Summer is officially over and school begins tomorrow. I am grateful that August is over. Each year August is a difficult month as it is the month when my oldest son, Christian, became an angel. This year is a particularly difficult one. My heart is grieving the loss of him, intensified by grieving my life as a mom to preschoolers, toddlers and babies. My children no longer fall into these categories. The loss of so much has left me completely bereft.
For the past ten and a half years part of my identification, okay lets be honest, most of my identification has been mom to preschoolers, toddlers and babies. With my oldest son never to surpass Kindergarten and my youngest son, Nicky, just starting Kindergarten, this angelversary has me feeling more lost than ever.
The start of Kindergarten is a milestone in both the child and mother's life, especially a stay at home mom. It's a time when each gains new freedom. For the child it's a sort of freedom he has not had before. My son Nicky has never spent consistent full days apart from me since his birth. This will be a first for him. I have not had consistent full days of child free time in the past ten and a half years. Just as he will grow and blossom, I will too. The woman who became a mom almost eleven years ago is no longer the same person. This is a beautiful and sad thing all at once.
Many moms experience a sense of sadness when their youngest child goes off to Kindergarten. My grief further complicates these emotions. The largest thing I am mourning is that I am leaving behind the mom I was when Christian was alive. When he was still here I was a mom to a Kindergartner, preschooler and toddler. Now both my boys will be in elementary school. By the end of this school year, they will surpass the amount of years Christian spent enthused by learning. This is downright terrifying for a few reasons. He was my guide on how to mother. Sure Anthony, my middle child, is almost eight years old but his personality is way different than Christian's. You can see the gleam of mischief in Nicky's eyes a mile away, just like his brother. I was supposed to learn how to handle that while raising Christian. Not only that, but in five short years they will both be out of elementary school. They will be forging ahead into a school their brother never had the chance to attend. Tears prickle my eyes thinking about it. I will no longer be able to make parallels between Christian's life and theirs.
All of this makes me mourn the door that is about to close. Every time life changes it is a reminder of just how much it has changed, just how different it is than expected, just how much we miss my Christian. During big life changes it hurts even more than usual.
I am leaving behind an identity of who I was, as my first child knew me. I am leaving behind an era and in essence a piece of me. I am NOT leaving behind my son. My head knows this, my heart knows this but it still hurts to leave the piece of me behind that was defined by his birth and growth. He was the first to make me a mother to a baby, toddler, preschooler and elementary schooler. Anthony will be the first to make me a mother to a middle schooler.
Your classmates moved up to middle school yesterday. They reached a major milestone in their lives. It is one they will remember forever. You weren't there in the flesh. Yet floating right next to the row of seats was a single red balloon. A powerful reminder that you were there in spirit. Your friends' faces lit up with smiles as their names were called to receive certificates and awards. Under those smiles some of them saw the balloon and it touched their wound. You will forever be remembered as the boy who died right before first grade started. Over the past few weeks of seeing your friends it has become clear that this event has touched all of their lives. Those who were closer to you struggling with the idea that one day they can be on a playdate with their six year old buddy, saying they will see him on the first day of school, and the next day he can be gone. The uncertainty and fragility of life plaguing their six year old selves.
Your own brothers are obviously not immune from this either. While we openly discuss you and our emotions surrounding losing you, I often question how they truly are feeling. Sometimes they are transparent in their feelings and other times it is a mystery. Leading up to yesterday's moving up ceremony many emotions coursed through me. As the mother of the family, I believe this means that many emotions coursed through the entire family. Unfortunately when children are younger their emotions often manifest behaviorally. The National Institute of Mental Health (NIH) states that children under 5 may, "cling to a parent, return to behaviors common to being younger and show signs of fear", among other symptoms. These are behaviors that I have seen present themselves in my youngest son. The NIH states that children 6-11 may, "have nightmares or problems sleeping, have outbursts of anger and start fights", among other symptoms. Again, I have seen these in my 7 year old. These behaviors are also common in children who have not seen and experienced what they did. The uncertainty and fragility of this situation plagues me as a mother.
Child loss sets a ripple in motion that affects many people, some for a lifetime. Your brothers are forever at risk to falling prey to their emotions. The fear this ignites in me is raging. What if one day they turn to drugs or alcohol to escape the pain they experienced when they were younger? We will always give them unconditional love and support but what if that's not enough? This is where my trauma manifests itself. In knowing that nothing can be controlled, my fears arise. Uncertainty, fragility.


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Kimberly McLanahan, Scott Brown's longtime caregiver, sadly reports that Scott Brown passed away on Sunday afternoon, March 20th. Scott was 67 years old. He was much loved and admired by many.
Scott Brown - His Story - At his home in Grand Junction, Colorado, on April 14, 2009.
We are talking about the good old days when Rancho Alamitos was a young high school, and we were all young. On May 1, 1960 - at the end of my sophomore year - I had my accident. It was a beautiful sunny day, nice and warm. Ken Gaulden and I had gone to Huntington Beach to check out girls. Somehow we got into a tackle football game with a bunch of college kids. Eventually it got hot, and we went down to the water to cool off. I decided that I was going to do a running somersault in the air over the wave as it rolled onto the beach. I would flip and land in knee-deep water. I had just seen the Moriarty twins, Bill and Don Moriarty-Thompson '59, do this dive that they learned while they were in Hawaii. This time I straightened out into a dive and landed on the top of my head. That is where the damage was done to my spinal cord. I broke my neck between the 5th and 6th vertebrae.
After I was injured, my friends who were there got me out of the surf. They realized I was in trouble when I could not move or yell and was being tossed about by the waves. Then the lifeguards took over and eventually got me to an ambulance and to a hospital in Newport Beach. There they put me in the hallway outside the emergency room. The doctors would not touch me. They kept looking around the corner to see if I was still alive. They could not get a hold of my parents to get permission to give me treatment. One of the last things that I remember before I blacked out from shock was a little old lady from housekeeping, in her yellow outfit, came up with a vacuum cleaner to clean away the sand that was all over me.
The lifeguards had immobilized my head with sand to keep me from doing any more damage to my spinal cord. Later that night they shaved my head and put tongs in my skull to place me in traction. I woke up while they were shaving my head and asked if they had shaved off the bleached hair I had on the front. In those days I bleached the front part of my hair and I had enough awareness to ask that they not cut that off. So they shaved my entire head except for the white tuft right in front. The rest of my head was a bright red from the iodine they had painted my head with. You can imagine what my parents thought when they came in and saw this bright red scalp, tongs sticking out and me laying on a Stryker turning frame. When I left the house that morning I was a potential champion football player and now I am laid out totally helpless. So this was an incredible shock, especially to my mom. (...click here for more)
I was at Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian in Newport Beach. Many of you visited me while I was there. After a month, I was transferred up to Orthopaedic Hospital in Los Angeles, where we did a neck fusion so that I could keep my head up. Then a month later we did a surgery to re-route nerve function into my arms. I spent the next few months just doing rehab exercises. My goal was to be back in school by September 1960. That did not happen but I did make it to the Garden Grove football game. After that we made the game against El Rancho, which was the best high school game I had ever seen. I also made a couple of basket ball games. I was discharged from the hospital by Christmas time. I came home and began having classes with a home teacher, Mr. Robert Asay. He would come to my house after teaching at Rancho and spend two hours with me. He gave me my assignments and homework. I was not allowed to return to school because it was determined that I would be a disruption in the classroom. Looking back on it, that was probably best.
In the next year and a half, I completed three years of school so that I could graduate with my class. I did not get credit for my sophomore year because I had fewer than 150 days of school. So I had to repeat that year. I also had a scare just before graduation because they said that I did not have my required physical education classes. When I threatened a lawsuit, the State Superintendent of Education determined that my physical therapy would count as physical education.
The day after graduation, I got on an airplane and went to New York City to the famous Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine at New York University Medical Center in New York City. I spent the whole summer back there. Then I came home for the wedding of Terry Carter and Betty Cadwell. Mike Edgar was the best man for that. He replaced me because I could not get back for the rehearsals.
The next two years I was at Santa Ana Junior College. I do not remember anyone that I knew from Rancho going there, except Terry Carter. Terry drove me to and from college and was my attendant/companion during the summer of 1961. I did not graduate because I could not get to the science labs, which were upstairs. I was a Psychology major and later switched to Business, focusing on Accounting and Bookkeeping. They did not have computers in those days. I did it all on typewriters.
Over the years I attended college for four years, but never received a degree. I went to Santa Ana Junior College for two years and Orange Coast College for two years. I got a lot of units but did not graduate. I am very good at Jeopardy; I know a lot of trivia.
My brother-in-law had an insurance agency. After taking a few insurance courses, I began to sell insurance for him. That was OK but it was not appealing enough for me to go on to get a broker's license. If it had not been for my brother-in-law I probably would not have even done it.
I married one of my caregivers in 1966. Her name was Ellen. We lived in Costa Mesa and she was my caregiver throughout the marriage. Finally we just ran out of things to talk about. When you are together 24/7 for 22 years, you just sort of drift apart, and that is what happened to us.
My first meaningful job was keeping books for the people doing swap meets at the Orange County fairgrounds. Some of those people had to have a good set of records if they were applying for a loan or going into business. I would do a good job for them and they would then go to a CPA to get what I did certified. Some of the people were unhappy because I told them that they had to pay sales tax. Many of them did not have enough money left over to pay taxes and stay in business. This business brought in only a little money. For the most part, I was supported by a generous allowance from my father. He also paid all of my medical bills until he retired from the Aspen Colorado Ski Company in 1882.
In 1989, Ellen and I divorced and I moved to Grand Junction, Colorado. I had put out a notice to all of my family that I needed a different place to live. I had a sister in Grand Junction who knew about Hilltop Rehabilitation Hospital. Hilltop had some ground level apartments called Bacon Residential Center. I was able to get an apartment there.
In 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) passed. Until this time, I had never been politically active. I just minded my own business and fought my own battles. Soon after the passage of ADA, I became active in disabilities awareness and was involved in the implementation of the ADA and its provisions. I started working with an organization named "READI" (Resources, Education, Advocacy, for Disabled Individuals). It was a group that originated in Grand Junction and was started by a man named Ron Halsey who was a quadriplegic. He had been active in disabilities awareness since the early 1970s. He needed a community organizer in Grand Junction. I was hired because I was outspoken and took a leadership role in disability causes. We held the first Americans with Disabilities Act conference here in Grand Junction before the rules and regulations were out. We wanted people to become familiar with it.
Up until that time, I had always fought my own battles and usually did not win. I finally realized that even though one person can make a difference, the politicians listen to groups. We started an organization called Mesa County Coalition on Disability, which was a loose group of individuals with disabilities. There were about 40 of us. We had members show up at City Council meetings and County Commissioner meetings. Whenever our coalition members had something to say, they would introduce themselves as members of the Mesa County Coalition on Disability. With this name recognition, we developed a political clout and began to make a difference. We worked with the city and the county on implementing the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Grand Junction had to put in over 1900 curb cuts. The county had to remodel several buildings to provide wheel-chair accessibility. They had to provide a special microphone in public meetings so that people in wheel chairs could speak. We also worked with the business community. We were not interested in lawsuits; we just wanted access. Our role was to provide technical support for organizations and businesses to indicate what needed to happen to come into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
At the same time, I took another job through Hilltop, which was Co-coordinator for the Northwest Local Resource Team for the Colorado State Assistive Technology Project. A year before the passage of the ADA, the Federal Government passed the Assistive Technology Act of 1989, realizing there was a lot of unused assistive technology. In 1992, Colorado's proposed program to educate people about available assistive devices to help them function as normally as possible was approved and funded. Some of these devices include computers, screen readers, voice-recognition programs, etc. My duties were to provide information and technical assistance regarding assistive technology to individuals with disabilities, employers, and local governments throughout the Northwest quarter of the state. This represented a half-time job so I took another position with Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition. This is a very active group over in Denver. I was community organizer for them. I traveled through northwest Colorado and Utah giving awareness presentations in all of the communities. I gave up my work with READI so that I would have time for these two positions.
After two years, the funding for the Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition dried up. During the early Clinton administration, our group was very active collecting information about health-care needs of the disabled. We had hoped to be of some influence in the health-care agenda that Hilary Clinton was in charge of. After two years of this, it became obvious that nothing was going to happen. We brought a lot of people together, but politically our efforts were pretty much wasted. We felt a let down after this period.
In the early 1990s, I lobbied in Colorado for Personal Attendant Support Services. This is an optional program under Medicaid. Colorado, like most other states, did not want to add another expensive Medicaid program to its budget. The state of Colorado did want to improve the kind of long-term care its citizens could receive. In 2002, the state was granted permission to have a pilot program called Consumer Directed Attendant Support. This allowed the state to operate the program within its existing structure rather than start a new program under Medicaid. We did this for five years and enrolled over 500 people with disabilities who needed long-term care. Prior to this, in the State of Colorado, long-term care for people with disabilities was provided by family members, home health care agencies, or in nursing homes. The disabled person did not have any choice over their care scheduling or who provided his/her care. Plus part of the cost to the state was supporting the health-care companies. Now an intermediary service organization called ACCENT disperses payments to persons chosen by the disabled patient himself. The state looks at the needs and determines a budget. The patient then sets the hours of care and hires help within these constraints. This makes the patient responsible for his own health and for the success of his care system. If I am in the hospital too frequently or have health issues related to improper care, then the state steps in to better control the situation. This has saved the state money and placed more responsibility on the individual for proper care.
In 1995, I began to lose kidney function and had to have a cystoplasty. I retired following that. Two years ago, I wore out my right shoulder. One night I was turning myself and the shoulder popped out of place. The pain and the popping continued to get worse. I went to an orthopaedic surgeon who confirmed my shoulder was worn out. He suggested a cortisone injection. As a result of this, it got infected, and I lost all function in my right arm. It took four surgeries and three months of IV antibiotics to get rid of the infection. While I was in the hospital, the doctor asked me if I would organize a support group for spinal-cord injuries. I agreed to do this and to hold one meeting a month. I have been working with this for the past year and a half. It now has a membership of twelve people. We get together and talk about things that are relative to spinal-cord injury and/or anything else people talk about.
I am now left handed and not very good at it. I cannot feed myself, shave, or brush my own teeth like I used to. I type on the computer with one hand by holding a typing stick. I have a voice-recognition program to dictate. With the help of others, especially my regular attendants, I still get by and get things done: just not as independently as before.
Barrie - What are some of the highlights that have made your life full and rich?
Scott - I was lucky. I was responsible for breaking my neck. I did not have anyone else to blame. Immediately after the accident, God and I had a few discussions. He told me, "You did it, live with it." It would have been different if a drunk driver had hit me. I may have had a different attitude. But I was an athlete. The disability was a challenge that motivated me through the rehab process. I was competitive, and I competed against myself. I kept pushing my physical limits. We set a goal of graduating with my class. All the effort and the studying was worth it when I was pushed out to receive my diploma and received a standing ovation from all my Classmates, Members of the faculty, and guests. I had fantastic support from family and friends. They did not treat me like I was disabled. I was included in everything. If I could do it, I did it. I did not want to miss any part of life.
Barrie - What trips have you enjoyed?
Scott - The trip to New York in 1961 was an interesting experience. Although I was living and receiving care in the Rusk Institute Center, I was disabled and on my own for the first time. Not to mention the shock of going from Garden Grove, California to New York City.
Ellen and I used to take trips over night to Balboa Park in San Diego. We would go down for a picnic and listen to the peacocks' squawk. We enjoyed the beauty of the park. We would stay in a motel. Sometimes we would go to Sea World. A couple of times a year we would go to Santa Barbara. We did a lot of traveling for about the first ten years.
I would go to Colorado to visit my dad and step-mom for a few weeks each summer from 1963-1969. In 1966, Terry Carter went with me and we had a blast!
Barrie - What groups were you a part of that made you feel you made an impact?
Scott - I did not get involved with groups out in California. If I had a complaint, I would go to the City Manager and tell him personally. But when I moved to Colorado in 1989, I got involved with groups. I think in many ways Grand Junction is better off because I did come here and worked with city, county and businesses to make things accessible for disabled persons without lawsuits and animosity. We were flexible in our demands. We looked for improvement that was acceptable to both parties.
I lobbied for a bus system. When I moved to Grand Junction the only public transportation was one wheelchair accessible van with a part-time driver operated by Mesa County for the elderly and disabled. Within two years, we had a system for elderly and disabled. This consisted of four vans and six employees that would take us anywhere in town during their hours of service. In 1998, when Grand Junction grew to over 100,000 people, we were able to get a fixed-route system.
Barrie - What were the toughest things that you have done?
Scott - Getting a bus system in Grand Junction.
Barrie - What have been the hardest challenges emotionally and mentally?
Scott - I can remember having many 'blue days'. It was hard being hospitalized. I was sixteen years old, away from my family. I was feeling pretty blue one day and one attendant came over seeing that I was feeling sorry of myself. He rolled me out of bed onto a gurney. He took me up to the fourth floor of the rehab facility where the pediatric patients were. He rolled me around and introduced me to some of the kids who had spent their whole lives in full body casts. All you could see was their eyes and their smiles. It was hard to feel sorry for myself. I had had sixteen years of football, baseball, swimming - you name it, I was very active. These kids had not had anything, but they could still smile. All of a sudden, my problems became very trivial. That instilled in me the feeling that self-pity is pretty much a waste of time. I have just taken one day at a time. I have racked up 49 years of one day at a time.
Barrie - We are preparing for our Reunion in 2012. As you think back on people whom you have known and people that you would like to hear from, can you give us names of those who have been particularly special?
Scott - There are some of us who go back to 1956 in Marie L. Hare Elementary and Lampson Intermediate schools. The big change was playing varsity football at Rancho my sophomore year. When you play varsity football you become a snob. I was a letterman, so I would just hang out with other letterman. That took me away from some of my other friends. Ken Gaulden and I started Marie L. Hare together. I remember Terry and Joe Carter, Danny Dymond, Mike Edgar, and Bob Bowyer (I notice he Bob has passed away). In eighth grade we were good friends with Donna and Diane Ward. Betty Cadwell, Karen Kessler, Ronnie Walters (who was in the 1964 Olympics), Mr. Sexton (our Spanish teacher and junior varsity basketball coach), Miss Coxson (English teacher - she was the only teacher who stood up for me after the accident and said that I did not have to repeat sophomore English), and Mr. Robert Asay (my personal teacher who home schooled me). The summer of my accident I remember Burnis Cannon used to come to Orthopedic Hospital to visit me frequently. She also came back to Garden Grove from New Mexico, where she had spent her senior year, to see our graduation.
I apologize for omitting the names of many classmates, teachers, and colleagues. None of what I've accomplished would have been possible without all the people that have been part of my life.
Barrie - Is there anything that you would like to tell the class? Any words of wisdom?
Scott - The best is not necessarily behind us. Every day is a gift and should be treasured as such. Live each day to its fullest. That is how I have made it through all these years. It has worked for me.
Charles Scott Brown graduated from Rancho Alamitos High School (RAHS) in Garden Grove, California, on June 15, 1962, along with nearly 500 other RAHS classmates.
Throughout his story, Scott uses the term "Grand Junction," not only as a reference to the City of Grand Junction but also the urbanized area of Mesa County Colorado
The United States Congress enacted the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act (Public Law 101-336) on July 26, 1990. This statute provides comprehensive civil rights protections to individuals with disabilities in the areas of employment, public accommodations, state and local government services, and telecommunications. [see: http://www.ada.gov/]
Since 1995, the Hilltop Rehabilitation Hospital has been owned and operated by the St. Mary's Hospital and Regional Medical Center in Grand Junction, Colorado. [see: http://www.stmarygj.com/body.cfm?id=15]
The website of the Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition (CCDC) is located at: http://www.ccdconline.org/
Barrie Smith prepared the transcript of this interview with Scott Brown.
Note From Walt Regarding the Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine:
Howard Rusk, M.D., was a visionary leader in the development of modern rehabilitation. Among other things, Dr. Rusk (1901-1989) was the founder of two highly regarded organizations for the care of individuals with disabilities: the Rusk Rehabilitation Center in Columbia, MO, and the Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine in New York, NY.
Dr. Rusk is recognized as the "father of comprehensive rehabilitation," which means, those suffering disabilities that result from illness, injury, or congenital defect are given therapy and training designed to help them to live and work in the community to the best of their abilities. Dr. Rusk initially developed this field as a contribution to military medicine during World War II and later broadened it in application to the civilian population.
The Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine in New York City is the world's first university-affiliated facility devoted entirely to rehabilitation medicine. It is the largest center of its kind for the treatment of adults and children with disabilities. It is the home to innovations and advances that have set the standard in rehabilitation care for every age of life and for every phase of recovery. For further information, see: http://rusk.med.nyu.edu/

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Number of incorrect guesses: 72
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Burke Construction Group, Inc. Announces Official Groundbreaking of UnCommons
by Burke Construction Group | Sep 8, 2020 | Recently Started Projects
Burke Construction Group, Inc. Announces the official groundbreaking of UnCommons, a much-anticipated mixed-use development at Interstate 215 and Durango Drive in southwest Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS, SEPTEMBER 2020 – UnCommons, Matter Real Estate Group's much-anticipated mixed-use development at Interstate 215 and Durango Drive in southwest Las Vegas, will be the first of its kind to be built with rigorous, science-based criteria set by the International WELL Building Institute™ (IWBI™). Construction is now underway on the $400 million, 40-acre project which, upon completion of the first phase in early 2022, will introduce the next generation of office, residential and lifestyle space built for the challenges of an ever-changing world.
In addition to WELL™ Certification, UnCommons is pursuing certification by Green Globes®, a nationally recognized green rating assessment, guidance and certification program. The revolutionary program recognizes sustainability goals for new construction projects, existing buildings and interiors to encourage improved environmental and health performance while reducing environmental impacts.
"UnCommons, located in the Southwest portion of Clark County, will be a hub for innovation. It has already garnered the attention of top corporations from Nevada and throughout the United States," said Clark County Commissioner Michael Naft. "I look forward to welcoming them to the neighborhood when they open."
For more information, please contact Gitana Cafasso with Burke Construction Group at (702) 367-1040 or marketing@burkecgi.com.
About Burke Construction Group – Building Client Visions since 1984 – Burke Construction Group is an award winning general contracting firm headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada with regional offices located in North Dakota. Licensed / registered in 26 states, Burke is uniquely positioned to meet the demands of a geographically diverse marketplace. Providing comprehensive preconstruction, construction management, LEED® and sustainable building under a variety of project delivery methods, Burke affords customized solutions and support to our clients and partners. Burke Construction Group handles both public and private projects throughout various market sectors – including: Educational, Cultural & Religious, Federal/Public Works, Financial, Healthcare, Hospitality/Entertainment, Mission Critical/ Redundant Systems, Office/Industrial, Remote Sites, Retail, Senior Care/Affordable Living/Multi-family, and Tenant Improvements. For more information, please visit burkecgi.com.
Legacy Traditional School Breaks Ground on First Nevada Campus
by Burke Construction Group | Jan 26, 2017 | Recently Started Projects
Burke Construction Group, alongside Legacy school leaders, SH Architecture, North Las Vegas Mayor John Lee, and city officials held a groundbreaking ceremony on January 25 at the site of the school at La Madre Way and Valley Drive. The City Council approved plans for the school in October.
The North Las Vegas campus will be the first Nevada location for this # 1 rated Arizona Charter School. Legacy Traditional School's proven, accelerated, academic model focuses on the basics of reading, writing and math along with science, social studies, computers and art.
Slated to open for the 2017-2018 school year, the 80,717-square-foot facility will accommodate about 1,260 students in kindergarten through eighth grade. Upon completion, the school will have 41 classrooms, offices, a gym, playgrounds, a kitchen, a cafeteria and athletic fields.
For more information please contact the Burke Marketing Department at (702) 367-1040 or marketing@burkecgi.com.
About Burke Construction Group – Building Client Visions since 1984 – Burke Construction Group is an award-winning general contracting firm headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada with regional offices located in North Dakota. Licensed / registered in 26 states, Uniquely positioned to meet the demands of a geographically diverse marketplace, Burke provides comprehensive preconstruction, construction management, LEED® and sustainable building under a variety of project delivery methods, Affording customized solutions and support to our clients and partners, Burke Construction Group handles both public and private projects throughout various market sectors – including: Educational, Cultural & Religious, Federal/Public Works, Financial, Healthcare, Hospitality/Entertainment, Mission Critical/ Redundant Systems, Office/Industrial, Remote Sites, Retail, Senior Care/Affordable Living/Multi-family, and Tenant Improvements. For more information, please visit www.burkecgi.com.
Credit One Bank Breaks Ground on New Las Vegas Headquarters
by Burke Construction Group | Dec 16, 2016 | Recently Started Projects
Credit One Bank, one of the largest and fastest growing credit card issuers in the United States, held a groundbreaking ceremony today for its new headquarters at 6801 South Cimarron Road, Las Vegas.
Notable participants included Steve Sisolak, Clark County Commission Chairman; Annalyn Bo Carrillo, Las Vegas Office Manager for Governor Brian Sandoval; Kevin Burke, President and CEO of Burke Construction Group; and several community leaders and Credit One Bank representatives, including President and CEO Robert DeJong.
"The future of Credit One Bank has never looked better," DeJong said. "This building is not going to make Credit One Bank great, or better. Our people will. This new building and the property it's built on will provide a platform where Credit One Bank will grow right here in Las Vegas."
Scheduled to be operational by the end of 2017, the new headquarters can accommodate up to 500 new jobs, including technical, analytical and marketing positions, to support Credit One Bank's growing credit card business over the next few years. Credit One Bank offers a range of full spectrum credit card products and is among the top 10 largest Visa credit card issuers in the United States.
"For nearly 20 years, Credit One Bank has been contributing to our economy, and this new facility will lead to 500 permanent new jobs," Commission Chairman Sisolak said. "That's 500 families who will be able to maintain their quality of life as a result of the investment they have made in this community."
Sisolak also declared December 15, 2016, Credit One Bank Day in Clark County.
The 152,000-square-foot building will sit on 26 acres just south of I-215 between Durango Drive and Buffalo Drive, seven miles from Credit One Bank's existing location, and will be the first true four-story, concrete tilt-up office building in Southern Nevada. Representatives from Grand Canyon Development Partners, who is managing the construction; Gensler, the architect for the project; and Burke Construction Group, Inc., who is the general contractor, were also present for the groundbreaking.
"The building will be constructed with 4-story concrete tilt panels. There isn't another project like that that's ever been constructed in Southern Nevada," Burke said. "We're looking forward to that challenge that lies ahead."
The new headquarters will create opportunities for Credit One Bank to further increase its support of the Las Vegas community. Credit One Bank's history of giving back includes the donation of significant grants and employee service hours. The company has committed more than $4 million to support the affordable housing needs of Clark County's low to moderate-income residents.
"The building will be constructed with 4-story concrete tilt panels. There isn't another project like that that's ever been constructed in Southern Nevada," said President & CEO Kevin Burke. "We're looking forward to the challenge that lies ahead."
For more information, please contact Jamie Ernst with Brodeur Partners for Credit One Bank at (480) 308-0286 or jernst@brodeur.com.
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Q: c# newbie error variable but used as a method Please help as i am still new to c# and have no idea of how to fix this problem. i am trying to make a code for the taxes a person has to pay depending on his nationality. but whenever i try to run the code, the error "a is a variable but used as a method" came up.
 Another problem also occurred to me even when i deleted a completely is that kept on taking the thai condition even if i clearly stated for a khmer or viet condition ( person= khmer, person = viet)
 Thank you for your time
int a=0;
        bool person,khmer,viet,thai;
        khmer=true;
        thai = true;
        viet = true;
        person = khmer;

        String b;
        b= "";

        if (person == khmer)
        {
            a = 0;
            b="khmer";
        }
        if (person == viet)
        {
            a = 10;
            b = "viet";
        }
        if (person == thai)
        {
            a = 15;
            b = "thai";
        }

        else
        {
            a = 20;
            b = "alien";
        }
        Console.WriteLine("he pays " +a ("and he is from ")+b);
        Console.In.ReadLine();

A: Change this line,
Console.WriteLine("he pays " +a ("and he is from ")+b);

to
Console.WriteLine(string.Format("he pays {0} and he is from {1}", a, b));

For your second problem, it's because they have the same value. In your code
bool person,khmer,viet,thai;
khmer=true;
thai = true;
viet = true;
person = khmer;

even if you change person=khmer, person=thai or person=viet. The value of person will always be true.
So in your if statement.
if (person == khmer)
        {
            a = 0;
            b="khmer";
        }
        if (person == viet)
        {
            a = 10;
            b = "viet";
        }
        if (person == thai)
        {
            a = 15;
            b = "thai";
        }

It will always enter the if bracket since their value is the same (true). Try changing thai,viet,kmer to integer or enum.
int person,khmer,viet,thai;
khmer = 1;
thai = 2;
viet = 3;
person = khmer;

A: In your final WriteLine, you do this:
Console.WriteLine("he pays " +a ("and he is from ")+b);

To the compiler, it looks like a("and he is from ") is a method call. You're "calling" a with a parameter of "and he is from".
You just missed a +. It should be:
Console.WriteLine("he pays " + a + "and he is from " + b);

Or better, using the string formatting version of WriteLine:
Console.WriteLine("he pays {0} and he is from {1}", a, b);

A: Regarding the second part of your question:

Another problem also occurred to me even when i deleted a completely is that kept on taking the thai condition even if i clearly stated for a khmer or viet condition ( person= khmer, person = viet)

There are flaws in your logic.
You've hard-coded all nationalities to be True. And setting person = khmer really just sets person = True, which doesn't tell you much of anything later on in the code.
You end up running every if statement, so the final if (person == thai) wins out, and a = 15 and b = "thai" every time.
You've got to change your code to accept parameters.
And I'd suggest replacing your strings and numbers with an enumeration representing nationalities.
// You can specify nationalities, and even assign each one the correct numerical value
public enum Nationality
{
    khmer = 0,
    viet = 10,
    thai = 15,
    alien = 20,
}

// Then in your method, just cast the selected nationality to an int to get the
//  numerical value, and call ToString() to get the name
private void ReportNationality(Nationality nationality)
{
    Console.WriteLine("he pays {0} and he is from {1}",
                      (int)nationality, nationality.ToString());

    Console.In.ReadLine();
}

A: You need to add a + here after "a"
 Console.WriteLine("he pays " +a  + ("and he is from ")+b);

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WESCO International, Inc. WCC reported fourth-quarter 2018 earnings of $1.26 per share, which surged 168.1% on a year-over-year basis.
Strong operating results, a lower tax rate and the benefit of share repurchases led to the year-over-year improvement in the bottom line. The Zacks Consensus Estimate was pegged at $1.26.
Net sales of $2.01 billion missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.06 billion. However, the figure increased 0.7% on a year-over-year basis. Additionally, organic sales in the reported quarter grew 1.5% from the prior-year quarter. The year-over-year sales growth was primarily due to favorable pricing.
WESCO operates in four organized end markets, namely Industrial, Construction, Utility and CIG.
Industrial Market: The company recorded 1% year-over-year growth in organic sales, reflecting flat sales in the United States and 10% growth in Canada in local currency. WESCO noted that growth in verticals like food processing, paper, metals and mining and pulp was offset by decline in petrochemical market.
Moreover, during the quarter, the company won a three-year contract worth more than $30 million to provide "Integrated Supply solution for MRO materials" for a U.S. metals manufacturer.
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In the reported quarter, backlog was down 5% sequentially and 3% year over year due to seasonality. However, the company expects continuous investment in non-residential construction projects, indicating positive momentum.
Notably, in the first-quarter 2019, WESCO won a multimillion-dollar contract to "provide electrical equipment to support the construction of a new LNG facility in North America." However, stiff labor market and pricing related to tariff increased prices for a few projects in the construction market.
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CIG Market: The company recorded 12% year-over-year improvement in organic sales in this market, driven by strong performance in Canada (27% growth in local currency) and 1% growth in the United States.
The upside was driven by strong growth in LED lighting solutions, fiber-to-the-X deployments, broadband build-outs, as well as physical and cyber security for critical infrastructure protection.
In the quarter, WESCO announced the acquisition of Sylvania Lighting Solutions (SLS) from Osram Sylvania for about $28 million. The acquisition, which is expected to close by March 2019, will have no effect on WESCO's results for the first year, per management.
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Gross margin was up 19.4% in the reported quarter, up 20 basis points (bps) from the year-ago quarter on operational efficiencies.
Selling, general and administrative expenses (SG&A), as a percentage of revenues, were 14.1%, which contracted 20 bps on a year-over-year basis due to lower costs.
WESCO's operating profit came in at $90.5 million, up 11.9% from the prior-year quarter. However, operating margin contracted 40 bps from the year-ago quarter to 4.5%.
As of Dec 31, 2018, cash & cash equivalents were $96.3 million compared with $142.8 million in the third quarter. Long-term debt was $1.17 billion compared with $1.23 billion at the end of third-quarter 2018.
Additionally, WESCO generated $122.2 million in cash from operations in fourth-quarter 2018, up from $87.7 million at the end of the third quarter.
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Black River Entertainment recording artists Pryor & Lee are the first country duo signed to the Nashville based entertainment company. The duo, consisting of Pryor Baird and Kaleb Lee, were brought together as roommates on NBC's singing competition The Voice and eventually began performing together, sparking an undeniable musical connection. Before joining forces, both Pryor and Kaleb were pursuing solo careers. In 2019, Baird toured across the country in support of his solo EP titled All Over Me featuring songs from hit songwriters Tommy Carlisle, Trent Willmon, and Easton Corbin. Meanwhile, Lee released four singles, including his song "I Dream in Southern" (Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne, and Brandy Clark) featuring superstar Kelly Clarkson. Ultimately, they decided to combine Baird's electric guitar skills and "growly bluesy pipes and stellar vocal range" (Rare Country) with Lee's "soulful and whiskey-soaked vocals" (Billboard) to create a fresh sound with a throwback vibe. Pryor & Lee's first single "Y'allsome," written by hit-songwriters Rhett Akins, Marv Green, and JT Harding, will be digitally available to stream on June 26th, and impacting country radio on June 29th, 2020 on Black River Entertainment.


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Published: 14:04, 18 April 2019
Liverpool are reportedly interested in triggering Julian Brandt's release clause this summer, as Jurgen Klopp looks to add depth to his squad.
Brandt's name will certainly be familiar with the Kop faithful, with the Reds among a cluster of clubs rumoured to have been keeping tabs on the Germany international since January 2017. Any interested parties have been issued clear hands-off warnings by Bayer Leverkusen ever since, however.
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And so, while Leverkusen have floundered in mid-table in the Bundesliga, despite a raft of goals and assists from Brandt, the 22-year-old has watched on as Liverpool have transformed into Premier League and Champions League contenders, becoming a real juggernaut.
Of course, Brandt himself stressed that the time was not right for him to move either, with uncertainty over how much playing time he would be given by the likes of Bayern Munich or Liverpool creating concern over his place in Germany's World Cup squad.
"My gut feeling and my head are telling me the time to move has not arrived yet. I have to straighten things out in Leverkusen," Brandt said at the time.
"Of course there are players who say a year without European football before the World Cup is a good reason to move.
"But if you move to a bigger club a year before the World Cup, you risk taking time at first to settle which possibly means playing fewer games."
Given how Germany's campaign in Russia panned out, you can't help but wonder if he regrets that stance now.
All ifs and buts aside, though, the timing for Brandt to make his move seems perfect. The player himself has notched seven goals and 11 assists in 38 games across all competitions for Leverkusen this season, while only Max Kruse (79) has created more chances in the Bundesliga this season than his 74.
In fact, no Bundesliga midfielder has more assists than Brandt (10) this season. Across all positions, only Joshua Kimmich (11) and Jadon Sancho (13) have more.
Meanwhile, as incredibly consistent as they've been in the Premier League, Liverpool were quite fortunate to make it past the Champions League group stages after three away defeats. Early exits from the League Cup and FA Cup also point to a lack of squad depth.
Only this stands in the way of them challenging Manchester City for absolute across-the-board dominance.
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Xherdan Shaqiri, Daniel Sturridge and Divock Origi have all had their moments from the bench this season, but they have been all too fleeting, with just 10 Premier League goals between, them and that trio are nowhere near as impactful or consistent as the likes of Gabriel Jesus, Leroy Sane and Riyad Mahrez – who have a combined 22 Premier League goals – when introduced by Pep Guardiola.
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According to Sport Bild, for a reported £21.5m – said to be the price of Brandt's release clause – Klopp can bring in a 24-time Germany international with electrifying pace and creativity akin to Sadio Mane and the ice-cool finishing such as that of Mohamed Salah, suggesting the Liverpool boss would have the perfect back-up or rotation options for both.
Furthermore, 14 of his starts this season have come in central midfield, which would give Klopp greater depth in other key areas. And in today's market, that price is an absolute snip.
It is explained that Brandt's release clause only becomes active should Leverkusen fail to qualify for the Champions League this season, but with Die Werkself seven points adrift of fourth-placed Frankfurt, that doesn't seem like something that should worry Liverpool fans.
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Brandt turns 23 next month and as much as the Bundesliga has some fantastic talent within its ranks, Leverkusen are off the pace. They're not currently among the German elite, let alone European royalty.
A move to Liverpool would provide regular tests against the likes of Man City, Spurs, Chelsea and the rest, while he would also be joining last season's Champions League runners-up. Who knows, he may even be joining this season's double winners, should things go Liverpool's way.
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ACT NRM delivers projects that focus on the conservation of natural ecosystems at a landscape level. The projects also focus at the individual species level and the threatened ecological community level, within the ecosystems as required.
Objectives of our work include improving knowledge, engaging community and appreciation of landscape resilience and adaptation.
In 2018 and 2019, under the Regional Land Partnerships Program - a component of National Landcare Program 2 - ACT NRM secured $2.9 million to deliver three projects underpinned by the Commonwealth Environmental Outcomes listed below.
These projects follow on from the successful delivery of $1.9 million of on-ground outcomes aligned with Matters of Environmental Significance within National Landcare Program 1 (2014 to 2018).
Protecting and connecting endangered woodlands in the ACT The condition of EPBC Act listed Threatened Ecological Communities is improved.
Safe Haven for quolls and bettongs in the ACT The trajectory of species targeted under the Threatened Species Strategy , and other EPBC Act priority species, is improved.
Reducing the impacts of Sambar Deer in the ACT's ramsar site – Ginini Flats Wetland Complex The ecological character of Ramsar sites is maintained or improved.
Protecting box gum-grassy woodland landscapes.
Supporting important aquatic and riparian ecosystems in the ACT.
Improving the resilience of threatened grasslands.
Priority investments for threatened species, landscape resilience, adaptation and community engagement.
We wish to acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the ACT, the Ngunnawal people. We wish to acknowledge and respect their continuing culture and the contribution they make to the life of this city and this region.


Carrot Cake! It's been a long time since I made last one... I don't even remember when that was. I searched all recipes, and I chose this recipe I found at foodnetwork by trusty Alton Brown. But as usual, I make my own variation. I did not cover mine with cream cheese frosting or the butter, except for buttering the cake pan to coat with flour. I used sour cream instead of yogurt. I used Ceylon cinnamon. Organic eggs. And a couple of other changes in spices . . . using what I have in my pantry.
Smear 9x3 inch glass cake pan with unsalted butter - sides and bottom.
Sprinkle flour freely to cover. Set aside.
Wash the carrots and grate with food processor or hand grate. Transfer to a bowl.
Put the flour, baking powder, baking soda, spices, and salt in the bowl of a food processor and process for 5 seconds. Add dry mixture to the carrots and toss until they are well-coated with the flour. Add ground flax seed mill and raisins. Toss well.
In the bowl of the food processor combine the sugar, brown sugar, eggs, and sour cream.
With the processor still running drizzle in the avocado oil. Pour this mixture into the carrot mixture and stir until just combined.
Pour into the prepared cake pan and bake on the middle rack of the oven for 45 minutes. Reduce the heat to 375 degrees F and bake for another 20 minutes or until the cake reaches 205 to 210 degrees F in the center.
Remove the pan from the oven and allow cake to cool 15 minutes in the pan.
If you would like to frost the cake with cream cheese frosting follow the instruction here.
After 15 minutes, turn the cake out onto a rack and allow cake to cool completely.
The cake is moist and delicious.
Not that the place is untouchable, it is just a place I kind of would feel out of place visiting by myself. There are many restaurants I visit including Bouchon in Yountville with no problem, but I am not quite certain what's about Ella, I feel ... well, the opportunity came for a bunch of convention attendees to be invited to attend evening cocktails. We got the entire place to ourselves. Here is my photo journal.
Look up and open the windows!!
The best part of it all...we were guessing... lemony creamy custard? on top of crushed graham crackers?
The chocolate cup was very good, but we loved the lemon cup the best.
This is another one of my adventure last summer. Time really flies. I was not able to finish the blog after starting it. Although this did not turn out like the ones I made a few moons ago, it still tasted good. What is an adventure, if everything turn out perfectly.
I have made this before the Hwa Juwen - the 'flower' roll with vermicelli (reconstituted Chinese bean thread). It is one of my favorite. Normally, you would not see this much vermicelli mixed in it. But since this is mine, I did what I like.
Premix reconstituted bean thread noodle (shred cut with kitchen scissors) with stir fried ground pork and some shredded carrots for color.
Add some salt and white pepper for taste.
Roll out the dough, fill the dough. Slice the dough and roll the dough.
Prepare the basic BAO dough.
Let it rise to double.
Roll out and fill with reconstituted bean thread vermicelli stir fried with ground pork and some shredded carrots. You could add chopped green onions or chopped curly parsley, etc.
*DO NOT slice through to the bottom - make three or four slice cut but not sliced down at the bottom.
On top of a pot with boiling water, in steamer basket, place the filled Hwa Juwen on top of a cut parchment paper-preferably organic.
Steam at high heat for 25 to 30 min.
Juwen to taste. Quickly return the steamer's cover.
We have been testing various formula for making Chinese BAO. We are convinced that those fluffy "white" BAO served at dim sum restaurants or at any Asian markets are using bleached unhealthy flour. So, forget the white and let's get used to the homemade.
This dough recipe is for a several types of Chinese BAO types.
Combine everything except oil. Combine with chop sticks until water is absorbed; then add oil.
Cover and proof for 25 to 30 min. Place in oiled plastic bag and tightly close the bag and leave in refrigerator for 2 hours for low temp proofing method.
For Preferment Method - For 'ZON ZONG FASHIAO FA' - Divide the dough into two, and place each in oiled plastic bag, refrigerate for 4 hours or more in plastic bag.
Water - 1-1/4 C - add only 1-1/8 C first and reserve 1/8 C and use it only if needed.
Mix sugar and yeast into water.
Hand shred MIEAN ZONG and add pieces into the mixture.
Add flour, then mix with chopsticks.
Start kneading the dough until smooth.
Cover and place in warm place for about 10 to 15 min.
Take 1/3 of the dough can be used for cold MIEAN ZONG.
Use the rest to make various type of pastries that requires ZON ZONG MIEAN TUWAN.
Mix sugar, yeast with water, then add flour and baking powder.
Mix till water disappears and shredded dough forms.
Start kneading the dough and add water if needed to form soft dough and smooth.
Cover and rest 5 to 20 min.
The dough is ready for use.
Results? I am not 100% satisfied with this formula for the BAO dough. But it's a keeper to test out further and add improvements to it.


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FUZE4 Nintendo Switch Will Let You Code Your Own Games On Switch From April Next Year
Learn to code directly on Switch
by Ryan Craddock Mon 22nd Oct 2018
FUZE Technologies Ltd has revealed that its upcoming FUZE4 Nintendo Switch platform will be officially launching on the console in April next year.
It's been quite a while since we last heard about FUZE4 Nintendo Switch - we actually received our last batch of information in January - but the team behind the tool has been working solidly around the clock to produce an environment which they hope "is easy to use and accessible to all".
The software is said to be reminiscent of original BASIC, but revitalised and redesigned to align itself with modern coding languages like Python, Java, and C++. It has been designed with simple and intuitive commands to give beginners an easy route in, while also being powerful enough to write "stunning quality games and apps" in both 2D and 3D. If you're wanting to really learn about the ins and outs of game coding, this could be a great opportunity to spruce up your programming ability.
It comes with thousands of visual game assets (such as furniture, castles, and character designs), and hundreds of music tracks and sound effects so that you can create a variety of projects of different genres. There's also an image editor, which allows the creation of your own graphics; a tilesheet editor, which makes the creation of platform levels and interactive backgrounds easier; and you can even write your own music and sound effects by using code.
Jon Silvera, Managing Director of FUZE, has said the following:
"Whilst we had planned for a before Christmas launch, we have decided to focus on the 1st April 2019. We want to give ourselves as much time to make F4NS as good as we know it can be, and this extra time will allow us to ensure the best quality and stability. As a small yet ambitious team, we are very much looking forward to releasing F4NS at a time when we know it is the best we can make it. We want to thank everyone for their support and patience – we promise it will be worth the wait!"
If you like the sound of this but feel intimidated at the very thought of getting started, you'll be happy to know that there are over 20 tutorials provided, alongside breakdowns and explanations of classic game designs. The software will retail for £29.99 when it launches on April 1st (and no, this isn't an early April Fool's joke!).
Do you like the sound of this? Would you like to learn how to code your own games? Feel fee to share your thoughts on this one in the comments below.
FUZE4 Nintendo Switch (Switch eShop)
About Ryan Craddock
Ryan can list the first 151 Pokémon all in order off by heart – a feat he calls his 'party trick' despite being such an introvert that he'd never be found anywhere near a party. He'd much rather just have a night in with Mario Kart and a pizza, and we can't say we blame him.
TeslaChippie
Mon 22nd Oct 2018
I've been using Unity a while and now I'm learning Godot Making games is fun.
nessisonett
@TeslaChippie Good to hear! I'm at Uni so I have to learn the 'practical' languages like Java, SQL etc. I prefer UE4 to Unity but they're both great.
gcunit
I'm interested.
Whalehome
This sounds fun, but I'm gonna go for Dreams on PS4 instead.
Anti-Matter
Eh, in Physical retail ?!
I wonder what kind of game i can create.....
Majormatt28
I'm interested in this as well. I've been learning python but slowly stopped because I have other classes for the other software programs (java, c++, etc.). This could be a nice way to learn unity!
Hmmm, another builder to consider for Pre-Order Peril: Sean's Lament.
So basically it offers you a basic template of pre-made gaming content and you can kind of glue it together to make a new game out of it?
Man, they should have payed for licensing and made it EA Dev Simulator 2019.
stevenw45
finally, i can create an app that will let me play DVDs from my Nintendo switch. (assuming that the system will support USB DVD drives.)
Awwww, that's ages!!
How about SmileBasic? Any recent news on that?
Kiz3000
I backed this for £15 since it was first announced. I am actually glad that it was delayed because otherwise it would be competing with Pokémon and Smash for game time.
If anyone else is interested in "pre-ordered" you can donate at the below link for £20.
https://www.fuze.co.uk/fuze-needs-you.html
Dualmask
Sounds interesting, it's neat that it comes with an image editor but does it let you import assets somehow? I've dabbled in game development and I'd rather use tools I already know how to use to make my graphics and sounds.
60frames-please
Sounds awesome!
Pichuka97
@TeslaChippie I've always wanted to get into it in my spare time. Any tips for a beginner
sanderev
I already pre-ordered this, so I can't wait
Majora101
This looks awesome. I've tried out the 3DS version of RPG Maker Fes recently and was disappointed in its restricted creative options, couldn't quite scratch the creative itch. The inclusion of a Basic-like code editor with aspects of C++ and an image editor for custom assets will make a world of difference in enhancing how creative you can get!
For anyone potentially daunted by the mention of coding in the article, the mention of similarities to the Visual Basic language is a good thing. While it is technically a dead language today, VB is very simple, easy to learn and straightforward to grasp — writing in Basic is as easy as naming an object or function, defining it, and giving it things to do, and many issues you encounter have answers available online at great resources like Stack Exchange. I learned VB in a month between calls working in a call center, it's very easy and nowhere near as convoluted as comparatively more bloated languages like Java.
Capt_N
Sounds cool!
ShadJV
@NEStalgia I mean, it says you can create your own images and music as well, but having a bunch of premade images and sounds makes it easier for people who aren't as skilled in those areas, especially since this isn't marketed to the average game designer.
@NEStalgia also, given the programming aspect you have a lot of freedom for innovation. I don't know what more you would need outside of actual professional software that requires a decent computer.
The Windows edition is available to try out from the FUZE.co.uk site.
Word of warning, though. The Y axis is bottom to top, and I can't figure out how to flip it around. (To the point where, attempting to SetMode(800,-480), I crashed it, and now it refuses to reload!!)
How easy is this for kids? My son really wants to start to learn coding and how to make games. He recently got one of those Kano Harry Potter coding wands & really enjoys it.
Frenean
Stuff like this is so cool to have on the Switch, even if it isn't something I'd personally use. We need a Super Mario Maker sequel/port!
Tue 23rd Oct 2018
@Majora101 Yeah I think it's great to offer. I learned VB 15 years ago as a hobby but life changed. Now I build Crystal reports in a healthcare field all the time at work and I'm glad I learned Basic commands early on haha. Between this and the simple skills to learn in the Labo Garage modes, we might get some more innovation going from an earlier age!
@Whalehome Yes but dreams has no release date of yet its just 2018 tbc. And it more than likely be out in 2019 plus this is cheaper than dreams which will be a full price release. And it looks like you can do a lot for the money this game costs, you could always get them both!. But its up to you just don't hold your breath on dreams it has been in the works for years now.
Nemodius
I wonder if it will be released physical ???
smithpa01
i keep trying to learn how to code but i get bored easily so a way to learn coding and game making in a fun way will probably help me a lot
BubbleMatrix82
All I'm going to say is they better have a Nintendo licensed keyboard by then because that's going to be tough if there isn't
astrofan1993
I spoke with a game artist from Activision the other day when he was at my local public library for their Comic-Con event, and I told him how I wanted to get into game design.
I asked him if he could recommend any good schools, and he told me that the best way to probably go is to be self-taught, so I wouldn't waste my hard-earned money on a degree that would probably be useless if I can't make it in the industry.
This app seems like it could really help me out with teaching myself how to code, program, and design games, without needing a formal education. I might just have to keep this on my radar when it comes out.
Retupmocnin
I will make a Youtube app for everyone. Please support my kickstarter.
Will there be a way to download and play other people's creations or what?
Interesting. Perhaps I could use it to make a 3D platformer of some sort... maybe even the mythical SA3?
if anyone is very interested in the cold hard source code programming, there are some very in depth FREE tutorials by a page on YouTube called "The New Boston", he has a buttload of awesomely well done tutorials, you purchase some For Dummies books and you can learn the language of your choice in about 2-3 months, less if you study and work hard for at least 2-3 hours per day (for C++ especially), but there are also lots of programming groups in most major cities that are like clubs you can join and hang and learn from, check your local college and ask programming and electronics students, they usually know where these groups are, lots of them are game makers also
Xjay
Reminds me of SmileBasic on 3DS (which I poured HOURS into) cant wait to try it
Balta666
@Jayenkai just out of curiosity where is that y axis is not the vertical one?
Bunkerneath
Wonder if you can create a web-browser on this, then you can get Netflix/youtube etc.
@Balta666 If you open the program and type...
RECT(10,10,100,100,TRUE)
Then it draws a rectangle from the bottom left corner.
In ALL the BASIC languages I've used (And I've used a LOT of them!) It would be drawn from the top left.
Bondi_Surfer
@Jayenkai
Is that (x1, y1, x2, y2), or something else? As if it is, then wouldn't RECT (10, 100, 100, 10) draw from top left?
No, it's bottom up.
https://www.fuzebasic.com/bin/worksheets/Worksheet_9_ShapeUp.pdf
@Jayenkai ah ok. I though you were saying that y axis should be left to right instead
@Balta666 LOL. I can barely cope with 3D maths. I definitely couldn't cope in a bizarro 4D realm where the Y goes left to right
Reigestugatensho
Little Brother won't stop telling me how much he wants this game.
teamFUZE
@Anti-Matter
Hi from teamFUZE
We will be launching as a download initially. If things take of then i'm sure a physical release will follow.
So far we have created driving games, platformers, 3D puzzlers (check i Robot by Atari - i'm afraid i love my retro games! and arcade shooter demo, various 3D world type demos and so on.
Game limits are more likely to be down to performance rather than technical ability - Breath of the Wild, no! Mario 64 with higher quality graphics, very likely indeed. Just about anything in 2D should be achievable.
We're including a lot of gaming content - I think it is safe to say, more than any other product of its kind on any platform.
You can create your own unique sprites and tilemaps so if you want to create something 100% unique you can.
You can create your own sound effects and music - we also include hundreds of backing tracks, jingles and sound effects.
You can code using a standard USB keyboard on FUZE 4 Nintendo Switch. It really is plug-in-and-play. I personally prefer using the touch screen as I love to code in bed! (You do not require a Nintendo licensed keyboard.
We will be releasing DLC packs with additional content - possibly branded by third party graphics too - We will beg Nintendo for some early Mario and Zelda sprites - that would be sooo cool!
Respect to all,
Jon Silvera - teamFUZE
More from teamFUZE
A little about the language.
Firstly this is nothing like Scratch or any other 'drag and drop' coding environment - there's nothing wrong with them it is quite simply that we focus on making learning to code as accessible as possible using a real, text based coding.
This is therefore far more powerful and flexible than most visual coding tools.
Text based coding can seem a bit scary at first - especially if you start with something like Python, Java or C etc. again, there's nothing wrong with any of these but they can appear over complex to anyone other than the most ardent students.
FUZE4 Nintendo Switch however, is a text based language that uses bespoke commands for advanced functions like image (sprite) handling and 3D model manipulation rather than needing to import libraries or external functions.
When making comparisons to FUZE, think AMOS (Commodore Amiga) - STOS (Atari ST), Blitz, DarkBASIC, DIV Games and so on. FUZE is similar in that you have common sense commands for most advanced techniques but you are still required to program to put it all together.
FUZE comes with plenty of learning materials in the form of worksheets, tutorials and a very comprehensive reference guide.
You can even share projects between your Nintendo friends.
At a later date new versions will be able to export to Windows and any other FUZE platform (Android, iOS, ???).
Jon Silvera from teamFUZE
@teamFUZE
So it's not unrealistic I could make a clone of Legend of Zelda: ALTTP ???
I was thinking of a Legend of Zelda: Zero Mission type remake of LoZ 1
Hi jhewitt3476
teamFUZE here. Yes you can definitely make games at this level and far beyond. There are enough gaming assets to support this directly but if you wanted to make your own then you can use the image / sprite editor to make it totally unique.
Jon Silvera teamFUZE
Discostew
Wed 9th Jan 2019
@teamFUZE Been a few months since this article was made and you posting in it, but if you're still around, I'd like ask a few things regarding FUZE on Switch.
Graphically, what kind of images can we use for tilecrls and textures? Will they be straight color images only, or will it support things like indexed images with CLUTs (Color Look-Up Table) in the kind of way the retro systems used to allow per-index color animation to sprites and tiles? Think of Megaman with different color schemes without having to have different spritecels for each one, just a change to the CLUT it uses. I see mentioned that we can make/utilize tilemaps, but can we manipulate how those are displayed, like rotation/scale, and even change tilemap coordinates and affine dimensions to create effects like wavy backgrounds per pixel row or even Mode7-like effects (without having to rely on 3D polygons)?
In what way could we create our own custom music/sfx? Will we have something like MML (Music Macro Language), but expanded to add our own complex samples, rather than simply streaming them?
I'm a fan of the NES/SNES/GBA era (I used Petit Computer a lot back in the day, but not SmileBASIC because of lack of features PTC had) so a lot of what I think up pertains to being able to do what was done back then and more, though with being able to make 3D games of higher quality than even Mario64, I'm already think of something along that line too.
One last thing. Sharing. We see that we can share with people on our friend list, but what about hosting our projects externally for anyone to download? Will that be an option?
FUZE4Switch
@Discostew
Hi there Stew we've got back to you on our page but I'll answer a couple more things here which you've mentioned.
Manipulation of assets, creating mode-7 effects and the like you'll be absolutely able to achieve!
You will be able to write code which controls various aspects of the synthesizer, so creating sound effects will be very easy indeed, but creating and composing complex music is not what we're focusing on.
Sharing at the moment is restricted to friends only, and we plan to keep it this way for time being due to simplicity.
Sorry that I cannot go into great detail on all of your questions. Very glad for your enthusiasm!
~Dave (FUZE Dev)
@FUZE4Switch Good to hear. Perhaps "complex" music was a bit overboard. Just wondering if it would be something like MML, but allowing the utilization of samples beyond those that are supplied in the app (like in WAV format). That is another thing I should have asked. Will we be able to load any external assets, or is everything self-contained?
Either way, I've already donated towards the cause. Too bad we don't have a Reference Guide geared towards the Switch version right now. I like looking at those things to help get the creative juiced flowing.
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Callum Blackmore
PhD Student in Historical Musicology
Originally hailing from New Zealand, Callum Blackmore studied a BMus in composition and classical voice, and a BMus(Hons) in musicology with first-class honours at the University of Auckland. While studying in New Zealand, he received a Senior Scholar Award for academic achievement in the Creative Arts and Industries, an Arts Blues Award for services to the music community, and a University of Auckland Summer Research Scholarship to undertake research into music and film. He was also awarded the Drake Medal, the highest accolade for musicological writing at the University of Auckland, for his dissertation on Stockhausen's Licht.
In 2017, Callum was awarded the Pettman Dare Fellowship, which allowed him to undertake postgraduate research into opera, community engagement, and cultural policy in conjunction with the University of Leeds, Opera North, and New Zealand Opera. While based at Opera North, Callum worked on setting up a music outreach programme for the retired community in Huddersfield, before laying the groundwork for a similar life-long learning programme at New Zealand Opera.
Callum is an eager singer, having sung for two years in the chorus of New Zealand Opera, and has recently performed with the West Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra, and the Karlheinz Company. As a composer, Callum has had his music performed by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, and as the New Zealand young representative to the 33rd Asian Composers League in Manila.


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Mohegan Renewable Energy Grand Opening Celebration
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Local media partners and invited guests are invited to attend. Please RSVP to Bobra Ball with Mohegan Renewable Energy at bball@moheganrenewables.com or 256-528-7290.
Executives from Mohegan Renewable Energy and the Mohegan Tribe will host a grand opening celebration of their newest facility in Crossville. Lunch will be served and prepared by celebrity chef Myron Mixon. Mixon's BBQ pellets are produced by Mohegan Renewable Energy.
Mohegan Renewable Energy, a subsidiary of the Mohegan Tribe, recently announced that they have opened a new plant in Crossville to export biomass energy sources to global markets. This, along with their Jasper, Tennessee plant, will ship more than 180,000 tons of wood pellets domestically and internationally to major utilities each year.
Mohegan Renewable Energy plans to add over 50 new employees to the Crossville area in the coming months and is currently hiring.
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