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Top 10 Star Wars Movies
Ah, this author still recalls going to his local theatre to catch a rare triple-bill showing of the three original Star Wars films. We watched Star Wars: A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi on the big screen in one day. As a kid things could not get any better […]
Brawlout Hits Steam Early Access, Brings Console Style Brawling to PC
If you are a fan of Super Smash Bros, a popular Nintendo brawler, then you probably realize there is not much similar available on PC. Angry Mob Games plans to change that with their game, Brawlout for Steem and it is out now on Early Access.
Expeditions Vikings Brings Valhalla to Worthy Gamers
When you mention historical anything to most gamers you probably receive a blank stare. This is partly because words like historical bring back memories of "edutainment" where gamers are treated like idiots trying to learn math and such via colorful graphics and horrible gameplay. Expeditions Vikings is not edutainment but it still holds historical elements […]
HBO Go App Finally Catches Up to Netflix with Features
If you are an HBO Go user then you probably realize that the app kind of sucks. The app is behind the times on many levels and for what seemed like an eternity, HBO was in no hurry to fix things. Until now.
The Walking Dead Season Two Free for Xbox One Owners, there is a Catch
Fans of the hit AMC television series, The Walking Dead probably already know about the game based on the show. If you own an Xbox One console then you can grab season two of The Walking Dead game. There is a small catch though – there always is.
May 4th, 2017 Neil Reive
Ah, this author still recalls going to his local theatre to catch a rare triple-bill showing of the three original Star Wars films. We watched Star Wars: A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi on the big screen in one day. As a kid things could not get any better than this. The movies meant everything to us back then, as did the many, many toys and figures. As time marches on, so did the series. Along came the Special Editions and the prequels in the late '90s, then things died down for a while. In 2012 Disney bought Lucasfilm and, along with it, the Star Wars franchise. Now the plan is to release a new Star Wars movie every year, forever. Anyway, it's now 2017, and the original Star Wars movie from 1977 celebrates its 40th anniversary this year, so what better way to celebrate Star Wars Day (May 4th) than to run through the top 10 movies in the franchise so far? Read more »
April 23rd, 2017 Carl Williams
If you are a fan of Super Smash Bros, a popular Nintendo brawler, then you probably realize there is not much similar available on PC. Angry Mob Games plans to change that with their game, Brawlout for Steem and it is out now on Early Access. Read more »
When you mention historical anything to most gamers you probably receive a blank stare. This is partly because words like historical bring back memories of "edutainment" where gamers are treated like idiots trying to learn math and such via colorful graphics and horrible gameplay. Expeditions Vikings is not edutainment but it still holds historical elements and who doesn't like learning about Vikings in general? Read more »
April 18th, 2017 Carl Williams
If you are an HBO Go user then you probably realize that the app kind of sucks. The app is behind the times on many levels and for what seemed like an eternity, HBO was in no hurry to fix things. Until now. Read more »
Fans of the hit AMC television series, The Walking Dead probably already know about the game based on the show. If you own an Xbox One console then you can grab season two of The Walking Dead game. There is a small catch though – there always is. Read more »
Make Hexa on Android Review, ZTE ZMAX 2 Device
I am a huge fan of just a few genres of gaming. Brawlers (Final Fight, Streets of Rage, etc), Full Motion Video (stop laughing) and puzzle games (Tetris, Columns, Tetris Attack, etc) are all at the top of my gaming go to genres. I discovered hex puzzles when I had an old Nokia smart phone (prior to their Windows Phone line), I think it was called Hexic or something and cost a buck or two to buy the full version. This was my first mobile game purchase and I don't regret it one bit. Over the years, I have learned of other hex based puzzle games, some were great, others not so much. Make Hexa by BitMango is one of the better ones. What makes it better is also what sets it apart from the competition. Read more »
Super Stickman Golf 3 on Android Review
Mobile games seem to fall into very distinct categories, at least the successful ones. Often, they are massively multiplayer in some way, Match 3 Bejeweled games or endless runners. Super Stickman Golf 3 bucks that trend by being a 2D side view casual golf game with In App Purchases that are completely optional. Yep, everything we are led to believe about mobile gaming is turned on its head with this game. Noodlecake know how to make a game that goes against the grain. Read more »
Power Rangers (2017) Review
April 8th, 2017 Carl Williams
This is not the Power Rangers you grew up with. With that out of the way, I do want to say that there will be spoilers in this review – up to the first hour of the movie anyhow. For me, that is the only way to properly review a movie but keep some mystery to the film. Those that grew up watching the original Power Rangers television show will be somewhat familiar with about 90 percent of this reboot. That other 10% is what makes it unique and fun. Read more »
Interview with the Creators of Todd and the Book of Pure Evil!
April 4th, 2017 Dash Bomber
Todd and the Book of Pure Evil is an excellent show that went underappreciated during the time of its original airing. A love letter to the music genre of metal, and television shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Sadly, Todd and the Book of Pure Evil was fated for near obscurity, until being discovered in Netflix. Afterwards, its popularity exploded, and it gained a substantial cult-following which eventually led to the start of an Indiegogo campaign for a movie! The success of the campaign (and with additional funding from other sources) resulted in the development of Todd and the Book of Pure Evil: The End of the End scheduled for a release in 2017! But, in order to celebrate the imminent release of the film, we reached out to the keen minds behind the film (and show), for an interview which will hopefully tide over crowds until the film comes out!
Office Space Gets Official Game, Coming to Android
April 2nd, 2017 Carl Williams
Almost 20 years ago we saw the release of a cult hit film called Office Space. It was a sad homage to the life of an office worker who attempted to get his life in order only to see that fail miserably. In the end, he finds happiness and a lot of "I don't care" moments that lead him miraculously to where he should have been the whole time. Now, there is a game coming from Kongregate that is not going to bother catching ANY of that, it is not even going to try. Instead they are going to focus on the job part of Office Space and depending on your gaming tastes, that may actually be good. Oh, the title is Office Space – Idle Profits. That should give you a clue as to the type of game. Read more »
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Square Enix President Talks About Making New Global AAA IP With Luminous Productions
By Sato September 2, 2019
We heard from Luminous Productions studio head Takeshi Aramaki and his approach to making new games. Square Enix president Yosuke Matsuda chimed in with his expectations and outlook for the studio.
You can check out the full interview below:
To continue thriving in the game business, a game studio needs to establish its own unique identity and develop solid branding
A year and half has passed since Luminous Productions was established in March 2018. Could you start by reminding us how and why the studio came into being?
Matsuda: When we ask ourselves where the value of the Square Enix Group lies, the answer has to be that it lies in our creators and in the studios where they work. We are after all a group striving to provide the best possible in entertainment.
In this day and age, a studio's values, brand, and identity are extremely important. How far we can push a studio in terms of developing a unique identity is especially important, I believe. While Square Enix is a company that exists within a corporate group, it is at the same time a game studio in its own right, with a very strong identity. However, having another studio with a distinctly different identity within the same corporate group, I believe, will lead to synergies that add value to the Square Enix Group as a whole.
When we launched Luminous Productions, it was primarily staffed by the development team behind "FINAL FANTAY XV." The studio is Japan based and has a style that sets it apart from any other studio in the Square Enix group. My hope is that it will develop into a studio capable of creating top-quality games that meet the expectations of players around the world.
The approach you've taken with Luminous Productions, namely to establish an independent development studio out of one of your internal development teams, is quite a rare one in the Square Enix Group, I believe. What kind of differences emerge from launching an independent studio?
Matsuda: While it is rare for Japanese companies to establish development studios within their corporate groups, it's quite common overseas to have various internal studios within a group. Spinning off a team as an independent studio further underlines their identity and uniqueness, and that is something that I believe is crucial to our group as a whole.
There are several different creative business units at our Square Enix studio, each of which is like a studio with a distinct identity. As a new initiative, however, I wanted was to build a separate studio in a more clearly defined form, and that's what Luminous Productions is. I believe such initiatives will be key for the Square Enix Group to continue to thrive in the gaming business.
So, there's a significance to launching Luminous Productions as a studio separate from the existing development teams at Square Enix, and you are looking forward to seeing what comes forth from that effort.
Matsuda: Exactly. While the Square Enix Group has unique studios also in overseas such as Crystal Dynamics and Eidos-Montréal, we wanted a similarly unique studio in Japan and therefore established Luminous Productions.
There is an incredible amount of diversity in game production and in the game industry. What sort of initiatives do you have in mind for Luminous Productions to embark on?
Matsuda: That would be the fusion of cutting-edge technology and art. Moreover, I want Luminous Productions to pursue their own form of "cutting edge." Square Enix has always developed and will always develop unique games, but I'm certainly looking forward to seeing what new flavors and style Luminous Productions will bring to the group.
What do you expect the "fusion of cutting-edge technology and art" will produce?
Matsuda: Naturally, new gaming experiences—gaming experiences that go beyond anything that game fans around the world can imagine. I hope that that will be the style of Luminous Productions and what sets it apart.
These days companies find a great many ways to leverage their IP, but Luminous Productions will be a studio focused on games, is that right?
Matsuda: That's correct. I believe that games should come first. Of course, there may be many opportunities to expand the IP down the road, but when we ask ourselves where our core strength lies, it is in game development. As such, I believe that that's where we should concentrate our efforts.
Luminous Productions' mission is to create new IP with the latest technology
What types of products and IP is Luminous Productions currently working on? Considering that the studio was initially staffed largely by the development team of "FINAL FANTASY XV," I would imagine that they're working on something relevant to the FINAL FANTASY series.
Matsuda: No, they're actually working on completely new IP. "Creating new IP with the latest technology" – that's the primary mission of Luminous Productions.
Scale-wise, will they work in the AAA space with their sights on the global market?
Matsuda: That's right.
Creating completely new, AAA-quality IP with the latest technology at a newly established studio – I feel that's an incredibly challenging undertaking.
Matsuda: I agree. It's crucial that we constantly push ourselves to take on new challenges – it's something all of us in the gaming business must strive for. Square Enix along with other studios within our group will continue to take on new challenges as well, but I want Luminous Productions to really showcase their own unique identity and flavor.
It's an initiative on a global scale. What are your thoughts on the talent that will take part in it?
Matsuda: While Luminous Productions was originally formed from the development team behind "FINAL FANTASY XV," we are regularly bringing on new people and are actively recruiting new talent, not just from Japan, but from overseas as well. Our goal is to open our doors wide so that we can welcome people from diverse backgrounds to create games with us.
There is a great deal of mobility among game development professionals. I believe there are many developers out there who want to try their skills in game studios in Japan, particularly in a place where they can take on new challenges. I hope that Luminous Productions will be a prominent choice for people with that sort of drive.
It sounds like Luminous Productions is a studio where creators can try their hand at something innovative and new. I assume there are very few studios that offer an environment where everyone is allowed to take on new challenges to that extent.
At the same time, I believe some companies take a cautious stance on the production of massive AAA titles given the risks involved in investing in such productions. Despite such risks, do you believe that it's important to produce next-generation AAA titles?
Matsuda: Well, it's obviously a major investment, but again, what's important is that it results in highly original content. Since we're trying to do that at a newly established studio, that studio needs to be able to show what's unique about it. That's what will generate a major return farther down the road. There is always significant risk involved in the gaming business, but at the same time, you won't reap great rewards without taking on risk.
Again highlighting the importance of creating new IP?
Matsuda: It's important to maintain and innovate in our long-running franchises. Creating new things is likewise important. The combination of the two will enable us to expand our group's portfolio.
Your hope, of course, is that new IP created by Luminous Productions will remain a favorite among gamers for decades?
Matsuda: Yes, that's my hope. Of course, it won't be easy—it will be a major challenge for us. However, I want the Square Enix Group as a whole to strive for that constantly, and Luminous Productions will play a major part in that. I'm very much looking forward to the amazing titles it will produce.
Above all, gaming experiences have to be exciting, so the desire to create something truly exciting is essential
You're defining Luminous Productions as a studio that works in cutting-edge technologies in fields such as graphics and AI. That's very straightforward. What are your thoughts on research and investment into technology and on talented professionals?
Matsuda: I would like active engagement with cutting-edge technology to become a core facet of Luminous Productions' identity. Digital entertainment is deeply rooted in technology, and so long as you're developing games, you have to keep up with the latest breakthroughs.
I personally consider games as an all-encompassing form of entertainment. I want Luminous Productions to create their own identity and flavor by deciding how to leverage technology and articulate it meaningfully within the context of games.
So, Luminous Productions will engage in R&D, but you mean that at the end of the day, how that is articulated in the context of games is key, right?
Matsuda: Yes, the point is not simply to engage in R&D but for that that to result in products that provide gaming experiences. I don't believe in R&D for R&D's sake. Without the final output, we have nothing to provide our customers. What we gain from R&D must result in something our customers can enjoy.
How will the evolution of technology improve and change the gaming experience? Or, will the gaming experience evolve into something groundbreakingly different? I want Luminous Production to constantly seek answers to those questions, and more importantly, to pursue exciting gaming experiences.
I get the impression that you want to see exciting games, but that you are also putting some emphasis on productivity and speed. Is that correct?
Matsuda: We must be focused on output and create products that can surpass our customers' expectations. No matter how much we discuss concepts internally, that is not what will reach our customers. Does the finished game excite our customers? Do they say it's amazing and like nothing they've ever experienced before? That's what matters more than anything else.
And that policy is reflected in your development efforts as well, right?
Matsuda: Yes, I am always saying, "No matter how epic our ideas are, it is only the final output that matters to our customers." I also tell our entire group that the output that reaches our customers and what they think of it is what makes or breaks a studio.
Do you have any messages for developers or other professionals who are interested in Luminous Productions?
Matsuda: I'd like them to know that Luminous Productions is an environment where they can challenge themselves. If what the studio is trying to do resonates with you, we'd love for you to join us.
Is there a secret to delivering high-quality titles quickly?
Matsuda: I believe each studio has its own optimal ways of working and organizing itself. It's difficult to say that there is one right answer. In particular, the more you try to create unique titles, the more complex and original the approach becomes. Similarly, the less original a title, the more cookie-cutter the structure of the team tends to be. The latter may be more efficient, but it's hard to say whether it will help create an exciting game. I think it all comes down to balancing efficiency and originality.
Since you are looking for Luminous Productions to take on new challenges, are you hoping that young professionals will join up and have opportunities to shine there?
Matsuda: I hope to see both people looking to gain experience and those who are already established. The drive of aspiring young professionals is important, just as are the insights of seasoned veterans. So, I'm open-minded on that point. After all, what's most important is the desire to create exciting games.


Researchers looked at 825 exploited marine fish species across the global ocean, and analyzed their extinction risks due to climate change and fishing impacts. They calculated a conservation risk index for these species based on the ocean changes that they are, and will be, exposed to, their biological sensitivity to climate change, and potential ability to adapt. Their results showed that 499 of the assessed species are projected to experience very high risk from both overfishing and climate change under a 'business?as?usual' scenario, by 2050. They found that this risk level is equivalent to having at least one fifth of these species listed as vulnerable or endangered under the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Endangered Species.
The areas with more at?risk species due to climate change are in the tropical and subtropical oceans, while those species at risk due to fishing are distributed more broadly, with higher concentration in the North Atlantic and South Pacific Ocean.
The study "Opportunities for climate-risk reduction through effective fisheries management" was published in Global Change Biology. This research was funded by the Nippon Foundation-UBC Nereus Program, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada and the Swiss National Science Foundation.


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Players reinforce there is No Room For Racism
All matches from 16-24 October dedicated to urging fans to challenge and report discriminatory behaviour
League-wide bans among new measures to tackle discrimination
How to report abuse on social media
Premier League No Room For Racism Action Plan Commitments
All Premier League matches taking place between 16-24 October will be dedicated to No Room For Racism, as the League and our clubs continue to urge fans to challenge and report discriminatory behaviour wherever they see it.
We have released a video to reinforce the message that there is no place for racist abuse and that fans can play a key role in the fight against discrimination.
The video reminds supporters that the introduction of League-wide sanctions at the start of the 2021/22 season means that anybody found guilty of racist abuse, whether it occurs within stadiums or online, will be permanently banned from all Premier League grounds.
Enhanced steward training
Enhanced training for matchday stewards is helping to ensure they are equipped to respond to discriminatory abuse and assist in gathering evidence to ban perpetrators.
New education resources
To further support the League's long-term commitment to address racism in football and wider society, first-team players at our clubs have helped create new education resources, which will be made available to primary and secondary schools.
Challenging social media companies
We continue to work alongside other authorities and organisations within the game to tackle online hate, lobbying Government and challenging social media companies to eliminate abuse on their platforms.
Matches across the next two weekends will feature No Room for Racism to reinforce the fight against discrimination
Through its online reporting system, the League supports any players, managers and their families who receive discriminatory abuse. A dedicated team investigates cases to identify perpetrators, with legal action taken where required.
Since 2019, the Premier League has been proactively monitoring social media platforms and has reported thousands of items of abusive content to social media companies for removal.
Premier League Chief Executive Richard Masters said: "The Premier League and our clubs are fully committed to fighting racism. Unfortunately, we are reminded far too frequently that there is more to be done.
"We urge fans to join us and show their support by challenging and reporting any form of racist behaviour, wherever and whenever they see it"
Premier League CEO Richard Masters
"We will do all we can to ensure action is taken, making it clear there is no place for racial prejudice in football and wider society.
"We will not stand for it in our grounds and we will continue to work with our clubs and the authorities to make sure players, managers, their families and others do not have to experience online hate.
"We urge fans to join us and show their support by challenging and reporting any form of racist behaviour, wherever and whenever they see it."
Players share experiences
The new education resources, which will join an existing library of No Room For Racism teaching materials, feature players participating in open discussions with young people involved in club community programmes on topics such as online abuse, allyship and taking the knee.
These include Joel Matip, from Liverpool, Watford defender Christian Kabasele and Nathan Ferguson, of Crystal Palace.
The resources, which explore heritage, discrimination and allyship, are available for free to more than 18,000 primary schools across England and Wales through Premier League Primary Stars, as well as being available for use at home.
Young people on the League's Kicks and Inspires programmes also have access to them via community-run sessions.
Earlier this year, the Premier League launched its No Room For Racism Action Plan, outlining a series of commitments to promote equality, diversity and inclusion and provide positive coaching, executive and player pathways for people from black and mixed heritage backgrounds.
For more information, go to premierleague.com/noroomforracism.
Part 2: Mings: Coady's support vital in fight against racism
Part 3: Dier: Talking is an ideal way to show allyship
Part 4: Ferguson: Diversity is our soul
Part 5: Lookman: Education is key to phasing out racism
Part 6: Matip: Taking the knee sends important message
Part 7: James: Standing up to discrimination is so important
Part 8: Townsend: Abuse can have a terrible impact
Part 9: Rice: People who are abused should never be alone
Part 10: Kabasele: We cannot give up discrimination fight
Part 11: Chalobah: It's important players set the standards


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No place for girls in Rajasthan?
HomeIndiaNo place for girls in Rajasthan?
IndiaNDTV CorrespondentUpdated: December 13, 2011 09:57 IST
Jaisalmer: Female infanticide or killing new-born girls after birth continues in some parts of Rajasthan even today. In three blocks in Jaisalmer district - Sam, Sankra and Jaisalmer - 54 new-born girls died in the last one year.
Bhaum Singh Bhati has been campaigning against female infanticide in 40 villages in the Jaisalmer district. He says the administration never takes any step against the culprits despite repeated complaints. It was only after an Auxiliary Nurse Midwives (ANMs) filed a report in Chhor village which said that a new-born baby girl had been starved to death by denying her breast milk that the administration was forced to take up the matter. The body of the baby was exhumed with two others and post-mortem conducted but cause of death could not be established.
"They put sand, hot water or opium in the mouth of the new-born. The ANMs and other health workers know about it but they never submit their report to higher authorities because they are afraid. Also, they have to live in the same village," said Mr Bhati.
Of the 54 new-born girls who died in the last one year in three blocks of Jaisalmer, two new-borns were not breast fed. They died within 24 and 48 hours after birth; one died after frothing in the mouth; eight died of unknown causes; and two because they were underweight which is not considered a cause of death.
This has been taken up by the National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), which links the deaths to the money given to the mothers for hospital deliveries. Each mother gets free transport, medicines, food as well as Rs 1400 - a substantial sum in rural Rajasthan. It has asked the state government to take strict action.
"You find, there has been a growth in institutional deliveries and there has been an incentivisation for growth in institutional deliveries. But while the money has been disbursed, children are lost and have disappeared, especially girl children. So this, one will have to really scrutinize and examine how both can be possible... We have sent letters but I think it is appalling that there is such indifference as you go higher up," said Shantha Sinha, Chairperson, NCPCR.
Despite these disturbing figures of deaths due to unknown causes, the government remains evasive.
"This is happening not just in border areas but in Jaipur also... So, it is not limited to a particular area or a community," said AA Ahmad, Health Minister, Rajasthan.
This unwillingness to take any step to prevent such practices combined with the deeply entrenched animosity towards the girl child is likely to cost more lives, but also jeopardise successful health schemes like the Janani Suraksha Yojana meant for safe deliveries.
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This is a proposed panel of Co-IRIS (International Relations and Islamic Studies Research Cohort). Co-IRIS is an organization interested in the advancement of comparative research between International Relations (IR) and Islamic Studies (IS). It is created by a group of researchers interested in developing and sustaining a body of knowledge that addresses the theories and practices of the Muslim civilization and of Muslim societies with regards to international affairs and to the discipline of International Relations. Co-IRIS is premised on the idea that knowledge is fluid: peoples adopt and utilize thoughts and ideas regardless of faith, gender, nation, etc. Islam is enormously important today in both international and national domestic politics, but contemporary political Islam cannot be understood without an awareness of its roots and relations to paradigms of IR. Yet, little attention has been paid to the way its ideas originated and how they developed. This panel offers comparative studies of IR and Islamic notions on sovereignty, democracy, secularism, and a case study on the Shi'itologic genealogy of Iranian's international affairs. Panelists take the same approach as scholars usually do for International Relations and Islamic Studies, examining the mentality, cultural milieu, and political background of thinkers and statesmen by covering relationships of selected concepts and notions in comparing theoretical and practical aspects between IR and IS.
The first paper is entitled "Islam and International Relations: A Comparative Study on Sovereignty" by [Abdalhadi M. Alijla] ABSENT (Public Policy and Governance, State University of Milan, Italy).
Most of academic studies of Islam and Islamic theology have not examined the concept of sovereignty in Islam from a global point of view. Giving the fact that academic study on sovereignty is undergoing a mini-renaissance where scholars are returning to the basic concepts of it around late 1980 and early 1990s. This paper focuses on comparing the concepts of sovereignty in Islam, putting it in an international framework within the reference to the recent uprisings in the Middle East. The paper discusses the fundamental nature of sovereignty in Islam and the different International Relations theories. It will review the classical perspective on sovereignty and comparing them to Islam's view of sovereignty. Moreover, this paper will discuss the new works on the problematic nature of state's sovereignty in Islam. The principal theme throughout the paper is that sovereignty in Islam is marked by far from being religious-based. There is a difference between how Islam paved the way to a civil state and how Islamic shticks perceive and interpret Quran and Hadith for political reasons. This paper pays special attention to the recent attempts to reconcile divine and popular sovereignty. It also examines the strong attempts to institutionalize the divine sovereignty by modern Muslim countries. The popular uprisings that came to be called "The Arab Spring" have brought the question of sovereignty of the people and legitimacy of the ruler to the surface. It also forces the political Islam parties to account for their visions on sovereignty and authority in the public sphere. This paper argues that concept of God's sovereignty and nations have become a religious issue that the public would like to put it aside. The question this paper concludes with is which concept of sovereignty Muslims society would accept to bridge what their traditions, Islam and modern societies needed to advance socially and economically. It concludes that Islam and the concept of nation have no great influence on national contexts.
The second paper is entitled "Democracy and the 'Stillborn God'" by [Deina Abdelkader] ABSENT (Comparative Politics, University of Massachusetts, USA).
This paper argues that the current stress on the separation of church and state in Western liberal democracy was not a constant component of Western political thought. This paper will examine Rousseau's and de Tocqueville's writings and how they viewed the role of religion in public life, since in many ways they have theoretically laid the foundations of Western liberal democracy. Thus the paper will analyze whether post-enlightenment Western European liberal thought excludes religion from the public arena. This analysis will have implications regarding the theoretical assumption that secularization is imperative to democratization in the Muslim world.
The third paper is entitled "Islam and Democracy are they Compatible?" by Waleed Ali (Social Sciences and Humanities, Bradfrod University, UK).
France president François Holland (2013), stated in his speech in Tunisia that 'Islam and democracy are compatible' and France will support the result of the democratic election (Holland, 2013). Both concepts seemed to be twinning framework not in conflict as it has been claimed for decades. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, vacuum power was left to be completed. The United States was and still the unique hegemonic power in the world. In order to keep it self interest the US has decided to create a fake enemy which in this case was Islam and Islamic world. The media focus on how Muslim and Islam are anti western, anti-modernity, anti-civilization and liberty that has created a mess and increased the world conflict. The word terrorism was combined with Islam, fundamentalism and rejectionist was the daily life description of orthodox Muslims. Thinkers, scholars and policy makers started to write about violence and Islam as tool to create a new academic framework to understand the Islamic movement. The gap of research about the full project of Islam and political Islam was left behind and neglected. The post 9/11 came to encourage this debate and the US used it to carry a global attack on what so call "the War on Terror". The war on Afghanistan, Iraq and then the intervention in Libya were encouraged under the name of democratization of Middle-East. However, looking at the fundamental mean for both Islam and democracy, there are few differences. Both concepts are seeking the same thing which the human freedom from any servitude. Islam and democracy could be explained differently but at the end they are as twin concepts. In the current world, there are around 850 million Muslims are living and enjoying democracy including, Indonesia, Turkey, Malaysia and to some extent Iran. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan mentioned that Muslims are able to rule countries under democracy. This paper will highlight the current debate around Islam and democracy and explore the common ground, focus and fundamental goals for both concepts. It will give examples around the world on how those tow concepts are interacting and functioning long side with each other. It will also show the increased violence and terrorist attack as a lack of democracy not the contrary.
The fourth paper is entitled "Nation-State in International Relations and Islam" by Nassef Manabilang Adiong (Alliance of Civilizations Institute in Istanbul and Middle East Technical University in Ankara).
The elemental subject of this study is the concept of 'nation-state' but delimited within the bounds of two disciplines, i.e. International Relations (IR) and Islamic Studies (IS), particularly Political Islam and Jurisprudence. This is in part of the author's aim of contributing to the evolving literature on the relation between IR and religion in the 21st century. The defining problem lies in the vagueness of interpretations and understanding on the conceptualization of nation-state in those mentioned disciplines, while subsequently reaching a 'via media' of understanding. To ameliorate our focal understanding, the proponent selected two frameworks: 1) a selective mainstream theoretical IR survey, i.e. Liberalism, Realism, and Social Constructivism, and 2) Islamic jurisprudential and political understanding of nation-state. It will humbly try to examine, analyze, and decipher the origin, idea, and operationalization of nation-state in IR and IS by the usage of Comparative Analytical Method (CAM). Three data analytical or coding stages under CAM will be operationalized: the first stage is setting the Textual Codes via alpha-numerical representation next is processing the Arithmetical Codes and the last step is determining the Categorical Codes. Through these CAM codes, the inferential chart of 'compare and contrast' will compose the result of data analysis. Thus, allowing us to categorically pinpoint inferences of similarities and differences, and further it through the use of analytical induction, which is, inducing it to specific facts or imperative details. In generalization, there were foreseen differences and/or similarities on the notions of level of analysis, sovereignty, citizenship (membership), and territoriality.
The last paper is entitled "Mustad'afun and mustakbirun reconsidered: An Islamic studies, Shi'itologic perspective of the international relations outlook of the Islamic Republic of Iran and of the Party of God (Hezbollah)" by Raffaele Mauriello (Sapienza, University of Rome, Italy).
This paper is about methodology. It argues for the necessity to advance interdisciplinary research between international relations (IR) and Islamic studies (IS). In this framework, it argues for the necessity to integrate the methodology and findings of Shi'itology, the branch of IS that specializes on Shi'i Islam, into both IR and international relations theory (IRT). In light of the evident increasing importance and unexpected persistence of the "Shi'i factor" in determining both the foreign policy and geopolitics of the Near East, this paper more generally argues for the necessity to take more seriously into account Shi'i Islam; and its historical, cultural, and doctrinal peculiarities. With the aim of setting a first concrete step into this direction, the paper addresses the Islamic vision of international relations represented by the mustad'afun (oppressed) versus mustakbirun (oppressors) model. In terms of empirical material, it takes into consideration both the constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Hezbollah's first political manifesto (the Open Letter). Although scholars of IR have assumed as a given fact that the model of Islamic IRT has been historically represented by the dar al-Islam (the realm or abode of Islam) versus dar al-harb (the realm or abode of war) worldview, the paper shows how early researches conducted in accordance with IS criteria suggest that among the Shi'as this worldview has historically been limited, and in contemporary times almost irrelevant. Moreover, when a check for epistemological legitimacy as regards both Islamic sources and Muslim cultural history is undertaken again from an IS perspective, the dar al-Islam/dar al-harb worldview appears to have been relevantly limited to Hanafi jurists and moreover outside of the outlook of classical Muslim thought as represented by geographers, lexicographers, and travellers. On the other hand, the mustad'afun/mustakbirun model is grounded in solid Qur'anic language and is the result of a wide scholarly theoretical effort undertaken by noted scholars such as Ruhollah Khomeini, Ali Shariati, Musa al-Sadr, Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr, and Muhammad Hussein Fadlallah.


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Hofstra falls without four arrested players
December 2, 2012 | 5:00am
RELAUNCH: Taran Buie, moved into the starting lineup with four Hofstra teammates suspended following burglary arrests, elevates for a layup during last night's loss. Paul J. Bereswill
It's been a rough few days for Mo Cassara and Hofstra.
Just one day after news came down that Shaquille Stokes, Jimmy Hall, Dallas Anglin and Kentrell Washington were arrested and suspended from the team for allegedly stealing $20,000 worth of electronics in a dorm robbery spree, Hofstra was blown out by Larry Brown-coached Southern Methodist, 73-47 Saturday.
"It's been a difficult few days," said Cassara, Hofstra's head coach. "Obviously the ball didn't go in the hoop for us as much as we like. There's nobody that feels worse about it or [is more] disappointed than me."
Hofstra came out of the gate sluggish, allowing SMU to score the first 10 points. It was not until a Stephen Nwaukoni jumper with 15:13 left to play in the half that the Pride finally got on the board.
"If you just make that first basket, the pressure just comes off," Cassara said. "We just weren't able to withstand what we needed to do. It was a challenge. We missed a lot of easy shots."
The Mustangs continued to pour on the punishment and jumped out to an early 19-point lead that would balloon to 26 before the night was over thanks to Nick Russell (20 points) and Jalen Jones (14 points, 12 rebounds).
"Obviously we didn't play our best today, but that's a very good basketball team," Cassara said. "Some of our guys who have played pretty well didn't play well."
Due to the suspensions, Cassara was forced to use a shortened bench and had to thrust Taran Buie (10 points), Jordan Allen (four points) and Nwaukoni into the starting lineup. The trio had just three previous starts combined.
"Obviously we had a lot of new guys in new positions," Cassara said. "Darren Payen, we were planning on redshirting him, he hasn't played a minute, but he went out there and did some good things. The plan has to adjust a bit."
Without Stokes and Hall, who were averaging 22.7 points per game combined, the Pride (3-5) managed just 47 points, their lowest total since they scored 43 points against Georgia State last February.
Brown, whose Mustangs improved to 8-1, was in a light mood after the game, joking with Knicks head coach Mike Woodson. But he said he spoke to Cassara before the game and mentioned how much the loss of four players would affect the team.
"You can't lose four quality players in one day and expect to have success," Brown said. "[Cassara] can coach. They were a team that we really had a lot of respect for, and that hasn't changed."
As difficult as it seems following four suspensions, a lack of scholarships, a short roster and a 26-point loss, Cassara tried to stay positive. The third-year coach will add walk-ons just to fill out his roster and cannot sign any scholarship players.
"All I can do is work as hard as I can every day," Cassara said. "Our guys are resilient, my staff is resilient and we are just going to keep working as hard as we can. We have some good pieces, and we're going to keep building on it."
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Kei Nishikori is the first Japanese to reach the Wimbledon quarterfinals since Shuzo Matsuoka in 1995. | AP
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New first for Kei Nishikori, but clock ticking on bid for major title
by Joel Tansey
Online: Jul 10, 2018
Up until the midway point of the second set of his fourth-round match with Ernests Gulbis, it appeared Manic Monday was going to get the best of Kei Nishikori once again.
Having fallen twice previously on the day of Wimbledon's annual tennis smorgasbord — where all 32 players left in the men's and women's draws are in action after Sunday's traditional day off — Nishikori found himself down a set and reeling in the second. Battling through an elbow injury, Nishikori slowly worked his way into form and took a pair of tiebreakers before cruising in the fourth and final set.
At 28, Nishikori now finds himself in his first Wimbledon quarterfinal, up against a familiar foe in Novak Djokovic, and in the midst of a pivotal period of his career.
When Nishikori, then 24, upset Djokovic in the semifinals of the 2014 U.S. Open, many tennis pundits saw the win as a significant stepping stone for what would surely be his ultimate destiny: to become Japan's first-ever Grand Slam singles champion.
But nearly four years and countless injuries later, Nishikori has yet to get back to a major final and has only gone as deep as the semifinals once.
Instead, he has become one of the faces of the sport's so-called lost generation, the group of mid-to-late twentysomethings who have mostly failed to make their mark in slams and break the stranglehold that three of the game's all-time greats have had on the sport's majors.
Time isn't necessarily running out just yet — Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have proven that 30 is the new 20 in the men's game — but for a player who is banged up as often as he is, it's hard to picture Nishikori in the top 10 five years down the road.
Wimbledon still feels like an unlikely tournament for a long-awaited triumph — Federer and Nadal appear to be on a collision course for the final and grass is typically seen as Nishikori's worst surface.
But the No. 24 seed expressed growing confidence in his grass-court game following Monday's win.
"I'm playing more comfortable and I know what I have to do now. . . . It feels a little different than in the past," he told a news conference, noting that his serve has played a role in this year's success.
And with wins over top opponents at majors having become a rarity for him since that run in New York, he could surely use the confidence boost that such a win can provide. If it comes against Djokovic on Wednesday, it'll be the end of a 12-match head-to-head losing streak dating back to — you guessed it — the 2014 U.S. Open.
Despite their numerous clashes of the past, Wednesday will be the pair's first matchup on grass.
"It's going to be a new game for us, but he's always a big war for me. I always enjoy playing against him and it's always a big challenge," Nishikori said.
He might be a longshot for the title, but another signature win over one of the sport's giants could help Nishikori lay the foundation for a future run at an elusive first major.
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After the most expensive Congressional election in history saw a spectacular loss by a much-hyped Democrat who included only two policy topics on his entire website: cutting government spending, and running the government more like a corporation, a couple of Silicon Valley would-be Democratic-Party oligarchs have set up a website called "Win the Future" (guess who loses!) to raise money to buy billboards in Washington, D.C., to say things like "cut spending!*" (*not on the military obviously!) and "be corporate!" Or that's what I'm sure they'll say, no matter what people vote for on the website — which is one problem. Another is the Silicon Valley Republicans who will match this noise with nearly identical but Republican money raising. That could explain the Washington Post approach of coaching Democrats to recognize the idiocy but to grovel before the money, which parallels the New York Times approach of using a Republican contractor to tell Democrats to increase whatever is failing.
To get a sense of what computer geek robber barons would make of the world and are making of the world, pick up a copy of The Know It Alls: The Rise of Silicon Valley as a Powerhouse and Social Wrecking Ball by Noam Cohen. This book oddly omits much discussion of the problem of complicity with warrantless mass surveillance, but it focuses on more widespread influences on our culture and our politics oozing out of Stanford University and the offices of the online monopolists. The book provides an historical overview as well of the development of computers, of the internet, of the world wide web, of web browsers, etc., with an eye on motivations and social attitudes. It's a tale of transformation from nonprofit philanthropy to limitless greed and cynical manipulation, sometimes within the same individual. This trajectory parallels that of culture as a whole over the same decades, and is clearly neither wholly responsible nor purely a helpless follower of trends.
As Cohen tells the tale, an all-male, all-white, antisocial, computer geek culture became an incubator for willful denial of the benefits of public education, including the benefits of the university facilities that made the breakthroughs possible, as well as for simplistic libertarianism and third-base-ism (being born there and imagining you hit a triple) across the board, not to mention various forms of bigotry, sexism, nationalism, resentment, and cynicism. One gets the idea that an impoverished KKK member and a billionaire programmer would have more to talk about than most of us would with either of them. But the incubation took time, and reviewing how it unfolded is worthwhile.
Public, open-source, non-profit sharing with the world, and empowering the world on equal terms — these were early values that faded and decayed. And the rot began with the military-industrial-academic complex at Stanford University. It advanced with the cut-throat, business-minded greed of Bill Gates, a man who used university computers and government programs to produce software of a sort that used to be shared but which he claimed a sacred right to profit from.
Cohen's chapter on Gates is by far his shortest, as he highlights less well-known culprits. Marc Andreesen and others take the blame for making sure your web browser spies on you. Jeff Bezos comes in as the culmination of the shift to commercial greed, someone who wanted money and turned to computers rather than a computer guy turning toward money. Sergey Brin and Larry Paige make an appearance as convenient hypocrites who created Google to be advertisement-free for ethical reasons and abandoned that idea for unethical ones. Their early arguments against ads and for transparency are worth reading and considering in light of their current devotion to advertising and secrecy.
Then there's Trump-fan Peter Thiel whose political awfulness will make you want to never use PayPal again. Cohen does mention his development of technology for corporate and government spying, as well as his hypocritical use and abuse of government regulations depending on whether he was accusing EBay of becoming a monopoly or actually making PayPal into one. Mark Zuckerberg defends Thiel's presence on Facebook's board, by the way, with the argument that excluding someone for being hateful and bigoted and divisive would be hateful and bigoted and divisive.
Stories of vast accumulation of wealth are fun stories, but reality includes the erosion of local economies, the exploitation of workers, the exploitation of the natural environment, the concentration of power, the erosion of rights, and the realization that obscene wealth that could be saving and improving billions of lives and the future of the earth is being hoarded by a group of morally adolescent self-delusional creeps with innovative ideas about how governments should work that most people rejected centuries ago.


Third Class were buried at parish expense in a section of the cemetery designated for that parish; this was known as a Pauper Funeral. No permanent memorials were allowed.
If you chose first class, you would enter through a driveway under the office building. Under a glass canopy, you would be greeted with glazed white brick, palm and bay trees, and pass mortuaries and storerooms to reach an elaborate wrought-iron staircase. Arriving at the upper level, you would enter a sumptuous oak-panelled Chapelle Ardente, intended for mourners who were unable to make the journey to Brookwood to pay their respects to the deceased. You would then go to the first class platform, lined with five separate waiting rooms for individual funeral parties and a ticket office. Here you would wait for the train to take you to the burial site.
Originally the service was meant to run daily, but the train only ran if there was at least one first class coffin or passenger. The service would be cancelled if there were only second or third class coffins to be carried; they would have to wait until the next service. By 1902, the daily service had discontinued and trains ran only as required.
During the Second World War, Waterloo station and the nearby Thames bridges were a significant target. During the night of 16 April 1941, bombs repeatedly fell on the Waterloo area. The rolling stock stored in the Necropolis was burned, and the railway arch connecting the main line to the Necropolis terminus was damaged. On 11 May 1941 the station was officially declared closed.
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If you are wondering why there have been no updates recently, here is a list of birds and animals currently in the hospital.
A lot of these youngsters are on half hour feeds, others hourly feeds.
We have already released blackbirds and thrushes, we have magpies and crows outside, learning to be more independent, and 11 more tawny owls outside. There are ducklings at various ages outside and some tiny youngsters with their mum. In the hedgehog hospital there are approx 20 hedgehogs, mostly from the Uists. There are swans and 3 seal pups. So you see why the feeding round at Hessilhead starts at 8am and goes on till 10pm at night!


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Dissident Activities in Indochina
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Cold War-era maps show the connections that Vietnam had with the socialist world. After the 1949 victory of the Chinese communists under the leadership of Mao Zedong and the founding of the People's Republic of China (PRC), the Việt Minh gained an important ally. Starting in May 1951, supplies from the USSR also began to cross the North Vietnam-China border. Between 1952 and 1954, the Việt Minh received over 100 tonnes of medical supplies and equipment from China and the USSR. The map below shows "Dissident Activities in Indochina" from November 1950. It was produced by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in 1951 and included in the Pentagon Papers. The Việt Minh were active in the lands bordering China including a region called the Việt Bắc.
Now consider the following map published by the CIA in 1967. While this map presents a topographic view of Northern Vietnam, thus using the language of scientific objectivity, there were at least two important choices to note. First, it reproduces older Sinosphere and regional geographies by linking Northern Vietnam to its northern neighbor. This decision was not accidental, of course, and like earlier regional maps had a military motivation. Starting in 1965, the United States had sent its military to the Republic of Vietnam and began what is known in America as the Vietnam War. During this war, communist China and North Korea sent aid and advisors to North Vietnam. Second, this map notes the population centers of Hanoi and Thai Nguyen and shows them linked by a railroad. Both Hanoi, the capital, and Thai Nguyen, the location of a steel plant, were targets of incessant American bombing.
In this way, the shape of this map was the result of the victories of the Chinese, the North Korean, and the Vietnamese communist parties.
By the 1970s, the National Liberation Front, and its ally the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, could imagine themselves as a world leader of socialist countries. As Che Guevara (1928-1967) said, "what a luminous, near future would be visible to us if two, three, or many Vietnams flourished throughout the world…."


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'Turn Blue' review: Black Keys at their best
Black Keys' "Turn Blue" album. Credit: Nonesuch
By GLENN GAMBOA glenn.gamboa@newsday.com Updated May 12, 2014 4:29 PM
Right off the bat, the Black Keys calm any fears about the mainstream success of 2011's Grammy-winning "El Camino" album and breakthrough hit "Lonely Boy" going to their heads.
Their eighth album, "Turn Blue" (Nonesuch) opens with the seven-minute, guitar-solo-heavy epic "Weight of Love" that shows how far singer-guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney have come since their days as a duo that made all their blues-rock sounds themselves. The impressive "Weight of Love," along with the grand, Eric Clapton-esque solos of "In Our Prime," also show, however, that the Black Keys will never really stray far from their Akron, Ohio, indie-rock-and-blues roots.
The inclusion of Brian Burton (aka Danger Mouse) into the band's inner triangle, as "Turn Blue" producer and co-writer, doesn't change its mission, only enhances it. While "Turn Blue" spans a variety of styles -- from the loping, '60s soul groove of "In Time" to the frantic, organ-driven dance party of lead single "Fever" to the power-pop closer "Gonna Get Away" -- they grow more from Auerbach and Carney than Burton and his numerous projects like Broken Bells and Gnarls Barkley.
The most impressive part of "Turn Blue" is how the Black Keys have managed to expand their palette and artistic vision without losing their focus. Everything here is tight and hard-hitting, still built on the solid bond between Auerbach's distinctive bluesy vocals and rock guitar and Carney's inventive, dynamic drumming. Once again, "Turn Blue" finds the Black Keys at the top of their game -- a game that just keeps getting bigger and bigger.
"Turn Blue"
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ADA, Ohio. – The Baldwin Wallace University women's swimming and diving teams returned to Ohio Athletic Conference action and was defeated by Ohio Northern University in the ONU Sports Center Natatorium.
BW (5-5, 1-2 OAC) fell to the Ohio Northern by a final score of 133-101.
The Yellow Jackets were led by freshman stroker Bella Ratino (Mentor/Hawken) as she won the 200-yard backstroke in a time of 2:15.00 and the 1000-yard freestyle in a career-best time of 10:54.64.
Also earning victories were junior All-OAC stroker Erika Nockengost (Cuyahoga Falls) and junior Academic All-OAC diver/stroker Ellie Clymer (Independence) as each one victory and a top three finish. Nockengost won the 200-yard butterfly in a time of 2:18.12 and was the runner-up in the 200-yard individual medley in a season-best time of 2:20.88. Clymer won the 1-meter diving event with a total score of 175.65 points and took third in the 200-yard breaststroke in a time of 2:41.78.
In addition, junior All-OAC freestyler Allie Thorson (Amherst/Marion Steele) had a pair of runner-up finishes as she took second in the 200-yard freestyle and 500-yard freestyle in times of 2:01.57 and 5:25.49. Junior All-OAC freestyler Olivia Jacob (Canton/McKinley) was second in the 1000-yard freestyle in a time of 11:33.11 and third in the 500-yard freestyle in a time of 5:44.21. Sophomore All-OAC diver Lauren Franz (Canton/GlenOak) was second in the 3-meter event with a score of 133.25 and was third in the 1-meter event with 152.50 total points. Freshman stroker Madeleine Pierce (Perry) was second in the 50-yard freestyle in a time of 25.89 seconds and was third in the 100-yard freestyle in a time of 58.47. Sophomore All-OAC stroker Marissa Kural (LaGrange, Ill. / Lyons Township) took third in the 200-yard backstroke in a time of 2:25.56). Freshman stroker Kayla McClintock (Venetia, Pa./Peters Township) finished third in the 200-yard freestyle in a time of 2:09.90.
In relay action, the 200-yard medley squad of Pierce, Clymer, Nockengost and senior freestyler Claire Onchuck (Darrien, Ill./Hinsdale South) finished second in a time of 1:56.06. The 200-yard freestyle unit of sophomore stroker Lauren Martello (Huron/Sandusky), junior freestyler Jenna Ball (Salamanca, N.Y.), Ratino and Thorson took second in a time of 1:47.57.


Every once in a while I like to get a Wantable Intimates box. I've always been fairly happy with what I've received from them and it seems worth the cost, but I don't need a box every month. I decided to get an August box, because I was seeing quite a few reveals with nice PJ sets. In my order I requested Rene Rofe PJ sets, because they looked adorable in everyone's reveals! When making specific requests, you never know if you'll get the items, but it's worth trying. I was so excited when the box showed up. And it always amazes me how tiny the boxes are. I always think it can't be anything more than a pair of socks inside, but they always impress me with what fits in the very small box.
Here is a first peek at what was in my box. I love the cute sayings included.
Wantable Intimates includes an order sheet with what is included in the box. It also lists the retail prices and the amount you would receive for the item if you were to return it. Wantable lets you return individual items, which I really like. So, if you love one item, but hate the rest you don't have to send the whole box back. A lot of subscription services do not offer this option, but I really think more should. Also, you fill out a profile when you subscribe and Wantable will only send you items you love or like and never what you dislike. It makes it so easy to get what you want, by changing your profile throughout your subscription.
The first item I pulled out of the box was a Rene Rofe item. It wasn't cute PJs though. It was a Rene Rofe Purple Lace Bra. Retail price $28. This is a push up bra and definitely my style. This was something I would have picked out myself and will definitely wear. I love the neutral colored lace over the purple. This fits very comfortably, so I will definitely be keeping it.
The next item I received was a Natural Fiber Tank in Rose. Retail price $18. This is a fun pink color and it's really comfy. I will wear this under shirts or to bed. I love tank tops and wear one almost every day, so this is another keeper. This is a great basic and I always love getting them because I know I can always use them. Plus this color will go great with my wardrobe! I normally wear a size small in shirts and Wantable sent me a size large in this tank, because it ran really small. It fits perfect! I love that they take that into consideration and I've never had an issue with things not fitting from this subscription.
The final item included in my box was my favorite. It is Rene Rofe Tuck Me In Shorts in Floral. Retail Price $21. These are so adorable and the tank top matches. I love that! These are so soft and comfy and I love the print! These were exactly the type of item I was requesting, so I was so happy I got these. I'm keeping them, obviously!
Look how great the shorts and tank go together. They make such cute PJs!
This box was great and I was so excited I decided to order the August Wantable Intimates box! I probably won't get one for another few months. I just like to get a few unique pieces every once in a while, but every month would be too much. I'll be watching reviews to see if I really like anything I'm seeing and order again later. I really want some cute patterned leggings for Fall, so I'm hoping I see some. Then I'll be ordering again very soon.


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Former Rosemont Mine investor poised to gross $400 million on Arizona Mining Inc. sale
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(Reprinted with permission from Rosemontminetruth.com)
Richard Warke, the former top executive of Augusta Resource Corp. which sold the proposed Rosemont copper project to Hudbay Minerals in 2014, stands to gross US$409 million in connection with the sale of another company with a proposed mining project in southeastern Arizona.
Richard Warke
Australia-based South32 has offered US$1.3 billion cash to purchase Arizona Mining Inc.'s Hermosa mine project six miles south of Patagonia. The Hermosa Project comprises the zinc-lead-silver Taylor deposit and the zinc-manganese-silver Central deposit.
South32 is Australia's third largest mining company and already held a 17 percent share in Arizona Mining prior to making the June 15 offer. Arizona Mining's board of directors unanimously recommended shareholders approve the sale. Warke is Arizona Mining's executive chairman.
South32's offer of C$6.20 a share was about 50 percent higher than Arizona Mining's June 15 closing price on the Toronto Stock Exchange. South32's shareholders' approval is not required and the deal is expected to close in September, according at a joint press release issued by the two companies.
Warke controls 88 million shares of Arizona Mining according to the company's most recent Management Information Circular filed with Canadian securities regulators. The huge windfall comes 20 years after Warke filed for personal bankruptcy in Vancouver, British Colombia during a period in which he was engulfed in financial problems including a corporate bankruptcy and several cease trade orders issued by Canadian regulators.
Warke failed to disclose the personal and corporate bankruptcies and cease trade orders in subsequent regulatory filings spanning nearly a decade, according to a complaint filed by Save the Scenic Santa Ritas, a Tucson-based conservation group, with the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission .
Warke's personal bankruptcy filing came 9 years after he signed a settlement agreement with the BCSC on an insider trading violation. As a result of the settlement agreement, Warke remains on the BCSC website under the warning "Disciplined Persons and Investment Caution." [Read more…]


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Iraq vs ISIS = Blame Bush?
Let's see… the Barbarians at the gate of our billion dollar embassy, bought with not only treasure but the blood of our military… are "freedom fighters" from Syria, which as memory serves were armed by our CIA in violation of law at the president's direction.
They are led by a guy that was in US custody until Obama took office.
Our embassy hasn't been evacuated, because "it is too politically sensitive" (ie – it'd make Obama look bad). Besides, despite the fact this is Iraq, and this takeover has been in progress all year, we apparently didn't have any contingency plans for such an eventuality.
We have no military force in the country to defend them except the embassy guard, because Obama was in a hurry to exit. He sent Biden, a semi-competent on his best day, to secure a status of forces agreement allowing a residual force, and he failed. Obama exited anyway.
But we can't put fresh boots on the ground to protect them because that too would make Obama look bad, since someone claimed we won already the war on terror (ie – bin laden is dead and al qaida is on the run").
So now we are largely left trusting the locals to protect our diplomats for us, because that strategy worked so well in Benghazi.
Our choices if Malaki loses will either look like the fall of Saigon at best… or Benghazi mixed with the Iran Hostage crisis at worst… except this foe is known for sharing vivid execution videos on the net. Did I miss anything?
… and the Commander in Chief spent the weekend golfing and fundraising.
Conclusion: This is all the fault of George Bush.


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