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Young mother diagnosed with cancer one year after she couldn't afford mole removal
By Virginia Fallon
11:30am Jan 13, 2020
If Abby Bayly had had NZ$350 (A$336) for a mole check her story might be different.
The spot on her leg was growing and she knew it was trouble, but her GP told her it would cost to have it removed and no, the bill couldn't be paid off.
A year later - at a free clinic - it was too late.
Abby Bayly tries not to think about her melanoma diagnosis when she's with her daughter Allyson. (Christel Yardley/Stuff)
"It was a malignant invasive melanoma and it had spread to my lymph nodes," the New Zealand mother said.
There's good days and dark days for the 25-year-old but when she thinks of the could-have-beens, she's angry.
Diagnosed with stage three melanoma in May last year, the single mum with pale skin can't understand why, when a dangerous spot is seen by a doctor, money should stand in the way.
Ms Bayly had the melanoma and lymph nodes in her groin removed. (Christel Yardley/Stuff)
With doctors advising that melanoma caught early is almost always fully treatable, the importance of having free or affordable treatment is obvious.
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"It's not just saving people's lives but also saving the country millions of dollars paying out for treatment when people are sick with cancer."
While people who cannot afford private mole removal can have the procedure done publicly, they often face a long wait.
One Wellington doctor, who didn't want to be named, said it usually took more than three months for a patient to be seen in the public system but many medical centres would allow patients to enter a payment plan.
When asked for an estimate of wait times, a Capital and Coast District Health Board spokeswoman said referrals were triaged within five working days.
However, it was not possible to provide wait times for appointments as each case was different and dependent on the information provided with the referral.
Childhood photos of Ms Bayly in the sun with no hat on. Sunburn was a common childhood event, she says. (Christel Yardley/Stuff)
Recalling the doctor's appointment when she got her results, Ms Bayly said she knew the diagnosis before it was confirmed.
"I just thought of death straight away ... my whole life flashed in front of my eyes. I thought 'my health is going to absorb my whole life, and it has'."
Despite the removal of a lymph node in her groin to try to stope the cancer spreading, just what the disease will do next is uncertain.
"Skin cancer is a really cunning cancer ... melanoma could be spread all through my body and they won't see it."
Ms Bayly was told the chance the cancer will spread is a "huge percentage". Once it hits her bloodstream it could travel to her organs or brain - "pretty much anywhere it wants to go".
With immunotherapy treatment costing "tens of thousands", Ms Bayly said there was no chance she could afford it, but she wanted to warn other of the dangers of melanoma.
"I had a typical Kiwi childhood, we were always in the sun and I don't remember ever putting on sunscreen.
"Everybody knows the Slip, Slop, Slap saying, we've been told that our whole lives and I don't know why it hasn't happened.
"People need to stop being stupid, this is about life or death and the sun just keeps getting hotter."
These days, precious energy is spent entertaining her four-year-old daughter Allyson.
"She knows something is up but not that it will kill me. I don't even want to think of that when I'm around her."
This story originally appeared on Stuff and has been reproduced with permission.
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Home / Archive / featured / Sky to launch revamped racing channel
Sky to launch revamped racing channel Reviewed by RXTV-newsdesk on April 30, 2018 Rating: 5
Sky to launch revamped racing channel
Sky Sports Racing is to replace horse racing channel At The Races from 2019, to be available to every Sky TV customer in the UK and Ireland at 'no extra cost'.
Broadcast in HD for the first time, the revamped service promised to offer live racing from over 650 UK fixtures as well as high quality exclusive international race meetings.
Ahead of next year's launch, a ten-year deal with Chester Race Company has been signed to bring live racing from Chester and Bangor-on-Dee to Sky Sports Racing from March 2019. The oldest racecourse in the UK, Chester was established in 1539 and was awarded the ROA Racecourse of the year in 2015 and 2016.
Barney Francis, Managing Director of Sky Sports said:
“We’ve seen a great reaction from our customers to launching dedicated sports channels and this takes us to another level. Horse racing is a massive sport that Sky has been involved in for two decades, now we will have a channel to give our customers more of what they love every day. Adding Chester and Bangor-on-Dee is fantastic news and we look forward to making Sky Sports Racing a new home for racing fans.”
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'My New Flame Has No Photos Around — Should I Worry?'
How to proceed when a person doesn't reveal his past
by Dr. Pepper Schwartz, Oct. 19, 2016 | Comments: 0
Are you sexually in sync with your romantic partner?
Q: I'm dating a guy who doesn't display any photos of family or friends in his home. I find that odd — do you? What does it say about a person?
A: In this day and age, it may well mean that all his photos — of family, friends and more — are on his smartphone. Or it may simply mean he is unsentimental. Or perhaps he just finished reading The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up and has decided to live in a clutter-free environment.
Unless you are getting other signals that he may not be who he says he is, I wouldn't worry where the family portraits are.
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A: You're the more interested partner, so it's your turn to be the seductress. Get your partner back in the mood by showing her how much you desire her. To do this, take sex out of the mundane: Create magical moments — backdrops for romance that woo her and remind her what the two of you are capable of together.
Age doesn't eliminate passion, but doing things the same "old" way may dull it. When you think of sex as a lifetime gift, it makes sense that it shouldn't have an expiration date. But some balance in your relationship has clearly shifted, so it's now up to you to take the lead — and save your sex life.
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What does DaO mean in United Nations?
This page is about the meanings of the acronym/abbreviation/shorthand DaO in the Governmental field in general and in the United Nations terminology in particular.
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Dao is a category of single-edge Chinese sword primarily used for slashing and chopping, often called a broadsword in English translation because some varieties have wide blades. In China, the dao is known as one of the four major weapons, along with the gun, qiang, and the jian (sword), and referred to as "The General of All Weapons". Dao is actually a generic word used to denote any member of a family of single-edged, broad-bladed cutting or slicing tools, but in common, everyday usage means knife. The weapon, also known as dan dao when just one is used, is thereby thought to be an adaptation of the kitchen knives common to Chinese cuisine. Dao also appears in the names of such polearms as the pudao and guan dao, due to the knife-like shape of their blades.
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Hospital Plumbing May Hold Antibiotic-Resistent Superbug Infection Risks: Study
Written by: Martha Garcia
Antibiotic-resistant infectious organisms may be commonly found in hospital plumbing throughout the country, according to recent research from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
In a study published this week in the medical journal American Society for Microbiology, NIH researchers indicated that drug-resistant organisms were detected in every wastewater drain pipe tested at a Washington D.C. hospital, suggesting that similar “superbug” infection risks may be posed by plumbing systems in other hospitals nationwide.
Researchers sampled high touch locations and wastewater locations in the National Institutes of Health hospital in the Washington D.C. area. While high-touch areas, like sinks and counter tops, are commonly tested in hospitals, researchers wanted to test other less common areas.
This time, over a two year period, they also tested housekeeping closets, wastewater from hospital internal pipes, and external manholes.
Researchers indicated every sample taken from intensive care unit wastewater pipes, janitors closets, and external manholes contained carbapenemase-producing organisms, a known antibiotic-resistant superbug.
Fortunately, the study found that other areas of the hospital were relatively clean. Among the other surfaces tested, bed rails, counters, doorknobs, and wheelchairs, less than 1% of samples had harmful bacteria with carbapenem resistance.
Last year, a study resulted in similar findings, indicating that drug-resistant bacteria was found in the drains of hospital sinks, posing a threat to infection outbreaks. The drain film infected with the bacteria was difficult to scrape or clean away with chemicals.
NIH researchers were surprised to find the prevalence of the bacteria, considering very few patients at the hospital were infected with drug-resistant infections at the time. Study authors warned this indicated there is a “vast, resilient reservoir” of drug-resistant bacteria in hospital drains, wastewater areas, and housekeeping closets.
Researchers noted the bacteria found was in plasmid form, which allows them to spread their drug resistant properties to other bacteria and to which allows them to potentially gain additional resistances.
“Carbapenemase-producing organisms are a global concern because of the morbidity and mortality associated with these resistant Gram-negative bacteria,” the researchers warned. “Horizontal plasmid transfer spreads the resistance mechanism to new bacteria, and understanding the plasmid ecology of the hospital environment can assist in the design of control strategies to prevent nosocomial infections.”
Study authors are still unsure how vulnerable patients may be from superbugs in hospital drains and other wastewater areas. Typically healthy people are more resistant to it. However, those with compromised immune systems, often those needing care at a hospital in the first place, are much more vulnerable.
A study published in 2016 indicated drug-resistant bacteria was commonly found on the hands of hospital patients. In fact, 1 in 7 hospital infections is resistant to antibiotics, indicates the CDC. Last year, one so-called superbug sickened 122 people across seven states.
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Penrith star called to show respect in $50,000 abortion scandal
Wendy Francis | March 07, 2017
The ex-girlfriend of Panthers star Bryce Cartwright is right to question claims of respect and support expressed yesterday by Penrith boss Phil Gould following allegations a ‘fixer’ was brought in to induce the women to have an abortion through a $50,000 payment.
Australian Christian Lobby spokesperson for women, Wendy Francis, said the onus was on Messrs Gould and Cartwright to show that ‘respect’ by apologising for what has been atrocious behaviour.
Responding to the comments from Mr Gould yesterday, the woman known as Miss X, told the Daily Telegraph: ““If Gus Gould is happy with Bryce’s behaviour and actions towards me — I am very concerned. No woman should be treated this way. In no way is this respectful behaviour.”
“Phil Gould is apparently ‘satisfied’ that Bryce ‘acted in a respectful manner and a supportive manner’ and, 'that Bryce did as well as any young man could in the situation’,” Ms Francis said.
“Mr Cartwright cheated on partners, including Miss X. This is not respect.
“They allegedly offered $50,000 to end the life of the baby. That is not ‘as well as any young man could’.
“When he discovered that he had fathered a child with Miss X he allegedly got a “fixer” to broker a deal to abort the child. This is not a “fix”, this is not support.
“The message the club is sending to the community is that it is okay for men to pay women to abort their baby. This is demeaning bullying behaviour and should never be accepted as a resolution.
“Any woman who has been pregnant knows that no payment is sufficient to compensate for the loss of a baby,” Ms Francis said.
“The club should be encouraging a culture of respect for women and empowering men to take responsibility for their actions.
“It is not good enough for men to think they can bully women to abort their unborn child.
“If Mr Gould believes that this is the best any young man can do in the situation then we have serious problems with the football culture and he should be removed from his position.”
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ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC® NEW MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION & RENEWALS OPEN, UPDATES TO MEMBERSHIP CRITERIA & CATEGORIES + SUBMISSIONS & VOTING TIMELINE FOR 2020 ACM AWARDS® ANNOUNCED
ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC®
NEW MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION & RENEWALS OPEN,
UPDATES TO MEMBERSHIP CRITERIA & CATEGORIES + SUBMISSIONS & VOTING TIMELINE FOR 2020 ACM AWARDS® ANNOUNCED
November 29, 2019 Deadline to Apply for New Memberships & Renewals
For Voting Eligibility for the 55th Academy of Country Music Awards™ in 2020
Encino, CA (October 1, 2019) – The Academy of Country Music® announced today that the ACM Membership application and renewal process is now open, along with updates to membership criteria, including category name changes, newly added categories and the removal of categories; along with, the submissions and ballot timeline for membership voting for the 55th Academy of Country Music Awards™. The 55th Academy of Country Music Awards™, Country Music’s Party of the Year® will broadcast LIVE from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 5, 2020 at 8:00 PM ET/delayed PT on CBS.
This year, the Membership Committee presented systematic changes to the Board for ratification that include an updated membership definition as well as membership category name changes and criteria. Member eligibility is limited to individuals and industry business organizations whose primary professional engagement is in the creation, production, promotion and distribution of country music. Membership approval is subject to the complete discretion of the Board.
“To further evolve the ACM membership, the Board thought it was important that there be updated language and criteria that govern membership to ensure that the most knowledgeable members of the country music community are voting in the awards process,” said Nick Di Fruscia, ACM VP, Awards & Membership. “It has been a pleasure working with both the Membership Committee and Board to create a new administering process for renewals and new applicants. The intention is that the sum result of this new member review process will positively impact the results of our awards.”
For updates to membership category names, see the full list below.
The submissions eligibility period for the 55th Academy of Country Music Awards is January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019. Key dates for Academy professional members for the 2020 ACM Awards cycle are as follows:
New Membership/Membership Renewals Opens: October 1, 2019
DEADLINE for New Membership/Renewals Closing: November 29, 2019
Submissions Period Opens: December 2, 2019
Submissions Period Closes: January 3, 2020
First Round Voting: January 21, 2020 – January 27, 2020
Second Round Voting: February 4, 2020 – February 10, 2020
Final Round Voting: March 3, 2020 – March 9, 2020
New membership applications and existing membership renewals open today, Tuesday, October 1, 2019 at 9:00 AM PT / 11:00 AM CT with a deadline to apply by Friday, November 29, 2019 at 5:00 PM PT / 7:00 PM CT for members to be eligible to vote during the 2020 Awards cycle. To apply online for a membership with the Academy of Country Music, please visit the ACM Membership platform at: https://www.acmcountry.com/membership.
For more information on the ACM Awards and all ACM events, visit www.ACMcountry.com. You can like Academy of Country Music on Facebook or follow on Twitter at @ACMawards and Instagram @ACMAwards for more immediate updates. Tickets for the 55th Academy of Country Music Awards are available at www.ACMawards.com.
ACM membership categories and updated name changes below:
Category Names and Updates
Affiliated - No Change
Criteria: To qualify, members must be professionally engaged in the country music industry whose activities are undefined in one of the below membership categories.
Producer/Engineer/Studio Manager *SUB Category - REMOVE
Artist/Entertainer/Musician/Instrumentalist - Updated to Artist/Musician/Producer/Engineer
Criteria: To qualify, members must have contributed to no fewer than (10) commercially released country performances.
Club/Casino/Venue - Updated to Venue
Criteria: To qualify, members whose principal responsibilities are directly related to the music operation of an establishment that presents no fewer than (4) four country music acts per calendar year.
Composer - Updated to Songwriter
Criteria: To qualify, members must have written no fewer than one (1) country song published, commercially released and must be a member of a nationally recognized performing rights organization.
Digital Marketing/Distribution - NEW CATEGORY
Criteria: To qualify, members must work for a digital service provider or work in digital marketing, digital content, or social media marketing.
Artist Manager - Updated to Manager
Criteria: To qualify, members must represent no fewer than one (1) artist who qualifies for ACM Artist/Musician/Producer/Engineer membership through personal or business management.
Media/Public Relations - No Change
Criteria: To qualify, members must represent no fewer than one (1) artist who qualifies for ACM Artist/Musician/Producer/Engineer membership or be employed by a commercial publication or media outlet who actively promotes country music.
Music Publisher/PRO - No Change
Criteria: To qualify, members must be employed by a company in a creative capacity that has no fewer than ten (10) country songs published and commercially released.
On Air Personality - REMOVE
Radio - No Change
Criteria: To qualify, members must be actively involved in or employed by country a music radio station.
Record Company - No Change
Criteria: To qualify, members must be employed by a record company that has no fewer than one (1) artist signed to their company roster that meets the Artist/Musician/Producer/Engineer membership criteria.
Talent Agent - No Change
Criteria: To qualify, members must represent at least one (1) artist that meets the Artist/Musician/Producer/Engineer membership criteria and secures no fewer than fifteen (15) dates per year.
Talent Buyer/Promoter - No Change
Criteria: To qualify, members must actively buy and/or promote no fewer than ten (10) country shows or acts per year.
TV/Motion Picture - Updated to Visual Content
Criteria: To qualify, members must be actively engaged in the production, packaging, selling or distribution of country music in visual media.
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Danny Fortune
Danny Fortune was born a long time ago in a small town, in a small state, in a small world, to very small parents. He grew up watching old classic films and B horror movies, ruining his eyesight in the process. He now lives in a tiny, cramped apartment in San Francisco with an unbridled collection of religious icons and dead movie star photos. When he is not spying on his neighbors and feeding stray cats, he is usually rotting his brain with trivia and all kinds of useless shit. Danny works in a Special Education Class where he teaches children left behind. And he contributes reviews of classic movies for Alt Film Guide.
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Desert Nights with John Gilbert and Mary Nolan: Enjoyable Sahara-set adventure – which happened to be Gilbert’s last silent film – dares to ask the age-old philosophical question, “Is there honor among thieves?” John Gilbert late silent adventure ‘Desert Nights’ asks a question for the…
‘The Doll’ Movie: Greedy & Gluttonous Church Officials + German Mary Pickford in Early Ernst Lubitsch Comedy
The Doll with Ossi Oswalda and Hermann Thimig. Early Ernst Lubitsch satirical fantasy starring “the German Mary Pickford” has similar premise to that of the 1925 Buster Keaton comedy Seven Chances. ‘The Doll’: San Francisco Silent Film Festival presented fast-paced Ernst Lubitsch comedy starring the…
‘Amazing Tales from the Archives’: SFSFF Remembers Pioneering Female Documentarian & World War I Era (!) Sound Films
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‘Boom!’ Movie: Elizabeth Taylor & Richard Burton Cinematic Disaster Reappraised
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Women’s Suffrage Movie: Will Right to Vote Destroy The American Family at SFSFF?
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‘Die Nibelungen’: Siegfried Eclipsed by Powerful Women in Masterful Fritz Lang Tragedy
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‘The Beast with a Million Eyes’: Roger Corman Beats Alfred Hitchcock with Nature vs. Humans Thriller
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Sight and Sound: ‘L’Inhumaine’ Mixes Sci-Fi & Sex + Fernand Léger Sets
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‘Humoresque’ 1946: Joan Crawford Rescues Boxing vs. Violin-Playing Melo
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‘Autumn Crocus’: ‘Summertime’ Precursor Stars British Stage Legend
Autumn Crocus movie adaptation with Ivor Novello and Fay Compton: Summertime precursor. Ivor Novello last movie: ‘Autumn Crocus’ Can a naive, plain-looking, spinster school teacher ever find real love in faraway places? This was a question asked by Shirley Booth in Arthur Laurents’ 1952 stage…
‘A Night at the Cinema in 1914’: Charles Chaplin, Pearl White and The Great War
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‘The Canadian’: Thomas Meighan Finds Trouble in The Land of Promise
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What Are Booster Seats?
Booster seats are seats that help kids stay safe in cars. It's time to use a booster seat when a child outgrows a car seat.
Booster seats lift kids up so that seatbelts lie across the strong bones of the chest and pelvis instead of the belly and neck, where they could do serious damage in a crash.
How to Choose a Booster Seat
Choose a seat with a label that states that it meets or exceeds Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 213.
Be careful about using a secondhand booster seat:
Never use a seat that's more than 6 years old or one that was in a crash (it could be unsafe, even if it looks OK).
Avoid seats that are missing parts or aren't labeled with the manufacture date and model number (you'll have no way to know about recalls), or seats that don't come with an instruction manual.
Check the seat for the manufacturer's recommended "expiration date." If you have any doubts about a seat's history, or if it has cracks or other signs of wear and tear, don't use it.
If you do opt for a used seat, contact the manufacturer to find out how long it's safe to use the seat and if it's ever been recalled. Recalls are quite common, and the manufacturer might be able to provide you with a replacement part or new model.
What Are the Types of Booster Seats?
Booster seats come in a few styles:
Belt-positioning boosters raise kids to a height where they can safely use the car's lap and shoulder belts. They come in high-back or backless models:
High-back boosters are recommended when the car has low seat backs.
Backless boosters can be used if a child's head is supported up to the top of the ears by the vehicle's back seat or head support.
Combination seats are high-back seats with a five-point harness. They can be used with harnesses as forward-facing safety seats or as belt-positioning booster seats with the harnesses removed. Use a five-point harness for kids who weigh 40 pounds or more.
If your car doesn't have shoulder belts in the back seat, talk to your car dealer about having them installed. If that's not possible, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends keeping kids in a forward-facing seat with a full harness.
How Do I Install a Booster Seat?
Before installing a booster seat, read the owner's car manual and the booster seat product manual carefully. The owner's manual will explain how to use your car's seatbelts with a safety seat.
Place the booster seat forward-facing in the back seat. It's best to put it in the middle of the back seat where there is a lap and shoulder belt.
Check the positioning of the safety seat before each use.
Have your child safety seat checked at a child safety inspection station to make sure it is installed correctly.
To make sure the booster seat is secure:
Read the booster seat manual carefully.
Make sure the lap belt is low and tight across your child's hips.
The shoulder belt should lay flat and snug across your child's shoulder, staying clear of the neck and face.
Shoulder and lap belts should always lie flat, never twisted.
Kids this age can begin to understand the importance of buckling up and may want to buckle themselves in. Be sure to check their seatbelts and praise them when they put them on by themselves.
When Do Kids Outgrow Booster Seats?
Kids can stop using a booster seat when:
They're big enough to use the vehicle's lap and shoulder belts while sitting with their back against the vehicle's seat back with their knees bent over the edge of the seat without slouching.
The lap belt rests low, on top of the thighs, and the shoulder belt lies comfortably across the middle of the chest.
They can comfortably stay in this position for the whole ride. This usually happens when a child reaches a height of 4 feet 9 inches (about 150 centimeters) and is between 8 and 12 years old.
Never fasten the shoulder strap of the seatbelt behind a child's back or under their arm. And never buckle two kids (or an adult and a child) under one seatbelt. Their heads could collide in a car crash.
If you carpool or have other kids in your car, it's wise to have an extra booster seat handy, especially if you're unsure about whether a child meets the height requirements. It's always better to be safe than to let a child who isn't tall enough ride with only a seatbelt.
What About Air Bags?
When combined with safety belts, air bags protect adults and teens from serious injury during a collision. They have saved lives and prevented many serious injuries. But young children can be injured or even killed if they are riding in the front passenger seat when an air bag opens.
Air bags were designed with adults in mind. They must open with great force (up to 200 miles per hour) to protect an average-sized, 165-pound (75-kilogram) male from injury. While this force is OK for adults and bigger kids, it can be dangerous for small kids, possibly leading to head and neck injuries.
Protect kids from air-bag injury by following these rules:
Booster seats should go in the back seat. If you have no choice and must place it in the front (if your car is a two-seater), push the passenger seat as far back as it will go.
A law allows car makers to install a manual cut-off switch that temporarily disables a passenger-side air bag. As recommended by National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, if you must place a child in a booster seat in the front seat and your car has this cut-off switch, use it to disable the air bag for the entire ride. Be sure to switch the air bag back on when you remove the booster seat.
All kids under 13 years of age should always ride in the back seat, and in the middle of the back seat whenever possible. All passengers must have their seatbelts buckled.
You can find more information about keeping kids safe in cars online at:
Safe Kids Worldwide
Reviewed by: Kate M. Cronan, MD
Road Rules for Little Passengers
When Can a Child Switch to a Regular Seatbelt?
Choosing Safe Baby Products: Infant Seats & Child Safety Seats
Using Car Seats Safely (Video)
Staying Safe in the Car and on the Bus
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The King and I, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's 1951 Broadway musical hit, was based on Margaret Landon's book Anna and the King of Siam. Since 20th-Century-Fox had made a film version of the Landon book in 1946, that studio had first dibs on the movie adaptation of The King and I. Deborah Kerr plays English widow Anna Leonowens, who comes to Siam in the 1860s to tutor the many wives and children of the country's progressive King (Yul Brynner, recreating his Broadway role-and winning an Oscar in the process). The ... Read More
The King and I, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's 1951 Broadway musical hit, was based on Margaret Landon's book Anna and the King of Siam. Since 20th-Century-Fox had made a film version of the Landon book in 1946, that studio had first dibs on the movie adaptation of The King and I. Deborah Kerr plays English widow Anna Leonowens, who comes to Siam in the 1860s to tutor the many wives and children of the country's progressive King (Yul Brynner, recreating his Broadway role-and winning an Oscar in the process). The culture clash between Anna and the King is but one aspect of their multilayered relationship. Through Anna, the King learns the refineries and responsibilities of "modern" western civilization; Anna meanwhile comes to realize how important it is for an Oriental ruler to maintain his pride and to uphold the customs of his people. After a successful evening entertaining foreign dignitaries, Anna and the King celebrate with an energetic dance, but this is cut short by a bitter quarrel over the cruel punishment of the King's new Burmese wife Tuptim (Rita Moreno), who has dared to fall in love with someone else. Despite the many rifts between them, Anna and the monarch come to respect and (to a degree) love one another. When the King dies, Anna agrees to stay on to offer help and advice to the new ruler of Siam, young Prince Chulalongkhorn (Patrick Adiarte). In general, The King and I tends to be somewhat stagey, with the notable exception of the matchless "Small House of Uncle Thomas" ballet, which utilizes the Cinemascope 55 format to best advantage (the process also does a nice job of "handling" Deborah Kerr's voluminous hoopskirts). Most of the Broadway version's best songs ("Getting to Know You", "Whistle a Happy Tune", "A Puzzlement", "Shall We Dance" etc.) are retained. None of the omissions are particularly regrettable, save for Anna's solo "Shall I Tell You What I Think of You?" This feisty attack on the King's chauvinism was specially written to suit the talents of Gertrude Lawrence, who played Anna in the original production; the song was cut from the film because it made Deborah Kerr seem "too bitchy" (Kerr's singing, incidentally, is dubbed for the most part by the ubiquitous Marni Nixon). When all is said and done, the principal attraction of The King and I is Yul Brynner, in the role that made him a star and with which he will forever be identified. Hal Erickson, Rovi Read Less
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0.1. Introduction to evolutionary game theory
0.2. Introduction to agent-based modeling
0.3. Introduction to NetLogo
0.4. The fundamentals of NetLogo
1. Our first agent-based evolutionary model
1.0. Our very first model
1.1. Extension to any number of strategies
1.2. Noise and initial conditions
1.3. Interactivity and efficiency
1.4. Analysis of these models
1.5. Answers to exercises
2. Spatial interactions on a grid
2.0. Spatial chaos in the Prisoner's Dilemma
2.1. Robustness and fragility
2.3. Other types of neighborhoods and other revision protocols
Agent-Based Evolutionary Game Dynamics
1. Goal
The goal of this section is to create our first agent-based evolutionary model in NetLogo. Being our first model, we will keep it simple; nonetheless, the model will already contain the four building blocks that define most models in agent-based evolutionary game theory, namely:
a population of agents,
a game that is recurrently played by the agents,
an assignment rule, which determines how revision opportunities are assigned to agents, and
a revision protocol, which specifies how individual agents update their (pure) strategies when they are given the opportunity to revise.
In particular, in our model the number of (individually-represented) agents in the population will be chosen by the user. These agents will repeatedly play a symmetric 2-player 2-strategy game, each time with a randomly chosen counterpart. The payoffs of the game will be determined by the user. Agents will revise their strategy with a certain probability, also to be chosen by the user. The revision protocol these agents will use is called “imitate-the-better-realization”, which dictates that a revising agent imitates the strategy of a randomly chosen player, if this player obtained a payoff greater than the revising agent’s.
This fairly general model will allow us to explore a variety of specific questions, like the one we outline next.
2. Motivation. Cooperation in social dilemmas
There are many situations in life where we have the option to make a personal effort that will benefit others beyond the personal cost incurred. This type of behavior is often termed “to cooperate”, and can take a myriad forms: from paying your taxes, to inviting your friends over for a home-made dinner. All these situations, where cooperating involves a personal cost but creates net social value, exhibit the somewhat paradoxical feature that individuals would prefer not to pay the cost of cooperation, but everyone prefers the situation where everybody cooperates to the situation where no one does. Such counterintuitive characteristic is the defining feature of social dilemmas, and life is full of them (Dawes, 1980).
The essence of many social dilemmas can be captured by a simple 2-person game called the Prisoner’s Dilemma. In this game, the payoffs for the players are: if both cooperate, R (Reward); if both defect, P (Punishment); if one cooperates and the other defects, the cooperator obtains S (Sucker) and the defector obtains T (Temptation). The payoffs satisfy the condition T > R > P > S. Thus, in a Prisoner’s Dilemma, both players prefer mutual cooperation to mutual defection (R > P), but two motivations may drive players to behave uncooperatively: the temptation to exploit (T > R), and the fear to be exploited (P > S).
Let us see a concrete example of a Prisoner’s Dilemma. Imagine that you have $1000, which you may keep for yourself, or transfer to another person’s account. This other person faces the same decision: she can transfer her $1000 money to you, or else keep it. Crucially, whenever money is transferred, the money doubles, i.e. the recipient gets $2000.
Try to formalize this situation as a game, assuming you and the other person only care about money.
The game can be summarized using the payoff matrix in Fig. 1. To see that this game is indeed a Prisoner’s Dilemma, note that transferring the money would be what is often called “to cooperate”, and keeping the money would be “to defect”.
Keep Transfer
Player 1 Keep 1000 , 1000 3000 , 0
Transfer 0 , 3000 2000 , 2000
Figure 1. Payoff matrix of a Prisoner’s Dilemma game.
To explore whether cooperation may be sustained in a simple evolutionary context, we can model a population of agents who are repeatedly matched to play the Prisoner’s Dilemma. Agents are either cooperators or defectors, but they can occasionally revise their strategy. A revising agent looks at another agent in the population and, if the observed agent’s payoff is greater than the revising agent’s payoff, the revising agent copies the observed agent’s strategy. Do you think that cooperation will be sustained in this setting? Here we are going to build a model that will allow us to investigate this question… and many others!
3. Description of the model
In this model, there is a population of n-of-players agents who repeatedly play a symmetric 2-player 2-strategy game. The two possible strategies are labeled 0 and 1. The payoffs of the game are determined by the user in the form of a matrix [[A00 A01] [A10 A11]], where Aij is the payoff that an agent playing strategy i obtains when meeting an agent playing strategy j (i, j ∈ {0, 1}).
Initially, the number of agents playing strategy 1 is a (uniformly distributed) random number between 0 and the number of players in the population. From then onwards, the following sequence of events –which defines a tick– is repeatedly executed:
Every agent obtains a payoff by selecting another agent at random and playing the game.
With probability prob-revision, individual agents are given the opportunity to revise their strategies. The revision rule –called “imitate the better realization”– reads as follows:[1]
Look at another (randomly selected) agent and adopt her strategy if and only if her payoff was greater than yours.
The model shows the evolution of the number of agents choosing each of the two possible strategies at the end of every tick.
CODE 4. Interface design
Figure 2. Interface design.
The interface (see figure 2) includes:
Three buttons:
One button named setup, which runs the procedure to setup.
One button named go once, which runs the procedure to go.
One button named go, which runs the procedure to go indefinitely.
In the Code tab, write the procedures to setup and to go, without including any code inside for now.
to setup
;; empty for now
In the Interface tab, create a button and write setup in the “commands” box. This will make the procedure to setup run whenever the button is pressed.
Create another button for the procedure to go (i.e., write go in the commands box) with display name go once to emphasize that pressing the button will run the procedure to go just once.
Finally, create another button for the procedure to go, but this time tick the “forever” option. When pressed, this button will make the procedure to go run repeatedly until the button is pressed again.
A slider to let the user select the number of players.
Create a slider for global variable n-of-players. You can choose limit values 2 (as the minimum) and 1000 (as the maximum), and an increment of 1.
An input box where the user can write a string of the form [ [A00 A01] [A10 A11] ] containing the payoffs Aij that an agent playing strategy i obtains when meeting an agent playing strategy j (i, j ∈ {0, 1}).
Create an input box with associated global variable payoffs. Set the input box type to “String (reporter)”. Note that the content of payoffs will be a string (i.e. a sequence of characters) from which we will need to extract the payoff numeric values.
A slider to let the user select the probability of revision.
Create a slider with associated global variable prob-revision. Choose limit values 0 and 1, and an increment of 0.01.
A plot that will show the evolution of the number of agents playing each strategy.
Create a plot and name it Strategy Distribution. Since we are not going to use the 2D view (i.e. the large black square in the interface) in this model, you may want to overlay it with the newly created plot.
CODE 5. Code
5.1. Skeleton of the code
Figure 3. Skeleton of the code
5.2. Global variables and individually-owned variables
First we declare the global variables that we are going to use and we have not already declared in the interface. We will be using a global variable named payoff-matrix to store the payoff values on a list, so the first line of code in the Code tab will be:
globals [payoff-matrix]
Next we declare a breed of agents called “players”. If we did not do this, we would have to use the default name “turtles”, which may be confusing to newcomers.
breed [players player]
Individual players have their own strategy (which can be different from the other agents’ strategy) and their own payoff, so we need to declare these individually-owned variables as follows:
players-own [
5.3. Setup procedures
In the setup procedure we want:
To clear everything up. We initialize the model afresh using the primitive clear-all:
clear-all
To transform the string of characters the user has written in the payoffs input box (e.g. “[[1 2][3 4]]”) into a list (of 2 lists) that we can use in the code (e.g. [[1 2][3 4]]). This list of lists will be stored in the global variable named payoff-matrix. To do this transformation (from string to list, in this case), we can use the primitive read-from-string as follows:
set payoff-matrix read-from-string payoffs
To create n-of-players players and set their individually-owned variables to an appropriate initial value. At first, we set the value of payoff and strategy to 0:[2]
create-players n-of-players [
set payoff 0
set strategy 0
Note that the primitive create-players does not appear in the NetLogo dictionary; it has been automatically created after defining the breed “players”. Had we not defined the breed “players”, we would have had to use the primitive create-turtles instead.
Now we will ask a random number of players (between 0 and n-of-players) to set their strategy to 1, using one of the most important primitives in NetLogo, namely ask. The instruction will be of the form:
ask AGENTSET [set strategy 1]
where AGENTSET should be a random subset o players.
To randomly select a certain number of agents from an agentset (such as players), we can use the primitive n-of (which reports another –usually smaller– agentset):
ask (n-of SIZE players) [set strategy 1]
where SIZE is the number of players we would like to select.
Finally, to generate a random integer between 0 and n-of-players we can use the primitive random:
random (n-of-players + 1)
The resulting instruction will be:
ask n-of (random (n-of-players + 1)) players [set strategy 1]
To initialize the tick counter. At the end of the setup procedure, we should include the primitive reset-ticks, which resets the tick counter to zero (and also runs the “plot setup commands”, the “plot update commands” and the “pen update commands” in every plot, so the initial state of the model is plotted):
reset-ticks
Thus, the code up to this point should be as follows:
globals [
payoff-matrix
ask n-of random (n-of-players + 1) players [set strategy 1]
5.4. Go procedure
The procedure to go contains all the instructions that will be executed in every tick. In this particular model, these instructions include a) asking all players to interact with another (randomly selected) player to obtain a payoff and b) asking all players to revise their strategy with probability prob-revision.
To keep things nice and modular, we will create two separate procedures to be run by players named to play and to update-strategy. Writing short procedures with meaningful names will make our code elegant, easy to understand, easy to debug, and easy to extend… so we should definitely aim for that. Following this modular design, the procedure to go is particularly easy to code and understand:
ask players [play]
ask players [
if (random-float 1 < prob-revision) [update-strategy]
Note that condition
(random-float 1 < prob-revision)
will be true with probability prob-revision.
Having the agents go once through the code above will mark an evolution step (or generation), so, to keep track of these cycles and have the plots in the interface automatically updated at the end of each cycle, we include the primitive tick at the end of to go.
5.5 Other procedures
Importantly, note that the procedure to play will be run by a particular player. Thus, within the code of this procedure, we can access and set the value of player-owned variables strategy and payoff.
Here we want the player running this procedure (let us call her the running player) to play with some other player and get the corresponding payoff. First, we will (randomly) select a counterpart and store it in a local variable named mate:
let mate one-of other players
Now we need to compute the payoff that the running player will obtain when she plays the game with her mate. This payoff is an element of the payoff-matrix list, which is made up of two sublists (e.g., [[1 2][3 4]]).
Note that the first sublist (i.e., item 0 payoff-matrix) corresponds to the case in which the running player plays strategy 0. We want to consider the sublist corresponding to the player’s strategy, so we type:
item strategy payoff-matrix
In a similar fashion, the payoff to extract from this sublist is determined by the strategy of the running player’s mate (i.e., [strategy] of mate). Thus, the payoff obtained by the running agent is:
item ([strategy] of mate) (item strategy payoff-matrix)
Finally, to make the running agent store her payoff, we can write:
set payoff item ([strategy] of mate) (item strategy payoff-matrix)
This line of code concludes the definition of the procedure to play.
to update-strategy
In this procedure, which is also to be run by individual players, we want the running player to look at some other random player (which we will call the observed-agent) and, if the payoff of the observed-agent is greater than her own payoff, adopt the observed-agent’s strategy.
To select a random player and store it in the local variable observed-agent, we can write:
let observed-agent one-of other players
To compare the payoffs and, if appropriate, adopt the observed-agent’s strategy, we can write:
if ([payoff] of observed-agent) > payoff [
set strategy ([strategy] of observed-agent)
This concludes the definition of the procedure to update-strategy and, actually, of all the code in the Code tab, which by now should look as shown below.
5.6. Complete code in the Code tab
5.7. Code in the plots
Finally, let us set up the plot to show the number of agents playing each strategy. This is something that can be done directly on the plot, in the Interface tab.
Edit the plot by right-clicking on it, choose a color and a name for the pen showing the number of agents with strategy 0, and in the “pen update commands” area write:
plot count players with [strategy = 0]
Add a second pen to show the number of players with strategy 1.
6. Sample runs
Now that we have the model, we can investigate the question we posed at the motivation above. Let strategy 0 be “Defect” and let strategy 1 be “Cooperate”. We can use payoffs [[1 3][0 2]]. Note that we could choose any other numbers (as long as they satisfy the conditions that define a Prisoner’s Dilemma), since our revision protocol only depends on ordinal properties of payoffs. Let us set n-of-players = 100 and prob-revision = 0.1, but feel free to change these values.
If you run the model with these settings, you will see that in nearly all runs all agents end up defecting in very little time.[3] The video below shows some representative runs.
https://wisc.pb.unizin.org/app/uploads/sites/28/2017/01/2x2-imitate-if-better-video.mp4
Note that at any population state, defectors will tend to obtain a greater payoff than cooperators, so they will be preferentially imitated. Sadly, this drives the dynamics of the process towards overall defection.
7. Exercises
You can use the following link to download the complete NetLogo model: 2×2-imitate-if-better.
Picture by Caleb Whiting
Exercise 1. Consider a coordination game with payoffs [[3 0][0 2]] such that both players are better off if they coordinate in one of the actions (0 or 1) than if they play different actions. Run several simulations with 1000 players and probability of revision 0.1. (You can easily do that by leaving the button go pressed down and clicking the setup button every time you want to start again from random initial conditions.)
Do simulations end up with all players choosing the same action? Does the strategy with a greater initial presence tend to displace the other strategy? How does changing the payoff matrix to [[30 0][0 2]] make a difference on whether agents coordinate on 0 or strategy 1?
P.S. You can explore this model’s (deterministic) mean dynamic approximation with this program.
Exercise 2. Consider a Stag hunt game with payoffs [[3 0][2 1]] where strategy 0 is “Stag” and strategy 1 is “Hare”. Does the strategy with greater initial presence tend to displace the other strategy?
Picture by Ming Jun Tan
Exercise 3. Consider a Hawk-Dove game with payoffs [[0 3][1 2]] where strategy 0 is “Hawk” and strategy 1 is “Dove”. Do all players tend to choose the same strategy? Reduce the number of players to 100 and observe the difference in behavior (press the setup button after changing the number of players). Reduce the number of players to 10 and observe the difference.
CODE Exercise 4. Reimplement the procedure to update-strategy so the revising agent uses the imitative pairwise-difference protocol that we saw in section 0.1.
CODE Exercise 5. Reimplement the procedure to update-strategy so the revising agent uses the best experienced payoff protocol that we saw in section 0.1.
This protocol has been studied by Izquierdo and Izquierdo (2013) and Loginov (2019). ↵
By default, user-defined variables in NetLogo are initialized with the value 0, so there is no actual need to explicitly set the initial value of individually-owned variables to 0, but it does no harm either. ↵
All simulations will necessarily end up in one of the two absorbing states where all agents are using the same strategy. The absorbing state where everyone defects (henceforth D-state) can be reached from any state other than the absorbing state where everyone cooperates (henceforth C-state). The C-state can be reached from any state with at least two cooperators, so –in principle– any simulation with at least two agents using each strategy could end up in either absorbing state. However, it is overwhelmingly more likely that the final state will be the D-state. As a matter of fact, one single defector is extremely likely to be able to invade a whole population of cooperators, regardless of the size of the population. ↵
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Agent-Based Evolutionary Game Dynamics by Luis R. Izquierdo, Segismundo S. Izquierdo & William H. Sandholm is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
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Surface Pro 2 Review
You may be reading this and wondering if a review of the Surface Pro 2 is even relevant after the recent announcement of the Surface Pro 3. Like any technology, new and improved hardware is always just around the corner, but this doesn`t mean the older models become instantly obsolete.
Instead, think of this as an opportunity.
As people scramble to get their hands on the Surface Pro 3 they will no doubt sell the Surface Pro 2 they currently own, either because they feel they no longer need it, or to use the money towards the more desirable, and expensive model. You never know, Microsoft might also reduce the price of the older tablet/laptop combination once the newer model hits the shelves.
So as you can see, those of us with smaller budgets can now look a little closer at the Surface Pro 2 which, a year after it was initially released, still remains an impressive piece of hardware, whether you’re an artist, writer or blogger.
I`ll admit that after using Wacom`s Cintiq Companion for a few weeks the Surface Pro 2 had the potential to feel like a bit of a downgrade. Its screen, although a respectable 10.6 inches is smaller, and the stylus offers half the amount of sensitivity with “only” 1024 levels of pressure, and just the one button.
In addition to this there are no external configurable buttons on the device, so I wasn`t sure how well it would handle 3D applications.
However, once I pulled it free from its box I could instantly tell that this solid, well-constructed device was one which had a lot of time, thought and consideration behind it. For instance, the power adaptor also has a USB socket, meaning you can charge something else from the same plug. A simple, but clever and useful addition.
At the opposite end of the power cable isn`t your traditional pin which slots into a circular socket. Instead it’s a long, slim and almost flat plug which is held in place with magnets. The use of magnetics also extends to the supplied stylus and the keyboard, (which is bought separately), which again automatically connect when within close proximity to the power socket, or the base of the device.
These magnets are so keen that they almost pull the peripherals from your fingers, which is in some ways fun, and I found myself playing with this, just detaching and reattaching and detaching. I felt like a kid again.
Another thing I quickly realised with the keyboard is you can also attach it backwards. So, if you’re typing you have it forwards, like a laptop, and then when you want to sketch, sculpt or browse you simply detach it, turn it around, reattach it and fold it around the back. You obviously don`t need to always flip it, you can simply fold back the keyboard and it’s automatically disabled, yet stays exposed. It’s just nicer to hold if you aren`t touching the keys. In addition to this, when you’re not using the device the keyboard closes to act as a cover to protect the screen.
Again, such simple ideas but its nice not having to detach the keyboard and put it down somewhere while you work.
With the Surface Pro 2 everything stays together, and in addition to this you even get a stealth like, built in stand too which locks at two positions.
The Screen
The first thing which struck me once I powered up the Surface Pro 2 was how quickly it loaded. Within what felt like a few seconds I was at the login screen and ready to work, and this was from the device being powered down, and not in sleep mode.
Once Windows was configured and updated, which again took a matter of minutes, Windows synced with my desktop, bringing across my theme, backgrounds, everything, so I was literally looking at a carbon copy of my office system. This was a really nice touch, and meant I didn`t have to spend ages configuring a new device.
I was now ready to work, and I have to say that the screen itself was lovely. It was bright, colourful and razor sharp, and even though the actual screen size is only 10.6 inches it still squeezes in a nice resolution of 1920×1080, so most applications fit well, even if their icons appear quite small in some cases.
In others, like ZBrush, the UI simply drops off the bottom of the screen. Luckily it is highly customizable so with a bit of work you can easily have a more Surface Pro friendly layout as you sculpt.
The only downsides I have found with the screen so far are its very reflective, so if you are outdoors you will see more of yourself than what you’re actually working on. To combat this you can increase the brightness, which does work in some cases, but also drains the battery.
It also seems to attract smudges and finger marks, meaning you are forever cleaning it, but this is no different to any other glass based screen on the market.
The ArtDock
Now, if you’re a digital artist like myself, you will know that for most applications to work well you need to have a finger, or thumb, or both on other important keys. These being Alt, Control, Shift etc. The problem with the Surface Pro 2 is unless you are using the attached keyboard, there isn`t a way of accessing these while working due to its lack of external buttons.
This does have the potential to put a lot of artists off the device, people who want to hold the Surface Pro 2 like a sketchbook as they work, but also need access to these crucial keys.
All is not lost, because we have the ArtDock. This tool overlays a set of configurable keys onto the screen, so you have access to them as you work. In practice this works really well, and opens up the Surface Pro 2, making it more artist friendly. Now, it does have its down sides, and the main one being that with the palm rejection technology the key you are holding sometimes gets ignored, so you still have to adjust the way you work slightly to compensate.
With that said, without the ArtDock I am not sure I would be able to use the Surface Pro 2 as often as I do. Personally I think Microsoft should incorporate this into the OS, alongside the stylus settings, and make them both fully configurable per application.
I`d also like to see the option to dock it to the side of the screen, so once an application opens, its window resizes to it, rather than hides under it.
Even though the ArtDock is a nice tool, I did still miss having access to a few configurable buttons on the side of the screen. Maybe even allowing us to configure the volume control buttons might be a future work around?
You can download the ArtDock from here – ArtDock 2.0
The Surface Pro 2 in Use
With my key applications installed, along with the ArtDock, I was ready to test drive the Surface Pro 2, and to properly test it I thought I would actually do some work on it for a while, rather than just play about with the apps.
I was currently working on a contract which involved animation in Maya, plus a lot of texture painting, so it was the perfect excuse to dive back into 3DCoat. I forget sometimes just how nice and easy it is to use, and painting directly onto the surface of a 3D model, pixel by pixel is so much more intuitive than working solely in Photoshop.
The app itself worked really well, with the pressure from the supplied stylus coming through nicely, but more on the pen later.
With the Surface Pro 2 weighing just 2lbs you can easily hold it in one hand while working, yet after a while mine began to warm up quite rapidly, to the point where it was uncomfortable to hold. Now, this could be more of an issue with 3DCoat being power hungry rather than the device itself, but the battery life also dropped dramatically from over 7 hours to just 2.
To compare I decided to work in Maya and ZBrush for a while, using both from a full charge. ZBrush initially started out with over 7 hours of power, but I find devices like these need a little time to settle into a workflow so the battery meter can properly assess what you are doing. With the power setting set to Balanced it stabilized at over 5 hours, and after over an hours sculpting with Dynamesh it had only dropped to 4 hours, which was pretty good. Plus the device was still quite cool, and the fan hadn`t kicked in yet.
With Maya I decided to use the Surface Pro 2 as more of a laptop, with a keyboard and mouse. This time the system estimated nearly 9 hours of battery life, but again this eventually settled to around 6.
After an hour spent UV mapping a 4,000 polygon model, with Viewport 2.0 enabled, the battery still showed a respectable 5 hours of power. I did test the system briefly with High Performance enabled and the power estimate was slashed to under 2 hours. To be fair though I didn’t feel the need for High Performance to be active as Maya worked very nicely under a Balanced power option.
The one thing I did miss while working in Maya was the Insert key, which as you might know is essential, especially when rigging, and is strangely absent from the keyboard.
In conclusion I found the Surface Pro 2 to be a good device to work with, and it allowed me the opportunity to sculpt, work in Maya, paint in 3DCoat, Photoshop or Krita (which is lovely on the device too) while also having the option to use the Surface Pro 2 as a laptop to write with. I`m actually writing this on it as we speak.
The Stylus
We now come to the stylus which accompanies the Surface Pro 2, and even though it does its job, it is one of the devices weaker points.
Its plastic, light and thin like a pencil meaning it’s easy to pick up and use, but as you draw on the screen you don`t get any sort of feedback. It’s just plastic against glass essentially, so it’s maybe a little too smooth and rigid. There is also a noticeable offset of the mouse pointer compared to the tip of the pen, so this takes some time to get used too.
The single button on the side of the pen, which also slots into the power socket, is quite solid too, and sometimes can be hard to press. The fact there is only one button does present some challenges, especially to those of us used to using a two button stylus. For me I prefer having the middle mouse button active on the pen, as well as the right click, but with this stylus if you specify one you lose the other. Yes, you can hold down the stylus on the screen for a second and this acts as a right click, so you can get around it this way, but it still feels quite unintuitive.
There is a second button on the end of the pen, but so far this has proved useless. There are no options to configure it and in most applications it just does the same as the tip.
The stylus does run on Wacom technology, so you are offered some basic Wacom drivers which are an essential download if you want to configure the stylus, and gain the full 1024 levels of pressure. Again, if you’re coming from another Wacom device these settings are very limited. In recent releases the drivers have been improved to now offer a radial menu, but this is a global setting and again if you have this active you lose the other mouse clicks as you can`t add these to the radial menu itself.
I would like to see the option to configure the pen per application come in future updates, as Wacom do on their own devices. The code exists already to do this, so I’m not sure why it isn`t present already. In fact, they should just update their own drivers to work with this device, so we get all the configuration options already present. At least then we can export our settings from the desktop, and import them here.
I do plan to test alternative pens soon. I will be looking at the Wacom Bamboo Feel initially as this has been suggested as a good replacement, so I will let you know how it goes.
Another day and another business trip, so this time I decided to take the Surface Pro 2 out with me to see how it felt to carry around and use while on the move.
The Surface Pro 2 is light weight and compact, so its essentially like carrying a sketchbook around. It fit nicely into my bag, and when on the train I didn`t feel like I was encroaching into other peoples space as I worked.
If you read my Cintiq Companion review you will remember how the sun plagued me, making the screen difficult to see. Unfortunately the same can be said with this device, except because it’s smaller and lighter, it was easier to move around to gain a better angle.
I spoke earlier about the batter life, which on this trip was equally as good. Once I arrived I still had over 4 hours left, and this was with me working a little in ZBrush and Microsoft Word as I travelled.
In short it performed well while on the move, and slipped into my bag without adding much more weight or bulk.
Should You Invest?
Given that the Surface Pro 2 has some really good design choices it does get a little let down with the battery life on high end applications, (when and if you need to use High Performance while on the move), and its stylus, which for artists is a key area. To be honest though, if the stylus isn`t right for you there are some much better alternatives available for not too much money, so you can simply replace it. Plus hopefully the software will be developed over time to give us much more freedom and configuration options.
For me the Surface Pro 2 ticks all the boxes. I personally need a device I can carry around, write on when I need to and also have the option to work from too. I don’t think I could work on one for the duration of a project, although I do plan to test this, but being able to use ZBrush, Maya and other key applications, along with a decent amount of pressure sensitivity, gives me a lot more options. Far more than my previous iPad and laptop combination which I used to take out with me.
If your budget is tight and your choices are to wait and buy a lower end Surface Pro 3 or a high end Surface Pro 2 then I would say go for the Surface Pro 2, and also treat yourself to a new stylus.
The Surface Pro 3 is still an unknown entity. Yes it looks and sounds like a really nice piece of hardware but there are still question marks floating around the stylus and its pressure sensitivity, which at the time of writing doesn`t work with a number of key applications.
With the Surface Pro 2 you get a powerful system which is mobile, versatile and works with all the applications you want it to, making it a great all round tablet and laptop in one neat package.
Although Microsoft supplied the device for me to to test, the opinions offered in this review are my own.
By Antony|2016-10-31T15:39:52+01:00June 2nd, 2014|Review|0 Comments
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5 lawsuits against Neptune involving the police
The lawsuits are piling up against Neptune Township involving its police department.
5 lawsuits against Neptune involving the police The lawsuits are piling up against Neptune Township involving its police department. Check out this story on app.com: http://on.app.com/2wDxmgV
Austin Bogues, @AustinBogues Published 5:00 a.m. ET Aug. 25, 2017 | Updated 6:28 a.m. ET Aug. 25, 2017
The children of Tamara Wilson-Seidle are suing Neptune Township.(Photo: File photo)Buy Photo
It's been a turbulent time for Neptune, with a wide range of lawsuits arising regarding its police department.
The video above explains some of the issues faced by the force.
Here is a list of 5 lawsuits against Neptune, involving the police force:
1. The nine children of Tamara Wilson-Seidle
The children of Tamara Wilson-Seidle, who was gunned down by her ex-husband former Neptune Sgt. Philip Seidle, are suing the township along with the Asbury Park Police Department, the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office.
The suit alleges the township police department failed to adequately discipline Seidle and take away his service weapon.
The federal lawsuit was filed in June 2017, two years after Wilson-Seidle was shot and killed near Sewall and Ridge Avenues in Asbury Park.
THE CASE: Seidle children file federal lawsuit in mother's killing
2. The Asbury Park Press
The Press has filed a lawsuit in Monmouth County Superior Court against Neptune to receive access to more than 600 pages of internal affairs records involving former Sgt. Philip Seidle.
Former Neptune Police Sergeant Philip Seidle speaks to his children in State Superior Court in Freehold, Thursday, September 29, 2016, during his sentencing hearing. He pled guilty to the aggravated manslaughter of his wife, Tamara Wilson-Seidle, and was sentenced to a 30-year prison term. (Photo: THOMAS P. COSTELLO)
Seidle was sentenced to 30 years in prison on charges of aggravated manslaughter in September 2016 for his ex-wife's death.
THE CASE: Asbury Park Press sues Neptune to open Seidle records
3. Former Sgt. Elena Gonzalez
Elena Gonzalez, a former Neptune sergeant, resigned from the police force in April after alleging she was repeatedly sexually harassed and faced discrimination during her tenure on the force.
Gonzalez settled a lawsuit against the township in 2014 for $330,000, but filed another suit against the township in Monmouth County Superior Court in 2016, saying the harassment never abated. The 2016 suit is still making its way through court. You can watch a video of Gonzalez reading her emotional resignation letter above.
4.Sgt. Christine Savage
Like Gonzalez, Savage reached a settlement with the township in 2014 where she received a $330,000 payout after alleging she was sexually harassed and discriminated against at work.
Savage also filed another suit in 2016 alleging the harassment and racial discrimination did not cease. She is still employed by the township police force. Her case is still pending.
THE CASE: Neptune keeps police harassment report secret
5. Officer Kyheem Davis
Neptune police officer Kyheem Davis filed suit against the township in 2015 after saying he was retaliated against for supporting Gonzalez and Savage's accounts of harassment. Davis supported Gonzalez and Savage in a report by Gregory K. Turner Consulting LLC commissioned by the township in 2013.
Kyheem Davis is suing Neptune, alleging he was unfairly disciplined after supporting two officers accounts of discrimination (Photo: Austin Bogues, Staff)
The report has never been released, as detailed in the video on the Turner Report below. Davis said he was later subjected to unfair discipline by the department. His case is still pending.
ALSO MAY SUE:
The New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police has indicated that Neptune Police Chief James Hunt will sue the township for its restructuring of the police department's management.
Police Director Michael Bascom, Chief James Hunt Jr. . (Photo: File photo)
The township voted in July to form a police committee to oversee the department.
Previously, the department was managed by the township's Chief Financial Officer Michael Bascom, who served as police director. The New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police argued that the committee will inject politics into the management of the police department and also encroach on Hunt's statutory rights as chief.
The association also worried that the language of the original ordinance forming the committee could lead to a subordinate employee of the chief being placed on the oversight committee.
A suit has not yet been filed.
Austin Bogues 732-643-4009; abogues@gannettnj.com
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Income Opportunity: Rented $1,300/Mo
2 Story rented townhome located in the Clifton Park area.
In close proximity to Clifton Park and North Avenue commercial district.
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Freeze Tag Celebrates MedZEEval Times and Munzee for MHQ Bash 2019
TUSTIN, CA / ACCESSWIRE / September 6, 2019 / Freeze Tag (OTC PINK:FRZT), a leading creator of location-based mobile social games, is excited to welcome players from around the world to its Texas offices for the 6th annual Munzee Headquarters (MHQ) Bash festival. Although the official event kicks off Friday September 27, the company will also celebrate worldwide in the weeks leading up with a number of in-game specials.
The theme for this year's festivities is "MedZEEval Times" in connection with Munzee's competitive co-op challenge Clan Wars. Players in attendance will be treated to a number of classical sword and shield themed activities including special event game pieces, interactive photo ops, and more. Players worldwide will also be able to earn double points throughout the weekend for capturing and deploying Clan Weapon Munzees like the Battle Axe and Mace Munzees.
"MHQ Bash has always been about highlighting the greatest aspects of our games with our most dedicated players," said Rob Vardeman, President of Freeze Tag. "Clan Wars is pivotal to Munzee and the MedZEEval Times theme allows us to celebrate with the rest of our worldwide warriors."
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Although MHQ Bash is primarily focused on Munzee, other Freeze Tag games will also feature heavily throughout the weekend as well. Friday evening kicks off with registration, but players in attendance will also have the opportunity to win a variety of prizes including a 15 minute caricature session with WallaBee artist Andrew Cameron. Saturday morning will feature an Eventzee scavenger hunt where players will be tasked to find and photograph hidden Clan Weapon props throughout the area. Saturday afternoon the WallaBee team is hosting a player meetup called WallaBash. MedZEEval Times weekend will then wrap up Sunday morning with a "Storm The Castle" fun run, in which players will capture special Munzee game pieces along the way.
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Freeze Tag, Inc. is a leading creator of mobile location-based games for consumers and businesses. Our portfolio includes hits such as Munzee, a social platform with over 8 million locations worldwide and hundreds of thousands of players that blends gamification and geolocation into an experience that rewards players for going places in the physical world, Garfield Go, a Pokemon Go style augmented reality game based on the iconic cat Garfield, WallaBee, an addictive collecting game with over 2,200 beautifully drawn digital cards, as well as many social mobile games that provide endless hours of family-friendly fun. We also offer our technology and services to businesses that want to leverage mobile gaming in their marketing and branding programs. For example, our Eventzee solution allows businesses to create private scavenger hunts in physical places such as malls, tradeshows, company events or campuses to create immersive brand experiences. For more information about Freeze Tag, go to: https://www.freezetag.com
This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve substantial uncertainties and risks. These forward-looking statements are based upon our current expectations, estimates and projections and reflect our beliefs and assumptions based upon information available to us at the date of this release. We caution readers that forward-looking statements are predictions based on our current expectations about future events. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Our actual results, performance or achievements could differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors, including but not limited to, our ability to market our games, and our ability to implement new changes and release them. We undertake no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statement for any reason.
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On an evening in late summer, the great financier Harry Wainwright, nearing the end of his life, arrives at a rustic fishing camp in a remote area of Maine. He comes bearing two things: his wish for a day of fishing in a place that has brought him solace for 30 years, and an astonishing bequest that will forever change the lives of those around him. From the battlefields of Italy to the turbulence of the Vietnam era, to the private battles of love and family, The Summer Guest reveals the full history of this final pilgrimage.
Regretable
By ewock on 11-06-15
Extinction Ashes
Extinction Cycle: Dark Age, Book 3
By: Nicholas Sansbury Smith, Anthony J. Melchiorri
Beyond the reach of the nuclear infernos, the masterminds survived and continue their assault on outposts across the Allied States. Timothy Temper and Sergeant Ruckley narrowly escaped one of those attacks. On the run from hostile forces, they fight to get an urgent message to command - the monsters aren’t the only threat. Their human allies have a nuclear weapon. Refusing to hide underground, President Jan Ringgold heads to New York. Doctor Kate Lovato and her team are there working to infiltrate and sabotage enemy communications.
Phenomenal book!!
By Natalie @ ABookLoversLife on 01-01-20
Narrated by: Grover Gardner
This is the way the world ends: with a nanosecond of computer error in a Defense Department laboratory and a million casual contacts that form the links in a chain letter of death. And here is the bleak new world of the day after: a world stripped of its institutions and emptied of 99 percent of its people. A world in which a handful of panicky survivors choose sides - or are chosen.
My First Completed Stephen King Novel
By Meaghan Bynum on 02-20-12
By: Robert R. McCammon
Narrated by: Tom Stechschulte
Facing down an unprecedented malevolent enemy, the government responds with a nuclear attack. America as it was is gone forever, and now every citizen - from the President of the United States to the homeless on the streets of New York City - will fight for survival. In a wasteland born of rage and fear, populated by monstrous creatures and marauding armies, earth's last survivors have been drawn into the final battle between good and evil, that will decide the fate of humanity.
Simply an Amazing Story
By Amanda H. on 06-21-12
Chronicles of The One, Book 3
By: Nora Roberts
After the sickness known as the Doom destroyed civilization, magick has become commonplace, and Fallon Swift has spent her young years learning its ways. Fallon cannot live in peace until she frees those who have been preyed upon by the government or the fanatical Purity Warriors, endlessly hunted or locked up in laboratories, brutalized for years on end. She is determined to save even those who have been complicit with this evil out of fear or weakness - if, indeed, they can be saved.
Not great. Not even a little.
By JamieK on 12-23-19
By: Lou Cadle
Narrated by: Lauren Fortgang
Pre-med student Coral is on vacation in Idaho when something terrible happens. The black cloud is followed by a wildfire and searing heat that lasts for days. She survives deep in a cave but emerges days later to find the world transformed, with blackened trees, an ash-filled sky, and no living creatures stirring - except for her. So begins her desperate journey to find water and food and other survivors...and the answer to the mystery of what happened.
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By Kurt Schwoppe on 11-05-17
By: Walter Jon Williams
Narrated by: Kevin Kenerly
It starts with the dogs. They won’t stop barking. And then the earth shrugs - 8.9 on the Richter scale. It’s the world’s biggest earthquake since Lisbon in 1755, and it doesn’t hit California or Japan or Mexico, but New Madrid, Missouri, a sleepy town on the Mississippi River. Seismologists had predicted the scope of the disaster - but no one listened. For hundreds of miles around, dams burst, engulfing entire counties in tidal waves of mud and debris. Within minutes, there is nothing but chaos and ruin from St. Louis to Vicksburg, from Kansas City to Louisville.
Best of the best in post-Apocalyptic Fiction
By Ethosian on 06-06-19
Expeditionary Force, Book 9
By: Craig Alanson
Length: 19 hrs
After saving the world many times, the Merry Band of Pirates have accepted the inevitable: Earth is doomed. All they can do is try to bring a few thousand people to safety, before vicious aliens arrive to destroy humanity's homeworld. No. There is one other thing they can do: hit the enemy so hard that the aliens will regret they ever heard of humans.
An Audible Original
By: Darrell Brown, Sophie Ellis
Narrated by: Darrell Brown, Sophie Ellis
A woman disappears on her way to work. A man is convicted of her murder. But this case is different. Though the police believe they have the right man, key components of the prosecution case are missing. There is no body of the victim, no witnesses to the crime, no confession and no physical evidence: no DNA, CCTV or murder weapon.
A good attempt, but some serious issues
By Goofynose on 09-08-19
The Christmas Pact
By: Vi Keeland, Penelope Ward
Narrated by: Andi Arndt, Sebastian York
Riley Kennedy’s emails keep getting crossed with her male colleague, Kennedy Riley. The infuriating man forwards them along with his annoying commentary and unsolicited advice. At least she never has to see him in person, since they work in different locations…until they come face to face at the office holiday party.
How to be a creep 101
By Matthew on 12-13-19
All DEAD
The Complete 12 Books of the DEAD Series
By: T. W. Brown
Narrated by: Andrew McFerrin
Length: 143 hrs and 15 mins
Welcome to the world of T. W. Brown's DEAD saga. This raw, violent, and brutal world isn't populated with military supermen and women, or preppers that have been waiting for the human extinction event to arrive. This is a world of normal people...some good, some bad...and some pure evil. This is a global look at the end of the world. Follow Steve and his group as you see the apocalypse unfold through a single person's eyes. With the Geeks, you meet four young men who thought a zombie apocalypse would be cool...and quickly discover that it really isn't.
Good series. Sometimes too much detail.
By zachary Rediske on 10-24-19
The end of the world was only the beginning.
In his internationally best-selling and critically acclaimed novel The Passage, Justin Cronin constructed an unforgettable world transformed by a government experiment gone horribly wrong. Now the scope widens and the intensity deepens as the epic story surges forward with...
In the present day, as the man-made apocalypse unfolds, three strangers navigate the chaos. Lila, a doctor and an expectant mother, is so shattered by the spread of violence and infection that she continues to plan for her child’s arrival even as society dissolves around her. Kittridge, known to the world as "Last Stand in Denver", has been forced to flee his stronghold and is now on the road, dodging the infected, armed but alone and well aware that a tank of gas will get him only so far. April is a teenager fighting to guide her little brother safely through a landscape of death and ruin. These three will learn that they have not been fully abandoned - and that in connection lies hope, even on the darkest of nights.
One hundred years in the future, Amy and the others fight on for humankind’s salvation...unaware that the rules have changed. The enemy has evolved, and a dark new order has arisen with a vision of the future infinitely more horrifying than man’s extinction. If the Twelve are to fall, one of those united to vanquish them will have to pay the ultimate price.
A heart-stopping thriller rendered with masterful literary skill, The Twelve is a grand and gripping tale of sacrifice and survival.
©2012 Justin Cronin (P)2012 Random House Audio
Named one of the Ten Best Novels of the Year by Time and Library Journal, and one of the Best Books of the Year by The Washington Post, Esquire, U.S. News & World Report NPR/On Point, and St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"[A] blockbuster." ( The New York Times Book Review)
"Magnificent...Cronin has taken his literary gifts, and he has weaponized them.... The Passage can stand proudly next to Stephen King’s apocalyptic masterpiece The Stand, but a closer match would be Cormac McCarthy’s The Road." ( Time)
TWO IN THIS SERIES IS ENOUGH
I listened to the first of this series "The Passage".This title was fun and fairly well written, but it was a little hard to follow and jumped around a bit. It was a new take on an old idea "vampires", and how they were created by the government to be super human fighters.
The second in this series "The Twelve" is more of the same, except it jumps timeline and from place to place so much that it is very hard to follow. I did like that it gave some more missing details and background. But I don't think it was worthy of an entire second part in this continuing series. It could have easily been edited and added to the first book. This second book seemed forced and predictable. Since it seemed to come to a satisfactory conclusion I will opt out on a third and final in the series.
112 of 122 people found this review helpful
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This book adds precious little to the story, but manages to do so for twenty six hours.
A pale,disjointed sequel to"The Passage".
The first in series "The Passage" was a real page turning character driven trip to a better place, whereas "The Twelve" seemed to be written in a whole other style, loosely put together ,and severely lacking in character depth and feel. I enjoyed it, but was overall disappointed ,and do not plan to delve into the third installment unfortunately.
Linda Boevingloh
Rolla, MO USA
Can I get my money back?
Would you try another book from Justin Cronin and/or Scott Brick?
Scott Brick is the best! He really needs to watch who he lends his voice to. I loved the first book of this trilogy and looked forward to the Twelve....I finally gave up waiting for it to get better by chapter 10. It's like being inside a schizophrenic mind. If you don't believe me read the Washington Post review. Wish I would have read it first.
What could Justin Cronin have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?
Wrote with some semblance of order.
Which character – as performed by Scott Brick – was your favorite?
If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from The Twelve: A Novel?
How about all of it?
Iuliu Rus
Duvall, WA United States
Piece of crap
This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?
6 year olds.
Has The Twelve: A Novel turned you off from other books in this genre?
Would you be willing to try another one of Scott Brick’s performances?
What character would you cut from The Twelve: A Novel?
i would cut the book
having read and enjoyed The Passage immensely, i was eagerly awaiting to read the twelve. Only when I started, none of the stuff that I enjoyed in the previous book - the apocalyptic atmosphere, the chapters where Amy and Woldgast spend his last days in the cabin, utterly alone, none of it was anywhere to be found.
In fact this book is probably the biggest piece of crap i read in the recent years. A mediocre adventure book, which I at least three times forced myself to read to the end. Avoid it at all costs.
spacecasecake
west coast, usa
Cronin doesn't know what book he's trying to write
There's several competing visions crammed into this novel and they don't particularly work well together. Other than some returning characters The Twelve feels much like a brand new universe that's still laying down the rules. Cronin doesn't seem to know exactly what the story he wants to tell is. Or rather he's trying to tackle a lot of concepts but nothing is getting his full attention.
A major annoyance is Cronin's shift from time-periods or main characters. You'll have a few short chapters in the 'present' and then spend the next 1/4 of the book in the 'past' with a completely different cast of characters (which you will not return to). Later you'll be spending a long period of time with a situation then he throws in a random chapter about an entirely unrelated character. Then off on another tangent. For the life of me I cannot figure out the flow. It feels like he got bored while writing and went off on random vectors to keep himself interested.
Normally I like Scott Brick... he's fairly awful here. Slow and ponderous narration. Way too much use of his "confused" voice which is sort of soft, whispery, and whiney. And unfortunately there are a lot of very confused characters in The Twelve. It seems everyone is coming out of a coma, or shock, or a blackout at the beginning of every chapter...
There were a few standout parts of the book, however. I really enjoyed a lengthy section detailing what happened in the weeks and months following the worldwide outbreak. It was a tasty novella hiding in a otherwise dull tome.
BRAINERD, MN, United States
Not as good as The Passage
What disappointed you about The Twelve: A Novel?
Not nearly as good as the passage. Seems slower paced, contrived.
What was most disappointing about Justin Cronin’s story?
Preaching religion.
Have you listened to any of Scott Brick’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
He's okay.
Was really looking forward to this book after listening to The Passage. Not looking forward to third book.
What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?
This was not up to Justin Cronins first book. The first one was great but I could not finish this one because it was so disjointed. I could not follow the story line if there was one. Don't waste your credits.
Scott Brick was the only redeaming thing about this book. His performance was great but a poor story line. I very much enjoy listing to him,
all of it
Dont waste your credits.
Wow - Save your $$
The whole thing except for Scott Brick's narration.
What a waste of time and money.
Rewrote it.
What do you think the narrator could have done better?
Scott is always great!
What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?
Boring and too wildly futuristic - way too much fantasy.
Sorry I spent the $$ - wish I could get a refund as I could not even finish the first section.
carrol musso
Cameron park ca.
Another boring vamp book
The first book made me think it would not be another vamp book. Wrong! I'm mad I paid for this book, and listened till the end.
I can't believe vampires or the divergent maze runner is the best you can come up with I kept my hopes up it would not be geared toward teen mentality. Disappointed
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Jocelyn Russell
Sculpting Elephants
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Audubon Zoo Project ~ Jocelyn Russell Artist
(This site is still under construction)Welcome to the website of Jocelyn Russell’s Audubon Zoo Sculpture Project!This site follows the progress of the sculpting of each of the monuments, from miniature to life size.Please click on the individual categories (upper right) for more information on each aspect of the project.
All fifteen sculptures were installed April 25, 2017.
Audubon Zoo Project
Jocelyn has recently completed a commission to sculpt fifteen life size animals for the Audubon Zoo.“I am honored to have been chosen as the artist for the Audubon Zoo entry sculpture project in New Orleans, Louisiana. The commission included five life size elephants, five lions and five meerkats. This site is dedicated specifically for this monumental project. The monuments are all installed and the rockwork has been completed.
Jocelyn is an avid outdoor and wildlife enthusiast . From an early age, her frequent family trips to the mountains afforded her the hands-on experiences of nature and kindled her desire to pursue her childhood passion of being an artist. Through unlimited support of family and friends, she has flourished in the opportunities of the art world and her dedication to research has taken her to many destinations, including Patagonia, Alaska and her undeniably favorite…. AFRICA. She has attained recognition for her paintings and sculptures both, and enjoys the versatility of tackling many subjects and mediums to keep her inspirations alive.
Jocelyn is known for her paintings and sculptures of wildlife, both North American and African. She has been a professional artist since 1992 and continues to gain both national and international recognition for her work.
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SKYFALL Train Wrap - The train's Bond...James Bond
In true MI6 style, we've been busy over several months working in top secret with East Coast Mainline, Premier PR, MGM, 20th Century Fox and the James Bond 007 franchise to plan the high-profile launch of the new SKYFALL train.
The train was unveiled this morning (Saturday 16 Feb) at London King's Cross station and named SKYFALL in anticipation of the film's release on DVD on Monday.
Last week saw final preparations put into place as we tweaked the designs and printed the self-adhesive film ready for our highly-skilled agents to fully wrap the train. Our teams have been applying the 007 wrap to the Class 91 Locomotive (renumbered 91007), nine Mark IV carriages and a DVT, over the past few days, finishing in the early hours this morning before the big launch. Mission accomplished.
As well as the stunning specially designed exterior train livery, we decorated the train interior with table top graphics and also wrapped the 007 cocktail bar in the buffet car.
Actress Naomie Harris, who played an MI6 agent in the film was at the unveiling on Platform 007, with a host of others involved in the film and a gathering of media and journalists.
SKYFALL, the first train in the UK to be named after a film, left King's Cross at 8:33am on the "Flying Scotsman" route to Edinburgh for its special invitation only first journey; celebrating the success of the 23rd Bond adventure and launching the DVD & Blu-Ray releases to the international press.
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GDPR US Equivalent: Is the US Version of GDPR on the Horizon?
Posted by Reece Guida on October 2, 2018
It is starting to look like the US, following in the footsteps of the EU, may crack down on how tech companies collect personal data.
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) is requesting comments from the public on how to improve consumer privacy and also provide “legal clarity and the flexibility to innovate” to organizations. Given the EU’s recent $5 billion antitrust fine against Google and the takeover of 90 million Facebook accounts this past week, it seems likely that public opinion will support policy formation on how tech companies use and store customer data and ultimately, regulate themselves.
This move indicates a General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)-inspired global policy shift centered around data privacy. This could catalyze fundamental changes to the data-centric relationship between government, tech companies, and users.
Could this be the beginning of a federal equivalent to GDPR?
Political, Public, and Business Interests in Data Privacy
This idea, that federal regulations on data management are expected in a post-GDPR landscape, is important to understanding how data breaches have shaped global data privacy policies.
The administration's call to conversation about dynamic data policy anticipates that questions will arise about the functions of key institutions and the ways in which they share data and shape policy. Collaboration between the public and private sectors will be necessary, but the relationship between government, citizens, and corporations is complex.
Political Interests
In the press release, the current administration anticipates that the policy shift will have a GDPR-like impact and establish the US as a leader in privacy, suggesting that “the International Trade Administration is working to increase global regulatory harmony" and thus standardize data privacy protocols.
Case Study: NTIA and Desired Outcomes for Data Privacy
Senior U.S. Commerce Department official David Redl, who oversees the NTIA, said that 75% of American households using the internet have “significant concerns” about privacy and security risks, during a recent speech to the Internet Governance Forum USA. In the official request for public comment on data privacy, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration listed the following desired outcomes of their policy approach:
Organizations should be transparent about how they collect, use, share, and store users’ personal information.
Users should be able to exercise control over the personal information they provide to organizations.
The collection, use, storage and sharing of personal data should be reasonably minimized in a manner proportional to the scope of privacy risks.
Organizations should employ security safeguards to protect the data that they collect, store, use, or share.
Users should be able to reasonably access and correct personal data they have provided.
Organizations should take steps to manage the risk of disclosure or harmful uses of personal data.
Organizations should be accountable for the use of personal data that has been collected, maintained or used by its systems.
Public Interests
In a post-WikiLeaks era, public knowledge of data leaks, breaches, and exploits continues to rise, and so will the impact of data policy on daily lives.
Case Study: Policy and Culture
A perpetually buzzworthy subject in the movement for tightened policy regulations, Twitter also serves as a town square for policy conversation itself—spreading public opinion algorithmically (and now, more safely) through the app.
Similarly, citizens themselves are at the center of these policy debates. At the Global Citizens Festival in Manhattan this past weekend, Microsoft representative Jamal Edwards launched a policy-forward petition for digital peace: “our world leaders need a wakeup call—and that starts with you...It’s about stopping cyber warfare and telling our world leaders to take real policy action—before it’s too late.” Cyber warfare—from phishing to national leaks—relies on privacy breaches.
If the government were to change federal policy on how US companies use data, protections around that data would become more stringent. This would make companies more accountable for breaches and deter politically-motivated exploits that use data harvested by companies to phish corporate executives, public figures, and government officials.
Although recent security events have certainly sparked debate about proper data privacy policy, the underlying issue seems to be about who owns the data. Is it the customer? The corporations whose devices the customer uses? Or the government that regulates customers and corporations? These questions will become increasingly contentious as GDPR-enforcement causes companies to prioritize data security without complicating the user experience of their services.
Case Study: 5G Providers/FCC vs. South Bay
The relationship between government, citizens, and corporations is complex, as the FCC's recent media rounds have made clear. Their complicated position in the public eye is one of government service and corporate collaboration.
Lately, the FCC has been a frequent subject of the press. In August, it was revealed that the FCC lied about a DDoS attack on their system in 2017. (The issue turned out to be a massive amount of submissions to their comments section, and not some DDoS attack. It occurred after John Oliver of Last Week Tonight asked fans to oppose the net neutrality repeal.) Furthermore, the FCC-incentivized 5G push has tested how major technological infrastructure changes are implemented at a federal, state, and local level. This has sparked debate on the nature of regulatory authority and has led to cities in the South Bay area partnering to improve conditions as they currently are under corporate and federally led 5g cable installation.
Who is the Authority on Data Privacy?
The short answer is data ownership will trend toward government control as the EU's influence over global corporations spreads with each inevitable data breaches that incidentally strengthens GDPR-compliance.
Citizens have limited say over how their data is stored, and therefore, how much of it they can actually control. (Outside of litigation, there are no official channels for victims of a data breach whose personally identifiable information was compromised—and likely profited from by some third party, whether it be undetected hackers or government agencies collecting fines.) On the other hand, corporations can use loopholes and red tape to their advantage, but must tighten tighten privacy regulations in order to retain their liberties over data governance.
Implications of a GDPR US Equivalent
The discussion about federal data policy will direct much-needed attention to the cybersecurity industry, which can apply technical solutions to the many anxieties surrounding privacy issues. Protecting data through policy is truly about controlling the value that big data brings to information security and national decisions. For example, China has begun applying AI to diplomatic incentives, such as predicting economic shifts and instituting a social credit system.
As policies on data privacy are articulated, the uses of data will become more regulated, but at the same time, more publicly available. Still, data breaches will occur, and citizens will only know so much about them. Perhaps the Freedom of Information Act outlines a reasonable future that American consumers can expect in a post-GDPR world.
It says that government organizations “should withhold information only if they reasonably foresee that disclosure would harm [or] if disclosure is prohibited by law. Agencies should also consider partial disclosure [if] they determine that full disclosure is not possible and they should take reasonable steps to segregate and release nonexempt information.” In a US-GDPR future, Americans can anticipate that governments and corporations will become more accountable for private data, and somewhat more transparent about data misuses, but not entirely transparent.
Submit Data Privacy Concerns to the NTIA:
Comments are due by October 26, 2018 and may be submitted by email to privacyrfc2018@ntia.doc.gov.
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What Is an Executory Contract?
As many businessmen in Vancouver have learned, dealing with a company on the verge of bankruptcy can be difficult. Payments for goods and services are often late or entirely non-existent, and the threat of a bankruptcy filing and the imposition of the automatic stay are constant threats. These risks are well known, but a lesser known risk can cause even more financial chaos -- the rejection by the trustee of an "executory contract."
The bankruptcy code gives both a trustee and a debtor-in-possession the power to accept or reject any executory contract or unexpired lease. Unfortunately, the bankruptcy code does not define the term "executory contract." Many courts have struggled with a definition, but no single definition has been adopted.
In its simplest terms, an executory contract in bankruptcy is a contract under which one or both parties have important duties to perform. Common examples of such agreements are real estate leases whose terms have not expired, equipment leases and supply contracts.
What Does an Executory Contract Do?
The purpose of the executory contract provision is to give the trustee or a debtor-in-possession the power to preserve the debtor's assets by terminating contracts that do not serve the debtor's interests. Unexpired real estate leases are the most common example of executory contracts. A debtor that leases its business premises may wish to keep the lease in force if it is trying to win approval for a plan of reorganization under Chapter 11. The landlord, however, may wish to terminate the lease if the debtor is in default. A trustee may not accept an executory contract that is in default without making satisfactory arrangements to cure the default.
This brief discussion of executory contracts is by no means a complete explanation of the many complexities that may spring from these agreements in a bankruptcy proceeding. Any business that has one or more contracts with a firm that is in dire financial shape may wish to discuss the situation with a knowledgeable bankruptcy attorney, who can provide advice on the issue of executory contracts.
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7 phrases from Love Island you'll want to start using immediately
By Fiona Flynn
| Jul 6, 2017
Forget Big Brother, Love Island is where it is at this summer, and while it has been growing in popularity since it first returned to our screens in 2015, it seems to have reached new heights this time around.
It also appears to have invented its very own Love Island language, either that or us lot over here just aren't in the know when it comes to English slang. Or there's also a good chance we're just old now and not up to date with what the kids say these days. (Youths!)
Whichever it is, if you have also found yourself watching and wondering just what the hell that bunch of really, really, ridiculously good looking people are talking about at times, here's your official phrase book to help you master the language of love (island).
1. Mugging Off
Our personal favourite. We generally understand it as behaving a bit shit to someone you are seeing, but the exact definition according to the interweb is: "you are being made a fool of by someone taking advantage of you".
Used in a sentence: "Are you mugging me off?!"
Variations: Muggy - (Note: It is not to do with humid weather in this context.) To do something that would look like you're mugging someone off.
Used in a sentence: "That was a muggy thing to do."
2. Pie in the face
A new one to the Love Island villa this series, but we're big fans. To get pie in one's face is to be rejected by someone as if they are throwing a proverbial pie in your face.
Used in a sentence: "I got pie in my face."
Variations: "I can still taste the pie in my face." - I can still feel the hurt of the rejection.
3. Crack on
Yes, we know this phrase means to get on with something, but in the Love Island villa, it is usually used when speaking about one's wish to pursue a courtship with a fellow contestant.
Used in a sentence: "I'm just going to crack on with 'insert beautiful person's name here.'
4. Reaching
Not exactly a new phrase to the English language but we do like how they incorporate it into their dating matches on Love Island. If you are 'reaching', it means the one you are with is of a superior standard of attractiveness to you. However, given that every person who walks into this villa is of a level of beauty we have rarely seen in real life, we genuinely can't tell who is reaching or not.
Aren't they all just rides?!
Used in a sentence: "Am I reaching?"
(FYI Olivia, you are NOT reaching.)
5. Put it on him/her
Get your mind out of the gutter; this isn't necessarily as sexual as it sounds. To 'put it on him/her' is to really try it on with someone by flirting or spending a lot time with them.
Used in a sentence: "I plan on really putting it on her."
6. Melt
If you are behaving like a 'melt', it means you usually have it pretty bad for someone.
Used in a sentence: "I feel like a proper melt."
Variations: Melty
7. Grafting
This, we know, just means to work hard, but in the Love Island villa, you are only grafting for one thing, and that is the affection of the one your heart desires. It seems to particularly involve bringing them breakfast for some reason...
Used in a sentence: "I am doing all the grafting here."
So there you have it, see if you can get away with pulling one of these gems out at the pub over the weekend, but, eh, don't blame us if you end up with pie on your face.
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The Premier League has made a key appointment to its Youth Development Department with John Murtough joining as Head of Elite Performance.
Murtough, who has over 15 years’ experience with Premier League clubs, joins from Everton FC where he was Head of Performance.
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Wikipedia: Neoconservatism
Neoconservatism is a political movement born in the United States during the 1960s. Many of its adherents rose to political fame during the Republican presidential administrations of the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. Neoconservatives peaked in influence during the presidency of George W. Bush, when they played a major role in promoting and planning the invasion of Iraq. Prominent neoconservatives in the Bush administration included Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz, John Bolton, Elliott Abrams, Richard Perle, and Paul Bremer.
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Damn, things must be really messed up in Neoconistan. I’ll see if I can find a picture of Dubya kissing Maddie for y’all real soon.
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The BIG HEADLINE currently on the Drudge Report (in all capital letters) is an article about how a political hack who worked for Chris (“I will gladly pay you on Wednesday for a hamburger today”) Christie quit to become a political hack for Jeb Bush. Fascinating.
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Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, United StatesDepartment of Biomedical Engineering and Center for Biological Systems Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
For correspondence: g.bowman@wustl.edu
Conformational changes can dramatically alter a protein’s function by changing the surfaces that are accessible to interact with binding partners. However, it is often difficult to hone in on the most relevant conformational changes from the cartesian coordinates of atoms on the protein’s surface. Instead, we describe a protein’s surface in terms of groups of residues that undergo cooperative changes in their solvent exposure. We term these groups exposons. We demonstrate that Markov state models (MSMs) elegantly identify the conformational transitions that give rise to an exposon, enabling users to rapidly find the most interesting conformational changes in their system. For example, this approach readily identifies previously-known cryptic allosteric sites and other functionally-relevant conformational transitions. Moreover, it predicts a cryptic allosteric site in an important target for combating antibiotic resistance that lacks known cryptic pockets. Experimental tests confirm that targeting this site reduces catalytic efficiency 15-fold.
Proteins are dynamic molecules that can undergo conformational changes to a broad spectrum of different excited states. A growing body of evidence suggests that reweighting the relative populations of these different structural states by post-translational modification, protein-protein interaction, or the addition of a ligand is a common regulatory mechanism in biological systems.1 Manipulating these conformational equilibria presents powerful opportunities for drug design, including by the design of small-molecule modulators of protein-protein interfaces2 or cryptic pockets that open when a protein fluctuates to an excited state can exert allosteric control over distant functional sites (Fig. 1a and 1b). Identifying these cryptic sites could offer new druggable sites on established drug targets, provide a means to inhibit proteins that are currently considered undruggable, or enable the enhancement of desirable activities.3,4 Raltegravir, for example, is a first-line treatment for HIV infection5 that inhibits HIV integrase by binding a cryptic pocket. However, the population of a given excited state is often too low to detect experimentally unless a binding partner that stabilizes it is present. Therefore, a systematic means to identify functionally-relevant conformational transitions to excited states in the absence of stabilizing interactions could provide many biological insights and new therapeutic opportunities.
Figure 1: Exposons capture cryptic pockets in TEM-1 β-lactamase.
a) The crystal structure 1JWP48 of unliganded TEM-1 β-lactamase. For reference, the alpha helical domain is shown in white and the beta sheet domain is shown in dark grey. The catalytic serine is shown in gold spheres. b) A comparison of the crystal structure 1PZO18 (blue) including the inhibitor CBT (yellow) to the open structure for the relevant exposon (green) extracted from our MSM. c) An embedding of the graph derived from the mutual information matrix. Each color denotes a specific exposon. For readability, edges with low mutual information or low normalized mutual information are filtered out. d) The location of exposons superimposed on the unliganded structure of TEM-1. Residues with high total information (sum of the MI matrix row) are shown in spheres. Colors match Fig 1c. e) Synthetic labeling traces showing the fraction of equilibrium population that has never exposed over time in our MSM (solid lines) along with fits to a single decaying exponential (dashed lines) for key residues.
Computer simulations are a promising means to identify functionally-relevant conformational changes, including fluctuations to excited states with cryptic pockets,6,7 but they have historically faced severe limitations. Indeed, the design of raltegravir was based on simulations that revealed the cryptic trench where the drug binds.8 However, the difficulty of simulating rare events, such as the opening of many cryptic pockets, has hampered the routine discovery of functionally-relevant conformational changes. Moreover, even when simulations can access the relevant timescales, it is often unclear how to analyze the data to extract the most useful information. For example, the leading pocket detection algorithms over the past two decades have defined pockets as concave openings on the surface of a protein.7,9,10 This approach is intuitive and logical, especially for the original application of analyzing individual crystal structures. However, applying them to trajectories requires numerous subjective choices. Examples include determining if openings in different structures are the same pocket10 and deciding whether two openings separated by a thin channel constitute one or two pockets. As a result, these algorithms often miss valuable features, including cryptic extensions of enzyme active sites, which may be extremely useful for drug design. Similar difficulties arise when searching for other types of conformational changes–although it must be noted that substantial progress has been made in recent years in developing tools that leverage clustering algorithms10 or dynamical information11,12 to address this challenge with increasing levels of sophistication.
Here, we reasoned that conformational changes that dramatically alter the surfaces available to interact with different binding partners are likely to be functionally-relevant. To identify these conformational changes, we characterize a protein’s surface in terms of groups of residues that undergo cooperative changes in their solvent exposure. We call these sets of residues exposons. In the case of cryptic pockets, exposons arise because pocket opening concomitantly increases the solvent exposure of surrounding residues while closing a pocket simultaneously reduces their exposure. Focusing on exposons greatly increases the efficiency and robustness of pocket identification. For example, there is rarely a need to adjust parameters, so new pockets can be identified quickly with next to no manual intervention. Because exposons exist in sequence space, the results are insensitive to structural alignments and can be easily compared with experimental techniques that provide a read-out at the primary structural level, like hydrogen-deuterium exchange or side-chain labeling experiments. Exposons also identify features that are often missed by alternative methods, such as cryptic extensions to enzyme active sites.
To demonstrate the value of this new perspective on characterizing proteins’ surface chemistry, we present an integrative method that combines simulations and experiments to identify cryptic allosteric sites. First, we use Markov state models (MSMs)13 to model a protein’s conformational heterogeneity. MSMs allow us to capture slow conformational changes by integrating many independent simulations into a map of a protein’s conformational space consisting of a set of structural states and the probabilities of hopping between them.14,15 We then use these models to identify exposons and the structural fluctuations that create them. Finally, we test our predictions by using our models to design thiol labeling experiments, which we conduct using a stopped-flow instrument to ensure access to the relevant timescales.
We demonstrate the utility of this approach for identifying cryptic allosteric sites by applying it to two homologous β-lactamase enzymes, TEM-1 and CTX-M-9. TEM-1 and CTX-M-9 are of great medical importance because bacterial expression of β-lactamases is one of the most common sources of antibiotic resistance.16 In the United States alone, over 2 million people contract antibiotic-resistant infections every year, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths and billions of dollars in healthcare costs.17 Frighteningly, resistance is on the rise, and there are few new antibiotics in the development pipeline, because many pharmaceutical companies are abandoning antibiotic development.18 Therefore, there is a great need for novel antibiotic strategies to avoid a post-antibiotic era in which routine infections are life-threatening events.19 Besides their medical relevance, we chose these systems because TEM has known cryptic pockets to test our approach on20–22 while CTX-M-9 presents a new challenge, as it has no known cryptic pockets.
To demonstrate the broad applicability of our approach, we also present evidence that our methodology detects other functionally-relevant conformational changes in the Ebola virus’ nucleoprotein (NP). Ebola is an RNA virus responsible for a severe hemorrhagic fever with high case-fatality rates.23 NP coats the viral genome to protect it from the host, but must release it for transcription of the viral genome to occur. Recent work suggests conformational dynamics controls NP’s RNA-binding affinity, presenting a potential target for pharmacotherapy.24
Exposons identify known cryptic pockets. To identify exposons, we first featurize each conformation in a set of simulations by expressing each of these data points as a binary vector with each element representing whether or not a sidechain is exposed. Extending previous work,22 sidechains are classified as exposed if their SASA to a drug-sized probe exceeds 2 Å2. We quantify the correlations between the solvent exposure of each pair of residues by calculating the mutual information (MI) between them. Mutual information–defined in Eq 1 of Methods–is a non-linear measure of the correlation between two random variables that has been previously used in studies of protein allostery.25,26 The matrix of all pairwise mutual informations is sparse (Fig S1-S3) and can be represented as a graph (Fig 1c). Finally, we cluster this MI matrix using affinity propagation.27 The resulting clusters are termed exposons.
In support of the validity of our approach, we identify exposons corresponding to known cryptic pockets in TEM-1 β-lactamase (Fig 1d). For example, the pale blue exposon corresponds to the binding site of a known allosteric ligand.20 The orange exposon corresponds to a second cryptic pocket we previously discovered.22
MSMs identify the motions that give rise to exposons. An MSM’s top eigenmodes capture how much each conformational state participates in the slowest motions observed in a simulation, so we reasoned that they would provide a facile means to identify the dominant open form of each exposon. To identify which eigenmode reports on a particular exposon, we first compute the degree to which changes in an exposon’s solvent accessible surface area (SASA) are correlated with each eigenmotion (Fig S4) in an approach similar to dynamical fingerprinting.28 We choose the eigenmode that maximizes this correlation and extract its extreme structures for visual examination (Fig 1b, green).
To test that our strategy for extracting high-population, realistic configurations for open exposon conformations is reasonable, we compared the known cryptic pocket’s ligand-bound crystal structure20 to the open state for that exposon. We find that the configuration identified by this approach is even more open than the bound crystal structure (Fig 1b), consistent with previous evidence that the pocket opens even further in solution than is seen in the crystal structure.21 Examining structures along the highest flux pathway29 to the open conformation reveals structures that are more similar to the ligand-bound crystal structure (Fig S5).
MSMs retrodict trends in thiol labeling rates. We leverage our model’s residue-level predictions to choose a small number of specific positions to test with our thiol labeling technique, which we have improved upon from previous work22 by the use of a stopped-flow instrument. Our thiol labeling assay uses a drug-sized labeling reagent, DTNB (Ellman’s reagent) that changes absorbance upon covalently reacting with solvent-exposed cysteines. Thus, it provides a time-resolved measurement of residue-level solvent exposure with millisecond resolution. To make the comparison between our MSM and our thiol labeling experiment, we also developed a ‘synthetic labeling’ calculation. Synthetic labeling gives, as a function of time, the fraction of the population that is exposing the relevant sidechain to solvent for the first time. This is analogous to the way absorbance reports the amount of protein first exposing to the thiol label over time in thiol labeling experiments.
We find that synthetic labeling consistently discriminates pocket and non-pocket residues, matching in vitro results. As predicted, residues that remain buried in our experiments (L190, I260) do not show synthetic labeling, a surface control (A150) labels immediately in both our experiments and synthetic labeling, and experimentally-confirmed pocket residues (S203, A232, L286) label at intermediate rates in our model (Fig 1e). Furthermore, amongst residues that label at an intermediate rate, residues that label faster in vitro also label faster in silico. The main discrepancy between our synthetic and experimental labeling occurs at S249, which labels in vitro but not in silico, likely because finite sampling prevented us from ever observing an exposed state for this residue. Our predicted rates are also substantially faster than the in vitro results. This discrepancy is partly due to the fact that only a sub-population of open structures will have an appropriate geometry for covalently reacting with our labeling reagent. Systematic force field errors may also contribute. Regardless, the ability to predict these trends and distinguish pockets from non-pockets is a strong testament to the predictive power of our models.
Exposons identify other functionally-relevant conformational transitions at protein surfaces. To demonstrate that exposons are valuable for a broad range of applications, we applied our analysis pipeline to the NP protein from Ebola, which has no homology to β-lactamase whatsoever. In Figure 2a, we identified an exposon (pink) that, unlike the cryptic allosteric sites identified above, does not consist of a contiguous group of residues in the available x-ray structure.30 As shown in Figure 2b, this exposon reports not on a cooperative opening motion, but on a collective curling of the terminal helices into the RNA-binding cleft. This motion was recently identified as important for controlling NP’s RNA-binding affinity.24 Crucially, this dynamic process is consistent with hydrogen-deuterium exchange data that cannot be accounted for using available cryoelectron microscopy structures.24 Manipulating this conformational equilibria with small molecules or peptides could provide a powerful means to inhibit Ebola. Indeed, a peptide that binds this interface has already been found to inhibit viral replication.24,30
Figure 2: Exposons recapitulate conformational transitions in the NP protein from Ebola.
a) The exposons of NP superimposed on a crystal structure. The pink and dark brown exposons are dispersed in space. b) The extremes of the eigenmotion best correlated with residues in the pink exposon. This motion of alpha helix 22 (indicated as α22) is thought to be important for RNA binding.
Discovery of a novel cryptic allosteric site in TEM-1. To demonstrate our method’s predictive power, we evaluated whether other exposons could reveal novel cryptic pockets in TEM-1. One novel exposon (Fig. 1d, beige) was particularly appealing because it is in the vicinity of the Ω-loop, a structural element containing residues absolutely required for enzymatic activity.31 Therefore, we expect a small molecule that binds this pocket and displaces the binds this pocket and displaces the Ω would be a potent inhibitor while a drug that stabilizes the closed conformation would increase activity. The formation of a cryptic pocket is also consistent with work from our lab demonstrating that the Ω has significant conformational heterogeneity.32 In our previous work, we were unable to detect this pocket because it frequently forms a channel-like connection with the active site, causing it to be spuriously combined with the active site pocket by pocket clustering methods.21,22
Our MSM revealed that S243 is significantly exposed by the opening of this pocket (Fig 3a). The open form also appears well-structured and druggable. This conclusion is supported by quantitative druggability scores from fpocket33 (Fig S6). Together, these results prompted us to experimentally characterize the labeling of the S243C variant. Consistent with our prediction, the introduced cysteine labels at an intermediate rate that cannot be explained by protein unfolding (Fig 3b). This rate also clearly differs from the labeling rates of deeply-buried residues, which label on the order of hours, and surface residues, which label in less than seconds for this protein.22 Then, to model the allosteric effect of a putative drug binding at this site, we assay the catalytic function of the labeled enzyme. The TNB covalently attached to the sidechain of residue 243 during the labeling reaction prevents complete closure of the pocket, much like a drug might, giving rise to a 3.75-fold increase in catalytic efficiency, driven primarily by a ~4-fold decrease in Km (Fig. S7, Table S1). However, because of TNB’s hydrophilicity and small size, the effect measured in this state may be less than the effect of a true drug. This is consistent with recent evidence suggesting that discovering allosteric activators may be easier than one might assume.34 We are especially heartened that this method is able to identify a new cryptic allosteric site even in TEM-1, which is a protein that has been studied for multiple years by many groups, including specifically by our group for the purpose of locating these sites. The discovery of this new cryptic site strengthens our argument that the paucity of previously-identified cryptic allosteric pockets may stem from technical limitations in locating them rather than a low prevalence.
Figure 3: Exposons predict a novel cryptic pocket in TEM-1.
a) The pocket opening motion for the S243 pocket (left buried, right exposed) as determined by the MSM eigenmode maximally correlating with S243 SASA changes. To highlight the change in packing, residues within 7Å are shown in spheres. S243 is shown in pink, and other residues within the exposon are colored beige (matching Fig 1d). Residues in the exposon but outside the 7Å radius are shown in sticks. b) TEM-1 S243C labeling (solid circles) fit to the EX2 model (solid line) is much faster than can be accounted for by unfolded enzyme alone (dashed line). Error bars were on the order of 10−4 and are not included for visual clarity.
Discovery of the first known cryptic pocket in CTX-M. As a more stringent test of the predictive power of our approach, we applied our method to CTX-M-9 β-lactamase. This enzyme has less than 40% sequence identity with the TEM-1 variant of the protein and lacks previously known cryptic pockets. Fortuitously, CTX-M-9 contains a native cysteine at position 69 that is buried in available x-ray structures but participates in an exposon and is therefore expected to label (Figs 4a and 4b). Consequently, applying thiol labeling does not require the introduction of a mutation, so we can directly test our model’s prediction without any concern that a mutation created a pocket where none existed before. To test our prediction, we measured the solvent exposure kinetics of C69 with our thiol labeling assay and found that, consistent with the in silico prediction, it participates in a cryptic pocket. We find that C69’s rate of labeling is inconsistent with the global unfolding process (Fig 4c) and is much faster than the labeling rate of deeply-buried residues. In contrast, S123C, a position that is buried in crystal structures of CTX-M-9,35 showed only limited labeling during a three-hour reaction, implying a labeling rate consistent with labeling due exclusively to the global unfolding process. As with TEM-1, we once again tested the allosteric activity of our proposed allosteric site by measuring the kinetic function of the C69-labeled enzyme. We found an approximately 15-fold reduction in the catalytic efficiency (Fig S7). This is the first cryptic pocket to be identified in CTX-M-9. By comparison, this same assay applied to previously-identified cryptic pockets in TEM-1 showed less than a threefold change in activity.22 The pocket in CTX-M also appears to be well-structured (Fig 4b), as opposed to disordered, making it a viable drug target. Taken together, this newly-predicted pocket is the most attractive cryptic drug target found to date in either TEM or CTX-M-9.
Figure 4 Exposons predict novel cryptic pockets in TEM-1 and CTX-M-9.
a) The exposons of CTX-M-9 superimposed on the crystal structure 2P74; each color denotes a specific exposon. b) The pocket opening motion for the CTX-M-9 C69 pocket (left buried, right exposed) as determined by the MSM eigenmode maximally correlating with C69 SASA changes. Coloring and representation choices are the same as Fig 2a.c) CTX-M-9 C69 labeling (solid circles) fit to the EXX model (solid line) is much faster than can be accounted for by the global unfolding process alone (dashed line). Error bars were on the order of 10−5 and are omitted for visual clarity.
We have demonstrated that exposons provide a powerful conceptual framework for identifying cryptic allosteric sites and other functionally-relevant conformational motions. Exposons retrodict known cryptic pockets, retrospectively identify important surface rearrangements, and predict new pockets in two enzymes that confer bacteria with antibiotic resistance. Our previous methods based on traditional pocket detection tools failed to detect the new allosteric sites we present here. Importantly, we are unaware of any evidence for cryptic pockets in CTX-M-9 prior to our work. Our integrated computational and experimental approach reveals that novel cryptic pockets predicted with exposons have more influence over enzymatic activity than previously identified pockets and can induce both inhibition and activation of enzymatic function. Therefore, these newly predicted sites are valuable targets for designing drugs that could be used to restore the efficacy of existing antibiotics. More generally, we expect our methodology to serve as a powerful first step for a drug development pipeline targeting cryptic sites. Finally, because many proteins’ most biologically interesting behaviors involve their surface chemistry, we expect that exposons will also prove useful for dissecting other types of functionally relevant conformational changes.
As described previously,21 simulations were run at 300 K with the GROMACS software package36 using the Amber03 force field37 and TIP3P38 explicit solvent, deployed on the Folding@home distributed computing platform39 for β-lactamase and deployed on a local cluster for NP. In aggregate, we ran 90.5 μs of simulation for TEM-1 with the M182T substitution, 76.0 μs of simulation for CTX-M-9, and 28.0 μs of simulation for NP.
Assignment of residues to exposons
Each residue is assigned to at most one exposon. First, we compute the solvent accessibility to a drug-sized probe using the Shrake-Rupley40 algorithm, as implemented in MDTraj.41 Although the size of the spherical probe is, in principle, a tunable parameter in our method, we did not need to deviate in this work from the chosen 2.8 Å, even to model nucleoprotein. 2.8 Å was chosen because previous work suggests this value identifies pockets that can accommodate a drug-sized molecule.22 Jug42 was used to organize the parallel execution of solvent accessibility calculations.
Using solvent accessibilities for each atom, we classify each sidechain as exposed or buried using a fixed threshold. We chose a fixed threshold rather than a continuous threshold to reduce the number of parameters (a sigmoid, for example, would require a step width and a step midpoint) and because previous work suggested that mutual information performs better when a smaller number of bins are used26 Our fixed threshold in this paper was 2.0 Å2, but choices in the range 2.0-5.0 Å2, as well as values formulated as a fraction of maximum possible sidechain exposure in the 1-3% range, gave similar results. This invariance ensures that our algorithm does not erroneously favor larger residues due to their larger maximum possible SASA. The end result is a featurization of the original trajectory, wherein each snapshot is represented by a binary vector with one entry per residue that contains a one for exposed residues and a zero for buried residues.
We then calculate the mutual information between each pair of residues. Mutual information (MI) is a measure of the statistical interdependence of two random variables. It is given by the equation,
where X and Y are any pair of residues and x and y represent the solvent accessibility states (i.e. buried, exposed) of the corresponding residue. The probabilities p(x) and p(y) represent the probability that residues are observed in state x and p(x,y) is the joint probability of x and y.
Exposons are then the cluster assignments computed by affinity propagation.27 We use the affinity propagation implemented in scikit-learn 0.19.043 with damping 0.75 and zero initial affinities. Affinity propagation is robust to the choice of damping parameter, giving similar values for much of the range of valid choices (Fig S8).
Markov state models and in silico labeling
We define MSM microstates by clustering the sidechain SASA featurized representation. We find using this featurized space rather than a geometrical criterion like RMSD to do our state space discretization better captures the behaviors we are interested in. We discover microstates using the hybrid k-centers/k-medoids algorithm44,45 with a Euclidean distance metric and fit transition probabilities with the transpose method. The lag time and clustering stopping condition of 2.6 nm2 and 4 ns (TEM-1), and 3.0 nm2 and 0.6 ns (CTX-M-9) were chosen by the implied timescales test (Fig. S9). Ten rounds of k-medoids updates were used.
We predict time-dependent labeling behavior using the MSM we fit as described above. Synthetic labeling experiments are performed first by identifying all states in which the residue of interest is exposed, and converting them to sink states by zeroing out the rows in the transition probability matrix. Then, iteratively multiplying the equilibrium probability distribution by this new matrix gives a monotonically decaying fraction of ‘unlabeled’ probability density as density flows into the sink states and ‘disappears.’ Finally, we fit the unlabeled fraction as a function of time to a single exponential to yield a rate. In the limit of a perfectly good fit, this rate is equivalent to a mean first passage time. 35,36 An implementation of this simple procedure is provided in a Jupyter notebook (see ‘Code Availability’). We used SciPy46 version 0.19.1 for curve fitting.
TEM-1 was purified from the periplasmic fraction of BL21(DE3) cells (Agilent Technologies) using both cation exchange and size exclusion chromatography. The full protocol is described in previous work.32
CTX-M-9 was purified from the insoluble cytoplasmic fraction. We subcloned the gene into the multiple cloning site of pET9-a vector. Plasmids were transformed into BL21(DE3) Gold cells (Agilent Technologies) for expression under T7 promoter control. Cells were induced with 1mM IPTG at OD=0.6 and grown for 5 hours at 37°C. The cells were then centrifuged and the pellet was frozen.
CTX-M-9 cells were resuspended in 20 mM sodium acetate, pH 5.5 and sonicated. After centrifugation, the pellet was unfolded in 9 M urea 20 mM sodium acetate, pH 5.5 and centrifuged. CTX-M-9 was then refolded in 20 mM sodium acetate, pH 5.5 and purified and stored similarly to TEM-1.
Thiol labeling
Our previous work with thiol labeling was performed on a standard UV-Vis spectrophotometer,22 but in this work we used a stopped-flow instrument that gives access to faster timescale motions and improves the quality of fits because it offers a short, consistent, and known dead time. It also allows for the use of lower DTNB and protein concentrations.
We observe the change in absorbance over time of DTNB (Ellman’s reagent), a small molecule that covalently binds free cysteines. We used a SX20 stopped-flow instrument (Applied Photophysics) with a dead time of 1.5 ms. Measurements were taken over time in 20 mM Tris, pH 8 1% DMSO at an absorbance of 412 nm (ε412 = 14,150 M−1 cm−1) and fit by a single exponential (Fig S10).
The labeling rate at a given DTNB concentration can be fit with a Linderstram-Lang model, originally derived for hydrogen exchange47:
In general, the observed rate can be described as
which is a nonlinear function that approaches a linear dependence on [DTNB] at low concentrations and [DTNB] independence at high concentrations. In the limiting case where kcl ≪ kint[DTNB] called the EX1 regime, the observed rate of labeling reduces to
In the limiting case where kcl ≫ kint[DTNB] called the EX2 regime, the observed rate of labeling reduces to
where K is the equilibrium constant between the open and closed forms. In the intermediate regime where kcl ≈ kint[DTNB], called the EXX regime, one must fit to the full expression (given in equation 3). We found that TEM-1 S243C was in the EX2 regime (linear dependence on [DTNB]) and CTX-M-9 was in the EXX regime (nonlinear dependence on [DTNB])
The three regimes differ in terms of the controls required to demonstrate that the rates of labeling are not reporting on global unfolding. In the EX1 regime, the observed labeling rate for a pocket must be faster than the rate of global unfolding. Neither of the pockets we test in this paper were in this regime, but we have previously observed pockets that showed this behavior.22 In the EX2 regime, the equilibrium constant for a pocket must be greater than that for the unfolded state (Equation 5). To determine these quantities for TEM-1 S243C, we measured the K of unfolding (Table S2) and the intrinsic rate of labeling. To determine the intrinsic rate of labeling, our labeling assay was repeated with the addition of 6 M Urea (Fig. S11). In the EXX regime, the observed labeling rate for a pocket must be greater than the minimum of the expected labeling rates of the unfolded state in either the EX1 or EX2 regimes (derivation in SI). Thus, to test that CTX-M-9’s labeling rate is not consistent with global unfolding alone, we measured both the rate of unfolding (Fig S12) and its thermodynamic stability (Table S3). We then combined that with the fit value of kint (Fig 4c, Table S2) to produce a piecewise function that is an upper bound for labeling from the unfolded state (Fig 4c). In this case, however, we found that the unfolding rate is the relevant control for all DTNB concentrations that we gathered data for–the population of unfolded enzyme is relevant only at DTNB concentrations less than about 170 nM, the DTNB concentration where kcl = kint.
Urea melts and unfolding
Equilibrium data and unfolding kinetics were acquired on a Chirascan circular dichroism spectrometer (Applied Photophysics) at a temperature of 25°C. Protein denaturation was observed by measuring the average ellipticity over 60 seconds at 222 nm as a function of urea concentration (Fig S13, Table 3). Samples of 35 μg/ml protein were equilibrated in 50 mM potassium phosphate pH 7 and urea overnight prior to data collection.
To determine the global unfolding rate, we fit the log observed unfolding rates as a function of urea concentration at concentrations above the concentration at which it is half folded and half unfolded (the Cm, Table S3) and extrapolated back to 0 M urea (Fig S12). Concentrations were between 4 and 5.5 M urea for M182T and between 1.8 and 2.8 M urea for CTX-M-9.
Activity measurements
Activity measurements were performed on both labeled and unlabeled protein. In order to measure the activities of the labeled proteins, 10 μM S243C and 5 μM CTX-M-9 were each incubated with excess DTNB for one hour, giving ample time for both proteins to fully label prior to the activity measurements. The proteins were then separated from excess DTNB using size exchange chromatography.
Enzyme activities against nitrocefin (Cayman Chemical Company) were monitored at 482 nm (ε482 = 15,000 M−1 cm−1) using a Cary 100 UV-vis spectrophotometer (Agilent Technologies). Reactions were measured in 50 mM potassium phosphate, 10% glycerol (v:v), 2% DMSO pH 7.0 at 25 °C using 2 nM enzyme. Initial velocities were plotted as a function of nitrocefin concentration and fit to a Michaelis-Menten model to extract kcat and Km values (Table S1).
Protein structures were visualized using PyMOL 1.648. Graphs were embedded with the ForceAtlas 2 algorithm and visualized using Gephi.49
Code availability
Code is available on GitHub as gbowman/enspara. The analysis described in this manuscript is reproduced in miniature, complete with example parameter choices and visualization recommendations, in a Jupyter notebook in the enspara/examples directory.
We are grateful to the Folding@home users for computing resources. This work was funded by National Institutes of Health Grants R01GM12400701, U19AI109664, and T32GM02700, as well as by the National Science Foundation CAREER Award MCB-1552471. G.R.B. holds a Career Award at the Scientific Interface from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund and a Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering from The David & Lucile Packard Foundation. M.I.Z. holds a Monsanto Graduate Fellowship and a Center for Biological Systems Engineering Fellowship.
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"This complexity is also reflected in the factors that are driving the change in this delightful bird’s fortunes. We are a nation of wildlife lovers and more people are now managing their gardens for wildlife, which will be benefitting our House Sparrows. There is also a greater awareness of clean feeding stations and in reducing garden pesticide use. The combination of these factors could be helping the House Sparrow to maintain its population." - Clare Simm, BTO Garden Ecology team
Reduction in garden pesticide use stabilising our House Sparrow numbers
Photo, House Sparrow: Edmund Fellowes/BTO
The decline of the humble House Sparrow has been dramatic. Falling from around 12 million British pairs in the 1970s to between six and seven million pairs currently, with a greater reduction in population size in urban and rural areas, than in suburban ones. Given that gardens are thought to be a particularly valuable habitat for our House Sparrows, it is encouraging that the latest BTO Garden BirdWatch data indicate that numbers are stabilising, which is also reflected in data from the wider countryside.
The reasons behind the decline very much depend on population location, as House Sparrows are fairly sedentary birds. Populations across Britain were affected by loss of nesting sites and food sources, especially the lack of invertebrates to feed their young. However, in rural areas, changes in farming practices are thought to have had a large effect but in urban and suburban populations causes were more complex and may have included increased competition with other birds and increased pesticide use in gardens.
Clare Simm, from the BTO Garden Ecology Team, said: "This complexity is also reflected in the factors that are driving the change in this delightful bird’s fortunes. We are a nation of wildlife lovers and more people are now managing their gardens for wildlife, which will be benefitting our House Sparrows. There is also a greater awareness of clean feeding stations and in reducing garden pesticide use. The combination of these factors could be helping the House Sparrow to maintain its population."
This news does not necessarily mean that House Sparrows are out of danger, as the turning point has only occurred in the last few years. Clare added: "Here are five simple things you can do in your gardens to encourage House Sparrows.
1. Let an area of your garden go wild to encourage insects.
2. Plant species such as hawthorn and Ivy which provide thick vegetation for House Sparrows to hide in.
3. Provide your birds with a home, using either a House Sparrow terrace or a group of nest boxes (with 32mm entrance holes) near the eaves of your house.
4. If you feed your birds, provide them with a suitable seed mix that includes large grains.
5. Regularly clean your feeding stations to prevent disease.
For more information on how to help your House Sparrows, contact the BTO for a free House Sparrow leaflet...
E: gbw@bto.org,
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Home » News » Bollywood News » Laughter is the best medicine
ByBollywood Hungama
Created: Oct 24, 2005 - 12:00 am IST
Laughter is the best medicine and more and more film-makers are prescribing the pill these days. Actor Shatrugan Sinha has produced a number of films in the past. Now, his wife Punam has plunged into film production with MERA DIL LEKE DEKKHO, directed by first-timer Rohit Kaushik. Whats more, Punam has wrapped its shooting within months of its launch. To celebrate the completion of their new baby, the Sinhas hosted a private get-together for friends and well-wishers at Shatranj, Bandra on Sunday, October 23. I was involved with raising the family all these years. The kids [Luv, Kush, Sonakshi] were growing up and family was definitely my first priority. Now that they have decided to pursue a career themselves, I decided to revive our film production unit, the elegant and graceful lady reveals. The star cast of MERA DIL LEKE DEKKHO is a mix of known names and rank newcomers. Sharing the screen space with Jackie Shroff, Koel Purie, Archana Puransingh and Jaspal Bhatti are Puneet Tejwani, Carran Kapoor, Premjit Singh, Neil Bhoopalam, Pooja Mishra and Gargi Nandi. What prompted her to opt for new names when she couldve easily cast any A-list actor? We wanted to take a baby step before a leap. I wanted to grasp things before we produce biggies, Punam reveals her gameplan. That Punam is ecstatic about film production is evident from the fact that she has decided to produce films in the future as well. Besides, she has complete support from husband Shatru. He was extremely supportive when I bounced off the idea [film production] to him. He met the director, heard the script [penned by Rohit Kaushik and Nandita Puri jointly] and then it was up to me to call the shots, she adds. Shatru is proud that Punam has produced the film on her own steam. Shes an extremely creative person. When she said that she wanted to revive our film production wing [the banner is now called Shotgun Movies], I endorsed her decision completely. I must add that she took all the decisions herself and completed her film without any hiccups whatsoever, the veteran actor informs me. The pertinent question is, will sons Luv and Kush take to their fathers profession and pursue acting? Luv wants to be an actor, while Kush is keen on getting into direction. But I have told my kids that they need to go out, learn the ropes and only if they deserve a break, wed launch them in our home-production, the doting mother smiles. Lets hope the Sinhas laugh all the way to the bank once MERA DIL LEKE DEKKHO, a laughathon, hits the screens in December/January.
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Home » News » Bollywood News » Rani Mukherjee duped in a land deal
Rani Mukherjee duped in a land deal
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ByIndiaFM News Bureau
Created: Nov 15, 2007 - 12:00 am IST
After playing a police officer in Risk, actor Randeep Hooda is all set to be the ladies man in his forthcoming film Love Game.
Love Game has been directed by Sreenivas. It is believed that Randeep was asked for Sreenivass last film Paisa Vasool which starrer Manisha Koirala and Sushmita Sen. But since Randeep was tied up for Ram Gopal Varmas Factory, he couldnt do Paisa Vasool.
Love Game is a very funny and light film. Hooda plays a guy who flirts with a number of girls. There are seven actresses in the film including Rituparna Sengupta, Divya Dutta, Riya Sen, Sadaa, Kalpana Pundit, Jesse Randhawa and Rakhi Sawant.
Randeeps last film was Vishram Sawants Risk which failed at the Box Office.
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Home » News » Box Office Special Features » Box Office: Dangal collects Rs. 29.78 cr, becomes Aamir Khan’s second highest opening day grosser
Box Office: Dangal collects Rs. 29.78 cr, becomes Aamir Khan’s second highest opening day grosser
By Bollywood Hungama News Network
, Dec 24, 2016 - 12:07 pm IST
The Nitesh Tiwari directed film Dangal finally released yesterday. The film, which was one of the most anticipated films of 2016, stars none other than Aamir Khan along with two newcomers Fatima Sheikh and Sanya Malhotra. Based on the life of wrestler Mahavir Singh Phogat, Dangal that released across 4300 screens in the domestic market started off on a good note at the box office.
In this box office analysis we take a look at the opening day collections of Dangal while comparing the same to Aamir Khan’s previously released films. Collecting Rs. 29.78 crores Dangal has become Aamir’s second highest opening day grosser. In fact the film has managed to surpass the collections of Aamir’s previous releases like P.K that collected Rs. 26.63 crores, Talaash that collected Rs. 13.50 crores and even 3 Idiots that collected Rs. 12.78 crores.
However, Dangal couldn’t surpass the collections of Dhoom 3 which is Rs. 36.22 crores as it continues to retain its position as the Aamir Khan’s top opening day grosser.
Dhoom 3 – 36.22 Cr.
Dangal – 29.78 Cr.
P.K. – 26.63 Cr.
Talaash – 13.50 Cr.
3 Idiots – 12.78 Cr.
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Dmitry Shostakovich. "The Golden Age" (ballet in 2 acts)
Music by Dmitry Shostakovich
Choreography by Yuri Grigorovich (revisions)
Simon Virsaladze, Costume Designer
Mikhail Sokolov, Lighting Designer
Simon Virsaladze, Set Designer
Time and place of action - seaside town in the south of Russia; the 1920’s. This was the period of the New Economic Policy (NEP) which allowed private enterprise and trade and, as a result, shady operators and petty criminals flourished. The Golden Age Restaurant is their favorite haunt - here a young dancer, Rita, who appears under the name of Mademoiselle Margot, and her partner, Jacques, in point of fact Yashka, leader of a local gang of bandits, entertain a mixed public of "fast livers". Helping Yashka with his ’jobs’ are his bandit cronies and his friend, Lyuska.
During the town festival and general rejoicing Boris, a young fisherman, member of the satirical agitprop theatre for working youths, meets Rita. They begin to fall in love. But, suddenly, Rita disappears into the crowd, Boris rushes after her. Boris’s search brings him to The Golden Age Restaurant. To his astonishment, he recognizes the dancing Mademoiselle Margot to be Rita, the girl he is looking for.
Boris and Yashka fight over Rita. She is attracted by both young men, by the sincerity and depth of their feelings for her. Boris’s young fishermen friends start a brawl with members of the gang of bandits. Yashka tries to make a run for it, but he is caught. Rita is free: leaving the restaurant forever, she goes off with her beloved Boris to start a new life.
The town festival. Among the crowd of revelers is Rita. The performance by the agitprop theatre of working youths gets underway. The actors are young fishermen, one of whom is Boris. Rita and Boris are getting to know each other when the former suddenly disappears. Boris hurries off in pursuit.
His search for Rita brings Boris to The Golden Age Restaurant, which is patronized by Nepmen. A variety show is in progress at the center of which are the music-hall stars Mademoiselle Margot and Monsieur Jacques. To his astonishment, Boris recognizes Mademoiselle Margot to be the girl he is looking for. Their joyful reunion doesn’t go unnoticed by Jacques.
The gang of bandits, led by Jacques - Yashka, agree their next ’job’. Lyuska lures two drunk Nepmen, whom the bandits attack and rob.
Returning to the restaurant in his guise of variety artist, Monsieur Jacques catches sight of Boris and Rita dancing. He picks a quarrel with Boris. Rita boldly throws herself between them.
Boris and Rita remain alone. They declare their love to each other.
Not used to suffering defeat, Monsier Jacques tries to win back Rita, but she rejects his advances and runs off.
In their den, the bandits are ’living it up’. Yashka is inciting them to undertake a new ’job’. He is furious at being turned down by Rita and longs for revenge.
Fishermen are at work on the seashore. Rita turns up in search of Boris. The loving couple are left on their own. The gang of bandits suddenly appears and surrounds the two young people. Yashka’s mates throw themselves at Boris who is outnumbered. Rita runs off for help. Friends come to the rescue and, together with Boris, they go after the bandits.
At the restaurant, the usual clientele of Nepmen are relaxing. Rita’s thoughts are with Boris. She finds the restaurant atmosphere unbearably oppressive, but she has to go through with her number.
Rita decides to leave The Golden Age Restaurant for good. But Monsieur Jacques bars her way, demanding her love. Lyuska overhears their conversation. Seething with jealousy, she throws herself at Yashka knife in hand. Yashka kills her.
Grabbing hold of Rita as hostage, Yashka tries to make a run for it. He is caught by Boris and Rita is freed. Rita and Boris are overjoyed to be back together again: from now on they will be inseparable. Their joy is shared by their fishermen-friends.
A Few Words about the First Impression
"Grigorovich’s ballet is an exceptional phenomenon, a pointer for ballet in how to portray the contemporary age which, to this day, remains a most acute problem for music theatre. The result is all the more brilliant in that in his treatment of this most complex material, the choreographer boldly plumbs for what is most difficult. Heroic feats are an easier subject for ballet, Grigorovich chooses the everyday. Battles are a thing of the past. The Golden Age depicts the Nep period when the remains of the old world, which had hidden, crawled out into the open and acted with refined cunning. Having chosen the everyday, Grigorovich undermines its ordinariness with grip-pingly tense development of action. For the first time in ballet, he presents the detective genre: pursuits, attacks and all.
…And all this in choreography which one might say is gripping in its own right: for every development in the action there are different types of dance: classical and free dance, the neo-classical and the grotesque, 1 elements of folk dance and of the movements of sportsmen... An explosion of dance takes possession of every corner of the huge stage. Here the vortex of life itself - rapid, variegated, riveting. Here the echoes of sporting festivities, genre ’street’ sketches, shows given by the artists of the agit-prop theatre company…In this feerie-like flow, the duets of Rita and Boris, based on the most beautiful, high lifts, are like peaceful oases, wreathed in poetry".
Saniya Davlekamova,
an excerpt from the first night’s review, 1982
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The Lucky One: A Novel (Paperback)
By Lori Rader-Day
“This might well be my favorite Rader-Day so far: a brilliant premise intriguingly developed, totally believable characters and a climax that took my breath away.” — Ann Cleeves, New York Times bestselling author of The Shetland and Vera Series
From the author of the Edgar Award®-nominated Under A Dark Sky comes an unforgettable, chilling novel about a young woman who recognizes the man who kidnapped her as a child, setting off a search for justice, and into danger.
Most people who go missing are never found. But Alice was the lucky one...
As a child, Alice was stolen from her backyard in a tiny Indiana community, but against the odds, her policeman father tracked her down within twenty-four hours and rescued her from harm. In the aftermath of the crime, her family decided to move to Chicago and close the door on that horrible day.
Yet Alice hasn’t forgotten. She devotes her spare time volunteering for a website called The Doe Pages scrolling through pages upon pages of unidentified people, searching for clues that could help reunite families with their missing loved ones. When a face appears on Alice’s screen that she recognizes, she’s stunned to realize it’s the same man who kidnapped her decades ago. The post is deleted as quickly as it appeared, leaving Alice with more questions than answers.
Embarking on a search for the truth, she enlists the help of friends from The Doe Pages to connect the dots and find her kidnapper before he hurts someone else. Then Alice crosses paths with Merrily Cruz, another woman who’s been hunting for answers of her own. Together, they begin to unravel a dark, painful web of lies that will change what they thought they knew—and could cost them everything.
Twisting and compulsively readable, The Lucky One explores the lies we tell ourselves to feel safe.
Lori Rader-Day is the author of Under a Dark Sky, The Day I Died, Little Pretty Things, and The Black Hour. She is a three-time Mary Higgins Clark Award nominee, winning the award in 2016. Lori lives in Chicago.
“This might well be my favorite Rader-Day so far: a brilliant premise intriguingly developed, totally believable characters and a climax that took my breath away.”
— Ann Cleeves, New York Times bestselling author of The Shetland and Vera Series
“Rader-Day creates deeply believable, empathetic characters and puts the power in the hands of women, including older women…The tightly crafted storytelling brings heat back into the familiar cold case plot, digging deep into those aches that never really fade.”
"The Lucky One promises to be another signature Lori Rader-Day blend of psychology, suspense, and noir."
— CrimeReads
“Lori Rader-Day takes us on a twisting journey into a past riven by secrets and lies that challenges everything we think we know about the ties that bind us. The Lucky One is that rare thing, a nail-biting thriller full of heart and soul.”
— Carol Goodman, award-winning author of The Lake of Dead Languages and The Sea of Lost Girls
“I was riveted from page one by this complex, psychologically astute tale of betrayal and hope with twists that keep coming up until the final breathtaking reveal.”
— Hallie Ephron, New York Times bestselling author of Careful What You Wish For
“The Lucky One is an irresistible read about two strangers on a quest to uncover the truth about their pasts. Simultaneously a dynamic character study and a riveting mystery, Lori Rader-Day’s latest offering is a brilliantly absorbing novel from one of my favorite new crime writers.”
— Sheena Kamal, internationally bestselling author of The Lost Ones
“Dark, loaded with memorable twists, and featuring a complex, flawed, and unforgettable protagonist, The Lucky One cements Lori Rader-Day’s place as one of crime fiction’s strongest and most compelling voices. You will devour this timely, chilling novel and find yourself desperate for more.”
— Alex Segura, acclaimed author of Blackout and Dangerous Ends
“[Rader-Day’s] gifted storytelling makes this a fine read.”
— Booklist
“Another harrowing nightmare by a master of the sleepless night.”
Hardcover (February 18th, 2020): $27.99
Compact Disc (February 18th, 2020): $39.99
MP3 CD (February 18th, 2020): $39.99
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NY Review: 'The Other Man'
Mark Botts co-authored a play with Bryant Martin entitled The Other Man. Below is a review from www.backstage.com.
The Other Man: A Review by Ron Cohen
Via: www.backstage.com
In "The Other Man," their first produced play, authors Bryant Martin and Mark Botts have written an often taut if not always convincing thriller-cum–love story, in the process giving Martin a savory meal of a role. The actor plays Tom Donaghy, a young thug from England just released from a New York prison. Facing deportation, Donaghy is desperately searching for his vanished drug-addicted girlfriend Lisa. Not only does Martin's Donaghy sport a tangy cockney accent with generous amounts of rhyming slang; he can be violently threatening one moment, barking orders in a booming voice; funny and sexy the next, gently but confidently flirting with a woman he's just met; and then crushingly sensitive, recalling his early years in an orphanage. Martin melds it all into an impressive performance.
As the play begins, a gun-wielding Donaghy storms into the office of Raphael Cardozzo, a big-time drug dealer, demanding to know Lisa's whereabouts. It seems that Cardozzo not only sold Lisa drugs but also had a ruinous affair with her, and apparently his office has up-to-date records on all his old customers. While Angelica, Cardozzo's secretary-mistress, searches in the next room for information on Lisa, Cardozzo, captive in handcuffs, and Donaghy chat it up. The ex-con rhapsodizes about his love for Lisa, and in flashback we see their romance developing and then collapsing as Lisa sinks deeper into addiction. He also forces Cardozzo to telephone his wife and confess his affair with Angelica and periodically threatens to harm Cardozzo's two young daughters. The men further manage to go at each other in a nicely staged brawl.
Toward the end questions of blame come up—who's really responsible for Lisa's downfall—but they seem perfunctory. The play runs a scant 70 minutes or so, but some of the talk has the feel of obvious filler, despite Kimberly Faith Hickman's well-paced direction and a skillful cast.
Jens Rasmussen's trim, well-spoken Cardozzo may not be the most brutish mob boss around, but he has a menacing air of self-satisfaction that's quite effective. Kara Durrett believably limns Lisa's journey from fresh young thing to wretched addict, and Lucy Sheftfall imbues Angelica with an appropriately scary hard edge. But it's watching Martin bringing his own script to life with relish that gives the show its raison d'être.
Presented by Dodge City Entertainment at the Studio Theatre, 410 W. 42nd St., NYC. Feb. 22–March 3. Tue., 7 p.m.; Wed.–Sat., 8 p.m.; Wed. and Sat., 2 p.m.; Sun., 3 p.m. (212) 239-6200, (800) 432-7250, or www.telecharge.com.
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Domestic Box Office For May 26, 2008
1 1 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull $26,779,538 -18.9% - 4,260 $6,286 $151,958,445 5 Paramount Pictures false false
2 2 The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian $7,015,174 -7.3% +46.9% 3,929 $1,785 $97,855,173 11 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures false false
3 3 Iron Man $5,663,877 -20.4% +84.4% 3,915 $1,446 $258,278,546 25 Paramount Pictures false false
4 4 What Happens in Vegas $2,246,778 -21.8% +51.5% 3,188 $704 $56,609,605 18 Twentieth Century Fox false false
5 5 Speed Racer $1,329,446 -2.2% +99.3% 3,112 $427 $37,481,539 18 Warner Bros. false false
6 7 Made of Honor $889,817 -18.2% +76.1% 2,393 $371 $39,901,734 25 Sony Pictures Releasing false false
7 6 Baby Mama $852,415 -22.5% +106.4% 2,158 $395 $53,016,250 32 Universal Pictures false false
8 8 Forgetting Sarah Marshall $499,325 -21.1% +27.3% 1,073 $465 $58,798,745 39 Universal Pictures false false
9 9 Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay $236,124 -26.4% -29.2% 750 $314 $36,152,416 32 Warner Bros. false false
10 10 The Visitor $215,854 -11.1% +178.7% 270 $799 $4,591,262 46 Overture Films false false
11 12 Horton Hears a Who! $147,283 -5.8% +151.4% 488 $301 $152,076,723 74 Twentieth Century Fox false false
12 11 The Forbidden Kingdom $137,415 -12.3% -9.1% 487 $282 $51,358,618 39 Lionsgate false false
13 13 Then She Found Me $104,185 -19.9% +142.3% 150 $694 $2,181,214 32 THINKFilm false false
14 15 Young@Heart $104,125 -4.4% +155.1% 212 $491 $2,510,297 48 Fox Searchlight Pictures false false
15 16 Nim's Island $99,712 +0.9% +54.1% 426 $234 $45,794,492 53 Twentieth Century Fox false false
16 17 Son of Rambow $82,282 -3.7% +162% 152 $541 $939,530 25 Paramount Vantage false false
17 - College Road Trip $55,488 - - 283 $196 $44,275,094 81 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures false false
18 18 Prom Night $45,074 -27.1% +58.5% 287 $157 $43,818,159 46 Screen Gems false false
19 21 Before the Rains $32,741 -7.5% +218.6% 41 $798 $352,614 18 Roadside Attractions false false
20 14 Drillbit Taylor $28,225 -74.9% +51.7% 218 $129 $32,537,768 67 Paramount Pictures false false
21 19 10,000 BC $27,270 -25.8% +30.6% 187 $145 $94,549,440 81 Warner Bros. false false
22 26 Reprise $23,364 -12.5% +254.3% 14 $1,668 $181,566 11 Miramax false false
23 22 Street Kings $22,417 -32.7% -0.2% 119 $188 $26,141,878 46 Fox Searchlight Pictures false false
24 23 Superhero Movie $21,974 -29.5% +588.8% 153 $143 $25,529,584 60 - false false
25 25 Leatherheads $20,025 -31.2% +54% 182 $110 $31,115,515 53 Universal Pictures false false
26 28 The Fall $18,233 +0.2% +110.3% 20 $911 $280,010 18 Roadside Attractions false false
27 24 The Ruins $15,496 -48.5% +501.8% 123 $125 $17,262,818 53 DreamWorks false false
28 30 Smart People $14,262 -16% +31.3% 54 $264 $9,454,310 46 Miramax false false
29 29 The Bank Job $13,920 -22.5% +58.2% 122 $114 $29,953,137 81 Lionsgate false false
30 33 Deep Sea $12,831 +1.9% +43.2% 10 $1,283 $35,341,625 816 Warner Bros. false false
31 31 Under the Same Moon $11,841 -16.8% +95% 63 $187 $12,432,513 69 The Weinstein Company false false
32 32 The Bucket List $11,790 -13.6% +52% 69 $170 $93,409,577 154 Warner Bros. false false
33 34 My Blueberry Nights $10,930 -0.7% -21% 59 $185 $724,907 53 The Weinstein Company false false
34 27 Shine a Light $7,671 -62.4% +44% 38 $201 $5,223,448 53 Paramount Vantage false false
35 36 In Bruges $7,100 -21.7% +56.1% 35 $202 $7,646,050 109 Focus Features false false
36 20 Jumper $6,439 -81.9% +29.1% 64 $100 $79,834,745 103 Twentieth Century Fox false false
37 35 Fool's Gold $5,321 -43.5% -37.6% 58 $91 $70,224,196 109 Warner Bros. false false
38 38 A Four Letter Word $2,011 -4.7% +392.9% 4 $502 $51,720 60 Embrem Entertainment false false
39 37 Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden? $1,680 -49.2% -78.2% 12 $140 $381,167 39 The Weinstein Company false false
40 40 Caramel $711 -42.5% -81.2% 4 $177 $1,019,735 116 Roadside Attractions false false
41 44 Chicago 10 $519 +41.4% - 2 $259 $173,052 88 Roadside Attractions false false
42 39 The Dhamma Brothers $452 -72.2% -75.9% 2 $226 $32,031 46 Balcony Releasing false false
43 43 Stop-Loss $397 -3.9% -2.9% 8 $49 $10,868,377 60 Paramount Pictures false false
44 41 Snow Angels $323 -43.9% +1,438.1% 6 $53 $401,233 81 Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) false false
45 42 Bella $255 -43.2% -82.4% 3 $85 $8,059,416 214 Roadside Attractions false false
46 46 Battle for Haditha $50 -61.2% -93% 1 $50 $8,772 20 Lafayette Films false false
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Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim follows Al Gore on the lecture circuit, as the former presidential candidate campaigns to raise public awareness of the dangers of global warming and calls for immediate action to curb its destructive effects on the environment.
An Inconvenient Franchise
Franchise rankings
Environmental Theme
All TerritoriesDomesticArgentinaAustraliaAustriaBelgiumBoliviaBrazilCentral AmericaChileColombiaCzech Republic/SlovakiaDenmarkEcuadorFinlandFranceGermanyHong KongHungaryIcelandIndiaIndonesiaIsraelItalyJapanLebanonLithuaniaMalaysiaMexicoMiddle East OtherNetherlandsNew ZealandNorwayPeruPhilippinesPolandPortugalSingaporeSloveniaSouth AfricaSouth KoreaSpainSwedenSwitzerlandTaiwanThailandTurkeyUnited Arab EmiratesUnited KingdomVenezuela
DistributorParamount Classics
Release DateMay 24, 2006 - Nov 2, 2006
GenresDocumentary News
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May 30, 2006 Tuesday 21 $28,251 -67.1% - 4 $7,062 $519,111 7 false
Jun 4, 2006 Sunday 9 $405,285 -27.1% +317.1% 77 $5,263 $1,937,361 12 false
Jun 2, 2006 Friday 9 $395,060 +1,165.5% +379.6% 77 $5,130 $976,034 10 false
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Jun 9, 2006 Friday 11 $443,036 +225.8% +12.1% 122 $3,631 $2,921,406 17 false
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Jun 15, 2006 Thursday 11 $167,035 -6% +22.8% 122 $1,369 $4,656,033 23 false
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Jun 13, 2006 Tuesday 11 $162,195 -2.3% +23.9% 122 $1,329 $4,311,268 21 false
Jun 25, 2006 Sunday 14 $667,543 -19.2% +7.2% 514 $1,298 $9,630,014 33 false
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Jul 22, 2006 Saturday 12 $420,950 +77.7% -12.4% 440 $956 $18,447,695 60 false
Jul 8, 2006 Saturday 12 $497,309 +54.9% -17.4% 562 $884 $14,696,141 46 false
Jul 15, 2006 Saturday 10 $480,808 +69.5% -3.3% 570 $843 $16,632,472 53 false
Jul 3, 2006 Monday 13 $491,177 -23.8% +79.2% 587 $836 $12,943,215 41 false
Jul 23, 2006 Sunday 12 $342,578 -18.6% -14.6% 440 $778 $18,790,273 61 false
Jun 30, 2006 Friday 13 $443,635 +47.8% -15.1% 587 $755 $11,205,638 38 false
Aug 5, 2006 Saturday 21 $227,221 +50.2% -23.7% 302 $752 $21,034,788 74 false
Tuesday 13 $421,666 -14.2% +50% 587 $718 $13,364,881 42 false
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Jun 22, 2006 Thursday 12 $276,037 +5.2% +65.3% 404 $683 $7,613,606 30 false
Jun 21, 2006 Wednesday 12 $262,505 +0.7% +47.7% 404 $649 $7,337,569 29 false
Jun 20, 2006 Tuesday 12 $260,681 +5.7% +60.7% 404 $645 $7,075,064 28 false
Jul 9, 2006 Sunday 12 $354,683 -28.7% -45% 562 $631 $15,050,824 47 false
Jun 19, 2006 Monday 12 $246,603 -60.4% +48.6% 404 $610 $6,814,383 27 false
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Jun 29, 2006 Thursday 13 $300,186 +8.6% +8.7% 514 $584 $10,762,003 37 false
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Jul 28, 2006 Friday 16 $192,477 +12.2% -18.7% 346 $556 $19,599,589 66 false
Jun 27, 2006 Tuesday 13 $281,188 +2.6% +7.9% 514 $547 $10,185,362 35 false
Jun 28, 2006 Wednesday 13 $276,455 -1.7% +5.3% 514 $537 $10,461,817 36 false
Aug 4, 2006 Friday 21 $151,270 +14.7% -21.4% 302 $500 $20,807,567 73 false
Aug 26, 2006 Saturday 29 $81,035 +57.2% -25.3% 170 $476 $22,708,566 95 false
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Jul 5, 2006 Wednesday 14 $249,349 -40.9% -9.8% 587 $424 $13,614,230 43 false
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Jul 13, 2006 Thursday 11 $220,924 +1% -16.2% 562 $393 $15,867,955 51 false
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Jul 12, 2006 Wednesday 11 $218,711 +10.5% -12.3% 562 $389 $15,647,031 50 false
Aug 20, 2006 Sunday 26 $84,364 -22.3% -26.7% 221 $381 $22,409,945 89 false
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Jul 20, 2006 Thursday 10 $205,150 +10.4% -7.1% 570 $359 $17,789,901 58 false
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Jul 25, 2006 Tuesday 12 $152,420 +6.1% -18.7% 440 $346 $19,086,303 63 false
Jul 26, 2006 Wednesday 12 $149,270 -2.1% -19.7% 440 $339 $19,235,573 64 false
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Jul 24, 2006 Monday 12 $143,610 -58.1% -19.3% 440 $326 $18,933,883 62 false
Jul 19, 2006 Wednesday 10 $185,816 -0.9% -15% 570 $325 $17,584,751 57 false
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Aug 25, 2006 Friday 29 $51,549 +12.3% -21.7% 170 $303 $22,627,531 94 false
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Oct 22, 2006 Sunday 44 $3,764 +2.4% -46.9% 29 $129 $23,793,821 152 false
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Life After Bravo
Katy Perry Isn't Really Denying That There's Still Bad Blood with Taylor Swift
The singer danced around her feud with the fellow chart topper.
Selena Gomez Pleads the Fifth!
It's a tale as old as time. And one that fans can't get enough of. Now that Katy Perry is out in interview mode promoting new music, she's being asked if her upcoming album release will include a response to Taylor Swift's anthem, "Bad Blood," which may or may not be about their (bad blood) feud. It's long been believed that the 1989 track is about the singer. So, is she ready to retaliate?
"Well that’s not my question to answer — if it’s about me. I think [my new album is] a very empowered record. There is no one thing that’s calling out any one person," she recently told Entertainment Weekly. Before issuing this next statement:
"One thing to note is: You can’t mistake kindness for weakness and don’t come for me. Anyone. Anyone. Anyone. Anyone. And that’s not to any one person and don’t quote me that it is, because it’s not. It’s not about that. Honestly, when women come together and they decide to unite, this world is going to be a better place. Period end of story. But, let me say this: Everything has a reaction or a consequence so don’t forget about that, okay, honey. [Laughs] We got to keep it real, honey. This record is not about anyone else! This record is about me being seen and heard so that I can see and hear everyone else! It’s not even about me! It’s about everything that I see out there that I digest. I think there’s a healing in it for me and vulnerability. If people want to connect and be healed and feel vulnerable and feel empowered and strong, God bless and here it is."
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Your move, Taylor.
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DOJ’s Bruce Ohr Acted as Conduit Between Christopher Steele and FBI, Even After Steele Was ‘Fired’
Newly released Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) records of its interviews with senior Justice Department official Bruce Ohr reveal that the FBI used Ohr as a conduit to “pee dossier” author British ex-spy Christopher Steele in 2016 and 2017, even after the FBI officially fired Steele for having unauthorized contacts with the media.
The questionable behavior by Ohr and the FBI during the investigation of the Trump campaign was revealed in FBI interview records known as “302s” recently obtained through the Freedom of Information Act by conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch.
“Ohr was corruptly used by the FBI as a conduit to Clinton spy Christopher Steele and the Clinton-DNC spy ring at Fusion, and we now have received 34 pages of ‘302’ report material from the FBI interviews of Ohr — documents that Congress has been seeking but have been unable to get for over a year,” Judicial Watch said in a statement.
The 302s also revealed other questionable practices by Ohr and the FBI throughout 2016 and up to the beginning of the special counsel investigation that began May 2017.
Here are the top takeaways from the records:
1. The FBI fired Steele in November 2016 for leaking to the media but continued communicating with him through Ohr at least until May 2017.
The 302s showed that after the FBI fired Steele in November 2016 for unauthorized contacts with the media, it continued through Ohr to receive information from him and sought to communicate with him through May 2017.
Ohr, who had known Steele since 2007, had a meeting with him on July 30, 2016 — right before the FBI formally launched its investigation into Donald Trump, according to the 302s. But Ohr maintained contact with Steele after the election. Between late November 2016 and May 2017, Ohr spoke with Steele nearly a dozen times, and the FBI interviewed Ohr about those contacts often just days after. The FBI documented their interviews with Ohr as 302s, or as official witness interviews.
The 302s revealed that Ohr also met with Fusion GPS co-founder Glenn Simpson, who hired Steele to produce the dossier. On December 10, 2016, Simpson gave Ohr a thumb drive containing research he believed to be from Steele. Ohr turned over the thumb drive to the FBI as evidence two days later.
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) noted the oddity of the FBI terminating Steele but continuing to keep contact with him through Ohr and then interviewing Ohr as a witness:
FBI terminated their formal relationship with Steele because he was leaking.
But DOJ official Bruce Ohr continued to meet with Steele and reported to the FBI about those meetings.
Why did top FBI officials try to hide their relationship with Steele?
— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) August 9, 2019
Bruce Ohr 302s show that FBI officials were out to get the President.
The FBI formally documents witness interviews in 302s. There’s two reasons to do this:
-To build a case against the guy you’re talking to
-Or to use it to go after someone else
We know they weren’t after Ohr!
Steele also knew Ohr was a conduit to the U.S. government, according to the 302s. After President Trump fired then-Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates, Steele contacted Ohr to see if he was also going to be fired and who else he could use as a contact if so.
2. Ohr knew as early as July 2016 Steele wanted Trump to lose and that his dossier was opposition research going to the Clinton campaign. Despite the FBI documenting this in a 302 in late November 2016, it continued to use the dossier to apply for three more surveillance warrants on a former Trump campaign official without telling this to the court granting the warrants.
According to the 302s, the FBI interviewed Ohr in late November 2016 about his meeting with Steele on July 30, 2016. Ohr said he knew Steele was working for Fusion GPS to dig up Trump’s connections to Russia and also told them his wife, Nellie Ohr, was hired by Fusion GPS to do “open source research.” Ohr told them Fusion GPS’s research would go to the Clinton campaign.
Ohr passed on to the FBI that Steele was “desperate” that Trump not get elected and was “passionate” about him not being the U.S. president. Ohr also said Steele and Simpson could have met with Yahoo journalist Michael Isikoff jointly or separately but did not know if they did.
Despite knowing this in late November, the FBI continued to use Steele’s dossier and a September 23, 2016, Yahoo News article written by Isikoff as evidence to get a surveillance warrant on former Trump campaign official Carter Page without passing any of it on to the court granting the warrants. The FBI submitted applications for warrants in October 2016, January 2017, April 2017, and June 2017.
Instead, the FBI said in a footnote in its application that Steele — or “Source #1” — “was approached by an unidentified U.S. person” — or Simpson — who indicated to Steele that a “U.S.-based law firm” had hired him to conduct research on Trump’s ties to Russia.
“[Simpson] never advised [Steele] as to the motivation behind the research into [Trump]’s ties to Russia. The FBI speculates that [Simpson] was likely looking for information that could be used to discredit [Trump’s] campaign,” the FBI’s applications said.
The FBI also said in its FISA application that investigators did not believe Steele was a source for the story.
3. Steele maintained contact with State Department officials before and after the election.
The 302s showed that, according to Ohr, Steele’s research was going to the State Department in addition to the FBI, both before and after the election. Former Obama State Department official Jonathan Winer has admitted to passing on Steele’s work to then-Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland.
The 302s show that Fusion GPS’s Simpson “and others” were speaking to Nuland directly.
In addition, in February 2017, Ohr told the FBI that Steele told him he would be meeting with senior State Department official Kathleen Kavalec to “discuss potential Russian influence in upcoming elections,” and that she had also spoken to Steele several times before the election, but dates were not listed.
The Daily Caller’s Chuck Ross noted that it was the first time it has been revealed that Simpson was in contact with Nuland:
A lowkey revelation in the Bruce Ohr 302s — Ohr said that Glenn Simpson had been in contact with Victoria Nuland. We knew Nuland was involved in dossier-related stuff, but that's first time she was supposedly in contact with Simpson. https://t.co/WYL60cJy1y pic.twitter.com/FMRMO2qeRc
— Chuck Ross (@ChuckRossDC) August 9, 2019
4. Steele met with someone in Sen. John McCain’s office before the 2016 election.
The 302s revealed for the first time that Steele met with someone from McCain’s office before the election. Ohr told the FBI that Steele told him that he met with someone in McCain’s office before October 2016 and that Steele did so “at the request” of someone whose name is redacted.
It was later publicly reported that McCain had met with a Steele associate after the election at the 2016 Halifax Security Forum to discuss the dossier and arrange for his office to get a copy of it. That copy was later reportedly leaked to BuzzFeed, who published the dossier in January 2017.
5. Steele and Fusion GPS’s Simpson pushed the idea that an Alfa Bank server in the U.S. was a link between Russia and the Trump campaign before and after the election.
The 302s said Ohr said Steele told him late September that an Alfa Bank server in the U.S. was a link to the Trump campaign and Belarusian-American real estate developer Sergei Millian’s organization.
During Ohr’s December 2016 meeting with Simpson, Simpson pushed the Alfa Bank story again and said he thought Millian oversaw transfers from Russia to the Trump campaign.
During former Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s testimony in July, Mueller debunked the idea upon questioning from Rep. Will Hurd (R-TX). “I believe it’s not true,” Mueller said.
The interviews of Ohr continued through May 2017 when Mueller began his investigation. Republican members of the Judiciary Committee note the timing of the FBI’s interviews of Ohr coincide with three major events tied to the president — after the 2016 election, right after Trump’s inauguration, and right after former FBI Director James Comey was fired.
“They were out to get the President,” Jordan tweeted.
There were three major clusters of meetings between Bruce Ohr and Christopher Steele:
-Right after the 2016 election
-Right after the inauguration
-Right after Comey was fired
They were out to get the President.
Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said in a statement after obtaining the records:
“These new Bruce Ohr FBI 302s show an unprecedented and irregular effort by the FBI, DOJ, and State Department to dig up dirt on President Trump using the conflicted Bruce Ohr, his wife, and the Clinton/DNC spies at Fusion GPS,” stated Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “The FISA courts weren’t informed of this corrupted process when they were asked to approve and reapprove extraordinary spy warrants targeting President Trump.”
Follow Kristina Wong at @kristina_wong.
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On Completionism
on 2015-08-31 at 10:46 (2677 Views)
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This month, I thought I’d use this blog to take a break from reviews and to steer things in a different direction. Of course, you might be wondering, why? Well, for one, I have had access to this outlet for several years now which has offered an admittedly squandered potential to disclose and assert my ideas and poise questions to a fairly large community. Whether this sticks and becomes an alternative to my (bi-)monthly reviews is up in the air, but I thought I’d give something new a try. However, I’d be lying if I didn’t say it was also because Ragns and Sonomaa let me run a largely unregulated blog and there’s nothing you can do to stop me! Nothing! In hindsight, I probably should have gotten a large mahogany chair to stand up from and angrily splash Cabernet Sauvignon (which really is the most evil sounding wine) from my almost comically oversized goblet which is clearly part of this story, but that’s really unimportant at this point. In any case, I invite you to sit back and enjoy what I hope will be an interesting discussion on completionism in gaming.
BlueGartr has roots firmly planted in the Final Fantasy Franchise, so the notion of completionism should be familiar to many here. After all, role playing games like the early Final Fantasies really pushed players to explore the world outside the main storyline by offering secret quests and collectibles which came in many forms. Whether you're talking about hidden weapons, hidden summons, or even hidden bosses (which are typically harder than even the final boss and raise an interesting question about enemy hierarchy, or at the very least evil allocation of resources -- but that’s a topic for another discussion..), the Final Fantasy series has featured it all.
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Of course, it wasn’t just RPGs. The original Legend of Zelda for the NES had numerous hidden items which could be found by players who wandered off the beaten path which made the game infinitely easier (in writing this piece, I’ve learned that Wooden Sword runs are a thing and intend to give one a try in the near future). Sometimes completing everything rewarded players with a bit of dialogue to acknowledge their accomplishment. Collecting all one-hundred twenty stars in Mario 64 led to a few lines of extra dialogue from Bowser during the final confrontation. Other times, wandering away from the main story or searching for secrets rewarded players with alternative endings or stories. More recently, completionism has become a staple in just about every game. Even first person shooter games like Halo and Call of Duty have introduced collectables (Skulls and Terminals in Halo and Intel in Call of Duty) to get players to explore the world and search the corners of every level.
But why do we care about being completionists? For years, being a completionist was a personal matter. The only person who really knew if you had beaten Ruby and Emerald Weapon (or if you had created a lie so large it became self-sustaining for nearly two decades) was yourself. I still remember when Final Fantasy VIII was released, and my competition with a friend to see which of us would be the first to beat the game and all it had to offer. While he beat the game well before me, I recall the exuberance I had when I was the first to acquire the Proof of Omega for beating the Omega Weapon in Ultimecia’s Castle. Of course, I didn’t mention I had pulled it off thanks to a clutch The End by Selphie.
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Achievements and Trophies changed all that. Suddenly, it wasn’t just your word, there was evidence. Suddenly it was easy to catch someone in a lie about whether they had completed a challenging quest or overcome an arduous opponent. Beyond that, it also gave a more tangible reward for gamers. It wasn’t just about beating a hard enemy or completing every side-quest. Now there was a permanent mark of glory associated with completing these difficult tasks. Those who have played Final Fantasy X and have beaten Nemesis know the time and effort needed. It isn’t just about leveling your characters. Final Fantasy X’s unique leveling system essentially requires that you build your characters from the ground up again, after you’ve reached the point where you can challenge the game’s hardest bosses. Years ago, I devoted the requisite time to wipe my sphere grids and maximize my characters for this task. Although Final Fantasy X is my favorite entry in the franchise, knowing I had done it once, I had never bothered with this process again. However, with the Final Fantasy X HD Remaster, for the first time in countless playthroughs, I again found myself spending far too much time to maximize my characters for a handful of challenging fights. What was it that made this time different? Yes, the fact that the remake included the International Version bosses was part of it (allowing me to finally face Penance), but beyond that, I NEEDED to get that platinum trophy. It wasn’t just about being able to say that I had beaten those bosses, but I needed anyone who checked my PSN profile to see that I was in the 0.1% of players which had actually pulled it off.
The other side of the story is the necessity of completionism. I’ve played four games the past few months, each of which has taken a different approach to completionism -- Destiny, Batman: Arkham Knight, Kingdom Hearts Final Mix (as part of the 1.5 Remix), and Fire Emblem: Awakening. Destiny approaches completionism from several different ways. On one hand, a game like Destiny pushes players to be completionists for the sake of having access to the most unique weapons and armor for every possible encounter. Destiny also keeps a visual score of a player’s accomplishments, the Grimoire Score. This is visible to all players and having a high score is seen as a badge of skill and honor (and as someone who has nearly maxed his Grimoire Score, I can safely say it’s also a sign of someone who plays way too much..). With the start of year two approaching, Bungie has also introduced a reward for players who complete the game’s major tasks (completing the raids, collecting treasures from the world, etc).
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Conversely, Arkham Knight is a single player game which, in many ways, makes completionism a necessity. In Arkham Knight, players who complete the game’s campaign aren’t really given much of an ending. Batman wraps up the main story and then tells Alfred to ready the Knightfall Protocol once he finishes saving Gotham. Viewing the game’s ending (and even its credits) requires completing all the side-quests -- capturing all Batman’s rouges, eliminating the presence of the militia throughout the city, and solving all of the Riddler’s challenges scattered throughout Gotham. While some of these objectives are simple and enjoyable, completing all two-hundred forty-three tasks for the Riddler is tedious and arduous.
Kingdom Hearts employs a completely different strategy for completionism. I remember when I originally beat Kingdom Hearts on the PS2. I beat Ansem, saw Sora say goodbye to Kairi, and then was left wondering what was next for Sora, Donald, and Goofy. Only later did I learn about Another Side, Another Story. For those who don’t know, completing Kingdom Hearts and finishing a number of side-quests (while admittedly not even the most challenging ones) rewards players with a secret video. This video was a tantalizing taste of dual-wielding Keyblades, mysterious cloaked figures, and curious words which briefly flashed across the screen and hinted at a broader and more exciting future for the franchise. While these videos have become the norm in the Kingdom Hearts franchise, they continue to be bonus videos which merely tease rough ideas which are being formulated for later games.
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My experience with Fire Emblem: Awakening is arguably the closest to my early experiences as a completionist. Although I’ve played through Awakening several times, I’ve never taken the time to maximize every support relationship between every character. For some reason (probably due to an ever-growing need to play Fire Emblem: Fates), this time I’ve not only decided to unlock every support conversation, but also every possible marriage and family for the Avatar (a process affectionately dubbed save-scumming). Unlike the other two games, there is really no reason for me to make such a commitment. Apart from being able to rewatch the dialogues should I feel so compelled, Awakening doesn’t reward players for accomplishing this task.
So which approach is best? Should games employ rewards? Should there be a reason to be a completionist? Or, should completionism be a personal matter? Are hidden bosses a good thing, and to what extent should they factor into a game? On one hand, yes, they are an outside element which can give players who are willing to make the commitment an incredibly satisfying challenge. On the other, what happens when aspects of the game are locked behind completionism? In Kingdom Hearts, a secret movie was hidden. In Arkham Knight, the game’s true ending was locked behind completionism. Are these equivalent? (It is worth noting that both Kingdom Hearts and Arkham Knight include even more tasks which are not required to unlock their respective movies -- Kingdom Hearts features a number of additional bosses while Arkham Knight has additional challenges scattered around the map.) The impetus for this post was a conversation I had with a friend regarding Arkham Knight -- that he had no intention to complete all the tasks necessary to unlock the true ending and had resorted to YouTube to see the story’s conclusion. Part of me wanted to criticize him (and I certainly made fun of him a fair bit), but as someone who has grown up as a gamer, I know where he’s coming from. I’ve been playing video games since I was four, and in my youth, I was more than willing to pour excessive hours into a game to maximize my characters, to scour the world, and to complete every possible task. Now, not only is it harder to find the time to game, but if I can find the time, I certainly don’t want to spend it doing menial and unrewarding tasks. So my question to you all, what are your thoughts on completionism?
Shaano - 2015-08-31 12:46
Completionism is what keeps me going in all games. From playing all Final Fantasy titles and hitting 100% or damn near close ie: XI and XIV it feels great. I experienced everything and got the most out of my buck. I could grind the smallest mob that drops a .5% item for hours on end just to know that I 'did it'. :D
Elcura - 2015-08-31 18:40
If you have the motivation to do it I would definitely complete a game. Most of the time I just play games until I feel I'm done with them or I've done everything I consider fun. A game has to be very good to get me to do shit like collect all weapons and do all the things.
But also since I'm not a child and can actually afford to play more than 1 game a month I definitely don't delve as deep. No way am I beating FF7 15 times just to see the different dialogue flavours characters had at certain parts of the game or getting to level 9999 and grinding item worlds in Disgaea anymore, but you definitely go as far as the game keeps you interested. Doing things for the sake of doing things is a young man's game, or someone who generally doesn't have a wide collection/variety. Too old for this shit.
Quicklet - 2015-09-04 17:34
Completionism is good when it's done organically. It's bad when it simply serves as content padding or to incentivize players to play the game in an inherently unsatisfying way. When the player feels excited for that next piece of content and any associated reward with it, that's good. When it just feels like going down a checklist, that's bad (even though it may still be effective in maintaining player interest in the short-term).
I'd separate completionism and achievements as two somewhat overlapping design issues. Achievements may promote completionism through external rewards, but they also rob the player of the imagination/freedom to explore a game on their own terms. My own personal opinion is that many more games from the pre-achievement era fall into that "fun completionism" category while those in the post-achievement era tend to fall into the "checklist" category.
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Dan Boyle at 10:12 am March 23, 2017
From top: Martin McGuinness in Downing Street; Dan Boyle
As a young man his sense of anger seems palpable. In older pictures there is a sense of a man who had learned the value of hope.
Dan Boyle writes:
Willy Lomax, the lead character in Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman, cuts a sad and pathetic figure. In writing about Martin McGuinness, I make no attempt to compare their respective characters. I merely borrow the play’s title to consider the role of politicians as salesmen, a role I believe McGuinness performed very effectively.
At least it is a role that politicians need to play, even though too many take a ‘whatever you’re having yourself’ approach to life.
The selling of ideas, concepts, ultimate destinations, but most obviously possibilities, should be a central part of the role of a politician. That so many take a ‘where are my people so I can follow them’ approach, is a tragedy and failure of politics.
The ability to identify key audiences; to measure and manage expectation; to use language to be understood and where possible inspire – these are the tools of that rare breed, the successful politician.
I once had a relatively private meeting with Martin McGuinness. The then evolution of politics on this island saw David Trimble and Seamus Mallon as the nexus of the Northern Ireland executive. It would be a number of years until McGuinness became the heart of that executive. At this meeting he was part of a Sinn Féin delegation meeting with the Green Party, seeking support for the early release of IRA prisoners.
The Green response was not as enthusiastic as the Sinn Féin team had hoped. Mr. McGuinness was most forthright is expressing his disappointment. I found him intimidating. Perhaps that feeling was as much informed by a preconception I held of Martin McGuinness and his reputation. Perhaps it was the hypersensitivity we Greens suffer.
In that brief meeting, through that flash of anger, I caught a sense of the Martin McGuinness for whom the bomb and the bullet had been his preferred methods of persuasion.
Or he could have been having a bad day. Making character assessments on the basis of one off meetings is always unwise. An even more superficial approach would be to look at photographs of the younger and older McGuinness. As a young man his sense of anger seems palpable. In older pictures there is a sense of a man who had learned the value of hope.
Nor should we be unaware of the realities of those who had lived in an apartheid statelet, where the hatred foisted on them created a violent response.
The identification of that violence as being self defeating must have been a difficult obstacle for him to overcome. To go from there to work with, work within and to seek to make work a system that had consistently undermined his community, must have required huge reserves of self evaluation.
That he managed to do that while mastering the timing of when to push, when to leap, when to take the risk, makes his an extraordinary achievement.
He did so more openly, more honestly, more effectively than anyone else in the republican movement. They will miss him. So will we.
Dan Boyle is a former Green Party TD and Senator. His column appears here every Thursdyay. Follow Dan on Twitter: @sendboyle
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29 thoughts on “Death of A Salesman”
mildred st. meadowlark March 23, 2017 at 10:28 am
“Perhaps it was the hypersensitivity that we Greens suffer.”
That brought a genuine smile Dan.
Andyourpointiswhatexactly? March 23, 2017 at 10:32 am
Watch out for Mildred and her FAKE SMILE.
Its my laser eyes you have to watch out for.
Luckily your avatar has its back to us.
Charger Salmons March 23, 2017 at 10:35 am
Tebbit had it right.
While Deputy First Minister McGuinness still demanded prosecution of British soldiers for historical offences yet refused to reveal anything to the families of people he personally murdered.
He was a coward who turned to statesmanship when he knew the game was up.
MoyestWithExcitement March 23, 2017 at 10:38 am
Yeah, you’re right, he should have kept killing people. Or at least not helped bring about the peace process. That would have been the honourable thing to do.
Biggins March 23, 2017 at 11:25 am
and you wouldn’t be half as forgiving if Enda Kenny died, and he never ordered that people be blown apart and maimed and paralyzed for life
“he never ordered that people be blown apart and maimed and paralyzed for life”
Unlike like your average British Prime Minister.
unlike certain members of sinn fein either.
bisted March 23, 2017 at 11:48 am
…they can even do it remotely now…by drone operated from the war room in Downing Street…Tebbitt and Thatcher would have had some craic with that…
Is there proof he murdered people? I have no idea whether he did or not.
ivan March 23, 2017 at 10:55 am
Tebbit didn’t have it right.
Tebbit, for the record, was a geebag *before* Brighton. I don’t condone what happened to his wife, but far as I can tell, all it did was give him more focus for his particular brand of bile.
Contrast him post Brighton with, say, Colin Parry post Warrington. Colin Parry hasn’t forgiven McGuinness, and I don’t expect him to, and never did. But he campaigned tirelessly for peace.
Aye. I can see why he’s raging, but he has no class.
scottser March 23, 2017 at 10:57 am
you’ll probably find that he wasn’t alone in recognising that the end of the struggle was apparent. paisley, robinson et al knew that to stay relevant they would have to engage with the peace process and like pragmatists, they did.
Spaghetti Hoop March 23, 2017 at 11:27 am
Correct. The world turned before they did.
That’s why I love the state papers when they emerge in the new year; you see what was really going on behind the headlines – secret negotiations, bar-room deals and so on.
Formerly known as @ireland.com March 23, 2017 at 8:01 pm
The violence could have ended in 1974 –
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunningdale_Agreement
Paisley and Co. were not ready to give up the monopoly on power.
Zena March 23, 2017 at 8:17 pm
+1 Formerly
Listrade March 23, 2017 at 12:22 pm
Ah Tebbit, who praised Jimmy Saville even after the revelations about him. Tebbit is such a good judge of character.
dav March 23, 2017 at 11:01 am
He didn’t go to war, the war came to him….
I don’t like adams, but I thought that was an effective way of explaining McGuiness
+1 Some talk like he invented violent uprisings against colonial oppressors as opposed to being an inevitable result of colonial oppression.
Kolmo March 23, 2017 at 12:09 pm
I wonder was there a similar tone of well-spoken bemusement, even bewilderment at the motives for engaging in previous military/insurgent activities at the passing of former Taoisigh W.T. Cosgrave, De Valera, Lemass, and numerous other TD’s over the years?
+1 btw
bisted March 23, 2017 at 12:11 pm
Spaghetti Hoop March 23, 2017 at 12:19 pm
Look at the era too; uprisings in colonial Africa, 1960s civil rights movements – the violence in USA was just as shocking and bloody as that in the North. Uprisers become a product of revolutionary tides.
petey March 23, 2017 at 12:17 pm
I’m trusting McGuinness made a nice long confession.
Sheik Yahbouti March 23, 2017 at 3:12 pm
Amen to that, Dan. A well considered piece.
bisted March 23, 2017 at 6:37 pm
…Hey Dan…there’s your Deputy Leader on Drivetime with Mary Wilson…what a talent…good luck with the conference in Waterford this weekend…you are invited, aren’t you…
Dan Boyle March 23, 2017 at 6:55 pm
Is there some reason I wouldn’t be? I’m going away. Looking forward to it.
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Harvard-Yale Students Challenge Fossil Fuel Industry
Students put their rivalry aside at the Harvard-Yale football game, with a common goal: asking their universities to divest from the fossil fuel industry.
A worldwide movement that emerged in 2010
Harvard and Yale activists want their universities to divest from fossil fuels. They were joined in their sit-in by actor and Yale alumni Sam Waterston. The students are asking for university investments to go into clean energy, and the communities most impacted by climate change -- like Puerto Rico. After the football protest, 42 people were arrested. American campuses are no stranger to divestment movements: like the Divest for Darfur campaign, against ties to the tobacco industry, or prison investments.
“To divest is to sell your business or your company, essentially to take your money out. But I think that we not only hope our universities will divest from the fossil fuel industry and cancel their holdings in the Puerto Rican debt but also that they will reinvest these in our futures. That they will invest in something like renewable energies, that benefit our planet and our communities, especially those disproportionately affected by the climate crisis, like low-income communities and communities of color. I think as young people, we are particularly cognizant to the fact that this is a crisis and that our futures, but also the future of generations that come after us and in certain parts of the world right now today, are really in jeopardy. And that's why it's been so incredibly frustrating to see universities like Harvard and Yale to be so resistant, so slow to react,” Charlotte Foote Yale 21’ tells Brut.
Anti-apartheid campaigners called for divestment in the 80s, and shamed companies and institutions with financial ties to the South African regime -- including Harvard. Other campuses have already vowed to stop or reduce their endowments towards fossil fuel energy like Stanford University. Fossil fuel divestment is a worldwide movement that emerged in 2010, Fossil fuel divestment is endorsed by Leonardo DiCaprio, Al Gore, Desmond Tutu and Yale Alumni Sam Waterston who joined the protesters on November 23. It has been deemed the largest anti-corporate campaign of its time. As of September 2019, a total of 1,100 institutions representing $11 trillion in assets worldwide have committed to divest from fossil fuels.
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Richard T.
You're not addressing reality. Find a real...solution first and foremost. Then and only then can we consider an alternative to fossil fuels. MEANWHILE PLAY BALL...
Great! Do it! I'll buy their shares!!
Robb H.
These kids parents could have saved a lot of money and had CNN & MSNBC & AOC teach them instead of going to Harvard
Collin W.
Y’all Harvard niggas probably finally going stupid
As they all drive cars. There you go....
Bernard H.
Maybe you can do your part.. No more cell phones, no car, no computers.. All made possible by fossil fuels
Scott D.
Bet everyone of these clowns was carrying a phone charged by fossil fuels.
Guy W.
can't get people to listen to your ideas so you physically interrupt their day so they can hear you.... clue: there still isn't anyone listening.
How were those earrings made? Does not look like you are ready to give up your fossil fuels.
Rick T.
maybe ask for money for your freaking mental health!
Chuck M.
January is often times colder than December. I'll check back with you then.
Sure, make getting an education even more expensive for no valid reason.
Corky D.
It's not just fuel, petroleum is used to make many things they could not live without....take their phones for instance LOL
much Love, but...…. if you disrupt American football for a protest, you lose your point. No matter how noble an idea you may be championing, you lose :)
Gladys S.
IF THEY WANT TO GET RID OF FOSSIL FUELS TAKE AWAY THEIR PHONE THAT ARE MADE MOSTLY FROM PLASTIC TIRES FOR THEIR CARS MOST OF THE CLOTHES THEY WEAR THEY ARE ALL MADE FROM BYPRODUCTS OF FOSSIL FUELS.
They could help by not buying gas, dont use anything made of plastic, dont drive, fly or take a boat anywhere...walking is good
So this is the BS these two supposedly great colleges do in their spare time. Neither need anymore federal grants.
Arnold T.
don't sell them gas, turn off their heat, lights, and stop all fossil fueled trucks from delivering foodstuffs to their college, see what they protest about then
Terry G.
You can Thank the Professors for their Ignorance, and their Parents for not paying attention to their Children being Brained Washed by the Left Liberals Educators.
Jim K.
Yes let us rein in the pollution. Let us dispose of the cell phones, I pads, computers, cars, buses, all electricity produced by fossil fuels, X boxes, all of the plastic wrapping on food and merchandise, most clothing, shoes and the list is endless. I bet that the tune they begin to sing will be a lot different.
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Tierney Taken To Hospital For Leg Scan
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Bolton defender Marc Tierney has been taken to hospital for scans on a leg injury he suffered in Saturday's 1-1 draw with Yeovil Town.
Tierney had to be replaced after 64 minutes at the Reebok Stadium, after coming out of a 50/50 challenge with Glovers defender Shane Duffy in considerable pain. The former Norwich City defender received treatment on the sidelines, but was in clear discomfort as he was taken down the tunnel and off to hospital.
Initial reports suggest the player will undergo a scan on his tibia and fibula, with Wanderers boss Dougie Freedman describing the situation as 'difficult' in his post-match interview.
The injury is almost certain to keep Tierney out of Tuesday's game at Blackpool and he would have to be considered a doubt for next weekend's trip to Birmingham City. The full extent of the problem, however, is not yet clear.
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IED Barcelona: Graduating into a changing world for transportation design
Sponsored by IED Barcelona2019-06-17T13:34:00+01:00
Where are they now, and how do they see transportation design developing? Four former students from IED Barcelona describe their roles and careers since graduating…
“Transport designers have had to evolve and work in multi-disciplinary teams to create solutions,” says Christof Sokol, creative designer in the advanced design research & innovation department, Jaguar Land Rover. “It is no longer a matter of creating a vehicle but imagining a holistic mobility service system, how to access it and enhance the user experience.”
Christof Sokol working on his final project at the IED Barcelona
Sokol, who graduated from IED Barcelona in 2016, says he works on a lot of projects to explore future mobility from different angles, but always with a focus on the customer and with user experience at the core. “In the mid-term, we are looking at a complex situation where the public demands and expects sustainable, autonomous and electric solutions, although our infrastructure and industry will struggle to turn these concepts into reality; and in the long-term, I believe we will be seeing a mobility system that is tailored to each city’s local needs, and a variety of solutions depending on where in the world they are needed,” he says.
IED Barcelona graduate Christof Sokol
“The ability to dream about the future optimistically is one of the things I learned during my time in Barcelona, and I keep putting it into practice at work every day to generate concepts and ideas,” Sokol adds.
Alberto Torrecillas (photo courtesy of Seat)
Alberto Torrecillas, an exterior designer at Seat who graduated from IED Barcelona in 2010, says that “there is no denying that times are changing, and environmental restrictions are coming down hard on the mobility sector. As a designer, I see this as an opportunity to come up with new solutions and improve the world of transport.”
Torrecillas, who has worked on projects including the electric Seat el-Born concept (Geneva 2019) and Cupra Formentor, says he learned at IED to look for inspirations from every field of design and to interact with the whole creative world, not just the automotive industry. “I think this is crucial for us to keep up with the times and enhance our creativity as designers, because it helps us come up with innovative ideas and solutions,” he says.
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The career of Aleix Robledo (transportation design, 2002-2005) has taken a more technical turn: he is now a senior digital modeller at Tesla and has worked on developing products including the Model 3. He sees the future challenges and opportunities for the industry as being “the transition towards sustainable mobility, car sharing, and self-driving cars.”
Aleix Robledo, as a guest speaker for IED Barcelona ‘Share your Talent’
Robledo points out that “new design and engineering tools have emerged, such as process digitalisation, 3D printing and virtual reality. Processes are getting faster, and materials are providing more freedom and more opportunities in terms of shapes and design,” and says that at IED Barcelona, he appreciated “the chance to be in touch with industry professionals, and with methodology taken from real companies active in the sector.”
Aleix Robledo at the IED Barcelona
Recent graduate Federico Abascal (2018) pays tribute to the teachers at IED Barcelona guiding the development of design skills. “What I use most is conceptualisation and problem-solving, both in formal and design terms, and in project management,” he says, “as well as more technical tools such as drawing and 3D modelling.”
Transportation design is not just about style anymore, says Federico Abascal
Abascal is putting this into practice as lead exterior designer at Hyperloop UPV. “We are developing the prototype for a new kind of vehicle that intends to bring about a paradigmatic change in the transport world,” he says, adding: “Cities are changing, and beginning to appreciate last-mile solutions, individual shared transport options, and fewer private vehicles. This will lead the big names to start a slow but inevitable transition towards new visions and products.” Transportation design, he feels, “is not just about style any more, it is about providing solutions and visions for the users of today and tomorrow.”
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A Brief History of Dentistry
Written by: Carefree Dental | Published On: June 8, 2016
From ancient Egyptian "toothers" to today's highly trained dentistry specialists, dental care has interested humans for thousands of years. Early dentists practiced their trade long before they had access to the technologies we enjoy today, such as X-rays, anesthesia, running water, and electricity. Find out how dentistry evolved from its primitive beginning to modern times.
Ancient Dental Practice
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Researchers found the earliest evidence of dentistry at the Mehgarh Neolithic site in Baluchistan, Pakistan, in human remains dating from around 7,000 B.C. Scientists determined that holes in eleven teeth found on the site were intentionally made using ancient flint drill bits. The slight decay on the teeth suggested the patients had their teeth drilled to rid themselves of tooth decay, though they found no evidence of fillings.
Later, around 3,000 B.C., an Egyptian scribe named Hesy-Re became the "Chief of the Toothers" — and one of the earliest dental practitioners remembered by name. Gum disease wasn't uncommon in ancient Egypt; indeed, radiographs of mummies show evidence of periodontal disease. In translated papyrus manuscripts, Egyptian dentists describe dental injuries, tooth diseases, and toothache remedies.
Early Greek Oral Discoveries
Around 300 B.C. the Greeks exhibited curiousity about dental health and devised different techniques for addressing tooth maladies. Called the "Father of Medicine," Hippocrates wrote about the radical method he had developed for treating a patient's tooth woes. Rather than pray to the gods, Hippocrates recommended observing a patient's problem, then making a practical recommendation for treatment. His treatments included tooth extraction, tooth ointment, and oral tissue cauterization.
Aristotle, the famous philosopher, also wrote about dentistry. He penned descriptions of tooth growth, tooth decay, and gum disease. Like Hippocrates, he also developed treatment methods, such as using forceps to pull teeth and using wires to attach loose teeth.
Other Greek physicians made important dental discoveries during this age. Claudius Galen was the first to deduce that teeth are made of bone with nerves inside. Diocles of Carystus became the first to recommend regular oral hygiene by rubbing teeth and gums to improve oral health.
Barber Dentists
During the Middle Ages, monks were the most educated citizens and carried out surgical procedures, including dentistry. When the Church banned monks from performing surgery, bloodletting, and extracting teeth, these tasks fell to barbers because of their expertise with sharp shaving blades.
Due to barbers' facility with knives, they had often helped monks with surgical duties even before they became the chief providers of dentistry. They took up the banned duties of the monks, which meant they extracted teeth and engaged in bloodletting as well as embalming the dead and cutting hair.
Increasing Knowledge of Dentistry
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In 1530, dentistry profession received attention from the medical community after the publication of the first book specifically on dentistry, "The Little Medicinal Book for All Kinds of Diseases and Infirmities of the Teeth." In 1575, a French surgeon named Ambrose Pare — known as the "Father of Surgery" — published his "Complete Works," which included surgical dentistry techniques.
In 1685, Charles Allen became the first to publish a dental textbook in English. "The Operator for the Teeth" guided a dental practitioner beyond simply extracting teeth, and it included instructions for helping patients relax before treatment as well as making homemade dentifrice to whiten teeth.
The Father of Modern Dentistry
Called the "Father of Modern Dentistry," French surgeon Pierre Fauchard published "The Surgeon Dentist, A Treatise on Teeth" in 1723. His text included the revelation that sugar caused tooth decay, dispelling the outdated belief that tooth worms and evil spirits were responsible for dental woes.
Fauchard established dentistry as a distinct profession, and in his writing, he described a thorough system for caring for and treating teeth. His book described several techniques that are still used in modern dentistry, including cleaning teeth, filling cavities, implanting dental prostheses, and using braces.
Dentistry in America
In 1766, John Baker, a dentist who was trained in England, immigrated to the United States and began practicing dentistry. His most famous patient was George Washington, for whom he created a set of ivory dentures.
Before Paul Revere became famous as a messenger, he studied dentistry with Baker. Revere learned how to create ivory dentures and eventually opened his own dentistry practice. Paul Revere became one of the first people to use dental evidence in forensics when he identified on a battlefield corpse a dental bridge that he had made.
In 1840, the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery opened, becoming the first dental school in the United States. This institution is now the School of Dentistry at the University of Maryland.
Dr. Greene Vardiman Black, one of the founders of modern dentistry, was an American dentist born in Illinois whose research and writings became a foundation for dentistry today. Dr. Black's contributions to the profession include developing standard rules for filling cavities, inventing the first foot-pedal dental drill, and establishing a principle of "extension for prevention," which is still respected by today's dental professionals.
Modern Dentistry
Modern dentistry has come a long way from its humble beginnings — from primitive flint drills to painless modern techniques. Today, procedures like root canals, tooth restoration, extraction, implants, and tooth straightening are safe and sometimes even painless.
The American Dental Association, the world's oldest and largest dental association, promotes dental and oral hygiene through dentistry. The association strongly supports prevention when it comes to dental health and recommends visiting a dentist once every six months. If you don't have a dental insurance provider, consider a dental discount plan like Carefree Dental to offset the cost of dentistry. Don't compromise your dental health — take care of your teeth, and they'll take care of you.
Thanks to local anesthesia, X-rays, and modern dentistry equipment, dentists today have an arsenal of technology at their disposal when it comes to dental health. The field of dentistry continues to advance with the help of skilled men and women who take care of their patients' teeth.
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Meet one of our wonderful pupils - Margot
Last week, Carfax pupil Margot received her AS results, and could not have been happier to see that she achieved three As, one A*, and one B.
Her three As are in English Literature, Art, and French, and her A* in EPQ (Extended Project Qualification). With three As in all her full A level subjects, Margot is on the right track to fulfilling her dream: studying History and Politics at Magdalen College, Oxford.
Whilst other A level pupils have slightly more time to prepare their university application, the UCAS deadline for Oxford and Cambridge is much earlier, already on October 15. Margot is therefore busy preparing her application and studying for Oxford's entrance exam in history, the HAT (History Aptitude Test).
Margot is one of the pupils so interesting they make you forget time - our informal interview for this post ended up lasting more than one hour. Of rare eloquence and depth, Margot looks forward to studying at Oxford, where she can explore her topics of interest: religion in society and the formation of national identities, particularly in the context of Ukraine's ethnic division. Herself strongly identifying as Ukrainian, but raised speaking Russian by a Polish grandmother, Margot is fascinated by the impact of empires on identities - not just the Russian and then the Soviet empires in Ukraine, but also other such forces in the wider global context.
At Carfax College, Margot spent her summer months revising intensely for the HAT exam, her A level subjects, and preparing for her Oxford interview. Not only did she love her courses here and worked very hard to the satisfaction of all tutors, but she also found time to finish a voluntary project on the crusades. The crusades are of great interest to her, because of the long-lasting impact on European and Middle Eastern imperial history.
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Motorist suffers 'serious injuries' following three-vehicle collision in Peterborough resulting in a 'difficult rescue' for Cambs fire service
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The three-vehicle collision in Peterborough on Sunday, April 8. PHOTO: Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue
Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue
A three-vehicle collision involving a caravan, car and van forced Cambs fire to "cut out" a motorist from their vehicle on Sunday afternoon (April 8).
Police were called to the scene on the A47/A1139 roundabout at around 1:15pm – closing the road for a short period.
One person suffered “serious injuries” and was taken to Peterborough City Hospital.
One road user had to be cut free from their vehicle, a spokesman for Cambridgeshire fire and rescue confirmed.
Cambs fire tweeted: “Crews were faced with a difficult rescue near Eye in Peterborough on Sunday.
“A crew from Dogsthorpe and the North Roaming Fire Engine were called to a three vehicle collision on the A1139.
“They released one male casualty who was taken to hospital.”
The spokesman added: “This was a very challenging extrication.
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Canadian Government: Don't ruin live music with $425.00 charge per international artist per performance in Canada
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According to the Calgary Herald, many venues like bars, restaurants, and coffeeshops in Canada may pay four times more for international musicians as a new regulation says they will be required to pay “an application fee of $275 per musician and those travelling with the band (tour manager, sound person, guitar tech, etc.”) On top of that there is ”an extra $150 for each approved musician and crew member’s work permit.” And these non-refundable fees are for each venue that a musician may visit!
This means that a lot of small and medium size venues in Canada will no longer be able to afford to book international bands. That means A LOT less live music in Canada.
I’ve worked in the music industry in Canada for several years and am outraged that the government has taken steps which will hurt musicians, venues, fans, and others in the industry. This new fee is required to be paid by talent buyers in Canada when aiming to host an international touring artist, and it will inevitably cripple small music venues and small business talent buyers. The Canadian government didn’t consult citizens like me when they decided to add hundreds of dollars in fees that will punish international musicians who want to play in Canada. This huge increase in cost hurts small artists and businesses because it has exemptions for big festivals and artists who have longer tours, but not the average up and coming artist just trying to build a fan base. Please sign and share to help change this regulation. Today we take a stand for the development of culture and performance arts. The implications of allowing such additional fees will hinder the potential for talented international artists whom simply aim to perform for their fans and expand their recognition. This new regulation will impact fans of all music from electronic to punk to jazz. Canada's introduction of such a fee should not be taken lightly, nor excused. The development of our culture on a global scale and the opportunity to invite talents from beyond our borders is something to be cherished and appreciated, not taxed in such a way that will only discourage Canadian talent buyers from welcoming international talent. With this inflation of upfront fees associated to bringing an international artist to Canada, the government is taking a clear stance of desired control over a culture that blossoms with freedom and deserve support rather than increased financial responsibility. Sign your name to this petition and share it with those whom you feel will also stand behind challenging such a greedy and unmerited demand that will strangle local small businesses and those attempting to welcome international talent to Canada, growing our cultural diversity and global notoriety. Learn more here and be sure to contact your MP if you live in Canada.
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Primary Sources: Village of Cayuga Heights
Marcham Hall has a rich collection of primary-source documents that help reconstruct the village's municipal history. Village Historian Beatrice Szekely has made significant progress cataloging these documents and researching their provenance and significance.
The George H. Russell Papers in the Village of Cayuga Heights History Records
by Beatrice Szekely, Village Historian, June 2016
Provenance: Eleven documents dealing with the history of the major roads in the Village of Cayuga Heights from 1901 to 1911 were left waiting to be found in an accordion file folder in one of the cardboard boxes marked “history” at the village municipal building, Marcham Hall. A note in the folder, likely typed by a village clerk, disclosed their origin: “Mr. George Russell the lawyer brought these papers in for our History file, November 1, 1974.” They undoubtedly were in files from the law firm of Jared Treman Newman (1855-1937), who developed Cayuga Heights early in the twentieth century with law partner Charles Hazen Blood (1866-1938).
George Russell was first as clerk then, after1924, a managing clerk in the law firm of Newman and Newman which was made up of Jared Newman and his son Charles Hardy Newman (1891-1963). An exchange of cordial letters between Jared Newman and George Russell in which the former set out terms by which he was offering the latter advancement to a managing clerkship are found in the Jared T. Newman Papers, Rare and Manuscripts Collections, Cornell University Library, Collection 2157, box 16, May 1924.
George H. Russell practiced law in the City of Ithaca for close to 60 years, from 1923 to 1980. After he left the Newman firm and struck out on his own in the 1920s his offices were in the same downtown Ithaca buildings where the Newmans firm was located, first, in the Library Building, then at 114 N. Tioga Street, which was later listed as the Ithaca Savings Bank Building. The city directory for 1934 shows George Russell in room 301 of the Savings Bank Building and attorneys “Newman and Newman” in room 308. After Jared Newman died, Charles practiced in the Savings Bank Building until his own death. When attorney Russell dropped off the records at the village hall in 1974, he was very likely cleaning out files before moving his office a year later from room 301 to 519.
All of the documents predate Russell’s practice and are either originals or contemporary copies. A 1901 letter to Jared Newman interpreting the terms of state law for the funding of county and town road construction, for example, bears the signature of the state engineer and surveyor. Further to the point, a January 1902 statement on road improvement projects in New York was enclosed in an envelope addressed to Newman and Blood. Several of the legal papers were signed by them, along with county and town highway commissioners, clerks, and other officials.
Charles Newman was the first zoning officer of the Village of Cayuga Heights and later village attorney; he had good reason to retain the documents for reference after his father died. The legal papers could then have passed on to Russell directly when the office was emptied. Some ten years later, when attorney Russell dropped off the records at the village hall, he was very likely cleaning out files prior to a final office move which he made at that time to room 519 in the Savings Bank Building.
In addition to his professional ties to the Newmans, Russell was also a resident of Cayuga Heights. In 1928 Russell moved into a four-bedroom house with his first wife Gretel Schenck Russell (1899-1929; Cornell ‘23). The house address was 409 Klinewoods Road, subsequently changed to 415 Klinewoods. Jared Newman undoubtedly referred to his professional colleague George Russell when he wrote in an advertising column placed in the Ithaca Journal under the series title “Cayuga Heights Notes” on April 30, 1935, “One of our most popular lawyers lives on Klinewoods Road and makes a practice of walking way down town to his office and back every day.” The intent of the ad was to entice buyers to a road that in the 1930s seemed very out of the way compared to those in the southern part of the village where both the older and younger Newman families had built their homes. The Klinewoods area, one of the last of Jared Newman’s real estate ventures, undertaken during the Depression when he was facing bankruptcy, lay outside the municipal boundary of the Village of Cayuga Heights until the 1950s.
(George, widowed in 1929, married teacher Alma Townsend (1900-1990) in 1931. Tompkins County deed records show that Alma Russell, widowed after her husband’s death in 1982, died in 1990, and the house was sold the following year. Your historian remembers being welcomed by Mrs. Russell on Halloween trick or treating with small children years ago.)
Description: There are eleven document files in the George H. Russell Papers (GHRP) of the Village of Cayuga Heights History Records (VCHHR). Other than the 1901 Newman and Blood correspondence about road construction law referenced above and the 1902 state road improvement report, all are legal papers. They record applications, dedications, releases, right-of-way agreements, and orders for the layout and alterations of roads either in Cayuga Heights before its incorporation as a village in the Town of Ithaca on June 12, 1915 or in the Town of Lansing. All nine of these legal files, except one, are fastened inside faded blue or beige 8 ½” x 14” covers. They are in excellent condition and appear not to have been referenced since deposited in Cayuga Heights forty-two years ago.
Significance: The Russell Papers complement such sources as state highway superintendent reports, contemporary newspaper articles, and the papers of Jared Newman and Charles Blood at the Cornell University Library for research on the early history of Cayuga Heights. During the first decade of the twentieth century Newman and Blood, having purchased the land, had to alter old roads and install new ones on what was mostly fallow farm acreage before they could subdivide and sell lots for home sites. Cayuga Heights, Wyckoff, Highland, Hanshaw, Renwick, Remington, Triphammer, The Parkway, Iroquois, Klinewoods, and Upland roads all figure in these documents that trace, if not in an easily understood sequence, the allocation of funds for the construction of dirt roads and their “improvement” with gravel or macadam paving. References are made to surveying and mapping, which underlay the route descriptions in the documents and was carried out by Cornell civil engineering professor Charles Leigh Crandall (1850-1917). He was an uncle of Carl Crandall (1890-1968), who would become the first engineer and superintendent of public works in Cayuga Heights and would be charged with overseeing the physical infrastructure of the village from its founding until 1962.
Twenty-one miles of roadways have carved out neighborhoods in the village since 1900. The derivation of their names are included in deputy historian Patricia Longoria’s From Farm to Suburb, A History of Place Names in Cayuga Heights, Ithaca, New York. By 1910, as Carol Sisler has narrated in Enterprising Families, Ithaca, New York, Their Houses and Businesses (Enterprise Publishing, 1986), their securing of government funding for road building in Cayuga Heights had resulted in accusations that cost Jared Newman and Charles Blood budding political careers.
Ongoing research using the rich trove of maps at Marcham Hall, along with resources of the John Marcham Library at The History Center in Tompkins County and Rare and Manuscript Collections of the Cornell University Library, will take the story further.
List of the Documents and Annotation: The eleven document files are numbered in chronological order. Main citations are flush to the left margin; additional citations for discrete legal papers within files are indented. Informal annotations are enclosed in parentheses.
1. New York State Attorney General John C. Davies to Hon. Edward A. Bond, State Engineer and Surveyor, Albany, N.Y., November 20th, 1901; and
Edward A. Bond to Messrs. Newman and Blood, Ithaca, N.Y., Subject: Good Roads Right to Improve Road, November 20, 1901.
(Correspondence by which Jared Newman secured legal opinion that roadways could receive New York State funding if surveyed and mapped but not yet constructed)
2. Office of the State Engineer and Surveyor of the State of New York, Albany, Statement – January 1, 1902, Improvement Public Highways, in an envelope addressed to “Newman and Blood Esq’res, Savings Bank Building, Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York,” from “Edwin C. Delavan Jr., Counsellor at Law, 56 Wall Street, City of New York,” postmarked December 30, 1902.
(Printed statement dated January 1, 1902 showing all land for which petitions have been received for road improvement, town and county resolutions passed to date, and any funds appropriated with numbers of miles and amounts indicated, in accord with Section 11, chapter 115, laws 1898, otherwise known as the Higbie-Armstrong Good Roads Law)
3. In the Matter of the Improvement, under Chapter 115 of the Laws of 1898, of The Highway running northerly from the north line of the City of Ithaca where it is intersected by the extension of Stewart Avenue through the town of Ithaca and the southern part of the town of Lansing, to the intersection of said highway with the Lake road adjacent to the Esty place. Copy. Petition.
(Petition from land owners to the Tompkins County Board of Supervisors requesting a resolution for improvement of the road that would be known as Cayuga Heights Road in the towns of Ithaca and Lansing)
4. Duplicate Copies of Orders, Laying Out Highways in the Towns of Ithaca and Lansing. Filed with the Releases in the respective Town Clerks’ Offices, dated “December 8th, 1902.”
County of Tompkins, Town of Lansing. In the Matter of The Dedication of Lands for a Public Highway, running from the north line of the Town of Ithaca northerly to the Lake Road, signed by Clarence M. Buck, Commissioner of Highway of Town Lansing,” no date.
County of Tompkins, Town of Ithaca. In the Matter of The Dedication of Lands for a New Highway, running from the north line of the corporation of the City of Ithaca northerly to the south line of the Town of Lansing, signed by “Horace A. Brown Comr,” no date.
County of Tompkins, Town of Lansing. In the Matter of The Dedication of Lands for a Public Highway on Lots Numbers 88 and 90 in the Town of Ithaca, signed by “Horace A. Brown Comr,” no date.
County of Tompkins, Town of Lansing. In the Matter of The dedication of Lands for a New Highway, running from the Lake Road through the Renwick Tract to the Kline Road, signed by “Horace A. Brown Comr of Highways of the Town of Ithaca,” no date.
(Dedications of land and orders for the laying out of what would become Cayuga Heights Road in the towns of Ithaca and Lansing, and Wyckoff Road from Cayuga Heights Road southeast to the City of Ithaca)
5. In the Matter of The Improvement of Cayuga Heights, the Laying Out and Improvement of Highland Avenue Connection with Cayuga Heights Road, Improvement of Highland Avenue, and the Improvement of the Manning Road. Copies of Papers.
County of Tompkins. Town of Ithaca. In the Matter of The Laying out of a new highway extending from Cayuga Heights Road to the road running easterly from the Remington Salt Works, and the alteration of the road laid out by order dated December 26, 1905, dated June 13, 1906 and signed by – or their names were inserted in this copy -- six Ithaca Town Board members with John J. Hanshaw at top of list and including F. M. McPherson.
County of Tompkins, Town of Ithaca. In the Matter of The Alteration of the Highway in Continuance of Highland Avenue laid out by order dared December 26, 1905, dated June 18, 1906, same six signatories on resolution.
County of Tompkins, Town of Ithaca. In the Matter of The Dedication of Lands for a Public Highway running from the north line of the Town of Ithaca northerly to the Lake Road, known as the Cayuga Heights Road, June 29, 1906, left unsigned by Ithaca town supervisor.
(June 13, 1906 application to alter a December 26, 1905 petition to layout Highland and to lay out instead what would become part of Hanshaw Road from near the present-day terminus of Remington Road to Community Corners, a distance of 1 1/8 miles; resolution by Town of Ithaca board to do so on June 18; order of town commissioner of highways to do so; unsigned petition of June 20 to do so from landowners and a signed one from Newman also dated June 18; an undated resolution directing the county clerk to forward the county resolution to the state engineer and surveyor; June 18 petition from Edward Wyckoff to county board of supervisors; undated resolution signed by six members of the county board of supervisors resolving the petition to improve the road as described in the documents. Also, relating to Cayuga Heights Road: a June 20, 1906 Town Board of Lansing resolution to alter the layout of the not-yet-constructed road to conform with a state engineer’s directive, the landowners having given consent – LaBarr, McKinney, and Mood; not dated but must be after the Town of Lansing order for layout.)
6. Town of Ithaca. In the Matter of the Application to lay out a New Highway in the Town of Ithaca known as The Triphammer Road, August 11, 1906, signed “Ezra C. Brown, Comr Town of Ithaca.”
Town of Ithaca. In the Matter of the Application to lay out a New Highway in the Town of Ithaca known as The Extension of the Wyckoff Road, August 31, 1906, signed “Ezra Brown Commissioner.”
Town of Ithaca. In the Matter of the Application to lay out a New Highway in the Town of Ithaca known as The Remington Road; and to discontinue that portion of the Road Running East from the Remington Salt Works that lies west of the Intersection of the said Remington Road, August 11, 1906, signed “Ezra C. Brown, Comr Town of Ithaca.”
(August 11, 1906: Newman having applied and being “a person assessable for highway labor…,” a highway layout is ordered by the Town of Ithaca for Triphammer Road from the city line to Kline Road, approximating the current location of Iroquois Road; the same for Wyckoff Road from Cayuga Heights Road to Renwick Drive as “particularly described in the survey and map thereof made by C. L. Crandall August 31, 1906”; and the town gives an order in accord with application from Newman, Blood and the Remington Salt Company for layout of Remington Road in Renwick.)
7. In the Matter of Cayuga Heights Road. Releases of Property Owners, Application, Written Consent of Town Board, and Order Laying Out and Altering Cayuga Heights Road, stamped “April 22, 1908.”
County of Tompkins, Town of Lansing. In the Matter of The Dedication of Lands for a Public Highway running from the north line of the Town of Ithaca northerly to the Lake Road, known as the Cayuga Heights Road.
(June 1906 indentures for right of way on Cayuga Heights Road between Town of Lansing and Caleb and Helen LaBarr on June 23, 1906, Josephine McKinney on June 13, and Charlotte Mood on June 16; appropriation having been made for construction and the State Engineer being ready to proceed, application is made by the town Board of Supervisors to the commissioner of highways in the Town of Lansing to lay out Cayuga Heights Road; town board dedication)
8. Application, Release of Damages and Consent of Town Board. County of Tompkins, Town of Ithaca.
In the Matter of “The dedication of lands for a new highway running from the north line of the corporation of the city of Ithaca to the south line of the town of Lansing,” now known as the Cayuga Heights Road.
In the Matter of The laying out of a new highway extending from the Cayuga Heights Road to the road running easterly from the Remington Salt Works, and the alteration of the road laid out by order dated December 26, 1905.
In the Matter of The alteration and extension of Highland Road from its intersection with the Kline Road northerly to its intersection with the Hanshaw Road.
(August 24, 1909: Cayuga Heights Road having been constructed in the Town of Ithaca as laid out first in 1902 and then altered by the State Engineer, Newman and Blood release the town for all damages on their land, notarized by C. Tracey Stagg; August 21, 1909: Cayuga Heights-Hanshaw’s Corners Road is by now constructed on lands released by the Newmans and Bloods on April 1908, Book 169 of Deeds, page 16; August 21, 1909: application to extend Highland from the line between the C. W. Williams and Louisa W. Barton properties to Hanshaw Road, also notarized by Stagg; October 9, 1909: Ithaca Town Board and clerk by signatures resolved to give consent to all these applications by Newman and Blood.)
9. County of Tompkins. Town of Ithaca. Order of Commissioner of Highways. In the Matter of The laying out of a new highway extending from Cayuga Heights Road, running easterly from the Remington Salt Works, now known as the Hanshaw Corners Road; and the alteration of the road laid out by order dated December 26, 1905, October 12, 1909, signed by Frank McPherson, “Commissioner of Highways, Town of Ithaca.”
(Order from Frank McPherson, Town of Ithaca Commissioner of Highways, to discontinue any portion of the road layout of 26 December 1905 that would have been Highland Road other than the portion of that layout which became part of the Cayuga Heights-Hanshaw Corners Road)
10. Order of Commissioner of Highways. County of Tompkins. Town of Ithaca. In the Matter of The alteration and extension of Highland Road from its intersection with the Kline Road northerly to its intersection with the Hanshaw Road, October 12, 1909, signed by “Frank McPherson, Com’r of Highways, Town of Ithaca.”
(October 12, 1909: alteration of Highland Road near intersection with Hanshaw, continuing Renwick as recently constructed and “in use,” moving Highland and apparently separating what was a Hanshaw and Highland overlap from Renwick/Devon Road up to the current Hanshaw/Highland and Upland junction)
11. Town of Ithaca. 1. Extension of Triphammer Road. 2. Klinewood Road. 3. “The Parkway.” 4. East and West Road (East from intersection of Highland and Hanshaw). 5. Short Connecting Road (Between The Parkway and the Triphammer Road.) CONSENT, ORDER, ETC., for laying out above named roads, also for discontinuance of portion of Kline Road and abandoned portion of Triphammer.
County of Tompkins. Town of Ithaca. In the Matter of the Application of Herbert C. Sheldon and Jared T. Newman for …, October 13, 1911 and signed by H. C. Sheldon and Jared T. Newman.
Damage release signed by the Sheldons and Newmans on October 13, 1911.
Order for the altering, laying out and discontinuing of the roads as described by Sheldon and Newman, May 15, 1912.
Order for, a layout, alteration and discontinuance order, May 15, 1912, signed by Frank McPherson.
Agreement by Newman with the Town of Ithaca that he will “gravel that part of the Triphammer Road which has not yet been graveled”; install ditches on the then north end of Triphammer and on what would be named East Upland with further agreement to repair any defective culverts for two years, June 3, 1912, signed by Jared T. Newman.
(October 13, 1911: Application to Frank McPherson, Town of Ithaca Superintendent of Highways from H. C. Sheldon and Jared T. Newman to alter and extend Triphammer from near the current location of Iroquois Road to which it was extended by Newman in 1906, then to Community Corners at Hanshaw Road; to lay out Klinewoods Road from Triphammer west through “the Kline Woods” to the north end of The Parkway and from there south to Hanshaw Road; to use a portion of Kline Road in order to lay out a “new or altered road to be known as The Parkway” from the Kline and Highland intersection north to “the Klinewood road”; to lay out what would become known as East Upland Road from Triphammer to the Hanshaw/Highland intersection; to lay out a new road connecting Triphammer with the Parkway, which assumedly would be Iroquois; and to discontinue all portions of Kline and Triphammer roads replaced by these alterations and by the new roads. Upland replaces Kline between The Parkway and Triphammer. Of note: This may be the first time the name “The Parkway” appears in a legal document. Also: a statement appears at end of the application, “All of said roads so to be laid out are now constructed and located substantially as indicated on the map herewith presented,” which is likely a thinly veiled defensive reference to the accusations leveled at Newman for using public funds for private purposes in the paving of Cayuga Heights, Wyckoff and Hanshaw Road that cost him his political career.)
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Joan Rivers: 5 of the comedian's top zingers
When it came to insults, Joan Rivers aimed everywhere: Elizabeth Taylor and Justin Bieber, Michelle Obama and Michael Jackson. Even celebrity babies weren't safe. Here are five memorable zingers by the comedian, who died Thursday at age 81.
Comedian took aim at celebrities, even herself
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TV personality Joan Rivers was hospitalized Aug. 28 after going into cardiac arrest at a doctor's office. She died on Sept. 4 at the age of 81. (Charles Sykes/Invision/File/Associated Press)
When it came to insults, Joan Rivers aimed everywhere: Elizabeth Taylor and Justin Bieber, Michelle Obama and Michael Jackson. Even celebrity babies weren't safe.
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Sometimes, Rivers even took aim at herself.
Here are five memorable zingers by the comedian, who died Thursday at age 81.
"Elizabeth Taylor fat? Her favorite food is seconds."
"I've never seen a six-month-old so desperately in need of a waxing," on North West, daughter of Kanye West and Kim Kardashian."
"I've had so much plastic surgery, when I die they will donate my body to Tupperware."
"Boy George is all England needs — another queen who can't dress."
"I blame my mother for my poor sex life. All she told me was `the man goes on top and the woman underneath.' For three years my husband and I slept in bunk beds."
Joan Rivers dead in New York at 81
Joan Rivers in hospital after cardiac arrest
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Microsoft's Windows 10: Why it's free and why it's a big deal
Microsoft's new Windows 10 operating system debuts Wednesday. Here's why the launch is a big deal and why Microsoft is giving it away for free to many users.
5 questions you might have about Windows 10 - and the answers
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A Dell laptop computer running Windows 10 is on display at the Microsoft Build conference in April. The operating system upgrade will be available to Windows 7 and Windows 8 users for free starting Wednesday. (Jeff Chiu/Associated Press)
Microsoft's new Windows 10 operating system debuts Wednesday, as the longtime leader in PC software struggles to carve out a new role in a world where people increasingly rely on smartphones, tablets and information stored online.
No one's expected to line up overnight for Windows 10, the way people did 20 years ago for Windows 95. But Microsoft is counting on tens or even hundreds of millions of people to download its latest release for free in the coming months. The launch will be accompanied by a global marketing campaign for an event the company hopes will be pivotal — both for its own future and for a vast audience of computer users around the world.
Windows 10: When, if ever, you should upgrade
Windows 10 is coming to PCs and tablets first, but it's also designed to run phones, game consoles and even holographic headsets. It has new features, a streamlined Web browser called Edge and a desktop version of Cortana, the online assistant that is Microsoft's answer to Google Now and Apple's Siri.
A mobile phone featuring Windows 10 is seen on display at Microsoft Build in April. Microsoft says Windows 10 is designed with mobile computing in mind, allowing users to switch seamlessly between personal computers, tablets, smartphones and other gadgets. (Robert Galbraith/Reuters)
Still, the company insists Windows 10 will seem familiar to users of Windows 7, the six-year-old operating system still running on most PCs. Microsoft and PC makers want to erase the memory of the last big update, 2012's Windows 8, which alienated many with its jarring, unwieldy design.
Microsoft skipped the name Windows 9, as if to distance itself further from the last release. While many analysts believe Windows 8 made sagging PC sales even worse, it's unclear if Windows 10 will spur the industry back to growth.
Here's a look at the launch and why it matters:
What happens this week?
Microsoft plans promotional events in several cities Wednesday, tied to a global ad campaign and a series of charitable donations. About 5 million people who enrolled in an earlier test program will be able to download Windows 10 right away.
The company is also offering Windows 10 as a free download, any time over the next year, to anyone who has the Home or Pro versions of Windows 7 or 8 (but not the Enterprise versions used by big organizations). Some may not get it the first day; Microsoft says it will deliver downloads in waves, to ensure things go smoothly, but it hasn't said how long that will take. Details on how to upgrade are here: http://bit.ly/1eNCySl .
Retailers such as Best Buy, Staples and Wal-Mart will have some desktops and laptops with Windows 10 already installed. More models are coming.
Why is Microsoft giving Windows 10 for free?
The company wants to get the new software on as many devices as possible. Microsoft needs a large pool of users to convince independent programmers that it's worth their time to build useful or entertaining apps for Windows 10 devices. Executives also believe that if people are exposed to the latest and best Windows, they're more likely to try other Microsoft products on PCs and mobile devices.
CEO Satya Nadella says he wants to have 1 billion devices running Windows 10 in three years. Microsoft estimates there are 1.5 billion people who currently use some kind of Windows. Rather than charging them to upgrade, as Microsoft used to do, it's embracing the free download model pioneered by Apple and Google.
How will Microsoft make money?
Microsoft will still collect licensing fees from PC makers that install Windows 10 on new machines. In recent years, most consumers have waited until they bought a new computer to get the latest Windows. Microsoft also makes money from selling Windows and other software to large businesses and organizations.
In addition, Microsoft is counting on Windows 10 to spur more use of other services. Microsoft makes money from selling advertising for its Bing search engine, and Windows 10 comes with many apps that steer people to Bing. The company also collects fees from people who use premium versions of its Office software, OneDrive cloud storage and Skype.
Why does this matter to consumers?
Microsoft says Windows 10 is designed for the way people use computers today — with a faster web browser and features that make it easier to start tasks on a PC and then switch to a hand-held device. (Apple and Google tout similar features in their software.)
Windows 10 also lets users log in with their face, iris or thumbprint, instead of remembering passwords, though this works only with computers equipped with the right hardware.
Most PC users are still working with Windows 7, thanks to Windows 8's unpopularity. But Microsoft plans to phase out maintenance and security support for Windows 7 over the next five years, and for Windows 8 by 2023, as it did with the older Windows XP. Still, there's no need to panic about upgrading right away.
Why is it important to the tech industry?
The growth in mobile devices has caused PC sales to decline for more than three years, hurting manufacturers like Hewlett-Packard and companies like Microsoft and Intel, whose products are used with PCs.
Windows 10 won't make people give up their hand-held gadgets, but it's part of Nadella's strategy to reposition Microsoft for a world where people use multiple devices. PC makers are hoping he succeeds.
Jeff Barney, who runs Toshiba's consumer PC business, said the new software is easier to use than Windows 8 and will complement hardware advances in Toshiba's newest machines. Although Barney isn't expecting a big rush to stores Wednesday, "over time, I think we're going to see a positive trend in sales."
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CBP Officers Working Outbound Operations at the Pharr International Bridge Arrest Traveler Wanted in Minnesota on Alleged Sex-Related Crimes
Pharr, Texas - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working outbound enforcement operations at the Pharr/Reynosa International Bridge arrested a southbound male traveler wanted by the state of Minnesota on alleged sex-related crimes.
On Wednesday, CBP officers working outbound enforcement operations came in contact with a southbound 1995 Pontiac sedan that was headed into Mexico. The driver of the vehicle was identified Esteban Emilio Armendariz, a Mexican citizen, age 32 from Saint James, Minn. A CBP officer referred the driver and vehicle for further inspection. A check of a national crime database identified Armendariz as a fugitive. The warrant listed Armendariz as wanted by the Watonwan County Sheriff's Office, St. James, Minn. on alleged charges of first-degree criminal sexual conduct and four counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct. After his arrest, Armendariz was transferred to the custody of the Pharr Police Department. Armendariz remains incarcerated pending extradition proceedings to Minnesota.
Hector A. Mancha, CBP Port Director, Hidalgo/Pharr said, "I commend our cadre of officers for their work in screening this Mexico-bound traveler, for identifying him as an alleged wanted person and for their tireless work in securing our nation's borders."
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Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
Early Season Pediatric Influenza B/Victoria Virus Infections Associated with a Recently Emerged Virus Subclade — Louisiana, 2019
Weekly / January 17, 2020 / 69(2);40–43
On January 10, 2020, this report was posted online as an MMWR Early Release.
Daniel Owusu, DrPH1,2; Julie Hand, MSPH3; Mark W. Tenforde, MD, PhD1,2; Leora R. Feldstein, PhD2; Juliana DaSilva, MA2; John Barnes, PhD2; Grace Lee, MD4; Juliet Tran, MD4; Theresa Sokol, MPH3; Alicia M. Fry, MD2; Lynnette Brammer, MPH2; Melissa A. Rolfes, PhD2 (View author affiliations)
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What is already known about this topic?
Influenza B viruses have not predominated in the United States for 27 years. Influenza B virus infection is more common among children and can cause complications, resulting in hospitalization or death.
What is added by this report?
Early influenza B/Victoria virus activity in Louisiana resulted in illnesses in children that were similar to typical seasonal influenza; however, some illnesses were severe, and one death was reported.
What are the implications for public health practice?
Annual influenza vaccination is recommended for all persons aged ≥6 months. It is not too late to be vaccinated for the 2019–20 influenza season. Influenza antiviral treatment is recommended for those hospitalized with influenza or outpatients with influenza who are at risk for complications.
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Multiple genetically distinct influenza B/Victoria lineage viruses have cocirculated in the United States recently, circulating sporadically during the 2018–19 season and more frequently early during the 2019–20 season (1). The beginning of the 2019–20 influenza season in Louisiana was unusually early and intense, with infections primarily caused by influenza B/Victoria lineage viruses. One large pediatric health care facility in New Orleans (facility A) reported 1,268 laboratory-confirmed influenza B virus infections, including 23 hospitalizations from July 31 to November 21, 2019, a time when influenza activity is typically low. During this period, Louisiana also reported one pediatric death associated with influenza B virus infection. An investigation of the influenza B virus infections in Louisiana, including medical and vaccine record abstraction on 198 patients, primarily from facility A, with sporadic cases from other facilities in the state, found that none of the patients had received 2019–20 seasonal influenza vaccine, in part because influenza activity began before influenza vaccination typically occurs. Among 83 influenza B viruses sequenced from 198 patients in Louisiana, 81 (98%) belonged to the recently emerged B/Victoria V1A.3 genetic subclade. Nationally, to date, B/Victoria viruses are the most commonly reported influenza viruses among persons aged <25 years (2). Of the 198 patients in the investigation, 95% were aged <18 years. Although most illnesses were uncomplicated, the number of hospitalizations, clinical complications, and the reported pediatric death in Louisiana serve as a reminder that, even though influenza B viruses are less common than influenza A viruses in most seasons, influenza B virus infection can be severe in children. All persons aged ≥6 months should receive an annual influenza vaccination if they have not already received it (3). Antiviral treatment of influenza is recommended as soon as possible for all hospitalized patients and for outpatients at high risk for influenza complications (including children aged <2 years and persons with underlying medical conditions) (4).
In November 2019, a field investigation was conducted to characterize the early influenza B virus–associated illnesses in Louisiana and to determine the influenza B virus subclades responsible for the outbreak. Medical chart abstraction, using a standard case report form, was conducted for 198 persons with laboratory-confirmed influenza B virus infection who had respiratory specimens submitted to the Louisiana Public Health Laboratory, including 173 outpatients and 25 hospitalized patients, from May 24 to November 21, 2019. Among 198 completed medical chart abstractions, 181 patients (158 outpatients and 23 inpatients) were from facility A; 17 were from other facilities in Louisiana.
The percentage of health care visits for influenza-like illness in Louisiana began to increase in mid-August 2019, corresponding to surveillance week 33 (Figure). Illness onset among the 198 patients occurred during May 24–October 29, 2019 with median onset during surveillance week 38 (ending September 21, 2019). The median age of patients was 6 years (range = <1 month–29 years); 95% were aged <18 years, reflecting both the increased circulation of influenza B viruses in children and the general patient population of facility A. None of the 198 patients had received the 2019–20 seasonal influenza vaccine before becoming ill, likely at least in part because influenza activity began early, before influenza vaccine campaigns start. Most patients reported subjective fever (95%), cough (68%), and runny nose (61%). Among the 173 outpatients, 41 (24%) had an underlying medical condition, the most common of which was asthma (Table); 17 (10%) had a complication associated with their infection, and 122 (71%) were prescribed influenza antivirals. Among 25 hospitalized patients, 14 (56%) had an underlying medical condition, 23 (92%) were prescribed influenza antivirals, 11 (44%) had complications associated with their infection, and six (24%) were admitted to intensive care units.
Among 83 influenza B viruses sequenced from the 198 patients, 81 (98%) belonged to the influenza B/Victoria V1A.3 subclade, which began circulating in the United States in the latter half of the 2018–19 influenza season (5). One of the detected viruses in Louisiana belonged to subclade V1A.1, which is the subclade of the influenza B/Victoria component (B/Colorado/06/2017) of the 2019–20 Northern Hemisphere vaccine. One of the 83 viruses could not be classified.
Typically, influenza B viruses circulate during the spring, near the end of influenza season; however, in the current 2019–20 season, influenza B/Victoria viruses are the predominant circulating influenza virus in the United States to date (2). Influenza B viruses have not been the predominant virus in the United States since the 1992–93 season (6). B/Victoria viruses did not circulate widely during the past three influenza seasons, accounting for <10% of influenza virus isolates reported during the 2016–17 to 2018–19 seasons.* Of the multiple genetically distinct B/Victoria virus subclades, viruses with two amino acid deletions in the hemagglutinin protein, belonging to the V1A.1 subclade, and viruses with three amino acid deletions, belonging to the V1A.2 or V1A.3 subclades, cocirculated during May–September, 2019 (1). Although the V1A.1 and V1A.3 subclades are genetically distinct, sera from previous studies conducted among humans vaccinated with a V1A.1 virus cross-reacted well with B/Victoria viruses with a three amino acid deletion, such as the V1A.3 viruses (1). These findings suggest that vaccination with the current season’s vaccine might offer protection against circulating B/Victoria viruses.
Nationally, from September 29 to December 28, 2019, influenza B viruses accounted for 59.2% of influenza-positive results reported by public health laboratories, and, among those with lineage testing, 97.9% belonged to the B/Victoria lineage (2). Through December 28, B/Victoria viruses were the most commonly reported influenza viruses among persons aged <25 years, and influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 viruses were the most commonly reported among persons aged ≥25 years (2). In addition, 70% of influenza-associated hospitalizations among children reported through the Influenza Hospitalization Surveillance Network (Shikha Garg, personal communication, January 2020) and 18 of 27 influenza-associated pediatric deaths were associated with influenza B viruses (five of the 18 deaths had virus lineage reported and all were B/Victoria) (2).
Symptoms and outcomes among patients with influenza B/Victoria virus infection in Louisiana were typical of seasonal influenza A or B virus infections (7,8), primarily resulting in uncomplicated respiratory illness. However, the number of hospitalizations, clinical complications, and the reported pediatric death in Louisiana serve as a reminder that, even though influenza B viruses are less common than influenza A viruses in most seasons, influenza B virus infection can be severe in children. Common complications of influenza, such as pneumonia and bacterial coinfection, have previously been as frequent among children hospitalized with influenza B virus infection as among those with influenza A virus infection (8). During 2010–2016, the percentage of influenza B viruses detected in children who died with influenza was higher than the percentage of B viruses detected in the general pediatric population (9). Further, a large autopsy series found that the histology of fatal influenza B virus infection was similar to that of fatal influenza A virus infection; however, younger patients who died with influenza B virus infection were less likely to have bacterial coinfection and frequently had myocardial injury (10).
Influenza activity is expected to continue for many weeks in the United States; additional hospitalizations and deaths, including among children, are expected to occur. To prevent influenza, all persons aged ≥6 months should receive an annual influenza vaccine, and it is not too late to be vaccinated for the 2019–20 season (3). In addition, influenza antiviral treatment is an important tool to reduce symptom duration and the risk for complications and is recommended as soon as possible for all influenza patients who are hospitalized and outpatients at high risk for influenza-associated complications, including children aged <2 years and those with underlying medical conditions† (4). Resources, such as HealthMap Vaccine Finder (https://www.vaccinefinder.orgexternal icon) and Medfinder (https://www.medfinder.orgexternal icon), are available to assist in identifying places to get age-appropriate influenza vaccines or fill prescriptions for influenza antivirals.
Alicia Budd, Erin Burns, Leron Finger, Shikha Garg, Rachel Holstein, Jennifer Schroeder.
Corresponding author: Melissa A. Rolfes, ydi8@cdc.gov, 404-639-2476.
1Epidemic Intelligence Service, CDC; 2Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, CDC; 3Louisiana Department of Health; 4Tulane University Preventive Medicine Residency, New Orleans, Louisiana.
All authors have completed and submitted the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors form for disclosure of potential conflicts of interest. No potential conflicts of interest were disclosed.
* https://gis.cdc.gov/grasp/fluview/fluportaldashboard.html.
† https://www.cdc.gov/flu/professionals/antivirals/summary-clinicians.htm.
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FIGURE. Percentage of visits for influenza-like illness* reported by sentinel clinics, by surveillance week — Louisiana, influenza seasons 2015–16 to 2019–20
* Defined as fever (temperature of ≥100°F [≥37.8°C], oral or equivalent) and cough or sore throat, without a known cause other than influenza.
TABLE. Underlying medical conditions and influenza-associated complications in patients with influenza B virus infections (N = 198) — Louisiana, 2019
No. (%)
Outpatients (n = 173)
Inpatients (n = 25)
Prescribed influenza antivirals 122 (71) 23 (92)
Underlying medical conditions*
Asthma 28 (16) 9 (36)
Cardiovascular disease 0 2 (8)
Febrile seizure 3 (2) 0
Blood disorder 4 (2) 3 (12)
Immunosuppression 0 1 (4)
Neurologic disorder 6 (3) 2 (8)
Neuromuscular disorder 0 2 (8)
Premature birth 3 (2) 0
Complications†
Acute otitis media 10 (6) 0
Acute respiratory failure 0 2 (8)
Asthma exacerbation 4 (2) 4 (16)
Myopericarditis 0 1 (4)
Pneumonia 5 (3) 3 (12)
Rhabdomyolysis 0 1 (4)
Seizures 1 (0.6) 0
Sepsis 0 3 (12)
* Some patients had more than one underlying medical condition.
† Some patients had more than one complication.
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Hiscox: Sex Harassment Tops List of Most Common Form of Employee Misconduct
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More than one-third (35%) of employees feel they’ve experienced workplace harassment, 50 percent of whom said it was on account of their gender or sex, according to a new study by Hiscox, an international specialist insurer. These findings are according to the 2018 Hiscox Workplace Harassment Study, which surveyed 500 US adults employed full-time between June 6 and June 11, 2018, using an email invitation and an online survey.
“As the spotlight on workplace harassment intensifies, companies must be aware of the peril they face by ignoring this issue,” said Patrick Mitchell, management liability product head at Hiscox USA. “Businesses of all sizes face steep financial, reputational, and workforce consequences if they fail to take steps to prevent, detect and mitigate inappropriate behavior in the workplace.”
Gender and Seniority are Key Factors, but They’re Not the Only Ones
While it’s important to note that companies should be careful not to overlook any potential incidents of harassment, 78 percent of those who were harassed said it was perpetrated by a male, and 73 percent said their harasser was in a senior position. The data also found instances where respondents explained that the harassment was committed by women against men, by members of the same sex and by non-company employees, such as customers or vendors. All of these scenarios represent incidents in which a company could be subject to liability and financial loss if they fail to appropriately protect their employees.
Harassment Often Goes Unreported
Despite more than one in three employees noting they felt harassed, 40 percent of those respondents said they never reported the harassment to company management or the police. The top reason cited for the failure to report was the fear the allegations would create a hostile work environment (53%). Of those who were harassed and did report it, 37 percent did not believe the incident was handled properly by their employer, and for women who reported harassment, this figure climbed to 49 percent. It’s not just victims who don’t report harassment. Forty-five percent of all respondents said they have witnessed harassment in the workplace, 42 percent of whom did not report it.
Harassment Happens at Companies of Any Size, but Reactions Vary
Companies of all sizes are subject to harassment claims. In fact, the percentage of respondents who indicated they had been harassed was the same (32%) at companies with fewer than 200 employees as it was at those with over 1,000 employees.
However, how companies approach harassment may vary. Fifty-four percent of respondents at companies with fewer than 200 employees said their firm does not offer anti-harassment training compared to only 21 percent of those at firms with more than 1,000 employees. And only 39 percent of those at smaller firms reported that their company had implemented new workplace harassment policies within the past 12 months versus 57 percent of their larger counterparts.
The Changing Mindset Around Harassment
In an era of increased transparency and social movements such as #MeToo and #TimesUp, employers are taking a more proactive approach to prevention. Eighty-five percent of respondents said they believed people were more likely to report incidents on account of these social movements. Fifty-one percent of those surveyed said their companies had instituted new policies related to workplace harassment in the past 12 months.
Millennials have also known this time of open discussion to be more of the norm than their parents and grandparents. As such, Millennials were the most likely to say they were harassed (46%), compared to 35 percent of Gen Xers. Millennials were also more likely to report harassment to company management or the police (76%).
See the 2018 Hiscox Workplace Harassment Study
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Vintage photos show Clear Lake 50 years ago, when NASA first put a man on the moon
By Rebecca Hennes
Published 10:00 am CDT, Wednesday, July 24, 2019
PHOTOS: Clear Lake before and during NASA's heyday
Carrying astronauts from Ellington Air Force Base to Johnson Space Center in 1969, NASA's Mobile Quarantine Facility prepares to turn left off of Highway 3 on to NASA Road 1. The quarantined Apollo 12 astronauts had just arrived at Ellington from Hawaii following splashdown.
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Fifty years ago Wednesday, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) officially completed one of the most iconic missions in space exploration when the Apollo 11 crew returned to Earth after walking on the moon.
Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Mike Collins splashed down at 11:51 a.m. Houston time July 24, 1969 in the Pacific Ocean.
The men would then spend the next 18 days in quarantine at the Manned Spacecraft Center, later renamed the Johnson Space Center in Clear Lake.
Just a few years prior to the moon landing, the Manned Spacecraft Center was just an empty 1,600-acre plot south of Houston. Within a decade, the small community of Clear Lake would become home to the $60 million hub for human spaceflight that gave Houston its alter ego of Space City.
"This will make Houston the command post for the nation's first attempt to put a man on the moon and beyond," the Chronicle stated in a Sept. 19, 1961 package of stories. The site "is the most important piece of real estate in the country today."
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The space center dramatically transformed the Clear Lake community, bringing in thousands of new jobs, developments and people.
According to previous reporting by the Chronicle, the Clear Lake community boasted a population of 6,520 pre-NASA era. By the late 1960's the area's population boomed to 45,000.
"Before NASA, Clear Lake was just a cattle pasture and a place where Humble Oil was trying to pump oil," Patrick Jankowski, senior vice president of research at the Greater Houston Partnership, told Chron.com "If it hadn't been for NASA, there would be no Clear Lake."
Travel back in time by clicking through the photos above for a look at the Clear Lake community before and during the Apollo era...
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Shawneen Davenport, right, speaking to police at the Surrey RCMP neighbourhood outreach event in Fraser Heights on Thursday (Sept. 5). (Photo: Lauren Collins)
‘Your home is your castle’: Surrey RCMP provide community support following shooting
Residents attend outreach event for when a neighbourhood experiences a traumatic incident
Lauren Collins
Shawneen Davenport said she and her granddaughter were on their way home from daycare Sept. 3 when she all the emergency vehicles fly through Fraser Heights.
Davenport said she tries to teach her granddaughter to not be scared of police and that they’re there to help.
But on Sept. 3, around 4:50 p.m., Surrey RCMP responded to reports of shots fired in the 15900-block of 111th Avenue in Fraser Heights.
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“But the day this all happened, I had just picked her up from her daycare and as we were approaching home, all these emergency vehicles started coming past us,” Davenport told the Now-Leader during an RCMP neighbourhood outreach event, which is held after a traumatic incident in the community.
“She’s like, ‘Oh no, oh no.’ So I was like, ‘It’s OK, they’re your friends.’ Then there’s more and more and more and I’m trying to remain calm.”
Two men ended up being injured in what police are calling a “targeted” shooting that day.
A Black Press Media freelancer on scene said the “two victims were shot while in a Chrysler 300 that was on 111th Avenue and then sped off and crashed onto the lawn of a home on 150th Street.” Footage from the scene shows the vehicle riddled with bullet holes, sitting on a grass lawn in a residential area.
One of the men, Thomas Gabriel Saul, is a risk to public safety, police warned.
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Surrey RCMP said Saul, from New Westminster, has been the “victim or intended victim” of shootings that have happened in Surrey and Burnaby this summer. Police added they believe the incident was connected to drug trafficking in that neighbourhood.
While the violence is throughout the Lower Mainland, Davenport said she doesn’t know what the solution is.
“We are concerned about the problems, but I’m just here to see what they (the police) have to say about it, out of curiosity. Honestly, other than putting up a gate around the whole area and making people show ID when they come in, I don’t see a solution. I have seen the police patrolling the area over the last few months,” she said.
“They’re doing their job, they’re making their presence in the community like they said they were going to, but clearly it’s not stopping anything. It’s not their fault. They’re doing their job.”
Coming to the neighbourhood outreach, Davenport said, was two-fold: to hopefully find out more about what’s going on in Fraser Heights and to make her granddaughter feel comfortable around police again.
“I wanted to bring her here to see the police, to see that everything’s OK after all that. She’s only three (years old). It did affect her at the time, of course it did, it was startling for adults too,” said Davenport, adding that as soon as they walked up to the event, her granddaughter was happy to see the police.
Surrey RCMP Corporal Elenore Sturko said the outreach events are for people to come with questions, concerns or “some people just need someone to vent” to.
“We expect all these things. We expect people who are feeling traumatized or upset or concerned or angry. Sometimes people come and they’re mad. Sometimes people come and they’re feeling really hurt and they’re having troubles sleeping or sometimes they come because they have a tip.”
An incident, such as a shooting during daylight hours in a residential community, can be “super shocking for people,” Sturko said.
Surrey Councillor Brenda Locke was at the Sept. 5 outreach event, and she told the Now-Leader that the shooting was “frightening for the community, absolutely.”
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“For this community, this is the second time in six months, so it’s very frightening for this community,” said Locke, referencing the fatal shooting near Abbey Drive and 176th Street on April 26. “It has been a pretty idyllic community. Fraser Heights is a pretty lovely little community. but this does put a huge focus in this neighbourhood.”
Sturko said that out of the city’s different districts, Fraser Heights (which is part of a district that also includes Guildford and Fleetwood), is not the most prevalent area where police are seeing higher crime statistics.
“But is knowing overall crime went down two per cent going to make you feel better when you had a shooting in front of your house? Likely not today,” she said, “but understanding a bit more about what happened potentially, what causes these type of things in neighborhoods and understanding a bit more about what community members can do to help the police in terms of reporting information.”
Sturko said addictions and drug use “don’t have boundaries.” She people’s recreational drug use may “inadvertently” bring violence into the community by those buying drugs.
“Drug use can be hidden. Addiction can be hidden… so it may be a hidden factor in all of this. As horrible as the situation is, this is an opportunity for us all to get together to talk about different ways in which communities can come together to help reduce this violence on a completely different avenue.”
Sturko described a person’s home and neighbourhood as their “castle.”
“You know your neighbourhood. Your home is your castle… and no one knows your neighbourhood better than you. You’re the one that looks out the front window every day,” she said. “You as a homeowner, you as a resident, you as a renter or student, whatever your situation is, if this is your neighbourhood, you know better than the police, better than anyone, what’s out of place in your neighbourhood.”
She said she was asked by some people at the outreach event how they could better protect their neighbourhoods.
“If you see someone in your neighbourhood and once a week or every couple of days they’re getting picked up by a car and driving around the block once and then running back into their house, is that slightly suspicious activity? Could be. Would we be interested in knowing the licence plate for that vehicle? Possibly. There’s no harm in phoning that in to us,” said Sturko, adding there’s no such thing as a “silly tip.”
“People are often surprised by something that seems small is actually important to us.”
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Oil surrenders Ukraine bounce, US crude ends near $103
Published Tue, Mar 4 20143:02 PM EST Updated Tue, Mar 4 20143:23 PM EST
Oil fell on Tuesday after President Vladimir Putin said Russia would only use military force in Ukraine as a last resort, releasing some tension from a growing crisis in the region that pushed prices to five-month highs in the previous session.
Putin said Russia reserved the right to use all options to protect Russian citizens in Ukraine, but he ordered troops engaged in military exercises near the Ukraine border back to their bases, triggering a retreat in oil prices that had been boosted by worries the conflict would continue to escalate.
April fell $2 to near $109 a barrel, after briefly falling $2.09 after Putin's remarks. The European benchmark ended the previous session at its highest close this year. U.S. crude for April delivery fell by $1.59 to settle at $103.33, after rising to $105.22 on Monday, the highest level since September.
Putin's statements raised investors' hopes for a peaceful resolution with Ukraine. The crisis caused a sell-off in global equities on Monday as investors worried the oil supply from Russia, the world's second-biggest crude oil exporter, could be disrupted or subject to sanctions.
Imports of Russian oil are so crucial for Europe that it is unlikely sanctions will be imposed, said Seth Kleinman, head of energy research at Citigroup. Russia paid a heavy financial price on Monday for its military intervention in Ukraine. Stocks, bonds and the rouble plunged as investors dumped riskier assets in favour of commodities such as gold and oil.
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USAID Launches Hinga Weze – A New 28 Billion RWF Agricultural Growth Project Nyamata
NYAMATA, Rwanda — On April 26th, 2018 the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) launched a new 28 Billion RWF project to support agricultural growth and resiliency across Rwanda. The project, called Feed the Future Rwanda Hinga Weze, will be implemented over five years in 10 districts across Rwanda.
Hinga Weze will work directly with over 200,000 farmers. The project will help them grow at least 50 percent more crops on the same amount of land by promoting sustainable use of fertilizers, improved seeds, watering practices and more. With more crops per hectare, farmers will have more money and greater food security.
Hinga Weze will also provide pest management training to help farmers combat the invasive Fall Armyworm pest. The project will also bolster the resilience of Rwanda’s agricultural sector to a changing climate. By the end of the project, over 600 new hectares of farmland will be fitted with new irrigation infrastructure.
The new USAID-funded project will also improve the nutrition of hundreds of thousands of pregnant women and young children across Rwanda, who are vulnerable to stunting. That’s because Hinga Weze will partially focus on the cultivation of highly nutritious foods, such as orange fleshed sweet potatoes and high-iron beans, and will train families and communities on preparing nutritious meals.
The project launch in Bugasera District was attended by the U.S. Ambassador to Rwanda, Peter Vrooman, the Minister of State in Charge of Agriculture, Fulgence Nsengiyumva, other Government of Rwanda representatives, agribusinesses, farmers and others.
The main guests participated in a feeding session for children together with nutrition health workers, after taking part in the symbolic revealing of the five value chains supported by Hinga Weze – maize, high-iron beans, Irish potatoes, orange-fleshed beans and horticulture. The guests later toured an exhibition of farm input and post-harvest handling equipment and bi-products displayed by agrodealers and agro-importers and other Hinga Weze partners.
In a call to action message, Ambassador Vrooman urged Hinga Weze to provide a lasting solution to farmers, highlighting fall army worm as a major threat to agriculture productivity. His words came after the main guests were guided through a demonstration on how to identify fall army worm (FAW) pest. Hinga Weze will provide pest management training to as part of the campaign to combat the invasive pest. So far Hinga Weze has already identified about 365 hectares affected by FAW in its districts of interventions.
Hinga Weze will be implemented in the following 10 districts: Gatsibo, Kayonza, Bugesera, Ngoma, Nyabihu, Rutsiro, Ngororero, Nyamasheke, Karongi, and Nyamagabe.
US Ambassador Vrooman and Agriculture State Minister during the display of Hinga Weze supported crops.
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is the foreign assistance agency of the United States Government.
USAID supports $129 million of development assistance annually to Rwanda, with programs in health, economic development, education,
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Hayden Cobra - Origins
Now that the Hayden-COBRA production is back in full swing, we thought it good to explore the origins of Hayden Cobra.
We sat down with the founder and industry leader, Les Hayden, and asked him to take us through the origins and explain how we came to the current design and challenges he faced along the way.
Much water has traveled under the bridge since Les Hayden introduced his South African Cobra replica to the country, while a partner in a marine engineering business in the early ‘eighties, and started production of the cars in early 1984.
It was sold as the Shamrock Cobra, named after the business Shamrock Marine which had been started by his business partner at the time, Pat O’Connor. Before long Les licensed a Johannesburg kit car company to produce copies of his design and the car soon took off and became popular with car enthusiasts country-wide.
The attraction, apart from its timeless classic looks, was its impressive performance. As a genuine high performance sports car, it was remarkably good value for money and offered the chance to take on and beat much more expensive imported exotic sports cars from the traffic lights, something many owners found very satisfying!
The macho image and sound of that big American V8 engine thundering away under the bonnet added to the enjoyment, and proved to be irresistible to many. Shamrock sold many hundreds of these cars over the next few years, during which Pat left to pursue his interests in boat building and became a supplier of Cobra components, including stainless steel fuel tanks. Les eventually sold the business and took a break from car manufacture, and Shamrock Marine carried on for a few more years under new ownership, but sadly died after a partnership squabble that led to litigation and eventual closure.
Les then started producing his re-designed version of the GSM Dart sports racing cars, and decided to also completely re-design his Cobra, naming his new version the Hayden Cobra in order to avoid confusion with his earlier design. He started by asking existing Cobra owners what they did not like about their cars, and recorded every point of criticism, determined to do something about each one. He started with the chassis, as he had come to realize that a simple ladder frame design could not offer the torsional stiffness required at speed when the loads on the structure increased and started flexing and bending it out of alignment.
After speaking to two very experienced racing drivers, Bobby Olthoff who raced Cobras for the Willment Team and ex F1 driver Jochen Mass who had owned an original 427 Cobra, he learnt that the original Cobras were not very stable at high speeds. Both drivers described their Cobras as “pigs” to drive at speed. Bobby remarked that the big Ford Galaxy that he also drove for Willment was easier to race than the Cobra. Les realized that much of this was due to chassis flex which led to the suspension not following its proper design geometry, and that this problem had to be tackled first.
How he did this will be covered in the next chapter of this story....
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Representative Bud Shuster (1932 - )In Congress 1973 - 2001
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Pennsylvania 9 House: 93rd-107th (1973-2001)
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1. H.Res.635 — 106th Congress (1999-2000) Calling on the President to take all appropriate action within his power to provide relief from injury caused by steel imports and to immediately request the United States International Trade Commission to commence an expedited investigation for positive adjustment under section 201 of the Trade Act of 1974 of those steel imports. Sponsor: Rep. Mollohan, Alan B. [D-WV-1] (Introduced 10/17/2000) Cosponsors: (237) Committees: House - Ways and Means Latest Action: House - 10/17/2000 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions) Tracker:
2. H.Res.607 — 106th Congress (1999-2000) Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 Sponsor: Rep. Shuster, Bud [R-PA-9] (Introduced 10/03/2000) Cosponsors: (0) Latest Action: House - 10/03/2000 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. (All Actions) Tracker:
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3. H.Res.298 — 106th Congress (1999-2000) Calling on the President to abstain from renegotiating international agreements governing antidumping and countervailing measures. Sponsor: Rep. Visclosky, Peter J. [D-IN-1] (Introduced 09/22/1999) Cosponsors: (233) Committees: House - Ways and Means Latest Action: 10/19/1999 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H10182-10183) (All Actions) Tracker:
4. H.Res.135 — 106th Congress (1999-2000) Providing for the concurrence by the House with an amendment in the Senate amendments to H.R. 98. Sponsor: Rep. Shuster, Bud [R-PA-9] (Introduced 04/12/1999) Cosponsors: (0) Latest Action: House - 04/12/1999 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. (All Actions) Tracker:
Array ( [actionDate] => 1999-04-12 [displayText] => Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 392 - 1 (Roll no. 78). [externalActionCode] => 8000 [description] => Agreed to in House )
5. H.Res.66 — 106th Congress (1999-2000) Providing amounts for the expenses of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure in the One Hundred Sixth Congress. Sponsor: Rep. Shuster, Bud [R-PA-9] (Introduced 02/12/1999) Cosponsors: (0) Committees: House - House Administration Latest Action: House - 02/12/1999 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. (All Actions) Tracker:
6. H.Res.602 — 105th Congress (1997-1998) Providing for the concurrence by the House with an amendment in the Senate amendment to H.R. 2204. Sponsor: Rep. Shuster, Bud [R-PA-9] (Introduced 10/15/1998) Cosponsors: (0) Latest Action: House - 10/15/1998 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. (All Actions) Tracker:
Array ( [actionDate] => 1998-10-15 [displayText] => Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote. [externalActionCode] => 8000 [description] => Agreed to in House )
7. H.Res.422 — 105th Congress (1997-1998) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty should be honored, recognized, and remembered for their great sacrifice. Sponsor: Rep. Burton, Dan [R-IN-6] (Introduced 05/07/1998) Cosponsors: (30) Committees: House - Judiciary Latest Action: House - 05/12/1998 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. (All Actions) Tracker:
Array ( [actionDate] => 1998-05-12 [displayText] => Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 416 - 0 (Roll No. 141). [externalActionCode] => 8000 [description] => Agreed to in House )
8. H.Res.267 — 105th Congress (1997-1998) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the citizens of the United States must remain committed to combat the distribution, sale, and use of illegal drugs by the Nation's youth. Sponsor: Rep. Pappas, Michael [R-NJ-12] (Introduced 10/09/1997) Cosponsors: (181) Committees: House - Education and the Workforce Latest Action: House - 05/05/1998 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. (All Actions) Tracker:
Array ( [actionDate] => 1998-05-05 [displayText] => Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 408 - 1 (Roll No. 126). [externalActionCode] => 8000 [description] => Agreed to in House )
9. H.Res.71 — 105th Congress (1997-1998) Providing amounts for the expenses of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure in the One Hundred Fifth Congress. Sponsor: Rep. Shuster, Bud [R-PA-9] (Introduced 02/13/1997) Cosponsors: (0) Committees: House - House Oversight Latest Action: House - 02/13/1997 Referred to the House Committee on House Oversight. (All Actions) Tracker:
10. H.Res.75 — 104th Congress (1995-1996) Providing amounts for the expenses of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure in the One Hundred Fourth Congress. Sponsor: Rep. Shuster, Bud [R-PA-9] (Introduced 02/09/1995) Cosponsors: (0) Committees: House - House Oversight Latest Action: House - 02/09/1995 Referred to the House Committee on House Oversight. (All Actions) Tracker:
11. H.Res.446 — 103rd Congress (1993-1994) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the issuance under title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 of administrative guidelines applicable to religious harassment in employment. Sponsor: Rep. McKeon, Howard P. "Buck" [R-CA-25] (Introduced 05/26/1994) Cosponsors: (178) Committees: House - Education and Labor Latest Action: House - 06/22/1994 Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education and Civil Rights. (All Actions) Tracker:
12. H.Res.437 — 103rd Congress (1993-1994) Directing the Committee on Agriculture, the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Government Operations, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Committee on Small Business to commence hearings on issues within their jurisdiction relating to the Whitewater Development Corporation and related issues. Sponsor: Rep. Doolittle, John T. [R-CA-4] (Introduced 05/24/1994) Cosponsors: (97) Committees: House - Rules Latest Action: House - 05/24/1994 Referred to the House Committee on Rules. (All Actions) Tracker:
13. H.Res.281 — 103rd Congress (1993-1994) Respecting child pornography. Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] (Introduced 10/20/1993) Cosponsors: (266) Committees: House - Judiciary Latest Action: House - 02/09/1994 Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Smith (NJ). Petition No: 103-13. (All Actions) Tracker:
14. H.Res.134 — 103rd Congress (1993-1994) Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to cause the publication of Members signing a discharge motion. Sponsor: Rep. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK-1] (Introduced 03/18/1993) Cosponsors: (87) Committees: House - Rules Latest Action: House - 09/28/1993 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. (All Actions) Tracker:
Array ( [actionDate] => 1993-09-28 [displayText] => Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 384 - 40, 1 Present (Roll no. 458). [externalActionCode] => 8000 [description] => Agreed to in House )
15. H.Res.167 — 102nd Congress (1991-1992) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that United States businesses engaged in the rebuilding of Kuwait should use United States subcontractors and all available United States goods and services. Sponsor: Rep. Visclosky, Peter J. [D-IN-1] (Introduced 06/05/1991) Cosponsors: (128) Committees: House - Energy and Commerce Latest Action: House - 06/17/1991 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Competitiveness. (All Actions) Tracker:
16. H.Res.139 — 102nd Congress (1991-1992) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Federal laws regarding the taxation of State and local government bonds should not be changed in order to increase Federal revenues. Sponsor: Rep. Combest, Larry [R-TX-19] (Introduced 04/30/1991) Cosponsors: (93) Committees: House - Ways and Means Latest Action: House - 04/30/1991 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions) Tracker:
17. H.Res.125 — 102nd Congress (1991-1992) To amend rule XLVIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives to provide for a phased reduction in the size of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Sponsor: Rep. Shuster, Bud [R-PA-9] (Introduced 04/16/1991) Cosponsors: (20) Committees: House - Rules Latest Action: House - 07/12/1991 Referred to the Subcommittee on Rules of the House. (All Actions) Tracker:
18. H.Res.95 — 102nd Congress (1991-1992) Commending the President and United States and allied military forces on the success of Operation Desert Storm. Sponsor: Rep. Broomfield, William S. [R-MI-18] (Introduced 02/28/1991) Cosponsors: (173) Committees: House - Foreign Affairs; Armed Services Latest Action: House - 03/05/1991 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. (All Actions) Tracker:
19. H.Res.83 — 102nd Congress (1991-1992) To amend rule XLIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives to require secrecy oaths for members and staff of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Sponsor: Rep. Shuster, Bud [R-PA-9] (Introduced 02/20/1991) Cosponsors: (40) Committees: House - Rules Latest Action: House - 02/20/1991 Referred to the House Committee on Rules. (All Actions) Tracker:
20. H.Res.419 — 101st Congress (1989-1990) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the memory of Walt Disney should be honored on the 35th anniversary of his contribution to the American dream. Sponsor: Rep. Dornan, Robert K. [R-CA-38] (Introduced 06/21/1990) Cosponsors: (226) Committees: House - Post Office and Civil Service Latest Action: House - 07/12/1990 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. (All Actions) Tracker:
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21. H.Res.407 — 101st Congress (1989-1990) That the House of Representatives urges the President to instruct the Attorney General to appoint an independent counsel to investigate the involvement of government officials in the Savings and Loan scandal. Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Peter [R-VT-At Large] (Introduced 06/06/1990) Cosponsors: (227) Committees: House - Judiciary Latest Action: House - 07/11/1990 Subcommittee Hearings Held. (All Actions) Tracker:
22. H.Res.186 — 101st Congress (1989-1990) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the flag of the United States. Sponsor: Rep. Brooks, Jack B. [D-TX-9] (Introduced 06/27/1989) Cosponsors: (144) Committees: House - Judiciary Latest Action: House - 06/27/1989 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. (All Actions) Tracker:
23. H.Res.137 — 101st Congress (1989-1990) Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives with respect to the duties of the Sergeant-at-Arms, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-24] (Introduced 04/25/1989) Cosponsors: (52) Committees: House - Rules Latest Action: House - 05/05/1989 Referred to the Subcommittee on Rules of the House. (All Actions) Tracker:
24. H.Res.41 — 101st Congress (1989-1990) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Federal excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel shall not be increased to reduce the Federal deficit. Sponsor: Rep. Anderson, Glenn M. [D-CA-32] (Introduced 01/19/1989) Cosponsors: (252) Committees: House - Ways and Means Latest Action: House - 01/19/1989 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions) Tracker:
25. H.Res.561 — 100th Congress (1987-1988) A resolution directing the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct to conduct an investigation regarding a possible unauthorized disclosure of classified information in violation of the Rules of the House of Representatives. Sponsor: Rep. Cheney, Dick [R-WY-At Large] (Introduced 09/30/1988) Cosponsors: (5) Committees: House - Rules Latest Action: House - 09/30/1988 Referred to House Committee on Rules. (All Actions) Tracker:
26. H.Res.467 — 100th Congress (1987-1988) Targeted Relief Disclosure Resolution of 1988 Sponsor: Rep. Weldon, Curt [R-PA-7] (Introduced 06/08/1988) Cosponsors: (83) Committees: House - Rules Latest Action: House - 06/08/1988 Referred to House Committee on Rules. (All Actions) Tracker:
27. H.Res.432 — 100th Congress (1987-1988) A resolution authorizing printing of the record of proceedings of the Committee on the Budget incident to presentation of a portrait of the Honorable James R. Jones. Sponsor: Rep. Gray, William H., III [D-PA-2] (Introduced 04/21/1988) Cosponsors: (25) Committees: House - House Administration Latest Action: House - 05/10/1988 Resolution Agreed to in House (Amended) by Voice Vote. (All Actions) Tracker:
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28. H.Res.400 — 100th Congress (1987-1988) A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that funding in fiscal year 1989 for the Federal-aid highway and mass transit programs should be at the levels enacted in the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987. Sponsor: Rep. Anderson, Glenn M. [D-CA-32] (Introduced 03/14/1988) Cosponsors: (107) Committees: House - Public Works and Transportation Latest Action: House - 03/28/1988 Referred to Subcommittee on Surface Transportation. (All Actions) Tracker:
29. H.Res.396 — 100th Congress (1987-1988) A resolution to express the sense of the House of Representatives on United States policy toward Afghanistan, especially toward the possibility of a Soviet troop withdrawal. Sponsor: Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-24] (Introduced 03/07/1988) Cosponsors: (41) Committees: House - Foreign Affairs Latest Action: House - 06/03/1988 Referred to Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations. (All Actions) Tracker:
30. H.Res.225 — 100th Congress (1987-1988) A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Federal excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel shall not be increased to reduce the Federal deficit. Sponsor: Rep. Anderson, Glenn M. [D-CA-32] (Introduced 07/15/1987) Cosponsors: (122) Committees: House - Ways and Means Latest Action: House - 07/15/1987 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions) Tracker:
31. H.Res.573 — 99th Congress (1985-1986) A resolution affirming the intent of the 99th Congress to oppose any increase in individual or corporate tax rates, or the reduction or elimination of deductions and credits without corresponding tax rate reductions, and calling on the 100th Congress to adopt such policy. Sponsor: Rep. Walker, Robert S. [R-PA-16] (Introduced 10/02/1986) Cosponsors: (134) Committees: House - Ways and Means Latest Action: House - 10/02/1986 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions) Tracker:
32. H.Res.424 — 99th Congress (1985-1986) A resolution to express the gratitude of the American people for the assistance provided by the government and people of the United Kingdom during defensive operations carried out against Libya on April 14, 1986. Sponsor: Rep. Skelton, Ike [D-MO-4] (Introduced 04/17/1986) Cosponsors: (231) Committees: House - Foreign Affairs Latest Action: House - 05/05/1986 Resolution Agreed to in House by Voice Vote. (All Actions) Tracker:
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33. H.Res.347 — 99th Congress (1985-1986) A resolution to amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to require a rollcall vote on passage of any measure making appropriations or providing revenue. Sponsor: Rep. Edwards, Mickey [R-OK-5] (Introduced 12/18/1985) Cosponsors: (113) Committees: House - Rules Latest Action: House - 12/18/1985 Referred to House Committee on Rules. (All Actions) Tracker:
34. H.Res.268 — 99th Congress (1985-1986) A resolution to express the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to proposals currently before the Congress to tax certain employer-paid benefits and other life-support benefits. Sponsor: Rep. Hawkins, Augustus F. [D-CA-29] (Introduced 09/20/1985) Cosponsors: (280) Committees: House - Ways and Means Latest Action: House - 09/20/1985 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions) Tracker:
35. H.Res.144 — 99th Congress (1985-1986) A resolution recognizing the 50th Anniversary of the Rural Electrification Program. Sponsor: Rep. de la Garza, E. [D-TX-15] (Introduced 04/25/1985) Cosponsors: (148) Committees: House - Agriculture Latest Action: House - 08/01/1985 Resolution Agreed to in House (Amended) by Voice Vote. (All Actions) Tracker:
36. H.Res.122 — 99th Congress (1985-1986) A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives in opposition to the proposed Railroad Retirement System benefit cuts proposed by the administration's budget. Sponsor: Rep. Florio, James J. [D-NJ-1] (Introduced 04/02/1985) Cosponsors: (48) Committees: House - Energy and Commerce Latest Action: House - 04/04/1985 Referred to Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and Tourism. (All Actions) Tracker:
37. H.Res.172 — 98th Congress (1983-1984) A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should reduce imports of apparel so that imported apparel comprise no more than 25 percent of the American apparel market. Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-16] (Introduced 04/21/1983) Cosponsors: (226) Committees: House - Ways and Means Latest Action: House - 04/22/1983 Referred to Subcommittee on Trade. (All Actions) Tracker:
38. H.Res.97 — 98th Congress (1983-1984) A resolution disapproving the proposed deferral of budget authority for the Mass Transportation Capital Fund (deferral numbered D83-59). Sponsor: Rep. Anderson, Glenn M. [D-CA-32] (Introduced 02/22/1983) Cosponsors: (16) Committees: House - Public Works and Transportation Latest Action: House - 03/09/1983 Placed on Union Calendar No: 21. (All Actions) Tracker:
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39. H.Res.570 — 97th Congress (1981-1982) A resolution disapproving the President's recommendation to extend certain waiver authority under the Trade Act of 1974 with respect to the People's Republic of China. Sponsor: Rep. Schulze, Richard T. [R-PA-5] (Introduced 08/18/1982) Cosponsors: (20) Committees: House - Ways and Means Latest Action: House - 08/31/1982 Referred to Subcommittee on Trade. (All Actions) Tracker:
40. H.Res.412 — 97th Congress (1981-1982) A resolution to express the sense of the House of Representatives disapproving the policy of the administration with respect to railroad retirement for fiscal year 1983. Sponsor: Rep. Florio, James J. [D-NJ-1] (Introduced 03/25/1982) Cosponsors: (129) Committees: House - Energy and Commerce Latest Action: House - 03/30/1982 Referred to Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and Tourism. (All Actions) Tracker:
41. H.Res.48 — 97th Congress (1981-1982) A resolution to amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish the Committee on Internal Security, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. McDonald, Lawrence P. [D-GA-7] (Introduced 01/28/1981) Cosponsors: (158) Committees: House - Rules Latest Action: House - 01/28/1981 Referred to House Committee on Rules. (All Actions) Tracker:
42. H.Res.759 — 96th Congress (1979-1980) A resolution authorizing the printing of a collection of statements made in tribute to the late Mamie Doud Eisenhower. Sponsor: Rep. Goodling, William F. [R-PA-19] (Introduced 07/31/1980) Cosponsors: (40) Committees: House - House Administration Latest Action: House - 10/01/1980 Measure passed House. (All Actions) Tracker:
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43. H.Res.753 — 96th Congress (1979-1980) A resolution urging an investigation into the structural deficiencies of the west front of the Capitol. Sponsor: Rep. Shuster, Bud [R-PA-9] (Introduced 07/25/1980) Cosponsors: (0) Latest Action: House - 07/25/1980 Measure laid on table in House, roll call #427 (222-137). (All Actions) Tracker:
44. H.Res.745 — 96th Congress (1979-1980) A resolution of inquiry in the matter of Billy Carter. Sponsor: Rep. Bauman, Robert E. [R-MD-1] (Introduced 07/22/1980) Cosponsors: (98) Committees: House - Foreign Affairs; Judiciary Committee Reports: H.Rept 96-1213 Part 1; H.Rept 96-1213 Part 2 Latest Action: House - 09/10/1980 Measure passed House, amended. (All Actions) Tracker:
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45. H.Res.704 — 96th Congress (1979-1980) A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President instruct the Attorney General to prosecute to the fullest extent of the law any and all persons who are in violation of the Logan Act and the prohibition on travel to Iran, provided for under the authority of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. Sponsor: Rep. Rudd, Eldon D. [R-AZ-4] (Introduced 06/10/1980) Cosponsors: (48) Committees: House - Judiciary Latest Action: House - 06/10/1980 Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. (All Actions) Tracker:
46. H.Res.698 — 96th Congress (1979-1980) A resolution congratulating the Order of the Sons of Italy in America for their seventy-fifth anniversary and wishing the Order of the Sons of Italy in America success in future years. Sponsor: Rep. Carney, William [R-NY-1] (Introduced 06/04/1980) Cosponsors: (227) Committees: House - Post Office and Civil Service Latest Action: House - 06/04/1980 Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. (All Actions) Tracker:
47. H.Res.618 — 96th Congress (1979-1980) A resolution to express opposition to a proposed import fee on crude oil. Sponsor: Rep. Emery, David F. [R-ME-1] (Introduced 03/24/1980) Cosponsors: (103) Committees: House - Ways and Means Latest Action: House - 03/24/1980 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions) Tracker:
48. H.Res.615 — 96th Congress (1979-1980) A resolution amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish a special calendar to which all reported bills involving certain violations of the Congressional Budget Act must be referred for a specified period prior to their consideration by the House, and to impose additional reporting requirements on committees to expedite referrals to such calendar and facilitate its use. Sponsor: Rep. Michel, Robert H. [R-IL-18] (Introduced 03/19/1980) Cosponsors: (29) Committees: House - Rules Latest Action: House - 03/19/1980 Referred to House Committee on Rules. (All Actions) Tracker:
49. H.Res.525 — 96th Congress (1979-1980) A resolution expressing the sense of the House with respect to balancing the Federal budget in Fiscal Year 1981. Sponsor: Rep. Pashayan, Charles, Jr. [R-CA-17] (Introduced 01/22/1980) Cosponsors: (221) Committees: House - Government Operations Latest Action: House - 01/22/1980 Referred to House Committee on Government Operations. (All Actions) Tracker:
50. H.Res.291 — 96th Congress (1979-1980) A resolution of inquiry directing the President to provide Members of the House with information on the energy situation. Sponsor: Rep. Rhodes, John J. [R-AZ-1] (Introduced 05/24/1979) Cosponsors: (101) Committees: House - Commerce Latest Action: House - 06/15/1979 Measure passed House, roll call #245 (340-4). (All Actions) Tracker:
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51. H.Res.54 — 96th Congress (1979-1980) A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the 96th Congress be an oversight Congress. Sponsor: Rep. Shuster, Bud [R-PA-9] (Introduced 01/18/1979) Cosponsors: (8) Committees: House - Rules Latest Action: House - 01/18/1979 Referred to House Committee on Rules. (All Actions) Tracker:
53. H.Res.29 — 96th Congress (1979-1980) A resolution providing for the establishment of a Select Committee on the Committee System. Sponsor: Rep. Lott, Trent [R-MS-5] (Introduced 01/15/1979) Cosponsors: (7) Committees: House - Rules Latest Action: House - 01/15/1979 Referred to House Committee on Rules. (All Actions) Tracker:
54. H.Res.858 — 95th Congress (1977-1978) A resolution relative to customs duties on textiles and apparel products. Sponsor: Rep. Mann, James R. [D-SC-4] (Introduced 10/20/1977) Cosponsors: (24) Committees: House - Ways and Means Latest Action: House - 10/20/1977 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions) Tracker:
55. H.Res.584 — 95th Congress (1977-1978) Resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the President's action of April 1, 1977, regarding import relief for the nonrubber footwear industry. Sponsor: Rep. D'Amours, Norman E. [D-NH-1] (Introduced 05/18/1977) Cosponsors: (14) Committees: House - Ways and Means Latest Action: House - 05/18/1977 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions) Tracker:
56. H.Res.517 — 95th Congress (1977-1978) Resolution to amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish the Committee on Internal Security. Sponsor: Rep. McDonald, Lawrence P. [D-GA-7] (Introduced 04/25/1977) Cosponsors: (24) Committees: House - Rules Latest Action: House - 04/25/1977 Referred to House Committee on Rules. (All Actions) Tracker:
57. H.Res.418 — 95th Congress (1977-1978) Resolution to establish a Select Committee on Population. Sponsor: Rep. Scheuer, James H. [D-NY-11] (Introduced 03/17/1977) Cosponsors: (24) Committees: House - Rules Latest Action: House - 03/17/1977 Referred to House Committee on Rules. (All Actions) Tracker:
58. H.Res.354 — 95th Congress (1977-1978) Resolution to provide that the 10 minutes of debate provided under clause 4 of rule XVI of the Rules of the House of Representatives shall apply to a motion to recommit with instructions of a simple resolution or conference report. Sponsor: Rep. Michel, Robert H. [R-IL-18] (Introduced 03/01/1977) Cosponsors: (24) Committees: House - Rules Latest Action: House - 03/01/1977 Referred to House Committee on Rules. (All Actions) Tracker:
59. H.Res.1248 — 94th Congress (1975-1976) Resolution to require the adoption of a resolution by the House of Representatives to carry out the establishment or adjustment of certain allowances to Members, officers, and standing committees of the House of Representatives. Sponsor: Rep. Michel, Robert H. [R-IL-18] (Introduced 06/03/1976) Cosponsors: (24) Committees: House - House Administration Latest Action: House - 06/03/1976 Referred to House Committee on House Administration. (All Actions) Tracker:
60. H.Res.809 — 94th Congress (1975-1976) Resolution to condemn the United Nations Third Committee resolution equating Zionism with racism. Sponsor: Rep. O'Neill, Thomas P., Jr. [D-MA-8] (Introduced 10/22/1975) Cosponsors: (24) Committees: House - International Relations Latest Action: House - 10/22/1975 Referred to House Committee on International Relations. (All Actions) Tracker:
61. H.Res.687 — 94th Congress (1975-1976) Resolution disapproving of efforts to expel Israel from the United Nations. Sponsor: Rep. O'Neill, Thomas P., Jr. [D-MA-8] (Introduced 09/03/1975) Cosponsors: (21) Committees: House - International Relations Latest Action: House - 09/03/1975 Referred to House Committee on International Relations. (All Actions) Tracker:
62. H.Res.1329 — 93rd Congress (1973-1974) Resolution expressing the sense of the House regarding the halt of U.S. economic and military assistance to Turkey until all Turkish Armed Forces have been withdrawn from Cyprus. Sponsor: Rep. Brademas, John [D-IN-3] (Introduced 08/19/1974) Cosponsors: (24) Committees: House - Foreign Affairs Latest Action: House - 08/19/1974 Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs. (All Actions) Tracker:
63. H.Res.1323 — 93rd Congress (1973-1974) Resolution to create a Select Committee on Aging. Sponsor: Rep. Heinz, John [R-PA-18] (Introduced 08/15/1974) Cosponsors: (16) Committees: House - Rules Latest Action: House - 08/15/1974 Referred to House Committee on Rules. (All Actions) Tracker:
64. H.Res.1144 — 93rd Congress (1973-1974) Resolution providing for the consideration of House Resolution 988. Sponsor: Rep. Steelman, Alan [R-TX-5] (Introduced 05/22/1974) Cosponsors: (24) Committees: House - Rules Latest Action: House - 05/22/1974 Referred to House Committee on Rules. (All Actions) Tracker:
65. H.Res.1126 — 93rd Congress (1973-1974) Resolution to condemn terrorist killings of schoolchildren in Israel. Sponsor: Rep. O'Neill, Thomas P., Jr. [D-MA-8] (Introduced 05/16/1974) Cosponsors: (21) Committees: House - Foreign Affairs Latest Action: House - 05/16/1974 Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs. (All Actions) Tracker:
66. H.Res.1104 — 93rd Congress (1973-1974) Resolution to urge expeditious action on fiscal and budgetary reform measures. Sponsor: Rep. Bafalis, L. A. (Skip) [R-FL-10] (Introduced 05/15/1974) Cosponsors: (24) Committees: House - Rules Latest Action: House - 05/15/1974 Referred to House Committee on Rules. (All Actions) Tracker:
67. H.Res.967 — 93rd Congress (1973-1974) Resolution relating to the serious nature of the supply, demand, and price situation of fertilizer. Sponsor: Rep. Findley, Paul [R-IL-20] (Introduced 03/11/1974) Cosponsors: (23) Committees: House - Agriculture Latest Action: House - 03/11/1974 Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. (All Actions) Tracker:
68. H.Res.874 — 93rd Congress (1973-1974) Resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives concerning the expenditure of money appropriated by the Congress for the Bicentennial celebration. Sponsor: Rep. Breaux, John B. [D-LA-7] (Introduced 02/19/1974) Cosponsors: (6) Committees: House - Judiciary Latest Action: House - 02/19/1974 Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. (All Actions) Tracker:
69. H.Res.714 — 93rd Congress (1973-1974) Resolution to investigate Archibald Cox and his staff. Sponsor: Rep. Shuster, Bud [R-PA-9] (Introduced 11/15/1973) Cosponsors: (5) Committees: House - Judiciary Latest Action: House - 11/15/1973 Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. (All Actions) Tracker:
70. H.Res.677 — 93rd Congress (1973-1974) Resolution to investigate Archibald Cox and his task force. Sponsor: Rep. Shuster, Bud [R-PA-9] (Introduced 10/31/1973) Cosponsors: (0) Committees: House - Judiciary Latest Action: House - 10/31/1973 Referred to House Committee on Judiciary. (All Actions) Tracker:
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The Conservative Party brings a turkey to a chicken fight
In the end, it all seems to come down to chicken.
Archaeologists claim that, when future civilisations vastly superior to our own eventually trawl through the fossil record of the Anthropocene era, today’s society will be notable primarily for the number of chicken carcasses we have rapaciously left behind us.
But even they, surely, will never be able to comprehend the way in which the humble hen has become such an integral part of the culture wars of late-capitalist Britain.
Last year, the now infamous ‘KFC Crisis’ laid bare Britain’s unpreparedness for any kind of shock to its fragile food logistics network.
Since then, the chlorinated chicken debate has served as a handy metaphor for those who believe an exit from EU regulatory standards will leave the country at the mercy of Trump’s America.
And just last month, a clumsy and ill-judged Home Office campaign conflated the humble chicken shop with London’s knife crime epidemic.
And now some un-creative creative in the Tory party marketing department (is there one?) came up with this poultry effort.
Last week (at what may come to be remembered as his one and only session of Prime Minister’s Questions), PM Boris Johnson told his opposite number Jeremy Corbyn: “There’s only one chlorinated chicken that I can see in this house, and he’s on that bench”, prompting the Sun to run a front-page photoshop job depicting Corbyn as a farmyard fowl.
So far so predictable, given what now passes for parliamentary debate and impartial media scrutiny in this sceptred isle of ours.
But then some bright spark at Conservative HQ decided to take the ‘Corbyn’s chicken’ idea and make it the lead creative thought for an all-out ground and social media war, aimed at forcing an early General Election.
What They Did
A lead graphic depicting ‘JFC’ (Jeremy Corbyn in a headless chicken suit) alongside a ‘Totally Spineless Chicken’ headline was circulated from official Conservative-owned social channels, with a number of brands directly tagged in order to increase shares and visibility.
To add a bit of on-the-ground impact, Westminster lobby journalists were also delivered packs of ‘JFC’ cooked chicken to their desks, depicting Corbyn as KFC’s iconic Colonel Sanders and lamenting his ‘fowl play’ for blocking an election.
The first strategic error of the campaign was to enter into a social media scuffle with far bigger beasts than themselves.
The Tories initial attempt to engage with KFC (as well as seemingly believing that KFC itself is just a very large chicken, rather than a purveyor of fried goods) was swiftly and summarily slapped down by the fast-food chain.
The second was to underestimate the internet’s passion for mockery.
Within minutes of its initial publication, the overwhelmingly young, tech-savvy and left-leaning audience of Twitter had run amok with memes and savagely critical commentary. Whilst the idea was obviously an attempt to appeal to the Conservatives’ base, that demographic is vastly outnumbered on social channels. The front page of The Sun is a controlled medium compared to the bearpit of social media.
Finally, and perhaps most tragically, the chicken delivered to journalists was unequivocally not of the delicious, fried variety.
Looking more like it had come fresh from the shelves of M&S than the local branch of Morley’s, the media mailers only helped to confirm suspicions that the instigators of the campaign knew very little about the culture they were attempting to hijack.
In Hindsight
Much has been made of the current government’s use of so-called ‘deadcatting strategy’ to distract from other (more pressing) issues, with many suggesting this campaign was yet another distraction tactic.
And it is certainly true that, in a week where virtually everything that could go wrong for the PM did, it gave Twitter’s wags and Fleet Street’s hacks something altogether more amusing to focus on for a few hours.
However, at a time when Johnson’s control of government was fast slipping away due to the departure of senior politicians from the ‘one nation’ wing of his party, a poorly-executed attempt to troll the opposition may not have convinced other wavering MPs and voters that he is indeed the ‘adult in the room’ required in these most testing of times.
Despite all evidence to the contrary, there remains an abiding belief amongst some commentators that there is a strategic masterplan at the heart of this No. 10 administration.
Could the real truth be that they are just as headless as the rest of us?
On this occasion at least, they brought an absolute turkey to a chicken fight.
And lost.
Oliver Edwards
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‘Terrorism has No Religion’
17th March 2019 CommentariesHate Crime, terrorismlizzy
Flowers at the Kilburnie mosque, Wellington
‘… and death shall have no dominion’ — Dylan Thomas
The only way to begin, is by joining in sorrow with those bereaved in Christchurch on 15 March, and remembering and respecting the fellow humanity of those who, so painfully recently, were also living. Of course, we must find a way to comfort those made fearful by this terror: especially since such fear-making was its major purpose.
There are some crimes of such moment that we always remember where we were and what we were doing when we heard. The assassination of John F. Kennedy is one such that is often named; September 11th is another. The latter was a terrorist attack that was made for showing on television; I heard it on the radio and obstinately refused to watch TV for two days. The Christchurch massacres were made for propagating the terror and ideology via the internet. I am not yet clear about what this means, but it is obvious that it is significant, and that the jumbled ravings of the killer were put together with gleanings from the Web. He says so, in his pre-murder ‘manifesto’. Police and politicians cautioned us not to watch the video footage. Indeed I had no stomach to do so. Yet I spent the night reading the weird manifesto, which was easy enough to get hold of early on.
When I heard the appalling news — somewhat late — I was sitting at my desk, trying to write about Islamophobia. Ironically, the last sentence that I had written, was: ‘There is nothing intrinsically Islamic about these ‘old enemies’ vanquished (eventually, for a time) by the empire; Islam was just part of the package of the otherness, along with non-Whiteness / non-Europeanness, of these brown or black non-Christians who stood in opposition to the empire.’ I was harking back to how the crazed jingoists of the white settlement colony of New South Wales had sent troops to Sudan in 1885 to avenge General Gordon’s ill fate in Khartoum — and it was an immensely popular gesture — invoking, in their recruitment and fundraising campaign, ‘England’s and all Christendom’s old enemies, the Saracens’. The anti-Muslim racism was bound up in empire, I was arguing.
It is a sort of white (European) supremacism, anti-immigration and ethnic cleansing that pervade the 74 incoherent pages of the Christchurch murderer’s diatribe. Islam is almost incidental to him, although a mish-mash of obsessions alludes to Saracens, crusader imagery, Knights Templar, ‘the Turk’, the siege of Vienna and so on and on. Yet also Valhalla, just to emphasise that it’s about ‘race’: the killer proudly owns to fascism and racism and does not baulk at neo-nazism, though he regrets that there are no real nazis any more. The ‘vipers’ nests’ must be burned, and non-European children who are in ‘our lands’ must be killed, without hindrance of sentiment. The killer is fixated upon the non-white others out-breeding ‘us’, and effecting ‘white genocide’ — a by now standard Islamophobic trope and one similarly colouring the ‘manifesto’ of that other mass killer, Anders Breivik, to whose motivations and crimes the Christchurch mass murderer’s have already been widely compared.
The nonsense of this irruption of irrationality should not lead us to the error of believing that individual madness is the cause, or that the motivations are unshared. In the immediate aftermath of the 2011 Oslo massacres, when ‘we were all Norwegians’, George Morgan and I wrote (in Global Islamophobia, 2012: 1) that the mass murder displayed ‘the clear imprint of a revanchist nationalist politics that has gained popularity in many parts of the contemporary West. … While rightwing political organisations have scurried to denounce Breivik and the murders … it is clear that he drew on their (tortured) political logic to rationalise his actions’. Australia’s right-wing racist Senator, Fraser Anning, who has remarked that migration was behind the Christchurch massacre, and recently called even more despicably for a ‘final solution’ to the ‘Muslim Question’, is in the same camp. Breivik credited the likes of Dutch anti-Muslim politician Geert Wilders and the English Defence League for his inspiration. This perpetrator’s ‘manifesto’ played on exactly the same sorts of themes: mass immigration, Muslim birth rates, ‘white genocide’, and all the rest. It is not only his insignias that are fascist. It is exterminist, and we have seen it before.
New Zealand rightwing extremist blogger Cameron Slater, having in 2015 just quoted Golda Meir as condemning Arabs as not loving their children, wrote of Islam: ‘… religion of peace? No way, it is a death cult and we should kill them before they kill us’. Well, the message got across on 15 March in Christchurch. Slater, Fraser Anning and their ilk all sell the same sort of product. Will they own it now?
What hate crime and terrorism have in common — and this crime was both — is that they victimise communities beyond those directly targeted, in order to ‘send a message’. A bright young academic, and our recent co-author on Islamophobia, exclaimed to our collaborator in her grief, ‘They keep killing us!’. The perpetrator’s warped and wicked testimonial, The Great Replacement, with its obsession about ethnic cleansing, makes clear that the armies of his allies (yes, he sees himself as a courageous ‘soldier’, repelling ‘invaders’ by killing unarmed civilians including children) will keep doing so until ‘they’ go back to ‘their own lands’. He wants to reinforce a ‘they’ and ‘us’ — and we must not let him.
Others will have commented more than enough about the irony of this (white Australian) immigrant railing against immigration and appointing himself as the defender of ‘our land’ — which he conceives of as a little finger of Europe. While obsessed with ‘race’, he does not mention, in 74 pages, Indigenous people in either the land of his birth or the land of his recent residence. His white supremacism harks ‘back’ mythically to a racially pure/purified Europe. It is different from the US white supremacism excused (embraced!) by Trump, which disparages Black Americans or Hispanic peoples; rather it regards the United States (and indeed Brazil) as hopelessly degenerate and irredeemable. (The manifesto looks forward to guns and war sorting all that decadence out, with the white race emerging victorious.) This racist gunman is no more concerned with the ‘race’ legacy in the Americas of chattel slavery than he is with that of settler colonialism and the dispossession of indigenous peoples. It’s a strangely Europe-centred racism, cobbled together with memes from the internet: no less effective, for all that.
I feel strangely soiled, having immersed myself in this excrement. And deeply disturbed. But I am committed to the methodological principle of taking this sort of testimonial seriously, for explanations of the crime. Also, to finding ways of countering this sort of ideology. There are many such violent racists out there on the internet, and recruiting and proselytising in our communities — and he boasts of this. He addresses them, instructs them.
One of the first public comments that I read about the massacre was Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s observation that terrorism does not belong to any religion. He has a global political point to make, and he is correct in doing so. Before his election to political office, when people in Pakistan’s north-west were systematically terrorised by murderous US-alliance drones in the name of western counter-terrorism, Imran Khan campaigned in a principled way against this. He has to deal with Indian nationalist terrorism on the other side, along with plenty of the ‘home-grown’ terrorism. Empire and nationalism may be inflected by religion, but they are by no means reducible to it.
I later watched with unexpected admiration as New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern spoke, movingly and with dignity, of compassion and indeed the duty to give shelter to those in need of it, as crucial, unifying New Zealand values. How different from bullying ‘mateship’ purveyed as ‘national values’ on the other (my) side of the Tasman. She did seem to have trouble mentioning the M-word, but then the murderer declared that he selected his victims as immigrants and non-‘Europeans’ rather than as Muslims. In two mosques, at Friday prayer time, mind you.
Some of the media commentary noted the kiwi ‘black humour’ bandied for comfort among the traumatised people anxiously gathering outside the mosques (these ‘others’ are capable of such kiwiness!). In that vein, and as we will all be New Zealanders for the while, I might observe that the killer began his legacy rant with a complete rendition of Dylan Thomas’s ‘Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night’. One dear literature-loving Muslim colleague of mine commented that the man had added one more (minor) crime — of plagiarism — to his record. The rant is pretentious and pseudo-erudite, with sprinklings from literature and worldly-travelled posturing as well as potty-mouthed locker room macho menace.
In laying claim to inheriting — and safeguarding — all of European civilisation, the killer declares his English, Scots and Irish heritage. No Welsh: some small comfort for Dylan Thomas. As the epigraph at the top of this present piece suggests, perhaps ‘we’ should take Dylan Thomas back.
Scott Poynting is a visiting fellow at the Centre for Islamic Studies and Civilisation, Charles Sturt University. He is Adjunct Professor in the School of Justice at Queensland University of Technology and in Criminology at Western Sydney University. He co-edited, with George Morgan, Global Islamophobia (Routledge 2016) and, with Monish Bhatia and Waqas Tufail, Media, Crime and Racism (Palgrave, 2018).
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Televised Nuggets, Avalanche games in jeopardy…
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Televised Nuggets, Avalanche games in jeopardy for Denver metro viewers with Altitude Sports contracts set to expire
Will Barton (5) of the Denver Nuggets against the Portland Trail Blazers during the first quarter on Sunday, May 12, 2019. The Denver Nuggets versus the Portland Trail Blazers in game seven of the teams’ second round NBA playoff series at the Pepsi Center in Denver.
By Michael Singer | msinger@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
PUBLISHED: August 28, 2019 at 12:52 pm | UPDATED: August 28, 2019 at 12:53 pm
Thousands of local viewers could soon be unable to watch Nuggets, Avalanche and Rapids games if Altitude Sports is unable to come to an agreement with its three largest distributors.
Contracts with Comcast, DIRECTV and DISH Network are set to expire this week without an agreement in place, according to a news release from the Kroenke-owned sports channel. That would put Avs and Nuggets games, among others, in jeopardy for Denver-area viewers.
The agreement with DISH Network expires Wednesday, while deals with Comcast and DIRECTV end this upcoming Saturday.
“Although Altitude has been negotiating with the three distributors in good faith for fair market rates, and for terms and conditions no different than the ones under which each of those distributors have been carrying Altitude since its initial launch fifteen years ago, all three distributors have so far refused Altitude’s offers,” the release stated.
Furthermore, according to the release, the carriage terms being requested by each individual distributor would make “Altitude’s business unsustainable.”
The Avalanche open their season Oct. 3, and the Nuggets open their campaign Oct. 23.
“The upcoming Denver Nuggets and Colorado Avalanche seasons are each among the most highly anticipated in both teams’ history,” said Jim Martin, president and CEO of Kroenke Sports and Entertainment, Altitude’s parent company. “For these distributors to collectively seek to deprive our fans the opportunity to watch their home teams is inexcusable and disheartening.”
DISH released the following statement to The Denver Post:
“DISH’s goal is to keep Altitude Sports available to our customers at a reasonable cost. We are unsure why Altitude has decided to involve customers in the contract negotiation process when there is still time for the two parties to reach a mutually beneficial deal.”
Both the Nuggets and Avalanche released statements urging their fans to contact their respective distributors.
“These Big Three media conglomerates want to play by their own rules and are making unrealistic demands on Altitude,” read the release from the Nuggets.
Mike Singer is the Denver Nuggets beat writer for The Denver Post. A Cleveland native, he is also the former NBA editor at USA TODAY. He previously covered the Chicago Bulls for CSNChicago.com and worked at CBSSports.com.
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Mitton: Grazing on public lands alters plant…
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Mitton: Grazing on public lands alters plant communities
Permits administered for benefit of ranchers and detriment of lands and its users
Sheep grazing trails have been pounded into alpine hillsides along the Alpine Loop in the San Juan Mountains. (Jeff Mitton / For the Camera)
By Jeff Mitton |
As I approached Engineer Pass from the east, I was distracted by a herd of domestic sheep grazing above tree line. Two hours later, at Odom Point on the west side of the pass, I saw another herd of sheep. From Odom Point looking west, I was astounded to see that the hillsides, as far as my binoculars could discern, had latticeworks of sheep grazing trails — the sheep had literally pounded paths into scree slopes, or hillsides of loose rock.
In 2014, I drove from Dotsero up Coffeepot Road to camp at Deep Lake on the White River Plateau. Coffee Pot Road goes through Crane Park, which was chest-deep in wildflowers. Wildflower abundance and diversity was so great that I returned the next two days to explore and photograph them. I returned to the Plateau in 2017 and 2018 to enjoy the experience again, but both times I found a shepherd and several sheep dogs managing a herd of more that 1,000 sheep. Both times, the wildflower displays were greatly disappointing, nothing like the stunning display of 2014.
In 2018, the shepherd parked his trailer and his herd at a small pond in Crane Park — they did not move for the three days that I camped nearby. The sheep mowed down the vegetation and trampled the edge of the pond until it was a wide swath of mud. I had been at this pond four years earlier, when it was occupied by a great blue heron and ringed with wildflowers, some taller than me.
Public lands are intended to be multiple-use, to serve people with many interests. That sounds good, and I enjoy sharing public lands with fishermen, birders, hikers, bicyclists, photographers, campers, hikers and climbers. But not all users are good neighbors. Fly fishers have certainly learned that they cannot share a trout stream with miners and no one wants to camp in a logging operation or an overgrazed pasture. Some users exclude all others.
In 2017, I saw the shepherd sitting with his dogs in a sea of wool, enjoying the late-afternoon sun. I set up my tripod and camera to photograph the scene from 1,000 feet away, but he saw me and sicced his biggest dog on me. I escaped by seeking shelter in my vehicle. The next year, the same dog came after me again. Later that day I confronted the shepherd and he said, “We pay to be here.” To summarize a long and heated exchange, he believed that his outfit had paid for exclusive use of the Plateau.
Grazing allotments on public lands are managed primarily by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service (USDAFS). A rancher can get a grazing permit for either cows or sheep, and costs are determined by the number of animals and the amount of time. The cost of grazing one cow for one month (an animal unit month, AUM) is $1.35. Five sheep are considered equivalent to one cow, so a permit for a sheep for a month costs 27 pennies. Can you feed a canary or a hamster for 27 cents per month? If a rancher wanted to graze a sheep on private land, the going rate is $4.30 for a sheep, or 16 times the cost of a grazing permit. Grazing permits amount to a public subsidy of cattle production that benefits only 2 percent of ranchers.
I have seen herds of sheep as small as several hundred and as large as several thousand in the Bighorn Mountains, on the Alpine Loop in the San Juan Mountains, Blue Mesa and the Uncompahgre and White River Plateaus. I have walked in the wake of immense sheep herds and found that much of the grasses and forbs were gone, eaten or trampled, and hillsides had fresh grazing paths of bare dirt. In comparison to ungrazed alpine sites, the aesthetics of a grazed site are degraded.
Ranchers graze their sheep on public lands to make money — grazing permits allow them to feed their cattle for nearly nothing. The vast majority of people who visit the Uncompahgre and White River Plateaus and the Alpine Loop are not ranchers, but citizens who want to see and experience wilderness, to hike, camp, fish and hunt in undisturbed landscapes. Grazing permits are administered, unapologetically, for the benefit of ranchers, but unwittingly to the detriment of the lands and the majority of users.
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Jeff Mitton, mitton@colorado.edu, is a professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado.
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Property tax concerns at District 46 forum
Chris Bobek, Grayslake Elementary District 46's assistant superintendent of business and finance, leads a tax levy forum for residents Wednesday. Bob Susnjara | Staff Photographer
Grayslake resident Bill Morris, a former state senator, said Grayslake Elementary District 46 should not raise its tax levy during a forum Wednesday. The district hosted the session in a Grayslake Area Public Library meeting room. Bob Susnjara | Staff Photographer
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Concerns about escalating property taxes dominated discussion at a Grayslake Elementary District 46 forum Wednesday.
Chris Bobek, District 46's assistant superintendent of business and finance, began the session in a Grayslake Area Public Library meeting room with a tutorial on how tax levies work.
Bobek later told the roughly 20 people in attendance the Lake County assessment office has been raising property values within the district. He said that means residents could wind up paying higher taxes, despite the fact that District 46's levy has risen by less than 1 percent.
"From last year to this year, our portion is very small," he said.
During the question-and-answer portion, Grayslake resident and former state Sen. Bill Morris said District 46 should freeze its property tax levy for next year. He said he was speaking on behalf of his neighbors in the Carillon North active adult community who are concerned about escalating taxes.
Morris cited declining enrollment as one reason District 46 needs less money.
"Unfortunately, District 46, like many other school districts, feels it is entitled to a tax increase for simply being in business one more year," he said. "That is no way to run a business."
Other residents echoed concerns about the district's rising property taxes, which typically account for 40 percent of a bill. One woman said her latest tax bill jumped by $2,500.
Property taxes were an issue two weeks ago when some township assessors questioned why Lake County has kept them out of the most recent valuation process. The township assessors contended that their lack of input resulted in across-the-board percentage increases set by Chief Assessment Officer Martin Paulson's office, which could lead to higher property taxes.
Tuesday, a small group of residents protested rising property taxes at the Lake County treasurer's office by paying their taxes with stacks of $1 bills.
Meanwhile, former District 46 school board member Kip Evans asked during Wednesday's session whether enough is being done to keep down costs. That led Bobek to a slide showing a decline in District 46's per-pupil expenditures.
District per-pupil costs were $10,711 in the last academic year, down from $11,247. The most recently available figures show it was below the state per-student cost of $10,934 and the county cost of $13,491.
School board member David Northern complimented Bobek and Superintendent Ellen Correll for hosting the second tax levy forum in an effort to increase community outreach.
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'We went through a lot of bad s**t last series': Geordie Shore's Holly Hagan admits she was pushed into dating boyfriend Kyle Christie for the show
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Published: 13:38 EST, 28 July 2015 | Updated: 19:50 EST, 28 July 2015
They're Geordie Shore's new golden couple, but Holly Hagan and Kyle Christie almost didn't last the distance.
The 23-year-old brunette has admitted she briefly broke up with her her MTV co-star because the pressures of starring alongside each other on the reality show became too much to bear.
Holly confessed to Reveal magazine: 'We went through a lot of bad s**t last series, to the point we ended up not being together anymore.'
Tough times: Holly Hagan has admitted being on Geordie Shore with her boyfriend Kyle Christie almost ended their relationship because of the intense pressure they were under to make things work
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She explained: 'We were pushed into being boyfriend and girlfriend for the show and it had a negative effect on our relationship.'
Holly, who previously had flings with her co-stars James Tindale and Scott 'Scotty T' Tomlin, is now back together with Kyle, but the pair are determined to take it far 'slower' this time around and are not putting a label on their relationship.
'We're happy with where we are at now', she added.
Second chance: However, the loved-up pair are determined to work things out and Holly says they're taking things 'slower' this time
Holly's former Geordie Shore cast mate Vicky Pattison - who's ill-fated engagement to ex-cast member Ricci Guarnaccio famously played out on the show - confirmed Holly and Kyle are trying their best to overcome the obstacles.
Vicky exclusively told MailOnline: 'Holly and Kyle are a very sweet and happy couple.
'Relationships are hard enough as it is without the added pressure of being in the Geordie Shore house with cameras on you.
Putting on a united front: Kyle and Holly - who have been dating for around a year - stepped out in London to attend Vicky Pattison's jewellery launch on Monday night, proving they're still very much an item
Top of the crops: Holly put on a busty display in a white crochet top and high-waisted jeggings, while Kyle was looking trimmer than ever
'I take my hat off to anyone who is managing to make it work. There are so many factors - pressure from producers, other cast members, on yourself. I really do hope they're OK - they deserve to be happy.'
The last series of the fly-on-the-wall reality show saw Holly and Kyle struggling to keep their love going in the house, with Holly even leaving at one point in a bid to give her boyfriend space.
But the pair have been putting on a united front on social media in recent months as they make the most of their time without the cameras around.
Holly also opened about about her rocky romance to The Mirror, explaining: 'Things were really, really bad but [breaking up] has done the world of good for me and him. As soon as you start putting a label on things, that's when it gets really bad.'
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When choreographer Eryc Taylor was studying at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, his composition teacher Phyllis Lamhut taught him a meaningful way to approach dancemaking.
“She said to me, ‘Find the gestalt in the work.’ That meant finding what the guts were, what the essence of the piece really was, so it wasn’t just movement for movement’s sake. That really resonated with me, so it’s something I’ve always referred back to when I’m making a new work.”
Lamhut was one of the most well known Alwin Nikolais and Murray Louis dancers, ran her own company and currently teaches dance theory, composition and improvisation at NYU.
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After 31 years of teaching, Kim Black has mastered how to reach young dancers. Between a studio and private school, she teaches 34 classes per week in Burlington, North Carolina: That's 238 kids from ages 2 to 6 years old. "You have to make them fall in love with dance," says Black. The music, she says, cues this engagement.
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Hypermobility occurs when joints exceed the normal range of motion. Dancers can have hypermobility in specific joints, like their knees, or they can have generalized laxity throughout their bodies (which is often measured using the Beighton system—see below). While this condition may enable students to create beautiful aesthetic lines, it can also increase risk for injury. Help dancers gain the strength they need to stay healthy while making the most of their hypermobility.
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I love this level. I see it as the true origin of a student's dance journey. Intermediate students have bought in, caught the fever, chosen to move beyond inquiry about dance to investment in dance. They are yearning to advance past their beginner training and label.
As teachers, we begin to set more stringent expectations for them to commit to class, take ownership of their learning, and comprehend more terminology and skills. Yet, they are still a bit disheveled in their movement and engagement. They still sometimes forget their dance pants and confuse upstage with downstage. Some of them are still, well, terrified.
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Kathryn Alter: How I Teach Limón
Kathryn Alter (left). Photo by Alexis Ziemski
In every class Kathryn Alter teaches, two things are immediately evident: how thoughtfully she chooses her words, and how much glee she gets from dancing the movement and style of modern choreographer José Limón. At the 2019 Limón summer workshop at Kent State University, Alter demonstrated a turning triplet with her arms fully outstretched, a smile stretching easily across her face. "It should be as if…" She paused to think of the perfect analogy that would help the dancers find the necessary circularity of the movement. "As if you live in a doughnut!" she finished, grinning broadly. The dancers gathered around her laughed—her smile and love for something as foundational as a triplet was contagious.
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Expand Your Students' Musical Literacy and They'll Grow as Dancers
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Teachers from coast to coast are pushing students to move outside the constraints of popular music. There is a consensus that the earlier you introduce varied musical forms, the more adept and adaptable a dancer's musicality will be.
New York–based jazz scholar and teacher Melanie George notices that many students' relationships to music can be reductive: They may think exclusively about lyrics or accents. But jazz, for example, is about swinging: an embodied comprehension of instrumentation that only comes with musical acuity. "Students are ready for this specificity, even if we aren't giving it to them," she says. When her students understand that there is a technique to listening, it becomes less about going forward, and more about going deeper into the sound and into their bodies.
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Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron in a scene from An American in Paris. Courtesy Fathom Events.
If you loved Christopher Wheeldon's An American in Paris on Broadway, you can now see the 1951 Oscar-winning movie it's based on in all its Technicolor glory. Fathom Events will present MGM's An American in Paris, starring Gene Kelly and French ballerina Leslie Caron, and with music by George and Ira Gershwin, in select theaters nationwide January 19 and 22.
<p>The story follows former WWII GI Jerry Mulligan (Kelly), an American expatriate in Paris trying to make a living as an artist. Along the way he falls in love with a shop girl, Lise (a then-19-year-old Caron), who unbeknownst to him is his friend's fiancée. Naturally, a love triangle ensues.</p><p>While Kelly was already an established star, the movie marked Caron's film debut. Kelly, who was also the film's choreographer, had spotted her onstage in France while she was dancing with Roland Petit's Ballets de Champ de Elysées, and asked her to do a screen test for the role. She went on to star in <em>Gigi</em>, <em>Daddy Long Legs</em> and other musicals.<span></span></p>
<span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="DXT0ME1579691881"><iframe lazy-loadable="true" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Gdvufh3MCug?list=RDQMXw7728_M2ZI&rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span><p><em>An American in Paris </em>is packed with singing, dancing and Hollywood glamour. But Kelly's 17-minute dream ballet finale is what really sets the musical apart. (The ballet alone, with its elaborate sets and cast of thousands, cost $450,000 to produce. And that was almost 70 years ago!) It's what made me rent this movie over and over again as a young dancer. And, fun fact: former New York City Ballet principal Robbie Fairchild, who played the original Jerry Mulligan on Broadway, <a href="https://www.pointemagazine.com/good-morning-america-apology-2640038948.html" target="_blank">has said</a> that Gene Kelly was his biggest role model growing up. To see if <em>An American in Paris </em>is coming to a cinema near you, <a href="https://www.fathomevents.com/events/tcm2020-an-american-in-paris-1951" target="_blank">click here</a> and enter your zip code.</p>
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Alicia Graf Mack's journey to become director of The Juilliard School's Dance Division—the youngest person to hold the position, and the first woman of color—was anything but a straight line. Yes, she's danced with prestigious companies: Dance Theatre of Harlem, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Complexions Contemporary Ballet and Alonzo King LINES Ballet. But Mack also has a BA in history from Columbia University and an MA in nonprofit management from Washington University in St. Louis; she pursued both degrees during breaks in her performing career, taken to recover from injuries and autoimmune disease flare-ups.
As an undergrad, she briefly interned at JPMorgan Chase in marketing and philanthropic giving, and she later made arts administration central to her graduate work, assuming that she'd eventually take an administrative role with a dance organization.
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Joseph Morrissey Has Revitalized the Dance Program at Interlochen Center for the Arts
Morrissey (left). Photo courtesy of Interlochen Center for the Arts
When Joseph Morrissey first took the helm of the dance division at Interlochen Center for the Arts, a boarding high school in Interlochen, Michigan, he found a fully established pre-professional program with space to grow. And his vision was big, with plans to stage the kind of ambitious repertory he'd experienced during his dance career. But the realities quickly set in. During his first year in 2015, the department was denied by the George Balanchine Trust to license any Balanchine ballets—the dancers were not quite ready.
This early disappointment didn't derail Morrissey. In just four years, he has not only raised Interlochen's training standards, he's staged ambitious full-length ballets and been granted the rights to works by Merce Cunningham, Agnes de Mille and, yes, Balanchine. Guest artists regularly visit, and he's initiated major plans to expand the dance department building. Morrissey is only 37, but it should come as no surprise that he's done so much so fast—his entire life's journey has prepared him to be an artistic leader.
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<p>"I saw an opportunity to build something—and I love teaching." —Joseph Morrissey<span></span></p>
<p><br/></p><p><strong>Leading the Way</strong></p><p>Morrissey's first step as dance director was to beef up artistic programming. His first year, he choreographed a new production of <em>The Nutcracker,</em> staged a suite from <em>La Bayadère</em>, and brought in Paul Taylor's <em>Company B</em> and Mark Morris' <em>Polka</em>. <em>The Nutcracker</em> featured a live orchestra from the Interlochen School of Music, and other productions have had the institution's full design and production support—which included building a life-size elephant for <em>La Bayadère</em>. "That's the moment where people were like, 'He's not playing games,'" Morrissey says, joking. </p><p>Trey Devey, Interlochen's president, says he sees the difference not only in the students' performance but in everything that supports the artistic product, including marketing. "Because of Joseph's professional experience, he has held us to an appropriately high standard," Devey says. </p><p>Another priority for Morrissey was developing the men's program and maintaining enough male enrollment to support the artistic programming. "It's like not having enough violinists for the orchestra," he says. He has steadily maintained male enrollment at 25 percent of the student body by fostering a nurturing environment for all levels, as well as foundational training that can take a male dancer from the absolute base to a pre-professional level.</p><p>Lastly, Morrissey felt that it was imperative to invite guest artists in to teach, stage master works or choreograph. "It is very important when you are trying to build something that while you are building it, you're exposing it," he says. "You don't want to wait." Recent visitors have included Wendy Whelan, Craig Hall, Carlos Lopez, Leslie Browne, Herman Cornejo, Claudio Muñoz, Amanda McKerrow, John Gardner, Karine Plantadit, Deborah Wingert, Diana White and Paul Sutherland. </p><p>Then there were goals that would take much longer to achieve. Now within his fifth school year, Morrissey finally has the opportunity to add two full-time faculty members. And the entire institution is backing his desire for a complete renovation and annex of the existing dance building. "We knew that if we were going to take the program to the next level, we needed to invest in the infrastructure of the building," says Devey. "When we understood Joseph's vision, the physical manifestation became more visible to us." The slated 22,000-square-foot, $6.8 million facility broke ground in October.</p><p><strong>The Outcomes</strong></p><p>There are clear signs that Morrissey's efforts to build a premier pre-professional dance program are working. His early disappointment with the Balanchine Trust fueled him and his faculty to strengthen the dancers' training, emphasizing simple, skill-oriented combinations, shifts of weight, and speed and clarity of footwork. The curriculum is rooted in Russian methodologies, providing a pure classical base to enable students to take on numerous styles and varied repertory. </p><p>Deborah Wingert, a répétiteur for the George Balanchine Trust, has witnessed the students' progression and says the program now merits licensing the choreographer's works. "Getting to dance these ballets means you have enough of a classical base to warrant bringing in the artists who will come in and teach it, stage it or coach it," she says. Thus far, the school has gotten to perform excerpts of Balanchine's <em>Serenade </em>and <em>The Four Temperaments</em>. The program now also receives the rights to masterworks such as Agnes de Mille's <em>Rodeo,</em> Antony Tudor's <em>Little Improvisations</em> and Merce Cunningham's <em>Changing Steps</em>. And Morrissey has staged full-length productions of <em>The Sleeping Beauty</em> and <em>Swan Lake,</em> as well as fully produced suites from <em>Don Quixote</em> and <em>Le Corsaire</em>—a<em> </em>level of repertory typically reserved for professional companies. </p><p>Additionally, over the past four years the dance program has been invited to perform at The Joyce Theater and Carnegie Hall in New York City, and to tour its full-length productions throughout Michigan. And students have received professional and university placements with the Alvin Ailey/Fordham BFA Program, Boston Conservatory, Indiana University, Butler University, Hubbard Street Professional Program, Nederlands Dans Theater, Oklahoma City Ballet and Boston Ballet II.</p><p>Morrissey's leadership is taking Interlochen's program to its fullest capability. With a new, larger facility, he hopes to eventually establish ballet, contemporary and commercial tracks, "where students can study the dance genre that they really want, with ballet as a through line," he says. "We need to keep the curriculum current and fresh to keep evolving to the needs of the dance world." His passion for ballet is contagious, and is clearly yielding beautiful results. </p>
How the Right Word Choice Can Reinforce Learning
Valerie Amiss with students. Photo by Tracie Van Auken, courtesy of Pennsylvania Ballet
Jared Nelson, artistic director of California Ballet, demonstrates a tight fifth position as he talks to his class about the importance of rotating from the hips. "Having a visual image helped me as a dancer, so I try to demonstrate as much as possible," he says. "But I am also very conscious of word choice. Every dancer is different, and you have to phrase things in a language they will understand."
Teachers should always be aware of how they communicate with their students, including how they choose language for different individuals, classes or situations. Using the right terminology in early stages of training will ensure that students learn the proper names of steps. This foundation is crucial, particularly when so much of the classical vocabulary has been substituted by nicknames and phrases. (Think "lame duck" or "step-up turn" in place of piqué en dehors.) But good use of language also means using imagery and positive reinforcement to ensure the right kind of messaging. What teachers say in the studio could make the difference between dancers who listen—and ones who really hear.
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<p><br/></p><p><strong>Be Positive</strong></p><p>Creating a space where students feel they can express themselves fully is crucial to the dancer's development. For the youngest classes, Amiss finds greater success when she talks less and watches more. "Allowing very young students to explore their own feelings and creative thinking is amazing to see," she says. With intermediate and advanced students, Amiss encourages them to start a dialogue, ask questions and not be afraid of being criticized by their peers. When working with children with special needs, she takes the same approach. "I might focus more on body language and staying engaged, but like all children, they just need a classroom where they feel loved and respected."</p><p>Mathis takes the same positive approach and feels that students are much more receptive to corrections when they don't feel threatened or belittled. Instead, they have the confidence to try new approaches, make mistakes and try again. "Insults and shame do not help a dancer improve," he says. "When there is mutual trust, everyone comes out better, happier and healthier." </p>
What to Watch: This New PBS Doc Tracks the Creation of DTH's Work Honoring the Arrival of Africans in North America
Dance Theatre of Harlem's Derek Brockington and Da'Von Doane in Claudia Schreier's Passage. Photo by Brian Callan, courtesy of DTH
Back to your routine after the holidays, but still looking for something to watch? Then this new PBS documentary titled Dancing on the Shoulders of Giants is for you. The hour-long film tracks the creation of two dance pieces: Claudia Schreier's Passage for Dance Theatre of Harlem, and Sir Richard Alston's Arrived featuring students of Norfolk's Governor's School for the Arts. Both works were co-commissioned by the American Evolution 2019 Commemoration and the Virginia Arts Festival last May, in recognition of the 400th anniversary of the first arrival of Africans to English North America and the history of slavery that followed.
<p>The second half of the film is about the creation of Claudia Schreier's <em>Passage </em>for DTH. Artistic director Virginia Johnson stresses what she saw as the importance of bringing in collaborators who are women of color <strong></strong>for this project, and the documentary features interviews with Schreier and composer Jessie Montgomery. After seeing them work separately at their crafts, it's exciting to see both artists come together with the dancers in the studio. <a href="https://www.pointemagazine.com/claudia-schreier-passage-dth-2637913341.html" target="_blank">This creative process went on</a> just after DTH co-founder Arthur Mitchell passed away in September of 2018, and the documentary ends with Johnson, Schreier and company dancer Christopher Charles McDaniel talking about the importance of carrying on Mitchell's legacy. </p><p><a href="https://www.pbs.org/video/dancing-on-the-shoulders-of-giants-frhqxu/?mc_cid=8ef595f007&mc_eid=f248e71d1e" target="_blank">Click here</a> to watch <em>Dancing on the Shoulders of Giants </em><em></em>on PBS.org for free.</p>
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The Talking Stick is a contemporary representation of a traditional calendar stick which the Pima and Maricopa tribes used to record significant events. Historically calendar sticks featured carvings or “symbols” emphasizing different events throughout the year, such as meteor showers, floods, new visitors to the area.
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Season 5 of 'Peaky Blinders' Ends on a Major Cliffhanger! (SPOILERS)
By Distractify Staff
[Warning: Spoilers ahead]
The fifth season of the popular BBC series Peaky Blinders picks up in the late 1920s with the Shelby family, like the rest of the world, feeling the effects of the Great Fall of the Stock Market. Thomas Shelby (Cillian Murphy) aligns himself with the real-life fascist Oswald Mosley (played by Sam Claflin); however, viewers know that Tommy concocted a plan to assassinate the politician.
At the conclusion of Episode 6, we see the Billy Boys have taken control of the majority of Birmingham, Polly Gray has put in her resignation, her son Michael is fighting to take over the Shelby company (which will most likely be a big plot point in Season 6), and Tommy attempts to take his own life.
Yes, the season ended on a major cliffhanger, which saw the Brit put a gun to his head. While fans may still be reeling over Tommy’s fate, the one character who is still very much alive is Oswald.
In the season finale of Peaky Blinders, viewers watched as crowds gathered to hear Oswald’s speech and chanted the words, “perish Judah.”
So, what is the meaning behind the phrase “perish Judah” in the Peaky Blinders finale?
Reflecting an accurate depiction of history, crowds gathered to watch fascist politician Oswald speak, similar to rallies conducted by Adolf Hitler. The vile phrase “perish Judah” translates to “death to Jews.”
Though Tommy had a plan to kill Oswald, someone leaked the information and the assassination attempt was foiled. So, who double-crossed him? In Episode 5, viewers watched as Tommy breaks out his fellow war friend Barney Thomas from an asylum. As the leader of the gang, he hopes to use his old colleague to shoot Oswald while he’s on stage at a rally. “And then I will take over as leader of the party,” Tommy tells Arthur.
However, in typical Peaky Blinders fashion, someone betrayed Tommy and tipped off Oswald, which resulted in Barney being killed. The writers of the BBC show stuck with historical accuracy regarding the real-life political figure, who did not die until 1980.
Will there be a Season 6 of Peaky Blinders?
In one of the biggest cliffhangers of the series, the fate of Thomas Shelby is questionable. Throughout Season 5, audiences watched as the gang leader struggled with his PTSD. In each episode, he regularly had visions of his deceased wife Grace who kept urging him to commit suicide. After he was double-crossed in his plan to have Oswald executed, he eventually pulls the gun on himself… So, is this the end for Tommy?
Luckily, director Anthony Byrne confirmed that there will be a Season 6 coming to BBC.“I’m reading the scripts at the moment, which Steven [Knight] is writing. I start properly on series six in early November. Then we start shooting early next year, is the plan,” he told GQ.
Writer Steven Knight told NME what fans can expect in the next installment from its characters. “In series six, we’ll be looking at 1934 and things are worse. The drum beat is getting louder, tensions are worse and Tommy is right in the middle of all that,” he said. “Again, it will be an exploration of what was going on in the ‘30s and how certain things transpired. I’m writing it at the moment, and it is a tragedy.”
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Creative Industry Tax Relief
Sumit Agarwal 29 Jun, 2018 Company News
Creative Industry Tax Relief (CITR) is a scheme to provide tax incentives implemented in the United Kingdom in 2012. This comprehends new tax encouragements particularly supporting the high-end television, animation and video game industries, along with the current tax reliefs available for a sustainable development of the film industry within the UK. The new conceptual reliefs are so introduced to support and promote the cultural pertinent creative programs and productions in the UK so as to create the interest and trust of the production houses in the markets within the UK, assuring the bright possibilities of immense development of the creative and film industry there. The further tax relaxations hence confirmed the government’s trust in the future prospects of creative industry in UK. To maintain such industries within, it was necessary to support the essential huge quantity of structure and skills in the UK forever to lead the world in terms of creative works and animations.
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CITR allows qualifying companies to claim a big amount of tax exemption or even request the HM Revenue and Customs to allow a payable tax credit in certain conditions, while calculating the tax value. More significantly, these assistances work by accumulating the permissibleoutlaysum, providing a huge profitable relief to the production companies so as to promote the cultural heritage and diversity of the UK. Supporting the entire dimensions of creative industry, in 2014 the Theatre Relief was also announced, targeting to have more cultural based productions in UK. Further, to obtain the relief, all the production houses must be certified by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) as culturally British. The core objective to offer such immiscible assistances isto make UK the technology hub of the entire Europe, also to support the productions to achieve technological innovations and digital growth.
The Categorized Reliefs – Requirements and Benefits
Precisely group of eight corporation tax reliefs summarizes the Creative Industry Tax Relief. This allows them to claim a larger exemption in payable tax or may request to claim a payable tax credit as well. These reliefs are categorized as; Film Tax Relief (FTR), Animation Tax Relief (ATR), High-end Television Tax Relief (HTR), Children’s Television Tax Relief (CTR), Video Game Tax Relief (VGTR), Theatre Tax Relief (TTR), Orchestra Tax Relief (OTR), Museum and Galleries Exhibition Tax Relief (MGETR). These reliefs usually work on increase of allowable expenditure on the creative production.
a. High – end Television Tax Relief and Children’s Television Tax Relief
Companies mainly deal in the production of high-end television and children’s television programmes can claim for HTR and CTR.
The relief applies to the qualifying expenditure sustained on or after April 1, 2013 for high-end TV shows.
Qualifying outlays incurred o or after April 1, 2015 for children’s TV programmes within the UK.
b. Video Games and Animation Tax Reliefs
Likely to television relief Video Games Tax Relief and Animation Tax Relief are structured only for those, which are actively involved in the production of specific programmes only. However, to regulate the qualifying eligibility, one could face some challenges to process these reliefs:
Income, production cost, tax adjustment and all other monetary issues must be mentioned separately for every produced animation or video subject to the distinct trade in corporation tax computation of the concerned company.
R & D tax relief cannot be claimed further after applying for such reliefs concerning to the same expenditure aspiring the additional benefit.
To calculate the attributed income of the concerned television programme if is being sold as a package section compiled with other programmes too or so with other commercial rights and regulations.
It also being challenging to judge whether the cultural test will be occurred, when a desired figure is assumed to appeal for the relief before the programme or video game is completed.
c. Film Tax Relief
Film Tax Relief has been revised many times over recent years, aiming to the vigorous growth of the film industry in the UK. These further amendments are purposely introduced to promote the sector and also to encourage the investors to strengthen their trust in the blossoming UK film industry.
Also, the cultural test enlargement including European and British culture both makes large number of films attracted towards the tax relief and tend them to process the same. These further changes benefited both small and large budget films and encourage investing in the UK film industry promising an assured profit.
d. Theatre Tax Relief
Companies who are flagrantly involved in the theatre artwork are eligible to claim for the theatre tax relief.
The relief applies to the qualifying expenditure incurred on or after September 1, 2014, on the theatrical productions specifically.
The relief supports chiefly to plays, opera, musicals and ballet and dance format shows.
If a programme qualifies to being core European Economic Area (EEA) expenditure, then a remarkable exemption can be offered up to 100% of the whole spending.
Additionally, for being EEA specific, a payable tax credit may also be facilitated up to 25% on the summed losses. TTR has the assessment grounds similar with the Film Tax Credit.
The company must be directly involved in the theatre work production. This indicates that the prime responbilities must be carried out referencing the core production by the applicant company. If the company is participating as a co-producer for a single production, teaming up with others then only one authorized and qualified company will be eligible to claim the relief.
Each performance must be performed live to qualify for the TTR. Company must be either primarily responsible for the production process or have an authority for decision making. Companies involved in producing live events are only liable for the assistance.
Most of the live performances must be either envisioned for educational purposes or done for commercial aspects. Programmes other than the mentioned area will not be included in the qualifying programmes.
e. Orchestra Tax Relief and Museum Tax Relief
Orchestra Tax Relief is available against the corporation tax only for the companies involved in the orchestral concert qualifying for the orchestra production.
As on April 1, 2016 or afterward, the authorized company may claim for the relief against the qualifying expenditure sustained.
The Orchestral Relief alike to Theatre Tax Relief also offers an additional notable deduction up to 100% of qualifying European Economic Area (EEA) expenses.
Moreover, a payable tax credit up to 25% on submitted losses also,is granted under the scheme.
f. Museum and Galleries Tax Relief
The Museum and Galleries Tax relief is the eighth in the series, designed to support the organizations to create and tour public facing exhibitions.
The relief is effective form April 1, 2017, i.e., the qualifying companies on or after the mentioned date, involved in the concerned field may claim for the relief.
Companies must note that such events referencing marketing, financing, legal, storage, purchase of exhibits are not entitled to appeal for the relief.
Additionally, if an exhibition runs for or more than 12 months are also excluded. Speculative expenses in such events may too disqualify a company to claim for the relief.
Similar qualifying condition exists for this section as well, i.e., qualifying expenditure made within the European Economic Area and 25% of the whole expense too must be within EEA.
Only expenditure on producing and placing / closing the exhibition at each assigned venues is eligible to claim the relief.
The film and related tax credits have always been anticipated as a means of leveraging additional commercial investment, promoting film production activities in the UK.
The tax reliefs are structured as tax credits, enabling additional deductions for qualifying films.
Theatre, Orchestra and the Museum Tax relief are also enlisted in the tax exemption process to provide a wide extent to the production houses dealing in different aspects of the creative work.
Commercial investment has also been encouraged with this tax credit in theatres by making commercial productions proving more financially stable.
HM treasury fully supports the theatre companies by backing them in tax credit and huge exemption in being EEA, promoting the cultural heritage and diversity in the UK.
A significant relief is also provided to the museum companies. By setting such parameters many non- profit organization are now coming to claim the relief rather than the commercial one. This aids the cultural heritage, sustained by such companies ensuring the significant growth in the UK.
Though a wide ranging tax relief is being introduced by HMRC facilitating the production houses dealing in various aspects of the entertainment industry, yet there is a great need to revise and extend these credit systems periodically. Such revision will promote the batter creative and also will secure any offence of state aid rule alongside. Furthermore, to grab all the benefits of these tax credits all production houses must ensure to submit the income and expenditure details for each performance with all accuracy to the panel, claiming for the relief.
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These weren't screams from an asylum… No, they came from a teacher's office.
Terrified like a bull surrounded by Toreros (bullfighters), a hyperactive boy was being encouraged by teachers to finally take his tranquillisers. Exhausted, the boy exclaimed: "I don't need these freakin pills… I need a father".
The sad part is it didn't just happen once. Like a song on repeat this story reoccurs every day... It characterises an entire generation.
My generation. A fatherless generation that swallows sedatives like kindergarteners go through Smarties. Regardless if churchfolk or not.
What does this have to do with Crosspaint? A lot.
Why? Because behind Crosspaint is a mission that started before YouTube even existed. And yet we are only at the beginning of the journey. A journey that has a wonderful destination. But a journey where there are obstacles, where we will make mistakes and experience disappointments.
And that's why we have to ask ourselves – before climbing the mountain: "Why are we doing this?”
The answer is the tearful boy in the teacher's office. It's the silent cry of a generation seeking glory. Of young people who have everything and yet are nothing. A generation that races towards eternity and still has no peace with the Eternal.
Can you read this story and just shrug it off? Or do you feel like I did when I saw this boy? Pain... deep in your heart. And just like me, you long for a way to reach this generation and make God and His Word great to them again.
Do you have any questions? If you read this story to the end, you will have questions... and hope. Hope, that there is a wonderful solution.
Read the whole story...
From Natha to a team: how did it happen?
How Crosspaint was born in... India?
What are the future plans for Crosspaint and why is there hope for our generation?
Yes! Give me part 2!
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New Horizons is less than 100 days away!
Heck, it’s almost exactly three months away. I’ve found myself both excited and a bit anxious about it so I thought it’d be nice to talk about my current thoughts on the game, plus a little more on the new screenshots that were shared last month.
Besides exciting news of the game also being translated into both Latin American Spanish and Spain-Spanish, they also showed a new regional/culture-based item– the China Poblana Dress.
This confirms a handful of things:
1. We will get sleeve styles besides length, as shown in Pocket Camp. I adore poofy sleeves and bell sleeves so getting both of those in Pocket Camp and seeing some kind of confirmation that at least one of those variants can come over, and honestly likely more, is really exciting.
2. Similarly, another thing I really liked from Pocket Camp: Full-length gowns/long dresses and it genuinely looks great.
3. Culture-based items are back.
That last part isn’t really surprising, but I’ve found the number one question I’ve had with New Horizons is wondering how they will work in this game. Will something on the game cartridge or what eShop you bought it from determine it even though it can work no matter what account plays it? Is it determined by what country your NNID is set to that starts the game up first? Do you get to select at the start like Pokemon?
New Leaf had regional exclusives for the following:
Europe – With some item changes for New Years Eve depending on if you were playing in French, German, Spanish, or British English.
And now we know there will, at the least, be variants between Latin America and Spain, but also had been told they were taking into effect those in the Southern Hemisphere as well so they will have the proper weather. This is actually really exciting, both in the sense of just incorporating so many places, but also working together with friends to get things done with the various fish and bugs for the museum.
There’s always the question though of how far they may take it– will there be Region Exclusive Bugs/Fish? I feel like that could start getting rather complicated, especially when online costs money and many people had trouble finding people to even connect with for the few items there were. It could even get complicated as some items, like during Setsubun and Hina Matsuri involved items you can buy from the shop and not all of them could be re-ordered through the catalog.
But I find out of everything, this is what I keep coming back around to and what I really want to know most. How will it be determined? How many items are there?
I’ve always been in the party of wishing the items could be gotten in every game along with the events. It’d be a great way to share different cultures and learn about them. If it wasn’t for Japanese Cultural items being in the Gamecube version, I would’ve never spent so much time learning about different holidays in Japan and really getting to know their culture. And sure, maybe I still would’ve gotten interested down the line, but right now, that is what ended up pulling me in at the very start.
I still think a good compromise would be once you experience an event in another person’s town, you can somehow start celebrating it in your town too. Considering you help build up the Island, I feel like there’s still a chance that could happen.
I’m hoping we’ll get a Nintendo Direct next month as it feels like we’re still lacking a lot of information– even the official site is kind of just an overview. Regardless, I’m looking forward to whatever they may bring and I can’t wait to get started on my New Horizons playthrough.
Tags: Animal Crossing, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Nintendo Switch
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On Pokemon Sword & Shield
As a note, I personally played Shield so my thoughts will mostly be in reference to that, but I just had a lot I wanted to really discuss after having played and my impressions as I went along. I more or less did this in parts as I went and the order won’t be fully concise, but I will say that I both enjoyed the game, but am still upset by certain choices it’s made along with others I didn’t expect to be issues, but, well, are. While there may be more negative than positive listed below, I am genuinely looking forward to continuing to play certain parts of the game even after finishing it. Also please keep in mind this WILL go into some spoilers.
Starting off, I will say I genuinely do like a handful of the new Pokemon, but I also loved a lot of Pokemon from previous gens too and that doesn’t really fix any of the issues with the Pokedex cut. I never expected every Pokemon to be in the game, but my issue is that I can’t even transfer them when I finish, maybe do a replay with them, and I still don’t really understand why. I don’t play Pokemon for fancy graphics or incredible animation. The models still look pretty similar and even if some Pokemon could maybe not interact in certain modes, that would’ve been okay to me. My issue is just that they’ll be trapped in a box eternally and some of these Pokemon I’ve had for over a decade.
And like, I get that this will change up competitive, especially with all the moves that have been removed as well, but they could just… have a list of Pokemon and moves that can’t be used. Heck, they already do that– I don’t see why anything had to be fully cut for this. It just feels like they are trying to push everything in this little box to play a certain way rather than letting people experience and play how they want.
There’s already a fairly linear story to play through, I don’t think there’s any need to restrict levels people can catch Pokemon at (I know it’s only at the Wild area due to how high Pokemon can be and while that is better than nothing, I still think it’s unneeded– most people will have trouble anyway when a Pokemon can literally just one-hit them), what Pokemon they can use, or just how many moves are in.
I always play through new gens with new Pokemon (or forms) only, so it’s really just that nostalgia value and attachment to the Pokemon I’ve had on past teams that I am losing out on. I don’t mind redoing my entire living dex (I’ve done so enough, though, I’ll probably pass on gender differences of any older Pokemon or at least save that for last, but since they can be transferred to an extent anyway…). The problem is just not having these Pokemon with me anymore– I collected all kinds of ribbons and things on them for a reason.
And while I know people have issues with the permanent experience share (while I enjoy it, I do wish there was a disable option for those who don’t) and changes to make things easier for EVs, it still doesn’t really mean much when some Pokemon will, unfortunately, never be completely viable based off overall stats. Even more frustrating, while I’m not entirely sure why (I would guess maybe the move cuts, but in general, it just feels like there’s less TMs that can be leaned), there just aren’t as many options for moves Pokemon can learn. It feels like they cut things out a lot and as someone who often uses very similar type Pokemon, I usually would try and make my movements have a lot of variety to help cover things like giving an Audino Thunderbolt, Flamethrower, and Surf. Unfortunately, my team will not be able to learn a single Water type move this time. I will have Normal, Fighting, Electric, Fairy, Grass, Fire, Psychic, Ground, Ghost, and Dark covered which gives me about half, but some of those moves aren’t even partially strong and between mixed stats and some of the final teams I had to go up against, overleveling was also practically required. Part of me feels like I should’ve expected it when four of the Pokemon are found in the exact same area, but it’s never been a huge issue before despite my tendency to only end up having a few different actual types and even if I didn’t have the STAB bonus, it still worked out. As a side note, TRs especially feel like a step backwards and it’s frustrating as that was a really nice quality of life feature that feels like it was tossed aside. While it’s nice we can at least trade TRs through our Pokemon, not letting TMs be able to now is just… another hit towards trying to fit everyone in this same little box to play a specific way… Like I’m just waiting for a game where we get a set team and have to deal with it because it feels like people are being forced to compromise more and more due to this. The only fire move I could have my team learn was a TM you can’t get until Post-game which made the fight against Chairman Rose one of my most difficult in the game as I had Pokemon who all could suffer to Steel and nothing to really use against it. I genuinely was scared I was going to lose (and very nearly did if it wasn’t for some quick thinking and good item usage) even with a team about 20 levels higher. Like, just, if some people want to play Pokemon on “hard mode”, let them! Let them have tougher battles and no experience share and enjoy it the way they like. If some people aren’t as into battles and want to play it on “easy mode” and get some higher attacks sooner, let them! Pokemon is a single-player game and multiplayer aspects have always been a side part of the game and those who are super into competitive will be fine even if someone’s lower level Pokemon has like… flamethrower already somehow. And like, if they did uncap stats for those who prefer to play casually so all Pokemon can be viable and they can play how they want as if all Pikachu had the power level of Ash’s Pikachu, just have it be neutralized in versus play. It’s that simple. They already do level cap adjustments in the Battle Tower areas. I don’t understand why people have to essentially get punished if they want to play any way other than this specific way.
And we kind of hit a step-back quality of life thing for encounters too honestly. I was fine saying bye to random encounters and liked seeing Pokemon right in the over world along with if they were shiny or not in Let’s Go. I also feel bad for those who shiny hunt as that probably helped a bit over running into every single one. It just seems like a weird change when the models are already in anyway and they still have gender differences show up properly– there’s no real reason the shiny ones couldn’t as well. I think I’d be okay with the random encounters being back as long as it was both– like these Pokemon can show up as both Overworld or random encounters, but not one or the other so people could still have that random feeling without having to constantly force it. That said, I am not fond of being chased which ends up making me both anxious and also screaming in real life so can we maybe not do that.
I feel part of the move changes may be because of Dynamaxing which causes moves to change in a similar way that some attacks would change when they became a Z-Move. I rarely used Z-Moves, beyond seeing the animation, and despite my love of Mega Audino, I actually hated Mega Evolutions and would’ve preferred them to just be permanent form changes. I really detest battle gimmicks and Dynamaxing has to be my least favorite so far. It’s not even how long it takes, but how it feels required. If the enemy team used a mega evolution, I could still beat them without doing so as not all Pokemon could mega evolve anyway. Z-Moves could be strong, but you can withstand them enough and half the time, I knocked out the Pokemon before they could use it, but Dynamaxing causes the HP to increase A LOT along with upping the attack power and if you don’t Dynamax as well, your attacks generally feel like doing a lot less. I generally try to ignore the gimmicks, but the game rarely gives me the opportunity to this time and it sucks. While I could maybe avoid it with some stronger Pokemon or maxing them out more, it still feels like too much at times… Not to mention I’m just kind of tired of both the music and cutscenes for the entire thing.
Similarly, going back to what I said before about kind of wanting you to play a very specific way, this feels even more apparent at the sharp level curve around the third and 4th gyms. The game assumes you’ll be going into the Wild area, doing raids, and training off Pokemon plus getting a lot of the experience increases. I purposely wanted to save the Wild area until the end when I wouldn’t have to worry about running into something I couldn’t catch. Which meant despite catching nearly every single Pokemon I could and even fighting all the trainers, I was still about 5-10 levels lower at the time and some of the attacks were brutal. Even doing some emergency leveling to get a bit ahead by going into the raid area, I found myself coming up a bit short.
Raids also have a handful of issues. While you may be able to take on 1 or 2 Stars by yourself, 3 Stars are a coin flip based off what you have available and who you’re up again and 4 and 5 stars are very hard alone or without a full team. 5 Star especially needs a full team of players as the AI is complete garbage. You CAN get lucky and maybe pull it off with two people, but it’s stressful and unlikely. The matchmaking is a mess as well when it comes to trying to match with friends as their raids won’t always show up. Add on the fact that you can put in all that effort and still have the Pokemon escape from the Pokeball at the end and it can be super disheartening. I really do thing if you manage to get a raid done, you should automatically get the Pokemon. You don’t really have second chances (I mean, I suppose you can keep saving and resetting, but I don’t know, I feel really weird about doing that in this game), you already have to depend on your teammates (I’ve had an AI who brought a fire Pokemon to a raid against a Water Pokemon) and while sometimes I’ve gotten lucky or close to winning if all the AI didn’t keep dying (as if a total of 4 Pokemon faint, the raid automatically ends… Which I also think is stupid– I can understand the 10 rounds, but unless the team fully wipes versus the same one or two people keep fainting, I don’t think there should be a fainting element to lose) and people really love to just… rush to Dynamax. I generally check my teammates to see who I think would be the best to and if I don’t think my Pokemon will do it, I’ll pass. And it’s so rare to see it get passed beyond one other person because people just… LEAP to that Dynamax button as if their life depended on it and if the Dyanmax’d Pokemon gets knocked out or is just… clearly underleveled, everyone is kind of risking it and it sucks. I feel horrible when I miscalculate and fail. One of the things I genuinely like about raids is it actually feels REALLY NICE to be able to help friends out (or at least attempt to) or even just random people. There’s something really fulfilling about it and I think I just wish it was possible to do more parties of the same raid if multiple people want to try against whatever pops up like… if someone is late, make a new room. I think that’d be cool. Even once I finish, I’ll probably pop in at times to help people out and that’s probably the first time I’ve ever really had a reason to play more of Pokemon once I finish my own goals.
Moving onto graphics, honestly, the towns were beautiful. The trainers mainly worked, but the Pokemon felt rather… bland at times. Like if I dropped a cell-shaded character on a painted background. It didn’t look bad necessarily, just kind of lackluster. Especially in the water.
In general, the Wild Area is a bit less impressive in comparison to the towns, I would guess it’s partially due to how much is IN it in the first place.
Regardless, like I said, while it’s mainly a models thing, a lot of the areas are just really stunning:
The only other thing I’d maybe bring up are some of the “battle arenas” when just battling out in about… Like Hop challenging the main character at the Hot Springs area only for it to put us on the outside Winter path. It was just kind of strange.
I’m also not really the biggest “music” person in games, but the two themes that stood out to me the most were Circhester’s Town theme and one of the Gym trainer victory theme remixes. It just sounded so bubbly.
As for customization, it was kind of mixed. I think they had a good variety for some things like jackets, pants, and skirts, but all the shirts felt pretty plain with mostly just being some variant of a long sleeved or short sleeved shirt for the most part. I would’ve loved something similar to the Tie-Neck Blouse from X/Y. I still feel like X/Y had the most “variety” style-wise– just not much in the color department, which thankfully Sword/Shield does well with, though, I do miss having “light” and “dark” versions of each color while whether you get light, neon, or bright colors seems to vary based off brand and not usually more than one shade of a color. There’s only two dresses and both are hot pink. While I could maybe try pairing a pink jacket with the white dress which looks okay, I just wish I could wear a nice light pink one. There’s a handful of skirt styles, but all are fairly short, even shorter than the dress skirt length, and it’s kind of disappointing. I still found something I like though at least, but god, why couldn’t there be some light pink dresses?
I would say hairstyles are where I was most disappointed and while I at least liked them more than Sun/Moon to an extent (I think they did wavy hair better there than here though), I still think X/Y did the best. Male hairstyles still kind of lack a bit and I’m not sure why they just… don’t include all from past games or something, but as for girls, my main issue is the lack of long hair. I loved the long wavy ponytail from X/Y and know a lot of people who used the long pigtails, but Sword/Shield’s longest hair only goes a bit below the shoulders/barely mid-back with the ponytail likely being that long hairstyle up and that’s it. I genuinely don’t understand why we couldn’t have longer hair.
I also wish we could customize our “challenger” outfit to some extent beyond the numbers. We unlock these other uniforms, but can’t even use them in the battles themselves. I also just… hate the fact that a couple of gyms vary per game. I can deal with version exclusive Pokemon, even if I do find it dumb, but exclusive gyms or anything similar just sucks. We don’t even see those characters at all beyond the gym introduction thing despite some mentioning through League Cards and I have no idea why. Like we really can’t run into them somehow? We still saw the characters in Black/White… It’s just so weird to me, especially as it causes region exclusive league cards too and like… we really can’t run into them to battle them too?
As for the gyms themselves, I found the stadium environment dumb, but did like the different challenges to get up to that point. I also enjoyed how the “Elite 4” worked in this game– it made me think of the Anime. The puzzles were fun too for the most part. The ice/rock one kind of stressed me out a bit.
Moving onto the Online stuff… Surprise Trades are essentially Wonder Trades, so I still enjoy them, but the removal of the GTS sucks and the Link Trade codes don’t really work 100%… Like it’s a neat option if you don’t want to add everyone I guess, but you can easily get someone else and sometimes, it can take a couple of times to get who you want to. I already spoke about Max Raids earlier and still stick to that. Some also just… fill up so fast and while I am looking forward to being more helpful with friends, half the time the thing doesn’t even properly pop up which is a bit of an issue. Though, considering all the maintenance, it seems they are still having some issues with it. While it can be laggy, I do genuinely love running into people out and about. I just don’t know why they didn’t let people’s icons be their trainer, maybe even from their league card, versus having to pick one of the random game trainers to represent you on the Y-Comm.
I would say my favorite part with Sword/Shield would be some of the collection aspects. I love being able to collect all the league cards and fill out the curry dex as well while working on my living dex. Camping is also a lot of fun, though, I wish we could get more toys and even customize our tent a bit more beyond just the color. I also would’ve liked to see our hotel room to be honest… Honestly, I just want both character customization and some kind of room/secret base customization too :( I feel like there were areas it could’ve been… (Also tired of the Eevee for girls, Pikachu for boys thing… I’ve always liked Pikachu more than Eevee, why couldn’t I have a Pikachu plush in my room or even both??). I’m also looking forward to trying to get all the Alcremie variants and that brings me up to my least favorite thing with the Curry Dex and Alcremie Collection: Getting the items you need sucks.
While most of the main food ingredients in the Curry Dex aren’t TERRIBLE to earn, one item you can only get rarely through raids and berries are mainly through randomly shaking trees. What berries you get are random and if you shake too much, you get attacked by a Pokemon and lose a lot of, if not all of, your berries. As for the other ingredients, while some are sold randomly, most of it is just randomly gotten through talking to trainers in the Wild Area or randomly stumbling across them, but it’s still all random. Random ingredients, random berries… And with Alcremie, there’s 7 different flavors for a total of 70 different Alcremie variants (Vanilla Cream, Ruby Cream, Caramel Swirl, Lemon Cream, Matcha Cream, Mint Cream, Rainbow Swirl, Ruby Swirl, Salted Cream, and Shiny with each of the 7 decorations) so you need to get 10 of each of these decorations which are only through random Cafe Battles you can do once a day and there are only three total cafes. Even if you somehow lucked out and got 3 sweets EVERY DAY and they were somehow all ones you still needed to do, it would take over 23 days minimum. You also need to hope you don’t mess up as some require spinning over 5 seconds in a different direction or even over 10 seconds at a specific time. The first time I even tried, despite normally spinning no problem, I was so stressed out I immediately failed because it’s such a gamble if you even get these. Like they could’ve just made it so which sweet you gave the Alcremie is which color you get overall and while I do like this way (and the Strawberry is honestly my favorite), it’s just… a lot.
I genuinely think some of the new evolution systems are interesting and cool, but I wish it wasn’t so luck-based. That is my biggest problem. And it quickly gets frustrating.
Other messes are everything with the fossils. While yes, you could just trade to make it easier, you’ll still be a bit short as there are four different fossil Pokemon that are essentially abominations that were brought back to life wrong by combining two fossils and honestly, I feel absolutely awful about it?? I hate this. I hate that they did this. WHY would they do this?? Regardless, you can only get more in your own game through yet another random chance game. I will say the fossils came faster than I expected, but it’s just… why is so much up to random chance? This goes for evolution stones as well and if there is one big complaint I have with the game, it’s how convoluted everything is. Like I’m so tired of paying the Skilled Digging Guide to try and get things.
I feel like maybe if the weather changed more often, that would at least *help* make things feel less hectic or like so much to keep track of, but it doesn’t and it’s just kind of frustrating at times. You get so many PokeDollars too as you play the game and yet, so many items can’t be bought. :/ There are also items that PokeJobs are really helpful to get, but I ended up not doing them often as due to the way I keep my box organized, it would always get messed up upon their return/removal. I kind of wish it was possible for them to just be in their space, but like… locked in the same way a Pokemon pending for surprise trade is versus needing to move everything around again when they return or thinking I’m crazy and didn’t actually catch a Pokemon because I stress too much.
Finally, the story and the characters… I really liked the characters and while some went back and forth for me, I found myself mainly wishing we could hang out with some of them more. I know a lot of people didn’t like Hop and I feel part of it was his determination that he would definitely be the Champion even as he loses to the MC each time. It wasn’t even like… general bragging of being the best, but like “Even though I keep losing I’ll still be Champion” and it came off a bit strange, but I still kind of liked him along with Bede and Marnie as well.
Speaking of Bede, I would just like to say I am absolutely pinker than him, Ms. Opal >___> Anyway, going back to my point… I liked the story a lot and I like how it built up. I think my only real issue is I often picked the options to not immediately battle or ask why, partially in hopes that maybe it wouldn’t force me to like how you can skip the catching tutorial, but also just to see if it varied the story at all, but other than seeing a bit of dialogue difference, it mostly just acted like I picked the “wrong” choice and had me go through the dialogue again. I know it was silly to hope for an option to essentially say “I’m only here because Hop dragged me into it”, but I still kind of got hopeful if only due to some of the choices they gave me.
I kind of wish we had more moments where we COULD respond how we wanted. Maybe it was just our character actually having more expressions and animations, but I felt more attached to them as a character and it made me wish I could do more and act a certain way. Especially during some of the big battle monologues. We very rarely get an option and it’d be nice to get it more.
I also was disappointed, though not surprised, about how Chairman Rose ended up being the real villain. Team Yell felt more comic relief than anything and it’s always some big important person or someone with a lot of power and well, it panned out. In general, the whole thing felt like a stretch, and I get that Pokemon never has the most sensible plots (I mean, Gen 3 showed that plenty with Team Aqua’s and Team Magma’s goals…), but it just felt weird in the sense of wanting to help these people of this town so much… he wanted to abandon them to ensure the energy lasts to the future without fully understanding how it all worked? And then he just… turns himself in. I loved the entire scene against Eternatus a lot so I’m not necessarily mad, I just kind of would’ve liked if maybe we didn’t have to have some ridiculous over the plot once, especially as I liked both of the characters and they were friendlier than pretty much all the other “villain” heads.
The Post Game was also just kind of strange, but I enjoyed seeing all the characters again. I kind of wish I could’ve pointed out that Hop is the one who dragged the MC on this journey/path in the first place, but oh well. I think my only complaint is we really only saw Marnie after that and Bede’s moment was too short. For the other “rival” characters, it really felt like they were barely around and I would’ve liked to hang out with them more and learn about them without just reading about it on the back of their cards. I also still had so many questions about the Royalty thing– am I a Princess/Queen now?? Do I really have a thrown somewhere? Can I make my title Princess? These are all very important questions.
I will say overall, I think the whole thing with Eternatus and the sword and shield was absolutely my favorite part in the game. The cutscenes were amazing, the characters reactions were great, the music was perfect, I felt so pumped up during it and there isn’t really a similar scene during post-game unfortunately but just like, look at their precious faces and some of these scenes from that moment:
And just kind of a quick fire brief thing with last opinions:
-I’m glad we got some version of a traveling box back along with more “normal” boxes. While I liked a lot of Let’s Go’s sorting options (like being able to sort by Pokedex number… That was so helpful…), I prefer the boxes to a super long menu.
-Something I never expected to say, but I’m kind of glad Pokemon following wasn’t in the game. As much as I usually like it, Let’s Go showed it REALLY doesn’t work well when there’s overworld sprites as it just makes the screen feel really busy and when you’re watching for Pokemon spawns and your own Pokemon just keeps moving around, it can be really distracting. That said, I think a good compromise in the future would be something where smaller Pokemon can still hang out if you choose for them to and/or having it so they could still pop out during cut scenes or areas where there aren’t wild Pokemon. That said, there was an option to just… not have a Pokemon follow you so it still could’ve worked if it did stay around.
-I get that Hop chooses the starter weak to ours, but him already having a Wooloo and challenging us to a battle with 2 Pokemon against 1 was really messed up.
-Honestly, some of the Pokemon cut are just… genuinely surprising and feel more UK-ish than some of the ones in (such as the Lillipup line versus the Pancham line). It just makes the dex cut feel even more disheartening because the reasons don’t add up enough. And I still stand by that we really do have tons of Pokemon already– I would love to see a game focus more on everything built up (or even just a new region) even if there weren’t any new Pokemon or just like… new legendaries. They’ve made so much great stuff, I wish they’d do something using it all rather than scrapping so much of it every new game or doing weird cuts like this.
-If a Pokemmon has a Gigantamax form, all of those Pokemon should– not just some of them. Every Pikachu, Every Gengar, Every Alcremie. Make it through an item maybe if needed, but it’s super frustrating as part of the fun is raising the Pokemon early on and if you just have to catch this fancy already evolved Pokemon, who may likely escape no matter how hard you try, it removes some of the fun bonding journey experience.
-I continue to miss the Dex Nav, especially as they keep adding more conditions for when/how to find Pokemon.
-2% catch rates are absolute garbage. I can kind of give it some flack for high level evolutions, but literally the base evolution (if there is even more than one evolution)?? Seriously?? Raid exclusives also suck considering how random it can be. What frustrates me the most is it’s all luck based. Someone can run into the grass and immediately get it while others can be running into them for hours with no luck. There’s no skill, it’s just endless monotony. Not to mention I swear the game has a higher chance of giving you a Pokemon you’ve caught or seen before than one you haven’t v-v;
-Pokemon Camp is really cute, but I kind of wish I could just watch them more as the… toys are kind of boring and we can’t really pet our Pokemon either. I wish we could add more things for them to do like toys and stuff like Pokemon Amie. Similarly, having our Pokemon say how they hope to be pet when we literally can’t in this game is just cruel.
-As much fun as the Curry dex and cooking with your Pokemon is, I wish the… method was less spammy? A bit simpler or just button pressing timers versus as convoluted as it is.
-Since we can take items away from Pokemon in the box, it’d be nice if we could also give/use/evolve them too, honestly.
-The Bike controls are kind of really awkward? The turning/controls just feel rough and it tends to do a lot of big arches.
-The Wild Area is a gimmicky mess. I think there’s cool aspects to it, it’s really fun to run around and see other trainers and Pokemon popping up in all kinds of environments in like this crazy area full of different biomes, but it’s also super laggy when there’s a lot of trainers and Pokemon, the weather changes by day which while cool at times is significantly less cool when trying to find a Pokemon that has a 2% spawn rate only in random grass (the 5% overworld ones are kind of annoying too, but easier to deal with) or playing Den lotto with Wishing Stars. I do think it’s an interesting idea, but just not really furnished a lot. I think maybe smaller areas spread out with set weathers would’ve worked a bit better.
-As cool as the bike going right into a water-riding-bike thing, I do miss surfing on Pokemon. Or with Pokemon.
-I understand why Sinistea breeding would generally be a forgery because of these… rare tea sets, but it kind of sucks the form doesn’t carry over if breeding a legit one. Similarly, if I give it a legitimate tea pot (Chipped), why can’t it BECOME an authentic one? Like it is possessing my tea pot even if the tea cup wasn’t. As a side note,, while I am glad it’s not a big difference, it sucks that you really have no way to tell without catching it unless you get lucky with how the camera moves during the battle.
-The move relearner, move deleter, and name rater all being together in one NPC in every Pokemon Center was really nice. I hope that sticks around.
-The Joy-con switching around is really cute as is getting the same Pikachu and/or Eevee as whatever gender you had at Let’s Go. I love cute Easter Eggs like that. Also really makes me wish I had pink Joy-Cons. Or that light pink ones existed.
-Kind of how Let’s Go let a random user tag in locally, I kind of wish they took that an extra step this time where if when in a Wild Area, another Switch user could connect to their saved data to play together with the other so users who only have one Switch could still raid and trade.
-I genuinely adore a lot of the new Pokemon designs. Definitely have some brand new favorites that would easily be in my top 10-20, if not top 5.
-Only being able to change our outfits in the Boutique again sucks.
-Why is there no weather key?? Sure, some are pretty obvious, but others I manage to constantly mix up somehow. Or at least flat out say the weather in the details.
-I genuinely wish there were more moments on the train. I really liked those cutscenes and it could’ve been a nice way to just… chat with characters from time to time too.
-The game seems to prioritize online notifications by anyone near you, anyone on your friend’s list, and then anyone in your region/playing the same language followed by maybe those playing in others. While it definitely shows a lot of people just wandering around, it’d be nice to see more notifications and connectivity with all players, especially when playing at times where it’s really early for most people I know.
-I’m so happy that move learning is identical throughout the line versus some Pokemon only learning certain moves at a certain stage and level varying. I don’t have to worry about missing something now.
-I really liked making my own League Card, but I wish we had some of the sparkly color backgrounds that some of the ones we collect have. A lot of the options we had for ours either felt like too busy of a pattern or were literal scenery and it’d have been cool to have some options similar to ones we collected. Regardless, that didn’t change me finding something I really liked.
-It’d be nice if the game said when someone is changing their Pokemon when in a raid with someone.
-I get that the Battle Tower is mainly for those who want to play competitive, but some people still just want to have a powerful team of Pokemon they love and maybe get all the cute collectibles and just, if I want to steamroll through with level 100 Pokemon versus level 50’s, just let me please. I also wish I could use Pokedollars instead of needing to earn BP because again, you earn A LOT of Pokedollars and while I prefer too much to too little in this case, there really isn’t much to spend it on once you finish the story itself and are dressed how you like.
-While I don’t really need voice acting in Pokemon, it was genuinely a bit awkward at times that they did all the mouths moving but… had absolutely no sound beyond awkward occasional sound effects. Even the little text beeps would’ve been fine, but it just felt really weird.
-I AM SO HAPPY WE CAN SIT ON BENCHES AGAIN. I missed sitting. And I love how the… menus fade out when you do this so you can just watch the scene unfold. I also really adore the character idle animations.
Anyway, I have less than 20 Pokemon left for my Living dex so it’s time to get back to it :)
I’ll edit this entry when I’m done.
Edit on November 28th, 2019 at 10PM EST: The Living Dex has been completed!
The video can be checked out here :)
Tags: Nintendo Switch, Off-the-cuff Reviews, Opinion Piece, Pokemon SW/SH, Review
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Let’s talk about Virtual Worlds
So, something I’ve been thinking about a lot as newer ones have started to pop up again recently: Virtual Worlds. While some of you may already be aware, I really adore Virtual World games which have, unfortunately, become kind of non-existent over the years. Most have been phased out and it’s such a shame as they’re honestly pretty fun. The games are essentially MMOs… But usually a bit more relaxing. The excitement comes in customization, minigames, puzzles, and collectibles and outside the minigame grind, it’s something I really enjoy a lot.
Pretty much everyone has heard of Club Penguin, which unfortunately closed to make way for Club Penguin Island… And didn’t last very long which is a shame. I feel part of the issue is a lot of people played the PC version and while they eventually added a PC version (which I found ran much better), it was downloadable versus in browser which can turn some people off.
On top of that, you had to start over. Club Penguin Island was essentially a reboot of the original Club Penguin and while we saw some old familiar faces, many of them had new designs. On top of that, old features that people had adapted to just… weren’t there. Like Puffles which were in progress, but didn’t manage to release before the game closed. Adding on that most clothing could only be accessed as a member and having so little options compared to the old game due to being a reboot and it kind of set itself up to fail with a much higher budget, but not enough to pull people in. Plus, while clothing design is cool, they generally looked flatter to most “official” stuff and they didn’t do enough regular outfits. It was just patterns for people to design their own all the time which, yes, still cool, but could be better.
Personally, I really enjoyed the missions on Club Penguin Island as those kinds of things were my favorite part of Club Penguin. However, a big issue with the ones on CPI was the fact that they were very linear. While Club Penguin’s could be too, I felt there was more exploration and puzzles involved–but not just that, sometimes there were additional side quests which would allow you to get a bonus reward like a box of pizza or a medal and those kind of trinkets have always been some of my favorite things. CPI’s was very much a back and forth quest with occasionally some item collecting, but mostly I just felt like I was going back and forth talking to NPCs with a brief minigame at times.
Build a Bearville is probably one of the games I’m surprised shut down. It seemed to be doing well, it encouraged people to buy more of their products (I bought a lot more of them just for some little virtual item versus actually wanting the animal itself…), there was interesting customization, and I made some friends. I have a video I did shortly before it closed down and I do miss it.
ImagineTown is another odd closure and what still bothers me about it to this day is the fact that it closed VERY SHORTLY after it’s grand opening. The game I actually felt did a good job balancing things and just didn’t get the time it needed to flourish. The game had the character pick from several different “jobs” such as Model or Gardener or Designer. Each had their own quest line and you could unlock more of it. You couldn’t unlock everything for free, but there was a lifetime price which was roughly the cost of the game which honestly really helped make it worth it. I loved helping out on the forums, I felt the quests were all fun, I liked designing clothing, and it was genuinely really cute. There were neat titles you could earn:
Cool animations:
And I really loved the different backgrounds. I know Ubisoft is likely not reading this, but if somehow they are, I still wish they’d bring it back :(
Not to mention how hard I worked on my room too and there were still so many items I was looking forward to:
The game actually connected to some of their games and you could earn codes to redeem for items as well.
Wiglington and Wenks is another I was really fond of. I always loved Madeline’s European Adventure and it was kind of like that, but in a virtual world format– you traveled around places and could collect items and learn about different cultures and that just ticks nearly every box in things I love. It never really had time to kick off though, there was often not much to do once you found everything, and there wasn’t really much of a story. It just didn’t have enough to do while waiting for new content.
Pixie Hollow was another I really liked and it just kind of closed so fast, I didn’t even have a chance to really screenshot and record things I would’ve liked to remember. I would say it’s biggest issues ere having it so spawns weren’t player specific and adding a competitive nature to certain events on top of just… a lot of grinding. It also had a lot of items only available for a certain amount of time and required a lot of materials to make those things in time and when also having to go against other users trying to do the same thing, it was just too much and I feel like just a few adjustments could’ve kept it alive and well, honestly. But Disney just shut it down instead.
For those who did enjoy Club Penguin, recently the original creator of it started work on a new Virtual World– Box Critters:
The art style alone should be pretty nostalgic and while they aren’t Penguins, there are going to be a handful of different species this time around.
Right now, it’s still in Alpha phases with weekly items and occasional special events keeping people interest. There’s been an Easter one that involved collecting Eggs by going to certain parts of the map and then wearing those eggs to other parts would grant bunny hats, a Halloween Maze, and most recently, the BattleBears event to tie in with their boardgame Kickstarter of the same name, though, it is currently being reworked.
While I think the game is doing a good job keeping people interested, I do think it hits some marks that could alienate future users. There are already 94 different items that were publicly available at some point and of those 94, only 36 are still available to get. At the moment, I don’t believe it’s been said any items are permanently gone so I’m absolutely hoping some items will make a return, especially ones that were only available for a day (things happen– I’ve lost interest suddenly for an entire week and it sucks to miss out on things).
I feel like the big things that Virtual Worlds need to remember, especially if they are generally more casual and not literally an MMO in a browser, is they need to:
1. Be Flexible. Events are cool and definitely a must, but they don’t need to be one time only. Recurring can work. And even items that come back maybe every season or every year or two still helps.
2. Whether intentional or not, the game does encourage a community feeling. Having super rare items can encourage a clique-like environment and make people feel left out. People can still show their older pride either through their username or even having their date shown somewhere. There’s other ways to be a Founder besides super exclusives.
3. While it can be fun to have an item be announced through a specific social media vein or through someone specific, it’s less fun when it’s spread to just a few people before officially releasing– it’s the main reason so many people started guessing codes because nobody enjoys feeling left out.
4. Despite the community feel, don’t force people into it. Some games will require at least one other person, if not multiple people, in order to even unlock things and while maybe that can be good for really active games at all times, some people have different online times or may not be comfortable in the more social aspect of a game and prefer playing solo. One of the nice things about virtual worlds is the flexibility– if it’s constant time management, it’ll start feeling more like a chore and harder to budget the time.
5. Not everything has to be a contest. High Scores and things can be fun, but even just noting a high score can be cool without having people going up against each other for something.
Regardless, I really hope Virtual Worlds pick up again. They hit some of my favorite things to do in games without stressing me out and I really do miss them.
Tags: Box Critters, Build a Bearville, Club Penguin, Imagine Town, ImagineTown, Pixie Hollow, Virtual Worlds, Wiglington and Wenks
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The Problem with Pocket Camp’s Subscription Services (Pocket Camp Club)
If you have read my previous posts about Pocket Camp or follow my Twitter, you probably have an idea of what I’m going to be saying here already. The short version would be that a game where doing everything at your own pace giving a subscription that helps you deal with their ridiculous event schedule or a game where collecting everything is a huge deal getting a subscription that gives you more space and more chances at items is incredibly scummy and I’m not sure why some games think just because they’re mobile, they can charger their users for certain things that are expected.
I will say I don’t think the “Happy Helper Plan” is awful and if it was under different circumstances, I’d probably even consider it more. I also would have less of an issue if the subscriptions were (whether just one or bought together) done through a permanent “premium” purchase of the game in the sense of buying it like Super Mario Run had versus being a monthly payment. At $2.99 a month, it’s not really terrible on paper, but still has some issues in the sense of the game itself.
The main problem with the “Happy Helper Plan” is a lot of people have brought up how demanding Pocket Camp can be. While they have slowly added more things players can sell to one another, it still doesn’t involve actual items– just materials. There are rarely any event breaks and the events require A LOT of time. In a time where every single game/site wants to do an event at the same time and all require a large amount of you dedication to get through, it’s even rougher in a game where they penalize just how much you can do at a time and also requiring you to check in each time and depend on others or even your own luck to finish.
The Happy Helper Plan essentially makes it so things will be taken care of for you so you DON’T have to constantly check in. Which honestly is really nice, but a big point of Animal Crossing is collecting everything and that’s really where the problem for this specific subscription comes in because despite the game Pocket Camp is based off of, it clearly has no idea what “going at your own pace” means and that’s one of the REALLY nice things with Animal Crossing. Days where I want to spend tons of time getting things done, I can! Times where I don’t feel like doing much, it’ll be okay! New Leaf added ways to lessen how much you really needed to check in with the Beautiful Ordinance and at times, Pocket Camp feels like two steps back which makes me worry about New Horizons quite a bit :/
If this was just a premium thing as part of mobile, I feel like I could at least justify it a bit more, but a subscription service to just feel more comfortable playing and succeeding in the point of the game itself feels really iffy.
It does cost about what 60 Leaf Tickets would be anyway so in that sense, the service is free, but in a game that attracts people of so many ages, things getting more and more paywalls (Fortune Cookies, Event Items, Terrain Customization…) just doesn’t really sit well to me.
The other subscription is the Cookie & Depot Plan which, honestly, I just think is complete garbage. It’s $7.99 a month and essentially you get 50 more Leaf tickets than you would normally (as you can pick any five fortune cookies, including ones gone each month) plus a big storage system. Ignoring all the issues with Fortune Cookies I’ve brought up before and that older ones will likely return anyway, my main issue is locking storage behind a monthly payment system.
A game with a huge collection feature, constantly adding new items (I don’t even think we have all the items from pre-existing games…), a gachapon feature, and multiple parts of the game that encourage getting extras of items (The HHA Academy, Gulliver’s whole thing). Locking storage when having everything is encouraged to such a point is really awful.
New Leaf had a lot of storage, a lot of places you could place things, and even more storage added through an update. Past games let you use wardrobes to try and have more storage too. Here, you can only decorate three places (Your Campsite, Cabin, and Camper), all are relatively small, and the game is constantly pumping out more and more things.
Was I able to keep everything I wanted on hand in New Life? No, of course not, but I was able to use multiple characters to try and hold onto everything I wanted to that was important to me and made a point to just keep items that couldn’t be ordered again through the catalog incase I DID need something. And if I ran into a situation of needing something immediately again like for Gracie or something, I could usually ask a friend to help me out.
But we don’t have any options here. Every event, we gets tons of the same things. Some HHA Academy rooms require multiple ones. Gulliver works on item combos. And yet we have to pay for additional storage and barely complimentary fortune cookies? I don’t really have words for just how much Pocket Camp just… breaks my heart. I keep lowering my expectations and somehow, it still manages to go below them and disappoint me further.
Tags: Animal Crossing, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, Cookie & Depot Plan, Happy Helper Plan, Mobile Games, Nintendo, Pocket Camp Club
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Let’s Go and Ultra Moon thoughts
So, anyone who follows my twitter or may recall some of my older posts, I had been struggling a lot with finishing Let’s Go, Pikachu and Ultra Moon before Pokemon Sword/Shield’s release. I promised I’d extrapolate on that along with my feelings about them upon finishing. While I may make some mentions to Sword/Shield, I will not be mentioning anything from leaks– just stuff that has been officially said since E3.
Honestly, I hated Ultra Moon so much. I think part of it was that I just wasn’t that happy with Pokemon Moon in the first place– I found Alola nice and I did adore the trials, but customization felt like a step down, outfit colors were restricted based on your version, and catching, especially after ORAS and the beauty of the dex-nav, felt incredibly slow, as did some of the story’s pacing. Add on loading issues due to Totem Pokemon where I was actually worried my 3DS would freeze (and it did once), and it was frustrating and nerve-wrecking more than I enjoyed it.
Regardless, I found the story interesting and liked the characters and so I picked up Ultra Moon, mostly because of a few new Pokemon, and it just… was so much worse playing a second time. While I enjoyed some of the trial changes and some of the extended cutscenes (even if our character still didn’t emote much), the story overall felt much worse this time with a lot rebooting of past storylines and that already felt frustrating in ORAS. In the sense of a fan service moment, I did like seeing those characters, especially as I was surprised by how some character’s appearances changed, but in the sense of a story, it just felt frustrating. I feel like the game could’ve benefited from a sequel similar to Black/White 2 versus a reboot of the same story to align a bit more with some of the anime characterization.
Unless I like… super love a game, I don’t think I’d get a third version again and even then, I’d be relatively apprehensive about it. I think it’d really need to be a sequel or prequel or something just… fully different for me to invest again.
As for Let’s Go, my feelings for it are best summed up as “complicated”. The only way for me to really start enjoying myself was to essentially play a way I’m not used to doing and honestly, I feel like Let’s Go genuinely didn’t want people to. It felt aimed more at people who played GO (and likely don’t care much on having a living dex), enjoyed competitive aspects, and/or shiny hunters. But for people more focused on completing their dex and catching them all, it just felt so… monotonous and exhausting to take care of these catch combos to even get certain Pokemon to show up. What I ended up learning after becoming Champion is that Pokemon show up much more often (and rarer ones as well) then… So if I just waited until the end to work on my dex, maybe I could’ve saved myself time from catching so many of them through GO Park (which… I had mixed feelings on. Having to re-catch Pokemon I already caught and raised just sucked honestly).
I loved seeing this version of Kanto, but at the same time, my nostalgia for Kanto is kind of lessening as it’s just… constant. Like I love it a lot and I liked how the story was changed up too and how it kind of fit together with the existing timeline despite some obvious anomalies, not to mention playing with Pikachu was a lot of fun. One thing I was really disappointed in, which either I just forgot due to not having played so long or wasn’t mentioned, was that the Pikachu (or maybe Eevee in the Eevee version) waving the Joy-con around meant Pikachu wanted to talk to you or give you something… I just thought it was a reminder that someone could tag in as a support trainer so I’m disappointed I missed out on more moments with Pikachu as the cut-scenes and interactions were easily my favorite part of the game.
Bringing up GO for a second, I’m super mixed on how Meltan works, especially when it requires 400 Candy to evolve. Honestly, not everyone who gets this game will have played GO (and will probably miss the Safari Zone…) so they have no way to get Meltan and while I do think the initial reveal of Meltan was really cool, I do think it should’ve been able to get normally in the game somehow too.
As for the actual catching, I’m still not a fan of motion capture at all, but I understood why it was there (unlike the stupid catch combos) considering the GO-general-Pokemon-game-combo they had going. While I disliked battling for Pokemon, especially as I often worried about knocking them out, it was frustrating not having much we could do to stop them. I often abuse quick balls at this point in hopes of catching a Pokemon immediately, but I just spent so much time missing due to terrible aim (whether my fault or the system not reading where I was moving the controller to, who knows– maybe both), that it felt really disheartening when they ran. I was surprised I managed to get all the legendaries though without needing to reset. The 5 minute timer for them and Snorlax really stressed me out (why did there need to be a timer…), but it felt really rewarding to get through it and then try to catch without as many penalties. I think if they could do that for a chance to have the Pokemon not run would be nice.
Regardless, I did manage to finish my living dex dreams and re-make my very first Pokemon team from when I played Pokemon Blue which was a really nice feeling.
I will say though, while I liked the trainer’s default appearance, I was surprised there was so little customization. I also think it was unfair with how many more outfits the Eevee version got, especially considering Pikachu’s was more… shades of yellow/orange/brown while Eevee had a whole rainbow of colors. I think it would’ve been nice if you either could get them by showing an Eevee you caught or even just being able to buy them. I don’t know why they couldn’t do that. I can understand just having one hairstyle per trainer to match Pokemon GO, but… GO has customization so not being able to customize more was just so weird to me. I did get a bit lucky with the trainer at least as for the most part, it was what I would’ve picked anyway (well, minus the outfit colors… maybe I’d change the outfit a bit)– just I would’ve gone with the darkest brown hair color instead. I’m guessing part of it is due to the cute image at the end credits, but even if that may be the case, all the colors were in already so if they just let people pick their hair/eye/skin color separately and have all the outfits in, I don’t think it would’ve caused any harm.
Regardless, it was nice to find some enjoyment in Let’s Go despite my struggles with it. That said, I still prefer catching Pokemon as I go… getting a few that only show up post-game is fine I guess, but I prefer doing it all in order as I get to each new location.
In the end, the only thing I didn’t really spend much time on was the Master Trainer feature feature, only facing the Pikachu Master. I’m just not into that kind of competitive-battle-environment and for the most part, I’m not too upset about it beyond that I couldn’t fight Red then. Maybe one day. If the CP requirements weren’t so high for the “shown” ones, at least I could’ve fought Red. v-v
I will say though, it’s a shame these were my last full Living dex completions and that still breaks my heart a bit with Sword/Shield. While I always start a new team anyway, it always meant a lot to have all my Pokemon with me and know I could bring them out when I wanted to and get them new ribbons and experiences and that just won’t be possible now. As much as I love Pokemon and do love some of the new ones, I do feel there are… plenty of Pokemon at this point and I wish time would go into making a game that uses all the great things they’ve already made to make something even better rather than constantly trying to make something new.
Tags: Off-the-cuff Reviews, Opinion Piece, Pokemon, Pokemon SW/SH, Pokemon Ultra Moon, Pokemon: Let's Go Pikachu
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Incoming Transmission from Batuu (and the World of Disney)
As tempting as it was to try and write this slightly in character, I’ve been sick these last several days so I’ll try and lessen it, especially for those of you who read this blog and aren’t particularly into Star Wars (That said, if anyone is here from my old SWTOR blog, a Rising Moons/Bright Suns to you depending on where you may be in the universe!). I’m also probably going to bring up a bit other facets of my trip to Disney World, but the focus is absolutely going to be in the brand new area– Galaxy’s Edge where you can visit Batuu and get a feeling of full immersion in the Star Wars Universe.
I wouldn’t really call myself the biggest Star Wars fan, but I like it enough to still enjoy several aspects of it. What I found myself most excited for was using the new Datapad mode through the Play Disney app once we arrived in Batuu. I absolutely adored collecting things in SWTOR so being in this immersive world where we can scan things and do jobs and quests and collect things? Completely up my alley.
While I wouldn’t mind my face not just being a black silhouette, there’s still some fun outfits. As hard as I tried though, I wasn’t able to do everything. I will say as much fun as I had with the Datapad, there were a few… issues I ran into with it. Less about the app itself, but oversights with having this type of connectivity and immersion.
For one, there isn’t a lot of seating. This isn’t really too surprising– besides for immersion reasons, it helps keep people moving and to be honest, it never felt incredibly crowded outside the shops a bit. Because of this though, people essentially make their own seats, whether it be the sides of plants or most commonly, the various crates lingering around. Which wouldn’t be so much of an issue if most of the crates weren’t used for the Datapad game. Various crates of all sizes have a QR code like this, either vertically like below or horizontally:
There were many times I ended up passing by areas missing them because people were covering them– whether leaning on it or with their legs while they sat down on it. While some people knew about the app (or recognized it after seeing multiple people playing and having them ask people to move), most had no idea and didn’t realize they were blocking anything. And sometimes people need to sit and nobody really wants to interrupt someone who just wants to take some photos, but there were times I ended up just waiting around for 5-10 minutes for someone to be done to finally scan something for two seconds. Some can even be facing inward which, at least for me, weren’t always easy to reach.
In the end, I managed to get 9/15 Outfits, 3/8 Weapons, 7/11 pieces of Cargo, 12/20 Parts & Scraps, 2/4 The Interior Star Maps, 3/3 New Territories Star Maps, 1/4 The Slice Star Map, 0/2 Trailing Sectors Star Maps, 1/3 Western Reaches Star Map, 2/4 Unknown Regions Star Maps, 8/8 Vehicle Schematics, 0/1 Schematics Data (though, I swear I had this?*), 4/8 Droid Data Memories, 4/5 Dok’s Den Dealings Transmissions, 0/3 Kase Double-Cross Transmissions, 0/2 A Strange Feeling Transmissions, 0/3 A Lifelong Companion Transmissions, 1/3 Debts to Oga Transmissions, 0/3 Life in the Outpost Transmissions, 1/3 Dhoran’s Mistake Transmissions, 1/3 DJ R-3X Transmissions, 1/2 Droid Problems, 1/2 Resistance Operatives Transmissions, 2/4 First Order Comms Transmissions, 0/1 OTS Recruitment Transmission, and 0/1 Monkey Lizard Sighting Transmission. As for titles, I have 23/40 unlocked. I probably won’t unlock all the First Order ones, but I have 2/5 of them thus far. I really want to get the Galactic Explorer title. I also don’t see myself earning Bankrupt or a few others unless something with the requirements change.
*I believe this is the Credits Skimmer. I never really figured out how to utilize it properly. But maybe it just doesn’t show up properly while out of the park.
While you have full control over the crates (barring… anyone sitting on and/or blocking them), the transmissions I had a lot of trouble with. I found my phone just did not seem to pick them up often and they would be gone fairly quickly (like it’d be there and gone within the next refresh even if I didn’t move). Hacking seemed to work the best, but some just… worked in awkward ways (For example, I found I had nothing to hack in the Cantina despite a few things requiring DJ R-3X to be). It felt like I had to walk in circles to really get it to work. Speaking of the Cantina though, we actually went in for breakfast as I just… had to try the Moogan Tea:
It was amazing. I actually got a second one to go. We also had some Batuu Bits which were really tasty. I’d love to go again for dinner, though, hopefully we can actually sit next time… Fingers crossed they will have the new dishes that their other location has too.
Moving on, the thing I had the most trouble with was actually the translating. The automatic rarely actually picked up anything I was near (and I needed to hold my phone up in front of it when it was) while it was also near impossible to really do so manually without holding up traffic. I don’t really know a better way to do it, but I ended up making no progress on it because of that. It would translate fine when it actually worked– the problem was just getting it to pick up what I needed.
The jobs were definitely the most fun and for the most part, worked the smoothest. I did almost every job with the exception of some of the First Order jobs– I only did the ones that would get me an item over just credits. I never received more jobs on a different day (though, I could repeat the ones I did), but I’m hoping more may be added in the future.
The exception to “working smoothly” though is “Flight Crew Wanted”, a big multi-step job that requires you accomplishing certain things while in the queue (normal queue– not fast pass and not single rider’s) for Smuggler’s Run. As much as I enjoyed the right (well, sort of– we’ll get to that), this is where I found some of the biggest oversights are for the Datapad mini-game. The job involves helping out Hondo Ohnaka and starts off wanting you to scan crates you will see along the line. There are a lot of crates and occasionally, you’ll be asked questions about where they go. How many crates you scan and how many questions you answer correctly determines what the characters will say about you and how well your performance was.
The biggest issue is that this is a moving line. If the line is moving incredibly slow and it’s a huge line, well, maybe it’ll work out, but unfortunately for health-related reasons, I actually can’t stand for long periods of time. If the line is moving that slowly, I wouldn’t even be able to stand in it. If the line is moving at a fair pace, you can’t scan fast enough and you end up blocking the line so I can either get separated from my party or end up just letting people pass me. It’s incredibly hard to balance and even when we tried to, it just became too much as we kept seeing more and more crates and even ones we missed due to not looking around enough.
Next, you’ll be memorizing various different IDs and then answer questions asked about it. I’m not sure how many you have to do in order to have “done enough”– but one surely was too little. You have a good amount of time to do this at least and this is probably the step you can work on the most as it really doesn’t require a specific area to be in to take care of something. You just need to be after the crates and before the look-out deck… which is where the next problematic step comes. You’ll be going past four large windows above the Millenium Falcon and again, depending on the line queue, this isn’t exactly the easiest to do. You will be asked questions about the ship and need to answer accurately in order to pass.
Once that is done, it’s time for the actual ride part and your performance matters. Whatever credits you earn from the ride will get you those credits in your datapad and even an achievement based off how much you can earn. At most, if you do everything perfectly, you can earn 13,000 credits, the amount going down based on your performance and how much damage the ship takes. And that is what brings us to our biggest oversight– each “party” for the game consists of six people. And not everyone is likely to want to do the ride just like you. There’s two pilots, two engineers, and two gunners. While you can see if someone may want a different pass than you (Someone is our group had been engineer before so I traded them my gunner pass as I didn’t want to be engineer), you can’t really do anything about having different ideas in mind for what you want to do. In general, there’s essentially these groups of people:
which I suppose our other Engineer didn’t care as much about. We had earned about 11,800 Credits, but due to damages, ended up losing over 3,000 in repairs.
I actually hadn’t even known we would get them in the Datapad at the time of going on the ride– I just am a perfectionist, but this made me even more disappointed we failed. Especially considering how well we did.
And does this encourage people to go on the ride again? Yes, absolutely, but heck, it’s encouraged by being one of the best ways to earn credits too and when you have a full schedule or not a lot of time, while going on Smuggler’s Run over and over again for an entire day/week sounds fun, it’s not always plausible– not to mention the team situation again. And honestly, I wouldn’t even mind trying a “failure” run where I just… don’t do anything the entire time, but I’d want to actually do a perfect run first. Since the ride varies based off when you “fail” or succeed, I really want to see both paths definitely, but it feels like it’ll be a while before doing either.
Smuggler’s Run was actually one of the last things we found time to do because of a very busy schedule and just trying to find a good time where the line wasn’t too crazy. There is no fast pass for it (and I’m not sure if there is one planned) and to be honest, as it currently stands, I would assume that would take me away from my crate checking and everything involved in the Datapad job so I’m not sure I’d get a fast pass even if I could.
As for the ride just… on its own merits, it was fun and reminded me of essentially a smaller party version of Star Tours– it moves very similar, but obviously, it’s much more interactive.
I had hoped to go on the ride again, if only for another chance at scanning things and a perfect score, but we just didn’t manage to make it back unfortunately. I’m still bummed about it.
Moving onto things I did BESIDES the Datapad minigame, for one, my husband and I both made Droids! Mine is this cute BB Unit who I still have yet to think of a name of. We even got the bag for it too:
I also got a personality chip for it and some stickers so I hope to style it up a bit at some point (mostly using the pink to cover up the black maybe…). My husband made an R6-Unit:
I kind of wish more could’ve mixed and matched, but I’m not really surprised they couldn’t. I hope we’ll see more ways to customize our droid in the future.
We also stopped by Savi’s Workshop for some very important business.
I had gone the Elemental Nature route which also gave me this lovely pin:
There were some pieces I liked from the Protection & Defense type, but in the end, Elemental Nature just kind of fit me more. Though, I wish they still kept the original coloring over the silver for the whale bone:
The Lightsaber experience was honestly really great and if you really want to feel part of the world, it gives a huge boost to that feeling. It’s very special. That said, if you are a bit shy like me, try not to get the very center station or one of two at the ends– those are interacted with the most, though, they will go around and check with everyone :)
While I definitely love my droid and the “power up” moment is cute, it doesn’t really come close to everything that happens over at Savi’s.
We also made sure to stop by the markets and I picked up these lovely handmade plushies:
This adorable Mouse Droid (plus a lovely droid group photo):
(The top opens and the wheels move so it’s fun to just… move it about and have it old some things :) Plus the lanyard to wear it around your next)
And a Holocron, currently with the purple crystal I had gotten with my lightsaber: :)
I also got white and green Kyber crystals. I sure hope they add pink ones.
As for food, I already spoke about the Cantina earlier, but we did our best to try everything at least once. Kat Saka’s Kettle was worth it for the Mouse Droid, but honestly, the popcorn just… wasn’t that great. It was kind of chewy in an almost stale-like way and I don’t know if we just got a bad batch or what, but it just… was not enjoyable.
We, of course, had to try the Blue Milk and Green Milk over at the Milk Stand. Both were enjoyable, but my husband and I both preferred the Blue Milk. I think my only complaint is I would’ve loved a less “smoothie-like” version– just actual milk or even a milkshake. Something more creamy, essentially. We wanted to get the special Milk container, but due to lack of time, we didn’t get the chance.
For breakfast, we had Ronto Roasters and got the Ronto Morning Wrap and Ronto Wrap (which seemed to be a combination of it and the Endorian Chicken Wrap at the time we went, but now seem to be more different things). Despite generally not being much of an egg person, I loved the Ronto Morning Wrap. It was perfect and the Grilled Pork Sausage was amazing. I’d absolutely get it again.
We got Docking Bay 7 Food for lunch (though, my mother had the breakfast and said it was great so I definitely want to try the Bright Suns Breakfast Platter next time we go). I had gotten the Endorian Tip Yip with mashed potatoes while my husband got the Felucian Garden Spread. I really enjoyed mine, though, if I picked, I’d say I liked my Ronto Morning Wrap more. While my husband liked his and I enjoyed my taste of it, it was a lot spicier than expected which took away from the flavor.
To go with our lunch, we also tried the [non-alcoholic] drinks and desserts! The drinks seemed to have been changed a bit since we last went, but both we had were great. As for the desserts, I got the Batuu-bon and my husband got the Oi-Oi Puff. We shared a bit though and both were really great. My husband can’t decide which he liked more, but I preferred my Batuu-bon.
Next time we go, I’d love to try the Batuuan Roast and/or the Smoked Kaadu Ribs. I’ve heard the macaroni and cheese is good too.
And of course, we’re not here to just talk about what we did, I have some pictures of the sights too :)
The entire area has such high rocks and is set up in such a way that it genuinely does feel like its own planet/city. Even if it’s a bit awkward walking through Toy Story Land to get to it. And all kinds of familiar and new characters will just be walking around. And who knows, maybe you’ll run into a cool spy and have cool spy conversations like the person writing this did :P
Moving on to the rest of Disney, it was honestly a bit of a mixed trip. In a way, it was less crowded than we expected despite some areas still being rather packed and I ended up being sick two days before we left and the day of. We normally go around this time for the cooler weather, but this year, it was about 90 the entire time, which sure I guess is to be expected when on a planet with three suns and also in Florida but usually it’s closer to 70-80 or so when we go. In the end, I quickly got hit with heat stroke which just kind of murdered me ahead of time for our trip. I’m not going to go into my health issues, but for several reasons, I do very very poorly with heat and with all the construction and things being moved back for the new gondolas, I was not doing well.
Because of that, a lot of our plans got cut a bit. We did our usual Afternoon Tea at the Grand Floridian where we had been hoping to stay before things ended up not working out:
I had gotten Zanzibar Chai as my tea and absolutely loved it. While I love all the courses, I will admit the scones and sandwiches are my favorite courses. We had planned to do the tea tasting they now have in Epcot at the England Pavilion, but due to me getting sick that day, we ended up having to cancel. I’m really hoping we’ll be able to go next year.
Due to the issues with our hotel stay, what we ended up doing was staying in a Polynesian Bungalow for a night (which was really nice, honestly):
The view was so pretty and we even got our own little private pool. While the Polynesian isn’t necessarily my favorite hotel, it at least has nice room service and I still love passing this every time we enter the hotel:
And then switching to a room at Saratoga Springs for the rest of our stay (in which I finally got to accomplish my dream of a two floor hotel room like in Home Alone 2…):
Despite the size of it, the beds were not as comfy unfortunately and the pillows were… incredibly flat :( Which made sleeping a bit difficult. The room also wasn’t particularly close to a bus stop which meant a decent trek in the morning (and the room was one of the last due to the size) to not be late and an exhausting trek back after already walking all through the park.
While we hoped to do our usual “taste” around the world part of the Food Festival, due to lack of time, it just… did not fully work out. Because of this, we tried to focus on just our absolute favorites (and even then, still tried to narrow it down) for things we’ve had before and prioritized new things we hadn’t tried. I didn’t get many pictures because, again, time was just hard and honestly, I never want to plan a trip with so much overlapping again, but we did get a few pictures of some desserts plus the lovely Boba Milk Tea from China.
Lion King Panna Cotta
Cheesecake Sampler
The Cheese Crawl Victory Cheesecake
Panna Cotta isn’t usually my thing, but that one was pretty interesting. I liked the left-most cheesecake of the sampler best. And of course I had to do the cheese crawl– the cheesecake for finishing was really good too. And China always has an amazing Bubble Tea lately to be honest.
The only things I didn’t get to try were the Cheese Plate and Popcorn at the new Apple Orchard booth :/ Someone ordered the last just before me and I’m still pretty bummed about it. It was our last day so not much I could do about it.
On the bright side, we FINALLY got to do one of the “special events” at the Food Festival. Because my husband and I don’t drink alcohol, it’s really hard to justify the prices of most of the events as alcohol is always included, but the Parisian Breakfast was one of the more reasonably priced events despite also giving alcohol. To be honest, I was worried we would miss it– there was a hurricane passing through and it was pouring like crazy. We ended up being completely soaked (and being super wet on the freezing cold bus was not fun) and then essentially had to book it from the entrance to Epcot all the way to the World Showcase and to Paris. Maybe if I was less out of breath and stressed out I could’ve tried explaining in French, but thankfully I eventually managed to get out that we had reservations (There has been people who had tried to come in for food and to be out of the rain who had not) and thankfully, they still sat us despite being about an hour late.
They were so nice and it was really good. Also lots of cheese which is always great. I absolutely loved the Hot Chocolate especially– I prefer my hot chocolate more light and creamy than really rich so this was literally perfect and I wish I had the recipe for it. I drank so many cups. And while part of it was so we wouldn’t get pneumonia, it was also because it was genuinely super tasty.
One other new thing we finally got to do was check out the Na’vi River Journey ride and Pandora in general over at Animal Kingdom. We rarely go to Animal Kingdom as it doesn’t have a lot of indoor areas and I kind of need that with my heat issues, but a lot has been added since we’d last been there. I had managed to get fast passes for the ride as I kept hearing good things about it and I have to admit, while the land wasn’t as amazing as Batuu, Pandora was still pretty cool:
Unfortunately, I can’t really say the same for the ride. It was pretty and sure, the Animatronic was impressive and very fluid, but it was just very… boring. Even most dark boat rides I’ve been on, there’s usually at least some… speeding up or amusing things to look at or some nice song or even a tiny drop, but this was literally just meandering around in a river in the dark and seeing some of the sights which, like I said, isn’t necessarily bad– I don’t regret going on it, but I don’t understand the hype and I would never go out of my way to do it again (and honestly, I’m not sure I would do it again even if I didn’t have to go out of my way).
On the bright side, we ended up eating at really lovely place– Tiffins. I loved the decor of it and while it was expensive, all the food was amazing. The drinks were really creative too. And that place alone may finally get my family to give Animal Kingdom another shot. And who doesn’t like seeing cute animals?
We also finally tried out the Frozen Ride which wasn’t too bad, but I do miss the old Norway boat ride. I really liked how the area for the line was decorated though.
In the end, we only went on about four rides total– besides the three mentioned above, we also went on Test Track again with our friend as it was his first time in Disney. I hope Disney will one day add an option to like… 3D-Print these over just getting it on a card.
Regardless, we at least got a lot of the big important things done. I just really hope our next trip goes much smoother. And with that, I just have one last thing to say: Til the Spires :P
Tags: Animal Kingdom, Batuu, Disney Land, Disney World, Disneyland, Droid Depot, Epcot, Epcot Food Festival, Galaxy's Edge, Lightsabers, Parisian Breakfast, Smuggler's Run, Star Wars, Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, Test Track
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The Event Excuse
In general, Halloween has always been kind of a mixed bag for me. I’m not fond of horror things and I’m really shy so I especially stopped trick or treating rather early, but one of the things I’ve noticed is around Halloween is a time where nearly anything I play or even just see friends playing may have some kind of Halloween or Fall Event. There’s almost always something, some limited kind thing to try and do as much as you can or grind out.
And honestly, it’s exhausting. Ignoring general grind fests over a limited amount of time as you do the same thing over and over, hoping to either finally get what you want or save up enough to do so, sometimes there’s just limits of how much you can do and the argument for why this is will always be “It’s not fun to finish everything on the first day”… but that isn’t the case for everyone and I think it’s a huge disservice how often so many games force people to play in this very specific structure. And you know what? If there’s no time limit, maybe people can work with that to some extent, but when there’s a time limit, that just… does not work as well.
People always chock it up to impatience when someone may prefer to finish things in one go, but that isn’t always the case either. Personally, I have a handful of health-related issues and have good and bad days– some days I’m super productive and can get a lot done. Other days, I’m a sick mess and just completely useless to the point where I can’t even grab a log-in bonus on my phone (here’s another frustrating thing– the problem with log-in streaks and missing out on special bonuses due to missing a single day).
So when I’m playing through and a game tells me “Oh, yeah, you already did as much as you can today or you have to wait this very long timer to progress any more now”, it really sucks. This is the main reason I don’t have any kind of stream/video/writing schedule because between my own health and random family antics, I can’t predict when I’ll be good to go or get things done. And if I could get it out of the way on a day where maybe I don’t feel like trash and then focus on the next game/site/whatever is holding yet another event, it sure is a lot easier than stressing trying to balance multiple things at once on top of however I may be doing.
At this point, delaying content or how much you can do is often used as an excuse to justify with lack of content. And the thing is… there doesn’t always need to be tons of content. Filler time doesn’t make up for actual game time. There are other things to do in most games. Not engaging in an event constantly shouldn’t be considered such hearsay or lazy.
And people who want to only do a bit a day will still do that. People who can break it up and may not have as much to play will still take their time. But those who can’t for whatever reasons are the ones who constantly end up in this same stupid loop and it’s exhausting to see it still happen.
There’s nothing fun about forcing people to play in the same strict line due to some worry that an event being done quickly makes it forgettable or boring. Especially with limited time things, the only thing letting people play it as much as they personally feel like doing just lessens the chance of people not bothering or getting frustrated.
Tags: MMOs, Opinion Piece, PC
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On creating a character
This is probably one of the most different posts I’ve had here, but it’s something I’ve been thinking about a lot due to trying to create a new character. And I… really struggle with character creation.
I don’t even mean just playing around in a character creator– I generally can make things work as long as I have options. And while I tend to pick very similar options to validate inner turmoil as a child who repeatedly became disappointed in doll aisles, it’s really working from “nothing” where I end up running into the problem.
Character arch-types aren’t enough for me to envision some grand scheme of things, why Character A is doing this or what they want. Who they fall for, if anyone. Why they do what they do. All it really does is give me an idea of the personality and what they hope to do, but not the why.
People can create elaborate backstories for their character off the bat, but for me, that back-story has to come based off what they’re doing. What my instinct is for how a character would react in that situation and figuring out the why later, as if the character has securely locked their past in the furthest corners of their mind and each key unlocks a step further. The environment and the story shape them as do their decisions and so it’s rare that anything is as simple as it starts.
Which especially makes things complicated in a setting where you need to know all the details ahead of time because I never do. My husband has wanted to try D&D for quite a while and with me starting a whole dice collection because I love rocks and they reminded me of like… certain aesthetics combined with rocks, it finally got into “hey, maybe we’ll try doing this”. While I have slowed down on the dice collecting (though, I am still waiting for some to come and am looking forward to certain Kickstarters).
In the short run, I don’t think it’s something for me. Between character creation issues and my general shyness with RPing due to issues with my writing, it’s just a very stressful affair for me, even though I’ve known everyone involved for at least 10-15 years. I also have a tendency to get too immersed in situations and something bad happening can cause me to empathize too much with how my character feels and nobody needs to hear me crying about whatever random thing has effected me at the moment. It’s especially an issue when I can’t personally read certain tones of voice and due to playing a character that is not me, I need to just be… better at reading that and working with the skill-set given to me and the dice rolls I get and it’s not exactly easy. Especially when skill set-wise, said character should be able to solve a puzzle and then I roll a 1 and apparently just had a sudden stroke instead.
I also know my not talking is quite the inconvenience, but I don’t like talking. Too many instances of pronouncing words wrong, lisps, and my breathing issues and it’s a rough situation. Add on that my issues with hearing tones of voices also leads to me not being great attributing my own tone to what I mean and it’s just easier for me to write it out as if I was writing a story or we’d probably never get anywhere.
Regardless, going back to the main subject, developing a character as you play isn’t exactly helpful in a game where someone needs to know about your entire character’s story to plan their story. Which makes things really awkward as more develops in your head and another person isn’t on the same page. Especially when you’re incredibly anxious about sharing anything you create or come up with due to constant paranoia of it being the worst thing ever.
For the most part though, it’s made it very clear to me that I don’t really like making characters. I like writing and developing characters or changing things up to see how characters react and learning about them, but I don’t like starting from nothing. Even with my imagination, rather than feeling like I have everything at my fingertips, it’s more like I am surrounded by so much color, I can’t see. It’s too bright.
I don’t think I would’ve even gotten as far as even making a character for this even if it wasn’t actually a scrapped character idea for something else that didn’t work out. I had come up with the hair and name, but couldn’t find anything to stick and then realized there was another character with similar-ish hair and at the same time, was losing interest in the game, so I just kind of pushed it to the back of my mind and then when I needed a character, well, I had something to work with. And that plus combining the idea of not wanting to do what I usually do character-design-wise, Masara was born:
Art on the left by Shattered-Earth, Art on the right by tshuki
And if she wasn’t, I’d probably have ended up going with my still unnamed Fire Emblem Heroes character:
Art by Autumn-Sacura
She’s still relatively blank, despite liking her design. And that’s also why I’m actually more attached to my Robin from Fire Emblem: Awakening who despite having this huge story she’s part of, I had a full idea for her and even a writing project that I’ve just kind of kept to myself:
Art by Selaphi
And even when my characters look similar or have some shared traits, their story is always different– their motivations, why they got to such a point. No matter how similar they look.
But it’s always a Work in Progress. And while in a sense, all characters should be, character development is important, I don’t think it’s meant to be to the extent I end up working with. Especially when some kind of one shot comes up and all your mind can come up with is a blank box of nothing because I apparently have the creativity of a teaspoon.
Tags: Dungeons & Dragons, Masara Lunaris, Original Characters, Tabletop Games
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In which I talk a bit about things after all (Random Animal Crossing: New Horizons thoughts)
So, despite saying I wouldn’t really talk much about stuff from the Direct on Twitter, I couldn’t help it to an extent. For the most part, I’ll just be talking mostly New Horizons in general rather than just what was shown in the Direct last month, but just things I’ve been thinking about a lot.
For the most part, I’m generally excited for the game. It looks fun already, New Leaf brought a ton of new people into the fandom so if region-exclusive stuff does happen again, hopefully everyone will have lots of friends to play with. Not to mention with seasons actually taking the lower hemisphere into account, people can work together to complete their encyclopedias faster than ever before (no time traveling needed).
But I find the main thing I have in mind right now is just… a lot of questions. As games are now region-free, will they pay attention to what shop you get the game from? Will you get to choose a country when you start? Animal Crossing, being a real time game and where things kind of progress as you go, the earliest you can start, the better. Even if I start playing at midnight, it means I can still get ready and prepare as much as I can for the day to start. It may seem silly, but one of the ways I really made progress with Pink Sea was making sure, at the very least, my debt with Nook was paid off each day. So that first debt? Paid off the same day. I worked hard earning bells to pay them off immediately. Same for Public Works projects– I tried not to let any take longer than a day. Plus, I would empty out every single shop and then either sell back or give away the items I didn’t actually want or plan to use. That may be a bit excessive, sure, but it meant I was progressing and unlocking things quicker and for me, that’s the best way I can plan things out.
I’m a super detail oriented person, but I can’t really work in parts– I need to have everything together in order to fully break it down. Anyone who’s watched some of my Happy Home Designer videos may notice I have a tendency to just dump out everything and then from there, work on sorting and placing. I’m not really super into surprises and I like having an idea of what I want ahead of time. Which makes things a little complicated with HHD where with a worldwide release, it’s a little harder to prepare for. Thus, right now, my main goal is just to pay things off quickly and do as much as I can.
I think my main hope is a more “natural” Pink Sea– some of my favorite new items in Pocket Camp have been the waterways. I’d love to see them adapt in some way where, if there is one next to it, it automatically connects in a flowing canal versus wood/stone/etc. patterns at the end of each end irregardless. In general, I’m hoping to see the best things from both Pocket Camp and Happy Home Designer in this game with all the additional items and customization, but I hope it’ll still to AC’s usual pacing and not Pocket Camp’s constant energy as I just can’t keep up with that.
Regardless, I’d really like to keep the game pattern free this time outside of like… the town (or well, island) flag. I don’t really have anything against patterns, but they take a long time and I wouldn’t really call myself artistic. At most, maybe I’ll do recolors of certain existing outfits if anything, but I think Animal Crossing has a lot of great outfits already, especially in Pocket Camp, and with so many new designs, I’m curious how that could effect things. Can we pick different dress styles? Just another thing I’m super curious about. Even if I do go the outfit route, I don’t think I’d want to go the path route again. I’d like to try and keep things just to official items, especially now that we can place any outside.
I would say my biggest worries with the game right now are that the ordinance system is likely not going to return (I’d love to be proven wrong though) and the… fruit energy meter?
(as a side note, I can’t wait to see all the new hairstyles… come on wavy ponytail that is NOT a sidetail…)
We still don’t really know the full low-down on how this works beyond seeing the character eat an apple, the number go up, and then it going back down 1 as they dug up a tree. And you know, sure, digging up a full tree is a bit crazy, but Animal Crossing isn’t exactly super realistic in the first place. For me, this is just another Quality of Life thing, which is always good in a real time game.
But Animal Crossing has enough walls with paying things off, unlocking shops (Heck, I’m tempted to hoard clothing just in case Gracie has fashion tests again…), and progressing in general. We even have the Nook Miles app which will unlock new recipes.
I don’t want something akin to an energy system. If I want to spend hours picking up and moving every single tree, just let me do it, game. Landscaping is a big deal in Animal Crossing. And like, I get it, fruit doesn’t have much use other than to sell for some early money, trade with friends for other fruit, and look pretty, but to be blunt, not everything needs this big ultimate use. I’m trying to not jump to conclusions on it because we still don’t have much information yet, but it’s one of the things that has me most concerned (The other being crafting, though, it looks like the game is doing it in a fun way).
Moving back to the ordinances, honestly, if it wasn’t for the Beautiful Ordinance, Pink Sea wouldn’t really exist. Or well, it’d be a lot less pink at least. I kind of hate watering. Like if you ever wondered why my Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons fields are filled with grass and I just take care of animals, this is why. I find it way too monotonous and it just doesn’t vary enough for me not to get bored with it. Considering how differently flowers seem to work (with you just harvesting the bulb– it also makes me wonder if the breeding system could be more akin to how it is in Pocket Camp than how it currently works), I’m really curious if they will need to be watered every day still or maybe just to grow or what. At the very least, this’ll make it a lot easier for me to have a bazillion pink flowers.
Despite these few concerns, I just find myself excited about what’s to come while also being super overwhelmed on just how I’m going to set things up. I don’t necessarily want to make a copy of my New Leaf Town, but I do think it’ll be similar as that’s just how my tastes and aesthetic tends to go. While I’m still undecided, I’d like to be able to just have my main character versus three others this time, though, I liked being able to make so many different “house themes”.
I’m curious how big our house can be in this. I think right now, I just am longing for any new details. I don’t really feel impatient as I’m not in any rush to March– I still want to plan and think it all out. But at the same time, I genuinely am looking forward to playing and just seeing how much I can do.
Tags: ACNH, Animal Crossing, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, New Horizons, Nintendo, Nintendo Switch
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On recent events, Mobile games, Game Events, & Visual Novel adventures
To start, I want to say I won’t only be talking about mobile visual novel games (though, some of the ones I will be focusing on are either mobile only or available both on the web and through mobile), but this will cover a range of different mobile games along with some other games. If you’d like to skip some of the personal stuff about why I’ve been relatively MIA and playing a lot of mobile stuff lately, you can click here to scroll on down.
In general, I’ve been having a rough time focusing on most things lately. It’s as if my mind is a giant static quagmire where a train exploded and is raining with wreckage. If that sounds like a lot, it’s because it is and there’s so much happening, I’m too stunned to move and can only stare in shock. And every step, it’s as if a landmine goes off and suddenly, there’s a whole other pile of crud that I can’t even start to begin to process before something else happens. To make matters worse, in the brief moments where everything is not explosions and fire, it’s just static elevator music where I can only wait until it ends to process what to do next, except it never does and even knowing that, I’m still just stuck there, staring aimlessly at nothing. To give a bit of an idea on how rough it’s been, this post in particular has been in progress for several months now.
I started this site, the various blogs I’ve done, and even doing more on my Youtube channel primarily for me– things like keeping track of my thoughts, wanting to log my gameplay, wanting to have recordings to revisit… I don’t enjoy replaying games, but I like seeing screenshots and memories of those adventures. And some people showed up and then there was the extra feeling of always worrying about letting people down– because I always worry I’m never doing enough, even when it’s just me.
So I know a lot of people want to see Miitopia finished up and Pokemon Ultra Moon and MySims and Pokemon Let’s Go Pikachu and Happy Home Designer and for some reason more Tomodachi Life even though I can’t think of a single thing to show there and maybe even some of the extra puzzles in Lady Layton and some of the bazillion other games I’ve started and didn’t finish and with very few exceptions, like games I just could not enjoy no matter how much I try or games I feel are done, I want that too. And there is no one more disappointed than I am personally when the only thing I can upload is the visual novel of the day.
I actually recorded the really cute Hogwarts Mystery Pet side-quest and was looking forward to uploading that once I finished editing… Only to have accidentally permanently deleted it. I can’t redo the quest. It’s just gone and I’m still kicking myself for it. I’ve set up multiple times now to continue multiple different games as well that I’ve had in progress, but something always comes up or I just don’t have time. To bring up something more recently, I’ve had a set game schedule for streaming and testing some 3DS stuff (as I slowly fix Audio issues because of course I have to hit more problems when I’m struggling enough already) for weeks now, but something either comes up such as tech issues or I end up being sick again (for the record, this week has been a combination of both).
I collected a whole bunch of dream addresses for New Leaf, planned to do something small for Tomodachi Life, and also wanted to get back to Pokemon, but the same problems just keep happening and it sucks. And it’s easy to say “Push through it”, but that’s not always possible because it’s like there’s a barrier you just can’t push through no matter how hard you try.
And that’s why I’ve been playing a lot of mobile games lately. To feel like I’m doing something without having to deal with sound issues, graphic issues, lag issues, a broken chair, or when I just am stuck in bed or sneezing like crazy.
I will say if there’s one thing that’s come out of all of the Mobile game playing, it’s me figuring out what kind of game I wish there was. There’s a lot of Mobile games I’ve enjoyed, but I’ve noticed one big issue with them: Excessive amounts of brick walls.
With the exception of Animal Crossing’s real time schedule, I’ve never been fond of feeling the need to constantly check in with a game (and even then, New Leaf pressed my patience a lot with the moving mechanic issues). I’m very much a play until I’m done type of person and while I can deal with grinding to an extent, I’ve never been super fond of the “sit around and wait” unless there’s plenty else to do… and most of the time, there isn’t.
Whether it be energy bars, being locked out until you have a certain amount of something, needing to constantly log in to keep up with things, or just waiting out timers, it’s incredibly frustrating to just… not be able to progress. And I get the idea of wanting people to log in a lot and check back, but I am much more likely to check in for new content or when I know something is happening than when I get burnt out due to constant timers and thus, feeling I’ve missed out on too much to want to bother.
I’ve found myself using a lot of “Auto modes” in games with fighting because I just don’t have time to keep up with it and it gives me time to work on the bazillion other things. And when I barely have time for that mechanic, the last thing I feel like doing is waiting for when a game will let me play it again.
This was part of why Pocket Camp’s events became so overbearing. Ignoring the fact that you rarely got any breaks, that was reinforced with the fact that unless you paid to speed things up, you either had to depend on others (which wasn’t always an option) or wait. Wait for flowers to grow. Wait for bugs to be left. Wait for more Gyroids to spawn. Wait for more fish to spawn. Everything was on a timer and you could only do so much of an event at a time unless you could just buy tons of leaf tickets and speed through it (and even then, not everything can be sped through– such as seasonal events that have you gathering items from many of the various other events and completing certain tasks… Or how many events now feature crafting items that require Leaf Tickets. There is so much you have to do a day in order to be prepared and keep up with everything and that’s… absolutely exhausting. I’ve had more “enjoyment” with Pocket Camp when I just play randomly at my leisure, but being such a completionist in AC, it’s always bittersweet seeing how much I miss or just can’t get without laying down a lot of money.
Part of why I enjoyed New Leaf so much was thanks to the ordinances, I was able to focus on building up my town without constantly having to water flowers to keep them alive and worry about cockroaches or trash. I could take a few days off if I wanted. Which the broken moving mechanic ruined to an extent, but I digress.
Going back to fighting games, if the brick walls aren’t enough, it’s how convoluted games can get with features. Keeping things simple isn’t always a bad thing and for those who play more casually or just want to have characters they like, it can be a lot to get their head wrapped around all these mechanics and events across multiple different games. I don’t think new modes are necessarily bad, but the constant putting the bar higher on what you need to make your characters the best is exhausting. Like oh no, you suddenly need 5 Dragon Hearts!! Time to play that brand new mode that makes your currently trained team useless!!
This is especially frustrating when a game has a PVP element to it as whether they want to or not, their game is already paid to win. Players with money to spare can keep rolling to get all their characters powered up, quickly farm things, and just generally get things done quickly without grinding as much as other players have to. I don’t really consider myself a Free to play player, but I am no where close to high end and with how I tend to play, I generally am on the par of a free to play player– I just don’t mind paying for a character I really want.
And new features aren’t inherently bad, but there’s a difference between something like Fire Emblem’s Tempest Trials (which thankfully are balanced so much better now) and the Aether Raids and Tap Battles and Grand Hero Battles and other wars and constant new weapon crafting and just, it’s really not needed. I can’t even keep up with all the game modes anymore.
Going back to Pocket Camp again for a moment, we also get this with Gulliver where him having exclusive items is one thing, but they then went and gave him various villagers you can only get from him and at most, have a 50-50 chance to do so… And then you have to go through Blather’s Treasure Trek to unlock them further and just like… Maybe don’t do that? They already had it when new villagers were added, they were usually the first to show up, it didn’t need to make it more complicated. I honestly am just tired of crafting items for Gulliver just to have a chance at a villager at this point.
In general, I’ve never been super big on crafting in games– hoarding tons of items and grinding for materials by doing the same thing over and over again has never been fun to me, even less so in mobile games which have incessant amounts of timers and energy bars that only let you do so much.
As for Visual Novels, their brick walls are generally more located in any kind of energy or unlock system. While some games at least give you some things daily (such as My Candy Love), others are on specific types of timers (like Choices), or even require ads and roulettes (like Chan Prin). Dialogue or movement will then use up that energy in those games, or for ones like Choices where a Key unlocks an entire chapter, you get certain choices locked out instead. Some games do both– having an option that costs extra energy to pick, and honestly, I hate systems like that.
Besides often being the answer that would be “correct”, it’s also often something like “Be a decent human being” versus “Be obnoxious” and when you have games like this where what dialogue you pick should be a feature, it sure doesn’t feel that way.
Similarly, in the sense of a visual novel format, it’s honestly not super fun being forced to just have to stop in the middle of dialogue whether it be because you ran out of energy or need to save up for a special choice, it completely cuts off any kind of immersion. And I get that games need to earn money, but I think I’d rather just be able to “buy” a chapter and then play it freely with no pauses on choices. I definitely prefer buying visual novels to just… have as a lot of the mobile and browser games miss out on a lot of really nice features such as saving, loading, and skipping.
And just… it’s frustrating because a lot of these games may have interesting concepts or good stories or fun characters and eventually, I just don’t check back. The notifications only work for so long before I get tired with another 10 minute waiting sequence. I like to just sit down and sink my time into a game and if I want to put a lot of time into it, I’d like to be able to. And that’s the thing with a lot of events, yeah, maybe you can finish them in the allotted time, but it also means you need to play them nearly every chance you can too. There aren’t many break days. And at that point, it feels less like a game and more like a job. And I already have a job. Too many. I don’t need something that I picked up to try and relax to turn into one as well.
Going to a different kind of mobile game, and generally one of my favorites, it’d be more collection-based games. Collect cool trinkets, have them fill out a museum or room, collect animals, color pictures, etc. Unfortunately, to balance out the free to play nature, I’ve found they have often come with some really annoying features that ruin a lot of the fun:
Constant Timers – Waiting to be able to open a gift or for whoever to return to come back. Or until you can start work again because your character needs a break.
Limited to how much you can do – Only so many things can be set to open or only one thing can be sent out to search or you only have one thing you can do ever. This is ESPECIALLY frustrating with limited time things or games where the selection rotates so if you’re not fast enough (and in most cases, you will not be unless you use a premium currency), you could end up missing out on things due to being too slow.
Lots of ads – I don’t mind endless banner ads at the bottom. Even ads to speed things up is okay or to get a bigger reward, but when there is an add every other time I do anything in the game, it just gets annoying. Like all I’m doing is trying to play and I’m just constantly hit with ads.
Subscriptions – Because rather than just let people buy a game, let’s lock a whole section off that requires you to pay monthly, usually $10-$15 no less. That is the price of an MMO subscription.
It’s greedy and discouraging and pays heavily into the feeling of FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) in some cases in order to get people to spend to not risk missing out on things. Which is a shame because some are really cute, but that’s just garbage. And the timers would be less frustrating if there was literally anything else to do or a feature that can be worked on that maybe didn’t have a timer rather than being forced to wait yet another thing out.
I think if I ever tried to make a mobile game, it’d be combining a lot of those types of games and finding a way to make it fun and still earn some money without being cheap in the way it’s done.
Finally, to finish this off, I wanted to talk about Game Events which is something very popular with a lot of Indie Games and Mobile Games and is generally the act of patching an event in when they want and then removing it when they feel like it. And there are many games that I have stopped playing due to this.
Again, I get the point of wanting to get people to keep checking into your game… But I’d check in to see the new features eventually anyway. But when I’m constantly on a time limit to do some event that maybe I didn’t even know about, that fun level drops completely and more often than not, I may end up not picking up the game again. It sucks missing out and when your only chance of maybe getting what you missed is up to the developer, it’s hard to feel motivated to keep trucking along, especially with a game with a collection aspect to it.
I shouldn’t have to constantly have a bunch of game launchers up, be on a mailing list, subscribed to every social media account, AND be in a discord to keep up with every little thing for a game when it comes to important updates and events. The amount of discords and facebook groups for game events and keeping track of news and updates is so immense, I had to make a Discord just for gaming groups. And I still can’t keep up with it.
And just, I really can’t say enough how once again, this makes something I like to play for fun and on my own time suddenly turn into a job. If a developer wants to add in a new event, great, cool, that’s fine! But maybe consider making it a recurring ingame thing that a player can trigger and not something that gets turned on and off at their own leisure.
It’s incredibly frustrating and exhausting to have to spend hours and hours just hitting brick walls in various games trying to get as much done as possible. It’s a balancing act of different chores and it isn’t fun. And it’s even more discouraging when I’m not feeling up to doing much lately and then I can’t even succeed at something that was supposed to be relaxing.
I genuinely think a lot of mobile games have potential, but I think they need more faith in their player base versus the constant addition of new and higher tiers and timers. People will come back if you update. People will spend if they feel supported and communicated too. But drowning people out discourages so many people and it just isn’t fun anymore.
Tags: Game Events, Mobile Games, Visual Novels
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Reverse Osmosis, Caribbean, Mobile
St Kitts and Nevis ponders desalination
Caribbean dual-island state, St Kitts and Nevis' minister of public infrastructure, Ian Liburd has revealed that the government is considering seawater desalination as one of two options for tackling water shortages on the islands that have led recently to rationing.
Two new appointments at Consolidated Water
Caribbean-based desalination and water supply specialist Consolidated Water Co Ltd announced two new appointments on 21 September 2010.
Aqua-Chem RO and distillers help US aid effort in Japan
A combination of mobile reverse-osmosis (RO) and ship-based RO and distillation plants all made by Aqua-Chem Inc is helping provide water for victims of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami.
Mobile BWRO system aids Greek power-station completion
Completion of a power-station water treatment project based on mobile brackish-water reverse-osmosis (BWRO) desalination systems was announced in on 3 February by Swiss-based Ecolutia Services, part of the Stulz/Hager & Elsässer group.
Al Ghubrah mobile desalination plant onstream in Oman
The 27,000 m³/d mobile desalination plant being built at Al Ghubrah, Oman, for the Public Authority for Electricity & Water (PAEW) has gone onstream, the Oman Observer reported on 26 December 2010.
California DWR publishes mobile desalination guide
The California Department of Water Resources published on 7 May 2009 a 9-page document on its website titled Logistics for Deploying Mobile Desalination Units.
Israeli government issues RFI for mobile desalination plants
The Israeli Governmental Authority for Water & Sewage issued on 6 April 2009 a request for information (RFI) concerning the installation of temporary mobile desalination plants.
Mobile desalter starts up in Cyprus
The 20,000 m³/d mobile desalination plant providing a partial solution to the serious water shortage problems of the city of Limassol, Cyprus, and its surrounding areas became operational during w/e 20 December 2008.
PureSafe delivers FRWS system to Alaska
PureSafe Water Systems Inc, based in Plainview, New York, has announced delivery of a mobile First Response Water System (FRWS) to the Department of Military & Veterans Affairs of the US state of Alaska.
CaribDA event to help celebrate Aruba utility's birthday
To celebrate the 80th anniversary of Water En Energiebedrijf Aruba NV, the Caribbean Desalination Association (CaribDA) is holding a conference and exhibition on the island of Aruba during 19- 22 June 2012.
Woongjin opens all-Americas headquarters and factory
A new American headquarters and membrane manufacturing facility was opened on 5 April 2011 in Anaheim, California, by Woongjin Chemical America Inc, manufacturer of CSM reverse-osmosis and nanofiltration membranes for desalination and water treatment.
Israel aids Pacific island with mobile desalinator
Israel's ministry of foreign affairs is supplying a truck-mounted desalination facility to the Marshall islands in the Pacific ocean to help tackle the islands' severe water shortage.
CaribDA pretreatment workshop set for Antigua
A workshop on pretreatment for seawater reverse-osmosis (SWRO) desalination plants is being held by the Caribbean Desalination Association (CaribDA) on the island of Antigua on 7-8 April 2011.
Biwater gets Barclays backing for Caribbean SWRO plant
A Caribbean water and wastewater project, including a 10,400 m³/d seawater desalination plant, has received financial backing worth US$ 43 million from Barclays, backed by a UK Export Finance Guarantee.
Seven Seas completing Caribbean hat-trick of plants
Florida-based Seven Seas Water Corp has recently commissioned the second and largest in a series of three desalination plants in the Caribbean - the 4.6 MGD (17,400 m³/d) Point Fortin plant in Trinidad.
Veolia wins 24,000 m³/d desalination plant in Aruba
A 24,000 m³/d desalination facility is to be designed and built on the Caribbean island of Aruba by two Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies (VWS) companies: NA Water Systems and OTV.
Caribbean successes for Seven Seas Water
The US Virgin Islands Water & Power Authority (WAPA) voted on 24 May 2010 to outsource all its desalination water supply to Seven Seas Water Corporation in a move intended to cut its water production costs in half.
Cascal buys Caribbean desalination businesses from Veolia
Cascal NV, a subsidiary of the UK-based Biwater water and wastewater group, announced on 15 December 2009 the acquisition of three Caribbean desalination businesses from Veolia Water North America.
CaribDA calls for 2014 conference papers
The Caribbean Desalination Association (CaribDA) has issued a call for papers for its Biennial Conference & Exposition in June 2014.
Consolidated expects more desalination in Mexico and Bali
Desalination supplier Consolidated Water Co, based in the Cayman Islands, says that its Rosarito project in Mexico has presented an opportunity for two other potential Mexican projects similar in size to its larger Caribbean operations.
Turks & Caicos SWRO goes to Aqua‑Chem
A contract for the supply and installation of a 300,000 GPD (1,135 m³/d) seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination plant the Turks Caicos Islands in the Caribbean has been awarded to Aqua‑Chem Inc.
GE wins desalination plant deal for Caribbean island
GE is to supply its Procera water filtration equipment package for a seawater desalination plant expansion project in Hato on the Caribbean island of Bonaire, a Netherlands- governed municipality, 80 km north of Venezuela.
St Kitts ponders desalination plant to counter dry periods
A proposal to build a new desalination plant was among strategies being pursued by the St. Kitts and Nevis ministry of public infrastructure to ensure water supply can meet the growing demand of the population of the Caribbean island duo.
Caribbean desalination expansion completes tests
The Desalination company of Trinidad and Tobago (Desalcott) has recently completed a performance test of its expanded Point Lisas seawater reverse osmosis plant.
Seven Seas Water appoints John Curtis as CEO
Caribbean desalination and water treatment provider Seven Seas Water Corporation announced on 6 March 2014 that its board had unanimously agreed to promote John Curtis to chief executive officer.
CaribDA, ERI and Dow back operator training
In co-operation with Energy Recovery Inc (ERI) and Dow Water & Process Solutions, the Caribbean Desalination Association is organising a two-day operator training program at the Westin Dawn Beach Resort in St Maarten on 17-18 September 2009.
Solar mobile desalination plant inaugurated in Egypt
The Egyptian State Information Service reported that a mobile water desalination plant powered by solar energy was inaugurated in Marsa Matrouh governorate on 18 April 2014.
MECO wins US Navy desalination contracts
Louisiana-based MECO has been awarded the design and development of advanced shipboard desalination units for the US Navy under contracts with the Office of Naval Research.
CaribDA opens registration for Aruba conference
The Caribbean Desalination Association (CaribDA) has opened registration for its 2012 Conference & Exposition 80 Years Of Desalination Makes For One Happy Island.
Consolidated back with Rosarito desalination project
Cayman Islands company Consolidated Water Co is back on board the Rosarito desalination project in Baja California, Mexico. The 100 MGD (375,000 m³/d) seawater plant is designed to supply drinking water demand on both sides of the US/Mexico border.
Exhibitor/sponsor registration open for CaribDA conference
The Caribbean Desalination Association (CaribDA) has announced the opening of registration for exhibitors and sponsors for its 2012 Conference and Exposition 80 Years of Desalination Makes for One Happy Island.
Consolidated seeks to sell Mexican desalination stake
Caribbean-based Consolidated Water Co is looking to sell its 50% stake in the 100 MGD (378,500 m³/d) Rosarito desalination project in Baja California, Mexico.
AMTA admin chief takes on CaribDA role
The administrative director of the American Membrane Technology Association (AMTA), Janet Jaworski, has taken over the post of administrative director for the Caribbean Desalination Association (CaribDA).
CaribDA to sponsor Chile desalination seminar
The Caribbean Desalination Association (CaribDA) announced on 14 October 2010 that it would be a sponsor of a seminar on Desalination, Innovations & Sustainable Development to be held in Antofagasta, Chile, during 29 November - 1 December 2010.
Two CaribDA workshops listed for June
The Caribbean Desalination Association is holding two workshops in June 2013 on the islands of St Maarten and Curaçao.
Deadline extended for CaribDA abstracts
The Caribbean Desalination Association has extended the abstract deadline for the 2nd Conference on Desalination and Water Reuse to be held on 1- 4 June 2010 on Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands.
Papers called for CaribDA 2010 desalination conference
The Caribbean Desalination Association (CaribDA) has issued a call for papers for its 2010 2nd Conference on Desalination & Water Reuse on 1-4 June 2010.
CaribDA to hold water reuse workshop in April
The Caribbean Desalination Association is to hold a Water Reuse Workshop in April 2013.
CaribDA pump workshop registration opens
Registration is now open for a workshop on Operation & Maintenance of Pumps, which will be held by the Caribbean Desalination Association (CaribDA) prior to the Annual Conference of the Caribbean Water & Wastewater Association (CWWA) in the Bahamas.
Alamagordo completes first stage of RO project
The City of Alamagordo in New Mexico, USA, announced on 26 March 2013 that it had completed Phase 1 of its Westside Infrastructure Improvements Project, which will eventually include a 6 MGD (22,700 m³/d) desalination plant.
Rain - but desalination still needed in Tuvalu
Though rain fell in the drought-stricken islands of Tuvalu and Tokelau in the last week of October 2011, the Red Cross maintained that the region still faced water shortages.
H2O Innovation takes Californian reuse contract
A contract to expand the Leo J Vander Lans Advanced Water Treatment Facility in Long Beach, California, has been awarded to Canadian company H2O Innovation Inc.
GE-Osmoflo alliance creates powerful Australian presence
A strategic alliance giving Australian desalination and water recycling company Osmoflo access to products produced by water and process giant GE was unveiled at the International Desalination Association World Congress in Perth, Australia, on 6 September 2011.
Morocco's first solar-powered desalination starts up
Morocco's first solar-powered desalination plant has started operations near Marrakech.
Spanish prominent in Al Ghubrah desalination bidders
Spanish companies are involved with five of seven bidders that have been invited by the Oman Tender Board to submit proposals for the Al Ghubrah Independent Water Project (IWP).
Grenada government tries again with RO desalination
The report on the Grenada government's website on 21 May 2014 that it was building reverse-osmosis (RO) desalination plants on the islands of Carriacou and Petite Martinique might not be quite as good as it sounds.
Experienced SWRO desalination engineer joins GHD
Australian consultant GHD has recently appointed professional engineer and marine biologist Erik Tynes, as a senior process engineer in the company's Perth office.
US Virgin Islands SWRO plant officially opened
The newest seawater reverse-osmosis desalination facility in the US Virgin Islands was officially opened on 21 November 2013.
SWRO corrosion pre-conference workshop for CaribDA
A workshop on Understanding and Preventing Corrosion in Caribbean SWRO Plants will take place in Aruba, Netherlands Antilles, on 19 May 2012, prior to the 2012 Conference of the Caribbean Desalination Association (CaribDA).
ERI to supply 75,000 m³/d Venezuelan desalination plant
Spanish EPC contractor Acciona Agua has awarded Energy Recovery Inc (ERI) of the USA the energy-recovery technology contract for the 75,000 m³/d (20 MGD) Paraguana desalination plant in Venezuela.
Petrobras signs Suez to supply offshore desalination
Suez has won a €6 million contract to supply desalinated water for 11 offshore oil rigs owned by Petrobras, Brazil's majority state-owned oil company.
H2O Innovation lands San Jose WTP ultrafiltration contract
A 30 MGD (113,562 m³/d) hollow-fiber ultrafiltration (UF) membrane water treatment system in California is one of three new contracts totaling Can$ 8.8 million (US$ 8.1 million) announced on 21 May 2014 by H2O Innovation.
Bahrain oil refinery installs GE Water mobile technologies
Bahrain Petroleum Company has installed mobile technology from GE Water at Awali refinery to produce high-purity boiler feedwater.
Saudi desalination barge company refinanced
The company which owns the two 50,000 m³/d barge-mounted desalination plants which have provided emergency water supply to Saudi Arabian cities in recent years announced on 13 July 2011 the successful closing of its SR 140 million (US$ 37 million) refinancing of commercial facilities.
Containerized plant resolves district's drought difficulties
Membrane filtration company, H2O Innovation, has delivered a 3,200 m³/d containerized water treatment system to the Cambria Community Service District, California to "resolve promptly" the community's difficulties amid its tenth year of drought. The system treats a mix of brackish water, freshwater and secondary effluent to be injected into a groundwater basin.
Membrana filtration curbs corrosion in Disney Shanghai cooling
Membrane manufacturer Polypore has supplied its Membrana ultrafiltration units for Shanghai Disneyland to curb corrosion in the resort's cooling water system.
Firms deliver mobile desalination units to Saint Martin
Dutch and French firms are delivering emergency mobile desalination units to the Caribbean island of Saint Martin.
Consolidated awarded two Cayman desalination contracts
Consolidated Water Co Ltd announced on 9 April 2014 a new contract to refurbish the Lower Valley desalination plant, which it built in 1997, and the extension of an existing contract to operate the North Sound desalination plant.
Interview: Juan Miguel Pinto, ALADYR president
The new president of ALADYR, the Latin America desalination and water reuse association, sees his organisation as a window onto the region for international companies. His big aim is to step up events during 2018, taking knowledge of desalination and reuse out to the market.
CaribDA board backs Trinidad conference
The board of the Caribbean Desalination Association (CaribDA) announced in December its full support for a regional desalination and water reuse conference in Trinidad & Tobago in May 2010.
Biwater Tortola SWRO on 16-year BOOT basis
UK contractor Biwater has informed D&WR that its contract for supply of a desalination plant for the Caribbean island of Tortola will be on a build‑own‑operate‑transfer (BOOT) basis.
Tonner to join Consolidated Water as COO
Experienced desalter John Tonner is joining Consolidated Water Co Ltd as chief operating officer from 1 September 2011.
"We're now at more than $100 million revenue." Doug Brown, AquaVenture chairman and CEO
AquaVenture chief executive Doug Brown has a track record of delivering shareholder value. When he joined water technology and engineering firm Ionics as chief executive in 2003, the struggling business was trading at $16 a share.
Consolidated Water lines up Mexican mega-project
The Playas de Rosarito seawater RO desalination mega-plant project has been six years in the making. It began as a twinkle in Consolidated Water's eye even before Mexico had introduced its new public-private partnerships law, but the act's introduction in 2012 gave the project a clear structure for moving ahead.
Wave-powered design duo aim to crowd-fund desal pilot
SAROS, a design for a seawater RO desalination system powered by the energy in ocean waves, has kicked off an Indiegogo crowd-funding campaign to raise $25,000.
Global demand for desalination to rise each year until at least 2020
Desalination capacity is expected to grow by 8 per cent annually to 140 million m3/d by 2020, new research shows.
IDA signs MoU with island projects network Greening the Islands
The International Desalination Association (IDA) has signed a memorandum of understand (MoU) with Greening the Islands (GTI), an organisation dedicated to supporting island energy and environmental practices.
Suez WTS introduces new app for ZeeWeed membranes
Suez Water Technologies & Solutions has introduced a new app to simplify data collection and record keeping for ZeeWeed membrane trains, cassettes and modules.
SWCC poised to invite bids for mobile desal capacity
Saudi Arabia's Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) is poised to invite bids from mobile desalination providers to augment supplies until its planned large scale projects start producing.
Pall Water expands supply deal with LA's West Basin Municipal Water District
Pall Water has won an order from Los Angeles' wholesale water agency West Basin Municipal Water District, to expand its Aria FLEX filtration system by a third, and additionally to supply to two Aria FAST mobile membrane filtration units.
Western Cape looks to desal, as Eksom issues RFP
Western Cape, South Africa, is to expedite an environmental impact assessment for a mobile desalination plant, as the area is officially declared a disaster zone due to water scarcity.
South Africa nuclear plant to install desal unit amid worsening water crisis
South Africa's electricity utility Eskom is to install a desalination unit at Koeberg Nuclear Power Station, as water shortages in Cape Town hit crisis levels, reports South Africa's News24.com.
Evoqua acquires Noble Water, as growth plans shape up
Evoqua is acquiring Noble Water Technologies, a Texas, US-based provider of high purity water equipment, systems and services, service deionisation, and resign regeneration.
'The quarterly' rebrands as Water. desalination + reuse
The magazine Desalination and Water Reuse -- affectionately known as 'the quarterly', its website desalination.biz, and social channels, today rebrand as Water. desalination + reuse, bringing a refreshed business intelligence offer to desalination professionals worldwide.
Cyprus mobile desalination dismantled
A €30 million (US$ 33 million) mobile desalination unit constructed to supply the city of Paphos on Cyprus's southwest coast is being disassembled after years of near idleness, according to local press.
IDA 2015 World Congress draws 1,700 delegates
More than 1,700 delegates from 63 countries attended the International Desalination Association's (IDA's) 2015 World Congress held in San Diego recently according to the association's key metrics published this week. Awards for papers and presentations topped US$ 30,000.
STW fires up Salttech reclamation demonstration in US
US water reclamation company STW Resources has started operation of a Salttech zero liquid discharge water reclamation system demonstration in Fort Stockton, Texas.
Kuwait gifts desalination to Iraq, to quell water quality concerns
Kuwait has provided four desalination units to its neighbour Iraq, amid civil unrest over poor services including the quality of drinking water.
Texas treatment company spins off frac water firm
A company called Green Hydro LLC has been spun off by Texas-based Advanced Hydro Inc to use desalination to address increasing demand for water use in hydraulic fracturing.
Aquatech increases Pennsylvania oil & gas resources
Aquatech has increased its oil & gas water management services in the Marcellus and Utica Shale regions of Pennsylvania with the acquisition of Fluid Recovery Services (FRS), based in Creekside.
Almogordo mobile desalination project in train
A mobile desalination facility to treat 4,000 acre-ft per year (af/y) (4.9 million m³/y) near Almogordo, New Mexico, moved closer to realisation when the City Commission approved an approach for a US$ 2.7 million loan/grant from the New Mexico Finance Authority on 1 November 2012.
Aquatech providing ZLD tech for Mississippi powerplant
Zero-liquid-discharge (ZLD) water and wastewater treatment facilities are to be provided by Aquatech for a 582 MW integrated-gasification combined-cycle powerplant in Kemper County, Mississippi.
Evoqua pays $132 million for ProAct Services
Evoqua has acquired ProAct Services, a provider of on-site treatment services for contaminated industrial wastewater, for $132 million.
A 100 m³/d desalination plant and two 10 m³/d plants are to be included in a US$ 4 million project for the drought-stricken islands of Tuvalu approved by the Pacific Environment Community (PEC) Fund on 7 October 2011.
Water Standard finds its shipbuilder in Samsung
Texas-based Water Standard and Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries announced an agreement on 28 June 2011 to collaborate on the design and development of vessels to deliver water treatment solutions to the offshore oil and gas sector.
Floating Saudi desalination barges relaunched
Saudi Arabia's two floating water desalination barges have been moved from Shuquaiq to Yanbu, and the first was relaunched on 7 July 2010 by Fehied F Al-Shareef, governor of the Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) and Engineer Nabil Azmaruli, general manager of the General Directorate of Water in Al-Madina.
GE signs up for Indian industry wastewater reuse partnership
GE and Ramky Enviro Engineers, the Indian environment and waste management organization, have signed emergency water and industrial wastewater treatment agreements specifically designed to address India's industrial wastewater treatment and recycling needs.
South Orange desalination project moves forward
The Municipal Water District of Orange County (MWDOC), California, USA, announced on 3 February 2010 the award of a US$ 1.05 million dollar contract for Phase 3 of the South Orange Coastal Ocean Desalination Project.
New IDA board elected
The International Desalination Association (IDA) has elected its 2015-2017 board of directors.
Six Chinese firms sign Venezuelan desalination deal
The Venezuelan government has signed agreements with six Chinese companies to install water desalination plants at coastal sites in the Latin American country.
Comparison of three 2013 Caribbean SWRO desalination systems
Florida-based Seven Seas Water commissioned three desalination plants in the Caribbean in 2013. This article looks at the technical differences between the plants and the challenges in commissioning them. This article first appeared in the February/March 2014 issue of Desalination & Water Reuse magazine.
Five newcomers voted onto IDA board
Five new faces were elected directly to the board of the International Desalination Association (IDA) for 2013‑15.
IDA announces election results for board
The International Desalination Association has announced the results of the elections to its board of directors for 2009-11.
Cascal chairman looks to desalination future
Cascal NV, a subsidiary of the UK-based Biwater water and wastewater group, is looking to extend its market reach further into desalination, according to its recently elected chairman, Adrian White.
Nomination date nears for IDA's Young Leaders committee
Time is running short for nominations to the Program Committee of the International Desalination Association's Young Leaders Program.
Five Minutes With: Patrick van Eijik, manager, production and project engineering, Hatenboer-Water
Patrick van Eijik, a 'natural go-between for production and engineering', is newly appointed as manager, production and project engineering, at Netherlands-based Hatenboer-Water
IDA unveils new board of directors
The International Desalination Association (IDA) has named its new board of directors for 2017 to 2019.
Barbados Water Authority secures funding for desalination projects
Barbados Water Authority (BWA) has signed a multi-million dollar agreement with Caribbean Development Bank, partly to provide funds for two new desalination plants.
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Cordova powers La Quinta in comeback win
After trailing 10-0 at halftime, Benji Cordova's two second half touchdowns sealed a comeback win for La Quinta.
Cordova powers La Quinta in comeback win After trailing 10-0 at halftime, Benji Cordova's two second half touchdowns sealed a comeback win for La Quinta. Check out this story on desertsun.com: http://desert.sn/2dMzAB5
Nathan Brown, The Desert Sun Published 9:06 p.m. PT Sept. 30, 2016 | Updated 1:50 a.m. PT Oct. 1, 2016
Palm Springs and La Quinta football action on Friday, September 30, 2016 in Palm Springs.(Photo: Richard Lui/The Desert Sun)Buy Photo
Leading up to what has historically been a pivotal game for the Desert Valley League title the last 10 years, Palm Springs football coach Dan Murphy continued to remind his young, inexperienced squad that anyone wanting to steal away their league title was going to have to come through the Indians to do it.
La Quinta, this year’s virtually unanimous favorite in the DVL, did just that Friday night but it wasn't easy. After a sloppy first half where the Blackhawks controlled much of the time of possession and momentum, including multiple trips inside the Palm Springs’ 30-yard line without points, La Quinta hunkered down and did what they do best: Bleed the clock with a power running game and score just enough points along the way to win, which they did, 14-10.
“What was frustrating in the first half was having the ball on their side of the field the whole night and not coming away with any points,” said La Quinta coach Dan Armstrong. “I felt like we were the better team, but we weren’t playing that way. I told our guys we were going to come out double tight (ends) and get physical and see if they could stop us, and they couldn’t.”
Maybe a better way to put it: Palm Springs couldn’t stop senior tailback Benji Cordova, who amassed 225 yards on 33 carries and the two decisive second half touchdowns. Time and time and time again in the final two periods, the Blackhawks set up in the offset-I formation or some semblance of a power run attack, and Cordova would muscle up the middle, soon hitting contact, but his unparalleled drive and leg strength kept motoring him forward.
In the second half alone, he totaled 20 rushes for 151 yards with only two rushes of less than four yards.
“We knew Cordova would get the ball a lot. He’s a great back and ran hard,” Murphy said. “We were in a position a lot of the time but just couldn’t make the tackles. With his desire and ability, and some of it had to do with us not being able to wrap up and tackle, we knew it would be a tough game.”
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La Quinta's Adam Kasten intercepts a pass intended for Palm Springs Nick Reyes-Foster in the 1st quarter on Friday, September 30, 2016 in Palm Springs. (Photo: Richard Lui/The Desert Sun)
But in the first half, the Indians were able to manage. On La Quinta’s first two drives, including one resulting from a Jeremy Dotson interception by Adam Kasten, the Blackhawks drove within Palm Springs’ 30, but a bungled high snap and unsportsmanlike conduct penalty stalled both.
After Damion Lee intercepted La Quinta quarterback Andrew Garcia, followed by a trade of punts, a trio of three quick plays – a 39-yard catch and 10-yard run by Josh Barlow and a 13-yard scamper by Nick Reyes-Foster – set up a one-yard touchdown run by Dotson put the Indians on the board.
Palm Springs quarterback Jeremy Dotson lands in the end zone for a touchdown in 2nd quarter against La Quinta on Friday, September 30, 2016 in Palm Springs. (Photo: Richard Lui/The Desert Sun)
A costly tipped ball-turned-interception hauled down by Donovan Russell gave the Indians the ball in the red zone once again late in the first half, but a holding penalty inside the five-yard-line forced a 35-yard field goal, made by Leonel Munguia.
Missing those four points would be costly, though, but in the locker room ahead 10 points, Murphy had to remind his players the game was far from over.
“I think the kids got a little excited,” he said. “They played a good first 24 minutes and just couldn’t get anything going offensively.”
Palm Springs quarterback Jeremy Dotson celebrates his touchdown by jumping on teammate Joshua Barlow in 2nd quarter against La Quinta on Friday, September 30, 2016 in Palm Springs. (Photo: Richard Lui/The Desert Sun)
After the game, both teams met at midfield for the presentation of the Mike Gates Memorial Trophy, honoring the late teacher who was a part of both schools during his tenure before he passed away in 2011. Since, the teams have played for a plaque commemorating him and putting more on the line for this unofficial rivalry game. Over the six years, the teams have split three-each, and in the teams’ 22 meetings historically, they’re tied 11-apiece. In the end, it could decide the winner of the DVL title, like it has every year since 2006.
“It was a classic La Quinta-Palm Springs football game,” Murphy said.
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LA QUINTA 14, PALM SPRINGS 10
La Quinta 0 0 7 7 -- 14
Palm Springs 0 10 0 0 -- 10
(PS) Jeremy Dotson one-yard run, PAT good (5:08)
(PS) Leonel Munguia 35-yard field goal good (1:34)
(LQ) Benji Cordova one-yard run, PAT good (3:28)
(LQ) Benji Cordova 18-yard run, PAT good (9:24)
Rushing (Att-Yds-TD) – LQ: Cordova 33-225-2, Garcia 4-4-0, Kennedy 9-50-0, Anderson 1-0-0. PS: Barlow 14-60-0, Dotson 9-minus 4-1, Murray 1-4-0, Reyes-Foster 2-19-0.
Passing (Comp-Att-Yds-TD-INT) – LQ: Garcia 2-8-1-0-2. PS: Dotson 9-15-97-0-1.
Receiving (Catches-Yds-TD) – LQ: Anderson 1-0-0, Casarrubias 1-1-0. PS: Beltran 2-19-0, Barlow 4-53-0, Reyes-Foster 2-23-0, Lewis 1-2-0.
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Make Your Logo The Face Of Your Business
Research suggests that the average person is exposed to upwards of 5,000 brand messages per day.
Through all of that clutter, there are still some companies who stand out.
For whatever the reason, these 5 companies’ logos have solidified a spot in our minds.
We know them like we know our names and can identify them anytime. These logos share one of three mutual characteristics, besides the fact that they are everywhere . These logos are all unmistakable, consistent, or extremely simple.
Your logo is the face of your business, so why not make your business the face of your logo? There is no better way of getting people to associate your logo with your company than to use the actual name of your company as your logo. The following businesses have done this well, and now have their names recognized as one of the most iconic brands in the world.
Millions of people see this logo on their computer screen every single day. This is the centerpiece of a website that handles over 100 billion visits per month, it’s got to look good. Google is known as being a fun company, and their colorful logo certainly reflects that; a law firm definitely couldn’t pull off
The eight-bar IBM logo was designed by legend Paul Rand to replace his preexisting logo of the letters IBM bolded in black. The change was supposed to reflect the change of emphasis from stability to speed.
Walmart is the defending champion of the Fortune 500 list and raked in over $450 BILLION in revenue its last fiscal year. In 2008 the Walmart logo underwent reconstructive surgery. The star used to break the “Wal” and the “Mart” was removed, and the logo was made more colorful. A lighter blue was used for the font and a yellow spark was added to the right of the text to make it more appealing.
Visa; it’s everywhere you want to be. So is this logo. This simple “Visa” emblem is constantly seen on TV, at restaurant windows, and on those little pieces of plastic we hate so much yet bring with us everywhere. This logo was introduced in 2006 and gave a more modernized feel to its boxy blue and yellow predecessor.
Ebay: The online auction giant released this new logo in 2012, replacing the old logo that was used since the company (at the time called “Auction Web”) changed its name to eBay in September of 1997. The new logo uses elements such as zigzagged letters (known as a “baseline shift”) and fun colors to convey a sense of energy and dynamicity. The overlapping letters also signify the great sense of community among eBay users.
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Five Women Wearing the Same Dress
Full Length, Comedy
1 man, 5 women
Total Cast: 6, Interior
THE STORY: During an ostentatious wedding reception at a Knoxville, Tennessee, estate, five reluctant, identically clad bridesmaids hide out in an upstairs bedroom, each with her own reason to avoid the proceedings below. They are Frances, a painfully sweet but sheltered fundamentalist; Mindy, the cheerful, wise-cracking lesbian sister of the groom; Georgeanne, whose heartbreak over her own failed marriage triggers outrageous behavior; Meredith, the bride's younger sister, whose precocious rebelliousness masks a dark secret; and Trisha, a jaded beauty whose die-hard cynicism about men is called into question when she meets Tripp, a charming bad-boy usher to whom there is more than meets the eye. As the afternoon wears on, these five very different women joyously discover a common bond in this wickedly funny, irreverent, and touching celebration of the women's spirit.
An irreverent and funny look at the intricacies of friendship and the power of similar dressing. "…[a] wonderfully entertaining play…" —NY Post. "FIVE WOMEN WEARING THE SAME DRESS is a fresh-as-a-daisy comedy, funny as can be…" —NY Daily News. "Ball has the comic writer's requisite talent for dialogue that ricochets snappily around the stage." —TheaterWeek.
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Naughty Nigel
Re: Boris Gate
Originally posted by Otto View Post
It was badly drawn up simply because it didn't specify a minimum majority either way. It was almost inevitable that it would produce an inconclusive result, and so it did . The result is stalemate. Time for Her Majesty to call a halt and sack the lot of them - roll on November 5th .
I think you mean the referendum was badly drawn up because Leave won Richard.
As it happens the Scottish Independence referendum used the same criteria of a simple majority either way. In the event the SNP were denied the simple majority they craved and things turned ugly for a few days; but the result was accepted by most apart from Wee Jimmy Crankie and her followers. (Whatever happened to Alex Salmond?)
I suspect that if Remain had won the EU referendum by a similar narrow majority we would have had Farage and Co. demanding another referendum by now; just like in Scotland.
Difficult is worth doing
Rocknroll59
I like the sound of that Richard/Jax.... I met a guy (sorry pun) called Guy Fawkes recently...anyone else know someone with a name from the past??
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Originally posted by Naughty Nigel View Post
Well, as a Remainer (who knew? ) I didn't like the result, but had it been a decent margin I would have accepted it. Had it gone the other way by such a tiny margin I would have also accepted that the Leavers would be very unhappy. Given the impact leaving is likely to have on our country I really think it was irresponsible of the then government to press ahead on a simple majority basis, and I'd think similarly regarding another Scottish independence vote.
Here's an interesting article in Australia's Sydney Morning Herald:
https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/...24-p533uc.html
Brexit's great irony is that it is a political union (the UK) protesting against another political union (the EU) on the grounds that such unions rob its constituent members of sovereignty.
He has a point!
Originally posted by Rocknroll59 View Post
I met a guy (sorry pun) called Guy Fawkes recently...anyone else know someone with a name from the past??
Are you sure it wasn't a nickname, like Dusty Rhodes etc? . I haven't personally met anyone with a famous name but I do know someone who gave her daughter her favourite footballer's surname as a first name!
Keith-369
As someone who visited people in their homes for ten years, I have met quite a few 'famous' names. Here's my list (which for some reason, I've kept since I retired). -
Kathleen Boyle (Katie)
Joseph Brown (Joe)
Barbara Dixon (different spelling but ...)
Frances Lane (Frankie)
Selwyn Loyd
Gordon Ramsey
Ronald Scott (Ronnie)
Julia Foster
If you don't recognize any of them, either ask or Google them.
These are all their real and given names, no nicknames.
..... I do know someone who gave her daughter her favourite footballer's surname as a first name!
What, Snodgrass? That was a bit mean of her!
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Richard it was true and not a wind up ....I thought it at first but then the paperwork said Mr and Mrs Fawkes !! I did struggle to keep a straight face.
Jim Ford
ISTRC Fromage saying before the referendum that if the result was 48% leave and 52% remain, it would mean 'unfinished business' for the leavers. Well, the result went the other way, so it's unfinished business for the remainers!
Originally posted by Jim Ford View Post
That's working on the erroneous assumption that any level headed individual gives a damn about anything Farage says.
Can't see an election sorting much out, very likely another hung parliament.
Tory vote hit by Brexit party and Lib Dems, Labour a similar story with both main parties keeping their
safest seats.
Could be even harder to get anything passed unless they somehow manage to work together.
wornish
Call me Dave
Originally posted by Tram View Post
You might be right, but don't bank on it.
Watching Question Time last night, held in South Shields - historically a Labour stronghold - the people are fed up with the political class.
I think the same applies to a lot of constituencies of all political persuasions.
We need an election, the sooner the better to restore democracy.
The latest polls ( today ) do vary but indicate a 10 to15 point lead approx. for Conservative over Labour.
Interestingly, according to the BBC News site, Ipsos Mori's leader satisfaction ratings go back to 1977. Their September poll has Comrade Corbyn on the lowest net score of any opposition leader since their series began. No surprise there really.
In fairness, Boris doesn't appear to be the flavour of the month either, again not surprising.
Polls are not always reliable prior to an election but, given the above, an election may provide some surprising results.
peak4
Originally posted by wornish View Post
Yes, my following comments are very much about Boris (and Mr Cummings in the background)
I'd suggest that an election would only restore some semblance of democracy if, unlike the referendum, iton was conducted with some degree of integrity and honesty; at least an election will be subject to more scrutiny by the Electoral Commission.
This however, makes uncomfortable reading in that regard.
At least Channel 4 has finally picked up on it.
The nearest I have to a home page.
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Originally posted by peak4 View Post
OMG....Fake news and foreign collusion...……...and Boris's blond hair....
We HAVE morphed into a little USA...…………...
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I find these gatherings strangely uplifting. There is so much love.
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Chief complaint and the spirit of Christmas
It is sometimes hard to develop the spirit of Christmas under occupation. On Friday 17 Palestinians were injured by Israeli occupation forces in Bethlehem including a friend of mine. Rehab is a photographer who was there to document what is going on. Targeting journalists and photojournalists is not new to the Israeli regime and has been practised since 1948. One journalist and writer who has been held without trial and who has been on hunger strike since 25 November is Mohammad AlQeeq.
Atrocities continue. The Israeli officials continue to call for more racist killing of Palestinian natives who are merely asking for freedom after decades of Israeli colonial occupation. Ministers call for murder and ethnic cleansing. One member of the Israeli Knesset even supports the burning of Palestinian children alive (saying this is not terrorism because Jews cannot commit terrorist crimes). The Israeli system refused to punish those who actually did such a horrible deed on a 13 year old Palestinian child.
But I digress. How are we to develop a spirit of Christmas and what actually is the spirit. I was in an exceptionally well filled church today in my town of Beit Sahour (the Shepherds’Field where shepherds were told to go to see the newborn Jesus some 2000 years ago according to Christian tradition). My mother and I went to church because of two deaths and we needed to participate and share with families.
Hundreds of town people gather and then go to a big hall where families of the deceased gather to receive condolences. As two deaths were involved both halls of the church were filled with people. I find these gatherings strangely uplifting. There is so much love. So many people sharing and hugging and shaking hands and asking each other genuinely “how are you”; in some other places that is a formality but not here in these gatherings when people actually mean it.
Here as we sipped coffee and ate special “church bread” and when they ask me how am I doing, I am free to tell them that I was sad at the injury and death of friends (either naturally or via Israeli actions), sad at continued starvation of Gaza, sad at seeing a video of a young Syrian refugee family that lost one of their two daughters in the sea but I am happy that there are so many good people doing great things to help each other (we just received one more volunteer from Germany yesterday). I then contemplated that I can find the spirit of Christmas (Jesus’ message of love and kindness to one another) even in sad occasions.
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Duke of Decadence by Violetta Rand (ePUB, PDF, Downloads)
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Alonzo, the Duke of Pridegate, is handsome, wealthy, and hedonistic to a fault. Gifted with the voice of a siren that can inflame the tamest of London debutantes, he has just returned to London after a year-long tour. Although he spent a considerable amount of time in the beds of beautiful ladies, he longs for the familiar and sedate — and perhaps even a woman of his very own.
Lady Julia Castle, the only child of the Duke of Hampstead, has no interest in overbearing, spoiled lords—especially ones who pretend to be famous and greatly desired. She’s a dedicated intellectual with ambitions to become a respected philanthropist, so when Alonzo Farrington runs into her at a book shop and claims to be a duke, she immediately doubts him. What man of the ton would act as he does? When he invites her to a private performance, she reluctantly accepts only to discover that he is indeed a duke and a famous Verdi baritone.
Unimpressed by his fame, Julia admits to herself that any woman would be thrilled to be seduced by such a man and with her father pressuring her to marry—Julia is now desperate to find a husband she can tolerate. Could Alonzo be that husband even though he goes against everything she’s fought so hard to resist? It may be a decision that costs her greatly, for once she and the duke are alone, she’s at his mercy.
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5 Amazing Airport Amenities We Wish NAIA Had
by Dino Mari Testa on Wednesday, March 28, 2018
The Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) has been making improvements and its efforts have been recognized by London-based research firm Skytrax.
Skytrax placed the Philippines’ main airport tenth on their list of World’s Most Improved Airports during their latest World Airport Awards. The research firm ranked and evaluated 550 airports through a survey answered by more than 13 million travelers from different parts of the world.
Overall, though NAIA exhibited promising changes in its facilities and services, it still has a below-average rating on Skytrax. Based on 366 customer reviews, NAIA only scored 4/10 based on convenience, cleanliness, safety, and amenities. Comments about the airport range from “dysfunctional in multiple ways” to “average.”
Fortunately for the future of travelers to and from the Philippines, there has been great interest in improving NAIA. A “super consortium” formed by seven companies in the Philippines has proposed a P350-billion mega rehabilitation program that will span 35 years. Meanwhile, a partnership between Megawide Construction Corporation and India’s GMR Infrastructure Limited is also training its eyes at rehabilitating NAIA, proposing a 25-year rehabilitation contract for a $3-billion budget.
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With the airport overhaul gradually becoming a reality, we can only dream of some features our beloved airport could have over time. Consider this post our appeal to the government as we list down the amenities and features we wish would be included in the NAIA rehabilitation plans. Who knows, your future Holy Week trips might finally include these.
1. Lightning-fast wireless internet
Model airport: Don Mueang International Airport, Thailand
In 2016, local major telco player Smart upgraded their free public internet access at the NAIA to 1 gigabit per second. This means up to 3,000 wireless users can enjoy hassle-free internet connection. However, the Philippines still has a long way to go in terms of airport Wi-Fi.
In comparison, Bangkok’s Don Mueang International Airport was hailed by public Wi-Fi watchdog Rotten WiFi as the paragon of internet access in Asia, offering up to 37.10 MBPS on average download speeds.
2. Squeaky-clean toilets
Model airport: Narita International Airport, Japan
Airports must always maintain high toilet standards to avoid world nomads spreading viral horror stories of the time they sought to relieve themselves. One of the most impressive toilet bathrooms in the world can be found in Narita Airport, which was created by Japanese toilet manufacturer TOTO.
Apart from above-average basic amenities, Gallery TOTO doubles as an art installation with huge LED panels showcasing the best qualities of Japan. You can’t get any more extra than that.
3. Ultra-convenient airport links
Model airport: Hong Kong International Airport, Hong Kong
Last January, the Manila-Clark Railway finally broke ground, which will make the trip to Clark International Airport more convenient. The Philippines has also finally sealed the deal with the Japan International Cooperation Agency to fund the construction of the Metro Manila Subway, an underground rail line from Quezon City to NAIA.
While waiting for those two projects to come to fruition, we’re hoping for something similar to Hong Kong’s Airport Express. That airport rail link comes with free porter services, wireless connection, in-train charging, and overnight baggage check-in services.
4. Ample gate seating
Model airport: Changi International Airport, Singapore
A noisy barkada, a whiny tita, and a guy in a suit who talks loudly over the phone—these are just some of the most obnoxious characters you’ll encounter at the gate. Unfortunately, you have no choice but to sit with them because of inadequate seats in the waiting area.
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There’s a reason why Skytrax has hailed Changi as the best airport in the world for six years in a row. They don’t just provide enough seats for people; the lobby also showcases insane chairs coming from the ateliers of B&B Italia and Marcel Wanders. Your news feed will become 100 percent more interesting with a few selfies taken on these set pieces.
5. Cheap yet amazing terminal meals
Model airport: Suvarnabhumi Airport, Thailand
For the budget traveler, a pocket-friendly food place is a god-send. Despite the many wonderful flavors inherent in Philippine cuisine, NAIA’s restaurant catalog is decidedly lackluster.
In Thailand’s Suvarnabhumi Airport, a foodie haven exists in the form of Magic Food Point. The food court houses more than 20 stalls offering delicious and cheap Thai, Chinese, and Vietnamese dishes. Some of the items you must try at Magic Food Point are banh mi, papaya salad, shrimp dumplings, and the porridge.
Sources: Airline Equality, World Airport Awards, The Philippine Star, Rotten Wifi, Businessworld
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Singapore Math Strategies: Advanced Model Drawing for Grades 6-9
Turn math students into math lovers with model drawing in your classroom. This course will teach you how to use model drawings with different types of word problems and train parents in the basics of model drawing to help children continue building problem-solving skills.
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In this course, you'll master model drawing, a revolutionary technique for teaching problem-solving to middle school math students. When you introduce model drawing into your classroom, your students will succeed with word problems, build math skills, and develop self-confidence. They will even look forward to math!
You will learn how to use model drawing with many different types of word problems, including part-whole problems, word problems involving comparisons, and before-and-after word problems. You'll also master advanced techniques to help you model more complex problems, and gain insights into how to guide students as they grapple with consecutive integers, remainders, percentages, and problems involving rate and distance. Finally, you'll put it all together as you create your own word problems based on models provided in the course. You'll even learn how to train parents in the basics of model drawing so they can help their kids continue to build their problem-solving skills. Model drawing works—and it's fun as well. Get ready to turn your math students into math lovers!
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Lesson 1 - What Is Model Drawing?
Jason groans when you say it's time for math, Leona can't get the hang of equations, and Sunny struggles to make sense of word problems. What's the solution for all of them? Model drawing! In this lesson, you'll discover the basics of model drawing and find out why this technique is a core part of Singapore Math—an approach that turns middle-school math-haters into eager, proactive problem solvers.
Lesson 2 - Part-Whole Word Problems
In this lesson, you'll dive into modeling by exploring one the easiest types of word problems: a part-whole word problem. You'll begin with simple problems and work your way up to trickier ones, ending up by modeling partitive and quotitive word problems. As you go along, you'll get plenty of practice building your own models and using them to find solutions. In addition, the lesson will offer helpful tips for getting all of your students involved in your model-drawing sessions.
Lesson 3 - Word Problems Involving Comparisons
Tom has three times as many apples as Nguyen. Nguyen has six more apples than Beth. How can you figure out how many apples they each have? With modeling, of course! Today, you'll explore comparison problems involving addition, multiplication, or both. By the time you're done, you'll be solving the trickiest problems with ease—and have a good grasp on how to combine functions in a single model.
Lesson 4 - Before-and-After Word Problems
Do "before-and-after" word problems make your students go all wobbly in the knees? Well, don't worry, because modeling quickly cuts these problems down to size. In this lesson, you'll tackle three types of before-and-after questions: fraction, ratio, and age questions. You'll learn how to draw two models (a before model and an after model) for each problem and discover why it often makes sense to start at the end of your problem—not the beginning.
Lesson 5 - Shifting and Subdividing Units
In this lesson, you'll add to your toolbox of skills by exploring two new model-drawing techniques: unit-shifting and subdividing. These skills are invaluable when you're modeling complex problems, and you'll find out how to use them separately and in combination. In addition, the lesson will talk about the importance of teaching perseverance as your students work on increasingly challenging problems.
Lesson 6 - Comparison Problems Using Fractions, Decimals, and Ratios
You modeled comparison problems earlier, but now it's time to kick it up a notch! In this lesson, you'll solve comparison problems involving fractions, decimals, and ratios. You'll also get ideas for fun classroom activities that will help your kids understand math concepts.
Lesson 7 - Problems Involving Consecutive Integers
In this lesson, you'll focus your sights on problems involving consecutive integers—that is, numbers that follow each other in sequence. In addition, you'll learn how to model problems involving consecutive odd or even integers and then discover some secrets for making sure your learners have a strong math vocabulary.
Lesson 8 - Remainder Word Problems
Kids (and even teachers) often have trouble with remainder problems, but questions like these are a cinch when you put the power of modeling to work for you. In this lesson, you'll learn how to use remainder bars in your models and how to handle remainder problems involving fractions, decimals, and percents. You'll also discover how to differentiate your modeling lessons by creating "living models." It's a powerful learning technique—and it's fun!
Lesson 9 - Percents
Middle-school students need to be able to work easily with percents, and here's your chance to help them ace this skill. In this lesson, you'll move from simple percent problems to complex ones that also involve before-and-after concepts. By the time you're done, 100% of your kids will have a new tool for conquering percent problems!
Lesson 10 - Rate-and-Distance Problems
Does your class groan when they see a problem that starts out, "A train leaves the station at 9 a.m. going 50 miles an hour..."? Well, after today, they'll actually look forward to brain teasers like this. (Really!) That's because with modeling, your students can ace even the toughest rate-and-distance problems in just a few minutes. You'll work your way from easy to complex problems and get some tips for helping kids grasp the concepts of speed, rate, time, and distance.
Lesson 11 - Putting It All Together: Practicing Your New Skills
You've worked a wide range of problems in this course, and now it's time to put it all together. In this lesson, you'll find two practice sessions that will help you hone your modeling skills. Then, you'll finish the lesson with a twist in your third practice session: You'll create your own word problems based on the models you receive. It's a great way to boost your modeling creativity!
Lesson 12 - Getting off to a Successful Start
This is the final lesson, but it's just the beginning of your modeling adventure! In the lesson, you'll get tips for starting that adventure off on the right foot as you introduce modeling to your students for the first time. In addition, you'll find out how to hone your own modeling skills so that you'll shine in the classroom. Finally, you'll look at how you can turn parents (even the skeptical ones) into allies by teaching them the basics of modeling.
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It is recommended that you take Singapore Math Strategies: Model Drawing for Grades 1 - 6 before taking this course.
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1 February 2000, source Industrial Environmental Management
Environmental concern is now supported by increasing legislation to limit the levels of mercury-laden effluents discharged into receiving waters, and manufacturers exceeding those limits face heavy financial penalties.
A European waste incineration company approached PS Analytical to configure an on-line effluent monitoring system to its wastewater treatment process. The company processes its stack gas scrubber liquors in a wastewater treatment plant on-site. The treatment involves pH correction of the gas filtration effluent through to removal of the majority of heavy metals as sludge. The resulting wastewater is further treated by passing through sand beds and finally through activated carbon filter beds before discharge to the local river. Previously, the company analysed its effluent for mercury manually, approximately three times a day. The collection, transportation, sample preparation and calibration, followed by subsequent determination, could take as long as five hours.
Atomic Fluorescence spectroscopy is, by its very nature, inherently sensitive. A typical atomic fluorescence arrangement consists of an intense excitation source focused on to an atom population in a flame. Fluorescence radiation, which is emitted in all directions, then passes to a detector,usually positioned at right angles to the incident light.
The source can be either an atomic line or a continuum and this serves to excite atoms by the absorption of radiation at specific wavelengths. The atoms are then deactivated, partly by collisional quenching with flame gas molecules and partly by emission of fluorescence radiation in all directions.
The wavelength of the fluorescence radiation is generally the same or longer than the incident radiation. The wavelength of the emitted radiation is characteristic of the absorbing atoms and the intensity of the emission can be used as a measure of their concentration.
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There are five basic types of fluorescence that occur in flame measurements; (i) resonance fluorescence, (ii) direct-line fluorescence, (iii) stepwise-line fluorescence, (iv) thermally assisted direct-line fluorescence and (v) thermally assisted anti-Stokes fluorescence. Theoretically, increasing the intensity of the excitation source will increase the response and hence the sensitivity of measurement.
Despite its inherent advantages, atomic fluorescence has not been a big success commercially. This has been due to the matrix-interference effects that occur when real samples are analysed. However, coupling a fluorescence measurement technique with a vapour generation technique has the potential to overcome all of these problems with an additional bonus: the pre-treatment required to generate the vapour will in itself remove the great majority of the interfering species, and the bonus is the increased transfer efficiency of the element of interest to the measurement cell. Significant improvements to detection limits can be achieved in this way for mercury, arsenic, selenium and antimony, and it is comparable to ICP OES and ICP/MS systems.
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The Doctor, originally from Australia, has been mixing it up all over the world for the last 16 years.
He started his DJ career back in the mid 90's playing clubs in the infamous "Playa de las Americas" in Tenerife, Spain. He then moved across the pond to Miami where he took to the Hard House scene that swept the US over the Millennium.
An urge to get back to his musical roots found him back in Spain in 2001 where he opened "BED", a bar famous for it's attention to funky beats and outrageous parties. This was based on the Balearic island of Mallorca. During this time The Doctor split his summers between here and the party island of Ibiza.
Then in the winter of 2003 he set sail for Antigua in the Caribbean, where he mixed it up in Abracadabra's and other unnamed beach parties for the season.
Again being drawn back to Spain The Doctor then opted for the bustling clubs of Barcelona where he pleased crowds with his now evolving Electro sound. This was when the Deepdown&funkindirty label was born. This then inspired a 12 month tour of Asia including all the biggest clubs and parties that Thailand and Malaysia had to offer.
The Doctor is now based back home in Australia, and working with agency's including "Inbedproductions", "Musicology" and "Ideal Dj's".
With an incredibly busy schedule, The Doctor can be seen playing alongside internationally acclaimed artists at clubs and events worldwide and also on his weekly online radio show, "The Weekend Warm Up", broadcasting live on www.idealclubworldradio.com
Now gearing up for his 2012 Asian Tour, he will be hitting various clubs across Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Malaysia during September and October. Along with plenty of upcoming gigs all over Australia, this is looking like a crazy year for The Doctor.
With such versatility, its always a surprise to see what style he is going to break out, with the Doctor producing and spinning sets from all genres, including Funk, House, Tech House, Electro, Breaks and even Disco!
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RCP4.5 total sea level rise ...
RCP4.5 total sea level rise projections
External Data Spec Published 25 Jul 2014
Topics: Climate change adaptation , Water and marine environment ,
These projections were calculated for the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (Working Group I contribution, Chapter 13, http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/assessment-report/ar5/wg1/WG1AR5_Chapter13_FINAL.pdf ). They were provided by Marc Carson (ZMAW), who is a contributing author to this chapter.
Integrated Climate Data Centre (ICDC)
Dataset URL:
ftp://ftp.icdc.zmaw.de/ar5_sea_level_rise/
Dataset path:
ftp://ftp.icdc.zmaw.de/ar5_sea_level_rise/totslr-rcp45-4.nc (NetCDF format)
Indicators using this data
Global and European sea level This indicator comprises several metrics to describe past and future sea level rise globally and in European seas. Global sea level rise is reported because it is the second-most important metric of global climate change (after global mean surface temperature), and because it is a proxy of sea level rise in Europe. Past sea level trends across Europe are reported in two different ways: first, absolute sea level change based on satellite altimeter measurements that reflect primarily the contribution of global climate change to sea level rise in Europe; second, relative sea level change based on tide gauges that also include local land movement, which is more relevant for the development of regional adaptation strategies. The indicator also addresses changes in extreme sea level along the European coast. The following aspects of sea level rise are included: Observed change in global mean sea level, based on two reconstructions from tide gauge measurements (since 1880) and on satellite altimeter data (since 1993) Spatial trends in absolute sea level across European seas, based on satellite measurements (since 1993) Spatial trends in relative sea level across European seas, based on European tide gauge stations with long time series (since 1970) Projected change in global sea level for different forcing scenarios, including contributions from different sources Projected change in relative sea level across European seas Projected change in the frequency of flooding events along European coasts
Global and European sea level This indicator comprises several metrics to describe past and future sea level rise globally and in European seas. Global sea-level rise is reported because it is the second-most important metric of global climate change (after global mean surface temperature), and because it is a proxy of sea level rise in Europe. Past sea-level trends across Europe are reported in two different ways: first, absolute sea level change based on satellite altimeter measurements that reflect primarily the contribution of global climate change to sea level rise in Europe; second, relative sea level change based on tide gauges that also include local land movement, which is more relevant for the development of regional adaptation strategies. The following components on observed sea-level rise are included: Change in global mean sea level (time series starting in 1880, in mm), based on a reconstruction from various data sources (since 1880) and on satellite altimeter data (since 1993) Trend in absolute sea level across Europe (map, in mm/year), based on satellite measurements (since 1992) Trend in relative sea level across Europe (map, in mm/year), based on selected European tide gauge stations (since 1970) Furthermore, this indicator presents projections for sea level rise in the 21st century, both globally and for the European seas. The indicator also presents the contributions to past and future global sea level rise from different sources. Finally, the indicator presents information on observed and projected changes in extreme sea level along European coasts. However, due to insufficient data availability this information cannot be presented by means of figures or maps.
Global and European sea-level rise This indicator comprises several metrics to describe past and future sea-level rise globally and in European seas. Global sea-level rise is reported because it is the second-most important metric of global climate change (after global mean surface temperature), and because it is a proxy of sea-level rise in Europe. Past sea-level trends across Europe are reported in two different ways: first, absolute sea level change based on satellite altimeter measurements that reflect primarily the contribution of global climate change to sea-level rise in Europe; second, relative sea-level change based on tide gauges that also include local land movement, which is more relevant for the development of regional adaptation strategies. The following components on observed sea-level rise are included: Change in global mean sea level (time series starting in 1880, in mm), based on a reconstruction from various data sources (since 1880) and on satellite altimeter data (since 1993) Trend in absolute sea level across Europe (map, in mm/year), based on satellite measurements (since 1992) Trend in relative sea level across Europe (map, in mm/year), based on selected European tide gauge stations (since 1970) Furthermore, this indicator presents projections for sea level rise in the 21st century, both globally and for the European seas. The indidator also presents the contributions to past and future global sea level rise from different sources. Finally, the indicator presents information on observed and projected changes in extreme sea level along European coasts. However, due to insufficient data availability this information cannot be presented by means of figures or maps.
Global and European sea-level rise This indicator comprises several metrics to describe past and future sea-level rise globally and in European seas. Global sea-level rise is reported because it is the second-most important metric of global climate change (after global mean surface temperature), and because it is a proxy of sea-level rise in Europe. Past sea-level trends across Europe are reported in two different ways: first, absolute sea level change based on satellite altimeter measurements that reflect primarily the contribution of global climate change to sea-level rise in Europe; second, relative sea-level change based on tide gauges that also include local land movement, which is more relevant for the development of regional adaptation strategies. The following components on observed sea-level rise are included: Change in global mean sea level (time series starting in 1880, in mm), based on a reconstruction from various data sources (since 1880) and on satellite altimeter data (since 1993) Trend in relative sea level across Europe (map, in mm/year), based on selected European tide gauge stations (since 1970) Trend in absolute sea level across Europe (map, in mm/year), based on satellite measurements (since 1992) In addition, this indicator informs about the contributions from various sources to the observed global sea level rise (since 1901). Finally, this indicator presents projections for sea level rise in the 21st century, both globally and for the European seas.
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Projected change in relative sea level, 2081–2100 The map shows the projected change in relative sea level in 2081-2100 compared to 1986-2005 for the medium-low emission scenario RCP4.5 based on an ensemble of CMIP5 climate models. Projections consider land movement due to glacial isostatic adjustment but not land subsidence due to human activities. No projections are available for the Black Sea.
Projected change in relative sea level The map shows the projected change in relative sea level in 2081-2100 compared to 1986-2005 for the medium-low emission scenario RCP4.5 based on an ensemble of CMIP5 climate models. Projections consider land movement due to glacial isostatic adjustment but not land subsidence due to human activities. No projections are available for the Black Sea.
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A Dendrite-Free Lithium Anode
Better Batteries Without the Fireworks
This is yet another tale from the long saga of the Quest to Build a Better Battery. We’re all waiting for the day when we can unplug everything and yet never have our batteries run dry, so, for the time being, battery technology is cool.
This tale is very specific. It’s about building a lithium-based battery with a lithium anode. Why is that a goal? Well, it always was the goal for the best performing lithium battery, but inconvenient problems like potential fires have gotten in the way. So we’ve used carbon-based anodes as a next best thing.
But according to a team from… well, from several institutions (the Joint Center for Energy Storage Research, the Pacific Northwest National Lab, and the US Army Research Lab), batteries built this way may be reaching their potential energy density limit. And so figuring out how to get a lithium anode working would extend the energy density roadmap.
This tale involves two main agents in addition to the principal anode character. The first is a solvent; the second is a salt that’s dissolved into the solvent. Together they make the electrolyte that ferries ions around as the battery is charged and discharged. The salt should contain lithium so that, when charging and discharging, the Li+ ions in the salt solution are plated onto or stripped off of the anode, depending on whether it’s charging or discharging.
The problem is that, especially with organic solvents, you’ve got some complicated chemistry going on – or at least the potential for it – in addition to this simple transfer of lithium ions. And lithium apparently plays well with only a few solvents. As a result, experiments with different alternatives have tended to bump up against one roadblock or another.
The biggest roadblocks are:
Dendrites. These are the evil buggers that cause fires. Lithium crystalizes out into needle-like formations, and, because the reactions happen relatively quickly (due to our desire to charge and discharge quickly using high currents), there’s not really time for a nice, stable, low-energy structure to form. So you get these random needles that are subject to breaking off or just growing really long and piercing the separator, shorting the battery out. Meaning that your laptop just resulted in an unplanned early landing at the closest possible airport.
Poor cycling performance. This means that, on repeated charge/discharge cycles, you get worse and worse performance – less stored charge and lower currents. Much of this appears to be due to the buildup of a layer on the anode, called the solid/electrolyte interphase (SEI) film. It gets thicker with each charging cycle, and, as it does, ions are diverted to this buildup instead of being stored, and resistance increases. The big issue here is side reactions: lithium that should end up plating for use and reuse instead gets consumed in the side reactions that create this SEI layer, and that lithium is no longer available for storing energy. And because the SEI layer isn’t very conductive, eventually the battery stops conducting because the layer is too thick.
Electrode corrosion. This is related to the prior one, but bears addressing separately. Apparently, after numerous cycles, the metallic anode can become porous and develop cracks. The side reactions aren’t just happening at the surface.
Propylene carbonate (PC) is a typical solvent, and LiPF6 has been a standard salt for the lithium batteries that we use today. But, together with a lithium anode, they end up creating dendrite problems. There’s another family of ether solvents, the “glymes,” that cause fewer dendrite issues, but they still degrade over repeated cycling.
An important point here is the concentration of salt in solvent as various alternative substances have been tried. Because current density peaks at 1 M* concentration, this is the concentration that’s typically been used for trying out different configurations. Some prior experiments with higher concentrations showed promise, although none of them was able to achieve dendrite-free operation with stable Coulombic efficiency (CE – essentially, how many of the ions result in stored charge, or at least that’s this poor-man’s explanation) at high currents over multiple charging cycles.
The work done by this team picked up on these leads and, for the salt, used lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide – LiN(SO2F)2, or, more simply stated, LiFSI. They dissolved it in dimethoxane, or DME – an ether solvent or glyme. Together you’ll see them referred to as LiFSI-DME. And they played with the concentrations, working up from the typical 1 M concentration up to 5 M.
What they found were a couple of interesting things.
At 4 M, instead of dendrites forming, they got more of a nodule formation that was more compact and stable, meaning that it wasn’t going to pierce the separator.
In addition, the current density on the first charge was adequate but lower than that of lower concentrations. But, unlike the runs with lower concentrations, it remained stable over many, many cycles – potentially thousands of cycles.
2- and 3-M runs behaved somewhere between 1 M and 4 M, and so were not as effective. 5 M exhibited lower conductivity, so 4 M appeared to be an optimum.
According to the team’s analysis, what seems to be happening is a result of the choice of materials and the higher concentration. DME is less likely to react with Li than PC, so this reduces the rate of side reactions. There’s also weaker interaction between Li+ and FSI– in solution, making the Li+ more broadly available for deposition. LiFSI is also highly soluble, making it less likely to crystalize.
Finally, because there’s more salt in concentration, there’s more Li+ available for plating, and, as it plates, there’s a higher concentration gradient from the just-depleted electrolyte near the electrode and the rest of the electrolyte, stimulating a more vigorous flow of ions towards the lithium anode. In addition, less solvent per volume means less solvent for side reactions. And, in fact, the SEI appears to have more inorganics in it, making it more conductive.
The best part is the fact that, once the SEI is established, it seems to seal off the lithium, making it unavailable for further corrosion. SEMs indicate no porosity or cracks. And so the SEI doesn’t continue to grow; once established, it remains at a stable thickness. Because it’s conductive, this means that the resistance remains low as the battery is cycled.
In the final analysis, the high concentration of lithium ions supports high currents, and the well-behaved SEI layer raises the CE to just over 98%. They were able to cycle it over 6000 times at 10 mA/cm2. They see this as an excellent platform for further battery development.
*I felt kind of stupid not being sure what “M” specifically meant. I knew it was related to concentration, probably having something to do with moles (which, once I got past college chemistry, has stronger association with rodents and skin formations), but that wasn’t enough. I checked around and decided that here we’re dealing with molarity, which is moles/liter. That’s as contrasted with molality, which is moles/kilogram. This distinction in terminology is probably problematic for folks whose native languages don’t discriminate well between the phonetic liquids…
High rate and stable cycling of lithium metal anode (behind a paywall)
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Deep Dive: Software Patents and the Rise of Patent Trolls
Trolling Effects Launched To Build A Database Of Patent Troll Threats
Saved by Alice
The U.S. Patent System is supposed to represent a bargain between inventors and the public. In theory, it is simple: in exchange for dedicating a novel invention to society, along with a clear explanation of how to practice that invention, a patent applicant gets a 20-year monopoly.
But, lately, we’ve watched as the system appears to fall apart, harming innovation, the very thing it was designed to foster. Many factors contribute to the problems we’ve seen with the patent system, but perhaps none so much as the rise of the patent troll. To be sure, the patent troll problem is not a new one (remember the infamous RIM v NTP case?), but recently, we’ve followed a troubling new trend: more and more small developers and companies targeted by trolls.
What is a patent troll?
A patent troll uses patents as legal weapons, instead of actually creating any new products or coming up with new ideas. Instead, trolls are in the business of litigation (or even just threatening litigation). They often buy up patents cheaply from companies down on their luck who are looking to monetize what resources they have left, such as patents. Unfortunately, the Patent Office has a habit of issuing patents for ideas that are neither new nor revolutionary, and these patents can be very broad, covering everyday or commonsense types of computing – things that should never have been patented in the first place. Armed with these overbroad and vague patents, the troll will then send out threatening letters to those they argue infringe their patent(s). These letters threaten legal action unless the alleged infringer agrees to pay a licensing fee, which can often range to the tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Many who receive infringement letters will choose to pay the licensing fee, even if they believe the patent is bogus or their product did not infringe. That’s because patent litigation is extremely expensive — often millions of dollars per suit — and can take years of court battles. It’s faster and easier for companies to settle.
Lodsys
In particular, we’ve watched with dismay as Lodsys, a company that neither makes nor sells a product, targets small app developers, claiming the use of in-app purchasing technology (usually provided by Apple or Google) infringes Lodsys’ patents.
It’s impossible to know how many app developers Lodsys has actually threatened, but we do know that it has sued at least 11. Apple has moved to intervene in that suit, claiming that the license it took from the patents’ former owner covers its app developer’s uses of that technology, and Google has filed a Notice of Reexamination with the Patent Office challenging the validity of Lodsys’ patents. But Apple’s and Google’s actions — while noteworthy — will take years to reach resolution. In the meantime, app developers are faced with an unenviable choice: either take a license from Lodsys or live with the fear that they could be the next party facing a lawsuit.
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Vermont Is Mad as Hell at Patent Trolls and Is Not Going to Take It Anymore
There is exciting news out of the Green Mountain State this week: folks in Vermont are so fed up with patent troll abuse that they are taking matters into their own hands. With trolls filing thousands of lawsuits every year and blanketing the country in threat letters, states are looking...
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Ditto Turns To Indiegogo For Help Battling Patent Lawsuits (Including One From 1-800-Contacts)
1-800-CONTACTS did not respond when I emailed for comment. However, the Electronic Frontier Foundation published its own blog post in support of Ditto saying that 1-800-CONTACTS has “a long record of using the courts to bully its competitors.” That prompted a complaint from the company’s lawyer saying that 1-800-CONTACTS is...
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US bill to open up filings and stop patent trolls
According to Adi Kamdar, activist and blogger for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the proposed law would require firms to disclose when a shell company is filing a patent infringement claim and leave large firms accountable for malicious 'patent troll' activities. Kamdar said: “We currently don't have an effective way of...
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Deeplinks Blog by Adi Kamdar | May 20, 2013
Whose Patent Is It Anyway? A New Bill to End Patent Anonymity
Representative Ted Deutch (D-FL) introduced a new transparency bill last week called the End Anonymous Patents Act (H.R. 2024, PDF)—the third piece of legislation in the last year to take on the problem of patent trolls. The bill sets out to solve what Professor Colleen Chien refers to as...
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Startups' Secret: More Are Facing Patent Suits
Ditto's predicament has attracted the attention of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a San Francisco nonprofit that is focused on digital-rights issues and is actively working to change federal legislation to curb patent abuse. EFF recently published a blog post on Ditto that said 1-800 Contacts is "abusing patents to squelch...
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Egyptian, Ethiopian, Sudanese consultative meeting on Renaissance Dam in Khartoum
4th Health&Botanical Health committee meetings begin in Cairo
Ministerial meeting on National Programme for Recycling, September 6, 2018 - Press Photo
Ministerial committee convened for recycling programme
Thu, Sep. 6, 2018
CAIRO - 6 September 2018: A committee combining officials from three ministers convened on Thursday to discuss implementing an integrated recycling system to eliminate the garbage problem widespread in Egypt.
The committee included State Minister of Military Production Said al-Assar, Minister of Environment Yasmine Fouad, and Minister of Local Development Mahmoud Shaarawi.
The meeting set plans to establish plants for different types of recycling. The extracted substances will be used in agriculture and manufacturing as well as for producing fuel, and generating electricity.
Assar told press after the meeting held at his ministry’s headquarters that military production companies built 68 recycling factories across the country since 1995. The minister also revealed that foreign offerings are under study to bring in and domesticate manufacturing technology of the necessary equipment and recycling lines.
Assar added that military production companies locally manufacture recycling equipment and production lines characterized by simple designs and ease of use in order to reduce importation and save up foreign currency.
State Minister of Military Production Said al-Assar (r) and Minister of Local Development Mahmoud Shaarawi - Press Photo
Shaarawy said that the level of cooperation between the three ministries is excellent and praised the manufacturing capabilities and the expertise available at the military production companies. He stressed the importance of also upgrading existing plants and production lines on the short-run.
The Local Development Ministry will be in charge of concerting efforts with municipalities and governorates’ administrations to improve garbage collection and create sustainable solutions.
State Minister of Military Production Said al-Assar (r) and Minister of Environment Yasmine Fouad - Press Photo
Fouad stated that the Environment Ministry prepared a map for garbage collection after gathering all information needed on the problem. The minister affirmed her confidence in the capabilities of the two other ministries, ensuring the National Programme for Recycling success.
The Cabinet allocated last year LE 300 million ($17 million) for the new waste collection system to purchase necessary gear and pay the wages of the additional labor.
The new model will depend on workers to collect garbage door to door, and will cancel garbage bins from streets to prevent garbage collectors from sorting waste in the streets, which was the old model of dealing with waste.
The new system was put into effect last September in Maadi, following the completion of contracts with foreign companies, and was successful in ending waste accumulation in the neighborhood’s streets.
Cairo Governor Atef Abdel Hamid affirmed that the new system will be implemented all over Cairo gradually after the completion date of the current contracts with foreign companies in each neighborhood, announcing that the next area where the new system will be introduced is Tora.
On the other hand, Egypt
garbage for LE 5 billion from January 1 to April 30, which marks a 20 percent increase compared to the same period in 2017. A total of 60 kinds of waste are allowed to be imported to Egypt, but in 2017 ministerial decisions allowed the entry of new types of waste, including hazardous waste.
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