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The 15 Most Ridiculous "B Movies" You Need To See
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B movies! Whatever they lack in budget and star power, they more then make up for with crazy ideas and deliberate lack of taste. With Hollywood blockbusters, there are hundreds of millions of dollars at stake, often forcing everyone involved to play it safe. Thus they try to offer humor without the provocation, sexiness without the sex, and plots that we've seen million times before.
Lacking the state-of-the-art special effects, big names or multi-million dollar marketing campaigns, B movies need to get creative to draw in an audience. So they turn to provocative concepts, outrageous gimmicks, nudity, gore, and pretty much anything else that might lure in the curious. Our list of 15 most ridiculous B movies you need to see peeks into a crazy – and sometimes sleazy – world of cyborgs, zombies, strippers, sharks and one very angry Santa Claus.
15. SNAKES ON A PLANE (2006)
Sometimes, a movie concept comes along that is so brilliant yet so utterly bonkers that you can only admire the sheer chutzpah of its creators. In 2006, Snakes on a Plane seemingly took the world by storm. Its title alone convinced Samuel L. Jackson to star in a leading role. The internet went crazy about this movie months before it even appeared in cinemas and producers responded to that Internet fan-base by incorporating their feedback into Snakes on a Plane.
Jackson plays FBI Agent Neville Flynn, charged with protecting Sean Jones (Nathan Phillips), a key witness in a case against the mobster Eddie Kim (Byron Lawson). As they board a flight from Hawaii to Los Angeles, they're unaware that a hit man has hidden a crate full of dangerous snakes into the airplane's cargo hold. When the snakes break loose and poison the pilot, it's up to Flynn and the flight attendant Claire (Julianna Margulies) to somehow land the plane, while all around them snakes kill the passengers in innovative and disgusting ways.
14. ZOMBIE STRIPPERS (2008)
Former porn star Jenna Jameson and former Freddie Kruger Robert Englund star in this low-budget low-brow horror comedy about a strip joint catering to necrophiliacs. Zombie Strippers takes place in a dystopian near-future in which the US government experiments with zombie soldiers. One of them infects Kat (Jameson), a star dancer in an underground strip club. However, this only makes her more popular with the club's patrons. Soon enough, the club's owner Ian Essko (Englund) starts goading the other dancers to undergo the change themselves if they want to keep their jobs.
Zombie Strippers is a 2008 American horror-comedy written and directed by Jay Lee. Very loosely inspired by the Eugène Ionesco's 1959 absurdist play Rhinoceros, the movie never lives up to the full potential of its admittedly entertaining premise. Zombie Strippers is neither clever enough to be truly satirical, nor inept enough to belong in the "so-bad-it's-good category". It is, at best, a guilty pleasure.
13. PIRANHA 3DD (2012)
Released in 1978, Piranha was a satirical horror movie by Joe Dante (Gremlins). Its 1981 sequelPiranha II: The Spawning was directed by young James Cameron (Aliens). In 2010, French horror movie director Alexandre Aja (Haute Tension) made a remake titled Piranha 3D. In 2012, Piranha 3DDbravely continued the saga about the prehistoric man-eating fish.
Maddy (Danielle Panabaker – Friday the 13th, The Ward, The Crazies) is a marine biology student returning to her family's water park where her sleazy step-father Chet (David Koechner – Anchorman) plans to introduce more adult-themed attractions. Soon enough, swimmers begin to mysteriously disappear from the nearby lakes and rivers, killed by the piranhas who now travel around using the sewers. It's only a matter of time before they begin attacking the visitors of the water-park. Luckily, Ving Rhames (Mission: Impossible series), Christopher Lloyd (Back to the Future) and David Hasselhoff are all here to help Maddy save the day.
12. ZOMBEAVERS (2014)
Many of the most popular B-movies are horror-comedies. This is no accident. With their cheap special effects and outrageous premises, these films deliberately aim for that elusive "so-bad-they're-good" status. Case in point: Zombeavers, a 2014 American horror-comedy in which bunch of teens get attacked by beavers who have been zombified by a toxic chemical spill.
Jenn (Lexi Atkins), Mary (Rachel Melvin), and Zoe (Cortney Palm) are a trio of college girls looking for some fun times in a secluded forest lake house. However, they are followed by their horny boyfriends Sam (Hutch Dano), Buck (Peter Gilroy), and Tommy (Jake Weary). That turns out to be the least of the girls' problems as they all get attacked by the zombeavers. In a time-honored tradition of teen slashers everywhere, Zombeavers proceeds to mercilessly mutilate and murder its cast of good-looking teens. Written by Al and Jon Kaplan and directed by Jordan Rubin, Zombeavers earned a staggering $44,080 at the box office.
11. SHARKNADO (2013)
SyFy has been producing cheap made-for-TV monster movies for at least a decade. Many of them include sharks: dino sharks, mega sharks, mecha sharks, ghost sharks, sand sharks, avalanche sharks… You name it! However, only one SyFy shark movie has truly captured the public imagination:Sharknado, a 2013 disaster flick about a tornado made out of sharks.
Former teen heartthrob and an occasional Chippendale dancer Ian Ziering (Beverly Hills 90210) plays Fin, a Los Angeles bar owner who tries to save his estranged wife April (Tara Reid – American Pie,Alone in the Dark) after the freak water spouts scoop up all the sharks from the nearby ocean only to flood the city streets with them. Sharknado isn't afraid of making fun of itself, which explains its success with the audience. So far, three sequels followed, with the last one – titled Sharknado: The 4th Awakens – airing on Syfy in July of 2016.
10. THANKSKILLING (2008)
ThanksKilling is the first – but not the last – movie on our list featuring murderous poultry. Kristen (Lindsey Anderson), Billy (Aaron Carlson), Ali (Natasha Cordova), Darren (Ryan Francis), and Johnny (Lance Predmore) are college friends travelling home for Thanksgiving. During the trip, Darren regales the group with a tale of a demonic turkey created centuries ago by a Native American shaman as revenge against the early American settlers.
Sure enough, the evil turkey – nicknamed Turkie – is real and awakens from its centuries of slumber after a dog desecrates his miniature totem pole by urinating on it. Turkie wastes no time in wrecking havoc: soon enough he's hijacking cars, shooting people, and disguising himself by wearing a Groucho Marx moustache. Directed and co-written by Jordan Downey, ThanksKilling was filmed for mere $3500. In 2013, it got a crowd-funded sequel titled ThanksKilling 3.
9. HOUSE OF THE DEAD (2003)
House of the Dead was among the first of the video game adaptations made by notorious German filmmaker Uwe Boll. Ostensibly based on a 1997 Sega arcade game, Boll's action-horror movie follows a group of party-goers led by Alicia (Ona Grauer). As they arrive onto a distant island, instead of a rave party they find themselves besieged by zombies. Jürgen Prochnow and Clint Howard also appear in this mess of a film.
Uwe Boll may be a lousy filmmaker, but he has proven himself to be a brilliant movie producer. Throughout the last decade, Boll made a number of movies based on computer games such as Alone in the Dark, Bloodrayne, In the Name of the King, and Postal. Despite ensuring brand recognition for his movies as well as big-name actors (who usually appear only in tiny roles), Boll's objective wasn't to make any kind of decent movie. He openly admitted how he simply wanted to exploit a German tax loophole that allowed him to get half of his movie budget refunded by the government. His movies such as House of the Dead are widely considered among the worst movies ever made.
8. MAN-THING (2005)
Considering the worldwide popularity of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and superhero blockbusters in general, it's hard to imagine a time when comic book adaptations were, for the most part, cheaply-produced B movies. But as recently as 2005, American director Brett Leonard (The Lawnmower Man,Virtuosity) made Man-Thing – a low-budget movie inspired by the Marvel Comics character created by Stan Lee, Roy Thomas, and Gerry Conway in 1971, just months before DC Comics debuted Swamp-Thing.
Man-Thing was once Dr. Ted Sallis (played in the film by Mark Stevens), a biochemist working on a secret government project. Chased by terrorists, Dr. Sallis deliberately injects himself with a dangerous serum that turns him into a giant, lumbering plant-like creature. While in the comic books Man-Thing is a heroic, albeit monstrous, protagonist, Leonard's movie presents it as a vicious monster, murdering people in a Louisiana swamp until the local sheriff Kyle Williams (Matthew Le Nevez) decides to stop him.
7. CURSE OF THE WOLF (2006)
The only thing better than a werewolf is a kung-fu werewolf. In Curse of the Wolf, we follow Dakota (Renee Porada), a werewolf who abandoned her pack to live a normal life. Pack leader Michael (Todd Humes) isn't too happy about this and sends out his werewolves to find Dakota and force her to return. In response, Dakota joins forces with Logan (Lanny Poffo), an owner of a seedy bar and a local crime lord. It's werewolves vs. criminals and, for some reason, everyone knows martial arts.
Yet another schlock auteur on our list, Len Kabasinski is a martial artist who produces, writes, directs and often appears in his own movies. Most of them are cheesy b-movie horrors with titles like Swamp Zombies!!! (2005), Fist of the Vampire (2007) and Wendigo: Bound by Blood (2010). Kabasinski's movies are staggeringly bad, with just about the every aspect of their production made cheaply and by amateurs. Fans of bad cinema should definitely take notice of Len Kabasinski's opus. Everyone else however, should steer clear.
6. MANBORG (2011)
Count Draculon (Adam Brooks) and his army of Nazi vampires conquered Earth during the so-called Hell Wars. An anonymous soldier (Matthew Kennedy) dies fighting the undead warlord only to be revived in the Mega-Death City as Manborg. He soon joins forces with the resistance fighters Justice (Conor Sweeney), his sister Mina (Meredith Sweeney), and #1 Man (Ludwig Lee, voice-dubbed by Kyle Hebert). But will they be powerful enough to stop Count Draculon once and for all?
A low-budget Canadian sci-fi-horror-comedy, Manborg was co-written, produced and directed by Steven Kostanski. Filmed and produced over a period of three years, Manborg premiered at the 2011 Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas. Many of the scenes were filmed using chroma key compositing, combining the footage of actors with the CGI-animated backgrounds. Watching Manborg, it's hard not to draw comparisons with the far more popular 2015 flick Kung Fury.
5. SANTA'S SLAY (2005)
The good news is that Santa is real. The bad news is that he's an immortal spawn of Satan. A thousand years ago, Santa lost a bet to an angel and was forced to bring joy to the world each Christmas. But as the end of his servitude approaches, Santa has a plenty of pent up anger to vent.
Santa's Slay is the perfect cure for everyone tired of the holiday cheer. This violent, over-the-top horror comedy follows Santa (played with glee by the professional wrestler Bill Goldberg) as he goes on a killing spree in a small American town. It's up to teenager Nicholas Yuleson (Douglas Smith), his girlfriend Mary (Emilie de Ravin), and Nicholas' crazy grandpa (Robert Culp) to try and stop Santa once and for all. Look out for the small scene of a dysfunctional Jewish family, with cameo roles played by Rebecca Gayheart, Chris Kattan, and Fran Drescher.
4. POULTRYGEIST: NIGHT OF THE CHICKEN DEAD (2006)
Over the last two decades, the word Troma has become something of a brand: a nasty-looking, infected, puss-oozing brand, but a brand nevertheless. Troma Entertainment has specialized in the horror movies offering plenty of nudity, crude humor, and over-the-top gore. Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead is no exception to this proud tradition.
This horror-comedy-musical was directed in 2006 by Lloyd Kaufman, one of the founders of Troma Entertainment and director of such beloved Troma classics as The Toxic Avenger (1984) and Tromeo and Juliet (1996). Poultrygeist follows Arbie (Jason Yachanin) on his minimum-wage job in a New Jersey fast food restaurant called American Chicken Bunker. As Arbie looks for a way to win back his ex-girlfriend Wendy (Kate Graham), the restaurant – which is built atop a Native American burial ground – finds itself under supernatural attacks by a chicken-possessing demonic spirit.
3. GINGERDEAD MAN (2005)
America's darling Gary Busey (Lethal Weapon, Predator 2, Under Siege) plays the sweetest mass murderer in history – literally! Millard Findlemeyer (Busey) is a psychopathic mass shooter sentenced to die in the electric chair for his heinous crimes. However, his witch-mother (E. Dee Biddlecome) mixes Millard's cremated remains with the gingerbread spice mix and sends it to Sarah (Robin Sydney), a young baker who was a key witness against Millard. Soon enough, the crazed killer is revived as a large gingerbread man who exacts revenge against Sarah and her family.
The Gingerdead Man was directed by Charles Band, producer of such B movie classics as Ghoulies(1984), Re-Animator (1985), Trancers (1985), and Puppet Master (1989). The Gingerdead Man came out in 2005 as a straight-to-DVD release. Despite receiving mixed reviews, this horror-comedy proved itself quite popular with the viewers. Two sequels followed: Gingerdead Man 2: Passion of the Crustwas released in 2008 and Gingerdead Man 3: Saturday Night Cleaver came out in 2011.
2. I AM HERE….NOW (2009)
Neil Breen is a stone-faced enigma, an auteur of cinematic trash, comparable only to the likes of Tommy Wiseau and Ed Wood. A Las Vegas resident, Breen makes his living as an architect, using his earnings to produce, write, direct, edit, and star in his own movies. So far, he has made three of them:Double Down (2005), I Am Here….Now (2009) and Fateful Findings (2014). The fourth one, Pass-Thru, is scheduled to be released sometime in 2016.
All of Breen's movies are pretty much the same. They all follow a misunderstood, yet utterly brilliant loner gifted with supernatural powers (always played by Breen) as he battles an ominous yet nebulous government and/or corporate conspiracy. Breen's movies are like a internet political comment told using the stream of consciousness technique. Breen's complete lack of filmmaking talent combined with his seemingly straight-faced paranoia and megalomania makes for a rather… unique viewing experience.
1. RUBBER (2010)
Rubber is quite possibly the best horror-comedy ever made about a murderous psychokinetic car tire. Robert is an ordinary tire that gains sentience and goes on a murderous rampage. Not content with flattening plastic bottles and tiny animals, Robert develops a telekinetic ability to blow up people's heads. The tire grows obsessed with a beautiful driver Sheila (Roxane Mesquida) and begins to stalk her while killing her neighbors in a small desert town.
Loved by some and hated by many, Rubber is a bizarre horror-comedy written and directed by the French musician and film maker Quentin Dupieux. At times, his movie seems like a metacommentary on the audience's expectations. At other times, Rubber is weird just for the sake of weirdness. But then again, that's the whole point of surrealism. For better or worse, Rubber succeeds in provoking the fans of horror movies the same way transgressions of horror genre provoke the wider audience.
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A recently published photograph illustrating this emphatic sentiment was emblazoned on a poster held by a middle-aged white woman at a protest rally.
From the image alone, it was obvious she and her fellow protesters seen in the periphery held the view of Critical Race Theory ("CRT") as a method of purveying ideas which undergird the judgement of people by the colour of their skin. What got her to join or, possibly, to help orchestrate that protest? What was she thinking?
In actual fact, CRT is a perspective developed to surveil and to critically assess all assumptions on race — whether held by white or black people — with a view to determine their impact on society in the world of American jurisprudence. Had this woman in question done any reading on the subject? Or was she swayed, as it were, like a reed blown in a wind of controversy created by people running for public office with hidden agendas? If she had, what did she read? Was it gleaned from primary or from secondary sources?
Any genuine and objectively thorough research on CRT would have guided her to the truth of its origins and intent. Why then did she persist by lending an eager hand to propagate the notion that CRT was being taught to children in schools when it is, in fact, a highly technical subject taught only at the tertiary level and only to prospective legal practitioners?
Again, under the assumption that she was fully aware of all that, which children was she most concerned about as far as such opprobrious "racist" indoctrination is concerned — Black children, Latino children, Asian-American children, Native-American, Hawaiian children, or was she more concerned about White children?
Were the concepts of "race" and of "racism" purely abstract terminologies separated from the horrors of the American historical and contemporary social experiences as she saw them? If she was one to persist by saying that they are terms which are and which have always been applicable to all races within the American milieu, what then was the experience of white people with respect to racism? What forms did it take for them? Who were its perpetrators? How long did white people have to bear it? What social, psychological and physical injuries did they sustain? How does racism affect them today? How does it use the system to work against them? Which of their rights has been impaired by it?
Was the oppression and the exploitation brought on by racism that were exacted upon her people enshrined in the Constitution by the nation's founding fathers? If so, to what end? As a result of such "missed-steps" on their part was the Constitution then later revisited and then revised in order to correct its "weaknesses" and to stop the wrongs and the hardships that were foisted upon white people? Was the Civil War waged over white people? What does history say on the matter? Did the 13th Amendment, for example, free white people from servitude? Did the 14th Amendment recognize them as citizens? If, so, from which period of US history did they not enjoy the right of citizenship? And, did the 15th Amendment give them the right to vote? Who or what was the obstacle to their suffrage?
As she is opposed to academic subjects on racism that might offend children or, strangely, that might make them feel guilty because of anything that their forebears might have done, what method does she propose, then, in order to teach a "painless history" — if there is, indeed, such a thing — of the US Constitution, with all its challenges and triumphs, without managing to offend their fragile sensibilities? And, aside from that, what shame do blacks and other minorities share in the nation's racist past? How did their ancestors dirty their hands in that sordid affair, if in fact they ever did?
Could it be that she is one of those pushing the farce of a "race neutral" approach to everything? And, if so, what, essentially, is that world view? The consensus of many in the African-American community is that a "race neutral" approach is a call by white America to end inequality and oppression caused by their racism while they are still ahead in the race of life due to the handicaps that it placed on people of colour. It is a manoeuvre that maintains their unfair advantage. It is a "partial impartiality." It is a pretext without a context. It is plausible deniability for their racist past, and one which makes the victims of their racism sound racist for daring to criticize them and to seek redress.
It is old, threadbare, explicit racism wearing a new and an artfully crafted, implicit prejudice. It is a fallacy of ambiguity, an abstraction treated as concrete reality. It is sleight of hand with a stacked deck of cards with the black man always the loser. It is professed redress without a sincere apology. It is a moral coordinate having latitude without longitude. It is as a marionette denying that it ever had strings. It presents itself as logic that is more objective than the lens of race used by CRT to assess social inequity and oppression, but with manipulated data and with little or no regard for concealed motives behind public policy and legal action.
Assuming that her concerns about racism go well beyond the matter of CRT, was she a part of any of the protests affirming the fact that black lives do matter? Did she attend any against the upsurge of violence against Asian-Americans? Did she tremble at the sight of white men marching with torches angrily chanting that Jews would not replace them on cable news networks? Did her heart ache for the young white woman whose life was brutally taken from her by an enraged racist white man who, in the process of mowing down peaceful protesters against injustice meted out to black people, killed her? If she did, well good for her!! She ought to be supported, and her ignorance about CTR excused.
The words on her placard were, in part, those of the late civil rights leader, Dr Martin Luther King, Jr., in a famous speech that he delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC on August 28, 1963. They predated CRT which emerged in 1989. Was she aware of the reasons behind that march on Washington at the time? Civil rights leaders A Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin had planned it so as to protest segregation against African-Americans by white society, and against the lack of voting rights and unemployment among the same in the north as well as in the south. Of whose struggles was the esteemed leader speaking about that day? Did she read his speech or listen to the audio recording of it in its entirety?
When words are viewed, assessed and used in abstract, outside of their historical, social and cultural contexts it is quite easy to put any "spin" on them and, as a consequence, to be able to use them towards whatever ends. Was that woman, therefore, appropriating Dr King's words correctly? Did the experience of her people, assuming that she was thinking mainly of them, match the ordeal of African-Americans which they were forced to endure for centuries? And what of the prospects of white children for the future when juxtaposed against those of black children? What threatens their welfare in this land?
As this writer must be careful in his assumptions about the woman in the photograph with her placard — as to what she was thinking, as to her political and religious views on race, and even as to her character — he must not leave his readers with any assumptions or doubts about the speech delivered by Dr King on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1963. It is a speech, forged by an eloquence that is no less than that of Cato's, which resonates 59 years later. Perhaps her interpretation of it is correct and that of this writer's is not. And so, to prevent any misunderstanding, doubts, confusion or bias on this writer's part he will allow Dr King's words to speak for themselves with a longer excerpt from his famous speech in this op-ed than her placard had allowed:
"Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity.
But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity.
One hundred years later the Negro is still languished in the corners of American society and finds himself in exile in his own land. And so, we've come here today to dramatize a shameful condition. In a sense we've come to our nation's capital to cash a cheque.
When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men — yes, black men as well as white men — would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of colour are concerned. Instead of honouring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad cheque, a cheque which has come back marked insufficient funds."
By Aldington "Junior" Murray
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Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Electrostatic Effects in Soft Matter and Biophysics Les Houches, France 1-13 October 2000
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Soft Condensed Matter commonly deals with materials that are mechanically soft and, more importantly, particularly prone to thermal fluctuation effects. Charged soft matter systems are especially interesting: they can be manufactured artificially as polyelectrolytes to serve as superabsorbers in dypers, as flocculation and retention agents, as thickeners and gelling agents, and as oil-recovery process aids. They are also abundant in living organisms, mostly performing important structural (e.g. membranes) and functional (e.g. DNA) tasks.
The book describes the many areas in soft matter and biophysics where electrostatic interactions play an important role. It offers in-depth coverage of recent theoretical approaches, advances in computer simulation, and novel experimental techniques.
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Tribune photo by John Byrne – Reed's Taylor Johnson tries to fend off Manogue's Katie Turner in the Raiders' 87-54 DI North quarterfinal road loss on Tuesday night. Johnson led Reed with 11 points. Turner had 20 for the Miners.
RENO—As a road underdog in the playoffs, strong starts are almost vital.
Among the adjectives to describe Reed's start at Bishop Manogue in Tuesday's DI North quarterfinal contest, few of them would be positive. And it cost them their season in a 87-54 loss.
The Raiders committed 14 first-quarter turnovers and the Miners' Tawni Henderson scored 14 straight points (4-for-4 from deep) to cap a 17-0 run to start the contest. The guests never recovered.
"We can't do that against that team, there's no way," Reed coach Sara Schopper-Ramirez said. "It's youth. It's my last time saying it. It is youth. I just told them, 'I'm not saying that next year.'"
The Raiders, who started three freshmen and two sophomores in the season-ending loss, finished the season 11-10 overall after finishing fourth in the High Desert League. Bishop Manogue, the Sierra League champion, improved to 19-1 and advanced to the semifinals on Thursday against Douglas at Spanish Springs.
The Miners' first-year coach Carlnel Wiley said he couldn't have asked for a better start in the quarterfinal win.
"You want that don't you? It's fun to watch when we're moving the ball, sharing the ball, playing as a team," Wiley said. "There's nothing else that needs to be said."
Reed did not hit a field goal until freshman point guard Vanessa Hernandez hit a runner in the lane with 2:33 left in the first. Her bucket left the Raiders down 23-3.
Turnovers were the largest reason for the lopsided start and final margin. After committing 14 in the first quarter, Reed finished with 36 to just Manogue's 18.
And it didn't help the Raiders' cause that the Miners put on an early shooting clinic. They hit six of their first seven triples and finished 9-of-21 from deep.
"That's what happens when you get home court advantage," Schopper-Ramirez conceded.
The lead grew as large as 29-3 (the largest of the first half) in the first quarter before Reed closed on a mini 5-0 spurt.
LT Nixon hit a layup midway through the second quarter to balloon the lead back to 26, 37-11, before the Raiders took a 40-20 deficit to the half.
The deficit methodically grew in the second half, reaching 37 twice in the fourth quarter, before the 33-point final margin.
Henderson led all scorers with 30 points, 18 of which came from behind the arc.
"Hey, little red," Wiley said. "About time. That girl, she wants it so bad. Dog gonnit, she works so hard."
Katie Turner had 20 and Malia Holt had 15.
For Reed, Taylor Johnson led the way with 11 points. Serene Townsell-Williams had 10 and Hernandez had nine.
While Schopper-Ramirez would've liked to advance, she knew this year was going to filled with learning experiences. There was not one senior on the roster this winter and this year's starting five figures to be in place the next two years.
"I think we grew a lot," Schopper-Ramirez said. "It would've been nice not to play Manogue right off the bat, but I think if any team had to do it, it was a good learning experience for us."
Tuesday's quarterfinal scores
Bishop Manogue (Sierra League No. 1) 87, Reed (High Desert League No. 4) 54
Douglas (SL No. 3) 59, McQueen (HDL No. 2) 49
Reno (HDL No. 1) 74, Carson (SL No. 4) 11
Damonte Ranch (SL No. 2) 58, North Valleys (HDL No. 3) 53
Thursday's semifinal matchups (at Spanish Springs)
Reno vs. Damonte Ranch, 5:30 p.m.
Bishop Manogue vs. Douglas. 7:15 p.m.
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Not My President
First Lady's Spokeswoman Slams T.I. Over A Stripper-Melania Lookalike, Calls It "Disrespectful And Disgusting"
by Elizabeth Tacher
Melania Trump's spokeswoman on Tuesday criticized rapper T.I. for depicting the first lady lookalike performing a striptease in the Oval Office in his new music video, calling it "disrespectful and disgusting."
Stephanie Grisham, Trump's director of communications, told CNN in a statement that "Like it or not, she is the first lady and this is the White House,"
"It's disrespectful and disgusting to portray her this way simply because of politics," Grisham added. "These kinds of vulgar attacks only further the divisiveness and bias in our country — it needs to stop."
Earlier on Saturday, Grisham wrote on Twitter that the video is "disgusting." added, "How is this acceptable? … #BoycottT.I." and tagged the rapper in the tweet.
How is this acceptable? #disgusting #boycottT.I. @Tip https://t.co/HvnFahfsVK
— Stephanie Grisham (@StephGrisham45) October 13, 2018
The comment came after rapper T.I., whose real name is Clifford Harris Jr, shared a video teaser for his new album, which showed him sitting in a mock Oval Office as a woman strongly resembling Trump, removed her clothing and performed a striptease.
The video starts with the rapper watching President Donald Trump fly away on his helicopter and shortly afterward, T.I. stands behind a fake Resolute Desk watching a woman wearing the First Lady's controversial "I really don't care, do U?" jacket enters the room, strips off her jacket and dances atop the desk. The two later leave together and are seen spray painting over Trump's portrait and trashing the White House.
Dear 45,
I ain't Kanye. 😳 pic.twitter.com/BCS8nkbn1M
— T.I. (@Tip) October 13, 2018
T.I., who is an outspoken critic of the president, posted the video on Twitter on Saturday with the caption that read: "Dear 45, I ain't Kanye". Ahead of the video's release, he wrote on Instagram that he would no longer support Kanye West after West met with Trump last week.
"This is the most repulsive, disgraceful, embarrassing act of desperation and auctioning off of one's soul to gain power I've ever seen," T.I. wrote on the Instagram post. "All I can say is… I've reached my limits. This is my stop, I'm officially DONE!!!! [F—] Trump & his Lil Cookie Boy."
Following the minute-long trailer, Model Melanie Marden who was the Trump look-alike in the video said she has received death threats.
"I wanted to be brave, be fearless and for the first time in my life do a role that required nudity," Marden wrote on Instagram. "… It was a hard decision for me but I'm proud of myself for being so brave."
"To all the political people threatening me, I remind you this is a music video," she added. "Relax!"
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After having a treatment at the dentist, you often walk out promising yourself that you'll make more effort and do more to look after your dental hygiene (and prevent future dentist visits). Sadly, sometimes looking after your teeth just isn't your priority. Though it's difficult, good dental hygiene is the key to having a healthy and happy smile. In order to ensure that the procedure you've just had is your last, follow this guide to make sure your post-treatment dental hygiene routine lasts.
I brush daily, what else do I need to do?
Brushing at least twice a day is a good start to proper dental hygiene, but it's not enough. Brushing in the morning, preferably after you eat breakfast, and before you go to bed are good ways to start your routine. However, consider getting a third brush into your schedule. This will help eliminate any food particles and plaque that grow as a result of eating during the day. It is also important to remember to brush your gums and tongue as these are two spots where bacteria tend to linger.
To improve your dental hygiene routine, you should floss at least once a day. It is important that you follow a proper flossing technique to avoid wasting your time. Grab 45 cm worth of floss and wrap it around both fingers. Allow the floss to follow the natural curve of your teeth to avoid ruining your gums. Lastly, unwind clean floss from your fingers for each tooth.
Finally, avoid consuming sugary food and drink, which cause tooth decay. All of this, plus regular check-ins with your dentist will help your teeth become squeaky clean.
How does my routine differ after my procedure?
Your routine should not differ after your dental procedure. However, if you had to have the procedure in the first place it may mean your dental hygiene isn't quite up to par. Everyone struggles to keep up with things like flossing and checkups, but changing this can be easy. Set aside time in your day, either on your commute to work or while watching your favourite programme at night, to floss your teeth. Also, schedule check-up appointments in advance to ensure that you have no conflicts.
My new teeth are fake, how does this apply to me?
If you recently received new crowns, implants, or dentures made out of porcelain or ceramics you probably feel that none of this applies to you. However, the gums and bones surrounding these fake teeth are made out of living tissue. Therefore, it is important to brush your gums in the area of the fake teeth, as well as keeping the areas between the teeth clean so that no bacteria can form. Bacteria can cause gum disease, which is a serious issue you will want to avoid.
They say prevention is better than cure. Keeping a proper dental hygiene routine is essential to ensure you won't need another dental procedure again.
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Most powerboats of somewhat ordinary size are designed and built for planing.
Almost anyone can create such a boat.
It will require a flat bottom surface aft. A kitchen table will do just fine.
Still, making a V-shaped bottom will increase the power requirements.
One is that the G-forces may be damaging to both boats and people when going fast in a chop.
That is, unless the V-shape has a very deep angle in which case it will need even more engine power.
The other and more serious drawback is that these hulls are generally inefficient, on the verge of unusable, when trying to go more slowly – at intermediate, sub-planing speeds.
So why don't we just increase the engine power of such a boat and it will go even faster?
The problem is, with its round bilge hull shape, it is essentially a displacement type of hull. If you increase the speed, it will sink deeper and deeper in the water. This has been tried in the 1920s by businessmen going from their summer houses on Long Island to their offices and banks on Manhattan. Trying to speed up their big, fast commuter yachts by installing bigger steam engines and turbines, at speeds around 40 knots the yachts travelled so deep in the water that there was a risk of sinking.
Which kind of hull shape should you go for?
* The displacement hull can only go slow, and its speed is limited by the length of the boat.
* The semi-displacement hull can go faster, but not very fast.
* The planing hull can, but it will struggle at intermediate speeds.
But isn't there any way to provide a bigger range of usable speeds?
Making a boat able to go at all speeds – both displacement, semi-planing and planing speeds – is still a great challenge.
But when setting out to design a new powerboat able to behave well at all speeds, the process is delicate and the outcome is still difficult to know at the design stage. We have done this a couple of times, and to some extent I guess that we have been lucky – but you cannot rely on luck alone. In order to assess the behaviour of our designs we have chosen different routes.
With the Celeste 37, we collaborated with specialists SSPA to analyse her performance before the build started and also with Volvo Penta for a performance estimation regarding resistance, speed, and trim in relation to power and propeller. The results helped us to finely adjust trim by tweaking the hull shape by a few centimetres in the stern area but more than anything to confirm that her basic hull shape would work fine.
The Celeste 37 is designed for high planing speeds. Her hull may not be radical but is different from most powerboats in the shape of her bow, which is sharper and slightly less buoyant. There are reasons for this, of course.
One of the intentions with this design was to avoid a 'hump' in her resistance curve in the difficult transition from low speed to planing speeds. She had to run fine also at intermediate speeds between 10 and 15 knots, without drawing a big wave.
Her stern is also different in not having a typical transom, but a rounded stern, much like a double-ender. This rounding of the stern continues under water and was another of the reasons that we wanted an analysis before build started.
With the Nautus 7-50, we wanted to take these characteristics one step further. The hull was designed to a great extent based on a somewhat intuitive idea and the end result is different from most existing both planing and semi-planing hull types. It may not be new, but it is unusual, without doubt.
The images show the hull in early stages of the project.
Analysing the hull and its parameters, it looked good. But we could not stop there because, apart from the hull shape being a little odd, the numbers, too, were unusual and we found no good references to existing hulls.
This is tricky, because in this situation you will not know how the actual boat will behave in real life. In particular, we added a shallow tunnel aft to allow space for a more horizontal propeller shaft, and a small fin to improve manoeuvring and these could affect the behaviour as well.
It was clear to us we had to evaluate the hull in a serious way so we made a complete CFD analysis, at different speeds. This analysis is computer heavy and very time-consuming. Testing one speed takes a full night but the computer runs by itself and the results can be viewed in the morning. The output shows the wave pattern created by the boat, how it lifts a little out of the water, raises its bow (called trim), the pressures along slices of the underwater body and the resistance in the same areas.
The results looked fine so far and we felt more confident that the real boat would work well. Still, with some reservation regarding effects of the propeller tunnel and fin, and a few other aspects.
A year later the first boat was finished and tested, and all involved have been overwhelmed by how well she runs at all speeds, how easily driven it is, with a power consumption of approx 0,40 – 0,45 litres per nautical mile, more or less regardless of speed – always silent and smooth, without any slamming in head seas even at high speeds.
She does indeed seem to be one of the relatively few crossover boats, good at any speed. What is perhaps more important is that she shows this kind of civilised behaviour while offering much lower emissions, less noise and less wake. This is further underlined by the fact that she has the most modern type of common-rail engine – a type of engine which is much more power efficient also at lower speeds than previous generations.


Brooklyn Beckham is clearly a man who treasures his relationships. In addition to making sweet gestures for girlfriend Chloë Grace Moretz (those initial rings, though!) the Parsons School of Design student is also big on showing his love for his family. His latest tribute, in fact — a tattoo that is an ode to mother Victoria Beckham — might just be his sweetest yet.
Clearly, Posh Spice was feeling the permanent body art, sharing her own snap while smiling and pointing at the piece on her son's bicep. "Big tattoo! X kisses from NYC!! #loveyou," she wrote.
It's not the first time the younger Beckham has gotten a tattoo to rep his family: He already has the words "mama's boy" over his heart, and the gigantic cherub he sports on his diaphragm is rumored to be for his dad, who has similar little angels on his own body to represent his sons.
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Allianz Riviera (Stade de Nice)er et multifunktionsstadion, i den franske by Nice, det ligger i Saint-Isidore kvarteret. Det anvendes til rugby og fodbold, OGC Nice fra den bedste franske fodboldrækker har hjemmebane på stadionet.
Der er plads til 35.624 tilskuere. Stadionet var et af 10 der blev benyttet til, Europamesterskabet i fodbold 2016.

Den officielle åbning fandt sted d. 22. september 2013 med fodboldkampen mellem Nice og Valenciennes. Byggepladsen fik 18. oktober 2011 besøg af Nicolas Sarkozy

Faciliteter
 Et multifunktions stadion, med plads til 35.624 tilskuere specielt beregnet til fodboldkampe, men kan også bruges til rugbykampe, åbning af seminarer, koncerter og andre store begivenheder.
 Det nationale sportsmuseum har 3.000 m2 udstillingsrum på flere etager.
 Et forretningscenter med 29.000 m2 kontorer i stadionets kælder.
 1.450 underjordiske parkeringspladser med en park ovenpå på 3 ha.

Tidsplan
 29. oktober 2010 – Offentlig høring afsluttet .
 10. december 2010 – Udnævnelse af vinderprojektet.
 December 2010 – Bestilling af byggetilladelse.
 Juni 2010 – Opnåelse af byggetilladelse.
 Juli 2011 – Arbejdet påbegyndes.
 Byggeperiode: 24 måneder.
 Leveringsdato: 30. juni 2013.
 Indvielse: 22. september 2013.

Brug
Stadionnet er hjemmebane for fodboldkluben OGC Nice.

Rugbykluben RC Toulon spiller nogle af deres højtprofilerede kampe her, som f.eks. mod Stade Français i maj 2014.

På Allianz Riviera blev der spilet tre gruppekampe og en ottendedelsfinale under EM i fodbold i 2016.

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The development of a gourmet foodie trail through the South Coast has reached another milestone, with an interactive website soon to launch. Gourmet Coast Trail is calling on the region's unique food and drink businesses to join the trail and have their experience added to the website so food lovers can start planning an itinerary. In late 2020, Dignams Creek truffle farmer Fiona Kotvojs was successful in sourcing a grant from Food Innovation Australia that allowed 10 initial businesses to help establish the trail and develop their products and experiences. Now the invitation is out for others to join them ahead of the website's launch in time for winter. Greg Lissaman of Broadwater Oysters on the Far South Coast is one of the founding members of Gourmet Coast Trail and said they hoped to have around 70-80 "experiences" available by launch. "People will be able to find those things they may not have known about previously but can add to their itinerary, therefore encouraging them to stay longer," he said. "It also highlights the synergies between businesses right along the coast. "There was a bit of a gap in the market where people from Sydney or Canberra could look at experiences that crossed council boundaries. "All the councils have been great in supporting it as it will draw people right down the coast." Dr Kotvojs was also very excited about the initiative. "I didn't realise just how much quality produce we have in the region until I started this. It's a real strength of this area," she said. "We've even had visitors from key gourmet food regions say they felt there was more diversity and better quality of food here than anywhere else." Apply to join the Gourmet Coast Trail by emailing eat@gourmetcoasttrail.com.au.
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Gourmet Coast Trail calls for unique food experiences to join
Ben Smyth
An image of the Gourmet Coast Trail brochure inviting food experience businesses to join.
The development of a gourmet foodie trail through the South Coast has reached another milestone, with an interactive website soon to launch.
Gourmet Coast Trail is calling on the region's unique food and drink businesses to join the trail and have their experience added to the website so food lovers can start planning an itinerary.
In late 2020, Dignams Creek truffle farmer Fiona Kotvojs was successful in sourcing a grant from Food Innovation Australia that allowed 10 initial businesses to help establish the trail and develop their products and experiences.
Now the invitation is out for others to join them ahead of the website's launch in time for winter.
Greg Lissaman of Broadwater Oysters on the Far South Coast is one of the founding members of Gourmet Coast Trail and said they hoped to have around 70-80 "experiences" available by launch.
"People will be able to find those things they may not have known about previously but can add to their itinerary, therefore encouraging them to stay longer," he said.
"It also highlights the synergies between businesses right along the coast.
"There was a bit of a gap in the market where people from Sydney or Canberra could look at experiences that crossed council boundaries.
"All the councils have been great in supporting it as it will draw people right down the coast."
Dr Kotvojs was also very excited about the initiative.
"I didn't realise just how much quality produce we have in the region until I started this. It's a real strength of this area," she said.
"We've even had visitors from key gourmet food regions say they felt there was more diversity and better quality of food here than anywhere else."
Apply to join the Gourmet Coast Trail by emailing eat@gourmetcoasttrail.com.au.


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I want to increase the size of the background.jpg and place it on canvas.png, it must fill the whole area but background.jpg should remain in proportion.
When the two images are composed I want to retain the original canvas size of 2048 x 2048 px

A: If you do not want  to modify the aspect ratio, you can try:
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A: I think this does what you want but I am using version 7 and it did not wwork properly with the convert in version 7:
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For version 6 change magick to convert
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Dr. Heather Stewart affixes Balloo into his harness and wheels, so his mobility isn't limited by his mostly-paralyzed back legs. Photo by Ray Miller-Still
Community Consciousness
Local sanctuary cares for old, injured, and sick pets and animals
Dr. Heather Stewart and local Laura Thompson officially made Steven's Sanctuary a nonprofit organization in 2017.
by Ray Miller-Still
Friday, September 20, 2019 9:30am
NewsEnumclaw
Many are familiar with the white lie, "Your pet went to live on a farm in the country."
Well, in the case of Steven's Animal Sanctuary, nestled between Enumclaw and Black Diamond, that little untruth becomes real.
Run by Dr. Heather Stewart and Laura Thompson, the two take in animals of all kinds whose owners (or parents, if you prefer) can no longer provide the care their animals need, whether due to old age, sickness, disabilities or — sadly — because they were mistreated or legally surrendered.
The Sanctuary became an official nonprofit in 2017, but Stewart was taking animals into her home for at least a decade before that.
"I'm not really sure who was the first one," she said, right before her pack of small dogs — a motley crew that includes one with incontinence issues, another with mostly paralyzed back legs, a third with only one eye, a fourth with three legs, and a fifth with no real special needs at all — take off running full tilt toward a fence to greet a neighbor's dog.
"Because of what I do for a living, I end up with clients' patients if they couldn't take care of them for various reasons," Stewart continued, referencing her mobile veterinary clinic, Carousel Mobile Veterinary Services, which offers services in from Bonney Lake to Covington, which includes setting up shop outside Cobber's Pet Pantry in Enumclaw every Friday. "They needed to re-home them or euthanize them, and I felt like they still had quality of life, so I would take some here and there."
According to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), an estimated 1.5 million "companion animals" (mostly dogs and cats) are euthanized every year. While it's unknown how many of these euthanizations are to alleviate pain and suffering or simply due to a lack of space or resources at shelters, the number has decreased from an estimated 2.6 million in 2011. ASPCA has stated the decrease is in part because adoption rates have increased and it's easier for lost pets to be reunited with their families.
Many of the animals currently at the Sanctuary would most likely have been euthanized due to their various conditions and general unadoptability, Stewart said.
"But they're here because they're still happy," she continued, the barking of dogs carrying over the field.
STARTING THE SANCTUARY
Stewart got her start as a vet when she graduated in 2003, and quickly gravitated to treating horses.
"But I didn't want to just do horses, so I got into the small animal practice, but it was in an office and you can't see horses in that setting, so I thought I'd do this mobile thing… that way, I can see horses and dogs and cats and goats," she said. "That's what started me collecting peoples' rejects."
Her home soon became a true Island of Misfit Toys, a group Steward fit in with when she blew her Achilles Tendon and needed assistance around the house and grounds.
That's when Thompson entered the picture; she was one of Stewart's mobile clinic patients, but started coming to the Sanctuary to help her out around the house. Eventually, Thompson put her business skills to use by helping balance Stewart's books, and before too long, moved in to become a part of the Sanctuary's team.
It wasn't a hard decision after that to pursue becoming an official nonprofit.
"Sometimes I'm not sure if it was a good thing or a bad thing," Stewart said. "I think I have more animals now now that we're official, but at least we can get donations… it helps them and it helps us, and it works out."
The two ended up calling their nonprofit Steven's Sanctuary after an arthritic steer, Steven, stayed with them for a number of years.
"He was just a nice guy. He was a rescue and ended up being a 3,500 pound pet," Stewart recalled. "His marking are on our logo, because his forehead had a bit of a dove to it."
Although the Sanctuary does receive some monetary and supply donations, the vast majority costs are covered by Stewart and Thompson, who both work full-time jobs.
"Everybody gets what they need, one way or another," Stewart said.
And while Stewart has a large property, trying to care for more than four dozen animals — from diabetic barn cats to old horses that need special diets to compensate for bad teeth — she and Thompson are reaching their limit.
"Right now, we don't really have any more room… but we still have tried to help people figure out where they can go if we can't take them," Stewart said. "We've started networking with other places so we can at least not say, 'Oh, no, sorry, bye.'"
Unfortunately, the two agree, the nonprofit isn't quite suitable for general volunteers; many of the animals are wary of strangers because of their various states of injury and sickness, and any veterinary care they require can't be administered by someone without veterinary knowledge.
But those wanting to lend the Sanctuary a hand can do so through its website, www.stevensanimalsanctuary.org/; there's an option to give a financial donation, or by clicking the "wish list" button on the top of the page, you can buy one or some of the myriad items for the animals and their care.
Donations of hay and grain would also be highly appreciated, Stewart said.
For more information about the Sanctuary, you can call Stewart or Thompson at 253-261-4622, send an email through their website, send mail to P.O. Box 363 in Black Diamond, or visit their Facebook page.
Editor's note: An incorrect P.O. Box number was published in the print article. This article has been updated.
Laura Thompson and Dr. Heather Stewart don't just take care of dogs and cats, but all sorts of animals, including horses, sheep, goats, and one time, even an iguana. Photo by Ray Miller-Still
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$30 car tab proposal returns to ballot in November
Rep. Irwin proposes new statewide concussion database
A new bill would have schools send standardized concussion data to the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association.
Pierce County libraries once again host county-wide writers, artist competition
The contest runs until Feb. 28.
Fundraiser planned for Enumclaw's nationally-recognized scenic byway
Head to The Claw on Jan. 30 to raise money for a new Chinook Scenic Byway sign.
Black Diamond police blotter | Jan. 6 – 12
An animal complaint, yelling at cars, and a "significant" amount of marijuana.
Enumclaw to make up snow day March 20
And White River will be likely extending the year to make up for the lost day.
Buckley's plan for 2020 includes first phase of new park
Also, City Administrator Dave Schmidt will be retiring in March.
Enumclaw council tackles 2020 projects
Among them is seeking conceptual plans for a downtown pavilion.
New bill would make visiting state parks free
Senate Bill 1674 proposes eliminating the Discover Pass and using state general funds to support the parks.
'State of Education' program to highlight CTE
This year's theme is "Enumclaw School District's Got Talent."
Chalet Theatre hosts Travis Rice's 'Dark Matter' film
The show is at the Chalet on Jan. 29, and includes raffles for art and sports attire.
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package it.fds.taskmanager.rest.endpoints;

import java.util.LinkedList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.UUID;

import javax.websocket.OnClose;
import javax.websocket.OnOpen;
import javax.websocket.Session;

import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.messaging.simp.SimpMessagingTemplate;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PathVariable;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestBody;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;

import it.fds.taskmanager.TaskService;
import it.fds.taskmanager.dto.TaskDTO;

/**
 * This is the only controller for the whole taskmanager application.
 * It exposes all the REST endpoints to support the initial requirements.
 *
 * @author fds
 *
 */
@RestController
@RequestMapping(value = "/task")
public class TasksController {

    private final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(TasksController.class);

    @Autowired
	private TaskService taskService;

    @Autowired
    private SimpMessagingTemplate template;

    /**
     * Load the tasks except those marked as POSTPONED
     *
     * @return a List of all the tasks available
     */
	@RequestMapping("/list")
    public List<TaskDTO> list() {
		LOGGER.info("Serving GET /task/list endpoint...");
		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
		List<TaskDTO> outlist = new LinkedList<>();
		for(TaskDTO t : taskService.showList()){
			sb.append(t.toString()).append(" - ");
			outlist.add(t);
		}
		String str = sb.toString();
		LOGGER.trace(str);
		LOGGER.info("Serving GET /task/list endpoint... DONE!");
		return outlist;
    }

	/**
	 * Return the all the details for a single task
	 *
	 * @param uuid associated to the task to retrieve
	 * @return
	 */
	@RequestMapping("/{uuid}")
    public TaskDTO getTask(@PathVariable(value="uuid")UUID uuid) {
		LOGGER.info("Serving GET /task/{uuid} endpoint...");
		TaskDTO task = taskService.findOne(uuid);
		LOGGER.info("Serving GET /task/{uuid} endpoint... DONE!");
		return task;
    }

	/**
	 * Create a new task
	 *
	 * @param task data to use to inizialize the task
	 * @return the new task UUID
	 */
	//@RequestMapping(value = "/create", method = RequestMethod.PUT)
	public String createTask(@RequestBody TaskDTO task) {
		LOGGER.info("Serving POST /task/create endpoint...");
		String taskId = taskService.saveTask(task).getUuid().toString();
		LOGGER.info("Serving POST /task/create endpoint... DONE!");
		return taskId;
	}

	/**
	 * Update an existing task
	 *
	 * @param uuid of the task to update
	 * @param task data to use in update
	 * @return
	 */
	@RequestMapping(value = "/{uuid}", method = RequestMethod.POST)
	public Boolean updateTask(@PathVariable(value="uuid")UUID uuid, @RequestBody TaskDTO task) {
		LOGGER.info("Serving POST /task/{uuid} endpoint...");
		task.setUuid(uuid);
		String taskId = taskService.updateTask(task).getUuid().toString();
		LOGGER.info("Serving POST /task/{uuid} endpoint... DONE!");
		return true;
	}

	/**
	 * Postpone a task for N minutes
	 *
	 * @param uuid the uuid of the task to postpone
	 * @param timeMinute the amount of minutes to postpone
	 * @return True if the operation ended successfuly
	 */
	@RequestMapping(value = "/{uuid}/postpone", method = RequestMethod.POST)
	public Boolean postponeTask(@PathVariable(value="uuid")UUID uuid,  @RequestBody Integer timeMinute) {
		LOGGER.info("Serving POST /task/{uuid}/postpone endpoint...");
		Boolean out = taskService.postponeTask(uuid, timeMinute);
		LOGGER.info("Serving POST /task/{uuid}/postpone endpoint... DONE!");
		return out;
	}

	/**
	 * Mark a task as resolved
	 *
	 * @param uuid the task to mark as RESOLVED
	 * @return True if the operation ended successfuly
	 */
	@RequestMapping(value = "/{uuid}/resolve", method = RequestMethod.POST)
	public Boolean resolveTask(@PathVariable(value="uuid")UUID uuid) {
		LOGGER.info("Serving POST /task/{uuid}/resolve endpoint...");
		Boolean out = taskService.resolveTask(uuid);
		LOGGER.info("Serving POST /task/{uuid}/resolve endpoint... DONE!");
		return out;
	}

	/**
	 * Get notified of the presence of new task
	 *
	 * @param task
	 * @return
	 */
	@RequestMapping(value = "/notify", method = RequestMethod.POST)
	public Boolean notify(@RequestBody String uuid) {
		LOGGER.info("Serving POST /notify endpoint...");
		// TODO
		String cleanUuid = uuid.substring(1,uuid.length()-1);
		UUID _uuid = UUID.fromString(cleanUuid);
		TaskDTO t = taskService.findOne(_uuid);
		this.template.convertAndSend("/topic/tasks", t);
		LOGGER.info("Serving POST /notify endpoint... DONE!");
		return true;
	}
}

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After several years of successful events on the Midwest's premier tracks, we are looking East at some of North America's most historic tracks. The "Big 5" (Road America, Laguna Seca, Road Atlanta, Watkins Glen and Mid-Ohio) have always been on MVP's radar. Adding Watkins Glen and Road Atlanta for 2009 gets us 2/5 way there. If/when we find partners out West, Laguna Seca will become a reality and IF (notice BIG if) we can secure a workable dates at Road America and Mid Ohio we will complete the "Big 5" circle.
April 18-19: Putnam Park "Tax Freedom Track Weekend" - SOLD OUT!
September 5-6: Blackhawk Farms "No Hurricane Rain Track Weekend" - PERFECT WEEKEND!
November 21 - 22: Road Atlanta "Flyin Turkey Trot"
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Mark, are you guys running on the big course at summit point?
Yes, our September track day is on the Main Course. Too many walls on Shenandoah for my taste. Hope you guys will join us!
More great news, we locked down our Road Atlanta weekend for November 21 -22, 2009. The first annual MVP Track Time "Flyin Turkey Trot" AND we just upgraded the Putnam Park event to a track weekend April 18-19, 2009 instead of April 20th.
Visit us at www.MVPTrackTime.com for all the details!
I've received a number of e-mails asking about pricing for MVP Track Time's (www.MVPTrackTime.com) events. The 2009 dates and entry fees are listed below and on our web site so there are no surprises.
Last edited by Feffman; 08-31-2009 at 08:29 AM.
Our Blackhawk Farms track weekend was near perfect!
Last edited by Feffman; 09-29-2009 at 03:30 PM.
Our Watkins Glen weekend has been cancelled.
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I found a debug menu for the game Jeanne d'Arc. It has a model viewer, effect viewer, video viewer and so on. But its not fully functional. You can't load sound files or maps for example and it chrashes alot. I guess it's because everything was packed into archive files after development was finished so there are no sound files to load.
Just start the game with the cheat applied.
PPSSPP got the spacing for the characters in the debug menu wrong though.
Thanks a lot for sharing this!
How did you spot the dangling bits for the debug menu programming?
I thought about rebalancing the game a bit but lost interest after finishing the whole game. Nerveless I took a look at the game files and found the menu graphics. There were graphics for a debug menu entry. I was searching the memory for strings like "debug = 1" and even found such strings but changing them was not bringing up the menu. I gave up but was still thinking on how to access the menu. During a walk it came to me that I could try to access the menu by changing the value of the currently selected menuentry to a higher value. From there it was just a cheatsearch with CWcheat I'm still interested on how someone with more insight in reverse engineering would have approached this.
The Debug Menu has an entry called "Stage Check". You can start every stage from there but it looks like there are much more stages than in the actual game and some aren't loading. I could be wrong about the number of stages though.
If you are reasonably sure that the menu can be accessed from a given point (and graphics placed alongside it, especially if they are actually in memory, is a good point) then forcing a value like that is a good thing to look at. When you do not know and debug menus start being accessed from options menus, sound tests, "press start" screens, in the actual game and whatever else is when you get to break out the big toys, doubly so if you suspect the method of getting to the debug menu was removed from the final build somehow. How it might get removed varies, though typically NES era stuff will have it left in and the access methods removed, later stuff might actually be recompiled without it (more modern consoles often have nice memory laden debug/development versions) and all you will find is some strings and graphics from it.
Anyway if it is a combo or options select combo that does the deed it will have to be noted in memory somehow as you are entering it. As title screens, options menus and more are not noted for their massively changing memory, and don't have the most functionality beyond "if button pressed then jump to whatever next menu is behind the one that was selected" you can usually spot when things get modded. If you are just using cheats then a combination of savestates and observation may get you what you want, if you are actually playing with a proper debugger then following the code, and then maybe jumping to a disassembly will tell you exactly what it wants and then jump.
Others elect to do things like force an actual jump (not just the value it uses to figure out a jump) to places in the debug part of the code. You can do this in various ways but usually if you see the debug text in memory then you can find a function that references part of that and work backwards from there.
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During a walk it came to me that I could try to access the menu by changing the value of the currently selected menuentry to a higher value. From there it was just a cheatsearch with CWcheat I'm still interested on how someone with more insight in reverse engineering would have approached this.
Now that's thinking outside the box (perhaps literally) Brilliant stuff.
On real hardware you can access all submenus but there is no content to select under Map Model, Sound Test and Skin Check. As I said before, I think its because the files are packed inside archive files. Thats were the graphics are stored too.
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At the moment I'm looking for contributors! I'm looking for people who want to share their language learning experiences in any language (you can write the text in English or in European Portuguese). I'm also looking for people who are learning Portuguese and want to share their texts written in European Portuguese (about probably any topic) with other Portuguese learners! If you would like to be a contributor, please send me an e-mail (ines@wordwideweb.eu) detailing what you would like to write about, so that I can consider whether your contribution is relevant for this blog.