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Chasing Amy [DVD]
Screenplay : Kevin Smith
MPAA Rating : R
Year of Release : 1997
Stars : Ben Affleck (Holden McNeil), Joey Lauren Adams (Alyssa Jones), Jason Lee (Banky Edwards), Dwight Ewell (Hooper X), Jason Mewes (Jay), Kevin Smith (Silent Bob)
For many, "Chasing Amy" is a film that hits a nerve. With blunt humor and a stark, honest approach, it tackles modern romance in the way few films do. It doesn't soften the edges or candy-color anything. It takes life as it is.
Specifically, the film explores a particular strand of cultural hypocrisy that has been constantly hammered into the male psyche and reinforced in almost every aspect of Western society. To quote writer/director Kevin Smith, whose inspiration to make this film stemmed from personal experience, "There are these unspeakable, ingrained mistruths men are brought up to believe about sex: We're dominant, we should go to bed with whores, but wake up with virgins."
Sometimes referred to as "The Madonna-Whore Complex," it is often couched in strictly Catholic terms, so it should come as little surprise that Smith is a practicing Catholic. Another Catholic-inspired filmmaker, Martin Scorsese, has also dealt with this issue, explicitly in his first feature, "Who's That Knocking at My Door" (1967), and to a lesser extent in "Mean Streets" (1973) and "Raging Bull" (1980).
"Chasing Amy" is about Holden McNeil (Ben Affleck), a twenty-something comic book artist who falls in love with a woman named Alyssa (Joey Lauren Adams), successfully builds a relationship with her, then unwittingly destroys it because he is emotionally incapable of dealing with her past sexual exploits. The film is given a double edge in that, when she is first introduced, Alyssa is a practicing lesbian, so it seems that the chances of Holden winning her affections are next to none.
Yet, he does, but the film is not about "turning" homosexuals. It is about relationships and how difficult it is for men--even those who consider themselves modern and liberated from traditional cultural baggage and sexual hang-ups--to deal with being intimate with a woman who is more sexually experienced than they are. When Holden confronts Alyssa about her past and demands an explanation, nothing she says can possibly suffice because he doesn't actually want her to explain anything. There is nothing she can do; it is all up to him because it is his insecurity that drives a wedge between them.
What is striking about the film is the frank and moving manner in which Smith is able to bring out such sensitive, nerve-jangling material in a film that is also very funny. The closest cinematic relative to "Chasing Amy" might be Rob Reiner's "When Harry Met Sally ..." (1989), which was also a penetrating look at modern romance that also happened to be hilarious. Still, "Chasing Amy" feels more raw and uninhibited. This is very much a low-budget independent film, from its somewhat grainy 16-mm photography to its unabashed dialogue that delves into often embarrassing truths about human sexuality without even the slightest hint of restraint.
At times, the film seems to be pulling in multiple directions. While it is primarily about the relationship between Holden and Alyssa, it is also about the relationship between Holden and his best friend and business partner, Banky (Jason Lee), who has even more hang-ups than Holden and is, perhaps, repressing latent homosexual desires. The entire story is infused with homosexuality and its place in modern American society, and in this respect the film sometimes feels a bit schizophrenic. In some scenes, it seems very open and understanding of the gay lifestyle; in others, it lapses into stereotypes and crude humor.
The best example of this is Hooper X(Dwight Ewell), an African-American cartoonist who poses in public as a Black Panther-style militant who writes a comic called "White-Hating Coon," but in actuality is an effeminate gay man who bemoans the fact that he is an oppressed sexual minority within an oppressed racial minority. Still, it must say something that Hooper is, in the end, one of the most adjusted and self-assured characters in the film, especially when compared to Holden and Banky.
"Chasing Amy" was Kevin Smith's third film, after his highly praised black-and-white indie debut "Clerks" (1994) and his roundly lambasted studio film "Mallrats" (1995). While "Chasing Amy" has a little bit of both of those films, it marks a significant departure for Smith in that it is about more than the '90s slacker lifestyle dressed up with witty, vulgar dialogue. Smith is great writer of dialogue; he is a master of lacing pop culture references and sly in-jokes throughout conversations in a way that feels completely natural and true to the characters. His two earlier films used this to great effect, but they were never about much more.
"Chasing Amy" matters because it is about something. It tackles issues and explores situations that many other filmmakers have shied away from. It's the kind of film in which almost everyone can recognize a hint of themselves and perhaps a mistake they or someone they know has made. Although Smith's directorial style remains somewhat flat and uncreative, it fits the mood of this film because a lot of self-conscious camerawork and fancy editing would have distracted from the heart of the story. This is a truthful movie simply told, and it works marvelously.
Widescreen: 1.85:1
16x9 Enhanced: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround
Languages: English
Subtitles: English
Extras: Running audio commentary with writer/director Kevin Smith, producer Scott Mosier, actors Ben Affleck and Jason Mewes, associate producer Robert Hawk, Miramax executive Jon Gordon, and View Askew historian Vincent Pereira; new video introduction to the DVD by Kevin Smith; 10 deleted scenes with introductions; outtakes; trailer; The Askewniverse Legend: A guide to the characters in the "New Jersey Trilogy
Distributor: The Criterion Collection/Home Vision and Miramax Films
Video: There has been a good bit of controversy about the new anamorphic transfer for the Criterion DVD, namely the fact that certain scenes are incorrectly framed. This is most obvious in the train station scene. On the DVD, the tops of Holden and Banky's heads are cut off. And, to add insult to injury, on the running audio commentary the cast and crew talk about how, when the film was in theaters, this scene was often misframed, cutting off the tops of the characters' heads. Obviously, the original laser disc transfer, done under the supervision of cinematographer David Klein, was framed correctly. Unfortunately, for the DVD, this was not the case, even though the liner notes claim that the new transfer was done under Klein's supervision. Otherwise, the transfer is excellent. Because the film was shot on Super 16-mm film, the look is a bit grainy. Several scenes in "Chasing Amy" have particularly intense color schemes, and the colors are always nicely saturated without bleeding. And, even though the overall film is a bit soft, detail is still quite good.
Audio: The Dolby Digital 5.1 surround soundtrack works, but it is nothing special. Most of the film is dialogue, so the surround speakers and subwoofer are rarely used. The overall mix is generally good, although sometimes it can be a tad overbearing, especially when music is laid on top of dialogue (I'm thinking specifically about the Jay and Silent Bob scene in the restaurant).
Extras: The plentiful extras are essentially what was available on the original 1997 Criterion laser disc. It includes what has to be one of the more crowded running audio commentaries available. It include seven people-- writer/director Kevin Smith, producer Scott Mosier, actors Ben Affleck and Jason Mewes, associate producer Robert Hawk, Miramax executive Jon Gordon, and View Askew historian Vincent Pereira--who recorded the commentary all at once. This gives it a relaxed, conversational feel, and it is certainly more entertaining than it is informative (lots of jokes aimed at each other and audible sounds of eating and drinking), although Smith is open about the various filmmakers from whom he borrows (most notably Spike Lee). The disc also includes a new video introduction by Smith, who spends most of the time humorously apologizing for a rather crude statement he makes at the beginning of the commentary dismissing DVD as a format (when the commentary was recorded in September 1997, laser discs were still the choice among video connoisseurs, and DVDs were just emerging). The 10 deleted scenes are a nice additional in that they give good insight into how a film is put together and why certain sequences have to be shortened or sacrificed altogether (some are good, some are bad). Another nice addition is the insert booklet, which has a guide to the characters who reoccur throughout "Clerks," "Mallrats," and "Chasing Amy." On the down side, the included trailer is, unfortunately, the home video preview, rather than the original theatrical trailer, which was included on the laser disc.
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Bash: Piping Data into a Command Using Heredocs
I've been playing around with some data modeled in neo4j recently and one thing I wanted to do is run an ad hoc query in the neo4j-shell and grab the results and do some text manipulation on them.
For example I wrote a query which outputted the following to the screen and I wanted to sum together all the values in the 3rd column:
| ["1","2","3"] | "3" | 1234567 | | ["4","5","6"] | "6" | 8910112 |
Initially I was pasting the output into a text file and then running the following sequence of commands to work it out:
$ cat blah2.txt| cut -d"|" -f 4 | awk '{s+=$0} END {print s}' 10144679
One way to avoid having to create blah2.txt would be to echo the output into standard out like so:
$ echo "| ["1","2","3"] | "3" | 1234567 | | ["4","5","6"] | "6" | 8910112 | " | cut -d"|" -f 4 | awk '{s+=$0} END {print s}' 10144679
But it gets a bit confusing as the number of lines of results increases and you have to keep copy/pasting the cut and awk parts of the chain around which was annoying.
One of the things I read on the bus this week was a blog post going through a bunch of bash one liners and half way through it covers piping data into commands using heredocs which I'd completely forgotten about!
A simple example could be to send a simple message to cat which will output the message to standard out:
$ cat <<EOL heredoc> hello i am mark heredoc> EOL hello i am mark
That works if we want to pipe data into a single command but I didn't know how we'd be able to pipe the output of that command to another command.
In fact it's actually reasonably simple:
$ cat <<EOL | cut -d"|" -f 4 | awk '{s+=$0} END {print s}' pipe pipe heredoc> | ["1","2","3"] | "3" | 1234567 | pipe pipe heredoc> | ["4","5","6"] | "6" | 8910112 | pipe pipe heredoc> EOL 10144679
And now I have no need to create random text files all over my machine!
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Considering the link between mass killings and celebrities
We were walking down Ocean Drive in Miami Beach on Friday night and wanted to escape the loud music and even louder Happy Hour patrons crowding most of the bars, so we ducked into a little place called News Cafe. The bartender, a southern gal from North Carolina, chatted us up. It was the day of the shootings in Connecticut where 20 children and seven adults died. "Make bullets a million bucks," she said while wiping the counters. "And stop publishing the names of the shooters."
I had heard these arguments last time there was a "mass shooting," as these incidents are now called. I dismissed both ideas because of the obvious impracticalities. Extreme gun control laws can't stop a black market for guns. And besides, the suggestion that deranged people kill for notoriety always seemed far fetched. Murdering just to become famous? I never really got that.


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Thinking about exercising outside today we've got a warning about dehydration and heat exhaustion it could be very dangerous mix -- -- -- home.
There's something called the heat index look it up.
Our own whether people talk about it all the time humidity is a big problem because you should -- Think cold down your body but you can't sled after a while but -- you know we've got to drink a lot of electric lights not just water.
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Docket #: 1:11-cr-301-LJO |
FRESNO, Calif. — Kevin Agrava, 30, of Fresno, pleaded guilty today to one count of receiving and sharing images of child pornography, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
According to court documents, between February and March 2011, Agrava received more than 600 images of child pornography via the Internet. Several of these images depicted prepubescent minors, and some included depictions of violence and sadistic or masochistic conduct.
Agrava is scheduled to be sentenced by United States District Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill on August 27, 2012. He faces a mandatory minimum prison term of five years and a maximum of 20 years, a $250,000 fine, and a lifetime term of supervised release. The actual sentence, however, will be determined at the discretion of the court after consideration of any applicable statutory factors and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, which take into account a number of variables.
This case is the result of an investigation by the San Joaquin Valley's Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Fresno County Sheriff's Department. Assistant United States Attorney Brian W. Enos is prosecuting the case.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys' Offices and the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS) in the Justice Department's Criminal Division, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov or call the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of California and ask to speak with the PSC coordinator.


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Are you hoping for a white christmas?
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Would you ever consider going Vegan?
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Do you like being in the house by yourself?
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Is it snowing where you are now?
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Have you read any Enid Blyton books?
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Do you like to sing in the shower?
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Are We Seeing Signs of What Some Call Amnesty?
by Carlos Galindo on Aug. 26, 2011, under Arizona's 50th legislature, Barack Obama, Democrats, DHS, Ethnic Studies, ICE, Immigration, Law Enforcement, National Politics, Republicans, TucsonThe Obama administration by and through Janet Napolitano recently issued a memorandum of sorts, ordering a case by case study of the over 300,000 detainees in federal detention centers. This memo coupled with another memo issued on June 17, 2011 by the director of Homeland Security John Morton outlining the candidates for prosecutorial discretion was taken by those opposed to unlawful immigration as a back door amnesty. On the other hand, those who are pro-Immigrant ungratefully complained that it wasn't enough demanding a shut down of the secure communities program by President Obama.
Two extreme sides that outline today's reality regarding the precarious immigration issue. There are many who supported a broad and unrealistic immigration reform proposal tendered by Congressman Luis Gutierrez (D-Illinois, 4th) last year. An unrealistic request from a congressman who claims to champion immigration reform. On the other hand the GOP and their extremist splinter called the Tea Party, label any attempt to bring forth the immigration issue as an attempt to grant amnesty to thousands of "illegals" [sic]. The same, claims, that these are illegal Democrats and that Obama will have instant voters if some sort of immigration reform were to be instituted.
The reality is that ignorance in general from both sides regarding the immigration issue lends itself to manipulation of the masses. The pseudo leaders in the Latino community tug on the immigrants heartstrings by telling them that Obama failed them and that he is responsible for Bush's secure communities program. They have essentially placed blinders on the immigrant community and have dangled the immigration reform carrot in front of their noses, allowing them to drag them here and there. The GOP and the Tea Party has used a combination of tactics to lead the blind. In some cases they cater to the white supremacist claiming that we are being overrun by "illegals" [sic]. They can also tug on those racists heart strings by claiming that America isn't what it used to be since the "illegals" [sic] came in. Yet others are deceived by catering to their xenophobic tendencies by claiming that "illegals" [sic] are bringing in disease and that they are like cockroaches, dirty and unkempt. They further the paranoia for all the previous categories by claiming that the immigrants breed like rabbits and that their children want to grow up to be gang members.
The United States has been undeniably polarized by the immigration issue. In the end, just like anything else, it's going to require a financial interest to pass immigration reform and new leaders will have to emerge. The snake oil salesmen on both sides will need to retire into obscurity allowing a responsible and more centered leadership to egress.
Finally for those pro Immigrant critics of President Obama's policies I have linked a recent article outlining the surging effect of the Obama administration's new policy, and for those fear mongers who claim it's a back door amnesty, understand this, what you are seeing is a responsible and centered approach to a much needed relief for those people you currently utilize to wash your cars, cook your food, mow your lawns and build your houses.
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The plant is Gaillardia aestivalis var. winkleri 'Grape Sensation'
Otherwise known by its common name: Winkler's White Firewheel-Purple selection. That's a mouthful, but you could just call it Purple Firewheel.
This cultivar (cultivated variety) is a selection by the Stephen F. Austin State University Mast Arboretum in
Nacogdoches, Texas in honor of the school color.
The natural variety is white with a yellow center and is found only in one county in Texas. Gaillardia
aestivalis depends on fire to reduce competition in its native habitat (hence the common name).
See more on the plant and its development here.
And more on the variety, winkleri.
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In a rare departure from standard practice, the New Jersey State Assembly Committee on Law and Public Safety held a hearing in Jersey City on April 25 and got an earful from fire and law enforcement officials about the need for more state funding.
Mayor Jerramiah T. Healy, Police Chief Tom Comey, and Fire Chief Darren Rivers were among those who testified at length before the committee, which typically meets in Trenton. The men expressed frustration that Jersey City gets bypassed for state funding that would enable the city to hire more police and firefighters.
"Last year, due to negotiations between the city and our police union, we were able to avoid layoffs in our police department," Healy told the committee. "But state aid goes to those cities and departments that have higher crime rates than we do and that have had layoffs. We've been penalized for our success."
Chief Rivers called the Jersey City Fire Department 'equipment rich, but manpower poor.'
Chief Comey and Chief Rivers echoed many of Healy's comments.
"Cities that have laid off cops – Camden, Newark – are getting the first bite at the apple [when it comes to state aid for public safety personnel]," Comey told the committee.
The Jersey City Police Department currently has about 802 members. Several officers who are eligible for retirement, Comey testified before the committee, have either already filed their paperwork for retirement or have said they planned to do so soon. Comey said it is possible the Jersey City police force could dip below 800 officers before the end of May. Approximately 185 Jersey City police officers are eligible to retire by July 2013.
"There comes a time when we have to say smaller doesn't mean better," he said.
Chief Rivers told the committee that cuts to fire departments throughout the region have strained firefighting efforts and mutual aid agreements among departments in Northern New Jersey.
Under mutual aid agreements municipal fire companies throughout a geographic region agree to assist one another should any one municipality have a major situation that requires additional personnel. Out-of-town fire departments could be asked to do anything from search and rescue at a fire scene to cover a second fire emergency that comes up. Rivers said fire departments throughout Northern New Jersey have been stretched so thin that mutual aid is requested more frequently than it was in the past.
Recalling the February fire that took place in Jersey City on Fairmont and Monticello avenues, Rivers said the Jersey City Fire Department called in the Hoboken Fire Department for mutual aid. The Hoboken firefighters, however, had to pull out when that city had a major fire of its own. Jersey City then called for mutual aid from the Newark Fire Department to help with the Fairmont/Monticello incident.
In response to a question from committee member Assemblyman Jason O'Donnell (31st Dist.-Bayonne) Rivers said the Jersey City Fire Department had approximately 150 fires in 2011 that required mutual aid.
Rivers called his department "equipment rich, but manpower poor."
Both the Jersey City Fire Department and the Jersey City Police Department have in recent years received federal grants to purchase equipment. Healy, Comey, and Rivers said this equipment is almost meaningless without the personnel needed to operate it.
But even equipment issues can hinder public safety when fire departments are forced to rely on mutual aid on a regular basis, firefighters from other municipalities told the committee. Firefighters in Essex and Union counties said they have been called in to provide mutual aid in Jersey City only to discover that some of their hoses and other equipment aren't compatible with equipment used locally.
Crime and public safety have been front burner issues for local residents since the beginning of the year when a spate of crimes and two major fires took place in the city. Two residents from Jersey City were given an opportunity to address the committee and were the only non-officials given an opportunity to do so.
After listing the many reasons why Jersey City needs more resources than suburban towns – including its close proximity to New York City and an acknowledged gang problem – Jersey City resident and activist Esther Wintner made three requests of the committee:
"First, [I request] the support of all committee members in assisting to attain the United States Department of Justice COPS Grant for the City of Jersey City's 2012 fiscal year. For the past two years, our police department has applied for this grant which would allow for the hiring of 40 police officers paid for three years. Our police department was denied on both occasions because there had been no police layoffs…
"I request, as a line item appropriation, dedicated solely to the Jersey City Police Department for fiscal year 2012 in the amount of $1 million, and a commitment for the same amount [2013 and 2014], to fund manpower and cameras. This lifeline would allow the administration to focus on strategically setting a course for economic expansion which would benefit not only our city, but the State as a whole.
"Lastly, I invite you to join us in a tour of our city so you can understand better the challenges we face."
Police Chief Comey has stated that he would like to hire as many as 60 new police officers, but lacks the resources to do so. Wintner last month launched a letter writing campaign to New Jersey Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) to get federal funding from the U.S. Justice Department for this purpose.
The state Assembly Committee on Law and Public Safety includes three legislators from Hudson County: O'Donnell, Sean Connors (33rd Dist.-Jersey City), and chairman Charles Mainor (31st Dist.-Jersey City).
Healy announces fourth meeting on crime
The same day the Assembly committee came to Jersey City, Mayor Healy announced that he will host the fourth in a series of town hall meetings on crime and public safety on Mon., April 30 at the Christa McAuliffe School (P.S. 28), at 167 Hancock Ave. The town hall meeting will begin at 6 p.m.
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Space group
In mathematics and geometry, a space group is the symmetry group of a configuration in space, usually in three dimensions. In three dimensions, there are 219 distinct types, or 230 if chiral copies are considered distinct. Space groups are also studied in dimensions other than 3 where they are sometimes called Bieberbach groups, and are discrete cocompact groups of isometries of an oriented Euclidean space.
In crystallography, space groups are also called the crystallographic or Fedorov groups, and represent a description of the symmetry of the crystal. A definitive source regarding 3-dimensional space groups is the International Tables for Crystallography (Hahn (2002)).
Space groups in 2 dimensions are the 17 wallpaper groups which have been known for several centuries.
In 1879 Leonhard Sohncke listed the 65 space groups (sometimes called Sohncke space groups or chiral space groups) whose elements preserve the orientation. (In fact he listed 66 groups, but as Fedorov and Schönflies both noticed two of them were really the same.) The space groups in 3 dimensions were first enumerated by Fedorov (1891) (whose list had 2 omissions (I43d and Fdd2) and one duplication (Fmm2)), and shortly afterwards were independently enumerated by Schönflies (1891) (whose list had 4 omissions (I43d, Pc, Cc, ?) and one duplication (P421m)). The correct list of 230 space groups was found by 1892 during correspondence between Fedorov and Schönflies. Barlow (1894) later enumerated the groups with a different method, but omitted four groups (Fdd2, I42d, P421d, and P421c) even though he already had the correct list of 230 groups from Fedorov and Schönflies; the common claim that Barlow was unaware of their work is a myth. Burckhardt (1967) describes the history of the discovery of the space groups in detail.
Elements of a space group[edit]
The space groups in three dimensions are made from combinations of the 32 crystallographic point groups with the 14 Bravais lattices, each of the latter belonging to one of 7 lattice systems. This results in a space group being some combination of the translational symmetry of a unit cell including lattice centering, the point group symmetry operations of reflection, rotation and improper rotation (also called rotoinversion), and the screw axis and glide plane symmetry operations. The combination of all these symmetry operations results in a total of 230 different space groups describing all possible crystal symmetries.
Elements fixing a point[edit]
The elements of the space group fixing a point of space are rotations, reflections, the identity element, and improper rotations.
The translations form a normal abelian subgroup of rank 3, called the Bravais lattice. There are 14 possible types of Bravais lattice. The quotient of the space group by the Bravais lattice is a finite group which is one of the 32 possible point groups.translation is defined as the face moves from one point to another point.
Glide planes[edit]
A glide plane is a reflection in a plane, followed by a translation parallel with that plane. This is noted by a, b or c, depending on which axis the glide is along. There is also the n glide, which is a glide along the half of a diagonal of a face, and the d glide, which is a fourth of the way along either a face or space diagonal of the unit cell. The latter is called the diamond glide plane as it features in the diamond structure.
Screw axes[edit]
A screw axis is a rotation about an axis, followed by a translation along the direction of the axis. These are noted by a number, n, to describe the degree of rotation, where the number is how many operations must be applied to complete a full rotation (e.g., 3 would mean a rotation one third of the way around the axis each time). The degree of translation is then added as a subscript showing how far along the axis the translation is, as a portion of the parallel lattice vector. So, 21 is a twofold rotation followed by a translation of 1/2 of the lattice vector.
General formula[edit]
The general formula for the action of an element of a space group is
y = M.x + D
where M is its matrix, D is its vector, and where the element transforms point x into point y. In general, D = D(lattice) + D(M), where D(M) is a unique function of M that is zero for M being the identity. The matrices M form a point group that is a basis of the space group; the lattice must be symmetric under that point group.
The lattice dimension can be less than the overall dimension, resulting in a "subperiodic" space group. For (overall dimension, lattice dimension):
- (1,1): One-dimensional line groups
- (2,1): Two-dimensional line groups: frieze groups
- (2,2): Wallpaper groups
- (3,1): Three-dimensional line groups; with the 3D crystallographic point groups, the rod groups
- (3,2): Layer groups
- (3,3): The space groups discussed in this article
Notation for space groups[edit]
There are at least eight methods of naming space groups. Some of these methods can assign several different names to the same space group, so altogether there are many thousands of different names.
- Number. The International Union of Crystallography publishes tables of all space group types, and assigns each a unique number from 1 to 230. The numbering is arbitrary, except that groups with the same crystal system or point group are given consecutive numbers.
- International symbol or Hermann–Mauguin notation. The Hermann–Mauguin (or international) notation describes the lattice and some generators for the group. It has a shortened form called the international short symbol, which is the one most commonly used in crystallography, and usually consists of a set of four symbols. The first describes the centering of the Bravais lattice (P, A, B, C, I, R or F). The next three describe the most prominent symmetry operation visible when projected along one of the high symmetry directions of the crystal. These symbols are the same as used in point groups, with the addition of glide planes and screw axis, described above. By way of example, the space group of quartz is P3121, showing that it exhibits primitive centering of the motif (i.e., once per unit cell), with a threefold screw axis and a twofold rotation axis. Note that it does not explicitly contain the crystal system, although this is unique to each space group (in the case of P3121, it is trigonal).
- In the international short symbol the first symbol (31 in this example) denotes the symmetry along the major axis (c-axis in trigonal cases), the second (2 in this case) along axes of secondary importance (a and b) and the third symbol the symmetry in another direction. In the trigonal case there also exists a space group P3112. In this space group the twofold axes are not along the a and b-axes but in a direction rotated by 30°.
- The international symbols and international short symbols for some of the space groups were changed slightly between 1935 and 2002, so several space groups have 4 different international symbols in use.
- Hall notation. Space group notation with an explicit origin. Rotation, translation and axis-direction symbols are clearly separated and inversion centers are explicitly defined. The construction and format of the notation make it particularly suited to computer generation of symmetry information. For example, group number 3 has three Hall symbols: P 2y (P 1 2 1), P 2 (P 1 1 2), P 2x (P 2 1 1).
- Schönflies notation. The space groups with given point group are numbered by 1, 2, 3, ... (in the same order as their international number) and this number is added as a superscript to the Schönflies symbol for the point group. For example, groups numbers 3 to 5 whose point group is C2 have Schönflies symbols C1
- Shubnikov symbol
- 2D:Orbifold notation and 3D:Fibrifold notation. As the name suggests, the orbifold notation describes the orbifold, given by the quotient of Euclidean space by the space group, rather than generators of the space group. It was introduced by Conway and Thurston, and is not used much outside mathematics. Some of the space groups have several different fibrifolds associated to them, so have several different fibrifold symbols.
- Coxeter notation – Spacial and point symmetry groups, represented as modications of the pure reflectional Coxeter groups.
- Geometric notation[1] is a Geometric algebra notation.
Classification systems for space groups[edit]
There are (at least) 10 different ways to classify space groups into classes. The relations between some of these are described in the following table. Each classification system is a refinement of the ones below it.
(Crystallographic) space group types (230 in three dimensions). Two space groups, considered as subgroups of the group of affine transformations of space, have the same space group type if they are conjugate by an orientation-preserving affine transformation. In three dimensions, for 11 of the affine space groups, there is no orientation-preserving map from the group to its mirror image, so if one distinguishes groups from their mirror images these each split into two cases. So there are 54 + 11 = 65 space group types that preserve orientation. | |
Affine space group types (219 in three dimensions). Two space groups, considered as subgroups of the group of affine transformations of space, have the same affine space group type if they are conjugate under an affine transformation. The affine space group type is determined by the underlying abstract group of the space group. In three dimensions there are 54 affine space group types that preserve orientation. | |
Arithmetic crystal classes (73 in three dimensions). Sometimes called Z-classes. These are determined by the point group together with the action of the point group on the subgroup of translations. In other words the arithmetic crystal classes correspond to conjugacy classes of finite subgroup of the general linear group GLn(Z) over the integers. A space group is called symmorphic (or split) if there is a point such that all symmetries are the product of a symmetry fixing this point and a translation. Equivalently, a space group is symmorphic if it is a semidirect product of its point group with its translation subgroup. There are 73 symmorphic space groups, with exactly one in each arithmetic crystal class. There are also 157 nonsymmorphic space group types with varying numbers in the arithmetic crystal classes.
Arithmetic crystal classes may be interpreted as different orientations of the point groups in the lattice, with the group elements' matrix components being constrained to have integer coefficients in lattice space. This is rather easy to picture in the two-dimensional, wallpaper group case. Some of the point groups have reflections, and the reflection lines can be along the lattice directions, halfway in between them, or both.
(geometric) Crystal classes (32 in three dimensions). Sometimes called Q-classes. The crystal class of a space group is determined by its point group: the quotient by the subgroup of translations, acting on the lattice. Two space groups are in the same crystal class if and only if their point groups, which are subgroups of GLn(Z), are conjugate in the larger group GLn(Q). | Bravais flocks (14 in three dimensions). These are determined by the underlying Bravais lattice type.
These correspond to conjugacy classes of lattice point groups in GLn(Z), where the lattice point group is the group of symmetries of the underlying lattice that fix a point of the lattice, and contains the point group. |
Crystal systems. (7 in three dimensions) Crystal systems are an ad hoc modification of the lattice systems to make them compatible with the classification according to point groups. They differ from crystal families in that the hexagonal crystal family is split into two subsets, called the trigonal and hexagonal crystal systems. The trigonal crystal system is larger than the rhombohedral lattice system, the hexagonal crystal system is smaller than the hexagonal lattice system, and the remaining crystal systems and lattice systems are the same. | Lattice systems (7 in three dimensions). The lattice system of a space group is determined by the conjugacy class of the lattice point group (a subgroup of GLn(Z)) in the larger group GLn(Q). In three dimensions the lattice point group can have one of the 7 different orders 2, 4, 8, 12, 16, 24, or 48. The hexagonal crystal family is split into two subsets, called the rhombohedral and hexagonal lattice systems. |
Crystal families (6 in three dimensions). The point group of a space group does not quite determine its lattice system, because occasionally two space groups with the same point group may be in different lattice systems. Crystal families are formed from lattice systems by merging the two lattice systems whenever this happens, so that the crystal family of a space group is determined by either its lattice system or its point group. In 3 dimensions the only two lattice families that get merged in this way are the hexagonal and rhombohedral lattice systems, which are combined into the hexagonal crystal family. The 6 crystal families in 3 dimensions are called triclinic, monoclinic, orthorhombal, tetragonal, hexagonal, and cubic. Crystal families are commonly used in popular books on crystals, where they are sometimes called crystal systems. |
Conway, Delgado Friedrichs, and Huson et al. (2001) gave another classification of the space groups, called a fibrifold notation, according to the fibrifold structures on the corresponding orbifold. They divided the 219 affine space groups into reducible and irreducible groups. The reducible groups fall into 17 classes corresponding to the 17 wallpaper groups, and the remaining 35 irreducible groups are the same as the cubic groups and are classified separately.
Space groups in other dimensions[edit]
Bieberbach's theorems[edit]
In n dimensions, an affine space group, or Bieberbach group, is a discrete subgroup of isometries of n-dimensional Euclidean space with a compact fundamental domain. Bieberbach (1911, 1912) proved that the subgroup of translations of any such group contains n linearly independent translations, and is a free abelian subgroup of finite index, and is also the unique maximal normal abelian subgroup. He also showed that in any dimension n there are only a finite number of possibilities for the isomorphism class of the underlying group of a space group, and moreover the action of the group on Euclidean space is unique up to conjugation by affine transformations. This answers part of Hilbert's 18th problem. Zassenhaus (1948) showed that conversely any group that is the extension of Zn by a finite group acting faithfully is an affine space group. Combining these results shows that classifying space groups in n dimensions up to conjugation by affine transformations is essentially the same as classifying isomorphism classes for groups that are extensions of Zn by a finite group acting faithfully.
It is essential in Bieberbach's theorems to assume that the group acts as isometries; the theorems do not generalize to discrete cocompact groups of affine transformations of Euclidean space. A counter-example is given by the 3-dimensional Heisenberg group of the integers acting by translations on the Heisenberg group of the reals, identified with 3-dimensional Euclidean space. This is a discrete cocompact group of affine transformations of space, but does not contain a subgroup Z3.
Classification in small dimensions[edit]
This table give the number of space group types in small dimensions, including the numbers of various classes of space group. The numbers of enantiomorphic pairs are given in parentheses.
Dimensions | Crystal families (sequence A004032 in OEIS) | Crystal systems (sequence A004031 in OEIS) | Bravais lattices (sequence A004030 in OEIS) | Abstract crystallographic point groups (sequence A006226 in OEIS) | Geometric crystal classes, Q-classes, crystallographic point groups (sequence A004028 in OEIS) | Arithmetic crystal classes, Z-classes (sequence A004027 in OEIS) | Affine space group types (sequence A004029 in OEIS) | Crystallographic space group types (sequence A006227 in OEIS) |
0a | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
1b | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
2c | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 17 |
3d | 6 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 73 | 219 (+11) | 230 |
4e | 23 (+6) | 33 (+7) | 64 (+10) | 118 | 227 (+44) | 710 (+70) | 4783 (+111) | 4894 |
5f | 32 | 59 | 189 | 239 | 955 | 6079 | 222018 (+79) | 222097 |
6g | 91 | 251 | 841 | 1594 | 7104 | 85311 (+30) | 28927922 (+7052) | 28934974 |
a - Trivial group
b - One is the group of integers and the other is the infinite dihedral group; see symmetry groups in one dimension
c - these 2D space groups are also called wallpaper groups or plane groups.
d - In 3D there are 230 crystallographic space group types, which reduces to 219 affine space group types because of some types being different from their mirror image; these are said to differ by "enantiomorphous character" (e.g. P3112 and P3212). Usually "space group" refers to 3D. They were enumerated independently by Barlow (1894), Fedorov (1891) and Schönflies (1891).
e - The 4895 4-dimensional groups were enumerated by Harold Brown, Rolf Bülow, and Joachim Neubüser et al. (1978). Neubüser, Souvignier & Wondratschek (2002) corrected the number of enantiomorphic groups from 112 to 111, so total number of groups is 4783+111=4894. There are 44 enantiomorphic point groups in 4-dimensional space. If we consider enantiomorphic groups as different, the total number of point groups is 227+44=271.
f - Plesken & Schulz (2000) enumerated the ones of dimension 5.
g - Plesken & Schulz (2000) enumerated the ones of dimension 6. Initially published number of 826 Lattice types in Plesken & Hanrath (1984) was corrected to 841 in Opgenorth, Plesken & Schulz (1998). See also Janssen et al. (2002).
Magnetic groups and time reversal[edit]
In addition to crystallographic space groups there are also magnetic space groups (also called two-color (black and white) crystallographic groups). These symmetries contain an element known as time reversal. They treat time as an additional dimension, and the group elements can include time reversal as reflection in it. They are of importance in magnetic structures that contain ordered unpaired spins, i.e. ferro-, ferri- or antiferromagnetic structures as studied by neutron diffraction. The time reversal element flips a magnetic spin while leaving all other structure the same and it can be combined with a number of other symmetry elements. Including time reversal there are 1651 magnetic space groups in 3D (Kim 1999, p.428). It has also been possible to construct magnetic versions for other overall and lattice dimensions (Daniel Litvin's papers, (Litvin 2008), (Litvin 2005)). Frieze groups are magnetic 1D line groups and layer groups are magnetic wallpaper groups, and the axial 3D point groups are magnetic 2D point groups. Number of original and magnetic groups by (overall, lattice) dimension:
- (0,0): 1, 2
- (1,0): 2, 5
- (1,1): 2, 7
- (2,0): 10, 31
- (2,1): 7, 31
- (2,2): 17, 80
- (3,0): 32, 122
- (3,1): 75, 394 (rod groups, not 3D line groups in general)
- (3,2): 80, 528
- (3,3): 230, 1651
- (4,0): 271, 1202
- (4,1): 343,
- (4,2): 1094,
- (4,3): 1594,
- (4,4): 4894, 62227 (Souvignier 2006)
Table of space groups in 2 dimensions (wallpaper groups)[edit]
Table of the wallpaper groups using the classification of the 3-dimensional space groups:
Crystal system | Bravais lattice | Geometric class (point group) |
Arithmetic class | Groups |
Oblique | Oblique | C1 | None | p1 |
C2 | None | p2 | ||
Rectangular | Rectangular | D1 | Along | pm, pg |
D2 | Along | pmm, pmg, pgg | ||
Rhombic | D1 | Between | cm | |
D2 | Between | cmm | ||
Square | Square | C4 | None | p4 |
D4 | Both | p4m, p4g | ||
Hexagonal | Hexagonal | C3 | None | p3 |
D3 | Along | p31m | ||
Between | p3m1 | |||
C6 | None | p6 | ||
D6 | Both | p6m |
For each geometric class, the possible arithmetic classes are
- None: no reflection lines
- Along: reflection lines along lattice directions
- Between: reflection lines halfway in between lattice directions
- Both: reflection lines both along and between lattice directions
Table of space groups in 3 dimensions[edit]
# | Crystal system | Point group | Space groups (international short symbol) | |
Intl | Schönflies | |||
1 | Triclinic (2) | 1 | C1 Chiral | P1 |
2 | 1 | Ci | P1 | |
3–5 | Monoclinic (13) | 2 | C2 Chiral | P2, P21, C2 |
6–9 | m | Cs | Pm, Pc, Cm, Cc | |
10–15 | 2/m | C2h | P2/m, P21/m, C2/m, P2/c, P21/c, C2/c | |
16–24 | Orthorhombic (59) | 222 | D2 Chiral | P222, P2221, P21212, P212121, C2221, C222, F222, I222, I212121 |
25–46 | mm2 | C2v | Pmm2, Pmc21, Pcc2, Pma2, Pca21, Pnc2, Pmn21, Pba2, Pna21, Pnn2, Cmm2, Cmc21, Ccc2, Amm2, Aem2, Ama2, Aea2, Fmm2, Fdd2, Imm2, Iba2, Ima2 | |
47–74 | mmm | D2h | Pmmm, Pnnn, Pccm, Pban, Pmma, Pnna, Pmna, Pcca, Pbam, Pccn, Pbcm, Pnnm, Pmmn, Pbcn, Pbca, Pnma, Cmcm, Cmce, Cmmm, Cccm, Cmme, Ccce, Fmmm, Fddd, Immm, Ibam, Ibca, Imma | |
75–80 | Tetragonal (68) | 4 | C4 Chiral | P4, P41, P42, P43, I4, I41 |
83–88 | 4/m | C4h | P4/m, P42/m, P4/n, P42/n, I4/m, I41/a | |
89–98 | 422 | D4 Chiral | P422, P4212, P4122, P41212, P4222, P42212, P4322, P43212, I422, I4122 | |
99–110 | 4mm | C4v | P4mm, P4bm, P42cm, P42nm, P4cc, P4nc, P42mc, P42bc, I4mm, I4cm, I41md, I41cd | |
111–122 | 42m | D2d | P42m, P42c, P421m, P421c, P4m2, P4c2, P4b2, P4n2, I4m2, I4c2, I42m, I42d | |
123–142 | 4/mmm | D4h | P4/mmm, P4/mcc, P4/nbm, P4/nnc, P4/mbm, P4/mnc, P4/nmm, P4/ncc, P42/mmc, P42/mcm, P42/nbc, P42/nnm, P42/mbc, P42/mnm, P42/nmc, P42/ncm, I4/mmm, I4/mcm, I41/amd, I41/acd | |
143–146 | Trigonal (25) | 3 | C3 Chiral | P3, P31, P32, R3 |
149–155 | 32 | D3 Chiral | P312, P321, P3112, P3121, P3212, P3221, R32 | |
156–161 | 3m | C3v | P3m1, P31m, P3c1, P31c, R3m, R3c | |
162–167 | 3m | D3d | P31m, P31c, P3m1, P3c1, R3m, R3c, | |
168–173 | Hexagonal (27) | 6 | C6 Chiral | P6, P61, P65, P62, P64, P63 |
174 | 6 | C3h | P6 | |
175–176 | 6/m | C6h | P6/m, P63/m | |
177–182 | 622 | D6 Chiral | P622, P6122, P6522, P6222, P6422, P6322 | |
183–186 | 6mm | C6v | P6mm, P6cc, P63cm, P63mc | |
187–190 | 6m2 | D3h | P6m2, P6c2, P62m, P62c | |
191–194 | 6/mmm | D6h | P6/mmm, P6/mcc, P63/mcm, P63/mmc | |
195–199 | Cubic (36) | 23 | T Chiral | P23, F23, I23, P213, I213 |
200–206 | m3 | Th | Pm3, Pn3, Fm3, Fd3, Im3, Pa3, Ia3 | |
207–214 | 432 | O Chiral | P432, P4232, F432, F4132, I432, P4332, P4132, I4132 | |
215–220 | 43m | Td | P43m, F43m, I43m, P43n, F43c, I43d | |
221–230 | m3m | Oh | Pm3m, Pn3n, Pm3n, Pn3m, Fm3m, Fm3c, Fd3m, Fd3c, Im3m, Ia3d |
Note. An e plane is a double glide plane, one having glides in two different directions. They are found in seven orthorombic, five tetragonal and five cubic space groups, all with centered lattice. The use of the symbol e became official with Hahn (2002).
The lattice system can be found as follows. If the crystal system is not trigonal then the lattice system is of the same type. If the crystal system is trigonal, then the lattice system is hexagonal unless the space group is one of the seven in the rhombohedral lattice system consisting of the 7 trigonal space groups in the table above whose name begins with R. (The term rhombohedral system is also sometimes used as an alternative name for the whole trigonal system.) The hexagonal lattice system is larger than the hexagonal crystal system, and consists of the hexagonal crystal system together with the 18 groups of the trigonal crystal system other than the seven whose names begin with R.
The Bravais lattice of the space group is determined by the lattice system together with the initial letter of its name, which for the non-rhombohedral groups is P, I, F, or C, standing for the principal, body centered, face centered, or C-face centered lattices.
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After a three year wait the final book in Christopher Paolini's The Inheritance Cycle is just one month away from being released. The first three books – Eragon, Eldest, and Brisingr – follow the story of 15 year old Eragon who stumbles upon a dragon egg while hunting. Soon after his discovery a blue dragon whom he names Saphira hatches from the egg and he becomes the first Dragon Rider since the tyrant Galbatorix and his followers killed all the other dragons and their Riders. Thanks to this chance discovery Eragon finds himself thrust into the forefront of a rebellion that wants to end the reign of Galbatorix.
When I first read these books I devoured them. The world that Paolini created, called Alagaesia, is a vibrant world full of races both familiar and new. There are elves, dwarves, and dragons as well as creations called Urgals and Ra'zac. Most of these different races have their own unique language that Paolini created and uses throughout the series. All of this would be impressive on its own, but what is truly remarkable is Paolini was only 15 years old when he began writing Eragon. At such a young age he created and put to paper an intricate and detailed story that is better than some of the drivel put out by "more seasoned" authors.
Like any book or series these books are by no means perfect. They have been criticized a great deal for being derivative with comparisons to Star Wars and The Lord of the Rings most common. If you go through the story and list out the similarities they are quite numerous, but the same can be said for a number of books. The Lord of the Rings pretty much revolutionized the fantasy genre and I think you would be hard pressed to find a contemporary book of fantasy that was not somehow influenced by it. In the case of Star Wars, that series utilized many common storytelling conventions, such as the hero's journey, but because it reached such huge levels of popularity many seem to credit it with creating those conventions. Yes, Paolini used a lot of the same plot devices, but so do many other stories in a variety of genres. To me it just isn't that big of a deal as long as the story is interesting, which The Inheritance Cycle is.
From the start of the first book I fell in love with the characters and story. The relationship between Eragon and Saphira is fascinating and I love watching as they grow with one another. In the second book, Eldest, Paolini introduces the parallel story taking place in the home Eragon was forced to abandon through the eyes of his cousin, Roran. At times the story of Roran is even more interesting than that of Eragon. Roran is just an ordinary human with no magic or any other supernatural aid, but when his home is attacked by the Ra'zac he faces the challenge head on and does whatever needs to be done to protect those he loves. He goes through his own hero's journey and it is a nice juxtaposition to that of Eragon's.
The past three years have been a long wait and I am so glad it is almost over. There are so many unanswered questions and mysteries I am ready to have answered. So it is with eager anticipation that I wait the final month for Inheritance and the answers to all my questions.
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Himalayan Sherpa Club (HSC) defeated Jawalakhel Youth Club (JYC) 1-0 to enter quarter final in the British Gurkha Cup Football Tournament on Wednesday at Dashrath Stadium.
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"Our target after this is to win every match."
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In an effort to draw major aviation companies and potential buyers to south Florida, Miami-Dade's Beacon Council sent a request to the Air Force for the use of the runway at Homestead AFB for a commercial aviation expo. The purpose of the event was to bring potential buyers from all over the Western Hemisphere to south Florida, where the companies would show off their airplanes.
The Air Force said "No."
The taxpayer-funded economic development organization appealed that answer up the chain of command to the Pentagon.
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The Miami Herald reports that in a letter dated May 30th, Panetta said "As you know, the Department is facing a difficult budget environment,'' Panetta wrote in a May 30 letter that arrived at the Beacon Council's Miami office on Friday. "While your goal is undoubtedly worthwhile, we are simply not in a position to devote resources in playing a central role in a commercial endeavor of this nature."
Beacon Council president Frank Nero said the letter was confusing, since most of the expo was planned for county-owned property adjacent to the base. The site is being touted by Donald Trump as a possible production facility. Nero said he did not think the government would incur any cost as a result of the expo.
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A film like We Bought a Zoo always brings out my two sides as a film critic. Let's call them "Bad Max" and "Good Max."
Bad Max might point out that this film, about a recent widower (Matt Damon) who buys a ramshackle zoo with his two children, is a cutesy blend of sitcom humor and sentimentality, all wrapped in a convenient "based on a true story" package.
But Good Max would note that the film's "not too heavy, not too light" tone is perfect for the holidays.
Bad Max might whine that Cameron Crowe, who made the brilliant Almost Famous and Say Anything, among others, is too good for this kind of formulaic material.
But Good Max would argue that well-made family fare—even the formulaic kind—are a rare thing, and we shouldn't look a gift horse (or zebra, in this case) in the mouth.
Bad Max might say that the youngest daughter, played by Maggie Elizabeth Jones, is the worst kind of movie kid: Self-consciously cute and precocious.
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Brentford chief executive Mark Devlin was naturally sad to see manager Uwe Rosler depart for Wigan but he moved to assure supporters that the club would still head in the right direction.
Brentford have confirmed that Uwe Rosler has opted to leave the club and join Championship side Wigan Athletic.
A minute's applause will take place at all football matches in the Premier League, Football League and FA Cup this weekend to mark the passing of Nelson Mandela.
Brentford manager Uwe Rosler will take charge of the Bees in Saturday's FA Cup second round game against Carlisle, the club have announced.
There's a break from league action as Orient take on Walsall in the FA Cup tomorrow - and midfielder Dean Cox has his heart set on a trip to Old Trafford if they make it through.
Brentford have jumped over a major hurdle of moving into a new ground after Hounslow Council voted to approve planning permission for the Lionel Road development.
Brentford chief executive Mark Devlin admitted that he had his doubts that manager Uwe Rosler will be telling him that he doesn't want to go to Wigan.
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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Review
Counter-Strike is back with a punch
Counter-Strike; this is the game that spurred a generation of shooters to come. It has returned to show off those medals it has received throughout the years. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive's greatest asset is it that is very familiar and reminiscent of its predecessor... very.
It's Counter-Strike. It's the name of a very big game in the shooter genre a a nd you will have heard of it at least once in your l ife. There is no single player story g goodness. Rather it's an entirely multiplayer game. Its mechanics still hold up, even in today's market. As well, you have the original game modes and community challenge with new maps and aesthetics. That's honestly it, it is the same game, and not only that but the name is what might bring the impression of the game down for you.
This game was made to bring some new things to the hardened veterans and introduce an entire generation who has yet to witness the game. There are several ways of this backfiring as the new generation has grown accustomed to the Call of Dutys and the Battlefields that Counter-Strike will seem very bare to them, which it is. Now those people who never knew about the game and have been playing current generation games will not like it and give more traction to troth-full of samey, grey, room-to-room shooters everyone knows about today. Touching on the "bare" point once more, this is what Counter-Strike was good for; finding the challenge in simplicity. Fast paced missions, creative community mods, and of course the banter between players.
Another problem a new player will find is that it is challenging, and in no way is this a bad thing. Challenge is what a majority of games lack these days, however this challenge comes from the veterans who come back to wreck havoc on all the newbies with all the HD goodness that comes with. However, do not let this aspect stop you from playing as there is no more satisfaction than finally succeeding after having your behind handed to you more times than you can count. Its "no-respawn" mechanic makes you really plan what you have to do instead of just heading in guns-a-blazing all the time.
This a great shooter for anyone; the people who want to experience a yellow brick road rather than a sidewalk of grey, people who think that current shooters need more of a challenge, and the newbies if they want a good way to get better at shooters. However, it is the same game, so there is a big question that hangs above this entire review like a guillotine during the French revolution; If it is the same, why bother with a new one and not buy the original. Well, this is a hard question to answer. You could go into detail about all the little things that they added, but the experience is the same just with different aesthetics. I recommend this version only because it has everything all the others have in one. Counter-Strike won't make you counter your idea of purchasing the game.
+ Simple and easy mechanics
+ Graphics and other effects are polished from the last game
+ Challenging for new players and veterans
- Same game with not enough change
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In 2011, the Bearcats went 16-9 in the final 25 games to overcome a slow start and finish the season at 19-19. Willamette went 16-12 in the NWC and qualified for the NWC Softball Tournament.
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Williams was selected NWC Coach of the Year in 2000, after leading the Bearcats to a 25-10 overall record and a second place tie in the NWC at 15-6. The 2000 team led the nation with an impressive 0.76 earned run average and was ranked #5 in the West Region.
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Hello everybody I'm Gerri Willis we begin tonight with breaking news.
The house set to vote on two fiscal -- -- amendments this Thursday but there's only.
One amendment Republicans are hoping will pass here with exclusive details rich -- in Washington rich.
Oh good evening Jerry and what Republicans are looking to do in the house is basically.
Deal with some of the tax provisions of the fiscal cliff dispose -- it on January 1.
So there will be two amendment votes in the house on Thursday the first is being constructed by Republicans.
Dubbed the polo -- plan because.
It contains a number of the positions -- -- House Minority Leader holds a one year extension of current tax rates.
For amounts less than 280000 dollars a year it extends.
Some of the stimulus provisions -- again it expanded earned income tax credit the expanded child tax credit and on the estate tax.
It raises the amount to 55%.
On amounts of more than one million dollars now this is the Republican plan the one that it -- does.
Pass the house is likely to pass the house.
It makes the current rates permanent for amounts less than one million dollars a year it takes capital gains and dividend rates which -- -- 15%.
Makes them permanent for amounts under one million dollars for amounts of more than one million dollars.
It's a 20% cap gains and dividends rate a top rate it permanently patches the Alternative Minimum Tax.
And there -- a permanent estate tax of 35%.
For amounts of more than five million but it also doesn't deal with a whole host of issues including the debt ceiling.
The sequester those automatic spending cuts that are set to hit starting on January 2 -- first the doc fix that's essentially an automatic.
Pay cut to -- payments for doctors who treat Medicare patients extended unemployment benefits all these other elements of the fiscal cliff.
All right dealt with.
That's white house speaker John Boehner says he still negotiating a larger debt deal with the White House but Republicans were discouraged.
But what the president offered them last night they have this back up plan on the table and these the items that they're gonna vote on in the house.
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On The Florida Roundup, here are some the events that caught our attention:
Just before leaving for Venezuela to attend the funeral of Hugo Chávez, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad penned a laudatory tribute for the late president.
"[Chavez] is alive, as long as nations are alive and struggle for consolidating independence, justice and kindness. I have no doubt that he will come back, and along with Christ the Saviour, the heir to all saintly and perfect men, and will bring peace, justice and perfection for all," Ahmadinejad wrote in a letter he sent the Venezuelan vice president.
Originally published on Thu March 7, 2013 11:49 am
The death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is an especially tough blow for Cuba, whose feeble state-run economy has been propped up for more than a decade with Venezuelan oil shipments and other subsidies.
The Castro government has declared three days of mourning, calling Chavez "a son" of Cuba, but privately Cubans are quietly fretting about the potential loss of billions in trade and the threat of a new economic crisis.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is dead. Public reactions from South Florida's sizeable Venezuelan ex-pat community were jubilant on Tuesday night. In Venezuela, less so.
The big question this morning: what happens next for Venezuela and its allies?
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is dead, says the country's Vice President Nicolas Maduro. Maduro made the announcement on Tuesday.
You can find the latest updates on what this means for Venezuela--and how South Floridians are taking the news--right here.
And be sure to check back; We'll be updating this post regularly.
Venezuela's national baseball team was warming up ahead of Tuesday evening's exhibition game against the Miami Marlins in Jupiter, Fla., when news arrived that President Hugo Chavez had died.
Originally published on Tue March 5, 2013 6:20 pm
It was busier than usual inside Café Canela last night, but owner Ramon Peraza repeatedly came out from behind the counter to give new arrivals a hug or a handshake. All of them were jubilant.
But Peraza struggles to describe his emotions.
"I feel that my heart is very, very happy and quiet, quiet. We are waiting for this for many years," says PerazaWhen Peraza says the word "quiet," he makes a soothing gesture over his chest.
All Tuesday night, we listened to South Floridians react to the death of Hugo Chavez. Many (most) of the reactions were celebratory. Those celebrations took the form of songs, drive-by shoutings and apparently an accordion death ballad.
Below is a roundup of the most colorful reactions to the death of Venezuela's oft-beloved and perhaps equally hated leader.
Originally published on Wed March 6, 2013 7:23 am
Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez, has died, Vice President Nicolás Maduro announced in a televised statement.
Chávez died at a military hospital in Caracas at 4:25 p.m. Tuesday. He was 58.
In power since 1999, the former military commander became an icon of socialist policies in Latin America. With his country's oil wealth as backup, he launched fierce and unyielding criticism of the United States and its allies.
The AP reports:
Originally published on Fri February 15, 2013 1:34 pm
The Venezuelan government has released photographs of ailing President Hugo Chávez, who has not made a public appearance since he left for Cuba in December.
Originally published on Wed January 9, 2013 9:10 am
In the Bolivar Plaza of downtown Caracas, supporters of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrive carrying photographs of their leader and singing songs urging him on. Music blares from loudspeakers, repeating over and over, "Chavez, my commander, is here to stay."
Chavez, however, is most definitely not here, and increasingly many Venezuelans wonder if he'll ever be back. He flew to Cuba, Venezuela's closest ally, for an operation that took place on Dec. 11. Before leaving for his fourth cancer surgery, Chavez named a successor.
2012 may be remembered in Latin American for what didn't happen more than for what actually did, especially in Venezuela and Cuba.
The year began ominously for Venezuelan nationals living in South Florida. The U.S. State Department expelled the country's consul-general, alleging she was involved in a cyber-terrorism plot. In January, Venezuela's Miami consulate was shut down by President Hugo Chavez, who was facing a tough reelection campaign.
Originally published on Wed December 12, 2012 6:38 pm
Venezuelans must prepare for "complex and difficult days" after President Hugo Chavez' cancer surgery, the country's vice president says.
Forget the US election.
There may be an even more important presidential vote taking place in Venezuela this fall.
Miami Herald South America bureau chief Jim Wyss updates WLRN's Phil Latzman on Hugo Chavez's fight to keep his job against upstart opponent Henrique Capriles. Also discussed: political strife in Colombia and Latin American countries tasting rare Olympic glory during the Summer Games in London.


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By Bret Strelow
As Roy Williams posed with four NBA caps by his left hand and held up four fingers on his right hand, signifying the number of first-round draft picks North Carolina had sent to the pros Thursday night, the rest of the ACC had reason to rejoice.
But in a league that suffered very few draft losses as a whole, only Mark Gottfried's revived N.C. State program looks capable of challenging rebuilt UNC and Duke teams for first place next season - a sign that the other coaches, most of them relatively new, aren't facing quick fixes.
As impressive as it was that the Tar Heels and Blue Devils combined for six first-round picks, it's just as noteworthy that the other 10 schools combined for two second-round selections: Florida State's Bernard James and Virginia's Mike Scott, one a 27-year-old Air Force veteran and the other a 23-year-old redshirt senior.
Remember how often a school like Georgia Tech lost an elite young player to the draft lottery, forcing it to restart the climb from scratch? The NBA can't be blamed for stunting anyone's progress this time.
Mark Turgeon deserves some patience for what he's dealing with at Maryland. Terrell Stoglin, Mychal Parker and Ashton Pankey have departed this offseason, leaving Pe'Shon Howard as the only remaining member of a five-man class of high school signees who were freshmen on Gary Williams' final team. The Terrapins could have been dangerous, but scratch them off the list of surprise contenders in 2012-13.
As for Florida State, it has lost six seniors from its rotation and Antwan Space to a transfer. Michael Snaer and Ian Miller will be back, along with rugged forward Terrance Shannon, who redshirted last season because of a shoulder injury, but it's hard to believe that the Seminoles won't take at least a small step back.
The same goes for Virginia, making Miami - with eight impact players returning - the best darkhorse pick after the Wolfpack. The Hurricanes have two games apiece against UNC and Duke, plus a road game against N.C. State, so they'll have to earn their keep.
Opportunities like this don't come around very often in the ACC.
The Tar Heels have been hit by heavy personnel losses before, but Duke was the easy choice to assume the role of league torch-bearer each time. After UNC's title in 2005, the Blue Devils had J.J. Redick and Shelden Williams coming back as seniors. North Carolina captured another championship in 2009, and Duke shared the 2010 league title with Maryland before making a national title run.
N.C. State could equal or surpass what the Terrapins accomplished that season, but it's shaping up to be a three-team race between Triangle rivals rather than a wide-open one.
Without more NBA-level talent, it'll be tough for the other schools to change that storyline.
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Chalmers now plays in the NBA with the Miami Heat, the team that won last year's NBA title. Chalmers is now only the second Jayhawk to win an NCAA and NBA title in their career (Clyde Lovellette the other).
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Dell's Alienware unit is slated to put AMD-ATI front and center. The Dell subsidiary will bring out a relatively low-cost game PC with dual ATI graphics chips within the next two weeks.
This comes in the wake of a report that Dell will phase out its XPS game PC line in favor of Alienware systems.
The $1,699 system--cheap by game PC standards--will come with 4GB (DDR2 800MHz) memory, a quad-core 9550 (2.2GHz) Phenom X4 processor, and a 3870 X2 board with two ATI HD 3870 graphics chips, said Marc Diana, Alienware product marketing manager for desktops. The … Read more


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I leave you a rough example so you can get an starting point: I will use a simple div element, with the CSS Needed:
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The trick is basically to scroll the background image sprite up, using the We need to know the JavaScript implementation:
EDIT: You can also set the CSS properties programmatically so you don't have to define any style on your page, and make a constructor function from the above example, that will allow you to show multiple sprite animations simultaneously: Usage:
Notice that I added a
Check the above example here. | |||||||||||||||||
Take a look at this: | |||||
You can do it with TweenMax and steppedEase easing : http://codepen.io/burnandbass/pen/FfeAa or http://codepen.io/burnandbass/pen/qAhpj whatever you choose :) | ||||
Set the background image of an element to the first image, then use javascript to change the image by altering the style every x milliseconds. | |||||
CMS's answer is fine, but there's also the APNG (animated PNG) format that you may want to use instead. Of course the first frame (the one displayed even by browsers that don't support APNG) should be the "ending" frame and just specify to skip the first frame in the file. | |||||