Anybody with access to any kind of technology has probably partaken in gaming at least once in their life. Whether it's a quick play of an app on your phone, or an entire weekend dedicated to completing that intense mission on your favourite FPS, we've all played games and we all know just how much technology is changing our gaming experiences as a whole. From a more accessible gaming market, to the introduction of Virtual Reality, technology is constantly expanding and improving on the Gaming industry, and we're taking a look into some of the latest technologies to impact our gaming experience.
The software that produces and runs our games is forever expanding and changing, making the whole experience more and more seamless. Whether it's the software behind a smooth and realistic online blackjack casino game experience, or the top RPG on the market, every piece of software is constantly being worked on to ensure a bug-free, optimised experience. Online casinos are finding themselves taking on more and more software, from Playtech through to the up-and-coming SoftSwiss, while console and online multiplayer games are optimising everything they can to ensure they stay top of the markets and ahead of their competitors – but all of this works in our favour. While game developers might be fighting it out to keep the best software, we, as consumers, benefit from the best high-quality software and technology that money can buy.
Artificial Intelligence has given a whole new life to gaming – literally. While AI has been around from the start of gaming, the technology has come on leaps and bounds to an extent unforeseen back when we were still playing Ping Pong and Frogger. Artificial Intelligence is becoming better and better at mimicking humans, making gameplay much more realistic and in a way, more intense. Enemies can flank you or throw grenades if you're out of their field of view. Characters will talk to you and answer your responses all while keeping the entire conversation flowing as though you were talking to another human being. The computer-controlled characters will act like humans to the furthest extent that Artificial Intelligence will allow, and all on a platform that we can easily access.
Gaming is far more convenient today than it ever has been. While handheld consoles aren't a completely new concept with the production of Game Boy and Lynx in 1989, the market for handheld and portable consoles has only grown with higher demand, and more technology available to utilise. The Game Boy has turned into the DS, and the DS into the 3DS, and beyond. Cartridge gaming took off amazingly during the 00's, and has only continued its journey into the current decade. With the PS Vita and Wii U being released and constantly worked on to include gameplay with the main consoles, it's only upwards from here.
Gaming has come on at such a pace that it's even possible to play games without a controller at all! Intel RealSense technology has made it possible to play all kinds of games with just a simple wave of your hand. It follows the movements of your body, translating them into an action on the game itself. A 3D camera will track 22 separate points on your hand, and then the gesture control can allow users to control and connect with their gaming experience on a physical level. You can use your hand to control first person shooters, or the challenge games that are common in multiplayer games made specifically for gesture control.
Perhaps the biggest and most recent addition to gaming is the introduction of Virtual Reality. VR doesn't simply improve the gaming experience, it completely transforms it. While only a year or two ago, Virtual Reality wasn't widely available, it has since become extremely so. The likes of PlayStation, Samsung, HTC and more are all releasing their own virtual reality headsets and people are going crazy for them. The headset fits securely to your head and over your eyes, giving you a view as though you were in the world of the game. It gives a more intense, life-like experience that leaves adrenaline junkies sated, and gaming fans more than happy with this new technology and new gaming experience.
With most youngsters and adults alike having access to a smartphone or tablet, it's no wonder that the demand and popularity of mobile gaming as a whole has increased. Mobile gaming takes you away from your TV screen in your living room or bedroom, and out into the world with the games you love still accessible right from the miniature screen in your pocket. App stores and Marketplaces are all growing to have some of the best games around, whether they're miniaturised versions of games you can find on console or PC, or short and sweet snippets that are worthy of a place in your work commute entertainment repertoire. No matter whether you get the bus or train, you'll always see people huddled over their phones, tapping and clicking away at any number of games.


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EU-Turkey deal
Refugees in Greece
Closed borders boost people smuggling across Balkans
Published on : 2017/11/22 Latest update : 2017/12/08
By Dimitris Tosidis Published on : 2017/11/22 Latest update : 2017/12/08
Refugees continue to cross the Balkan route into Europe that the EU-Turkey deal was meant to cut off. Smugglers show the way. Marianna Karakoulaki and Dimitris Tosidis report from Chios, Thessaloniki, Belgrade and Sid.
When Mohammed, 27 – not his real name – arrived in Greece, he knew it would not be too easy for him to reach Europe; yet he was hopeful that once he arrived on the Greek mainland his European dream would come closer. This is what his smugglers in Turkey had promised him. The reality, however, was very different.
DW met Mohammed in Chios during the summer and kept in contact with him. By September he had finally arrived in Athens. Mohammed – a Bedouin from Kuwait – is neither a citizen nor a migrant; he is considered stateless. Although it would have been fairly easy for him to receive international protection in Greece, he did not apply for asylum in Chios: In fact, he decided not to register on the island.
Read more: Greek nationalist anger turns to violence against refugees
The restrictions of the 2015 deal between the European Union and Turkey, which keeps refugees trapped on the Greek islands until their asylum applications are examined, meant one thing for Mohammed: He had to find a different way to get to the mainland. When the time was right, he paid €800 ($939) to a Syrian with asylum in Greece who looked like him. Then he bought a ticket for the ferry to Athens and left Chios.
Another waiting period began in Athens. Mohammed lived in a small apartment near the port of Piraeus as he waited for instructions from his smuggler. Two months passed and he still was not sure how he would be continuing his journey. He initially thought he would travel to Italy via the port of Patras, one of the oldest exit points for refugees and migrants in Greece.
'Good morning, I am in Thessaloniki'
A month and a half after arriving in Athens, Mohammed was instructed to take the train to Thessaloniki – where DW met with him again. He was staying in a cheap hotel that his smuggler paid. The following day would be his last in Greece.
Mohammed speaks to his smuggler on the phone. He hurried to Thessaloniki after he was told he would cross the next day
His smuggler, an Iraqi in Turkey, instructed him to leave.
"He just called me. I need to go now. He had told me that we would leave in the afternoon. I don't know what happened, but I need to go to the park."
He, along with others, had to walk for two hours from Thessaloniki to a secluded area where they hid in a truck. They followed the now-closed Balkan route.
"I was so scared inside the truck. I was not alone and the truck was packed. Men, women and children," Mohammed told DW.
Read more: Child refugees in Greece sell sex for smugglers' fees
Once he reached Macedonia, he was left in a house next to the Serbian border for two days, waiting once again for instructions. Then he carried on to Belgrade.
"There were so many people in this home. From all over the place. All arrived the same way. We didn't have food for as long as we were there. Those who were in charge were from Pakistan. They didn't let us share its location. A Macedonian lady is also involved. She's probably the owner of the house," Mohammed says.
He says his smuggler has a huge network of contacts throughout the Balkan route – locals, authorities, refugees and migrants who work for him.
Thousands cross Balkan route
According to statistics from Frontex, the EU border agency, migrant movement along the Western Balkan route, which includes Greece, Macedonia, and Serbia, has not stopped. Between January and October this year, 9,964 people, mainly from Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan, have been detected there. In the first two weeks of November, the United Nations refugee agency reported, 307 new refugees and migrants arrived in Serbia either following the Turkey-Greece-Macedonia route via the Greek islands or one of the oldest migration routes: Turkey-Bulgaria-Serbia.
Unregistered refugees and migrants sleep in an abandoned building in Belgrade
Jadali, 22, from Afghanistan and Ahmed, 19, – not his real name – from Pakistan have been stranded in Serbia for almost two years. They live near the village of Sid next to the Serbian-Croatian border and have tried every possible way to reach Europe. Both of them arrived in Serbia via Bulgaria's land border with Turkey. According to other refugees and migrants stranded in the same area, the price to cross that border differs, from €300 to almost €1,000.
"I spent three months in Turkey, three months in Bulgaria, I was deported several times from Slovenia and Croatia. I've been to three camps here in Serbia. I keep trying to cross on my own as I have no money for smugglers. Those who do have money, pay smugglers," explains Ahmed.
Jadali followed a similar path to Ahmed, though he was also at the Hungarian border, detained for six months before he was pushed back to Serbia.
Read more: Refugees in Serbia – stranded in a warehouse
Movement at the borders is very obvious in Sid. Day and night refugees and migrants try to find ways to hide inside trains or trucks. Police inspect trucks regularly; private security guards do the same at the train station. Meanwhile, refugees and migrants with money pay thousands of euros to taxi drivers, who in turn bribe border authorities.
Waiting for a call
Mohammed is still in Belgrade, waiting for his smuggler to call and inform him as to the next step. He has two options: Hungary or Romania. He has never met his smuggler in person. They only talk by phone. The whole journey cost him €4,000, all included. There is a hidden notion of trust. Mohammed believes his smuggler, who is in Turkey, will not betray him and the smuggler believes he will be paid.
Mesopotamia café in Belgrade has become a point of reference for refugees and migrants as they wait for their smugglers
Now, after more than three weeks in the city, and a failed attempt to smuggle himself out of Serbia, he spends his days at Mesopotamia café, which feels like it was relocated to central Belgrade from the Middle East, despite the old US pop songs playing non-stop and the clock with the Union Jack on the wall. Everyone there seems to be waiting for that same phone call.
"Every day I talk to myself: Nobody will stop me and I will reach Spain, which is my final destination," says Mohammed. "I hope everyone in this world is safe. All I want is a passport, to have the same rights as everyone else," he adds.
This article was produced with funding from the Migration Media Award, funded by the EU. The information and views set out in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official opinion of the European Union. Neither the European Union institutions and bodies nor any person acting on their behalf may be held responsible for the use which may be made of the information contained therein.
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Pioneers Adds Dedicated Series A Startup Programs for 2018 Events
By Richard AsherDecember 5, 2017No Comments
While our investment arm Pioneers Ventures continues to look out for the most promising pre-seed and seed startups, we're now taking a more focused approach to our long tradition of serving early-stage startups. In line with this we're now customizing our event programming more tightly to the specific needs of seed-stage and Series A companies.
Series A startups who already have a product out there and are now looking to scale and develop a repeatable business model will have the opportunity to take part in exclusive and targeted sessions, networking and workshops at next year's events. Such startups should have raised funding up to $15m.
Series A startups selected for Pioneers'18 will receive two free tickets to our flagship event on May 24th-25th, as well as the opportunity to sign up for specialised workshops and round tables with selected corporate executives. The application process is already open here.
At Mobility.Pioneers on February 8th, meanwhile, we're offering our chosen Series A startups exclusive workshops around the topic of raising Series B funding, hiring staff and corporate acquisition. There will also be an exclusive side event for just 50 curated attendees, in which the startups can mingle with high-level corporate executives. Startups can apply here.
We're pleased to confirm that Wunder CEO Gunnar Froh will be running a session on raising Series B and decisions around corporate collaboration and acquisition in Munich. Froh was one of the first 50 employees at Airbnb after the (now) giant platform acquired Froh's previous startup Accoleo as part of its growth process. He's now overseeing Wunder's rapid growth, with the carpooling startup, whose platform targets developing megacities such as Manila, having completed Series B funding earlier this year.
Startups in the post-Series A phase often find themselves at a critical juncture in their journeys. Froh agrees with the idea that it's just about the last opportunity to pivot successfully.
"I think that's probably so," says Froh, who is pictured with the growing Wunder team above. "It's still possible at this stage and maybe not later than that. Although mostly people don't like to talk about changes even being needed!"
Other big decisions founders need to make after Series A could be big ones regarding collaborations and acquisitions. Froh's session will explore these challenges in the specific context of mobility, in which he'll share insights gained from Wunder's involvement with all three of Germany's automotive giants over the last two years. Including how he turned down an acquisition offer from one of them.
"Collaboration between corporates and startups has changed a lot in recent years," he says. "Corporates are becoming much more aware of the benefits of the way startups work. This provides many opportunities for startups.
"That doesn't just mean in terms of short-term funding or early exit opportunities. It can also mean you as a startup positioning yourself as a supplier to these companies – even in the long term. We could have sold to Volkswagen at the first opportunity…but we didn't do it. We're seeing more willingness for corporates to 'innovate their network'."
Froh's learnings from his involvement in scaling Airbnb will no doubt intrigue a lot of the Series A founders who make it to Munich too.
"Airbnb managed to convince some very good investors to make them the winner in that space. They didn't create the sharing economy or even renting your apartment, there were many doing that at the same time – we were monitoring 40 of them every week! But Airbnb managed to get enough investors behind them to provide them with so many resources that they could withstand some problems and try a lot of things without it mattering if they didn't work out."
While the Airbnb experience is hardly likely to be typical for most startups, there are still important learnings to be had, says Froh.
"It's good to create a reference point of companies that are very similar to you. It's also good to identify those next-level investors and speak to them early on about what the metrics they care about are. Here it can be contradictory: some would say revenue is the really important thing at Series B stage, others say it's all about reach, in other words early indicators of ultimate revenue opportunities."
In short, Series A is a tricky but exciting time in the growth of any business. The right way to go on those big decisions isn't always clear-cut. Which is exactly the reason why we're going deep into the topic with speakers such as Froh.
In addition to his session for the growth-stage startups, Froh's busy schedule in Munich will also see him take part in the Startup Corporate Collaboration panel discussion. Among his fellow panelists will be Dr Tom Kirschbaum from Door2Door.
While our selected startups can attend Mobility.Pioneers free of charge, corporates and investors wishing to purchase tickets can do so here.
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The Bellevue Chamber's Transportation Committee meets monthly to hear from transportation experts, analyze the information presented, determine how the Bellevue Chamber can send a strong business message to the public, and, generally, gather information to share with other business people in Bellevue and the Eastside. The Transportation Committee is the Chamber's primary business voice on transportation issues of importance locally, regionally, and nationally. Bellevue business people intent on increasing mobility in an efficient way and helping policy-makers make strategic transportation funding choices attend each month to stay on top of the most pressing issues of the day. The Transportation Committee has advocated for a statewide transportation package anchored by a gas tax, especially as it relates to mobility in Bellevue and throughout the Eastside.
Expected to begin in November of 2016, Sound Transit, the City of Bellevue, and East Link contractors plan to use a three-phase construction approach to Bellevue Way SE throughout East Link construction to minimize impacts to the traveling public.
1/13/15: Eastside Rail Corridor News: Erica Jacobs, a director within the King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks, joined Transportation Committee members on the 13th to discuss the development of the Eastside Rail Corridor, and the opportunities the Corridor holds for its various stakeholders.
Presentation delivered by Maher Welaye and Dave Berg (City of Bellevue) with Tony Raben (Sound Transit).


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Jerry Lee Beasley July 14, 1938- January 3, 2017 Jerry Lee Beasley, a retired Computer Systems Sales Manager and longtime substitute math teacher in Granbury High School, died January 3, 2017 in San Antonio. He was 78. Jerry was born July 14, 1938 in Ozona, Texas to parents Sam and Nola Beasley. He married his childhood sweetheart, Cecilia Cooke, and attended the University of Texas after graduating from Ozona High School. Following graduation from college in 1961, he began his computer career as a programmer with the National Security Agency. He worked on the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo projects at NASA then joined the sales office in San Antonio for 25 years. He retired to Granbury, Texas in 1995 and began substituting at the High School in the math department. He loved teaching, working with the students, and especially enjoyed following the school's athletic teams. In recent years he moved to San Antonio to be near family and for health reasons. He resided at Emerald Oaks Retirement Community fostering many new friendships. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Cecilia Cooke Beasley, his sister Sammie Sue Bussey and nephew Bob Amthor. His three children and their spouses survive him: daughter Karen and Craig Taliaferro of San Antonio; daughter LeeAnn and Jeb Bauer of Refugio, Texas ; son Wade and Jennifer Beasley of Dallas. Six grandchildren: Austin Taliaferro, Jimmy Bauer, Cecilia Bauer, Zachary Beasley, Ryan Beasley, and Nathan Beasley and two great-grandchildren. A remembrance gathering was held Friday, January 6 at 3:00pm at Emerald Oaks and graveside services to be held Monday, January 9 at 1:00pm at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Ozona, Texas. The family suggests memorials be made to Crockett County Library in lieu of flowers.
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First off – yes we have local persimmons!
Again, thanks for bearing with us as we convert all our information to new software. There are still some programming and learning issues, so things are out of place on some price lists, and until we can sync inventory properly, there are more listings of some commodities that we actually have – but never fear – another couple of weeks and all will be well.
First off – yes we have local persimmons – not many, but Ting at Formosa has let us have some. Yes Persimmons grow here – if you are from Vancouver you may have walked past one. There's even a persimmons orchard in the Fraser Valley (conventional). Because they can't grow them in the Interior and only closer to the coast, and we don't have big fruit production here, many people are reluctant to plant them because the trees aren't that high, and are perfect fodder for deer and bears. So until someone does a serious planting and builds 11 foot fences for deer and electric fences for bears we probably we won't see much more in the future.


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PHYLLIS DILLER A signed black and white publicity photograph of the comedian shown on stage smoking a cigarette Photograph inscribed and signed: "To/ Zippy/ Love/ Phyllis Diller". B/w, 8x10. Phyllis Diller (1917-2012) was one of the greatest female comedians of the 20th Century.
PHYLLIS DILLER A signed black and white publicity photograph of the comedian shown on stage smoking a cigarette Photograph inscribed and signed: "To/ Zippy/ Love/ Phyllis Diller". B/w, 8x10. Phyllis Diller (1917-2012) was one of the greatest female comedians of the 20th Century. She's known for her zany outfits, distinctive laugh, a stand-up act that featured frequent references to fictional husband "Fang", and zingers about her sex appeal and numerous plastic surgeries. Her big break came in March 1955 when she debuted at San Francisco's Purple Onion club. A subsequent appearance on The Tonight Show hosted by Jack Paar launched her national career, which got a big boost after Bob Hope saw Diller perform in Washington, D.C. A favorite of the comedian, Diller would appear in 3 of Hope's films and 23 of his television specials. Diller, who recorded her first comedy record album in 1959, took her groundbreaking "funny hausfrau" act to nightclubs and television variety shows. Her hundreds of screen credits include appearances on television series, game shows, late night talk shows, and films. She made her feature film debut in the Oscar-winner Splendor in the Grass. Other film credits include The Fat Spy (1966), The Sunshine Boys (1975), The Silence of the Hams (1994), and A Bug's Life (1998). From 1966 to 1967, she starred in The Phyllis Diller Show. While Diller is best known as a comedian, she was also a talented musician, author, and artist. From 1971 to 1981, she toured with symphony orchestras across the country as a featured pianist. Partially due to her flamboyant costumes and stand-up routine, Diller was embraced as a gay icon. She continued to make appearances on various productions until her death, with her final screen credits coming in a recurring role on the daytime soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful (from 1997-2012). In 1975, she was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Phyllis Diller was the first female comedian to become a household name, inspiring female comedians like Joan Rivers and Margaret Cho. Ink note (unknown hand) on verso (no show through). Fine condition.
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Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci.2020.9(10): 986-994
Importance of Acorus calamus in Rural Livelihood Security of District Ganderbal in Kashmir Valley, India
G. M. Bhat1*, Rayees A. Bhat1, M. A. Islam1, T. A. Rather1,F. A. Shahkhan2, Huzaifa Majeed1 and Nida Rafiq1
1Faculty of Forestry, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Kashmir, Benihama Ganderbal Campus (UT of J&K), India
2High Mountain Arid Agriculture Research Institute, Stakna, SKUAST-K, Leh, India
Acorus calamus is perennial medicinal herb is commonly growing on the banks of streams and in dampy marshy places in Kashmir valley. In Ayurvedic medicine Acorus calamus is an important herb and is valued as a "rejuvenator" for the brain and nervous system and as a remedy for digestive disorders. The rhizome of Acorus calamus is used for various medicinal purpose mainly appetite, fever, stomach cramps, tooth ache. The present study investigated the collection, consumption and sale of Acorus calamus and its contribution to household income and employment besides analyzing the factors influencing the Acorus calamus exploitation in the locality using Ex-Post-Facto Research Design. Purposive sampling technique was employed in the area of study (district Ganderbal). The livelihood security from Acorus calamus depends on multitude of household socioeconomic and biophysical factors like education, size of family, size of land holding, herd size, main occupation, family labour and gross annual income, Of the all off-farm and on-farm income sources The total average collection/household/annum of Acorus calamus was 67.3 kg, from which total average 61.7 kgs, were processed, average 5.1 kgs were consumed by per family house hold and it provided total average employment of 68.66 man days to the single sample household The Acorus based cottage industry was found the 5th major constituent of household income employment in the study site. The household characteristics influencing the Acorus calamus livelihood in the locality averaged for the sample population indicated the respondents (74.33%) were old aged followed by middle (24.33%) age groups respectively. The mean age was 72.16, among these (26.66%) were illiterate followed by below primary (20.00%), primary (18.33%) The mean score of education was 2.1 which indicated that low literacy dominates in the surveyed population. The number of large farmers was nil (0.00%) with average score of landholding as 1.45 which indicated the prevalence of marginal landholders among the sample households.
Keywords: Acorus calamus, Rural Livelihood, Ayurvedic medicine
Bhat, G. M., Rayees A. Bhat, M. A. Islam, T. A. Rather, F. A. Shahkhan, Huzaifa Majeed and Nida Rafiq. 2020. Importance of Acorus calamus in Rural Livelihood Security of District Ganderbal in Kashmir Valley, India.Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci. 9(10): 986-994. doi: https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2020.910.118


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ABOUT THE NAME GAREN
As you may have noticed, I have a fairly unusual name, and I'm asked the question about where it comes from on a regular basis, with most people postulating that it has Welsh origins due to the way it sounds (it's hasn't, though I probably do have a little Welsh ancestry back in the 1700s by way of some Pritchards).
My mum always told me that she liked the first half of 'Gareth', but not the second, and the second half of 'Darren', but not the first, so she put the two together to come up with Garen (this was 1969). Very recently my aunt told me a different story, that my mum scrambled the letters of her own name (Margaret Anne) and picked out five, producing Garen. Whichever story is true (I think the first) - she made the name up.
From a 1990 letterhead
I like my name. It's got five letters to match my surname and has a pleasing stamp. Up until I got on the Internet, I thought it was pretty much unique, though someone told me early on that Elvis Presley's twin brother was called Garen (actually his second name and not the same spelling, Jesse Garon Presely, he was sadly still-born).
When I did get on to the internet (in 1997) I found there were other Garens out there and I experienced something of the feeling that all Johns, Daves and Mikes must constantly have... that my name is shared. Most Garens the world over have an Armenian surname, and this does seem to be where its roots lie, although a number of more recent baby-name websites declare it as French, and that it comes from the word 'guard' (erm, which is garde). A friend of mine who recently had a baby, owned a mammoth book of 40,000 baby names, including Garen, of which it said it was English. I can't help but wonder if they got that from typing the name into Google and coming up with my website and looking at where I lived!
I do know of another Garen native to the British Isles. In the late 1990s I did some illustration work assisting comic artist Tony O'Donnell, and when he had a son around that time, he and his wife decided they liked the name Garen, so it became his too. He's not named "after me", as such (I've only actually met Tony once in person), but I feel honoured, all the same, that my name was the origin.
Update: I have since done a little research into the first name Garen, and here are some stats - from 1837-2005 there were 46 Garen births registered in England, Wales and Scotland; the first was in 1952; there were 4 in the 50s, 8 in the 60s (including me), 12 in the 70s, 7 in the 80s and 11 in the 90s. 33 were in England, 11 in Wales, and 2 in Scotland; 10 of those belonged to people with a non-UK heritage (going by surname), of which 5 were Armenian (the others Turkish, Arabian, Latin American, Punjabi and Hindu).
The signature I use on my artwork - it hasn't changed much in 20 years...
Garen is one of those names people never believe the first time they hear it, so I've always got the script ready to say "it's like Darren but with a G instead of a D", though sometimes I won't bother, and will endure being called Darren, Gary, Gareth or Geraint and on one amusing occasion, Garden. One chap I worked with for a few months even took to calling me Dave because my name just did not compute in his world. The most common mis-spelling is to give it two rs, and it is still sometimes mis-spelt by friends and even family. If I say my own name, Garen Ewing, too quickly, people tend to think my name is that of automobile-songster and pop-pilot, Gary Numan.
One popular use of the name Garen appears to be for fantasy characters in online fiction, as it lends itself to that random interlocking of syllable parts that I know so well from my role-playing game days when I did much the same thing (ah, Dorin Sharpesword, where are you now?) In fact, at the time of writing, the number one Google return is for Garen Muln, a human male Jedi master who "lived during the final decades of the Galactic Republic". Number two is for Garen Boyajian, a Canadian actor (with an Armenian surname) whose "dedication, drive and defiant pursuit of superstardom" I immediately support due to our invisible unusual-name bond (coincidentally, he also works to help raise awareness for Ewing's Sarcoma). As for me, I come in at number four, just after Tarot mistress, Nancy Garen (but I'm not counting the surname). I've seen one female Garen - Garen Thomas, an African-American children's editor and author.
Update: as of Sep 2013 I now come in at number seven, with all the first six (and several after) being for a character called Garen ("The Might of Demacia") from a game called League of Legends.
Despite being one of those names you'll never find on a name-key-ring display in a tacky gift shop, there are a couple of places called Garen. It's the name of a ghost-town to be found on Highway 61 south of Forest Lake, Minnesota, founded in the 1890s. What I find intriguing about this place is that it was born of flame (a cattle-train stop built to placate the local farmers who were the victims of fires started by sparks from passing trains) and it pretty much died by flame (when the old school building burnt down in the 1930s, leaving only a roadside tavern into the 1940s). Garen is also a small town just outside Lindern, Germany ('garen' means 'cook' in German, apparently), and a village in Eidfjord, Norway.
So there you go... though the name has a Western Armenian heritage, in my case my mum just made it up in 1969. Well... you do keep asking!
You can read another blog post about names right here.
My parents and grandparents at my naming ceremony.
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AB, on Sunday 5 February 2012 at 2:47 pm, says:
i am trying to get in touch with Garen Ewing. Can someone help me with an email address please?
Garen, on Sunday 5 February 2012 at 5:08 pm, says:
Hello AB - you can get in touch with me via the contact link here. Look forward to hearing from you.
Amanda Garen, on Thursday 23 February 2012 at 11:05 pm, says:
Since i suck in english I wount read it all, But my lastname is Garen too and im from Norway. In norwegian \"garden\" with a D Means \"the farm\" in english :)
Garen, on Sunday 26 February 2012 at 10:44 pm, says:
Your English is far better than my Norwegian :-)
Berlin, on Sunday 4 March 2018 at 10:20 pm, says:
There is a German verb that sounds like "Garen", but it's "gaeren" and it means "to ferment" or "to bubble". Rather a charming connection, I think. Best!
Garen, on Monday 5 March 2018 at 12:39 am, says:
Thanks for that, Berlin - that seems to cover my translation of 'cook' at the end of the article, which Google Translate (if it can be trusted) also has as 'ferment' and 'simmer' for 'garen' (that spelling).
Berlin, on Saturday 17 March 2018 at 10:40 pm, says:
You're welcome! It is my pleasure to share. Kochen is more generally the German verb "to cook" with garen (usually spelled with two dots over the a, but this comment system didn't like it, so I used the ae combo) is the specific form of cooking Google translated for you. I think the suggested idea your name gives in German of you creatively bubbling or fermenting your art is appropo. Thank you for your work.
Garen, on Tuesday 20 March 2018 at 9:28 pm, says:
I like that - thank you very much :-)
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Mushy proves his point
Sports Reporter from Chittagong
Mon Oct 24, 2016 12:00 AM Last update on: Mon Oct 24, 2016 12:58 AM
There was not much hope coming into this match. It was not just the longest gap between Tests in Bangladesh's 16-year history that caused the pessimism; it was pretty much everything surrounding Bangladesh's Test cricket. By the coach's own admission Bangladesh were not a side known for taking the 20 wickets required to win a Test match and even asked us not to expect miracles. They were led by a captain who did not seem to be the one to take Bangladesh to the next step. He was also suffering from indifferent form with the bat in the limited-overs matches the side played this year.
But the man that people doubted has proved to be the catalyst for a turnaround. England may take two wickets and Bangladesh may well lose the first Test on the fifth morning of the first Test in Chittagong today, but more than can be gleaned from the scorecards has already been achieved by the team, and in particular, Mushfiqur Rahim.
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As captain he was instrumental in formulating the strategy that has put Bangladesh in a position to win their first Test against an opposition other than the trouble-beset Zimbabwe or a depleted West Indies side in 2009. While those seven victories mean a lot to the newest Test team, if Bangladesh pull this off it will rank as the country's greatest cricketing achievement bar none. Even if they do not, it will have signalled a seminal match in which Bangladesh finally found their Test identity and their actual home advantage.
If proof be needed that he was instrumental, one need not look much further than his captaincy on the field. Gone were the passive fields set to contain. There was not a moment in the match when Bangladesh were not trying to take wickets; there were close-in fielders even during Ben Stokes and Jonny Bairstow's 127-run sixth wicket partnership on Saturday. Further proof is his allusions to a special plan before the match; which apparently was to unleash his spinners on England on a dustbowl and count on his batsmen to bat better than the English in the conditions.
While the first of that two-part plan was executed with his aggressive captaincy, he was central to the second aspect yesterday as well. His innings of 124-ball 39, when he batted for 168 minutes on what both sides have called one of the most difficult pitches they have seen, will go down as one of the great rearguards. No ball until the treacherous one that got him out was too much trouble for him, reminding us why he -- the country's first double-centurion -- was not long ago regarded as Bangladesh's best Test batsman.
His shepherding of the young and precociously talented Sabbir Rahman proved no less crucial during their 87-run sixth-wicket stand. He illustrated the home advantage through Sabbir, allowing him to go after the spinners to set the cat among England's pigeons. He also reined Sabbir in against the reverse swinging ball, and the youngster has been batting in the way of his captain, raising hopes of the 'miracle' the coach talked of.
Even if Bangladesh lose, they have competed tooth and nail each and every hour with England except one hour on the third morning. The story should however be that a team with only seven Test victories have shown an undying will to fight in the toughest of circumstances. In that they have taken their cue from their captain.
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Search University of Waterloo. Special Collections & Archives
University of Waterloo. Special Collections & Archives
File 22 - Ahrens, Florence: MacDonald Institute.
Schneider family collection.
Schneider family collection
Ahrens family.
Ahrens, Florence: MacDonald Institute.
[1914?] (Photography)
1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 24 cm.
Schneider, J.M. family
Johann Christoph Schneider was born in Germany, in Unteröwisheim, Baden, on August 27, 1831. His father, a farmer, was also Johann Christoph Schneider; his mother was Margarethe Elizabeth Zoller. He left Germany in 1847 when he was sixteen years old and settled in Berlin (now Kitchener), Ontario, where a substantial German settlement already
existed. He worked as a carpenter and later as a mechanic, and by 1858 was a building contractor. He married Anna Elizabeth Metz on April 26, 1857. They had seven children, of
whom John Metz Schneider, founder of the meat packing firm later known as the Schneider Corp., was the first.
Johann Christoph Schneider contributed to the physical growth of Berlin as a builder, helping construct buildings such as the Waterloo County Court House and the Breithaupt
tanneries. In 1860 he purchased a 100-acre farm in what is now the Victoria/Lawrence St. area of Kitchener, cleared the land and spent the next thirty-seven years as a farmer. He was a founding member of the Church of the New Jerusalem, a Swedenborgian congregation. In politics he was "a staunch supporter of Reform principles." (Obituary) He died in 1900.
The descendants of Johann Christoph Schneider played active roles in business, politics, the cultural and social life of the area from the nineteenth century to the present day.
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Una pesadilla (Le cauchemar) es una película muda de la productora francesa Star Film del año 1896, del director pionero Georges Méliès. Numerada como la n° 82 en sus catálogos, se publicitó como una obra fantástica. La película fue filmada en el exterior, en un jardín de la propiedad de Méliès en Montreuil, Sena-Saint Denis, con un paisaje pintado. Méliès interpreta al hombre dormido.

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Un hombre que no logra conciliar el sueño es visitado por varias visiones que se transforman entre sí, incluida una niña vestida solo con una sábana, un ministril con blackface, Pierrot y el hombre de la luna, que roe su brazo. Se despierta enredado en sus sábanas, pero aliviado de que todo fuera solo un sueño.

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As Congress Returns To Work, Politics Is High On The Agenda
By William Douglas, McClatchy Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON — Congress returned Monday for a two-week session with a schedule that's short on substantive action and long on political theater ahead of November's midterm elections.
Rather than go out in a blaze of legislative accomplishment before the Nov. 4 elections, members of the House of Representatives and the Senate appear satisfied with doing the bare minimum required before returning to their districts to campaign.
Keeping the federal government operating beyond Sept. 30, extending or shutting an agency that helps U.S. businesses sell their products overseas, and whether to formally weigh in on the recent violent activities of the Islamic State top the agenda.
After that, the Democratic-controlled Senate and the Republican-run House will conduct a series of votes and debates designed more to appeal to each party's political base than to become law.
For example, the Senate was scheduled to vote Monday on a Democratic-sponsored measure to consider a constitutional amendment on the nation's campaign finance laws, a nonstarter among Republicans.
House Republicans are slated to fold their previously passed jobs measures into one bill and put it up to a vote during the two-week session. House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California told fellow Republicans last week that the vote is designed "to remind (Senate Majority Leader) Harry Reid of our positive solutions and foster job creation."
"Do a quick kick and get out of town," said Robert Bixby, the executive director of the Concord Coalition, a nonpartisan government-watchdog group. "This has kind of become the new regular order. It's not a good thing, but it's better than a shutdown."
As early as this week, lawmakers will vote on a short-term continuing resolution to fund the government past the Sept. 30 end of the fiscal year and avoid a repeat of last October's 16-day partial government shutdown.
The measure once again signifies the failure of Democrats and Republicans in the two chambers to reach consensus on serious budgetary issues and punts the responsibility of passing a budget into the hands of a post-election lame-duck Congress — or even a new Congress in 2015.
Though the resolution is expected to pass, there might be some problems along the way. One of them could be the federal Export-Import Bank, which would run out of funding if Congress fails to reauthorize it by Sept. 30.
The bank is the bane of conservatives, who consider it a testament to "crony capitalism" and a heavy-handed institution that picks business winners and losers.
There's bipartisan support for the bank among Democratic and Republican leaders, though they disagree on the length of the reauthorization.
With House members and senators assembled in Washington for the first time since late July, both chambers are expected to discuss the deteriorating situation in the Middle East and the deadly rise of the Islamic State.
But it's unclear whether lawmakers will do anything more than talk and hold hearings such as the Sept. 16 House Foreign Affairs Committee session on the Islamic State, in which Secretary of State John Kerry is scheduled to testify.
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Coming out of last season's bubble, Paul George's reputation suffered some damage. He groused about the challenging circumstances, then ...
Coming out of last season's bubble, Paul George's reputation suffered some damage. He groused about the challenging circumstances, then underperformed in the playoffs. It all helped lead to questions and concerns about the Los Angeles Clippers entering this season, though there was no doubt that George would be a part of the team's future after he signed a long-term extension.
On Tuesday night, George offered a reminder that he is still one of the best players in the N.B.A. In leading the Clippers to a season-opening 116-109 win over the Lakers, George scored 33 points while shooting 13 of 18 from the field. The performance came on the night the Lakers collected their championship rings. Both teams have title aspirations again this season.
"I took shots when they were available," George said in a televised interview after the game. "I didn't press."
The Clippers led by as many as 22 points in the half, found themselves tied with the Lakers in the third quarter, then imposed their will on defense in the game's late stages to secure the win. They also got a solid effort from Kawhi Leonard, who scored 26 points. LeBron James had 22 points for the Lakers, and Anthony Davis finished with 18.
It was a competitive game — and a relief for viewers who had stuck around after the Nets christened the new season by throttling the Golden State Warriors, 125-99, earlier in the evening.
Here's how the Nets beat the Warriors, and the Clippers beat the Lakers.
It's a reunion for Durant and Curry.
Kevin Durant, left, and Stephen Curry, right, won two championships together with the Golden State Warriors.Credit…Sarah Stier/Getty Images
Opening night won't just be a long-awaited return to the court for Kevin Durant. His teammate, Stephen Curry, with whom Durant won two championships, also will play. Curry, a two-time Most Valuable Player Award winner, missed 60 games last season because of a broken left hand.
Curry and Durant will face each other as opponents for the first time since 2016. After that season, Durant shocked the basketball world by joining Curry in Golden State, forming one of the most talented partnerships in the history of the league.
"You always kind of find yourself in awe of stuff he can do on the floor," Curry told reporters this week, adding, "That was a big part of our success: kind of feeding off of each other, that energy and that pursuit of greatness every day. Seeing it up close and personal, you had no choice but to meet it every day."
Durant, for his part, is not outwardly putting extra stock in Tuesday night's game, even though it is against his former team.
"Playing against old teammates never really ratcheted me up," Durant told reporters this week. "I always felt like I was on that level no matter who is on the floor. I feel like each game is important to me."
1st Quarter: Kevin Durant is hot to start.
It's a beautiful sight to see. Kevin Durant has hit 4 of his first 5 shots. What's impressive is that all four of his makes have been different. One was a runner, another a 3-pointer, a pull-up jumper which also sent him to the line, and, finally, a baseline dunk. He scored 8 points in the first three minutes of the game. An impressive start so far, pushing the Nets to an early double-digit lead, 18-8. Kyrie Irving has hit 2 of 3 so far for 5 points.
'Nerves and anxiety' for Steve Nash in his coaching debut.
Before his first regular-season game as an N.B.A. head coach, Steve Nash told reporters that Kevin Durant "does look exactly like he did before the injury, but he also needs a little bit of breathing room to get himself acclimated to competitive basketball."
"The only thing I say about it is that he's done everything and he's in absolutely the ultimate position to come back from this injury," Nash said of Durant, who tore his right Achilles' tendon during the 2019 N.B.A. finals, which sidelined him for all of last season.
As far as his coaching debut — Nash's first direct involvement in a N.B.A. game since he retired as a player in 2015 — Nash said that this game day had a "different rhythm but similar nerves and anxiety" as when he was a player.
"I always felt a little nerves until I actually got out there in pregame warm-ups. So I feel that a little bit tonight and that's probably a good thing," Nash said.
End of 1st Quarter: The Warriors are struggling.
The Nets jumped out to a 40-19 lead in the first quarter, while the Warriors looked out of sorts on offense, before the Nets ended the opening frame leading 40-25. Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving were dominant, scoring 27 points on 10-of-15 shooting combined. Joe Harris also scored 6 points, hitting a pair of triples.
Kelly Oubre, a new Warriors addition, had a rim-rattling dunk and Stephen Curry had 9 points on 3-of-7 shooting to keep the Warriors afloat, but Golden State had trouble generating quality offensive possessions as a whole.
Here's hoping the Warriors can be great again.
I'm not ready to say goodbye to the Golden State Warriors.
I find myself pining for the splendor of Steph Curry, the snarl of Draymond Green, the beautiful basketball, the sheer dominance. I fear we may never see it again — at least, not at the level we once did.
Klay Thompson's shredded Achilles' tendon probably means a second straight lost season, and possibly a fatal blow to the Warriors' hopes for a revival. And that's where I truly become wistful.
I don't miss the Warriors as a fan would (my San Jose roots notwithstanding). It's not just that I'll miss writing about their roundball artistry (though that's certainly true, too). It's more personal than that.
To their fans, the Warriors provided endless basketball bliss — a montage of deep 3s and shimmies and raucous parades. To others, they provided a standard of selfless play and joyful domination. They defined an era, and redefined the formula for building a superteam.
But they gave me something far more precious: a final few hours with my father. I just didn't know it at the time.
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2nd Quarter: Caris LeVert is key off the Nets' bench.
It's just one game. But Andrew Wiggins, who will now have to fill some of the gap left by Klay Thompson's absence, has had a rough start to the game. He started 1-8 and has missed multiple wide-open jumpers.
On the other end, Caris LeVert is thriving early on in his role as sixth man for the Nets. He has 12 points on 7 shots along with 3 rebounds and an assist, providing a spark off the bench while Durant and Irving sit for a spell. LeVert's ability to keep the offense afloat while the Nets' star duo rests will be crucial as the season progresses.
Side note: TNT's audio appears to be out of sync with the video. I just heard the clank of a missed jumper seconds after the ball hit the rim on the screen. Look, it's not just the players who are getting themselves into shape.
Halftime: Kyrie Irving leads with 24 points.
The onslaught continued for the Nets, as they ended the first half up 63-45. Kyrie Irving continued to put on a show, pouring in 24 points on 13 shots and hitting several momentum-stopping jump shots to keep the Warriors from sustaining any sort of run. Kevin Durant had 12 points on 11 shots. Caris LeVert ended the half with 12 points.
For Golden State, every point seemed to be a labor. Stephen Curry led with 16 points, but it took 15 shots. He also had 5 assists. Andrew Wiggins shot 2-10 for 8 points. The Nets have looked faster and more aggressive, keeping the game mostly uncompetitive. Their defense also was effective in stopping the Warriors from getting uncontested shots.
One potential red flag for the Nets: They only had 10 assists to 13 turnovers. They're winning based on a lot of isolation basketball. But who can complain when it works?
Silver: Others need the vaccine 'much more desperately' than N.B.A. players.
Commissioner Adam Silver, in a pregame interview on TNT, reiterated that he did not think that N.B.A. players should receive the vaccine right now, saying that he did not want players prioritized over more vulnerable populations.
"While there is no doubt a role our that our players can play at the appropriate time, and whether it's in the African-American community in certain cases, whether it's demonstrating to young people that it's safe to get the vaccine should our players feel that way, I just think right now, given that there's limited doses and given that there's another cohort of people out there who need it much more desperately than young, healthy people, my sense is we should wait," Silver said.
"But ultimately we'll follow what the public health officials tell us to do. I know we've already had some conversations with public health officials who suggested that there is a role that our players can play in demonstrating to the broader public that it is safe to go ahead and get vaccinated."
3rd Quarter: Yikes.
So, this is Kevin Durant:
And this is how the Warriors are doing:
3rd Quarter: 3-pointers are only falling for the Nets.
It got ugly here in Brooklyn (depending on your vantage point). The Nets pushed the lead to 31 in the third quarter. The Warriors are only shooting 5 of 21 from deep, compared to 10 of 22 for the Nets. That has essentially been the ball game. Durant now has 16 points; Irving has 26.
End 3rd Quarter: It might be a wrap.
The game became a blowout early on … is still a blowout entering the final quarter, as the Nets outscored the Warriors by 10 in the third, to lead 99-71. We are all about bright spots here, so we found one for Golden State: Stephen Curry has 10 assists. So there's that.
Aside from that? The Warriors are shooting 24 percent from 3 and only have two players in double figures. Andrew Wiggins is shooting an awful 4-14 from the field for 13 points. For the Nets, Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving have combined for 48 points and may not have to play anymore tonight. Caris LeVert has 16 points, Joe Harris has 10, and DeAndre Jordan has 10 rebounds.
4th Quarter: Up-and-down debut for the Warriors rookie James Wiseman.
James Wiseman, the highly touted prospect whom the Warriors drafted second overall in November, has had a mixed N.B.A. debut after Coach Steve Kerr put him in the starting lineup. So far, through 17 minutes, Wiseman has 10 points and 6 rebounds on 3-of-8 shooting. The 19-year-old looked nimble handling the ball but sometimes struggled finishing under the basket and on the defensive end.
The Nets beat the Warriors, 125-99.
Steve Nash got his first win as an N.B.A. head coach in dominating fashion, as the Nets blew out the Golden State Warriors at home, 125-99. The Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant partnership got off to a fast start: Irving had 26 points and Durant added 22, both in 25 minutes. Neither played in the fourth quarter. But for all 48 minutes, the Nets looked like the championship contenders they were billed to be. The Nets were particularly proficient from the perimeter, shooting 15-35 from deep (43 percent). Caris LeVert, who came off the bench, scored 20 points and grabbed 9 rebounds.
Golden State, missing Klay Thompson and Draymond Green, struggled mightily on both ends of the floor. Offensively, the Warriors looked as if they would miss even if they threw a basketball into space from the International Space Station. They shot 10-33 from three (30 percent). Stephen Curry, who missed most of last season, looked overmatched, scoring 20 points on 21 shots. He did, however, have 10 assists. Curry did not get much help from his teammates. Andrew Wiggins, whom the Warriors acquired last season, shot 4-16 from the field for 13 points. James Wiseman, the heralded rookie, scored 19 points and grabbed 6 rebounds, a solid debut, but much of his production came in the fourth quarter when the outcome of the game was not in doubt.
Drama for the Clippers. New deals for the Lakers.
In some ways, it feels like Kawhi Leonard joined the Clippers a million years ago. In fact, it was only during the summer of 2019 when the Clippers signed Leonard and traded for Paul George, a momentous one-two punch that reshaped the franchise.
But some of the behind-the-scenes intrigue of that momentous summer recently resurfaced when Johnny Wilkes, a man who claims to be a Leonard family confidante, accused Jerry West, one of the team's executives, of reneging on a pledge to pay him for helping deliver Leonard to the Clippers.
After Wilkes, who played high school basketball with Leonard's uncle Dennis Robertson filed a lawsuit, the N.B.A. opened an investigation. The Clippers have denied any wrongdoing, calling Wilkes's allegations "baseless," and Leonard told reporters that Wilkes had nothing to do with his decision to sign with the Clippers.
Leonard has never been considered among the N.B.A.'s most charismatic stars, but his short tenure with the Clippers has produced no shortage of drama. Also percolating in the background: his contract situation. Leonard suggested this week that he would decline his player option for next season, meaning he would become a free agent.
Meanwhile, all is copacetic in Laker-land: LeBron James and Anthony Davis both agreed to new long-term deals over the off-season.
The Lakers get their championship rings.
Before the Lakers took the court for their spectator-free championship ring ceremony, Coach Frank Vogel reflected on just how "surreal" the team's title run still felt to him.
"I don't really know if it ever really hits you," he told reporters before the game. "It's what you dream about. It's what you work for your whole career. I'm just happy for my family, who made so many sacrifices to allow me to have these opportunities. Grateful to the league for letting us finish the season and creating the bubble environment."
Because of the coronavirus pandemic and the massive shutdowns it caused, Vogel said he had only sporadically been able to get a sense of what the championship meant to fans in Southern California. But whenever he goes grocery shopping or stops by Target, someone will thank him for what the team was able to do, he said.
The ring ceremony itself, even without fans in the arena, was surprisingly emotional. In recorded video presentations, the players' families congratulated them, one by one, before they went to collect their rings. There was even a cameo from the Milwaukee Bucks' Giannis Antetokounmpo, whose younger brother, Kostas, spent last season on a two-way contract with the Lakers.
And in a nice touch, frontline medical workers presented the rings to the team's assistant coaches.
1st Quarter: Ibaka and Batum are making an impact early.
Playing through fake crowd noise that sounds, to this expert, like static, the Clippers have run out to a 16-5 lead. Perhaps the Lakers are still recovering from the ring ceremony. Or maybe the Clippers are revealing the importance of two of their key off-season acquisitions: Serge Ibaka and Nicolas Batum, who have combined for 11 points.
The Lakers got more attention for their eventful off-season — Dennis Schröder, who was in the running for sixth man of the year with the Oklahoma City Thunder last season, was in the Lakers' starting lineup — but Ibaka and Batum are both long, wily veterans who can hit 3-pointers and space the floor, no small asset in the N.B.A.
End of 1st Quarter: The Clippers look good early.
That was a Nets-esque start for the Clippers, who have a 39-19 lead after the first quarter and are showing a lot of offensive balance. Eight players scored, including all five starters. And their defense is causing all kinds of problems, forcing the Lakers into five turnovers.
It might be worth noting that the Lakers and Clippers met in the opener last season, and the Clippers won that game fairly handily. The Lakers, of course, went on to win it all. The point being: One game, especially the season opener, does not mean a whole lot. But the Clippers, at least for one quarter, are showing cohesion a couple of months after their meltdown in the bubble — and after facing a lot of off-season questions about chemistry.
2nd Quarter: Talen Horton-Tucker gets a shot.
Talen Horton-Tucker has checked into the game for the Lakers, who have cut into the Clippers' lead, and LeBron James thinks the 20-year-old guard can become a star. James recalled watching one of Horton-Tucker's high school games on television a few years ago and calling his agent: "You need to take a look at this kid," James told him.
A second-round draft pick out of Iowa State a year ago, Horton-Tucker played sparingly for the Lakers last season, when he was still a teenager — and the youngest player on the roster. But he had a breakout preseason game earlier this month, collecting 33 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists against the Clippers. He figures to be a part of the rotation moving forward.
"You see what he's doing now," James said. "He's going to continue to get better and better and better."
Halftime: The Lakers fight back, thankfully.
After five quarters of lopsided basketball tonight, it's nice to finally have a competitive game. After trailing by as many as 22 points, the Lakers nearly came all the way back and now trail, 56-54, at halftime. Anthony Davis and LeBron James (who else?) both have 10 points for the Lakers. They also got nice spark from Dennis Schröder, who has 9.
In the final minute before halftime, Lakers Coach Frank Vogel successfully challenged an offensive foul call on James that turned into a 3-point play for him — a big swing.
Kawhi Leonard has struggled for the Clippers, shooting 4 of 13 from the field.
3rd Quarter: Joke's on … ?
Viewers are getting their first look at Luke Kennard as a member of the Clippers. Kennard, a 24-year-old wing who has had a quiet night, scoring 2 points in 10 minutes off the bench, spent the first three years of his career with the Detroit Pistons before the Clippers picked him up over the off-season as a part of three-team trade.
It's been an eventful week for Kennard. On Monday, Kennard and the Clippers reached an agreement on a new four-year deal that could be worth as much as $64 million with incentives, according to multiple reports. With the Pistons last season, Kennard averaged 15.8 points a game while shooting 39.9 percent from 3-point range.
Shooting guards are getting paid these days. Consider the Nets' Joe Harris, who recently signed a four-year deal worth $75 million.
One person who was apparently amused by Kennard's new contract? Montrezl Harrell, who tweeted several laughing emojis along with a brief message: "OK!" after the news was reported. Harrell, the league's reigning sixth man of the year, had spent the past three seasons with the Clippers before signing with the Lakers in November — for two years and $19 million. Tonight, he has 12 points and 6 rebounds late in the third quarter.
End of 3rd Quarter: Give credit to Paul George.
After the Lakers scrambled all the way back to tie the game, the Clippers ratcheted up their defensive pressure — again. It also helped that Paul George caught fire, helping the Clippers to an 89-78 lead entering the fourth quarter. George, who was maligned for his postseason struggles in the bubble, has 22 points while shooting 9 of 12 from the field. Leonard also has 22.
LeBron James tried to impose his will for a stretch of the third quarter (see his earlier dunk), and has 18 points. But the Lakers seemed to use up a lot of energy coming back from that huge deficit.
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The event was organised by Surrey's Department of Physics, Surrey Space Centre (SSC), Physoc Society and Widening Participation Department, in partnership with SEPnet (South East Physics Network), the Guildford Astronomical Society, Royal Holloway University and Hertfordshire University.
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Things to Know Before Working in Kuwait
Kuwait is one of the choice destinations for expats all over the world, including overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). However, like any place in the world, Kuwait has its own unique culture and employment set-up which every aspiring OFW should get to know first before leaving the country and accepting a contract.
There are certain things that aspiring OFWs need to carefully review or research about before flying out for work to another country. These include salary and cost of living as these will have an impact on your living conditions as an expat abroad. Here we will give some helpful guidelines and tips for aspiring OFWs who wish to work in Kuwait:
Helpful Tips and Guidelines When Considering Work in Kuwait:
Tip 1: Clarify your accommodation arrangement.
Check with your POEA-recognized agency if accommodation arrangements are provided by your employer. If your employer agreed to cover your housing, food, and transportation then consider yourself lucky because you can save a lot from all these living expenses and set aside more for your savings.
However, if that is not the case, then consider if the salary offer is enough to shoulder the basic expenses you'll have to cover when living abroad. When you put these things into careful consideration, you will know if working abroad will be truly worth it and beneficial in the long run.
Tip 2: Load up your qualifications.
For the longest time, Kuwait has opened plenty of job opportunities for expats all over the world; however, Kuwaiti nationals are now quickly catching up in terms of educational attainment making the competition in the job market tighter than ever. With the government aiming to provide more decent work opportunities for Kuwaiti nationals, expats who are eyeing to work in the country need to beef up their resumes and bank on their solid qualifications and relevant job experience to enter the workforce and to land a promising job, particularly in the oil industry and the government among others.
Tip 3: Get a good grasp of the work culture in Kuwait
Being an Islamic State, Kuwait has a set of cultural and religious by-laws which is clearly engraved in the Kuwaiti way of life. Here are some of the things that expats need to take note of to understand the work culture in Kuwait:
Language: The official language in Kuwait is Arabic. While majority of the government offices and establishments use Arabic in their day-to-day business, most private companies and organizations still use English language to communicate.
Working Hours: Work hours in Kuwait typically start from 8:30 or 9 in the morning 'till 5:30 or 6 in the evening. A typical work week varies between 40 to 48 hours, depending on the company's standards. The exception is during the holy month of Ramadan when typical work hours are reduced to only six hours per day.
Muslim countries recognize Friday as their rest day. If a company has a five-day work week, the other rest day would either be a Thursday or a Saturday.
Dressing Etiquette: Kuwait is a conservative Muslim country, so business or work attire is quite conservative where men wear basic business suits and women are expected to avoid wearing ill-fitting and revealing clothing. Grooming is very important for Kuwaitis, so it is highly desirable to maintain a neat and pleasant appearance at work.
Meeting Etiquette: There are certain etiquettes when it comes to holding meetings in Kuwait. In general, if these protocols are observed accordingly, Kuwaitis can be very hospitable personally and professionally.
Firstly, greetings are allowed for same genders only due to religious sensitivities. Next, when scheduling meetings, it is best to have it in the morning in consideration of the working hours and prayer rites in the afternoon.
Compensation: Working as an expat in Kuwait is good as advertised mainly because of the freedom from personal taxation which workers enjoy, making the worker's individual compensation among the highest in the world.
Moreover, contractual employees are given indemnity after their contract expires, which can be a hefty amount especially if you've been working in the country for a long period of time.
Kuwait is known to be one of the best places for expats to expand their professional life and career given the many opportunities presented by a number of thriving professional fields in this progressive country. While it's true that the government is strengthening efforts to build up the local workforce from within the country, skilled employees remain to be an invaluable resource in almost any part of the world. The important thing, therefore, is to have the right attitude and the willingness to adapt and to accustom oneself to existing customs and norms in the country you wish to work in so that everything will work smoothly.
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It seems that not a week goes by these days without some new scientific discovery, advance, or study coming out to undermine Franz Boas's Marxist egalitarian anthropology. Biology and genetics are by no means deterministic; however it is also most certainly true that our genetics have a large effect on our abilities and who we are going to be as people before we even draw our first breath. Further, these genetic characteristics are hereditary and vary by racial group. Equality, even on the genetic level, is a myth. The fact that it is a myth, despite the continued frantic propaganda by the establishment to the contrary, is starting to gain a wider audience, especially with the help of wildly popular personal DNA ancestry tests like 23andMe. But the increasing awareness of the anti-egalitarian nature of racial genetics is creating pushback from the establishment. The FDA recently ordered 23andMe to stop providing their customers with information on the diseases to which their racial makeup makes them most prone. You can get your DNA tested and your ancestry pinpointed on that basis as an idle hobby, but if you dare to draw real-world implications from that, then you're an evil racist.
Last week, an article came out discussing with alarm the rise of what it termed scientific "neoracism." I'm really not sure what this "neoracism" thing is all about. If, as the article claims, this is a throwback to the 1920s-1940s scientific racism, then wouldn't this be "paleoracism" or just "racism"? Notice from the Wikipedia article that scientific racism was "discredited" via the incredibly authoritative means of a United Nations convention declaring to be so. But I guess attaching "neo" to something just makes it that much more scary: neofacism, neonazism, neoconfederate, neosegregationist, and now neoracism – very, very, very scary.
You might not find the "ignore the fact that the entire scientific foundation of our ideology is being undermined, focus on the racism, raaaacism, raaaaaaacism" thesis of the article to be very convincing, BUT WOULD IT CHANGE YOUR MIND IF I POSTED A PICTURE OF HITLER!?!?!?!
As a sidenote, I have a prediction. Based on the complete tone-deafness and ideological embracing of Marxism by the modern "church," I expect to see the majority of the western "church" come together to officially denounce the idea of genetic racial differences as heretical just prior to the announcement that these differences have been systematically conclusively proven.


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Nuclear Iran: Birth of an Atomic State is a 2012 book by the writer David Patrikarakos. The book documented Iran's growing nuclear capabilities, the increasing global tensions surrounding them, and US and Israeli suspicions that they could be a guise for the development of a new nuclear weapons programme.

Nuclear Iran was named as a New York Times Editor's Choice and nominated for the 2013 Total Politics Book Awards. Bill Keller, writing in The New York Times described it as "a cleareyed history of the Iranian nuclear program, enriched by access to a number of key participants and a wealth of scholarly empathy."

The book was welcomed for its "long-term perspective" by Paul Rogers who noted that "the era of the Shah is key, especially after the huge hike in oil prices in 1973-4".  It was further termed "minutely researched, deeply immersive, and written with flair" by Tablet magazine.

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