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text: Interaction: Conjectures, Results, and Myths Dina Goldin Univ. of Connecticut, Brown University http://www.cse.uconn.edu/~dqg 7 June 2005 CWI 1 Fundamental Questions Underlying Theory of Computation What is computation? How do we model it? 7 June 2005 CWI 2 Shared Wisdom (from undergraduate Theory of Computation courses) computation: finite transformation of input to output input: finite size (e.g. string or number) Mathematical worldview: All computable problems are function-based. closed system: all input available at start, all output generated at end behavior: functions, transformation of input data to output data Church-Turing thesis: Turing Machines capture this (algorithmic) notion of computation 7 June 2005 CWI 3 The Operating System Conundrum If a computation does not terminate, it's "useless" – but aren't OS's useful?? Real programs… often receive an unbounded amount of input over time, and never "finish" their task. Turing machines do not model such ongoing computation well. [TM entry, Wikipedia] 7 June 2005 CWI 4 Outline • Rethinking the mathematical worldview – – – – • • • • • Historical perspective Algorithmic vs. interactive computation Wegner's conjecture Driving home from work Persistent Turing Machines (PTMs) PTM expressiveness Sequential Interaction Thesis The Myth of the Church-Turing Thesis Future work 7 June 2005 CWI 5 The Mathematical Worldview "The theory of computability and non-computability [is] usually referred to as the theory of recursive functions... the notion of TM has been made central in the development." Martin Davis, Computability & Unsolvability, 1958 "Of all undergraduate CS subjects, theoretical computer science has changed the least over the decades." SIGACT News, March 2004 "A TM can do anything that a computer can do." Michael Sipser, Introduction to the Theory of Computation, 1997 7 June 2005 CWI 6 Rethinking Shared Wisdom: (what do computers do?) computation: ongoing process which computation: finite transformation of input to output performs a task or delivers a service input: finite-size (string or number) dynamically generated stream of input tokens (requests, percepts, messages) open system: later inputs depend on closed system: all input available at earlier outputs and vice versa (I/O start, all output generated at end entanglement, history dependence) behavior: functions, algorithmic transformation of input data to output data behavior: processes, components, control devices, reactive systems, intelligent agents Church-Turing thesis: Turing Machines capture this (algorithmic) notion of computation Turing Machines do not capture this (interactive) notion of computation 7 June 2005 CWI 7 Modeling Interactive Computation • Many interactive models – Reactive [MP] and embedded systems – Dataflow, I/O automata [Lynch], synchronous languages, finite/pushdown automata over infinite words – Interaction games [Abramsky], online algorithms [Albers] – TM extensions: on-line Turing machines [Fischer], interactive Turing machines [Goldreich] • Concurrency Theory – Focuses on communication (between concurrent agents/processes) rather than computation [Milner] – Orthogonal to the theory of computation and TMs. • What makes our approach unique? – Communication (I/O) is part of computation. • a paradigm change – Bridging the gap between concurrency theory (labeled transition systems) and traditional TOC. • models borrow from both fields – Focus on expressiveness • rather than mere convenience of modeling 7 June 2005 CWI 8 Our Motivation Wegner's Conjecture: Interaction is more powerful than algorithms [CACM'97] 7 June 2005 CWI 9 Example: Driving home from work Algorithmic input: a description of the world (a static "map") Output: a sequence of pairs of #s (time-series data) - for turning the wheel - for pressing gas/break Similar to classic AI search/planning problems. 7 June 2005 CWI 10 Can you get the car into my driveway without running over my kid? 7 June 2005 CWI 11 Driving home from work (cont.) But… in a real-world environment, the output depends on every grain of sand in the road (chaotic behavior). ? Can we possibly have a map that's detailed enough? Worse yet… the domain is dynamic. The output depends on weather conditions, and on other drivers and pedestrians. We can't possibly be expected to predict that in advance! Nevertheless the problem is solvable! Google "autonomous vehicle research" 7 June 2005 CWI 12 Driving home from work (cont.) The problem is solvable interactively. Interactive input: stream of video camera images, gathered as we are driving Output: the desired time-series data, generated as we are driving similar to control systems, or online computation A paradigm shift in the conceptualization of computational problem solving. 7 June 2005 CWI 13 Outline • Rethinking the mathematical worldview • Persistent Turing Machines (PTMs) – extending N3TM computations model – Persistent Stream Languages – examples • PTM expressiveness • Sequential Interaction Thesis • The Myth of the Church-Turing Thesis • Future work 7 June 2005 CWI 14 Three-tape Turing Machines (N3TM) s - current state w1 - contents of input tape w2 - contents of work tape w3 - contents of output tape n1 , n2 , n3 - tape head posns input work S output • N3TM configurations: s , w1 , w 2 , w 3 , n1 , n 2 , n 3 • Computation = a sequence of transitions between configurations, from initial to halting. 7 June 2005 CWI 15 N3TM macrosteps < sh, win, w', wout, 1, 1, 1 > < s0, win, w, e, 1, 1, 1 > | So Notation: 7 June 2005 win win w w' e Sh wout win, w M w', wout CWI 16 Extending N3TM Computations S0 in1 in1 in2 in2 e w1 w1 w2 e Sh out1 S0 e Sh ... out2 • Dynamic stream semantics - Inputs are streams of dynamically generated tokens (strings). - For each input token, there is an N3TM macrostep generating the corresponding output token. • Persistence (memory) - The contents w of the work tape at the beginning of each macrostep is the same as at the end of the previous one. 7 June 2005 CWI 17 Persistent Turing Machine (PTM) PTM: N3TM with persistent stream-based computational semantics Interaction Stream PTM stream of inputs memory stream of outputs ... Environment • Persistent Stream Language of a PTM: set of streams { in 1 , out 1 , in 2 , out 2 ,...} • Conductive stream semantics: S ( * *) S 7 June 2005 CWI 18 Formal Definition (Coinductive definition, relative to N3TM M and memory w) PSL(M(w)) = { (wi, wo), s' S | $w'S*: wi , w w ' , wo s ' PSL ( M ( w ' ))} PSL ( M ) PSL ( M ( e )) PSL equivalenc e : M 1 PSL M 2 PSL = { PSL(M) | M is a PTM} 7 June 2005 CWI 19 PTM Example • Answering Machine (AM) fAM(record Y, X) = (ok, XY) fAM(erase, X) = (done, e) fAM(playback, X) = (X, X) – PSL(AM) contains: (record hello, ok), (erase, done) , (record Farhad, ok), (record Arbab, ok) , (playback, Farhad Arbab), … – Sequential objects as PTMs 7 June 2005 CWI 20 More PTM Examples • PowerPoint Editor – Input: mouse movements, keyboard clicks – Output: refreshed view of presentation • Driving Agent 7 June 2005 CWI 21 PTM Example: Latch • At each step, output first bit of previous step. – – – – inputs in1; outputs 1 inputs in2; outputs 1st bit of in1 inputs in3; outputs 1st bit of in2 ... (1*,1) # • PSL(Latch) contains: {( 1,1), ( 0 ,1), ( 0 , 0 ), (1, 0 ),...} 1 (1*,0) (0*,1) (0*,1) (1*,1) 0 (0*,0) • PTM as a Labeled Transition System – Latch has 3 states, meaning "contents of worktape" – The labels are input/output pairs, as in the interaction stream. 7 June 2005 CWI 22 Outline • Rethinking the mathematical worldview • Persistent Turing Machines (PTMs) • Interactive Transition Systems – Different notions of equivalence – Correspondence to PTMs • Sequential Interaction Thesis • The Myth of the Church-Turing Thesis • Future work 7 June 2005 CWI 23 Interactive Transition Systems over S (1*,1) < S, m, r > • S is set of states • r is initial state (root) • m is transition relation # 1 (1*,0) (0*,1) (0*,1) (1*,1) 0 (0*,0) m S * S * Required to be recursively enumerable 7 June 2005 CWI 24 Interactive Stream Equivalence • Infinite sequences of input/output token-pairs emanating from a particular ITS state • ISL(T), the interactive stream language of an ITS T, is the set of all such sequences emanating from T's root. T1 =ISL T2 if ISL(T1) = ISL(T2) 7 June 2005 CWI 25 ITS Isomorphism Let T1, T2 be ITSs Ti S i , , m i , ri T1 iso T 2 if $ bijection : S 1 S 2 s.t. 1. ( r1 ) r2 2. w i , w o *, s , s ' S 1 : s , w i , s ' , w o m 1 iff ( s ), w i , ( s ' ), w o m 2 7 June 2005 CWI 26 ITS Bisimulation Ti S i , , m i , ri be ITSs, i=1,2 R S 1 S 2 is a (strong) interactive bisimulation if: Let 1. r1 R r2 2. s R t s , w i , s ' , w o m 1 $ t ' s.t. t , wi , t ' , wo m 2 s ' R t ' 3. Clause 2. with roles of s and t reversed R is defined recursively, has greatest fixpoint semantics T1 =bisim T2 7 June 2005 if $ an interactive bisim. between them CWI 27 Comparing Equivalence Relations =1 is strictly finer than =2 if (x =1 y) implies (x =2 y) but not vice-versa =ISL =bisim =iso Equivalent machines = same behavior Equivalence classes = set of distinct behaviors 7 June 2005 CWI 28 From PTMs to ITSs Reachable memories of a PTM M: reach(M) * Set of words (work-tape contents) w encountered after zero or more macrosteps. ξ(M) reach(M), m, e where s , wi , s ' , wo m iff wi , s M s' , wo ξ is a bijection between PTMs and ITSs [I&C'04] 7 June 2005 CWI 29 Theorem: The structures M , ms and T , iso are isomorphic Proof: structure - preserving : M 1 ms M 2 iff ( M 1 ) iso ( M 2 ) (set the for iso to the for ms ) onto : T T , $ M M : T ( M ) ( m is recursive; 7 June 2005 choose CWI the obvious M) 30 PTMs vs. ITSs PTMs =PSL =ms ITSs =ISL =bisim =iso Two representation of the same computational behavior 7 June 2005 CWI 31 Outline • • • • Rethinking the mathematical worldview Persistent Turing Machines (PTMs) Interactive Transition Systems PTM expressiveness – Infinite equivalence hierarchy • Equivalence hierarchy gap – Unbounded nondeterminism and divergence – Amnesic PTMs • It pays to be persistent • Sequential Interaction Thesis • Future work 7 June 2005 CWI 32 Infinite Equivalence Hierarchy • Lk(M) = stream prefix language of PTM M set of prefixes of length k for streams in PSL(M) represents finite observations of M (testing equivalence) • L∞(M) = Uk≥1 Lk(M) • Corresponding notions of equivalence: M1 =k M2 : Lk(M1) = Lk ( M2 ) M1 =∞ M2 : L∞ (M1) = L∞ ( M2 ) • =1 is like Turing Machine equivalence 7 June 2005 CWI 33 Infinite Equivalence Hierarchy (cont) =1 =2 ... =∞ =PSL More equivalence classes = more distinct behaviors What is your name? A deterministic machine 7 June 2005 CWI 34 Equivalence Hierarchy Gap =1 =2 ... = =PSL • Proof: construct PTMs M1 and M2 where L(M1) = L (M2 ) but PSL (M1 ) ≠ PSL (M2 ) • Note: M1 exhibits unbounded nondeterminism • Unbounded nondeterminism implies divergence. [I&C 2004] 7 June 2005 CWI 35 Proof Details • M1 produces output streams of the form 1*0+ On 1st macrostep, initializes a persistent string n of 1's: while true do write '1' on the work tape, move head to the right; nondeterministically choose to exit loop or continue The output at every macrostep is determined as follows: if n > 0 then decrement n by 1 and output '1'; else output '0' • M2 is the same, but also produces the stream 1* • M1 , M2 exhibit unbounded non-determinism 7 June 2005 CWI 36 Divergent Computation sdiv (S*, t) (S*, t) e M1 (S*, 1) (S*, 1) (S*, 1) (S*, 1) ... (S*, 1) (S*, 0) n=0 (S*, 1) n=1 (S*, 1) n=2 (S*, 1) n=3 ... (S*, 1) Theorem: If a PTM M has unbounded nondeterminism, then M diverges. [I&C'04] 7 June 2005 CWI 37 Amnesic PTM Computation: stream-based but not persistent ASL ( M ) { ( w i , w o ), s ' S | $ w * : wi , e w', wo s ' PSL( M ( w' ))} ASL equivalenc e : M 1 ASL M 2 ASL = { ASL(M) | M is a PTM} PTM M is amnesic if PSL(M) ASL 7 June 2005 CWI 38 Amnesic PTMs: "half-way" between TMs and PTMs S0 in1 in1 in2 in2 e w1 e w2 e Sh out1 S0 e Sh ... out2 • Amnesic PTMs extend TMs with stream-based semantics. At least as expressive as TMs • Unlike PTMs, they lack persistence. Example: squaring machine (outi = ini2) [Prasse & Rittgen] 7 June 2005 CWI 39 It Pays to be Persistent Two arguments that PTMs are more expressive than Amnesic PTMs: 1. Collapse of the equivalence hierarchy. =1 = =PSL 2. Smaller set of stream languages. ASL 7 June 2005 PSL CWI 40 Summary of Results ASL =TM [I&C'04] PSL = PTMs =1 =2 ... = =PSL =ms ITSs =ISL =bisim =iso 7 June 2005 CWI 41 Outline • • • • • Rethinking the mathematical worldview Persistent Turing Machines (PTMs) Interactive Transition Systems PTM expressiveness Sequential Interaction – Sequential Interaction Thesis – Universal PTMs – Church-Turing Thesis revisited • Future work 7 June 2005 CWI 42 Sequential Interaction • Sequential interactive computation: system continuously interacts with its environment by alternately accepting an input string and computing a corresponding output string. • Examples: - method invocations of an object instance in an OO language - a C function with static variables - queries/updates to single-user databases - recurrent neural networks 7 June 2005 CWI - control systems - online computation - transducers - dynamic algorithms - embedded systems 43 Sequential Interaction Thesis Whenever there is an effective method for performing sequential interactive computation, this computation can be performed by a Persistent Turing Machine • Universal PTM: simulates any other PTM – Need additional input describing the PTM (only once) • Example: simulating Answering Machine (simulate AM, will-do), (record hello, ok), (erase, done), (record Farhad, ok), (record Arbab, ok), (playback, Farhad Arbab), … Simulation of other sequential interactive systems is analogous. 7 June 2005 CWI 44 Origins of the Church-Turing Thesis Myth A TM can do anything that a computer can do. Based on several claims: 1. A problem is solvable if there exists a Turing Machine for computing it. 2. A problem is solvable if it can be specified by an algorithm. 3. Algorithms are what computers do. Each claim is correct in isolation provided we understand the underlying assumptions Together, they induce an incorrect conclusion TMs = solvable problems = algorithms = computation 7 June 2005 CWI 45 Deconstructing the Turing Thesis Myth (1) TMs = solvable problems • Assumes: All computable problems are function-based. • Reasons: – Theory of Computation started as a field of mathematics; mathematical principles were adopted for the fundamental notions of computation, identifying computability with the computation of functions, as well as with Turing Machines. – The batch-based modus operandi of original computers did not lend itself to other conceptualizations of computation. 7 June 2005 CWI 46 Deconstructing the Turing Thesis Myth (2) solvable problems = algorithms Assumes: - Algorithmic computation is also function based; i.e., the computational role of an algorithm is to transform input data to output data. • Reasons: – Original (mathematical) meaning of "algorithms" E.g. Euclid's greatest common divisor algorithm – Original (Knuthian) meaning of "algorithms" "An algorithm has zero or more inputs, i.e., quantities which are given to it initially before the algorithm begins." [Knuth'68] 7 June 2005 CWI 47 Deconstructing the Turing Thesis Myth (3) algorithms = computation • Reasons: – The ACM Curriculum (1968): Adopted algorithms as the central concept of CS without explicit agreement on the meaning of this term. – Textbooks: When defining algorithms, the assumption of their closed function-based nature was often left implicit, if not forgotten "An algorithm is a recipe, a set of instructions or the specifications of a process for doing something. That something is usually solving a problem of some sort." [Rice&Rice'69] "An algorithm is a collection of simple instructions for carrying out some task. Commonplace in everyday life, algorithms sometimes are called procedures or recipes..." [Sipser'97] 7 June 2005 CWI 48 Church-Turing Thesis Revisited • Church-Turing Thesis: Whenever there is an effective method for obtaining the values of a mathematical function, the function can be computed by a Turing Machine • Common Reinterpretation (Strong Church-Turing Thesis) A TM can do (compute) anything that a computer can do • The equivalence of the two is a widespread myth the function-based behavior of algorithms does not capture all forms of computation • Turing himself would have denied it in the same paper where he introduced what we now call Turing Machines, he also introduced choice machines, as a distinct model of computation choice machines extend Turing Machines to interaction by allowing a human operator to make choices during the computation. 7 June 2005 CWI 49 Outline • Rethinking the mathematical worldview • Persistent Turing Machines (PTMs) • Interactive Transition Systems • PTM expressiveness • Sequential Interaction • Future work 7 June 2005 CWI 50 Future Work: 3 conjectures • Theory of Sequential Interactiove Computation This is a robust notion of computation, admitting notions analogous to computational complexity, logic, and recursive functions • Where are the ports? -- Multi-stream interaction multi-stream interaction is more powerful than sequential interaction [Wegner'97] • Formalizing indirect interaction direct interaction (via message passing) does not capture all forms of multi-agent behaviors 7 June 2005 CWI 51 Direct & Indirect Interaction DIRECT INTERACTION: interaction via message passing. • Known as "communication" in concurrency theory. • ID of destination agent specified in the message. INDIRECT INTERACTION: interaction via persistent, observable changes to the common environment. • Agents can affect each other without interacting directly, when one of them makes changes to their environment that the other later observes. • Example: multi-user document editing, stigmergy. 7 June 2005 CWI 52 Role of the Environment in Indirect Interaction • The environment is the medium of communication. • It must be changeable and observable: when one agent changes it, another can observe the change. • It must be persistent: change to it remain, so they can be observed later. • It may posess locality: given an agent, parts of the environment are accessible to it while others are not (may be different parts for actuating & sensing). May be very simple (Dining Philosophers example) or complex (Foraging Ants example) 7 June 2005 CWI 53 Dining Philosophers • Classic problem in concurrency and shared resources: define a protocol for a ring-shaped arrangement of processes (philosophers) where no two adjacent processes may execute simultaneously. • Goal: let the philosophers carry on while avoiding starvation. • Starvation: all philosophers pick up one chopstick and wait to pick up the other. • Mobile version: philosophers may leave table when sleepy, or join at empty place when ready to eat and think. 7 June 2005 CWI Indirect Interaction: philosophers interact with neighbors (persistent observable change to environment = picking up and putting down chopsticks). Direct Interaction: philosophers interact with chopsticks (modeled as simple processes). 54 Foraging Ants • Classic problem in artificial life and stigmergy. • Ants wander randomly looking for sources of food. • If they find food, they leave behind a phermone trail (or reinforce existing one). • Or, if they find a phermone trail, they follow it in search of food. • Achieves coordination without centralization. • An example of swarm computing, and of emergent behavior. 7 June 2005 CWI Indirect Interaction: ants interact with each other (persistent observable change to environment = phermone trails). Direct Interaction: ? 55 Properties of Indirect Interaction (1) Dining Philosophers Foraging Ants Late binding of recipient (anonymity) Identity of the observer of given state changes may be determined by dynamic events occurring after the change is made. [mobile] The chopstick X puts down will be picked up either by X or by who-ever happens to be sitting next to X at the time they get hungry. X's pheromone trail will be detected by whoever happens to wander past it. Time decoupling (asynchrony) There may be a delay between the change and its observation, whose duration may be determined by dynamic events. There may be a delay after X puts down a chopstick before it's picked up again; cannot know when the neighbor will get hungry. There may be a delay after X puts down pheromone before it's detected; cannot know when someone will wander by to detect it. Space Decoupling Indirect interaction need not imply co-location (for mobile agents); first agent may leave after making changes, second arriving later. [mobile] X may go away after putting down chopstick; when Y picks it up, he interacts with X without ever being in the same location. Ants who lay down and pick up a pheromone trail usually do not actually meet each other. 7 June 2005 CWI 56 Properties of Indirect Interaction (2) Dining Philosophers Localization Agents may be restricted to make/ observe changes in only a part of the shared space (that is local to them). Foraging Ants A philosopher can pick up / put down only the chopsticks next to him. An ant can leave or sense pheromones only in its local neighborhood. Non-intentionality Intent to communicate is not required, nor awareness that communication is occurring; agents may simply be doing their own task. X puts down chopsticks because he is done, NOT because she wants others to know that they can eat. X leaves pheromones because he is programmed to do this when carrying food, not out of intent to notify others. Hybrid nature The real world may serve as the medium of indirect interaction; the system will involve real-world processes, and will be hybrid rather than fully digital. [analog] X will not eat with dirty chopsticks (where the notion of dirtiness is fuzzy). Pheromones evaporate over time. 7 June 2005 CWI 57 Ubiquity of Indirect Interaction • Social Biology: Social insects living in colonies interact indirectly by making changes to common structures (termite piles) or through pheromones. • Operating Systems: Processes exchange information via semaphores in shared memory • Programming Languages: Tuple spaces in Linda enable coordination by indirect interaction. • Anatomy: Cells exchange information via hormones in the blood stream. • Economics: the value of stocks, bonds, and currency acts as medium of interaction between buyers and sellers as they negotiate prices. 7 June 2005 CWI 58 Formalizing Indirect Interaction • There is a need for a formalization of indirect interaction that – models its properties explicitly, without the intermediate protocol layer – directly reflects problem semantics (i.e. chopsticks are passive objects, not active agents) – is domain-independent – allows for real world as medium of interaction – extends existing models of interaction (Persistent Turing Machines) • Conjecture – decentralized coordination in multiagent systems of simple agents requires indirect interaction (to provide asynchrony and anonymity) 7 June 2005 CWI 59 References http://www.cse.uconn.edu/~dqg/papers/ [Wegner'97] Peter Wegner Why Interaction is more Powerful than Algorithms Communications of the ACM, May 1997 [EGW'04] Eugene Eberbach, Dina Goldin, Peter Wegner Turing's Ideas and Models of Computation book chapter, in Alan Turing: Life and Legacy of a Great Thinker, Springer 2004 [I&C'04] Dina Goldin, Scott Smolka, Paul Attie, Elaine Sonderegger Turing Machines, Transition Systems, and Interaction Information & Computation Journal, 2004 [GW'04] Dina Goldin, Peter Wegner The Church-Turing Thesis: Breaking the Myth presented at CiE 2005, Amsterdam, June 2005 to be published in LNCS 7 June 2005 CWI 60 Questions? 7 June 2005 CWI 61


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I would love to see another Onimusha game.
- A new Okami outsourced to Platinum with Hideki Kamiya as director.
- A new in-house Devil May Cry.
- A new in-house Lost Planet.
- A new Ghost Trick or other non-Ace Attorney adventure game directed by Shu Takumi.
- A Zack & Wiki sequel.
- A new Mega Man Zero with high-resolution hand-drawn graphics.
- A new Street Fighter with high-resolution hand-drawn graphics.
Yes, I'm a dreamer.
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A new Strider game.
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Ghost Trick 2...actually, I don't really want a sequel, I just wanted to point out that Ghost Trick is amazing.
A new Onimusha game would be great! I wouldn't say no to a new Okami either.
Oh also God Hand.
Dino Crisis reboot: Because dinosaurs on next gen technology = OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG
Power Stone: One of my favorite fighting franchises evar. I'd honestly be okay with a lazy digital rerelease with online play, but apparently Capcom isn't re-releasing any classic fighting games for a while. Poop.
A new series of Mega Man games similar to X and the Zero games: I have an entire concept ready for a new Mega Man series. I might have to give Capcom a call.
Okami sequel: The graphics man.
Resident evil revelations for vita. The excuse they gave for not porting it (the vita being a handheld slightly inferior to consoles) was absolute bullshit, since it started out on 3ds. I know it won't sell gang busters, but porting it won't cost much, and it will almost definitely make a profit, because the few vita owners that exist are the corest of the core gamers who would salivate at a good resident evil on handheld. I guess an alternative would be a good resident evil game on vita then...
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More Dragons Dogma or at least a game that advances the ideas put into place by it. Also more Devil May Cry. I don't care if its Ninja Theory or Capcom I just want more Dante.
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A new game with "Street Fighter" in the title on the Wii U. Last time a Nintendo home console had a Street Fighter game (excluding Virtual Console, of course), was SFA2 on the SNES.
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A sequel to Dark Void would be wonderful for me and 5 other people. (That is, one that learns from its mistakes and improves on its strengths)
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A new Asura's Wrath, or something in that vein of craziness.
A new DMC would be nice, even with the current version. Despite hate from a portion of the fanbase, the game itself is quite good.
A goddamned MegaMan game.
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After googling a list of capcom games I have come to the conclusion that these are the Capcom games/series I have fond memories:
I have yet to play this, but I think I will enjoy it when I do so Dragons Dogma gets an honourable mention.
i would like: darkstalkers 4 (never going to happen) breath of fire 6 (never going to happen), rival schools 3 (never going to happen) etc.
even a new marvel game coming out seems incredibly unlikely.
street fighter V is probably the best place for me to place my hopes/dreams.
All the Capcoms!
Just about anyway, in rough order of preference
- Dragon's Dogma
- Street Fighter
- Mega Man
- Maximo/Ghosts N' Goblins
- Breath of Fire
- Dino Crisis
- Resident Evil
- Darkstalkers
- Shadow of Rome
- Ace Attorney (and AA Investigations)
- Onimusha
- Power Stone
- Strider
- Bionic Commando
- DmC
- Some Shmups ala Gunsmoke or 1942
- Okami
- Something new
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for somebody who gives a shit to fix Resident Evil.
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A new IP that doesn't get a rerelease within a year of coming out.
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Dino Crisis reboot: Because dinosaurs on next gen technology = OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG
Isn't that the exact reason the series died?
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for somebody who gives a shit to fix Resident Evil.
Yeah, man, what the fuck happened? What a horrible shame that franchise has become. They could have just basically remade RE5 with a new story and different characters and it would have been fine.
A new DMC. Maybe a street fighter (Get it out early so I can buy it with all the DLC in a year and a half).
I'm interested enough in Remember Me to want a sequel, but there is no way of knowing that it is not total garbage or something so it is a bit early to call.
Dino Crisis reboot: Because dinosaurs on next gen technology = OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG
Isn't that the exact reason the series died?
Probably, I've never actually been a fan of the series just the idea of a next gen dinosaur themed horror game excites me.
New Street Fighter, which is very likely. I really grew fond of Street Fighter this generation in a way I wasn't before, to the point that I actually prefer it now to any other fighting game(and I like me some fighting games). That being said, if they announce SSFV a few months after SFV, I'll be really disappointed.... again.
New Mega Man, which isn't all that likely and probably won't be any good. Mega Man is my 8-bit hero. There's no game on the NES I enjoyed more than a Mega Man game(I think I played 5 the most), but they just haven't made a good Mega Man game since the first Mega Man X games that wasn't just a throwback to the NES era.
How about something new? DmC is cool and all, but I was never a big fan of DMC to begin with, and Resident Evil has morphed into one of the zombies it's trying to depict. I know Dragon's Dogma was new, but I was hoping for something different. I don't know what it should be, but Capcom probably has the second best catalog of games in the industry(after Nintendo), so an old gem might be more interesting than RE8.
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Reboot resident evil, but you know, maybe it actually scary and good. Make it tough and satisfying to beat. DON'T make it co-op for the love of god don't make it co-op. If anything ruins anysense of tension or fear its god damn co-op. Make it hard, really hard. Make it so bitches on the internet go "this game is too hard, it sucks". And for god sakes change the characters and story. Make the company responsible for the outbreak honestly horrified and apologetic to the problem, not crazy unrealistic monsters.
I don't know, i think the IDEA around resident evil games are amazing, but the execution is absolutely awful.
I really hope they decide to reboot resident evil rather than continuing with that clusterfuck of awful story behind it.
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A proper Street Fighter.
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I would like to see Capcom announce/release Street Fighter 5 midway into the next generation console life cycle. I say midway because Super Street Fighter IV is still alive and kicking.
This dream will most likely stay a dream, but I'm hoping for a Capcom vs SNK 3.
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I would take a new Breath of Fire game over almost any other ip in existence.
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A next gen Dragon's Dogma game that tries to do more to flesh out its world as well as just make it a wider place as I found myself being funneled too much into canyons.
for somebody who gives a shit to fix Resident Evil.
Mikami's got you covered <3
Besides, from what I'm to understand, Resident Evil was already 'fixed' with Resident Evil: Revelations. In fact they're apparently going to base the direction the series take on how well its console port will sell, so you never know, maybe this inevitable reboot will bring back the spark. Plus Mikami's The Evil Within should hopefully function as some competition to force Capcom to up their game.
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''Why did you have to put me on Youtube?'' Lucinda nagged her brother. It was Friday and Colin Walker still hadn't given up. Every time he saw her he would ask her if she would join his stupid band. And he saw her a lot. Lucinda wondered if he might have looked up her schedule and learned it by heart. That would be a bit creepy.
Okay, so she really did want to join. She had always wanted to sing, either in a band or solo. That part really didn't matter, though she had always thought a band would be more fun. Colin had been right about her parents loving track. They had both been on the team in their school days and they now wanted her to follow in their footsteps. Lucinda did enjoy track, she really did. She had always loved running and she got a rush every time she broke a personal record. If she didn't love singing so much (or sucked at it big time) she'd probably never think about quitting.
Her parents would never let her quit track. Lucinda didn't even want to think about what they'd do and say if she ever told them she'd rather be in some band than fulfil their lifelong dream.
''Because you're awesome.'' her brother, Jonathan, shrugged. He looked exactly like Lucinda, minus the breasts and long hair of course. They could've been twins, but he really was two years older. He had been on the track team as well, but he wasn't that good, so their parents didn't push him to continue after he graduated. Lucinda was the star of the track team though, and her parents would rather die than allow her to leave the team. Hell, she was pretty sure they'd rather let her die than allow her to leave the team.
''Well, two underclassmen have seen the video and now one of them is pretty much stalking me.''
Her brother looked at her in shock. Okay, maybe that came out wrong.
''He wants me to join his band.'' Lucinda explained with a roll of her eyes.
Jonathan looked relieved to hear this. Lucinda had no doubt that he had wanted to call the police immediately. Her brother looked at her from the couch, an eyebrow raised.
''Don't you want to be in a band? You've wanted to be a singer ever since you were little.''
Lucinda pulled up her legs onto the armchair and leant her chin on her knees.
''Of course I do. But hello,'' she waved for emphasis. ''Star of the track team?''
Jonathan sighed.
''They might not be happy about it, but they want you to be happy.''
''I doubt it.'' she mumbled. Jonathan gave her a pointed look.
''They let me quit.''
''Well, you sucked.''
''Gee, thanks sis.''
Lucinda just stared in front of her. Maybe Jonathan was right. Maybe her parents would let her quit and join Colin's band if she just told them how she felt. Surely, they would understand. Right?
''It's already the fifth day, shouldn't you just give up?'' Fai sighed. The Chinese boy was almost certain that Colin knew Lucinda's schedule by heart, which scared him a little bit. How far did this kid go?
Colin shook his head at Fai's question.
''I know it's a bit childish-''
''A bit?'' Fai interrupted him as he raised his famous left eyebrow.
''Okay maybe it's really childish, but I just know that music is her real passion!''
Both boys were silent after that. They were sitting outside the school, since they both had a free period. Fai stared at the book he had been reading before Colin had pretty much dragged him out of his classroom. He remembered Colin's words from that Monday very clearly.
''But you don't love it as much as you love singing, right? Do you love track, or do your parents?''
Judging from the senior's reaction, Colin was right about this. Fai wondered how the boy had known. Then again, how had he known about him?
''Don't you want friends again? Real friends? We won't abandon you because you have flaws.''
He wanted to ask how Colin knew all of this, about Lucinda, about him…but it might be better to leave that for another time.
''You think I should give up?'' Colin asked quietly. Fai looked up from his book in surprise. His friend didn't look him in the eye, instead he was pulling at the grass.
''No,'' Fai said. ''But if I did, would you even listen?''
Colin laughed at that.
''Probably not.'' he grinned his usual boyish grin. Fai was glad to see the boy smiling again. It was just plain weird to see him down like that.
''Come on, you've only asked her to join two times today. I think it's time for a third time. If you're so sure that she's just on the track team because of her parents, you should be able to convince her, right?''
Lucinda had said no again, though. Since Colin's last class had ended an hour before, Fai walked towards the gate on his own. He didn't have any friends in his own year, since he had been… well a little unsocial. Ever since what happened in the past he was a bit hesitant in making friends, or just talking to people in general. Colin had broken through his wall though and he was grateful to the boy, since he actually looked forward to going to school in the mornings. He hadn't looked forward to school since primary school.
To his surprise, someone was waiting for him at the gate. For a second he expected it to be Colin, but Colin didn't have long brown hair and um, well a female body. Lucinda Jordan did.
''You're Fai right?'' she asked him. Fai just nodded, not sure where this was going.
''In all these years, you've never joined a musical club. So why join Colin's band?''
Fai was taken aback by this question. He didn't expect her to ask her that, though he did have a feeling she wanted to talk about Colin and the band.
''Because he broke my wall.''
''Wait…What?'' Fai would have laughed at her confused face, but he really didn't want to offend her.
''My friends from my childhood all left me because they said I was too bossy, too stubborn, too smart. Others didn't want to be my friend anymore because our other friends stopped being friends with me. I became unsocial and maybe even a bit arrogant, because I didn't want my 'friends' to leave me again. My classmates never approach me unless it's necessary and I'm too awkward to go up to them myself. Underclassmen are actually afraid of me. Colin wasn't. Despite my attitude he still came up to me and asked me to join his band. Of course I said no at first, after all I was afraid that I would just be a disappointment again, that he wouldn't want to be my friend if he got to know me. He saw right through me though. I… I don't know how. It was the same when he asked you if you like track or your parents do. Somehow he just sees right through you and knows exactly what's bothering you. But most of all, he wanted to be my friend. I'm glad I decided to join his band, Lucinda. I've finally got an actual friend, I actually like coming to school now.
''If he didn't think that you're only on the track team because your parents want you to, he wouldn't keep asking you to join. He would've left it alone and searched for another singer. He knows that deep inside your heart, you want to be a singer and focus on music. Take him up on his offer.''
With those words, he left his senior speechless.
New week, new chances was what Colin optimistically thought when he entered the school on Monday. He felt a bit creepy still asking her after a week and he admitted that it was a bit strange (not to mention stalkerish) that he knew her schedule by heart, but he had good intentions. Lucinda had to admit to people other than herself that she'd rather sing than run. He felt that she would never do this if he didn't gave her a little push (every time he came across her, which was a lot since he knew her schedule. God, when did he become such a creep?).
After his first class, he quickly said bye to Liam and Leanne (who stared at him as he ran out of the classroom not for the first time since they had known him. The twins weren't sure if they'd ever get used to Colin running out of every classroom) and made his way to the classroom Lucinda would be going to. Yep, he definitely was becoming a stalker.
Lucinda didn't seem fazed that he once again was waiting for her in front of her classroom. He grinned his usual boyish grin and opened his mouth to ask the question he had been asking her about a million times for the past week. Lucinda cut him off before he could even make a sound.
''Alright, I'll join your band,'' Colin couldn't believe his ears. Had she been thinking about it the entire weekend? ''But on one condition.''
Colin really didn't care what this condition was. He'd go around the school in a pink bunny costume if he had to. Okay, maybe not.
''I'll leave the track team after the competition this Friday, then I'll join your band.''
''No problem!'' Colin was still grinning. It was infectious, as Lucinda found herself smiling back at him.
''You better come Friday!'' she yelled at him as she walked into her classroom.
''Of course!''
When he didn't see her anymore he ran as fast as the wind towards Fai's class. They had homeroom, so it wasn't a big deal if he suddenly entered. The teacher and the rest of the class had gotten used to it actually. They didn't even look up anymore when he ran inside.
''Lucinda joined!" he told Fai, not even a little out of breath as he said down in his usual seat in front of Fai. Not for the first time did he wonder if maybe no one sat there or if the kid was never there.
''Really?'' Fai grinned as well. Maybe his 'speech' had done something good after all. Lucinda had probably needed some explaining, thinking that the underclassman was just being annoying by stalking her every day, while instead he was really thinking of Lucinda's wishes.
''So just the lead guitar left then.''
Colin nodded and started to lean back in his chair so he was balancing on the back two legs.
''Do you know anyone?''
To Colin's shock his friend shook his head.
''But you play bass!''
Fai raised his left eyebrow. Colin wondered if he was even capable of raising his other one.
''Yeah, so? It's not like we guitar players all know each other.''
''I thought you had some kind of secret community or something.'' Colin muttered, clearly disappointed that this was not the case.
''Why? Because you're the founder of the Secret Drummers Society?'' Fai joked, though Colin looked the exact opposite of joking.
''How do you know about that? It's supposed to be a secret!'' Colin's eyes widened in realisation. ''There is a Secret Guitar Society, you just can't talk about it!''
Fai opened his mouth to protest. He had a feeling that the boy was being quite serious.
''No,'' Colin raised his hand to shut the older boy up. ''You don't have to say anything. I understand.''
Colin was trying his best not to laugh, but Fai didn't seem to notice this. That made it a lot more amusing for Colin.
Fai sighed. He actually felt kind of bad for Lucinda. She had no idea what she was getting herself into.


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The contents page for this series can be found here. The previous entry, concluding Chapter 46, can be found here.
This entry constitutes Chapter 47, and ends Section Four.
This chapter mainly reiterates and spells out in some more detail how I arrived metaphysically at the conclusion that rebel supernatural entities exist, but it also arrives at the conclusion that these devils need the same help any of us sinners do: to be saved from their sins.
This is a very controversial position; and I can't quite figure out where plausibly to split the chapter into two entries, either. So, to avoid posting an extra-long chapter on a controversial topic among Nicene trinitarians, seeing as this journal is dedicated to ecumenical Nicene apologetics (what trinitarian affirmers of the Nicene Creed generally agree on instead of what we disagree about), I have posted the whole chapter, about 16 pages, to a thread at the Evangelical Universalist forum instead (where I have been posting these Sword to the Heart chapters in parallel tandem in order to help readers there get an idea where the coherencies are in orthodox trinitarian theism--but also because I have found ortho-trin to lead, by theological corollary, to one or another kind of Christian universalism.)
That thread can be reached by clicking this hyperlink or by copy-pasting the following address into your browser line:
Readers who want to skip this chapter won't be missing a whole lot, since (as I said) it's mainly working out the logic again from the previous chapter, and taking it a little further. The end result, whether or not the reader agrees with the concept that rebel angels also need God's salvation from sin, sets up the topic of the final Section of chapters in the book--where I will pull together and synthesize the doctrinal positions I have arrived at in the hundreds of pages up to now, to consider what I may expect God to do about sin in our natural history.
(Which by no coincidence I plan to finish around Easter week next month. {g})
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I got a kick how this REALTOR® is pitching part of the East Bay as NOBE. Who came up with this? Is this brand name NOBE an invention of REALTORS®?
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I got a kick how this REALTOR® is pitching part of the East Bay as NOBE. Who came up with this? Is this brand name NOBE an invention of REALTORS®?
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I see the Realtor has disabled comments on her video. Too bad. I have a comment or two for her.
She thinks it's fun to see NOBE houses. $400K is afordable?
Thanks but no thanks.
I wish these Realtors would stop breeding.
This is why Realtors are worth their 6% commission:
Realtor's website.
Make sure you can trust your Realtor? How??
NOBE is a scheme. A group in the "hood" got together to market it and promote it as a hip place. So, to make it work, they hired the lowest of the low to brainwash you. "if you want to be in a hip place, live here".
Get your Sprout panini and a Chai Latte. Oh... did I say the "Painted housing" is affordable for all you young professionals.
Same shit going on in chicago. a good way to turn a questionable part of town around.
O boy! A Starbucks on the corner = higher value for the surrounding homes.
sorry... I'm rambling... I'm not that hip... I'm out.
Yup, that area is still 'hood'. But it's a matter of time when all of north Oakland and South Berkeley becomes one big gentrified hood. Rockridge, Elmwood and Temescal are just too pricey now without any signs of declining. NOBE is just the next frontier in oakland for yuppies and hipsters to play around in.
She is telling the truth NOBE has a cool vibe. Lumping Berkeley, Emeryville and North Oakland into the same price point is wishful thinking...
She is telling the truth NOBE has a cool vibe. Lumping Berkeley, Emeryville and North Oakland into the same price point is wishful thinking...
Even trying to brand just North Oakland together is ridiculous. On one end you get San Pablo avenue with it's soiled doves, and at the other end the quaint boutique shops of Rockridge and Piedmont Avenue.
This place has pockets of gentrification, but to me there really isn't anything charming about it. It's really close to freeway and industrial pollution. I wonder how great the soil quality is for all the coming urban farming.
I have a friend who lives in a lovely little Victorian, but her neighbors hang out in long white t-shirts doing drug deals, while her hipster friends drunk-ride bicycles in the dark through traffic from hipster bar to hipster bar.
This is why Realtors are worth their 6% commission:
That was painful to watch.
And presumably the "creator" of that mess even had to pay something out to Doris Day, since she's the one performing and is apparently still alive. The song itself might be in the public domain, but I can't imagine Day's performance of it is. But, then again, I didn't see anything about "permissions granted" or whatever at the end of the video,either. Hmmm....
Yeah, I know some huge percentage of the crap on Youtube is probably in violation of some copyright law or other, but typically the people doing the posting aren't doing it trying to make a profit. Which I guess means beans under the law but somehow does strike me personally as somehow different.
I got a kick how this REALTOR® is pitching part of the East Bay as NOBE. Who came up with this? Is this brand name NOBE an invention of REALTORS®?
Could be. When I was kid growing up in the western suburbs of Boston, we called the area the, umm, "western suburbs of Boston." as best I can recall. Then, out of the blue, the neologism "MetroWest" popped up, and spread like an overflowing toilet with a broken shut-off valve. The local newspaper/birdcage liner renamed itself "The MetroWest Daily News," quite a few local busnesses did as well, and when two local hospitals "merged" they became the MetroWest something or other.
I honestly don't know that REALTORS® were behind the term, but they all seemed to take to it like pigs to shit, and were what I believe a marketer would refer to as "early adopters."
FWIW, I can distinctly remember thinking that it was about the stupidest term I'd ever heard, and that it was just so ridiculous it would never catch on. Guess I"m the stupid one....the moral being that this "NOBE" business might have more staying power than a rational person might otherwise think.
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The former Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, has been sentenced to six years in jail for accepting bribes that a judge described as a treason against the public he was meant to serve.
"A public servant who takes bribes is like someone who smashes a cornerstone," Judge David Rozen said of Olmert and six other defendants in a bribery case considered to be one of the biggest corruption scandals in Israeli history.
The 68-year-old politician was convicted in March over a property deal that took place while he served as mayor of Jerusalem. "He who takes the bribe is a traitor – someone who betrays the trust of the public. Without this trust, there cannot be proper public service," Judge Rozen added.
"Olmert served as Prime Minister of Israel. From this lofty and honoured job that is the most important one, he reached the position of someone convicted of crimes and offences that are contemptible and grave beyond measure."
VIDEO: Olmert plans to appeal six-year sentence
Olmert was also fined one million shekels (£171,578) while six other businessmen, developers and Jerusalem council officials were sentenced to between three and seven years in prison. The former Prime Minister, who launched wars in Gaza and Lebanon in 2006 and 2008 but also tried to reach a peace deal with Palestinians, will begin his sentence on 1 September if appeals are not successful.
Olmert plans to appeal against the sentence and the conviction for taking bribes worth £96,000, most of it from developers advancing the Holyland project.
The developers built five apartment blocks and a tower that dominate southern Jerusalem's skyline and are viewed as eyesores by residents. An agent for one developer wrote cheques for £85,750 to Olmert's brother, Yosef. The judge also ruled that Olmert acted with "moral turpitude" which prevents him from running for public office for seven years after his jail term.
Israel has a number of low-security prisons where inmates such as Olmert are jailed. The major factor determining where he will go will be security and the concern that other prisoners could harm him, officials said.
He may end up at Hermon prison in northern Israel where the former Finance Minister, Avraham Hirschson, also served a sentence for corruption. Other convicted ministers and politicians, including Omri Sharon, the son of the late premier Ariel Sharon, spent their sentences in a low-security unit near Tel Aviv.
Hermon jail and two others have programmes for criminals convicted of engaging in fraud that include meetings with a social worker, group work and drama. But such inmates have the same conditions as other prisoners and serve together with those convicted of other offences.
Israel's prison services commissioner, Aharon Franco, said Olmert would be assessed like all other convicts for risk of escape, that he could be attacked by other inmates or attempt suicide. "We will analyse the personality and deliberate together with our professionals and the relevant actors," Mr Franco said.
Amir Dan, Olmert's media adviser, described the sentence as "deviating from all the norms for people in similar jobs and in similar situations". He added: "This punishment is based on a judgment that is totally mistaken. It is a tower of cards built on assumptions. It is severe punishment of a man who never took bribes and contributed greatly to the state of Israel. He will appeal."
The sentencing was praised as showing that even a former premier could be held to account. But Nachum Barnea, a columnist for the Yediot Ahronoth newspaper, warned there was "no reason to celebrate". He wrote that Olmert had a lot of credits as Prime Minister, including "a sincere effort to reach an agreement with the Palestinians, an effort that greatly strengthened Israel's standing in the world".
He added that Olmert's government did not shy away from difficult decisions, saying: "Olmert is a convicted criminal and will remain so until at least the end of his appeal in the supreme court, but he is not the devil."Reuse content


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Clint Dempsey has heard all the rumors. All the talk about the big clubs lining up bids for him, it doesn't come as much of a surprise considering the dream season Dempsey just had for Fulham . It also doesn't make it any less frustrating for Dempsey. Not because Dempsey doesn't want to be linked with big clubs, but because seeing rumors instead of actual transfer offers was something he already endured last year. "I don't get caught up in that because until somebody is putting down some money it doesn't matter," Dempsey said in an exclusive interview with FOX Soccer . "If teams are really interested, they need to put their money with their mouth is and make an offer." Dempsey won't go so far as to outright say he wants to leave Fulham, but you don't need to be a code breaker to read between the lines. He has one year left on his current deal with the Cottagers. He just had the season of his life and stated his desire to play in the UEFA Champions League . "After every year I wa...
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Julie & Billy. The longest romance Seaview High has ever seen. Inseparable. Until October 31st 2010. The day the pumpkins came to life, the day the stars fell from the sky and all because of love. Love. The strongest power known to man.
October 31st. Halloween. A night for mischief, magic and horror. Julie Simmons was a regular 17 year old school girl with blonde hair, blue eyes and pale white skin. She made a decision on Halloween to go out to a party with her boyfriend Billy Sykes, the most gorgeous boy to ever walk this earth - at least to Julie. They had both donned a corpse bride and groom costume not realising at this moment how fitting these costumes would be later on.
The party was going to be at their high school, Seaview High in Los Angeles, America. A few of the senior boys had stolen a key and broken in to set up halloween decorations for their illegitimate festivities. Pumpkins lined the gloomy stark white school corridors and banners littered with rubber spiders hung from every inch of the peeling ceiling. Someone had gotten hold of a UV light, giving the corridors an eerie purple glow, making everything hide in the dark gloom.
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Norman Bel Geddes designs the city of the future in 1939
Seen at an exhibition in the Museum of the City of New York, this video is a startling vision of 1960 that must have influenced a lot of urban planners.
Women designers celebrated at last in New York show
Finally: recognition of the role of women in design.
Sleep anywhere, any time with the Fold Inn bedroom in a box
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Transformer chair turns into safety helmet
We love furniture that serves multiple functions but this one is a bit odd.
Happy 120th birthday, Raymond Loewy
The google doodle of the day reminds us of the great industrial designer.
Stair of the Week: the Living Staircase by Paul Cocksedge
Why should a stair just be a stair?
Service Wagon is a DIY kitchen on wheels
A design for a rolling, folding, flatpack everything-in-one-place portable kitchen.
Brooklyn Fashion and Design Accelerator to help local designers get up to speed
Launched by the Pratt Institute, the Accelerator will help designers start their business, while making a commitment to sustainable manufacturing practices.
Latest version of the Ostrich Pillow should be a hit in Toronto, where sleeping on the job is an issue these days
There is a new working-resting paradigm out there, and Mayor Rob Ford is the poster child. He would love the Ostrich Pillow Light.
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Bernotat&Co presents a different way of looking at upholstery.
Markus Freitag on designing the recycled, "bike-able" bag
The co-founder of bike bag label Freitag talks to TreeHugger about recycled materials, designing for alternative transportation and skipping the fashion cycle.
Cork chairs are good looking and sustainable
When it comes to chairs, this one's a corker.
A plate design for lighter eating
Slim & Sage plates are a pretty way to put portion control into practice.
17 (or 100!) simple designs to improve the NYC subway
Designer Randy Gregory II recently presented his "100 Improvements to the New York Subway" project. TreeHugger alum and current Business Insider transportation writer, Alex Davies, has compiled 17 of the most inexpensive and simple ideas.
Amazing hand-built amusement park hidden in Italian forest
The things you'll find if you wander into the woods! Bruno has spent the last 40 years building a wonderful amusement park, as shown in this short documentary.
Winning chair in Oxford University library competition
When the university is Oxford and the original chair dates from 1756, it's a hard act to follow.
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The late Hone Tūwhare (1922-2008) remains one of New Zealand's most loved and respected poets. Tūwhare has been the subject of numerous documentaries. He also wrote short stories and plays, and the drama Eel for anthology television series E Tipu e Rea. Tuwhare died on 16 January 2008 in Dunedin.
The keynote of Tūwhare's writing is an uncommon emotional honesty. Each poem is alive from start to finish. The shock of warmth and discovery, as one reads these poems, happens again and again. James K Baxter
Sam Hunt is NZ's best known and most visible contemporary poet; and, in an archive excerpt from this feature length documentary, Ginette McDonald calls him "the most impersonated man in New Zealand". Director Tim Rose, who has known Hunt since he was a boy, decided too little was known about him beyond his flamboyant, public persona. So Rose spent four years maknig this film, mixing a wealth of archive material with interviews with Hunt, and those who know him best, and new footage of him reading his work and performing with David Kilgour.
Private Journeys / Public Signposts turns the camera on photographer Ans Westra. Dutch emigree Westra has captured iconic images of New Zealanders since the late 1950s, expressively observing Aotearoa societal changes, particularly Māori urban drift. This film explores her remarkable life and work, and includes commentary from family and friends, fellow photographers, and colleagues, as well as discussion of the Washday at the Pa controversy. Luit Bieringa, curator of Westra's retrospective photo exhibition, directed the film, his first.
In 2003 Toi Māori Aotearoa engaged Charlotte Yates to produce an album and stage performance celebrating the verse of poet Hone Tuwhare. Yates co-opted various musicians (including Dallas Tamaira from Fat Freddy's Drop, and the late Graham Brazier) to transform Tuwhare's poetry into lyrics, using a range of music from rock to dub. This short film by Lala Rolls was commissioned for the album launch; the material was also used in the live show. We see Tuwhare at home at Kaka Point and reciting his poetry against the songs, and glimpse his warmth, humour and literary verve.
Poet Hone Tuwhare was born in the far north, near Kaikohe, but forced by poverty to leave as a child. "75 years after Hone Glenn Colquhoun (doctor, poet, Tuwhare fan) wrote a poem in the Listener inviting him back." Hone accepted the invitation and this documentary is a record of his March 2002 Hokianga homecoming, taking in song, readings and plenty of laughs and kai moana. Silver-haired Tuwhare is irresistible, crooning Sinatra, charming school children with bawdy jokes or channelling the fire of his most famous poem: "For this is no mere axe to blunt!"
A documentary glimpse into the life, art, and inimitable cheeky-as-a-kaka style of late Kiwi poet, Hone Tuwhare. In this Gaylene Preston-directed film, the man with "the big rubber face" (cheers Glenn Colquhoun) is observed at home, and travelling the country reading his work; polishing a new love poem; visiting old drinking haunts; reading to a hall full of entranced students; and expounding his distinctive views on everything from The Bible to Karl Marx's love life. He reads some of his best-known poems, including Rain and No Ordinary Sun.
A teenage boy (Lance Wharewaka) should be at school, but instead learns about the bush and the old days from his ailing grand uncle (Bill Tawhai). The friendship prepares the boy with the necessary skills for life. Written by poet Hone Tuwhare, Eel marked the drama directing debut of TV3 newsreader and Wild South presenter Joanna Paul."He [Bill] brought a mana with him and has such irreplaceable Māori knowledge," said Paul, who remembered him discussing "how he used bobs to catch eels. He remembers using flax — you can't buy knowledge like that."
This 1981 Koha documentary, 'No Ordinary Bloke' — poet Hone Tuwhare — reflects on his life and influences in a wide-ranging interview by Selwyn Muru. He recites poems and is shown walking around his Dunedin haunts, where he was living at the time. Tuwhare recounts his early life as a railway workshop apprentice and tells of the workshop library that opened his eyes to the world. Later he's shown with mate and artist Ralph Hotere and discusses, with emotion, the nature of Māori relationships with the land in light of the then-proposed Aramoana aluminium smelter.
Regular Māori programmes started on Television New Zealand in 1980 with Koha, a weekly, 30-min programme broadcast in English. It explored everything from social problems, tribal history, natural history, about weaponry, to the preparation of food, canoe history, carvings and their meanings, language and how it changed through time. It was a window into te ao Māori for Pākekā, and it provided a link to urban Māori estranged from their culture. It was the first regular Māori programme which was shown in prime time.
A 1973 interview with a 51-year-old Hone Tuwhare at the Maori Writers' and Artists' Conference, at Te Kaha's Tukaki Marae. One of New Zealand's best loved and lauded poets, Tuwhare speaks of the various influences on his writing - sex, religion, trade unionism and communism - to name a few. Poet Rowley Habib sits alongside Hone in the interview and contributes to the conversation occasionally. This documentary also features a poetry reading from The Globe Theatre, Dunedin.
Directed by Sam Pillsbury, this 1974 film observes Ralph Hotere — one of New Zealand's greatest artists — at a moment when excitement is gathering about his work. Lauded as a "classic" by Ian Wedde, the documentary is framed around the execution of a watershed piece: a large mural Hotere was commissioned to paint for Hamilton's Founders Theatre. Interviews with friends and associates — poets Hone Tuwhare and Bill Manhire, art critics, officials and dealers — are intercut with fascinating shots of Hotere working (including making art by photocopying or 'xerography').


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The Meadowlark Hills Board of Directors on Wednesday accepted the resignation of CEO Willie Novotny. Board chairman Dirk Daveline said the board wants to focus on Meadowlark's future in Manhattan, not on expansion in other areas.
Daveline said a committee of the board would conduct a national search over the next 120 to 180 days.
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|[jira] [Updated] (SOLR-2155) Geospatial search using geohash prefixes
|Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:09:05 GMT
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-2155?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ] David Smiley updated SOLR-2155: ------------------------------- Attachment: SOLR-2155_GeoHashPrefixFilter_with_sorting_no_poly.patch Attached is a new patch. The highlights are: * Requires the latest Solr trunk -- probably anything in the last few months: If this is ultimately going to get committed then this needed to happen. There are only some slight differences so if you really need an earlier trunk then I'm sure you'll figure it out. * Adds support for sorting, including multi-value: Use the existing geodist() function query with a lat-lon constant and a reference to your geohash based field. Note that this works by loading all points from the field into memory, resolving each underlying full-length geohash into the lat & lon into a data structure which is a List<Point2D>[]. This is improved over Bill's patch, surely, but it could use some optimization. It's not optimized for the single-value case either; that's a definite TODO. * Polygon/WKT features have been omitted due to LGPL licensing concerns of JTS. I've left hooks for their implementation to make adding on this capability that already existed easy. You'll easily figure it out if you are so inclined. I might ad this as a patch shortly (not to be committed) when I get some time; but longer term it will re-surface under a separate project. Don't worry; it'll be painless to use if you need it. * This might be controversial but as part of this patch, I removed the ghhsin() and geohash() function queries. Their presence was confusing; I simply don't see what point there is too them now that this patch fleshes out the geohash capability. * I decided to pre-register my "SpatialGeoHashFilterQParser" as "geohashfilt", instead of requiring you to do so in solrconfig.xml. You could use "geofilt" for point-radius queries but I prefer this one since I can specify the bbox explicitly. There are a few slight changes to GeoHashPrefixFilter that crept in from unfinished work (notably tying sorting to filtering in an efficient way) but it is harmless. Bill, thanks for kick-starting the multi-value sorting. I re-used most of your code. > Geospatial search using geohash prefixes > ---------------------------------------- > > Key: SOLR-2155 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-2155 > Project: Solr > Issue Type: Improvement > Reporter: David Smiley > Assignee: Grant Ingersoll > Attachments: GeoHashPrefixFilter.patch, GeoHashPrefixFilter.patch, GeoHashPrefixFilter.patch, SOLR-2155_GeoHashPrefixFilter_with_sorting_no_poly.patch, SOLR.2155.p3.patch, SOLR.2155.p3tests.patch > > > There currently isn't a solution in Solr for doing geospatial filtering on documents that have a variable number of points. This scenario occurs when there is location extraction (i.e. via a "gazateer") occurring on free text. None, one, or many geospatial locations might be extracted from any given document and users want to limit their search results to those occurring in a user-specified area. > I've implemented this by furthering the GeoHash based work in Lucene/Solr with a geohash prefix based filter. A geohash refers to a lat-lon box on the earth. Each successive character added further subdivides the box into a 4x8 (or 8x4 depending on the even/odd length of the geohash) grid. The first step in this scheme is figuring out which geohash grid squares cover the user's search query. I've added various extra methods to GeoHashUtils (and added tests) to assist in this purpose. The next step is an actual Lucene Filter, GeoHashPrefixFilter, that uses these geohash prefixes in TermsEnum.seek() to skip to relevant grid squares in the index. Once a matching geohash grid is found, the points therein are compared against the user's query to see if it matches. I created an abstraction GeoShape extended by subclasses named PointDistance... and CartesianBox.... to support different queried shapes so that the filter need not care about these details. > This work was presented at LuceneRevolution in Boston on October 8th. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: email@example.com For additional commands, e-mail: email@example.com
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