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Resident Evil 7 E3 Demo: In Reality, It's Virtually P.T.
Capcom takes Resident Evil in a new direction that might seem familiar to some horror game fans.
Preview by Mike Williams, Reviews Editor
E3 is over, but you can catch all our coverage on our E3 2016 hub!
I'm on the E3 showfloor, heading to my appointment to play Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (or Biohazard 7: Resident Evil if you're in Japan) at the Capcom booth. As I round the corner, the booth itself comes into view, resembling the old, decrepit house that the new game takes place in.
Come into this room and put on this VR headset so you can't see what we're doing in your presence.
I check in for my appointment and I'm ushered into the room where I'll be playing the game. The door is opened and I'm greeted by an old rickety chair and an ancient chandelier covered in cobwebs. The E3 pageant is all about capturing the feeling of a game before you even have a controller in your hand. Capcom's Resident Evil booth wants you to feel age, even though you're playing something new.
Resident Evil 7 is a fundamental rethink of what "Resident Evil" means. This isn't the first time that the series can undergone a complete change though. Resident Evil 1, 2, 3, and Zero were games that placed the player in tense situations where they have to ration their ammo and solve elaborate puzzles to survive. They played out from fix camera angles, with tank controls to get around.
Resident Evil 4, 5, and 6 are action games with a horrific visual bent to them. The camera here is over-the-shoulder, providing a view of the character while bringing the player closer to the action. Resident Evil 6 put that version of the franchise to bed, going as far into the action genre as Capcom could take it.
Resident Evil 7 is something else, at least in the playable E3 demo. There are no weapons at all. The game plays out completely from a first person perspective, allowing players to enjoy the game on a television screen or completely in PlayStation VR if they so choose. Resident Evil always had a B-movie hokey charm to it, but Resident Evil 7 seems to dispense with that. There are touches that feel like Resident Evil, like the rather terse messages you receive when you inspect something: a fusebox just tells you "A fuse is missing", nothing more.
I'm playing the demo in PlayStation VR. My vision has full range of movement, allowing me to lean my head around corners and the like. The left analog handles basic movement of your character, while the right analog control turning your body left or right. In non-VR, the right analog is your look stick, like any other first person game.
You wake up on the floor of a derelict house, in a darkened room with only a single flashlight. In the room, a TV is blaring static. As you move around the room, things thump and creak outside. Opening the door to the room gives you a sense of unease, because Resident Evil 7 doesn't open the door for you; doors open just a crack and you have to push the door open the rest of the way.
Resident Evil 7's demo is full of tension because you have you have no way to defend yourself. You turn towards every creak and tiny sound because they could potentially reveal an assailant coming to kill you. You walk past one room and there are wicker effigies hanging from the ceiling. The kitchen is full of spoiled meat in the fridge and a pot on the floor.
Near the back door is an abattoir, with cleaved and broken cow bodies on the floor and vicious hooks hanging on the walls. The scares are psychological in nature, the feeling that things aren't right. Heading upstairs, you're greeted by a line of mannequins. As you turn back to the stairs, one is blocking your way, one that clearly wasn't there before. With every new sight, you're always waiting for the horrific beat to drop.
Eventually, you find a videotape and take that videotape back to the room you began in. You slide it into the VCR, giving you some backstory regarding your current plight. You are Clancy Javis, a cameraman for a haunted house reality show. You were scouting the Baker home, an abandoned house where a family disappeared long ago. With the show's host and producer, you visited the home. Within minutes, your producer disappeared in the recesses of the home. When you find him, he's in a secret basement behind a secret door in a wall. He's also dead, and that's beginning of your nightmare.
You have an experience like P.T., Amnesia, Slender, or Outlast; the fear and tension is because you're completely powerless. Is this the right way, or is it the way that will put you face-to-face with a living darkness that will kill you? The first-person enhances this feeling, because while you might be Clancy in game, it feels like you're experiencing it. Except for a few moments, you never see Clancy. PlayStation VR takes that to the next level, bringing you closer to the tension the game is trying to create.
Resident Evil 7 producer Masachika Kawata has promised that combat mechanics are in the rest of the game, just not the demo.
"One of the main gameplay elements that is not in [the demo] is, as you stated, combat," Kawat said in an interview with GameSpot. "In the final game, of course, there will be many types of game mechanics including combat, perhaps some gun-play. One of the things I would like to emphasize about this is that it's not always about going in guns blazing. It might actually be to your advantage to try to run away from combat at certain times, or use items against your enemies in a different way. This is to say that trying to survive the horror, the survival horror, is a key element to Resident Evil 7."
Resident Evil 7 feels like an answer to the reception of Resident Evil 6 and Kojima's P.T, even if it's development began before the latter released. One was maligned, while the other was celebrated. In a world where we will never get P.T., that's a good thing for a horror fan like me. I do wonder if Capcom hasn't stepped on a landmine though, because this Resident Evil demo is several steps removed from anything that fans would've considered "Resident Evil" prior to now.
The Sony conference teaser was such a surprise because it felt more subtle than what Capcom normally does with the series. But expectations can have negative effects as well. If you wanted something like Resident Evil 2 or Resident Evil 4, both considered highpoints for the series, this might not be the game for you.
Some fans don't enjoy horror where you can't defend yourself. Sure, you're usually at a disadvantage, either through strength or numbers, but there's a sense of comfort and clarity in having a weapon. There are those who definitely prefer something like Resident Evil 4, Dead Space, or The Evil Within, to the powerless horror games I listed above.
Capcom has proven to me that it might have something on its hands, I'm just hoping others are willing to give Resident Evil 7 a chance, whether its on your television, or in virtual reality.
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard is coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on January 24, 2017.
More about Resident Evil 7
M.H. Williams is new to the journalism game, but he's been a gamer since the NES first graced American shores. Third-person action-adventure games are his personal poison: Uncharted, Infamous, and Assassin's Creed just to name a few. If you see him around a convention, he's not hard to spot: Black guy, glasses, and a tie.
For Honor Preview: A Whole New Sword Game
Jaz plays Ubisoft's upcoming sword fighting game, and talks to creative director Jason Vandenberghe about how it was developed.
Dragon Quest VIII 3DS Preview: New Characters, New Dungeons, New Challenges, Black Sabrecats
Though Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King for the Nintendo 3DS isn't a ground-up overhaul the way Dragon Quest VII 3DS is, there's still tons of new stuff to get excited about.
Will Final Fantasy XV's Big Twist Ruin The Game?
Early details about about FFXV's endgame have emerged, to much consternation.
Final Fantasy XV Travel Diary, Final Day: Stray Thoughts and Observations
There's still plenty to see and do in Duscae, but it's time to close the book on this massive RPG (until November 29).


Your surface preparation efforts can entail a sturdy epoxy surface in your basement.
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An epoxy coating can be utilized on your basement floor to make it easier for water to be cleaned off and to move well into a sump pit depending on how your basement is laid out. The coating creates a nonporous layout that is easy to clean off. You can use this with slanting spaces to move water into drains around the floor when needed.
The glossy surface adds a bright look into your basement.
Epoxy compounds will last for years and will not be at risk of breaking apart quickly.
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You do not have to put in lots of maintenance to make your basement surface great.
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Slava Isusu Christu! Slava i vo viki! + Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory for ever!
Last Sunday, 58 souls came to pray at St. Philip's, our tithes to the Lord were $____, candles $__, donations $__. Thank you for supporting our church, may God bless you abundantly for your generosity.
Prayer requests. Fr. Jozef, Fr. Randall, Fr. Martin, Fr. Ted, Fr. Brendan, Sr. Patricia, Sr. Maria Rose OP, Oceana, Gary and Ingrid, Tom, Margaret and Don, Walter, Joan, Margaret, Becky, Alexis, Marion, Rachel, Curtis, Joseph, Theresa, Emily, Ronald, Janet, Michael, Taylor, Margaret, Lorrie, Mary, Jude.
Hospitalitysign-up sheet: Feb 28 – Janson family, Mar 6 – Prescott family. Please sign up for hospitality for the upcoming Sundays; the list is in the parish hall. Thank you to Agayoff family for providing our hospitality meal for us last Sunday.
Pysanki workshop. We continue our pysanki workshop from last year, all ages, all skill levels welcome. See Mrs. Joan for instructions and assistance. It will go on for a few Sundays (until your art is complete), beginning today.
St. Philip's Fish-Fry & Pirohy Dinner. This year, on Lazarus' Saturday, March 19th. Reserve the date! All volunteers please report to Fr. Francis.
Do you have a good recipe for fasting season you would like to share? Send it to Fr. Francis by e-mail, to be forwarded to others.
Wed Feb 24th 5:30 PM Liturgy of the Pre-sanctified Gifts.
Sat Feb 27th 8: 00 AM Divine Liturgy. 3rd All-Souls Saturday.
Sun Feb 28th 8:30 AM Confessions.
9: 30 AM Divine Liturgy. 3rd Sunday of the Great Fast – Veneration of the Holy Cross. Tone 7.
For Confession, please come half an hour before the scheduled services, or schedule an appointment. Fridays are days of penance, simple abstinence from meat foods is observed. Let us remember one another as we offer our prayers and sacrifices to the Lord.
Fr. Randall, I have been having technical difficulties in getting the bulletins updated in a timely manner, but I believe I have fixed the problem and they should be done more regularly from here on out. The parish calendar is updated each Sunday night with the liturgical schedule for the following week, and can be found both here and at the website http://www.stphilipofsacramento.com. In addition, if you wish to receive the bulletin every Sunday, please contact Fr. Francis to make sure he sends them to you. I'll be happy to let him know that you'd like them sent if you're not already on the email list. Please visit soon! We'd love to see you.


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namespace Js
{
    SIMDValue SIMDUint32x4Operation::OpUint32x4(unsigned int x, unsigned int y, unsigned int z, unsigned int w)
    {
        X86SIMDValue x86Result;
        x86Result.m128i_value = _mm_set_epi32(w, z, y, x);
        return X86SIMDValue::ToSIMDValue(x86Result);
    }

    SIMDValue SIMDUint32x4Operation::OpSplat(unsigned int x)
    {
        X86SIMDValue x86Result;
        // set 4 signed 32-bit integers values to input value x
        x86Result.m128i_value = _mm_set1_epi32(x);

        return X86SIMDValue::ToSIMDValue(x86Result);
    }

    SIMDValue SIMDUint32x4Operation::OpShiftRightByScalar(const SIMDValue& value, int count)
    {
        X86SIMDValue x86Result;
        X86SIMDValue tmpValue = X86SIMDValue::ToX86SIMDValue(value);
        // Shifts the 4 signed 32-bit integers right by count bits while shifting in zeros
        x86Result.m128i_value = _mm_srli_epi32(tmpValue.m128i_value, count & SIMDUtils::SIMDGetShiftAmountMask(4));

        return X86SIMDValue::ToSIMDValue(x86Result);
    }

    SIMDValue SIMDUint32x4Operation::OpFromFloat32x4(const SIMDValue& value, bool& throws)
    {
        X86SIMDValue x86Result = { 0 };
        X86SIMDValue v = X86SIMDValue::ToX86SIMDValue(value);
        X86SIMDValue temp, temp2;
        X86SIMDValue two_31_f4, two_31_i4;
        int mask = 0;

        // any lanes <= -1.0 ?
        temp.m128_value = _mm_cmple_ps(v.m128_value, X86_ALL_NEG_ONES_F4.m128_value);
        mask = _mm_movemask_ps(temp.m128_value);
        // negative value are out of range, caller should throw Range Error
        if (mask)
        {
            throws = true;
            return X86SIMDValue::ToSIMDValue(x86Result);
        }
        // CVTTPS2DQ does a range check over signed range [-2^31, 2^31-1], so will fail to convert values >= 2^31.
        // To fix this, subtract 2^31 from values >= 2^31, do CVTTPS2DQ, then add 2^31 back.
        _mm_store_ps(two_31_f4.f32, X86_TWO_31_F4.m128_value);
        // any lanes >= 2^31 ?
        temp.m128_value = _mm_cmpge_ps(v.m128_value, two_31_f4.m128_value);
        // two_31_f4 has f32(2^31) for lanes >= 2^31, 0 otherwise
        two_31_f4.m128_value = _mm_and_ps(two_31_f4.m128_value, temp.m128_value);
        // subtract 2^31 from lanes >= 2^31, unchanged otherwise.
        v.m128_value = _mm_sub_ps(v.m128_value, two_31_f4.m128_value);

        // CVTTPS2DQ
        x86Result.m128i_value = _mm_cvttps_epi32(v.m128_value);

        // check if any value is out of range (i.e. >= 2^31, meaning originally >= 2^32 before value adjustment)
        temp2.m128i_value = _mm_cmpeq_epi32(x86Result.m128i_value, X86_NEG_MASK_F4.m128i_value); // any value == 0x80000000 ?
        mask = _mm_movemask_ps(temp2.m128_value);
        if (mask)
        {
            throws = true;
            return X86SIMDValue::ToSIMDValue(x86Result);
        }
        // we pass range check

        // add 2^31 values back to adjusted values.
        // Use first bit from the 2^31 float mask (0x4f000...0 << 1)
        // and result with 2^31 int mask (0x8000..0) setting first bit to zero if lane hasn't been adjusted
        _mm_store_ps(two_31_i4.f32, X86_TWO_31_I4.m128_value);
        two_31_f4.m128i_value = _mm_slli_epi32(two_31_f4.m128i_value, 1);
        two_31_i4.m128i_value = _mm_and_si128(two_31_i4.m128i_value, two_31_f4.m128i_value);
        // add 2^31 back to adjusted values
        // Note at this point all values are in [0, 2^31-1]. Adding 2^31 is guaranteed not to overflow.
        x86Result.m128i_value = _mm_add_epi32(x86Result.m128i_value, two_31_i4.m128i_value);

        return X86SIMDValue::ToSIMDValue(x86Result);
    }

    // Unary Ops

    SIMDValue SIMDUint32x4Operation::OpMin(const SIMDValue& aValue, const SIMDValue& bValue)
    {
        // _mm_min_epu32 is SSE4.1
        //X86SIMDValue x86Result;
        //X86SIMDValue tmpaValue = X86SIMDValue::ToX86SIMDValue(aValue);
        //X86SIMDValue tmpbValue = X86SIMDValue::ToX86SIMDValue(bValue);

        //x86Result.m128i_value = _mm_min_epu32(tmpaValue.m128i_value, tmpbValue.m128i_value);

        SIMDValue selector = SIMDUint32x4Operation::OpLessThan(aValue, bValue);
        return SIMDInt32x4Operation::OpSelect(selector, aValue, bValue);
    }

    SIMDValue SIMDUint32x4Operation::OpMax(const SIMDValue& aValue, const SIMDValue& bValue)
    {
        // _mm_min_epu32 is SSE4.1
        //X86SIMDValue x86Result;
        //X86SIMDValue tmpaValue = X86SIMDValue::ToX86SIMDValue(aValue);
        //X86SIMDValue tmpbValue = X86SIMDValue::ToX86SIMDValue(bValue);

        //x86Result.m128i_value = _mm_min_epu32(tmpaValue.m128i_value, tmpbValue.m128i_value);

        SIMDValue selector = SIMDUint32x4Operation::OpLessThan(bValue, aValue);
        return SIMDInt32x4Operation::OpSelect(selector, aValue, bValue);
    }

    SIMDValue SIMDUint32x4Operation::OpLessThan(const SIMDValue& aValue, const SIMDValue& bValue)
    {
        X86SIMDValue x86Result;
        X86SIMDValue tmpaValue = X86SIMDValue::ToX86SIMDValue(aValue);
        X86SIMDValue tmpbValue = X86SIMDValue::ToX86SIMDValue(bValue);
        X86SIMDValue signBits;
        signBits.m128i_value = _mm_set1_epi32(0x80000000);

        // Signed comparison of unsigned ints can be done if the ints have the "sign" bit xored with 1
        tmpaValue.m128i_value = _mm_xor_si128(tmpaValue.m128i_value, signBits.m128i_value);
        tmpbValue.m128i_value = _mm_xor_si128(tmpbValue.m128i_value, signBits.m128i_value);
        x86Result.m128i_value = _mm_cmplt_epi32(tmpaValue.m128i_value, tmpbValue.m128i_value); // compare a < b?

        return X86SIMDValue::ToSIMDValue(x86Result);
    }

    SIMDValue SIMDUint32x4Operation::OpLessThanOrEqual(const SIMDValue& aValue, const SIMDValue& bValue)
    {
        X86SIMDValue x86Result;
        X86SIMDValue tmpaValue = X86SIMDValue::ToX86SIMDValue(aValue);
        X86SIMDValue tmpbValue = X86SIMDValue::ToX86SIMDValue(bValue);
        X86SIMDValue signBits;
        signBits.m128i_value = _mm_set1_epi32(0x80000000);

        // Signed comparison of unsigned ints can be done if the ints have the "sign" bit xored with 1
        tmpaValue.m128i_value = _mm_xor_si128(tmpaValue.m128i_value, signBits.m128i_value);
        tmpbValue.m128i_value = _mm_xor_si128(tmpbValue.m128i_value, signBits.m128i_value);
        x86Result.m128i_value = _mm_cmplt_epi32(tmpaValue.m128i_value, tmpbValue.m128i_value); // compare a < b?
        tmpaValue.m128i_value = _mm_cmpeq_epi32(tmpaValue.m128i_value, tmpbValue.m128i_value); // compare a == b?
        x86Result.m128i_value = _mm_or_si128(x86Result.m128i_value, tmpaValue.m128i_value);   // result = (a<b)|(a==b)

        return X86SIMDValue::ToSIMDValue(x86Result);
    }

    SIMDValue SIMDUint32x4Operation::OpGreaterThanOrEqual(const SIMDValue& aValue, const SIMDValue& bValue)
    {
        SIMDValue result;
        result = SIMDUint32x4Operation::OpLessThan(aValue, bValue);
        result = SIMDInt32x4Operation::OpNot(result);
        return result;
    }

    SIMDValue SIMDUint32x4Operation::OpGreaterThan(const SIMDValue& aValue, const SIMDValue& bValue)
    {
        SIMDValue result;
        result = SIMDUint32x4Operation::OpLessThanOrEqual(aValue, bValue);
        result = SIMDInt32x4Operation::OpNot(result);
        return result;
    }

}

#endif

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Valentine's Oreos — regular sandwich cookies OR heart-shaped sandwich cookies. The cookie base has only 4 ingredients and the filling tastes just like a real Oreo!
I know I say it for just about every single holiday, but I love Valentine's Day! And especially because when I can involve festive treats into the fun.
Bake the cookies, let them cool for 1-2 minutes and then cut them out with a miniature heart cookie cutter. Or….
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.* Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a nonstick baking liner and set aside.
In a very large bowl, combine the cake mix and pudding mix. Add in the eggs and shortening. Beat until just combined. The dough may seem crumbly at first, but it will come together -- just keep mixing.
If you're chilling the dough (see note), cover very tightly and place in the fridge for 30 minutes to overnight.
If you're not chilling the dough (or after you have chilled the dough): Using a tablespoon measuring spoon, measure out the dough. Each ball of dough should be exactly 1 tablespoon.
Place the cookie dough balls 2 inches apart on the cookie sheet and bake for 8-10 minutes. You want to slightly under-bake these cookies to keep them soft and fudgy.
Remove the cookies from the tray and on to a cooling rack. If you want to make the heart cookies, use a small heart cookie cutter and cut out each of the baked cookies. Cut them out about 1-2 minutes after the cookies have finished baking.
Combine the powdered sugar, white sugar, shortening and vanilla. Beat until combined. Beat in the hot water and food coloring.
Once the cookies have completely cooled, spread as much frosting as desired on one cookie. Place another cookie on top.
Store in an airtight container; best enjoyed within 1-2 days.
These are so cute! Homemade oreos are so delish! Love that you overloaded the filling. It is definitely the best part!
Love how pretty and cute these are! Homemade oreos are awesome and I love that you mega-stuffed them with the pretty pink frosting! They look gorgeous girl!
Thanks so much Kelly! Mega stuffed frosting is the best!
Cutest V-Day treat yet!! Love these and I'm sooo obsessed with Oreos!
Your cookies look super adorable, but I have a question. Are they meant to be vanilla cookies just dyed black, or is there some cocoa powder missing from the recipe? When I think Oreos, I think chocolate, so I was curious!
These are super cute and fun! I love your pictures 🙂 And I love all the matching pink!
Super cute! I'm hoping to try something along these lines. Thanks for the inspiration!
These look absolutely amazing! Checking them out from the chef in training link party! Wow I love that they are homemade goodness!
These are the most adorable heart shaped cookies I ever did see!! 🙂 Not to mention they sound delicious!!
Thanks so much Jocelyn 🙂 I hope you had a great weekend!


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Marina Badia
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There's a simple way to make a trap. What is hard is to make it for yourself.
Marina Badia – Writer & Director
Lucía Montenegro – Producer
David Lynch. Xavier Dolan. Aki Kaurismäki. Mulholland Drive. Mommy. Le Havre. Artists and pieces that are inspiring for Marina Badía. Born in Zaragoza in the '90s, Marina has directed audiovisual pieces in each city she has lived in Madrid, Lisboa, Granada, New York, and Santiago de Chile. Her cinematographic ambition has been fulfilled by big schools like New York University, School of Visual Arts, Film School of Lisbon, and the Complutense University of Madrid. Marina has achieved several international awards in the US and Europe, highlighting the seleccion of one of her works by Lars Von Trier.
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2015 NCAA Final Four Free Picks
I was in Syracuse last Sunday for the Michigan State vs Louisville game. Living in Canada it was the first time I've seen an NCAA game live and it did not disappoint. I wasn't able to get my picks up for the Elite Eight games last weekend so you'll have to take me at my word that I went 4-0 against the spread in those games to go along with my 5-3 record from my Sweet Sixteen picks (3-1 from day 1 and 2-2 from day 2). I'm also still alive in a couple brackets where I have Kentucky over Duke in the tournament finals, with Wisconsin and Michigan State both in the final four. I've done very well this NCAA tournament and I'm looking to finish off with some more big bet wins.
Michigan State vs Duke
I mentioned earlier that I have Duke making the finals in my remaining brackets, but that doesn't mean I think this will be a walk for them against Michigan State. Travis Trice has been playing amazing basketball in this tournament and Denzel Valentine has been knocking down shots all touranament long. That said, the most important player to Michigan State this weekend will be Branden Dawson. He's the player who will have the task of shutting down Jahlil Okafor and I for one think he'll be able to do it. Last week against Louisville Dawson was tasked with shutting down Montrezl Harrel and it looked like he wouldn't be up to the challenge for the first quarter of the game. Then he settled down and Harrell was virtually invisible except for missing several free throws late in the game. I'm a believer in this Senior from Michigan State and you can be sure that Izzo is going to have his players at their best in this game.
Michigan State has now won 8 of their last 9 games and these were all against tournament teams. The only loss was in overtime to Wisconsin, who has also made the Final Four. Michigan State deserves to be in the final four and I don't see them getting blown out in this game. Now that's not to say that Duke isn't going to win, but I just think that the 5.5 point spread is enough to take the points and go with the Spartans in this one.
Play: Michigan State (+5.5) 1.87
Kentucky vs Wisconsin
This is the big prime time game of the night. Whichever power house wins this game will be the favourite in the finals. Kentucky had everything but the kitchen sink thrown at them by Notre Dame on Saturday night and they still managed to find a way to win in the last minute of regulation. On paper Wisconsin is an even more difficult opponent because they have big guys who can get to the basket in Dekker and Kaminsky, something that Notre Dame didn't have a lot of. On top of this Wisconsin is the most efficient offensive team in the country. It's going to be interesting to see if Kentucky can slow them down.
With all of this talk about Kentucky being so dominant it's easy to overlook this Wisconsin team, but that would be a big mistake. They have so many weapons on offense and let's not forget they're also 35-3 this season. They beat Arizona, who many had making it to the Final Four by 7 points after coming on very strong in the second half. I just think this Wisconsin team has too many weapons and is too patient with their offense to not at least keep this game close. I think Kentucky might find a way to win like they did against Notre Dame, but I think the sharp money is on the Badgers plus the points in this one too.
Play: Wisconsin (+5) 1.91
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Q: Display MD5 hashed passwords as asterisked text I want to echo account details of users, which is fine for plain text but I have md5 hashed passwords in the database. I would like to display the password in asterisks so the only variable would be the length of the the password. So if someones password was cat it would show: Password: ***   and if someone else's was hippopotamus it would
show: Password: ************  however with the password encrypted this seems difficult. although websites like eBay and Facebook do have this and they must encrypt users passwords.
can anyone shed any light on this problem. Thanks

A: It is impossible. There is no way to tell the length of the input data that was used to generate an md5 hash.

websites like ebay and facebook do have this and they must encrypt users passwords

If they do (and I hope they don't as it would leak data about the password to the public, making it much easier to crack), then they would have to store the length of the input string as well as the hashed password.
It is possible that what you are seeing is the browser auto-filling the password field for you. The asterisks being the standard masking character used (by browsers) to reduce the effectiveness of "peeking over the shoulder" attacks.

A: You could just store the length of the password in the database when it is intitially hashed/salted.  BUT the whole point of hashing/salting is to prevent the password from being compromised if the db is stolen. If the db is stolen, knowing the length of the password  is a great security compromise.

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Final Fantasy is a fantasy role-playing video game developed and published by Square in 1987. It is the first game in Square's Final Fantasy series, created by Hironobu Sakaguchi. Originally released for the NES, Final Fantasy was remade for several video game consoles and is frequently packaged with Final Fantasy II in video game collections. The story follows four youths called the Light Warriors, who each carry one of their world's four elemental orbs which have been darkened by the four Elemental Fiends. Together, they quest to defeat these evil forces, restore light to the orbs, and save their world.
Final Fantasy was originally conceived under the working title Fighting Fantasy, but trademark issues and dire circumstances surrounding Square as well as Sakaguchi himself prompted the name to be changed. The game was a great commercial success, received generally positive reviews, and spawned many successful sequels and supplementary titles in the form of the Final Fantasy series. The original is now regarded as one of the most influential and successful role-playing games on the Nintendo Entertainment System, playing a major role in popularizing the genre. Critical praise focused on the game's graphics, while criticism targeted the time spent wandering in search of random battle encounters to raise the player's experience level. By March 2003, all versions of the original Final Fantasy had sold a combined total of two million copies worldwide.
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Frustrating as all hell to play lol. The story only got decent towards the end. But I guess how can you complain about the very first one...
NjbwitchJun 1, 2021
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Very basic but the PSP version is still a fine RPG
TheEmperorsEyebrowsFeb 17, 2021
I can't recommend this nowadays. If you are EXTREMELY patient (and I'm talking about the NES version) you may be able to endure it through, but it's torturous. It's grindy, slow and the music isn't even as good as it gets later on in the series.
This is by modern standards, though. So when it was released it was pretty amazing.
This game probably has more story than most of its time, and well it's still not much.
If you want to see where so many JRPGs got their mechanics and inspirations from, check it out, but don't expect something genuinely fun.
Overall, rating out of 100:
Story: 30
There's a LOT more story than most games up until this point.
Gameplay: 0
Slow, grindy and boring.
Graphics: 10
Overworld isn't really attractive, but the enemies sprites are cool.
Sound/Music: 15
Victory song.
That leaves Final Fantasy with the final score of 55 out of 400! I'm going to take a nap.
ItsAHobbySep 22, 2020
In a series as reiterative as Final Fantasy, it's important to note how original the first entry is. Final Fantasy, along with Dragon Quest, really created the format for JRPG's for years. Most of the features commonly found in a modern JRPG can be found back in 1987 in Final Fantasy. What makes Final Fantasy interesting is the areas where it strays from the modern dogma of design. The slower, more deliberate combat, when combined with the heightened difficulty, gives the game a more tactical sense. That isn't to say the difficulty is all positive. The seemingly endless glitches, along with cheap enemy mechanics, can make this game feel just ridiculous. For example, I chose a thief at the beginning, only to find out later that the speed mechanic was broken to the point of nonexistence. Thus, I was starting this already difficult game with a practically useless party member. The cheap instakill enemies made some of the dungeons unbearable. Despite all that, the game still maintains its status as a fun and rewarding adventure.
«Constantly dying and enjoy it»
Owen HelferApr 7, 2020
This is a review of the Origins Ver. I never played the NES version but for what I read is very similar just taking out of the way some annoying things, that being said... At least for the first 15 hours (took me 32) there was a lot of boring mindless grinding, the problem is that feels unbalanced, some enemies were very difficult but gave almost as much exp as other ones that weren't as hard, but either way, the exp they gave was so little.
Another thing that feels very unbalanced was the boss fights, it took a lot of time and grinding and backtracking to get to the boss's room but once when you get there it was very easy compared to all the stuff you need to get through. Another thing that was so frustrating was the random encounters, especially in the final dungeon (it was like 6 steps and bam! random encounter), they were so frequent and thanks to that and the mindless grinding I almost quit this game a lot of times... Which I'm happy I didn't because on the other hand there's a lot to like in this game, the music and the writing are charming, they're not great but have a lot of soul, the thing I liked the most was the sense of wonder, what kind of town will be the next, what kind of characters will be there, the dialogue is short but always good and important for your advance, so you better make some notes.
When the time the epilogue was rolling and the story took a nice twist, I have this nice feeling that maybe FF I wasn't a goodbye letter but a promise letter, a promise that there's a lot of ideas and stuff that can be made in this universe given the opportunity, and as flawed as it is I think is worth your time,, just make sure you have the right mindset and time. Oh and whatever you do, have a Warrior on your party, there were a lot of armors and I think the most powerful weapons are only available to this class, I know because I couldn't use any of those.
«Oh God i managed it»
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La chiesa della Santissima Annunziata dei Catalani o chiesa di Santa Maria Annunciata di Castello a Mare, popolarmente detta solo chiesa dei Catalani si trova a Messina, precisamente situata fra via Cesare Battisti e via Garibaldi.

Storia

Epoca bizantina
Costruzione d'epoca bizantina verosimilmente effettuata sui resti di un preesistente tempio pagano greco-siceliota dedicato a Poseidone.

Epoca islamica
"Messala figlio di Charam Re degli Alamidi, introdotto nella gloria magna da Mathur e da Messala".

La traduzione dell'iscrizione siculo-araba incisa sugli stipiti del portale del primitivo prospetto rimodulato dopo il 1908, versione effettuata dal gesuita Athanasius Kircher, rafforza la tesi della trasformazione del tempio in moschea ai tempi dell'Emirato di Sicilia.

Epoca tra XII e XIII secolo
Rimodulata sotto il regno di Guglielmo II di Sicilia secondo i canoni nordici, in quegli anni risulta inserita dentro le mura del Castello a Mare adiacente all'Arsenale Militare. Moderni piani urbanistici imposero la progressiva demolizione della fortificazione, l'apertura di nuove piazze, il tracciato di strade, la costruzione di unità abitative, il definitivo allontanamento dell'Arsenale Militare e dei cantieri per la fabbrica delle navi.

XIII secolo
I frati dell'Ordine domenicano nel 1271 stabiliscono presso la struttura la loro sede iniziale dopo l'arrivo nel Regno di Sicilia.

Epoca tra il XIII e il XV secolo
Tra il 1741 e il 1743 l'incaricato regio monsignor Giovanni Angelo de Ciocchis compie, per conto del Sovrano di Sicilia Carlo III, una ricognizione generale di edifici e beni religiosi soggetti a patronato regio nell'intero territorio siciliano e contemplati nella raccolta di atti e documenti denominati "Acta e Monumenta". Circa la chiesa dei Catalani di Messina scrive:

"Questo tempio è dei più antichi e vetusti della Città di Messina. Sotto la Dinastia Aragonese servì da Cappella Reale ai Re di Sicilia. Un tempo possedeva pingui rendite, i Sovrani conferivano questa Cappella ai soggetti riguardevoli per dottrina e per servigi loro resi."

Sotto il regno di Pietro I di Sicilia (verosimilmente durante il regno del nipote Pietro II di Sicilia, figlio di Federico III di Sicilia) molti dignitari chiesero e ottennero da Sua Maestà il sacro tempio, ove convenivano e si adunavano per i loro esercizi spirituali. Si formò quindi una specie di Confraternita d'iberici della Corona d'Aragona, i quali nominavano ogni anno nelle debite forme, il console ed altri ufficiali della chiesa. I diritti riscossi dai bastimenti battenti bandiera aragonese che approdavano nel porto peloritano, erano destinati per la maggior parte al mantenimento e al decoro della suddetta chiesa, come si evince dalle documentazioni redatte da consoli e ufficiali in vari tempi.

In una missiva inviata dal Re di Sicilia Ludovico I all'arcivescovo Raimando de Pezzolis il 4 luglio 1347, il sovrano rammenta che l'edificio gode del titolo di Cappella Reale e, in virtù delle bolle pontificie emanate, è esente dalla giurisdizione ordinaria dei beni.

La lunga teoria di rettori di nomina regia destina le rendite dei privilegi ad essa assegnati parte al mantenimento della stessa struttura, la gran parte sono conferiti alla gestione dell'Ospedale dei Trovatelli. Il 26 marzo 1507 il re Ferdinando II di Sicilia concede la chiesa con tutte le sue rendite assieme all'Ospedale dei Trovatelli al Senato di Messina. L'amministrazione dei beni è conferita alla Confraternita della Candelora altrimenti detta dei «Verdi».

Epoca Rinascimentale
Verso la fine del XV secolo, con l'unificazione del Regno di Sicilia sotto l'unica Corona di Spagna, vennero ammessi anche gli iberici non appartenenti alla ex Corona d'Aragona. Divenne così sede della Confraternita dei mercanti catalani, dalla quale prese il nome attuale, soluzione motivata dalla carenza di risorse economiche per assicurare al tempio il consueto lustro, decoro e splendore.

I mercanti, nobili e cavalieri ispanici si riunirono in confraternita e commissionarono diverse opere d'arte che arricchirono l'antico tempio medievale.
L'aggregazione determinò la costruzione di un altare sotto l'invocazione e il titolo di Nostra Signora della Soledad, elemento che l'accomuna, nel determinato contesto storico, alla Cappella della Madonna della Soledad della chiesa di San Demetrio di Palermo. Allo stesso periodo risale la costruzione di una cripta destinata alla sepoltura dei confrati.

Dopo il terzo decennio del XVI secolo i Padri dell'Ordine dei Chierici regolari teatini sono temporaneamente ospitati nell'attesa della costruzione della loro Casa e Tempio.

Nella cappella in cornu evangelii è documentato il dipinto raffigurante l'Andata al Calvario di Polidoro da Caravaggio, allievo e stretto collaboratore di Raffaello Sanzio, del 1534, oggi al Museo di Capodimonte di Napoli. Il capolavoro pittorico costituisce una versione «processionale» dell'opera del genio di Urbino, celebrata a Messina anche con un'opera in versi dal titolo "Il Spasimo di Maria Vergine" del sacerdote Nicola Giacomo di Alibrando. Entrambe le opere tendono ad esaltare i nascenti aspetti devozionali della Passione di Gesù nella città peloritana estendendone, attraverso le numerose copie pittoriche "personalizzate" della prima, la conoscenza e la divulgazione oltre i confini dei capoluoghi Messina e Palermo.

Sull'altare maggiore è altresì documentato il dipinto della Santissima Vergine Annunciata raffigurata con l'Angelo Annunciante e Sant'Eulalia dei Catalani, protettrice di Barcellona e della Catalogna. La zona absidale costituiva la cappella gentilizia patrocinata dalla famiglia dello storiografo messinese Giuseppe Buonfiglio. Nella cappella in cornu epistolae il dipinto Giudizio Universale di scuola michelangiolesca.

Epoca tra il XVIII ed il XIX secolo
Dopo i danni provocati in città dal terremoto della Calabria meridionale del 1783 la chiesa diviene sede parrocchiale in sostituzione della chiesa di San Nicolò all'Arcivescovado gravemente compromessa.

Il capolavoro di Polidoro Caldara da Caravaggio raffigurante l'Andata al Calvario fu donato a Ferdinando III di Sicilia dall'Arciconfraternita dei Catalani dopo il terremoto e inserito nella quadreria regia della Galleria di Capodimonte di Napoli.

Particolari gli antichi stipiti del portale centrale decorati da antiche iscrizioni arabe realizzate a tarsia di marmo verde inneggianti al Gran Conte di Sicilia Ruggero I. A fine Ottocento furono cedute dal principe Papardo del Parco Governatore del sodalizio laicale al Museo Civico per passare dopo il terremoto del 1908 nelle collezioni del Museo Regionale di Messina.

Epoca contemporanea
Fino al devastante terremoto del 1908 sull'altare maggiore era collocata la grande tavola commissionata nel 1505 al frate carmelitano Giovanni d'Anglia raffigurante l'Annunciazione della Vergine Maria raffigurata con ai piedi Santa Eulalia, patrona dei Catalani, con una veduta della città, oggi custodita nelle collezioni del Museo Regionale. Stessa destinazione per la tavola del 1514 di Girolamo Alibrandi raffigurante il Giudizio Universale e la tela dell'Immacolata del 1606 di Tomas Montella.

La tela dell'Immacolata è stata riconsegnata alla chiesa dei Catalani una decina di anni or sono. In quella occasione la stessa Arciconfraternita ha acquisito un antico Crocifisso del XVI secolo, proveniente dal monastero dell'Elenuccia, che è stato collocato nell'abside centrale.

Ancora oggi è sede della Nobile Arciconfraternita della Santissima Annunziata dei Catalani che vi svolge le proprie attività di culto e solennizza la festività della Annunciazione del Signore alla Vergine.

Una delle mete più importanti del turismo crocieristico in Città, è utilizzata spesso per la celebrazione di matrimoni.

Architettura
In essa, egregia espressione dell'arte siculo-normanna con influenze bizantine, si fondono magnificamente gli stili bizantino, romanico, arabo e gotico, come appare dalla parte absidale, con transetto sormontato da una cupoletta cilindrica ad arcate cieche su colonnine e strette finestre, in un gioco cromatico di geometrie armoniche e vivaci.

La chiesa si presenta parzialmente interrata per via delle macerie causate dal sisma del 28 dicembre 1908 che vennero spianate innalzando così il piano stradale di circa tre metri.

Cappella Reale
Cappella Palatina per volere di Re Federico III di Sicilia.

Castello a Mare
 Palazzo Reale.

Oratorio
Oratorio e sede di una Confraternita dei Catalani o Confraternita d'iberici della Corona d'Aragona.

Oggi presso il luogo di culto è attestata la Nobile Arciconfraternita della Santissima Annunziata dei Catalani.

Ospedale dei Trovatelli
Ospedale dei Trovatelli all'Annunziata di Castellammare. L'istituzione è documentata nel XV secolo.

L'ospedale sarà in seguito aggregato con altri nosocomi cittadini, la chiesa dei Catalani torna sotto la disposizione e giurisdizione reale.

Nel 1542 è aggregato all'Ospedale Grande sotto il titolo della «Madonna della Pietà».

Galleria d'immagini

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Bibliografia

Altri progetti

Maria Annunziata dei Catalani
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Architettura arabo-normanna in Sicilia
Annunziata

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Q: AWK: How to use OFS ignoring blank and commented out lines I'm trying to rewrite a file on the fly, like this:
10.213.20.173, mem_chld, p3b-aggr-103, c3.xlarge, db, mysql
#10.213.20.191, mem_leaf, p3b-leaf-101, r3.xlarge, db, mysql
10.213.20.192, mem_leaf, p3b-leaf-102, r3.xlarge, db, mysql

10.213.20.190, mem_leaf, p3b-leaf-103, r3.xlarge, db, mysql
.....

from the original , separated filed to a : separated ones. So, I used this:
awk -F', ' 'BEGIN{OFS=":";} { $1=$1; print }'

which is pretty much working but that file also has some blank and commented out lines, which I also want to exclude. My attempt with:
awk -F', ' '!/^(#|$)/ {OFS=":";} { $1=$1; print }'

did not work as I expected. How can I do that? Best!

A: Using awk:
$ awk -F', ' 'BEGIN{OFS=":"} !/^#/ && NF{$1=$1; print}' file
10.213.20.173:mem_chld:p3b-aggr-103:c3.xlarge:db:mysql
10.213.20.192:mem_leaf:p3b-leaf-102:r3.xlarge:db:mysql
10.213.20.190:mem_leaf:p3b-leaf-103:r3.xlarge:db:mysql

alternatively you can set OFS like:
awk -F', ' -v OFS=':' '!/^#/ && NF{$1=$1; print}' file

or even
awk -F', ' '!/^#/ && NF{$1=$1; print}' OFS=':' file

As Ed Morton suggested in the comments, for an edge case where you might have space before the # it is best to use the following:
awk -F', ' 'BEGIN{OFS=":"} !/^[[:space:]]*#/ && NF{$1=$1; print}' file

Explanation:
$1=$1 rebuilds the $0 variable. It takes all the fields and concatenates them, separated by OFS which we have set to : instead of space which is the default.

A: What about:
awk -F', ' -v OFS=':' '/^[^#]/ {$1=$1; print}' datafile

This will ignore both empty lines and lines starting with a # sign.
If comments might be preceded by some spaces, you would prefer:
awk -F', ' -v OFS=':' '!/^[ \t]*(#.*)?$/ {$1=$1; print}' datafile

A: awk -F', ' -v OFS=: '/^[ \t]*(#|$)/{next}{$1=$1}1' file

Output:
10.213.20.173:mem_chld:p3b-aggr-103:c3.xlarge:db:mysql
10.213.20.192:mem_leaf:p3b-leaf-102:r3.xlarge:db:mysql
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The Buddha of the Lake
When a hydropower construction project lowered the water level of the Hongmen Reservoir in the southeastern Chinese city of Fuzhou, an unexpected visitor appeared—the head and shoulders of a 12-foot-tall Buddha statue carved into what had been a riverside cliff before the area was flooded by a dam in the 1950s. Underwater archaeologists found evidence of a temple below. According to locals, tricky currents made river navigation perilous, so the temple may have been where people prayed for safe passage. Researchers are documenting the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) finds before they are submerged once again by spring rains.
The Third Reich's Arctic Outpost
In 1943, the German navy constructed a secret base on the island of Alexandra Land in the Arctic Ocean. Codenamed "Treasure Hunter," the station was staffed by meteorologists who provided weather forecasts to German cruisers and submarines in the Arctic. After the war, Soviet officials ordered the base destroyed. "We had only a very vague understanding of where the station was and how much had been preserved," says Russian Arctic National Park archaeologist Evgeni Ermolov, who led a team that recently rediscovered the site. They found evidence of residences, warehouses, and a network of defensive structures, along with artifacts such as cartridges, batteries, and even pieces of raincoats. "We were surprised to find some artifacts still bearing German military insignia," says Ermolov.
After the station's destruction, rumors circulated that it had also been a submarine base and was outfitted with fortified bunkers. The team found no evidence to support that theory, but they did discover the remains of a temporary airfield. It was built in July 1944 for a long-range reconnaissance aircraft that set down on the island to evacuate the station. The base's entire crew had contracted trichinosis after eating undercooked polar bear meat, and had to be flown to Norway for treatment, leaving the station abandoned for the remainder of the war.
The Vikings' Wide Reach
By JASON URBANUS
Recent analysis of the only intact Viking boat burial ever discovered on the British mainland has revealed new information about the identity, culture, and origins of the interred individual. The tenth-century grave, which belonged to a high-status warrior, was first discovered in 2011 in western Scotland. Isotope analysis of two teeth indicates that the occupant of the grave was likely born in Scandinavia. The grave assemblage included several weapons, typical of Viking warrior burials, and other items related more to daily life such as food preparation and farming. The artifacts came from a wide range of sources, including Ireland, Scotland, and Scandinavia, underscoring the broad geographical connections of the well-traveled warrior. Says University of Leicester archaeologist Oliver Harris, "This burial helps us learn about how Viking people were interacting and eventually settling in this part of Scotland at the time."
By MARLEY BROWN
In February 2017, the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, which owns and operates Jefferson's home, Monticello, uncovered and began reconstructing what they believe were the personal quarters of Sally Hemings, an enslaved woman and longtime companion to the founding father. The work is part of the Mountaintop Project, a multiyear effort to peel back early twentieth-century modernization at Monticello and reveal the experience of enslaved people who lived and worked there.
Excavating in the mansion's south pavilion, archaeologists have found rooms that housed enslaved domestic servants, including Hemings, who was the half-sister of Jefferson's wife Martha, and, almost certainly, mother to several of his children. Ambitious even for a man of Jefferson's stature, Monticello's original kitchen included French-style stew stoves, which allowed cooks, including Hemings' brother James, who was trained in Paris during Jefferson's time as minister to France, to prepare continental haute cuisine.
"How this is all going to be interpreted is a work in progress," says Fraser Neiman, director of archaeology at Monticello. "We are trying to get folks to think about Sally and James Hemings as people with full lives, rather than just ciphers to Thomas Jefferson."
Standing Still in Beringia?
The Bluefish Caves, which sit along a Canadian riverbank just over the Alaska border, in northwestern Yukon Territory, were first excavated 40 years ago. The digs lasted a decade and yielded a small collection of stone tools, thousands of bone fragments, and the controversial assertion that humans inhabited the site as early as 24,800 years ago, far earlier than most other evidence suggested.
While debate over the caves has faded, University of Montreal PhD candidate Lauriane Bourgeon took a second look at 36,000 bone fragments from the excavations. After two years of analysis, she isolated 15 samples that seem to bear marks of human modification: cuts from stone tools that are deeper and thinner than if the bones had been trampled on. In cross-section, the cuts appear to be V-shaped, as opposed to the characteristic U-shape made by carnivores' teeth. Bone samples were dated to between 12,000 and 24,000 years old, with the oldest being the jawbone of a horse that scientists believe was extinct in the region by 14,000 years ago—around the same time that humans are widely accepted to have entered North America.
The controversial new finding not only pushes the occupation of North America back by 10,000 years, it also lends credence to the Beringian standstill hypothesis, which posits that humans, while migrating from Siberia to the Americas, paused in Beringia—the ancient, now largely submerged land that included Kamchatka and Alaska—during the Last Glacial Maximum. They waited there, the theory states, until conditions improved about 17,000 years ago.
Lee Lyman, a bone-analysis expert at the University of Missouri, calls Bourgeon's assessment that humans made the bone markings "pretty convincing." But Ben Potter at the University of Alaska Fairbanks remains unconvinced that humans were in the region so long ago, even though he called the new work "as good as cut-mark analysis could get." Without cultural features, such as organic residue or hearths, that can be dated and tied directly to the tools and bones, he says, the date appears to be an outlier.
"We're lacking archaeological evidence in Beringia," Bourgeon says in response to her critics. "We need to find more evidence. It would help people to be less skeptical of this study."
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Letter from Greenland
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Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – "Head Over Heels" by Tears For Fears
June 28, 2020 by Eric Berman
There never was a "sophomore slump" for the duo of Roland Orzabel and Curt Smith, the '80s synth-pop duo better known to the world as Tears For Fears. While The Hurting, their debut album topped the charts in their native UK, it was their second album Songs From The Big Chair that did the trick around the rest of the world.
The album's title was a reference to Sybil , a TV movie that told the story of a child with multiple personality disorder who sought solace in the big chair of her psychiatrist's office. Chair was a multi-platinum success that spawned several hit singles including the two U.S. chart-toppers "Shout" and "Everybody Wants To Rule The World," plus "Mother's Talk" and today's Song Of The Day and the albums best and most melodic track.
The duo stayed together for one more album, the Beatle-esque The Seeds Of Love (featuring the huge hit "Sowing The Seeds Of Love") before calling it quits, although Orzabel continued to release albums under the Tears For Fears moniker well into the 1990s.
The second version of Tears For Fears, featuring Alan Griffiths and Tim Palmer, released several albums that did well overseas, but tanked in the states. The duo reunited and released the much underrated Everybody Loves A Happy Ending album in 2005, and joined Spandau Ballet on the road for a tour in 2010. The production values of the mid-1980s (tinny electronic drum sounds, overpowering synth washes) have rendered some of their music somewhat dated, but the current Synth Pop revival led by groups like Divine Fits and STRFKR has happily led me to rediscover some of the music of the era, and enjoy it anew.
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RPS proudly serves as the Secretariat for the European Green Capital Award and the European Green Leaf Award. The awards are a European Commission initiative seeking to promote and award the commitment to green growth and sustainability into the future.
Since the launch of the award in 2008, 11 cities have held the European Green Capital title: Stockholm 2010; Hamburg 2011; Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain) 2012; Nantes 2013; Copenhagen 2014; Bristol 2015; Ljubljana (Slovenia) in 2016; Essen (Germany) 2017; Nijmegan (the Netherlands) 2018; Oslo 2019; and Lisbon 2020.
The European Green Leaf, a competition for smaller cities, was launched in 2015. This is aimed at cities with 20,000 to 100,000 inhabitants.
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RPS are challenged with the promotion and sharing of the incredible works taking place across Europe in towns and cities to offset the serious environmental challenges our urban spaces currently face.
With more than two thirds of Europeans living in towns and cities, the demand on our urban spaces has never been greater. Across Europe, these challenges are being met with commitment and innovative thinking. The Green Capital and Green Leaf Awards seek to promote and reward these efforts.
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RPS is responsible for promoting the awards internationally, throughout the 28 Member States. We manage the awards website and implement ongoing campaigns to build awareness of the initiatives across traditional and social media, as well as through direct stakeholder engagement and events. We actively promote the value of entering as a free international audit of a city's environmental credentials and plans.
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The Interfaith Student Council has partnered with Orange County Interfaith Network (OCIN) to hold a community forum. The forum is titled, "Intersectionality: How the 'I' Treats the 'Other'," and will explore fear, understanding, and perception. This is the second time the students have partnered with OCIN, and last year, members of the community called it one of the best programs on interfaith they have had.
Mike Penn, president of OCIN, and Gail Stearns, dean of the Wallace All Faiths Chapel and associate professor of religious studies, will open the forum with a welcome. The forum will continue with a panel discussion featuring Chapman students of different faith backgrounds, with a panel introduction by graduate assistant in religious and spiritual organizations Victoria Gomez.
The forum is on Thursday, April 11, from 6:30–8:30 p.m., in the Fish Interfaith Center, Wallace All Faiths Chapel. The event is free and open to the public.


Plochmann Lane: Levon Helm & Mavis Staples rehearsing in Woodstock, NY.
Levon Helm & Mavis Staples rehearsing in Woodstock, NY.
Great pic of Levon Helm, his band and Mavis Staples rehearsing today in preparation for tomorrow night's gig in Woodstock, NY. For those in attendance, it will be recorded. What an amazing night it will be!
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Born 20 Jan 1907 in Yates MO
Died 31 Aug 1993 in Pasadena CA
Interred Corona Sunnyslope Cemetery, Corona CA. Location - Block 3, Grave 55. GPS Coordinates - N 33° 52.130' - W 117° 32.860'
Debut Date 17 Apr 1935. Outfielder 3 Years.
Served in the U S Navy during World War II. One of the greatest all-round athlete's in the sport's history of the University of Southern California, he starred in baseball, football and track. He hit a home run for the Hollywood Stars of the Pacific Coast League in his first professional at-bat. Later he was the track coach (1949-1950), football coach (1951-1956) and athletic director (1957-1972) at USC, and was the first commissioner of the Pac-8 (now Pac-10) Conference, retiring in 1978. In 1995 he was posthumously inducted into the USC Athletic Hall of Fame. Died from complications of Alzheimer's disease.
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UIDM 25 is underway at the IMU
With over 2,800 dancers and 950 families, the University of Iowa Dance Marathon hopes to make an impact. The 25th anniversary event will include music, games, and dancing, all to benefit patients at the Stead Children's Hospital.
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Dancers wait before the start of Dace Marathon 25 on Friday, Feb. 1, 2019.
With over 2,800 dancers, 300 leaders, 950 families, and 600 volunteers, the 25th University of Iowa Dance Marathon has officially kicked off.
Charlie Ellis, the executive director of Dance Marathon, said that the Dance Marathon team worked to make sure that the Big Event appealed to all different kinds of people.
"Obviously, it's our 25th anniversary, so this year we really worked to make sure that there's something to do throughout the entirety of the event that appeals to all types of people," Ellis said. "So, whether you are really loud and really want a fun game, or maybe just want a board game to keep to yourself, we really try to find something to make sure every single person is included, and I really hope everyone leaves here tomorrow night knowing that they have impacted a lot of kids and families."
Ellis emphasized that, no matter the individual contributions of dancers, all Dance Marathon participants have made a difference.
"For this Dance Marathon, I'm super excited for everybody to come to the Big Event, and really look at things and know how they shaped their own impact on this year and how they shaped a lot of lives regardless of how large or small," Ellis said.
Dancers work for a year to raise their $500 fundraising goal. This year, leadership members of UIDM have increased their goal to $1,000.
Dancers go for 24 hours without sitting or sleeping, all without ingesting caffeine.
Joshua Peterson, a first-time dancer, said that he was motivated to participate in Dance Marathon because he was diagnosed with diabetes when he was 11 years old.
"I was sent [to Stead], so [Dance Marathon] came around the floor when I was there, so that was my motivation," Peterson said.
The goal of Dance Marathon is to provide a support system for patients and families at the University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital. UIDM has raised $24 million for Stead in the past 24 years.
Jenna Larson, the public relations and marketing director for Dance Marathon, is participating in her last year of Dance Marathon.
"For 25 years, this organization has done all that they can to raise money for our kiddos and families. I think it's such an honor to be a part of it for its 25th year," Larson said. "There are a lot of people that are coming here for our 25th year, so we're celebrating a lot with it being our silver year… all around the IMU, we have really fun things like Dance Dance Revolution and Silent Disco, so I'm just really excited to see everyone experience this 25th Big Event."
Larson said that while she's excited for the mainstage acts, including Ravidrums, she is most excited to see people experience Dance Marathon.
"It's such a special way to celebrate and honor our kiddos and their families and give them the support that they deserve," Larson said.
Lauren Kramer, a morale captain, said that she was excited to experience the graduation ceremony at 3 p.m. on Saturday.
"All the kids who are five years cancer free who get to walk…and it's such an emotional time, because it shows you that's what we're fighting for, so that every kid can have a graduation," Kramer said.
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Bringing a claim for a Judicial Review is not cheap. It is not unusual for a case that goes to the High Court to cost upwards of £25,000. If unsuccessful the claimant is likely to be ordered by the Court to pay the costs of the defendant, as well as their own.
We would stress that these sums should not put you off from taking legal action and challenging unjust and unlawful decisions of public bodies. At Public Interest Law Centre we look to secure legal aid for claimants, and if that is not possible, in the last instance to obtain costs protection and work on a pro bono basis.
However, and where possible we look to fund your case by way of legal aid.
In order to be eligible for legal aid, and to challenge the decision of a public body, a claimant would need to be in receipt of a means tested benefit such as income support, income based job seekers allowance or guaranteed state pension credit. Legal aid will be a warded in full if you are in receipt of one of these benefits, and assuming your savings are not too high. If your case and application for a Judicial Review has a reasonable chance of success – then legal aid will be awarded.
The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) – as in circumstances mentioned above will cover the cost of the legal action for a claimant and there appointed lawyer. Crucially the LAA also protects from any adverse or negative costs risk.
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The East Bay, Mills' home, has long been the birthplace of crucial performance poetry collectives and publishing efforts, especially those aligned with racial and gender justice. Continuing the Mills tradition of experimentation in graduate and undergraduate education, We Are the Voices supports the development of innovative, even risky, ways of presenting poetry and scholarship in nonacademic settings. Through community collaborations, students participate in developing a radically alternative view of the city's diverse communities as creators, performers, and humanists in their own right.
Current collaborators:
Alexandria Jones
Alexandria Jones is curating Raise your Voice, a series of free community workshops facilitated by Oakland writers. These workshops explore connection, healing, and empowerment through creative writing and expression. The goal is to illuminate stories of Black folks and the dynamic power of writing. Presenting our Bay Area communities with additional tools to reimagine, cultivate, and create.
Alissa Weber
Alissa Weber is developing a project engaging LGBTQ elders through the medium of storytelling. Hosting a virtual workshop series, "Our Untold Stories," for senior LGBTQ women over 60, her goal is to foster a community of elders who enjoy reading and writing personal narratives. This project also seeks to create greater visibility for a diversity of queer experience, and to connect youth and elders through conversation.
Fatima Seck
Fatima Seck is one of two Glass Cube Fellows engaging with the Mills College Art Museum collections in 2020-21. In a series of public posts, Seck will write about California landscape art in photograph and film with a focus on feminist geographies. She is interested in how women artists cast a feminist gaze in their imaginations and renderings of the natural and built environment and in how landscapes and their representation are always made and complicated things.
Chantal Tom
Chantal Tom is one of two Glass Cube Fellows engaging with the Mills College Art Museum collections in 2020-21. In a series of public posts and a digital zine, Tom will write about the overlapping forces of capitalism, gentrification, and climate change and the impact of these things on California artists and writers.
Projects by past collaborators:
Coming of Age in East Oakland
Mia Boykin and Marissa Houston's project engages a group of middle school students at Bret Harte Middle School in the Dimond district of East Oakland, introducing them to a diverse body of texts geared towards youth. With its potential to construct positive identity formation and a sense of community, young adult literature is a crucial space for students to bear witness and give voice to diverse histories and stories. This is especially true for middle school students in Oakland, an epicenter of national conversations around gentrification, the housing crisis, gun violence, education reform, and criminal justice reform. Students at Bret Harte read and watched texts such as Into the Spiderverse and ultimately created their own coming of age narrative about life in Oakland. Students also facilitated a workshop on the Mills campus through the Mills Oakland Writers Workshop.
Mills Oakland Writers Worshop: Raise Your Voice
Alexandria Jones curated a series of free community workshops on campus, facilitated by four Oakland writers. These workshops continued the tradition of on campus workshops organized by Clare Lilliston in 2018-19, while reflecting Jones's unique approach. In person and virtually, each workshop had an average 15 and 20 participants. Each writer (or pair of writers) created a thematic workshop in conversation with Jones. These included "Writing to Mend," facilitated by Jazz Hudson, "Cultivating Your Writing Community," facilitated by Tiffany Banks, "Stepping into Power," facilitated by Maud Alcorn, and "Creating Your Lane," facilitated by Taylor Crumpton . Additionally, students from Bret Harte Middle School facilitated a workshop on "Telling Your Story". .
"In this past year of Raise Your Voice, I have seen the illumination stories from Black women, working class, queer folks, immigrants, folks with varying ability, students, parents, activists, mental health professionals, and cis men as allies. This project would continue to push conversations around connection, expression, and speaking truth to power."
Indigenous Zine Workshops
Amber McCrary collaborated with multiple organizations and individuals to host zinemaking workshops focused on Indigenous issues ranging from identity in the Bay Area, wellness, toxic masculinity, feminism, and missing and murdered women. In Oakland, workshops were hosted with the American Indian Child Resource Center, Sierra Edd, a PhD candidate in the ethnic studies department at UC Berkeley and Chantel Jung of the zine collective Indigenous Honeys. Jung, Edd and McCrary created an online space for Indigenous people throughout the United States to tell their stories and create a collaborative zine. Along with the multiple zine projects these workshops inspired, McCrary created vlogs reflecting on each collaboration, and the unique role zinemaking can play for urban Indigenous people to tell their stories and access shared online and in person spaces.
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Batman Rebirth: I Am Suicide Comic Review
Score: 8 / 10
The Bat and the Cat. Batman and Catwoman have had a long-standing love affair throughout the history DC Comics. Her first appearance was way back in 1940 with Selina Kyle debuting in Batman #1. This burning affection has lasted decades and gone through many incarnations, from famous comic storylines like The Long Halloween, Hush and The Brave and the Bold #197 to Detective Comics #557. Their flirtation went beyond comics as well, making its way into the 1960's Batman TV series and feature films Batman Returns and The Dark Knight Rises. The most recent version comes from Tom King's Batman Rebirth. Titled Batman: I Am Suicide, this mini-series runs through issues #9-13, where Batman and Catwoman's romance is once again in full swing.
The courtship is intertwined with the Caped Crusader's suicidal crusade to retrieve Psycho-Pirate from Bane in Santa Prisca prison. Batman needs Psycho-Pirate and elicits the help of some Arkham Asylum inmates: the Ventriloquist, Bronze Tiger, Jewlee, Punchee and of course, Catwoman. They are headed to Bane's stronghold—Santa Prisca prison, where he sits deep within its walls, protected by a high powered army.
The strength of Batman: I Am Suicide comes from the love story between Batman and Catwoman. Its most potent moments are when King shows the love letters between the two. They are heartfelt, poetic and gripping. With Batman: I Am Suicide, we really get into the heart of both masked darlings. It's here where King's writing succeeds; it pulls the reader into an emotional longing between the two star-crossed lovers and makes it easy to empathize with the suicidal situation they are in—one being a crime fighter, the other being a criminal. If nothing else, it makes for great drama.
Juxtapose this with the incredible and violent fight scenes in Batman: I Am Suicide, and you have something special at work here. Artist Mikel Janin does a terrific job of bringing to life Batman bashing his way through wave after wave of Bane's machine gun touting flunkies. The splash pages are to die for in Batman: I Am Suicide, whether it's the Dark Knight scaling the skyscraper-like walls of Santa Prisca or entering Arkham Asylum under the raining, bleak skies of Gotham.
Another success of Batman: I Am Suicide is the panel choice. This isn't your father's comic book. The most striking pages, outside the splash pages, are those that use a creative flair with the panel selection. Whether its panels carving out page space with dark, jagged lines or non-traditional angles, these pages give Batman: I Am Suicide its edge.
What hinders Batman: I Am Suicide though is the dialogue. At times, the repetitive nature of Batman and Catwoman's dialogue was tedious. It takes away from the strengths described above. As well, Bane is a letdown. Coming from his momentous back-breaking work in Knightfall to his portrayal in The Dark Knight Rises, a naked Bane, sitting mostly in his chair, plotting and scheming, leaves a lot to be desired. While he does get his just deserts in the end, it too wasn't as powerful as one would have liked.
But, if you're interested in a good Batman story, especially one that combines a heartfelt romance with knockout action splash pages, then Batman: I Am Suicide is for you.
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It was my first time to punggol beach.
The moment you reach the beach area, you can smell the unique smell of punggol beach.
The smell is quite strong, but still acceptable for me.
It's not the ordinary beach sea water smell.
It a smell which I don't know how to describe.
The rocks there are plentiful.
They are heavily covered with barnacles so do be careful if you wish to enter the water.
The water is kind of dirty with rubbish and small floating bits of unknown material.
I saw a few photographers on the beach but they were shooting on dry land.
Me and my friends were the only kuku people who went into the water to shoot sunset.
Hey... it's kind of fun getting wet while shooting landscape.
Especially when you shoot facing the sea. The unpredictable big waves hit you and your setup was the best experience.
Till now, I have yet to experience the beautiful orange glow and round setting sun.


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