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Making Mario Super
By David • April 25, 2016 Nintendo
Updated April 25
I own Super Mario Maker, and in my opinion, it's one of the few Must-Haves for Wii U owners (also Splatoon and Twilight Princess HD). I love playing levels, but I also love making levels, particularly normal/easy and traditional levels. Here are my first few:
Yoshi's Island 2: Remixed
My favorite world-one level in any Mario game is Yoshi's Island 2. There's a lot about the level that can't be replicated in SMM as it currently stands – including, oddly, the length. So I had to put half of it (the part after the midpoint) underground.
But in doing so, I also accidentally made the level soft-lock-able: if you jump over the fake goal underground without a cape, there's no way back. I think this one is due for a remake soon.
The Thwomp Variations
Super Mario World is my favorite 2D Mario game, and the feeling of the castle is part of why. I particularly like the way the thwomps have many different ways of challenging the player, and many different ways for the player to deal with them.
I'd like to rebuild this level soon, too, though; it's really rough. The branching paths aren't really worth exploring, and the gimmick doesn't really pay off in a meaningful way. Maybe some pink coins would help?
A 1-Year-Old Made This
Heh, this one was fun. And very literal. My son was watching me build levels, and when I opened up a new castle level, he crawled up to me and started scribbling on the screen. I erased the unscalable wall he made, gave him cloud blocks to play with, and let him scribble. Then he chose where to place the galoombas and fish, all of which die before you can reach them.
Then I moved the goal to where he stopped when he got bored and uploaded it!
Historically Accurate
Not much to say about this one. It's World 1-1 from Super Mario Bros., recreated block-for-block in SMM.
I built it in order to build the next one (The 1-1 Rewind), and also because I wanted to look at it in the other styles. Hopefully it can be helpful to others, too!
If I redid this again, I'd probably fix the underground and center it a bit better.
Oh, and fix the thumbnail. Yuck.
<< The 1-1 Rewind <<
"Historically Accurate" was built mostly so I could put this one together. I wanted its base to match 1-1 as closely as possible.
I like the result. Play 1-1, but backwards! Trying to figure out what makes the level good, and then also making it possible to run it backwards, is pretty fun.
I did, of course, add some bonus stuff. The underground portion is probably my favorite.
Find the Seven Hidden Blocks
I'd been working on a level with a sort of "unreliable narrator," where it was obvious that whatever you were told to do, you should do the opposite. It was intended as a joke for people who play a lot of 100 Mario Challenges, because so many builders think it's fun to do something trolly in exactly the same way as everyone else. All I could figure out how to do fairly was hidden blocks.
I'll probably revisit the original idea soon with pink coins, but I'm pretty happy with this one for the time being.
World 9-4
In the beginning of 2016, I watched Spamfish play a lot of Super Mario Bros. in his first annual Mariothon. It took him 61 hours.
And while I was watching, I spent a lot of time thinking about how a ninth-world castle would look. It came out a lot easier than I expected, though; this is really more of an alternate sixth-world castle. Still, I like this as a traditional-style level; it was fun to build.
New! The Gauntlet
For this one, I needed some help. I had the idea for this course ages ago, and wasn't able to really make it work until the March 9 Key update, but I still couldn't make the final battle with Bowser work. So I enlisted the assistance of my friend Luke, and he helped come up with the thwomp/rotating block mechanic in the final battle room – which is, admittedly, a pretty sharp difficulty curve, but I'm ok with it. I'd love to work with that particular mechanic on another level in the future.
I'm also really pleased by the visuals in this one. I think it looks better than any level I've made yet!
There will be more levels coming soon, but until then, I'm looking forward to hearing your feedback on my levels!
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We have actually or currently studying cash book. It is the combination of the cash account and also the bank account. In reality, we don't have cash account coz we will only dealing with petty cash. We will not cover petty cash at the moment, so let's focus on the cash book as it will be a question in your final.
I have already covered most of the topic during my lecture. And here is some notes I took from the net. You as same as me, should always refer to the net because it has so many valuable information that might help you in your study. Since you want to be spoon fed, then I'm not pasting it in my posting.
The book in which all cash transactions (either cash is received or paid) are primarily recorded according to dates, is called 'Cash Book'.
It plays a dual role. It is both a book of original entry as well as a book of final entry. All cash transactions are primarily recorded in it as soon as they take place; so it is a journal (a book of original entry). On the other hand, the cash aspect of all cash transactions is finally recorded in the Cash Book (no posting in Ledger); so a Cash Book is also a Ledger (a book of final entry).
Only one aspect of cash transaction is posted to the ledger account. The other aspect ( i.e. cash aspect) needs no posting in Cash A/c. Since the Cash Book is the substitute for Cash A/c, no Cash A/c is opened in the ledger.
It has two identical sides-left hand side, the debit side and right hand side, the credit side.
All the items of cash receipts are recorded on the left hand side and all items of cash payments on the right hand side in order of date.
The difference between the total of two sides shows cash in hand.
Its balance is verified by counting actual cash in the cash box.
It always shows debit balance. It can never show credit balance.
Daily cash receipts and cash payments are easily ascertained.
Cash in hand at any time can easily be ascertained through Cash Book balance.
Any mistake in the book can be easily detected at the time of verification of cash.
Any defalcation of money can be detected while verifying cash.
Since cash is verified daily, Cash Book is always kept up-to-date.
Is Cash Book a Journal or a Ledger?
From the above discussion it appears that the Cash Book is the substitute for the Cash Account. In fact, no separate Cash Account is opened in the Ledger, Cash Book serves the purpose of the Cash Account. The entries in Cash Book are regarded as one aspect of the Double Entry System – the other aspect is posted to the Ledger in the concerned account. L.C. Cropper remarked "Every entry in the Cash Book makes one half of a double entry; the other half of the double entry appears on the opposite side of some account in the Ledger."From this angle, 'Cash Book is a Ledger'.
The date of transaction is written in this column in two lines—in the first line, the year and in the second line, the name of the month followed by the actual date.
In this column the name of the opposite account is written (the second aspect of cash transaction). Below this is written the narration of the transaction.
The page number of the Ledger where the concerned (opposite ) account has been opened, is written in this column. This will help to locate the account from the Ledger. It may be noted that in a Ledger account J.F. is written as reference, while in a Cash Book L.F. is written. It is so, because cash transactions are not recorded in any Journal.
The amount of the transaction is recorded in this column. The amount of cash received is recorded on the debit side in amount column and the amount of cash paid is recorded on the credit side in amount column.
The voucher number of each item of receipt and payment is also written. A voucher is necessary for each item of receipt and payment. Generally, a voucher has a serial number and this number-is written in this column (V. No).
When cash is received from a debtor or customer, generally a receipt or 'cash memo' is issued to the debtor which is called Receipt Voucher. Again, when money is paid to a creditor or supplier a receipt is obtained from him which is called 'Payment Voucher, Cash transactions are recorded in the Cash Book on the basis of Receipt Voucher and Payment Voucher.
Thus, a document evidencing cash receipts and payments and forming the basis for making entries in the Cash Book is called Cash Voucher.
1. It is a separate book in which cash transactions are directly recorded. 1. It is an account in a Ledger in which posting is made from journal.
2. It serves the purpose of both journal and ledger and hence cash transactions need not be primarily recorded in Journal. 2. It serves the purpose of a Ledger only. If Cash A/C is opened in the Ledger, all cash transactions are first recorded in journal.
3. Narration is required. 3. Narration is not required.
4. A column for Ledger Folio is provided. 4. A column for Journal Folio is provided.


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A draft copy of the Australian behavioural code has recently been leaked, the document states that asylum seekers residing in Australia could face deportation for causing disturbance towards members of the public, swearing or spitting.
Australia's minister of immigration, Scott Morrison stated that all detainees are obligated to sign the new copy of the behavioural code, the new code had been drafted in December 2013. Many of Australia's refugees are from Burma, Iran, Afghanistan and South-East Asia. The country has been under criticism for several months, due to its alleged unfair policies which relate to asylum seekers. The behavioural code stipulates that antisocial behaviour is in no way acceptable, it goes on to explain this is referring to any action which is carried out by an individual that goes against acceptable order within the society. Antisocial behaviour is defined as damaged being caused to another persons property, swearing in public, spitting in public, any other act which is deemed offensive to members of the public and generally causing a disturbance to something or someone.
South Australians, Greens representative, Sarah Hanson Young, strongly disapproves of the behavioural code alleging it clearly expresses discrimination towards a specifies group of individuals. She feels the code should be "called out for what it is".
The former prime minister, Kevin Rudd, made an announcement in July 2013. during his announcement he declared there were to be a crackdown on the asylum seekers who were heading to the Australian shores. He went on to say asylum seekers who were arriving without a visa and those who were arriving by boat would not be entitled to claim asylum.
Peter O'Neil, prime minister of Papua New Guinea was involved in the drafting of the regional settlement agreement. Legitimate cases for newly arrived asylum seekers,who had been sent to Papua New Guinea, would be given asylum for that country, however under the newly established policy they would then lose the rights to claim asylum inside Australia. By accepting the refugees, Papua New Guinea will in turn be given financial aid from the government of Australia. A review will take place each year to determine the credentials surrounding the agreement.
Over the years Australia has seen a large number of individuals lose their lives whilst trying to gain entry by water. The country, the government and the community are tiring of human traffickers, taking advantage of asylum seekers, exploiting them and then standing by while the die at sea.

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Colette impresses in Adrian Knox victory
Lightly raced Godolphin filly Colette has stormed into favouritism for the Group One ATC Australian Oaks after a convincing win in the Adrian Knox Stakes at Randwick.
The James Cummings-trained Colette had come through two provincial wins before enhancing her Oaks credentials with a stylish performance in Saturday's Group Three 2000m race for three-year-old fillies.
Colette was tightened from $7 to $4.50 with the TAB for next Saturday's Oaks (2400m) after the Adrian Knox and quickly firmed again to $3 once the market reopened.
New Zealand filly Probabeel is at $4.50 for the Oaks while Shout The Bar, who beat Probabeel in last Saturday's Group One Vinery Stud Stakes, is $5.
Funstar was $6 but is listed as unlikely with trainer Chris Waller indicating she was likely to run in the Coolmore Legacy Stakes (1600m) next Saturday but a decision will be made early next week.
Colette settled midfield under James McDonald in the Adrian Knox before weaving her way through runners in the first half of the home straight.
She stormed to the front at the 100m and drew away to beat Toffee Tongue by 2-3/4-lengths, with Quintessa another three-quarters of a length away third.
Cummings will monitor how Colette comes through her win, with the Oaks in seven days.
"We've treated her with kid gloves coming into it, with a long-range plan to target an Adrian Knox which can suit a filly on the way through like her," Cummings said.
"She might just set up nicely and be an interesting addition to the Oaks next week if we're very, very pleased with the way she is in the next seven days.
"The gap between runs her last couple has been important and she has enjoyed that but now she's into the serious end.
"She was two weeks between runs today and potentially a week back-up next week but she looks like she's got the constitution to handle it."
McDonald said Colette settled well and showed a great turn of foot in the rain-affected conditions but also believes the Oaks will be a tougher challenge against fillies coming through the Vinery Stud Stakes.
"They were probably, to be fair, the B-graders compared to what the Vinery have come up against, but all she has done is won in good style and you couldn't knock that," McDonald said.
"But she's going to have to lift again, I feel."
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Q: Segmentation fault after fprintf I'm coding an algorithm in C, but I fall in SEGFAULT. This happens when, in a function, I open a file with append permission, I write something and then I close the file. The segmentation fault happens at fclose line. Here is an example.
FILE *fout;
if((fout = fopen("pippo.txt","a"))!=NULL){
    fprintf(fout,"ciao\n");

    fclose(fout);
};

*

*The file pippo.txt exists
*The fout pointer is not NULL

*If I try to just open and close the file (without fprintf) I don't have the segmentation fault

*If I use the "w" permission instead of append one I don't have the sigfault and it writes correctly the string in the file.

The cpu window when segfault happens indicates an error at SetfilePointer function as follows:
SetFilePointer()
msvcrt!_lseeki64()
msvcrt!_write()
msvcrt!_write()
msvcrt!_flsbuf()
msvcrt!clearerr_s()
msvcrt!fclose()

in particoular at SetfilePointer() the cpu window is:
0x00007ffae3468259 <+265>:  movl   $0x5,0x20(%rsp)

I don't understand  how to solve this error. Can anyone give me some help?

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This weekend sees the last open home for 1/63 Halifax Street, Nelson. The home's location is pretty perfect if you're wanting inner-city living. Two minutes' walk to town and even less to get across the footbridge to the Riverside pool.
The auction will be on-site next Wednesday, and there will be a short open home beforehand.
With the onset of Spring, we are seeing more owners wanting to get their property listed. If this happens to be you, please do call me as soon as possible to beat the summer rush.
Have a great week and we hope to see you this Sunday if Halifax Street is the home for you.
Whether you've seen it on the TV news, the print media, or social media, you will now doubt be aware that successive governments have been working since October 2015 to slow down the NZ housing market.
The latest piece of legislation to attempt a market slowdown comes in the form of prohibiting sales to non-resident buyers.
But there are exceptions, such as citizens and residents of Australia and Singapore being able to still buy property in New Zealand. While the current government is trying to ensure their voter base is able to buy into the market, they are also balancing the aspirations of current property owners in maintaining the value of their existing property holdings. Not an easy balancing act.
As with any change, there's some caution on the part of buyers. The question I keep hearing is, will this turn the market?
In short, the answer is "Not in my view".
Migrants into New Zealand on a resident visa can purchase property and with net inflow migration still at high levels, there is nothing to suggestion we are close to building sufficient houses to accommodate the current demand. In addition to that, with at least one million NZ passport holders overseas, they can return at any time and buy property – we've been watching that process occur for decades.
If I were asked what effect this will have on the market, looking back at the last 21 years in this business, I'd say the answer is "Very little".
Our new listing at Halifax Street, Nelson is having it's second of three open homes this Sunday – we look forward to welcoming you there.
Have a good week and do enjoy this lovely Spring weather.
Since you last heard from me we have sold 2/7 Arrow Street, Nelson to the best of several offers. This was a hotly contested home and within a week of our marketing launching we had a sales agreement in place.
Our hot new listing this week is a beautifully located home within a minute or two's walk from the CBD, but in a nice leafy street in the Wood. 1/63 Halifax Street, Nelson has had an extensive renovation and refurbishment and offers the warm glow of polished floors, modern kitchen and bathrooms, soft new carpet, and a sun-kissed conservatory. We look forward to welcoming you to our first open home this Sunday at 12.30 pm.
This Spring promises to be a busy one for real estate, and so if you are thinking of selling I'd strongly suggest getting in ahead of your competition, who inevitably bring their properties to market around mid-September.
Since we last wrote we've sold 90 Princes Drive, Nelson, and Lot 1 at Otium Valley Subdivision in Atawhai, and with the sale of Lot 15 at Otium Valley becoming unconditional, this now only leaves Lot 18 for sale.
As each week passes the subdivision continues to take shape, and with all the building platforms now constructed and infrastructure being installed we are closer to the issue of titles and seeing some amazing new homes being built.
Our new listing this week is either a great, centrally-located first home, or a terrific, easy-care rental investment. It's 2/7 Arrow Street, Nelson – gorgeous morning sun and nice views out over Washington Valley, and with a rateable value of $275,000 we feel this will be popular.


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Police: Reports of hate and bias incidents in Maryland surged in 2016
By Catherine Rentz
Reports of hate and bias incidents in Maryland surged 40 percent last year, the Maryland State Police reported Friday.
Law enforcement agencies received 285 such reports in 2016, up from 203 in 2015.
There were more than 50 reports in November, the month of the presidential election. That was far more than in any other month.
At least 11 alleged incidents included a reference to Donald J. Trump, police reports show.
In October, for example, an 11-year-old white boy in Anne Arundel County allegedly called two 13-year-old black boys racial slurs and said, "You're all going to have to leave once Trump wins."
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Baltimore County and Montgomery County led the state with 73 reports each. That was a jump of nearly 50 percent in Baltimore County and 83 percent in Montgomery County.
"We take all our bias incidents seriously," Baltimore County Police Officer Shawn Vinson said. "We record and report incidents to state police as required by law."
Montgomery County Police Capt. Paul Starks said it's difficult to determine whether the increase in reports reflects an actual increase in incidents or simply more awareness about hate crimes.
"If someone believes they may have been a victim," he said, "we want them to call us so we can investigate and provide other resources."
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Reports in Anne Arundel County more than doubled, from 22 to 47. Baltimore had only seven incidents, up from four in 2015.
State law defines hate or bias incidents as those directed against an individual or group because of race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, gender, gender identity, or homelessness.
As in the past several years, the leading targets were African-Americans. Reports of incidents against African Americans accounted for 43 percent of the total.
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About half of the reports involved some kind of alleged assault or vandalism. The other half involved verbal or written intimidation.
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Of the 285 reports, the state police said, 93 were verified through police investigations, 179 were inconclusive, meaning an investigation could not determine either the motivation behind the incident or whether it occurred, and 13 were unfounded, meaning an investigation found either that it did not occur or that it was not motivated by hate or bias.
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State of Health
Cases of Guinea worm disease worldwide in 2018 and 2019, by month
Published by John Elflein, Aug 23, 2019
This statistic shows the number of cases worldwide of Guinea worm disease, also known as dracunculiasis, in 2018 and 2019, by month. In March of 2018 there was just one case of Guinea worm disease worldwide.
Number of cases of Guinea worm disease worldwide in 2018 and 2019, by month
* These numbers are provisional until finalized.
Chronology of Ebola virus disease outbreaks 1976-2018
Pharmaceutical Products & Market
Top funders for malaria research and development 2017
Leading philanthropic funders for research and development on neglected diseases 2017
Number of countries affected by neglected tropical diseases worldwide as of 2019
Statistics on "Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs)"
Countries with largest number of people requiring action against NTDs worldwide 2016
Number of people affected by select neglected tropical diseases worldwide as of 2019
Population needing intervention against neglected diseases worldwide 2010-2015
Cases of Guinea worm disease worldwide from 1986 to 2018
Cases of Guinea worm disease worldwide in 2018, by country
Reported and expected cases of human African trypanosomiasis worldwide 2008-2020
New cases of leprosy worldwide from 2006 to 2017
New cases of leprosy worldwide in 2017, by region
Rates of new cases of leprosy worldwide in 2015, by region
New cases of leprosy worldwide in 2017, by country
Medicines and vaccines for neglected diseases - R&D pipeline 2005-2016
Global R&D pipeline for medicines and vaccines for neglected diseases by type 2016
Countries needing preventative chemotherapy for neglected diseases worldwide 2015
Population needing preventative chemotherapy for neglected diseases worldwide 2015
Population receiving preventative chemotherapy for neglected diseases worldwide 2015
People living in districts where MDA for NTDs is no longer needed worldwide 2013-2016
Top funders for R&D on neglected diseases by organization 2017
Top public funders for R&D on neglected diseases by country 2017
US governmental share of global health R&D funding by health area 2015
USAID funding to combat neglected tropical diseases worldwide 2007-2016
USAID value of donated drugs for neglected tropical diseases worldwide from 2007-2016
Countries in the Americas affected by select neglected tropical diseases in 2014
Population at risk of contracting neglected tropical diseases in the Americas in 2014
Cases of select neglected tropical diseases in the Americas in 2014
Deaths from select neglected tropical diseases in the Americas in 2014
Number of cases of Guinea worm disease in African countries 2014-2015
Latin America: new cases of leprosy 2017, by country
Overview of rare diseases worldwide and in the U.S. as of 2016
Peru: zika virus cases 2016-2018
Bolivia: zika virus cases 2015-2018
Guatemala: zika virus cases 2015-2018
Children in the U.S. with pneumococcal syndrome before immunization 2009
Brazil: zika virus cases 2015-2018
Mexico: zika virus cases 2015-2018
Latin America: zika virus cases 2018, by country
Cuba: zika virus cases 2016-2018
Venezuela: zika virus cases 2015-2018
Latin America: zika virus cases 2015-2018
Colombia: zika virus cases 2015-2018
Latin America: zika virus cases 2018, region
Campylobacteriosis: number of reported cases in Europe 2018, by country
Prevalence of heart failure in Canada from 2000 to 2013, by gender
Number of cases of hypertension in senior citizens India 2011-2050
Number of cases of arthritis in senior citizens India 2011-2050
Gross profit of Phoenix Publishing & Media Group in 2013
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) Global Pharmaceutical Industry Health Ebola virus disease (EVD) Diseases
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2017 is an exciting year for the City of Goleta. Join us in celebrating the City's 15th birthday at the State of the City event to learn more about Goleta's accomplishments, projects, and finances from Mayor Paula Perotte and City Manager Michelle Greene. Enjoy the "My Goleta" video and a presentation on housing. Taking place on Wednesday, May 31 from 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. at the Goleta Valley Community Center (5679 Hollister Avenue), this event is free and open to the public. Spanish translation is available.
The City will also be celebrating its 10th Annual State of the City sponsored by the Goleta Valley Chamber of Commerce on May 12. Both events will be rebroadcast on Goleta TV (channel 19/104.148) and will also be posted on the City's website at www.cityofgoleta.org. A broadcast schedule will be available after the event. To RSVP for Goleta's State of the City on May 31 go to https://goletasotc2017.eventbrite.com. Your advance RSVP allows us provide the correct amount of seating and snacks for attendees. Thank you for your help.
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Well, I just found this forum and it looks like I'll be sticking around. This is my first post and I figured I might as well start off with a request!
I'm looking for any SN95's (particularly laser or Rio reds, but any color will do well) with 03 cobra wheels. I think I'll be purchasing some soon (17x9's with 275's and 17x10.5's with 315's) and I need some reassurance that I'm going to be spending $1k on something I'll really like.
First off welcome to the forum, hope you will stick around and post.
Actually the 1st car there posted has the 03 17" Cobras!


Some U.S. post offices, including 50 in New Jersey, may be on the chopping block in an effort to save money.
The 50 offices in New Jersey are a part of a much larger list that includes more than 3,600 across the country. A spokesman for the postal service says that the list doesn't mean all of the post offices will be closing and a study will be held first. However, people are still worried about post offices shutting their doors. Some customers News 12 New Jersey spoke with said it would be a shame if the post offices closed. Others, such as workers at Delawanna Station in Clifton and on River Road in Fair Lawn, worry about their jobs.


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package proof

import (
	"fmt"
	"math/bits"

	"github.com/transparency-dev/merkle/compact"
)

// Nodes contains information on how to construct a log Merkle tree proof. It
// supports any proof that has at most one ephemeral node, such as inclusion
// and consistency proofs defined in RFC 6962.
type Nodes struct {
	// IDs contains the IDs of non-ephemeral nodes sufficient to build the proof.
	// If an ephemeral node is needed for a proof, it can be recomputed based on
	// a subset of nodes in this list.
	IDs []compact.NodeID
	// begin is the beginning index (inclusive) into the IDs[begin:end] subslice
	// of the nodes which will be used to re-create the ephemeral node.
	begin int
	// end is the ending (exclusive) index into the IDs[begin:end] subslice of
	// the nodes which will be used to re-create the ephemeral node.
	end int
	// ephem is the ID of the ephemeral node in the proof. This node is a common
	// ancestor of all nodes in IDs[begin:end]. It is the node that otherwise
	// would have been used in the proof if the tree was perfect.
	ephem compact.NodeID
}

// Inclusion returns the information on how to fetch and construct an inclusion
// proof for the given leaf index in a log Merkle tree of the given size. It
// requires 0 <= index < size.
func Inclusion(index, size uint64) (Nodes, error) {
	if index >= size {
		return Nodes{}, fmt.Errorf("index %d out of bounds for tree size %d", index, size)
	}
	return nodes(index, 0, size).skipFirst(), nil
}

// Consistency returns the information on how to fetch and construct a
// consistency proof between the two given tree sizes of a log Merkle tree. It
// requires 0 <= size1 <= size2.
func Consistency(size1, size2 uint64) (Nodes, error) {
	if size1 > size2 {
		return Nodes{}, fmt.Errorf("tree size %d > %d", size1, size2)
	}
	if size1 == size2 || size1 == 0 {
		return Nodes{IDs: []compact.NodeID{}}, nil
	}

	// Find the root of the biggest perfect subtree that ends at size1.
	level := uint(bits.TrailingZeros64(size1))
	index := (size1 - 1) >> level
	// The consistency proof consists of this node (except if size1 is a power of
	// two, in which case adding this node would be redundant because the client
	// is assumed to know it from a checkpoint), and nodes of the inclusion proof
	// into this node in the tree of size2.
	p := nodes(index, level, size2)

	// Handle the case when size1 is a power of 2.
	if index == 0 {
		return p.skipFirst(), nil
	}
	return p, nil
}

// nodes returns the node IDs necessary to prove that the (level, index) node
// is included in the Merkle tree of the given size.
func nodes(index uint64, level uint, size uint64) Nodes {
	// Compute the `fork` node, where the path from root to (level, index) node
	// diverges from the path to (0, size).
	//
	// The sibling of this node is the ephemeral node which represents a subtree
	// that is not complete in the tree of the given size. To compute the hash
	// of the ephemeral node, we need all the non-ephemeral nodes that cover the
	// same range of leaves.
	//
	// The `inner` variable is how many layers up from (level, index) the `fork`
	// and the ephemeral nodes are.
	inner := bits.Len64(index^(size>>level)) - 1
	fork := compact.NewNodeID(level+uint(inner), index>>inner)

	begin, end := fork.Coverage()
	left := compact.RangeSize(0, begin)
	right := compact.RangeSize(end, size)

	node := compact.NewNodeID(level, index)
	// Pre-allocate the exact number of nodes for the proof, in order:
	// - The seed node for which we are building the proof.
	// - The `inner` nodes at each level up to the fork node.
	// - The `right` nodes, comprising the ephemeral node.
	// - The `left` nodes, completing the coverage of the whole [0, size) range.
	nodes := append(make([]compact.NodeID, 0, 1+inner+right+left), node)

	// The first portion of the proof consists of the siblings for nodes of the
	// path going up to the level at which the ephemeral node appears.
	for ; node.Level < fork.Level; node = node.Parent() {
		nodes = append(nodes, node.Sibling())
	}
	// This portion of the proof covers the range [begin, end) under it. The
	// ranges to the left and to the right from it remain to be covered.

	// Add all the nodes (potentially none) that cover the right range, and
	// represent the ephemeral node. Reverse them so that the Rehash method can
	// process hashes in the convenient order, from lower to upper levels.
	len1 := len(nodes)
	nodes = compact.RangeNodes(end, size, nodes)
	reverse(nodes[len(nodes)-right:])
	len2 := len(nodes)
	// Add the nodes that cover the left range, ordered increasingly by level.
	nodes = compact.RangeNodes(0, begin, nodes)
	reverse(nodes[len(nodes)-left:])

	// nodes[len1:len2] contains the nodes representing the ephemeral node. If
	// it's empty, make it zero. Note that it can also contain a single node.
	// Depending on the preference of the layer above, it may or may not be
	// considered ephemeral.
	if len1 >= len2 {
		len1, len2 = 0, 0
	}

	return Nodes{IDs: nodes, begin: len1, end: len2, ephem: fork.Sibling()}
}

// Ephem returns the ephemeral node, and indices begin and end, such that
// IDs[begin:end] slice contains the child nodes of the ephemeral node.
//
// The list is empty iff there are no ephemeral nodes in the proof. Some
// examples of when this can happen: a proof in a perfect tree; an inclusion
// proof for a leaf in a perfect subtree at the right edge of the tree.
func (n Nodes) Ephem() (compact.NodeID, int, int) {
	return n.ephem, n.begin, n.end
}

// Rehash computes the proof based on the slice of node hashes corresponding to
// their IDs in the n.IDs field. The slices must be of the same length. The hc
// parameter computes a node's hash based on hashes of its children.
//
// Warning: The passed-in slice of hashes can be modified in-place.
func (n Nodes) Rehash(h [][]byte, hc func(left, right []byte) []byte) ([][]byte, error) {
	if got, want := len(h), len(n.IDs); got != want {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("got %d hashes but expected %d", got, want)
	}
	cursor := 0
	// Scan the list of node hashes, and store the rehashed list in-place.
	// Invariant: cursor <= i, and h[:cursor] contains all the hashes of the
	// rehashed list after scanning h up to index i-1.
	for i, ln := 0, len(h); i < ln; i, cursor = i+1, cursor+1 {
		hash := h[i]
		if i >= n.begin && i < n.end {
			// Scan the block of node hashes that need rehashing.
			for i++; i < n.end; i++ {
				hash = hc(h[i], hash)
			}
			i--
		}
		h[cursor] = hash
	}
	return h[:cursor], nil
}

func (n Nodes) skipFirst() Nodes {
	n.IDs = n.IDs[1:]
	// Fixup the indices into the IDs slice.
	if n.begin < n.end {
		n.begin--
		n.end--
	}
	return n
}

func reverse(ids []compact.NodeID) {
	for i, j := 0, len(ids)-1; i < j; i, j = i+1, j-1 {
		ids[i], ids[j] = ids[j], ids[i]
	}
}

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Viet Nam, New Zealand agree to further open up markets for agricultural products
VGP – Viet Nam and New Zealand have agreed to further open up their markets for agricultural products in a bid to raise the two-way trade to US$2 billion by 2024.
The summit meeting between Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern takes place at the Government Office, Ha Noi, November 14, 2022. Photo: VGP
The above agreement was reached by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern during their summit meeting in Ha Noi on Monday.
Ardern affirmed New Zealand always attaches importance to enhancing the relationship with Viet Nam and considers the Southeast Asian country one of its key strategic partners in ASEAN and in the region.
Meanwhile, Pham warmly welcomed Ardern to Viet Nam, expressing his belief that her ongoing visit would contribute to consolidating the friendship and strategic partnership between the two countries.
He congratulated New Zealand on successful management of the COVID-19 pandemic and socio-economic recovery and development efforts, and thanked the oceanic country for donating COVID-19 vaccines and equipment to Viet Nam.
Pham appreciated New Zealand for maintaining official development assistance for Viet Nam, suggesting the ODA should be focused on agriculture, climate change adaptation, healthcare, and innovation.
Infographics: Key milestones in Viet Nam-New Zealand strategic partnership
Prime Minister of New Zealand's visit aims to promote mutually beneficial nature of relations
The two sides were delighted at the practical and effective development of the bilateral ties over the past time and hailed both countries' efforts in realizing the action plan to implement the strategic partnership for the 2021-2024 period.
The two Prime Ministers agreed to promote the exchange of delegations and contacts across the Party, National Assembly, and Government channels, and mull over fresh cooperation frameworks and mechanisms.
They hailed new progress in defense-security and judicial cooperation, and agreed to expand seek opportunities to expand cooperation in other areas like military industry, military medicine, peace-keeping, cybersecurity, trans-national crime combat, anti-terrorism, national disaster mitigation.
Both sides agreed to commence talks and sign agreements on extradition and transfer of sentenced persons, and civil and criminal judicial assistance.
The two leaders expressed support for stronger and closer coordination at regional and international forums. Prime Minister Ardern affirmed New Zealand attaches importance to the strategic partnership with ASEAN and backs ASEAN centrality.
On the East Sea issue, the two leaders underlined the importance of maintaining and promoting peace, security, stability, safety and freedom of navigation and aviation in the East Sea; accelerating dialogue, trust building; settling disputes through peaceful means in accordance with international law, including the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea./.


UNITED KINGDOM, October 9, 2011 (BBC): A new US$1.6 million Hindu temple has opened in Leicester after a special procession down the city's Belgrave Road. The Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Belgrave is one of the biggest in the Midlands. Located on the corner of Catherine Street and Gypsy Lane, it features temple architecture found in northern India.
Celebrations on Saturday and Sunday included prayers, dances, music, decorated floats and the consecration of several Hindu statues. Spokesman Kirit Patel said: "We've been building up to this moment for a while now, and the Mandir is finally going to be open to all." The temple will be used for worship, community meetings and Gujarati lessons.
Temple organizers have worked with residents to ensure congestion in the area would be kept to a minimum. The new temple replaces the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir on St James Street, in the city centre, which had no parking.


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Romanian Meat Processor Boosts Sales Following VAT Cut
by Freelancer
6 June 2016, at 12:00am
ROMANIA - Romanian meat processor Vascar S.A. increased its meat products sales by 34 per cent and its sales of canned meat by 43 per cent in the first four months of this year. Company representatives says that this is largely due to last year's decision by the country's cabinet to decrease the value-added tax (VAT) on meat and processed meat products, writes Jaroslaw Adamowski.
"Reducing the VAT… from 24 per cent to 9 per cent resulted, on the one hand, with encouraging customers to buy high-quality products, and, on the other hand, with an increase in sales," Vlad Ciuburciu, the marketing director at Vascar, told local business daily Ziarul Financiar.
The VAT cut was designed by the country's government in a bid to bolster Romania's meat consumption and combat tax evasion by local industry players.
The Romanian firm specialises in processing pork meat, but its range also includes processed poultry meat products. More specifically, Vascar's portfolio consists of salami, pates, frankfurters and other processed pork meat products, according to data from the company. In 2015, Vascar posted revenues of about RON 65 million (€14.4 million).
Last year, the company unveiled plans to double its output capacity by 2017 and reach sales revenues of some RON 130 million (€28.8 million). This will be accompanied by the expansion by the company's existing retail network of 20 stores in Romania by five new outlets per year, company representatives said.
A significant share of the company's output is also supplied to major retailers such as Kaufland, Carrefour, Mega Image and Lidl which sell Vascar's meat under their own brands.
Vascar's production facility in Vaslui, in Romania's eastern part, is currently operated by more than 300 workers. Set up in 1984, the meat processor also owns a branch in neighbouring Moldova, and it is owned by Romania's Ciuburciu family.
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Creatures of the Deep • 2009 • episode "8/10" • Life
Marine invertebrates are some of the most bizarre and beautiful animals on the planet, and thrive in the toughest parts of the oceans. Divers swim into a shoal of predatory Humboldt squid as they emerge from the ocean depths to hunt in packs. When cuttlefish gather to mate, their bodies flash in stroboscopic colours. Time-lapse photography reveals thousands of starfish gathering under the Arctic ice to devour a seal carcass. A giant octopus commits suicide for her young. A camera follows her into a cave which she walls up, then she protects her eggs until she starves. The greatest living structures on earth, coral reefs, are created by tiny animals in some of the world's most inhospitable waters.
Life • 2009 • 10 episodes •
In nature, living long enough to breed is a monumental struggle. Many animals and plants go to extremes to give themselves a chance. Uniquely, three brother cheetahs band together to bring down a huge ostrich. Aerial photography reveals how bottle-nosed dolphins trap fish in a ring of mud, and time-lapse cameras show how the Venus flytrap ensnares insect victims. The strawberry frog carries a tadpole high into a tree and drops it in a water-filled bromeliad. The frog must climb back from the ground every day to feed it. Fledgling chinstrap penguins undertake a heroic and tragic journey through the broken ice to get out to sea. Many can barely swim and the formidable leopard seal lies in wait.
2009 • Nature
Reptiles and amphibians look like hang-overs from the past. But they overcome their shortcomings through amazing innovation. The pebble toad turns into a rubber ball to roll and bounce from its enemies. Extreme slow-motion shows how a Jesus Christ lizard runs on water, and how a chameleon fires an extendible tongue at its prey with unfailing accuracy. The camera dives with a Niuean sea snake, which must breed on land but avoids predators by swimming to an air bubble at the end of an underwater tunnel. In a TV first, Komodo dragons hunt a huge water-buffalo, biting it to inject venom, then waiting for weeks until it dies. Ten dragons strip the carcass to the bone in four hours.
Mammals dominate the planet. They do it through having warm blood and by the care they lavish on their young. Weeks of filming in the bitter Antarctic winter reveal how a mother Weddell seal wears her teeth down keeping open a hole in the ice so she can catch fish for her pup. A powered hot air balloon produces stunning images of millions of migrating bats as they converge on fruiting trees in Zambia, and slow-motion cameras reveal how a mother rufous sengi exhausts a chasing lizard. A gyroscopically stabilised camera moves alongside migrating caribou, and a diving team swim among the planet's biggest fight as male humpback whales battle for a female.
Fish dominate the planet's waters through their astonishing variety of shape and behaviour. The beautiful weedy sea dragon looks like a creature from a fairytale, and the male protects their eggs by carrying them on his tail for months. The sarcastic fringehead, meanwhile, appears to turn its head inside out when it fights. Slow-motion cameras show the flying fish gliding through the air like a flock of birds and capture the world's fastest swimmer, the sailfish, plucking sardines from a shoal at 70 mph. And the tiny Hawaiian goby undertakes one of nature's most daunting journeys, climbing a massive waterfall to find safe pools for breeding.
Birds owe their global success to feathers - something no other animal has. They allow birds to do extraordinary things. For the first time, a slow-motion camera captures the unique flight of the marvellous spatuletail hummingbird as he flashes long, iridescent tail feathers in the gloomy undergrowth. Aerial photography takes us into the sky with an Ethiopian lammergeier dropping bones to smash them into edible-sized bits. Thousands of pink flamingoes promenade in one of nature's greatest spectacles. The sage grouse rubs his feathers against his chest in a comic display to make popping noises that attract females. The Vogelkop bowerbird makes up for his dull colour by building an intricate structure and decorating it with colourful beetles and snails.
There are 200 million insects for each of us. They are the most successful animal group ever. Their key is an armoured covering that takes on almost any shape. Darwin's stag beetle fights in the tree tops with huge curved jaws. The camera flies with millions of monarch butterflies which migrate 2000 miles, navigating by the sun. Super slow motion shows a bombardier beetle firing boiling liquid at enemies through a rotating nozzle. A honey bee army stings a raiding bear into submission. Grass cutter ants march like a Roman army, harvesting grass they cannot actually eat. They cultivate a fungus that breaks the grass down for them. Their giant colony is the closest thing in nature to the complexity of a human city.
Hunters and Hunted
Mammals' ability to learn new tricks is the key to survival in the knife-edge world of hunters and hunted. In a TV first, a killer whale off the Falklands does something unique: it sneaks into a pool where elephant seal pups learn to swim and snatches them, saving itself the trouble of hunting in the open sea. Slow-motion cameras reveal the star-nosed mole's newly-discovered technique for smelling prey underwater: it exhales then inhales a bubble of air ten times per second. Young ibex soon learn the only way to escape a fox - run up an almost vertical cliff face - and young stoats fight mock battles, learning the skills that make them one of the world's most efficient predators.
Creatures of the Deep
Plants' solutions to life's challenges are as ingenious and manipulative as any animal's. Innovative time-lapse photography opens up a parallel world where plants act like fly-paper, or spring-loaded traps, to catch insects. Vines develop suckers and claws to haul themselves into the rainforest canopy. Every peculiar shape proves to have a clever purpose. The dragon's blood tree is like an upturned umbrella to capture mist and shade its roots. The seed of a Bornean tree has wings so aerodynamic they inspired the design of early gliders. The barrel-shaped desert rose is full of water. The heliconia plant even enslaves a humming bird and turns it into an addict for its nectar.
Intelligence and adaptability allow primates to tackle the many challenges of life, and this is what makes our closest relatives so successful. This resourcefulness has enabled primates to conquer an incredible diversity of habitat. Hamadryas baboons live on the open plains of Ethiopia in groups up to 400 strong. Strength in numbers gives them some protection from potential predators. But, should their path cross with other baboon troops, it can lead to all-out battle, as males try to steal females from one another, and even settle old scores. Japanese macaques are the most northerly-dwelling primates and they experience completely different challenges. Some beat the freezing conditions by having access to a thermal spa in the middle of winter. But this privilege is only for those born of the right female bloodline. For western lowland gorillas, it's the male silverback that leads his family group in the rich forests of the Congo basin. He advertises his status to all with a powerful chest-beating display. Most primates are forest dwellers, and one of the strangest is the tarsier – the only purely carnivorous primate. As it hunts for insects the tarsier leaps from tree to tree in the dead of night, using its huge forward-facing eyes to safely judge each jump. Good communication is essential for success in primate society.
The Hot Springs Pack
The wild dogs of Luangwa Valley are organized, tenacious and strictly hierarchical under the leadership of an alpha pair. While cheetahs sprint and lions ambush, wild dogs rely on their stamina to wear prey out, sometimes running up to 20 miles at a time. But to maintain dominance, they'll need to train their youngest members to hunt effectively as part of the pack-and time is running out.
S2E5 • Africa's Hunters • 2018 • Nature
Shark Family Tree
Great white sharks are one of the most feared predators on Earth, and yet we know very little about them. Science is now revealing the mysteries of this perfect predator through evolutionary biology.
S3E1 • Breakthrough • 2019 • Nature
Deserts are getting even hotter, drier and bigger, yet a host of remarkable animals still survive in the harshest of conditions, including cunning hyenas, pint-sized meerkats and sand-dwelling spiders.
5/6 • Hostile Planet • 2019 • Nature
Witness Africa's monkeys and apes and see how they evolved into the world's biggest, strongest, and smartest primates.
2/3 • Amazing Monkeys • 2018 • Nature
Birds eat more than berries; this episode takes a look at birds that eat meat.
S1E4 • The Life of Birds • 1998 • Nature
Ascends a kapok in the South American tropical rainforest to observe "the greatest proliferation of life that you can find anywhere on the surface of the Earth. There are two main causes for this: warmth and wetness. As this climate is constant, there are no seasons, so trees vary greatly in their flowering cycles.
4/12 • The Living Planet • 1984 • Nature


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The Rise of Nullification
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Kirkpatrick Sale
I presume to review this book, even though I am a contributor to it, because it is a fine representation of an increasing tendency across this land of resistance to a federal government grown inept, corrupt, overreaching, overlarge, and overintrusive. That tendency may be labeled, for convenience: nullification.
It doesn't matter that the word does not appear in this volume, for its spirit does. The volume is called Most Likely to Secede, and it grows out of a secession movement in Vermont that has been active, off and on, for a decade now. But I don't think secession really is in the immediate future. Instead the subtitle comes closest to what this book is all about—state independence. It is a collection of essays from a magazine called Vermont Commons, which started publishing in 2005, and they deal with every aspect of what it takes for a state to assume unto itself all the processes that have been ceded to (or seized by) the federal government over the years: money, business regulation, energy, health, education, democracy, food safety, information, the commons, and social policies such as abortion and marriage.
Obviously, every attempt to increase or establish independence on the state level will eventually run up against laws and regulations on the federal level. Take food, for example. One essay here points out that Vermont will not be able to have food produced "locally and regionally … until we openly name and then dismantle the tyranny of our corporate-industrial food system—which is supported by our government." It goes on to look at federal regulations that have grown and grown in the 20th century, which "did achieve a certain level of food safety" but at the cost of "creating a system where small abattoirs and locally available meat are scarce because of the capital investment required to comply with all of the safety standards." So, too, with milk, which the federal government has long required to be pasteurized and produced and bottled in expensive settings with expensive processes that make it very hard for a small farmer to comply.
So if the food movement in Vermont—which has done a lot in recent years to promote local farming and marketing—is ever to set up a truly independent and truly local agricultural system it will have to find a way to push back federal regulations and practices: that is, nullification.
Or take education. Another essay here lays out all the ways in which Vermont could have schools that develop independent thinking, regardless of grades and testing, and gives examples of this being done in a few places in the state. But it is hard to expand these models when the state government is obligated, by state and national laws, to have standardized education. "One vital goal of Vermont independence," writes Ron Miller, a founder of the "holistic education" movement, "is an educational culture that respects and encourages learning on a human scale, that supports caring and loving communities of learning." But it runs up against "authoritarian educational policy" and federal "No Child Left Behind" and "Race to the Top" requirements. "National educational policy is one more reason why we need to challenge the burgeoning power of the American empire," he writes. "We ought to decline the Federal government's inducements to participate in any 'race to the top'."
But declining that means more than a polite "no thank you." It needs a deliberate campaign to nullify federal laws. That takes courage, but that's what a surprising number of state legislatures are now displaying.
Nullification acts have been introduced in state legislatures all across the country, particularly in the last few months: no fewer than 10 states took up proposals in the last week of February. According to one estimate at the Tenth Amendment Center, which tracks such things, there are more than 70 proposed bills to nullify federal laws and practices now in state legislatures, sometimes consciously labeled nullification, sometimes not.
For example, 12 states have introduced proposals for state marijuana laws in defiance of federal regulations under the Controlled Substances Act of 1970, joining the 15 states that have already passed various decriminalization provisions, including most recently Washington and Colorado. (Interestingly, they are not confined to blue or red states but stretch across the land: Alaska, Washington, California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Montana, Michigan, Arkansas, Vermont, Rhode Island, and Maine.)
State laws against National Defense Authorization Act provisions that allow the president to detain indefinitely anyone, citizen or not, whom he suspects of terrorist ties, have been introduced in almost half the states, again from coast to coast, and passed in Arizona, Utah, Maine, and recently Virginia—the state that first used nullification, in 1798, against the Alien and Sedition Acts.
Additional state nullification acts have been introduced this year over threatened gun control measures (called Second Amendment Preservation bills) in 25 states, over Obamacare in 6 states (and one has passed in North Dakota, while an additional 26 states have refused to set up state "exchanges" under it), and over drone-invaded privacy in 14 states (one has passed in Virginia). That's in addition to the 15 states that have refused to comply with the Real ID Act of 2005 and the 10 others where resistance has passed both houses of the legislature, a rejection so complete that the law, which was supposed to go into effect in 2008, now remains dormant without any sign of the feds pressing to effect it. And, just to make this complete, numerous states have proposed laws for one or more of these causes: gold and silver as legal tender, Tenth Amendment recognition, sheriff primacy (over federal lawmen), National Guard protection, and freedom from federal regulation of hemp, food, and the environment.
All in all, convincing evidence—generally ignored by the media, mainstream and rivulet—that there is widespread resistance to the federal government, sufficient to get laws introduced and passed by states finally exercising Tenth Amendment rights that have long been dormant.
One essayist in this volume, writer Roland Jacobson, effectively sums up the case for Vermont independence and the reason it has to come through directly confronting the national government.
If we are to cultivate our own traditions—to let thrive those things that make Vermont unique—we need to detach from the national system. So long as decisions about our schools, forests, and water are being made by senators from South Carolina, presidents from Texas, and judges from Chicago, Vermont's best interests are not going to be kept in mind… .
There's no question that the things that make Vermont Vermont are under increasing pressure from a variety of external sources. The question is what to do about it. Does Vermont make more sense, does it become more itself somehow by going its own way? A simple test helps answer this. If Vermont had been an independent republic all along, would you now vote for it to join the United States? Of course not. It would be unthinkable.
So there you have it. Unassailable logic. A state that wants to do things differently from the dictates of the Federal government has to start by nullifying the laws it does not want to live under—and eventually it will have to "become more itself" by "going its own way." That's called secession—and who knows? On the basis of the book, Vermont really might be most likely to secede.
Kirkpatrick Sale is director of the Middlebury Institute and the author of a dozen books, most recently Emancipation Hell: The Tragedy Wrought by Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation 150 Years Ago.


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Chaos: Battle of the Wizards
Kieron Gillen posted on 6 Feb 2007 07:04
"Two to eight wizards found themselves in a single screen arena, which starts off completely empty. Each wizard is allowed to choose one of their randomly selected spells to cast. Casting it will make it disappear from your arsenal. The majority of these will summon a creature for you, which can then go fight in your name. Then, everyone takes a turn to move all their characters. Then, they go back to choosing spells. Repeat until one wizard stands victorious and the rest have their pixels spread across the screen in a Defender-esque blur. That's it.
Wizards battling."
Kieron Gillen examines the beauty of Chaos.
Free Fall: Running with Armadillos
Russ Pitts posted on 6 Feb 2007 07:03
"To quote Bull Durham's Joe Riggins, baseball is 'a simple game; you throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball.' Anybody can do it; few people are good at it. The same is true with game design, or, more specifically, designing a game as relatively simple as Armadillo Run. Everyone, on some level, knows the laws of physics, and everyone knows what's fun and what isn't. Few, however, can take the two ideas and make a great game out of them. Fewer still can do this alone, out of their house, and distribute the game, via shareware, over the internet. Peter Stock is among them. Seemingly the last of the "bedroom developers," Stock took an idea, made it into a game, and sold thousands of copies. Just like that. Throwing, catching, hitting."
Bethesda: The Right Direction
Joe Blancato posted on 6 Feb 2007 07:02
"But, even in 1986, Weaver was used to having good ideas. Before founding Bethesda, Weaver spent his time at MIT working on 'speech parsers, graphic interface and synthesized worlds - what people now call virtual reality. In 2007 this may sound familiar to what some cutting edge people are doing, but this was the 1970's, so it was bleeding edge stuff.' From there, he went onto news broadcast directing at both NBC and ABC, and he eventually found his way to Washington as the chief engineer to the House Subcommittee on Communications. Then, after another stint in VR, he founded Media Technologies, Bethesda's parent company until 2002. He finally created Bethesda to see if the PC market was a viable place to develop games."
Joe Blancato explores the beginnings of a game industry legend, talking to the founders of Bethesda.
A Prayer for Prey
Matt Forbeck posted on 6 Feb 2007 07:01
"During its stint with the publisher Gathering of Developers (later purchased by Take 2 and now known as 2K Games ), 3D Realms toyed with resurrecting Prey again. This time around, though, with Duke Nukem Forever still on their plate, they decided to farm out Prey's development. They'd done this with another game, Max Payne, which had been a wild success.
"Miller says, 'We knew of Human Head by our mutual association with Gathering of Developers, and therefore it was an easy choice to ask them if they wanted to take a stab at the project. Luckily, they agreed.'"
Ion's Other Game
Shannon Drake posted on 6 Feb 2007 07:00
"Anachronox was caught in the slow-motion explosion of a drama bomb. Ion Storm Dallas was busy eating itself, a process chronicled everywhere from NPR to Gamespot to our own magazine, and Tom Hall was caught in the middle. 'I had different roles at different times: Chief Creative Officer, President, etc. But, basically, I served as the Project Lead on Anachronox, and, where I could, as conscience of the company.' He blames Ion's collapse on the company's lack of focus, or rather, their focus on things other than game development. 'Once there was a re-focus on making games - boom, they got done.'"


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It's not just that the Bush administration's arrogance and unilateralism have led Pakistanis to give Osama bin Laden a 65 percent favorable rating, compared with 7 percent for President Bush (the latest international polls from the Pew Research Center make you want to cry).
I can't help but think of everything that's going on in the world right now, Bush's low favorability rating isn't what's bringing tears to my eyes. But, hey, you gotta set your own priorities, you know?
Accusing Spain of bowing to terrorism has exacerbated the Spanish alienation from the U.S., for this is a country that has lost 900 people to Basque terrorism over the years — and that Al Qaeda recently pledged to turn into "an inferno."
"You never get used to going to cemeteries; you never get used to embracing a widow," says one senior government official. "No one can accuse us of trying to find a way out. It's not only unjust, it's irritating and infuriating."
Couldn't help but think, reading the start of the 2d graf, above, that Bush has found a way to get used to it. Or, rather, he's found a way not to have to get used to it, by never going to begin with.
As my Uncle José, who is profoundly pro-American, puts it sadly: "There's so much anti-Americanism now. That is Bush's achievement."
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Here is what I know. Or do I know anything? It could be madness. For still, I am not certain that I haven't indeed lost my mind. How can I, who abhor the superstition and illusion the Church perpetuates, be involved in this black relationship with a spirit? With a specter who offers to bring back the dead in exchange for having his name and reputation restored. Who so desired that mankind to stop confusing him with the Devil. But are they not one and the same?
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A member of our editorial staff, kind-hearted, reserved, taciturn, patient, reflective, understanding, tolerant, warm, kind… humble, wise, mature, sensitive, helpful and… I could use many other adjectives describing an exceptional and good person because it so happens that they all fit his personality.
Sean Martin, an exceptional young man, a member of our editorial staff, is different from most of us in that he is not Polish, although he seems to be more "Polish" than all of us. He has an incredible sense of patriotism and identifies with Polish culture, tradition and history. He speaks excellent Polish. We see his name in every edition of "Forum" because he translates most of our pieces into English.
Sean was born on January 10, 1968, in Steubenville, Ohio, to an Irish-Italian family. He grew up in the small town of Weirton, West Virginia. You may ask, How does an American with no Polish background become fascinated with Polish history and culture? It all began in college. Sean recalls wonderful teachers who inspired his sensibility to history, culture, religion and national identity. He studied at Columbia University in New York, majoring in Eastern European history and politics. The more he researched the nuances of our European historical and cultural secrets, the more drawn to them he became. When asked about why he chose this major, he simply states that "religion, ethnicity, language and national identity are incredibly interesting subjects that never become boring."
Sean specializes in Jewish history. He wrote a dissertation (and later book) on the history of Jews in Cracow from 1918 to 1939. In 1996 and 1997 he lived in Cracow doing research for his dissertation. He remembers these years with a smile, describing Cracow in a way only an American would: "Cracow is what American people think Europe is – it has a river, a castle and an old town square."
These days Sean works at Western Reserve Historical Society. He takes part in many research projects, including one on the history of Rockefeller Park and the Cleveland Cultural Gardens. He also does research on the daily life of Jews in Poland for the new Museum of the History of Polish Jews, which will be opening soon in Warsaw. He also works on a major research project on Jewish orphanages in pre-war Poland. In his free time, Sean also translates books and articles from Polish to English.
This is our Sean – a little absent-minded, quiet and romantic… and only his name in "Forum" reminds us that he is exceptional.
I asked Sean a question that will be the subject of a series of articles in Forum: What is the future of Polonia in Cleveland? As our first interviewed person, this is how he describes his vision of Polonia's future: "As long as Polonia keeps doing what the Center is doing, they will exist as a separate and individual nation and will remember their roots and history. When they stop investing in their tradition and culture, they will become assimilated in America, losing their national identity."
With thanks for the conversation,
Agata Wojno
Translated Agnieszka Szulecki
Forum, 1/2010
Tags: Forum, good person, history culture, history of jews, italian family, polish history, Sean Martin, steubenville ohio, western reserve historical society
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