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32 Emmy nominations for one show is overkill
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No host; way too many categories plague show
* UPDATE: There will be no host. Hmmm. No one worthy to do it in the land of celebrity and emcees.
* BEFORE: EMMYS: The problem with this show is they have way too many categories and most are handed out before the live show. But, a show about TV and its stars is shown on TV but has been losing viewers for years. I do still watch and report on it but not like I used to. There are simply way too many shows on TV now to keep up, even for those of us who covered the beat for years. And the viewership levels are not up to par to make it worthwhile to even report on many of them. Time management requires ignoring many. A great deal of fake watching goes on here as well.
* MORE EMMYS: The need for a snub story (it happens after every nomination announcement) when there can be more than five nominees in a category is nonsense now. Jimmy Fallon or Seth Meyers getting snubs is not a snub. Their shows are not that good. With so many categories, snubs do not exist. If someone got snubbed, it means not enough people voted for them, so it is NOT a SNUB. Perhaps people simply did not want them to get nominated this time around.
* "The Big Bang Theory" was not good last year, either, so not having it in there despite it being the last year is not that big of an issue for me. However, Hollywood will not like it. Wait, Hollywood votes so they did not like the show enough this time around.
* For one show to get 32 nominations, it shows that there are too many categories. There is no way one show, no matter the show, deserves that many nominations for one series, in one year.
* Meanwhile, fans of the show did not like the last episode (that is always the cool thing to do), but that feels contrived, too).
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Hostless sends chilling message to hosts
* BEFORE: There may not be a host this year. It is a shame that Hollywood feels they do not need a host (who is an entertainer) anymore. I like the fact that there is no host, but think about it - - they are telling us that they feel the host can take away from the show (Oscars, too) and may be too divisive. Hmmm. Was a time when the host guided the show along and kept the pacing intact. Sorry Kimmel, DeGeneres, Goldberg, Corden, Meyers, you are no no longer capable of that. This may be the biggest example of the Hollywood backlash that is being felt with award shows and the like. And if they name one this late in the game, that is odd, too.
* One again, I will say that there is too much product and way too many ways to consume TV now. Some like that, but it is a mess.
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Clinicopathologic Correlation of a Subretinal Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy Band in a Patient with Chronic Recurrent Retinal Detachment
Karen R. Brown, Sander R. Dubovy, Nidhi Relhan, Harry W. Flynn
Purpose: Proliferative vitreoretinopathy is a well-known cause of failure of retinal detachment surgery. The purpose of this case report is to illustrate the clinical occurrence and histopathology of a horizontal subretinal band ("clothesline" configuration) creating recurrent and persistent retinal detachment. Observations: A 67-year-old Hispanic female with diabetes type 2 and a history of retinal detachment surgery in the left eye (OS) presented with decreased vision OS. Best corrected visual acuity at this recent presentation was 20/80 OS. Clinical examination disclosed a recurrent inferior retinal detachment and a subretinal "clothesline" fibrotic band. Surgical removal of the subretinal band was performed. Histopathological evaluation of longitudinal and transverse sections of the band revealed a cable-like configuration composed predominantly of glial differentiation, RPE differentiation, and collagen, based on morphology and immunohistochemical staining. There was focal smooth muscle and neuroendocrine cell differentiation, as detected with smooth muscle actin (SMA) and S100 staining, respectively. Cross-sections demonstrated pigmented fibrocellular tissue with foci of cells staining positive for S100 and keratin peripherally around the tissue, suggestive of RPE differentiation. Scattered foci of SMA-positive cells suggested mild myoblastic differentiation. Conclusions and Importance: This case report presents further information on the structure and orientation of the cellular components of subretinal band proliferative vitreoretinopathy. Cells suggestive of Müller cell differentiation compose the central aspect of the band, alongside collagen fibers. RPE differentiation is variably present peripherally in the band, likely reflective of proliferating RPE encircling the subretinal fibrous tissue. A mild amount of myofibroblastic differentiation was present within the band of tissue, correlating with the clinical findings of subretinal tissue contraction and localized retinal detachment.
Case Reports in Ophthalmology
Proliferative vitreoretinopathy
Subretinal band
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Brown, K. R., Dubovy, S. R., Relhan, N., & Flynn, H. W. (2018). Clinicopathologic Correlation of a Subretinal Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy Band in a Patient with Chronic Recurrent Retinal Detachment. Case Reports in Ophthalmology, 9(2), 279-282. https://doi.org/10.1159/000488931
Clinicopathologic Correlation of a Subretinal Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy Band in a Patient with Chronic Recurrent Retinal Detachment. / Brown, Karen R.; Dubovy, Sander R.; Relhan, Nidhi; Flynn, Harry W.
In: Case Reports in Ophthalmology, Vol. 9, No. 2, 01.05.2018, p. 279-282.
Brown, KR, Dubovy, SR, Relhan, N & Flynn, HW 2018, 'Clinicopathologic Correlation of a Subretinal Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy Band in a Patient with Chronic Recurrent Retinal Detachment', Case Reports in Ophthalmology, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 279-282. https://doi.org/10.1159/000488931
Brown KR, Dubovy SR, Relhan N, Flynn HW. Clinicopathologic Correlation of a Subretinal Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy Band in a Patient with Chronic Recurrent Retinal Detachment. Case Reports in Ophthalmology. 2018 May 1;9(2):279-282. https://doi.org/10.1159/000488931
Brown, Karen R. ; Dubovy, Sander R. ; Relhan, Nidhi ; Flynn, Harry W. / Clinicopathologic Correlation of a Subretinal Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy Band in a Patient with Chronic Recurrent Retinal Detachment. In: Case Reports in Ophthalmology. 2018 ; Vol. 9, No. 2. pp. 279-282.
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This is a copy of "Stormy Day," the Isaac Levitan painting that I posted to my Facebook page recently. I applied a watercolor filter to the second palette crop. Actually, I think this palette is for another painting I'm working on that I'll probably paint over. Whoops!
In searching for a photo of the Levitan painting, I came across many other paintings of his that I admire. See this site for a rich sampling of his work, especially "Shadows, Moonlit Night," "Vladimirka Road," and "Footpath in a Forest, Ferns." The latter seems especially remarkable as a sort of Impressionism/Realism hybrid. Wow! Plaudits to I Require Art's Facebook page for bringing to our attention the work of little-known artists such as Levitan, as well as lesser-known works by widely known artists such as van Gogh..
Another tight crop. This is a bad habit I've fallen into. The painting I'm working on started as an unsuccessful cloud and morphed into a floating meringue-topped pie, which reminded me of Wayne Thiebaud, whose work I dislike. Bleah! If I can successfully paint a big floating fork, I'll finish it as a joke painting. If not, break out the gesso.
This is the least successful of my three copies of paintings so far. It's Georgia O'Keefe's "Church Steeple," 1930, shown here with two palette crops. I used the dimensions of the postcard image: 3″ wide by 5.5″ tall. That was a mistake, because almost everything ended up as detail work. I need to get away from these miniaturist tendencies and try a much larger painting for a change, no matter how bad it is.


growing pressures from the EU for taxes to be harmonized within the union.
According to the KDH's Vladimír Palko, if Europe harmonized direct taxes it would hurt the ability of pro-reform states like Slovakia to compete and catch up to the EU standard of living, the SME daily wrote.
"The European Commission wants to control the setting of direct taxes. [On the other hand] Western European states refuse to reform their labour laws and tax systems and are facing a major outflow of companies to new markets as a result," Palko said.
According to the KDH, Slovakia should insist on sovereignty over the setting of tax rates. The party's declaration would also bind future governments to resists efforts towards tax harmonization within the EU.


Dropshipping today is rapidly flooding the Internet and turning into one of the main marketing tools in e-commerce.
It combines practicality with all forms of e-commerce, representing simultaneously a system of commercial relations and a new way of building marketing networks.
Nowadays there is a great number of drop shipping websites that offer quality services, all you need is to choose the one that is right for you.
Along with the US-based drop shippers, you can also use the services of Chinese dropshipping suppliers.
So, if you are one of those who are looking for best drop shipping companies for your business, then this post is for you. We will give you a list of 8 best dropshippers for your business.
Doba is one of the largest dropshipping company in the USA, founded in 2002. The catalog of goods offered for sale by this company is 1.447.353 items in 1,500 categories (about 8.000 brands) from 165 suppliers.
The annual subscription fee is from $ 599.50 to $ 899.50 depending on the package of services provided. All dealings with suppliers are made through the interface of the company's website.
Through the web interface, dropshippers also receive ready-made descriptions and product photos. The functions of the dropshippers, cooperating with Doba Company, are to put up trade offers on the Internet, as well as collect and process the orders.
Oberlo is an online platform that allows you to choose from a wide variety of shipping options for your online store. With Oberlo, you can start your own e-commerce store in just a few clicks and import dropshipping products that can be sent directly to your clients.
Since its foundation in 2015 Oberlo has helped deliver products to 85 million worldwide. This is the best choice for most people who prefer to use shipping for their import. You can earn money from Oberlo by recommending it to audience of your blog, Facebook or Twitter subscribers, or even your friends and family.
Salehoo provides a catalog that gives access to over 8,000 genuine suppliers and to 1.6 million products at wholesale prices.
Provides access to their Market Research Laboratory.
Helps find the most profitable products for sale online.
Answers all the questions, support on the forum.
Worldwide Brands provides a directory of 100% certified wholesaler and dropshipping vendors.
The Asian practice of dropshipping is associated with China. The Chinese approach to organization of dropshipping has its own reasons and distinctive features. Despite the apparent similarity in methods and tools, Chinese best wholesale drop shipping companies are fundamentally different from the American ones.
These differences determine the successes and expansionist strategies of Chinese commodity producers. This circumstance is explained by the fact that in China dropshipping is the dominant form of sales in the conditions of an export-oriented economy.
It has to deal with established traditional trade. So, in the Chinese dropshipping model, advertising does not play a decisive role in sales organization. For Chinese best wholesale drop shipping companies, it is more about the price of goods, which is the main stimulus to attract both dropshippers and customers. It is the price that makes Chinese products attractive to buyers around the world, despite the dubious quality of goods and the lack of after-sales service.
Today, almost all Chinese manufacturers of small household appliances, clothes and other goods have a registration page and support service for drop shipping companies on their sites. In addition, there are dozens of Chinese sites, which not only accumulate information on wholesalers who carry out retail mail, but also perform this function for them.
In this sense, the most typical site is LightTake , which not only accumulates suppliers` offers, but also performs orders processing and product shipment functions. So, it is a sort of an online store for dropshippers. Moreover, at the request of dropshippers, any address can be specified as a return address, and a special system of benefits and credits is provided.
China has significantly outpaced its western competitors due to the global economic crisis.
The most famous online trading platform is Alibaba.com , owned by Alibaba Group, which also includes Aliexpress.com, 1688.com and TaoBao.com. The company positions itself as an international B2B marketplace. The main suppliers are Chinese manufacturers, but there are also exporters from Japan, South Korea, India, and Taiwan.
international shipping. The goods can be delivered to any place of the world. At the same time at the discretion of the buyer there is a choice of free or paid delivery. In the first case, it will take at least two months to wait for the purchased goods, in the second case, it will be possible to use the purchased item after 5-7 days.
In addition to the benefits, Alibaba has its own drawbacks. The main points include the lack of secure transactions and the targeting of Chinese manufacturers to large wholesale purchases. In the first case, this disadvantage is expressed in the fact that payment is made not through the site, but directly to the supplier.
For this reason, no vendor is liable until it is delivered to the buyer's warehouse. The second disadvantage is that buying a product at a bargain price is possible only in case of a wholesale purchase.
For the medium and small business, the weaknesses of this trading platform can become a serious obstacle to the successful development of their business. These disadvantages are absent from other trading platforms owned by Alibaba.
Taobao is the auction and the largest online retailer in China, targeting the end consumer. Let's list the main, first-lookable, advantages and disadvantages that most innovators have for themselves.
to send to another country you need an intermediary (which is an additional expense and controversial situation).
The huge selection of goods without a doubt is a very significant and undeniable advantage of Taobao. However, it is he who makes the search for the necessary goods so long and not always productive. And if you add to this Chinese interface language, then the task of finding the right thing becomes even more difficult.
The low price is one of the main components of the attractiveness of this trading platform and one of the big mistakes of buyers. Since the delivery of goods from Taobao is mainly carried out only through China, then the question arises about the intermediary. Therefore, you always need to add% of the intermediary to the price of the broker (on average, it is 5-10%),% for transferring money to the intermediary (the PayPal payment system is usually used, which takes about 5%), shipping cost in China (if any) + the cost of delivery to your country (depends on the method of delivery and the state). After all calculations it turns out that the price of goods increases by 20-50%, depending on the weight of the parcel.
increased parcel weight due to large amounts of paper or garbage.
In fairness, it is worth noting that the purchase through an intermediary involves checking the goods for defective, when the order is still in China. In case of incorrect size, color or damage, the item can be returned to the seller promptly.
In view of the fact that delivery to China, the processing of an order for an intermediary warehouse and delivery to the buyer sometimes take a lot of time, the benefit and security of payments through PayPal lose their meaning, because the system gives only 45 days from the moment of payment for the opportunity to open a dispute for the return of money.
Thus, purchases on taobao.com are profitable only for large and overall orders. Never forget that despite budget savings (and sometimes substantial), they still have a certain risk (and sometimes a complete loss of money in the case of a dishonest mediator).
Aliexpress was created by Alibaba Group as the youngest brother of taobao.com, aimed at the international market. Initially, the developers of the trading floor did not invest in the development, promotion and promotion of the resource on the Internet, and this somewhat slowed its growth in the e-commerce market.
It did not add to the popularity of the resource, and the fact that there were quite a lot of extras in the past, trading lots (3-5 or more pieces of the same name).
However, at the end of 2012-2013, the site's leadership took it seriously. As a result, the interface and rating system were improved, trade rules were tightened, Paypal payment system was replaced by a more appropriate one - Escrow, and the rules for handling disputes were gradually improved.
It is also necessary to pay tribute to the owners of the trading floor for keeping their hand on the pulse and react quickly to the situation with the delivery dates - the maximum number of days on the counter first grew to 90, and then to 120, on the situation with the disputes - was expanded and clearer A list of reasons for the opening is formulated and some delusions are cleared, for example, it is no longer possible to open a dispute for partial compensation for a parcel located on the way.
possibility to leave feedbacks on goods in English and other languages, and attach real photos.
limited number of delivery methods.
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The first manned-mission to Europa ended in a catastophic accident, leaving the sole surviving astronaut on a multi-year journey home to Earth, in solitude.
Astronauts are sent into space on a 13 year mission to explore Europa. Since life had recently been discovered on Jupiter's moon, the mission is to study life on the distant moon. Two years into the journey, a freak accident leaves one astronaut facing a monumental situation, having to spend the next three years alone in a desperate journey home.


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Supplementary protection for combination products heading for setback at the Court of Justice of the EU
On 13 July 2011, the opinion of the Advocate General (AG) was released in the consolidated cases C-322/10 and C-422/10, "Medeva" and "Georgetown" respectively, concerning supplementary protection certificates (SPCs) for combination vaccines. In her opinion, the AG recommends the adoption of the "disclosure test", rather than the "infringement test", to resolve the question whether a product is protected by a basic patent in the sense of Article 3a of the SPC regulation.
The cases concern the interpretation of the EU regulation on supplementary protection certificates (SPCs) for medicinal products, Regulation 469/2009. An SPC may be granted to a patent holder when a product covered by the patent (the "basic patent") must be subjected to clinical trials in order to be sold. An SPC provides a maximum of five years' extra protection as a compensation for the delay in getting to the market.
The question in these cases is whether a product is eligible for SPC protection when it comprises a combination of active ingredients and only a subset of these ingredients is the subject of the patent. In particular, the issue has come up in connection with the development of multi-component vaccines, where one vaccine composition may contain many different disease antigens.
In the EU member states, there are currently different approaches. In a few national authorities, notably Germany and Denmark, the tendency is that a product is considered eligible for SPC protection if a combination product would infringe the basic patent (the so called "infringement test"). In most other national patent offices, the requirement is instead the so-called "disclosure test", which mandates that the product must not only be covered by the patent in the infringement sense, but must also be explicitly described. Exactly how specific this description must be varies between member states. In other words, there is clearly a situation where guidance from the CJEU is needed, and several related referrals for preliminary rulings on this issue are pending. See also Sidsel Hauge's article in AWA ip Review #2 2010.
The AG opinion released yesterday is a recommendation for the court's final ruling, and, while followed in the majority of cases, it is not binding on the final judgment. The opinion contains a very detailed analysis of the EU law on the subject, and is interesting reading. To summarize the AG's position in relation to the ultimate question, however, does not take more than a few words: the AG is of the opinion that the infringement test is definitely not the correct test, but that national law still has to be applied in order to determine whether a combination product forms the subject-matter of the basic patent.
In her opinion, however, the AG also recommends that an SPC should be available for a subset of active ingredients in a combination product when the subset is disclosed in the basic patent, even if the marketing approval concerns a combination of additional active ingredients.
It remains to be seen if the Court comes to the same conclusion in its final opinion.
Niklas Mattsson, European Patent Attorney, Awapatent
Topics: CJ EU Medication SPC
Niklas Mattsson
Partner, European Patent Attorney
niklas.mattsson@awa.com
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Today, most healthcare employers in Nevada are finding themselves not only overwhelmed with open healthcare positions, but out of budget to recruit professionals to their organizations.
The state's rapidly growing demand for healthcare professionals – who are in short supply nationwide – has led employers to align themselves with networks of employment Web sites due to effective results, as well as lower service costs compared to traditional staffing firms.
According to Doug Geinzer, president and founder of Las Vegas-based Recruiting Nevada, which operates a network of employment Web sites that attract professionals to Nevada, employers turning to Internet recruitment solution providers are finding healthcare employment options, job satisfaction, opportunities for growth and a high-quality work environment attract the best in the industry to the Silver State.
And Geinzer's efforts are positively impacting the state. According to a 2005 report by John Packham of the University of Nevada School of Medicine, Nevada increased its nurse-to-population ratio by 5 percent over the last five years – a substantial increase, especially since Nevada has opened more new hospitals and hospital expansions than any other state in the country. This increase helped Nevada surpass California, which currently has the lowest nurse-to-population ratio in the nation. The numbers are breathing new life into employers throughout the state.
Healthcare employers are focusing their efforts on California and finding success. Geinzer said Nevada offers medical professionals a significantly lower and more manageable cost of living than its next-door neighbor, as well as more opportunities for career advancement and the choice of working either in Nevada's bustling cities or calmer, rural towns. "Whichever their preference – medical professionals relocating to the area have a choice, and Nevadans are benefiting from it," Geinzer said.
Another factor in Nevada's medical recruiting success is the assistance many healthcare employers are now offering, free of charge, to the trailing spouses of medical professionals. Hospitals and medical centers are now working together with families to find work for everyone in order to improve employee recruiting and retention.


No. 2 overall pick Lonzo Ball had a very pedestrian debut in the Los Angeles Lakers' regular season opener on Thursday. The rookie finished 1-for-6 from the field with three points, nine rebounds, and four assists in the 108-92 loss to the Clippers, and he was most notably harassed by opposing point guard Patrick Beverley.
The next day, ESPN's First Take was reviewing Ball's debut, and they used the most interesting highlight package for Ball in his debut. Apparently devoid of actual highlights, ESPN just showed Ball making his lone shot on the night from four different angles.
Like seriously? What was up with that?
Considering that the segment was talking about Ball's struggles, why not show some of his lowlights from the game? Hell, even if you are insistent on showing highlights, was there literally nothing else? He had four assists, too, why not show him making the correct pass?
Just another oddity in the ongoing saga of the Ball family.


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Iguodala sees former NBA player as a role model
Jim Ruppert
Back in the early 1990s, NBA player Kevin Gamble, a Lanphier High School graduate, would come back to Springfield every summer and set up his basketball camp at the Lanphier gym.
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A couple of the wide-eyed campers in 1992 were the Iguodala brothers, Frank and Andre.
"We've still got a piece of one of the trophies they won that year," says Linda Shanklin, the Iguodala brothers' mother.
This week, Gamble and Andre Iguodala teamed up for a basketball camp at the University of Illinois at Springfield, where 100 young basketball players learned the fundamentals of offense and defense.
It's all a part of Andre Iguodala Celebrity Weekend, which concludes today, highlighted by the Andre Iguodala Celebrity Basketball Game.
Both Gamble and Iguodala led their Lanphier teams to the Class AA State Tournament in their senior years, Gamble in 1983 and Iguodala in 2002. Both played Division I basketball, Gamble at Iowa and Iguodala at Arizona. Both made it to the highest level, the NBA.
"He's still in town," Iguodala said about Gamble Friday. "He's here year 'round. He's got the connection with the kids, even with his son and his daughter playing.
"I went to all his camps as a kid, when I was growing up. I learned a lot through him and his camps and what he brought. I wanted to bring the same thing to mine. So I thought it would be great for us to do something together."
Gamble remembers those early camps at Lanphier, when he partnered with McDonald's owners Rick and Dona McGraw to make sure that every kid who wanted to attend camp got the chance.
"In a conversation with Andre, he mentioned he'd like to do something with me," said Gamble, who is the men's basketball coach at UIS. "It worked out.
Shanklin runs the Andre Iguodala Youth Foundation, which sponsored this week's camp, and Gamble said he sees Shanklin all the time.
"I was planning on doing the camp again," he said. "The rest is history."
"Andre has had such a blessed life," Shanklin said. "His dreams are coming true.
"He dreamed of playing in the NBA, and he dreamed of having a basketball camp with Kevin. This camp is set up exactly the way Kevin always sets up his camps.
"Kevin is a mentor to Andre. Kevin is held in the highest regard."
Iguodala is one of the young NBA players who have been working out in Las Vegas with the U.S. Olympic team. Because of that commitment, he was not able to make it back to Springfield for the camp until Friday morning.
When he arrived at the gym in UIS's Recreation and Athletic Center, a buzz went through the room. While a game of five-on-five was being contested on the main floor, the campers ringing the court chanted, "An-dre, An-dre, An-dre."
Iguodala responded by slapping hands with each of the youngsters. ages 8-12, on both sides of the court.
He and Gamble posed for individual photos with every camper, as well as all of the members of the coaching staff. After lunch, he was there for the awards presentation and to sign autographs.
"Respectful" is how Gamble, 42, describes his relationship with Iguodala, 24.
"Our age is a big difference," Gamble said. "He is very busy. We have a very cordial relationship."
Iguodala calls Gamble a good role model.
"The way he carries himself ...," Iguodala said. "Even in the (NBA), John Loyer, he was our assistant coach with the Sixers like two years ago, and he used to talk about (Gamble), that he was a great guy and handled himself on and off the court.
"You never heard any things about him. I think he did a lot for the community. I'm just trying to pick up where he left off."
Gamble said 100 kids attended the camp, which was held for the first time at UIS.
"We'd like to have 300 next year," Gamble said.
"It'll get bigger every year," Iguodala said. "We just want to continue to get kids out here, continue to (let them) play and continue to want to get better."
The Iguodala brothers will be opposing coaches for today's celebrity basketball game. Because of his contract situation — Andre Iguodala became a restricted free agent July 1, and negotiations with the Philadelphia 76ers have dragged — he will not play.
Among those committed to play in the game as of Friday were Iguodala's Philadelphia teammates Louis Williams and Thaddeus Young, Iguodala's former Arizona teammate Channing Frye (now of the Portland Trailblazers) and former Illinois standout Dee Brown. Brown has signed an offer sheet with the Washington Wizards after playing in Turkey last season.
Jim Ruppert can be reached at 217-788-1549.
*10 a.m.-1 p.m. — Health and Education Fair at UIS Recreation and Athletic Center
*3-6 p.m. — Andre Iguodala Celebrity Basketball Game, also at UIS; $20
*8-11 p.m. — "STYLE" Fashion and Comedy Show featuring "The World's Greatest Entertainer Doug E. Fresh," Morris Chestnut and LisaRaye, Sangamon Auditorium at UIS; $20
Andre Iguodala Youth Foundation
The Andre Iguodala Youth Foundation was formed with this motto: "Aiming to inspire and empower youth by combining educational as well as athletic programs to encourage while motivating youth to reach their highest potential."
The foundation's efforts have included:
*Participating in the 76ers' Drive for Kids program each of the past three years in Philadelphia.
*Andre Iguodala's Book Drive, which in 2006 and 2007 led to the donation of more than 2,600 new children's books in the Philadelphia area.
*The Caps for Kids Drive, which brought in more than 1,400 new hats that were donated to local children's hospitals.
*Donating money each of the past three summers to Springfield School District athletic funds.
*Purchasing a new basketball scoreboard for the Lanphier High School gym.
*Providing Thanksgiving dinner baskets to 100 families in both 2006 and 2007. The 2007 event took place at Franklin Middle School, which Iguodala attended.
*The Andre Iguodala Disaster Relief Fund, formed in March 2006 for Springfield tornado victims. Iguodala pledged $500 per point, rebound and assist recorded against New York on April 2, 2006, and finished with 20 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds for a total of $19,000. Combined with an online auction and in-arena donations at the Wachovia Center on April 2, 2006, Iguodala raised a total of $35,000 for the tornado relief effort.
Iguodala was named one of The Sporting News' 2006 "Good Guys" for his charitable efforts on and off the court.
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Khan Abdul Wali Khan (1917–2006), Pashtun activist against the British Raj, senior politician in Pakistan  and writer
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Abdiweli Mohamed Ali  (born 1965), Somali economist and politician
Abdul Wali (torture victim) (ca. 1975–2003), Afghan who died in US custody
Abduwali Muse (born ca. 1992), Somali accused of piracy
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Responsibilities and Potential Pitfalls: What Does an Executor Do?
A friend or a relative just passed away, and you find out that she named you as the executor for her estate. My guess is that you react with a mixed set of emotions. You're grieving over the loss, feeling honored by the trust placed in you and nervous about taking on the assignment. Questions come up: What exactly does an executor do? How much time will you need to devote to the task? Are you even knowledgable enough to confidently take on the role? Do you have to say yes?
Let's start with a definition. An executor ensures that a deceased person's property is distributed in accordance with his or her last will. As the "chief administrator" of someone's estate you have what the law calls a fiduciary duty. You must act honestly, diligently and in the best interest of the beneficiaries. You are expected to treat the assets in the trust as though they were your own.
Identify the decedent's assets and manage them until you have distributed them.
Locate and contact the people named as beneficiaries and determine whether and where the will must go through probate.
Prepare and file the necessary estate tax returns.
Notify potential creditors of your relative's death and pay off any outstanding debt and tax burdens before you distribute the assets.
Ensure that recurring payments to lenders or insurance companies continue to be made.
Distribute the assets as laid out in the will.
The entire process of administering and distributing an estate takes at least a few months. Some executors go through it without professional assistance, but be advised that errors can cost you dearly. If you miss steps, don't pay taxes or file certain documents on time, or if you make the wrong investment choices you open yourself up to litigation.
You can avoid these potential pitfalls by consulting an experienced attorney early in the process. He can help you deal with conflicting interests among the decedent's beneficiaries, advise you on difficult decisions and take the lead in the probate proceedings if necessary. He will also ensure that a full record of your actions and decisions is kept. The attorney's fees will be paid out of the decedent's estate.
Finally — do you have to say yes if your relative or friend named you as the executor of his will? No, you don't. If you're unable or unwilling to serve, the person designated as your alternate will be asked to take on the duty. If the decedent didn't provide for an alternate the court will appoint an executor.


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These awards are for books published in 2014. The First Place award is made possible by LeRoy Kanterman, cofounder of the Haiku Society of America, in memory of his wife Mildred Kanterman. Congratulations to each of the winners, and to many additional poets who published other worthy books. If you might be interested in serving as a judge for future Kanterman Awards, please notify any Haiku Society of America officer.
The Haiku Society of America is pleased to announce the winners of the 2015 Merit Book Awards for books published in 2014, judged by Charles Trumbull and Neal Whitman and coordinated by HSA First Vice President Michael Montreuil. First Place Award is made possible by LeRoy Kanterman, cofounder of the Haiku Society of America, in memory of his wife Mildred Kanterman.
Congratulations to all the winners and thanks to all the poets and publishers for contributing their work for this contest. Forty-one books were received: fifteen haiku collections; seven anthologies; eleven haibun or haiga collections plus one book for children; six books of translations or books in two languages; and one book of haiku criticism.
Each year a pair of judges faces the daunting task of not only reading many books written with haiku-heart but of devising guidelines which will guide them to agree on the "best of the best." This year, the Trumbull and Whitman team decided not to judge per category, but to search for books they believe most deserve to be on the bookshelf of HSA members and other lovers of haiku. These are books meant to be read and reread . . . books to revisited from time to time when there is a need to hold the moon in your heart. Unlike prose, the words, "The End," do not appear on the last page of a book of poetry . . . the books chosen this year even more than other submissions welcome the reader to finish and refinish the book. The judges also were attentive to the production of each book: how does it feel to hold the book and turn it page by page? More is not always better! A book can be over- or under-produced. The winning books this year best match the book as an object to its content.
The judges were impressed especially and equally by four books: two haibun collections on the one hand and the anniversary anthologies of two preeminent West Coast haiku groups on the other. Try as we might, we could not relegate them to the traditional first, second, third, and fourth places. So, unusually for the Kanterman Merit Book Awards, we decided instead to award ties for both First and Second Places. Six other books, we felt, displayed special merit and so were equally awarded Honorable Mentions.
Marjorie Buettner. Some Measure of Existence: Collected Haibun. Northfield and Red Wing, MN.: Red Dragonfly Press, 2014. 77 pages. Glossy tan card covers; 51⁄2 x 81⁄2; perfectbound. ISBN 978-1-937693-52-7. Price: $15.00 from the publisher at www. reddragonflypress.org.
Harriot West. Into the Light. No place: Mountains and Rivers Press, 2014. 45 pages. Glossy four-color card covers; 51⁄2 x 81⁄2 ; perfectbound. ISBN 978-0-989602-12-9. Price: $15.00 from the publisher.
Harriot West's Into the Light took the judges' breath away for its daring subject matter, haikai craft, and splendid presentation. This is a self-analytical collection that digs deep into the question, "who am I?" Where Buettner is lyrical, West's prose is finely chiseled, flinty. This, West's first book of haibun (plus a few haiku), is exemplary.
Garry Gay, ed. One Song. Santa Rosa, CA: Two Autumns Press, 2014. 71 pages. Semigloss four-color card covers; translucent flyleaves; 51⁄4 x 81⁄2; perfectbound. ISBN 978-1-634436-16-8. Price: $10.00 from the Haiku Poets of Northern California.
Holding this book in your hands, it feels like something that needed to happen: the Two Autumns Readings Series is one of the oldest and most revered institutions in American haiku, and to have a volume celebrating the 25th anniversary is thoroughly appropriate. The book itself is everything one might expect: a fine selection of haiku, one each from every participant in the Two Autumns readings from the beginning, beautifully edited, formatted, and printed in the true Two Autumns Press style.
Haiku Northwest. No Longer Strangers: Haiku Northwest 25th Anniversary Anthology. Bellevue, WA: Vandina Press for Haiku Northwest, 2014. 152 pages. Semigloss dark blue and orange card covers; 53⁄4 x 9; perfectbound. ISBN 978-1-887381-27-7. No price given.
This is a very fine anthology, a worthy monument to Haiku Northwest and its founder, the late Francine Porad. Because of the strength of the work of the members as well as the good editorial choices and sensible, clear layout, this is about as good as a group haiku anthology can be. In addition to the work of active members, No Longer Strangers contains a section of haiku by past members—a nice touch. We especially enjoyed the beautifully researched and written historical essay by Connie Hutchison.
Ion Codrescu. Something Out of Nothing: Seventy-five Haiga. Winchester, VA.: Red Moon Press, 2014. 160 pages. Semigloss burgundy and white covers; glossy paper; four-color inks; 71⁄2 x 10; perfectbound. ISBN 978-1-936848-35-5. Price: $30.00 from the publisher at www.redmoonpress.com.
Lee Gurga and Scott Metz, eds. Haiku 2014. Lincoln, IL.: Modern Haiku Press, 2014. 118 unnumbered pages. Semigloss maroon covers; 51⁄4 x 41⁄4; perfectbound. ISBN 0-974189-46-4. Price: $8.00 from the publisher.
Haiku 2014 presents the most exciting new take in the crowded field of haiku anthologies that we have seen. Editors Gurga and Metz seek to extend their selections of eyebrow-raising from their anthology Haiku 21 for one more year and, one hopes, on into the future. Haiku 2014 won judges' points for slimness and sleekness and focus on a particular style of haiku, though some might point out that the contents are the choice of the two editors alone and the anthology does not purport to represent any sort of panoramic view of current English-language haiku activity.
Ron C. Moss. The Bone Carver. Ormskirk, U.K.: Snapshot Press, 2014. 112 pages. Semigloss four-color card covers; 5 x 73⁄4; perfectbound. ISBN 978-1-903543-32-0. Price: £9.99 from the publisher at www.snapshotpress.co.uk.
Ron Moss's The Bone Carver stands out among the individual collections in 2014. This is a book of classically structured haiku displaying a variety of moods, often touching on historical themes and deploying modern one-line verses. Snapshot Press's typically fine production adds greatly to this book, which no haiku poet should miss.
Edward J. Rielly. Spring Rain Winter Snow: Haiku. Brunswick, ME: Shanti Arts Publishing, 2014. 32 unnumbered pages. Hardcover; semigloss four-color board covers; 83⁄4 x 83⁄4; perfectbound. ISBN 978-1-941830-94-9. Price: $19.99 from the publisher.
Ed Rielly's Spring Rain Winter Snow collects his haiku written for and about young people—specifically his own children and grandchildren—plus charming illustrations by Angelina Buonaluto. The Kanterman judges imagined what fun it would be to read this book to a child sitting in their lap. The integrity of the haiku, their sequencing, and the production values all propelled the book to the top rank of choices this year.
John Stevenson. D(ark): Haiku. Winchester, VA.: Red Moon Press, 2014. 74 pages. Glossy black card covers; black flyleaves; 51⁄4 x 73⁄4 ; perfectbound. ISBN 978-1-946848-27-0. Price: $12.00 from the publisher at www.redmoonpress.com.
The enigmatic title of John Stevenson's d(ark) appropriately captures the character of its content: The haiku (and a few tanka and haibun) are mostly dark in tone, and the collection represents something of an ark, a repository for scripture. Each poem merits close reading and careful thought. Stevenson demonstrates that he is still at the top of the heap.
George Swede. Micro Haiku: Three to Nine Syllables. Toronto, ON: Inspress, 2014. 108 pages. ISBN 978-0-988117-90-7. Glossy white card covers; 51⁄2 x 81⁄2; perfectbound. Price: $15.00 from the publisher.
It is fashionable today to speak of micro haiku and one-line haiku (monostiches or "monoku"), but it is both sobering and intriguing to note that some poets, George Swede in the van, have been writing these mini-mini-poems for almost five decades. Swede, who here defines micro haiku as verses of three to nine syllables, has brought together a retrospective of work written from the late 1970s to 2013. Readers will delight in finding old favorites as well as discovering unfamiliar new work.


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Ahmedabad: JioPhone users will finally be able to download a Facebook app on Wednesday. According to information from Reliance Jio Infocomm, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), this version of the Facebook app was built specifically for Jio KaiOS, the web-based operating system that the phone uses.
The app is said to support push notifications, video and links to external content and is optimized to accommodate cursor function of the JioPhone to deliver Facebook's popular features like newsfeeds and photos.
"As promised, JioPhone will be home to the world's leading applications, starting with Facebook," said Jio director Akash Ambani.
Francisco Varela, vice president of mobile partnerships at Facebook also expressed excitement about the partnership.


Stoney Brook Farms wrapped up this fall harvest season with 4,000 bins of pumpkins, which adds up to about 2.5 million pounds.
"Gets below 30 degrees and that's it for us. Luckily, we got everything off the fields" said Brad Chmielewski, part owner of Stoney Brook Farms. Brad and his dad Mark Chmielewski run the farm together after they inherited the property from Mark's father.
In addition to the pumpkins, the farm ended the season selling 1 million pounds of squash. Stoney Brook Farms distributes seasonal produce to Coborn's, Cub Foods, Nash Finch, Lunds and Byerlys, and Target, to name a few stores.
Stoney Brook Farms wrapped up this fall harvest season with 4,000 bins of pumpkins, which adds up to about 2.5 million pounds of pumpkins this season. The temperature drop the third week of October sped up the harvesting process.
Brad Chmielewski says he hopes the farm made a larger profit this year in order to keep up with rising demands. The farm has building and expansion plans for the upcoming year that they hope to fulfill with a decent profit from this season.
This year, the farm hired 20 workers to pick produce for the harvest season and hired half a dozen truck drivers to make deliveries. Ideally, the farm would eventually like to hire 25 workers to pick produce in order to keep up with their clients. Now that the harvest season is over, the Chmielewskis and their team begin preparing for next year, deciding how much produce to buy.
"It's a guessing game every year," Mark Chmielewski said. "We try to base it off the previous year. We try to contact customers to figure out what their demands are.".


In Europe Crayola calls Purple Pizzazz, Powerful Purple. In the US Purple Pizzazz is a fluorescent color which was introduced to the line in 1990.
In the cottage gardens of the UK you will find some Powerful Purples clustered together to make a beautiful Purple Pizzazz spot in the garden!
These photos from the UK are absolutely beautiful! I loved it when my husband and I visited London and Scotland as part of our honeymoon two years ago. There is something magical about the English and Scottish countryside and the people who live in that country. I wish I could travel back there soon!


Keep Marijuana Smoke out of Multi Family Housing!
On Saturday, June 3, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon at Culver City Hall, the Culver City Marijuana Task Force will be convening.
The Marijuana Task Force was created by City Council in response to the passage of California Proposition 64. Its goal is to develop comprehensive regulations related to recreational and medical marijuana while ensuring the protection of public safety, health, and quality of life in Culver City.
In 2014, the Culver City Council adopted an ordinance to prohibit smoking in multi-unit housing. The majority of complaints managers and providers receive today are not from cigarette smoke but from Marijuana smoke. Individuals do not need to smoke marijuana to ingest it and the current city regulations prohibiting smoking in multifamily properties should apply to marijuana as well.
Make sure to attend and advocate for a holistic no smoking policy in Culver City!
Free underground visitor parking is accessible off Duquesne Avenue. The meeting will include opportunity for public input and questions.
Please also take a moment to visit the new marijuana issue web page at culvercity.org/marijuana. Here you can find background on the issue, meeting schedules, agendas, recordings, maps, and other materials. You can also post your thoughts, comments, suggestions and questions.
Contact AAGLA anytime with questions.


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This includes articles about coal mining and CSG, mining the Galilee Basin, dredging, and Abbot Point. It also contains articles on sandmining on Stradbroke Island. Other, related articles, can be found under 'Environment: Great Barrier Reef'.
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Between the lines, Morrison's plan has coal on the way out, with the future bright
TJ Ryan Foundation Research Associate, John Quiggin, writes in The Conversation (26.10.21) about the federal Coalition government's net-ze... More »
Yes, Australia can beat its 2030 emissions target. But the Morrison government barely lifted a finger
Bill Hare writes in The Conversation (16.10.21) about the federal government's shortcomings in reaching Australia's emissions targets, arg... More »
Yes, it is entirely possible for Australia to phase out thermal coal within a decade
TJ Ryan Foundation Research Associate, John Quiggin, writes in The Conversation (9.9.21) explaining how Australia is capable of phasing ou... More »
Climate change has already hit Australia. Unless we act now, a hotter, drier and more dangerous future awaits, IPCC warns
Michael Grose and CSIRO colleagues write in The Conversation (9.8.21) about the release of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's... More »
TJ Ryan Foundation Research Associate, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, and Peter Thomson comment in The Guardian (26.7.21) on the impacts of... More »
The budget should have been a road to Australia's low-emissions future. Instead, it's a flight of fancy
TJ Ryan Foundation Research Associate, John Quiggin, writes in The Conversation (13.5.21) about the Coalition government's failure to offe... More »
Finkel's road to zero
TJ Ryan Foundation Research Associate, John Quiggin, writes in Inside Story (6.4.21) about former chief scientist Alan Fink... More »
The death of coal-fired power is inevitable - yet the government still has no plan to help its workforce
Chris Biggs writes in The Conversation (12.3.21) about the coming closure of Victoria's Yallourn coal-fired power station, crit... More »
A major report excoriated Australia's environment laws. Sussan Ley's response is confused and risky
Peter Burnett writes in The Conversation (29.1.21) about the release of a damning report into Australia's management of its natural enviro... More »
Punching above our weight looks like getting us knocked out
TJ Ryan Foundation Research Associate, John Quiggin, writes in Inside Story (14.12.20) about the Australian government being snubbed by in... More »
Angus Taylor's gas plan is an astoundingly bad idea, on so many levels
Simon Holmes à Court comments in The Guardian (17.9.20) on the federal government's 'gas-fired recovery' plan to underpin the econo... More »
Environment Minister Sussan Ley is in a tearing hurry to embrace nature law reform - and that's a worry
Peter Burnett writes in The Conversation (20.7.20) about the Coalition's worrying push to change Australia's environmental law framework.<... More »
We just spent two weeks surveying the Great Barrier Reef. What we saw was an utter tragedy
Terry Hughes and Morgan Pratchett write in The Conversation (7.4.20) about their latest research on the health of the Great Barrier Reef, ... More »
Labor's climate policy is too little, too late. We must run faster to win the race
Will Steffen writes in The Conversation (24.2.20) that 'simple maths' reveals Labor's newly announced policy on emissions reduction, if re... More »
Event: Disaster Management - Resilience and Recovery
*PLEASE NOTE - THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE*
On a date to be announced soon, the TJ Ryan Foundation will host a free ... More »
Australia is 'ground zero' in climate crisis and must show leadership, top researchers say
Lisa Cox reports in The Guardian (29.1.20) on an open letter signed by 80 of Australia's leading researchers - including TJ Ryan Foundatio... More »
Inaugural John Sinclair Memorial Lecture
Dr John Sinclair AO, founder of the Fraser Island Defenders Organisation (FIDO), died on 3rd February 2019. FIDO is honouring the outstanding contr... More »
Take care when examining the economic impact of fires. GDP doesn't tell the full story
Janine Dixon writes in The Conversation (17.1.20) about attempts to quantify the costs of this summer's destructive bushfires, reminding t... More »
BlackRock is the canary in the coalmine. Its decision to dump coal signals what's next
TJ Ryan Foundation Research Associate, John Quiggin, writes in The Conversation (16.1.20) about the implications of the world's large... More »
Slow burn - Australia's summer of bushfire crisis
TJ Ryan Foundation Research Associate, John Quiggin, writes in Inside Story (1.1.20) about the bushfire crisis threatening communities acr... More »
Koala conservation strategy for south-east Queensland leaves conservationists 'cautiously optimistic'
Dominic Cansdale reports for the ABC (8.12.19) on the state government's release of a draft South East Queensland Koala Conservation Strategy,... More »
Australia's science academy attacks 'cherry-picking' of Great Barrier Reef research
Graham Readfearn reports in The Guardian (26.11.19) that a Senate inquiry into farming practices' impacts upon the Great Barrier Reef has ... More »
Australia could fall apart under climate change. But there's a way to avoid it
Ross Garnaut writes in The Conversation (6.11.19) that, if climate action fails, the consequences 'would be beyond contemporary Austr... More »
Australia's tortured energy debate: what is the state of play?
Katharine Murphy comments in The Guardian (13.10.19) on the current state of energy policy debate in Australia, looking at how we got from... More »
Coal miners and urban greenies have one thing in common, and Labor must use it
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In its opening scene, Watch Dogs refers to hackers as modern-day magicians. That's a good analogy for the bag of powerful but mostly scripted tricks we get to use as we run amok in this huge and impressively detailed map of Chicago. With the push of a button, you can trigger environmental traps that smash pursuing cars, empty a citizen's bank account, or even remotely activate a grenade in an enemy's pocket. Hacking's not as dynamic as it appears at first, but the illusion gives us a bit more to do than there is in most third-person action games, and it puts on a great show.
Our hero, Aiden Pearce, is an empty trenchcoat as far as personality goes. It's remarked at one point that he's suppressing his personality, so it must be intentional, but it doesn't make him a strong character. Fortunately the supporting cast is much more interesting. An enthusiastic and cavalier fixer, a gang leader who I affectionately refer to as Avon Barksdale: Superhacker, and a soft-spoken mob boss steal the show and make it a likeable and well-acted group. Character animations are elegantly done, too.
Watch Dogs' completely open map is another big strength: it's huge, diverse, and intricately detailed. The rural area of Pawnee balances out Chicago's urban sprawl, and it all looks great, especially at sunset or during a rainstorm. Everything runs at a smooth 30 frames per second, however, after playing for a few hours I did start to experience frequent slowdowns when new mission objectives were loading up. Fortunately they never happened when anything interesting was going on, but they're definitely noticeable and get progressively worse as the story goes on.
This techno-thriller fiction is all about the power of information in a super-connected city, and one of its cleverest and most distinctive tweaks to the open world genre is how much information it gives you. Scanning a pedestrian or thug pops up a brief, randomly generated personal history – some fact about their hobbies or lifestyle, plus their age, occupation, and income. It's a small thing, but it's surprisingly effective at humanizing them. I actually felt a pang of guilt when I accidentally ran someone down and then saw that they were on the waiting list for a liver transplant, and as a result this is one of the few open-world action games where I rarely went on a violent rampage. And that had very little to do with the meaningless reputation meter, which appears to have no consequences whatsoever.
Over more than 20 hours, the straightforward revenge story becomes more and more complex until it's bursting with intrigue... only to take a strange turn for the mundane when the motivations behind it all are revealed. For a game that deals with themes like surveillance society and media manipulation, Watch Dogs' villains just aren't thinking very big.
It can last a lot longer than 20 hours though, because Watch Dogs is extremely good at distracting attention away from the main story with a steady stream of side quests and minigames. I'm a big fan of the gang hideout missions, which really let you test your stealth skills as you take down well-guarded targets (though it's kinda strange that they ask you to keep the gang leader alive but are cool with murdering everyone else). Most of the other activities can get repetitive, like the pre-crime interventions that always result in the same foot chase, but there are so many types, from criminal convoy ambushes to chess and poker to drinking, that they don't get old quickly if you mix up what you play. Oh, and the simple but delightful Spider Tank rampage shouldn't be missed. There was definitely some tender love and care put into the way that monstrosity moves.
I admire Ubisoft's restraint in including only one hacking puzzle minigame in a game about an uberhacker hero, and it's both clever and used infrequently enough that it doesn't become annoying. There's also the ability to take over any surveillance camera you can see, even some worn by guards, and it's put to good use in puzzles where you leap from camera to camera as you attempt to get line of sight on a terminal you want to hack.
Unless you opt out, you're also regularly prompted to jump into multiplayer activities, like a simple race through the streets or a much more interesting cat-and-mouse game of tailing and hacking another random player. It's a setup with a lot of room for creativity and hilarious experimentation as you try to hide or blend in with the civilians. There's also the highly entertaining capture-the-flag style Decryption game, where one player desperately tries to evade the rest, and a challenging race where you have to evade traps and cops triggered by a player using the free iPad app.
Watch Dogs' missions are much more stealth-focused than most open-world action games, which gives them some good variety. A smooth cover system and the obligatory time-slowing power (it seems like everybody can slow down time these days) make silenced headshots easy to score, and the wet splattering sound it produces is a great, gross reward. I do wish there were fewer missions that auto-fail you if you're discovered, and that there were better rewards for using gadgets like the powerful blackout tool (knocking out the power in the area is kind of a stealth nuke) to ghost through an area without being spotted or knocking anyone out. The best missions give you the option to stealth or fight through, and that makes Aiden feel smarter than a typical guns-blazing maniac.
After the bullets do start to fly, the cover-based gunplay feels good, even if the arsenal is pretty conventional. The standout is the pump-action grenade launcher, which makes short work of both thugs in armor and vehicles (it's essential for taking out fleeing hackers in multiplayer). What often makes the firefights in Watch Dogs memorable is how you can fool enemies by moving around behind cover, causing them to fire at your last known position instead of where you are now. That allows you to get in some good flanking moves, and makes the enemies feel more like foolish humans than all-seeing robots.
When you get in a car and drive, Watch Dogs is some good arcadey fun. Cartoonish crash physics and roads littered with tons of breakable objects make smashing through shortcuts spectacular and hilarious. However, car chases gradually become more and more disappointing and tedious because of their lack of combat options. You can't fire out the window as you drive, so all you can do is drive around hacking things to trigger hazards. Half the time you don't even see the car or trap involved in the wreck. And enemy cars are so rubber-bandy that it's impossible to simply outrun them even in the speediest of cars - you have to hack things to end the chase.
The slightly lower resolution is the only noticeable difference between the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions of Watch Dogs, and I doubt I'd have picked up on it if I hadn't just come from playing the PS4 version. I did quickly disable the trigger vibrations in the options menu -- they appear to happen when your car shifts gears (which is automatic), which I found to be useless and distracting feedback.
Naturally the Xbox 360 version doesn't look as nice as the newer generation consoles when it comes to texture resolution, physics objects like debris and smoke, and draw distance, but it does look respectable for a game on this platform in 2014. More importantly, it runs consistently, avoiding the major performance problems that drag down the PlayStation 3 version. The only notable differences content-wise are the disappointing lack of the Decryption multiplayer mode and the multiplayer free-roam mode, but those absences don't make me recommend it any less for those who don't own a PS4 or Xbox One.
I had quite a rant written about how busted the PC version of Watch Dogs was at launch, with both Uplay issues that prevented me from playing at all for the first two days and massive stuttering problems even on low settings making it nearly unplayable on two different PCs once I did. I was mere hours from posting a review on Sunday with a greatly reduced score attached when a patch resolved most of my performance problems. [Note: I can only assume there was a stealth patch, since it simply started running well where it had not before.] Watch Dogs on PC still isn't a fantastically well optimized game, but my nearly four-year-old GTX 570 is able to deliver over 30fps (sometimes over 60) on medium settings. I do experience a few dropped frames here and there, but as of this writing it's otherwise just as good as the PS4 version (better, if you've got newer hardware) and just as easy to recommend. Naturally you do have to suffer through the inconvenience of Ubisoft's Uplay login nonsense, and Aiden's smartphone menu system is a pain to navigate with the mouse.
Watch Dogs is an excellent open-world action game with some unique hacking-magic that makes it a memorable experience.


I am a teller of pirate stories and legends. For about twenty years I have been featuring performances of storytelling and magic with the title, "Yo! Ho! Ho! Pirate Tales!" In that time, the presentation has undergone several changes.
More recently, I have been performing as 'MASTER SPELLS, PIRATE TALE TELLER', concentrating on the stories, with just a minimum of magical illustration to add a little variety to the performance. This was the presentation that I took to the 2002/3/4 Lancaster Easter Maritime Festivals.
In addition, I now have a presentation of Pirate Story Workshops for children. It is a two-hour event in which the children learn all about pirates and are also shown how to make 'Jolly Roger' flags and Pirate Treasure Maps!
Yo! Ho! Ho! Pirate Tales!
I have listed below a few of the tales that I tell. I have omitted the obvious Blackbeard and Henry Morgan yarns. They are well documented on other web-sites. ANNE BONNEY and Mary Read are also left out for the same reason.
NOW READ THE PIRATE STORIES!
The Revenge of Emmy Tot!
Some of the above stories can be heard on my C.D.:"The Legend of the Bell Rock - and other Tales of the Sea": CLICK HERE for more information.
Here is an additional website link, it is called Story Lovers.
You will find lots of further information here.


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FONTANA – Seven suspects were arrested after an over 75-mile pursuit Wednesday afternoon. Just before 3:00 p.m. the California Highway Patrol dispatch was alerted to a high-speed pursuit on the I-15 North from the Fontana area. The white 2014 Toyota Camry were being pursued due to a drive-by shooting that occurred just prior at around 2:50 p.m. in the 1200 block of Tamarind Avenue near Baseline Road.
The driver failed to yield to Fontana police, entering the 210 East to the I-15 North and eventually at speeds in excess of 120 miles per hour exiting on CA-395. The vehicle headed northbound through Hesperia, Victorville, Adelanto, and continued onto the eastbound SR-58. The San Bernardino County Sheriff's helicopter (40-King), Hesperia, Victorville units, as well as the CHP responded to assist in the pursuit that continued onto the eastbound SR-58.
"During the pursuit, a detective unit was involved in a collision with a civilian vehicle," Fontana Police officials said in a news release. "The civilian was taken to a local hospital for observation with a complaint of pain. The officer was not injured."
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On the SR-58 a Fontana Police unit attempted a PIT maneuver and became disabled. The suspect vehicle continued on west SR-58. The vehicle eventually pulled over in North Edwards and the six occupants inside the vehicle were taken into custody. One suspect was located inside the trunk of the vehicle and was also taken into custody.
The suspects, all believed to be active gang members, were identified as 18-year-olds Phillip Alcala, Agustin Ahumada, Joshua Acosta, Michael Ramirez and a 15 and 17-year-old Hispanic male juvenile. Alcala, Ahumada, Acosta, and Ramirez were all booked into the West Valley Detention Center and the two juveniles will be booked into the Juvenile Hall.
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Here you can find the photos made in International Astronomical Youth Camp (IAYC), when I was there in 1998, 2000 and 2001. Enjoy viewing them. At my astronomical site astropage.ru you can read some reports written by participants of the camp and view more photos.
IAYC-2019 will be taking place from 21th July till 11th August in Klingenthal, Germany. Please read IAYC 2019 First Info.
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Whose Water Is It?
Friday, June 24, 2016 - 13:29 John Bartley
Two local business organizations, together with the Port of Tacoma, have joined in a lawsuit to halt the ballot efforts of Save Tacoma Water, a citizen conservation group. In addition, the plaintiffs ask that Save Tacoma Water be ordered to pay the expenses of the litigation.
The ballot initiatives - one for an ordinance and one for the city charter - would require voter approval of any new application for water rights in excess of one million gallons per day. That idea was born last year as part of the grassroots opposition to the now defeated mega-methanol plant, which by design would have consumed ten million gallons of fresh water per day.
The lawsuit calls for an immediate halt to all petitioning. But the hugely successful drive has already collected the required number of petitions for both initiatives and the first set (for the ordinance) has already been submitted (as of June 15th).
In announcing their action, the "business leaders" cite both legal and ideological grounds. Their press release mentions, as precedent, a case in Spokane, in which the court apparently voided people's local water rights. Of course, any available legal strategies will be employed, if they seem to be relevant.
In any case, the main emphasis in the press announcement is the notion that the proposed initiatives would "chill economic development in the county if they are allowed to go to a public vote, whether or not they passed."
Of 6,000 commercial users of Tacoma water, only two currently meet the extreme threshold of one million gallons per day. One of them is the well known paper mill, responsible in large part for the "Aroma of Tacoma" stigma of yesteryear. The other is the amusingly-named Niagara Bottling Company, which continued to buy a million gallons a day during last summer's drought.
So where's the economic chill? In other words, what type of business would face interference? If anything, the presence of new polluting industries in a residential area, squandering water during a period of draught, could be a severe economic burden.
The city, having approved the ballot initiative, is also defendant in the lawsuit. However, shortly after the suit was announced, the city decided to join it. "To the extent that the issues raised by the port don't adequately address the issues that the city sees from its perspective with the initiatives, we'll be filing what's called a cross claim to assert those issues and make sure that when the court is looking at it, the court ends up looking at all the issues," said city attorney Elizabeth Pauli.
It seems odd that Pauli, who in March helped prepare the ballot initiative and carefully shepherded it through the legal roadmap, has suddenly decided to join the lawsuit of the political business networks. What possibly could have caused her change of heart? The mayor's claim thatTacomacannot "pick and choose" its customers sounds like nonsense, given that no one can bypass the city's existing water-use permit process.
Truth is the first casualty in any war, including a propaganda war.
Anti-business interests are blamed whenever the Chamber of Commerce feels its investment schemes may have to be scrutinized. Accordingly, it is the danger of a stifled business environment – not the legal case -- that is given the most shrift in their media publicity against the initiative. Bruce Kendall, CEO of the Economic Development Board, says "The fact that [the ballot initiative]'s illegal and unconstitutional is, from our perspective, almost beside the point."
Translation: The profits of the wealthy elite must be protected from public needs, so they are making up any technicality to defeat the democratic process.
The lawsuit complains that the citizens' water-use initiative would "Surrender important community developments to the subjective and unpredictable will of unidentified 'majorities,' and "expose the Port or its tenants to litigation over legitimate water uses."
Given the plaintiff's role in the recent Methanol debacle, it might be a good idea to encourage greater public oversight -- not less.
Residents of Tacoma, Federal Way and other communities look out on the waters of Puget Sound and they see a finite life-giving resource, threatened with drought, as we learned last year. Members of the corporate establishment look out and see a chance for a vast petrochemical windfall.
A letter from Jeff Milchen to the 4/18 New Yorker expresses it quite well: "America's independent businesses – especially those serving local residents – have more in common with average citizens than with the giant corporations that hold so much sway over our courts and legislative bodies."
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