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Church responds as famine threatens Congo
By Chadrack Tambwe Londe
Nov. 29, 2022 | KINDU, Congo (UM News)
United Methodist Bishop Gabriel Yemba Unda prays for peanuts produced during the last growing season in Kindu, Congo. With an estimated 27 million people facing food insecurity in the country, the East Congo bishop has called for redoubling efforts to combat hunger through agriculture. Photo by Chadrack Tambwe Londe, UM News.
United Methodist Bishop Gabriel Yemba Unda, East Congo Episcopal Area, calls for amplifying agricultural activities to fight food insecurity.
According to two U.N. agencies, the number of people affected by high acute food insecurity in the DRC is estimated at 27 million, or one in three people. Nearly 7 million people face emergency levels of acute hunger.
The United Methodist Board of Global Ministries approved more than $4.5 million to help realize the late Bishop John K. Yambasu's dream of making The United Methodist Church in Africa self-sufficient through agriculture.
United Methodist Bishop Gabriel Yemba Unda encourages people of faith to engage in agricultural efforts to address famine in Congo.
"All people, United Methodists and non-United Methodists alike," he said, "need to understand that this is a crucial moment. We must embark, without wasting time, in agriculture in order to produce more food and fight famine."
Elie Etako, who works for the church's East Congo Development Bureau, said the field cultivated by young people during the last growing season made it possible to harvest more than 3,500 pounds of groundnuts. The maize crop did not fare as well, but the harvest for cassava extends from November through December.
In Congo, millions of people have been affected by famine aggravated by conflict in some areas and the COVID-19 pandemic. The United Nations' World Food Programme and the Food and Agriculture Organization report that the number of people affected by high acute food insecurity in the DRC is estimated at 27 million, or one in three people. This includes nearly 7 million people facing emergency levels of acute hunger.
"For the first time," said Peter Musoko, representative for the World Food Programme in Congo, "we were able to analyze the vast majority of the population, which helped us get closer to the true picture of the staggering scale of food insecurity in DRC."
Aristide Ongone Obame, Food and Agriculture Organization representative in the country, considers social and political stability key to strengthening food security.
"The recurrent conflicts in eastern DRC and the suffering they cause remain a serious concern," he said. "Social and political stability is essential to strengthen food security and the resilience of vulnerable populations. We urgently need to focus on producing food where it is needed most. The main agricultural season is approaching, and there is no time to lose."
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Unda said neighboring areas not yet affected by insecurity should redouble their efforts in agriculture to produce even more food.
"The surplus of agricultural production in peaceful areas will have to be exported to the provinces affected by insecurity caused by armed groups," Unda said.
Earlier this year, the United Methodist Board of Global Ministries approved $3.5 million to help realize the late Bishop John K. Yambasu's dream of making The United Methodist Church in Africa self-sufficient through agriculture. During its fall meeting, board members approved another nearly $1.1 million for the Yambasu agriculture initiative.
Nico Ndomba, who teaches at Kindu Methodist University, said Congo has millions of acres of arable land just waiting to be cultivated.
"In Congo," Ndomba said, "you don't need chemical fertilizers to get the yield."
However, Etako noted, The United Methodist Church in eastern Congo does not have its own land to cultivate the fields.
As part of the new efforts, Edmund Melusi Makowa will coordinate the agriculture department. A Global Ministries missionary, Makowa will serve as a resource person for agriculture and food security issues in eastern Congo.
"Edmund will provide technical expertise and promote technologies on sustainable agriculture for the episcopal area of eastern Congo, according to the vision and mission of The United Methodist Church," Unda said when he introduced Makowa to the delegates of the Eastern Congo Annual Conference in July 2022.
Etako said he believes Makowa's expertise will benefit the church and improve agriculture.
"Our concern," he said, "is that every local church should have a field to fight famine and malnutrition. We have the support of several leaders at the level of the Eastern Congo Annual Conference who have responded positively.
"I believe that with this field initiative, it will be very easy for local churches to take charge of themselves and fund the advancement of God's work."
Londe is a French news editor for UM News in the Congo Central Conference.
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Following an ice storm in January 2017 and an assessment trip in Feb. 2017 a major trip was made to make repairs to the West main antenna array reflector so that the west radar was fully functional well prior to the August 2017 solar eclipse.
During this trip our team ran into serious mud at the site and struggled the entire time with keeping the two hi-lifts from getting stuck. The aftermath of a lift getting stuck can be seen in the picture with this article. Several times we called for help to pull the lifts out and a few more times we had to improvise on getting the lifts out ourselves. The majority of the time the lifts had to be driven around on top of thick wooden boards in order to spread the weight and keep the tires of the lift from sinking into the ground. Due to these delays and other weather delays, only 9 of the 20 reflector wires were hung during this trip. A future trip will finish off this task.
All was not lost here as while conditions were not favorable for repairing the reflector wires, they were favorable enough to run the smaller lift around and replace all of the antenna feeder coax cables with new cables that used better connectors. The old connectors had plagued the site for years for mysteriously going bad or even having the metal completely break. In addition, repairs were made to the electronics inside of the building such that by the end of the trip, all of the transmitters on both radars were transmitting.


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I happened to present a talk at the Google Dev Fest Hyderabad that took place this Saturday, 5th October, 2013.
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I've got to say that Florida in March is pretty nice. Even nicer when you get to attend the wedding of a grandson. We still had time to compile some resources for all you missionary advocates, so here you go. Put them to good use.
Here's a new resource for missionaries on home assignment in the U.S. Tributary Retreat & Training Center, in the beautiful Ozark mountains of Arkansas, "exists to provide missionaries on stateside assignment an affordable place to retreat for rest, renewal, training, recommitment to God and reconnection with family." Who could you send for some R&R?
Another resource you should know about: Missional Living. Located near Knoxville, TN these folks offer housing, transportation, and coaching for missionaries on home assignment.
God takes people overseas as much for what he plans to do in them as for he will accomplish through them. That can be a hard lesson for some to learn, but when progress is slow and productivity is nearly nil, it is a reminder that will alleviate a lot of stress. Laura Bowling offers her perspective on the process in this post. Erin Rain Gautier makes this contribution to the discussion.
Sooner or later your missionary friend will need to take a sabbatical. (At least, they should.) C. Anderson provides a handy checklist for planning an effective time-out. It includes the involvement of some key people. Might you be one of them?
It's hard being different. But that is the essence of working cross-culturally, and it is a gift. Heather Fallis explains. Anyone you know who is in the initial throes of culture shock will appreciate this post.
So many times on the mission field dead ends can threaten to undo field workers. But are they really dead ends?
Because of Jesus, what looks like the end might actually be the middle.
Kaitlyn Bouchillon has a perspective that your friends on the field might find refreshing.
Life often produces more questions than answers. That is certainly the case for the global workers you know. Addie Zierman suggests embracing those questions—slowly, silently.
There is more to this slowness than meets the eye.
Better than ignoring the questions, better than frantically trying to find answers, is learning to regard them as invitations.
Crying over spilt soap? Seriously? Oh yeah. Seriously. Emotional responses to life on the mission field can be over the top at times, as Emily Raan admits in this piece. Who could you forward it to as a way of encouraging them? Emily goes on to mention a few more catalysts for crying. Things that, in her words, allow her to cry.
They bring freedom from the hardness of this life that I carry with me.
You might as well forward this one along with her other post. The missionaries who receive it will be blessed by her candidness.
Here's a post you should pass on simply for its beauty. Emily Gibson's photography is stunning by itself. When she combines it with poetry, well…the result is delightful, refreshing, encouraging. See for yourself before you forward it.
When it comes time for their next transition, how will your missionary friend handle it? Mallory Brooks has some good suggestions. You should send this to anyone you know who is about to go through a transition, whether it's geographic or relational.
God never sends us where he hasn't been. That's a good reminder from Sue "Screams in the Desert" Eenigenburg. In her unique and humorous way, Sue reassures those who fear the unknown aspects of transition.
The unanticipated bright side of perpetual goodbyes. That's how Jerry Jones chooses to look at the never-ending farewells of missionary life.
There's always a "hello" that comes after the "goodbye." Every global worker you know will appreciate this piece.
The problem is that it's not a choice between pain or no pain, it's a choice between two different kinds of pain.
This is critical information for all of you who interact with MKs and TCKs. Tanya has lived this; she knows what she's talking about, and she explains it well.
Thank you for caring enough to stop by, for equipping yourself to care well for the global workers God has brought into your life.


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Former Haitian Political Candidate Pleads Guilty to Cocaine Trafficking in South Florida
Southern District of Florida
On November 20, 2018, Vincent Casseus, a former political candidate in Haiti, pled guilty in South Florida to possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine.
Ariana Fajardo Orshan, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida and George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office made the announcement.
Casseus, a/k/a "Angelo," 44, of Jérémie, Haiti, is scheduled to be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Kathleen M. Williams on January 30, 2019, in Miami, Florida (Case No. 18-CR-20470). He faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 5 years in prison.
According to the court docket, including the agreed upon factual proffer, Casseus led a drug-trafficking organization that used drug mules to import cocaine into the United States, concealed in commercial-grade tomato paste cans. Law enforcement intercepted cocaine from Casseus's organization in south Florida and Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, including on November 6, 2016, when FBI agents seized approximately 2,999 grams of cocaine from Casseus and his co-defendant, Vito Antenor, in Miami, Florida.
Casseus was extradited to the United States, from Haiti, for prosecution.
Antenor, 40, of Miami-Dade, pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine on September 13, 2018, and is scheduled to be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Williams on January 11, 2019.
This investigation and prosecution was carried out by members of the South Florida High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Task Force. The South Florida HIDTA, established in 1990, is made up of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies who, cooperatively, target the region's drug-trafficking and money laundering organizations. The South Florida HIDTA is funded by the Office of National Drug Control Policy, which sponsors a variety of initiatives focused on the nation's illicit drug trafficking threats.
This prosecution is a result of the ongoing efforts by the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF), a partnership between federal, state and local law enforcement agencies. The OCDETF mission is to identify, investigate, and prosecute high-level members of drug trafficking enterprises, bringing together the combined expertise and unique abilities of federal, state and local law enforcement.
U.S. Attorney Fajardo Orshan commended the investigative efforts of the FBI in this matter. She also thanked Homeland Security Investigations, the Miami-Dade Police Department, Doral Police Department, the United States Embassy in Port au Prince, Haiti, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Country Attaché in Haiti, the U.S. Department of State's Diplomatic Security Service and the Haitian National Police. This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan K. Osborne.
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"Tell Them We Are Singing for Jesus": The Original Fisk Jubilee Singers and Christian Reconstruction, 1871-1878
By author: Toni P. Anderson
Publisher: Mercer University Press
Product Code: H785
Product Format: Hardback
"Tell Them We Are Singing for Jesus" explores the Christian missionary ideals and convictions that spawned the Fisk Jubilee Singers during the 1870s and guided the ensemble throughout its impressive US and European travels. This historic choral ensemble was sponsored by the American Missionary Association (AMA), the parent organization of Fisk University.
Celluloid Saints : Images of Sanctity in Film
By author: Theresa Sanders
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Celluloid Saints looks at fundamental issues in the lives of saints and explores them in ways that are complex and nuanced, yet accessible. Topics such as martyrdom, miracles, evangelism, asceticism, saints in the Holocaust, and saintly mental illness have found diverse treatments in film. This book examines that diversity and explains some of the reasons for it.
Church Music in America, 1620-2000
By author: John Ogasapian
This overview traces the musical practices of several American Christian groups from their arrival in America to the present, and the way in which those practices and traditions influenced each other, leading to the diverse and multi-hued pattern that is American church music at the beginning of the twenty-first century.
Coleridge and the Conservative Imagination
By author: Alan P. R. Gregory
While Gregory offers a perceptive outline of early British conservatism, his main concern is with Coleridge's attack on reductionism, including his defense of the will against associationism, his criticisms of Enlightenment historiography, his discussions of the inadequacies of political economy, and the Trinitarian arguments against monism.
Creative Destruction : Nikos Kazantzakis and the Literature of Responsibility
By author: Lewis Owens
This is a detailed, even technical, analysis of Kazantzakis writings, based primarily upon Owen's research at Kazantzakis's personal library in Iraklion, Crete. Owens highlights how Kazantzakis was profoundly influenced by the "creative evolution" of Henri Bergson, and how Bergson's creative evolution was rooted in a notion of God postulated by the mystic Jacob Boehme.
Dante's Divine Comedy: The Inferno: Journey to Joy, Part 1
By author: Kathryn Lindskoog
Dante's Divine Comedy : Purgatory : Journey to Joy, Part 2
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Dante's Divine Comedy: Paradise: Journey to Joy, Part 3
I Will Sing the Wondrous Story : A History of Baptist Hymnody in North America
By author: Paul Richardson
Baptists have a long and rich heritage of congregational song. The hymns Baptists have sung and the books from which they have sung them have been shaping forces for the theology, worship, and piety of the denomination. Baptist authors and composers have provided songs that have made an impact not only among Baptists in America, but also across denominational and geographic lines. Congregational singing continues to a be key component of Baptist worship.
By author: David W Music, Paul Richardson
Jewish Images in the Christian Church : Art As the Mirror of the Jewish-Christian Conflict, 200-1250 Ce
By author: Henry Claman
This careful analysis of a millennium of Christian art outlines the path by which Christians reinterpreted the Hebrew Scriptures to prove they foretold the ascendancy of Christianity. Starting with a solid introduction to the origins of Christianity and the beginnings of Christian art in the catacombs of Rome, Claman skillfully demonstrates the development of the anti-Jewish message of Christian art. The study culminates with analyses of the majestic cathedral at Chartres, the public burning of the Talmud in Paris in 1248, and the expulsion of the Jews from France and England. Includes b&w images and color plates.
John Milton, Paradise Lost: The Biblically Annotated Edition
Edited by: Matthew Stallard By author: John Milton
John Milton was arguable one of the best-read persons of his epoch. Milton's book reveals that in addition to the thoroughly humanistic education he received at Trinity College Cambridge, he also conducted an extensively broad reading program of his own. This biblically annotated edition of Paradise Lost will be useful to scholars and students of Milton alike.


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Beth Moore read my journal.
It's 7:07am, San Antonio time. I am sitting on the floor of my hotel room, all the lights off, while my roomie Amy Beth still snoozles. The sun is rising out our 16th story window and I can't decide what to do- blog or watch, blog or watch. Ok, blotch.
I wanted to rush home from the Beth Moore talk last night and blog it out until Kingdom come. My mind was so full, my heart so full, that I was dying to get it out.
Instead we went to a Mexican restaurant with some bloggers and LifeWay folks and stayed until midnight.
So needless to say, when I got home at 12:35am and had to be ready to go at 7:45am, blogging wasn't how I chose to spend my few sleeping hours. But my heart was blogging, even if my fingers weren't.
I'm going to have to make this short [who just said "GLORY!"?]. But let me tell you what Beth Moore talked about for over half her talk last night.
I'm sorry- has she been reading my JOURNAL? Or is she a secret fan of ye old blog, because correct me if I'm wrong, but is that not the THEME OF MY LIFE right now?
Actually. It has very little to do with Beth attempting to teach directly to me, one of 10,000. It has far more to do with God speaking directly to me, one of 10,000. And directly to each woman here.


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100 Years of Women at YSM
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A century of women in medicine at Yale
by Natasha Strydhorst
Susan Baserga, M.D. '88, Ph.D. '88, FW '93, professor of molecular biophysics and biochemistry, of genetics and therapeutic radiology speaks on the early years of coeducation at Yale
Photo by Robert Lisak
In 1916, more than 100 years after its founding, the Yale School of Medicine admitted its first female students. At the time, this stood in marked contrast to the ethos of other institutions like Harvard, which considered it "unladylike" for women to attend medical school. By necessity, the three women admitted to the Class of 1916 were exceptional—unlike their male counterparts, who needed only two years of college education, they had to hold a college degree, and a quota further restricted the number of women admitted.
One of the three, Louise Farnam, held a Ph.D. in Physiological Chemistry from Yale. Although commonly known for her connection to the "Louise Farnam memorial bathrooms" (a donation from her father, an economics professor at Yale, made a women's lavatory possible, paving the way for female enrollment), Farnam was remarkable in her own right. Her story remains a source of inspiration to women in the medical field to this day.
In a talk in the Historical Library at this year's reunion, Susan Baserga, M.D. '88, Ph.D. '88, FW '93, professor of molecular biophysics and biochemistry, of genetics and therapeutic radiology, recounted Farnam's story as she traced the history of women at the School of Medicine. In 1978, while Baserga was an undergraduate at Yale College, her interest in the topic was sparked by a women in medicine course taught by Florence Haseltine, M.D., and Lisa Anderson, then-director of the Office for Women in Medicine. In this course, Mary Roth Walsh, Ph.D., a professor at the University of Lowell in Massachusetts spoke about barriers to women in medicine. In her talk, Roth Walsh noted an intriguing trend: more women practiced medicine before the turn of the 19th century than shortly thereafter—when a college education, available almost exclusively to men, became essential to being a physician.
Women now comprise about 50 percent of enrolled students, 24 percent of professors, and three department chairs at the School of Medicine. While 5 percent of physicians in the United States in 1920 were women, that number is now 34 percent, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.
When Farnam entered the medical school, her goal was to serve as a missionary to China. She graduated with highest honors alongside the honor of being selected as a commencement speaker. In 1921, she began her work in China at Yali (the College of Yale-in-China), the Changsha mission that opened in 1906. She further distinguished herself there, when, in 1930—during the civil war between Nationalists and Communists—she surrendered a spot on the evacuation vessel to tend a wounded soldier. "I hate to go off and leave a man with a bullet in his chest liable to have pneumonia with no doctor on board. So I stayed," she wrote to her parents.
In the class following Farnam's, only one woman was enrolled: Ella Wakeman. "There was no fuss about this," Wakeman wrote, implying that this was because of her down-to-earth attitude, sensible clothing, and neatness. Reflecting on her lab partner, she wrote, "It was probably a trial to him to have a partner in whose presence he had to behave."
Even as both medicine and the representation of women in the field have advanced markedly since the years of Farnam's and Wakeman's attendance at Yale, the underrepresentation of women in biomedical research remains a source of concern.
"Those of us who have benefitted from the opportunity of attending the Yale School of Medicine can thank the courageous women who came before us: the Louise Farnams and Ella Wakemans who broke down barriers to our education," Baserga said. "And we must also remember their fathers and mothers, who believed that their daughters' education was just as important as their sons'."
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Tea happened (4/10). Following a brief team talk from our resident mystic meg Charlie Harker and his 'they only have four batsmen' chat we took to field with optimism knowing that we only had to take four wickets (apparently). Justin Bieber was eager to impress given the disappointment of his previous 17 albums, and aptly supported by the metronomic Garry Smith they bowled with great control conceding no more that 2-3 runs an over and picking up 3 wickets between them. With three wickets down, two Sissinghurst stalwarts attempted to take the game to us by eventually finding the boundary and slowly picking up some momentum. Jasper was a little off colour with his lengths and hampered by rolling his sleeves around his ears and cutting off circulation to both arms, and we needed a hero to emerge and put a halt to the deluge of forward defensive strokes from their middle order. Anything Moeen Ali can do at test level, a sixteen year old Alex Bartleet is more than capable of mimicking, and after 3 steady overs the baby faced assassin struck. Hat-tricks are a rarity even at village level and after dismissing their lead batsmen with some keen glove work from Charlie Sloan, Bartleet mopped up his next two first ball victims with a ferocious attack on the timbers. This took the wind out of the Sissinghurst chase and wickets fell at regular intervals to leave Sissinghurst 66 runs short of their target.


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Kuwait internationalizes the file internationally and urges the reconstruction of Iraq to abide by its commitments
Dinar Daily :: DINAR/IRAQ -- NEWS -- GURUS and DISCUSSIONS :: IRAQ and DINAR -- ARTICLE BASED INFORMATION and DISCUSSIONS
by RamblerNash on Thu Aug 29, 2019 10:48 pm
Kuwait has invited countries that participated in the conference on the reconstruction of Iraq, which it hosted in February 2018 to meet its obligations, which will help return Iraq to fill its position in its regional and international environment.
Kuwait's Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Mansour Al-Otaibi said during the Security Council session on Iraq that he "encouraged all countries that participated in the conference to fulfill their commitments," expressing his hope for "cooperation and coordination with the Iraqi government to establish a mechanism to follow up the implementation of those commitments." To contribute to achieving the aspirations of Iraqis. "
He added: "Our bilateral relationship with the Republic of Iraq is witnessing continuous and positive developments and turning the page of that painful past and opening a new page of fruitful cooperation and translating this approach to resolve the remaining issues. There are steps taken by the leadership of both countries embodied the concepts of brotherhood and neighborliness."
He continued: "Bilateral visits are at the highest level, most notably the visit of the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah last June and joint bilateral committees an important indicator to strengthen that cooperation."
He stressed that "the time has come to realize that the next stage is important for Iraq to overcome the challenges it faces, and we are confident that Iraq is moving forward to achieve its aspirations with steady steps so as not to slip into turmoil."
Al-Otaibi reiterated his country's support for the Iraqi government in its efforts to implement its reform programs, which will require collective efforts to promote national reconciliation among all components of the Iraqi people and to overcome the public interest and address corruption and improve the level of public services and impose security.
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Guéfigué (ou Guefigue, Gefige) est un village du Cameroun situé dans la région du Centre, le département du Mbam-et-Inoubou et l'arrondissement de Bokito, à 5 km d'Ombessa, 15 km de Bokito et 22 km de Bafia. Il s'étend sur plus de 15 km.

La localité comprend deux hameaux, Guéfigué proprement dit au sud et Guéboga au nord.

Environnement
Le village est implanté sur un plateau vallonné. La végétation se répartit entre trois grands ensembles : les savanes arbustives à rônier, les zones de bas-fond et les zones de bosquet. Des arbres fruitiers (manguiers, avocatiers, pruniers) ont été plantés par l'homme, principalement autour des habitations. Aux cultures vivrières (maïs, arachide, patate douce, ananas, taro, macabo, manioc, igname et plantain) s'ajoute la culture pérenne du cacaoyer, dans les bosquets et aux abords des maisons, qui sont généralement en béton avec des toits en tôle.

Guéfigué est arrosé par un seul cours d'eau, la rivière Oufoué, au sud du village..

Population
En 1964, Guéfigué comptait  habitants, pour la plupart des Yambassa. Lors du recensement de 2005, ce chiffre s'élevait à .

Notes et références

Annexes

Bibliographie
 Anne-Laure Boulaud, Agriculture familiale au Cameroun, analyse comparée entre forêt et savane, CIRAD UPR B&SEF, 2014, 96 p. (mémoire de fin d'études Présenté pour l'obtention du diplôme d'ingénieur-agronome)
 Dictionnaire des villages du Mbam, ORSTOM, Yaoundé, , 62 p.,

Liens externes
 Bokito : une géomorphologie particulière (Gunu-Yambassa. Site culturel camerounais, )
 Jacques Landry Atangana, Électrification de la Commune de Bokito,  (carte détaillée)

Village dans la région du Centre (Cameroun)

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My Mother's Day - "A day of pure joy!"
Instead of expensive bouquets of flowers and expensive gifts for me, I wanted to spend that money on a whole day filled with our family giving "Random Acts of Kindness." At first the kids thought the ideas were crazy and they didn't understand, but in the end they LOVED every minute of it and didn't want the day to stop. For me, the feelings of joy I felt all day doing these things combined with the fact that the children didn't want the day to end was PRICELESS!
6:30am - Rise and shine. Quick breakfast, so we could hit the road!
1. Our first stop was our neighborhood park. We hid plastic Easter eggs and left two baskets for the lucky early risers of our neighborhood. The eggs were filled with toys and flower/vegie seeds and notes of kind things to do. For example: Make your parents smile and pick up your toys today! or Make a card for your neighbors telling them to have a great day...after our kids got over the fact that they were hiding toys for other kids instead of getting to keep the toys, they really started enjoying it.
2. Tony and I were in need of Starbucks coffee, so we bought our coffee and the ladies coffee/breakfast behind us. We wrapped a gift the night before and gave it to the cashier. (One of my bird paintings.) The look on his face and his smile was sooooooo GREAT! The kids were curious as to what the lady thought about us buying her coffee and breakfast. I told them, "I have a hunch she smiled." Below is one of the birds we gave away in trade for smiles.
3. Off to Springfield we go. This "Act of Kindness" is for Grandma and Grandpa.
We gave them an egg hunt, some flowers and some muffins. The intent was to ring the doorbell and run, but they just woke up and heard all of our giggle as we hid eggs in their beautiful garden. Unfortunately, we had to hug and run. So much to do! Below is an image of all the flowers we delivered in our day.
4. Off to Bristow we go! This "Act of Kindness" was for my Sister-In-Law - Colleen, niece and nephews. You guessed it - another egg hunt and we gave Colleen some sunflowers. They were not home, but their dog, Bailey, enjoyed our giggles and egg hiding very much. As soon as the kids got buckled in to the car we hear, "THAT was SOOO much fun!!!"
5. Time to head back to Leesburg for one of our soccer games for the day. At the game, the kids handed out a tulip stem to all the moms and we hid eggs at the school playground. Cole gave his coach a pretty flower too. All the thank you's and smiles continued filling our hearts up with an incredible amount of happiness. I looked around at the field of soccer families and everyone was having happy, laughing conversations....not saying that the flowers did this, but I'd like to think that it added to it. And yes...I get choked up with this kind of stuff.
6. Time for a quick fast food lunch at Mo's. We gave a generous 40% tip. Tony enjoyed seeing the cashiers smiles and joy. I think he was starting to get into this day and truly enjoyed this.
7. Off to 5 and Below. We hid dollar bills around the store, mostly in the toy section with notes on them. "For you. "Random Act of Kindness." The kids got so silly doing this!!!! It was fun being sneaky with lot's of customers walking around.
8. Off to a Senior Living Center in Leesburg. This is when my eyes swelled up with tears. The kids made cards and we had gifts for a few people at the center. We asked the coordinator who needed a visit the most. She was so grateful and so sweet. We completely caught her off guard and she was visibly touched by our visit. You could tell she loves these sweet seniors. We gave a wrapped painting of a bird to a women that only receives a couple visits a year by her nephew. We sat and talked with her for a little bit and she loved talking to the kids. She was so kind and so thankful for the visit. I think I will go back and give her some more visits. We also met a couple other ladies and gave them slipper socks and flowers. They needed a little more care than most and were in a special part of the center. They were wonderful and we got smiles from ladies that don't smile much according to the director. The director took a ton of photos of us and the kids with their seniors. Below are some pictures documenting our wonderful visit.
9. Time to pick up Cole from a birthday party and Hailey from her soccer game. Hailey and Cole missed the Senior center, but I will take them soon. Our Next stop was a thrift store managed and ran by the Leesburg's women shelter. We brought one of ladies working behind the register flowers and thanked her for her work and we gave her an envelop with money in it that she can give to someone she knows that needs it most. The kids really enjoyed this and were amazed at all the smiles we received. The store was busy with shoppers and they all saw the kids do this act of kindness. I think kindness is contagious.
10. Our last stop was to have dinner at Fireworks Pizza. The kids handed out the last of the tulip stems to all the moms and wished them all a Happy Mother's day. More smiles and many people came up to our table to thank us for the sweet gesture. We gave our waitress a generous tip and ended our day with roasting s'mores in our back yard fire pit and camping out in the back yard with the kiddos. It was a perfect day. The kids couldn't stop talking about how fun of a day it was!
And the "Acts of Kindness" continued the next day...Tony mowed a neighbors lawn for them. (Single mom with a broken lawn mower.) He got many thank you's.
In the end I'm thankful and grateful that I was able to share a day like this with my family. It will become a tradition and we are already looking forward to doing this again next year.
While in transition into being a SAHM + designer + Illustrator + Fine Artist + entrepreneur (YIKES!) here's what Logan and I have been up to. He tells me what to draw and I try to draw on the fly. Drawing quickly on the spot makes us both laugh! I had to edit some of his "wants". For example he said, "P for poop! Draw poop mommy!" How about a pink pig for p who likes poop?
For my first BFF, Josh, and his family! Here's an in progress shot of your painting.
"Una is Safe Up Here." 24x24 Acrylic on Canvas. This piece just sold!
Almost done with Cherries!!! I just have to add another layer of paint to the ground and apply some shadowing.
This piece is a gift for my Sister-In-Law.
Hoping to get some studio time in each night this week.
Taking a break for some daughter love.
Cherries. Worked on this last night a little while teaching Courtney how to paint roses.
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From August 28th to October 18th, 2012, the Egyptian-German joint mission of Sohag University, Freie Universität Belin and Johannes Gutenberg- Universität Maiz conducted its tenth season of fieldwork in the ancient necropolis situated in the western mountain of Asyut (Gebel Asyut al-gharbi). The fieldwork focused on the following tombs/ activities: Tomb V (Khety I; First Intermediate Period), Northern Soldiers-Tomb (H11.1; Dynasty 11), Tomb I (Djefai-Hapi, Dynasty 12), Tomb of Dogs (Late Period to Roman Period). In addition to that, due to the surveying previously unknown structures were discovered, that will be discussed on the following pages: Middle Kingdom Tomb M12.3, spolia of a New Kingdom temple on the mountain plateau (Kôm el-Shuqafa), and a depot of Late Roman pottery.


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Jotham Clement Pellew (ur. 13 września 1978; zm. 2006) – nowozelandzki zapaśnik walczący w obu stylach. Olimpijczyk z Sydney 2000, gdzie zajął dwudzieste miejsce w wadze koguciej, w stylu klasycznym.

Zdobył trzy złote medale na mistrzostwach Oceanii w latach 1999 - 2000.

Letnie Igrzyska Olimpijskie 2000

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Q: "Time on site" of apps I've been using Google Analytics very successfully for measuring apps. We learn a lot from the data. There's just one thing that I can't find any information about and that's the metric 'time on site'. It does measure something, but in my opinion time is often too long for average usage.
Can anyone explain to me if these data mean:
the time:

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*from opening app till going to background

*from opening app till really terminating

*Something else?

Many thanks in advance!
Greetings from Holland,
Sonja Kamst

A: Time on Site: Time on site is one way of measuring visit quality. If visitors spend a long time visiting your site, they may be interacting extensively with it. However, Time on site can be misleading because visitors often leave browser windows open when they are not actually viewing or using your site.
The average duration of visits (sessions) for the selected time frame. Session time is calculated by adding up time on page for each page in the session except for the last page in the session. The average time on site is determined by dividing the total time on site by the number of sessions for the selected time frame.
Calculations do not include the amount of time that visitors spend on the last page in the session, because there is no way to determine how long the visitor spent on the last page.
To illustrate, assume there are 3 visits (sessions) for the day, and you want to know the average visit duration for that day. Let's assume the three visits look like this:

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*Page 1 (10:00 a.m.) --> Page 2 (10:05) --> Page 3 (10:06) --> Exit

*Page 1 (9:00 a.m.) --> Page 2 (9:01) --> Page 3 (9:06) --> Exit Page

*1 (2:00 p.m.) --> Page 2 (2:15 p.m.) --> Page 3 (2:16) --> Exit

In each of these sessions, it is possible to use the time stamp on the subsequent pages to calculate the time spent on pages 1 and 2 (5, 1, and 15 minutes respectively). However, it is not possible to calculate how much time the visitors spent on the last page in the session, because there is no data available to Analytics that indicates when the visitor left.
In this example, the calculations would be:

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*Total time on site: 21 minutes

*Average time on site (21/3): 7:00

from http://support.google.com/analytics/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1006253

A: The time it measures is from opening the app to actually terminating it. So, for instance, if the app is maintained in a background state and you haven't included logic to end the session, your time in app numbers will be artificially inflated if/when it's brought back into the forefront.
I can't speak to the specifics of monitoring an application state, but there is some info on time on site issues for iOS here on SO:
Why are my iOS app's session lengths 30 min + in Google Analytics?

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Parler CEO says social media app may not return
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Social media platform Parler, which has gone dark after being cut off by major service providers that accused the app of failing to police violent content, may never get back online, said its CEO John Matze.
As a procession of business vendors severed ties with the two-year-old site following the storming of the U.S. Capitol last week, Matze said in an interview with Reuters on Wednesday that he does not know when or if it will return.
"It could be never," he said. "We don't know yet."
The app said in a legal filing it has over 12 million users.
Matze said that Parler was talking to more than one cloud computing service but refused to disclose names, citing the likelihood of harassment for the companies involved. He said the best thing would be if Parler could get back on Amazon.
Parler on Monday filed a lawsuit against the company, which Amazon.com said has no merit. Matze said the company was considering suing other vendors but declined to say more.
Amazon cut Parler, a platform which styles itself as a "free-speech" space and is favoured by supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump, off its servers this weekend for failing to effectively moderate violent content. Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google also kicked Parler from their app stores.
"It's hard to keep track of how many people are telling us that we can no longer do business with them," said Matze.
Amazon on Tuesday filed exhibits that showed it had warned Parler late last year about vile and threatening language on its site before cutting off the platform after the attack on the US Capitol. In a court filing Wednesday, Parler said that Amazon had not provided proof that the platform was used to incite and organise the January 6th events.
Disinformation researchers said far-right groups that appeared at the riot maintained a vigorous online presence on alternative platforms including Parler where they spread violent rhetoric ahead of the unrest.
Matze said Parler had also been booted from online payments service Stripe and from American Express and had lost its Scylla Enterprise database. Parler could not send SMS messages after being banned by Twilio and could not use Slack to contact its "jury" of paid and volunteer users who make Parler content moderation decisions after being ditched by the workplace messaging app.
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Scylla said that it had terminated its relationship with Parler because, while it supports free speech, it "cannot and will not allow our technology to be used to incite violence."
Twilio said Parler had violated its acceptable use policy and that it would suspend it if it did not remove calls for violence from the social platform. The other vendors did not immediately respond to Reuters requests to comment.
Matze said that some Parler employees had requested to take a few weeks off work and also said he and staff had received threats and people showing up at their houses.
He said there had been no changes to investors in Parler, which gets funding from hedge fund investor Robert Mercer and his daughter Rebekah Mercer. -Reuters
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Questions Swirl Around Water District Director's Expense Reports
By TRACY WOOD and ADAM ELMAHREK | August 19, 2010
Thursday, August 19, 2010 | Orange City Councilman Denis Bilodeau, who also is a director of the Orange County Water District, billed the water agency nearly $3,500 for meetings he either didn't attend or that didn't occur, according to official Water District records.
Bilodeau emphatically denies receiving any money that was not due him and said the questionable billings have come to light because of a political vendetta by Carol Rudat, whom he defeated in a 2006 race for a seat on the Orange City Council.
"I have not been compensated for something I was not entitled to. Period," he said.
Water District minutes and expense reports show that between June 2001 and November 2007, Bilodeau billed the district $3,070.16 for 17 meetings for which official minutes show him absent. And, records show, he claimed another $382.04 in stipends for two meetings that never occurred.
When asked by Voice of OC about these meetings, Bilodeau said that he does not keep his own records of attendance and that if mistakes were made, they were the fault of Water District staffers.
"I don't fill them [expense reports] out on my own," he said. "I'm not capable of doing it" because he doesn't keep a calendar of the meetings he attends.
Later he said: "I fill out an expense report in three minutes." He added that the records showed only a "handful of discrepancies."
Eleanor Torres, the Water District's public affairs director, stated in an email that the official minutes and signed expense reports, the only records the public has ready access to, aren't necessarily accurate.
In her email, Torres said that even if official minutes show a director was absent, his or her attendance can be confirmed verbally by other directors or staff members without there being a public record.
Torres and Bilodeau acknowledged that Water District officials have found discrepencies in director expense reports in the past, and in late 2009 the agency reviewed how minutes and expense reports were kept.
That informal review, Torres asserts, showed a "99 percent accuracy rate" when it comes to paying expenses. Bilodeau said the accuracy rate was "99.8 percent." As a result of the review, the agency made changes last year in how minutes are taken.
A Review of Records
The Orange County Water District provides drinking water to about 2.3 million people in 23 North Orange County cities and water agencies. It is separate from and independent of county government.
In addition to his posts at the Water District and in Orange, Bilodeau is chief of staff for newly elected Orange County Supervisor Shawn Nelson. Before that, he was on the staff of Nelson's predecessor, Chris Norby, who is now a member of the state Assembly.
Bilodeau has been a Water District director since 2000 and said he has attended 1,400 meetings in the past nine years and eight months, which averages out to 12 meetings a month, although he and other directors are compensated for a maximum of 10 meetings a month under Water District policies.
Water District directors are paid a stipend for every meeting they attend, up to the 10-meeting limit, and are reimbursed for mileage at the per-mile rate set by the federal government.
Directors sign their expense reports under penalty of perjury.
The official expense records also are reviewed for accuracy by a staff person and given final approval by the district's general manager, both of whom also sign the reports.
Bilodeau blamed Water District staffers for failing to accurately account for meetings he attended and for improperly filling in the amounts due on the questioned expense reports.
And while Bilodeau said he often is late for meetings, he denied ever being absent from those for which he was paid a stipend. Again, he blamed Water District staffers for not noticing and not correcting the attendance record when he came in late.
He said that although he was marked as absent, the minutes of these meetings would show he was present through comments and motions he made. But Voice of OC found only one instance in which Bilodeau's name was mentioned in the minutes of a meeting at which he was marked absent.
However, the late arrivals of other directors were noted in the minutes of some meetings for which Bilodeau claimed expenses but was marked absent.
At each meeting, Water District directors — like those of any public body — have the opportunity to correct any innacuracies in the minutes of a previous meeting. Among the records Voice of OC examined, there is no evidence of Bilodeau doing that.
But there is evidence of him approving official minutes that show he was absent at a March 2007 committee meeting for which he claimed the $210.60 stipend.
When members were asked at the April meeting to approve the March minutes, Bilodeau offered to second the motion, according to district records. That means he voted to approve as accurate the March minutes, which showed he was absent.
Additionally, Bilodeau blamed calendar software on his BlackBerry and an earlier Palm for preventing him from keeping track, even today, of his own meetings.
Voice of OC scheduled an interview with Water District General Manager Michael R. Markus and two staff members to discuss district practices in filling out expense reports for directors and systems for handling minutes.
But Torres cancelled that interview and said she would not reschedule unless Voice of OC reporters first gave her a list of all documents that might be discussed. Voice of OC refused to abide by that precondition.
Political Battles
Most of the meetings for which Bilodeau has expense discrepancies came in 2006, the year he began a political smack down with Rudat and her husband, former Orange City Manager Dave Rudat.
That election-year battle, with Bilodeau ultimately beating Carol Rudat for a City Council seat, was particularly ugly. Nine days before the election, Rudat's daughter videotaped Bilodeau stealing a campaign sign.
The day before the Nov. 7 election, according to the Orange County Register, the district attorney's office announced it would file misdemeanor charges against Bilodeau. Those charges were formally dismissed a year later.
"That whole thing she (Rudat) put me through was probably the most traumatic thing of my life," Bilodeau said.
He and Gina DePinto, a Water District spokesperson, blamed Rudat for sending news organizations, including Voice of OC, documents that raised questions about Bilodeau's expenses.
"Based on where we've been with that story," DePinto said Monday, "I don't believe there is one."
Documents received by Voice of OC were sent anonymously. Reporters checked the delivered records against the Water District's official records to make sure they matched. Reporters also checked additional records.
Water District records show that in 2006 Bilodeau claimed $1,805.13 in expenses for nine meetings he didn't attend. He called it a terrible year.
"Do you know how many court appearances I had to make that year?" he said, referring to the campaign sign incident.
But according to the Water District's records, eight of the nine meetings Bilodeau claimed expenses for and apparently did not attend took place well before the sign incident. Only one, a Nov. 15 Board of Directors meeting, occurred after the district attorney announced that Bilodeau would face charges.
In other cases, however, Bilodeau insisted that staff members who recorded attendance simply didn't see him when he came in late. And on at least three occasions, he said, he came in so late that the meeting had recessed to a closed session by the time he arrived, and staffers probably weren't there to see him.
Bilodeau acknowledged that he signed expense reports wrongly seeking reimbursement for mileage two or three times when he actually attended meetings by telephone. He said he wrote a check for $47.51 to the Water District in February to cover the mileage overpayment.
The erroneous mileage, he said, was mistakenly put on his expense reimbursement forms by a Water District staff member, after he signed them.
Overall, he said, "the [Water District] clerks could have done a better job, but I'm not here to throw them under the bus."
And regardless, Bilodeau, who is a multi-millionaire according to his financial disclosure reports, insists that the Water District is ahead of the game when it comes to his expenses.
"I've eaten tens of thousands of dollars [of unreimbursed expenses] at the Orange County Water District," he said.
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How the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted people living with diabetes, in their ability to manage their condition
The COVID-19 pandemic has created unprecedented challenges for people living with diabetes, causing ripple impacts for their carers, parents and partners. New research led by the University of Bristol has found coronavirus has had a significant negative impact on the ability of people living with diabetes to manage their condition, and on the confidence that those close to them have in supporting them adequately. However, measures could be taken to meet the needs of these individuals.
In a UK-wide study, supported by Diabetes UK and funded by the Elizabeth Blackwell Institute, researchers distributed an online survey developed in collaboration with the National Institute for Health Research Bristol Biomedical Research Centre (NIHR Bristol BRC). Over 800 people living with diabetes and parents, carers, and partners responded to the survey. It was designed to identify the impact the pandemic has had, and capture their opinions on how the information, advice and support they receive could be improved.
The survey asked questions on topics relating to:
self-management of their condition and mental wellbeing
access to healthcare teams
access to support from outside their household
perceived quality of information coming from official sources
Results showed that the pandemic had a largely negative impact on individuals in many of these areas. There was a feeling of a lack of quality of information from governmental and healthcare information sources. In many cases, respondents chose to make their own informed decisions to shield, having not received official guidance from either of these sources.
Unsurprisingly during lockdown, 41.2 per cent of respondents living alone reported not having received any support from outside their household. The pandemic had a large impact on their mental wellbeing. It also affected their ability to achieve recommended physical activity levels or to follow a healthy eating pattern. However, several respondents reported having adapted to the situation, with positive effects on their diabetes management.
Dr Sarah Sauchelli Toran, Senior Research Associate at the University of Bristol and the NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre, said:
"During the pandemic we have learnt that some people living with diabetes may be more vulnerable to developing severe form illness if they do catch coronavirus.
"Healthcare teams and organisations dedicated to supporting people living with diabetes have limited resources and a lot of demand for their services. We must act strategically when deciding how to assign healthcare resources."
The researchers suggest there are steps that could be taken to meet the needs of these individuals. Health commissioners should prioritise increased contact between healthcare teams and their patients when patients express a need, they should facilitate access to support for mental health and wellbeing and equip important others with the knowledge and tools to confidently assist the person living with diabetes.
Identifying support needs of people living with diabetes and their carers during the COVID-19 pandemic: insights from a UK survey
Sarah Sauchelli, Julia Bradley, Clare England, Aidan Searle, Alex Whitmarsh in BMJ: Diabetes Research & Care
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להיות גבור – להמריד את כל העולם כלוא על הקדוש ברוך הוא בעצת דור הפלגה.
להיות גבור TO BE A MIGHTY ONE – Mighty in causing the whole world to rebel against the Holy One, blessed be He, by the plan he devised for the generation that witnessed the separation of the races (דור הפלגה) to build the Tower of Babel (Genesis Rabbah 23:7).
On the other hand, there is a dissenting view. Ibn Ezra here tells us that Nimrod was "one of the good guys".
וטעם לפני י״י – שהיה בונה מזבחות ומעלה אותם החיות עולות לשם.
Lifnei Hashem - that he would build altars and bring those animals [that he trapped] as Olah sacrifices to Hashem.
Are there any other opinions in the Mefarshim or Midrashim that follow the Ibn Ezra, in suggesting that Nimrod was a good guy?
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Former Ireland underage international signs for Barcelona | Roscommon Herald
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Former Ireland underage international signs for Barcelona
A former Republic of Ireland underage international has signed for Barcelona.
Louie Barry, who turned 16 last month, will join Barca's U19 squad on a three-year deal after reportedly rejecting a lucrative offer from PSG.
The Birmingham-native leaves West Brom after 10 years in the Baggies' Academy.
Barry, a striker who can also play on the wing, made his debut for Ireland U15s in March 2018, playing two games against Cyprus and scoring once. He qualifies for Ireland through two of his grandparents.
His U16 debut followed that September, scoring twice in a 4-2 win over Bulgaria. After that game, head coach Paul Osam described Barry as "electric".
He lined out four more times for Osam's side, with his last game coming during last November's Victory Shield, before he settled on playing for his native England.
He has scored against Brazil (twice) and Argentina in U16 friendlies since then.
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Proposed ban on facial recognition technology moves forward in Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Minneapolis is one step closer to banning police and other city departments from using facial recognition technology.
The city's Public Health and Safety Committee took up a proposal on Thursday that would amend the city's surveillance ordinance to ban the city from obtaining and using facial recognition technology. Facial recognition is an "automated or semi-automated process that assists in identifying or verifying an individual, or capturing information about an individual, based upon the individual's face."
The ordinance was proposed by Council Member Steve Fletcher, who said in his report that facial recognition technology "has been shown to be less accurate in identifying people of color and women" and "has the potential to further harm already disadvantaged communities through incorrect identifications."
Fletcher also said the use of facial recognition technology to surveil public places would be "uniquely intrusive to all who live in, work in, or visit the city and would harm the public trust in city government."
The committee passed the proposed ordinance without discussion. The Policy and Government Oversight Committee will now hold a public hearing on the proposal, after which it will go before the full City Council for a vote.
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The Cheesecake Factory Adds Over a Dozen New Menu Items
Oct 28, 2020 ByLaura Lee
The Cheesecake Factory is known for much more than just cheesecake. In fact, they're mostly known for their extensive menu and now they're adding some new dishes that will make your decision even more difficult! The Cheesecake Factory is adding some new "Timeless Classics" to its menu, which is 11 new food items, as well as specialty cocktails. The new dishes offer different kinds of comfort foods and healthier options. The latest additions are a Tons of Fun Burger, which is two cheese-covered patties on a toasted bun with lettuce, tomato, red onion, pickles, and secret sauce. Also, they're offering Thai chicken pasta, Bar-B-Que salmon, and a grilled shrimp and bacon club. For lighter meal options, there's also a kale and quinoa salad, which includes Brussels sprouts, Marcona almonds, grapes, parmesan, and goat cheese with a vinaigrette dressing. There are also some new starters, including their "Nashville Hot" chicken nuggets, crispy crab wontons, and bruschetta. The "Timeless Classics" menu is available now at all Cheesecake Factory locations in the United States, with the exception of Hawaii.
The food chain said in a statement that the items are a mix of meals that "are fan favorites from the past that have been brought back with a modern twist, and they'll taste even better than how you remember them! Most of the food items are priced between $6.50 and $15.95. The full list of items includes: "Nashville Hot" chicken nuggets, crispy crab wontons, Bruschetta, Tons of Fun burger (double patties and double cheese on a toasted bun with lettuce, tomato, onion, pickles and secret sauce), grilled shrimp and bacon club, kale and quinoa salad, chicken pot pie, Dijon chicken, Bar-B-Que salmon, Thai chicken pasta, Sheila's blackened chicken pasta.


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Q: Are there any applications to aggregate Windows 8 notifications? I see that there isn't a built in way to see recent notifications within Windows 8, but are there any Growl-like applications which can process and store these notifications, since Windows won't do it?

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Why Phantasy Star Online 2 should come to consoles
January 20, 2011 by George
SEGA recently announced Phantasy Star Online 2, giving us just a glimpse, at TGS last year. What they did show disappointed some console owners, it was only listed for Windows PC. Now its time for use to tell you why this game needs to be on consoles.
SEGA has starved the console fanbase
Phantasy Star Universe came out in 2006, almost five years ago. Even though the game had a lot of hype and lots of old fans were super excited, the game mostly received negative marks and lots of fans decided to stick with the original on private servers.
In those five years since Universe came out, SEGA have found a strong market in Japan for the franchise with their Phantasy Star Portable games on the PSP. Both of which have sold over one million units in Japan alone. The third game in the series Phantasy Star Portable 2:Infinity will release this year.
It is obvious that most of SEGA's Phantasy Star userbase now-a-days owns a handheld and most handheld owners will probably find it easier to move to a console than a full gaming PC. Just makes sense and is an easier upgrade, if the fans have to, to get into the new 'big' Phantasy Star game.
Final Fantasy XIV sucked and is delayed on PS3
Square Enix has already released their popular MMO franchise on PC, but it received really low ratings, thus the publisher delayed the PS3 one even further and has even issued an apology. Lots of fans got angry at Square-Enix over the game and moved on to other games, at least PC gamers.
I remember playing Phantasy Star Universe, the month it came out and most of the users on the game were Final Fantasy XI regulars who bought the game to try something new. I actually played the game regularly with them, but sadly they did not last. They said that even though they had fun, there was not enough content to warrant the monthly price tag.
So yes, they left back to FFXI, but this time SEGA is in the position to deliver a bigger, better game with more content to draw in crowds from underwhelming games, like Final Fantasy XIV. Since Final Fanatasy XI was the biggest MMO from Japan, striking them on all platforms when they are down is something SEGA should really do.
Console gamers hungry for MMOs
Yes, I know that technically Phantasy Star Online and Phantasy Star Universe isn't 'considered' an MMO, but most users feel that it is. It might not have the big over world like World of Warcraft, but most publications still consider it a 'MMO game'. Who knows, maybe Phantasy Star Online 2 will feature a massive over world. If so, I think its the right move for the franchise because console gamers want these type of games.
Sony recently released the first big 'MMO' on consoles this generation, DC Universe Online. The game was delayed so long, that I just assumed it would fail horribly when it did come out, quite the opposite happen. Sony braced servers for big traffic, when the game came out, users reported that all servers where full. What happens now? Sony has to put up more servers. If that was not enough, the game sold out in most Europe shops.
The best part is that DC Universe Online tries to play like an action game, just like a game I'm writing an article about. (hint: Phantasy Star Online)
Pay-to-play PC games are failing
[Lord of the Rings Online recently went Free-to-play]
Yes, you have your smashing success stories like World of Warcraft, but sadly, lots of big budgeted MMOs, which are pay-to-play are failing terribly. Most of them have a big IP to back them up and have turned into free to play titles or canceled all together.
The obvious is that most games just can't compete with World of Warcraft. Sure some MMOs find success, but they will just be a speck compared to the behemoth that is WOW's userbase.
If SEGA thinks they can pull PC users, to come and pay for their game on PC, they are delusional. Maybe they will get a good following in Japan, but in America? I wouldn't count on it. Not after big titles like Lord of the Rings Online and many others have fallen victim to WOW. Not to mention, the only reason Phantasy Star Universe had a fallowing was because they released it on PS2 and 360, the 360 only servers being the biggest.
Phantasy Star fans owns consoles, which leads me to my next point…
Phantasy Star Online was created for consoles
How can you have a sequel only on PC, when the original game was made to run on the Dreamcast, a console? It was a console game, from the first day it came out. This is probably the number one reason SEGA should release it on a console, how are you going to release an anniversary game for a game that changed online gaming on consoles, exclusively to the PC?
Most users will say that the game should come out for a SEGA console then, since the Dramcast was a SEGA console. I agree, but won't happen. Nothing wrong with having a Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 port of the game. I'm sure many fans will appreciate this. Not only that, it will rake in more sales, as proven above that the PC market is flooded with MMOs and console games want their fix of these types of games.
If SEGA ignores all of this, just read this "3 platforms > 1 platform". Thank you.
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18 responses to "Why Phantasy Star Online 2 should come to consoles"
upsidedown fuji says:
Yes, console ports please. The PC master race can have their version too, but don't forget where your larger SEGA fan base resides. Just make sure to keep it PS3/360. They already have the infrastructure and HDDs to handle a game like PSO well.
Agreed whole heartedly… BUT I do think that the game should be designed with PC in mind then ported to console, downscaling for the limitations. Not the other way around.
Console ports to PC are never quite as good as current PC games.
I also think PSO2 really NEEDS to be free2Play and have in-game cash shops. You'll bring in a much bigger and healthier community if it is free to play and make money off of the 10% of weirdos that spend hundreds buying new outfits.
Finally the game needs to launch with out any hitches, enough servers to take all of the players and enough content to keep them coming back for months, even years… I would suggest some kind of randomly generated levels similar to PSO:Zero, but on a much bigger scale… For example, imagine re-running Forest 1 from PSO multiple times but each time the level lay out, enemy spawn locations are different… Endless fun.
ezodagrom says:
In my opinion, yeah, it should come to consoles, but only one of them, PS3.
While it would be possible for PC and PS3 players to play together, the same can't be said for XBox 360, because of Microsoft policies.
Why leave the 360 out of it just because they can't play with PC gamers? If anything, 360 deserves it more than the PS3 simply because the 360 has such a large PSU fanbase. Not to mention the PS3 is already getting Final Fantasy XIV.
I see both Ezodagrom and Barrys point of view here.
While the biggest PSU fanbase is on 360 having to have a mini fanbase with their own servers and their own updates will be money and time consuming for Sega.
Microsoft are being asshats, there is no good reason they couldn't have 360 and PC servers linked.
I think it could be possible for PC and 360 servers to be linked (through Games for Windows Live), but there's no way the PS3 servers would be linked with the 360.
The biggest PSU fanbase is not on the 360, the biggest PSU fanbase is on the Japanese servers, and on Japan the PS3 is much more popular than the 360.
If there's a console release, and if the servers will be linked, it's much more likely for a PS3+PC release than a 360+PC release, since the online Phantasy Star series are more popular on Japan.
-nSega54- says:
Nice story and one I definitely agree with. I definitely was surprised to PSO2 being PC-exclusive, since this franchise was never PC-exclusive. It developed all its fans on consoles and on portables, and that's quite a different group (especially the portable market) from PC gaming, *especially* in Japan, where PC gaming isn't even all that big, apparently.
So I hope Sega considers these factors and gives us a multiplat release.
I'm not worried at all… I have little doubt that it'll be announced for at least one other HD console and I suspect both.
Sega Uranus says:
Games for Windows Live is possible, but unlikely. I think it would be the best way to go though, PlayStation 3's security is ruined and Sony cannot fix it. Plus funding and servers provided free from Microsoft is tempting.
I hope it comes to everything if possible.
VyseLegend says:
It's going to be ported. They just haven't announced it yet.
Agreed with Sanus, when it comes to SEGA games I'm all for releases to everything (except the Wii, jk, Wii could never handle PSO2).
ShaunShikeishuu says:
I hope it comes out for consoles since there's no way my out dated computer could handle this game.
Autosaver says:
I have a feeling that games graphics are going to be really good. Maybe even way too advanced for 360/PS3. Do you really want a downgraded watered down port? Even then, the PC servers are probably going to get updates much more frequently before the console versions do.
I'd support a console release. But in the end, all I will see is "YOU HAVE INFERIOR VERSION!"
Emmett The Crab says:
The Security on XBOX PSO was great. On Dreamcast it wasn't good at all. I lost my character to some idiot hacker with a game shark on Dreamcast. I had 60 hours into it. That wasn't a lot to some people, but I worked full time and played a little in the evenings. when the XBOX version came out I sold my Dreamcast and bought the XBOX version. That plus the fact that Orta was coming out on XBOX I felt betrayed with the Dreamcast.
Anyway, any platform is fine with me, but I don't have a headset for the PS3.
Radrappy says:
-Autosaver
Too advanced for 360/Ps3? Are you crazy? Sega could never afford something like that.
Considering its an online game and online games never have the graphical edge over offline games, I don't think that'll be the issue.
Although I'm quite sure we will still be impressed graphically.
About graphics quality, hopefully SEGA won't do the same mistake as Square Enix with Final Fantasy XIV, which even with low graphics settings needs a strong pc.
Since they're making the game for the PC (or I think they are), instead of being a port, it's likely that it will scale well between different configurations (or so I hope).
Ideally the graphics settings would go from very low settings (requiring PCs capable of at least running PSU with frame skip 1 or 2), to medium settings (PCs capable of running PSU with max settings plus shadows, settings used on possible consoles versions), to very high settings (above consoles quality, requiring at least mid-end gaming PCs).
Ender says:
Just as an afterthought here, I don't really play games because they look nice, but because they are fun. Honestly, if they released PS02 with PS0 graphics just with better gameplay and more features, I would still buy it without hesitation. This is obviously not true for many gamers, particularly PC enthusiasts, but for me it all comes down to the quality of the gameplay. Also, couch co-op is pretty much the only reason I even care about PS0.


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