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Justin Weinberg
.	 January 10, 2022 at 6:00 am 15
A pair of philosophers have developed what they call "the first centralized forum for discussion of all papers uploaded on PhilArchive and PhilPapers."
"Freelosophy" is a new site that allows visitors to look up papers by their PhilPapers or PhilArchive ID, leave a comment about them, and read the comments left by others. It was created by Filippo Contesi and Giulio Pietroiusti (University of Barcelona), who write in:
In some academic disciplines, publication and discussion of articles before journal submission is generally much more widespread than in philosophy. Indeed, most journal publishing houses are publicly committed to considering pre-archived papers for publication. You can double-check this for your journal of choice here. Philosophers already can make their pre-prints publicly available at any point on at least one pre-print repository: PhilArchive.org. However, currently existing web platforms for public discussion of scientific pre-prints (e.g. PubPeer.org) cannot be used to discuss PhilArchive-d papers. So, we have created a website that allows anyone to comment freely on papers present on PhilArchive and/or PhilPapers.
How does it work? Suppose you are over at PhilArchive, checking out an article like this one:
You'll see that, like every paper at PhilPapers and PhilArchive, this one has an ID. It appears in the web address for the article, and is also listed near the end of its PhilArchive entry.
Perhaps you've read the paper and want to leave a public comment, or are curious what others have had to say about it. If so, go over to Freelosophy and type the ID into the search bar and click "search."
Any comments on that article will show up, along with an "add a comment" link, like so:
Contesi and Pietroiusti say that they welcome feedback on the site. Freelosophy is brand new, so there aren't a lot of paper comments there just yet. You can make it more useful by visiting it and trying it out yourself, here.
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PhilComment
Great idea. But wouldn't it be just simpler if Philpapers added this feature?Report
Richard Y Chappell
Reply to PhilComment
PhilPapers used to have discussion forums linked to each paper (I recall occasionally posting a link there when I blogged a response to a paper). I wonder why they discontinued that feature? (Perhaps insufficient uptake? If so, I hope this new venture is more successful!)Report
Reply to Richard Y Chappell
yes, our experience was that the discussion forums were rarely used, and tended to be dominated by nonphilosophers. we tried moderating for quality but that felt uncomfortably exclusionary and there just wasn't all that much high-quality discussion left. if this new venture can avoid those outcomes, i'll be impressed.Report
philcomments
Reply to David Chalmers
Two quick thoughts if philpapers is going to reconsider this feature at some point: (1) Given the integration with philpeople, maybe authors can moderate the comments on their own papers. That way the task will be decentralized and it'll be much more mangable. (2) There can be filters on comments: e.g. only show comments from people with a philpeople profile or only people with philpeople profile that is associated with a university, or only grad students or faculty with profiles at philpeople, etc.Report
Filippo Contesi
Reply to philcomments
Thanks for your comments, all. (Hi, Richard, nice to hear from you!) My own interest in co-creating Freelosophy (thought I cannot speak for Giulio) is along the lines of what Daniel Weltman and Junior woman suggest on this page. So my own focus is on non-accepted, non-published PhilArchive papers. It is there that public discussion is most useful, in my personal view. As philosophers, we can do much to improve the research publication process in ways that are more open, faster and more transparent. And we can learn a lot from disciplines like e.g. physics in these respects. I have no objections to Phil* including comments on their platform, but, as I understand from David here and from previous private correspondence with him, Phil* does not seem interested at the moment in doing that. So I thought I would help by building something separate. I have no idea whether and how fast this will change philosophy for the better, but one hope I have is that the idea of pre-publication on "archives" seems now more widespread than it was when the Phil* discussion forums were up. For one thing, I would guess that those forums were up largely before even the very creation of PhilArchive, so they presumably were devoted to commenting already accepted or published papers. At the same time, Phil* might do things on their end to help Freelosophy move in the direction I envisaged. Some of these I have suggested to David and his team over the years, and some were implemented. Right now, e.g., it would be most useful to be able to easily see/filter recent additions on PA that are neither published nor accepted for publication (I believe PA categorizes those as "manuscripts"). As to anonymous commenting and commenting by non-philosophers, I am personally in favour of both, partly for the reasons "Tela Naski" suggests below, and also because again I would like philosophy to move towards a more open and transparent publication process (and also because I think philosophy is an academic discipline where "public participation" is most important).Report
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Another junior woman
Reply to Filippo Contesi
Why does anonymous commenting make philosophy more transparent and open? Do you have empirical evidence that anonymity reliably leads to more openness/transparency in disciplines (whatever this means)? And why do you think these outweigh the problematic effects of anonymous commenting?Report
Llana Tewsky
This looks like a great initiative, though I have one worry. If anonymous posts are allowed, it would be very easy for someone to create a "Sock Puppet" account and to then comment negatively on the papers of one's rivals. For example, one might create a sock puppet, go to the rival's paper, and say "This paper is obviously poorly argued" and then create *another* sock puppet and go to the same paper, and add "Yes, I agree, badly argued and uninteresting conclusion." Iterating this process could create what is called an "appearance of consensus" that the paper is bad. (I would not want this to happen to me, or to my friends.) Thus, I suggest, comments must be made by official accounts linked to university addresses and ORCID ids that are made publicly visible.Report
Tela Naski
Reply to Llana Tewsky
Pubpeer seems to be a well established analogous service used by scientists. They allow anonymous comments. They say:
Authors sometimes complain that they are the subject of a malicious and systematic campaign to denigrate them and all of their work. We and other readers have no way of evaluating the motivations or potential conflicts of interests of anonymous commenters. However, everybody can evaluate the substance of a comment, which we feel is more informative and fundamental. If a comment is correct and useful, does it matter who made it or why? Moderation ensures that comments are factual and verifiable. Authors can respond. Readers must perform their own scientific evaluation.
(https://pubpeer.com/static/faq)
They also say that, in moderating comments, will consider the following issue:
Comments adding nothing to the scientific discussion, in particular anonymous comments merely supporting another comment or voicing an opinion, are not suitable.
This seems to solve the problem you raise without sacrifice the possibility of commenting anonymously.Report
Daniel Weltman
This is an excellent first step towards something like a philosophical arXiv. As the quote above mentions, in some other disciplines this is the norm, and I think it would be better than our present circumstances if philosophy were like these other disciplines. (I believe Marcus Arvan has often said similar things over at The Philosopher's Cocoon). We have PhilPapers and PhilArchive to thank for laying a lot of the groundwork, so, kudos to those tremendous sites, as usual.
Before I start commenting willy nilly I'd love to hear from people with some experience of how other disciplines do this sort of thing. That's not to say we need to copy them, but presumably they've had experience with this that we can perhaps learn from.
As someone who recently decided that conferences (or at least intercontinental conferences, which for me is pretty much all conferences) are off the table because of environmental concerns, my ideal philosophical future is one in which discussion of works in progress takes place on a site like Freelosophy, where there is an open record that everyone can add to, rather than in conferences. So the ideal use case I am picturing is one where lots of people are commenting on lots of things. But, since this is all quite new to me, maybe my vision has downsides I'm not aware of, and there are better modes of engagement. Any thoughts?Report
Junior woman
I think the design of the site depends on what they take the purpose of the comments function to be. In the sciences, pre-publication has a number of purposes, including, it seems to me, (1) constructive criticism; (2) availability of the ideas to the field more quickly, allowing others to build on, and respond to, the work sooner than they otherwise would have been able to (though Philpapers already allows this to some degree); (3) constructive dialogue between the author and those engaged in (1) and (2). If the philosophy version has similar goals, then I think only allowing user-verified, non-anonymous comments is the way to go. I think an anonymous forum will end up being populated with comments of hopelessly poor quality and are unlikely to be constructive to the authors or the profession more broadly.Report
I appreciate the work that has been put into this, and I realize that the intentions and ideas behind it are great, but the existence of this new platform is honestly absolutely terrifying to me. As is, I think the designers were negligent in a couple of ways, and the platform would need some overhaul. First, as others mentioned, it's absolutely terrifying to think that there's a public, centralized platform on which any paper on Philpapers is subject to *possibly anonymous!!* commentary. This just seems like a perfect recipe for all sorts of toxic, highly problematic behaviors. It is true that there are many venues in other disciplines with similar platforms, but in these cases, people *intentionally and consensually* upload their papers in order to seek comments. In the current case, papers on Philpapers are made available for commenting on a centralized platform without the consent of the authors (actually, aren't there any legal problems associated with this?). I also realize that people comment on others' work all the time–either in professional venues (say, journals) or in other social media platforms. In the former, however, they do this with their name attached to it. And in the latter case, they might do it anonymously, but it doesn't happen on a *centralized* platform, which arguably leads to a different range of reliable effects.Report
I think this is a great idea.
One worry I always have about uploading pre-accepted papers anywhere is how that would affect the review process. As far as I know, in physics, there is no blind review (at least, the author's identity is known to the reviewers). Is philosophy also moving towards that paradigm? My particular subfield is really small so there it is rarely completely blind already. But sometimes it still is.Report
Reply to postdoc
Thanks, postdoc. Good question. On the one hand, as we say in our announcement, journal publishing houses are in large part legally/publicly committed to considering pre-archived papers. So are, as far as I can tell, most if not all individual philosophy journals published by those publishing houses. Again, as we say, you can check on the Sherpa Romeo database. However, this is (with the exception AFAIK of philosophy of science journals) in my anecdotal experience not always recognized or known by philosophy journal editors, who continue to be at least in principle committed to double- or triple- anonymity. (Which might not necessarily mean that in individual cases these journals would refuse to consider a PhilArchive-d paper simply because the identity of the authors is revealed on PA.) Now, there are, in my view, technical ways to combine an arXiv culture with journal-review anonymity. These ways, however, would require further investment in infrastructure. I believe philosophy should decide ASAP either that it wants to be committed to anonymity and adopt these technical ways, or embrace the physics etc. model that you correctly characterize.Report
Cathy Legg
Sorry to be a bit late to this discussion. As a sometime applied epistemologist, I've been thinking for quite some time that an initiative like this could be helpful to our discipline, having followed PubPeer with considerable interest.
PubPeer was created in reaction to perceptions that current systems of pre-publication peer-review were staggering under growing pressure from scientific fraud, particularly in the biomedical sciences. Although I understand very well Another Junior Woman's fears, PubPeer's anonymity is crucial to its effectiveness, given the potential for retaliation by senior bad actors against vulnerable early career reporters:
https://www.wired.com/2014/12/pubpeer-fights-for-anonymity/
It's been interesting to see how the site has taken off. Many shocking past abuses of data and images have come to light, with commenters developing and sharing new techniques for spotting them 'on the fly'. The site's anonymity was materially tested when it was sued by Fazlul Sarkar, a cancer researcher who had a lucrative senior job offer rescinded after anonymous comments on PubPeer suggested he had been engaging in scientific fraud. Sarkar alleged "defamation" – interestingly, he lost. (He has since had a significant quantity of publications retracted.)
So the interesting questions for us philosophers concern our differences and similarities to the natural sciences. Are we similarly vulnerable to research that is 'unethical' (however one chooses to define that) passing pre-publication peer review? Could there be other virtues in opening up public 'review' spaces over and above what already exists in just writing another piece in response?
I had a look at the site. Ease of use is key if this kind of crowdsourcing is to reach critical mass. As others have already commented, I think if it could be integrated with other tools philosophers use frequently, that would be really helpful. E.g. PubPeer now has a browser plug-in which alerts me if any papers in Google Scholar searches have comments.
I would love to see this project develop further. Thanks for the work you've put in, Filippo and Giulio.Report
Lu Chen
I am glad that this sort of attempts are emerging as part of the general trend, and hope something like this can really take off. I am often bothered by the technical mistakes found in (influential) articles and books but which I have no intention to write papers or discussion notes on. Platforms like this is one of those ideal places to post such comments and have mini-discussions about them. So I see huge potentials for this.Report
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Le Yokosuka B4Y, aussi désigné « Bombardier d'attaque embarqué de marine Type 96 » (en ), était un bombardier-torpilleur japonais conçu par l'arsenal technique aéronaval de Yokosuka, dans les années 1930.

Utilisé au combat par le Service aérien de la Marine impériale japonaise de 1936 à 1943, le B4Y remplaçait le Mitsubishi B2M et fut le dernier bombardier biplan utilisé opérationnellement par la Marine impériale japonaise. Son nom de code pour les Alliés était Jean.

Conception et développement
En 1932, la Marine impériale japonaise publia une requête pour un nouvel avion d'attaque embarqué sur porte-avions. Aichi, Mitsubishi et Nakajima répondirent à cette demande et chacun construisit un prototype. Aucun de ces avions ne fut considéré comme satisfaisant, et le service publia donc en 1934 une nouvelle requête, 9-Shi, pour un avion plus performant devant remplacer le .

Le B4Y fut conçu par Sanae Kawasaki au premier arsenal technique aéronaval, à Yokosuka. Envisagé seulement comme un avion temporaire, la marine japonaise voulait un bombardier-torpilleur offrant des performances comparables à celles du chasseur monoplan Mitsubishi A5M. Le résultat fut un biplan doté d'un train d'atterrissage fixe et d'une structure entièrement métallique, avec un revêtement métallique ou en tissu. Afin d'accélérer le développement et la production de l'avion, le B4Y utilisait les ailes du Kawanishi E7K. Le B4Y1 fut également le premier avion d'attaque embarqué de la marine à utiliser un moteur refroidi par air, car le prototype, qui avait été équipé du moteur en étoile , avait montré des performances meilleures que celles de ses concurrents.

Les trois membres d'équipage occupaient deux cockpits : Le pilote était dans le cockpit avant, et les deux autres membres (navigateur et radio/mitrailleur) étaient installés dans le cockpit fermé arrière.

Carrière opérationnelle
Le , trois B4Y1 furent impliqués dans l'incident du Panay, lors d'une attaque japonaise sur la canonnière  de lUS Navy, alors qu'elle était ancrée sur le fleuve Yang-Tsé près de Nanjing.

Bien qu'étant essentiellement utilisé comme avion embarqué sur des porte-avions, le B4Y1 fut également utilisé comme bombardier à certaines occasions. En 1940, le Nakajima B5N remplaça le B4Y1 dans le rôle d'avion d'attaque embarqué principal des porte-avions. Le B4Y1 resta toutefois en service comme avion d'entraînement avancé et vola depuis les porte-avions Hōshō et Un'yō jusqu'en 1943.

Avant son remplacement, le B4Y1 avait servi pendant la Seconde Guerre sino-japonaise et pendant la bataille de Midway, au cours de laquelle huit de ces avions opérèrent depuis le porte-avions Hōshō. Ce fut l'un de ces avions qui prit des photos du porte-avions Hiryū en flammes, le .

Versions
  : Appareil équipé d'un moteur V12 à refroidissement liquide Hiro Type 91 de  (), entraînant une hélice bipale ;
  et  : Avions équipés d'un moteur à  en étoile refroidi par air Nakajima Kotobuki-3 de  (), entraînant une hélice bipale ;
  et  prototypes, puis appareils de production : Avions équipés d'un à  en étoile refroidi par air Nakajima Hikari-2 de  (), entraînant une hélice bipale.

Chiffres de production
Le B4Y a été fabriqué à hauteur de  par quatre constructeurs différents :
 Premier arsenal technique aéronaval, à Yokosuka : Cinq prototypes (1935-1936) ;
 Nakajima :  de production (1937-1938) ;
 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, à Nagoya :  de production (1937-1938) ;
  aérien naval, à Hiro :  de production (1938).

Utilisateurs
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 Service aérien de la Marine impériale japonaise.
Le B4Y1 fut utilisé depuis les porte-avions Akagi, Hōshō, Kaga, Ryūjō et Un'yō, ainsi que dans les  et  (groupes aériens).

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The Nissan is currently available in front-wheel drive with three variants. It's powered by a 1.6-liter DOHC 16-valve 4-cylinder with continuous variable valve timing, and boasts 125 horsepower and 115 lb-ft of torque.
The brand new 2019 Ascent puts Subaru into an important but crowded American segment — the midsize, three-row crossover.
The plug-in electric hybrid version of the 2018 Outlander has the potential to provide big gas savings. Its 20-mile electric range makes it an ideal vehicle for fleets operating short city routes.
The 2018 Kona marks Hyundai's first foray into the subcompact SUV segment. An affordable entry price, good gas mileage, and agile performance make it a strong competitor in the increasingly competitive market for these crossovers.

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Collinge, Dr Walter Edward (invertebrate zoology)
Born: 1867, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.
Died: 24 November 1947, York, United Kingdom.
Walter E. Collinge, British biologist, was educated at Huddersfield College and at Yorkshire College, Leeds (part of Victoria University, Manchester), where he was awarded the Degree Master of Science (MSc). His main interest was in malacology (the study of molluscs) and as early as 1890 he established the Journal of Malacology, which he edited until 1905. In 1891 he was appointed demonstrator in biology at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, where he continued his studies and obtained the degree Doctor of Science (DSc). In 1900 he became a lecturer in zoology and comparative anatomy at Victoria University, Birmingham, a post he held until 1921. From 1905 to 1915 he was the editor of the Journal of Economic Biology. During 1915-1917 he was a Walker Trust Research Fellow, and during 1916-1919 a Carnegie Fellow. In 1919 he was also a Research Fellow and lecturer in comparative embryology at the University of St Andrews. He founded the Association of Economic Biologists, and for many years served as president of the Midland Malacological Society. From 1921 to 1941 he was the keeper of the Yorkshire Museum, and from 1942 to 1947 president of the Northern Ecological Association. He was a Fellow of both the Linnean Society and the Entomological Society of London.
Collinge's most important publications were The skull of the dog (a manual for students; London, 1892, 124p), A manual of injurious insects (Birmingham, 1912, 268p) and The food of some British wild birds: A study in economic ornithology (London, 1913, 109p). In addition he published numerous papers on molluscs, including descriptions of new species; fishes (living and fossil), including several on their sensory canal system; and comparative anatomy. His first paper relating to southern Africa was " On a collection of slugs from South Africa, with descriptions of some new species" in the Annals of the South African Museum (1900, Vol. 2(1), 8p). This was followed by "On a further collection of South African slugs, with a checklist of known species" (1901, Vol. 2(8), 8p) and "Description of a new species of Onichidium from South Africa..." (Journal of Malacology, 1902). Later he reported on the slugs and terrestrial Isopoda (an order of crustaceans including woodlice) of Natal in "The slugs of Natal" (Annals of the Natal Museum, 1910, Vol. 2(2), pp. 159-174) and "Contributions to a knowledge of the terrestrial isopoda of Natal" (Ibid, 1917, Vol. 3(3), pp. 567-586; 1919, Vol. 4(1), pp. 229-234; and 1920, Vol. 4(2), pp. 471-490).
Annals of the Natal Museum, 1910-1920, Vol. 2-4.
Annals of the South African Museum. List of papers published in Volumes I-XXX. Cape Town: South African Museum, 1938.
Royal Sciety of London. Catalogue of scientific papers [1800-1900]. London: Royal Society, 1867-1925.
Who was who, Vol. 4 (3rd ed.) London: Adam & Black, 1964.


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Home COVID-19 Four Gary residents died at a home of COVID-19
Four Gary residents died at a home of COVID-19
METHODIST NORTHLAKE HOSPITAL in Gary, Indiana.
By Erick Johnson
Four residents in Gary died of COVID-19 in a home instead of a hospital, according to a Crusader analysis of data requested from the Lake County Coroner's Office under the Freedom of Information Act.
The data includes some details about nine Gary residents who died from the disease between March 30 and April 30.
It's uncertain whether the addresses listed in the data were the actual homes where the victims lived. But there are some details in the data that provide some insight into their battle against the disease.
The addresses where the victims died were listed in the data, but the Crusader has withheld that information in this story out of respect for the victims and the occupants of those homes. The coroner's data does not include the names of the victims nor any underlying medical conditions they may have had.
Of the COVID-19 victims who died at a home, three died in April and one on March 30. The youngest was a 34-year old Black male who died on April 21. The oldest COVID-19 victim was a 75-year old Black man who died April 16, about 14 days after he tested positive for the virus. The other two COVID-19 victims who died at a home were 57 and 59.
All of the COVID-19 victims who died at a home were Black males. Two of them were confirmed positive for the disease after their deaths.
The 57-year old Black male who died March 30 tested for the virus on March 31. The results came back positive on April 20, about 21 days after he died. The youngest victim to die at home, a 34-year old Black male, died April 21. He was tested April 19, two days before he died, but the results came back positive two days later.
The other two COVID-19 victims who died at a home tested positive before they passed, but they also didn't spend their final moments on earth in the hospital. Why?
Dr. Chandana Vavilala, Lake County Health Officer, said "It's possible that they couldn't get to the hospital in time for treatment."
The other five COVID-19 victims in the coroner's data died at Methodist Northlake Hospital in Gary. Four died in the hospital's Intensive Care Unit.
As of May 5, about 15 residents in Gary have died from COVID-19, according to Mayor Jerome Prince's daily update. He said the number of infected residents is now at 455.
"Gary has seen our second consecutive day of double-digit increases in new COVID-19 positive cases," Prince said. "I'm very concerned by these increases. Clearly, our fight against the spread of the COVID-19 virus is not over. In just two days, we have reported more than 25 new cases.
"We must remain vigilant. We must continue to practice good social distancing. We must continue to keep our travels to work and essential business only.
Governor Eric Holcomb last week announced his five-stage plan to have Indiana's economy fully reopened by the July 4 holiday.
Holcomb also stressed that each municipality can make its own plans more restrictive than state plans, based on what is in the best interests of the communities.
On May 5, Prince called on Gary's churches to help keep the city's residents safe.
"I am calling for all houses of worship to continue to use on-line, virtual and drive-in services for one more week," he said.
"Please do not hold in-person services until the weekend of May 15th.
"Funeral homes and houses of worship should not open funeral services to the public until after May 15th.
They should continue to provide on-line ceremonies and limit attendees in their buildings to no more than 10 people until May 15th. Other ceremonies, such as weddings and baptisms, also should wait until after May 15th or limit their gatherings to no more than 10 people."
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Augusta May 8, 2020 at 9:27 pm
Thank you for laying out the detailed specifics about our community-Gary, Indiana. Perfect. Please do not stop.
Augusta July 7, 2020 at 9:32 am
Thank you for your community work as well. Augusta
Charlotte Wright May 12, 2020 at 11:16 am
I'm seeing too many black. & whites who are not wearing mask. Sad! We all have a responsibility to answer the call. We must help ourselves first. Stores/Restaurants are not enforcing the mask. Turn off. Cooks as well. How do they know they aren't carriers .


> Hey, here's a thought for a conlang in respect to static and dynamic.
> might extend the concept to deeper or even arbitrary derivatives.
> numeric affixes as were suggested on another thread.
> acceleration increases as it loses mass to fuel consumption.
fourth derivative and above are not consistently named.


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Miami HEAT Fires Up Avid MediaCentral to Monetise Content and Reach Fans
HEATV is the internal production department for the Miami HEAT American professional basketball team based in Miami, Florida. The team is run as a business that includes its arena in downtown Miami, broadcast partner, social platforms, website and internal communications. HEATV produces media content for the entire organisation, plus training and motivational videos for the team. Much of this content must be translated into multiple languages to cater to the team's huge international fanbase.
With more than 50 terabytes of proxy video in its system, the department recently needed to upgrade its storage infrastructure and asset management system with functionality made for rapidly creating and managing these large volumes of content.
With Avid channel partner CIS Group, HEATV designed a new workflow with Avid NEXIS software-defined storage and MediaCentral | Asset Management, which operates as a workflow module inside MediaCentral. This combination facilitates collaboration and has tools the production team uses to produce, manage, re-purpose, distribute and monetise assets efficiently, across all of their markets.
Running on Avid NEXIS | FS file system, NEXIS is scalable up to 6.4 PB of total storage and 25 GB/s of bandwidth in one system, and is built with disk protection. Users can also add redundancy when high availability is required. Should media production priorities or workflows change abruptly, NEXIS can also be changed dynamically, without undue disruption or downtime. The critical projects and teams can be allowed more performance, while limiting less important ones.
"Our Avid workflow is continuous across the company, which means we are pushing out a lot of content very quickly and generating more types of revenue," said Keith Haeberle, Director of Media Productions at The HEAT Group. "Because multiple people can work on multiple projects at the same time, the return on investment from the Avid NEXIS system is substantial."
Production staff can retrieve archive footage directly from NEXIS through the department's Media Composer editing systems, and keep high-resolution content online longer. The team is also using the new MediaCentral asset management system to accurately log content from any source and distribute content to social media platforms, as well as make content that is available and usable more visible to staff throughout the organisation.
MediaCentral | Asset Management operates as a workflow module within MediaCentral and supports most types of digital asset, working through Avid and third-party storage. It can be used to archive video, audio, graphics, PDFs, documents, finished programs and other media into long-term storage, and make sure it remains retrievable. Because it mainly focuses on each asset's metadata and proxies, the system can manage a range of SD, HD and high-res files, and maintain format independence.
To give visibility into the Miami HEAT's wider media archive, Media Central tracks large numbers of digital assets through their lifecycles. The HEATV team can search through local and remote databases and retrieve media for reuse or re-purposing, regardless of where the assets are stored.
The modular design of MediaCentral means users need to add apps and services that automate tasks specific to their asset workflow. Examples of tasks users can automate with other modules include media ingest and rewrapping, real-time graphics production via drag-and-drop, and delivery of finished content to websites, mobile apps and social channels.
Further opportunities to customise come through support for tracks of timecode-based metadata strata, or layers, that can display dialogue, scene descriptions, player names, locations, emotions and so on. Stratification uses time references to point to a specific segment in the audio or video, and each stratum can be dedicated to a specific topic. Users can find assets as well as essential information related to the media, such as usage rights. They can also customise the metadata layout in each database and modify it as they work to make it function for different applications. www.avid.com


Gay Pride Parade, West Hollywood, 1983. Los Angeles Times Photographic Archive, Negative 298763. UCLA Library Special Collections.
Women bikers in Gay Pride Parade, West Hollywood, 1986. Los Angeles Times Photographic Archive, Negative 303874. UCLA Library Special Collections.


Situated just west of Ottawa's downtown core, Hintonburg is a revitalized historic neighbourhood. Defined as covering west of Preston Street to Holland Avenue, from Highway 417 to Scott Street, Hintonburg is also home to Ottawa's primary O-Train station.
Originally renowned for its industrial development, Hintonburg has managed to retain its working class charm and character. Countless shops and amenities are within walking distance of the homes and condos, as are English and French schools, the Rosemount Public Library and a thriving community centre. Hintonburg is also home to Ottawa's QUAD – Quartier des artistes/Arts District, proving an urban neighbourhood can blend heritage with cultural expression and community spirit.
In addition to the arts and cultural appeal, Hintonburg is a hot-spot for fitness enthusiasts. CycleLogik has been offering Ottawa's longest running, most affordable and in-depth Ride Inside program. Ottawa Fit (also known as Ottawa Running Club) has been assisting new and veteran runners reach their goals. If cycling or running is not for you, try one of the many yoga studios, visit a dojo, or give bootcamp a go.
When it comes to fresh produce, Hintonburg residents are fortunate to have the Parkdale Market close at hand. For over 80 years, a variety of vendors and producers have been selling their vegetables, fruits, flowers, plants and preserves in a welcoming, open-air market. The Parkdale Market operates daily from May to November, with a Christmas market of trees, wreaths and holiday decoration. The Parkdale Market is easily accessible (Parkdale Avenue at Armstrong, just north of Wellington), with nearby parking and access to major bus routes.


Several people have asked for some clarification on my definition of Concept Work and Concept Workers. To help clarify this and to begin thinking through implications for Work Literacy Skills , I went back through a couple of different sources. Thomas Davenport classifies Knowledge Work Types in Thinking for a Living: How to Get Better Performances And Results from Knowledge Workers using a variety of classifications. One was based on the complexity of the work.
This post was sparked by a couple of recent articles: Babson Knowledge: How Google Plans to Change the Scope of Googling (And Why Information and Knowledge Workers Should Care). Interestingly, I think the algorithms that Google relies on for searching the public web (based on incoming links) will not work nearly as well as older algorithms based on frequency, semantic interpretation and other techniques.
But, too much structure is not going to work. I mentioned quite a while ago (in Personal Work and Learning Environments (PWLE) - More Discussion and Personal Work and Learning Environments ) that: Knowledge work is not separate from learning. Yes, there are times that Knowledge Workers will step away from day-to-day activities to go do developmental learning activities that may not be directly related to their day-to-day knowledge work.
One of the common reasons why students drop out from eLearning courses is that they have false expectations about the work involved. Once our subconscious mind has already associated the work involved with pain, we'll do our best to find excuses to quit.
The conference has a diverse attendee list and I was very much looking forward to my keynote presentation: Changes in Knowledge Work and Implications for Workplace Learning. I was supposed to be in Vancouver right now for the eLearn Conference. Unfortunately, some very sad news in my family as my wife's father, a man beloved by everyone who met him, passed away on Thursday. So, I won't be able to go and make my keynote presentation.
Workplace learning is bound within the organisational context: knowledge workers innovate solutions and social learning is a mechanism to do this. Constructivism E-Learning Knowledge Work Workplace Learning knowledge work Social Constructivism social learning Vygotky workplace learningContinue Reading → The post Social Learning in the Workplace 1 appeared first on E-Learning Curve Blog.
So I spent an hour doing knowledge work. I installed a wireless home network this weekend, and it was a lot harder than I thought it should have been (three XP computers and a TiVo with new Linksys wireless stuff). I spent over an hour going online, Googling user groups, until I got what I needed to configure everything.
Formal Learning Informal Learning Knowledge Work bersin and associates best practise Corporate social network corprate development definition of learning e-learning e-learning industry e-learning strategy informal learning non-formal learning nonformal learningTo bring learning opportunities to your workforce you're going to have to look beyond the confines of the conference room for informal learning.
Knowledge working is bound within the organizational context: knowledge workers use their skills and experience to innovate solutions to real-world problems Continue Reading → The post Knowledge Worker Problem-Solving Approach appeared first on E-Learning Curve Blog.
It may be cheaper to 'deliver' knowledge on the Internet, but not more effective. Knowledge Work Workplace Learning Constructivism e-learning Jonassen mindtools workplace learningMost e-learning replicates the worst features of face-to-face instruction. Continue Reading → The post Workplace Elearning: Mindtools 1 appeared first on E-Learning Curve Blog.
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Knowledge Work Workplace Learning corporate learning environment holistic learning knowledge worker learning curve organizational development organizational learning team development workplace learningOne of the key functions of the corporate learning environment must be to support the development of individual expertise to create effective team performance.
I believe that workplace learning is intimately bound within the organisational context: knowledge workers innovate solutions to real-world problems. Tags: e-learning knowledge work Social Constructivism social learning Vygotky workplace learning Social Learning in the Workplace 1 is a post from: E-Learning Curve Blog.
Following a series of posts on Knowledge Work and Knowledge Workers, I'm about to embark on a major series of articles on the topic of Instructional Design.
One of the primary conditions of knowledge working is the social learning aspect.
In collaborative learning, people gain knowledge working in groups. Several research studies have proven collaborative learning to be very effective as it improves thinking skills and enhances leadership capabilities.
I've just posted Identify Knowledge Work Tasks - Workshop Exercise which describes a workshop exercise that I'm considering using in several different workshops. Please help: Identify Knowledge Work Tasks - Workshop ExerciseI feel like it makes a lot of the discussion more concrete. I'm really hoping that folks will help me out by: a. telling me what they would say if they were in the workshop and b. giving me thoughts on the exercise itself.
Session Hopping a Practical Guide General Session - New Work Literacies and E-Learning 2.0 These changes are continuously transforming the landscape for knowledge work. The results are in, and most knowledge workers are struggling to adapt to new forms of work and learning. In this keynote, Dr. Tony Karrer will look at the transformation of knowledge work into concept work and the implications for the roles and responsibilities of learning professionals.
I've just posted Identify Knowledge Work Tasks - Workshop Exercise which describes a workshop exercise that I'm considering using in several different workshops. Please help: Identify Knowledge Work Tasks - Workshop Exercise I feel like it makes a lot of the discussion more concrete. I'm really hoping that folks will help me out by: a. telling me what they would say if they were in the workshop and b. giving me thoughts on the exercise itself.
But then he describes how we've really moved on past that to a new age where the dominant value for most organizations are created by high-end knowledge workers working on concepts. But, I actually think we should be focused on the emphasis on the type of knowledge work and the type of workers. The person in the call center does quite a bit of routine knowledge work. Certainly our work around Work Literacy is all about concept work and concept workers.
We will bring together people who look at different aspects of learning and knowledge work to understand better what's going on in those areas and how we should be thinking about this holistically. Send an email to your work colleagues to let them know.


In the óld' days the mail-art projects resulted in printed documentation. In these modern years the documentation more and more turns out to be a blog, website, digital .PDF documentation. Is this o.k. for you and do you like the digitalisation of the documentation?
What are the positive sides of digital documentation. Are there also any negative sides?
I would love for funding to reprint all the handinfriendship.com hands I have for all to see the sizes,textures,colors.To hold and retrace someones hand loses something in translation.The most economical way was to have a blog,where all the participants can view their hand and others as well.Constantly updated as they arrive.If anyone has any cost-cutting ideas to share a tactile experience ,please...feel free to comment.
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VANCOUVER — BC Hydro is providing bill credits to customers who have been evacuated due to wildfires across the province.
BC Hydro is working with local authorities to identify residential and commercial customers located in evacuation areas and will automatically apply a credit to the account for the electricity consumed during the period the customer is out of the home or business due to evacuation order.
In addition, for customers that have lost their homes due to the wildfires, BC Hydro will waive all charges from their last bill, including any charges for electricity used prior to the wildfire.
BC Hydro customers on evacuation alert may be able to defer bill payments to a later date or arrange a flexible payment plan. Customers are encouraged to call BC Hydro's customer team at 1 800 BCHYDRO (1 800 224 9376) to discuss options.
BC Hydro is working closely with Emergency Management BC and BC Wildfire Service. Crews are ready to respond should an active wildfire impact the electrical system.


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Q: In cocoa (or generally in objective C) is there a way to send a message to objects in another process? Let's say I have two Cocoa apps running on the same machine (OSX). Is there a way to send "objective c" messages from one to objects in the other one?
These two apps need to remain independent, so they can be started and stopped by the user independently or users can have only one of the two on their machines. I know the best solution maybe using Sockets or pipes, but I wanted to know if I am not instantiating an object is there a way to send it a message (or call its methods) in anyway? I understand that the receiver may just ignore the messages or does whatever it wants with them.

A: What you are looking for is distributed objects. It allows you to broadcast an object from one application or thread so that other applications or threads can find it and communicate with it. Each application or thread using it will create a proxy object which it can send messages to, and those messages are forwarded to the actual object. Unfortunately, Apple seems to have removed its guide for distributed objects, but here is a GNUstep tutorial as well as the GNUstep manual to help you out. You will also want to look at the NSConnection class reference.

A: NSDistributedNotification+NSDistributedNotificationCenter is another option. it is similar to NSNotification+NSNotificationCenter. with it, you are restricted to plist types.

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A couple of home teams have caught my eye in today's Euro 2020 qualifiers and Caroline Garcia can triumph against a former world number one in the Miami Open. Austria to win @ 13/10 Austria take on near-neighbours Poland in Vienna in one of the standout ties in the opening round of Euro 2020 qualifiers […]
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Slovakia entertain neighbours the Czech Republic later (14-00 KO BST) and the hosts can claim their first Nations League win. Slovakia win to zero @ 43/20 Slovakia have lost just once in their last 13 home fixtures and are unbeaten in their last seven, during which time they have managed six wins and a draw. […]
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You are defending your opinion Wolfie, it's fair enough but not what I was talking about. We all have different opinions.
Are you trying to say that Todd hasn't had unfair and unbalanced criticism on here?
KIO, my point about sending Todd out on loan is that it's hardly supportive at a time where he's a big part of the squad who are about to achieve something nobody thought possible.
It may be time to move on from the penalty but it's certainly not time to be sending players out on loan next season. We still need Todd this season to help get over the line.
Waveney's criticism was ridiculous, but you can't take him seriously.
I personally haven't seen else anything I'd deem unfair or unbalanced – I've seen plenty I don't agree with, but nothing beyond the realms of reason. Lots of good debate around the subject, which is healthy. If someone feels that we'd be better off using players other than Todd for the last four games of the season, I would disagree with them. But I wouldn't think their opinion was unreasonable.
You put a balanced post on that thread saying that Cantwell, Stiepermann and Hernandez didn't have a great game. You didn't think Leitner or Vrancic should come in for Cantwell but move McLean forward to replace one of the front three.
I disagree and would only put players in to their most effective positions so if Vrancic or Leitner come in it should be for McLean. Or change the system. But for me with us on such a long unbeaten run averaging over 2 points a game for the season doing that would be an overreaction.
So there's two balanced opinions.
Absolutely stupid decision by the ref. Never in a million years did Godfrey deliberately handle the ball as the rules require. Sadly, it is a rule that needs to be looked at and clarified, as too many officials (even with VAR) are making the wrong decisions.
but ah well, points a point!
Yes, I agree that the statement you've highlighted is unbalanced. But on the whole – considering it's an internet forum and all – I think the discussion on this subject has been within the bounds of reason. Compared to some of the witch hunts we've seen on here in the past, I think it's pretty tame stuff.
If Waveney hadn't posted his inflammatory bobbins, I doubt we'd even be discussing it. The sooner people block/ignore him the better, he's an absolute stain on this community.
If your "understanding" of the BBC report you refer to is anything to go by Bill, I suggest you cut out the personal abuse and practice reading comprehension. If after reading it again you can't see what you've misunderstood, come back to me and I'll spell it out for you.
For West Coast - taken from the An Arm Away from Losing thread which you somehow sidestepped during your defense of the decision.
From the Sky half time analysis of our game. Andy Hinchcliff compared a penalty decision at Burnley this weekend which was reversed after the Ref realized the ball had deflected off Ben Mee's head onto his hand. Hinchcliff then made the point that our penalty wouldn't have been given if the Ref had VAR available.
Point he was making is that the distance between Godfrey's knee and his arm at that speed made it impossible for him to avoid and therefore not a penalty.
I missed your post amidst the concerted onslaught Hairy, exacerbated by Harry starting this separate thread.
I haven't seen the incident in the Burnley match, so I have no opinion at the moment as to how relevant Hinchcliff's comparison of the two incidents is. But as far as his point about the distance between Godfrey's arm and knee goes, I think that's irrelevant. It's not a question of whether Godfrey had time to withdraw his arm and hence avoid the ball hitting it after it had hit his knee; the salient factor is simply that he dived in with arms outstretched in the first place.
It's not just Waveney's though. Cantwells been part of a wonderfully successful season covering for Hernandez, Stiepermann and Buendia. His points/starts ratio is right up there. Yet with just four games to play he's getting hammered on here and sent out on loan next season.
With just four left to play we need Todd, and all the squad, to carry on as they have been and get us over the line.
Personally I think Todd will move on. He's nearly out of contract and he's a very promising young, home-grown talent that I'm sure a lot of top-flight clubs will snap up. It's not like he really owes the fans anything after singling him out the last couple of games.
Oh boo. Why would Todd move on? This is his first season in the first team squad. Next year we will be in the PL, and he'll be part of that setup too. So from the point of view of wanting to be with the club he grew up with what could be better? From the club's point of view, he's young, he's English and he's cheap and so financial burden carrying him as part of the squad. The only question is will he transition from talented player to premier league quality squad player, and on that there isn't enough evidence to say yet. He hasn't scored enough goals from his opportunities in my opinion, and he looks frail albeit he isn't as frail as he looks. So unless he wants out, I believe that he will stay but maybe go on loan in the second half of next season if he isn't getting any playing time.
I understand the point you're making WCC but it isn't supported by the laws of the game nor by decisions made of similar incidents in other games. In addition it's not supported by an ex-player explaining that the ball coming off Godfrey's knee is such an important factor that, had the Ref had VAR and seen the deflection, he wouldn't have awarded a penalty.
Fine that you disagree with all the above but it does rather put you out on a limb.
I think that's his M.O isn't it?
It doesn't make any difference at all, you're still entirely wrong and entirely alone in your belief. Even the Wigan manager said it wasn't a pen ffs. You can stop attention seeking now.
No, it makes no difference to the point you're making.
It was wrong. It's still wrong.
Should not have been given as a penalty.
Clearly not a pen in super slow-mo, but can understand the ref giving it in real time.
I could understand him giving it in real time if he wasn't standing directly behind a Wigan player and thus actually had any view of the incident whatsoever.
Have we reached a consensus?


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A college professor lives his life with reckless abandon after being diagnosed with a terminal illness.
Warner Bros. Pictures' "Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald" is the second of five all new adventures in J.K. Rowling's Wizarding World™. At the end of the first film, the powerful Dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald (Johnny Depp) was captured by MACUSA (Magical Congress of the United States of America), with the help of Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne). But, making good on his threat, Grindelwald escaped custody and has set about gathering followers, most unsuspecting of his true agenda: to raise pure-blood wizards up to rule over all non-magical beings.
CINEMA CLASSICS: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
An oddball journalist and his psychopathic lawyer travel to Las Vegas for a series of psychedelic escapades.
Release Date: 2.05.2018
Release Date 2.05.2018
A lavish train ride unfolds into a stylish & suspenseful mystery. From the novel by Agatha Christie, Murder on the Orient Express tells of thirteen stranded strangers & one man's race to solve the puzzle before the murderer strikes again.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge
Captain Jack Sparrow finds the winds of ill-fortune blowing even more strongly when deadly ghost pirates led by his old nemesis, the terrifying Captain Salazar, escape from the Devil's Triangle, determined to kill every pirate at sea...including him. Captain Jack's only hope of survival lies in seeking out the legendary Trident of Poseidon, a powerful artifact that bestows upon its possessor total control over the seas.
Alice in Wonderland: Through The Looking Glass
Alice returns to the whimsical world of Underland and travels back in time to save the Mad Hatter.
John Connolly and James "Whitey" Bulger grew up together on the streets of South Boston. Decades later, in the late 1970s, they would meet again. By then, Connolly was a major figure in the FBI's Boston office and Whitey had become godfather of the Irish Mob. What happened between them - a dirty deal to trade secrets and take down Boston's Italian Mafia in the process - would spiral out of control, leading to murders, drug dealing, racketeering indictments, and, ultimately, to Bulger making the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List.
A witch conspires to teach important lessons to various characters of popular children's stories including Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk and Rapunzel.
Mortdecai
Art dealer Charles Mortdecai searches for a stolen painting that's reportedly linked to a lost bank account filled with Nazi gold.
Dr. Will Caster is the foremost researcher in the field of Artificial Intelligence, working to create a sentient machine that combines the collective intelligence of everything ever known with the full range of human emotions. His highly controversial experiments have made him famous, but they have also made him the prime target of anti-technology extremists who will do whatever it takes to stop him. However, in their attempt to destroy Will, they inadvertently become the catalyst for him to succeed—to be a participant in his own transcendence.
From producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Gore Verbinski, the filmmaking team behind the blockbuster "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise, comes Disney/Jerry Bruckheimer Films' "The Lone Ranger," a thrilling adventure infused with action and humor, in which the famed masked hero is brought to life through new eyes.
Director Tim Burton brings the cult classic series "Dark Shadows" to the big screen in a gothic comedy featuring an all-star cast, led by Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer and Helena Bonham Carter. In the year 1752, Joshua and Naomi Collins, with young son Barnabas, set sail from Liverpool, England to start a new life in America. But even an ocean was not enough to escape the mysterious curse that has plagued their family. Two decades pass and Barnabas (Johnny Depp) has the world at his feet—or at least the town of Collinsport, Maine.
Tiring of the noise and madness of New York and the crushing conventions of late Eisenhower-era America, Paul Kemp (Johnny Depp) travels to the pristine island of Puerto Rico to write for a local newspaper, run by downtrodden editor Lotterman (Richard Jenkins). Adopting the rum-soaked life of the island, Paul soon becomes obsessed with Chenault (Amber Heard), the wildly attractive Connecticut-born fiancée of Sanderson (Aaron Eckhart). Sanderson is one of a growing number of American entrepreneurs who are determined to convert Puerto Rico into a capitalist paradise in service of the wealthy.
Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Rob Marshall, "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" captures the fun, adventure and humor that ignited the hit franchise—this time in Disney Digital 3D™. Johnny Depp returns to his iconic role of Captain Jack Sparrow in an action-packed adventure. Crossing paths with the enigmatic Angelica (Penelope Cruz), he's not sure if it's love—or if she's a ruthless con artist who's using him to find the fabled Fountain of Youth.
A chameleon that aspires to be a swashbuckling hero finds himself in a Western town plagued by bandits and is forced to literally play the role in order to protect it. the film was directed by Gore Verbinski ("Pirates of the Caribbean") and features the voices of Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Abigail Breslin, Bill Nighy, Stephen Root, Ray Winstone, Beth Grant, Ned Beatty, Harry Dean Stanton and Alfred Molina.
During an impromptu trip to Europe to mend a broken heart, Frank (Johnny Depp) unexpectedly finds himself in a flirtatious encounter with Elise (Angelina Jolie), an extraordinary woman who deliberately crosses his path. Against the breathtaking backdrop of Paris and Venice, their whirlwind romance quickly evolves as they find themselves unwittingly thrust into a deadly game of cat and mouse. Johnny Depp stars as an American tourist whose playful dalliance with Angelina Jolie's stranger leads to a web of intrigue, romance and danger in THE TOURIST.
From Walt Disney Pictures and visionary director Tim Burton comes an epic 3D fantasy adventure "Alice in Wonderland," a magical and imaginative twist on some of the most beloved stories of all time. Johnny Depp stars as the Mad Hatter and Mia Wasikowska as 19-year-old Alice, who returns to the whimsical world she first encountered as a young girl, reuniting with her childhood friends: the White Rabbit, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the Dormouse, the Caterpillar, the Cheshire Cat, and of course, the Mad Hatter.
In the action-thriller Public Enemies, acclaimed filmmaker Michael Mann directs Johnny Depp, Christian Bale and Academy Award® winner Marion Cotillard in the story of legendary Depression-era outlaw John Dillinger (Depp)—the charismatic bank robber whose lightning raids made him the number one target of J. Edgar Hoover's fledgling FBI and its top agent, Melvin Purvis (Bale), and a folk hero to much of the downtrodden public. No one could stop Dillinger and his gang. No jail could hold him.
From visionary filmmaker Tim Burton ("Batman," "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory") and starring Academy Award® and Golden Globe nominee Johnny Depp ("Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," the "Pirates of the Caribbean" trilogy) comes the new dramatic thriller, "Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street," a compelling and original vision based on the award-winning musical sensation.
In the follow-up to the record-breaking smash 2006 hit "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," we find our heroes Will Turner (Orlando Bloom), Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley) allied with Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) in a desperate quest to free Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) from his mind-bending trap in Davy Jones' locker – while the terrifying ghost ship, The Flying Dutchman and Davy Jones, under the control of the East India Trading Company, wreaks havoc across the Seven Seas.


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