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Nintendo Direct Roundup: Splatoon 2, ARMS, and everything Switch
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With the Switch released and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild buzz finally starting to die down, Nintendo put together a brand new Nintendo Direct to show us what new Switch and 3DS games will be releasing this year.
The stars of the show this time around were Splatoon 2 and Arms, though we also saw plenty of quick announcements for other Switch and 3DS titles as well. They called these announcements "speedruns." Looks like they are getting ready for Summer Games Done Quick as well!
Nintendo 3DS Speedrun
Hey! Pikmin
Nintendo gave us a look at the newest Pikmin title, a 2D puzzle platformer on the Nintendo 3DS. Players will tap the screen to send Pikmin out to do tasks, form bridges, and otherwise assist Olimar in collecting Sparlium seeds and treasure. It's kind of like Pikmin's take on The Lemmings. Hey! Pikmin will launch on July 28. It will launch alongside a brand new Pikmin amiibo figurine.
Ever Oasis is the story of a young man named Tethu who must create a new down in the desert with the help of the water spirit Esna. You will forage for materials in dungeons to earn currency and build new shops and buildings around your oasis town. This new RPG will launch on June 23.
Monster Hunter Stories
It's all the gritty Monster Hunter action you have come to know and love, in turn-based Pokemon style. As if Monster Hunter needed to be any more addictive. If you want to try out this new cutsey anime take on the Monster Hunter series, you will be able to do so sometime this fall.
Yokai Watch 2: Psychic Specters
Dubbed the "definitive version" of Yokai Watch 2, this version features new areas, more Yokai to collect, and an expanded multiplayer mode. It will be available for purchase this fall.
Culdcept Revolt
It's a combination board game/card game/turn based strategy game, made by Nippon Ichi, the developers of Disgaea. In short, it will feature a ton of math and will take 500 hours to play, and you will love every second of it. It will be available in stores on August 29.
RPG Maker FES
If none of these games sound fun to you, consider making your own. RPG Maker FES allows you to make full RPG campaigns using the 3DS touch screen. Not only that, but your friends can download the RPG Maker Player in order to play your games even if they don't own the creation suite themselves. It will also include special graphics packs themed around the Disgaea series. RPG Maker FES will be available on June 27.
Miitopia
Released last year in Japan, Miitopia is a combination of The Sims and a JRPG. Instead of controlling characters directly, you put characters together in an awkward living situation, and see them try to get along. If they like each other, they will assist each other on the field of battle. If they don't, they might fight each other rather than the hulking demon you are trying to face. It's worth it just to see all your friends dressed in JRPG costumes. The game will launch internationally this year.
It wouldn't be a Nintendo Direct without an update on Fire Emblem. It is now confirmed that Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia will have numerous DLC chapters to play. You can either purchase them individually, as packs, or in bulk as one season pass.
Kirby's 25th Anniversary
A number of new Kirby games will be hitting the Nintendo 3DS E-Shop. Originally mini-games in other larger Kirby titles, fighting game Team Kirby Clash Deluxe and 3D puzzle platformer Kirby's Blowout Blast will both be available for purchase. Team Kirby Clash Deluxe is available now while Blowout Blast will be available this summer. In addition, a new multiplayer Kirby game will be available this holiday, but no further details were available.
Bye Bye Boxboy
The final game of the Boxboy puzzle trilogy is here. Bye Bye Boxboy is available on the eShop now, as is a demo for all three games if you never checked them out.
Switch Speedrun
Nintendo revealed how the brand new online modes for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe will work. In online race, you will choose 11 other players and randomly cycle through their tracks of choice for each race. In battle mode, you'll switch between different game modes each game. You can also make custom friend rooms where you pick the rules. If that wasn't enough, you can also create and run official Mario Kart tournaments offline and online.
Nintendo will be hosting two tournaments officially, one for race mode, and one for battle mode, though official prizes and rules have not yet been given. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe will launch on April 28.
Ultra-Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers
The only new info for this classic Street Fighter revival is the introduction of a new dramatic battle mode which lets you and a friend share a health bar and fight against a single opponent. In addition, special moves can be mapped to the touch screen for quick execution, which is sure to anger pros who will note that being able to throw a Sonic Boom or do a 360 without the required charge-up time is basically broken. The game will be available on May 26.
Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition
We all know what Minecraft is, and this version isn't that much different, except now it's on the Nintendo Switch! You can play with eight players online or four players locally. In addition, the Super Mario Mashup Pack filled with blocks and textures specifically from the Mario universe will be releasing on the Switch. The game will launch on May 11 on the E-Shop.
Neo-Geo Masterpieces
A number of new Neo-Geo games will be coming to the Nintendo Switch E-Shop including Fatal Fury, Over Top, Blazing Star, Garou: Mark of the Wolves, Samurai Showdown IV, The King of Fighters 99, Galaxy Fight: Universal Warriors, and Shock Troopers 2nd Squad. Official release dates were not given, except for Samurai Showdown, which is available right now.
Sonic Forces and Sonic Mania
Both new Sonic titles will be coming to the Switch. Sonic Forces will hit this holiday period while Sonic Mania will be available this summer.
Project Mekuru
For puzzle addicts there is the new Project Mekuru. It's a puzzle game completley themed around Mario's butt stomp. Your goal is to pound enough tiles to make them change color, and control more of the board than any other player. Stomping certain tiles will give you power-ups, increasing your stomps range. So think of it like a combination Bomberman/Splatoon… with butts. It will release on Nintendo Switch this summer.
The latest action game in the Fate series is coming to the Nintendo Switch. It's basically Dynasty Warriors but really, really, anime. Fate/Extella The Umbral Star will launch on July 25.
Disgaea 5 Complete
The award winning strategy RPG addiction will be coming to the Nintendo Switch with a ton of DLC pre-unlocked. It will be available May 23.
Puyo Puyo Tetris
The Puyo Pop/Tetris Crossover is just about here. The new trailer we got to see showed that you could play both games at once, and that Tetris will inherit a Puyo style "fever" mode. And when we say "the same time" we mean the same time. You'll have to play one game while the other idles as pieces slowly fall. Can you handle two games at once! Now if only they could add Dr. Mario to the mix. Puyo Puyo Tetris will launch for the Switch in about two weeks. You can download a demo on the e-shop now.
Even Monopoly is coming to the Switch, this fall. It looks like it will bring a couple twists to the formula, but the coolest new innovation is the ability to use the Switch itself as the game board.
Rayman Legends Definitive Edition
Yet another classic platformer will be making its way to a new console, with new DLC and content, along with a brand new solo mode for the Kung-Foot experience. It will launch later this year.
Battle Chasers: Nightwar
Based on the popular Battle Chasers comic series, this dark RPG will feature Mario RPG style timed combat, a brilliant art style similar to a moving painting, and a unique cast of characters when it launches as a timed exclusive for the Nintendo Switch this summer.
And yes, the Switch even has hardcore games now. This heist based shooter will hit the Switch later this year.
Namco Museum
Re-live the classic arcade days with games like Skykid, Tank Force, Splatterhouse, and of course Pac-Man when this collection comes out this summer on the e-shop.
Sine Mora EX
You want schmups! We got schmups! This new installment in the Sine Mora series will include a local co-op and versus mode. Take to the skies and dodge those bullets this summer!
Yet More Zelda Amiibos!
If there was any product that Nintendo was pushing in this direct, it was amiibos. Yet more Zelda amiibos will be released soon, featuring three new Links: Majora's Mask Link, Skyward Sword Link, and Twilight Princess Link. They will be available June 23rd. `
And Even More Amiibos!
And if you are still playing Smash Bros. there are some new amiibos for you as well. Cloud, Corrin, and Bayonetta are all getting amiibo figures. Each will come in two styles. Cloud will have his FF7 and Advent Children costumes, Corrin will come in male and female variants, and Bayonetta will have her costume from Bayonetta 1 and Bayonetta 2.
Yellow Joy-Cons and Extended Joy-Con Batteries
If you are the type of person who needs some variety in their Joy Con colors, a new set of yellow Joy-Cons and Joy-Con Straps will be releasing on June 16. Both left and right yellow variants will be available.
Joy Con battery packs will also be released alongside these new Joy-Cons. They take two AA batteries and extend the Joy-Coin battery life, at the cost of making the backside of the Joy-Con bulkier. Official prices for the new yellow Joy-Cons and the Joy-Con battery pack has not yet been given.
Standalone Docks
You spoke and Nintendo listened. The Switch dock will now be sold as a standalone accessory. They will be made available on May 19. You can hook up two docks to two separate TVs so you can switch from TV to TV with ease.
The Splatoon Online Inkling Open
It looks like Nintendo was serious when their Switch trailer alluded to them investing in Splatoon e-sports. Hosted by Battlefy, the Splatoon Online Inking Open will give the best players in the world a chance to make a name for themselves. Open qualifiers will start on April 22, with Grand Finals being held on April 29. Unfortunately, there is no cash prize at stake, just a trip to E3. Register your team on Battlefy.com/splatoon.
We finally got a look at some of the inner workings of ARMS, Nintendo's new Switch fighting game. First we got a look at the game's core weapons. Each character will equip a weapon to their right arm and left arm, and each has different properties.
The glove is the standard weapon, and the one you have seen most in trailers and gameplay. It has no particular strengths and no particular weaknesses.
The multi-shot allows you to attack in three directions at once, though it sacrifices some range, maneuverability, and power. Think of it as a shotgun.
Curve-type arms are slow and aren't very powerful, but their maneuverability is off the charts. You can easily curve these fists in multiple directions after punching, even curving behind your opponent's head!
Heavy-type arms are slow and have very little curving capability but do the most damage of any weapon in the game. You usually won't hit with these raw but if you cover their approach with another attack, you can usually find a setup which will get the damage in.
Dragon-type arms only travel a short distance, but fire a laser afterward right at the opponent's position.
Finally, Whip-type arms have the longest reach of any other arms, making them perfect for playing a zoning game, though they lack in power as a result.
Arms also have their own unique elements which allows them to inflict status effects over the course of the battle.
Fire-type arms knock the opponent down, allowing you to create wake-up mixups.
Electric-type opponents shock the enemy temporarily, allowing you to set up combos.
Wind-type arms have the ability to push and pull the opponent around, changing their position.
Ice-type arms inflict a slowing status, making your opponents movements easier to predict and their attacks easier to dodge.
There are also explosion, stun, and blind elements, though those elements' properties were not revealed in the rundown.
To unlock these arms you need to use the "get arms service." This mode puts you in a series of mini-games which earn you currency, which can then be used to unlock new arms to equip. It's a shame that these mini games give you rewards in the hundreds and thousands while you only seem to earn about four pieces of currency for a match. Hopefully this will be changed in the final build.
Finall,y there are the characters. Each character comes with a special ability and varying base stats.
Spring Man gains a power-up as well as an auto-charge ability when his health gets below 25% and can deflect attacks, similar to a Street Fighter parry.
Mechanica is a slow brawler that doesn't flinch when she takes damage.
Ninjara can teleport and is the fastest moving character in the game.
Master Mummy is slow moving as well, and cannot be moved by other character's abilities.
Ribbon Girl has special jumps that control her vertical movement.
And finally we have a new character, MinMin, who can turn perform kick attacks in addition to her standard punching.
The final revelation in this presentation was the unveiling of a brand new 2 on 2 team mode, allowing four players to fight in the right at once. Arms is scheduled for a release on June 16 this year.
Splatoon 2 – Salmon Run
Finally we got to see Splatoon 2's unique take on a wave-based hoard mode, Salmon Run. In this co-op mode, a team of Inklings will defend against wave after wave of… Salmonids. These fish like creatures leave their own color of ink and goo in their wake, making any Inkling that steps on it slow down. By shooting these Salmonids, Inklings collect power-eggs, which they then need to return to a power-egg collection receptacle in the middle of the map. Each egg added raises a flag and if the flag can be raised before the Inklings get overwhelmed, they win.
The rules of death work a little differently in Salmon Run. When an Inkling dies, they turn into a lifesaver which can move very slowly around the map. If an allied Inkling shoots their ink at the life-saver, the friendly Inkling will re-spawn.
Apparently playing this mode will get you unique rewards, but Nintendo wasn't ready to reveal them at this time.
That's all we have for you this Nintendo Direct. You can watch the full event and all the individual trailers on Nintendo's YouTube channel. Stay tuned in the following weeks as we hear more about Nintendo's summer titles.
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Battles ahead for British bookies
31st March 2021 | By Daniel O'Boyle
The British sports betting industry dealt with the nightmare scenario of retail closures and an almost empty sporting calendar surprisingly well in 2020. But can it navigate the player interaction and Gambling Act reviews as well as it handled Covid-19?
In February 2020, before most people could have anticipated the scale of the impact the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) was to have on the British betting industry, or the wider world, William Hill chief executive Ulrik Bengtsson provided a prediction about how the growing crisis might affect his business.
When asked about the potential cancellation of Euro 2020, Bengtsson said it might "not necessarily [be] terrible for revenues".
At the time, his forecast – of what seemed to be a worst-case scenario – seemed puzzling. Yet the next 10 months saw much more sport cancelled than anyone could have anticipated in February 2020, and while there was a significant revenue hit, Bengtsson's early optimism seemed to be vindicated.
It turned out to be a year with no Grand National, no European Football Championship, no Wimbledon, no retail betting – ordinarily a £2.8bn industry – whatsoever for much of the year and much of the remaining sports cramped into an altered calendar.
Yet at William Hill, revenue was down only 16% to £1.32bn. Granted, this would be a major hit under normal circumstances, but against last year's backdrop it looked fairly resilient given that its 2,300 betting shops make it the largest retail bookmaker in the UK.
Flutter's Paddy Power Betfair (PPB) and Sky Betting and Gaming (SBG) divisions each saw sports revenue increase, by 5% for PPB despite the retail closures and by 26% for the online-only SBG.
Entain, meanwhile, said revenue from its British betting brands grew by 22% year-on-year, which may have been enough to at least partially offset the 40% decline from its UK retail suite.
Looking at the online market as a whole, gross sports betting yield for the operators who reported data to the Gambling Commission, representing about 80% of the market, for the 10 months from March to December 2020 came to £2.01bn.
The impact of the pandemic certainly wasn't insignificant, but the industry weathered an apparent worst-case scenario reasonably well.
The challenges to come, however, are still numerous and could potentially have a longer-term impact.
Dark clouds forming?
The industry's financial recovery came in part thanks to strong margins to finish the year, particularly in both October and December. Meanwhile, the crowded third quarter calendar attracted large numbers of customers.
Those trends were clear exceptions: the calendar has returned to normal and margins will normalise too. But more broadly, there is plenty ahead that will change the landscape of betting in Britain well into the future.
As online betting operators brought in £319.6m in December, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) launched its long-awaited review of the 2005 Gambling Act.
The announcement followed rising calls from opponents of the British gambling industry, such as the Gambling Related Harm All-Party Parliamentary Group (GRHAPPG), which has argued that British gambling legislation is outdated.
The mounting criticism of the industry that led to the review has coincided with the rise of some online products, including live betting. Will Prochaska, chief executive of gambling-related harm
charity Gambling with Lives, says live betting can pose a greater risk than normal pre-match products because of the speed of play.
"We know that the types of gambling products which create the most harm are those that are immersive and have high speeds of play," Prochaska says. "In terms of sports betting, these specific products are in-play sports betting: that offers multiple opportunities to bet in a short space of time.
"It's more immersive, in short it's more addictive, and it causes more harm."
Yet while the GRHAPPG called for a ban on online live betting in its 2020 report on the gambling industry, restrictions on live betting did not make the DCMS's call for evidence. In fact, there was little in the review that applied specifically to betting.
But that doesn't mean there isn't a lot at stake for the vertical. Many of the questions under consideration deal with cross-product issues such as VIP schemes, deposit limits and marketing, which could lead to a major hit for betting revenue.
The industry – whether through recognition that change is required or recognition of its inevitability – has shown support for the review.
"We welcome the Government's Gambling Review, which will examine the financial relationship between sports and betting operators," Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) chair Brigid Simmonds says.
Threat to sponsorships
The most direct application of the relationship Simmonds references is sponsorship, where the English Football League has warned restrictions could lead to a £40m loss for its member clubs.
With Gambling with Lives' The Big Step campaign having lobbied to end gambling sponsorship in sport, Prochaska says the saturation of gambling sponsorship and the potential harm that gambling can cause mean it should be brought to an end.
"It just seems wholly unnecessary to see that level of gambling exposure, especially to young people and people who may be in recovery," he says.
Simmonds, however, argues that the funding sponsorship offers to sports provides a great benefit that must be considered amid any sponsorship ban.
"Sponsorship from betting and gaming operators is worth more than £10m a year to darts and snooker, while English Football League clubs receive around £40m a year from the industry," she says.
She adds that betting's support to sport is especially important right now, because of the effects of Covid-19.
"Betting operators have provided an economic lifeline throughout the pandemic to the likes of horseracing – through media rights, sponsorship and levy payments – snooker, darts, boxing, the English Football League and rugby league," she says.
"Some sports are living on a knife-edge because of the ongoing ban on spectators, so the funding provided by our members is even more important than usual."
Yet the BGC has shown some flexibility in this area already. When questioned by the House of Lords' Select Committee on the Social and Economic Impact of the Gambling Industry, Simmonds said the industry would consider a voluntary ban on sponsorship. This could make a sponsorship ban among the most likely consequences of the review.
However, Neil Banbury, UK general manager for Kindred, which sponsors multiple football league clubs, argues that the issues with sponsorship could be solved by requiring operators to prove a sustainable commitment to the British market before agreeing a deal.
"There is certainly a lot of sponsorship, and I understand concerns that there may be too much, but I do not believe that means the solution is to eliminate it completely," Banbury says. "I believe that the bar can be higher to be eligible to involve your brand as a sponsor.
"And then we do work investing in the club and community, ensuring the partnership doesn't just benefit the club financially, but we also work with the club.
"If we move to a world where there's a higher bar to entry and that when you are involved that you use it as a force for good, that would be a great place to be in."
If that doesn't happen, however, operators will have to search for new acquisition channels. With broadcast advertising under threat from restrictions as well, affiliates could increase in prominence.
Avoiding the worst?
Beyond marketing and VIP schemes – where the industry has already offered concessions such as limiting the schemes to players over 25 – the sports betting industry will hope to avoid harsher limits.
Still, there are many questions in the review that could lead to very severe consequences.
The call for evidence asks questions on hard stake, deposit and loss limits, meaning that each of these could be applied to British betting following the review.
Though Prochaska says there is a "debate to be had" on stake limits for all verticals including sports betting, Banbury argues that any absolute limits risk creating a great deal of harm.
"When it comes to limits, there's always questions of what level, how they are brought in and whether they are brought in on a blanket level or for certain customers," Banbury says.
"Limits can be a blocker for a customer. They can be a blocker in terms of harm, but they can also be a blocker in terms of enjoyment and if a lot is asked of a player to raise those limits, they may try to find other ways around them.
"If the limits are a requirement for all players, then you might find players looking for options outside of the regulated system."
Arguments against the strictest regulation often involve the unregulated market, with the BGC.among those raising concerns about the looming threat
"The industry's importance to popular national pastimes such as football, rugby league, horseracing, snooker and darts shows why it's vital that the Government gets the balance right, and does not drive punters towards the illegal, online black market, who have no interest in supporting sport either at a grassroots or national level," Simmonds says.
Prochaska, however, believes the industry's invocation of the black market may not always be an answer to concerns.
"I think the argument that you shouldn't over-regulate regulated sites because people will move to the black market, it suggests a race to the bottom," he says, adding that action from the regulator to block unregulated sites was feasible and would be of great benefit.
"The other deep concern to me is that very few people knew about black market operators, and the BGC is almost advertising black market operators by talking about them in this way."
If the industry avoids the strictest limits, it may have to prove it can regulate itself in a sustainable manner.
"What I see is an awful lot of greenwashing: operators promoting safer gambling programmes that put the onus on individuals to reduce harm, which studies suggest only stigmatises gambling harm," says Prochaska "I'm not a big fan of the industry's efforts to self-regulate."
Banbury acknowledges that there is a poor perception around the industry. However, with the operator making efforts to be transparent about gambling-related harm, he adds that some of these perceptions come from events that are, by industry timescales, quite far in the past.
"I think that it's important that all parties in this debate make changes based on how things are done now, not just how things were a few years ago," Banbury says. "It's crucial we acknowledge that we are in a much better place as an industry in terms of mitigating harm than we were a few years ago."
Affordability under the spotlight
The first question that will affect the industry, however, comes before the review and it concerns affordability.
In a review on player interaction launched in November 2020, the Gambling Commission made a series of proposals that would change how and when operators should interact with customers who may be at the greatest risk of experiencing harm.
That includes a proposed £100 "soft cap" on deposits, with customers unable to deposit any more than this figure in a month until they pass an affordability check.
"I think affordability checks could be a key tool in limiting harm," Prochaska says. "We believe that anything more than £100 would not be as effective as a soft cap limit. That figure's really about the upper limit and there has been research from the Social Market Foundation that suggests that that's the case."
However, Banbury says that while he agrees with the principles behind the proposal, the specifics in the Gambling Commission's review raise some questions.
"Affordability will be a key part moving forward, and it should be," he says. "It's a really important lens that all operators should look at to limit harm.
"But to me the proposed soft limit is fairly arbitrary and potentially very damaging towards the goal of zero revenue from harmful gambling. What we have here right now places affordability in our view of the customer, but not as the only view.
"We need solutions that aren't putting the burden of proof on customers when we just don't know what happens to the customer if they just don't provide that proof."
Mitigating the burden
A fear that a large number of players will stop playing – at least within the licensed regime – after receiving requests for documentation, has become a common theme when operators discuss the proposed checks.
However, Sonny Cott, operations manager for affordability solutions provider beBettor, says these checks may be less intrusive than many assume.
"One misconception is that an affordability check must require a customer to share highly sensitive financial information to an operator even at low levels of spend and disrupt the customer's play," he says.
Cott says that the initial affordability checks beBettor conducts are based primarily on open data that is already available. Indeed, he says such automated affordability checks will be the only viable way to bring in such a change, as manually checking documents for every player above the £100 limit would simply be too labour-intensive.
"Initial affordability assessments based on personalised geo-affordability are a non-intrusive way operators can get an initial understanding of an individual's affordability without requiring sensitive financial information from the customer," he says. "These checks can be conducted seamlessly in the background without disrupting customer play, at minimal inconvenience to the customer and with no marks left behind on the customer's records."
However, its enhanced affordability checks may involve documentary evidence such as payslips, as well as further open source information.
With some players facing secondary checks, it is inevitable that soft caps will mean losing some customers, and smaller bookmakers may struggle to automate at the same scale as market leaders.
And with some bettors likely to stake more on specific sporting events, meaning they bet much more in some months than others, a soft cap might be one change that could have a disproportionate impact on betting if implemented rashly.
Standing alone
However, any changes to sports betting in the coming year are likely to take a back seat to larger changes in the world of online casino.
Casino games, and particularly slots, have been the top priority of many reformers, with concerns that these are these products that lead to a disproportionate level of harm.
A 2018 GambleAware survey found that slots are over-represented among those who spend £500 per month or more, and these games face much more scrutiny than sports betting.
Many changes proposed to limit harm from slots – for example, to game mechanics such as spin speed, or stake limits for slots – will not have a direct impact on sports betting. Indirectly, however, sports betting could be expected to become a larger driver of revenue for many operators if casino becomes less lucrative.
To campaigners such as Prochaska, meanwhile, a clearer separation of betting and casino may be an effective way to limit harm.
"I think operators should be limited in their ability to cross-sell riskier products to those who are betting on sports," he says. "I think if you're going to place a bet on football, you shouldn't be flooded with ads for slots."
With this not included in the Gambling Act review consultation, it appears unlikely even in the most sweeping reform scenarios.
But if cross-sell becomes less of an option through other means such as stake limits for casino, sports betting may be required to stand much more on its own, rather than as a revenue stream that can double up as a casino acquisition channel. The vertical proved its resilience in the face of adversity last year, now it must try to do the same again.
Racing's position on the Gambling Act review
Some of the most vocal opposition to the changes proposed has come from the world of racing, as the sport most intertwined with the betting industry.
Betting advertising and sponsorship is an especially large source of revenue in racing, so much so that in the House of Lords report on the British gambling industry, it recommended a ban on sponsorship in all areas except horse and greyhound racing, where the impact on the sports and to on-course bookmakers was deemed too severe.
But with the horserace levy paid by bookmakers and based on betting revenue being a key component of the sport's funding, anything that has an impact on betting risks affecting the sport.
The British Horseracing Authority has said that the sport could lose as much as £60m due to affordability checks alone. Needless to say, harder limits could have a larger impact on the sport.
All of this comes at a difficult time for racing. Like many other sports, Covid-19 slashed attendances, and therefore revenue.
Charlie Liverton, chief executive of the Racehorse Owners Association (ROA), says the impact of strict new regulations on the back of the pandemic's impact could lead to severe consequences.
"The effect of Covid-19 continues to impact British racing, both on and off the racecourse," Liverton says. "The potential ramifications of government reviews, including the Gambling Act and the affordability review, are concerning."
But unlike many other sports, racing was in a decline even before Covid, with both betting revenues and attendances falling.
British off-course gross gaming yield on horse racing was £5.74bn in the year to March 2009, but by the year to March 2019, that total had fallen to £4.19bn, while in the partially Covid-hit year to March 2020, GGY was just £3.95bn.
On-course betting revenue, meanwhile, fell from £377.2m in 2009-10 to £251.4m in 2018-19, before a sharper drop in 2019-20 because of the impact of the pandemic in March.
Those in racing will hope the effects of the review will not be too severe, but the sport may need something else to fully revitalise it.
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Premium Quality Olives from Atacama Chile
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Atacama Aceitunas Ltda. Is an Agro-Industry dedicated to olive cultivation, specifically table olives, of the varieties Kalamata, Riviera and Bella di Cerignola, in presentations: whole, boned, sliced and olive paste.
Our productions begin in 1960 when founder Alejandro Moreno Rodillo plants the first olive groves in their fields, located in the lower part of the valley of Copiapó. We chose this crop because the soils of the area had a high salinity, which added to the temperatures of the environment, lend themselves to the growth of a dry climate tree, such as the olive tree. 145 hectares were selected for this venture. The bet paid off, but faced Don Alejandro to a new challenge, the market for the sale of olives at the time was very handmade and informal, and to emphasize in its products, bet on the presentation of the olives in cans, preserving better Its product and giving it an added value, which until then was not had.
In spite of suffering the expropriation of his lands in 1971, his spirit did not deteriorate and, in 1976, when he was returned to him, Alejandro Moreno, accompanied by his sons, this time he raised production again, incorporating New hectares and varieties. With the opening of the Chilean economy in 1982 begins to export its olives to Brazil,
At the same time, it undertook a new modernization of its plant, incorporating the use of fiberglass ponds for the olive grouting and installing a packaging line, both cans and jars, together with a stoning machine, which allowed it To enter successfully in the markets of Venezuela and Australia.
In 2000, the Moreno family contacted Agro Sevilla Aceitunas, a Spanish company, a world leader in the marketing and export of olives and olive oil. They saw the potential in the fields and in the Industrial Plant of the third region and in less than two months of negotiations, in 2001 Agro Sevilla Chile emerges, a society that consolidated itself as the most important olive growing complex in the country.
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I took the Shinkansan from Tokyo to Kyoto for a weekend during cherry blossom season and it was a great side trip. My favorite temple is the golden one, its just so unique.
Amazing photos and great tips about Kyoto. Your posts are going to be coming in super useful as I am heading to Japan later this year, so will be using the tips to help navigating Kyoto! You are making me even more excited now! Great post as always!
I've only visited Osaka before but after reading you post (and viewing the images) wish I had travelled a little further out of the city. I'm a big fan of travelling in Asia so will have to plan a return visit soon. Food looks great and would love to try the steamed tofu soup with spinach.
Kyoto Japan is one of my favorite places to visit and you did an excellent job at showing that in your blog. Loved all the pictures and descriptions of the places you visited. The food looked amazing and your tips are always good. You brought back so many wonderful memories I am ready to head back for another trip. I will pin this and share with others. Thanks for sharing 🙂 This was awesome!
Stellar photos as always! My memories of visiting Kyoto as a child are of sleeping on the bamboo mats, being impressed by the train station and possibly a temple. It's clear that there's plenty for me still to see, haha. The Fushimi Inari Shrine and the Bamboo Grove are two places I've seen so many photos of that I want to see them in real life to see if they really live up to the photos. You really timed the sakura well.
Beautiful pictures! You really hit the right time in Japan with all these flowers! I'd love to see the Kinkaku-ji Temple myself. What a place.
Stunning post, as always! I always believe there is an element of luck with travelling, what you are able to see and experience, especially when it comes to nature and you two time things perfectly well and are so lucky 🙂 Japan is on my list of places to see but I haven't really researched in detail where to visit, so this post is an inspiration! I thought your fact about the geisha's were very interesting, I hope to meet one when we visit, and the forests & temples are just so beautiful! I soooo wnat to travel on a bullet train as well!! We have been on the Maglev in Shanghai which just gave us a taster for more space-age travelling 🙂 Thank you for this guys, I loved it!


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Syracuse's biggest hospital lays off another 81 workers for refusing Covid vaccinations
Updated: Nov. 24, 2021, 5:04 p.m. | Published: Nov. 24, 2021, 5:04 p.m.
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By James T. Mulder | jmulder@syracuse.com
Syracuse, N.Y. – Upstate University Hospital has fired or suspended without pay another 81 employees, 39 of them nurses, for refusing to get state-mandated Covid-19 vaccinations.
Suspended workers have to meet with Upstate's employee-labor relations officials to discuss their refusal to get vaccinated as part of disciplinary hearings.
Employees who were terminated had not worked at Upstate long enough to qualify for disciplinary hearings.
The terminations and suspensions, which took place Tuesday, were announced today by Upstate.
The hospital let go another 113 workers in September for refusing Covid shots.
The latest round of job cuts involved employees who had temporary religious exemptions to the mandate that were lifted earlier this month by a court decision.
The state-run hospital recently closed nearly 20% of its beds and stopped doing elective surgeries because it has about 400 vacant nursing positions.
"Any reduction of clinical staff and their supporting staff increases the chances we will have to further reduce staffed beds," Upstate said in a prepared statement. "We will monitor closely to optimize operations to safely care for the patients we serve. We continue efforts to recruit and retain staff, which includes seeking ability to competitively compensate and improve quality of work environment."
The state mandate applies to health care workers in hospitals, nursing homes, adult care facilities, home care agencies and hospices.
Earlier this week, Crouse hospital fired 45 employees who refused Covid shots, while St. Joseph's Health suspended 67.
James T. Mulder covers health and higher education. Have a news tip? Contact him at (315) 470-2245 or jmulder@syracuse.com


Perhaps don't get your hopes up too high, but Arnold Schwarzenegger still wants to make The Legend of Conan, or at least that's what it was being called at one point or another. In any event, it would be the third movie in his Conan series that would see the iconic action star returning to the role decades later in sort of an "Old Man Conan" take on the material. While the project may not have any life officially, as far as we know, Schwarzenegger is still game.
Marvel recently released the first issue of their new comic Conan the Barbarian #1, which comes from Jason Aaron (The Mighty Thor) and Mahmud Asrar (All-New, All-Different Avengers). Arnold Schwarzenegger took to Twitter to share his excitement and love for the book, which features him back in his glory days as Conan on the cover. At the end of the brief video, after gushing over the book. Arnold Schwarzenegger had this to say.
"It's a movie that I've wanted to do for a long time. Let's do it."
The 71-year-old actor is even seen sitting on a throne in the video, which helps paint an image of what it would be like to see Conan all these years later, after ruling for decades. For the past few years, he's been referring to it as "Conan the Conqueror" and does so again here in the video. A few years back, he described the pitch for the movie as follows.
Related: King Conan Poster Returns Arnold Schwarzenegger to the Throne!
"Conan the Conqueror, where I'm sitting on the throne for years and years, decades, and then all of the sudden, the time comes when they want to overthrow me. So that story will be told and that movie will be done."
Chris Morgan, known for his work on the Fast and Furious franchise, penned the screenplay, at least the one that was floating around for a while. Unfortunately, the studio seemed to have other ideas and the movie never got off the ground. Budget, amongst other things, reportedly got in the way. However, the desire is still there and, if anyone can will this project into existence, it's Arnold Schwarzenegger. He's about to be playing the Terminator for a fifth time. Why not let him play Conan for a third? After all, Hollywood has been giving the green light to many long-awaited sequels in recent years.
Arnold Schwarzenegger originated the role very early on in his career in 1982's Conan the Barbarian. That was followed up by 1984's Conan the Destroyer and, by that time, thanks to The Terminator, his career had taken off. And so, that iteration of the franchise has sat collecting dust. But maybe now that he's nearly done working on Terminator 6 and has since recovered from his heart attack, he can find a way to make this happen. Be sure to check out the video from Arnold Schwarzenegger's Twitter account below.


"Within my former project in a designing and manufacturing environment of multiservice access routers and Ethernet access devices, my role was to bring a developer mindset and skills to the testing team"
Q: Pierre, what inspires you in software engineering?
Autonomous systems and embedded operating systems are a fascinating aspect of computer systems. I believe that this field will yield some of the most innovating solutions to real-life problems in the coming years. After finishing my studies in computing & systems, I decided to work in a field where my work would end up solving concrete, real problems in more efficient ways than before.
Through VeroTech I have access to a broad network of high-tech companies. This naturally opens up possibilities, and I can concentrate on my work 100% while knowing that someone has my back, paving the road for the next challenge.
What I like most, is that VeroTech offers me the opportunity to work on interesting and challenging projects, this way gathering experience and growing my career. I truly feel part of a strong community of engineers driven by innovation. The getting together of the consultants and the meetings or trainings that are organised by VeroTech on a regular basis, create a real sense of community.
I like tinkering, building things and brewing beer. I love hiking and I've recently also come to enjoy gardening a lot. The sense of fulfilment that comes from seeing a project take shape, an idea become reality, or even a seedling growing is simply terrific.


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Recently Launched 'Broadcasting in the Public Interest' Collection Honors Longtime Media Advocate Newton Minow
July 28, 2020 July 28, 2020 ~ rynaapb
Visit the Broadcasting in the Public Interest: The Newton Minow Collection here.
The American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB) honors Newton Minow, former Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), in the new Broadcasting in the Public Interest: The Newton Minow Collection. Minow played an instrumental part in the development of noncommercial television. The collection includes materials in the AAPB that feature Minow, including interviews, panels, testimonies, events and profiles. Materials in the collection were produced between 1961 to 2016 and come from a wide range of series, including The Prospect of Mankind with Eleanor Roosevelt, North Carolina Now, PBS NewsHour and The MacNeil / Lehrer Report.
Visit the Broadcasting in the Public Interest: The Newton Minow Collection here: https://americanarchive.org/special_collections/newtonminow.
'Television and the Public Interest'
Trained as an attorney, Newton Minow was appointed as FCC Chairman by President Kennedy in 1961, where he served until 1963. He encouraged the communications industry to establish public service television, which eventually culminated in the establishment of public broadcasting in the U.S. Known as a "crusading FCC Chairman," Minow delivered a speech in May 1961 to the National Association of Broadcasters entitled "Television and the Public Interest," in which he characterized the commercial television landscape as a "vast wasteland" and advocated instead for public service television. Minow successfully encouraged the commercial networks to expand their nightly news programs from fifteen minutes to half an hour, and while the phrase "vast wasteland" remains part of the national lexicon to this day, Minow's achievements in the realm of public broadcasting are less widely known.
Minow answers the question, "What is the function of television?" in this episode of New Vistas for Television from the Prospects of Mankind with Eleanor Roosevelt series (1962).
Minow successfully pushed through Congress the Educational Television Facilities Act of 1962 to authorize federal grants for educational station construction and repair, marking the first time that federal funds had been allocated for educational television, a process that led five years later to the passage of the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 and the establishment of the nationwide system that exists today.
Minow later became a director of National Educational Television, served on PBS's Board of Governors from 1973 to 1980, a period when the system strengthened significantly, and was its chair from 1978 to 1980. He has also served as the Chairman of WTTW in Chicago and as a member of the AAPB's Executive Advisory Council. Minow was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016 (see video below), the Peabody Award in 1961, the Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service and the PBS "Be More" Award in 2016.
Minow being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016 by President Obama on PBS NewsHour.
A note from the AAPB Archivist Miranda Villesvik
In writing the Newton Minow special collection, it was amazing to learn the scope of what Minow has done for public broadcasting in the US. Since his career spans such a long period of time, it was important for us to include materials from the entire scope of his career. As such, the materials in the collection currently span 55 years, from 1961-2016. That temporal range is also reflected in the "Featured Items" section.
We also wanted to honor Minow's geographical range. As a public figure, there are multiple addresses in the collection from Washington, D.C., yet there are also materials including a panel interview in Boston, MA, a gameshow appearance in Trenton, NJ, and a session on broadcasting from Santa Barbara, CA. Since Minow has appeared on so many programs and in so many contexts, we thought it was important to represent the range of those appearances.
Be sure to visit the Broadcasting in the Public Interest: The Newton Minow Collection here: https://americanarchive.org/special_collections/newtonminow.
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The way real estate industry deals are conducted could evolve with the development of blockchain technology, which underlie cryptocurrencies like bitcoin.
The emerging technology that runs on a distributed ledger has become increasingly associated with transparency, accountability and open governance because of its supposedly tamper-proof design, says Ortneil Kutama, Media Director at Africa Property News.
Of all the disruptive platforms and technologies discussed at the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting of the New Champions this year, one in particular continues to attract a great deal of buzz: blockchain.
A highlight on the calendar of the South African property industry, the annual conference jointly organised by renowned property economist Erwin Rode of Rode & Associates and Real Estate Investor Magazine, will take place in Johannesburg on 27 September and in Cape Town on 29 September.
This year's event, sponsored by Greystone Residential, will see audiences in both centres addressed by the South African Deputy Minister of Public Works, Jeremy Cronin (who will talk on the Government's Expropriation Bill) and Stephen Brookes of Balwin Properties (on the case for new property developments in South Africa).
Both centres will also hear panel discussions with experts in the field on the increase in offshore investments in the global village, as well as Erwin Rode's annual assessment on the prospects for property in the year ahead.
Growth in outstanding credit balances in the South African household sector dropped to 1,4% year-on-year (y/y) at the end of July 2016, which was the lowest year-on-year growth on record in the past 15 years. This low growth is inter alia the result of data distortions related to developments regarding unsecured credit balances (see explanatory note). The value of household credit balances amounted to R1 465,9 billion at end-July.
The value of household secured credit balances (R1 128,6 billion and 77% of total household credit balances) registered growth of 3,1% y/y up to July (3,8% y/y in June). This was the combined result of growth in household mortgage balances (see below) as well as growth in instalment sales balances, which was in negative territory to the tune of -0,3% y/y at the end of July.
The value of household unsecured credit balances was virtually unchanged at R337,2 billion (23% of total household credit balances) at the end of July compared with end-June. Unsecured credit balances contracted by 4% y/y as a result of the abovementioned data distortions. The pace of contraction in general loans and advances (mainly personal loans and micro finance) accelerated further to 7,3% y/y up to the end of July.
Very few transactions are as lengthy or complex as buying and selling property.
Peppered with industry jargon and legal terms, they present a multitude of potential pitfalls that easily trip up novices and can even generate a few unpleasant experiences for market veterans if the purchase isn't straightforward.
According to Lew Geffen Sotheby's International Realty director, Sandy Geffen, certain terms seem obvious and it's not hard to figure out the definition of an agreement of sale.
But it's also essential to understand the conditions that apply to ensure a seamless transaction without any rude surprises along the way that could delay or even scupper the chance of moving into your dream home.


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Andreas Schurig (* 1958 in Dresden) ist ein deutscher Mathematiker und Theologe. Er war von 2004 bis 2021 der Sächsische Datenschutzbeauftragte.

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Schurig studierte von 1978 bis 1983 Mathematik an der Technischen Universität Dresden und von 1983 bis 1989 Theologie an der Kirchlichen Hochschule Leipzig sowie am Philosophisch-Theologischen Studium Erfurt. 1989 war er Mitbegründer der Sozialdemokratischen Partei in der DDR in Leipzig. 1990 wechselte Schurig bis 1993 als Referent zur Zweigstelle der Kommunalen Gemeinschaftsstelle im Leipziger Rathaus.

Von 1993 bis 2003 war er Stellvertreter des Sächsischen Datenschutzbeauftragten und Referatsleiter für Informatik, Technik und neue Medien. Er wurde 2004 der Sächsische Datenschutzbeauftragte. Die offizielle Amtseinführung erfolgte am 20. Januar 2004. Er löste seinen Vorgänger Thomas Giesen ab, der die Position zwölf Jahre innehatte. 2009 und 2015 wurde er als Sächsischer Datenschutzbeauftragter wiedergewählt. Mit Wirkung vom 31. Dezember 2021 schied er aus dem Amt aus und Juliane Hundert trat seine Nachfolge an.

Schurig war im Kreistag Meißen Mitglied der SPD/Grünen-Fraktion, legte dann aber wegen seiner Berufung zum Sächsischen Datenschutzbeauftragten freiwillig sein Mandat nieder.

Am 1. Januar 2020 übernahm Schurig den einjährigen Vorsitz in der deutschen Datenschutzkonferenz.

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Artist Dedicates Herself to Lost Women of Juarez
By: Kayla Hutzler | August 18, 2009
NEW YORK (WOMENSENEWS)–More than 400 women have been murdered in the Mexican border city of Juarez in the past 15 years. While authorities have done little to identify these women or their killers, Andrea Arroyo, a Manhattan-based artist, is determined to not let the dead women be forgotten.
Arroyo is currently working on a commemoration of the victims of the Juarez violence. So far she has completed about 200 drawings.
"Although I'm not an expert on the subject, as an artist I needed to create a tribute to these women and to celebrate their lives," Arroyo told Women's eNews during a recent interview in her New York apartment.
Her project, "Flor de Tierra," focuses on the large scale of the murders, with each piece serving as an abstract tribute to one of the victims, many of whom remain unidentified.
The drawings–white lines on black paper–are inspired by police chalk outlines, Arroyo said. They often focus on one body element: a hand, a braid, a woman's midsection.
In many cases these women were dismembered, said Arroyo, and only pieces of their bodies have been recovered.
Victims' Undiscovered Potential
"As I thought about the theme, I was increasingly intrigued by the idea that these women died before their full potential was realized, and that each victim may have become a modern day Joan of Arc, Marie Curie, Rosa Parks or Frida Kahlo," said Arroyo.
The project includes representations of the artist Frida Kahlo and various goddesses of mythology, a return to Arroyo's longstanding interests. The work also includes depictions of laborers, a woman bent over in the fields, a flamenco dancer and figures holding up their hands in a "stop" gesture.
A principal concept of the project is to create a parallel between the lives of extraordinary women and these more anonymous victims, said Arroyo.
"I'm passionate about this project because it's so close to home," she said. "I grew up middle class in Mexico City and I know how things work there–the police, the government. I know about these women's struggles; I've seen them."
Arroyo, 46, studied contemporary dance in high school and moved from Mexico City to Manhattan in 1983 so she could dance with the city's troupes. Once in New York, her interest shifted to visual arts, sculpture and drawings in particular.
In 1988 Arroyo had her first exhibit at the On the Wall Gallery in Manhattan. It featured sculptures of people drawn from street scenes in New York.
Works Focus on Women
Arroyo then moved on to what has become her signature works–colorful acrylics full flowing shapes. These pieces conjure up women from around the world and goddesses drawn from a range of sources: Greek myths, the Bible, legends from Bali, Thailand and the pre-Columbian Aztec and Mayan cultures.
She's also drawn to the theme of immigrant women struggling to assimilate into U.S. life. "I'm inspired by anyone who has done something special, which is most women, from my sisters to Frida Kahlo," said Arroyo.
So far Arroyo has only displayed portions of the new project. She is looking for a venue for the project, when it is completed, and is applying for grants to support her full-time work as an artist.
She would like to see the project displayed in its entirety, with each tribute unframed.
"To me that emphasizes the fragility of these women. The papers can flow in the wind and become alive, they can easily be ripped and damaged," said Arroyo.
She would also like to hang ribbons with the victims' names–many of which may have to be left blank–from the ceiling and around the room of the exhibit. Arroyo would also include white ribbons for all visitors to take as a daily reminder of the violence that continues in Mexico.
Kayla Hutzler, a journalism major at Manhattan College, is a former editorial intern with Women's eNews.
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'45 Years' is Generating Oscar Buzz and for Good Reason
By: Jennifer Merin (WeNews film critic) | December 18, 2015
Costars Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay are superb in this film. And the latest in the "Star Wars" franchise is spectacular, but the feminism is hyped like so much else. Read on for more holiday releases, straight through Dec. 25.
In 'Freeheld,' Spousal Benefits Are Gripping Drama
By: Jennifer Merin (WeNews film critic) | October 3, 2015
"He Named Me Malala" also opens Oct. 2, offering a good intro to the Pakistani schoolgirl who came close to dying for the cause of girls' education. "The Martian" must also be seen; it's fascinating and thrilling but there's another reason it threw me into positive orbit.


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Q: Accessing an Element in a List I have a list as shown:
output = ['item01', 'item02']
part = output[1]
print(part)

Is it possible to assign the element to a variable without the quotes without doing a replacement of the character?  If I do the print, the output of part is displayed as:
'item02'

A: Your item02 is a string of characters. So, if you assign a Python object say x to it, it must be equated to 'item02' because you have not defined any Python object item02.

If I do the print, the output of part is displayed as: 'item02'

I don't think this is correct. Try it on both Python 2, or Python 3, this code is same
>>> x = 'item02'
>>> print(x)
item02

However, you might be doing this.
>>> x
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Filters for Research Outputs
6,250 - 6,300 out of 33,877 results
Cognitive Poetics
Harrison, C. & Stockwell, P., 19 Jun 2014, The Bloomsbury Companion to Cognitive Linguistics. Littlemore, J. & Taylor, J. R. (eds.). Bloomsbury, p. 218 233 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Published conference output › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
Cognitive processing in non-communicative patients: what can event-related potentials tell us?
Lugo, Z. R., Quitadamo, L. R., Bianchi, L., Pellas, F., Veser, S., Lesenfants, D., Real, R. G. L., Herbert, C., Guger, C., Kotchoubey, B., Mattia, D., Kübler, A., Laureys, S. & Noirhomme, Q., 14 Nov 2016, In: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 10, 569.
Cognitive shifts within leader and follower teams: Where consensus develops in mental models during an organizational crisis
Carrington, D. J., Combe, I. A. & Mumford, M. D., 1 Jun 2019, In: Leadership Quarterly. 30, 3, p. 335-350 16 p.
Cognitive style and work-groups: toward a slicker organisation
Priola, V., 1999.
Research output: Unpublished contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
Cognitive style modulates semantic interference effects: evidence from field dependency
Nappo, R., Romani, C., De Angelis, G. & Galati, G., 4 Mar 2019, In: Experimental Brain Research. 237, 3, p. 755-768 14 p.
Cognitive systems associated with the hippocampus of the human brain and their role in behaviour and neurodegenerative disease
Armstrong, R., 31 Dec 2014, New developments in cognitive systems research. Rosenfield, E. P. (ed.). Happauge, NY: Nova science, p. 23-46 24 p. (Psychology research progress).
Cognitive therapy compared with CBT for social anxiety disorder in adolescents: a feasibility study
Creswell, C., Leigh, E., Larkin, M., Stephens, G., Violato, M., Brooks, E., Pearcey, S., Taylor, L., Stallard, P., Waite, P., Reynolds, S., Taylor, G., Warnock-Parkes, E. & Clark, D. M., 1 Mar 2021, In: Health technology assessment (Winchester, England). 25, 20, p. 1-93 93 p.
Cognitive training and remediation interventions for substance use disorders: A Delphi consensus study
Verdejo‐Garcia, A., Rezapour, T., Giddens, E., Zonoozi, A. K., Rafei, P., Berry, J., Caracuel, A., Copersino, M. L., Field, M., Garland, E. L., Lorenzetti, V., Malloy‐Diniz, L., Manning, V., Marceau, E. M., Pennington, D. L., Strickland, J. C., Wiers, R., Fairhead, R., Anderson, A., Bell, M., & 38 othersBoendermaker, W. J., Brooks, S., Bruno, R., Campanella, S., Cousijn, J., Cox, M., Dean, A. C., Ersche, K. D., Franken, I., Froeliger, B., Gamito, P., Gladwin, T. E., Goncalves, P. D., Houben, K., Jacobus, J., Jones, A., Kaag, A. M., Lindenmeyer, J., McGrath, E., Nardo, T., Oliveira, J., Pennington, C. R., Perrykkad, K., Piercy, H., Rupp, C. I., Schulte, M. H. J., Squeglia, L. M., Staiger, P., Stein, D. J., Stein, J., Stein, M., Stoops, W. W., Sweeney, M., Witkiewitz, K., Woods, S. P., Yi, R., Zhao, M. & Ekhtiari, H., 12 Dec 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Addiction.
Cohabitees and the Problem of Unoverreached Beneficial Interests: Time for a Rethink?
Pawlowski, M. & Brown, J., 1 Sep 2021, In: Trust Law International. 35, 2, p. 112-119
Coherence and anticoherence resonance in high-concentration erbium-doped fiber laser
Sergeyev, S., O'Mahoney, K., Popov, S. & Friberg, A. T., 15 Nov 2010, In: Optics Letters. 35, 22, p. 3736-3738 3 p.
Coherence and incoherence in an optical comb
Viktorov, E. A., Habruseva, T., Hegarty, S. P., Huyet, G. & Kelleher, B., 2 Jun 2014, In: Physical Review Letters. 112, 22, 5 p., 224101.
Coherence automatic adjustment of the optical pulses inside mode-lock fiber laser cavity
Kokhanovskiy, A., Ivanenko, A., Kobtsev, S. M., Turitsyn, S. K., Gong, Q. (ed.), Guo, G. (ed.) & Ham, B. S. (ed.), 9 Nov 2018, In: Proceedings of SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering. 10825, p. 42
Coherence imaging by use of a Newton rings sampling function
Podoleanu, A. G., Dobre, G. M., Webb, D. J. & Jackson, D. A., 1 Nov 1996, In: Optics Letters. 21, 21, p. 1789-1794 6 p.
Coherence imaging for laser detection
Benton, D., Sugden, K. & Zandi, M., 20 Sep 2020, In: Proceedings of SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering. 11537, 115370K.
Coherent effects in mode-locked lasers: New theory and experiments
Perego, A. M., Barland, S., Gustave, F., Garbin, B., Prati, F. & de Valcárcel, G. J., 5 Jul 2018, Nonlinear Photonics, NP 2018. Vol. Part F108-NP 2018.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Published conference output › Conference publication
Coherent master equation for laser modelocking
Perego, A. M., Garbin, B., Gustave, F., Barland, S., Prati, F. & De Valcárcel, G. J., 16 Jan 2020, In: Nature Communications. 11, 1, 1 p., 311.
Coherent propagation and energy transfer in low-dimension nonlinear arrays
Turitsyn, S. K., Rubenchik, A. M., Fedoruk, M. P. & Tkachenko, E., 14 Sep 2012, In: Physical Review A. 86, 3, 031804(R) .
Coherent random lasing controlled by Brownian motion of the active scatterer
Liang, S., Yin, L., Zhang, Z., Xia, J., Xie, K., Zou, G., Hu, Z. & Zhang, Q., 16 Apr 2018, In: Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physic. 51, 9, 095401.
Coherent random lasing from nano-scale aggregates of hybrid molecules by enhanced near zone scattering
Yin, L., Liang, Y., Yu, B., Wu, Y., Ma, J., Xie, K., Zhang, W., Zou, G., Hu, Z. & Zhang, Q., 22 Aug 2016, (E-pub ahead of print) In: RSC advances. 6, 88, p. 85538-85544 7 p.
Coherent Random Lasing Realized in Polymer Vesicles
Li, Y., Xie, K., Zhang, X., Hu, Z., Ma, J., Chen, X., Zhang, J., Liu, Z. & Chen, D., 1 Sep 2020, In: Photonic Sensors. 10, 3, p. 254-264 11 p.
Coherent scattering enhancement in systems bounded by rough surfaces
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Coherent WDM: The achievement of high information spectral density through phase control within the transmitter
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Coherent WDM, towards > 1 bit/s/Hz information spectral density
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Cohesion or confusion? Towards a typology for organizational learning research
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Cointegration, error-connection models and forecasting using realigned foreign exchange rates
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Cojumps in stock prices: empirical evidence
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Coke formation and characterization during 1-hexene isomerization and oligomerization over H-ZSM-5 catalyst under supercritical conditions
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Coke formation in the oxidative dehydrogenation of ethylbenzene to styrene by TEOM
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Cold start and full cycle emissions from a flexible fuel vehicle operating with natural gas, ethanol and gasoline
Sodré, J. R., Martins, A. A. & Rocha, R. A. D., 1 Mar 2014, In: Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering. 17, p. 94-98
Cold start characteristics of an ethanol-fuelled engine with heated intake air and fuel
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Cold start emissions of an ethanol-fuelled engine with heated intake air and fuel
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Collaborating to achieve corporate social responsibility and sustainability? Possibilities and problems
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Collaboration in multi-tier supply chains for reducing empty running: a case study in the UK retail sector
Venegas Vallejos, M., Matopoulos, A. & Greasley, A., 26 Aug 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications.
Collaborative competencies in professional social networking: Are students short changed by curriculum in business education?
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Collaborative design of assessment criteria to improve undergraduate student engagement and performance
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Collaborative entrepreneurship: how communities of networked firms use continuous innovation to create economic wealth
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Collaborative filtering and deep learning based hybrid recommendation for cold start problem
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Collaborative Innovation in the Public Sector a Case of the Brazilian Federal Government
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Collaborative Public Procurement: a conceptual framework
Harland, C. M., Patrucco, A., Lynch, J., Sabri, Y., Telgen, J. & Tatrai, T., 28 Mar 2018, p. 1-10. 10 p.
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Collaborative Strategic Foresight and New Product Development in Chinese Pharmaceutical Firms
Li, X., Sarpong, D. & Wang, C. L., Apr 2022, In: IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. 69, 2, p. 551-563
Collaborative strategizing and distributed complexity as response to grand challenges: The case of integrated healthcare systems
Burke, G. T. & Wolf, C., 5 Jun 2019, (Unpublished).
Collaborative Supply Chain: A Conceptual Model for Operationalization
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Collaborative to its Core – Critical Engaged Scholarship
McCarthy, I., Scully, J. & Haque Saeed, S., 25 Oct 2019.
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Collagen: structure and modification for biomedical applications
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Collagen as in vivo quantitative fluorescent biomarkers of abnormal tissue changes
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2007-08-12T20:00:08-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/ae3/200350-m.jpgWhite House Press Secretary Tony Snow talked about the press, the Bush presidency, and his own battle with cancer. Other topics included preparation for his job, speech writing, his wife and children, and his background. Video clips shown included FOX Sunday News from August 25, 1996, and White House press briefings from May 22, 2007 and July 31, 2007.


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As part of a retired military family, Anna-Lise understands the demands of her military clients and is dedicated to your best real estate interests whether you are buying or selling your home! Anna-Lise knows that Military Relocation can be complicated, but she makes it simple to understand. Your home is one of the biggest investments that you will make.
If you are moving to the area and desire immediate assistance, please give Military Family Relocation Specialist Anna-Lise Troup a call at (520) 906-5659. Anna-Lise is an excellent resource for Military Families PCSing to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base (Davis-Monthan AFB), with extensive knowledge of the Tucson Area and the desired ability to understand and interpret her clients needs while assisting them in their home search. Anna-Lise has a unique insight into the process and how it can be streamlined to cause your family the least amount of stress. You can reach Anna-Lise at (520) 906-5659 or send her an email.
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Davis-Monthan Air Force Base is located within the city limits of Tucson, Ariz. The 355th Fighter Wing is the host unit providing medical, logistical, and operational support to all D-M units. The wing's missions are to train A-10 and OA-10 pilots and to provide A-10 and OA-10 close support and forward air control to ground forces worldwide. The wing is also tasked to provide command, control, and communications countermeasures in support of tactical forces with its EC-130H aircraft and, employing the EC-130E aircraft, provide airborne command, control, and communications capabilities for managing tactical air operations in war and other contingencies worldwide. Click here for more information on Davis-Monthan AFB history.


Akaroa FM is a small non commercial radio station broadcasting in the Akaroa area of Banks Peninsula New Zealand.
Akaroa FM started off as a tourist information radio broadcasting on low power on public frequencies some years ago. The audio was burnt on to dish and played back on a small disc player twenty four hours a day and repeated every hour.
Dave Edwards then applied to the New Zealand government for licensed frequencies and acquired both 90.1 & 90.9 mhz.
The radio station studio is at Wainui which is opposite Akaroa, the signal is broadcast across the sea and repeated back to the Hilltop. At the Hilltop the signal is broadcast back towards Akaroa.
Akaroa FM is fully automated and uses Station Playlist Studio Software. We have two small Behringer mixers, tape decks and CD players which extra facilities for records and phone calls to plugged straight into the system.


Listen to "Episode 2: Saving the Bees and Seeing How Far We've Come" on Spreaker.
Last month we released the first episode of our new podcast: The Case for a Better Earth. Thank you to everyone who listened and joined the conversation!
This month, we bring you an in-depth interview with Ecojustice's Elaine MacDonald and Charles Hatt about our case to protect pollinators from harmful pesticides.
Then we sit down with longtime Ecojustice staff member Carol McDonald, who reflects on her 27 years at Ecojustice and how we went from working out of the back of her car to being Canada's largest environmental law charity. Look how far we've come!
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Thanks for highlighting the urgent issue of pollinator decline. I wonder if you could elaborate on the environmental groups you are working with to protect our pollinators?
I'm another environmentalist who is concerned about the unnecessary use of pesticides that are harmful to pollinators. It is time that the use of such pesticides be stopped.


If you are looking for a framer near to Manchester because you need a picture frame or a painting or picture framing professionally while based around 45.5 miles away we should be able to to help. We are very well hidden away in an old courtyard. Before you set off to visit us, please do take a look at our visit us page.
We are proud to have customers travel from all over England for our picture framing services. All of our framers work to the highest standards set by the Fine Art Trade Guild. Four of our framers are Fine art Trade Guild Commended having passed strict exams set by the Guild. James Ashton our lead framer holds the Fine art Trade Guild advanced conservation framing qualification . We treat your items to be framed with great respect.
If you would like to discuss your project or framing requirements please do give us a call or email. Whether you need one frame or more than a hundred we are confident we can help. In terms of quotes, we can give estimates or, with sufficient information, firm prices. Please call us on 01246 554338.
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With online teaching continuing to gain momentum there is no shortage of people looking to get hired and start teaching from the comforts of their own home. DaDaABC has just raised $100 million in funding and continues to hire like crazy in an effort to meet the growing demand of their students.
If you're looking to join the party then this guide is for you – read ahead for how to get hired by DaDaABC including what they pay and what their hiring process looks like.
DadaABC is one of the leading employers for educators looking to teach online. Based in China and partnered with the American TESOL Institute, DadaABC aims to provide English lessons on-demand to Chinese students.
The DaDaABC platform ESL teachers to connect with children between the ages of 4 to 16 in a one-on-one setting while presenting the best possible teaching environment possible. The system is already internationally recognized and DaDaABC already holds collaborations and partnerships with Person, National Geographic, PTE Young Learners, Highlights and Penguin Random House to deliver a curriculum that is all-encompassing and empowering through the English language.
What are the requirements to teach for DaDaABC?
What is the interview process for DaDaABC?
What is the DaDaABC teaching schedule?
The variance between what DaDaABC says you can make and what most teachers actually make is due to the factors that go into your pay. Every teachers' DaDaABC salary is determined by 3 components: your initial application, your training + demo class, and your bonuses + incentives.
Every teacher that applies to DaDaABC starts at the bottom of the scale – once your resume is reviewed you might be in a position to move up that scale but this will only be confirmed once you do your demo + training. Finally, every teacher is eligible for bonuses, incentives, and a raise upon contract renewal.
Use props: DaDaABC offers 100rmb (about $15) out of the gate for you to use to buy props – if you already have props then that money goes straight to your pockets!
Trial students: if a student takes your class as a trial and then signs up you will get 50rmb (about $8) – there is no limit on this so if you are a rockstar teacher these bonuses can start to add up.
As we just mentioned, the DaDaABC program is a contractual position that spans 6 or 12 months with teachers having the ability to renegotiate at the end. The contract is pretty standard by all reports with one exception: if you cancel too many classes they will deduct money from your pay. While this might sound harsh, there is no shortage of teachers who don't take the position seriously and cancel for no reason, thereby leaving DaDaABC in a bad position.
Finally, like all other online teaching companies, if you teach for DaDaABC you will be classified as an independent contractor for tax purposes. This means you are responsible for disclosing your income and paying taxes on it! If you're an American, you read more about what this means here.
How do you actually get paid?
In our opinion, DaDaABC has a pretty unfavorable payment system as the only way to receive your money without paying a fee is to be in Shanghai.
Most DaDaABC teachers won't be living in China and will be forced to either pay around $30 for a wire transfer or the fees impost by Paypal.
Unfortunately, if you don't meet these requirements you're pretty much out of luck – the talent pool of teachers is so great (VIPKID reportedly has 30,000 teachers!) that there is no shortage of applicants that meet these 2 criteria.
An important thing to note here is that while DaDaABC is based in Shanghai, you can teach anywhere as long as you are a native speaker (we did a cool interview with a couple that travels the world while teaching online).
Meet the requirements? Apply now!
What is the DaDaABC interview process?
To begin, interested teachers will need to fill out an application available on the website. The information will gather basic details and contact information and successful applicants ate usually contacted within three days.
If you meet the basic criteria (degree, native speaker), the next step is the initial interview (want some tips? Check out this great interview with a DadaABC teacher on the topic). These interviews are usually conducted through video platforms like WeChat or Skype and applicants who do well will be provided with a login for the next part of the process.
The next step in the interview process is the Total Physical Response training or TPR. This process helps DaDaABC evaluate your teaching style and teaching skills. Upon completion of this step, you will need to familiarize yourself with some videos of other teachers and then proceed to have a demo class.
Smile while you teach: DaDaABC is always on the search for ESL teachers that can convey happiness and joy as part of the learning process!
Assess your student's level of knowledge: DaDaABC loves candidates who are sensitive to the current learning levels of their students so ask questions to get a feel for their abilities.
Make faces and be funny: DadaABC is big into teachers who have fun – the more lively you are the better the result will be!
Remember that the performance of the demo class usually plays a role in determining your hourly pay. If you are successful at this stage, you will proceed to sign a contract and enter a probation review period.
If everything has gone well up to this point, you will be asked to sign a contract and come on as a probationary DaDaABC teacher – congrats!
What is the work schedule for DaDaABC?
Since the job is entirely online you'll be teaching with a good bit flexibility. Still, DaDaABC expects their teachers are to teach at least 2 days per week for 2 hours each day but prefers around 15 hours total.
For most teachers, the goal is to have a set of regular students with whom you can get to know, form a relationship, and teach long term.
Classes are offered daily and you will need to sign up for shifts, keeping the timezone in mind as most students are located in China.
Please note that all times are on Beijing time.
DaDaABC encourages a consistent schedule and should the need to change arise, a 30-day notice is required.
Ready to start teaching? Submit your application here!
DaDaABC uses a platform called DaDaClass to administer classes – it's very similar to other online teaching platforms, or even Zoom and Skype. This platform allows you to interact with the students while giving a lesson by displaying a guided lesson on the side of the screen.
Teachers are able to interact with students via the video camera and through activities like drawing on the screen and giving awards.
Warning: the following video is long but a great in-depth look at the DaDaABC platform!
Joining DadaABC as an ESL teacher is a great way to earn additional income without having to let go of your existing job or move to another country. The initial requirements aren't too hard to meet and you can choose the hours you want to work and even take on more hours whenever you are free.
Another advantage is that they provide all your teaching materials and you do not have to do so much. Their plentiful teaching aids and resources will also help you become a better teacher over time and more familiarized with new teaching techniques suited to the ESL industry. The teaching platform is also very interactive and allows you to have a real connection with the students even though you're far away.
DaDaABC also changes up their coursework frequently which means that your teaching experience hardly ever gets so stale that it is demotivating. They've designed it to be interesting for both teachers and the students though it's also possible for more experienced teachers to design their own class.
Finally, if you need help, there is also a large community of teachers available to help you settle in and support your classes. Signing up with DaDaABC is also easy and you can be right in your classroom in a matter of days and teaching already. When you add the flexibility and the financial benefits, DadaABC is ideal for most categories of ESL teachers, both professional and part-time.
Ready to apply? Start your application here!


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Looking back to when I was a college freshman, there were so many things I wish I had known. I wish I'd known how to parallel park, that fried chicken in the cafeteria was on Tuesday, the Freshman 15 is certainly not a joke, and that studying would require much more than the 10 minutes of time I gave it in high school. But mostly, I wish someone had explained to me how to budget my money well.
In economics class in high school, we were forced to watch whatever Dave Ramsey videos my teacher decided were important. And even though we didn't pay attention at the time, we should've. It would've been a good start to learning how to save money before we even got to college.
There are numerous ways that one can go about saving money and budgeting out a spending plan, but my personal favorite is the cash envelope system.
Walmart sells almost-pocket-sized holders that have dividers already built into them. And for me, these are much more efficient than having completely different, non-attached envelopes. I could put all of my cash into the separate pockets and throw it in my purse or backpack without having to worry about if I had all of my envelopes or not.
But down to the actual budgeting, each tab should be used for a different area that needs money. "Groceries," "Night Out" and "Fast Food" seem to be the top ones that people use. And as an example, this is how mine is set up.
I work as a waitress, and therefore I set mine up every week to where I give a certain percentage to each tab. Obviously, groceries and gas would need the most money, so I plan it that way, 30 percent each way. As for what's left, divvy up your money in the most honest way. No one is going to be looking at your money but you, so why not give your clothing tab a few extra dollars instead of the one for your classes?
Either way, the most important thing about setting up a budget is actually using it. It doesn't matter if you take all the time in the world to perfect your budget, if you don't actually stick to it and not go out when you only have $2 left in that tab.
College is a great deal of fun, but it's not going to be as remarkable if you wake up one morning and have to eat chips for breakfast because your grocery money was spent on a trip to the bowling alley, dinner date at Umi, and movie tickets.


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Q: External Diff (Ctrl+D) not working anymore in sourcetree I was using sourcetree 1.6.x (don't remember exactly which version) with git, and all of a sudden the "External Diff" right button command stopped working.
I was using this command forn the whole day, in the evening I left the computer on and stayed logged on, and on the next morning "External Diff" didn't work any more.
When I click on a modified file with the right button and then "External Diff", nothing happens.
I'm using the "System Default" Externall Diff Tool:

Then I upgraded to the lastest sourcetree version (1.9.6.1) hoping that might fix it, but the "External Diff" command is still not working.
The other functions of sourcetree work fine.
I also rebooted the computer, but it didn't help either.

A: "System default" apparently means whatever app you have assigned to the .diff extension.
Due to the quirky nature of the file type association system in Windows (the further in the OS' history, the quirkier), an association can break or be overridden in a whole number of ways and for a whole number of reasons.
Reinstalling the app you have been using to open diffs (or using a command like "associate the program with .diff files" if it provides one) may fix the breakage. If not, search online about locating and fixing file type associations with tools and/or in registry (there's currently no one utility that can display and manage all the locations AFAICS).
Of course, you can set up a custom program in the dialog shown instead.