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Is Bethesda/Zenimax not the monster that gamers think it is?
Okay, so I was reading this article and subsequently this article and the rusted wheels in my banana-eating-monkey-powered brain began to turn as though spun by some otherworldly, necromantic force.
Bethesda has a pretty crappy reputation amongst "veteran" PC gamers, especially those that have followed its rise to power. They've come to resent its success, its size, and its ubiquitous presence. Personally, I'm inclined to agree (especially after what they did with the Fallout license, since I loved that franchise in its original form), but those aforementioned articles have made me question my beliefs.
Objectively considering Bethesda's history, they're a poster child for independently developed and marketed success. They started small, focused, and passionate, and grew their brand and their IPs into blockbusters that span across all gaming platforms. During that time they also fostered the creation of new IPs and revived old fan favorites (even if they did alter them a bit), most likely saving quite a few talented individuals from losing jobs or even entire studios from folding. Even in the current time, they support their acquired studios despite mediocre critical reception and lackluster sales. And now, with the coming release of Arkane's Dishonoured, they've facilitated the convergence of a number of great talents into what looks to be a promising novel idea.
Do they truly deserve the bad rap they have among the community? Maybe I'm overstating the negativity, but I've seen it myself very strongly. In forums, in the discussions among my friends, even in the independent media (bloggers, vloggers, etc.), Bethesda seems like the "bad guy"; like just another Activision or EA, perhaps to a lesser extent.
Do they really deserve it? I guess I'm just asking because I want to like Dishonoured and I want to be able to say I'm supporting something that's quality and helpful to both consumers and developers. I don't have all the info, and I'd just like to hear some of your guys' opinions, if there are any.
One point that always, to me, speaks in Bethesda's favour is their strong support for modding functionality in their games. Also, I don't hate Fallout 3, so there's that.
It occurs to me that I really don't know a whole lot about Bethesda/Zenimax other than their games...
They don't have Evil plastered above there logo like Activision do, or under the carpet like EA is. I quite like them and they did make 2 of my most favourite games ever Morrowind and Fallout 3. So I would give them the benefit of the doubt to be honest, unless of course it turned out they were secretly killing puppies or something.
What about the whole legal thing with interplay? That seemed evil enough :P
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What ? I've never seen them as evil. o_O
I admit that I wasn't aware of them until around Oblivion, but since then they've seemed like good guys. They've bought some independent studios but they seem to let them happily do their work.
And they're not renaming the studios they buy. Like, they haven't renamed iD into Bethesda Texas. XD
True. I guess I just had a really bad taste in my mouth after the whole Interplay thing, and how they really drilled them into the ground for the fallout license. I was a member of the No-Mutants-Allowed community (notorious for being both outspoken and highly inflammatory) and there was just so much negativity swirling around the names of Emil Pagliarulo, Todd Howard, and Pete Hines.
I guess I was just caught a bit off-guard by this extremely disarming and reasonable interview. I was expecting it to be riddled with featurespeak and marketing BS. And lots of rationalizations. It just sounds like they're a large corporation who operates like a small one.
Bethesda has a habit of shipping unfinished games.
Since 2005:
- Call of Cthulhu: shipped unfinished, the developer had a dispute regarding money and publishing rights with Bethesda, and eventually the studio went bankrupt.
- Star Trek: Legacy: on paper the perfect Star Trek game, released at the franchise's 40th anniversary. Developed by Mad Doc, which until that point were the very definition of solid. The game ships unfinished, is a total bomba. Later Mad Doc desperately shat out Empire Earth 3, which they quickly disowned and then they were bought by Rockstar.
- Rogue Warrior: starts as an ambitious coop shooter with randomized maps. But then Bethesda decides it doesn't like the direction, cancels the contract with the dev and hires Rebellion to remake it in line with the company's preferences. At least Rebellion had the brilliant idea to have Mickey Rourke spout one-liners every 30 seconds and rap on the credits, because their rush job was a disaster of biblical proportions.
- Brink: brilliant concept, ships unfinished, two months later nobody plays it.
- Hunted: basically the same as Brink, but it should be noted that it incorporates some ideas from the original version of Rogue Warrior.
Their internal games have problems too, and not all of them because they're open world... They simply lack talent and make strange cost-cutting decisions.
I doubt they'll fuck with id, they're the crown jewel of the company and give them huge exposure with QuakeCon. Who knows though?
22-07-2011, 08:53 PM #8brilliant concept, ships unfinished
He might be referring to its buggy state at release.
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And I'm totally keeping one Mad Eye Moody on Rage. Bethesda. Don't Fuck With That Game
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I wouldn't say they're evil but, at least in my eyes, as a developer they're a bit... awkward. They're a studio that have found a fairly good corner for themselves (big open world RPG thingies) but game from game again they keep the exact same flaws as the last one, almost as if they're too stubborn to believe that they might have some wonks in the system (although, it is to be noted, that seeing as so many people hail their games are amazing it's probably just issues in my view rather than any general, objective plonkers).
Pretty much the reason why I can't get excited over Skyrim just yet.
Their intensive mod support is rather honourable though.Give me [url=http://steamcommunity.com/id/flintgf]steam[/url] and how you feel to make it real.
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Fundamentally as publisher their only real problem is that that they don't good a particularly good job at ensuring there is a consistent level in terms of QA across the board. Instead they seem to allow the developers themselves to do that and there in lies the problem. When a Development studio has been working on a project for X number of years they suffer the flaw of not being able to see the wood for the trees at times through a lack of separation from the product. The recent Witcher 2 discussion on the main site demonstrates how developer blindsidedness can detrimentally effect a product (CD Projekt basically didn't build a robust rounded tutorial into their game at all, which is a madness in a way given how much an intimate knowledge of all The Witchers abilities are to the game). Zenimax need their own separate QA team in place if they ever hope to achieve a level of consistency in terms of product.
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I'd disagree with them having a bad reputation. Like the above mentioned companies, the games are generally marmite - either you like them or you don't. If you're in the former camp you tend to be a fairly loyal fan, if in the latter you tend simply not to care. Don't confuse the ranting of the AIM tards for being any kind of voice for veteran gamers, sanity or indeed anything else; they're little more than emotionally stunted attention whores who like to moan about whatever is popular in the vain hope someone might actually give a damn. Conflating them with gamers is quite frankly insulting.
Yeah. Those guys, while mostly well-meaning, were really, really vitriolic, bordering on violent, when it came to talking about how Bethesda was "raping their franchise". To be honest, I sometimes felt that way too, but they did cover it better than any other site I knew of at the time. They even had one of their mods go and meet with Pete Hines for a personal interview.
Nowadays NMA has pretty much solidified into a pure ball of hate. I never go anymore. It's quite sad.


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Street Scene
Sunday, February 23rd, 2:00pm Rand Theater
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Set during the sweltering summer of 1929, Street Scene is a riveting artistic hybrid of musical theater, opera, spoken-word poetry and jazz that tell the story of the residents of a Manhattan tenement building
Five College Opera and UMass Department of Theater, co-producers
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Wednesday, February 26th, 8:00pm Rand Theater
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Street Scene - Final Performance
Saturday, March 1st, 8:00pm, Rand Theater
Faculty Recital
Saturday, March 1st 6:00pm (Note unusual time) Bezanson Recital Hall
Kathryn Lockwood, viola, with Estela Olevsky & Gilles Vonsattel, pianoAyano Kataoka, percussion
Music of Schumann: Märchenbilder, Hindemith: Sonata Op. 11/4, Peter Sculthorpe: Sonata for Viola & Percussion, Inessa Zaretsky: Humoresque for Solo Viola
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Tuesday, March 4th, 8:00pm, Bezanson Recital Hall
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J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, BWV 1048 & Josef Suk: Serenade for Strings in E flat Major, Op. 6
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Monday, March 24th, 8pm, Bowker Auditorium
U.S. Army's 19-piece jazz ensemble returns!
The Jazz Ambassadors—America's Big Band is the official touring big band of the U.S. Army.
Their diverse repertoire includes big band swing, bebop, Latin, contemporary jazz, standards, popular tunes, Dixieland, vocals, and patriotic selections.
Formed in 1969, the band has appeared in all fifty states, Canada, Mexico, Japan, India, and throughout Europe. Notable performances include concerts at international jazz festivals in Montreux, Switzerland; Newport, Rhode Island; Toronto, Canada; Brussels, Belgium; and the North Sea Jazz Festival in the Netherlands.
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Sunday, March 30th 4:00pm at Bezanson Recital Hall
Dana Schnitzer, soprano, with guest Gretchen Peery, piano
Peter Askim: Newly-commissioned work, world premiere; Barber: Knoxville Summer of 1915; Wolf: Songs
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Tuesday, March 11th, 8:00pm, Fine Arts Center Concert Hall
Megan Cooney, conductor; James Patrick Miller, music director
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Christopher Krueger, flute & Salvatore Macchia, contrabass
Music for solo flute, solo contrabass, and flute with contrabass by Hans Werner Henze: S. Biagio 9 Agosto ore 1207, Betsy Jolas: Episode Huitieme, Shulamit Ran: East Wind, Peter Child: Dialogue, Theodore Antoniou: On the Top of a Mountain or Deserted Island, Hayg Boyadjian: Lumiere Noir
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Tian Hui Ng, guest conductor
Janacek - Fanfare from Sinfonietta
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Spotlight on Jazz Alumni, spanning six decades
Ensembles: Jazz Ensemble I & Alumni Big Bands, plus Vocal Jazz Ensembles & beyond
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Friday, April 4 1:25-2:15pm Fine Arts Center Room 44
Andrew Davis, UMass alum MM'98University of Houston Professor of Music Theory
Rhetoric and Narrative in the Nineteenth-Century Sonata
Theoretical explanation will accompany a practical analysis and demonstration, including performances of music of Brahms, Chopin, Mozart & Haydn. Davis' research is grounded in literary criticism, specifically in the fields known as structural narratology and rhetorical narrative theory. The approach has implications for understanding how 19th century music engages with the aesthetics of 19th century literary Romanticism, and it has implications for how we might interpret the more idiosyncratic features of some 18th century sonatas.
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March 7 Friday 1:25 - 2:15 pm Fine Arts Center Room 44 FREE
A talk by John Cooper, co-founder of the East-West Chamber Ensemble
Differences and Similarities between the Music of India and the West
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The Talk:During Cooper's 1965 Fulbright study in India, he began adapting the cyclic Takadimi Rhythm Method of India to teaching and performing music. Takadimi rhythm is a body language that connects rhythm, melody and words. It is focused on body/mind coordination. During the presentation he will address these questions:How do Indian speed changes differ from Western metric rhythm?What are melodic motifs, and how do they influence the expression of music?Why and how is the Takadimi language more effective than number counting?
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March 10 Monday 8pm Bezanson Recital Hall
Gilles Vonsattel, piano
Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata; Rzewski: Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues; Ives: Concord Sonata
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Brianna Rzeznik, viola
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Gregory Mascherino, violin
Masters Recital
Sunday, March 9th, 7:30pm Bezanson Recital Hall
Katherine Dolan, flute
Sunday, March 23rd, 7:30pm Bezanson Recital Hall
Christina Volz, violin
Saturday, March 29th, 7:30pm Bezanson Recital Hall
Benjamin Ferguson, trombone
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Aaron Staluppi, tuba
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Sara Mitchell, clarinet
March 13 Thursday 8pm Bowker Auditorium
ED BLACKWELL TRIBUTE (A Fine Arts Center event)
This tribute to Ed Blackwell, one of the most important and unsung drummers in jazz history, features tenor saxophonist Joe Lovano and bassist Mark Helias, both of whom had extensive performance experience with Blackwell, along with drummer and UMass Music Department faculty member, Tom Giampietro.
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March 28 Friday 7:30 pm Bezanson Recital Hall
Kathryn Tolley, voice
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Theresa Illich, flute
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HOUSTON - A southeast Houston mother got the scare of a lifetime when a man tried to steal her baby from her arms Monday.
The mother of three had just finished dropping off her husband at work when she pulled into the Indigo Falls apartments in the 10900 block of the Gulf Freeway and was stopped by the suspect at 8 a.m.
The woman said a man approached her Jeep and demanded her 3-month-old baby.
"The man just came to take her baby and she was pulling the baby out (of the Jeep)," said Nancy Cardans, the victim's cousin.
But the mother said she would not let go of the baby, even though the man was yanking the child's legs and pulling the baby back and forth.
"(He was) pulling like, 'Gimme me the baby.' She didn't want to give the baby, so he took a gun out," Cardans said.
Even with the gun pointed at her, the mother refused to let go.
"She said, 'No.' She started crying and her purse fell down," Cardans said.
When her purse fell on the ground, $300 fell out. Police said the man grabbed the money and ran.
The mom and her baby were checked out at a hospital. Doctors said they were OK.
The suspect was only described as a black man between 20 and 30 years old, 5 feet 10 to 5 feet 11 inches tall, skinny, with braided hair.
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Hi Jason - Just thought I would pop in and see how your mom is doing these days? Hoping all is well and she is well on the recovery road. Wishing you the best and all the blessing for this holiday season! Val
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Hi Jason - Just thought I would pop in and see how your mom is doing these days? Hoping all is well and she is well on the recovery road. Wishing you the best and all the blessing for this holiday season! Val
I communicated with him via e mail messages since he joined this web site.
he wrote a thank you note to me the date after his mom resection and everything is fine. I think they will have a wonderful Christmas.He and I are from the same university in Iowa.
I think he will talk to me again if concern about her mom comes up. But so far none of that happen and I think that is a good sign. don't you think so too?
thanks for your concern about fellow CCA patients.
Keep in touch, do whatever you can to make this disease go away.
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Hello everyone - I wanted to give the group an update on my mom. She had her 6 month post-surgical appointment last week. Everything went great. The surgeon was more than pleased with her progress and her scans were all clear. She had numerous complications from the surgery, but her surgeon and family practitioner have been wonderful. It was very inspirational last Friday as we participated in our Relay for Life event and she walked for nearly 3 hours. The people on this board have been a gift from God and a special thank you to Percy and Cathy. We highly recommend Dr. Chapman from Barnes Jewish in St. Louis and Dr. Nagorney from Mayo clinic...they are the best of the best. Most of all, keep faith in God. The last 13 months have been quite a ride and there is no way we could have made it this far without His help. Thank you for all of your prayers. Jason
Jason, I cannot think of any better news than this, Congratulations to you all! Keep up the good work and can't wait to hear the next great report!
Hi, treejay,
Thanks for your compliment. I am very happy to hear the good news about your mom. wow is it true that has been 13 months already? time flies for sure.
And yes, I agree totally this is a roller coaster ride all the way till they will find the CURE for us. but at least your mom can has this ride for years to come.
Keep on fighting and take good care of your mom like you have done already. Not so many children can do what you had done for your mom,looking up information;traveling far far away to different places thousands miles apart across America to find the best medical care for your mom. I even cannot do that for myself .
keep in touch and
God bless.
Hi Jason,
That is great news indeed about your mum! Congratulations and my thanks to you for coming back here and sharing it with us all. I hope for your mums good news to continue and hopefully the next 13 months will be easier for her! And well done as well for the Race for Life, no wonder it was such an inspirational day for you all. Let us know how things go for your mum.
Best wishes,
Jason-Thank you thank you, not for my compliment but by paying it forward and acknowledging Dr. Chapman, he is a special man with so much heart and soul. Thank you for the compliment also because I worry that by sharing my story people think I am bragging. I tell my story to give HOPE and thank God, 2 strangers and Dr. Chapman for giving me life.
Lots of prayers for my CC family-Cathy
Cathy, don't you dare stop telling your story!
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Spending time in Kildonan Park and vicinity on a winter's day can reveal, as City of Winnipeg naturalist Rodney Penner says, things that are normally hidden or elusive in nature.
For example, at about 11 a.m. on Feb. 8, 2013, while out for our daily walk, my friend Peter and I spotted a coyote prowling along the river bank near Kildonan Park Golf Course. Peter even managed to take a photo of it with his small digital camera.
"In the past an American marten showed up in Kildonan Park and provided a special wildlife viewing experience for those that saw it," Penner notes.
The marten, which was active in the park about a year ago and also captured on digital camera, is not the only member of the weasel family you might have the opportunity to see in Kildonan Park.
"Another member of the family is the American mink which is often found along the edges of rivers and creeks," says Penner, who works for the City of Winnipeg Naturalist Services Branch.
He points out that the river bottom area along the Red River is the most likely place to see this critter. As with most animals in winter, it is most active during the milder days and nights.
"Tracks are a great way to find wildlife activity in winter," adds Penner.
"The best time to look for tracks and evidence of wildlife is when the temperatures get up near zero for a day or two. Natural areas and corridors along rivers and creeks become filled with the tracks of wildlife following a warm spell in winter."
There are also numerous common winter birds that park enthusiasts can spot.
For example, Mike Quigley, education coordinator with the Naturalist Services Branch, points out that downy and hairy woodpeckers, black-capped chickadees, white-breasted nuthatches, blue jays,and bohemian waxwings are all resident in Kildonan Park and environs, as they are elsewhere in the city.
"Although not as common, pileated woodpeckers would also be a possibility in the park. This winter, flocks of pine grosbeaks have been present throughout the city too, so Kildonan Park would also be a possibility," he says.
Biologist Dr. Christian Artuso, who has developed the Breeding Bird Atlas of Manitoba and works for Bird Studies Canada, comments that one of the amazing things about Kildonan Park is its tall cottonwood trees that are impressive to admire at any time of year.
He's so right about that. Artuso also points to basswoods, ash, Manitoba maple, American elm, among other types of trees, which form the "riparian" forest in the park.
"They provide a different sort of habitat and microclimate close up from the river," he explains, adding there's a chance of seeing waterfowl, and even a bald eagle, if there's open water in the river.
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I WAS only a year old when Monty Python's BBC comedy series came to an end – but I have been hooked on their comic genius from an early age and the opportunity to see their final farewell show was too good to let pass by.
The Monty Python Live (Mostly): One Down, Five To Go shows were the first time John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle and Terry Jones had performed live together in 30 years.
The 10-night run was staged at London's O2 Arena. But the final night of the show on Sunday was screened at more than 2,000 cinemas around the world, including the Light Cinema in New Brighton.
Sitting there in my Python t-shirt it was just great to be part of a major international event, laughing along with fellow fans.
The audience was not disappointed by the sketches, which included The Lumberjack Song, Dead Parrot, Cheese Shop and Nudge Nudge. Musical numbers included a homage to John Cleese's Minister for Silly Walks.
Other sketches dusted down for the reunion show were the fish-slapping sketch and there was special applause for archive footage of the late Graham Chapman, who died of cancer in 1989.
Sadly, technical problems concerning the internet streaming from London dampened what was an otherwise fantastic show.
Python-inspired comic stars including David Walliams, James Corden, Martin Freeman, Stephen Fry and Mike Myers were among those who had appeared the show over the course of the 10 nights.
In a humorous short film screened during the show Professor Brian Cox questioned some of the details raised by Eric Idle in The Galaxy Song, which featured in Python's 1983 film Meaning Of Life. He was knocked down by Professor Stephen Hawking seconds later.
The show ended with a sing-a-long of Always Look On the Bright Side of Life.
The ending was hit by streaming problems again, but in the footage that was unaffected it was clear that the group enjoyed themselves.
Watching Cleese and co fluff lines and forget some of their cues showed that they did not take themselves too seriously.
Monty Python's Flying Circus was broadcast on the BBC between 1969 and 1974. The group also made several films including Monty Python and the Holy Grail and Monty Python's Life of Brian.
It has been reported that each of the comedians will pocket more than £2million from the shows and the reunion received mixed reviews, with some critics dismissing them as a quick way for five old men to make easy money.
But for the fans it was a chance to celebrate one of this country's greatest comedy teams.
If you had never seen them on stage at Drury Lane in 1974 or Hollywood Bowl in the early '80s it was a chance to see them perform some of their classic work, something they have said will never happen again.
In my opinion, the team may have left the stage for the final time but their humour is, by no means, a dead parrot.
9 out of 10. Legendary
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Kuemper grads spend summer working with West Des Moines nonprofit Amanda the Panda
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Kenidy Eckerman poses with Amanda the Panda, the namesake of the grief counseling nonprofit organization Eckerman volunteered with this summer.
November 1, 2013
Life has one constant - that each of us will die.
Those we leave behind are left to pick up the pieces, to overcome the sorrow, despair, and often heartbreaking sense of loss.
A West Des Moines-based nonprofit organization called Amanda the Panda aims to help individuals of all ages deal with that grief. Whether the loss was recent or years ago, violent or calm, Amanda the Panda volunteers are there to listen - a critical component in the healing process, explained Carroll natives Amanda Pietig and Kenidy Eckerman.
Pietig, 23, is the daughter of Donna and Al Pietig. Her mother is a manager at Old Home Bakery Outlet, and her father is a small-business owner and farmer. Eckerman, 22, is a daughter of Mike Eckerman, owner of Eckerman Jewelry, and Brenda Schultes, who works at Carroll Eye Clinic.
Pietig graduated from Kuemper Catholic High School in 2008, a year before Eckerman. Both attended Iowa State University and completed degrees in child, adult and family services, Eckerman also with a minor in event management. They graduated together this summer after completing 360 community-service hours with the nonprofit.
"Grief is something - it never ends," said Pietig. "You don't go through the five stages of grief and it's over with and you'll never feel it."
Pietig speaks from personal experience. The summer before her senior year of high school, she lost her younger sister, Amber, in a car accident. Her senior year was consumed with thoughts of how her sister, who would have been a sophomore, was missing. Pietig had the support of friends, family and the entire Kuemper community, but while that love can comfort, it can't erase the pain.
Her experience with loss led her to volunteer with Amanda the Panda. A very empathetic person, Pietig's ability to openly talk about losing her sister helped her relate to the children and teens involved in the nonprofit's programs.
"There are things that always trigger thoughts of 'Oh, I wish she was here' or 'I miss her,'" she explained. "I know if I'm still feeling this six years later, what about people who just lost them a year ago or a month ago?"
Amanda the Panda helps children, families and friends deal with grief in all its stages by hosting eight-week-long support groups in the fall, spring and winter, followed by a daylong or overnight camp. The support groups connect peers who are the same age, ranging from kindergarteners to adults.
Entire families can participate, but by separating individuals by age group, children can express their feelings without worrying that a parent might overhear them, Pietig explained. Confidentiality is key.
"A lot of kids at first aren't willing to open up. They don't want to talk about it," she said. "If you make it more of an active thing, where they're not telling you, but showing you, it's a lot better."
For example, the camps include an anger wall, where children can write anything they want in washable marker that can be erased. They also include a love wall, where the children can write a favorite memory of the individual they lost in permanent marker.
The organization's recent move to a new center aided in this endeavor. Before, employees and volunteers all worked in a single office suite. Now, they work out of a house that was donated to them. The move allowed Amanda the Panda to offer separate areas for adults, teens and children. It also installed a "steam room," a padded room in which children can scream and yell and punch to get out anger, because anger is OK to feel, explained Pietig.
The deaths can range from a sibling lost in an unexpected or violent act, to a grandparent who peacefully passed away. Amanda the Panda is also making an effort to address suicide, a rising issue that people don't know how to talk about.
"There is never one similar death," Pietig said. "Everybody grieves differently and everybody takes your advice differently, and you need to be ready and willing to figure (that) out."
Pietig served as a programming intern, working to organize camp activities and interview families seeking Amanda the Panda's services. Eckerman served as a leader for one of the kindergarten camps, an experience she described as "eye-opening."
"It hits you hard," she said. "You don't know these people, but you just want to help them."
Eckerman said that she was struck by the family atmosphere and the way the peers came together, whether they had known each other for hours or years.
"The friendships you see form - that in itself is support they're not going to lose afterward," she said. "Opening up in general is clarifying for them, I think."
For many, there is an element of guilt, wondering if there was anything they could have done differently. The peer groups help them work through it, Eckerman explained.
"They're able to see a light in the darkness," she said. "They will eventually find the joy back, even if they're really upset about it."
Both women were also involved in the preparation of cheer boxes. Cheer boxes are given to nominated families during the holiday season. They contain 25 gifts - one for each day of December - to help family members remember their lost loved one, or to simply lift their spirits. The boxes are customized based on the interests of each family.
Eckerman also used her event-planning minor to organize a golf tournament fundraiser, a vital part of the operations of the small nonprofit that gives its services for free. According to Pietig, the marketing for the nonprofit has been primarily word-of-mouth, but has drawn families from across the state, from Cedar Rapids and Iowa City to Council Bluffs.
"It doesn't have to be a recent death. If you've experienced death and you're suffering, they want you to come in, to get the help you can and find connections with people," Pietig said. "People think they're alone, but they're not."
With only three full-time paid employees and one part-time employee, Amanda the Panda relies heavily on the support of volunteers. According to Nancy Quinn, office manager for Amanda the Panda, about 500 people volunteer with the nonprofit each year, enabling the organization to direct between 60 and 65 percent of its funding straight to programming that serves more than 1,000 families each year. In addition to camps and cheer boxes, the organization also offers fun days and family nights to reconnect individuals from the support groups, and presents programs at local colleges and schools.
"They are absolutely essential," Quinn said of the volunters who help with all of the programming, as well as several fundraisers. "We couldn't carry out our mission to help grieving families without them."
Both Eckerman, now employed at her father's jewelry store in Carroll, and Pietig, working with teenage girls at the at-risk Youth Emergency Services & Shelter in downtown Des Moines, hope to work with Amanda the Panda again in the future. They agree that the bear's key lesson is applicable throughout life.
"The panda doesn't talk, she's only there to listen," Pietig said of the organization's cuddly mascot. "If you have a friend who has lost somebody, don't say you know how they feel, because you don't. Just say you're there to listen."
Though she has not lost someone close to her, Eckerman agreed, adding that her friendship with Pietig has helped her learn to "read the signs."
"You don't have to say anything at all, or relate," she said. "You just have to give them a shoulder."
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THE 30th Longrun Meadow parkrun attracted a record entry of 256 runners and 103 personal bests.
These included regulars Andy Fitzavon (24m 3s), Jerome Timbrell (21m 27s), Louise Mills (27m 56s), Anthony White (24m 35s), Christine Walton 28m 2s), Daniel Fowler 22m 18s), Helen Maxton (28m 32s), and Ella Hockey (26m 59s).
There were 16 runners aged ten or under including Harriet Adams and Maddiline Whitemore who set pbs of 44m 46s and 28m 8s respectively and seven runners aged 70 or over including Pat Pike of Running Forever Running Club who set a best of 33m 33s.
First woman home was again Hannah Taunton of Taunton AC in a pb of 18m 58s.
Second was Maree Jesson in 19m 58s with Jessica Brown of Taunton AC taking third place in 20m 23s.
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Lightweights rematch at Pepsi Center on Aug. 11
The Ben Henderson and Frankie Edgar lightweight title rematch that was thought to be up in the air in terms of date and location has been set.
The champion and former champ will lock horns once again on Aug. 11 at UFC 150. That event will take place Aug. 11 at the Pepsi Center in Denver, which was the host city for the first two UFC events.
UFC 150 was the event originally reported for the rematch. But an additional report last week said the fight would not take place in August. But on Tuesday night's edition of "UFC Tonight" on Fuel TV, UFC president Dana White said the fight will indeed take place on that card.
Henderson and Edgar fought at UFC 144, and Henderson won by unanimous decision in the main event winning with scores of 49-46, 49-46 and 48-47. After the fight, White said he scored the fight for Edgar. And Edgar immediately began lobbying for a rematch, saying that because he granted rematches in close title fights to BJ Penn and Gray Maynard, he should be afforded the same. He got his wish. Despite White hoping to convince Edgar to drop to featherweight where he said the former champ would get an immediate title fight against Jose Aldo he gave Edgar the rematch.
The lightweight contendership in the UFC remains slightly clogged up due to the rematch. Nate Diaz's win over Jim Miller on Saturday made him next in line for a title shot, White said. But that may be a while, and former WEC champion Anthony Pettis, whose head kick knockout win over Joe Lauzon in February put him in position to ask for a shot at Henderson whom he beat in December 2010 to win the final WEC 155-pound belt also is in need of another fight.


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Kingsbury Ordnance Plant
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Bomb shelters, ammunition storage bunkers, grass igloos, and high explosive factories: just a few components of the war effort that took place in the United States during both World War II and the Korean War. Due to unmanageable contamination and costly maintenance, many former ammunition factories were abandoned, and remain derelict and forgotten.
Located in LaPorte County, Indiana, the Kingsbury Ordnance Plant is only one of approximately seventy-three different plants constructed throughout the United States during this time period. Though many of the buildings once located on the some 13,000 acres no longer exist, photographer Kaitlyn Stancy has documented the plant's remains.
In Kingsbury Ordnance Plant, Stancy presents a collection of unique photographs taken throughout this once-restricted area, and provides a rare glimpse into some of the operations executed at the plant. Through her thought-provoking images, Stancy brings light to this significant piece of seemingly forgotten history.
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- Categoría Fotografía artística
Apaisado grande, 33×28 cm
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- Fecha de publicación sep. 10, 2012
- Idioma English
- Etiquetas ammunition, WWII, Kingsbury, architecture, war, Indiana, landscape, photography, LaPorte, KOP, ordnance plant, Kaitlyn Stancy, La Porte, Kingsbury Ordnance Plant
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Born in Villa Park, Illinois in 1991, Kaitlyn Stancy was raised in St. John, Indiana. A young, emerging artist, she plans on graduating from Indiana University Northwest in Gary, Indiana as a member of the class of 2015. Stancy is pursuing a double major in Fine Arts and Computer Science. Stancy has always enjoyed creating artwork using various media. Her most recent work consists of photography, digital design, silk screen printing, and ceramics. She enjoys exploring new techniques. Her interest in photography has been longstanding. Feeling the constant need to document her growing collection of artwork, as well as her travels and memories, Stancy gradually progressed into a documentary photographer. After shooting a sustained photography project on the Kingsbury Ordnance Plant in 2011, Stancy published the completed work in 2012. Her most recent work delves into the conceptual, as she shoots her next photography project, entitled Media's Influence on Priority.
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Indeed.In seeking the summit, Natalya walked over corpses just as did many of her great predecessors. They were just more tactfull. Possibly, they were also smarter. They also tried to follow an unspoken rules - athletes should never guess of the behind-the-scenes machinations.
You can always explain away any loss. There is, though, no chance to convince a skater to sacrifice anything for the result if they know that the outcome has already been paid for.
I can see where a hard-working skater would not be pleased if his coach reported to him, "well, I just got off phone with Piseev and here's the deal I got for you: You get buried in 8th place off the podium and in exchange our top pairs team wins the gold medal. How does that sound?"
You do have to give the Russian Federation points for honesty, though. They come right out and say that there are only two kinds of people in figure skating, cheaters and fools.
Other federations at least make an effort, howerver cynical, to give lip service to the concept of a fair contest and are embarrassed, not proud, when they get caught cheating.


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Topic: Questions about radiation after resection
Hello Friends, has anyone been in a similar situation where you needed to make the decision about having radiation after resection? Charlie had a little over half of his liver removed in Nov. at UNC Hospital. His oncologist Dr. Sanoff at UNC set him up with consult at Baptist closer to home about radiation. She said if he does want to do radiation, it needs to be done pretty soon after the resection. His margins were negative for cancer after surgery. She said she didn't have enough data on it to say if it would or wouldn't be worth it. She did say he probably wouldn't feel too good and he's not so crazy about that since he's still recovering from the surgery.
Any information you can share is greatly appreciated. Of course, we'll hopefully learn a lot at the consult, but I've found that those living with cc here give the best advice. Thank you!


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SUGAR LAND, Texas - The City of Sugar Land and the Sugar Land Development Corporation have approved an incentive package to support Texas Instruments Incorporated's plans to build a future business and development facility in Sugar Land.
The new 160,000-square-foot office facility will be located at the northeast corner of U.S. Highway 59 and University Boulevard in the Telfair commercial development area. Construction will be completed by early 2014. The facility will bring more than 375 jobs to Sugar Land.
Texas Instruments chose to build its new facility in Sugar Land based on proximity to employees' homes, local amenities and clarity of site-development plans. The new Texas Instruments facility will house employees that work in a variety of areas within the company's embedded processing organization.
"Texas Instruments has had a long-standing relationship with the city of Stafford, where we have had a site for 45 years," said TI Houston Site Manager Curt Moore. "In January, we announced plans to sell the site in Stafford. T.I. is fully supportive of redevelopment efforts in Stafford and is actively coordinating with the city as the site shutdown and sale activities are proceeding."
The City of Sugar Land's Office of Economic Development created a multi- faceted incentive package that was recently approved by both the Sugar Land City Council and the Sugar Land Development Corporation. The incentive package was based on the company creating more than $35 million in new capital investment and providing more jobs for the city.
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This article was published 28/6/2013 (1513 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Tim Burke was right -- to a point.
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers head coach had been insisting for the last week to anyone who was listening his team was much, much better than the sadsacks who were shellacked 52-0 by Hamilton and 24-6 by Toronto in pre-season games.
While that was looking initially like an optimistic assessment Thursday night as the visiting Montreal Alouettes jumped out to a 14-0 lead just five minutes into the first regular-season game at Investors Group Field, by night's end there were few in the sold-out house who would argue that these 2013 Bombers aren't vastly more competitive than they looked in the pre-season.
While the final result -- a 38-33 Montreal Alouettes victory -- was a disappointment on a night the Bombers led by nine points heading into the fourth quarter, the Bombers also left little doubt with their effort against what is annually one of the best teams in the league that they should be competitive in 2013.
Take away the dreadful first five minutes and the Bombers would have beaten the Als handily, even despite also being outscored 14-0 in the fourth quarter.
Alas, you can't just arbitrarily subtract the first five minutes of a CFL game whenever it suits you and the fact that we are yet again talking about this subject should be cause for broader concern among Bombers fans.
Because while you can chalk up the terrible start Thursday night to opening-night nerves on an especially historic occasion, the fact is the tendency of Winnipeg Blue Bombers teams to get off to a terrible start is hardly something new.
Indeed, you could make a compelling argument that Winnipeg's 6-12 record in 2012 had as its single most important contributing factor the fact that the Bombers got outscored in the first quarter last season by an eye-popping 145-45 -- a ratio of better than 3-to-1.
So while it would be easy to be dismissive of the first five minutes on Thursday as nothing more than a blip, you could also just as easily argue that it is the continuation of a maddening trend that is going to hang around this team's neck like an anchor until someone can finally figure out a way to communicate to this bunch that this is football, not hockey, and it is measured in four quarters, not three periods.
Burke said as much in his post-mortem on Friday, pointing to the three first-half turnovers -- the Bombers first offensive play from scrimmage was a Buck Pierce interception -- as something that is going to kill this team every single time, until it doesn't.
"Until we stop turning the ball over," said Burke, "we're not going to win any games. That's just the way it is."
"But if we can stop turning the ball over, we're a good enough team to beat anybody."
Burke's team made a case for that -- albeit an incomplete offering -- in giving the Alouettes all they could handle right until the dying minutes.
While the Bombers offence wasn't great -- Burke described the first-half effort as "anemic" -- Winnipeg still finished the night with 290 yards in net offence, just 24 yards less than the great Anthony Calvillo and the Als mustered.
Buck Pierce's final numbers -- 19-34, 258, 2 TDs -- were also very similar to Calvillo's -- 20-35, 264, 1 TD -- but with one notable exception.
While Calvillo was picked off once, Pierce was picked off three times -- twice in the first half when it mattered most. The first of Pierce's interceptions resulted in Montreal's first touchdown, while the second one gift-wrapped Montreal a field goal.
Put it all together and it was 10 points on a night when the margin of the Alouettes' victory was just five points.
So yeah, Burke was right -- these 2013 Bombers are a lot better than they looked in the pre-season. But until they start playing 60 minutes and stop making so many unforced errors, the result is going to be more of the same -- losses.


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This works fine in Chrome, FF and IE7 (haven't tested other versions of IE yet).
But in IE8, the image disappears and the <a href> and <img> widths show as 0 when inspected in Developer Tools.
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There seems to be some kind of weird JS overlay thing going on there, and I suspect it is messing things up for poor old IE. I would suggest just removing all that stuff, as it seems to have no purpose anyway.
You have a script error here that may not be helping things:
<script> $(function(){ $('#your-email').live('keyup',function(){ if($('#confirm-email').val() != $('#your-email').val()){ <style type="text/css">.wpcf7-submit {display:none;} </style> }else{ /* ready to go*/ } }); }); </script>
As far as I know "<style type="text/css">.wpcf7-submit {display:none;} </style> " is not JS. Should it have been a document.write or something?
I doubt it should be a document.write - that CSS would make little sense as an entire web page and the first document.write call after the page finishes loading sharts creating a new web page to display once the last document.write has finished.
Hi ralph.m
That was my initial thought as well but searches indicate that stuff has something to do with the IE determines the nth element (or something like that). I'm not hugely comfortable with it because I don't understand it fully but the same stuff is present and works fine in IE 7 and IE 9.
I thought this line of script had something to do with the Contact Form 7 plugin, which we are using. The wpcf7-submit was my first clue...then I found out CF7 loads on every page by default, even if there is no CF7 form on the page so I was even more suspicious.
But, alas, Miss Marple I am not...after much searching and finally uninstalling the plugin, I discovered this line of script was hardcoded in the theme we are using. No idea why that would be the case but I finally managed to remove it.
No more syntax error but the disappearing image problem still exists.
base.css, Line 189
The following property is causing the lady's image to disappear in IE8:
Deleting it will help the social media buttons, too; but not cure them. They still have a bit of an alignment problem.
There may be side effects that I have not realized, so test thoroughly (this is the base.css, after all). Just thinkin... if other pages use this property to resize fluid images, you may be better off to override this property on the home page.
ronpat you rock! This one was driving me crazy! After you pointed me in the right direction I found a very specific description of the problem:
After a bit of trial and error it turned out that if an image has a max-width specified through CSS, a width attribute in the HTML, and is the child of a floated element that has no explicit width set, IE8 makes its width zero.
Problem fixed by adding the following to custom.css.msie8 a img { max-width: none; }
and ronpat - you were right about the social media buttons too...did I mention you rock! Thanks so much for the help!
Wow! You're very welcome! Glad I could help.
im having a similar problem with my twitter icons not displaying properly in IE8 , I have started a separate thread for this, any ideas on a fix?www.cotswoldbells.co.uk
Hi ac1986,
I think the following CSS will work for you
max-width : none;}
You can probably combine it into a single CSS rule but grouping selectors is not my strong point! If it works and I ever make it to the UK, hook me up with a good deal on one of those awesome tents!
Hiya, thanks that worked! but its now messed up the size and alignment of the 2 images below any ideas of a fix again? cheers
The solution suggested by pantspress falls short because it is not specific enough. If applied literally and without considering the design of your page, it also affects the two "polaroids" below it... as you see.
Please seehttp://www.sitepoint.com/forums/showthread.php?1038416-Sometimes-my-page-loads-correctly-in-IE-and-sometimes-it-doesn-t&p=5403839&viewfull=1#post5403839for a specific inline solution that I posted almost 15 hours ago.


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"WOW…..that is the word I used to begin my remarks last year in Calgary and I use it again as it has been a great privilege to serve as your chairman, and to advocate on the collective behalf of U.S. and Canadian airports. It also has been my pleasure to have had the chance to work closely with many of you and the ACI-NA staff during the past year.
Last year in Calgary, I laid out goals that I hoped for us to achieve and the previous accomplishments on which we would seek to build on in 2013...I think we have to be brave and take the appropriate steps to ensure that our industry is represented in a way in the future that will deliver the necessary results for all of us to be successful, but this will take people, it will take you, being champions for the cause." -GSP Airport District President and CEO David Edwards
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The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation said it happened Tuesday afternoon when deputies from the Cuyahoga (KY-uh-HOH'-guh) County sheriff's office went to serve a warrant to a man in Middleburg Heights.
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Pulmonary function tests (PFTs) are a group of breathing tests. They can show how well your lungs are working. PFTs may measure:
PFTs may be used to diagnose lung conditions or diseases, such as:
These tests may also be done to:
There are no major complications associated with this procedure.
Most tests will require you to breathe into a mouthpiece. The mouthpiece may be attached to a simple handheld device or be part of a larger machine. Examples of devices are a
peak flow meter. You may be asked to breathe in and out in different patterns and speeds. You will rest between tests.
Tell the technician right away if you have breathing problems, pain, or
during testing.
Other tests that may be used in some situations include:
Rest until you feel able to leave. You may be given medication if testing has caused wheezing, coughing, and/or difficulty breathing.
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The test does not hurt. You may feel symptoms of your lung condition during or immediately following testing.
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Although these courses on the environment, natural resources, and land use constitute one focus area, the curriculum is organized so that students may emphasize one of the three aspects of the program. Students are required to take the foundational courses -- Administrative Law, Environmental Law Fundamentals, and Land Use Planning -- but may concentrate on one of the three curricular directions through intensive study of environmental law, natural resources law, or land use law. In each case, students may undertake this work through a variety of courses, seminars, clinical experiences, and independent research projects.
An example of the interrelationship between the courses is illustrated by the following sequence, one of several possible combinations: Environmental Law Fundamentals introduces, among many other topics, the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) and its environmental-impact statement requirement. The Environmental Law NEPA/SEPA/ESA course studies both the State Environmental Protection Act (SEPA) and another area of environmental regulation, the Endangered Species Act (ESA), which provides for extraordinary environmental restrictions to preserve endangered species. All legislative schemes, particularly NEPA, are important components of the Land Use Planning course.
Students in the focus area must also take one of the following three skills courses: the Administrative Law Clinic, a Land Use/Environmental Law Externship, or the Environmental Law Drafting Lab.
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Soon-to-be free agent wide receiver Eric Decker would love to stay in Denver with Peyton Manning, but knows its time to take care of his family (i.e. get paid).
One potential landing spot could check off both boxes, or at least as approximately as possible.
According to Vic Lombardi of CBS 4 in Denver, the Colts could emerge as a possibility for the veteran wideout, who would love to roll with Andrew Luck.
If youre going to leave Manning, Luck isnt the worst fallback position.
And the Colts proved beyond a shadow of a doubt last year how much they need an alpha male wideout, as they werent the same team after Reggie Waynes injury.
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Instead of a truly random number, you wish to randomly select a value from a set in which some values are more likely than others. For example, you may wish to simulate a normal distribution (i.e., a "bell curve") for a set of data.
We will give a recipe for generating numbers with a normal distribution (aka Gaussian distribution, the bell shaped one). No existing library supports this functionality, though inspiration for one can be gained by viewing the Schemathics CVS. We will discuss a do-it-yourself method for explanatory purposes.
You will have to determine what kind of distribution you want, and locate the appropriate algorithm from a statistics reference.
For this recipe, we will consider the normal (Gaussian) distribution. If you need other distributions see either the CVS or consult a numerical analyst.
The function dis_var_new returns a stochastic variable (a thunk) with mean mu and standard deviance sigma.:
% derived from example in the documentation of SRFI27 % and translated to Erlang -record( dist_state, {state, mu, sigma} ). dist_var_new(Mu, Sigma) -> dist_var_new(false, Mu, Sigma). % create the thunk dist_var_new(State, Mu, Sigma) -> This = #dist_state { state = State, mu = 1.0 * Mu, sigma = 1.0 * Sigma}, IntPid = spawn(cookbook, dispatch, [This]), fun () -> IntPid ! {self(), value}, receive {retval, Any} -> Any end end. dispatch(This) -> receive {Pid, value} -> {NewThis, Value} = value(This), Pid!{retval, Value}, dispatch(NewThis) end. value(This) -> case This#dist_state.state of true -> Val = This#dist_state.mu + (This#dist_state.sigma * This#dist_state.state), {This#dist_state{state = false}, Val}; _ -> sigma_loop(This) end. sigma_loop(This) -> V1 = 2.0 * random:uniform() - 1.0, V2 = 2.0 * random:uniform() - 1.0, S = (V1 * V1) + (V2 * V2), if S >= 1.0 -> sigma_loop(This); true -> Scale = math:sqrt( (-2.0 * math:log(S)) / S), Val = This#dist_state.mu + (This#dist_state.sigma * Scale * V1), {This#dist_state{state = Scale * V2}, Val} end.
This is an interesting example, because it makes use of the fact that Erlang processes are so cheap to create and use. In effect, we've created a tiny server application who's only purpose is to listen for invocation requests and return a new normalized random number.
An example of usage:
1> X=dist_var_new(0, 1). #Fun<cookbook.4.38595032> 2> X1(). -0.873932 3> X1(). 4.91005e-2 4> X1(). 1.55993e-2 5> X1(). 0.181456
If you are unsatisfied with the fact that you get the same numbers as above, then randomize the source of the random numbers:
6> random:seed()
The algorithm used is the polar Box Muller method. The algorithm takes two independent uniformly distributed random numbers between 0 and 1 (present in the code as random:uniform()) and generates two numbers with a mean of my and standard deviation sigma. Note that the method produces two numbers at a time. Since we only need one, the second is saved for later in the variable next.
Note that the Perl Cookbook includes an interesting discussion of converting a set of values (and weights) into a distribution. This should also be converted to Erlang and shown here.
Mathematically-inclined Erlangers should also take a good look at Schemathics, which contains these and many other statistical methods.


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With a catalog of songs that spans four decades, it's a good bet that Chicago will play more than a few of your favorites. Led by founding members Robert Lamm, James Pankow, Lee Loughnane and Walt Parazaider, expect a show full of hits including "25 or 6 to 4" and "If You Leave Me Now." Not content to rest on its laurels, the band is recording new material, according to Chicagotheband.com. Fans can preview clips of works in progress, which, when complete, will be offered digitally and then compiled in CD form.
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Five Ilkley Motor Club crews tackled the testing Riponian Rally on Sunday.
The event, staged by the Ripon Motor Club, was the first round of this year's ANCC Forest Rally Championship Starting at Thirsk Cattle Market the crews had to tackle the 38 stage miles in the forests above Sutton Bank.
Driver Andy Forrest in the ex-works Vauxhall Nova 1400, Andy and Dave Gibson in their Vauxhall powered MK2 Escort (both backed by Mark Newbould Rally Photography Skipton), Jamie Forrest co-driving in a Mitsubishi Evo 6, Nick Dobson in his Mk2 Escort and Simon Green with co-driver Andrew Thorpe in the Subaru Impreza, made up the Ilkley contingent.
A total of 56 crews started the ten-stage rally in the forests of North Yorkshire and all of them reported that the stages were extremely slippy and worse than driving on the usual snow and ice that this rally usually experiences.
Andy Forrest experienced engine problems with the car not revving over 5,000 revs until the problem was traced to an air filter problem.
Once corrected the car performed well and they ran well on the last three stages to claim second in class and 34th place overall.
Andy and Dave Gibson, in the newly-branded AG Motorsport/Arch Building Supplies Ford Escort, suffered in the treacherous conditions and an off on the second stage punctured a rear tyre costing them over a minute in lost time.
In the afternoon they produced several top-ten stage times to claim 14th place overall and third position in their class.
Co-driver Jamie Forrest, who was partnering Tom Preston, came 11th overall and third in class.
They suffered a big spin on stage five and couldn't get the car into reverse, and lost two minutes.
Simon Green and Andrew Thorpe had a great day, the Subaru Impreza ran faultlessly and they sustainewd no dmage in finishing 24th overall and eighth in class.
Nick Dobson in the Dobson Construction Escort had a mixed day. Some top-ten stage times in the Mk2 Escort where marred by earlier throttle issues and he had to settle for 25th place and eighth in his class.
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We function as the international sales office or export arm of these companies.
Our main objective is to identify, set up and help service international buyers, dealers, distributors or importers.
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Just installed bt4 on my dell inspiron 910 and i am gonna push it to the limits!!!!
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Olá a todos.
Sou novo por aqui e estou cheio de problemas, espero ter a vossa ajuda.
Obrigado e cumprimentos a todos.
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Hello everyone, hoping to learn a lot from this OS/thread.
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WI prerequisites are ENG 100, ENG 160 or ESL 100 with a grade of "C" or higher.
|Course Description:
|BLAW 200 is an introduction to the laws impacting business operations.
This BLAW 200 class section (CRN 35008) is conducted on the Internet and is Writing Intensive.
This class has a 6 week schedule and it is not self-paced. Two weeks prior to the session starting, log into
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For class information or other inquiries contact the instructor via email(firstname.lastname@example.com).
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The Internet allows students to take a course at home using a personal computer. Depending on the online course, students may be required to log in at a specific day and time or at anytime. Students taking an online course should always contact their instructor after registration or prior to the first day of class to get detailed information regarding the course.
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