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Office opens
The Dime Bank opened its seventh office, located in Carbondale. It will have lobby teller windows, private customer service areas, safe deposit boxes, along with drive-through lanes for tellers, night depository and an ATM. The Carbondale office also has a full-time wealth management adviser on Brooklyn Street.
Foundation receives contributions: The Blue Ribbon Foundation of Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania board of directors approved nearly $125,000 in contributions that will be shared by 14 United Ways across BCNEPA's 13-county service area. The United Way of Lackawanna and Wayne Counties received $34,658 for its 2013/14 campaign, targeted to health-related programs for Lackawanna and Wayne County residents.
Anniversary celebration: RE/MAX Wayne, number one in sales in Wayne County for the sixth consecutive year, celebrated its 20th anniversary as a RE/MAX franchise. The franchise was founded in 1993 by Paul Meagher Sr. and his wife, Sandy.
Festival held: The Scranton Plan, the industrial marketing arm of the Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce, held its annual summer festival at Glenmaura National Golf Club, Moosic. The Scranton Plan, co-hosted by PPL Electric Utilities, welcomed more than 50 real estate brokers, consultants and site selection specialists from neighboring states to a day of golf, lunch at Glenmaura, followed by dinner and a Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders game at PNC Field.
University ranked: Misericordia University was ranked among the top 39 percent of all master's degree-granting institutions in the country by Washington Monthly magazine in a survey that stresses community service and social mobility of students. Misericordia was 264th among 684 colleges and universities in the nation that were recognized in the "2013 Master's Universities" category. In a separate "Best Bang for the Buck" listing, Washington Monthly ranked Misericordia 233rd overall and 97th among master's degree-granting colleges and universities in the nation.
Company certified: T-R Associates Inc. has been ISO 9001:2008 certified in the provision of complete export management services. To become ISO 9001:2008 certified, a company must fulfill requirements outlined by the International Organization for Standardization. Specifically, ISO 9001 requires an organization to demonstrate a quality management system with the ability to consistently provide a service that meets customer as well as statutory and regulatory requirements.
Grant application deadline: Educators applying for FirstEnergy Corp's education grants for the 2013-2014 school year must have application in by Sept. 16. Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Classroom Grants of up to $500 will be awarded for creative, individual classroom projects for grades prekindergarten through 12. Visit www.firstenergycorp.com/community/education/educa tional_grants.html for details on grant criteria and to apply.
Candidates sought: The Greater Hazleton Chamber of Commerce seeks nominations for its 12th annual Business & Community Awards. The awards recognize individuals and businesses that promote and support the greater Hazleton area. To nominate yourself or a third party, contact Leann Fallabel at the chamber, 455-1509 or firstname.lastname@example.com; or www.hazletonchamber.org. Applications must be received by Sept. 20.
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The Mint Hill Board of Commissioners will meet April 12 to discuss rezoning amendments affecting the development plan approval procedures.
Currently, Mint Hill holds joint public hearings, requiring the Board of Commissioners and the Planning Board to meet together. The proposed changes would eliminate the Planning Board's required attendance. State statues do not require the Planning Board to attend the meeting.
Deputy Town Manager Lee Bailey explained the proposition stems from scheduling problems. Before the economic downturn, development meetings occurred regularly in Mint Hill.
"Development has slowed down," said Bailey, "so public hearings are less frequent."
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Index of Memorial Resolutions and Biographical Sketches
Harry Yandell Benedict, tenth president of The University of Texas at Austin and professor of mathematics and astronomy, died on May 10, 1937. He was 67.
Services for President Benedict were held at Gregory Gymnasium, with three thousand in attendance. The Governor of Texas, the Board of Regents, delegations from both houses of the Texas Legislature, and representatives from all the state's colleges and universities were present. Members of the Students' Association, the Longhorn Band, and other student groups also participated. The service concluded with the "The Eyes of Texas" played on the Tower chimes. President Benedict was buried in Oakwood Cemetery.
President Benedict was born on November 14, 1869, in Louisville, Kentucky. His parents were Joseph and Adele (Peters) Benedict. In 1877 he moved to Texas with his mother and brother Carl to live on land owned by his maternal great-grandfather, S. W. Peters, along the Brazos River in Young and Stephens counties. With the exception of attending schools in Graham and Weatherford, Texas, for eight months, he was taught at home by his "well-educated" mother. Her family owned a library of 1,000 books, which they transported from Kentucky to Texas.
President Benedict enrolled in the University on examination in February 1889 and received a bachelor's degree with honors in 1892, and a master's degree in 1893. While a student at the University, he was a fellow and a tutor in pure mathematics. After working with the McCormick Observatory at the University of Virginia from 1893 to 1895, President Benedict studied at Harvard University. He received a PhD in mathematical astronomy there in 1898.
President Benedict was in charge ad interim of mathematics and astronomy at Vanderbilt University in 1899. He joined the faculty of the University in fall 1899 as an instructor of mathematics. He became a professor of applied mathematics and astronomy in 1907. From 1909 to 1911 he was director of extension. In 1911 he was promoted to dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. From 1913 until 1920 he was also dean of men. In 1927 he was named president of the University. He was the first ex-student to become president and he occupied that office longer than anyone else in the University's history.
During his administration, President Benedict oversaw a major building construction program that added 15 new buildings to the campus. He did not live to see the completion of the McDonald Observatory, a project the University started with an $850,000 gift from the estate of banker William Johnson McDonald.
President Benedict was the author of several books. He wrote Unified Mathematics with two other mathematicians (1915). With John A. Lomax, he wrote Book of Texas (1916). He also completed A Source Book of Legislative History of the University of Texas (1917) and Peregrinusings (1924). At the time of his death, he was writing a history of the University. The unfinished manuscript is in the Harry Yandell Archives at the Barker Texas History Center.v President Benedict was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and president of the Texas Academy of Science. He held memberships in the American Mathematical Society, the American Astronomical Society, and other professional organizations. President Benedict was awarded an honorary doctor of laws degree from Baylor University in 1920. He received a similar degree from Southwestern University in 1929. Benedict Hall, dedicated in April 1953, was named in his honor.
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I'm looking for any good tutorials on vectorizing (loops) in MATLAB.
I have quite simple algorithm, but it uses two
for loops. I know that it should be simple to vectorize it and I would like to learn how to do it instead of asking you for the solution.
But to let you know what problem I have, so you would be able to suggest best tutorials that are showing how to solve similar problems, here's the outline of my problem:
B = zeros(size(A)); % //A is a given matrix.
for i=1:size(A,1)
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H = ... %// take some surrounding elements of the element at position (i,j) (i.e. using mask 3x3 elements)
B(i,j) = computeSth(H); %// compute something on selected elements and place it in B
So, I'm NOT asking for the solution. I'm asking for a good tutorials, examples of vectorizing loops in MATLAB. I would like to learn how to do it and do it on my own.


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The debate over cigarette displays is one that has been raging for some time now. Some places feel that cigarette displays should be made illegal altogether. However New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg feels that cigarette displays, much like certain cigarette packs across the country, should feature graphic warning posters showing the negative affects that smoking cigarettes can have on the human body. He has pushed very hard for cigarette shops to have to display posters and labels like that, but a court decision has ruled that they can't actually force the rule on shop owners.
This is great news for tobacco shop owners who have had to comply with such laws despite knowing it would most likely hurt their businesses. State governments all across the country seem to be determined to enact some form of unofficial smoking prohibition through tactics like this. This will hopefully work to prevent other states from trying to utilize such methods in the future.
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However, if I set up ZD through PRISM, that works immediately. The only disadvantage to that is that I do not have an indication of received messages on the icon that I always had before this whole thing started (when I upgraded to Lion).
I can of course also access ZD through Safari or Firefox - but I very much liked how it was before my Lion upgrade - and it is that which simply now will NOT access the zimbra server.


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Tuesday, 10 June 2014 | MYT 12:00 AM
Publisher: Top Shelf
Writer: Alan Moore
Artist: Steve Parkhouse
Ah, the saga of the Bojeffries family. Best spoken of in a Will Smith Agent J voice, making mention of "all kinds of crazy-@$$ sh*t". Because that's exactly what this kind-of-lost delight is – and there's a sewage-truckload of it, too.
First appearing in the late 1980s in British comic Warrior and going on to come out every now and then in that mag as well as anthology magazines like A1 and the odd (extremely odd) compilation, The Bojeffries Saga then fell off the radar for a few years.
Until last year, that is, when Top Shelf put together this complete, and for the moment completed, collection.
"Completed" because Messrs Moore and Parkhouse put together an all-new 24-page tale, Before They Were Famous, for fans to catch up with the family in the intervening years since they were last seen.
Who exactly are the Bojeffries, er, Bojeffrieses? There's a question.
Kind of a Munsters, Dark Shadows and Coronation Street mash-up by way of The Great Old Ones, the family is a bizarre collection of: some ordinary-seeming types, a vampire, a werewolf, a slowly decaying/degenerating/evolving mass (think of him as "Grandpa Fester"), a nuclear-powered baby, and the ... indescribable daughter, Grinda, who can "calculate the number of molecules in a neutron star without moving my lips".
She's a keeper, that one – as in, she'll decide if you're worth keeping, like the grit under her toenails.
The Bojeffries family faces all manner of threats in these short stories, from rent collectors to neo-Nazis, newsboys to seaside vacations. Yes, threats – after all, when you're such a unique group living in the very ordinary setting of a Northampton council house, heck, anything that isn't Lovecraftian, or at least a
former tenant of Hammer Film Productions, is a threat.
So too do the Bojeffrieses need to shielded, in much the same way as the Munsters and Addamses were always the real innocents, needing to be sheltered from the rest of society.
Their saga offers a wonderfully nostalgiafilled snapshot of British society (hey, we do get the tabloids over here too) and pop culture of the times. The singles/club scene has seldom been dealt with – or should I say, dismissed – more seriocomically than in the hilariously ironic Sex, With Ginda Bojeffries. And then there are just amusing diversions like the vampire Uncle Festus' effort to get home from an earlyearly
morning trip to the shops in Dawn Of The Dead.
An entire story is told as an opera, while the werewolf, Uncle Raoul, goes for his annual company dinner in quite the straight-up funniest tale of the bunch to me.
And those wonderful accessories! Action figures with daft action features? Check. Airfix models of the ocean? Here's one under the Christmas tree. And speaking of Christmas, what about a hock of half-eaten Santa reindeer? Er ... it just so happens ...
As you may guess from the preceding paragraphs, The Bojeffries Saga is probably one of the most off-the-wall things to come out of Alan Moore's mind, brilliantly rendered into visual form by Steve Parkhouse.
Before he got all preoccupied with extraordinary literary heroes and slagging his former employers (DC, we're looking at you), Moore sure knew how to have fun with his work, and it is amply demonstrated over and over again between these covers.
While I did catch some of the Bojeffries strips in A1, my knowledge of the saga was quite limited until now. I will just say that this collection as a whole was certainly not what I expected. In a good way, mostly. Except that Grinda just makes me feel so ... unworthy.
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The Kardashians
Kendall Jenner is at it again!
It feels like we've been writing story after story about this teen model's super-sexy antics lately, about things that we can't help but feel are a little inappropriate for her age. Which is 17, by the way. First she was making pouty faces on her Instagram feed, then there was the waist-down photo she posted.
Now she's going pro, having landed an uber-sexy swimsuit campaign! We have to ask again: Is this appropriate for someone her age?
There's no denying that Kendall's pics from the Agua Bendita swimwear shoot are out-of-control steamy. We can't help but feel uncomfortable about the whole situation, because as Keeping Up With The Kardashians fans it feels like we've known her since she was a little girl. So, you know, ick factor.
But! The fact remains that girls even younger than Kendall are walking runways all over the world. Teenage models are nothing new, and while we can't say we're fans of that fact, it's unfair to call Kendall out for wanting to do her job. After all, the campaign also features Victoria's Secret angel Candice Swanepoel! Since Kendall has admitted that being an angel is on her bucket list, we can't blame her for jumping at the chance to take this gig.
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text: 5 easy craft ideas to start off the new year Looking to develop a new skill as part of your New Year's resolutions? We've found five easy craft ideas that are great for beginners. By Kate Daley 2013-01-03 00:00:00 With the new year comes the possibility for reinvention. Forget losing those last 10(or 20) pounds and focus your New Year's resolutions on updating your crafting repertoire. Whether your new skill involves knitting a fresh pattern or giving stencils a chance, there's a plethora of perfect projects for beginners or the more experienced looking for fast and easy crafts. Fun, easy crafts to make this year: Sew a simple and stylish tote bag A book bag, a knitting tote, a gym carryall, a catch-all for the car -- the possibilities are endless with this easy pattern. Easy-knit afghan This bright blanket is made from colourful knitted squares that are quick to make and portable, too. Floor Cushions These soft and comfy portable seats have many uses, from chair cushions and pet beds to cozy spots for napping children. Raspberry toque: A crocheted hat This super-cute, cosy and quick-to-make toque is crocheted in a wool/acrylic/mohair blend yarn. Make one for all your friends! Photo gallery: How to make festive snow folk This inexpensive and portable holiday craft is perfect for low-key, fireside chats with friends and family. Needle felting is also called "dry felting," and is a method of sculpting loose unspun wool (called roving), using a barbed felting needle that locks or felts the fibres together. Do you love crafts? Sign up for our free newsletter, Get Crafty!


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Isis Brantley was on the train platform headed to catch a flight to Dallas when two TSA agents ran down the escalator behind her demanding to check her hair for explosives.
"Some random lady came up and said 'Did they check your hair?' and I said, 'What no,' and then I just kept going," she said.
Brantley said she was then told, "I have to pat your hair down to make sure you don't have any explosives." She said TSA agents did not take her into a private area to conduct the search, but patted her hair down right there in front of the train doors.
"She took her hand and she started digging around in my hair several times and I said, 'Find the explosives? Please don't do this to me. This is humiliating and embarrassing'," Brantley said. -- [ SOURCE ]
More below... Isis Brantley is a natural hair pioneer/activist. She recently organized the 1st Natural Hair Parade & Festival - sponsored by Erykah Badu - that was held in Dallas, Texas on September 3, 2011.
In 1995, the Texas Board of Cosmetology charged Isis with breaking cosmetology regulations, by braiding hair without a license. She was taken to court and found guilty, however they couldn't find an actual violation to charge her with.
According to her website, her case was put off for two years. And in 1997 Isis was arrested for braiding hair without a license. Although at the time, no laws in the state of Texas required braiders to be licensed, many in the community saw the arrest as an attempt by the state to intimidate underground braiders and subject them to the same requirements as cosmetologists.
In 2004, Isis got legislation to lower the class hours from 1500 hours to 35 hours for those who want to solely practice natural hair care in the state of Texas. In 2007, she was grandfathered by the state of Texas as the first natural hair care expert and educator in the state.


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March 23, 2013
Hard Times For The Wii U
Many benefits await those who stray away from the ignorance of single console exclusivity, and that goes especially for the PlayStation crowd. Sure, it's more than admirable for a gaming experience, but don't you dare shut out the rest of the gaming industry on the assumption that God of War is the only game you'll ever need.
Put simply, it isn't.
On a lighter note, Nintendo's Wii U isn't enduring the weather too well as of late when its February earnings report was released to the public. Like many ignorant console fan boys, I idled away and scolded Nintendo for not adhering to fan requests for a more hardware-intensive machine. And how could you blame me? The Wii U has been packaged with a measly 1.2 GHz processor (not a Tri-Core, as rumored before its release), which raises an eyebrow as to how exactly Nintendo expects to compete against the PS4 and Xbox 720 at a transition in the industry when gamers have demanded improvement; now, more than ever.
With quite a bit of familiarity with coding, game developers can utilize the console's hardware to push a higher bar of potential for the Wii U. Be that as it may, the machine's ability to render in physical objects and HD textures won't have much to boast about in a year's time. Let's ignore the technical talk and cut straight to the underlying point: why have third party developers abandoned development or support on the Wii U?
Perhaps developing any game on the Wii U is about as long a stretch in hourly work as is developing Halo 4 for the Nintendo 3DS? Bungie announced that they wouldn't be developing their newest IP Destiny for Wii U, and Irrational Games hung up their coats to dry when they announced that Bioshock Infinite would not be coming to the console.
Volition announced Saints Row 4's will be released this August and that the open-world, free-roam would not be available on Wii U. You can fill in the blank for the next ten developers I have on my list. The punch line here is that Nintendo's Wii U is getting absolutely no love from the third party world. Not only that, but the console itself is failing to rack sufficient sales compared to its predecessor six years ago.
While the console is getting a nice addition of first party games this year (Pokémon: Rumble U, Watchdogs, Monster Hunter Ultimate, Zelda: Wind Walker), the lack of multiplatform titles is only going to ensure that Nintendo's world will be wholly secluded.
With respect, I have much appreciation for Nintendo. How could anyone harbor such animosity? Nintendo is the architect of most of our earlier gaming lives.
Ubisoft has appeased (and sucked up to) most of the gaming industry with their teasing and hyping of Watchdogs, an open world free roam set in a not too distant future Chicago. The game's mechanics remind me of a modern Grand Theft Auto with the best iPhone that money can buy. Ubisoft has marketed the game to next gen consoles as well as the Wii U, even claiming that the PC was the leading platform for the game's release.
Let's hope the developers give a bit of love to our friends at Nintendo for the Wii U's success.
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CODE OF ETHICS OF THE US CHESS FEDERATION (US Chess)
(Revised October 2015 for "USCF" to now be "US Chess") - Printer friendly version
1. The purpose of this code of ethics is to set forth standards to which the conduct of players, tournament directors, sponsors, and other individuals and entities participating in the affairs of the US Chess Federation (US Chess), including tournaments and other activities sponsored by or sanctioned by US Chess, should conform; to specify sanctions for conduct that does not conform to such standards; and to specify the procedures by which alleged violations are to be investigated and, if necessary, the appropriate sanctions imposed.
2. The standards, procedures, and sanctions set forth in this code of ethics are not equivalent to criminal laws and procedures. Rather, they concern the rights and privileges of US Chess membership, including, but not limited to, the privilege of participating in tournaments, events, or other activities as a member of US Chess.
3. The standards, procedures, and sanctions set forth in this code of ethics shall apply only to actions and behavior by:
(A) members of US Chess, that occur in connection with tournaments or other activities sponsored by or sanctioned by US Chess; and (B) individuals and entities acting in an official capacity as officers or representatives of US Chess. This code shall not apply to actions or behavior by employees of US Chess acting in the scope of their duties. Such actions fall instead under the province of the Executive Board. Each member of US Chess and each participant in a US Chess activity shall be bound by this code of ethics.
4. The US Chess Ethics Committee is appointed in accordance with procedures consistent with the bylaws of US Chess. The committee exists to consider allegations of unethical conduct at or in connection with events sanctioned by US Chess, and allegations of unethical conduct involving US Chess and its activities, in accordance with the standards and procedures contained in this code. The committee will exercise all other duties as may be assigned by the Bylaws or by action of the US Chess Board of Delegates.
5. The actions and behavior of individuals participating in US Chess activities, or in events sponsored by or sanctioned by US Chess, shall be lawful and in accordance with all US Chess rules and regulations, and consistent with the principles of fair play, good sportsmanship, honesty, and respect for the rights of others. The following is a list of examples of actions and behavior that are considered unethical. The list is not intended to be exhaustive, and any action or behavior that is unlawful or violates US Chess rules and regulations, or is inconsistent with the principles of fair play, good sportsmanship, honesty, and respect for the rights of others, may be considered to fall within the scope of this code of ethics.
(a) Intentional violations of tournament regulations, or of any other regulations pertaining to US Chess activities and goals, particularly after being warned.
(b) Cheating in a game of chess by illegally giving, receiving, offering, or soliciting advice; or by consulting written sources; or by tampering with clocks; or in any other manner.
(c) Deliberately losing a game for payment, or to lower one's rating, or for any other reason; or attempting to induce another player to do so. Deliberately failing to play at one's best in a game, in any manner inconsistent with the principles of good sportsmanship, honesty, or fair play.
(d) Deliberately misrepresenting one's playing ability in order to compete in a tournament or division of a tournament intended for players of lesser ability; players with foreign ratings are expected to disclose those ratings.
(e) Participating in a tournament under a false name or submitting a falsified rating report.
(f) Participating in a tournament while under suspension.
(g) Purposely giving false information in order to circumvent or violate any rule or regulation or goal recognized by US Chess.
(h) Attempting to interfere with the rights of any US Chess member, such as by barring someone from entering a US Chess-sanctioned event for personal reasons. Generally, no individual should be barred from a US Chess-sanctioned event for which he or she meets the advertised qualifications, without appropriate due process, and then only for behavior inconsistent with the principles of this code and/or the rules of chess. If a ban on future participation is imposed, the individual should be notified of the ban prior to his attempting to appear at future events.
(i) Violating federal, state, or local laws while participating in activities that are associated with US Chess.
6. Any US Chess member may initiate procedures under this code of ethics by filing a complaint in a timely manner with the US Chess Ethics Committee. In the case of any accusation that does not fall clearly under the Standards of Conduct above, the Ethics Committee shall have the authority to decide whether the alleged conduct is within the scope of the code of ethics. In the case of each alleged violation that is within the scope of the code of ethics, the following steps shall occur in a timely manner:
(a) A factual inquiry shall be made by the Ethics Committee, assisted as necessary by the US Chess staff. Previous findings of the Ethics Committee or other US Chess entities may be included among the evidence considered by the Ethics Committee, if relevant to the circumstances of the present case. As a part of such an inquiry, any person accused of unethical conduct shall have the right to examine the evidence against him or her, the right to respond to the accusation, and the right to produce written evidence in his or her behalf.
(b) Appropriate sanctions, if any, shall be recommended to the Executive Board by the Ethics Committee. In recommending sanctions, the Ethics Committee may consider any previous ruling or finding of the Ethics Committee, or other US Chess entity, pertaining to the past conduct of the person being sanctioned. In recommending sanctions, the person being recommended for sanctions must be informed of this fact. Any person against whom sanctions have been recommended shall be promptly notified.
(c) Except as specified in 6(e) sanctions recommended to the Executive Board shall be deemed final unless appealed to the Executive Board by the person or persons upon whom the sanctions have been imposed, or upon the initiative of any member of the Executive Board. Such an appeal must be made within thirty days of the date that notification of recommended sanctions occurred, except that the Executive Board may extend the deadline for appeal if in its judgment an unavoidable delay in communications or other valid cause prevented a timely appeal. If an appeal has not been filed by the deadline the recommended sanctions shall be placed into effect.
(d) Upon appeal, a review of the facts and the appropriateness of the recommended sanction shall be undertaken by the Executive Board. The person against whom the sanction has been recommended, as well as the person filing the initial complaint, shall be given notice of the time and place the Executive Board will review the case. The person against whom the sanctions have been recommended shall have the right to appear before the Board and present evidence. In all appeals the recommended sanctions imposed by the Ethics Committee shall not be in effect until the appeal hearing is completed. The recommended sanctions shall be either confirmed, modified, or revoked by the Executive Board.
(e) If the person against whom sanctions have been recommended is a member of the US Chess Executive Board, he or she may not appeal the sanctions to the Executive Board, but may appeal to the US Chess Board of Delegates at its next scheduled meeting.
(f) If any member of the Ethics Committee or of the US Chess Executive Board has a conflict of interest of any kind that might preclude objective participation in the consideration of any case, that person may not act in the capacity of a committee or board member on the case.
7. The following are some of the sanctions that may be imposed as a result of the procedures specified above. In unusual cases, other appropriate sanctions may be imposed, or these sanctions may be varied or combined.
(a) Reprimand. A determination that a member has committed an offense warranting discipline becomes a matter of record, but no further sanction is imposed at the time. A reprimand automatically carries a probation of at least three months, or longer if so specified. If the member is judged guilty of another offense during the probation, he or she is then liable to further sanctions for both offenses.
(b) Censure. A determination that a member has committed a serious offense warranting discipline becomes a matter of record, but no further sanction is imposed at the time. Censure automatically carries a probation of at least one year, or longer if so specified. If the member is judged guilty of another offense during the probationary period, he or she is then liable to further sanctions for both offenses.
(c) Suspended sentence with probation. A determination is made that the member has committed an offense warranting discipline. When the discipline is imposed and execution thereof suspended, such suspension shall include probation for at least six months longer than the discipline imposed. If the member is judged guilty of another offense during this period, unless otherwise decreed, the original discipline shall be added to such new discipline as may be imposed for the new offense.
(d) Suspension. Suspension is a determination that the member has committed an offense warranting abrogation, for a specified period of time, of all membership rights and privileges.
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In this installment of Have Ball, Will Travel, we'll take at a Serge Ibaka jumper during Game 4 between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Dallas Mavericks.
Several Mavs on the floor immediately called for a walk on Ibaka's play, and they appear to be right. While Ibaka's violation isn't all that glaring, he clearly lifts his left foot — after establishing it as his pivot — in order to execute a more emphatic fake to his right. He then lifts his right foot in launching to his left, all of which occurs before Ibaka releases the ball for a dribble. It's a textbook walk, as both feet are moved before the ball ever leaves Ibaka's hand.
For reference, here is the exact wording of the relevant (and most well-known) portion of the traveling rule:
"In starting a dribble after (1) receiving the ball while standing still, or (2) coming to a legal stop, the ball must be out of the player's hand before the pivot foot is raised off the floor."
While officiating the spin move of Dwyane Wade or Blake Griffin presents its own unique challenges (the speed and movement make a proper call incredibly difficult), the veil lifted over the referees' eyes in this instance is subtlety. Ibaka doesn't exploit an extra step at the end of his dribble, and thus his travel doesn't pop out as much against the backdrop of legal basketball play. He makes what could have been a legal move (had it been better executed), but simply slips up on the footwork and commits a traveling violation. Regardless, the violation on this play is cut and dry; the officials may not have seen Ibaka's slight pivot lift, but it's certainly there, and allows him to create enough space to fire up an open jumper.


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The Music Collection, located through the glass doors on the first floor of the Library, houses the Library's CDs, LP (vinyl) records, and music scores.
What's in the Music Collection:
- Scores with call numbers M7-M5000 are shelved in the Music Collection.
- The Library's LP (vinyl) collection
- The Library's CD collection
- Over 4,000 CDs donated to Purchase College Library by David Byrne of Talking Heads fame.
- See the Music Collection Stacks Map for more info.
- NOTE: Music books with call numbers M1-M6 and ML-MT (i.e.: composers' collected works, music theory, technique, ethnomusicology, etc.) are shelved in the Main Stacks on the lower level.
How to find specific resources in the Music Collection:
To search for a particular CD or score, search for the title, musician, or composer in the library catalog.
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DETROIT – It was said that the Detroit Red Wings could not lose Game 7 of a Stanley Cup final on home ice. They did.
That Marc-Andre Fleury could not be counted on to win big games. He has.
That these Penguins were not ready to be champions. They are.
They defeated the Red Wings, 2-1, in Game 7 at Joe Louis Arena last night to earn the third Stanley Cup in franchise history.
The driving forces behind the victory were forward Max Talbot, who scored both goals, and Fleury, who turned aside 23 of 24 shots and made a lunging game-, season- and Cup-saving stop on Nicklas Lidstrom with about a second to play.
Penguins center Evgeni Malkin, who led the playoffs in scoring with 36 points, received the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player in the postseason.
"He told us before the playoffs that he was going to lead us to the Stanley Cup," right winger Bill Guerin said. "He's an amazing competitor, an amazing player."
But this victory was not about one guy, or two or three. Championships are won by 20 or 21 or 22 men, although the Penguins had to get by with 19 for much of last night.
Captain Sidney Crosby missed most of the final 34-plus minutes after Detroit's Johan Franzen hit him at center ice early in the second period, pinning Crosby's left knee between his own and the boards.
Crosby went to the dressing room and did not return until the start of the third and managed only one 32-second shift in the middle of that period.
"We tried to make it so I couldn't feel it anymore, but it just didn't work," he said.
The injury did not, however, prevent him from becoming the youngest captain in league history to hoist the Stanley Cup.
"It's everything you dream of," Crosby said. "It's an amazing feeling."
He later pronounced himself to be "100 percent" for the victory parade.
Crosby was the No. 2 scorer in these playoffs, putting up 31 points in 24 games.
Talbot gave the Penguins all the offense they needed, but it was not clear that he had the winner until Fleury threw himself across the crease to deny Lidstrom on a rebound with about a second to go.
"I saw the shot coming in, and I just tried to do everything I could to get over there," Fleury said.
He did and, in the process, secured a championship and shattered the perception that he cannot produce when the pressure and stakes are highest.
"It's only fitting that he made that save with a second left to clinch it for us," defenseman Mark Eaton said. "You can't say enough about the way he's played, and what he did for us."
Winning Game 7 avenged losing the Cup to Detroit at Mellon Arena in 2008 and completed a remarkable turnaround by the Penguins. When Dan Bylsma was brought in to replace Michel Therrien as coach Feb. 15, they were five points out of the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference standings.
Bylsma promptly led them to an 18-3-4 record during the stretch drive and rallied them from a 3-2 deficit in this series. He joins Al MacNeil as the only rookie coaches to win a Cup after getting his job during the season. MacNeil did it with Montreal in 1971.
The Penguins have won all three of their Cups on the road — they did it in Minnesota in 1991 and in Chicago in 1992 — and last night became the only road team to win a game in this series.
The loss was just the Red Wings' second in 14 home dates during the playoffs and marked just the third time in 15 tries that the visiting club has won Game 7 in a Cup final.
It helped that the Penguins never had to play from behind. Talbot gave them a 1-0 lead at 1:13 of the second when he put a shot between the legs of Red Wings goalie Chris Osgood from the inner edge of the right circle. Malkin made the goal possible by getting his stick on a Brad Stuart pass and deflecting it to Talbot.
Talbot beat Osgood on a two-on-one break at 10:07 of the second, and that provided the Penguins' margin of victory after Detroit's Jonathan Ericsson scored from the right point at 13:53 of the third.
But that was the only puck Detroit got past Fleury, and at 10:37 p.m., the Penguins triggered a civic celebration that might last for days.
"I really don't know if it's sunk in yet," Eaton said. "It doesn't get any better than this."
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CAREER: Has played in 31 of a possible 34 games during his Mississippi State career, earning a total of 18 starts -- 13 at defensive end during his sophomore and junior seasons after gaining five at the middle linebacker position as a freshman . . . Has recorded 127 total tackles, including 23.5 for loss (minus 103 yards), 10.5 of which were quarterback sacks (minus 66 yards) . . . Returned one fumble recovery 44 yards and blocked a field goal . . . Also credited with three pass break ups and a caused fumble . . . Came to State following a solid high school career in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
2006: Named second-team, all-Southeastern Conference by the Associated Press, the league's coaches, and web site Scout.com . . . Opened his junior season as a starter at defensive end . . . Played in all 12 games, starting 11 times . . . Only missed an opening call in Week 3 vs. Tulane . . . Registered 38 tackles on the season, with 14.5 tackles for loss (minus 75 yards), seven and one-half of which were quarterback sacks (minus 54 yards) . . . His tackles behind the line and his QB falls were both team highs . . . Had tackles for loss in nine of the 12 games and sacks in seven contests . . . He finished third in the Southeastern Conference in TFLs, fifth in sacks . . . Forced one fumble, deflected a pass and was credited with one blocked kick . . . Rebounded from the death of his father during the final week of preseason camp to start on the outside in State's season opener with South Carolina . . . Credited with one tackle against the USC . . . Helped hold the Gamecocks to just 81 yards rushing on 29 attempts in the game . . . Beginning in the second week of the season, he had tackles for loss in eight of the next nine weeks . . . Posted three tackles, including one-half for loss (minus 2 yards), during Week 2 work against Auburn . . . Helped hold incumbent SEC rushing leader Kenny Irons to just 69 yards on 21 carries, a 3.3-yard per rush average . . . Starting in the third week of the campaign, he proceeded to register QB sacks in six of the next eight weeks . . . Had one of the top games of his career since moving outside to the defensive end position in Week 3 work vs. Tulane . . . Despite not starting, he made five tackles, including a career-best three and one-half for loss (minus 13 yards), one being a quarterback sack (minus 5 yards) . . . Also credited with blocking a Green Wave field goal attempt, the first blocked field goal by a Bulldog since Michael Gholar snuffed out an Ole Miss three-point attempt in 2002 . . . Recorded three tackles and a pass deflection at UAB in Week 4 . . . Helped hold the Blazers to just 94 yards rushing on 32 attempts in the game . . . Made three tackles, including a 12-yard quarterback sack, at LSU in Week 5 . . . Credited with four tackles, two of which were quarterback sacks (minus 9 yards), against West Virginia one week later . . . It was the first time in his career he had two QB falls in a game . . . Also caused a Mountaineer fumble . . . Was second on the club with six tackles in the Bulldogs' Week 7 win over Jacksonville State . . . Had two tackles for loss (minus 4 yards), one of which was a quarterback sack (minus 1 yard) . . . Part of a defensive effort that allowed JSU just 52 yards rushing on 32 attempts, a 1.6-yard average . . . Made three tackles at Georgia in Week 8, a total that included a hit behind the line of scrimmage (minus 2 yards) . . . Following eight weeks of the season, he was second in the league in tackles for loss (10) . . . Made five tackles, including one and one-half for loss (minus 19 yards), one being a quarterback sack (minus 16 yards), vs. Kentucky in Week 9 . . . After nine weeks of the season, he ranked third in the SEC in tackles for loss (1.28 per game), sixth in QB sacks per game (0.67) . . . Limited to two tackles in his personal homecoming game at Alabama in Week 10 . . . One of the two, however, was a quarterback sack (minus 10 yards) in the win over the Crimson Tide . . . With two weeks remaining in the '06 season, he was fourth in the SEC in both tackles for loss (1.25 per game) and QB sacks per game (.70) . . . Started, but recorded no statistics, against Arkansas in Week 11 . . . Helped hold SEC rushing champion Darren McFadden to 84 yards on 26 carries, a 3.2-yard per carry average, and no touchdowns . . . Finished the season with a solid showing against Ole Miss in Oxford . . . Despite being credited with just three stops, he had two tackles for loss (minus 4 yards), one half of which was a quarterback sack (minus 1 yard) . . . Contributed to an effort that held Ole Miss to just 58 yards on the ground, including permitting the league's No. 2 ground gainer, BenJarvus Green-Ellis to just 37 yards on 17 carries . . . Registered eight tackles, including two for loss, one of which was a quarterback sack, during three spring scrimmages . . . Listed in the rotation at left defensive end heading into fall practice.
2005: Played in 10 games during his sophomore campaign, earning two starting assignments at defensive end . . . Only missed seeing action one time (season ender vs. Ole Miss) . . . Started at one defensive end against Houston at midseason and on the other side during Week 10 at Arkansas . . . Finished the year with 30 total tackles, including five and one-half for loss (minus 21 yards), one and one-half of which were quarterback sacks (minus 8 yards) . . . Registered one pass deflection and returned one fumble 44 yards . . . Opened his sophomore season in the regular rotation of defensive ends for the Bulldogs . . . Began the '05 campaign with a solid performance in the team's 38-6 win over Murray State . . . Made three hits against the Racers, including two and one-half tackles for loss (minus 8 yards), one and one-half quarterback sacks (minus 8 yards) . . . Recorded two tackles at Auburn in Week 2, a total that included one hit behind the line of scrimmage (minus 3 yards) . . . Returned to the stats sheet with four tackles against Georgia in Week 4 . . . Recorded two tackles, including one for loss (minus 1 yard), against LSU one week later . . . Registered three tackles at Florida in Week 6 . . . Had a pair of tackles and one pass deflection against Houston one game later . . . Recorded one tackle at Kentucky in Week 8 . . . Finished the year with a pair of standout performances, the best of his second year on campus . . . Had the best game of his sophomore season one week later against his hometown school, Alabama . . . Led the Bulldogs with seven tackles against the Crimson Tide, one and one-half of which were behind the line of scrimmage (minus 2 yards) . . . Also credited with a 44-yard fumble recovery return against UA . . . Tied for fourth on the team with six tackles at Arkansas in Week 10, a total that included one tackle for loss (minus 7 yards) . . . Missed most of the second half against the Razorbacks after sustaining a medial collateral ligament sprain . . . Did not play in the Bulldogs' season-ending win over Ole Miss while beginning rehabilitation on his injured knee . . .Made a pre-spring move from inside linebacker to defensive end to get more speed at the line of scrimmage . . . Sat out the beginning of spring practice while rehabbing minor off-season knee surgery . . . Made two tackles, including a half quarterback sack (minus 1 yard), in State's Maroon and White final spring scrimmage . . . Listed first at left end following spring drills.
2004: Named to the Southeastern Conference All-Freshman and The Sporting News 2004 Freshman All-SEC teams . . . Played in nine games during his first season on the MSU campus, earning five starting calls at the middle linebacker position . . . Only missed seeing action during his initial campaign in the season's first two games, vs. Tulane and Auburn . . . Totaled 59 tackles during the year, including three and one-half for loss (minus 7 yards), one and one-half of which were quarterback sacks (minus 4 yards) . . . Also had a pass deflection on the year . . . Saw game action for the first time in his career during Week 3 action against Maine, but recorded no statistics against the Black Bears . . . Made all 59 of his first-year hits over an eight-week span (7.4 tackles per game) . . . Made his first two tackles of the season, including one for loss (minus 1 yard) in Week 4 at LSU . . . Doubled his output a week later in a reserve role during Game 5 at Vanderbilt . . . Totaled four tackles against the Commodores . . . Had his best game of the first half of the '04 season against UAB one week later . . . Tallied six tackles against the Blazers . . . Earned the first start of his Bulldog career during the team's Week 7 win over Florida and held that designation for the remainder of the year . . . Over his five-week stretch as a starter, he totaled 47 of his tackles (9.4 tackles per year) . . . Responded to the first opening call by making four tackles against the Gators, including a hit behind the line of scrimmage (minus 2 yards) . . .His tackle for loss came on a second-and-5 rush attempt by Ciatrick Fason midway through the third quarter and preceded Jonathan Lowe's 73-yard punt return that handed MSU a 24-17 lead at the time . . . Had the best game of his true freshman season at the time during the team's Week 8 win over Kentucky . . . Tied for third on the team with seven tackles in the 22-7 win over the Wildcats . . . Registered a quarterback sack (minus 2 yards) against UK, a QB fall that resulted in a safety that built MSU's lead to 15-7 at the time . . . It was the first safety for MSU since the Jacksonville State game in 2002 . . . Was second on the club with seven hits in his personal homecoming to Tuscaloosa in Week 9 . . . Recorded the first double-digit tackle game of his college career one week later in the Bulldogs' home-season concluding game against Arkansas . . . Totaled a team season-high 18 tackles against the Razorbacks, including one half quarterback sack (minus 2 yards) . . . It was the most tackles by a Bulldog since Mario Haggan had 20 stops against Arkansas in 2000 . . . Concluded his initial season on campus with a second-consecutive double-digit tackle performance in State's season-ending game at Ole Miss . . . Totaled 11 tackles and a pass deflection against the Rebels.
HIGH SCHOOL: Ranked as one of the top 60 linebackers in the southeast by PrepStar magazine in its pre-season edition . . . Credited with running a 4.66 in the 40-yard dash by the Insiders.com online recruiting website . . . Played outside linebacker at Hillcrest High School in Tuscaloosa, Ala. . . . Registered more than 90 tackles, including 10 quarterback sacks, during his senior season . . . Helped lead Hillcrest to a 10-3 overall record and into the Alabama Class 6A quarterfinals . . . Registered 86 tackles with a region-best 13 quarterback sacks, four tackles for loss and two forced fumbles . . . Made 80 tackles as a junior, including four quarterback sacks, four caused fumbles and a pair of fumble recoveries.
PERSONAL: Born Titus Markeith Brown, 3-27-86, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. . . . Son of Mr. and Mrs. James Brown Jr. . . . Majoring in interdisciplinary studies.


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The Tigers are home from a 4-6 road trip. After hosting Oakland, Minnesota and Kansas City, they finish with six games at Minnesota and Kansas City. Chicago has seven games home and nine away and the White Sox have a crucial series in Anaheim this coming weekend.
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People who say he is too old at 34 are fools.And as for not being worthy of the championship bike,also plain foolish.
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Lets hope the" old" fella can still mix it up with the young guns and bring some more excitement to things.
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The recent announcement by the ministry of finance to provide additional capital to public sector banks to fund loans in the personal loans segment is interesting. The government is evidently going all out to increase the flow of credit to all sectors with focus being on the personal loans segment with the hope that easy, and hopefully cheaper credit, will enthuse households to borrow more and increase demand for consumer goods including automobiles. This can set in motion a virtuous chain of higher industrial growth and provide a stronger foundation for GDP growth. The FY14 budget had already spoken of allocating Rs14,000 crore towards recapitalisation of public sector banks and the message given now is that the budget can accommodate more if the need arises. What is one to make of it?
There are essentially 6 issues which need to be put on the table for debate when viewing such a policy since it sets the precedent of the government actually trying to direct credit into certain areas, which goes beyond the conventional channels of priority-sector lending.
First, there has already been a lot of debate on whether the government should be infusing capital in the public sector banks, and if it is committed to doing so, how long will this carry on. The requirements for capital are challenging looking ahead and given the constraints on the fiscal deficit, it will not be possible to keep supplying capital. Also, at some point of time, which could be after 5 years or 10, banks would be moving towards the road of hastened disinvestment not just from the point of view of operations but also to become global players. Therefore, tinkering with recapitalisation for short-term gains may not be a very good idea as it sends all different kinds of signals.
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Escondido & Poway Arts Centers forge ahead
Both performing arts centers in North County hope to raise their visibility & attendance next season with diverse music offerings.
For the California Center for the Arts, Escondido, its upcoming 2014-15 season is an opportunity for rejuvenation and re-branding. For the Poway Center for the Performing Arts, 10 miles to the south, its upcoming season is an opportunity to achieve greater visibility.
In both instances, music will provide the key.
The CCAE season offers 27 performances and five master classes. The venue's 20th anniversary lineup includes ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro (Oct. 31), country icon Merle Haggard (Dec. 10) and gospel legends The Blind Boys of Alabama (Dec. 23). (Here's the complete season schedule, plus ticket information.)
The more compact PCPA schedule offers 10 performances and a children's theater camp. The venue's 24th annual lineup includes Grammy-winning blues harmonica great Charlie Musselwhite (Oct. 25), Louisiana zydeco mainstay (and fellow Grammy winner) Terrance Simien (Sept. 20) and Rock Hall of Famer Felix Cavaliere of The Rascals (Jan. 24). (Here's the complete season schedule, plus ticket information.)
The two venues differ considerably in size and a number of other ways, which we'll enumerate in a moment. But they also have some significant similarities.
Each of the two arts centers is owned (and was built) by the respective cities, Escondido and Poway, that house them. Each shares some common goals, most notably a desire to serve their respective North County communities and to use their programming to draw more audience members from across the San Diego region.
Even more significantly, each is still up and running, in contrast with El Cajon's East County Performing Arts Center, which opened in 1977 and was shuttered in 2010 because of budget restraints. (ECPAC, as the 1,145-seat facility is also known, is undergoing an upgrade and is scheduled to re-open in 2015. The city of El Cajon is seeking long-term anchor tenants; the deadline for submissions is Tuesday afternoon.)
For CCAE, which opened in 1994 and houses two concert halls, an art gallery and a conference center, the upcoming year will be a notable one. It marks the first time in several years CCAE will be producing its own season.
Since 2010, nearly all performances there have been produced by outside promoters, who rented either CCAE's 1,500-seat Concert Hall or its adjoining 400-seat Center Theater. The move to rent the venue solely to outside promoters came in the wake of major losses at CCAE, which had deficits for 13 of its first 16 years of operation, starting with an $800,000 ticket sales shortfall after its 1994-95 opening season.
"I'm a little reluctant to say this is a rebirth," said Jerry Van Leeuwen, who last year became CCAE's executive director. "I would say it's a rejuvenation, a re-invigoration of the programming."
For PCPA, which opened in 1990 and has a seating capacity of 809, the upcoming season is designed to serve the nearby residents who are its core audience, as well as reaching beyond them.
"We're a little off the beaten path. Unless you have occasion to visit Poway High School next door, you might not know we're here," said Michael Rennie, the PCPA Foundation's executive director. "We (can) do more to share with the county at large the experience of what coming to the center is all about."
PCPA cost $8.4 million to build, a bit more than one-tenth of the $81 million it cost to build CCAE, which covers a much bigger footprint.
CCAE's budget for the next year will be about $4.5 million, according to Van Leeuwen. Of that, $700,000 is being provided by the city of Escondido. But the venue isn't turning away from other sources of revenue, especially after deciding to focus on producing its own season again.


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In the fastest news to zip around the entertainment-verse today, it seems like True Detective may have landed another Season 2 lead. Soon after news broke that veteran actor Colin Farrell is in talks to join the critically-acclaimed drama, news broke that his partner in crime will likely be none other than Taylor Kitsch, who is well-known to X-Men fans as the man who played Gambit.
The Wrap posted the news, noting that HBO is currently staying mum about the potential castings. An HBO spokesperson literally said the following, there is no news to confirm on the casting. Luckily, we can still gossip about the juicy potential of such a TV partnership.
If the casting news does hold up, it seems that True Detective wont have to go so heavy on the makeup during its second season. During Season 1, 44-year-old Matthew McConaughey and 52-year-old Woody Harrelson did some time hopping, taking on roles that allowed them to play somewhat young detectives in the early nineties spanning into the early 2000s. With youth on their sides, the under-forty actors wouldnt have to wear too much makeup, unless the series decides to time hop and turn them into old men. Speaking of age, even if the talks for Kitsch to join the series dont turn out to be true, it does seem like the HBO series is looking to hire a young actor to play one of the leads. Tron: Legacy actor Garrett Hedlund has also been mentioned as a possibility for the role, although connections to the series note Kitsch is the preferred choice.
Honestly, both Farrell and Kitsch should be a good fit for True Detective. Both actors are high profile enough to seem like meaningful castings, and both should have time in their schedules for a limited anthology series. Farrell just came off of the lambasted movie Winters Tale, and hes always been better in smaller gigs with a twisted sense of humor. With that in mind, True Detectives tone (should it stay similar) would be a great fit. Kitsch, once thought to be the next big thing in movies, really could use a high profile TV series in the wake of Battleship and John Carter. True Detective would go a long way to build up his TV resume, which also includes the critically acclaimed Friday Night Lights and HBOs recent TV movie, The Normal Heart.
Once contracts are dotted and signed, Im sure HBO will make an official announcement about the castings. The good news is that the subscription cable network has not been totally mum about True Detectives second season. We know that there will be more than two leads, so if Farrell and Kitsch do sign on, there will be more casting news to come. Additionally, the series will be set in California, although creator Nic Pozzolatto was quick to note the show wont go near Los Angeles. Stay tuned for more news to come.
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) When licensing the Far Cry brand you purchased the Cry Engine and it seems logical that this powerful peace of technology will be the technical base of Far Cry 2 too? Is that correct?
DG: No, I understand the reasoning but it is incorrect. The engine was licensed mostly for use on the console adaptations of the original Far Cry. On Far Cry 2, we had a mandate not only to build an ambitious sequel to Far Cry but also to build a new cutting edge in-house technology. We started building that new technology in 2005. Our engine is called Dunia and was built from the ground up to support the scope and goals of Far Cry 2.
2) Was it necessary to reprogram or even add code to the engine? If so what parts were altered what kind of technical features were integrated into the engine? What were the reasons behind these alterations?
DG: Well, Dunia was built from the ground up. It was developed during the last 3 years in our R&D effort for Far Cry 2. We had a few major goals in mind as we built the technology. First, we wanted to get rid of the concept of "levels". "Levels" have been used since before the Pac Man days to manage progression and content and are, from a technical standpoint, a very safe way of managing things. However, FC2 is a truly open world game and we couldn't do with such a limitation anymore. A change of scale like that one changes a lot of thing in a technology.
Also, we wanted to have a very dynamic game environment. We worked hard on physics simulation systems and enabling a lot of destructibility and interactivity. This also includes an arbitrarily destructible and physically simulated vegetation system codenamed RealTree. Also, we wanted to make sure our graphic technologies permitted a very high quality recreation of a realistic Africa with a real-time 24 hours day-night cycle.
Finally, another big focus from the beginning was the online. We wanted to have excellent online technology: not just quality net code but also things like matchmaking services and map editing.
3) In general what according to your personal experience makes the Cry Engine so special for the development of Fps games? Why do you decide against developing a new engine from scratch for Far Cry 2?
DG: Well...we did make a new engine. ï Cry Engine had some strong qualities but it was suited for another generation of hardware.
4) One part of the Cry Engine is a very powerful renderer that guaranties a very modern visual presentation including rendering techniques like Parallax Mapping, Soft Shadows, a HDR lighting model. Besides this are there other graphical highlights that require a revision of the code? If yes could you please give examples and explain in technical terms how this new visual features are realized?
DG: Dunia supports all those graphical features and many more. One big evolution that we brought to our graphic technology is the fact that our lighting model is completely dynamic, including the sun. That means that the sun can move in realtime during game time and the whole scenes lighting adapts accordingly. Also of note, we implemented a dynamic ambient lighting algorithms that manage the radiosity component of the lighting in the environment: basically what is also referred to as "indirect lighting".
Another feature I like a lot is our procedural sky rendering system. We can basically manipulate the meteo according to our wish and the sky adapts in real time.
5) First impressions of the game show that Far Cry 2 will offer a dynamic day and night cycle as well as a very detailed weather simulation? Were you able to realize this with the original version of the engine/renderer? Could you please give technical details how they are rendered? What makes them so special compared to other titles of the genre?
DG: Games have simulated weather changes for a long time. However, to be able to see the clouds gather in the sky gradually, to see the trees bending more and more with the force of the wind, to see the grass folded by the gusts of wind, we had to develop a few key technologies. Key among those is the RealTree system. This technology let's us move away from having the typical very limited physical reactions of the vegetation to wind to a much higher quality physical simulation. So it's one thing to have the "weather system" feature, what we wanted to do was push the simulation, push the immersion and push the gameplay potential of the idea further.
Likewise for the dynamic time of day. Many games have had dynamic time of days and that for quite some time. However, most would bake discreet time of days and shift between them or just compromise the graphic quality to get the feature in. We didn't want to do either one of those things. So we needed all of our lighting features to be fully dynamic and that was an interesting challenge. ï

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 11) John Parks Ubi's Marketing Director said that Far Cry will have a very progressive AI. Could you please give some detail what makes your AI so smart? What are the advantages of your AI routines?
DG: One thing that FC brought forward was AI that were not scripted. There is a lot of shooters out there where if you play a section and quick load back and replay it, AIs will pretty much redo the same thing. They are scripted to react in a constrained manner. Far Cry wanted to let the player use varied strategies so it offered a systemic AI that fed on what was happening in the world to take decision, not what a designer wanted it to do at the time the game environment was built by predicting what the player would do. FC2 pushes further in that direction. Now with an open world game, we need our AI to be even more systemic and we are working at enriching the things it can do in the world. In order to do that, we need to feed our AI with a lot of information on what is happening around them.
Also, the AI in FC2 "lives" in the world, they are not just waiting to be shot at by the player. They have basic needs that they need to satisfy and they go about their business satisfying those needs. Obviously, those needs change according to the time of day or weather: for example most people like to sleep at night. ;-)


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The party continues Saturday as Pamela Anderson joins her Baywatch friends, Brande Roderick and Angelica Bridges and Amber Smith to host the day's events with Adrian Grenier, star of the hit HBO series Entourage and Coco, headliner of PeepShow and Ice Loves Coco. DJ Coleen Shannon and DJ Amie Rose spin along with the winner of the Sapphire $100,000 resident DJ contest. Crystal Hefner, Hugh's Hefner's wife, will also be in attendance.
On Sunday, Dennis Rodman hosts the party along with music from DJ Vic Latino and DJ George Acosta.