Have they added Online Levels yet? If not, Could you add online levels to Mobile?
Can we get an android happy wheels? Yes? No? Maybe so?
Happy Wheels Iis the best game in all world!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jim, i have been playing Happy Wheels since i was in 3rd grade (i know i was a little young) but recently, the Happy Wheels App on my IPhone 4 (yes, it's old get your laughs out... done? okay) kept on crashing when i opened it. it would show Irresponsible dad's face, then return to my home screen. i have IOS 7.4.something, and i have tried re-installing it, but it STILL dosen't work! what i'm saying is i LOVE happy wheels, but it doesn't work on my IPhone 4. Help me Jim Bonacci, You're my only hope... sorry i pretty much had to. and if you get the reference, you are quite an amazing guy!
ohh how about character customization?
Will there ever be Happy Wheels Mobile or Android?
i just got a page plus 300 com.
Make it to where you can browse other peoples levles!
do a HW to android.
add ALL characters for iOS edition PLEASE!!!
can you add the app version on android please thanks!
Android version free pls??? I cant afford a app. Or a iPhone.
i think happy wheels is AMAZING!!!
make a android version plz coz android is a awesome device it is pretty capable but guys who read this comment is lucky because u can get happy wheels full by downloading this app called puffin and go on total jerkface or happy wheels because puffin is a web browser that means it does not recognize that a android is a table so voiala u have happy wheels!
oh YES MAKE AN ANDROID VERSION PLEASE!!!
at least you are actually planning on making android version i am fine. I do not know why it is ranked #1 free game, i know lots of people that said "it almost made me barf", "too much blood", "I don't like it". this proves that those people didn't rate the game.
MAKE I ALREADY RAIDED IT 1 STAR CUZ NO ENOUGH LEVELS LOL!
i want happy wheels on android!!!!
This is great news. I currently have the Happy Wheels in my game folder on my iPhone. All I wish is: More characters and more levels! More levels means more people playing. Great news about being the #1 free app. I play Mobile HW when my brothers and sisters have all the computers so I can carry on having fun. Having just four computers in a 7-member-family is hard! But I hope it doesn't get taken down if you put in Irresponsible Dad. I would have to watch TV! :OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Anyway, great game, love it, works well. Carry on what you're doing! Also, add Android!


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Devex: After 3 deferments, ILO finally decides on tobacco industry-funded projects
By Jenny Lei Ravelo for Devex.
MANILA — The International Labour Organization will no longer rely on tobacco-industry funding for its projects to end child labor and promote workers' rights in select tobacco growing communities — at least in the short term.
The ILO governing body reached the decision Thursday, upon the conclusion of its 334th session in Geneva, Switzerland. The governing body instructed ILO Director-General Guy Ryder to continue the organization's "ongoing project-based efforts to eliminate child labour using Regular Budget Supplementary Account funds and other public funds in the short term" and "continue efforts to mobilize various sustainable sources of funding from the public and private sector with appropriate safeguards."
This means ILO will no longer renew its public-private partnerships with the tobacco industry, but will need to look for other sources of funding for ongoing projects on addressing child labor and tobacco workers' rights.
Anti-tobacco organizations welcomed the decision, albeit with notable caution.
"The ILO decision sends a strong message that the tobacco industry can no longer exploit this [United Nations] agency to promote its discredited charity. The tobacco industry's handouts on child labour have not solved the more fundamental problems that force children to the fields and trap farmers in poverty, such as low tobacco leaf prices and harmful working conditions," said Dr. Ulysses Dorotheo, executive director of the Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance, in a news release sent to Devex.
ILO has long been receiving tobacco industry funding for some of its projects. The latest were two PPPs: one with Japan Tobacco International, ending next month, and the other with the tobacco-funded nonprofit Eliminating Child Labour in Tobacco Growing Foundation, which concluded in June.
The funding for both, worth $15 million in total, was aimed at ending child labor and promoting workers' rights in tobacco-growing communities in Brazil, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
Proponents of the World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, however, have called on ILO to cut its ties with the tobacco industry by no longer taking funding from them.
They argued the organization's continuous engagement with the industry goes against the 2016 U.N. model policy issued by the U.N. interagency task force on tobacco control, of which ILO is a member. That policy includes measures such as rejecting partnerships, joint programs, nonbinding or nonenforceable agreements, and other voluntary arrangements with the tobacco industry; not granting the industry permission to use U.N. entities' names, logos, and emblems; and avoiding conflicts of interest by not accepting payments, gifts, services, hospitality, monetary, in-kind, and research funding offered by the tobacco industry.
While nonbinding, policies have been established by several U.N. agencies to align with the "model policy," as Devex has previously reported.
In the policy document discussed at this week's meeting, ILO acknowledged that based on their analysis, their current PPPs with the tobacco industry run "counter to certain key provisions" in the U.N. model policy, and suggested it would "not be appropriate to renew the PPPs with the tobacco industry after their expiry in 2018."
There was discussion of the establishment of a fund for agricultural development with necessary safeguards in place to prevent industry interference in ILO decision-making and in using ILO's logo and name in promotion materials, but it didn't receive enough support.
ILO is having "consultations" with different financing institutions, such as the World Bank, on potential alternative sources of funding for its projects, according to the policy document.
"Today's decision is a step forward that effectively ends the ILO's financial partnerships with the tobacco industry and affirms the ILO's commitment to ending child labor. Come 2019, it will be the first time in at least eight years that the ILO will not receive direct funding from this deadly industry," said Taylor Billings, press officer for Corporate Accountability, a nonprofit campaigning for corporate social responsibility.
"But, the decision contains no safeguards to insulate the ILO from industry interference in the future. While the decision does say its future projects should be safe, it's entirely unclear what those safeguards are, what the process will be, or when those safeguards will go into place," she cautioned.

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Francisco "Kiko" Martinez was already a sports legend when he arrived at NM A&M in 1936 at the not so tender age of 24. He was destined to lead the Aggies to national basketball prominence.
Martinez first gained fame at El Paso High where he led the Tigers to great success in basketball in the late 20s. A clever, smooth player, Kiko was a purist who loved the game from the first time he played. On the dusty, rough-and-tumble playgrounds of El Paso, he played endless pick-up games. When alone, he practiced tirelessly and mastered the fundamentals--dribbling, passing, footwork and set shooting. But it was his strong will and coolness that stood out. Teammates and opponents saw the confidence and knew that Martinez didn't buckle under pressure.
His parents, natives of Mexico, moved to El Paso where Kiko was born in 1911. This heritage bestowed young Martinez with dual Mexican-American citizenship -- a situation he fully enjoyed.
Following high school, Martinez went to work in El Paso and played amateur basketball on evenings and weekends. In the early 1930s, Kiko was offered a job in Chihuahua. Part of the deal was to play for Los Dorados, a club team sponsored by wealthy Mexican businessmen. At the time, Mexico was struggling to field a basketball team to compete in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. At those Games, basketball was for the first time to be an Olympic sport.
Kiko and several Los Dorados teammates were selected to the Mexican National team. Traveling by boat to Europe in summer 1936, the Mexicans arrived in the ominous, though festive, atmosphere of Hitler's Germany. An aged Dr. James Naismith, inventor of the game, was on hand as a special guest to witness basketball's first international championship. Naismith was in tears at the pre-tournament ceremony as the teams marched by, dipping their flags in his honor.
Played outdoors on a clay tennis court dusted with sand, sawdust, and salt, Martinez and the Mexicans were used to the conditions and played well. They finished with the Bronze medal behind the U.S. and Canada.
Following a celebration with the Mexican team in Chihuahua, Martinez turned his thoughts to college. He wanted more basketball, but he also wanted a career. Kiko was a bright student with a dream to be an engineer.
Recruited to NM A&M by Coach Jerry Hines in 1936, Martinez was a star from the first day on campus. In 1936-'37, he teamed with Aggie legends Anastacio 'Hooky' Apodaca and 'cousin' Lauro Apodaca on a squad that went 22 and 5 and won the Border Conference Championship. Hooky and Lauro both made All Conference that year.
For the next two years, team captain Martinez was at the throttle of the great fast-breaking Aggie teams that included Pecos Finley, Pucker Wood, Joe Jackson, and Mel Ritchey. All were New Mexicans or West Texans. They won two more Border Conference titles and compiled a sparkling record of 42 and 7. From 1936-39, the Aggies were undefeated against New Mexico (12-0) and Texas-El Paso (10-0). Kiko was All Border Conference in 1938 and 1939, and finished a close second in conference scoring in both years.
Invited to the 1939 NIT Tournament in New York City, the Aggies played the role of colorful rogue cowboys. They came bedecked in maroon silk shirts, neckerchiefs, `A' letter jackets, white ten-gallon cowboy hats and boots. Accompanied by cigar-chomping regent, Dan Williams, and Coach Hines' wife, Nona, they had a bash. They toured the World's Fair site, the Empire State Building, Radio City, and had dinner at Jack Dempsey's Restaurant.
"... this fellow is Kiko Martinez. He played on the Mexican Olympic basketball team at Berlin."
Kiko. That was a funny name for a Mexican.
"Oh, I'm not a Mexican," said Kiko with a grin. "I live in New Mexico."
"I live right on the border, I can jump either way in a hurry. I jumped the other way just for the fun of going to Berlin."
The Aggies were a sensation in Madison Square Garden in the opening game against the unbeaten Long Island Blackbirds of Coach Clair Bee. They rocked the crowd with their flashing fast break, jumping off to a 20-10 lead in the first half. Late in the fourth quarter the game was tied 42-42. At that point, the Blackbird depth, the smoky Garden air, and the fouling out of Finley and Jackson did the Aggies in. They lost in the last minutes to the eventual tournament champions, 52-45. Their performance demanded an encore several nights later, where before 18,000 fans Kiko sparked the Aggies to victory over Roanoke College, "The Champions of the South," in a consolation game.
The Aggies returned by train, first to Washington D.C. where they lunched with Senators Dennis Chavez and Carl Hatch. On March 23rd, they arrived to pep bands and a big crowd at El Paso's Union Station, and then were convoyed to Las Cruces. Kiko and the Aggies had made New Mexico, El Paso, and Mexico very proud.
Following college, Martinez saw duty as a civil engineer with the Corps of Engineers at military airfields in Clovis and Carlsbad during the war years. After the war, he moved his family to Los Alamos where he worked for the Zia Company at the Labs for more than 20 years. His first love, basketball, still drove him. He played amateur basketball into the 1950s, once scoring 21 points in a span of 4 minutes. He also became the top high school referee in New Mexico and regularly worked the State Championship Tournaments each spring.
In the mid 1960s, he moved his family back to El Paso where he worked as a civil engineer with the R. E. McKee Company and, later, the NM Highway Department until his retirement. He passed away in 1993.
Kiko Martinez left his family, his two countries, his two states, and his alma mater with precious memories. If Dr. Naismith could see his Aggie Hall of Fame picture in the Pan American Center, he'd probably sigh and say, "Kiko Martinez. There was a basketball man!"
Walter Hines has a BS and MS in Civil Engineering from NMSU ('66,'67) and is a Senior Project Manager with the consulting firm, CH2M HILL in Albuquerque, NM. Born in Las Cruces, he is the son of Jerry Hines, former Aggie athlete, head football/basketball coach and athletic director at New Mexico A&M, now known as NMSU, from 1929-40, and 1946-47. Hines' mother, Nona led the women's sports program at New Mexico A&M from 1933-40. Walter won the 1999 James F. Cole Award for service and the 2000 Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award from NMSU in 2000. He is also the author of the book Aggies of the Pacific War: NM A&M College and the War with Japan.


Cod's an easy fish for home cooks, especially when they choose thick, center-cut fillets. Here, the quick sauce tastes as if it's long-cooked.
This is a tapas-friendly dish as well; break the fish into bite-size portions and serve on small plates. Be sure to use sweet, not hot, Spanish smoked paprika, so you don't overwhelm the fish.
Serve with rice or crusty bread for sopping up the sauce.
Finely chop the onion. Slice the garlic thinly.
Heat a tablespoon of the oil in a large saute pan over medium-low heat. Add the garlic and cook for about 30 seconds, then stir in the onion. Cook for about 5 minutes or until translucent. If the onion seems dry, add a splash of water.
Add the tomatoes and their juices, the bay leaf and rosemary. Cook for about 7 minutes, then add the seafood stock, garbanzo beans (drained and rinsed) and the Spanish smoked paprika. Increase the heat to medium-high; once the mixture comes to a boil, reduce the heat to medium-low and cook for 5 minutes.
Meanwhile, mince the parsley and add it to the saute pan along with 1/4 teaspoon salt, stirring to incorporate. Remove from the heat; discard the bay leaf and rosemary sprig.
Heat the remaining 2 tablespoons of oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.
Use 1/2 teaspoon of salt (total) to season the fillets on both sides. Once the oil shimmers, add the fillets to the skillet, skinned sides up. Cook for about 3 minutes, until the fish is golden brown and releases easily from the pan.
Carefully turn the fillets over, then pour in the tomato-garbanzo sauce. Cook for 3 or 4 minutes, until the fish is opaque throughout and the sauce is bubbling.
Divide the fillets among individual plates; spoon the sauce over and around the fish. Serve hot.
Adapted from "Curate: Authentic Spanish Food From an American Kitchen," by Katie Button with Genevieve Ko (Flatiron Books, 2016).


Classic Stories introduces young readers to a wonderful selection of fairy tales, timeless novels, and Shakespeare's plays.
As the cover designer, I was in charge of the design and production of 13 tittles. I collaborated with the editor and occasionally provided art direction on the illustrations.
Resonate is a nonprofit organization that delivers leadership workshops for women and youth. Their unique model leverages storytelling and reflection to shift participant mind-sets to ensure they have the self-confidence to turn opportunity and skills into action.
I partnered with Resonate to develop and implement the organization visual identity system. Using its existing brand strategy and logo, I first created the brand toolkit (type system, color palette, graphic elements, and style guide). Then, I designed Resonate's stationery (letterhead, business cards, and envelope) and marketing collateral (client report, informational flyer, participant certificate, invitation, and power point presentations).
826 Valencia was in the midst of building its second location at the Tenderloin neighborhood, when this project came my way. The previous year, we use the end of the year campaign to introduce our new location. This year, we wanted to unveil our plan for the space and explain its impact on the students. To accomplish this, we shared the story of Gigi and her wonderful tree house idea.
This fundraising campaign was a success, as it not only surpassed the organization's goals but also received lots of great complements from the 826 community. It included a printed piece, an email, and a web page.
We were tasked with turning a multipage document into a piece that was inviting, easy to digest, and in sync with the 826 brand.
As the creative leader, I worked closely with the team on the concept, design, execution, and production. In addition to that, I created the schedule and oversaw the workflow to make sure we stayed within our timeline and budget.
This brochure was part of the organization's fundraising kit, which also included the most recent annual report and additional documents.
These fun and colorful books we created for 826 Valencia's after-school program at Buena Vista Horace Mann (BVHM). Each semester, we published a collection students' writing from grades three, four, and five.
As the creative leader, I worked closely with the team on design of the series' template and the following volumes. We used a flat and simple illustration style that could be easily recreated. In regards to the typography, we paired a nice and clean sans serif for the main tittles with a warm and friendly script and serif for the subheads and body copy. We picked a bright color palette and a glossy finish for the covers. As in most of our publications, the tittle, cover design, and illustrations were inspired by the students' writing.
On the following semesters, I hired the graphic designers and worked closely with the team on the design and production of each book.
The 826 Quarterly is a literary journal of writing from across programs, featuring authors ages six to eighteen. Published twice a year, this book was one of my favorites projects at 826.
As the creative leader, I hired the designers and illustrators and worked closely with the team on the design and production of this publication. As the project manager, I created the schedule and oversaw the workflow to make sure we stayed within our timeline and budget.


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'Westworld' Season 2 Sets April Premiere in Violent Super Bowl Trailer
If the football game doesn't look like anything to you, we have something that might. Return to Westworld as HBO drops the first official Season 2 trailer, chock-full of all the robot-on-human carnage you could ask for from the Super Bowl, along with an April premiere date.
As promised, HBO released an official trailer for the sci-fi drama's long awaited return; this time setting an April 22 premiere. The spot itself almost seems like an advertisement for the park, before Evan Rachel Wood's Dolores declares it "our world."
Elsewhere of Westworld Season 2, the spring "Journey Into Night" is expected to answer practical questions about the park, potentially even a date for the show's setting. Ed Harris will be back to play Season 2 on "extreme mode," as will his younger self and former friend, while Talulah Riley and Louis Herthum have been upped to series regular. We'll also finally get answers on the mysterious "SW" park, and hopefully learn what became of poor Elsie and Stubbs. New additions include Leftovers alum Katja Herbers, Neil Jackson and American Gods star Jonathan Tucker, Vikings favorite Gustaf Skarsgard, Tyrant alum Fares Fares, Zahn McClarnon, Betty Gabriel and LOST star Hiroyuki Sanada.
We'll likely see more soon, so stay tuned for the latest on Westworld Season 2.
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December 3, 2008 by Rommelsriposte
A class of almost forgotten WW I gunboats of the Royal Navy were involved again and again in operations along the Libyan coast, starting with bombarding Sidi Barrani at the start of Operation COMPASS, O'Connor's offensive in 1940. At least one of them, HMS Aphis, was involved in Operation CRUSADER over a year later, e.g. when she joined Australian destroyers in bombarding Axis positions at Sollum and Halfaya, and possibly during bombardments of the coastal road from Derna to Tobruk. Her companion HMS Gnat had been involved in bombardment action against the Axis forces in October, but had been torpedoed by U-79 on 21 October with her bow shot away. She was never repaired.
HMS Ladybird had been bombed and sunk in shallow water in Tobruk harbour on 12 May 41, and continued to serve as an AA platform, so I guess one can say she was involved as well. You can see HMS Ladybird in a very interesting movie from around 1943 at this link, together with some good shots of Italian San Giorgio.
The Insect classes' main armament were 6″ guns, and they had a very distinctive look with their twin funnels arranged abreast, instead of in line, a bit like Mississipi steamers, as can be seen in the picture of HMS Cockchafer below. Although it is likely that by World War 2 most of them had been rebuilt, and lost the twin funnels, as can be seen on the picture of HMS Aphis below. They were very small vessels of only 625 tons displacement, smaller than e.g. the Italian escort torpedo boats of the Spica class, or a German Type VII submarine, and they were designed to operate on what amounts to no more than a wet meadow, or a larger river such as the Danube. There is a stupendous movie at this link, showing an Insect class gunboat undertaking a bombardment while operating on the Tigris river in modern Iraq in 1918.
I like the fact that the class naming makes a lot of sense – the boats were tiny, but packed a big sting (an article on modern ship naming can be found at this link – it features Insect-class HMS Cockchafer, which may have been involved in CRUSADER).
HMS Cockchafer underway, probably WW2
HMS Aphis, probably WW2
The Insect Class river gunboat HMS GNAT on the China Station during the summer of 1922. (IWM Q 93287)
While HMS Cockchafer had been involved in incidents of high political drama, in China in 1924 and again in 1926, and in Iraq in 1941, when the regent escaped the insurgency on her, the service these ships saw in the Med was more mundane, but not less dangerous.
HMS Gnat, Cricket and Ladybird were all lost in 1941 – the former torpedoed and beached, Cricket bombed and near-missed while on a Tobruk convoy in June 1941 off Mersa Matruh, and declared a constructive loss after towing into Alexandria, and the latter bombed and sunk in May, dive-bombed and sunk in shallow water in Tobruk harbour, where she then continued to serve as an AA platform. Lt. A.O. McGinlay of 7 RTR in Tobruk (see this older post) was an eyewitness to the loss of HMS Ladybird, and commented on the extraordinary heroism of the sailors manning her anti-air armament, who continued firing throughout the attack and after she had settled. She continued to serve as an AA platform in the harbour, presumably until it was lost in 1942.
HMS Aphis, Scarab, Cockchafer continued service in the Mediterranean until the end of war, with HMS Cockchafer maybe being reduced to depot duties from 1944 onwards.
HMS Gnat was beached off Alexandria and became an AA defense installation, while Cricket seems to have gone on to Cyprus to serve as target ship for air crew training.
Shore Bombardment
I came across an entry in the German daily report for 13 January 1942, the day lower Sollum was lost, stating that the naval forces supporting the attack by 2nd South African division included a battleship. This is of course not possible (although the Axis forces could not know this), since there was no operational battleship left in the eastern Mediterrenean after the sinking of HMS Barham on 25 November by U-331 (commanded by Freiherr von Friesenhausen) and the disabling of the older battleships HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Valiant in Alexandria harbour by Italian frogmen of Decima MAS on 19 December.
According to this site, none of the heavy gun monitors of the Royal Navy was available in the eastern Mediterrenean at the time either, HMS Terror having been sunk in February of 1941. So that raises the question of who bombarded Sollum/Halfaya that night (on 31 December it was apparently HMS Ajax together with a group of Australian and British destroyers). The likely answer is HMS Aphis. For 8 January, Enrico Cernuschi in a recent article claims that she bombarded the harbour and sank a small German assault boat (Pionierlandungsboot).
Following CRUSADER, the survivors continued to serve, with at least one still active during the invasion of Sicily (see at 2:10 minutes in the movie at this link)
I have found a website about this lesser unknown class of ships, originally built to serve on the Danube, but ending up in China, Archangelsk and all places inbetween. Fortunately enough there is a good bit of information on them available, e.g. this site, focussing on the China service of the fleet:
http://www.hmsfalcon.com/index.htm#Aphis
Technical information on these small gunboats can be found on Wikipedia (use with care):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insect_class_gunboat
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5 thoughts on "The Insect Gunboats"
seadragonconquerer | August 12, 2010 at 5:22 am
No riddle: it's not the size of the gun, but the (when seen from a distance) profile of the ship….if not studied too closely, it could be mistaken for a BB.
Andreas | August 12, 2010 at 9:58 am
Those were night bombardments, I think. Also, any gunner (and most laymen) should be able to tell whether a crater or splash is from a 6″ or a 14″ gun.
Sheena Brown | February 14, 2016 at 6:10 pm
My father Edward (Ted) Shaw was CERA on the Aphis – I have a 3 page account of her journey from China to the med with her sister 'insect' gunships. Incredible little boats that could sneak into harbour and do almighty damage to enable the big guns to follow them and finish the job…and get the glory. My dad did get a mention in dispatches after the attack on Bardia. One interesting fact was that swashbuckling actor Douglas Fairbanks Jnr who was a US LT Commander directed several operations on the Aphis. He was apparently a really nice man…and a superb tactician…he gained great respect.
I wish I could remember all the tales told of his exploits but dad generally only talked 'war' with his two friends whose families we used to spend Xmas with when I was young… I remember being in awe when I'd hear him say….'when I was in Sidi Baranni ….' or it might be Tobruk..Port Said..Malta…all sounded very exotic and exciting! I'd sit and listen to these great adventures rather than hang out in the kitchen with mum and the wives…basting the turkey and imbibing the sherry!
However, there was a minor casualty, my brother (14 years older) who was only a toddler in the war didn't see his dad for 4 years and it a cast a shadow over their relationship until he was an adult and a marine engineer too. When my dad left the Aphis my mum had left Pompey (temporarily) for the safety of Llandudno and dad brought back several beautiful pieces of Chinese porcelain including a large statue of Quan Yin…they had survived 4 years of bombardment and daring do….AMAZING!
Dad was acting warrant officer after 29 years in the Navy…very reluctantly as he was a very hands on engineer…hated anything involving a desk! He died in 1974 aged 73 from emphysema probably from asbestos in the engine room… And Ringers A1!!!!
Hi Sheena
Many thanks for this great story, it is always excellent to put a human aspect on the war.
Cam Gold | August 9, 2019 at 11:22 pm
Hi Sheena, my name is Cam Gold. Am I correct in that you are the sister of David Edward Shaw (February 14, 1938-April 13, 2019). If so, I am his step-grandson, his widow Irene Shaw is my dads mother.


Rather than tossing players into a constantly-moving explosion festival, Bioshock Infinite will allow players to explore and choose exactly when they move forward.
Pacing is an important consideration when telling any sort of story, and a number of games over the past few years have used frequent action pieces and well-placed explosions to make the player feel like they're in the center of an action movie. While this approach has worked well for games like Uncharted 2, a few fans expressed concern after watching the heavily-scripted trailer released for Bioshock Infinite last week. However, in an interview posted today, the game's creators insisted that players will be able to set their own pace as they explore Infinite's floating dystopia.
During the interview, Shaun Robertson - the lead artist on the game - stated, "No, it's definitely not going to be one giant action sequence." He added that the recent ten-minute gameplay video, designed to introduce viewers to the protagonist - Booker DeWitt - and the flying city of Columbia, merely had "some demo-ey things in there that help progress the action."
While the game will have a few action events to propel the plot forward, playing Infinite is not going to be like "watching a movie and going from big moment to big moment to big moment."
Instead, the player will be in charge of deciding when the plot should move forward. According to Robertson, "It's very important to us that the player has time to explore. For those who enjoy the environment, they can explore and take as long as they want. For those who just want to blow through it and get the story done, well they can avoid all the exploration areas and just plough through the story as quick as they can."
These sentiments should be welcome news to players fascinated by Bioshock Infinite's floating dystopia. I think that having the freedom to explore each of Columbia's crumbling hallways before moving on to the next area will make the plot all the more captivating.
Bioshock Infinite is currently slated for release at some point in 2012.


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2021 exceptional year for VITO's spin-off programme
In 2021, four VITO spin-offs were founded. A record. In addition, one spin-off was sold, also a first.
"We can truly say that in 2021, we shifted up a gear in our spin-off programme", says Bart Swaelens, head of Tech Transfer & Venture Development at VITO. "It was an exceptionally good year with four spin-offs that have spread their wings. We also scored a scoop with the first ever sale of a VITO spin-off."
Five unique stories
Swaelens refers to the launch of the spin-offs MONA (innovative eye diagnostics), Enperas (digital sustainability assessments for the construction sector), A-membranes (innovative industrial membranes) and Hyve (green hydrogen production), and to the sale of the spin-off LCV (laser cladding and 3D printing with metals) to the Swedish company SKF. While the five spin-offs were all created or 'incubated' within VITO, each one is a unique story.
"The start-up of both MONA and Enperas, for example, required a substantial capital injection", says Swaelens. The capital came from external financiers, including business angels (venture capitalists) and family offices (managers of large family fortunes). These financiers receive shares in exchange. VITO also owns shares in both spin-offs.
VITO does not own any shares in A-membranes, which was established in cooperation with the UAntwerpen and an external entrepreneur. Instead, there is a licence agreement with the spin-off. Hyve is more of a consortium than a real spin-off. It is a collaboration between large industrial companies (Bekaert, John Cockerill, Colruyt Group and Deme) who join forces with knowledge institutions VITO and imec, to enable the cost-efficient and sustainable production of hydrogen on a gigawatt scale. In addition, VITO and imec are working together to substantially increase the efficiency of electrolysis technology. The ambition of the six parties is to play a pioneering role in the roll-out of a hydrogen economy and the transition to a carbon-neutral industry.
LCV is a pure VITO spin-off. The development of the laser cladding technique started more than ten years ago at VITO. The spin-off was launched in 2015. For the past six years, VITO was the main shareholder, together with the Limburg Reconversion Company LRM and the Belgian investment fund AAAF. LCV was acquired in early 2022 by SKF, a Swedish company specialised in the development, design and production of bearings, seals and lubrication systems.
Mix of external entrepreneurship and VITO expertise
What also binds the newly launched spin-offs, or at least three of the four, is that they are managed by external entrepreneurs who were specially recruited by VITO. Swaelens: "For these CEOs, we are primarily looking for people with extensive business experience or a strong entrepreneurial profile, and with an affinity with the sector in which the spin-off is active."
Olivier Ménage, CEO of MONA, is a perfect example. The Frenchman had 25 years of experience in the medical technology sector when he took on the management of MONA in spring 2020. This also means that Ménage worked under the VITO umbrella until the spin-off was launched at the end of 2021.
While the CEOs of the latest VITO spin-offs are mainly very business-minded, they are flanked by technically very skilled (and often young) people who know the technology behind their spin-off from A to Z and have often co-developed it. Stef Rommes, former software engineer at VITO and now head of R&D at MONA, is such a person.
"It is important that the spin-offs are led by teams with a good balance between VITO expertise and external entrepreneurship. This also reflects the strengths of the new companies, namely technology and IP from VITO, external entrepreneurship and capital raised from external financiers. With that, you form a very strong foundation", Swaelens says.
Since it was launched in 2015, VITO's spin-off programme has evolved. Where spin-offs used to be created exclusively within VITO, they are now more often established in collaboration with other knowledge institutions. A few partners with whom VITO has already exercised 'co-parenting' over spin-offs are KU Leuven, UAntwerpen and imec. In those collaborations, the IP is usually shared by the partners. Swaelens: "It makes the process a bit more complex, but as a result you get stronger spin-offs. After all, you can't do everything on your own. And especially the spin-offs launched in 2021 all involve different disciplines and rely on both fundamental and applied research."
Even more to come
In the immediate future, several VITO spin-offs will spread their wings as well, including another in the medical diagnostics sector. "We are still looking for an external health entrepreneur to lead this spin-off", says Bruno Reyntjens, Commercial Director at VITO. At the same time, the spin-off pipeline on the import side is fed with fresh innovative ideas and opportunities that have the potential to be valorised.
To detect these, VITO has been running the internal AYOUBI programme (accelerate your business idea) for several years. "Within VITO, we actively look for subjects that may be suitable for transfer to a spin-off", Swaelens continues. "For example, we organise boot camps where employees can present and further develop their ideas. We look at the market potential right from the start."
"Feedback and guidance in the earliest phase is very important in this detection process", Reyntjens says. "We try to help our colleagues with the foundations of their preliminary business plan, and we help them close the gaps in their ambitions."
Bart Swaelens
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TOPS Travel Berlin in "Topless" Video
The song comes from the Montreal band's 'Sugar at the Gate'
By Brock Thiessen
TOPS have returned with a new video for "Topless," with the Montreal band shining a light back on their 2017 album Sugar at the Gate.
As you'll witness, the video stars TOPS singer Jane Penny, who travels around Berlin at dusk.
Speaking on the inspiration behind the video, Penny had this to say:
I really wanted to make a video for our song "Topless." It took a little longer than I anticipated (ehem, about a year longer) but it's finally here for you. I ended up going for a walk in the neighbourhood where I've been living in Berlin, at dusk, and over several days we caught the nicest lighting we could find and some very strange bunnies on display at the local mall. There's a romantic greyness to Berlin when the leaves are gone, I think the moodiness of the city at the end of winter compliments the song, and my mood that day, quite well. It's getting harder to remember that feeling now that the leaves are out and the sun is shining, it's nice to have this remind me.
Watch the video for "Topless" below.
In addition to the new clip, TOPS will be heading out on a U.S. tour next month. You can see all their dates below.
05/09 Ciudad de México, MX - Galera
05/11 Guadalajara, MX - Corona Capital Guadalajara
05/13 Las Vegas, NV - The Bunkhouse Saloon
05/14 Tuscon, AZ - 191 Toole
05/16 Dallas, TX - Club Dada
05/17 Austin, TX - Mohawk
05/18 Houston, TX - Satellite Bar
05/20 El Paso, TX - Lowbrow Palace
05/21 Santa Fe, NM - Meow Wolfe
05/23 Santa Barbara, CA - SoHo Music Club
05/25 Santa Ana, CA - La Santa
06/13 Nashville, TN - Exit / In
06/14 Asheville, NC - Mothlight
06/15 Atlanta, GA - Masquerade - Purgatory
06/17 Jacksonville, FL - 1904 Music Hall
06/18 Tampa, FL - Crowbar
06/19 Orlando, FL - Soundbar
06/20 Miami, FL - Perez Art Museum
More TOPS
Apr 21 @ 8:00PM - TOPS Montreal @ Rialto Theatre
Apr 22 @ 7:00PM - TOPS Toronto @ Radio (formerly Adelaide Hall)
Apr 28 @ 7:00PM - TOPS Vancouver @ Imperial
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Just over two years removed from sharing their Sugar at the Gate album, TOPS have shared a pair of new songs that the band are collecting on...
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Following a long string of teasers, TOPS' new Sugar at the Gate album is finally here. Down below, you can stream the entire 10-track rel...
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Montreal's TOPS sound like they're ready for a club remix. This isn't to say that their decision to record their new album, Sugar at the Gat...


Kibbey's Dream is the musical brainchild of veteran drummer, singer and songwriter Walter Kibbey, along with Partev Barr Sarkissian as producer/audio mastering/CD cover artist on this debut CD "Transistor City".
Kibbey writes and performs and records all the music himself. Ending up with a collection of 70's and 80's style Pop Rock Songs you're sure to enjoy. Kibbey used a combination of digital midi sequencing instruments and analog guitars and vocals, that came up with very clean solid sounding tracks.
Kibbey's songs and vocals are influenced greatly by The Beatles, Steely Dan, The Beach Boys, Neal Young, Peter Frampton, Billy Joel, Toto, Todd Rundgren and Supertramp.
During Kibbey's career as a pro drummer, just a few of the artists he played with were Stevie Wonder, Buster Brown, The Coasters and The Shirrells, Jimmy Stallings from Sir Douglas Quintet and the band Magic (which featured Ron Bushy, Ron 'Rocket' Ritchotte, Bill DeMartines and Taylor Kramer) which was a spin-off band of the fabulous Iron Butterfly.
You'll hear great 70's style songs with 80's style productions. The songs are intelligent, with great melodies and hooks and are sure to impress listeners from all age groups and musical backgrounds, especially 70's and 80's music lovers .
So take a listen and surely you'll want to go with Kibbey on an extrordinary musical journey to "Transistor City". Check out Kibbey's Dream website to find out more about the history and music of Walter Joseph Kibbey and his Kibbey's Dream.
-- Keeping the Dream alive.


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Q: "intel xeon silver 4216" whether the instruction set of this CPU supports SHA256? It seems that AMD supports SHA256 and Intel does not. I checked that there is no relevant information. I ask questions here just hoping to get a positive reply

A: According to Wikipedia the list of Intel CPUs supporting the SHA opcodes are (among others) Intel Ice Lake (and later) processors.
The Xeon Silver 4216 is a Cascade Lake architecture processor which is the predecessor of the Ice Lake architecture.
Therefore the Intel Xeon Silver 4216 does not support the SHA opcodes.

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With its cosmopolitan lifestyle, picturesque whitewashed houses and stunning scenery, Bodrum remains one of the most popular destinations in southwest Turkey today.
Words Nikki Beach Global
The port city is a gem of the country, with a long and colorful heritage dating back to the Carians and also the Dorian Greeks. Home to one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World – the Mausoleum of Mausolus – Bodrum's history is on prominent display, awash with relics and attractions that draw tourists year after year.
From streets lined with whitewashed, stucco hillside houses dripping in bougainvillea and magnificent vistas, to historic imprints and a rich cultural past, Bodrum manages to strike the perfect balance. Add to the mix its blowout nightlife and it really does tick a great many boxes.
One of the lesser known facts about Turkey is that its official name is the Republic of Turkey and it was formed in 1923. It succeeds the Ottoman Empire, which ruled the region from 1299 onwards, and crumbled after the First World War. Historic architecture is everywhere and Ottoman-inspired buildings make for Instagram-worthy pictures. Sharing borders with eight countries makes Turkey both a tourism and economical hub between east and west. It's easy to access and flights are frequent from all over the world.
ABOVE: From streets lined with whitewashed, stucco hillside houses dripping in bougainvillea, to historic imprints and a rich cultural past.
Bodrum is well known for its rugged coastline and pine clad mountains but it was Mausolus who really put the seaside port city on the map. He ruled the city on behalf of the Persians for more than two decades, from 377 BC and when he died, his tomb was so impressive that it was named as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. At the time, his mausoleum (the word actually derives from the king himself) was as grand as anything in existence. It stood for 1,700 years until earthquakes struck and now only the foundations and pieces of stonework remain.
The Castle of Saint Peter – or the Castle of Saint Peter the Liberator of the Order of the Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Rhodes, to give it its full, comprehensive title – is another great excursion. An icon of the Crusader era, it's Bodrum's acclaimed landmark and houses the Museum of Underwater Archaeology with excellent collections of early pieces from city and sea. In the last six centuries it has served as a military garrison, a compound enclosing a tiny village, and even a fortress prison.
But if it's the glitz and glamor of a beach resort you came for, you're in the right place. The European Crusader ships have today been replaced with luxury yachts and the many beaches and coves are beautiful. Examples include Bitez, Gulluk, Bardakci Bay, Yalikavak, Gumusluk, Torba, Turgutreis and Bodrum Town to name just a few.
Season April - November
Airport Milas-Bodrum Airport (BJV)
Boat Coordinates 37°02′00″N 27°26′00″E
Time Zone GMT+3
Currency Turkish Lira
Language Turkish, English
Electrics 220 Volt
As one of Turkey's prime yachting ports, it makes perfect sense to book a day at sea. Cruise around the Bodrum peninsula and include a stop for lunch and a swim, and don't forget to leave time for some on-shore exploration. Head down to the harbor and chat to some of the local sailors and they will happily point you in the right direction of the best local trips.
If you'd rather stay on dry land there's no excuse for not getting clued up on all things nautical with a trip to one of the many yacht-building ship works. Fancy a change of pace altogether? Head into the mountains to see the traditional villages of İçmeler. You can even go as far north as Ephesus, with numerous other interesting stops along the way and sunset is a particularly good time to be here.
The ancient Greco-Roman theater (Antik Tiyatro) in Bodrum is set well above the town, typical of ancient theaters, but is just a short walk from the marina. The walk uphill from the Bodrum Marina follows the Davulcu Ali Sokak (road) and takes about 15 minutes. Excavations on the theater were carried out in the 1960s, and restoration in the 1970s and 1980s was stopped due to lack of funds. Luckily, in 2005, with corporate support, work resumed and the impressive theater was fully restored.
ABOVE: Head into the mountains to see some of the traditional villages or you can even go as far north as Ephesus, with numerous other interesting stops along the way.
Boasting a fabulous climate with average temperatures ranging from 65ºF in April to 85ºF in July, and with an average monthly rainfall of less than 16mm between May and October, it's a picture perfect location that attracts visitors in need of some sunshine. If you book for the summer months you won't miss out on Bodrum's endless summer celebrations, filled with musical performances and art events. From nostalgic concerts to refreshing shows and exhibitions, Bodrum will happily host an unforgettable summer for all.
The city's Chill-Out Festival (www.chilloutfest.com) has been running since 2006 and is an event not to miss. This year artists performing at Xuma Village include Crussen, Francesca Lombardo, Kiasmos, Konfetti Klub Ensemble, Mardeleva, Mira, Sainte Vie, Satori and Shkoon. It's a soundtrack of dub, electronic and house music in idyllic surroundings. Bodrum is home to numerous ultra-chic clubs and restaurants. From night time bar-hopping to strolling the harbor, ice-cream in hand, there is something for everyone.
The International Bodrum Ballet Festival takes place in July and August at Bodrum Castle with performances by the state ballet groups of Ankara, İzmir, Mersin, Antalya, and Istanbul. Among offerings for art is an exhibition at the Dibeklihan Culture and Arts Village from August 26-September 8, featuring talented photographer Ömer Doğan's latest collection.
Nikki Beach Resort & Spa Bodrum
Torba Mah. Kaynar Cad. No:15
Bodrum, Muğla, Turkey
E reservations.bodrum@nikkibeach.com T +90 252 211 27 00


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At HandsOn, we believe in strengthening communities through volunteer action. That's why we're on a mission to make volunteering simple and accessible for people across San Diego. By joining one of our Action Teams, you'll be part of the crew working behind the scenes to make it happen. Find what you're passionate about and explore the ways to get involved!


Looking for exemplary ac installation and maintenance service in Kennesaw? Look no further than Shriver Mechanical, Inc. With almost 3 decades of experience in this industry, you can be sure that any service we provide for you will be done with the utmost skill and customer care possible.
We also offer 24-hour emergency service for when you find yourself in a bind!
Everything we do for our clients, both in Kennesaw and surrounding areas is done with the utmost customer care. Shriver Mechanical has the prestigious opportunity to be an independent dealer for American Standard Heating & Air Conditioning Customer Care Dealer. We keep this level of distinction by earning and maintaining a 90% satisfaction rating with our clients. In fact, each of our clients receives a survey directly from American Standard to ensure the highest quality customer service is being offered.
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I managed to visit a couple of my favourite childhood haunts at the weekend; Dunstanburgh Castle and Embleton Bay. Just shy of the castle I turned to see dark glowering storm clouds churning overhead and captured this rather brooding photo.
Scottish Borders Website Design only output design work that will delight the client, but this logo design is very special because it's not often you get the chance to come up with an identity and logo design for an establishment with such heritage (having meetings in the Falconer's Tower in Alnwick Castle is pretty cool too).
Having an established shop in the north east of England, the Tallantyre logo was already well recognised. An evolution of the logo was required for the forthcoming website however, and this new logo blends the original Tallantyre style with a new, crisp, classical feel to help promote the online interior design store that Scottish Borders Website Design is developing.


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Today's Dead Cat Bounce Stock Is Leapfrog (LF)
Trade-Ideas LLC identified Leapfrog (LF) as a "dead cat bounce" (down big yesterday but up big today) candidate
David M. Aferiat
Feb 14, 2014 2:44 PM EST
Editor's Note: Any reference to TheStreet Ratings and its underlying recommendation does not reflect the opinion of TheStreet, Inc. or any of its contributors including Jim Cramer or Stephanie Link.
) as a "dead cat bounce" (down big yesterday but up big today) candidate. In addition to specific proprietary factors, Trade-Ideas identified Leapfrog as such a stock due to the following factors:
LF has an average dollar-volume (as measured by average daily share volume multiplied by share price) of $15.0 million.
LF has traded 3.3 million shares today.
LF is up 3.1% today.
LF was down 8.9% yesterday.
EXCLUSIVE OFFER: Get the inside scoop on opportunities in LF with the Ticky from Trade-Ideas. See the FREE profile for LF NOW at Trade-Ideas
More details on LF:
LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc. designs, develops, and markets technology-based learning products and related proprietary content for children worldwide. LF has a PE ratio of 23.5. Currently there are 3 analysts that rate Leapfrog a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 5 rate it a hold.
The average volume for Leapfrog has been 1.6 million shares per day over the past 30 days. Leapfrog has a market cap of $454.3 million and is part of the consumer goods sector and consumer durables industry. The stock has a beta of 0.72 and a short float of 30.5% with 8.35 days to cover. Shares are down 19.3% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Thursday.
STOCKS TO BUY: TheStreet Quant Ratings has identified a handful of stocks that can potentially TRIPLE in the next 12 months. Learn more.
rates Leapfrog as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, attractive valuation levels, notable return on equity and expanding profit margins. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income.
LF's revenue growth has slightly outpaced the industry average of 0.2%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues slightly increased by 4.1%. This growth in revenue does not appear to have trickled down to the company's bottom line, displayed by a decline in earnings per share.
LF has no debt to speak of therefore resulting in a debt-to-equity ratio of zero, which we consider to be a relatively favorable sign. To add to this, LF has a quick ratio of 2.44, which demonstrates the ability of the company to cover short-term liquidity needs.
The return on equity has improved slightly when compared to the same quarter one year prior. This can be construed as a modest strength in the organization. Compared to other companies in the Leisure Equipment & Products industry and the overall market on the basis of return on equity, LEAPFROG ENTERPRISES INC has underperformed in comparison with the industry average, but has exceeded that of the S&P 500.
39.49% is the gross profit margin for LEAPFROG ENTERPRISES INC which we consider to be strong. Regardless of LF's high profit margin, it has managed to decrease from the same period last year. Despite the mixed results of the gross profit margin, the net profit margin of 13.12% trails the industry average.
You can view the full Leapfrog Ratings Report.
Halliburton Up as Quarterly Adjusted Profit Beats Estimate
Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Coherent, Netflix - Tuesday's Premarket Movers


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Okorocha to Uzodinma: I will tell you how I handled IPOB as gov if…
A former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, has said that poverty and insecurity were fuelling insecurity in the country.
On the insecurity in Imo State, Okorocha advised the state governor, Hope Uzodinma, to consult him.
Okorocha disclosed that as a governor of the state for eight years, he was able to consult widely.
According to a statement issued by Okorocha's media office in Owerri, the state capital, Okorocha spoke in Jos, Plateau State, when he payed a condolence visit to the family of late Mrs. Felicia Biskanga.
According to the statement, insecurity would continue to persist until the political leaders come together to solve the problems of poverty and injustice in the country.
Okorocha, who now represents Imo West at the senate, said, "The security situation in Imo State, the security situation in Nigeria as a whole, the security situation in all nooks and crannies of our society is not palatable. We are passing through a very difficult moment in the history of our nation.
"The recent attack on the Police headquarters and the Correctional centre in Imo State, the unending herdsmen crises, the banditry, the unending Boko Haram, kidnapping, these are all products of poverty and injustice and I think time has come for we political leaders to tell ourselves the truth and address this ugly situation and help our men and women of the Armed Forces and the Police who are currently fighting the symptoms and not the disease of poverty and injustice," the statement read.
"While I call for peace, I call for understanding, we have a duty as leaders to correct these ugly issues of injustices and poverty which is ravaging the country. During my time as a governor, Imo State was very peaceful and this security issues, agitations were on.
"Even IPOB (Indigenous People of Biafra) seemed to have been very strong during my own time, they were ready to engage government but we applied wisdom in the sense that we talked with the traditional rulers, the youth leaders and made them to see reasons.
"That is the way to go, engaging them with issues but this idea of bringing in Airforce, army as a first measure, whoever is saying politicians are involved is trying to politicize the whole thing. I don't think that any sane politician will go and ask youths to shoot at the Police headquarters and all that," it added.
Okorocha said, "My message to him (Uzodinma) is that he should face the challenge of leadership and consultation at this time is very important because if the governor consulted me and said how did you handle IPOB during your time that there was peace in Imo State, how did you handle the issue of kidnapping, how did you handle the issue of agitators? I would have told him."
"During my time, we collected more than a 100 AK47 rifles from the youths who came for exchange willingly just by talking to them. We must always understand that these children are our children.
"We are overloading the military and the police in trying to help the situation when we have not tackled the issues of injustices in this country and the issues of poverty.
"As long as these continue in the form and shape it is going on, and as long as young men wake up in the morning and there is no job and poverty ravaging the system, there is little or nothing the armed forces can do because it is a growing thing. The young men are coming out of schools, they are not getting jobs, we must address that."
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Uzodinma returns lands forcibly taken from owners by Okorocha's govt
Govt condemns killing of soldier, wanton destruction in Imo community


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What is Creative Mode?
Jan 28, 2023 | 6 Switches, mode of thinking, Switch Thinking
Switch Thinking is the ability to switch between your (and others) efficient mode of thinking and a creative mode. And like any switch you can can move back and forth between your efficient and creative modes when you need to. Think of a light switch. You can switch...
Why everyone is in the creating business
Jan 23, 2023 | Brainstorming, Get Unstuck, Problem Solving, Switch Thinking, think outside the box
I read a post this morning that outlined a few ways that people working in the creative industries could generate some new ideas. This made me think. Is this framing too narrow? Rather than think about the creative industries (as though other industries are not...
What humans can learn from Netflix creativity
Jan 3, 2023 | Brainstorming, Problem Solving, Switch Thinking, Think Differently, think outside the box
The logic to date has been what can AI learn about human creativity. But what if we switched this? What can humans learn from the creativity used by Netflix? Quite a lot as it turns out. I recently watched a war movie on Netflix (Sand Castle) and at the end came the...
We switch everything else – why not our thinking?
Dec 21, 2022 | Brainstorming, mode of thinking, Problem Solving, Switch Thinking
If you think about it we are constantly switching. For example: We can switch meals or deserts. We can switch positions (e.g. at work). We can switch roles (e.g. partner, parent, work colleague). We can switch lanes (e.g. in. a car). We can switch outfits. We can...
Imagine if your mind was free
Dec 8, 2022 | Get Unstuck, mode of thinking, Switch Thinking, Think Differently, think outside the box
Free to continuously explore, play, create, solve, challenge, learn and grow. Imagine what you (and your team) could achieve. Imagine if you were not trapped by your (often) rigid set of assumptions and beliefs. You would be free to create powerful new ideas and...
Our two modes of thinking explained
How Switch Thinking can help you adapt to change
How Switch Thinking can boost your brainstorming results


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Supporting cast line-up of NTV Winter 2018 drama "Todome no Kiss" announced
The supporting cast line-up of NTV Winter 2018 drama "Todome no Kiss" had been announced. The drama which will begin its run from 7 January in the Sundays 10.30pm timeslot, features Yamazaki Kento as Doujima Outarou, the No.1 host in a host club who doesn't believe in love after an incident which happened to him 12 years ago. Since then, he only has eyes for money and power while manipulating women with his good looks and gentle pretense. When he tries to approach a rich man's daughter Namiki Mikoto (Araki Yuuko) with ulterior motives, he is stopped by a mysterious woman (Kadowaki Mugi) looking pale but with bright red lips who offers a kiss to Outarou. Unexpectedly, this causes Outarou to have breathing difficulties and he dies after experiencing convulsions. When Outarou comes to later, he realises that he has been sent back to 7 days ago and goes through the same period repeatedly due to the mysterious woman who keeps appearing in front of him. The supporting characters include Namiki Takauji (Arata Mackenyu) who is the elder brother of Mikoto and from a top-notch hotel group and Hasebe Hiroyuki (Sano Hayato) who is the heir of a big name cruise company and in love with Mikoto.
Miyazawa Hio, Hotta Akane, Karata Erika and Yamamoto Ai will be playing rich students who are members of the same horse riding clum which Takauji, Mikoto and Hasebe belong to. Other co-stars include Mitsuishi Ken, Okunuki Kaoru, Okada Yoshinori, Yuge Tomohisa, Yamada Meikyou, Takahashi Hitomi and Koichi Mantaro.
Posted by Chiaki at 2:00 AM
Labels: Drama News, Todome no Kiss, Winter 2018


You know what really impresses me about Filip Johannes Felberg's LEGO Pokémon? I find some of them to be more attractive and interesting than their two-dimensional counterparts in Pokémon Black and White.
That's especially true when it comes to Felberg's latest batch of LEGO Pokémon. I've never been much of a fan of Ferroseed and Woobat, for instance, but I'm quite fond of their blocky, three-dimensional forms.
That Ferroseed is ADORABLE! I love his little green spikes.
Yes! The guy who created these is pretty awesome, I've gotta say..
I agree, 2D sprite pokemon are way too mainstream, Lego Pokemon are so underground.
Yeah, I don't think you really have to be a fan of LEGOs or Pokemon to enjoy these creations, Simon. I'd love to see this guy try his hand at other 8-bit or 16-bit games, though -- like SMB or Mega Man or something like that.


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An Encouraging Update from New Hope
This children's home, New Hope, located in Peru, is one of our Global Partners whose mission is to serve orphaned and vulnerable children. We wanted to share this update from Tony Bolos, their Executive Director, of a recent addition to their...
Grateful or Ungrateful
November 3, 2021 | Darrin Simpson
Grateful or Ungrateful? If you've been around a teenager for any length of time, ungrateful is a word that could describe the disposition of many. I use teenagers because it's an easy example, but in an odd...
2022 Elder Candidates
Meet our Elder Candidates for the 2022 year.
Doubts and Questions
October 7, 2021 | Leah Lynch
It's not a matter of if; it's a matter of when; we're human. In some capacity, doubts and questions are inevitable. There's this tension that we often feel when it comes to our doubts and questions...
Using a Great Tool!
Hello! So glad you're here. You may be wondering, what new tool are we talking about? No, it's not a hammer or wrench. It's not a kitchen gadget either. It is actually our app. Yes, that's right. Our Kingsway Christian Church app has been...


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title:  "JavaScript Day 27"
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tags: ['life', 'coding', 'javascript']
author: "Celia"
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Day 27: [Click and drag](http://js-day27.bitballoon.com)

Time spent: 15 min

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#### what I learned from this project:
1. `evt.offsetX` vs `evt.pageX`: offsetX and offsetY are relative to the parent container, whereas pageX and pageY are relative to the document. Don't confuse this with .offset() and .position(), in which .offset() is relative to the document and .position() is relative to the parent container's .offset().

2. `console.log({x, startX});` will let you know what the value each variable is (will show the variable name).

3. Yes, front-end development requires a lot of math👍🏻

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Church Street is a busy street in the Central Business District of Bangalore, India. It is a 750-metre stretch from Brigade Road to St. Mark's Road, running parallel to M G Road. The street is named for St. Mark's Cathedral to which it leads.

A tourist hotspot, Church Street is a major shopping and nightlife area. It is also a popular New Year's Eve celebration centre.

In 2017, redevelopment work began on Church Street at a cost of 9 crore, which made it the first street in the city to be paved from granite cobblestones. The cobblestones were laid in a Kasuti pattern to reflect Karnataka's cultural heritage.

In 2020, Church Street ran a pilot project called Clean Air Street during which the street was converted into a pedestrian zone with a complete ban on automobile traffic.

See also
 2014 Bangalore bombing – an IED blast on Church Street that caused one death and injuries to four others. The attack was suspected to have been carried out by the terrorist organisation Indian Mujahideen.

References

Roads in Bangalore
Tourist attractions in Bangalore

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"Situated in Knoxville, TN, the apartments at 16th Place are worth considering if you need a new place to live. The apartments in this older historic building are rated highly.
The complex has a parking lot for residents, and if you invite guests over, they can easily find street parking. Unfortunately, there can be heavy traffic in the area at times. The area is safe for both drivers and pedestrians because of the street lights in the area.
Don't waste any time. Find out more about lease terms and availability for the apartments at 1543 Highland Ave in Knoxville, TN today."
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» Turkey Shoot Rules You Need To Know About
Turkey Shoot Rules You Need To Know About
By	Marry
A lot of us might have heard about the concept of a turkey shoot. But, what is it exactly? The term originates from a practice that was carried out in the early days. Usually, a turkey was tied down to a piece of log or pen and a shooter would take his aim at the bird.
Whoever killed the bird or came closest to it would be the winner. The champion would then be getting the turkey he killed and sometimes other prizes.
This is almost similar to hunting, except that here people bet and made some money out of the results. However, the concept is a lot different now. These days, the turkey shoot is done with a piece of paper. There is a specific paper target and the shooters would be expected to hit it or come close to it. More often than not, this practice is carried out as a fundraiser.
The most common weapon used here is a shotgun. But more recently, a number of other weapons are also being put to use. These can include a rifle or a pistol. Let us see how the rules of each of these weapons are shaped for a turkey shoot.
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In carrying out a turkey shoot with a shotgun, each shooter will get only one shell. Here are the possible goals:
Focus on the center of the paper target and get the pellet to hit closest to it.
Attempt to hit the maximum number of pellets to the target black.
There is another way of playing this game using a shotgun. There is usually a board with boxes of 1-inch square areas. As a participant, you can get as many such squares as you want and get a 16-yard area. Thereafter, shots are fired and the square which gets the maximum number of pellets is usually the winner.
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A turkey shoot is also quite popular with a rifle. In this situation as well, each shooter will be given one chance only. Here you might be faced with one of the two goals:
The shot hits the center of the paper target or at least close to it
With the help of the rifle shot, shatter a replica of the turkey head. This is not as easy as it sounds.
The last weapon that is generally used for a turkey shoot is a pistol. This is a little different from the rest. Here, the shooter gets a set of three shots. A replica of the turkey head is kept at a distance of 25 yards from the shooter. Taking help of three different shots, the shooter is expected to hit the turkey head to be victorious.
These are the main weapons used in a turkey shoot with the procedures. Let us now look into the general rules and regulations of this shooting game.
Each such turkey-shooting event has a specific number of clubs. Each of the participants picks up a card which indicates a club and works strictly with it.
In the respective clubs, all the participants would be expected to take one to three shots (as and when applicable).
The shot closest to the target or the maximum number of shots in the square chosen wins the game.
Sometimes in a club consisting of two or three members, each of the participants takes one or a few shots each, and the shot that is closest to the target is usually chosen to be the best one for the club.
The shotgun is supplied by the event organizers. However, sometimes you are allowed to bring in your own weapons.
Overall, this is essentially treated as a fundraiser. However, some events have been turned into serious competitions. Such events include extended barrels for the shotgun.
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Every day, we help companies improve and modernize their delivery logistics infrastructure with cutting-edge technology. They are aware of the growing expectations from customers when it comes to delivery speed, visibility and exceptional service. However, many of the businesses we speak to are also considering building the relevant technology in-house.
The dilemma of building vs buying isn't new and is applicable to most aspects of business operations. We understand the impact and implications of such an important strategic decision. After all, a delivery logistics platform impacts many roles within the business – management, dispatch, drivers, partners, customers and recipients. Like any other business decision, companies have to assess the pros and cons of both options.
Planning is imperative when creating or deploying a new operational system. Developing a bespoke software platform isn't an easy task and it takes significant time and investment. While some companies will be initially lured by the idea of creating a 'made-to-measure' solution, it is important to set realistic expectations about the time it will take to build and complete and not just at minimum viable product stage.
On the flip side an out of the box solution is immediately ready and it should be built to have the capability to be customized to the client's needs. In addition with the build model, future iterations, software updates and maintenance can also be extremely time consuming and in many cases hold back accompanies growth and speed to market.
While an in-house dev team may capable of developing a delivery logistics technology solution, it might not be their core competency. When purchasing a purpose-made solution from a tech vendor that specializes in the field, you're buying technology that has been tried and tested by a team that understands the challenges from multiple points of views and client use cases.
It's important to highlight that purchasing technology goes way beyond buying software – it's also about tapping into the know-how of experts that will be able to assess, advice and even pre-empt future issues or challenges with significant foresight.
There's a misconception that vendor-based solutions are inflexible, not allowing modifications to their functionality. While an out of the box solution, will be created with certain use cases in mind, this doesn't mean that they won't fit the needs of vastly different organizations. When we created Bringg, we ensured from the foundation up that our platform could help companies manage their entire ecosystem as well as to help them integrate it with any other existing software platform used within the supply chain. Compatibility and flexibility also comes to play when leading brands need to ensure that all the platforms adhere to their style guidelines, specially as customer-facing interface becomes a key touchpoint within the online shopping/ordering experience.
In house development means often that the integrations will be hard coded and that if a third party system is changed for whatever reason it is not simple to change out one for another and API is rarely at the top of the priority list when developing an in house MVP.
One side of integration is with existing platforms within one's own organisation, however another aspect to this is within your partner organisations. If you are a third party logistics company or a restaurant delivery company your customers (Restaurants and Carriers) will need to be integrated not just once, consistently and easily over time. Making this straight forward is not an easy process to get right.
Technology needs are constantly evolving and one key consideration for companies is to be realistic about the budget, for both short-term and long-term costs. Maintaining a platform takes ongoing resources which often are not accounted for.
While having full ownership over the scope and scale of a platform will suit some companies, it is important that they take into account the ongoing maintenance costs and resources needed throughout the entire lifecycle of the product.
Adding a new technology to a company doesn't end with creating or choosing the perfect platform that is just the beginning. Onboarding, transitioning over can cause disruption both to process, operation and mindset, and from our experience this is enhanced within the logistics space because of the direct impact the changes have on the day jobs of many employees and ultimately the customers and recipients.
Companies therefore must consider carefully what the onboarding or rollout for their technology looks like. Implementing swiftly and with minimal disruption is key however onboarding staff and getting buy in from all internal stakeholders and employees is key. Everyone should be well informed as to the added value the new technology brings to the entire operation and their role.


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Malicious Prosecution Elements Get Clarified
To prevail in a malicious prosecution action under California law, a malicious prosecution plaintiff (the defendant in the underlying action) must show that:
(1) the plaintiff in the underlying action pursued a claim with subjective malice,
(2) the claim was brought without objective probable cause, and
(3) the underlying action was terminated on the merits in favor of the defendant.
In a recent case, Lane v. Bell (2018) Cal App LEXIS 79, the Court looked at the third element. Can the underlying action be said to have been terminated in favor of the defendant if most, but not all, of the claims were found in favor of said defendant?
Favorable termination "is an essential element of the tort of malicious prosecution, and it is strictly enforced." (Ferreira v. Gray, Cary, Ware & Freidenrich (2001) 87 Cal.App.4th 409, 413 [104 Cal. Rptr. 2d 683].) Noting that "'[t]he theory underlying the requirement of favorable termination is that it tends to indicate the innocence of the accused,'" the Supreme Court in Casa Herrera expressly stated that "[t]o determine 'whether there was a favorable termination,' we 'look at the judgment as a whole in the prior action.'" (Casa Herrera, supra, 32 Cal.4th at p. 341, italics added.) The basic question presented here is whether a partial victory by the malicious prosecution plaintiff in the underlying action can satisfy the favorable termination element where the malicious prosecution defendant also obtained a partial victory in the underlying action.
Lane v. Bell (2018) Cal App LEXIS 79, at 9
The Court ultimately held that, because some of the claims were granted in favor of the plaintiff (in the underlying case), it cannot be said that the underlying action was terminated on the merits in favor of the defendant.
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Virtuoso Recognizes Best Luxury Hotels of 2016
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Italy's Borgo Egnazia has been named luxury travel network Virtuoso's Hotel of the Year for 2016.
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The annual Best of the Best award winners represent the cream of the crop among Virtuoso Hotels & Resorts' nearly 1,200 properties around the globe.
U.S.-based winners included Miami Beach's Faena Hotel for Best Achievement in Design, California's Farmhouse Inn for Best Culinary Experience and the Big Apple's New York EDITION for Best Bar, which boasts a slew of unique cocktails like the espresso martini.
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In addition to the Borgo Egnazia, the lakefront Grand Hotel Tremezzo also earned Italy some coveted recognition in 2016, taking home top honors for Best Spa.
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Other award winners included Jose Silva of Paris' Four Seasons Hotel George V, who was awarded Hotelier of the Year, South Africa's andBeyond Phinda Private Game Reserve for the Sustainable Tourism Leadership category and Rome's Hotel Eden Rome, which was named the One to Watch.
"Naming any hotel as the Best of the Best from among the world's finest properties in our renowned Hotels & Resorts program is always a challenge," said Virtuoso's senior vice president of Global Product Partnerships Albert Herrera said in a statement. "This year's winners surpassed our expectations and the exacting standards we — and more importantly, our clients — demand from our partner hotels."
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This Pig Preserve In Tennessee Shows How Pigs Should Live
If you passed Richard Hoyle on the street, you'd never guess that he's a long-time vegan and animal rights activist. Nearing his 70th birthday, Richard is a self-described "crusty old conservative." He's also eloquent, wise, humble, and funny.
But you probably won't pass Richard Hoyle on the street, and that's because he works dawn until dusk 365 days per year at his sanctuary for rescued pigs, The Pig Preserve, in rural Tennessee.
The Pig Preserve is an innovative farm sanctuary. Situated on 100 acres of natural land, the pigs move about in social groupings, foraging for some of their own food and exploring woods, pastures, and ponds. The result is that the busy and largely self-sufficient pigs enjoy as natural a life as possible, and the Pig Preserve is less labor-intensive and more cost-effective than a traditional farm animal sanctuary model.
But maintaining this idyllic setting for the pigs is actually a massive undertaking. Most of the pigs are fed once a day, but the younger pigs--who are less capable of foraging--are fed twice daily. The pastures have to be maintained against the constant rooting of the pigs. Elderly and sick pigs receive daily medical care, and on hot days, they all get extra attention to make sure nobody is overheating. The barns are kept clean and comfortable with bedding.
Each day is a new challenge. Richard says he will wear many hats over the course of a day--as a farmer, carpenter, electrician, plumber, fence repair man, tree cutter, tractor mechanic, small engine repairman, veterinarian, and more.
Pigs are notoriously curious and mischievous, which adds both to the challenge and the joy. Richard says dryly,
The day's chores are made more challenging by the pigs who are always available to "help" with whatever I am doing. There is nothing more fun than crawling up under a tractor in the middle of the pasture trying to fix a broken hydraulic line while six or eight large farm pigs untie your boot laces, stick their heads under the tractor to offer technical advice and help rearrange the tools on the ground. It's why many of my one-hour chores wind up taking three or four hours.
Richard says farm sanctuaries are essential to the animal rights movement. Many smaller sanctuaries all over the world rescue and care for animals quietly, efficiently, and professionally. In the process, they educate people, telling the animals' stories and raising awareness in an informal and personal way.
They are activists, he says:
We do not get out and protest but we do bear witness every morning when we get up, put on our dirty clothes and walk out the door to care for those precious few who have been spared the horrors of the factory farms and the slaughterhouses. We live our activism 24 hours a day, 365 days a year--often to the serious detriment to our health and certainly to our pocketbooks.
Rescuing an animal is only the beginning of the story. Once the trailer bringing a rescued pig arrives through my gates, I will be responsible for the safety and care of that pig for the rest of his or her life. In many cases that will be for another 15 to 20 years.
I will spend time with that pig. I will heal his or her physical injuries and I will invest countless hours healing the emotional damage that has been done to this poor creature. I will show this pig each and every day that he or she is safe, loved and respected as a fellow sentient being.
And, at our sanctuary, I will also teach this pig how to be a pig. I will encourage the pig to wander the fields and woods, to graze in the fields, to root and forage in the forest, to swim in the pond and, most importantly, to live his or her life in the company of other pigs where pigs are the happiest.
I will try to show each pig that not all humans are like the ones he or she experienced before they arrived here. I will show each pig that it is okay to trust humans. I will be there for that pig every day of his or her life.
And, when it is time, I will be there to ease that pig's suffering and help him or her make the trip across Rainbow Bridge. And I will bury each pig with my own two hands--kneeling to say a prayer over the pig's grave. And I will thank God for the privilege of knowing, loving and caring for that pig.
I will also say a prayer for the millions upon millions I could not help.
But I will be satisfied that I did what little I could to make a difference.
The Pig Preserve is always in need of donors and volunteers. Learn more about them on their website, follow them on Facebook, and consider making a donation.
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Al-Shahba municipality lights 14 villages provides water despite siege conditions
This report was published by Hawar News on 7 January, 2020
The municipality of the people in Al-Shahba district was able to implement lighting projects, and solved the largest part of the sanitation and drinking water problems, within a year of continuous work.
The municipality has 20 cleaning workers, working in 14 villages of Fafin district, and 97 employees other than administrators.
The municipality, which suffers a severe lack of capabilities, due to the blockade imposed on the canton, focused on meeting the necessary needs of citizens.
The municipality's actions gain its importance from serving a region that was marginalized during the rule of the Baathist regime, followed by a period of mercenary control, and the canton is subject to a suffocating siege by the Syrian regime, and almost daily bombing of the Turkish occupation army and its mercenaries.
The municipality covers Fafin district and its 14 villages. During the past year, the municipality expanded its lighting to the 14 villages, and installed a generator for each village.
Besides lighting, the municipality implemented two sanitation projects.
It also dug 5 water wells, to feed the villages with water, in addition to designating two tractors for each village to meet the needs of the citizens.
"We started with the reform work, even though it was difficult in the beginning, because the infrastructure is destroyed, because of the remnants of terrorism," said Salwa Muhammad the co-chair of Al-Shahba municipality in Fafin district.
"We have worked to remove all waste from the geography of this region, create sanitation, clean several recyclers, and all these works to help the citizen and improve infrastructure after 7 years of war," Salwa added.
"We provide the needs of the 14 villages, including generators of electricity, water, and cleanliness, and all this is free of charge for all citizens. In every village, it is created under the supervision of two employees (the first is an electrician, and the second is a mechanic), and in our role as a municipality we secure the diesel and all the repairs."
"In this winter season, we have repaired most of the roads damaged, and there are many roads that we could not restore due to the blockade imposed on us, and our limited capabilities." Salwa said.


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