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__label__cc	0.564902	0.435098	#WPLongform, Food for Thought, History, Post A Day 2014, Terrorism, Terrorists, This is Life, Tupamaros, tvaraj, Uruguay The Tupamaros, Terrorists of Uruguay – Part 2: The Formative Years May 12, 2014 tvaraj 10 Comments . . By T.V. Antony Raj The first Tupamaro robbery operation was a raid on the Swiss Rifle Club in the city of Colonia del Sacramento in southwestern Uruguay on July 31, 1963. They stole 28 World War I and World War II-era guns. It was the first of the many raids conducted by the Tupamaros to enhance their stockpile of armaments. This armed action signaled the birth of Latin America’s most famous urban guerrilla group, the Tupamaros. From then on, the Tupamaros pursued a strategy that combined political activities and guerrilla tactics. They forged the slogan “Words divide us; action unites us.“ At this time José Mujica was an active Tupamaro. Though the Tupamaros numbered less than a hundred, they pulled off some spectacular feats. During the formative years the Tupamaros faced both success and failure. In September 1963, some Tupamaros were involved in a normal car accident and refused medical assistance. This created suspicion and when they were interrogated, they revealed that Raúl Sendic was their leader. The authorities arrested Sendic. In December 1963, around 20 Tupamaros attacked a food delivery truck and distributed the food among the poor living in the slums of Montevideo. This earned them a Robin Hood-like following among the poor in Uruguay. The international media immediately labelled them “Robin Hood guerrillas.” In raids conducted in January and April 1964, they stole more weapons and explosives from a customs warehouse and a munitions manufacturing plant. In March 1965, three Tupamaros were arrested after they made a mess of an attempted robbery. On August 8, 1965, the Tupamaros attacked and bombed of the Bayer chemical plant in Montevideo. And, for the first time the Tupamaros claimed responsibility for an attack. In December 1966, two Tupamaros were killed and several more arrested after a failed attempt to steal a car. They broadcast their propaganda by hijacking radio stations during major football games. The urban guerillas faced the problem of operating in a purely urban environment such as the capital city of Montevideo and the invariably flat rural areas of Uruguay in contrast to the terrain that provided refuge for revolutionaries in other countries like the Sierra Maestra mountain range of Cuban revolutionaries, and the Ya’nan mountainous region of Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung). At the beginning, Tupamaros abstained from armed actions and violence. They claimed that they were not a guerrilla group, but a political movement. But later on, use of violence became a part of their ideology. They considered the use of violence as legitimate and desirable to achieve their goals. At the beginning, Tupamaros abstained from armed actions and violence. They claimed that they were not a guerrilla group, but a political movement. The leaders of the Tupamaros said that to achieve improved social justice in Uruguay, violence and bloodshed would be used only as a final recourse. Nevertheless, later on, they resorted to kidnappings and their methods became increasingly murderous like any other insurgent movement. Use of violence became a part of their ideology. They considered the use of violence as legitimate and desirable to achieve their goals. The MLN-T dedicated to Marxist ideologies was the first organization in the free world to direct violence in the name of revolution against fellow countrymen. The Tupamaros used violence intentionally with the knowledge and expectation that the government would retaliate with harsh and repressive security countermeasures, which would increase support of the masses for the Tupamaros. In fact, they were successful in gaining support of the masses in the early stages of their campaign. Robert Moss, the Australian historian writes that a key element of the Tupamaros’ strategy was “to drive the government towards the use of ‘counterterrorism‘ in the hope that this would arouse liberal critics at home and abroad and weaken [the government].” The Tupamaros started robbing banks and other businesses to finance their movement. They also raided investment banks and publicized their fraudulent bookkeeping methods. They even took up judicial proceedings against the owners of these investment banks. In 1967, with their successful robberies and Robin Hood-type activities the Tupamaros gained popularity among the subjugated masses. On March 18, 2009 in “La columna de Pepe Preguntón” in the Uruguayan newspaper El País quoted José Mujica justifying the robberies: “Yo expropié recursos para la lucha en la que soñaba con cambiar la realidad, ¿tá? Robar es cuando usted se la guarda (la plata) para usted y se la gasta usted.“ Translation: “I appropriated resources for the fight in which I dreamed of altering reality. Stealing is when you keep the money to spend yourself.” The column also listed, in the words of Mujica, some of the “appropriation” perpetrated by the Tupamaros: Appropriated from Amount in US$ 10/14/64 Banco de Cobranzas 10/09/68 Banco de Londres 10/03/68 Banco Comercial 18/10/68 Sociedad de Bancos 01/11/68 UBUR 29/11/68 Casino Carrasco 10/12/68 Banco Mercantil 12/12/68 Banco Popular 30/12/68 From 2 assaults 07/01/69 From assaulting a firm 14/02/69 Financiera Monty 18/02/69 Casino San Rafael 13/03/69 Bancaria de Fray Bentos 05/06/69 The combined total robbed from two banks On April 24, 2009, in his article NOTICIAS CULTURALES CUANDO EL PEPE MUJICA ERA JOSÉ ANTONIO MORELLI (News and Views of the Colarado Party When Pepe Mujica Was José Antonia Morelli), published in Colonia Total, R. Villasuso admonished José Mujica saying: “Debería saber el señor Mujica, que el que mata es ASESINO, el que secuestra es SECUESTRADOR, el que roba es un LADRÓN, y el que miente, MENTIROSO.” Translation: Mr. Mujica should know that one who kills is a MURDERER, one who kidnaps is a KIDNAPPER, one who steals is a THIEF, and one who lies is a LIAR. In June 1968, President Jorge Pacheco, aiming to suppress labour unrest, imposed a state of emergency and repealed all constitutional safeguards. The government started repressing various groups, particularly the Tupamaros. The government locked up political dissidents, used torture during interrogations and banned public demonstrations. The Tupamaros retaliated by more robberies, political kidnappings and assassinations. ← Previous – Part 1: The Beginnings Next → Part 3: Armed propaganda The Tupamaros, Terrorists of Uruguay – Prelude (tvaraj.com) The Tupamaros, Terrorists of Uruguay – Part 1: The Beginnings (tvaraj.com) The Tupamaros, Terrorists of Uruguay – Part 3: Armed propaganda (tvaraj.com) The Tupamaros, Terrorists of Uruguay – Part 4: The Kidnappings tvaraj.com) The Tupamaros, Terrorists of Uruguay – Part 5: Assassination of Daniel A. Mitrione (tvaraj.com) The Tupamaros, Terrorists of Uruguay – Part 6: Operation El Abuso, the Great Escape (tvaraj.com) The Tupamaros, Terrorists of Uruguay – Part 7: The Coup d’état of 1973 (tvaraj.com) The Tupamaros, Terrorists of Uruguay – Part 8: The Military Government (1973-85) (tvaraj.com) The Tupamaros, Terrorists of Uruguay – Part 9: Restoration of Democracy in Uruguay (tvaraj.com) The Tupamaros, Terrorists of Uruguay – Postlude (tvaraj.com) A Short History of Uruguay – Part 1 (tvaraj.com) Is José Mujica The World’s Poorest and Humblest President? (tvaraj.com) José Mujica and Uruguay’s “Robin Hood Guerrillas” (nationalinterest.org) Raúl Sendic (en.wikipedia.org) Folclórico deslumbramiento primer mundista (eldiario.com.uy) Ejemplo (historico.elpais.com.uy) 1973 Uruguayan coup d’état (en.wikipedia.org) Che GuevaraFood for ThoughtGuerrillaGuerrilla WarGuerrilla WarfareHistoryJose MujicaMao Tse-tungMao ZedongMontevideoPost A Day 2014postadayRaúl SendicSouth AmericaterrorismTerrorists of UruguayThe Art of WarThis is lifeTupamaroTupamarostvarajUrban Guerrilla WarfareUruguay Previous PostThe Tupamaros, Terrorists of Uruguay – Part 1: The BeginningsNext PostThe Tupamaros, Terrorists of Uruguay – Part 3: Armed propaganda 10 thoughts on “The Tupamaros, Terrorists of Uruguay – Part 2: The Formative Years” Pingback: The Tupamaros, Terrorists of Uruguay – Postlude \| Impressions Pingback: The Tupamaros, Terrorists of Uruguay – Part 9: Restoration of Democracy in Uruguay \| Impressions Pingback: The Tupamaros, Terrorists of Uruguay – Part 8: The Military Government (1973-85) \| Impressions Pingback: The Tupamaros, Terrorists of Uruguay – Part 7: The Coup d’état of 1973 \| Impressions Pingback: The Tupamaros, Terrorists of Uruguay – Part 6: Operation El Abuso, the Great Escape \| Impressions Pingback: The Tupamaros, Terrorists of Uruguay – Part 5: Assassination of Daniel A. 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__label__cc	0.654655	0.345345	Write for TV Source TV Source Magazine TV News, Spoilers, Recaps, Interviews Soap Spoilers Current Soaps Soap Opera Pulse Poll Sneak Peek: ‘General Hospital’s Nutcracker Gala (Photos) Jenn Bishop @http://twitter.com/SourceJenn December 6, 2015 / 12:07 PM December 6, 2015 GENERAL HOSPITAL - "General Hospital's" Nutcracker Gala begins airing the week of December 21, 2015. The Emmy-winning daytime drama "General Hospital" airs Monday-Friday (3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. (ABC/Todd Wawrychuk) TYLER CHRISTOPHER, ROGER HOWARTH, REBECCA BUDIG, LESLIE CHARLESON, ROBERT PALMER WATKINS, KIRSTEN STORMS, INDIA ARIE, HALEY PULLOS, WILLIAM dEVRY, NANCY LEE GRAHN, MICHELLE STAFFORD, VINESSA ANTOINE GENERAL HOSPITAL – “General Hospital’s” Nutcracker Gala begins airing the week of December 21, 2015. The Emmy-winning daytime drama “General Hospital” airs Monday-Friday (3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. Episodic (ABC/Todd Wawrychuk) CHARLES/ ETHAN LOSIE, CHAD DUELL Next Page: [caption id="attachment_40713" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Tagged: ABC General Hospital Nutcracker Gala Soap News Soaps Toys for Tots Share Jenn Bishop Jenn Bishop was TVSource Magazine's Soap Editor. She's a thirty-something fan girl of soapy television and anything involving Joss Whedon. She began sharing her views on daytime soaps in 2012 with her blog Save Our Suds. A former philosophy major, she loves discussing different view points with fellow TV addicts and aficionados. When not watching television, she enjoys art, live music, exploring the Midwest food scene, and drinking too many lattes. Follow her on Twitter at @SourceJenn. @http://twitter.com/SourceJenn General Hospital Spoilers: January 18-22, 2021 The Young and the Restless Spoilers January 18-22, 2021 Days of Our Lives Spoilers: January 18-22, 2021 Bryan Dattilo Back on Contract at ‘Days of our Lives’ ‘The Young and the Restless’ Adds Leigh-Ann Rose, Ptosha Storey to Cast ‘The Young and the Restless’ Celebrates 12,000 Episodes The Young and the Restless Spoilers: November 23-27, 2020 Previous Story General Hospital Spoilers: December 7, 2015 Edition Next Story ‘Grimm’ Review: ‘The Rat King’ Soaps September 19, 2020 September 22, 2020 General Hospital Spoilers: September 21-25, 2020 This week on General Hospital it’s mother/daughter love, with a side dish of guilt, and a heaping… The Young and the Restless Spoilers: September 21-25, 2020 Makeups. Breakups. Shakeups. Find out what happens in ourYoung and the Restless spoilers for the week… ‘All My Children’ Star Cady McClain Tapped as ‘Days of our Lives’ Jennifer Horton Recast Former All My Children star Cady McClain has joined the cast of NBC’s Days of… Days of our Lives Spoilers September 14-18, 2020 This week on Days of our Lives: We’re rejoicing as John wakes up, in mourning with… This week on General Hospital it’s bad news, confrontations, and a little family bonding. Find out what… Prepare for ‘WandaVision’ with New Disney+ Original Series ‘Marvel Studios: Legends’ Review: You Should Be So Excited for the ‘Saved by the Bell’ Reboot ‘Cobra Kai’ Season 3 Releasing Early on Netflix Your Source for TV TV Source is an online magazine covering publication covering forthcoming trends and news in TV, soaps and pop culture, all on one platform. S U B S C R I B E ! Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of tvsourcemagazine.com © Copyright 2021 by TV Source Magazine. All Rights Reserved.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line3824
__label__wiki	0.76088	0.76088	A server problem has occurred. Please try again a little later or contact us by e-mail info@trigon-film.org or by phone at +41 (0)56 430 12 30 The request failed. Please make sure you are connected to the Internet and try again. If this does not help, we will be happy to support you by e-mail at info@trigon-film.org or by phone at +41 (0)56 430 12 30 about trigon-film Online Cinema 3 trigon movies 2014 Corn Island 2013 Blind Dates 2010 The Other Bank - Gagma napiri Order by Year Title Director Corn Island George Ovashvili – 2014 Told through captivating imagery and visuals this long-awaited movie from a renowned Georgian filmmaker is an unusual psychological drama that demonstrates just how unnecessary dialogue can be for creating maximum audience effect. An old peasant and his innocent 16-year-old granddaughter sow corn on an island in the middle of the Inguri River dividing Georgia from Abkhazia. The intense bond between nature and the two individuals is disturbed, however, by the arrival of the border police. More DVD Corn Island Levan Koguashvili – 2013 Sandro is a forty-something teacher and still lives with his parents, who constantly meddle in his private life. He shows little interest in the blind dates his friend Iva pressures him to go on. On an outing to the Black Sea, he falls in love with the hairdresser Manana. When her husband Tengo is released from jail early, Sandro’s predicament takes on absurd dimensions. He gets caught up in wild family disputes and feels compelled to move Natia, pregnant with Tengo’s child, into his parents’ home. More DVD Blind Dates The Other Bank - Gagma napiri Twelve-year-old Tedo lives with his young mother in Keto in an isolated hut on the outskirts of Tiflis. Tedo and Keto are refugees from Abchasia. The civil war has claimed everything they ever owned, including Tedo’s and Keto’s hopes for a bright future as an intact family unit. Tedo was just four years of age when they were obliged to flee from Abchasia. At the time, they had to leave behind Tedo’s father – his weak heart made it impossible for him to take on such a strenuous journey. More DVD The Other Bank Subscribe now for the trigon-film newsletter and stay up to date on new dvd releases. For our German or French newsletter with news on all cinema, vod and dvd releases, please change to the respective site and sign up there. > Find a Film > Films on DVD and Blu-ray > Cinema Screenings > Interactive World Map > Documents for schools > Organise a movie night Good movies are made all over the world. trigon-film is a non-profit film distributor from Switzerland that has been dedicated since 1986 to the selection of unique movies from Latin America, Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe, making them available in cinemas, on dvd and online, all the while supporting independent filmmakers. > Become a member	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line3829
__label__cc	0.592792	0.407208	東成物产私人有限公司Tong Seng Produce Pte. Ltd. 公司Our Company 产品Products 消息News 文化Rice Culture 米的常识All About Rice 联系Contact Us To allow our consumers to eat with a peace of mind To promote and spread the culture of eating rice to future generations To be Singapore’s Number One leading Rice importer and distributor, and to provide an integrated warehousing storage services for quality rice keeping. If food is the essence of man, then rice is its very being Rice is an important staple for Asians. At Tong Seng Produce Pte Ltd, we respect the sanctity of meals where social bonds and kinship are nurtured. This drives our conviction to provide the finest quality rice for the best dining memories. Tong Seng Produce Pte Ltd was established in June 1990 with rice as our core product. Despite a humble start, a team who believed in building their own brand, “SONGHE” was gathered and produced the first sales catalogue in-house. With limited resources, the team walked the ground and called on provision shops door-to-door to introduce this new entrant to the market. Backed by quality rice products and an exceptional operations team, SongHe gradually gained wide acceptance by the market. With the increase in demand, the company expanded our sources of rice from Thailand to other rice-producing countries like Vietnam, Cambodia, Japan, Korea, USA, Pakistan and India to offer consumers more varieties at different price points. In recent years, our product offerings were also diversified to include sugar, wheat flour and cooking oil. We work hard to maintain the consistency of quality for our flagship brand SongHe and the brand has evolved organically to include a humanistic approach. Our mantra of “Good Man, Good Deeds, Good Rice” has gained a foothold in many hearts and encouraged more people to do good. In these 25 years, Tong Seng Produce Pte Ltd continually sets new benchmarks in our quality requirements with consumers’ welfare as one of our major considerations. In our visits to overseas counterparts, we discovered that a chilled warehouse can replace the traditional method of chemical fumigation to prevent rice weevils growth. Dedicated to letting our customers consume our rice with peace of mind, the management invested heavily to build a chilled warehouse when we relocated to our current premises in Senoko South. Till today, Tong Seng Produce Pte Ltd chilled warehouse is Singapore’s first and only one. Tong Seng Produce Pte Ltd firmly believes that the rice business should be run with a conscience and we will continue to offer the best quality rice and products. Modern Preservation Technique Singapore First and Only Chilled Warehouse Low Temperature Storage Prevent the growth of Rice Weevils No Fumigation Required Total of 6 Chilled Warehouses in our Premise A Brand of Singapore Established more than 30 years ago, SōngHè is a trusted homegrown brand that offers quality-assured products for the everyday Singaporean. From hawker stalls and restaurants to supermarkets and households, the brand works diligently to ensure that pantries are well-stocked with quality cooking staples. Voted & awarded ‘Most Trusted Brand (Rice Category)’ by consumers from 2010 to 2020, SōngHè has become and still remains as one of Singapore’s most beloved brands—being voted and awarded ‘Influential Brand’ in 2015 and 2019. As it actively participates in giving back to the people, SōngHè hopes to continue contributing to building a healthier community and maintaining a sustainable food culture for the generation of today and tomorrow. Crane Folding - A Different Cause In 2006, Tong Seng Produce Pte Ltd came together twice with the students and staff of National University of Singapore to set a record for a social cause. For each crane folded during both events, we pledged to donate 50 cents to charity. In addition, for every paper crane folded during the pre-event activities, 100g (one bowl) of rice was donated. A grand total of 20 000 bowls of rice and $10 000 in cash were given to our beneficiaries, amongst whom included The Singapore Autism Society and Singapore Red Cross. Kindess Movement In 2015, we partnered with LianHe WanBao ( 联合晚报), a Singapore Print Media, to feature heartwarming stories of the public who have put in effort to help people in need and who are continuously volunteering in organisations to improve the quality of lives of the less fortunate. Since the last quarter of 2019, we have embarked on evolving our brand DNA, progressively pushing our boundaries. This time the theme is 好人好事圆好梦 (accidentally deleted a chinese character here!) which means to ‘Fulfil someone’s dream with your good act’. This campaign began in Nov 2019 and will end in April 2020. Every week, we select and publish an article that reflects a good act in LianHe WanBao. The management carefully pick the article that touches them the most and make a donation to a designated charity organisation in support of such good acts. With this campaign, Tong Seng donates not only Rice and Oil, but goes a step further to form a committee that liaises with the designated charity homes to understand their needs. Many nursing homes have requested for wheelchairs, commode chairs and other medical devices. For the first 4 months of the campaign, we take pride that SongHe has donated to 10 nursing homes all over Singapore, and we hope to reach out to even more. In Feb/Mar 2020, as COVID-19 becomes a central issue, the main Chinese media in Singapore, LianHe Zaobao has approached SongHe to sponsor a 10-part article to document the good deeds among the community. We were approached by the editorial team for this sponsorship due to our distinctive SongHe brand DNA: Good Man, Good Deeds. This shows that our effort to live and share goodness over the years has been an inspiration to many and we hope, continue to inspire many others to be a good man, doing good deeds. https://www.zaobao.com.sg/zvideos/news/story20200731-1072683	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line3832
__label__wiki	0.757532	0.757532	Richard Cordray’s Tyrannical Federal Reign Disqualifies His Bid For Ohio Governor Even a cursory examination reveals Richard Cordray to be more than just a self-promoting pit bull with vaguely monarchical tendencies. He is also a corrupt partisan hack. By Dean Clancy Earlier this month, Ohio Democrats anointed Richard Cordray their party’s choice for governor. If elected this November, he would succeed retiring Gov. John Kasich—the liberal media’s favorite Republican—who, praise the Lord, is term-limited. Ohio voters deserve to know more about Cordray, a liberal lawyer who for four years ran the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) under Presidents Obama and Trump. Even a cursory examination reveals Cordray to be more than just a self-promoting pit bull with vaguely monarchical tendencies. He is also a corrupt partisan hack. Created in 2010 and launched in 2013, CFPB is a new kind of independent agency: highly centralized, without oversight by the usual bipartisan commission, and funded by Federal Reserve Bank profits and fines on corporations rather than congressional appropriations. The Dodd-Frank Act makes the agency’s director extremely powerful and basically un-fireable by the president. The idea is to liberate one “impartial” bureaucrat to courageously enforce “justice” in corporate America, unfettered by anything beyond his own sense of rightness. Neither Impartial Nor Motivated by Justice As CFPB’s first director, Cordray proved neither impartial nor particularly motivated by justice. From the start, he exploited his unique power to the full, working to shape CFPB into a vehicle of immense power and publicity—for himself. How shall we summarize this man’s record? Let facts be submitted to a candid world. He staffed the newly created bureaucracy top-to-bottom with partisan Democrats. According to Federal Election Commission data, 100 percent of campaign contributions the agency’s employees made in 2016 went to Democratic candidates. He funneled nearly $60 million to GMMB, a Democratic consulting firm with strong ties to the Obama and Hillary Clinton campaigns, for advertising and PR. Records show his agency spent at least $16 million a year in taxpayer money publicizing its director’s heroic deeds—a lavish amount even by Beltway standards. He handed a lucrative loan-servicing monopoly to a Democratic crony, Donald Uderitz, a wealthy Florida hedge-fund operator. Under the terms of their sweetheart deal, Uderitz is entitled to collect millions in fees for servicing 800,000 private student loans and to “improve” debt collection from the four-in-ten borrowers behind in their payments. Uderitz has no experience as a servicer, but gets to start at the top—and pocket millions—thanks to his luck in having a very powerful friend in government. Cordray unleashed his army of liberal attack-dog lawyers to harass private companies, many of them guilty of no crime beyond having a big bank account. He carried out a shakedown racket, euphemized as “governing by enforcement action.” In a typical case, he would accuse a company (“target”) of vaguely worded offenses like “unfair” or “deceptive” practices, then threaten it with crippling fines or burdensome lawsuits unless it bowed to his demands, which of course included writing a big check to CFPB in an out-of-court settlement. As one disillusioned former agency attorney recalls, “Targets were almost certain to write a check.” The size of the check did not depend on actual wrongdoing. “During investigations, Enforcement [Division] demanded targets’ financial statements to calculate the maximum fines they could afford to pay.” In one widely reported case, Cordray filed a lawsuit against student-loan servicing giant Navient following four years of aggressive investigation. Yet, as one commenter summarizes, while “the company produced 450,000 pages of documents, hundreds of hours of phone recordings, and more than 30 written reports,” as of today “the bureau has yet to prove that Navient engaged in fraudulent conduct.” And oh yes, he attempted to unlawfully appoint his own successor. In sum, the history of Richard Cordray at CFPB is one of repeated abuses of the public trust, to benefit himself and his cronies, and above all to promote himself for future office. He Leaves Behind a Pile of Muck In late 2017, Cordray resigned suddenly to run for governor. President Trump rushed in a successor, both to shut down his last-minute self-replacement stunt and to clean out the stable. The designated stable-cleaner: Mick Mulvaney, former South Carolina congressman and current White House budget chief. Mick has his work cut out. Muck-rake in hand, Mulvaney’s first major act as director was to deplore “the powers that I have as acting director. They would frighten most of you.” Next, he informed all agency staff: “The days of aggressively ‘pushing the envelope’ of the law in the name of the ‘mission’ are over.” Then, by early May, he was launching a partial reorganization of the rogue agency. It’s a good start. But in this stable, much muck remains. Mulvaney needs to do more. If he can’t shutter the agency, at least he can clean house. He should replace all of Cordray’s remaining political appointees, quash all of Cordray’s sweetheart deals, and fire all of Cordray’s cronies. Nay, more: he should suspend all new enforcement and rulemaking activities until the bureau is firmly under the president’s control and accountable to Congress, as the Constitution requires. Meanwhile, back in Ohio, voters should ask themselves: What does “King Richard” Cordray’s track record portend for us? For corrupt political climbers with vaguely monarchical tendencies, the past is usually prologue. Dean Clancy, a former senior official in Congress, the White House, and the U.S. health care industry, is a nationally recognized expert on U.S. health care and fiscal policy. He founded the advocacy group HSAs for All and currently serves as the senior health policy fellow at Americans for Prosperity. administrative agencies Administrative State Bureaucracy CFPB Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Corruption Ohio Richard Cordray shakedowns	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line3835
__label__wiki	0.79024	0.79024	Tune. New Sounds for 2016: 11 Jan music, Uncategorized by Melissa Ogier January 12, 2016 January 19, 2016 After a wondrous 3 week ‘pens down’ period, it’s exciting to return to some of the best stats we’ve ever had. We humans punctuate moments in our lives using a series of numbers, and though only one changes, we catapult ourselves with fresh resolve into a perceived new era, despite it being mere weeks since we bitterly tied up loose, stressful ends. Alas, the music never rests, and a fresh batch of new songs sat in wait, while I blissfully fanned myself in Byron Bay, gagging on the Aeroguard. Let them be the soundtrack to the best accomplishments of your life this year. Though the toil resumes, summer rolls on. I learned that David Bowie died today. Most people I know loved him. This afternoon was spent on a knife’s edge, as the Bowie classics were rolled out, regaining composure, only to lose it on hearing the likes of Modern Love and Let’s Dance (the video was filmed in Australia. Bawled). You see, it’s not just the physical person we lost today, but his spirit, and role playing – a perfectly put together legend; an accomplished artist, a master stylist. My tribute to David Bowie is here because the past weekend was spent getting lost in the new ★ album (pronounced Black Star), and reminiscing about some of the finer moments my husband spent with his mates in a share house in the 00s, which included an impromptu Bowie lip synch performance in a three-piece suit off a juliet balcony overlooking the communal courtyard. Sigh. The memories are classics. Farewell, Davy Jones from Brixton. David Bowie: Lazarus Lazarus is the 2nd single off Bowie’s 28th album, ★ (black star). The lucid, nightmarish video was directed by Johan Renck, who also directed the 10-minute short film for the album’s title track. About his experierience of visually interpreting the song ‘Lazarus’ and working with Bowie, Renck said, “One could only dream about collaborating with a mind like that; let alone twice. Intuitive, playful, mysterious and profound… I have no desire to do any more videos knowing the process never ever gets as formidable and fulfilling as this was. I’ve basically touched the sun.” St. Lucia: Love Somebody Love Somebody takes its place as the slow-burning centerpiece on St. Lucia’s forthcoming sophomore album MATTER, out on 29th January. St. Lucia’s Patti Beranek says of the track: “From the moment Jean first showed me the idea for this song, I’ve been in love with it. There is such an old-school soul slow-jam vibe about it. It’s sexy and naughty and is really about longing. Maybe it’s something secret that you can’t tell anyone about. A need to be with somebody, maybe anybody, and feel desired. It’s about how simple that need can be, and how simple it sometimes is to satisfy. Let’s just call it a booty call song that’s also about the romance of the booty call. It celebrates a certain feeling that I love in music, or in life in general: the space in between. The pull, the rub, where ying meets yang. A place where there is uncertainty but excitement. I love how it builds, I feel like you can get lost in it.” Fascinator: Time To Go Time To Go is Fascinator‘s latest single from his hotly anticipated Man album, out on Jan 29th. The New York-based, Australian bred Fascinator aka Johnny Mackay is notorious for his eccentric electronic experiments, and this single does not disappoint. The Chainsmokers: Roses feat. Rozes Roses is the follow up to The Chainsmokers debut smash #SELFIE, which swept the world, and we actually can’t believe it’s the same outfit. As in, we love this track. Roses recently scooped up the 2nd #1 on Billboard’s Hot Dance Electronic Chart for The Chainsmokers, and this time we concur. Savages: Adore Savages‘new track Adore is inspired by the American poet Minnie Bruce Patt, and marries singer Jehnny Beth’s commanding vocals and evocative facial expressions with intimate closeups of the band, oscillating rhythms, and surging guitars. Adore Life, the full length album will be released on Friday 22nd Jan. The video for Adore was directed by Anders Malmberg (Mew, Mø) with lighting and concept design by Tobias Rylander (The xx, Lykke Li, FKA Twigs). Freddie Mercury and David Bowie: Under Pressure (A-capella) During a 24 hour studio binge of booze and coke, Freddie Mercury and David Bowie wrote and recorded Under Pressure – this version plays stripped back vocals in a cappella, long before pitch correction was the norm, let alone required. I need a moment. Listen to The Garb Wire: A playlist of the music we write about. david bowiefascinatormusicsavagesst. luciathe chainsmokerstune. Watch: Chelsea Girls at ACMI Mofo 2016 Reveals Itself at Mona	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line3839
__label__wiki	0.947139	0.947139	Federal judge partially lifts Trump ban on refugees By Jesse Byrnes and Julia Manchester - 12/23/17 08:01 PM EST A federal judge in Seattle has partially lifted a ban on certain refugees imposed by the Trump administration. U.S. District Judge James Robart issued a ruling on behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Jewish Family Service on Saturday. The groups had urged the judge, an appointee of former President George W. Bush, to halt the ban on refugees from some majority-Muslim nations. Robart ruled that the federal government should process certain refugee applications, saying his order doesn't apply to refugees who do not have a "bona fide" relationship with an individual or an entity in the U.S. The ban originally went into effect after the president issued an executive order reinstating the refugee program “with enhanced vetting capabilities" in October. The ACLU argued that a memo sent to the president from Secretary of State Rex Tillerson Rex Wayne TillersonTillerson: 'We squandered the best opportunity we had on North Korea' State Department sets up new bureau for cybersecurity and emerging technologies Lawmakers express concern about lack of young people in federal workforce MORE, acting Homeland Security Secretary Elaine Duke Elaine Costanzo DukeBiden picks first Latino to lead Homeland Security Appeals court sides with Trump over drawdown of immigrant protections Trump mulled selling Puerto Rico, former aide says MORE and Director of National Intelligence Daniel Coats saying certain refugees should be banned unless security was enhanced did not provide enough evidence for why more security was needed. The judge wrote Saturday that "former officials detailed concretely how the Agency Memo will harm the United States’ national security and foreign policy interests" and said his ruling restores "refuge procedures and programs to the position they were in prior" to the ban, which he noted included thorough vetting of individuals traveling to the U.S. The lawsuits stemming from the ACLU and Jewish Family Services were consolidated and involved refugees who have been blocked from coming to the U.S. “Refugee resettlement is one of our proudest humanitarian achievements,” Jewish Family Services lawyer Mariko Hirose told The Seattle Times. “We as Americans cannot let this administration destroy our refugee program and repeat the worst of this country’s history by letting bigotry turn away those who need our help the most.” The refugee order applies to spouses and minors of refugees who have already moved into the U.S., suspending programs for individuals coming from 11 countries. Tags Rex Tillerson Elaine Duke George W. Bush	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line3843
__label__cc	0.573981	0.426019	A roster of Bay Area grant writers with contact info. Reach out to them about their grant writing services. Erin Merritt Erin has over 20 years experience in grant writing, including 3 years as AIDS Health Project’s Contracts and Grants Manager ($3 million portfolio) and 12 years as the sole grant writer for her own theater company. She recently wrote grants for Magic Theatre and TheatreFIRST, with an excellent funding return rate. Erin has written grant proposals to the Zellerbach Family Foundation, William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, Center for Cultural Innovation, California Humanities, San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco Grants for the Arts, City of Oakland, California Arts Council, Walter & Elise Haas Fund, Bernard Osher Foundation, and too many more to note, in arts, everything from microgrants to NEA, and all the major new-plays orgs. She has experience writing grants/contracts for project support, education programs, operating support (including new positions), accessibility projects and more as well as 3 years experience writing NIH and other medical funding. She’ll help you select your best funding matches and tailor your message for each funder. Broad knowledge of the range of granting opportunities available, from microgrants for artists and tiny companies to CAC and NEA, and who your competitors for these funds will be Concierge service re: brand-assessment and guidance on which funding sources are most likely matches for you or your company Organizational support (as well as project support), including expanding programs Specializing in new work, education programming, and social justice-focused work Associated experience with guerrilla marketing/funding strategies and fundraisers for small to mid-sized companies Long relationships with some funders such as Walter & Elise Haas Fund and Zellerbach Family Foundation Learn more about Erin Email Erin Idris Ackamoor Idris has been a grant writer and arts administrator for over 40 years. The organization that he founded in 1979, Cultural Odyssey, is one of the oldest African American performing arts organizations in the State of California. He is currently providing free arts business consultations funded by a California Arts Council grant. The focus of his consultation is DIY (Do It Yourself) grant writing to guide and instruct others in the art of grant writing. He has written grant proposals to the Zellerbach Family Foundation, William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, Center for Cultural Innovation, San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco Grants for the Arts, California Arts Council, Fleishhacker Foundation, Kenneth Rainin Foundation, and San Francisco Foundation. Performing artists and arts organizations BIPOC artists and arts organizations Individual musicians and musical organizations Theater groups and organizations Learn more about Idris Email Idris Jennifer Daly Jennifer has worked for two decades, on staff and as a consultant, for arts and education organizations. She has developed and written successful proposals to government agencies, private foundations and corporate funders. Having also administered programs in theater and visual arts, she understands the program staff perspective. She can help translate a creative vision into a practical and compelling proposal. Jennifer has experience writing grant proposals to the Zellerbach Family Foundation, William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, Center for Cultural Innovation, California Arts Council, National Endowment for the Arts, U.S. Department of Education, California State Library, San Francisco Foundation, Kimball Foundation, James Irvine Foundation, Marin Community Foundation, and Walter & Elise Haas Fund, among others. Youth development and asset-based models Arts and social justice Curriculum standards-linked programs (particularly CA frameworks and national model standards) Email Jen Lenore Naxon A lifelong arts administrator, Lenore is a prodigious problem solver. She directed a successful $85 capital campaign and worked with funders to secure grants $1,000 to $6,000,000 on a wide variety of projects from fiscally sponsored initiatives to major community collaborations. Lenore has written grants to the Zellerbach Family Foundation, William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, Center for Cultural Innovation, San Francisco Grants for the Arts, California Arts Council, Fleishhacker Foundation, and Gerbode Foundation. Working with small projects and 501c3s Helping individual artists and their projects garner increased capacity Keeping funders abreast of changes and improvements of projects over their course Long relationships with foundation grant officers Foundation research expertise CAC grant panelist (2X) Learn more about Lenore Email Lenore Rome Hamner A 20+ year veteran of the arts world, with significant experience in grant writing and grants management; program development, implementation, and evaluation; teaching, performance, and facilitation; and internal and external communications. She’s written over 1,000 grants to foundations, government, and corporate funders and has a career success rate of 72% (industry average ~30%). Rome has written grants to the William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, Center for Cultural Innovation, California Arts Council, City of San Jose Office of Cultural Affairs, Fleishhacker Foundation, Creative Work Fund, Walter & Elise Haas Fund, David and Lucille Packard Foundation, Applied Materials Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Silicon Valley Creates, and Shortino Family Foundation. Well-versed in the differences between government vs foundation grants Experience with BIPOC artists and organizations Skilled in developing and refining programs to leverage funding success Experience in program evaluation and assessment in the arts Learn more about Rome Email Rome Leigh Henderson As a practicing theater artist as well as the Managing Director of Teatro Visión, a small non-profit theater company, Leigh knows the importance of supporting individual artists and small arts organizations. She has written grants for Teatro Visión, Cashion Cultural Legacy, Mexican Heritage Corporation, and Madison Repertory Theatre, to funders such as the William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, Center for Cultural Innovation, California Arts Council, City of San Jose Office of Cultural Affairs, Alliance for California Traditional Arts, Applied Materials Foundation, Castellano Family Foundation, Creative Works Fund, Shortino Family Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Silicon Valley Creates, as well as offered workshops and advise for individual artists. Performing arts, especially theater Experience working with Latinx arts organizations Commitment to supporting small arts organizations and individual artists, particularly BIPOC artists and arts organizations based in communities of color Familiarity with local funders, particularly in Santa Clara County Learn more about Leigh Email Leigh Camella Bontaites Camella has 20 years of experience as a grant writer, most recently for the Chabot Space & Science Center. During her 13 years at Chabot, Camella spent 6 years as Grants Manager, followed by 7 years as Creative Content Producer in their exhibits department, during which time she continued to write for multiple departments. She wrote successful grant applications and reports for K-12 education programs for underserved youth, special youth projects, arts and science projects, and general organizational support. These included government, foundation and corporate proposals, including (but not limited to): NASA, National Science Foundation, USAirForce, IMLS, Kaiser Permanente, Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, Fleishhacker Foundation, Creative Work Fund, San Francisco Foundation, and Bernard Osher Foundation. She helped design an Arts-themed gala, created Chabot’s ArtPiece in Residence Program, and piloted their Artist in Residence program. Camella was focused on bringing the arts and sciences together and helped create classes, community projects, and exhibit pieces to explored this. Arts/science intersection Curriculum and arts/science youth programming Learn more about Camella View her website Email Camella Tova Lobatz Tova has worked with artists for over ten years in the Bay Area. The last 2+ years she has focused on writing grants for artists and Bay Area arts organizations. As a consultant, her goals are to provide economic sustainability for nonprofits and artists. She helps with fundraising strategies, prospect research, and formulating thoughtful and precise proposals. Tova is currently creating grant writing workshops focusing on helping artists navigate grant writing. She has experience writing grant proposals to the Zellerbach Family Foundation, William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, Center for Cultural Innovation, San Francisco Grants for the Arts, and San Francisco Arts Commission. Working with BIPOC artists and arts organizations Helping emerging and mid-career visual artists write proposals Working with BIPOC artists on submitting RFPs for public art sculptures Working on submitting government grants with BIPOC arts organizations Finding funding opportunities for BIPOC artists and arts organizations Learn more about Tova Email Tova	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line3844
__label__cc	0.573784	0.426216	thejudge13 F1: Daily International News roundup, inside whispers and insight together with thoughts and opinion Daily F1 News and Comment F1 Breaking News F1 Comment F1 Features F1 Polls F1 Race Reviews Voice of the F1 Fans TJ13 Competition Terms & Conditions Subscribe to TJ13 Advertise with TJ13 #F1 Daily News and Comment: Friday 6th March 2015 March 6, 2015 · by thejudge13 · in Daily F1 News and Comment, Top Ten List. · This page will be updated throughout the day. Please if you are on Twitter press the tweet button below. If you re-write and tweet individual story headlines don’t forget to include #F1. You may not realise how hugely important this is and has helped grow our community significantly Autosport #F1 GP Predictor – Season Opening 2015 – get signed up now! OTD Lite: 1915 – Dario Resta wins the Vanderbilt Cup Schumacher’s Medical file possibly stolen Engineering Porn: Topless McLaren Manor: The Biggest Comeback Since Lazarus German manufacturers urge FIA to rethink superlicense point system Hippo’s Top 10 Racing Unicorns Aussie police on the Melbourne grid More F1 teams on the way Ecclestone rubs salt into McLaren’s wounds Since the Grumpy Jackal is currently stranded in Nepal, where he visited an ‘Annoying Phone’ fair, today’s Edition of OTD Lite has been contributed by Jennie “The Doc” Mowbray. “America has never quite forgiven Europe for having been discovered somewhat earlier in history than itself.” ~Oscar Wilde~ 100 years ago World War One was raging in Europe, the Germans rapidly invading France and the Allies having to dig down in the trenches to try to hold them at bay. Motor-racing in Europe had ground to a halt as the young men had bigger and more deadly battles to fight. Dario Resta, Italian born but raised in Britain from the age of 2, had started racing in 1907, taking part in the Montagu Cup, the inaugural race at Brooklands. He took the lead two laps from the finish but due to a marshalling error with the lap count only came third. In late 1914 he was in the United States on a business trip and was approached by Alphonse Kaufman to drive Peugeots in the American races. The 1914 French Grand Prix had been a battle of Peugeot against Mercedes, with Mercedes decimating the field. The battle between the two manufacturers would continue on in the United States with both stables headed by an Italian-British driver, Ralph de Palma piloting the Mercedes. On February 27 Resta won the American Grand Prize and one week later on March 6 he won the Vanderbilt Cup and was rewarded with an upgrade to the 2014 Peugeot…which unfortunately for his competitors could go even faster. Peugeot were keen for the publicity. What they got was copied. Everyone loved their small and speedy DOHC engine and shortly everyone else was making them too. But after all, isn’t imitation the sincerest form of flattery? Motorsport Total reports that burglars have raided the office of Michael Schumacher’s doctor in Bad Nauheim, Germany. Besides cash, prescription forms and valuables, the thieves also took a computer. Dr. Peil declines to comment on whether or not the medical data of the seven-time World Champion was stored on the stolen device. Schumacher isn’t the only racing driver on Peil’s patient list, which also contains Nico Rosberg, Timo Glock and the entire staff of Volkswagen Motorsport. Should the data of Schumacher be on the stolen computer, it would already be the second attempt to cash in on the German’s horrific accident in December 2013. Last summer medical files of Schumacher were stolen and offered to several media, who all declined to engage in that sort of business. After being apprehended, the suspect took his own life. While the browser history of a hormone-ravaged teenager might feature snippets like “big natural jugs”, “topless cutie” or similar such jargon, the embarrassing trail of past digital misdeeds of an engineer will probably contain notions such as “open bonnet”, “polished pipes” or “without engine cover”. What a day it must have been for those of an engineering disposition when Formula1.com released this picture of a nekkid McLaren: Those who are aroused by the technological beauty will insist their interest is based on artistic value alone and in no uncertain terms are they focusing on the naughty bits, such as MGU-K, or (gasp) the compressor, For those whose first thought is the TJ13 podcast when terms such as ‘tools’ and ‘spanners’ are mentioned – no such inhibitions occur. It had been expected that Honda would copy Mercedes’ approach of putting the compressor (blue) and the turbo (red) at either ends of the internal combustion unit, with the MGU-H (upper green bit) in the middle. The advantage of banishing the compressor and turbo to opposite ends of the PU is that less cooling is required than in the rather clumsy pose above struck by the Ferrari and Renault entrants in this engineering “Ms. Nude” contest. Being from Japan, where people think buying ‘used’ panties from a vending machine is normal, the new kid on the block uses yet a different approach, naughtily sticking its MGU-H between the compressor and the turbo at the back, lasciviously flashing its MGU-K at the front. Whether this configuration turns out to be a winner remains to be seen, as the metallic beauty thus far has been shy and retiring when requested to appear on track. There will be long faces in the Sauber and Force India garages when the boxes arrive in down-under-land labelled ‘Manor F1’ on the cargo manifest. As F1’s sole survivor from the class of 2010 makes a grand entrance to 2015’s competition, Force India’s hope of pilfering Manor’s ‘Bernie money’ will vanish. Monisha Kaltenborn too would have been delighted with a cash infusion of an additional £5m, given the current legal expenses Sauber are incurring following their TP’s ham-fisted management of contracts – supposedly where lies her expertise. After passing the mandatory FIA crash test the Manor team’s kit will be shipped to Melbourne today though whilst the major obstacles are out of the way, we have yet to see whether Manor will actually race a week on Sunday. Qualifying for the Melbourne race is not a requirement for the team to receive its 2014 prize money. In theory they could pass scrutineering and then merely head on out and deliver a handful of installation laps in FP1 and FP2. This is all that is required to fulfil their legal obligation to ‘take part’ in the event. This approach would not please Bernie however, it would buy Manor Racing some time to polish the rush-job that is their current car – which like the VJM08 is essentially a 2014 car that’s been given a nose-job. However, the competitive spirit that burns within the likes of John Booth and Graham Lowden will see Manor do their damnedest to compete properly, although the 2015 cars have proven to be 2 to 3 seconds faster than last years offering. some of this performance can be attributed to the 2015 Pirelli tyres, which of course Manor would use as well. Graham Lowden said yesterday that 107% rule in qualifying exists for a reason and that the team is prepared to accept a possible failure to make that mark. In fact, the 107% rule will define Manor’s approach to their 2015 challenger. Due to the engine rules, which only allow 4 PU’s per driver, the new car would have time to be polished until somewhere halfway into the season, but should the current solution fail to make the cut in qualifying, they will surely pour everything they have into the new car – in an effort to have it ready by the time the first PU is about to expire. Daimler-Benz, Audi and BMW, the three manufacturers in Germany’s DTM series, have sent a letter to FIA, complaining about the fact that the DTM has been completely overlooked and success in it does not yield any points toward an FIA superlicense. Markus and Jochen Winkelhock, Bernd Schneider, Dario Franchitti, Giancarlo Fisichella, Christijan Albers, Gary Paffet, Pascal Wehrlein, Paul di Resta, Susie Wolff – quite a number of drivers have run in DTM before coming to F1 as test drivers or regular drivers. In some cases (Albers, diResta, Wehrlein, Wolff) the switch was made directly. Most of them ran for Mercedes, who traditionally use DTM to give young talents some experience, especially since DTM has a history of attracting also drivers after their F1 career – Nicola Larini, Alessandro Nannini, Jacques Laffitte, Hans Joachim Stuck, Bernd Schneider, Mika Häkkinen, Jean Alesi, Ralf Schumacher, Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Keke Rosberg, Timo Glock, David Coulthard are just some of them. So the youngsters could always mix it with F1 drivers, sometimes GP winners or even world champions. Mercedes, Audi and BMW fear that they will no longer be able to attract young talents because DTM does not bring them any nearer a Formula One career, even though DTM uses many elements that help in preparation for a job in F1. Elements like option and prime tyres as well as DRS are used in the series. For the next 10 weeks I will present a car every Friday that was built, tested, but never raced in the capacity it was built for. #10 – Zakspeed Volvo C70 DTM When the DTM rose from the ashes of the old DTM/ITC which had been killed off by the FIA after just two seasons, there were four interested parties: Mercedes and Opel as works teams, Abt had built an Audi TT DTM and Zakspeed had built a prototype car based on a Volvo C70. While Audi gave Abt their blessing to run the TT in DTM and even returned to the series as a works outfit four years later, Volvo vetoed Zakspeed’s entry at the last minute. Subsequently, the team adapted the car to ONS and VLN rules and two outings in the 24h of Nürburgring were the only competitive races for the car. Volvo missed a huge chance, as Abt proved that a private team can be successful. Laurent Aiello won the 2002 DTM title on an Abt Audi TT-R, which then prompted the Ingolstadt based manufacturer to return as works team. Sauber’s bungled handling of GIedo van der Garde’s contract to drive for the Swiss team this year is quickly developing into a monumental farce, which may even create huge adverse publicity for Formula One too. Monisha Kaltenborn in some way clearly believes F1 contracts are tenuous affairs and now finds herself and her team on the wrong end of the arm of the law. A Swiss court has already ruled that Van der Garde must be given one of the two race seats as per his contract and the Dutchman will be asking the Supreme Court in Victoria to enforce this judgement at an exceptional hearing listed for Labour Day next Monday. Given the jurisdiction in which the original ruling was made and international agreements that secure the original judgement as binding, TJ13 believes Van der Garde’s application in the Australian court should be a formality and a local injunction will be issued against Sauber. Sauber’s team principal Monisha Kaltenborn commented today. “As this matter is currently before the courts it would be inappropriate for me to comment on specific details, However, we will take all necessary steps to protect our company, this team and its interests. “Last year was a challenging time for us but going into the 2015 season we have been focused on putting steps in place to ensure that we are delivering the best outcomes for F1’s fans.” Sauber admit in their submissions to the court in Victoria that there has been a ruling against them in Switzerland, however they claim it is a first partial award and is not yet final. Should Sauber fail to act upon any ratified directive by the Victoria court, the team could have assets seized and personnel arrested. Fat Hippo has a soft spot for Monisha Kaltenborn, and seeing her in handcuffs may just be too much for him to bear. The drama scenario is Aussie police on the grid enforces Van der Garde’s right to climb into the car and drive. That said, in the incestuous world that is Formula One, there are always wheels of influence whirring within the wheels of organisation. So it is not beyond the realms of possibility, that at the last minute, Giedo van der Garde may ‘see the light’ and retract his application. Should Sauber be forced to allow him to drive at the Melbourne GP, then obviously either Ericsson or Nasr will be forced to withdraw – jeopardising some of the $40m the pair bring to the team. The chaotic world of Formula One is never dull – mostly unpredictable – but highly entertaining. Who needs more than 19 races a year? HRT’s rotting carcass is worm fodder, Caterham is demonstrating early stages of rigamortis and only by a miracle, equally surprising as the Immaculate Conception – Manor Marussia Racing have been saved from the bottomless pit of bankrupt F1 teams. News of these events has clearly reached the hallowed portals of the Place de Concorde and officials of the FIA have been woken from their slumber. The invisible man – Jean Todt – has decreed he is ‘considering’ putting out tenders for new Formula One teams. Of course, next year we see the slightly pompous Mr Haas and his brand new team enter Formula One – presuming he’s not just using the 18 months since announcing himself to the world – for publicity purposes and isn’t really bothering to build a car. Teams come, teams go. This is F1. Yet the most spectacular failure recently was the brain child of an ex-apprentice of Richard Branson – Tony Fernandes. The Asian businessman has the dubious F1 record of spending more than anyone else ever in the sport – to never score a single point. Whilst tenuously linked to the matter of a new F1 tender process for new teams, ‘Le Presidente’ added that he was proud of F1’s new engine Formula, he is credited with pushing through. “I feel it is one of the few sensible decisions which has been taken over the last period,” said the Frenchman. “Formula One is the pinnacle of motor sport, so we must be an example to society. It is not all happening in a kind of closed golden-gated community where nothing is happening on the other side of the world.” Maybe those who in fact exist within closed golden gate communities don’t really see the wood for the trees. The party should now be in full swing in Woking. Their prodigal son driver has returned along with their favourite mistress from way back – Honda. Yet no one could have imagined the depth of Woking’s woe come the dawn of spring. They have a car/engine that has failed to prove it complete a GP distance whilst other teams have been racking up thousands of kilometres, their star driver is sitting out the season opener in Australia and the PR disaster surrounding Alonso’s crash refuses to go away Sebastian Vettel and Martin Brundle, to name but two, have described the circumstances surrounding Alonso’s accident as strange – though Vettel was lamely wheeled out days later in an attempt to revise his original observation. Gary Hartstein has in some way calmed the troubled waters over the extent of Alonso’s injury, suggesting it is normal for the Spaniard to miss the Australian GP. However, his opinion is laced with a time bomb set for a few days later. Should Alonso fail to drive in Malaysia, then Hartstein will join those who hold the opinion something ‘strange’ has gone on. Then, just as news cycle moves on to the deadline for agreement with the German GP organisers, Sauber and Kaltenborn finding themselves in court on an Aussie public holiday and we have a rare appearance of the invisible man – up pops Bernie. “What has surprised me is what happened (at Barcelona)”, says the F1 supremo. When asked about Alonso he replied, “It is completely inexplicable. Fernando is a little surprised by what has happened to him.” Oh dear. The rhetoric is rising; we now move from ‘strange’ to ‘inexplicable’. “McLaren doesn’t want to discuss it, so there’s not much we can do,” Ecclestone continues. “It is really a sporting issue. So maybe it is one of those things that is necessary for the FIA to investigate.” There are times when there is a tangible sense of mischief which subsumes the normative buffoonery which Ecclestone exudes, and this feels like one of those moments. After all, Big Ron and little Bernie have had their run in’s in by gone times. Despite sources to the contrary, Max Mosely recently confirmed it was Ecclestone who snipped at Ron Dennis following the FIA’s unprecedented fine following ‘spygate’. He observed of the fine, “It is $5 million for the offence and $95 million for Ron being a twat” There is a crumb of comfort for big Ron as he weeps into his office shag pile carpet. Pat Symonds reckons McLaren will be fighting for second spot behind Mercedes. “Once they get past their problems, McLaren will be there. I try to carry on looking forward but you always have someone snapping behind you.” Then again, it costs nothing to utter the odd kind word to those in distress. Big Ron Dennis must be longing for the red lights to go out in Australia, but then again, given the year he’s having – who knows what disaster will follow – for the team who just can’t seem to buy a break a present. 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Nice piece – Carlo, watch out 🙂 Vortex Motio March 6, 2015 at 05:07 · · Reply → Brilliant bit about the lovely Zakspeed Volvo. Thank you for that bit of education. 🙂 bruznic March 6, 2015 at 09:06 · · Reply → Agreed. Looking forward to the rest of the series! Way to go hippo Aapje March 6, 2015 at 07:42 · · Reply → “was rewarded with an upgrade to the 2014 Peugeot” In 1914?? That was quite an upgrade then. jennie mowbray March 8, 2015 at 05:40 · · Reply → Time travel….how to get the best equipment 100 years before everyone else:) Though if you were going to take a car back in time it probably wouldn’t be a 2014 Peugeot!! Fortis96 March 6, 2015 at 07:59 · · Reply → Re OTD.. Heard mention on TopGear this past Sunday that the government or the council (I think it was) have air marked £4.6m to restore Brooklands racetrack. But as Clarkson said, “that’s only enough to do about the start/finish straight” bomboi69 March 6, 2015 at 08:25 · · Reply → Well that’s OK, because that’s about all that’s left – other than the hill climb slope. A shame, but lots of it has disappeared for ever under new development, including the Mercedes edifice next to the railway, near to Byfleet and New Haw Station. OK, for accuracy’s sake I suppose I should correct myself – there are bits of banking left (especially at the northern end of the circuit) but the industrial estate in the south-western quadrant slews across the track and the diversion of Oyster Lane (when the M&S/ Tescos development was built about 20 years ago) cuts straight through the southern banking. All courtesy of British Aerospace who sold off the land when they moved their production facility away from the site. Apologies for the ‘anorak’ reply, but I used to be a member of the Brooklands Society back in the day when it was still possible to bring most of the track back to its former glory. Hence, I was a bit ticked off when all the Society’s efforts were over-ridden by BAe’s need to raise lots of cash and they had this very valuable real-estate to sell. Commercially, a no-brainer but emotionally hard to take…… RobDin March 6, 2015 at 09:39 · · Reply → RE: Engineering Porn: Topless McLaren Didn’t Ferrari use a similar ERS-H setup as Honda last year? And didn’t Ferrari have a lot problems with an overheating ERS-H motor? Oh well let’s wait and see what kind of problems, if any, we see from the Honda engine this year once they get it running at the desired performance. taperoo2k March 6, 2015 at 13:51 · · Reply → Scarbs on the MP4-30 from about 28 minutes http://www.spreaker.com/user/f1_fans_updates/technical-world-of-f1-2015-with-scarbsf1 Honda’s layout is different going by the formula one sites graphic. Honda’s layout is MGH-K bolted onto the front of the ICE, then at the back it’s Compressor>MGU-H>Turbo the MGU-H adds some separation between the compressor and turbo. Ferrari and Renault sandwiched the Compressor and Turbo together with the MGU-H bolted onto that, with the MGU-K at the bottom (I think Mercedes placed their MGU-K at the bottom as well). He’s making some very bold claims relating to the Honda PU being as powerful as the Mercedes and that they’ll be pushing the Mercs very closely come seasons end. It’s a wait and see thing. I’d expect Honda to be at least on par with Ferrari and Renault by the end of the season. Mercedes will likely have found more speed over the winter, it’s just a question of when they will use their development tokens and the 2015 power unit is set in stone as far as the FIA go. Tommo March 6, 2015 at 11:40 · · Reply → Maybe Sauber could run a third car, problem solved then, and Bernie’s happy, ish. If GIedo, Guido or Gaydo, all ways I’ve seen his name spelt recently in the press, gets his wish and races, do Sauber then still get the money from his sponsors? In an arse about face sort of way it would be beautifully ironic if he does get his seat back but Sauber now can’t afford to even make Malaysia because of it. The welcome party would be out in Switzerland for VdG’s visits I imagine. Not that he’d have any reason to visit what with Sauber not having a simulator, or probably not even a company for much longer! In the Dutch media it is speculated that the most likely outcome is that on Thursday Giedo will enter the track with the police ready to arrest Ms. Kaltenborn. If that happens and either Ericsson or Nasr have to sit out the weekend it probably means that within a month Sauber is bankrupt. Which would be a shame for Sauber but at least teams learn to honor contracts, something the mid field and back of the grid teams have a lot of problems with and it has become worse in recent years. If we’re lucky the only positive that can come from this is that FOM and Bernie are forced to change some contracts because the risk of racing with too few teams is too big. I think this is a ridiculous situation in all honesty. Yes Sauber are in the wrong but they’ve done whatever it takes to keep the company going. I sympathise with them a lot. As I said yesterday vdG only loses out on a race seat, he’s had his pride tarnished a bit but he’s not in such a precarious position as the people working in the factory. Look at the knock on effect of when Caterham and Marrusia went bust, small companies relying on their business also went under. VdG will be fine, he can carry on racing somewhere else after this but it’s the little guys that lose out and that’s what really grates on me with this situation. A decent person would realise his actions can only have a negative impact on hundreds, maybe tens of hundreds of people and leave it be. He’ll just be racing about at the back anyway I can’t really understand his position. He’s too old to be noticed by a big team and move up the grid. At the most it would give him one more year in F1, and him being able to see that year out is hugely unlikely! He’s better off trying to build up his reputation in the WEC or some other racing series. There’s absolutely no benefit to running around the back of an F1 grid if you’re past the age of 25, just ask Kamui Kobayashi how his career’s gone after that spell at Caterham. So his father in law can’t be mad about the money he lost? (he made up a big part of guido’s backpack) and we’re talking about millions here. As long as some company, he has nothing to do with, keeps his head above the watter? because if that’s true I’m gonna build a company and rob you of some millions… Tommo March 6, 2015 at 14:23 · · You’d be lucky to get more than a cigarette paper off me I’m afraid!! Thing is he hasn’t lost any money really has he? The money he paid for last season got vdG some FP1 drives and his company advertised on the side of the car. I doubt any money would have been passed over for this year. I’m not pretending to be a lawyer here, I’m just looking at the situation from a more ethical and moral stance. There’s a bigger picture to be looked at here in an F1 sense. If you want to make emotion out of the equation then obviously Sauber are an underhanded, illegitimate business, that deserve to sued to high heaven, but as with any sport there’s a certain emotional attachment that you don’t get with other forms of business. RobDin March 6, 2015 at 14:56 · · Look if Sauber had just followed normal contract law and treated their drivers with respect, meaning made sure to stop GvdG his contract before signing a new driver, there would not be a problem. I find it a weak argument to just say “Because it affects so many people” to just stop following the law. If their boss, Ms Kaltenborn, had just treated their drivers with respect she wouldn’t have put her company and all the companies that get into trouble if your company does not exist in danger. If you want to blame someone than blame Ms. Kaltenborn. Even if she felt she had no other choice she should have still terminated GvdG and Sutil their contract in a proper way instead of signing a new driver and than tell your other drivers that they are not needed anymore 😉 Maybe this will have one positive result, at least for the drivers, and that is that no longer drivers are treated as dirt and contracts will be worth more than the paper they are written on. I used to be a Sauber fan but since this joke not any more. It’s about treating people with respect and just because respect is not something that Bernie has trained his circus to know about doesn’t mean respect should be ignored. And again if you want to blame someone than blame Ms. Kaltenborn. bruznic March 6, 2015 at 17:17 · · If (part of) guido’s money hasn’t reached sauber would there really be a breach of contract? There must be something going on or else he wouldn’t have a case. McMaster March 6, 2015 at 17:33 · · I doubt they took his money and then told him he couldn’t drive. His claim is more likely based on the validity of the contract and the terms he had to meet for 2015. I would assume he had to produce proof of the financing before Sauber offered him the ride but he probably didn’t have to pay them money. If he had then Sauber would have to have given the money back before cancelling his contract. Wasn’t it a matter of him having a clause in his contract 2014 that come 2015 he’d be in a race seat? They took the money, ran out the 2014 season and tossed him away…. McMaster March 6, 2015 at 12:31 · · Reply → I doubt you can be arrested for a breach of contract. I think it’s more to enforce the contract. You can’t be arrested for breaching a contract. Breach of contract is a civil matter rather than criminal, in the UK anyway. thejudge13 March 6, 2015 at 12:44 · · Reply → You can be arrested for breaching an inkunction Clear View March 6, 2015 at 13:21 · · @thejudge13 was that a Froidian slip, that a contract is not worth the ink its signed with. I’m interested in the point that has been reported that VdG was not give the chance to match the money the others were putting on the table. That to me is the crux of the whole argument. He must have fulfilled his half in full to be able to force the other party to comply with their obligations. This is going to get interesting, IF the injunction is upheld, wouldn’t VdG need a seat fitting etc as he is quite a big guy and Nasr and Erickson are much more on the slight side, so maybe he wouldn’t even fit in the car. Now that would be big LoL’s taperoo2k March 6, 2015 at 13:38 · · Well looks like we might be getting 3 farces for the price of 1. Farce 1 – Nico and Lewis resuming their squabbles whilst being 1 or 2 seconds ahead of everybody else. Farce 2 – Sauber management being arrested (for those who like drama you’d want it to happen on the grid just as Brundle is walking by on his grid walk). Farce 3 – McLaren Honda lasting most of the race surprising everybody but both cars grinding to a halt mere meters from the finish line. In Australia for a Swiss injunction? mattpt55 March 6, 2015 at 18:32 · · @McMaster when you get an injunction from an Australian court then yes, entirely possible. Good information from RobDin on how it’s playing in the Dutch media. We could suppose that someone is feeding their media from the inside which is good. I’ve not been following this closely (I suspect it won’t amount to much in the end), but I’ve also not seen the following mentioned. When we look at how Sauber may approach a solution to this problem we should account for some parties which have not yet been mentioned. What is, of course, very interesting (candidly, shocking is a better term) is that Mr. van der Garde is not seeking money, but pressing very hard instead for the seat itself. Why would Mr. van der Garde do that? Perhaps because he, his father-in-law, McGregor, and their lawyers realize that they may not be able to get much money from Sauber (blood from a turnip), but instead the real money is in the seat itself. This pits McGregor against Banco do Brasil (Nasr’s seat), and whatever sponsoring companies that Marcus Ericson is bringing. Or perhaps it is better to say Sauber would pit Banco do Brazil, Ericson’s sponsors, and their (driver) contracts against van der Gaarde’s contract and McGregor. I suspect Sauber has already done that and McGregor will end up with money from other sponsoring companies so that their driver (Ericson and/or Nasr) will retain the Sauber seat. Just tossing the idea in to the room here… The Engineer March 6, 2015 at 12:05 · · Reply → Interesting New York Times interview with Jean Todt – “Todt remains adamant that the new engine formula is vital to the future of the series.” The Quiet Man in the Formula One Fast Lane Gregor March 6, 2015 at 23:50 · · Reply → Todt is correct about the new engines. But how expects to attract new teams to F1 is beyond me. What can a business get from F1, other than poorer? Just played this game on SkySports, Which F1 driver are you?.. … I’m Alonso…. have a go everyone… http://f1.skysportsgames.com/ I’d have had you down more as a Maldonado to be honest 😉 I got Kimi lol Maldonado???…. You have offended me greatly sir and i challenge you to a duel at dawn….. 🙂 Can we make it a bit later than that? As a student I don’t know what that time of day is to be honest! verstappen March 6, 2015 at 12:37 · · Reply → On iPhone, the button for sound on/off overlaps the ‘next’ button. So I can only say ‘fist pumps’. What I find interesting is that Verstappen, the Max one, has done the test and it seems he got himself so at least the test has some accuracy in it ;-P curmudgeon52 March 6, 2015 at 13:24 · · Reply → I got a Nico. Don’t understand it, but the Hulk is OK. Clear View March 6, 2015 at 13:25 · · Reply → Fucking Pastor Maldonado! WTF! Load of………… kikl March 7, 2015 at 00:56 · · Reply → hooray I’m kimi R/T March 6, 2015 at 14:03 · · Reply → please update the news with Gazzetta article from Vettel onboard camera and that from “AS” Manuel Franco, they both point at more serious things Fat Hippo March 6, 2015 at 14:14 · · Reply → Both articles don’t seem to say much more than what we have already covered. And AS is not a really credible source. but they’re worth read Yes, good point about Luigi Perna’s Gazzetta article. It’s interesting that Sr. Perna’s crash sequence uses the theory presented by Michael Schmidt at AMuS vs the theory presented by Andrew Benson on the BBC site. It shows how popular Mr. Schmidt’s theory is. Given that Michael Schmidt and Andrew Benson have both sourced some objective data on the same crash, their objective data should mesh. This morning, an idea occurred to me how both sets of data can mesh together. Candidly I owe this idea to Mr. Hippo. His “Mystery of three seconds” report in Thursday’s DN&C was very helpful. That report was based upon a good German language article by Michael Schmidt published by AMuS on Wednesday March 4. The article appears to be a response to Andrew Benson’s report of Feb 27. I’ll write up more on this later this weekend when I’ve the time to do so. Here is a good hint till then… one of three three keys to meshing the data of Mr. Schmidt and Mr. Benson is 215km/h. Sam L. March 6, 2015 at 14:16 · · Reply → I am glad The Hippo does not want to see Monisha in handcuffs. I’d hate to think of him as into B&D porn. Iestyn Davies March 7, 2015 at 00:08 · · Reply → Well, he did grow up behind the ‘iron curtain’… there must be a bdsm joke in there somewhere lol I guess when you’re 84 and worth 6 billion quid, you can say what the bloody hell you like……….to who ever takes your fancy………….Bernie’s comedic value has gone up ten fold in the last 5 years. Is he for real? Or is he just playing up, simply because he can???? The Marmite of F1. Sanne March 6, 2015 at 19:37 · · Reply → Nice one about the Volvo DTM car! Would love to know a bit more about the ProCar silhouette class that never got there. Only know the Alfa 164 V10. Anybody knows if thethe Espace F1 was also built with ProCar in mind? that Alfa was incredible No the EspaceF1 was built purely as a show car Graeme Lowdon was very PC with his response to Force India’s move to block the team from returning just now on the F1 show. Adam Parsons March 6, 2015 at 23:00 · · Reply → Aye, cos he’s a canny lad with a bit of dignity. Always liked the way he stoof by both Jules and Max, but wasn’t superficially praising like I feel Clare Williams can be. Yeah Clare is alright, but its media speak soundbit shit a lot of the time. 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__label__cc	0.726045	0.273955	The Bane Chronicles The Last Hours The Shadowhunter’s Codex The Wicked Powers City of Heavenly Fire City of Heavenly Fire snippets Shadowhunters (TV Show) City of Bones Movie Official Photos Movie Merchandise City of Bones Soundtrack Worldwide Release Dates World Premieres Set Reports Unidentified Snippets Clockwork Princess snippets CLOCKWORK PRINCESS Chapter Titles The Manga The Dark Artifices Lady Midnight LADY MIDNIGHT snippets What We Know So Far TMI Source in the News January 16, 2021 in Book News // Cassandra Clare shares ‘Chain of Iron’ chapter titles, a new snippet and more! January 4, 2021 in Book News // Cassandra Clare shares first ‘Chain of Iron’ snippet of 2021 December 30, 2020 in Book News // Cassandra Clare shares new ‘Chain of Iron’ snippets December 24, 2020 in Book News // Illumicrate introduces special ‘The Infernal Devices’ box December 23, 2020 in Book News // Magnus is about to do magic in new ‘Chain of Iron’ snippet TMI TV Tuesday: What Networks Would Be A Good Fit For ‘The Mortal Instruments’ TV Show? Posted on January 27, 2015 by Alyssa Barbieri in Features, The Mortal Instruments, TV // 33 Comments On Tuesdays, TMI Source and Fangirlish are bringing you TMI TV Tuesdays, where we discuss different aspects regarding the upcoming television adaptation of The Mortal Instruments. As we await news regarding The Mortal Instruments television show it’s only natural that our minds wander in the direction of which network we will be watching our favorite characters each week. There are a lot of important factors to consider when deciding which networks would be good fits for The Mortal Instruments, including their target audience, influence of social media and fan engagement. But the most important thing is: Can they make this show a success without compromising the source material? With that in mind, we’ve thought about four networks that could be a good fit for The Mortal Instruments: Is it wrong that when I first heard that The Mortal Instruments was set to become a TV show that I first thought of and hoped it’d be picked up by The CW? It may be because it’s my favorite network, but I also credit that instinct with the recent success of book-turned-show The 100. The 100 is a perfect example of how to adapt a young adult book to a television show — one that has noticeable changes but remains faithful to the source material, which pleases book fans and attracts new viewers. The network is no stranger to adapting young adult books, having the long-standing success of The Vampire Diaries, as well as the gone-too-soon The Secret Circle. With its rich history in young adult adaptations, The CW seems like a perfect fit for The Mortal Instruments. A network that also has adapted television shows from young adult books, ABC Family could be a great fit for The Mortal Instruments. With the uber success of Pretty Little Liars, ABC Family has proven that they know how to take a young adult book series to success on the small screen. ABC Family is also very big on social media and fan engagement, which The Mortal Instruments fandom has proven to be exceptional with. The network has a history of adapting Sara Shepard’s books, including PLL and The Lying Game, and there’s also the potential for another series as they are developing Shepard’s The Perfectionists. Just think of the possibilities if The Mortal Instruments ended up and succeeded on ABC Family and the spinoffs we could get (I’m looking at you, Infernal Devices). With its social media savvy and young adult market, ABC Family would be a perfect fit for The Mortal Instruments. Another great young-adult skewed network, MTV would be a natural fit for The Mortal Instruments. MTV is a network that is always looking for innovative shows that are going to impact its audience, like Teen Wolf. With Teen Wolf perhaps nearing its conclusion in the next couple of years, I’m sure the network is looking for that Next Big Thing that comes equipped with passionate fans that know how to make noise, and The Mortal Instruments would be a great series to inherit that role. Like ABC Family, MTV is all about fan engagement through social media interaction, which has always been important for the series whether it was for the books or the movie. It’s all about marketing the brand, and MTV has proven through social media and content, like after shows and such, that they know how to keep fans engaged after the show is over. With its target audience and innovation, MTV could be a perfect fit for The Mortal Instruments. While it doesn’t share the same market as the previous three, Starz is a network that I believe could really adapt The Mortal Instruments well. Look no further than Outlander, a book adaptation that has exploded onto the scene, and has pleased both fans of the source material and attracted new fans alike. When it comes down to it the most important thing isn’t about which big name network the show would be attached to, it’s about which network is going to take care of the series we know and have loved for years. And with Starz’s commitment to that I feel like they could be a good fit for The Mortal Instruments. Head over to FANGIRLISH to read their take on which networks The Mortal Instruments TV show would work best on, and check back on Tuesdays for TMI TV TUESDAYS. What network would you pick for The Mortal Instruments TV show? Ed Decter TMI TV Tuesday About Alyssa Barbieri (2801 Articles) Alyssa is the Managing Editor for Bears Wire. You can reach her at alyssaabarbieri@gmail.com or follow her on Twitter @AlyssaBarbieri 32 Comments on TMI TV Tuesday: What Networks Would Be A Good Fit For ‘The Mortal Instruments’ TV Show? Tatiana Grimm // January 27, 2015 at 12:08 PM // Reply While, I am a fan of all the networks I personally think TMI should be played on Starzu or The CW, I suppose. MTV is too mundane to have such a great possible TV Show like this on there channel and while The CW is popular as well they screwed up The Vampire Diaries and The Secret Circle some people tell me. I love both, and I’ve never read the books so I cant fully have my consent on those but I just hope the network does it justice unlike the movie. It was okay, but they honestly should have went straight to a series instead of a film. Saleen // January 27, 2015 at 12:32 PM // Reply Starz would be great! Freaky (@FreakyWicky) // January 27, 2015 at 12:37 PM // Reply CW-Series are my ‘Family’, so I would love when TMI is the next one for this Channel Karina S // January 27, 2015 at 12:54 PM // Reply abc family would be perfect! (Because i don’t have the other chanels) dana // January 27, 2015 at 1:19 PM // Reply CW or NBC. CW because it can air after Supernatural which already has a huge following. Or NBC to play after Grimm if they end up canceling Constantine even though I like that show. Or Fox to be played after Sleepy Hollow. But I have a feeling it will be the cw Which is mostly teenager shows anyway. Zofia // January 27, 2015 at 1:33 PM // Reply Definitely The CW. It already has a HUGE following because of shows such as “Supernatural” and “The Vampire Diaries.” Also the special effects on their shows are amazing. A // January 27, 2015 at 2:18 PM // Reply Definitely The CW! It fits with what they have already, which is an amazing line up of great shows Micheala // January 27, 2015 at 3:19 PM // Reply CW. Their shows are great. They changed VD, but for the better. I would just hope they dont change TMI, buut still, their network is awesome and would do great for the show Marta // January 27, 2015 at 3:47 PM // Reply I think that should be The CW. Because of the characteristics of their tv shows, they’re mostly about supernatural events or mystical creatures and they have a lot views watching their tv shows xeana // January 27, 2015 at 3:58 PM // Reply the CW is amazing so it think it should be on there. plus MTV is more of a fake “reality” channel Arion // January 27, 2015 at 4:51 PM // Reply Please place in a channel that is available to all viewers whom do not have access to cable or other satellite T.V. We’ve read the TMI books too. Jessica // January 27, 2015 at 5:11 PM // Reply I really don’t care what channel it is on because I have a Roku box and can’t get a lot of channels so, as long as it stays for the whole series and goes to Netflix or Hulu I’m fine… WarlockBane // January 27, 2015 at 9:57 PM // Reply CW or Starz as Starz already got the rights to premiere the TMI movie so that would be cool if they supported the TV show as well 🙂 CW, of course, is another win with Supernatural, VD, and The Originals so all in agreement here 🙂 Phil Barrett-Turner // January 27, 2015 at 10:12 PM // Reply I’d go with the CW. I’m a fan of The 100 (watched season one before reading the book) and I honestly can’t say they stayed true to the book. I personally loved the show more than the book, but there are so many differences from the characters to the back story to even the names of places. I wouldn’t want that to happen to TMI. Jennifer konchalski // January 27, 2015 at 10:21 PM // Reply Abc family or cw would work for me I don’t get starts and when I think mtv I think music! Chloe @ Free As a Girl With Wings // January 27, 2015 at 10:58 PM // Reply UMMM does Netflix count? Because I don’t get a lot of cable and if it was on Netflix, I think loads more people would watch it. Then they could at their own pace, too. Shannon Hrerondale-Winchester // January 28, 2015 at 6:27 AM // Reply The CW or ABC Samantha // January 28, 2015 at 10:02 AM // Reply I want cw Farrah Robbins // January 28, 2015 at 11:53 AM // Reply Definitely the CW! juls828 // January 28, 2015 at 11:56 AM // Reply As far as traditional TV goes, I think The CW would be a good choice. Personally, I’d prefer to see TMI as a Netflix or Amazon series. julianemma // January 29, 2015 at 1:32 AM // Reply MTV or ABC, I don’t have any of the other channels! Mikey // January 29, 2015 at 2:15 AM // Reply Hbo you guys come on. Game Of Thrones, nuff said Bayley // January 29, 2015 at 9:32 AM // Reply It’s all well and good to say these channels, but what about international viewers? Im British, and I don’t have access to any of the channels but MTV- and it would be a shame for TMI to be on there. I agree that CW is great, as I am a very big fan of The Vampire Diaries, but I think the producers need to consider international channels as TMI has a worldwide fanbase, and it wouldn’t be fair to play it only in America, like so many other TV Series. Cindy // January 30, 2015 at 11:19 AM // Reply I would definitely choose The CW. I don’t have cable so I can’t access the other channels and I wouldn’t want to miss watching The Mortal Instruments as this is one of my favorite book series. Anahi_the_13writer // January 30, 2015 at 9:04 PM // Reply I kinda suggest MTV, due to the fact it need more shows that are based on best-selling novels, And I, believe me, am totally one billion-zillion-percent obsessed with Shadowhunter books and love Casie’s work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But I kind also like ABC family and The CW, since CW will be a better choice since it already has a show based on a book series right? So shouldn’t ABC Family have a few? So just to make things clear, i’m siding with The CW and ABC family, since MTV already has a ton of on-going shows. Ehcomuse // January 31, 2015 at 1:28 PM // Reply I think it should be abc family because its more versatile I mean not very has those other channels and most mid range cable plans have abc family so more fans of TMI can watch Amanda // February 1, 2015 at 10:04 AM // Reply I immediately thought of the CW when the show was announced! I watch most of the shows there anyway and it’s the home to strange, unusual, and awesome shows! Kayleigh // February 3, 2015 at 7:01 AM // Reply but what for UK shadowhunters… we only have MTV out of all of those suggested Morgan // February 5, 2015 at 1:06 PM // Reply Don’t play it on MTV!! For god sake please, don’t. Put it on ABC Family ot TNT or something just not MTV! midnightrose // February 5, 2015 at 2:31 PM // Reply it could be interesting on the CW, but to buck assumptions that its only for ‘teens’ it should try for Netflix, or Amazon simona lewisa // February 6, 2015 at 8:48 AM // Reply i will be fine with the networks except for the CW. i mean, i has awesome shows for the teenagers of course, but based on the books? nothing. they specialize on taking an unknown book and turn it into a tv show, but in the end what is similar between the book and tv show, is the main idea. just a concept. just take a look with the vampire diaries, its awesome but… it has nothing to do with the real book. Kirsten Armstrong // February 8, 2015 at 4:00 PM // Reply I believe that the Mortal Instruments should be placed on either the CW or a cable network. The CW has already had success with TV shows such as Supernatural, The Vampire Diaries, and The Originals, etc. A cable network such as Stars is also a great option because it would give the show the type of room it needs to explore without as much concern with a cancellation, even more so now with its success with Outlander. I don’t believe that ABC Family would be a good fit because, even though I love it, they are very quick at canceling shows before it can even gather a big enough fan base. Friday Finds: Week 18 \| Avid Reader Leave a Reply to WarlockBane Cancel reply Subscribe for Breaking News Alerts View tmisource’s profile on Facebook View TMI_Souce’s profile on Twitter View tmisource’s profile on Instagram Cassandra Clare shares 'Chain of Iron' chapter titles, a new snippet and more! 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__label__wiki	0.889458	0.889458	Support Today Headline News Today Headline News \| THN News Home National India Bans Imported Goods At Army Canteens, List May Include Liquor: Report India Bans Imported Goods At Army Canteens, List May Include Liquor: Report Today Headline News Image: NDTV New Delhi: The government has ordered 4,000 army shops in the country to stop buying imported goods, according to a document reviewed by news agency Reuters, a move that could send an unwelcome signal to foreign liquor firms such as Diageo and Pernod Ricard. Army canteens sell liquor, electronics, and other goods at discounted prices to soldiers, ex-servicemen, and their families. With annual sales of over $2 billion, they make up one of the largest retail chains in India. The October 19 internal order from the defence ministry said that in future, “procurement of direct imported items shall not be undertaken”. The order said the issue had been discussed with the army, air force and navy in May and July, and was aimed at supporting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s campaign to promote domestic goods. A defence ministry spokesman declined to comment. The order did not specify which products would be targeted. However, industry sources said they believed imported liquor could be on the list. Imports make up around 6-7% of total sales value in the defence shops, according to an August research column of the government-funded Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA). Chinese products such as diapers, vacuum cleaners, handbags and laptops, account for the bulk if it, it said. Reuters reported in June that Pernod and Diageo had briefly stopped receiving orders for their imported brands from such government stores. Diageo did not respond to a request for comment, while a Pernod spokesman declined comment. While imported liquor sales at defence stores generate only about $17 million in annual sales, the order would send a negative signal, said an executive whose company sells products at defense stores. “The (foreign liquor) sales are small – but why would a government which is wanting to attract foreign investments do this? It’s a confusing, conflicting signal,” said the executive. The government has in recent months taken steps to curb Chinese businesses and investments following a border clash in June that killed 20 Indian soldiers. Follow and connect with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube SOURCENDTV Previous articleThe Indian factor in The US presidential polls Next articleHot and nude photos of Kareena Kapoor – Unseen Photos of Kareena Kapoor “Not me, Umar Khalid planned to kill as many Hindus in Delhi as possible on 8th January,” Tahir Hussain confesses 13-year-old girl kidnapped and passed on from truck to truck, gang-raped multiple times by nine men – Madhya Pradesh 15-year-old Deaf, Mute Girl Gangraped, Eyes Damaged in Bihar’s Madhubani Master Full Movie Download Tamilrockers and Reviews, Master movie download 2021 Digit Insurance raises Rs 135 crore capital; valuation stands at $1.9 bn Today Headline News - THN News Today Headline News is an internet news media company. Started in 2019 with the aim of gathering & covering the latest news around the world. THN covers news on Politics, Sports, Business, Tech, Health, World, Entertainment, etc. For More Info Mail Us: [email protected] © All rights reserved by THN News	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line3854
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__label__cc	0.571068	0.428932	Solar-Based ICT in a Shipping Container The Pacific Island Schools Connectivity, Education, and Solar (PISCES) Project has installed a Solar-in-a-Box kit as a computer lab at a primary school on the island of Udot in the Federated States of Micronesia. The installation illustrates several ways in which Green ICT technologies and practices can deliver ICT to remote areas. (We've updated this post with a note about the second phase of PISCES.) Fuel Cells Green ICT Infrastructures Worldwide Fuel cells, including those powered by biogas, are a growing part of sustainable ICT infrastructures. We have been tracking the adoption of the Bloom Energy Server for ICT over the past three years. We've noted Bharti Infratel's use of fuel cells to replace diesel generators at off-grid telecom sites India. Here are more products and deployments; the most recent post is about Nokia's fuel cell technology. Data Centers Not Largest Locus of ICT Energy or Emissions ict-footprint Most Green ICT attention focuses on the datacenter. Five years of work consistently holds that datacenters represent a minority of total ICT energy consumption and carbon emissions. Microgrids for Green ICT Microgrids - small electricity generation and distribution networks - are becoming an increasingly common way to support ICT in remote areas. What distinguish a true remote ICT microgrid from a locally-powered remote piece of ICT gear like a base station? A microgrid is an integrated network consisting of one or more power generating systems, storage, control electronics and a diverse load. Imagine interconnected solar PV and with diesel generation backup powering not only that base station but also a community charging station for phones and tablets and a school's wireless router. To the extent that ICT microgrids support a significant proportion of renewable generation, they contribute to Green ICT and help bring urgently-needed sustainability to ICT4D. Here is a look at the big picture. Future updates will include implementations. Diverse Winners of Green Mobile Awards GSMA's Global Mobile Awards' Green Mobile Awards are for "mobile industry organisations that are focused on the reduction of environmental impacts through eco-friendly, innovative policies, products, programmes or initiatives, as well as organisations outside of the industry that utilise the mobile platform to communicate, innovate or drive eco-friendly programmes, services and initiatives." Here's a look at the 2009-2013 winners and at the trend toward greener mobile base stations. Hong Kong's Green ICT Awards Oldest Ongoing Recognition in Asia Hong Kong's Green ICT Awards started in 2011, making them the oldest ongoing Green ICT recognition program* in the Asia-Pacific region. The roster annual winners illustrate the diverse nature of the area's ICT-savvy users and their Green ICT practices. ICT, Energy, and Japan's Earthquake/Tsunami The Great East Japan Earthquake of March 2011 and its tsunami had a huge impact on the country's ICT infrastructure, much of which is still being felt by businesses and consumers. Here is an update on the information and insights we have collected about data centers, communications networks, e-devices, and other ICT topics. Global consulting company Accenture announced in March 2013 that it "…has been awarded a contract to create the strategic plan to help develop the University of Aizu Revitalization Center. The plan includes construction of a technology lab on the university campus as well as support for projects focused on rebuilding Fukushima as a technology leader. Accenture’s plan calls for the lab design to begin this year, with construction expected to be completed in the spring of 2015. When completed, the lab will feature a next generation data center, an efficient, high-performance center that will consume about 40 percent less electricity than traditional data centers." Telecom Asia notes that "The Revitalization Center was established to aid recovery of the area following the [earthquake]." A September release from Accenture announces that the company has been awarded a contract work on the design the ICT laboratory, itself. E-Waste Comes Home In an ironic turn of events, the e-waste being reprocessed in China is coming home to us through imports. This includes lead1 in our food. Many Data Centers Still Not Embracing Full Green ICT We're most of the way through 2012 and Green ICT has been a topic of conversation for years. Best practices have been developed, standards put into place, conferences held monthly around the world. So why do recent surveys of ICT operators suggest that few are paying attention to the full suite of Green ICT possibilities? Rare Earth Mining Part of ICT Gear Supply Chain Our e-gear contains many exotic materials. We've looked a how the demand for some - "conflict minerals" - fuels bloody, long-term warfare. The mining of others pollutes local communities. The rare earth neodymium, used in everything from smartphone speakers to datacenter disk drives, is a case in point.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line3863
__label__wiki	0.68156	0.68156	Sydney’s ACE Training Centre authorized by Leonardo Toll Group Press Release \| January 13, 2021 The ACE Training Centre in Sydney, home to Australia’s only OEM-endorsed AW139 full flight simulator (FFS), is now formally part of the Leonardo global network of authorized training centers. The 120-seat auditorium at the ACE Training Centre. ACE Photo Owned and operated by Toll, the ACE Training Centre was established in 2016, in partnership with NSW Ambulance, to initially deliver training for the Toll Ambulance Rescue Helicopters’ aeromedical crew. Established as a center of training excellence locally, it is now positioned to expand its presence into neighboring markets. As an authorized training center, the partnership offers the AW139 type rating and recurrent training packages with a Leonardo-approved full flight simulator and syllabus. Eight dedicated ACE flight examiners and instructors met the high standards required by Leonardo to instruct and assess students. Further, two ground school instructors are part of the team to deliver the technical elements of a type rating. The ACE Training Centre general manager, Scott Watkins said “We have always had an exceptional working relationship with Leonardo, this formalized partnership makes us part of a worldwide network of AW139 training facilities.” Established as a world class center of excellence for training, ACE Training Centre offers: Level D AW139 full flight simulator (FFS) jointly developed by Leonardo and CAE Three classrooms for multimedia training and briefing / debriefing rooms AW139 type rating course content Instructor experience “We are very proud of our long-standing relationship with Leonardo, to be part of their global network of training centers is recognition of Toll’s commitment to delivering excellence in training. This is a groundbreaking partnership and the first of its kind in the Leonardo training network, we are committed to playing a part in the ongoing success of the AW139 program,” said Colin Gunn, general manager, Toll Helicopters. Leonardo Helicopters’ Paolo Petrosso, vice president of simulation and training services commented: “Under the current circumstances, and in alignment with our promise to remain close to our customers, we take great pride in this step of accrediting Toll as a Leonardo-authorized training center for the AW139 type rating and recurrent training, reinforcing our continuous commitment to take care of our customers and make learning accessible to them wherever they are located, be it through our virtual platform or physical network of training centers within which we are thrilled to now include Toll.” The AW139 is the most successful helicopter program in the last 15 years. The aircraft has shown outstanding flexibility for the widest range of civil, parapublic and military applications and has become a benchmark for emergency medical service in its category. Over 300 AW139s fly today in Australasia and almost 60 are in service in Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea, primarily for rescue and public service duties. As the fleet grows and the aircraft capabilities develop over time, ACE is uniquely positioned in Australia to remain relevant and up to date.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line3864
__label__wiki	0.82652	0.82652	BLOG // STORIES Explore: Connections Between UMS and U-M Museum of Art By UMS Visual and performing arts have a close relationship. We asked our partners and friends at UMMA (U-M Museum of Art) to link performances on the UMS season with visual art works that are part of the museum’s permanent collection. Related performance: Tanya Tagaq in concert with Nanook of the North Artwork: Kenojuak Ashevak (Canadian, 1927-2013). Sun Owl, 1963. Stonecut print on paper. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene B. Power, 1964/2.103 Like Tanya Tagaq, Kenojuak Ashevak was from Nunavut and her art was inspired by her Inuit experience. She often depicted animals from the Arctic such as this owl, but, also like Tagaq, she relies on her creativity and imagination. Ashevak explained that she drew as she thought, and so she produced spontaneous and improvisatory images. Related performance: Camille A. Brown & Dancers: Black Girl — A Linguistic Play Artwork: Pierre Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919). Dance in the Country, c. 1890 Soft-ground etching on paper. Museum Purchase, 1959/1.102 In Renoir’s beloved image of country dance we see an earlier century’s ritual of recreation. Although more restrained than contemporary dance, it represents social dance, one of the inspirations for choreographer Camille Brown’s work. Related performance: Nufonia Must Fall Artwork: P. Grasnick (n.d.). Aelita, 1924 Lithograph on buff woven paper, laid down on canvas. Gift of James T. Van Loo, 2013/2.233 This poster is for the movie Aelita, which is often called the first Soviet science fiction film, created during the sometimes hope-filled beginnings of the Soviet Union. A mysterious radio message is beamed around the world, and among the engineers who receive it are Los, the hero of the film. Aelita is the daughter of Tuskub, the ruler of a totalitarian state on Mars. With a telescope, Aelita is able to watch Los who obsesses about being watched by her. He builds a spaceship and travels to Mars where he is thrown in prison, begins a proletarian uprising and experiences the confusion of reality and fantasy. While Nufonia Must Fall is no sci-fi film, it is based on a graphic novel of the same title, and viewers might find similarities between the genres. Related performance: Gil Shaham Bach Six Solos with original films by David Michalek Artwork: Shitao (Shih-t’ao; Chinese, 1642-1707) Ode on a Wanli-era Imperial Brush Ink on paper, 1705. Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund, 1965/2.75. Taking an honored and beloved corpus of music from the past, Gil Shaham transforms its familiar beauty into a fresh, contemporary work of art. Similarly, Shitao receives a beautiful gift, a porcelain-handled calligraphy brush, from an earlier generation and uses it to write a poem and create a calligraphic masterpiece. The era and form are new but the inspiration is classic. Related performance: Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán Artwork: Artist Unknown, Mexican, Colima Culture Seated Figure, c. 700 Terracotta Museum purchase made possible by a gift from Helmut Stern, 1983/1.355Artist Unknown, Mexican, Colima CultureSeated Figure, c. 700TerracottaMuseum purchase made possible by a gift from Helmut Stern, 1983/1.355 This lovely terracotta seated figure is an example of the native arts and culture celebrated by Mexican visual and musical artists. Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán transform a regional folk music into a world-class art form. Related performance: Zafir: Musical Winds from North Africa to Andalucia Artwork: Artist Unknown, North Africa Qur’an manuscript leaf in Maghribi script, 13th century Ink, red ochre, paper Museum Purchase, 1959/1.146 For Muslims, Arabic script, representing the language of the Qur’an, is a thing of sublime beauty. This page is written in a script called Maghribi, a variation of the earlier, angular, Kufic script. Maghribi features sweeping curves that loop across the page and was developed in North Africa and Spain. This Qur’an page combines traditions of the Middle East, Spain and North Africa as does the music of Simon Shaheen and Zafir. Interested in more? Visit the U-M Museum of Art today. Camille A. Brown’s Inspirational Moves and Message 21st Century Intern Travelogue: Kandis Terry UMS Night School Session 5 Recap: Reflection and Graduation Behind the Scenes: Dance Activities	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line3867
__label__cc	0.651555	0.348445	What is the easiest way to learn to play the piano online? From Virtual Piano's home screen Key Assist menu, turn ON Keyboard Keys, Highlight Keys (if you're using a computer, also turn ON Highlight Keyboard). You will see characters displayed on top of the piano keys that correspond to a computer keyboard's keys. Next, from the piano search box search for and select a super easy song like Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. Once loaded press Start Now. Press the keys highlighted in orange via your computer keyboard, one at a time. If you're using a mobile or tablet, you can press the highlighted piano keys directly. Continue playing and you will start to hear the melody of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. Well done, you’re playing the piano online! You'll receive a score at the end for your rhythm and accuracy. Play this super easy song 3 times and write down your score for each attempt. Did you improve on your 3rd attempt? You're ready to go on an amazing musical adventure! Now try other easy songs and you'll quickly find it's the easiest way to learn to play the piano online! How can I turn on Key Assist? The Virtual Piano key labels help you to easily identify which key to press when you are playing a song. There are 4 clever Key Assist modes for you to select from. Keyboard Keys is the first mode which puts your computer keyboard's key labels on piano keys. This mode is essential for learning as all Virtual Piano music sheets utilise computer keyboard labels. Note Labels are key labels that correspond to the traditional musical notes showing the 5 octaves from C2 to C6 but can be transposed to the full 7 octaves available via the SOUND menu. Highlight Keys lights up the next key you need to press on the piano while playing a music sheet. This is a monumental step for experiencing/learning Virtual Piano on all touch devices. Highlight Keyboard lights up the next key you need to press on a computer keyboard while playing a music sheet. This virtual keyboard improves your touch typing as you play great music. How does sustain work on the piano? Sustain allows you to extend the sound of each piano note. Sustain is turned ON by default and for most instruments the default setting is the most suitable setting. Some instruments which have naturally extended sound like the Organ, Violin, Pan-Flute and Accordion, you may want to reduce the Sustain level to -9 or turn OFF Sustain completely. When Sustain is ON, every key you press on Virtual Piano will continue to sound until it naturally stops. But Sustain can easily be turned OFF. Alternatively, the length of sustained sound can be reduced from the piano's Sound menu. When Sustain is OFF, the sound for each key is shorter. To make the sound longer when sustain is OFF, simply keep the key pressed for longer so that the sustained sound to can last longer. Once you've determined the instrument and Sustain Level that suits you, you can press the SAVE button from the menu which saves these settings so you won't have to set these settings each time you wish to play. To save your settings, you need to have a Virtual Piano account. What virtual instruments can I play on online? You can select from 14 different classical instruments on Virtual Piano, including 3 different types of piano. The Virtual Piano instruments include: Grand Classical Piano Hear songs as you’ve never heard them before. Try Clair De Lune on the Organ or Fur Elise on the Classical Guitar. Give your favourite dance music track a new feel by playing it on the Harp or give a legendary rock ballad a tropical twist with the Steel Drums. Experiment, create and fill your world with original music! How do I use the piano metronome? You can use the Metronome to practise playing the piano to a regular pulse. You can use the Metronome integrated on the Virtual Piano home screen. It produces an audible click at a regular interval that can be set by you, in beats per minute (BPM). Practising with a metronome will help improve your musical timing and your ability to stick to a regular tempo. Can I connect my keyboard or digital piano to Virtual Piano via MIDI? Yes, you can easily connect your digital piano keyboard to Virtual Piano on your computer. All you need is a USB cable and to open Virtual Piano in the Google Chrome browser. Follow these simple steps: Connect your piano to your computer using a USB cable. If the Virtual Piano platform is already open in your Chrome browser, open the Sound menu on the piano and select your MIDI. Once connected, turn ON Key Assist and load a song you'd like to play. That's it. Follow the keys highlighted in orange to play and enjoy thousands of free music sheets on Virtual Piano. If you encounter any problems with connection, you may need to ensure your piano is settings allow connection to a computer. Alternatively, refer to the instruction manual of your specific piano on how to connect to a computer. How do I record the sound of the piano? Select the Record button from the Virtual Piano menu. From the dropdown menu select Record Audio. You will see a countdown of 3, 2, 1, Go. Then you can start playing on Virtual Piano. Once you complete your recording, you can then download and share your sound file. Record your piano performance in a high-quality MP3 sound file for you to keep and share. This is capped at 30 seconds but increases up to 5 minutes for Virtual Piano Plus account holders. Once your sound has recorded, you can easily download and share your performance with the world. What should I do if Virtual Piano doesn't load for me? If you are experiencing issues loading the piano on your mobile, tablet or computer, this is usually down to a caching issue. All you need to do is clear the browser cache (search history) on your device. Chrome: History > Show Full History > Clear Browsing Data Safari: History > Clear History Firefox: History > Clear recent History How do I speed up Virtual Piano on my computer? First, try to close other programs/browsers on your device. Use Google Chrome browser, which supports quicker sound delivery. For a lightning-fast experience, get the Virtual Piano Plus membership: As a logged-in member, you'll benefit from our faster engine and won't see advertisements. You'll also get exclusive access to a range of additional platform features without any external distractions. Members can create music sheets, customise the piano, save their settings, record sound files of their performance and get a global rating. Above all, members use the platform ad-free, are granted permission to use it for commercial purposes and compete in leagues, as well as analyse and improve their performances. All this, for just $48 USD per year. How do I Auto Play a song on the piano? The Auto Play feature of Virtual Piano plays songs automatically. Use it to listen to how a song sounds before you play it. Or you can just enjoy experiencing some of your favourite music played on the piano. Switch things up and listen to one of your favourite songs played by a different instrument such as an Accordion, Violin or even the Glockenspiel! Search and select a song to play on Virtual Piano (Tip: songs with a Verified tick normally sound better) To experience the extraordinary power of Auto-Play feature, select a sophisticated composition like the Piano Sonata No.16 In C Major Once the song is loaded, simply press the Auto Play button from the menu. How do I play the piano on my computer, tablet or mobile? The best way to play the piano on your computer, tablet or mobile is via Virtual Piano. Virtual Piano is easy to play, doesn't need to be downloaded, has a free option. It takes less than a minute to learn to play a song using Virtual Piano. All you need is your device and functioning audio. From the Virtual Piano's home search box, search for and select a super easy song like Happy Birthday To You. From Virtual Piano's Key Assist menu, turn ON Keyboard Keys, Highlight Keys. Continue playing and you will start to hear the melody of the song. Well done, you’re playing the piano online via your device! You'll receive a score at the end for your rhythm and accuracy. Depending on your skill level, you can begin by just making sounds, playing a musical scale or launching into a little tune! When you’re ready to play a specific song, you can open the Virtual Piano Music Sheets page and find a song you want to play. At the bottom of each music sheet, there is a Play This Song button which will load that music sheet directly into the piano, allowing you to practice and play that song. How do you play the black keys on Virtual Piano? If you are using a computer, hold down the shift key and press a number or letter to play the black keys. If you are using a device like a mobile or tablet, you can press the black keys directly on screen. The following illustration shows how Virtual Piano keys are logically mapped to a computer's keyboard. ADDITIONAL TIPS: TIP 1: The Virtual Piano's black keys are layed out in the same order as on a physical piano. So you will notice the keyboard keys (black keys) are also in groups of 2 and 3 with some keys in between skipped like on a physical piano. TIP 2: The black keys are also known as flats or sharp keys. TIP 3: Each number and letter on your computer's keyboard corresponds to a white piano key. Use Key Assist on the main piano to see the two different key maps. How do you read the Virtual Piano music sheets? It is easy to read the Virtual Piano music sheets, written in plain English alphabet. This means you don't necessarily need to spend years learning the traditional music notation. Instead, you can spend more time focusing on the music itself. All Virtual Piano music sheets are written and constantly refined by millions of people using a very few intuitive rules: [asdf] - Play notes together simultaneously [a s d f] - Play the sequence at fastest possible speed asdf - Play notes one after the other quickly a s d f - Play each note after a short pause [as] [df] - Play “as” together, short pause, then “df” together as\|df - Pause for “\|” as\| df - Long pause for “\|” with one extra space as \| df - Longer pause for “\|” with 2 extra spaces as\| \|df - Longest pause for 2 “\|” with an extra space Paragraph Break - Extended pause For more detail, see the How To Play page. Can I transpose Virtual Piano? Yes, you can. The default interface of Virtual Piano is based on a 5 Octave Piano Keyboard with 61 keys; 36 white and 25 black. You can extend Virtual Piano to a full 88 key piano keyboard when you use Transpose function (under Sound settings). Transpose feature was added in order to expand the range of songs that you can play on Virtual Piano. The transpose button allows you to transpose by 12 keys, in either direction; both lower and higher. On mobile and tablet, the number of keys displayed on screen will depend on your screen size. You can easily access other keys by sliding the scrollbar under the keys. How does a real piano compare to Virtual Piano? Virtual Piano is a digital product designed for the future. Anyone can access and play the Virtual Piano in less than 1 minute from their computer, mobile or tablet. It takes no space in your living room because it lives in the cloud and your free music sheets and song performance data is also stored there. Not on your hard drive or in paper files. You no longer need months and years to learn the traditional music notation in order to play songs on a real piano. Virtual Piano's music sheets use plain English alphabet, enabling you to play any song instantly. Virtual Piano is a movement rather than an object like the real piano. There's no plastic, metal, wood, glass or other material used in Virtual Piano - so there's no environmental impact unlike the physical pianos and keyboards which end up in wastelands and oceans. The aim of Virtual Piano is to enable more people across the world to experience the piano and other classical instruments. We need to focus on the music, rather than buying more gimmicks. The platform provides an online destination for the experience of music that is easy to use, high quality, informative, trusted and fun. Virtual Piano has already boosted the health and happiness of millions of people around the world, not just a privilaged few who could afford a real piano. Now, we envisage going further together with you; to nurture compassionate new generations of online pianists with healthy minds, positive energy and an ambition to contribute towards making the world a better place. Can I customise the colour and theme of Virtual Piano? Yes, you can. Customise your piano with unique designs and themes. Create a bespoke combination of your favourite colours using the colour wheel. Choose a seasonal theme to add some atmosphere or suit the tone of your piano piece. Change Virtual Piano to reflect your mood and set the stage for your performance. To customise the colour and theme of Virtual Piano: Go to the Styles menu and select Colour Theme Choose your desired colour and press Confirm To customise the background theme, select Default Theme and choose your desired Theme If you are a Virtual Piano Plus member, you can also press the SAVE button which will save your preferred colour and theme to your profile so you'll not need to set this each time you wish to play. Can I save my personal preferences on Virtual Piano? Yes, you can. Customise the piano to how you like it and press the SAVE button to save your settings to your Virtual Piano Plus account so you can return to how you left it. Your performances are automatically saved to your profile to help you improve.Your performance data also allows you to easily find your favourite songs and play them again. Save your unique style by setting your custom colour and theme so the Virtual Piano is individually yours. Your Pianist Rating, earnt badges, key assist setting, favourite instrument and sound preferences will all be saved to your profile. Can I download virtual piano? Virtual Piano is a cross-platform web app which means it is available to you without the need for you to download it. However, there will be an optional iOS and Android app for you to download to make it easy for you to access the platform on your mobile and tablet devices. How do I participate in virtual piano competitions? You can take part in Virtual Piano competitions anytime by playing Music Sheets with a Verified tick. The score you receive at the end of each performance determines your position in the Virtual Piano Live League. For your score to be counted, you need to be logged in as a Virtual Piano member. Virtual Piano also hosts other competitions, such as the annual World Championships and global tournaments. For more information and announcements on the latest Virtual Piano competitions, see the Compete page. All rules and how to enter, are detailed on the competition pages. Why can't I press 3 or more keys on my keyboard at the same time? Some keyboards limit the number of keys pressed and registered at the same time. If you are unable to play multiple keys simultaneously, it is most likely because of the limitation of your keyboard. Alternatively, you may use an iPad/tablet which enables you to touch multiple keys at the same time. On average most of the good keyboards will allow 4 keys to be pressed simultaneously. Although, if the keys are in the same row, it's often possible to press more than 6 at the same time. If you have 4 or 5 keys in brackets that need to be pressed simultaneously but your keyboard doesn't allow it, one workaround is to press those keys very fast one after another and your input will still be registered as correct by Virtual Piano. Can I use Virtual Piano to create music for commercial purposes? Yes, you can use Virtual Piano to create music for commercial purposes but you will need to credit Virtual Piano [Piano sounds made using Virtual Piano, https://virtualpiano.net]. If you are a Virtual Piano Plus member, you are free to use Virtual Piano commercially, without credit. How do I start playing Virtual Piano? Look at the How To Play page and you will learn how to play very quickly. As with everything, the best way to get better is with practice. There are thousands of songs in the Virtual Piano Music Sheets just waiting for you to discover. When you have selected your music sheet, press ‘Play This Song’ underneath the music sheet to load the sheet into the piano. We recommend you start with simple songs in the Super Easy and Easy categories. Then once you’ve mastered those, you can move on to the Intermediate and Expert levels. What songs can I play on Virtual Piano? There is no limit to the songs that you can play on Virtual Piano. There is an extensive music sheet library and new songs are constantly being added and refined. To explore, open the Music Sheets page which will bring up a selection of music genres in Virtual Piano’s very own sheet music language. These are some popular music sheet categories to explore: How much does it cost to use Virtual Piano? Virtual Piano is free to use. The platform is free and the music sheets are all free to play. The free version of the platform is supported through advertising but there is an optional ad-free premium membership which provides a world of additional features. Should you wish to access these additional features, Virtual Piano Plus membership is available for those who wish to subscribe at just $48 USD per year. Is Virtual Piano safe for children and students to use? Yes, Virtual Piano is completely safe for children. We aim to create and maintain a safe environment for all users. We enforce a code of conduct through our House Rules and any users who violate this will be blocked from our channels. While we attempt to monitor all channels, at times inappropriate content posted by the community may appear. If you see any, as with any platform, please use the abuse/spam report filter on that particular network or channel. As much as possible we use category blocking so that inappropriate advertising is not served on the website and to keep the website family-friendly. Virtual Piano is an online platform used by millions of people all over the world. We recommend caregiver guidance for children under 13 using the platform and we strongly advise that children are appropriately educated about internet safety. How can my child learn to play the piano online? Visit the Virtual Piano's How to Play section for instructions on how to help your child play the piano online. Here you will find some basic tips and starting points as well as songs for your child to play. Find fun and recognisable songs in the following categories: Super Easy Music Sheets Disney Music Sheets Kids Music Sheets Nursery Rhyme Music Sheets How much space does Virtual Piano take? None. No space. Virtual Piano is a digital product that lives in the cloud. Your music sheets and song performance data is also stored digitally in the cloud. Not on your hard drive or in paper files. So Virtual Piano doesn't take any space in your living room or on your hard drive at all. Do I need to print music sheets? No. Virtual Piano music sheets automatically get loaded into the piano display without the need for you to print them. Traditional sheet music was printed on paper. Not anymore. So when you choose Virtual Piano, you get free access to thousands of ever-growing music sheets, you save a few trees, save your time, save your ink, save money and focus on what really matters - your passion for music. How much does it cost to buy music sheets? Nothing. Zero. $0.00. Because in the last 15 years (since 2006) Virtual Piano Music Sheets have been written and produced by Virtual Piano teachers, its musical legends, and its community members. To enable everyone in every corner of the world to create and play great music, Virtual Piano does not charge for music sheets and never will. Music is for everyone, not just a privileged few. Do I need to buy an additional device to use Virtual Piano? No. Virtual Piano works on your desktop computer, laptop, tablet and smartphone. So if you are reading this, you most likely have access to one of these devices. There is no need for you to buy more devices or plastic gimmicks to create, play or enjoy outstanding music. Is it better to learn on a virtual piano or a physical piano? It's better to learn on a virtual piano. There are hundreds of reasons why millions are increasingly choosing Virtual Piano over a physical piano, but here are just 10 of those reasons: Easy to learn: It's easier to learn to play on Virtual Piano. Quicker to play: It takes less than a minute to play your first song. Smarter learning: At the end of each performance, you get feedback. Free music sheets: You have access to thousands of free music sheets. Free to play: It's free to play Virtual Piano but there's an optional Premium subscription with additional features. Play anywhere: You can play on any of your devices in any part of your home or even outside of your home. Better for self-learning: You have direct access to learning material. A key resource for teachers: Teachers can provide students with lessons and tasks using the music sheets on Virtual Piano and review each student's performance remotely. Easier Music Notation: You don't need to spend months and years learning traditional music notation to play music. Virtual Piano music sheets use plain English alphabet, which even a child as young as 4 can follow. No environmental impact: No plastic, no metal, no wood, and in fact, no material at all is used in Virtual Piano. It provides you with the richest instrument sounds, yet without negatively impacting our planet. Virtual Piano was pioneered with the future in mind. The notion that biosphere and human civilization need to co-exist in harmony is necessary and good. Human civilisation has produced countless gimmicks made with materials that ultimately end up in our oceans and wastelands. Virtual Piano has done exactly the opposite. More than 19 million people chose to use Virtual Piano over physical plastic in the last 15 years and this impact is meaningful for our environment and our planet. Is Virtual Piano prone to wear and tear like the real piano? No. Virtual Piano is not subject to wear, tear, or deterioration unlike physical instruments or even other virtual downloadable instruments. In fact, Virtual Piano improves with time due to continuous updates made to the platform every hour. This future ready product does not go out of warranty and it does not have an expiry date. In effect, you're getting a lifetime warranty as soon as you start using Virtual Piano. Does virtual piano go out of tune like a real piano? No. All 14 instruments on Virtual Piano are in tune 100% of the time. Moreover, if you have a Virutal Piano account, you can even set your preferred Sustain level and choice of instrument, which will be ready for you each time you wish to play. How much time does it take to learn the piano online? It takes less than a minute to learn to play the piano through VirtualPiano.net. You'll be able to play a song in less than a minute of landing on Virtual Piano. That's the start, but like with anything, to improve, you'll need to practice but the pace of your improvement on Virtual Piano will be far quicker than on any other medium. The platform is intuitive and practical. So you're encouraged to start with playing a couple of Super Easy music sheets and see how easy it is for yourself. Traditionally, music instruments took many years to learn. The barriers to entry were too high. The countless obstacles included the cost of the instrument, the cost of teachers, learning of a complex music notation, navigating the instruments themsleves and so on. That's no longer the case. Learn to play Virtual Piano and you can play any classical instrument on any device, anywhere, free of charge. What are the benefits of learning to play music? There are countless health and happiness benefits of learning to play music, most of which are widely known. "Musical training can have a profound and lasting impact on the brain, creating additional neural connections in childhood that can last a lifetime and thus help compensate for cognitive declines later in life." This is according to Jennifer Bugos, an assistant professor of music education at the University of South Florida. More on this in National Geographic's article titled "Your Aging Brain Will Be in Better Shape If You've Taken Music Lessons" Is it too late for me to learn to play the piano? No. A big fat NO. The fact is - it's never too late. Especially if you begin with Virtual Piano music notation, which allows you to learn and play instantly. There is no need for barriers and pre-requisites. Start to play right now. People used to say "I wish I had learnt to play an instrument when I was younger". That's a notion of the past. You no longer need to be young to start. You don't need to learn traditional music notation to play music. So you're encouraged to start with playing a couple of Super Easy music sheets and see how easy it is for yourself. If you're under 100 years old, then you're still young enough to learn and play Virtual Piano. Start now. If you're over 100 years old, then you may like pressing the Auto Play button on any song loaded into Virtual Piano and just enjoy the music. How can a disabled person play the piano? Virtual Piano has special provisions and accessibility for the disabled. Virtual Piano's users include the physically impaired, who feel empowered by the ease of use and inclusive functionality of the platform. It is well designed but continually improved and unlike many platforms, the user experience is designed for ease. Virtual Piano allows MIDI input enabling you to connect external input devices to play the instrument with an input that is more accessible to you. This includes an input that may be controlled by the user's eyes, gestures, speech, or another input to play most of the songs on Virtual Piano. Should you find you have a bright idea that may make Virtual Piano even more accessible, we would welcome this with sincere gratitude. In that case, do please contact us. 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__label__cc	0.747647	0.252353	← Pope Francis: Peace which is not tranquility. 50 years ago today: BUGNINICARE! → QUAERITUR: Can choristers receive Communion after Mass? Posted on 4 December 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf Our choir is in a loft at the back of the church. [That’s where the choir belongs!] We have always come down after the mass and received the precious host kneeling at the alter rail from deacon or a priest. Our new rector has decided that that is wrong and the choir is required by the “rules” to receive communion in the loft in the middle of trying to sing the communion antiphon and a piece of appropriate communion choral music. [?] I understand that the CDW addressed this with US bishops in a letter around 2004 allowing choir members to receive after mass; I have searched everywhere but could not find it. Can you assist me please? I am not aware of a 2004 letter of the CDW to the USCCB in which Communion for choristers is clarified. If someone can dig it up, I’d like to see it. This, however, is what I gleaned from the GIRM: 86. While the priest is receiving the Sacrament, the Communion chant is begun…The singing is continued for as long as the Sacrament is being administered to the faithful. If, however, there is to be a hymn after Communion, the Communion chant should be ended in a timely manner. Care should be taken that singers, too, can receive Communion with ease [? “ease”?]. (Curetur ut etiam cantores commode communicare possint.) As far as I know, that is about all we have on this question. It is vague (which is good). There is nothing herein that requires the choir members to receive at a specific time. There is nothing herein that demands that choir members receive in a specific place. Nor does the Latin say that they should be able to receive “with ease”. That is what the translator made out of commode, an adverb which is “duly, properly, completely, rightly, well, skilfully, neatly”. To get “with ease” out of that, you have to cover one eye and tilt your head and squint until the letters blur. Let’s us practice some mutual enrichment through the provisions of Summorum Pontificum. Let’s see if there is help from the Extraordinary Form, which solved problems like these for centuries before the artificially created Ordinary Form was even a thought. In the Extraordinary Form, it is fairly common for choir members to receive after Mass. There is a rite for distribution of Communion after Mass which is both reverent and brief. So, if the Ordinary Form Mass is over, then Mass is over, if those of you in Columbia Heights get my drift. There is no reason why the Extraordinary Form rite for distribution could not be used after the conclusion of Mass in the Ordinary Form for the benefit of the choristers. You aren’t mixing the forms or rites. It would be “commode” to use it. This entry was posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM and tagged choir, choir loft, commode, Communion, Communion after Mass, GIRM 86. Bookmark the permalink. 20 Responses to QUAERITUR: Can choristers receive Communion after Mass? And that’s why I rarely go to an OF Mass. In a couple of weeks I’ll be going to an OF Mass with the Archbishop present (a morning Mass). I won’t receive communion there but hold off for the afternoon EF Mass. ghp95134 says: 4 December 2013 at 2:08 AM Fr. Z sez: It would be “commode” to use it. So …. you would accomodate the choir? Jack Hughes says: At the FSSP Church where I used to go before my own PP started saying the TLM the Choir came down for the 3rd Confiteor and received before everyone else. Our choir always receives after Mass… although it’s invariably from an EMHC as the priest is outside at the front door. And we’re also in the gallery at the rear. Reading the extract from the “Ritual” for communion outside Mass in the OF, I noticed that the format is exactly what was introduced in the mid-60s and still continues in force i.e. “Corpus Christi” and the response by the communicant “Amen”, different to the OF format for communion within the Mass “Corpus et sanguis” etc. and the Amen said by the priest. A foretaste of things to come. Praegustatum. Lepidus says: Interesting. I did not realize that the music was supposed to start immediately. When I was younger, the organist / choir would come down and be the first people in line to receive, then return to the choir loft and begin. I always thought that this was an appropriate method since it gave everybody else in church a chance for quiet prayer before receiving AND it gave authentic prayerful silence instead of the “sit there and count to 60 while the people wonder if you fell asleep” silence jammed in at other locations. I guess not…. capchoirgirl says: Our choir also sings from the loft. They go down to receive as communion is starting–the ushers let them go first–while the organist plays. Then they return to the loft and sing the communion anthem, if there is one. They don’t sing every week, and sometimes we have a priest distributing at the back of the church if it’s very crowded, and they receive from him. Doc Angelicus says: One option is to have part of the choir – specifically all or some of the male voices – begin the chants while the rest of the choir goes first among the congregation to Holy Communion. Then when the choir returns and begins a suitable hymn, the rest can be among the last to receive. In our EF parish, the whole choir (being rather small and not in a loft but at the back of the loft-less church), having chanted through the priest’s Communion, goes to the Communion rail first when the priest begins the people’s Domine Non Sum Dignus, which to me is suitably (whether or not correctly) without music. mschu528 says: The Rite for Communion outside of Mass is indeed brief, yet reverent. I served once for a TLM Nuptial Mass after which this rite was used. Father wanted others to be able to receive Holy Communion, but didn’t want to force the bride and groom out of the way during the Mass. It worked very well, and it would certainly work well for the choir too. Probably easier than the choir members singing the antiphon, then rushing down the stairs to be first in line, then rushing back up to sing their communion hymn or motet… gloriainexcelsis says: At my former EF parish the choir came down last to receive after having sung the Proper and a hymn. It’s a large parish, so there is plenty of time. Only occasionally did they need to come down after Mass finished. Father always accommodated them. In my current EF parish, when we have sung Mass, the choir comes down (small parish – all of seven choir members tops) after singing the Agnus Dei. We line up in a side aisle and kneel at the communion rail in time for the Confiteor. After receiving we return to the loft to sing the Proper and a Communion hymn while the congregation receives. Thank you for reminding people that the choir should be in the back-schola choirs as well. In TLM parishes where there is more than one priest, I have seen one go back and give Communion to the choir. In smaller TLM parishes, like where I am going now, the men’s choir sings the Communion Chant first, and then comes down quickly to the “rail” (there is none). But, the church is very small, more like a chapel. I think when choirs and priests are trained through St. John Cantius in Chicago, they learn the real deal on the timing. TimG says: Similar to capchoirgirl, our choir receives Communion first and then goes back to the loft… acricketchirps says: I can’t see why no one has hit on the obvious solution–Protestant Choirs! No Communion problems and they sing better than Catholics too! Stephen Matthew says: In my home parish the choir receives between singing their first and second communion hymns. One or more of the choir members are EMHC and are sent to the altar to receive the Eucharist and bring it to the choir. We have many older members who have limited mobility, so this is of great help to them. The trouble is that often the vessels, and thus the Lord, are simply set aside in some convenient place while the EMHC takes her place in the singing for a while, which is not at all appropriate it seems. I am afraid that the modern litrugical sensibility will be very strongly against the choir receiving after mass, why that would probably be frowned upon as much as communing from the tabernacle during mass, and certainly some would object that this sets the choir apart from the congregation (which somehow the liturgical documents of the moment for the OF call for the choir to at once be seen as being a part of the people and yet also as filling a distinct function which seems contradictory). The other trouble is that the choir sings a congregational hymn first and then a choral meditation without the congregation, both of which it is forced to wrap up as quickly as possible after distribution, no time being given for either a silent period of prayer nor a hymn of thanksgiving. It seems that in the OF if there is a congregational hymn at communion the GIRM calls for it to be after the procession with the option of either a time of silence or a hymn. I know the “post communion meditiation” music is a rather traditional sort of practice in these parts, but it seems that the GIRM would actually place it the other way around, with the choir singing a chant for the procession and then the entire congregation singing some sort of song of thanksgiving after distribution is complete (assuming the often superior option of a period of silence is not used). If I had it my way (and is “me, myself, and I” and “I want it my way” the primary watchwords of all things liturgical?) there would be a chanted communion antiphon during the procession, a period of silent prayer of at least a few minutes, and then some appropriate hymn (gladly dropping the “recessional hymn” to compensate since half the congregation slips out before the priest does and replacing it with an organ postlude). I will second the suggestion of in a mixed choir having some go for communion first and some last, I especially like the idea of the men chanting. Andrew Saucci says: For what it is worth, the schola at the extraordinary form Mass nearest to me receives Holy Communion before everyone else at the altar rail (or, I should say, what is left of it) and then returns to the loft. From this I gather the point that the Communion hymn need not begin immediately after the priest receives. I suspect that some pastors object to the idea that the choir might seem privileged by receiving first, and some music ministers might object that it delays the start of the Communion hymn, but it seems to work okay in my estimation. I will also observe that the norms that Father quoted envision a chant as preferred to a hymn, and if a chant is slightly delayed it is still effective, and a bit of silence at the start of Holy Communion may not be all that bad either. Elizium23 says: Perhaps this is slightly off-topic, but I’d just like to pipe up (get it?) and mention that there is no such thing as a “Communion meditation hymn”. This is a myth perpetuated by basically every liturgical music director I know, but it is not supprted by the rubrics. If you read the GIRM carefully you will see that the Communion chant can be sung by the choir alone as an option, but after the distribution of Communion has finished, a second chant, if used, is to be sung by all the people together with the choir. There is no wiggle room left for the common practice here, so I am baffled as to how it emerged. I guess it’s possible that an older GIRM envisioned it, but odds are that it’s probably just another “Spirit of Vatican II” innovation. My opinion as a mere choir member isn’t worth much. Every time I bring it up and try to correct a new director, they nod and smile and continue with their “meditation” practice. dominicop says: I certainly get the frustration which comes with simply inserting some non-existent category into Mass, but I don’t think that the real problem with the whole “Communion Meditation” is that it’s not in the books, or even that it’s a non-antiphonal musical piece (which is, therefore, foreign to the rite as such). In my experience the problem with Communion Meditations is that they’re designed to let the choir show off, albeit subtly, and often wind up distracting as much as helping people pray. I wouldn’t get to wound up over who’s singing, however. Getting people to sing at the right time and not sing at the right time is an often Herculean feat. Think of all the times the cantor intones the Alleluia, loads of people (often including the priest) will join in almost immediately, and then everyone seems confused that they’re repeating it again before the verse. Post-communion is especially a time that I’ve noticed that people often refrain from singing, even if the assembly is invited to and is given the music. Why? Because I think they intuit that this is a better time to be silent. Also, timing can be a bit tricky here. If you’re lucky enough to have the antiphon and verses sung then coordinating that with the reception of communion and cleansing the vessels can be tricky. Sometimes communion doesn’t take as long as a choir director has planned; other times it takes far longer. The key to me seems to be whether whatever the director is proposing actually seems to jive with the liturgy itself. Pingback: Ex-Anglicans Break Out of the Ghetto - BigPulpit.com manwithblackhat says: About ten years ago, when I visited the parish where I grew up, one of the choristers would ask the priest for extra Hosts while receiving himself, so he could take them back up to the loft. I don’t know if this is still being done, as there is now a different pastor. I certainly hope not. Honestly, if they could accommodate them “back in the day,” there’s no reason why they can’t do it now. MAJ Tony says: @acricketchirps: I doubt you’ve heard Holy Rosary’s choir here in Indy. Find a protestant choir that can perform Mozart’s Requiem. BTW, we typically have the rest of the choir receive while the schola chants the Communio. Then we sing a motet of some sort. Bravo, Father! And many thanks! This has been a question among our choir as well, as we are located at the back of the Church. (An aside for fellow musicians: If you are stuck up at the front of the Church, you should ask – BEG, even – your pastor to allow the choir to move to the back. Even if a loft doesn’t exist, the rear of the Church is a far better place to serve from in music ministry. Less of a show, less of a distraction to others. And you don’t have to worry about everyone staring at you while you fiddle with your folder to try and find that Communion Antiphon that seems to have gotten lost between other pages.)	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line3893
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__label__wiki	0.52174	0.52174	3,5-dimethyl-1,2-dithiolan-4-one Formula: C5H8OS2 Molecular weight: 148.246 InChI=1S/C5H8OS2/c1-3-5(6)4(2)8-7-3/h3-4H,1-2H3 IUPAC Standard InChIKey: DYTKSLFUSUKZJN-UHFFFAOYSA-N 1,2-Dithiolan-4-one, 3,5-dimethyl, #1 (E or Z) trans -3,5-dimethyl-1,2-dithiolan-4-one cis -3,5-dimethyl-1,2-dithiolan-4-one Van Den Dool and Kratz RI, non-polar column, temperature ramp Capillary DB-5 1115. Methven L., Tsoukka M., et al., 2007 60. m/0.32 mm/1. «mu»m, 40. C @ 2. min, 4. K/min, 260. C @ 10. min Capillary BP-5 1098. Whitfield and Mottram, 2001 4. K/min; Column length: 50. m; Column diameter: 0.32 mm; Tstart: 60. C; Tend: 250. C Capillary DB-5 1098. Madruga and Mottram, 1998 30. m/0.32 mm/1. «mu»m, 60. C @ 5. min, 4. K/min, 250. C @ 20. min Capillary DB-5 1124. Parker, Hassell, et al., 2000 50. m/0.32 mm/0.5 «mu»m, He; Program: oC(5min) => 60C/min => 60C (5min) => 4C/min => 250C Van Den Dool and Kratz RI, polar column, custom temperature program Capillary CP-Wax 52CB 1568. Madruga and Mottram, 1998 50. m/0.32 mm/0.21 «mu»m; Program: 0C(5min) => fast => 60C(5min) => 4C/min => 220C(20min) Methven L., Tsoukka M., et al., 2007 Methven L.; Tsoukka M.; Oruna-Concha M.J.; Parker J.K.; Mottram D.S., Influence of sulfur amino acids on the volatile and nonvolatile components of cooked salmon (Salmo salar), J. Agric. Food Chem., 2007, 55, 4, 1427-1436, https://doi.org/10.1021/jf0625611 . [all data] Whitfield and Mottram, 2001 Whitfield, F.B.; Mottram, D.S., Heterocyclic volatiles formed by heating cysteine or hydrogen sulfide with 4-hydroxy-5-methyl-3(2H)-furanone at pH 6.5, J. Agric. Food Chem., 2001, 49, 2, 816-822, https://doi.org/10.1021/jf0008644 . [all data] Madruga and Mottram, 1998 Madruga, M.S.; Mottram, D.S., The effect of pH on the formation of volatile compounds produced by heating a model system containing 5'-imp and cysteine, J. Braz. Chem. Soc., 1998, 9, 3, 261-271, https://doi.org/10.1590/S0103-50531998000300010 . [all data] Parker, Hassell, et al., 2000 Parker, J.K.; Hassell, G.M.E.; Mottram, D.S.; Guy, R.C.E., Sensory and instrumental analyses of volatiles generated during the extrusion cooking of oat flours, J. Agric. Food Chem., 2000, 48, 8, 3497-3506, https://doi.org/10.1021/jf991302r . [all data]	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line3896
__label__cc	0.542265	0.457735	You are at:Home » Other Sports » Boxing Tips » Boxing: No stopping Loma on Saturday night Boxing: No stopping Loma on Saturday night By Editorial Team on Nov 15, 2018 Boxing Tips, Other Sports, Tips BOXING analyst Nick Munday (@NM_Sport) shares his betting thoughts on Saturday night's bout between Vasyl Lomachenko and Jose Pedraza. Vasyl Lomachenko v Jose Pedraza \| Sunday 9th December 2018, 01:30 \| BoxNation Pound-for-pound king Vasyl Lomachenko attempts to unify World Titles for the first time as a professional this Saturday, taking on Jose Pedraza at Madison Square Garden Theater in New York. Widely regarded as the finest fighter on the planet, Lomachenko is a three-weight world champion after just 12 professional bouts (11-1, 9 KOs). He won two Olympic golds for Ukraine and a host of other amateur medals before turning pro. If you haven’t watched this guy before, you really need to. Last time out he moved up in weight to dethrone ‘King' Jorge Linares, lifting the WBA lightweight crown in a Fight of the Year contender after recovering from a knockdown. His next assignment comes against Puerto Rico's Pedraza, who holds the WBO belt. ‘Sniper' (25-1, 12 KOs) held the IBF world title at super-featherweight and made two defences until Gervonta Davis ended his short reign in January 2017. Pedraza got his tactics all wrong and was blown away by the Baltimore bomber in round seven. Moving up to 135lbs, Pedraza bounced back with two wins before outpointing Ray Beltran to become a two-division world champion in August. The bookmakers don't fancy his chances of holding on to the brown belt for long though, with odds of 12/1 available. At 5’8”, Pedraza holds a marginal one-inch height advantage, while his reach is 5.5” longer. He likes to switch stances and move around the ring. After opting to stay up close to Davis instead of boxing at range, he should be more cautious on Saturday so the opening stages could be cagey. Lomachenko suffered a shoulder injury in the Linares win so it may take him a few rounds to settle in before he starts to pick Pedraza off. No stopping Loma You won’t get rich quick by backing Lomachenko (1/20) or a ninth successive stoppage win (4/9). It’s important for the 30-year-old to unify as he wants to become undisputed champion, but bigger tests lie ahead. While his record proves he carries power, as he’s moved up through the weights Lomachenko has simply baffled opponents with his incredible speed, angles and footwork. That takes a toll mentally as well as physically. If you look at his run of recent knockouts, a pattern emerges: Linares (TKO 10), Guillermo Rigondeaux (RTD 6), Miguel Marriaga (RTD 7), Jason Sosa (RTD 9), Nicholas Walters (RTD 7). Yes, Lomachenko made four men retire on their stool in a row to earn the nickname ‘NoMasChenko’, but most of those stoppages came in the second half of the fight. With Pedraza falling apart in his biggest fight to date, coupled with Loma’s run of grinding his victims down, back another stoppage between Rounds 7-12 at 7/4 (Coral). Vasyl Lomachenko v Jose Pedraza – Vasyl Lomachenko to win in Rounds 7-12 (7/4 Coral) A bit like Charlie from Charlie's Angles, the ubiquitous WeLoveBetting Editorial Team are the all-seeing eyes of the site, making sure the web monkeys keep the site running.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line3900
__label__cc	0.582169	0.417831	Drug Treatment Centers in Petoskey, MI Hidden Brook Counseling Services PLLC Hidden Brook Counseling Services PLLC is a drug and alcohol rehab center found at 435 Madison Street in Petoskey, Michigan. The center uses main approaches to treatment of Cognitive Based Therapy, Services to Reduce the Risk of Relapse. The center also offers these services in the following settings: Outpatient Recovery. Hidden Brook Counseling Services PLLC also provides people with a number of individualized programs designed specifically for the needs of people, such as: Drug and Alcohol Rehab for Persons with Co-Occurring Mental and Substance Use Disorders, Drug Rehab for Adolescents, Drug Rehab for Adult Women. Finally, Hidden Brook Counseling Services PLLC also accepts the following types of payment: Cash Payment, Sliding Fee Scale Payment. Harbor Hall Residential Harbor Hall Residential is a drug and alcohol rehab center found at 704 Emmet Street in Petoskey, Michigan. The center uses main approaches to treatment of Cognitive Based Therapy, Services to Reduce the Risk of Relapse, 12-Step Facilitation Approach. The center also offers these services in the following settings: Inpatient Treatment, Drug Rehab in The Short Term, Long Term Rehabilitation. Harbor Hall Residential also provides people with a number of individualized programs designed specifically for the needs of people, such as: Drug and Alcohol Rehab for Persons with Co-Occurring Mental and Substance Use Disorders, Drug and Alcohol Rehab for Adult Men, Aftercare Plans. Finally, Harbor Hall Residential also accepts the following types of payment: Cash Payment, Medicaid for Alcohol and Drug Treatment, Private Insurance for Addiction Treatment. Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Anishnaabe Life Servs BH and SA Prog Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Anishnaabe Life Servs BH and SA Prog is a drug and alcohol rehab center found at 1250 Lears Road in Petoskey, Michigan. The center uses main approaches to treatment of Cognitive Based Therapy, Services to Reduce the Risk of Relapse, 12-Step Facilitation Approach. The center also offers these services in the following settings: Outpatient Recovery. Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Anishnaabe Life Servs BH and SA Prog also provides people with a number of individualized programs designed specifically for the needs of people, such as: Drug and Alcohol Rehab for Persons with Co-Occurring Mental and Substance Use Disorders, Drug Rehab for Adolescents, Drug Rehab for Adult Women. Finally, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Anishnaabe Life Servs BH and SA Prog also accepts the following types of payment: Medicaid for Alcohol and Drug Treatment, Insurance Through Medicare, Private Insurance for Addiction Treatment. North Country Community Mental Health North Country Residential North Country Community Mental Health North Country Residential is a drug and alcohol rehab center found at 2677 Howard Road in Petoskey, Michigan. The center also offers these services in the following settings: Inpatient Treatment, Residential Drug Rehab. North Country Community Mental Health North Country Residential also provides people with a number of individualized programs designed specifically for the needs of people, such as: Drug and Alcohol Rehab for Persons with Co-Occurring Mental and Substance Use Disorders, Court Ordered Outpatient Addiction Rehab. Finally, North Country Community Mental Health North Country Residential also accepts the following types of payment: Cash Payment, Medicaid for Alcohol and Drug Treatment, Sliding Fee Scale Payment. © Copyright 2020 \| www.24notes.org \| All Rights Reserved.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line3910
__label__cc	0.616547	0.383453	Sue Bridge Sue Bridge is Wildside’s founder and current resident steward. Some years ago, Sue began to understand that the ripple effects of climate change and human over-population are likely to present future generations with a very difficult world. Her initial thought was to build a homestead to see if deep green living as currently understood could be a practical reality for herself, and thus perhaps a way for others, to gain greater personal control of their food and energy supplies. Early on, though, as dozens of people heard of what she was attempting and asked to visit, it became clear that Wildside should be open to the public. Now a healthy, happy seventy-something, Sue transferred ownership of Wildside to Wildside Cottage & Gardens Inc, a 501c3 corporation created in 2013. With no children of her own, she believes that “All children are my children.” This shift in ownership ensures that Wildside will be managed as the exciting experimental site and teaching platform it has become, long into the future. Sue takes special pleasure in Wildside’s hands-on approach. The Wildside project follows a lifetime of pro-social engagements at the United Nations, teaching at university, working at the Christian Science Monitor, and supporting health care reform and environmental causes. But something was lacking. All this work involved urging others to change: to distribute wealth, cease polluting, stop wars, legislate solutions and so forth. At Wildside she feels there is a deeper joy in communicating by example — learning to manage the cottage’s solar-powered systems through high heat and deep cold, understanding the usefulness of a composting toilet, and out on the land, planning, watching, planting, nurturing, keeping notes, replanting, preserving, studying, sharing. Jono Neiger Jono Neiger designed Wildside’s gardens; he has long professional experience in landscape design, land restoration and permaculture, was faculty at the Conway School for Landscape Design, and is a partner in Regenerative Design Group in Greenfield, MA. Jono is also the author of a new book about permaculture, The Permaculture Promise, which features Wildside Gardens. Sarah Shields Sarah Shields is an herbalist, farmer and owner of a small company which produces natural body care products and teas; she and her family are long-time pioneers in energy efficiency, food production and preservation. Her husband, Keith, built Wildside Cottage. Tom Bridge Tom Bridge owns Durango Nursery and Supply in Durango, CO, specializing in native and xeric plants, soils and soil amendments. He has worked in mining in the Yukon, fishing in Alaska, and has owned a hydroponic vegetable production company. Now in his sixties with a new knee and a new shoulder, he has scaled back (a little) on a lifetime of extreme sports, notably downhill and cross-country skiing and mountain biking. He is Sue’s bionic brother.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line3915
__label__cc	0.676052	0.323948	Inside Christopher’s World: An Autistic Perspective by Nomi Kaim Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Email Originally published by SpeakEasy Stage Company in the 2017 production program for “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.” Reproduced with permission. Every time that I pass through the Boston Public Garden, I think of Christopher Boone. For most of the year, the Garden is dotted with signs that read “KEEP OFF THE GRASS.” But what radius does each sign include? Toward the beginning of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Christopher expresses a similar frustration with lawn signs and other nonspecific messages. Christopher and I have a lot more in common than our puzzlement with ambiguous lawn signs. We both have autism. Many of Christopher’s character traits fit the textbook definition of autism. He has profound difficulty communicating and interacting with people, including overly literal interpretation of language; difficulty interpreting gestures and facial expressions; and an inability to take other people’s perspectives. His speech is excessively formal, and he is incapable of social spontaneity or reciprocity. He constantly misses the big picture, or context, of what is going on. He fixates on a few themes he cannot let go of, rocks or groans when overwhelmed, and is hypersensitive to sound, smell, and touch. But to view Christopher in this detached, clinical light is to miss the wonderful attributes that make him so likeable. Christopher has many strengths that stem directly from his autism. His love for animals and indignation at the killing of a dog reflect a strong sense of ethics and justice. He is refreshingly honest and well-intentioned. He is also a mathematical savant and budding scientist, with a striking ability to apply his vast scientific knowledge to all that he sees. And he sees — and remembers — everything, down to the minutest detail. Christopher applies careful, logical analysis to every problem he encounters. And he perseveres, against overwhelming odds, to solve the mystery of Wellington’s death. In some ways, Christopher’s character is a stereotype of autism. In reality, the majority of people with autism are not savants; do not have photographic memories; are not 100% literal in their interpretation of language; are not thoroughly blind to others’ feelings; and, crucially, are not content to be totally disconnected from other human beings. People with autism are remarkably diverse. There is a saying: “When you’ve met one person with autism…you’ve met one person with autism.” Christopher is one picture of autism; I am another. I am 34, female, independent, outgoing, a writer and speaker. I live alone, travel the city every day, and have friends (sort of). Superficially, I could not be more different from Christopher; but below the surface, my experiences echo his. I am hopeless at math, but in love with psychology. I can wax philosophical in my efforts to interpret typical human behavior, which I feel removed from. I am no genius, but I do love to learn. Information grounds me. I enjoy language as a vehicle for spreading knowledge but struggle with metaphor and idiom. I collect and analyze “data” about a situation to determine cause and effect and what to do next. Is it a good moment for a joke? What are their faces saying? Lacking social intuition, I base my responses on logic. To me, one of the most powerful elements of Christopher’s experience is the intense anxiety and disorientation he feels when he senses his mind is not working right (i.e., anxiety is interfering with his logic). If he can’t reason his way through a tough situation, what can he do? Nothing. I get it. I, too, am paralyzed without a plan. I love Christopher’s portrayal of his sensory experiences. My own sensitivities cause me daily turmoil in the city where I live. I wear sunglasses, earplugs, sometimes even a respirator, in my quest for comfort. When an ambulance or motorcycle passes by, I stiffen, crouch down, cradle my head, and chant through the pain. Socially, I have amassed quite a repertoire of well-rehearsed scripts, so I fare better than Christopher does. At more than twice his age, I have the advantage of experience. Nevertheless, I find social interaction anxiety-provoking and exhausting. Like Christopher, I have gifts that are eclipsed by my everyday challenges. Now society is beginning to recognize that autism comes with many gifts that have been overlooked. We are seeing a gradual movement towards honoring “neurodiversity” and viewing autism as a difference, not a disorder. Certainly, living with autism can be disabling. But then, we live in a world built primarily by and for people with very different minds. For people like me, who have autism — whatever its manifestation — and want to build fulfilling lives, moving from a deficits-based to a strengths-based model means a chance to accept ourselves: disabled, gifted, unconventional and autistic, as we have always been. Stay in touch with AANE	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line3921
__label__cc	0.684673	0.315327	ACS > Media > Podcast What's Next? The Revised Travel Ban On March 8, ACS hosted a briefing call on the Trump Administration's second travel ban that purports to cure the defects of the first. After the first travel ban was rebuffed by federal courts in its attempt to restrict refugee admissions and travel from designated Muslim-majority nations, the ACS briefing call looked to answer the following questions. How do the two executive orders differ? Are those differences constitutionally and legally significant? And what have we learned in recent weeks about the implementation challenges raised by such orders? Adam Winkler, Professor of Law, UCLA Law School; ACS Board of Directors, Moderator Anil Kalhan, Associate Professor of Law, Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law Dr. Stephen Legomsky, John S. Lehmann University Professor Emeritus, Washington University Law School;Former Chief Counsel, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (2011-2013) Immigrants & COVID-19: Adding Pandemic to a System Already in Crisis Bypassing Congress in the Name of National Security: Trump’s “National Emergency” Declaration The Travel Ban at the Supreme Court: A Briefing on Trump v. Hawaii	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line3934
__label__wiki	0.646587	0.646587	Featured Donor Story: Deb Wycislak Gives More Than Funds Published on June 28, 2016 by Devon Karbowski AdoptAClassroom.org donor Deb Wycislak understands the struggle many teachers face in supplying their classrooms. Since 2014, Deb has been doing her part by funding classrooms in Forest Lake, Minnesota. “I wanted to donate locally to a school that was important to me,” said Deb. “So, I went through AdoptAClassroom.org because they are good at connecting to local community schools.” Deb regularly adopts North Lakes Academy Charter School teacher Emily Thompson and Forest View Elementary School teacher Rachel Lexvold’s classrooms. She not only provides financial support, but Deb also helps out as a classroom volunteer for Rachel’s second grade students. “When I come in, they read to me and they also show me their projects and artwork,” said Deb. “I’ll come in and I’ll read to them as a group.” Deb formed a relationship with Rachel after a thank you email through AdoptAClassroom.org sparked a dialogue between them. Rachel also involved her students in the conversation: they wrote Deb thank you letters for her donation. “We were going back and forth a little bit and then Rachel invited me to come to the classroom to read, and I just loved that idea,” said Deb. “That worked out really well and we’ve been doing that ever since.” By volunteering her time to the classroom, Deb brings cheer and stability to Rachel’s students. She particularly remembers one cold winter day last year, when the students brought pillows and blankets to story time. According to Deb, what started as a dreary day, turned into a “cozy, snuggly, fun day together.” “To have someone come in to help in the classroom who I trust and the school trusts is a big thing. And then, pretty soon when that person comes in, they typically come in again because it was so much fun for the kids,” said Rachel. “It’s good to have the consistency of those volunteers for many kids that don’t have that at home.” Deb’s financial contribution to Rachel’s classroom, through AdoptAClassroom.org, has also been a huge help, because her students go through supplies quickly. Rachel spends $400 to $500 on her classroom each year, just to supply her students with basic materials like pencils, stickers, and Kleenex. When Rachel’s classroom was adopted for the first time, she felt both thrilled and surprised by the generosity of AdoptAClassroom.org donors. “It was like Christmas, but it was more exciting because you’re not expecting it,” said Rachel. “When you get those donations, it’s like a surprise and for the first time I was like ‘oh it does work, I’m so excited.’ Then, you were able to go back and tell your kids ‘guess what, we got this money to spend.'” At the start of a new school year, teachers often spend the most, stocking their classroom using their own money. Donors like Deb help give teachers one less problem to worry about when it’s time for back-to-school spending. “Last August, I felt I should make a donation because I know the teachers were going to be getting ready for school,” said Deb. “So, I donated to both Rachel and Emily, and they responded immediately. They bought things either that day or the next day, and they were so grateful.” Deb continues to help support students in her community by volunteering and supplying their classrooms with the materials they need. “I choose to donate online and also come to classrooms, because I want to be involved locally in the community,” said Deb. “I wanted to let the kids know that there’s people in the community that care about them, and that we think about them, and we know that they are our future.” Want to help Deb support these teachers? Visit Rachel Lexvold or Emily Thompson’s classroom page to make a donation. Interested in finding your own nearby classroom to connect with? Use our classroom search tool to find a teacher in your community who needs a hand. Tags: classroom donation, elementary classrooms, featured donor, Fundraising, Minnesota Adoptions	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line3938
__label__wiki	0.594886	0.594886	Home Directory About Contact Advertise By Steve Long Lets Protect Our Resources July 1, 2019 \| View PDF Conservation. It's a word with a whole lot of different meanings to different people. While the general idea might be the same, it's a distant after thought for many Americans. To those of us in the outdoors, hunting, fishing, hiking or camping, conservation is a constant effort to maintain the precious resources we have. As a member of QDMA, conservation is one of my primary goals. After all, you can't go deer hunting if there aren't any deer left! The amount of research and education we invest in is tremendous, but the constant effort pays off in spades. We've seen Alabama become, and remain, a deer hunting destination, which brings in plenty of cash flow to both our State and local businesses. With careful management, it'll surely stay that way, too. There are plenty of challenges, of course. Chronic Wasting Disease, or CWD, is a serious illness that can absolutely decimate a deer population. It spreads easily and quickly throughout the herd, silently eliminating the deer population, out of our sight. Careful management and regulatory action can help stymie the spread of CWD, and Alabama has so far been up to the challenge. Keeping deer from being brought across state borders, for instance, has been a wise move. Speaking of regulatory action, Alabama's red snapper season is going incredibly well, so far. There are some real big fish being caught down in the gulf, and we have our state government and its it's hard working officials to thank for that. The federal regulators wanted to keep us to a meager handful of days to fish, using the data they had. However, through programs like Snapper Check, the data obtained convinced the powers that be to let the State determine the season for itself. Conservation, when all the gears are moving smoothly, lets us enjoy our hunting and fishing heritage, not only today, but tomorrow as well. Naturally, we've still got plenty of work ahead of us. As most of you Turkey Hunters know, we're in the middle of a rough spot for turkey conservation. Simply put, there ain't a lot of turkeys out there. Both the experts and us good ole boys agree that something is going on out in the woods, and it's going to take some work to address it. Between habitat loss, over predation, and some unusual weather, the turkey population has seen better days. If we drop the ball on this, we will probably end up like it was decades ago, when seeing a bird was near a miracle, much less harvesting one. Fortunately for both the critters and us, there's a lot of help to be given in the name of conservation. Private organizations like QDMA work hard everyday to help improve and maintain deer herd numbers and quality. The state also has plenty of fine folks in charge of public lands and the wildlife in our state, doing everything they can to protect what resources we have. Ultimately, the responsibility for conservation falls to each one of us individuals. If hunting, fishing, and other outdoor activities are gonna be around to enjoy for years to come, we've all gotta work together to see it through. My work with QDMA has only strengthened my resolve to help maintain what we have, and I encourage all of you to keep conservation on your mind this year, going forward. Engaging in programs like Game Check, Snapper Check, and the like can only help out the cause. If you're fortunate enough to be a part of an organization like QDMA, spread the word and study up. The way I see it, the Outdoors is a gift to all of us, and I intend on leaving that treasure for those who follow behind us, better and richer than I found it. I hope all of you can share in that belief as well, because, if we Outdoorsmen win the fight for conservation, then every one of us also wins. So get out there, keep those woods and waters looking good, and go get'em! Alabama Gazette 12 E. Jefferson St. alabamagazette@gmail.com © 2021 The Alabama Gazette Publishing, LLC	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line3944
__label__wiki	0.796364	0.796364	Turn That Noise Down Theatre... TTND79 - Sister Sledge Inspired by our 1989 Turn That Noise Down (TTND) articles, Jimmy Hunter takes a look ten years further back to the music of 1979. This time, he's lost in music with Sister Sledge's album We Are Family... For me, featuring albums from 1979 should be easy but it's not. I'm trying to get back there (some say I never left it) but remembering and articulating are two very different and equally difficult things. Disco was at its peak in 1979 and also, some claimed, at death's door (more on this later). However a couple of very talented musicians and writers (Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards) had scored hits with their group of mostly session singers and musicians Chic and had spotted a group of sisters who'd had very low level success with R&B and Motown covers. Nile and Bernard spotted an opportunity and offered the Sledge sisters an album ... so throughout the autumn of 1978 an album of Rodgers/Edwards songs was recorded at the legendary Power Station recording studio in New York by Sister Sledge ... my choice this week - We Are Family. Now you may say it's an obvious choice but for me, unlikely though it may seem, it wasn't at the time. Hardly anyone outside their short fanbase had really heard of them but the songs the Chic boys penned were to propel the girls to mega heights of fame ... if only for a short while. In the UK the album was released before the first single and though at the time, sales were good, if modest, the legacy of this album, or at least the singles plucked from it, has remained intact for 40 years. First cab off the rank is "He's The Greatest Dancer". Good, solid R&B disco with Edwards' signature bass. Kathy's voice is unexpected for a disco track but matches the previous output of Chic's female leads - rich and velvety but strong, although here it doesn't demonstrate much of a range. She was quoted at the time as saying that they were all embarrassed by the lyrics - coming from a good Christian background singing about one night stands hadn't really been a feature of their music. By the time the title track is released a long hot summer of disco is underway and the dance floors are buzzing. It couldn't fail. Both singles are released in 6 mins and 8 mins 12" versions and are worldwide hits ... while the album, well, trailed somewhat. Actually, quite a lot. By autumn of the year Lost In Music is released and this, by a long way, is my favourite of the single releases and my favourite album track. It didn't do well commercially although it was a big dance floor hit. At almost 5 minutes long it was lifted from the album in its complete form, it's different, it has a discreet pulse and a sold backing vocal and you can hear Debbie resisting the 9 to 5 life in favour of her band. So popular it was remixed in 1984 by Nile Rodgers with added vocals from Simon le Bon and Andy Taylor of Duran Duran - at the height of their own fame at the time. I'd like to put a word in for the other tracks. They're R&B easy listening, soul tracks and they're good. Or rather not too bad. If you listen to some of Chic's unreleased tracks over the years (now available) you can hear the similarity and it's almost as though they weren't expending too much effort on some tracks, rather saving it for ... well ... their favourites? This may be rather disingenuous because the album is good and though it didn't rack up a huge amount of sales it was very much of its time and genre. But I always felt Sister Sledge lived in an echo of success - always just missing it, not quite catching the wave. Yet that was life as a product of the Chic factory - you had to have a solid foundation because they were going to carry you. The girls claimed this was their best album. They had another Chic production a year later (Love Somebody Today) which didn't bother the charts too much and in 1989 Kathy left but was to rejoin the girls for an occasional performance. Sadly, aged only 60, in March 2017 Joni died. Here's the 1984 remix of Lost In Music ... Image - Amazon < Next Prev > Our Partner Site Cut The Music Podcast Top 5 Posts This Week Feature - SquigglyDigg The Defective Inspector investigates some YouTube video evidence to highlight a hidden (in the UK at least) internet sensation known as ... News - The Forgetting Room After many, many years the amazing album by The Forgetting Room - Ghost Codes - is finally coming out on glorious 180g double 'firefly&#... 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__label__wiki	0.74163	0.74163	Sylvie Courvoisier Trio: Free Hoops By TROY DOSTERT With her idiosyncratic mixture of mystery and mirth, and a seamless conjoining of jazz and classical musical vocabularies, pianist Sylvie Courvoisier has carved an enviable niche for herself. She not only possesses impeccable technique, but her voice as a composer is just as formidable, whether in partnerships with fellow mavericks like Mary Halvorson, Evan Parker, or Mark Feldman, or in her blue-chip trio with bassist Drew Gress and drummer Kenny Wollesen. Their D'Agala (Intakt) was a widely hailed highlight of 2018, and now they are at it again with Free Hoops. Unsurprisingly, it is every bit as good as its predecessor. Courvoisier always keeps her listeners guessing, with a wide scope of approaches up her sleeve to enliven her knotty compositions. Sometimes this involves a raw muscularity, as on the album's title track, where her pugnacious solo builds steady energy in conversation with her partners; and in other moments it is a hard-driving propulsion, with cresting waves of notes which startle and provoke, as we hear on the fierce "Just Twisted." But that is not all: Courvoisier also offers an abiding sense of rhythm, digging into a sinuous groove on "Galore," and she possesses an uncanny intuition for finding space in the music for her colleagues. Never one to overplay, Courvoisier is just as potent in restraint as when she is out front, and "Highway 1" is a case in point, as the air of mystery is palpable, with Gress able to showcase his own impressive range, from perfectly plucked notes to atmospheric arco, and Wollesen providing moody interjections with his patented "Wollesonics" enhanced percussion. Each of the nine tracks is a gem, but perhaps the best encapsulation of the trio's distinctive magic is "Lulu Dance." Fueled by an enticing left-hand ostinato which allows Gress to roam freely while Courvoisier and Wollesen elevate the intensity, the music suddenly breaks off, opening up a playful middle section in which all three players frolic semi-independently, seeking a way to re-converge, which they finally do, bringing the piece to a satisfying conclusion when Courvoisier once again resumes that ostinato groove. There is abundant creativity here, but it is channeled so skillfully that it never feels gratuitous or self-indulgent. It is just another ideal opportunity for three masters to display their craft in close communication and genuine rapport. An exemplary working unit and a superlative piano trio, this group is at the top of its game, and how delightful it is to see it produce such a satisfying sequel to D'Agala. Current fans of Courvoisier will certainly not be disappointed, and hopefully she'll gain many new ones as well. Free Hoops; Lulu Dance; Just Twisted; Requiem d’un songe; As We Are; Birdies of Paradise; Galore; Nicotine Sarcoline; Highway 1. Sylvie Courvoisier: piano; Drew Gress: bass; Kenny Wollesen: drums. Title: Free Hoops \| Year Released: 2020 \| Record Label: Intakt Records About Sylvie Courvoisier Sylvie Courvoisier Trio Album Review Troy Dostert Free Hoops Intakt Records Sylvie Courvoisier Mary Halvorson Evan Parker Mark Feldman Drew Gress Kenny Wollesen	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line3949
__label__wiki	0.657028	0.657028	Browsing Tag: BKK Bucking the Trend: JAL Opts for Nine-abreast Economy Seating in 777s By John Nguyen A Japan Airlines 777 taking off from Haneda – Photo Wilco737 \| FlickrCC Japan Airlines (JAL) announced last week that its newly-revamped Boeing 777-200ERs (772s) dubbed “JAL SKY SUITE 777” or “SS2” will debut on June 18 from Tokyo Haneda (HND) to Bangkok (BKK). Designated for regional flying, the SS2 will feature now-industry standard lie-flat seating in business class, a roomy premium economy section, and best-in-class nine-abreast seating in economy, going against the grain during a time when virtually every new refurbishment of 777s calls for ten-abreast seating. An illustration of the new economy seating configuration on JAL’s “SS2” Boeing 777-200ER – Image: Japan Airlines What’s even more eye catching is JAL’s choice to go with an asymmetric 3-4-2 arrangement, while every other carrier uses 3-3-3 (well, when they do have nine across on their older planes). Where new premium seating is all the rage nowadays, JAL manages to remember the little people, and the economy cabin steals the spotlight… Flying a Thai Airways A380 in Royal First Class By David Delagarza Thai Airways Airbus A380 – Photo: Aero Icarus \| FlickrCC Airline: Thai Airways International Aircraft: Airbus A380-800 Departed: Tokyo Narita (NRT) Arrived: Bangkok Suvarnabhumi (BKK) Class: First Class Seats: 1E & 1F Length: About 6 hours My wife and I recently embarked on a major bucket list trip to Thailand. Since this was a rare sans-toddler trip, we decided to go all-out and burn pretty much all the miles and points we could get our hands on to fly some premium cabins. We were fortunate enough to be able to scrape together just enough points (mostly thanks to being new homeowners) to fly to Bangkok in first class. Our final leg of the inbound journey was on a Thai Airways A380 from Tokyo Narita (NRT) to Bangkok Suvarnabhumi (BKK). Thai Airways’ A380 Royal First Class cabin – Photo: David Delagarza \| AirlineReporter We arrived at Tokyo Narita on ANA’s new Houston to Tokyo service in first class which, in and of itself, was an amazing experience. Our layover at Narita was about three hours long, during which time we availed ourselves of ANA’s First Class suite lounge. BONUS: Flight Review: ANA First Class Houston to Tokyo on a 777-300ER Shortly after taking our seats in the lounge, a representative from Thai Airways found us, introduced herself, and asked if we needed anything. We asked if she could look into the status of our checked bags, as we’d had a little bit of difficulty getting them checked all the way through to Bangkok. She left with our passports, boarding passes, and bag claim tickets. When she returned she had new boarding passes printed on Thai stock and she informed us that they had located our bags and they were all set to be loaded on the aircraft. She also informed us that due to a late inbound aircraft, the flight would be about fifteen minutes late, and she would get us when it was time to board. No problem, I needed a shower anyway. Is there any greater feeling than showering in the lounge between long-haul flights? Taking the Inaugural Bangkok A380 Flight on Qatar Airways Qatar First Class product on the A380. For our flight, there were no First Class passengers. The more that I fly the Airbus A380, the more I like the aircraft — as a passenger, but I am not so sure as an AvGeek. It is so smooth during take-off and landing, one might not even realize that they happened. Turbulence is mostly absorbed by the jumbo jet, making the flight smooth. The windows and walls are so thick, the aircraft stays quiet and passengers are removed from the flying experience. As an AvGeek, these are some of the reasons why I am not a huge fan of the A380. I want to feel the take-off, I enjoy a little turbulence, and I want to stay connected to the entire flight experience. But this doesn’t mean I cannot enjoy an A380 flight, especially when it is on a Qatar Airways aircraft with an impressive on-board product. Qatar Airways’ Airbus A380 in flight – Photo: Clément Alloing \| Flickr CC Recently, I was invited to participate in the inaugural Qatar A380 flight from Bangkok to Doha, and who am I to refuse? Overall, it was an amazing flight, but I wished it was a bit longer — it was only about six hours. One of the biggest disappointments I had regarding the flight was not being able to get an exterior shot of the A380. And believe it or not, that was partially due to both Bangkok and Doha airports being designed where photos are hard to get, and also because of the King of Thailand. UPDATED: Thai Airways Airbus A330 Accident on Landing at Bangkok By AirlineReporter Staff Picture of the Thai Airways Airbus A330 (HS-TEF) involved in the incident. Image: Ken Fielding. Late Sunday night, local time in Bangkok, Thailand, a Thai Airways Airbus A330-300 landed and experienced a failure of its front landing gear. Flight 679 departed from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN) in China and landed at the Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK) at about 11:00pm. The aircraft was carrying 278 passengers and 14 crew members. The airline is reporting that eight passengers were “slightly injured.” We reached to Airbus and they explained that they currently do not have a statement, but are monitoring the situation. The Airbus A330-300 involved in the incident is registered HS-TEF and was delivered to Thai Airways in March of 1995.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line3953
__label__wiki	0.895665	0.895665	VINCI Airports to deploy test laboratories at its airports Vietnam’s Tan Son Nhat Airport fixes its first solar power system UK airports to receive financial aid from government Montreal-Trudeau Airport to open connections centre 9 December 2019 (Last Updated December 9th, 2019 11:14) A new connections centre at Montreal-Trudeau International Airport (YUL) will commence first phase operations on 11 December. An outside view of the connections centre at Montreal-Trudeau International Airport. Credit: CNW Group / Aeroports de Montreal. The new C$50m ($37.7m) centre is fully funded by Canadian airport authority Aeroports de Montreal (ADM). ADM stated that the facility is expected to boost the development of air service at the airport and establish it as an international air traffic hub. The hub is expected to offer improved comfort to passengers. According to ADM, it will increase the rate of aircraft seat occupancy, which will result in the introduction of new air links. The centre has been equipped with 36 primary inspection kiosks (PIKs) and a green wall connected to the ventilation system to maintain an optimal humidity level. The building’s design reflects the culture of Montréal, Québec and Canada and adheres to sustainable building standards. Its façade is based on the Canadian Shield landscape and is made up of materials from local and Canadian markets such as Atlantic Black granite flooring and birch wood panels. ADM president and CEO Philippe Rainville said: “We are extremely pleased to announce the commissioning of our new centre, which is fully dedicated to connecting passengers and represents an important driver for the development of YUL’s air service. “With this new state-of-the-art facility, YUL is increasingly becoming a strategic location for transiting passengers. Montréal-Trudeau is world-renowned for the efficiency of its winter operations which, combined with its geographical position, already give it a competitive advantage.” The centre’s second phase is expected to be completed mid next year. Approximately 20% of YUL’s passengers have flight connections at the airport. During Phase 1 of operations, the centre will be accessed by international and transborder passengers who are travelling to domestic or international destinations. Phase 2 includes international passengers travelling to transborder destinations. It is estimated that around one million connecting passengers will access the centre. Hog Technologies Non-Destructive Rubber and Pavement Marking Removal Systems Voice Communication Systems for Air Traffic Controllers GrayMatter Software Products for Airport Analytics, Concession Management and Car Park Revenue Management FAA to crack down on threatening passengers post Capitol Hill attack News 1 week UK Government introduces mandatory Covid-19 test for international arrivals	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line3954
__label__cc	0.612411	0.387589	WSTale » Food & Drink » What You Should Know Before Trying Juicing for Weight Loss What You Should Know Before Trying Juicing for Weight Loss mediabest January 5, 2021 BeforeknowshouldtrWhatyou You know that feeling you get when you’ve been surviving on takeout and raiding the beer in your fridge suddenly catches up with you? That feeling that maaaaaybe you don’t feel all that great and you might be ready to make a change? Juice cleanse companies know that feeling too, and that’s why you see so many of them marketing to you after especially fraught dietary times: around the New Year, after the Super Bowl, right before “swimsuit season.” These companies argue that they can help you lose weight, boost your energy, and even enhance how good your hair and skin look. And they do this by telling you that all you have to do is consume something that you loved as a kid: juice! But those are the promises of the companies trying to sell you their products. What do the experts think about juicing for weight-loss and, more specifically, the claims of juice cleanses. To help sort this all out, we contacted plant-based chef and dietitian Alexandra Caspero, R.D. and a few other credentialed nutrition experts. Juicing, Caspero says, is often associated with fasting—the act of restricting the total amount of calories that you consume during the day, sometimes in accordance with time periods. “There’s something euphoric about fasting,” she says. “A certain population is drawn to it. I don’t recommend it, but I understand it.” Here’s what you need to know about juicing for weight loss and whether it’s actually a good way to shed a few extra pounds. What is juicing? Juicing involves squeezing the pulp from vegetables and fruits to remove the fiber, the stuff that’s left behind in your juice machine, explains Caspero. (Smoothies, on the other hand, blend up the entire fruit, which retains the fiber). Some people add a shot of apple cider vinegar, which has been touted to boost weight loss. Juicing diets, specifically, last one to three days, says Caspero, although rarely people juice for up to 14 days. Is juicing good for weight loss? Since weight loss comes down to eating fewer calories than you expend, and juicing severely restricts calories, juicing can help you to lose weight at least in the short run, says Caspereo. Whether juicing is a good idea for long-term, sustained weight loss is another story. A small 2017 study of 20 people who juiced for three days found that they shed about two pounds, on average, and saw an increase in gut bacteria associated with weight loss. But weight loss isn’t necessarily fat loss, says Caspero: It’s usually water loss. When you severely cut calories, you burn through your glycogen (i.e. carbohydrate) stores, which carry water with them. “I would never consider juicing a fat-loss diet,” she says. Juicing fans also often claim that it helps you to “detox.” Yes, fruits and vegetables are full of antioxidants, which help clear out cell-damaging free radicals in your body. But you can get those same benefits from eating whole plants, Caspero explains. Otherwise, there aren’t “toxins” that you need to flush out by eating certain foods. “We have livers and kidneys in our bodies that help us cleanse without requiring a restrictive, nutritionally inadequate diet,” says Bonnie Taub-Dix, R.D., creator of BetterThanDieting.com and author of Read It Before You Eat It – Taking You from Label to Table. In the short-term, juicing may indeed give you a confidence boost for making a positive change. But if you deprive yourself for too long, you’ll likely gain the weight back as soon as you go back to your normal eating pattern, says Isabel Maples, R.D., a spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Dietitians say that bottom line, juicing for weight loss isn’t realistic or sustainable. “You’d be better off getting on a treadmill than getting a juicer,” says Taub-Dix. Is juicing healthy? Juicing can help you consume more produce, but it can also leave you hungry. Compared to a full sit-down meal, juice lacks protein, fiber, and fat. Chewing and digesting these nutrients takes time and increases satiety hormones, so you feel fuller for longer. “It’s physically not as satisfying. You may want a bigger portion, so you end up getting more calories than you’re expecting,” says Maples. While a couple of days of juicing is harmless for most people, say experts, longer juice fasts pose a number of risks and downsides: You may be deprived of important nutrients A well-rounded diet ensures you get all of the macronutrients and micronutrients your body needs. Restricting yourself to juice means you’re missing out on essential nutrients like vitamin B-12 and protein; over time that can lead to nutrient deficiencies. “In the long term, you’re not providing your body with the fuel it needs,” says Caspero. Juicing may trigger you to overeat Feeling deprived could lead to you to eat less nutrient-dense food, like brownies, when you complete the cleanse–or you may go back to your normal diet. “Any time you make a drastic diet change, you may overcompensate later. And you definitely can gain the weight back,” says Maples. “Instead of learning to better manage your eating choices, juicing is just a quick and temporary fix.” You’ll lose muscle mass When you lose weight, you inevitably lose a bit of muscle mass. You can reduce muscle loss by eating more protein and working out. But juice doesn’t contain protein, and it’s so low in calories that you likely won’t have the energy to work out. “If all you do is drink juice for a week, you can lose muscle,” says Maples. Your metabolism slows You’ll burn more calories throughout the day if you have more muscle mass. So if you lose lean muscle from juicing, you’ll need fewer calories even at rest. What’s more, severely reducing calories for long periods of time puts your body into metabolism-slowing starvation mode. “The body tries to conserve energy, so we don’t starve to death, as a survival technique,” says Maples. Most men, she adds, need at least 1,500 calories per day and many juice diets are well under that. Your gut microbiome could suffer Since juicing eliminates fiber—a prebiotic that supports gut health—a longer-term juice fast could negatively alter your gut microbiome. “You’re not giving your gut what it needs to populate the good bacteria,” says Caspero. The right way to juice For some people, juicing for two to three days max may help encourage them to eat more fruits and vegetables overall. “Sometimes fasting feels good if you’ve been eating heavy or feel blah and want a jump start,” says Caspero. Use mostly vegetables and up to two fruits per glass max, suggests Maples. Whether you add spices or vinegar is up to you—although don’t count on these ingredients to burn extra fat. “The only way to truly burn fat is through exertion,” Caspero says. Beyond that, it’s a better idea to think of juice as an add-on to your diet instead of a meal replacement. Juicing can be a good way to eat more plants and stock up on vitamins and phytonutrients, says Maples. Sip on green juice with your cereal instead of OJ, or have it for a midday snack instead of cookies or crackers. A better long-term meal replacement? Smoothies, which contain fiber but are similarly easy to digest because it’s broken down, notes Caspero. Be sure to add ingredients like avocado, nut butter, flax seeds, tofu, or chickpeas for the fat and protein you need to stay full and satisfied. The wrong way to juice for weight loss A pure juice diet for any longer than two to three days—or frequent juicing—gets dicey, according to our experts. “I worry about a disordered eating,” says Maples. “You may need to change the way you’re thinking about food.” Also keep in mind that drinking orange or apple juice all day long isn’t a juice cleanse: Fruit juices tend to be loaded with sugar and empty calories that will leave you hunting for your next meal far too soon. Who shouldn’t juice Be sure to talk to your doctor if you have a chronic medical condition like diabetes or hypoglycemia before juicing for any amount of time. “The sugar in fruit could cause your blood sugar to soar,” says Taub-Dix. It’s also better to avoid juicing if you have a history of restrictive eating or eating disorders, Caspero adds, as it may encourage disordered eating patterns. Previous Previous post: Sources Respond to Peter Weber and Kelley Flanagan Cheating Rumors Next Next post: Whitney Port Shares Why Her Second Miscarriage Was Harder Than the First Kate Ferdinand shares snap of baby Cree's hands in 'grateful' post Kate Ferdinand says she’s grateful for her ‘family, friends and health’ as she shares sweet snap of baby son Cree’s hands… after admitting she’s struggling… Home Town's Erin Napier Reveals Sweet 'Family Handshake' with Husband Ben and Daughter Helen	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line3959
__label__wiki	0.712607	0.712607	WSTale » TV & Movies » 'Risk' TV Series in the Works from 'House of Cards' Creator Beau Willimon 'Risk' TV Series in the Works from 'House of Cards' Creator Beau Willimon mediabest January 12, 2021 Beau Willimonjordan tappis Battleship brought the Milton Bradley strategy board game to life on the big screen with an alien invasion twist, and now Hasbro and their Entertainment One studio are working on turning another one of their iconic games into a TV series. Hasbro has brought in House of Cards creator Beau Willimon to develop a TV series adaptation of the classic strategy board game Risk. The Hollywood Reporter has news on the Risk TV series being in development as part of a new multi-year, first-look TV deal with Westward, the production company created by Beau Willimon and Jordan Tappis. Here’s what the two had to say about both the deal and the project in a statement: “All of us at Westward are thrilled to join forces with eOne to bring to life some of the most successful IP in the marketplace as well as partner on our extensive slate of scripted television shows. We’re excited to develop Risk as our first project together.” If you’ve never played Risk, the game involves up to six players and their strategic placement of troops in countries on a real world map, maneuvering and attacking, aided by the roll of a dice, all to achieve world domination. It’s a board game version of worldwide war, and there have been countless iterations over the years, including the futuristic version Risk 2210 A.D. and tons of branded versions inspired by Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, Star Wars, Star Trek, and even Rick and Morty. The biggest question I have is this: what about Risk translates into a movie without it simply being a standard war drama? Will the gameplay be incorporated into the film somehow? I can’t imagine real war commanders rolling dice to see how many troops they’re going to send into Russia, and there’s no indication as to how the game will be adapted into a series without simply using the board game’s name for cheap brand recognition. There was once a Risk movie in development at Sony back in 2009, but there was no indication about how the game would be utilized in the narrative. But I guess that’s why they hired Beau Willimon. Michael Lombardo, president global television at Entertainment One, commented on the Risk project and overall TV deal: “As we continue to build out eOne’s world-class content slate, we couldn’t think of more perfect partners than Beau and Jordan — whose award-winning storytelling and imagination are among the best in the business. In Beau, we’ve found an amazing combination of brilliant producer, singular creator, and avid fan of Risk. We can’t wait to work with him and the rest of the Westward team to reimagine that brand and so much more.” We’re not sure if the “so much more” part of that sentiment means that Willimon and Tappis have ideas on how to adapt some of Hasbro’s other popular brands into movies and TV shows or if he’s just referring to any other TV shows the duo might have in their back pocket. Either way, Hasbro clearly has plenty of toys and games they want to turn into movies, and Willimon and Tappis will hopefully bolster that plan by having a good idea for how to make Risk work as a TV series. Previous Previous post: Bikini Bumps! See Pregnant Stars Rocking Bathing Suits in 2021 Next Next post: Ed Sheeran snubbed by Arlene Phillips during r Britannia High audition Dancing On Ice is slammed for 'overstretching the NHS' ‘This needs to stop or change’: Dancing On Ice is slammed for ‘overstretching the NHS’ after THREE contestants are rushed to A&E before launch night… Loretta Lynn and Willie Nelson Get Vaccinated: 'Ready to Put COVID in the Rearview Mirror' Stevie Wonder Calls for 'Truth Commission' in Open Letter Honoring Dr. King Carly Waddell Will Give Wedding Ring to Daughter After Split: 'I Don't Need it'	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line3960
__label__wiki	0.73412	0.73412	Events, Fashion, Lifestyle and Interviews #BBNaija: Efe, Bisola and Tboss become land owners at Abuja Efe, TBoss and Bisola, are now land owners in Abuja. They were given the plots of land as gifts, courtesy Tonto Dikeh’s husband, Olakunle Churchill, the chairman of Big Church Group. The event had Xtreme Music artiste and the Big Church Group Ambassador, Praiz in attendance. It was gathered that the plots of land, are part of the properties the top 3 reality TV show finalists, got from King Andrea Realtors. Efe, who couldn’t hide how happy he was said; ‘Can this be real? I’m truly blown away by this show of love and kindness. We are so grateful…. thank you so much sir, Who I be to get land for Abuja?” Disclaimer: Opinions expressed in comments are those of the comment writers alone and does not reflect or represent the views of the blogger. Graphic: Two shot dead in renewed cult war in Calabar after the brutal killing of final year CRUTECH student Two persons have been killed in renewed clashes among cult groups in Calabar, Cross River state. This is coming less than 24 hours after the brutal murder of James Chia, a final year student of electrical electronic engineering in Cross River University of Technology, Calabar Campus, on Monday. Chia was shot and axed to death immediately finishing his final paper in the semester in his faculty. The two persons were shot dead in the early hours of today Tuesday, July 16, at Palm street and CRUTECH pavilion field, Calabar South. It is however not ascertained if they are students of the school. #bbnaija : New head of house 'Jeff' The "Pepper Dem" Big Brother Naija Housemates have picked Jeff as their new and first Head of House. Today... The housemates were assigned the task of selecting the Head of House, by spending the day getting to know one another. The reward, at the end of the day would be that the most deserving housemate would get the position of first Head of House. As simple as this task seemed, and according to big brother, there would be severe consequences if the housemate did not select a "Head Of House" before light out. The Head of House would have the privilege of sitting on the Head of House Sit, a Badge and a reward of 500 Bet9ja Coins. It was also gathered that the Head of House, would also enjoy the luxury of a tastefully furnished Head of House Bedroom. The task, which was quite simple was written on a note and left on the table by Biggie shortly after he sent all the Housemates out of the House to the Garden. That wasn’t the last and the only thing B OOUTH doctors begin weekend strike as Government fails to grant their request Resident Doctors at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, Ogun State, have begun weekend strike after their negotiations with the state government for improved pay collapsed. The doctors had embarked on a three-day warning strike over appropriate remuneration and appropriate hazard allowance et al which led to negotiations between them and the state government. It was learnt that the doctors under the aegis of the Association of Resident Doctors at the OOUTH were unable to reach agreements with their employers on some of their demands. In their letter to Governor Dapo Abiodun, they claimed the state government was not committed to their welfare. The letter jointly signed by the union’s president, Dr Popoola Mutiu, and the general secretary, Dr Osundara Tope, said the association had resolved to work only week days and stay at home during weekends. They said they would review the decision depending on the response of the st #bbnaija: 'Seyi tried to stab me' - Khafi Big Brother Naija 2019 housemate, Khafi on Thursday revealed a scary dream she had about fellow BBNaija housemate, Seyi. The Police officer, during her diary section, said after a disagreement with Seyi, she had a nap and in her dream, she saw Seyi trying to stab her with a knife. According to her, Seyi is opinionated and wants to direct his way. She said, ” Big Brother, this week has been very intense and our task is very demanding. In fact, its been so intense that I had to get a nap and in my dream, I saw Seyi trying to stab me with a knife. ”Maybe due to our little disagreement with the task, but I just had to shout Bigge look what Seyi is trying to do to me and after that, I woke up. ”However, I’m just giving him space cause I don’t want wahala.” Khafi also added that she was curious to know If the new housemate watched the show before coming to the house. Ondo, Borno, Edo, five others reject home treatment for COVID-19 patients Amid the rising number of cases and the refusal of some persons who test positive for COVID-19 to go to isolation centres, many states have said they will continue to treat the infected patients at isolation centres rather than resort to home treatment option. They noted that getting persons who had tested positive for the virus to the isolation centres remained one of their strategies to contain the spread of the deadly virus. Lagos State had on Thursday said it was considering adopting home treatment option for patients with mild symptoms, noting that it would soon release the guidelines for the treatment option. The state Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi, said the decision to consider home treatment for some COVID-19 patients became necessary because some residents who tested positive for the COVID-19 refused to go to the state isolation centres and had been practising self-treatment in various places. He said, “There are people who are already practising sel #BBnaija. Check Out These Gorgeous Photos From BamBam and TeddyA's Traditional Wedding. Over the weekend, ex-bbnaija housemates had the celebration of their Traditional Wedding at Ilaro, Ogun State. Fans all over Nigeria and world were so excited for them. Check out the bride and groom's attires for the event. Aren't they just too cute together? See the love in his eyes... 😍😍😍😍 They are truly good together... what a perfect match!! I'm in love with this portrait!! Wow! Iyawo on the way........ I could read thier minds saying "I love you...." awww! 😍😍😀😀 Next.... Iyawo herself. The outfit is wow! ❤❤ Putting tha ring on ittttt!! 💃🏽💃🏽❤❤💍💍💍💍 Next....... Many celebs were also present.... including the bbnaija stars of the "double wahala" edition.. Here are some photos of those who attended.... With the groom, Is Leo. The men!! Agbada gang dem. 💣💣💣 #bbnaija: Video- Mercy featured in Davido' s song Lamborghini I guess most of you haven't seen this video of our Lamborghini mercy dance on Davido. Catch a glimpse of it here: I guess most of you haven't seen this video of our Lamborghini #BBNaija pic.twitter.com/5lxkyvkLGS — Iamadaugo (@Ajunam_E) August 5, 2019 Photos: Abia residents file out to collect Kerosine from governorship candidate The governorship election is scheduled for tomorrow, Saturday March 9th. See more photos of the state residents below queueing to get free kerosine from one of the governorship candidates Parents of BBNaija “Double Wahala” housemate Bambam dismiss social media claims The family of Big Brother Naija “Double Wahala’’ housemate Bambam has dismissed suggestions on social media claiming her parents want her withdrawn from the show This is due to the recent social media frenzy surrounding her escapade in the toilet with fellow housemate Teddy A. Video images of what looked like the two housemates copulating have been circulating on the Internet over the past week. The actions of these two housemates have caused a resurgence of a wide debate among Nigerians that focused on the immorality of the show. BBNaija followers have emphasised on Bambam’s claim to be a religious and dedicated member of her church at the beginning of the show. An alleged member of her church Stephanie Amaty took to social media to express her disappointment in Bambam, who she claimed is a chorister in her parish. She said “I am personally disappointed in Bamike “Bambam” she i A mother discovered her son is like Bobrisky. Her reaction goes viral An 18-year-old boy, Jauan Durbin has revealed the disagreement between himself and him mum because of his cross-dressing. He shared a screenshot of a chat with his mum. See below: Juaun has described the non acceptance of whom he is as hurting. His tweet read: “This hurts. It really does. But I’m going to live my truth until the day I die.” The Best Offers Await You Here. Click Here Since making the post on Saturday, Jauan’s tweet has been retweeted more than 5,000 times and has been liked by more than 14,000 people. There have been mixed reactions over this. While a lot of people have been supporting him,there are those who agree with his mother and even those mocking him. 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__label__wiki	0.720535	0.720535	« Migrant who murdered EU official's daughter knew every trick to game the system \| California's Tower of Babel court system » Did CBS photoshop Steve Bannon into a bleary-eyed drunk? By Monica Showalter Did CBS's 60 Minutes photoshop Steve Bannon into looking like a bleary-eyed drunk in his interview? That's the verdict of a professional photographer, who suspected something off after having seen Bannon in person. The short video Peter Duke made, explaining the photoshopper's art, is a must-see. Duke noted that color correction and grading can be used to make faces look better, but they can also be used to make people look worse. He pulled up some stills from the 60 Minutes interview. The first thing I noticed is that there were red circles around his eyes and his lips looked cherry red. And I also noticed that the curtains in the background looked really orange. Now I've met Steve Bannon, and I know what he looks like – he's Irish and uh, he does kind of have paper skin. But he doesn't have pronounced red circles around his eyes, that's not who he is in real life. So I started comparing the two shots of Steve Bannon and Charlie Rose to see what kind of differences I could find, and it was very interesting. He began with the color and saturation, noting the differences in the drape colors behind Rose and behind Bannon. The drapes behind Bannon were orangey. The drapes behind Rose – and these were the same curtains – were more of a golden yellow. Next, he looked at the blue in Rose's white shirt, which was 13 points behind neutral into blue territory. He applied the same bluing degrees to Bannon, and "voilà," he said: the bleary-eyed red rims around Bannon's eyes went away. He applied the same orange effect seen in the Bannon shots to Rose, and suddenly, Rose looked like a circus clown with all his television makeup. So it was pretty obvious that some photoshopping was going on. It's a shame, because the great thing about the Charlie Rose interview with Bannon was its no-holds-barred honesty. It made for great television – Rose was laying it all on the line, and Bannon was volleying back. Viewers could decide for themselves what they wanted to think. But someone behind the scenes at 60 Minutes wanted to put a thumb on the scale and cater to the low-information voters who weren't interested in the battle of ideas, just appearances. Someone made Bannon into a bleary-eyed drunk, reinforcing the prejudices of the left to tilt the scale against Bannon. What a lowdown, corrupt act. Any questions as to why the public despises the mainstream media?	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line3963
__label__wiki	0.883439	0.883439	Search For "abortion" U.K. Government to provide Northern Irish women with abortion fund Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST London [U.K.], June 30 (ANI): Women travelling from Northern Ireland to England to have an abortion will have their procedures paid for. New U.S. policy to ban aid for overseas abortion providers New York [USA], May 16 (ANI): President Donald Trump's administration is reportedly planning to expand its 'Mexico City' policy that bans U.S. funding for overseas abortions. SC rejects abortion plea of HIV+ rape victim, orders Bihar to pay New Delhi [India], May 09 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to grant permission to abort the pregnancy of an HIV infected rape victim and directed the Bihar government to give her a compensation of Rs. 3 lakh. Bikaner rape case: Victim forced to take abortion pills, diagnosed Bikaner (Rajasthan)[India], Mar. 26 (ANI): The victim of Bikaner rape case has been diagnosed with cancer after sustaining bruises and injuries in her private parts due to sexual assault, where she was also forced to consume abortion pills by the perpetrators. Neil Gorsuch would have 'walked out of door' if Trump as Washington D.C. (U.S.), Mar. 22 (ANI): Neil Gorsuch, American federal appellate judge on Tuesday said he would have walked out of the door and would not hesitate to rule against U.S. President Donald Trump if the latter would have asked him to overturn Roe v. Wade. SC to hear plea of Mrs. X seeking abortion of her foetus New Delhi [India], Feb. 10(ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday will hear the plea filed by Mrs. X for seeking its intervention and a direction to abort her foetus, who was having some deformity. Abortion law in UK is not widely fit for purpose: Study Washington D.C. [USA], Dec. 24 (ANI): Abortion care in the UK is 'heading towards a crisis' and reformation of the law is needed to remove stigma, encourage doctors to provide terminations and improve equitable access to excellent, modern abortion services, says a new study. Pope extends Catholic priests' right to forgive abortion New York [USA], Nov. 21 (ANI): Pope Francis has extended the powers of Catholic priests to forgive abortions. Trump "fine" with same sex marriage, against abortion ri Washington [USA], Nov. 14 (ANI): United States President Barack Obama's successor Donald Trump, who has been a consistent opponent of marriage equality, has said that he is "fine" with same-sex marriage remaining legal across the country. Bulandshahr shame: Women activist draws attention to 'jungle New Delhi, [India], Aug. 30 (ANI): Women rights activist Ranjana Kumari on Tuesday condemned the abortion of a teen rape victim by the culprit's family in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr district and said such incidents highlight the existing 'jungle raj' in the state. Guilty should be brought to book: UP Minister on Bulandshahr incid Kanpur [India], Aug. 30 (ANI): Expressing concern over the recent incident in Bulandshahr where a teen was forced to undergo abortion by the culprit's family after being allegedly raped, Uttar Pradesh Health Minister Ravidas Mehrotra on Tuesday said stringent action should be initiated Teen in Bulandshahr forced to undergo abortion after being raped Bulandshahr (UP) [India], Aug. 30 (ANI): Just a month after the brutal gang-rape in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr District, a similar incident has come to the fore here wherein a teen was forced to undergo abortion by the culprit's family after being allegedly raped.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line3965
__label__wiki	0.846641	0.846641	EU postpones summit after Michel goes into quarantine by: RAF CASERT, Associated Press European Council President Charles Michel, wearing a protective face mask, arrives ahead of a video conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the European Council building in Brussels, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020. (Aris Oikonomou, Pool via AP) BRUSSELS (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic forced the European Union to postpone a scheduled summit for a week after EU Council President Charles Michel went into quarantine because a close collaborator was diagnosed with COVID-19. Spokesman Barend Leyts said Tuesday that Michel “today learned that a security officer, with whom he was in close contact early last week, tested positive for COVID.” Leyts said that the European Council chief is “respecting Belgian rules” and “he has gone into quarantine as of today.” Even as the United Nations held its annual General Assembly remotely with video screens, the 27-nation EU had been preparing to stage its second live summit in a little over two months. A July summit took place with exhaustive precautions and no reported health consequences. This week, it took one person from Michel’s inner circle to test positive to scuttle plans two days ahead of the meeting. The summit set for Thursday and Friday was to address issues as wide-ranging as Brexit negotiations, climate change and the tensions between Greece and Turkey over energy rights. Preparations for the meeting were already in full swing when Michel made the sudden announcement. He postponed the summit by one week, to Oct. 1-2. Live summits with the leaders of EU nations coming to Brussels only resumed over the summer. Throughout the spring, they met through video conferences while staying in their own capitals. As the chief of the European Council, Michel is the host of the regular summits of EU leaders. In July, he forced the national leaders to stay for four days in Brussels to broker an 1.85 trillion-euro agreement on a pandemic recovery fund and long-term EU budget. The 27 leaders often wore facemasks and met in a room that normally holds 300 to accommodate social distancing. Key meetings were held on a roof terrace under the open sky. Tuesday’s postponement is a setback to the EU leaders’ hope for a return to normalcy. Michel, who tested negative for the virus on Monday, did not want to risk bringing the leaders together in one room, however big, for fear of further exposure. The decision to delay also took place against a background of irritation when government officials do not take the same care with precautionary measures as the general public does. Only last month, the EU’s chief trade negotiator, Commissioner Phil Hogan, had to resign when he admitted flaunting some measures during a summer stay in his native Ireland. EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier tested positive for the virus in March. Almost 150,000 people in the European Union have died in the pandemic, which also has thrown the bloc into the worst economic crisis of its history. by WGN Web Desk, Nexstar Media Wire / Jan 18, 2021 CHICAGO (WGN) — A man who was living inside O'Hare International Airport managed to escape detection for three months, according to prosecutors. Aditya Singh, 36, is charged with felony criminal trespass to a restricted area of an airport and misdemeanor theft. Police said Singh claimed he was too afraid to fly home to California because of COVID-19.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line3970
__label__cc	0.659398	0.340602	Written by Editorial Team• March 8, 2019• 10:04 AM• art fair, news, opening ARTANKARA OPENING DOORS for 5TH TIME Countdown began for 5th ARTANKARA International Contemporary Art Fair which brings together Turkey’s and worlds leading galleries, artists, art lovers, associations and instutions. 4th ARTANKARA International Contemporary Art Fair, held in 2018, to explore the innovative side of contemporary art from Turkey and many countries of the world to exhibit the works of artists, art movements of the market on behalf of the gain; became the meeting point of art lovers, collectors. The fair will be open for visitors between 10:00 a.m and 20:00 p.m on March 14-17, 2019. The theme of the ARTANKARA will be ‘’ WOMEN ‘’ in 2019 ARTANKARA along with gathering a significantly enhanced list of emerging and established galleries ,artist,artlovers and art-collectors from Turkey and abroad , endevaors to re-make Ankara ‘’ The Capital Of Art As Well’’ as it used to be upon foundation of the Republic ARTANKARA 2017 ‘’Artist Honor Award’’ was given to Adnan TURANI who we lost in 2016 and was presented by Murat BALKAN to his son Can TURANİ. The award for the contribution to art was given by Kürşat TÜZMEN to Portakal Çiçeği International Plastic Arts Colony, Ahmet ŞAHİN; thanks for their contributions to art. In 2018, the company was given the Contribution Award for Art, the Mustafa Ayaz Foundation Plastic Arts Museum, and the Artist Honor Awards for his daughter Yasemin Devrimci on behalf of Turan Erol and Gencay Kasapçı. In ARTANKARA, which was built on an area of 10.000m2 in 2018, 110 galleries and art institutions, organizations and art initiatives were participated in ARTANKARA where artworks, sculptures, ceramics, original prints, photographs, installations and conceptual works of art were included. This year, involving galleries from 12 countries, including Turkey, are exhibited at the exhibition of the works of 650 artists of 37 countries and more than 3,000 works of art by the artist met the 43,000 art lovers. ARTANKARA 5. Contemporary artist Frances Knight to exhibit landscape paintings at AppART Exhibition in Godalming Sarah Jane Brown ARTANKARA OPEN DOORS FOR THE 4TH TIME March 12, 2018• news ARTANKARA CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR IS GOING TO BRING OVER 2000 WORKS OF ART FROM TURKEY AND 26 COUNTRIES BETWEEN THE DATES OF 15-18 MARCH 2018... ARTANKARA November 2, 2017• news March 15-18, 2018... ‘Über das Meer’ Exhibition by Giegold & Weiß May 11, 2016 Maxwell Rushton: ‘Inside Out’ exhibition and live performance April 11, 2016	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line3973
__label__cc	0.714292	0.285708	Disney’s The Lion King « Disney’s The Lion King Tour of Elsewhere Museum » Giraffes strut. Birds swoop. Gazelles leap. The entire Serengeti comes to life as never before. And as the music soars, Pride Rock slowly emerges from the mist. This is Disney’s THE LION KING, making its triumphant premiere in the Triad! More than 95 million people around the world have experienced the awe-inspiring visual artistry, the unforgettable music, and the uniquely theatrical storytelling of this Broadway spectacular – one of the most breathtaking and beloved productions ever to grace the stage. Winner of six Tony Awards®, including Best Musical, THE LION KING brings together one of the most imaginative creative teams on Broadway. Tony Award®-winning director Julie Taymor brings to life a story filled with hope and adventure set against an amazing backdrop of stunning visuals. THE LION KING also features the extraordinary work of Tony Award®-winning choreographer Garth Fagan and some of Broadway’s most recognizable music, crafted by Tony Award®-winning artists Elton John and Tim Rice. There is simply nothing else like THE LION KING. http://www.tangercenter.com/events/detail/disneys-the-lion-king Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts 300 N. Elm St. Greensboro, NC 27401 United States + Google Map	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line3974
__label__wiki	0.74503	0.74503	Search AramcoWorld.com Deciphering Meaning from Visual Context For students: We hope this guide sharpens your reading skills and deepens your understanding. For teachers: We encourage reproduction and adaptation of these ideas, freely and without further permission from AramcoWorld, by teachers at any level. Common Core Standards met in this lesson: RI.9-10.1, RI9-10.2, W.9-10.2, W.9-10.4 (see details below). Do you have comments? I'd be pleased to hear from you at [email protected]. —Julie Weiss "The Sultan's Fountain" “Historic buildings can speak in many ways, if we wish to listen,” write Agnieszka Dobrowolska and Jaroslaw Dobrowolski. In "The Sultan's Fountain," they examine one historic building to see what it says. By the time you finish these activities, based on the article, you will be able to do the following: •Explain what a sabil-kuttab is. •Place the sabil-kuttab of Sultan Mustafa III in historical context. •Piece together and write the story that the sabil-kuttab tells. •"Listen" to another building and tell its story. How does a building speak? When writers Agnieszka Dobrowolska and Jaroslaw Dobrowolski say that historic buildings speak, they don't mean the buildings literally speak. If you go to an old building, you're not likely to hear its walls utter words or its pipes tell you stories. What, then do, the authors mean when they say buildings speak? Think about all the things you see every day that tell you something—that give you information— without even speaking words. Here are a few examples: If you see someone wearing sunglasses, what do the sunglasses "tell" you? They might tell you that it's probably sunny in the place the sunglasses wearer is. If the same person is wearing a heavy wool coat, it is reasonable to assume that it's cold there, too. As a class, brainstorm some other examples of objects that "speak" to you, providing information in non-verbal ways. Remember this way of communicating while taking a brief detour to make sure you understand some basics in the article. Matjaž Kačičnik a 360-degree image is flattened to show the floor-to-ceiling intricate detail in the sabil-kuttab. Background: Laying the Foundation To understand the building that the article focuses on, start by getting to know a few basic facts. Think of them as the foundation, not of the building itself, but of your understanding of the building. Here are a few questions to answer. You can write down answers, or talk about them with a partner or group? •What are sabil-kuttabs? •What purposes do they serve? •What was unique about them in Cairo? Now that you've answered some of the "what" questions, turn your attention to the "when" questions. Make a timeline that starts in the 1200s and ends at 1800. As you read the article, write below the timeline the important dates for political events and the reign of leaders. Start with the following: What happened in 1517? What was going on in the 250 years before 1517? Then, above the timeline, note key events such as the construction of specific buildings that were cultural. Be sure to include—and highlight—the sabil-kuttab of Sultan Mustafa III. In addition to specifics, label larger cultural influences. Such influenced are not tied to a specific date, but rather to a period of time such as the era in in when Mamluk or Ottoman influence was particularly strong. What Does the Building Say? "The Sultan's Fountain" describes both Mamluk and Ottoman architectural features. Which are which? As you read this part of the article, clarify your understanding by filling in the T chart below. Ottoman Architectural Features Mamluk Architectural Features Highlight the features that Sultan Mustafa III's sabil-kuttab included. Think back to the original premise of the article—that buildings can speak to us. Whad do this buildings features tell you about what was going on in government and culture at the time it was built. Yet another way that buildings communicate with us is by where they're located. What does the article say about the building's location in Cairo? Where was the building relative to the canal and to other buildings? What does the location reveal about the political climate at the time the sabil-kuttab was built. Choose one of these options as a culminating activity. 1. What does the sabil-kuttab tell? Write it in a one-sentence summary. Then use that sentence as the thesis of an essay in which you use evidence from the article to support the accuracy of the story you have identified. 2. Spoiler alert: If you want to start with a thesis in hand, here is one you can use. If you're going to generate the story yourself, stop here! If not, here's your thesis: The sabil-kuttab of Sultan Mustafa III tells a story about how two cultures co-existed in 18th-century Cairo. If you're intrigued by the idea that historic buildings can speak, try listening to another historic building. Identify such a building that you're familiar with—perhaps one near your home and/or one that you've visited. Find out when it was built. What was going on politically at the time. (These are the kinds of events that would be added under your timeline.) What was going on culturally? (This is the kind of information that would be added above your timeline.) Within the political and cultural contexts, what does the building say? Write your answer as did for the sabil-kuttab. Common Core Standards met in this lesson: RI.9-10.1 Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text explicitly and implicitly says. RLI.9-10.2 Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of thetext, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text. W.9-10.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content. W.9-10.4 Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization and style are appropriate for the task, purpose and audience. Julie Weiss is an education consultant based in Eliot, Maine. She holds a Ph.D. in American studies. Her company, Unlimited Horizons, develops social studies, media literacy, and English as a Second Language curricula, and produces textbook materials. Humanitarian to a Nation: Abdul Sattar Edhi Written by Richard Covington Photos by Shahidul Alam He was arguably the most widely admired man in Pakistan, yet throughout his 88-year life, which ended on July 8 and was followed by a state funeral, Abdul Sattar Edhi remained little known abroad. Starting in 1951 with a free pharmacy in a poor neighborhood of Karachi, by deeds more than words he inspired the growth of a nationwide charitable organization of ambulances, clinics, orphanages, asylums, shelters, mortuaries, hospitals, schools and kitchens. In recognition of his legacy, we are reprinting our story "Humanitarian to a Nation," which appeared on our November/December 2004 cover. I Witness History: We, The Syndicate of Troy Written by Frank L. Holt // Illustrated by Norman MacDonald We are about a thousand years old when we heard the brazen clash of the Trojan War – muffled by meters of earth above us – but when the Boss pulled us out of the ground in 1873, he made us say we'd been on the battleground. What a joker! The Boss was chasing fame, not truth, and we've been locked up ever since. So here we are to set the record straight, all 9000 of us, in your court of public opinion. I Witness History: I, Pillar of Justice At first, you humans used us rocks for fighting and tool-making. Then I evolved, showing how we can actually mediate your incessant quarrels. In Akkadian cuneiform dictated by Hammurapi, my royal Babylonian collaborator, I formed of my stony flesh not weapons, but words; not tools, but rules. Most Recent Creatives Culture History People Places Science & Nature Tastes Habibi Funk’s Musical Revivals Written by Mariam Shahin Across North Africa a few back-street stores still sell records pressed in the ’70s and ’80s. There Jannis Stürtz has been digging for local classics to rerelease on his digital-and-vinyl label, Habibi Funk, bringing them to global audiences and illuminating some the era’s most vibrantly hybrid music scenes. The Alhambras of Latin America Written by Raphael López Guzmán, Rodrigo Gutiérrez Viñuales, et al. Photographs courtesy of Raphael López Guzmán From the 1860s to the 1930s, architects throughout South America and the Caribbean took inspirations from the Islamic design heritage of southern Spain, where the most inspiring building of all proved to be the Alhambra palace. For the Love of Reading Written by Piney Kesting Photographs courtesy of We Love Reading From its first read-aloud in Jordan in 2006, We Love Reading has become one of the world’s most-recognized nonprofit organizations encouraging reading among children. Behind its success stand more than 7,000 local volunteer “reading ambassadors”—mostly women—in 61 countries and its founder, a scientist whose own four children inspired her. Spice Migrations: Cinnamon Written by Jeff Koehler Art by Linda Dalal Sawaya The series Spice Migrations opens in Sri Lanka with one of the world’s favorite spices, which once grew exclusively on that island. Traders priced cinnamon like gold, and those who could get it used it for health as much as for flavor. A storm, and a Portuguese fleet, changed everything. FirstLook: Ahmet Dadali's Rodeo 7 Double Mute Grab Photograph by Pally Learmond For this shot I did a simple rodeo 7, which is two horizontal spins, and added a little extra spice by throwing in a double mute grab, which is holding one ski with both hands. It was a super high-speed jump, which I needed to make the 25 meters to the landing. I was lucky to land it first hit. Britain’s Muslim Heritage Trails Written by Matthew Teller Photographed by Andrew Shaylor Not far from London, newly inaugurated walking routes trace some of the first Islamic patronages and cultural contributions to the UK. The trails start at the country’s first purpose-built mosque and lead to two cemeteries—one dedicated to nearly forgotten Muslim veterans and the other the resting place of several dozen British Muslims, more than a few of them leaders in their fields. While the sites owe their origins to a 19th-century linguist, the trails have come about through collaborations among a local journalist, the London-based nonprofit Everyday Muslim and the town of Woking. All have teamed up so visitors can walk the paths of stories that hold “the potential to change Britain’s popular historical narrative.” 1 2 3 4 5... >\| Publisher and Staff Back Issues of Print Edition Photo Archive Terms of Use Copyright © 2021 AramcoWorld. All rights reserved. RSS Feed Atom 1.0 To take advantage of all features on this website, it is recommended that you allow all cookies.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line3978
__label__cc	0.559962	0.440038	Western Water News Audubon and Partners Honored with Award for Leadership in Arizona Water Policy Arizona Capitol Times notices our efforts at the statehouse. By Haley Paul Birds in This Story call calls of captive Ridgway's Rail Rallus obsoletus c-c-c-kowlp outbursts (3 examples) coo song coo song Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Harris's Hawk. Photo: Timothy Morrison/Audubon Photography Awards Join the Western Water Action Network Get action alerts about water issues in the West, as well as issues that are affecting birds nationwide. Audubon and its partners in the Water for Arizona Coalition are proud to receive the 2020 Leaders of the Year award from the Arizona Capitol Times—a local paper covering state politics—in today's award ceremony. Each year, the Arizona Capitol Times recognizes people "and organizations that have contributed greatly to the growth of our state. These groups, companies and individuals hunker down each day to find ways to improve the quality of life of Arizonans. This year's awardees tirelessly work to advance their companies, communities and cities. Collectively, their contributions have allowed Arizona to flourish." In addition to Audubon, the Water for Arizona Coalition includes American Rivers, Business for Water Stewardship, Environmental Defense Fund, and Western Resource Advocates. Water for Arizona promotes policies and innovative practices to ensure a reliable water supply to meet the state's needs. We seek to protect groundwater and surface water supplies, expand innovative conservation programs, secure adequate funding to steward water resources, and ensure clean, reliable water for all Arizonans. As we inch towards another Legislative session, which will begin in January 2021, Audubon and our partners are ready to activate around these critical issues for birds and people—and there is no shortage of issues facing our state. Sustaining Healthy Groundwater Levels is Critical to Habitat, Birds, and People Webinar puts spotlight on need to protect groundwater in Arizona. Arizona’s Rivers Could Face Irreparable Harm Working to protect waterways left behind in the wake of the White House’s Clean Water Act rollback. UPDATE: New Federal Rule Reduces Protections for Water in the West, Harming People and Birds The Trump Administration’s revised Waters of the United States rule shrinks the number of waterways protected under the Clean Water Act.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line3979
__label__cc	0.746463	0.253537	Integrated tech company opens global headquarters in Adelaide NewsBy Editor September 17, 2019 Leave a comment TT Fuel, a technology company manufacturing fuel supply systems, has consolidated its operations in Adelaide while launching a new fuel terminal. Australian crane innovator teams up with QUT robotics experts on two-year project Features, NewsBy Editor September 17, 2019 3 Comments A two-year project linking an award-winning crane load management manufacturer and robotics experts at Queensland University of Technology has been announced. Australian company acquires novel anti-cancer drug technology Sydney-headquartered life science group, the IQ Group Global, has announced the acquisition of an anti-cancer drug platform from the University of Texas, and plans to begin clinical trials of novel platinum-based chemotherapy drugs within the next 12 months. First hi-tech X-ray tube rolls off the line in Adelaide Features, NewsBy Editor September 17, 2019 Leave a comment By Andrew Spence Australian hi-tech company Micro-X has rolled out the first of its lightweight mobile X-ray carts fitted with its own in-house designed and manufactured X- ray tube. The X-ray tubes are the world’s first to be electronically controlled and contain a unique carbon nanotube emitter designed by Micro-X in collaboration with South Australian… Defence short-lists two for armoured vehicle buy Features, NewsBy Peter Roberts September 17, 2019 Leave a comment Defence ministers have announced that two armoured personnel carriers have been short-listed to replace the army’s armoured personnel carriers. Defence minister Linda Reynolds and defence industry minister Melissa Price named Hanwha Defense Australia and Rheinmetall Defence Australia, beating out two other contenders. LAND 400 Phase 3 programme will replace existing M113 Armoured Personnel Carriers with…	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line3980
__label__wiki	0.737779	0.737779	Home • Architecture • Australian Institute of Architects ousts CEO Jennifer Cunich Australian Institute of Architects ousts CEO Jennifer Cunich Article by Natalie Mortimer The Australian Institute of Architects (AIA) has sacked its CEO Jennifer Cunich, replacing her with national president Clare Cousins in the interim. According to the Australian Financial Review (AFR), Cunich’s departure follows “months” of ongoing discussions between the two sides. Cunich joined AIA IN 2016 during a period of financial difficulty, and one of her first tasks in the role was to “restore relevancy” for the 150-year old architecture body. Cunich told the AFR: “Change is a very difficult thing to embrace for organisations. I am very proud of what I did. I’ve secured the finances. We have surpluses, I have implemented a massive digital transformation program worth about $1.4 million.” AIA confirmed her departure in a statement. “The Institute thanks Jennifer for her contribution during her two years of service and wishes her well for the future,” it said. Cunich succeeded David Parken when she joined in 2016, and according to AFR the AIA had focussed too much on smaller practices and was out of touch with the needs of the industry under his leadership. Photography by Justine Hadj and Danielle Savio Architects of ‘congeniality and wit’: Koning Eizenberg wins Institute’s highest honour • Architecture June 21, 2019 Regional work dominates 2017 Institute Architecture Awards • Architecture • News November 2, 2017 AIA’s National Architecture Awards shortlist announced • Architecture • News September 15, 2017	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line3981
__label__wiki	0.541931	0.541931	// Biber knabbern am Dauerfrost Beavers gnawing away at the permafrost The large rodents are massively changing landscapes in the Arctic, which could have serious consequences for the frozen soils and our future climate [30. June 2020] Alaska’s beavers are profiting from climate change, and spreading rapidly. In just a few years’ time, they have not only expanded into many tundra regions where they’d never been seen before; they’re also building more and more dams in their new homes, creating a host of new water bodies. This could accelerate the thawing of the permafrost soils, and therefore intensify climate change, as an International American-German research team reports in the journal Environmental Research Letters. When it comes to completely transforming a landscape, beavers are hard to beat. Very few other animals are capable of changing their habitat as precisely as these brown-furred rodents, which can weigh up to 30 kilograms. Armed with sharp teeth, they fell trees and shrubs and build dams, causing small valleys to fill with water and forming new lakes, which can easily measure a few hectares. “Their methods are extremely effective,” says Dr Ingmar Nitze from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) in Potsdam. They often build their dams at precisely those points where they can achieve major effects with minimal effort. This is something that Ingmar Nitze has repeatedly seen in the Arctic regions of Alaska, where the North American beaver is active. The researcher is an expert on remote sensing, and is especially interested in those parts of the Earth where the soil is permanently frozen. Climate researchers fear that, as temperatures rise, this permafrost could increasingly thaw and become unstable. If that happens, it could release massive quantities of greenhouse gases, which would intensify climate change. Accordingly, Nitze and his colleagues are monitoring the development of these landscapes with the aid of satellite images. One interesting aspect in this regard: how the lakes and other bodies of water are distributed. Because the water they contain is somewhat warmer than the surrounding soil, these lakes and ponds can further accelerate permafrost thawing. And beavers would seem to be actively contributing to the process. Back in 2018, Ingmar Nitze and Guido Grosse from the AWI, together with colleagues from the USA, determined that the beavers living in an 18,000-square-kilometre section of northwest Alaska had created 56 new lakes in just five years. For their new study, the team from the AWI, the University of Alaska in Fairbanks, and the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis have now taken a closer look at this trend. Using detailed satellite data and extended time series, the experts tracked the beavers’ activities in two other regions in Alaska – and were surprised by what they found. “Of course, we knew that the beavers there had spread substantially over the last few decades,” says Nitze. This is partly due to climate change; thanks to rising temperatures, now more and more habitats offer the shrubs that the animals need for food and building material. Furthermore, the lakes, which used to freeze solid, now offer beaver-friendlier conditions, thanks to their thinner seasonal winter ice cover. Lastly, the rodents aren’t hunted as intensively as in the past. As a result, it’s a good time to be a beaver in the Arctic. “But we never would have dreamed they would seize the opportunity so intensively,” says Nitze. The high-resolution satellite images of the roughly 100-square-kilometre study area near the town of Kotzebue reveal the scale of the animals’ activities there. From just two dams in 2002, the number had risen to 98 by 2019 – a 5,000-percent increase, with more than 5 new dams being constructed per year. And the larger area surveyed, which covers the entire northern Baldwin Peninsula, also experienced a beaver dam boom. According to Nitze, “We’re seeing exponential growth there. The number of these structures doubles roughly every four years.” This has already affected the water balance. Apparently, the rodents intentionally do their work in those parts of the landscape that they can most easily flood. To do so, sometimes they dam up small streams, and sometimes the outlets of existing lakes, which expand as a result. “But they especially prefer drained lake basins,” Benjamin Jones, lead author of the study, and Nitze report. In many cases, the bottoms of these former lakes are prime locations for beaver activity. “The animals have intuitively found that damming the outlet drainage channels at the sites of former lakes is an efficient way to create habitat. So a new lake is formed which degrades ice-rich permafrost in the basin, adding to the effect of increasing the depth of the engineered waterbody,” added Jones. These actions have their consequences: in the course of the 17-year timeframe studied, the overall water area in the Kotzebue region grew by 8.3 percent. And roughly two-thirds of that growth was due to the beavers. The researchers suspect that there have been similar construction booms in other regions of the Arctic; accordingly, they now want to expand their ‘beaver manhunt’ across the Arctic. “The growth in Canada, for example, is most likely even more extreme,” says Nitze. And each additional lake thaws the permafrost below it and on its banks. Granted, the frozen soil could theoretically bounce back after a few years, when the beaver dams break; but whether or not the conditions will be sufficiently cold for that to happen is anyone’s guess. For Ingmar Nitze, all of these aspects mean there are plenty of reasons to keep an eye on these four-legged landscape engineers: “Anyone who wants to predict the future of the permafrost should be sure to keep the beaver in mind.” Originalpublikation B. M. Jones, K. D. Tape, J. A. Clark, I. Nitze, G. Grosse, J. Disbrow: Increase in beaver dams controls surface water and thermokarst dynamics in an Arctic tundra region, Baldwin Peninsula, northwestern Alaska. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ab80f1 ´Biber fressen Sträucher in einem Teich in, jpg \| 547 KB Biber schwimmt in einem Teich in der Nähe des, jpg \| 752 KB Biberbau, Algonquin Provincial Park (Kanada) jpg \| 826 KB Biber Damm Algonquin Provincial Park (Kanada) jpg \| 898 KB Biberdamm und Bau in kleinem Bach nördlich, jpg \| 598 KB Biber Damm Algonquin Provincial Park (Kanada) jpg \| 1 MB Biberbau an einem Seeufer, Kobuk River, jpg \| 741 KB Von Biber angenagtes Holzstück, Kobuk River, jpg \| 487 KB Ingmar Nitze +49(331)288-20105 ingmar.nitze@awi.de Ulrike Windhövel +49(471)4831-2008 ulrike.windhoevel@awi.de Benjamin M. Jones, E-Mail: bmjones3@alaska.edu Öffentliche Mediathek Pressemediathek Abo/Share AWI Pressemeldungen als RSS abonieren Das Alfred-Wegener-Institut forscht in den Polarregionen und Ozeanen der mittleren und hohen Breiten. Als eines von 19 Forschungszentren der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft koordiniert es Deutschlands Polarforschung und stellt Schiffe wie den Forschungseisbrecher Polarstern und Stationen für die internationale Wissenschaft zur Verfügung.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line3989
__label__wiki	0.9561	0.9561	Aug 12, 2020 - Health America's flying blind on its coronavirus response Caitlin Owens, author of Vitals A month after the Trump administration changed how hospital data is reported, the public release of this data "has slowed to a crawl," the Wall Street Journal reports. The big picture: This is the latest example of how the world's wealthiest country just can't get it together. Testing and case data — which tell the story of where people are getting sick — have been a problem for the last six months. This latest fiasco blurs the picture of how many people are getting very sick at a given time, which until now has been a more reliable measure of the pandemic. Driving the news: The Department of Health and Human Services last month ordered states to report coronavirus hospitalization data directly to the agency, rather than to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as they'd been doing. Now, important data, like the number of beds occupied by coronavirus patients, is lagging by a week or more. The implications go beyond tracking the virus. Hospitalization data is also used by agencies to determine where to send remdesivir and personal protective equipment. What they're saying: “The transition has been a disaster,” Jeffrey Engel, senior adviser to the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, told the WSJ. “What HHS said was that the CDC was not nimble enough and couldn’t handle new data elements, and that’s simply not true.” The other side: HHS officials told the WSJ that the new system has a more complete set of data, but that the quality-control process has led to some delays as the new system gets up and running. The bottom line: We're doing a terrible job handling the pandemic, at least relative to other wealthy countries. The fact that we don't have a good idea of what's happening in real time – and it's getting worse — is one of the major contributors to that failure. Nov 18, 2020 - Health Over a quarter-million people have died in the U.S. from COVID-19 Photo: Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty The United States topped 250,000 coronavirus-related deaths on Wednesday as infections soar in nearly every pocket of every state in the country, according to Johns Hopkins University data. Why it matters: The sharp rise in the number of cases and fatalities has accelerated calls for government action. Wednesday's news exceeded infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci's March prediction in which he said "we should be prepared" that COVID-19 could kill 240,000 Americans. Oriana Gonzalez Pfizer says latest data shows its coronavirus vaccine is safe and 95% effective Photo: Dogukan Keskinkilic/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Pfizer said on Wednesday that its coronavirus vaccine is 95% effective and has no serious side effects. The state of play: The company said they have enough safety data now and plan to request an emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration "within days." Erica Pandey, Marisa Fernandez The Thanksgiving time bomb Coronavirus cases and hospitalizations are at new peaks, cities and states are weighing second lockdowns, and flu season is upon us — but we're all looking the other way. Why it matters: Pandemic fatigue has set in and the nation has collectively stopped caring just in time for the holiday season. This Thanksgiving could be catastrophic for public health.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line3990
__label__cc	0.643152	0.356848	Under His Skin (So Inked #1) by Sidney BristolSidney Bristol A woman who doesn't believe she deserves love... Toe-curling kisses and enough sex to fill a weekend were all Pandora wanted from a fling with her teenage crush. She's never forgotten how he played the knight in shining armor to her damsel in distress. She's ready to say thank you in several naughty ways, so long as she can walk away when it's over with her heart intact. A man moving on from tragedy... Brian has no intention of allowing the feisty tattoo artist to leave him after one taste. He hasn't had enough of her inked curves. The packaging might have changed, but Pandy is the woman he hasn't been able to excise from his memory. He's ready to put together a new life, one that includes her. But he's not the only one vying for her attention. Someone else wants her, dead or alive. Now includes a new, bonus out-take. the So Inked series: Under His Skin The Harder He Falls His Marriage Bargain Fighting His Desire Inked Press So Inked , #1 It can never be said that NYT & USA Today Bestselling author Sidney Bristol has had a 'normal' life. She is a recovering roller derby queen, former missionary, and tattoo addict. She grew up in a motor-home on the US highways (with an occasional jaunt into Canada and Mexico), traveling the rodeo circuit with her parents. Sidney has lived abroad in both Russia and Thailand, working with children and teenagers. She now lives in Texas where she splits her time between a job she loves, writing, reading and fostering cats. Do you want to know when Sidney Bristol has a new book coming out? Sign up to get her New Release notifications: * New Releases and updates on future books * News about contests and giveaways * Teasers and Sneak Peaks * Book signings and Conventions * Free Books!! It's easy to sign up. Copy and paste the following link in your browser. If you want to make sure you see her more, you can also find Sidney at: Website: SidneyBristol.com Facebook: Facebook.com/Sidney.Bristol.Romance.Author?ref=hl Twitter: twitter.com/Sidney_Bristol Thank you so much and enjoy!	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line3994
__label__cc	0.676859	0.323141	CalculusCalculus: An Applied Approach (MindTap Course List)Evaluating a Double Integral In Exercises 11-24, evaluate the double integral. See ∫ 0 ∞ ∫ 0 ∞ e − ( x + y ) / 2 d y d x Evaluating a Double Integral In Exercises 11-24, evaluate the double integral. See ∫ 0 ∞ ∫ 0 ∞ e − ( x + y ) / 2 d y d x Evaluating a Double Integral In Exercises 11-24, evaluate the double integral. See ∫ 0 ∞ ∫ 0 ∞ e − ( x + y ) / 2 d y d x Simplify the expressions in Exercises 5764, given that x,y,z,a,b, and c are positive real numbers. (x+9)2 Determine whether the geometric series is convergent or divergent. If it is convergent, find its sum. 17. 34+16... Finding Intercepts In Exercises 19-28, find any intercepts. y2=x34x Evaluate expressions in Exercises 3756, rounding your answer to four significant digits where necessary. 4 Absolute Value Inequalities Solve the absolute value inequality. Express the answer using interval notation and... 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__label__wiki	0.505458	0.505458	NBL Division one preview - Week 5 (26/27 October 2019) As the fifth week of the fixtures approach, Solent Kestrels remain the only unbeaten team in the competition and take the lead at the top of the standings, whilst Essex & Herts Leopards and Nottingham McDonald’s Hoods search for their opening win of the season. Solent Kestrels (4-0) v Westminster Warriors (2-2) Table toppers Solent Kestrels take their unbeaten run to Morberley Sports Centre to take on 8th-placed Westminster Warriors, who have claimed two wins of their own in the opening four fixtures of the season so far. Matt Guymon’s side are two points clear at the top of the table and will look to continue their 100% record this Saturday, already defeating the likes of Worthing Thunder and Barking Abbey. Their fine form continued last weekend when they displayed a dominant performance to claim a 112-56 victory over Leicester Warriors. Ian Smith took the limelight with 11 25 points, 11 assists and seven rebounds, while Travis Charlies had 22 points and Elliot Sentance added 21 of his own. Westminster Warriors, who claimed their second successive Patrons Cup title earlier in February, head into the fixture following a 92-84 victory over Essex and Herts Leopards. Next best behind Solent Kestrels, Thames Valley Cavaliers (3-1) host Leicester Warriors (2-2) at Uxbridge College as both sides hope to tighten the gap between them and the top of the table. Last week’s DM1 Player of the Week Rasheed Worrell will be hoping he can lead his Loughborough Riders (3-1) to victory again over 7th-placed Worthing Thunder (2-2). Worrell claimed the title after guiding his side to a narrow 82-77 victory over Bradford Dragons, with 34 efficiency rating thanks to 23 points. At the bottom end of the table, both Essex & Herts Leopards (0-4) and Nottingham McDonald’s Hoods (0-4) are in search for their first win of the season, and face Hemel Storm (3-1) and Derby Trailblazers (3-1) respectively. Both Hemel and Derby are just one win behind Solent at the top of the standings. Third-placed Reading Rockets (3-1) head into their fixture with Barking Abbey following a close battle with Nottingham, with Alan Keane’s side on the right side of a 98-85 scoreline and their only loss coming against Westminster Warriors in the opening fixture of the season. Finally, Bradford Dragons (1-3) go head-to-head with Liverpool (1-3) Full fixtures and stats 2:00pm - Loughborough Riders v Worthing Thunder - LIVE STATS 5:30pm - Westminster Warriors v Solent Kestrels - LIVE STATS 6:00pm - Thames Valley Cavaliers vs Leicester Warriors - LIVE STATS 6:15pm - Bradford Dragons v Liverpool - LIVE STATS 7:00pm - Nottingham McDonald’s Hoods v Derby Trailblazers - LIVE STATS 4:00pm - Essex & Herts Leopards v Hemel Storm - LIVE STATS 5:00pm - Reading Rockets v Barking Abbey - LIVE STATS *Main image credit - Graham Hodges NBL Players of the Week - Week 4 (19/20 October 2019)	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line3998
__label__wiki	0.552122	0.552122	Written by Danielle Loughnane Recap: Brittany Kaiser, Whistle Blower of the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica Scandal interview on "No Lie with Bryan Tyler Cohen" Brittany Kaiser, a data rights activist and co-founder of Own Your Data Foundation, a nonprofit that teaches people of all ages about data intelligence sat down with Bryan Tyler Cohen on his podcast, “No Lie" in late December 2020. Kaiser is best known for being the whistle blower who exposed her former company Cambridge Analytica’s abuse of data in world-wide elections… Read more... How One Nonprofit is Bridging the Gender Gap in the Data Industry According to Kaggle, an online community for data scientists and… Read more... Written by Kim Del Fierro How Much Is Your Company’s Data Worth? In the age of digital technology, the biggest asset any… Read more... 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Careers in Analytics: How to Succeed as a Growth Manager According to the Harvard Business Review, every company needs a Growth Manager. A growth manager’s… Read more... The Home of Former Florida Data Scientist Rebekah Jones was Raided Last Week The Importance of Story Telling in Data Analytics Can Big Data Prevent Fraud BYU Introduces an Analytics Course focusing on Sports Statistics Castor receives $12M in Series A Funding to Use Data to Simplify the Clinical Research Process What Do Consumers Want Now? The Data Knows Big Data is making a Difference in Hospitals While the coronavirus pandemic has left the world bleeding, it has also highlighted weaknesses in the global healthcare systems that were hidden before. It is evident from the response to the pandemic that there was no plan in place on how to treat an unknown infectious disease like Covid_19. Despite the challenges that the world is facing, there is hope… Read more... 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__label__wiki	0.525861	0.525861	Free Consultations 24/7 What To Do After A Motorcycle Accident Motorist’s Traffic Violation Results in Death of Motorcyclist A motorcyclist was killed when she was hit by a car along U.S. 1 in Palm Bay, Fla. The accident happened on Wednesday, December 14th, at 3:53 p.m., in the 3100 block of U.S. 1 going in the southern direction, in the vicinity of Spence Drive. The crash caused roads to be closed for many hours. Police identified the victim as Shelby Barnes, age 51, of Melbourne. Ms. Barnes was taken to Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne, where she was declared dead. They have also charged the operator of the other vehicle, Avis Besley, age 68, of Palm Bay, with committing a violation of the right-of-way. According to Lt. Mike Bandesh of the Palm Bay Police Department, she drove across all three lanes of the highway when the accident occurred. They believe she was planning to make a turn, but failed to notice the motorcycle. Police are conducting an investigation into the crash. According to the Hurt Report, in accidents involving multiple vehicles, two-thirds of them are caused by the other motorist’s violation of the motorcyclist’s right-of-way. But the predominant cause of motorcycle accidents is the failure of motorists to notice motorcycles in traffic. Because motorcycles are less conspicuous than other vehicles, motorists should make an effort to look out for them when driving. If you were injured in a motorcycle accident, contact the motorcycle accident attorneys at Proner and Proner. $3,300,000 - Motorcyclist Hit By Vehicle $930,000 - Wrongful Death Accident $821,000 - Motorcyclist Hit By Vehicle View More Case Results [Proner] is a very experienced trial attorney with exceptional skill and knowledge. He dedicates himself to every case and will do his very best to secure a favorable outcome for his clients. - Anna Angeles Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function apt_internal_links() in /home/forge/www.bikerhelp.com/public/wp-content/themes/bikerhelp/single-post.php:50 Stack trace: #0 /home/forge/www.bikerhelp.com/public/wp-includes/template-loader.php(106): include() #1 /home/forge/www.bikerhelp.com/public/wp-blog-header.php(19): require_once('/home/forge/www...') #2 /home/forge/www.bikerhelp.com/public/index.php(17): require('/home/forge/www...') #3 {main} thrown in /home/forge/www.bikerhelp.com/public/wp-content/themes/bikerhelp/single-post.php on line 50	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line4009
__label__wiki	0.965744	0.965744	Home Invicta FC Kayla Harrison says weight cutting sends a bad message to kids, but... Kayla Harrison says weight cutting sends a bad message to kids, but 145lbs was only option Adam Martin Image: PFL Women’s MMA star Kayla Harrison trashed weight cutting and said it sets a bad example for kids, but her only option was fighting at 145lbs. Harrison is a former Olympic judoka who made the move to MMA in 2018. She began her mixed martial arts career in the PFL, where she won the promotion’s season two lightweight tournament and several non-tournament bouts along the way. But with PFL not holding any events in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, the promotion allowed Harrison to take a fight in Invicta FC, with the only difference being fighting at 145lbs. This past Friday night at Invicta FC 43, Harrison made her featherweight debut and she looked phenomenal as she smashed Courtney King and left the cage covered in blood. The fact she fought at 145lbs was one of the most intriguing parts of the matchup, but if it was up to Harrison, the fight would have been at 155lbs. Speaking to TMZ Sports, Harrison said she doesn’t believe in weight cutting. “I think that I was never a super big 55. I walk around at 160, 165lbs. I just don’t believe in cutting weight. I don’t think it sends the right message to young kids, I don’t think it’s good for your body,” Harrison said. “But unfortunately I was kind of left with no option. No one really wanted to fight at 155 this year with the opportunities I was given. It was either, ‘Hey, don’t fight,’ or make the sacrifices and put the cookies down and put down the Halloween candy and get your butt on the treadmill.” With such a dominant win over King, MMA fans are now salivating at the prospect of Harrison fighting Amanda Nunes or Cris Cyborg at some point. But if was up to Harrison, she would be fighting at her natural weight class of 155lbs in the PFL with no weight cut. What weight class do you think Kayla Harrison should compete at?	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line4011
__label__wiki	0.876794	0.876794	Home MMA News Scraps of the Month BJPENN.COM’s Scraps of the Month for July 2018 BJPENN.COM’s Scraps of the Month for July 2018 There is a special place in the heart of every MMA fan for a good, old-fashioned scrap… Frenetic fights like Dan Henderson vs. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua I, Robbie Lawler vs. Rory MacDonald II, and Nick Diaz vs. Paul Daley, that hammer their way into our memories and never leave. At the end of each month, BJPENN.COM honors the best scraps of the month, from the UFC’s Octagon, to the Rizin ring, to the cages of regional promotions all over the world. Without further ado, here are the BJPENN.COM Scraps of the Month for July, 2018 Mike Perry vs. Paul Felder @ UFC 226 – July 7 in Las Vegas, Nevada If things had gone according to the original plan, Mike Perry would have battled Yancy Medeiros at UFC 226, and Paul Felder would have taken on James Vick at UFC Boise. When Medeiros sustained an injury and Vick was relocated to a UFC Lincoln scrap with Justin Gaethje, however, Felder agreed to move up to welterweight and fight Perry at UFC 226. The result was an incredible, Octagon-shaking slugfest. For three hectic rounds, the welterweight knockout artist and the lightweight striking whiz bludgeoned each other with punches, elbows, knees and kicks, leaving Rorschach blots of blood all over the canvas. Felder even broke his arm in the first, but continued to scrap for two more rounds anyway. It was not only one of the best fights of July, but one of the best fights of the year period, and given Perry and Felder’s predilections for violence, that was absolutely no surprise. Ultimately, Perry walked away with a split decision win, but Felder would leave with a reputation as one of the world’s toughest men, having moved up a weight class on short notice, and battled for three rounds with a broken arm. John Makdessi vs. Ross Pearson @ UFC on FOX 30 – July 28 in Calgary, Alberta On the undercard of UFC on Fox 30 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Canadian lightweight veteran John Makdessi met British lightweight veteran Ross Pearson in a fight that easily could have happened at numerous other times over the last 10 years. It was an absolute barnburner. Although Makdessi was visibly the faster man on the feet, Pearson bit down on his mouth piece and responded to this physical deficit with heaps of MMA’s great intangible: heart. Content to eat five of Makdessi’s shots to land one in return, the Brit plowed forward until he was wearing a mask of blood. And he didn’t stop until the final bell chimed. In the end, the judges gave this one to Makdessi by unanimous decision. Even in defeat, however, Pearson only gained fans. Jose Aldo vs. Jeremy Stephens @ UFC on FOX 30 – July 28 in Calgary, Alberta In the co-main event of UFC on FOX 30 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, former UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo competed in the first non-title bout of his UFC career. His opponent in this fight was the brick-fisted Jeremy Stephens, who looked to bolster his win-streak with the biggest victory of his career thus far. This fight was proof that a fight doesn’t need to go the distance to be deemed a true scrap. Like Nick Diaz vs. Paul Daley and Cheick Kongo vs. Pat Barry, it proved that you shoehorn plenty of raw, uninhibited violence into a single round. The action began almost immediately, as Stephens pressed forward, chasing yet another headache-maker, but Aldo refused to back down, firing back with some punishing blows of his own. Though Stephens seemed to have Aldo in big trouble early, the former champion hung in there, surviving on nothing but head movement and heart, and ultimately landed a missile of an uppercut on Stephens’ body. Stephens doubled over in pain, and Aldo swarmed all over him until the referee intervened. Just like that, the former champion was back in the win column. It was as raw and emotional a scene as you’ll get in the perilous world as cage fighting, and a definite scrap for the scant minutes that it lasted. This article first appeared on BJPENN.COM on 8/1/2018.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line4012
__label__wiki	0.989961	0.989961	Home MMA News Henry Cejudo TJ Dillashaw says he wants title fight with Henry Cejudo next TJ Dillashaw says he wants title fight with Henry Cejudo next Shortly after Henry Cejudo defied the odds and swiped the UFC flyweight title from the waist of long-time champion Demetrious Johnson at UFC 227, he called out TJ Dillashaw, who defended the UFC bantamweight title with a first-round knockout of Cody Garbrandt in the card’s main event. Cejudo’s hope, he explained, was to move up to bantamweight and challenge Dillashaw in an attempt at becoming a two-division champion. Initially, TJ Dillashaw seemed lukewarm about the possibility. More recently, however, he’s sounding a lot more interested in fighting Henry Cejudo — just not under quite the circumstances Cejudo hoped. Speaking on the latest episode of The Joe Rogan Experience MMA Show, TJ Dillashaw divulged that he’s hoping to cut down to flyweight to challenge Cejudo for his title, rather than the other way around. He considers this the best possible option for his legacy at present, not just because a win would make him a two-division champion, but because Henry Cejudo is a former Olympic gold medalist in wrestling. https://youtu.be/BB7tpgwvg1g “The Henry Cejudo thing entertains me so much because he’s a gold medalist,” TJ Dillashaw told Joe Rogan (transcript via MMA Fighting). “He wants to claim himself as the greatest combat athlete ever. ‘I’m a UFC champion, I’m a gold medalist!’ I’ll go out there and beat you in wrestling. MMA wrestling is completely different. I’m the better athlete. I can beat him anywhere, I know I can, watching him fight. That’s why I’m very excited about it. I think it’s the greatest thing for my name right now.” While TJ Dillashaw is interested in this fight, he says there’s no movement with respect to making it official just yet — though he seems to believe the UFC is interested. “There’s been nothing serious but there’s been hints and we did our media tour together and they put us on camera together and had us talk shit to each other,” the bantamweight champ said. “They didn’t say that because everything is real but it’s like, ‘ Oh shit, this is what you guys want! Okay, you really think you can beat me? Then fuck you man, let’s do this shit!’” Dillashaw then reiterated that, for him, this fight would need to occur at flyweight, not bantamweight. That way there can be no excuses. “[At] 125, absolutely,” TJ Dillashaw said. “I don’t want no excuses that I’m the bigger man.”	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line4013
__label__wiki	0.597051	0.597051	Home MMA News Jose Torres Jose Torres senses UFC flyweight division is in trouble: ‘It doesn’t look... Jose Torres senses UFC flyweight division is in trouble: ‘It doesn’t look good for us’ Cole Shelton The UFC recently traded away arguably the greatest fighter to ever step foot in the Octagon in Demetrious Johnson. In the UFC, Johnson always struggled to catch on with fight fans, as has the flyweight division he ruled for so long. Like many others, current UFC flyweight Jose Torres sees Demetrious Johnson’s departure as a bad sign for the flyweight division, and isn’t sure what the future holds. “The UFC flyweight division, honestly, hasn’t been very notable, and [Johnson] was the best thing we had to offer,” Torres said on his YouTube channel. “When we look at the bigger picture here, we had the best pound-for-pound champion in the UFC’s history, and even then Dana White wanted to close – or at least threatened to close – the division. What’s it mean for us now that he’s gone?” It obviously isn’t looking good and Torres knows that. The future is uncertain and Torres raises a good point. Henry Cejudo could easily go up and challenge T.J. Dillashaw for the bantamweight belt, and once that fight happens, it could well mean the end of the flyweight division. What the UFC will do with all its flyweight fighters is another question, though. “I know flyweights are scheduled for November, and even December, but is anyone scheduled to fight in January, February, or overall in the year 2019?” Jose Torres queried. “That, I don’t know. I don’t have a fight yet, and I’m still waiting. But I’m lucky because I was a two-weight-class champion in Titan FC. I fought at ’25 and ’35 and even defended both belts, but does that matter to the UFC? I have no clue. They can keep me or cut me if they cut the flyweight division. That’s all their choice.” While flyweight fights have rarely generated much buzz among fans, part of the blame may rest on the UFC’s shoulders, as Johnson repeatedly claimed the promotion didn’t promote him or his division effectively. True or not, with Johnson gone, it will take even more eyeballs off the flyweight division and Jose Torres knows that. “With a new champion that doesn’t even want to defend the belt and honestly with the fans not knowing any other flyweight besides Demetrious Johnson and Henry Cejudo and maybe Sergio Pettis, honestly, it doesn’t look good for us,” he said. “Now again, this is all under speculation, all opinion-based rumors from what I’ve heard. Nothing has been confirmed. … This is just me looking at the bigger picture from a business standpoint.” What do you think the future holds for Jose Torres and the UFC flyweight division? This article first appeared on BJPENN.COM on 11/2/2018.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line4014
__label__wiki	0.706811	0.706811	Home MMA News Bader next in line for title shot with win over Johnson Bader next in line for title shot with win over Johnson While Ryan Bader has been knocking on the door of a light heavyweight title shot with his 5 fight win streak that most recently saw him handily defeat Rashad Evans via unanimous decision at UFC 192 in October, he hadn’t been promised a title shot. Ahead of Bader’s UFC on FOX 18 fight against Anthony Johnson on January 30th, UFC President Dana White made it sound as if Bader would in fact be next in line for a title shot with a win over Johnson. “Bader has been on a run; Bader’s wanted a shot at (Cormier). If he can get through the monster, Anthony Johnson, his shot will be well-deserved.” Do you think Bader will be able to get past Johnson, and finally earn himself a title shot?	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line4015
__label__wiki	0.789407	0.789407	Jay-Z on Super Bowl Protest: ‘It Actually Wasn’t. Sorry’ by Cedric 'BIG CED' Thornton February 6, 2020 February 6, 2020 510 NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and Jay Z at Roc Nation on August 14, 2019 (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Roc Nation) OK, we got it all wrong. Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter wasn’t protesting at the Super Bowl after all, according to CNN. Jay-Z and his wife, Beyoncé, remained seated while Demi Lovato sang the national anthem at Sunday’s Super Bowl at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. As Lovato belted out the tune, cameras zoomed in on the power couple, who remained seated. The media, music fans, and sports fans went crazy assuming that this was a planned statement by the Carters in solidarity with former San Francisco 49ers’ quarterback Colin Kaepernick‘s racial injustice crusade. It even drew a sarcastic response from Kaepernick himself when he shared a screenshot of a TMZ Sports article about the couple’s appearance in an Instagram story on his account. “I thought we were ‘past kneeling’ tho” he wrote over the image, which can be seen at Hip Hop DX. Jay-Z was asked about the ‘silent’ protest the other day at Columbia University, where the school launched its Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter Lecture Series. Jay said he and his wife “immediately jump into artist mode” since his company Roc Nation produced the halftime performance featuring Jennifer Lopez and Shakira. “So, I’m looking at the show,” he said. “‘Did our mic start? Was it too low to start?’ … ‘Is it too many speakers on the floor?'” “So, the whole time we’re sitting there and we’re talking about the performance,” he added. Live from #SBLIV📍 A post shared by Roc Nation (@rocnation) on Feb 2, 2020 at 1:34pm PST The rapper also mentioned that he would never involve his daughter Blue Ivy in a situation like that. “We wouldn’t do that to Blue and put her in that position,” he said, “If anyone knows Blue … if we told her we were gonna do something like that, you would have seen her tapping me a hundred times. She’s the kid that gets in the car and closes the door and says, ‘We there yet, Daddy?’ So she would say, ‘What time? Are we doing it?’” “I didn’t have to make a silent protest. If you look at the stage, the artists that we chose, Colombian Shakira, Puerto Rican J-Lo. We were making the biggest loudest protest of all,” he said. BeyonceColin KaepernickkneelingNFLShawn "Jay-Z" CarterSuper Bowl Black Civil Rights, Political Leaders Rally To Fight Trump After Impeachment Acquittal Valerie Jarrett Found Success After She Abandoned Her 10-Year Plan Cedric 'BIG CED' Thornton Cedric 'BIG CED' Thornton, is the co-founder, and owner of TheIndustryCosign.com. ← Black Civil Rights, Political Leaders Rally To Fight Trump After Impeachment Acquittal ← Valerie Jarrett Found Success After She Abandoned Her 10-Year Plan	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line4018
__label__cc	0.534129	0.465871	Peru in Action A host of fun-packed experiences for all ages awaits in the Sacred Valley of Peru. SET BESIDE the rushing Urubamba River, Belmond Hotel Rio Sagrado is the perfect launchpad for many adventures that head off the beaten track among farms and wild, mountain landscapes. But this tranquil hideaway, designed to resemble an Andean village, also has much to offer within its own leafy gardens. SOAK UP THE HISTORY OF THE INCAS AT MORAY AND MARAS Take a gentle hike around the impressive Inca site of Moray. It’s one of the Incas’ most innovative agricultural experiments: concentric terraces are carved into the earth to create a huge bowl, where each layer has its own microclimate according to its altitude. The nearby salt pans of Maras, with plots passed down through the generations, are another unforgettable sight, especially when the sun glints off the hundreds of dazzlingly white salt pools etched into the green hillside. For a more adrenalin-inducing adventure, bounce along mud and dirt roads to these ancient sites by quad bike. RIDE THE RIVER RAPIDS The twists and turns through the Andes of the Urubamba River helped to form the beautiful landscapes of the Sacred Valley. The gentle Class I and Class II rapids along the stretch of river near Ollantaytambo make it an ideal spot for beginners, while still packing a heady shot of adrenalin. Beyond the exhilarating whitewater roller-coaster ride and getting drenched in ice-cold spray, there are peaceful sections where you can savour the sunshine as you float between Inca agricultural terraces and buff-coloured canyons under a cobalt-blue sky. After the watery thrills and spills, there’s the opportunity to wind down with a delicious picnic along the riverbank. SADDLE UP A PONY Head off for a horseback adventure on a Peruvian Paso, a breed directly descended from the Spanish horses brought to the Americas by Christopher Columbus and one of the world’s smoothest rides. Take a private car to a ranch in Huaran, just 20 minutes from the hotel, then—after a short lesson in how to handle your horse—set off on a scenic ride to Huaran’s small but stunning waterfall. The ride threads through fragrant eucalyptus forests and fields of red quinoa and purple lupins, across gentle streams and into age-old agricultural communities, all flanked by the majestic mountains of the Sacred Valley. TAKE TO TWO WHEELS Discover the spectacular Sacred Valley on two wheels: guests at Belmond Hotel Rio Sagrado can borrow state-of-the-art mountain bikes and explore at their own pace. Get off the tourist trail, cycling along gently undulating dirt roads flanked by furrowed fields of time-honoured Inca crops—potatoes, quinoa and corn—and past adobe-and-thatch villages where the locals still wear the traditional, brightly coloured clothes of the Andes. Stop for regular breaks to take in the surroundings, including the dramatic peaks of the Urubamba mountain range and the jagged snow-capped cone of Mount Veronica. DON A DISGUISE Learn about an age-old Peruvian tradition at a mask-making workshop. Fearsome masks created from materials as diverse as wood, clay, leather and metal, depicted angels and demons were worn for hunting. The Incas sometimes even made them out of glittering gold studded with precious stones. Masks are still used today for celebrations and ceremonies, illustrating Peru’s rich mix of influences, from the highlands to Spain and Africa. After watching a film of flamboyant folk dances from Cusco, including the Capac Negro, which depicts liberated African slaves, younger guests can create their own papier-mâché wall art as a decorative and lasting memento. GO FOR A PADDLE Marvel at the snowy Andean peaks from a unique perspective—balancing on a stand-up paddleboard more than 3,500 metres above sea level. With no wind, current or waves, the mirror-flat surface of the Piuray Lagoon near Chinchero is perfect for novices. After a yoga-inspired warm-up and briefing on terra firma, there’ll be time to practise rowing techniques and spins on a relaxed paddle near the shoreline. Since Inca times, Chinchero has been providing Cusco with water through subterranean channels and every year its wetlands attract flocks of migratory birds, as well as jewel-coloured hummingbirds, rare reptiles and, if you’re lucky, elusive pumas. SHOP AT PISAC'S SUNDAY MARKET Pisac’s famous market is one of the liveliest in Peru, especially on Sundays when the textiles, ceramics, jewellery and handicraft stalls that spill down the side streets off the central plaza share the stage with fruit, vegetables and grains. Sellers travel from remote Andean villages from miles around, many in their typical dress. There’s also the chance to witness the Iglesia San Pedro Apóstol’s morning mass said in Quechua, followed by an elaborate costumed procession led by the mayor carrying his ceremonial staff. Follow this with a visit to the atmospheric Pisac ruins—part city, part ceremonial centre—which command spectacular views over the valley. TRY YOUR HAND AT POTTERY Peru’s ancient cultures have produced fine pottery for more than 3,500 years: the Chavíns fashioned ceramics based on mythical creatures, the Paracas culture used vivid geometric patterns and the Moche were masters of erotic realism in their ceremonial ceramics, while the Incas favoured utilitarian design. Now you can create your own work of art with the help of soft-spoken, grey-haired potter Pablo Seminario and his wife Marilú Behar at their tranquil workshop in Urubamba. Together, they’ve developed their own unique style, using ancient motifs and techniques and their ceramics have been displayed at the Museo de Arte Precolombino (MAP) in Cusco, as well as at The Field Museum in Chicago. COOK WITH HOT STONES Fledgling cooks can get their hands dirty in the kitchen after discovering some of Peru’s wild and wonderful ingredients with a visit to the hotel’s organic garden with the chef. Or enjoy a pachamanca, a unique Inca hot-stone cooking experience, in the garden overlooking the fast-flowing river. Meat and vegetables—including pork, chicken, sweet potatoes, beans and corn—are slow cooked for hours over hot stones in a hole in the garden. As well as a delicious dish, this centuries-old Andean ritual is a celebration and offering to Pachamama (Mother Earth), which locals believe brings good health and an abundant harvest. JUST FOR CHILDREN Budding Picassos can seek inspiration from the scenery on a painting class in the hotel’s flower-filled gardens. The lawns that reach down to the Urubamba River are also home to the hotel’s adorable baby alpacas; young guests can feed and pet these iconic Peruvian animals while learning about their lives and significance since ancient times.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line4020
__label__wiki	0.543798	0.543798	January 11, 2012 Screen » Film Events In with the Old Brand new TV shows debuting this week. By Wm.™ Steven Humphrey I do not outwardly dislike old people. This is because when I do outwardly dislike them, they tend to shake their walkers at me, accuse me of being "ageist," and then wander off, forgetting what they were yelling at me about in the first place. HOWEVER! I do outwardly like certain old people, such as Betty White - one of the original Golden Girls, who just so happens to be turning a peppy 90-years-young this week. Why do I prefer Ms. White over other nonagenarians? Well, for one, she's never squirted her colostomy bag at me during an argument. And secondly, Golden Girls! And The Mary Tyler Moore Show! And of course her greatest role, as the potty-mouthed old lady Mrs. Bickerman in the 1999 man-eating crocodile horror flick Lake Placid, in which she utters the two greatest lines of cinematic history: "If I had a dick, this is where I would tell you to suck it," and "Thank you, officer fuck meat." Happily, White refused to stop there and has continued to work and rise in popularity - hence this week's NBC special, Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl (Mon, Jan 16, 8 pm). Expect tons of famous guest stars to drop by, including Mary Tyler Moore (and the old MTMS gang), William Shatner, Hugh Jackman, Amy Poehler, Joel McHale, Carol Burnett and more. Plus there will be music, comedy, and a special interpretive dance performance from me entitled, "No, Thank YOU, Officer Fuck Meat." Wait... my performance is being bumped because the show's running late?? THE SHOW HASN'T EVEN STARTED YET!!! Whatever. Screw you guys, screw crocodiles, and screw Officer Fuck Meat. But happy birthday, Betty White! I bought you a slew of brand new shows debuting this week! * The Finder (FOX, Thur Jan 12, 8 pm). An Iraq war vet gets blown up, goes into a coma, and wakes up with a talent for "finding things." I know... let's call him "THE FINDER." (Which is much better than its original title, The Finger. Shows about proctologists never work.) * ¡ROB! (CBS, Thurs Jan 12, 8:30 pm). Here's that Rob Schneider sitcom you've been waiting for, and... Rob. Rob Schneider? You know... from SNL? No, not the guy who played "Mango"... you're thinking of Chris Kattan. I'm talking about Rob Schneider. The "making copies" guy? No, you're thinking of "Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer," and besides, Phil Hartman is DEAD, and... OH JUST FREAKING FORGET IT!!! * The Fades (BBCA, Sat Jan 14, 9 pm). This Limey-based supernatural thriller is about a young nerd who sees dead people - but not the sexy American Horror Story kind! These "fades" are out to destroy the world, and it's up to the nerd - and his nerd pals - to stop them! (Why is my fate always in the hands of nerds? It's disconcerting.) * Alcatraz (FOX, Mon Jan 16, 8 pm). Lost's J.J. Abrams produced this new suspense drama about creepy government shenanigans at Alcatraz prison. A brutal murder spree leads detectives to believe the crimes were committed by a former inmate... who should be 100-years-old by now! (Watch out! He may squirt his colostomy bag at you! Trust me on this.) Follow me (using your walker) on Twitter @WmSteveHumphrey Wm.™ Steven Humphrey The Hunt For B-Movie Perfection They Still Release Movies, Don’t They? Rest in Paradise Speaking of I Luv TV Bingeworthy: The Shocking Dead Typing is Hard Stop... Please. Just Stop. More Film Events » Latest in Film Events Film Events » Zombie Jesus Fest by Keely Damara Horror film fest brings the camp to Bend More » All Women Are Like What? by Jared Rasic BendFilm: Our Don't-Miss Picks More by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Browncoats Unite! A humorous look at the 10th anniversary of Firefly. I Love Television™: Party Like it’s 2008! A humorous look at the upcoming election night airing on all the major networks. I Love Television™: The Great Manipulator A few must see shows airing this week, along with the presidential debate.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line4022
__label__wiki	0.941691	0.941691	Composers announced for Hanif Kureishi’s My Beautiful Laundrette “Could anyone in their right mind call this silly little island off of Europe their home?” Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe of iconic British pop duo Pet Shop Boys join the production team for upcoming stage adaptation of Hanif Kureishi’s My Beautiful Laundrette, creating music to bring the 80s-set drama to life. A Curve, Belgrade Theatre Coventry, Everyman Theatre Cheltenham and Leeds Playhouse co-production, Tennant/Lowe have composedoriginal music for the play. Since their first record release in 1984, Pet Shop Boys have sold over 50 million records worldwide. Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe are also known for their theatre music, including original stage musical Closer to Heaven (being revived in London this summer) and the ballet The Most Incredible Thing, a collaboration with choreographer Javier de Frutos produced by Sadler’s Wells. This summer at the Edinburgh Fringe, Pet Shop Boys will present the world premiere of MUSIK, a new cabaret show with a script by Jonathan Harvey. Speaking about composing music for My Beautiful Laundrette, Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe said: “It’s wonderful to be part of the team bringing My Beautiful Laundrette from the screen to the stage and we’ve enjoyed writing mainly instrumental music to be presented within a British Asian context.” The Pet Shop Boys Curve Chief Executive Chris Stafford and Artistic Director Nikolai Foster said: “It is a testament to the extraordinary world and characters Hanif has created, that Neil and Chris have come on board to compose music for our autumn drama. As the Pet Shop Boys, Tennant and Lowe have created some of the greatest pop tunes ever written and we are thrilled they are bringing their astonishing talents to this production. “Alongside our tremendous acting company and design team led by Grace Smart, it’s shaping up to be a very exciting project!” Set in London during the Thatcher years, My Beautiful Laundrette tells the story of young British Pakistani, Omar, who transforms his Uncle’s run-down launderette into a thriving business. After being confronted by a fascist gang, Omar recognises school-friend Johnny and uses their history to diffuse the situation. As they renovate the laundrette together, love blossoms between them. This culture clash comedy is also a subversive work of social realism, sprinkled with magic and joy running through the rich veins of Kureishi’s writing. Playing the role of Omar in this new play is Omar Malik (East is East, Nottingham Playhouse); Jonny Fines (An Officer and a Gentleman at Curve) will play rebellious punk Johnny. Gordon Warnecke, who originally played Omar in Stephen Frears’ 1985 film, joins this new cast as Papa, Omar’s Father. The cast is completed by Paddy Daly, Kammy Darweish, Hareet Deol, Nicole Jebeli, Balvinder Sopal and Cathy Tyson. Jonny Fines (Johnny) and Omar Malik (Omar) This bold new production of Hanif Kureishi’s ground-breaking Oscar-nominated screenplay opens at Curve 20 Sep – 5 Oct. The show will then tour to Everyman Theatre Cheltenham (8 – 12 Oct), Leeds Playhouse (15 – 26 Oct), Belgrade Theatre Coventry (29 Oct – 2 Nov) and Birmingham Repertory Theatre (5 – 9 Nov). Director – Nikolai Foster Designer – Grace Smart Composers – Tennant/Lowe Lighting Designer – Ben Cracknell Sound Designer – Tom Marshall Fight Director – Kevin McCurdy Casting Director – Kay Magson CDG Tour Listings: Curve, Leicester 20 Sep – 5 Oct www.curveonline.co.uk Tickets on-sale now Everyman Theatre Cheltenham 8 – 12 Oct www.everymantheatre.org.uk 15 – 26 Oct www.leedsplayhouse.org.uk Belgrade Theatre Coventry 29 Oct – 2 Nov www.belgrade.co.uk Birmingham Repertory Theatre 5 – 9 Nov www.birmingham-rep.co.uk Birmingham, Cheltenham, Chris Lowe, Coventry, Curve, Leeds, My Beautiful Laundrette, Neil Tennant, Performance, Pet Shop Boys, Play, Tour Theatre News Round-Up - 26/7/19 Shows To See This Summer Vogue Parody - 73 Questions with Me! Les Miserables Concert Full Cast Announced. Bollywood Jane arrives at Curve this August. Poppy's First Show The Feeling at London's The Other Palace Studio Composers announced for Hanif Kureishi’s My Beauti... Rachael Andrews Favourite Perfomer - Luke Latchman Amélie The Musical - Leicester Haymarket - Review Venice Preserved - Royal Shakespeare Company - Review	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line4027
__label__wiki	0.715541	0.715541	Bliss has been championing the right for premature and sick babies to receive the best care for 40 years. We have done this by supporting families and healthcare professionals, campaigning for change and enabling life-changing research. We’ve seen the total transformation of neonatal care in this time – thanks in part to our incredible supporters - but we know there is still a long way to go. This timeline marks just some our achievements to date. The Daily Telegraph reveals urgent need for more neonatal units, equipment and staff. This front page of The Daily Telegraph newspaper motivated readers to do something to help the thousands of babies born premature or sick get the best possible standard of care. A dad calls for urgent action to save vulnerable babies. In response to the article, a letter from Mr Allan Chilvers appeared in The Telegraph. Shocked by what he had read, he appealed for others to join him in setting up a society to buy life-saving equipment and to pay for training for specialist staff. Parents set up the first national charity for babies in neonatal care. Unable to cope with the volume of responses to his letter, Mr Chilvers handed over to two mums who’d experienced difficult births to take the lead. Susanna Cheal OBE and Joanna Bertorelli scheduled the first meeting of the group. At this meeting, Baby Life Support Systems (Bliss) was born. First donation to Bliss is made. The amount of Bliss' first donation The amount Bliss raised in the first five years 82 hospitals received specialised neonatal equipment in first five years Since this first gift, donations from supporters have helped Bliss achieve so much for babies born premature or sick. UK is falling behind other countries in reducing neonatal death. Within a few months of Bliss’ founding, two reports were published which highlighted why urgent investment needed to be made into neonatal care. The Short and Walker Reports found that the rate of neonatal mortality was falling in the UK at a lower rate than other developed countries. The reports recommended that more specialist intensive care units were needed. First Bliss Campaigners march on Downing Street. In response to the findings of the Short and Walker Reports, Bliss campaigners pushed an incubator up Downing Street and delivered a petition calling on the government to invest in neonatal services. Bliss funds training to give more babies access to specialist care. To fill the gaps in government funding, Bliss stepped in to address some of the staff recruitment problems. Using donations from generous supporters, the Bliss Fellowship funded one year of a junior doctor’s training in neonatology at University College Hospital London. Bliss also funded nurse tutors to pioneer regional nurse training. Training healthcare professionals remains a key area of Bliss’ work. Since 2016, over 1000 healthcare professionals have attended a Bliss Study Day to build their skills in delivering family-centered developmental care. Parents get emotional support on the unit. Bliss launched a new programme to help parents on the unit. Blisslink was a team of volunteers based in hospitals offering practical and emotional support to parents of babies on the neonatal unit. Volunteers continue to play a vital role in Bliss’ work and our Bliss Champions continue to support parents in this way today. Join Bliss’ amazing community of volunteers to give vital support to families on neonatal units across the UK. Surfactant and neonatal steroids revolutionise treatment for babies. Both of these treatments were introduced onto the neonatal unit for the first time. This marked a significant turning point in neonatal care, ensuring that more babies could be cared for and survive. EPICure study launches to understand long-term impacts of prematurity. To find out more about the long-term impact for children born prematurely, a team of researchers started a study called EPICure. This Bliss-supported study looked at all babies born before 26 weeks and followed them throughout key stages of their childhood. The study was repeated in 2006 and helped shed light on how survival rates for premature babies have changed over time. Blue Peter appeal raises £2.3 million for Bliss. The 38th Blue Peter Appeal raised a staggering £2.3 million, with people all over the UK organising bring and buy sales to help babies in neonatal care. The appeal allowed Bliss to donate life-saving equipment to 56 hospitals across the country. A further 60 hospitals also benefited from transport ambulances and resuscitation centres. It was the second time Bliss was chosen for the Blue Peter Appeal, the first time was in 1989. Bliss campaign secures £6.5 million investment into neonatal care. A Bliss media campaign highlighted the reliance of neonatal units on charities for equipment. The demand for equipment at the time far exceeded what both Bliss and local neonatal charities could provide. Bliss campaigners helped secure an extra £6.5m for neonatal intensive care from the government. From this point, Bliss phased out its involvement in equipment donations altogether. Instead the charity continued to focus on providing parents with information and support, campaigning for changes to Government policy, funding research and providing training for healthcare professionals – all of which continue today. More babies are born in the right hospital for their needs. Bliss was significantly involved in a Department of Health review into neonatal care. The review recommended network working; where local hospitals work closely together in a network to tailor every baby’s care to their level of need. This led to £72 million of investment to assist with introduction of neonatal networks. First Bliss Baby Report improves understanding of neonatal care. The Bliss Baby Report series was introduced as a way to monitor which areas of neonatal care require more investment and resource. Baby Reports have become a vital tool in Bliss campaigning. Bliss sets out rights for babies in neonatal care. The Bliss Baby Charter was launched as a short document setting out the rights of babies who receive neonatal care. It was the starting point for one of Bliss’ key programmes of work. Today the Baby Charter has evolved into a practical guide to help hospitals provide the best possible family-centred care for premature and sick babies, an approach which places the parents at the centre of their baby’s care. 89% of the UK’s neonatal units now participate in the Bliss Baby Charter. NHS Taskforce set up thanks to Bliss Baby Report. This comprehensive review of neonatal care was established thanks to the findings of the first Bliss Baby Report. The review led to the publication of ‘The Toolkit for High Quality Neonatal Services' by the Department of Health in 2009 which has helped raise the standard of neonatal care services across the UK. Through funding and research, Bliss has made a distinctive contribution to service improvement in England. The Toolkit for High Quality Neonatal Services' (2009) Sir Bruce Keogh Bliss creates dedicated charity for babies in Scotland. Bliss Scotland was established to provide support to premature and sick babies and their families across Scotland. A few years later, Lady Sarra Hoy became a Bliss Scotland Ambassador after giving birth to her son Callum 11 weeks early. Today 10 out of 15 neonatal units in Scotland have a Bliss volunteer providing vital emotional support on the neonatal unit. Bliss creates new handbook to guide parents through neonatal care. The Bliss Family Handbook was produced with the assistance of parents and healthcare professionals to ensure parents felt informed and involved on the neonatal unit. Bliss’ information remain a trusted resource for parents of premature and sick babies with our latest publication, About Neonatal Care, written especially to answer the questions parents might have when they first arrive on the unit. It’s not a game – Bliss reveals extra cost to families in neonatal care. The report found that families across Britain spent an average of an additional £282 a week while their baby was in neonatal care. This report became crucial to Bliss’ campaign work to improve hospital facilities. Thanks to the report, the government issued guidance to NHS hospitals in England telling them that parking should be free or reduced for those visiting babies in neonatal care. Babies benefit from award-winning care. Princess Anne Hospital, Southampton, became the first neonatal unit in the UK to receive a Bliss award for the way they involve parents in babies’ care. The Bliss Baby Charter Accreditation rewards parental involvement on the neonatal unit, due to its proven benefits for babies. Since 2016, three other neonatal units have received Bliss Baby Charter Accreditation: Queen Alexandra Hospital Portsmouth, Frimley Park Hospital and Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital. The Bliss Baby Charter has helped the team to make the necessary improvements to provide the highest standards of family-centred care. Lisa Leppard, Princess Anne Hospital Parents in Scotland get help with cost of food and travel. The Scottish Government created a £1.5 million neonatal expenses fund to support parents of babies in neonatal care with travel and food expenses following Bliss Scotland campaigning. This means families in Scotland are now entitled to claim reimbursement for food and travel expenses while their baby is in neonatal care. Parents get paid bereavement leave for the first time. Bliss helps shape new workplace rights to give paid leave to those who have suffered the loss of a child. This means that parents whose baby or child sadly dies, are entitled to paid leave from work for the first time. This change is expected to come into force in 2020. Bliss funds research to reduce babies’ pain. Bliss launched a new Neonatal Research Fund in 2018. The first award was granted to a pioneering project which aims to understand pain in premature babies. A research team from the University of Oxford will receive a £145,987 grant from Bliss, over three years, to fund a project which seeks to improve the measurement and treatment of pain. The aim is and to ensure every baby's journey in neonatal care is as painless as possible. Bliss launches campaign to extend parental leave. Bliss has long campaigned for parents to receive extra parental leave and pay when their baby needs neonatal care. In 2019, Bliss research found that 66% of dads were forced to return to work while their baby was still in neonatal care. Since then, the government has launched a consultation to help shape a potential Neonatal Leave and Pay entitlement for parents of premature and sick babies. This is our biggest opportunity yet to secure this much needed change, make sure you have your say. Help the next generation of babies For the last 40 years parents, especially dads, have had to return to work while their baby is in neonatal care. Today we are closer than ever to parents getting extra paid time off to be with their baby. Why I helped found Bliss – Susanna’s story	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line4030
__label__wiki	0.551521	0.551521	Stocking stuffers with the Tn'O team Around this time last year, I wrote a bit about holiday sex toy shopping, in the hopes that you would remember that books and DVDs are nice, but not everything in your stocking has to be G-rated. Today Jenny and I will dose you with some of the picks of the litter for those who want a little naughty with their nice. And because we love our town, we'll tip you to the best spots in T.O. to buy the goods. Firstly, though: when picking an erotic gift, always remember to have a hearty look at the relationship you share with the person you give it to. First time erotic gift-buyers are advised to steer clear of co-workers, family members, wait staff, and service personnel. Even boyfriends/girlfriends aren't necessarily no-brainers... in fact, you're probably safer giving sex toys to platonic friends than you'll ever be giving them to partners ("you want me to do what with what???"). Think it through! Don't be Homer giving Marge a bowling ball: make sure it's something the receiver wants as much as the giver. On to the stuff... The Cone One of the most interesting new sex products I've seen introduced in the last ten years, and everyone I know who's tried one swears by it... occasionally to the exclusion of partner sex. (Tn'O does not advocate the foreswearing of partner sex.) Jenny says: "Going back to playing with shapes in second grade, U.K.-based Twisted Products has come out with The Cone, a soft, pink, vibrating cone, sporting a 7.5-inch base and weighing less than a pound. "You can sit on it, nestle it between your thighs, penetrate yourself in full Lotus, or flop on your belly and read a book on it. It ripples at various intensity levels. "Sculpted out of high quality silicone and packing a powerful 3000 rpm Gold Brush Motor, The Cone features 16 in-built vibe patterns (buzzing, shaking, pulsing, and more) plus an 'orgasm button' for impatient girls like me, who need to get off and get back to work." "The Cone is available at Come as You Are, Good for Her, and Stag Shop for $150 or less." The Jaguar I may have mentioned this one a few months back but even so, it bears repeating. Now that I've seen one in action I can verify that this really is the Ferrari of strap-on harnesses. Made of asian leather and sleek as all getout, the Jaguar has D-rings to allow for easy adjustment. And yes, the turbo-hot design has the fashion sense to make you feel like a jungle cat in all your bend-over-boyfriend/girlfriend activities. The Jaguar is available at Come As You Are for $95. Mansoap Jenny says: "Guys may not want to admit they jerk off in the shower, but for those that indulge in some naughty pleasures in the tub, they can also scrub away the guilt too. "German-engineered Mansoap is the first male masturbation soap to hit Canada. Resembling a bluish doughnut, it fits to all sizes of male bodies with its malleable Play-Doh-like material. Put your sea snake inside the centre and pretend you're banging a baked blueberry snack. It's like American Pie all over again. "Len P. Kleine, president of Markham-based Kleine Healthcare Products Inc., assures the soap is made with a PH-value that is clinically-tested and kind on your skin and has a fresh smell. 'You use it to masturbate with in the shower or in the tub. Then you cum in you're very happy and then you use it as a soap after,' he says. "It'll last up to about a dozen times and retails for around $10. You can pick it up online at khproducts.com or at Lovecraft and the Condom Shack." Em and Lo's Sex Toy What can I say, I have a 35-minute TTC commute and I enjoy reading erotic books at 8:00 in the morning. Sex Toy isn't erotica, so much as a collection of Em and Lo's sex columns from ten years of Nerve.com, in this case specifically related to the very subject of this article: sex toys. 300 articles index sex toy usage and care from A to Z, from anal beads to... something that starts with Z. (I'm blanking.) Sex Toy stickers for $18.95 at CAYA and other fine erotic bookstores around the city. Splash - Female Lube Jenny says: "Women who are sick of sticky or dried-out lube during sex or masturbation, Splash is targeting its lubricants to you. It doesn't contains silicone, glycerine or sugar and provides keeps the area moist for 24 to 36 hours (if you're planning on doing the marathon sex thing). It is pH balanced formula contains Hydeal-D, which works closely with the same molecules in vaginal fluid. "Available on most mainstream pharmacy shelves and Naughty but Nice. It's $9.99 for a 10 gram tube; $16 for a 30 gram tube. " Made in Secret: The Story of the East Van Porn Collective Sure, you could load up the stockings with porn DVDs, but why not come through with something a little more insightful? Made in Secret isn't porn by any means, it's just the fascinating documentary account of the East Van Porn Collective, a group of amateurs who (like hundreds, thousands, millions and billions of porn connoisseurs before them) decided that modern porn sucks. (It does.) Unlike most folk, though, East Van decided to pony up and actually improve the system by leading by example. The flick (they describe it as a "pseudo-documentary") follows their trials and tribulations in trying to make a little porn of their own. Sure to engender a can-do spirit among wannabe filmmakers (and porn stars). The Made in Secret DVD costs a mere $15 at Come As You Are. iBuzz vibrator Winning the grand prize for sex toy inventiveness, in my humble opinion, is the iBuzz. I simply cannot wait to get my hands on one of these things. But then, I enjoy partnering up with the musically-inclined. (Probably because my own musical taste sucks.) Jenny says: "Perhaps even more discreet than the lipstick Pocket Rocket, the iBuzz vibrator is the unconventional bullet size massager that is activated by your favorite music. Just plug it into your iPod or any MP3 player and have this massager get into the rhythm. It starts to massage the moment you play a tune but the fun does not end with just any tune. As you turn up the volume the vibration become stronger. "Copyright infringements aside, this could be a cool gadget, just make sure you've got something that's slow-building and ends in a crescendo - like November Rain. "Available at Seduction." Happy holidays everyone! Have fun and play safe. 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__label__wiki	0.597964	0.597964	Home » Open Orphan (ORPH) » Experts seek approval for COVID-19 trials – China Daily Experts seek approval for COVID-19 trials – China Daily By Alan Green in Open Orphan (ORPH) on 12th June 2020 . By ANGUS McNEICE in London Medical community divided on issue of exposing humans to deadly virus A laboratory in the United Kingdom is hoping to become the first in the world to intentionally infect volunteers with novel coronavirus in order to test the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines. Half of the participants in these so-called human challenge trials would be given a candidate vaccine for COVID-19, the other half would get a placebo, and all of them would then be exposed to novel coronavirus via a nasal spray. The volunteers, aged 18 to 30, would then spend weeks quarantined at a private clinic, frequently checked on by researchers in hazmat suits running tests to determine if the vaccine provides protection against the disease. Those who display symptoms would be treated with antivirals or immunotherapeutics. The human challenge model is a tried and tested way to assess vaccine efficacy. Such trials have previously been used in the study of influenza, malaria, typhoid, dengue fever, and cholera inoculations. Challenge studies have an advantage over traditional field trials when levels of a pathogen are low in the general population, as is the case with novel coronavirus during lockdown. The method is also highly controversial, and the lab in question, London-based hVIVO, will have to navigate an ethical minefield to achieve its goal during this pandemic. “We are the only place in the world that is well down the road to development for COVID-19 human challenge studies,” Cathal Friel, chief executive of hVIVO parent company Open Orphan, told China Daily. “We will be able to very quickly guarantee to any pharma company in the world if their vaccine works.” Friel is currently in talks over running challenge trials for a dozen COVID-19 vaccine developers in Europe, North America, and Asia, three of which are from China. Before commencing the trials, hVIVO must gain approval from the ethics committee at the UK’s drug regulator, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency. Among a host of considerations, the committee will attempt to answer two core questions: is COVID-19 too dangerous for a challenge trial, and are existing treatments effective enough if and when volunteers fall ill. Challenge trials generally involve around 100 volunteers and are typically used to test vaccines against non-lethal illnesses, such as the common cold, or diseases for which highly effective treatments exist, such as malaria. The trials are not considered for lethal diseases for which existing treatments are limited, such as Ebola or Marburg virus. While severe cases of COVID-19 are rare among healthy young people, some in the medical community warn that not enough is yet known about the disease to run such trials, and doing so would be extremely risky. Others argue that this risk can be mitigated with well-designed trials, which would in turn greatly accelerate vaccine development, potentially saving hundreds of thousands of lives. Vaccine developers are faced with a conundrum during this stage of the pandemic. Field trials involving tens of thousands of volunteers are most efficient when a pathogen is thriving in the general population. But lockdown measures in some regions have been so effective that there is not enough COVID-19 going around to challenge a vaccine’s efficacy. Link here to the original story Tags: antiviral, Cathal Friel, china daily, covid 19, hVIVO, immunotherapy, open orphan, ORPH, virology ← FT Article – China turns to steel to galvanise post-Covid economy Andrew Hore – Quoted Micro 15 June 2020 →	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line4039
__label__wiki	0.884276	0.884276	Moscow Accuses U.S. of Using White Phosphorous in Syria MOHAMAD ABAZEED/AFP/Getty Images Breitbart Jerusalem (AFP) MOSCOW — Russia on Sunday accused the United States of carrying out bombings using white phosphorous in eastern Syria against military targets in civilian areas, which is banned under international law. “Two American F-15 planes carried out bombings on September 8 (Saturday) targeting the area of Hajin in the Deir Ezzor region using incendiary phosphorous ammunition,” Russian general Vladimir Savtchenko said in a statement. “These strikes resulted in fierce fires. We are clarifying the information concerning possible deaths and injuries,” he added. In Syria, the jihadist Islamic State group still controls a pocket in Deir Ezzor between the Euphrates River and the Iraqi border, and also remains in the vast Syrian desert. An international coalition led by the United States is helping a coalition of Kurdish and Arab fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces (FDS) which for months have been conducting an offensive to oust IS. The Russian army, which has been intervening militarily since 2015 in Syria in support of the forces of its ally President Bashar al-Assad, was accused in March by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights of having used incendiary bombs during the regime’s offensive against the rebel stronghold of Eastern Ghouta near Damascus. Moscow dismissed the allegation as a “shameless lie.” Use of white phosphorous is banned under the Geneva Convention for use against civilians and against legitimate military targets in areas with a major civilian population. Israel / Middle EastNational Securitygeneva conventionIslamic StateRussiaSyria civil warVladimir Savtchenkowhite phosphorous	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line4040
__label__wiki	0.925395	0.925395	Nationals MPs call on Andrews Government to reconsider regional Victorian lockdown rules In The NewsMedia Coverage ‘One size doesn’t fit all’: country MPs urge lockdown rethink By Tom Minear and Tamsin Rose Herald Sun (page 8) REGIONAL Victorian MPs are urging the state government to reconsider blanket stay-at-home restrictions on large parts of the state that have no coronavirus cases. From Thursday, country Victorians will only be allowed to leave home to shop for essentials, provide care, exercise, and for work or study that cannot be done remotely. The new rules will force the closure of businesses including beauty and personal services and entertainment venues. Local sport will also shut down and cafes and restaurants can only serve takeaway food. Nationals MPs say the “one-size-fits-all” approach is causing widespread frustration in areas that were beginning to recover from drought and the summer bushfire crisis. Cabinet minister Darren Chester, who represents Gippsland, said rural Victorians were “feeling a bit bruised”. He criticised forcing rural VCE students to return to remote learning, saying it was “offensive” to suggest they would otherwise receive an unfair advantage as they had long been held back by a lack of opportunity and resources. “The only reason why any young person at school should not be at school should be on the basis of health advice,” Mr Chester said. Nationals Senate leader Bridget McKenzie said the party had been calling for a harder lockdown of Melbourne to protect rural areas. “There is a sense of frustration now, given the lack of community transmission and in many cases zero COVID-19 cases for months,” she said. Senator McKenzie said the stay-at-home rules would “wreak havoc long-term” and lacked a “clinical rationale”, pointing to the mandatory masks policy, which was only enforced in regional Victoria from Monday. “We haven’t been able to get a chance to see if that would work,” she said. Damian Drum, the MP for Nicholls in the state’s northeast, said there was rising “frustration and anger” among regional residents. “I’ve been yelling and screaming for the past month that we need a separate approach to regional Victoria,” he said. “It’s fallen on deaf ears . We’re talking about 1.5 million Victorians who seem to have been forgotten in all of this.” He called for restrictions to be eased in the north of the state, arguing the current measures were separating “clean communities” from each other unnecessarily. Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack backed his MPs, saying the state government needed to take a more “practical approach”. Categories: In The News, Media Coverage Tuesday, 4 August 2020 PreviousPrevious post:Virus-free towns swept up in lockdownNextNext post:‘We’ve got to speak up’ The Big Issues: COVID-19 blamed for bans on sale of firearms and ammo November 23 re-opening a significant step in recovery	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line4045
__label__cc	0.685513	0.314487	Fire Australia Autumn edition is out The Autumn 2013 edition of Fire Australia is out now, featuring Bushfire CRC research into understanding the extremes of fire and weather on the cover, plus much more. Global views on fire science Postgraduate students from around the world are bringing a diverse range of skills, experience and knowledge to enhance fire research through the Bushfire CRC. Flexibility + planning = uncertainty Clear guidelines for planning in new housing areas are needed to respond to the issues facing emergency management now and in the future. Promoting community bushfire preparedness Fire Note 107 discusses an action research program that was developed around the Tasmania Fire Service’s Community Development Pilot. Findings from the pilot have facilitated the wider adoption and implementation of community engagement principals into broader Tasmania Fire Service community education programs. Collaborative program launched More than 1400 delegates will come together in Melbourne from 2-5 September to discuss the latest challenges and trends in emergency management at the biggest and most important all hazards conference of its kind in Australasia, the 20th AFAC and 10th Bushfire CRC conference. AFAC Group discussion Bushfire CRC research is regularly presented for discussion at AFAC Groups as part of an ongoing engagement between researchers and the industry. Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC - third update This update from Naomi Brown, Interim Chair, Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC outlines the next stage of the CRC development process, as well as the work completed to date. The influence of familiarity on teamwork and decision making Fire Note 106 investigates the teamwork and decision making differences between familiar (pre-formed) and unfamiliar (ad hoc) incident management teams. High bushfire potential forecast for southern Australia this summer Above normal fire potential is forecast across southern Australia over the coming summer months as a result of the lack of rainfall this year. The emergence of La Nina conditions at the start of the year delivered good rainfall in the northern parts of Australia but failed to deliver anything significant in the southern half. Urban Search and Rescue Field Trip to conclude conference Urban Search and Rescue Exercise (USAR) – a demonstration of the USAR capability within the emergency service sector in South Australia, as part of the Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council and Bushfire CRC conference in Adelaide. Pacific Island firefighters welcomed to Adelaide Conference Amongst more than one thousand delegates taking part in the Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council (AFAC) Conference starting in Adelaide today, will be 35 participants from Pacific Island countries. International Bushfire Research Conference Firefighters, researchers, scientists and fire prevention managers from around the globe will be in Adelaide next week for the Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre’s (CRC) International Bushfire Research Conference 2008. Fire experts gather in Adelaide this week As we head into the next bushfire season across southern Australia senior fire and emergency management staff and leading international researchers will meet next week to discuss the major issues now confronting the industry. Wildfire in the High Country The Mansfield community will remember the events of the 2006/07 Great Divide Fires on Friday 1 August when Wildfire in the High Country is launched. Wildfire in the High Country is a collection of reports, stories, letters, poems, art works and photographs from the fires compiled by the Mansfield Writers’ Group. Community Level Influence on Individual Behaviours - final project report CAWCR Research Letters Psychological differences between south-eastern Australian householders' who intend to leave if threatened by a wildfire and those who intend to stay and defend Physiological responses of Australian native and agricultural plant species to smoke from bushfires and prescribed burns	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line4050
__label__wiki	0.987903	0.987903	BuzzFeed News Homepage · Posted on Mar 14, 2018 Britain First Has Just Been Banned By Facebook For Inciting Hatred Against Minorities The far-right group that was retweeted by Donald Trump had cultivated a huge Facebook following by posting anti-Muslim images and videos. by Mark Di Stefano BuzzFeed News Reporter Ben Stansall / AFP / Getty Images Facebook has banned Britain First, the far-right group whose anti-Muslim videos were shared by Donald Trump, for repeatedly posting "content designed to incite animosity and hatred against minority groups". The social media platform said it had deleted the group's Facebook page, as well as that of its two leaders, Paul Golding and Jayda Fransen. In November, Trump retweeted three anti-Muslim videos posted by Fransen on Twitter. The group had a huge Facebook presence with over 2 million likes, and each of its posts were shared hundreds of thousands of times making it one of the biggest political groups on the platform. In a statement on Wednesday, Facebook said the group had been kicked off the platform over content which incited "animosity and hatred against minority groups". "Content posted on the Britain First Facebook Page and the Pages of party leaders Paul Golding and Jayda Fransen has repeatedly broken our Community Standards," Facebook said. "We recently gave the administrators of the Pages a written final warning, and they have continued to post content that violates our Community Standards. "As a result, in accordance with our policies, we have now removed the official Britain First Facebook Page and the Pages of the two leaders with immediate effect. "We do not do this lightly, but they have repeatedly posted content designed to incite animosity and hatred against minority groups, which disqualifies the Pages from our service." Fransen and Golding were jailed last week after being convicted of racially aggravated harassment. London mayor Sadiq Khan, a frequent target of Britain First, praised Facebook's action. “Britain First is a vile and hate-fuelled group whose sole purpose is to sow division," Khan said in a statement. "Their sick intentions to incite hatred within our society via social media are reprehensible, and Facebook’s decision to remove their content is welcome. “The global tech revolution has brought incredible benefits and social media is enjoyed by billions of people around the world. But big social media companies must wield the power they've amassed responsibly. Matthew Collins, the head of research at social media advocacy group Hope Not Hate, also praised Facebook's decision. “Britain First used Facebook as a means to leverage its position and push out some of the most divisive and vile anti-Muslim hatred you could find online," Collins said. “Ironically, if you wanted to watch an ISIS beheading you didn’t need to go to an Islamic State page, instead Britain First would show it for you." Mark Di Stefano is a media and politics correspondent for BuzzFeed News and is based in London. Contact Mark Di Stefano at mark.distefano@buzzfeed.com. Got a confidential tip? Submit it here	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line4051
__label__cc	0.747366	0.252634	School Food Menus Latch Key Fact Page Olde Orchard Alternative Elementary School Olde Orchard Home Superintendent's Weekly Message - December 11, 2020 I am sure many of you saw the messages that were sent out earlier in the week about the “Check and Connect” initiative we are launching next Wednesday, December 16. CCS staff volunteers and district partners will be making phone calls to EVERY student household in Columbus City Schools. This district-wide initiative is ambitious, but it does not replace the daily connections that so many of our teachers and staff members make with students and their families. During this time of remote school and remote work, regular and frequent connections are critical to staying connected as one community. I commend and thank our school staff members for their ongoing efforts to make these connections. It is my hope that our district-wide initiative next week is another layer of encouragement and support for our families, some of which may be struggling as we head into the holiday season. Our calls will be opportunities to share vital resources that our families can access. Click here for more information on the resources available in our community. CCS families should receive a call on Wednesday, December 16, between the hours of 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. Please take a moment to chat with the CCS staff person or community partner who calls (they may be using a phone number you don’t recognize). They won’t ask for personal information, but please feel free to share with them your experiences and the challenges you may be facing to stay engaged and connected. Thank you to the hundreds of CCS staff members who have already signed up to volunteer next week. Today is the deadline to volunteer, and I encourage all staff members to consider participating in this important endeavor. Transportation Survey Families with students who are eligible for transportation should be receiving a phone and email message soon with a two-question survey in the Parent Portal. In order to provide efficient transportation services when we move to a blended learning model, we are asking families if they wish to “opt-out” their students from receiving yellow-bus transportation for the remainder of the 2020-2021 school year. The more information we have about families who do not wish to use our transportation services, the more efficient we can be in providing services to CCS and charter/non-public schools city-wide. This survey is only for families with students who are eligible for yellow-bus services. Families must actively opt-out of transportation services. We will still route transportation for families who do not respond or who indicate they WILL use yellow-bus services. 800 McNaughten Road	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line4061
__label__cc	0.718811	0.281189	Customer Data Platform Institute Helps Marketers Build a Unified Customer View October 31, 2016 – Customer Data Platforms (CDPs) can solve marketers’ biggest data problem: building a unified customer view. Yet few marketers know that CDPs exist. The Customer Data Platform Institute launched today with a suite of resources to help close this gap. The Institute defines Customer Data Platform as a “marketer-managed system that creates a persistent, unified customer database that is accessible to other systems”. CDPs are a new alternative to systems that have largely failed to deliver a unified customer view, including enterprise data warehouses, data management platforms, and channel applications such as email engines. Unlike those approaches, CDPs are specifically built for marketing uses, incorporate first party data including personal identifiers, and are open to access by all company systems. This lets them succeed where other approaches have not. According to Institute founder David Raab, “The growing need for more complete, more accessible customer data has fueled the rise of CDP systems. We’ve identified nearly two dozen vendors who fit the definition. But awareness of CDPs is still low. The Institute will educate marketers about CDP capabilities and to help them take full advantage of these powerful new systems.” One bright spot Raab noted is that in July, CDPs appeared for the first time on the Gartner Hype Cycle for Digital Marketing and Advertising. The need for CDPs is clear. A recent LiveRamp survey found that 90% of marketers consider an omnichannel customer view important for marketing effectiveness, but less than 20% currently have such a view. (LiveRamp, The State of People Based Marketing, October 2016). An Experian study found that the technology issues were the biggest barriers to delivering a unified customer view, far outranking non-technical issues such as timeliness, lack of data, or poor data quality (Experian, The 2016 Digital Marketer, April 2016). CDPs remove many of those technical obstacles by using modern methods such as schemaless data stores, machine learning, and cloud-based deployment. Leading CDP vendors have sponsored the Institute, recognizing the need for vendor-neutral education and community. Their sponsorship allows the Institute to provide resources at no charge to individual members. The Institute is managed by Raab Associates, independent technology analysts who first identified CDPs as a category in 2013. Raab will be assisted by an Advisory Board of marketing practitioners and sponsor experts. Practitioner members include Shawn Goodin, Marketing CTO, JPMorgan Chase; Mayur Gupta, VP, Growth & Marketing, Spotify; Steve Herdegren, VP, Marketing Operations, Wiley; and, Tim Suther, Founder, Suther Strategic LLC and former Managing Director at JPMorgan Chase and CMO of Acxiom. Vendors sponsoring the Institute include: ActionIQ, AgilOne, Ascent360, BlueConic (Gold), BlueVenn, Ensighten, Lytics, mParticle, RedPoint Global (Gold), Segment (Gold), Signal, and Treasure Data (Gold). Initial Institute offerings include a library of white papers, surveys, evaluation guides, case studies, and product information; a daily newsletter with industry news and opinion; a public forum for marketers and industry experts; and a directory of industry vendors. These are all available on the Institute Web site at www.cdpinstitute.org. Comments from Institute sponsors: “2016 has been a year marked by tremendous growth in both the interest in and obvious need for customer data platforms. This Institute comes at the perfect time to help practitioners, vendors, and other thought leaders accelerate the development of this market in order to solve some of the most complex and pressing data challenges marketers grapple with today. BlueConic is thrilled to be a gold sponsor of this endeavor, as we’re so confident of this category’s transformational potential today and going forward.” – Bart Heilbron, CEO, BlueConic “As organizations look to maximize the business value of their data assets, marketers have become very focused on finding ways to monetize their customer data. Big Data, which adds “variety, volume, and velocity” to the mix, has created new data access and management challenges – but also potentially great opportunities – for marketers who can capitalize on this data. A customer data platform, like the solution RedPoint provides, enables marketers to create a unified customer view from multiple internal or external databases and/or siloed data stores and is an accelerant for forward-looking, data-driven marketers. But we still have a long way to go to drive awareness of the capabilities and benefits of this technology. The CDP Institute, in our eyes, has an important charter: to both raise awareness of CDPs and to educate the market about why this technology is critical to the enterprise.” – Dale Renner, CEO, RedPoint Global "At Segment, we believe that every customer has a story and that we can help businesses get better insight into who their customers are and what they need at every step in the customer journey. We are excited to be a part of the Customer Data Platform Institute and we look forward to working with other leading vendors in helping companies understand their customer and grow their business." – Prashant Sridharan, VP of Marketing, Segment “Over the last three years, we've seen more and more data-driven marketing organizations adopt Treasure Data to unify their customer data, analyze them using advanced methodologies such as machine learning and automate and own the end-to-end system without IT help. We now know what to call this, and it's great to see an independent institution built around accelerating this trend." – Hiro Yoshikawa, founder and CEO, Treasure Data. "Successful marketing puts the customer at the center of all engagement. We've all seen the rise and fall of ad-hoc approaches to customer-centric marketing and the emergence of a new gold standard: customer data platforms. Today's leading enterprise B2C brands have adopted AgilOne to increase customer lifetime value by enabling authentic, direct, and responsive relationships across channels. Sponsorship is a natural fit for us, and we are excited to see the category's tremendous growth and to help further the building momentum." – Omer Artun, CEO, AgilOne “Faced by a vast martech landscape, a knowledgeable resource community to help marketers appreciate the value of CDPs is essential and BlueVenn is therefore delighted to be a part of the Institute. We welcome the opportunity to share an understanding of the BlueVenn unified customer view offering and how it can optimize and connect customer data from every channel for better marketing.” – Curt Bloom, US President of Operations, BlueVenn “Being able to collect, stitch, own and act on first-party customer data is paramount to success for today’s marketers. As the leading provider of CDPs for the world’s top brands, we are proud to be a founding sponsor of the Institute and look forward to helping build awareness about the game-changing benefits of having a CDP as the foundation of any marketing technology stack.” – Erik Bratt, VP of Marketing, Ensighten “Companies are growing more familiar with the concept of a customer data platform, and how it helps them personalize experiences using customer data. Yet, education is still necessary to help ensure not only selection of a CDP, but also how to get the most out of a CDP investment. We’re excited to help.” – James McDermott, CEO, Lytics “Too many large enterprise organizations with massive customer bases lack the ability to integrate data across a growing array of engagement screens and marketing SaaS tools. The CDPI is a much-needed resource for accelerating adoption of new technologies these businesses can employ to improve the customer experience across every stage of the customer journey.” – David Spitz, CMO, mParticle Share: https://www.cdpinstitute.org/Newsletter/Blog32/Press-Release-Customer-Data-Platform-Institute-Helps-Marketers-Build-a-Unified-Customer-View	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line4063
__label__cc	0.602759	0.397241	Have a rights violation to report? Call 0800 313 131 toll free info@cehurd.org Center for Health Human Rights & Development Community Empowerment Program Knowledge Management Program Strategic Litigation Program Campaigns, Partnerships and Networking Program Intellectual Property Rights For Access IDRC Project Tobacco Free Uganda Tag Archives: abortions and the youth Posted on Jun 20, 2012 Apr 25, 2015 Categories News Leave a comment UGANDA : Creating A Healthier Future for our Youth By; Ikirimat Grace Odeke (Program officer , Sexual Health improvement Project It was the day before we broke off for the Christmas holiday. I was wrapping up at the office when a phone call came from 400 kilometers away. On the other end of the line was John, a student nurse and sexual health educator, and my colleague at the Sexual Health Improvement Project (SHIP). He urgently wanted advice on how best to handle the ordeal of an 11-year-old girl who was raped by a man two years ago. The girl reported the abuse to her mother, who concealed the matter after receiving a bribe from the perpetrator. The mother warned the little girl never to tell anyone what had happened. “Sarah has just revealed this to me after she tested HIV+ during our outreach visit today,” John said in a poignant tone. “She is emaciated, weak, and malnourished. I need advice on how best to handle this delicate issue.” As I listened, I found myself baffled both by the details of Sarah’s story and by the fact that her situation is all too common in Uganda: This is the reality girls are grappling with in my community. As coordinator of SHIP, it is my job to help young people like Sarah who confide in our sexual health educators. We are now connecting Sarah to the local health facility for treatment and are getting in touch with the District Probation Officer who is in charge of children’s affairs to take up the issue. Setting the wheels in motion to get Sarah out of her predicament reminds me of my own path to this work, and of all the reasons we urgently need sexual health education. Rape, incest, teen pregnancy, and transmission of AIDS are all serious problems in Uganda. I believe the only way to combat these situations is to address the cultural and social issues that cause them. I know that education is our most powerful tool to create a safer and healthier future for Uganda’s youth. SHIP’s vision is a society of healthy young people empowered to make informed and responsible decisions regarding their sexuality. And with more than 70 percent of Ugandans under 24 years, we’ve got no time to lose. Navigating Adolescence Alone A girl is considered a woman in my community when she develops breasts. Adolescents who have never been prepared for this stage of life are surprised and frightened. How can we blame them when things go wrong? My own adolescence was challenging, yet punctuated with excitement, exploration, discovery, and vulnerability. My parents never talked to me about growing up. Friends told me about maturation, menstruation, and relationships with boys. Of course these were mixed messages. I grew up in a remote area, without TV; the small radio was only tuned in by my father for the news broadcast or his favorite music channel. I vividly remember the day my mother found me stealthily reading Drum, a fashion, music, and relationships magazine. She scolded and beat me. “So you have started reading this kind of magazine, do you want to get spoiled!” she shouted. My mother’s rage is a typical scenario in Uganda, where parents talking about sex with their children is simply taboo. Because of these cultural realities, it was up to me to make decisions on sensitive matters that none of my parents wanted to discuss. I have no sister, so I was confronted with big issues for which I had no solutions. When I was 15 years old, one of the big boys in my class used to tease and abuse me with inappropriate touches. I did not know how to deal with this situation. I began hating school and my self esteem was affected. Fortunately he left our school, but I continued to be confronted by all sorts of unfair situations. I thought the world just hated me. Inside I suffered alone while my society was busy threatening me instead of educating me. Making decisions as a young person can be a daunting challenge without advice, information, and experience. Young people in Uganda are told that having sex before marriage is an abomination and immoral. But these kinds of threats do not protect youth from unsafe behaviors. They only attract the desire among young people to test the facts, discover, and experiment. Studies show that by 18 years of age, 72 percent of girls in Uganda have had sexual intercourse. The reality is that adolescents are engaging in sex and we need to give them the right information beforehand. Peer pressure motivates many adolescents to initiate sexual activity early, and financial transactions are a major component of adolescent sexual relationships. In fact, 31 percent of young women in Uganda report receiving money for sex. Being educated about the likely dangers and consequences of such acts can help them decide. For 20 percent of girls, their initial sexual encounter is coerced or conducted under considerable pressure. Having the support of health professionals in the community can empower them to seek help in such situations. As an adult and mother of teens, I never understood the dilemma today’s adolescents go through until I began working with them through SHIP. Going into schools and communicating with young people in informal, participatory ways has given me new insight into their worlds. I realize today that having experienced the transition into adulthood is not adequate to make parents understand what young people are struggling with to become responsible adults. My work with SHIP has brought me face to face with horrors that are difficult to comprehend, and has made me aware of stories like Sarah’s that are common in Uganda. Cases of girls who are abused, defiled, and raped by relatives in their homes are reported daily. Daphne, a young nursing officer and sexual health educator, was horrified by the story of Rose, a 17-year-old who came to her at a health facility last year seeking a five-year contraceptive injection. Rose, a poor student under the care of her uncle in Kampala, divulged that her uncle was sexually abusing her. When Daphne met her, Rose had already conducted two crude abortions; the last one left her critically ill, so she wanted to avoid getting pregnant again. Daphne advised Rose to tell her mother about what was going on. “I told my parents, but they say I should endure the situation for the sake of completing my examinations,” Rose lamented in tears. Rose only feared pregnancy, which is reprimanded by Ugandan society. She did not think about sexually transmitted diseases, like HIV/AIDS. Abortion is illegal in Uganda. In 2011, Rhoda, 17-years-old, was clandestinely brought to the rural health unit by her friends and abandoned there in critical condition. Rhoda had conducted a crude abortion that went septic. This was an emergency, but post-abortion care services are not developed in Uganda. Rhoda had to be transferred urgently to a different health facility. She was rushed to the hospital about ten kilometers away; however her life could not be saved. I lost many of my own adolescent friends to abortions that went bad. Others dropped out of school due to pregnancy. The adolescents I work with identify poverty and negligence as common reasons for engaging in sex. Parents are preoccupied meeting their own personal needs and have forgotten about the needs of their children. Many parents think school fees are the most important thing in their children’s lives and they overlook nurturing them and providing sex education. Hope’s story is not uncommon: She was sent away from school to collect a book and pencil that her parents refused to provide. The Universal Primary Education program requires that parents provide children scholastic materials, food, and uniforms. Disappointed, Hope went home weeping, knowing her future was doomed without an education. A businessman eventually lured Hope into sex with the promise of keeping her in school. Hope is now 12-years-old and has just tested HIV positive. Hope’s terrible dilemma reflects the fact that parents still believe that children are the sole responsibility of government. Universal Primary Education is now compulsory, but the law is not yet in place to deal with parents who do not meet their obligations of keeping children in school. Phina, now a nursing student and a sexual health educator for SHIP, has vowed to complete her education against all odds. She says her father promised never to educate a girl because her elder sister got pregnant while at school. He arranged a husband for Phina, a proposal she rejected outright. But how many girls can find the inner strength to take such a defiant stance? I am certain sexual health education needs to begin as early as 11 years. Children, especially in rural areas, tend to complete primary education at 17. Waiting until later ages to begin sex education is a missed opportunity. Last year, over 63 girls in 30 primary schools in Ngora district who registered for Primary Leaving Examinations either got pregnant or married. Coordinating SHIP has opened my eyes about adolescents’ sexual health. It is clear that young people do not have adequate information about what to expect as they grow up. Adolescents have no one to listen to them. To combat this situation, we go into the schools to complement the formal efforts of the public education sector in sexual health education. We recognize the vital role played by parents, teachers, and community leaders in the lives of young people. It is my dream that one day every adolescent will be able to have the information they require to make appropriate decisions about their sexuality. We are working out an expansion program with some of the local members of Parliament to reach youths with these skills and information. The current generation has been unfair to the next generation. We are leaving the youth to their own fate. It’s critical that we educate young people about sexual health, about the dangers and consequences of unsafe behaviors. We must give girls the tools and empowerment they need to stay in school, seek help when they need it, and fight back against sexual abuse — and we need to do it now. A Technical Brief On The Role Of The Judiciary In Adjudicating Sexual And Reproductive Health And Rights Violations During The COVID-19 Pandemic (340 downloads) Proposed Amendments On The Sexual Offences Bill 2019 (369 downloads) Legal Defense For Suppliers And Dispensers Of Essential Medicines For Sexual Reproductive Health Services (631 downloads) The Global Financing Facility in Uganda: A Brief Summary (297 downloads) CEHURD Strategic Plan 2020-2024 (878 downloads) Case Study Report: Review of constitutional provisions on the right to health in Uganda (769 downloads) November 17, 2020We are hiring! 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__label__cc	0.582363	0.417637	Report of the 170th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints A Great Family in Reverence and Worship Gordon B. Hinckley The Covenant of Baptism: To Be in the Kingdom and of the Kingdom Robert D. Hales The Redemption of the Dead and the Testimony of Jesus Alexander B. Morrison Loren C. Dunn The Joy of Womanhood Margaret D. Nadauld Living by Scriptural Guidance Russell M. Nelson Be a Strong Link David B. Haight The Sustaining of Church Officers Pure Testimony Joseph B. Wirthlin The Path to Peace and Joy Richard G. Scott Cultivate Righteous Traditions Donald L. Hallstrom Ronald A. Rasband Seeking the Spirit of God Douglas L. Callister The Challenge to Become Dallin H. Oaks The Tugs and Pulls of the World Neal A. Maxwell “Sanctify Yourselves” Living Prophets, Seers, and Revelators Dennis B. Neuenschwander Satan’s Bag of Snipes Richard C. Edgley James E. Faust The Call to Serve “Great Shall Be the Peace of Thy Children” A Growing Testimony L. Tom Perry “Lead, Kindly Light” Virginia U. Jensen This Great Millennial Year “Ye Are the Temple of God” Boyd K. Packer M. Russell Ballard Retaining a Remission of Sin Keith Crockett The Blessing of Keeping the Sabbath Day Holy H. Aldridge Gillespie Robert C. Oaks Freedom “from” or Freedom “to” F. Enzio Busche “Write upon My Heart” Henry B. Eyring “An Humble and a Contrite Heart” We Are Instruments in the Hands of God Mary Ellen Smoot Stand Tall and Stand Together Sheri L. Dew Your Greatest Challenge, Mother Teachings for Our Time, 2001 Home, Family, and Personal Enrichment Meetings Resource Guide, 2001 Resource Guide, 2001, YW Changes Affect the Seventy, Sunday School Cornerstone Ceremony Included in Conference Center Dedication General Auxiliary Presidencies “A Milestone in Church History”: 100 Temples President Hinckley to Address Youth, Young Single Adults Church European Areas Realigned Elder Bernard P. Brockbank Dies at 91 Legacy Now on Video LDS Athletes Compete in Olympics Making the Most of This Issue This Page (MP3) “Sanctify Yourselves,” Ensign, Nov. 2000, 38–40 Priesthood Session Elder Jeffrey R. Holland Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles The call in every age—and especially our age—is Joshua’s call: “Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the Lord will do wonders among you.” Brethren, I love and revere the priesthood of God, and I am honored to stand with those of you who bear it. My message tonight is intended for all of us, whatever our age or years of service, but I do wish to speak specifically to the deacons, teachers, and priests in the Aaronic Priesthood, and the young, newly ordained elders in the Melchizedek Priesthood—you of the rising generation, you who must be ready to use your priesthood, often at times and in ways you did not anticipate. In that spirit my call to you tonight is something of the call Joshua gave to an earlier generation of priesthood bearers, young men and those not so young, who needed to perform a miracle in their time. To these who would need to complete ancient Israel’s most formidable task—recapturing and repossessing their promised land of old—Joshua said, “Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the Lord will do wonders among you.”1 Let me share a story with you suggesting how soon and how unexpectedly those tomorrows can come and in some cases how little time you may have to make hasty, belated preparation. On the afternoon of Wednesday, September 30, 1998, just two years ago last week, a Little League football team in Inkom, Idaho, was out on the field for its midweek practice. They had completed their warm-ups and were starting to run a few plays from scrimmage. Dark clouds were gathering, as they sometimes do in the fall, and it began to rain lightly, but that was of no concern to a group of boys who loved playing football. Suddenly, seemingly out of nowhere, an absolutely deafening crack of thunder split the air, inseparable from the flash of lightning that illuminated, literally electrified, the entire scene. At that very moment a young friend of mine, A. J. Edwards, then a deacon in the Portneuf Ward of the McCammon Idaho Stake, was ready for the ball on a handoff that was sure to be a touchdown in this little intersquad bit of horseplay. But the lightning that had illuminated earth and sky struck A. J. Edwards from the crown of his football helmet to the soles of his shoes. The impact of the strike stunned all the players, knocking a few to the ground, leaving one player temporarily without his sight and virtually all the rest of the players dazed and shaken. Instinctively they started running for the concrete pavilion adjacent to the park. Some of the boys began to cry. Many of them fell to their knees and began to pray. Through it all, A. J. Edwards lay motionless on the field. Brother David Johnson of the Rapid Creek Ward, McCammon Idaho Stake, rushed to the player’s side. He shouted to coach and fellow ward member Rex Shaffer, “I can’t get a pulse. He’s in cardiac arrest.” These two men, rather miraculously both trained emergency medical technicians, started a life-against-death effort in CPR. Cradling A. J.’s head as the men worked was the young defensive coach of the team, 18-year-old Bryce Reynolds, a member of the Mountain View Ward, McCammon Idaho Stake. As he watched Brother Johnson and Brother Shaffer urgently applying CPR, he had an impression. I am confident it was a revelation from heaven in every sense of the word. He remembered vividly a priesthood blessing that the bishop had once given his grandfather following an equally tragic and equally life-threatening accident years earlier. Now, as he held this young deacon in his arms, he realized that for the first time in his life he needed to use his newly conferred Melchizedek Priesthood in a similar way. In anticipation of his 19th birthday and forthcoming call to serve a mission, young Bryce Reynolds had been ordained an elder just 39 days earlier. Whether he audibly spoke the words or only uttered them under his breath, Elder Reynolds said: “A. J. Edwards, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the power and authority of the Melchizedek Priesthood which I hold, I bless you that you will be OK. In the name of Jesus Christ, amen.” As Bryce Reynolds closed that brief but fervent blessing offered in the language of an 18-year-old, A. J. Edwards drew his first renewed breath. The ongoing prayers, miracles, and additional priesthood blessings of that entire experience—including a high-speed ambulance drive to Pocatello and a near-hopeless LifeFlight to the burn center at the University of Utah—all of that the Edwards family can share with us at a later time. It is sufficient to say that a very healthy and very robust A. J. Edwards is in the audience tonight with his father as my special guests. I also recently talked on the telephone with Elder Bryce Reynolds, who has been serving faithfully in the Texas Dallas Mission for the past 17 months. I love these two wonderful young men. Now, my young friends of both the Aaronic and Melchizedek Priesthood, not every prayer is answered so immediately, and not every priesthood declaration can command the renewal or the sustaining of life. Sometimes the will of God is otherwise. But young men, you will learn, if you have not already, that in frightening, even perilous moments, your faith and your priesthood will demand the very best of you and the best you can call down from heaven. You Aaronic Priesthood boys will not use your priesthood in exactly the same way an ordained elder uses the Melchizedek, but all priesthood bearers must be instruments in the hand of God, and to be so, you must, as Joshua said, “sanctify yourselves.” You must be ready and worthy to act. That is why the Lord repeatedly says in the scriptures, “Be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the Lord.”2 Let me tell you what that phrase “bear the vessels of the Lord” means. Anciently it had at least two meanings, both related to the work of the priesthood. The first refers to the recovery and return to Jerusalem of various temple implements that had been carried into Babylon by King Nebuchadnezzar. In physically handling the return of these items, the Lord reminded those early brethren of the sanctity of anything related to the temple. Therefore as they carried back to their homeland these various bowls, basins, cups, and other vessels, they themselves were to be as clean as the ceremonial instruments they bore.3 The second meaning is related to the first. Similar bowls and implements were used for ritual purification in the home. The Apostle Paul, writing to his young friend Timothy, said of these, “In a great house there are … vessels of gold and … silver, … of wood and of earth”—these means of washing and cleansing common in the time of the Savior. But Paul goes on to say, “If a man … purge himself [of unworthiness], he shall be a vessel … sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work.” Therefore, Paul says, “Flee … youthful lusts: … follow righteousness, … call on the Lord out of a pure heart.”4 In both of these biblical accounts the message is that as priesthood bearers not only are we to handle sacred vessels and emblems of God’s power—think of preparing, blessing, and passing the sacrament, for example—but we are also to be a sanctified instrument as well. Partly because of what we are to do but more importantly because of what we are to be, the prophets and apostles tell us to “flee … youthful lusts” and “call on the Lord out of a pure heart.” They tell us to be clean. Now, we live in an age when that cleanliness is more and more difficult to preserve. With modern technology even your youngest brothers and sisters can be carried virtually around the world before they are old enough to ride a tricycle safely across the street. What were in my generation carefree moments of moviegoing, TV watching, and magazine reading have now, with the additional availability of VCRs, the Internet, and personal computers, become amusements fraught with genuine moral danger. I put the word amusements in italics. Did you know that the original Latin meaning of the word amusement is “a diversion of the mind intended to deceive”? Unfortunately that is largely what “amusements” in our day have again become in the hands of the arch deceiver. Recently I read an author who said: “Our leisure, even our play, is a matter of serious concern. [That is because] there is no neutral ground in the universe: every square inch, every split second, is claimed by God and counterclaimed by Satan.”5 I believe that to be absolutely true, and no such claiming and counterclaiming anywhere is more crucial and conspicuous than that being waged for the minds and morals, the personal purity of the young. Brethren, part of my warning voice tonight is that this will only get worse. It seems the door to permissiveness, the door to lewdness and vulgarity and obscenity swings only one way. It only opens farther and farther; it never seems to swing back. Individuals can choose to close it, but it is certain, historically speaking, that public appetite and public policy will not close it. No, in the moral realm the only real control you have is self-control. Brethren, if you are struggling with self-control in what you look at or listen to, in what you say or what you do, I ask you to pray to your Father in Heaven for help. Pray to Him as Enos did, who wrestled before God and struggled mightily in the spirit.6 Wrestle like Jacob did with the angel, refusing to let go until a blessing had come.7 Talk to your mom and dad. Talk to your bishop. Get the best help you can from all the good people who surround you. Avoid at all costs others who would tempt you, weaken your will, or perpetuate the problem. If anyone does not feel fully worthy tonight, he can become worthy through repentance and the Atonement of the Lord Jesus Christ. The Savior wept and bled and died for you. He has given everything for your happiness and salvation. He certainly is not going to withhold help from you now! Then you can help others to whom you are sent, now and in the future, as one holding the priesthood of God. You can then, as a missionary, be what the Lord described as “a physician [to] the church.”8 Young men, we love you. We worry about you and want to help you every way we can. Nearly 200 years ago William Wordsworth wrote that “the world is too much with us.” What on earth would he say about the encroachments pressing in on your souls and sensibilities today? In addressing some of these problems facing you, we are mindful that an absolute multitude of young men is faithfully living the gospel and standing resolutely before the Lord. I am sure that multitude includes the overwhelming majority of all who are listening here tonight. But the cautions we give to the few are important reminders even to the faithful. In the most difficult and discouraging days of World War II, Winston Churchill said to the people of England: “To every man there comes … that special moment when he is figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a special thing unique to him and fitted to his talent. What a tragedy if that moment finds him unprepared or unqualified for the work which would be his finest hour.” In an even more serious kind of spiritual warfare, brethren, the day may come—indeed, I am certain will come—when in an unexpected circumstance or a time of critical need, lightning will strike, so to speak, and the future will be in your hands. Be ready when that day comes. Be strong. Always be clean. Respect and revere the priesthood that you hold, tonight and forever. I bear witness of this work, of the power we have been given to direct it, and of the need to be worthy in administering it. Brethren, I testify that the call in every age—and especially our age—is Joshua’s call: “Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the Lord will do wonders among you.” In the name of Jesus Christ, amen. Josh. 3:5. Isa. 52:11; see also 3 Ne. 20:41; D&C 38:42; D&C 133:5. See 2 Kgs. 25:14–15; Ezra 1:5–11. 2 Tim. 2:20–22; emphasis added. C. S. Lewis, Christian Reflections, ed. Walter Hooper (1967), 33. See Enos 1:2–10. See Gen. 32:24–26. D&C 31:10.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line4077
__label__wiki	0.818918	0.818918	Return to the Sea: The Life and Evolutionary Times of Marine Mammals Annalisa Berta Carl Buell Availability: Print on Demand, Firm Sale, 2-4 weeks for delivery. RRP $40.95 \| 4% OFF \| SAVE $1.64 Description - Return to the Sea: The Life and Evolutionary Times of Marine Mammals by Annalisa Berta Return to the Sea portrays the life and evolutionary times of marine mammals-from giant whales and sea cows that originated 55 million years ago to the deep-diving elephant seals and clam-eating walruses of modern times. This fascinating account of the origin of various marine-mammal lineages-some extinct, others extant but threatened-is for the nonspecialist. Against a backdrop of geologic time and changing climates and geography, this volume takes evolution as its unifying principle to help us to understand today's diversity of marine mammals and their responses to environmental challenges. Annalisa Berta explains current controversies and explores patterns of change now taking place, such as shifting food webs and predator-prey relationships, habitat degradation, global warming, and the effects of humans on marine-mammal communities. Buy Return to the Sea: The Life and Evolutionary Times of Marine Mammals by Annalisa Berta from Australia's Online Independent Bookstore, Boomerang Books. Mathematics & science » Imprint: University of California Press Publish Date: 31-Mar-2020 Other Editions - Return to the Sea: The Life and Evolutionary Times of Marine Mammals by Annalisa Berta Book Reviews - Return to the Sea: The Life and Evolutionary Times of Marine Mammals by Annalisa Berta » Have you read this book? We'd like to know what you think about it - write a review about Return to the Sea: The Life and Evolutionary Times of Marine Mammals book by Annalisa Berta and you'll earn 50c in Boomerang Bucks loyalty dollars (you must be a Boomerang Books Account Holder - it's free to sign up and there are great benefits!) More Books By Annalisa Berta Return to the Sea Rebels, Scholars, Explorers: Women in Vertebrate Paleontology Whales, Dolphins & Porpoises: A Natural History and Species Guide	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line4081
__label__wiki	0.990562	0.990562	Jon Arbuckle buys a second pet, a dog named Odie. However, Odie is then abducted and it is up to Jon's cat, Garfield, to find and rescue the canine. 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__label__cc	0.650416	0.349584	The Malloreon [2] King of the Murgos (1988) History continues to repeat itself as The Malloreon continues with Book 2, King of the Murgos. Our party treads familiar ground as the true quest for Zandramas gets underway (after a bunch of distractions in Book 1, which boiled down to nothing but an extended prologue) and finally moves into new territory about halfway through. This is good, because that's when the story really picks up. We'll finally have some new maps in this post as we journey into southern Cthol Murgos, an area of the western continent that we have yet to explore. If you'll recall in my post for Magician's Gambit, Belgarath mentions that southern Cthol Murgos is shrouded in mystery and they don't even know all the names of the cities down there... which is clearly a mistake on Eddings's part, since Belgarath seems quite familiar with the area now. And why wouldn't he... surely he's explored the area a few times during his 7,000+ years of life? This is part 7 of my The Belgariad and The Malloreon retrospective These blogs are most effective with your own re-read of both series History Repeats Itself (Again) I feel like I've written about this before... oh yeah, in my post on Guardians of the West. Once again, a similar sequence of events takes place in this book as in Book 2 of The Belgariad, Queen of Sorcery. The party starts in Arendia and moves down into Nyissa, mirroring their previous journey almost exactly. They stop at all the same places (Great Arendish Fair, Tol Honeth, Wood of the Dryads, Sthiss Tor, etc) and meet many of the same characters (or analogs of them). For example, a new character, Naradas, a Mallorean Grolim with white eyes, takes the place of Brill from The Belgariad, the footpad who was really a Dagashi. If you remember, Brill had a lazy eye or some such, and Naradas pretty much serves the same purpose in this series. You also have them bumping into the same minor characters: Delvor at the Fair, Jeebers in Tol Honeth, Xbel in the Wood of the Dryads, Droblek and Issus in Sthiss Tor... and so on. Polgara and Garion visit Salmissra in Sthiss Tor, and that same scene is even reflected on the cover. It's not a bad section despite the repetition, as Eddings throws in some new party members to make things more interesting. What's nice is that Garion actually realizes that everything is repeating, which I find surprising, considering how completely dense he is when it comes to carnal knowledge of his own wife. Garion mentions it to Belgarath, who says it make sense, as if he's suddenly realizing it himself. The two prophecies have met numerous times over the millennia, so it stands to reason that they would be similar each time. Obviously Eddings put this conversation in to address the reader's concerns directly, but I find the concept interesting... so does that mean that thousands of years ago, in a previous meeting, there was a group of people traveling through Arendia and Nyissa, etc etc? Exactly to what does the repetition apply to? The Cover I'm not overly fond of this cover... it's okay, but too much like the cover for Queen of Sorcery to be interesting. It merely shows Salmissra (a snake now, compared to the woman on Queen of Sorcery) on a pathetic-looking throne, along with Polgara and Garion. A map of Nyissa in the background completes the look. No silhouette this time. I actually like the version of Garion on this cover, though. Garion looks pretty much like I've always imagined him. Polgara I'm not as thrilled with, though it is a nice portrait of a woman. She should have longer hair and I'm not sure what's up with that headband... but oh well. I don't buy the books for their covers. Since we left behind all of our warriors - regulars like Barak, Mandorallen, Hettar and Lelldorin - we need some new party members to fill the void. We already have Toth, the mute guardian of Cyradis, the Seer, who becomes fast fishing friends with Durnik and takes on the role of hulking brute, previously vacated by Barak. Now that we have Garion in the role of a warrior, we don't really need more. Instead, we get more "thief" types. First up is Velvet, true name Margravine Liselle. Like Silk (Prince Kheldar), she is Drasnian and has many of the same skills and attributes Silk does. It's good to have more women, since casts in these types of fantasy novels are usually male-oriented. It's also obvious from the start that Silk is attracted to her, and their relationship blossoms over the course of the series, just one of a few love stories we'll read about when all is said and done. Credit ereya Next we have Sadi, formerly Chief Eunuch of Salmissra. This is an interesting curve ball from Eddings, as he's the type of character you never thought would join our party of heroes. Nyissans are generally not to be trusted (especially from the Alorn perspective) and you're hard-pressed to find a reason why Sadi would be useful to the quest. But then the Voice of Prophecy tells Belgarath that Sadi must go, and that's that, much to Belgarath's disgust. I couldn't find a fan picture of Sadi... but one's not really needed. He's essentially the same type of character that Varys is in George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire. So just imagine Conleth Hill as Varys from the TV show: Finally, we have Zith. She's a snake of Sadi's... a small little snake he owns, who looks cute and purrs, but is the "deadliest snake in the world." That's her in the picture of Velvet, if you were wondering. I mention Zith only because she does have a role to play in the story later. More Random Creatures Like the previous series, Eddings throws in some random magical / mythical creatures to break the monotony of the quest. In The Belgariad, you had things like Algroth, Eldrakyn, Dryads, Hrulgin, and a lonely dragon (the only one in existence, fruitlessly searching for her dead mate) that was heard but not seen. According to Belgarath and popular lore, these creatures were "mistakes" by the Gods, created and then left to fend for themselves or die out. In this book, we get some more. There's the reappearance of the dragon from The Belgariad, only this time it attacks our party. Later we learn that this was actually Zandramas herself (who is revealed to be a woman in this novel, much to everyone's amazement... apparently women can't be evil to them). Much like our good sorcerers have their own animal forms (wolves, owls, etc), so do the evil ones. There's also the mysterious Raveners they encounter in the Great Southern Forest, which are essentially zombies. So out of nowhere our party is being chased down by hungry zombies and our sorcerers must shield everyone for days in order to survive. Raveners = Zombies Lastly, they encounter a madman in the woods on the Isle of Verkat, who is nothing more than a sorcerer who never had proper training and went crazy because of it. Not exactly a random mythical creature, but in the spirit of hermits I decided to include it. All these encounters are rather pointless, but add some excitement and keep the action going. Rak Urga Finally, we get to some new, uncharted territory. Rak Urga is the seat of the Urga Military District, one of nine total Districts. It's also the capital city of the country, housing the palace of the King, the Drojim. It's also home to the Hierarch of the Grolims in Cthol Murgos (kind of like their religious leader) and surprisingly, we discover that despite the death of Torak, Grolims are still sacrificing people at their altars. Before we get there, though, our party (in the guise of Nyissan slavers, led by Sadi) passes through the Araga District, where they are beset upon by some Dagashi (trained assassins) and are taken to Kahsha, their mysterious fortress in the middle of the Araga Desert. So Eddings conveniently finds a way to get our party to this locale, which would otherwise never be shown. The party is tasked with escorting a Dagashi assassin from Rak Urga to Rak Hagga so he can assassinate Emperor Zakath. So obviously, our party has lots of fun in the Urga District, visiting both the Drojim and Temple of Torak. Eriond continues to evince strange abilities, like being able to douse the sacrificial fires in the Temple at will, freeze people and command the Grolims to stop their sacrifices. It should be obvious at this point who Eriond will become. We even have a demon battle at the docks, between Polgara and a Grolim sorceress named Chabat. To make a long story short... Chabat loses. Not only the battle, but her soul. The most important part of Rak Urga, though, is the revelation that Urgit, King of the Murgos, is actually half-Alorn... and Silk's brother! The Changing Angaraks Urgit is a minor character in the overall scope of the series, but I suppose he's important enough here to warrant naming the novel after him. Since he's Silk's brother (same father), this means he will not meet the same fate as his Urga predecessors (most notably Taur Urgas, who went mad and died on Cho-Hag of Algaria's sword in The Belgariad). This also means that he's someone Garion and the other Alorns can relate to - a Murgo they can like. As such, he's a very weak king, and Emperor Zakath and his Malloreans have been eating up his kingdom, district by district. Garion ends up having to give him advice and help even though he doesn't want to, since that in turn is the only way to further his own quest. Credit frozenneko The death of Torak began many changes, and this is the first of many. Soon there may come a time when Alorns can be friends with all Angaraks. This already started with the Nadraks at the end of The Belgariad, when they switched sides at the Battle of Thull Mardu. Now the Murgos are coming around with their new king, and as the series progresses, our party will make a very good Mallorean friend - which will essentially change the relationship between Alorns and Angaraks for good. What about the Thulls, you ask? Who cares about the Thulls. They're stupid. The Isle of Verkat Despite the title of the last section of the book, we don't spend that much time there. Our party (along with Urgit) travels by ship part of the way around the southern end of Cthol Murgos, gaining some considerable time on Zandramas before becoming shipwrecked and travelling the rest of the way on horseback. They stop at an abandoned watchtower Eriond knows about - where he lived with Zedar as a child - a sequence reminiscent of the cave in Magician's Gambit, where they find shelter when they need it most. Later, Urgit leaves the party to start being king (and lead an attack against a Mallorean army) and they make their way to the Isle of Verkat. Some Dals live there - the race of the Seers, originally from Dalasian in Mallorea - and they are betrayed to the Malloreans by Toth (on purpose). Finally, after two books... we are off to Mallorea and a whole new continent! Eddings did an admirable job taking us to every part of Cthol Murgos, though, much like he did for every kingdom in The Belgariad. Still, Why Can't We Just...? As I mentioned in the previous blog for Guardians of the West, sorcery gets shrugged off as a solution far too often. As prophecy repeats itself in the series, so do my blog posts it seems. This time Garion actually brings the topic up as frustration sets in. In Chapter 17 (pg 290, paperback) he says: "I don't care about what we're supposed to do. I want my son back. I'm tired of creeping around trying to satisfy all the clever little twists and turns of the Prophecy. What's wrong with just ignoring it and going right straight to the point?" Belgarath succinctly points out that usually it only puts one farther behind. Following the prophecy is truly the fastest way to get to where it wants them to go - which is to Zandramas and Geran. A good way to explain it, and one that is plausible within the confines of the story. One last thing. Look at the map in the Rak Urga section again. You'll see the Equator at the top, and the Antarctic Circle at the bottom. I don't know about you, but based on the relatively short time it takes them to travel from Nyissa, down to Rak Urga and then around the southern edge of the continent... it doesn't seem like this planet we're on is very big at all. On our world, the distance from the Equator to the Antarctic Circle is some 6,000+ miles (I'm just guessing from a glance at Google Maps). Using that same scale, the distance from Nyissa to Rak Urga should be around 3,000 miles. There is no way they traveled that far. In the text it feels like 500 miles or so, based on the time and method of travel. Which leads me to believe that this planet is extremely small. Essentially, the entire western continent is probably smaller than the whole of South America, if I've got the distances down correctly. This makes me think of a post on The Wertzone, about comparative distances between famous fantasy worlds. The complete continents in The Belgariad and The Malloreon are probably about the size of Randland from The Wheel of Time (middle right). And if you look at the entire map of The Wheel of Time world, you'll see that Randland is only a small part of it. I don't recall specific distances from the texts, I'm merely going off the length of time it takes them to travel (primarily by horseback). Credit The Wertzone. Can you guess which is which? Not that there's anything wrong with a small world, though I don't know if a planet that small could be habitable and comparable to Earth. In my opinion, it's an oversight on the part of Eddings. Unimportant in the grand scheme of things, but a huge oversight. Or small, depending on how you look at it. The Malloreon Book 3 - Demon Lord of Karanda Book 1 - Guardians of the West The Belgariad Book 5 - Enchanter's End Game Book 4 - Castle of Wizardry Book 3 - Magician's Gambit Book 2 - Queen of Sorcery Book 1 - Pawn of Prophecy All maps by Shelly Shapiro Labels: david eddings, retrospective, the malloreon The Wheel of Time is Complete	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line4085
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__label__wiki	0.668432	0.668432	Mischief Maker’s Top 10 Games of 2020 Posted on January 14, 2021, 1:00 AM, by Mischief Maker, under Article. Mischief Maker’s Top 10 games of the year 2020. 10. Jet Lancer A wildly fast modern arcade game that plays like the souped-up lovechild of Time Pilot and Lunar Lander. With fast WASD and mouseaim controls, fly your superjet with modular weapons through a 30+ mission story campaign. Shoot down hundreds of enemy fighters, boats, tanks, and giant mecha bosses in a combat system that rewards perfectly-timed invincibility rolls with temporarily powered-up attacks. There’s also an aftergame endless mode. An absolutely thrilling game to play, my only complaint is the vague scoring system can be extremely frustrating on certain missions when trying for that perfect “Ace” rating. Tags: game reviews, mischief maker's maker's mark, top 10 lists Comment in the forums The Making of Prince of Persia (Journals 1985-1993) by Jordan Mechner Posted on January 2, 2021, 12:19 PM, by Flack, under Review. The second (of two) books Jordan Mechner self-published is another set of his own hand-written journals, this time covering the development of Prince of Persia and its sequel, Prince of Persia 2. The journal begins as Karateka has become the #1 best selling game on the Apple II. Not only does Mechner make 15% royalty off every copy sold for the Apple II, but a slightly lesser royalty (7.5%-10%) on ports for other systems. It’s enough money to cover his expenses for the next few years, but eventually he’ll either need to make another game, sell one of his film manuscripts, or (gulp) get a day job. After graduating tom Yale in 1985, Mechner makes the trip from NYC back to California to begin work on a new, Persian-styled game that is instantly dubbed “Prince of Persia” around the office. The Broderbund Mechner returns to is not the one he left. Games like Choplifter aren’t selling like they used to. The company’s new best seller is Print Shop. Tags: atari, c64, commodore, commodore 64, karateka, prince of persia The Making of Karateka (Journals 1982-1985) by Jordan Mechner Posted on December 16, 2020, 7:14 AM, by Flack, under Article. Reading a non-fiction book and knowing things about the author that haven’t happened yet is an interesting experience. The Making of Karateka is a collection of hand-written journals captured by Jordan Mechner that span from 1982-1985. The first few entries set the scene of Mechner’s life. In the beginning of the journal, Mechner is a 17-year-old Yale freshman with many interests. He loves music and films, but has also been busy programming games on his Apple II computer. Mechner has been shopping around his first game (an Asteroids clone) to publishers without much success, and has placed all his hopes on a new game he’s developing called Deathbounce, which is an Asteroids-like game with some original twists. As the journal moves through Mechner’s freshman year we read about the typical struggles of a college freshman. Sometimes he focuses on his programming, sometimes he dreams of becoming a novelist or screenwriter, and often, he sleeps through his classes and wonders how he’ll pull out passing grades. During these entries, Mechner works out what he believes are the principles of fun games, and continues to inspire himself. He finds a little success with some of his programs, but not the huge success he dreams of. Tags: apple 2, atari, c64, commodore, commodore 64, interactive fiction, karateka Mischief Maker’s Top 10 Unique Games Posted on July 28, 2020, 2:00 AM, by Mischief Maker, under Review. One of the biggest joys of indie gaming is the creative freedom bedroom programmers have to try crazy new ideas or genre-blends that no AAA developer would dare gamble their multi-million-dollar operations on. Here’s a list of some of the more unique games of recent years that offer something you probably haven’t experienced before. 1. Battle Chef Brigade A silly mix of the brawler, platformer, and match-3 gem puzzler genres in a fantasy version of Iron Chef Japan. Judges challenge you and your opponent to cook up a dish made from a certain monster and heavily emphasizing some combination of flavor. Then you rush from the kitchen into a monster-infested platforming arena where you must find and slay creatures whose randomly-dropped body parts have the flavor profile you seek. Then you dash back to the kitchen where the ingredients are converted into patterns of gems, whose color correspond to a different flavor, and you mix them in a pan by stirring them (rotating 4 gems in a square area) into lines of 3 gems that combine to a higher grade of gem. Get the highest total score from number and quality of gems in the dish while emphasizing the Judge’s requested flavor and you win! As the game goes on things get more complicated. Monsters need to be fed in the field so they produce special ingredients, some ingredients have fragile gems that break if stirred too much, some monsters have poison gems that explode from stirring but can be neutralized and provide a free gem promotion if you manage to match 3 fast enough. To counter the challenge, you accumulate equipment to even the odds like weapons that improve your special moves, spices and sauces to tilt the match-3 in your favor, cutting boards to remove unwanted gems, and ovens that slowly process ingredients on their own while you’re out fighting in the field. The game also has a unique graphic style; the animations have a relatively low number of frames, but the sprites are extremely detailed. This can be a problem for timing your dodges with certain monsters (dragons). The music is orchestral with a chipper feel, and the cutscenes are fully and competently voice-acted. You get a story mode and plenty of aftergame content like custom matches, daily challenges, and a roguelite survival mode. While the main game is played almost entirely by the ninja-style Chinese food chef, the aftergame modes can also be played by the berserker-style Mexican food chef, and the necromancer-style junk food chef. 2. Seven: The Days Long Gone Bummed that Cyberpunk 2077’s been delayed again? Check out Seven: The Days Long Gone for the taste of a CD Projekt Red-esque action RPG set in an open-world sci-fi dystopia, crossed with the game Assassin’s Creed SHOULD have been. In other words, lots and lots of parkour Benny Hill chases in a morally ambiguous open world where NPCs use curse words all the FOOKING time. In a post-AI-rebellion-apocalypse world, you play a cyborg thief who during a routine burglary has his bionic eye hijacked by an ancient AI, then wakes up in chains on a Zeppelin being shipped to the prison island/archaeological gold rush of “Peh” for what the AI tells you is a secret mission for THE EMPRAH. Developer Fool’s Theory is made up of several Witcher devs, so the controls are very similar to Witcher 3, albeit fixed in an overhead isometric perspective. Like Assassin’s Creed you can freely leap, climb, and rappel through the surprisingly vertical environments of Peh, but unlike AC you have to actually aim and time your jumps instead of just holding down the “play the game for me” button. Your bionic eye allows you to enter detective mode at will, highlighting hiding spots, uncovering hidden treasures when moused-over, revealing the vision cone of a particular guard, and best of all, something that should be in ALL stealth games, you can fast forward time while waiting for a guard to turn their back. As a prison island, Peh is an unpleasant and restrictive place with security gates everywhere. Graphics are cel-shaded, but with much more detailed textures than that usually implies. Music varies between twangy guitar in the populated areas and mysterious ambient in the ruins. The color pallette is your standard post-apocalyptic brown, and future tech is indicated by concrete structures with pulsing light leaking out through the seams that reminds me of Old Man Murray’s Marvin-from-the-future talking about working a construction job laying a futuristic type of drywall. But all this aesthetic ugliness works to the game’s advantage because it accentuates the game’s experience of saying, “fuck the quarantine rules, I go where I want.” While you CAN legally buy visas for all the island’s security checkpoints, the absurd prices make it clear buying them’s a chump’s game when you can just as easily climb and sneak your way past for free. Likewise, just like Monty Cantsin said in his Morrowind review that Elder Scrolls-type open world games give you the irresistible urge to barge into people’s houses and steal everything not nailed down, Seven rewards that urge with its extensive crafting system, where even a broken lightbulb can be turned into a generic “tech component” to help craft a kickass techno-crossbow (protip: only break down items the game makes clear are busted or rotten, you’re gonna need those metal rivets and polymer forms for certain recipes). The game doesn’t have an XP system, instead rewarding exploration with caches of cyber-chips to install and higher-grade levels of equipment. While ostensibly you’re playing a thief, by late game with the right cyberware and weapons you can be a melee powerhouse doing aerial ninja throws. A thoroughly enjoyable anti-authoritarian experience! 3. Thea 2: The Shattering Somewhere between “King of Dragon Pass,” the strategy portion of “XCom,” and the early game of “Civilization” lies Thea 2, a story-heavy kinda-4X kinda-RPG game taking place in a fantasy world heavily based off Slavic mythology. It’s not necessary to play Thea 1, this game does a good job filling in the story gaps, and I wouldn’t recommend part 1 anyway because of several gameplay flaws part 2 fixes. Suffice to say after a fantasy apocalypse that drenched the world in darkness, the heroes of the first game restored the world tree and put the world on the slow path to recovery. But in Thea 2 an apocalyptic explosion of light from underground has shattered the world into separate continents, scrambled the pantheon of gods, and threatens to tear the world of Thea apart. You play one of the new pantheon of gods, with your own particular blessings and story events, leading a tribe of survivors lead by your chosen prophet on a grand quest to survive in this dangerous world and put a stop to this cancerous light. The game controls very much like a 4X game, with the world broken up into hexes, and your people only able to move a certain number of hexes per turn. In between turns you have the option of setting up camp where you can heal wounds, craft equipment, and gather nearby resources. Your people have classes, attributes, open skill trees, and a “paper doll” equipment system. Both on the world map and the resting phase, you’ll run into various story encounters with multiple paths to take “choose your own adventure”-style. When it’s time for a skill check, you play a 3-dimensional card battle game (2D board, with time as the 3rd dimension indicated by an action initiative bar on the side). Depending on the type of encounter, the skills and attack power of characters change; a heavily armored warrior may be a powerhouse in combat, but utterly useless in a negotiation, yet vice-versa for a bookish sage. Thea 2 allows you to play a character multiple times in a combat round at the cost of fewer actions, a big improvement over Thea 1 because it rewards specializing your characters. Like X-Com, you’re constantly fighting to get your teammates equipped with the best equipment to keep pace as the difficulty of world encounters increases over time. Also like X-Com your characters can get killed or cursed or otherwise screwed up by the Random Number Generator, but the game is designed to fill in team gaps with new characters as needed to keep the story going, and sometimes a bad encounter can turn into an unexpected boon as per the trailer. Aesthetically the 3D map is unremarkable, but the hand-drawn art for character portraits and encounters is beautiful and detailed. All the text in the game is voice-narrated. While it follows the same story beats every play through, most long exposition events give you a dialog option to skip the story and get to the point. The music is a cross between Slavic folk songs and epic marches. At turns unexpectedly interesting and funny, with an abstract but deep combat system, and an absorbing sense of escalating power with both planned and procedural story moments in equal measure. Thea 2 is not just an unusual blend of genres, it’s its own beast and I love it. 4. Kromaia Despite owning the game for years and the developer coming to the forum to try to explain it to me, I still don’t feel like I fully “get” this game’s loop, but it’s definitely a unique experience so I’ll give it my best try. Kromaia is like a cross between a Descent-style 6 degrees of freedom shooter, the classic rail-shooter/marital-aid “Rez,” and the procedurally evolving freeware shmup Warning Forever. It takes place in an abstract Tron-esque world of zero gravity polygons. You are a spirit flying a star fighter through this world at the behest of an imprisoned god, bringing vengeance upon her four rivals. There are four different types of fighter (plus an unlockable fifth type) with different weapon systems and background music/color, and slightly different handling. Each story level is a maze of vaguely Mayan ruins, techno forests, particle colliders, and other bizarre locations populated by increasingly frenzied swarms of enemies as you explore for collectibles, pick up keys, and ultimately fight a screen-filling 3D boss with individual parts that must be shot off before the core is vulnerable. But the part of the game I prefer to story is the “Extra” mode where you fly at high speed through an enormous asteroid-choked arena through gate after gate while hounded by enemy swarms whose composition and tactics are procedurally adapting to your play style the whole time. I’d describe the game’s aesthetic as an oversized Atari 800 game. From the abstract cuboid shapes of the enemies and arenas to the sound samples in the soundtrack, it’s all very evocative of a particular moment in 80s gaming at its trippiest. Between the ambient electronic droning, the enormous bloom-soaked floating arenas, and the incomprehensible story, it’s a dreamlike experience. The odd thing about this game that distinguishes it from a regular Descent clone is how regular enemies move and attack. Even though you have free movement, they only attack from the front and will follow your turns with incredible speed to slide into your front view, making this free-roaming game nevertheless play like a rail-shooter. There’s also an odd wrinkle with mouse controls that I don’t know if it’s a bug or a feature (because the ship handling in this game is done via physics simulation but ships turn way faster with tiny mouse movements than rapid moves. Some bosses do the whole “stay in front” movement, but others tend to envelop you like they’re a level unto themselves. (Protip: the F1-F3 keys switch between camera zooms, and some are better for certain ships than others). It’s weird, I don’t know if I’m playing it right, but it’s definitely cool, especially if you have a soft spot for the Atari 800. 5. Steamworld Heist An entire subgenre of gaming has been created in the wake of Firaxis’ remake of X-Com, especially learning to deal with getting F’ed by the random number generator when your 92% chance shot misses at the worst possible time. But what would the tactical combat of X-Com be like if you replaced the simulated dice with a test of the player’s skill and reflexes instead? It’s the distant future of the 1890s, Earth has been exploded and the resulting debris field is populated by sentient steampunk robots, fighting over sources of water to keep their boilers functional. You play a thief-with-a-heart-of-gold pirate captain whose buccaneering ways gets her and her crew wrapped up in a three way war for control of the shattered earth. All while following the insterstellar tour of the real-life steambot indie band who wrote and perform the OST. This game is indie squared! Missions take place on randomly-generated side-scrolling multi-platform stages. Units have 2 action points and automatically duck behind cover. However unlike X-Com, there are no dice involved. You manually aim the barrel of your robot’s gun (with some slight wobble) ala. “Bust-a-Move” and the bullet moves as a physical projectile in the direction you pointed. If it hits a piece of cover it’s blocked, if you manage to fire at just the right moment to hit the corner of your enemy’s sprite poking out from behind the barrel they’re crouching behind, you hit. Head shots have a 50% chance to do extra damage. Sniper-class robots have laser sights and ricocheting bullets, allowing them to pull off ridiculous bouncing trick shots if you time your firing just right. It’s X-Com meets snooker! Unlike X-Com, none of your robots suffer permadeath and any mission can be replayed at will, though the layout of the level will change. As your robots level up (max level 10) they gain secondary skills that change their battle roles considerably. Ivansky the Heavy becomes a near-invincible tank, drawing enemy fire away from his comrades before counter-attacking with a cover-destroying grenade then walloping survivors with his supercharged close combat attacks, while Beatrice the Heavy becomes a stationary artillery monster, pounding enemies to paste with bazooka fire. Note that New Game+ gives you all the previously unlocked robots from the very start at level 1, so if you already have a team of four who you like, you don’t need to feel obligated to grind levels for the new blood. Note that this game was originally made for the 3DS and the console-friendly controls lean way more heavily on keyboard control than mouse, which could be a positive or negative for you. The aesthetic is crisp cartoonish robots with vaguely-western vaguely-sci-fi music playing in the background by the aforementioned indie band “Steam Powered Giraffe.” Very Firefly. Looking for X-Com esque tactical combat in bite-sized chunks where you don’t have a Random Number Generator to mess you up/blame for your own bad aim? Steamworld Heist is an easy recommend. 6. Desktop Dungeons Speaking of bite-sized chunks, Desktop Dungeons is a minesweeper-esque puzzle game that delivers the experience of leveling and fighting your way from novice to defeating the mightiest Foozle, all in the span of a single coffee break. Just as Seven is a game built around the inevitable kleptomania players develop in open world games, Desktop Dungeons celebrates the act of playing RPGs at its most min-maxing stat-whoring rules-lawyering munchkin level. The level is divided into a square grid covered in fog of war and each tile you uncover restores a little health and mana for both you and any injured enemies in the area. Gameplay is entirely turn-based, enemies do no act except in retaliation to your actions, and combat results are mostly determinative with no RNG. You’ll quickly find that brainlessly slaying monsters of equal level to you wears out your HP and Mana faster than you can recover it by exploring. If you want to level up quick and efficiently enough to be able to take on the big boss, you’ll need to make crafty use of spells and equipment to punch above your weight against higer level enemies for an XP boost. As later dungeons increase the challenge level, you’ll start to use counter-intuitive techniques, like leaving behind low-level “popcorn” enemies who can be harmlessly killed off later for an easy levelup (which fully refills health and mana) mid-boss-battle. Even later you’ll unlock the ability to worship temperamental gods who grant powerful blessings but place severe restrictions on your actions, then learn the technique of building up generic “faith points” with one god, then switching religions mid-dungeon to do the previously forbidden actions and instantly unlock the most powerful blessings of your new god. It’s meta-riffic! (Here’s a link to the wiki. You’ll need it). Aside from a couple animated particle effects, Desktop Dungeons is a still image affair, with large expressive portraits for your character and all the monsters. It can easily run in a window on your desktop like a game of minesweeper. The music is a rousing orchestral march. One thing I personally don’t like with the aesthetics is this game comes from the “golden age” of indies, and there was an obnoxious amount of cross-promotion in games of this time, so one of the most common monsters in the early game is literally Super Meat Boy. It’s short and sweet and tiny, but it can also be brain-bustingly difficult. Makes for a hell of a coffee break. 7. Space Pirates and Zombies 2 I never understood the success of the original Space Pirates and Zombies, there are so many games that did asteroids-style Newtonian physics combat with customized spaceships so much better. But Space Pirates and Zombies 2 came along and it’s a bigger, more ambitious, and massively improved game with most of the tedium removed or made optional, and the fanbase hated it. SPAZ 2 is a spaceship customizing action RPG taking place in a living world galaxy coming under attack by a biomechanical zombie plague similar to The Beast from Homeworld Cataclysm. You start out the lowliest captain in the galaxy with a barely functional ship made from junk, but by the end of the game you’ll be the leader of a mighty faction with dozens of captains under your banner, flying a monstrously deadly dreadnought of your own design. But unlike other space games where you go from pauper to Emprah, SPAZ2 never shifts genres into a management game or an RTS; all that galactic conquest is directly in service to the core loop of grabbing the best quality parts, building a spaceship with it piece-by-piece, then bringing it into battle. Combat in SPAZ 2 takes place in 3rd person on a 2D plane like Rebel Galaxy, but with much smarter AI turret logic. Your fleet consists of your customizable mothership and an escort of up to four strike craft (which includes every ship type from SPAZ 1), and the ability to switch to direct control over any ship in your fleet. What really makes SPAZ 2 unique is instead of slotting weapon systems into an existing ship model, your ship is built piece-by-piece like a Lego creation. Cubic squares form the innards of the ship and provide its base stats while outer edge parts provide the weaponry. The handling of your ship is based on the physics of its shape, with the “bridge” cube acting as center of mass. You really need a plan of attack when you build your ship, a “jack of all trades” design does not survive in the late game. But the cool thing is with these ships made of individual parts, ramming maneuvers are the most satisfying of any space game. While battlefleet gothic just has your ship awkwardly bump into the enemy for a couple seconds until the enemy suddenly explodes, a well-aimed ramming in SPAZ 2 can literally rip the enemy’s ship in half. Unfortunately all this modularity does not make for the prettiest spaceships. At best you could say a SPAZ 2 mothership looks like the Cygnus from Disney’s The Black Hole if all the mirror-faced cyborgs were throwing a ship-wide rave with Maximilian as DJ. The developers lean into the game’s absurd visuals with all other space captains looking like characters from a sci-fi edition of the Garbage Pail Kids, with insane voice acting to match. The bombastic orchestral soundtrack seems misplaced next to all that intentional silliness. On a personal note, I find the voice actor for Carl your mad scientist hilarious. At its core SPAZ 2 is just as much the game about grinding as SPAZ 1, but the loop is way less repetitive. Boring mining missions are present but totally optional, it’s mostly going to be combat. But the type of combat evolves as you go up in power level, from scavenging leftovers when assisting stronger ships in battles against bandits, to taking down bandit bases yourself, to fighting enemy factions so you can expand your empire and improve the type and quality of parts manufactured on your bases, to taking the fight to the zombie alpha directly. Slow and steady wins the race in SPAZ 2, but steady doesn’t mean samey. There’s not another space game that gives you this amount of control over the design of your ship, and this amount of focus in its other systems all leading back to the building of your custom ship. 8. Yoku’s Island Express I know I already mentioned this game in my earlier Chill Games List, but the all-powerful algorithm likes top 10 lists, and this certainly fits the bill as a unique game. A pinball metroidvania! You play a dung beetle tethered to a giant pinball who arrives at a magical tropical island to be its new postmaster, only to arrive at the exact moment a horrible ancient evil called the “godslayer” critically wounds the island’s patron god. The island’s leader tasks you with tracking down all the island’s elders to perform a magic ritual to heal the injured god, but you can’t help but feel like the godslayer is watching you the whole time. Yoku rolls his ball around with the arrow keys for normal movement, but throughout the game world are color-coded flippers (blue for left, orange for right) that you activate with the shift keys, sending the ball flying with the virtually weightless beetle dangling behind. Not only are flippers used for faster travel in the world map, but the major puzzles and boss battles in the game take place in complete unique pinball tables. I remember a time when a full-price pinball game gave you at most 3 tables. There isn’t a scoring system per se, but bumpers spit out fruits in bubbles that act as the island’s currency. In true Metroidvania fashion, throughout the game you pick up new tools that let you do things like blow up obstructions, swim underwater, and grapple-swing to access new areas. The game is presented in vividly colorful sprites with a fun jazzy soundtrack, but there’s some seriously contextually enhanced creepiness with the godslayer as you suddenly encounters nests of murdered infant bunnies and see the jagged mark left on its victims by the godslayer’s horrible claws. If you like pinball, you’ll like this game. I’ve 100%’ed it several times but it’s as fun to replay as a favorite pinball table. 9. The Last Federation AI War is the game Arcen Games is most known for, but I’m not very good at it and it has imitators (Infested Planet, Sorcerer King, etc.) so instead I’ll talk about their second most successful title. In the middle of a massively complex Crusader Kings-esque 4X simulation between 7 alien factions out to kill each other, you play the last survivor of a higher race of aliens dipping in and interfering with their development for the purpose of bringing the entire star system under the lasting peace of a unified multi-species federation. So essentially you’re Merlin the Magician uniting Britain IN SPACE! On one hand the 4X is playing itself so you only need to pay attention to a few of the moving parts at a time, on the other hand once you wrap your head around the complexities, the amount of options for you become staggering. One race is being attacked and losing the battle, how do you intervene and save them? You could take the direct route and fight off the attacking fleet directly with your superior combat skillz (more on that later), but that would majorly piss off the attacking side and leave them vulnerable to a counterattack by a third party. OR you could use your influence to massively speed up fleet production for the side under attack, angering nobody, making money for yourself, endearing yourself to the besieged side, and when the conflict ends in a stalemate you get to clean up the battle debris, one of the most profitable activities in the game! You only have to dive into the complexity as much as you want, but the more you dig in, the more Machiavellian the options get. And you’re gonna need to be Machiavellian because the alien races are the most uncooperative bickering pain-in-the-asses. Each race has their own personality and governmental structure. Say you want to the Boaraines to start a trade route with the Skylaxians to passively improve their relations over time, that’s not gonna happen if the current Boaraine regent is an isolationist who won’t even consider the option. Dare you risk an assassination? The communist Peltians have no interest in your cash bribes and will only follow your suggestions if you spend lots of time directly helping their development, then turn around and use the advantage you gave them with all those good deeds to start a carpet-bombing campaign against the Evucks. And the savage Burlusts are constantly going to war, spreading hate, and generally being destructive assholes, but if you patiently cultivate your relations with them they can instantly start a 3-way Federation between some of the strongest factions in the system. And then once you have the start of a federation, anti-federation groups pop up to mess with your plans! And if you put off the Federation for too long, there are super-weapons waiting at the apex of each species’ tech tree that will cause absolute havok. Combat is another unique aspect of the game. The best way to describe it is, “turn-based bullet hell.” You drag a line for your ship’s intended path, then pick which of your 3 weapon systems will fire and which target, kinda like Battlestar Galactica Deadlock or Critical Mass. But enemy ships don’t directly fire back in kind, they shoot danmaku-esque patterns of bullets, like cross shapes and splitting bullets and so on. It’s impossible to avoid all bullets and your shield can absorb a few, but blunder into the thickest part of an enemy bullet pattern and you’re gonna be hurting. It doesn’t sound like it would work but it actually works really well, even in high-speed dogfights. Aesthetically I think the music’s great, but that’s about it. The presentation is mostly still images of planets with rows and rows of choose your own adventure buttons across them. Also for a game so dependent on it’s story and the personality of its factions, the in-game lore is shockingly sparse. You need to watch the story video I linked for this article because for some reason the in-game lore barely explains any of this. This game is the most fun I’ve ever had in any game that promised me Machiavellian maneuvering. If you can get past the production values you’ll find there’s a reason this is such a sleeper hit. 10. Speed Brawl Like Kromaia, this was a game that baffled me when I first played it, but unlike that game I now understand Speed Brawl. It’s entirely the developers’ fault, though. As they admitted to me, in their rush to generate social media buzz in the fighting game community with “hidden techniques” they went overboard and left out core game mechanics. So this is going to be as much a beginner’s guide as a mini-review. The premise is you’re a participant in a pit-fighting tournament in a steampunk Victorian England in the aftermath of a war against cartoon versions of the bugs from Starship Troopers. Speed Brawl is the new sensation where fighters must punch their way through a swarm of corralled bugs and reach the finish line in time. You’re a spunky pair of fighters looking to prove their worth in the arena, cue typical sports management storyline with over-the-top Saturday morning cartoon villains. It’s a 2D side-scrolling brawler where you get locked by invisible walls at several points in the track and have to kill all the bugs who stand in your way as quickly as possible. While SB controls like a typical brawler, it plays totally differently. Shoulder slams from hitting the dash button do equivalent damage to a punch, but when you hold down the dash button for half a second, your character flashes yellow for a big damage boost, and if you keep holding for another split second you’ll flash red for a massive damage boost, far more time-efficient than comboing an enemy with regular attacks from a standstill. This is the game’s momentum system. But if you dash by kicking off a wall (and invisible walls at the arena’s edge count), or spinning from a pole, you instantly yellow flash and can reach red in half the time. What this results in is a Tony-Hawk-esque experience of finding the perfect “lines” through stage layouts to pinball your fighter around and do the most damage in the least amount of time. You also have stamina-fueled special attacks that do consistent damage regardless of your momentum, so they can be used to keep your line going through empty portions of the map. Once I figured out the arena-exploiting nature of the combat, it quickly became one of my favorite brawlers. There are 6 player characters in total you unlock over the course of the game, 3 light 3 heavy, and you bring 2 into every match with the ability to tag-team at will. Light fighters move the fastest and their special moves and ultimates are devoted to crowd control of weaklings, but heavies start slow but get faster and faster the higher the combo goes and their special moves tend to focus fire on a narrow area for heavier damage against a single target. Between matches there’s an equipment system whose console-friendly controls unfortunately requires 2-3 more button presses just to equip a goddamn pair of boots then necessary. The game has an elemental damage system that’s way more complicated than necessary, but in practice it’s just a passive way to nudge the player into using characters other than your two favorites (instead of taking your poison-based main character into this stage of just poison enemies, why not give the new fire-based guy a try?) Graphics are hand-drawn 2D sprites, and music is Saturday morning cartoon rock. I don’t like the protagonist’s default “Goku with tits” look, but later patches added an alternate costume that makes her look like a roller-derby lesbian, the most bad ass combatant imaginable. It’s a game that requires you to abandon most of your fighting game muscle memory to do it right, but once you get the hang of it, it’s a bone-crunching good time! Comments? Join us on the forum. Mischief Maker Tags: arcade games, indie gaming, mischief maker's maker's mark, retro gaming A Look at the Commodore 64 Mini Posted on June 24, 2020, 6:36 AM, by Flack, under Review. If the greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist, the greatest trick marketing executives ever pulled was convincing consumers to purchase the same things over and over. For example, in my lifetime I’ve purchased five copies of AC/DC’s Back in Black — once on vinyl, once on cassette, once on CD, once on iTunes, and, most recently, again on vinyl. Ten years from now if they figure out a way to beam music directly into our brains, I’m sure I’ll buy a sixth copy. Hells Bells, baby. I’m not sure there’s a form of entertainment that milks their customer base harder than the video game industry. Year after year and decade after decade, gaming heavyweights like Nintendo, Sega, and Sony continue to sell us virtual versions of the exact same games we purchased (in some cases) more than three decades ago. None of us who owned a Nintendo back in the 1980s could have predicted that the hottest holiday gift thirty years later would be the Nintendo Classic — a miniature version of the NES that plays the exact same games we grew up with. But before I owned my first NES (and long after I sold it) I owned a Commodore 64, a machine I have fond memories of to this day. It was the computer I discovered BBSes on, wrote programs on, and of course, played a never ending stream of games on. By the time 16-bit computers and consoles hit the market many Commodore 64 games felt and looked dated, but nostalgia is a powerful drug. Even though I still own the Commodore 64 I grew up with (and an SX-64, and a Commodore 128, and a couple of spares, and a bevy of devices that can accurately emulate the Commodore 64’s innards including a MiST FPGA, a Raspberry Pi, tablets, and laptops), when I saw the C64 Mini, I ordered one anyway. Like all of the “mini” consoles that have been released to date, including the Atari Flashback, Nintendo’s NES and SNES miniature consoles, and Sony’s PlayStation Classic, the C64 Mini is, if nothing else, cute. The machine is approximately half as deep and half as wide as the original; even as the largest of the current wave of mini consoles, it’s still adorable. The case’s unique dual brown tones, even if they aren’t 100% accurate, clearly identify the machine as a descendant of the original 64. A closer inspection of the case reveals a few of the system’s upgrades: RCA video has been replaced with HDMI, the two 9-pin joystick ports have been replaced with USB ports, and power, once supplied by an inefficient black brick, is now provided through a micro-USB port. For anyone unsure, the system’s keyboard is a single non-functional piece of plastic. Tags: commodore, commodore 64, retrogaming Mischief Maker’s Chill Game List Posted on May 18, 2020, 11:01 AM, by Mischief Maker, under Review. Like the title says. Games to help you chill out, maaaaan. Trine 2: The Complete Story To this day one of the most beautiful games ever created, and yes that is also in comparison to Trine 3 and 4. Trine 2 is a side scrolling puzzler with a heavy emphasis on its physics engine and strongly influenced by The Lost Vikings. The player controls 3 characters with varied skills who can body-switch in a blink, and fight their way through armies of nefarious goblins and mind-boggling witch’s portal-traps to solve the mystery of the talking flower. Along the way they’ll pick up hundreds of magic potions that unlock new powers in their extensive skill trees, providing new ways to fight and new tools to solve puzzles. All of this happens in one of the most gorgeously rendered storybook-come-to-life worlds I’ve ever seen realized in video game form. I’ve long since solved the game’s puzzles, but playing it over and over is still a delight to this day, it’s that pretty. A “lite” city builder that tasks you with creating mankind’s first space colony on the nearly Earth-like moon of the gas giant Aven Prime using TNG-esque levels of technology. It’s not all juggling power levels with food income and entertainment infrastructure. Aven Prime is teeming with life, much of it unfriendly, like giant sand worms, or floating plague spores, or more intelligent foes who need to be fought off with plasma turrets. The moon’s environment itself constantly throws curve balls, changing seasons from summer to winter in a single day and frequently having lightning and hailstorms. But despite all this the game remains imminently accessible, maybe holding your hand a little too much with constnat tutorial mini-quests that give substantial resource rewards (sandbox mode lets you play without these tutorials). While a game like Surviving Mars shows what a claustrophobic nightmare being trapped on an Elon Musk-style Mars colony would be, I would love to live on Aven Colony. Building an entertainment center and gaining the ability to explore your creation in a 3rd person chase cam behind a hover cab is an experience that feels hopeful and optimistic in a way Star Trek hasn’t been for decades. It doesn’t hurt that the graphics really show off the Unreal Engine 4 at its absolute best. Shadowhand Solitaire is a chill game, but gets kinda boring. Shadowhand is solitaire mixed with a Puzzle-Quest-style battle system and all tied around an extensive story of a young 18th century noblewoman who by chance is forced to take on the disguise of a busty highwayman and go on an alarmingly murderous rampage to save her friend and uncover a vast conspiracy. So significantly less boring. The solitaire game is fairly simple at its core. Cards are fanned out in various piles on the table, and your job is to remove them by picking a card one point higher or lower than the current card in your hand, replacing your hand card with the one removed, keeping it going in as long a combo as you can before having to draw a new card. Longer combos give larger rewards. The combat scenarios have you and the enemy making matches from the same table of cards, with combos charging up your weapons, and longer chains add to a damage multiplier. Weapon attacks end your turn. Sometimes the card piles are locked until you find a key item buried in another pile, sometimes you and your enemy are racing to be the one to grab the healing potion buried under some piles. The game has a surprisingly deep equipment system, allowing you to see the strengths and weaknesses of your opponent and change outfits before every match to maximize your advantage while gradually dressing your protagonist into some kind of lunatic clown pimp. The one detail that might harsh your chill is this is solitaire at the end of the day, and a bad shuffle is a bad shuffle, even in verses battles. But the game does give you several active powers to turn the odds back in your favor, including a titular Shadowhand ability the re-scrambles the entire table. Do you want the very best Solitaire game ever made? This is it. An isometric overhead GTA-clone taking place in an idealized sci fi Tokyo at a “Where’s Waldo?” level of zoom. In the future, death has been cured by nano-drugs that restitch people’s bodies back together in seconds, making assassination a much less despised profession. Forced into becoming a freelance hitman to get the underworld contacts necessary to clear your name of a crime you didn’t commit, Tokyo 42 is the chillest game about murder and mayhem I’ve ever played. You move with WASD and aim with the mouse. Bullets are rendered as 3D objects and need to be lined up vertically as well as horizontally, but this game is much more forgiving than Brigador with the aiming mechanics. At any time you can rotate the camera 45 degrees to get a better angle on your target or reveal new routes to travel in. Occasionally you will get a warning that there’s a rival assassin in the crowd and you need to figure out which random passerby is about to attack. If you go on a rampage, the game has a full GTA-style star system where you’re at first attacked by cops in hover cars, later by “Ghost in-the-Shell spider tanks. The aesthetic of the game is like Mirror’s Edge if that bright dystopia was much livelier and more inviting. The music is wonderfully immersive and very, very chill. Note that the Smaceshi’s Castles downloadable content is just a series of short puzzle missions a la the VR Missions from Metal Gear Solid on an entirely different map. Driftland: The Magic Revival A real time 4X game in the vein of Sins of a Solar Empire taking place on a shattered fantasy world made up of floating islands. You and your opponents are the first wizards born in a generation powerful enough to bring the floating shards together and bridge them, setting off a war to see who will be the first to rebuild and subsequently rule the world. In addition to Sins, Driftland is influenced by the Majesty games. Your army is made up of individual hero units who you don’t control directly, but rather influence their actions by placing reward flags throughout the world. The economy is nothing like Majesty, though, none of the heroes have their own money, you’re instead balancing the limited housing each shard can support with the land-hungry farming necessary to feed them so your citizens can be put to work extracting resources used to equip your heroes with various skills to make them more potent fighters against hostile barbarians and rival kingdoms. The most powerful floating islands you can capture have nests on them where heroes can tame a flying mount ranging from a giant raven to an actual dragon (Dwarves don’t tame, they build their own flying machines). Obviously in a world of floating islands, heroes who can fly have a huge advantage. Another game that shows off the Unreal Engine 4 at its best. Gorgeous glowing spell effects, close zoom levels that let you see a dizzying horizon of stars above the exposed planet’s core. And each of the 4 factions has their own separate musical score that changes dynamically with the action. I personally love the African Tribal sound they chose for the wood elves’ OST, reminiscent of Civilization 4. Note that there’s a big balance overhaul/expansion coming in June so aspects of this mini review may be out of date very soon. Yoku’s Island Express A pinball Metroidvania! You play a dung beetle tied to a huge pinball who has just been given a job as the postmaster on a magical tropical island, but just as you arrive an ancient evil called the Godslayer has critically injured the Lovecraftian deity who sustains the island. So it’s up to you to gather the island’s scattered elders to heal the deity while delivering everyone’s long-overdue letters and packages. You can roll your ball across flat stretches dung beetle-style with the arrow keys, but the island is dotted with color-coded flippers everywhere that flip automatically when you hit the corresponding shift key, sending the ball flying with your effectively weightless beetle dangling behind it. Your primary mode of travel will be bouncing your way through ramps and other obstacles behind your ball. The entire island is basically a giant pinball table! The game is rendered in bright colors with a peppy soundtrack as you bounce and slide your way through its delightful environs. Unfortunately most of the distinct “tables” in the game are solved by shattering their targets, not leaving much room for repeat play in a single session. But this is a game I’ve 100%’ed many times, and replaying it doesn’t get any more old than replaying a favorite pinball cabinet. (Protips: some flippers are hidden in the background and only revealed when you flip them, and the noise maker can explode nearby slugs. You’ll thank me later!) Tags: chill games Recent Cyberpunk Games for the PC Posted on April 23, 2020, 1:00 AM, by Mischief Maker, under Review. #1 is still Satellite Reign. A modern re-imagining of Syndicate that nails the rain-soaked Blade Runner vibe. My one complaint about the game is all the action takes place in corporate parking lots, you won’t get into any firefights on the gorgeous streets unless you seriously fuck up. #2 is Ruiner. If you want the combination of cyberpunk and horror promised by Observer’s trailer, Ruiner delivers, albeit in a way that’s more anime + Suspiria (original) than Blade Runner + Jacob’s Ladder. It’s a modern day belt-scroller (ala. Final Fight) with heavy gunplay and lots and lots of zwee-fighting that’s a fast-paced disorienting blast to play. The main downside is the game’s “everything plus the kitchen sink” approach to abilities leaves the action a little unfocused and holds the gameplay back to “pretty good.” #3 is Brigador. A vehicle-based isometric tactical shooter ala. those Urban Strike games from the 90s with a PHENOMENAL OST. The vibe is distinctly more John Carpenter than Ridley Scott. Main downside is an assload of unlock cancer. Black Future ’88 is a side-scrolling Abuse clone rogue-lite that desperately wants to be the sci fi version of Dead Cells. The cyberpunk aesthetic and especially the soundtrack are epic. The gameplay is shockingly sedate, but that might be a good thing for some players. Shadow Warrior 2 is a kickass FPS, superior to Doom 2016 in my book. And about a third of the missions take place in a cyberpunk city with you fighting everything from mechs to robot geishas armed with razor fans. Main downside is the crappy inventory screen, but you can totally beat the game on normal without slotting a single upgrade. Tags: brigador, cyberpunk, ruiner, satellite reign Mischief Maker’s Top 10 Quarantine Games List! Posted on April 7, 2020, 8:07 PM, by Mischief Maker, under Article, Review. Going stir crazy from being stuck inside all the time? Want to eat the lotus of videogames, but want only the finest curated lotus? Here’s 10 excellent games you may not have heard of, in no particular order, to take your minds off Captain Trips: Fell Seal: Arbiter’s Mark For years I’ve wanted a proper clone of Final Fantasy Tactics, but everybody always fucks it up, even the official sequels! But FINALLY, 20 years after the fact, someone made a proper clone with all the mechanics and job system intact, and none of the garbage filler like FFTA’s “laws.” Graphically it’s unimpressive but not ugly, and the maps are 2D instead of rotatable 3D, but other than that it’s everything I could want out of a modern FFT. You have a selection of 20 jobs to choose from, and the starting jobs have all the basic skills you’d want right away (like standard counterattack). Despite the 2D terrain, battles have all kinds of “Into the Breach” style unit repositioning abilities that let you do things like push an enemy who can’t swim into a water tile for an instakill. Random battles for grinding are purely an opt-in affair, yet available on-demand, with a preview of the level of enemies you’d be facing at that particular location. Also everyone on your team gets “vicarious” job points from other characters’ experience and start racking up skills in classes they never played (and every class you master awards a permanent stat boost). And if you’re a real FFT min-maxing lunatic, they even implemented a (purely optional and actively discouraged) option to drop a character back to level 1 but keep your skills so you can grind them up in the class of your choice and get exactly the stats you wanted. This is a game that wants to be enjoyed by its players. Grab it, grind your balls off, create the ultimate team, then raise the difficulty too high and get murdered. Great way to wait out the Apocalypse. A cheerfully intense twin-stick/mouse WASD overhead arena shooter with transforming stages. The twist is you’re playing an android on limited battery charge and every once in a while enemies drop a battery pickup that obligates you to wade through the crowd of baddies and grab it or risk letting your power run out before you beat the stage. There are several different androids to pick from, each with their own unique primary attack pattern and powerful secondary attack limited by an overheat meter. (My favorite is Peanut, whose secondary attack is to fly through the crowd behind a pneumatic drill, rapidly destroying the first strong enemy she hits.) The graphics are a soft and colorful contrast to all the carnage surrounding you, and the music is fun and peppy. I forgot who said it, but the best description I heard for AAC’s gameplay was, “In other arena shooters, it’s you among the robots. In Assault Android Cactus, it’s the robots among YOU.” A tactical hex-based combat-heavy sci-fi 4X game (set on the surface of a single planet) whose gameplay is heavily based off the classic fantasy 4X “Master of Magic.” The major hook to MoM was finding synergies between the inherent strengths of the fantasy race who made up your followers, and the school of magic your wizard-king specializes in. Planetfall takes that formula and slaps sci-fi terms over all the fantasy talk (“school of magic” becomes “secret tech,” “spells” become “operations,” and the “dwarves” become the “dvar”) but takes full advantage of the sci fi setting to give units tons of interesting new abilities that wouldn’t work in a Tolkien world. As a long-time fan of the Age of Wonders series it’s difficult not to gush about all the gameplay improvements without turning this little blurb into a 30-page essay. The setting is kind of odd, as it feels more like someone digging through their old toy box from the 80s and waging battles between action figures from wildly different settings (like He-Man vs GI Joe vs Dino-Riders) rather than a cohesive world of its own. Likewise the aesthetics evoke the look and soundtrack of those 80s toy-hawking shows in a way that all the sythwave games miss. A lot of games lately try to “be” 80s, Planetfall feels like something “from” the 80s, all the way down to the 80s hairdo, sunglasses, and Tom Selleck mustache I can give my custom commander. But come at the game from the standpoint that you are sitting on your bedroom floor playing with mismatched action figures and it’s an absolute blast. Even the lowliest unit now has multiple attacks and support abilities to use in tactical combat, from tossing grenades to overwatch fire. Every unit can slot (and replace) up to 3 upgrades from electric bullets to phase devices that let them walk through walls. Hell, commanders can opt to equip an attack chopper in lieu of a weapon and gain all the abilities of that vehicle boosted by all the skills of the commander. Not being limited to the 4 elements, the secret techs bring all sorts of interesting possibilities that were only hinted at in the fantasy AoW games, like the Xenoplague tech where you outfit your troops with horrifying slimy alien parasites sticking out their backs for super strength and the ability to infect enemies and turn them into tiny facehugger-style monsters which can eventually mutate into giant clawed monstrosities. Maybe… maybe focusing on the plague powers wasn’t the best thing to focus on right now. There are other secret techs based on wormholes, psychic powers, AI singularities, and more! The only thing about this game that’s a letdown from Age of Wonders 3 is the strategic map. Instead of the hex-by-hex, what-you-see-is-what-you-get method of territory capture AoW 3 used, Planetfall uses a more abstract system of annexing entire provinces at once, but you can only extract one of the resources located there in an “exploitation” system the tutorial does a crap job explaining. (Note that most reviews of this game are obsolete because it recently had a massive balance and interface update that addressed most of the old complaints. I didn’t buy the game until post-update so I can’t comment on the changes.) Waste hours constructing your ultimate Amazon warrior riding a T-Rex with lasers attached to its head, then take her to battle against the Strogg from Quake 2. I love this fucking game! Fight’n Rage Put simply, the best belt-scroller brawler of all time, at least that I’ve played. Taking all the best from Final Fight, Streets of Rage, The Punisher, Aliens vs Predator, and mixing them all together into a simple-to-learn difficult to master game. You’ve got Gal, the speedster with an emphasis on aerial combat, Ricardo, the “What if Mike Haggar was a Cow?” heavy hitter, and F. Norris, the technical Ninja with physics defying moves. The sheer depth to this game’s combat mechanics approach Devil May Cry-level combo potential, but all that air-juggling is entirely optional and you can muddle through on basic moves alone without being overwhelmed. (In fact the game has secret moves that need to looked up on the internet, but you can still win without ever touching them). This probably isn’t a game you want your wife or girlfriend to see you playing, especially with the ridiculous tit-bouncing animation for Gal’s sprite. In terms of actual gameplay, I would say the one weakness of the game is the one shared by its genre, brawler fatigue, but the fact of the matter is Fight’n Rage saves your progress if you quit mid-game! Greatest. Belt-scroller. EVER! Battlestar Galactica – Deadlock Speaking of games whose reviews at release are now totally obsolete, Battlestar Galactica Deadlock is a turn-based tactical naval sim in 3D space that started out mediocre, but thanks to many, many heroic patches and DLCs became something special. The setting is a prequel to the Ronald Moore reboot series. It’s the first war against the Cylons and in this time Battlestars are just the flagships to large and diverse fleets of colonial warships. I really like how this game makes use of models from the original 70s TV series for earlier versions of the ships. Despite being in space, this is a world Moore created in response to years of Star Trek technobabble, so phones come on cords, Viper fighters shoot bullets, and the major thrust of combat is clouds of missiles and torpedoes, sometimes with nuclear warheads in them. The big thing about this title is it’s more a simulator than an abstract dice-based boardgame. Torpedo swarms are objects moving in 3D space that can be dodged with evasive maneuvers, or blown up in a Battlestar’s flak screen, but only if you’re positioned just right to catch them. Meanwhile those big imposing turrets on top of a Battlestar have a hard time catching fast-moving corvettes and can’t aim at an enemy flying underneath. Add to this deployable mines, fighter and bomber craft, teleporting Cylons, missile-replenishing support craft, and it all turns into a delicate dance of death that’s SO satisfying when you get a perfect firing line and watch the enemy’s ships melt under withering cannon fire. And then when it’s all over the game has an option to view a replay of the fight and watch your tactics unfold with dynamic shakey-cam to look like a scene out of the show. Note that this game has a crapload of DLC, but the only ones necessary for a first time player are “Reinforcement Pack” and “Broken Alliance.” The rest are separate campaigns taking place later in the story and you can buy them later. Dungeons III or War for the Overworld Dungeons III War for the Overworld The Dungeon Keeper series is dead, but there are two excellent, but distinct, spiritual successors: War for the Overworld and Dungeons III. I imagine more people are interested in the differences between the two than a mini review of either one individually so here goes: Dungeons III if you want a singleplayer-focused game based around randomly generated skirmish maps, War for the Overworld if you want a multiplayer-focused game that takes place on hand-crafted maps. Both games have you playing as a disembodied floating hand of evil who marks blocks of dirt for excavation by your diminutive worker minions, then fills the resulting rooms with amenities to see to the needs of your growing horde of monsters, as well as traps to weaken invading forces of do-gooder heroes looking to slaughter your innocent monstrosities and steal your gold. Both games add a 3-branched tech tree, each suited to a different play style. Both games have a top-shelf voice actor providing narration and occasional commentary, WftO grabs DK’s original Stephen Fitts as a malevolent dark god, while Dungeons III has Kevan Brighting as a storybook narrator whose sing-songey inflection is meant to form a comedic contrast to the carnage and evil you’re wreaking on the world. War for the Overworld keeps very true to the original game’s formula of keeper-on-keeper battles taking place in underground dungeon structures. Dungeons III is an asymmetrical battle between your underground dungeon which functions like the original game, and the overworld kingdom of good that functions like an RTS. Dungeons III makes the player constantly bounce back and forth between conquering sections of the overworld to harvest evil (for teching up) and destroy hero generators, then returning to the dungeon to fight off hero waves then rearm and rebuild for the next surface foray. In terms of aesthetics, from the original Dungeon Keeper’s dark comedy tone, War for the Overworld leans more to dark, and Dungeons III leans more to comedy. WftO’s dungeons have more muted colors and much nastier-looking monsters. DIII’s dungeons are by contrast a riot of colors and the actions of your monsters are more cheerful, like the Dr Seussian machine the Orks use to build your traps. Story-wise, War for the Overworld’s campaign is more interesting while Dungeons III’s story is an “Epic Movie” style comedy about nonstop lampshading and references that some people find hilarious but I find odious. My personal preference is for Dungeons III on gameplay grounds, sticking to the random skirmish maps, but if multiplayer’s your bag, grab War for the Overworld. Note that “Clash of Gods” is the only DLC for Dungeons III that adds any new gameplay mechanics, the rest are all 3-mission mini campaigns and you aren’t missing out on any important story by skipping them. Need a little excitement in your quarantine? Redout is a hoverjet racing game in the style of F-Zero. Playing it produces the greatest sensation of speed I ever experienced in all my years of gaming. The game’s clever trick is that the world is rendered in a low-polygon “stained glass” style that makes it easy on the hardware, then buries it in post processing effects. Since it’s all going to be zooming by in a blur anyway, who cares if it’s low poly? The result is a sense of complex cities screaming past as your hoverjet does stomach-churning roller coaster loop-de-loops. It’s my favorite racing game. And if you aren’t interested in multiplayer, grab the “solar challenge edition” at GOG that gives you all the DLCs at a massively discounted price at the cost of no multiplayer. X-Morph Defense The best “maze-builder” tower defense meets the transforming command ship of Herzog Zwei meets Godzilla-sized boss tanks meets the single greatest building destruction engine in gaming history. You play a malevolent alien force that’s like a cross between the Borg and the Decepticons invading Earth by dropping vulnerable terraforming cores from space that must be protected from earthling armies by your transforming alien fighter jet and all the defensive turrets and laser fences you can build to herd them to their doom. But the Earthlings won’t go down without a fight and on top of the endless tank convoys and bomber formations they field giant boss vehicles with individually-targetable turrets and other weak points that feel like they’ve been plucked from the Ray force games. On top of all this, buildings crumble and topple in incredibly realistic ways and can land on enemy convoys, crushing tanks underneath and forcing the survivors on the other side to find a new route to your core. Is it an action game? Is it a strategy game? Is it a puzzle game? Whatever the hell it is, it is GLORIOUS! Tangledeep is a genuine roguelike, built from the ground up with a goal toward fun, and a delightful 16-bit SNES aesthetic. This game draws inspiration from a lot of sources, like the job system from Final Fantasy Tactics, the Item world from Disgaea, and the breezy controller-friendly interface of Shiren the Wanderer, among others. Instead of a hunger mechanic, healing and the stamina and mana to power your skills is in limited supply and must be gathered by exploring. I really like how movement and positioning is such a key component of combat, enemy super attacks mark the targeted squares one round before activating, giving you a chance to escape or risk trying for a finishing blow. You can return to town whenever you like to sell equipment and get new quests. Even though it’s a real roguelike and will totally murder you for one absentminded move, the smooth interface, charming graphics, and beautiful 16-bit music make for one of the most pleasant gaming experiences of 2020. Clone Drone in the Danger Zone Clone Drone in the Danger Zone is a voxel-based third person melee combat roguelite that’s the true successor to the old Lucasarts Jedi Knight games. I know, shame on me for suggesting an early access game. But the game has been fully playable for over a year and the only thing remaining is the final chapter of the story campaign. Endless mode is where it’s at and it’s feature complete at this point. The premise is you’ve been kidnapped by alien robots and had your consciousness uploaded into a robot body then forced to fight in a gladiatorial arena until you die while being mocked by a robotic Howard Cosell and Frank Gifford. Their weird text-to-speech voices only enhance the dark humor. But maybe if you survive long enough there’ll be a chance for you to escape and possibly save Earth? Each round you enter a random obstacle course filled with hostile robots all out to kill you. Luckily you’ve been given a lightsaber energy sword that can slice clean through their voxel bodies. Unfortunately their weapons do the same to you and you could find yourself hopping around on one leg (a difficult but not hopeless situation). If you live, you visit Upgrade Bot and buy new powers like a jetpack, or a flaming sword, or a laser bow, or just extra lives. I’m having difficulty putting into words just how satisfying landing the perfect hit is. This is one of the most visceral combat games since Hammerfight and I love every bit of it. Even if the early access came to a sudden halt right now, the game that’s been released to this point is totally worth it. Be safe, wash your hands, stay inside, then melt your brain with GAMING DOODZ!!! The Caltrops Top 50 games of 2010-2019: #10-1 Posted on January 20, 2020, 1:05 PM, by Ice Cream Jonsey, under Article, Review. Welcome! It was a long time going, but these are the ten best games of the decade, as decided by the Caltrops forum. Here are links to the other entries in this web series: Honorable Mentions: Part One Entries #50 – 40 #10 – FLAPPY BIRD by dotGears (2013) Original Game Unavailable Another complete phenomenon, this game took over the world for a little bit in 2013. Dong Nguyen, totally his real name and the developer, took it off the app stores because it was apparently giving him anxiety, although he was reportedly making $50,000 a day with it. There are countless clones, as there were Tetris, which Flappy Bird most reminds me of. There’s an arcade game version that is completely licensed, however, and it has beautiful graphics. Or at least graphics maybe not completely cribbed from Super Mario Bros., haha? #9 – VVVVVV by Terry Cavanaugh (2010) Steam Link Perfect graphics, perfect audio, perfect story – makes you care about the characters in the game within 20 seconds, which most games never do in several hours – and perfect gameplay. I had to go into the game to take a new screenshot because the ones I had taken in 2010 and uploaded to Steam are seemingly all gone, including the 12 pictures I took of the girl in the Playboy bunny suit for Dead Rising 2. Do I go to Gabe directly about that? I just don’t want the resolution to be all weird. God, look at that screenshot. The player character saying, “I wonder why the ship teleported me here alone?” together with the frown on the PC’s face contains more drama and emotion in a single screenshot than most games contain ever. The VVVVVV characters were Baby Yoda but 10 years earlier. Writing in games is terrible, but it’s been terrible forever, to the point where something simple yet effective like this stands so far apart from its peers. #8 – ELITE: DANGEROUS by Frontier Development (2014) pinback says, ” I have put in more hours with this boring, empty game already than all of you put together, and now it’s officially released. I think it’s wonderful. I am astonished by something every time I play, and usually more than once. Tonight I was reminded about one of my most favorite things about it, and it’s very subtle, but it’s completely excellent. It is: When you hyperdrive or whatever it is into a new system, you wind up by the star. The star is very bright, and washes out most of the other stars in the sky. What’s amazing is that the starfield background is consistent with the galaxy map — those are actual stars — but let’s move beyond that, because that’s old news. What makes me giddy every time is that when you fly away from the star, towards one of the distant planets, and get out of the corona of the sun, the background noise in the starfield blacks out, and hundreds and hundreds of stars show up and shine brightly, like driving from the big city to the middle of nowhere. If you wanted a space game because you like space, I mean… Christ. There will probably be nothing better than this in my lifetime. Well, there probably will be, but this is it for at least the next decade. HOLY FUCKING SHIT you guys. It’s incredible.” #7 – THE WITCHER 3: WILD HUNT by CD PROJEKT RED (2015) Worm says, “It’s Witcher 2 with a more open world, kind of like Dragon Age Inquisition where there are a few open zones but they’re bigger. Maybe the size of a GTA city? I’m not sure. Combat is a lot of fun, very Arkham without being too braindead. Quests have a number of outcomes and generally involve hunting and killing something which is fun too. Generally I think it’s a solid improvement on 2 in every way and a game that really represents how open world games ought to feel. Story doesn’t get in the way, you’re rarely trapped in endless cut scenes, and it feels good to explore.” That’s not all Worm said, but I wanted to settle you with the first quote first. Worm also said the following, during a discussion about Ciri being kind of a Mary Sue character: “Honestly I always get surprised when people have more hang ups than me. I’m reportedly the guy who wants to club women to death and eat their skin but I didn’t really have an issue playing as Ciri the God-McGuffin. She zwee fights and loves adventure. Also you get to see old lady tits at one point in her story.” (I don’t think you want to eat their skin, my friend.) #6 – PORTAL 2 by Valve (2011) A genuinely funny game, I would like to think that the writing in Portal 2 is the minimum of what we should expect for computer games. My memory is that the original Portal had a bit of a slow burn for comedy. The entire game was sort of slow burn. This probably means that GlaDOS has ten killer lines in the first two boards because my memory is awful. I do recall that Portal 2 is strap-the-fuck-in funny from the start and kept at it throughout my play. #5 – P.T. by 7780s Studio (2014) (I’m letting go of the fact that 20% of the top ten games of the decade are completely unavailable in their original form. This is the only entertainment medium that pulls this shit and it’s so goddamn dumb and immature. And I get that the Flappy Bird guy was going insane, so fine, but this is purely an asshole move by Konami on this one.) We all found out later that P.T. is an interactive demo for Resident Evil 7, a fine game in its own right. But there was a spooky ghost (the best kind) running around P.T. and the very simple gameplay decision to make exiting the house bring you right back into the house is the horror bit to end all the other horror bits in the game. It’s genuinely creepy, the art direction couldn’t have created a filthier, more disgusting house if they tried. When I played this I thought that something was going to come after me every time I leaned in to look at something (and they kind of do that a lot in the full Resident Evil 7 game). Admittedly, it’s short to where it never wears out its welcome and requiring the Playstation 4 microphone to solve it is a nice throwback to old console games that had that input device nobody knew or cared about, but were useful for like one game. #4 – FALLOUT: NEW VEGAS by Obsidian Entertainment (2010) It definitely got better as it was patched and became mostly stable. Not 100%. But a lot more playable than when it was released. New Vegas is probably the first or second best Fallout game from a role-playing perspective, depending on how you feel about the original. It doesn’t put its best stuff in the first two hours, but beyond that things really get fun. Cass is one of the best companions in any of these games, but before I was able to get her to join me I spent 30 hours with Boone. I didn’t say ten words to him the entire time we were together. He did, after all, murder someone in the head that he believed sold his wife to slavery and then he skipped down, which is pretty bad ass now that I think about it. Well, except for the fact that he sniped his victim in the head from a distance and it was at night and the victim was an old woman and he did it from a fiberglass dinosaur. None of those things are bad ass. If it was any softer he would have killed her with a cement milkshake and then denied that anyone on earth had ever made a cement milkshake, especially him. Oh, Boone. I used to wonder if people would actually choose to align with the Caesars, as they seemed like cartoon authoritative bad guys, but what have we learned about game players in the last 10 years? You can’t get your dick sucked enough on Reddit if you’re a shitty moderator, of course hundreds of thousands of players probably played the last half of the game in the fetal position, soaked-through in their own piss, becoming total stans for Caesar. They do it every day when they post about games. Choosing any of the other factions – and I’m glossing over the fact that you can make decisions in New Vegas where you really can’t in Fallout 4 – is the right decision but I guess that’s why the game is so good, as there are interesting decisions to be made. When the moon is out it’s tough to not think that this is a really gorgeous game, too. And I wish that in-game someone said that the vocalist for the Big Iron on His Hip song died the day before New Vegas starts, as that could explain why the song is played literally every third track on that one station. It would be like the radio stations becoming Rush tribute ones when Neil Peart died. #3 – DEUS EX: HUMAN REVOLUTION by Eidos Because the game is so good I want to quote some people regarding the cut-scenes: FABIO says, “Every…single…one of the cutscenes involving boss encounters is some contrived jRPG Squaresoft horseshit. First my super character lets a 400 lb. metal man sneak up and cold clock him while Boris and Natasha go for their elevator ride and I thought that was the low point. Then fast forward to a Chinese penthouse and it’s SO SOLLY, G.I. I DIDNT MEAN TO I JUST POOR WEAK WOMAN PREASE RET ME FONDLE YOU WHILE I SNEAK BEHIND AND ha sucker. At least the Barret fight left plenty of ammo lying around. I have no idea what you were supposed to do if you were out of ammo without cloak in the penthouse.” Arbit says, in reply: “Christ, that was bad. Adam Jensen, a guy with 3 foot blades implanted in his arms, is going to let an obviously augmented woman get all touchy-feely with him? I expected him to get gutted and endure another surgery sequence, only this time Sarif chops off his penis and the stupid parts of his brain because really how fucking dumb can you get.” The game taken as a whole is a worthy successor to the original Deus Ex and Adam Jensen voiced by Elias Toufexis is the best character / voice actor combo in video game history. #2 – HOTLINE: MIAMI by Dennaton Games Incomprehensible except when you can actually play, Hotline: Miami is an indie champion. Although the developer had made tons of games before Hotline, so it’s that thing where it only took 40 tries to become an overnight sensation. I’d describe the magic of Hotline: Miami as sort of the ultimate realization of an action figure game that we might have played as little kids, only this time there are all manner of weapons that blow things up nicely. Oh, and when I was playing with toys at age six, the stories I had explaining the violence made more sense. Hotline: Miami is on the right side of frustration versus a feeling of accomplishment. In making me love it over the first five levels and then pissing me off because it was trying to teach me new things about itself, the game sets itself up as an 80s NES throwback – if you’ve solved this game in any fashion with any letter grades in the system, you’ve done something in gaming worthy of respect. #1 – ROCKET LEAGUE by Psyonix I think this is the best game of the decade and I feel the posts in our forum also bear this out. The fun parts of this game can only be experienced as a video game, which I feel is important for the game of the decade. The graphics are crisp and colorful, offline/bot mode is just as much fun as multiplayer with real humans and you can play it forever and constantly progress at getting better at Rocket League. Entropy Stew says, “Initial games are chaos and have shit ball movement, because you are matched with other people who are as bad as you are at the game. Get halfway decent, and you start getting matched with other halfway decent players. Then, the game opens up. A goal can easily be scored across the entire field if the ball is not contested properly, and if the net is not defended. The level of ball control is insane given that it’s just a physics simulation of colliding bodies, and due to level of agility your car has. Don’t even get me started on aerials (which I still suck at – finally scored an aerial goal in a game last week though). This game isn’t soccer, and it sure as fuck isn’t a soccer video game. Those are ass. It’s some kind of hockey/soccer hybrid without rules, with jetpacks. It’s the action man’s soccer. It’s glorious.” It is glorious. It was a good decade for games. I mean, hell, they’re all good, but I think the games at least in the top 10 will be played and/or remade forever. It is a tad depressing that what we believe are the two best games had no story (Rocket League) and an incomprehensible one (Hotline: Miami) but there’s plenty of story in the other ones. There’s one last note. This project was made possible because for 10 years people in the Caltrops forum wrote about games and expressed their opinions and let the site be a sort of archival record on how games were perceived at the time. Caltrops needs your support for such a thing to happen again in ten years. Unlike every scam Kickstarter, by saying we need your help we don’t need money, just your takes. So please feel invited to post about the games you like, the games that you love, the games that frustrate you and all the other video game drama in-between. Join us, won’t you? Tags: Top 50 Games 2010-2019 The Caltrops Top 50 Games of 2010-2019: #20-11 Posted on January 13, 2020, 4:00 AM, by Ice Cream Jonsey, under Article, Review. We’re counting down the 50 best games of the decade. Previous entries: And now … 20 through 11! #20 – YAKUZA 0 by Sega (2015) Worm says, “Yakuza is essentially a game in the spirit of Shenmue but ends up being a lot like River City Ransom as well. The series has always been great and Yakuza 2 might be the best but it’s really hard to say. Essentially it’s a action RPG where you get into random street fights and also you do whatever fucking random shit the developers decided would be fine this includes but isn’t limited to darts, watching porno, karaoke, looking for sparkling shit on the ground, or fighting people. The game is just incredibly dense and really fun and that’s all there is to it. There’s also a pretty good crime drama baked into the space you make to play the main story between playing UFO catchers and fishing. The real tragedy of this series is that it’s a game that everyone should like but Sega has been convinced that it’s for Japanese people and does next to nothing to advertise or hype up the games, beside the first game which was billed as “Japan’s Grand Theft Auto” which is ridiculous since it’s a much better game. Yakuza is a fantastic game that does the kind of shit that every other RPG hybrid tries at and fucking fails and for some reason Sega has just decided that as few people as possible should play it. I don’t think there is a single action RPG that has come out in years that is better than them.” I am looking forward to future Yakuza titles with more features, like being able to actually quit the game. #19 – PERSONA 5 by Atlus (2016) Link to Playstation 4 Store Worm says, “I liked Persona 3 and Persona 4 but in the end I feel like this is the first game where the framing of the powers actually fits the slice of life style of the game, rather than saving the city or rescuing your friend from a murder plot you’re making the CEO of McDonalds confess to unfair labor practices so you trend more on twitter, and it just works really well.” (Thanks to Ultra High Def Digest for the screenshot.) #18 – SUPERHOT by Superhot Team (2016) Okay, there’s two things people didn’t like about Superhot. It was very short if you just played the single player game through compared to the cost – 2 hours for $25 minutes. Which in computer games is low, but realistically, it was so much fun I had no problem with it. The last thing is that when you do complete the game, the developers ask all the player to meme up some insipid line, word for word, about how great it is. It was so desperate and awkward and off-putting. None of that matters when you are playing the game. Time (mostly) stops when you are not moving in Superhot. This gives the game tactics not found in any other shooter. It takes full advantage of this premise and explores so many fun situations with it. In fact, the biggest thing I took away from Superhot after finishing it is that reality is disappointing because we can’t throw stuff at people in the real world and get what they are holding. (And shoot them with it.) (No don’t put that part in.) #17 – DARK SOULS by FROM Software (2011) They made three of them in the decade, so that skews the numbers a bit, but I think this was the most-referenced franchise. Certainly a good comparison for jokes when people fail at common tasks, like that one guy that couldn’t get past the Cuphead tutorial. But yeah, all the Dark Souls games were mentioned everywhere this decade in our forum and our readers and posters played it a lot. I think it suffers a bit from not getting glowing praise because from what I understand it makes people furious the first few minutes you encounter any new boss. #16 – CRUSADER KINGS II by Paradox Interactive (2012) Rey Mysterio Jr. says, “The fun part from CK2 comes from Dwarf Fortress-esque unintended consequences. Think of it like a game with infinite lives for people who can’t keep it in their pants. Every girl you fuck and knock up is another chance at glory. In one game in southern France I was doing pretty well until my main guy croaked unexpectedly but was lousy in the sack and left me with an 8 year old princess to my name. A real spoiled shit. Well, she went hunting 5 years later and the woodsman shot her through the heart with an arrow so that my asshole brother who had inherited 1/3rd of his father’s kingdom could take over. I immediately switched to another relative and invaded him.” #15 – RIMWORLD by Ludeon Studios pinback says, “The biggest knock on Rimworld is that Ludeon Studios bills it, with a straight face, as a “story generator”. First of all, EVERY game is a story generator, and I have the time I saved the last human family for 63 goddamn waves to prove it. Second of all, shut up. Also, don’t call the various difficulty levels “storytellers”. People who play Rimworld on Twitch even say “okay, we’re beginning a new story” as they fire up a new game. Jesus, just writing this I want to pull it from this list. But you can’t. If it’s a story generator, the story is very much like: Firefly crashes on an alien planet, except all of the characters are completely insane. A virtually perfect survival/colony sim, it gets the future-Western vibe just right, and even if the alien planet seems just the tiniest bit too familiar, you’ll never tire of exploring the world and making it your home. On one of my first playthroughs, my three insane people were busy setting up shop, when a visitor came to us, asking to join us. She was an extremely unpleasant, irritating lady, but we needed the help. Oh, also, she insisted on being nude at all times. The picture of my three original colonists continually bitching to each other about the obnoxious naked lady working in the next room is possibly the funniest thing I’ve ever seen in a video game. What a hilarious story– ah shit.” #14 – PLAYER UNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS by PUBG Corporation (2017) It’s the only Steam game I have that sometimes doesn’t work. The rest of them do. I recently played a “team” game with my nephew. He operated the Steam gamepad. I was at the keyboard controls and trackball in case I needed to show him something. He ejected last and by the time we got to the ground were were top 75. Many, many idiots – 25%, I guess – play PUBG. I don’t mean that they are bad at games, they are just idiots. Anyway, way out on the ass end of the map we were able to get some loot, but nothing with a scope, which is what has been used to kill me every time except for the time I got run over. It was his bedtime before the game finished. I took over, got into a car, found a guy and was going to turn the tables and run this dude over. Only he shot me through the car. There is definitely an element of, “no matter what tactic you try you suck, no matter what tactic I try, I rock” to it. Surviving for me is at odds of getting valuable combat experience. And what truly matters is that I build shit all day long – software, good relationships, emotional barriers. I don’t need to build shit like we have to do in Fortnite, which makes PUBG superior in the eyes of Caltrops. #13 – CUPHEAD by Studio MDHR Entertainment Inc. (2018) Rafiki says, “I got through the first area (bosses + run and guns) in about an hour, game said I died 19 times, but it didn’t feel like it. The airplane level and the flower boss were the most difficult. The second area is kicking my ass. IT’S SO GOOD THOUGH. The genie level! The background! Little genie lamp shoes! I don’t know why that landed with me the way it did, but I loved it. And I love that they change up the bosses a little when you die so it doesn’t get stale and repetitive. I was a little disappointed when I realized a few months ago the game was mostly just boss fights instead of shooter levels with bosses at the end, but fuck it. Shadow of the Colossus was nothing but boss fights and it was great (side note: I am PUMPED for the HD remake). This game is great. Everything is great. I hope this game makes 100 million dollars.” #12 – DOOM 2016 by id Software (2016) pinback says, “If people were as nice to each other in real life as the demons are to you in DOOM 2016, the world would be a continuous, joyous celebration of life, and DOOM games in that world would feature bossfights with Aaron Hernandez and hungover Bojangles customers. DOOM 2016 features the “glory kill” mechanism, in which if you punch the demon’s brains straight out of his head, he gives you health! I was originally put off by what I felt was a “gimmick”, but once it becomes part of the flow of the game, you can’t live without it, and every time you do it you want to say “thanks!” Most games don’t care if you play them, they just want you to know how clever they are. DOOM 2016 desperately wants you to play it. Listen: Killing demons the normal way (shooting, exploding, etc.) does not give you anything, UNLESS you are low on something! Gettin’ a little low on health and bullets? BOOP! There ya go, buddy, have a few on the house! They only ever do that when you are low on stuff. They really, really want you to keep killing them. Motherfuckers are rooting you on. That’s why the Cacodemons always look like they’re smiling. They’re just happy to see you doing well, and having fun doing it. #11 – THARSIS by Choice Provisions (2016) Tharsis is a brilliant board game that offers a chilling look into what a large number of absolute dipshit morons that don’t understand anything can do to a game. PC Gamer had a horrible review where the author was too dumb to understand the game. Steam has zillions of brain dead idiots that literally just saw dice in the game (dice are depicted in the game) and shouted “YAHTZEE DURRRR RRR!” in their negative reviews and said it was all random numbers. It isn’t all random numbers. And you know that because you are an intelligent person that comes to Caltrops. Tharsis is a wonderful implementation of something that could be a crisis-management board game, but it optimized for computers. There are plenty of decisions that can be made at each turn and plenty of disasters that keep each subsequent game fresh. pinback says, “If you can handle games that actually test you instead of patting you on the back every five minutes, you can’t go wrong.” Worm says, “Really fun game actually. Reminiscent of Omega Virus to me. You basically play a board game version of stranded space ship where you’re constantly patching the hull to make it to your destination. It’s really great – being overwhelmed feels overwhelming and just hanging on feels like you’re just hanging on.” Search the Caltrops Front Page The Best of Caltrops TOP 50 GAMES OF THE DECADE 2010-2019 MELTED BRAIN: A WEB COMIC HALF-LIFE II MOD PREVIEW HALF-LIFE II MOD PREVIEW: JAY SCHILLING EDITION RENTING A SNAKE THE JOYS OF ARCADE OWNERSHIP SO I BOUGHT A MEGAPHONE SYSTEM SHOCK II DEAD OR ALIVE XTREME BEACH VOLLEYBALL BALDUR’S GATE IS A RIPOFF OF THE ORIGINAL STAR WARS TRILOGY The Caltrops Forum Mischief Maker: The Expanse Season 5 (Amazon Prime) - The Zionist Media Conspiracy January 18, 2021 I just binged The Expanse Season 5 up to the second-to-last show, then discovered to my displeasure that it's also doing the weekly episode release format. Like I'm stuck in the Cretaceous era of the 1990s. 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Ice Cream Jonsey: ILL - Games We're Looking Forward To January 16, 2021 Lots of helpful comments in the replies! (Regarding the field of vision...) yeah, they look great to cinematographers and illustrators and vfx artists. They don't play great. Definitely doesn't feel great while playing. And not in a "oh this is so immersive the FOV is making you claustrophobic like the game wants" way, I mean […] JPG Man: Re: Before the Lincoln Project, Weaver was a top - Balance of Power January 16, 2021 width=500> Mysterio : The guy is still checking the math on the votes. - We Love Katamari January 16, 2021 "Bill, being mathematically inclined, have you thought about the election results in thia way: in 2016 Trump received 63 million votes, which was around 46%. In 2020 he received 74 million votes. By a simple algebra equation he won 54%. Assuming of course the total population was about the same as in 2016. Asked by: […] Rafiki: If anyone's trying to get a 3000 series card or a 5000 series AMD processor - American McGee's Honda Civic January 16, 2021 http://www.twitch.tv/falcodrin Stock tracker twitch stream. The actual tracker in the video feed is basically useless, but the guy that runs the stream pops in throughout the day and announces inventory updates on a whole bunch of sites and pastes links into chat. It's pretty reliable. I just had the stream going in the background of […] No Tweets Available @caltrops Reviews in the forums River City Girls (PC) by Mischief Maker 10/11/2019 positive! Dead Cells (PC) by Rafiki 8/6/2017 positive! Nex Machina (PC) by Mischief Maker 6/20/2017 positive! Marathon: Aleph One (PC) by blackwater 5/16/2017 positive! NierAutomatica (PC) by Worm 3/28/2017 positive! Starcrawlers (PC) by Oom Shnibble 5/17/2016 positive! You Have To Win The Game (PC) by blackwater 12/10/2016 positive! Dropsy the Clown (PC) Fear Equation (PC) by pinback 2/9/2016 positive! 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__label__wiki	0.719115	0.719115	Phillips Announces Solo Release for Hop Drop Liqueur On November 11, 2014 At 5:00 pm Tags : British Columbia, Phillips Brewing, Phillips Fermentorium VICTORIA, BC – Phillips Brewing has announced that the first offering from its Phillips Fermentorium distillery is now available as a stand-alone product, following its preview release earlier this year as an add-on with a limited edition 13th anniversary beer. Hop Drop is a 29% abv hop-infused liqueur that is described as follows: Hop Drop is an artisanal hop liqueur crafted to celebrate the classic hop flavours the Phillips team infuses into their brews! Real hops are transformed into an incredibly potent elixir where explosions of fresh pine and bright bitterness are balanced in a blanket of soft sweetness. Its depth of flavour is robust enough to enjoy on its own poured gently over ice, or it can be ‘dropped’ into another beer to instantly raise the ABV and infuse the brew with bright, hoppy flavours. In its earlier debut, a vial of Hop Drop was attached to each bottle of 13 Knots in a Hangman’s Noose, a double IPA brewed to a strength of 11.9% abv, the maximum allowed for beers produced in British Columbia. Adding the vial to the beer would raise it to 13% abv, matching the anniversary year. For its solo release, Hop Drop is being offered in 50 ml and 200 ml formats. It’s available now at the Phillips retail store, and soon at select private liquor stores in Victoria, Vancouver Island and Metro Vancouver. « Swans Double Shot Porter Returning This Week Picaroons Traditional Ales Receives B Corp Certification »	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line4091
__label__cc	0.740087	0.259913	Sunflowers On A Background Of Blue Sky Field of blooming sunflowers on a background of blue sky Alexander Column on a background of the evening sky in Saint-Petersburg, Russia Velsk, Arkhangelsk region, Russia - November 6, 2016: Monument to Lenin on a background of the blue sky winter in the city of Velsk Girl in hat sitting at beach on a background of sunset Red cow grazing on the background of a village in the Crimea, Russia Brown cow grazing on the background of a village in the Crimea, Russia View of Evpatoria Dolphinarium on a summer evening, Crimea, Russia Plowed field on a background of crumbling church. Concept of rebirth of life. Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin in a village Zhavoronkova Verhovazhskogo district Vologda region Russia Lighthouse on a steep bank of Tolstoy Cape in Gelendzhik, Krasnodar region, Russia Horse tied with a chain grazes on the shore of the Black Sea in the Crimea, Russia Lenin monument on the background of the domes of the church in the village of Verkhovazhye, Vologda region, Russia Rescue tower with a red flag on the empty beach of the resort village Vitino in the Saksky district of the Crimea, Russia View of the village Hleborob and the Caucasus Mountains from a tower on the mountain Big Ahun, Krasnodar region, Russia View from of the sea on a Thick Cape of Gelendzhik Bay. City resort Gelendzhik, Krasnodar Region, Russia Rescue tower with a red flag on the beach of the resort village Vitino in the Saksky district of the Crimea, Russia View from the river Sukhona on a church of St. Nicholas in the city of Veliky Ustyug on a summer morning, Vologda region, Russia by Mukhorin Member since Dec. 28, 2017. 1,044 images pancake week shines oilseed	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line4094
__label__cc	0.747165	0.252835	A message from Wright County Elections Voters, Late Thursday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit overruled the State of Minnesota’s approved consent decree extending the deadline for submitting an absentee and mail ballots. The Court of Appeals ruling means absentee and mail ballots must be received by Election Day in order to be counted. Deadline to drop it off in person is 3 p.m.; deadline for mail or delivery service is 8 p.m. Election Officials are required to segregate and hold ballots that are returned after the above deadlines until additional instructions are provided by the Secretary of State’s office. Further Court rulings may require ballots received late be rejected. Next Steps for Voters Voters should no longer place their absentee ballot in the mail. Instead, voters have several options to ensure their vote is counted in the November general election: * Voters who have already put their ballot in the mail can track their ballot at http://www.mnvotes.org/track. If their ballot has not yet been received the voter can vote in-person either by absentee, or at their polling place on Election Day. * Voters can deliver their ballots to Wright County Government Center by hand (or have someone they trust hand-deliver it for them). * Voters can cast their vote in person with an absentee ballot at the Wright County Government Center up until 5 p.m. Monday, November 2, 2020 * Voters can cast their votes in person on Election Day, November 3. Use our Pollfinder Tool to find out where to vote. * The Wright County Government Center has a drop box in which ballots can be dropped 24/7 up to 3 p.m. on Election Day ⇐Previous Auditor/Treasurer Dispels Social Media Rumors About Polling Place Closures TuesdayNext⇒ License Bureau Announces New Appointment Schedule, Office Hours Changes	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line4098
__label__cc	0.619849	0.380151	Eastern New Mexico University - Ruidoso Campus/ Eastern New Mexico University - Ruidoso Campus Ruidoso, New Mexico Eastern New Mexico University - Ruidoso Campus Reported no Incidents Involving Students in 2019 Like a large number of colleges, Eastern New Mexico University - Ruidoso Campus, actively reported that there were no crime and safety incidents involving students on and around campus. Even in low-crime areas, students still run the risk of encountering violence and unsafe situations. What kind of policies does Eastern New Mexico University - Ruidoso Campus have in place to protect students or help students who are victims of crimes? One way a student may feel more comfortable might be to take a self-defense or safety class. Are there classes like this offered at Eastern New Mexico University - Ruidoso Campus? Continue Your Research on Eastern New Mexico University - Ruidoso Campus	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line4100
__label__wiki	0.705337	0.705337	Saint Johns University #5 Best Private Colleges in Minnesota Collegeville, Minnesota Yes, Connect Me! Best Colleges Rank Saint Johns University overview Location Collegeville, Minnesota Online csbsju.edu Level of Study Undergrad/Graduate Find out how likely you are to get accepted at Saint John's based on your GPA, test scores, and even extracurricular activities. Then, get custom recommendations for how to improve your odds - completely for free. Located in Collegeville, Minnesota, Saint Johns University is a small four year private college offering both undergrad and graduate programs. The school has a religious affiliation with the Roman Catholic faith. In the most recent statistical year 1,746 prospective students applied, and 1,367 were granted admission. Of those admitted 414 enrolled in the school. 1,697 students are enrolled on a full time basis, and 80 attend part time. In-state tuition for 2019/2020, excluding room and board, is $45,730 plus fees of $816. Saint John's is ranked 224 nationally in the CollegeSimply.com 2020 U.S. Colleges Ranking. Saint John's is rated within the top 32% of four-year colleges nationally and earns a CollegeSimply grade of 7 out of 10. Learn how ratings are calculated Explore Saint Johns University More Minnesota colleges Rankings for Saint Johns University within the 2021 CollegeSimply Best Colleges Lists. #224 in Best Colleges in the U.S. #166 in Best Private Colleges in the U.S. #6 in Best Colleges in Minnesota #5 in Best Private Colleges in Minnesota #218 in Best Value Colleges in the U.S. #8 in Best Value Colleges in Minnesota View the CollegeSimply ranking methodology. SAT 1000/1180 ACT 22/27 GPA 3.51 Applications Due May 1, 2021 Applicant Competition Very Low Connect with Saint John's Let Saint John's know that you're interested in learning more about the school. Connect Me! Sponsored by CollegeXpress Costs for Saint Johns University Other Fees $816 Room and Board $10,526 80% within 6 years Popular subjects studied by Saint Johns University students Social Sciences 16% Biology 11% English and Literature 8% Psychology 6% View All 34 Majors Monmouth College Rockford, IL Rockford College Deerfield, IL Trinity International University Lamoni, IA Graceland University Lamoni Grand View University credit: SD Dirk / license Loras College Primary data source, U.S. Department of Education https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?id=174792 IPEDS survey data for Saint Johns University. Current students may use the Saint Johns University GPA calculator to determine their current college GPA. Interested in Saint John's? Yes, Connect Me! ad	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line4101
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__label__cc	0.70096	0.29904	Top 10 Best Car Companies In The World 2020 companies, world A Brief History Of India’s Automobile Industry The American auto giant’s web revenue fell 37 per cent because of important gross sales drops in both China and Europe. The company, which operates underneath the name Maruti Suzuki, has lately announced that it goals to promote 2 million vehicles per 12 months in India by 2020. Outside of these phishing scams, there are automobile guarantee companies that may simply make getting any of the coverage you’re paying for both unimaginable or an absolute nightmare. Red flags you must look out for when vetting an prolonged guarantee firm are a scarcity of trade endorsements, main limitations in protection, and poor ratings on well-liked review websites. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) reviews that there are a variety of automobile warranty scams during which a car owner will obtain a sales call that states their warranty is about to expire. 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__label__wiki	0.700713	0.700713	The Thai Menu at Next Is a Party Jeff Ruby’s Meal at Next in 280 Words Chicago magazine’s chief dining critic, Jeff Ruby, sent Dish this report on the new Thai menu at Next… By Penny Pollack, Graham Meyer, and Carly Boers Chicago magazine’s chief dining critic, Jeff Ruby, sent Dish this report on the new Thai menu at Next (953 W. Fulton Market; 312-226-0858): Thai restaurants have one of the world’s best cuisines to play with. A pity they have to do it in Thai restaurants, where the décor usually tends toward garish art involving Buddhas, elephants, and Buddhas on elephants. The joy of Next is that it can look only like Next, which means the food is all that matters. After the playful staff lined my table with Thai newspapers and poured plastic cups of sparkling wine with guava, mango, and papaya, the experience felt more like a food stall at Bangkok’s Chatuchak market than any million-dollar renovation could have. A very, very upscale food stall. All the familiar flavors flow through the nine-course menu—lemongrass, coriander, chilies—and if you know your galangal from your ginger, you may not experience anything new. But even Thai pros will find beautiful dishes more deeply flavored than they’re accustomed to, like an amazing hot-and-sour broth with pork belly, tomato, and kaffir lime, which out-tom-yums any tom yum you’ve ever had. You’ll find phenomenal condiments, like salted duck egg and green mango sauce, and a stunning dessert of a whole coconut harboring corn, egg, licorice, and coconut-milk shaved ice that distills an entire country into a thick shell. The only issues were the air, which gets stuffy, and the braised beef cheek with a coconut-lemongrass-peanut-nutmeg curry, which was so salty we ate only a third of it. (No Next staffer asked if we wanted to take it home. Do they even have takeout containers?) The menu is less eye-popping than the Escoffier debut, but more familiar—and more fun. In short, Paris 1906 was a banquet; Thailand is a party. I’d rather go to a party. Big Mex Only two blocks east of Rick Bayless’s haute Mexican ziggurat at Clark and Illinois Streets, Cantina Laredo (508 N. State St.; no phone yet), a Texas-based modern Mexican franchise, plans to open its first Chicago location in mid-September, with more than 400 seats on two floors. The downstairs dining room will offer the main Cantina Laredo menu of fajitas, enchiladas, and specialties such as a poblano pepper stuffed with cheese, spinach, onions, shrimp, and herbs and then wrapped in a grilled skirt steak. Unlike other locations of the chain, the Chicago branch will have a kitchen devoted to small plates, which will be offered in the upstairs dining room, with menu choices made for the local market. “Chicago is the most beer-friendly city in the country,” says the executive chef, Larry Sinclair, a veteran of PF Chang’s and Romano’s Macaroni Grill. “What goes better with Mexican food and good tapas?” Beer and gourmet Mexican—sounds like those Texans have us pegged. “After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one’s own relations.” —Oscar Wilde (1854–1900), Irish writer and poet Horatio Alger Meets Anthony Bourdain Although it’s too early to say whether it’s a rags-to-riches story, the tale of Javier Pérez, the co-owner of Al Dente (3939 W. Irving Park Rd.; 773-942-7771), did start with rags: As an immigrant from Mexico City, he washed dishes for Tony Mantuano at Tuttoposto in the early nineties. Over the years, he learned to cook and worked at MK, HotChocolate, and the restaurants at The Wit hotel (Cibo Matto, State and Lake, and Roof). On July 13, Pérez opened his 70-seat BYO in Irving Park with his wife, María. “Right now my concept at Al Dente is contemporary American with Italian-Mexican infusions, flavors,” Pérez says, giving the example of a calamari steak appetizer with guajillo marinade, fingerling potatoes, and habanero aïoli. Rags to business ownership is still a pretty good story arc. Eight Questions for Justin Perdue Perdue is the new chef at LM Restaurant (4539 N. Lincoln Ave.; 773-942-7585). (The previous chef, Bradford Phillips, left for the new Pump Room.) Dish: What was your first restaurant job? Justin Perdue: I got really lucky and managed, while going to school, to score a job with Bobby Flay, and I opened up Bar Americain. There were, like, 100 people in line for these jobs. Somehow I got picked. I don’t know how. D: How did you wind up in Chicago? JP: I was supposed to transfer to Mesa Grill in Vegas, but I drove all the way out there and there was no job yet ready for me. I was driving back, [and] I pulled into a motel parking lot [where] they had free Wi-Fi. I looked on the Internet, and by the time I got to [my parents’ house in] Wisconsin, I had an interview set up at NoMI the next day. That was in 2005. D: What happened with Bobby Flay? JP: He was actually out there [in Las Vegas] at that same time, but I didn’t know it. He was trying to create a position with the union for me. When I got to Wisconsin, I sent him an e-mail saying there was no job out there for me and that I was home and had been offered a job. The phone rang, and my mom answered it. She whispered, “It’s Bobby Flay.” He was really mad at me: “Is this how you want to start out your career? Did you accept the position?” “Yes.” “OK. Goodbye.” D: How long were you at NoMI? JP: I was there a year and three months. I kind of thought I wanted to go toward Tex-Mex, and I got a job at Topolobampo. D: How long were you there? JP: Nobody leaves Topolobampo. But after NoMI and Topolobampo, I missed the French [cuisine] and that kind of atmosphere. I stayed at Topolobampo only four months and opened Old Town Brasserie with Roland [Liccioni]. I lasted about a year. And then I went over to Sixteen. D: How old are you? JP: I’m 30. D: What are you going to do at LM? JP: [Stephan Outrequin, the owner,] wants to take it up a level from where it’s at right now. It’s more rustic bistro food, and he wants cleaner plating, use more local farms. I might do a little bit of my molecular stuff to add a little oomph to the presentations and flavors. D: Will the prices go up? JP: Right now we’ve got a three-course prix fixe for $37, and the entrées are about $22 to $26. But we want to take it up a little bit: $24 to $31 and then a four-course tasting. We would like to keep it at $40, but we might do $40 to $45. One of my goals is get a Bib [Gourmand] from Michelin. I Do Like Cool Jams Another egg in the brunch omelet is scheduled to crack in the next two or three weeks when Jam n’ Honey (958 W. Webster Ave.; 773-327-5266) opens in Lincoln Park. “The area seems like it needs something with breakfast and lunch,” says the owner, Frank Ruffolo, who also owns Franconello’s in Beverly and Franco’s Ristorante in Bridgeport. While the identity of the chef and whether dinner will be served are undetermined, Ruffolo says the menu will consist of American standards. “We’re not looking to invent breakfast,” he says. Maybe this is the next evolutionary step for the bacon fad—throwing in some eggs. Fried calamari at The Happ Inn Bar & Grill is a hit with Pollack and company. An early front-runner for the star of the Rustic House menu: gnocchi with foie and crispy garlic slices. At NoMI Kitchen, Pollack could not stop eating the foraged mushrooms. Follow Pollack on Twitter. 1. Feed Junior for free on Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Jerseys Pizza & Grill (2360 Lakewood Blvd., Hoffman Estates; 847-765-0085), where your entrée purchase also nabs picks from the kids’ menu for up to two children. 2. Get on the list for BlackboardEats, the newest site for weekly dining deals in Chicago and the suburbs. A hint of what they’re serving up: Last week’s inaugural deal was a $60 five-course prix fixe at ING. 3. Wish the year-old Lillie’s Q (1856 W. North Ave.; 773-772-5500) a happy birthday on August 1. The bash kicks off at 11 a.m. with $1 pours (regularly $10) of the barbecue-sauce- and moonshine-laced cocktail Lillie’s Q-Rita. Things really get cooking at 9 p.m., when owner Charlie McKenna hands out free tastes of his award-winning ’cue. 4. Visit Gypsy, a pop-up restaurant at Logan Square Kitchen (2333 N. Milwaukee Ave.; 773-342-2333) open Friday from 4 to 11 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 12 noon to 11 p.m., from the crew behind La Sardine and Le Bouchon. The counter-service joint will offer spiffed-up street food—like duck tacos and peanut-butter-and-jelly ice cream—and was crafted with Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival attendees in mind. Dot Dot Dot . . . Westfield Old Orchard mall’s culinary theme park Wilde & Greene Restaurant + Natural Market (4999 Old Orchard Center, Ste. C18, Skokie; 847-674-7070) has opened its restaurant (a maze of 18 different food stations) and its rooftop café, which serves tapas, salads, and sandwiches. Although the restaurant is on abbreviated hours for now, regular hours will begin next week, and the 6,000-square-foot market is still in the works. . . . Fül (3310 N. Broadway; 773-525-0240), an eco- and fitness-minded spot with salads dubbed “Health” and “Fitness” and an on-site nutritionist, is now fueling the health-conscious in Lake View. . . . Cooper’s Hawk, a winecentric restaurant with a menu that identifies a pairing for everything, even tortilla soup, is opening at 1740 Freedom Drive in Naperville on August 1. An Arlington Heights location is planned for fall. . . . In downtown Evanston, a fast-casual taco spot called Austin’s Tacos (622 Davis St., Evanston; no phone yet), serving what the owner, Sam Vergos, calls premium tacos, is scheduled to open in a month and a half. Vergos says his three restaurants in Dallas include a diner, a burger place, and a Southwestern restaurant. . . . The guilty pleasure of pommes frites and angel hair onions at Bistro 110 (110 E. Pearson; 312-266-3110) disappears forever when the restaurant ends its 24-year run August 4. . . . Eater reported that the local barbecue guru Gary Wiviott will be the pit master at the forthcoming Barn & Company (950 W. Wrightwood Ave.; 773-832-4000); . . . . Deleece Restaurant (4004 N. Southport Ave.; 773-325-1710) and Deleece Grill Pub (3313 N. Clark St.; 773-348-3313) are offering expanded dinner hours around the Paul McCartney concerts at Wrigley Field July 31 and August 1. . . . The trade magazine Pizza Today named Piece (1927 W. North Ave.; 773-772-4422) its independent pizzeria of the year.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line4111
__label__wiki	0.992657	0.992657	Dish Flash: Blue 13’s Chris Curren to Head Stout Barrel House & Galley “Manor has been gutted. People who have been inside of there won’t even recognize it,” says Chris Curren, the chef of Stout Barrel House & Galley (642 N. Clark St.; no phone yet), a restaurant scheduled to open in April in the former nightclub space, from LGN Group, known for boîtes such as Manor, Stay, and RiNo… By Penny Pollack and Graham Meyer “Manor has been gutted. People who have been inside of there won’t even recognize it,” says Chris Curren, the chef of Stout Barrel House & Galley (642 N. Clark St.; no phone yet), a restaurant scheduled to open in April in the former nightclub space, from LGN Group, known for boîtes such as Manor, Stay, and RiNo. Curren says LGN is shifting its focus to chef-driven restaurants, and Stout is a prototype. “Basically what we are going for is a bar atmosphere with upscale food,” he says. Stout Barrel House will serve American comfort food, such as a fried-chicken dish, a burger, and oxtail ravioli, in which “we turn the braising liquid into a consommé and serve with smoked fennel and smoked grapes,” says Curren, who also oversees (and will continue to oversee) the kitchen at Blue 13. Diners can start with oysters on the half shell, and finish with desserts like an ice cream sandwich. Prices at Stout will be “reasonable, and definitely less than Blue 13 is right now,” he says. Twenty craft beers will be on draft, and a craft-cocktail program will be announced soon. “Don’t want to let that cat out of the bag yet,” Curren says. The new space features exposed brick, hand-stained wood, and seating for a total of 140, including the bar. After five more weeks of construction, all that remains before opening is for the city to sign off on the renovations—the licensing carries over from Manor, including the 4 a.m. license.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line4112
__label__cc	0.531789	0.468211	Weekend Photos: U.S. Air Guitar Championships at Metro There was spandex. There was chest hair. There were windmills galore. But at the U.S. Air Guitar Championships, held Saturday night at Metro, there were no actual axes in sight… There was spandex. There was chest hair. There were windmills galore. But at the U.S. Air Guitar Championships, held Saturday night at Metro, there were no actual axes in sight. Twenty-two competitors from across the nation convened for a shot at faux-rock glory, but it was Chicago’s own three-time regional winner, the sweat- and leather-clad Justin “Nordic Thunder” Howard, who took home the title belt and a chance to shred at the world championships in Finland later this year. Browse our photos below. Photography: Joshua Longbrake	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line4115
__label__cc	0.710194	0.289806	The Sears Mail-Order Home Lives On in Chicago’s Suburbs See four prefab kit houses for sale right now. By AJ LaTrace Photo: VHT Studios Sears may be on its last leg, but the company's enduring impact on retail is undeniable. At the turn of the last century, the catalog revolutionized merchandising with its mail-order business model, shipping everyday items like clothing and tools across the country. Less immediately remembered are Sears's kit homes. The pre-assembled dwellings, sold predominantly through mail order, were affordable, practical, and generally made of high quality materials. A testament to the kit home's durability: You can still find the structures across the Chicago area today. Nearby cities such as Rockford, Elgin, and Aurora are known for their inventory of Sears homes, which today serve as reminders of the company's revolutionary vision. Here are just a few for sale in the suburbs right now. 1670 Whitcomb Avenue, Des Plaines, $389,000 This modest three-bedroom dates back to 1929, per its listing notes. And sure enough, the arched entryway matches those found on several kit home models sold during that period. What began as a small house has been expanded with a finished basement and rear addition, granting more living space for the modern family. 364 N. Addison Avenue, Elmhurst, $415,000 Built in 1925, this three-bedroom, two-bathroom house features an Italianate-inspired exterior with a thoroughly updated interior. The finished basement bumps up the total living space to 1,736 square feet. 467 Carleton Avenue, Glen Ellyn, $599,000 Thanks to a generation pressed by high housing costs, tiny homes and container homes have become a full-on craze. The modest bungalows of yesterday have also made a big comeback among millennials. This vintage Sears home has been refreshed aesthetically and functionally, giving the compact prefab renewed life that will last for decades. 239 W. Russell Street, Barrington, $949,000 Sears homes came in all shapes and sizes, and this Colonial hits a sweet spot with four bedrooms and three and a half bathrooms spanning nearly 4,000 square feet. The interior has been updated with on-trend white and black finishes, helping the quaint home go big on style and charm. Tags: History, On the Market, Real Estate & Neighborhoods	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line4116
__label__wiki	0.810282	0.810282	246 Maplewood Road, Riverside, $1.25 million Photo: Redfin 144 Scottswood Road, Riverside, $875,000 172 East Quincy Street, Riverside, $265,000 365 Lionel Road, Riverside, $398,000 208 Gage Road, Riverside, $675,000 What's for Sale in America's First Planned Suburb? A look at the market in Riverside, Illinois By Whet Moser Riverside, Illinois, is arguably the nation’s first planned suburb. And what a plan it was: in 1868, investors hired the greatest landscape architects of their era, Frederick Law Olmstead and Calvert Vaux, who were fresh off of designing New York's Central Park. Their curving streets and large, green lots helped define what many of us think of when we imagine a suburb, and the area's pedigree and well-off residents attracted architects like Frank Lloyd Wright and Louis Sullivan. (The Coonley House is probably its most famous piece of architecture, and the Coonley Schoolhouse, now a home, is another spectacular Wright design.) But Riverside is more than just starchitect homes. You can buy in with a starter home your grandparents would approve of, or get weirder than Olmstead or Wright could have ever imagined in a house (literally) on the river. Sure, you could wait for a Wright or Burnham house, but they don’t have boat garages right on the Des Plaines. Situated on the waterway that gives Riverside its name is the Boat House, built in 1956 and still maintaining some of its MCM heritage on the outside. Inside, it’s been transformed to… vividly reflect the theme. The green- and blue-stained wood floor in the den may be too much look — to say nothing of the circular bar and 360-degree fireplace — but you can’t beat the views from the windows. In addition to its price, the size is also maximalist, with three beds and four baths at 4,654 square feet. Just as big and considerably cheaper is an actual William LeBaron Jenney house: five beds, 3.2 baths, seven fireplaces, a four-car garage, and 4,518 square feet, for well under $1 million. On the first floor are details befitting its 1886 build date, including stained glass, a hardwood central staircase, breathtaking built-ins, and a well-lighted alcove with five bay windows. Time has been a little less kind to the upstairs, especially in the bedroom with a ‘70s pedestal bed covered in carpet. But you’ll want to spend all your waking hours in the alcove, anyway. Just as much a period piece is this 1959 split-level bungalow. For just over a quarter million, you don’t get a ton of space: three beds, three baths, and 1,250 square feet, none of which appear to have been updated in decades. (Take the decor in all three bedroms: a pastel border and aqua green carpet in one, olive-green carpet and stucco-like wallpaper in the next, and pinstripe, satin-looking wallpaper in the third.) Just promise you’ll keep the kitchen mural. Bigger and more upscale — four beds, three baths, 3,184 square feet — but no less busy is this 1955 ranchy bungalow. Beneath some of the more unfortunate choices, like the floral kitchen wallpaper and tropical tile backsplash, are classic MCM lines and materials, like the raised fireplace in the living room and the parquet floor. One of the best parts of the house is the “separate related living or zoned office space with separate entrances,” which has been much less messed with. Amond its amazing period details are a red leatherette door, even more parquet floor, and a mural of Michigan Avenue back when Prudential Plaza dominated it. Finally, we have a very ‘70s custom build: four beds, three baths, and a big 3,712 square feet. It’s been fully renovated inside with lots (and lots and lots) of contemporary white and gray — probably for the best, though one can't help but contemplate what swinging wonders it once contained. The outside is all brown, beige, and odd angles, with a stairstep mansard roof that extends cantilevers down like landing gear on the front and back (where they frame the big wooden patio). It does fun stuff with that height inside, with a spiral staircase in the master bedroom leading to a loft, and a built-in bunk bed attached to an access ladder that leads to a third-floor playroom.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line4117
__label__wiki	0.97748	0.97748	Coronavirus in Illinois updates January 18, 2021 29°F Breaking Sports Sections Tennessee has fired football coach Jeremy Pruitt, two assistant coaches and seven members of the Volunteers recruiting and support staff for cause after an internal investigation found what the university chancellor called “serious violations of NCAA rules.” By Teresa M. Walker A combined seven teams from the American League Central and National League Central made the postseason in 2020. What’s in store for 2021? Here are some of the offseason moves from each team in both divisions. By LaMond Pope Quarterback Patrick Mahomes remained in the league’s concussion protocol Monday and Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid declined to speculate on when he’ll be cleared. Big Ten basketball and COVID-19: Illinois-Michigan State game is Spartans’ 3rd straight postponement The Big Ten hoped to have a smooth 2020-21 basketball season in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. That hasn't happened. We're tracking all the postponements and cancellations. By DeAntae Prince and Andrew Golden Staff movement is of importance to Matt Nagy and the Chicago Bears as they work to fill an undetermined number of positions. New college basketball rankings: Duke falls out of AP Top 25, while Gonzaga and Baylor remain 1-2 Gonzaga and Baylor maintained their grip on the top two spots in The Associated Press men’s basketball poll Monday. If third-ranked Villanova ever plays a game, perhaps it will make a run a them. Illinois’ Big Ten basketball game against Michigan State is postponed because of COVID-19 cases within the Spartans program A second game in 10 days has been wiped from Illinois’ Big Ten basketball schedule after Michigan State announced Saturday’s contest will be postponed because of COVID-19 cases in the Spartans’ program. By Shannon Ryan The Chicago Blackhawks gave up 5 goals for a 3rd straight game to start the season 0-3 — ‘a tough pill to swallow.’ 3 takeaways from the 5-2 loss to the Florida Panthers. With five goals allowed in each of the first three games of the season, the Chicago Blackhawks are finding new and interesting ways to give up freebies. By Phil Thompson Most read in sports Can Illinois get it together? And who will win the big man battle — Luka Garza or Trayce Jackson-Davis? 4 Big Ten basketball takeaways as we near the midway point of the conference season. Got something to say? Connect with the Tribune on Facebook. Owner Joe Mansueto on why the Chicago Fire are changing their logo — and why he’s ‘willing to spend’ to improve the club heading into 2021 Ranking the 30 most significant moments in GM Ryan Pace’s 6-year career with the Chicago Bears Ranking Mitch Trubisky’s starts with the Chicago Bears, from a record-tying 6-touchdown day to a major season-opening dud For women in hockey, the Chicago Blackhawks’ historic hiring of Jaime Faulkner is just the beginning: ‘The glass ceiling has been shattered — it’s now the glass floor’ ‘The Last Dance’: Recaps from the 10-part documentary on the Chicago Bulls Here are all the ways to get updates on your favorite teams from Chicago Tribune sports writers At least seven teams appear capable of making a push for the Big Ten title in the second half of an unpredictable schedule, made even more uncertain as COVID-19 cases cause postponements and highlight health concerns. It's within the realm of possibility that Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Pace will trade for quarterback Deshaun Watson. But he will have to get creative — and a number of things will have to fall into place. Los Angeles Chargers hire Brandon Staley, the Rams defensive coordinator, as their new head coach The Los Angeles Chargers have hired Los Angeles Rams defensive coordinator Brandon Staley as the team’s head coach. The 38-year old Staley, a former Chicago Bears linebackers coach, was in demand with interviews also scheduled with the Houston Texans and Philadelphia Eagles. By Joe Reedy Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers advance to the NFC title game, while the New Orleans Saints’ Drew Brees throws 3 INTs in what might have been his final game Tom Brady’s best game in three tries against the New Orleans Saints kept the Tampa Bay Buccaneers moving on in the NFL playoffs. If it was Drew Brees' last game, it won’t be one he’ll want to remember. By Brett Martel Loyola dominates Northern Iowa 88-46 to improve to 5-1 in the Missouri Valley Tate Hall scored 13 points off the bench to lead Loyola to an 88-46 win over Northern Iowa on Sunday at Gentile Arena, the Ramblers’ eighth consecutive home victory. By Associated Press Staff Chicago Bulls get 61 points from their bench to snap a 4-game losing streak with a 117-101 victory against the Dallas Mavericks Billy Donovan was encouraged with the way the Chicago Bulls responded Sunday afternoon to their epic collapse two days earlier, beating the Dallas Mavericks 117-101 to snap a four-game losing streak. By Jamal Collier No. 22 Northwestern women beat Penn State 67-50 behind 17 steals for their 3rd straight win Veronica Burton scored 19 points and had five of Northwestern's 17 steals as the 22nd-ranked Wildcats defeated Penn State 67-50 on Sunday, picking up a third straight win. Chicago Tribune Articles group 6 NEW! Exclusive Chicago Flag Face Masks -Shop Pack of 3 Now Challenge yourself with online puzzles & games. Play now Exclusive Merchandise from the Chicago Tribune's Election Coverage -Shop Now No-nonsense advice for better living delivered to your inbox every morning. Explore now After losing Patrick Mahomes to a concussion, Kansas City Chiefs return to AFC title game with a 22-17 win over Cleveland Browns The Kansas City Chiefs had lost Patrick Mahomes to a concussion and were in danger of losing the game. Then their defense and Chad Henne kept their Super Bowl hopes alive with a 22-17 victory over the Cleveland Browns that advanced them to the AFC championship game. Sarah Fuller, the history-making female college football kicker, is invited to Joe Biden’s inauguration Sarah Fuller, the first woman to score in a Power Five conference football game, says she has been invited to attend President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration Wednesday. Joel Quenneville and the Chicago Blackhawks reflect before Sunday night’s latest reunion: ‘The memories were spectacular over those years’ Joel Quenneville and others reflected on Coach Q’s time with the Chicago Blackhawks ahead of the Florida Panthers coach’s season opener against his old team. 6-6 Northwestern loses its 5th game in a row as Iowa rolls to a 96-73 win Luka Garza had 17 points and 10 rebounds in just 24 minutes, and No. 5 Iowa rolled to a 96-73 victory over Northwestern on Sunday. By JOHN JACKSON Coach Fred Hoiberg and 7 Nebraska players test positive for COVID-19, keeping the Cornhuskers’ season on pause for at least another week All Nebraska men’s basketball team activities will remain on hold for at least another week after 12 people associated with the program, including head coach Fred Hoiberg and seven players, tested positive for the coronavirus. Joe Ricketts, Cubs family patriarch who closed DNAinfo after union vote, to launch Omaha-based ‘unbiased’ news site Ricketts said Straight Arrow News will not involve other members of his family. By Chicago Tribune staff 72 tennis players are in lockdown ahead of the Australian Open after COVID-19 cases on flights A further 25 tennis players were forced into quarantine in Australia ahead of the season’s first tennis major after another positive coronavirus test on a charter flight, taking the total number of competitors isolating in hotel rooms to 72 on Sunday. By John Pye Photos See more Photos articles Warm thoughts: Looking back at the Cubs and White Sox at spring training Look back — all the way back to 1937 — with photos of the Cubs and White Sox spring training. Who does what in the Chicago Bears organization? The 100 best sports photos of 2020 from the Chicago Tribune Column: Farewell to Mark Gonzales, the ‘Google Baseball’ of sports writers, who is leaving the Chicago Tribune Two season-ending injuries in two years. Undaunted, Geneva’s Maddy Yelle comes back even better than ever at Niagara. Low-risk high school sports return in three regions, but basketball and football remain in limbo. ‘Maybe the season gets pushed back,’ IHSA says. Column: Stagg tennis coach John Daniels said ‘she was on her way.’ Meilita Pilkionis now faces toughest match in recovery from spinal stroke. Few have covered baseball better or longer than Mark Gonzales, who left the Chicago Tribune on Friday to begin a new chapter in his career. A 101-yard interception return helps the Buffalo Bills earn a spot in the AFC championship game with a 17-3 win over the Baltimore Ravens Taron Johnson's 101-yard interception return carried the Buffalo Bills to their first AFC championship game appearance in 26 years. Johnson’s pick-6 of a Lamar Jackson pass secured a 17-3 win over the Baltimore Ravens in a divisional-round playoff game. By John Wawrow James Harden records a triple-double in his Brooklyn Nets debut James Harden delivered 32 points and a triple-double in his Brooklyn Nets debut, Kevin Durant scored a season-high 42 points in his first game back with his former teammate and the Nets showed off their potent potential in a 122-115 victory over the Orlando Magic. Indiana Pacers new addition Caris LeVert out indefinitely after ‘small mass’ discovered on kidney New Indiana Pacers acquisition Caris LeVert is out indefinitely after a “small mass” was discovered on his kidney via an MRI, the Pacers announced in a statement Saturday evening. By Michael McCleary LeBron James provides an early look at ‘Space Jam: A New Legacy’ LeBron James took to social media to provide a glimpse of his new film "Space Jam: A New Legacy." The movie is a sequel Michael Jordan's iconic film "Space Jam." By DeAntae Prince Aaron Rodgers fuels the Green Bay Packers to a 32-18 playoff victory over the Los Angeles Rams Aaron Rodgers threw two touchdown passes and ran for another as the top-seeded Green Bay Packers defeated the Los Angeles Rams 32-18 in an NFC divisional playoff game Saturday. The Packers advanced to the NFC championship game for the fourth time in seven seasons. By Steve Megargee Another slow start from Illinois leads to an 87-81 loss to Ohio State. ‘I’m getting really frustrated,’ coach Brad Underwood says. Illinois lost 87-81 in a brutal Big Ten matchup with Ohio State on Saturday, falling to 9-5 after a controversial finish in Champaign. Sign up for the Chicago Tribune sports newsletter A daily sports update delivered to your inbox for your morning commute.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line4118
__label__cc	0.747873	0.252127	Website Menu Call 530-343-1685 Murray Oral & Facial Surgery Cosmetic Facial Fillers Juvederm and Restylane Brow Lift & Forehead Lift Customized Facial Implants Trinity Microdermabrasion Exposure of Impacted Tooth Meet Dr. Murray Oral Surgery and Cosmetic Registration Reasons for Jaw Bone Loss and Deterioration The following are the most common causes for jaw bone deterioration and loss that may require a bone grafting procedure: When an adult tooth is removed and not replaced jaw bone deterioration may occur. Natural teeth are embedded in the jaw bone and stimulate the jaw bone through activities such as chewing and biting. When teeth are missing, the alveolar bone, or the portion of the jaw bone that anchors the teeth in the mouth, no longer receives the necessary stimulation and begins to break down, or resorb. The body no longer uses or “needs” the jaw bone, so it deteriorates and goes away. The rate that the bone deteriorates, as well as the amount of bone loss that occurs, varies greatly among individuals. However, most loss occurs within the first eighteen months following the extraction and will continue gradually throughout your life. Chico Office Appointments Map & Driving Directions Periodontal diseases are ongoing infections of the gums that gradually destroy the support of your natural teeth. Periodontal disease affects one or more of the periodontal tissues: alveolar bone, periodontal ligament, cementum, or gingiva. While there are many diseases that affect the tooth-supporting structures, plaque-induced inflammatory lesions make up the majority of periodontal issues and are divided into two categories: gingivitis and periodontitis. While gingivitis, the less serious of the diseases, may never progress into periodontitis, it always precedes periodontitis. Dental plaque is the primary cause of gingivitis in genetically-susceptible individuals. Plaque is a sticky colorless film, composed primarily of food particles and various types of bacteria, that adheres to your teeth at and below the gum line. Plaque constantly forms on your teeth, even minutes after cleaning. Bacteria found in plaque produces toxins, or poisons, that irritate the gums. Gums may become inflamed, red, swollen, and bleed easily. If this irritation is prolonged, the gums will separate from the teeth causing pockets (spaces) to form. If daily brushing and flossing is neglected, plaque can harden into a rough, porous substance known as calculus (or tartar). This can occur both above and below the gum line. Periodontitis is affected by bacteria that adheres to the tooth’s surface, along with an overly aggressive immune response to these bacteria. If gingivitis progresses into periodontitis, the supporting gum tissue and bone that hold teeth in place deteriorates. The progressive loss of this bone, the alveolar, can lead to the loosening and subsequent loss of teeth. Dentures/Bridgework Unanchored dentures are placed on top of the gum line, but they do not provide any direct stimulation to the underlying alveolar bone. Over time the lack of stimulation causes the bone to resorb and deteriorate. Because this type of denture relies on the bone to hold them in place, people often experience loosening of their dentures and problems eating and speaking. Eventually, bone loss may become so severe that dentures cannot be held in place with strong adhesives, and a new set of dentures may be required. Proper denture care, repair, and refitting are essential to maintaining oral health. Some dentures are supported by anchors, which do help adequately stimulate, and therefore preserve bone. With bridgework, the teeth on either side of the appliance provide sufficient stimulation to the bone, but the portion of the bridge that spans the gap where the teeth are missing receives no direct stimulation. Bone loss can occur in this area. By completing a bone graft procedure, Dr. Murray is now able to restore bone function and growth, thereby halting the effects of poor denture care. When a tooth is knocked out or broken to the extent that no biting surface is left below the gum line, bone stimulation stops, which results in jaw bone loss. Some common forms of tooth and jaw trauma include: teeth knocked out from injury or accident, jaw fractures, or teeth with a history of trauma that may die and lead to bone loss years after the initial trauma. A bone grafting procedure would be necessary to reverse the effects of bone deterioration, restoring function and promoting new bone growth in traumatized areas. Misalignment issues can create a situation in the mouth where some teeth no longer have an opposing tooth structure. The unopposed tooth can over-erupt, causing deterioration of the underlying bone. Issues such as TMJ problems, normal wear-and-tear, and lack of treatment can also create abnormal physical forces that interfere with the teeth’s ability to grind and chew properly. Over time, bone deterioration can occur where the bone is losing stimulation. Osteomyelitis is a type of bacterial infection in the bone and bone marrow of the jaw. This infection leads to inflammation, which can cause a reduction of blood supply to the bone. Treatment for osteomyelitis generally requires antibiotics and the removal of the affected bone. A bone graft procedure may be required to restore bone function and growth lost during removal. Benign facial tumors, though generally non-threatening, may grow large and require the removal of a portion of the jaw. Malignant mouth tumors almost always spread into the jaw, requiring the removal of the affected section of the jaw. In both cases, reconstructive bone grafting is usually required to help restore normal function to the jaw. Grafting in patients with malignant tumors may be more challenging because treatment of the cancerous tumor generally requires removal of the surrounding soft tissues as well. Developmental Deformities Some conditions or syndromes are characterized by missing portions of the teeth, facial bones, jaw or skull. Dr. Murray may be able to perform a bone graft procedure to restore bone function and growth where it may be absent. Sinus Deficiencies When molars are removed from the upper jaw, air pressure from the air cavity in the maxilla (maxillary sinus) causes resorption of the bone that formerly helped keep the teeth in place. As a result, the sinuses become enlarged, a condition called hyperpneumatized sinus. This condition usually develops over several years and may result in insufficient bone from the placement of dental implants. Dr. Murray can perform a procedure called a “sinus lift” that can treat enlarged sinuses. Take the Next Step to Replace Your Missing Teeth Today! Fill out our Appointment Form or call us at Murray Oral & Facial Surgery Phone Number 530-343-1685 if you have any questions or to schedule an appointment with Dr. Murray today! 2525 Ceanothus Ave Tel: Murray Oral & Facial Surgery Phone Number 530-343-1685 Fax: 530-343-6365 Serving Chico and the surrounding areas, including: Paradise CA Oroville CA Orland CA Corning CA Durham CA Magalia CA Willows CA Find Our Reviews Online! Google - Yelp - Review Us! Oral & Facial Surgery Treatments Oral Surgery Website Design by PBHS © 2009 - 2021	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line4119
__label__cc	0.505644	0.494356	A Coastal Fortress Designed by Chris Clout Just a stone’s throw from the ocean, this coastal fortress stands strong against the elements. When looking for a house by the water, you expect it to have a spectacular view and this stunning shore-front mansion is no exception. With each room gifted an uninterrupted ocean outlook, the home’s design was sure to please its Queensland owners. In their brief to building designer Chris Clout from Chris Clout Design, the homeowners wanted a light, beachy home they could retire to, one that was protected from strong winds and would stand the test of time on a sand dune. “This is one of the best blocks of land in Queensland,” says Chris. “It needed an equally good design to take advantage of this. When you’re in the house you’ll know why; it’s all about the view and that ocean connection from every room.” Chris and the builders from Damien Davidson Building set out to achieve the homeowners’ brief by creating a four-bedroom, three-storey residence with a lift and a direct view to the ocean from every room. As the owners had two older sons who visit, the home needed to also accommodate them when they came to stay. “The house that stood previously on the block was quite old and outdated. We looked at renovating the existing house but what the clients wanted would not work,” explains Chris. “The land had an uninterrupted view of the beach on a very sought-after block.” Using a mixture of off-form concrete and concrete blocks, the design of the home is surprisingly far from cold as it was cleverly softened by Chris and his team using driftwood and washed-out oak detailing throughout. “The clients wanted a very raw, weathered look to everything. Concrete was ideal for this so we left a lot of it exposed,” says Chris Clout. “Driftwood and washed-out oak created a really soft, lived-in look, like it was part of the beach landscape, weathering over time.” The home’s entrance exudes a natural, coastal vibe with the walls painted a fitting Resene Sea Fog hue. The long hallway takes you to the middle level of the three-storey home, which features a family room, garage, lift entrance and master suite with walk-in robe and ensuite. Venturing down the stunning oak staircase, the home opens up to a vast open-plan kitchen, pantry, dining and second living space, featuring a wine cellar and views to the outdoor bar and pool area. Raw concrete is masterfully used here as a feature, both for the walls and the flooring, softened by the rattan pendant lighting and eye-catching driftwood wall sculpture. A warm, washed-out oak ceiling in the kitchen balances the strong concrete benchtops, and Blanco tapware in anthracite introduces an industrial feel to the room. Outside, stained western red cedar decking is introduced to continue the home’s weathered look, while the external concrete render is awash with Resene Black Haze to blend with the surrounding environment. To provide some privacy for the couple’s older sons, the top level of the home features three large bedrooms, each with their own bathrooms and terraces. Each bathroom is fitted with a sleek concrete vanity and Arq by Rogerseller tapware in graphite. Creating this solid, off-form concrete home had its design challenges. As it was built right on a sand dune, the choice of materials was limited, as was the type of construction used. Chris and his team had their work cut out for them when battling the beachfront elements. “The pool was at risk of falling down the hill when the rest of the house was demolished due to the house being on a sand dune,” recalls Chris. The team also found it difficult to both find a correct location of the lift to service all three levels and to also locate the right spot for the entrance so the view was visible from the doorway, without letting the house structure get in the way. Both obstacles were skillfully mastered by Chris and his team, creating a home that not only took advantage of the ocean view, but also became part of the beachfront landscape. “My favourite part of the home was seeing someone catch a wave, even from the front gate right through the home,” says Chris Clout. “Another great feature is seeing the pool window from the beach.” Whether this home is used as a family holiday house or a retirement escape, these lucky homeowners can rest assured this grand beachfront mansion will withstand the salty elements for years to come. chriscloutdesign.com.au Architecture,Coastal,Coastal design,Home design Seaview 03 Seaview 11b OutdoorsAll About Jam Melons New HomesA Remarkable Victorian Revamp Creating a home with a heart When we talk about a ‘home’, we’re talking about one that brings your lifestyle vision to life with a seamless transition between indoors and out. Afterall, a home is where the heart is… The smart way to build Make big savings on building and energy costs while doing your bit for the environment with this remarkable building system. Home design for entertaining For this Sydney family, there’s no need to leave home to have some fun when all their entertainment needs are available right here The Clifftop House: An Unorthodox Raised Extension Capturing views of the Brisbane River and seeming to float above the clifftop, this is a home of impressive design 5 incredible examples of Australian house design Australia has a unique heritage, and Australian house design has evolved to match. We’ve selected our five favourite architectural masterpieces… A luxurious family home in Cairns Surrounded by parkland and picturesque mountains, this lavish home doesn’t just have enviable views, it offers a level of luxury living rarely encountered in a family home.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line4131
__label__wiki	0.642069	0.642069	Compute Canada Executive Science Leadership Council Technological Leadership Council Sponsorship Guideline Renewing Canada’s Advanced Research Computing Platform National Systems Usage and Capabilities Purchasing Agreements About the CARL and CC Partnership for a national RDM platform The System, the Service, and the current Technology Project The Current Technology Project Compute Canada Blog Tessa Derksen Featured, News, Research, Resource Allocation News Compute Canada Asks Research Community to Participate in Pan-Canadian Consultations to Forecast Advanced Research Computing Needs in Canada French ➤ December 16, 2015 – Compute Canada launched its second round of consultations with Canada’s researchers and research-intensive institutions to develop the Sustainable Planning for Advanced Research Computing Phase II (SPARC2). Compute Canada is asking for feedback from the broad research community on its data storage requirements and high performance computing needs over the next five years. Here is how to get involved and help shape advanced research computing (ARC) services in Canada: Participate in the SPARC2 Survey View In-Person and Online Consultation Details Download the Call for White Papers “The foundation for our technology planning is based on our consultations with the research community,” said Dugan O’Neil, Compute Canada Chief Science Officer. “We know we offer more than 10,000 researchers an essential service and the requirements for capacity are increasing, as is the community we serve. We need to hear directly from community members on what their requirements will be over the next five years.” The ARC needs of the Canadian research community continue to grow as the next generation of scientific instruments are deployed; as ARC becomes relevant to answering key questions in an even broader list of disciplines; as new datasets are gathered and mined in innovative ways; and as technological advances allow researchers to construct ever more precise models of the world around us. “This forum will provide insight on the types of investment required to enable Canada’s excellence and leadership in science and innovation,” says Mark Dietrich, Compute Canada President and CEO. “Our current investment in ARC in Canada is not keeping pace with the needs of Canadian researchers. Demand for resources has grown each year, even with the new investment, so having a more detailed understanding of how we can maximize resources is paramount.” Since the launch of SPARC in 2014, much has changed in the Canadian ARC landscape. After the last formal consultations, Compute Canada was awarded a $30M award from the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s (CFI) cyberinfrastructure initiative. This phase of consultation will gather feedback from users and researchers on the technology deployment plan for the renewal and consolidation of its national platform. It will also provide status and planning updates for the technology refresh program, which will be implemented from 2016 through early 2018. The community’s input in both of these areas will influence Compute Canada’s proposal to the Canada Foundation for Innovation for operating funding through to 2022 as well as future proposals to the CFI for additional capital investment in the pan-Canadian advanced research computing platform. After the completion of SPARC2, Compute Canada will be releasing its findings on the future needs and growth for research in Canada. Learn more about SPARC2 here. About Compute Canada Compute Canada, in partnership with regional organizations ACENET, Calcul Québec, Compute Ontario and WestGrid, leads the acceleration of research and innovation by deploying state-of-the-art advanced research computing (ARC) systems, storage and software solutions. Together we provide essential ARC services and infrastructure for Canadian researchers and their collaborators in all academic and industrial sectors. Our world-class team of more than 200 experts employed by 35 partner universities and research institutions across the country provide direct support to research teams. Compute Canada is a proud ambassador for Canadian excellence in advanced research computing nationally and internationally. Supercool Findings Published in Science Canada’s latest Nobel laureate says computational resources are foundational COVID-19: Opening Up the Data	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line4134
__label__wiki	0.765758	0.765758	Menu \| ‘Abundant Futures’: The ethico-political potential of thinking with... The Echo Chamber of the Street: Young Muslims and traversals of time/space as critique May 9th, 2019 2019 IAGC, ‘Abundant Futures’: The ethico-political potential of thinking with race Dr Ajmal Hussain1 1University Of Manchester This paper offers reflections from on-going fieldwork conducted on a street in Birmingham, UK that has featured in media and security services’ concerns with radicalisation and the subsequent radicalisation of Muslims. The street hosts an extensive Islamic infrastructure, making it an intense site of activity for young Muslims. Drawing on interviews and observations carried out in informal spaces such as restaurants, cafes and on pavements, I shed light on the ‘street’ as a unique site of encounters and exchanges. In this time/space I witness the emergence of a deliberative discourse and styles of reasoning through which new practices of citizenship and belonging are uttered. I suggest that the resultant sociality of the street shapes different modalities of radical thinking and behaviour. In so doing, it highlights the importance of street encounters in helping to engage people who would not otherwise attend formal spaces of religion or political deliberation. This means that there is less rigour in navigating religious and political doctrines, because the street has its own order, authority or ‘code’ around which ideas of virtuous behaviour are concocted. I consider the potentiality of such encounters and spaces in affecting new forms of recognition in a climate of hostility. Dr Ajmal Hussain is Research Fellow in Sociology at the University of Manchester where he is leading the UK element of ethnographic research within Islamist milieus as part of the H2020 funded project ‘Dialogue about Radicalisation and Equality’. His book in progress, tentatively titled Urban Rituals documents the emergence of Muslim vernacular culture through analysis of the interaction between the material, social, and narrative life of the inner city. It makes use of work in the areas of affect, infrastructure and assemblage to develop a new theoretical framework for understanding the relationship between multiculture and faith in everyday urban life. White space and urban belonging: a scoping review Dr Iris Levin1, Dr Tracy Castelino 1Swinburne University Of Technology, Hawthorn, Australia, 2ShantiWorks, Richmond, Australia Recently, emerging research has focused on urban belonging to capture the capacity of the city and its public spaces in enhancing the sense of belonging for diverse populations. Especially in the past decade, cities are having to deal with dilemmas around the appropriation of public space and strategies for promoting belonging in public urban spaces in contexts of heightened security. Yet not many have examined urban belonging from the perspective of white privilege, and most accounts have neglected the spatial dimension of belonging and its inter-relationship with power and race. In Australia, there has been little discussion about white privilege and its manifestation in the urban space, except for a few (e.g. Lobo 2014; Malone 2007; Shaw 2007). Yet white space is still hardly ever made visible in Australian cities. Additional research is needed to expose the spatial forms of belonging in Australian cities in an era of increasing securitisation of public space, in the context of whiteness. This proposed study, through ethnographic methods and Qualitative GIS, will fill these theoretical and empirical gaps and will produce a comprehensive spatial analysis of urban belonging in Australia in the context of white privilege. Iris Levin is Research Fellow at the Centre for Urban Transitions working on housing, migration and social diversity. Iris Levin gained her PhD from the University of Melbourne in 2010, has a Masters in Urban and Regional Planning and a B.Arch. in Architecture, gained from the Technion, Israel. Iris’s research focuses on issues around housing, migration, disadvantaged communities and social mix in the city. Iris has been involved in research focusing on migrants and their sense of belonging in their homes, social inclusion in public urban spaces, and socially mixed communities. ilevin@swin.edu.au Shadowing Places: Toxic Geographies and Multispecies Justice A/Prof. Donna Houston1 1Macquarie University, North Ryde, Australia Haraway once wrote that there will be “no nature without justice”. On a planet burdened and shaped by the uneven geographies and accumulative violence of climate change, mass extinction, and ‘chemical regimes of living’ (Murphy 2008), justice matters to lives of historically situated humans and nonhumans. This paper explores the entangled histories of environmental racism and justice and its continued significance for multinatural territorial struggles and materially contested narrations of the Anthropocene. The discussion focuses on processes of shadowing places – the rendering of life as pollutable under racialized and gendered capitalism and the possibilities raised by alter-politics that are reimagining abundant futures beyond Western logics of extraction and single ontology articulations of environmental justice. Donna Houston is an urban and cultural geographer in the Department of Geography and Planning at Macquarie University. Her research explores the intersections of urban political ecology and environmental justice in the Anthropocene; cultural dimensions of climate change; toxic landscapes and bodies; spaces of extinction, and planning in the ‘more-than-human’ city. She is particularly interested in how cultural methodologies such as storytelling, visual methods and memory-work can be used to address current social and environmental challenges. “Melbourne celebrates animal cruelty while refugees suffer”: connecting distant sites of detention and the ‘race that stops the nation’ Dr Andrew Burridge1 1Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia In both the 2017 and 2018 editions of the Melbourne Cup, protestors from the Whistle-blowers, Activists and Citizens Alliance (WACA) have taken direct action to disrupt the event, drawing attention to the damaging effects of both onshore and offshore detention of asylum seekers conducted by the Australian government. Those protesting have called for the immediate evacuation of those detained on Manus and Nauru, while also linking Australia’s cruelty towards both humans (asylum seekers) and animals (horses raced at Melbourne Cup). While WACA have protested in a variety of locations and iconic sites, the decision to target the Melbourne Cup was important for several reasons. Flemington Racecourse is only 4km from the then operational Maribyrnong Detention Centre: connections were made between the detention of persons both onshore and offshore, and to Australia’s major cities and cultural events. Engaging with the theme of the 2019 IAG, this presentation explores the geographies of emergence, divergence and convergence enacted by WACA, connecting local and distant sites, while considering the ethico-political spaces and potentialities created through direct-action protest, while also drawing connections between the racialized practices of immigration controls and detention, and the torture of animals. Urban and political geographer with specialisation in urban studies and urban planning; migration; asylum and refugee re/settlement; carceral geographies; critical border studies; international boundary law and border management; mobilities; humanitarianism; social and spatial justice. Dazzling Worlds: Radiations from the Indian Ocean Edge Dr Michele Lobo1 1Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia In the Manifesto for Abundant Futures, Collard et al (2014) argue that the advent of the Anthropocene is a ‘spark’ that can light a fire in our imaginaries for enacting pluriversal worlds. Indigenous, Black, southern and subaltern ontologies, however, highlight the scholarly and everyday struggle to produce these multiple realities in cities when racialising assemblages acquire stability in maintaining hierarchies of animacy and what it means to be properly human. This paper acknowledges the racialised logics of the Anthropocene grounded in white supremacy, white mastery and white affects of anxiety that focus on a One-World View highlighting crisis, catastrophe and extinction. But it seeks to go beyond this view by illuminating a geoaesthetics from ‘black and brown worlds’ on the edges of the Indian Ocean. Drawing and building on the work of Kathryn Yusoff and Edouard Glissant, I draw attention to the political dimension of geoaesthetics that destabilises racialised assemblages that have acquired inertia and nourishes ecological intimacies with a volatile, damaged earth. Michele Lobo is a social and cultural geographer internationally recognised for her scholarship on Anthropocene urbanism, race, Islam, affect and co-belonging that bridges diasporic knowledges with Indigenous and southern traditions of thought. She serves as the Editor of Social & Cultural Geography and the Reviews Editor, Postcolonial Studies, both highly regarded international journals. Her recent grants include a DFAT/Australia-India Council Grant on Australia-India student mobility and cultural diplomacy (2018), an ARC DECRA grant on Indigenous-ethnic minority encounters in Darwin and an ARC Discovery Grant on urban Islam in Australia, France and USA.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line4136
__label__cc	0.619051	0.380949	Hide Abstracts Show Downloads Hide Metadata Authors 01-04: Land administration and changing gender norms Session Chair: Oumar Sylla, UN-Habitat, Kenya Keywords: Land Registration, Inheritance, Updating, Socio-Cultural Norms, Administrative A tripartite normative interaction in land registration: inheritance and land information updating Zaid Abubakari, Christine Richter, Jaap A. Zevenbergen University of Twente, Netherlands In trying to identify the underlying factors that account for the low incidence of land registration in the global south, commentators tend to focus on administrative limitations inside of land registration organizations. Whereas lack of efficiency, complex procedures, bureaucracy, high transaction cost and long transaction times have been mentioned as problematic internal administrative features, little is known about how external socio-cultural practices factor into the reasons for the registration and non-registration of real property. We studied the socio-cultural practices of real property inheritance and registration in Ghana and found that the eventual decision/ability/willingness of a successor of real property to report transfers for registration is influenced by the social norms of society, the formal rules of land registration and the practicalities of registration. However, the second and third influences only happen when the social norms allow room for personal appropriation of property. Topics: Land and human rights, gender, indigenous peoples Keywords: Land rights, Customary laws, Patriarchy, Gender. Customary disparities. Women and customary land tenure: emerging developments and ways forward in Savelugu, Ghana Prince Donkor Ameyaw1, Uchendu Eugene Chigbu1, Walter Timo de Vries1, Simon Peter Mwesigye2, Eric Yeboah3 1Techninical University of Munich, Germany; 2UN-Habitat / Global Land Tool Network, Uganda; 3Kwame Nkrumah Univerisy of Science and Technonology, Ghana Patriarchal norms on land operate along kinship lines. Male children have higher inheritance rights in the family. The girl child is considered not to be a permanent member of the family as she is expected to be married into another family or remarry upon the death of her husband. These are fundamentals for the discrimination against females in the patriarchal community. Using qualitative and quantitative approaches (Savelugu in northern Ghana), this study analyzed land challenges that women face in their efforts to access land in rural communities. Findings from the study show that land acquisition modes available to women appear to operate in ways that exclude them from being owning lands with high tenure security. Suggestions include intense education on land rights and land registration, the formation of women cooperative groups and economic empowerment (through responsible government and NGOs interventions). Keywords: Cyber security, Distributed ledger technologies, Fintech, poverty, Gender, Children, Judicary, Innovation Securing property rights for Women and children through Distributed Ledger Technology in Judiciary Manohar Velpuri Absolutum Consultancy Private Limited, India UN Women, in partnership with the UN Office of Information and Communications Technology (UN OICT) and with the support of Innovation Norway organised four-day simulation lab to explore cutting-edge solutions based on distributed ledger technologies that address challenges faced by women and girls. UN Women has prioritized innovation technology as one of the drivers for change, strategically leveraging innovation and partnership to accelerate progress towards gender equality and women's empowerment.UN Women has identified cash transfer and identity as areas to leverage DLT to assist women and girls. Having a safe place to save and store humanitarian cash transfers and remittances is a key strategy for coping with shocks and building resilience.In Vietnam, a world bank pilot is testing the ways in which distributed ledger technologies could help women entrepreneurs to prove ownership of business assets, verify production values, and establish a digital identity Keywords: Conflict of laws, Customs, Succession Women and land: A conflict of culture and law Beverly Mumbo, Miriam Wachira, Caroline Oduor, Teresa Omondi Federation of Women Layers, Kenya Kenya is a diverse country with about 42 tribes, each bearing it's own cultural laws. According to the Constitution 2010 cultural practices and customs are a source of law, in so far as they are not repugnant to justice and morality. it is paramount that a balance be struck between the two to avoid either offending the other. This paper seeks to; synchronize the existing land laws with the customary laws relating to land so as to create a convergence of the two and to help strike a balance between culture and women land rights. It also seeks to recommend reforms and policy change such as codification of the current customary laws so as to ensure that the retrogressive laws are done away with and only those that are progressive and accommodate women land rights are maintained. This will all be with an aim of realization of Kenya’s vision 2030.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line4137
__label__wiki	0.828256	0.828256	Home » Conservative Culture » Academic Who Mocked Barron Trump Given Powerful Position by Facebook Academic Who Mocked Barron Trump Given Powerful Position by Facebook Alex Wong / Getty ImagesConstitutional scholars Pamela Karlan of Stanford University, right, and Noah Feldman of Harvard University, left, testify before the House Judiciary Committee in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill on Dec. 4, 2019, in Washington, D.C. (Alex Wong / Getty Images) A powerful player on Facebook’s new content oversight board infamously mocked Barron Trump during last year’s impeachment hearings, sowing doubt in the social media platform’s promises of unbiased moderation. The selection of Pamela Karlan, a professor at Stanford Law School, was announced Wednesday by Facebook, according to CNBC. Karlan will sit alongside 19 other experts and professionals on a board created by the social media giant to help police content. “It is our ambition and goal that Facebook not decide elections, not be a force for one point of view over another, but the same rules will apply to people of left, right and center,” Michael McConnell, one of the board’s co-chairs, told reporters, according to CNBC. The group will review content and appeals from users to Facebook, making final decisions as to what type of material is allowed on the platform. TRENDING: Mainstream Media Pushes Masks, Ignores Possible Consequences A Facebook official confirmed that board decisions would be respected by the company, unless the rulings “violate the law.” It may be hard to believe those on the political right will get a fair shake however, especially since Karlan made headlines by mocking Barron Trump during the impeachment attempt on his father, President Donald Trump. To make matters worse, the televised insult didn’t bring condemnation from Democrats, but laughter. Should Karlan be helping decide what free speech looks like on Facebook? Responding to a question from Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee about Trump’s supposed ambitions of becoming a king, the professor, who previously admitted a deep-seated hatred of the president, took the opportunity to childishly mock Barron’s name. “I’ll just give you one example,” Karlan then said, “that shows you the difference between him and a king, which is, the Constitution says there can be no titles of nobility. “So while the president can name his son Barron, he can’t make him a baron.” The response had Lee and several others in the room chuckling. It seems the professor should be the last person Facebook would consider for an unbiased position, especially one with so much authority over users. RELATED: Candace Owens Calls Out Whitmer, Then Twitter Suspends Her Account For the social media platform, this is only going to cause more concerns about bias, a problem the company’s leadership has been fighting for years. The board comes as the latest iteration of Facebook’s attempts to control, moderate and police its network. Before, the company relied on internal measures, contractors and disastrous relationships with fact-checkers. Although Facebook’s new moderation board has yet to be thoroughly tested in the real world, the building bias does not appear to be a win for conservatives. Even Vladimir Putin & Mitch McConnell Know Trump Lost	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line4140
__label__cc	0.546284	0.453716	Home » Conservative Culture » Texas Governor Issues New Guidance for In-Person Church Services To Resume Texas Governor Issues New Guidance for In-Person Church Services To Resume Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton released new guidance on Tuesday regarding in-person religious services in the state. Last month, Abbott issued an executive order listing religious services as among the “essential services” that can remain open during the Lone Star State’s shutdown. The governor’s order, in fact, specifically added religious services to the list created by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “If religious services cannot be conducted from home or through remote services, they should be conducted consistent with the Guidelines from the President and the CDC by practicing good hygiene, environmental cleanliness, and sanitation, and by implementing social distancing to prevent the spread of COVID-19,” Abbott’s March 31 order read. In their updated guidance issued Tuesday, Abbott and Paxton noted it is their responsibility as top state government officials to ensure that Texans’ right to worship — as guaranteed by the First Amendment, as well as Texas’ constitution and laws — is not infringed. TRENDING: Hallmark Star Jill Wagner Welcomes Baby Girl with ‘Patriotic Name’ In balancing that right during a public health crisis, they called for houses of worship to continue to “conduct as many activities as possible remotely” and to “follow federal guidelines when providing services in person.” This updated guidance provides clear direction for houses of worship to protect the health and safety of their congregations as they continue to hold religious services, exercise religious liberty and serve their faith communities. https://t.co/dfdijkiK4b — Texas Attorney General (@TXAG) April 21, 2020 When conducting services in person, the government leaders offered several suggestions. Do you support Gov. Abbott’s guidance? “Encourage all attendees who are 65 and above to stay home and watch the services online, or provide a ‘senior service’ exclusively for attendees 65 and above to attend in person,” the guidance read. Further, congregations should “[a]sk all attendees who have an underlying at-risk health condition to stay home and watch the services online.” The guidance also called for ushers and greeters to wear gloves and masks and for churches to keep child care closed, “unless the house of worship can comply with CDC guidelines for child care facilities.” Additionally, attendees should “sanitize their hands and put on a mask before entering the building” and engage in social distancing by family units. If necessary, church leaders should add more service times to make it possible to follow the government’s guidelines. RELATED: Zuckerberg: Organizing Anti-Lockdown Protests on Facebook is ‘Harmful Misinformation and We Take That Down’ Finally, seats and frequently touched surfaces should be sanitized between services. Kelly Shackelford, president and chief legal counsel with the religious liberty group First Liberty Institute, praised the move by Texas to allow its residents to worship together again in person. “We are pleased Texas no longer prohibits in-person religious services. This clear guidance shows respect for religious liberty, and, as long as churches, synagogues, and other houses of worship follow it, provides that they may resume in person meetings prudently,” Shackelford said in a statement provided to The Western Journal. On Sunday, Abbott shared the importance of his Christian faith via video during an online service for Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, led by Pastor Jack Graham. The Republican governor made clear that when he speaks about faith as an element of recovery, he knows what he is talking about from personal experience. At the age of 26, he suffered an injury that left him partially paralyzed from the waist down. “As you might imagine, when you face something like that, it tests your faith,” Abbott said. “Why would God allow something like this to happen? “But, very importantly, I found in the aftermath of that, as I continued to reach out to God, I found God reaching right back out to me, and my relationship with God and Jesus Christ grew even closer after the accident. And it empowered me to go on and become governor of the great state of Texas.” Wait – Donald Trump is Unfit to Serve!?	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line4141
__label__cc	0.544695	0.455305	Daniel Coughlan: Thirty years on from Thatcher’s ‘Sermon on the Mound’, faith is sadly excluded from public discourse By Daniel Coughlan Nick King: London is unlikely to have another “Big Bang” moment – but here’s how we can boost its potential post-Brexit Profile. Kwarteng Unchained. The rise, wobble and rise of the big, bold, bright new Business Secretary Trump, Parler, bias, free speech, incitement – and regulation. Beware of the cure being worse than the disease. Peel increased the burden of taxation on the rich – perhaps Sunak and Johnson will too Chris McGovern: School closures are a victory for the unions. What can be done to help the children catch up? Daniel Coughlan is a teacher in West Sussex. In England the month of May, with its Morris dancing, is a time when people risk looking nuts. Thirty years ago today Margaret Thatcher was north of the border doing the very same. Not dancing with sticks but something even more disturbing: she was ‘doing God’ in public, and with bells on. In what became known as the ‘Sermon on the Mound’, her address to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, Thatcher explicitly spelt out her Judaeo-Christian worldview. She stands out in modern British politics in how she consistently and publicly witnessed to a firm faith in God. All Prime Ministers since Macmillan have professed a personal belief in God. Yet one of the most devout, Tony Blair, confessed in 2007 – the year he left Downing Street – to keeping his faith quiet. He explained, “you talk about it [faith] in our system and, frankly, people do think you’re a nutter”. This is a sad indictment of the British political scene. Politicians are still permitted to have had a religious upbringing, and even to maintain religious customs. Theresa May could happily launch her Conservative leadership bid as the vicar’s daughter, and as Prime Minster reveal that she was giving up crisps for Lent. But many voters seem uncomfortable with a politician drawing upon a belief in God. Yet all belief systems have a ‘God’ in that they demand some ultimate rationale or have some final concern: it might be the sovereignty of pleasure and pain, or economic equality, rather than a loving creator who invites our friendship. In a democracy the latter idea should not receive any special treatment. It can compete – like all ideas – on its merits. But it should not be silenced. The silencing of faith in public life reflects a range of anti-religious prejudices: faith as inherently unreasonable, antithetical to freedom, socially divisive, or unconcerned with material prosperity. Thatcher’s example challenges such stereotypes. In 1988 Thatcher unashamedly spoke of things theological. She referred to “Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God” who “chose to lay down His life that our sins may be forgiven”, and how “if we open our hearts to God, He has promised to work within us.” She confidently presented her faith as “true” but she did not ask anyone to take her word for it. Later that same year, David Frost quizzed Thatcher in some depth, asking “do you believe there is a God or do you know there is a God?” She retorted, “Believing there is a God is knowing there is a God”. She appealed to matters such as the existence of conscience and the notion of fundamental human rights to support her surety. She even sought to account for the problem of evil and suffering. Thatcher was no theologian but she was theologically engaged and engaging. She spoke of her favourite biblical texts – psalms 139 and 46 – and interpreted their central message for political life, “that each and every person matters”. Frost hailed her comments as “wonderful” and “superb”. He was no Paxman, but then again Thatcher was no Blair. She was willing and able to argue for her foundational belief. Thatcher had spoken about her faith for years. In 1987, she told John Humphrys on Today, “The fundamental reason of being on this earth is so to improve your character that you are fit for the next world.” Before becoming Prime Minister, in a 1978 speech at St Lawrence Jewry, she had related this same theme to public policy: “politics is about… establishing the conditions in which men and women can best use their fleeting lives in this world to prepare themselves for the next.” Few believing politicians, let alone aspiring Prime Ministers, would speak thus today. But the difference is explained not just by our antagonistic times, but that Thatcher had confidence in her religious beliefs: that they were not only well-founded, but, being so, they could positively contribute to political life. Central to Thatcher’s Christian faith, as expressed to the General Assembly, was that man was “endowed by God with the fundamental right to choose”. As she explained in 1978, “my own faith in freedom does not rest in the last resort on utilitarian arguments”. Her drive towards a free and responsible society – with all the social and economic fruits it promised – had theological roots. Thatcher’s faith also motivated her deep – and often wilfully overlooked – commitment to social justice. In 1978, she recalled the Pauline notion of the Body of Christ and commented, “From this we learn our interdependence, and the great truth that we do not achieve happiness or salvation in isolation from each other but as members of Society”. In Scotland she recalled the government’s concern to “have laws to provide for health and education, pensions for the elderly, succour for the sick and disabled”. Thatcher’s faith was far from religiously or culturally divisive. She reflected that “one of the great principles of our Judaic-Christian inheritance is tolerance” and explained that there was “absolutely nothing incompatible between…our desire to maintain the essence of our own identity” and “equality under the law, of proper respect and of open friendship”. Other religious faiths of today might be different, but they – like atheistic totalitarian projects before them – will struggle to compete in our democracy. Rather than being down on material wealth Thatcher professed how, “abundance rather than poverty has a legitimacy which derives from the very nature of Creation.” She reminded the General Assembly that it was not the creation of wealth that was wrong but “love of money for its own sake”. Material wealth, like social harmony and freedom, were not in any danger from Thatcher’s faith-filled politics. They were secured by it. The modern-day closeting of politicians with religious faith not only reflects a range of anti-religious prejudices but it risks impoverishing public life. Thatcher’s public engagement with theology serves as a challenge both to those who unfairly dismiss religious faith, and those politicians of faith that acquiesce to such prejudice. The exclusion of religion from public discourse risks losing its important public benefit. In 1978, writing in the Daily Telegraph, Thatcher warned those who shared her politics about abandoning Britain’s faith heritage. She observed: ‘there are loyal supporters of the Conservative cause today who would describe themselves as agnostic humanists. To my mind, such people are living recklessly on the dwindling spiritual capital of our Christian culture. I do not believe that even the free and ordered society which as a party we are trying to foster can satisfy the deepest human needs, for this is beyond the scope of politics. I do not think that even this society will be able to sustain itself unless it keeps its religious foundations in good repair.’ If Thatcher’s prophecy proves right, if the political fruits of the Christian faith wither without nurturing their theological roots, future generations might well wonder at our modern disdain for faith in politics. If religious faith is not given space in our public discourse, in another 30 years, it is we that might look extremely foolish. Christian Christianity Conservative history Faith Faith and community Margaret Thatcher Religion Religious Freedom Paul Mercer: Covid tests, airport checks – and how to avoid British citizens from being stranded abroad Brandon Lewis: I am not neutral on Northern Ireland. I am unapologetically pro-Union. 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__label__wiki	0.637039	0.637039	I Paid $7 for a Single Slice of 'Artisanal Toast,' And You Can, Too Beth Rankin \| First Look \| Beth Rankin \| November 8, 2016 \| 10:52am Back in May, we shared the big news: that Dallas would soon have its very own "artisanal toast" restaurant, Toasted Coffee + Kitchen. Feedback was swift — and harsh. "Fucking hipsters," seemed to be a common refrain. Despite the, uh, feedback, Toasted co-founder Joel Roldan insisted that his toast-centric concept was "not hipster." “You could label anything you want," he told the Observer back in June. "I just like bread. I like toast. I think it’s homey. … We’re just trying to be Americana." Now, Dallasites can judge Toasted for themselves, because the eatery opened quietly this week in the same plaza that houses Milk + Honey, the recently resurrected Ships Lounge and a barbershop with a motorcycle parked inside. That's right: A barbershop, trendy dessert spot, an artisanal toast restaurant and beloved dive bar all in one quiet little strip mall. All this block needs is a Fernet bar and it'll become a living caricature of itself. "It's Not Hipster" — The Team Behind Dallas' First Artisanal Toast Restaurant Defends Toasted Bread Dallas Is Getting Its First 'Artisanal Toast' Restaurant Dallas Restaurants Make a Beeline for Fort Worth's Crockett Row at West 7th The interior at Toasted is what you'd expect: wide open and modern with industrial touches, which puts it on par with just about every restaurant and coffee joint that's opened in Dallas in the last 18 months. The vibe is nice, though — it feels like a good spot to post up with a laptop and get some work done on a rainy day. Since Toasted just opened this week, the menu is limited but a good indicator of what to expect. Single slices of toast — made with bread fresh-baked in-house — will set you back $4 to $7, and toppings range from avocado-chocolate ganache to Sriracha and whatever sunflower sauce is. On my first visit, I went with the Toast Ma Goats, fresh bread topped with sweet goat cheese, pear slices, pecans and a drizzle of honey. It cost $7, and only when the toast was delivered to my table — on a trendy metal tray, of course, in lieu of just a regular goddamned plate — did it really sink in: I just paid $7 for a single piece of toast. Despite the sticker shock, it was, in fact, a damn fine piece of toast. The bread was fluffy and fresh, the sweet goat cheese pleasantly rich, the pear and honey and pecans working in tandem to create a flavor profile that oscillated between sweet and earthy. It was a nice breakfast — but it was also a $7 single slice of toast. Potato, potato. A $3.50 cortado — ordered from the extensive coffee and espresso menu — tasted burnt and bitter, leaving a bad taste in my mouth that lingered so long, I stopped at Method on the way to work just to wash the taste from my mouth with an expertly prepared Flat White. I'll certainly forgive the lackluster coffee; after all, Toasted has only been open a couple days, so they likely have some kinks to work out. If they play their cards right, this spot could become a popular coffee shop for the neighborhood. So is Toasted Coffee + Kitchen The Next Great Dallas Thing™? It's not likely, but it could at least become A Next Great Dallas Thing™ for people who want a quick bite to eat and cup of coffee before heading into work. The toast is good and the coffee shows promise, and it's currently open daily from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m., which is mighty convenient. Now it's up to consumers to decide whether they can stomach paying $7 for a slice of toast — but then again, this is Dallas. If a lower middle class consumer like me will pay $7 for a tiny blob of freshly-grated wasabi at Tei Tei Robata, a little high-end toast doesn't seem quite so far-fetched. Toasted Coffee + Kitchen, 5420 Ross Ave. Beth Rankin is an Ohio native and Cicerone-certified beer server who specializes in social media, food and drink, travel and news reporting. Her belief system revolves around the significance of Topo Chico, the refusal to eat crawfish out of season and the importance of local and regional foodways. Facebook: Beth Rankin Twitter: @beth_rankin	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0027.json.gz/line4151

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