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A charming and friendly character who is always cheerful and bubbly, but also shrewd and clever, intuitive and extremely lively! He is highly strung due to his acute sensitivity and possesses excellent reflexes. A creative first and foremost, Kinshige is an artist at heart and is particularly receptive to others, making him somewhat suggestible and impressionable. He is a passionate soul who needs to feel motivated in order to move forward. He loathes monotony and is energetic, resourceful and courageous with an enormous capacity for action, although his efforts can be rather inconsistent. Extremely bright and of great imagination, only the present moment really counts for him. He rarely gives way to melancholy and is always ready with the right words to lighten the mood. His sense of humour is undoubtedly one of his finest qualities, however his impatient and cyclothymic nature tends to make him to go to extremes and he can suddenly become angry just when you least expect it. As a child, he can be a right little monkey and his parents should make sure that he doesn´t get carried away by his whims and imaginings. His upbringing should be founded on certain principles, which must be clearly explained to him. Already, he is incredibly creative and it would be beneficial to encourage him to take up an artistic hobby, such as drawing, singing or drama for example, to avoid him becoming dissipated.
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Kinshige likes to be appreciated and recognized, and enjoys the company of other people, speaking, singing and laughing; happiness being right at the top of his list of priorities. Creation, imagination, observation and invention are his favourite activities. In matters of the heart, he makes a charming companion who is perceptive and diplomatic although he can be known to get a little carried away at times. He needs to be surrounded by people who love and admire him. A rather sensual man, he appreciates the pleasures that this world has to offer and could have a weakness for temptation even though he is quite a jealous person himself.
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Depending on which number prevails, he could choose one of several career paths. He could therefore be attracted to the creative or artistic professions, or those where oral or written expression is an important factor, especially if he was born on the 3rd, 12th, 21st or 30th day of the month, in March or if he has a life Path Number of 3; an occupation in connection with movement, action, sport or travel - mainly if he was born on a 5th, 14th, 23rd, in May, or if his life Path Number is 5; and finally, if he was born on a 2nd, 11th, 20th, 29th, in February or November, or has a life Path Number of 2 or 11, he is likely to be more interested by a career that requires intuition, psychology, diplomacy and an attentive ear.
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Thanks to the numerology, we propose you daily a horoscope personalized for your first name. Love, money , Shape: discover what waits for you for today. In Bonus every day find your daily lucky figure .. Horoscope of the first names
Love :Couples: Harmony will once again reign between the two of you. Singles: Make the most of your own company, you are unlikely to meet "the one" today.
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Toor Dal and Green Bean and Pea PoriyalOther toor dal dishes from my vegetarian kitchen:
1 cup of toor dal, well rinsed
5 dried red chilies
3 cups of water
1 - 2 tablespoons of dried methi leaves (fenugreek)
1/2 teaspoon of asafoetida powder
1 teaspoon of sea salt
1 pound of green beans, cut into 1/4 - 1/2 inch pieces
1 medium tomato, seeded and finely chopped
a wee bit of water
1 cup of frozen peas, defrosted
For the tempering:
2 tablespoons of oil
1 teaspoon of black mustard seeds
1 teaspoon of chana dal, rinsed
1 teaspoon of urad dal, rinsed
2 dried red chilies, halved
1 teaspoon of cumin seeds
small handful of dried curry leaves
Soak the toor dal and the red chilies in 3 cups of water for at least 3 hours. Drain and transfer to a food processor along with the salt, asafoetida powder and methi leaves. Process until you have a smooth paste. Set aside.
In a large wok, heat a bit of oil over medium heat. Add the chopped beans and tomatoes to the pan and cook, adding a bit of water if necessary, until the beans are just tender. Transfer to a bowl and set aside.
In the same pan, heat 2 tablespoons of sesame oil or ghee over medium heat. When hot, add the mustard seeds, chana dal, urad dal, red chilies, cumin seeds and curry leaves. When the mustard seeds begin to turn grey and pop, add the chana dal paste. Reduce the heat to low and cook, stirring frequently, until the mixture begins to brown a bit and turns crisp. Add the green beans and the peas and cook for another few minutes.
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Influenced by '77 punk acts like The Clash but nowhere near as popular, the British punk band The Crack pulled its name straight from The Clash's onomatopoeic playbook. The group's rowdy, melodic anthems don't approach the volume or intensity level of, say, a crack of lightning or a gunshot, but they are suitably striking. Too bad the phrase "the crack" also evokes the delivery of far less impressive sounds.
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Named after the 1994 Roxette album and song, the Virginia-based Crash Boom Bang doesn't sound much like its Swedish forebear. Instead, the band plies a more up-to-date iteration of synth-and-guitar-driven pop. There's nothing in Crash Boom Bang's generic, post-Killers approach, though, that's as explosive as crashes, booms, and bangs; in fact, the onomatopoeia of the band's name may be the catchiest thing about it.
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Bearing a name that bursts with pop-art punch, Biff Bang Pow! isn't entirely as peppy as its handle suggests. There's a melancholy undertow to the jangly '80s band, which featured Alan McGee, founder of the legendary label Creation Records. Accordingly, Biff Bang Pow! is taken from the title of a song by the '60s mod group The Creation. That aside, the name is something straight out of Adam West-era Batman—but McGee and company never miss an opportunity to throw a minor key into the sound effects.
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Numerous bands have recorded under the name Bang (or Bang!), but the first—and most notable in the U.S.—is the '70s group best known for its minor 1971 hit, "Questions." Beyond that, Bang didn't make much of a bang, though its proto-metal sound is revered enough to have warranted a comeback in the early '00s. As "Questions" amply proves, though, Bang lived up to its name back in the day.
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It's hard to imagine Wham! being called anything but Wham!, seeing as how the bouncy British group hit the '80s upside the head with songs like "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go." The duo could do ballads, but it's the bubblegum that first stuck. Like the sound behind its onomatopoeic name, however, Wham! faded almost as quickly as it landed—but not before setting up singer George Michael for an iconic, longer-lasting career.
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The snapping of fingers to a hooky tune is as old as fingers and tunes. Snap! seems to have had that in mind when naming itself—and when turning rave-era dance music into a massive crossover. On its early-'90s hits "The Power" and "Rhythm Is A Dancer," Snap! mastered the marketing of huge house beats and epic synth-sweeps. When it came to packaging dance music for the masses, Snap! crackled and popped.
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Onomatopoeia is the most direct method of translating sound into phonetic representation. Likewise, Zapp is the most direct method of translating synthesizers into dancefloor fuel. The electro-funk outfit—and particularly its innovative use of the robotic talk box—made a huge splash in the music world, influencing untold numbers of artists in all genres, not to mention providing plenty of electrified material for samplers. Zapp ended in tragedy in 1999 with the murder-suicide of founding members (and brothers) Roger and Larry Troutman. As horrific as that is, the jolt of Zapp lives on.


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50 Attorneys General Launch Antitrust Probe Into Google
By R.J. Johnson - @rickerthewriter
September 10, 2019
Forty-eight states, along with Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico, announced Tuesday that they were launching a broad multistate investigation into whether Google has been violating antitrust laws and whether the company has been engaging in "anticompetitive behavior that harms consumers."
The investigation, led by Texas, will focus on Google's dominance in the online advertising market and whether the online search giant broke any laws on its way to becoming the biggest game town.
"Now, more than ever, information is power, and the most important source of information in Americans' day-to-day lives is the internet. When most Americans think of the internet, they no doubt think of Google," said Texas' Attorney General Paxton in a statement announcing the probe. "There is nothing wrong with a business becoming the biggest game in town if it does so through free market competition, but we have seen evidence that Google's business practices may have undermined consumer choice, stifled innovation, violated users' privacy, and put Google in control of the flow and dissemination of online information."
Google controls up to 31% of digital ad dollars according to an estimate from eMarketer, far ahead of its closest competitor, Facebook.
"It's like if you were trying to buy a house, and Google owned the house, and a lot of houses on your block. And they were the buyer's agent and also the seller's agent," said Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt. "It would raise questions, certainly."
"Legal experts from each state will work in cooperation with Federal authorities to assess competitive conditions for online services and ensure that Americans have access to free digital markets," a release about the probe states.
Attorneys general from Alabama and California, the home to Silicon Valley, have not joined the probe.
"We intend to closely follow the facts we discover in this case and proceed as necessary," Paxton said.
Google did not comment, and instead referred to previous statements about being willing to work with state officials.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — AJ McCarron knows how Alabama quarterbacks are judged.
It's about wins and losses, not yards and touchdowns. Titles matter more than trophies, and you can go from beloved to vilified in the heartbeat it takes for one bad throw.
Fans are tough on Crimson Tide QBs. Guys like Tony McCarron, AJ's father.
"My dad, I always mess with him, he was that fan growing up," AJ McCarron said. "As soon as a player messed up, he started dogging him. And you never know why, the receiver could have run the wrong route or whatever. He's dogging the quarterback. I've seen it growing up and I know how to deal with it."
Father and son can laugh about it now, but it's also the reality of the position.
No matter where you go, quarterbacks are scrutinized, but that gets magnified within a program that lays claim to 14 national titles — and just one Heisman Trophy — entering Monday night's BCS championship game with similarly pedigreed Notre Dame.
McCarron has already joined the pantheon of quarterbacks, including Joe Namath, who have led the Tide to national titles with his starring role in last year's championship victory over LSU.
No Alabama quarterback has led his team to two of them. McCarron has that chance and has said he's returning for his senior season instead of going to the NFL.
His legacy's still being written, but it's looking good.
"I think AJ's a special guy and certainly he's one of the best quarterbacks that's ever played here," Tide center Barrett Jones said. "It's pretty special for me to be able to play with a guy like that. He's got so much passion and so much poise and I just really love the way he plays the game."
McCarron combines that passion and poise with, he admits, a measure of cockiness on the field.
So far, it's worked for him. He is 24-2 as a starter, leads the nation in passing efficiency and was a finalist for the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award.
Oh, but the losses sting. McCarron said time is the only thing that can teach you how to deal with the pressure on an Alabama quarterback. The Mobile native at least grew up learning how much people care about Alabama football.
"I love playing here. Best fans in the world," McCarron said. "It can be hard to play at, though. Everybody gets so used to winning and when we don't win, it's like the world's coming to an end. I love it here, but it's tough sometimes."
It helps that he's presiding over a heyday for the program.
Typical for Alabama, he also directs an offense with a powerful running game, star backs and a dominant defense.
"He's coach (Nick) Saban out there," Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o said. "He doesn't make silly mistakes. He's their general on offense, and he does a really good job at it."
McCarron has been given far more leeway to check into different plays after getting a look at the defense this season. He says he has that option on most plays now but very few per game last season.
McCarron rose to the occasion at the end, though. He was named MVP of the national title game after completing 23 of 34 passes for 234 yards without an interception, often throwing on first down.
"I think probably in the (national title) game last year we put a lot of faith, trust and confidence in him," Saban said. "We knew we were going to have a difficult time running the ball against the team that we played last year and the quarterback was going to have to make plays in the game for us.
"We sort of just told him that, 'We're trusting in you. We believe in you that you can do this. We just don't want you to force things. Just take what they give you. A lot of the passes that we're going to have are going to be maybe not big plays but they're going to be plays that are 5- and 7-yard gains. He did a tremendous job of executing and made some big plays.
"We'd like to think that he would be able to do the same thing in this game. AJ has played extremely well for us all year long."
McCarron said the game wasn't about bolstering his own confidence that he could come through on such a grand stage. Instead, he feels that the way he finished his first season as starter gave his teammates more of that faith, trust and confidence in him.
"I think I can accomplish anything inside the white lines, and I can make any throw and do all that," McCarron said. "I think the biggest thing is when my teammates see that I can do more and I can help us win."
He added to the tattoo on his chest after that game, getting a crystal football with "MVP" inked onto it. It also includes "God's in control" along with the names of family members and loved ones who have passed away.
Now, McCarron is trying to etch an even bigger mark into Alabama history.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — AJ McCarron knows how Alabama quarterbacks are judged.


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A Restrictive Mindset: First Law Since 2000 Affecting Cyberspace Communication
The successful passage through the legislative mill and their immediate signing into law by President Benigno S. Aquino III of bills affecting the media and their fundamental task of gathering and disseminating information, among them the Data Privacy Act (Republic Act 10173) last August, and the Cybercrime Prevention Act (RA 10175) this September, suggests how restrictive rather than expansive is the mindset of the country's legislators, and of Mr. Aquino himself when it comes to enshrining in the law those principles—accountability and transparency, press freedom and free expression, etc.—to which he has repeatedly declared he is committed.
RA 10173 and 10175 breezed through both houses of Congress within months after they had been introduced in 2011, and apparently were in no danger of being vetoed once they reached Mr. Aquino's desk.
The Data Privacy Act, among other provisions, penalizes those in government who release information of a personal nature, which seems a reasonable enough restriction in behalf of the right to privacy—until one recalls that information on the personal lives of government officials often has a bearing on their performance as public servants accountable to the citizenry, and is therefore among the legitimate concerns of the news media.
The Cybercrime Prevention Act, meanwhile, incorporates the 82-year old libel law in the Revised Penal Code (RPC) in including libel among the crimes that may be committed through the use of computers. Under the provisions of the RPC on libel, the penalty for violators is imprisonment of six months for every count of libel committed. Libel as a criminal offense has been used by past administrations as well as local officials today to harass and intimidate journalists. The outstanding example of its use against journalists was the filing by Jose Miguel "Mike" Arroyo of 11 libel suits against 46 journalists during the disputed presidency of his wife Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. And yet Congress has through the decades ignored the demand from journalists and human rights groups for the decriminalization of libel.
Compare the speed with which RA 10173 and RA 10175 were passed—in both instances with only perfunctory public hearings—with the difficulties Congress is having with passing a Freedom of Information Act (FOI), and with Mr. Aquino's by now obvious aversion to it.
And yet certain honorable members of Congress have not been miserly with their lip service to the alleged need for an FOI. As for Mr. Aquino, since he became President he has stopped talking about the need for one, after pledging during the 2010 campaign for the Presidency that he was all for it in behalf of transparency and as a means of insuring government accountability. The bottom line, apparently, is that neither Congress nor Mr. Aquino want an FOI act passed, period.
The passage of the Cybercrime Prevention Act also suggests among other possibilities that both Congress and Mr. Aquino have chosen to ignore the 2011 declaration of the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) that the Philippine libel law is excessive because it penalizes violators with imprisonment, contrary to the human rights protocols to which the Philippines is a signatory, and therefore must at least be reviewed towards decriminalizing libel. Either that, or the authors of the bills, and Mr. Aquino himself, are unfamiliar with both the UNHRC declaration, as well as with the long-standing demand to decriminalize libel in order to put an end to the use of the libel law to intimidate and silence journalists. Apparently there is little hope that libel will ever be decriminalized, RA 10175 having in effect further strengthened it by widening its application.
Finally, a word of caution. RA 10175 is the first law affecting communication through cyberspace that has been passed in this country since the eCommerce Act of 2000. Prior to its passage, the Philippines had been distinguished among its Asian neighbors for the absence of regulatory legislation affecting the Internet. It can signal the opening of the floodgates of Internet regulation that will affect Filipino netizens, given the restrictive mindset of the country's leaders. It is a distinct possibility to which journalists and bloggers, ordinary citizen and anyone committed to free expression through whatever medium, should be alert, and must be prepared to combat.


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$1 million Hewlett Foundation grant will allow AidData to enter Phase II expansion campaign
William & Mary has received a $1 million grant from The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation for AidData.
"Gifts like Hewlett's help fuel the research university that thrives inside William & Mary. AidData is a splendid example of our commitment to engaged learning that makes a difference in the world," said William & Mary President Taylor Reveley.
The Hewlett grant will help fund Phase II of the AidData collaboration, a five-year growth campaign. Over the coming years, AidData researchers hope to build out the AidData portal by expanding the database to include previously unpublished data from both traditional and new donors, adding project documents and geo-location codes to aid projects and continuing cutting-edge research on aid allocation and aid effectiveness.
AidData's web portal serves as an easily accessible and independent repository of aid activities. Researchers hope to increase the effectiveness and transparency of foreign aid programs by providing easy access to aid information through this shared online source.
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Rob Gronkowski confirms third arm surgery
New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski underwent surgery in February for an infection in the arm that was broken twice this past season, he confirmed Wednesday.
Gronkowski told ESPN Radio that he's well down the road in his rehab.
"Just rehabbing, getting the muscle stronger around it. You want to get everything activated, re-activated, because it shuts down for a little bit when it's healing. Just rehabbing, and when my trainers give me the 'good to go,' hopefully in the next couple weeks, hopefully as soon as possible, I can get rolling again and get back in the weight room and get back on the field and do what I love doing -- running around and catching some balls," he said.
The infection in his arm was in the early stages and isn't likely to cause any prolonged absence.
Gronkowski broke his left forearm in a Nov. 18 game against Indianapolis. After missing five games, he returned for the final regular-season game against Miami but rebroke the arm in a Jan. 13 playoff game against Houston. The procedure to treat the infection was his third surgery on the arm.
The cast to help repair the second break had come off shortly before the infection came about. Gronkowski was hoping to return to workouts by early March, but now will be placed on hold while he again recovers.
Gronkowski said his much-discussed off-field behavior was a topic of conversation with management, but he'd like to keep the subject matter from those sessions between himself and the team.
"Whatever I talk to about with the Patriots, we stay confidential, we don't give anything out," he said Wednesday. "And, basically just coming from myself -- just gotta watch out. Who's out there, who's watching, everything."
In 11 games during the 2012 season, Gronkowski caught 55 passes for 790 yards and 11 touchdowns, giving him 187 receptions for 2,663 yards and 38 TDs in three NFL seasons.


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Apps That Keep You in Style
If you can't make it to the runway shows of New York's Fashion week, there's still a way to keep up with the trends. The WSJ's Monika Vosough reviews her favorite fashion apps, designed to keep you in style.
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Snap o' the day: Cavs come up short on Sunday
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Hitchcock. The name is the stuff of Hollywood legends…and he remains one of the most intriguing personalities in Hollywood history.
Known as the Master of Suspense, Hitchcock was the Steven Spielberg of his day. Can you tell which is the real Hitchcock? Hint, he's the one in black and white. Sir Anthony Hopkins (on the left) plays Hitchcock in the 2012 film of the same name.
By the mid-1950s, Alfred Hitchcock was already acknowledged by Tinsel Town as a master of suspense and had created some of the best movies ever made.
Films like Notorious, Rear Window, and Suspicion put the director well above his peers of the day. The director also popularized the term "MacGuffin" and the technique. Recently the filmmaker returned to theaters, this time in the biopic Hitchcock, and while the movie hasn't exactly set the box office on fire, it has gotten Hollywood talking about (another) Oscar nomination for Sir Anthony Hopkins and his co-star Helen Mirren.
So what's the attraction to this old school filmmaker?
A Star on Both Sides of the Camera
Through his 1950s TV show Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Hitchcock made himself a star. The tubby and bald Hitchcock (always dressed in a formal dark suit and tie, like a mortician) had a dry and wicked sense of humor.
He spoke in a thick British accent, and gracefully introduced each of the short thrillers his program showcased. He was unlike anything else American TV audiences had ever seen, and the show made him famous as a television host, completely independent of his fame as a director.
Film audiences already knew a Hitchcock in part from cameos in each of his suspense movies. TV audiences learned quickly the director could also be outrageously funny.
By the late 1950s Hitchcock was solidly established as one of Hollywood's most dependable money-makers. So it may come as a shock to learn that Paramount Studios had virtually no faith in Hitchcock's next project—an adaptation of a book about murder and madness in a rundown motel. In fact, it made no sense to any studio execs why the Robert Bloch novel shocker titled Psycho was such a labor of love for Hitchcock.
That's the story behind the new Hitchcock—the tension between "Hitch" and the studio honchos as Hitchcock tries to get his cinematic classic made. What will the master director risk in order to gamble on making a modern masterpiece? And how will the public react to such a risky piece of filmmaking?
How Psycho Broke the Mold
Psycho was revolutionary for Hollywood filmmaking on many levels. Here are a few ways Hitchcock challenged the format of the day:
- The female is lead is killed off only a half hour into the film.
- The movie boldly showed a bathroom shower scene (very daring for 1960) and the murder there.
- It was a big-studio feature that chose black-and-white photography at a time when nearly all Hollywood films had switched to color.
Two years before Psycho Hitchcock made another future classic, the psychological drama Vertigo. The film, about a former police detective obsessed with the image of his late wife, has been championed by today's most respected directors, including Martin Scorsese, who presided over a careful 1996 restoration of the original film. The film is probably best known for its dramatic use of San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge as a setting for some of the movie's key scenes.
The Greatest Movie…Ever?
Recently the respected British film magazine "Sight & Sound" announced the results of its 2012 poll of film directors and critics. Since 1952, and in each decade following, the magazine has conducted the poll, which asks film folks to list the greatest films ever made. Critic Roger Ebert has called it "by far the most respected of the countless polls of great movies—the only one most serious movie people take seriously."
Hitchcock's 1958 Vertigo was recently named the best all-time motion picture.
This year's poll created a sensation when the long-established top film of all time, Orson Welles' masterpiece Citizen Kane, was dethroned by a Hitchcock film—and it was not Psycho (which many fans consider his most powerful work). Instead, the film that was most universally admired in the "Sight & Sound" poll was 1958's Vertigo, starring Hitchcock-favorite James Stewart and Kim Novak.
A Living Legacy
Alfred Hitchcock received a Lifetime Achievement Oscar, but never won a Best Director Oscar, nor did any of his films ever win "Best Picture." No matter; for anyone interested in learning movie making and film production, Hitchcock remains an important and inspirational figure. The 57 films he made over the course of his 54-year career are treasured as some of Hollywood's finest and most enduring creations.
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Ice Skating Lessons
The William B. Troubh Ice Arena's skating lesson program welcomes all ages from 4 years to adult. All levels of skating are taught, from tots to advanced.
Skate Information
- Basic skills instruction enables students to pursue interests in figure skating, hockey, recreational, or speed skating.
- Each weekly session generally consists of a 25 minute lesson and a 25 minute practice. (The exception is for children ages 4-5 who are taught in a 30 minute format).
- Instructors are all experienced professionals or qualified amateur ice skaters.
- Skates are available free of charge during lessons.
Year-Round Basic Skills Schedule
Season Session
Fall Mini 4-week mini session beginning early September
Fall 9-week session beginning early October
Winter 9-week session beginning early January
Winter Holiday Exhibition
Spring Mini 4-week mini session beginning mid-March
Spring Ice Show - Rehearsals and show. Open to Ice Skating
Institute (ISI) students and participants in our
various programs.
Late Spring 8-week session beginning early May
Summer 9-week session beginning July
Summer Exhibition or N'Ice Skating Competition
What is ISI?
The Ice Skating Institute (ISI) is an international organization dedicated to the advancement of recreational ice skating. More than 40,000 individual members and 3,500 instructor members are currently registered through 655 member facilities in the USA! A meticulously crafted badge program provides instructors with a system of evaluation and encouragement. ISI encourages a lifelong participation in the great sport of ice skating!
Tots 4 and 5 years old are taught in appropriate groupings for 30 minutes, including some unstructured playtime. Director may move a tot to other ice time based on ability. Tots should be dressed warmly and wear gloves or mittens and a helmet or thick winter hat. Skaters must be 4 years old on or before the first class.
Introductory are those 6 years and older who have not received prior instruction, regardless of ability. Instructor will evaluate student and place at correct level. Dress warmly & comfortably with a helmet or thick winter hat.
Pre-Alpha, Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta
These are badge levels designated by Ice Skating Institute and are
strictly adhered to in our system. Skaters are constantly evaluated and tested at appropriate intervals. Skaters receive a patch and certificate of recognition for each level attained. Once the Delta level is passed; students may participate in a group Freestyle class.
Hockey Skating Skills
Skaters are introduced to balance, flow, agility, speed, and correct skating technique. Introduction will include stick handling (no pucks). Hockey skates, sticks, and helmets with a facemask are required. Skaters with no ice skating experience MUST enroll in Intro/Pre-Alpha. Skaters with rudimentary forward crossovers and LOWER skills are Intro/Level I. Skaters able to execute forward crossovers and higher skills are classified as advanced (level II and III)
Freestyle 1-10
Badge levels are designated by ISI and are strictly adhered to in our system. Skaters are constantly evaluated during the session and tested at appropriate levels.
Open Freestyle Practice
Offered to any participant currently enrolled at Gamma level or higher. This is also a good time to practice and/or receive a private lesson.*
Adults are those 16 years and older and are encouraged to enroll in our Sunday afternoon/evening classes. Adult dance is available for Gamma and higher levels.
Ice dancing combines the discipline of basic skating skills with the rhythmic expression of ballroom dancing and can be performed and enjoyed by skaters of all ages. Our group instruction is aimed at the beginner dancer, familiar with no more than the first six dances in the USFSA test structure.
Private Lessons
Should you desire a private lesson for any level skater, speak to the professional of your choice directly or Email Skating Director Lynda Hathaway for general guidelines. Time for lessons and costs are determined with the assistance of the professional giving the lesson.


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text: I stumbled on this link while reading another story. It's about a year old by now, but I still found it an interesting read. http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/10/living/guns-parenting/index.html?iid=article_sidebar (CNN) -- It was a bit awkward the first time Kate Daggett asked the question. She didn't want to offend her friends, after all, and it seemed rather personal. She stammered, she stalled. "I probably rambled for two or three minutes," she said. Finally, she got it out. What do you do with the guns in your house? the mother of two asked the parents of her teenage son's friends, both avid hunters. It's not a new question -- about 19 million parents were asking it back in 2006, according to a survey conducted by the Center to Prevent Youth Violence. But in the wake of December's Newtown, Connecticut, school massacre -- and recent accidental shootings involving children -- it appears to be one that parents are asking more often before sending their kids on play dates and sleepovers. The Center to Prevent Youth Violence has been getting a lot more calls since the Newton shooting, said Becca Knox, a senior manager. The group is behind the ASK campaign -- "Asking Saves Kids" -- which encourages parents to ask questions about guns in homes where their children play. In a discussion about guns in homes on CNN's Facebook page, commenters agreed that asking the question is good parenting. While some parents said they would never allow their children into a home where guns are kept, others were comfortable knowing that the guns were secure. "You should be asking, 'Are your guns locked up?' " commenter Kristine Caster said. There's "no crime in having legal guns in your home." Injuries are rare Despite incidents such as the recent death of a 6-year-old New Jersey boy shot in the head by a 4-year-old playmate, as well as the accidental shooting of a Tennessee sheriff's deputy's wife by a 4-year-old boy, accidental firearms deaths are rare among children. According to the CDC's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, 703 children under the age of 15 died in accidental firearms deaths between 2001 and 2010, the latest year for which the agency's statistics on fatalities are available. During the same period, 7,766 children under the age of 14 suffered accidental firearms injuries -- about one injury for every million children. But statistics don't matter much if it's your child that's shot, said Missy Carson Smith, founder of Gun Safe Mom, a campaign to make the gun question as common as asking about food allergies, swimming pools and video game limits. "It just shreds your family," said Smith, whose own teenage brother died in a shooting. She started the campaign in 2009, after learning during a carpool trip that unsecured guns were in the home of a family where her daughter had played. "The kids knew where they were, they could get to it," she said. "That's when my heart just dropped in my stomach." She resolved to ask the family about their guns, but first she had some housekeeping of her own to do. Her family had an unsecured gun, owned by her husband. After getting it out of the house, she reached out to the other family to ask about the weapons there. "They didn't realize that the way guns were stored in their home posed a threat to other people," she said. "It was a good conversation." Since then, she has reached out to friends and leaders in her Traverse City, Michigan, community to press her cause and encourage parents to routinely ask the question. She's had the conversation with friends of her children probably 50 times, she says. It's not about gun rights, she stresses. In fact, she counsels parents to make a point of saying they understand and accept the rights of gun owners to have firearms -- even loaded, unlocked weapons. The point, she says, is to make sure you're comfortable with the environment where you're sending your kids. CNN Facebook commenter Kathe Valeri said she only allows her children to go on playdates with children of families she knows well. "We pick our friends and our social circle very carefully. If I don't know the parent well enough, then my kids don't play. That's it," she said. "Being that they are trustworthy friends, I have no problems worrying about if my children will be safe in their homes." Gun owner's reaction Gun owner Timothy Turner said he asks if guns are in his kids' friends' homes and how they're secured. If they keep a loaded gun, he specifically requests that they remove the ammo and keep it in a separate place when his daughters visit. He's not worried about his daughters finding them "because they know what to do if they find a gun," Turner said on CNN's Facebook page. He's worried about others who don't know how to handle a gun. If they don't agree to keep them locked up or are unable to keep the ammo and gun separate, "my daughters don't go," he said. In turn, he makes sure to inform every parent whose child is visiting that he keeps a gun in the home. He said he keeps one gun in his home "for protection," locked in a fingerprint-scan safe. He has more, but he keeps them in vaults off his property at a location that only a few trusted people know about. As for Daggett, she said her friends responded well to the gun question the first time she asked it. The avid hunters assured her that all of their weapons were locked up in a gun safe. She's gotten better at asking the question since. It's part of her standard rundown now, anytime she ponders allowing her kids to visit another family's home. With a curious 4-year-old daughter she calls "the raccoon" and a 13-year-old son -- the age of so many school shooters and victims -- she feels like she doesn't have much choice. "I could so easily see my son or one of his friends picking up a pistol and saying, 'This is so cool!' " Daggett said. Starting the conversation Here are some tips from Knox and Smith about having the gun conversation with other parents: -- Start by having a family policy on firearms safety that you're already following, Smith said. "If you're not thinking about it ahead of time, you don't really know what you like or don't like," she said. -- Don't make gun safety a bigger deal than, say, pool safety or food allergies, but do make sure to clearly cover it, Knox said. "Blend it in with other topics," she suggests. "It's important to not make this too heavy or a subject that shouldn't be talked about." -- Don't make judgments. "It's not just what you say and the content of your question, but the manner you express your question," Smith said. -- Don't worry about offending other parents, Knox says. She said the group's field work shows gun owners are rarely offended by the question, but concern about opening up a rift between families keeps some parents from talking about the issue. "It's a barrier of anticipation," she says. -- Have the conversation when kids aren't around, Smith suggests. She recounted the experience of a friend who brought up the issue when her son's young friends were around. Their mother froze -- she hadn't told the children that a gun was in the home. It turns out the weapons were secured, Smith said. "But she didn't want the kids to know they were there." Whether you agree with that or not, respect the other family's values, Smith said.


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If you use a select statement that
identifies fields according to which
table they come from, i.e.
select tab1.name, tab2.phone from
tab1, tab2
where tab1.id = tab2.id
then the associative keys of the array returned by ifx_fetch_row will not include the table names. For the example above, if you used
$row = ifx_fetch_row ($rid);
then the first field in the
returned array would be $row["name"],
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Where were you during the storm?
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HarryD April 20th, 2011 | 6:15am
What storm? Rainmageddon?
What's next? Nightmageddon?
Bill Duxbury April 20th, 2011 | 10:45am
My wife and I were running the "Autism 5K".
boooo! April 21st, 2011 | 6:06pm
There was no storm here. It seems to have gone around us, which is fine by me. Not hoping for any more microbursts.
boooo! April 22nd, 2011 | 12:56am
@ HarryD
Actually, now that I'm thinking about it, last summer, which had the most number of record high heat days in the DC/Virginia region, should officially be named Sunmageddon.
This summer can be Sunpocolypse.


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BMW Motorrad and Dainese have announced they will cooperate in joint development of innovative motorcycle safety clothing for BMW Motorrad. Taking the Dainese D-Air® Protect System as its starting point, the partners will be developing motorcycle rider equipment with fully integrated inflatable protectors for BMW Motorrad.
The first product to emerge from their cooperation will be the DoubleR RaceAir one-piece leather suit with D-Air® racing protectors, designed exclusively for use on racetracks. The racing suit is scheduled to be presented at the international EICMA motorcycle show in Milan this November, once BMW Motorrad has completed all the required testing in Munich.
The next stage will be to develop the Dainese D-Air® Street System as a retrofit solution for BMW Motorrad. The system is scheduled to be launched in 2015, following successful completion of all crash tests. BMW Motorrad customers will then be able to retrofit an innovative safety system to their motorcycles.
BMW Motorrad and Dainese are also looking into further ways of cooperating in the interest of providing further protection for motorcycle riders.


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Critical international nuclear talks with Iran begin
ISTANBUL, Turkey -- World powers began potentially crucial talks with Iran over its disputed nuclear program, even as Western officials appeared to rule out one much-discussed path to beginning negotiations.
Fourteen months after the last talks broke down in acrimony, representatives of six powers gathered for what is expected to be a one-day meeting on Saturday with Saeed Jalili, Iran's top nuclear negotiator. Catherine Ashton, EU's foreign policy chief and the organizer of the talks, met for dinner with Jalili Friday night to prepare the way for the group talks.
The six countries -– the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China –- are hoping to negotiate limits on Iran's nuclear development program, which many powers fear is aimed at developing a bomb despite Iran's denials. The so-called P5 Plus One nations want to see concrete signs that, after a series of false starts, Tehran is willing to disclose more about its half-hidden program and halt production of enriched uranium that could become fuel for a nuclear bomb.
Yet diplomats suggested that the European Union could not, as some outsiders have suggested, hold off implementation on July 1 of a scheduled embargo on purchases of Iranian oil as a reward for an agreement by the Islamic Republic to freeze its enrichment activities. The embargo, they said, is already law in Europe, and could only be dismantled over time, once Iran takes verifiable and substantial steps to roll back its program.
The comments underscore the complexity of the negotiations. While the Western nations are eager to find mutual opening concessions that could clear the way for detailed negotiations, they are under intense pressure not to give away too much, especially with the economic punishments that have been their point of greatest leverage.
A quick suspension of the sanctions could open President Obama to political attacks from conservative political foes, and could displease Israel, which is threatening to bomb Iranian nuclear facilities if the sanctions don't halt what it views as a threat to its existence.
Another consideration is the difficulty of later reimposing the embargo once it has been lifted. It has taken a major political effort to win agreement on the embargo, including from financially distressed countries such as Greece and Spain, which have argued that dropping Iranian oil was a special hardship.
Yet the six powers need to make concessions that induce Iran to limit what it views as one of its most important national assets. And the sanctions plan, which has staggered Iran's economy, is foremost on its leaders' minds.
Iran may be planning on winning support for a suspension of sanctions from Russia and China, which are unhappy with the Western moves that limit the lucrative international energy trade. Iran may hope to create frictions between the Russians and Chinese on one side, and the French and British, who have pushed hard for the tough sanctions of recent months.
Even so, as the diplomats gathered, both Iranians and the six powers continued saying they saw hopeful signs. "I don't think they'd be coming if they weren't serious," said a European diplomat.
Ali Ahkbar Salehi, Iran's foreign minister, said in an opinion article in the Washington Post on Friday that Iran is committed to talks, but he also made clear his government's grievances.
"Despite sanctions, threats of war, assassinations of several of our scientists and other forms of terrorism, we have chosen to remain committed to dialogue," Salehi wrote.
The diplomats will be meeting in a building that is part of the city's sleek conference complex. Each of the seven countries will have their own rooms, as will host Turkey, which is putting out word that it will serve as a middleman between the two sides if asked.
After the six countries meet as a group with Iran in the morning, they may have bilateral -- nation-to-nation -- meetings Saturday afternoon, possibly including a meeting between the United States and Iran. But diplomats said plans remained loose, dependent on desires of the Iranians that are hard to predict.
Jalili, the chief negotiator, is close to Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khomenei, but is believed to have limited authority and expected to seek instruction for any major move. If the two sides succeed in finding common ground, they are expected to meet again next month in Baghdad –- a venue suggested by Iran –- for a second round that will go into more detail.
Opinion: A real-life 'Hunger Games'
North Korea satellite launch fails quickly after liftoff
Failed rocket signals poor North Korean capability, expert says
-- Paul Richter
Photo: Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, far left, and Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili, far right, seen with diplomats from the two countries during a meeting in Istanbul on Friday. Credit: Burhan Ozbilici / Associated Press


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The GTX 680 Classified is bigger than the reference card, but is designed to take up two slots in width. At the same time, this allows enthusiasts to chain up to four GTX 680 Classifieds in Quad SLI. The Classified's cooler is a touch up of the reference (GTX 580) cooler, where EVGA extended the heatsink and replaced the 6.5 fan with an 8cm one.
Many of Nvidia's partners have gone with dual fan coolers in order to keep thermals in check. In fact, thermals tend to be the biggest limitation in overclocking GTX 680s, so some companies threw in three or more fans. Naturally, such cards are wider than two slots, so you can forget about Quad SLI.
The fan has a speed limit and it won't go faster than 55%, i.e. more than 3240 RPM. Although factory overclocked, the GTX 680 Classified was a bit quieter than the reference model, in other words – it's quiet.
On the back you see GDDR5 memory modules that were added to double the capacity to 4GB.
The plastic shroud isn't difficult to take off, especially since the cooler is very similar to the reference one.
The fan is taken off easily, which should come in handy come cleaning time.
EVGA made the heatsink wider and once we took it off, we saw that the GTX 680 Classified uses Vapor Chamber technology (reference GTX 680 cards come with regular, copper blocks). The cooler also has a Vapor Chamber heatpipe that helps with heat distribution. All in all, the cooler looks much like the one on GTX 580 cards.
The memory is cooled by a large heatspreader, which spans the entire PCB and does a good job of reinforcing it. The power components are easy to spot and you can count 14 phases yourself. The Classified packs a 14+3 phase VRM, whereas the reference card has 4+2 VRM.
Overclocking and overvolting requires power, so the card comes with two 8-pin connectors. Factoring in the power it gets via PCI Express, the Classified can draw up to 375W. Note that reference cards come with one 6-pin and one 8-pin connector, allowing for 300W.
Among the features that make the Classified stand out is the EVBot connector, which is right next to the power connectors. Note however that the EVBot is purchased separately. We hooked it up to the card via a 105cm long cable and used it to boost the voltage beyond 1.175v (advised at 0.0625v increments).
GTX 580 Classified's EVBot connector was on the I/O panel, but we like the new placement as well. Besides, most new cases come with watercooling holes, which can be used to route the cable from the back.
The GTX 680 Classified isn't short on interesting features, and the BIOS switch next to the EVBot connector is one of them. The switch offers Normal, OC and LN2 BIOS', LN2 mode disables some power protections for extreme overclocking. Unfortunately, it didn't help with extreme overclocking as the cooler quickly turned out to be the choke point.
Voltage monitoring header gets quite handy when overvolting, and you'll find it next to the BIOS switch (EVGA will make a small adapter separately that will make voltage probes able to attach easily).
The I/O panel holds standard HDMI and DisplayPort connectors, as well as two dual link DVI outs, just like on the reference GTX 680 cards. EVGA made the I/O panel air exhausts bigger to improve airflow but one part of the cooler will stay behind. Unfortunately, this means that some of the hot air will remain in the case.


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Mcortez asked for some advice on iso tile rendering on IRC tonight. I send him to the IsoCamTest.java example in the SVN repo, but figured it is a bit lacking :). So here's how you can easily draw iso tiles with Sprites, a SpriteBatch and a Camera.
The basic idea goes like this:
- We want to work in full 3D! Our tiles should be arranged in the x/z plane
- We want to standard 45° isometric look.
- We want to use our SpriteBatch and Sprite classes to render the tiles. Mesh is confusing, right?
- We want to have a camera that is panable by dragging it around.
- We want to check whether a touch hit a tile in the map
Let's begin with the 3D stuff. Here's an image that should give you an impression of how things will look, logically and geometrically.
For simplicities sake we will have 10×10 tiles extending along the positive x-axis and the positive z-axis. The tile at (0,0) is at the origin, the tile at (1,0) is to the right of that one, the tile at (0, 9) is the one in the front left, and so on. Note that the second coordinate is a Z-COORDINATE, not an y-coordinate as with the usual SpriteBatch rendering business.
The ugly sphere/cone hybrid thing that screams "kill me" is actually our camera. The way the cone is oriented should indicate where the camera is looking towards. It looks in the direction (-1, -1, -1) which means it looks to the left (first -1), downwards (second -1) and from the front to the back (third -1). This will give us our 45° look.
SpriteBatch works in the x/y plane, and our Sprite's positions are given in x/y as well. How can we make those two things work in the x/z plane instead? Easy! We create a rotation matrix that will rotate the plane we work in by 90° around the x-axis!
Let's put this into code. I wrote a new test example (actually i rewrote the old IsoCamTest.java). We'll go through it at a slow pace.
public class IsoCamTest extends GdxTest implements InputProcessor {
Texture texture;
OrthographicCamera cam;
SpriteBatch batch;
final Sprite[][] sprites = new Sprite[10][10];
final Matrix4 matrix = new Matrix4();
@Override public void create() {
texture = new Texture(Gdx.files.internal("data/badlogicsmall.jpg"));
cam = new OrthographicCamera(10, 10 * (Gdx.graphics.getHeight() / (float)Gdx.graphics.getWidth()));
cam.position.set(5, 5, 10);
cam.direction.set(-1, -1, -1);
cam.near = 1;
cam.far = 100;
matrix.setToRotation(new Vector3(1, 0, 0), 90);
for(int z = 0; z < 10; z++) {
for(int x = 0; x < 10; x++) {
sprites[x][z] = new Sprite(texture);
sprites[x][z].setSize(1, 1);
batch = new SpriteBatch();
Don't get confused by the GdxTest thing, this just means that our class implements the ApplicationListener interface. The GdxTest class has stub implements of the methods of the ApplicationListener interface to reduce the size of test code.
You also see that it implements the InputProcess interface, we'll need that later on to make the camera dragable.
The class has a few members:
- A Texture, that stores the image of the tile we render. You can of course use TextureRegions or whatever can be rendered with Spritebatch. I use a simple Texture for simplicity here.
- An OrthographicCamera. Surprise! It's actually a full featured 3D camera with an orthographic projection. Look at this blog post if you want to know more about ortho and perspective cameras. Quintessen: it has a position in 3D space as well as a direction.
- A SpriteBatch, for obvious reasons.
- A two dimensional array of Sprites which represent our tiles. Indexing works like this: sprites[x][z], where x is the x-coordinate and z is the z-coordinate. Just like in the first image above.
- A Matrix4 we'll use to make the SpriteBatch draw in the x/z axis by rotating everything from the x/y to the x/z axis
In the create() method i first load the texture, business as usual. Then i create the OrthographicCamera. That looks a bit like black magic. What does the 10 stand for, and why do i multiply the second 10 by the displays height divided by its width?
The answer is a big complex. If you read the article i linked to in the list above, you should know that an OrthographicCamera has a so called viewport. That's the area the image the camera takes gets projected to. The multiplication by height / width is there so that the aspect ratio of the viewport matches the one of the actual display.
The two 10s define the width and height of the viewport. I chose 10×10 units. This means that if our camera looks straight down on the x/z plane (direction=(0, -1, 0) instead of (-1, -1, -1)) it would show us an area of 10×10 units of the world. It would actually show a little less on the displays y-axis since we multiply the viewport height by the displays aspect ratio. Make sense? Hopefully!
Next i set the camera's position to (5, 5, 10) so that it is at the middle of the front edge of the tile map, hovering 5 units above that edge. Look at the first image above and try to make sense of that! I also set the camera's direction to (-1, -1, -1) so it looks to the left, downwards and along the negative z-axis.
The cam.near and cam.far fields define how far away an object can be minimally and maximally from the camera to be visible in it's view (frustum). These values are always positive as they are distances and independent of the camera's direction. An object that is behind the camera would of course not be visible. An object further away than the far value will also not be visible.
The next line might look like magic but it's really simple! I just set the matrix to a rotation around the x-axis in counter clockwise order by 90°. As mentioned earlier we'll use that matrix to tell the SpriteBatch to draw everything in x/z instead of x/y, just as shown in the second image above.
Finally i create 10×10 sprites with a size of 1×1 units located at the coordinates (0,0) through (9,9), as in the first image above. Note that we can use any units we want here! We are working in 3D. I tend to use "easy" units, so 1 makes sense as it could represent 1 meter. The SpriteBatch must also be created of course.
The last statement sets our IsoCamTest instance to be the InputProcessor. We need to do this for our dragging code which will be located in the touchDragged() method.
On to the draw method!
@Override public void render() {
for(int z = 0; z < 10; z++) {
for(int x = 0; x < 10; x++) {
Wow, that was surprisingly short. I start off by clearing the screen. Since we work in 3D now we could also clear the so called z-buffer, but we'll leave that for now. Next i update the camera to make sure all it's matrices are up to date according to its position and direction and other parameters.
Then comes the magic part. First i set the camera's combined matrix (look into the other blog post i linked above!) as the projection matrix of the SpriteBatch. Next i set the transform matrix of the SpriteBatch to the rotation matrix we defined in the create() method. These two things have the effect that everything will be drawn from the camera's view point AND that the SpriteBatch will render all Sprites/TextureRegion/whathaveyou in the x/z plane instead of the x/y plane.
From there on it's a simple matter of iterating over our tiles and render them via the SpriteBatch. Easy! The last method checks whether a finger went down on screen and will try to find out whether a tile was hit. But let's have a look at how the things look so far!
Cool, exactly what we wanted! As you can see, the badlogic icons are upside down. That's because the y-axis is now aligned with the z-axis and that's pointing somewhat out of the screen. You can easily fix that if necessary by flipping your sprites/texture regions/whathaveyou texture coordinates vertically.
On to the intersection testing method called checkTileTouched(). Our goal is it to highlight the last touched tile with the color read. So we first have to figure out if a tile was hit, then set it's color to red. If there was another tile hit previously we just reset that ones color to white again. Code:
final Plane xzPlane = new Plane(new Vector3(0, 1, 0), 0);
final Vector3 intersection = new Vector3();
Sprite lastSelectedTile = null;
private void checkTileTouched() {
if(Gdx.input.justTouched()) {
Ray pickRay = cam.getPickRay(Gdx.input.getX(), Gdx.input.getY());
Intersector.intersectRayPlane(pickRay, xzPlane, intersection);
int x = (int)intersection.x;
int z = (int)intersection.z;
if(x >= 0 && x < 10 && z >= 0 && z < 10) {
if(lastSelectedTile != null) lastSelectedTile.setColor(1, 1, 1, 1);
Sprite sprite = sprites[x][z];
sprite.setColor(1, 0, 0, 1);
lastSelectedTile = sprite;
Scary, eh? Nah, it's really simple. What we are going to do is create a ray via the camera based on the display coordinates the touch event happened. That ray originates from our camera's position and goes into the direction of the camera in the world. We just need to intersect that ray with something. In this case we want to intersect it with the x/z plane, cause that is where our tiles are located! Once we have that intersection point we can check whether it's coordinates are within a tile.
We need a few additional members, namely the xzPlane, a vector that stores the intersection point and a member that stores the last touched tile, or null if there was no tile touched. The plane is defined via it's normal and distance to the origin, just as you learned in school (hopefully).
In the method we start by checking whether a touch down event happened. If that is the case we get a picking Ray from our camera by feeding the touch coordinates to the camera's getPickRay() method. That ray is a 3D ray with an origin (roughyl the camera's location) and a direction, both given in our 3D world coordinate system. We intersect that ray with our xzPlane via the Intersector class' intersectRayPlane() method. The result is stored in the intersection member. The method returns a boolean indicating whether the two geometrical objects intersect. In our case the ray will ALWAYS intersect the x/z plane so we don't have to check the return value.
To get the indices into our tile array we simply cast the intersection points x and z coordinate to int. We can do that since our tiles have a size of 1×1 units! Finally we check whether the hit tile is in range (between 0 and 9) and if that's the case we set its color and store it as the last touched tile. A previously touched tile will have its color reset to white again.
And that is all it takes to do basic intersection testing with an iso tilemap!
The final piece of the puzzle is dragging the camera around via touch or mouse dragging. That's a little more involved. Let me post the code first:
final Vector3 curr = new Vector3();
final Vector3 last = new Vector3(-1, -1, -1);
final Vector3 delta = new Vector3();
@Override public boolean touchDragged (int x, int y, int pointer) {
Ray pickRay = cam.getPickRay(x, y);
Intersector.intersectRayPlane(pickRay, xzPlane, curr);
if(!(last.x == -1 && last.y == -1 && last.z == -1)) {
pickRay = cam.getPickRay(last.x, last.y);
Intersector.intersectRayPlane(pickRay, xzPlane, delta);
cam.position.add(delta.x, delta.y, delta.z);
last.set(x, y, 0);
return false;
@Override public boolean touchUp(int x, int y, int pointer, int button) {
last.set(-1, -1, -1);
return false;
We need three members: curr stores the currently touched point on the x/z plane. last stores the last mouse/touch coordinates. I store it in a Vector3 cause i'm a bit silly. It's really just the 2D screen coordinates of the last touch event. Finally i have a helper Vector3 called delta that we'll use to calculate the distance between the current touch point and the last touch point.
The method we implement the touch dragging in is the touchDragged() method. Really. What we want to do goes like this: Take the difference betwen the current touch position in the 3D world and the last touch position in the 3D world and add that 3D vector to our camera's position. This will make it look like the camera is really attached to our finger.
To achieve this we use our old friend the pick ray, plane/ray intersections and some basic vector math. The first thing we do is set the current touch position to the intersection between the pick ray, derrived from the current touch coords, and the xzPlane we defined earlier. Next we check if there was a previous touch drag event, we need at least one old mouse position to actually do the dragging. I do this by checking whether all the coordinates of the last vector are -1. A little hackish but we'll survive.
If we have a last touch event i also calculate it's position in the 3D world, as usual with a pick ray the plane and the Intersector class. Now we have the two positions of the current and last touch event in the 3D world. We just take the difference vector and apply it to our camera position so the camera moves! Simple, eh? Finally we remember the current touch position in 2D screen coordinates for the next drag event.
The last bit of code will just make sure we reset the last touch position to (-1,-1,-1) in case the finger is lifted (or the mouse button is released).
And that is all. What we have no is:
- A full 3D iso tile renderer.
- Intersection testing with the tilemap and mouse/touch events.
- A dragable camera.
Here's the überbonus: we are working in 3D so you could even display 3D objects on top of your tilemap (enable z-testing for that)! Further more you can disable blending while rendering the tiles if they don't have any transparent pixels. That can give you a HUGE performance increase.
Now, take that code and make the best of it. You can optimize the tile rendering via a SpriteCache since your tiles are likely to not change at all 🙂 You can find the full working code at http://code.google.com/p/libgdx/source/browse/trunk/tests/gdx-tests/src/com/badlogic/gdx/tests/IsoCamTest.java


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We've heard the warnings about "putting all your eggs in one basket." When it comes to diversifying your investments, that adage is not only relevant: It could mean the difference between financial success and failure.
Investment diversification involves choosing a wide array of investments to help protect your portfolio from the effects of any one market trend, event or setback. Many financial professionals believe that choosing different investments from the common asset classes (such as stocks, bond and cash-related investments), can benefit a portfolio, since ordinarily, most asset classes do not experience the same type of performance simultaneously. (For example, when stocks are performing well, bonds may be in a downturn.) While diversification is no guarantee against investment loss, well-diversified investors often survive a downturn in the markets better than those who are not diversified.
Which Risks Can Be Diversified?
Diversification works to reduce some risks, but not all. For example, you could own a Standard & Poor's 500® Index (S & P 500) mutual fund that is well diversified (since it holds the 500 large-company U.S. stocks that make up the S&P 500 Index). By definition, the S&P 500 Index is well diversified in regard to "stock-specific" and "industry-specific" risks. Yet, if you were to hold an S&P 500 Index fund during a prolonged stock market downturn, you could lose a substantial portion of what you'd invested in that fund.
The truth is, holding 500 large-company stocks still exposes you to the "systematic risk" of the U.S. stock market. So regardless of how many different stocks or stock mutual funds you hold, you can't reduce the risk of investing in stocks when stocks are losing their value.
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The best way to reduce the "systematic risk" of stocks (or any other asset class) is to spread your money among several classes – such as stocks, bonds and cash-related investments (such as certificates of deposit and money market funds). This can be accomplished through a disciplined program of asset allocation, which sets guidelines for each asset class based on the individual investor's investment objectives and risk tolerance. The next step is to diversify effectively within each asset class:
- For the portion of your money committed to stocks, a few carefully selected equity mutual funds can help you diversify among a variety of industries and company sizes.
- For the portion of your money committed to bonds, you can diversify among short-term and long-term maturities and also among high-quality issues and those of lower quality, but that offer potentially higher yields.
- Cash-related investments play a special role in asset allocation. Since they tend to produce more stable (although very low) investment performance than either stocks or bonds, cash-related investments are useful for adjusting overall risk. Even in a terrible year for stocks or bonds (or both), a portfolio diversified partly in cash can suffer less investment loss, since cash-related investments may help to protect the investor's principal, whereas stocks and bonds do not.
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- How well diversified is my current portfolio? A financial professional can evaluate your current holdings and suggest sensible choices that may help to increase your diversification. For example, many investors own stocks through a variety of managed portfolios, including mutual funds, IRAs, 401(k)s, variable annuities and variable life insurance. It is possible that these portfolios are over-concentrated in one or two industries or even a few stocks. In some cases, it can make sense to select different investments that reduce your concentration in one or more areas, and increase your portfolio's balance.
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Mutual funds can be a good way to diversify, but there are other strategies that also offer access to different markets, asset classes and professional management styles. They include variable annuities, variable life insurance and individually managed investment accounts. A financial professional can help you evaluate which strategies available for diversification may be right for you. Once your plan is in place, your financial professional can also help you monitor your investments' performance and make the revisions you feel are appropriate over time.
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