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Capturing the Sounds of Lincoln
Greg Smith knows what the church pew Abraham Lincoln sat in sounds like.
"It still creaks, you know," he said, demonstrating in his chair how moving around in a pew could produce a sound.
Smith also knows what the bells of that church, St. John's Episcopal Church, sound like, as well as one of Lincoln's pocket watches, and the mantel clock that was in President Lincoln's office in the White House.
As the assistant sound designer for Steven Spielberg's new film, Lincoln, which opened November 9, Smith, an AU audio technology professor, immersed himself in what present-day sounds are left from the mid-1800s. But listening is nothing new for Smith.
"Listening runs through everything I do," he said regarding the many projects he is currently working on.
A veteran of the film industry, Smith was on the production staff at Lucasfilm Ltd. for five years, and worked on films such as Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Jurassic Park, and the Star Wars series. He has also recorded audio for several IMAX films, including Blue Planet and The Dream is Alive, and two National Geographic films: Secrets of the Wild Pandas and Inside the White House.
Smith said he recorded about 50 sound effects for Lincoln, one of his favorites being the pocket watch that Lincoln carried. At the Kentucky Historical Society in Frankfort, Kentucky, where the watch is located, Smith built a special box to put it in so he could record its ticking.
With Lincoln out in theatres, Smith turns his focus to his plethora of projects, one being a Christmas charity project—a CD of Christmas music performed by Washington, D.C., bands that local charities can sell in 2013 to raise money.
"It's going to be something like We are the World with D.C. bands," he said.
About 10 different bands will cover holiday songs in different styles from opera, to punk, to reggae. Smith said he plans to bring different AU departments together to work on the project. He is working with the Washington College of Law to do the contracts, and said film students might do a documentary on the CD's production.
"I like working cross-departments," he said. "This will benefit everyone—the students, staff, and community."
Opportunities like working on the Christmas charity CD are something Smith said he feels he has a responsibility to make available to students.
"We owe them more than sticking them in classes," he said. "They need real-world experience."
One way in which Smith is translating that experience to his audio technology students is by setting up the first dedicated internship for AU sound engineering students at NPR. Smith said the program has been a success so far, and is currently accepting applications for the spring semester. He is working on a similar program with Omega Studios in Rockville for the spring semester.
"Internships are huge for the audio technology department," Smith said. "They're invaluable because students are going to have a better chance at leaving AU and walking into a job."
Smith knows what it feels like to be a student at AU. He received his master's degree in film and video and master of fine arts degree in film and electronic media from AU, both in 2010. Smith was working on his degrees at the same time that he was an adjunct in the School of Communication, which he said was an odd experience.
"Sometimes I was being taught by my colleagues," he said. "I felt I had to work extra hard if I knew the teacher."
Smith said the experience helped him become a better teacher because he understands where the students are coming from and the pressures they have.
"I hadn't taken a test in 30 years," he said. "After my first test in my master's class, I called my son, who is in high school. I told him, 'I got the test and immediately my mind went blank.' And my son laughed and said, 'Yeah.' Then I said to him, 'I calmed myself, took the test, turned it in and had no idea how I did.' He laughed and agreed again."
Now that he has his degrees, Smith said he is working on finishing another project that has been four years in the making—his seventh album, So It Was. As a musician and composer, Smith has his own production company, Pros from Dover Productions.
"If I could do one thing all day, it would be sitting in a studio and recording music," Smith said.
This love for sounds and listening came from a very big family where everyone shouted for attention, Smith said.
"I learned early on that you learn more from listening than talking," he said, laughing. "Sounds happen around us all the time. How can you not make a career out of that? It's free. It's listening."
Smith will be giving a lecture on how and where he recorded sound effects for Lincoln in the Weschler Theater on November 29 at 2:30 p.m.


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"We've got to be very clear about this. We don't want our players hanging around with murderers," said Larry Bird, Pacers president.
Sick man!!! And probably Roy and Ian, but I love anyone who plays for the pacers
"What you do is so loud, I can't hear what you say" -Andrew LuckJunior at the University of Louisville
"If you turn the other cheek, I'm gonna hit you in the other cheek, too" -Charles Barkley
"Ego is edging greatness out" -Rick Pitino
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1000th post - 4/16/12 2000th post - 6/24/12 3000th post - 3/8/13
Favorite current Pacers:
Paul George
George Hill
Roy Hibbert
1. Paul George
2. Lance Stephenson
You are awesome! Thank you so much!
You are too cool.
1. Danny
2. Roy
DG for 3
1. David West
Granger and PG for me
Danny Granger and Paul George are my two favorites this year, I love the fire they play with.
Thanks for doing this man.
Mine is Paul and David. Love Paul's potential and really feel like he has a shot to be a super star and love David's intensity and post moves/jumpers.
Thanks , another awesome, generous gesture from you ....!!!!
Besides the obvious being,Paul George..
Roy Hibbert, Lance Stephenson
"They want to be famous. We want to be champions. They want to be rappers and backup dancers. We want to play football." - T.J. Ward, Denver Broncos
Thanks for doing this again. Favorites, Lance and PG. They still don't hold a candle to the Tabak/Sundov combo tho.
Lurvs me some Paul George and Roy Hibbert.
Built not bought!
Hill and Granger
Thanks for doing this. My two favorites are Roy and PG.
1. David West
2. Danny Granger
Paul George and David West.
Awesome contest
Absolutely love the prize!
A time of giving!
Garbage players get 1st round picks, (WTF)! All of the NBA must hate the Pacers! LOL
Paul George and Lance Stephenson.
Oldness comes with a smile
To every love given child
Oldness comes to rile
The youth who dream suicide
Thank you for the opportunity!
Favorites are Hibbert and PG
nice christian fellow USI bro here!
I just put all of the names into my Pacers snapback and the winner is rock747! Congrats! I'll be sending you a PM for your address in a couple of minutes. Thank you to everybody that participated!! I'll try to do another one of these yet again sometime soon!
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Paul George
Lance Stephenson
Seriously though, I like every Pacer save DJ & Hans (I think Plumlee will be an ok player and I don't dislike him, I just hate the fact the Pacers passed on more upside players for him).
First time in a long time, I've been happy with the team that was constructed, and now they struggle. I blame the coach.
i think people who have won on these contests before should be excluded to give others the chance..
other than that, thanks Christian , your a gentleman and a scholar (as the old timers would say...lol)
"They want to be famous. We want to be champions. They want to be rappers and backup dancers. We want to play football." - T.J. Ward, Denver Broncos


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My site was 1 year old yesterday - Fightscorecollector
Hi boxing fans, just a quick message to say thanks for supplying so many fight scores over the year for my site
Thanks also to Jake Donovan for letting me post my scores and articles on boxingscene but also to the other BS witers who supply their scores on twitter.
This year ive covered 40 fights and a few bills here in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. Ive had numerous shoutouts by boxing radio shows/podcasts and have made appearances on some of them because of the site and the controversial fights.
I covered my 1st world title fight from ringside when Ricky Burns beat Kevin Mitchell in 4 and im hoping to get to many more in 2013 even travelling down to England for some of the bigger shows as when i cover a live event i will always try and cover every fight on the bill giving the undercard full exposure on the sites i post to.
Ive written a few articles which showcase the press and fan scores collected some of which have been requested by prominant boxing writers such as Thomas Hauser. I hope again to add more of these in 2013 but im also looking for other suggestions from the fans on how i can improve my site and collecting scores from the press and fans.
Currently i collect scores from 13 boxing Forums/Sites and im lucky that so many boxing scribes take time to answer me back on twitter supplying their scores.
This weekend will see Donaire vs Acre fight. It will be the 41st fight i will cover this year. Its been a busy year doing this site with all the extra family and work stuff i need to do, stuff like getting married (yes i know im mad) and trying to fit in these fights into my daily plans with 2 young children and a 48hr working week. I love doing it though and hopefully my site can improve next year.
Thanks again fans of Boxingscene, Really do like the site just like all i post on, please please keep posting your scores as i will always put them on the site.
Cheers and i hope everybody has a great xmas and a happy new year.
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And you still don't want to admit that you were wrong lol
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And you still don't want to admit that you were wrong lol
@WhatTheFFacts: Studies show that sarcasm enhances the ability of the human mind to solve complex problems!
The fact is no one cares who was right. We all want to be read, and when we push to be read and approved it comes across as pretentious. So you will never get approval for that. But I get it. You don't want approval. It is your thing. And getting people pissed about it tickles your fancy.
Not everybody on the board makes such a huge deal about being right or wrong that they have to tell everybody every time they are right or wrong.
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Time for a new sig.
I'm patting myself on the back because I like to see that the 2 guys I wanted are doing great and are doing more than what I expected, I'm also patting myself on the back because it feels good to show those that gave me s*** at the time that I was right and they were wrong that's all, if some people don't like it so be it.
@WhatTheFFacts: Studies show that sarcasm enhances the ability of the human mind to solve complex problems!
I am willing to bet that in the year 2013 after it became apparent we could get Watson and Scola, no one was against getting them.
Oh now is 2013, that goal post is not even on the field anymore then.
@WhatTheFFacts: Studies show that sarcasm enhances the ability of the human mind to solve complex problems!
I was wrong when I said Paul's ceiling was a rich mans Andre Iguodala....I admit it. I'm sorry
Every night.
@WhatTheFFacts: Studies show that sarcasm enhances the ability of the human mind to solve complex problems!
Just because you're offended, doesn't mean you're right. ― Ricky Gervais.
I always thought Paul's ceiling was at best a lesser version of Scottie Pippen. I saw him as developing into a player that could impact all aspects of the game, but would never be able to dominate at any of them. Not even once did I imagine him becoming the type of deadeye shooter it seems he is becoming, but boy am I glad I was wrong.
Also, if we are really going sidetrack yet another thread to discuss vnzla81 and his trolling (although I don't understand why people keep giving him the light of day), perhaps the amount of people that have blocked him should be taken into account. I'd imagine the number would be close to at least 50 by now, which kind of shows what the general opinion of him is.
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Okay I don't care who you are or what side you fall on, that's funny right there.
funny or not he has 30 days vacation for now, enough destructive crap
So Long And Thanks For All The Fish.
If you've done 6 impossible things today?
Then why not have Breakfast at Milliways!
Once Hill and Granger are back we most likely won't have to worry about that.
Meanwhile there were people that argued our FO had to go down the checklist of things they needed to get done and couldn't have planned for Scola so it was just bad timing....
I don't have any links but I clearly remember those points being made.
Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.
"A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, thats teamwork."
-John Wooden
I hope that is sarcasm.
So when Frank says it, do you think he's being sarcastic? When Lance says it, do you think he's being sarcastic? When Larry Bird says it, do you think he's being sarcastic?
I don't know why it's so hard for people to take it seriously, when those three have all said the exact same things. Or am I just dumb for thinking that they know what they'd be talking about?
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Just because you're offended, doesn't mean you're right. ― Ricky Gervais.
I'll say it now, I'll be extremely unhappy if OJ is traded, b/c Walsh signed Mahinmi to a guaranteed 4 year contract and had to sign Copeland this off season. I NEVER wanted Copeland and stated so. I was against the fully guaranteed contracts of Mahinmi and Green from day one.
If a package of players have to go in order to sign Lance, then let it be Mahinmi and Copeland.
The talent was obviously there, but like with so many players; I figured he would fall just short of reaching his awesome awesome potential. That's just a testimony to his work ethic and hunger to improve.
One thing is for certain, he has played at an extraordinarily high level thus far this year. It's been great to see


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Leading the Nation's Oldest Music Festival
Music Worcester has a new executive director. The small, yet powerful organization, founded in 1858, runs the nation's oldest music festival, the annual Worcester Music Festival in Worcester, Massachusetts. And in August, it hired AU arts management alum Adrien Finlay, MA '07, as its new executive director.
Finlay grew up playing the piano and clarinet in Rhode Island, and continued to build his passion for music through high school. He attended Harvard University, where he studied music and French, and followed up with AU's Arts Management Program. In a recent interview, Finlay discussed his career and time at American University.
What were you doing before starting at Music Worcester?
From 2007 to July 2012, I was employed by the Alexandria Symphony Orchestra. Starting as general manager and then being promoted to executive director, I was fortunate to have led fundraising, operations, and marketing for this regional orchestra. Much of my time was spent focusing on revenue—earned (ticket sales) and unearned (contributions and grants)—while working with a dedicated volunteer board of community leaders from Northern Virginia. The symphony employs top freelance musicians from the greater D.C.-Baltimore region. And I witnessed extraordinary music-making each season.
What brought about the move to your current position at Music Worcester?
Several things. Five-plus years is a good stint at any nonprofit, especially in a leadership position where you worry constantly about the bottom-line and budgeting. Additionally, there is an inevitable pressure to remain constantly relevant and rise above the daily grind of running a small office like the one the symphony had—both of which are very hard to maintain year-after-year. I feel very proud about several accomplishments at the Alexandria Symphony, particularly those concerning the roster of guest artists we were able to secure, an overall trend of increased ticket sales, and two matching campaigns that significantly augmented contributed revenue. The desire for new opportunities and different challenges had been on my mind since early 2012 and I began looking at open positions.
I pursued the opportunity to apply to Music Worcester for a mix of reasons as well. While the organization has its foundation in classical music, it brings talent in from around the world on both the classical and non-classical side. It also has an amazing history going back to 1857 and a number of utterly fantastic venues in which to present events. These reasons, coupled with the reality of a very caring and active board, made me jump at the chance to join Music Worcester over the summer. The opportunities in Worcester are incredible, and I am very pleased to have secured one of the most well-known orchestras in the world to open Music Worcester's 2012–2013 season, the first season I will have programmed (the group will be announced in early 2013).
The arts are a tough field. So why did you choose a career in the music field?
I simply cannot be without music. While I remain an amateur musician myself and play piano for my own enjoyment, I picked this career path to be as close as possible to something I love. During my undergraduate years I came to the realization that my skill sets and interests intersected in arts administration—producing, marketing, and generating interest in musical events while supporting artists at the same time.
How has your education from the AU Arts Management Program helped in your career?
My time at AU—classes, research, employment, mentoring from professors—has proved invaluable. Both Brett Crawford and Robert Goler imparted advice, wisdom, lessons from personal experience, and humor into their classes. I am a stronger manager and arts leader because of my time at AU. I spent my electives continuing piano studies with Yuliya Gorenman, who is an amazing pianist and pedagogue.
Why did you decide to attend the AU Arts Management Program to begin with?
Back in 2004–2005 I was teaching English in a French high school for a year and was figuring out the next steps in my life and work. I knew of course that I wanted, and needed, an opportunity in the arts. I looked into and eventually applied to several arts management programs. One of the major selling points of the AU program was flexibility—classes in the other schools of AU were easily integrated into coursework and I took advantage of that with several Kogod classes. The second selling point was the chance to work directly with the orchestra at AU and Music Director Manny Berard while I was in the Arts Management Program.
For more information on Music Worcester, visit the organization's website. And for more on Adrien Finlay's transition at Music Worcester, read the Worcester Telegram & Gazette's article on the leadership transition.


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SAN DIEGO -- Now that we're in the new year, the nation's 52 million Latinos need to make a resolution -- to never again trust President Obama when it comes to immigration. ?
For one thing, Obama hasn't earned that trust. Judging from his legislative record in the Illinois state Senate and the U.S. Senate, he never cared about immigrants or immigration. He only values it as a wedge issue to use against Republicans, and to make himself appear compassionate by comparison.
If you look back at his comments during the 2008 Democratic primaries, what Obama seemed most concerned about was not the plight of illegal immigrants but rather that employers might use illegal labor to pay U.S. workers lower wages. There is this narrative in the Democratic Party suggesting that African-American and blue-collar workers are hurt by competition from immigrants. Obama's policies spring from there.
Of course, it doesn't help make the president any more accountable on immigration that the Republicans are so bad on the issue that just about anything he does seems the lesser of evils. Nor does it help that no matter what he does, he still reaps a bounty of Latino support as he did when he won an astounding 71 percent of the Hispanic vote in his re-election.
When it comes to Obama and immigration, Latinos have been bamboozled too many times. And the games that are played show such a profound level of dishonesty and disrespect that it borders on contempt. Even Obama's pledge to pursue immigration reform in the next few months has to be taken with a grain of salt.
Just look at what has happened with deportations. That illegal immigrants who shouldn't be here are being forced to leave is not a bad thing. What is a bad thing is how the administration goes about doing it, and the fact that much of what it does is driven by politics.
In the 2012 fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, an unprecedented 409,849 people were deported.
This was an increase from the previous year and happened despite much-ballyhooed policy changes that were supposedly going to reduce the removals of undocumented people who were otherwise hardworking and law-abiding. The administration is once again attempting to insist that many of those who were removed were guilty of felonies without telling us that, for instance, under current federal law, someone who is deported and simply re-enters the country has committed a felony. ?
Here, Obama spent much of last year campaigning for Latino votes by accusing Republicans of demonizing illegal immigrants as "takers" and promising to find a way for more of them to remain in the United States. He even portrayed as cruel Mitt Romney's solution, which was to dry up jobs so illegal immigrants would "self-deport."
All the while, Obama's underlings at the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement were demonizing illegal immigrants as criminals and removing record numbers of them. The administration doesn't practice self-deportation and let illegal immigrants decide their fate; rather, it aggressively rounds them up and deports them, dividing families and sending thousands of U.S.-born children of undocumented parents into foster care. ?
According to media reports, many Latinos are upset over the new deportation figures.
Really? What did they expect? Much of this is their fault. They should never have been so gullible and put so much stock in the assumption that a Democratic president "has their back" on immigration. They ignored the first rule of dealing with politicians in either party -- forget what they say and watch what they do.
And when it comes to immigration, Obama does a lot of harm and hurts a lot of people. Time and again, the issue has been manipulated. The truth has been mangled. Immigrants have been offered false hope. And Latino voters have been misled.
On this issue, Obama comes across as cynical beyond belief. He's the bad guy who likes to pretend that he's the good guy. He does what he feels he needs to do for his own short-term benefit, and then tries to cover his tracks by misrepresenting the facts and taking advantage of how easy it is to fool people who support him and would rather believe anything he says than admit they made a mistake.
It's a first-rate con job. And it will likely continue -- because the con man has gotten away with it. ?
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The Sinking and the Sunk
For all of their accomplishments, the Yankees don't generally fare well with spending efficiency. Using Marginal Dollars per Marginal Win—Doug Pappas' yardstick to measure the bang for a buck a club gets out of its payroll—we find the Yanks spent $4.28 million per win in 2012, ranking 23rd among the 30 clubs in spending efficiency. That actually was an improvement from their rank of 25th in 2011 ($4.02 million per win) and 28th in 2010 ($4.23).
This is not so much an indictment of the Yankees' front office—they've won an average of 95 games per year since 2010—as it is an inevitable result of the highest payroll in the game, mixed with slight regressions in production or injuries to a key high-paid player or two.
In fact, if you thumb through your new copy of Baseball Prospectus 2013 and line up the Marginal Dollars per Marginal Win figures contained in each team Prospectus Box, you find that no team with a payroll of $100 million or more ranked in the top 10 in spending efficiently last season. The most efficient of the $100 million clubs, the White Sox, ranked 12th, spending $2.31 million per win. Leading the field were two clubs light on high-priced free-agent talent: the Athletics, who paid a mere $890,000 per win, followed closely by the Rays, at $1.21 million.
The Yankees don't figure to make a leap forward in the efficiency rankings this season, either, if PECOTA projections and payroll figures for 2013 are any guide. The explanation lies with one of the significant drags on salaries last year: Alex Rodriguez.
A-Rod posted a WARP mark of 1.2 in 2012 while earning $30 million, sparking a severe spike to the price the Yankees paid for each marginal win. At 37, he is recovering from a second hip surgery, and the Yankees still owe him $114 million through 2017—more than they did when they acquired him in 2004. PECOTA forecasts a 2013 WARP of 1.1 for Rodriguez, who will earn $29 million this season. If he is not a sunk cost already, he's sinking fast.
The Yankees also are one of the few clubs with significant dead money on the books already for 2013. They're on the hook for $8.5 million of A.J. Burnett's salary this season, placing them among nine clubs—shown in the chart below—paying at least $1 million or more for players to work elsewhere this season.
But the inefficient spending surely won't end there. A number of high-priced players carry the looming threat of sunk-cost potential for 2013. Here are the 20 players most likely to be financial landmines to their clubs this season. Each carries a combustible mix of a low WARP projection and an eight-figure salary. The list is limited to players making at least $10 million with a projected WARP above zero. (Jeff Francoeur and Jason Marquis, you're off the hook!)
Barry Zito, Giants
The Next Ten
Jeff Euston is an author of Baseball Prospectus. Follow @JeffEuston
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How did you miss Ryan Howard? Projected 2.2 WARP (which seems generous, WAR projections range from 0.9 to 1.5) and $20 million in pay this season which escalates to $25 million from '14-'16 and THEN includes a $10 mil buyout or $23 million option for '17.
Mar 06, 2013 04:03 AM
Put me in the camp that the Buehrle projection looks pessimistic and in need of context.
Mar 06, 2013 08:32 AM
jeter doesn,t play shortstop, he just occupies the position.
Mar 06, 2013 09:30 AM
Please, dear God--let the 2015-2020 versions of this list not contain any Angels...
Mar 06, 2013 17:11 PM
Aren't the Mets still paying Bobby Bonilla too?
Mar 07, 2013 07:15 AM
Jeff Euston
BP staff
Yes. I limited the dead money here to guaranteed salaries for the 2013 season.
Mar 07, 2013 12:51 PM
Isn't there a huge difference between paying someone whose poor production makes him an albatross, such as Vernn Wells and Barry Zito, and paying someone who was iinjured on the job giving everything he had for the team?
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Wow! October is going to be a busy month. Youth deer firearm season starts this weekend from Saturday through Monday. Participants need to have a valid youth deer permit and must be under age 16. They must have completed a hunters' safety class and have a current hunting license. They must be accompanied by a licensed parent or guardian.
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Youth waterfowl season will be Oct. 12 and 13. Again, they must be 15 and under with proper licenses. They must be accompanied by a licensed adult with a FOID card. The adult cannot hunt.
• Another popular event is the inland trout season at the Hennepin Canal Parkway starting Oct. 19. It begins at 6 a.m. on Saturday. Remember to have proper licenses and a trout stamp. They are not sold at the canal. Legal limit is five trout.
• The Bureau County Pheasants Forever will be holding its annual fall youth hunt on Oct. 26 at Hickory Grove Hunt Club at rural Wyanet. The Bureau County Pheasants Forever Ringnecks need to sign up right away as there are a limited number of hunters. Ages of 12 up to 18 can call Eric Paull (815-646-4844) to sign up and get more info. If the hunt is not full by Oct. 18, it will be opened to the public until Oct. 23 to fill the remaining spots. This will be a live pheasant hunt with sporting dogs.
• Archery deer hunting began last week. Several fine animals have been harvested but I haven't been told of any trophies. I'll try to get some for my next article.
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i was thinking of making a FPS with irrlicht using bullet for physics blender and wings for 3d and gimp for 2d and microsoft visual C++ for code
how would i start this first project of mine please just give me the basics move and shoot ill try to figure the rest out
Start by reading Bjarne Stroustrup's "C++". It'll give you an outline of the OOP philosophy, although it doesn't contain any clear directions on how to write games.
Implementing 1-st person controls in Irrlicht is as easy as using Irrlicht's first-person camera. Shooting can be resolved by raycasting. It's up to you to figure out the rest. Good luck!
Agreed, almost all engines at least have some basic FPS framework (be a little useless if they didn't ), so the camera should not be an issue at all. As said above, raycasting is probably the best way to go.
A more specific approch to this, perhaps saving you hours on google is...
In DirectX, you can use D3DXIntersect(), or an equivelant that Irrlicht has. That will give you the info on whether you hit the entire mesh or not. If you want more specific impacts (head, torso, leg, ect.), then you can use D3DXIntersectSubset(), making each different part of the body a different subset.. which is kind of what you should do anyway.
If this all can't be done in directX, I'm sure Irrlicht has some kind of identical or similar function. I'm not entirley sure if the source code can be moddified for that, but again, I would think that engine needs heavy modification before it can start most any quality project, so no source code would be a dumb move.
ok this was kinda helpful ill look some more
The collision tutorial in Irrlicht is a very good starting point. The ray collision isn't fancy on the characters, but it would serve well enough. However, if you're using bullet, it probably has some sort of ray collision so you should use that. It would be best to tie in the physics engine first thing and then work from there, using the collison and forces of the physics engine to manipulate game objects. You sound inexperienced so I would recommend dropping the idea of making a first person shooter and create a simple world and move things around using the bullet engine. A 3d pong game would be a good start. Otherwise, you could drop the physics engine and it wouldn't be too hard to write a 1st person shooter using Irrlicht's collision tutorial. It's still not really a good starting point unless you use something like fpscreator or something where you're basically building a mod.
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Miley falls victim to Kershaw's brilliance
D-backs lefty is solid, but Dodgers ace finds vintage form
PHOENIX -- The last time Clayton Kershaw took the mound at Chase Field, the D-backs torched him for seven runs in 1 2/3 innings.
Early in the game Wednesday night, it looked like they might get to the Dodgers' ace again, but despite multiple opportunities, the D-backs dropped the second contest of a short two-game series with the National League West leaders, 3-1.
"He's got great stuff. Don't cut him short. But you hope you make better use of your opportunities," manager Kirk Gibson said. "It's frustrating."
The D-backs had more chances to score against Kershaw than many teams can boast. In the 18 starts since Kershaw imploded against the D-backs on May 17, he has pitched to a 1.29 ERA.
But the D-backs could have easily raised that.
They loaded the bases with one out in the third inning -- the first time Kershaw has pitched with the bases loaded this season -- but couldn't bring in a run.
The next inning, the D-backs put up their only run of the game. Alfredo Marte led off the frame with a double and scored on an error when left fielder Scott Van Slyke struggled to get Jordan Pacheco's single back to the infield after he injured his right ankle gathering a misplay by center fielder Yasiel Puig. Pacheco was standing on second with no outs, but he was stranded.
Arizona's last real chance at getting to Kershaw (16-3) came in the fifth when Ender Inciarte led off with a triple. But the ace lefty got two strikeouts and a popout to end the inning and retired 12 of the next 13 batters he faced. He finished the game with 10 strikeouts in eight innings while allowing only the one unearned run.
"Reality is he's a pretty tough dude to do too much against," said Mark Trumbo, who went 0-for-2 with runners in scoring position against Kershaw. "But a big hit at some point would have been real nice."
Said Kershaw: "It was a bad start, really. There were guys on base the whole night; I had to work out of jams. Fortunately, I got through eight innings."
The D-backs finished the game 2-for-11 with runners in scoring position. Although they had more opportunities to bring in runs than the Dodgers, Los Angeles capitalized on their chances.
All three Dodgers runs came in one poor inning from D-backs starter Wade Miley (7-10), who went six innings despite struggling with command on Wednesday, which kept him from matching up with Kershaw.
"Everybody knows he's one of the best to play the game in a long time," Miley said. "So tip your hat to him. He threw the ball great tonight."
Miley allowed two runners to get on to start the third inning, and both scored on a double by Matt Kemp, who attempted to turn the double into a triple and got thrown out in the process.
The baserunning mistake cost the Dodgers a run, as Van Slyke, who is 8-for-18 with five career home runs off Miley, homered two batters later.
"It was actually a pretty good pitch," Miley said. "I went and looked at it and kind of did what I wanted to do. Really didn't even want to get a swing there, wanted to go in-off [off the plate inside], and I did."
But the lost run proved unnecessary, as Kershaw cruised through the rest of the game, and Kenley Jansen came in for his 100th career save, keeping the Dodgers five games ahead of the Giants for the division lead.
"It stinks. You want to get the job done, especially against a good ballclub like this," Trumbo said. "But you got to take your medicine sometimes."
Adam Lichtenstein is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


text: This news item expired on 4/11/2013, so the information below could be outdated or incorrect. Literacy Council Spelling Bee on April 11 On April 11, Pack Memorial Library will send a team of superstar librarians to compete in the Literacy Council of Buncombe County's annual Spelling Bee. The Spelling Bee is a rollicking good time, an exciting and memorable evening of word fun, entertainment and fundraising. The theme of this year's bee is "Bring it to the Bee." With this spirit club theme, spectators will enjoy performances by local cheerleaders and baton twirlers with an intermission show from the Warren Wilson Step Club. Free refreshments are provided as well as random prizes for those who embrace the spirit of the Bee and show up in costume. Host David Ostergaard of LaZoom will ensure that it is the most talked about fundraiser of the season. The Bee takes place in Ferguson Auditorium on the AB Tech Campus, beginning at 6:30pm on Thursday, April 11. Tickets are $5 at the door, so grab your pom-poms and be there. You won't want to miss this! With your help, our librarians are going to spell their hearts out. The Pack Memorial Library team, generously sponsored by the Friends of the Buncombe County Public Library will be spelling these words, so that you don't have to. Please, come cheer them on or make a donation to support the Library's team. Donations to the team will be used purchase "cheats." Spellers will be able to ask for hints or even purchase a new word in a pinch during the Spelling Bee with the funds they raise. Please see both the literacy council website and our team fundraising page to make a donation or for more information. All proceeds from this event go directly to support the Literacy Council. Thank you for helping the Buncombe County Public Libraries Bring it to the Bee!


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OAKLEY — A 19-year-old Oakley man has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting Sunday morning of a 23-year-old Antioch man, police said Monday.
Michael Arthur-Sanchez Martin of Oakley was arrested and booked into County Jail in Martinez on suspicion of murder, conspiracy, shooting into an inhabited dwelling and participating in a criminal street gang, according to an Oakley police news release.
Martin, also charged with a probation violation, is being held without bail.
At 11:42 a.m. Sunday, a man later identified as Jesse Hernandez of Antioch was found by police with a gunshot wound on the sidewalk in front of a residence on the 500 block of Norcross Lane. Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene.
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What is animal enrichment and why is it important?
Animal enrichments are activities that help to enhance the care that keepers provide throughout the year by creating a more stimulating environment for the animals and eliciting some of their natural behaviors such as exploration, foraging, locomotion, social interaction, manipulating objects or simply playing.
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Congressman Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) and Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), along with a bipartisan group of 34 senators and representatives, today penned a letter to the leadership of the Senate and House Armed Services committees requesting the inclusion of an amendment to help prevent tragic cases of suicide among members of the military in the Fiscal Year 2013 National Defense Authorization Bill (NDAA).
Rep. Johnson's language as passed by the House of Representatives would allow military commanding officers and health professionals to talk to service members about the firearms they own personally and encourage them to safely store those weapons in a military facility or with the use of a gunlock.
Johnson and Kerry urged their colleagues in conference committee to adopt the suicide prevention language in the final bill.
"This is not an attempt to limit gun rights or an individual's ability to own a firearm," said Rep. Johnson. "Prohibiting commanders and mental health professionals from helping soldiers defies common sense and dangerously interferes with our obligation to ensure the health, welfare, morale and well-being of the troops. Military suicide is a complex problem that demands a range of actions to address it. This common sense provision adds another tool to help prevent tragic deaths."
"We've come a long way since Vietnam in looking for and treating the invisible wounds left by months and years of combat, but we need to be even more vigilant about the signs that some in uniform are facing great difficulty. As of June, suicides were up 18% over the same period the year before -- that's a frightening figure but more importantly it needs to be a wakeup call," said Sen. Kerry. "Often it's the commanding officers who are in the best position to make a difference and to help save lives. We owe it to our brave men and women in uniform to do all we can to help them make safe and responsible decisions when they are struggling."
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The Honorable Carl Levin The Honorable Buck McKeon
Chairman Chairman
Senate Armed Services Committee House Armed Services Committee
The Honorable John McCain The Honorable Adam Smith
Ranking Member Ranking Member
Senate Armed Services Committee House Armed Services Committee
Dear Chairman Levin, Chairman McKeon, Ranking Member McCain, and Ranking Member Smith,
We write today to ask you to address the issue of military suicides as you work in conference to finish the Fiscal Year 2013 National Defense Authorization Bill (NDAA). We are all aware of the pressures and stress our men and women in uniform have to undergo due to their incredible sacrifice for our country. Tragically this can sometimes lead to depression, and increasingly, suicide. Military commanders, our service men and women, and their families should be provided every resource and tool to try and prevent those in harm's way from taking their own lives. That is why we are asking you to include the House passed Section 1071 or any other language that the Conferees deems appropriate to deal with this issue.
As you know, the Fiscal Year 2011 NDAA (P.L. 111-383) states that the Defense Department, "Shall not prohibit, issue any requirement relating to, or collect or record any information relating to the otherwise lawful acquisition, possession, ownership, carrying, or other use of a privately owned firearm, privately owned ammunition, or another privately owned weapon by a member of the Armed Forces or civilian employee of the Department of Defense on property." The law included exceptions to this prohibition but it has also created confusion within the Department as to whether military commanders and mental health professionals can discuss privately owned weapons with service members who appear to be a threat to themselves or others. We know the intention of this language was not to limit suicide prevention; unfortunately recent studies and testimony from military commanders say that this confusion could do just that. In response, the Department issued a clarifying memo but uncertainty remains. A statutory clarification would alleviate any ambiguity.
Suicide rates in the Armed Forces have reached a frightening level, increasing a dramatic 18 percent as of early June 2012 from the same period in 2011. In fact, nearly one service member a day has committed suicide in 2012, surpassing the number of troops we lose in battle. Moreover, nearly three quarters of the military suicides that occurred between 2008 and 2010 were committed with a personal firearm.
Amending this language would simply reaffirm and clarify the ability of military commanders and those tasked with protecting our service members, who identify someone that may be at risk, to discuss personally-owned weapons and perhaps suggest the safe storage of this weapon in a military facility or even the use of a gunlock. This sensible approach does not attempt to limit an individual's 2nd amendment rights.
So often these suicides are unplanned, so delaying the act, even by a short time can mean the difference between life and death. General Peter Chiarelli, former Army Vice Chief of Staff has stated, "If you can separate the individual from the weapon, you can lower the incidences of suicide And when you have somebody that you in fact feel is high risk, I don't believe it's unreasonable to tell that individual that it would not be a good idea to have a weapon around the house."
The bonds of service are important, especially when an individual is feeling isolated, angry or depressed. That is why it is critical that military commanders have the ability to talk to those at risk about their personal firearms. They are the front line, so to speak, in preventing these terrible tragedies.
We have included a letter from former top military commanders in support of fixing this language and protecting our soldiers and their families. We respectfully request that the conference committee consider the inclusion of Section 1071 from the House NDAA or other appropriate language to help solidify the Defense Department's ability to prevent these tragedies. We so often hear that we must listen to military commanders "on the ground" and that those in command know what's best for our troops. So let's listen to what they are saying and protect our men and women in uniform from the deadly threat of suicide. We appreciate your consideration of this request.
John F. Kerry
Hank Johnson


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Stress fracture found in Yao Ming's left ankle | NBA Basketball | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
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Dec. 16, 2010, 6:46PM
Rockets center Yao Mings career, begun with spectacular hope and promise, could be facing its greatest threat.
An MRI performed Thursday found a stress fracture in Yaos left ankle five months after he said he might have to retire if he cannot stay healthy.
Yao, however, held out hope that he can come back from his latest set back.
"Right now, he told ESPN.com, I still hope I can come back and play.
The injury is in a different part of the ankle, the medial malleolus, which is on the inside of the ankle, than the previous injuries to the tarsal navicular bone at the top of the ankle that required massive reconstructive surgery in July 2009. But the injuries are not considered unrelated.
No one has worked harder than Yao Ming, Rockets owner Leslie Alexander said in an e-mail. He has been an All-Star player, even better person, and a global ambassador for the Rockets and the NBA. I know he will continue to persevere through this very difficult setback. Our entire organization, and Rockets fans all over the world, are behind him 100 percent.
Previous tests since Yaos Nov. 10 sprained ankle and bone bruise did not show the injury, which could have developed during his rehabilitation from the ankle sprain and bone bruise. The MRI was another stunning turn, coming with Yao optimistic he would be cleared to resume his comeback.
Yao, the first pick of the 2002 NBA Draft, a seven-time All-Star and the beloved face of Chinas athletics hopes, has missed all or parts of six-consecutive seasons with bone injuries.
"If the foot injury does not heal next season, Yao said in an interview with Chinese state media in July, I might choose to call it quits.
Yao, 30, emphasized a month after his comment in China that he was actually speaking about the development of the Chinese national team without him, but he reiterated that if he could not play without being hurt he might have to choose not to play.
I also told them, the worst case, Im just saying the worst case, the worst case, is that I dont go through the season and have to retire after the season, Yao said.
It is too soon to know if this will be a worst case. The latest stress fracture would normally not be career threatening, but it is similar to the injury problems of forward Grant Hill, which also began as a sprain and required four surgeries before he finally found a solution. Hill had reconstructive surgery, an option that would be further complicated by Yaos previous surgeries.
Others have come back with far fewer complications, including Mavericks All-Star Jason Kidd and Rockets rookie Patrick Patterson, who had the injury and surgery as a sophomore at Kentucky in 2008.
The Rockets said there is no timetable for Yaos return. If surgery is not required, a stress fracture often requires roughly two months before an on-court rehab can begin. Because Yao has already missed five weeks, the rehab would be even more gradual than usual.
As with the previous stress fracture, Thursdays test results came amid relative optimism. Yao had said Monday that he considered himself ready to rejoin practices and play in games, though he agreed that the muscles around the ankle were weakened by the inactivity following the injury.
When the previous stress fracture was discovered between Games 3 and 4 of the 2009 Western Conference semifinals, he had been hoping to play the next day. Weeks later, another MRI was thought to be needed only to clear him to begin the next stage of his rehabilitation. It instead sent him to weeks of examinations by specialists and the extensive surgery performed by former Rockets physician Tom Clanton.
"You have to say because of his size, the biomechanics of his foot, the history of what has happened and what he does playing basketball at his size, he is always at risk of something like this happening," Clanton said in 2009. "No one else in the world is doing what he is doing. There is a risk. We have to manage that.
Yao is in the final season of his contract, worth $17.686 million this season. If Yao is out for the remainder of the season, the Rockets could petition the NBA for a disabled player exception to the salary cap to replace Yao by permitting them to spend up to half his annual salary to acquire a replacement player.
For now, the Rockets thought of their center and another setback.
I was shocked, Rockets guard Aaron Brooks said. I felt so bad. He works so hard. You hate when bad things happen to good people.
I remember him saying just walking into the gym, just hearing the sound of the ball hit the floor, that he loves to hear it. It shows his passion. No one loves basketball more. No one works harder. If someone takes away the thing you like to do most and says you cant do it any more, that would be just terrible.


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4 April 2013 | IET London: Savoy Place, UK
The Ig Nobel Prizes honour achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think. The prizes are intended to celebrate the unusual, honour the imaginative — and spur people's interest in science, medicine and technology.
Every year, in a gala ceremony in Harvard's Sanders Theatre, 1200 splendidly eccentric spectators watch the winners step forward to accept their Prizes.
The Ig Nobel Tour brings that laughter to Europe, and the IET will host the show on 4 April 2013 at IET London: Savoy Place.
"Last, but not least, there are the Ig Nobel awards. These come with little cash, but much cachet, and reward those research projects that 'first make people laugh, and then make them think'" - Nature
Find out more about the event.
Several Ig Nobel winners, and other scientists who have done things just as improbably impressive, will try to explain what they did and why they did it, and will field questions.
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Improbable research collect (and sometimes conduct) improbable research, they also publish a magazine called the Annals of Improbable Research, and administer the Ig Nobel Prizes.
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Ronica V. Reddick to Join SILENCE! THE MUSICAL, 6/1
Ronica V. Reddick will join the cast of Off-Broadway's smash hit SILENCE! The Musical this Friday, June 1st, replacing Deidre Goodwin in the role of Ardelia Mapp. Winner of the 2012 Off Broadway Alliance Award for Best Musical, SILENCE! is the unauthorized parody of The Silence of the Lambs, with book by Hunter Bell, music & lyrics by Jon and Al Kaplan, and direction & choreography by Christopher Gattelli, and is currently playing to sold out crowds at The 9th Space Theatre at Performance Space 122, 150 First Avenue (at 9th St.) As previously announced, Tony Award winner Shuler Hensley will take over as Dr. Hannibal Lecter June 1 - 24.
In the Academy Award-winning film The Silence of the Lambs, rookie FBI agent Clarice Starling matches wits with the brilliant but insane cannibal, Dr. Hannibal Lecter, to catch the serial killer known only as Buffalo Bill. Clarice faces her own demons while racing the clock to unlock Lecter's clues before another innocent girl is killed and skinned by Buffalo Bill. The laugh-out-loud wicked satire, SILENCE! The Musical, features a singing chorus of floppy eared lambs narrating the action as Buffalo Bill gleefully dances a hoedown while kidnapping hapless Catherine Martin. Even Dr. Lecter, scary as ever, sings about the life he'd like to lead someday outside the prison walls.
Ronica V. Reddick appeared in The Jerusalem Syndrome and The Underwear Musical at NYMF; Dancing with Abandon and Jonestown at FringeNYC; A Christmas Carol (McCarter Theatre); Harriet Jacobs (Kansas City Rep); The Bluest Eye (Long Wharf & Hartford Stage); Double Time (Alabama Shakespeare Festival); Broke-ology, Boom, Pecan Tan (Kitchen Theatre Company); Knickerbocker Holiday (York); Tina Girlstar (NYS&F) and Pumpkin Pie Show: junta high (PS122). Her films include Sexual Dependency and Sex and the City 2.
David Garrison (Hannibal Lecter), Jenn Harris (Clarice Starling) and Stephen Bienskie (Buffalo Bill) currently head the cast of SILENCE! The Musical, which also features Callan Bergmann, Harry Bouvy, Ashlee Dupré, Annie Funke, Deidre Goodwin, Howard Kaye, Topher Nuccio, Pamela Bob and Doug Trapp. Music Supervisor is Mark Hartman, with orchestrations by Brian J. Nash.
Created by Jon and Al Kaplan in 2002, SILENCE! began as a collection of songs on the internet which immediately attracted a staggering number of fans. The Kaplans' subsequent screenplay SILENCE! The Musical was adapted by Hunter Bell into a live stage show, which also featured newly composed songs by the brothers. Fueled by a rabid cult following, SILENCE! shattered every box office record at the 2005 FringeNYC Festival, winning the award for Best Musical. SILENCE! The Musical met with further success in London where it garnered ecstatic reviews at the Above The Stag Theatre.
Bookwriter Hunter Bell co-wrote and starred in the Broadway musical [title of show] as well as Now. Here. This. at the Vineyard. Hunter is a co-creator of the web series the [title of show] show, and he recently co-created and wrote a television pilot which has been sold to ABC. Composer/lyricists Jon and Al Kaplan composed the music for two seasons of the animated series Code Monkeys and scored the Syfy Channel film Dinocroc vs. Supergator. They have also written comedy for the 2009 MTV Movie Awards and the 2011 Academy Awards. The Kaplan brothers recently launched a series of viral internet musicals led by their Arnold Schwarzenegger cycle, featuring Conan the Barbarian, Predator, Commando, and more. Director/choreographer Christopher Gattelli choreographed the hit Broadway revival of South Pacific, Newsies (Tony nomination), Godspell, Sunday in the Park With George, 13, Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, The Ritz, and Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. West End: South Pacific, Sunday in the Park With George. Off-Broadway: Altar Boyz, Bat Boy: The Musical and tick, tick… BOOM!
Set design for SILENCE! The Musical is by three-time Tony winner Scott Pask, with costume design by David Kaley, lighting design by Jeff Croiter, and sound design by Carl Casella.
The playing schedule for SILENCE! The Musical is Wednesday through Saturday evenings at 8 PM, and Sundays at 3 & 7 PM. Running time is 87 minutes with no intermission. Tickets are $25 - $79 and are available by calling 212-352-3101 or through www.SilenceTheMusical.com.


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A top Tory politician has hit out after bins in his neighbourhood went un-emptied during the festive season.
Some households on Tuesday collection routes in Keighley didn't have their waste collected for three weeks because of how Christmas Day and New Year's Day fell, said Worth Valley councillor Glen Miller.
He accused Bradford Council of not having any plan in place to deal with the missed collections.
"While this would be less than ideal at any time, the festive season is more problematic as most households have much more waste to dispose of," said Shann Park resident Coun Miller, the Council's Conservative group leader.
"I would like to apologise to those affected if the council's absence of strategic thinking on the matter made your neighbourhoods into candidates for twinning with shanty towns."
But the council refutes the allegation it had no plan in place.
It said refuse collections due on December 25 were instead made a few days earlier, on December 22. Those due on December 26 were made on December 29, and bins scheduled for emptying on January 1 were collected on Saturday.
It added households affected by the changes were notified via a tag attached to the handle of each bin left out for collection in the week running up to Christmas. Details were also posted on the council website.
Coun Andrew Thornton, executive member for environment, sport and sustainability, said: "The Christmas and New Year refuse collection is an issue which we consider carefully each year.
"Arrangements vary from year to year, depending on which day of the week the holidays fall. As the Christmas Day and New Year's Day bank holidays always fall on the same day of consecutive weeks, we go to a lot of trouble to plan and advertise any changes to collection days because we recognise the importance of this service."
He added: "This year, approximately half of the households in the district were affected by the changes and only a small number of complaints have been received."
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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- While the elections and the " fiscal cliff" negotiations in Congress have investors in a world of worry, bank stock investors can look forward to some good news as we head into the next round of Federal Reserve stress tests. The 19 largest U.S. banks are required to submit their own annual stress test results to the Federal Reserve in early January, along with their plans for returns of capital to investors for the remainder of 2013 and the first quarter of 2014. While the increase in dividend and payouts and stock buybacks may be relatively modest, the banking industry's profitability continues to grow, and the major players have been building capital for several years now. Long-suffering investors are looking for a greater cut. Deutsche Bank analyst Matt O'Connor said on Tuesday that "key assumptions and scenarios for the 2013 CCAR
Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review process are expected by Nov. 15," and said that "on the one hand, capital and liquidity levels are high, credit quality is improving and balance sheet growth is modest," all of which "suggest capital deployment levels should be up meaningfully from the roughly 35% combined dividend and buyback payout ratio for 2012." "However, we expect the Fed to be conservative given continued macro uncertainty, the sluggish job market and still tight credit (by banks)," O'Connor said, adding that because of the weak job growth and strict lending standards, "we have a difficult time thinking (from a political point of view) that capital deployment can equal/exceed annual earnings until unemployment has come down and credit standards have been loosened." As we have seen over previous years, O'Connor expects the "market sensitive banks" -- including Bank of America ( BAC), Citigroup ( C), Goldman Sachs ( GS), Morgan Stanley ( MS) and JPMorgan Chase ( JPM) -- to be limited to capital deployment ranging between 25% and 30% of earnings, with the Federal Reserve allowing super-regional banks to have combined payout ratios (including dividends and share buybacks) of "about 60% on average." As we saw with JPMorgan Chase this year, after CEO James Dimon first announced in May that the company was looking at a large second-quarter trading loss from the hedging activity of JPM's Chief Investment Office, a large buyback program -- in this case $15 billion planned through the first quarter of 2013 -- can be abruptly suspended. Even though JPMorgan still wound up with a $5 billion second-quarter profit and was even more profitable in the third quarter, the buyback program has not been restarted. JPMorgan's shares already have an attractive dividend yield of 2.84%, based on a quarterly payout of 30 cents and Monday's closing price of $42.27. O'Connor expects JPMorgan's dividend payout to increase to $5.567 billion in 2013 from $4.656 billion in 2012, with the stock's "implied yield" climbing to 3.3%. The analyst said that "we believe expectations are too high for JPM in particular," and does not expect JPMorgan to resume common share buybacks in 2013. As large-cap banks have strengthened over the past two years, regulators have generally held the line on dividend payout to roughly 30% of earnings. O'Connor said that "we expect some softening of the 30% dividend payout cap in 2012, possibly to a range of 30-40%," in which case, he expects the highest yielding bank stocks under his coverage to be Fifth Third Bancorp ( FITB) of Cincinnati, with a dividend yield of 4%, Wells Fargo ( WFC), with a yield of 3.6%, and BB&T ( BBT) of Winston-Salem, N.C., with a yield of 3.4%. The following are the three super-regional banks that O'Connor expects to have the highest combined ratio of common stock dividends and share buybacks in 2013:
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I have spent this winter closely watching both the men's basketball programs at Purdue and Butler, which led me to ask Hayes (garnering me all of a shrug): Butler is so much better than Purdue. How did that happen?
Upon researching the topic, two things became clear. First of all, Butler is not only better this year, but has been since the turn of the century.
Both programs have participated eight times in the NCAA Tournament since 2000, and the Bulldogs' two trips to the Sweet 16 match the same achievement by the Boilermakers. However, Butler's consecutive years of advancing to the national championship game (2010 and 2011) trumps any program within this state – including the one in Bloomington.
How has Butler become Indiana's most accomplished basketball program?
Well, the Hoosiers hired Kelvin Sampson, and that took a few years to clean up that mess.
But as for the Boilermakers, Butler has surpassed them due to better recruiting.
In the spring of 2011, the Purdue administration awarded Boilermaker coach Matt Painter an increase in annual salary to $2.3 million. At the time, his incentive package had the potential to place him among the top 10 most-compensated coaches in the country.
I'm not going to argue the merits of that increase. But I will say this: Butler seems to be getting far more for its money than Purdue when it comes to on and off-the-court success.
In studying the Purdue roster, there are countless examples of how not just Butler, but other Midwestern programs, have made more shrewd decisions and won more recruiting battles with Purdue, which is why the Boilermakers spent Sunday surviving an overtime win (65-62) against a team (Iowa) that hit just 31.1 percent of its shots.
Four years ago, Painter signed 6-foot-9 center Sandi Marcius, who played just four minutes against the Hawkeyes and didn't score. Compare that with Butler, who, out of the same class, signed 6-foot-11 Andrew Smith (nearly 12 points and more than five rebounds per game in 25 minutes of action), who has evolved into one of the more skilled post players in the country.
If it were a matter of losing a single recruiting battle or missing on one evaluation, that wouldn't result in much of an impact. That happens to every program, including Butler. But the same storyline has continued annually in West Lafayette.
In that same recruiting class, Purdue signed front court players Patrick Bade and Jeff Robinson. Bade now plays in Ross-Ade Stadium instead of Mackey Arena, while Robinson starts for Xavier (which has beaten Purdue each of the past two seasons).
Three years ago, Deshaun Thomas graduated from Bishop Luers High School and has since developed into a first-team All-American. At Ohio State.
That same year, Purdue signed forwards Donnie Hale (3.9 points and 3.2 rebounds per game) and Travis Carroll (2.1 points and 1.9 rebounds), while Butler signed Khyle Marshall (10.5 points and 5.2 rebounds).
Carroll is a tremendously hard-working player, but he doesn't have Marshall's game at either end of the court.
The Butler coaching staff found Marshall in Davie, Fla., and now has a versatile athlete that can defend four positions and is a human highlight reel.
That's what Purdue should be getting for $2.3 million.
Two years ago, Purdue signed forward Jacob Lawson (3.1 points and as many rebounds), who didn't play in Sunday's game.
Out of that same recruiting class, Michigan State came into this state and got Brandon Dawson (10.5 points and 6.6 rebounds), while Michigan got Mitch McGary (5.6 rebounds per game). Butler meanwhile, signed Roosevelt Jones, who averages 29 minutes per game and can defend – and play – all five positions on the floor.
This past year, the Boilermakers signed Fort Wayne's Rapheal Davis, who is off to a very solid start to his career. Davis is getting better each game, and off the court he is as fine a representative as Purdue could dream up.
But Boiler Nation has to ask itself: Would Purdue be better if it could have landed Indiana Mr. Basketball Gary Harris (starring at Michigan State), Glenn Robinson III (son of a Purdue legend and starring at Michigan), or Butler sharp-shooter Kellen Dunham (11 points per game and 37.5 percent from long range)?
Purdue fans are watching as this young group takes its lumps this season and fights for what may be a postseason berth in the NIT or CBI. But it didn't have to be this way. And if Purdue has any future championship aspirations on the court, it needs to start evaluating better and winning battles off of it.


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Customization is great fun. That's why it's such a popular thing to do after you have jailbroken your device.
A new jailbreak tweak called Accentify by iOS developer rms is something every customizer should try. Accentify allows you to pick a color scheme for your iOS device; the color scheme you pick will affect all kinds of interface elements, including the Status Bar, navigation bar, button bar, and more. Depending on the application, more or less elements may be affected by the tweak.
Accientify doesn't require WinterBoard to use, and you can configure the color scheme you want to use from the tweak's preferences pane in the Settings application:
In the event that a color doesn't display correctly, the tweak comes with a respring button that you can use to fix the issue. The list of color schemes you can pick from include:
- None
- Graphite
- Butter
- Orange
- Chocolate
- Chameleon
- Sky Blue
- Plum
- Scarlet Red
- Viridian
- Olive
- Steel
- Sienna
- Watercolor
- Hot Pink
According to the tweak's description, Accentify uses iOS' native API to apply these color schemes across the entire operating system, and not just here or there. Because of this, Accentify feels native, and you'll get an overall fluid and exciting experience from the tweak.
If you're interested in giving Accentify a try, you can find it in Cydia's BigBoss repository for 99¢.
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no one will ever say "I bought a Mac because it is ECO Friendly compared to a Windows computer and I'm willing to pay $1000 more to help the environment"
Unless its a BIG company
Apple are getting too big for their boots, they are sounding very arrogant with 'we don't card a stuff about the enviroment just look how thin we can make our products, don't worry about us polluting the enviroment for future generations we know better'
Its all bad press for Apple
@jeffrh I guess Apple are tree huggers too since they helped create the standards currently in use by EPEAT.
@lucca567 Quote from iFixit's article, "The federal government has significant buying power, and federal agencies can only purchase products that meet the EPEAT standard." Apple Ditches Green Standard, Cuts Off Federal Agencies from Apple Products | iFixit
The regular consumer probably doesn't care and won't make a difference, but if their products aren't on the list I would say that could have a pretty significant impact on Apple's sales. iFixit gave the new MacBook Pro a 1 out of 10 for repairability. Pretty disappointing.
Not every organization is as agile (see nokia's and rim's downfall) as today's Apple. They do change too many things and other may not wish or be capable to follow, that's as simple as that.
Apple left EPEAT for making devices smaller in size, thus going back to glue instead of screws. If there was some easy-to-undo glue, that would make it's way to the epeat's standards, i believe apple would use it as one of those first to use in the world. Plain and simple.
I am sure more cities will follow.
I personally am not buying any more Apple because getting sick of Apple products and not because of EPEAT problem they are facing now. And yes it is a problem or else Apple would not need to come out defending their position to withdraw from EPEAT.


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Colt First Winner for Pluck
2010 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (gr. IIT) victor gained his first winner when Australian-bred Gasoline won at Ellerslie in New Zealand Dec. 26.
2010 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (gr. IIT) victor gained his first winner when Australian-bred Gasoline won at Ellerslie in New Zealand Dec. 26.
Fort Wood, one of South Africa's most successful sires of the past two decades, has died at age 25.
Only one horse that was bred, owned, and trained by domestic interests has won in the first seven runnings of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf. Will the Kittens change that?
Team Valor International reported that Secret Heart, the dam of 2010 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (gr. IIT) winner Pluck, died July 5 at Denali Stud near Paris, Ky.
More Than Ready, a premier shuttle stallion, has joined his sire in the century club. The son of Southern Halo also has sired three Breeders' Cup winners.
Vinery Australia announced May 11 that it has added the brilliant 2010 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (gr. IIT) winner Pluck to its stallion roster for the 2012 breeding season.
Pluck, last year's Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf winner, underwent successful surgery on Nov. 3 at Hagyard Equine Medical Institute in Lexington, where he was rushed after exhibiting signs of colic.
Pluck will make his first appearance at Churchill Downs since winning last year's Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (gr. IIT) when he faces a full field of 3-year-olds in the $100,000 Commonwealth Turf Stakes (gr. IIIT) Nov. 3.
Pluck will resume his racing career Nov. 3 in the Commonwealth Stakes (gr. III) at Churchill Downs, the site of his victory in the 2010 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (gr. IIT).
Team Valor International and The Vinery's Pluck, who won last year's Breeder's Cup Juvenile Turf (gr. IIT) at Churchill Downs, will be returned to training June 28.
Barry Irwin had faith in the horse he bred and is being rewarded with a chance to participate in the first leg of the Triple Crown.
Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (gr. IIT) winner Pluck will be turned out in a paddock for the next 60 days as a result of bruising on both of of his hind cannon bones.
Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (gr. IIT) winner Pluck headlines the $100,000 Transylvania Stakes (gr. IIIT), as opening day of the 2011 Keeneland spring meet kicks off on Friday, April 8.
Pluck, making his first start since winning last year's Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (gr. IIT), failed to fire in an allowance race at Tampa Bay Downs March 12 and finished fourth as the 3-10 favorite.
Pluck, last year's Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (gr. IIT) winner for Team Valor, will begin his 3-year-old season in a $30,000 allowance race on turf at Tampa Bay Downs March 12.
Queen'splatekitten will get a chance to see how he fares against stakes company when he is expected to be among the favorites for the $150,000 Palm Beach (gr. IIIT) March 12 at Gulfstream Park.
Team Valor and Denali Stud have formed a strategic alliance that, among other things, will allow the international racing stable to use the Kentucky breeding farm and consignor as its exclusive boarding and sales agent.
A partnership headed by Tom Simon's Vinery Australia has purchased a 45% interest in this year's Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (gr. IIT) winner Pluck.
Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf winner Pluck may run in the Irish Two Thousand Guineas next year.
There were plenty of memorable moments at this year's World Championships.
Team Valor International will purchase a barn at Fair Hill Training Center in northeast Maryland and turn all of its horses over to trainer Graham Motion effective immediately.
Todd Pletcher said all 11 of his Breeders' Cup horses were fine the morning of Nov. 7.
Team Valor International's Pluck came from last at top of the lane and used a devastating turn of foot to pick off all 11 of his rivals in winning the $1 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (gr. IIT) Nov. 6 at Churchill.
Selections for the Nov. 6 Breeders' Cup races, including the Classic.
Todd Pletcher sent out five of his Breeders' Cup hopefuls Oct. 30 at Churchill Downs, including his Ladies' Classic (gr. I) duo of Cynthia DeBartolo's Life At Ten and Edward Evans' Malibu Prayer.
Todd Pletcher has pre-entered 11 horses -- more than any other trainer at the two-day Breeders' Cup World Championships to be held Nov. 5-6 at Churchill Downs.
Espoir City, Japan's hope for the Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) to be run at Churchill Downs Nov. 6, drilled six furlongs over the Louisville track to lead a host of workouts on the morning of Oct. 23.
Slight favorite Pluck used a powerful stretch kick to run down the field in the $243,176 Summer Stakes Presented by TVG (Can-IIIT) Sept. 18 at Woodbine, earning a spot in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (gr. IIT) this fall.
Jason, Tom, and Tim Holland of brisnet.com preview the Woodbine Mile (Can-IT). Plus, picks for the Summer Stakes (Can-IIIT).
The nation's leading trainer, Todd Pletcher, who has won the Summer Stakes (Can-IIIT) twice and the Natalma Stakes (Can-IIIT) once, will have solid chances to record victories in both of Woodbine's 2-year-old races Sept. 18


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Each year more than 250 delegates from more than 80 UN member states participate in this three day event. A number of major international organizations active in accounting, reporting and investment, use the forum to provide updates on their respective activities.
At its upcoming 24th session, from 30 October to 1 November, ISAR will continue its review of practical implementation issues surrounding International Financial Reporting Standards, including the accounting needs of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises.
Other items to be addressed are:
The annual sessions of ISAR are typically preceded by a one day workshop. This year, the workshop will take place on 29 October and will focus on financial reporting and transparency in the extractive industries.
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