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The multiplayer mode of Halo 5 has the best player retention of any Halo game other than Halo 3, and i " is constantly striving to balance ping, ability to match, time to match, and skill balance". Matchmaking improvements for Halo 5: Guardians were announced a few days ago on the official Halo waypoint community blog. With this in mind, the services and multiplayer teams here at Industries have been hard at work at improving and fine tuning the Halo 5 matchmaking experience. Work continues on geographic, infrastructure and code-based solutions. Following some criticism regarding ping times, skill balance, and matchmaking time, Holmes replied that i " constantly striving to balance ping, ability to match, time to match, skill balance and hopper population". The studio head adds that, the studio is aware of the fact that issues regarding matchmaking haven't been solved, and they are "continually working to improve". According Holmes, Halo 5: Guardians' multiplayer mode has the " best player retention of any Halo game, other than Halo 3″. I'm not downplaying the importance of matchmaking speed, but getting stomped can be really discouraging. It can lead to players dropping out of the game permanently, especially if it happens early in their experience based on data. So to some degree the close matches seem to be working.
Even as the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One gained a firm foothold in the industry, lacked the masterpiece titles that gamers have grown accustomed to in previous years. Don't get us wrong — there were plenty of great games to play on our new- and old-gen systems alike, but every title seemed to have its drawbacks and detractors, making this year's Top 50 list harder than ever to put together. While you can check out our full Top 50 list in the latest issue of Game Informer , we're giving you a peek at the best of the best.
Someone made a good point in another thread: If there is no anti-cheat, co-op would be boring as ♥♥♥♥. Now, I'm not saying it's impossible.
Apart from the so-called speed of the matchmaking, I don't see anything special here at all to be honest. They are kinda saying, "We have finally recreated Activision Blizzards World of Warcraft technology for use with our game. I understand that Microsoft want to promote the, so-far, mythical benefits of their Cloud technology but Insomniac saying it helps match-making seems like they are really scraping the barrel.
Drivatars and matchmaking is all well and good but until MS can demonstrate significant benefits to games that are impossible on other formats, then all this talk of cloud and Azure technology becomes nothing more than PR spiel. Mr Pumblechook I think the point of all this PR is to get developers on board to use Azure instead of using peer-to-peer or expensive dedicated servers.
Cloud services allows developers to outsource their hardware needs into the cloud. They don't have to maintain the hardware or worry about buying to little or to much hardware because it's all dynamic in the cloud. I mean every dev "oversells" What they are doing but why does that always seem to upset folks when it pertains to X1 exclusives? I'll tell you what the naysayers who btw have never made a game can TALK all they want but Forza5's Driveatar system is pretty goddamm slick, very underrated for what's going on with that game and the experience you get with that type of AI has been very satisfying.
It was a launch game too, so I think Micro should just lead the way despite the detractors; I so wish that X1 was more about being less like ps4, ps4 is great for going with what sony wants to do, I want Xbox to be great for NOT following the status qou or ps, think about micros initial push in the early days for console online gaming and how it has proven to be good for gaming. I hope sony takes off with VR or whatever and I hope micro takes off in a completely different direction with new online gaming tech perhaps, whatever???
I mean what's the harm in continuing to explore new tech and ideas. I think a lot of the benefits of the cloud will be more apparent over the years, as developers find more ways to use it. Cloud computing in a gaming environment is still cutting edge research technology.
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We really need the full pool for q times, matchmaking, and everyone should have the same experience Gears of War, Halo, Sunset Overdrive.
Log in or Sign up. Log in with XBL. Log in with NS. Log in with PSN. DC Universe Online Forums. I read something called 'Feats' being mentioned here – what is a feat? Why is it important? Is it like all these 'achievements' that most games have? I play the game for the content not achievements if thats what 'Feats' really are The last time I was motivated to get a few of these empty medals is when I played sunset overdrive – now that was FUN!
My longlist for the worst games is actually longer than the one for the best games, which just about sums it up, so without further ado — let the countdown commence. FIFA is the devil. The players question your button presses before executing them, and when running they do so as if their pockets were filled with all the money EA tricked out of you. I had predicted that AW would save the franchise, and I thought I was proven right after an hour of play time, but then it all came crashing down.
Sunset Overdrive is the latest Xbox exclusive to invade Rocket League Announced on the Insomniac blog, Sunset Overdrive is coming to Rocket freeze and Error 71 matchmaking issues fixed, audio drop-outs reduced.
AHEAD of the Xbox One X's release, Microsoft is seeing a mix of good and bad news across the gaming industry – and here's the only weekly roundup you need. The Xbox One X is soon due to release around the world – marking the first time Microsoft has jumped in on the 'mid-console cycle refresh', following Sony's launch of the PS4 Pro last year. Despite this mid-generation refresh, though, Microsoft hasn't been having the best time as far as exclusive games go.
There has been a lot of cynicism around the company's treatment of various studios and titles, and it would appear that the publisher is also struggling to keep games that were console exclusives on the platform. Sunset Overdrive – an Xbox One exclusive game – may well be getting a sequel. However, the sequel may not be exclusive to Microsoft's console. The original game was funded by Microsoft, and it was largely assumed that any sequel to the game would be a platform exclusive, too.
However, according to a new tweet from Insomniac, it appears that the game could be coming to multiple platforms – if the developer can find a publisher for the title. If Insomniac's tweet is to be taken at face value, it looks like Microsoft isn't interested in publishing the game. This makes sense with Microsoft's stance on publishing games recently – the company has famously cancelled Scalebound, and has made headlines for the lack of exclusives coming to the console compared to Sony and the PS4.
Whilst it may seem odd that the PS4 would get Sunset Overdrive 2 but not the first game, it could be a siimilar situation as seen with Respawn and Titanfall. It's also important to note that Insomniac has habitually been a developer who has predominantly worked with Sony and PlayStation on big game releases. So the idea that they might look to Sony to help get Sunset Overdrive 2 off the ground isn't beyond the realm of possibility.
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Open-world games are by far my favorite way to spend time when I boot my computer to sit back, relax, and enjoy a few hours of entertainment. Undefined by a specific genre, these now cover a myriad of gaming concepts and have come to include a broad range of franchises and new IPs. So, what exactly led me to start getting exhausted from games I play and enjoy most often? When I was looking to buy a gaming mouse, I wanted something nice looking but very inexpensive at the same time.
Browsing through Amazon, I saw the Zelotes T80 mouse, and it caught my attention. In a news announcement made by Psyonix today, Rocket League now includes PlayStation 4 among the list of platforms you can play seamlessly between. Gamers on PSN, Xbox One, Steam and Nintendo Switch can now join in random matchmaking with or against each other, enabling even faster loading times to get into the game.
This marks a big achievement for cross-platform play, as Sony is known to tightly safeguard its platform in multiplayer gaming. Enabling Rocket League to be included in the PS Cross-Play Beta program is also a huge step towards integrating seamless multiplayer between various systems, with more games to hopefully follow in the future.
Cross-platform play in Rocket League is available across all online game modes, regardless whether you play casual and competitive. All one has to do is have the feature enabled in Gameplay options tab, but it is usually available by default. For every newcomer to the genre then, the chief concern becomes to introduce enough unique elements to set itself apart from the heavyweights.
It is otherwise impossible to compete with PUBG and Fortnite in the playing field, hence Ring of Elysium throws in a few twists to the standard battle royale formula. Whereas consoles enjoy a larger suite of titles multiple people can play at once, the case becomes much less so when looking at the PC platform.
This November has been a huge month for game releases across all system and with them come a lot of hype and gripe. With most of these games have come a handful of problems upon release, some of which I have experienced first-hand, which leads me to wonder about how accountable the game developer is and what should be done about these problems. One problem that seems to occur often in multiplayer games is a problem with servers or matchmaking. Currently the multiplayer for Halo: The Master Chief Collection is down due to server issues with matchmaking.
Sunset Overdrive is Insomniac Games' best effort in years, and one of the The right mix of strategy, luck, and an exceptional matchmaking.
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Acupuncture is a family of procedures involving stimulation of anatomical locations on or in the skin by a variety of techniques. There are a variety of approaches to diagnosis and treatment in American acupuncture that incorporate medical traditions from China, Japan, Korea, and other countries. The general theory of acupuncture is based on the premise that there are patterns of energy flow (Qi) through the body that are essential for health. Disruptions of this flow are believed to be responsible for disease and acupuncture may correct imbalances of that flow at identifiable points close to the skin. The most thoroughly studied mechanism of stimulation of acupuncture points employs penetration of the skin by thin, solid, metallic needles, which are manipulated manually or by electrical stimulation.
Each person who performs acupuncture has a unique style, often blending aspects of Eastern and Western approaches to medicine. To determine the type of acupuncture treatment that will help you the most, your practitioner may ask you about your symptoms, behaviors and lifestyle. This initial evaluation and treatment may take up to 60 minutes. Subsequent appointments usually take about a half-hour. A common treatment plan for a single complaint would typically involve one or two treatments a week. The number of treatments will depend on the condition being treated and its severity. In general, it's common to receive six to eight treatments.
Needle Insertion: Acupuncture needles are inserted to various depths at strategic points on your body. The needles are very thin, so insertion usually causes little discomfort. People often don't feel them inserted at all. Between 5 and 20 needles are used in a typical treatment. You may feel a mild aching sensation when a needle reaches the correct depth.
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by Natashia Deon
Imprint: Counterpoint
Publisher: Counterpoint
Parent Company: Counterpoint
Named a New York Times 2016 Best Book of the Year by critic Jennifer Senior.
For a runaway slave in the 1840s south, life on the run can be just as dangerous as life under a sadistic Massa. That's what fifteen-year-old Naomi learns after she escapes the brutal confines of life on an Alabama plantation and takes refuge in a Georgia brothel run by a gun-toting Jewish madam named Cynthia. Amidst a revolving door of gamblers and prostitutes, Naomi falls into a love affair with a smooth-talking white man named Jeremy.
The product of their union is Josey, whose white skin and blond hair mark her as different from the others on the plantation. Having been taken in as an infant by a free slave named Charles, Josey has never known her mother, who was murdered at her birth. Josey soon becomes caught in the tide of history when news of the Emancipation Proclamation reaches her and a day of supposed freedom turns into one of unfathomable violence that will define Josey?and her lost mother? for years to come.
Grace is a sweeping, intergenerational saga featuring a group of outcast women during one of the most compelling eras in American history. It is a universal story of freedom, love, and motherhood, told in a dazzling and original voice set against a rich and transporting historical backdrop.
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So fantastic. This show is one of the best productions I have ever been a part of.
And you have a nice cast and creatives too?
Yes! Everything's going so well. You know when everyone brings their strengths?! This show is a celebration of everything that everyone is good at. And I love that about this whole team.
This show came about quite last minute for you didn't it?
Yes, it was a very quick turnaround! And the genre is very different for me. It's a show that I've always wanted to do but never believed I could. I got invited to come in and audition. I wasn't sure if I was going to but I did it anyway. I went in and loved it! I ended up finding out 5 days before it was announced so I only knew two weeks before rehearsals started! I was at the Edinburgh Fringe with my solo show and I got back at 3am on the Monday night and started rehearsals at 9am on the Tuesday.
It must be nice to show people another side of your talent with a character that is so different to Dorothy?
The shows and characters are worlds apart! We have to pole dance as part of the show… and I was given a pair of red shoes for it. They're a very different kind of ruby slipper! It's so fun to be challenged in a completely different way though. I'm honestly having the time of my life.
There are so many. She starts off so innocent but in every scene she has to deal with a new challenge so she is affected as it goes on. When he gets pushed out of her job and everyone turns their back on her she becomes a stripper. That scene is so shocking because of the character but also because it's me! Also, pole dancing is SUCH a sport. That's probably the biggest challenge but also another of my favourite parts. Luke Walsh, who plays drew, my leading man, is so good so every scene with him is so dreamy.
Obviously, as you found out so quickly, you didn't have much time to learn and practice the pole dancing before rehearsals started?
I'm going to be stood on stage in my underwear for the first time which is so terrifying. Some people have months to prepare for that so that was a bit of a shock. I'm being quite vocal about how I feel about it though. I'm quite a curvy girl so it's a brave thing to get your body out and a challenge mentally. I'm embracing it though and I have such a supportive cast.
Do you see yourself in your character? I doubt you'll suddenly want to become a stripper but there must be similarities between you two?
I see certain parts. She has such big dreams and aspirations. It's so hard so leave your hometown and be brave enough to go into the big wide world. For me, it was Manchester to London, but for her its Kansas to LA.
Yep. I have to look at the scripts before I accept – if there's Kansas and red shoes involved then I can do it. Honestly though, it's so funny right?!
She has a kind heart. She's naïve but it's because she's from a small town. She's not stupid. I think it's really important to realise that and to not play her as young and dumb.
I'm also the first Sherrie to be brunette. Which is nice because having no wig means it takes half the time to get ready. There's also no worries about whipping your hair too much. The wigs are put on so well but of course it's only pins. Once, when I was doing Les Mis, Jean Val Jean's wig came off, he was stuck in a wig cap and he just had to own it. But that's what I love about live theatre, you never know what's going to happen.
At one point we can assume that Dorothy was your dream role but have you got any others?
I think Mary Poppins. It was my favourite movie as a child so if there are auditions I will be first in line!
A bit of a broader question, but what's a favourite moment of your entire career?
It would be silly to not mention Over The Rainbow as it was a wonderful start to my career but when I was in Les Mis I met my best friends for life. I loved it because I had an amazing role and so much responsibility but the whole show wasn't resting on my shoulders like it was in The Wizard of Oz.
That's something people often forget about theatre – the friendships that are made back stage.
Yes exactly. It's so important. You live with them, you go on holiday with them – especially on tour. I met up with the cast I did Grease with and we went to see our Kenickie do his new show. Honestly, you should never stop supporting them.
You mentioned about being on tour with Grease. Do you prefer touring with shows or doing them in the West End?
I love adventure and my dream is to tour the US and the rest of the world. I find touring strenuous because you're constantly moving. It's actually so draining on your body and voice so I'd love to be in something in town because I love having a home and an anchor. But every time I finish touring I miss it so much because I love wandering and exploring. I'll always aim to have a mix of both.
Dream show to do in the US?
Why should people come and see Rock of Ages?
It's a crazy, fun celebration of the wild and wonderful 80s. Plus, it doesn't take itself too seriously. Even if someone doesn't usually like musicals they will love this show. It's full of all the classic tunes and the cast are so talented.


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Giovanni Alfonso Borelli: de motu animalium an iatromathematic and mechanical understanding of the body and health,
Philippe Campillo
Portrait of Borelli by Pierre-Roch Vigneron
Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons
Iatromathematics, also known as iatromechanics or iatrophysics, is above all a designation applied to a school of thought or to a sect of physicians. It claims to be able to subject all living phenomena to the rigors of computation, explaining all laws of physiology in terms of mechanical forces and by expressing all capacities through mathematical formulas.
The initiatory events that promoted the emergence of the iatromathematical discipline can be reduced to just a few main factors. Originally, its history was associated with that of iatrochemistry, a medical doctrine of the seventeenth century whose main representative was Franz de le Boë, also known as Sylvius (1614-1672). This discipline's approach consisted of explaining all living functions, whether healthy or diseased, by chemical processes, such as fermentation, distillation, volatilization, alkalinity, effervescence, etc.
As iatromechanics was seen in a favorable light by the luminaries of the day, from the end of the seventeenth century, it progressively succeeded iatrochemistry over the course of a century. It was particularly through the investigations by Santorio Santorio (1561-1636), who had tried to accurately measure body temperature and pulse, that the application of measurements and calculations to functioning of the body gained momentum. Documentation of the process of blood flow, as conceived by William Harvey (1578-1657), boosted this way of thinking, thus equating the vascular system to a hydraulic machine for which the driving force or the quantity of propelled and circulating fluid can be calculated.
Similarly, the spread of René Descartes's philosophy (1596-1650) was one of main causes of associating medicine with mathematics. He explained physiological phenomena of the body by referring to the structure and the movement of atoms. Physiology became a part of mathematics since the laws governing the movement of these atoms could be determined and calculated just like the movements of any other machine.
In Italy science and the liberty to think were given free reign. As the cradle of natural history, it was there that science was molded to comply with the rigorous laws of mathematics. Scientists could only oppose scholastic speculations by arming themselves with experimental physics, for which Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) deserves particular acknowledgement. Through the genius of his great discoveries in physics, mechanics, astronomy, architecture, and other sciences, he inspired many Italian scholars to fully embrace the study of natural sciences and experimental physics.
Towards the middle of the seventeenth century a group of Galileo's disciples sought to develop his philosophy, cultivate experimental mechanics, and apply it to all of nature. The Accademia del Cimento (Academy of Experimentation) was founded in Florence in 1657 by Leopoldo de' Medici and the Grand Duke of Tuscany, Ferdinando II de' Medici, and became the main society for scientific knowledge that used Galileo's experimental methodology in Europe.1 The members of this society performed many experiments, mainly in thermometry, barometry, and pneumatics using locally contrived instruments. Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, the leader of the iatromathematics discipline, trained in this academy for about ten years, where he was taught how to unite mathematics and experimental physics with the art of healing. Along with doctor and naturalist Marcello Malpighi (1628-1694), the two dissected numerous animals in order to understand anatomy.
The young Borelli, born in Naples on January 28, 1608, was under the tutelage of the Dominican monk Tommaso Campanella (1568-1639) and then Benedetto Castelli (1577-1643), a disciple of Galileo, in Pisa.2 For most of his life he taught at the famous chairs of Italy, in Florence and Pisa in particular (Figure 1). Yet the most original contributions of this mathematician consist of the implementation of mathematical theories and the laws of statistics regarding the constitution and functioning of living organisms and the application of hydraulics in physiology, particularly for understanding locomotion.
Before Borelli, scientists had barely examined the mechanics of muscular movement. Those who had tried to study it were engrossed in writing primarily about superfluous aspects. Concerned by this lack of rigor, he applied his thorough knowledge of mathematics to body mechanics to measure muscular forces and assess the powers of "machines" and "systems."3 It should be noted that he was one of the first to make use of mathematics to understand the laws of animal use.
Borelli compiled most of his studies on living organisms in the "De Motu Animalium,"4 which became the highlight of his life's work. It was published postmortem in 1680, perhaps out of fear of the views of the reigning religious inquisitor. Indeed, at that time, the Catholic Church oversaw cultural and ideological life, as well determining what written materials were sanctioned for wider distribution.
The book summarizes all the knowledge accumulated during his productive career. A career that was dedicated to teaching applied mathematics in the foremost Italian universities to promote understanding of, amongst many things, movements of living creatures, and indirectly a better understanding of life. 5
A mechanical configuration of balance. Table 10 from the book, De Motu animalium (1680). Courtesy of Collection BIU Health Medicine, Open Licence
In this book he developed these iatromathematic concepts. It is composed of two parts: one devoted to external movements and the other to internal movements. The first volume consists of 23 chapters and 224 proposals and focuses on the mechanical action of muscles as they act on the movement of bone segments, generating locomotion such as walking, running, jumping, flying, and also swimming. He shows that the mechanics of bone movement are akin to a system of levers (e.g. support, length of the segment, the resistance, and force) for which the muscles represent the powers. He also refers to the notion that the very oblique insertion mode of these powers, such as being closer to the center of movement than to the resistance, results in an enormous loss of strength. He strived to calculate and quantify the power developed during various actions, such as balancing a load on one's back, walking, running, jumping, etc. (Figure 2).
The second part analyzes the laws governing the functioning of major physiological systems. Divided into 22 chapters and 233 proposals, it focuses essentially on the physiology of the heart, lungs, and other organs. Borelli calculated cardiac output and described the contraction of the cardiac muscle in detail. He developed specific measuring instruments—a spirometer in particular—to determine the various volumes of the thoracic cavity. He noted that blood circulation is linked to the dimensions of the cross-sectional area of blood vessels.
Despite the lack of accuracy of the calculations, the first part of the work on the movement of animals represents an epistemological stage in the history of sciences of biomechanics, as well as for medicine. It is true that Borelli developed his mechanical explanations for all functions of the body to a point of excess, and the evaluations that he made in regard to the strength of various organs rests entirely on arbitrary assumptions. Yet these ideas contributed to more daring opinions being corrected, to the deduction of proposals, and to the development of less erroneous theories.
By adhering to the views of iatromechanics, Borelli, who was a strong supporter of the rigor of mathematical demonstrations, wished to achieve a rational understanding of the nature of humans, the mechanisms of life, of disease, and of death. For this method alone, his approach has merit as it provided a precedent, generating interest and encouraging critical assessment for the centuries that would follow him, while also participating indirectly in the development of biomechanics, physiology, as well as medicine. 6
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Des Chene, Dennis. "Mechanisms of life in the seventeenth century: Borelli, Perrault, Régis." Studies in history and philosophy of biological and biomedical sciences 36 (2005): 245-60.
Borelli, Giovanni Alfonso. De Motu animalium, Jo. Alphonsi Borelli,… opus posthumum. Romae: ex typographia Angeli Bernabo, 1680-1681.
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PHILIPPE CAMPILLO after a thesis obtained in 1998 at Montpellier University in STAPS (Science and Technology of Physical and Sports Activities) on the biomechanical analysis of specific sport movements, he completed a second doctoral graduate level at Lille University in the discipline "Epistemology, history of science and technology", on the theme: the history of the theories of locomotion. His perspectives and research interests are: analysis and optimization of motor performance / history and epistemology of science and biomechanics of locomotion.
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Enhanced Media Military Understanding, Operation Hadin Kai Holds Military, Media Parley With Journalist in Borno, Yobe
Enhanced Media Military understanding, Operation Hadin Kai holds Military, Media parley with journalists in Borno, Yobe
By Madu Mohammed, , Maiduguri
The Joint Task Force, Northeast Operation Hadin Kai and the Correspondents' chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists in collaboration with other sister security agencies have organised a one Day Military- Media parley on information discrimination in the fight against Boko Haram insurgency to improve energy, information discrimination and understanding between media and security agencies in the Northeast.,
While declaring opened the
Military -Media Parley yesterday at the Officer Mess of the Maimalari Cantonment , the Theater Commander, Operation Hadin Kai, Major General, Christopher Musa said "this parley is an integral part of the non-kinetic approach, and the more reason why you need to achieve these objectives which you set for yourselves"
"Let me remind you that Nigeria remains the only country we have and we must therefore do everything within the law and ethics of your jobs to build, nurture and sustain peace.. You must take ownership of these operations, our reportage must be geared towards building peace not merely for fulfilling editorial needs, the theater Commander added.
while urging journalists to support the Nigerian Military in the fight against Boko Haram insurgency, the theater Commander said " as a journalists you are suppose to ask yourself, how does this report help in building peace in the North East," .
The commander said that the parley should examine areas of challenges in reporting the ongoing counter insurgency operation, gaps in civil-military relations, highlight areas of strength and what needed to be done to improve media coverage..
General Musa who also spoke on the ongoing massive surrender of Boko Haram insurgents, stated that most of the terrorists were tired of the war and are willing to Kay down their arms and urged the media to use their medium.to promote information that will tell them the importance of peace.
In his remarks, the Acting General Officer Commanding (GOC), 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, Brigadier General Abdulwahab Eyitaiwo said " the military recognises media as important and crucial partner in the fight against insurgency and urged them to always discriminate that will promote peace in the Northeast and the country at large.
Earlier in their separate remarks, the representatives of the NSCDC, NDLEA, and the Nigerian Correctional Service said information is key in counter insurgency fight, as such there is the need for energy and information sharing between the security agencies, the media and the general public.
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Borno Governor Canvases For Improve Renumeration of Military Personnel
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno state has urged the Federal Government to increase the welfare and renumeration to the personnel of the Nigerian military for their sacrifices and the fight against insurgency, banditry, kidnapping and other crimes in Nigeria.
Governor Zulum who made the call while speaking at the End of year Thanksgiving and launch in honour of the promotion of the GOC 7 Division to the rank of Major General, held at the 7 Division, headquarters, Maimalari cantonment, Maiduguri yesterday said personnel of the Nigerian Military deserved to be well remunerated for their sacrifices and commitment to keep united and secured Nation.
He said officers and personnel of the military and other security establishment deserve to be supported and encouraged and described their duties as tough ones, hence the need for not only support by states, for increase in their entitlements, when the economy permits such considerations by the Federal Government.
Governor Zulum while commending the role of the military in peace building role that led to the safe resettlement of about 18 communities across Borno., assured of his administration's continued support to the military.
He said as peace gradually returns to the state, more communities will be safely resettled, while some major roads, such as Maiduguri-Damboa road would be opened for the safe use of motorists.
Governor Zulum congratulated the acting GOC and other recently promoted military officers, saying the people of Borno share the good moment and are happy with it .
Speaking at the occasion, the Theater Commander Northeast Operation Had in Kai, Major General, Christopher Musa thanked President Muhammadu Buhari and the Service Chiefs for approving the promotion of over 140 officers within the theater. This is the first time in the history of the theater that 3 Brigadier General were promoted to Major Generals, 1 AVM and 22 brigadier generals and from other officers.".
He said " these promotion need to be reciprocated by more efforts and commitment and those that were not promoted should do more to get promotion by the end of this year. We have put more efforts, this insurgency must end this year".
In his remarks, the Acting General Officer Commanding 7 Division, Major General, Abdukwahab Eyitayo said " the, Borno Governor, Professor Babagana has been support the military without request, stressing that Zulum on many occasions, offers logistics and other support to the Nigerian Army, to enhance the fight against Boko Haram,.
"Severally without being prompted, you (Governor Zulum) come to our aide to support us (the Army) even logistics wise. Through your persistence and unrelenting cooperation and assistance, you (Governor Zulum) have one way or the other, turned the spirit of the soldiers into fighting machines" General Eyitayo said.
The GOC requested Governor Zulum to convey the gratitude of his officers to President Muhammadu Buhari and the Chief of Army Staff for identifying and promoting deserving soldiers involved with the fight against Boko Haram in Borno State, which he indicated, was highly encouraging.
You're Doing Well But Not Withstanding, Wake Up From Your Slumber, As ISWAP Are Collecting Taxes, Mounting Checkpoints, Zulum Tells Military
You're Doing Well But Not Withstanding, Wake Up From Your Slumber, As ISWAP Are Collecting Taxes, Mounting Checkpoints,, Zulum Tells Military
The Borno state Governor Prof. Babagana Zulum has commended the military for their successes but not withstanding the military have to wake up from its slumber as members of Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP were mounting checkpoints, collecting taxes and conducted a weeding ceremony in Mandaragrau, town of Biu local government areas, where they came with over 300 motorcycles.
Governor Zulum said though relative is gradually returning to the Northeast but but the military need to redoubled their efforts by on the military to going after the members of the Islamic State IISWAP as they increasingly regrouping in the southern and Northern parts of the state.
Governor Babagana Zulum who made the call when members of the Senate Committee on Army paid him a courtesy call at the Government House Maiduguri on Wednesday said " peace is gradually returning to the state. We have to commend the military for that but one thing is that they need to do more in nipping in bud the Increasing number of ISWAP in Southern Borno and some parts of the North ".
" I had a security reports the ISWAP mounting checkpoints and collecting taxes from people. They even recently had a weeding ceremony in Mabdaragrau, where many of them came on over 300 motorcycles. Our military have to so something ", he further lamented.
" Though the Boko Haram members are surrendering enmeshed. As i am talking to you, we have over 24,0000 surrendered Boko Haram out of which 5,000 are active fighters. For sustainable peace to be attained, we have to put more efforts to nip in bud the Increasing number of ISWAP, before they get out of hand. This group are more Intelligent, more sophisticated and have more funding", Zulum added.
The Governor said " I commended the military for their success but thus will not stop us from pointing out where there is problem. One issue with our military, once they recorded some success, they became relaxed. They have wake up from their slumber and deal decisively with the ISWAP"
He also called for increased capital expenditure to the Military as situation where recurrent expenditure is more than the capital will not mean well for the nation, and urged the National Assembly to do something and change the scenario.
Earlier, the Chairman Senate Committee on Army Senator Mohammed Ndume said they were in the state as part of oversight function to see things dir themselves .
While at the Theater Command Northeast Operation Hadin Kai, Major General m, Christopher Musa said " we thank you for the visit, on our part, the military, we will continue to do our Best to ensure that the insurgency is brought to an end in Borno state and the Northeast in General ".
Speaking after a closed door with the theater Commander and other principal officers of the command, that lasted for over an hour, Senator Ali dune said their visit to the theater is basically to see things for themselves and know their challenges., stressing that they deliberated on how to Increased funding to the Army and Armed forces in general.
" Nigeria is in a war situation and the Army and Armed Forces need to be well funded. We at the National Assembly will continue to canvassed for more funding until the Armed forces are well funded. The current theater Commander is doing well, we hope and pray that the insurgency will end under your leadership ", he added.
The committee were also at the headquarters of the Division of the Nigerian Army and were received by the GOC, Major General, Abdulwab Eyitayo and other principal officers of the Division, were they had a closed door meeting before proceeding to the 7 Division Hospital and Human services.
You're Doing Well, But Not Withstanding, Wake Up From Your Slumber, As ISWAP Are Collecting Taxes, Mounting Checkpoints, Zulum Tells Military
You're doing well, but not withstanding, wake up from.your slumber, as ISWAP are collecting taxes, mounting checkpoints,, Zulum tells military
Governor Zulum said though relative is gradually returning to the Northeast but but the military need to redoubled their efforts by going after the members of the Islamic State ISWAP as they're increasingly regrouping in the southern and Northern parts of the state.
" I had a security reports the ISWAP mounting checkpoints and collecting taxes from people. They even recently had a weeding ceremony in Mandaragrau, where many of them came on over 300 motorcycles. Our military have to so something ", he further lamented.
" Though the Boko Haram members are surrendering ennead . As i am talking to you, we have over 24,0000 surrendered Boko Haram out of which 5,000 are active fighters. For sustainable peace to be attained, we have to put more efforts to nip in bud the Increasing number of ISWAP, before they get out of hand. This group are more Intelligent, more sophisticated and have more funding", Zulum added.


With its turbulent past, the building at Französische Strasse 32 near the Gendarmenmarkt in the Berlin district of Mitte embodies German history. It was here that a royal ballet master arranged performances and festivities for the Prussian court, that generations of bankers lived and worked, and East Germany's most prestigious publisher had its offices. The historians Johannes Bähr and Sebastian Panwitz present the impressive history of the stately urban building, including its darkest moments, when revolutionary soldiers were massacred one hundred years ago and a Jewish private bank was "Aryanized" in the "Third Reich". Today the building is a cosmopolitan meeting place for dialogue and exchange that symbolizes the new Berlin.


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The Ocean and Positivity with Rachel Luckham
By Ocean Mimic
Rachel is an ex-military PT who is making the transition back into civilian life. She is now a life coach and reset mentor helping others to make impactful life changes with her company Positive Prospects. Rachel says it's all about finding what makes you happy and protecting your mental wealth.
For her, that is intrinsically linked to the ocean! She trusts in its healing nature and uses it as part of her wellness routine, encouraging others to do the same to feel the positive benefits of exposure to the big blue whether that's in or around it.
Read on for more about Rachel's love of the ocean and her sustainability journey …
If you were an animal what would you be?
A Hippo, I have always loved them – in the water they are just so majestic.
What is your favourite thing to do in your spare time?
Go on an adventure, pack my flask and get on or close to the water.
Ocean adventure time in the clown triggerfish suit
What is your first memory / experience of the ocean?
My first memory of the water was as a child practicing floating in the sea with my Dad. The ocean was his favourite place to be and his joy was infectious that day. I guess this was my earliest memory of how happy the sea could make people and me!
How did you get interested in sustainability / eco living and / or the ocean?
I was fortunate to grow up in a household where eco living was spoken about. I didn't necessarily know that's what it was at the time, but we lived as conscious consumers, living off the land and doing our best to reuse and recycle. Growing up a lot of the sustainable decisions were made due to finances and it encouraged us as children to be more resourceful. It's funny that now people think being eco friendly is expensive when there are such easy swaps that can be made to make a huge difference to the planet and their pockets!
What do you find hardest about advocating for the ocean and / or sustainability?
Honestly, I can sometimes feel guilty, like I'm not doing enough, but to anyone who feels that way – I would say start small! The world changes with lots of people making small changes rather than a handful doing it all. We're not going to get everything right and that's ok.
What is your favourite place to visit?
I did my teacher training out in Goa and fell in love. Love the people, the food and I was swept away by it's beauty and energy.
Where do you want to travel next and why?
Top on my list would be the Philippines. I daydream about paddle boarding there and would love to immerse myself in their culture. It looks like a place full of adventure and I hope to visit one day.
What keeps you motivated and inspired?
My motivation and inspiration comes from wanting to make a difference, from wanting to leave something behind to be proud of. If I can help someone find happiness, a moment of peace or joy then I've played my part.
What advice would you give someone reading this who wants to start helping the ocean?
Start small, think about what you love about the ocean and let that passion for drive your next steps. There is so much information out there to help you on your journey to do more. Think about what you can do within your personal space (e.g. switching to more sustainable options), then your home (e.g. raising awareness to those around you), then your environment (e.g. beach cleans). It all starts with you, you've got this!
Give Rachel a follow on IG on either her personal account @rachel.joy.luckham or over on @positive_prospects for pics of her and the ocean as well as lots of positive uplifting content! There are also updates coming for Positive Prospects so keep a look out for those too …
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The Healing Power of the Santuario de Chimayo : America's Miraculous Church Hardback
by Brett Hendrickson
Part of the Religion, Race, and Ethnicity series
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Winner, 2018 Paul J. Foik Award for Best Book on Catholic History in the American Southwest, presented by the Texas Catholic Historical Society The remarkable history of the Santuario de Chimayo, the church whose world-renowned healing powers have drawn visitors to its steps for centuries. Nestled in a valley at the feet of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of New Mexico, the Santuario de Chimayo has been called the most important Catholic pilgrimage site in America.
To experience the Santuario's miraculous healing dirt, pilgrims and visitors first walk into the cool, adobe church, proceeding up an aisle to the altar with its magnificent crucifix.
They then turn left to enter a low-slung room filled with cast-off crutches, a statue of the Santo Nino de Atocha, and photos of thousands of people who have been prayed for in the exact spot they are standing.
An adjacent room, stark by contrast, contains little but a hole in the floor, known as the pocito.
From this well in the earth, the Santuario's half a million annual visitors gather handfuls of holy dirt, celebrated for two hundred years for its purported healing properties.
The book tells the fascinating stories of the Pueblo and Nuevomexicano Catholic origins of the site and the building of the church, the eventual transfer of the property to the Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Fe, and the modern pilgrimage of believers alongside thousands of tourists.
Drawing on extensive archival research as well as fieldwork in Chimayo, Brett Hendrickson examines the claims that various constituencies have made on the Santuario, its stories, dirt, ritual life, commercial value, and aesthetic character.
The importance of the story of the Santuario de Chimayo goes well beyond its sacred dirt, to illuminate the role of Southwestern Hispanics and Catholics in American religious history and identity.
The healing powers and marvel of the Santuario shine through the pages of Hendrickson's book, allowing readers of all kinds to feel like they have stepped inside an institution in American and religious history.
Publisher: New York University Press
Category: Church history
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The unprecedented leak of 11.5 million files at the centre of the Panama Papers scandal has caused headlines around the world and a headache for many rich and powerful people, including our own Prime Minister. But what was surprising, argues Dr Nicholas Lord, was not just the sheer size of the leak, but that the leak even occurred. And, he explains, while the proposed 'Central Register' is a step in the right direction, major stumbling blocks to exposing secret and criminal activity remain.
The Panama Papers illuminate how rich global elites, both individuals and companies, are able to use offshore financial centres and offshore companies to manage their finances and wealth for varied legal and illegal purposes. The use of such mechanisms is not a new phenomenon and in a legal sense represents a well-founded and common approach to business (e.g. providing an ability to incorporate companies in low or no tax regimes, flexibility in global markets, less regulation), though the Papers do provide insights into the flows of (illicit) monies through the global financial system and the extensive concealment of legally and illegally generated wealth.
Setting up companies in offshore tax havens is relatively straightforward. Usually, individuals and businesses will enlist the services of agents or intermediaries to set-up, service and sell them these offshore companies. The spotlight in this case has fallen on Mossack Fonseca, a law firm and company service provider based in Panama that specialises in creating these offshore companies in jurisdictions like the British Virgin Islands and the Bahamas.
It emerged last week that Prime Minister David Cameron financially benefited from one such offshore company, Blairmore Holdings Inc. – in this case, local Bahamas residents were employed to sign paperwork and present a superficial appearance of company control, enabling the true financial beneficiaries based in the UK to avoid paying tax on profits made. The legality of arranging one's finances in this way is not (yet) in question, but we might look to the underlying motivations of doing so, consider the wider ethics and harms of such behaviours, and analyse how a person's position in society provides such opportunities.
We've known for some time that offshore companies, secretive tax jurisdictions, and anonymous corporate vehicles, whilst ostensibly legal and 'legitimate', are central to a wide array of economic crimes and unethical behaviours. The implication raised in the Panama Papers is that these legal mechanisms are being misused and abused for illicit and illegitimate purposes, such as the evasion and avoidance of tax by wealthy individuals, the concealment of corrupt funds by public officials, and other criminal behaviours like money laundering.
Concerns over such misuse have been prominent for some time and we can see this in the data presented in the numerous reports by intergovernmental and non-governmental organisations (see OECD, FATF, StAR, Christian Aid/Global Witness, and Transparency International, to name just a few). The Papers have reinforced these concerns worldwide, and brought them into public awareness, resulting in a surge of moral indignation.
Offshore companies are attractive for criminals and unethical individuals and groups, as they are set-up in secretive jurisdictions that provide anonymity to their owners and the transactions processed through them effectively become virtually untraceable. From a criminal perspective, this means you can control, conceal and convert your illicit finances with relative ease. For instance, a politician in country X receiving a bribe by corporation Y to award them a business contract, could use these legal mechanisms to hide and launder the criminal origin of the money and use it to invest into a legitimate system to obtain usable assets. Ideally, we would be able to identify the primary 'offenders' and scrutinise their finances. But this is not straightforward due to the inherent secretive features of such companies and jurisdictions.
What we do know is that such offenders and their activities are supported and facilitated by a range of third party actors such as lawyers, accountants, banks and other professionals. A key question to ask, therefore, is how much do company service providers and facilitators, such as Mossack Fonseca, actually know (or should do all they can, to know) about the misuse of the companies that they create and are they complicit in their misuse for illicit purposes? In this case Mossack Fonseca has denied the allegations.
In policy terms, we need to place increased attention and responsibility onto third party intermediaries and actors who, whether knowingly, with wilful blindness or through incompetence, facilitate the concealment of illegal behaviours. Increased regulation of these third party legal and accounting professionals and the removal of excuses is vital, yet they often operate with impunity. If we can increase the perceived effort and risks, and remove the potential rewards for such facilitators, we can ensure a more capable regulatory environment.
In enforcement terms, major obstacle is the lack of transparency. As the illegal and unethical behaviours are well hidden behind otherwise legitimate business structures and mechanisms, this makes detecting deviant behaviours and obtaining evidence incredibly difficult for responsible enforcement authorities – making transparent the anonymity provided by such structures is widely recognised as essential to responding to wide array of economic crimes and ought to be a key policy focus.
There are steps in the right direction. From June this year it will be a requirement for all businesses to maintain a central register of accurate and current ownership. This will be publicly available in the UK and this is important for enabling competent law enforcement authorities but also civil society, non-governmental organisations and investigative journalists to play a role in the regulation of those seeking to hide their assets for illegitimate reasons. Yet we might question why governments have not sought to address these problems sooner? A critical observer would look to where the money in those offshore accounts comes from, and goes to, in order to gain an appreciation of the financial and political beneficiaries of such arrangements.
And a major stumbling block remains over the transparency of companies registered in overseas UK territories. Unlike the UK mainland, they will not need to provide a 'public' register, yet the majority of companies created by Mossack Fonseca are registered in UK administered tax havens!
So the gaze of civil society and concerned groups will be excluded from observing those dark and secretive environments where it is most needed.
And this may render a promising policy mostly impotent.


Erno Vertes, a husband of the famous TV celebrity Jill Vertes, is close to sports and Tennis has turned into the way of life of living for him. He has earned the most astounding measures in the diversion as he appreciates playing more with himself than his opponent. The firm enthusiasm of Erno towards games was unlimited that despite confronting hip damage, he came back to the court as a warrior directly after the recuperation.
Erno was born in the USA on 21st March 1965. He is of American nationality, and his zodiac sign is Aries. He is part of the Caucasian ethnicity. Erno is married to celebrity wife, Jill, and share two beautiful children named, Charlotte, Ryleigh and Kendall.
Erno had a passion for playing since the youthful age which led to becoming one of the top tennis players at present. Other than playing in the court, he has distributed two top-rated books titled, 'The Senior's Guide to Tennis' and 'Starting Seniors Guide to Tennis,' which is the tenderfoot's guide for the pursuers who need to form energy into playing tennis.
Although Erno's total assets figures are yet restricted, his accomplice, Jill's total assets are assessed to be around $1.5 Million as of September 2016. Erno has determinedly held all the profit under the wraps that he has produced using his profession. As of 2018, Erno's net worth is estimated at $300 thousand.
In the year 1992, Erno got married to TV Star, Jill Vertes and the couple has embraced their happiness and sorrows together for 25 long years. The duo often shares about their personal life on social media as his wife usually posts pictures of them hanging out together.
On 29th November 2017, Jill posted a picture of them on their 25th Wedding anniversary to share happiness with her fans. Jill has been an extraordinary supporter and an inspiration for Erno's career as a tennis player. It must be the comprehension, and the level of responsibility between the duo that has without a doubt made their marriage so captivating.
Erno and Jill share three beautiful kids named Ryleigh, Charlotte and Kendall Vertes. He loved to play Tennis with his little girls and featured on a TV program, "Twas the prior night Christmas." Every one of the little girls has become throughout the years and are looking incredibly dazzling in the photo shared by their mom, Jill. However, there is no news about Erno's parents.
Erno stands tall with decent height, and he has maintained his physique even at the age of 53.


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