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Ghostbusters II was a troubled film. Don't take that to mean I don't like the movie; it was the first film I ever saw in theaters and there are so many good things about it that I can't help but be affectionate for it. But it was a troubled film nevertheless.
I have an old issue of Starlog sitting in front of me (#140, March 1989) with an interview from Bill Murray regarding the upcoming Ghostbusters II and he hasn't many nice things to say about it:
"It's not going to be called 'Ghostbusters II'. We'll burn in Hell if we call it 'Ghostbusters II'. I've suggested 'The Last of the Ghostbusters', to make sure there won't be anything like a 'Ghostbusters III'. But the script is nowhere near ready and we start shooting soon. Jeez, more pressure. We'll figure it out… or we won't. …The ideas they sold me on to say, 'OK, let's do it,' are no longer in the script."
Murray ended the interview with this hopeful tidbit:
"Oh, what the Hell. Even if it's a dog, the sequel's going to make money because so many people are going to say, 'Let's see if they ruined it' or 'Let's see if it's any good.' It's a creative process and that's all that counts. We've got a few weeks yet."
And that was the kind of material used to promote the movie a few months before release. Any surprise it fell short of critical acclaim?
Ghostbusters II, the finished film we've all seen a hundred times, had some pretty fundamental problems that I can't defend even as a die-hard Ghostbusters fan. The script is essentially a remake of the original movie, from the conflict (an evil being is trying to break through into our reality) to the character archetypes (said evil being's henchman is an awkward nerd in love with Dana, the Ghostbusters are likewise menaced by a sleazy Government jerkwad trying to destroy their credibility). They even stunt the narrative development and character growth to make the sequel more like the original (the Ghostbusters go out of business so we can watch them "rise to glory" over the course of the film, Dana and Peter break up so we can watch Peter spend two hours winning Dana over with his eccentric charm). And in the middle of it all is a musical montage.
I can't defend that. The visual effects from Industrial Light and Magic were superb, the humor was funny, the acting was solid, it was a joy to see the characters on the big screen again even if they were retreading old ground… But I still can't defend cloning the original film in an attempt to recapture lightning in a bottle. It's like, well, Escape from New York vs. Escape from L.A. And I'm very sorry for that.
So there's no "fixing" that fundamental setback of Ghostbusters II, but I think there are other issues with the overall film that could be remedied with an emergency infusion of some deleted scenes.
You see, quite a few scenes were cut from the film, in many cases even after the special effects were completed by ILM. None of these scenes, to date, have ever been released to the public (though I've got my fingers crossed that an eventual Blu ray set will include them). Yet fans being crafty as they are, have found ways around that barricade. The positively ancient Ghostbusters fan site Spook Central has an impressive collection of deleted scenes, cobbled together from script excerpts, press kit video snippets, lobby cards and various other odds and ends. Many of the scenes axed from the final cut of the film offer little in the way of content, but a few sequences I feel would serve to make Ghostbusters II a much more coherent motion picture were they to be included.
Here are my selections and rationalizations:
Eugene Levy Saves the Day
This scene is a give or take and not particularly essential, but I think people might want to see it as it contained a guest cameo from comedian Eugene Levy (or that might be reason enough not to want to see it, I suppose).
As you recall in the film, the Mayor's assistant, Jack Hardemeyer (played by Kurt Fuller) has the Ghostbusters thrown into a sanitarium to get them out of his boss's hair. When Vigo's legions of ghosts begin invading New York, the Ghostbusters are simply released from the hospital by Louis. Somehow. He's inexplicably there as they're running out the door, putting their uniforms on, delivering plot exposition to our heroes.
A scene would have followed that to add some narrative cohesion; Louis explaining that his cousin, Sherman Tully (Levy), who works at the sanitarium, got them out on a clean bill of health. The Ghostbusters would then drive away as Sherman asks for a ride in the Ecto-1A as compensation for his good deed.
Watching the movie all these years, I just figured that the Mayor ordered their discharge from the hospital, as the scene where they're freed immediately follows the Mayor becoming incensed at Hardemeyer for locking the Ghostbusters up. Of course, there was never any explanation as to why Louis was at the hospital.
Again, it isn't an essential scene, but it's got a celebrity cameo, so that might make it more of a novelty than other inessential cuts.
Louis is a Hero and Janine Isn't a Whore
Louis and Janine are two characters who suffer rather badly in the finished film; Janine more so than Louis. As you recall, at the end of the film, Louis inexplicably decides he wants to be a Ghostbuster and takes a bus-ride from Slimer to the museum (and he's rather shocked Slimer's willing to help him), where he blasts the slime shell and thinks he's saved the day at the climax. Before that, Janine invites Louis over to babysit Oscar with her and it's just about the first time they've interacted in the whole movie outside of the Run DMC montage. Once she gets Louis alone in Peter's apartment, she wraps her legs around him and they start getting freaky like free love was back in vogue.
Well, guess what? Louis, Janine and Slimer all had their own subplots in the film, the lion's share of which got axed. Two scenes preceding the babysitting sequence were shot and had the special effects for Slimer completed by ILM.
The first scene sees Louis trying to help around the Firehouse and practice his Ghostbusting technique in secret, mostly by attempting to capture that pesky Slimer. He strings some fried chicken up with a ghost trap hidden beneath it, waiting for Slimer to come by and take the bait. Slimer gets the chicken, but Louis's reflexes prove inferior to the spook's; Slimer dodges the trap's energy net and the blast sends a section of ceiling falling down comically on Louis's head.
A second scene ever-so-partially made it into the movie, during the end credits montage (which was assembled using deleted scenes and discarded or alternate takes).
This scene would have continued the Louis/Slimer rivalry while laying some groundwork for his romance with Janine. In this one, Louis straps on a proton pack while also attaching a rear view mirror onto some headgear so he can see behind himself. Luring Slimer out with a fake conversation about pizza, Louis sees the spud sneaking up on him and spins around, blasting indiscriminately. He nearly fries Janine and then is left to explain himself. Apparently, he has aspirations of being a Ghostbuster, which Janine finds cute though bewildering, as he's already an accountant.
Without these scenes to build their character arc, Louis's desire to be a Ghostbuster comes out of nowhere during the climax and Janine's hooking up with him at Peter's apartment makes her look rather promiscuous and not in a complimentary way. Additionally, I mean, c'mon. Slimer! I've wanted to see these deleted scenes for years just to see more of ILM's awesome special effects.
Ray tries to Kill Everybody
In my honest opinion, this is perhaps the most important deleted scene from the whole film that would go miles in undoing the stupidest part of the ending.
Okay, the second stupidest part of the ending.
Early in the film, the Ghostbusters visit the museum Dana works at to investigate the painting of Vigo the Carpathian. While taking readings, Ray becomes entranced by Vigo's hypnotic stare and goes limp until Winston snaps him out of it. Later, at the very end of the film, when Vigo fails to possess Oscar, he takes hold of Ray and delivers a brief speech about "ruling the Earth" before getting hit by a Slime Blower, then turning into a giant head and exploding.
The two scenes are so far apart in the actual film and Ray's initial possession has no consequences that you almost forget to put two and two together by the climax, when Vigo takes over Ray's body. It's really sloppy and stupid as presented in the final cut.
However, a follow-up scene (snippets of which showed up in the Run DMC montage) would have shown the Ghostbusters leaving the museum after their initial investigation and we'd have gotten to see more of Vigo's control over Ray. While returning to the Firehouse, Ray goes crazy and begins driving erratically. After running several red lights and nearly mowing down a police officer, Ray announces his intent to kill everybody and starts heading straight for a tree. At the nick of time, Winston snaps him out of it and Ray hits the brakes. Ray then comes to and explains that he felt entranced, driven by an inexplicable urge to "end it all".
A lot of these deleted scenes made it into the comic book adaptation, by the way.
The prolonged scene would have helped to keep the knowledge that Vigo had his fingers in Ray's mind a little fresher than the brief, random, seemingly throwaway moment we got. Indeed, in the final cut of the movie, Ray comes across as positively incompetent, standing there and letting Vigo take control of him (though it did facilitate a great line from Egon, "Ray, we'd like to shoot the monster, could you move, please?"). Illustrating that Ray had been intermittently in Vigo's thrall throughout the course of the movie would have made that final "twist" much more coherent and less loathsome.
So, what reasons could there be to not integrate these deleted scenes into the movie? Well, for starters, Ghostbusters II is already 108 minutes long. Stuffing all this footage in might send it over the 2.5 hour mark and that could be pretty exhausting for what's essentially supposed to be an action/horror/comedy.
On top of that, clips from these deleted scenes are sprinkled throughout the finished film (in the Run DMC montage and the end credits montage). To put the full sequences into the movie, you'd have to find something to substitute the snippets used in those montages.
Lastly, well, this all costs money. Special editions, extended editions, director's cuts… Those aren't free. And while studios might be willing to foot the bill for a new cut of Blade Runner or Terminator 2, I've my doubts that Sony thinks so highly of Ghostbusters II to throw any money its way for a new cut (though Highlander II has gotten two inexplicable special edition cuts, so maybe there's hope for everybody).
Some of the scenes apparently got the axe due to personal grudges from the director, writers and stars. Supposedly the scenes with Slimer were removed because Reitman and Ramis wanted to distance the film from the Real Ghostbusters cartoon series (in fact, they didn't want to include Slimer at all). Now, though, with 21 years between us and the end of that cartoon, I think we can let go of any dislike toward Slimer and let his scenes back into the movie.
Let go of your hate.
Likewise, the scene at the end where Slimer flies up from the Statue of Liberty and comes screaming into the camera, which was used in the theatrical version but cut from home video, got the axe because "certain individuals" (see the second paragraph of this article) didn't want to imply a sequel. Well, we already got our "sequel" in Ghostbusters: The Video Game, so now that that's all over and done with, let's say we get that little bit back, too?
To wrap things up, while it's certainly just a pipe dream, an extended cut of Ghostbusters II is something I've always wanted to see. Ghostbusters II will never hold a candle to its predecessor, but there's still a lot to like about it on its own merits. Adding these deleted scenes to smooth over some narrative bumps would make the film that much more palatable, to say nothing of the added draw inviting critics to reevaluate the flick. While some problems with the movie can never truly be "fixed", I think there are existing vintage resources available that would make Ghostbusters II a more solid movie.


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Slow Network Printing
I am running a printserver and it has started to slow down.
Printing PDF, Office Docs, Internet stuff.
What are some things I can troubleshoot.
HP Proliant 3.40GHz 2GB RAM
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The problem seems to be with the 4350 printers.
I have tried using 4350 PCL5e instead of the newer PCL6 thinking it was buggy.
It worked fine for about 2 months. Now people are reporting of it slowing down or loosing documents.
I stopped and started the service. Also, I rebooted the server.
Are there any tools I can use to monitor the problems?
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Re: Slow Network Printing
This isn't a very technical answer but sometimes when a printer is really giving me grief, I turn it off and disconnect all power source and network cables for at least a minute! It seems to clear "the air" so to speak and the misbehaving printer (do this for print servers as well) responds quite nicely. As for monitoring its activity, isn't there a place in the administrative tools to keep check on printer activity? I am not as familiar with that part. Hopefully, someone with Admin server abilities will step in and help you out! <img src=/S/yep.gif border=0 alt=yep width=15 height=15>
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Re: Slow Network Printing
With some of my print servers, I have to delete the port on the server and create a new one. It generally happens about every 3 or 4 months and not neccassarily on all printers. Just select ones. I've also had success with the "reboot" method described above. This is typical for either my ethernet or wireless print servers.
Oh, and by the way... be very leary of Window's Hardware Updates for the Server that may contain Printer Driver Updates!!! I get suckered everytime. Update the driver and pay the price!
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A month ago I picked up my 2013 F30 328i. It's got a few add-ons but nothing major - Sportline, 6MT, PDC/Camera, Everest leather, seat heaters, sunshades, aluminum trim, Melbourne Red paint. It's a lease because I tend to change cars every two years.
* 6 MT - ah feels like home. Familiar long BMW throws and vague shifter action but I know this feeling so well that even a mediocre manual feels better than the 3 years of automatic purgatory I endured.
* RWD - again, just feels right.
* BMW seats - once again, they just feel right.
* BMW controls/switches - everything falls to hand nicely and feels good. The interior's a step up from the e90 but still a downgrade from the e46.
* PDC/Camera - nice to have when you're driving a car with this much size and such vague steering.
* Trunk - tons of nooks and crannies, lots of hooks and overall a nice trunk.
* N20 engine's got a nice bit of power but the narrow powerband's getting on my nerves. Owned many turbo cars and while this is better than my N54, it's still not an exhilarating engine. Lacking in a sharp torque curve or any drama it's a workman-like engine.
* Auto Start-stop - the whole car shakes like a broken washing machine when it starts up at a light. Yikes, who allowed this into production? My mother-in-law's Kenmore-esque Toyota Prius has this feature too; only it's with 1/10th the drama.
* Steering - no matter that setting, BMW's apparently clueless about how to do EPS. In terms of feedback and control this even makes my Cooper S (on Sport), seem like a genius implementation.
* Leather - each generation BMW seems to get a cheaper quality leather. At this point this leather is one step above pleather.
* Size: great googly-moogly, was this thing built for typical Americans? Seems so given the plus size dimensions.
After a month, I'm happy to be out of my last car and once again in a manual, RWD BMW. There are smells and sensations that work. The driver position and ergonomics offer a big jump over the flat-wide e90s I've owned. The rear seat is perfect for my 3 year old; he loves the rear HVAC. when my next kid is born in December the shades will be handy for her. For the driver the seats grab on, the shifter's close at hand and it all works as I'd expect from a BMW. Heel-toe's still an option with pedal placement, though the narrow powerband of the clattery N20 means it's not something you can play with much. Still hit a corner right and the RWD/chassis will just motor you through with that re-assuring smoothness BMW' probably patented.
Because the car's grown so much over previous 3s it looks and feels like a midsize family sedan. There's a slight sporting edge but overall the car just gives a sense of a sturdy, solid boat. It never shrinks around the driver and although the numbers obviously indicate it's a sharp handler, it never really feels ready to slice nimbly through the curves. It will dance on some tight roads but the over-boosted, extremely artificial steering and the car's extreme size mean it always feels like a trick of electronics, not a reflection of supreme chassis tuning or driver involvement. Given the lack of quality in this area for all competitors BMW still reigns supreme but I've heard the ATS may finally supplant it...
The new suspension and Gen 3 RFTs provide a more relaxed level of passenger comfort My wife loves it. I find the suspension spongy and tuned far too much to luxury. Tried the active suspension on a bad road in the sticks before buying and even at the tightest setting that too gave too much of a Buick impression. For comparison sake, my ZHP always struck me a little marshmallowy, so this is positively 5 series-like. Again, family likes it; I can live with it.
Approaching the car, I'm still in the shrug phase with the exterior. The e90s never appealed to me visually. This car presents better, with a finished look but nothing about it has the chiseled, sinewy appeal of the e46 or the tight lines of the e30. Probably the second least appealing 3 series to look at after the e90. You know it's a BMW when you approach it; just it's one of the newer ones with less character or style. If I grow to love the car's abilities, I'm sure I'll draw a tight association to the exterior being special. For now it's a touch over anonymous but nothing that would turn my head on a freeway like an e36 M3.
The engine... well it powers the car. It hasn't done anything untoward yet, so that's a big plus compared to my last 3 series! The clatter doesn't bug me. The lack of engine note does bug me a touch but given how all turbos I've owned lack character, this appears to be the default. BMW's turbos (haven't heard a new M5 yet) thus far all remind me of old diesels, lacking the much sexier exhaust note of any of the NA engines BMW used to sell. The narrow rev range with the manual does get under my skin but I had the same issue with my 335i. Just miss making an engine sing to redline - and feeling that overwhelming sense of delight as power increased through the car. The turbo's supposedly more efficient (24 MPG mostly freeway makes me wonder about that - 2 MPG more than my 335i but with less city driving) and faster than my NA cars but it's not invigorating.
This will do as a family hauler for the next few years. For the wife and kids, they like it and for me it can be a bit playful. I don't park it and look back. When I step into the garage it's an obstacle, not a point of reverence. Rumors abound that the 1 series sedan will be made to combat the new Audi A3 sedan. It's probably too much to hope for an NA engine in an M model 1 sedan in 2016. One can always pray and send emails to BMW. Really the new 3's just capable enough that I wouldn't trade it back in for my old car.
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A Perth family has been reunited with their dog after it was sold by the local pound and in a fortuitous twist they've picked up a new member of the family along the way.
Last week Wanneroo grandmother Louise Warwick launched a campaign to push her message across the state: "I think you may have bought my dog", in the hopes of finding the new owners.
But the mother of the boy who had bought six-year-old Zeus from the Wanneroo pound in May missed the media coverage because she was in hospital.
Zeus went missing from the family's acreage in Perth's far north, which the dog shares with his best friend, a pony, on May 10.
When Ms Warwick realised Zeus was missing she checked the pound website and saw his face staring back at her.
She called her fly-in-fly-out son Damon, whose house Zeus sometimes lived at, and asked him to help pay for the costs to re-register the dog and pick him up.
But Damon, exhausted from a long roster away and keen to see his two-year-old daughter, thought his mother was just asking for help to pay the costs of freeing the dog.
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Damon sped to the pound to discover Zeus had already been rehomed and, while the rangers had promised to contact the new owners and get back to them, the family weren't contacted again.
The anonymous tip came in on Friday and Ms Warwick followed it to a Girrawheen home where she met met 17-year-old Jesse.
"Jess is just an amazing guy," Ms Warwick said of the teenager who had cared for Zeus for two weeks before he was reunited with his family.
Jesse said he was told Zeus was a stray and never received a message from the pound after he took the dog home.
But he said he would have contacted Ms Warwick had he known the dog he was calling "Max" already had a family.
"I didn't have a message on my phone or anything," he said. "When she came to the door and explained I understood, It was Louise's dog."
The rangers told the Warwicks that Zeus had gone to a "good" family with children that had become attached to it.
Ms Warwick said a council representative would not allow her to contact the new owners or pass on a letter from her.
It was an anonymous tip that led her to Jesse's door, something both families believe was "meant to be," for more reason than one.
The Warwicks are now helping Jesse find a new dog and, in a fateful twist, it turned out that Jesse was an avid horse rider, who has always longed to have his own pony.
Jesse now regularly visits the Warwick's home to ride their pony Whisper, and Ms Warwick has offered to home a horse his father was considering buying for the teen.
"It's like it was meant to be," Ms Warwick said. "I just believe it was meant to be because he loves horses and he'd love a horse of his own and my daughter's grown out of her horse and he's a nice lad."
When asked whether she'd gone looking for a dog and ended up adopting a teenager Ms Warwick responded: "I hope so."
A City of Wanneroo spokeswoman previously told Fairfax Media the incident had been a "timely reminder" for all owners to ensure their dogs were registered and microchipped.
She said Zeus was picked up with a collar, but no tag or microchip on May 10 and held for seven days.
"On the eighth day, Friday 17 May, no owner had come forward or contacted the City, therefore the dog was re-homed to a new family at 4pm," she said.
"The first contact the City had with the previous owner was after the dog had been re-homed."


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It's the first strike of its kind in more than a decade. The 721 local branch of the Service Employees International Union called it a last resort after talks broke down Wednesday night. The group said its members were overwhelmed with cases and unable to do their jobs correctly.
"We've made it clear that we're serious about change and we will not stop until LA County commits in writing to safer social worker-to-child ratios," the union declared on its website. Picketing would continue at more than a dozen locations and strikers would continue to occupy the space in front of the department's headquarters, it said.
"We can't make the right decisions when we don't see our families enough; we're so overwhelmed by paperwork and all kinds of other things that cases involve," social worker Delmi Madrigal told radio station KPCC. "We can't do it. We're not going to make the right decisions in that kind of environment."
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The county chief executive, William Fujioka, said the department was disappointed at the strike and that it would affect a very vulnerable population. The county has drafted hundreds of administrators and managers to plug some of the gaps. Armand Montiel, a department spokesman, said key functions such as child abuse hotlines and emergency response units would work as normal.
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We Redefined Quality, Again. We set the quality standard by introducing a groundbreaking finish so tough it allowed us to offer one of the first 50 year warranties. Others followed. So, we raised the bar again. Now Bellawood is backed by a Certified 100 Year Transferable Warranty that covers you and generations to come.
Exceptionally beautiful, and strong. Maple is ideally suited for dining rooms, kids? rooms and other areas where fine living meets the demands of everyday life. Its colors range from creamy white to a light reddish brown and it can often be found in dance studios and basketball courts. If it can stand up to performances like these, just image how well it will perform in your home. This product is proudly finished in the USA.
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By vee528
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Comments about BELLAWOOD 3/4" x 2-1/4" Natural Maple:
The flooring is natural maple and has nice contrasting grains in each piece. The finish is excellent and appears to be durable and will last for many years. With the right tools, this flooring is easy to install. The only negative I found in this product was some pieces had poor milling on the "tongue " side of the wood that marries up to a "groove". They were acceptable to work with but utilized them in areas of the room that will have little traffic. That was just my observation as to not waste the pieces since there were a few with this issue.
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Nice durable flooring
By Leeward Properties
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Bellawood natural maple had much less waste than another brand installed by the same contractor. We retuned several boxes because the waste was so low.
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By mcwright
from Saratoga Springs, NY
We installed the natural maple flooring throughout the entire first floor of ur home and love them. I was worried they would be too light, but now that they are down I couldn't be any happier. They brighten the house and the subtle grain adds character and interest.
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Great product. Goes well with darker cabinets
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The natural Maple was the perfect amount of character and color for what we were looking for. The thin planks took a while to lay down, but the finished project is gorgeous. Time will tell if it lasts and stays this beautiful.
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Don't want to put my furniture back
By Amy Boland
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I bought this flooring for a contractor to install in a kitchen renovation. Jake at the Blaine location was very knowledgeable and helpful, and the price was great.When the floor was installed, I could hardly stand how beautiful it looked. All I wanted to do was stay home from work, lie on the new kitchen floor, and compose little songs of praise that I would then sing to it. I was reluctant to cover the floor with things like appliances and cabinets. One big empty white room with the new maple flooring was fun while it lasted. My kitchen is done, the floor is wonderful, and I am looking forward to many years with it.
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The finish is great. Amazed at how pieces fit into a an odd sized room. Trim was miniscule.
So great we bought more!
By Dog Mom
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We have three Golden Retrievers. It was impossible to keep a finish on our hardwood floors. Six months after refinishing we would be down to bare wood. We needed something tougher and had Bellawood installed. We originally had planned to do our kitchen, family room and hallway. Halfway through the project, we were so impressed we bought more and did the livingroom and dining room, too...virtually the whole first floor of our house. It's gorgeous and we love it!! So do the dogs!
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I can't stop staring at my hardwood!
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I was nervous this would be too wild for my kitchen, but it actually turned out to be really pretty. It's different and that's what I like about it. It doesn't show dirt and it seems pretty durable in the kitchen so far.
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A practice analysis and curriculum study for the profession of speech-language pathology was conducted in 2009. The final report, "A Practice and Curriculum Analysis for the Profession of Speech-Language Pathology" has been published and is available for purchase from the ASHA online store.
The Council for Clinical Certification (CFCC) and the Council on Academic Accreditation (CAA) partnered with ASHA to develop and conduct this study, last completed in 1997. A Subject Matter Expert Panel, which included a broad representation of expertise and practice settings, was established to develop the survey. The survey underwent a pilot review and minor modifications were made to the instrument based on the feedback received. The survey was fielded in mid-June 2009 to a widespread audience representative of the profession of speech-language pathology. The final report was shared with the CAA and CFCC in March 2010. The CAA completed its initial review of the report, and will use the results of this curriculum study to determine if any revisions to the accreditation standards, specifically to Standard 3.0B Curriculum (Academic and Clinical Education) in Speech-Language Pathology, are warranted. One of the outcomes of the SLP analysis is to ensure that the scope and level of academic and clinical education is consistent with the current scope of practice for the profession.
The CAA extends its sincere gratitude to the over 1,500 speech-language pathologists who completed the web-based survey instrument. Respondents included clinical service providers, university faculty and instructors, academic program directors, administrators and supervisors of clinical programs, and special education teachers who provided input regarding the learning outcomes for graduates of CAA-accredited graduate programs in speech-language pathology. Your participation and contributions are extremely valuable in further defining the practice of speech-language pathology.
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The Wes Anderson-directed vintage drama scores the highest average gross ever for a non-animated and indie film, while also receiving excellent reviews from critics.
Wes Anderson's latest indie movie "Moonrise Kingdom" has unexpectedly broken a record on the North American box office. The vintage drama, which was released in limited U.S. theaters last Friday, May 25, has also received rave reviews from critics and got a 96% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
While big-budgeted films were battling it out at cinemas nationwide, "Moonrise Kingdom" surprisingly made history on box office as it collected $660,486 over the four-day Memorial Day weekend despite the fact that it opened at only four theaters in Los Angeles and New York. By Sunday, the movie already bagged a per-location average of $130,752.
Distributor Focus Features claimed that the result was the highest average ever for a non-animated and indie feature film. The record was previously held by 2006's "Dreamgirls", which debuted with an average of $126,317 at three cinemas. Following the success, Focus has planned to expand the film to several hundred theaters through June.
Aside from breaking a box office record, the drama quickly became critics' darling after it was first introduced at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. As highlighted by CBS News, the pic has been dubbed "the best film since 1998's 'Rushmore' " by USA Today. E! News agreed as stating, "The delightful 'Moonrise Kingdom' marks a career high for offbeat auteur Wes Anderson."
New York Times, meanwhile, wrote, " 'Moonrise Kingdom' breezes along with a beautifully coordinated admixture of droll humore, deadpan and slapstick." The Wall Street Journal called the movie "beguiling and endearing."
Slate magazine added, "A gorgeously shot, ingeniously crafted, uber-Andersonian bonbon that, even in its most irritatingly whimsical moments, remains an effective deliverer of cinematic pleasure."
"Moonrise Kingdom" is set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965. It follows Sam and Suzy as they fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to hunt them down, a violent storm is brewing off-shore, and the peaceful island community is turned upside down in more ways than anyone can handle.
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Varian's Eclipse System Integrates with Elekta Machines for VMAT Treatments at Swiss Cancer Hospital
Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR), leader in volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) and radiotherapy treatment planning systems, has successfully integrated its Eclipse™ treatment planning system with Elekta linear accelerators to deliver VMAT treatments at Kantonsspital St. Gallen in Switzerland. An 83-year-old patient with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma has become the first patient in the world to be treated using this combination of software and equipment.
"We have been using Eclipse to plan other types of radiotherapy treatments for many years and have very good experience delivering those treatments on our Elekta treatment machines," says Dr. Ludwig Plasswilm, the hospital's chief of radiation oncology. "We wanted to introduce faster volumetric modulated arc treatments in order to serve more patients more effectively.
"Physicists at our department worked on the development of this new approach with Varian, which has demonstrated its commitment to open architecture for clinical systems, and we have now seen successful integration of Eclipse with our treatment machines," said Dr. Plasswilm. "We have now initiated more advanced volumetric treatments and our experience so far is that the integration is very good with a natural workflow. We haven't experienced any problems and are delighted to be the first in the world to integrate these systems for the benefit of our patients."
Kantonsspital St. Gallen, a public hospital which treats 1200 cancer patients from the north-east of Switzerland each year, is equipped with two Elekta Synergy linear accelerators and Varian's ARIA® information management and Eclipse treatment planning software. The department also operates a Tomotherapy machine.
Volumetric modulated arc therapy treatments enable the delivery of precise image-guided IMRT (intensity modulated radiotherapy) faster than conventional IMRT. With volumetric arc treatments, the beam quickly delivers the dose while continuously rotating around the patient. Studies* show that faster treatments allow for greater precision, since there is less chance of patient or tumour movement during treatment delivery.
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BATAVIA – For the second year, women occupy the top three positions on the Genesee Community College board of trustees following an organization meeting for the new academic year.
Diane D. Torcello, a bank executive from Pavilion, is chairwoman. She succeeds Maureen Torrey Marshall of Elba. Laura J. Bohm of Batavia is vice chairwoman and Donna M. Perry of Darien is secretary/treasurer.
Two new members – Robert L. Boyce and Jacalyn F. Whiting, both of LeRoy – were appointed to 7-year terms on the board.
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Norwin might be going into the girls basketball playoffs coming off a loss, but the Knights also are coming off three strong performances.
The Knights couldn't put together a comeback in their regular-season and Section 1-AAAA finale against Penn-Trafford, but Norwin kept the game close throughout in a 51-45 loss at home on Friday.
Madi Guffey scored 11 points, and Alayna Gribble had 10 to lead Norwin (12-10, 10-4), which missed out on a chance to pull into a second-place tie in the section with Penn-Trafford (18-4, 12-2). Maria Palarino led all scorers with 18 for P-T.
Though the loss ended a two-game winning streak for the Knights, Norwin will be much happier with Friday's outcome against P-T than it was after their first meeting, a 62-36 win for the Warriors.
"Overall, I loved the way the girls battled," Norwin coach Brian Brozeski said. "P-T came out shooting red hot, and I appreciated the way we fought back. It would have been nice to win on the scoreboard, but we still played the way we want."
The Knights trailed by eight after the opening quarter, but by halftime they had cut the lead to 27-22.
Norwin was bolstered by its largest home crowd of the year, as the upper level of bleachers had to be opened to make room for the crowd at the girls/boys doubleheader against P-T.
"We really appreciated all the fan support. It was nice for the girls to get to experience an environment like that," Brozeski said. "It's something the girls will be able to remember, and I hope we continue getting that kind of support in the future."
The third-place finish behind Hempfield and Penn-Trafford is an improvement by one place over last year, and with that, the Knights should be seeded higher than last year's No. 15 seed for this year's playoffs.
"It was a tough section this year. Everyone was improving through the whole year, and there was a lot of growth from the first half to the second half," Brozeski said. "Each team brought something unique to prepare for."
Ties for fourth place in three of the four sections, including both Latrobe and Albert Gallatin at 6-8 in Section 1, means a total of 19 teams will be in this year's Quad-A playoffs and that three preliminary round games will be played.
Norwin should avoid those three games by getting a seed better than No. 14, but it was unknown entering this week how or if it would affect the Knights' playoff schedule by moving first-round games to next week from this Friday or Saturday.
"If we play a team that does things we're used to seeing, I'd rather us get out there and play (on Friday or Saturday)," Brozeski said. "But if we have to play a team that we have to game plan for a little more, it might be good to have those extra days to prepare.
"I try not to worry about who we're facing until we know for sure. As soon as you take the time to try and figure it out, you get a surprise."
The WPIAL playoff pairings were scheduled to be released on Tuesday night, after this edition's deadline. To see the full brackets, visit www.wpial.org.
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Five Rules for Choosing a Leadership Coach
Dr. Earl R. Smith II
Some of my organizational coaching engagements begin with a search for the right place to start. Most often, the initial contact comes from either the CEO or Chairman of the Board. "What can we do to shake things up? Where do we start and get a high-impact initial result?" Before I respond to questions like these, I insist that we do an organizational and management assessment. After all, responding before knowing is probably one of the reasons that the company is facing the challenges that it is. One of the most frequent results of the assessments is that the leadership within the company is simply not up to the task of running it and leading the team.
Leadership coaching has become an important part of today's business environment. We would all like to believe that we are born leaders but experience constantly reminds us that leadership – like other social skills – takes cultivating. The need to develop and improve leadership qualities is now taken as a given in the corporate world. There is great emphasis on developing qualities of leadership in managers of various levels. For everyone who is trying to get a foothold in the corporate world, leadership qualities are very important.
Many people offer leadership coaching services. Most of them have never been a successful leader. I call these the 'do as I say, not as I do crowd'. One of the things that I have learned during my six times as a CEO and years in coaching senior executives is that leadership is not an intellectual exercise – not something that you understand then can do. Good leadership skills can take years to prefect. However, when you do perfect them, they are assets for a lifetime. While you are looking for a leadership coaching, remember to pick a coach who is experienced in the areas you are trying to master.
Rule One: Learning about leadership from a coach who has never successfully lead is like learning about tennis from somebody who has read a book on it
Leadership skills are very personal issues. By that, I mean that your tendencies toward people and situations play a big part in defining – and limiting – the kind of a leader you can become. In working with your leadership coach, you are going to have some very direct and personal conversations. You need to be able to communicate openly. The coach must have good communication skills. More often, problems in leadership coaching engagements occur not because the coach fails to see the problem but because the relationship will not bear the weight of the message.
Rule Two: You must be able to talk to your coach about virtually anything. An engagement that amounts to two people avoiding references to the 800-pound gorilla in the room is a waste of time and effort
Make sure that the leadership coach has a proven record of accomplishment. The coach must understand your requirements perfectly. The goals of the engagement should be very clear. Remember that not all successful leaders make good leadership coaches. A good coach has a record of accomplishment as a successful leader and as a successful coach.
Rule Three: Demonstrated skill as a leader is not sufficient. Some leaders are so 'me' centered that they have very little room in their ego-centered world for others. Demonstration of skill as a coach is important as well.
Good leadership coaching provides motivational support and establishes productive focus. Good coaches pay particular attention supporting both. They help you manage change and feel empowered. These coaches work on the interpersonal aspects of the leadership.
Rule Four: Good leadership coaching works holistically and within the present context – a good leadership coach will constantly connect the coaching to the work that the person does and the context in which they are working and living
One very important benefit of good leadership coaching is behavioral and performance enhancement. If the time, effort and money invested in the process is to be justifiable, you must improve as a leader and that improvement must be measurable. The coach should help you over-come hurdles and meet challenges that had seemed daunting. All of this progress should be measurable. Many 'leadership coaches' are good at keeping the client's attention away from the lack of metrics. They produce a series of emotional highs and finesse the issue of cost-benefit. Never let this happen in your leadership coaching engagement.
Rule Five: Avoid leadership coaches who do not insist on metrics that will track the improvements in your leadership – always keep in mind that the coaching is all about making you a better leader – and is measured by the improvement in your performance as a leader
I particularly enjoy my work as a leadership coach. Watching clients face and master challenges that they once thought beyond them is a source of great satisfaction. Participating in their satisfaction is the icing on the cake. Everybody can learn to be a better leader – and that learning can make a great difference in how your life turns out. If you want to learn more about leadership coaching or may coaching services, send me an e-mail and we will arrange a time to talk.
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Enjoying a delicious meal certainly might be pleasant but preparing and relishing a three course dinner in a team is even more rewarding! And that is exactly what 10 IGSSE members have done in mid-December. Have a look at the pictures and join the group next time for another appetizing event! Thanks a lot to Almut Glinzer, IGSSE doctoral representative, for organizing this delectable evening!
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Clifford Bargfeld, age 92, of Princeton died Thursday, August 30, 2012 at his home in Princeton.
Clifford was born on July 28, 1920 in Beach, North Dakota to Herman & Margaret (Neuman) Bargfeld. He grew up a child of the depression. His parents lost their ranch in the Dakotas, Cliff grew up herding sheep as a young man on the prairie in the Dakotas. In 1937 he set off to visit his aunt and uncle in Illinois by train. On his way he stopped in Princeton to visit another aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. O.C. Erickson. After getting off the train in Princeton and seeing the beautiful green grass and trees, he thought he was in heaven and he never left. He made it his home. While working on the farm, he "noticed" a neighbor girl while riding her bike. He later married Deloris Talberg on July 28, 1947 at Zion Lutheran Church in rural Princeton. They recently celebrated their 65th anniversary. He also worked at Smith Systems in Princeton for many years. Cliff loved farming, deer hunting, fishing and spending time in his garden. He loved his family and his two granddaughters were extra special to him. He is a faithful member of Zion Lutheran Church.
Survivors include his wife, Deloris of Princeton; son LeRoy of Princeton; daughter, Linda (Ken) Stavrum of St. Cloud; granddaughters, Kristin (Thomas) Connolly of Harris; Amy (Travis) Vogt of Sauk Rapids; brother, Herman (Marion) of Columbus, MT; sister, Ada Fraunfelter of Isanti.
He was preceded in death by his parents, son, Tom, brother, Chester, sisters, Dorothy Allen, Henrietta Mckechnie, Donna Klein, and Maxine Bargfeld.
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Three-year-old champion Shillelagh Slew will take on two-time sprint champion Judiths Wild Rush in Saturday's $150,000 Vigil Stakes (Can-III) at Woodbine.
The seven-furlong event kicks off what trainer Mike DePaulo hopes will be a memorable campaign for Shillelagh Slew. Meanwhile, the Vigil will be the fifth start for Judiths Wild Rush, who kicked off his 6-year-old campaign with a victory (via disqualification) in the one-mile Native Dancer at Laurel Park. Earlier this month, the gray finished second to Stradivinsky in the Jacques Cartier Stakes.
DePaulo, who enjoyed his first $2 million season last year, has had his eye on the Vigil, which has attracted a field of six, since early winter.
"It was the first race we had planned," said the Toronto native. He said that the 4-year-old edition of the son of Chief Seattle is a sight to behold. "When he was a two-year-old he was sort of a string bean. He filled out a little at three. When you see him in the paddock on Saturday, you'll say, 'Wow, this horse has really developed.' He's filled out nicely."
Shillelagh Slew kicked off 2006 with a strong performance at seven furlongs. The Quebec-bred colt closed with an eye-catching rush from 11th to win by 4 1/4 lengths. Soon after the allowance score the David James charge was sidelined with a virus. The April victory proved to be his lone prep for the June 25 Queen's Plate, in which he finished fifth.
Shillelagh Slew went on to finish second in the Prince of Wales Stakes at Fort Erie. He was awarded first prize when stewards disqualified Stronach Stable's Malakoff for stretch interference. The Ontario Racing Commission recently denied an appeal of the Prince of Wales ruling.
After a third-place finish in the Breeders' Stakes, the third jewel of the Canadian Triple Crown, Shillelagh Slew blossomed. The colt traveled west to Alberta, where he was a dominant 6 1/2-length winner of the Canadian Derby (Can-III). He returned to Woodbine with an equally-impressive romp in the Ontario Derby (Can-III) on October 1.
After four wins and earnings of $731,680 in six races, DePaulo called it a season.
"We thought we'd give him a break and have a really good year with him at four," explained DePaulo. "He had a chip taken out of his left ankle. He may have done it in the Prince of Wales. He came back with three shoes and ran down in front."
Shillelagh Slew wintered at Palm Meadows Training Center in Florida, where DePaulo has had him in training since Jan. 1. "He had a pile of breezes down there – some dazzling and probably faster than we would have liked."
Since returning to Woodbine, Shillelagh Slew, who will be ridden by Dino Luciani, has continued to train forwardly, including a half-mile workout by himself in :46 1/5 on April 22, the fastest of 51 moves at the distance.
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PP. Horse, Weight, Jockey
1. Are You Serious (ON), 119, Corey Fraser
2. Good and Lucky (FL), 115, David Clark
3. Shillelagh Slew (PQ), 121, Dino Luciani
4. Judiths Wild Rush (KY), 121, Patrick Husbands
5. Bear Character (KY), 115, Justin Stein
6. Just Rushing (ON), 117, Emma-Jayne Wilson
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With their doe-like eyes, floppy ears and expressive faces, Brown Swiss cows would be the favorites to win any bovine beauty pageant.But for Town of Fredonia dairy farmer Ron Strauss, the adorable animals are also productive members of his milking operation."They are very easy to deal with. They have a lot better temperament than Holsteins," Strauss said.He should know. Strauss is milking 55 Brown Swiss, 49 Holsteins and one Jersey cow at his farm on Fairview Drive.The herd and dairy farm were the focal point of an open-house tour by the Brown Swiss Association on July 3. Four Wisconsin farms were featured on the tour, earning the state the title Swissconsin during the organization's summer convention in downtown Milwaukee.Strauss estimated that as many as 125 people from around the country stopped by to tour his farm and enjoy a country-style lunch of chicken, beef, pork and corn on the cob."I know we fed a lot of people. It was lucky we had a tent because it was rainy," he said.Strauss' parents started the dairy farm with 50 Holstein cows in 1970.Ron Strauss bought his first Brown Swiss in 2003 at a farm dispersal sale. A second cow was added in December of that year, and by the following Valentine's Day a full herd was in place. Since those early days, the calves of one of those original cows have been sent to nine foreign countries — including Switzerland.The rap against Brown Swiss cows is that they do not produce as much milk as their Holstein counterparts. Strauss confirmed that, saying his cows each produce about 4,000 pounds of milk a year less than the typical Holstein.However, he said, his cows have a marked advantage when it comes to fat-to-protein ratio.The milk from his Brown Swiss cows has an average 4% butterfat content and a 3.4% protein count."Their milk production volume has come a long way in the last 10 years, too," Strauss said.He said his cows have also shown amazing resilience in hot weather, avoiding the dramatic drop in summer milk production his Holsteins show when it gets steamy.
"Last week when it was in the 90s, the Holsteins wouldn't leave the barn and their milk production dropped way off. The Brown Swiss were all out in the pasture munching away, and there wasn't much drop off in production," Strauss said."They are pretty hardy in the winter, too."His cows are milked twice a day in the original stanchion barn and are housed in free stalls.The farm includes 200 acres of cropland used to produce corn silage.Strauss runs the day-to-day operations with the help of two full-time and two part-time employees.According to the Brown Swiss Association, the breed originated in the valleys and mountain slopes of the Swiss Alps around 4,000 B.C.There are an estimated 7 million Swiss Brown cows grazing in countrysides around the globe, making it one of the top two dairy breeds in the world.The largest concentration of the breed is found in Wisconsin, Iowa and Ohio.Despite their name, Brown Swiss cattle can be grey, tan, dark brown or almost white.The Brown Swiss Association was established in 1880 and registers about 10,000 animals a year. It has about 1,800 members worldwide.
Image Information: THE STRAUSS DAIRY farm on Fairway Drive in the Town of Fredonia was a destination for tours by the Brown Swiss Association, which held a convention in Milwaukee earlier this month. Ron Strauss has 55 Brown Swiss in his herd of more than 100 milking cows. Strauss said the breed produces milk that has a higher butterfat-to-protein ratio than milk from his Holstein cows. Photos by Sam Arendt


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Aug 3, 2013 at 8:08am UTC
I don't mean to spoil the party here, but do the folks think Chillieman's indeed ready for 2D graphics and 3D games? Has he fully got into OO programming yet (which I imagine essential?)?
Don't mean to poke at all - I'm reading the same book and plan to go down this path. I'm just interested in what the other coders consider "good enough" to get into APIs and whatnot for game programming so I know when the time comes myself.
Good luck either way Chilly :)
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basic 2d gaming isnt that difficult. and learning oo isnt essential. sdl is written in terms of c and sfml has a c version. for 2d he doesnt have to get into opengl, just sprite manipulation
Aug 3, 2013 at 4:51pm UTC
Agreed. As I previously mentioned, I'm of the opinion that you should learn to do what you want to do. If you want to make 2D games, then that's where you should start.
Language and general programming concepts can be learned along the way. But if you're doing something fun while learning them, it'll make learning them easier and they'll stick with you.
Also, while SFML has a C version, I recommend you use the C++ version because it's generally easier. C++ means RAII which means automatic cleanup which means it's harder to screw up.
existing OO code is easy.
OO code is what can be tricky.
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i agree that you should use the c++ version, i was just pointing out that knowing c++ isnt neccesary, although i would learn it
Aug 3, 2013 at 6:25pm UTC
What kind of level of 2D are we talking though? Does your answer apply to games like World of Goo, Badlands etc with multiple layered backgrounds and physics implementation? I for one can't wait to get into those kind of 2D games, but I'm not sure when exactly the right time is (still learning C++ of course)?
Is implementing something like 2DBox with SDL where the toughness starts? I've always wondered this. Surely it's easier just grabbing an engine like Torque2D and editing it to my needs? I never see that though, developers of standout 2D games tend to make their own using things like 2DBox and SDL.
Aug 3, 2013 at 6:43pm UTC
It is ALSO where it starts from.
But hard topics are also custom file formats like levels, textures and models (if there will be any, in a 2d game), and sound, unless you keep it in a friendly format.
Then if you want a precisely-colliding game, you need collision models too (You don't need it for a pokemon-like game, those kind of games are square-collision-based and you are probably going better doing calculations by yourself) which defines how objects will collide.
Also, you need to make a level editor and texture/model converter.
Then you need to link the most important things up, mainly:
Logics (Scripting)
Personally, I use Box2D, and after the first troubles I'm doing good with it.
For 3D, Bullet, but I see some commercial games (Like Amnesia and Penumbra) use Newton.
For scripting, I used to use Chaiscript (but it's quite slow) and I see (again) commercial games (Like Amnesia and Penumbra, yes, they're very similar) use AngelScript.
I would recommend you to keep the most used file formats and to "zip them up" in a packed file with your own format, so they will still be hidden and unedited from externals, unless you want to support the modding community giving away your tools.
If you're going for networking, I suggest you, DO NOT DO IT.
Not right now, at least.
Make sure you learnt everything in the proper way before going to do such a complex thing.
But if you're crazy, go for RakNet, which is free for non-commercial purposes.
Or you could also go on your own, but UDP connections are troubly and TCP connections are slow.
Then last step could be optimization and caching, but do it very carefully.
Also make sure you do have a very good debugger.
Aug 3, 2013 at 8:16pm UTC
I like the idea of learning a language at the same time of making what you want, but that sounds very hard to do while learning C++.
Is there a benefit to doing it your way over using Torque2D (which has 2DBox, graphics, sound, script etc). Torque2D's engine is completely open-source / commercial free too. Works on Mac, PC, iOS (though sadly not Android).
Ofcourse aside from gaining experience and something to be proud of, I can't seem to see the reason for making one from the ground up over grabbing an engine that's so very similar to the tasks you want already, that way you can jump straight in. Ofcourse I have a lot to learn, but what do you think?
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Aug 3, 2013 at 8:42pm UTC
I don't have any experience with Torque2D.
But what I can tell with my experience, keep looking for libraries until you find the one which suits your needs.
TL;DR: Try it.
Aug 5, 2013 at 9:15pm UTC
Chillieman: I have found a way to use Allegro with OpenGL to create 3D images, I have not done any animation yet, I have not had the time to try it, but I was able to create a 3D object on the screen. The only part of OpenGL you need to download is the GLut, and you do need to download Allegro also.
if you would like to get started with Allegro, here is two different tutorials by the same guy:
Non-Object Oriented:
and an Object Oriented Approach of the same game:
and to get started with Allegro with OpenGL
this one doesn't show how to set it up, but it's fairly easy, I just followed the tutorial that you posted to set up the GLut, but nothing else and then if you put it in addtional includes and additional libs in your IDE, these projects should run fine. let me know if you have any problems
Aug 5, 2013 at 11:59pm UTC
GraphicsGale is a pretty good editor for 2d/pixel art. You can easily add sprite frames and have them animate while you edit.
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What We're Loving: Spiders, Spaces, Stinkin'-Hot NightsBy The Paris Review
If I had to teach a class on the Framing Device, the first thing I'd make them read is Jeremias Gotthelf's 1842 novella The Black Spider, recently published in a new and (to this non-German-reader) magical translation by Susan Bernofsky. The opening scene is a christening in the Swiss countryside: idyllic, sentimental, lovingly detailed. Then one of the guests notices a strange blackened post in the house where the festivities are held, an old man begins to tell the story of how it got there … and in no time things have gotten very weird indeed, and they continue weird even when the story ends, the idyll stained by the past. A fairytale for grownups, an early horror story, an allegory of the Black Death or of sin—however you read it, it has the deep logic of a dream. —Lorin Stein
Sometimes I'll Google some nouns with a writer's name, hoping to discover that said writer has miraculously published a piece about said nouns. This usually doesn't work out for me—zero results for "Norman Rush + Botswana + heavy-metal leather subculture," and zero more for "Jonathan Lethem + Larry Levan + Paradise Garage + disco"—but lightning can strike, as it did with "Richard Ben Cramer + baseball + Baltimore." That led me to Cramer's "A Native Son's Thoughts (Many of Them Heretical) About Baltimore (Which Isn't What It Used to Be), Baseball (Which Isn't What It Used to Be) and the Steadfast Perfection of Cal Ripken Jr. (Which Is Ever Unchanging, Fairly Complicated and Truly Something to Behold)," published in Sports Illustrated circa 1995. Hot dog! As its forty-four-word title indicates, this piece has it all. There's baseball, which, for reasons that remain unclear, I've begun to enjoy watching; there's Baltimore, where I grew up; and there's the vigorous prose from Cramer, whose masterpiece on the 1988 election, What It Takes, I've just finished, thus creating a void that can only be filled with more Cramer. When I read the first clause ("It's a stinkin'-hot night at the ballpark") I knew I was safe for a little while longer. —Dan Piepenbring
"The Space Between," Marc Yankus's show at Clamp Art, is on now through May 17; it reveals a new side of the artist. His earlier images explored his love of color washes and blurred shapes—photography that sometimes looked as though it had been printed on a wet surface. With this new body of work, Yankus has written a love letter to the stonemasons, bricklayers, and architects of an ever-evolving New York City landscape. The detail captured in these photographs is unreal and meditative; he's shot these monumental buildings sometimes at great heights and always from their best angles. A master of minute detail, Yankus invites us to study the individual bricks right down to the fine cement layers that seal them together. Though people are ever-present in these works, there's not a soul to be found. It lends a ghostly beauty to these prints, making it exceedingly difficult to pick a favorite. —Charlotte Strick
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WITI earns station and news operation of the year honors
Recognition for a job well done is something most of us strive for. In the mass media world, it is no different.
Recently, a number of stations participated in and were awarded for their news work with Murrow awards. Last weekend, television and radio professionals gathered to recognize the best efforts of 2013 with the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association.
In the large market category – basically the Milwaukee market – WITI-TV Fox 6 was named the Television Station of the Year and the News Operation of the Year.
"I am very proud of the entire staff," said John LaPorte, the vice president for news at the station. "They know how much news matters to our viewers – they work very hard every day to serve them."
WITI took home 24 honors, including 12 first place entries, in the annual awards of excellence. First-place awards were given for best news writing, best series or documentary, best live on-scene reporting, best use of news video, best hard news/investigative, best feature, best continuing coverage, best sports reporting, best sportscast, best use of sports video, best editorial/commentary and best weathercast.
"It is great to have the results of that hard work recognized by the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association," LaPorte said. "I am very blessed to work with such a great group of journalists and broadcasters."
For WISN-TV Ch. 12, the ABC affiliate earned five first place awards. Two – for best niche site and best special web project – awards were given for the A-List. The directory and on-air awards allow businesses in the area to promote their goods and services in a format where the community chooses the winner.
WISN earned first place awards for best spot news and best evening newscast following the events around the shooting at Children's Hospital.
"The Children's Hospital shooting also opened up bigger safety questions," said Chris Gegg, WISN news director. "Our news team went beyond the headlines and asked tough questions. I'm proud of their ongoing commitment to excellence. It's a privilege to lead this group of journalists."
Nick Bohr, and his investigation on the Golden Guernsey Dairy closure, uncovered thousands of gallons of milk and other products going to waste. Working with the Hunger Task Force, the coverage of the story helped in getting eight truckloads of goods get to people who could really use it. The effort won the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association award for best community impact.
"Local news is all about community impact, so to win this category is a very rewarding feeling," said Jan Wade, the station's president and general manager. "As broadcasters, we have the responsibility to bring attention to stories like the Golden Guernsey closing. Being advocates for our viewers is something that we take very seriously."
Being recognized by one's peers is always nice, but for those who are part of these operations, know there is more to the work than something hung on the wall. The energy of a working station, knowing it is doing everything it can to deliver information in breaking news, is electric and addicting.
"It is our mission to deliver timely, relevant news, something that takes tremendous teamwork during breaking news situations," Wade said.
"I am proud of each and every member of the WISN 12 team."
WTMJ-TV took first place awards for morning newscast, commercial and live remote reporting. WDJT-TV CBS 58 was recognized for specialty programming, promotional announcement and innovation for the TouchVision sub-tier channel launched last year.
You can find the complete list of winners across Wisconsin in the PDF here.
A number of area radio outlets took home first place awards as well. Leading the pack was WTMJ-AM 620 with best sportscast, best radio shows for Gene Mueller and John Mercure, best spot news, feature, use of audio, live reporting, continuing coverage and humorous and client commercials.
889 Radio Milwaukee had a big night at the WBA awards as well, find the details here.
Being a WBA winner myself in the past, I truly understand how it feels to earn such an honor. But, in the big picture of what matters, the awards are just a very small part. The deep connection with the community will always standout as being the most important thing a broadcaster could ever achieve.
"For me personally, winning these awards reminds me that it's an honor to be working with such talented staff in every department of the station … they have a relentless work ethic and every day they live up to our brand of understanding that it's the viewers and our community that matter," said Chuck Steinmetz, the president and general manager at WITI-TV.
"None of them walk in the door at the beginning of the day to win an award - but to be recognized by your peers certainly means something and I think they should all be proud of that."
I brought up ratings, because on the business side, it is the dollars made by the bottom line that makes everything else possible.
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SARASOTA, Fla. - A charter bus full of Port Charlotte High School students was involved in a 4-vehicle crash Wednesday. None of the students were injured.
It happened at 3:25pm in the southbound lanes of I-75 near the Fruitville Road exit.
According to Florida Highway Patrol, a full-size Chevy pickup truck towing a trailer had a tire blow out, causing it to begin weaving across lanes.
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The late Joseph Sittler, Lutheran theologian and wordsmith, savored life.
The late Joseph Sittler, Lutheran theologian and wordsmith, savored life.
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I have always been struck that Mary, the mother of Jesus, after learning that she was pregnant with the one whom many would later call to be the Messiah, somehow found time to "ponder these things in her heart."
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