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Re: Stupid but believable and in character
Post by OzzyApu » Tue May 29, 2012 12:24 am
DarkPrince_92 wrote:
matt0044 wrote:
DarkPrince_92 wrote: Goku letting Gero go. Would have saved A LOT of trouble.
When did he let him go?
Apparently as a boy when the Red Ribbon Army was destroyed. (Don't remember that). If he killed his ass like he was supposed to, you wouldn't see any Androids coming back to haunt the damn place. But then we wouldn't have cool characters like Trunks running about (well maybe/maybe not). Either way Trunks would serve no purpose.
Hold up. How can you even make this claim?
Goku didn't even know when Gero existed, let alone the androids (except #8) coming back to kill everyone until Trunks told him. What would be worse is letting Gero carry on with his work IMMEDIATELY AFTER Trunks told him about the impending doom so he could have a good fight. In character, but retarded.
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Post by DarkPrince_92 » Tue May 29, 2012 1:08 am
OzzyApu wrote: Hold up. How can you even make this claim?Goku didn't even know when Gero existed
What does Goku know...
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Post by OzzyApu » Tue May 29, 2012 1:32 am
You're still not considering that Gero wasn't even mentioned as a character in Dragon Ball until the mid stages of Z. Maybe in-universe he was known in scientific circles, but none of that was written at the time of the Red Ribbon army's destruction. No one knew who created the androids in Dragon Ball, unless you count the filler of Dr. Frapp or whoever. But he isn't Dr. Gero - he wasn't the established mastermind by Toriyama yet.
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DBZGTKOSDH wrote: ... Haven't we already gotten these in GT? Goku dies, the DBs go away, and the Namekian DBs most likely won't be used again because of the Evil Dragons.
Goku didn't die in GT. The show sucked him off so much, it was impossible to keep him in the world of the living, so he ascended beyond mortality.
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Post by MewtwoZX » Tue May 29, 2012 12:45 pm
Finally someone else besides me believes that General White is Dr. Gero.
Post by Godo » Tue May 29, 2012 1:32 pm
Saiga wrote: Also Piccolo thinking that his weights would make a difference against Freeza.
You do mean his third form, right?
Because it would have worked perfectly against Freeza's second form.
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Post by Piccolo Daimao » Tue May 29, 2012 2:10 pm
Gokuu charging in to save the robbers from Lunch, when he didn't even know the full story. But 1) he's a sheltered child, and 2) he's, well, Gokuu. He'd been ordered by Roushi to bring him back a girl so he could get trained, and that's what he was going to do. Hi mindset was, "Save girl from perceived thugs = get training".
Gokuu giving Piccolo a Senzu so that he can escape because he wants to fight him again, rather than letting God or Tenshinhan use the Mafuuba to seal him again. Of course, this is his Saiyan bloodlust for battle coming through again, and Gokuu doesn't really care about Earth. He wouldn't know if Piccolo ended up killing a bunch of civilians anyway.
Trunks believing that Super Saiyan Grade III's strength alone would be enough to defeat Cell, while neglecting the bulky muscle of the form slowing him down. This is understandable because, while he's been quite cautious throughout the arc, he's still young and inexperienced, had a sheltered upbringing, and was trained by Gohan, who himself probably doesn't have much in the way of skill.
OzzyApu wrote:
DBZAOTA482 wrote:
Rostir wrote: Vegito not killing Buu.
Justification: He couldn't kill Buu because people were inside of him and the Dragon Balls were inert.
Hmm... not a bad explanation, and one that he used, but he really couldn't have just eviscerated Boo and gone to New Namek? I'm pretty sure with Dende alive that this would be a possibility, especially considering that the Kaioshins would have probably showed up to congratulate or something. Kill Boo, go with Dende and Kaioshins to New Namek, wish for Earth back to the way it was, boom - problem's already solved for the most part. Though if his decision was in-character then I can't just bring in more reasonable explanations.
Vegetto didn't know that the Great Elder, Muuri, had upgraded Porunga so he could bring multiple people back to life in one wish. So, to Vegetto, if he'd killed Boo, the most he could do would be teleporting to New Namek, restoring Earth with one wish (if not two, considering how much power bringing back a whole planet would take) and Gohan and Blooma (if Vegeta's smart enough to think about repopulating the planet) with the other two.
So Earth's back to normal, but the only people that'd be on it are Vegetto, Gohan, Blooma, Dende, Mr. Satan, Tenshinhan and Chaozu. And then they all end up dying of starvation or something, or just commit suicide (uptight Blooma being the first probably; I would if I had to get fucked by Chaozu, of all people, although perhaps Vegetto's spunk alone would be enough to kickstart the Earthling race again) because the afterlife isn't that bad and an empty planet would be doomed anyway.
Saiga wrote: Piccolo's brilliant plan of letting himself get shot by #20 and lying around on the ground until Vegeta showed up.
Also Piccolo thinking that his weights would make a difference against Freeza.
No offence, and I'm not being biased here or anything, but seriously, what's your beef with Piccolo? I'll say this now: he is not an inherently stupid character.
And nothing contradicts the notion that his weights may've made a difference against second-form (which is what I'm assuming you're referring to) Freeza since, despite the fact that 100kg or whatever it was may not seem like that much of a difference to fighters of over 1 million BP, Freeza still decided to go ahead and transform before they even continued fighting (talking about the manga, btw; in the anime, after Piccolo removed his weights, he whooped Freeza's ass).
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Post by 012yArthur0 » Tue May 29, 2012 2:12 pm
3 Major problems came from Vegeta:
-Cmon Freeza, Transform! I know you're not that wimp.
-Fine, I'll let you absorb the another android
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012yArthur0 wrote: -Cmon Freeza, Transform! I know you're not that wimp.
Yeah, that was so stupid. He knew he wasn't winning against Freeza at any rate, and he knew that, like Zarbon, Freeza would get stronger and that would diminish their chances of defeating him. But it was stupid that he was so arrogant as to believe that he wouldn't get that much stronger and thought it'd be preferable to just get his transformation out of the way, rather than focusing on killing him before he'd even get the chance to transform.
Also, him going from believing that Gokuu was a Super Saiyan, then he himself was, then Gohan, then himself again, and finally Gokuu again (yay, you got it right for once, you insufferable moron. )
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Post by Michsi » Tue May 29, 2012 2:22 pm
About Piccolo letting himself get shot, I ve seen someone intrepret that scene as him want to sneak past # 20 and not wait for #19 to come to him. It makes more sense and I don't know if there is anything that speaks against it.
Also was it clearly stated that those shoulders blades are 100 kg in that scene?
Michsi wrote: Also was it clearly stated that those shoulders blades are 100 kg in that scene?
No, the weight wasn't stated at all (and it was both the turban and the cape that was weighted, btw). I was just making a guess, based on Gokuu's weights at the 23rd TB. But Piccolo can always increase his weights anyway.
Post by matt0044 » Tue May 29, 2012 3:20 pm
Um, Goku and Gero never encountered each other in Dragon Ball and that was likely a dub line that said that they met but they really didn't.
Piccolo Daimao wrote:
This is what I meant. Wouldn't it be far more logical to assume that the weights had been increased? Afterall, Freeza decides to transform after he takes them off, he must have noted a difference.
Post by OzzyApu » Tue May 29, 2012 3:26 pm
Piccolo Daimao wrote: Vegetto didn't know that the Great Elder, Muuri, had upgraded Porunga so he could bring multiple people back to life in one wish. So, to Vegetto, if he'd killed Boo, the most he could do would be teleporting to New Namek, restoring Earth with one wish (if not two, considering how much power bringing back a whole planet would take) and Gohan and Blooma (if Vegeta's smart enough to think about repopulating the planet) with the other two.
Vegetto not knowing Muuri upgraded Porunga is fine. I'll take that answer because it's correct. However, 3 wishes means a planet restoration for one (two tops if Vegetto had to guess) and another wish that'd the two Kaioshin, Dende, Vegetto, and Muuri would be sensible enough to figure out. You're also forgetting that Dende - the one now in control of the Earth's Dragon Balls - is still alive. They'd only have to wait 4 months (as Dende stated so to Goku) for Earth's Dragon Balls to return to normal.
So even in the context of Vegetto not killing Boo, that much could have been thought through. Would have sucked for a little bit, but it's a way better chance to take then risking a barrier - which even Vegetto didn't know would work or not until he tried - than just killing Boo in his multiple-absorbed state and having a better shot at Earth's restoration. The Earth was largely intact to begin with, the people were the focus of being wiped out.
Oh yeah, I forgot about Dende. Unless the Dragon Balls had been destroyed by Boo or Gotenks too. Although that was never stataed, I guess, so it's better not to assume things.
Well, maybe Vegetto's line of thinking was that he wanted some damage control, and believed the best way to do that was risk the gamble (look, this is Gokuu and Vegeta, two arrogant and over-confident Saiyans we're talking about) of surviving Boo's absorption, rescuing his friends, escaping, and then not having to go through the trouble of skipping to New Namek to potentially inconvenience them by using their DBs.
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Post by Saiga » Tue May 29, 2012 10:04 pm
Godo wrote: You do mean his third form, right?
Bullshit. He just got absolutely stomped by Freeza's second form, and the weights that he was wearing prior to merging with Nail can't have made a meaningful difference.
Just because I think he's an idiot doesn't mean I have a beef with him. Freeza transforming doesn't mean jack, unless you think his first form was below Vegeta and his third form was below... Dende? He just transforms for shits and giggles.
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Post by Fox666 » Wed May 30, 2012 1:12 am
Saiga wrote: Bullshit. He just got absolutely stomped by Freeza's second form, and the weights that he was wearing prior to merging with Nail can't have made a meaningful difference.
How do you know? Piccolo may be able to change the weights in proportion to his power. Or the weights someone can hold may not be directly proportional to their power, since Goku could move a mountain during his training with Kame but still had trouble training with weights of 40 tons in the Majin Boo saga.
Post by Michsi » Wed May 30, 2012 1:35 am
You call stomped someone that got up a little bruised and ready for another round? Freeza transformed after he saw the weights get taken off and have Piccolo claim that he could become stronger . There are two panels dedicated to that action alone, I think the author's intention was very clear and would not have done it without a reason.
It's because you always try to paint him as an idiot, sometimes try very hard, that people think you have a beef with him (like I did once) without properly explaining why.
But it's your opinion and you are entitled to it.
Post by Saiga » Wed May 30, 2012 5:08 am
Fox666 wrote: How do you know? Piccolo may be able to change the weights in proportion to his power. Or the weights someone can hold may not be directly proportional to their power, since Goku could move a mountain during his training with Kame but still had trouble training with weights of 40 tons in the Majin Boo saga.
While an interesting idea, he has never been shown doing that and we see him merge with Nail and then go straight to the fight. So it's safe to assume he didn't magically modify the weight.
Michsi wrote:
You call stomped someone that got up a little bruised and ready for another round? Freeza transformed after he saw the weights get taken off and have Piccolo claim that he could become stronger .There are two panels dedicated to that action alone, I think the author's intention was very clear and would not have done it without a reason.
Yes, he got stomped. After raising his battle power, Freeza was able to effortlessly overwhelm him. I know that Freeza transformed afterwards, but he also transformed after Vegeta told him he'd need to transform. He also can't sense ki, so he has no idea how strong Piccolo is. We don't know the author's intention for that scene so that's a fruitless argument (especially seeing as this is in universe anyway).
Michsi wrote: It's because you always try to paint him as an idiot, sometimes try very hard, that people think you have a beef with him (like I did once) without properly explaining why.
Yeah, I guess I do take it too far. That probably comes from being a huge fan of Piccolo when I was younger and only really played the video games and watched the odd episodes I caught on TV, and being told how he was the smartest character and the team strategist... and then being very disappointed when I actually read the manga and found myself questioning his actions/behaviour at every turn. I'm still a fan of him now, but I can't help but think he's an idiot.
Then we have different oppinions on the meaning of the word stomped. Two good shots that left him a bit flustered but not particulary wounded or impressed and confident enough he could still take Freeza on despite just having witnessed his increase in power first hand.......
How can you say it's a fruitless argument to bring up the author's intention?????? The author's intention is essential in understanding any artwork, especially narrative artwork based on visual representaion. If he spends two panels on something, has characters take note of that, his intention is to make something clear to the audience.
If Freeza could stomp his ass like you say he could than he would have continued to do so. He never transformed without being pushed first. Vegeta matched his strength, proving to be far stronger than he had thought (and goaded him into transforming, maybe Freeza also wanted to see him eat his words ); Piccolo's case ; when Gohan attacked him in his thirs form.
As I said, it's your oppinion and you are entitled to hold on to it, but it's the reasons you give as proof that feel stretched. There is not one character whose action could not be questioned in retrospect and writing doesn't help, but too actively claim he is an idiot without giving proper examples? If anything, I don't see how the anime treated him better than the manga...
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using MvvmCross.Test.Core;
using NUnit.Framework;
using SQLite.Net;
using TwilightImperiumMasterCompanion.Core;
using TwilightImperiumMasterCompanion.Core.DataAccess;
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        [Test]
        public void GetRaces_WhenShardsOfTheThroneExpansionTrueAndOtherToToFalse_ReturnsCorrectSetOfRaces()
        {
            //Arrange
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		{
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		public void GetRace_ForNonExistingRace_ReturnsNull()
		{
			//Act
			var race = raceService.GetRace("This is not a race");
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		}

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- Any representative of a levy paying business or organisation that has paid its levy in full can nominate themselves to become a Director and serve on the Board
- It was stated that there are 6 people on the BID with a vested interest in the LTN. Again, this is simply untrue and the majority of businesses in Kings Heath will have a vested interest of one sort or another
- The issue relating to the dismissal of the BID's previous Town Centre Manager is currently sub judice. Contrary to comments made at the demonstration, however, the owner of the Kitchen Garden Café had left the BID before any proceedings against the Town Centre Manager began and had no further involvement with the BID until April this year
- Councillor Lisa Trickett is not currently a Director of the BID, although the BID has invited Birmingham City Council to nominate a representative to join its Board – in line with the majority of other BIDs both in Birmingham and across the country. The Council representative will be representing the Council as a levy paying member of Kings Heath BID
Kings Heath BID has been working on behalf of businesses across Kings Heath Town Centre since 2008 and in that time has achieved a great many things. Unfortunately, in that time, it has also had to deal with businesses who feel that their way is the only way.
The LTN has impassioned the local community, residents and businesses alike, but for the BID to take a stance against the LTN would be to ignore those businesses that support it. Equally, the BID cannot simply endorse the LTN as there are businesses which are so clearly against it.
The Directors of Kings Heath BID, on behalf of all businesses within the BID area, are committed to working with Birmingham City Council and other partners to ensure that whatever measures are put in place to improve traffic flow and environmental air quality in Kings Heath are enacted with the best interests of Kings Heath businesses at heart and to seek solutions to these and other issues that affect our area.


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#ifndef ART_COMPILER_DEX_VERIFIED_METHOD_H_
#define ART_COMPILER_DEX_VERIFIED_METHOD_H_

#include <vector>

#include "base/mutex.h"
#include "dex_file.h"
#include "method_reference.h"
#include "safe_map.h"

namespace art {

namespace verifier {
class MethodVerifier;
}  // namespace verifier

class VerifiedMethod {
 public:
  // Cast elision set type.
  // Since we're adding the dex PCs to the set in increasing order, a sorted vector
  // is better for performance (not just memory usage), especially for large sets.
  typedef std::vector<uint32_t> SafeCastSet;

  // Devirtualization map type maps dex offset to concrete method reference.
  typedef SafeMap<uint32_t, MethodReference> DevirtualizationMap;

  // Devirtualization map type maps dex offset to field / method idx.
  typedef SafeMap<uint32_t, DexFileReference> DequickenMap;

  static const VerifiedMethod* Create(verifier::MethodVerifier* method_verifier, bool compile)
      SHARED_LOCKS_REQUIRED(Locks::mutator_lock_);
  ~VerifiedMethod() = default;

  const std::vector<uint8_t>& GetDexGcMap() const {
    return dex_gc_map_;
  }

  const DevirtualizationMap& GetDevirtMap() const {
    return devirt_map_;
  }

  const SafeCastSet& GetSafeCastSet() const {
    return safe_cast_set_;
  }

  // Returns the devirtualization target method, or null if none.
  const MethodReference* GetDevirtTarget(uint32_t dex_pc) const;

  // Returns the dequicken field / method for a quick invoke / field get. Returns null if there is
  // no entry for that dex pc.
  const DexFileReference* GetDequickenIndex(uint32_t dex_pc) const;

  // Returns true if the cast can statically be verified to be redundant
  // by using the check-cast elision peephole optimization in the verifier.
  bool IsSafeCast(uint32_t pc) const;

  // Returns true if there were any errors during verification.
  bool HasVerificationFailures() const {
    return has_verification_failures_;
  }

  bool HasRuntimeThrow() const {
    return has_runtime_throw_;
  }

  void SetStringInitPcRegMap(SafeMap<uint32_t, std::set<uint32_t>>& string_init_pc_reg_map) {
    string_init_pc_reg_map_ = string_init_pc_reg_map;
  }
  const SafeMap<uint32_t, std::set<uint32_t>>& GetStringInitPcRegMap() const {
    return string_init_pc_reg_map_;
  }

 private:
  VerifiedMethod() = default;

  /*
   * Generate the GC map for a method that has just been verified (i.e. we're doing this as part of
   * verification). For type-precise determination we have all the data we need, so we just need to
   * encode it in some clever fashion.
   * Stores the data in dex_gc_map_, returns true on success and false on failure.
   */
  bool GenerateGcMap(verifier::MethodVerifier* method_verifier);

  // Verify that the GC map associated with method_ is well formed.
  static void VerifyGcMap(verifier::MethodVerifier* method_verifier,
                          const std::vector<uint8_t>& data);

  // Compute sizes for GC map data.
  static void ComputeGcMapSizes(verifier::MethodVerifier* method_verifier,
                                size_t* gc_points, size_t* ref_bitmap_bits, size_t* log2_max_gc_pc);

  // Generate devirtualizaion map into devirt_map_.
  void GenerateDevirtMap(verifier::MethodVerifier* method_verifier)
      SHARED_LOCKS_REQUIRED(Locks::mutator_lock_);

  // Generate dequickening map into dequicken_map_. Returns false if there is an error.
  bool GenerateDequickenMap(verifier::MethodVerifier* method_verifier)
      SHARED_LOCKS_REQUIRED(Locks::mutator_lock_);

  // Generate safe case set into safe_cast_set_.
  void GenerateSafeCastSet(verifier::MethodVerifier* method_verifier)
      SHARED_LOCKS_REQUIRED(Locks::mutator_lock_);

  std::vector<uint8_t> dex_gc_map_;
  DevirtualizationMap devirt_map_;
  // Dequicken map is required for compiling quickened byte codes. The quicken maps from
  // dex PC to dex method index or dex field index based on the instruction.
  DequickenMap dequicken_map_;
  SafeCastSet safe_cast_set_;

  bool has_verification_failures_;
  bool has_runtime_throw_ = false;

  // Copy of mapping generated by verifier of dex PCs of string init invocations
  // to the set of other registers that the receiver has been copied into.
  SafeMap<uint32_t, std::set<uint32_t>> string_init_pc_reg_map_;
};

}  // namespace art

#endif  // ART_COMPILER_DEX_VERIFIED_METHOD_H_


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The "Nike Merc" is just as much a sneaker of the late '90s and early '00s as the now-classic "Air Jordan 1," a collection of sneaker-inspired kicks, which was first released in 1995. To commemorate the 10-anniversary of that first collaboration — called "Airhead" in collaboration with Jordan Brand — Nike has released a series of limited-edition versions of the iconic "Airhead" colorway, complete with a "Merc" lettermark, and the same white on black accents that were used in that early iteration. As the Nike Mercs are limited to just 50 made-to-order pairs, the only way to get your hands on one is to head over to Nike.com and snag yourself one now.
(WXYZ) – In a shocking twist of fate, the victim of a shooting in Detroit has died in New York City.
"I'm going to tell you something, we've had a lot of bad news lately in Detroit," said Detroit Police Chief James Craig. "…It has been really sad and shocking. We had a very good relationship with the FBI and they said as soon as they had all the facts, would be sending an agent over. He called to me earlier today and said that we had a very good chance of it being the same person. We have no idea."
The victim, a man in his middle-age, was visiting New York from Detroit.
Officials say the man was shot by the suspect in a separate situation earlier in the day.
"The first time, he was walking down West Grand Boulevard and a white man walked up and had a loaded gun, shot him, and then ran down the street," said Craig. "And then they gave up, and the victim said he was fine, so he had the gun taken from him, and now he is gone."
Police said the man was taken to St. Luke's Hospital and is expected to survive.
The man is a known acquaintance of the victim who police say was with him when the shootings happened.
"We really appreciate the support we've had in the community and especially our local law enforcement that were out there on the scene, as well," said Craig. "
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Students in grades 6 - 8 have a variety of opportunities to get involved at Memorial Park. In addition to our Sunday morning class at 10:10 a.m., we meet weekly on Wednesday evenings in the Clayton Center from 7:00-8:30 p.m. These meetings are just a couple of the ways to build meaningful personal and spiritual relationships. Our weekly programming gives students the platform to examine their faith and make the decision to follow Jesus.
We also offer small group Bible studies, special events, service projects, and retreats through a fun and comfortable environment, providing opportunities to foster deep, meaningful relationships.
We strive for ongoing communication with parents and guardians offers support in their role as the primary spiritual nurturer in the life of their student.
Students in grades 6-8 meet Sunday mornings at 10:10 a.m. during Memorial Park's Discipleship Hour. This dedicated time is an opportunity for students to learn and grow in their faith with targeted studies throughout the year. Our middle school Sunday morning program is led by our Middle School Coordinator, Jacob Soto.
There is no Evening Impact on Wednesday, April 17 due to Holy Week.
Students in grades 6-8 meet Wednesday evenings at the Clayton Center from 7:00-8:30 p.m. during the school year. These meetings are just one of the ways to build meaningful personal and spiritual relationships. Our weekly programming gives students the platform to examine their faith and make the decision to follow Jesus. For more information, contact Middle School Coordinator, Jacob Soto.
Small Groups meet at the Clayton Center for a more in depth study and discussion. Bring $2 for dinner (optional) and you can join the group at any date. Middle School Girls is led by Sarah Pietryga and meets on Tuesdays from 6 - 7:30 p.m. Middle School Guys is led by Jacob Soto and meets monthly. Our next meeting is Saturday, April 13 from 10 a.m. - noon. All are welcome!
Once a year, students in grades 6-8 and Middle School IMPACT leaders head to Laurelville for a weekend of team-building and relationship-building at this faith-based retreat center. This Retreat usually takes place in early to mid November.
Tuesdays, 6 - 7:30 p.m.


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Discstorm Review So Many Discs
DiscStorm Review – So Many Discs
Published: August 27, 2015 12:00 PM
By: Anthony Lee
What happens when you take the hardcore thriller sport of playing frisbee in the park and cross it with swarms of mobs that want to kill you? You get a game from XMPT Games called DiscStorm, a fast-paced arena fighter that doesn't mess around. Good luck trying to get the achievement of getting an A rank in all stages, you're gonna need it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r56FsyOS2rs
Before I begin a new game, one of the very first trips I make is to the options menu to see what I'm able to tweak. The available options in DiscStorm are pretty basic with your usual fare of screen resolution, fullscreen mode, and master volume. There's also an option to toggle camera shaking off and on; the other remaining options are rumble and language. Available languages are English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Polish, Russian and Portuguese for anyone wondering. Curiously, rumble enabled didn't quite work for me. I've made sure to try another game I had to check if it were an issue with my controller, but it seems my controller's rumble feature works perfectly fine.
After the options are set up, time to jump into the fray! Whoa, slow your roll. One does not simply hop onto the battlefield without knowing what they're doing first. Lucky you, there's a training dojo with a feisty old woman to show you the ropes. From basic mechanics to getting some fight training in, you're gonna want to hit up the dojo to get a feel for the game. Once you're done training, you're ready to fight some bosses—completing a stage unlocks the next one. Depending on the environment, physics within the stages can change. Thought I should point that out.
What you quickly find out is that you can't spam your way to victory. The name of the game is DiscStorm, and as the name implies, you fight with discs—three of them to be exact. The difference between life and death can hinge on whether or not you have a disc at your disposal. Once you're out of ammo, the only thing you can do is a dash, which leaves you temporarily invincible. Of course, you can use this to your advantage to collect your discs if they're out of reach and mobs are in your way. Don't expect the dash to work through lasers, however. Believe me, I've tried.
[caption id="attachment_53271" align="aligncenter" width="587"] How Sirens in 2015 attract men at sea. *shot*[/caption]
Difficulty-wise, there is noticeable scaling. Personally, I have gone from casually destroying some zombies to dropping a lot of f bombs. By no means does this translate into the game being hard to pick up! Anyone can pick up this game in little time; it's the mastery that's a whole other story. What it does mean is that it's really easy to die in the later stages—and the early ones on your first play through. You defeat mobs in waves with mini boss intervals in between—each time you progress past a wave you hit get a checkpoint. The pattern goes: mob wave, mini boss, mob wave, stronger form of the mini boss, mob wave, and the final boss. I will give XMPT kudos for the witty writing between waves of your character exchanging dialogue with the bosses of that level—even if it is a bit punny. As far as I'm aware, character dialogue isn't influenced by which character you choose.
I am unsure how well the game feels playing via the keyboard since I've followed XMPT's recommendation of using my 360 controller. As far as controls go, they're straight forward: the shoulder buttons control attacking/deflecting while "X" is catching. One thing I wish you could do is map buttons as I found myself tapping "A" instead of "X" when catching my disc on the rebound. Not something to knock the game for, just something that would have been appreciated. Word of advice, don't panic if you find things getting too hectic. Panicking tends to lead to your inevitable death and the aforementioned f bombs.
What stuck out for me wasn't the single player campaign—more on that to come—but the soundtrack. I'm a sucker for chip-tunes and the composer wizardry responsible for DiscStorm's audio track did not disappoint. Each stage had music that suited the situation and added to the atmosphere. It wasn't only the music that was pleasing, the art had its own charm—Gustav probably has my favorite portrait, that stare is the best. Each character's design is diverse and the little outfits you can unlock for your character adds a little something extra.
[caption id="attachment_53275" align="aligncenter" width="587"] Four may enter, only one shall be victorious ... and covered in disc shaped bruises.[/caption]
That was single player; multiplayer is a whole other ballgame. Hope you mastered the training dojo because things get real when you have 4 players (human or AI) flinging death discs at 100MPH your direction. While there isn't much variety in single player, you have different game modes in multi.
Not even the most hectic of single player stages will properly prepare you for disc Armageddon. You'll have to keep a close eye on where your character is positioned and what you're doing or else it's game over. When it's just you and a swarm of baddies, you can plan out your next move—maybe do a trick shot with some geometry to get a nice sweep. Not so when you're against other players; your screen becomes a flying mine field of destruction with very little time to react. Oh how satisfying it is to knock an enemy disc back at their smug face.
Multiplayer is what will keep you wanting to hone your skills or drive you to rage quit—whichever comes first. XMPT is a new player to the game and suggest right at the very beginning to grab a controller and some friends to play some DiscStorm. The single player campaign isn't going to win any prestigious awards and the writing, while appealing to some, may turn off others depending on individual sense of humor. Personally, I like corny dialogue in a game that knows not to take itself seriously. For XMPT's next title, I would love for them to make some tweaks to make a polished master piece. With the good comes the bad, and I'll have to be honest about what I've personally encountered while playing.
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No game is perfect so I'll have to touch on the flaws. Remember that single player campaign I mentioned? Let's just say DiscStorm shines in multiplayer. Single player isn't bad, but you're left unsatisfied defeating the last boss. As difficult as that accomplishment may have been, the lack of fanfare didn't make spending over half an hour worth of deaths feel rewarding. Another issue is that while the character designs are diverse, they are re-skins of one another. Having each character have slightly differing pros and cons would have added another level of depth in my opinion. Alternative outfits having an effect on your player beyond visuals would have also been a nice addition.
Flaws are one thing, bugs are another beast. In case a mob is trapped somewhere you couldn't reach them, DiscStorm has the option to return from the last checkpoint. This is a minor bug that isn't that big of a deal—boss bugs on the other hand are.
My first encounter with a boss bug actually worked in my favor (unsure if it were a bug, but I think it was); it happened on the Haunted Mansion stage. Long story short, the boss kinda stood there while I easily chipped away at her health. Enchanted Forest also seemed bugged to me. You fight a giant tree and one phase has spikes shooting out of the ground with a patch of clearing. Logically, you think you stand in that patch to avoid death spikes, but those spikes didn't do damage—I took advantage of this to collect my discs at a brisk pace. Abandoned Mine was next and was the cause of so much swearing. Why? Mine carts, projectiles everywhere, and having the first two times of defeating the boss resulting in an infinite loop of death animations/sounds. Third time's the charm is a popular saying, but it's frustrating when that's the case in defeating a boss since it bugged the first couple of defeats. The last boss was hell, not any game breaking bugs, but I did manage to have an excess of discs laying around having to reset many times. Hopefully someone from XMPT checks into this and comes out with a patch. It could have been an isolated case, but you never know.
With a couple of more tweaks, I can see XMPT providing some potential cult hits in the future. Retro gamers appreciate pixel art and the soundtrack is already pretty nice. Add more character development and flesh out single player in any newer titles is my recommendation.
DiscStorm was provided for review by the publisher.
Discstorm is a fun game to play with friends, but single player needs more love, characters could use more variation and some kinks could be ironed out.
Author: Anthony Lee |
Gamer since the NES era, computer nerd since 2001. Happily in a loving relationship with a happa who has been a gamer since the Sega Genesis era. Who says Sega does what Nintendon't?


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Adele's '30': A mathematician explores number patterns in album titles
Anthony Bonato via The Conversation
December 8, 2021 - 3:24 PM
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Adele, the 33-year-old British top-selling and award-winning recording artist, released her sensational new album, 30, in November. Reviewers are raving, with the New York Times calling it a "musical tour de force," and Rolling Stone naming it her best album yet.
Besides how great the album is, everyone, it seems, is also talking about Adele's numbers, as in: how many albums she has sold? But as a mathematician, I'm interested in how she has used numbers to sequence all of her albums. Her previous album was called 25. In fact, Adele's album titles are always numbers, and they reflect the age that she wrote them. She wrote her debut album 19 at 19, followed by 21, then 25, and now, 30 Adele recently turned 33 but she started writing the album at 30.
'Easy on Me,' was the first single released from Adele's new album, '30'
Is there a pattern to Adele's albums? The chronological list of Adele's album titles 19, 21, 25 and 30 was coined the "Adele sequence" by David Patrick, senior math and science curriculum director at the Art of Problem Solving.
Mathematicians love sequences, and they pop up all over the field. Sequences are simply numbers listed in a given order. The simplest sequence we learn about as children are the counting numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 and so on.
Adele's '30,' album cover.
(Columbia Records)
A vast, searchable catalogue of sequences is the On-line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, or OEIS, for short. The OEIS is your one-stop shop for everything on sequences, containing more than 340,000 entries.
As Patrick points out in his article on the Adele sequence, searching OEIS for 19, 21, 25, 30 uncovers the curious sequence with the catchy title A072666, whose first few numbers are: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 18, 19, 21, 25, 30, 31, 36, 41, 43 and 44. The Adele sequence is there in the middle: 19, 21, 25, 30 and suggests her next album will be 31.
Adele's sequence
A sequence of significant mathematical and real-world importance is the one consisting of prime numbers. Prime numbers and their properties form an expansive topic in mathematics, with applications from blockchains to encryption. A major open mathematical problem is to determine if there are infinitely many pairs of prime numbers whose difference is two (as is the case for 3 and 5 or 17 and 19).
A number is prime if it is larger than 1, and not the product of two smaller numbers. For example, 2 and 3 are prime, but 4 is not prime, as 4 is the product of 2 with itself. The primes form the sequence A000040: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67 …. The ancient mathematician, Euclid of Alexandria proved in 300 BC that the sequence of primes never ends.
To define the nth number in the A072666, we take the nth prime number (where "n" stands for a number), add it to the (n+1)th prime, and subtract 1. If the resulting number is prime, then we include n in the sequence. Otherwise, we skip it.
For example, the 19th prime is 67, and the 20th is 71. We then have 67 + 71 – 1 = 137, which is a prime number, and so 19 belongs to the sequence. In contrast, if we perform a similar check with the 20th and 21st prime, we have 71 + 73 – 1 = 143, which is the product of 11 and 13 and so is not prime. That tells us that 20 is skipped in the sequence.
OEIS lists a total of nine sequences containing 19, 21, 25, 30, such as A142958, whose next entry after 30 is 41. If, instead, Adele follows A142958, her next album will be 41. That would be sad news for her millions of devoted fans, as they'd have to wait almost a decade for more of those heartfelt ballads.
The inspiration of numbers
Adele may be unique in naming her albums only by numbers, but she is far from alone in using them in song and album titles. Musicians appear to often draw inspiration for their titles from numbers.
A tiny sample of popular songs with numbers in their title are "Eight Days a Week" and "When I'm Sixty Four" by the Beatles, "Edge of Seventeen" by Stevie Nicks, "Fifteen" and "22" by Taylor Swift, "99 Luftballons" by Nena, "10,000 Hours" by Dan + Shay and Justin Bieber, "99 Problems" by JAY-Z, "2 Become 1" by the Spice Girls, "Whalien 52" by BTS, "7/11" by Beyoncé, "Five Years" by David Bowie, "Three Times a Lady" by the Commodores and "7" by Prince.
Avant-garde techno artist Aphex Twin, aka Richard David James, went a mathematical step further and named one of his songs after an equation.
The Aphex Twin track, often referred to as the 'Equation,' after the mathematical formula pictured here, is the B-side on the single 'Windowlicker.
(Anthony Bonato), Author provided
Besides using numbers in their titles, some recording artists also completed advanced degrees in mathematics. There is Dan Snaith of the Polaris-winning band Caribou, whose doctoral dissertation at Imperial College London was entitled Overconvergent Siegel Modular Symbols, and Art Garfunkel, who holds a master's in mathematics education from Columbia University.
No one, not even possibly Adele, knows her next album title. Her love of literature, ignited early in school by an English teacher, may also point to an appreciation of math (or maths as she might say).
For whatever reasons, musical artists like Adele, Taylor Swift and the Beatles drew on inspiration from numbers for their song and album titles. Adele herself may be doodling with numbers and mathematical sequences as you read this, plotting her next sonic masterpiece.
Anthony Bonato, Professor of Mathematics, Ryerson University. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.
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Chris Selley: If politicians can't condemn Indigenous church burnings, 'reconciliation' is a pipe dream
But faith isn't something people can just install or uninstall when atheists deem it appropriate: the majority of Indigenous Canadians are Christian
Chris Selley
Jun 30, 2021 • Last Updated June 30, 2021 • 4 minute read
Arson is suspected at the burning of the Chopaka Church on the Lower Similkameen Indian Band reserve in B.C., top left, St. John's Anglican Church on Six Nations of the Grand River in Ontario, right, and Sacred Heart Church on the Penticton Indian Reserve in B.C. Photo by Handout/Lower Similkameen Chief Keith Crow via CP; Courtesy of Michelle Ruby; Handout/Penticton Herald, James Miller via CP
At time of writing, exactly one federal party leader has publicly condemned what is now a quite astonishing church-burning epidemic in Indigenous communities in four provinces. In a tweet on Monday, Conservative leader Erin O'Toole called it "appalling," which it surely is at a bare minimum. Such acts may or may not "undermine the important discussions" with respect to reconciliation, as O'Toole claimed; we don't yet know who might have set these fires or why. But in the meantime, you would think denying Indigenous people a place of prayer, comfort and inspiration might rouse a lot more anger than it has — in politics and in the media alike.
Last week, within six days and an hour's drive of each other in British Columbia, four Catholic churches in the Penticton, Osoyoos, Upper Similkameen and Lower Similkameen Indian Band communities were lost in suspected arson fires — two last Monday, and another two on Saturday. As of this Monday, RCMP are investigating a suspected arson fire at the Siksika First Nation Catholic Church, about 50 kilometres east of Calgary. (The fire was extinguished without major damage.)
Those are just the most recent. The Catholic church in the St. Theresa Point First Nation, about 500 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg, burned on Easter Sunday . (Police quickly arrested a 32-year-old suspect who was well known to struggle with addictions, Chief Mary Wood told the Winnipeg Free Press.) Just days later, the 104-year-old St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Attawapiskat, Ont., on James Bay, burned under circumstances that are as yet unclear.
To be fair, a condemnatory tweet from O'Toole, or Prime Minister Justin Trudeau or NDP leader Jagmeet Singh is worth precisely $0 down at the lumber yard. Politicians should shut their gobs and listen a lot more often than they do. But surely it's inconceivable they would stay silent if this were a spate of urban church-burnings. They certainly wouldn't keep their powder dry if a single mosque, synagogue, gurdwara or other minority religion's house of worship was deliberately torched, never mind a succession of them. On what principle can they justify silence with respect to another minority: Indigenous Christians?
No one wants to be seen defending the Catholic Church right now, which is understandable: News stories about the fires have (properly) mentioned the recent discovery of hundreds of graves on the former sites of Catholic-run residential schools as a potential link. But faith isn't something people can just install or uninstall when atheists deem it appropriate.
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Many of those children's descendants are practising Catholics, even if others think they shouldn't be. The 2011 National Household Survey found 63 per cent of Canada's "aboriginal population" (as defined by Statistics Canada) claimed Christianity as their religious identity, and 57 per cent of those Christians claimed Catholicism. On the affected First Nations, the Catholic population ranges from 16 per cent in Penticton to 50 per cent in Siksika to 97 per cent in St. Theresa Point.
Nor is Catholicism as practised on First Nations necessarily what wealthy white atheists might imagine it to be. The fire in Attawapiskat claimed six stained glass windows that were designed to "reclaim our Indigenous spirituality," co-creator Jackie Hookimaw-Witt told the Timmins Daily Press . They reflected "how we relate to nature and how (we) try to make it co-exist with Catholicism," she said. One window recast Jesus's 153-fish miracle with a woman steering a canoe, in hopes of promoting "equal relationships rather than … patriarchal (ones)."
Indigenous leaders have had no problem condemning these actions, irrespective of their own beliefs. Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, president of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs, acknowledged an "intense hatred for the Catholic church" among some Indigenous people — again, understandable! — but said he was "upset with the church (on the Lower Similkameen Indian Band) being burned down."
"I support all my members, regardless of their religion and what their beliefs are," Keith Crow, chief of the Lower Similkameen Indian Band, told CBC.
Politicians and activists alike love simple narratives: heroes vs. villains, virtue vs. treachery and, more and more commonly in Canada I think, religion vs. reason. However you define "reconciliation," it is vastly more complex than that. (So is everything else, but especially this.) At this point in the process we don't even seem to be learning anything, let alone reconciling. We're focusing mostly on the simple stuff: Do we rename this building, tear down that statue?
I generally don't have strong opinions one way or the other on such questions: Tearing down your average statue or renaming your average building obfuscates history about as much as erecting that statue or naming that building illuminated it, which is to say hardly at all. What tearing down and renaming is, is easy. That's why it's happening. Much harder work awaits politicians.
But "easy" doesn't necessarily mean "useless." Another thing that's easy for politicians: If churches are burning down, express your solidarity with the parishioners and vow to help them rebuild. Silence speaks distressing volumes.
• Email: cselley@nationalpost.com | Twitter: cselley


Sox haul of fame just getting started?
Got that feel-good feeling about the Red Sox? Well, get used to it. Chances are you'll feel it again and again and again.
OK, that might be overstating it. After all, winning World Series championships are hard to do.
They take luck, talent, skill and some breaks, and every other team in baseball is reaching for the same brass ring as the Red Sox.
But the World Series championship won two nights ago in the Rocky Mountains doesn't figure to be a one-and-done deal for the Red Sox. This team is built to be very good for a very long time.
Sure, there will be some tweaking in the offseason. The Sox will lose some free agents, maybe gain one or two, make a trade or two, mold a rookie or two into the mix and maybe even come up with a couple of surprises.
The Sox of '07 were no fluke. They were talented, by and large stayed away from any major injuries, played well in the clutch, got great pitching, had power, showed some speed and even overcame an off-year by a couple of players they were counting on.
But as we put the 2007 championship behind us and concentrate on making a run at the '08 crown, take solace in knowing the Red Sox are favored to win next year's pennant, too. This team is that good.
Of the 35 players who ended the year on Boston's big-league roster, only eight are 35 and older. And only four � Curt Schilling, Mike Timlin, Tim Wakefield, Jason Varitek and Manny Ramirez � had much of an impact on the club.
The other three � Brendan Donnelly, Doug Mirabelli and Royce Clayton � are spare parts who won't be missed if they're not here next year.
And of the five who played key roles, all except Varitek and Ramirez are easily replaceable. And Varitek and Ramirez, both of whom could be at the end of their contracts at the end of the '08 season, showed they still have some baseball life left in them.
Questions? Sure, there are questions for next year, but there are answers. Good answers, too. Answers that could lead to another championship.
A strength this year, it should be even stronger next year.
Josh Beckett proved himself to be one of the top five pitchers in baseball and Daisuke Matsuzaka, who had an up-and-down season, still won 15 games and should be better with a year of major league experience under his belt.
Jon Lester put last season's cancer scare behind him and showed himself to be a quality major league pitcher. His performance in Game 4 of the World Series showed that. Don't be surprised if he's the No. 2 pitcher on the team next year.
Clay Buchholz, he of the no-hitter, also should be in the rotation.
Of those four, Beckett is the oldest at 27.
The fifth starter could be anyone. Curt Schilling could be the guy, but it's a question if the Sox want him back. Tim Wakefield has had serious injuries the past two years, but he still won 17 games last season and the Sox can bring him back for the paltry salary of $4 million.
Looking for a longshot? How about Matt Clement? His contract is up and the Sox could sign him to a one-year deal for short money with a lot of incentives. The Sox rehabbed him off shoulder surgery last season and he's well-liked by his teammates. He might be worth a shot.
And if you're really greedy, how about making a run at Johan Santana? The Twins' ace, considered by many to be the best pitcher in baseball, is a free agent at the end of next season and could be moved by the club. He'll be expensive, both in what the Sox would have to give up and the dollars to sign him, but he might be worth it.
General manager Theo Epstein turns over his bullpen every year, and this year should be no exception.
Only three are assured spots with the team next year, but they're the big three � Manny Delcarmen, Hideki Okajima and Jonathan Papelbon. That takes care of the last three innings.
The others are all replaceable and probably will be replaced. Mike Timlin is 42 and talks like a guy whose career is in the past tense. Maybe the Sox bring him back for short money � they could do worse � but more likely he'll either move on or retire.
Javier Lopez is arbitration eligible and it's doubtful the Sox will offer him arbitration. If he comes back, it will be on the Sox's terms.
Same with Kyle Snyder and Julian Tavarez, two guys who like playing in Boston but might not have much of a future here.
Brendan Donnelly's contract is up and he's coming off Tommy John surgery. At 36, he's not someone you can count on.
Eric Gagne? It's best to forget about the three months he spent with the club. The Sox probably will offer him arbitration, he'll decline and sign elsewhere as a free agent. The draft choices the Sox get in return will be his legacy.
That said, Theo has five months to find other relief pitchers, and that shouldn't be a problem. Last year, he found Joel Pineiro, J.C. Romero and Donnelly. He'll find others.
One guy who probably will stick is Bryan Corey. The Sox speak highly of him and he's out of options. Look for him to be one of Papelbon's bridges next year.
The big question is what to do at third base. Mike Lowell is a free agent and could command big bucks on the open market. His value also skyrocketed when Alex Rodriguez opted out of his contract with the Yankees. Don't think the team from the Bronx won't court him.
The Sox obviously want him back, but the terms will be steep. Lowell will be 34 when next season opens and the Sox are loathe to give a lot of years to someone that age. The guess here is that Lowell could command at least three years, maybe four, on the open market for somewhere around $15 million per year, maybe more.
This is the toughest decision facing the Sox this offseason.
If Lowell leaves, the Sox face a dilemma. Certainly Alex Rodriguez would fill that hole, but seven or eight years at $30 million per is a steep price to pay. Nevertheless, the Sox have the money if Lowell ($9 million), Schilling ($13 million) and Clement ($9.5 million) walk. The numbers work to sign A-Rod.
The alternative is to trade for a third baseman (wherever A-Rod signs would want to move their old third baseman, assuming Rodriguez doesn't move back to shortstop) or move Kevin Youkilis back to his natural position. That takes a sensational fielder away from first base and probably forces the Sox to acquire someone for that spot.
If not, the Sox might have an alternative. Brandon Moss is playing first base in winter ball.
Nevertheless, three-quarters of the infield returns � Youkilis, Dustin Pedroia and Julio Lugo. Pedroia looks like he'll be the Sox's second baseman for a decade and Lugo still has three years left on a four-year contract.
Also, David Ortiz is still around to play first base in a National League park or DH in an American League stadium.
Catching is still in good hands with Varitek. His bat isn't what it used to be, but he still calls the game with the best in the business. The Sox could do a lot worse.
Four outfielders for three positions create a glut, and Theo certainly will trade Coco Crisp during the offseason. How much he gets for him, though, is debatable but he certainly could be packaged with a prospect to bring quality back to the Red Sox. That could be how the Sox fill that infield hole.
For the first time in a long time, the trade-Manny chant hasn't surfaced. Ramirez got through the season without being much of a disturbance and showed his impact again with his postseason performance. Yes, he's a character. But he can hit. He also has one more year left on a guaranteed contract, so the guess is he'll play left field again in '08.
Trading Crisp opens center field for Jacoby Ellsbury, who beat out Crisp for the spot in the playoffs anyway. He can field, hit and run, and he's much cheaper � not to mention better � than Crisp.
Anyone want to bet he's not the American League's rookie of the year next season? Like Pedroia at second, Ellsbury should be the center fielder for the next decade.
J.D. Drew was disappointing this year, but he had a good September and October, and maybe that's the real Drew. Those two months, if nothing else, give hope that next season will be better. And anyway, with four years and $56 million left on the contract, he's not going anywhere.
Like the bullpen, Theo makes over his bench each year and many of the guys who were good soldiers this year don't figure to be around next year.
Eric Hinske probably could see more playing time elsewhere and will move on.
Bobby Kielty didn't play much after signing as a minor league free agent in August, but he might not have many options. Nevertheless, he doesn't have to jump at the Sox's offer either.
Alex Cora was a quality utility infielder and is signed through next season. He was valuable in '07, and should be just as valuable in '08.
It's time to cut ties with Doug Mirabelli. He gives you nothing at the plate and even his ability to catch a knuckleball is overrated. If Wakefield doesn't come back, there's no reason to keep him. Even if Wakefield does come back, there's still no reason to keep him.
The others are dispensable. Kevin Cash could be here if Mirabelli isn't, Moss could be with the team as a spare outfielder/infielder or honing his first-base skills in Pawtucket. Royce Clayton should call it a career.
Staff writer Bob Stern can be reached at bstern@enterprisenews.com.


Benton will be the biggest name signing next February. He's already become one of Alabama's consensus top players and arguably its No. 1 linebacker. He's consistently ranked among the top five linebackers in the country for the Class of 2017.
Benton has been successful in high school, yes, but his most attractive quality is his size and potential. At 6-foot-2 and 225 pounds, he has a rare combination of size and athletic ability that colleges like Alabama, Auburn, Georgia and others all covet.
He was a first-team All-Bi-City selection this past season and will enter the 2016 high school season as one of the front-runners for defensive player of the year.
Auburn is leading the chase for the rising senior as of now, but Alabama is certainly in the picture.
While Benton will be center stage for the Red Devils, the best athlete on the time arguably resides in the defensive backfield.
Delince has been on SEC and ACC radars since his sophomore year, having picked up offers from Kentucky and Mississippi State and some attention from Florida State. He's on the smaller side from a size standpoint (5-foot-9 and 155 pounds), but has elite speed and athleticism.
He runs a 4.32 40-yard dash and can change direction on a dime, making him an ideal return man candidate.
As a coverage corner, he has been a fantastic No. 2 to John Broussard the past two years, intercepting seven passes as both a sophomore and junior.
Yes, a third Central player among the players to watch next season. It should come as no surprise, though, as 12 signed scholarships at their ceremony this year.
While Carson hasn't been heralded as one of the elite prospects in Alabama, he has quietly become an incredibly intriguing player.
He had a strong junior season in 2015, rushing for over 1,000 yards en route to a first-team All-Bi-City selection. He has five offers, according to 247sports, from Arkansas State, Cincinnati, North Carolina, Purdue and Troy.
At 5-foot-9 and 200 pounds, he doesn't have elite size or elite speed, but his combined skill set makes him an incredibly effective back.
The growth he showed as a junior can only be expected to continue in 2016.
Moore is an outside linebacker for Carver who is listed as a three-star recruit on 247sports. At 6-foot-2 and 250 pounds, his size is prototypical for a linebacker at the Division I level.
He already has five offers from Colorado, Indiana, N.C. State, North Carolina and Tennessee, but has also been looked at by elite programs like Alabama and Ohio State.
His name hasn't been mentioned a lot yet around the Bi-City, but he is another player with elite potential as a senior in 2016 and in college.
Kimbrough's Twitter profile says it all: "I have no offers, no stars, but I have the fight inside me."
That's a perfect representation of the Jordan quarterback, who puts up numbers and shows an elite ability on the field, but just hasn't attracted much attention from programs at the next level.
As a senior, if Kimbrough continues his development, he will undoubtedly get the attention of a program somewhere.
Until then, he just needs to keep fighting.


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module ProcessAllocx
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College of Arts and Sciences | Politics and Government
Riaz presents at Malaysia and Brunei
Author By Jasmine Buckner
Distinguished Professor Ali Riaz (far right)
Distinguished Professor Ali Riaz has made two presentations in Malaysia and Brunei Darussalam.
Distinguished Professor Ali Riaz
He delivered a talk on his recently published book titled Voting in a Hybrid Regime: Explaining the 2018 Bangladeshi Election at the University of Malaya at Kuala Lumpur on January 28. The event was organized by the Faculty of Economics and Administration. Dean Professor Edmund Terence Gomez moderated the session and was the discussant. Professor Gomez described the book as "one of the very significant books on democratization." He said the book is theoretically insightful and it provides lessons that are helpful to understand the political dynamics in other countries including Malaysia. Riaz's book, published by Palgrave MacMillan, examines the Bangladeshi politics since 1991 and explores the transformation from electoral democracy to electoral authoritarianism.
At Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Riaz presented a paper titled "How a Hybrid Regime Emerges: Bangladesh as a Case Study" at the symposium – "Economic Integration and Global Governance in Emerging Muslim Economies: Prospects and Challenges for D-8 Muslim Countries" on January 30. The symposium was organized by the School of Business and Economics. His paper explores the nature of the ongoing global of democratic backsliding and examines the processes of the emergence of hybrid regimes – a system which has attributes of both democracy and authoritarianism.


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This view is overlooking the pond in Greenwood Park. The land for Greenwood Park was purchased in 1894. Greenwood Park was the end of the Ingersoll street car line.
View of flowers and a tennis court in Greenwood Park. Note the tennis players on the left side of the image. The land purchase for Greenwood Park was made in 1894.
Waveland Golf Course
View of pond in Waveland Golf Course. The land purchase for Waveland Park was made in 1894. It became an 18 hole golf course in 1901.
Looking down at the pond in Waveland Park. The land purchase for Waveland Park was made in 1894. It became an 18 hole golf course in 1901.
Grand Avenue, Carl J. Kurtz Residence
This house on Grand Avenue was the home of Carl J. Kurtz and his wife Nellie. Mr. Kurtz was the president of Norman Lichty Manufacturing Co. The house is no longer standing. Current site of an apartment complex.
Des Moines Club, Dining Room
The Des Moines Club opened in 1912 as a social organization of leading businessmen. The club sat on the third, fourth and fifth floors of the building, while the first two floors were leased out to various businesses. Notable members with ties to…
Grand View Golf Course
Unknown view in Grand View Golf Course. The land purchase for Grandview Park was made in 1894. The Golf Course was created in 1902.
View looking southeast from the 10th hole fairway of Grand View Golf Course. The land for Grandview Park was purchased in 1894. The golf course was built in 1902.
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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's campaign launch speech viciously denigrated Mexican immigrants and strongly split conservative media figures on his candidacy. While some argue Trump is a "rodeo clown," others think he is "saying things that need to be said." Several conservatives disagree with Trump's rhetoric but claim he's raising important issues.


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The project team comprises representatives from the Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (Cefas), the British Trout Association (BTA) and The Crown Estate.
David Bassett, BTA Chief Executive, also commented: "There is clear market demand, both at home and abroad, for top-quality farmed UK trout. It is exciting to try to increase production through a novel collaboration with regulatory authorities and local interests.
The US could also see an expansion of its aquaculture sector. Researchers from the University of Missouri believe shrimp could become the next major cash crop for the state.
Investigation into more sustainable fish feeds is continuing around the world as researchers in the Netherlands and the US have identified possible replacements for fish meal.
Researchers from the University of Rhode Island, US, discovered that the byproducts of scallops are a good protein replacement. Trials showed that scallop viscera hydrolysate (SVH) proved very efficient in terms of weight gain and feed consumption.
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In the Netherlands, marine biologist, Bob Laarhoven, of Wageningen University, has been investigating the use of blackworm as a fish feed. The cultured worm is fed a plant based diet, which could possibly include some food waste, thus making it a sustainable option.