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Cain Shuts Down His Campaign
By Monica Roberts / December 3, 2011 April 15, 2021 / 1 minute of reading
I'm still bummed about the UH loss, but the one thing that is making me happy is that Herman Cain won't be cooning it up on the GOP debate stages any more. They can go back to looking for their 'Great White GOP Hope' to run against the POTUS in 2012.
Uncle Ruckus Herman Cain suspended his cratering campaign for president earlier today.
"As of today, with a lot of prayer and soul searching, I am suspending
my presidential campaign," Mr. Cain said at a rally in the ATL surrounded by
supporters chanting his name. "Because of the continued distractions,
the continued hurt caused on me and my family, not because we are not
fighters. Not because I'm not a fighter."
Naw Herman, don't blame the 'distractions', blame yourself.
Couldn't happen to a nicer nominee for the 2011 Shut Up Fool of the Year Award..

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Anna Chlumsky: Veep Was Never a Show About Feminism. And It Was Always a Show About Feminism.
By Chloe Schama
Veep has never been a feminist show, Anna Chlumsky tells me earlier this month, when we we sit down to speak about the final season, which premieres this Sunday on HBO. "Our stance, when we began, was very much: We're not doing a feminist show; we're doing a show where the character is female, and it's in politics, so there will be stuff that reflects the absurdity of being a female politician," she says. But it's an assessment that strikes me as a little off. Veep has never been unaware of gender politics, either, just stumbling into situations that highlight institutional biases. It's a show that delights in twisting them into a spikier, saltier, through-the-looking-glass version of themselves.
Selina might not call herself a feminist, but she's well aware that she's had to step over more obstacles than her male counterparts on her path to semi-domination. As she puts it in an earlier season of the show, "If men got pregnant, you could get an abortion at an ATM." And the character played by Chlumsky, Amy Brookheimer, perpetually vying to be Selina's right-hand woman, offers a kind of mirror of this attitude, masochistically wading in the muck of politics, but rarely doing so in pants. (There are two items Chlumsky—who arrives for our interview in a mom-off-duty look, wearing a hipster sweatshirt with her hair in a topknot—has kept from Amy's buttoned up wardrobe: a basic dress that she thinks she can "rock with some Converse" while she's hanging out in Williamsburg, and a U Penn T-shirt beloved by her daughter Penelope, who thinks it's a tribute to her name.)
Kevin Dunn, Sam Richardson, and Anna Chlumsky in a scene from the final season of Veep.
Selina and Amy offer a feminist critique that is muttered behind men's backs more than it's shouted, delivered in bitter asides more than in polished slogans. Set against the all-encompassing empowerment movement that has gone mainstream over the years that the show has been on, this makes them something of an outlier. (See: Beyoncé, the Wing, Nike commercials, and any other number of corporate-friendly forms of feminism.) In an earlier season, Selina fretted that she couldn't identify herself as a woman because, well, people hate women. In this season, Selina finds herself (again) running for president against a candidate who so often reminds her crowds that she's running "as a woman and as a woman of color" that it becomes something like a verbal tic—or, as Selina wickedly puts it while watching a rally, "It sounds like Dr. Seuss fucked Maya Angelou." Selina only gains a perch when she tells her loud-and-proud female opponent, in a line that becomes something of a campaign mantra, to "man up" and stop complaining about the obstacles she's faced. "God bless America for hating women almost as much as I do," she chortles while making her way off the debate stage. Everything changes and everything stays the same.
Perhaps no show has seemed a more of a prescient prism of the cycle of gender-inflected politics than Veep. (When I asked a friend who worked on the Clinton campaign if the show's satire cut close to home, he wrote to tell me that he thought it was "probably the most realistic depiction of politics ever put on-screen. I can't tell you how many times during the '16 campaign we'd turn to each other and say 'We're living in a Veep episode.'") And yet, the show has also tracked some definite turning points. After the 2016 election, there was a sense, Chlumsky tells me, that "no one had the luxury to ignore" the intractable biases and prejudices against women anymore. (The makeup artist for Veep was Hillary Clinton's makeup artist as well, Chlumsky reminds me, so the cast had a particular kind of front row exposure to some of the appearance-based attacks hurled at Clinton.) And this season, as Amy grapples with the fact of her pregnancy, the show is perhaps more invested in the question of what it means to be a woman in politics than ever before. "We take it far," she tells me, "We take it to a, like, ugly place."
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However, today's climate models account for only a handful of the hundreds of variables that are known to affect Earth's climate, and many of the values inserted for the variables they do use are little more than guesses.
An important reason to discount climate models is their lack of testing against historical data. If one enters the correct data for a 1930 Model A, automotive modeling software used to develop a 2020 Ferrari should predict the performance of a 1930 Model A with reasonable accuracy2 And it will.
Original sentence contained a typo indicating a 1920 Model A. The Model A Ford was actually made during the period 1927-1931.
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PersonaEntertainment shows us some crazy combos using King of Fighters XIV's Iori Yagami in this video!
I purposely avoided Iori during the demo because everyone seems to be having a ton of fun with his combo potential but considering the amount of low combo potential characters I've been messing with for the full version, I believe it was time to get my hands on something more "KoF XIII"ish. His combos might look intimidating compared to the other more simple characters but in my opinion the main difficult part is doing the juggles from his new super. The first projectile need to be the weak version since you recover faster but it has to hit from the opponents back. The next projectile has to be the strong version so it can catch the opponent before they land onto the ground. In order to continue the loop, you would also need to be distanced far enough to recover fast enough from the projectiles. Everything else in the video is pretty self explanatory.


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New York Times staff move out of Hong Kong over security law concerns
The New York Times says it will move some of its Hong Kong staff to Seoul as concerns mount over the implications of the new security law imposed by Beijing for the city.
The US news outlet said "China's sweeping new national security law in Hong Kong has created a lot of uncertainty about what the new rules will mean to our operation and our journalism."
"We feel it is prudent to make contingency plans and begin to diversify our editing staff around the region."
The US outlet will relocate its digital team – about one third of its current Hong Kong bureau – to the South Korean capital over the next year, it said. Correspondents and print production teams for the International New York Times, the paper's European and Asian edition, will stay in Hong Kong.
Staffs were informed of the move in a memo from editors and executives on Tuesday.
A New York Times report on the relocation said some of its employees had struggled to secure work permits, which had rarely been an issue Hong Kong in the past.
"With the city facing a new era under tightened Chinese rule, Times editors determined they needed an additional base of operations in the region," it said.
On June 30, Beijing imposed sweeping national security laws on Hong Kong that outlaws subversion, sedition, terrorism and collusion. However, the laws have been criticised as so broad and ill-defined that even the most benign acts supporting independence can be viewed as illegal.
The legality of journalistic practices in Hong Kong is also unclear, and inquiries to the Hong Kong government have drawn only warnings that the press will not be targeted as long as journalists abide by the new laws.
The editor of the Hong Kong Free Press, Tom Grundy, wrote in the Guardian on Tuesday the laws had been designed to have a chilling effect on media.
"The government will not give us straight answers to questions about the security law – and that is by design," Grundy said. "Fuzziness is a feature, not a bug – the authorities want journalists to overcompensate, tip-toe around ill-defined red lines, and ultimately self-censor."
Staffs from the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post were expelled from mainland China earlier this year, amid continuing diplomatic hostilities over foreign media based in the US and China.
"Hong Kong has been a leader in supporting the rights of a free press in Asia for decades, and it is essential that it continues to do so," New York Times spokeswoman, Ari Isaacman Bevacqua, said. (Source: The Guardian)


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Iran's ambiguous attitude towards the Taliban, "the West" and "the East"
Iran and Afghanistan in the focus of attention (source: Pixabay, CC0)
The foreign policy ambiguity in Iran is mixed with an large diversity of internal crises
The Cross-border Talks
The second segment of the third episode of Cross-border Talks deals with the Iranian attitude towards the takeover of power in Afghanistan by the Taliban, which happened in August 2021. It also studies the recalibration of the Iranian foreign policy following the start of the presidency of Ebrahim Raisi and its relative orientation towards what Iran considers "The East" and the region. Also, the issue of the negotiations in Vienna over the renewal of the nuclear deal between Iran and the international community is reviewed. Finally, the discussions deal with the various crises in the country: the economic, social, medical, corona crisis and water shortages. In an international system focused on power relations, the Iranian people are paying the price on one hand for Iran's tendency for strict control over domestic affairs and being part of "the axis of resistance", and also for the economic warfare against the country coming from leading countries in the West.
This video was released on 24 August 2021. Subscribe to the YouTube channel of the Cross-border Talks podcast here.
Malgorzata Kulbaczewska-Figat: Welcome to Cross-border Talks again. We are staying in Central Asia, still looking at Afghanistan, like most of the world community is now doing, and in this part we are going to discuss reactions to Afghani events as seen as one of its key neighbors. It is the country that had not only watched cautiously the outcome of events but also made itself ready for different scenarios. I'm talking about Iran, as you might have already guessed, country which, apart from being involved in regional power games, has also been undergoing a kind of political transition: Iran held its presidential elections this year and the procedure of accepting to government ministers is under undergoing just now, when we are doing this recording. I am going to ask questions to Vladimir Mitev, my colleague who has devoted a good deal of his journalist work to Iran and its relations with neighbours. Hello, Vladimir again!
Vladimir Mitev: Hello, Malgorzata!
And for those who are not yet our subscribers, please don't forget, subscribe to Cross-border Talks channel at YouTube. So, Vladimir, what were the initial reactions of the Iranian government after a fall?
I believe that Iran as a neighbour of Afghanistan is studying the situation very carefully and in fact, in my view, the official reaction is not coming yet. There are quite many things that need to happen. We see that now the Taliban have given a deadline that foreign troops must leave the country. The Kabul airport is still not cleared, and my guess is that the Iranian officials or the elites of the country are carefully observing what is the situation in Afghanistan around, about what happens with the community of Afghanistan, what happens with the Tajik community, which speaks the same language as the language in Iran, and we know that there is some kind of resistance in the Panjshir Valley. And this is another issue which has to be, I guess, understood before coming out with some positioning on the part of Iran.
But of course we heard, and there were even speculations, that we heard the newly sworn-in president of Iran, saying something which in some views is an endorsement of the Taliban. In other views it is rather an endorsement of the reality, the fact that when you have a neighbour you need to be able to speak to its government and if there is a change, this change must be respected. So that is one thing.
In my view, Iranians are still studying the situation of the country, the foreign policy and the situation. I believe also Iran is a country which has a great complexity, internal complexity. Maybe our readers, listeners, viewers, are aware that it is a country which basically has two armies and that suggests certain complex balance of forces within the country. There is one army which is, which deals with the national boundaries of the country, and there is another which is more loyal to the religious element of the country – the Revolutionary Guards.
Plus, there are divisions in the Iranian society with regard to the Taliban. In the past there have been clashes, there have been misgivings between Shias in Afghanistan and the Taliban and I believe for a number of Iranians the Taliban don't have a good image.
There were even, I would say, very tragic points in the common history. For instance, it is still remembered in Iran how, in August 1998, the Taliban captured the city of Mazar-i-Sharif and killed 11 Iranian diplomats and Iranian journalists in the Iranian consulates there. So why now the Iranians are signaling that they would like to work with the new Afghan government? Is it pure realism or some more hope? Or perhaps it is a part of the Turn to the East in iranian foreign policy?
I need to remind you that just this summer Tehran, the capital of Iran, was host to a meeting between the Afghan government, which used to be ruling the country until recently, and a group of the Taliban. They were negotiating over the future character of power or essence of power in Afghanistan and they were negotiating on possible inclusion of Taliban in the power, this process of the Taliban coming to power in Afghanistan. It has been going on for quite some time and let me just remind you that on the 29th of February 2020 the USA signed The Agreement for Bringing Peace to Afghanistan with the Taliban. It was an initiative which started under Trump.
So these are processes which are not starting to happen right now. We may have the feeling it's something extraordinary or very fast, but these processes have been preparing for some time and the Iranian state, of course, in my view, is interested to have some knowledge or control so that it can exert some influence on what is going on in Afghanistan, including among the Taliban. For a simple reason: if Iran remains away from discussions with the Taliban or doesn't engage the Taliban, they may take a direction against Iran or against the Shia community in Afghanistan, against the allies of Iran of whatever type, including the economic allies. So that is one reason: pragmatism.
Iranians, I think on one hand, judging from the analysts, they fear that Afganistan can get destabilized, there might be civil war, it might be a trap. In short, there is a fear on one side, that Iran may get involved in a never-ending war in Afghanistan which can drain resources and can lead to suffering and casualties, just like Turkey got involved in Syria. In a way we know that after Syria was destabilized, Turkey got involved in this war there. So that's one thing. But also the other thing is that the Taliban: there have been a lot of discussions whether they are the same Taliban as 20 years ago or they have somehow changed. We see the image they try to portray, a certain image a little bit more open to modern relations with the world. But also importantly, there are signs that they are more open to the Shia community of Afghanistan. And one guess we can make is that it is also the Iranian influence over the Taliban or negotiations which Iran has been doing for some time with them, that somehow changes the attitude towards the Shia community of Afghanistan.
Finally I need to say that it looks like the Revolutionary Guard will be the power structure, which will be conducting an important part of the relations with the Taliban, and that is. because it is the army which has this capacity to move abroad. We know that it has participated in Syria and it has also been building a coalition of powers among the communities in the whole region of the large Middle East. Curiously or importantly, Esmail Qaani, the leader of the Quds Force, which is the special unit of the Revolutionary Guard, has been very active in Afghanistan for decades, so he knows the region well. He is, I believe, known also by a number of Afghanistan powerbrokers, if I may say so.
There are a number of prerequisites, both international and regional, in Iran, between Iran and Afghanistan or between Iran and the Taliban that somehow lead to this development. But I believe it's not only the Taliban in Iran. This complexity of the Iranian state will mean also that with one hand maybe it will be doing some business with the Taliban, given that they will form the future government, but with the other hand maybe it would be again looking for allies among those forces that oppose the Taliban. And we know that in the previous life of the Taliban, when they were resisted by the Tajik community. It is widely commented that this Shia community was maybe also receiving support from Iran.
From what you say, I can assume that different power centers in Iran are preparing for different options in future relations with Afghanistan, the advocates of different ways of behaving towards their neighbor. And now I wanted to ask for a little bit of a wider picture, because the relations with a neighbor to neighbor are always a part of a bigger foreign policy that is led by a country. So do we expect in Iran a bigger turn to the East and what will be the country's relations with China and Russia?
Let me start first of all that the Rouhani government, especially the first government of Rouhani, which started in 2013 had more ministers with PhDs from American Universities than those in the administration of Obama. Imagine: it was a government that represented a real opening to the West.
This opening was rejected by Trump, who came in power later in 2017. As a result, sanctions on Iran were reimposed. This change of policy by the USA somehow affirmed the understanding that Iran should look for other directions, for realisations of its interests. But I'm certain that those people who wanted the opening to the West remain in Iran.
So maybe it's not exactly right to say there is game over for this pro-Western policy. But also the world is changing. And now we see that the USA is withdrawing from Afghanistan. And that happens while China is rising. I guess, those people who make foreign policy in Iran, are observing a number of tendencies in the world and maybe they notice that if we simplify the options as the East and the West, the East seems to be rising, especially in the region of the Middle East. So in this context we see that there is a proposal for a foreign minister, Amri Abollahian, who is related to the Revolutionary Guard. It's been widely discussed in the Western press that he is not so fond of policies opened towards the West. He is more interested in engaging the large countries of the East and also he made some statements that Iran should be active in the region.
These approaches seem to be closer to the understanding of the Revolutionary Guard. It is more active in the region of the Middle East, building a network of alliances. And maybe that tendency could be also observed in the fact that recently, just maybe one week ago or ten days ago, there was an article in the Tehran Times, which suggested that the Shanghai Cooperation Organization could be ready for accepting Iran. And we know that this is a security organization which is led mostly by Russia and China. It also has India and Pakistan as members, as well as the Central Asian countries.
As I said, Iranian politics is I believe ambiguous and it lies in a constant, careful balancing. At least maybe that's my impression. But now the course and the policy seems to be leaning towards the East. We need to say that the Iranian middle class, in my view at least, is very open to the European Union and we know that the Iranian Intellectuals have good knowledge and contacts with the West. So we need to be very careful when judging when the direction of a certain country.
And could you give us a balanced opinion on what is going on with regard to the nuclear programme of Iran? Because you said that this is not game over for Iranians' turn to the West. Just a few days ago the foreign ministers of France, Germany and the United Kingdom expressed concern about Iran's atomic activities and called for negotiations instead of establishing facts on-the-ground. That's what they said. So what is the future for the nuclear deal with Iran?
I need to remind once again that Iran was fully complying with nuclear agreement which was signed in 2015, and it was the USA which left this agreement and imposed sanctions inflicting a big social price on the Iranian people. In this context, the administration of Biden came to power. It had a few months in which it could have acted, maybe boldly, to renew the nuclear agreement with the previous administration of Rouhani, but we see that this didn't happen. The nuclear agreement's renewal didn't start immediately after Biden came into office. As a result of that, the nuclear program of Iran is a function of the Vienna negotiations, which are now stopped and obviously they have to be continued with the new administration of Raisi.
However, we need to be aware that the supreme leader of Iran is the one who approves all the decisions and I believe there must be certain internal agreement within the Iranian elites about the course which will be followed in Vienna, given that the president has just changed. Rouhani was replaced with Raissi. Now, with this crisis in Afghanistan, I guess things become even more complex.
There is another issue in Iran's relations with the West. There are some suggestions that Iran may start hosting even more refugees from Afghanistan. According to the official data of the United Nations, it costs 3,5 million Afghan refugees. Let us see whether there will not be some negotiations around the idea that Iran takes in more refugees but also become something like a partner in taking care of them. And all that is in fact a very complex process of negotiations between various entities. We also know that the European Union is a complex organization, so I think I can not be more specific right now. There are just too many crises going on.
As the events are going on fast and now we don't have much time to talk in detail about Iran's domestic policy or social situation, nevertheless I wanted us to discuss for a moment the big social price that this society, the Iranian society, is paying for American sanctions that you mentioned. Not far ago we witnessed another wave of protests in Iran and some of the Western analysts went as far as to predict the collapse of Islamic Republic, which in my opinion, is definitely a far-fetched conclusion. Nevertheless, can you tell us a little bit more about the current situation of Iranian society and the social crisis that you mentioned?
Iran has been paying a large price on a number of indicators dimensions. For example, medicines have become too costly and various illnesses have been difficult to be treated in Iran, even if those medicines are relatively accessible on international markets. But their price have increased for Iran, because sanctions prevent it from direct acquisition. They must be somehow obtained through a more complex processes on international markets. That is just regarding the social price.
But also Iranian economy has been hit. A number of factories have not been working or the oil has not been exported in sufficient quantities for the country to have money for its needs or services. And on top of that we have the coronacrisis. In August we saw that the official number of victims, people who have died out of coronacrisis, has reached 100 000. There are also opinions, I think, even on the Iranian side, that this is the official number, but the real number is much higher. And on top of that Iran also has a very dry year, which means that the rainfall is much smaller than previous years. That leads to situations in which zones, various zones of the country, have no water. And maybe our listeners and viewers are aware that in July there were protests over water shortages in Iran. That is another existential issue, maybe even more important than those related to the security, I mean the military security of Iran.
There is a general tendency, as we know, of climate change. It is already felt strongly in Iran. The water is insufficient. So I would just say that all those crises, in my view, require greater international cooperation, and that means that relations with Iran or between Iran and the world should not be seen only as power relations. There must also be interest towards the people of Iran and the human price they're paying for the fact that they are in Iran and there.
Well, nevertheless, for decades the US in particular paid no attention to the suffering of Iranian people that was caused by the sanctions. So you expect that now, with the climate change, with the climate crisis of global scale, something could happen?
I must always be optimistic. I mean if we don't believe that something will happen and change in international relations, they become very gruesome and even pointless. I believe even our podcast is in a way made to promote certain change. So we need to make an appeal to any party that participates in international relations to take care not only of art, politics or power play in international relations, but also to understand that we are mortal and we have limited resources and we are vulnerable, et cetera. There must be also human touch to international relations.
Indeed, the word would be a much better place if the human dimension was not lost from sight and if we cared. We and the politicians we elect cared not only about hard geopolitical and power games.
Well, with this surprisingly optimistic appeal, I think we might finish our talk. I'm sure we will be returning to Iranian topics, as Vladimir is really an expert on the subject. We will discuss more details of the situation in Central Asia as the events progress, and I thank you very much for those, to those who are listening to us, forget to subscribe to crossborder talks and see you again.
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The Steelers' stadium is equipped with 129 luxury boxes and offers fans a rich entertainment experience, with unique content only available inside the stadium, throughout game days with Haivision's HD streaming solution, in each suite.
In order to enhance the luxury suite experience, the Steelers decided to look for a fan-friendly and robust way to deliver premium video content to these suites, replacing their existing and dated touchscreen system. The task would be to engage fans and immerse them into the action of the field as it is happening, while providing them with premium content and archival footage, all using the same system. Furthermore, the system would have to be able to handle multiple feeds flawlessly.
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Rolls-Royce's Sexy New Convertible is a Stunner
The RR Dawn has plenty to boast about: superb acceleration, the best ride, and a roof that retracts noiselessly at 50kph.
By Anton L. Delgado | NOV 19, 2016
IMAGE Courtesy of Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce's newest model, the Dawn, has made its way to the Philippines. A quote by Batman's ally-turned-foe Harvey Dent might best describe this model's vibrant color palette: "The night is darkest just before the dawn." Some may think that a clash of colors might take away from this car's seductive elegance, but in fact, it has the opposite effect, as Rolls-Royce has shaded the hues precisely to mirror the moment the sun breaks the night. The bright, mandarin orange leather interiors contrast beautifully with the car's midnight sapphire blue exterior, complemented nicely by dark brown rosewood trim that lines its dashboard and doors.
The soft-top convertible is built to accommodate four passengers who want to travel in the pinnacle of style. "At Rolls-Royce, we pride ourselves as creators of fine motor cars that also serve as social spaces," says Giles Taylor, Rolls-Royce design director.
The automatic transmission car is powered by a beastly V-12 engine with 48 valves that work in perfect unison to help the Dawn reach its maximum speed of 250 kilometers per hour. It takes only 5.1 seconds for this Rolls-Royce to accelerate from zero to 100 kilometers per hour.
In contrast to the seductive roar of its powerful engine, this super-luxury vehicle's roof withdraws as silently as the moon. At a cruising speed of 50 kilometers per hour, its roof can retract noiselessly in 20 seconds.
In contrast to the seductive roar of its powerful engine, this super-luxury vehicle's roof withdraws as silently as the moon. At a cruising speed of 50 kilometers per hour, its roof can retract noiselessly in 20 seconds. So smooth and quiet is its roof 's mechanism that engineers have dubbed it the "Silent Ballet." The highly contemporary convertible is an evolution of Rolls-Royce's design language, equally alluring with its roof up or down.
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Ellie Greenwich - A Tribute
Losing Ellie Greenwich this week was a personal loss. Not like her family who are deeply grieving or her friends who knew her and worked with her. To me she was a new friend who had only known me for a few weeks….and for an old music historian from the 70s to be friends with an icon of pop music in the 60s was well….special.
It is the loss of what a developing friendship can bring that is sad. And she loved The Four Seasons and it would have been good to capture some of her stories behind the music: and to just get to know her.
It might seem unusual for fans of the Four Seasons to see a link with Ellie Greenwich and the group but it is said she contributed to the group's tracks and we know she was a close friend of Bob Crewe. Certainly Bob Crewe and former Four Season Jerry Corbetta helped produce her Broadway musical 'Leader Of The Pack' in the 1980s. But Ellie was a 60s music icon as much as the Four Seasons.
The L.A Times says of her…"Ellie also broke ground as one of the first female record producers, working with husband Jeff Barry in crafting Diamond's early recordings, including "Cherry Cherry," "Solitary Man" and "Kentucky Woman.". Diamond had struggled as a songwriter until he came under the wing of Greenwich and Barry, who'd already logged numerous shimmering pop hits for groups such as the Ronettes, the Crystals, the Dixie Cups and Ronnie Spector."
Our current research on Jean Thomas's session logs in 1966 are revealing the sessions with Neil that would shape his career . Neil said in a statement.. "Ellie Greenwich was one of the most important people in my career, she discovered me as a down-and-out songwriter."
She also did the back-up work with Jean Thomas for Connie Francis….Andy Kim and for Bob Crewe on the Leslie Gore productions as well as many others as Jean's session logs show. She also produced and sang on some of the Ronettes later sessions. For an example of her production and backing work listen to the Tony Pass tracks that Ellie did with husband Jeff Barry at Jean Thomas's blog post 'Out Of The Closet – Part1
But it was her earlier work in 1963 that was the most important…the L.A. Times again.."Their collaborations with Wall of Sound creator Spector are regarded among the greatest singles ever created. The music publishing rights organization Broadcast Music Inc. lists more than 200 songs she wrote or co-wrote, including "Then He Kissed Me" (the Crystals), "I Can Hear Music" (The Ronettes, Beach Boys), "Hanky Panky" (a hit for Tommy James & the Shondells), "Maybe I Know" (Lesley Gore) and the song Spector considered his greatest recording, "River Deep, Mountain High" (Ike and Tina Turner).
Greenwich has said that the title phrase of "Da Doo Ron Ron" was never intended to be part of the song; it was improvised as a nonsensical space filler until she and Barry could come up with a real line to follow the tune's opening lyric: "I met him on a Monday and my heart stood still."
"We got all the rest of the words and music together, but we couldn't find anything for this bit," she said in 2005. "Believe me, it doesn't mean a thing." On the other hand, when she and Barry wrote "There she goes just a walkin' down the street" to start another song, she responded with what she imagined a young girl skipping down a street would sing: "Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do." "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" became a No. 1 hit in 1965 for the British group Manfred Mann"
Greenwich suffered a nervous breakdown after she and Barry divorced in 1965,(although she still worked tirelessly) and the hits stopped flowing. The public's attention was shifting to the Beatles and other British invasion bands as well as a rising crop of self-contained singer-songwriters such as Bob Dylan, putting many Bril Building pros out of work.
When my marriage fell apart and my style dropped out of fashion, it seemed there wasn't anything left," she told an Australian newspaper in 2005. "It's easy to say I had plenty left, but that's not how it seems when you're there."
Jean Thomas remembers Ellie with great fondness." I will miss her a great deal. We all will!!!!" I feel so sad!!!! But I'm so happy Ellie, Mikie and I had that long, long lunch not too long ago. The three of us were looking forward to the next one."
"Ellie was such a talent. Alongside Carol King she is arguably one of the most important female writers, producers, performers in New York during the 60s….I can remember when she had nine Top Ten hits on the Hot 100 charts in one year."
And as a result of our work with Jean and the interest of others she was less reclusive recently and contacted me about our research. A few weeks ago, when I wrote her on Facebook she said …."Thanks for the heartwarming compliments. Jean and I have been out of touch for so long and we are just updating our friendship. I speak to Bob Crewe regularly and he is doing just fine. Hopefully someday I will get a chance to say hello to you in person.…. I find it amazing there is so much stuff out there with things I sang on, clapped on, ate on, etc. It would be great if you put up something for 'Goodnight Goodnight' . That was one of my favorite songs. I wrote 'Goodnight, Goodnight' with Bob Crewe around 1966/67. It was on the b-side of I Want You To Be My Baby. We were kind of hoping for a possible two sided success but no such luck. It's still one of my favorite songs."
Unfortunately I didn't manage it in time or to ask her about how she helped out on Four Seasons records. But now here it is …..thanks to Casey and our other researchers for their help with what has become our tribute….
I don't think there is a female producer/writer from the 60s who I admire more. Her work with Jean and Mikie remain for me the forgotten legacy of her 60s career and as we complete Jean's bios we will reveal more about this 60s 'harmony heroine'
For more on how Ellie, Jean and Mikie (Harris) became one of the most distinct back-up sounds of the mid 60s check out Pages 5 to 7 of Jean's bio notes Part 2
Further appreciations can be found in the L. A Times and Paul Levinson's recollections feature a Performance with Jean Thomas in the Definitive Rock Chorale.
Perhaps 'Goodnight, Goodnight' is a fitting epitaph but because she was such a good writer I would still love to hear the unreleased Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons track she wrote with Bob Crewe and Steve Tudanger (ex 'Four-Evers') in 1973 'Be My Lover, Be My Friend' which is lying unheard in the Motown Vaults. It never surfaced in her lifetime and it may never in ours! But most of all I'll miss my new Facebook friend and the fun we might have had with stories of music making to share with her fans!!
Ken Charmer
Thanks to George Schowerer (photos), Martin Roberts(pic sleeves) and special thanks to Jean Thomas and Bob Crewe.
Check Out our previous post re Bob Crewe's Girl's
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it is said she contributed to the group's tracks and we know she was a close friend of Bob Crewe. Certainly Bob Crewe and former Four Season Jerry Corbetta helped produce her Broadway musical 'Leader Of The Pack' in the 1980s. But Ellie was a 60s music icon as much as the Four Seasons.
Posted by: True Religion Outlet | March 29, 2011 at 03:14 AM
I will now think of Ellie everytime I hear the line "She's got the way to move me" on Frankie's "Emily".
Apparently she came up with this line for Neil Diamond's "Cherry, Cherry"
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Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste relating to the Unitisation of the Sunrise and Troubadour fields
Sub Category: Treaty (International)
Place: Timor Sea between Australia and Timor-Leste
State/Country: Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste and Australia
International Unitisation Agreement
Sunrise IUA
Subject Matter: Economic Development | Mining and Minerals | Petroleum
The Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste relating to the Unitisation of the Sunrise and Troubadour Fields ('the Agreement') was signed in Dili on 6 March 2003. However, the Agreement is not yet in force. The Agreement is intended to provide for legal certainty in the commercial exploitation of the Sunrise and Troubadour petroleum deposits, collectively referred to as 'Greater Sunrise'. The Greater Sunrise deposit straddles the eastern lateral boundary of the Joint Petroleum Development Area (JPDA), an area agreed to in the 2002 Timor Sea Treaty (see map). For historical reasons which date back to Portuguese control of East Timor, a seabed boundary between the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (DRTL) and Australia in the area of sea being the JPDA of the 2002 Timor Sea Treaty and of this Agreement (known as the 'Timor Gap') has not been capable of resolution. The DRTL is also disputing the position of the eastern lateral boundary of the JPDA over which straddles the Greater Sunrise deposit. However, in the same way as the 1989 Timor Gap Treaty, the Timor Sea Treaty and the Agreement contain clauses (effective at international law) which allow both countries to jointly exploit the oil resources of the area without prejudicing their long term rights to negotiate maritime boundaries at some point in the future. The Timor Sea Treaty and the Agreement have become inextricably linked. A prior Memorandum of Understanding of Timor Sea Arrangement contained a provision that resolution of the Timor Gap issue (as provided for in the 2002 Timor Sea Treaty) was not to be dependent upon negotiation of some form of unitisation of the Greater Sunrise deposit. However, Australia reneged on this understanding and linked together the negotiation of the Timor Sea Treaty and the Agreement (Triggs 2004: 338). However, agreement on the JPDA and the unitisation of Greater Sunrise, in each case on the basis that the rights of both states in relation to their maritime boundaries are not prejudiced is 'a unique international compromise that successfully combines joint development of the resources of the disputed seabed area with unitisation of a deposit that straddles part of the joint development area' (Triggs 2004: 241). However if the Agreement fails to enter into force, the petroleum resources of the area may not be exploited due to the uncertainty that the present unresolved situation creates. The Greater Sunrise deposit is estimated to yield in excess of $A35 billion over the project's life and more than $8 billion in taxes for the Australian Government and the DRTL (Bialek 3).
The Agreement acknowledges that:
exploration has proved the existence of petroleum deposits in the Greater Sunrise field;
Australia and the DRTL have made maritime claims but not yet delimited their maritime boundaries, including in the area of the Timor Sea where Greater Sunrise lies;
the states desire, before production commences, to make provisions for the integrated exploitation of Greater Sunrise;
the states agreed under Annex E of the Timor Sea Treaty to unitise Greater Sunrise on the basis that 20.1% of the deposit lies within the JPDA and that production from the deposit be distributed on the basis that 20.1% is attributed to the JPDA and 79.9% attributed to Australia. (This is set out in Article 7 of the Agreement); and
the states agree to work expeditiously and in good faith to conclude a unitisation agreement for Greater Sunrise in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding between the states of 20 May 2002.
1972 Seabed Boundaries Agreement between the Commonwealth of Australia and the Republic of Indonesia on Seabed Boundaries in the Area of the Timor and Arafura Seas.
Memorandum of Understanding of Timor Sea Arrangement
TIMOR GAP TREATY between Australia and the Republic of Indonesia on the Zone of cooperation in an area between the Indonesian Province of East Timor and Northern Australia
Timor Sea Treaty
Treaty between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste on Certain Maritime Arrangements in the Timor Sea
Government of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste - Signatory
Commonwealth of Australia - Signatory
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
Gillian Triggs (2004) Creative Conflict Resolution: The Timor Sea Treaty between Australia and East Timor
(2003) Agreement Between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste relating to the Unitisation of the Sunrise and Troubadour fields
(2001) Memorandum of Understanding of Timor Sea Arrangement
Dean Bialek The New Timor Sea Treaty (TST)
(2002) Timor Sea Treaty between the Government of East timor and the government of Australia
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More COVID vaccines on the way; here's where you can get them in Terrebonne and Lafourche
The shots are available by appointment only; those who arrive without an appointment will not be vaccinated, officials said.
Scott Yoshonis
The rollout of the coronavirus vaccine in Louisiana took another small step forward Monday. The Louisiana Department of Health announced 102 more pharmacies will receive doses of the vaccine, including three new locations in Terrebonne and Lafourche.
That will bring the total number of pharmacies in the state able to administer the vaccine to 209, including at least one in all 64 parishes.
The following pharmacies will receive the vaccine for the first time:
Willow Bark Pharmacy No. 1, 2138 Bayou Blue Road, Houma. 876-5502.
Start Community Health Center, 235 Civic Center Blvd., Houma. 879-3966.
Walgreens, 1435 W. Tunnel Blvd., Houma. 223-2945.
Jennifer Billiot, pharmacy technician at Willow Bark Pharmacy in Bayou Blue, said that the store received 100 doses today. The Willow Bark location in Chackbay was one of the first five local pharmacies to receive the vaccine in its first wave last week.
"We have 70 or 80 on our waiting list," Billiot said. "But we have about 2,000 on the list in Chackbay, so I don't know how we're going to handle that yet."
The shots are available by appointment only; those who arrive without an appointment will not be vaccinated, officials said. Those eligible for shots in this round include:
People 70 or older.
Outpatient health-care personnel.
Patients on dialysis for end-stage liver disease.
Students, residents, faculty and staff members at allied health schools.
Dentists and their staff.
Home health agency patients and personnel.
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Vaccines are also available through local hospitals.
State Health Secretary Courtney N. Phillips said last week that hospitals that have vaccinated all of their employees who requested them can use any doses left over for people in currently eligible groups.
"While demand is clearly outpacing supply, this is just the start," Phillips said in a news release. "We do anticipate vaccine will become increasingly available in the coming weeks and months, and as it does we will continue to bring additional sites online."
Tim Allen, Ochsner's regional CEO for the Bayou Region, said vaccines are available at Chabert Medical Center in Houma, St. Anne Hospital in Raceland and St. Mary Hospital in Morgan City.
Anyone who qualifies for this round of shots -- and is already an Ochsner patient -- can make an appointment.
"They have to have received services from us, or from Terrebonne General, to be able to get on the schedule," Allen said. "The state has been good about providing us with the amount (of vaccine doses) that we're committed to administer."
Chabert and St. Anne hospitals each administered 500 doses each day Saturday and Sunday.
"We won't be doing those kind of numbers -- those were big initiatives over the weekend -- but we can deliver, and typically can deliver, about 100 per day in our facilities on a regular basis," Allen said. "The hospitals seem to be getting as many doses as we can administer from the state."
Ochsner patients who want to be vaccinated, and who are eligible under this phase of the rollout, can make an appointment at any of the health's system's facilities through their MyChart portal online or via an app or by calling 844-888-2772.
Vaccine doses purchased with U.S. taxpayer dollars are administered at no cost, but providers may charge an administrative fee or bill for an office visit, according to the state Health Department.
TGMC has not yet released any vaccine doses outside its own health care personnel but will do so soon, Marketing Director Rhonda Alfred said.
"Vaccines are limited and this is a fluid process based upon vaccine allocations," Alfred said. "TGMC will publish information with all of the specifics on how to get vaccinated on their social media pages and through the local media. Allocations may evolve depending on the amount of vaccine that is available to Louisiana."
Toni Martinez, marketing director for Thibodaux Regional Medical Center, said they will start vaccinating eligible members of the public staring Tuesday.
"Thibodaux Regional has an allotment of vaccines that are provided to us through the Louisiana Department of Health," Martinez said. "We are utilizing those vaccines as they arrive in accordance with the established state guidelines."
Thibodaux Regional has set up a dedicated phone line for those wishing to receive the vaccine, 493-4464. The number of doses available there was not available Monday evening.
The following pharmacies in Terrebonne and Lafourche received vaccines in the first distribution last week. Most quickly exhausted the 100 doses each received and were signing up people for waiting lists:
Ochsner Pharmacy and Wellness at St. Anne, 108 Acadia Park Drive, Raceland.
Willow Bark Pharmacy No. 2, 606 La. 20, Thibodaux.
Peoples Drug Store, 7869 Main St., Houma.
Pharmacy Express, 1963 Prospect Blvd., Houma.
Wolfe's Pharmacy, 5458 La. 56, Chauvin.


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Trump blasts Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency, says US only has 'one real currency'
According to him, crypto is not money, it's based on thin air, and is highly volatile with unregulated coins facilitating illegal activities, such as drug trade.
But Trump said that Libra has "little standing or dependability".
On Twitter, many pointed out that Trump has over 60 million followers, and that through his tweets he put bitcoin and the cryptocurrency ecosystem in front of potentially thousands of new users who'll look into what cryptocurrency is.
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"If Facebook and other companies want to become a bank, they must seek a new Banking Charter and become subject to all Banking Regulations, just like other Banks, both National and global", he added.
Time will tell on whether Trump's anti-crypto sentiment is reflected in his administration's stance, impacting BTC's long-term price or whether this is another bump in the road for global digital asset adoption.
Finally, he tweeted out that the only real currency in the United States is the USA dollar, and that it's now "by far the most dominant currency anywhere in the World".
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"I think we need to do a very careful, patient, thorough assessment of what the risks really are", Jerome Powell said Thursday, adding that the size of Facebook's social media network points to Libra's "systemic importance".
Trump's series of tweets on cryptocurrency also come on the heels of an event at the White House where the president criticized large technology companies that he said treated conservative voices unfairly. It is by far the most dominant currency anywhere in the World, and it will always stay that way.
The American public and global community, the president argued, should use the "reliable" United States dollar instead, as he called for more federal regulations of peer-to-peer financial transactions.
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Over 370000 sign petition to release rapper A$AP Rocky
Diaz shoots 62 to lead John Deere Classic
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal set to square off in Wimbledon semifinals
Tignor expects Federer to up his game against Nadal, who has looked imperious so far in this tournament. Federer has rolled through Wimbledon 2019, winning all five of his matches in four sets or fewer.
Google is giving social networking another try with Shoelace
Then, each day you'll see nearby events - which Shoelace thematically calls "Loops" - that match those interests you've selected. You can create a listing for an event or activity you're participating in, and invite friends and strangers to join you.
Ford-VW alliance over electric vehicles seen upping pressure on other carmakers
Several media reports, however, indicated that Volkswagen would share its proprietary electric vehicle platform with Ford. A second model - again, designed for Europe - is under discussion at the company.
Most voters support indigenous recognition
Any referendum question must be supported by the majority of Australian voters, as well as at least four out of six states. Thomas Mayor, who is involved in the union movement, says a voice to parliament would empower Indigenous people.
Peter Sagan sprints to Stage 5 win in Tour de France
Thomas's Ineo team mate Egan Bernal of Colombia ended up 12th, nine seconds behind the Briton. Ciccone now leads by six seconds from Alaphilippe, with Teuns up to third, 32 seconds down.
Bank of England Governor Carney sidesteps question on International Monetary Fund role
Bank of England Governor Mark Carney also warned that Libra would need to be "rock solid" security wise from the very beginning. The aim of the exercise was to look at ways to mitigate the spillover to other parts of the economy.
Manchester United renew interest in two players from Serie A
United are also on the lookout for a center back and this has led them to renew their interest in Fioretina's Nikola Milenkovic. And the Telegraph say there are fears among the United hierarchy that there seems to be a specific tax just for themselves.
Japan's space probe first to capture material beneath asteroid surface
The probe launched in December 2014 and arrived at the dice-shaped space rock on June 27, 2018. After it touched down, Hayabusa-2 collected a new set of samples and left Ryugu's surface.
Coast Guardsmen boarding suspected drug smuggling vessel
The drugs were unloaded on Thursday in San Diego, where Vice President Mike Pence was there to welcome the U.S. Foxnews reports citing US Coast Guard spokesman John Masson that five intruders were discovered on the ship.
At Vatican, empty tombs add new twist to missing girl mystery
There have been many reported sightings of her over the years, even inside Vatican City , but all were deemed unreliable. The family sent a request to the Vatican secretary of state to have the tombs opened, which was granted last week.
Democrats issue new subpoenas amid investigation into whether Donald Trump obstructed justice
The committees had struck agreements with Zebley and Quarles to testify behind closed doors about Mueller's investigation. Nadler said he would entertain all reasonable proposals that would allow more members to ask questions of Mueller.
Marcus Morris spurning Spurs for deal with Knicks
ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski first reported the news, with Shams Charania of The Athletic following through with additional detail. Morris explained he made the decision based on what's best for his family. "I have respect for them".
Louisville basketball: Cardinals as characters from Stranger Things
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Antoine Griezmann's lawyers pay release clause to complete Barcelona transfer
Antoine Griezmann will look to complete his Barcelona move in the coming days, with the details of the transfer becoming public. The two clubs met in Madrid last Thursday but it quickly became apparent that Atletico would not accept a payment plan.
Pyongyang to respond to S. Korea's purchase of F-35 jets - ministry
North Korea's founder and the current leader's grandfather, Kim Il Sung, was posthumously named the country's eternal president. The software is available for multiple operating systems, including Windows and North Korea's own Linux-based Red Star .


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I don't even give star ratings let alone a written review. However, I decided to write one for this app after seeing that it did not have many and I want people to know that this is the best CoC guide I've come across and I've used almost all of them. This app has everything you could think of and more! Not only is the guide chock full of info about CoC, has a very nice layout and is super easy to navigate, it even has news about updates and future developments in the game weeks to months before supercell announced anything! It's amazing, I'm always the first in my clan to know what's coming to us from supercell. That's not to take away from all the in game info it provides.
Free , Games , iPad Games , iPhone games , News , Universal , Updates Supercell has been considering changing its Clash of Clans [ Free ] matchmaking algorithm substantially to ensure that matches are more even, and today those changes have gone live. The update makes improvements to the algorithm functions. Specifically, the new functionality will change the way the "total weight" of a base is measured with regards to defense and offense.
These changes should translate to you playing against people with similar builds, which should make for fairer raids.
Nov 14, · November 14, New Updates and Balance 5 vs 5, Clash of Clans, Clash with Devils, Update, War Kamal Singhal Hey Chiefs, In the next maintenance, we're excited to introduce a new Clan War size: 5v5 Clan Wars.
Extremely easy-to-use, just enter the level and quantity of each item on your Base and it will automatically calculate everything for you! Microsoft Office Excel is required to open this file. Otherwise, you can upload this file to Google Drive and start using it from there.
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Prior to the tweak, players had no control over match-ups and were only allowed to battle randomized enemy bases and clans. To issue a friendly war challenge, users simply need to search for a clan and then tap the corresponding button to request another clan to a match. The challenging clan will be allowed to set the terms of duration and number of members before issuing the request. War durations could span from a minimum of 1 hour and a maximum of 24, while war sizes could range form five versus five to 50 against Supercell has decided that these friendly wars will not reward winners with war loot or Clan XP, and only the attacking clan castle troops will be consumed with each attack.
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Housing space increased from 5 to 6 per troop Barbarian King and Archer Queen Added 5 more levels to a max of level 50 , and previous level costs have been adjusted. The effect that prevents healing while receiving damage from Inferno Towers has been removed. Magic Items are brand new items with mysterious powers that grant you immediate benefit! These powers range from helping you with upgrades to boosting various things in your village and army. You can win Magic Items when you unlock the higher reward tiers of Clan Games.
Magic Items bring instant benefit, but are consumed when they are used. Some examples of benefits that they can bring: Finish a troop or spell upgrade instantly Finish a building upgrade instantly Boost your resource collectors Get a maxed-out army temporarily Magic Items that you have won will be stored in your Treasury – look for the new "Magic Items" button in the Clan Castle to view your complete inventory of Books and Potions!
Magic Items can't be looted from your Treasury by your opponents, but you can only hold a limited number of each item at once. Should you receive a Magic Item you have no use for or are just in dire need of Gems, you can sell the Magic Item for Gems. We hope you had fun participating in the inaugural Clan Games! The feedback we've been receiving has been incredibly helpful and we will be incorporating a lot of your input into improving future Games.
Our next Clan Games are set to start this Friday, December 22nd, and this time the event will last four days!
Some are big, some are small but all of them will make Battle Day go with a bang! Ever wondered how your friends clash? Of course you have! Well wonder no more! You know that warm and fuzzy feeling you get watching one of your friends succeed?
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I feel that I should cover them here as well as they are still very popular. I updated the bases here with some fresh layouts for. When your clan decides to go to Clan War the matchmaking algorithm will sum up all your defensive strength and your offensive strength with a metric called war weight. This is where the. A player decides to go to a new Town Hall level, e. TH9, but only upgrades troops. In war weight, the base will be weighted as a TH8 base, but the base has very strong troops and is able to attack all TH9 bases.
You have 2 attacks where you can score 6 Stars in total, while your base can only lose 3 Stars in total.
The tip I was looking for about the Clan War seeding, thanks. Clan wars matchmaking matches clans based on the strength of their members. Unlike multiplayer battles, trophies have no influence in determining your clan wars opponent.
Clash of Clans I do know that. I up to date the bases right here with some contemporary layouts for. When your clan decides to go to Clan War the matchmaking algorithm will sum up all of your defensive power and your offensive power with a metric referred to as battle weight. That is the place the. A participant decides to go to a brand new City Corridor degree, e. TH9, however solely upgrades troops. In battle weight, the bottom shall be weighted as a TH8 base, however the base has very robust troops and is ready to assault all TH9 bases.
You will have 2 assaults the place you may rating 6 Stars in whole, whereas your base can solely lose Three Stars in whole. Who Ought to Do The. Clearly, you cripple your base and this technique is just for battle targeted gamers.
Clash of Clans August Update Please word, the order is from the underside outdated to prime most up-to-date. So once more, the brand new matchmaking algorithm will now take offensive energy extra under consideration and is meant that clans with engineered bases might be matched up in opposition to different clans with engineered bases extra steadily. These adjustments might be going reside with this upkeep. We might be intently monitoring its efficiency to ensure match equality is improved with out impacting search instances severely.
Apr 27, · These small clans get destroyed by players with insane amount of influence by taking advantage of a flaw in the balancing mechanic of the matchmaking system to siphon ridiculous amount of resources and burn smaller clans to oblivion.
There is no doubt that it is one of the most addictive games I have ever played and it continues to improve on a monthly basis. If your clan participates in clan wars a lot, then you have probably had some terrible experiences with matchmaking. Sure, clans are sometimes evenly matched, but for the most part, one clan is much more powerful than the other.
Thankfully, it looks like an update to the matchmaking system is set to arrive soon. Supercell recently announced that they are working to improve the matchmaking system in Clash of Clans, explaining that: What this means for you is that your Clan will be more evenly matched against other Clans that have similar builds. One of the challenges in creating a matchmaking system is to allow players to retain their creativity in their base design and play style.
We wanted to make sure that your strategies are not invalidated; just more evenly matched against others who share your play style. Our improved algorithm is an evolutionary step in making sure Clans will be matched more frequently against opponents of equivalent difficulty. Furthermore, we have also built in a certain degree of flexibility into the new system that allows us to fine tune the matchmaking weights as needed.
This will allow us to monitor the matchmaking, make changes if we feel the weights are either too heavy or not heavy enough.
Oct 30, · We aren't quite done with the first League War in Clash of Clans, but I already have thoughts to share, so here goes. Overall I like the feature, and some warts aside, I think it makes CoC .
Costea Lestoc September 16, 0 1, 1 minute read Clash of Clans is a very popular mobile video game and its number of players keeps growing. In order to keep the gamers happy, Supercell tries its best to constantly improve it and bring new additions to the game. The developer recently released on of the biggest Clash of Clans update, the Builders Base. While this addition offered a new village, a new way to attack and new troops, it also came with some flaws.
The most important one was related to the War Matchmaking algorithm. After numerous user complaints, Supercell is ready to fix this issue. What is the War Matchmaking System? With the new Builders Base, players were able to attack other villages in a new way and players were supposed to be matched with others that were similar in term of defense and offense so that the match would be balanced. Supercell acknowledged this problem and promises to fix it The developer is aware of the War Matchmaking issues and the official Twitter account recently announced that Supercell will try to repair this feature as soon as possible.
The team also thanked the gamers for their feedback on this issue. Since Supercell has usually kept its word, the team is probably working on an improvement that will refine the War Matchmaking feature and get rid of the errors.


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City Council Special Meeting September 23, 2014, 7:00 P.M.
A special meeting of the Sulphur Springs City Council will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 23, 2014 in the Council Room at 201 North Davis. The following items will be discussed:
1. Pledge of Allegiance to the United States Flag, Texas Flag, and invocation.
2. Discussion/action on public hearing for second and final reading of Ordinance No. 2652, the appropriations ordinance for the City of Sulphur Springs fiscal year 2014-2015.
3. Discussion/action on public hearing for second and final reading of Ordinance No. 2653, setting the tax rate for the City of Sulphur Springs for 2015.
4. Discussion/action on public hearing for second and final reading of Ordinance No. 2654, setting the water rate for the City of Sulphur Springs for 2015.
5. Discussion/action on public hearing for second and final reading of Ordinance No. 2655, setting the sewer rate for the City of Sulphur Springs for 2015.
6. Discussion/action on public hearing for second and final reading of Ordinance No. 2656, setting the sanitation rate for the City of Sulphur Springs for 2015.
7. Discussion/action on public hearing for second and final reading of Ordinance No. 2657, authorization of updated service credits.
8. Discussion/action on Resolution No. 1068, a reimbursement resolution.
9. Discussion/action on first reading of Ordinance No. 2658 amending Ordinance No. 2651 creating an Enterprise Project Zone for Saputo Dairy Foods USA LLC.
10. Discussion/action on public hearing as required by Chapter 312 of the Texas Tax Code to establish a reinvestment zone for Saputo Dairy Foods USA LLC and on first reading of Ordinance No. 2659 designating a certain area as an Industrial Reinvestment Zone for Saputo Dairy Foods USA LLC.
11. Visitors/public forum.
12. Adjourn.
The City of Sulphur Springs will provide assistance to the hearing impaired if notice is given to the City Secretary 48 hours prior to the scheduled meeting date so that appropriate arrangements can be made.
The City Council of the City of Sulphur Springs, Texas meets regularly on the first Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. in the Municipal Building. The Council follows a printed agenda for official action, however, following the conclusion of the agenda, anyone may address the Council but Council will not take official action. Any individual desiring official action should submit his request to the office of the City Secretary by 12:00 noon on the Wednesday before the next regularly scheduled meeting.


The Legend of King Arthur - Who was King Arthur?
How did the Legend of King Arthur Start?
A name that is always associated with the Medieval Kings of the Middle Ages is the legendary King Arthur. But if we look at the Medieval Kings Timeline the name of King Arthur does not appear. The timeline is accurate but our knowledge about a ruler of Britain called King Arthur is not. During Medieval times there were documented records about all of the Kings of England from William the Conqueror in 1066 to the end of the Middle Ages in 1485 and the beginning of the Renaissance period. So where does King Arthur fit in? Who was King Arthur? We associate King Arthur with the Knights of the Round Table, with their Code of Chivalry and Courtly Love and with a place called Camelot and a magician called Merlin. If King Arthur was not a king in Medieval Times did King Arthur rule England during the Dark Ages ( 410 AD - 1066 AD )? The name of King Arthur does not appear in records detailing the Dark Ages Kings of England either! It is therefore not possible to provide an accurate biography of the life and history of King Arthur - we can only create a biography from his legend. But the Dark Ages got its name due to the fact that documented records of the era were scarce. Was there a great man who lived in the Dark Ages who gave rise to Legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table?
Legend of King Arthur is not based on real historical evidence, nor can it be verified with hard and fast facts. Legend of King Arthur was based on the books written by the clerics of the Medieval era or the Middles Ages. The stories found in many Welsh legends and Celtic Myths about King Arthur and the Arthurian Legend provide the Welsh people with a claim to the sovereignty of the whole kingdom of Britain. King Arthur is referred to as "the one, true King of the Britons".
The romantic legend of King Arthur was fuelled by the Troubadours, jongleurs and Minstrels of the Medieval era. The stories of the valiant King Arthur, great knights, Camelot, chivalrous deeds, great battles and fair ladies were spread from court to court all over Europe by the troubadours. The image of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table took on the the clothes and fashion of the Medieval era. Jousting in tournaments were also incorporated. Fiction was again turning into fact. And we now have an answer as to why we associate King Arthur with the Medieval Kings.
The Kings of England during the Medieval times turned these myths and legends to their advantage and Fiction was turned into Fact for political purposes. The Arthurian legend and Legend of King Arthur had highly significant influence on the actual history of England and Wales. These legends and myths about King Arthur "the one, true King of the Britons" were used by Kings of England, especially the Tudors, to authenticate their claims to the both the Welsh and English thrones! King Edward I (Longshanks) used these Arthurian legends and myths about King Arthur when he conquered Wales. Connections between Caernarvon, Arthurian Legend, Merlin, Prophecies and even Stonehenge were made in an attempt to give King Edward a 'legitimate claim' to the Welsh throne. The Tudor Kings of England used the same ploy! These Kings of England used the stories from Arthurian Legend and Legend of King Arthur to give them credibility. It was convenient for them to turn the stories and myths about King Arthur and the Arthurian Legend into hard facts!
The people of England liked connections to the old Religions and life before the Romans and then the Normans conquered England - The magicians, the wizards and the Druids.
Some interesting facts and short biography information about Legend of King Arthur. Additional useful details, facts, history, biography, timeline and information about the lives of all of the Medieval Kings of England and the important events which occurred during their times, can be accessed via the Medieval Life and Times Sitemap. The content of this article on Medieval life and times provides free educational details, facts and information for reference and research for schools, colleges and homework for history courses and history coursework.


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