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Slanted and Enchanted (1992)
Reviewer Nick Schwab
Pavement was probably the "it' band in the indie rock underground in the 1990s. Not only did they set the groundwork for that scene as well as the slacker rock / lo-fi craze, they also made some damn good songs. Their first album was Slanted and Enchanted, a record that may be, more often than not, indie rock, but has a dazzling energy to it not unlike punk rock. This is especially true on the song "Two States," in which they sound like the mighty post-punkers the Fall, complete with a truly good vocal impression of Mark E. Smith.
The album's pinnacle comes at songs four and five with "In the Mouth a Desert" and "Conduit for Sale!". The former is a catchy rocker with singer/guitarist Stephen Malkmus vocally smug (in the good way), augmented by bursts of feedback. "Conduit" is the opposite, and is a stellar example of Pavement at both their most experimental and hardest. The track features whirling guitars and Malkmus screaming the chorus, "I'm trying!" over and over, with ranty spoken word breaking up the swirl of infused instruments whipping around each other, like two goldfish in love swimming fish eyes and fish eyes locked onto one another while swimming around the outer rime of the fishbowl.
"Summer Babe (Winter Version)" and "Loretta's Scars" are stellar examples of the band in a poppy mode. However, it's not generic pop; rather, the songs have a genuine sense of melody that it earns, unlike many mainstream acts that just seem to force the hooks onto the listener with their ritzy production. "Perfume-V" is another rocker that sounds like a combination of both of these noisy and poppy types of Pavement molds.
The rest of the songs may not be as good, but whether it be the rising-to-stop-to-rise-again "Fame Throwa" and "No Life Singed Her," to the blazing "Jackals, False Grails: The Lonesome Era," and quieter songs like "Zurich Is Stained," Slanted and Enchanted barely stumbles.
However, on the track "Here," despite having Malkmus' crisp vocal work, the listener will want the hooks to emerge more pronounced, and the same can be said about the closing track, "Our Singer." Despite the good singing, the subtlety on this last track is too obvious, as it has never been unusual for bands to put a soft song last and this song in particular really doesn't add much to Slanted and Enchanted; it defines it in the way that this record will often leave you mystified when it's about side-stepping the clichés with its fun attitude. When it doesn't, it may still be slanted away from being even average, but you will still want that ingenuity to shine through.
The Cure: Seventeen Seconds
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Classical MusicWeb
A 94th GARLAND OF BRITISH LIGHT MUSIC COMPOSERS
Richard Rodney Bennett C.B.E. (1936 - ) is a multi-talented, multi-faceted musical personality, jazz pianist and composer and also a composer of quite avant-garde classical music. But in between those extremes he has made many contributions to traditional light music. Film music, for example, like that for Blind Date (1955, a jazz influenced score), Far From the Madding Crowd (1967, by contrast in a classical Hollywood idiom), Nicholas and Alexandra (1971), Lady Caroline Lamb (1973), Murder on the Orient Express (1973: its memorable waltz has become a favourite in the concert hall) and, more recently, Four Weddings and a Funeral in 1994. His lighter orchestral music includes a Serenade for Small Orchestra, the Farnham Festival Overture (1964, in the tradition of the light British concert overture), the Little Suite he arranged from the unison songs suitable for children entitled The Aviary and The Insect World; his lighter instrumental work embraces Summer Music, for flute, and the Four Piece Suite for two pianos.
Lord Berners, or to give him his full name, Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson (1883-1950) was a mainly self-taught composer, painter, author, diplomat and eccentric. His music is light in touch for the most part: five ballets, including Luna Park, A Wedding Bouquet (1936), The Triumph of Neptune (1926), the latter making perhaps the most impact; orchestral music like the suite Cupid and Psyche, Fantasie Espagnole, The Man With the Moustache and Caprice P¾ ruvien; piano solos and duets - Le Poisson d'Or, La Dispute, Valses Bourgeoises, Trois Morceaux, Petites Marches FunÀ bres and Fragments Psychologiques; and many songs, mostly comic. He wrote for films, too: Halfway House and Nicholas Nickleby (1947), the latter in particular an attractive score.
Maurice Besly (1888-1945), who also went under the name Rex Allington, was Yorkshire-born and conducted sundry major British orchestras from 1922 onwards, including the LSO and the Royal Albert Hall and Scottish Orchestras. His best known composition, by far, was the song The Second Minuet, one of many popular ballads. His orchestral works included incidental music to The Merchant of Venice, Arioso, Jenny's New Hat, Lullaby For a Modern Infant, Valse Romanesque, Portrait of a Dancer in Red, the impression Mist in the Valley and the suites Chelsea China and Suite Romantique. His varied c.v. included schoolmastering at Tonbridge, practice as a solicitor and notary public and serving as Director of the Performing Rights Society.
Stanley Black, O.B.E., born in 1913, was a pianist and after the Second War conducted the BBC Dance Orchestra (1944-53). A prolific arranger, he also composed widely, partly - though not entirely - in a jazzy idiom. His original titles included scores for around 200 films (Wonderful Life, Hindle Wakes, It Always Rains on Sunday and Summer Holiday are just a few, plus the Path¾ News fanfare), piano pieces (but they may have been orchestrated) like Busy Boy, In a Gracious Mood and Puppet on a String and orchestral movements like the Overture to a Costume Comedy (1955), Fanfare For a Royal Film Performance, Swinging Chimp, Nostalgia and Golden Mile. He was in demand as a conductor for Decca in classical works as well as other.
Thomas Bidgood, who died in 1925, is still remembered as a march composer of titles such as Virny Ridge, Sons of the Brave (these are his most popular titles and can still be heard), The Allies' Parade, The Elite, Rubinstein, British Legion and On To Victory. From their titles, many of these date from the last decade of his life. In his day he was even better known as an arranger; his orchestral novelties included the amusing A Motor Ride, which had some popularity in the "heroic", pre-1914, motoring age.
William Blezard, born in 1917, studied piano and composition at the Royal College of Music. He later wrote music for documentary films and arranged Noel Coward's music for the film The Astonished Heart. His orchestral works include titles like Caramba, The River, Battersea Park Suite and Three European Dances; but he was also responsible for much instrumental work - Preludes, three Sonatinas, a suite The Circle of Time, on the seasons, October Dance, Fast Forward, Central Park West, Jonathan's Scherzo and the jazz-influenced Jeux d'Esprits, all for piano - and songs for Joyce Grenfell (whom he accompanied) for children's TV.
Henry Balfour Gardiner (1877-1950), trained in Germany as a member of the "Frankfurt School" (along with Grainger, Quilter and Norman O'Neill), composed relatively little and was perhaps better known for using his own money to promote performances of compositions by his friends, notably Holst, but he made memorable contributions in the fields of orchestral, chamber and piano music, song and church music. The Shepherd Fennel's Dance, inspired by Hardy, was once very popular with light orchestras. To this we may add the Overture to a Comedy (1906), Humoresque and In Maytime (1914) and, for piano solo, Shenandoah (a nautical suite) and Five Pieces.

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Comparative Analysis of γ-Oryzanol, β-Glucan, Total Phenolic Content and Antioxidant Activity in Fermented Rice Bran of Different Varieties
Carbohydrates from Sources with a Higher Glycemic Index during Adolescence: Is Evening Rather than Morning Intake Relevant for Risk Markers of Type 2 Diabetes in Young Adulthood?
Antioxidant and Antihypertensive Effects of a Chemically Defined Fraction of Syrah Red Wine on Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats
Leucine Supplementation Differently Modulates Branched-Chain Amino Acid Catabolism, Mitochondrial Function and Metabolic Profiles at the Different Stage of Insulin Resistance in Rats on High-Fat Diet
10.3390/nu9060573
Jacobo-Cejudo, M.
Valdés-Ramos, R.
Guadarrama-López, A.
Pardo-Morales, R.
Martínez-Carrillo, B.
Harbige, L.
A printed edition of this Special Issue is available at MDPI Books....
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Effect of n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Supplementation on Metabolic and Inflammatory Biomarkers in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients
by M. Gorety Jacobo-Cejudo 1, Roxana Valdés-Ramos 1,* , Ana L. Guadarrama-López 1, Rosa-Virgen Pardo-Morales 2, Beatriz E. Martínez-Carrillo 1 and Laurence S. Harbige 3
Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Paseo Tollocan esq. Jesús Carranza, Col. Moderna de la Cruz, Toluca 50180, Mexico
Instlituto Materno-Infantil del Estado de México, Paseo Colón s/n, Col. Villa Hogar, Toluca 50170, Mexico
Faculty of Life Sciences and Computing, London Metropolitan University, 166-220 Holloway Road, London N7 8DB, UK
Nutrients 2017, 9(6), 573; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu9060573
Received: 25 April 2017 / Revised: 28 May 2017 / Accepted: 1 June 2017 / Published: 3 June 2017
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Nutrition and Diet Factors in Type 2 Diabetes)
Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is accompanied by chronic low-grade inflammation, with an imbalance in the secretion of adipokines and, worsening insulin resistance. Supplementation with n-3 PUFA in T2DM decreases inflammatory markers, the purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of n-3 PUFA supplementation on adipokines, metabolic control, and lipid profile in T2DM Mexican adults. Methods: In a randomized, single-blind, placebo-controlled pilot study, 54 patients with T2DM received 520 mg of DHA + EPA-enriched fish-oil (FOG) or a placebo (PG) daily. Baseline and 24-week anthropometric and biochemical measurements included glucose, insulin, glycosylated hemoglobin (Hb1Ac), leptin, adiponectin, resistin, and lipid profile; n-3 PUFA intake was calculated in g/day. Results: Waist circumference and blood glucose showed significant reductions in the FOG group (p = 0.001 and p = 0.011, respectively). Hb1Ac (p = 0.009 and p = 0.004), leptin (p < 0.000 and p < 0.000), and leptin/adiponectin ratio (p < 0.000 and p < 0.000) decreased significantly in both groups after 24 weeks (FOG and PG respectively). Serum resistin (FOG p < 0.000 and PG p = 0.001), insulin (FOG p < 0.000 and PG p < 0.000), and HOMA-IR (FOG p = 0.000 and PG p < 0.000) increased significantly in both groups. FOG had an overall improvement in the lipid profile with a significant decrease in triacylgycerols (p = 0.002) and atherogenic index (p = 0.031); in contrast, the PG group had increased total cholesterol (p < 0.000), non-HDL cholesterol (p < 0.000), and atherogenic index (p = 0.017). Conclusions: We found a beneficial effect of n-3 PUFA supplementation on waist circumference, glucose, Hb1Ac, leptin, leptin/adiponectin ratio, and lipid profile, without significant changes in adiponectin, and increases in resistin, insulin, and HOMA-IR in both groups. View Full-Text
Keywords: type 2 diabetes mellitus; adipokines; lipid profile; n-3 PUFAs type 2 diabetes mellitus; adipokines; lipid profile; n-3 PUFAs
Jacobo-Cejudo, M.G.; Valdés-Ramos, R.; Guadarrama-López, A.L.; Pardo-Morales, R.-V.; Martínez-Carrillo, B.E.; Harbige, L.S. Effect of n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Supplementation on Metabolic and Inflammatory Biomarkers in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients. Nutrients 2017, 9, 573.
Jacobo-Cejudo MG, Valdés-Ramos R, Guadarrama-López AL, Pardo-Morales R-V, Martínez-Carrillo BE, Harbige LS. Effect of n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Supplementation on Metabolic and Inflammatory Biomarkers in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients. Nutrients. 2017; 9(6):573.
Jacobo-Cejudo, M. Gorety; Valdés-Ramos, Roxana; Guadarrama-López, Ana L.; Pardo-Morales, Rosa-Virgen; Martínez-Carrillo, Beatriz E.; Harbige, Laurence S. 2017. "Effect of n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Supplementation on Metabolic and Inflammatory Biomarkers in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients." Nutrients 9, no. 6: 573.
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The official logo and pin of the Glooscap Curling Club is distinctly emblematic of that part of Nova Scotia in which the Glooscap Club is situated.
The design of the emblem and coat was developed by F. J. Burns and committee, members of the Glooscap Curling Club in 1933. The original drawing was made by Mrs. F. S. Lockyer, Kentville, and the dye for the first pin was made at the Roral Mint, Ottawa. The pins were supplied through G.R. Palmeter, local jeweler and member of the Glooscap Club. The pin was approved and accepted at the annual meeting of the Glooscap Curling Club in 1933.
The physical characters of the pin are: In the foreground, the waters of Minas Basin; to the left, the buttress of Blomidon; in the background, the figure of Glooscap, his left shoulder forming what is known as the Parrsboro Shore. The balance of the design is apropos to curling.


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Marcelo Pont Vergés (Córdoba, 17 de febrer de 1957) és un director d'art, dissenyador de producció en llargmetratges i cinema publicitari, escenògraf d'òpera, teatre i musicals i dibuixant de còmics argentí.

Història
Nascut a la ciutat de Córdoba. Va realitzar els seus estudis mitjans en el Col·legi Montserrat i després va estudiar la carrera d'arquitectura en la Universitat Nacional de Còrdova, encara que no la va acabar. Va treballar en més de 300 comercials en USA, Europa, Llatinoamèrica i el Carib, 10 llargmetratges i 3 curtmetratges. A més té experiència en òpera, teatre i musicals muntats a Nova York, Philadelphia, Buenos Aires, Caracas, Mèxic, Còrdova, La Plata, l'Havana i altres països d'Amèrica i Europa com a dissenyador d'escenografia i vestuari.

Films
 El General y la Fiebre (1998)
 Jennifer's Shadow (2004)
 Puras Joyitas (2007)
 El secreto de sus ojos (2009) (
 La hora cero (2010)
 Piedra Papel o Tijera (2012)
 Azul y no tan rosa (2012) (guanyadora del Goya a millor pel·lícula Iberoamericana)
 km 72 (2014)
 Messi (documental) (2014)
 La Parte Ausente (2014)

Premis i Nominacions
 Bronze World Medal Nova York Festival (Millor Director d'Art en Cinema Publicitari, 1997)
 Premi ANAC de Cinema (Millor Director d'Art, 100 AÑOS DE PERDÓN, 1997)
 Premi Municipal de Cinema (Millor Director d'Art, PURAS JOYITAS, 2008)
 Premi Festival de Cinema Veneçolà de Mèrida (Millor Director d'Art, PURAS JOYITAS, 2008))
 Premio Sur Academia de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas de Argentina (Millor direcció artística, EL SECRETO DE SUS OJOS, 2009)
 Premio Cóndor de Plata Asociación de Cronistas Cinematográficos de Argentina (Nominat Millor Direcció Artística, EL SECRETO DE SUS OJOS, 2010)
 Goya a la millor direcció artística (Nominat per, EL SECRETO DE SUS OJOS, 2010)

Referències

Persones de Córdoba (Argentina)
Alumnes de la Universitat Nacional de Córdoba

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Cheese Curds, 2/19: Clay Matthews' role to be determined; first free agent of 2018 signs
Where will Clay play in 2018? Probably a little bit of everywhere, but there's no formal confirmation just yet.
By Evan "Tex" Western@TexWestern Feb 19, 2018, 10:30am CST
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When the Green Bay Packers take the field for the first time in 2018, fans can expect a very different look on defense.
The same goes for Clay Matthews and his role on the team.
After a few moves back and forth between being a (mostly) full-time pass-rusher and a full-time inside linebacker, Matthews' skill set appears to be right up the alley of his new coordinator, Mike Pettine. Although Matthews did rush a bit from an inside position over the past two years, this year might see him roam around even more to take advantage of his diverse skills. Still, there's no official confirmation of that, since Pettine has not spoken since his opening press conference, so the official plans
Meanwhile, the first shoe has dropped in the 2018 free agency period. Granted, it was a player who was released by his former team, which is why that player can sign with a new team right away.
Next week's Scouting Combine will be a significant opportunity for NFL front offices to touch base with agents before the actual craziness of free agency begins; there should be plenty of rumors and interesting nuggets of news next week from Indianapolis.
Burning questions facing the Packers' NFC North foes | Packers.com
The NFC North has two new head coaches and a new general manager, plus a division winner with three quarterbacks to choose from. It's going to be a fascinating offseason in the division.
Clay Matthews should be at center (and on outside) in Mike Pettine's D - ESPN
Pettine spoke about Matthews' versatility when he was first hired, and although we don't know exactly how his defense will look just yet, you can bet that Clay will line up all over the place in 2018.
Texans release Brian Cushing after 9 seasons - SBNation.com
Cushing probably won't be coming to Green Bay, but it is interesting to see Matthews' former college teammate on the move. He has served a pair of suspensions for positive PED tests, with the second coming in 2017.
5 ways Packers can create more salary cap space for free agency | Packers Wire
Most of these possibilities are obvious -- dealing with the contracts of Jordy Nelson, Randall Cobb, and Clay Matthews. However, the final option is to cut Lance Kendricks, which would leave the cupboard completely bare at tight end.
Elite company for Green Bay's Kevin Harlan | Packersnews.com
Congrats to Harlan, who is of course the son of former Packers president Bob Harlan. Kevin will receive the national broadcaster of the year award from the National Sports Media Association, an honor that has gone to many legendary broadcasters before him.
Chiefs sign ex-Raiders CB David Amerson to 1-year deal - NFL.com
It seems that for some reason, players tend to stay in the AFC West a lot. Maybe it's not more common there than in other divisions, but it just feels that way.


With an overwhelming number of new and unique social networks entering the market, it is becoming increasingly difficult to stay focused, or even gain a significant benefit of being a member of any social networks at all.
Social media has become so engrained in people's lives, often times it would be difficult to communicate without it.
In early 2013 the average user would spend roughly 3 hours per day on social media. At the moment, there isn't more up-to-date data available, but we can imagine that this number has grown significantly, especially after the rise of social networks like Instagram and Pinterest — true suckers of time and energy.
As web designers, we've got a broad spectrum of specific niche social networks available to us. You could say that this part of the Web has got its own system to work with, but I'd like to stress that the big six (Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn, Pinterest and Instagram), are still invaluable when it comes to building your business, or gaining more clients.
Before we can analyze a few of the social networks in depth, we need to take a look at what the real benefits of social media are; and whether we should bother to build our own communities or not.
I know of plenty people who prefer to work within their own small circle of friends and business partners, but at the same time social media benefits are invaluable in many ways.
Your ability to provide people with the latest scoop in whatever it is that is happening in your particular niche, can lead to these people becoming your loyal followers and readers. It is when we've finally been able to prove ourselves as reliable and trustworthy that people tend to come back for more.
Know, like and trust. A term that's coined under KLT. It is meant to mean that whenever people know you, like you and actually trust you; will they feel free to promote you; buy from you; and even encourage you to do more of what you have done so far. It takes time to get here, but it's worth every second you've spent to achieve this result.
Your latest icon set of smiley faces for a bulletin board is content, and if you can continue to produce the same quality content over and over again not only will Google come to aid you with organic traffic, so will people who've relied on you for so long.
Because you don't have to close the door when you leave your digital office, it is often that whatever it is you're selling through either means, will continue to sell itself even when you sleep. Social media is a term that should be understood on a global scale, while you sleep many parts of the world are only waking up.
WHICH NETWORKS SHOULD YOU JOIN?
In the spirit of what I said at the beginning of this post, I'd like to go over four major social networks that can be most helpful to web designers, for building more business and clients, with minimal effort and maximum return.
The place to be when it comes to discovering new things. Each pin you open becomes a discovery of something new and unknown. The social network is popular with women (with as many as 70% of users being female), but that certainly doesn't mean that men can't use the network. With 70 million active users, Pinterest is ideally positioned for discovering new products, recipes, artwork, places to visit and a lot more. Take this as inspiration to signup for an account right now, and to begin publishing photos of your work in your own personal pin board.
What are you working on? Dribbble is a community of designers answering that question each day. Web designers, graphic designers, illustrators, icon artists, typographers, logo designers, and other creative types share small screenshots (shots) that show their work, process, and current projects. It is one of the leading design websites in the world and attracts millions of monthly visitors who not only trade inspiration, but also opportunities. Dribbble is unique in that everyone seems to follow the site's etiquette, which provides a transparent and fair browsing experience.
Twitter is so powerful and popular that it is impossible to disregard it as one of the go-to channels when it comes to keeping in touch, learning new things and also making a buck on the side. In the world of design, every single author; blogger; thought-leader and so on, has a Twitter account, and there are people following it, engaging in social discussion. Twitter lists make for a great way to keep up with all the latest in your choice of profession.
Facebook is definitely on the very top of the list when it comes to having easy access to consumers and their business pages. This is why you'll see so many people utilizing all that Facebook provides for engaging and connecting with businesses. Individuals, small businesses, and independent creative companies are socially engaged on Facebook, and they're always looking to hire someone just like you. With over 1 billion active users every month, you're bound to find at least one person who will be hooked by what you've got to offer.
In order to get a great response from your followers, don't make them wait in line for something that others might give away for free. Save time wherever possible.
Why should someone spend their money on your products? Why should someone hire you? Cut your followers and clients a deal, they'll make sure to return to you.
Never display that you're displeased with something within your field of work, chances are everyone tends to dislike something about their work. Keep it smiles, keep it funny.
If there is one thing to learn here, then it is the importance of trust. Trust builds everything around us, if we trust someone once it's more than likely we'll trust that person again.
If you can manage to follow at least one of these at any given time you're already performing better than the majority of social media users.
I setup my Google+ auto-poster from my blog's RSS feed nearly six months ago, and to this day it continues to work perfectly fine; without any maintenance required. It's one of the things that I use HootSuite for: to help myself save a bit of time with automated tasks. Google+ API still has a lot to learn, and is quite unstable in many ways, so services like HootSuite prove to be real gems.
HootSuite, is a social media management system which enables organizations to execute campaigns across social networks from one web-based dashboard. They excel in providing deep analysis of your social media accounts, as well as provide the necessary tools to maintain multiple accounts at the same time, all within a single dashboard.
It's a shame that I was one of the people who did not initially believe in this application, but I guess I can make up for it now by being a daily user of this small, yet magnificent social application.
Buffer helps you manage multiple social media accounts at once. Quickly schedule content from anywhere on the Web, collaborate with team members, and analyze rich statistics on how your posts perform. The real value here is in the addon the Buffer team provides for all major browsers. With the help of this addon, you're able to share everything you like, from whichever page you like. It also makes it a breeze to share photo tweets on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.
TweetDeck is a Twitter client for desktop, web, and mobile devices. TweetDeck was originally an Adobe Air desktop application, designed with a unique columned user interface. Its goal was to be a realtime application that allowed users to monitor that information in a single concise view. In 2011, Twitter acquired TweetDeck and rebuilt the application in HTML5.
It is a powerful tool when used correctly, it has features like tweet scheduling, as well as the ability to monitor custom search results for new tweets. A must-have for anyone who runs a business, or has a blog that actively receives comments and social shares.
This is all the necessary information you'll ever need to get a good start towards social media success. I really like the list of tools we've covered here, as I'm a proud user of all four, so I can guarantee their efficiency and rewards. The biggest obstacle is the learning curve, the ability to understand what works for social media, and what does not. Ultimately, most of the success is going to come through engagement and trust.


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Star Wars Battlefront II Review (PS4)
Muhammad Ali Bari
Star Wars fans have been deprived of a worthy video game tie-in for several years, with DICE's previous effort feeling lackluster and shallow in comparison to the studio's own Battlefield series. With Star Wars: Battlefront 2, the studio has aimed to rectify many of the complaints raised against the original, with an abundance of content, a class system, revised space battles, as well as a full-fledged single-player campaign that bridges the gap between episodes VI and VII.
The campaign puts players in the role of Iden Veriso, a loyal soldier of the Empire who leads the special Inferno Squad unit. After the events of the Battle of Endor, she is to prepare the Empire's counterattack against the rebellion. While the idea of a campaign depicting the Empire's side of the story sounds great on paper, its execution is largely lackluster. Instead of delving deeper into the motives of the Empire and its characters, the storyline takes odd twists and strays away from the established intentions of the Empire.
There's no meaningful reason for players to care about Iden, mainly due to the inadequately conceived character development. It doesn't help that you're occasionally put in the shoes of popular Star Wars characters such as Luke Skywalker and Han Solo between levels where you control Iden, further preventing a stronger connection with the protagonist.
Many of the areas in the campaign are recycled from multiplayer maps. It often gives the impression that the story and mission design have been built around these recycled areas, as opposed to vice versa. It does however feature a few nicely executed scripted sequences that occasionally manage to keep things interesting. Outside of these occasional highlights, the campaign often feels like a training session for the game's multiplayer modes. It's a common occurrence for the game to throw wave upon wave of enemies with sub-par AI at you.
The core experience of Star Wars: Battlefront 2, however, is found in its multiplayer battles. Unlike the first game, Battlefront 2 doesn't just cover the original trilogy. The entire Star Wars lore is explored here, including the full repertoire of locales, weapons, vehicles and heroes. This adds up to a total of 11 maps, 14 playable heroes and dozens of vehicles. It's far more content and variety than what was there in the original Battlefront. With the theatrical release of Episode 8: The Last Jedi, additional maps and characters from the movie will be added for free.
Once in a multiplayer match, players are given the option to choose from one of four classes: the Assault focuses on shooting and blasting, the Heavy wields powerful guns and a barrage, the Officer places gun turrets and heals his comrades, the Specialist acts as a scout and sniper.
You receive battle points for performing kills and fulfilling mission objectives during the course of a match. These points can specifically be spent during the ongoing match for temporary use of ruffians, star hunters or heroes/villains such as Luke Skywalker, Han Solo or Boba Fett. This adds a little to player motivation, as you strive to perform better in order to work towards the goal of unlocking your favorite hero/villain.
The shooting itself feels good, and maps are generally well-designed with plenty of vantage points. There are a few odd design choices, however. Successfully performing class-specific abilities doesn't net you additional rewards. Hence, there's little incentive to play class-specific roles. You can't respawn on any of your teammates either. This is a stark contrast to Battlefield 1, where teamwork is usually encouraged.
By far the most engaging mode in the multiplayer lineup of Battlefront 2 is Starfighter Assault. Here, up to 24 players can get inside the cockpits of well-known starfighters such as the TIE fighter or X-Wing and battle it out in outer space battles. The mode features objectives that each side works towards achieving, such as taking out the key vulnerabilities of a large ship.
The class system from other modes is also carried over here, and you're able to choose from hunters, bombers and interceptors. Each comes with its own flight characteristics and special abilities.
The Starfighter Assault mode is where Battlefront 2 truly delivers the Star Wars experience, and it's here that the sequel feels like a step above its predecessor. Due to the objective-driven gameplay, these battles don't feel like your standard team death match. Also, Criterion Games' involvement is clearly evident here, as the starfighters feel great to control.
Progression is deep rooted into the game's loot box system by design, and it's virtually impossible to level up the character class of your choice. You level up a character belonging to a particular class by attaining its corresponding star cards through your earned loot boxes, and the probability of acquiring a card is dependent on the random numbers game. The aforementioned star cards allow you to improve the stats of their corresponding soldier types or replace them with entirely new ones. It's all pretty similar to the game economy models found in free-to-play games.
Game balance is naturally also affected as a result of this progression system. It's entirely possible for you to encounter a fully upgraded star hunter or hero that can inflict or withstand significantly greater damage due to better equipment. This is particularly noticeable in the Heroes-versus-Villains mode, in which teams of four heroes and villains battle it out with each other. Those with better equipment are usually the ones who turn out victorious.
With respect to the audiovisual presentation, Battlefront 2 has completely nailed the look and feel of the Star Wars movies. This is particularly true for the Starfighter Assault and Galactic Assault modes, where a lot of mayhem results in particles and weapon fire flying all over the screen space. As one would expect, the game is just as excellent in the audio department, with tracks and sound effects seemingly borrowed straight from the movies.
All in all, while Star Wars Battlefront 2's campaign is lackluster and forgettable for the most part, there's a great multiplayer game here that is unfortunately held back by its progression system and, in turn, balancing issues. Regardless, it's worth experiencing for its engaging multiplayer space battles alone.
Game Reviewed on: PS4
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The Argument from Evil – What would God do?
A recent dialogue with my friend, Paul, left both of us puzzled. You may recall that we examined the so-called Argument from Evil as presented on the Stanford University website. We concluded that the Argument from Evil does not succeed in demonstrating the non-existence of God. Paul, however, remains convinced that God does not exist.
A key point in our dialogue involved the notion of omnipotence. How far does omnipotence extend? Paul agreed that an all-powerful God would work within the realm of logical possibility. In other words, logically absurd questions such as "can God make a moveable unmovable object" or "can God make a square circle" sit beyond the scope of what we would expect from God.
Paul also agreed, somewhat reluctantly, that because humans have freewill the world must contain the possibility of pain and suffering. He even more reluctantly agreed that a world containing the possibility of compassion is of higher moral value than a world with no compassion, and because pain and suffering prompts compassion, this is the world a morally perfect being would create.
But we were far from settled and earlier today, by heaven, Paul came back to revisit the notion of omnipotence — truly a sticking point in the argument. He suggested that an all-powerful being could, indeed, create a world that contains no pain and suffering while also maintaining the moral value that compassion brings to this world. I said that pain and suffering might be inevitable because sometimes earthquakes occur, volcanoes erupt, and objects from the heavens (you call them meteors) occasionally fall to the ground. But he said that an all-powerful God could create a universe in which these things don't happen. My response was to ask: how? Perhaps these things are needed if we are to have a stable world.
Paul was unconvinced and asserted that God could do it, even if we don't know how he could do it. I responded that it is very easy to make such assertions and that I could just as easily respond by asserting that God wouldn't create such a world because it would be disastrous, even if we don't understand why. But Paul was relentless — "surely he could", "surely he must", "surely that's what he would do". Surely, surely, surely. Despite his passion, I am not so sure.
I pointed out that rather than telling me what an omnipotent God would do, instead he was telling me what he, as an omnipotent human, would do. But he only has human knowledge and his decisions are based upon that knowledge. Is it not possible that omniscience might lead to different decisions? He did not answer that question. He returned to his early assertion: surely God could.
So, there it remains — neither of us convinced by each others' arguments. I am not convinced that the argument from evil succeeds, and Paul is not convinced that my objections refute the argument. So we must start afresh, back at the beginning, another day.
My wonderful friend, Paul, visited me yesterday. He was most excited to share his proof that God does not exist. As it happens, he found his proof on the Stanford University Philosophy webpage. We sat together for the afternoon to examine his proof. It was a hot day. The following is a recollection of our dialogue.


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Beto O'Rourke prefers public option over Medicare for All
by: Jim Niedelman
Posted: Jun 17, 2019 / 11:27 PM CDT / Updated: Jun 18, 2019 / 12:16 AM CDT
Beto O'Rourke speaks Spanish fluently. A skill he showcases frequently. His roots in Texas have him right in the middle of the immigration debate.
It's a very liberal position that directly opposes the president.
He holds a more moderate position when it comes to health care.
This is the second part of our conversation on this week's 4 The Record.
There's a lot of common ground in the Democratic field on the big issues.
There are subtle differences among them.
One position O'Rourke holds that is more moderate relates to health care.
He doesn't advocate Medicare for All.
He would pursue what we've come to know as the public option and preserve the employer-based health insurance system we have now.
O'Rourke told us why and how he would lower health care costs.
O'Rourke is also not willing to go as far as the more progressive candidates when it comes to paying for higher education.
His debt-free college plan is for two years. Not four years.
He told us why not and how he would make college more affordable.
O'Rourke is very outspoken on immigration.
He wants a path to citizenship for Dreamers and give legal status to most undocumented workers.
He explained how he would do it and this a winning issue for Democrats and him specifically.
He also discussed why he'd be open to getting rid of immigration and customs enforcement as long as another agency picks up the responsibility.
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The University of Denver (DU) announced today that the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) has selected the University as the host site for the very first 2012 Presidential debate. It will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012 in Magness Arena at the Daniel L. Ritchie Center for Sports and Wellness.
"The University of Denver is excited for this opportunity to partner with the Commission on Presidential Debates to bring this historic event to our campus, our city and our state," Chancellor Robert Coombe said. "Debates are an important part of our nation's election process, and, as the first-ever presidential debate to be hosted in Colorado, the national and international spotlight will be on the University of Denver and the entire Rocky Mountain region.
The University of Denver has a history of hosting prominent events and speakers. Most recently, the University hosted the Dalai Lama during PeaceJam in 2006, then-presidential candidate Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton in 2008, as well as presidential candidates Sen. John McCain and Mitt Romney. Other prominent visitors include former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, and former Secretaries of State Condoleezza Rice (BA '74, PhD '81) and Madeleine Albright.
Just this fall, DU hosted UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, DU alumnus U.S. Army General George Casey (MA '80) and Former White House Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles.
Coombe said the University of Denver was one of 12 universities around the country hoping for a chance to host one of the four nationally televised debates that will occur just before the November general election in fall 2012. This is the first time the University has applied for host consideration.
"With today's announcement, DU will focus its attention on building a world-class event that will engage our campus and community in educational opportunities that will last long after the debate and election have passed," he said.
The University is planning a number of educational programs and events that will be held throughout the year leading up to the debate. Hosting the presidential debate will provide rich opportunities for students and the community to learn about and engage in the political process.
The 440,000-square-foot Daniel L. Ritchie Center for Sports and Wellness was opened in 1999 and is home to the University's Pioneer athletics program, with 17 men and women's teams, including Division 1 hockey, basketball, gymnastics and volleyball. The center also is home to a world-class fitness center, a full array of youth and adult recreation programs, and venues for civic and entertainment events.
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90s themed summer tour coming up?
5. November 2013 6. November 2013 / Torgrim Øyre
Certain things might suggest a No Prayer for the Dying/Fear of the Dark themed summer tour is in the works.
Apparently a new line of merchandise products has just been advertised in the US market via Hot Topic, including well known 90s motifs such as Hallowed Be Thy Name (Live), A Real Live One, Hooks in You and others. We know that prior to the Maiden England tour the same thing happened with a lot of Seventh Son of a Seventh Son related shirts being sold at the same site.
The band has been touring the world for the past couple of years with the Maiden England package, a concert presentation that revisited their classic Seventh Son of a Seventh Son era in a 1980s throwback. In a recent interview with Vorterix.com singer Bruce Dickinson was asked whether or not Maiden will do a similar thing with their 90s material in the future, and he got a little ambiguous.
– We haven't got that far yet. Let's finish this one first and see what happens next year. But yeah, I do not think Maiden fans are going to be too disappointed for too long.
We know that a re-release of Donington Live 1992, a somewhat controversial early 90s concert feature, is imminent and if the plan is to do a short summer tour next year, the simplistic nature of the early 90s might come in handy. Not a lot of theatrical elements, no pyro and the mechanics from The Final Frontier Big Eddie are modeled after the old Fear of the Dark Eddie.
Will we see this old fellow again next summer? Big Eddie making people fear the dark.
If you trade a few of the Seventh Son of a Seventh Son tunes from the recent tour with Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter, Tailgunner and Be Quick or Be Dead, throw in a few golden oldies not played in the Maiden England set, such as Wrathchild, Die With Your Boots On, Hallowed Be Thy Name and Sanctuary, you're pretty much there.
New 90s rehashed motifs are currently being sold at the American retailer Hot Topic.
At this point all this is merely speculation, however if a 90s tour of the low key kind comes to fruition, it must be said that the wow-factor is slightly amiss. All the staples in the the No Prayer For the Dying and Fear of the Dark sets have been played in most of the tours post Dickinson and Smith's return and it's highly doubtful that From Here to Eternity and Holy Smoke or Wasting Love are gems the casual Maiden fan is aching to relive. It would be odd for the band to recreate a period in time most people, some of the band members included, regard as a low point in Iron Maiden's career.
We will of course come back with full fledged analyzes and what not when more info comes this way.
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When the band is in the form of its life regarding new material, why waste time revisiting their nadir?!
Or, if the idea of a '90s tour suits a short summer fling and sells a bit of back catalogue, let's have some X Factor and Virtual 11 in there. Both better albums than NPTFD and FOD in my everso humble opinion.
i agree 100% they should do Man on the Edge and The Clansman rather then Be quick and tailgunner
Adam H
I'd rather hear all four of those than The Trooper and 2 Minutes to Midnight for the 6 billionth time.
I totally agree. It already seems like they're just gearing up to do another 2mins/trooper/rtth/notb/fotd/running free/aces high hits tour, with a couple lazy song choices thrown in so they can call it 90's based. Give me Sign of the Cross, Man on the Edge, Futureal and The Clansman!!!
Torgrim Øyre
If it turns out that they will do a "90's based" set, I think this setlist is a likely scenario:
1. Be Quick or Be Dead
3. Wrathchild
5. Afraid to Shoot Strangers
6. 2 Minutes to Midnight
7. Tailgunner
8. From Here to Eternity
10. Run to the Hills
15. Hallowed Be Thy Name
16. Sanctuary
Christer Bakke Andresen
Whatever they choose to focus on from the 90s will be a huge letdown for me, coming at the heels of Somewhere Back In Time and Maiden England. This is speculation at this point, but we're very sure that Maiden will tour in summer of '14, and what possible other concept can they tie it to than Donington Live 1992 and the early 90s…?
Surely someone can find a quote somewhere that says they'd alternate History tours with new stuff and so save us all from the gnawing fear that a '90s tour will happen next year…?
There are plenty of those quotes. The problem now is the fact that there won't be an album next year. So the situation is really kind of new.
GhostofCain
They can always do something similar to the 2010 summer tour…
I mean revisiting the noughties. Much better than the 90s…
Personally, I like a lot of the NPFTD and FOTD material. I also like some of the Blaze-era stuff. I would like to see them do, say, 3 songs from each of those 4 albums, then 5-6 other tunes, including HBTN. Guess we'll have to wait and see!
@Ghost: The 2010 tour was geared towards a new album. Even if it featured only one brand new song, most of the set consisted of material from their most recent records. That made sense as a lead-in to a new release. So next year really is a new kind of situation, with no new release coming.
Completely agree that 2000-10 kicks 90s ass!
I agree it is a new kind of situation, but from a marketing point of view a History tour based on the 90s is not going to sell as well as recent history tours, for the reasons we all know.
My guess is they might do a short summer tour with a loose concept, but not based on a particular era of the band's history.
That would be pretty much like '99 and '03. More like '99 since there wouldn't even be one new song there. The difference from those occasions would be the very likely release of Donington Live 1992 to coincide with the tour.
The combination of that DVD with the new line of merchandise with early 90s designs give cause for speculation that they intend to use that era.
Then again, they covered Maiden England and the late 80s without playing Caught Somewhere In Time, Heaven Can Wait, Stranger In A Strange Land, Sea Of Madness, Infinite Dreams, Killers, Still Life, Die With Your Boots On… So in Maiden terms a focus on the early 90s could easily amount to Bring Your Daughter, Afraid To Shoot Strangers and Fear Of The Dark, I suppose.
Christer, 'Killers', 'Still Life', and 'Die With Your Boots On' were hardly staples of the "Seventh son of a seventh son" tour. They were only played in the UK leg, as a sort of a thank you to the British fans. The rest of the world got something much more similar to the 2012-2013 Maiden England setlist. 😉
I am not too sure Maiden would release the "Donington Live 1992" DVD next year. I think we would get a "Maiden England 2013" release first…
@Ghost: I know perfectly well that those songs were not staples, and you always bring that up, but you can't change the fact that they are on Maiden England and the tour was called Maiden England, not Seventh Tour Of A Seventh Tour. 😉 Infinite Dreams and Heaven Can Wait where staples, by the way.
But you got my point, right? That they don't have to include more than 3 or 4 tunes from the era to justify the concept to themselves?
It depends on your definition of what "era" means.
If by era you mean the old VHS releases they are basing the tour on, you got 9 songs off "Maiden England" in the last tour (Moonchild, The Evil That Men Do, The Prisoner, Can I Play with Madness, Wasted Years, The Clairvoyant, Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, The Number of the Beast and Iron Maiden) and 10 songs off "Live after death" in the 2008 leg of the SBIT tour (Aces High, 2 minutes to midnight, The trooper, Revelations, Rime of the ancient mariner, Powerslave, The number of the beast, Hallowed be Thy name, Iron Maiden and Run to the hills). Numbers increase if we consider the "Maiden England '88" DVD (you end up with 11 songs from that era being played in 2012-2013) and the "LIve after death" 2LP (you end up with 10 songs played in the 2008 leg of the SBIT tour and 12 in the 2009 leg of the SBIT tour – 13 if you include Sanctuary).
On the other hand, if by era you take the number of songs off the album that was being promoted in 1985 and in 1988, we got 4 songs off "Powerslave" in 2008-2009 and 5 songs off "Seventh son of a seventh son" in 2012-2013. 😉
You sure you don't get dizzy when you do that? 😀
See, half of Donington Live 1992 was in the Maiden England set in 2012-13. So they only need to drop The Prisoner, Seventh Son and Phantom for Tailgunner, Bring Your Daughter and Be Quick. And voilà, you've got something they can sell as an early 90s tour. If you can sell that sort of thing at all.
Ms. Ray
Sometimes I wonder if these Maiden England themes are really just mechanisms to simplify the choice of stage production? They're never going to please everyone with whatever they arrange on the set list, anyway. Personally, I'd be willing to wait to see them onstage again if it means they're working in the studio.
…which they won't be. *sigh*
Dashing Trooper
i LEARNED TO KNOW MAIDEN EARLY IN THE 90'S I HOPE THEY COME NEXT YEAR WITH THOSE SONGS THERE ARE F*CKING 100% MAIDEN LIKE EVERY SONG THEY DO LIVE………………UP THE IRONS
They aren't going to do something that no one will come to see, they aren't crazy. A '90s themed tour, even a short one, would follow the pattern already started with the Early Days, SBIT, and Maiden England tours. Were the '90s the best period for the band? No. But it doesn't mean that they should be ignored either. Nothing from No Prayer's been played since '92, and the only songs from Fear that they've played since '93 are the title track and ATSS, and ATSS only came back into the live set last year. Revisit the '90s next year, then start on the next record for 2014. I'd be plenty happy with that.
'Bring your daughter…. to the slaughter' was played in 2003 (and boy how it rocked!) 😉
Yeah, I never really cared for that song on the album but I've really enjoyed it whenever I've seen it live.
I forgot about that, that was in the set list for the shows they did prior to DoD being released. Saw the live show from Rock am Ring in Germany on YouTube awhile back, it was in that set list. Wildest Dreams was the only new song they were doing.
I'd welcome it, that is IF they do a UK tour, it's been far too long, and by that I mean not playing festival dates only, or 02 arena dates only, do it properly or not at all for British fans who missed out on Maiden England and the SBIT tour, stop such a focus on the US, they have been spoilt the last several years.
I'd rather see them in home turf than anywhere else, but we should not forget that they did their most succesful UK tour ever (in terms of ticket sales) in 2011, so it has not been that long. 😉
True, and plenty of countries (even continents) did not get to see the Maiden England tour at all.
Ade Dennis
I have mixed feelings about both albums, but I'd love to hear some of the songs like Run Silent, Run Deep and Mother Russia to hear how they stand up live. I'd love to hear Virus too which, correct me if I'm wrong, has never been played live with Bruce?
That's true. Actually none of the songs you mention have ever been played live. Which pretty much means they never will be, since Maiden have never brought in songs that weren't played on the original album tour. Not even Alexander The Great, despite popular demand. 🙂
Well there's a tour in itself. The 'First Time Live' tour. Set list chosen by fan vote.
@Ade: That's a really cool idea! I'd love it, but I'm not sure it would sell tickets. Actually the band got close to a fan-voted setlist in 1999 when they based the set on the Ed Hunter soundtrack that the fans voted for.
I fear you're right with the ticket issue. Maybe it's an idea for a 'one off' show when the boys DO decide to call it a day. Not that I ever want that day to come!
What the hell is wrong with everyone, personally, I think that fear of the dark is one of maidens best and be quick or be dead is the song that made me fall in love with the band. I would be thrilled to see them perform their music from this era!
It's just a fact that the 90s is easily Maiden's most controversial decade, meaning that the music and performances from this era is what the fans seem to disagree the most about. Commercially speaking, the 90s was Maiden's lowest point ever, which is why a lot of people question the wisdom of basing a tour on it.
In any case, you'll get Fear Of The Dark no matter what the tour concept is, that's for sure! 🙂
Unless it is an Early Days tour… :p
@Ghost: As you know, with the cries of outrage the band received at dropping FOTD from that tour, it would be in the set if they did it over. 😀 After that point it became a 1980s song for all intents and purposes.
I think it will be an album tour next, but either way I hope they edit all the awful black and white blury camera angles out of the DVD of Donnington 92 if they insist on re-releasing it, if not I'd rather it be buried in time forever.
@Ziggy: I share your frustration with the Donington 92 footage… Completely awful stuff… But there's no album tour next, since the band is going to tour in 2014 and Bruce says they're not doing an album until 2015.
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Graham Doyle
There were some cracking tunes put together by the band in that era but not enough to tour on. You'll get a few belters mixed in with the safe stuff we here on all tours. I'm okay with that but calling it a 90's themed tour could actually hurt ticket sales given how it was received and compared to the eras it's sandwiched between…
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Unfortunately, Srila Dhanurdhara Swami was disconnected from the conference call about 30 minutes into the call. Maharaja managed to call back in shortly thereafter.
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Peace agreement in Hangberg
JOHN HARVEY
Dan Plato and Roberto Quintas listen to the community's demands.
Late on Thursday night, Western Cape Safety MEC Dan Plato arrived in Hangberg in a bid to quell tensions.
In order to diffuse the situation, which saw running battles between police and community members protesting for housing and a redress of fishing allocations, he pledged to return at 10am this morning, Friday September 15, to listen to residents' grievances.
The MEC made good on his word, first meeting community leaders at Sentinel Primary before addressing the broader community at the Hangberg Sports and Recreation Centre. He was accompanied by ward councillor Roberto Quintas.
While a small police presence remained at the bottom of the Atlantic Skipper Road, the provincial and local government representatives were unaccompanied by policing agencies.
A memorandum stating the community's demands was discussed at length in a constructive exchange, and at the end of the day it was agreed that a tentative peace would be restored. This was dependent on the MEC's commitment to meetings to be held from early next week, in which each of the community's demands would be addressed.
It was also agreed that Hangberg schools would be reopened so children could write exams.
Furthermore, Mr Plato confirmed to the community that the national Minister of Fisheries, Senzeni Zokwana, would meet the community at 1pm on Sunday, September 17. This comes after departmental representatives failed to attend a meeting on Thursday, sparking a fresh wave of protest.
Among the community's demands were that:
* New leadership be elected to the Hangberg Peace and Mediation Forum, and the existing Peace Accord dissolved;
* The mismanagement of fishing rights by DAFF be addressed, and corrupt officials within the department be brought to book;
* That police responsible for the shooting of 14-year-old boy on Tuesday be prosecuted and be brought to justice;
* That housing and land be provided for the community;
* Basic services be improved immediately;
* Roads and parking be improved immediately;
* Community members, particularly children, be provided counselling, as they still bore the scars of the 2010 riots when Metro police clashed violently with Metro police.
Audience members were granted opportunity to address the officials, and were emphatic in their demands that they not be paid lip service, but given timelines as to when their grievances would be addressed.
They were particularly outspoken on issues of police brutality, saying the police "had learnt nothing from the 2010 riots".
A video of the shooting of 14-year-old Ona Dubula, who sustained injuries to his mouth and ribs, was then shown to Mr Plato.
The video was shot by Hangberg resident Peter Michaels, and has since gone viral.
The Independent Police Investigative Directorate has opened a case of attempted murder against the officers, and Mr Plato assured the community he would engage with the directorate to ensure justice was carried out.
In order to move forward, the community needs to come up with a tactical approach. The longer we fight, the less people are going to listen to our grievances," he told the audience.
"The beginning of this process is a new leadership structure. You need to take steps, and essentially act like a business entity putting a structure together. You are sitting on a goldmine here in Hout Bay, but you cannot get access to the goldmine if you continue to fight."
Mr Plato said he would assist the community to structure their own companies.
With regards to the PMF, he said there was nothing stopping the community from forming its own structures. However, it was pointed out to him that a High Court order bound the Peace Accord.
Audience member Donovan van der Heyden said it was no good having a number of different representative bodies, but implored the MEC to understand that the community needed new leadership.
Community representative Lee Smith also urged Mr Plato to appreciate that the community was tired of waiting for answers, and said the fishing rights issue and housing concerns should be addressed concurrently.
It was then that he said meetings would be held with all relevant City departments from Monday onward.
A call had also been made to uplift education levels in Hangberg, to which Mr Plato said community leaders should bring the youth together and he would work on granting them access to colleges.
Taking the floor, Mr Quintas said he had spoken to provincial government about petitioning DAFF to relook at the fishing allocations.
He would also be making counselling a top priority, and to this end would be engaging with mayoral committee member for safety, security and social services, JP Smith. This he hoped would be rolled out next week.
Mr Quintas implored the community to allow the clinic, which has been closed for three days, to reopen, as people were desperately requiring treatment for tuberculosis and other ailments.
In addition, cleaning of streets would be given high priority.
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Statistics, the science of learning from data, has become increasingly important as scientists, businesses, and governments rely more and more on data-driven decision-making. Statisticians work in many areas, including business, economics, medicine, epidemiology, agriculture, environmental sciences, sports, and all aspects of government. With the increasing digitization and networking of society, data have become ever more ubiquitous, further expanding the demand for statisticians and their expertise in the collection and analysis of data.
Statistics majors learn how to design studies that effectively address the purpose of a research project and how to properly analyze the data collected in such studies. Core courses cover statistical methods applicable in a wide variety of settings (e.g., regression and design of experiments) as well as the conceptual and mathematical foundations of statistics. Other courses explore specific data types often encountered in practical settings. Statistics majors have the option to minor in actuarial science, a profession involving the statistical and financial practices of insurance.
Students who wish to major in statistics must consult a department advisor early in their programs.
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences offers the Bachelor of Science (B.S.) and the Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in statistics. The B.A. is intended for students who wish to pursue a career in the field of statistics or to teach statistics at the secondary-school level, but who do not currently contemplate graduate study in statistics. The B.S. is intended for students who wish to pursue graduate study in statistics or a closely related area, and for other strong students with a deeper interest in the mathematical foundations of statistics.
Students must receive minimum grades of C within two attempts (including withdrawals) in every required core course and in every course counted toward the 12 credit elective requirement, with the exception of MAC 2312 and MAC 2313 where students must receive a minimum grade of B-. Students cannot retake core or statistics elective courses after earning a minimum grade of C, with the exception of MAC 2312 and MAC 2313, in which students must receive a minimum grade of B-. A minimum GPA of 2.0 must be achieved on all attempts of core and major elective courses and 2.67 on MAC 2312 and MAC 2313. The grades from all attempts to satisfy core requirements will be used to compute the minimum GPA. A minimum of 18 credits of major coursework must be taken at UF, including a minimum of 12 credits of core coursework.
The B.A. in statistics requires a minimum of 42 credits in statistics and related coursework. The B.S. in statistics requires a minimum of 49 credits in statistics and related coursework. It is important that the prerequisites of each class are met before the class is attempted.
The course sequence, STA 4210-STA 4211 and STA 4321-STA 4322 should be completed by the end of the junior year.
Superior students can earn both the bachelor's and master's degrees in a shorter time than typically would be possible by counting up to 12 credits of approved graduate courses toward both degrees. For information and application, contact the undergraduate or graduate coordinator.
Statistics majors may want to consider a minor in actuarial science, which prepares students for careers as actuaries. Required courses cover the material for the beginning examinations and VEE credits leading to an associateship in the major national actuarial societies.
The statistics major enables students to achieve proficiency in the fundamentals of statistical reasoning. Through study of both theoretical and applied statistics and through data analysis projects, students will gain knowledge in problem solving, statistical applications and data-based inferences. Emphasis is on developing the ability to approach real world problems and through the use of statistical methods to be able to analyze and to draw valid scientific inferences.
Complete an exam on the fundamentals of statistics, which will be 5% of your grade in STA 4211.
Complete a data analysis project, which will be 10% of your grade in STA 4211.
Identify, define and describe concepts and issues in statistics, including those involved in designing a statistical study, in statistical estimation and in tests of hypotheses.
Identify sources of variability in a given problem setting and formulate an appropriate statistical analysis.
Clearly and effectively present ideas in speech and in writing concerning statistical issues and analyses of data.


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The ABCs of Medical Translation: Strategies to Identify, Translate and Manage Acronyms and Abbreviations
Erin Lyons | Plus Exclusive Content
To identify, expand and break down medical acronyms and abbreviations.
To identify appropriate resources to translate medical acronyms and abbreviations.
To adopt specific "don't panic" translation strategies to methodologically handle these tricky terms.
Are you stumped by the acronyms and abbreviations that saturate medical translations? Do these prevent you from accepting translation jobs? Do you want to learn how to decode these terms and identify the best resources for your language combinations?
Abbreviations, acronyms and the quasi-legible scribbles of doctors are the medical translator's daily bread; however, deciphering and researching these words, as well as maintaining terminology databases, can lead to productivity black holes. This presentation will provide a variety of resources and strategies for managing the translation of these troublesome three- and four-letter words more effectively. It will also address related issues, such as handling texts with interwoven English and non-English acronyms and abbreviations and the appropriate use of Latin- and Greek-derived medical jargon.
Erin Lyons - Erin M. Lyons is a full-time French to English and Italian to English translator, medical writer, and consultant and the Owner and President of BiomedNouvelle. Her primary areas of focus include clinical research, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and cosmetic products and she has split her professional career between Europe and the U.S. She has a BA in Romance Languages and Literature from the University of Chicago and an MA in Italian and French Translation from the Monterey Institute of International Studies. She has presented at several ATA Annual Conferences, as well as at the 2011 World Congress of the International Federation of Translators and the 2013 ProZ.com International Conference (Porto) and 6th Annual Congress and Training in France (Biarritz).
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Thank you Erin for this very informative video. For me the differences between US and UK English were especially helpful, as was information on the advanced googling functions and the resources at the end of your presentation. I would love to get a pdf version of your presentation, if that is still an option.
These hints are the solution to the many "nightmares" I have gone through deciphering certain acronyms. One I cannot forget was GBS - which misled me to think the subject was "Group B Streptococcal disease", only to find out in the end that it meant "Guillain-Barré Syndrome". Imagine the proofreading re-work. I had an entirely *twisted* impression ! Congratulations to Ms. Erin. Thank you very much. I had no idea about these advanced Google search tricks until today.


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Students and staff at Hugh Christie School once again celebrated World Book day in style with nearly all students and many staff dressing up as their favourite book characters.
Many took on characters from the current termly 'Hugh Christie Reads' theme of Children's' Classics. These included Wizard of Oz, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Treasure Island to name a few.
The Howard Library, now the largest school library in any Kent school, put on a Harry Potter theme day with some very scary Dementors around to trouble the many dressed up characters from J.K. Rowling's wonderful books.
Alongside these, we had the weird and wonderful including a number of Dennis the Menace and Gnasher characters, impersonated by members of the Science Department.
This annual celebration of reading has become an important tradition at Hugh Christie. Whilst being great fun, it reminds also the whole school of the huge pleasure that can be gained from reading.


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