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G.I. Joe: Operation Blackout is Coming December 15 to Steam
Posted on December 13, 2020 by Graphic Policy Team
G.I. Joe: Operation Blackout, the team-based third-person shooter inspired by the epic characters and battles of Hasbro's blockbuster franchise, will be available on PC via Steam on Dec. 15, 2020, for $29.99. Fans get also get the game's Digital Deluxe Edition, which includes a digital art book and soundtrack, the Retro Skins Pack, and the Weapons Pack, all for $39.99. And during its first week of release, you can grab G.I. Joe: Operation Blackout for 20% off! Play as both Team Joe and Team Cobra in this action-packed adventure featuring a local co-op campaign and PvP multiplayer with support for Steam Remote Play Together.
Experience an original storyline inspired by classic '80s comics, with 17 campaign missions featuring legendary locations like the U.S.S. Flagg and Cobra Headquarters, intense boss battles, and iconic vehicles like the G.I. Joe Persuader and Cobra H.I.S.S. tanks. Play the campaign on your own or with a friend in local split-screen co-op, then keep the fight going in four-player local PvP multiplayer modes like Capture the Flag, Assault, King of The Hill and Deathmatch Arena.
Choose your favorite heroes and villains with 12 playable characters from both sides, including Duke, Snake Eyes, Cobra Commander, Destro, Roadblock, Storm Shadow and more. Unleash a wide variety of weapons, skins, and devastating ultimate abilities as you mastermind world domination for Team Cobra and restore world peace with Team Joe!
G.I. Joe: Operation Blackout is also available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
G.I. Joe: Operation Blackout is Out Now for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One
Posted on October 14, 2020 by Graphic Policy Team
G.I. Joe: Operation Blackout, the new team-based third-person shooter inspired by Hasbro's hit franchise, launches today on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. Play as both Team Joe and Team Cobra in this action-packed adventure featuring a co-op story campaign and PvP multiplayer.
Experience an original story inspired by classic '80s-style comics, over 17 campaign missions featuring epic locations like the U.S.S. Flagg and Cobra Headquarters, intense boss battles, and iconic vehicles like the Joes' Persuader and Cobra H.I.S.S. tanks. Play the campaign on your own or with a friend in local split-screen co-op, then keep the fight going in four-player local PvP multiplayer modes like Capture the Flag, Assault, King of The Hill and Deathmatch Arena.
Play as your favorite heroes and villains from both sides with 12 playable characters, including Duke, Snake Eyes, Cobra Commander, Destro, Roadblock, Storm Shadow and more. Unleash a wide variety of weapons, skins, and devastating ultimate abilities as you mastermind world domination as Team Cobra and restore world order as Team Joe!
G.I. Joe: Operation Blackout is published by GameMill Entertainment and is available at major retailers and digital stores for $39.99. G.I. Joe: Operation Blackout — Gold Deluxe Edition, which includes special character skins for Duke and Cobra Commander, 12 bonus weapon skins, and an exclusive digital art book and soundtrack, is also available today on all platforms (digitally only) for $49.99.
G.I. Joe: Operation Blackout is Coming October 13 to Consoles and PC
Posted on August 14, 2020 by Graphic Policy Team
G.I. Joe: Operation Blackout, a new team-based, third-person shooter based on Hasbro's mega-popular franchise, has been revealed. Play as your favorite heroes and villains from Team Joe and Team Cobra in this action-packed adventure, coming to PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on October 13, 2020, from GameMill Entertainment.
Travel to monumental locations like Cobra Headquarters and the U.S.S. Flagg through an original story inspired by 80s-style comics. Take on 18 campaign missions featuring iconic vehicles and boss battles in single-player or local split-screen co-op.
G.I. Joe: Operation Blackout features 12 playable characters, including Duke, Snake Eyes, Cobra Commander, Destro, Roadblock, Storm Shadow, and more. Each soldier has their own unique powers and can be customized with a variety of weapons and skins. There's also multiplayer with modes such as Capture the Flag, Assault, and King of the Hill.
Transformers: Battlegrounds Comes to Consoles in October
Posted on June 11, 2020 by Brett
While everyone was paying attention to the Playstation 5 news, the Playstation 4 teaser trailer for Transformers: Battlegrounds dropped today. The game is also coming to the Nintendo Switch, Steam, and XBox One.
As evil Megatron closes in on the Allspark, Bumblebee and the Autobots need a new commander to help save Earth – you! Assemble your squad and roll out for a battle that will rage from Central City to Cybertron… and even to the local multiplayer arcade!
Classic RPGs 'Baldur's Gate I & II,' 'Planescape: Torment' & 'Icewind Dale' Out Now on Consoles
Skybound Games and Beamdog have announced that enhanced editions of several classic Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing videogames – including Baldur's Gate, the Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear expansion, Baldur's Gate II, Planescape: Torment, and Icewind Dale – are now available on modern consoles for the very first time. Available globally, these boxed versions can be purchased at major retailers for $49.99 each on the PlayStation 4 computer entertainment system, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch:
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition Pack: Celebrating the series' 20th anniversary, the original Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition and its sequel, Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition, return with all DLC and restored quest content, as well as the Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear expansion, featuring new original content developed by Beamdog to bridge the two games.
Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition / Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition: Two must-play games and all their DLC in one package – the chilling Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition, plus its expansions, and the enhanced edition of 1999's RPG of the Year, Planescape: Torment.
These titles are also now available for digital download on the PlayStation Store, Microsoft Xbox One Store, and Nintendo eShop.
Tailored for a natural gameplay experience on consoles, these enhanced editions give longtime fans and newcomers alike the opportunity to play these critically acclaimed adventures from a golden age of RPGs in a whole new way. Beamdog has upgraded each title with support for high-resolution widescreen displays, controls optimized for console controllers, new content, new characters and classes, expanded character creation options, redesigns of the UI and UX, bug fixes, balance changes and more.
Skybound Games and Beamdog will also release fellow all-time classic RPG Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition on consoles on Dec. 3, 2019. Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition is available to pre-order now at major retailers and the Skybound Shop.
Marvel's Avengers Coming to PS4, Xbox One, PC, and Stadia
Posted on June 9, 2019 by Brett
E3 is right around the corner and one of the most anticipated games is Marvel's Avengers by Square Enix. Its been revealed that not only is the game coming to the PS4, Xbox One, and PC, but also to Google Stadia.
The revelation came fromt he game's Twitter account where an image of the poster on the side of a building shows the four platforms.
#EmbraceYourPowers pic.twitter.com/yHgARkfUkF
— Marvel's Avengers (@PlayAvengers) June 9, 2019
We can also assume it won't by coming to the Nintendo Switch based on this.
The game is the first of a multi-game partnership between Marvel and Square Enix. We'll learn more about it very soon.
The Walking Dead: The Final Season Ep. 4 & Boxed Edition Coming March 26
Posted on February 4, 2019 by Graphic Policy Team
It's hard to believe Clem's journey is coming to an end. Skybound Games has announced that The Walking Dead: The Final Season will launch on March 26. On top of the digital release, a physical boxed edition that includes the entirety of The Walking Dead: The Final Season for Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch.
This version will be available at all major retailers, including in the Skybound Shop. For fans looking for a great gift to give, or to actually hold the final chapters of Clem's story in your hands, you'll soon have that chance!
'OVERKILL's The Walking Dead' is Playable at gamescom
Starbreeze, Skybound Entertainment, and 505 Games have announced that OVERKILL's The Walking Dead is now expected to launch on the PlayStation 4 computer entertainment system and Xbox One on Feb. 6, 2019, in the Americas and Feb. 8, 2019, in Europe and other territories. The game is still expected to release on Windows PC on Nov. 6, 2018, in the Americas and Nov. 8, 2018, in Europe and the rest of the world.
OVERKILL's The Walking Dead is playable to the public at gamescom this week with an all-new level called Underpass that shows off some of the game's darkest corners. Visitors can get a taste of the action in Hall 9 of the ESL Arena. You can also check out a special gamescom message to fans from developer OVERKILL – A Starbreeze Studio.
Inspired by Robert Kirkman's original graphic novels, OVERKILL's The Walking Dead is a four-player co-op multiplayer shooter in which players must band together on a variety of missions and raids to find survivors, secure supplies and stay alive. Use stealth to evade enemies tactically, or dismember walkers limb from limb with brute force and firepower. Each of the game's four playable characters has their own special abilities, skill trees, squad roles, play styles and background stories.
The Walking Dead's Negan is Coming to Tekken 7
Posted on August 6, 2018 by Brett
If you thought a fighting Panda wasn't the weirdest thing in the Tekken it has been revealed that Negan from The Walking Dead will be joining the cast of characters as part of a new season for the game.
The teaser video just shows a silhouete of Negan with a look that's more in line with AMC's version of the character on the television played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan who you can hear recite a line. The design is similar with some differences compared to the comic book version.
Joining Negan are veteran fighters Anna Williams and Lei Wulong.
The announcement was made after the game's grand finals wrapped at Evo 2018.
There's six new characters coming to the new season with the three remaining yet to be announced. Could it be more The Walking Dead characters?
The Season 2 pass is "coming soon" to Playstation 4, Windows PC, and Xbox One.
OVERKILL's The Walking Dead Gets a Gameplay Trailer for E3 and Launches November 6
Posted on June 12, 2018 by Graphic Policy Team
Starbreeze, Skybound Entertainment, and 505 Games have released the first official gameplay trailer for OVERKILL's The Walking Dead, the upcoming cooperative multiplayer FPS from developer OVERKILL – A Starbreeze Studio. The video also reveals the game is expected to launch on the PlayStation 4 computer entertainment system, Xbox One and Windows PC on Nov. 6 in North and South America and Nov. 8 for the rest of the world, including Europe.
OVERKILL's The Walking Dead is available to pre-order now as a digital title on all platforms and as a physical boxed product for consoles only at most major retailers for $59.99. A steel book deluxe edition of OVERKILL's The Walking Dead, featuring the base game, the "Night Raid Character Pack" DLC, a variety of cosmetic skins, a digital art book and more, is also available to pre-order for $79.99. Players who pre-order either version will receive an assortment of in-game cosmetic skins as a bonus. As an homage to its comic book heritage, the physical steel book deluxe edition will also feature four collector cards illustrated by comic book artist Dan Panosian.
OVERKILL's The Walking Dead's PC-exclusive closed beta will begin later this year. Closed beta access will be available for PC pre-orders only. Players who pre-order the standard edition of OVERKILL's The Walking Dead will receive a single invitation to the closed beta, while those who pre-order the game's deluxe edition will receive four closed beta invites to share with friends.
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Feature music interview: Lucy Dacus at the Basement
Andy Downing Editor, Columbus Alive @andydowning33
Virginia musician takes on death with heart, grace
On Historian, Lucy Dacus' sophomore album, the Richmond, Virginia-based musician engages in a bit of title-appropriate excavation, digging into her past to examine the ways it continues to shape her present.
Witness "Pillar of Truth," a slow-building, seven-plus-minute epic that finds the musician revisiting the 2014 death of her grandmother, Mary Jo Olander Dacus, vacillating between her own bedside point of view ("Your eyes are closing/Your words are broken") and that of her grandmother as she takes her final breaths. "I'm slowly sinking/Into darkness yet unknown," Dacus sings. "But the fading light around me/Is full of faces who carry my name."
"She was a really amazing woman, and watching her pass was really powerful and brought me a lot of insight to both death and life," said Dacus, who visits the Basement for a concert on Sunday, April 8, reached on the road en route to Salt Lake City, Utah. "It was the first death I observed that came through illness and was drawn out a little bit, so that the person had time to reckon with their life. That's such a gift to have a little foresight and invite your whole family from around the country and around the world to see you, and I was happy to be a part of her kind of final scene.
"I think there's a lot to be learned from loss, especially in terms of thankfulness and gratefulness — defeating this impulse of feeling entitled to one's life. Loss is a major way to acknowledge the impermanence of things you care about. … I feel like all you can do is make decisions and spend your time in ways that feel fulfilling."
Much of Historian, which Dacus recorded with her band over a single week in Nashville in March 2017, finds the musician wrestling with outsized themes, exploring the finite nature of existence, searching for earthly purpose, and coming to terms with how and why we carry on in the face of loss.
"I guess I felt a heightened sense of responsibility on this record, because when you have an audience you really should be sharing things that are worth sharing," Dacus said. "For me, I picked songs that are maybe a little heavier, but they're very close to what matters to me the most."
Dacus said there wasn't an "a ha moment" that ignited this search, describing it instead as part of a lifelong examination spurred on by her adopted parents, who brought her up with the awareness that life entails numerous turns that remain mercifully out of one's control.
"My parents raised me to basically constantly consider what could have been, and not in a regretful way, but in a thankful way, like, my life could have looked really different," Dacus said. "So they raised me with this baseline level of impermanence or chance, and I think that's been a pervasive theme for most of my life."
Though weighty, the album is far from bleak, underscored by a wry humor ("I am busy doing nothing and you're rudely interrupting," Dacus sings on "The Shell") and buoyed by graceful arrangements that have a way of drawing the listener in gradually, as if by hand. Take the album-opening "Night Shift," which begins as a dreamy, blue-sky ballad before the storm clouds roll in three-quarters of the way through, fleshing out the sound with a steady downpour of fuzzy guitar.
"I feel like it's best to move gracefully into darkness or hardship, and that's what a lot of the songs are about, just difficulty," Dacus said. "I think that was intentional, to sonically ease people into the content. It's easier to receive difficulty with a guiding hand rather than a push from behind."
Fittingly, nothing on Historians sounds forced, from the arrangements to Dacus' even-keeled singing to the songwriting itself, which includes reminders to let things unfold as they must. "Put down the pen/Don't let it force your hand," Dacus sings on "The Shell."
"Whenever we feel like we're forcing something, we just stop," the musician said. "You shouldn't be making stuff just to make it, or to reach a deadline, or to fulfill a contract. You should make work because of your personal, sole desire to do it. I think people can tell when it's happening otherwise."
Similarly homespun reminders surface throughout, arriving almost like tethering posts designed to keep Dacus grounded. Such is the case on "Next of Kin," where she repeats the line, "I will never be complete," her at-peace tone suggesting she's quite all right with this realization.
"At times I can be really anxious, and I feel a huge relief when I'm able to understand that [we're always a work in progress]," said Dacus, who described accepting this reality as an "active choice," one that requires practice. "But that doesn't mean you stop growing. Even if you'll never be complete, it doesn't mean you give up your interests or let go of things. I'm not going to read every book, but I'm still going to keep reading because it's a valuable experience to me."


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What Hulu's "Shrill" Gets Right About Weight and the Morning-After Pill
Filed Under Mind & Body, Hulu, Science and Chill, Sex & Spoilers
In Hulu's funny and moving new series Shrill, Aidy Bryant of Saturday Night Live fame plays Annie, a writer working toward becoming the person she wants to be while facing daily micro-aggressions and indignities related to her weight. Dealing with forces like her mom, her boss, and the pharmaceutical industry, Shrill stays true to the reality of what it means to be seen as a fat woman.
More on that in a moment. First, a warning: Spoilers below for the first episode of Shrill.
In the pilot episode released Friday, Annie finds herself in a situation: She had unprotected sex, leading her to take a "morning-after pill." But to her surprise, a subsequent pregnancy test reveals that she's pregnant. She confronts the pharmacist, which you can see in the video at the top, about her "defective test." In turn, the pharmacist asks Annie if she weighs over 175 pounds. When she confirms, the pharmacist bluntly says that the morning-after pill only works for women 175 pounds and under.
Annie is astounded, letting out a what-is-this-fresh-bullshit "What?!" But as surprising as it may seem, what the pharmacists tells her is based on some real-world truths.
"This is a real thing," Aaron Lazorwitz, M.D., an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Colorado tells Inverse. "Studies have shown that overweight and obese women have higher rates of failure with the traditional morning-after pill."
Annie realizes that her boyfriend isn't worth it.
The issue with the existing literature is that the parameters of the data isn't consistent. A woman's weight, her body mass index, and the type of emergency contraception she uses are all factors, but the degree to which they affect a morning-after pill's efficacy changes across studies.
In the United States, there are several progestin-only emergency contraceptive products, each which contain a type of hormone that prevents pregnancy called levonorgestrel. Progestin-only pills are available over the counter; some brand names are Plan B One-step, Next Choice, and Take Action. Studies indicate they are most effective taken as soon as possible after sex, and not more than five days afterward.
Lazorwitz says that some data suggest that the progestin-only emergency contraceptive, known more popularly as the morning-after pill, may not work at all for women over 150 pounds. Meanwhile, other data indicate that the method is less effective for women who weigh more than 165 pounds or have a BMI over 25. More consistently than specifying an exact weight, studies conclude that levonorgestrel-based emergency contraception does not prevent pregnancy as efficiently for "obese women," possibly because a single dose of the medication results in lower concentrations of levonorgestrel in this group.
It's an area of science that needs more research and leaves manywomen feeling confused. Nowhere on the packaging for Plan B One-Step, the best-known brand of levonorgestrel emergency contraceptives, does it warn women who weigh over a certain amount that it might not work for them.
The emergency contraceptive, Plan B One Step.
In 2013, a company that sells a European morning-after pill identical in formula to Plan B One-Step announced it would update its packaging to say it's not an effective pill for women over 176 pounds and loses its potency for women over 165 pounds. But that decision was reversed after the pill was reviewed by the European Medicines Agency, which decided the available data were "too limited and not robust enough to conclude with certainty that the contraceptive effect is reduced with increased body weight."
And yet in 2016, while acknowledging that the "data are limited and poor to fair quality," scientists said in the journal Contraception that their "findings suggest that women with obesity experience an increased risk of pregnancy after use of LNG ECP compared to those normal/underweight."
Defining "normal" is crucial here. According to the CDC, the average weight of an American woman is 168.5 pounds, so a pill marketed to "normal" women should work for a woman of that weight. Not much has changed since the pill was first introduced: Plan B was approved by the FDA in 1999, when the average weight of a woman was closer to 160 pounds.
Lazorwitz recommends that women over 150 pounds who need emergency contraceptive not use levonorgestrel pills and instead use pills with ulipristal acetate, another active ingredient that prevents pregnancy. The brand name for this pill in the United States is ella. He also recommends the copper intrauterine device as an emergency contraceptive method, which is 99 percent effective as an emergency contraceptive for all patients, regardless of weight.
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Upcoming Talk: Waterford district lunatic asylum 1834-1922
Waterford district lunatic asylum 1834-1922
A lecture by Tony Gyves to the Waterford Archaeological and Historical Society
The Waterford Archaeological and Historical Society lecture season for 2017 and 2018 commences on Friday 29th September with an illustrated lecture at 8 pm in the St Patrick's Gateway Centre, Patrick St. Waterford by Mr. Tony Gyves MA titled 'Waterford district lunatic asylum 1834-1922'.
Interior of Waterford District Lunatic Asylum (NLI POOLEWP 0131)
There is much contemporary discussion about the provision of mental health services in the community. In Ireland organised treatment for people suffering from mental illness was provided in a network of district lunatic asylums established in the early nineteenth century, these were effectively Ireland's first mental hospitals. The Waterford district lunatic asylum was opened in 1834 on a site on the edge of the city, surrounded by orchards, market gardens and farmland in Lower Grange. At the time of its establishment ten staff delivered care to 54 patients, or inmates as they were called, in a purpose-built modern facility. The original asylum building, designed by the leading architect Francis Johnston, still stands in the grounds of St. Otteran's Hospital and is a protected structure.
Tony Gyves has researched the history of the Waterford district lunatic asylum from its opening to Independence in 1922 when a new system for administering mental health services was established in the Free State. In his talk Tony will describe the facilities in which the patients received treatment and the types of care they received in the asylum. His talk will also look at the evolution of medical practices and administrative systems for caring for the mentally ill in Waterford in the 19th century, and the people who were involved in delivering that care.
Mallow-born Tony Gyves started his career in health administration working for Cork County Council, this was followed by periods spent working in the Southern, Midland and South-Eastern Health Boards, before ending his career as a senior administrator in St. Otteran's Hospital. His time spent working in St. Otteran's stimulated an interest in the history of the place and in the little researched area of the provision of services to the mentally ill in 19th century Ireland. He was awarded a Master of Arts degree in Local History by University College Cork for his ground-breaking research on the history of the Waterford district lunatic asylum.
This lecture will appeal to anyone interested in the history of this well-known Waterford institution, the social history of the City and County in the 19th century and the development of medical services in Victorian Ireland. Admission to the lecture is €5, but is free for members of the Waterford Archaeological and Historical Society. Details of the full programme of monthly lectures can be found on our Facebook page www.facebook.com/waterfordhistory/. New members are always welcome, the membership application form can be downloaded from http://www.waterford-history.org.
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Finland Secularism and atheism Stats
Secularism and atheism
Believes in spirit or life force: Percentage of surveyed respondents who indicated they believed in a spirit or a life force.
Believes there is a god: Percentage of surveyed respondents who indicated they believed in God. (Believing in a spirit or life force is another possible response.)
Does not believe in spirit, God or life force: Percentage of surveyed respondents who indicated they did not believe in God, a spirit, or a life force of any kind.
Population considering religion important: Percentage of population surveyed in a Gallup Poll who answered the question "Is religion important in your daily life?" with "yes". (Other possible answers were "no", "don't know" and "refuse to answer").
Population considering religion unimportant: Percentage of population who says religion is not important in their daily lives. The survey was carried out within the Gallup Poll.
Select year 2010 2014
Believes in spirit or life force 42% 2010 7th out of 27
Believes there is a god 33% 2010 20th out of 27
Does not believe in spirit, God or life force 22% 2010 12th out of 27
Population considering religion important 28% 2014 134th out of 143
Population considering religion unimportant 70% 2014 10th out of 143
SOURCES: Biotechnology Report, Special Eurobarometer, European Commission, October 2010, p. 381;
Biotechnology Report, Special Eurobarometer, European Commission, October 2010, p. 381
; Biotechnology Report, Special Eurobarometer, European Commission, October 2010, p. 381; Wikipedia: Importance of religion by country (Countries)
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Eva Mendes Net Worth 2022: How Actually Rich Is Retired American Actress In 2022?
Eva de la Caridad Mendes was born to Eva Pérez Suárez and Juan Carlos Méndez on March 5, 1974 in Miami, Florida. Her Cuban parents separated when she was a little child. Eva's mother raised her in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles. Eva's family is Roman Catholic, and when she was younger, she considered becoming a nun. She completed her studies at California State University, Northridge after earning her diploma from Hoover High School in Glendale. She left college to seek a career in acting.
Career Starts
Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror, a direct-to-video horror movie, featured Mendes' debut performance. She additionally made an appearance in 1998's "A Night at the Roxbury" as a bridesmaid. In 1999 and 2000, respectively, she appeared in "My Brother the Pig" and "Urban Legends: Final Cut."
Mendes' big break came in 2001 when she was cast with Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke in "Training Day." She had grown tired of the lighter, more cheesy films she had been cast in up to that time, but this one encouraged her to keep acting. The year after, she made an appearance in "All About the Benjamins."
In 2003, she made appearances in the motion pictures "2 Fast 2 Furious," "Once Upon a Time in Mexico," "Out of Time," and "Stuck on You." Then, in 2005, she appeared alongside Will Smith in the romantic comedy "Hitch." Additionally, she made appearances in the films "Trust the Man" (2006), "Ghost Rider" (2007), and "We Own the Night" (2008). Following the release of "The Women" and "The Spirit" in 2008, "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans" in 2009, "The Other Guys" in 2010, and "Last Night" in 2011.
Alongside her future husband Ryan Gosling, Mended starred in "The Place Beyond the Pines," "Girl in Progress," and "Holy Motors" in 2012. In 2013, she made her HBO debut in "Clear History," and the following year, in "Lost River," she made her debut as a director.
Mendes has modeled in the past. She has appeared in music videos for a variety of artists, including the Pet Shop Boys, Aerosmith, Will Smith, and The Strokes.
Eva Mendes's Net Worth
Eva Mendes' estimated net worth as of this writing is $20 million.
American actress, model, singer, and former designer of home goods Eva Mendes is now retired.
Relationships Status
From 2002 through 2010, Eva Mendes and filmmaker George Augusto were a couple.
In 2011, she began dating Ryan Gosling, an actor. While making "The Place Beyond the Pines," they became friends. For their first official date, they traveled to Disneyland. Two girls were born to the couple. In 2014, Esmeralda was born, and in 2016, Amanda. Esmeralda is a figure who Ryan and Eva both enjoy in Victor Hugo's "The Hunchback of Notre Dame." Amanda, which in Spanish means "beloved," is Eva's grandmother.
In a 2015 interview, Gosling said of Mendes: "I know I'm with the right woman, Eva Mendes. I have nothing else on my mind.
Ryan and Eva were wed in 2016. They keep to themselves. On social media, Mendes doesn't share any images of Gosling or their kids. She seldom ever appears with her husband in public.
Since Gosling's "Lost River" in 2014, Eva hasn't had a leading role in a movie. She has acknowledged taking a career sabbatical to raise her two children.
Mendes consumes fish. She practices Transcendental Meditation as well.
Her older brother, Juan Carolos Mendez Jr., passed away from throat cancer in 2016. She has a younger half-brother named Carlos Alberto Mendez and an older sister named Janet on her father's side.
In September 2020, there were whispers that Mendes and Gosling's romance was in jeopardy. Mendes reportedly wants a third child, but Gosling reportedly does not. These rumors haven't been verified yet.
Eva received $1.27 million for the sale of her three-bedroom, two-bath home in 2018.
The couple lost out on Villa Delle Favole, a 1924 Italian Revival house with six bedrooms and six bathrooms, that same year. In Pasadena, California, it was up for sale for $8 million. The mansion includes a wine cellar, a gym, a pool, a spa, and a library.
If Eva Mendes were to act again, she claims she wouldn't take on any roles that involved violence or sexual content.
Eva Mendes stated on "The View" that she would only act once she stayed away from sexuality and violence.
She last appeared on screen in 2014's "Lost River," Ryan Gosling's first film as a filmmaker.
Gosling and Mendes have been dating since 2011 and have two kids together.
Since 2014, Eva Mendes hasn't made an appearance in a film or television program; nonetheless, the actress recently said she would have some requirements if she ever did.
Mendes recently admitted on "The View" that he had "such a shortlist of what I would do, with [my] kids" (via Entertainment Weekly). Ryan Gosling and Mendes have two children together; they have been dating since 2011.
"If it was a fun project, that is. However, I'll no longer engage in violence or sexual activity, and the list is short "Mendes went on.
Since playing the lead role in Ryan Gosling's breakthrough feature film, "Lost River," in 2014, Mendes has not appeared on the screen. She has since been active in projects related to fashion and beauty.
She also provided the voice of a yoga instructor for the popular animated series "Bluey" in 2021.
Mendes spoke about her decision to scale back her performing career to USA Today in 2019 after meeting Gosling and having children with him.
If I'm being completely honest, I felt lacking in ambition, she remarked. "I feel more ambitious at home than I do at work right now."
"I try to make it clear that I don't let them see me draw attention to my appearance. They have never witnessed me getting ready for anything or working "Mendes went on. "Which is OK if that's how someone wants to do it, but I maintain my normalcy by not letting people see me in those circumstances. Just Mom here. And I couldn't be happier to be a mom."
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Ukraine seeks more arms as U.S. and allies consider new penalties for Russia
Published April 7, 2022 at 3:57 AM CDT
Olivier Matthys
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, left, walks with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg as they arrive for a meeting of NATO foreign ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Thursday.
NATO foreign ministers are meeting Thursday as part of a larger effort by the U.S., its allies and Ukraine to bolster Ukrainian defenses and impose new penalties on Russia for invading its neighbor.
Upon arrival in Brussels Thursday, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba made a blunt appeal for more military support. "My agenda is very simple," he said. "It has only three items on it: it's weapons, weapons and weapons."
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Brussels to meet with both NATO and G-7 foreign ministers. Blinken had already announced another $100 million of military aid for Ukraine, bringing the U.S. total to $1.7 billion since Russia invaded in February.
The Associated Press cited a U.S. defense official speaking on condition of anonymity who said Russia had pulled all of its estimated 24,000 or more troops from the Kyiv and Chernihiv areas in the north, sending them into Belarus or Russia to resupply and reorganize, probably to return to fight in the east.
The European Union is expected to take additional measures, including an embargo on coal. Earlier, the U.S. and its allies already announced additional sanctions on Russia that target top Russian officials and family members, including Putin's adult children. Washington also imposed full blocking sanctions on two of Russia's top banks, Sberbank and Alfa Bank.
Also on Thursday, a U.S.-initiated resolution to suspend Russia from the U.N.'s human rights body goes before the General Assembly. The resolution is tied to charges that Russian soldiers killed civilians while retreating from the region around the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, particularly after videos and photos emerged from the town of Bucha of corpses that appeared to be civilians.
The 47-member Human Rights Council is based in Geneva, and member countries are voted to the body for three-year terms by the 193-member General Assembly.


The story of one of archaeology's greatest trailblazers, Tatiana Proskouriakoff
By Carlos Rosado van der Gracht
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Born in Mérida, Carlos Rosado van der Gracht is a Mexican/Canadian blogger, photographer and adventure expedition leader. He holds degrees in multimedia, philosophy and translation from universities in Mexico, Canada and Norway. Sign up for the Yucatán Roundup, a free newsletter, which delivers the week's top headlines every Monday.
Tatiana Proskouriakoff is remembered for laying the foundation for understanding Mayan historical texts and reconstructing the political history of Mayan city-states. Photo: Courtesy
Tatiana Proskouriakoff was born in 1909 in Russia during the final decade of its grand imperial period. As a child, she moved to the United States with her family in 1916. In 1924 her family was granted American citizenship, and Tatiana would go on to study architecture in Pennsylvania.
But Proskouriakof is best remembered not as an architect, but as one of the most influential early Mayanist and epigraphers of the 20 century. While still a student, Proskouriakoff prepared archeological illustrations as a volunteer at the University Museum. Her skills and attention to detail landed her a spot in 1936 to take part in an expedition to Guatemala. During this expedition, she would study and illustrate the remains of the ancient Mayan City of Piedras Negras — a trip that would shape the rest of her life and career.
Tatiana Proskouriakoff in the ruins of the Mayan city of Piedras Negras. Photo: Courtesy
In 1942 she conducted a scholarly analysis of the hieroglyphics at the Takalik Abaj ruins in Guatemala and established that the site was in part Maya, settling what had been an ongoing debate at the time.
Despite a boom in interest in the Maya civilization in the early 19th century, by the middle of the 20th century, Maya hieroglyphics were still considered to be largely impossible to decipher. Photo: Carlos Rosado van der Gracht
Intrigued by the almost entirely indecipherable Mayan hieroglyphs she saw in Guatemala, she decided to again travel to Mesoamerica, this time to Chichén Itzá. In Yucatán, she continued her research and began to diligently work towards the goal of coming to understand the beautiful yet mysterious writing system of the Maya.
In 1974, Tatiana Proskouriakoff prepared a catalog of 1,000 jade products from the sacred cenote Chichen Itza, kept in the Peabody Museum. Photo: Carlos Rosado van der Gracht
In 1940, Proskouriakoff was working for the Carnegie Institute when she developed a method to accurately date Mayan monuments based on the peculiarities of their architectural features. At around the same time she returned to Yucatán once again, this time to take part in excavations at Mayapán.
During Proskouriakoff's career, archaeology was still dominated by men, many of whom held extremely sexist beliefs. But in the end, her accomplishments spoke for themselves and she went on to be one of the most recognized archaeologists and epigraphers of her time. Photo: Courtesy
In the 1960s, Proskouriakoff would shock the international scientific community by publishing a paper detailing her method to decipher the writing system of the classical Maya. Her breakthrough came while researching the chronology of changing styles of Maya sculpture. She discovered that the dates shown on monumental stelae were actually historical and recorded important dates such as births, coronation, and death of important nobles.
Ilustration of Chicén Itza, Yucatán by Tatiana Proskouriakoff. Photo: Courtesy
Analyzing the pattern of dates and hieroglyphs, she was able to demonstrate a sequence of seven rulers over a span of 200 years. Knowing the context of the inscriptions, Maya epigraphers were then able to decipher the hieroglyphs.
Mayan stelae provide epigraphers and archaeologists with a wealth of information about life in the ancient great city. Pictured, stelae 35 of Yaxchilán. Photo: Carlos Rosado van der Gracht
Her discovery landed her a position as honorary curator of Mayan art at the Peabody Museum. She continued to publish her discoveries until her retirement in 1977. Proskouriakoff died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Aug. 30, 1985, at the age of 76. For her discoveries, in 1984 she was posthumously awarded the Order of the Quetzal, the most prestigious award granted by the Guatemalan Government.
In 1998 her close friend and colleague David Stuart carried Tatiana's ashes to Piedras Negras. There near the banks of the mighty Usumacinta river, her ashes were interred at the summit of the Acropolis, the group of structures in Tania's first and perhaps most famous reconstruction drawing, the same one that launched her career.
Tatiana Proskouriakoff's final resting place in Piedras Negras Guatemala. Photo: Courtesy
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Author: Ponlop Rinpoche
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In the Bodhicharyavatara, the great Indian scholar, Shantideva presents teachings on the path of the Bodhisattvas in beautifully written verses. In these talks, The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche provides profound and engaging commentary on this classic text. Rinpoche begins by teaching about Shantideva and the masters who brought these teachings to the Kagyu lineage. He then explains the special physical and mental support that is the basis for bodhicitta. He intersperses these teachings with Kadampa methods for reducing negative actions. Rinpoche discusses the commitmens of Bodhicitta during the Bodhicitta vow ceremony. In the two concluding talks Rinpoche provides clear and specific practice instructions for working with kleshas (mental afflictions) . Several talks include question and answer sessions. Throughout this series of talks Rinpoche teaches with humore and profound clarity.
Bodhicharyavatara, Ponlop Rinpoche, Vajra Echoes, 4 DVDs, 10 hours, $84.00.
The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche is acknowledged as one of the foremost scholars of his generation in the Nyingma and Kagyu schools of Tibetan Buddhism. Fluent in English and well-versed in Western culture, Rinpooche has worked to develop and adapt traditional Tibetan education curriculums for Western audiences. Nitartha Institute (www.nitharthainstitute.org), where Rinpoche is the main teacher, provides a focused Buddhist studies program. Rinpoche is a visiting professor of buddhist philosopy at Naropa University, Boulder, Colorado. In 1997, Rinpoche founded Nalanabodhi to preserve the genuine lineage of the Nyingma and Kagyu Schools of Tibetan Buddhism. There are Nalandabodhi centers in North America and Europe, and curriculum materials are available to people worldwide.
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Anatomy 101
By Doperbo Aug 21, 2007, 10:56pm CDT
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It isn't that an interest in football and a working knowledge of internal organs can't lend itself to levity, next week I've scheduled a rousing game of Guess the size of Mad Dog's colon, it's simply that for me this particular subject doesn't broach much satire. After listening to a week of conjecture around the water cooler, message boards, television and talk radio I'd like to discuss a few straightforward topics for purely informational purposes. Forewarned.
The Spleen
It sits just below your diaphragm on the left side, hidden behind your rib cage for protection. It's a soft mushy conglomeration of lymph tissue wrapped in a tough fibrous shell, sort of like a leather bound bag of souffle. Lay articles point out that it's about the size of your fist for reference. It's a fairly important organ, probably the second most important non-paired, non central nervous system organ that you can actually live without, right behind the thyroid. It has several functions, mainly filtering the blood for trash like old red blood cells and other cellular debris. It's also a key part of the bodies defense against certain infections, which why people without one require specific vaccinations every so often. For our purposes it's the filtration aspects that matter.
Think of it as an oil filter- which isn't a bad comparison structurally or functionally. The entire blood volume from the circulatory system is filtered through the spleen continuously, it handles a lot of blood from a flow standpoint under high pressure. The blood courses through tiny channels called sinusoids which act like the fine mesh of our oil filter. Clean blood passes through and on to the liver while the debris remains behind to be destroyed by specialized cells put there to do just so. Because of it's location and construction it doesn't handle blunt trauma to the side of the ribs very well. If the tough outer capsule tears a bit it's strong enough to hold most of the blood in and repair itself. If it completely ruptures, as happens in motor vehicle accidents or violent athletic collisions, it's possible to have heavy bleeding into the abdominal cavity. Your abdominal cavity can hold quite a bit of blood, and under arterial pressure the spleen can oblige that capacity. The result, untreated, is a lack of volume left in the system causing very low blood pressure, circulatory collapse, and eventually shock. If this situation goes on long enough the major organs like the kidneys, brain, heart, lungs, gut and liver shut down, roughly in that order. The treatment is removal of the thing before you bleed out and replacement of large amounts of volume via IV fluids and blood transfusion.
This is your brain's ability to know where your body is in space. Close your eyes and and think about where your left heel is right now. You can probably generate a fairly accurate angle and distance from another any other part of your body to that heel with your eyes closed as well. Special columns of nerves running along the back of your spinal cord relate information to your brain about exactly where any particular body part is in relation to every other part at any given time. Note that proprioception is a building block of coordination, you can have the former without the latter, but not the other way around. The part of the brain that controls coordination, the cerebellum, process this information along with a multitude of other data to allow you to move smoothly in space and accomplish complex tasks. The sheer amount of instantaneous processing required to do this is staggering, and it's the reason my 15 month old toddler can easily negotiate obstacles that multimillion dollar robots cannot.
Some areas of the brain are either evolved or designed, depending on your preference, to be protected from periods of low blood flow, basic housekeeping functions like breathing and gut motility as well as our more primitive senses like smell fall into this class. Certain parts of the brain are more susceptible to shock, particular fibers in the cerebellum called Purkinje fibers happen to be one of them. Other areas at risk have memory, language, and visual perception implications. It isn't uncommon for someone who has suffered a traumatic event and lost a lot of blood to have any number of variable lingering effects. The degree of impairment varies greatly among individuals, as does the ability to rehabilitate these deficits. The psychological aspects of said trauma are another issue, one I'm not qualified to discuss.
What does this all mean and why do I care? Two reasons I guess. One is a desire to provide some clarity around some of the terms being thrown around of late and attempt to explain them in a way that makes sense. The other is that I am a fan of Chris Simms the person and have tired of some of the office punchlines and shots taken by media outlets who do little or no research into the topics they are covering. I have empathy for someone who is now being labeled a basket case by coaching staff and the media without a great deal of understanding informing that opinion. Note, I have no personal knowledge of his medical condition whatsoever, if I did I would be prevented from even discussing such with a close friend, much less on a public blog, by very strict and rigid ethical and legal guidelines. I am pulling for the guy though. He's handled a great deal of adversity well at a very young age, and has shown a full measure of personal courage when tested. Regardless of his future as an NFL quarterback, perennial backup vs. Pro-bowler, that sort of thing rates very highly with me. In my schema, if one is judging a man integrity and physical courage are important touchstones.


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Adam McKay's 'Vice'; Arrives On Digital March 12 & On Blu-ray & DVD April 2, 2019 From Fox Home Ent.
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment has officially announced and detailed their home entertainment releases of Adam McKay's acclaimed biopic 'Vice' which stars Christian Bale as Dick Cheney. The film will be available to own early on Digital beginning March 12 and will be followed by the Blu-ray and DVD releases on April 2, 2019. Continue after the jump to check out the full announcement for the release including bonus content listings, disc specs and more. Continue reading "Adam McKay's 'Vice'; Arrives On Digital March 12 & On Blu-ray & DVD April 2, 2019 From Fox Home Ent."
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California-UAE bilateral trade exceeds $1.5 billion
Bilateral trade between the United States (US) and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has grown significantly – thanks in part to the booming commercial relationship between the UAE and the State of California.
In 2013, total bilateral trade between the US and UAE exceeded a record of more than $26 billion. The UAE continues to be the largest export market for US goods and services in the Middle East and North Africa – the fifth straight year the UAE has held this distinction. Among US states, California is the UAE's 5th largest trading partner, with exports totaling $1.6 billion in 2013.
Trade between the UAE and the State of California has jumped almost 750 percent since 1999, when trade valued more than $189 million. In 2013, the UAE ranked 23rd among California's global export markets, even though the UAE's economy is only the 49th largest in the world.
In 2013, top exports from California to the UAE included global forage exports, automotive, computers, and nuts. Global corporations such as Apple, Toshiba, Hewlett Packard, Blue Diamond have been major export contributors to the UAE. Transportation companies, such as Boeing, GM, Toyota, and Tesla Motors, have a number of subsidiaries and manufacturing plants throughout California, which are also major contributors to California's exports to the UAE. Furthermore, exports to the UAE alone supported the employment of almost 23,000 individuals in California.
"California and the UAE share a very strong and increasingly dynamic commercial and cultural relationship," said Abdulla Alsaboosi, Consul General of the UAE. The new Los Angeles Consulate – the first UAE consulate in the US – is further evidence of the importance of the State of California to the UAE's close relationship with the US.
As part of the strong bilateral trade relationship, California ports handle a substantial amount of trade between the US and UAE. Los Angeles is the eighth largest US port for trade with the UAE, followed by San Francisco, ranked at 15th. Combined, the two ports handled more than $1.5 billion worth of goods in 2013 alone – more than a 300 percent increase from 1999, when the two ports handled a combined $384 million in goods.
The importance of California as a key trading partner to the UAE is further evidenced by the growing number of nonstop flights between the UAE and the state. The UAE's two major international airlines, Emirates Airline and Etihad Airways, operate daily nonstop flights between Los Angeles and Dubai and Abu Dhabi, respectively. San Francisco is also an international departure city for Emirates.
The State of California and the UAE continue to explore new areas for future collaboration across a variety of sectors, including technology, clean energy, transportation, manufacturing, and the entertainment industry. As the UAE and California continue to deepen their long-standing economic relationship, UAE investment will continue to play a valuable role in supporting the state's economic development and job creation efforts.
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A First-Look at the Blackhawks' Top Prospects is not Far Away
By Jeremiah Lee
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The Blackhawks' prospects will travel to Minnesota for a pair of scrimmages against the Wild's prospects.
The Blackhawks are set to send their top prospects over to Minnesota, where fans will get their first look at names like Lukas Reichel, Colton Dach, and Jakob Galvas. The Rockford IceHogs coaching staff will man the bench. Scrimmages can be found on the Minnesota Wild's YouTube channel, not the Blackhawks', starting on September 17 at 7 pm and September 19 at 1 pm.
This is an exciting time for fans to get their first glimpse at the future of the franchise, especially Lukas Reichel, who has a decent shot at a roster spot this training camp. Based on the scouting report, he is a hard-working player who can score from the dirty areas and control the play. Playing against men in Germany, Reichel will have a decent welcome into North American hockey against the best the Minnesota Wild's prospect pool has to offer.
Fans will also get their first look at what Colton Dach is capable of in the small sample size. Dach is a physical player with a great shot, so fans can expect to see him chip in offensively while adding a physical punch to the game. I really think that he has a decent shot at the NHL roster with his skillset, but it is still more likely that he spends more time in juniors or Rockford.
Also on this roster is Mike Hardman, which is puzzling (to me). Hardman was in the lineup for 8 games, putting up 3 points, coming into his own as the season ended with all of his points scored in the last four games played. He really should be on the NHL roster as the team now has the players for a checking, energy style for the third and fourth lines, something teams need to win in today's NHL. I'm guessing that Hardman was added to warm him up before training camp in order to get more out of him to start the season.
The Blackhawks' prospects have a LOT of physicality, with Hardman, Dach, Evan Barratt, Nolan Allan, and more. They won't be pushed around with a few willing combatants in a potential scrap. It is encouraging to see the type of size and aggressiveness in the prospect pool as the days of Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews contained a lot of pushing around but winning with resilience.
The next wave of potential Blackhawks will have a great mix of speed, skill, and grit, something, again, that you need to win. The showcase will show what they have to offer before the preseason, where we will get another look at what these young guns have to offer.


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Party leader chairs Central Military Commission meeting
Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong chaired a Central Military Commission meeting on November 30 to approve a draft resolution on leadership in the implementation of military-defence tasks and Party building in 2021,
and a report on the realisation of military-defence missions in 2020 and orientations and tasks for 2021.
Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong (standing) addresses the meeting of the Central Military Commission on November 30 (Photo: VNA)
The report noted that this year, amid complex developments in the region and the world, the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defence as well as Party committees at all levels led the military in completing all military-defence tasks set for the year.
Along with providing advice on policies and forecasts to the Party and State, the military has also maintained combat readiness and close coordination with other ministries and localities to promote its central role in building a firm all-people defence.
It has completed its tasks in production as well as COVID-19 pandemic prevention and control, and joined in activities to protect human lives and property during natural disasters and flooding.
The ministry directed the streamlining of organisations to make them elite and strong, while showing progress in completing legal documents relating to military and defence and good performance in external defence relations in the year when Vietnam took up the roles of ASEAN Chair and non-permanent member of the UN Security Council.
In 2021, the military aims to implement the resolution of the 13th National Party Congress and the 11th Congress of the Army's Party Organisation, while focusing on building a pure, strong and model Party Organisation.
It will enhance its capacity and competitiveness as well as the efficiency of inspection and supervision and the implementation of Party discipline, while maintaining and promoting the absolute and direct leadership of the Party over all aspects of the military.
Members of the Central Military Commission agreed with the tasks and solutions given in the report, while asking Party committees and organisations at all levels to continue to give advice to the Party and State on military-defence affairs while effectively implementing strategies, resolutions, conclusions, projects, and laws, including the Vietnam Border Guard Law and the resolution released by the National Assembly on involvement in UN peacekeeping operations.
Speaking at the meeting, Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong affirmed that the Central Military Commission, the Defence Ministry, and the whole army had a role to play in contributing to the said achievements.
Saying that the situation in the years to come may see complex and unpredictable developments, the top leader stressed the requirement that the commission and the ministry must proactively grasp the situation so as to provide advice to the Party and the State on national defence policies.
He also asked the ministry to proactively prevent and fight corruption and negative phenomena right within itself, and expressed his belief that the Party organisation of the army will continue bringing into play its tradition of solidarity, real transparency, thus setting an example for others./.VNA
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Vietnam, Cambodia work to further promote comprehensive cooperation
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Government's first draft resolution sets major tasks for 2021
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Vietnamese navy successfully rescues engine-failed Russian ship: Spokesperson
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Sure, Amazon's Changed Shopping, But Retailers Can Still Compete
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"Amazon launched a local website for Australia on Dec. 5, 2017, one more step on its march to world domination. Quinn Rooney/Getty Images
In his 1997 letter to the first Amazon shareholders, CEO Jeff Bezos laid out the three-word business philosophy that could soon make the online giant the first $1 trillion company in history: "obsess over customers."
That simple, customer-centric credo has driven a string of innovations unmatched in American retail:
Amazon posted some of the first customer reviews next to its products (1995)
1-Click (1997) eliminated the need for Amazon customers to re-enter billing information with every purchase
Amazon Prime (2005), a free-shipping loyalty program, has ballooned to become Amazon's all-encompassing shopping and entertainment ecosystem
Amazon Kindle (2007) basically created the downloadable ebook device market and continues to dominate it
Amazon Echo (2015), a smart home gadget dismissed as a gimmick, became the top-selling item on Amazon.com for Black Friday 2017
And then there are all the innovations that Amazon's customers don't see, but that allow Amazon to make good on promises like same-day delivery. Scot Wingo, executive chairman and founder of ChannelAdvisor, an ecommerce strategy consultancy, says that Amazon's 116 nationwide fulfillment centers and the "billions of dollars in investment to make that happen" all stem from that original shareholder letter.
"Bezos said in 1997 that customers won't get tired of low prices, selection and great shipping," says Wingo. "Here we are 20 years later and those are the things that have really differentiated Amazon from everyone."
Onine shopping in the third quarter of 2017 accounted for 9.1 percent of total retail sales in America. That's an increase of 15 percent over 2016, which itself was 15 percent better than the same quarter in 2015, and it's expected to grow at that same rate for the foreseeable future. (Although you might be forgiven for expecting internet shopping to be a higher percent of retail sales by now, few people buy groceries and cars online, two of the biggest retail sectors.)
In that small but growing online retail pond, Amazon is by far the biggest fish. Check out some of the latest stats:
Amazon accounted for 43 percent of all online sales in 2016
Amazon recorded 45 percent of online sales on Thanksgiving and nearly 55 percent on Black Friday in 2017
1 in 4 US adults (63 million) are Amazon Prime members
71 percent of US adults make an Amazon purchase at least once a month
Amazon's online dominance is a thorn in the side of just about every retailer in America. Consumers accustomed to the low prices and absurdly broad selection of Amazon are often disappointed when they walk into traditional brick-and-mortar retailers. This has led to the growing practice of "showrooming," in which shoppers visit physical retail stores to try on clothes and size up gadgets, then go home and buy them online, often through Amazon.
But just when retailers started thinking that brick-and-mortar was a death sentence, Amazon flipped the script. The online-native company recently opened its first brick-and-mortar bookstores, a market it originally helped kill (R.I.P. Borders, Waldenbooks and B. Dalton). Then Amazon bought Whole Foods with its 450 US locations, which may one day have no checkout lines or cash registers, just like the Amazon Go pilot grocery store in Seattle.
Does that mean that the Amazon way is the only way to win in retail? Not necessarily, says John Rossman, a former Amazon executive and managing director at the Seattle consulting firm Alvarez & Marsal, who not coincidentally wrote a book called "The Amazon Way: 14 Leadership Principles Behind the World's Most Disruptive Company."
"For every company, it's about knowing who your customer is and figuring out different high-value ways to serve them in unique ways that others would have a tough time copying," says Rossman. "Amazon has its own approach to it, but I wouldn't recommend that everyone follows Amazon's playbook."
The Walmart Way
Walmart's an excellent example. The big-box chain has definitely ripped a few pages from Amazon's playbook by investing heavily in its online user experience and offering free 2-day shipping on millions of items. As a result, Walmart's online sales have for third quarter 2017 jumped 50 percent over the same quarter in 2016. But Walmart has something that Amazon doesn't have — physical stores in nearly every community in America.
"You have to start saying, 'Those 4,000 stores that I have, I've got to stop treating them as a handicap and start thinking about how they can be an asset to me,'" says Neil Stern with the retail consultancy McMillanDoolittle. Stern says Walmart has the opportunity to create a robust "click-and-collect" network that's seamless between online ordering and in-store inventory.
"It's a staggering amount of money that Amazon is spending to subsidize shipping to the home," says Stern (he's right Amazon lost $7.2 billion on shipping in 2016). "Walmart can calculate, 'This item will cost you $22 to ship to your home, but you'll save $5 if you come to the store.' That's one big area where Walmart can do something that Amazon can't do today."
The counterargument, says ChannelAdvisor's Wingo, is that "your average Walmart has 100,000 unique SKUs in it and each Amazon fulfillment center has 1 million."
Emphasizing Brick-and-Mortar Strengths
Other retailers need emphasize unique shopping experiences that online-only retailers can't match, says Stern, like the "treasure hunt" pleasure of an off-price clothing store like T.J. Maxx or the immersive brand experience of Lululemon or an Apple store.
One of Rossman's favorite case studies is Nordstrom, a traditional retailer that could have faded away as a dinosaur of the mall era. But Nordstrom paid attention to its customer's social media habits and nimbly incorporated in-store shoe displays of top pinned items on Pinterest and the ability to buy items straight from its Instagram feed.
Nordstrom also doubled down on its reputation for excellent customer service with a pilot store called Nordstrom Local that sells no products, just services like stylist appointments, manicures and online shopping pick-up. This is part of a new trend of retailers trying to turn the "showrooming" threat on its head. Bonobos Guide Shops are a great example. No clothes are actually sold in the store, but they combine the best of brick-and-mortar — personalized customer service, immersive brand experience, and discovery — with the convenience of online ordering and free home shipping.
Now That's Interesting
One of Amazon's keys to success is that it's not afraid to take risks and make expensive bets. Of course, risks are… risky. The biggest "black eye" in recent Amazon history is the Fire Phone, which failed precisely because Amazon's beloved customers just didn't need it.
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Loading sags in homogeneous lithologies?
Posted by Callan Bentley
I was out in the field over the weekend, and saw something new. Readers, I'd be eager to hear what you think of it.
The feature is what appears to be a series of small "ball and pillow" type loading structures (soft sediment deformation), but the thing that's weird about them is rather than being sand sagging into mud, we have instead silt or fine sand sagging into identical sediment. Check it out; in each case I offer a plain photo followed by a version with the base of the "pillows" highlighted:
Some of these have very compelling shapes. It just seems so bizarre that they could exist in sediments where the lower layer appears to have the same grain size (and thus mechanical properties?) as the upper layer. Where's the differential viscosity coming from? Perhaps there was a component of seismicity that induced these structures to form through preferential liquefaction of the lower layer? Does that even make sense? Could it be that there used to be a lot more mud here, but it all got squished out of the outcrop through volume loss, and so doesn't appear in modern cross-sections? The last one I think is most compelling as a traditional case of density inversion, with a slight difference in grain size preserved through the differential weathering profile: beds crisp at the base, then grading slightly upward to the crisp base of the overlying bed. It may be that examination under a microscope would reveal a discernible grain size difference.
It may be relevant that this site is very close (just a few meters above) the mass transport deposit I showcased previously.
Thoughts? (Thanks in advance)
Posted in: primary structures, sandstone, sediment, valley and ridge, west virginia 4 Comments/Trackbacks »
Howard Allen says:
I wonder if, rather than load structures, they are a type of small scale scour-and-fill feature caused by turbulent (and very turbid—perhaps a slurry) flow onto a slightly consolidated bed of the same sediment. For evidence, I would expect the "pillows"/"load casts" to have little or no internal structure (due to chaotic, turbulent turbidity flow), versus the underlying/scoured bed which might be more conventionally laminated, rippled, cross-bedded, etc. I fancy that I can see such a situation in all the photos, where the "pillows" overlie horizontally bedded sandstone. The second and fourth photos, in particular, seem to show a "pillowed" bed over- and underlain by horizontally laminated beds.
Another possibilty that occurs to me—though in my mind much less likely, is that they are some kind of bioturbation by a large organism (big-ass trilobite?) burrowing through particular beds. Unfortunately, the main evidence for this, I think, would also be structureless sediment overlying structured sediment.
Lynn David Recker says:
Time for oriented thin sections across what you have identified as the sag boundaries to see if grains have an orientation in some manner or possibly rotated. I would wonder also if what you are seeing in macro is possibly a representation of some diagenic feature. When I first saw your annotated picture, the idea that they represent some sort of 'mini-roll' structure (akin to the larger roll structures that concentrate uranium). Either way (of any hypotheses) the thin sections would be a good first investigation to make.
BD Gaetz says:
I am with Howard as far as they look like sediment loading structures to my eye, not bioturbation. They appear to be flame structures, with fluidized fines protruding into the overlying sand bed.
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Callan Bentley is Associate Professor of Geology at Piedmont Virginia Community College in Charlottesville, Virginia. He is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America. For his work on this blog, the National Association of Geoscience Teachers recognized him with the James Shea Award. He has also won the Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council on Higher Education in Virginia, and the Biggs Award for Excellence in Geoscience Teaching from the Geoscience Education Division of the Geological Society of America. In previous years, Callan served as a contributing editor at EARTH magazine, President of the Geological Society of Washington and President the Geo2YC division of NAGT.
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