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June 24, 2014: The Chinese armed forces is running into problems obtaining enough highly educated recruits. The growing amount of technology used by the military requires troops with more education. The basic problem is that there are not enough troops with a high school education and the military does not want to go into the education business by providing the three or four years of missing education many otherwise qualified recruits lack. Instead the military is lowering physical and psychological standards for high school grads willing to join. That means recruiters can now take recruits who are too short, fat, with poor vision or tattoos as long as they are high school graduates. Also acceptable are high school grads with mild forms of schizophrenia, depression and bipolar disorder (manic depressive). Thus the army is willing to take a talented hacker who has a high school degree but is really short, overweight, practically blind without his glasses and occasionally hears voices, has lots of tats and occasional periods where he is very motivated and enthusiastic followed by periods of immobility because of severe depression. That is an extreme example but the brass have made it known that for exceptional individuals a lot of exceptions will be made.
Since the 1990s the military has not been trying to attract more high school and college graduates to the military. Much to the dismay of recruiters, most (at least 60 percent) applicants (especially the better educated) failed the physical. The most common problems were being overweight or having bad eyesight. Pundits blame this on the popularity of video games and the one-child policy. In response to this, the military lowered recruiting standards in 2008 and 2011, but most applicants continued to be unacceptable for military service. Analysis of data collected from the unqualified applicants indicates that the main causes for the various problems were higher living standards and the greater amount of time spent studying (instead of play, exercise, or physical activity in general).
Rather than fight it, the military is now going for the skills and if that solves the skills shortage problem they can work on the physical and mental disabilities later. This is a new development in Chinese history and largely because suddenly (in the last two decades) China developed its first large middle class. But with the large number of young men who have attended college and high school comes a generation that suddenly switched to a higher-calorie Western diet and a low-physical activity Western lifestyle. This change is most striking when you look at photos of Chinese soldiers from the last century. You rarely see anyone who is overweight in these century old photos, and the men of heft are usually older and very senior. But now you see junior officers who are actually fat. It's a striking change and, in historical terms, quite sudden.
Japan had a similar problem after their economy took off in the 1960s. By the 1980s there were family photos showing the younger adults towering over their parents and grandparents (often by 30cm/a foot or more). This was not a big deal militarily because the Japanese military was much smaller and it was easier to maintain high physical standards. But the Chinese want, and need, a lot more officers, NCOs and techies in general.
The Chinese armed forces have changed a lot since the 1990s. Uneducated country boys are no longer welcome. Then again, neither are tattooed and pierced urban hipsters or anyone who snores. Recruiting standards have changed a lot. In the 1990s, the military was, as the Chinese like to say, a "peasant's army." Worse, none of the officers or NCOs had any combat experience. The last of the Korean War vets were gone and the few veterans of the 1979 war with Vietnam were still trying to forget that disaster. The army was largely non-mechanized, with many primitive weapons and aging equipment. That has all changed in the last decade.
Now most of the troops are better educated, more experienced, and largely from urban areas. Most of these troops are single children, the result of the "one child" policy. Officially introduced in 1978, this draconian solution to population growth did not really get going until the 1980s. In the last decade nearly all the new recruits came from single child families. Often called "little princes," their parents (and grandparents) lavished them with all the attention usually spread among many more kids. Often described as spoiled, these kids did get more adult attention, better education, and more of everything. They enter the military with lots of skills (computer, driving, and the ability to learn new stuff in a hurry). The best of these kids went to the top universities but few of these hotshots choose the military as a career.
The army has found that this new generation is much more capable and quick to learn. Senior commanders welcome this because it's the kind of manpower Western forces use to achieve very impressive results on the battlefield. Chinese NCOs and officers have learned how to work around the bad habits (selfishness, insubordination, stubbornness) of some little princes and make the most of the talents these troops bring with them. The most incorrigible little princes are just tossed out. But because of the need for educated troops, you have to be a major troublemaker to get ejected.
Partly in response to this dramatic change, China revised its Military Service Law (which stipulates how troops are recruited, their living conditions, and benefits in general) in 2011. This was the first change since the 1990s and all part of an attempt to get more highly educated young Chinese to join. Living conditions are being improved and pay has been increased. Moreover, in recognition of the fact that many of the brightest troops will not make a career out of the military, the new law gives departing troops help in getting a good civilian job. One of the more attractive benefits is help with college tuition for soldiers who successfully complete their service. The Chinese probably noted how successful the U.S. G.I. Bill educational benefits were in attracting prime recruits, if only for a while. But that enables men and women with an aptitude for military service to discover that they like and can make a career of it.
The military is smaller now. A decade ago there were 2.4 million, 40 percent of them conscripts. Now there are 2.1 million with a third of them conscripts. Most Chinese troops are volunteers. Technically, about 700,000 men are conscripts that serve for two years, with each year's class of conscripts inducted in the autumn. Only about 350,000 conscripts are inducted each year, and nearly all of these tend to be volunteers. That's because only about four percent of each year's crop of 18 year old males is needed. How do they decide who to take? Naturally the army tries to get the most physically, psychologically, and educationally fit for the armed forces. To that end the military has been administering tests to draftees for over a decade now. If you're not literate (over 90 percent of Chinese are) they don't want you. But the better educated 18 year olds don't want to go into the military, not with that booming economy out there. If selected most of these lads bribe their way out, or simply rely on there being enough qualified volunteers to satisfy the recruiting officials.
A lot of young men who don't have much education very much want to get into the military. For one thing, it's a job, and there are opportunities for education and advancement. The military tries to identify the more capable among these poor, uneducated young men, so they can be taken into service. But the military has found that young men not resourceful enough to remedy their education deficiencies are not worth the trouble, no matter how promising they might appear to recruiters. Other recruits and conscription rules are not being changed. For example, men who have been accepted by a university are automatically exempt conscription, as are those with a criminal record. Drug addicts, the physically or mentally (in a big way) infirm, and anyone who just doesn't seem right to the examiners, is exempt from conscription. And for many of those who are perfect, there are numerous officials willing to take a bribe and get you off the list.
The work of deciding who actually gets drafted is done by thousands of draft boards or, as the Chinese call them, People's Armed Forces Departments (PAFD). Each is assigned a quota, based on how many 18 year olds are coming of age in a town or city neighborhood. Since these locations vary greatly in the wealth and educational levels of the inhabitants, some PAFDs have an easy time of it, while others have to struggle to meet their quota. In some wealthy PAFDs hardly anyone wants to go and some interesting soap operas ensue. In less wealthy PAFDs bribes will be paid to get some kids in. Not large bribes but you get the picture. In the late 1990s, the operation of the PAFDs was turned over to the military, in an attempt to reduce the corruption and ensure that the best quality recruits were obtained. This was partially successful.
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Javed Akhtar (Hindi: जावेद अख़्तर, Urdu: جاوید اختر; born 17 January 1945) is an Indian poet, lyricist and screenwriter. Akhtar is a mainstream writer and some of his most successful work was carried out with Salim Khan as half of the script-writing duo credited as Salim-Javed between 1971 and 1982. He is a recipient of the Padma Shri (1999), Padma Bhushan (2007), the Sahitya Akademi Award as well as five National Film Awards.


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Акта́й (в верховье Большой Актай) — река на Урале. Протекает по Нижнетуринскому, Новолялинскому и Верхотурскому городским округам Свердловской области. Устье Актая находится в 828 км по левому берегу Туры (Верхотурское водохранилище), возле посёлка Привокзального. Длина реки — 65 км, площадь бассейна 856 км².

Ранее на реке находился Актайский скит, или монастырская заимка Актай, расположенная в восьми верстах от Верхотурья на левом берегу реки, на сенокосном участке, с 1850 года принадлежавшем одному из верхотурских монастырей.

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 11 км: Малый Актай (пр)
 29 км: Чёрная (лв)
 32 км: Полуденный Актай (пр)
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 51 км: Исток (лв)
 Шарымка (лв)
 Ямная (пр)
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Данные водного реестра
По данным государственного водного реестра России, Актай относится к Иртышскому бассейновому округу, водохозяйственный участок реки — Тура от истока до впадения р. Тагил, речной подбассейн Тобола, речной бассейн Иртыша.

Код объекта в государственном водном реестре — 14010501212111200004664.

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Притоки Туры
Реки Привокзального (Свердловская область)
Реки Верхотурского городского округа
Реки Новолялинского городского округа
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AILA Chicago Welcomes Reintroduction of Bipartisan Bill to Protect DREAMers
Chicago, IL – The Chicago Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) celebrates the reintroduction of the "Bar Removal of Immigrants who Dream and Grow the Economy" or BRIDGE Act, a bipartisan bill, in the U.S. Senate on January 12, 2017. AILA Chicago specifically thanks Senator Dick Durkin (D) for his leadership in the Senate as well as U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D) and U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman (R) for introducing companion legislation in the House of Representatives. AILA welcomes the bill's bipartisan support in both the House of Representatives and U.S. Senate.
Michael Jarecki, Vice-Chair of the Chicago Chapter of AILA stated "The BRIDGE Act will protect the investment American communities have made in educating DREAMers, immigrants who were brought to the United States as children and who have benefitted from President Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative. Since DACA's inception, over 700,000 DREAMers have come forward and in turn have pursued higher education and careers. These are productive, taxpaying members of our society, and this bill will ensure they remain so."
The BRIDGE Act would provide DACA-eligible individuals the chance to apply for "provisional protected presence," which is temporary protection from deportation, similar to that provided by DACA. Employment authorization would be granted after recipients pay a fee and pass stringent background checks. While this legislation is lauded, the BRIDGE Act does not provide a solution for the millions of families and individuals who have lived in the U.S. for years, working and contributing to our economy, and who still do not have a way to legalize their statuses and step out of the shadows.
Mr. Jarecki stated "We sincerely hope President-elect Trump will continue to signal his support to find a viable solution to protect DACA recipients from deportation. Studies have shown that revoking DACA for the hundreds of thousands of current grantees would cost America more than $430 billion over ten years and an annual loss of over $2 billion to the state of Illinois. DACA enjoys widespread support in the business, higher education, and religious communities, and is supported by the vast majority of Americans."
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For me, the concepts of "Modern Chinese" and the Social Stage of China" are the real goals behind my work. If you understand these goals, and proceed from these two points, then the designs naturally reflect the style and spirit of "modern China living". My designs do not have obvious Oriental characteristics, but actually the design ideas and inspirations originate from deep-seated thoughts about modern and future Oriental lifestyles.
What key moment has been the most defining in your career so far?
The day I heard two strangers discussing our designs. Whether comments are good or bad, and when we successfully predict the reasons why people choose our designs, it gives me a sense of accomplishment. The designs come to life by satisfying people's needs, promoting consumption patterns, aesthetic patterns and even industrial forms.
What do you think is the biggest challenge facing designers in China today?
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Extreme engine downsizing
C. Carey, M. McAllister, M. Sandford, S. Richardson, S. Pierson, N. Darnton, S. Bredda, S. Akehurst, C. Brace, J. Turner, R. Pearson, N. Luard, R. Martinez-Botas, C. Copeland, M. Lewis, J. Fernandes
This paper provides an introduction to the technical challenges and countermeasures required to enable extreme gasoline engine downsizing. Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is the lead partner in a collaborative project called 'ULTRABOOST' which is supported with funding from the UK Technology Strategy Board (TSB). The project aim is to develop an innovative engine concept capable of a 35% CO2 tailpipe reduction over the NEDC drive cycle relative to a current production V8 engine in a Sports Utility Vehicle, whilst maintaining key vehicle attributes such as performance and transient response. The project consortium is made up of eight technical partners including Jaguar Land Rover, Lotus Engineering, Shell Fuels, GE Precision Engineering, CD-adapco, University of Bath, University of Leeds and Imperial College London. Starting in September 2010 and running for three years the project will utilise the partners expertise and collective skills in engineering, design, combustion modelling, pressure charging and fuels to develop a highly pressure charged downsized engine concept. In this paper the technology required to enable extreme levels of engine downsizing and CO2 reductions are described, together with accompanying simulation data collected from the initial concept engine development. © Jaguar Cars Limited 2011.
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The First Poet in Oregon-Anna Marie Pittman Lee
Anna Maria Pittman Lee was born in 1803 and died at the age of thirty-five. She was born in New York City, the thirteenth child of George W. and Mary (Spies) Pittman. The family was financially secure and deeply religious.
Anna was twenty-five when was "converted to God" and declared to remain celibate. At this time she became interested in the Indians and applied to the Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. When there were no openings in Canada, she applied for the Oregon mission and was accepted in 1836.
In 1833 the Methodist Missionary Society voted to carry their work to the Indians of America. This came about after a group of Flathead and Nez Perce traveled to St. Louis in 1831 and asked about conversion. Jason Lee an ordained deacon and elder of the Methodist Episcopal Church was selected to travel to the Oregon Country and set up a mission.
The mission was established in the fall of 1834 sixty miles from the mouth of the Willamette River. In less than a year the Society sent a farmer and his family, a married minister, and teachers to the mission. Anna Marie Pittman was chosen as one of the young women teachers. Thirteen people in all left by ship from New York in July of 1836 and arrived in May off 1837 at Fort Vancouver.
Anna arrived in Oregon a celibate missionary, but after meeting Jason Lee she was married within two months of her arrival. They honeymooned at the Pacific Ocean then returned to their duties at the mission. Anna, along with physician Elijah White's wife, dealt with the domestic affairs of cooking, baking, making butter, teaching a Sabbath School, and sewing clothes for the thirty Indian children who lived at the Mission House.
Eight months after their marriage, Jason traveled East to gain assistance from the Board of Managers of the Methodist Missionary Society. At his departure, Anna was six months pregnant. Knowing he would be gone for eighteen months, she had to steel herself to bringing their child into the world without him.
Here is the first stanza of a poem she wrote for her husband before he left on his trip.
Must my dear Companion leave me,
Sad and lonely here to dwell?
If 'tis duty thus that calls thee,
Shall I keep thee? No, farewell;
Though my heart aches
While I bid they thus farewell.
June 21, 1838 Anna became ill and Dr. Elijah White came to help her. After several days of difficult labor a baby boy was born with the help of instruments. The baby lived two days and Anna Marie Pittman Lee died the next day. They were buried together near the mission in a grove of fir trees. She was thirty-five years old.
During the marriage Anna wrote many letters and poems to her husband. This collection of writing shows her belief in religious and marital bonds, her faith in God and the comfort and passion she found in her loving relationship with her husband, Jason Lee. You can find her writings in Life and Letters of Mrs. Jason Lee by Theressa Gay. The letters are proof that contradicts the stereotype of missionary women. She wrote of romance, passion, and child birth with her husband.
Besides being one of Oregon's first poets, Anna was also the first white woman to marry, die, and be buried in the Oregon Country.
Source: Pacific Northwest Women 1815-1925
Posted by Paty Jager at 3/12/2013
Labels: Anna Marie Pittman Lee, First woman missionary, Paty Jager, Poet
Caroline Clemmons March 12, 2013 at 10:18 AM
What an interesting post, Paty, but sad that she died so young. Hers was a hard life, but one she chose and apparently enjoyed except for being apart from her husband.
Paty Jager March 12, 2013 at 10:38 AM
Caroline, She believed in what she was doing and did indeed love her husband. It is sad that she died so young but her letters and poems are a great insight into the life for a women in the west at that time.
Ahhh, Paty, what a sweet, but tragic story. I see that it does disprove our normal view of a missionary. She was passionate, loving, and cared deeply for a man. It's terrible the baby died and she did, too.
Thanks...I've not heard of her, but now I'm glad I did.
Tanya Hanson March 13, 2013 at 6:12 PM
It always breaks my heart when I learn of another woman who died in childbirth. I always try to imagine the joy they felt those months before upon learning they were pregnant...and for Jason to lose both her and his son, wow. Anna Marie is a new historical character to me, too, and I'm so glad you shared her, Paty. All of her "firsts" are very impressive.
Paty Jager March 13, 2013 at 10:05 PM
Celia and Tanya, there are a handful of "missionary" women who came to the Pacific Northwest before the families crossed in covered wagons to populate the territory. The first historical romance I wrote had Narcissa Whitman as a secondary character. She was one tough but fragile woman. I have a book of her letters to her family back East. I'll talk about her next month.
Paty--Narcissa Whitman appeared in my post this month about the Sager Orphans. Narcissa and her husband were Presbyterian missionaries who had a compound--house, school, church, etc.--for themselves and the NA children they taught. She and her husband took in the Sager orphans, and in my post I explained that the Whitmans were killed in a massacre.
I also stated that The Whitman Massacre and Narcissa Whitman was a story of their own--so I'll look forward to more about this courageous, generous woman in your post next month.
Very intriguing stories all around.
Sarah J. McNeal March 15, 2013 at 1:51 PM
What a heartbreaking story. I admire the pure courage and love that Anna had and her dedication to God. I know her husband must have been brought to his knees when he learned his wife had died, but her poetry must have eased his loss to some degree.
Great blog, Paty.
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Twin Mirrors
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So I've been playing Twin Mirrors, the new narrative, choice-based game from Dontnod. Dontnod, as you may recall, developed Life is Strange and Life is Strange 2 (but notably, not Life is Strange: Before the Storm). Twin Mirrors is sort of a murder mystery with a...sort of sci-fi twist? Or, that's not even really accurate. Psychological? The main character is regularly seen conversing with another person "in his head," and to put clues together, goes to the "Mind Place," which is sort of like a computer simulation, but in his brain, I guess? I haven't finished it, so I don't have a ton of clarity. I did want to make an early impressions post though. As some might be aware, I *loved* Life is Strange. And I think I probably liked Life is Strange 2 more than many. Twin Mirrors - undoubtedly pulling its name from two big influences from Dontnod developers in Twin Peaks and Black Mirrors - isn't really grabbing me, though. And I'm trying to put my finger on why exactly that is. And I think it comes down to a few different elements. First, Life is Strange feels way more relatable. Not in the "superpower to rewind time" sense, obviously, but in the main character being this sorta awkward and dorky teenager. This is also true to an extent in Life is Strange 2, which follows two brothers. But between the two, I think the first game will resonate a lot more with more players. In Twin Mirrors, the main protagonist is this kinda hotshot investigative journalist who doesn't really have too much of a personality, so far as I can tell. It's not that it isn't interesting, and it's not like you have to be able to personally relate to a protagonist to enjoy a piece of fiction. But I do think that's one reason why I'm not gravitating as much to this one as I did the previous choice-based Dontnod games. The second thing is that for some reason, Dontnod kinda hasn't figured out a "power" quite as solid as the time rewind in the first Life is Strange. One of the reasons I don't think Life is Strange 2 works as well is that they have you play as the brother who *doesn't* have powers. That *could* have been interesting if they had more occasions in which how you were interacting with your brother determined how Daniel used his powers throughout the story. The time rewind in Life is Strange 1 is pretty simple and straight-forward, but they did integrate that more into the course of the game from both a narrative and puzzle perspective. And the fact that you as the player could use it even during many meaningless conversations with your classmates went a long way to feeling more immersed in it. In Twin Mirrors, the "Mind Place" isn't even really much of a thing. Essentially, you look around an environment, look at clues, and when you've interacted with the right set of objects, you go to the Mind Place and then just try to figure out the sequence of events. But it never winds up being anything particularly interesting. Finally, the biggest problem with the game is that the puzzles themselves are painfully straightforward and unsatisfying. It basically goes the same way every time: you walk around a room. You interact with all the objects the game shows you that you can interact with. Doing so then "unlocks" new items you can interact with. Those are clues. You go to the Mind Place (as an aside, I feel like they could have workshopped "Mind Place" a li'l bit), and while sometimes it might take a little while to put together the right sequence of events, it's rarely more complicated than just re-arranging things. There's very little critical thinking. They also do that thing where the game tells you that you just figured out a puzzle via the internal monologue of the character, Sam. Like, I was *so close* to feeling gratification at solving a puzzle. There were a bunch of notes that felt kind random, and then a lock on a bag. And then I saw something on the wall and put it together in my brain and thought, "Oh, that might be it!" And before I could even try to use this new information to see if I was right, the character says to himself, "Ah! This must be the combination!" And it's like...yo! Couldn't you let me figure that out and see if I was right? I felt like that moment robbed me of experiencing gratification once I tried the combo I thought it was and saw the lock pop off. So it gets a little hand-holdy, for sure. And while I don't think Dontnod has ever really done puzzles all that well or interestingly, I keep thinking back to one puzzle in Episode 4 of the first Life is Strange. Max and Chloe have a bunch of like, e-mails, photos, and text messages on a white board and it's the players job to put the pieces together. So you comb through each piece of data and look for connections. Time stamps, locations, contact numbers: *you* put it together. The game doesn't hold your hand there. There's nothing when you select one piece of evidence that is correct where the game is like, "AH! You're right! That piece of evidence IS part of the answer!" It does let you know if you've completed the picture or not, but largely, it lets you figure it out. And it's easily the best puzzle in the game. It makes you feel kind of like an actual sleuth! And in that game, you're just a teenage girl at a pretentious private art high school! So why is it when they get to the game where you play as an actual investigative journalist, none of the puzzles work like that? Not only are the puzzles super simplistic and they don't really let *you* figure things out in any real meaningful way; there are even moments where Sam seems to connect dots that you literally can't as the player because they didn't quite put in enough evidence. Like there's a part where you go to the Mind Place to review the clues you found about a body that you're not sure if you had killed (because you got black-out drunk the night before and got into a fight with that guy), and none of the clues I found proved for sure that Sam didn't kill him. But after you put together the sequence of events that led to his death, Sam says, "Ok, so I know I didn't do it! So who did?" And I'm just like...how does he know that? All we proved was *what* happened. All we know for sure at this point is the sequence of events. But how do we know Sam didn't kill him? So there are some times where it feels kind of contrived. But there's a nugget of an idea for a totally cool game in there! The idea of playing as an investigative journalist and actually having to look for clues and put sequences together on your own, rather than simply by pressing X on a very limited number of objects you can interact with in the game, sounds pretty neat. Although now that I think about it, I guess that's kiiiiiind of Her Story or more recently, A Hand with Too Many Fingers. I definitely appreciate Dontnod. And I do generally enjoy the game overall. It's good, I think, to have someone really taking over the narrative, choice-based experience from Telltale. And I also appreciate that Dontnod is not afraid to tackle real-world social and political issues (the game takes place in a former West Virginia coal mining town, and opioids and homelessness are already factoring in). But it's sort of funny wondering if they really did peak with their first choice-based game in Life is Strange. I don't think Twin Mirrors is *bad.* I will note again as well that I haven't finished it. It feels like their might be some gimmick that might come up later to kinda drastically change things, but I don't know that. (Also, the initial conceit was a little more interesting - you wake up after a night of heavy drinking and mixing pills, and you start off piecing together the events from that night, find the person you got into a fight with dead, and then have to figure out if you killed him. And honestly? While that's kinda ultimately like a cross between The Hangover and Momento, it kinda works. But alas, that's not really what the central conceit is. That gives way to a larger murder-mystery that so far seems kinda simplistic.) I'll probably update with some additional thoughts as I get deeper into the game. I can't imagine it's a terribly long one. I think maybe I just want this game to work more like...I dunno... I guess sort of like an escape room, maybe? Like I want it to let me figure things out and also let me experience the moment where I discover if my new theory is right nor not, rather than it telling me I'm right the moment I interact with the object required to solve the puzzle.
So I've been playing Twin Mirrors, the new narrative, choice-based game from Dontnod. Dontnod, as you may recall, developed Life is Strange and Life is Strange 2 (but notably, not Life is Strange: Before the Storm). Twin Mirrors is sort of a murder mystery with a...sort of sci-fi twist? Or, that's not even really accurate. Psychological? The main character is regularly seen conversing with another person "in his head," and to put clues together, goes to the "Mind Place," which is sort of like a computer simulation, but in his brain, I guess? I haven't finished it, so I don't have a ton of clarity. I did want to make an early impressions post though.
As some might be aware, I *loved* Life is Strange. And I think I probably liked Life is Strange 2 more than many. Twin Mirrors - undoubtedly pulling its name from two big influences from Dontnod developers in Twin Peaks and Black Mirrors - isn't really grabbing me, though. And I'm trying to put my finger on why exactly that is. And I think it comes down to a few different elements.
First, Life is Strange feels way more relatable. Not in the "superpower to rewind time" sense, obviously, but in the main character being this sorta awkward and dorky teenager. This is also true to an extent in Life is Strange 2, which follows two brothers. But between the two, I think the first game will resonate a lot more with more players. In Twin Mirrors, the main protagonist is this kinda hotshot investigative journalist who doesn't really have too much of a personality, so far as I can tell. It's not that it isn't interesting, and it's not like you have to be able to personally relate to a protagonist to enjoy a piece of fiction. But I do think that's one reason why I'm not gravitating as much to this one as I did the previous choice-based Dontnod games.
The second thing is that for some reason, Dontnod kinda hasn't figured out a "power" quite as solid as the time rewind in the first Life is Strange. One of the reasons I don't think Life is Strange 2 works as well is that they have you play as the brother who *doesn't* have powers. That *could* have been interesting if they had more occasions in which how you were interacting with your brother determined how Daniel used his powers throughout the story. The time rewind in Life is Strange 1 is pretty simple and straight-forward, but they did integrate that more into the course of the game from both a narrative and puzzle perspective. And the fact that you as the player could use it even during many meaningless conversations with your classmates went a long way to feeling more immersed in it.
In Twin Mirrors, the "Mind Place" isn't even really much of a thing. Essentially, you look around an environment, look at clues, and when you've interacted with the right set of objects, you go to the Mind Place and then just try to figure out the sequence of events. But it never winds up being anything particularly interesting.
Finally, the biggest problem with the game is that the puzzles themselves are painfully straightforward and unsatisfying. It basically goes the same way every time: you walk around a room. You interact with all the objects the game shows you that you can interact with. Doing so then "unlocks" new items you can interact with. Those are clues. You go to the Mind Place (as an aside, I feel like they could have workshopped "Mind Place" a li'l bit), and while sometimes it might take a little while to put together the right sequence of events, it's rarely more complicated than just re-arranging things. There's very little critical thinking. They also do that thing where the game tells you that you just figured out a puzzle via the internal monologue of the character, Sam. Like, I was *so close* to feeling gratification at solving a puzzle. There were a bunch of notes that felt kind random, and then a lock on a bag. And then I saw something on the wall and put it together in my brain and thought, "Oh, that might be it!" And before I could even try to use this new information to see if I was right, the character says to himself, "Ah! This must be the combination!" And it's like...yo! Couldn't you let me figure that out and see if I was right? I felt like that moment robbed me of experiencing gratification once I tried the combo I thought it was and saw the lock pop off.
So it gets a little hand-holdy, for sure. And while I don't think Dontnod has ever really done puzzles all that well or interestingly, I keep thinking back to one puzzle in Episode 4 of the first Life is Strange. Max and Chloe have a bunch of like, e-mails, photos, and text messages on a white board and it's the players job to put the pieces together. So you comb through each piece of data and look for connections. Time stamps, locations, contact numbers: *you* put it together. The game doesn't hold your hand there. There's nothing when you select one piece of evidence that is correct where the game is like, "AH! You're right! That piece of evidence IS part of the answer!" It does let you know if you've completed the picture or not, but largely, it lets you figure it out.
And it's easily the best puzzle in the game. It makes you feel kind of like an actual sleuth! And in that game, you're just a teenage girl at a pretentious private art high school! So why is it when they get to the game where you play as an actual investigative journalist, none of the puzzles work like that? Not only are the puzzles super simplistic and they don't really let *you* figure things out in any real meaningful way; there are even moments where Sam seems to connect dots that you literally can't as the player because they didn't quite put in enough evidence. Like there's a part where you go to the Mind Place to review the clues you found about a body that you're not sure if you had killed (because you got black-out drunk the night before and got into a fight with that guy), and none of the clues I found proved for sure that Sam didn't kill him. But after you put together the sequence of events that led to his death, Sam says, "Ok, so I know I didn't do it! So who did?" And I'm just like...how does he know that? All we proved was *what* happened. All we know for sure at this point is the sequence of events. But how do we know Sam didn't kill him? So there are some times where it feels kind of contrived.
But there's a nugget of an idea for a totally cool game in there! The idea of playing as an investigative journalist and actually having to look for clues and put sequences together on your own, rather than simply by pressing X on a very limited number of objects you can interact with in the game, sounds pretty neat. Although now that I think about it, I guess that's kiiiiiind of Her Story or more recently, A Hand with Too Many Fingers.
I definitely appreciate Dontnod. And I do generally enjoy the game overall. It's good, I think, to have someone really taking over the narrative, choice-based experience from Telltale. And I also appreciate that Dontnod is not afraid to tackle real-world social and political issues (the game takes place in a former West Virginia coal mining town, and opioids and homelessness are already factoring in). But it's sort of funny wondering if they really did peak with their first choice-based game in Life is Strange. I don't think Twin Mirrors is *bad.* I will note again as well that I haven't finished it. It feels like their might be some gimmick that might come up later to kinda drastically change things, but I don't know that. (Also, the initial conceit was a little more interesting - you wake up after a night of heavy drinking and mixing pills, and you start off piecing together the events from that night, find the person you got into a fight with dead, and then have to figure out if you killed him. And honestly? While that's kinda ultimately like a cross between The Hangover and Momento, it kinda works. But alas, that's not really what the central conceit is. That gives way to a larger murder-mystery that so far seems kinda simplistic.)
I'll probably update with some additional thoughts as I get deeper into the game. I can't imagine it's a terribly long one. I think maybe I just want this game to work more like...I dunno... I guess sort of like an escape room, maybe? Like I want it to let me figure things out and also let me experience the moment where I discover if my new theory is right nor not, rather than it telling me I'm right the moment I interact with the object required to solve the puzzle.
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It's a move that has surprised national security experts and some former officials, given prosecutors' recent decision to aggressively go after the WikiLeaks founder on more controversial Espionage Act charges that some legal experts said would not hold up in court. The decision also means that Assange will not face punishment for publishing one of the CIA's most potent arsenals of digital code used to hack devices, dubbed Vault 7...
Trump makes unannounced stop at Virginia church…
President Trump makes an unannounced stop at McLean Bible Church in Vienna, VA. pic.twitter.com/qBZzDi96vl
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Daily Beast Says Facebook Helped Them Dox Trump Supporter…
Via the Daily Beast:
It's conceivable that someone else actually edited the clip. But a Facebook official, confirming a Daily Beast investigation, said the video was first posted on Politics WatchDog directly from Brooks' personal Facebook account. [emphasis ours]
If the Daily Beast's description of Facebook's actions is accurate, Facebook compromised the privacy of one of its user
The Most Powerful Arab Ruler Isn't M.B.S. It's M.B.Z….
It's a long piece, but here are some snippets of interest:
Prince Mohammed is almost unknown to the American public... he may be the richest man in the world. He controls sovereign wealth funds worth $1.3 trillion, more than any other country... he is obsessed with two enemies, Iran and the Muslim Brotherhood... it emerged that the Obama administration was in secret nuclear talks with Iran. "They felt not only ignored — they felt betrayed by the Obama administration, and I think Prince Mohammed felt it particularly and personally," said Stephen Hadley...
Prince Mohammed hired a company linked to Erik Prince, the founder of the private security company formerly known as Blackwater, to create a force of Colombian, South African and other mercenaries. He crushed any hint of dissent... and rounding up dozens suspected of sympathizing with the Muslim Brotherhood...
Despite their sharp differences, Prince Mohammed had remained cordial with Mr. Obama... So when the prince requested a final meeting, as friends, Mr. Obama agreed to a lunch at the White House in December 2016. But Prince Mohammed backed out without much explanation. He flew instead to New York for his first face-to-face meeting with Jared Kushner...
Researchers from South Korea and one in Switzerland use magnetically actuated microrobots to deliver stem cells to tissue targets…
Prior work has shown that it should be possible to deliver drugs to a target in a living human by injecting tiny robots into the bloodstream then directing them to a target using external magnets. In this new effort, the researchers have shown that the same should be possible for stem cells...
This Creepy AI Predicts What You Look Like Based on Your Voice. Raises Privacy Concerns..
The MIT team urges caution on the project's GitHub page, acknowledging that the tech raises worrisome questions about privacy and discrimination. "Although this is a purely academic investigation, we feel that it is important to explicitly discuss in the paper a set of ethical considerations due to the potential sensitivity of facial information," they wrote...
Twitter Takes Down Accounts of China Dissidents Ahead of Tiananmen Anniversary…
Three days before the most sensitive political anniversary on the Chinese calendar, Twitter suspended the accounts of Chinese political commentators in what it said was an accident... Twitter's action, which one human rights worker said affected more than 100 users, came over several hours late Friday and early Saturday. It hit human rights lawyers, activists, college students and nationalists, who use workarounds to get access to Twitter, which is banned in China.
Woman arrested for battery for throwing drink at Rep. Matt Gaetz…
A Pensacola woman who ran for Rep. Matt Gaetz's seat was arrested Saturday and charged with battery after she threw a drink at the congressman during his "Won't Back Down" town hall. Gaetz was leaving Brew Ha Ha restaurant when Amanda Kondrat'yev allegedly threw a drink at him. Kondrat'yev, 35, was one of several candidates running against Gaetz for Jeff Miller's seat in 2016 before she withdrew from the race.
Trump Revokes 'Benificiary Developing Nation' Status for India. Under the decades-old program, Indian companies were able to avoid $5.7 billion in duties back in 2017…
Trump late Friday announced that his administration was terminating India's designation as a developing nation under a trade program that allowed Indian exporters to ship 2,000 products into the US duty free. The decision to revoke India's preferential trade status, which mirrors Trump's decision to revoke Turkey's status under the program a few weeks back, comes one day after Modi was sworn in for a second term...
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China Signals It Is Willing to Return to Trade Talks With U.S…
Throughout the document and at a briefing, the government suggested a willingness to return to negotiations. "What truly matters is how to enhance mutual trust, promote cooperation and manage differences," the paper said. Vice Commerce Secretary Wang Shouwen told reporters, "We're willing to adopt a cooperative approach to find a solution."...
NASA says for the first time since the 1970s, the United States is planning to send equipment to the surface of the Moon in 2020 and 2021, in anticipation of a crewed lunar mission in 2024…
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Amazon Next In Line To Face Antitrust scrutiny under a new agreement between US regulators…
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Former Obama Officials Colluding With Iran And Consulting Them On How To Outmaneuver Trump: "Don't Escalate, Don't Take Trump's Bait"…
Conversations between former Obama officials and Iranian government officials have been ongoing since November 2016. Zarif, who visits the U.S. every year for the U.N. General Assembly in New York, usually meets with lawmakers, think tanks, journalists, and former officials when he is in town. But the recent round of conversations, which took place over the phone and in person over the last two months...
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Huawei Stops Smartphone Production Lines After Blacklisting…
According to a report in the South China Morning Post, "Foxconn, the Taiwanese electronics manufacturer that assembles handsets for many phone brands including Apple and Xiaomi, has stopped several production lines for Huawei phones in recent days as the Shenzhen company reduced orders for new phones." The newspaper cited "people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be named as the information is private."
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Applicants will also be required in the future to turn more extensive information on their travel history.
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Definition: From a derivative of G4078 (meaning thick); to thicken that is (by implication) to fatten (figuratively stupefy or render callous): - wax gross.
gross Mat 13:15 For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
gross Act 28:27 For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.


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Xinjiang, thousands of Uyghurs have disappeared into thin air: "Maybe dead"
The charge was made today by Human Rights Watch. During the protests that broke out in Xinjiang, "the police used torture and intimidation." The dissident Rebiya Kadeer adds: "Of the twelve condemned to death, nine have already been killed."
Beijing (AsiaNews / Agencies) - Of the twelve Uyghurs condemned to death in recent days "nine have already been killed. According to the information in our possession more than ten thousand people of Uyghur nationality were arrested and locked up in jail between July 5 and the first of October. Many are gone, and we think that they have been killed". The is the charge made this morning by Rebiya Kadeer, the leader of the ethic group from the northern province of Xinjiang, during a visit to Japan.
According to the dissident, the World Congress of Uyghurs - the organization she heads - "wants to talk to the Chinese government. Beijing must agree to our autonomy, because their mode of action is destroying our nation, our education, our religion and our freedom of expression". This refers to the massive immigration of Chinese Han (the majority in China) to the province of Xinjiang. According to the locals – Muslims of Turkish extraction - the arrival of these "guests" aims to destroy the local identity.
Protected by the central government, the Han are in fact in a dominant position in almost all fields: economic, academic and managerial. Uyghurs - who identify their country with East Turkistan - have repeatedly called for a kind of autonomy (at least cultural) from China. It was precisely this request that formed the basis of the bloody protests that began on 5 July, which according to official sources in Beijing, claimed the lives of 192 people, mostly Han.
But according to a report released today by Human Rights Watch (HRW), and confirmed by the Kadeer's statements, "thousands of protesters disappeared without trace soon after the protests". The non-governmental organization based in New York, says it has "first hand evidence of that concern more than 40 individual cases of killings disguised as disappearances. But these are only the tip of the iceberg ". The data is conflicting, but credible sources speak of at least a thousand cases of killings.
The HRW report also speaks of "how the Chinese police tried to stop the protests last July. The roads were armoured by officers in riot gear, who took part in the violence, even detaining suspects for interrogation using torture. In some cases, the police set fire to homes and offices, taking away people without charges or explanation. "
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