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Final Fantasy XV Windows Edition now up for preorder, features Xbox integration and cross-play
Final Fantasy XV Windows Edition is now up for preorder ahead of its March 6 release, with special bonuses depending on where you buy it.
Dan Thorp-Lancaster
PC gamers have been waiting a while to get their hands on Final Fantasy XV, but the game's March 6 launch date is now right around the corner. Ahead of the launch, Square Enix has opened up preorders, while announcing various preorder bonuses and the release of a benchmarking tool to make sure your PC is up to the task of running the game.
Final Fantasy XV Windows Edition is officially available to order from three different storefronts: Steam, Origin, and the Microsoft Store. And, as has been common practice with game preorders lately, you can get a different preorder bonus depending on where you choose to buy it. Here's a look at what's up for grabs.
Microsoft Store - "FFXV Powerup Pack," which includes 10 phoenix downs, 10 elixirs, and Dodanuki, a sleek sword that "reduces enemy defense with each slash."
Steam - "FFXV Fashion Collection," which includes a collection of t-shirts featuring that faces of Noctis' comrades. Each includes a special buff to your stats.
Origin - "FFXV Decal Selection," Which packs a number of different decals for the Regalia.
Final Fantasy XV Windows Edition will include a number of enhancements to take advantage of the extra power available on PC. Support for both 4K and 8K resolutions, HDR10, and Dolby Atmos are part of that, but Square Enix says that a number of graphical boosts are tagging along as well. You can expect more life-like hair and shadows, along with more dynamic vegetation, fluid, fire and smoke. The Windows Edition also includes a new first-person camera mode, along with an expanded map, all current season pass content, and more.
The Microsoft Store version of the game appears to be UWP-based, complete with Xbox integration, cross-play between consoles and PC, and achievements. However, it isn't Xbox Play Anywhere, sadly.
Final Fantasy XV Windows Edition is currently scheduled to launch on March 6 and preorders are available now. If you'd like to see how your PC will handle the game, you can download the benchmarking tool for your region from Square Enix now.
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V410 Polycom phone. 2nd time the employee has been shocked when she picks up the hand piece. First time I switched from POE to power from a power strip just in case. But happened again today!!?? Help?? Issue? Solutions?
It sounds like static shock. I doubt it has anything to do specifically with the phone or power source. Some people are more prone to this than others, but things like anti static mats and humidifiers can help. Touching something grounded before touching the phone should prevent it and prove if it is just static shock from the environment. This can't be the first time or only thing this person has ever been shocked by in the office is it?
I will double check but I thought she was getting this when she put the handset to her ear not just picking up the handset in her hand.... would that matter?
Do I need to replace the phone then...i.e. faulty equipment or just figure out how to reduce?
My guess is it is the environment and not the equipment, but I could be wrong.. I would talk to the user about their history with static shock to get a better understanding and then Google up some remedies for them to try first. I suppose you could try swapping two phones at the office to rule out the phone too.


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Newly-discovered OpenSSL bug potentially leaves over two-thirds of global web servers vulnerable to attack.
Experts at Gulf Information Security Expo & Conference to deliver valuable insight on resources and latest developments in the field.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates: More than 17% of the Internet's secure web servers are believed to be vulnerable to the Heartbleed security bug attack*, allowing the theft of servers' private keys and users' session cookies and passwords. To address the countermeasures against this potentially devastating bug, leading experts will provide 'Healing' insights at the second Gulf Information Security Expo & Conference (GISEC) 2014 from 9 to 11 June at Dubai World Trade Centre ( DWTC ).
The Heartbleed bug is a serious vulnerability in the popular OpenSSL cryptographic software library that allows stealing information protected under normal conditions, by the SSL/TLS encryption used to secure the Internet. SSL/TLS provides communication security and privacy over the Internet for applications such as web, email, instant messaging (IM) and some virtual private networks (VPNs).
Leading information security experts including Robert Bigman, former Chief Information Security Officer at the CIA; Mikko Hypponen, Chief Research Officer at F-Secure; Nader Henein, Advance Security Solutions, Advisory Division, Blackberry and Nicolai Solling, Director of Technology Services at Help AG, which is currently into assessing the market requirements for Managed Security Services, will tackle various subjects about Heartbleed that was publicly disclosed as recently as 7 April 2014.
"Heartbleed is exactly what happens when you stop paying attention to the details. This race to the bottom that seems to have taken over the industry with the push to consumerisation is not about sacrificing security for usability, it's about finding a solution that does not require you to compromise on either, there is no such thing as "Good Enough" when it comes to security." said Nader Henein, Advance Security Solutions, Advisory Division, Blackberry.
Nicolai Solling, Director of Technology Services at Help AG said: "What I can say is that organisations have been very busy making sure they are not vulnerable to cyberattacks. Immediately after news of the vulnerability broke, we sent out communications from our support help-desk and were continuously in touch with our customers in addressing the impact. In the first three days alone since it was exposed, there were over 60 cases that were registered and numerous devices were patched, and certificates re-issued.
"The response has been excellent and all the customers, whom we provided the service as per the contract agreements, are now secured against Heartbleed. I must emphasise that it is important not only to patch the affected servers but also to reissue the certificates since the private keys were exposed by the vulnerability," he added.
"GISEC has identified that the Heartbleed bug could have disastrous consequences if the threat is not managed properly and quickly. With several eminent authorities in the field of information security convening at GISEC, those who would like to learn more about Heartbleed can find their answers at the event and they will gain global insight as well as grasp the regional impact and the industry's latest response to this threat," said Trixie LohMirmand, Senior Vice President, Dubai World Trade Centre , organisers of the exhibition and conference.
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Robert Bigman's keynote address of Day 1 of the GISEC Conference will shed light on the vulnerability of Heartbleed, especially clear prevention methods the audience can use to protect their internal corporate networks under the theme 'Change the way you connect to the internet'. Mikko Hypponen – the man who tracked down the authors of the first PC virus ever recorded – will deliver his keynote address on Day 2 of the GISEC Conference and will discuss critical information security issues to empower one with superior protection. Wim Remes, Chairman of the Board of Directors at (ISC)2 will focus on strategies to map out existing infrastructures to adequately protect them against realistic threats among several others.
The conference segment of GISEC, from 10 to 11 June, will host delegates from over 18 countries and explores issues on global cybersecurity vulnerabilities and threats against systems, applications, and personal networks. The free-to-attend security sessions on vendor-run educational presentations, workshops, demonstrations, informative speeches and case-studies will give I.T. professionals useful insights to help defend their businesses from cyberattacks.
As the region's only large-scale information security platform, GISEC will gather industry, government and thought leaders as well as international and regional cybersecurity experts in various business verticals such as I.T., oil & gas, banking & finance, government, legal, healthcare and telecoms to meet the growing requirements for information security and countermeasures in the region.
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After a day tour with Enjoy Bagan Tour visiting Chauk provincial market, historic Salay's museum, Mount Popa and a sunset boat cruise, I was wondering if we will be ready for our 20 km cycling tour through dirt path inside Bagan Archaeological Zone the next morning, on the first day of new year 2017.
I have planned this trip for almost a year. It is one of my most anticipated trip as Myanmar opened its door to tourism not too long ago, with tourists slowly coming in since 2009 and becoming more popular in recent years.
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On my recent trip back to Penang, I have decided to visit one of the oldest and most famous Chinese temple in Penang - the "Kuan Yin Teng", translated into English as the "Goddess of Mercy Temple".


If we worship, the Lord of True words, in ways that are appropriate, we can overcome every problem in life.
Lord Siva who has appeared along with Uma with the beatiful eyes, is being worshiped by Mangkayarkarasi resiting the Tamil Vedhas.
When can i worship sincerely the Lord who has created the nights and days and the sessions of the year and who has made dissapear all the prejudices afflicting the creatures.
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Being born as a human being in the world is required only because Lord Shiva appears as Shiva Nadaraja.
This young maiden of the city of Marukal calls to lord, as who has stolen her thoughts and the ancient and the supreme.
The wearing of the sacred ashes of Siva belongs to those worship Siva. The are in fact mantras, constitute the bodies of the devas and which confers inner beauty to the wearers.
She says, Lord Shiva smears himself with the ashes and adorns himself with the angry snake and speak without speaking. Her friend replies with these guises the Lord has become the essence for all.
If you worship the Lord who is the ever lasting strength of word, and the immense radiance no matter what difficulties in life, we shall overcome it.
Out of infinite Grace, Siva dances the dance of bliss in Thiru CiRRampalam of brilliant light creating countless number of forms beyond the imagination of man. Let us worship ardently the Divine that dances thus.
No one should praise himself telling unnecessary lies about oneself. But instead if he praise truely Lord Shiva we shall be redeemed.
The Lord who has appeared with his female consort having disclosed that he is also the female his presence in Thiru Annamalai. Let us pray towards him in order to redeem ourselves.


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India has come up with full swing to England to clutch the trophy in hand. The World Cup began from June 30 with its first match between South Africa and England, where England got over the match quite easily and won by 104 runs. The day 2 witnessed the much talked match between Pakistan and West Indies where Pakistan dwindled and finish its batting at just 105 runs in the 21st over. West Indies on the run chase clutched this total quite easily and won the match. On day 3, i.e. today New Zealand will face Lanka from the other end. World Cup has always been the centre of attraction for both the cricket lovers and the players. The biggest title in the game of cricket is World Cup title and for this, each team keeps on striving and preparing to be the title holders.
In this series, India will have its first match on June 5 against South Africa. The match as always will be a high voltage match keeping crowded Indian supporters at the stadium cheering for the team. However, South Africa has lost one match to England and therefore it will be eyeing to win every match that comes across the SA team. On June 5, it will be India's first match, however on the same day SA will be playing its third match of the World Cup. After India's first match on June 5, the Indian team will play its second match against Australia. Australia is speculated as a big team this season. The team has been seen working quite well in the past matches that have brought Aussies some great wins. Ind v/s Aus has always been a charged up rivalry match that looks up for some great visuals from the ground. Thus, India will have its second match against Australia on June 9. The team will be then be set to play its third match against New Zealand on June 13. New Zealand has come up to this World Cup as a fine team whose good cricket can take it on to nice level. But, on the other side India is seen to be better than New Zealand for having Dhoni like experience, Bumrah like bowler and young energies like Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul.
The big match eyes upon June 16, India v/s Pakistan. As always, this time too, Ind v/s Pak will be a high voltage match between the two countries. India holds a clear upper hand over Pakistan in World Cup. Indian team has won all their previous matches against Pakistan in World Cup. The match is going to be huge. The tickets for this match were sold out within just 48 hours which clearly highlights that the stadium will be power packed on June 16. The ones, who didn't get the tickets to the stadium, must surely stick on to TV screens to watch the much awaited match. On June 22, India will play its match against Afghanistan. This World Cup is Afghanistan's maiden 50 over World Cup where it will play against all the big teams to clutch on the trophy. No matter, Afghanistan is a new team to the tournament but has come with good preparations. However, their preparations will be tested once they play their first match on June 2. After Afghanistan, India will face West Indies on June 27. West Indies is a big team of the tournament and has already won one match against Pakistan by now. Then, India will face England on June 30. This time, England is said to be a big team as they've come up with great practices and full determination. But for now, India is speculated to be on the heavier side for Ind v/s Eng match.
In month of July, India will play its match against Bangladesh on July 2 and will play against Sri Lanka on July 6. After playing the league matches, the run for semi finals and finals will brag on. India seems to be a tough competition in the tournament and for the same; you need to have all fixtures of Indian team in your mind fixed. So that, no match gets skipped from the tournament most watched in the world of cricket.
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November 19, 2015 - Rebecca Harrison
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Over the last year Transcendit have been working with Streetwise, a regional charity for young people aged 11-25. The Streetwise team offer a wide range of support services, and help thousands of children, teens and young adults each year.
Transcendit have been providing Streetwise with IT support, as well as introducing new and more efficient computer systems. Transcendit director Dave Scott says that the previous system was very disjointed, 'It wasn't working for them. They couldn't really work effectively.'
As well as creating a hybrid system which better suited the organisation, Transcendit also installed Office 365. Dave says, 'We got Streetwise a 'not-for-profit' license for Office 365, which was a fraction of the price of other licenses. As a result we were able to reduce their expenses.'
Transcendit are eager to highlight the charity for the excellent work they have been doing for young people in Newcastle.
Mandy, the CEO of Streetwise, says that the work the charity does is absolutely vital for young people in Newcastle, 'If it wasn't for projects like Streetwise, many would find themselves in real difficulty. We support young people overcoming huge difficulties resulting from assaults, family harm, depression, anxiety and bullying.'
'The services we provide help prevent issues escalating, as well as helping support young people to get their lives back on track.'
As well as providing support from their office in Newcastle city centre, Streetwise also have a team of detached youth workers, named 'JAM' (Just Ask Me), who visit and support young people all around Newcastle.
Mandy says that, 'The JAM team go out for four nights each week and work with people in their own communities; mostly on the streets, in bus stops, shops and parks. They build up trusting relationships with young people, and then engage them in discussions, activities and events that encourage them to play a part in their own communities.'
Despite the invaluable work Streetwise does, the charity is struggling to stay afloat. Mandy says that, 'We have only secured half of our funding for the upcoming year so far, yet we support over 3,500 young people who are making 13,500 visits to Streetwise each year.'
'Our counselling service currently has 80 young people waiting, and our drop in sessions are extremely busy. Where will these young people go if we are not here to support them?'
Even though Streetwise has not yet reached its financial target, Mandy is determined to continue providing the young people of Newcastle with the services they need, 'Our team are doing great work. We want to continue to develop services in our local communities and schools. Our plan is to stay in existence!'
If you'd like to support Streetwise, contact Mandy on 0191 230 5400 for more information. You can also donate to the charity using their Virgin Money Giving page.
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Teacher Gia fucks her students
"The more I have sex in front of the camera, the more I like it," Gia Giancarlo said. "It was never scary, but I never knew how much fun it was until I started to do it. I'm always up for having some fun, especially when it's sexy fun." Gia still has the body and sex drive of a woman half her age. "I go to the gym a lot," she said. "I like to work up a good sweat, and on top of helping me keep this figure, I feel good when I'm done." Of course, there are other activities that help work up a good sweat and make you feel better, and Gia likes those, too. "The reason I chose to do this is I love to fuck. It's really not much more difficult than that. Anytime I can suck on a cock or have a guy fuck me until I cum hard, it's a blast for me. I've met a lot of great people doing this and have had a lot of fun. But the reason I keep doing it is because I love the feeling I get from sex. And I love that at age 53, you still want to see me do it!" This scene takes us back to high school. Teen Jayden and her boyfriend are fucking in the boys room when Gia, their teacher, catches them. She tells them there's no cock sucking in the boys room. Jayden tells her to stop being so uptight. Gia proves she isn't by getting in on the action. It's a good deal for everyone, and nobody has to do detention.
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So two guys are sitting on a couch, and a sexy MILF shows up. No, this is not the start of a corny joke. There's no punch line. There's just sexy 58-year-old Erica Lauren wearing a tiny bikini top and a short skirt and fuck-me pumps, and before long, she's on her back getting her firm little tits massaged and her hairy cunt spread and fingered, and then she's on her hands and knees taking one cock in her mouth and the other in her pussy from behind. She gargles that cock, trying to choke herself on it, but Erica can't exactly choke on it because she has no trouble taking it all down. What happens next, you might ask? After Erica sucks their cocks and fucks their cocks, what's next on the agenda? Ass-fucking. But not just any kind of ass-fucking. DP. Double penetration. One in her pussy, one in her ass at the same time. The guys shoot their loads all over Erica's pretty face. They glaze her. You could call that the punch line. We call it the money shot. And this time, Erica doubles our pleasure.
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Poliomyelitis (polio) is a paralyzing and potentially fatal disease that still threatens children in some parts of the world. The poliovirus invades the nervous system and can cause total paralysis in a matter of hours. It can strike at any age but mainly affects children under age 5. Polio is incurable, but is completely vaccine-preventable.
In 1985, Rotary International (RI) launched its Polio Plus program, the first initiative to tackle global polio eradication through the mass vaccination of children. Rotary has contributed more than $1.3 billion and countless volunteer hours to immunize more than 2.5 billion children in 122 countries. In addition, Rotary's advocacy efforts have played a role in decisions by donor governments to contribute more than $9 billion to the effort.
The challenge of eradicating polio was the brainchild of two people: Clem Renhoff, the 1978–79 president of Rotary International, and then-District 7620 Governor Dr. John Sever, of Potomac, Md., who was the head of pediatric infectious diseases research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). While traveling together, they discussed the need to undertake some special project as an everlasting gift to humanity. Later, Sever recommended vaccinating children in the endemic countries against polio or red measles.
Several million dollars was allocated, and plans were made to immunize children in a part of the Philippines against polio, and in south India against red measles. Both programs proved to be very successful, which resulted in a group of Rotary surgeons going to Malawi to perform surgeries on polio victims.
In 1985, RI decided polio would be the project of choice because it was easier to vaccinate the children without the need for professionally trained medical personnel.
Thus the Polio Plus program began. Because of Rotary's worldwide presence, with clubs in 166 countries, the organization was able to take its international campaign to control and eradicate polio down to the streets and remote villages in the affected areas. Efforts were made to overcome formidable obstacles including those involving religion, culture, infrastructure and financial — even during times of war in many countries.
One of its first campaigns took place in Mexico in 1989. The results far exceeded the expectations. In just two days, more than 12 million children were vaccinated. With this level of unprecedented success, Rotarians around the world worked to set up annual National Immunization Days.
The Global Polio Eradication Initiative was formulated in 1988. Although RI was the initiator of polio eradication, other organizations joined in the fight, and it is now a public-private partnership that includes Rotary, the World Health Organization, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), UNICEF, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and governments of the world. It has, however, been Rotary's involvement that has helped keep the movement on track and the local people motivated with its focus on advocacy, fundraising, volunteer recruitment and awareness-building.
In September, the World Health Organization announced that Nigeria is no longer polio endemic. As recently as 2012, Nigeria accounted for more than half of all polio cases worldwide.
Today, there are only two countries that have never stopped transmission of the wild polio virus: Afghanistan and Pakistan. Fewer than 370 polio cases were confirmed worldwide in 2014, which is a reduction of more than 99% since the 1980s when the world saw about 1,000 cases per day.
The polio cases represented by the remaining 1% are the most difficult to prevent, due to factors including geographical isolation, poor public infrastructure, armed conflict and cultural barriers. Until polio is eradicated, all countries remain at risk of outbreaks.
Every dollar Rotary commits to polio eradication will be matched two-to-one by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation up to $35 million a year through 2018. These funds help to provide operational support, medical personnel, laboratory equipment and educational materials for health workers and parents.
To date, Rotary has invested more than $1 billion into this humanitarian project. With hundreds of thousands of Rotarians working diligently over the past three decades, it is estimated that nearly 10 million children have been saved from becoming disabled. And, once polio is eradicated, mankind will save nearly $2 billion every year.
In addition, the lessons learned from this Rotary project are helping in the formulation of strategies in the fight against Ebola in Africa and reducing infant mortality in India.


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Circulation and cellular activity were restored in a pig's brain four hours after its death, Yale scientists report today in the journal Nature.
Researchers have discovered thousands of genes essential for cancer's survival and ranked which ones show the most promise as drug targets for developing new treatments.
In a major medical breakthrough, researchers have "printed" the world's first 3D vascularised engineered heart using a patient's own cells and biological materials.
The discovery of a new life-extension pathway in roundworms could provide a better, faster way to study aging.
Scientists have created a new gene therapy to restore hearing in an adult mouse model of DFNB9 deafness.
A new venture capital fund, which has already raised $100m, seeks to invest in companies that aim to extend the period of healthy human life.
A new nonprofit, the Academy for Health and Lifespan Research (AHLR), has been founded by a group of 16 experts on aging and longevity.
In a scientific first, neuroengineers from Columbia University have developed a system that translates thought into intelligible, recognisable speech.
The complete axolotl genome has been sequenced by the University of Kentucky.
A new algorithm could help to clear a backlog of chest radiographs, by cutting the time required for an expert analysis from 11 days to less than three.
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Amy Adams, left, Bradley Cooper, and Jennifer Lawrence after "American Hustle" won the Golden Globe for motion picture, comedy or musical.
Continuing its late surge through Hollywood's never-ending awards season, director David O. Russell's con game story "American Hustle" won a leading three trophies at the Golden Globes — including best musical or comedy — while the slavery tale "12 Years a Slave" avoided a total shutout by taking the evening's very last award, for top drama.
While the awards presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. Sunday at the Beverly Hilton did not radically reshape the race for the Academy Awards, whose nominations are announced Thursday, they did solidify the gathering momentum for "American Hustle" and the AIDS story "Dallas Buyers Club," which was the only other film to win more than one award, collecting honors for actor in a drama for Matthew McConaughey and supporting actor for Jared Leto.
Even though "12 Years a Slave" entered the ceremony with seven nominations, tied with "American Hustle" for the most of any film, it failed to win in several categories in which it was considered a leading contender, including director for Steve McQueen (who lost to "Gravity's" Alfonso Cuarón), screenwriter for John Ridley (who was topped by Spike Jonze for "Her") and supporting actress for Lupita Nyong'o (who saw the award go to "American Hustle's" Jennifer Lawrence).
The demanding movie, adapted from Solomon Northup's 1850s memoir about being kidnapped and sold into captivity, has been one of the year's best-reviewed films and has landed on scores of critics' Top 10 lists. But despite all the praise, "12 Years a Slave" has so far failed to become the front-runner many expected it would be.
McQueen was nevertheless giddy over the win, saying in his disjointed acceptance speech, "Little bit in shock. What can I say?"
Unlike the Oscars and most other movie awards, the HFPA voters divide their top awards into two categories — drama and musical or comedy — leading to some borderline classifications.
Leonardo DiCaprio was named actor in a comedy or musical for "The Wolf of Wall Street," in which he played the real-life Wall Street swindler Jordan Belfort. DiCaprio joked on stage about the rather serious film's inclusion in the non-dramatic category — "I never would have guessed I would win best actor in a comedy," he said — before dedicating his victory to the divisive film's director, Martin Scorsese.
Amy Adams won the top musical or comedy actress award for "American Hustle," defeating among others awards favorite Meryl Streep from "August: Osage County." Cate Blanchett was named actress in a drama for "Blue Jasmine," the latest film from Woody Allen, who was given the honorary Cecil B. DeMille Award but, as is Allen's wont, refused to collect.
McConaughey, in beating out Robert Redford in "All Is Lost" among others for actor in a drama, chronicled the rejection-filled, 20-year odyssey of getting "Dallas Buyers Club" to the screen. "Unexpected," he said of his Golden Globe. "But graciously accepted."
Leto, who hadn't made a movie since filming "Mr. Nobody" in 2007, won the supporting actor award for playing the transgender AIDS patient Rayon in "Dallas Buyers Club," a chronicle of the early pharmaceutical battles surrounding the deadly disease. "It's more than an honor to come back and have this kind of love and support," said Leto, who spends most of his time these days playing for the band Thirty Seconds to Mars.
Lawrence, who plays an unhappy housewife married to Christian Bale's con artist character in "American Hustle," took the supporting actress honor, winning a top prize for the second year in a row. A year ago, she was victorious as actress in a musical or comedy for "Silver Linings Playbook," which, like "American Hustle," was directed by Russell. She thanked the filmmaker — "You made my career what it is," Lawrence said — before stumbling into near incoherence. "I'm sorry I'm shaking so much," she said.
As expected, "Frozen" was named best animated feature. Italy's "The Great Beauty" won best foreign-language film in something of an upset over France's "Blue Is the Warmest Color."
For all of the media attention they receive, the Golden Globes are not a reliable harbinger of the Academy Awards. Because major Golden Globes are presented in the two categories, they have twice the statistical chance of mirroring the Oscars. Two of the last four Golden Globe best picture winners, "Argo" and "The Artist," repeated with the top prize at the Oscars, but the HFPA missed honoring "The King's Speech" and "The Hurt Locker," both of which won the best picture Academy Award.
As is often the case with the Golden Globes, there were a number of unscripted, embarrassing moments in the show hosted by Amy Poehler (who won a Golden Globe for her show "Parks and Recreation") and Tina Fey.
When actors Jonah Hill and Margot Robbie came on stage to introduce scenes from their film "The Wolf of Wall Street," their television prompter showed the next presenters' speeches, forcing a stagehand to hand Robbie a page torn out from a binder. Drew Barrymore started to present the best comedy or musical movie only to realize that the show was cutting to a commercial.
In an attempt to keep the show from running too long, the broadcast's producers gave winners only a few moments to accept their trophies before cuing the band. Among those quickly played off the stage were DiCaprio, Adams, Blanchett, Leto and Jonze. "Hey, hold on," the "Her" director said to the band. "I just started."
The tactic worked, as the show finished nearly exactly on time.


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A letter handwritten by composer Richard Wagner in 1869 is seen before it is sold at an auction in Jerusalem, April 24, 2018. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
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A letter written by German composer Richard Wagner that underscored his anti-Semitism was sold to Jewish collector from Switzerland at auction in Israel on Tuesday for $34,000, the auction house said
The letter, written on a yellowing double-spread sheet of paper, was penned by Wagner in Lucerne, Switzerland in 1869. It was apparently intended for the French philosopher Edouard Schoure, said Meron Eren, of the Kedem Auction House.
The buyer's identity was not made public.
In the letter, Wagner attempts to explain the ideas in his anti-Semitic essay "Judaism in Music" to Schoure and writes that the French were unable to discern "the destructive influence of the Jewish spirit on modern culture", the Kedem website said.
Wagner, whose expansive operas are hailed as musical masterpieces, was Adolf Hitler's favorite composer and he and his Nazi followers embraced the composer's anti-Semitic writings and ideology.
Wagner died in 1883 in Venice, more than six years before Hitler's birth in Austria.
"Surprisingly, this letter came from a collector in Israel who probably bought it at an auction in Europe ten or 20 years ago," the auction house chief Eren told Reuters
Eren said that selling an anti-Semitic letter in Israel was "a problem for us" but that private collectors or museums focusing on the Holocaust and hatred of Jews would be interested in the item.
"We think this is the right thing to do," he said.
Wagner's music is rarely performed in Israel, where it evokes memories of the Holocaust, although some leading musicians have called for an end to the unofficial ban.
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Carrie Mae Weems' Resist COVID/Take 6! at Lincoln Center
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The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City joins cultural organizations across the nation to present Resist COVID/Take 6!, a national bilingual campaign addressing inequity in the coronavirus response by influential artist and CalArtian Carrie Mae Weems (Art BFA 81).
The initiative was developed during Weems' artist residency at Syracuse University in collaboration with her close friend Pierre Loving, branding firm 2 x 4, and production company The Office. The project "highlights COVID-19's astonishing death toll, underscores the importance of social distancing ("Take 6" refers to the recommended six feet of separation), dispels the myth of false cures associated with the virus, encourages public discussion, and thanks our frontline workers."
COVID-19 has disproportionately impacted BIPOC communities, a sentiment echoed on the Resist COVID/Take 6! website's header: the pandemic is a "double tragedy for people of color."
"We've all been impacted by COVID-19. It's an ecological health crisis of epic proportion—an international disaster," said Weems in her artist statement. "And yet we have indisputable evidence that people of color have been disproportionately impacted. The death tolls in these communities are staggering. This fact affords the nation an unprecedented opportunity to address the impact of social and economic inequality in real-time. Denial does not solve a problem."
In its initial phase, Resist COVID/Take 6! was proposed to install billboards in communities with large African American, Latino and/or Native populations throughout the US. The project recently traveled through Dallas and Fort Worth, where more than three dozen billboards in both English and Spanish were installed. Resist COVID/Take 6! has since returned to New York, where Weems conceived of the initiative, and its 10 installations are currently on view in multiple outdoor locations around the Lincoln Center campus.
Weems is the 2013 recipient of the MacArthur Genius Grant whose complex image- and text-based works explore themes of power, sexism, class, cultural identity and family. In 2014, she became the first African American woman to exhibit a retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum. Weems was also recognized in The New York Times' 2018 "Greats" issue.
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It is 7:30 p.m. and my wife comes into the bedroom, crosses to the closet and pulls open the two bi-folding doors. Although I can't see her face, I know she's pleased. I built this closet for her. Her wardrobe hangs in front of her, each dress sorted according to style, color and season. The same goes for the pants and the sweaters and the shoes - the multitude of shoes - each pair tucked into its private cubbyhole like a pigeon at roost. My wife has yet to enter and instead stands there like a general surveying her troops. I close my book and put on a pair of light shoes and walk out to the shop. I will leave my wife to her weighty decisions.
In the shop, the hammers are in place: framing, finishing, roofing, ball peen. The screwdrivers, upright in their holes, are arranged in descending order like siblings posed for a picture at a family reunion. The sockets are neatly stored, knuckled down in their snapping trays, and the planer with its narrow maw is tucked back in its corner. Along the back wall, the hand power tools squat in their boxes, their electric cords curled around them like tails. I walk the length of the workbench letting my fingers drift across the smooth surface. I'm gladdened beyond all reason by its solid touch. Back inside, my wife brushes her fingers down the parallel racks of clothes, holds one dress up to her neck and then another, twists a heel sideways to admire a shoe in the mirror.
As always, a great silence has invaded my shop, made more powerful by the noise that so often fills it. There's a cathedral-like quality here, a residue of the sacred. Holy things take place within these walls. As do violence and care. Swear words - their own kind of prayer - have been mumbled into shirt collars and shouted at the rafters. I picture them embedded in the grain of the wood. Along with them are hours and hours of squint-eyed concentration, mixing, as all things do, with the odor of sawdust, paint thinner and sweat. Carl Jung wrote, "In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order." I pick up a saw and my father's voice reaches across the decades. "Put it back where you found it."
It was practically his mantra, in no small part because I was so poor at following his simple order. Placing the saw where it belongs, I no longer see the tool in front of me, but instead watch a boy in a crew cut with a paper hat. My father would make these hats, folding the sports sections of the newspaper into narrow wedges like carpenters would in the '20s. His would be splattered with paint and across the front in thick block lettering would be printed, "EDWARD FINN, MASTER CARPENTER." Mine would read, "CHARLES ANDREW FINN, CARPENTER'S ASSISTANT." Both were out and out lies, but my father enjoyed the joke. We'd be down in the basement after dinner and I'd barely come up to his belt buckle. He'd have me hold the end of the tape measure while he stretched it down a length of wood. "Measure twice and cut once," he'd say, and look me in the eye. "That's what my father taught me."
In my travels I have come across two types of shops, both of which I admire. There are the shops that are a complete mess and chaos, and then there are the immaculate, spotless ones. I've worked in both, been frustrated and confused and thankful in both.
Back in the bedroom, my wife rehangs a pair of jeans. She tries on a different pair of shoes. In the shop I place a can of paint on a shelf. My wife refolds a scarf. For the next hour I put tools away, balancing on the top rung of emotion. There is the curling of extension cords and the swip swip of the shop broom - poetry of the first order - and the silence, an ode, filtering down like mice from the rafters. Before turning off the lights, I hear my father call upstairs to my mother, "I'm almost done."
As I close the two big bay doors, my wife slips off her bathrobe and hangs it on the hook where it belongs.


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Could Max Verstappen's F1 title win be overturned after controversial Abu Dhabi Grand Prix? Can Lewis Hamilton still become champion?
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13th December 2021, 3:58 pm
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Max Verstappen won his first ever world championship following a dramatic Abu Dhabi Grand Prix over the weekend – but the controversy is set to rumble on.
The Red Bull star started on pole position but trailed behind Lewis Hamilton for the bulk of the race with the Brit firmly in control.
Hamilton congratulated Verstappen after losing his title
However, a late safety car allowed the Dutchman back into the race and Verstappen benefited from fresher tyres to seal the title on the final lap.
Mercedes reacted furiously by launching two appeals against the final result, both of which were not upheld by the FIA.
But what will any potential outcome mean for the 2021 title and can Hamilton still claim a historic eighth championship? talkSPORT.com has the details…
Can Hamilton still become F1 champion?
Mercedes have already announced their intention to appeal against the rejections and take it to FIA's International Court of Appeal.
Hamilton's team have NOT been committed to appeal and therefore have 96 hours from their written notice to gather evidence before submitting.
A decision will be required before the winners' ceremony on Thursday.
After that, Mercedes' last option would be to take the unique and ground-breaking case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
If any punishment is handed out then Verstappen could be potentially stripped of the trophy and lead Hamilton to his fifth successive world title.
The conclusion of this season's championship was sporting drama of the highest order
What has been said?
Eddie Jordan was left 'confused' by the events surrounding Sunday's Formula 1 finale, but also says Hamilton was guilty of being 'too nice'.
He told the talkSPORT Breakfast: "It's in his discretion and the rules are quite clear. First of all, every team does not want to finish a Grand Prix under a safety car. That's a fact.
"Therefore he tried to finish the race that was running out of laps, he needed to finish the race in a race condition, that was also right.
"Where he made a mistake, he confused the teams by saying the lapped cars that were between Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton were not going to be able to pass the safety car to give the two protagonists a clear run and fight for the title.
"I'm confused why he did that.
"It never happened in my day. In football you don't go up to a referee and tell him he's got it wrong and said a load of bad things or you get sent off. It's the same in rugby and every other sport.
"I don't understand how there's an open communication between the team directors and the race director. For me, it's fundamentally wrong."
"Where I think Lewis has made a mistake… he's become too nice a guy," Jordan added. "We all know that nice guys don't win titles. You need to have that aggression and arrogant style which he did have."


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HONG KONG – The coronavirus could wipe more than $200 billion off Asia Pacific economies this year, S&P Global ratings warned Friday, sending growth to its lowest level in more than a decade, as governments struggle to combat the disease.
In a worst-case scenario, China could see growth of less than three percent, while Japan, Australia and Hong Kong could "flirt with recession", it said in a report.
Fears about the impact of the outbreak, which has spread to at least 85 countries since it began in China in late December, have hammered world markets as investors fret over its economic impact.
S&P said it expected the region to grow 4.0 percent this year as supply and demand shocks blow a $211 billion hole in the economy. That compares with a 4.8 percent estimate given in December and would be the worst performance since a contraction in 2008 caused by the global financial crisis.
"Asia-Pacific's outlook has darkened due to the global spread of the coronavirus," it said. "This will exert domestic supply-and-demand shocks in Japan and Korea. It will mean weaker external demand from the US and Europe"
The report said economies were suffering from the double-whammy of weak demand as consumers stay home for fear of catching the disease, and falling supplies as industries are rocked by shutdowns.
It saw China's economy – which was already stuttering before the crisis struck – expanding 4.8 percent this year, which would be the worst in three decades.
However, it added that in the worst case, which "assumes localized reinfections as people return to work and the re-imposition of some restrictions on activity" growth could crash to just 2.9 percent.
Hong Kong, which suffered its first recession last year since 2008, was tipped to shrink further.
The city, along with Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam would be the hardest hit, with tourism – which has been battered globally – accounting for around 10 percent of growth on average.
Still, S&P did say that economies would likely see healthy rebounds.
"A U-shaped recovery is likely to be delayed until the third quarter if signs emerge by the second quarter that the virus is globally contained," the report said.
"We assume that the coronavirus will not permanently impair the labour force, the capital stock, or productivity – hence, the region's economies should be employing as many people and producing as much output by the end of 2021 as it would have done in the absence of the virus."
Also on Friday, the Asian Development Bank said it saw China taking a $103 billion hit, or 0.8 percentage point hit to GDP, while losses could hit $22 billion – or 0.2 percentage points – for other developing economies in the region.
"The magnitude of the economic losses will depend on how the outbreak evolves, which remains highly uncertain," the bank said in a statement.
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The game called Splice was a project made for a fictive client, the museum of "Scryption". Scryption is a museum that's all about written communication featuring all kinds of expositions on the subject. The assignment for this project was to make a game, using flash and Actionscript 3 that teaches the player about the importance of written communication, the target audience: kids visiting this museum.
In order to communicate the message for Scryption, we decided to put the player in an unknown environment where they would then have to communicate with somebody they cannot understand. The communication would happen through written symbols and would serve to give the player clues as to what to do in the game. During the game, these symbol clues will diminish over time, causing the player to have less of a clue of what he needs to do, showing the importance of this written communication.
With that concept in mind, we came up with the story of a human character that was kidnapped by an alien. The spaceship in which they travel gets caught in a meteor shower, badly damaging the ship and injuring the alien. A power outage in the ship shuts down the electric fence, freeing the player from his cell. As the player walks out into the ship, he sees the injured alien and can see the ship is heading towards a planet at an alarming speed. The player will have to join forces with his abductor, in order to prevent the ship from crashing.
The player will have to repair the ship by solving a series of mini-games, each repairing a certain part of the ship. In order to help the player, the alien will give him a piece of paper with 3 symbols written on it. The first symbol depicting the room the player has to go to, the second one showing how to start the mini-game and the last one displays what the player has to do to in order to win the mini-game and repair the ship.
Throughout the game, the player will have to go back and forth from the alien to a mini-game in order to repair the entire ship. As the player progresses, he will receive fewer symbols, causing some parts to become unclear and leaving the player to figure it all out himself. No written communication = higher difficulty.
In this team that initially consisted of five members (3 designers and 2 software engineers), my role consisted of working on the concept, the story, some of the sound effects and transferring the concept art made by our concept artist, into digital full color images, using Illustrator and Photoshop. When one of our team members (a software engineer) suddenly disappeared, all of the media designers also took on a part of the programming.


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