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ROSEVILLE — There were plenty of trophies to go around at All American Speedway, with different winners in each main event Saturday night, the season opener for the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series.
Ron Chunn won the first of twin 40-lap Late Model races, and two-time track champion Matt Scott won the second. Dave Silva took the checkered flag in the Street Stock feature, and Richard Perez won the Bomber race.
Scott finished seventh in the first race and dominated the second, leading wire to wire. He led by two car-lengths most of the way.
"The first race was really rough on me," Scott said. "Coming into this race, I knew I just had to keep the fenders on it and try to get it to the end of the race. Track position was the biggest difference between the first and second race. We got out in front, and this car has been fast all day."
Mindy McCord placed second, followed by Chris Scribner.
There were several lead changes in the first Late Model main. Michael Roman took the lead early, and Chuck Glick and Bobby Butler led momentarily. Chunn made his big move on the 26th lap, finding an opening on the inside track.
Chunn's win wasn't easy, as a caution on the 36th lap bunched the racers and allowed Scribner to make a move. The cars were neck and neck until Chunn pulled ahead in the final two laps.
"I used the water on the track to my advantage," Chunn said. "I put (Scribner) up into the groove and got him into the water, and then hit the drive off the corner."
Rain throughout Thursday and Friday put the program in question, but a sunny Saturday dried the one-third-mile track.
In the 35-lap Bomber race, Perez took over on the 20th lap and held steady the rest of the way. Erick Ray was second, followed by Eric Bocksberger.
Four cautions slowed the Street Stock feature before Silva passed Kevin Owens on the final lap. Mickey Owens finished third.
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All American Speedway paid tribute to David Robinson Jr. during Saturday night's program.
Robinson, 30, a tow truck driver, was struck and killed in a hit and run March 20 on Interstate 80 near Auburn. Robinson served on the fire crew at the speedway for several years, and his dad, David Robinson Sr., wore many hats at the Roseville facility, including track official.
The hood of Bobby Butler's Late Model racer featured photos of Robinson, and Butler drove a memorial lap while holding a checkered flag with Robinson's parents, family members and friends in the stands.
"They're part of our family," speedway host Ken Brooks said Monday, adding a celebration of life is scheduled for Sunday at the speedway and will start with a caravan of 125 tow trucks traveling on I-80 to the Placer County Fairgrounds
When: Saturday, Placer County Fairgrounds, 800 All America City Blvd., Roseville. Grandstands open at 3 p.m. Racing at 5 p.m.
NASCAR Whelen All-American Series: Modified (twin 50-lap main events), Street Stock (50 laps), Bomber (35), F4 (25).
Ticket prices: $13 for ages 16-59, $7 for seniors 60 and up and juniors 6-15, free for children 5 and under, $35 for a family pass (two adults, three juniors). Parking is $5 per vehicle.
Information: (916) 786-2025 and www.allamericanspeedway.com.


text: Sinterklaas & his Zwarte Pieten arrived in Amsterdam two weekends ago. Tradition has it that, after docking his ship (coming from Spain and all), he gets on his white horse and joins the welcoming parade around town. The Zwarte Pieten (singular=Piet) complete this festive scene, handing out peper- and kruidnoten to kids. Of course, Amsterdam is the bicycle capital of the world, hence, many of the Pieten move around by bike. They know what's good for them. Which naturally also applies to the parents and kids who came out in droves to join to the celebration. Albeit, on a very wet day. And a thing that's become part of this tradition, which you might have noticed in the pictures, is that the bicycles were sponsored by Workcycles (Sinterklaas' market share is still big, but he probably suffered some collateral damage with his derivatives portfolio :-p). And here's Henry Cutler's own take of it all, much more detailed, not surprisingly, as he does have kids. For now, I'll have to do with my own childhood memories :).

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The shows recap Awards Night, take fans inside the Royals Caravan stop at Fort Riley with George Brett, introduce some new Royals, talk to members of the 1985 World Champion team in the 25th anniversary year of their win and capture the sights and sounds of Fanfest. Fox Sports Kansas City's Joel Goldberg will host.
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I modded the CWBP script to add region 2 to the list so this is on that now too.
Really as a placeholder for my start up content...
The Empire of Kaidan consists of an island group east of the continent where Ansium is located, it is part of a larger island chain formed by a volcanic "hot spot" on the ocean floor, located below the furthest west island of this chain, west of the region of Kaidan.
A race of barbarian humans still inhabit the island, though have been forced to live on the fringes away from the dominant culture of Asahi who arrived here a millenia ago. Periodic acts of genocide are imposed on the barbarians from time to time.
The Empire of Kaidan is based on early feudal Japan, in its history, culture, technology, religion, folklore and government system. At this time the emperor is more of a figurehead, while true government is maintained by the court ministry and the Shogun. The Shogunate government is called the Fukuhara Bakufu (tent government) or the Taira Shogunate.
At the current time, most of the Imperial Court is undead, including the Child-Emperor, Antoku, the Shogun (Death Knight), all the chief ministers, and many of the court bureaucrats, servants and the Shogun's chief generals. The bulk of the government at both imperial and provincial levels are living humans, the Asahi people. I haven't decided if there are any non-human races here.
Although this is posted at the end of my Genpei War Challenge Map, here is an illustration of Shogun Taira no Kiyomori, the Death Knight protector and regent of the emperor of Kaidan (the true lord of Kaidan). Enjoy!
PS: as this is supposed to be for any game system, my creations will not reflect intentional similarities to Oriental Adventures, nor Legend of the Five Rings: Rokugan, rather fantasy ideas from Japanese folklore.
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I modded the CWBP script to add region 2 to the list so this is on that now too.
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I've also started a thread in the forums of our friends in the Campaign Builders Guild and some interesting discussion has come about.
Religion and the Caste System:
Most gaming systems for Japanese settings, including L5R and Oriental Adventures feature the mythology of the Shinto system, as it is polythiestic with its own heroes and monsters - good tropes to work with in a fantasy environment.
However, I am going to emphasize Buddhism and its Wheel of Life construct in defining both religion and the caste system in the Empire of Asahi. Rather than calling it Buddhism (because it is a respected active religion) I am currently calling it "Zao", a kind of conjunction of "Zen" and "Tao".
Under the Wheel of Life construct, your thoughts and actions in this life will determine where you will reincarnate in the next life. The six realms of the Wheel of Life include: heaven, asuras (realm of jealousy), human realm (here and now), animal realm, the hungry ghost realm, and Hell. Each of these realms are defined by certain sins or character flaws that take you there in death.
The true goal of Buddhism is to break from this construct and seek salvation through the dispostion of the sins, needs, desires and instincts of life and achieving a state of perfection, the absence of materialism, or Nirvana.
Rather than being different planes of existence (as in the Buddhist philosophy) the social caste system of Asahi: emperor/nobility, samurai, farmers/priests, merchants, and the bottom or untouchable caste are each defined by one of the realms of the Wheel of Life. Thus the construct is the empire, and all realms of the construct exist in Asahi, in the form of the caste system.
Heaven, the realm of pride, complacency and intoxication is the noble caste, thus those who have the precepts of pride, complacency and intoxication in this life will grant you into the Noble Caste in your next life. The Imperial Court and the Provincial Daimyos (ruling clans) are both the nobility caste and the heaven realm. Note most of the nobility of Asahi are undead, its not the Heaven you're thinking of...
Asuras, the realm of jealousy, resentment and ambition, characterized by endless strife and war to achieve success. This is the samurai caste, from the Shogun to the lowest retainer serving a lord.
The Human realm characterized by desire, freedom of choice and dissatisfaction comprises the bulk of Asahi society - the farmers, fishers and artisans and the priests caste.
The Hungry Ghost realm is defined by greed, insatiable cravings and addictions exists as the Merchant Caste, which also includes entertainers, yakuza and prostitutes.
The two other realms of the Wheel of Life, fall outside normal Asahi society, but still within the island empire.
The Animal realm characterized by ignorance and domination of instinctual needs (sex, food, territory...) are barbarians and Animals of the wilderness. The animal barbarians of Asahi are shape-changers, called the Hengeyokai. They actually have the largest territories not controlled by the emperor, but are not a cohesive territory, rather any extensive tracts of wilderness throughout the empire - mountain ranges, woodland tracts, inaccessable coasts, etc.
Edit: the untouchables or bottom caste are very much considered non-human by the upper classes so they technically fall under the Animal realm.
The last realm of the Wheel of Life is Hell, defined by rage, torment and despair, this is the Underworld, the realms of the Oni or demon people. This is the only metaphysical, other planar existence in the religion of Zao and life in Asahi. Theologians could consider it the Ethereal Plane, as it coexists with Asahi, but just slight out of sync breachable only through dark sorcery.
This means that each realm is not a separate province or defined geographic region, (except for two) but rather coexists throughout the land defined in your social placement. Which also means, you're not a peasant farmer because of your parentage, but because of things you did in your previous life. The Empire of Asahi is Heaven, Hell and the material world in one.
Final note, the goal of Buddhism is achieving Nirvana. However, this means breaking away from the Wheel of Life Construct, leaving material things behind. This is counter to the existence of the Asahi Empire, which is the construct put into reality. While priests are tolerated as healers, teachers, raisers of orphans, caretakers for the poor, and calmers for the masses. Those priests who follow the true path to Nirvana and guide those to finding that path are enemies of the state - identified, sought and executed by Imperial decree, enforced by the Shogunate.
"Nirvana is something that should be kept in a box and hidden away, for it is the pin pulled that will end the construct of Asahi." spoken by the Taira no Kiyomori to the imperial court on its founding day, 1000 years ago.
Is this too weird, or outside setting of Ansium as far as religion goes?
I intend to keep this phenomenon local to the Islands of Asahi exclusively, and not spread across the world and not worry a spellsinger of Thrubmorton Fen.
PS: sorry for extra long post, I wanted to get my thoughts out there cohesively and explained.
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Interesting take on things GP. I don't think it's to weird, after all Ansium has a bunch of paranoid and largely childish egomaniacs as its pantheon.
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In order to better develop my Empire of Asahi, I need outside discussions to give me ideas and direction. Right after starting my first Wiki post and this thread, I started a thread at the Campaign Builders Guild. Also, on a whim, yesterday, I started a thread on the Iron Crown Enterprises forum (I also posted a thread on the Gleemax forums, but I'm getting no real response from there, which doesn't surprise me.)
Lots of philosophical discussion concerning Buddhism, Tao and Shinto beliefs are on both the ICE and CBG forums, some very interesting discussion. They seem to know more about Buddhism and Shintoism than I am familiar with and its proving very helpful in the development of this world.
Strange directions seem to be coming from the ICE forum though. Initially my goal was to build a playable and believeable Japan-like setting for the CWBG, which is still core to my actual goals. However, whether through ambiguity in my posts or misinterpretation of them, some of the ICE responses seem to be looking at the Empire of Asahi as more than just a campaign setting, but rather an entirely new gaming system, not unlike AEG's L5R and others.
Though its not my planned direction, I am not counter to the idea. Still I am more of DM building a homebrew and mapping it at the same time, versus trying to develop my own gaming system. I am not yet convinced of going that direction, but who knows third party discussion is bringing nuance where I initially didn't see such myself.
Here are links to those forum discussions...
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Cool ideas! We'll see where this goes.
PS: once I get something more concrete in my decision regarding religion, etc. I will post more stuff on the Wiki.
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Another domino falls as the GP world-domination machine rolls along Great news, bro...especially if they decide to pick it up and run with it and give you full credit and input.
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I reckon let the river take you where it will. The Ice Forum input seems really helpful and informative for purposes of sparking your already fecund imagination. By the way I love the concept of Samurai serving undead lords. Too many ghoulish possibilities.
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@GP - have you ever read "Lord of Light" by Roger Zelazny? There are some interesting interpretations of Buddhism in there (as well as other religions). It might be worthwhile for you to at least check it out. It's a reasonably quick read...and one of my favorite books.
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SG, I've got a friend who has a huge library of Sci-Fi, and plenty of Zelazny. I'll see if he's got a copy this weekend when I see him, otherwise I'll do a search online.
On an aside, my mom gets Japanese videos in the mail, and I've checked to see if I could obtain/watch Sonny Chiba's Kage no Gundan TV series in the 80's. From Turgenev's post on RPMiller's Sengoku thread...
Maybe I can get some ideas there too!
PS: I've almost worked out all the bugs on my setting to start posting on the Wiki again, the ICE forum discussion is emmensely helpful.
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This is the last long post before I post this to the Wiki on Sunday. I need some C & C guys!
The Empire of Asahi, so far:
1. Zao, which is based on Buddhist ideas, but instead of elimination of all material things good and evil, so one is cleansed through meditation and attaining enlightenment, hence Nirvana. I am instilling the western good vs. evil ethic. Where the Asahi and the Wheel of Life construct, which the Imperium wants to maintain, control and dominate represent the primary "evil" overlords in the setting. The idea of Nirvana is both hidden and considered heresy by the state. The Court is an anti-buddha regime.
2. Heretics discover the truth of Nirvana, secretly follow the path to enlightenment. Those who attain it and return become powerful mage/priests known as Boddhisatva or the "enlightened ones" represent the force of good in Asahi. Underground shrines are established in many provinces away from the capital at Fukuhara-kyo. By following the path to enlightenment those of any caste (the realms of the Wheel of Life) can escape the Wheel, and reach Nirvana, which defies the wheel, the imperium and takes power away - the imperium is losing its permanent citizens of the cycle.
3. Because the Noble House, Minamoto was the primary opposing force to the real life Taira clan, now in exile in Asahi, senior members of Minamoto clan become the leading Boddhisatva and have come to Asahi to renew hostilities with the Taira and work to limit or eliminate the power of the throne. The Minamoto clan become one of the noble houses of Asahi, though technically outside the wheel, they hold the position of the Heaven Realm, as not all members of the house are enlightened. (Though they have a much greater chance of achieving Nirvana, due to the senior members/Boddhisatva of the clan.)
4. Because the emperor, shogun and senior members of the court are undead, as well as loyal Daimyo (provincial clan leaders), they are technically outside the construct of the Wheel itself - this is how they maintain the status quo and dominate (permanently) those doomed to roam the eternal cycle of the wheel.
5. Those who rise in the Wheel of Life and reincarnate into the Heaven Realm/noble houses (not including the Minamoto House) are allowed to grow to adulthood. A special branch of the ministry watch them throughout their early lives and perform tests of their loyalty to the throne. If satisfactory to the Imperial mold, they are allowed to continue as nobility. The "best" of them are transformed to undead status, by the Court Necromancers to join the powers in control of Asahi. Should they fail, or otherwise be determined to not profess the ideals of the Court, they are killed and sent back into the Wheel.
6. There is always the random chance that those reincarnated to the Heaven Realm will be born into Clan Minamoto, or one of the lesser "pro Boddhisatva" clans who support them are given a greater chance to join the forces of good. Whether through unwillingness, character flaws or other distractions a member of these good houses they aren't killed but watched, and allowed to perform their duties. If, however, a house member proves to be dangerous, they will be unofficially exiled - sent to hold one of the outer holdings, where the unclean cannot upset the plans of the pro Minamoto.
7. Note, outwardly clan Minamoto serves as a "loyal" provincial house of the Empire. Afterall, in order to best succeed, the Boddhisatva agenda must be kept hidden from public view, to avoid military interdiction by the Imperium. They excuse themselves from acts of vile deeds, but do help the empire in case of heresies darker than the empire itself, invasion by outside nations, and other participation where Imperial goals at least temporarily are for protection of the nation and the populous. The Minamoto also pay taxes, grow rice for the imperial good, etc.
8. Part of the "Minamoto Heresy" is the introduction of the Pure Land, a mitigating place between the Wheel and Nirvana, where those who seek the path to enlightenment, can consign to specific matras before death and allowed entry into the Pure Land. This is on a different plane of existence, outside the control of the Wheel of Life, with Boddhisatva waiting to help guide newcomers to finding the path to enlightenment. Pure Land Buddhism (which this idea is based) is a messianic branch of Buddhism, more akin to western thought, so more easily grasped by readers of the game setting.
9. Suicide is considered taboo, perhaps a downtrodden laborer desires a better life and knows with death they have a chance to escape their current caste to something better. This is not the case as suicide by personal choice is considered wrong.
9a. Ritual suicide (seppuku) performed by the samurai, is outside this taboo, because the true task of samurai (and the word's very meaning) is "to serve". Hara kiri (the common venacular for the rite) is done in service to one's lord, it is not by personal choice thus not taboo.
9b. Those who choose to kill themselves through personal choice, are in effect, so filled with insatiable cravings for a better life, they are condemning themselves to the Hungry Ghost realm and reincarnate as merchants, entertainers, thieves or prostitutes. Suicide by choice will not allow you to move up the wheel of life, unless you're an Oni Demon of the Hell realm, though suicide by Oni is extrememly unlikely, they are demons afterall.
9c. If you are committing suicide due to despair, you are condemning yourself to the Oni Hell realm - the worst realm of all.
10. Good and Evil actions by player characters grant positive or negative points of "Kharma" (no matter which game system is used, this is one of the unique attributes necessary for playing in the Asahi system, as it is a mechanism of the Wheel of Life.) Good Kharma gives a PC the chance to upgrade to a higher realm in the Wheel, while Bad Kharma sends you down.
10a. The level of Kharma provides positive or negative "saves" against magical attacks.
10b. Spellcasters require a minimum amount of Kharma to access spells (bad Kharma is necessary to access dark sorcery spells). High amounts of good/bad Kharma allow spellcasters additional spell access and greater powers.
11. Honor, another attribute necessary for Asahi primarily affects interactions with members of castes above you, as normally higher castes have distate for those below them. It is an enhancement of charisma.
12. There are more plot devices than just the war between the Wheel's Heaven realm and Nirvana - which is the ongoing war between the Taira Imperialists and the Minamoto heresy.
a. Heretics encourage rebellions among the peasants of the Human/Farmer caste, sometimes against the Empire, sometimes against the Boddhisatva, sometimes both, perhaps as a desire to end the immortal war between good and evil, to bring about a final peace. Provinces cede from the empire, opposing temples are burned and other types of social unrest occur.
b. Asahi Pirates prey on any merchant ships in the waters they travel. This means outside nations may make war or invade Asahi in an attempt to punish the Empire, or the pirate centers on the isles and inaccessable coastlines of Asahi where they dwell. I think Ansium might be introduced to the empire through this means...
c. Outsider nations may attempt to invade the Empire to expand their own territories, something like Kublai Khan's invasion attempts on feudal Japan.
d. Imperial desire for more resources may start wars with the animal barbarian Hengeyokai, or other non-human races of Asahi for human vs. non-human hostilities.
e. Undead vs. undead or clan vs. clan wars erupt when disagreements occur that do not affect the status quo, or damage the imperium causing small civil wars from time to time.
f. Dark sorcery from non-imperial factions causes widespread sterility within a given caste, stopping the mechanism of the Wheel and affecting all castes require identification of the source and magical rejuvenation of the fertility once again - this would be at threat to both the Imperium and the Boddhisatva, one of those rare cases that they work together.
g. Outside nations desire or impose trade with the empire, making an otherwise closed society, open up and deal with international problems.
13. Plus all the standard Japanese tropes - political intrigue, ninja assasination/spying, "wire-fu" monks, etc.
14. At this time, I am not utilizing the Shinto faith in this setting. The Buddhist faith includes nature spirits, good and damaging spirits that intercede with Asahi PCs much as the kami might in a Shinto based setting.
15. Even though Ronin (masterless samurai) are normally weakened in most feudal Japan settings, because most noble house daimyo are undead, the institution of ronin occurs more frequently. This means a larger number of weapons skilled freeman exist in Asahi and there are more opportunities for hack and slash games, and adventuring opportunities, games in the empire aren't one big political game like L5R and more gaming options become available.
What do you think?
Again, sorry for the loooong post - I just tend to be thorough!
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Streets of Rage Remake is a strange anomaly of video game creation with no official SEGA backing or big financial support. SoRR is a fan made game, spanning 8 years of development, it is a love letter written to fans of 16-bit era fighting games. Twenty contributors put their time and effort into the project, with no guarantee that the game would even see the light of day. If youre expecting to boot up this game and get just an HD version of Streets of Rage, boy youre in for a BIG surprise! Not only have the original games been recreated, so much painstaking detail has been added as well. Its not just a straight-ahead redo of Streets of Rage 1, 2 and 3. Bomber Games took the original three games and threw them in an awesome blender with a hand full of bacon. Every enemy, level, weapon and character has been combined into one giant game with an awesome remix of the original soundtracks.
Lets get into the basic mechanics of the game. At its core SoRRs combat plays as a hybrid of Streets of Rage 2 & 3(with tons of custom options Ill get to later), but thats not giving it justice. By combining the two, Bomber Games has managed to create a fighting system that has a unique feel and pays homage to the original games. Combat is fluid, brawls are frenetic and collision works as well as the originals. All the classic weapons are back as well as new additions like pepper spray and you can now pick up guns and grenades! There are even new weapon moves added to the game. Special attacks are still reliable and unique moves are now mapped to dedicated keys, which is a nice added touch. Police from SOR1 are still here with a whole new aerial attack. SoRR is a mechanically sound game, although, some of the platforming parts of the game are frustrating. One particular rooftop stage had me dying a lot. Two-player co-op is still loads of fun. If you dont want to cram the keyboard with a friend you now have the option to activate computer controlled AI as the second player. You can even tailor the ALs behavior to match your play style. I played through the game twice using this computer-controlled teammate and it worked perfectly. Playing on my trusty old MacBook the game ran fine, with none of the Genesis flicker that plagued the era. The customization options in the start menu are extensive. You can tailor game play elements to match previous entries in the series. Players can tweak everything from jump behaviors, voices, camera type, and much more. With all this youre going to have hours of fun beating up punks and skids.
Story wise nothing is changed here, and with good measure! Mr. X is in charge of a corrupt city and you have to go kick his ass, nuff said. What Bomber Games manages to do is take all the stages from the original games and create one large game. You start the game at an intro map and you choose your path to take through the city. Depending on the path you choose, SoRRs stages, cutscenes, and even endgame change. Some stages even split into separate paths. I found at least four distinct routes through the game that are different. New vehicle stages were created for SoRR and they are loads of fun. Each stage is bridged together by hand drawn artwork that progresses the story, its not Shakespeare but its a nice touch. Finishing the game enables a store where you can buy tons of new game content. Youll find unlockable characters, cheats, artwork, character skins, game modes and even a level editor! All the original sprites look awesome and new additions like the inclusion of vehicles are great. Almost all the original music is brought back for SoRR, but is either remixed or reimagined and sounds amazing. Included is an amazing remix of Dreamer that will make you want to head out to your local club and start kicking some ass.
Eight years, twenty different contributors and no official backing from SEGA, its amazing Streets of Rage Remake even saw the light of day. Overall you can tell SoRR was made with nothing but pure heart and soul. The amount of user customization and level of detail here is staggering, rivaling and even surpassing many million-dollar big studio games. Some could say that this game should never have been done, that it infringes of some sort of proprietary rights. It could be said that the team from Bomber Games have waded into some murky legal waters with Streets of Rage Remake. All I can say is, somebody give these guys a job.
Disclosures: This game was obtained via digital and reviewed on MacBook. Approximately 12 hours of play was devoted to single-player modes (completed 4 times) and 5 hours of play to multiplayer modes.
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Re: Rate this review: Streets of Rage Remake
Decent review, I think, though the first para is a little bit too elaborate (though funny). You also use the word Punk too many times in it
The rest of the review suffers a bit by naming all the features that the developers have included. Like, every single one. It could benefit by a lighter touch, and not mention everything in one long list.
Good though.
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Hey thanks for the feedback again. You know I didn't even notice the "punk" overuse until you mentioned it. I wanted to emphasize all of the new features the creators put in there, and I felt didn't list enough! Heh guess I over did it. Hey thanks again for the feedback it's appreciated!
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Nice job! You found one that was not bbq'd with all the fires we are having eh? Next year for the bull.
Seven years I have hunted the ghost of the woods. Many times I have come so close and not yet been able to put a shot out there. Deer have stood before me and fallen, but this year!.....an elk took to the butcher by my arrow!
I was on a solo hunt this year. Completely on my own and following the footsteps of a successful hunt last year with some friends I went right back into the same country that produced the elk last year.
I know for some its not a big deal, but there are those that have been there and done it and know. Putting an elk down with a bow is not an easy task, especially in my state. This year I was teased yet again by the big ol bull and he didn't even give me a glimpse of him this season, just a close enough to hear him breathing tree thrashing at my challenge and he walked away. Shortly after I landed a nice big cow elk with a perfect 72 yard downhill pure instinctive shot straight through both lungs.
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Nice job! You found one that was not bbq'd with all the fires we are having eh? Next year for the bull.
That's a long shot! I shoot a whisker biscuit as well!
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Nice job. Defiantly a hard thing to do is any elk in ID these days. Congrats!
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The frezzer will be full! Good job. That's one way to bring in camp......Uhaul truck ....really lol
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At Iowa State, the linebacker was the MVP of the 1971 Sun Bowl and earned All-America honors (1973) as one of the most ferocious tacklers in school history. He parlayed his collegiate accomplishments into a fantastic 12-year career in the NFL (1974-85), becoming one of the most revered players in Minnesota Viking history by playing in six Pro Bowls.
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How Did You End Up At Iowa State?
MB: My road to Iowa State started when my family moved to Ohio for my last years in high school. I needed a scholarship if I was going to get an education. I spent my senior year in Dayton, Ohio and the University of Cincinnati came down and said, 'Man, you have potential to play for us, but you're academics are not very good and you need to go through a junior college to get your grades up.' So, I ended up at Northeast Oklahoma Junior College. My family didn't have much money and I just wanted to go to school and get the education. So I went down to NEO and tried out for football. I made the team, but I didn't start, so I kind of pushed myself to see if I could get on the traveling squad. I did that in my first year. In 1969, NEO won the Junior College Championship. After that I needed another half scholarship, so I went out for the basketball team and I made the team. I started getting better and doing better in school. Since we had just won the JUCO championship, a lot of us were starting to get noticed by a lot of schools. Alabama came over and so did Florida. Between my freshman year and the time I came back for my sophomore year, I grew three inches and gained 40 pounds. When that happened, all the schools knew about it and many started coming from all over to give me an offer during my sophomore year. I even had offers to play basketball as well. So I narrowed it down to Iowa State and Florida State. ISU brought their coaches down and I really appreciated that. So I just had to decide between Iowa State and Florida State. I chose Iowa State, because the one thing that Johnny Majors told me was I would be on the fourth team and that I would have to work my way up to the first team. And that was something I always appreciated, and that's why I chose Iowa State.
In Blair's senior season at Iowa State in 1973, one of the most talked about plays in Cyclone history occurred. Iowa State traveled to Fayetteville, Ark., to play the Arkansas Razorbacks on Sept. 29. The Razorbacks had a star running back named Dickey Morton, who was a two-time All-SWC selection and was the all-time leading rusher (3,317) in SWC history when he graduated in 1973. On the last play of the first quarter and Arkansas up 10-0, Blair leveled Morton for a six-yard loss on a sweep right play. He knocked him out of the game. Cyclone radio broadcaster and icon Pete Taylor said, "Blair hit him with such force the crowd let out a collective groan and you could hear the pads pop from the press box." The fierce hit has been a part of Cyclone lore for 40 years. So what really happened?
Tell Us About The Famous Hit On Arkansas' Dickey Morton?
MB: Our coaches always told us, 'you got to go get these guys.' You don't want to hurt anybody, but you have to make the tackles and timing is everything. You have to understand what you have to do when the time comes. So, when we were in Arkansas, they had a star running back and they ran an end-around sweep for him. They tossed the ball to him and by the time he got it, I was outside and I was coming in at probably at 110 percent. I just nailed him as soon as he caught the ball and it knocked him out of the game. It's something that a lot of people have brought up to me through the years.
Did You Ever Believe You Would Play 12 Years In The NFL And Make Six Pro Bowls?
MB: Most college football players have the mindset, 'hey, I want to go to the NFL.' I just wanted to work hard. I didn't anticipate being in the NFL, but I was told that I had a chance to go. I was lucky to get the chance and move up to the next level, and again you have to set your goal for what you want to do each day that you live. The one thing that I was very conscious about was when a coach told me that I had to do 10 sprints and do weights and do other things, I would write those things down. And each day that I live to this day, I write things down when people tell me what I need to do and I mark them off when I complete the task. If I mark them off that means I did what I was supposed to be doing. And that has been a very inspirational part of my life, just writing things down. So that has been a positive way for me, and all those years, I've always written things down for what I need to do and what I need to get done. That really helped me when I got to the NFL.
What Was It Like To Play In Two Super Bowls?
MB: I was blessed to play with some great players in Minnesota. Guys like Fran Tarkenton, Bill Brown, Chuck Foreman, Gary Larsen, Carl Eller and Alan Page, I mean these guys knew what they were doing. When I got there in 1974, we were really good and I just jumped in and tried to do the best that I could. When you're playing in a big game—something that the whole world is watching like the Super Bowl- it's such a great feeling. We lost to Pittsburgh in my rookie year in the Super Bowl, but I was able to block a kick to get the only score for us in the game. And then in our next Super Bowl, we played the Oakland Raiders, and believe it or not, my roommate, Fred McNeil, blocked a punt also, but we didn't score on it. I was in my third year when we lost to Oakland and I said to myself, 'if we go again, we will win,' but we never got there again. Sometimes I feel since you don't know how big of a game it is you don't know how to prepare for it. I thought once we got to the Super Bowl we lost a little of our focus in getting ready to play the game. I just felt like we never had enough time to get together as a team to work on what we needed to do as a team, with the special teams and offense and defense and everything.
If you were lucky enough to watch Blair in the NFL you saw he possessed a unique skill. He had the incredible knack of blocking kicks. At 6-5, Blair was tall for a linebacker, but he was also extremely quick and could jump. In his rookie season, Blair blocked a Pittsburgh Steeler punt in Super Bowl IX which led to the only score of the game for the Vikings. In all, Blair blocked a total of 20 kicks in his career, which ranks third all-time in NFL history.
What Made You So Successful At Blocking Kicks?
MB: I think my background in basketball helped me, without a doubt. When I first went out for the basketball team at NEO, I didn't know how to slam dunk. The guys on the team showed me how to do it and if you tell me to work on something, I will work at it. By the time I was done playing for them I was slam dunking- with one hand, two hands, off the board- everything. That was kind of how I started teaching myself how to jump. This helped me with blocking kicks. When you're trying to block a kick, you have to time your jump, jump at the right time and at the right angle. I really tried to focus on that when I was a rookie and I started getting better at it. I wish the preseason games counted in the records in the NFL. I definitely would have been the guy that had blocked the most kicks in the NFL. I had a preseason game where I blocked three kicks and another pre-season game where I blocked two, but you can't count those. It was just something I really loved doing.
In 2012, Blair was paid the ultimate tribute by the only team he played for when the Minnesota Vikings added him to its elite Ring of Honor. Only 21 Vikings are in the exclusive club and he is the only Cyclone to be honored by an NFL franchise as one of its all-time greats.
How Special Was It For You To Make The Minnesota Vikings Ring Of Honor?
MB: It was so special. When I first started, I just wanted to get a scholarship so I could get my education. That was my goal. But the scholarship for football opened the door for me. Then my goal was to make the Viking team. Playing at Iowa State really helped me because I played a lot of positions. I learned how to cover different positions and that was something I had an edge on most linebackers. After I made the Vikings, I realized that I had extra gift of being able to put in extra work. Being selected for the Minnesota Vikings Ring of Honor, it's just outstanding for me. I didn't expect all this stuff and I tried to be very humble and accepting of all the good things that have happened to me throughout the years.
You Are Very Active In Social Media And Continue To Show Your Support Of Iowa State. Are You Happy With Your Decision To Attend Iowa State?
MB: When I first came to Iowa State it was like when I first went to Oklahoma, all the people there took me in and helped me out. It was the same thing when I came to Iowa State. You meet people that become part of your family and part of your life. And what they do to help you become who you are is really special. So, that is something that is great about Iowa State. If I didn't go to Iowa State and went to Florida State, I probably wouldn't be where I am at now. I'm glad I chose Iowa State. I remember the first week I got there, it was in our third quarter and everyone had gone home, and I'm there that whole week. I got out of school early to come up and I stayed in the dormitory at Wilson on 7th floor. And it was snowing, it was raining and lightning, and I said 'oh boy what did I get myself into this time!'
After Retiring From The Vikings You Have Become A Successful Photographer. How Did You Get Started In That Career?
MB: People always ask me that (laughs). My Dad was in the Air Force and I lived everywhere growing up. I was born in Hawaii- lived in Alaska, Spain, Idaho, Texas, Pennsylvania, Kentucky - I mean everywhere. I looked at different things when I was traveling. I always thought it was cool to capture images when you walk through life, especially when you see something and you may never see it again. So when I made the Vikings, I bought a camera. I took a trip over to Europe and I took photos. When I came back I showed them to my friends and they thought they were pretty cool. And when I get that expression from people that says, 'that's good,' then my mind starts to think. Taking pictures and stopping time is something I've always enjoyed doing. And that's when I started doing that, and when I go places I just bring the camera and take photos. Where I really got into taking photos was when I started taking pictures of my teammates throughout my career. And I've got photos people have never seen. It's just one of those things. I should put a book out of pictures of my past teammates in it. I got one picture of in St. Paul, where we use to practice, inside the locker room where we are having our defensive meeting and Jim Marshall is laying up on top of the lockers. And Alan Page and Carl Eller were sitting inside of these lockers. It was kind of a cool picture. And I have pictures of Chuck Foreman and Fran Tarkenton. I got pictures of about everybody on those Viking teams. I then started taking a lot nature photos. I've been everywhere taking pictures. I enjoy it and just love it.
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I'm not concerned with anything but what 1 Corinthians 12:11 and the immediate context states.
Greek text of Stephanus 1550:
πάντα δὲ ταῦτα ἐνεργεῖ τὸ ἓν καὶ τὸ αὐτὸ πνεῦμα διαιροῦν ἰδίᾳ ἑκάστῳ καθὼς βούλεται
English translation (my own):
But the one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each individually as he wills.
It is advised that you read the preceding verses, so please click here. I'm not posting them all in this one thread, but you may read them at your leisure.
My question is simply whether βούλεται ("he wills") is referring to the Holy Spirit, or to God (the Father) (cp. 1 Cor. 12:6)?


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Howdy All,
I am in the process of remapping my Marash city map, and I am planning to use some of the heightmapping stuff from Jezelf's tutorials.
Unfortunately, at the moment, I am struggling to work out how to adjust the scaling of the cloud generation part to work at a town level as opposed to a region/continental level.
Does anyone have any advice on this?
Should I create a staged heightmap by hand, starting at black and adding increasing lighter grey tones (80% grey, 70% grey and so forth)?
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The grade of I (Incomplete) is exceptional and is given only to students whose completed coursework has been qualitatively satisfactory, but who have been unable to complete all course requirements because of illness or other extenuating circumstances beyond their control.
To be eligible for an I, graduate students must have completed 60 percent or more of the course requirements with a grade of B or better. Undergraduate students must have completed 60 percent or more of the course requirements with a grade of C or better. The student must request an I before the end of the semester or term from their faculty member. Faculty members, however, are not required to grant the request.
Students with a mark of I must arrange to fulfill course responsibilities with their faculty member in order to receive credit. For your convenience, copies of the Agreement for the Grade of Incomplete can be printed for your records. The faculty member must set a deadline within four months of the last day of the semester in which the course occurred. Marks of I are automatically converted to F after four months. The complete policy (Policy 170.71–Policy on Grade of Incomplete) is available online.
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Talking Networking with System X & PureSystem Technical University
While I've been trying to enjoy the nice summer weather as much as anyone (even with teenagers, Disney World is simply awesome) the wheels of technology continue to push forward even during summer vacation. For example, IBM recently hosted the System X and PureSystems Technical University in San Francisco, California. With over 27 major sponsors and exhibitors ranging from Intel to QLogic, this was an event worth attending. As usual, my interest lies in all things related to data center networking, so I was pleased to see more content on IBM's Storage Volume Controller (SVC) presented by one of our business partners, Brocade (although IBM invented SVC some time ago, Brocade was only recently qualified to support stretch clusters as part of this solution). Regular readers of my blog will recall that Brocade is among the endorsers for the Open Datacenter Interoperable Network (ODIN), and that the SVC Stretch Cluster solution was discussed previously when I presented at the IBM Storage Edge conference in June. I'd like to mention a few additional features of storage networking using SVC that didn't make it into my earlier blog, and try to segue from Disney World to World Wide Port Names (let me know how you think this works out).
If you missed this event and would like to follow along, the presentation from Brocade can be accessed at the IBM Tech University site; once you've created a login, just search for presentation evr51. You can also catch up on this solution through the IBM storage roads show making its way around the country for the next month or so.
Multi-site storage deployments are useful for many applications. These include improved physical security, disaster avoidance/recovery, and increased uptime by moving workloads to different compute centers. The IBM SVC Stretch Cluster solution aligns your storage access needs with virtual machine mobility across extended distances. The actual distance depends on your latency requirements; since we can't get around the speed of light limitations (yet), for typical applications IBM recommends 100 to 150 km or so, although the solution is qualified up to 300 km or more. SVC Stretch Clusters provides read/write access to storage volumes across multiple sites, and works in concert with Tivoli management products to insure synchronous data replication. Also, SVC supports SAN routing with industry standard FC-IP links for intercluster communications and volume mirroring within split cluster groups. The underlying IP infrastructure complies with ODIN best practices, and includes Brocade offerings such as the MLXe switch to provide line rate 1, 10, and 100 Gbit/s Layer 2 connectivity based on MPLS and VPLS/VLL.
Digging down into the technology a bit further, Brocade supports the IBM 16 Gbit/s Fibre Channel adapters used in System X solutions; both single and dual port options are available, running over 1,000,000 IOPS per adapter. These adapters support features including SAO (application quality of service assignment), target rate limiting, boot over SAN, boot LUN discovery, NPIV, and switched N_ports. The IBM Flex systems include embedded offerings such as a 24 port or 48 port scalable SAN switch, also running 16 Gbit/s links with over 500,000 IOPS per port. The SAN switches used in SVC provide additional buffer credits to support long distance connectivity (half a dozen ports running up to 250 km without performance droop, with negligible droop up to 300 km or longer). To reduce the number of fibers required between sites and save cost when connecting two remote locations, you can consolidate up to four lower data rate links into a single inter-switch link at 16 Gbit/s, and then logically combine up to eight ISLs into a single high performance frame-based trunk.
When using the Brocade Fibre Channel adapters in a fabric, it's possible to eliminate fabric reconfiguration when adding or replacing servers. You can also reduce the need to modify zones and LUN masking, since you can pre-provision fabric ports with virtual worldwide port names ((WWPNs) and boot your LUN zones, fabric zones, and LUN masks. It's easy to migrate virtual WWPNs within a switch, and map them to physical devices to help with asset management. Further, you can use diagnostic port features to non-intrusively verify that your ports, transceivers, and cables are in good working order, reducing the fabric deployment and diagnostic times from days to a few hours or less (depending on the size of your fabric).
If you'd prefer to connect multiple sites using wavelength multiplexing (such as the offerings from ODIN endorsers Adva, Ciena, or Huawei) you can run ISLs directly over a WDM network. I'll have more to say about WDM solutions qualified by IBM in a future blog. For now, here's a quick tip for configuring your Brocade switch fabric: if you want to run line rate 10 Gbit/s from the Brocade SAN switch directly over WDM, the first 8 ports on the FC16-32 or FC16-48 switches can be configured to operate at this data rate – you can save a slot in the DCX with this configuration. And remember that you can always logically partition the switches to isolate different traffic types, so you can connect storage resources in a PureFlex with a larger existing SAN that might be running your System Z FICON traffic, and keep the two applications isolated from each other.
Your SVC Stretch Cluster solution compliments the integrated compute power of PureFlex, and both of them can co-exist in your data center. All the PureFlex resources are managed from one point with Flex System Manager (FSM), and the use of open industry standard protocols mean that you'll be getting the lowest possible hardware cost. Of course, you knew all that if you made it to PureSystems Technical University for your summer vacation, so you can get started saving money and improving storage performance right away. If you missed it, don't worry…IBM will be offering more technical university events in the coming months, spread around the world, for not only PureSystems but many other brands as well. If you can attend, drop me a line & let me know how you liked it; I'll keep everyone posted on the feedback through my blog & Twitter feed.


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May 18
Bodine's 47 Career Starts May Have Him Miles Above Competition at Charlotte Motor Speedway
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Bodine's 47 Career Starts May Have Him Miles Above Competition at Charlotte Motor Speedway
Bodine is the Reigning Truck Series Champion after earning his 2nd title in 2010
Bodine Owns 21 Truck Series wins with Germain Racing and 36 NASCAR career wins
He has 47 NASCAR Career (Points-paying) Starts at CMS, 7 in NCWTS
Bodine has top-10 finishes in Cup, NNS and Trucks, and has led laps in each division
2010 Was Bodine's best NCWTS finish at CMS—2nd place w/Best start, 2009, 4th
May 17, 2011 (Mooresville, N.C.) - Germain Racing has long been established as the benchmark for performance at 1.5-mile race tracks. The team has earned 22 victories, 21 of which are credited specifically to Todd Bodine and the No. 30 Germain.com crew. Of those victories, 17 fall within the 'intermediate' track or speedway category. Add to that the fact that no other driver entered in Friday's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series has raced more laps at Charlotte Motor Speedway than Bodine, and you have a team feeling confident, and maybe a bit overdue.
"Charlotte Motor Speedway is a track I've always liked. We've run well in the past. We need to get the whole package together and get the No. 30 Germain.com Tundra into victory lane. There's no reason we can't do it. Our luck at Charlotte has been horrible but our performance has been good. We just need to keep doing what we're doing," said Bodine, who finished second at Charlotte last May, and has collected two third-place finishes there in the Truck Series.
In addition to Bodine's 47 NASCAR career points-paying starts, the Chemung, NY, native has raced in the All Star event, winning the preliminary race, and has competed in the now-defunct Sportsman Series. Bodine has even raced against Jeff Gordon in a Legends Cars match race at Charlotte.
Crew chief Mike Hillman Jr., of Lockport, NY, long ago adopted Mooresville, NC, as his new home and loves Charlotte race weeks for the opportunity to compete and be home—at the same time.
"Charlotte racing is awesome because for me it means I get to be at home, spending extra time with my family. Winning in front of the home crowd would be a great way to head into the summer stretch," said Hillman, whose crew has prepared chassis TRD-131 to race this weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Bodine concurs that being home is a huge perk of racing at Charlotte.
"My favorite part of racing Charlotte might be sleeping in my own bed," smiled Bodine.
Bodine is ranked 9th in Truck Series championship points after six of 25 races.
Watch Bodine in the No. 30 Germain.com Tundra on Friday, May 20th, at Charlotte Motor Speedway. SPEED's coverage begins with practice at 9:30 AM and 10:20 AM Eastern, followed by qualifying at 4:00 pm, the NCWTS Setup at 7:30 and live racing at 8:00 PM. Can't get to a television? Tune your radio to your local MRN affiliate.
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When shopping for your new or used car or truck, head directly to Germain.com to find the perfect vehicle or visit your local Germain dealer in Ohio, Florida, or Arkansas. Germain.com is part of Germain Motor Company, a top-25 automotive retail network with 21 dealerships and more than 60 years of experience.


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This is a very useful and versatile apparatus used for making a playing card appear, vanish, or change from one card to another. You can also use it to make a prediction. A blank piece of paper can change to one with a prediction written on it. It's use is only limited by your imagination.
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Don't worry though, we have a lot more Mountain 26" Tubeless Tires in stock than that.View Similar Products
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As its most successful race tire, the Racing Ralph TL Ready 26-inch Tire, uses Schwalbe's lauded tread pattern, PaceStar compound, and TL casing to satisfy the weight weenies. That the tread pattern is designed for flat-out speed means that it loses a little ground to the Rocket Ron when it comes to ultimate grip, but not by much.
As stated, the Racing Ralph uses Schwalbe's PaceStar Triple Compound with a hard center tread that gets progressively softer compounds towards the edge. This provides faster rolling characteristics with excellent cornering traction. Which brings us to the Racing Ralph's tread pattern.
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The tire is designed to be tubeless ready (TL). A tubeless system allows you to run less air pressure, again enhancing the grip of the tire's tread. And in case you needed convincing, increased traction, less vibration, and no flats lead to a better ride. It's necessary to use a liquid sealant within the tire in order to seal the bead and to quickly seal debris punctures on the trail.
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Royals sign Myers, Dwyer
The Royals today announced they have reached agreements with third-round draft choice Wil Myers (catcher) and fourth-round selection Chris Dwyer (lefthanded pitcher).
The Royals selected Myers from Wesleyan Christian Academy in High Point, NC, with the 91st overall pick. The 6'3″, 185 lb. receiver from Thomasville, NC, batted .532 with 14 home runs and 41 RBI as a senior. A right-handed hitter, Myers was listed as the number two "Best Pure Hitter" among high school players by Baseball America in the publication's draft preview. Myers helped his team win the 2008 North Carolina 3-A State Championship.
Kansas City drafted Dwyer, a 6'3″, 210 lb. southpaw, out of Clemson University with the 112th overall selection. Dwyer was the first eligible freshman selected from a four-year college since the institution of the draft in 1965. A native of Swampscott, MA, Dwyer made 17 starts for the Tigers in 2009, finishing 5-6 with a 4.92 ERA and 95 strikeouts in 86.0 innings. Dwyer finished his prep career with a 24-1 mark, including 7-0 with a 0.07 ERA and 83 strikeouts in 41.0 innings in his junior year. He was 38-2 in four years as the starting quarterback for his high school football team, earning Boston Globe Player of the Year honors as a junior.
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How computing technologies can help address scientific challenges
New challenges facing scientists in a variety of fields such as biology, chemistry, physics, and astronomy are as much about data as about computation. eScience efforts at Microsoft Research seek to further the understanding of these challenges, support the developing community, develop computational tools that will enable the advancement of scientific research, and catalyze discovery through funded collaborative research.
Jim Gray eScience Award winner announced
Paul Watson, winner of 2014 Jim Gray eScience AwardDr. Paul Watson was awarded the 2014 Jim Gray eScience Award. Dr. Watson is professor of Computer Science and director of the Digital Institute at Newcastle University UK, where he also directs the $20M RCUK Digital Economy Hub on Social Inclusion through the Digital Economy. As a Lecturer at Manchester University, he was a designer of the Alvey Flagship and Esprit EDS systems. From 1990 to 1995, he worked in industry for ICL as a designer of the Goldrush MegaServer parallel database server. In August 1995, he moved to Newcastle University, where he has been an investigator on wide range of eScience projects. His research interest is in scalable information management with a current focus on cloud computing. Professor Watson is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the British Computer Society. Learn more…
eScience Workshop 2014
The 2014 Microsoft eScience Workshop will be held in conjunction with the 10th IEEE International Conference on e-Science from October 20 to 22 in Guarujá, Brazil. The workshop will focus on presentations of the various technologies that can help scientists accomplish research projects more quickly and efficiently. In addition to investigating various general areas of computation that are valuable to scientific projects, we will also present case studies that demonstrate how scientists are already using these approaches in the field. Our goal for this workshop is to explore how technologies can assist researchers throughout the various steps of the research lifecycle, turning data into knowledge. Learn more...
.NET Bio released
The Bioinformatic package .NET Bio allows scientists to import, manipulate, and process gene sequences on the Windows operating system. Developed in Microsoft Research and now owned by the Outercurve Foundation, this bioinformatic toolkit is based on the Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0. This open-source project is distributable under the Apache 2.0 license, allowing project contributors to tailor the applications to their needs and enhance functionality in areas they desire. More...
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Lynn Ruth Miller: Ballooney Tunes
Show type: Edinburgh Fringe 2007
Queenie, the senile stripper is back with her collection of outrageous parodies guaranteed to put your underwear at risk. A body of balloons goes pop and every funny bone is exposed. Comedy at its naked and bawdy best.
Starring Lynn Ruth Miller
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September 12, 2013 was an exciting day for Harry Potter fans.
This was the day that Warner Bros. announced that they had entered into a partnership with JK Rowling for a new movie franchise set in the wizarding world of Harry Potter. The spinoff will be based on the Hogwarts textbook "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" and follows its writer Newt Scamander 70 years before Harry Potter. Rowling has stated that the film is neither a prequel nor a sequel to the Harry Potter films; instead, it is an extension of the wizarding world, with its particular laws and customs of the hidden magical society.
The eight Harry Potter films grossed more than $7 billion worldwide, making it the highest-grossing film franchise of all time, and helped Warner Bros maintain their spot as one of the highest grossing studios in the world this past decade. Clearly, Warner Bros. was not ready to give up on a good thing.
JK Rowling released a statement in which she personally thanked Warner Bros. CEO Kevin Tsujihara for making this upcoming franchise possible:
It all started when Warner Bros. came to me with the suggestion of turning Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them into a film. I thought it was a fun idea, but the idea of seeing Newt Scamander, the supposed author of Fantastic Beasts, realized by another writer was difficult. Having lived for so long in my fictional universe, I feel very protective of it and I already knew a lot about Newt. As hard-core Harry Potter fans will know, I liked him so much that I even married his grandson, Rolf, to one of my favourite characters from the Harry Potter series, Luna Lovegood. As I considered Warners' proposal, an idea took shape that I couldn't dislodge. That is how I ended up pitching my own idea for a film to Warner Bros. …
I particularly want to thank Kevin Tsujihara of Warner Bros. for his support in this project, which would not have happened without him. I always said that I would only revisit the wizarding world if I had an idea that I was really excited about and this is it.
Kevin Tsujihara was promoted to chief executive of Warner Bros in January of this year and is the first person of Asian descent to run a major Hollywood studio.