Once you've tapped your way through some basic pre-mission dialogue, you're presented with a beautifully rendered map; your party represented by a Chess-like marker. Tapping a destination slides your pawn over and initiates the mission (and here is where I got disappointed). I was initially expecting a wide-open map, similar to Diablo or Torchlight, where you ran around killing things and gathering treasures… However, HoD presents each mission as a small, short, instanced, and extremely linear dungeon-run that takes no more than a few minutes to complete. Your party is plopped-in the instance and immediately runs (without intervention) straight to the first encounter. You kill the mobs (or get killed), then run to the next. There are typically three encounters in any mission, give-or-take a boss, and between missions you'll find your party running through a tunnel full of coins which you tap to collect. Again, running through tunnels is mostly automated. That's all there is to it – mostly automated, linear dungeon romps that last mere-minutes. Sad. The only upside of this severely handicapped form of questing is the fact that you can re-do each mission at varying levels of difficulty – and hard is, well… hard. Unfortunately, to tackle the harder missions you'll need stronger party members. We'll get to grinding in a bit.
The interface while in combat is intuitive and works fine as-is. Selecting one of your party, you drag a line to an enemy (to attack) or an ally (to heal). Once swords begin swinging and bows begin plunking, you monitor the performance – again, mostly automated. When your foe has fallen, draw new lines to new targets. Unfortunately, the AI is extremely slow on the uptake and it takes a few seconds to realize there are new targets (without manual intervention). Since each battle lasts somewhere around 10sec, you might as well intervene. Special skills for each ally appear as icons at the top of the screen when selected, and triggering them is as simple as a tap or drag-and-drop. At the end of one battle, coins and treasures fall from the sky and you move on.
Between missions, you'll spend a bit of time equipping, upgrading, and selling stuff you've looted. If members of your party have gained enough experience, you can "train" them – a simple matter of waiting until some time has passed to unlock a new skill point. This training time-window seemed to me completely arbitrary, and just another way to encourage you to spend money to shorten the wait. Frustrating. Once you've trained, you'll gain a skill point to assign to a skill in the tree. These skills, in the beginning anyway, don't really feel like they do a whole lot – defense increases and attack speed increases. Again, I was hoping to unlock more powerful abilities… but no. Finally, once your "party level" (sum of all levels in your party) hits certain benchmarks – or, you spend enough money buying coins – you can purchase new party members. The pickin's are pretty slim for the freebies, but I refuse to buy in-game items. Sorry, Glu. So, expect to be repeating plenty of missions in order to grind your way to fill that empty slot in your party.
As stated earlier in the review, Heroes of Destiny sports some snazzy graphics and the UI is toned and slick… but expect to be disappointed if you're seeking any sort of depth. The storyline is basic, and the missions themselves are child's play. Likely, the most satisfying part of this game is repeatedly upgrading and equipping new items that are ever-so-slightly better than the old ones. HoD could have been so much more than mildly entertaining, and for that I have to say "meh" – here's to the future. Unfortunately for now, it seems major mobile publishers are stuck in the Dumbed-Down Age.


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require File.expand_path('../../test_helper', __FILE__)
require 'shell_test/shell_methods'
require 'fileutils'

class ShellMethodsTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
  include ShellTest::ShellMethods

  #
  # assert_script test
  #

  def test_assert_script_correctly_matches_no_output
    assert_script %{
      $ printf ''
    }
  end

  def test_assert_script_correctly_matches_whitespace_output
    assert_script %{
      $ printf "\\t\\n  "
      \t
        }
  end

  def test_assert_script_strips_indents
    assert_script %Q{
    $ echo goodnight
    goodnight
    }

    assert_script %Q{ \t   \r
    $ echo goodnight
    goodnight
    }

    assert_script %Q{
    $ printf "\\t\\n  "
    \t
      }

    assert_script %Q{
    $ echo

    }

    assert_script %Q{$ echo

}
  end

  def test_assert_script_for_multiple_commands
    assert_script %{
      $ echo one
      one
      $ echo two
      two
    }
  end

  def test_assert_script_for_multiline_commands
    assert_script %{
      $ for n in one two; do
      >   echo $n
      > done
      one
      two
    }
  end

  def test_assert_script_for_multiple_commands_with_context
    assert_script %{
      $ VALUE=one
      $ echo $VALUE
      one
    }
  end

  def test_assert_script_inherits_prompt_env
    with_env({'PS1' => '% ', 'PS2' => '~ '}) do
      assert_script %{
        % for n in one two; do
        ~   echo $n
        ~ done
        one
        two
      }
    end
  end

  def test_assert_script_for_long_commands_and_output
    str = "abcdefgh" * 20
    assert_script %{
      $ echo #{str}
      #{str}
    }
  end

  def test_assert_script_with_null
    assert_script %q{
      $ printf "abc\0xyz\n"
      abcxyz
    }
  end

  def test_assert_script_with_bell
    assert_script %q{
      $ printf "abc\axyz\n"
      abcxyz
    }
  end

  def test_assert_script_with_backspace
    assert_script %q{
      $ printf "abc\bx\byz\n"
      abyz
    }
  end

  def test_assert_script_with_horizontal_tab
    assert_script %q{
      $ printf "abc\txyz\n"
      abc	xyz
    }
  end

  def test_assert_script_with_line_feed
    assert_script %q{
      $ printf "abc\nxyz\n"
      abc
      xyz
    }
  end

  def test_assert_script_with_form_feed
    assert_script %q{
      $ printf "abc\fxyz\n"
      abc
         xyz
    }
  end

  def test_assert_script_with_carriage_return
    assert_script %q{
      $ printf "abc\rxyz\n"
      xyz
    }
  end

  def test_assert_script_allows_specification_of_inputs
    assert_script %q{
      $ ruby -e 'print "input?: "; print "\n#{gets.upcase}"'
      input?: {{output!}}
      OUTPUT!
    }
  end

  def test_assert_script_tests_exit_status
    assert_script %{
      $ false
    }, :exitstatus => 1
  end

  def test_assert_script_times_out_for_unexited_scripts
    err = assert_raises(Agent::ReadError) do
      assert_script %{
        $
      }, :noexit => true, :max_run_time => 0.2
    end
    assert_match(/timeout waiting for EOF/, err.message)
  end

  def test_assert_script_respects_timeout_specified_for_last_command
    err = assert_raises(Agent::ReadError) do
      assert_script %{
        $ sleep 0.5; exit # [0.1]
      }, :noexit => true, :max_run_time => 2
    end
    assert_str_match %q{
      timeout waiting for EOF after 0.:...:s

      /bin/sh (elapsed: 0.:...:s max: 2.00s)
      =========================================================
      $ sleep 0.5; exit

      =========================================================
    }, err.message
  end

  def test_assert_script_for_example_cut_from_terminal
    parent_dir = __FILE__.chomp('.rb')
    dir = File.join(parent_dir, __name__)

    begin
      FileUtils.mkdir_p(dir)
      Dir.chdir(dir) do
        assert_script %q{
          $ for n in one two; do
          > echo $n
          > done
          one
          two
          $ printf "abcdefgh"
          abcdefgh$ printf "xyz\n"
          xyz
          $ cat > file <<DOC
          > abc
          > xyz
          > pqr
          > DOC
          $ cat file file file file file file file file file | tr "\n" '.'
          abc.xyz.pqr.abc.xyz.pqr.abc.xyz.pqr.abc.xyz.pqr.abc.xyz.pqr.abc.xyz.pqr.abc.xyz.pqr.abc.xyz.pqr.abc.xyz.pqr.$
          $
          $ rm file
          $ exit
        }, :noexit => true
      end
    ensure
      FileUtils.rm_r(parent_dir)
    end
  end

  def test_assert_script_fails_on_mismatch
    assert_raises(TestUnitErrorClass) { assert_script %Q{$ printf ""\nflunk} }
    assert_raises(TestUnitErrorClass) { assert_script %Q{$ echo pass\nflunk} }
  end

  #
  # _assert_script test
  #

  def test__assert_script_does_not_strip_indents
    _assert_script %Q{
    $ printf "    \\t\\n      "
    \t
      }
  end

  #
  # assert_script_match test
  #

  def test_assert_script_match_matches_regexps_to_output
    assert_script_match %Q{
      $ echo "goodnight
      > moon"
      goodnight
      m:.o+.:n
    }
  end

  def test_assert_script_match_fails_on_mismatch
    assert_raises(TestUnitErrorClass) do
      assert_script_match %Q{
        $ echo 'hello world'
        goodnight m:.o+.:n
      }
    end
  end

  #
  # assert_str_equal test
  #

  def test_assert_str_equal
    assert_str_equal %{
    line one
      line two
    }, "line one\n  line two\n"

    assert_str_equal %{
    line one
      line two}, "line one\n  line two"

    assert_str_equal %{  \t   \r
    line one
    line two
    }, "line one\nline two\n"

    assert_str_equal %{

    }, "\n\n"

    assert_str_equal %{

    }, "\n"

    assert_str_equal %{  \t   \r

    }, "\n"

    assert_str_equal %{
    }, ""

    assert_str_equal %q{}, ""
    assert_str_equal %q{line one
line two
}, "line one\nline two\n"
  end

  #
  # assert_str_match test
  #

  def test_assert_str_match
    assert_str_match(/abc/, "...abc...")
  end

  def test_assert_str_match_regexp_escapes_strings
    assert_str_match "a:...:c", "...alot of random stuff toc..."
  end
end

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American democracy passed away on Jan 21, 2010 after a long lingering illness resulting from the rich and powerful hijacking our elections and bribing our elected officials.
In remembrance of this tragic passing, TUTA and Move to Amend members in Corpus Christi came together to mourn their loss on the 5th anniversary of the Citizens United ruling, which was the final straw in the struggle to survive this deadly disease ( Jan 21, 2014). The busy intersection of SPID and Staples rang with their sad tidings.
corporations and wealthy individuals. These few have the power to determine who can run for office and who can get elected. Only "Big Money" is the winner.
TUTA members in Corpus Christi and across the state continue working for a Constitutional Amendment to overturn Citizens United. It's the only way we can revive democracy and regain control over our government. With the resubmission of Texas Senator Rodney Ellis' resolution (SCR 2) we have a mission in this legislative session to get Texas to join the 16 other states with resolutions to amend.
for Citizens United to be overturned.


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Q: Reading from serial port in Visual Basic I want to use VB.NET to read from a serial port. I use VB to write to the COM3, and in the next line I read from COM3. However, when I read from the com port and write to the console, I do not see anything.
Module Module1

Sub Main()

    Dim returnStr As String = ""
    Dim com As IO.Ports.SerialPort = Nothing
    Try
        com = My.Computer.Ports.OpenSerialPort("COM3")
        com.ReadTimeout = 10000

        com.WriteLine("test1")
        Dim Incoming As String = com.ReadLine()

        Console.WriteLine(Incoming)
    Catch ex As TimeoutException
        returnStr = "Error: Serial Port read timed out."
    Finally
        If com IsNot Nothing Then com.Close()
    End Try

    Console.ReadLine()

End Sub

End Module

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"I completely commit to complexity." Shen Xin on opening up space through the sensory + refusing the definitive
Human Poney, 28 July 2017
"It's kind of like pandora's box," says Shen Xin over dinner in London about her recent major four channel video installation 'Provocation of the Nightingale' (2017). Our conversation feels the same way, as we move fluidly between the layers of research and shifting viewpoints at play within the work. "I completely commit to complexity" the Chengdu-born artist admits about her investigations of power relations and systems of belief, "like if I weren't an artist I'd be a detective."
Shen Xin, 'Provocation of the Nightingale' (2017) Installation view. Courtesy the artist + Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead.
First shown at London's Lychee One earlier this year as part of solo exhibition Strongholds (2017), the work is currently being shown in Gateshead as part of the 2017 BALTIC Artists' Award exhibition, running June 30 to October 1. Like a knot impossible to untie, or as the press release describes "a kaleidoscope-like effect [where] emotion, judgment, and ethics circulate through individual and collective subjects," the four videos both support and undermine one another, creating a narrative that never allows for conclusion.
Each video was filmed in a large empty theatre during a residency in South Korea's Asia Cultural Centre last year, while researching buddhist assimilation in various cultural contexts. Moving between protagonists and perspectives, the multi screen environment creates a complex web of pain, trauma, intimacy, gender, capital, spirituality, science, race and other socio-historical relations.
Separated into four screens, the first is a filmic portrait between a meditation teacher and her student who works in the DNA industry, the second includes sound recordings of online testimonials of individuals who have used a DNA testing service to trace their Native and Asian roots, the third portrays two dancers, showing only the moments of pause and rest, and the fourth compiles appropriated footage diverse in content, with parts addressing the violation of women's bodies.
'Provocation of the Nightingale' places you in a whirlpool of Shen's research and acute personal observations. Entering into an almost trance-like state of viewing, you stop trying to form relationships or draw conclusions, and instead are continually challenged to assess how you come to believe and form opinions about something. "The next project I want to do is very different from this last one because it looks at filming as a sensory experience more." The conversation organically meanders towards the recent shifts in her practice. Dedicated to the space of 'opening up', Shen expands on her interest in the potentials for a more sensory way of making and viewing art as well as her suspicions of discourse and its slippery slope into dogma.
Shen Xin, 'Provocation of the Nightingale' (2017) Video still. Courtesy the artist + Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead.
** You never let the viewer, or yourself as the maker, land in one place for too long, everything is being flipped upside down continually, when or where does it stop?
Shen Xin: This undermining should be constant and there's no stopping point. But if you compare it to capitalism and how capital flows, it flows so quickly. But it always lands somewhere, it always capitalizes on something. You can capitalize on resistance, on protest, on rebellion. You can you capitalize anything; criticality, complicity, everything. But what if you can't, you just don't have a stopping point? A constant thinking practice.
** Yeah, that's an interesting approach, like any domain, including pain, can never be a solid thing.
SX: Instead of looking at pain in a way that is very much definitive, I'm opening up how it can be distributed otherwise, or how we can view it in a way that it's not just about the idea of pain. Pain as an idea, like trauma or violence, can be easily used as tools of oppression.
In the work itself, I'm not showing you pain, as in showing you how painful things are. I'm actually trying to open up space through the subjects of pain, to resist pain becoming definite. Like, someone could be declared to be sexist or racist, and you deem certain behaviours as that, it also have the power to silence people or stop the cycle of understanding towards the subject. It's not helpful, in my opinion, to constantly hold on to this power that could be defined by various labels. It's very tricky, I suppose, and it's complex in terms of why or how you're pointing things out.
** I remember you saying earlier that you want to take your work in another direction after this, are you wanting to move away from this theoretical 'laziness'?
SX: I would like to not be bound by discourse in any form. I do not want discourse to pave my way of making work. Some aspects of Provocation of the Nightingale – the work in the Baltic show is very logo centric and driven by the rational, how it's all composed together and there's a lot of that control in there – layers upon layers.
** Like a distrust in discourse?
SX: Not a distrust, but it's all much more open than I thought – the thought lies in how I've been inclined to read certain books, looking at certain philosophers etcetera. So at one point, I just decided, I'm not going to read any more white male philosophers, and then I discovered a whole different world. There are things I feel much more connected to and realizing that I don't have to be submissive to a certain kind of readymade. Also, you stop consuming things. When you read theory in your art student life, you're consuming discourse, or using it as shield for criticality. Before I felt like I had this mode of just shooting certain words out, using them because they feel like the right and safe things to say. And then I realized it is actually rather limiting.
** Yes totally agree….
SX: I think it's due to when you solidify the form of discourse then it becomes problematic, so if you take the subject of accelerationism and then you take that as a form and you don't unpack that form, there's an understanding in the way that the word or language has been used, which is also prelinguistic in every sense. Criticality feels like the declaration of 'we're all on the right side of history.' I don't want to make work that can immediately form, and immediately solidify itself.
** When did this all start to hit you, was there a specific moment you can remember that made you gravitate towards the sensory more?
SX: I think there are so many moments, one of the main ones was after graduation, and watching people with 'Counting Blessings' and they were laughing because they got the point of the film. That was one of the most significant moments for me, and then I realized, actually no, this film is not for you to get. It's not about me as I'm thinking about not making works as projects but constructing systems.
** How do you remove yourself from that in that it's not about you?
SX: I'm not removed completely but I would like to not be remembered as the person who is more important than the work itself. I mean it's a really simple thing to say, but it's just something I strongly believe in – that the work should be useful.
And if you remove the idea of 'me' in it, the viewer doesn't think about me, or see me in it, but is free to think about everything else inside it. That's how I feel about most films that I watch. Of course the director made it and I'll watch their next film because it's good but it's not about the director. When dealing with the kind of capitalism that is functioning in the ego centric art world, if people sort of accept that or are getting accosted that the work is not about the artist, I think that makes some difference.
** Is there anything you've seen lately that's had a big impact?
SX: I have recently been very interested in this thing called sensory ethnography. At Kassel Documenta I got completely drawn into a film by Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Verena Paravel and later on discovered 'Leviathan' (2012). Basically, there is this very strong sense of the camera being post-human, not in a post-human theory sense but the camera lingers. They [ filmmakers] are slowing the process, they are letting things happen in a way that they don't take anything for granted, they're not just collecting materials so they can tell a story.
** I love those moments, those practice-changing moments. Sometimes I catch myself spending too much time thinking about what I don't want the work to be instead of what I want it to be.
SX: I want the works to be functional. I perceive thinking as a form of practice, partly because action is oppressed in many socio-political contexts. [It's] something that I always have to deal with or learning to work with. It's like mapping out what you can use to think about things, I suppose.
** And what you don't want?
SX: I can't define it in a positive sense but I know certain things I don't want, and one of those is irony. I don't want irony in my work and I want to strip off any possibility of harboring it, as it sticks to signifiers and symbols.
It's a very sensory experience when things are complex because you have to be open. That's why I want to move away from irony because I want to explore how to be even more engaged with that ability to open up space when viewing the film. At some point, you have to give up to re-associate or the presumed freedom of re-association.**
Xen Shin's 'Provocation of the Nightingale' at Gateshead's BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art as part of the 2017 BALTIC Artists' Award opened June 30 and is running to October 1.
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Shawn Michaels Regrets Coming Out of Retirement, Addresses His Behavior in the 90's
Mar 18, 2021 - by James Walsh
Shawn Michaels looks back at his one-time return to the ring at WWE Crown Jewel in 2018 as a career regret at this point, as he noted in a new interview. HBK spoke with the New York Post for a new interview and discussed his regrets for doing the match, which was poorly received by both critics and fans. You can see highlights from his discussion below:
On regretting coming out of retirement for the match: "I do. I had no idea that from Mark's standpoint he was looking at it as that might be one he could walk away on … That's something that I think to myself now, 'Oh my goodness I wish that I'd have known that.'"
On his mindset going into the match: "For me it was [fun]. It was just a chance to be with my buddies … [it] lives in a separate world to me [from the rest of my career]. All I can do is apologize to the guys."
On sticking to his retirement: "I think people have always been kind of confused with my peace and joy with the way I did things and that somehow there should be something nagging at me, something left unfinished. I think it's hard for people to not always see me as Shawn Michaels and I see the entire picture and I know the guy who started as a 200-pound guy that wasn't supposed to make it. So for me, I compare that to what I did get the opportunity to do and it's hard not to be happy about that."
Michaels recently spoke with Inside the Ropes about a number of different subjects, including the Heartbreak Kid's infamous behavior in the 1990s that garnered him the reputation as a bad boy. Highlights from the interview can be found below.
Says if a talent acted the way he did he would suggest to let them go:
I don't know. I don't think I'd deal with them and I'd probably suggest that we let him go, he's going to be nothing but trouble, no matter how talented he is. Either that or get him help. Honestly, that would be the biggest thing. Especially, as I look at it, I think to myself, 'Well, I… I was good at my job.
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At 11:37 a.m. on October 10, 1947 the United States Army Transport Honda Knot sailed under the Golden Gate Bridge and into San Francisco Bay under overcast skies completing the final leg of a journey for her military passengers. 3,012 of those aboard were listed as "passengers (deceased)" for these were the remains of fallen servicemen, many of whom had passed under the Golden Gate Bridge on ships bound for the war in the Pacific.
5,000 mourners showed up on San Francisco's Marina Green to pay tribute to the war dead. Dignitaries in the audience included Sixth Army Commandant General Mark Clark, Secretary of the Navy John L. Sullivan, California Governor Earl Warren and San Francisco Mayor Roger Lapham.
As a measured 21-gun salute marked the beginning of the memorial service a navy launch approached the Honda Knot and presented a seven-foot wreath from President Truman containing leaves of trees from all corners of the country. Church bells rang throughout the city to signal the citizens that a one-minute moment of silence was to be observed.
When the 30 minute ceremony was over the USAT Honda Knot moved to the Oakland Army base where six caskets, representing the Army, Navy, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, Air Force, and service-attached civilians, were selected to lie in state in the rotunda of San Francisco's City Hall. Within three days, all 3,028 caskets were on their way to their final resting places, in accordance with the wishes of next of kin.
233,181 American dead were returned home after the end of World War II when Congress passed legislation authorizing repatriation of the bodies. Families were given the choice of burial in the United States or overseas in an American military cemetery.
93,242 men were buried overseas in American cemeteries because the families believed it was more appropriate for their loved ones to remain at rest with comrades near the battlefields where they had died.
The families of 78,976 dead soldiers had no choice of interment; their sons were listed as missing in action and their remains were never recovered.
The entire repatriation and overseas burial program was conducted from 1945 to 1951, at a cost of $200,000,000 in 1945 dollars (several billion today). It was the most extensive reburial program following a foreign war.
The retrieval and burial of American dead from WW II goes on today as bodies of missing US soldiers are recovered from remote jungles or discovered in European graveyards. All remains are analyzed, relatives sought and found, and then these once lost soldiers are returned to their hometowns or buried in national cemeteries abroad.
Consider this a heartfelt Thank You to those who made the ultimate sacrifice and to the families who carried on in the absence of their loved ones to make this country what it is today.
The Honda Knot is the only name I happen to remember (for whatever reason) of all the ships my dad served post WWII. He was the Purser and I remember coming from Mill Valley to Fort Mason to meet the ships when they returned from a voyage. Wondering if there's a listing anywhere of the officers on the ships? I have no records, but I may have a some old movie clips my dad took. I've tried off and on for years to find this ship…and here it is! Thank you!
I'm glad that you found the ship that your dad served on. My relationship with this piece of history has been an accident. I moved a stack of binders and scrapbooks at the GGB one night and the book with the newspaper clippings for the Honda Knot slid out of the stack. Maybe it was trying to make itself known after being buried away for so long. Anyway, I wrote about it and here we are communicating about it. Coincidence or destiny?
I have checked my files and can't find anything to suggest a way to find a list of officers for any Navy ships. Have you tried contacting the National Archives or the U.S. Navy? If I come across anything in the future I will get back to you with it.
You're most welcome. Your dad performed a valuable service to his fallen comrades and their families.
I was researching my grandfather's service records and discovered that he had the honor of serving as first officer on the USAT Honda Knot from July 11 – October 14, 1947, which would cover this critical voyage Thank you for hosting this site and keeping the memory of the fallen heroes.
You are welcome, Alexander. Thanks for your comment. Did your grandfather share any stories about his experiences on the ship?
I was young when my grandfather discussed his maritime service — a lot of what he said then went over my head. Fortunately, I kept most of his service records after he passed away which is how I came across the Honda Knot.
It's nice that you have honored his memory over the years.
I've just run across USAT Honda Knot and the story of the return of our fallen from WWII. Among them on that ship was Lt. William E. Senhauser of Zanesville, Ohio, who was killed in an airplane crash and subsequent explosion in the Marshall Islands in 1944. His remains were repatriated via the Honda Knot and he passed under the Golden Gate as described here. Thank you for your post and may he and the others rest in peace.
It's a small world, Jeremy. I was born not far from Zanesville (we moved right after my sixth birthday). I have an electronic file that is about 33 MB in size and it has the research items that I used for my post on the MV Honda Knot. Among the files are .pdf scans that I made from newspaper clippings concerning the ship's voyage and arrival. I also have an eBook of the US Army's Quartermaster Corps for WWII and Korea. It covers the disposition of the Dead in the final chapters.
I see that you have a Gmail account on your webpage. If you would like to have a copy of my research file I would be happy to send it to you. Reply to this comment and I will follow your wishes. My condolences to your family and may they all rest in peace.
use this link to the 109 photos in that set on the arrival of the Honda Knot and the return of the Fallen.
Thank you, John. The photographers at Life magazine were top notch back then.
In researching 2nd Lt. Marvin Crausby of Timpson, Texas I ran across your article. He was one of those aboard being brought home for reburial. Thanks for the moving account.
Thank you for sharing your account. What is the nature of your research, if I may ask?
he is buried now in Albany NY. Thanks to a friend in NY , I have photos of his headstone and copies of the cemetery records. Just trying to connect the dots, starting with the photos in my parents photo albums.
there is another very large set of images of the return of the funeral ships at the port in New York.
Thank you for this information and good luck with your research. I was talking about your reply with my wife last night and she told me that her father was present in NY when the first bodies were returned in 1947.
Her dad was a Naval Commander on an ammunition freighter in Oran Harbor when it was attacked.
My father, 2nd Lt. William E. Wiist, U.S. Army, was one of the 3,000 "passengers" on the Honda Knot. He was killed in the Pacific in June 1944 two months before my birth.
I am very sorry for your loss. Thank you for speaking up and connecting the rest of us to the reality of the reburial process and its place in our generation.
I did not realize how much of a loss it was until I started raising three children of my own!
This is a really moving historical tale that I'm not sure a lot of us know. This makes me think about my Grandfather who served in WWII, I so admire him and look up to him for his service and courage. I am so fortunate to still have him in my life today, I think tomorrow I'm going to have to give him a shout out. I guess I forgot how many people, how many Americans alone, died in that war. The very thought of being the captain of this boat is heavy enough let alone being one of the people waiting for their loved one or there just to show their respect. And the effort that was put into putting these people to rest is commendable, I can only hope now a days that we not only continue showing men and women this respect whether they've passed or still live. Hopefully we will offer more help to the returned that live.
In reblogging this I hope you all will call up that person you know. Here's my salute to ya. And thanks very much to Allan over at Ohm Sweet Ohm who created this post two years ago. He's got some great posts and photos, I suggest paying him a visit if you got a sec.
Very moving tale, thank you for sharing! My grandfather – still alive at 94 – served in WWII. I would like to remember to bring this up next time we're together. It's very moving indeed.
Btw, I found this post today – 20 Oct 2014 – through your Blast from the Past link, great concept btw to send people to random post. Very happy I clicked on it.
Thanks for taking the time to look around the blog and comment.
The saga of the Honda Knot is an epic one.
I learned about the USAT Honda Knot while researching members of my dad's WWII naval air squadron; several of them returned home on the ship. When I first searched the internet for information about the ship, the only data I could find was a construction record at Walter Butler Shipbuilders, Duluth, MN; a C1-M-AV1 type coastal transport, hull number 2250, completed in April, 1945. But, I could find no photos of the Honda Knot on the internet.
I went to the National Archives in College Park, Md in 2006 and found several photos of the ship and posted a couple of them on my Flickr account. Since then, many people have learned of this ship and it's mission after WWII. The accounts of the extra ordinary efforts by our country to seek out and repatriate the remains of those who died tell of a time when our sensibilities and priorities were considerably different than what, all too often, seems to prevail now.
Your article is succinct and well written. Nicely done.
Thank you for your kind words, Dave. I may owe a thanks to you for the photos, as I lost track of where I found them.
This story literally fell into my lap as I had to move a stack of large binders to do some work at the GGB. They turned out to be scrapbooks of news clippings going back to 1920 and the one with the info of the Honda Knot was on top. It was the first time that I had heard of the ship or the voyage and it captivated me.
When I decided to start a blog last year I knew that a story on the Honda Knot would be a definite post.
Thank you, and your dad, for your efforts to keep this story alive.
Thanks, Al. What really hits me about WW II is how much happened in such a short time for our parents' generation.


In May 1997 The Lower Ure Conservation Trust (LUCT) was established to work for the conservation of biodiversity of species and their habitat.
Recent declines in the breeding numbers of lapwing, redshank and curlew have highlighted the urgent need to provide optimum nesting and feeding habitats to prevent further damaging losses.
Lapwing are estimated to have suffered a national decline of 80% in the past 50 years. The species is now absent as a breeding bird in much of southern England and Wales.
The curlew is estimated to have undergone a "moderately rapid" global decline in recent years and is now considered to be near-threatened.
At its Nosterfield reserve, LUCT aims to establish best practice in the provision and maintenance of wet grassland to help local populations of these waders. We would also encourage others to establish similar habitat, be they landowners, NGOs or like-minded conservation bodies.
If you would like to learn more we would love to hear from you.


A few thoughts....: Yes, I am a social media-aholic. The first step is admitting it.
The other 10 social networks are around the 500-1000 range with slow growth. Some social sites have come and gone as relevant (Tumblr, Vine, etc) while some are staples on the front screen of my phone.


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HISTORIC DAY FOR MONCTON NORTHEAST CONSTRUCTION ASSOCIATION
February 15, 2016 was a historic day for Moncton Northeast Construction Association (CANB- Moncton Northeast). For the first time in its history, or at least as far as anyone can remember, the first elected board members took their place on the Board of Directors. Starting this year Board Members will have fixed terms of two years and will be limited to serving three of these terms consecutively unless they move into an executive position. In each year one-half of the Board positions will stand for election. Other changes were made to the makeup of the Board and for the first time the 2016 Board will have equal representation from the sectors making up its regular membership. So now there are four directors that represent each of the three sectors of General Contractor, Trade Contractor and Manufacturer & Supplier. There continues to be two members representing the three northern counties and one who represents the Associate Members.
After a nominating process and an election for two of the available positions Nick Bird (Avondale Construction) and Andrew Myers (J W Lindsay Construction) were acclaimed as General Contractor sector representatives, Tabatha Savage (Controls & Equipment) and Cherrie Moreault (Black & McDonald) were elected as Trade Contractor sector representatives, Blaise Dobbin (Compact Appliances) and Rene Blanchard (Blanchard Group) were acclaimed as Manufacturer & Supplier sector representatives and Luc Bernard (Design Built Mechanical) was acclaimed as a director representing the northern members. Those whose terms will expire in 2017 and so continuing to serve on the Board are John Rice (Rice Contracting) and Marilou Savoie (Acadian Construction) in the General Contractor sector, Barry Blight (Eastern Fence) and Doug Trenholm (Economy Glass) in the Trade Contractor Sector, Andrew King (Fero Waste & Recycling) and Jean Bourque (Strescon) in the Manufacturer & Supplier sector, Bill Schenkels (Sunny Corner Enterprises) from the northern counties and Rick Melanson (Champlain Goguen Insurance) from the Associates.
At a Board Meeting yesterday the new Board elected the officers of the Association for 2016 with Andrew King as Chair, John Rice as First Vice Chair, Marilou Savoie as Second Vice Chair and Jean Bourque as Secretary Treasurer. The Past Chair is Nick Bird.


This is one of the most important questions to make a cabinetry planning: how much do kitchen cabinets cost ? To answer this question is quite a bit of hard, because every market which sells cabinetry can be different in price. A market and market B might have cost a different amount of money from one to each others. Whereas, knowing the average prices of the cabinetry will help us more to figure out how much money will we spend. But do not worry. Here, we can find the average prices of cabinetry.
Usually, basic kitchen cabinets costs which includes top and bottom and have a measurement of 10 x 12 foot start its prices at $4000 to $5000. The basic kitchen cabinets depend on the shape and the size of your kitchen, especially the total your kitchen's lifelike feet. Basic kitchen cabinets usually come in pre-made. For semi-custom cabinets which have measurement of the same as basic kitchen cabinets, the price begins at $8000 to $10.000. Glass fronts, the choice of woods, handcrafted finishes, intricate trim patterns and other options make the price rising higher, though. Semi-custom cabinets are built after the order is placed, so that you can choose among a certain amount of options. And for the custom-made cabinets, they might cost you around $16.000 to $20.000. Thus, the prices above are not including the installation and the counter tops.
If you are choosing to just take the kitchen cabinets which measurement are standard 10 x 10, then KitchenCabinetKings.com offers you a lot of them with the price under $3000. Here are some kitchen cabinets from KitchenCabinetsKing based on the prices: the Country Oak Classic and the Carolina Oak are $1.195 in price; Honey, Cherry Glaze, and Cinnamon Glaze are $1.548 in price; Santa Fe and Shakertown are $1.766 in price; Sienna Rope, Sandstone Rope, New Yorker, Wave Hill, Mocha Shaker, and Savannah are $1.905 in price; and Pacifica is $2.842 in price.
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Laptop and tablet computers are quickly becoming the primary way people interface with the Internet, their work, their social networks and even recreation. While desktop computer users benefit from an ergonomically configured workstation, far less attention has been paid to laptop use. However, laptop computers can be even more hazardous to your health.
Northwest Missouri University published a great study on laptop use – Oh My Aching Laptop! Among the problems documented were pins-and-needles sensations in fingertips, sore backs, necks and wrists, and blurry vision, all caused by too many hours on a laptop without the benefit of a healthier, ergonomic setup. There is now mounting evidence that laptop computers carry the risk of repetitive stress injuries (RSI).
Why Are Notebook Computers So Bad?
Laptop computers were originally designed for travel and part time use. Now that they have dropped in price, an increasing number of users spend many hours each day working on a notebook. The primary problem is that you cannot simultaneously position the screen at the healthiest point and the keyboard in your lap where it belongs. Thus without some external assistance, the user is going to either hunch over the laptop which can lead to neck and back problems, or reach up to reach the keyboard which can compress the nerves in the forearms.
Healthy use of a laptop or tablet computer almost always requires the use of external devices. The least expensive approach is to elevate your computer with a laptop stand, laptop arm or even a couple of phone books; then add an external keyboard and mouse. If you spend long hours on your computer, creating a healthy laptop workstation in your primary office makes sense.
On the road, travel laptop stands and mini keyboards and mice will fit nicely into your laptop bag. Of course these tools can be used in the office too though people with larger hands, wider shoulders or pain problems may be better off with a full-size ergonomic keyboard and any mouse that they can use pain-free.
If you travel often, it may make sense for you to use either a well-designed laptop backpack or a wheeled laptop bag to save wear and tear on your shoulders and back. These days many are checkpoint friendly and are designed to get you through airport security faster and with less chance of losing your computer.
I do a lot of graphic work and have back, neck and hand problems so I use a dual monitor arm with a laptop mount and a sit stand keyboard tray so I can stand part of the day and benefit from two screens. How have you personalized your laptop workstation? Tell us about it. If you haven't done so yet, how would you?
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COP28 will be the UAE's most important event in 2023: Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid
ABU DHABI, 22nd November 2022 (WAM) –- His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, said that COP28 will be the most important event hosted by the nation in 2023.
His Highness was addressing the UAE Government Annual Meetings, which reviewed the significance of the UAE hosting the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
The session was attended by H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai; H.H. Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister, and Minister of Finance; H.H. Sheikh Ammar bin Humaid Al Nuaimi, Crown Prince of Ajman; H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi, Crown Prince of Fujairah; H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Crown Prince of Ras Al Khaimah; and H.H. Sheikh Sultan bin Ahmed bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Deputy Ruler of Sharjah.
The session was also attended by H.H. Lt. General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior; H.H. Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Presidential Court; H.H. Sheikh Hamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Member of the Executive Council of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi; H.H. Sheikh Khalid bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Member of the Executive Council of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Executive Office; H.H. Sheikh Theyab bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Member of the Executive Council of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, and H.H. Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairperson of the Dubai Culture and Arts Authority; and a number of dignitaries, ministers and heads of government departments.
During the session, Dr. Sultan bin Ahmed Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and UAE Special Envoy for Climate Change, highlighted the importance of the UAE hosting the Conference of the Parties.
Dr. Al Jaber thanked the vision of the UAE leadership and highlighted the legacy of the founding father, the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, in promoting sustainable development and environmental protection.
He said the determination of the UAE, its strong diplomatic relations with global nations and pragmatic position on climate action, underpinned by proven experience in the energy and sustainability sectors led to the nation securing the international consensus in 2021 to host COP28 in 2023.
"The late Sheikh Zayed laid the foundations of environmental sustainability and climate action that we have built on in the past decades. Today, we have a proven track record of reducing emissions, accelerating the growth of renewable energy and enabling the energy transition," said Dr. Al Jaber.
He also provided examples of the UAE's achievements over the years, including stopping gas flaring since the 1970s under the directives of the late Sheikh Zayed.
Dr. Al Jaber said that led by the vision and directives of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Masdar was launched in 2006 as the region's first renewable energy and sustainability initiative. Today, Masdar has implemented several clean energy projects globally, including a solar-powered desalination project as well as a project to study the feasibility of low wind speed turbines. Dr. Al Jaber said the first phase of the Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park was launched in 2013, another testament to the country's commitment to promoting renewable energy.
Dr. Al Jaber said the UAE was the first country in the region to ratify the Paris Agreement and to announce a strategic initiative to achieve Net Zero by 2050. The UAE also hosts the headquarters of the International Renewable Energy Agency.
Dr. Al Jaber said the UAE has invested more than US$50 billion in clean energy projects in 70 countries, including 40 developing nations, and recently announced the UAE-US Partnership to Accelerate the Transition to Clean Energy (PACE). The project will catalyse US$100 billion in financing, investment, and other support and will deploy 100 gigawatts of clean energy globally.
"The COP is a global political, economic, scientific and social platform to achieve commitments to reduce the impact of climate change through negotiations and to assess the progress in climate action," said Dr. Al Jaber. He added 27 Conferences of the Parties have been held so far, including COP21 which was a milestone moment that witnessed the landmark Paris Agreement.
Dr. Al Jaber stressed that the UAE is committed to advancing climate action based on the outcomes of the past summits, including COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh, which made significant progress in many areas, including the landmark agreement to establish a 'Loss and Damage Fund,' the launch of the Just Energy Transition in the Energy Sector work program and many others.
He said that COP28, which will be hosted in the UAE in 2023 at Expo City Dubai, will be an important global event coinciding with the UAE National Day, adding that the event will welcome high-level participation, including over 140 heads of state and government leaders, over 80,000 delegates and more than 5,000 media professionals.
He said the UAE has commenced preparations for hosting the event. A Higher Committee has been formed chaired by H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, to supervise the preparations for COP28.
Dr. Al Jaber said that COP28 is of particular significance as it marks the conclusion of the first Global Stocktake, a comprehensive assessment of the progress made in achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement.
Dr. Al Jaber said the UAE will focus on finding practical solutions that ensure energy security while reducing emission, adding that the responsibility of leading the negotiations includes a commitment to being a neutral and independent interlocutor to all nations. The presidency also involves formulating the outcomes of the summit and supervising the negotiations to achieve official decisions that will be announced at COP28.
Dr. Sultan Al Jaber said that hosting COP28 is a significant opportunity for the UAE to achieve political and economic benefits for the country, the region, and the world, including finding realistic, practical, and pragmatic solutions to accelerate the global energy transition. He highlighted the role of the UAE in building bridges to advance global efforts that will support the Global South and countries that are most vulnerable.
Concluding his presentation, Dr. Al Jaber reiterated that the success of COP28 is a national responsibility and extended an open invitation to government and private sectors as well as all segments of society to come together in solidarity to host a successful and inclusive global event.
He called on all parties to coordinate in this national event to ensure an exceptional and successful conference.
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4WEB Medical launches 3D printed stand-alone Anterior spinal implant
Paul Hanaphy October 07th 2020 - 11:48am 0 0
Orthopedic implant company 4WEB Medical has added a Stand-Alone Anterior Spine Truss System (ASTS-SA) to its 3D printed spine implant portfolio.
4WEB Medical's latest additive surgical device features an enhanced dual-step locking system, which prevents spinal screws from backing out, and provides surgeons with greater confidence during procedures. What's more, as the ASTS-SA has been created with the firm's own Truss Implant Technology, it displays the same enhanced healing characteristics as the rest of its transplant range.
According to James Lynch, the neurosurgeon, and CEO of Spine Nevada who performed the first operation with the device, its integrated structure provides numerous time and cost benefits to its end-user. "The addition of integrated screws to the implant allows for an ALIF procedure that eliminates the need for supplemental fixation or plating," said Dr. Lynch.
"This, coupled with all of the advantages provided by 4WEB's proprietary Truss Technology, results in not only cost savings, but also a quicker and more minimally-invasive procedure that improves patient safety, and enhances clinical outcomes," he added.
4WEB now markets a range of spinal implant devices (pictured) which are manufactured using its proprietary Truss Technology. Image via 4WEB Medical.
The '4WEB geometry' and Truss Implant Technology
Founded in 2008, 4WEB Medical manufactures surgical implants utilizing a novel geometry it discovered a few years ago, which it refers to as the '4WEB.' The 4WEB forms the basis of the company's design process, and the geometry can reportedly be used as a 'building block' to create a variety of high-strength, lightweight web structures.
After unearthing the 4WEB geometry, the company combined it with modern 3D printing to form its proprietary Truss implant platform, on which all of its products are currently based. Within its manufacturing process, 4WEB Medical's Truss technology is used to create a hierarchical surface roughness, which carves out features that range from the macro to a nano-scale.
As well as enabling the production of parts with complex geometries, the approach also provides an environment that allows for bone growth and fusion. For instance, in 4WEB Medical's own in-vitro tests, stem cells cultured in its devices exhibited an increase in osteogenic markers when compared to titanium or PEEK implants.
The safety and sterility of the company's technology was recognized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2016, which granted 510k approval to the company's 'Lateral Spine Truss System.' Since then, 4WEB Medical has gone on to launch a series of additive implants which now includes Cervical, Lateral, Anterior, Posterior and Osteotomy Truss Systems.
4WEB Medical's newest 3D printed implant (pictured) features a dual-step locking system, which prevents the implant from moving during and after surgery. Image via 4WEB Medical.
4WEB Medical's Anterior Spine Truss System
With the launch of its latest Anterior System, 4WEB Medical has designed a customized device for use within the Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (ALIF) surgical procedure. The operation is often used to treat spinal disorders such as degenerative disc disease, and it broadly involves a device being implanted using a posterior approach, near the patient's intervertebral disk.
4WEB Medical's ASTS-SA product is a standalone device, meaning that it doesn't require any additional plating to be used during surgery, which reduces the associated times and costs of ALIF. The Anterior System's layout also features a novel dual-step locking mechanism, which prevents it from becoming loose, while making the operation safer in the process.
The company's new product line is also characterized by the same structural benefits as the rest of its Truss Technology Systems. Under loading, the device's struts transfer the strain to adjacent cellular material, which in turn, stimulates a mechanobiologic response that can be beneficial to the healing process.
4WEB's ASTS-SA implant is now available in multiple footprints, lordotic angles, and heights, in order to accommodate varying patient anatomies. According to Tasha White, VP of Marketing for 4WEB Medical, the product is expected to perform very well from a commercial standpoint too.
"The launch of the stand-alone anterior interbody implant is a significant milestone for 4WEB and is the latest example of the company's continued commitment to invest in product development, clinical research, and procedural based solutions," said White.
"We are excited to provide this best in class procedural solution and anticipate that this product will drive considerable revenue growth for the company," she added.
Additive applications in spinal surgery
Metal 3D printing is increasingly being deployed by healthcare companies to produce tiny, complex medical-grade implants, and numerous variations of the technology have been experimented with in recent years.
Medical device manufacturer Nexxt Spine, for instance, uses machines from GE Additive to produce its MATRIXX family of porous titanium spinal fusion implants. Utilizing 3D printing, the company is able to control the entire design, production, and distribution process of its cell-healing grafts in-house.
Pennsylvania-based spinal care development firm Centinel Spine meanwhile, has also gained 510k approval from the FDA for its 3D printed implant devices. The company's FLX Platform of titanium fusion implants, stabilize the vertebrae from the front (anterior) of the spine, which accelerates the healing process for patients
Elsewhere, Emerging Implant Technologies (EIT) (which is owned by Johnson & Johnson), has received FDA approval for its patented Cellular Titanium Technology. The 3D printed devices, which were reported to be the first of their kind, featured a structure that mimicked that of the cancellous and cortical structure of bone.
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Featured image shows 4WEB Medical's 3D printed Anterior spinal implant device. Image via 4WEB Medical.
Tags 4web medical Centinel Spine Emerging Implant Technologies GE Additive James Lynch johnson & johnson Nexxt Spine Spine Nevada Stand-Alone Anterior Spine Truss System (ASTS-SA) Tasha White U.S. Food and Drug Administration
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Nella stagione 1977-1978 la Promozione era il quinto livello del calcio italiano (il massimo livello regionale). Qui vi sono le statistiche relative al campionato in Calabria.

Il campionato è strutturato in vari gironi all'italiana su base regionale, gestiti dai Comitati Regionali di competenza. Promozioni alla categoria superiore e retrocessioni in quella inferiore non erano sempre omogenee; erano quantificate all'inizio del campionato dal Comitato Regionale secondo le direttive stabilite dalla Lega Nazionale Dilettanti, ma flessibili, in relazione al numero delle società retrocesse dal Campionato Interregionale e perciò, a seconda delle varie situazioni regionali, la fine del campionato poteva avere degli spareggi sia di promozione che di retrocessione.

Squadre partecipanti

 F.C. Calcio Acri, Acri (CS)
 A.S. Bovalinese, Bovalino (RC)
  Gioiese, Gioia Tauro (RC)
 La Sportiva Cariatese, Cariati (CS)
  A.C. Locri 1909, Locri (RC)
 A.C. Nuova Rosarnese, Rosarno (RC)
 C.C. Palmi, Palmi (RC)
  U.S.D. Paolana, Paola (CS)
 A.S. Polistena, Polistena (RC)

 U.S. Praia, Praia a Mare (CS)
 U.S. Pro Pellaro, Pellaro di Reggio Calabria
 F.C. Rogliano, Rogliano (CS)
 Pol. Rossanese, Rossano (CS)
 U.S. Soverato Frama, Soverato (CZ)
 S.S. Trebisacce, Trebisacce (CS)
 F.C. Vigor Palmese, Palmi (RC)

Classifica finale

Spareggio Salvezza
Acri-Palmi 4-3 d.t.s.

Bibliografia
 Annuario 1977-1978 della F.I.G.C. - Roma (1978)
 " Bovalino - Cent'anni di passione " di Enzo Dicembre, Rocco la Cava, Vincenzo Marzano, Vincenzo Orlando e Franco Vottari - Ed. Città del Sole.

Calabria

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By Asura,
June 1, 2009 in Discussion
You've got to look at people's motivations for playing a game though and in the case of dancing games, accuracy isn't one of them because it doesn't detract from the experience.
mackemansj1
Ok so this is news to me and somewhat frustrating:
You 'have' to plug the Kinect into the back of your 360
You have to unplug your WiFi adapter to do this and use an extender to plug it into one of the front ports on your 360
You now only have 1 free USB port so no mates coming round with their profiles to play with you
Obviously this is only for the original 360 and not the new slime (still not like it is only 20 million units or whatever).
My question is WHY can you not use a usb passthrough/hub on the back slot of your 360? The Kinect USB cable could have had a passthrough port for the WiFi adapter and boom job done. It is going to look really FUGLY having a long cable from the back of your 360 to the front for the WiFi adapter.
Its been a while since i looked on the back of the older models and dont have one now just the new one but is there only one usb on the back?. Are you sure a hub wont work.
Well there playing it for a reason or they might aswell just put mtv on and dance infront of that. Dance central learns you how to do the moves tracks you very well and scores you its light years ahead of just dance wiggle mote tracking.
SozzlyJoe
Not sure that's totally true, I'm sure avid DDR fans would be extremely frustrated by a pad misreading their footsteps, for example. But for the Just Dance market, absolutely.
DDR is a different beast altogether though, if you watch most casual players it just looks like glorified hopscotch most of the time.
I'm not saying they don't want any tracking of the movements either, just that the added accuracy in Dance Central is going to be of no added benefit for the majority of people who will be playing this game and as such it needs to differentiate itself in a different way which it doesn't seem to have done.
No flames man, but it's the second time you made this mistake and I can't help myself - it doesn't "learn" you, it "teaches" you.
Corleth the Fey
So you're saying you can't learn how to dance by following the avatar on JD, but you can learn how to dance by following an avatar on Dance Central?
By the way I learnt some killer dance moves by copying the characters in Jet Set Radio Future. It learn me good!
sega_kid
I have to say being a massive DDR fan at the time, but not really enjoying Just Dance personally I'm definitely looking forward to Dance Central and was the one reason I pre-ordered a Kinect (later cancelled because of the feedback in this thread).
How does the freestyle mode work? I'd always assumed it was like freestyle in Singstar that has no effect on the actual game.
Freestyle occurs midway through each track, it basically lets you pull off any moves you want, and your sillhouette is shown on screen with a background of colours, so basically you try and pull off any funny or stupid moves here, then straight after Kinect plays back some sped up actual video footage of you pulling said moves, making you look even more ridiculous! its a nice and very funny touch
You have 2 memory card slots for other people's profile no?
Nnooo
Yeah if people are using the old school memory cards and lets be honest how many of those were sold and how many people are instead using USB sticks now?
Ferine
No one with a redesigned 360 as they removed the ports. I don't think they make the cards themselves any more, either.
sixbuttons
Arguably I think with Dance Central they have the idea of implementation right - the score is rewarded and tracked a bit after the move is performed (so the game logic is working behind the actual audio and visual display) and there's no visual representation of you and your movements on screen.
No one else for launch seems to have really cottoned on to designing and implementing games that operate in a similar way to compensate for the lag.
sofasurfer
Well...saved me the bother of cancelling it I suppose
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Major Britten
GAME are really pushing this hard and its getting annoying now, every time I go into a store I get harassed by several of their employees asking me if Ive heard of Kinect or if I have pre-ordered yet as thats the best way to get hold of one.
Anyway seems they are changing their tactics a bit now. Went in yesterday and bought Fallout 3 (someone had priced the GotY edition as the same price as the standard one ). I was asked if I wanted to pre order New Vegas, I said no not until I finish this one. Then was asked if I had pre ordered Call of Duty, again said no and told him I had no interest in CoD and I had Reach. He moves on to Kinect, asked if I had seen it and I said yes and told him that it looks rubbish. Apparently all the GAME staff just happened to have had a big meeting the night before with them being able to play with the final version of Kinect. He told me he wasnt impressed when he first saw it either but after playing it he was amazed it work, said it was "nothing like the PS2 eyetoy" and that it "actually worked" and the controls were amazing. I told him about all of the videos I have seen on the net with huge amounts of lag and people I know who played on Kinect at the recent games expo in london who also said about the lag. His reply was simply "well there was no lag when we played on it last night". At this point his workmate came on by with a huge fake smile on his face and asked if we were talking about Kinect, then said it was awesome and that he was definitely getting one. The guy serving me asked if I was interested in pre ordering and I just laughed and told him no way am I interested in it at £129 The guy had nothing else to say, looked pissed off gave me my game and receipt and just turned and started talking to his workmate without even a thank you
Game are getting way too pushy with this, it almost seems like desperation. Everyone coming into the store they are trying to get to pre order this thing. It will be interesting to see how well their tactics worked when this is released. Im expecting it to do quite well at the beginning simply because of the money MS are throwing at the marketing for it, but long term Im expecting it to be a huge flop.
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Check out the latest Kinect third-party peripheral ... GAME BOAT!
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Cyhwuhx
Qazimod
It's no horse bag.
dayte
I'm willing to bet all my savings that this time next year Kinect will be heavily bundled or at a similar price to Move standalone.
My engrish isnt very good.
I'm willing to bet all your savings that it'll be as popular next year as We're in the Movies was a year after it's release.
Hewson
I notice there's no paddle. They should have called it "Shit Creek!"
But surely thats not going to work, remember you need to have a clear floor to play Kinect. Someone didnt think that one through
choddo
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/11454969
Amazing video. See, it's gonna be brilliant!
Dear god. That tiny person, while he seems the only one who remotely knows what he's talking about, looks a complete and outright mong playing that driving game.
I think Kinect could become a surprise success.
They need to market Dance Central heavily at 9-14 year old girls, and bundle the 360, Kinect and Dance Central together as a single package. Dance Central is pretty much the only game that works with the Kinect tech, but to me it looks like the perfect killer app, one that could sell a lot of systems to an audience that wouldn't otherwise buy a 360. The only problem is that the total £250 cost is a bit high for a target market that mostly won't own a 360 already.
Still, it wouldn't surprise me too much if it became a surprise Christmas best-seller. If not now and Dance Central, I can see a similar game based on the exact same technology becoming a blockbuster hit in the future. It's facing a bit of an uphill struggle thanks to pricing and Xbox's branding; if it was the exact same tech for the same price of the Wii, I'd regard it as a foregone conclusion that Dance Central would sell zillions of copies.
mushashi
The PlayStation got a new lease of life in the UK at the tail end of its existence with the DDR craze, but the price was way lower than what it would cost to buy a complete KinectBox. If Dance Central is that compelling a piece of software, maybe price isn't going to be a problem in shifting units.
b00dles
I still think that it will do surprisingly well, it will no doubt be a hell of a flop to everyone on here and I've got no intention of buying it but I do think that it will do well with the casuals or random people out there. On paper it's still quite impressive with the whole 'it's like Minority Report ZOMG!!1one!' side of things (even if practically it's a bit awkward to use).
I'm not putting the left bollock on it but I have a feeling it will outsell Move this Xmas.
Even though that might just be because MS throw more money at the marketing than Sony do....
OuttaHere
Serious question. I don't know anything about Just Dance 2 and wondered how it could be better than Dance Central if it only tracks the arm movements
I haven't played either but I have played Just Dance 1 and didn't really like it. On the other hand I'm really looking forward to Dance Central. However I'm not prepared to call someone who has played both and prefers Just Dance 2 an anti-Xbox fanboy because Just Dance 2 might be more enjoyable for that person. They are different games after all not solely defined by their input methods.
moosegrinder
There was a guy in Game trying to sell me a preorder. His technique was good, but I didn't have the heart to tell him to fuck off and leave me alone. I did repeatedly tell him I really didn't care, but he soldiered on anyway.
I'm firmly in the this is the new 32x camp. And even I bought one of those kinect can fuck off though.


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Tomlin: Broncos Are As 'Battle Tested As Any Team' In NFL
The Pittsburgh Steelers are currently riding a winning streak that is a long as the number of losses their upcoming opponent has—six—but that should certainly be no reason to expect anything to be easy as they head west to face the Denver Broncos.
One thing that is pretty important to note is that they are in one of the toughest divisions in football right now, looking up to both the Kansas City Chiefs and the Los Angeles Chargers. They have already lost both of their games against the Chiefs, but scored a big win (following two defeats against division leaders) against the Chargers on Sunday.
It was with this in mind that Head Coach Mike Tomlin phrased his comments about Denver earlier this week during his pre-game press conference, comparing them to the team that they just beat, the Jacksonville Jaguars. Both teams were 3-6 heading into Week 11. The Jaguars almost won. The Broncos did.
"They are a 4-6 team, but they're battle tested as any team in the National Football League", he said. "They've played the Chiefs twice and we know what type of run that group is on. They played the L.A. Rams, we know what type of run that group is on. They've played the Houston Texans recently, we know what type of run that group is on so don't expect them to be intimidated by our presence".
The Steelers' six-game winning streak is bested only by the Houston Texans', who have won each of their last seven games after opening the season with three straight losses, and the New Orleans Saints, who have gone 10-0 since losing in the opener
"I know we come into the game on a win streak and all of that, but they've gotten comfortable in those environments", Tomlin reminded. "Last week they are coming off of a game where they finally broke through and won versus a streaking team, so I know that that is good momentum for them as they look to build, and we are probably what the doctor ordered in terms of what is the next challenge".
The Chiefs were actually not on a streak the second time the Broncos faced them, as they lost to the New England Patriots two weeks before, but they had won their first six games and were 6-1 at the time. The Texans were on a 5-0 run when Denver ran into them.
"We are sensitive to that", he said, "but all of that is kind of secondary to us. You know the process we go through. We have to prepare, we have to feel those urgencies in those moments as we put together a plan as we divide the labor up as we decide what people to utilize. We find our rhythm in that area".
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EU Vows to Fight Antisemitism 'In All Its Forms,' Calling It an Attack on European Values
European Union says it is committed to 'protecting Jewish life and making it more visible as part of Europe's identity,' after spike in antisemitic incidents in recent years
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The European Union adopted a draft declaration on Wednesday vowing to act for the prevention of antisemitism in "all its forms," two years after its last resolution on the matter.
"The fight against antisemitism is a cross-cutting issue involving various levels of government and policies at local, national and European level," Wednesday's statement said. "Awareness of antisemitism therefore needs to be increased across policies and responsibilities."
The declaration was initiated by the Council of the European Union, which is composed of government ministers from EU member states, and allows for the coordination of policies.
It called antisemitism "an attack on European values," and stated that the council was committed to "protecting Jewish life and making it more visible as part of Europe's identity."
It continued: "Judaism and Jewish life have contributed considerably to shaping European identity and enriching Europe's cultural, intellectual and religious heritage."
The World Jewish Congress, which has long worked with European governments on the issue, said in a statement also released Wednesday that the EU declaration "makes the fight against antisemitism a priority of Europe's executive branch."
WJC President Ronald Lauder said: "Europe has a serious and terrifying antisemitism problem, and it's high time that the European Union, its member states and local authorities direct real resources to it."
Hungarian official retracts comparing George Soros to Hitler
French minister vows to protect Jewish community after Paris stabbing
Antisemitism? Better call it Judeophobia
The new declaration, he said, is a "significant step forward in making Europe a better place for Jews."
Lauder added that "the responsibility now falls on member states to apply the policies and understanding laid out by the European Union in each of their countries."
A swastika, painted on the wall of the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, February 22, 2019.Credit: Peter Dejong / AP
EU countries such as France – which has Europe's largest Jewish population – and Germany have both seen a spike in antisemitic incidents in recent years.
A new report published last month by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe found that antisemitic acts made up more than 20 percent of hate crimes committed in the larger European area (which included all 27 EU member states) last year.
The report said there were 1,704 acts of antisemitism out a total number of 6,964 incidents in 2019, and that Jewish people were over three times more likely to be targeted than Muslims or Christians.
Wednesday's declaration by the EU council reaffirmed its December 6, 2018, declaration on the fight against antisemitism and development of a common security approach to protect Jewish communities and institutions in Europe.
At that time, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had requested that the EU adopt a definition of antisemitism that would have included anti-Zionism as part of antisemitism. Some EU countries, however, were concerned that this definition could prevent criticism of Israel's policies in the Palestinian territories.
In the latest text, the EU council acknowledged expressions of antisemitism in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. It stated that it must be combated with complementary public policies, including systematic reporting and recording of incidents, as well as fact-based policy-making.
It additionally suggested monitoring progress on strategies and education instruments, and a systematic prosecution of crimes motivated by antisemitic sentiments.


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Mercyfalva (Merczyfalva, 1904-ig Merczifalva,  vagy Merțișoara, ) falu Romániában, a Bánságban, Temes megyében.

Fekvése
Temesvártól 18 km-re észak–északnyugatra fekszik.

Nevének eredete
Nevét Claude-Florimond Mercy tábornokról, a Temesi Bánság kormányzójáról kapta. Első említése németül: Mercydorf (1742), magyarul: Merczifalva (1828). Román neve a török hódoltság előttről származik és szerb eredetű (1552, Qıran, 1717, Kayragn, 1723–25, Karan).

Története

A telepeshullámok
A 18. század első felében román falu volt. Román lakói az 1770-es évekig fokozatosan elhagyták.

A selyemhernyó-tenyésztés és a rizstermesztés meghonosítására több hullámban itáliai telepeseket költöztettek be: 1729–1733 és 1734–1736 között Trentinóból, Friuliból és Mantovából, 1748-ban Dél-Tirolból. 1736-ban spanyolok is letelepedtek. Elültették a szükséges eperfákat, de az 1738-as török támadás és a szokatlan klíma miatt hamar megfogyatkoztak. 1734 és 1752 között olasz plébánosok szolgálták a falut (sőt, 1736-ban pár hónapig egy spanyol lelkész is működött itt), később az olaszok asszimilálódtak, az olasz családnevek néhány generáció után kihaltak.

1752-ben 21 lotaringiai francia nyelvű család települt be. Őket 1763–1765-ben 143 német családfő követte, zömükben veteránok. 1766–1769-ben lotaringiai, elzászi és luxemburgi, többségükben ismét francia nyelvű családok érkeztek. Végül 1784–1786-ban 128 német telepes jött, közülük 78-an Pfalz középső részéről.

A 18. század második felében még franciául is beszélő plébánosokat neveztek ki Mercydorfba, akik rendszeresen prédikáltak is ezen a nyelven. A 19. század első felében a franciák asszimilálódtak a németséghez. A francia örökség a családnevekben és a francia eredetű jövevényszavakban maradt fenn.

Német nyelvjárását főként a déli-frank elemek jellemezték.

A megyerendszer újraszervezésekor Temes vármegyéhez csatolták.

Birtokosai
1797-ben a kincstártól Franz Josef Saurau kapta donatio puraként. Tőle 1805-ben br. Ludwig Lo Presti vásárolta meg. Ettől kezdve határának nagy része a Lo Presti család tulajdonában állt. 1870 és 1874 között Barinyai Jánosé, majd egészen az első világháború utáni agrárreformig mercyfalvi és temeszsadányi Féger Ferenc birtokközpontja volt.

A 20. század
1904 és 1908 között 557 lakója vándorolt ki az Amerikai Egyesült Államokba, főként Ohióba és Illinois-ba. Az első világháború után három új falurész jött létre. Közülük kettőbe román telepesek, az ún. Vorstadtba pedig idős falubeli német gazdák költöztek.

1945-ben 233 lakosát elhurcolták kényszermunkára a Szovjetunióba, közülük 57-en ott haltak meg.

Sváb lakossága a század végén áttelepült Németországba.

Gazdasága
A falu gazdasági életét fennállása során a gabonatermesztés határozta meg. Egyetlen jelentős ipari üzeme a malom volt.

Látnivalók
 Kastélyát 1734-ben Mercy építtette, a 19. század végén Féger Ferenc alakíttatta át neobarokk stílusban. Ma romos.
 Római katolikus temploma 1788-ban épült.
 Sváb parasztházainak barokk oromfalai.

Lakossága
1851-ben 1515 római katolikus, 50 ortodox és 7 zsidó vallású lakosa volt.
1900-ban 1839 lakosából 1720 volt német, 67 román és 50 magyar nemzetiségű; 1769 római katolikus, 48 ortodox és 15 református vallású. A magyarok a gőzmalomban dolgoztak. A lakosság 73%-a tudott írni-olvasni, a nem magyar anyanyelvűek 12%-a beszélt magyarul.
2002-ben 1794-en lakták, közülük 1624 volt román, 63 német, 52 magyar és 44 ukrán nemzetiségű; 1492 ortodox, 105 római katolikus, 34 baptista, 27 görögkatolikus és 27 pünkösdista vallású.

Források
 Lorenz Klugesherz – Erich Lammert – Anton P. Petri – Josef Zirenner: Mercydorf. Die Geschichte einer deutschen Gemeinde im Banat. Seelbach, 1987

Jegyzetek

Külső hivatkozások
 Honlap a faluról
 Képek a kastélyról
 Fényképek a római katolikus templomról és orgonájáról, az orgona ismertetésével

Temes megye települései
Temes vármegye települései


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Randy, an insurance agent, is dating Kathie, a singer.
His association with prominent personality Kathie drew a lot of attention and piqued people's curiosity in him.
According to The List, Randy and Kathie were spotted kissing and dancing with one other in 2019 and keeping close personal contact, sparking dating speculations.
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Randy Cronk, an insurance agent, is dating Kathie, a singer.
They are not married yet. So, we can not expect anything about their children. However, in the following year or two, we might expect a newborn. We shall notify you when that happens.
Randy Cronk is mostly engaged in the business sector.
"It's been four years since Frank died. Now, it looks like Kathie Lee has finally gotten out there again… She was seen at a concert, dancing & kissing a man. She looked like she was having a blast."
Meet Randy Cronk — Kathie Lee Gifford's New Boyfriendhttps://t.co/DJ8i194mj0
— YourTango (@YourTango) August 6, 2019
Randy Cronk graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi with a bachelor's degree in computer science in 1986. His talents and endorsements include Property & Casualty Insurance, sales management, real estate, new company development, and many more, according to his LinkedIn page.
Randy is also unavailable on Twitter as we were unable to find out his Twitter account.
Who is Randy Cronk?
How old is Randy Cronk?
Randy "Randall" Cronk, Kathie Lee Gifford's boyfriend, is currently 58 years old. He is 10 years younger than Kathie and works at an insurance firm. He might have made a lot of money with his more than 14 years of expertise at RMC Insurance Group LLC Nationwide Insurance.
Who is Randy CronkGirlfriend?
Randy Cronk, an insurance agent, is dating Kathie, a singer. His association with prominent personality Kathie drew a lot of attention and piqued people's curiosity in him. According to The List, Randy and Kathie were spotted kissing and dancing with one other in 2019 and keeping close personal contact, sparking dating speculations.
Does Randy Cronk use social media?
We couldn't discover Randy Cronk's Instagram account, unlike his Facebook and LinkedIn profiles. The agent does not appear to be active on Instagram. According to his Facebook profile, his family consists of his gorgeous mother Carolyn, two adult children, and his brothers. Randy is also unavailable on Twitter as we were unable to find out his Twitter account.
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Net Worth $60 million – $70 million
Single/ In a relationship In a relationship
Current Girlfriend/ Spouse Kathie
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