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YA 2018 Booklist: The Revolution Will Be Anthologized
A new crop of books aim to inspire teen activists
By Sue Corbett |
Books focused on giving tools to aspiring activists and would-be protest leaders (especially directed at girls) or turning a spotlight on double standards, discrimination, or inequality are flooding the bookshelves. We've assembled a partial list:
Anger Is a Gift by Mark Oshiro (Tor Teen). Oshiro runs the popular Mark Does Stuff website, where he analyzes books and media. His debut novel for young adults is an anthem for millennials raised on hashtag activism.
Art Boss by Kayla Cagan (Chronicle, Oct.). This companion to Piper Perish (Chronicle, 2017) follows the art student to New York City, where she and new friend Grace, a budding activist, wonder if art can change the world.
Girls Resist!: A Guide to Activism, Leadership, and Starting a Revolution by KaeLyn Rich (Quirk, June). A how-to guide for young activists from the editor of Autostraddle, a pop culture website for queer and feminist women, which includes tips on everything from talking about issues with family to organizing direct action.
Girl Rising: Changing the World One Girl at a Time by Tanya Lee Stone (Candlewick, 2017). This companion volume to the film of the same name chronicles the story of nine girls in the developing world who seek an education to rise out of poverty.
A Heart in a Body in the World by Deb Caletti (S&S, Sept.). A girl tries to outrun her demons in this novel from National Book Award finalist Caletti about the impact of gun violence, everyday sexism, rape culture, and overcoming guilt.
Here We Are: Feminism for the Real World Ed. by Kelly Jensen (Algonquin, 2017). Poems, stories, comics, art, and more from 44 contributors—including Roxane Gay, Mindy Kaling, and others—chart their individual paths toward finding feminism.
Hope Nation: YA Authors Share Personal Moments of Inspiration Ed. by Rose Brock (Philomel). In a collection of personal essays about facing defeat, humiliation, and isolation with hope, a number of contemporary YA writers offer contributions, including Angie Thomas, Jason Reynolds, Julie Murphy, and more.
How I Resist: Activism and Hope for the Next Generation Ed. by Maureen Johnson (Wednesday Books). This collection about keeping sight of hope when things feel hopeless includes contributions from authors and celebrities including Javier Muñoz, Lauren Duca, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and more.
I Have the Right To by Chessy Prout and Jenn Abelson (S&S). Prout was a freshman at a prestigious New Hampshire boarding school when a senior boy sexually assaulted her as part of a ritualized game of conquest. She tells her story of seeking justice and healing in this gut-wrenching memoir.
Just Mercy by Bryan A. Stevenson (Delacorte, Sept.). Stevenson offers a YA adaptation of his acclaimed adult bestseller examining the broken U.S. justice system.
Legacy by Jessica Blank (Putnam, Jul.). In this novel set in Washington state in the 1990s, 17-year-old Alison joins a radical environmentalist group to protect redwoods from loggers.
Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu (Roaring Brook, 2017). Texas high school student Vivian has a feminist awakening and leads her friends in a campaign to fight double standards and rampant sexism in this novel from Mathieu.
#NeverAgain: A New Generation Draws the Line by David Hogg and Lauren Hogg (Random House Trade Paperbacks, June). The Hogg siblings, who survived the mass shooting at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., trace the birth of a new, student-led movement to restrict guns.
Nevertheless, We Persisted: 48 Voices of Defiance, Strength, and Courage Foreword by Sen. Amy Klobuchar (Knopf, Sept.). Actors, activists, athletes, musicians, and teens talk about the power of persistence.
Our Stories, Our Voices: 21 YA Authors Get Real About Injustice, Empowerment, and Growing Up Female in America Ed. by Amy Reed (Simon Pulse, Aug.). This anthology of 21 essays from major YA authors touches on a powerful range of topics related to growing into womanhood in today's America and that coming-of-age's intersection with race, religion, and ethnicity.
People Kill People by Ellen Hopkins (S&S, Sept.). In her latest YA novel addressing tough issues, Hopkins tackles gun violence and white supremacy.
Period: Twelve Voices Tell The Bloody Truth Ed. by Kate Farrell. (Holt). In this collection, writers of various ages, race, and gender identities share stories about their periods.
Period Power by Nadya Okamoto (S&S, Oct.). Harvard student Okamoto offers a manifesto on menstruation and why we can no longer silence those who bleed.
Putting Peace First: Seven Commitments to Change the World by Eric David Dawson (Viking, Aug.). The founder of the Peace First Challenge offers young people step-by-step guidance on how to fight injustice, right wrongs, and make their communities better places to live.
The Revolution Handbook by Alice Skinner (Poppy, June). From social media activist-illustrator Skinner comes an irreverent yet instructive guide reminiscent of Wreck This Journal to help young readers think about what they can do to change the world one page at a time.
She the People Ed. by Molly Dillon (Schwartz & Wade, spring 2019). Ten young women who came of age in the Obama era explain how they were inspired to enter the world of government by his administration's inclusive, feminist policies.
Steal This Country: A Handbook for Resistance, Persistence, and Fixing Almost Everything by Alexandra Styron (Viking, Sept.). Inspired by Abbie Hoffman's classic Steal This Book, Styron's primer offers how-to advice on organizing, marching, rallying, petitioning, voting with one's wallet, volunteering, and more.
Strong Is the New Pretty: A Guided Journal Just for Girls by Kate T. Parker (Workman, Oct.). From the author and photographer of the bestselling Strong Is the New Pretty comes an interactive journal for girls to discover and celebrate their own strengths. Each page features a writing prompt addressing a girl's sense of self, dreams, emotions, and inspirations.
The Ultimate Survival Guide to Being a Girl by Christina De Witte (Running Press, Aug.). This feminist teenage girl's guide to body image, puberty, friendship drama, and self-care by 21-year-old Instagram comic artist (@chrostin) and recent teenager De Witte covers issues such as online harassment, discrimination, and the gender pay gap.
We Are Not Yet Equal: Challenging Our Racial Divide by Carol Anderson and Tonya Bolden (Bloomsbury, Sept.). Anderson's examination of our nation's history in White Rage is adapted for a YA audience by Bolden, an award-winning nonfiction writer for young readers.
We Are Displaced by Malala Yousafzai (Little, Brown, Sept.). Nobel Peace Prize-winner Yousafzai tells her story of dislocation as an Internally Displaced Person to show what it means to lose your home, your community, and the only world you've ever known.
We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices: Words and Images of Hope Ed. by Cheryl Willis Hudson and Wade Hudson (Crown, Sept.). Fifty influential children's book creators—including Jason Reynolds, Jacqueline Woodson, and Kwame Alexander—offer their own responses to the following prompt: "In this divisive world, what shall we tell our children?"
You Are Mighty: A Guide to Changing the World By Caroline Paul, illus. by Lauren Tamaki (Bloomsbury). A call to arms for young activists—no matter the goal—this book shares success stories from young people who found everyday means to achieve change.
For more of the latest developments in the YA category, see our 2018 Spotlight on YA.
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50 Best Games Like Kingdom Come: Deliverance You Should Try in 2022
Trying to find games like Kingdom Come: Deliverance? Try these 50 great games that are similar to Kingdom Come: Deliverance, but stand out in their own awesome ways. This is a comprehensive list of best games like Kingdom Come: Deliverance that have been tried, tested and recommended.
Best Games Like Kingdom Come: Deliverance
50 Best Games Like Kingdom Come: Deliverance You Should Try in 2022 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim,Mass Effect,Rise of the Tomb Raider,Batman: Arkham Knight,Dark Souls III,Fallout: New Vegas,Borderlands,Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag,Call of Juarez Gunslinger,Assassin's Creed Freedom Cry
1. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Platform: PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3,
The fifth game in the series, Skyrim takes us on a journey through the coldest region of Cyrodiil. Once again player can traverse the open world RPG armed with various medieval weapons and magic, to become a hero of Nordic legends –Dovahkiin, the Dragonborn. After mandatory character creation players will have to escape not only imprisonment but a fire-breathing dragon. Something Skyrim hasn't seen in centuries.
After Oblivion, the magic system was reworked, in order to show players more aggressive...
2. Mass Effect
Mass Effect was the very start of the trilogy about Commander Shepard in his journey to save the universe from Reapers - an old civilisation that wants to kill every possible rational being in order to prevail any wars. You play as Shepard. With flexible backstory and different classes you travel to Eden Prime with Captain Anderson and Nihlus Kryik, you and your team must discover the mystery behind the attack on the human colony. In the process, it is revealed that another Spectre, Saron, has become...
3. Rise of the Tomb Raider
Rise of the Tomb Raider is the eleventh entry in the franchise, being a sequel to its predecessor, Tomb Raider, a reboot of the franchise. This story follows Lara Croft, one year after battling her supernatural experiences in Yamatai. This time she is trying to find the legendary city of Kitezh in Siberia, Russia. The legend behind the city begins in the 12th century and still comes nowadays, that this ancient city grants with a promise of immortality. While Lara tries to solve the mystery of Siberia,...
4. Batman: Arkham Knight
Batman: Arkham Knight is the final instalment for the Arkham series by now. Joining forces with Bruce Wayne for the last time, we have to oppose Scarecrow and other iconic villains such as The Riddler, Harleen Quinzel a.k.a. Harley Quinn, Penguin and others.
The story continued after events in Arkham City when Joker died due to infection in his blood. Now, Scarecrow tries to release a new fear toxin, meanwhile new mysterious Arkham Knight plots against Batman as well. Still having consequences after...
5. Dark Souls III
Dark Souls III is the fourth installment in the Dark Souls series, now introducing the players to the world of Lothric, a kingdom which has suffered the fate similar to its counterparts from the previous games, descending from its height to utter darkness. A new tale of dark fantasy offers to create and guide the path of game's protagonist, the Ashen One, through the dangers of the world before him.
Sharing many gameplay similarities with previous installments of the Souls series, Dark Souls III...
6. Fallout: New Vegas
Genre: Action, Role Playing, Shooter,
Fallout: New Vegas is the second instalment after the reboot of the Fallout series and a fourth instalment in the franchise itself. Being a spin-off and developed by a different studio, Obsidian Entertainment, Fallout: New Vegas follows the Courier as he's ambushed by a gang lead by Benny, stealing a Platinum Chip and heavily wounded, practically left for dead. As he wakes up, he minds himself in the company of Doc Mitchell who saved our protagonist and patches him up. This section of the game...
7. Borderlands
Pandora is a dangerous planet, so it makes sense that the strongest people will dominate it. 4 Vault Hunters arrive to find the legendary Vault found themselves at the Fyrestone, where mysterious girl only known as Angel guides them, helping to build the reputation of problem solvers. Eventually, players will be tasked to find the first piece, of the Vault Key.
By being a story-driven first-person shooter with RPG elements, Borderlands allows adjusting the playstyle by finding different weapons,...
8. Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag
Assasin's Creed IV: Black Flag is a pirate game. Being the fourth "numbered" instalment in the series, the story follows a new protagonist, Edward Kenway, who tries to build his Pirate Republic. Help legendary pirates like "Blackbeard", Charles Vane and other well-known pirates establish their empire while fighting the mystery of the Observatory - something very valuable for the Templars. Also, you will have to continue your infiltration in Abstergo and discover some new details...
9. Call of Juarez Gunslinger
Gunslinger is the fourth installment of the Call of Juarez series of western-inspired games. The frame story, told in cutscenes, begins in 1910, in Kansas, where Silas, a patron in the pub, brags about his adventures in the Wild West. This old man claims he used to be a bounty hunter who took down many of the famous outlaws. Most of the game has the player re-enacting Silas's presumed past, while in the present the hero is narrating his own story off-screen. Silas is an unreliable narrator, however,...
10. Assassin's Creed Freedom Cry
Platform: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3,
Assassin's Creed Freedom Cry is a standalone expansion for Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag and set 12 years after its events. The game introduces a brand new character - a pirate called Adéwalé who joins the Order of Assassins in order to stop slavery in Haiti. He confronts the local government and starts to sabotage their actions.
Freedom Cry, like the original game, is a pirate-themed title with an accent on sea battles. The story is split into nine missions. You can explore an open-world...
11. Wasteland 2: Director's Cut
Platform: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, macOS, Linux, Nintendo Switch,
From the Producer of the original Fallout comes Wasteland 2, the sequel to the first-ever post-apocalyptic computer RPG.The Wasteland's hellish landscape is waiting for you to make your mark... or die trying. With over 80 hours of gameplay, you will deck out your Desert Ranger squad with the most devastating weaponry this side of the fallout zone, test the limits of your strategy skills, and bring justice to the wasteland. Key Features:One Size Does Not Fit All: Don't feel like finding the key for...
12. 7 Days to Die
Genre: Role Playing, Strategy, Simulation, Indie, Shooter,
After the nuclear war, people have to survive, and 7 Days to Die gives players the opportunity to experience it. The large parts of the planet are ravaged by destruction, and lone survivors are under the constant threat, even within relatively safe counties, like Navezgane, Nevada. This is where players are dropped into the randomly generated map and from now on it's up for them to find resources to defend and feed themselves.
7 Days to Die is a voxel-based survival game, which means that building...
13. HITMAN
Hitman is a six episodes game with different contracts. The action takes place as a prequel to Hitman: Agent 47 (only prologue) and episodes take place six years after Hitman: Absolution. All contracts are being ordered by a "shadow client" and seem to be unrelated. But as you fulfil those contracts, you start to realise that all of the targets somehow are a part of a secret organisation called the Providence.
While playing Agent 47, you have a large amount of free will in completing those...
14. Saints Row: The Third
Platform: PC, Linux, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3,
Welcome to Steelport, a city that's been torn by the three violent gangs. And seemingly, only another violent gang can stop them. After merging with Ultor Corporation after the events of the second game, Boss and his lieutenants became a corporation of their own. And now, after a run-in with the corrupt police forces, when they're in the hands of the Syndicate, alone and cut out from the gathered wealth and support, 3rd Street Saints have to start from the bottom.
While being a third person...
15. METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes is a standalone prologue for the main entry of the series, Phantom Pain. As Snake now is the Big Boss, Ground Zeroes follows Peace Walker entry some little time after it. Considering that Paz Ortega Andrade has died, MSF starts to work in different ways when suddenly there is information that Paz is being detained by Camp Omega on Cuba. The situation becomes even worse when Ricardo "Chico" Libre is sent for rescue and being captured as well. Snake is now...
16. Assassin's Creed III
Assassin's Creed III is the fifth game of the series, preceded by the first chapter taking place in the time of the Third Crusade and by the Ezio trilogy, positioning itself in the times of the Italian Renaissance (1476-1499). It is the 3rd person action adventure with an accent on exploring and hunting
During the new installment, the player is set to make way through the American Revolution, while being on both side of a conflict — our hero has English father and Mohawk mother, which tears...
17. What Remains of Edith Finch
The Finch's family, also known as "America's most unfortunate family", believes that the family is being pursued by a deadly curse. Each generation has only one child who survived to give birth to the next one.
The player begins to act as Edith Finch, who arrives in an orderly abandoned family mansion to find out what opens the key that she received from her mother along with the will. Of course, she is most interested in the question of the family curse, or more precisely, whether...
18. Dishonored 2
Dishonored 2 is an action-adventure game based on players' stealth skill. The game is played from the first-person perspective and includes several RPG elements. It is a sequel to the original Dishonored game, so the story takes place in Dunwall and mostly in Karnaca 12 years after the ending of the previous part. To start the action, the player has to decide whether he wants to assume the role of deposed Empress Emily or the role of her father and the Royal Protector Corvo, the protagonist of...
19. Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Assassin's Creed Odyssey is the twentieth game in its series. It is the earliest game in the Assassin's Creed universe chronology and the prequel to Assassin's Creed Origins.
The events of Assassin's Creed Odyssey's take place in the Classical Era of Ancient Greece, in 431 BC, before the Brotherhood of Assassins was even formed. The plot follows a fictionalized story of the Peloponnesian War between city-states of Sparta and Athens that left Greece devastated. The player...
20. Far Cry 4
Far Cry 4 is a first-person shooter, which inherits traditions of the original Far Cry franchise. However, the plot of the fourth chapter is unique and has no direct references to the previous games of the series. The story is now set in the Far East, where the new main character Ajay Gale joins the opposition fighting the dictatorship. The open world lets players explore the entire environment of Kyrat – a tiny fictional region hidden in towering Himalayas. Ajay as a Kyrati-American travels to...
21. Call of Duty: Black Ops III
Genre: Action, Shooter, Massively Multiplayer,
Call of Duty Black Ops III is a science fiction first-person shooter, the twelfth game in the whole Call of Duty franchise and the third chapter in the Black Ops series. The action begins in 2065, 40 years after the events of the second part, so the game has several historical references. However, the game is not a direct sequel to the previous Black Ops game. Players are offered to assume the role of a CIA special unit trooper trying to get along with the new artificial intelligence DNI (Direct...
22. Batman: Arkham Origins
Batman Arkham Origins is an action-adventure game, the third main entry in Warner Brothers' Batman: Arkham series. Concerning story, Origins is the prequel to the first game in the franchise, Batman: Arkham Asylum. It takes place in Gotham City on Christmas Eve. The notorious crime lord Black Mask places $50 million bounties on Batman and hires eight of the world's deadliest assassins including Bane, Deathstroke, Killer Croc and others. The story covers some events important for the other installments...
23. Brutal Legend
Genre: Action, Strategy,
Platform: PC, iOS, macOS, Linux, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3,
Heavy Metal is a way of life and a world in itself, but Eddie Riggs found the real one, after the accident during a concert left him crushed by the scenery and making the involuntary blood sacrifice to the Ormagöden. The action adventure game with the real-time strategy elements in the open world introduced a star voice cast, compiled by musicians that became prototypes for some of the characters players will encounter during the game. Aside from the main story, players will be able to encounter...
24. Call of Duty: Black Ops II
Platform: PC, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U,
Call of Duty: Black Ops II is a first-person shooter, a direct sequel to Call of Duty: Black Ops that features its protagonists. The story is divided into two time periods. It starts in 1986 with Alex Mason that has to return to work after his retirement to catch Raul Menendez, responsible for multiple crimes. The second storyline takes place in 2025; you play as David, Mason's son, who also needs to find Menendez who sparks the second Cold War. The game has several endings depending on your actions...
25. Thief
Platform: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, iOS, macOS, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3,
Thief is a stealth-action game, the 4th installment in the Thief series and the first game since 2004 Thief: Deadly Shadows. The game was made as an attempt to reboot the franchise.
Just as previous entries, the game takes place in the dark fantasy world with notable steampunk and Victorian era influence. You play as Garrett, the master thief who awakens after one-year slumber caused by accident in one of his missions. He finds out that his hometown is plagued by a mysterious disease "The Gloom."...
26. Bayonetta
Bayonetta is a slasher game developed by Platinum Games.
The game is set in a fictional European city of Vigrid. The main character is a witch named Bayonetta who fights angels with pistols and magic wishing only one thing: to recall everything happened to her.
Bayonetta is a third-person game. The player controls Bayonetta and uses close to medium range attacks, complicated combos and a wide variety of weaponry. Special Torture Attacks are present in the game when Bayonetta uses a torture weapon...
27. Game of Thrones - A Telltale Games Series
Platform: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, iOS, Android, macOS, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3,
Game of Thrones is an episodic game composed of six parts with an emphasis given to a TV series by HBO. The game consists of the first season with the second one being on hold. The events depicted in the game do not correlate with those of a TV-show, but rather complement them with the in-between details.
There is a total of five playable characters, the game like the other TellTale titles is made as the point-and-click adventure with high attention paid to the choices. The gameplay is formed of...
28. Borderlands Game of the Year Enhanced
Discover the co-op shooter-looter that started it all, crammed with content and enhancements! Equip bazillions of guns as one of four trigger-happy mercenaries, each with unique RPG skills. Take on the lawless desolate planet Pandora in pursuit of powerful alien technology: The Vault. With new weapons, visual upgrades, all 4 add-on packs and more, enjoy the highly acclaimed FPS/RPG solo or together with friends!
Bazillions of Guns: Rocket-launching shotguns, enemy-torching revolvers, SMGs that fire...
29. RAGE
Genre: Action, Racing, Shooter,
The game takes place in the near future. Civilization gradually begins to die out after the meteorite fell to the Earth. You find yourself in the middle of a vast wasteland and discover that humanity is trying to rebuild itself, under constant threat from bandits, mutants, and Power – a tyrannical state regime,which is actively interested in you personally.
You have to participate in intense firefights with hordes of mutant bandits, trying to save your life. You can also give a try in tight races,...
30. Dying Light: The Following - Enhanced Edition
Dying Light series introduces a world that was hit by a zombie virus outbreak. Under the daylight, zombies are weak and slow, but after the sunset, they become fast, strong and hungry for human flesh. You play as Kyle Crane, a special operative sent to the Harran city, which became a quarantined zone after the outbreak. In the expansion pack The Following, he learns about a cure for the plague, supposedly invented by a sect, and sets off to find out more about it. Crane will travel the countryside...
31. The Talos Principle
Genre: Adventure , Puzzle, Indie,
Platform: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, iOS, Android, macOS, Linux,
The Talos Principle is a puzzle game set in Ancient Greece full of technological devices. You take on the role of Talos, artificial man, the protector of Crete in Greek mythology. You are led by Elohim, your mentor, who allows you to explore the world and open portals to other locations, such as Ancient Egypt or Medieval Europe. The only place Elohim forbids you to go to is the Tower. Of course, the goal of the game is to enter it and reveal its secrets.
Your way to the Tower lays among turrets you...
32. Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine
A millions-strong Ork horde has invaded an Imperial Forge World, one of the planet-sized factories where the war machines for humanity's never ending battle for survival are created. Losing this planet is not an option and be aware of the far more evil threat lurking large in the shadows of this world.
DEVASTATING WEAPONRY
Experience 40,000 years of combat, evolved. Enhance your vast arsenal as you unlock new weapons, upgrades, armor & abilities through an accessible progression system. This...
33. Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen
Platform: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3,
Expansion pack for the original game, released in Japan and a full release for the rest of the world - Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen is an action-RPG from a third-person perspective. The story unfolds in a medieval world filled with magic, riddles and mysterious creatures.
According to the plot, the dragon attacks the village in which the main character lives. Trying to protect his home, the character controlled by the player becomes a victim of a beast. Dragon takes his heart and flies away to...
34. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky
Genre: Role Playing, Shooter,
The second installment of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. franchise is set one year before the events of Shadow of Chernobyl and serves as its prequel. You will explore the forbidden area around Chernobyl, Ukraine, after a new disaster that turned into The Zone, a post-apocalyptic wasteland full of mutants. The setting was inspired by a Russian sci-fi book Roadside Picnic and its adaptation Stalker. Scar, the main character of Clear Sky, is a stalker, which in this world is a term for guides and explorers in...
35. Assassin's Creed Rogue
Assassin's Creed Rogue is an action-adventure game developed by Ubisoft Sofia. It is the seventh game in the series, continues the story of Black Flag and serves as a prequel to Assassin's Creed 4. Its final mission is also a set up for Assassin's Creed Unity.
The game's story takes place both in the past and the modern times. During the Seven Years' War, a young American assassin Shay Patrick Cormac trains with his old French friend. After an unsuccessful mission, Shay is...
Risen is a fantasy-themed RPG, split into several chapters. You, the unnamed protagonist, get in a storm and wake up on a mysterious island of Faranga. Immediately you get involved in the war between two factions: bandits and mages. No matter what side you choose, you dive into a web of intrigue, connected with ancient monsters and relicts.
The game features an elaborate development system, which allows you to upgrade different abilities, such as shooting, melee combat, and magic. You also can choose...
37. Styx: Master of Shadows
Styx -- is a foul-mouthed two-century-old goblin that's seen it all.
He sticks to the shadows to survive and reach for his goal -- a rare magic artifact that lays deep in the miles-long, multilayered Akenash tower. But the story is not that straightforward as it may seem at first and has couple twists that will keep a player interested until the end credits. Help Styx uncover secrets of his origin and grab all the goodies on the way!
Embark into the dark world of Akenash tower with unforgettable...
38. Darksiders III
Darksiders III is the third installment in its series of dark fantasy action games. Plotwise, it is the series' spin-off rather than the sequel.
The game is set in the world after the literal Biblical Apocalypse that involved the Four Horsemen and a battle between angels and demons. The story of Darksiders III unfolds at the background of the events of two original games. Darksiders III follows Fury, a Horsewoman of the Apocalypse and the sister to the original protagonist, War the Horseman....
39. LEGO The Hobbit
Platform: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, macOS, Nintendo 3DS, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PS Vita, Wii U,
LEGO The Hobbit is another installment in the LEGO series of games adapted from popular movie franchises. It is based on the first two films in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit film trilogy, that was, in turn, adapted from John R.R. Tolkien's book of the same name. Like with all LEGO games, its visual style imitates a world that is entirely made of LEGO constructions and inhabited by mini-figures.
The game follows the plot of the movies rather than the original book. LEGO The Hobbit recreates...
40. Brink
Brink is an immersive first-person shooter that blends single-player, co-op, and multiplayer gameplay into one seamless experience, allowing you to develop your character whether playing alone, with your friends, or against others online. You decide the combat role you want to assume in the world of Brink as you fight to save yourself and mankind's last refuge. Brink offers a compelling mix of dynamic battlefields, extensive customization options, and an innovative control system that will keep...
41. Serious Sam 2
Platform: PC, Xbox,
Serious Sam 2 is the sequel to the Serious Sam: The Second Encounter. The game has single-player and multiplayer mods. In the single-player campaign, the player controls the main protagonist of the series named Sam "Serious" Stone who is once again challenged by extraterrestrial overlord Mental and his infernal forces that want to destroy the humanity. In order not to let them do that, Sam must to go through various different worlds and collect parts of a medallion. In his journey, Sam meets...
42. Overlord II
Platform: PC, macOS, Linux, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3,
This sequel to the comic dark fantasy Overlord allows the player to have fun being evil. You play as the dark Overlord who leads his armies of minions against the human Glorious Empire (which obviously mimics the real-world Roman Empire). The Glorious Empire is not "good" anyway: its leaders are trying to eliminate all magic users, so the "evil" motivation is quite justified. However, to accomplish his conquest and become a truly powerful and feared dark lord, you will have to...
43. Assassin's Creed III: Remastered
Genre: Adventure , Action, Casual,
Relive the American Revolution or experience it for the first time in Assassin's Creed® III Remastered, with enhanced graphics and improved gameplay mechanics. Plus, Assassin's Creed® III Liberation Remastered and all solo DLC content are included.
Includes: Assassin's Creed® III Liberation and all original solo DLC, including The Tyranny of King Washington.
Enhanced graphics, now featuring 4K resolution, new character models, polished environment rendering, and more.
Gameplay mechanics...
44. FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn
Platform: PC, PlayStation 4, macOS, PlayStation 3,
FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn is a massively multiplayer RPG developed by Square Enix. It is the direct continuation of FINAL FANTASY XIV.
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The Guy in the Glass told me I needed to take a break and lighten up a little. I always listen to his sage advice. So this post is my way of lightening up and in doing so it may shine some light your way too.
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The Lad bible is a bible of Bible prophecy.
It is a compilation of the predictions of the Bible which have been fulfilled through scripture.
There is a long list of prophecies and predictions that are fulfilled in the Bible.
In this case, we have a book that predicted the world would end in 2012, which has come true.
It has a number of predictions about how the world will end and when.
The Lad says that this book has the power to bring about the end of the world, and the world itself will be destroyed.
There are predictions that can be fulfilled.
In the book, a man named John describes his dream about the coming end of civilization.
He says that he dreams about a huge explosion, a fire, and then the earth will be swallowed up in a cloud of dust and smoke.
The fire that John describes is a kind of fiery cloud that engulfs the earth.
It destroys everything and then takes the earth with it.
So it's the end, but it will be in the end.
What the Lad does not predict is that there will be a second big explosion that will destroy everything, the second cloud of smoke, and it will bring about a third huge explosion.
Then a third great fire that consumes the earth, and you'll see it coming.
That third big explosion will destroy the world and the fire that it consumes will bring the world to its knees.
In his book, John also predicts that the first explosion that kills millions of people will be one of the big ones.
And he also predicts the destruction of the Earth itself.
The book says that there is a big explosion in the sky that will blow up the city of Jerusalem.
Then there will come a great fire, destroying the city, and there will a third fire that will consume the whole world.
The third great explosion will wipe out all the people in the world.
And then the fourth explosion will bring all the dead people into the city.
So that's the prediction that the Lad makes about the destruction that he predicts.
So we have an actual prophecy of what will happen, and what the Lad says is that it will happen in the year 2012.
We'll all see the sky come up with a huge blaze, a huge fire, a great explosion.
And the earth itself will explode.
We will see the city fall, and all the animals will be slaughtered.
And when it explodes, it will take all the water and all of the air with it, and that's what John predicted.
He predicts that this will be the end and that the earth and all its inhabitants will be brought to their knees.
Now, that's a prophecy that is not really a prediction.
It's a way to describe the reality of things, and we have seen that the prophecies of the Lad are not really predictions.
In fact, they are a lot like dreams, prophecies that are actually very far from being true.
The prediction in the Lad is not true.
But the Lad predicts that we will see a third explosion, and when it comes it will destroy all of humanity.
And that will bring a third cloud of fire.
And as the third explosion comes, we'll see the first fire destroy the whole earth.
And there will then be a fourth fire that burns the earth to ashes.
And this fire will then bring all of mankind back to life.
But that's just a dream.
The prophecies are not actually predictions.
They are dreams that are only the dreams of some men.
The prophecy that John makes about what will be happening in the future is only the dream of a dreamer.
This is why it is called a dream, not a prediction, because the Lad himself never made that prediction.
But what the prophecy actually says is, there will not be any destruction of humanity in the coming year, but there will still be a lot of devastation.
This means that a lot more people will die, more people, and a lot will die from the fires.
And we'll still see a lot, as the fire burns the city and destroys the whole city, of the same people.
But this time there will probably be a big difference in the number of deaths because the fires will burn a lot smaller.
But if we were to count the deaths in a country that's in a severe drought, we'd get about 10,000 people a day, which is less than the death toll from a single World Trade Center bombing.
So this is not the end that John predicted, but this is the beginning of the end as predicted.
And what the prophecy says is there will actually be a third giant explosion.
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And because the air is so hot, we will still see fires burning, but they will not consume the animals that were killed.
So there will definitely be more people than before.
But because the number is so small, this will probably not be
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WDS Limited
WDS is a provider of world class services to the Mining and Energy sectors in Australia, enabling our clients to focus on their core business. We employ a large workforce of skilled people with strong technical and industry expertise capable of delivering specialist feasibility, design, engineering, manufacturing & construction and maintenance related services.
Our clients include blue chip corporates, government, emerging miners and gas producers who respect our commitment to the highest standards of safety and environment, operational excellence, working together and accountability for on-time and on-budget project delivery.
ASX:WDS
WDS Limited, Investor News June 2015
The past twelve months have been challenging for all companies involved in the resources sector and WDS has been no exception. The Board and management have taken some hard decisions and moved quic…
WDS Trading Update
Brisbane, 17 June 2015: WDS Limited (ASX:WDS) today updates its earnings guidance for the year ended 30 June 2015 as a result of a number of projects reaching completion and the close out of a numb…
WDS Awarded Balance of Works on Daandine Expansion Project
Brisbane, 9 June 2015: WDS Limited (ASX:WDS) has been awarded a balance of works contract on Arrow Energy's Daandine Expansion Project (DDEXP) in Queensland under its 50:50 Joint Venture with…
All Media Releases for WDS
Company Presentations / by Carolyn Herbert - 4 years ago
WDS: H1 2015 Results Presentation
02 Mar 2015 - WDS Limited (ASX:WDS) Managing Director and CEO Laurence Voyer discusses the company's results for the first half of the 2015 financial year.
Market Reports / by - 5 years ago
Midday: ASX faces strong headwinds
16 Oct 2014 - Following negative leads the ASX sharemarket is sharply lower in early trade. Ten Network Holdings (ASX:TEN) narrows it's full year loss by 40 per cent.
Market Wrap: ASX close to correction
13 Oct 2014 - ASX close to correction in early trade. Horizon Oil Limited (ASX:HZN) strikes oil for a second time in the Beibu Gulf offshore of China
Interviews / by - 5 years ago
WDS market update
13 Oct 2014 - WDS Limited (ASX:WDS) Chairman Mr Ross Rolfe, MD & CEO Mr Terry Chapman & CFO Mrs Anne Hayes provide the market with an update.
Midday: ASX sinks on open
13 Oct 2014 - ASX sinks on open after losses in overseas markets ahead of the weekend. Mining services provider WDS Limited (ASX:WDS) releases a shock profit downgrade and announce…
Company Presentations / by - 5 years ago
WDS fiscal 2014 earnings presentation
04 Sep 2014 - WDS Limited (ASX:WDS) delivers its full year earnings presentation for fiscal 2014.
Company News / by - 5 years ago
WDS to roll-over Santos contract
23 May 2014 - WDS Limited (ASX:WDS) will continue its contract with Santos (ASX:STO) and declared a dividend of 2c per share.
Midday: Aus shares up on miners
21 Mar 2014 - Aus shares up on miners. Metcash Limited (ASX:MTS) will invest nearly $700 million in a transformation plan as it faces increased competition from Coles and Woolworth…
WDS half year earnings presentation 2014
27 Feb 2014 - WDS Limited (ASX:WDS) delivers its first half year earnings presentation for fiscal 2014.
WDS secures $50M in work
10 Oct 2013 - WDS Limited (ASX:WDS) secures contract work worth more than $50 million, for delivery in the current financial year.
WDS full year earnings presentation
30 Aug 2013 - WDS Limited (ASX:WDS) delivers its full year earnings presentation for fiscal 2013.
Real Estate / by - 7 years ago
Banks tip further rate cuts ahead
27 Sep 2012 - The big four Australian banks, who control about 90 per cent of the mortgage market provide their outlook on interest rates for the coming months.
WDS awarded $280M contract
21 Sep 2012 - WDS Limited (ASX:WDS) wins its biggest ever contract, a $280 million deal with Australia Pacific LNG.
WDS in dispute with Peabody
24 Apr 2012 - Integrated service provider WDS Limited (ASX:WDS) says it's in talks to resolve its dispute with Peabody Energy Australia Limited (ASX:MCC).
Market Wrap: Aus shares close lower
13 Jul 2010 - Aus shares closed lower. WDS Ltd (ASX:WDS) has been awarded a two year contract at BHP Billiton's (ASX:BHP) Illawarra Coal Dendrobium Mine.
Aust Market Outlook - 03/02/10, 9.23am EST
Australian share market likely to open stronger. WDS Ltd (ASX:WDS) issues a profit warning saying it now expects to report net profit after tax of $7 million for fiscal 2010.
Mr Laurie Voyer (Managing Director, CEO)
Mr Ross Rolfe (Chairman, Non Exec. Director)
Mr Greg Fletcher (Non Exec. Director)
Mr John Pegler (Non Exec. Director)
Mr Leonard Gill (Non Exec. Director)
Mr Barry Glendinning (Exec. Director Finance & CFO)
Mr Garry Gill (Company Secretary)
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Tel: 01926 258776 during opening hours or email us at: library@harburyvillagelibrary.org.uk
Harbury Village Library gratefully acknowledges the support of Harbury Parish Council, who have underwritten the costs of the project, and Warwickshire County Council who supply books and a £500 per year grant towards the cost of the broadband connection.
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From Monday 27th April we will be opening every Monday from 10 am to 12 noon for you to select a book from our Takeaway shelf of popular titles, weather permitting. The shelves will be outside the door to the library.
Please come in by the entrance nearest the Chemist and exit through the other gateway, one person at a time. Please select a book or two after having looked at the titles. Please do not pick up the books to examine them and then replace them. You will have to judge the book by its cover.
None of the books on the shelves will have been handled for at least three days, the official guideline for avoiding contamination. If you want to return a book or donate others we will be devising a way of doing this in due course.
As the range of books on the shelves will be quite limited we are also allowing anyone, whether a member of the library or not, to borrow up to 2 books (5 for children) from our Harbury Library Blue Label Collection of titles. For more information please go to our Blue Label Collection page.
While preparing and operating the Book Takeaway we will be following government regulations and advice concerning Social Distancing, Isolation and the Handling of Books. For more information please see our page about Libraries and Covid-19.
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Here's What We Learned About Portland's Gritty Past on Five Haunted Walking Tours
Our guide to Portland's haunted walking tours, including what we found scary, lame or just totally bizarre.
(Rick Vodicka)
Some dark shit has gone down in Portland. Hawthorne Boulevard used to be home to the city's red light district and an 18th-century asylum. Slabtown was once famous for a young boy who communed with poltergeists, and the infamous Shanghai Tunnels still lurk underneath the city's center.
Evidence of this city's sordid past can be found all year round, but in honor of Halloween, we embarked on five haunted walking tours in and around Portland.
Here is our guide to Portland's haunted walking tours, including what we found scary, lame or just totally bizarre.
Haunted Oregon City, nwghosttours.com
What's the story? As the hub of Oregon's industrial development, it's no surprise that Oregon City harbors a haunted history. Led by historian and paranormal investigator Rocky Smith, whose period attire adds a good dose of camp, you have a choice of four two-hour walking tours. We took the McLoughlin Promenade Tour, where you might just encounter the ghost of a little boy who allegedly haunts the neighborhood, or the Father of Oregon himself, John McLoughlin.
Where do you go? The tour begins with a ride up the Oregon City Municipal Elevator, a structure allegedly haunted by a woman who opposed the elevator because it was built in the front yard of her mansion. It then winds along dimly lit streets in the Historic McLaughlin Neighborhood, stopping in front of creaky old manses like the McLoughlin and Ermatinger houses, both creepy in their own right. You'll then stop along the McLoughlin Promenade to learn more creepy history before heading back down the stairs by Singer Falls, a hydrologic feature with reported hauntings.
Special features: Nope.
Scariest moment: Walking along the promenade that overlooks the eerily quiet Blue Heron paper mill, which closed in 2011 but has a dark history of grisly deaths.
Lamest moment: You don't get to go inside either house on this tour; both houses are open to the public on specific days of the week for their own tours.
Is it worth it? If you're into spooky history, this tour is for you. MICHELLE DEVONA.
Shanghai Ghost Tour, shanghaitunnels.info
What's the story? More than a century ago, according to local lore, Portland men were captured in bars and transported through a series of underground tunnels—where there were also opium dens, jail cells and secret boxing rings—to be sold to ship captains.
Where does it go? After a brief, spook-inducing primer—which includes notes like "if you feel a hand on the back of your neck, don't turn around" and "the underground was meant to be seen in the shadows"—groups of 25 are led down a sidewalk hatch in front of Hobo's Restaurant to what the guides dub "The Underground" (aka, a small, dusty basement).
Special features: A box of shoes that were apparently taken from men who had been "shanghaied." There is also a trap-door simulation in which a man made of pillows is dropped from the ceiling.
Scariest and lamest moment: This tour is more suited to history buffs than scare-seekers. The most frightening part of the night was when an extremely drunk woman in cat ears—who was alternately yelling things like "Hell no! This is too scary!" and "I'm bored!"—decided to head back through the dark tunnel alone to get back to the bar and subsequently got lost. Our guide found her, don't worry.
Is it worth it? Sure. But be warned—the group you shut yourself underground with may be scarier than any ghosts. ELISE HERRON.
Hawthorne Ghost Tour, tourhawthorne.com
What's the story? This walking tour shares the freakier side of Hawthorne, formerly known as "Asylum Street." For a gauge of the level of spookiness, there was a 2-year-old happily sipping on hot chocolate in his stroller throughout the ordeal.
Where do you go? Stops include the previous location of an asylum, the Douglas Building, and the Hawthorne Theatre, before circling back to "the most haunted building on Hawthorne," the Bagdad. The tour remains on the sidewalks, so the actual ghost hubs remain out of reach.
Special features: At two points in the evening, the guide revealed "dowsing rods," also known as witching sticks—they're basically coat hangers—which members of the party can use to take turns attempting to contact the other side. As you ask the spirits yes-or-no questions, the sticks sway in response. We heard from a ghost in a flower shop with a curly-hair fetish and a spirit recovery group at the bottom of the Metro Boutique.
Scariest moment: Learning how often people spread loved one's ashes in Powell's Books.
Lamest moment: See "special features."
Is it worth it? As it's allegedly Portland's old red-light district, I was hoping to hear juicier tales of murder and adultery, rather than one about a homeless man who tripped too hard on rat poison. I'd rather hunt down the trio of Bagdad ghosts myself—at least then I could get a beer out of it. KIANA PONTRELLI.
Slabtown Tours: A Night With Ghosts, slabtowntours.com
What's the story? Dr. Tanya Lyn March, Ph.D., guides participants through Slabtown, Portland's historic working-class neighborhood. March claims houses with truly bad hauntings tend to be torn down—we visited about as many construction sites as we did standing structures.
Where do you go? Many stops on the tour focused on Ernest Harp, a boy whose interactions with an alleged poltergeist were documented in historic Oregonian articles. The site of Harp's most famous otherworldly disturbance is also the former site of the long-gone Slabtown music venue. New Seasons paved over the lot of a house where doctors with ties to Carl Jung and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle legally abducted and tortured Harp as "research." The tour also stops by the house of late cartoonist John Callahan. The new owners haven't seen Callahan yet, but they do see other spirits around the place.
Special features: Tours starting before 8 pm get free admission to the Freakybuttrue Peculiarium, a kitschy and immersive gallery that screams Old Portland.
Scariest moment: Through her storytelling, March makes real the horror of being a child in frontier Portland, where kids were treated horrifically if they survived childhood—back then, it was totally OK not to get vaccinated.
Lamest moment: The Ghost at ComedySportz is more contemporary than the rest of the tour material, but does inspire the existential horror of haunting a comedy bar.
Is it worth it? Yes, if you're a history buff, but not if you're a pagan or spiritualist. ANDREW JANKOWSKI.
BeerQuest PDX Haunted Pub Tour, beerquestpdx.com
What's the story? Very Old Portland was a pretty gritty place. This tour introduces you to the city's sordid past, when women were forced into prostitution, the police were too busy selling the drugs and booze they confiscated to care about "shanghaiing," and people died in myriad horrible ways—everything from steamship explosions to plunging down an elevator shaft—and didn't get to rest in peace, as regular flooding often brought their bodies to the surface.
Where does it go? The tour starts in the smoky depths of Kells' cigar bar. There, you're asked to sign a waiver—a sure sign that something dangerous might happen, like drinking beer and roaming through a dimly lit, potholed basement, haunted or not. Our guide, Scott, who told ghost stories with the gusto of Guy Fieri, explained why Kells has a two-employees-per-closing-shift policy: The spirit of a fire chief who died on the property a century ago regularly scares servers. From there, you stroll the streets of Old Town past landmarks like the Erickson Saloon, which boasted the longest bar in the world, complete with a urinal trough running the length of its 600 feet, making it more convenient to empty your bladder while ordering another glassful of beer. The exploration of the city's underbelly ends by descending into the dusty tunnels once more, this time at Old Town Pizza after passing pitchers of beers around in the dining room.
Special features: Unlike most local tours of spooky settings, this one comes with beer.
Scariest moment: The Old Town basement, with its lantern-lit tumble-down stone-and-brick walls, chairs arranged in a circle as though the kitchen staff regularly holds séances, and chains hanging from exposed pipes, looks like the set of a horror film. Even if you don't believe in ghosts, there's the passing thought of an imminent building collapse.
Lamest moment: When we came back upstairs at Old Town and all of our beer was gone.
Is it worth it? This is Portland's original haunted house. Hokey actors in costumes are nothing compared to the villainous cast of characters that once ran our streets. ANDI PREWITT.
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Tim Coghlan looks at the truly remarkable life of the former 'Idle Woman' Olga Kevelos, who recently died. She began her working life as an astronomer, became a working boatwoman during the war, then went on to become an international motor cycle racing champion, a publican, and finally a Mastermind challenger, and serial TV quiz star. And despite all of this, she never lost her femininity, remaining glamorous to the end.


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The 2015–16 European Rugby Champions Cup-Challenge Cup play-off was the second play-off for entry into the top level competition of European Club rugby union, the European Rugby Champions Cup.

Format
Following the two-team play-off in 2014–15, an expanded, four-team format was due to be used. However, on 24 September 2014, it was announced this would instead be a three-team play-off, with the highest placed non-qualifying team taking part.

To accommodate the longer season in the French Top 14, the format was announced as follows:
One team each would qualify from the Premiership and the Pro12, with each league being represented by the highest placed team not already qualified. These two teams would play in the first game, with home advantage in the match would be decided by a coin toss. In the event that the 2014–15 European Rugby Challenge Cup winner was a Premiership club, and it had not automatically qualified for the Champions Cup, it would take the place allocated to a Premiership team.
The winner of the first game would host the 7th placed team in the French Top 14. The winner of that game would qualify for the Champions Cup.

Gloucester became the first team to qualify for the play-off, taking the place allocated to the Premiership, when they beat Edinburgh 19–13 in the Challenge Cup final on 1 May 2015. This result meant that the 7th place team in the 2014–15 Premiership will no longer take part in the play-off, and will compete in the Challenge Cup. Connacht qualified next, when the finished seventh in the 2014–15 Pro12 with 50 points, narrowly edging Edinburgh who had 48 points. Bordeaux Bègles qualified for the play-off on 23 May 2015.

Connacht played Gloucester away at Gloucester's Kingsholm Stadium on Sunday 24 May 2015, with the venue having been decided earlier by a coin toss. It was decided that, in the event of a Gloucester win, the second play-off match would be played at Sixways Stadium in Worcester, to avoid a clash of fixtures with a Madness concert.

Teams

Matches

Match 1

Gloucester advanced to play Bordeaux Bègles. Connacht went on to compete in the 2015–16 European Rugby Challenge Cup.

Match 2

Bordeaux Bègles qualified for the 2015–16 European Rugby Champions Cup. Gloucester played in the 2015–16 European Rugby Challenge Cup.

See also
 2015–16 European Rugby Champions Cup
 2015–16 European Rugby Challenge Cup

References

2015-16
2015–16 European Rugby Champions Cup
2015–16 European Rugby Challenge Cup
2014–15 in English rugby union
2014–15 in French rugby union
2014–15 in Irish rugby union
Connacht Rugby matches
Gloucester Rugby

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What Do Changes To The Affordable Care Act Mean For Your Business?
For many businesses, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was a mixed bag. Reacting to such sudden changes to the health insurance market proved difficult. It was the biggest healthcare overhaul in decades, after all. In addition, there were a number of externalities — such as businesses choosing to cut hours for workers instead of providing coverage — that few saw coming.
The potential for a full repeal of the ACA has left some jumping for joy and others dismayed. We're not here to get political. What we're going to do in this post is go over some of the most recent changes to the ACA and discuss their potential to impact your business. As with most big changes, this is not a black and white affair. There are both pros and cons to consider any time you introduce changes in the health insurance market. We'll do our best to remain impartial and really get down to brass tacks.
The first thing to go was the ACA's individual mandate. This mandate stated that individuals were required to buy a health plan meeting certain "minimum essential coverage" requirements. Failing to do this would result in a pretty hefty tax penalty. Technically this is still in effect — it won't really be off the books until 2019. So, what does this mean for your business?
This shouldn't have a huge direct impact on your business. What it does mean is that premiums may increase slightly for individuals. In addition, the number of people insured is likely to drop precipitously. That's because many young, healthy adults will choose to forego getting insurance on the individual market. As a business, it's up to you whether this changes any of your healthcare policies.
The affordability threshold is meant to place limits on how much an employee has to pay towards employee-only coverage. This will be rising from 9.56% to 9.86% in 2019. This actually changes every year — it's baked into the ACA — but it's still something that you as a business should be keeping up with.
That means in 2019 you'll be able to ask employees to pay ever-so-slightly more towards their insurance while still falling under the umbrella of "affordable". Note that this doesn't mean you have to. In 2019 any contribution at or under 9.86% will be fair game for employers. This is a subtle change, but even a fraction of a percent can add up quickly when you're dealing with hundreds of employees.
Association Health Plans — which typically have lower premiums but provide less coverage than other plans — were somewhat curbed under the ACA. In October of 2017, the President signed an executive order extending the length of time that AHPs and allowing employees to pay for them with their health savings accounts. AHPs are an affordable way for businesses to provide coverage — albeit limited coverage — to their employees so many are welcoming these changes.
It's hard to say whether the ACA will be fully repealed or remain in its current compromised state for the foreseeable future. A repeal, along with a replacement plan, would obviously have much larger ramifications for businesses of all sizes.
At Summerlin-Roberts we leverage our expertise in cost containment to provide the best possible health benefits at the lowest possible price, resulting in happier employees and leaner budgets. For more information about providing affordable health insurance that is satisfying to employees, please, contact us today.


That on average 80% of the visitors to Richard's Animorphs Forum have been here before?
Thanks guys. Now go show off your inflated karma.
Your eyes are not deceiving you: Richard's Animorphs Forum now has a total of two thousand, two hundred members. It took our community to grow by 100 members in one month and 3 days.
That these DYKs are authored weeks (and sometimes months) in advance by Richard?
I would like to congratulate estrid & Terenia on being chosen to join the RAF Staff. They will Initially join the team as Jr. Staff. It only took 10 days to completely reshuffle the Richard's Animorphs Forum staff complement.
Here at RAF, we're lucky to have some wildly talented and intelligent members who have decided to contribute their knoweldge and teaching skills. RAFschool classes have been set up in a variety of subjects, from languages and mathematics to architecture and philosophy!
I've set up a sub-board in general to include the aforementioned threads.
Sign up for or start your own class!.
Do you have an iPhone, Droid / Nexus One (Andriod), Blackberry or S60 (Nokia phone)?
If so, you're in luck: RAF has partnered with Tapatalk to allow you to browse RAF Forum on your mobile device using the Tapatalk app. This is the closest thing RAF has to a mobile app.
If you used to browse RAF on your mobile phone, then you are most likely aware of RAF Mobile (m.animorphsforum.com) which took you to our slimmed down version of the forum.
Now you can use the native Tapatalk app on any of the above mobile devices.
To get the application on your device, you can simply access RAF on your mobile device and an alert will tell you how to download the Tapatalk application. From the application, just search for Richard's Animorphs Forum (or RAF) and you are on your way.
Or you can visit the Tapatalk website and get download links for your phone.
Because I use the iPhone here are some sample screenshots.
Thanks to Aluminator who just entered the relm of Gold Members. In addition to the fancy new color that distinguishes himself, he will enjoy 50 new karma points, and access to the D-Lounge.
Another brand new member has donated. While donating to RAF is BaronConall's way of saying thank you to Richard's Animorphs Forum, it's time for us to say thank you.
Of course, as a Donator he will enjoy an additional 10 karma points, the fancy gold color and access to the exclusive D-Lounge.
Oh and welcome to RAF. We hope you enjoy it here.
New-comer to Richard's Animorphs Forum and first-time donor Slyclops IX / Brian has donated. Welcome to RAF, welcome to the elite club of donors, and of course thanks for your contribution.
Brian will now enjoy a myriad of benefits bestowed upon Donators and Gold Members.
If you want to donate to RAF, feel free to hit up RAF Donate, and make your donation.
That these RAF Did You Knows (DYK) have come out every week on Monday at 10:00am EST for one year now?
It's amazing that with four of the best persons suitable for the job of RAF Staff, chosen some years ago, others in the not so distant past, one would reach the point where each of them are on their way out of the staff building. Okay, it's not a building, but rather a very elite club of RAFians who have shown themselves to be dutiful, trustworthy, and dependable.
As most of you are aware, thanks to my position at a 9-5 job, I have become exceptionally busy since March 1, 2010. It's at these crucial times I depend on the persons who I've selected to look after the forum. It is quite unfortunate that we have reached the point where I must blog about the demotion of the entire RAF Staff (Claire, Kevin, Mike, Russell).
When there are no posts or trickling posts in the Staff board it is usually indicative of two things.
1. There isn't anything of worth that the staff must deal with.
2. The staff isn't active in the forum.
I can safely say that #1 is not the case. Why? There are quite a few things that were outstanding. So that leaves us with the dreaded issue of staff inactivity.
At no point should a thread / issue to be dealt with be sitting down for days; unanswered, untended to. This was the case. As a result I feel that it is time to do some re-shuffling. Whoever wants to remain on board with myself heading the team can feel free to do so. I will however, take special interest in how each and every one of the staff members participate and take initiative with regards to the forum and issues relating to it.
As I said on Twitter, if you feel that you can be active each and every day, take initiative and have the interests of Richard's Animorphs Forum at the forefront of your online life; then feel free to send me a message saying you wish to be selected for joining the RAF Staff.
goom has been placed back on the administrator team.
Phoenix004/Mike has been placed back on the Sr. Staff team.
Visser 3 / Russell has stepped down from staff duties.
We're excited to release the second chapter of Megamorphs 1.
Alert the press: another member has donated. This time it is Genies9 who donates for a second time.
Her first donation gave her Donator status, this second contribution elevates her to the Gold Member league.
What do you know? We have another first-time donor on the books! Say hello to comet226 who joins the growing list of RAF Contributors. She will now the perks given to those who donate.
We're not fooling around this April; the member Ghost Tiger, another Venom account, has been banned from RAF.
Props to estrid for contacting me about it.


572 consecutive patients with heart failure referred to the National Cardiothoracic Centre, Accra, Ghana, over a 4-year period were evaluated for the aetiology of heart failure using two-dimensional Doppler echocardiography with colour flow. The mean age of the subjects with heart failure was 42.3 ± 0.9 years. The male to female ratio was 1.2:1.0. Combined heart failure was seen in 50.5% of subjects. Peak incidence of heart failure occurred in the 5th decade. The main causes of heart failure were hypertension (21.3%; n = 122), rheumatic heart disease (20.1%; n = 115) and cardiomyopathy (16.8%; n = 96). Congenital heart disease and coronary artery disease accounted for 9.8 and 10% of cases, respectively. The commonest rheumatic valvular lesion was mitral regurgitation (78%). Dilated cardiomyopathy was the commonest form of idiopathic cardiomyopathy (67.7%; n = 65). Endomyocardial fibrosis and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy accounted for 22.9% (n = 22) and 9.4% (n = 9), respectively, of cardiomyopathies.


Nemo opened 2019 last week with its Roadmap event. Held at the Park Royal Hotel near Warrington on 10 January, Roadmap was dedicated to guiding vendor partners and members through their plans for the year ahead.
Kicking off with an industry superstar keynote, attendees gained an insight into best practice management from experienced business coach, Rob Vale. Rob took delegates through the art of change and how to create a competitive advantage, whilst focusing on "the high cost of doing nothing".
Scott Woodward, marketing manager officially launched the 2019 Workplace Solutions catalogue, to great cheer. Again, this year features a flip-based publication, allowing members to present a different catalogue to traditional or facilities buyers.
Returning Sammy Bartley, merchandising manager, revealed Nemo's tailored marketing programme, where Nemo gives access to marketing collateral and resources to enable members to sell their company benefits and services through an effective plan.
Nemo's Roadmap followed, with Tim Beaumont introducing the group's plan for the year ahead and new initiatives, before chairman, Michael Morgan, challenged delegates to think about their 2019 goals, putting plans in place and meeting those targets – which Nemo will be monitoring throughout the year.
After the business session, delegates then made their way through to a bursting expo, where suppliers displayed new products and services in a packed room of 44 exhibitors.
More details will be released shortly on Nemo's Conference Refresh.


This weekend, the German NBBL and JBBL Top4 are being played in Hagen. After having covered this event for years live from the gym, I had to skip it this time but could follow the games through the LIVE Stream of the organizers.
The first game of the day was a matchup between Philipp Herkenhoff and Nicolas Wolf, the two best individuals in the MVP vote of the JBBL. The Dragons were leading nearly the whole game and Herkenhoff showed his talent in multiple ways. He dominated in the paint but also played from outside or pushed the ball in transition. Together with his PG Thorben Döding, they were too strong for a Breitengüssbach team where only Wolf managed to be a dangerous scorer. The Dragons qualified in the end for the final for the second time in a row despite the fact that their best player from last season had to leave for the NBBL this summer. With their structured play and the best individual prospect of the JBBL category, they look like the favorite for the title on Sunday.
The second semi-final was marked by a clear break, the hosts dominated the first half and Ludwigsburg the second. Driven by Jasper Günther, the younger brother of Per, Hagen went ahead in the first half by constantly attacking the basket. Vladimir Pinchuk though was not effective as usual and missed too many shots. In the second half though, the length and athleticism of Ludwigbsurg took over as Lawrence Mugagan in the paint and Fekremariam Abraha as a calm leader initiated a run that changed the game. Mateo Seric closed the game then in the final minutes from the free-throw line and created the surprise. Ludwigsburg was the more balanced team that could increase their defensive pressure during the game despite a poor shooting day both on the free-throw and three point line.
In an extremely tight game, Eintracht Frankfurt managed to qualify for the NBBL Final for the first time in its history. Niklas Kiel and Jules Akodo were the key players for Frankfurt as the German Power Forward finished with 24 points and 22 rebounds while going 8/9 from the free-throw line. Akodo organized the game well and found his team mates so many times out of his drives. The Brit had 25 points and 8 rebounds at the end. For Hagen, Jonas Grof was the driving force as the tall PG scored 28 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and dished out 4 assists. Marcel Kessen was present in the paint but he rushed too many decisions so that the hosts could not qualify either in the JBBL nor NBBL for the finals. It were Grof and Haris Hujic who saved Hagen into the first overtime and Grof again who managed to get a second extra period. But during these second 5 bonus minutes, Hagen could not resist anymore and got eliminated.
Bayern Munich started extremely aggressively into this second semi-final and eliminated any chances for ALBA right from the start. With a suffocating defense, Munich forced multiple turnovers and their inside combo Dejan Kovacevic – Marvin Ogunsipe scored multiple baskets. With Richard Freudenberg coming from the bench and Karim Jallow playing pressure defense, the team from the South had the larger energy reserves as ALBA top prospect Moritz Wagner was benched for long stretches in the first half because of foul trouble. ALBA though tired to fight their way back into the game in the second half but could never get closer than 6 points in the final seconds. With this victory, Bayern looks like the favorite for the final on Sunday even though they probably have to play without their Starting PG Sebastian Schmitt who twisted his ankle during the game.


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Q: Program runs when accessed directly, but not when accessed through symlink I have installed a ruby application to /home/anp/tools and then created a symbolic link as follows:
ln -s /home/anp/tools/wwan /usr/bin/wwan

If I execute ~/tools/wwan, it runs perfectly fine.
If I try to run it from the symbolic link, I get an error saying

cannot load such file -- lib/wwan

Shouldn't this work as is? Is the symbolic link causing problems when the program tries to resolve relative file paths?

A:
Is the symbolic link causing problems when the program tries to resolve relative file paths?

It may. It most likely is in this case.
Plausible scenario when you run ~/tools/wwan:

*

*The shell expands ~ and you really run /home/anp/tools/wwan.

*The tool starts. It knows it is /home/anp/tools/wwan (e.g. because of argv[0]).

*The tool finds the directory portion of the above string and changes its own working directory to it: /home/anp/tools/.

*The tool refers to an additional asset via a relative path: lib/wwan. The asset is indeed in /home/anp/tools/lib/wwan, so it works.

But when you run /usr/bin/wwan or wwan (with /usr/bin being in $PATH), the scenario starts with /usr/bin/wwan and ends with /usr/bin/lib/wwan which doesn't exist as a file. The asset is not there.
The details may vary but such a problem with a symbolic link indicates the tool doesn't dereference the link when it should. If it did, it would always work with /home/anp/tools/wwan as if you run /home/anp/tools/wwan. I would say what you experienced is a bug.
One way to deal with this is to improve the tool itself (edit its code) so it properly finds its real path.
Another way is to use a wrapper script instead of a symlink. Remove the symlink and create a script under the name /usr/bin/wwan. The content of the script:
#!/bin/sh
exec /home/anp/tools/wwan "$@"

Make it executable. Now if you call /usr/bin/wwan, the script will exec to /home/anp/tools/wwan and this will be the string the tool will work with, so it should work. All (zero or more) arguments you provide for /usr/bin/wwan will be passed to /home/anp/tools/wwan thanks to "$@".
Notes:

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*/usr/bin/ is a system-wide location for executables. Linking from there to a tool that resides in your home directory is not a good practice in general; the same for wrapping.

*A wrapper script is a separate regular file. Its ownership and permissions are independent from these of the target executable. Set them right.

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