.
hmmm, but you are talking about graphics, no?
I don't think indy developers are necessarily looking to make graphica innovations so much as game play innovations.
Now having said that, the rest of your posts ring true. But I'm not sure that sentence above pertains for game play innovations.
Originally posted by Loktofeit
Most games stick to rectangles, or something else that is completely flat. They usually don't even get as far as cylinders, though some games do. Toruses (tori?) are pretty easy, too: if you go off of any edge, you come back on the opposite edge, without any rotation or orientation change necessary.
Spheres are much harder, as there isn't any nice way to map a plane onto a sphere. Look at all of the contortions that mapmakers have to go through to give you a map of Earth.
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Originally posted by lizardbones
I didnt read that they act as a publisher. If they do thats great. A publisher is responsible for distribution, advertising and marketing the game. I think the revenue cut is just a means to add additional revenue should your game be successful. You may still have to find a way to distribute it on your own though. Which could be via Steam Greenlight, Direct2Drive or just your own website.
Originally posted by lizardbones
That depends on which coordinate system you're talking about. A game engine internally has to have a bunch of different coordinate systems, and you have to convert between them a lot. That's why when people ask about designing a game, I insist that you absolutely must be comfortable with change of basis matrices to do 3D graphics, or else you're not going to get anywhere.
Internally, every object has a position in the coordinate system for the region it is in. Every region (32 in my game world) has its own coordinate system, and objects near regional boundaries often have to be converted into the coordinate system of the adjacent region(s). In this coordinate system, it is the player who moves while the trees and rocks and so forth stay put. Eventually there will be NPCs and mobs and some other animated objects that also move, but I haven't made them yet.
There is also a coordinate system for the camera. In every single frame, every nearby object has to be converted from region coordinates to camera coordinates. Then there are some tests to see if the object might plausibly appear on the screen, and if not, it is skipped. If it might appear, then the uniforms to draw it are computed and get passed along to the rendering thread, which sorts things and sends them along to the video card to draw. The rendering thread never sees anything in regional coordinates, but only camera coordinates, so from that perspective, the camera stays put and everything else in the world moves.
Each object implicitly has its own coordinate system, and various surfaces that make up the object have their location given in the object's coordinate system, which then gets converted to regional coordinates. The object's coordinate system is a simple translation of region coordinates, so this is pretty easy.
There are also clip coordinates, window coordinates, and screen coordinates, but that's all done on the video card, and the CPU side of the code doesn't touch it at all other than to update some uniforms when the player makes certain changes, such as resizing the window. Well, the window size is relevant to determining whether objects will appear on the screen, I suppose.
Originally posted by Quizzical
Are you talking about a game engine or a graphics engine?
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Originally posted by Souldrainer
This doesn't matter at all.
WoW was Blizzard's first MMO. It did very well.
SWTOr was BioWare's first MMO. It did very bad.
It's all about knowing what makes a good MMO. BioWare claimed it was story. Nope.
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I don't understand why people bash Hero Engine. It's a great engine. Before SWTOR flopped, it was leasing out at over 1m.
It wasn't the engine's fault. It was the developers' fault.
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Hero's cloud handles the game storage and distribution and some middleware pieces that the developer won't have to deal with like a chat system and billing systems. They are short cutting the development process of an MMO for indie developers.
Let's say a game gets 500 dedicated players, at $5 a player per month. That's $2500 a month. Hero gets $750 a month for hosting the game, providing the development platform and for the completed middleware. That's a lot of money. At the same time, they've made it possible for someone to write a game without a lot of upfront costs, aside from time. They've also handled a good bit of paper work in the server setup, bandwidth and billing.
I don't think it's a bad deal for a small scale indie developer.
The downside, as Quizzical pointed out is that the developer is limited by what the system is capable of. You want the chat or auction system tied to a mobile application? Well, you might have to wait for Hero to do it, pay a good bit more money for a better license, or write it and host it yourself, along with all the backend systems that were included in the Hero Cloud.
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Originally posted by XAPGames
Yup.. Hero engine and open world :)
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Originally posted by mmoDAD
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Originally posted by botrytis
It's not quite that black and white. I mentioned it earlier because it was relevant, but what I didn't mention was that it also covers a lot of backend infrastructure for the game, that would otherwise cost you to maintane. A game using the Hero Cloud (the $99 yearly sub thing) includes the server hosting and payment collection (means to charge people for your game).
That may or may not be a better deal than simply hosting the game on your own servers using your own bandwidth, but it is an option. You can also develop the game on the Hero Cloud model and migrate it all over to your own stuff by purchasing an actual license for $75k and an additional 7% revenue share. If your'e company is very large they could probably negotiate better terms (I suspect Bioware did just that with SWtOR).
For comparison, licensing the Unreal Engine isn't too far off, although a bit more complicated. It's free for non-commercial use so don't have to really spend any money while in development. Once your game goes live, you only start to owe something after your revenue hits $50k, at which point they collect 25% of your revenue. They do not provide hosting or payment services, however.
There is probably an option for licensing the Unreal Engine with lower/no royalty fees, but I don't have details in front of me. Industry standards are generally lower 6 digits though.
MMO's are not cheap to make or maintane no matter how you go about. Blizzard was in a particularly advantageous position due to creating WoW using an existing in-house game engine (the WC3 engine) so they not only already had the technical expertise for it, but they owed nothing for it's use. And since it had already paid for itself through the WC3 games, it was essentially "free" when compared to pretty much every other MMO which had to license existing egines just to avoid spending 3 or 4 years building one before even starting on their game.
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I can conceptualize what you're talking about with the coordinate systems, but I don't think that's possible with the Hero or Unreal Engines. Maybe dynamically loading chunks in front of the player with each of the chunks large enough that the player can't see to the end of the chunk that's loading or something...Minecraft style. I'm not even sure you can do that with Unreal...don't know about Hero but I would guess that it's not remotely possible.
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Thanks for the info.
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Originally posted by Hedake
They don't act as full publishers. They only provide hosting and payment services. Distribution and advertisement is up to you.
Originally posted by mmoDAD
WoW was new to MMO's, but not to multiplayer. They had lots of experience with the client/server archetecture required for an MMO. More importantly, they already had an in-house engine ready to be converted for use, so there was very little learning curve in development. Blizzard actually did a very good job with WoW, but it wasn't random success. They just had talented people.
SWtOR was basically the opposite in every way. They had no multiplayer experience to speak of, and had to license the Hero Engine because they needed something fast. If you look at the limitations of the Hero Engine, and the criticisms of SWtOR, it becomes fairly obvious that the development of the game was limited by the engine, which is never ideal.
Originally posted by Sovrath
It's not just graphics. Game mechanics typically have graphics associated with them, and if you can't draw the graphics you need, you have to scrap the entire mechanic.
I didn't want a round world just for the sake of having a round world. I want it to be light on one half of the world and dark on the other, and which "half" changes with time as the sun moves. You can see the sun, and as the sun gets lower in the sky, the sky gets darker. When the sun sets, the direct sunlight lighting disappears, so all you have left is some non-directional lighting from Rayleigh scattering. And even that doesn't last very long before it gets completely dark.
Still just graphics, you say? Well, this isn't: if you're outside of a city when it is completely dark, you die instantly. Lighting changes to make it clear that it's getting dark are essential to this.
The idea is that there will be 12 heroes, and up to 4 players. Each player plays one of the heroes, while the rest stay in towns. If you're in a town, you can switch to any hero in a different town, so when it's evening in your part of the world, you switch to a hero in a town where it's morning and continue playing.
There are three railroads that circumnavigate the world, and each passes through six cities. You can get from any city to any other by riding the railroads. Heroes that aren't actively being played will be able to be told to ride to a different city for a variety of purposes and will do so without any player actively playing them.
In order to go straight from one city to another, railroads have to be positioned at some odd angle. I had to make a rather messy spreadsheet to compute the right angle. If everything has to snap to a grid (as game engines sometimes require), you'd be forced to make railroads zigzag back and forth rather than go in a straight line.
So, can the unmodified Hero Engine 2 do that?
Or let's wander off into something that definitely isn't graphical in nature: security. As everyone knows, bots are bad. But trying to have mods ban bots as they find them is pretty ineffective. What you really have to do is to make the bots not work. But as one game developer put it, "the client is in the hands of the enemy". Bot-writers can read system memory and grab data from there for bots to use.
So how do you stop that? My proposal is to encrypt the few things in system memory that bots would want to read, and only briefly decrypt them as needed. It will be a custom-done encryption, so any off-the-shelf tools to attack it will get nowhere. It probably won't be a very strong form of encryption, but it doesn't need to be to give bot-makers fits. That's still a ways off, so I haven't done it yet and I'm not sure how well it will work out. But that requires access to low-level things in the game engine. If I were using the unmodified Hero Engine 2, think I'd be able to do it?
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Originally posted by asmkm22
Completely false.
EA CEO John Riccitiello's on future microtransactions: "When you are six hours into playing Battlefield and you run out of ammo in your clip, and we ask you for a dollar to reload, you're really not very price sensitive at that point in time...We're not gouging, but we're charging."


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