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When he's played he's played well. He's a willing tackler and has made his share of plays on the ball -- he's also given up some passes, but all CBs do. When King and Alexander played together last season, the defense was pretty good and got stops. The problem is, they played together in only a couple games, either one or both were injured the rest of the time. But when King has played he's done fairly well, and his length is a great asset for matching up with these tall, talented receivers that are becoming more common. It's just that it's looking like his body might not hold up to the rigors of the NFL.
by Pete Dougherty 1/17/2019 7:09:14 PM
Pete, is Murphy keeping his nose out of assistant coaching hires ? Sure hope so. I am okay with Gute being a bit involved if the coach asks for input..
by Giuseppe 1/17/2019 7:09:23 PM
I find it almost impossible to think he's involved in that at all. With some teams the GM has a big say in hiring assistants, or at least some of them. From what I've been told, Gutekunst is helping LaFleur when asked/needed but the staff is LaFleur's call.
If LaFleur added "Assistant Head Coach" to a staff title would that not require another team to allow one of their assistants to interview with the Packers? For example, LaFleur's brother and the running game coach from the 49ers.
by Guy Guthrie 1/17/2019 7:10:44 PM
No, that rule changed a few years ago. If an assistant coach is under contract, a team doesn't have to allow him to leave except for a head coaching job. So those titles don't matter for hiring anymore. If a QB coach is under contract and another team wants to hire him as OC or even assistant head coach, the original team can block the move.
How did the edge guys we passed on in last years draft do? Davenport, Landry, not sure who else. I still like the pick of Alexander, just curious. Thaks
by Boise Packer 1/17/2019 7:12:58 PM
I don't know about Landry, but I think Davenport flashed ability. He missed three games because of an injury (a foot injury, I think maybe a broken foot) and had only 4 1/2 sacks, so his stats weren't great. But I think he's shown a fair amount of promise.
Pete, I think we may be seeing one of the stupidest off seasons for coaching hires ever. The LA Rams struggle and pick high for several years getting Todd Gurley, aaron Donald, Jarod Goff etc and the cupboard is being stocked while Steve Fisher wastes time. The Rams finally switch coaches and hire a protege who seems brilliant and has a host of talent to scheme around. The Rams succeed with their new young brilliant coach who know how to utilize talent. But now everyone thinks hiring a 30 something OC with 6 games of play calling with mediocre player talent will be the Rams? All these young guys may be flops and gone in 2 years. Am I to critical.
by Torkelson 1/17/2019 7:15:03 PM
It's a legit question. You just never know how any coach is going to turn out when he becomes a head coach. He can have the greatest looking resume and bomb -- look at all the Patriots assistants who have failed as head coaches. He can look like a shaky hire -- remember the criticism on the Doug Pederson hire -- and it can turn out well. The truth is most of these guys fail. Not all that many coaches make it beyond four years.
Pete- is there any thing happening that would let you know as a reporter who sees and hears things we don't that gives you confidence that Matt LeFleur is not in way over his head. From the press conference my honest take is this is a guy I sincerely want to succeed because he seems genuine and a good person, but commanding a team is a far bigger cry than being a coordinator. When it gets rough or some real toughness is needed to let people know who is in charge, can he do it? Leadership matters no matter what anyone things. What is your view so far?
by Mad Dog 1/17/2019 7:17:01 PM
Yeah, that's basically the question on LaFleur. Does he have the internal toughness and outward leadership skills to be successful? He's going to have to deal with so many things, including disciplining guys, coaching Rodgers, dealing with a strong personality or two among the other players, manage a 20-person coaching staff. It's a huge job. And I just don't have an answer for you. I saw the same thing you did at the press conference (plus about 10 writers had a session with him shortly after): A personable, decent relatively young man who's toward the reserved end of the spectrum. I just don't know much beyond that. A couple of people I've talked to in the league who know of him liked his offensive acumen and everything but wondered the same thing. The only thing I can say, we should keep an open mind. Some coaches can come in and win that first press conference and be really impressive -- I'm sure Buddy Ryan got everybody all excited in Arizona with his first press conference -- and then bomb. I suspect McVay was impressive in his first press conference, and he's done great. I think I heard Pederson's first press conference in Philly wasn't particular impressive, and that's worked out pretty well so far. I wish I could give you more insight, but I'm not sure anybody can. We''ll just have to see how he handles things, how the team performs, and how quickly he does or doesn't grow in the job.
If LaFleur decides to not hire a QB coach, do you believe it will be a mistake?
by Jax 1/17/2019 7:26:24 PM
Not necessarily. Since he's calling plays, that should leave time for Hackett to coach QBs if he wants to go that route. From what I read today, LaFleur went on the Wilde and Tausch radio show today and said he expects to be very involved in coaching the QBs himself, regardless of title. Can't say I blame him there. So much is riding on getting Rodgers back playing like an MVP. It all starts there.
Is the slot receiver needed for LaFleur's offense currently on the roster?
by Tom in TN 1/17/2019 7:28:39 PM
I'd assume it's a pretty important job in any offense. If they let Cobb walk, they won't have a natural slot guy on the roster. They have guys who could do it, but not a natural one, a smaller, quick guy. So that would become a need in the draft or free agency.
Your thoughts on 18 & 75 coming back at a reduced rate?
by Jody watkins 1/17/2019 7:30:17 PM
Unless it's really cheap I'd just move on. It's a young man's game. Both guys have had injury issues, so even if they're inexpensive it doesn't do any good if they're not on the field when you need them. I'm guessing somebody out there will give them decent contracts.
I find something about this coaching transition disturbing. When interviewing head coaching prospects, only two African American prospects were considered, and both seemed cursory. At the same time, the first two members of McCarthy's staff to be fired were Winston Moss (who held the title of assistant head coach but didn't appear to receive any consideration as interim head coach) and Joe Whitt, Jr. Everyone who's surfaced for the coordinator positions has been white. Meanwhile, 70 percent of the league (and I'd guess the Packers) is African American. I'm not saying this is a case of overt racism, but it does feel like a pronounced blind spot within the organization. Particularly when you consider that offensive coordinator is the fast track to head coaching opportunities and there seems to be almost no room for minorities around the league in that role. Thoughts?
by Edward 1/17/2019 7:33:20 PM
It's a huge problem. I read a good article by Robert Klemko of SI.com this week, and he made a really good point about the new coaching hires. Teams are leaning heavily to the guys with backgrounds coaching QBs, and almost all of those guys are white, in part because so many quarterbacks are white because of the socioeconomic advantages they have growing up (a preponderance of two parent homes, the money to get top quarterback coaching starting as youths, etc.). So it really is a big problem. As for the Packers, the Caldwell interview struck me as cursory, not so much for the Rooney Rule but as a practice run for Murphy and Gutekunst to see what a guy who's been a head coach in the league is like in an interview. I thought the Flores interview was legit. I heard some really good things about him, that he's smart and tough, would bring an edge to a team.
Hi Pete-
Why do you think the fans are so, so "negative" on the whole new structure and are almost universally waiting to start pointing fingers at Mark Murphy IF it doesn't pan out? I really don't understand all the constant negativism. It seems similar to the rhetoric when they first starting talking about Coach McCarthy getting let go...how we were NEVER going to find a better coach and that Mac would immediately be hired by someone else.
Why in the world can't this new "set-up" be BETTER than what they had in the past? Other successful teams have the same structure. It wasn't like winning ONE lonely SB since 1997 was the model of success. Push the envelope like the current playoff teams have.
by Jamie 1/17/2019 7:39:01 PM
I personally still like the GM-as-football-czar setup better. It has a clean line of authority, and there's less opportunity for back stabbing and political maneuvering than when three people (coach, GM and cap guy) all report to the boss and have the chance to lobby him individually. I would go back to that now. Maybe two SB wins in 25 years doesn't impress, but since the Packers went to that setup in 1992 they have the NFL's third-best winning percentage. That's pretty tough to argue with. That said, sure, a lot of teams have a setup like Murphy has now, and sure it can work. I just think it opens the door to problems down the road. But no system is foolproof, they all have weaknesses. It still depends on the people.
Saftey listed as a packers need. Is that with or without Josh Jackson moving to safety. If he does, does that fill the safety need or do they need two?
by Patrick 1/17/2019 7:44:20 PM
I'd think it's still a need, because even if they move him they can't be sure he's going to be a starter, he hasn't played there before. I wouldn't be surprised at all if they signed one in free agency. Landon Collins is schedule to be a FA but you have to think the Giants will re-sign or franchise him. This is the kind of position where they could go for a mid-level guy, maybe in the $2.5M to $4M range, something like that.
Regarding who I would keep or let walk: I also favor retaining Matthews and Williams. But I'm more in favor of keeping Graham than some others. Also, Spriggs seems to have as much to do with Bulaga's fate as anyone. Has he improved enough in your eyes?
I have a lot of trouble seeing Spriggs being the answer. I guess you never know with a new coach and system, but that seems unlikely to me. He's improved a little but not nearly enough to be starter.
It seems like under MM that a lot of disfunction was going on between players and coaches and it just got stale. It seems MM had his way of doing things and wasn't flexible enough to change with the way the game is being played today. How much was lack of creativity and how much was the players just tuning out? The player interaction that they talked about when they were in the process of hiring a coach was very revealing. Your thoughts
by Santino Barone 1/17/2019 7:49:21 PM
It sounds like McCarthy might have lost his edge the last couple years, and that's all it takes. So my guess is it was more that than players tuning him out.
Is there still such thing as a true 3-4 or 4-3 OLB? Or has the position changed to pass rush specialist, or a LB with the ability to cover
A lot of truth in that, but there are still subtle differences. In most 3-4 defenses, even in nickel the outside rushers stand up as opposed to having their hands down. You might be asking with Barr in mind. If so, it sounded to me like he'd be an ILB in the Packers' 3-4, and I don't think at that position it would be worth the kind of contract he'd get from a 4-3 team.
Are they going to re-sign Breeland?
by Josh 1/17/2019 7:54:25 PM
I don't know but would guess so. He probably won't be very expensive -- he had that offseason foot injury that voided his big FA contract with Carolina, then missed some games this year. So he might be in for one of those one-year, prove he can stay healthy deals with a lot of incentives.
The new coach talked about unpredictability of the offense. Lombardi's offense was predictable. They just ran the plays well and said stop us.
by Mark 1/17/2019 7:56:41 PM
I'm sure Lombardi would be a great coach today, but he'd have to do some things differently. It seems like unpredictability is more important now than 50 years ago.
Also, unpredictability played a bigger role in Lombardi's offense than many are aware. Though Paul Hornung's passing stats don't jump out at all, the halfback option pass was actually a big part of the offense. It would produce a big play every game or two, and just the threat of it made it harder for teams to defend the sweeps, because they had to honor the possibility of the halfback pass.
In 2017, Thompson drafted 3 rb's on the 3rd day of the draft, 2 of them made contributions on the field. In 2018, Gute drafted 3 wr's on the 3rd day of the draft, & 2 of the 3 made contributions on the field as rookies. Is this a new draft strategy to strengthen a position group? Or did GB get lucky w/ those draft moves?
by Jonathan 1/17/2019 8:00:10 PM
It's a strategy, at least to some degree. Wolf did it when he drafted CBs with his first three picks in 1999, the year after Randy Moss took the NFC North by storm. And he hit on only one (Mike McKenzie) of the three (Fred Vinson and Antwan Edwards were the others).
have you heard any rumblings about what happened in McDaniels interview? It seems strange there haven't been any reports and that he did not come in 2nd as he was the presumed favorite.
by jason 1/17/2019 8:01:42 PM
OK, we've gone a long time, this will have to do it, other duties to get to. But as always thanks for coming by to share your thoughts and questions. Great to find out what's on your minds. I haven't heard much about it, though I've gotten the sense that if LaFleur didn't blow them away that McDaniel would have been among the two or three guys they would have brought back for second interviews. I think the concerns with him for any team considering him was his time in Denver. Not so much that he failed, but that he showed an unwillingness to listen to others and thought he had all the answers himself. So the question with him was, did he learn from that and change? Or is that just who he is? And with that, we'll call it a wrap. Thanks again everyone, always enjoyable chatting with you. If I didn't get to you, try again next week. Until then, take care.


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Knitting Like Crazy: Where Are They Now?
Welcome Back for Day 4 of the 2nd Annual Knit & Crochet Blog Week.
Today is all about where are your knits now?
Rather than telling you about who has my handknits and whatever happened to them, I thought it would be fun to look back on something that was long forgotten.
Remember this post about my Katherine Hepburn Cardigan?
Um, yeah. So 3 years ago I blog about how I really want this Katherine Hepburn Cardigan. I even showed off my progress (pictured above).
That's about as far as I ever got with the sweater. When we moved to our house in the summer of 2009, I moved it with me. Last summer though, I ripped it out, and sold the unused yarn. I was never going to finish that sweater, as much as I loved it and wanted it. I think in the last year I have come to realize that I am just not a sweater knitter.
Got any good frogging stories? Did your handknits end up anywhere cool?


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Comparisons of social competence in young children with and without hearing loss: A dynamic systems framework
Michael F. Hoffman, Alexandra Quittner, Ivette Cejas
This study compared levels of social competence and language development in 74 young children with hearing loss and 38 hearing peers aged 2.5-5.3 years. This study was the first to examine the relationship between oral language and social competence using a dynamic systems framework in children with and without hearing loss. We hypothesized that, due to deficits in oral language, children who were deaf would display lower levels of social competence than their hearing peers. Furthermore, language age would predict social competence scores. Social competence was measured with a general and deaf-specific measure. Results showed that children with hearing loss performed significantly worse than hearing peers on the general measure but better than the norms on the deaf-specific measure. Controlling for maternal education and income, regression analyses indicated that hearing status and language age predicted social competence in both groups. Among children with hearing loss, correlations were also found between age at diagnosis, age at amplification, and two of the general social competence measures. Results supported our hypothesis that deficits in language would have cascading negative effects on the development of social competence in young deaf children. Development of early intervention programs that target both language and social skills are needed for this population.
Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education
https://doi.org/10.1093/deafed/enu040
social competence
Hoffman, M. F., Quittner, A., & Cejas, I. (2014). Comparisons of social competence in young children with and without hearing loss: A dynamic systems framework. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 20(2), 115-124. https://doi.org/10.1093/deafed/enu040
Comparisons of social competence in young children with and without hearing loss : A dynamic systems framework. / Hoffman, Michael F.; Quittner, Alexandra; Cejas, Ivette.
In: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, Vol. 20, No. 2, 29.07.2014, p. 115-124.
Hoffman, MF, Quittner, A & Cejas, I 2014, 'Comparisons of social competence in young children with and without hearing loss: A dynamic systems framework', Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 115-124. https://doi.org/10.1093/deafed/enu040
Hoffman MF, Quittner A, Cejas I. Comparisons of social competence in young children with and without hearing loss: A dynamic systems framework. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education. 2014 Jul 29;20(2):115-124. https://doi.org/10.1093/deafed/enu040
Hoffman, Michael F. ; Quittner, Alexandra ; Cejas, Ivette. / Comparisons of social competence in young children with and without hearing loss : A dynamic systems framework. In: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education. 2014 ; Vol. 20, No. 2. pp. 115-124.
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Instytut Sportu – państwowy instytut badawczy nadzorowany przez Ministra Sportu i Turystyki, z siedzibą w Warszawie w dzielnicy Bielany na Młocinach, przy ul. Trylogii 2/16.

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Instytut Sportu został powołany Zarządzeniem nr 60 Prezesa Rady Ministrów z dnia 4 listopada 1977 r. jako samodzielna placówka naukowa. W 2015 r. nadano mu status państwowego instytutu badawczego.

Zadania
Przedmiotem działania Instytutu jest:
 przeprowadzanie badań naukowych na rzecz sportu,
 zapewnienie udziału nauki w procesie przygotowania zawodników do startu w Igrzyskach Olimpijskich,
 opracowanie ekspertyz i wykonywanie usług dla organizacji i związków sportowych,
 projektowanie i konstrukcja urządzeń pomiarowych na rzecz sportu,
 certyfikacja wyrobów dla sportu i rekreacji.

Struktura
W skład Instytutu wchodzą następujące jednostki organizacyjne:
 Akademia Trenerska
 Zakład Biochemii
 Zakład Biomechaniki
 Zakład Endokrynologii
 Zakład Fizjologii
 Zakład Fizjologii Żywienia
 Zakład Konstrukcji Urządzeń Badawczych
 Zakład Psychologii
 Zespół Badawczy Sprzętu
 Zespół Certyfikacji
 Zespół Badania Sprzętu i Infrastruktury
 Ośrodek Informacji Naukowej
 Przychodnia Przyzakładowa i Sportowo-Lekarska
 Redakcja czasopisma "Biology of Sport"

Zarząd
Dyrekcja
 Dyrektor: dr Urszula Włodarczyk
 Zastępca dyrektora: dr Konrad Witek

Rada naukowa
 Przewodniczący: prof. dr hab. Józef Langfort
 Zastępcy przewodniczącego: dr hab. Jadwiga Malczewska-Lenczowska i dr hab. Ewa Ziemann

Dawni dyrektorzy (kolejność alfabetyczna):
 prof. dr hab. Ryszard Grucza
 dr Bartosz Krawczyński
 dr Andrzej Pokrywka

Przypisy

Linki zewnętrzne
 Instytut Sportu w Warszawie
 Akademia Trenerska

Edukacja i nauka w Warszawie
Sportu
Urzędy centralne w Polsce

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What is Kwanzaa, and Why does it start celebrated on Dec. 26th?
Kwanzaa is an African-Americans celebration of life from 26 December to 1 January.
Dr. Maulana Karenga introduced the festival in 1966 to the United States as a ritual to welcome the first harvests to the home.
This celebration is not a festival originating in any of the 55 African countries nor is it an "African" Christmas celebration. Kwanzaa is an African-Americans celebration of life from 26 December to 1 January.
Dr. Maulana Karenga introduced the festival in 1966 to the United States as a ritual to welcome the first harvests to the home. Dr. Karenga created this festival for Afro-Americans as a response to the commercialism of Christmas. In fact one might say that Kwanzaa has similarities with Thanksgiving in the United States or the Yam Festival in Ghana and Nigeria. The word "kwanza" is a KiSwahili (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania) word meaning "first."
Five common sets of values are central to the activities of the week: ingathering, reverence, commemoration, recommitment, and celebration. The seven principles (nguzo saba) of Kwanzaa utilize Kiswahili words: unity (umoja), self-determination (kujichagulia), collective work and responsibility (ujima), cooperative economics (ujamaa), purpose (nia), creativity (kuumba), and faith (imani). Each of the seven candles signify the principles. Like the Jewish Hannakah, candles are used to represent concepts of the holiday.
The symbols of Kwanzaa includes crops (mzao) which represents the historical roots of African-Americans in agriculture and also the reward for collective labor. The mat (mkeka) lays the foundation for self- actualization. The candle holder (kinara) reminds believers in the ancestral origins in one of 55 African countries. Corn/maize (muhindi) signifies children and the hope associated in the younger generation. Gifts (Zawadi) represent commitments of the parents for the children. The unity cup (Kkimbe cha Umoja) is used to pour libations to the ancestors. Finally, the seven candles (mishumaa saba) remind participants of the severl pinciples and the colors in flags of African liberation movements -- 3 red, 1 black, and 3 green.
Gifts are exchanged. On 31 December participants celebrate with a banquet of food often cuisine from various African countries. Participants greet one another with "Habari gani" which is Kiswahili for "how are you/ how's the news with you?"
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Walt the Dog replied to Desomorphin's topic in Neptunia Virtual Stars
There may be some variance to that time depending on whether one reads the story or not. I got 15 hours from a blind JP run while skipping the story through, though I did also get stuck a fair bit at times and had I known what I was doing (say, if I played it in English first), it's possible I could've read the story and still achieved that time. That said, I can't see it taking more than 20 hours or so unless you play games slowly. There's nothing in the game that classifies as much of a grind at all. At most, the Video Butler trophy can get grindy if you don't pay attention to it as you go, but most things in the game that could technically count as a grind will be over in 30-45 minutes at most assuming you don't just get them naturally. From my experience, the only things that I had to go out of my way to grind for were the BeatNik minigame (as it's completely separate from the campaign) for 9 songs to reach max rank, Vtuber cubes (which you have to grind at the start of Chapter 7 as you need 25 unique ones just to progress) for maybe 10 minutes to get 30 of them, and getting enough level-up items by beating a boss over and over to reach Level 99, none of which took much time.
Let's Play Mugen Souls & Mugen Souls Z
Walt the Dog replied to Dragon-Archon's topic in Community Events, Contests & "We Plays"
At 567592 Shampuru with 86% Average Charm. Up to Chapter 10. Will tackle the Mugen Field trek for this run next time I play.
At 562096 Shampurus with 86% Average Charm. Up to Chapter 9 now.
Finally went back to this. At 556776 Shampurus with 86% Average Charm. Made it to Chapter 5. Not much progress, but I had some time to kill before bed and felt like dipping my feet back into this since I hadn't played it since getting my PS5.
Top Hat Studios issues statement saying they will not censor Sense - 不祥的预感: A Cyberpunk Ghost Story
Walt the Dog replied to Eraezr's topic in Unreleased Games
Considering that leaking these people's identities would almost certainly send a hellfire of anti-SJWs at said people, all of these targets likely being a good deal smaller than Top Hat, it makes sense to protect their identities so as to not start a mass incident or, should it start anyway, at least be able to shove away blame for it.
Sony Succeed in Pressuring MS to Censor Game as Gal Gun Remaster will not release on Xbox
Walt the Dog replied to thefourfoldroot's topic in Consoles
Whether I would play the game in public has nothing to do with whether it's fine or not, though. By that logic, pretty much any sexual content would be wrong seeing as it's generally accepted that you don't just show off that kind of stuff in a public venue unless everyone involved can consent to it, which is implied to be effectively impossible. Same reason I can't just post porn wherever I want. This rings especially true for a place like America which tends to lean on the prudish side of things.
At this point, I'm less concerned about the porn and more about the fact that my uncle is showing porn to a 10-year old.
I like the implication that I would want to be near you considering you seem to think anyone who finds interest in this game is a pedophile regardless of actual reasoning.
Man, like... half the thread has already vocally disagreed with the "but her listed age is actually legal" argument by now. I almost have to commend your lack of attentiveness that made you decide to make that exact argument anyway.
FWIW, in like three and a half weeks, it will be. Though apart from that, there have been pervy games like this since at least like, 2007 or so when SNK released a DS game where you could use the touch screen to "inspect" girls suspected of being witches or something.
Then work on convincing people of that third point instead. Your first and second points are essentially useless because if someone is convinced that attraction to anime girls is one-to-one with someone's attraction to actual people, you sound like someone trying to justify ephebophilia, and if people didn't hold that mindset, we wouldn't even be here because people would know better than to equate their personal discomfort with something with actual ethical issues.
Yeah, trying to bring up those first two points is what's suspect here. While in-lore, many of them are considered 18, the fact that it explicitly takes place in a high school is meant to evoke the image of sexualizing high school students, which is the main issue that people take from this regardless of what age is assigned to them since in general, much of society finds it fairly disturbing for adults to do that to people still in their school years regardless of whether they're technically legal or not. Your second point is especially damning considering "but she already looks like an adult" is one of the biggest defenses of ephebophilia in real life as it stands, particularly for people in real life who do have adultish physiques, so invoking it pretty much ties your argument to a defense for an actual ethical and legal offense, tanking any credibility you may have.
Was referring to the first person I quoted who decided that "they're 15-18" is a valid moral argument when only one age within that age range is even considered legal, and just barely at that, making it ineffective as an argument given the stances of the people being argued against and also fairly suspect in general.
15-17 is still considered not adult if you're really going down this route. You could've maybe pointed out that anime girls tend to look nothing like real women aside from maybe general anatomy (if you don't believe me, look up people trying to look like anime characters; the results are generally either nothing like anime characters or otherwise horrifying and straight from the uncanny valley), but instead you decided to go down the "it's not pedophilia, it's ephebophilia" route for some reason. There are also definitely real people in that age range with large breasts, so pointing that out really doesn't help. As someone who actually does like these games more for the absurdity than anything else (while the artstyle does aesthetically please me, I'm not exactly getting off to it mid-game seeing as I'm here to play a game, not look at scantily-clad women), it's fairly hard to care about getting a word in when a good 95% of the thread is split between people screaming "SJW" and "communism" at everything or, like the person above, unwittingly defending actual pedophilia in their attempts to defend Gal Gun and people insisting that only pedophiles could possibly enjoy the game and generally railroading conversations of the game into shit like the above. Frankly, I would suspect I'm not even the minority here, but those people don't tend to show up, likely because it's almost inevitable that trying to defend it at all is going to end up with a fruitless discussion where one will get branded a pedophile, even if not by you, then likely by someone else instead.
Big Bang does not work for the Mino King grind
Walt the Dog replied to Piro's topic in Puyo Puyo Tetris 2
Eh, I'd say this will up the plat time a fair bit seeing as Big Bang was by far the fastest way to grind out minos. Having to make 10,000 lines manually is a fair bit, especially if you're not as good with the game. Compared to Big Bang where you could have it out of the way in a few hours from 0 getting even 50 lines per round, if we use Sprints (40 lines) as a reference, you're looking at that amount of time minimum to get it done, and that's assuming you're at a skill level where you can pull off 60-second sprints (A.K.A. that one really hard trophy from Tetris Ultimate) on a consistent basis. Assuming you're at a more average skill level (let's say your sprints tend to center around 1:40), it would take nearly seven hours from 0 not counting time spent on transitions between games. Doing Adventure mode to 100% will alleviate the grind to some extent and it's at least not as annoying as doing a manual 100k puyo grind regardless, but considering the puyo grind can be idled overnight by pretty much anyone with a rubber band, this is still gonna stand out as the worst grind in the game by a decent margin.


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Zach Wilson will officially start Week 16 for the Jets. / Associated Press
The New York Jets' quarterback position has been a merry-go-round this season. Whether it be because of injury or poor play, Joe Flacco, Mike White and Zach Wilson have all started games for Gang Green so far in 2022.
Wilson was benched a few weeks ago in favor of White, who was fantastic as the team's starter in his first game. But in Week 14, White suffered a rib injury that handed Wilson the starting job back.
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Shockingly enough, Wilson put up a great performance in Week 15, throwing for 2 touchdowns and over 300 yards. Still, there was still the feeling that if White was healthy, he would get the job back. On Tuesday, we got word that White will not be ready in time and Wilson will officially get the start again in Week 16.
#Jets coach Robert Saleh makes it official, saying QB Mike White won't be cleared for contact. Zach Wilson gets another start vs #Jaguars.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) December 20, 2022
The Jets pretty much need to win out to try and keep pace for a playoff spot in the AFC. Even with Wilson's better-than-expected performance in Week 15, he will have to top it going up against a Jaguars team on a roll.
The Jets take on the Jaguars in Week 16, where New York is a 1.5-point home favorite, according to FanDuel Sportsbook's latest NFL odds.
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2021 CEB Cup: Day 1 (Rain, Rain and More Rain)
On the first day of the CEB cup in Sénart, the following matches were scheduled: Dornbirn Indians @ BK Minsk, Draci Brno @ Therwil Flyers, and Templiers de Sénart @ Astros Valencia.
Unfortunately, the first day of the tournament was plagued by heavy rainfall. As a result only game one (Dornbirn vs Minsk) could be completed. The second game between Draci Brno and Therwil Flyers was suspended after the second inning and the third game between Templiers de Sénart and Astros Valencia was postponed. The remaineder of the game between Brno and Therwil will be played on July 15. The game between Sénart and Valencia will be played on July 16 at 9:30in the morning.
Dornbirn Indians 1 – 6 BK Minsk
The game between the Dornbirn Indians and BK Minsk was the story of Yauheni Kurhun. The Belarus pitcher dominated the Austrian lineup for nine innings, allowing an unearned run on one hit and two walks as he fanned twelve. Minsk on the other hand did not have much trouble seeing the pitches of Lochlan Southee. With the Australian on the mound, Minsk scored three runs in the third inning on a bases-clearing triple, one run in the fourth, and two on a home run by Ilya Sladzinski.
Yauheni Kurhun earned the win. Lochlan Southee took the loss after six innings in which he walked two and struck out ten. Youheni Kisliakou was the best hitter for BK Minsk as he went 2 for 3 with with two runs scored.
Draci Brno – Therwil Flyers
If it wasn't clear before the start of the tournament, Draci Brno made it clear today: The team is the main candidate to earn a promotion to the European Champions Cup. In a depressing entourage (pouring rain and hardly any attendance), the Dragons took a comfortable lead in the first inning as Flyers' starting pitcher Nathan Alexander Kuchta struggled. He didn't help his own cause as he made a throwing error when hen tried to turn a double play. After two innings, the game was suspended due to heavy rainfall.
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Authorities say two men were killed after a small plane crashed shortly after takeoff near the Alabama coast.
FOLEY, Ala. (AP) — Authorities say two men were killed after a small plane crashed shortly after takeoff near the Alabama coast.
WALA-TV reports the plane's pilot and lone passenger died Saturday when the aircraft crashed in a field and caught fire near Foley, roughly 30 miles (48 kilometers)southeast of Mobile.
The Baldwin County sheriff's office identified the men Sunday. The pilot was identified as George Marshall of Gulf Shores, while authorities said pilot was Bradley John Lefleur of Orange Beach.
The Federal Aviation Administration said the plane was an 8GCBC Scout aircraft that had taken off from a private grass strip near the Foley Municipal Airport.
The FAA is investigating the crash along with the National Transportation Safety Board and local officials.


Grizzly Bear have revealed that their first album in four years is now "90 percent done".
The band shared the news on Twitter earlier today, but told fans this will be the "last update until you hear it".
Fans are now speculating that the band could be planning a Beyoncé-style surprise release.
The Brooklyn band had revealed in April that they were heading into the studio to record an album, which will be their follow-up to 2012's 'Shields'.
They said on Twitter at the time that they had "tons of songs". They also revealed that drummer Chris Bear had become a father.
Grizzly Bear endorsed Bernie Sanders in the run-up to the US presidential election. However, he eventually missed out on the Democrat Party's nomination to Hillary Clinton.
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Student assaulted guard at Wilkinsburg school, principal says
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Surveillance video captured the assault of a security guard at the Wilkinsburg High School, the district superintendent said Tuesday.
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School officials forwarded the surveillance video to Wilkinsburg police. Chief Ophelia Coleman did not immediately return a message seeking comment.


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Break Dancing 'Provisionally Approved' As Olympic Sport For The 2024 Games
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David Hookstead Smoke Room Editor-in-Chief
Break dancing is coming to the Olympics.
Break dancing was "provisionally approved" as a sport for the 2024 summer games in Paris, according to Fox News. Final approval will be given in December 2020 by IOC.
Here's a live look at my reaction to this development:
Break dancing? Break dancing? What a sad day for America and the once upon a time proud games. We're really going to include break dancing in the Olympics? (RELATED: Is It Ever Acceptable To Date A Woman Who Hates Football?)
Imagine being a player from the Miracle on Ice team with your gold medal and then having to watch gold medals get handed out for break dancing.
If this country has any pride left, we won't even attend the summer Olympics in 2024 until this gets changed.
We didn't storm the beaches of Normandy to only return 80 years later in order to watch break dancing happen in the games. It's a disgrace.
It's a disgrace to all the great men and women who clawed their way to gold medals. Good luck explaining to Michael Phelps how a break dancer is the same as a swimmer.
The Olympics is about reminding the whole world how America is better than everybody else. It's about cheering on the red, white, and blue. It's about drinking cold beers.
It's about defending Ryan Lochte's right to urinate wherever he pleases while in Brazil. It's not about dancing!
Shame on all the idiots who support this decision. You represent everything with America and you probably wish the Soviet Union won the 1980 Olympic gold medal in hockey.
As long as there's air in my lungs, I will fight to change this. I will fight 100 wars on 100 different fronts. Fixing this garbage situation is now my burden to carry.
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Noted Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan is in the news for making disgraceful comments on yesteryear actress and BJP's Rampur MP candidate Jaya Prada.
Addressing a rally, Khan has said that he was the first to discover that Jaya Prada wears "Khaki underwear". The comment alludes to the RSS uniform; RSS men wear Khaki knickers.
Khan could have said "saffron dress" but he made the below-the-belt remarks to demean Jaya Pradah. The sexist comments have been taken note of by National Commission for Women. NCW is likely to lodge a complaint with the Election Commission.
Khan's tasteful comments have become a big issue in Uttar Pradesh. He fights Jaya Prada in the Rampur constituency.


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Globally and in Singapore, many own mobile phones and tablets to connect with one another, be entertained, or to work. Singaporeans on average spend more than 12 hours daily on them. The wide use of mobile devices in our daily lives also make it ripe for the picking by hackers who are developing "mobile malware" that can spy on you, steal your personal data, or lately, mine cryptocurrencies.
Mobile malware is not a new phenomenon per se, and one of the first - a malware known as Cabir - was discovered in June 2004. Cabir was relatively harmless as it only caused infected phones to display a word (with no known meaning) "Caribe" every time the phone was switched on. Fast-forward 14 years, mobile malware today have grown more pervasive and insidious. Two main motivations for hackers to target mobile devices: monetary gains and espionage. For monetary gains, hackers have devised malware that ride on the hype of cryptocurrency. "Cryptojacking", as it is called, involves malware that mine for crypto-assets, often without your knowing. The only tell-tale sign may be a device appearing to work much slower than before because its processing power is being used by the malware to mine for crypto-assets.
Given such concerns over mobile malware, particularly when used for espionage, some countries such as USA have even decided to prohibit Chinese-made apps and devices, though some have also viewed these as protectionist measures. A measure you can take, before you start to see your phone slow down, is to install an anti-virus software in your mobile devices now.
THE RISE AND PROLIFERATION OF MOBILE MALWARE
Since the discovery of the first mobile malware, Cabir, in June 2004, the number of mobile malware has grown exponentially in the past 14 years. In 2017, Google said that it removed 700,000 potentially malicious applications from its App store; a 70 per cent increase from 2016. Most of these malicious applications were Ransomware and Banking malware (such as those that steal credit card information). Android devices account for almost 90 per cent of global smartphone market share, and is most targeted by malware, according to some industry reports (such as Nokia's 2017 Threat Intelligence Report). Making matters worse, Android ransomware are more lucrative for hackers to devise and sell – they can be sold for 20 times more than Windows ransomware kits in the dark web.
Banking malware is another category of mobile malware to beware of. In a global survey conducted by cybersecurity company Avast, almost four in ten consumers mistook a fake app for the real one. To spy on users, collect their bank login details or steal their money, banking malware would create a fake page that can be a complete replica of the genuine banking application. This reflects the level of sophistication and accuracy applied by cybercriminals to create seemingly trustworthy copies of banking apps.
Trend Micro 2018 Mobile Threat Landscape
Android Security & Ransomware
Consumers Falling for Fake Mobile Banking Apps
CRYPTOJACKING GOES MOBILE
With the value of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Monero growing, hackers are targeting mobile devices to harvest such assets. It has already struck the PC world earlier to carry out such activities. "Cryptojacking", as it is called, involves adversaries installing cryptocurrency mining software without the victim's knowledge. Often, the only tell-tale sign is a device that works slower, or overheats without reason.
Cryptocurrencies can be earned when one performs complex calculations to verify the cryptocurrency transactions made on an online ledger. This makes such transactions hard to forge. As such calculations need tremendous processing power – one Monero coin requires the equivalent of about 150 computers with high-end graphics processing units, which would cost about S$200,000 - miners avoid such costly set-ups by spreading malware to devices to hijack their processing power.
The surge in value seen in 2017 exacerbated the growth of such malware targeting mobile devices. In a malvertising campaign that started in November 2017, android users were redirected to websites, where they would need to enter a CAPTCHA code. While trying to solve the CAPTCHA code, a cryptojacking script would run and start using the processing power of the user's device to mine Monero coin. Solving the CAPTCHA code only redirected the user to Google homepage. Malwarebytes, a US-based anti-malware company said the website attracted around 800,000 visits per day, with an average time of four minutes spent on the mining page per user. This earned the adversaries a few thousand dollars per month. More recently, in February 2018, NetLab360, a Chinese-based security research lab, reported that a malware, ADB.Miner, can self-propagate from one infected Android device to another, to mine Monero coins.
Monero Mining Malware Infecting Android Smart TVs & Smartphones
Android Web Users Victims of Cryptojacking Campaign
CYBER ESPIONAGE ON MOBILE
Cyber espionage is increasingly pervasive and often leverages Internet-connected devices to steal or manipulate sensitive data. Nation-state actors, such as Fancy Bear and Comment Panda, are well-known for quietly breaching and staying in networks and computers to carry out such activities.
Mobile devices have now become another popular conduit. Researchers from Trend Micro discovered spy apps targeting Android users in India since late-2017. In another report, researchers from US-based mobile security company, Lookout, released information on a nation-state actor, Dark Caracal, which has been collecting sensitive personal information since 2012 from more than 21 countries, and targeting sectors including governments, military, and utilities. The actor typically used Facebook and WhatsApp to spread phishing messages, which when clicked, led victims to download fake messaging and privacy-oriented apps. These apps, once installed, were capable of collecting sensitive user information such as recorded audio, call logs, conversations from popular chat applications, and location information.
In the face of such threats, countries such as India and USA have taken measures to protect themselves from potential and inadvertent information leaks. In an advisory sent to Indian troops in November 2017, Indian Defence Ministry told troops stationed at the Chinese border to uninstall Chinese-made apps from their smartphones. The advisory, which included a list of more than 40 Android and iOS apps, warned soldiers that these apps can transmit user data back to servers located in China. In the USA, a Bill was signed in August 2018 that would prohibit US government agencies from using phones and equipment from Huawei and ZTE, both China-based telecommunications company. An executive order was given in May 2019 giving the federal government the power to block US companies from buying foreign-made telecommunications equipment deemed a national security risk. Some critics, however, have viewed such moves as protectionist measures rather than security concerns per se.
Hacking Group Spies on Android Users in India Using PoriewSpy
Dark Caracal: Cyber-Espionage on a Global Scale
Hacking mobile phones like Mr. Robot (Season 2 Episode 9)
In an episode of popular US drama series Mr Robot, hacker Elliot Alderson was seen to have launched a cyber-attack using a real-world device, the Pwn Phone. The device has the ability to hack into any mobile device through its SIM card, and send malware via a malicious text message. While the TV show generally fictionalises most of the hacks, in using the Pwn Phone, it raised the awareness of such a tool, and potentially its usage. However, Pwnie Express, the company behind Pwn Phone, no longer sells the device. Their focus has since shifted towards establishing a version of Android that provides tools for network hacking and penetration testing, called Android Open Pwn Project (AOPP).
Yes, you can hack cell phones like on Mr. Robot—just not the way they did
SOURCES INCLUDE: Arstechnica, Bleeping, Computer, Carbon Black, HackRead, Infosecurity Magazine, Lookout and Trend Micro


HAMILTON, Bermuda, Sept. 22, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ship Finance International Limited (NYSE: SFL) ("Ship Finance" or the "Company"), today announced that it has agreed to sell the 1995 built Suezmax tanker Front Splendour to an unrelated third party. The Company has simultaneously agreed to terminate the corresponding charter party for the 20-year old crude oil carrier with a subsidiary of Frontline Ltd. ("Frontline").
The vessel is expected to be delivered to its new owner in the fourth quarter, 2015. Net cash proceeds will be approximately $13 million, after a compensation of approximately $1.3 million to Frontline for the early termination of the charter.
Divesting of older vessels is a part of the Company's strategy to renew and diversify the fleet, and the proceeds are expected to be reinvested in new assets. Following this sale, the number of vessels on charter to Frontline will be reduced to 15 vessels, including 12 VLCCs and three Suezmax crude oil carriers.
Ship Finance International Limited (NYSE: SFL) has an unprecedented track record in the maritime industry, being consistently profitable and paying dividends every quarter since 2004. The Company's fleet of more than 70 vessels is split between tankers, bulkers, container vessels and offshore assets, and Ship Finance's long term distribution capacity is supported by a portfolio of long term charters and significant growth in the asset base over time.


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Please help give the Stelzner family a memorable Final Four experience.
For Sarah Stelzner, basketball has been a passion of her's from the day she picked up a ball. That love for the game did not fade as time passed. She had a knack for helping people discover their individual talents as well. When she became a mom, she passed on this love of the game to her boys, Bryan and Eli. Not only was she a baller back in her day, she had a drive to coach. When the opportunity came about, she took the chance to coach both of her boys on their youth basketball teams. It was perfect for her. She got to stick around the game she grew up adoring, and now she got to teach her boys how to play.
When the news of the Final Four coming to Minneapolis came, only one hour away from their home, it was a no-brainer to purchase tickets. Sarah's husband and the boys' father, Mike, would tag along with Grandpa as the family went to soak in the madness of March in Minnesota.
Unfortunately, Sarah was diagnosed with ovarian cancer on June 24th of 2018. After surgery on July 3rd, she endured chemotherapy for the next six months. For those who are not aware, ovarian cancer is a difficult cancer to treat due to the fact that there is no early detection test. Without early detection, ovarian cancer is discovered typically when it already is in the advanced stages. Treatment is intensive and difficult for the women affected.
The diagnosis was difficult, but Sarah was a fighter. Being the rock of her family, as Mike has described her, she maintained an amazing outlook on life while being in the battle. Sarah's prolific and courageous battle with ovarian cancer ended on Saturday, March 30th, 2019. Sarah passed at the young age of 40.
Bryan has talked about attending the Final Four since the tickets were purchased. He was pumped, to say the least. He had let everyone know he was attending. Being one of Bryan's teachers, I had heard about his plans and was excited to hear about his experience. With the sudden and massive loss of Sarah, the Stelzner family was questioning whether or not to attend the tournament. Thankfully, the family is looking for an amazing getaway from the difficult times they have endured. The Stelzner's are going to the Final Four!
With that being said, it's safe to say that this family DESERVES an opportunity to smile. They deserve a chance to laugh. They deserve a chance to be a part of a once and a lifetime experience in Minneapolis. With everyone's help, we can make this happen. Below, there is a tweet that is asking for your help. Please, retweet with comments to the NCAA, March Madness, the Final Four, or any of the teams that could help spread the word. If we can get eyes on the tweet, maybe someone can help make this weekend unforgettable for the Stelzner family.
Hey @NCAA @FinalFour, there is a 6th grader coming to the games this weekend. He just lost his mother to cancer last weekend. His family has had tickets for months, long before Mom got sick. Let's make this experience something special for the Stelzner fam.
Mike, Bryan, and Eli have been extremely grateful for all of the support and outpouring of love over the past few days following Sarah's passing.
Due to the extreme medical expenses, below is a GoFundMe page to help the Stelzner family pay for the expenses.
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Home » Articles » A New Model for Higher Ed?
A New Model for Higher Ed?
By David Wilezol
fantastic New York Times piece
yesterday shed light on Thomas Edison State College, an accredited state
college in New Jersey. The article highlights TESC's model of awarding credits
to students based on demonstrating competency, not earning credits in situ, as
is the norm at many schools. Many TESC students, earn credits by cobbling
together credits from myriad sources such as other schools, military training
programs, passage of competency examinations, corporate training certificates,
and open source online courses. Many graduates of the school have never set
foot on TESC's campus, including a 39-year old mother of 10 who racked up 54
credits in 14 weeks via college equivalency exams, and one man who was accepted
to Cornell's M.B.A. Program. "I've never been there, but I did buy a
sweatshirt," he said of TESC.
like TESC and Western Governor's University perform a great service to their
students. As the value of a college degree gets revised downward and online
education reshapes higher ed, more schools should realize that the premium they
once had on instruction and credentialing is vanishing. Awarding credits for
merely exhibiting competency might diminish a school's "brand" in the
short-term, but has terrific potential to lure more students over the long run
who cannot or do not want to pay many thousands of dollars more than the $5300
it took for a 39-year old mother of ten to get her degree from TESC. "We don't
care how or where the student learned, whether it was from spending three years
in a monastery," George A. Pruitt, the college's president, told the Times,
"as long as that learning is documented by some reliable assessment technique."
Pruitt's words affirm what many employers think, that the prestige associated
with a four-year degree from a "name" school is often wildly overstated. Mark
Cuban, billionaire entrepreneur and owner of the Dallas Mavericks, got it right
in 2012 when he blogged
that "As an employer I want the best prepared and qualified employees. I could
care less if the source of their education was accredited by a bunch of old men
and women who think they know what is best for the world. I want people who can
do the job. I want the best and brightest. Not a piece of paper."
Unsurprisingly,
universities aren't rushing to embrace this model. A representative from the
Institute for Higher Education Policy summarized the flip side of the TESC
model: "With these nomad students in higher education, whose students are they?
There are questions of ownership and ethical responsibility." We might easily
respond: when have universities scrutinized their complicity in allowing
students to be encumbered by staggering amounts of debt?
Lastly,
campuses have in our time have declared themselves cultural watchdogs against
societal ills like exploitative capitalism, social injustice, and income
inequality. But by not embracing credit-for-competency arrangements, schools
are unwittingly impeding economic advancement for people like Mercedes Foy, a
31-year old, first-generation TESC grad who earned her degree "without a penny
in student debt." Foy applied credits she earned through her employer's evening
classes offered at work, classes at Union County College, and 12 credits from
the CLEP Spanish exam. By not offering such arrangements, universities
undermine their own rhetoric on income inequality and economic "injustice."
Would that their actions match their words.
David Wilezol
David Wilezol is the co-author of "Is College Worth It?" with former U.S. Secretary of Education William J. Bennett.


Yue Zhong flipped through the album casually and checked out the tablet, and saw what Shimazu Mina was like.
She was a girl that was about 14 to 15 years old and wore a faded yellow skirt and white cotton top. Although her figure was petite, she had explosive measurements, boasting a C-cup bust, fair skin, and an extraordinary aura. Her looks were graceful and refined, and when she smiled, it was truly charming.
In this apocalyptic world, firearms were more important and precious compared to virgins. The Shimazu Clan was willing to hand over virgins rather than firearms to prevent Yue Zhong's military might from increasing.
Waichi and Shohei were overjoyed and quickly bowed respectfully.
After making his arrangements, Yue Zhong organized 40 Enhancers of Level 20 and above into 2 groups, handing command of each group to Muto Shin and Ida Kyoko respectively. He brought Shiroyuki and Asami with him on the journey to Yama County.
Although the Shimazu Clan was known to control Yama County, in actual fact, they had conquered a small town nearby as their base. There were over 500,000 zombies gathered within Yama County and the Shimazu Clan had no way of taking care of them.
The town that was the Shimazu's base of operation was called Sakura Town. It used to hold over 30,000 people, hence it wasn't a problem for the 10,000-strong Shimazu Clan.
Prior to the apocalypse, Sakura Town was known for its hot springs, which had now turned into a huge giant spring. There were 6m-tall walls constructed around the town, which was surrounded by long rivers as well. The entire place had become some sort of fortress.
When Yue Zhong and the rest entered the town, they saw many survivors busy constructing defenses. Men, women, old and young alike, they were all hard at work. In order to face against the impending horde, everyone was working hard.
At this time, it was at about lunch time, and Yue Zhong could see the survivors lining up orderly to get their food.
Out of curiosity, Yue Zhong walked over to take a look and discovered that the survivors were having porridge and wild leaf.
"The Shimazu Clan's resources should be thin as well." Yue Zhong eyed the food and the weak-looking survivors and came to a conclusion.
The problem of food was a large one that all factions had to face since the start of the apocalypse. Yue Zhong had managed to fight battle after battle because the number of survivors he had was less by over a 100 times. With enough resources from prior to the apocalypse, they were able to sustain themselves.
"Let go of me!! Let go of me!!" Just as Yue Zhong was observing the survivors, he heard Shiroyuki's voice from the side.
Yue Zhong frowned and turned, only to see a few youths with dyed hair and strange clothing surrounding Shiroyuki and Asami. The leader was a blond hair punk with piercings in his ears and nose. He was currently grabbing Shiroyuki's hands.
Muto Shin looked at the youth and his eyes flashed with a hint of fear, leading his men to face off against the rest of the youths.
Yue Zhong's eyes flashed with an icy look and he strode over.
The youth was called Arai Fuji, and he was the successor to one of the 3 strong factions with the Shimazu clan, the Arai Clan. He had a good background and was an Evolver to boot. His level was above 45 and was a strong expert in the Shimazu Clan. Due to his strength, he had fearlessly snatched Shiroyuki from Muto Shin's side.
Just as his hands were about to land on Shiroyuki's breasts, a flash of a blade swung by, and his right hand was removed cleanly from his arm, fresh blood splattering.
"Ah!!!" Arai Fuji could not help but scream out.
"Go to hell! Your women will be mine!" Yue Zhong's gaze was icy cold as he swung his Black Tooth Blade, and Arai Fuji's head was immediately chopped off. Fresh blood splattered everywhere, dyeing the ground red.
This was Japan. It was not China where Yue Zhong was unwilling to kill. However, the moment he acted, nothing could stop him.
Muto Shin immediately translated his words into Japanese.
6 of the youths immediately shouted and charged at Yue Zhong, activating their abilities. They charged at Yue Zhong with a speed of about 6 to 7 times that of a normal human.
Yue Zhong's eyes narrowed, and he brought down the life-taking Black Tooth Blade a few more times, instantly slicing the assaulters in two. Their body parts flopped to the ground in huge showers of blood.
The rest of the youths immediately got down on their knees and pleaded for their lives.
"Take me to the Arai clan!" Yue Zhong pointed at them with the Black Tooth Blade and barked out an order.
The youths stood up and began to lead Yue Zhong towards the Arai Clan.
Arai Fuji was a natural Evolver and he was just executed in cold blood by Yue Zhong. This was enough grounds for both parties to have an irreconcilable grudge. When he thought up to this point, Tanaka Shiro felt his head hurt. He had already guessed that Yue Zhong was not to be provoked, but he never expected that Yue Zhong had actually killed the Shimazu people in their own territory.
"Damn it!! How did it come to this, I need to report this to Shimazu-sama!" Tanaka Shiro's face fell, and he hurried towards the direction of the main Shimazu house.
"It's this place!!" One of the youths that submitted pointed to a luxurious place and told Yue Zhong.
"Charge in! Kill all those who don't kneel to surrender!" Yue Zhong shot forward like an arrow and killed the 2 guards with a swing of his Black Tooth Blade before shouting out a vicious order.
"Charge in! Kill all those who don't kneel to surrender!" Muto Shin followed in with bloodshot eyes. He was extremely clear that he had allowed Shiroyuki to be snatched, which caused Yue Zhong to be extremely unhappy. If he didn't perform better, his position beside Yue Zhong would definitely plummet.
Yue Zhong charged into the Arai house and immediately felt a sense of danger. He leaped towards the left.
A sniper bullet fired at where Yue Zhong was. If he had been the slightest bit slower, his brain might have been penetrated. Apparently, there was a sniper protecting the family. Their position was not simple.
Yue Zhong lifted his head towards the direction of the sniper and shot out a ball of Devil Flame. It instantly incinerated the entire bunker, turning the sniper inside into ash.
"Who are you people, you dare attack the Arai Clan?!" Motoki Shiro, a Level 56 expert, came charging into the villa, leading 20 Enhancers who were above Level 30. He roared furiously when he saw Muto Shin and the rest massacring the people of the Arai Clan.


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Giustina Rocca (died 1502) was an Italian Renaissance lawyer, judge and diplomat. She has been called the world's first female lawyer, and claimed as an inspiration for the character of Portia in Shakespeare's play Merchant of Venice.

Life
Giustina Rocca was born in Trani in the second half of the fifteenth century, the daughter of Orazio Rocca, orator at the senate of Naples. She married the Royal Captain Giovanni Antonio Palagano, with whom she had four children. Her daughter Cornelia died before the age of twenty in 1492.

Rocca was a lawyer at the Court of Trani, and is traditionally regarded as having specialized in delicate diplomatic issues between Trani and Venice. On 8 April 1500 she pronounced an arbitration sentence before the Venetian governor of Trani, Ludovico Contarini. In her last wishes, dictated to a notary on 10 June 1501, she asked to be buried in Trani Cathedral next to the tomb of her daughter Cornelia.

Her life was celebrated in Tractatus de iure patronatus (1533), by the Trani jurist Cesare Lambertini.

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Jump Into A Seat At Ever In The Glades
Ryan King
After seeing Ever in the Glades on Friday, it became obvious how much detailed work was put into the visual and auditory experience of the show. Muddied characters run and jump across wooden decks that sink into the water. The detail of the split planks, stained green from the water and worn from boats and feet is as striking as the thought of the gators waiting beneath them, threatening to make a misstep fatal. At least, this is presumed by the audience and the characters to be the case. The foggy surface of the water creeping inches below the decks conceals the gators from sight, but they are heard throughout the show. Their hisses and growls punctuate sentences, emphasize dangerous moments and transition us between scenes.
These sounds come from the mouths of a chorus of adult characters, made up of overbearing parents and others well-worn into the setting. They, along with the band of five high schoolers, are essentially ever present on the stage, acting continuously whether in the spotlight or the background. While we listen to one set of characters, others can be seen sitting, arguing and playing elsewhere.
Photo courtesy of WFU Theater's Instagram
Sophomore RJ Pratt plays the son of a preacher conflicted by morality and faith.
Lighting changes also help set the scene or tone, whether that be yellow Florida sunlight beating down on the teens' shoulders, or the deep-red threat of danger at their heels. The danger that looms for the majority of the show is that of upcoming deadlines. As they grow closer to becoming adults, they arrive at the dilemma of choosing a life for themselves; specifically between following in their parents' footsteps, or breaking free from that small world and exploring what they're capable of. Fear of either side of the choice makes it difficult to make. They want to avoid becoming their parents, but making the leap into the sea of possibility is dangerous in a different way. Just like the gators waiting beneath the water, they're warned against dangers of a world they haven't seen. The question is whether that danger outweighs what they stand to gain from exploring it.
The show is relatively short, running about 90 minutes, and goes by in a flash. Primarily because at every moment, you're wrapped up in a given character's unique personality and struggle. Junker G, played by senior Mellie Mesfin, wants to use his musical talent to make a name for himself, but his father wants him to inherit his struggling pawn shop. Junker G's wise-cracking confidence contrasts his underlying concern for his future and what that means for his relationship with his father (freshman Michael Votto), and pairs interestingly with his more stoic counterparts like Zero "Z" Johnson, played by senior Tut Gregory, and his younger brother Ames Johnson, played by senior Jonathan Chen. Z devises the escape plan for the group, should they dare to go along with it.
Deland "Delia" Simms, played by sophomore Ekkiosa Olumhense, is a math whiz and seems to be the only member of the group who has an adult on their side. She and her friends are guided by her grandmother's wisdom and partly by her visions of their fate. She supports their choice to seek a new life, seeing beyond the laws of family by blood and into the value of their family of friends.
The entire set was designed by students, shown here working on construction.
The final member of this family is Elijah Brown, played by sophomore RJ Pratt. The son of a preacher man, he follows closely in his father's footsteps but can't escape his shadow, and often falls victim to his anger. He's more or less the odd-one-out, as he's often intensely positive, but still just as scared as the others on the inside.
Ever in the Glades is a highly polished production that depicts the rough lives of a band of friends; children that must make adult decisions in interest of their future and desire to live for themselves. It's length makes it digestible but it remains satisfying and, frankly, fun to watch. I recommend you attend one of the remaining show times on Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m.
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