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Gears of War 4 Hands-On Impressions at San Diego Comic-Con – CQB and Gore Galore
Cedric Lansangan
Being my first ever foray into the Gears of War franchise, I wasn't sure what to expect when I picked up the Xbox controller and began the Gears of War 4 demo during San Diego Comic-Con last month. In short, prepare yourselves for quite a few cringing, self-defamatory comments about my quite-frankly negative experience in terms of combat in the latest entry of the positively-praised franchise.
I'm not ashamed to admit that I died quite a few times while traversing my learning curves of how to deal death with both in-game weapons against enemies and the bane of my existence: the Xbox controller. Yes, you read into that right. I don't like the Xbox controller. It made me feel like a newborn baby while I struggled to disassociate where I'm used to the X button being on a PlayStation controller and where it is for Xbox.
According to what I was told by the booth people, the demo is cut from the very first few missions of the game. (You can view a YouTube video of the same full demo I played through at the bottom of this post.) The demo's set-up, according to the booth people and an Xbox article I found about their SDCC presence, finds JD, Del, and Kait with Marcus Fenix on their quest to rescue Reyna, Kait's mother.
With the dam set as the waypoint objective from the start of the demo in order to get a better view of a burial site, the group of four make their way there, with me controlling JD. After doing some research on the Gears franchise, I found Gears 4 to be basically the same, with the added advantage of better graphics, but also the negative addition of enemies that can take quite a lot more bullets than Gears 1. Mind you, I base this off of watching walkthroughs and gameplay trailers of Gears 1 through 3, so I don't know what difficulty they played at.
JD and company soon meet obstacles to their goal in the form of hostile Swarms and destructive wind flares. This is the point when much dying ensued. The primary assault-rifle-like weapon ideally would have been my go-to firearm, but I forgot to keep my shots to bursts instead of full auto. This naturally led to both most of my shots missing the target and running out of ammo about halfway through. Whoops. Headshots felt impossible, even with the large reticle directly over the enemy's head, but maybe I was just not aiming correctly.
Turning next to the shotgun in the demo arsenal, close-quarters-combat was much more consistent in hitting targets. However, the Swarm I met also knew how to vault over cover when you got in close, then charge at you (shooting from the hip, or blind firing, is much more effective in such situations), in which case, melee-chainsawing them became necessary. The shotgun feels really awesome when you blind fire over cover at an exposed enemy, but it can be tough to get the situation just right; that's where the chainsaw comes in.
I don't know if should chalk it up to not being familiar with Gears, but melee-chainsawing enemies felt too easy and cinematic–emphasis on cinematic–with how carnally-visceral it all is. It's almost as if using it in combat all the time would be more preferable than the standard of mixing it with gunplay. If only dying and needing to be revived by allies weren't inevitable and frequent when too long outside of cover, then melee would be best for the sheer thrill of it.
Grenade-throwing was never my strong-suit in all the shooter games I've ever played. From Call of Duty to Uncharted, strategically using them is always challenging for me. Maybe because I didn't get the chance to play with it a lot; the arc-throwing mechanic reminiscent of the Uncharted franchise was confusing for me, resulting in missing pretty much all of my throws and their explosions not damaging their intended targets.
When I came down to the pistol, the decrease in power was obvious. The corresponding increase in maneuverability and ease of use was also apparent. Aiming with the smaller reticle was so much easier than the long guns, but the cost in power was too great, since it took several headshots just to bring down a nearby enemy.
Lastly, environmental hazards and destructibles were dangerous and useful during my playthrough. While I couldn't figure out what to shoot at in order to trigger a deluge of debris to take out enemies behind cover, the game nonetheless kept insisting that there are such targets. Cover itself can be destroyed. Embryo-like sacs even blow up when shot at enough, releasing a newborn Swarm that charges at you in a frenzy in the process. Other than a section where you get pushed back if you don't keep going forward and the end of the demo when JD and the team are charging through a wind flare to get to shelter, the weather phenomenon didn't make me feel the need to urgently get out of it, as the voice-overs imply. While I didn't let myself get touched by the funnel-shaped storm cones, it can be inferred that they can cause damage.
So in summary, my first ever Gears of War experience with Gears 4 wasn't all chocolates and roses, but it was pleasant enough when my actions on the controller translated into actually kicking butt on screen instead of dying all the time. At this point, I can say that for newcomers like me to both the franchise and Xbox in general, the learning curve is slightly steeper and quirks more detrimental to the experience than I would like, but that doesn't take away from the enjoyment of getting it right and scoring kills in the process.
The verdict at this point in time before release, and with only a bit of the campaign under my belt: hit-or-miss most of the way as a novice player with a lot of patience, but also enjoyable and nostalgic for third-person-shooter veterans who know how to dish out the pain with a hailstorm of bullets and choking chainsaw smoke while looking and feeling cool doing it.
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Greta Jung
"These stories have such importance and meaningful life lessons. Kids need to hear these."
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Greta Jung narrates across an array of genres, but her enthusiasm about creating audiobooks for young listeners is unmistakable.
"I love doing books for kids, especially! The voices, the themes!" In particular, she enjoys the abundant creativity that such work offers. "With a kids' book, narrating feels a little more freeing. It can be approached with a sense of fun and playfulness, and I want to give that experience to kids."
With this younger audience, Jung appreciates that she has more flexibility to experiment with voices--more even than with adult fiction or fantasy. What might seem "too charactery or cartoony in another genre is just right for kids' books--and makes the narration more engaging."
Jung volunteers for Young Storytellers, an organization that pairs student writers with mentors who help students draft stories that are then performed by professional actors. Her work with them has yielded many insights on how best to engage this audience. Performing such works connects her to young listeners in a way that offers vivid reminders of who that audience is, what children need: "This is the age of the kids listening; here's what they react to. It helps me remember I need to exaggerate! Make it playful and fun! We forget how we were as children, what we loved."
Jung also points out that narrating for young listeners has a serious side. "These stories have such importance and meaningful life lessons. Kids need to hear these."
Her narration of the Newbery Winner WHEN YOU TRAP A TIGER, for example, perfectly illustrates how children's stories address a wealth of important issues. "That book deals with grief, death, family, love, and intergenerational misunderstandings. I love narrating kids' stories because I want to be a part of helping kids navigate those themes. That book is beautiful. The central character tries to save her grandma by living out a fable. How she intertwines the reality of what's happening with her imagination is just beautifully told."
And, Jung adds, deeply moving. "I loved recording that book. I cried several times, and my director was so kind to me! I was embarrassed, but he'd say, 'Take your time.'"
In recent years, the audiobook industry has made an effort toward diversity initiatives, and Jung agrees that things are "definitely moving in the right direction. The trend is toward audiobooks trying to be more authentic with narrators." She recalls drawing on her Korean-American background to interpret expressions unique to the Korean-American experience, in particular, "what my family calls 'Konglish!'"
"Getting it right is really important," Jung says, "and listeners can hear it when you do. It's a really positive trend--and beneficial for everyone."—Jessie C. Grearson
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Baltimore Has Become A Rotting, Decaying War Zone As A Raging Opioid Epidemic Eats Away At The City Like Cancer
May 9, 2017 May 9, 2017 Jon
It is hard to believe that Baltimore was once one of the greatest cities in the entire world. Unlike nearby Washington D. C., Baltimore is a blue collar city that is home to some of the hardest working people in America. When I was in high school, my brother and I were huge fans of the Baltimore Orioles, and once in a while our parents would drive us from our home in Virginia all the way up to Baltimore to see them play. As an adult, I spent a number of years living near D. C., and I would take frequent trips up to Baltimore. To say that the city is in a state of decline would be a major understatement. Everywhere you look there are abandoned buildings and homes, and as you drive through some of the worst areas you can actually see drug addicts just lying in the streets. Just like so many other communities all over this country, decades of liberal policies have taken a brutal toll, and now the city is just a rotting, decaying shell of the glorious metropolis that it once was.
There are some sections of Baltimore that you simply do not go into once the sun goes down. And actually it isn't a very good idea to go into those areas during the day either. The crime in the city has gotten so bad that authorities have actually formally requested help from the federal government…
This post was published at The Economic Collapse Blog on May 9th, 2017.
For The First Time, You Can Track Every Dollar The Government Spends
Despite paying trillions in Federal taxes every year, Americans' requests for a clear, detailed breakdown of where their money goes every year, have gone unanswered and been ignored by both Republican and Democrat administrations for one simple reason: transparency has an unpleasant way of mutating into accountability, which is the scariest thing imaginable for any career politician.
Not any more.
On Tuesday, the US Treasury launched a new website designed to track virtually every dollar – out of roughly $4 trillion – in federal spending. The new website, Beta. USAspending.gov, was created to put data into the hands of taxpayers by empowering them to track how their tax dollars are spent. The site is designed to follow federal agency spending and, for the first time, links spending data to awards distributed by the government.
This post was published at Zero Hedge on May 9, 2017.
MAY 9/THE AMOUNT STANDING FOR PHYSICAL SILVER INCREASES FOR THE 7TH STRAIGHT DAY: NOW UP TO 21.9 MILLION OZ/MARKETS REACT TO NORTH KOREAN AMBASSADOR'S WAR LIKE RHETORIC/TRUMP APPROVES A PLAN TO A…
Gold: $1216.63 DOWN $11.07
Silver: $16.09 DOWN 18 cent(s)
TOTAL NOTICES SO FAR: 412 FOR 41,200 OZ (1.2814 TONNES)
This post was published at Harvey Organ Blog on May 9, 2017.
Gold: Summer Doldrums Tactics
1. Gold has arrived at the $1220 support zone. Please click here now. Double-click to enlarge.
Note the position of the Stochastics oscillator at the bottom of the chart. Significant rallies tend to begin from the current position. Since Indian dealer stocking for the Akha Teej festival peaked a few weeks ago, gold has been declining (as I suggested it likely would). Top analysts at Goldman Sachs had a target of $1220 and that's roughly where the price has fallen to. Please click here now. Double-click to enlarge. The downtrend from the April highs has been relentless for silver. To deal with this type of market, investors need to regularly stock up on put options. Another strategy is to carry some short positions (like the banks do). When there is no rally in a market, there is no possibility to book any profit on anything other than bets that the market will fall. I hold a lot of dividend paying investments in the precious metal sector as well as some short positions. The bottom line is that I believe in a coming bull era, but if I'm going to wait for it to happen, I want to get paid handsomely for the time I spend in the waiting room!
This post was published at GoldSeek on 9 May 2017.
Devonshire: True Inflation Is Three Times Higher Than Officially Reported
A fascinating, recent report by the Devonshire Research Group, whose recent work on Tesla was featured here one year ago, has moved beyond the micro and tackled on of the most controversial macroeconomic topic possible: what is the true rate of inflation. What it finds is that, like others before it most notably Shadowstats and Chapwood, the accepted definition of inflation, or CPI, is dramatically understated for various reasons, both political and economic.
For those unfamiliar with the "alternative" explanations of inflation measurement, and the implications if CPI is indeed drastically underestimating true inflation, the report is a real eye opener.
Devonshire sets the scene by noting that a wide variety of Price Indices are used to adjust for the effects of Inflation on the economy. These adjustments are widely applied to derive a number of common measures and underlie many critical economic and asset management concepts
Price Indices: the Consumer Price Index (CPI), the Producer Price Index, the GDP Deflator Economic concepts: the Standard of Living, Real Income and Output, Real Economic Growth Asset Management concepts: Real Interest Rates, the Risk-Free Rate of Return, the Cost of Capital
Big Banks Pushing Smaller Banks To Merge Deposits Before The Bank Runs Begin – Episode 1275a
The following video was published by X22Report on May 9, 2017
Home Capital Group is becoming desperate they are now selling million of mortgages. Half of Canadians do not have $200 for an emergency. Gallup economic confidence declines, more and more people believe the economy is getting worse. Wholesales sales growth declines and lumber implodes. Atlanta Fed is now down to 3.6% from 4.2%. Fed reports a drop in credit card spending and consumer spending in general. We are now back to the period right before 2008 crash. JP Morgan is telling smaller banks to consolidate deposits before the economy comes down.
Stocks and Precious Metals Charts – No Fear, No Consequences, No Accountability
"It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their selfish purposes."
Andrew Jackson, On the Second Bank of the United States
"Jim, lad, there be consequences an' then there be consequences. Devil take 'em all, says I, and pass aft the rum."
Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
The Nasdaq managed to close at a new all time high today, with techs leading the way.
The broader measures such as the SP 500 and the Russell 2000 were weaker.
Gold and silver finished off slightly along with Treasuries as it was another risk on day, although the bravado seemed to be getting a bit thin at these levels.
VIX closed at a 24 year low yesterday. The spreads between Junk and the Ten Year have also been narrowing.
Traders seem very confident that the Trump administration is going to be very good for the corporatocracy.
Disney beat on earnings, but missed on revenues and other metrics.
Seattle Mayor Wants To Tax Diet Soda To Fight "White Privileged Institutionalized Racism"
Back in February, Seattle's Mayor Ed Murray called for a 2 cent per ounce tax on sugary soft drinks in order to "improve Seattle's educational opportunities for students of color." Per Lynx Media, the tax was expected to raise some $16 million per year.
Of course, when someone on his staff pointed out that a tax on sugary drinks would disproportionately impact the minorities that he was apparently trying to help, Murray knew that something drastic had to happen. So that's when he decided to launch a new attack against the most recognizable symbol of "white privileged institutionalized racism" on the planet: DIET SODA!
Per the Seattle Times:
The changes were recommendations that emerged when staff from the mayor's office and the office of Councilmember Tim Burgess studied disparate impacts the tax could have on people with low incomes and on people of color, according to Murray.
Junior Gold Stock ETF Poised to Create 'Fire Sale' Opportunity in Gold Stocks
The creator of the wildly popular junior gold stock ETF has a 4 billion dollar problem.
Although the mainstream media is reporting on this big problem, it's missing the story's most important detail… one that could help you make large capital gains over the next 12 months.
I believe that very soon, a major issue with the junior gold stock ETF will create an opportunity to buy some of the world's most valuable junior gold companies for pennies on the dollar… all thanks to a coming tsunami of selling that has nothing to do with the companies themselves.
And it's all thanks to a developing story in the popular VanEck Junior Gold Miner ETF (symbol GDXJ).
I expect the opportunity around the corner will be so big that I'm getting millions of dollars of my own money ready to deploy. You could say I'm 'amassing troops at the border.'
This situation is urgent. It's going to arrive quickly and play out quickly. And as I'll explain, what's coming in just a few short months may be the last great gold stock buying opportunity you get for a decade.
Retail Meltdown Demolishes Mall Investors
Even the biggest.
The closure of thousands of retail chain stores last year and this year, with many more to come – from big anchor tenants such as Macy's to smaller stores such as Payless Shoes – and the bankruptcies and debt restructurings ricocheting through the industry are having an impact on retail malls. And mall investors – that may include your retirement account – are getting crushed.
The commercial real estate industry has been claiming that these shuttered retail spaces are being converted into restaurants or fitness centers or smaller shops or whatever. And zombie malls are leasing out their parking lots to car dealers to store their excess new vehicle inventory, and that everything is going to be fine.
But investors in publicly traded Real Estate Investment Trusts that were for years among the stars in the S&P 500 are voting with their feet.
It's not that these REITs are doing all that badly on an operational basis. They're hanging in there. But many of the announced store closings and bankruptcies haven't worked their way through the pipeline.
Shares of these REITs all peaked together at the very end of July 2016 and have since then plunged in unison.
This post was published at Wolf Street on May 9, 2017.
Jeff Christian: Gold Weakness Temporary, Long-Term Prospects Still Strong
Gold and silver have been getting slammed for weeks but Jeff Christian, one of the world's leading precious metals analysts, thinks this is more of a short-term reaction to subsiding geopolitical fears and reiterates his long-term bullish outlook based on a number of fundamental drivers.
Recent Weakness Is Short-term
In early April, the price of gold was roughly $1,250 an ounce, he noted, as the US bombed a Syrian airbase and the Trump administration made a statement about sending an aircraft carrier group off of the Korean peninsula.
This saber rattling dovetailed with concerns about populist French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen possibly taking the lead in the French elections. Now, with Emmanuel Macron's defeat of Le Pen, fears over a further break-up of the European Union have subsided and the demand for gold has weakened.
'There was a tremendous amount of political uncertainty and risk,' Christian noted. 'In that environment, the price of gold went from $1,250 to $1,297 over about a two-week period. Then it came back off. … I think what we're seeing is not a massive move away from gold but a very short-term (reaction).'
Economic Confidence Slumps To Lowest Since Trump's Election
Just as US macroeconomic data surprises collapse back to reality (but stocks hit record highs), so it appears the animal spirits of American Consumers are tumbling…
Hope lasted a few months in the 'real' data… but has collapse in the last month.
And as Gallup reports, Americans' views of the economy remain positive on balance, but just barely. Gallup's U. S. Economic Confidence Index averaged +3 for the week ending May 7. The index is down four points from two weeks ago and now sits at a nominal low for the year after trending downward from its early March peak.
A Sobering Look At The Future Of Oil
The current discussion about the future of oil is how soon will it be before petroleum becomes a sunset industry. If it isn't already. Flat or falling demand. Carbon taxes. Electric cars. Renewable energy. Oil has no future. It is only a matter of time, although how much time remains is subject to considerable discussion and debate. Various prognosticators put forth differing view about when world oil demand will peak. Some say as early as 2030, others much later. Nobody says never.
As for actually running out of oil, that issue has run its course. At least for now.
How long the world stays in the oil business is of critical importance. This is illustrated by a Financial Post article April 28 titled, 'Next battleground; Enbridge's aging Great Lakes pipeline stirs new protest in Michigan'. Until recently, the battle against pipelines has been opposing new construction. Now it is existing pipelines. This opens yet another can of worms the industry and regulators have never really grappled with.
Enbridge Line 5 crosses from Wisconsin to Michigan under the Mackinac Straits between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron, a distance of about 4.5 miles. Built in 1953 to the most demanding standards of the day, the Enbridge website says Line 5 transports about 540,000 b/d of Canadian light and synthetic crude and natural gas liquids to markets in Michigan and beyond. What has emerged is concern among campaigning Michigan politicians about the potential for a major spill into the Great Lakes, an event being politically branded as inevitable.
Why Are Chinese Investors Buying Up Gold Bars?
Chinese investors are buying gold bars at a torrid rate. China's appetite helped drive global demand for physical gold up 9% in the first quarter of 2016. Chinese investors gobbled up 105.9 tons of gold in Q1. That represents a 30% year-on-year increase, and was the fourth strongest quarter on record.
So, why the strong demand for physical gold in China? Mao Mao, a gold dealer in downtown Shanghai, told the Australian Financial Review she sees three major factors pushing the Chinese gold rush – and they all relate to fear.
People are afraid of war, a falling yuan and slumping property prices,' she said. 'Buying gold bars as an investment is a good way to guard against risk.'
Perpetually low interest rates have also pushed investors into gold. Mao said many people don't want to put their money in the bank, so they buy gold bars instead. The current Chinese base rates stands at 4.350%. While low by Chinese standards, it is significantly higher than interest rates in the US and Europe.
This post was published at Schiffgold on MAY 9, 2017.
It Can't Happen Here: Pride, Power, Exceptionalism, and the Smoking Chimney
"Mass propaganda discovered that its audience was ready at all times to believe the worst, no matter how absurd, and did not particularly object to being deceived because it held every statement to be a lie anyhow.
The totalitarian mass leaders based their propaganda on the correct psychological assumption that, under such conditions, one could make people believe the most fantastic statements one day, and trust that if the next day they were given irrefutable proof of their falsehood, they would take refuge in cynicism; instead of deserting the leaders who had lied to them, they would protest that they had known all along that the statement was a lie and would admire the leaders for their superior tactical cleverness…
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists.
The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil."
"It seems that under the overwhelming impact of rising power, humans are deprived of their inner independence and, more or less consciously, give up establishing an autonomous position toward the emerging circumstances.
The fact that the foolish person is often stubborn must not blind us to the fact that he is not independent. In conversation with him, one virtually feels that one is dealing not at all with him as a person, but with slogans, catchwords, and the like that have taken possession of him.
Gold and Silver Market Morning: May 09 2017 – Gold consolidating ahead of a strong move!
Gold Today – New York closed at $1,227.20 yesterday after closing at$1,229.30 Friday. London opened at $1,224.75 today.
Overall the dollar was stronger against global currencies, early today. Before London's opening:
– The $: was stronger at $1.0904 after yesterday's $1.0973: 1.
– The Dollar index was stronger at 99.34 after Friday's 98.73.
– The Yen was weaker at 113.74 after Friday's 112.68:$1.
– The Yuan was weaker at 6.9064 after Friday's 6.9035: $1.
– The Pound Sterling was weaker at $1.2926 after Friday's $1.2975: 1.
Yuan Gold Fix
The Shanghai Gold Exchange was trading at 275.40 towards the close today. This translates into $1,235.28. New York closed at a $8.08discount to Shanghai's close yesterday. London opened at a discount of$10.53 to Shanghai's close today.
LBMA price setting: The LBMA gold price was set today at$1,225.15 from yesterday's $1,229.70.
Treasury Sells $24 BIllion in 3 Year Paper In Mediocre, Tailing Auction
Moments ago the Treasury sold $24 billion in 3 Year paper in an auction that was uneventful, if somewhat on the weaker side.
The high yield of 1.572% tailed the When Issued by 1 basis point, and was higher than both last month's 1.517% and the last six auction average of 1.423%.
Your Kids Can Achieve Success! Here's How!
The following video was published by The Daily Sheeple on May 9, 2017
The student debt bubble is growing at an unprecedented pace. A. I. is taking the place of jobs held traditionally by humans. Are you preparing your child for success?
Do you own any ETFs or mutual funds? Read this.
A few days ago I spoke to a finance professor at Columbia University here in New York City who has been doing a deep dive on the financial management industry.
His results were pretty concerning.
One of the things that he said was that fund management fees have been dramatically declining over the past few years.
At face value this sounds like a good thing.
All mutual funds and ETFs charge fees, usually a percentage of the assets that they're managing.
For example, the Vanguard 500 Index Fund is a mutual fund that essentially owns all the companies in the S&P 500 index.
This fund is not 'actively managed', i.e. there are no stock-pickers deciding which companies to buy.
Instead, the fund managers simply acquire shares of the 500 largest companies in America, irrespective of those companies' prices, valuations, or prospects.
This is known as passive (index) investing.
This post was published at Sovereign Man on May 9, 2017.
Dow Drops Back Below 21,000 Amid VIX Chaos
Having tagged fresh cycle low at 9.57 overnight, VIX has been chaotic this morning. Overnight hope in stocks has faded quickly with The Dow back below 21,000…


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Sequential has a full round-up of links, but here are some highlights:
BlogTO looks at the Women of Comics symposium:
Through a series of panels, and by showcasing some of the best female talent in the industry today, the Women of Comics organizers were able to put together an engaging pulsecheck of the state of women in comics, from the heights of Vertigo to the self-publishing indies. And yeah, it didn't hurt that the goings were often hilarious as the women speakers described their topsy-turvy role in a boy-dominated world.
Blake Bell reports on the Shuster Awards ceremony
There were two very memorable moments. The first was Dave Day accepting his late brother Gene's Hall of Fame award from Dave Sim, Gene being a mentor to Sim back in the early-to-mid-1970s. Sim did a yeoman's job keeping his composure, but Dave Day, who kept it short and sweet, mentioned this year was the 25th anniversary of Gene's passing, and the room almost wept collectively.
Weeping was a theme (and not just when co-emcee, Rob Salem, tripped onto all fours onto the stage, proceeding by his emcee partner, Rick Green, riding him up to the podium) when the Outstanding Retailer Award was given to Edmonton's Jay Bardyla for his store Happy Harbor Comics & Toys. His wife's eyes were soggy the moment they appeared on stage, and Jay broke down in mid-speech.
He also delivers some bits of news:
It appears that Terry Moore will be writing something for DC?
He was feeling in such a good mood that, once wife and publisher, Robyn, removed the hands from around his neck, Terry spilled the news that he had just signed an exclusive deal to write two books (current ones) with a name publisher.
He wouldn't commit to the name of the publisher, but there was a lot of DC people at the SIP wrap party in late May, including Bob Wayne and Dan Didio, so I'm putting my money there.
Even better is that Terry said it sounds like they're trying to rope him into doing the artwork for the books! Terry's already committed to the covers, but here's hopin'.
And also that Dave Sim is flirting with Marvel, perhaps for the announced "indie anthology."
I told Dave Sim about Terry's news at the Shuster Awards, as he's also in negotiations with Marvel Comics to do a little something (a little something on Dave's terms, which is dragging out the negotiations), and he referred to it as the "Ed Brubaker Syndrome." Dave is being very deliberate with Marvel because, as he says, "I don't want to be one of those who never 'come out' the other side."
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I'll bet Terry Moore is writing a Minx book.
::crosses fingers, tries not to explode with delight::
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Developer, social entrepreneur bet big on Finnegans' future
Jacquie Berglund has expanded Finnegans into a $10 million, four-level brewery, taproom, social club and entrepreneurial center in downtown Minneapolis.
— JERRY HOLT • jerry.holt@startribune.com
By Neal St. Anthony , Star Tribune
Social entrepreneur Jacquie Berglund quit a good job and sold her condo to start Finnegans, a beer company that has donated $1.2 million since 2003 to nutrition programs.
Berglund also has witnessed Finnegans' revenue stagnate for several years as Twin Cities specialty brewers grew from a handful to more than 100.
"We couldn't compete," she admitted. "Many other brewers have a taproom."
Now she's rolling out the barrels.
Berglund has brewed a seven-figure, multi-tap strategy designed to double beer production to up to 12,000 barrels and double revenue to more than $4 million this year.
"This will be our time," she predicted this month from Finnegans House, a $10 million, four-level brewery, taproom, social club and entrepreneurial center located in downtown Minneapolis.
Kraus-Anderson, the developer-contractor, financed and built Finnegans House as something of a social centerpiece of its $125 million overhaul of its headquarters block. It's quite an upgrade from K-A's nondescript old digs and surface parking lot.
Finnegans, located between 8th and 9th streets along 5th Avenue, is flanked on the north by K-A's distinctive new headquarters and on the south by a 165-room Marriott Hotel connected to Finnegans that is expected to open in September.
Across from Finnegans' already busy patio is the 17-story HQ apartments.
Finnegans will soon be surrounded by nearly 1,000 people who reside or work on that block alone.
Berglund, who also raised more than $1 million from three individuals to build out and equip the brewery and taproom, has managed to position her brand for significant growth, thanks to deep-pocketed partners.
Berglund will continue to contract for packaged-product sales through Badger Brewing of Shakopee. The faster growth should come from higher-margin beer sales in the taproom and other revenue streams from Finnegans House. That's also how she will make the rent to K-A.
Vision and gumption
Berglund, who long rented a small office space in neighboring Elliot Park, approached Kraus-Anderson three years ago with the idea of a hotel-brewery combination. The original K-A redevelopment plans were criticized by neighbors and city officials as too sparse. K-A, a downtown fixture for generations, revised the plans, tucked the parking underground and countered with a mixed-use development that was embraced.
"I give Kraus-Anderson a lot of credit for their vision," Berglund said. "This is their brand legacy block. It's also a service to the Elliot Park and East Town neighborhoods."
Berglund, 52, a rambunctious entrepreneur, once worked in international development and, before Finnegans, as the marketing and operations manager for Kieran Folliard's bar and restaurant business.
She always had vision and gumption. She was low on capital but big on collaboration.
"We liked Jacquie, the Finnegans brand and what it stood for," said Michael Hille, executive vice president of development at K-A. "We had the resources. There really isn't another brewery downtown.
"We created a development of complementary pieces. Our headquarters, Finnegans, the HQ apartments, and a hotel. And Jacquie raised some capital."
K-A's risk: If Finnegans doesn't work, it's stuck with a building designed for Finnegans.
"We'll take a pretty good bath if she's not successful," Hille said. "But she's done a great job and she's a good person to stand behind."
Berglund said sales are growing daily, particularly as the weather has warmed.
"Our objective is to turn beer into food," said Berglund, who works with the Food Group, the big food bank wholesaler that also supports nutrition and health programs. "We needed to evolve. We needed a brewery and taproom. There's more profit margin there. And it gives us agility. The agility to do smaller-batch brews and to try new things.
"We are the only production brewery downtown. And we're going to be attached to a hotel."
The four-story Finnegans House also features the Brewer's Den, a 194-seat private club that already has 500-plus members paying $400 to $1,000 a year in dues. Seventy-five percent of that is tax-deductible because it supports the mission.
And there's a "Finnovation Lab" that brings together for-profit and nonprofit entrepreneurs, business mentors and people with capital looking for ideas. Berglund's onsite collaborators are the Impact Hub MSP and St. Paul's Neighborhood Development Center, which trains and helps finance entrepreneurs.
Berglund brewed the expansion plan as a 2014-2015 Bush Foundation fellow, another supporter.
Tweaked business model
And she tweaked Finnegans' business model, after consultation with the granddaddy social enterprise company, Newman's Own, started by the late actor and humanitarian Paul Newman. Newman's Own donates about $30 million annually to charity with its profits derived from licensing agreements and royalties covering Newman-branded consumer foods.
Berglund, part of a social entrepreneur consortium that works with Newman's Own, moved to form a private company that owns the Finnegan brands, technology, recipes and brewing equipment and will effectively donate a percentage of sales.
"Jacquie is doing a bold and great thing that also will spawn other businesses," said CEO Robert Forrester of Newman's Own, a two-time entrepreneur himself who took over the operation in 2005.
"Jacquie has what it takes," Forrester said. "She's realistic, but also overwhelmingly positive. She is very purpose-driven by her charitable mission. She's also smart enough to know what she doesn't know."
Berglund is no lone ranger.
She gratefully mentions longtime advisers, including longtime attorney Barb Rummel, the Baker Tilly accounting firm, her Kraus-Anderson partners and a host of business and nonprofit mentors and confidants.
"I may have too much on my plate," Berglund conceded. "But I'm pretty good at connecting the dots."
So far, big backer K-A likes what it sees.
"I went in after work recently to talk to her and the Brewer's Den club was booked," Hille said. "The taproom was packed. We're excited. The whole block is going well.
Neal St. Anthony has been a Star Tribune business columnist and reporter since 1984. He can be contacted at nstanthony@startribune.com.
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Blackhawks vs Rangers Betting Odds and Pick – October 7, 2015
The puck drops tonight on a new NHL season and the defending Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks will take center stage when they welcome the New York Rangers to the United Center. The Hawks have a recent history of starting seasons strong at home, going 4-0 in their last four home openers. Opening night, however, hasn't been kind to defending Cup champs, as they're 2-7 in season openers since the 2004 lockout.
Since the start of the 2014 season, New York is 12-2 in road games vs Western Conference teams.
Chicago is 9-2 SU in their last 11 games at home.
In 47 career games vs NY, Hawks forward Marian Hossa has 47 points.
The Rangers enter the season hoping to build upon last season's trip to the Eastern Conference Finals where they lost to the Lighting in seven games. The Rangers have been above average in their last 10 season openers, going 6-4.
Since 1989, the Blackhawks have a slight edge in the 39 games played between the two teams, going 18-17-4.
Sportsbooks such as Bodog had the Chicago Blackhawks as -130 favorites earlier today. The over under opened at 5.5 at MyBookie for betting fans hoping to turn a profit on totals.
computer prediction formulas pick a 3-2.8 win for the Blackhawks on Wednesday. View the computer score prediction and who will win the pick on the moneyline for all upcoming NHL matchups here.
New York Rangers vs Chicago Blackhawks Matchup
The Chicago Blackhawks went 64-34-7 last season. The New York Rangers, meanwhile, went 64-29-8. OVER/UNDER betting fans saw Chicago go 38-51-16 and the Rangers go 45-46-10 on the totals. Stay Informed: follow us on Twitter for odds specials, betting line moves and Chicago vs New York injuries news.
This game matches up the No. 22 (Chicago Blackhawks) and the No. 16 (New York Rangers) teams according to our current NHL Power Rankings.
Offensively, the game matches up the Chicago Blackhawks No. 11-ranked offense (2.85 goals per game) against a New York Rangers defense that ranks No. 1 at 2.31 goals per game allowed. The Blackhawks powerplay has clicked at a 17.9% rate while the Rangers have a 83.51% rate on the penalty kill.
New York was a 2-0 loser in its last match at home against the Lightning. They lost as -161 favorites, while the total score of 2 made winners of UNDER bettors.
NY Rangers is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of NY Rangers's last 6 games
NY Rangers is 15-4 SU in its last 19 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of NY Rangers's last 5 games on the road
Chicago is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Chicago's last 6 games
Chicago is 9-2 SU in its last 11 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Chicago's last 6 games at home
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Remembering house and techno legend Aaron Carl, in an intimate portrait
Peter Kirn - August 24, 2020
Legendary producer and singular voice Aaron Carl would have had his 47th birthday last week. It's worth listening to what he had to say – in music and in words.
Ten years on, it's still heartbreaking that Detroit's Aaron Carl (aka Aaron-Carl Ragland) died at the age of 37. It's impossible to write that without a reminder that we need to take better care of our heroes, better care of one another, just better care. We can't make life any less fragile, but maybe we can make it less careless. And obviously, in a year of loss and health risk, it's still urgent to consider that both inside and outside the scope of the pandemic.
But whether you're steeped in his music or just discovering it, some of that reflection is also well spent on Aaron Carl himself. He is best known in techno, but covered all bases – with his Wallshaker Music label in Detroit, his Amsterdam-based creation Cherry Juice Recordings, plus tons of work with the likes of Ovum, Underground Resistance, DJ Bone, Scan 7, Kelli Hand, Aux 88… all those cats, generally.
Now what's funny is, where you'll see his impact is more in Europe than in Detroit. There's an extended video from the artist's that includes both an intimate up-close interview and lots of music, filmed at a 2004 visit to Vienna.
Among other things, he talks about the value of coming to Europe and feeling valued – hearing their music on the radio and getting some respect. That's something I've heard a lot of artists speak about pretty passionately. It's generally out of my own hands, in that I don't control airplane tickets and booking fees all that often. But I do hope that some of the (oft-deserved) recent criticism of Europe and its music scene can motivate the industry here to do more to continue to value Black artists and disadvantaged artists (economically or LGBTQ or otherwise) around the world. It isn't enough just to assume local scenes will support people. They assuredly often will not – anyone who's hung out in a lot of scenes or moved to another place for music knows all those shortcomings all too well.
But this also means we have some deep thinking to do about accommodating artists' travel (especially when they face health challenges), about environmental efficiency, about how these scenes relate… well, about a lot of issues. Based on what I've seen of this virus, though, we ought to have the time to devote to serious conversation and greater depth.
Meanwhile, it's impossible to listen to Aaron Carl's music and not be humbled and inspired.
Actually, I think whoever I am or you are, this is a line worth considering from Aaron's blog (as quoted on Lisbon's SoundDesigners' blog a few years back):
"There's something to be said about a person who bares his soul to the world."
That's in his lyrics, in his vocals, in his voice. But it's even too easy and superficial to talk about things being "soulful" – he's someone who also did some damn superb techno production, no vocals. So I don't mean necessarily "soul" as pastiche. Your soul might be machine, or alien, or weird, or whatever. And I hope that's all of it what we support in each other's music.
It's well worth reading the full obituaries here, as they say a lot about who this person was.
Local DJ Aaron-Carl, 37, dies [Pride Source, in Michigan]
A Tribute to Aaron-Carl [SoundDesigners in Portugal – also with a comment from Jevon, Aaron's son]
Plus check brutal tracks like Ctrl-End:
Or this wonderful set, apparently filmed as … an indie horror movie (greetings, IR night vision camera):
RIP, Aaron.
But let's please not wait and not's only look to people after they're gone. Let's take care of people and give them recognition now. From Detroit alone I know there are a lot of fairly unrecognized people – and for all its scene, Detroit is just one city. So do feel free to keep bugging me with your music, bugging me about people we should know – and I do hope we also do more to support new media and blogs again (imagine that) and not only social media accounts. And take care – more on that topic soon (it's been coming up in conversation, as you might imagine).
I know, I know, I'm perpetually behind and here comes another Bandcamp Day soon… but also full support to any of you attempting journalism or at least "spitting out words." We can do this together. (Couple more links/shout outs this week coming on that very note; stay tuned.)
Thanks to Kevin aka FBK I think posted this video reminding me and — yeah, speaking of people to take care of, recognize, and bring back to Europe. He had his birthday yesterday, so go buy his EP already!
Tags: Aaron Carl, memorials, videos
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    		return state[7][1].getpiece() == null && state[7][2].getpiece() == null;
    	} else {
    		return state[0][1].getpiece() == null && state[0][2].getpiece() == null;
    	}
    }

    boolean isRookNotMoved (Cell state[][]) {
    	if (isWhite()) {
    		return state[7][0].getpiece() instanceof Rook;
    	} else { // black
    		return state[0][0].getpiece() instanceof Rook;
    	}
    }

    //Function to check if king is under threat
    //It checks whether there is any piece of opposite color that can attack king for a given board state
    public boolean isindanger(Cell state[][]) {

        if (attackedHorizontally(state)
                || attackedVertically(state)
                || attackedDiagonally(state, getX(), getY())) {
            return true;
        }

        if (attackedbyKnight(state)
                || attackedbyPawn(state)) {
            return true;
        }

        return false;

    }

    private boolean attackedbyPawn(Cell[][] state) {
        int pox[] = {getX() + 1, getX() + 1, getX() + 1, getX(), getX(), getX() - 1, getX() - 1, getX() - 1};
        int poy[] = {getY() - 1, getY() + 1, getY(), getY() + 1, getY() - 1, getY() + 1, getY() - 1, getY()};
        {
            for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++)
                if ((pox[i] >= 0 && pox[i] < 8 && poy[i] >= 0 && poy[i] < 8))
                    if (state[pox[i]][poy[i]].getpiece() != null && state[pox[i]][poy[i]].getpiece().getcolor() != this.getcolor() && (state[pox[i]][poy[i]].getpiece() instanceof Pawn)) {
                        return true;
                    }
        }
        if (isWhite()) {
            return performValidationOnWhite(state);
        } else {
            return performValidationOnBlack(state);
        }

    }

    private boolean performValidationOnBlack(Cell[][] state) {
        if ((validateCoordsAndPiece(state, (getX() + 1), (getY() - 1))
                && validatePieceTypeandColor(state, 0, (getX() + 1), (getY() - 1))
                || (validateCoordsAndPiece(state, (getX() + 1), (getY() + 1))
                && validatePieceTypeandColor(state, 0, (getX() + 1), (getY() + 1))))) {
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }

    private boolean performValidationOnWhite(Cell[][] state) {
        if ((validateCoordsAndPiece(state, (getX() - 1), (getY() - 1))
                && validatePieceTypeandColor(state, 1, (getX() - 1), (getY() - 1)))
                || (validateCoordsAndPiece(state, (getX() - 1), (getY() + 1))
                && validatePieceTypeandColor(state, 1, (getX() - 1), (getY() + 1)))) {
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }

    private boolean isWhite() {
        return getcolor() == Constants.WHITE;
    }

    private boolean validatePieceTypeandColor(Cell[][] state, int color, int tx, int ty) {
        return state[tx][ty].getpiece().getcolor() == color
                && (state[tx][ty].getpiece() instanceof Pawn);
    }

    private boolean validateCoordsAndPiece(Cell[][] state, int tx, int ty) {
        return validateCoords() && validatePiece(state, tx, ty);
    }

    private boolean validatePiece(Cell[][] state, int tx, int ty) {
        return state[tx][ty].getpiece() != null;
    }

    private boolean validateCoords() {
        return getX() > 0 && getY() > 0;
    }

    private boolean attackedbyKnight(Cell[][] state) {
        int posx[] = {getX() + 1, getX() + 1, getX() + 2, getX() + 2, getX() - 1, getX() - 1, getX() - 2, getX() - 2};
        int posy[] = {getY() - 2, getY() + 2, getY() - 1, getY() + 1, getY() - 2, getY() + 2, getY() - 1, getY() + 1};
        for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++)
            if ((posx[i] >= 0 && posx[i] < 8 && posy[i] >= 0 && posy[i] < 8))
                if (state[posx[i]][posy[i]].getpiece() != null && state[posx[i]][posy[i]].getpiece().getcolor() != this.getcolor() && (state[posx[i]][posy[i]].getpiece() instanceof Knight)) {
                    return true;
                }
        return false;
    }

    private boolean attackedDiagonally(Cell[][] state, int x, int y) {
        return (attackedfromSE(state, x, y) ||
                attackedfromNW(state, x, y) ||
                attackedfromSW(state, x, y) ||
                attackedfromNE(state, x, y));
    }

    private boolean attackedfromNE(Cell[][] state, int x, int y) {
        int tempx = x + 1;
        int tempy = y + 1;

        while (tempx < 8 && tempy < 8) {
            if (state[tempx][tempy].getpiece() == null) {
                tempx++;
                tempy++;
            } else if (state[tempx][tempy].getpiece().getcolor() == this.getcolor())
                break;
            else {
                if (state[tempx][tempy].getpiece() instanceof Bishop || state[tempx][tempy].getpiece() instanceof Queen)
                    return true;
                else
                    break;
            }
        }
        return false;
    }

    private boolean attackedfromSW(Cell[][] state, int x, int y) {
        int tempx = x - 1;
        int tempy = y - 1;

        while (tempx >= 0 && tempy >= 0) {
            if (state[tempx][tempy].getpiece() == null) {
                tempx--;
                tempy--;
            } else if (state[tempx][tempy].getpiece().getcolor() == this.getcolor())
                break;
            else {
                if (state[tempx][tempy].getpiece() instanceof Bishop || state[tempx][tempy].getpiece() instanceof Queen)
                    return true;
                else
                    break;
            }
        }
        return false;
    }

    private boolean attackedfromNW(Cell[][] state, int x, int y) {
        int tempx = x - 1;
        int tempy = y + 1;
        while (tempx >= 0 && tempy < 8) {
            if (state[tempx][tempy].getpiece() == null) {
                tempx--;
                tempy++;
            } else if (state[tempx][tempy].getpiece().getcolor() == this.getcolor())
                break;
            else {
                if (state[tempx][tempy].getpiece() instanceof Bishop || state[tempx][tempy].getpiece() instanceof Queen)
                    return true;
                else
                    break;
            }
        }
        return false;
    }

    private boolean attackedfromSE(Cell[][] state, int x, int y) {
        int tempx = x + 1;
        int tempy = y - 1;
        while (tempx < 8 && tempy >= 0) {
            if (state[tempx][tempy].getpiece() == null) {
                tempx++;
                tempy--;
            } else if (state[tempx][tempy].getpiece().getcolor() == this.getcolor())
                break;
            else {
                if (state[tempx][tempy].getpiece() instanceof Bishop || state[tempx][tempy].getpiece() instanceof Queen)
                    return true;
                else
                    break;
            }
        }
        return false;
    }

    private boolean attackedVertically(Cell[][] state) {
        return attackedFromUp(state) || attackedFromDown(state);
    }

    private boolean attackedHorizontally(Cell[][] state) {
        return attackedFromLeft(state) || attackedFromRight(state);
    }

    private boolean attackedFromDown(Cell[][] state) {
        for (int i = getY() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
            if (state[getX()][i].getpiece() == null)
                continue;
            else if (state[getX()][i].getpiece().getcolor() == this.getcolor())
                break;
            else {
                if ((state[getX()][i].getpiece() instanceof Rook) || (state[getX()][i].getpiece() instanceof Queen))
                    return true;
                else
                    break;
            }
        }
        return false;
    }

    private boolean attackedFromUp(Cell[][] state) {
        for (int i = getY() + 1; i < 8; i++) {
            if (state[getX()][i].getpiece() == null)
                continue;
            else if (state[getX()][i].getpiece().getcolor() == this.getcolor())
                break;
            else {
                if ((state[getX()][i].getpiece() instanceof Rook) || (state[getX()][i].getpiece() instanceof Queen))
                    return true;
                else
                    break;
            }
        }
        return false;
    }

    private boolean attackedFromRight(Cell[][] state) {
        for (int i = getX() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
            if (state[i][getY()].getpiece() == null)
                continue;
            else if (state[i][getY()].getpiece().getcolor() == this.getcolor())
                break;
            else {
                if ((state[i][getY()].getpiece() instanceof Rook) || (state[i][getY()].getpiece() instanceof Queen))
                    return true;
                else
                    break;
            }
        }
        return false;
    }

    private boolean attackedFromLeft(Cell[][] state) {
        for (int i = getX() + 1; i < 8; i++) {
            if (state[i][getY()].getpiece() == null)
                continue;
            else if (state[i][getY()].getpiece().getcolor() == this.getcolor())
                break;
            else {
                if ((state[i][getY()].getpiece() instanceof Rook) || (state[i][getY()].getpiece() instanceof Queen))
                    return true;
                else
                    break;
            }
        }
        return false;
    }

    public int getX() {
        return x;
    }

    public void setX(int x) {
        this.x = x;
    }

    public int getY() {
        return y;
    }

    public void setY(int y) {
        this.y = y;
    }
}


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Final moments of planetary remnants seen for first time
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New study confirms decades of indirect evidence for debris from disintegrating planets hurtling into white dwarfs across the galaxy
University of Warwick sees X-rays from planetary debris heated to a million degrees as it falls onto the dead core of its host star
Artist's impression available (Credit: University of Warwick/Mark Garlick), see Notes to Editors
The moment that debris from destroyed planets impacts the surface of a white dwarf star has been observed for the first time by astronomers at the University of Warwick.
They have used X-rays to detect the rocky and gaseous material left behind by a planetary system after its host star dies as it collides and is consumed within the surface of the star.
Published today (9 February) in the journal Nature, the results are the first direct measurement of the accretion of rocky material onto a white dwarf, and confirm decades of indirect evidence of accretion in over a thousand stars so far. The observed event occurred billions of years after the formation of the planetary system.
The fate of most stars, including those like our Sun, is to become a white dwarf. Over 300,000 white dwarf stars have been discovered in our galaxy, and many are believed to be accreting the debris from planets and other objects that once orbited them.
For several decades, astronomers have used spectroscopy at optical and ultraviolet wavelengths to measure the abundances of elements on the surface of the star and work out from that the composition of the object it came from. Astronomers have indirect evidence that these objects are actively accreting from spectroscopic observations, which show 25–50% of white dwarfs with heavy elements such as iron, calcium, magnesium polluting their atmospheres.
Until now though, astronomers had not seen the material as it was pulled into the star.
Dr Tim Cunningham of the University of Warwick Department of Physics said: "We have finally seen material actually entering the star's atmosphere. It is the first time we've been able to derive an accretion rate that doesn't depend on detailed models of the white dwarf atmosphere. What's quite remarkable is that it agrees extremely well with what's been done before.
"Previously, measurements of accretion rates have used spectroscopy and have been dependent on white dwarf models. These are numerical models that calculate how quickly an element sinks out of the atmosphere into the star, and that tells you how much is falling into the atmosphere as an accretion rate. You can then work backwards and work out how much of an element was in the parent body, whether a planet, moon or asteroid."
A white dwarf is a star that has burnt up all its fuel and shed its outer layers, potentially destroying or unsettling any orbital bodies in the process. As material from those bodies is pulled into the star at a high enough rate it slams into the surface of the star, forming a shock-heated plasma. This plasma, with a temperature between 100,000 to a million degrees kelvin, then settles on the surface, and as it cools it emits X-rays that can be detected.
X-rays are similar to the light our eyes can see, but have much more energy. They are created by very fast-moving electrons (the outer shells of atoms, which make up all the matter around us). Commonly known for their use in medicine, in astronomy X-rays are the key fingerprint of material raining down on exotic objects such as black holes and neutron stars.
Detecting these X-rays is very challenging as the small amount that reaches Earth can be lost amongst other bright X-ray sources in the sky. So the astronomers took advantage of the Chandra X-ray Observatory, normally used to detect X-rays from black holes and neutron stars that are accreting, to analyse the nearby white dwarf G29–38.
With Chandra's improved angular resolution over other telescopes they could isolate the target star from other X-ray sources and viewed, for the first time, X-rays from an isolated white dwarf. It confirms decades of observations of material accreting into white dwarfs that have relied upon evidence from spectroscopy.
Dr Cunningham adds: "What's really exciting about this result is that we're working at a different wavelength, X-rays, and that allows us to probe a completely different type of physics.
"This detection provides the first direct evidence that white dwarfs are currently accreting the remnants of old planetary systems. Probing accretion in this way provides a new technique by which we can study these systems, offering a glimpse into the likely fate of the thousands of known exoplanetary systems, including our own Solar system."
'A white dwarf accreting planetary material from X-ray observations' is published in Nature, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-04300-w Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-04300-w (to go live after embargo lifts)
This research received funding from the Leverhulme Trust; the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), part of UK Research and Innovation; and the European Research Council
Artist's impression available to download at the link below. Images are free for use if used in direct connection with this story but image copyright and credit must be University of Warwick/Mark Garlick:
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Caption: Artist's impression of a white dwarf, G29—38, accreting planetary material from a circumstellar debris disk. When the planetary material hits the white dwarf surface, a plasma is formed and cools via detectable X-ray emission. Credit: University of Warwick/Mark Garlick
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[Pakistan], July 24 (ANI): Security in Pakistan has been beefed up in wake of the general elections.
Around 800,000 law enforcement and army personnel have been deployed across the length and breadth of the nation to ensure safe election.
Also, while looking at the wave of violence witnessed in the run up to the elections, Peshawar's deputy commissioner has arranged 1,000 kafans (burial shroud) as a preemptive measure.
The troops have been deployed to provide mandated assistance to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to conduct polls, according to a statement by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).
More than 17,000 polling stations have been declared sensitive across Pakistan while CCTV cameras have also been installed at the polling stations, reported GEO TV.
The logistical arrangements for polling booths are being carried out under the supervision of deployed troops.
Around 220 million ballot papers have been printed for the election. The colour of ballot paper for the National Assembly is green whereas white coloured paper shall be used for the Provincial Assembly.
The polling process will start at 8:00 am and end at 6:00 pm on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, deputy commissioner of Peshawar, Imran Hamid Sheikh told The Express Tribune that he has arranged 1,000 kafans for the polling day.
"We hope we will have a peaceful voting process but we're ready to deal with an emergency situation," he said.
On Sunday, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) candidate Sardar Ikramullah Gandapur died in a suicide attack in Dera Ismail Khan city.
The PTI candidate was contesting the upcoming general election from PK-99 constituency.
On July 10, a bomb targeted a rally by the Awami National Party (ANP) in Peshawar, in which the local party leader Haroon Bilour lost his life.


SAYVILLE, N.Y. – A grandmother has been rendered blind after her grandson allegedly attacked her and gouged out her eyes during a dispute at their Long Island, New York home.
The dispute began around 7:45 p.m. on February 19 at their shared home in Sayville.
Michael Grief, 30, started arguing with his 78-year-old grandmother over her debit card, which he had allegedly used to overdraw her account by $1,000. His grandmother fled the house to get help from a neighbor, police said.
The grandmother was transported to Stony Brook University Hospital, where she underwent surgery for approximately eight hours in an attempt to save her vision. She was given a less than 1 percent chance to regain any vision, according to the hospital.


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Середова Річка () — річка в Малоритському і Берестейському районах Берестейської області Білорусі, ліва притока річки Спанівка (басейн річки Західний Буг).

Довжина 28 км (разом з каналом). Площа водозбору 115 км². Тече на південний захід Берестейського Полісся. Починається за 1,5 км на схід від села Хмелівка Малоритського району, гирло за 2 км на північний схід від села Знам'янка Берестейського району. Каналізовано 11,6 км русла в нижній та 9 км у верхній течії.

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Посилання
 Общая характеристика речной сети Брестской области (в разрезе районов) // Справочник «Водные объекты Республики Беларусь»

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Річки Берестейської області

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BILLIE T. SHEPHERD, of Columbus, Ind., 90, widow of the Rev. late David M. Shepherd, died Thursday, May 26, 2011. A memorial service was held June 1, 2011 in Columbus with the Rev. Gary Schaar and Brian Campbell officiating. Survivors include: her son, Daniel T. Shepherd (Nancy Anne) of Lake Worth, Fla.; two grandsons; one great-grandson and one great-granddaughter. Memorial contributions can be made to the First United Methodist Church, 618 Eighth Street, Columbus, IN 47201.


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Away Game
Inside the Classics
I've written often about the huge amount of preparation that Sarah and I put into every new Inside the Classics program, and even when we put on a repeat performance of an old show (as we do on these Common Chords trips,) we still spend a fair amount of time sweating the details, retooling the script, swapping out set pieces that didn't land where we wanted them to the first time, etc.
But when it comes to actually performing the show, it's a different story. When we first began the series, more than five years ago now, I used to get horribly nervous before every show, and spend most of the first half just trying to remember to breathe before talking. But at this point, each program we do follows a well-established formula, Sarah and I long ago found our comfort zone with each other on stage, and quite honestly, the performances just sort of happen with very little effort from either of us. The Minneapolis audience for the series knows us well, knows what to expect from us, and we from them. It's just a comfortable situation for everyone.
But there's a whole different dynamic when we take a program like ItC on the road, especially to a small outstate community. One of the things the musicians of the orchestra have talked about over and over during these Common Chords weeks is how incredibly gracious and welcoming the residents of the town (whether it be Grand Rapids or Willmar) are to us, as if we were visiting dignitaries rather than just working musicians. Maybe it's the image most people have of orchestras as big, fancy things clad in tuxes and tails, but there seems sometimes to be a greater expectation of formality, pomp and circumstance from small-town audiences.
That expectation is a sign of respect for our craft, of course, but it doesn't exactly fit with what we do on Inside the Classics concerts. Sarah and I declared war on stiff formality the moment we took the reins on this series, and I'm quite fond of making jokes at the music's expense whenever possible, and that can be a big leap to ask an audience that was expecting a "normal" orchestra concert to make in an instant. Just as in Grand Rapids last fall, I saw the jolt of more than a few bodies the moment I started talking over Adam Kuenzel's concert-opening flute solo last night. It's easy to forget now that we've been doing this series for so many years, but most people aren't expecting a flute solo to suddenly have lyrics.
In a nutshell, this is my Common Chords challenge, and I imagine it will remain so for as long as we continue taking ItC programs on the road. I know in advance that the first words I speak will be jarring and potentially unwelcome to at least some in the audience who were expecting something else, and it then becomes my job to softly reel those people back into a place where they can enjoy what we're offering.
In Grand Rapids, I wasn't too worried about this transition, since the program we did there was focused on Copland's soothing Americana, and the script was full of warm, flowery language designed to make the audience comfortable. Here in Willmar, both the music (Ravel's Daphnis & Chloe and La Valse) and the script were far spikier and shot through with inside jokes and innuendo, which was perfect for the home audience that knows us well already, but was a bit of a risk for an outstate crowd getting its first taste of the Sam & Sarah show. Talking with concertmaster Erin Keefe before last night's performance, I wondered aloud how long into the show it would take for me to get my first real belly laugh out of the unsuspecting audience.
Not long at all, as it turns out. There was a distinctly audible chuckle during my opening monologue at a point that I hadn't even written as a laugh line, and by the time we got to the middle of page two of the script, where I basically stop the show to spend three minutes making fun of the plot to Daphnis & Chloe, the audience was clearly having a great time, and had fully bought in to what Sarah and the orchestra and I were selling. I was amazed – developing good chemistry between a performer and an audience is a tricky business, but this Willmar audience seemed utterly comfortable and game for whatever we had decided to put in front of them. It was a great feeling.
Tonight, we'll wrap up the residency with a more traditional concert – a healthy dose of 20th century Americana (Barber, Copland, and Ginastera) on the first half, and then a good, old-fashioned German symphony (Brahms 2) after intermission. Then it's back to Minneapolis for a week in the studio, recording our next couple of CDs for BIS Records. We won't have accomplished anything particularly Earth-shaking here in Willmar, and it would be the height of arrogance to suggest that these residencies change lives or anything like that. But they do accomplish one very important thing for us as an orchestra: every time we spend a week in a community not our own, we make new friends. We establish personal connections with people who might otherwise never give our existence a second thought. We become relevant to some, and reinforce our relevance with others. And for an institution that depends on the generosity of people to survive and thrive, that's a vitally important accomplishment.
So thanks, Willmar, for everything. See you again soon, I hope.


This is a spell you can use on a particular person or a group of people. Remember that spells are as powerful as their intent and you may get more than you bargained for, so be careful.
Light the candles and/or incense close by. Stand/kneel in front of the mirror (I find kneeling flat is better), and recite the following incantation.
While reciting, use the oil (if you have it) to anoint the mirror in a four-point fashion.
After this, if you're burning incense or herb, waft the smoke at the mirror gently, still reciting.
Also, while you recite, look lovingly and lustfully into the mirror, imaging the person/persons on the opposite side, watching you recite the spell.
With my heart, and won't you stay?
How happy that us two could be?
It is also helpful to have a crooning, playful voice while reciting. The energy you put into it is what you will receive from the spells' outcome, so it is also okay to focus red (sexual, desire) energy into the spell.