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"Great Results, Personable, Expert " I heartily recommend Henry, having worked with him on two major earthquake retrofit projects -- one for a private residence, the other an entire condominium complex. He knows his stuff. His calculations are thorough. In my project management role, he\'s always been flexible, shows up when we need him (even on short notice), and has proven a very helpful negotiator. In my role as a client, he\'s insightful, deliberate, and communicates really well. He will explain things thoroughly or cut straight to the chase scene, depending on what you need. He\'s compassionate, patient, and a bit geeky (which is high praise). He\'s awesome! As a client, when you\'re betting the farm, he\'s the guy you go to. " March 21, 2012"
"Great Results, Expert, High Integrity "I first met Henry in about 1997, I have relied on his expertise many times over the years. I have hired and recommended him to many of our clients.He has demonstrated a common sense approach and understanding of every problem that we have presented him. We will continue to rely on his talent and professional approach in assisting us and our clients." March 1, 2012"
"Robert Remiker, Principal, Robert Remiker Architects (business partner) was with another company when working with you "I met Henry as a consultant on small project 10 years ago. Recently we worked together on the rehabilitation of an historic theater in Berkeley. The work involved the integration of new structural systems, requiring analysis and sensitivity to Architectural features and Structural systems in place. We enjoyed working with Henry and recommend him for his communication skills, his engineering expertise, and his professionalism throughout the process." March 2, 2012"
"Personable, Expert, High Integrity. "Over the past 8 years I have had the opportunity to work with SDC and Henry Fairbairn on an number of projects ranging from small commercial to residential remodels. SDC has consistently delivered quality work within the time frame for each of the projects. I continue to recommend for projects." March 4, 2012"
"Great Results, Personable, Expert "Several years ago, in the middle of a project my design person just quit and left me in a lurch. A friend of mine gave me Henrys number, I called him and he has become my go to person for engineering of all types. If it is not in his immediate area he knows someone and gets back with an answer. He is prompt and enjoyable to have do his things for you. I plan to utilize his expertise any time I can. Thank you Henry. Ray Walker" March 1, 2012"
"Jason Van Zwol, Chief Engineer/Co-Owner, BAGG Engineers (business partner) was with another company when working with you "As a Geotechnical Engineer, i have worked on a few projects with Henry, and have found him to be ahighly qualified and competent engineer. He knows what he\'s doing!" March 1, 2012"
"Expert, Good Value, High Integrity "Henry Fairbain is a precise, realistic, fair and knowledgeable structural engineer who has helped my clients make sound decisions in Real Estate purchases and I can recommend him wholeheartedly. Heidi Mueller, RE Broker, Better Homes and Gardens Mason McDuffie RE" March 12, 2012"


Once upon a time, I lived miserably in the UK. And I desperately wanted to return to the United States - my home. However Life threw a wrench in the works, and I had to look for a new job elsewhere. I applied for a job in the Netherlands, and I made a promise to myself - if I get the job I want, I will buy fresh flowers every Saturday! No matter what!
But what's more important is to keep the promise, and I am! It's great to wake up on Saturday morning, have your morning coffee in town, and then pick some fresh flowers to brighten your days during the week to come! If I have visitors, I let them choose the flowers for me. It's lovely to have the flowers remind you of your friends after they leave. Even the rainy days are not so gloomy with some bright colored flowers!
I think I'm lucky with my decision to come to the Netherlands, and I'm happy to keep my promise!
What is an UP, what is a DOWN?
Is it 'Give UP' the right direction?
Is it 'Calm DOWN' a wrong sugestoin?
I have to be and I am STRONG!
But one memory is here to stay - a memory of a summer weekend, when Bart and I went to the beach. The plan was to stretch on the warm sandy beach and forget about the world...instead we became part of the world...entering the World Beach Project .
We did try to sunbath for a bit, but the wind made the sand feel like sandpaper against your skin, so instead we played with the rocks.
'No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main.' (John Donne) ...or... 'Every man is an island. But clearly some men are island chains. Underneath, they are connected. ' ('About a boy') I'm blogging because I enjoy reaching out and stirring a conversation, sharing thoughts, hearing back from you, connecting...and if in any way I'm able to ease your day, or simply entertain you...all the better! And don't be afraid to leave a comment.


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Innovation is a process to achieve measurable value enhancement in any commercial activity, through introduction of new or improved goods, services, operational and organizational processes. It is a significant factor in facilitating competitiveness, improvement in market share and quality as well as reduction in costs.

The lack of infrastructure support for innovation in India is a key stumbling block, says WorldTel chairman Sam Pitroda who is also heading the National Knowledge Commission. Keeping this in mind the Government of India has proposed an Innovation Act for the Country. The proposed legislation would focus on three primary areas of importance to maintain and improve innovation in the 21st century which are increasing research investment, strengthening education opportunities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics from elementary through graduate school, and developing an innovation infrastructure.

A survey by the National Knowledge Commission has revealed that Innovation Intensity (i.e. the percentage of revenue derived from products/ services which are less than 3 years old) has increased for large firms as well as small and medium enterprises. The strategic prioritization of innovation as a factor critical to growth and competitiveness has also achieved significant prominence since the start of economic liberalization in India.

The most critical external barrier for both large firms and small and medium enterprises is however skill shortage arising out of lack of emphasis on industrial innovation, problem solving, design, experimentation, etc in the education curricula. There is also need for more effective collaboration between industry, universities and R&D institutions. Systematic reform of the higher education system (including skill based marketable vocational education) in India is essential to develop the required intellectual capital as well as generate effective synergies among industry, government, the educational system, the R&D environment and the consumer.

Innovation is a complex activity that requires widespread interaction across the entire economy, from the grassroots to the large firm level. The Knowledge Commission has recommended that there is a need for a comprehensive campaign to address these issues and to spur efforts to make India a global leader in Innovation. Important initiatives taken include :

Business Incubators

Business incubators are programs designed to accelerate the successful development of entrepreneurial companies through an array of business support resources and services, developed and orchestrated by incubator management and offered both in the incubator and through its network of contacts. Incubators vary in the way they deliver their services, in their organizational structure and in the types of clients they serve. A list of technology business incubators in India is available at the NSTEDB website.
National Innovation Project

The Government of India alongwith the World Bank is launching a National Innovation Project which would improve and expand the ongoing innovation initiatives as well as introduce new initiatives for higher impact on growth and poverty alleviation by strengthening innovation as a driver of productivity and sustained growth in India.

The Project would look at strengthening innovation management and capacity building for strengthening the IPR system, provide support to SME’s for research leading to innovation and new technology development and strengthening technology commercialization. The preparatory work for the project is being coordinated by TIFAC
Innovation Law

The Ministry of Science & Technology has set up a Working Group at FICCI to prepare the Draft Legislation for an “Innovation Act” to spur innovation in India. The Innovation Act would take cues from similar laws which are in place in US, Brazil, China and other parts of the world. The new law would focus on three primary areas: increasing research investment, strengthening education opportunities in maths, science and technology and developing an innovation infrastructure.

Innovation links

National Innovation Foundation
Technology Development Board
National Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board
Technology Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship Information Service
Society for Research and Initiatives for Sustainable Technologies and Institutions
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Please mail us your queries on issues related to IPR’s on accounts@nipo.in and we would have our experts answer them for you
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Innovation is a process to achieve measurable value enhancement in any commercial activity, through introduction of new or improved goods, services, operational and organizational processes. It is a significant factor in facilitating competitiveness, improvement in market share and quality as well as reduction in costs.
The lack of infrastructure support for innovation in India is a key stumbling block, says WorldTel chairman Sam Pitroda who is also heading the National Knowledge Commission. Keeping this in mind the Government of India has proposed an Innovation Act for the Country. The proposed legislation would focus on three primary areas of importance to maintain and improve innovation in the 21st century which are increasing research investment, strengthening education opportunities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics from elementary through graduate school, and developing an innovation infrastructure.
A survey by the National Knowledge Commission has revealed that Innovation Intensity (i.e. the percentage of revenue derived from products/ services which are less than 3 years old) has increased for large firms as well as small and medium enterprises. The strategic prioritization of innovation as a factor critical to growth and competitiveness has also achieved significant prominence since the start of economic liberalization in India.
The most critical external barrier for both large firms and small and medium enterprises is however skill shortage arising out of lack of emphasis on industrial innovation, problem solving, design, experimentation, etc in the education curricula. There is also need for more effective collaboration between industry, universities and R&D institutions. Systematic reform of the higher education system (including skill based marketable vocational education) in India is essential to develop the required intellectual capital as well as generate effective synergies among industry, government, the educational system, the R&D environment and the consumer.
Innovation is a complex activity that requires widespread interaction across the entire economy, from the grassroots to the large firm level. The Knowledge Commission has recommended that there is a need for a comprehensive campaign to address these issues and to spur efforts to make India a global leader in Innovation. Important initiatives taken include :
Business Incubators
Business incubators are programs designed to accelerate the successful development of entrepreneurial companies through an array of business support resources and services, developed and orchestrated by incubator management and offered both in the incubator and through its network of contacts. Incubators vary in the way they deliver their services, in their organizational structure and in the types of clients they serve. A list of technology business incubators in India is available at the NSTEDB website.
National Innovation Project
The Government of India alongwith the World Bank is launching a National Innovation Project which would improve and expand the ongoing innovation initiatives as well as introduce new initiatives for higher impact on growth and poverty alleviation by strengthening innovation as a driver of productivity and sustained growth in India.
The Project would look at strengthening innovation management and capacity building for strengthening the IPR system, provide support to SME's for research leading to innovation and new technology development and strengthening technology commercialization. The preparatory work for the project is being coordinated by TIFAC
Innovation Law
The Ministry of Science & Technology has set up a Working Group at FICCI to prepare the Draft Legislation for an "Innovation Act" to spur innovation in India. The Innovation Act would take cues from similar laws which are in place in US, Brazil, China and other parts of the world. The new law would focus on three primary areas: increasing research investment, strengthening education opportunities in maths, science and technology and developing an innovation infrastructure.
Innovation links
National Innovation Foundation
Technology Development Board
National Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board
Technology Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship Information Service
Society for Research and Initiatives for Sustainable Technologies and Institutions

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Q: Problem to load a RecyclerView with Firebase data (No setter/field) I need to fill a recyclerview with the data I have stored in FireBase but I don't get it and I am not able to find the error.
Adapter
@Override
public void onBindViewHolder(UsuarioHolder holder, int position) {
    Aviso user = avisos.get(position);
    holder.latitud.setText(String.valueOf(user.getLatitud()));
    holder.longitud.setText(String.valueOf(user.getLongitud()));
    //holder.getNombre().setText(listMensaje.get(position).getNombre());
    holder.usuario.setText(user.getUsuario());
}
@Override
public int getItemCount() {
    return avisos.size();
}
public static class UsuarioHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder{
    TextView usuario,longitud,latitud;
    public UsuarioHolder(View itemView) {
        super(itemView);
        usuario=itemView.findViewById(R.id.tvUsuario);
        longitud=itemView.findViewById(R.id.tvLongitud);
        latitud=itemView.findViewById(R.id.tvLatitud);
    }
}
}

Object
public class Aviso {
    private Double latitud;
    private Double longitud;
    private String usuario;

    public Aviso() {
    }

    public Aviso(Double latitud, Double longitud, String usuario) {
        this.latitud = latitud;
        this.longitud = longitud;
        this.usuario = usuario;
    }
    public Double getLatitud() {
        return latitud;
    }
    public void setLatitud(Double latitud) {
        this.latitud = latitud;
    }
    public Double getLongitud() {
        return longitud;
    }
    public void setLongitud(Double longitud) {
        this.longitud = longitud;
    }
    public String getUsuario() {
        return usuario;
    }
    public void setUsuario(String usuario) {
        this.usuario = usuario;
    }
}

activity
@Override
        public void onDataChange(DataSnapshot dataSnapshot) {
            aviso.removeAll(aviso);
            for (DataSnapshot snapshot:
                    dataSnapshot.getChildren()){
                Aviso user = snapshot.getValue(Aviso.class);
                aviso.add(user);
            }
            adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
        }

JSON
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  "aviso" : {
    "-LT9trd7ej8aLhPlDVsM" : {
      "latitud" : 37.7,
      "longitud" : -122.0999983,
      "usuario" : "login2"
    },
    "login2" : {
      "latitud" : 32,
      "longitud" : -122.0999983,
      "usuario" : "login2"
    }
  },
  "chat" : {
    "-LT9WsU8whS5ZPONAosl" : {
      "fotoPerfil" : "",
      "hora" : 1544217397371,
      "mensaje" : "hola que tal",
      "nombre" : "Hola ",
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Thank you very much, I'm blocked with this topic

A: The problem is with Aviso Class. Aviso Json Object Contain two another Json Object

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*LT9trd7ej8aLhPlDVsM

*login2
so either you can parse it manually or your have to modify you Aviso Class you, can try this.
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            String jsonString = snapshot.getValue(String.class);
            JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject(jsonString);
            JSONObject avisoJsonObject = jsonObject.getJSONObject("aviso");
            Iterator<String> keys = avisoJsonObject.keys();
            while (keys.hasNext()) {
                String key = keys.next();
                if (avisoJsonObject.get(key) instanceof JSONObject) {
                    if (avisoJsonObject.getJSONObject(key).get("latitud") != null) {
                        JSONObject data = avisoJsonObject.getJSONObject(key);
                        Aviso user = new Aviso(data.getDouble("latitud"), data.getDouble("longitud"), data.getString("usuario"));
                        aviso.add(user);
                    }
                }
            }
            adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
        }

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his awards show doesn't truly excite me. Nonetheless, I will watch it to show my support for the show, its incredible and interactive cast, and just see what the outcome will be. However, The 100 is not a teen show as all ages watch it, and its high sensitivity and topics are not based of what teenagers go through. But, you'll do anything just to survive.
The 2015 Teen Choice Awards airs live on Fox at 8 PM/7 PM Central, Sunday, August 16th.


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Joe Lurie: Our gun-obsessed language reveals…
Joe Lurie: Our gun-obsessed language reveals much about us
This Dec. 27, 2012, photo shows a wall that typically displays about 25 military-style rifles, but now stands bare, at Rocky Mountain Discount Sports in Casper, Wyo. The store, like many across the country, sold out of the firearms after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings in Newtown, Conn., sparked concern over the possibility of anti-gun legislation. (AP Photo/Casper Star-Tribune, Alan Rogers)
By Bay Area News Group |
PUBLISHED: January 3, 2013 at 3:13 pm | UPDATED: July 20, 2016 at 6:52 am
With 5 percent of the world's population, Americans now possess about half of the world's guns. Is it any wonder then that mass shootings in the U.S. have skyrocketed in the past decade? And in the wake of the grotesque massacre at Sandy Hook, is it surprising that sales of kids' bulletproof backpacks have soared, or that our culture more than ever is drenched in the language of guns?
As I watch left- and right-wing politicians and pundits "up in arms" on TV, battling in a "crossfire" of blame, each side looking for a "smoking gun" to explain or cast blame for horrifying gun-related catastrophes, I've become increasingly aware of how our culture's preoccupations with guns are reflected even during innocent "shooting the breeze" conversations.
We often value the "straight shooter," yet are wary of those who "shoot their mouths off," those who "shoot from the hip" or glibly end an argument with a "parting shot." We caution colleagues to avoid "shooting themselves in the foot," and counsel them not to "shoot the messenger."
Without suspecting what drives our language, we are "blown away" by adorable photos of loved ones. At the movies, many audiences are thrilled by "shoot-'em-up," "double-barreled action" scenes, or are excited by car chases where actors "gun" their engines.
I often ask friends to "shoot me" an email and I've encouraged job seekers to give an interview their "best shot" and "stick to their guns" during salary discussions. And if a job is offered, I might congratulate them for doing a "bang-up" job.
In sensitive business negotiations, I've advised patience, urging clients to "troubleshoot" solutions, but to avoid "jumping the gun" and to be aware of "loaded" questions." To get the biggest "bang for the buck," I've recommended bringing the "big guns" to the table. We look for "silver bullet" solutions, hoping for "bulletproof" results. And when success is in sight, we say: "You're on target," or "you're going great guns!"
We encourage entrepreneurial risk taking, even if the project doesn't have a "shot in hell." Just "fire away" when you make that "killer" presentation, and if your idea is "shot down," don't be "gun shy." Just "bite the bullet" and go at it again, with "guns blazing." Don't be afraid to "shoot for the moon," even if it looks like a "shot in the dark."
Having worked as a university executive with students from more than 80 countries, I've noticed that students from abroad are struck by the violent language in our songs and films, and they hear it bleeding into our political discourse.
Many have asked me in amazement why it is even necessary to state that guns and ammunition are banned from university residence halls. Yet, "son of a gun," 26 colleges in three states permit guns on college campuses. And gun liberalization legislation for colleges is in the "cross hairs" in at least nine more states.
I've heard staff and students alike stressed by an approaching deadline, instinctively describing themselves as being "under the gun." Sometimes my colleagues have described emotional co-workers as "loose cannons" or having "hair-trigger" personalities. And when a student has gone off "half-cocked," psychologists have advised employees to "keep their powders dry" and to review "bullet point" guidelines for handling volatile personalities.
In the same way that the U.S. is flooded with millions of guns (there are 90 guns per 100 Americans), so our newscasts — "sure as shootin' " — are exploding almost nightly with murder stories, reflecting the newsroom mantra: "If it bleeds, it leads."
When the local story becomes a national tragedy, there is "new ammunition" for both gun control supporters and opponents of fire arm bans in such places as elementary schools, day care centers, churches, or even the neighborhood bar!
The world of guns has had our rhetoric in its sights for a very long time. And our wounded language — now more than ever with a gun to its head — is telling us that our culture is on the firing line.
Joe Lurie, executive director emeritus at the University of California's International House, is currently a cross-cultural communications consultant.


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operations. Like the example above for instance.
Wattage is significantly less and discharge much faster.
the same or a little more and will continue to drain your battery.
You might even damage the battery by discharging it too much.
Monitor the battery voltage and don't go below a safe discharged terminal voltage.
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Inter-Ministerial Task Team to manage Nigeria tragedy
By More Matshediso
Johannesburg - President Jacob Zuma has established an Inter-Ministerial Task Team to help manage the tragic collapse of a building at the Synagogue Church of All Nations.
The multi-storey guesthouse, which belongs to the church, collapsed on Friday in the Nigerian capital of Lagos.
President Zuma on Thursday said the tragedy, which killed an estimated 67 South Africans, has caused untold pain to many families and all South Africans. Dozens others were injured in the incident.
The President announced the Inter-Ministerial Task Team during the Presidential Local Government Summit at Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand, Johannesburg.
"The members of the task team are the Minister in the Presidency, Mr Jeff Radebe as Chairperson; the Ministers of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs; International Relations and Cooperation; Home Affairs; Social Development; Police; State Security; Health and Defence and Military Veterans," said President Zuma.
He said the rescue missions are still continuing to establish how many lives have been lost during the tragedy, "after which, we will know for sure how many citizens we have lost".
The President again extended his and the country's deepest condolences to the families and relatives of the deceased.
President Zuma said the task team will support families and do whatever is necessary to manage the impact of the tragedy.
"We urge all South Africans to provide all possible support to the affected families," said the President.
"Many municipalities will be affected in a way by this disaster. We urge Premiers and Mayors to also provide support to the families of the deceased, who come from their areas."
Team to assist in Nigeria
Meanwhile, government has dispatched a search and rescue team to Lagos to assist in the recovery of the remains of South Africans killed during the building collapse.
The ten-member team comprises a variety of experts dealing with search and rescue in rubble, as well as doctors, amongst others.
An operations centre has been set up by the Department of International Relations and Cooperation to assist families affected by the tragedy. The centre can be reached on 012 351 1000.
The department has also set up an Operations Room in Pretoria, which provides consular services and advice to families 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
The public can contact the department on the following contact numbers: 012 351 0924 / 012 351 1757/ 012 351 1262 or 012 351 1623. – SAnews.gov.za


Marijuana does, of course, have chemicals in it especially the main offender THC which is the cause of many of pots famed properties and that stays in the user's system for long after you smoke the substance. This THC and others do not cause the incredible physical cravings that some harder drugs and cigarettes are known to. However, they do get you high. This makes the weed addicting despite all other properties.
The high is why people abuse any form of drugs, for a moment they can be lifted out of reality and given something briefly sublime before crashing back to earth and realizing nothing has changed. For most people who continue to smoke cannabis, nothing does change, and they become addicted to weed in a purely psychological way.
As a user of weed, You will experience pleasant sensations, sounds, and colors that may seem more intense, and time is passing slowly. Your mouth will feel dry, and you may suddenly appear thirsty and hungry. Your hand will also grow cold and tremble.
When THC levels run low (generally after 1 or 2 days) it creates a state of psychology same to what smokers undergo when they haven't had a cigarette for a while. Increasingly we become uptight and restless until that is, we go to our dealer's house and top-up with cannabis. Only after you light up a bong do you abruptly feel like your usual self and a human being who is fully functioning again. But if marijuana is not readily available, it ignites the fear we won't be able to relax or enjoy the rest of the day or evening without it. In this respect, cannabis is no different from any other form of drug addiction.
When you run out what matters most is searching out a supplier. Eventually, when you manage to get hold of some, the sense of relief and relaxation upon inhaling it feels genuinely pleasurable. But the point is that it isn't genuine pleasure or relaxation at all. All we are doing is temporarily removing the tension that THC itself creates. Before taking up cannabis the need to control how we feel, think and function with regular doses of a drug does not exist. It should be remembered that marijuana artificially creates that need to get back to feeling calm and relaxed again.
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Detection time drug test is the detection window for drugs that are abused. If you are tested sooner or longer after use, the drugs cannot be seen in your urine. How long does THC stay in your system? This is a common question.
The amount of time that the presence of drugs of abuse in the body can be detected is an essential factor in drug screening. When finding out the duration for the presence of drugs in the body, you must take into consideration such variables which include individual's physical condition, body's metabolism, the overall balance of body fluid, the frequency of usage and state of hydration.
Frequency and Amount of Use: Isolated, single and small doses are recognized generally at the lower boundary. Long-term and Chronic use will result in upper boundary detection periods.
Metabolic Rate: people whose body metabolic rate is slow to have more extended periods of drug detection.
Mass Of The Body: Increase in body mass slows down human metabolism. This results in drug detection periods which are longer. Besides, THC is prone to exist in fatty lipid tissue. Physically inactive and Chronic users, together with individuals whose body fat percentage is high compared to body mass in total has more extended periods of drug detection for THC.
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Health: Human metabolism is affected by deteriorating health. It slows down in such periods resulting in the drug detection periods being prolonged.
Tolerance Of The Drug: Users metabolize the drug faster once an understanding is established to the drug.
pH Of The Urine: Urine pH can also affect the period of drug detection. Urine that is highly acidic results in periods of shorter drug detection.
Long-Term use of 1 to 4 weeks, THC is deposited in tissues with fatty lipid by your body. From the muscles, it is released slowly into your bloodstream for several weeks. This depends on the frequency and amount of use and the user's level of physical activity. In physically inactive and chronic users, THC will be stored in tissues with fatty lipids faster than it is removed.
This build-up results in detection periods longer for such individuals. Also, if you are a drug user and have a high body fat percentage in comparison to your body mass in total, you can be prone to drug detection periods that are longer for marijuana. In limited cases, users will test positive in longer periods than the time it should take. However in few cases of long-term abuse, if your body fat is significant, and you have issues related to your health, the abuse of drugs may give rise to low body metabolism.
THC (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol) is the main chemical ingredient which is active and produces short-term harmful effects. They include depression, distorted perceptions, anxiety, thinking difficulty and memory impairment. The stronger the THC content in the weed, the more severe the reactions will be. THC is a kind of fat-soluble substance, which will accumulate in the body. It will gather in the essential organs of the body including liver, testes, and lungs. Some of the THC content will be accumulated in the urine. The THC test is usually performed after three days the person consumed the weed. If a blood test is executed, it will take 2 – 4 weeks for it to appear.
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Marijuana usually refers to the leaves and flowering buds of the Cannabis plant. It is a psychoactive drug and contains well over 400 chemicals. Of them, Marijuana is mostly abused as it gives a feeling of high or euphoria immediately and can last for 1-3 hours.
The use of Cannabis has some adverse effects, especially on the brain and the body. When you use marijuana, THC quickly passes into your bloodstream from the lungs, it transfers harmful chemical to your brain and other organs of the body.
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When someone smokes or consumes marijuana, the bloodstream carries the active THC compound to the brain. THC in the brain combines with the cannabinoid receptors, which are mostly found in those regions of the brain, which control memory, thinking ability, and concentration. By altering the activities of these neurons, THC impairs a person's mind, focus, and thinking ability.
Some studies have shown that THC negatively impacts a person's ability to learn. This can be more problematic for teenagers during the adolescence period since they still have developing brains.
When the chemical found in Marijuana mixes up with neurons in the brain which assists in controlling the senses such as concentration, the intoxication of THC results in distorted perceptions, Thinking difficulty and problem solving, short attention spans and less focus.
Marijuana users suffer from short term memory loss. THC affects the brain's memory receptors. This makes it difficult for you to retain and process information.
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Apart from negatively affecting the brain, Marijuana has many adverse effects on the human body. In addition to the harmful THC, it has carcinogens which can cause severe damage to the respiratory and other organs in your body. Marijuana use causes some common ailments such as cough, emphysema, chest colds, air passages blockage, bronchial asthma, and bronchitis.
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Studies have shown that marijuana contains carcinogens that can act as irritants to the lungs. In General, if you use the weed by inhaling it more deeply and then hold your breath for long. This can further make it increase the exposure to carcinogenic smoke which is harmful.
This is a disease of the lung which shortens the individual's breath. THC toxins can destroy the tissues of the lung necessary to provide support for the function and physical shape of the lungs.
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75% of Stories Ignore Law That Might Derail Newtown Gun Suit
Networks overlook 2005 law that limits lawsuits against gun manufacturers.
Published: 12/17/2014 2:55 PM ET
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By Joseph Rossell
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A class action suit filed by families of Sandy Hook shooting victims could "go nowhere" because of a 2005 law protecting gun makers, but that crucial point was ignored in most network stories about the lawsuit.
A lawyer representing the families of ten victims of the horrible school shooting that took place in Newtown, Conn., two years ago announced a lawsuit on Dec. 15 against Bushmaster. Bushmaster was the company that produced a gun Adam Lanza used in the shooting.
However, Eugene Volokh, a professor at UCLA School of Law and author of The Washington Post blog The Volokh Conspiracy, said on Dec. 16 that "the claim is likely to go nowhere, because of the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act."
The Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act was approved by George W. Bush in 2005, and generally protects gun makers from liability when a weapon they produced is used in a crime.
In three out of four stories or news briefs (75 percent) about the lawsuit on Dec. 15, the broadcast news networks ignored the existence of the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act. NBC did not report on the lawsuit at all and only one network story on CBS "Evening News" mentioned the law. The broadcast network morning and evening news show did not mention the pending lawsuit on Dec. 14, the two-year anniversary of the shooting, or Dec. 16.
The law included "carefully tailored protections for legitimate suits," according to the National Rifle Association (NRA). But three of the network's stories failed to scrutinize the current lawsuit to see if it would be a "legitimate" case.
During "World News" Dec. 15, anchor David Muir said that the families claimed in the lawsuit that "the powerful weapon should not have been sold for civilian use because of its firepower." Muir did not discuss whether this claim had legal merits under the 2005 law.
In contrast, CBS correspondent Don Dahler specifically mentioned the law during his "Evening News" report. In order to win damages, the families' lawyer, Josh Koskoff, would have to "prove Bushmaster sold the weapon with full knowledge it would be used to cause injury," Dahler said.
Dahler also pushed back against Koskoff multiple times, saying that Bushmaster had sold a "legal, constitutionally protected product."
Later in his report, Dahler mentioned that Bushmaster was involved in two similar cases, but did not point out that these cases took place before Bush signed the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act. He said Bushmaster had "won one" case in 2002 and "lost one" case in 2004, though both predated the 2005 law.
In contrast to the majority of network reports, Judy Woodruff, co-anchor and managing editor of the PBS's "NewsHour," at least discussed the lawsuit as well as the 2005 law with Wall Street Journal reporter Joseph de Avila during its Dec. 15 broadcast. De Avila explained the law in detail and what it would take for families to win the case.
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Pediatric asthma study demonstrates use of health information exchange data to signal childhood disease
Childhood asthma is a common cause of emergency department visits, hospital admissions and deaths, especially among boys. A new study from Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University School of Medicine researchers has determined that data from a large regional health information exchange (HIE) can effectively measure epidemiological trends for pediatric asthma and could enable public health researchers and officials to follow and respond to disease trends in near real time.,
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Childhood asthma is a common cause of emergency department visits, hospital admissions and deaths, especially among boys. A new study from Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University School of Medicine researchers has determined that data from a large regional health information exchange (HIE) can effectively measure epidemiological trends for pediatric asthma and could enable public health researchers and officials to follow and respond to disease trends in near real time.
While the number of hospital admissions in Indiana by children with asthma decreased over the 10 years of the study, 2010-2019, the researchers found that pediatric asthma death rates increased during the time period. White children with asthma had a significantly higher hospital admission rate compared to other racial groups, but there was no difference in mortality rate among white, Black and Asian children with asthma.
"We wanted to see if the data collected by our health information exchange, could provide a timely and complete picture of pediatric asthma trends in an entire state [Indiana]," said study first author Colin Rogerson, M.D., a Regenstrief Institute research scientist and IU School of Medicine assistant professor of pediatrics. "We found that analyzing health information exchange data clearly revealed hospitalization and death trends associated with pediatric asthma without the often multi-year delay and other confounding issues, such as the increasingly common avoidance of answering of phone calls from unknown numbers, associated with gathering information the traditional way via telephone surveys.
"This new method of using clinical data from a health information exchange to monitor disease trends, including outcomes, can enable more rapid response from public health and the clinicians to whom they provide guidance," said Dr. Rogerson. "For example, in 2019, increased lung injuries related to vaping were seen in children and teens with asthma. Applying near real-time surveillance utilizing health information exchange data could potentially help public health identify populations of concern and target outreach efforts. The methodology also could highlight emergence of a potential new illness."
Although asthma has been recognized since at least the time of the ancient Greeks, approximately 2,500 years ago, this study is among the first to employ health information exchange data to examine disease trends in children and adolescents. Dr. Rogerson, who is a pediatric intensive care physician and informatician, notes that the methodology of this new study, which relies on data provided by clinicians rather than patients or parents with varying levels of health literacy, could be used for many conditions other than asthma including pediatric epilepsy and trauma.
The retrospective study reviewed electronic health record data from the Indiana Network for Patient Care (INPC), a regional health information exchange. INPC, developed by Regenstrief Institute and managed by the Indiana Health Information Exchange, is the nation's largest inter-organizational clinical data repository and houses more than 14 billion pieces of patient data from 95 percent of the state. The researchers analyzed hospital visits, hospital admissions and deaths for 50,393 asthma patients ages 2 to 18 years.
The methodology described in the study enables review of data from all patients with pediatric asthma or a specific subset–16 year olds, for example. Data also can be segmented by other factors such as geographic location or co-morbidities, which can be compared, contrasted and reviewed for disease trends. This information is of potential interest to parents, healthcare systems as well as public health departments.
"Ten year trends in hospital encounters for pediatric asthma: an Indiana experience" is published in the Journal of Asthma.
Now that the use of health information exchange data to signal disease trends has been demonstrated, Dr. Rogerson and colleagues are exploring whether health information exchange data can also be used to track treatment trends.
More information: Colin Rogerson et al, Ten year trends in hospital encounters for pediatric asthma: an Indiana experience, Journal of Asthma (2021). DOI: 10.1080/02770903.2021.2010750
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Urban Dead: This older massive has been around since the July of 2005. In which you play the part of either a post-zombocolypse Human or Zombie Corpse. This game has a decidely non-graphical approach which is closer to MUDs of yore. The only graphics provided by default are the city map and the logo. Various extensions for browsers exist to add graphics for those who are, shall we say, imagimpaired, or simply desire something else. At start, the human players can choose from a variety of classes in addition to the races mentioned above. These effect the initial abilities of the players, which can later be modified (regardless of race) with skills. Even the choice of race is a transitory one; at any point Zombies can — with varying degrees of difficulty depending on skills of both humans and the target zombie — be revived and turned into productive members of the living society. Even then this opportunity to live can be aborted by player-killers, other zombies, and the free will to jump from any building.
Ikariam: While Urban Dead seems to exist mostly to harvest the joy of the game from a player and doesn't attempt to charge for any gameplay elements, Ikariam's three-tiered overworld exists to generate revenue for the developers. Though it also happens to be a fun civ/populous-style omnipotent hand-of-god game wherin you build little colonies to collect resources on islands and venture for war or peace with others in alliances. In another stark contrast to Urban Dead, Ikariam's interface is graphically rich and even the sliders you use to choose what amount of goods to send to another colony is customized. This makes up for the fact that you're just twiddling numbers to provide for your colonies and that your interactions with other players can be limited at first.


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MOMENT OF TRUTH
"The truth is rarely pure, and never simple." Oscar Wilde, 1891
WHAT TO SAY?
I have been coordinating the Thesis Project at CUHK since 2012, the longest serving faculty member for this post to date. This means, I have been invited to write the foreword section of the thesis book five times prior. For what else can I say about the 'thesis project' that I haven't already written in the past attempts? Perhaps through the lens of an (attempted) academic/ intellectual? Done that. What about from the role of a seasoned (somewhat) practitioner? Done that also. Maybe as a compassionate teacher who discourages the students from falling into tremendous self-doubt? Tried that in 2016-17. Perhaps to craft a coherent argument for continuing with the optimism for believing in this thing we do called 'Architecture'? Yes, did that as well. After a long struggle, I have decided to write down snippets of provocations as my 'gift' to you but also as a reflection and critique to our own microecology at the School. The order in which they appear bears no intentional agenda or hierarchical order.
Architect Mark Rakatansky suggests that architects don't just make things, they also make up things[i]. Too often architects forget the second, often the equal if not the more important part- that architectural fabrication involves stories, scenarios and situations through which they can communicate to a larger audience. This is the narrative necessary in conveying a message through the proposed architecture. Isn't the architectural studio part of the educating process in learning how to 'make up things'? That in order for the project to be mesmerized by an audience, it must possess qualities like those found in a captivating works of fiction, qualities that appeal to the soul, intellect and the emotion? Such as: focus (the power to bring an issue into clear view); logic (a coherent system for making your points); a sense of connection (the power of personal involvement); simplicity (clarity and focus on a single idea); imagery (the power to create profound spaces with architecture); creativity (the ability to invent); excitement (designs with energy that infects an audience with your own enthusiasm); provocation (architecture that makes people think or act); a sense of Wow! (the wonder your architecture that imparts on an audience); transcendence (architecture that elevates with its heroism, justice, beauty, honor). That, my friend, is the highest form of architecture.
To be different is what architects that achieved notoriety says when describing their projects. It is the aim of what they hope to do and accomplish. It is also why their lectures are usually less inspiring than anticipated, typically organised linearly with pictures and drawings of their design, annotated with their words. The simple fact is, it is precisely because of their visual difference that we recognised their work in the first place. Therefore as an audience we go to the lecture to be enlightened by a narrative, to discover a revelation of a rigorous process, perhaps a unique methodology of design. But instead we learned about their non-transferrable intuition, a particular feeling to react, an eureka moment, and we hear the use of exhaustive metaphors. Therefore we leave the lecture room knowing nothing more than when we entered 60 minutes prior.
The Dutch architect Michiel Riedijk describes position as the ground through which the work is operated on[ii]. Not only is he articulating the physical grounding of the project, but the origins through which the work is conceived and rooted from, ethically, socially and technically. The position an architect adopts with regard to a given assignment is fundamental to the design of architecture. For example, should an architect work with any commission that comes her way, regardless of the social, political and ethical considerations? Should an architect work in every part of the world because she is able to? What is the financial condition through which the architect is working under? Should the architect be a service provider to the client, accommodating the client's demands as best as possible? What role should the architect play in the construction process, as an observer or provide fantastical imagery without intervention to the production of the building process? These are not rhetorical questions, the nature of the position is utterly important particularly due to the permanence of the building and its impact to the city and the society at large.
The critic assumes the role of the judge which exudes an aura of authority, an authority whose command and mastery of the subject matter supremes over the students. Commentary and advice all come with an absolute and definitive undertone, plus an occasional hint of mysticism. Sometimes the authority is an elderly gentleman with a suit and tie who speaks with a deeply accented voice. Other times it is a young man in his early 30's that we see in the School. Despite his appearance, the critic is someone of a particular expertise and knowhow— so thinks the motivated year-one student. For why else would the critic be there in the first place? The student soon learns by year-three that the critic is not always the authority he is assumed or projected-to-be but in fact, someone who wishes to be away from the mundane of and relief from the everyday architectural practice. To return to the crit room is for him, a rekindling with the naiveté he once felt, that fuzzy feeling of optimism which propelled him to study architecture in the first place. So, in order to regain that nostalgic urge of making the world a better place, the critic accepts the invitation to attend the review.
In the words of Frank Gehry, he describes the act of coming into being with himself when confronting the question of the beginning[iii]: "but what interest me- and I've talked about this before- is the moment of truth. Take the simplest example of a painter: you have a white canvas, a brush and a palette of colours and you look at this white canvas and now you've got to make a mark. And I call that moment of truth. It's clean and pure. It's direct. It's hand-eye coordination, it's the brain, it's your thoughts, it's millions of years of history of art packed into your brain, and it's what you had for breakfast and whether your kids were a pain in the ass, and all kinds of stuff. So that first moment is a moment of truth. And I kept looking for the analogy in architecture, because in architecture you can hide behind so many things. You can complain: 'Well, the client wanted this. I didn't want to do it but I had to' or 'The building department wouldn't let me do this' or 'The budget wouldn't let me do this.' So you have an excuse mantra that's two miles long if you want to use it to explain why the building looks like it does. I was looking in my own psyche and in my own life for the moment of truth where you're clean of all that; where you can't hide. I don't want to hide. I just want to get out there. I don't want to have any reasons. I've got to keep the rain out, maybe, but I only want very simple reason, so it's not cluttered. And Philip Johnson gave a lecture in which he talked about one-room building being the greatest buildings of all time. And that's it! 'You gotta just make the one room.' And so I started thinking of that as the moment of truth in architecture. And I still think about things that way. The rooms are discrete and they're objects in their own right, but then they're part of a continuum, part of a bigger picture."
What is your moment of truth? What is mine? It is the search that most of us are still looking for. To the 22nd class of MArch graduates, my best wish to you. Having said all of this, I will have nothing else to say.
[i] Mark Rakatansky, "Fabricators". Tectonic acts of desire and doubt, p12 – 27.
[ii] Michiel Riedijk, "The Drawing". The architect's raison d'être , P 42- 48.
[iii] Frank Gehry, "The Pritzker Architecture Prize acceptance speech, 1989.
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Paul Put, the new Harambee Stars coach has urged for patience as he prepares for his maiden assignment with the team at the CECAFA Senior Challenge beginning this weekend.
Put was appointed to take over the team a fortnight ago and has already taken charge of five training sessions with a group of local based players. He says there has been so much progress made over those five sessions, not much can be expected for the Senior Challenge Cup.
He promised that the team will fight to win the title, pointing out playing at home will give the side an advantage.
"In football everything is possible but you have to be realistic. We have been in training for five sessions and those are not enough days to prepare for a tournament. But we play at home which is a motivation and winning is what I want. If it doesn't happen, don't blame anyone because we have to be patient," Put who took Burkina Faso to the African Cup of Nations final in 2015 noted.
He maintains his main target is to see the country qualify for the 2019 African Cup of Nations in Cameroon.
Kenya started the qualification campaign on a wrong footing having lost away to Sierra Leone. The next match is in September 2018 at home to Ghana.
"That is the big target of course and my focus is on the AFCON in 2019. It is very important that this tournament will give me a good opportunity to look at the players and understand their technical and tactical ability," Put said.
Football Kenya Federation has said the target set for the Belgian coach in his maiden assignment is winning the tournament, a repeat of the 2013 edition when the tournament was held in Nairobi.
"Even before he was appointed, that was the target. Of course we know that his target is 2019 but we would want to win this tournament at home and we have asked him to try and win it," Nick Mwendwa, the FKF boss said.
Put expects a tough outing especially at the group stages where they will battle out with African Nations Championship (CHAN) destined sides Rwanda and Libya as well as Tanzania and Zanzibar.
"Libya and Rwanda have a lot of quality players and noting they are playing in CHAN next year means they will bring a strong squad. I expect it tough from all the teams but it is good also so that I can compare the quality of my players," he said.
The top two teams from each group qualify directly to the semi-finals. Kenya opens its account against Rwanda's Amavubi at the Bukhungu Stadium in Kakamega on Sunday. The opening ceremony will also be held there.
The coach is already impressed with several players from the local based players team who he says will earn places in the senior team.
He plans to have two friendly matches in March and June with the foreign based players as well to establish a good base ahead of Ghana's qualifier.
"Technically and tactically here is a lot which we need to do. But from what I have seen I have a good feeling. The players want to work and learn and improve themselves and I hope in the coming days we will be able to bring a good team which can make Kenyans happy," the coach noted.
At the same time, Put has named his final squad of 23 players which includes four players making the national team cut for the first time.
The defensive trio of Bernard Ochieng (Vihiga United), Charles Momanyi (Kakamega Homeboyz), and Isaac Kipyegon (Zoo Kericho) as well as Thika United midfielder Said Tsuma have all earned places in the final squad.
Tsuma and Kipyegon were late call ups, replacing Kenneth Muguna and Harun Shakava respectively.
Immediate former Ulinzi Stars striker Stephen Waruru, Sony Sugar's Benjamin Mosha and Nzoia United's Lawrence Juma have been dropped from the initial squad of 26.
Elsewhere, Burundi and Ethiopia have already touched down ahead of the tournament and headed straight to Kakamega. Burundi arrived on Wednesday night while Ethiopia touched down Thursday mid-morning.
Both teams connected flights to Eldoret from JKIA from where they travelled on road to Kakamega.
Goalkeepers: Boniface Oluoch (Gor Mahia), Patrick matasi (Posta Rangers), Gabriel Andika (AFC Leopards); Defenders: Musa Mohammed, Wellington Ochieng (Gor Mahia), Jockins Atudo (Posta Rangers), Dennis Sikhayi (AFC Leopards), Charles Momanyi (Kakamega Homeboyz), Bernard Ochieng (Vihiga United), Isaac Kipyegon (Zoo Kericho), Wesley Onguso (Sofapaka); Midfielders: Duncan Otieno, Whyvonne Isuza (AFC Leopards), Ernest Wendo (Gor Mahia), Chris Ochieng (Mathare United), Ovellah Ochieng, Patillah Omotto (Kariobangi Sharks), Said Tsuma (Thika United), Samuel Onyango (Ulinzi Stars); Strikers: Kepha Aswani (Nakumatt) Massoud Juma (Kariobangi Sharks), George Odhiambo (Gor Mahia), Vincent Oburu (AFC Leopards).


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The School of Criticism and Theory was founded in 1976 by a group of leading scholars and critical theorists in the conviction that an understanding of theory is fundamental to humanistic studies. Today, in an unparalleled summer campus experience, the SCT offers p ofessors and advanced graduate students of literature and related social sciences a chance to work with preeminent figu es in critical thought—exploring the relationships among literature, history, art, anthropology and the law; examining the role of ideological and cultural movements; and reassessing theoretical approaches that have emerged over the last fifty years. Cornell also offers participants the esources of one of the great research libraries in the United States.
In an intensive six-week course of study, faculty members and graduate students from around the world, in the humanities and social sciences, explore recent developments in critical theory.
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Some character customization, a good amount of races and classes, quite decent garphics, an a less than average history, all thos combined with a repetitive gameplay, limited advancement of the classes and a linear gameplay makes his game a BIG delusion for the gamers, I like PSOnline, and tought PSZero was a good choice for my portable console, but in less than 2 hours I had saw it all Some character customization, a good amount of races and classes, quite decent garphics, an a less than average history, all thos combined with a repetitive gameplay, limited advancement of the classes and a linear gameplay makes his game a BIG delusion for the gamers, I like PSOnline, and tought PSZero was a good choice for my portable console, but in less than 2 hours I had saw it all at the 4 hours I was soooo bored, with the frustrating and linear game, I finished it up in less than a week, between work and free time, and discovered it had sooo litle replayability value a BIG failura in the PStar series, mine is in @bay but I can't blame 'ny one if I cant sell it. Worth just a look in the mall, or a weekend rent if You are a PStar fan.… Expand
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Almost completely unplayable. I can't tell you how many hundreds of hours I spent on the Phantasy Star series, going back to the original Master System game 20 or 25 years ago... The problems with PS0 are rife... No analog stick makes it hard to control your character. The DS controls are too small for the usual "Right Trigger to view action palette #2." The graphics are bad even for Almost completely unplayable. I can't tell you how many hundreds of hours I spent on the Phantasy Star series, going back to the original Master System game 20 or 25 years ago... The problems with PS0 are rife... No analog stick makes it hard to control your character. The DS controls are too small for the usual "Right Trigger to view action palette #2." The graphics are bad even for the DS which has never had good graphics. They're a throw-back to the Sega Saturn or Playstation 1. The animated cut scenes are nice, in the style of the Lunar games, but the bits you actually have to play are just terrible. Pass until it gets ported to a real game system.… Expand
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This is by far the worst game I have ever played, which comes at an extreme surprise considering how strong the Phantasy Star series of games has been since its inception.
The story is nonsensical, the graphics are terrible, the animations are lazy, and overall the game feels as if Sega did not even attempt to create anything worthy of the Phantasy Star name. Sega has never made a gameThis is by far the worst game I have ever played, which comes at an extreme surprise considering how strong the Phantasy Star series of games has been since its inception.
The story is nonsensical, the graphics are terrible, the animations are lazy, and overall the game feels as if Sega did not even attempt to create anything worthy of the Phantasy Star name. Sega has never made a game worse than this.
If you couldn't tell from the trailers, this game is pretty much a "reboot" in that there really is nothing familiar for anyone who's been a fan of the series, sans names for character classes, consumable items, and magic techniques. There's also a surprising amount of dialogue between characters that plays out in fairly inanimate Character Portraits against a still background using 2-d art. Thankfully there is a "skip" feature where by holding down X, the text will fly away. The story is extremely uninteresting and can be actually unappealing altogether at times, making the skip feature a very nice thing to pass over the unimportant chatter to get back to the gameplay.
Unfortunately, it seems the very large amount of character dialogue was added to simply give the player "something else to experience." The actual mechanics of the gameplay are extremely limited, with such undoings as poor hit detection, unbalanced difficulty with the advantage to the in-game enemies, and the complete lack of a "quick" menu that was available in Phantasy Star Online, which this game attempts to emulate but gets every aspect wrong by doing so. The quick menu from Phantasy Star Online (accessed with holding your "secondary action palette button" then pressing the top button) was completely forgotten for Phantasy Star Zero, and the bottom screen provides no logical use aside from displaying your action palette and telling you the name of an enemy or item targeted. Most of the menu screens available take place on the bottom screen, including changing equipment, using items not in your palette, and viewing the map. While accessing these menus, the ability to control your player is forfeit so the directional pad can be used to navigate, and face buttons used to confirm or deny. This is only worth noting because of the lack of a quick-menu, which means that if your teammates fall in battle or you need to use an item that you don't have assigned to your action-palettes (6 individual actions total), you must stop all character movement and be defenseless in the heat of battle so that you can bring up the menu, scroll to your items, then scroll through the item list to use a Moon Atomizer (Phantasy Star's "resurrection") or any other item. Furthermore, since the chat function of PSO (which used to occupy the top-face-button, in the case of the DS, the X button) is replaced with the picture message function accessible by a touch-screen button on the lower screen, the X button actually goes unused while exploring the world and fighting enemies. To say it's completely worthless since a function was not implemented with one of the four face buttons is to go too far however, considering the only thing the X button does is, when held and combined with either the left shoulder or right shoulder buttons, allows you to rotate the camera around your character.
This feature, if it can really be called a "feature," is entirely moot considering the left shoulder button by itself is the "lock onto enemy" button (as well as "center camera directly behind your character" button), and all special Boss Battles automatically have the camera centered on the giant boss enemy at all times. There is literally no reason for this camera rotation feature to exist, especially when there is so little in the game to actually look at or observe as it's worthless function would imply.
They removed the X button as a useful button which would have improved the action palette for a total of 8 individual actions instead of 6, which could have helped with the lack of a quick-menu by adding otherwise unimportant items like Moon Atomizers to your available one-touch actions rather than having to stand in the middle of a battlefield completely defenseless in a panic while navigating menus. There is also a surprising amount of white-space on the bottom screen during the missions which could have been filled with touch-activated shortcuts for actions.
Overall, Phantasy Star Zero seems like it was made by someone who looked at a recorded video Phantasy Star Online for 5 minutes and that was the maximum amount of reference material they ever had. Phantasy Star Zero so vaguely represents anything that the Phantasy Star series has established that it may as well have been a fanfiction story written by a bored and lonely teenager.
The game is horrendous and an abomination not only for the Nintendo DS, but also a detrimental stain on the name of Sonic Team, Sega, and the Phantasy Star brand.
It's not worth money.… Expand
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It's a shame that the developers squandered the chance to really build upon Phantasy Star Online, but there's no denying that when you have a few friends at your side, Phantasy Star 0 is just as much fun as its grandpa used to be. [Dec 2009, p.82]
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City expected to receive a $1.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to pursue a south Phoenix rail line
Councilman Valenzuela says bringing light rail to the low-income area is critical given many residents rely on mass transit
Planners estimate it could take eight to 10 years to build the extension
Efforts to bring light rail to south Phoenix just got a major financial boost.
The city is expected to receive a $1.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to ramp up planning for a rail extension south of downtown along Central Avenue to Baseline Road.
Councilman Daniel Valenzuela, who lobbied for the grant during a recent trip to Washington, D.C., said bringing light rail to the low-income area is critical given that many residents rely on mass transit to get to work, school and medical appointments.
"In some neighborhoods, more than 50 percent of households do not have a vehicle," Valenzuela said. "It absolutely helps speed things up. It's the first major step in the right direction."
The Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery, or TIGER, grant will pay for a required environmental assessment and conceptual engineering. Phoenix had applied for $16.6 million but did not receive the money it requested for other transportation upgrades and support.
In December, the City Council voted to support the proposed 5-mile rail alignment, which planners estimate could take eight to 10 years to build.
Some nearby business owners and Councilman Jim Waring, who voted against the route, have raised concerns that construction of a rail extension could hurt shops along Central Avenue.
But Councilman Kate Gallego, whose district includes portions of the proposed extension, said light rail would be an economic-redevelopment tool, breathing new life into the corridor. She said the area is prime for infill projects and could see waterfront development where it crosses the Salt River.
"People like the certainty that the rail line provides," Gallego said. "It will really connect the southern portion of our city with the rest of Phoenix."


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Mimo International Imports and Exports admitted fraud for having illicitly paid $500,000 to Eduardo Li, the ex-head of the Costa Rican federation who was arrested in 2015, the federal prosecutor's office for Brooklyn said in a statement.
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As part of its plea, Mimo International agreed to reimburse $500,000 to the Costa Rican federation, to pay a $900,000 fine, and to voluntary liquidate itself within three months, the prosecutor's office said following a US federal court hearing.
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According to the prosecutor's statement, Mimo International and Li signed a 2012 contract under which the Panamanian firm would sponsor the Costa Rican federation and provide football outfits for six years.
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The artist Willie Birch grew up in New Orleans before the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, well before the Black Power Movement, and in the throes of the Jim Crow South.
The year was 1960, and the prodigious Birch had just graduated from Booker T. Washington High School, while little Ruby Bridges was on the other side of town integrating New Orleans public schools in the city's 9th ward. There was a glimmer of hope for a new trajectory for black New Orleans. Commonly, at that time, African American students were forced to choose between the classroom and working a job to help the family make ends meet. Birch picked education. He also chose freedom.
Willie Birch, "Waiting for a Serious Conversation on the History of the South," 2017 Acrylic and charcoal on paper 72 x 75 in.
Birch would go on to become a nationally acclaimed artist and to have his works in collections the likes of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, Universal Pictures, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, and New Orleans Museum of Art.
Changing Course is about the people. The comprehensive exhibition consists of a series of projects, as NOMA was insistent on including the voices from New Orleans' most vulnerable communities. For instance, the short film by The Propeller Group, "Night of the Living Dead" connects Vietnam and New Orleans in a documentary aligning the cultural traditions of funerals, celebrations, and rituals. Then there are, perhaps the most defenseless voice, the school children, poignantly captured by on-the-move photographer L. Kasimu Harris. The moving image of kids traveling to school, before sunrise, and after sunset as a result of the post-Katrina school charter scramble. It brings to the realization how this marginalized community is, to some, just pawns in a game of enterprise. The other participating artist and groups are Katrina Andry, Lesley Dill, The Everday Projects, and Skylar Fein who's installation, "Remember the Upstairs Lounge," commemorates the 1973 arson at the then-popular French Quarter gay bar. Birch's diverse installation that includes new mixed media pieces of braided sweet grass and bones, and his older works of paper maché, and charcoals, anchors the exhibition.
At first entrance to the main gallery, you see Birch's black and white, grisaille-like images for which he has become known. The images are of everyday occurrences in the South and around New Orleans, like the piece with a woman standing with a sun hat before a shotgun house, or the piece showing telephone lines hovering above houses in a town below sea-level, or the piece of the porch with the two empty chairs, titled "Waiting for a Serious Conversation on the History of the South." In this context and concept, the artist is depicting who we are and where we are headed.
For Birch, he looks at the past only to reflect on the present and believes that in a post-Conceptual New Orleans that jazz is a concept to be built upon. Admittedly, his installation for Changing Course is a "riff on jazz," which is apparent in the mixed media piece titled, "Five Lines, Four Spaces." Like a music stanza, these are the same fractals seen in the eponymously titled piece.
Changing Course: Reflections on New Orleans Histories is on display at New Orleans Museum of Art until September 16, 2018. Willie Birch will be present for an artist talk on August 31, 2018 at 5:30 pm.


The work on view is largely coherent, original, and visually compelling; it is also wholeheartedly spectacular and unashamedly seductive. The eight artists in the show demonstrate a range of approaches to themes, materials, and representations from Iran's popular culture. The gallery entrance frames a pair of cowboy boots and a biker jacket straight from a Wild West flick set in ancient Persia: Designers/artists Michael and Hushi have created a wearable collage that recycles both Tehran and Las Vegas. From the opening line, Welcome is a play with the cowboys and Indians game of "otherness" in art, via visual strategies that blur distinctions between high and low, East and West.
Moshiri extends his native Iranian hospitality to the viewer, but continuously reminds us that it's pure spectacle. Sofreh, a collaboration with Shirine Aliabadi, fills the center of the gallery with an imaginary Persian meal; each of the gilt-edged plates is printed with a different iconic image, from actors and athletes to advertising slogans and greeting cards. It's an apt metaphor for an exhibition that illuminates consumerist ploys, brilliant (and unintended) humor, sentimental urges, and a decorative flamboyance that is by no means exclusive to Iranian society. Moshiri could have strengthened his statement by including artists from other regions, and he is quick to admit being daunted by the practical aspects of such a project.
The main attraction of the banquet is Moshiri's own work, which dominates the exhibition as he plays gleefully with the idea of curatorial license. This may be an advantage — where else would we find avant-garde maverick Fereydoun Ave cheek-by-jowl with a vernacular photographer from Tehran's Imam Khomeini Square? The grouping is unexpected but not that arbitrary: Ave's collages of wrestlers, roses and Cy Twombly–esque splashes of paint reference the same local notions of heroism and masculinity as the poignant studio portraits of Bahram Afandizadeh and Mehdi Hosseinzadeh.
The art world is often quick to neglect local histories, and playing cheeky with Orientalism has its dangers. How obvious must a critique be, and can it play the game without complicating the issues? Moshiri has considered the consequences of taking sides: In an interview with the editor-in-chief of Bidoun included in the catalogue, he demands an answer to "the valid criticism of perpetuating cultural clustering." His own answer, it seems, is provided a few pages back in Tirdad Zolghadr's contribution to the catalogue. "Strategic essentialism," Zolghadr believes, "remains the most efficient key to penetrating the Center of the Real." Luckily, Moshiri's show is more communicative than Zolghadr's essays are accessible. It appears that the authors believe in addressing the center-periphery problem from within the art market, following the tendencies of "contemporary" or "internationalist" art in order to subvert its models of supply and demand.
Michael and Hushi's cowboy boots, then, are a highly appropriate symbol of challenging the western art world from within. The western tradition of staging so-called primitive cultures has a long history; a need for defining the other that has doubtless evolved since the days of parading "authentic" Sioux Indians at the World's Fair, but continues as a staged phenomenon of exotic display. The questions that Moshiri raises are important ones, but remain unanswered, localized and slightly glossed over by the sheer spectacle. It should not however, be overlooked that Welcome is a valuable experiment in testing the boundaries of "selling" and "exhibiting," "kitsch" and "art," "self" and "other" — concepts I gingerly place in quotations, for as the exhibition demonstrates, they are by no means mutually exclusive.


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Last weekend I set up with a few other artists at the Hampton Roads Tattoo Festival and drew people like zombies. It was nuts, everybody wanted one. Here are the highlights from the weekend.
thanks to Sean Gardener and Nick Mitchell for inviting me out, and thanks to Matt Zitman for destroying the hotel bathroom.