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Section 7: Regulation developments overview by country
The following section offers a collection of updates summarizing private and official positions towards blockchains in different countries and geographical areas.
In Asia, more than anywhere else, the enthusiasm for cryptocurrencies and DLTs has anything but vanished. The blockchain is no longer the craze it was a year ago, but as people adjust their approach, and as the technological expectations mature, investors and start-up teams are more active than ever, in terms of the people involved, money spent, articles published, and social network activity.
The Japanese regulator has dismissed the idea of allowing bitcoin ETFs and futures, saying: "Taken it into consideration that it is difficult for us to find constructive and social significance of trading crypto-assets derivatives at present, we think that there is no need for trading crypto-assets derivatives at financial instruments exchanges where many market participants can trade."
A company linked to the internet group, Digital Garage, is investigating the issuance of a yen-pegged stablecoin.
E-commerce firm, Rakuten (often referred to as "the Amazon of Japan"), has announced the set-up of a new payments subsidiary that includes its The following section offers a collection of updates summarizing private and official positions towards blockchains in different countries and geographical areas. cryptocurrency business. They aim to integrate and exploit the synergies between the prepaid card service and the crypto exchange that Rakuten acquired last year.
In Tokyo, there is the talk of experimenting with a blockchainbased consumer payment network for the Olympic Games in 2020, with a target processing capacity of one million transactions per second. The Japanese government is behind the project in an attempt to reduce the usage of cash notes and coins, which Japanese citizens prefer, but which are costly to maintain.
In January, South Korea introduced some tax incentives for DLT development, by adding blockchain to the list of research and development fields that qualify for a tax credit. This move is intended to help the sector through a difficult period, which saw the price of crypto-assets decline.
Government agencies have conducted a security check on 21 South Korean crypto exchanges; two-thirds of the audited platforms failed the test.
Subsequently, the majority of South Korean exchanges are under threat from hackers—it appears that the government has identified exchanges that are the easiest prey.
More than anywhere else, Koreans used their life savings and took out loans to invest in the crypto market, and of course, they have been badly hurt by the decline in prices.
The Cyberspace Administration of China has introduced a new anti-anonymity regulation aimed at blockchain-related companies, pretending to "contribute to the healthy development of the industry." Any business that provides information and technical support to the public using a DLT is affected. The regulation allows authorities to access stored data, and to introduce registry procedures that require users ID cards or mobile numbers to be registered. Also, it oversees content and censors information that is prohibited by the Chinese government.
Officials stated: "The blockchain information service provider shall implement the responsibility for information content security management, and establish and improve management systems such as user registration, information review, emergency response, and security protection… If the user does not perform real identity authentication, the blockchain information service provider shall not provide related services."
The China Banking Association has launched a new blockchain-based platform for transactions. All major Chinese banks are part of the initiative, which is based on Hyperledger.
The Chinese central government is considering a revision of the income tax rules imposed on citizens. The implementation of a common reporting standard would make it more difficult for wealthy individuals to hide their wealth overseas, which could result in them buying cryptocurrencies as an alternative.
Players in the industry regard the Hong Kong legal framework (SFC's "sandbox") as quite opaque and burdensome.
Starting in mid-January, Malaysia will regulate the crypto-asset sector as a whole. The Malaysian regulator has decided to classify digital assets and tokens as securities, without distinction. Those dealing in digital assets will be required to put in place anti-money laundering, and counterterrorism financing (AML / CFT) rules, cyber security and business continuity measures.
Guidelines have been issued to establish criteria for determining the suitability of issuers and exchange operators, set disclosure standards and best practices in price discovery, trading rules, and client asset protection.
Any person offering an ICO or operating a digital asset exchange without the approval of the Securities Commission may be punished.
The securities regulator in the Philippines has postponed ICO regulation.
The Thai stock exchange is reported to be planning the launch of a token trading platform.
Banks are still obliged to close customer's accounts that have cryptocurrency-related transactions. Indian citizens attempt to get around this by using small amounts and never mentioning the nature of the cash movements in transaction remarks.
India continues to lag in its official position, but rumors and press releases indicate that this may change. A new government committee has released a statement that indicates it is favorable to legalizing cryptocurrencies. Even though it refers to "strong limitations," the consensus is that "cryptocurrency cannot be dismissed as completely illegal."
There are reports that some of India's largest conglomerates have decided to "explore blockchain." It appears that private companies understand some of the potentials of the technology but are not able to fully embrace it because of current government regulations. Meanwhile, the huge Indian IT workforce is willing to embrace this new world, and large numbers of Indian developers are hiring their skills to foreign start-ups, to be part of the revolution.
A Pakistan-based microfinance bank has launched cross-border payments using blockchain technology from the payments firm Alipay. The main focus is Pakistanis working abroad who want to remit payment back to their home country.
Back in April 2018, though, Pakistan took a negative stance on cryptocurrencies by barring financial companies in the country from working with cryptocurrency firms.
United Arabian Emirates
Together with Saudi Arabia, the UAE is launching an official interbank cryptocurrency. The envisioned DLT will be private, and not accessible to the public. Quite paradoxically, it will be designed to allow transactions to be reversed, as central banks may need this feature. It is likely to be based on Ripple, Hyperledger or Ethereum.
Start-ups in the country continue to struggle, and many have closed for business or at least laid off staff.
Hamas in Gaza is asking supporters for donations in bitcoin.
Rather positive news has come out of Russia, led by Deputy Finance Minister, Alexei Moiseev, who stated that "cryptocurrency's age of pyramid scams" was now behind it—ushering in a new age of legitimacy. Another Russian source expressed the view that cryptocurrencies could have a place in a new world monetary system, where it would replace the US dollar. However, the official government policy remains blurred for the time being, as many different positions have been taken by various officials.
Anatoly Aksakov, chairman of the Duma's financial markets committee, has revealed plans to issue a blockchain-based version of Russia's ruble by 2022, fueling a revival of this debate in Russia. The crypto ruble would be just like the classic one, but on a new platform; this makes a lot of sense and changes little as far as the monetary system is concerned. It will be a very interesting experiment, and its impact on the banking system in Russia will be keenly observed.
Russia has been conducting crypto-assets tests: settlements using crypto instruments have occurred, the likes of which will be impacted by law to be passed at the end of February.
The Russian Deputy Finance Minister expressed the view that using cryptocurrency debit cards to pay for products or services does not contravene the local laws in any way. In other words, using a crypto card to pay for purchases is legal.
Rumors also have it that Russia is looking at investing billions into bitcoin, as a move to diversify from the US dollar, and with the prospect of further sanctions by the USA. It has already started moving its reserves to the euro and the yuan. Without a doubt, such a move would be an incredible legitimation of cryptos and would place huge pressure on demand, potentially driving prices significantly higher.
The crypto-exchange, Liqui, shut down due to lack of liquidity.
An important number of developers based in Ukraine (and Eastern Europe in general) have been actively offering development services in the field of DLT.
Exploring the bitcoin network, it is apparent that Germany is among the top countries for nodes, with around 20% of the total. It does not say much, other than the fact that the country hosts a vibrant community of crypto-enthusiasts.
Liferando.de, a food ordering platform, is now accepting payments in bitcoin.
Related to the "Gilets Jaunes" movement, some protestors have repeatedly suggested to participants in the movement that they should go to banks in numbers and withdraw their money (with the goal of creating a run, to reduce liquidity). The promotion of bitcoin by some demonstrators has been reported.
Italy has appointed a committee of 30 experts to develop a national blockchain strategy.
The European country has also made its first official statement regarding the legal framework of the blockchain, introducing several blockchain elements in a new regulatory amendment, already approved by the Senate. It declares: "the recording of an IT document through the use of technologies based on distributed ledgers produces the legal effects of the electronic time validation referred to in Article 41 of EU Regulation no. 910/2014." That is, the recognition that blockchain notarization is legally acceptable.
Malta is consolidating its title as the "world's blockchain island" in a smart but natural move from the Mediterranean archipelago: 12% of Malta's GDP traditionally comes from the gaming industry (e.g., lotteries, bets, etc.). This business focus has developed thanks to the country's history of lax regulation and a low tax rate—as low as 5%—which attracted entrepreneurs of the sector. However, one must acknowledge that the gambling industry usually attracts various types of actors, some of which sometimes have links to controversial activities.
The economic growth in Malta is 6%, the highest in the EU. To a large degree, this is due to the arrival of the crypto industry on the island, the first of which was Binance.
Their November summit was a success, with 4000 participants being welcomed in the presidential palace.
Most people on Swiss streets have no clue what blockchain is or that a crypto-valley exists in their canton—the Crypto Valley of Zug. But currently, Switzerland leverages its position as a top-tier hub for finance, and consequently for fintech (and IT by extension). Talent is attracted by higher wages and a very good standard of living in the country. Jointly, with fantastic advertising designed to promote the country as a crypto-safe haven and vibrant community. Foundations and their operating companies register in the country (say, in the Zürich-Zug-Vaduz axis) both for tax purposes and for the support of authorities eager to address the concerns of this business, and who are forward-looking in their approach to provide a business framework for these companies.
As the most concrete and recent expression of the will of the Swiss to maintain their country at the forefront of DLT business development, the Federal Council has published a very comprehensive document titled "Legal Framework for DLT and Blockchain in Switzerland."
Swiss banks have issued a document describing accepted practices to address requests for banking services from crypto-related businesses, in a move to try to solve the problem of crypto-asset bankability.
All layers of the Swiss ecosystem are embracing DLTs. Not only are the regulators, start-ups, and banks working on it, but also universities, industrials, etc.
Liechtenstein:
The Principality is resolutely striving to offer the most favorable framework possible to attract DLT-related financial service providers. The small nation has just released a law on "transaction systems based on trustworthy technologies," thereby also proposing an alternative and an even more technology-neutral way to refer to DLTs.
The advantages of Liechtenstein compared to Switzerland are:
A supposedly easier process of opening a bank account to conduct crypto-related business.
Membership of the European Economic Area (EEA), which is about freedom of circulation, not only of people but also of goods and services. Switzerland, on the contrary, has kept border customs to manage the flow of goods and services. As such, it is supposed to be easier to serve the EU market from Liechtenstein
Also, Liechtenstein is also using the Swiss Franc and has a 12,5% tax rate, which is very competitive, even compared with the Zug canton.
European Union:
The European Banking Authority has urged the European Commission to examine whether unified crypto rules are needed across the region. For these officials, crypto-asset related activities do not currently fall under existing EU financial laws, and since it judges these activities as particularly risky, it thinks that appropriate rules need to be put in place to protect investors.
The European Securities and Markets Authority has published a report on crypto-assets and ICOs, which advises the EU Commission Council and Parliament on the existing rules that could be applied to cryptoassets, and specifies regulatory gaps for policymakers to consider. In particular, it states that some cryptoassets fall under the MiFID financial framework and need to be classified as financial instruments.
Huw van Stennis, a Central Bank advisor, has expressed the view that cryptocurrencies fail fundamental tests for financial services, and are not high on the list of priorities: "I'm not so worried about cryptocurrencies. They're not a great unit of exchange, neither they hold value, and they're slower". In short, DLT tokens are not worrying about the UK central bankers. Brexit certainly is.
It has not been possible to verify rumors that English people would be dumping sterling to buy bitcoin. However, any turmoil in the fiat world is still, of course, supporting crypto usage.
The government shutdown has been reported to have halted the progress of cryptos on Wall Street. The closure of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has caused additional delays in the operation of the US regulatory frameworks. This situation adds to the voices that raised concerns that the US is lagging in the DLT sector and has been slow to address the issue. Some may recall Bill Clinton's words in 1997: "The internet should be a place where government makes every effort… not to stand in the way, to not harm". Twenty years later, the philosophy in the US appears to be quite the opposite.
Gemini, the Winklevoss brothers' exchange, has paid for an advertising campaign in New York to raise attention and call for regulations in the US, claiming that the "revolution needs rules." This indicates that these entrepreneurs feel the need for firm ground on which to properly conduct their business.
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has extended the review period for VanEck's Bitcoin ETF to February 27th, 2019. This ETF, contrary to the previous attempts, is fully reliant on BTC itself, and not to BTC futures, which makes it more credible. VanEck is in the business of routinely underwriting ETFs, so if it fails, it will hinder the future of BTC ETFs for probably quite some time.
The State of Texas is classifying stable coins as "money," according to guidance from the Department of Banking. This will require issuers of stablecoins to register for and acquire, a currency exchange license to operate in the Lone Star state.
The State of Wyoming has passed a bill to allow tokenized stock certificates to be issued.
The State of Colorado has introduced a bill with (limited) securities law exemptions for cryptocurrencies: the Colorado Digital Token Act.
Adena Friedman, president, and CEO of NASDAQ stated that cryptocurrencies "deserve an opportunity to find a sustainable future in our economy. Crypto thus stands at a crossroads, poised between one of two outcomes: (1) either the innovation finds practical utility followed by years of steady and sustainable commercial progress and integration into the economic fabric; or (2) the invention fails to achieve broad adoption and its commercial applications as medium of exchange are limited".
The Federal Reserve governor, Lael Brainard, said she was "monitoring the extreme volatility of crypto prices, particularly bitcoin," but did not believe that "crypto poses a threat to US financial stability." However, she "urged investors to exercise caution about the highly speculative asset class" and said the Fed would continue to investigate it.
The Mexican government has announced plans to facilitate its first public blockchain-based procurement procedur
Brazilian authorities have looked at the potential for blockchain to curtail corruption and overhaul Brazil's financial infrastructure.
President Maduro has unilaterally raised the price of the petro (fourfold, now worth 36000 sovereign bolivar). On January 14th, he proclaimed a "new monetary system." Experts and civilians alike have expressed their skepticism. There is still no sign of a crypto wallet for the petro, the links to download it don't work, and the Venezuelan government still strives to sell the digital currency and issue certificates of purchase to buyers. Venezuelans, meanwhile, are still fleeing the country's dire economic situation in the hundreds of thousands. Venezuela also filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization regarding executive orders and sanctions maintained by the US, which target Venezuela and the nation's oil-backed cryptocurrency.
There are indications that awareness and active usage has grown in Africa at a faster pace than anywhere else, with Nigeria, Ghana, and South Africa leading the pack.
The central bank has proposed rules for crypto companies, which would impose various measures aimed at protecting the customers of these companies. The measures include compulsory registration, amendments to existing rules to frame cryptoasset management, and some KYC features, such as reporting suspicious activities.
A consultation paper was established to regulate and de-anonymize bitcoin transactions. The new laws would ensure exchange and wallet providers trace transactions and are held responsible for their customer's usage of cryptocurrencies, similar to the role banks play in today's financial environment.
The SEC of Ghana is considering licensing cryptocurrencies to make it legal tender.
An English-speaking separatist territory is planning to launch a cryptocurrency as a tool to free themselves from the central government.
The parliament in Australia has passed a shocking law: it states that backdoors should be implemented to all encrypted communications, to enable officials to monitor crypto activity. Even if this is not yet signed and in force, this statement would henceforth make blockchain technology non-compliant under Australian law.
Cryptopia, the Kiwi exchange, has been hacked and has been closed by the NZ authorities for investigation.


Whether driving or travelling as a passenger, you could be suffering driving-related back pain. At the VitaPhysical Jason our Osteopath can help to reduce driving related back pain and neck pain as well as offer advice on pain management including how to help prevent problems in the future.
Choose a car with an adjustable lumbar support. Alternatively use a car spinal support.
Choose a car with a higher kerb height to make getting in and out easier on the spine.
Depressing the clutch places pressure on your back. Choose an automatic to avoid this.
Power steering also significantly reduces the load on the spine.
After a journey, return mobility to your spine by walking before you unload your boot.
On a long drive be sure to stop for a few minutes once or twice an hour. Take a five minute walk to loosen the spine and minimise the aches and pains.
Sometimes the design of the car itself can lead to back problems. By using 'The Five Tests' a prospective buyer can make an informed choice of car and hopefully avoid drivers back pain.
The driver places both hands together pointing forwards. If the steering wheel is not offset then the driver should be pointing at the centre of the wheel. Having an offset wheel means that drivers tend to rotate the spine to compensate for its position, causing back strain.
With the seat in the normal driving position, make a fist with the left hand keeping the thumb to the side of the index finger. You should be able to put your fist on the top of your head. If you cannot, then there is probably insufficient headroom.
With both hands placed evenly on the steering wheel look down at your legs, it should be possible to see equal amounts of both legs between your arms.
This test should be performed after driving for a short while. Look down and examine the position of your right leg. The right foot should be roughly in line with the thigh.
Swing the right leg out of the car as though getting out and place the right foot on the ground. Try and ensure the lower leg is in a vertical position. The surface of the right thigh should be sloping down towards the knee. If it is sloping upwards (i.e. if the knee is higher then the hip) then the car is too high for you and you may have difficulty when exiting.
Be aware that many cars will not allow you as much flexibility of driving posture as you may wish. Particular cars may cause you to adopt a 'coping' posture, which over time may lead to spinal problems.
Put your left hand on the steering wheel or another stable part of the car, and move your body as a single unit back toward the steering wheel.
Just like getting out, your whole body pivots on your bottom and your legs swing into position without twisting your back.
We hope you have found this information useful. Remember pain is a warning signal that you are doing damage to your body so keep up with your regular 'Body MOT' to help keep back pain at bay.


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Operating Room Nurse Claims Wrongful Termination After a Healthy Kidney Was Discarded
Operating room nurse, Melanie Lemay, fired from the University of Toledo Medical Center (UTMC) almost a year ago after a kidney intended for transplant was accidentally discarded, has filed a lawsuit against the hospital for wrongful discharge, defamation, slander, and libel. The lawsuit seeks damages exceeding $25,000.
Allegedly the kidney, was accidentally disposed of by another nurse, Judith K. Moore. Ms. Moore, a part-time employee resigned. Mrs. Lemay, a 30-year employee of UTMC was fired.
Nurse Claims Healthy Kidney Was Accidentally Discarded Due to Computer System
According to lawsuit, on the day of surgery, Moore failed to log out of the hospital computer system before taking a scheduled break. The oversight required Lemay to make entries in the system under Moore's chart while Moore was on her break.
Upon returning from her lunch break, Moore failed to obtain a status update before proceeding to remove the kidney from the OR and disposing of it.
Lemay upholds she did not witness the removal of the items and was unaware they had been removed after the other nurse had returned from her break.
Tragically, the kidney was a viable organ. Lemay claims she was fired for failure to stop the other nurse from removing items from the operating room before the procedure had concluded, as well as violating policies on communications and logging out procedures but that UTMC implemented new policies and procedures for responsibility of transfers in operating rooms six days after the incident occurred.
Nurse Claims Wrongful Termination Due to Policies Implemented After the Kidnay was Discarded
Lemay also alleges that the dossier of hospital OR policies and procedures that hospital administrators submitted to investigators with the Department of Health was identified as having an effective date of August 16, six days after the failed procedure in question.
The complaint claims Lemay's firing was motivated by UTMC's "need to deflect its responsibility for the inadequate policies that were in place on Aug. 10, 2012, and to uphold the public image of its kidney transplant program."
State officials denied the initial claims for unemployment benefits. But after two telephone hearings with witnesses the Unemployment Compensation Review Commission ruled that Mrs. Lemay "was discharged by the defendant without just cause in connection with work."
Vesper C. Williams II said, "It'd be nice. Something. Because she was only six months from the ability to retire. By getting fired, she lost the ability to get the next six months in and lost her health insurance after 30 days, and she was the primary breadwinner."

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Q: How to get last character from base file name? I have a simple script to automatically download Android firmware and decrypt it. However I need to use correct decryption type of the file enc2 or enc4.
Here is a most likely the script I will write:
#!/bin/bash

# Check update
samloader -m GT-I8190N -r BTU checkupdate

# Download
samloader -m GT-I8190N -r BTU download -v I8190NXXAMJ2/I8190NBTUAMJ1/I8190NXXAMJ2/I8190NXXAMJ2 -O .

# Decrypt
#
# THIS IS THE PROBLEM
samloader -m GT-I8190N -r BTU decrypt -v I8190NXXAMJ2/I8190NBTUAMJ1/I8190NXXAMJ2/I8190NXXAMJ2 **-V 2** -i GT-I8190N_BTU_1_20131118100230_9ae3yzkqmu_fac.zip.**enc2** -o GT-I8190N_BTU_1_20131118100230_9ae3yzkqmu_fac.zip

Take a look at the code with (** **)
The decrypted file is either *.enc2 or *.enc4. My problem is how can I detect the format (2 or 4)?. Like using sed, or awk, etc.
If enc2, then I specify -V 2 as well as enc4, -V 4
Thanks! Let me know if you need more info
The script: https://github.com/nlscc/samloader

A: When you need to isolate an extension from a filename, you can use the parameter expansion with substring removal provided by bash. The substring removals can trim from either the left or right of a string (beginning or end). They are:
    ${var#pattern}      Strip shortest match of pattern from front of $var
    ${var##pattern}     Strip longest match of pattern from front of $var
    ${var%pattern}      Strip shortest match of pattern from back of $var
    ${var%%pattern}     Strip longest match of pattern from back of $var

So for a filename, you can isolate the extension with:
ext="${fname##*.}"

To strip all characters from the front of fname up to and including the last '.' leaving only the extension saved in ext.
Then you can either use a if..elif..else..fi or case...esac statement to provide the correct decryption based on the extension. For example, using if, you can do:
if [ "$ext" = "enc2" ]; then
    ## samloader with -V 2 command
elif [ "$ext" = "enc4" ]; then
    ## samloader with -V 4 command
else
    printf "error: unmatched extension.\n" >&2
    exit 1
fi

or with a case statement you would use:
case "$ext" in
    "enc2" ) ## samloader with -V 2 command
            ;;
    "enc4" ) ## samloader with -V 4 command
            ;;
       *   )
            printf "error: unmatched extension.\n" >&2
            ;;
 esac

(note: you don't actually have to separate the extension from the filename first before calling the case statement as you can use *enc2 and *enc4 to operate on the entire filename. You can use similar wildcards with if..., but I find it better for troubleshooting to explicitly extract the extension and then operate on it specifically -- up to you)
If you want to build the complete command to execute assigning -V 2 or -V 4, then see: BashFAQ #50, and specifically 5. I'm constructing a command based on information that is only known at run time
Let me know if you have further questions.

A: You actually don't even need to isolate the extension part of the name. Just:
# well you don't actually need to quote after `case`...
case "$fname" in
  (*.sam2) V=2;;
  (*.sam4) V=4;;
  (*)  printf "error: unmatched extension.\n" >&2; exit 1;;
esac

samloader -m GT-I8190N -r BTU decrypt -v I8190NXXAMJ2/I8190NBTUAMJ1/I8190NXXAMJ2/I8190NXXAMJ2 \
  -V "$V" -i "$fname" -o "${fname%.*}"

(Well, apparently you still need to isolate the name without the enc part. Fine.)

By the way, I am pretty sure a lack of auto-detection is a very worthy feature request for samloader.

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Category: American Realism
Unemployed by Ben Shahn
Unemployment by Ben Shahn
My featured artist today was quite unknown to me. I came across him and his paintings when I was flicking through an art book looking for information regarding another painter. One painting stood out from the rest and I have made it My Daily Art Display featured painting of today. There was something very haunting about the picture with its great sense of realism and I had to find out more about the work and the artist, Ben Shahn.
Ben Shahn was at the forefront of the American Social Realist art movement of the 1930s, a grouping, which included the likes of artists of the Ashcan School, many of whom I have featured in earlier blogs. Social Realism is a term used to describe visual and other realistic art works which record the everyday conditions of the working classes and mainly feature the life of the poor and deprived and how they had to live. The works are a pictorial criticism of the social environment that brought about these conditions. Social Realism has its roots back in the mid-19th century and the Realist movement in French art. Twentieth century Social Realism refers back to the works of the French artist such as Courbet and his painting Burial at Ornans or Millet's great work The Gleaners. Social Reailsm art became an important art movement in America during their Great Depression of the 1930's.
The art of the Social Realist painters often depicted cityscapes homing in on the decaying state of mining villages or broken-down shacks alongside railroad tracks. Their art is about poverty and the hardships endured by the ordinary but poor people. Often the works would focus on the indignity suffered by the poor and how they would work hard for little recompense. The depiction of this inequality of course implied a criticism of the capitalist society and capitalism itself. The Social Realist painters of America did not want their works to focus on the beauty of their country as portrayed by the likes of the Hudson River School painters. For them, to get their message across to the public, their works needed to depict the industrial suburbs with its grime and unpleasantness or the run-down farming communities with their broken-down buildings. Occasionally these artists would depict the rich in their paintings but they were only included for satirical reasons.
Ben Shahn was born in Kovno, Lithuania in 1898 and was the eldest of five children of an Orthodox Jewish family. His father, Joshua, was a woodcarver and cabinet maker. In 1902, probably because of his revolutionary activities, his father was exiled to Siberia. His mother, Gittel Lieberman, and her children moved to Vilkomir, which is now the Lithuanian town of Ukmerge. Four years later, in 1906, Shahn's mother and three of her offsprings emigrated to America and settled in Brooklyn with Joshua who had already fled there from Siberia. Ben Shahn original artistic training was as a lithographer and then as a graphic artist.
At the age of twenty-one Shahn went to New York University and studied biology. Two years later he transferred to City College of New York to study art and then moved on to the New York National Academy of Design which is now known as The National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts.
In 1924 Shahn married Tillie Goldstein and the two set off on a long journey of discovery taking in North Africa and the traditional artist pilgrimage of the capital cities of Europe taking in the works of the great European modern artists of the time such as Matisse, Picasso and Klee. He had not been won over by their art or the European Modernist art scene and soon felt less influenced by their work and preferred to follow the style of the Realists painters especially those who showed a concern for the plight of the downtrodden. Shahn was inspired by the likes of the photographer Walker Evans, the Mexican communist painter Diego Rivera and the French Realist painters. It was with Rivera that Shahn worked on the public mural at the Rockefeller Centre, which was to cause such controversy and had to be hidden from public view and eventually destroyed.
As a political activist Shahn became interested in newspaper photography. Photography was to act as his source material for some of his paintings and satires. During the 1930's he was engaged in street photography himself, recording the lives of the working-class and immigrant populations and the hardship of the unemployed. Over the years Shahn, with his trusted 35mm Leica camera, built up a large collection of photographs which poignantly recorded the horror of unemployment and poverty during the Depression years.
My Daily Art Display featured painting is simply entitled Unemployment and was completed by Shahn in 1934. Shahn exhibited many paintings and photographs which highlighted the plight of the unemployed and homeless especially during the time of the Great Depression. Before us stand five men, all purported to be out of work. They look down on their luck. Their black eyes stare out at us. They stand upright trying to muster a certain amount of dignity despite the hopelessness of their situation. In some of their faces we see a look of desperation and fear of what their future may hold. The man in the right foreground has his arms folded across his chest. His look is more defiant almost questioning the viewer about what they intend to do about his plight. One man has a makeshift patch on his eye which makes him look even more vulnerable. I suppose Shahn and other Realist painters believed that through the moving nature of the subjects of their works it would help remind everybody of the horrors of life we could face and counsel us to avoid similar pitfalls in the future. Sadly, as in the case of war with its tragedies and horrors, we rarely learn by our mistakes and seem to always repeat our mistakes. There seems to be little we can do but shake our heads sympathetically as we view these Social Realist paintings and can only hope that we ourselves are never touched by similar tragedies.
Author jonathan5485Posted on December 3, 2011 Categories American artists, American Realism, American Realism artists, Art, Art Blog, Art display, Art History, Ben ShahnTags American artists, American realism art. American Realist art, Art, Art Blog, Art History, Ben Shahn, Diego Rivera, realism, realist artLeave a comment on Unemployed by Ben Shahn
McSorley's Bar by John Sloan
McSorley's Bar by John Sloan (1912)
I have looked at many paintings which have featured inns and taverns but they have been mainly been depictions of rural scenes with peasants in the Netherlands and Flanders and were painted by the Dutch and Flemish painters centuries ago. Today, for a change, I am looking at a genre painting of a tavern scene but this is not really a tavern, more what we British would call a pub or Americans would term a bar or a saloon. The title of the painting is McSorley's Bar and was painted by the American artist John French Sloan. Sloan was originally a member of a group of artists who had the strange collective name of The Eight and later he became a leading figure in the Ashcan School of realist artists. I have featured works by these artists in earlier blogs and if you enter either Ashcan School or Robert Henri or George Bellows into the "Search" function at the right of this blog it will give you a little bit of history about these artist groups.
John French Sloan was born in New York in 1871. His father James had had an interest in art, but as only as a hobby but he did encourage his children to draw and paint during their early years. Sloan's father struggled to find gainful employment moving from one job to another without ever making a fortune. He married, Henrietta, a girl who had come from a much more financially prosperous family and who was a teacher. James Sloan suffered a mental breakdown when John was seventeen years of age and consequently was unable to work and the burden of supporting the family fell on to the shoulders of the seventeen year old John. For this reason, John Sloan had to leave school and find a job in order to bring in some money for the family.
Sloan was employed in a local bookstore as an assistant cashier. The job was not very taxing and the young man had time to read the books that were on sale at the emporium and also spend time studying the artistic prints that it also held. It was during this time that Sloan started to make pen and ink copies of some of the prints and the store owner liked them so much that he allowed Sloan to put them up for sale in the store. Two years later in 1890 Sloan moved on to work in a stationery store where he used to design calendars and greeting cards. Sloan had now found the joy of art and enrolled in an evening art class. Buoyed by his artistic successes he left the stationers and set himself up as a commercial artist but his well-intentioned venture failed and he took a job as an illustrator at the local newspaper offices of The Philadelphia Enquirer, later he would work for the rival newspaper, The Philadelphia Press. He continued his artistic tuition in the evenings by enrolling at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. It was here he met and became friends with fellow artists such as William Glackens and Robert Henri who became Sloan's mentor, sending him reproductions of works by the French Impressionists and the leading European Renaissance painters, for him to copy.
When Sloan was twenty-seven he was introduced to a young woman with a somewhat chequered history, Anna Maria Wall, known affectionately as Dolly. Sloan, who was very naive, very self-conscious and lacked the social graces which would gain him female companionship, met Anna at a brothel. Although she worked in a department store during the day, she supplemented her meagre income by working in a brothel at night. She needed the extra money to feed her other vice; she was also an alcoholic but despite all this he fell in love with her and they started, what one can imagine, was a "challenging" relationship.
Their relationship did prove difficult as Anna not only suffered the effects of excessive and prolonged alcohol intake, she suffered from alcohol-related mental problems and insecurity often believing Sloan was about to leave her. In 1906 Sloan sought medical advice and was advised that he needed to constantly support Anna and show how much he needed her. Between them they devised a plan by which Sloan would keep a dairy and in it he would write down each day how much he loved Anna and wanted to be with her and then leave the diary somewhere where she was bound to find it and surreptitiously read his journal entries and by doing so put her mind at rest. He wrote daily entries for seven years until 1913. Despite these problems, Sloan's artistic work continued well and he was producing numerous oil paintings. In 1904 he moved to New York and went to live in Greenwich Village and although relying on money he received from his freelance work for The Philadelphia Press newspaper, he supplemented that with money he earned for his book and magazine illustrations. It was whilst living in New York, in 1912, that he painted today's featured work McSorley's Bar. He exhibited it at the 1913 Armory Show, an exhibition of modern art which had been organised by the Association of American Painters and Sculptors. This turned out to be a landmark exhibition which opened the eyes of the New Yorkers to this new modern art and the likes of cubism, who up till then had been accustomed to realistic art. Sloan's painting never sold and in fact remained unsold until 1932 when the Detroit Institute of Arts purchased it. This was the first painting by Sloan to be part of a museum collection and was probably one of his best.
This painting was very typical of works by John Sloan in which he liked to depict the energy and life during the early years of the twentieth century of New York City and its inhabitants. Sloan was a socialist and a member of the Socialist Party and had great empathy with the less well-off and their demanding and troubled existences. His paintings would show the city's people in different places and situations on the city streets and occasionally, like today's painting, he would depict people in interior settings, such as cafés or bars as they discussed among themselves their everyday existence.
The painting today shows the interior of McSorley's Bar with its clientele standing at the bar. John Mc Sorley opened his Manhatten establishment on East Seventh Street in 1854 and during its existence in the nineteenth century, was an all-male bar. From around 1912 it became a regular haunt of John Sloan and his Ashcan School artists. The bar Sloan depicted was somewhat rough and inhospitable. It was always frequented by a great mix of people of various social classes and even today carpenters and mechanics rub shoulders with Wall Street brokers and local politicians. John Sloan completed five paintings of the interior of the bar between 1912 and 1930 and these certainly increased the popularity of the establishment. Today, McSorley's bar draws visitors from around the world. Its fame as New York's oldest bar assures its survival and a 1970 court order guarantees that women are as welcome as men! It's a museum-like place. One can go there to drink a pint of ale and survey relics of a past era.
In 1943, Sloan's wife, Dolly, died of coronary heart disease. The next year, Sloan married Helen Farr, who is responsible for most of the preservation of his works. Part of this was the diary he wrote between 1907 and 1913 for his first wife, Dolly, to read and which were lovingly collated and published in 1965. They gave a marvellous insight into Sloan's life and his thoughts during those turbulent times.
On September 7, 1951 John Sloan died at the age of 80, of cancer in Hanover, New Hampshire. John French Sloan was a leading figure in the Ashcan School of realist painters and was somebody who embraced the principles of socialism and allowed his artistic genius to be used to benefit those fervently upheld values. His paintings sadly rarely sold during his lifetime and teaching at the Art Students' League, of which he became its director in 1931, was his principal income.
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Author jonathan5485Posted on August 12, 2011 August 12, 2011 Categories American artists, American Realism, American Realism artists, Art, Art Blog, Art display, Art History, Ashcan SchoolTags American realism art. American art, Art, Art History, Ashcan painters, bar scene, John Sloan, McSlory's Bar, New York paintings, realist art2 Comments on McSorley's Bar by John Sloan
Automat by Edward Hopper
Automat by Edward Hopper (1927)
"All the lonely people, where do they all belong? "
I am sure the words from the Beatles song Eleanor Rigby are known by most people. Loneliness can be a terrible burden to have to bear and its often associated with the impersonality of a large city, which although teeming with people, they seem to remain as strangers, whereas within small village communities there is a sense of camaraderie and friendliness which ensures that with a minimum of effort your loneliness can be banished.
My Daily Art Display featured painting for today is entitled Automat by the American artist Edward Hopper, which he completed in 1927. His theme of loneliness and the loneliness of city life was a constant theme in a number of his paintings. Look back to My Daily Art Display of January 23rd when I featured his famous work entitled Nighthawks.
In today's painting we see a woman, with her cloche hat pulled low down over her forehead, staring into her coffee cup as she sits by herself, in what Hopper terms as an Automat. I have to admit I had never heard of this term before but I believe they were what we would now call fast food outlets, which served simple food or drinks, and which were served by coin-operated and bill-operated vending machines but I guess the machines have been removed an there is waitress service nowadays. There is a starkness about the setting, almost but not quite minimalist. Like the scene in Nighthawks there are just windows but no doors on view, giving a slight sense of entrapment. Her look of preoccupation would suggest she may be, for some reason unknown to us, mentally entrapped.
The woman we see before us is pensive, her eyes are downcast and to my mind she seems a little sad. She is well dressed with her warm winter coat with its fur collar and cuffs. She wears makeup so maybe she is on her way for an evening out or looking how dark it is outside, maybe she is on her way back home. Of course we are not really sure whether she is on her own or whether the empty chair at her table is for somebody else. Maybe she is awaiting her companion or is her despondency due to the companion's non-arrival.
Another strange thing about the woman is that she has only one glove on. Could it be that this café is not only a lonely place but also a cold one and the one glove is all she wanted to remove so that she could hold the cup and yet still retain some warmth? The dark window takes up a lot of space in the painting and its darkness adds to the atmosphere of the painting. It is pitch-black outside and, along with the way the woman is dressed, gives us the feeling that this scene takes place on a cold autumn or winter night. There is no sign of life outside, no people, no lights from other buildings and no headlights from cars. This lack of outside lights works well and allows just the penetration of the blackness by the reflection of the café lights to be more effective and in so doing adds to the feeling of isolation. Does Hopper want to liken the woman's mood and her life to this view of the window – dark with little going on in it? She is in the middle of a deserted town which adds to the sense of her isolation and solitude. Note how Hopper has painted the woman's legs. The brightness of his colouring of them draws our eyes to them even though they are under the table. It adds a little bit of overt sensuality to the painting and makes us wonder how such a woman could feel sad and lonely. We are now concerned about her vulnerability. Is her pensiveness also due to her feeling vulnerable as she sits alone in this café?
Time Magazine, August 1995
Hopper's painting and ones of a similar theme are linked with the perception of urban alienation, which by definition is the state of being withdrawn or isolated from the urban world, as through indifference or disaffection. It is interesting to note that in August 1995 Time magazine used this painting on its front cover with its lead article dedicated to stress, anxiety and depression.
Loneliness is often the central subject matter in Hopper's art. The people he depicts look as though they are far from the comfort and reassurance of home. We see clues as to their isolation in the way they stand reading a letter beside a hotel bed or drinking in a bar. They stare out of the window of a moving train or read a book in a hotel lobby. Their faces often have the look of vulnerability and introspection. They look like they may have just been jilted or have just broken up with someone. They often seem to be mentally searching for something or someone and have been cast adrift in transient settings. His paintings are often set at night, as this adds to the mood and evocatively all we see through the window is darkness.
Yet despite this bleakness we witness in Hopper's paintings, they are not themselves bleak to look at – perhaps because they allow us, the viewer, to witness some of the artist's grief and disappointments, and from that we feel less personally persecuted and beset by them. It is as if we suddenly realise we are not the only person to feel sad or depressed, for isn't it true that sometimes a sad book consoles us more when we feel sad. Maybe we just need to realise we are not alone in our sufferings.
In some ways Hopper has challenged us to make up our own mind about the story behind the painting. There is no action going on to give us any clues. Maybe the story we come up with will depend on our own state of mind. If we are happy, we may well believe that the woman is thinking about the coming to the café of her beloved. If we ourselves are feeling lonely and slightly depressed then maybe we empathize with the woman and share her isolation and vulnerability. So what is to be? What is your take on the scene in the painting? Maybe it is at times like this, when we look at the painting and we perceive the loneliness and unhappiness of the woman that we should take time to be grateful for what we have. Maybe we should not always desire something else. Maybe we should want what we have.
Author jonathan5485Posted on June 5, 2011 Categories American artists, American Realism, Art, Art Blog, Art display, Art History, Edward Hopper, Loneliness, Uncategorized5 Comments on Automat by Edward Hopper


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FDA has determined that the website http://www.sjcigars.com offers for sale or distributes cigarette tobacco and/or roll-your-own tobacco products. Section 900(4) of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. § 387(4)) defines "cigarette tobacco" as "any product that consists of loose tobacco that is intended for use by consumers in a cigarette." Section 900(15) of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. § 387(15)) defines "roll-your-own tobacco" as "any tobacco product which, because of its appearance, type, packaging, or labeling, is suitable for use and likely to be offered to, or purchased by, consumers as tobacco for making cigarettes."
We note that on the website you present loose tobacco products containing the package description "pipe tobacco" that are offered for sale or distributed as cigarette tobacco and/or roll-your-own tobacco, including, for example, OHM Pipe Tobacco and Captain Black Pipe Tobacco. The overall presentation of these products on the website strongly suggests that they are intended for use in a cigarette, likely to be offered to consumers for making cigarettes, and/or likely to be purchased by consumers for making cigarettes. Specifically, the website has a category of products under the header "RYO," which includes "Filters and Tubes," "Rolling Machines and Injectors," "Rolling Paper," "Smoking Accessories," and several brands of loose tobacco products, including OHM Tobacco, Captain Black Pipe Tobacco, Bugler, Samson Rolling Tobacco, and Peter Stokkebye Tobacco. Additionally, the website states under the "RYO" header: "Rolling your own cigarettes just got easier thanks to our line of roll your own cigarette tobacco and accessories." Therefore, the products meet the definition of "cigarette tobacco" and/or "roll-your-own tobacco" in the FD&C Act.
FDA has determined that several cigarette tobacco and/or roll-your-own tobacco products are adulterated under section 902(5) of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. § 387b(5)) or misbranded under section 903(a)(1) of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. § 387c(a)(1)) or section 903(a)(7)(A) of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. § 387c(a)(7)(A)) because they purport to contain a natural or artificial characterizing flavor.
Flavored Cigarette Violations
Our review of the website http://www.sjcigars.com revealed that you offer for sale or distribute the following cigarette tobacco and/or roll-your-own tobacco products: OHM Mint, Captain Black Regular Pipe Tobacco (vanilla), and Captain Black Royal Pipe Tobacco (vanilla).
These products arepurported to contain an artificial or natural flavor that is a characterizing flavor of the products. Section 907(a)(1)(A) of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. § 387g(a)(1)(A)) provides:
[A] cigarette or any of its component parts (including the tobacco, filter, or paper) shall not contain, as a constituent (including a smoke constituent) or additive, an artificial or natural flavor (other than tobacco or menthol) or an herb or spice . . . that is a characterizing flavor of the tobacco product or tobacco smoke.
Cigarette tobacco and/or roll-your-own tobacco that is distributed or offered for sale in the United States in violation of this provision are adulterated under section 902(5) of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. § 387b(5)). Thus, your flavored cigarette tobacco and/or roll-your-own tobacco products areadulterated under section 902(5) of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. § 387b(5)).
If, however, these cigarette tobacco and/or roll-your-own tobacco products do not contain a characterizing flavor, they are misbranded under section 903(a)(1) of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. § 387c(a)(1)) or section 903(a)(7)(A) of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. § 387c(a)(7)(A)) as theirlabeling or advertising is false or misleading because it makes the representation that the products contain, for example, mint or vanilla as a characterizing flavor of the tobacco products.
Conclusion and Requested Actions
The violations discussed in this letter do not necessarily constitute an exhaustive list. You should immediately correct the violations that are referenced above, as well as violations that are the same as or similar to those stated above, and take any necessary actions to bring your tobacco products into compliance with the FD&C Act.
It is your responsibility to ensure that your tobacco products and all related labeling and/or advertising on this website, on any other websites (including e-commerce, social networking, or search engine websites), in any other media in which you advertise, and in any retail establishments comply with each applicable provision of the FD&C Act and FDA's implementing regulations. Failure to ensure full compliance with the FD&C Act may result in FDA initiating further action without notice, including, but not limited to, civil money penalties, no-tobacco-sale orders, criminal prosecution, seizure, and/or injunction. Please note that adulterated and misbranded tobacco products offered for import into the United States are subject to detention and refusal of admission.
Please submit a written response to this letter within 15 working days from the date of receipt describing your corrective actions, including the dates on which you discontinued the violative labeling, advertising, sale, and/or distribution of these tobacco products and your plan for maintaining compliance with the FD&C Act. You can find the FD&C Act through links on FDA's homepage at http://www.fda.gov.
Please note your reference number, RW1500441, in your response and direct your response to the following address:
DPAL-WL Response, Office of Compliance and Enforcement
FDA Center for Tobacco Products
c/o Document Control Center
Building 71, Room G335
Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002
If you have any questions about the content of this letter, please contact Ele Ibarra-Pratt at (301) 796-9235 or via email at CTPCompliance@fda.hhs.gov.
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The Game Thread!
By Tylerrnty1, April 4, 2014 in Off-topic Discussion
Hughesy 254
Mario+Rabbids is my surprise game of the year. When it was announced I had no interest in it, as I thought I didn't like turn based combat, but I'm eating humble pie. All the reviews and videos pushed me to get it and I'm so glad I did. The graphics, gameplay and music are perfect, also the humour is great. I played it for hours last night and most of today, there's so much content. It's the first game ever that I'm considering getting the season pass, because I can't get enough of it, more challenges and a new story/ co-op campaign sounds great.
sjsharp2010 227
Just encountered my first bug on F1 2017. Had a wet race in Belgium with invisible rain. There was no rain on the screen and no spray coming off the cars either. But the track was wet and the handling was appropriate as well. Strange.
sjsharp2010 said:
Those damn sprinklers Bernie Ecclestone was on about :joy:
Hughesy said:
yeah the forecast was for it to rain so knew it was going to be a wet race. It just didn't show properly.
RevolvingPrawn 1
I've had that happen before, but I think it was on F1 2015 lol.
I had a problem where my engine sound wasn't audible at the start of the Sochi career race. After doing a mid-session save and coming back in it went back to normal. Before that though I could only hear the turbo and the MGU's, no actual engine lol.
RevolvingPrawn said:
Yeah I've not had it on 15 or 16. It kind of feels kind of weird as the games been running pretty well up until now. I have reported it though in the technical section we'll have to see if anything comes of it.
Just had the bug again this time at Singapore. I'm currently uninstallimng and reinstalling it to see whether that does anything.
Personally I would have deleted your graphics setting and then let Steam check the files, rather than going straight to the extreme of uninstalling and redownloading it.
It's OK as I was originally going to move it from where it was originally installed anyway. So it made sense to do both at the same time.
Liaveil 141
I'm only at Austria and I've already had 3 failed upgrades... If there was no such thing as bad luck I wouldn't have any.
Not convinced getting the extras (reduced fail % and reduced cost) are actually worth it.
Wynterdust said:
Maybe not but it is making the game more fun. I had a few in my first season at Williams but in my second racing for Ferrari I haven't had any yet and I've only got 2 more races of the season to go.
f1since08 60
Well I've just had the most bizarre thing happen at Monaco!
I don't really like the track and was struggling in qualifying. I made it into Q3 but was stuck in 10th. I would've been happy to get 9th, but I was last car across the line and gained 2.2 seconds on the last lap! I have no idea where that came from! I qualifed 5th, but I get to the race and I'm on pole!
It turns out all but 5 cars have gearbox penalties, so I'm starting on pole and Perez is 3rd. He got past Perez on the run up the hill on lap 1, so now it's a battle between the 2 of us for the win at Monaco!
fIsince08 said:
Nice I've really been struggling at Monaco this year but good for you. Hopefully with more practice I'll get better.
And I did win! Some dodgy strategy by Merc with Hamilton (and then Perez covering it) allowed me to win, but Sainz and Kvyat finished off the podium! I'm now second in the championship as well as both Ferraris retired.
Have the blue flags been fixed in the latest patch? I wasn't expecting them to work in a mid race save, but Monaco is horrific without them and it needs fixing.
Sounds like CM need to work on when the AI cars change parts. I too had something like 7 AI cars that changed parts and got penalties too at Monaco. I qualified 7th but ended up starting 4th.
At Brazil I qualified 13th and started 2nd, absolutely bonkers :joy:
There was a bug relating to wear of component parts but I believe CM said they fixed it in the last patch. I've not had it at Monaco but I did have it a cou8ple of times at the end of Season 1 in my career where I qualified poorly and got bumped up due to others taking penalties a lot. It didn't happen too much in Season 2 though at most I did get bumped up 1 row as I qualified I think 5th in Brazil and ended up starting the race from 2nd alongside Hamilton. That's as extreme as it got in my 2nd season. I like the idea of what CM have tried to do as it does lead to some interesting races and starting grids but I do agree it's a bit strange sometimes tbh.
Anyone here play Xcom 2? Until I played Mario+Rabbids I'd never looked at this type of game, weird connection but the combat is similar. But wow what a game Xcom is, the amount of stuff to do away from battle is crazy. I love that if a soldier dies during a mission, he/she is gone forever, it makes for a very tense experience. It's kind of has a Mass Effect vibe to it, I now feel silly that I thought I didn't like this type of game.
No I've heard of it but not played it. It just doesn't really look like my kind of game much.
Haha that's what I thought a week ago, then I found out I really enjoy turn based strategy combat games. All the stuff a way from combat is just as fun, you can customise each solider, name them, different coloured armor and facial features. It actually puts most RPG's to shame with how much you can change. So far my best soldier is my brother, he's a killing machine so he wears a hockey mask :joy: Then there's upgrading your ship and researching new tech and making new weapons. The best bit is it has Steam workshop support, so there's loads of mods I can try after completing the main game.
Operator1 4
Lukedfrt said:
Operator1 said:
Sebastien Loeb Rally EVO 80% off - Steam week long deal ends September 11.
Lots of bad reviews, but it's quite a deep discount for anyone who might be curious enough to try it, or for those who just want to sample various rally games affordably.
I enjoyed it, one of only 2 games I've ever had a platinum trophy on!
Admittedly, I'm not a serious rally fan or a hardcare rally sim player, but for only $5.99 (US) on a recent Steam sale, Sebastien Loeb Rally EVO seems fun to me so far.
Lots of cars, tracks/stages, & modes. Looks & sounds decent. Some customization/personalization options. Good atmosphere, presentation, & menus. I haven't noticed any critical game-breaking functional/technical issues yet.
Driving it feels good to me with a wired/USB Xbox One gamepad using the game's "pro" (no assists) handling preset. Driving it also feels good to me with a ThrustMaster T150 wheel using the game's "pro" (no assists) handling preset.
I wouldn't be a good judge for how authentic/realistic the physics & FFB are. For all I know, maybe hardcore rally sim purists might think this game's handling & FFB are for "arcade kids."
I haven't driven all of the cars in the game. The cars I've tried so far feel a little floaty to me on gravel, almost like trying to steer a jet-ski in the water. Tarmac driving feels grippy to me. The front-wheel drive cars I've tried feel like they spin way too easily under even very light braking.
Unfortunately, the game appears to require creating a 3rd-party account to access online leaderboards & multiplayer modes. I typically stick to single-player gaming, so I probably won't bother creating that online account.
The game seems quite accessible. So far, I'm finding it pleasantly smooth to just casually pick-up-&-play the single-player modes without fussing too much over trying to "git gud."
I'm sure it's not the world's greatest rally game ever, but it seems well worth 6 bucks to me. ;)
ACG review of Project CARS 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxxh7E-YlFI
(Summary/verdict: ACG says wait for sale & patches.)
Might get it for Christmas but I'm trying to cut back a bit on new games till I clear some of my backlog.
Just been testing out the new patch looks like they've fixed the rain bug I had. Needs to test some more though but it's looking good atm.
Edit nope the bug's still there but I think I've found the culprit though it seems if you alt tab out of the game and then go back in without shutting it down is what causes it.
dirt3joe 0
P Cars 2 is reviewing with too many bugs for me to want to make it a day 1 purchase.
Going to wait for community feedback first.
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