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Super Smash Bros. Crusade, a game by Phantom7, Falcon88, and DRMARIOX, is a Smash Bros. fangame project developed with Gamer Maker 7 Pro. The goal of this game is to create a competitive and unique fighting experience with tons of fighters and stages!
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Be prepared, because a new demo is scheduled for release around Christmas. It will include:
14 Fighters - each with Final Smashes
8 Stages
And 3 modes of VS Mode -- Stock, Time, and Stamina.
This demo is a HUGE improvement from the latest demo, which was released before redevelopment began.
We'll also be adding a Special Features page, in which we will post screenshots, FAQs, and more.
This may come as a disappointment, but the basic game engine for Crusade is not just being overhauled, it has been completely re-started from scratch. However, the basic fighting engine is 99% done, and more characters will be produced soon.
Some changes you may need to know -
1. Grabs and throws are in! In all four directions and with grab-releasing.
2. Edge grabbing is in! With three options from the edge other than just climbing up - attacking, rolling, or jumping.
3. Smash Attacks no longer require a separate button. Now, there is a 3 frame window in which you may Smash after pressing a direction.
4. We now have Dash Attacks! After dashing for 9 frames, you may do a Dash Attack.
5. Hitlag is more realistic, and the hit effects are better.
6. Thankfully, the game now runs smoothly at 60 frames per second, the same speed as Brawl. It looks much smoother than the old engine. This speed is one of the best features of the new engine.
We're at least two months from any demos. For now, here are some snapshots from the actual engine that you may find interesting:
From top, left to right: 1) Mario lands a devastating Down Smash. 2) Link's Up Smash is fast and scores three hits. Shown is the third hit. 3) Mario's Back Throw gets opponents out of his face at low damage, then KO's at high damage. 4) Link performs one of his Hidden Skills, the Helm Splitter. This is done by performing a Shield Attack with Side B, then pressing Side B again. 5) Link tenaciously holds on while Mario tries to guess Link's next move from the edge...


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Whether you're completely new to Adobe Lightroom or have been using it from the start, this course from author and digital imaging expert Tim Grey will help you get up to speed quickly with Lightroom 4. He provides a complete overview of the Lightroom interface and workflow and shows how to set up Lightroom to best suit your needs. Along the way, learn the basics of importing, managing, optimizing, and sharing your images. Plus, discover how to use features like auto-advance, Smart Collections, the Library Filter, the Map module, and more.
If you're anything like me, once you've captured new images, you can't wait to get them into Lightroom to review them. Let's take a look at the process of importing images directly from the digital media cards that you use to capture those images with your digital camera. I'll go ahead and click the Import button at the bottom of the left panel in the Library module which will bring up the import dialog. Because I've already inserted a Digital Media Card into my card reader, Lightroom recognizes that and sets the import source as that location.
If for any reason that doesn't happen for you. You can Click the pop up at the top-left of the import dialoge, and then either choose an existing device or navigate to a particular location by choosing other source. You can also use the navigation tools in the source section over on the left-hand side to navigate to that source. Note that when we're using removable media we also have the option to eject that media after import. Having this option turned on means that once the import operation is complete, you can simply remove that device from the computer.
Not having to worry about the safe remove process, that you typically would use with removable media. You can see that the source has been selected and I have all of the images previewed in the central area here. If I wanted to I can review images at this point and turn off images that I feel should not be imported. But I prefer to get the images imported and copied over to my hard drive right away. I can always delete outtakes later if I determine that, that's necessary. When initially I want to make sure that the images are safely copied on my computer's hard drive. And speaking of copy, the option that I use what I am importing images that just been captured.
Importing them directly off the digital media, cards for example is the Copy option. I don't make use of the Copy as DNG, because I'm perfectly comfortable with my raw captures, rather than Digital Negative conversions. And I don't want to use the Move or Add options either. If I use the move option, I'm taking a chance that something might go wrong during the operation, causing me to lose my images. And the Add option wouldn't make sense in this scenario because the digital media card is going to be removed and put back in the camera so I can use it again.
So those images would no longer be accessible to Lightroom. So Copy is the option that makes the most sense. I can then specify a destination. And in this case, at the top-right of the import, I'm simply going to choose the top-level location where I save my photos. For me, at the moment, that's the Pictures folder on my computer in a Tim Gray Photos folder. All of my images will be imported into that location. This might also be an external hard drive or a particular location on the hard drive inside your computer.
I am just using this pictures folder as an example. I can also specify the previews that I want rendered, and I generally use the standard preview. Which doesn't consume too much hard drive space, but also makes the browsing experience a little bit faster within Lightroom. I'll make sure to turn on the option to Not Import Suspected Duplicates. Any duplicate images would be shown faded back to a darker version of the image which makes it fairly obvious when you're scrolling through those thumbnails.
I also like to take advantage of the Backup feature during the Import operation. I'll turn the Make a Second Copy To check box. And then you can click the link and specify where you'd like the back up stored. Obviously it's best to make the back up on a seperate physical hard drive. So, generally I would have one hard drive as my primary storage location And another hard drive for backing up. In this case, I'm simply going to put the duplicates on the desktop. So I'll choose the desktop and click the Select Folder button so that the backups during this import operation will be stored on the desktop. If I'd like, I can also rename the images, I'll turn on the Rename checkbox, and then I can specify a template.
I generally use a custom name and sequence option for file renaming. I can then specify the basic structure of that file name. So, these images were captured in Austria. So I'll indicate that the custom text should be Austria, and we'll start with the number 1. The file name extension I'll just leave as is. In this case, it happens to be lowercase, but I'm not concerned whether it's upper or lower. You can see then that I have a preview. These images will be called Austria, dash, and a number, starting with the number one.
I'll scroll down to the apply during import section. I can apply a Develop Settings preset if I'd like to change the appearance of the images. But I generally don't do that because I don't want to change all of the images to a particular appearance, so I'll leave that set to none. I'll specify my copyright information metadata preset, I had previously made a preset that contains just my basic copyright information, and I want that applied to all of the images... And I can also assign keywords to these images. I'll go ahead and scroll through to review and make sure, and in this case all of the images were captured in Austria.
Austria is in Europe, so Austria and Europe seem like good keywords. But otherwise there's a lot of variety and so I dont think there are any other keywords that really apply to all of these images. I'll go ahead and add Austria, and Europe, both as keywords. I'll then scroll down into the destination section. I'm going to place all of these images into a sub-folder, that happens to be Austria, May 2010. These images were all captured in Austria, in May 2010. So that's how I think of these images, an therefore that's what I want to call this folder.
I'm also going to organize all of the images into a single folder. I don't like to divide my images up, by date, because then I have individual folders for each day of the trip for example. I'd rather have all of them in a single folder. So, I'll go ahead and make sure the Into One Folder option is selected. And I can take a look at the preview of the file structure, notice, that Austria, May 2010, is in italics. That indicates, that that folder does not currently exist, but it's about to be created for me, in this import operation.
Most of these settings are sticky. What that means is, next time I'm importing images from a Digital Media Card there are only a few things that I'm going to need to change. I'll still be importing to the same basic location and I want the same file handling settings. If I'm importing images from a different photo trip I can change the custom text for file renaming. I can also add new or different keywords and of course I might change the sub folder that I'm creating for the images.
What that means is that for future imports, I probably only need to change a few things and so the process can go very, very quickly. I'm all set for this import though. So I'll go ahead and click the Import button and Lightroom will start copying the images from my digital media card onto my hard drive, making a backup copy of those images in the process. And also renaming the images, updating the meta data with my copyright information and adding keywords. So I'm taking care of a variety of tasks, all in one simple process. And once that import operation is complete, I can start reviewing the imagaes right away.
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Clark 24, Holmes 7
: October 29, 2011 : Updated: October 31, 2011 2:26pm
The Cougars' defense and special teams led the way as Clark ripped Holmes (4-6, 3-5) for the 11th straight year.
Brandon Yates' second-quarter 50-yard punt return to the Holmes 31 with 10:55 left in the half set up the first of Kweku Larbie's two touchdowns.
Larbie made it 14-0 seven minutes later following a 28-yard fumble recovery and run by linebacker Colton Magaro. Larbie led the Cougar offense with 91 yards on 24 carries.
The Huskies cut the lead in half when Dezmon Johnson scored from the 1 with 10:35 left in the fourth quarter.
But after a Ty Williams 30-yard field goal, Clark (4-5, 4-3) defensive back Christopher Miller returned an interception 46 yards with 3:46 left to seal the Cougar win.
Stevens, O'Connor and Clark are all 4-3 in District 27-5A with only two playoff spots available, with the Cougars playing O'Connor next week. Stevens meanwhile will play Taft, winless in district play this year.
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Xiahou Dun lost his left eye during a battle in the year 194, he showed
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Below is the poem entitled Yes These Times Are Hard which was written by poet
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Times are hard
Yet it seems to have always been that way
We all seem to have the weight of the world on are shoulders
Forgotten how to share the lode with are brothers and sisters
Forgotten how to lend a helping hand
While others flourish
Others suffers
The ghettos have grown
Fare from the plantations slaves were kept on
Is it fear that allows us to let are brothers suffer
Segregated by what they never accomplished
Left with anger asking why they will never be good enough
So they take what they can never have
Stealing slices from the pies left cooling in window seals
For their crimes they get punished
Jailed behind not only bars
But the backs of those that have succeeded
They still feel the chances that bound their grandfathers
I'm not making excess or justifying what some brothers do
We all chose what we will do
So why is it that we let sing mothers struggle
When the hardest thing they do is have to tell their kids why daddy doesn't love them
But they thanks God for their kids, even when no one else loves them
Working the only two jobs they can
When it takes four just to make ends meet
They try so hard to make a life they never had
Keep their kids from behind bars
But you can't keep your eyes on your kids all the time
And when things go south
They blame the mothers
When they should blame them selves for not helping out
So moms go home and scream and cry
Because their babies are falling and they don't know how to help them
Times are hard
But they have always seemed to be that way
So we hold on to childhood dreams
Hoping that we will someday have that house with a white picket fens
Yet fairy tales seem to only be for moves
And that it seems will be the way things will stay
Like having money for war
But not enough to feed the poor
What has this world crumbled to?
A death land Satin would love to have
Unless we can look deep with in are selves
Grab the hands of are lost families
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Monday, June 16, 2014
The U.S. Men's National Team plays Ghana today in their opening 2014 World Cup match. Game is at 5 p.m. CT. Put on your red, white and blue!
If you didn't see the Spain vs Netherlands game on Friday here is the main highlight... in flipbook form.
The US Youth Soccer Region IV Championships kick-off today in Albuquerque, N.M. Follow all the scoring here.
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Friday, June 13, 2014
In celebration of the first day of World Cup competition, American astronauts Reid Wiseman and Steve Swanson and German colleague Alexander Gerst -- who we think might be a goalkeeper -- played soccer in the International Space Station.
Now is your chance to ask Zlatan anything!
Spain's journey to repeat as World Cup champions begins on Friday against their opponents from the last World Cup final – the Netherlands. Find out what else is happening today.
Thursday, June 12, 2014
Nothing crazy but we love to see the beautiful touch world class players possess on the ball.
The spotlight falls on hosts Brazil as they kick off the 20th edition of the World Cup against Croatia. Here's everything you need to know ahead of the Opening Match - http://fifa.to/1kQAsky
This isn't just a big event... it's the biggest in THE WORLD. Get ready and join in the excitement!
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
One of the biggest World Cup battles will be on the digital front as giants like Twitter, Facebook and Instagram try to capitalize on the huge and growing interest of soccer fans on social media. Learn more here.
Lots of companies have put out a video to try to jump in the World Cup madness. This time it's McDonald's putting out a new one.
We're all American Outlaws during the World Cup.
A video from January about USA's base of camp in Brazil. See where the U.S. Men's National Team will be training during the event.
The US Youth Soccer Region IV Presidents Cup kicks off today in Morgan Hill, Calif. Follow the scores here.


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Apparently groping is a problem on Japanese trains. So police and railway companies have teamed up to try to stop it with a — wait for it — "Let's prevent groping" campaign. Here's a subtitled news clip from that introduces the campaign and shows some undercover groping video: [Read More]
From the "Don't Try This at Home" Department
A couple of Russian kids make like hobos and ride the rails. We keep wondering what would happen if they inadvertently got on a non-stop to, say, Siberia. [Read More]


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And follow Google Maps on Google+, Facebook and Twitter to get up-to-the-minute details on Santa's journey around the world.
Ho ho ho! Happy holidays everyone!
"The Analytical Engine weaves algebraic patterns just as the Jacquard loom weaves flowers and leaves." Ada Lovelace, 1843As Ada eloquently argued, such a device could do far more than mathematics. She even mused about its potential to compose music:
"Supposing, for instance, that the fundamental relations of pitched sounds in the science of harmony and of musical composition were susceptible of such expression and adaptations, the engine might compose elaborate and scientific pieces of music of any degree of complexity or extent."This was an astounding conceptual leap from calculation to computing. Ada envisaged a day when a single machine would be capable of a myriad of tasks, limited only by the creativity of its programmer. At the time—nearly a century before the first computers were built—it was a flash of brilliance.


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Bought the yellow ones for my husband's mountain biking, he also uses them as shorts since they do not have built in padding, so got him another pair in green. They have an extra hem to cut off at the bottom, so he made them shorter, easy for me cause I did not have to hem them!
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For the guy who's played the role of the man of our dreams ever since he told Rose to "never let go" in Titanic, we're willing to pull out the big gifts. Given his penchant for beautiful ladies of the angelic demeanor, we're satisfying
You know her when you see her. Her short, manicured nails with the latest deemed Chanel "It" color sit atop her fingers adorned with the most interesting yet intricate midi rings. This girl's wrists literally rattle when she walks
Ahh to be Katy Perry… the "Unconditionally" singer had a glorious 2013 with the popularity of her fourth album Prism. What else? Well, her single "Roar" has been nominated for Song of the Year at the 2014 Grammys. She's the
It goes without saying that Fifty Shades of Grey has become a phenomenon since it first became popular in 2012. With lingerie, jewelry, whips, and even wine baring the name, there's now no limit to what will bring out the "inner
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Team mySkin was with the judges at the Miss Universe pageant and had the privilege of spending some time with these pretty women! These Serbian girls are natural supermodels – tall, athletic, and smart!
Makeup & Sun Overload: We observed first hand via videos which were a part of the show, how the effects of too much makeup and time in the sun because of those long photo shoots could result in skin damage in the future, and how skin cleansing, moisturizing , toning and protecting, hair care, in addition to regular spa and exercise and diet are extremely essential for these beauties. myskin's technology is helping many analyze, improve and maintain healthy skin!
Are Your Moles Telling You Something? In the swimsuit round , our hawk eyes noticed a lot of moles, also possible because of time spent in the sun, and this is a call for action to use the myskin phone app to monitor regularly. The girls loved it!
Measure And Maintain Your Skin: We also saw oil being used liberally in the swim suit round. Brings out the natural shine and glow, and here the dermograph helps measure and maintain. The girls love the Skintwin(TM) concept on the site, since it helps them see what products would be most effective for skin like theirs, without costly trial and errors.
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July 31, 2015
A West Texas jury is to hear more testimony in the trial of a drifter implicated in a woman's 1986 beating death by DNA tests that freed the woman's wrongly convicted husband.
The Tom Green County jury hearing evidence in Mark Alan Norwood's murder trial has already heard from Michael Morton, the man wrongly convicted in the death of his wife Christine Morton. DNA tests cleared Morton of the murder and freed him in 2011 after 25 years in prison.
Prosecutors told jurors that the DNA evidence and a stolen gun links Norwood to the killing.
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Mixed day for Rana
It was a mixed performance for Mayanka Rana of Nepal at the ITF Asian U-14 Junior Tennis Championship held at Hochinmin, Vietnam on Wednesday. She made a strong start as she made light work of Peng Wang of Bhutan 4-2, 4-0 in the first round but went down to Tiffany in the second round. Despite the loss she still survives in the main draw. Likewise, Bhivuti Karki of Nepal overcame Laxmi of Bangladesh 4-0, 4-1 and Samrakshak Bhushan Bajra-charya downed Mongolia 5-4, 4-1.
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BIOL 2111 - Biological Sciences Seminar, 1 Credit
Prerequisite(s): ( BIOL 2204 with C or better and BIOL 1104 with C or better and CHEM 1984 with C or better ) or ( CHEM 1114 with C or better and CHEM 2124 with C or better )
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This course is intended for students typically in their fourth semester of the two-year Biological Sciences curriculum. The course is designed to prepare the student for transfer to a four-year institution and/or enter the workforce. Students are introduced to the theoretical and practical aspects of preparing and delivering a full-feature (40-45 minute length) presentation on a given topic within the realm of a biological discipline.


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THE 4th BEST TRADE IN METS HISTORY
* April 1, 1982: New York Mets trade Lee Mazzilli to the Texas Rangers for Ron Darling and Walt Terrell.
I've always looked at this trade as a gutsy move by Frank Cashen. In April 1982, Mets fans were still burning over the fact that Tom Seaver had been traded for unproven prospects a few years earlier. I'm not suggesting that Mazzilli was Tom Seaver, but he was a local kid from Brooklyn and the most popular player we had at that time.
Tightest uniform in baseball, the Italian Stallion, Lee Mazzilli. For a few years there, Lee was the face of the franchise, and did us proud in the 1979 All-Star Game — clubbing a pinch-hit, game-tying homer off Jim Kern in the 8th inning. In the 9th, Maz drove in the game-winning run with a bases loaded walk off Ron Guidry. At a time when there wasn't much to cheer about in Flushing, Lee Mazzilli stood tall. He was stylish, handsome, and homegrown.
Weirdly, Lee was ambidextrous — he threw equally poorly with either hand. With Willie Montanez traded to Texas, and Mookie Wilson a promising prospect waiting in the wings, the Mets decided in 1979 to experiment with weak-armed Mazzilli at first base. He opened the season at first in 1980, but moved back to CF in June. By September, Mookie was brought up for good and Maz shifted back to 1B once again. In 1981, he slid over to LF, struggled with injuries, was unproductive, and watched as his beloved manager and mentor, Joe Torre, was fired. Things for Lee were headed in the wrong direction.
Bottom line: The Mets in 1982 were an awful team, Mazzilli wasn't that good, and Cashen turned it into a true rebuild. Frank and his scouts had an eye for talent.
You did a good job for us when we discussed the Howard Johnson trade reminding folks how solid of a pitcher Walt Terrell was. And Cashen turned Terrell into the gift that kept on giving by trading him in 1984 for Johnson. That fact made the inclusion of this deal easy. But even without Terrell this is a helluva deal. Ron Darling was a key piece of some of the best teams in Mets history.
Of course, you know the current Mets pitcher who reminds me of Ron Darling, don't you?
Zack Wheeler.
That's right, Zack Wheeler. People forget that Darling was a nibbler, a guy who walked a lot of hitters. For a while there, anyway. I won't repeat myself at length, because I made the comparison a while back, but Darling had an awful 4.6 BB/9 ratio in his first full rookie season (1984), and improved to a merely bad 4.1 BB/9 in 1985. Later on, Ron was able to average around 3.0 as he gained valuable ML experience. He usually put up a good won-loss record, but with a lot of no decisions, winning 15 or more games in only 3 seasons with the Mets, with a high of 17 in 1988. We tend to glorify Darling these days, and part of that comes from his superb television work, but he was never a number one. Not everybody can be.
No, when Doc Gooden is around he is your number one. There was never any doubt who the ace was back then. But Darling was an excellent pitcher. In fact in our big year of 1986 Ron finished higher than Doc in the Cy Young award voting, finishing fifth. A fun fact I had forgotten is that Bob Ojeda edged them both out, finishing fourth. That, folks, is how you win 108 games.
But the reason, other than Shallow Hal of course, why I think Darling remains such a fan favorite was his ability in big games. With that mid-1980's team gelling, there were plenty of those to be played and Ron was usually up to the task. The first that strikes me is the game on October 1, 1985, in St. Louis, when Darling matched John Tudor zero for zero for nine innings. Darryl hit a mammoth home run in the 11th to win that game and keep our playoff hopes alive.
Great call on that Tudor matchup. Everything was on the line and Ronnie came up huge. He had a hell of a World Series in 1986.
Three starts total and Ron threw nothing but zeros in his first two. He did scuffle in Game Seven but we won and by the end of that night nothing else mattered.
Overall, Ron's numbers never struck me as amazing. Across 9 seasons as a Met, he put up these totals:
I had a few other interesting personal memories regarding Ronnie. One, which I shared once before, is that he threw a complete game three-hitter at Shea while my daughter, Kelly, was being born. And no, folks, I was not at the game. The other comes from Darling's collegiate career. Being a Queens kid, I had a block full of friends commuting to St. John's in 1981 and Ron hooked up with another future Met, Frank Viola of St. John's, in an epic battle that year. Darling went eleven innings without giving up a hit, but St. John's eventually beat Yale 1-0.
There's a legendary piece of writing, "The Web of the Game," by the great Roger Angell — the only writer to whom I sent a fan letter — about that classic pitching duel.
Here's one section:
The two pitchers held us—each as intent and calm and purposeful as the other. Ron Darling never deviating from the purity of his stylish body-lean and leg-crook and his riding, down-thrusting delivery, poured fastballs through the diminishing daylight. He looked as fast as ever now, or faster, and in both the ninth and tenth he dismissed the side in order and with four more strikeouts. Viola was dominant in his own fashion, also setting down the Yale hitters, one, two, three, in the ninth and tenth, with a handful of pitches. His rhythm—the constant variety of speeds and location on his pitches—had the enemy batters leaning and swaying with his motion, and, as antistrophe, was almost as exciting to watch as Darling's flare and flame. With two out in the top of the eleventh, a St. John's batter nudged a soft little roller up the first-base line—such an easy, waiting, schoolboy sort of chance that the Yale first baseman, O'Connor, allowed the ball to carom off his mitt: a miserable little butchery, except that the second baseman, seeing his pitcher sprinting for the bag, now snatched up the ball and flipped it toward him almost despairingly. Darling took the toss while diving full-length at the bag and, rolling in the dirt, beat the runner by a hair.
"Oh, my!" said Joe Wood. "Oh, my, oh, my!"
I love that final image of Darling, diving for the bag, rolling in the dirt. For all his Ivy League smarts, Darling struck me as a tough guy and a gritty competitor. He fit in well with the '86 team, beer for beer, fight for fight, win after win.
For the full piece, click here.
COUNTDOWN & LINKS TO THE "2 GUYS" TOP 10 ALL-TIME METS TRADES (so far):
- HONORABLE MENTION: Al Leiter
- 10th BEST: Don Clendenon
- 9th BEST: Carlos Delgado
- 8th BEST: Howard Johnson
- 7th BEST: Tommie Agee
- 6th BEST: Jerry Grote
- 5th BEST: John Olerud
- 4th BEST: Ron Darling
That leaves us with room for three more. One omission might surprise you. Can you guess our final 3 in order?


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