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PURDUE BASKETBALL: Purdue Tabbed 7th in Preseason Coaches Poll
Oct 27, 2021 | BASKETBALL, BIG 10 NEWS, BIG 10 SPORTS, PREVIEWS, PURDUE BOILERMAKERS, PURDUE MEN'S BASKETBALL, SPORTS NEWS AND SCORES
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Purdue men's basketball team is ranked No. 7 in the preseason coaches Top 25 poll released earlier today.
The Boilermakers garnered 578 votes to sit in 7th place, 48 points behind No. 6-ranked Michigan. Purdue is 36 points ahead of No. 8 Baylor. The top 10 consists of Gonzaga, UCLA, Kansas, Villanova, Texas, Michigan, Purdue, Baylor, Duke and Illinois.
Among top-25 teams, Purdue will face No. 6 Michigan (twice), No. 10 Illinois (twice), No. 17 Ohio State, No. 19 Florida State, No. 20 North Carolina and No. 21 Maryland, with possible games against No. 4 Villanova or No. 17 Tennessee.
In addition, other opponents receiving votes include Michigan State (26th), Indiana (30th), Iowa (39th), Rutgers (42nd) and Butler (47th).
Purdue was also ranked No. 7 in the Associated Press poll released last week.
The Boilermakers will open their season with an exhibition game Nov. 4, against Indianapolis. The regular-season opener comes five days later against Bellarmine in Mackey Arena. Single-game tickets and mini-plan packages are available by calling the Purdue Athletics Ticket Office at 800.49SPORT or online at PurdueSports.com.


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package glredbook11;

import glredbook10.GLSkeleton;

import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import java.awt.event.KeyListener;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.awt.event.MouseListener;

import javax.media.opengl.GL;
import javax.media.opengl.GL2;
import javax.media.opengl.GLAutoDrawable;
import javax.media.opengl.GLCapabilities;
import javax.media.opengl.GLEventListener;
import javax.media.opengl.awt.GLJPanel;
import javax.media.opengl.glu.GLU;
import javax.swing.JFrame;

import com.jogamp.opengl.util.gl2.GLUT;

/**
 * This program demonstrates polygon offset to draw a shaded polygon and its
 * wireframe counterpart without ugly visual artifacts ("stitching").
 *
 * @author Kiet Le (Java port) Ported to JOGL 2.x by Claudio Eduardo Goes
 */
public class polyoff//
        extends GLSkeleton<GLJPanel>
        implements GLEventListener, KeyListener, MouseListener {
    private GLU glu;
    private GLUT glut;

    private int list;
    private int spinx = 0;
    private int spiny = 0;
    private float tdist = 0.0f;
    private float polyfactor = 1.0f;
    private float polyunits = 1.0f;

    @Override
    protected GLJPanel createDrawable() {
        GLCapabilities caps = new GLCapabilities(null);
        //
        GLJPanel panel = new GLJPanel(caps);
        panel.addGLEventListener(this);
        panel.addKeyListener(this);
        panel.addMouseListener(this);
        return panel;
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        polyoff demo = new polyoff();

        JFrame.setDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated(true);
        JFrame frame = new JFrame("polyoff");
        frame.setSize(400, 400);
        frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

        frame.getContentPane().add(demo.drawable);
        frame.setVisible(true);
        demo.drawable.requestFocusInWindow();
    }

    /*
     * specify initial properties create display list with sphere initialize
     * lighting and depth buffer
     */
    public void init(GLAutoDrawable drawable) {
        GL2 gl = drawable.getGL().getGL2();
        glu = new GLU();
        glut = new GLUT();
        //

        float light_ambient[] = { 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f };
        float light_diffuse[] = { 1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f };
        float light_specular[] = { 1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f };
        float light_position[] = { 1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f };

        float global_ambient[] = { 0.2f, 0.2f, 0.2f, 1.0f };

        gl.glClearColor(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f);

        list = gl.glGenLists(1);
        gl.glNewList(list, GL2.GL_COMPILE);
        glut.glutSolidSphere(1.0, 20, 12);
        gl.glEndList();

        gl.glEnable(GL.GL_DEPTH_TEST);

        gl.glLightfv(GL2.GL_LIGHT0, GL2.GL_SPECULAR, light_ambient, 0);
        gl.glLightfv(GL2.GL_LIGHT0, GL2.GL_DIFFUSE, light_diffuse, 0);
        gl.glLightfv(GL2.GL_LIGHT0, GL2.GL_SPECULAR, light_specular, 0);
        gl.glLightfv(GL2.GL_LIGHT0, GL2.GL_POSITION, light_position, 0);
        gl.glLightModelfv(GL2.GL_LIGHT_MODEL_AMBIENT, global_ambient, 0);
    }

    /*
     * display() draws two spheres, one with a gray, diffuse material, the other
     * sphere with a magenta material with a specular highlight.
     */
    public void display(GLAutoDrawable drawable) {
        GL2 gl = drawable.getGL().getGL2();
        //
        /* clear all pixels */
        // double mat_ambient[] = { 0.8, 0.8, 0.8, 1.0 };
        // double mat_diffuse[] = { 1.0, 0.0, 0.5, 1.0 };
        // double mat_specular[] = { 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0 };
        float gray[] = { 0.8f, 0.8f, 0.8f, 1.0f };
        float black[] = { 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f };

        gl.glClear(GL.GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | GL.GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT);
        gl.glPushMatrix();
        gl.glTranslated(0.0, 0.0, tdist);
        gl.glRotated((double) spinx, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0);
        gl.glRotated((double) spiny, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0);

        gl.glMaterialfv(GL.GL_FRONT, GL2.GL_SPECULAR & GL2.GL_DIFFUSE, gray, 0);
        gl.glMaterialfv(GL.GL_FRONT, GL2.GL_SPECULAR, black, 0);
        gl.glMaterialf(GL.GL_FRONT, GL2.GL_SHININESS, 0.0f);
        gl.glEnable(GL2.GL_LIGHTING);
        gl.glEnable(GL2.GL_LIGHT0);
        gl.glEnable(GL2.GL_POLYGON_OFFSET_FILL);
        gl.glPolygonOffset(polyfactor, polyunits);
        gl.glCallList(list);
        gl.glDisable(GL2.GL_POLYGON_OFFSET_FILL);

        gl.glDisable(GL2.GL_LIGHTING);
        gl.glDisable(GL2.GL_LIGHT0);
        gl.glColor3d(1.0, 1.0, 1.0);
        gl.glPolygonMode(GL.GL_FRONT_AND_BACK, GL2.GL_LINE);
        gl.glCallList(list);
        gl.glPolygonMode(GL.GL_FRONT_AND_BACK, GL2.GL_FILL);

        gl.glPopMatrix();
        gl.glFlush();

    }

    /* call when window is resized */
    public void reshape(GLAutoDrawable drawable, int x, int y, int width,
            int height) {
        GL2 gl = drawable.getGL().getGL2();
        //
        gl.glViewport(0, 0, width, height);
        gl.glMatrixMode(GL2.GL_PROJECTION);
        gl.glLoadIdentity();
        glu.gluPerspective(45.0, (double) width / (double) height, 1.0, 10.0);
        gl.glMatrixMode(GL2.GL_MODELVIEW);
        gl.glLoadIdentity();
        glu.gluLookAt(0.0, 0.0, 5.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0);
    }

    public void displayChanged(GLAutoDrawable drawable, boolean modeChanged,
            boolean deviceChanged) {
    }

    public void keyTyped(KeyEvent key) {

    }

    public void keyPressed(KeyEvent key) {
        switch (key.getKeyChar()) {
        case 't':
            if (tdist < 4.0)
                tdist = (tdist + 0.5f);
            break;
        case 'T':
            if (tdist > -5.0)
                tdist = (tdist - 0.5f);
            break;
        case 'F':
            polyfactor = polyfactor + 0.1f;
            System.out.println("polyfactor is " + polyfactor);
            break;
        case 'f':
            polyfactor = polyfactor - 0.1f;
            System.out.println("polyfactor is " + polyfactor);
            break;
        case 'U':
            polyunits = polyunits + 1.0f;
            System.out.println("polyunits is " + polyunits);
            break;
        case 'u':
            polyunits = polyunits - 1.0f;
            System.out.println("polyunits is " + polyunits);
            break;
        default:
            break;
        }
        super.refresh();
    }

    public void keyReleased(KeyEvent key) {
    }

    public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent mouse) {
    }

    public void mousePressed(MouseEvent mouse) {
        switch (mouse.getButton()) {
        case MouseEvent.BUTTON1:
            spinx = (spinx + 5) % 360;
            break;
        case MouseEvent.BUTTON2:
            spiny = (spiny + 5) % 360;
            break;

        default:
            break;
        }
        super.refresh();
    }

    public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent mouse) {
    }

    public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent mouse) {
    }

    public void mouseExited(MouseEvent mouse) {
    }

    public void dispose(GLAutoDrawable arg0) {

    }

}

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Herbert C. Smith, Sr., 87 - Grantsville
Herbert C. Smith, Sr., 87, of Grantsville, West Virginia passed away Saturday, July 26, 2008, at his home.
He was born on Pine Creek, Calhoun County, the son of the late Clarence Sheridan and Nelle Mae (Holpp) Smith.
He worked in Baltimore, Maryland shipyards as a welder during World War II. He was later drafted into the Army Company B 31st Engineers Training Battalion as a heavy equipment mechanic. He worked for Cabot for 10 years before starting his own business, Smith's Auto Parts, retiring in 1985.
He is survived by his wife of 67 years, Edith V. (Stump) Smith and his children, Carol (Tom) Lewis of Longs, SC, Herbert "Chuck" (Barbara) Smith, Jr. of Washington, WV, Judith (Charles) Swisher of Ripley, WV, Lewis Smith and friend Lou Grimm of Belpre, Ohio, Nellie (John) Beckett of Parkersburg, WV, Allen (Debi) Smith of Arnoldsburg, WV and Keith Smith of Grantsville, WV; 17 grandchildren, several great-grandchildren and 1 great-great-grandchild.
Also surviving are 4 sisters, Emma Jene Garich, Martha Snyder, and Maxine Powell all of Ohio and Madylene Hamrick of Parkersburg, WV; and 1 brother, Don Smith of TN.
In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by 2 brothers, Lester and Pete Smith.
Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at Stump Funeral Home, Arnoldsburg. Rev. Greg Swisher will officiate. Interment will be in Sand Ridge Cemetery.
Visitation will be held at the funeral home Monday evening from 6-8 p.m.
The family requests in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Calhoun County Park Barn Fund, P.O. Box 276, Grantsville, WV 26147.

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Congratulations Nick! It takes courage and dedication to have another go at something like this. Well done for seeing it through.
Now onwards and upwards to MCM. For the Knowledge Exam, part of my study routine was to watch at least one MCM Readiness video a day. I highly recommend the same as they're a great resource and help to focus your studies/reinforce what you already know.
I'm hoping to see if I can get some kind of study group going at work too, as there are a few of us doing SQL Certifications at the moment.


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Coronavirus in LA County: 3 new deaths, 138 new…
Coronavirus in LA County: 3 new deaths, 138 new cases – and a quarantine order
As of Wednesday, anyone who has been tested for coronavirus or exposed to a confirmed case will not be allowed to leave their homes for two weeks.
With Supervisor Kathryn Barger at her side, LA County Health Director Barbara Ferrer speaks Wednesday at the county's daily coronavirus briefing. Photo: Screengrab
By Bradley Bermont | bbermont@scng.com | Pasadena Star-News
PUBLISHED: March 25, 2020 at 1:32 p.m. | UPDATED: March 25, 2020 at 3:33 p.m.
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health will issue a new quarantine and self-isolation order on Wednesday, March 25, requiring anyone who has been tested for the new coronavirus or exposed to a confirmed case to stay in their homes, officials announced during the county's regular noon briefing on Wednesday.
Across the county, three additional people have died from COVID-19, the disease stemming from the novel coronavirus, L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said during the conference. All of the patients were over 65 years old with underlying health problems.
The county has reported 13 deaths due to the coronavirus thus far, though officials are no longer including the death of a Lancaster teen reported yesterday in the tally. While officials haven't ruled out the coronavirus as a cause of death, Ferrer said there is a chance the youth died from something else and has asked the Centers for Disease Control to investigate.
There were 138 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19, Ferrer said, bringing the total number of cases in Los Angeles county to 799.
Out of the county's 799 confirmed cases, 160 of those have been hospitalized at some point, she said. There are currently 44 patients hospitalized from the virus, including four in their 30s.
So far, more than 6,300 people have been tested in the county for the virus, Ferrer said, and 11% have tested positive.
Hours after the press conference, Pasadena announced two new cases, bringing the city's total to 9. Of those, two are hospitalized, city spokeswoman Lisa Derderian said on Wednesday.
Like Long Beach, Pasadena operates its own health department separate from the county. The two new cases were not included in the county's totals, nor were the additional 13 cases confirmed by Long Beach officials on Wednesday afternoon.
Including those, there are 814 cases across the county.
Under a new order from the Department of Public Health, anyone who's been tested for the coronavirus or presumed by their doctor to be positive is barred from leaving their home for one week, save for medical appointments.
The patient can only leave their home after the seven day quarantine if they haven't shown symptoms for 72 hours.
Patients who have been tested or are presumed positive are also required to contact anyone they've been in close proximity with, including partners, caregivers and anyone else who comes within six feet of them regularly.
Anyone who's come in contact with a confirmed case is also required to self-isolate, but for two weeks, Ferrer said of the new order. That's how long it takes for symptoms to show up, she said.
After showing symptoms, the patient would move into the seven day quarantine period and would only be allowed to leave their home 72 hours after symptoms have disappeared.
"Be prepared to isolate or to quarantine," Ferrer said. "Have your plans in place because when you're quarantined or isolated, you cannot go to the grocery store. You cannot go to the pharmacy."
She urged residents to formulate a plan with loved ones or neighbors who might be able to assist if you're unable to leave your home.
If it's unclear whether this new order may apply to you, Ferrer urged residents to call 211.
County officials are also investigating a dozen different "institutional settings" with potential outbreaks, Ferrer said, pointing to nursing homes, residential care facilities and one group home. Those 12 sites all have at least one confirmed case of the virus in their communities.
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As of Tuesday, there were 2,535 confirmed cases of the virus across the state with 53 related deaths, officials said in a statement on Wednesday. One death was not a California resident.
State officials, like their city and county counterparts, have attributed the rise in cases to an increase in testing capacity.
Still, testing capacity remains limited, Ferrer said, despite improvements in recent days.
COVID-19, which stands for coronavirus disease 2019, is caused by a virus named SARS-CoV-2. Symptoms associated with the respiratory disease appear two-to-14 days after exposure and typically include: fever, a cough and shortness of breath.
Laboratory Confirmed Cases (excluding Long Beach and Pasadena) — 764
Agoura Hills 3
Baldwin Hills 3
Beverly Hills 13
Beverlywood 8
Boyle Heights 5
Century City 7
Century Palms/Cove 3
Cloverdale/Cochran 3
Crenshaw District 2
Crestview 7
Culver City 6
Del Rey 5
Duarte 1
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East Hollywood 1
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Park La Brea 8
Rancho Palos Verdes 5
Santa Monica Mountains 3
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Valinda 1
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Vermont Knolls 1
Vermont Vista 3
Vernon Central 1
West Adams 4
West Hills 4
West Los Angeles 4
West Vernon 5
Westwood 9
Wholesale District 4
Willowbrook 1
Wilshire Center 2
Under Investigation 56Locations that were less 25,000 residents have been added to the nearest city or community.
Bradley Bermont | Reporter
Bradley Bermont is a reporter in Los Angeles. He covers city hall and school board meetings for Pasadena, Pico Rivera and El Monte. His work has been featured on KPCC, KQED, the Daily Beast and others. He graduated with a Master's of Science in Journalism from the University of Southern California. Prior to journalism, he worked in nonprofit copywriting and fundraising.
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Zweimal im Jahr, im Frühjahr und im Herbst, zeigen auf etwa 30.000 Quadratmetern Ausstellungsfläche zuletzt rund 350 Aussteller den etwa 9000 Fachbesuchern (Stand: September 2019) auf der IAW Aktionswaren für die Bereiche:
 Lebensmittel und Getränke
 Drogerie und Kosmetik
 Textilien und Bekleidung
 Haushaltswaren und Bürobedarf
 Spielzeug
 Saison- und Trendprodukte
 Elektronikartikel, Computer und Zubehör
 Heimwerkerbedarf und Eisenwaren
 Kleinmöbel und Accessoires
 Geschenkartikel, Schmuck und Uhren
 Dienstleistungen, E-Commerce
 Gartenprodukte
 Blumen und Pflanzen
 Sport- und Freizeitartikel
 Heimtierbedarf
 Private Label / Eigenmarken
Fester Bestandteil der IAW ist die E-Commerce Arena und das IAW-Trendforum. Gemeinsam bieten beide Foren für digitalen und stationären Handel ein Rahmenprogramm. Themen sind zum Beispiel Online-Marktplätze, E-Commerce-Trends, Marketing, Multichannel oder stationärer Handel. Die Workshops und Vorträge sind gratis für alle Messebesucher. Um die E-Commerce Arena befindet sich zudem das "e-commerce quarter", ein spezieller Ausstellungsbereich, der System- und Service-Anbieter für den digitalen Handel zusammenführt. Außerdem wird im Rahmen des Trendforums die Verleihung der IAW Trendseller Product Awards durchgeführt. Eine Jury aus Marktforschung, Werbung und Handel wählt aus Produkten und Neuheiten solche aus, denen besonders große Chancen am Markt zugetraut werden. Zielgruppen der IAW sind Einkäufer aus Onlinehandel, Verbrauchermärkten, von Discountern, Supermarktketten, Einkaufsorganisationen, Versandhandel und individuellem Einzelhandel, Möbelmärkten und Baumärkten.

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Our ref- AI4303 This house overlooks the Charente river as it passes through this beautiful and sought after village and it even has a small terrace where you can dangle your feet or a fishing rod in the water while enjoying a pleasant aperitif so this is a rare find indeed. There is some updating and refeshment to do but it is ready to move into and decide how you want it at your leisure There are already five bedrooms and two bathrooms and with a little thought and work, there are options to create more accommodation for family, friends or a B&B business in what is a substantial property. There are some lovely original features and the house seems to have once been part of the chateau defences as the staircase has been built into what was once a round tower. The house has a covered dining terrace and a 1st floor terrace accessed from two of the bedrooms with views of the beautiful chateau the village is famous for The house comes with a riverside garden a short walk across a neighbouring piece of land which also gives access by boat onto the river and provides space for off-road parking to supplement the garage attached to the house The property has some double-glazed windows and heating is from a log-burning stove in the lounge supplemented by electric radiators. In detail the property comprises: Front entrance hall - 12m2 with an original patterned tile floor and some exposed stone walls. Doors to the kitchen and lounge Lounge diner - 56m2 which has a tiled floor, some exposed stone walls, exposed beams, log burner and windows to two sides with views over the river Kitchen - 15m2 which has a tiled floor, solid wood fitted units, double electric oven, five burner gas hob, double sink unit and a window overlooking a mill-stream running under the house Rear entrance hall - 5m2 with a tiled floor and doors to a WC, garage, kitchen and lounge diner The staircase has had hardwood treads and risers fitted over the original stones which can be seen from underneath in the under-stairs cupboard while from the 1st floor to the 2nd floor, the original stone stairs have been exposed On the 1st floor: Bedroom - 20m2 with en-suite bathroom of 12m2. The bedroom has French windows out to the terrace. The en-suite bathroom is fitted with bath, separate shower, washbasin and WC Bedroom - 20m2 including an en-suite shower room fitted with shower, WC and washbasin. This bedroom also has a door leading out to the terrace Terrace - 12m2 which overlooks the river and has views across the village to the chateau Bedroom with mezannine - 16m2 on the lower floor which has an orginal fireplace with a 7m2 mezannine area currently used an office Bedroom - 11m2 Bedroom - 25m2 with windows on two sides and painted exposed beams There is a WC with washbasin in the hall beside this bedroom Attic accessed by the 2nd flight of stone stairs which has a door separating it off from the first floor and work to convert to further accommodation has been started: Room - 13m2 floor area which has 8m2 of full head height. The ceiling has been boarded and insulated, has a skylight window fitted and replacement floorboards Room - 56m2 floor area with 30m2 at full head height. There is an original beam dividing the two halves of the room and windows on three sides. There is also a door leading to a further low attic area suitable for storage. Electricity has been brought up to the attic and a new consumer unit fitted ready to put in lighting and powerpoints Garage - 16m2 attached to the house and with power, lighting and a concrete floor Outside - there is a covered terrace of 12m2 on the side which overlooks the river running alongside the house and a non-attached garden a few metres away where there is ample room for parking and which is semi-circular on shape with the river running round the outside. The garden is laid with grass and gravel and has steps down to the river for boat launching and a small stone garden shed for storage The village has a boulangerie, grocery store, butchers and delicatessen for your everyday shopping needs as well as a couple of bars, a restaurant, wine cave, flower and gift shop and a lovely brocante so plenty to keep everyone well-fed and occupied. For more shopping, the large market town of Ruffec is just 5 kms away which will meet all your remaining, commercial, leisure and cultural needs. Definitely a property that needs to be seen to appreciate all that is on offer Habitable surface currently - 154m2 Total plot size - 760m2 As we are a French company, French law requires us to publish the following Prix 107 000 euros honoraires d'agence inclus. Prix honoraires d'agence exclus 100 000 euros. Honoraires d'agence de 7,00% ttc à la charge de l'acquéreur.
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Starstew
I always enjoy the panels and speakers at CAX, is there any word on who will be presenting this year? I've been trying to egg-on the Retronauts at 1Up.com (located in SF) to do something, but there is some apprehension because it's an "arcade" show that home console games would not be welcome. Looking forward to the show!
Re: 2012 Speakers
Just so everyone knows, we are not anti-console! We just focus on coin-op because those of us putting it together are more interested in that area. Console gaming, particularly retro, is fine by us.
Speaker list should be coming soon!!! (Ken has promised it will be done sometime on Thursday!!)
« Last Edit: July 18, 2012, 08:07:55 pm by Mark Birsching »
Ok, I missed Thursday, but here is some info on the speakers.
"From Crazy Otto to Ms. Pac-Man" Steve Golson
Ms. Pac-Man was released in early 1982, so she turns thirty this year. Steve Golson, one of the original developers of Ms. Pac-Man at General Computer, will recount little-known stories about the creation of the game. How and why did it transform from Crazy Otto to Ms. Pac-Man? Using source code and graphics ROMs freshly extracted from his 30-year-old 8" floppy archives, Steve will show the evolution of game play and character design.
Steve will also discuss GCC's first product Super Missile Attack, and will reveal the SMA 2.0 version created during GCC's lawsuit with Atari.
Crazy Otto and Super Missile Attack 2.0 will be available for play.
"Stern Pinball" Gary Stern
Gary Stern knows a thing or two about pinball, and how to run a pinball company. He will join the show to tell us about his experiences and thoughts on pinball as a remarkably resilient force in the industry.
"The P3 Pinball Machine: In Deep" with Gerry Stellenberg
Gerry Stellenberg invented the P-ROC (Pinball - Remote Operations Controller) to enable PC-controlled pinball machines, then designed the P3 pinball machine with a goal of nothing less than ushering in a new standard for pinball hardware. Join him as he explains his work and what it can mean for all pinball enthusiasts, from the most technically minded modders to the dedicated players of today – and tomorrow.
"Meet Zen Studios"
Zen Studios' digital creations for consoles and mobile devices have been described as "post-pinball pinball games," offering the ramps, targets, and flow of traditional tables with the animation and freedom of a purely digital environment. Meet the team behind Zen Pinball, Pinball FX 2 and Marvel Pinball and learn how they create their games as they discuss their theories on digital pinball in the 21st century.
"The Future of Pinball: Evolution or Revolution?"
Pinball has a rich and glorious past – but how will it face the future? Our panelists all use different methods to preserve pinball's traditions of the past, offer new innovations to the players of today, and bring its timeless appeal to the players of tomorrow. Join us as we explore their ideas and insights into the future of the art form.
Our panelists:
Gerry Stellenberg
Founder of Multimorphic, Inc. and PinballControllers.com, inventor of the P-ROC, and lead designer of the P3 pinball machine. Gerry is focused on bringing new ideas and innovations to pinball and helping re-energize the pinball market.
http://www.PinballControllers.com
Benjamin J. Heckendorn & John Popadiuk
A former graphic artist, "Ben Heck" currently does prototyping work, hosts a web show for DIY gamers, and builds his own custom pinball machines. Recently he's teamed up with legendary designed John Popadiuk to help with his new games, and will be featured in the upcoming Ben Heck's Zombie Adventureland pinball. http://www.benheck.com
John is the designer of several classic tables, including Theatre of Magic, Cirqus Voltaire, and Star Wars Episode I on the Pinball 2000 platform. His current custom pinball machines in development include Magic Girl, Alice in Wonderland, and Ben Heck's Zombie Adventureland. http://www.pinballinventor.org
Wade Krause & Tanio Klyce
Wade is a pinball customizer and creator of high quality playfield and backglass reproductions. Tanio is a video game and pinball programmer. Together with artist Dirty Donny they created the custom pins "Metallica" and "Beatniks Koolsville."
Neil Sorens
Neil is Creative Director at Zen Studios, developers of virtual pinball simulations including the Zen Pinball, Pinball FX, and Marvel Pinball series. Zen's pinball sims are available for several major game consoles, handheld systems, and mobile devices, sparking new interest in a new generation. http://zenstudios.com
T.J. Beyer
Operator/collector/insane Hobbyist, with over 400 games and 20 years in the coin-op industry. Standout roles include acting as a development consultant for multiple manufacturers as well as an emergency game technician on a national scale, shipping out to different cities to service games across the country. He's also the TJ of "Ken & TJ" that you see on so many machines here at CA Extreme.
"Twin Galaxies" Walter Day
Twin Galaxies has been working on a series of collectible trading cards to commemorate the history of the worldwide video game industry, honoring the iconic industry icons, world record holders, videogame personalities and landmark milestones & events. Walter Day will conduct an awards ceremony and unveil new trading cards, followed by a trading card autograph session featuring more than one dozen celebrities appearing on their cards.
"ColorDMD Update" Randy Perlow
After nearly three years of development, ColorDMD Displays released their first product in April of this year: a full-color replacement for the conventional orange DMD displays used in post-90's pinball machines. As they prepare for their second game release, Randy will discuss some of the recent features they have added and provide a sneak preview into their next work in progress. Samples of the ColorDMD will be available to try out on the show floor.
"Game Show Game Show" returns with "Match Game CAX 2012"
It's time to match the "stars" once again as we play our version of the classic fill-in-the-blank game show, live! A panel of almost-famous members of the pinball and game community will match wits with participants from the audience for no cash and no prizes – but it will be funny. Well, it might be funny. Let's put it this way: If you show up and give us a few pity laughs, there's a good chance everybody else will play along.
"CA Extreme Film Festival" will feature trailers and teasers, and a new full documentary.
Anna Newman will show the trailer for her short film Pinball Donut Girl, starring Jane Wiedlin, begun last July at CAX 2011. With the help and support of Planetary Pinball, Jeri Ellsworth, PAPA, and the pinball community around the world, Anna not only created the film she planned, but also two additional pinball documentaries. Anna and other filmmakers from the projects will talk about the techniques used to capture Jeri Ellsworth's stunt play for Pinball Donut Girl and show excerpts from the doumentary Wade Krause: Pinball Artist.
Dave Danzara will preview of the upcoming documentary titled: THE VIDEO CRAZE "Where were you in '82?", a short film documenting classic video arcade collectors across North America.
I am a independent film maker who has a passion for classic arcade video games who loves film and photography. The film seeks to show that many aspects of today's gaming scene are firmly rooted in the arcade culture of the 1980's. I believe for this film to fulfill its destiny, it must focus not only on the games and the arcades themselves, but on the actual people who were the first to embrace the worldwide video game culture, capturing their memories and feelings on the film as an oral history for future generations to study. The film, in particular, documents the lives and shared memories of the classic arcade collectors who grew up in the arcades.
"The King of Con! the true story behind the king of kong, the perfect pacman and other arcade legends" will be screened by its maker Dwayne Richard
(The views and opinions expressed in this film and presentation do not necessarily represent the views and opinions of CA Extreme. CA Extreme is not responsible for the views and opinions expressed in the documentary, which are the sole province of the filmmaker and his work.)
What is the highest score you can get on Pacman? Is this a Perfect Pacman score? The highest total score is 3, 333, 360. When you think of the superlative use of perfect, you think of something much more like characer then just the highest score possible. Davin Tarant and Dwayne Richard started out on a journey to de-bunk a lot of the misrepresentation in the documentary the King of Kong, but found a more radical and true story that will show why Billy Mitchell is a real villain and how his sidekick Walter Day made it possible.
Going back to the early 80s we follow the story of how the knowledge of what the highest score possible on Pacman was discovered. There was a progress and evolution that is quite remarkable and like most human achievement it was not a stand alone moment. The story traces the movers and shakers in the video game world, with the intense drive to get the highest score possible for the personal satisfaction of the accomplishment. The mystery player that is unknown to the masses has been found with the proof to show his accomplishment but was ignored.
What happens when one of the advantaged players sets up a historical revision to take credit for the achievement and get worldwide recognition for it. The lack of character and intentional misrepresentation of the facts of history show a willful arrogance and disregard for fair play and truth. How did they get away with the lie? Who was involved in the cover up? Would you trade friendship and integrity for fame? The documentary inquiry left us with the difficulty of deciding what to do with these facts.
We started off not knowing anything about the storyline that we actually found.
« Last Edit: July 24, 2012, 04:06:29 pm by Ken Chaney »
"Tilt" movie pinballs to appear
Michael "Pinball" Sehnert - designer and builder of the custom pinball machines in the movie "Tilt" (the 1979 Brooke Shields one) will bring them for exhibition at the show. "Cosmic Venus" and "Astrologic" are one of a kind machines lovingly just restored. Michael and his friend Tim Jenison have build a custom MPU to run Cosmic Venus - interfacing with the original EM hardware for a true hybrid fully functional two player game - now actually working for the first time the way it appeared to in the film! He will hold a discussion on the games some time Saturday evening.
Cosmic Venus: http://ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=5711
Astrologic: http://ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=5710
Re: "Tilt" movie pinballs to appear
Quote from: Ken Chaney on July 21, 2012, 11:53:08 pm
This is a really cool development, and it's things like this that keep me coming back to the show every year. Looking forward to seeing these one of a kind machines.
Greywolf
I keep hoping that one of these years, you guys (us guys? I don't know any more - I feel very connected to the event!) can get Eugene Jarvis to come speak again!! He came in 2006 and I haven't seen him listed since.
Quote from: Greywolf on July 24, 2012, 10:52:17 am
Yeah, me too
2012 Speaker Schedule
Here is the schedule for the 2012 show. All times are Saturday, July 28.
10:45 "The King of Con! the true story behind the king of kong, the perfect pacman and other arcade legends" screened by its maker Dwayne Richard followed by Q&A
12:30 "From Crazy Otto to Ms. Pac-Man" Steve Golson
1:30 "ColorDMD Update" Randy Perlow
2:00 "Stern Pinball" Gary Stern
3:00 "The P3 Pinball Machine: In Deep" with Gerry Stellenberg
3:30 "Meet Zen Studios"
4:00 "The Future of Pinball: Evolution or Revolution?" Gerry Stellenberg, Benjamin J. Heckendorn, John Popadiuk, Wade Krause, Tanio Klyce, Neil Sorens, and T.J. Beyer
5:00 "Game Show Game Show" returns with "Match Game CAX 2012"
5:30 "CA Extreme Film Festival" previews of
Anna Newman's Pinball Donut Girl and Wade Krause: Pinball Artist followed by Q&A
Dave Danzara's THE VIDEO CRAZE "Where were you in '82?"
6:00 "Twin Galaxies" Walter Day
7:00 "CAX Music Festival" begins. With Eric Fanali and DJ Coco
7:00 Gnarboots
7:25 Slime Girls
8:10 Cartoon Violence
9:00 Hello, The Future!
9:50 Doctor Popular
10:40 The Glowing Stars
11:30 crashfaster
« Last Edit: July 25, 2012, 11:55:52 am by Ken Chaney »
Great line-up! So glad the Zen Studios reps will be there, I suggested it to them last year but they were too busy. I'm a big fan of their video pinball offerings and look forward to meeting them.
There will also be a couple of "How To Play Pinball" Seminars (by Rick Stetta, Andrei Massenkoff, and Cayle George), currently scheduled for 5 pm Saturday and 1 pm Sunday
The first coin-op video?
Pac Man is still a baby. Space Invaders are just angry adolescents. Computer Space is a younger sibling.
Bill Pitts will be bringing his Galaxy Game - the first coin-operated video game ever to hit the streets!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_Game
http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=13736
GoddTodd
Yow! Such a great linup this year!
When will I find the time to play games?!


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This is an immaculately restored Ford Model T, at Old World Wisconsin for the Midsummer Magic event on June 23, 2018.
Based on the style of the hood, this car was built sometime between 1909 and 1914. The beautiful, gleaming brasswork is very impressive. Red was an available color during the earliest years of production. This car is amazingly clean under the hood too.
The factory price of the Model T decreased each year. It started out at US$825 in 1909, and by 1914, it was down to US$440. In current dollars that's US$22,471 and US$10,750, respectively.
The Model T engine was able to run on gasoline, kerosene or ethanol.
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Brown's clothes disputed in Naha Marine rape trial
• • February 15, 2004
NAHA, Okinawa — Attorneys in the attempted rape trial of Marine Maj. Michael Brown haggled Friday over evidence the defense wants to present March 1.
The most damaging evidence to the prosecution's case appeared to be photos of clothing Brown said he wore the night Victoria Nakamine, a Filipina barmaid from the Camp Courtney Officers' Club, originally said Brown attacked her.
The clothing in the photos does not match Nakamine's description of the clothes worn by the man she told Okinawa police had attacked her on a dimly lit road along the Tengan River on Nov. 2, 2002.
Defense attorney Toshimitsu Takaesu contends Nakamine, 41, knew Brown and never intended to charge him with a crime. Her intent in filing a police report was to get someone to pay for the destruction of the cellular phone, which she said was thrown into the river when she threatened to call police.
But the case spiraled out of control when, after reporting the incident to guards at Camp Courtney's main gate, they told her to call Okinawa police, Takaesu has alleged.
Brown, 41, is assigned to the command element of the 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force. He was indicted Dec. 19, 2002, and pleaded not guilty to both charges.
When Nakamine testified via closed-circuit television in May, she recanted her story and said police and prosecutors tricked her into filing charges against Brown. She said whatever took place in her car the night of the incident was consensual, and when she asked Brown to stop he apologized and left.
The prosecution contends Nakamine had every intention of proceeding with the charges until just before she testified. Prosecutor Tsuyoshi Satake has argued that the three-judge panel hearing the case should consider her statements made immediately after the incident with the same weight as her courtroom testimony.


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Sarasota Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019 1 month ago
School board considering policy to allow administration of medical marijuana
The policy would make the school board compliant with state law.
by: Brynn Mechem Staff Writer
The Sarasota County School Board, following a state directive, has proposed a policy that would allow medical marijuana to be administered to students on school property.
Sarasota County Schools' proposed policy would allow only parents or licensed caregivers to have access to the qualifying student to administer the medicinal marijuana under strict controls on campus. School nurses or other staff would not be responsible for administering or storing the medical marijuana.
To qualify, a student must be a state resident in Florida's registry of medical marijuana or low THC cannabis use and have a qualified patient identification card.
As a general rule, a qualifying student would only receive medical marijuana at school if it cannot reasonably be administered outside of school hours.
Suzanne Dubose, the supervisor of school health services, told the school board that approximately 11 students districtwide would fall under these qualifications, with most of them having prescriptions for seizures.
Board member Shirley Brown questioned under what circumstances the medical marijuana would be used, emergency or preventative.
"To this point, we have asked that medical marijuana be administered outside the school day because it is not considered an emergency medicine," Dubose said "This is just something that can be prescribed to keep them leveled so that they don't suffer from seizures in the school setting."
Pursuant to the policy, the medical marijuana would be administered in a designated location such as the nurse's office or a building administrator's office. Parents or caregivers are not allowed to administer the medical marijuana on school buses or at school events.
Additionally, the medical marijuana — which could only be in the form of oils, tinctures, edible products or lotions that can be administered and fully ingested or absorbed in a short period of time — is not allowed to be stored on any school property. Instead, the parent or caregiver would bring the medical marijuana with them, administer it to the student and immediately take it off school property.
Florida law mandate that every school district write a policy on medical marijuana. However, federal law still says that any marijuana — medical or recreational — is illegal.
Because of the discrepancy, some board members were worried federal funds would be effected, so there is a clause written in the policy that states if the district's federal funds are jeopardized because of the policy, the policy will be suspended.
All Florida public schools are supposed to have a compliant policy in place by December 1, but the school board likely won't have its approved for adoption until mid-January.
"The school board approved the policy as-written to be advertised accordingly," district spokeswoman Tracey Beeker said. "It is unlikely the policy will change prior to adoption. However, we have to do our due diligence in our community."
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You've heard of Napa and Temecula, you've seen Santa Ynez in the movie Sideways, but there is a hidden wine tasting gem nestled in the heart of the Central California Coast. I won't tease you any longer, it is Paso Robles.
Paso Robles is an enormous wine producing region, where there are over 200 wineries and new ones are opening every year. There are large wineries serving dozens of wines as well as family-run vineyards with an emphasis on quality over quantity. Relaxed and rural, the vibe is as unpretentious as it gets. Don't expect fancy (jeans are common) but do expect a place where you can have a real wine education and wear a pretty dress surrounded by vineyard covered hillsides.
Paso Robles is a 3-hour drive from San Francisco, 2.5-hour drive from Santa Barbara, and 3.5-hour drive from downtown Los Angeles. The nearest small airport is San Luis Obispo (SBP), with a 30-minute drive to Paso Robles. Although there is a town square with delicious places to eat, the area is sprawling. I recommend having a car, not for your wine tasting day, but to get around easier. It is not the easiest wine tasting region to get to, but it feels like a real break from life in San Francisco or Los Angeles.
There are a few hotels in the area, but I recommend staying at an Airbnb. Each time we visit, we have found darling, spacious Airbnb's with a very home-decorated vibe (think doilies and framed animal images). Since you have your car with you, why not stay a little out of town in the picturesque hills? We also enjoy having an Airbnb with a kitchen, so we can cook a tipsy-meal after a day of tasting.
It does get quite warm in Paso Robles during the summer time, but early and late summer are delightful times to visit. In the early spring, the grasses between the vines will be green with the actual vines being barren. In the summer, the grasses turn yellow and the vines are full of big green leaves. The fall is harvest season and the leaves begin to turn yellow in November.
The beauty of Paso Robles is that the tasting rooms are at the vineyards. You can walk outside each tasting room and see the grapes that produce the wine you taste. Such a lovely experience comes with the logistical challenge of how to get from place to place when tasting wine. This is where the Wine Line comes in. Not like a normal wine tour, the Wine Line allows you to choose the wineries you visit (within a reasonable distance). This freedom to choose the wineries and not having to select a designated driver is my favorite way to experience wine country. This is not a sponsored post, I want everyone to be safe and have a good time!
Here's how it works: for $70 per person the Wine Line will pick you up from your hotel or Airbnb (extra charge for a distant pickup location), and drive you to taste at about 4 or 5 wineries. Book online and let them know which wineries you want to go to. You will be in a van with a variety of other people, who will not necessarily be going to the same wineries.
Your driver will drop you off, introduce you to a tasting associate inside, and leave you to taste for about 40 minutes. If you decide to buy wine, your driver will carry your bottles to the van and it will be safe for the rest of the day. You can order a picnic lunch through the company, have your driver drop you off downtown, or bring a picnic to eat at one of the scenic wineries (my favorite option!).
Other ways to taste wine include driving yourself, doing a wine tour with pre-selected locations, or hiring a personal driver. If driving yourself, please be safe and spread your wine tasting out across many days. If you are in a large group, a personal driver might end up being less expensive, so do a little research.
Vendeux: The wine at Venduex was simply good wine. I liked every wine that they poured, save for one. The location is also lovely.
Kenneth Volk: Another location with very good wines. Their location might not be quite as picturesque as the others, but we had the small tasting room to ourselves.
Niner: I loved a couple of their white wines at this location and my friend even purchased an Albariño. Out back there is a hill with bushes in the shape of a heart. Can it get more adorable?
Caliza: I had a very nice experience at Caliza. The tasting room was not crowded and the wine was just right. The vineyards are right out back.
Turley: Zins, zins, zins. To be completely honest, I am not the biggest fan of Zinfandel wine, but I am a big fan of learning about wine. Turley only has Zinfandels on the tasting list, so you can compare the years of the grapes, discuss locations and soil composition in a single varietal. Come here to learn.
Peachy Canyon: Peachy Canyon is one of those places that had dozens of wines to choose from. Paso Robles is a red-heavy region, so if you like white wines, make sure to add Peachy Canyon to your list. They had a rosé a couple of years ago that was almost too easy to drink.
As for tasting prices, you should expect about $10 per person. There are some wineries that charge $5 and others that are at $20, but this is still a far cry from the outrageous prices of the Napa Valley. The Wine Line also has partnerships with some of the wineries, where you can taste for free.
My other tips are for those out there who are beginning their wine journey and developing their palette. If you fit into this category and are going wine tasting for the day, have a big breakfast and do not go to more than three wineries before lunch. Also, don't be afraid to ask questions to your tasting associate. Good ones to ask include: what kind of barrels was this fermented in? Are all the grapes in this wine grown on property? I know California has had some drought years lately, how has this affected this wine? Think about the smells and flavors you are tasting and over time you will get a feel for what kind of wine you enjoy.
Also, do not be afraid to pour out your taste if you do not like something. I almost always pour out the heavy, peppery cabs because I don't enjoy the overwhelming flavor. Think of the tasting fee as paying for the experience and chance to learn, rather than paying for a drink, because if you feel guilty about drinking every drop, you won't be tasting by the third or fourth location.
We hope that this article has inspired you to go wine tasting. If you have any questions about the destination please leave these in the comments below.


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Restrictive Covenants - modification under Section (84)1
Re Surana's Application [2016] UKUT 368 (LC)
The applicant sought to modify restrictive covenants affecting land adjoining her house on a residential estate, in order to construct two houses. The land had originally been intended for recreation but had never been used for that purpose. The application was granted under s.84(1)(aa) LPA 1925 since the covenants did not secure substantial practical benefits to the beneficiaries.
The applicant had secured planning permission for the construction of two detached houses on the land adjoining her home (one of a number of areas within the estate known as "closes").
The covenants affecting the land provided that:
"no building or erection of any description" should be erected on the close; and
the close should not be used for any purpose other than as a green, garden, open space or pleasure ground for the benefit of residents.
Although the land was originally intended to be retained by the estate company for recreational use by the residents, it was sold to the applicant's predecessor-in-title by the company in 1952 and the other residents effectively had no access to it from that time. The applicant therefore argued that the covenants were obsolete under s.84(1)(a) and that the residents' prolonged period of non-use constituted implied agreement to the modification of the covenants under s.84(1)(b).
The applicant also argued that the covenants should be modified under s.84(1)(aa) on the basis that there was no substantial practical benefit to the objectors in retaining the covenants and blocking the proposed development, especially since the land in its current condition was prone to acts of trespass, vandalism and littering, and therefore a source of nuisance. The application was opposed by 13 owners of houses on the estate, who argued that the gap in development was part of the estate's natural beauty and attraction.
(1) Whether the Tribunal should exercise its discretion to modify the restrictions under s84(1)(a) LPA 1925, i.e. on the basis that they ought to be deemed obsolete.
(2) Whether the residents' prolonged period of failing to use the land for public recreation meant that there was implied agreement to the modification so as to satisfy s.84(1)(b).
(3) Whether the Tribunal should exercise its discretion to modify the restriction under s.84(1)(aa) LPA 1925, i.e. on the basis that it impeded a reasonable user of land. (Under s84(1A), modification is permitted where the Tribunal is satisfied that: (a) the person who is entitled to the benefit of the restriction does not secure any practical benefits of substantial value or advantage from it; or (b) that the restriction is contrary to the public interest. For the purposes of section 84(1A), consideration also has to be given as to whether money is adequate compensation for the loss or disadvantage to the beneficiary as a result of the modification of the restriction.)
Grounds (a) and (b) – obsolescence/implied agreement
Although most of the estate closes had not been used for public recreation, the Tribunal did not consider that this justified the conclusion that the covenants had been abandoned or become obsolete since they continued to perform their intended purpose of preventing the development of blocks of land in certain positions. In the Tribunal's view, the covenants were still able to achieve this purpose despite the public no longer exercising rights of access to use the relevant land for public recreation. It also noted that mere prolonged non-use did not necessarily constitute abandonment of the rights of access.
The Tribunal considered that its decision not to allow the applicant to succeed on grounds (a) or (b) was further supported by the fact that the covenants had been asserted and relied on by the estate company whenever it had come to its knowledge that a breach was threatened or had taken place.
Ground (aa) – substantial practical benefits?
In relation to the potential practical benefit of preserving the integrity of the building scheme and the closes as undeveloped land, the Tribunal rejected the suggestion that the applicant's proposed development would be the "thin end of the wedge" so as to create an adverse precedent which would jeopardise the future utility of the scheme of covenants as a whole. The Tribunal pointed out that it was the sale of the land by the estate company to private owners which had destabilised the scheme of covenants and enabled them to be considered for modification based on their individual merits.
In relation to the visual and other amenity of the estate, the Tribunal gave no significant weight to the current overgrown condition of the application land. The Tribunal noted that the key determinant of the character and amenity of the estate was the system of greenways on either side of the road, rather than the presence of the undeveloped closes which were shielded from view. In the view of the Tribunal, the proposed development would be in keeping with the type, size, style and density of the existing houses and the visual amenity of the Estate would be retained provided that the hedge there was kept to a minimum height of 2.5m.
The Tribunal considered whether the temporary disturbance from the construction of two new houses is capable of being a practical benefit of substantial value but noted that the objectors had not identified any facts to justify giving special weight to the possible effects of such temporary disturbance.
Although the objectors suggested amounts of compensation for any modification of the covenant in sums between £50,000-£750,000, there was no expert valuation evidence to support these claims. The Tribunal accepted the evidence from the application's expert that there would be no diminution in the value of the objectors' properties caused by the proposed development and concluded that the covenants did not secure practical benefits of substantial value to the objectors.
This article was written by Emma Humphreys, for more information please contact Emma on +44 (0)20 7203 5326 or emma.humphreys@crsblaw.com
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Q: On the functions $\mathrm{Gi}_{s}^{p,q}(x)=\sum\limits_{n\geq0}\frac{x^{pn+q}}{(pn+q)^s}$
I have stumbled across the functions $$\mathrm{Gi}_s^{p,q}(x)=\sum_{n\geq0}\frac{x^{pn+q}}{(pn+q)^s}$$
  And I would like to know where I can learn more about them.

These functions are interesting because they include certain other special functions as special cases.
For example, the polylogarithms:
$$\mathrm{Li}_s(x)=\mathrm{Gi}_s^{1,1}(x)$$
and the inverse tangent integrals:
$$\mathrm{Ti}_s(x)=-i\cdot\mathrm{Gi}_s^{2,1}(ix)$$
and the interesting relation
$$\mathrm{Gi}_s^{p,p}(x)=\frac1{p^s}\mathrm{Li}_s(x^p)$$
As well as the Hurwitz zeta function:
$$\mathrm{Gi}_s^{1,q}(1)=\zeta(s,q)$$
And similarily, a relation to the Lerch Transcendent:
$$\Phi(z,s,\alpha)=\frac1{z^\alpha}\mathrm{Gi}_s^{1,\alpha}(z)$$
What I've found out so far is detailed below.

A hyper-geometric representation
We may note that
$$\mathrm{Gi}_s^{p,q}(x)=x^q\sum_{n\geq0}\frac{\Gamma(n+1)}{(pn+q)^s}\frac{x^{pn}}{n!}$$
Setting $$t_n=\frac{\Gamma(n+1)}{(pn+q)^s}$$
We have that
$$\frac{t_{n+1}}{t_n}=\frac{(n+1)(n+q/p)^s}{(n+q/p+1)^s}$$
so we have that
$$\mathrm{Gi}_s^{p,q}(x)=x^q\,_{s+1}F_{s}\left(1,\frac{q}{p},...,\frac{q}{p};1+\frac{q}{p},...,1+\frac{q}{p};x^p\right)$$
A recurrence
We may notice that
$$\begin{align}
\frac{\partial}{\partial x}\mathrm{Gi}_s^{p,q}(x)&=\sum_{n\geq0}\frac{x^{pn+q-1}}{(pn+q)^{s-1}}\\
&=\frac1x\sum_{n\geq0}\frac{x^{pn+q}}{(pn+q)^{s-1}}\\
&=\frac1x\mathrm{Gi}_{s-1}^{p,q}(x)\\
\end{align}$$
So we of course have the $\mathrm{Li}$-style recurrence
$$\mathrm{Gi}_s^{p,q}(x)=\int_0^x \frac{\mathrm{Gi}_{s-1}^{p,q}(t)}{t}\mathrm dt$$
With the easily shown base case of $$\mathrm{Gi}_0^{p,q}(x)=\frac{x^q}{1-x^p}$$
from which the recursive definitions of $\mathrm{Ti}$ and $\mathrm{Li}$ follow.

We may also consider the function
$$\mathrm{Fi}_s^{p,q}(x)=\sum_{n\geq0}(-1)^n\frac{x^{pn+q}}{(pn+q)^s}$$
And by defining $\lambda_p=\exp\frac{i\pi}{p}$, we have
$$\mathrm{Gi}_s^{p,q}(\lambda_p x)=\lambda_{p}^{q}\mathrm{Fi}_s^{p,q}(x)$$

A: *

*For $|z| < 1$ and $t \in (-1,\infty)$
$$g(s,t,z) = \sum_{n=1}^\infty z^n (n+t)^{-s}$$
For $|t|< 1$ from the binomial series $g(s,t,z) =\sum_{l=0}^\infty {-s \choose k} t^{-s-k} Li_{s+k}(z)$

*For $a/q \in \Bbb{Q}$
$$q^{-s} z^{a/q} g(s,a/q,z) = \sum_{n=1}^\infty (z^{1/q})^{nq+a} (nq+a)^{-s}=\frac1q \sum_{k=1}^q e^{-2i \pi ak/q} Li_s(z^{1/q}e^{2i \pi k/q})$$

*For $z \not \in [0,1)$ and $\Re(s) > 0$
$$\Gamma(s)g(s,t,z) = \int_0^\infty x^{s-1}f(x,t,z)dx, \qquad f(x,t,z)= \frac{e^{-xt}}{e^x/z-1}$$
Giving the contour integral $\int_C x^{s-1}f(x,t,z)dx = (1-e^{2i \pi s}) \Gamma(s) g(s,t,z)$ where $C$ encloses the branch cut $[0,\infty)$ to which you can try applying the residue theorem to obtain a functional equation.

*For $\Re(s) > -K$
$$\Gamma(s)g(s,t,z) = \sum_{k=0}^K \frac{(-1)^k}{k!} \frac{\partial_x^k f(0,t,z)}{s+k}+ \int_0^\infty x^{s-1}(f(x,t,z)- 1_{x < 1} \sum_{k=0}^K \frac{\partial_x^k f(0,t,z)}{k!}) dx$$
obtaining the particular values $g(-k,t,z) = \frac{(-1)^k}{k!}\partial_x^k f(0,t,z)$

*

*For $ \Re(x) > 0$ let the theta series $$\Theta(x,z,t) = \sum_n e^{2i \pi nz} e^{-\pi (n+t)^2 x} = x^{-1/2}\Theta(1/x,-t,-z)$$
(Poisson summation formula)

*For $t \in (0,1), u \in \Bbb{R}$
$$\int_0^\infty x^{s/2-1} \Theta(x,u,t)dx = \pi^{-s/2}\Gamma(s/2)\sum_n |n+t|^{-s} e^{2i \pi nu} = g(s,t-1,e^{2i \pi u})+g(s,-t,e^{-2i \pi u})$$
$$ = \int_0^\infty x^{(1-s)/2-1}\Theta(x,-t,-u)dx=g(s,-u-1,e^{-2i \pi t})+g(s,u,e^{2i \pi t})$$
Then you can extend everything by analytic continuation

A: I found a beautiful integral for $\mathrm{Gi}_s^{p,q}(z)$ when $q/p\in\Bbb Q^+$.
First we note that (see here) for $\text{Re }a>0$,
$$\Phi(z,s,a)=\frac1{2a^s}+\frac{\log(1/z)}{z^a}\Gamma(1-s;a\log(1/z))\\
+\frac2{a^{s-1}}\int_0^\infty \frac{\sin\left[s\arctan(t)-ta\log(1/z)\right]}{(1+t^2)^{s/2}(e^{2\pi at}-1)}dt$$
Where $$\Gamma(s;x)=\int_x^\infty t^{s-1}e^{-t}dt$$
is the incomplete Gamma function.
Then we see that
$$\mathrm{Gi}_s^{p,q}(z)=p^{-s}\mathrm{Gi}_s^{1,q/p}(z^p)$$
So we have that
$$\mathrm{Gi}_s^{p,q}(z)=\frac{z^q}{p^s}\Phi(z^p,s,q/p)$$
And hence
$$\mathrm{Gi}_s^{p,q}(z)=\frac{z^{q}}{2q^s}+p^{-s}\log(z^{-p})\Gamma[1-s;q\log(z^{-p})/p]\\
+\frac{2z^q}{q^{s-1}p}\int_0^\infty \frac{\sin\left[s\arctan(t)-tq\log(z^{-p})/p\right]}{(1+t^2)^{s/2}(e^{2\pi qt/p}-1)}dt$$

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Home Finance Listed General Retailers issue more profit warnings than any other East Mids...
Listed General Retailers issue more profit warnings than any other East Mids sector
Dan Hurd
Listed General Retailers have issued more profit warnings than any other sector in the East Midlands, according to a report released by EY today.
The analysis has found that the sector was responsible for 20% (64 out of 316) of all profit warnings issued by listed companies in the region over the last 20 years. When comparing these figures to the rest of the UK, FTSE General Retailers in the East Midlands issued more warnings than in any other region outside of London and the South East.
The sectors to issue the second and third highest number of profit warnings over the last two decades (1 January 1999 – 31 July 2019) were FTSE Support Services (40) and FTSE Construction & Materials (32).
EY has reported on listed company profit warnings since 1999, covering the impact of events such as the dot.com crash, 9/11 and the financial crisis.
Dan Hurd, EY's Head of Restructuring for the Midlands, said: "When EY started tracking UK profit warnings in 1999, just 13% of households had internet access, the first smart phone was still a decade away and fax machines still had a prominent place in our offices.
"In the last two decades we've seen radical changes not only in technology, but also our economy and capital markets. In 2019 news travels fast, and capital also moves with increasing pace. Combined with a heightened level of uncertainty, this has significantly changed the speed of stakeholder response to profit warnings.
"General Retailers have felt the impact of these changes more than most. Technology has and will continue to disrupt the way in which we shop, forcing retailers to rethink their business models. It seems GeneralRetailers in the East Midlands have had a particularly hard time over the past two decades, which may in part be due to an inability to act quickly enough to these changing consumer habits.
"Once sales start to slip, companies quickly become starved of cash, leading to a downward spiral making it difficult to find the resources to invest in the changes needed. FTSE General Retailers must look to adapt for the future or face further financial difficulties."
Black Thursday – most common day to issue a warning
Since 1999, EY has recorded over 6000 warnings by more than 2000 companies across the whole of the UK. During that time, January was found to be the month in which most companies are likely to warn, whilst Thursday is the most common day.
By sector, UK Support Services companies – including outsourcers – have issued the highest number of profit warnings in total (over 850 warnings), whilst UK General Retailers have seen the greatest proportion of its companies warn on average each quarter (9%).
Hurd explains: "Both sectors have significant exposure to fluctuations in business and consumer confidence. But both sectors are also structurally vulnerable to profit warnings. Outsourcers, due to their exposure to the contract cycle, and retailers, due to radical changes in consumer buying behaviour."
EY research also found that by the morning of the third warning, a quarter of CEOs and a fifth of CFOs have left their companies. Within a month of their third warning, more than 10% of companies have also reported a covenant breach or reset – rising to 25% within a year.
Will we see a Brexit warning peak?
The biggest spikes in UK profit warnings in the last twenty years have followed significant global economic shocks. In 2001, a combination of the dot-com crash, 9/11 and a global recession, led to the highest number and percentage (22.7%) of UK quoted companies warning in the last 20 years. This is followed by another peak during the global financial crisis (2008), when EY recorded 449 profit warnings from 17.7% of UK quoted companies.
Hurd comments: "Our figures demonstrate that profit warnings can increase dramatically when companies don't have time or agility to adjust to rapid changes in the economy.
"Companies have had some time to prepare for a variety of Brexit scenarios. However, a further economic shock could cause profit warnings to spike higher later this year, with warning levels already elevated by rising uncertainty."
Prevent a profit warning chain reaction
One of the most striking parts of EY's analysis is the speed within which companies are moving from their third profit warning to their first restructuring event – such as an administration, CVA or debt restructuring.
In most cases, the median gap between a company's third profit warning and a restructuring event, has shrunk to just 91 days since 2016. This compares to 156 days pre-2016.
Hurd concludes: "Investors and stakeholders are clearly acting faster when companies issue a chain of profit warnings.
"If companies are forced to reforecast their earnings, it's essential that they act boldly and quickly to grasp and deal with the fundamental issues behind their profit warning. Companies often underestimate their problem – or hope that something will change.
"As capital moves with increasing pace, it is more important than ever that we understand the triggers behind profit warnings and build resilience to help companies reshape their results and stop a profit warnings chain reaction."
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Moon at Last Quarter
Home News Night Sky Earth-Moon System Moon
Sat, 27 Nov 2021 at 04:28 PST (12:28 UTC)
From the Moon feed
Tags: Phases Of The Moon
Objects: The Moon
The Moon »
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Elsewhere in the world, the Moon will be visible in the dawn sky.
From San Diego (click to change) however, it will be visible from soon after it rises, at 23:16, until soon before it sets at 12:38.
At this time in its monthly cycle of phases, it appears almost exactly half illuminated.
The Moon orbits the Earth once every four weeks, causing its phases to cycle through new moon, first quarter, full moon, last quarter, and back to new moon once every 29.5 days.
As it progresses through this cycle, it is visible at different times of day. At last quarter, it rises in the middle of the night and appears high in the sky by dawn. It sets at around lunchtime. More information about the Moon's phases is available here.
Observing the Moon at last quarter
Over coming days, the Moon will rise later each day, so that it is visible for less time before sunrise and rises less far above the eastern horizon before dawn. By the time it reaches new moon, it will rise at around dawn and set at around dusk, making it visible only during the daytime.
Its daily progress is charted below, with all times are given in San Diego local time.
Date Sun
rises at Moon
rises at Altitude of Moon
at sunrise Direction of Moon
at sunrise
22 Nov 2021 06:22 18:26 34° west
26 Nov 2021 06:26 22:05 68° south-west
27 Nov 2021 06:27 23:05 70° south
29 Nov 2021 06:29 01:09 56° south-east
01 Dec 2021 06:30 03:21 34° south-east
03 Dec 2021 06:32 05:46 8° south-east
A thin crescent
The months around the autumn equinox – September and October in the northern hemisphere – present the best opportunity to see a very thin crescent Moon immediately before sunrise in the days running up to new moon.
This comes about because the Moon appears higher in the dawn sky sooner after new moon in the autumn months as compared to other times of year.
The inclination of the ecliptic to the horizon changes over the course of the year, affecting how high objects appear in the sky.
At all times, the Moon lies close to a line across the sky called the ecliptic, which is shown in yellow in the planetarium above. This line traces the path that the Sun takes through the zodiacal constellations every year, and shows the plane of the Earth's orbit around the Sun. Since all the planets circle the Sun in almost exactly the same plane, they too move across the sky following the same line.
When the Moon is widely separated from the Sun, it is separated from it along the line of the ecliptic. But, at different times of year, the ecliptic meets the horizon at different angles at sunrise. This means that a certain number of days after new moon, the Moon appears at different altitudes above the horizon at different times of year.
At sunrise, the ecliptic makes its steepest angle to the horizon at the autumn equinox – in September in the northern hemisphere, and in March in the southern hemisphere. Conversely, it meets the horizon at its shallowest angle at the spring equinox. And so, very thin crescent moons are most visible in the dawn sky in the autumn.
The inclination of the ecliptic plane to the horizon at San Diego varies between 80° (sunrise at the autumn equinox) and 33° (sunrise at the spring equinox). On November 27, the ecliptic is inclined at 65° to the eastern dawn horizon.
The exact moment of last quarter
The exact moment of last quarter is defined as the time when the Moon's ecliptic longitude is exactly 90° away from the Sun's ecliptic longitude, as observed from the center of the Earth. However, the Moon does not appear in any way special at this instant in time, and a last quarter moon can be observed at any time in the pre-dawn sky.
At the moment it reaches last quarter, the Moon's distance from the Earth will be 388,000 km. Its celestial coordinates will be as follows:
Object Right Ascension Declination Constellation Angular Size
The Moon 10h36m00s 14°31'N Leo 30'45"
The sky on 27 Nov 2021
The sky on 27 November 2021
Waning Crescent
The circumstances of this event were computed using the DE430 planetary ephemeris published by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
This event was automatically generated by searching the ephemeris for planetary alignments which are of interest to amateur astronomers, and the text above was generated based on an estimate of your location.
27 Nov 2021 – Moon at Last Quarter
03 Dec 2021 – New Moon
10 Dec 2021 – Moon at First Quarter
18 Dec 2021 – Full Moon
Simulated image courtesy of Tom Ruen.


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South African, born 1955
William Kentridge (born 28 April 1955) is a South African artist best known for his prints, drawings, and animated films. The latter are constructed by filming a drawing, making erasures and changes, and filming it again. He continues this process meticulously, giving each change to the drawing a quarter of a second to two seconds' screen time. A single drawing will be altered and filmed this way until the end of a scene. These palimpsest-like drawings are later displayed along with the films as finished pieces of art.Kentridge has created art work as part of design of theatrical productions, both plays and operas. He has served as art director and overall director of numerous productions, collaborating with other artists, puppeteers and others in creating productions that combine drawings and multi-media combinations.
Artist, Animator, Manufacturer, Art Director, Graphic Artist, Painter, Paper Artist, Sculptor, Video Artist
William Kentridge, William Joseph Kentridge
129 works online
The Battle Between Yes and No
Casspirs Full of Love
Taking in the Landscape from Little Morals
Preparing for the Day from Little Morals
Practical Considerations from Little Morals
Procession of the Delegates from Little Morals
Negotiations Begin from Little Morals
Anti-Waste from Little Morals
Growing Old from Little Morals
MoMA PS1 Artist interventions
Other installation
Studio Visit: Selected Gifts from Agnes Gund
Apr 29–Jul 22, 2018
MoMA Media Lounge
Feb 29, 2012–Jul 8, 2013
Nov 16, 2011–Feb 9, 2014
Impressions from South Africa, 1965 to Now
Mar 23–Aug 29, 2011
Performance 8: William Kentridge: I am not me, the horse is not mine
William Kentridge: Five Themes
Feb 24–May 17, 2010
Compass in Hand: Selections from The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection
Apr 22, 2009–Jan 4, 2010
William Kentridge: Trace. Prints from The Museum of Modern Art Judith B. Hecker, 2010 Exhibition catalogue, Hardcover, 112 pages


Come with me on a journey to the inauguration of Barack Obama.
It was an epic day, not just for him and for the country, but for nearly 2 million of us who made it to the Mall to stand witness with the 44th president at his swearing-in.
Many faced hardships getting home that could have invited tragedy. There were hundreds of elders in wheel chairs, and thousands more of all ages ill-dressed to withstand hours outdoors with the temperature frozen in the 20s. Government buildings that might have provided warmth and respite were locked down, and the Metro shut its gates and ran at least some half-empty trains from downtown. As soon as the ceremony on the West Front of the Capitol ended, the festive Jumbotrons flashed blue with a foreboding message: "Persons exiting the Mall should expect heavy pedestrian congestion … ALL EXITS NORTH ARE CLOSED." In keeping with the sober theme of the new president's address, perhaps this was all a plan to steel us for challenges ahead. Still, as Virgil said, perhaps one day it will bring us joy to remember even these things.
My journey began improbably late – 10 a.m. – at the King Street Metro station in Alexandria, Va., where trains had been running since 4 a.m. On television it looked like vast stretches of the Mall had been full since dawn, despite the subfreezing temperatures. But I wasn't trying to get anywhere near the U.S. Capitol. I'd view the ceremony from the other, unscreened end of the Mall.
Two decades earlier, as a pool reporter, I stood on the West Front balcony 75 feet from George H.W. Bush as he took the oath of office. In a photo that sits above my desk, I can see myself scribbling notes on a legal pad in the back behind all the members of Congress. It was incredible to look out over that sea of people, but today, with neither ticket nor credential, I was gladly trading proximity for freedom, and looking forward to the view from ground level.
With two hours left in the Bush administration, only a few dozen stragglers were queued up at the fare machines. I waltzed through with Metro's equivalent of an EZPass and rode the Yellow Line to the Arlington Cemetery stop, where pedestrians and bicyclists were streaming down the Esplanade and across the Memorial Bridge, the only Potomac River span open into the city. I was dressed for the cold – two pairs of socks, down vest and coat, knit cap and sleek new thermals to replace the 30-year-old woolies in my dresser – but I felt the bite of the wind as I crossed the bridge. Ice floes had formed on the Potomac during the cold snap of the past week. Midway, I met a couple wheeling a crying toddler back home. Seventy years from now, when she tells her grandchildren she attended Barack Obama's inauguration, that will be a white lie.
Scaffolding from Sunday's inaugural concert was still up, but the view from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial was unobstructed. The Jumbotrons had been spirited away from the reflecting pool to the other end of the Mall, so the hundreds seated on the Lincoln Memorial's steps – including a spirited group holding up signs from Eagle Valley Hill School in Gypsum, Colo. – had contented themselves with listening to the ceremony. The loudspeakers carried the sound to the farthest reaches. I moved on, determined to get within eyeshot of a Jumbotron. Most of the thousands alongside the reflecting pool were moving the same way.
For all the extra layers of security laid on for this day – we'd seen Humvees at every intersection before Sunday's concert – it seemed the police and park rangers had disappeared from this end of the Mall. A handful of officers stood toward the back of the crowd that filled the National World War II Memorial, but made no move to evict the young people who had clambered atop walls and columns to view the Jumbotrons. They gave a new, young face to the granite memorial.
I've read that the new president's term begins at the dot of noon, regardless. It was 12:06 p.m. when Barack Obama raised his right hand and put the other on Abraham Lincoln's Bible, held by Michelle Obama '85. Now, I'm not saying I could recite the 35-word oath of office from memory, but it is in the Constitution, and most of us know the sounds and cadence of those words. All around me, everyone, like Barack Obama, realized that Chief Justice Roberts was taking liberties with the word order.
In Roberts' defense, I'm sure it was cold up there. He may lead the third branch of government, but he had never been under a spotlight like this. The chief justice needed someone to come up, give him a hug, and guide him through the words, the way that Mo Cheeks helped that girl with the national anthem at an NBA game a few years back. Or he could just carry a copy of the Constitution.
I moved on, trying to reach the Washington Monument, with its commanding view of the Capitol and the crowds in between. There was room enough for three guys to kick a soccer ball, but the crowd packed in again in front of a Jumbotron near 15th Street and Constitution. I took a picture of the White House sitting serenely above the Ellipse. Only later, when I put the pictures on my computer, did I realize there were two big, white moving vans in the driveway outside the South Portico. It was 12:25 p.m. and the new president's address was winding down.
There was eloquence, but it was an eat-your-vegetables inaugural address. His message to the faithful on the Mall was: Yes, we pulled this off. Now the real work begins.
Heaven knows how long some of the people around me had been standing there, but most were happy to break camp. Elizabeth Alexander's poem did not register; I was on the move again. The Rev. Dr. Joseph E. Lowry, 87, a warhorse of the civil-rights movement, gave the final prayer, at first sounding as if the cold had frozen his vocal cords. But quickly his voice gained power. "Lord, in the complex arena of human relations, help us to make choices on the side of love, not hate; on the side of inclusion, not exclusion; tolerance, not intolerance," he prayed.
Lowery's closing made everyone laugh and cheer.
"SAY AMEN," the preacher said.
I stayed atop the Washington Monument's mound long enough to see George Bush's helicopter fly high overhead shortly before 1 p.m. en route to Andrews AFB and the flight home to Texas. I won't bore you with a blow-by-blow account of the difficulties of moving off the Mall. I could head back out the way I'd come – that was the path of least resistance – but I wanted to try the escape route that my wife and I had followed after Sunday's concert, heading down Independence and over to L'Enfant Plaza, where I knew a side entrance to Metro that wasn't visible from the streets.
It was for naught. My side entrance, including a long wheelchair ramp, was mobbed, and the doors to the transit station were locked. For the first time since crossing the bridge this morning, I could feel the cold. By now, it was 2:15 p.m.
Then three things happened that restored the spring to my step.
Soon everyone picked up the chant.
"OOOO-Bama, OOOO-Bama, Hey, Hey, Nah, Nah!
I never saw the singer, but he gave us all a lift.
I headed down to the waterfront to try to work my way back to the Memorial Bridge. Under a railroad overpass near the Tidal Basin, I passed several neatly made beds that homeless people call home. I headed counter-clockwise down the path that tourists take to see the cherry blossoms in springtime when a group of schoolchildren in yellow knit caps started skipping my way. I asked a teacher where they were going. "The 14th Street Bridge to Virginia," they said.
And indeed they did. The powers that be had just opened the HOV lanes – a separate bridge – to foot traffic. The police stopped traffic on the other bridge so the fifth-graders from Concord Elementary School in Anderson, S.C., and other refugees could scamper over a Jersey barrier and hoof it over the empty bridge to Crystal City and the Pentagon City Mall. They posed in front of the Jefferson Memorial for a class photo.
I hadn't taken many pictures in the preceding hour, but now I had the monopod extended again and was firing away. Back on land, Virginia state police directed us across a field and on the final leg of the journey. I fell in step with Sandra Brandt of Virginia Beach, hustling to catch a flight at Reagan National Airport. She had had VIP seats for the ceremony. Brandt was an elector, one of the 365 people who actually did elect Barack Obama president of the United States (the other 173 electors cast their votes for John McCain).
Chris Connell '71 is a freelance writer in Alexandria, Va., and former assistant chief of the Washington bureau of The Associated Press.
Like me and the kids from Anderson, Brandt had endured a modicum of hardship on this hegira out of Washington. But with the winter sun now shining brightly on the Potomac and on Crystal City, the landscape already had taken on a warmer patina, and we were left with the abiding satisfaction of knowing that when Barack Obama became president of the United States, we were there.