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Quantum Break – AAA Transmedia Binge Viewing
ByKrish
Tagbinge viewing, games, Quantum Break, transmedia, transmedia storytelling, video games
It's ironic that a game about time shifting and time manipulation, seems to be stuck in an endless time loop, never getting any closer to be being released.
2015 is still so very far away!
For any gamers who are still unaware of what Quantum Break is, it's an upcoming Transmedia AAA game and live action TV show, exclusive to the Xbox One.
Quantum Break follows protagonist Jack Joyce, who in the aftermath of a failed time-travel experiment, discovers two things; the experiment has caused time to crack and breakdown, and that he has developed the ability to manipulate time.
You as a player must find a way to stop the end of time and defeat Monarch, the evil corporation run by Paul Serene that acts as the main antagonist of the story.
Unlike Defiance, a previous, somewhat underwhelming experiment by Trion Worlds and Syfy back in 2012, which promised: "A revolutionary weekly drama that impacts the game, and gives you the chance to change the show." But in reality provided very little in the way of narrative crossover.
Quantum Break, developed by Remedy Entertainment (of such hits as Max Payne and Alan Wake), promises to break the borders of videogame and television immersion completely.
And I for one believe them!
The gameplay will focus on the hero of the story Jack Joyce, who fights furiously to stop the end of time while the live action episodes will focus on Monarch and antagonist leader Paul Serene.
It's here that the personalised tie-in takes shape.
These live action TV episodes (roughly 30 mins in length) are unlocked upon completing each chapter in the game.
You can choose to view these episodes now or later as a binge-watching marathon.
No matter which way you view the episodes, the content will be unique to your gameplay experience. The choices you make in the game will tailor the video episode you receive.
The people you kill, the buildings you destroy, they all have consequences, and the live action TV show will reveal these consequences from the perspective of the bad guys.
This way, each player is guaranteed to have a slightly different and unique experience.
Pretty cool, sounds like the ultimate Donut Hole* drama!
What's more, the episodes can be viewed either on the TV or via a mobile Xbox Smart Glass app, which keeps track of your game progress and unlocked TV episodes.
Depending on the response next year, this game could very well set a new trend in Transmedia TV.
But rather than releasing a whole series on a single disk (which is how Quantum Break will release it's episodes) this idea could be incorporated into live broadcast television.
Each week you would watch a broadcast episode as usual; with one difference. The final scene on screen contains the code needed to unlock the next level of your AAA game.
The game picks up where the episode left off, and sets the scene for the next TV episode.
Completing a mission in the game can unlock:
Additional online episodes
Deleted scenes from the TV show
Downloadable comics or back stories that would enhance following week's episodes.
Clues to be used later
The gameplay could also embed extra story via audio (think terminals in Halo 4) or even allow you as the player to unveil websites, phone numbers even secret events happening somewhere in the world.
The upside of this, is a constant stream of entertainment, throughout the week, keeping people engaged right up until the next episode… maybe even between seasons of the show.
Of course, the downside, is the lack of personalised experiences due the televised episodes being the same for all viewers…
Somewhere In-between the Present and Near-Future
I have never had a doubt that the future of Transmedia rests heavily on the involvement of gameplay.
It's crucial to ANY Transmedia project.
What Remedy has done is finally find an innovative and practical way of incorporating gameplay into the most popular medium on the planet… A TV show. With the added bonus of binge watching.
I cannot wait to see how this game develops.
If you haven't done so already, I strongly advise you check out the official teaser here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQq4__8jBrk
And some live gameplay here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-aAWXKZS9M
I will be keeping an eye out for more news in the build up to this game.
* 'Donut Holes' are parts of a linear drama that have different content options that can be decided by the audience (or other outside influences) and can be changed minutes before broadcast.
23yr old film nerd, comic book and video game geek and all round Transmedia Fanatic…Oh, and I also have a 1st degree in Media, Writing and Production. More here...
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This week Chill Zone spent some time skipping. I have to tell you we have skipped a lot this year during our after school program (a lot!) but this was different and really special.
I w ant to thank Liz Way of www.jumprope.com for volunteering to come and teach us how to double dutch. In one short hour she got a number of the kids doing double dutch!
She broke the art of this complicated skipping activity down into stages: turning the rope, entering and exiting the turning rope! We skipped in triangles and as pairs of skippers and eventually they were able to do double dutch in the large double ropes. But my favourite moment was when she got kids to skip as large group in the rope. I love this picture. It reminds me of what amazing things happen when we all work together in community.
The kids had to communicate with each other to jump together.
They had to work with the two leaders turning the rope.
They had to find a common rhythm.
They had to work hard at it, quickly getting past failed attempts as a group.
Then they celebrated their success!
The North BurLINKton Neighbourhood project is a great example of this. We have more fun and more success when we are all working together. The project engine is fueled by volunteer power! At Community Development Halton we are so thankful to work along side dozens of dedicated community leaders (young and old) who contribute their time and many skills.
Our many community partners provide expertise and necessary resources.
The project is only possible with all of you. Thank you!
For those of you who are new to the project; North BurLINKton is a neighbourhood development project that is working to connect people in North Burlington, making our neighbourhoods an even better place to live. The project includes lots of opportunities to be involved through planning sessions, sharing resources and ideas.
It also includes lots of opportunities to have fun through a children's and youth program called Chill Zone which during the summer is found in a variety of drop-in sites throughout the community and in the fall takes the form of an after school program.
The North BurLINKton Dinner Night Out, which happens the 2nd and 4th Wednesday, from 6-8 pm, at Glad Tidings Church is an excellent community event focused on making new friends over great food.
If you are interested in keeping up to date on what is happening each week or want to be involved as a volunteer, please join us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/burlinkton/ or you can contact Rishia Burke at rburke@cdhalton.ca or call at 905-632-1975 for more information.


THE entries for the Players Championship double-header on August 5-6 have been confirmed.
The pair of £75,000 tournaments will be held at the Barnsley Metrodome, as 128 players compete in the latest ProTour weekend.
The weekend will begin on Friday August 4 with the UK Qualifier for European Tour events Ten and 11, the HappyBet German Darts Grand Prix and HappyBet International Darts Open. Entries will be confirmed in due course.
The Players Championship double-header will be streamed live at PDCTV-HD and a series of bookmakers' websites, with coverage from two boards simultaneously throughout the weekend.


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After a long development, the QualityWings Ultimate 787 Collection has been available for a while now. The 64-bit version for Prepar3D v4 has been since the end of May. That's the version I'll be looking at in this review.
In June 2016, PMDG released the Douglas DC-6 Cloudmaster for X-Plane, their first foray into that platform. Early in the summer of 2017, the same classic airplane was released for FSX and P3D. Quite a bit different from the Boeing airliners PMDG released the last couple of years, so let's see how they did.
After 6 years of development, Flight Sim Labs finally released on of the most anticipated add-ons of late. Their rendition of the Airbus A320 short to midrange airliner. Let's take a look.
After doing 4 general aviation trainers/touring aircraft, A2A Simulations is back with a WWII era model, namely the North American T-6 Texan. Let's see how A2A tackled this old trainer.
In November 2015, Majestic Software released their Dash 8 Q400 Pro Edition, an extension to their highly acclaimed Q400 Pilot's Edition. In this review, I'll be taking a look at the entire product, not just the features that differentiate the Pro Edition from the Pilot's Edition. So let's go, shall we?
Late last year, Milviz released the T-38A Talon Advanced, a follow-up to their 2011 T-38A Jet Trainer. The main new features in the Advanced version are a custom flight dynamics and physics model, failure and damage modelling and a new, custom, flight control system. Intrigued, I got myself a T-38, and strapped myself in the front seat. Let's see whether Milviz managed to convince this virtual pilot, shall we?
For the last couple of years, anybody interested in military aviation in FSX hasn't been able to get around Vertical Reality Simulations' F/A-18E Superbug for its attention to detail, or their TacPack module for how it brings weapons to a sim that wasn't designed to handle them. A couple of months ago, they released both these products for Lockheed-Martin's Prepar3D V2 Academic as well. And while the functionality is basically the same as for the FSX versions, I think these products are worth another look in this new environment. So let's see how VRS did this time, shall we?
KCFS Seabee: A 'Splash and Dash', or one to keep?
The KCFS Seabee isn't a new release. It's actually quite an old one. So why review it now? Well, frankly, because I only just got it. There's also the fact that the aircraft is a fairly new release on Steam as DLC (DownLoadable Content – what most people just call "add-ons"!) so it's "new" to a lot of people. Finally, why not? It's unusual in several ways, as well as being developed by an ex-ACES developer, so it has to be worth a look.


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"Coming [to Somerset] the first day and seeing the clubhouse, I feel like I'm in the major leagues," Massey said during the summer to MyCentralJersey.com. "This is my major leagues. I just try to be grateful for every little thing and just remember where I was."
"We love to bring in young players with something to prove, and Massey was a perfect example last year," said Somerset Patriots manager Brett Jodie. "All he did with his opportunity was lead the league in batting average. Craig plays the game hard and will do everything in his power to help the team win. He puts together an extremely great at bat almost every time at the plate, uses the entire field as a hitter and can make it tough on opposing defenses. Craig is a great fit in our clubhouse and we are happy to team up again this year."
The 6'2" left-handed batter spent his previous three seasons as a perennial All-Star in the Frontier League, making the Mid-Summer Classic in each year from 2015-'17. Massey represented the Schaumburg Boomers as an All-Star in 2015 before earning a selection as a member of the Southern Illinois Miners in both 2016 and 2017. He hit .295 with five home runs and 40 RBI with the Miners in 2016 before he hit .289 with two home runs and 43 RBI in 2017. Massey also stole a combined 31 bases over those two seasons.


Found in the hills along the northern coast of Azsuna.
Level 25 Battle Pet - Critter - Found some in Azsuna.
Capturing or killing one during a pet battle one is a requirement for the World Quest Esemplari di Azsuna which can be obtained by traveling to the Crumbled Palace at coordinates ~47.0, 41.3.
I had decent luck finding them in most grassy areas of the zone, with the largest congregation of them located just north of Nar'thalas Academy, between Azurewing Repose and Felblaze Ingress.
Something to note - that the majority of pets I was battling were either Poor, or Common Rarity. Could be my personal luck, or perhaps they are harder to obtain in Uncommon + Forms.
Typically they were accompanied by other critters and the occasional beast (Ragnetto del Vespro, Scoiattolo Selvatico).
Edit: I found an uncommon after aprox 30 or so hares.
Typically they were accompanied by other critters and the occasional beast (Ragnetto del Vespro, Scoiattolo Selvatico, Buccino Salmastro, Falena delle Foreste).
Not sure what was up today, but spent 45 mins looking for one and gave up. No idea why they'd create a quest to fight or capture one, and then make it too rare to find ( at least on this particular day ).
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TC53 teleconference – July 2023
https://www.ecma-international.org/wp-content/uploads/logo-ecma.svg 0 0 Patrick Charollais https://www.ecma-international.org/wp-content/uploads/logo-ecma.svg Patrick Charollais2023-01-09 15:58:592023-01-09 15:58:59TC53 teleconference – July 2023

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And they're off! — Knit'n Kitten Fiber Arts, Inc.
Both the silent auction giftbasket and another order are on their way as of this afternoon. I wish I had thought to get a photo of the giftbasket with my phone since EK wasn't available to do so with the camera. Ah well.


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A root canal, also called endodontic treatment, is a common and safe procedure to treat an infection in the pulp of the tooth. Years ago, damaged and diseased teeth were removed. But the advent of modern dental techniques has enabled dentists to save and repair damaged teeth through root canal treatment. Infected teeth that are not extracted or repaired will be a source of infection, contaminating the body and weakening the immune system. Because damaged teeth do not heal on their own, as they get worse, they will continue to damage bone and be the source of extreme pain.
Teeth become infected when the pulp, the soft tissue of nerves and vessels inside the tooth, gets injured. Deep cavities and cracked or fractured teeth and multiple fillings are common causes of injury to the pulp. Very severe periodontal disease can be another cause. All of these can allow germs to get into the pulp chamber causing infection and disease. When this happens, the pulp cannot repair itself and dies. If this is left untreated, the pus from the infection eventually builds up at the root tip, making a hole in the jawbone called an abscess. An abscess can cause damage to the bone around the teeth.
How do you know if you have an infected tooth?
The length of the root canals is determined, the unhealthy pulp is carefully removed, and the canals are cleaned, enlarged, and shaped. Medications may be put in the pulp chamber and root canal(s) to help remove germs and prevent infection.
If the tooth is severely infected, the tooth may be left open for a few days to drain. A temporary filling is placed in the crown to protect the tooth between dental visits. If the procedure is completed in one day, the canals are filled and then sealed. Antibiotics are sometimes prescribed to help control infection.
A crown or filling is usually placed over the tooth for further protection.
How long does the new tooth last?


THERE WAS A TIME WHEN RAFF LAW WAS KNOWN FOR HIS PARENTS; JUDE LAW AND SADIE FROST. YET NOW THE MODEL AND MUSICIAN IS STEPPING INTO HIS OWN WITH HIS PLATFORM SOMETHING TO HATE ON. FOUNDED BY RAFF LAW, DAN MOULD AND MAX CLARKE, THE COLLECTIVE CELEBRATES UNDERGROUND CULTURE AND SHOWCASES YOUNG CREATIVES.


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Background and Objective: Many people suffer from chronic nonspecific low back pain among other musculoskeletal disorders during their life time. There is a close relationship between low back pain and one's physical activity type. Therefore, it is important to have a satisfactory measurement tool to identify and measure the type and rate of physical activity and give some information about type and rate of physical activity to patients and therapists. The aim of this research was to investigate the face validity and test-retest reliability of Persian translation of "Baeck physical activity questionnaire" in patients with chronic nonspecific low back pain.
Methods: Baeck Physical Activity Questionnaire was translated to Persian in accordance with the standards set by the International Quality of Life Assessment (IQOLA) translation protocol with the help of an expert panel. Face validity of the final translation was investigated by both qualitative and quantitative methods. Pearson's correlation and ICC were used to measure the test retest reliability of the test.
Results: Experts' opinions were sought as to the wording and clarity of each statement in the instrument. In addition, the opinions of the target population (N=20) was asked as to the face validity of each item. A reliability of 0.85 calculated through ICC and 0.90 calculated through Pearson Correlation Coefficient confirmed the test-retest reliability of the instrument.
Conclusion: Persian translation of Baeck Physical Activity Questionnaire enjoys an acceptable face validity and test-retest reliability in patients with Low Back Pain.


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How Low Will They Go? At This Point We Still Don't Know
As I write this it's been six weeks since fourteen children and three adults were murdered at Stoneman Douglas High School; you can see a list of them here.
This week is Holy Week in the Christian tradition and Spring Break for many students. This past weekend many survivors of the massacre traveled to Washington D.C. to call for an end to gun violence in schools (President Trump, meanwhile, spent the weekend at Mar a Lago).
I was proud of the job they did. Most teenagers fear public speaking but we heard voices that make us hopeful of the future. Well, not all of us.
Several "adults" in our nation used this event to bully these courageous Americans. Emma Gonzalez has come under particular criticism. For reasons she need not explain she wears her hair short. Two weeks ago she was called a skinhead lesbian by a Republican candidate for the House of Representatives in Maine. In fairness, this candidate withdrew from the race.
During her speech on Saturday Emma ripped up a paper target. But a conservative website photoshopped it and replaced the target with a copy of the Constitution, implying that she was un-American.
Emma was born here but her father was born in Cuba and the jacket she wore had a Cuban flag sown on her shirt. Republican Steve King of Iowa said this: "This is how you look when you claim Cuban heritage yet don't speak Spanish and ignore the fact that your ancestors fled the island when the dictatorship turned Cuba into a prison camp, after removing all weapons from its citizens; hence their right to self defense." Mr. King ignored her trauma, her determination, her travel, and her words. Instead he focused on a patch on her shirt that honored her ancestors.
For what it's worth the Cuban flag was designed in 1848 or 1849 and adopted as the official flag in 1902. It bears no connection with Communism or Fidel Castro. Let me draw an analogy: My maternal grandfather was born in Boston, Massachusetts but his parents were born in Ireland. Like many Americans I'm proud of my heritage and while I don't wear an Irish flag on my sleeve, I know I can. But if I did and someone saw my patch and accused me of supporting the Irish Republican Army I would not answer well. I'd accuse that person of caring not at all for me or those I love. I'd accuse that person of lying to silence me.
That's what Emma's bullies have done. While she speaks truth or power, they speak power to truth. They hope that their power will so intimidate her that she will cower into the shadows.
I haven't met Emma, but I pray her truth will win out. I see her as a brave young woman who did not choose this path, but when confronted with her role, she grabbed it. I feel certain that while this weekend showed us our first glimpse of a young woman who makes us proud, it won't be our last.
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The Trump Chronicles, Volume 100: Mr. Trump, Have You No Shame?
In 1917 J. Edgar Hoover joined the Department of Justice and seven years later he was appointed the head of the "Bureau of Investigation" that we now know as the Federal Bureau of Investigation or FBI. Since then Americans have seen the FBI in several lights. In the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s most Americans cheered its opposition to Communism. In the 1960s some of us found concern over Mr. Hoover's opposition to the civil rights' movement.
Fast forward to today. The FBI continues to investigate crimes against the American people, and many of us expressed concern over the 2016 election. Even before the election many of us feared that Russia saw Mr.Trump as an ally and used social media disinformation to ensure his election.
Mr. Trump has claimed all along that there was "no collusion" and any investigation was a witch hunt. After he took office he raged against Attorney General Jeff Sessions for justly recusing himself from the Russian collusion investigation. Despite the President's objections, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appointed Former FBI Director Robert Mueller to run the investigation.
In addition to Mr. Sessions, Mr. Rosenstein, and Mr. Mueller, President Trump has also personally attacked former FBI Director James Comey and Deputy Director Andrew McCabe.
Mr. McCabe was close to retirement, and on January 29th he chose to retire this month. But within hours of his retirement Mr. McCabe was fired by Mr. Sessions. Among other things, it means this career public servant will lose his pension.
This is a little personal for me. My father was a career government employee for 35 years (and my sister is a current federal employee). He, like all federal employees accept the fact that they will be paid less than they're worth because part of his pay was diverted into a pension fund that will care for him in retirement. And it has.
But because Mr. McCabe found himself in the crosshairs of a President whose capacity for rage cares nothing for the lives or institutions he damages, he loses that deferred pay.
President Trump, once again, took to Twitter to talk about how this was a good day for the "hard working men and women of the FBI." It was actually a devastating day for FBI and other federal employees.
President Trump, you should be ashamed.
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The Trump Chronicles, Volume 99: One Month After Parkland, and Our High School Students Stepped Up
One month ago today most of us learned of Parkland, Florida and Stoneman Douglas High School, not for a good reason.
On February 14, 2018 a lone gunman opened fire on the school and killed 17 people:
Alyssa Alhdeff
Scott Beigel
Martin Duque
Nicholas Dworet
Aaron Feis
Jaime Guttenberg
Chris Hixton
Luke Hoyer
Cara Loughran
Gina Montalto
Joaquin Oliver
Alaina Petty
Meadow Pollack
Helena Ramsay
Alex Schacter
Carmen Schentrup
Peter Wang
Today, school students all over our nation walked out of their classrooms for seventeen minutes to honor those who died on Valentine's Day (and Ash Wednesday).
I say bravo. I applaud the students who wearied of waiting for adults to keep them safe and took power into their own hands.
They will continue to make us proud as adults.
The Trump Chronicles, Volume 98: Nobody Wins a Trade War
Last week President Trump surprised even his own aides by announcing that he will impose tariffs on steel and aluminum. In fairness he ran on a platform of protectionism, a belief that our economy suffers from cheap imports from other nations. Protectionism protects American jobs by demanding payments (or tariffs) for goods and services made outside the United States and imported here. President Trump believes that cheap steel and aluminum from other nations creates an unfair disadvantage to American workers and charging a tariff "levels the field" for American workers.
That's fine as far as it goes, but it doesn't go far enough. When we impose tariffs on other nations, that's not the end of the story. Other nations don't like it when we impose tariffs and they generally respond by imposing tariffs on goods and services that we export to them. Oftentimes this leads to an escalation that we call a trade war. Perhaps it's better called a de-escalation because it often causes a chain reaction of more tariffs (we react, and then they react, etc.).
We've already seen that nations in Europe are threatening to place tariffs on our exports of Harley Davidson motorcycles and bourbon. Since these motorcycles are made in Wisconsin (the home of House Speaker Paul Ryan) and bourbon is distilled in Kentucky (the home of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell) it's not hard to understand why they chose these targets.
If history teaches us anything, tariffs are answered by more tariffs. But by calling this trade war it made it irresistible for President Trump to claim that we can win a trade war. But we can't. Nobody wins a trade war.
Trade benefits both partners. I understand that Americans who depend on steel and aluminum are hurt by cheap imports from other nations. But the answer is not blocking imports. It may benefit American steelworkers in the short run, but when other nations raise tariffs on bourbon it hurts distillers in Kentucky.
We live in a dynamic world where job skills change quickly. Your dream job when you're 20 may not exist when you're 40. But when you're 40 there will be jobs you never dreamed of, and you can have the opportunity to learn how to do them.
A hundred and fifty years ago you could make a good living making buggy whips for carriages. A hundred years ago "horseless carriages" (or "cars") threatened your living. Today nobody makes them. Will all due empathy for those who made their living making buggy whips, they needed to find some other way to make a living.
So here's my point: our standard of living grows when we increase our world and it shrinks when we decrease our world. Our President demands a future when that will make us smaller and poorer.
We need look no further than the Koreas. North Korea isolates itself and finds it hard to feed their people. South Korea participates in global trade and does well. The per capita GDP (that is, the wealth of the nation divided by its population) is $1,800 in North Korea and $33,200 in South Korea.
Our best future lies in the road that decreases, and even eliminates tariffs. President Trump, we ask that you care about our nation more than you care about yourself.


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China funding Huawei mobile tower build in the Solomon Islands
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This week, the Solomon Islands's government has announced that it has a secured considerable loan from the Exim Bank of China, with the funds being used to deploy 161 new mobile towers across the country. The loan of roughly $94 million will be repaid over 20 years, with an annual interest rate of 1%.
The government said that the towers will be gradually deployed over the next three years, aiming to have half of the total deployed before the Pacific Games take place in the nation&'…
This week, the Solomon Islands's government has announced that it has a secured considerable loan from the Exim Bank of China, with the funds being used to deploy 161 new mobile towers across the country.
The loan of roughly $94 million will be repaid over 20 years, with an annual interest rate of 1%.
The government said that the towers will be gradually deployed over the next three years, aiming to have half of the total deployed before the Pacific Games take place in the nation's capital, Honiara, in November 2023.
Chinese equipment giant Huawei will be contracted to provide the technology for the new towers, which will provide 3G and 4G services to the Islanders.
The decision to move forward with this project comes as something of a surprise, since an independent review conducted by consulting firm KPMG suggested that the three-year deployment target is overly optimistic and said that the Solomon Islands' government also appeared to overvalue the indirect economic benefits from the towers' deployment.
« It is less certain that they can be achieved as they rely on other social and economic initiatives, » said the report.
The decision will also be something of a blow to the Australian government, which had itself agreed a tower funding deal with the Solomon Islands earlier this year – albeit on a much smaller scale.
Back in March, the Australian government agreed a roughly $4.5 million in grant funding for the deployment of six mobile towers
These towers will use equipment from Ericsson and NEC and are expected to be operational by the end of 2022.
"We are grateful for Australia's ongoing support to improving connectivity in Solomon Islands. The support is a testimony to the strong partnership between our two countries in the telecommunications sector that builds on the success of the Coral Sea Cable project to deliver improved internet connectivity to the people of Solomon Islands," said the Solomon Islands' Minister for Communication and Aviation, Peter Shanel Agovaka, following the deal's announcement.
The Australian government has expressed scepticism about the financial feasibility of this new deal with the Chinese bank, questioning the Solomon Islands government's ability to pay back a loan of this size, even with its concessional interest rate.
Nonetheless, a government spokesperson was keen to distance itself from the decision, saying that it was a matter for the Solomon Islands' government alone.
« Australia supports infrastructure investment that is transparent and open, meets genuine needs, delivers long-term benefits and avoids unsustainable debt burdens, » said the government in a statement.
This is not the first time China and Australia have clashed over connectivity investments in the Pacific in recent years. Just a month ago, the Telstra announced it had completed its acquisition of Digicel Pacific for $1.6 billion, with the Australian government providing $1.3 billion of the required funds, largely in an effort to stop the region's crucial telecoms infrastructure falling under the control of a Chinese firm.
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Random thoughts the morning after Chase Headley's new deal
• Four years and $52 million is too much for Headley, but that's what happens in free agency.
Random thoughts the morning after Chase Headley's new deal • Four years and $52 million is too much for Headley, but that's what happens in free agency. Check out this story on lohud.com: http://lohud.us/1ACgQ8w
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A few random thoughts on this morning after the Chase Headley signing...
• Four years and $52 million is too much for Headley, but that's what happens in free agency. The Yankees needed an infielder, and this is where the market set Headley's value (actually, remarkably, his value seems to have been set a little higher than what the Yankees are paying). Headley's a strong defensive player who's generally stayed in the lineup despite his back issues. He's a nice hitter, but certainly not a great hitter, and he's never hit for much power outside of that standout 2012 season. For the money, I'm not entirely sure the Yankees are better off having Headley instead Jed Lowrie, but I do think this is the kind of overpay the Yankees are willing to make. They committed to Headley without committing to someone beyond his mid-30s.
• Yes, the Headley signing blocks Rob Refsnyder's most obvious path to the big leagues, but does anyone really expect the Yankees lineup to stay fully healthy all of next year? Refsnyder turns 24 in March, he's been playing second base for just two years, and he has just 77 games of Triple-A experience. He's not even on the 40-man yet. Going back to the minor leagues out of spring training shouldn't hurt his development, and it wouldn't shut the door to the possibility of having him in a regular big league role by the end of the season. The Yankees absolutely had to get some additional infield depth of some sort. They essentially got the best infield depth possible on the market. Now, the key is, if something happens in the infield, they have to be willing to give Refsnyder his shot.
• One thing I like about Headley: He's a good fit for this atmosphere. He seems to handle pressure, he's good with the media, and he seems confident enough to slide into a secondary role without feeling as if he's been slighted. "I didn't know how I'd like playing in New York just with all the other things that come with playing in New York," Headley said yesterday. "But once you get here and you realize how well you're treated, how much the fans care, how much the city cares, how well the Yankees family take care of you and your family, it was pretty obvious after a week or so that I was extremely lucky to get a chance to play in the pinstripes. So, I was surprised, but it didn't take long to see why other players had spoke so highly of the organization."
• With Headley, Didi Gregorius, Mark Teixeira, Jacoby Ellsbury and Brett Gardner, the Yankees have at least five players who have a chance to be above-average defenders next season. I think Brian McCann could be as well if you factor in his pitch framing and the way he works with the pitching staff. Martin Prado at second should be just fine as well. If nothing else, the Yankees have made themselves a better defensive team.
• Speaking of pitching: I still believe the Yankees when they say they're not planning to get into the Max Scherzer bidding, but if they go another three or four weeks without signing a starting pitcher who they actually like, and Scherzer still out there as a big splash who fills a clear need, I do wonder if they could talk themselves into taking the risk -- yet again -- on a long-term commitment that carries obvious risk down the road. Not saying it will happen, only that I could imagine a scenario in which the Yankees ultimately bit the bullet and jump into the Scherzer sweepstakes.
• Interesting that the Yankees gave Headley pretty close to the same contract they weren't willing to give either Dave Robertson or Brandon McCarthy. Of those three, I'd say McCarthy was the best fit -- the Yankees have reached a point where they most desperately need a starting pitcher -- but he was also the most obvious overpay (incredibly risky to give a guy with his injury history a four-year deal). I think Robertson would been a better investment on a four-year deal, but relievers tend to come and go, and before this offseason I'm not sure I would have been on board with such an investment into a bullpen arm, even one as good as Robertson. Free agency is all about picking battles, and when it came to spending roughly $50 million across the next four years, the Yankees prioritized Headley ahead of the two familiar and desirable pitchers.
• The top third basemen in the minor league system are Miguel Andujar, Eric Jagielo and Dante Bichette Jr. Andujar is still a teenager and won't necessarily be blocked by the Headley contract, Bichette hasn't shown enough consistency for the Yankees to really bank on him, and there are enough questions about Jagielo's defense and strikeouts that the Yankees couldn't let his presence standing in the way of a deal. That's not at all to say Jagielo (or anyone else) won't develop into a legitimate big league third baseman, but I don't think the Yankees could say with confidence their farm system will be ready to fill the third base hole within the next four years.
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July 7, 2015 By Jaime Cone
Almost Famous, except about a girl. And set in the '90s. And British.
How to Build a Girl, described by the New York Times' Dwight Garner as "a British version of 'Almost Famous,' delivered from a female perspective and set two decades later," is celebrating its paperback release with a reading by author Caitlin Moran. She's often compared to Tina Fey and Lena Dunham, "which is fair so far as it goes," according to Garner, "though I'd add Amy Winehouse and the early Roseanne Barr to the mix." Watch her read excerpts from her comic novel about a poor teen determined to reinvent herself as a rock critic in 1990s London.
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Sorayya Khan is the author of three novels, Noor (2003), Five Queen's Road (2009) and City of Spies (2015). She was awarded a US Fulbright Research Grant to conduct research in Pakistan and Bangladesh for one of her novels, and received a Malahat Review Novella Prize for what became a window into City of Spies. In 2006, she received a Constance Saltonstall Artist Grant, which took her to Banda Aceh, Indonesia, where she interviewed tsunami survivors. Over the years, her work has been published in various literary quarterlies, includingThe Kenyon Reviewand North American Review, and several anthologies. She is the daughter of a Pakistani father and a Dutch mother, was born in Europe, and moved to Pakistan as a child. She now lives in New York with her husband and children. Below you can read an excerpt from her book, City of Spies. Courtesy: Sorayya Khan.
One morning, I woke up just when my father rose to say his prayers. He had a travel shortwave radio in his hands and was adjusting its antenna. He was not a tall man; in fact, he was two inches shorter than my mother, but when he stood above us as we lay on our rolled out mattresses, he was a giant. He tried to hop over both Lehla and me in one go, and I was very lucky his foot missed my head.
He suddenly called, 'Abaji, Abaji,' as if he'd forgotten his father was deaf, and then, remembering, shouted louder and louder as if that would make a difference.
'What IS it?' Lehla cried, annoyed at being woken so early.
Knowing I wouldn't be able to sleep again, I wrapped a chaddar over my pajamas and wandered into the next room. 'What's wrong?' I asked.
My father handed me the newspaper he was holding and said, 'Have you seen this?' fully aware that I couldn't have. Below the large bold print of the heading, Pakistan Times, the newsprint was missing. 'This is censorship.'
Lehla groaned from the other room where she lay with a sheet over her face and complained about early mornings and loud voices.
'There has been a coup,' my father said after a moment. 'The prime minister is in custody and martial law has been declared.'
Martial law sounded like the Marshall Plan I'd learned about in school, but clearly it wasn't the same thing. I studied the Pakistan Times, noticing the formal portrait of a military general splashed across the page. The general's eyes were cast down, as if he were posing reluctantly, like a Pakistani bride. He had a bushy moustache and sleepy eyes and a row of medals pinned across his shoulders.
When my grandfather returned from the mosque, he took a seat at the head of the dining table.
'Abaji, you have heard?' my father asked. He placed the newspaper near his father's plate. Without glancing at it, my grandfather pushed it away. He fashioned a bite-size packet of halva and poori on his plate and put it in his mouth, his dentures clicking. I wished I could eat my halva as skillfully. Yunis, my grandfather's servant, brought him the lukewarm glass of water he consumed at the same time every day, and we all watched him drain the glass in one gulp.
The three radios in the house played different newscasts—the BBC, VOA and Deutsche Welle offering the news in British English, American English and German—with equal solemnity.
'Allah,' my grandfather finally said.
'Allah,' my father replied, both men invoking God in what was an ironic precursor to the general's plans to introduce Him into every aspect of our lives and the country.
'God save your job,' my grandfather said to my father as he put more halva in his mouth. My father had laid down his cutlery in an effort to listen. 'Not that you're any good at it.'
My father tried to explain to us what had happened. 'The army has taken over. The Constitution has been suspended, the national assembly has been dissolved and the governors and chief ministers have been fired.'
'What will there be instead?' I asked.
'Whatever the general wishes,' he answered without hesitation.
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Where are today's great literary provocateurs?
Writers such as Christopher Hitchens, Martin Amis and Philip Roth were the enfants terrible of their day. Who takes up that mantle now?
Ben Lawrence
Jan 13, 2022 – 5.00am
The latest novel by Michel Houellebecq has just been published in France. Titled Anéantir or Destroy, the novel is, among other things, a satire on President Emmanuel Macron, imagining a presidential election a few years in the future.
Houellebecq is a divisive figure. His meditations on love, sex and death contain shades of misogyny and misanthropy, and his politics in recent years have gone from a liberal leftism to something that suggests an infatuation with the far right. After the publication of Submission, which imagined France under a Muslim president, he faced accusations of Islamophobia and was forced to go into hiding after death threats.
Ian McEwan (left), Christopher Hitchens and Martin Amis.
In fact, Houellebecq does not tie his political colours to any particular mast. He exudes an exhilarating nihilism and one feels that he often writes merely to provoke. The phrase "enfant terrible" lingered around him for longer than was strictly necessary (he is now 65).
The fact that Houellebecq continues to be a part of France's news agenda shows that the country is still very much in thrall to the idea of a literary provocateur. In Britain and in America attitudes are rather different.
The situation has come sharply into focus this week with the news that Penguin Random House in America decided not to make an offer on a set of Norman Mailer's essays to mark the centenary of Mailer's birth, reportedly partly because of staff objecting to one of its titles – The White Negro (never mind the fact that, in it, Mailer appeared to endorse violence as an affirmation of being). It has been picked up by the (much smaller) publisher Skyhorse.
When Mailer was at the height of his fame in the '60s, you couldn't move for literary provocateurs in the US – Philip Roth, Saul Bellow, William Styron, John Updike – men whose words barely contained their larger-than-life egos. In these times when cancellation is a constant risk, writers such as Bellow (a bit right-wing) and Updike (a bit sexist) face the same vituperation as Mailer. Any dodgy acts in their personal life (Mailer once nearly killed his wife after stabbing her with a penknife) are now inextricably linked to their actual output.
Macho posturing is all very well for Americans, but there have been few similar examples of the literary provocateur in Britain. Actually, I wonder if we like our provocation to be a bit more genteel, perhaps even a bit more female, in this country. The continuing cult of Jane Austen has a lot to do with it; her observations are as piercingly sharp as they are elegant. Not for her the showboating style of the great American men of letters. Austen's legacy is crystal clear in our literature, with provocation often coming from the least expected places, such as the works of Muriel Spark and Barbara Pym (even if a recent biography did disclose Pym was rather racy in real life). Both these writers go for the jugular, but do it in a subtle way, hiding their bite through a very British sense of failure.
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Nevertheless there was a time when British literary lions had swagger (I mean, you could go right back to Christopher Marlowe, a writer who lived by the pen and died by the sword), and this idea seemed to reach its height in the '70s when clubbable figures such as Martin Amis and Christopher Hitchens ruled, perhaps bolstered by their becoming successful when book advances were at a high, allowing authors to move out of their bleak garrets and into the private members' clubs of Mayfair and Soho.
Much has been made of the rock and roll manner of such writers, but let's not forget their writing could be pretty punchy, too. It seemed that there was a point when anyone was fair game for Hitchens – Bill Clinton, Henry Kissinger and even Mother Teresa. She "is less interested in helping the poor than in using them as an indefatigable source of wretchedness on which to fuel the expansion of her fundamentalist Roman Catholic beliefs", he wrote in 1995's The Missionary Position.
Amis has attracted controversy in several quarters, though I would suggest that when it comes to the accusations of Islamophobia, his views have often been misinterpreted (his views after the September 11, 2001, attacks were anti-Islamist, not anti-Islam). He also authored one of the kindest books I have ever read – Experience, written in response to the death of his father, Kingsley. Yet the image of provocation, enhanced by a colourful private life and some very expensive dental surgery, remains.
In the current climate, it seems unlikely that literary provocateurs will find their voice (unless they are sounding off in the culturally moribund Twittersphere, of course).
If you look hard enough, there are works out there which certainly don't lack for punch. There's Isabel Waidner, for example, whose latest novel Sterling Karat Gold is a surreal satire (anti-LGBT activists are allegorically transformed into bullfighters!), but she is published by the pioneering publishers Peninsula.
I wonder if someone like Random House would produce something of such daring. Badly written autofiction now dominates, which means that the cult of the self is arguably as important as it was at the height of Amis' fame. It's just that now, in Britain at least, it's a lot more dreary.
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I am now 13-weeks pregnant with my third child.
Last week a small pea-sized lump developed on my left breast, at the scar line of my areola.
It is quite sore, gets very itchy and is a little red and hot to touch.
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Samsung Galaxy Note 4 is arguably one of the most anticipated phones of 2014. It was presented at this year's IFA and fans are already at the edge of their seats, waiting for its October launch.
Well, those living in China or the UK can pre-order the new phablet, starting today. For the UK, pre-orders are currently open at the Clove Technologiy website, whereas residents of China can put an order down at the e-commerce site JD.com.
As far as prices go, Clove's non-VAT price claims a ₤479.17, which translates to around $780 – a number that falls in line with the general expectation for the US price to be pinned at $799, just like the Note 3. First stocks are said to arrive on October 13th, which is more or less what the launch date for Europe is expected to be.
The Samsung Galaxy Note series is the champion of the large-screened smartphone and arguably started the trend with the first Note, released back in 2011. The phablet (a term that became popular after the first Note's success) started with a 5.3" screen size, which increased incrementally, model after model, until we have today's 5.7" slate. The Note 4's improvements over the Note 3 are generally focused on the stylus, Samsung claiming that it managed to capture the most realistic feel of writing possible. Other new features include a more premium looking metal frame and impressively fast charging. For a complete list of Note 4's upgrades over the Note 3 – check this article.
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Judy Dlamini, the first female chancellor of Wits university, has a mission.
Wits university's first female chancellor, Dr Judy Dlamini, wants to put the record straight on the popular narrative about Africans.
To this end, she has penned The Other Story, which tells of 12 inspirational African leaders and entrepreneurs. This is her second book, following the 2017 publication of Equal but Different: Women Leaders' Life Stories, Overcoming Race, Gender and Social Class.
This sequel about high achievers reflects on what being an African means and what African success is.
Dlamini said her inspiration came from the lack of balance in the African narrative, with the media only putting out a single account not of the doom and gloom around being African.
"I just feel there are so many heroes among us that we don't hear of.
"So I wanted to tell of our successes that transcend generations.
"We didn't just emerge yesterday and became successful, but our people have been working hard for many years," said Dlamini.
The book covers the stories of people aged between 28 and 98 including Gloria Serobe, Zanele Mbeki, Sizwe Nxasana, Dr Richard Maponya, Fred Swaniker and Ali Mufuruki, each with a specific theme.
"If you look at Sis Zanele, with an achiever for a husband (Thabo Mbeki), one might think all that is required is to just support him and raise kids, if you have any. But we see her showing the importance of having purpose as a human being who happens to be a woman. Just reading her story, you see that she represents so many women because of what she has done for so many. Then you look at people like Babatunde Folawiyo, who is featured in the last chapter and see how he is a product of four generations of African entrepreneurs.
"And I am simply saying to an African child that you can start your own empire and pass it on to the generations that follow," she said.
As a writer who aimed to inspire while informing, Dlamini hoped the book would reveal the truth behind the strength that people of colour possessed to achieve great things during the dark days of apartheid.
"That has extreme power to inspire a child to never give up. These people were born during the apartheid times, but look at what they were able to achieve in their individual spaces and also they went out to make a difference in other people's lives. Africans read and want to read stories that talk about them. Even in the face of the expense of books, Africans are still open to reading," she said.
Reflecting on her new position, she highlighted how disheartening it was to be the first female "anything" in 2018.


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Polymers to give early warning signs
The newly developed polymer switches on and off its fluorescence responding to mechanical stress. Image: Hokkaido University
Researchers at the University of Fribourg's Adolphe Merkle Institute (AMI) and Hokkaido University in Japan have developed a method to tailor the properties of stress-indicating molecules that can be integrated into polymers and signal damages or excessive mechanical loads with an optical signal.
As part of their research activities within the National Center of Competence in Research Bio-inspired Materials, Professor Christoph Weder, the chair of Polymer Chemistry and Materials at AMI, and his team are investigating polymers that change their color or fluorescence characteristics when placed under mechanical load. The prevailing approach to achieve this function is based on specifically designed sensor molecules that contain weak chemical bonds that break when the applied mechanical force exceeds a certain threshold. This effect can cause a color change or other pre-defined responses. A fundamental limitation of this approach, however, is that the weak bonds can also break upon exposure to light or heat. This lack of specificity reduces the practical usefulness of stress-indicating polymers. It normally also makes the effect irreversible.
Addressing this problem, Weder and Dr. Yoshimitsu Sagara - a Japanese researcher who spent two years in Weder's group at AMI before joining Hokkaido University as an Assistant Professor - devised a new type of sensor molecule that can only be activated by mechanical force. Unlike in previous force-transducing molecules, no chemical bond breaking takes place. Instead, the new sensor molecules consist of two parts that mechanically interlocked. This interconnection prevents the separation of the two parts, while still allowing them to be pushed together or pulled away from each other. Such molecular pushing and pulling causes the molecule's fluorescence to change from off to on.
In a new publication in the open-access journal ACS Central Science, Weder, Sagara, and their co-workers report that this new concept is robust and versatile. "The design approach allows one to tailor the properties of such sensor molecules, as their behavior is quite predictable," explains Weder. "We chose to demonstrate this by tackling materials that display white fluorescence when stretched," adds Sagara. "Mechanoresponsive white fluorescence is in general difficult to achieve. It requires the combination of three sensor molecules with pre-defined emission colors: blue, green, and red (or orange). In addition, the sensor molecules also need to exhibit a similar response to mechanical stress to achieve ON/OFF switching of white emission when they are blended."
As intended, polymers containing the new motifs do not fluoresce in the absence of mechanical force, but they become brightly fluorescent - red, green, or blue, when only one type of sensor molecule was used, white when they were combined - when stretched. Because no chemical bonds are broken, the process is also fully reversible. Thus, when the new sensor molecules were incorporated in an elastic polymer, the fluorescence was turned on when the material was stretched, and turned off when the force was removed and the material contracted. Moreover, the fluorescence intensity, or brightness, was shown to correlate with the extent of deformation.
Potential applications for such materials include built-in monitors that send visual warning signs before a part fails, or that enable engineers to map stresses in parts under load and help them design these better. The sensor molecules also promise to be useful for fundamental, molecular-level investigations of stress-transfer mechanisms in synthetic materials as well as in biological systems.
The Swiss-Japanese team is currently collaborating to further simplify the design for an expansion of the concept to materials that change their color, instead of their fluorescence. The response of such motifs could be inspected without any auxiliary means and would thus be more useful for practical applications.
Yoshimitsu Sagara et al., Rotaxane-Based Mechanophores Enable Polymers with Mechanically Switchable White Photoluminescence, ACS Cent. Sci., Article ASAP, DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.9b00173


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"Make content for the internet," they said
"It'll be fun," they said.
unblock challenge, creativity, social media, creator life, community
Unblock Challenge, Day 14.
I'm not saying creating content isn't fun. It is. Being creative is fun. Being able to share it, with little to no friction or interference from anyone is fun.
Then there's "The Game."
If you "just" want to be creative, share it with no further plans or hopes, excellent. But being a creator, one who's able to monetize on their passion, talent, skill, and hard work — that's a different animal. Especially these days.
I can't remember if it was Scalzi, Scott Stratten, Gary Vee, or someone else who said something to the effect of "don't build your house on rented land." And building an online presence, playing The Game, is still very much like that.
Social media is an incredibly useful tool. Whether it's finding friends, finding your niche, building your business, or get inspiration. It's amazing, and it scaled back the world to something that literally fits into your pocket through your smartphone.
But social media is also a volatile and unpredictable landscape. It's like living on an active volcano, you never know if or when you'll need to grab all your stuff and go.
Having this website, and shifting from social media to this place is a step in the direction of not living on said volcano. It's still somewhat "rented" — I don't think anything on the internet is permanent. But it's definitely more reliable than any social media platform.
I actually think the proliferation of social media is a good thing. It puts the 'social' back into the concept, fragmenting monolithic platforms into communities. It forces us to choose, since nobody can keep up with everything all the time. Or rather you can, but in my opinion it's a wasted effort. Social media in 2022 is about going deep, not wide. (That was true even before, but hardly anyone did that.)
I have a Vero, a Mastodon, a Hive (@dinchamion), I'm on Glass and I still have a Twitter and Instagram profiles. (I deleted Facebook, but c'mon — it's 2022. Of course I did.) Still figuring out each, still finding my way to each pocket of community. On Vero, my photography has a much better traction than my blogs. Mastodon seems to be what I want from a social platform. Hive is still in its infancy, and unsure how it'll go. Glass is for photography only, and it's more about connecting with fellow shooters. Instagram and Twitter are… well.
There still are platforms that are the de facto standard for measuring "influence" or whatever you want to call it, that can be presented as reliable and believable clout. And it's a good thing we have those, because against all other consideration, I've removed all tracking and analytics from this website. This is my home, and as much as I want to, eventually, transition my creativity from hobby to a full-time profession, I also believe in a more open, more carefree internet. So that's that.
My point here is, if you want to become a full-time creator, you have to play The Game. But how you play it — that's up to you. This is the internet: we are allowed to change the rules.
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