![]() Someone needs to introduce France to Scriptshadow. But these high points get lost in a discombobulated plot of nothingness. The movie has some memorable visuals, such as characters smearing each other with paint in a paint orgy. The director erroneously believes this makes the movie “daring” and “artistic.” No, it just makes it lame. I think chef college? A vegetarian in chef university? In typical French film fashion, the script seems to have been written by a 12 year old on shrooms. This is that French film about… actually I have no idea what it’s about. If you’re writing 40 pages of exposition into a comedy, you’re no longer writing a comedy. When I finally read the script and saw that the first 40 pages were exposition, I knew the project was dunzoes. Which was strange because the writers launched their careers with such a clever idea in Neighbors. I went on record as soon as this project was announced that it sounded like a dumb idea. Enjoy the list!Ĭoincidence that two of my least favorite films of the year have casinos as a major plot point? Hmmmm…. I’m always looking for the next hidden gem. But I’d also LOOOOOVE it if you guys suggested any great smaller movies that went under the radar this year. Bitter much Sofia Coppola!? Have I forgotten anything?įeel free to attack my sanity in the comments. The Beguiled started off strong then fell apart when they (major spoiler) chopped Colin Farrel’s leg off. I tried so hard to get into War of the Planet of the Apes but it was just meh. This guy is about to break out and become a superstar. Oh, but guys, check out that film for Ice Cube’s son’s performance. What killed that movie was the actor who played the brother. Ingrid Goes West was a sliver away from making the cut. I really liked that movie and it almost made my Top 10. There was something I didn’t like about the actor playing the lead. I suspect of those films, Molly’s Game and The Florida Project might have made my Top 10, and that Mother and the new Paul Thomas Anderson movie had a good chance of making my Worst Of (for those new to the site – I’ve always thought PTA was a terrible writer and that his last two movies prove that in spades).Īs for bubble films, Get Out, whose script you all know I loved, didn’t transfer as well as I was hoping for. Not Coco, Molly’s Game, or Call Me By Your Name, or The Florida Project. I haven’t seen the new Paul Thomas Anderson movie. ![]() AFull Disclosure, I haven’t seen every movie of 2017 yet.
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Milk production and availability range from near average to poor in northern and central regions but are mostly near average in southern Somalia, with the exception of Gedo and Bakool regions, where milk availability is low due to unfavorable pasture and browse conditions. There are reports of atypical livestock migration from Gedo to Juba regions and neighboring Ethiopia as well as from coastal areas of Nugal and Northern Mudug to Hawd Pastoral areas. In pastoral areas, large-scale livestock migration was reported from rain-deficit areas to areas that received relatively better rainfall. Rural populations are experiencing multiple declines in food and income sources. In the Northwest, 2021 Gu/Karan cereal production, which will be harvested in November, is estimated at 14 500 tons, which is 63 percent below the 2010-2020 average, mainly due to poor and erratic rainfall. 2021 Gu season cereal production in southern Somalia is estimated at 48 900 tons, which is 60 percent below the 1995-2020 average, mainly due to poor and erratic rainfall, insecurity, river floods and shortage of farm inputs. Furthermore, floods caused further population displacement and damaged crops and farmland in riverine areas of Hiiraan, Shabelle, and Juba regions. Although heavy rains between late April and mid-May partially replenished pasture and water resources, these resources are inadequate to support normal livestock production until the start of Deyr season rainfall in October. The poor rains led to below-average Gu crop production in southern Somalia and poor crop harvest prospects in agropastoral livelihood zones in the Northwest. As a result, cumulative rainfall was below the 40-year average across much of the country, especially in central and southern Somalia. The assessment and the subsequent analyses were jointly led by the Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit (FSNAU, a project managed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) and the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET, a project funded by USAID) with the active participation of government institutions, UN, and NGO partners.Ī delayed start, early end, and erratic rainfall distribution characterized the April to June 2021 Gu rainfall season. These findings are based on the 2021 post-Gu seasonal food security and nutrition assessment conducted across Somalia in June and July 2021. Available forecasts indicate an increased likelihood of below-average rainfall during the 2021 Deyr (October-December) season across most of the country, which would adversely affect food security and nutrition outcomes. Despite minimal damage in early to mid-2021, Desert Locust will continue to pose a serious risk to both pasture availability and crop production across Somalia. It is likely that sustained, large-scale humanitarian food assistance and government support since January 2021 have mitigated the magnitude and severity of food insecurity. Moreover, approximately 1.2 million children under the age of five are likely to be acutely malnourished, including nearly 213 400 who are likely to be severely malnourished. The key drivers of acute food insecurity in Somalia include the combined effects of poor and erratic rainfall distribution, flooding and conflict. ![]() MOGADISHU - Nearly 3.5 million people across Somalia are expected to face food consumption gaps or depletion of livelihood assets indicative of Crisis (IPC Phase 3)1 or worse outcomes through the end of the year, in the absence of humanitarian assistance. How to find and install the new Windows 11 22H2 update Note that many of these technologies are JavaScript-based, as WebStorm is targeted toward JavaScript development. WebStorm focuses on web development - it supports languages such as JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, CSS, React, Angular, AngularJS, React Native and PhoneGap. Supported languagesįor a code editor, there are few elements as important as supported languages. That being said, VS Code still provides programmers with a number of quality of life features, such as code assistance and debugging support. A programmer can still develop an app from start to finish within VS Code, but there are fewer features available - it isn’t a full development environment. WebStorm comes with a myriad of out-of-the-box features intended for rapid prototyping and deployment.Ĭonversely, VS Code is a lightweight, open-source code editor. In WebStorm, programmers can write, debug, run and test apps. WebStorm is a complete integrated development environment, developed primarily for JavaScript. Let’s start with the most obvious and important difference between WebStorm and VS Code. However, VS Code does include advanced features like syntax highlighting, intelligent code completion and debugging support. “Visual Studio” is Microsoft’s IDE platform, while Visual Studio Code/VS Code is Microsoft’s code editor. VS Code is not an IDE, which can lead to some confusion. ![]() Supported languages include JavaScript, Java, C++ and Python. Visual Studio Code is a free, popular, and lightweight source code editor for a wide breadth of languages. Other features include unit testing, advanced version control and a built-in HTTP client. WebStorm provides extensive automated processes and built-in tools to complete complicated programming tasks. VS Codeīilled as the “Smartest JavaScript IDE,” WebStorm focuses on making programming faster and easier through advanced, next-generation technologies. SEE: Hiring kit: Python developer (TechRepublic Premium) ![]() The best platform depends on the built-in utilities you need out of the box. WebStorm is a proprietary integrated development environment, while VS Code is an open-source, lightweight code editor.įor a talented JavaScript programmer, both WebStorm and VS Code can take a programming project from start to finish. For more info, visit our Terms of Use page.īoth WebStorm and VS Code target web and application development - but the platforms are significantly different. This may influence how and where their products appear on our site, but vendors cannot pay to influence the content of our reviews. We may be compensated by vendors who appear on this page through methods such as affiliate links or sponsored partnerships. Whether you want to start programming with automated ease or just download a lightweight code editor, there’s a solution that’s right for you. ![]() Chiron & Saturn in pisces notable as Rock approaches his second Saturn return. Aquarius Sun / Aries Rising / Aries Moon. Will Smith's now ironic "Oscar snub" for "Concussion" and "Oscars So White" Boycottĥ5:28 Analysis of Chris Rock's Astrological Chart. As Anna had done with me, I wanted her to believe my lie.Greetings Trashlings! Approaching his second Saturn Return, Chris Rock performs live Netflix special "Selective Outrage" days before the Oscars, addressing last years live violent outburst from Will Smith at the awards show. Warning: Punchline spoilers so watch the special first if you haven't already!Ġ0:02 Hollywood Influencers and the impact of Social Media and the Me Too Movement on HollywoodĠ4:10 Jokes on abortion jokes, power dynamics in relationships, cheating, divorce, alimony, Jay-Z and Beyonce's attraction.ġ3:50 Chris Rock's blind spot, false male modesty, dating down.ģ2:07 Origin story of the tension between Jada Pinkett Smith, Will Smith, Chris Rock. "Was I afraid that she would discover my involvement in her arrest? Most definitely," Williams wrote. Williams texted Sorokin and invited her to lunch under false pretenses, knowing police were waiting for Sorokin outside. ![]() Williams revealed in her memoir that she was contacted by New York authorities to help apprehend Sorokin, who was then at Passages treatment center in Malibu, California. In late 2017, Sorokin failed to show up in court on misdemeanor theft of services charges. ![]() The series' sixth episode – and Williams' 2019 book, "My Friend Anna" – details their Morocco vacation from hell, when Williams charged $62,000 to her credit cards after Sorokin assured she'd pay her back. In the show, Anna burns bridges with most people in her inner circle, including personal trainer/life coach Kacy Duke (Laverne Cox) and Vanity Fair photo editor Rachel DeLoache Williams (Katie Lowes). The so-called "SoHo Grifter" was born in Russia, raised in Germany, lived in America and "loved to watch 'Gossip Girl,' " Garner told W Magazine, which may have contributed to the confusing combination of sounds.ĭid Rachel Williams help police arrest Anna? In interviews with the actual Sorokin, Garner's speech sounds very similar. One of the most striking parts of Garner's performance as Sorokin is her unusual accent and vocal fry. 'Inventing Anna': Julia Garner on playing a likable sociopath in Netflix scammer series Is that really how Anna talks? Wiesenthal "had briefly socially run into her, and him knowing her through those circles, we felt she was good for payment, so we booked her for the flight." "We’ve let people slide in the past, quite frankly, and they’ve paid," McCormack said. The payment never came.īlade's chief financial officer, Kathleen McCormack, testified during Sorokin's trial that the company thought she was good for the money, according to Rolling Stone. Seeking to attend Warren Buffett's annual investment conference, Sorokin booked a $35,000 jet from New Jersey to Omaha, Nebraska, "by sending them a forged confirmation for a wire transfer from Deutsche Bank," according to Pressler's reporting. Midway through the season, the Scriberia reporters are shocked to learn that Sorokin once "stole a plane." Although this is technically true, it wasn't some "Mission: Impossible"-style feat where she swiped a jet off the tarmac and piloted it herself.Īs depicted in the show, Sorokin was introduced socially to Rob Wiesenthal, CEO of Blade, a company that offers private and shared charter flights. ![]() Search with google to find out information on the different clients. If you do not have access to a MUD client and would like to see what clients are available for your OS, has a large list of clients for nearly every operating system. The client should not need the IP address, but if it has difficulty resolving the host name then the address should be used instead. If you wish to view the MUD in color, it's recommended that the vt320 or ANSI terminal emultions be selected. To connect to Legends of Kallisti using a MUD client, you will need the following information: If you already have the kallisti pack from github: to easily update your existing installation, change to the tintin-kallisti-pack/.git/ directory, then run sed -i 's#github.*//hjozwiak/tintin-kallisti-pack.git#g' config or just reclone the pack with the new address, which ever you feel more comfortable doing. Check out the pack's gitlab page Please note that the location of the client has change. If you use a client that isn't listed here, please tell us about it so we can add the listing.įor those that choose TinTin as their client there is a pack that improves accessibility and makes extensive use of our MUD Server Data Protocol variables. There are a number of clients out there and rather than list every single one, we've listed a select few that stand out from the rest. ![]() For information regarding Legend of Kallisti's MSP Pack, including download and installation instructions, please see our MUD Sounds page or type help sound while playing the game. If the client has MSP support, you will be able to listen to the effects of spells, skills, battles and more as the events unfold on screen. One example of this might be to set a trigger for eating, so that when the line 'You are hungry.' appears onscreen, the program automatically sends ' eat bread' to the game. Triggers (called events in some clients) are simply aliases that are touched off automatically as a certain line of text is received from the mud. Once that is done, only cmm needs to be typed at the prompt for the spell to be cast. You may, for instance, wish to create an alias for cast 'magic missile' that is a bit shorter: cmm is a good example. An alias is similar to a macro in a word processor program. Some of the best reasons to use a client include aliases, triggers and sound support. ![]() A MUD client is an application similar to telnet, but one that offers a number of features and benefits of use to players of MUDs and other online role-playing systems. While Java will get you online very quickly and telnet offers a fast connection (and is likely already installed on your system), the most popular way by far to connect to Legends of Kallisti is through a MUD client. Zmud cw.png (12.MUD Clients What's So Great About a Client? PS Just noticed I probably had seriously beats and soundly beat the wrong way around in the order. Also note the \n makes it to where it appears on its own line. This is the mudlet equivalent of the cmud example above. (in white) Balance gained:(in yellow) ALL LIMBS.įor mudlet the function is the same as deleting it above but putting cecho("") with it as well This would make it to where you'd no longer see You have regained balance on all limbs. ^You have regained balance on all limbs.$ Also note the tildes is to keep cmud from thinking its part of a script and you want it to fire only when you see (guild) exactly. Code: Select all You can also add color to your new lines with these functions. ![]() ![]() I do occasionally look at Japanese websites for work related reasons - though when I do so, I do not manually make any changes to firefox settings.Įdit: Now fixed. I do not remember manually setting the character encoding to anything since installation. I am using FireFox 5 and the character encoding currently appears to be "UNICODE (UTF-8)". The two methods for looking up Chinese characters: They are sorted by Pinyin. So my question is what's going on? What should I do to ensure that as many people as possible around the world can view my text as I originally intended? Should I be using those special html sequences like £įor all non alphanumeric characters? Should I worry at all?Įdit: Right now I have the problem occurring on this page. ![]() I'm left with that nagging feeling that perhaps half the planet is seeing my website with funny question marks all over it. My immediate thought is that my browser got into some strange state because I was looking at some foreign website with strange characters, but I'm never quite sure. These might appear where I had expected to see hyphens or quotes or apostrophes. Attached Files: Chinese Characters Common 1.txt File size: 17.1 KB Views: 4,316 Chinese Characters Common 2.txt File size: 14. Then one day I look at the page and see a random sprinkling of white question marks against dark diamond shapes. Attached to this post are the list of these characters in hex values which you can copy paste in the Font Asset Creator using Unicode Range (Hex) option as seen below. Perhaps on a variety of browsers on a variety of PC's. I may look at it a great many times over the coming weeks or months as I make additions here and there. I look at it in my browser, everything appears fine. The scenario goes like this: I create the site. If everything is correct the languages you mean should be listed there (or in the previous tab, if youve already used them). Windows Server 2003-Works in FF after setting Regional settings to Chinese. IE and Chrome still don't display it correctly. Tested in the ff environment (English OS): Windows 7-Works in FF after setting Regional settings to Chinese. Which players have you tried If these are MP3 files, make sure you are reading ID3 tags, not APE. It is possible that Mp3tag is displaying tags that are unicode but you are using a non-unicode music app. That often happens when a non-unicode application tries to display unicode information. Under the installed services tab, click on add. In IE, I tried Tools -> Internet Options, setting Font of Chinese to MingLiu or other Chinese fonts. The display shows asian language characters. There dozens of Chinese dialects but most of them are oral dialects. Now click on region and language and then go to the keyboards and languages tab. But there is one recurring problem which I have never quite sorted out involving strange characters. Navigate to the control panel, then click on clock, language and region. The configuration of font is available on Font tab page. Most of them appear to work fine most of the time. I have created many very simple pure HTML websites over the years. Free-to-play for existing, but cancelled, customers began Thursday January 5. Later, it was announced that free-to-play would be starting Tuesday January 17, 2012. On September 1, 2011, Cryptic Studios announced that Star Trek Online would switch to free-to-play, but without full access to all the items. Again, the mission is selected and a certain amount of specified time passes until the player is told it is complete, at which time they will be informed whether it was successful. The player will set up the project, click a button and after a specified time the task will be completed, rather than spending time actually performing the crafting.ĭuty Officers can also be sent on assignments which also follow the set and forget methodology, and are not available during the time the assignments are in progress.Ĭharacters of level 52 and higher can send any ships they have, or have had, on admiralty missions, similar to duty officer assignments-but these do not use duty officers to perform them. Unlike in some other MMO's, crafting is a "set-and-forget" procedure. ![]() To raise the level of the school being researched, it is necessary to perform a research project using a crafting material. ![]() Other aspects of the game include crafting, which in its current form involves using duty officers (junior crew members) to make items, depending on the level of the school (category- such as science, beams, etc.) chosen. Both are offered in concert with the Star Trek storyline and emphasize ship positioning to efficiently utilize shields during space combat, as well as the player's away team's positioning in consideration of flanking damage and finding various weaknesses to exploit during ground combat. The two combat systems are intertwined throughout the game: away-team missions feature fast-paced "run-and-gun" combat, while space combat stresses the long-term tactical aspect of combat between capital ships. Players can also "beam down" and move around as a player character in various settings with access to weapons and specific support and combat skills relating to their own characters' classes. Players are able to play as a starship, controlling the ship's engineering, tactical, and science systems by keyboard/mouse or using an on-screen console. In Star Trek Online, each player acts as the captain of their own ship. In later expansions the Vaadwaur, the Iconians, the Na'Kuhl, the Krenim, the Terran Empire, the Voth, Species 8472 (called "The Undine" in the game), the Tzenkethi and the Hur'q are also introduced as adversaries. The Borg Collective has re-emerged as a major threat. Abrams' Star Trek film), while the Dominion rebuilds its forces. The Romulan Star Empire continues to deal with the fallout of the loss of their homeworld twenty-two years earlier (as shown in J. The alliance between the United Federation of Planets and the Klingon Empire has collapsed, and they are again at war. Star Trek Online is set thirty years after the events of Star Trek: Nemesis. The game has received several expansions since release and has gotten mixed reviews from critics. It was later released on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in September 2016. Due to technical issues with the port, support for OS X ended in February 2016. After a public beta testing period, a version of the game was released for OS X in March 2014. In January 2012, it relaunched with a tier of free-to-play access available. At launch, the game required a game purchase and a recurring monthly fee. Star Trek Online is the first massively multiplayer online role-playing game within the Star Trek franchise and was released for Microsoft Windows in February 2010. The game is set in the 25th century, 30 years after the events of Star Trek: Nemesis. Star Trek Online is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by Cryptic Studios based on the Star Trek franchise. Massively multiplayer online role-playing, third-person shooter, space flight simulator ![]() As the end of her training neared, Eddy mysteriously abandoned her. The following characters are new additions to the series:Ĭhristie – A capoeira fighter who was trained by Eddy. Heihachi, Jin, Eddy, Julia, Lee, Kuma, Nina, Lei, and Panda are also available, but as unlockable characters. Characters carried over from the previous games are as follows: Hwoarang, King, Kazuya, Paul, Yoshimitsu, Xiaoyu and Law. While there’s still a handful of new characters, the majority of fighters in this game are familiar faces. And as a result of this decision, the roster in this entry has been streamlined a bit. Of course, all this is done in hopes of luring Kazuya out of hiding.ĭuring the development of Tekken 4, NAMCO made the decision to give each character a fairly unique playstyle. This time, granting to control of his corporation to the winner. Eventually, he uncovers that another corporation is conducting the same research, and in doing so, has resurrected his son Kazuya! Knowing that Kazuya’s body would contain all of the DNA markers needed to make his experiments a success, Heihachi announces a fourth King of Iron Fist Tournament. His ultimate goal is combine his own DNA with that of a devil, hoping it will grant him eternal life. Obsessed with the idea of immortality, Heihachi begins research into genetic manipulation. Upon his death, Jin’s body is reanimated in the form of a devil and flees the scene. However, all of this is rendered moot when Jin is shot and killed by Heihachi. ![]() However, after Paul’s departure, Ogre is revived in his true form and subsequently defeated by Jin (thus making Jin the official winner). In the Tekken canon, Paul defeats Ogre and seemingly wins the third tournament. (Note, the following paragraphs assumes you are already familiar with many of the events and characters of the previous game.) Tekken 4 takes place two years after the events of the third game. So for this one, Ebay is going to be your best bet.īefore diving into my review of the game itself, let’s take a moment to get caught up on the story. Amazon marketplace is often sold out of the title. Assuming you have a working PS2 (and many of us still do), obtaining a copy of the game will require a bit of effort as well. That’s right, Tekken 4 was a PS2 exclusive and at the time of this writing, it’s never been released digitally on any other platform. You’re going to need an actual Playstation 2. If you’re like me, and you’ve decided to sink your teeth into this game for the first time, there’s something you should know right up front. Even though I took a break from the franchise to focus on other titles, I’ve been extremely excited to finally get my hands on the next chapter in the series.Īs was the case with the previous game, Tekken 4 is a title that I never had the chance to play when it first came out. It’s been well over a year since I posted my review for Tekken 3 (a game that actually earned a perfect score from me). Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, Dead or Alive, and of course, Tekken. Over the years I’ve covered a number of classic brawler titles. A genre that just never goes out of style. Tekken Force Mode also returned in the PlayStation 2 version (but this time around, it was viewed from behind the player's chosen character) the fried chicken energy powerups remained, however.Fighting games. The game later got ported to the Sony PlayStation 2 in Japan on Maand in the EU and US on September 13 and 23 of that same year this was also for unknown reasons the only Tekken title that didn't feature either a Jack robot or Anna Williams. The players must yet again use an 8-way joystick and four buttons (two for left and right punches and two for left and right kicks) to take up control of two of ten fighters ( King, Hwoarang, Yoshimitsu, Ling Xiaoyu, Marshall Law, Paul Phoenix, and Kazuya Mishima from the previous titles, and three new fighters, Christie Monteiro, Steve Fox and Craig Marduk) - and as in the second to fourth titles, a month after the NVRAM has been initialised, it shall introduce one new character per week over a period of thirteen, for a total of twenty-three characters (and the hidden characters are Eddy Gordo, Jin Kazama, Julia Chang, Kuma, Lee Chaolan, Lei Wulong, Nina Williams, Panda and Yoshimitsu from the previous titles, and four new fighters, Bryan Fury, Combot, Miharu Hirano and Violet). Tekken 4 is a one-on-one fighting arcade game that was released by Namco in 2001 it runs on that company's System 246 hardware, and despite its name, is the fifth title in the Tekken series ( Tekken Tag Tournament was the fourth). ![]() You can expand or narrow the fill range set in “Strength”. When the line thickness is not equal and is hard to fill inside with "Expansion" it enables you to fill cleanly inside the lines Adjusts the area to fill the color that is similar to the start point. If you want to reset to the initial values after changing various values, tap "Reset" Since it's hard to set Bucket tool there's a default value that works well for ones whose not used to it. Next, we will explain about “Bucket Tool window.” Display the ①Tool Selection window and tap ②Bucket, then tap ③Setting button on the option bar to open the “Bucket Tool window.” If the color fill outside unintentionally, don't panic and tap undo button to go back. But if the line is not closed and have gaps it will be colored outside the line. If the line drawing is closed without gaps, you can fill only the inside of the line. It is most commonly used to color the undercoat of line drawings. Here we will explain "Bucket setting", but also "Magic Wand setting" has a similar settings so if you want to know how to set "Magic Wand setting," change the word "Bucket" to "Magic Wand" and read on.īucket tool is a function that fills an area where the color is similar to the color of the starting point (the place where you tap with your finger). If you can't use it as expected, tap the undo button and try filling over and over. If you set it wrong, it won't function properly. Since it's high function, it can be difficult to set up properly. Please refer to the data file for the format requirement.“Bucket” is one of the most sophisticated tools in ibisPaint. It is followed by N lines and each line represents the characters in each row. The first line should be two numbers: N and M, where N is the number of rows of the 2-D arr, and M is the number of elements in each row. It saves the 2-D array to the file (specified as the filename). public void save(char arr, String filename). It prints the 2-D char array in the format as shown below: 9 12Ĥ. This method replaces the start cell character with “replacement” character, then recurs up, down, left, and right, (NOT diagonally) and replaces similar character with the “replacement” character.įor example, for the following 2-D array. The parameters of row and col represent the start cell position. public void fill(char arr, int row, int col, char replacement). It returns null if an exception is raised.Ģ. It reads data from the file, builds and returns a 2-D char array. public char build2DArray(String filename). For this project, you are required to create a program named FloodFill.java and implement the following 4 methods:ġ. There are two numbers in the first row: N, M where N represents N lines and each line contains M characters. Study the format of the text file as shown below: 9 12 Several text files (data1.txt, data2.txt, and data3.txt) contain two integers followed by rows and columns filled with different characters. Note: No credit is given for the solution without using recursive method. In this project, we will use recursive flood fill with 4 directions (left, right, above, and below – not diagonal). Depending on whether we consider cells touching at the corners connected or not, we have two variations: eight-way and four-way respectively. The algorithm looks for all cells in the array that are connected to the start cell by a path of the target color and changes them to the replacement color. The traditional flood-fill algorithm takes three parameters: a start cell, a target color, and a replacement color. Your task is to change the color of some area that has a specific color to a new color. Suppose you have a colorful image that can be represented as a 2D array of pixels. It is used in the "bucket" fill tool of paint programs to fill connected, similarly-colored areas with a different color. Flood fill is an algorithm that determines the area connected to a given cell in a multi-dimensional array. ![]() Instead, he entered two random events for the sole purpose of getting the Rams some points and finished third in both. Miller hurt his foot before the meet and couldn’t compete in the high jump, his best event. The true measure of McGuire’s impact, Miller said, came one afternoon in 1970 after a subpar meet against Ygnacio Valley. Miller graduated from Pleasant Hill in 1971 and became an NCAA decathlon champion with the Bears but still refers to McGuire as his “second dad.” Mike Brodie, a member of the 1964 Olympic team, and Ed Miller, an assistant track coach at Cal, both ran for McGuire. “We cleaned (their) clocks,” McGuire said. The Rams’ cross country team won both the DVAL regular-season title and league championship meet in 1976, and in 1977 the squad won all but one race. McGuire entered the picture in 1956 and quickly established Pleasant Hill as one of the finest track and cross country programs in the region. In 1960, George Galli’s wrestlers went through the Diablo Valley Athletic League, which included schools such as Clayton Valley, Antioch and Pittsburg, undefeated and won their second consecutive league title. We started varsity during my senior year, but I still don’t think we won a ballgame.”Īthletic success on the 40-acre campus took time, but under the guise of longtime coaches such as Poulin, Palmer, Bob McGuire (track and cross country) and Hal Briggs (football), the gradual build began. “That was probably the only touchdown we made all season,” joked Phillips, who came to the reunion wearing a gray Pleasant Hill High School shirt with a red ram imprinted on the front. Though he shrugs it off, Roger Phillips has the distinction of catching the first touchdown pass in the school’s history during a junior varsity game against John Swett in 1953. What about Bob Roll? He began as a runner but found fame as a professional cyclist and Tour de France commentator. Simpson’s junior college rushing record while at Diablo Valley College and then became an arm wrestling champion in Idaho. Or Pat Riley (not that Pat Riley), a former football and baseball player who went on to break O.J. There’s Dick Egan, a member of the school’s first graduating class, who is now a scout for the Detroit Tigers. Throughout its run, Pleasant Hill produced a group of alumni that is nothing short of eclectic. I guess wins and losses are everything, but we did pretty well.” … It took us three to five years to hold our own (in sports). ![]() “The faculty was split 50-50 on every item that came up, but we still made it work. “I didn’t realize how great it was until it closed,” said Poulin, who worked at Pleasant Hill for its duration. ![]() There are tales of athletic feats and follies dating back to the school’s humble beginnings in 1953 and, ultimately, its contentious closure in 1980. Plenty of stories came out of the school located on One Santa Barbara Road. “He was in his mid-30s, and he still wanted that letter.” McMullen never received his varsity letter during his playing days at Pleasant Hill but was so intent on getting one that, even after the school shut its doors, he inquired about buying a student body card just so he could have some tangible proof of his athletic past. “You gotta hear this one,” Poulin said before launching into a detailed tale of Duane McMullen, a former baseball player. But both are still eager to stroll down memory lane with anyone willing to come along for the ride. In that respect, they are far removed from their coaching days at Pleasant Hill, Poulin as the Rams’ athletic director and boys basketball coach and Palmer as the baseball coach. The conversation is light and flows without a hitch, even as they are repeatedly approached by others attending the Pleasant Hill High School reunion, some familiar, others a little less so.Īrt Poulin and Lyle Palmer are now in their 80s. Two men sitting side-by-side, one wearing a big straw hat to guard against the midday sun, the other a scarlet baseball cap with white “PH” letters stitched into the front. The scene: A shade-covered picnic table at Concord Community Park on a recent Sunday afternoon. |