in criminal law, condition of mental disorder or mental defect that relieves a person of criminal responsibility for his conduct. Tests of insanity used in law are not intended to be scientific definitions of mental disorder; rather, they are expected to identify persons whose incapacity is of such character and extent that criminal responsibility should be denied on grounds of social expediency and justice. Various legal tests of insanity have been put forward, none of which has escaped criticism. Anglo-American systems, including that of India, base the law of criminal responsibility primarily on the famous case of M'Naghten. In that case (1843) the English judges held that to establish a defense of insanity, it must be clearly proved that, at the time of committing the act, the party accused was labouring under such a defect of reason, from disease of mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing; or if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong. Some U.S. courts went further and also relieved from responsibility one moved by an irresistible impulse. These rules have been the object of sharp controversy. Critics charge that they express an overintellectualized concept of mental disorder, reflecting outmoded notions of human behaviour. The rules have been criticized as not being based on modern concepts of medical science, thus complicating the work of the psychiatrist in giving expert testimony. The 1954 decision of Durham v. United States promulgated a new rule: simply that an accused is not criminally responsible if his unlawful act was the product of mental disease or mental defect. In simplicity, this test resembles the Japanese: An act of an insane person is not punishable. Such a rule has been supported by some lawyers and judges and by many psychiatrists, but few U.S. courts have adopted it. Many U.S. states and several courts have adopted the test proposed by the American Law Institute's Model Penal Code. This test provides a defense to a criminal charge if, at the time of the act, the accused, by reason of mental disorder or defect, lacked substantial capacity either to appreciate the criminality of his conduct or to conform his conduct to the requirements of the law. In focussing on the volitional as well as the cognitive aspects of incapacity, this test has much in common with the European codes. The Italian penal code, for example, relieves a person of responsibility when he is deprived of the capacity of understanding or volition. By the early 1980s two U.S. states had abolished the insanity plea; a few other states had passed laws that allowed juries to find defendants guilty but mentally ill. In such a case, the defendant undergoes treatment at a mental institution before the sentence is carried out. The major differences between the civil law of insanity and the common-law variant are procedural. The continental codes ordinarily do not make use of lay juries in establishing responsibility, whereas the English-speaking jurisdictions do. Some countries, including Japan and England, identify a form of mental disorder short of insanity that may be taken into account in mitigating punishment. Insanity is justified as an exemption from responsibility on the grounds that responsibility assumes capacity to make elementary moral distinctions and power to adjust behaviour to the commands of the law. The insane should not be condemned since they cannot be deterred by the threat of penal sanctions. Critics say that the issue of responsibility is less important than the problem of how to identify and treat the disturbed individual. See also diminished responsibility.


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Garth Brooks Las Vegas Residency Begins in May 2023
Charlie Kriak
Garth Brooks made a stop on ABC's Good Morning America on Monday (Nov. 14), to share the news about his upcoming residency in Las Vegas.
Brooks, was so excited about the news, that he started his interview by spilling the beans about the shows at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace.
"I'm sorry! I am so excited," he said, cracking up, after dropping his news.
Brooks' show is titled the "Garth Brooks/Plus ONE" Las Vegas residency, and there is a meaning behind the name.
"We're gonna try something we've never tried before … the band is coming, but it's a one-man show, so they're gonna sit in the audience. So at any time you want a fiddle to come up and join you, any time you just want percussion and background to come up and sing, or it's just you — or, let's bring the whole band up and do 'Friends in Low Places,'" he describes. "This should be stupid."
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Q: How to add days to a date in PostgreSQL? I have two tables and I want to execute an update similar to this:
UPDATE table1 set table1.date = table2.date + table2.numberOfDays
FROM tabel2
WHERE table1.id = table2.table1_id

Edit: table1.date and table2.date is a date and table2.numberOfDays is a integer

A: I found the following solution
UPDATE table1 set table1.date = (table2.date + (table2.numberOfDays || 'day')::INTERVAL)
FROM tabel2
WHERE table1.id = table2.table1_id

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UPDATE table1 set table1.date = table2.date + make_interval(days => table2.numberOfDays)
FROM tabel2
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Professor Don Mottram, Ph.D., (born 1945 in Cheshire) is an English flavour chemist based at the School of Food Biosciences of the University of Reading.

Having obtained an honours degree in colour chemistry from the University of Leeds in 1967 he spent a year working as a volunteer with Voluntary Service Overseas in Dacca, Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan) before returning to Leeds to study for a Ph.D. in colour chemistry. Following his graduation in 1971, Mottram took up a post at the Meat Research Institute at Langford, near Bristol, UK.

Mottram moved to the University of Reading in 1988. His research interests are mainly in the area of flavour chemistry, the analysis of flavour and the factors affecting its formation and retention in foods, especially meat.

Following the detection of the potential carcinogen acrylamide in a range of fried and oven-cooked foods, Mottram, in collaboration with Professor Bronek Wedzicha of the University of Leeds, provided an important breakthrough in understanding the origin of acrylamide in cooked foods which was published in Nature.

Recently, Mottram has collaborated with chef Heston Blumenthal of The Fat Duck restaurant in the village of Bray in Berkshire.

Mottram is married to Angela (née Cormacey) and they have two children, Hazel and Robert.

External links
Mottram's site

References
Nature, 419, 448-449 (2002)

English chemists
Living people
1945 births

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Thomasville é uma cidade localizada no estado americano de Alabama, no Condado de Clarke.

Demografia
Segundo o censo americano de 2000, a sua população era de 4649 habitantes. Em 2006, foi estimada uma população de 4569, um decréscimo de 80 (-1.7%).

Geografia
De acordo com o United States Census Bureau, o local tem uma área de 22,7 km². Thomasville localiza-se a aproximadamente 65 m acima do nível do mar.

Localidades na vizinhança
O diagrama seguinte representa as localidades num raio de 40 km ao redor de Thomasville.

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Q: Appcelerator Titanium Android background location service I am trying to make an app , where if the user enters a particular region, he will get an alert. And that will work even if the app is in background.
I found Ti.App.iOS.backgroundService to do that for iphone but how to start the background service in android and how to present local notification kind thing when particular latitude and longitude is found.
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*background location service in android

*android equivalent for localnotification

A: For background geo on Android I use the below strategy.
1) In my app.js I add an Titanium.App.addEventListener that contains my geo logic
Kitchen Sink Sample https://github.com/appcelerator/titanium_mobile/blob/master/demos/KitchenSink/Resources/examples/app_events.js
2) I then create a ServiceIntent that fires every 15 minutes
Kitchen Sink Sample https://github.com/appcelerator/titanium_mobile/blob/master/demos/KitchenSink/Resources/examples/android_services.js
Please note this service.js you call needs to be in your android folder, even if you have an android only project.
3) The service checks if the individual has moved more then 1KM, if they have it fires the App Event defined in step 1.
Using this strategy and adjusting my service time and distance calculation I've been able to reduce most of my battery drain issues that I had with the built in location event with distance filter.
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A: You need to put both floated divs (left and right) before the content.
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In Europe and America, the prognosis of malignant tumors of the nose and sinuses is about 25%–35% 5-year cure rate. In our environment, there are no specific data, and the prognosis is much worse. The aim of this study is to evaluate the pattern of presentation and management outcome of sinonasal tumor in University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Nigeria.
A retrospective review of all the patients with clinical diagnosis of sinonasal tumor seen in Ear, Nose, and Throat Department of the hospital between January 2008 and December 2013 was reviewed. The institution is a tertiary health institution and manages patients referred from primary, secondary, and other tertiary health institutions in Nigeria and some West Africa Countries. Clinic records were reviewed using the case files of patients with the clinical diagnosis and information extracted includes demographic data, duration of symptoms, clinical presentation, and stage of the disease at presentation, identifiable risk factors, histopathological findings and outcome. Ethical approval was obtained from University of Ilorin teaching hospital ethical review committee.
All information retrieved were entered into SPSS (Chicago, Illinois, USA) statistical software version 17 computer software and analyzed descriptively and the results are presented in tables and figures. Level of significance was considered at P < 0.005 at 95% confidence interval.
A total of 71 patients with head and neck cancers were seen during the period of study. Out of which, 22 (31%) patients had clinical diagnosis of sinonasal tumors. Age ranges from 40 to 70 years of age with mean age of 51 years (SD = 19.6 ± 2.1) the age distribution as shown in [Table 1]. There are about 10 males and 12 females in the ratio of 1:1.2.
Epistaxis, progressive nasal blockage, and discharge were seen in all patients depending on the part of the nostrils involved, though 9 (41%) had proptosis with visual impairment/facial asymmetry and presented first to the ophthalmologist. Others presented through the Emergency unit of the Hospital due to epistaxis [Figure 1].
Identifiable risk factors were exposure to wood dust and indoor cooking 13 (29%) and petrochemical products 5 (11%). No specific risk factors were identified in others. Smoking in 8 (18%), alcohol in 9 (20%), and both in 4 (9%), no information in 6 (13%) of the case notes [Figure 2].
Most patients presented first at advanced stages of the disease (Stages III–IV) in 18 (82%), whereas 4 (18%) presented early at Stage I–II of the disease.
The duration of symptoms before presentation to hospital was between 6 months and 2 years with mean duration of 10 months with recurrent epistaxis, nasal blockage, and visual symptoms. Five (27.3%) presented between 6 months and 11 months of onset of symptoms, 8 (36.7%) patients presented more than 12 months after the onset of symptoms, 7 (31.8%) presented between 14 months and 24 months after the onset of the symptom, and 2 (4.2%) did not fill the duration of presentation [Table 2]. The factors found to be responsible for delay in presentation at hospitals included self-medication in 8 (36.7%) patients, wrong advice in 7 (31.8%) patients (patients' visits to quacks in 3 [13.6%], and traditional healers in 4 [18.2%]), religious belief in 1 (4.6%), and no reason in 3 (13.6%).
The right sinonasal region was involved in 10 (45%) patients and left sinonasal region in 9 (40%) patients, whereas 3 (15%) patients had bilateral involvement.
Histologically, well-differentiated squamous cell carcinoma was the most common 12 (54.6%). Nonintestinal well-differentiated adenocarcinoma 4 (18.2%), mucoepidermoid 2 (9.1%), and plasmacytoma 2 (9.1%), whereas 2 (9.1%) of the patient did not undergo incisional biopsy for histological diagnosis [Figure 3].
Chemoradiation was the mainstay of management in 10 (45.5%). Although 3 (13.6%) had total maxillectomy with postsurgical chemoradiation and 9 (40.9%) defaulted due to the cost of management.
In the Western world, sinonasal cancer is about 0.5%–1% of all malignancies and 3% of all head and neck tumors. It is said to be common in the fifth and sixth decade of life. In our finding, majority of the patients were in the fifth decade of life which agrees with the literature.
In this study, the average duration of symptoms before presentation to hospital was 10 months this in contrast to Brent and Michael who documented 6 months as the average delay between first symptom and diagnosis of sinonasal malignancy. The previous study has suggested that the natural hidden location of the tumor at the early disease stage within the paranasal sinuses and its nonspecific presentation masquerading as chronic inflammatory disease (Rhinosinusitis) contribute to the delay in diagnosis of the disease.,, However, the sociocultural beliefs and practices such as self-medication, use of herbs, and over-the-counter drugs to manage their illnesses, wrong advice from relations and friends to seek alternative treatment as well as traditional and religious beliefs of the people in our environment may also contribute to the delay in presentation to hospitals,, this is similar to the previous report from Southwestern part of Nigeria. This might have contributed to having 12 (54.6%) patients with squamous cell carcinoma presenting in advanced disease stage (Stage III and IV). There is a need for health education to raise the level of understanding of patients about the risk associated with self-medication, the havoc being caused by the alternative treatment and the risk of delay in presentation to hospitals so as to seek appropriate treatment early. Prompt diagnosis of diseases by qualified health personnel and institution for appropriate treatments are important measures in achieving good outcome and improved quality of life in patients with sinonasal tumor. Health education should, therefore, be directed toward everyone in the community since the decision of where to seek treatment involves patients, relatives, and their caregivers. They should be educated on the benefits of attending hospitals where there are competent health personnel's that can make proper diagnosis and institute appropriate treatment.
The clinical presentations of the patients were similar to earlier reports in the literature as majority of the patients presented with progressive nasal blockage, nasal discharge, epistaxis, and proptosis. Epistaxis is one of the early clinical presentations of sinonasal tumor and all the patients in this study presented with it. It is a common traditional practice in our environment to drop juice extract from mashed special local leaf called "Efirin" (Ocimum basilicum) into the nasal cavity along with the squeezed leaves when an individual develops epistaxis to stop the nasal bleed; however, in our report, only three of the patients had documentation on the use of these leaves for the treatment of epistaxis which does not abates the nasal bleed; this may probably be due to the massive nature of the bleed. Although it may stop nasal bleeding occasionally, the herbal concoction may also contain injurious substances which can further worsen the patient's general health condition. This temporal relieve of cure evidenced by nasal bleeding stoppage may contribute to the delay in presentation in the hospital.
Unconfirmed evidence from this study may be economic reason as the previous study reported that only 0.6% of rural dweller in Nigeria present in hospital when they develop disease., These may be a product of high level of poverty in our resource-challenged environment and also the nonfunctionality of the primary and secondary health-care system in our environment with high influx of patient into the only functional tertiary health care located in the central capital usually may be a contributory factor to delay in presentation for treatment, although this was not found in our study being a retrospective review, it will be a useful information to look at in future prospective study. Traditional medicine is undoubtedly an alternative approach to health-care delivery in Nigeria of today because it is considered cheap, accessible with a lot of advertisement, and marketing strategy.
About 41% of our patient from these report presented to the ophthalmologist in view of the earlier worsening visual symptom overshadowing the nasal symptoms in their own case. These cases require multidisciplinary approach in their management thus the need for joint evaluation for early diagnosis and adoption of best treatment protocol. Patient presenting with either unilateral or bilateral proptosis with one or more nasal symptoms should be well evaluated for sinonasal tumor as tumors may invade the orbit through preformed pathways, through neurovascular structures, or by direct extension through bone. Literature has shown that tumor extension into the orbit occurs particularly in ethmoid tumors because of the thin lamina papyracea separating the 2 structures. Invasion of the orbital wall is present in 66% to 82% of the patients with ethmoidal malignancy,, with the involvement of the orbital periosteum in 30% to 50% of patients., Orbital invasion (bone erosion/invasion) occurs in 60% to 80% of maxillary sinus malignancies.
Most of our patients presented at advance stages of the disease and were therefore referred for chemoradiotherapy since such facility is not yet available in our center, only three had early presentation with maxillectomy with good outcome but were lost to follow-up after 6 months with no recurrence.
Sinonasal tumor is an uncommon tumor with majority of the victims presenting late affects more female than males and those in the fifth decade of life are worse affected, the most common risk factor in our environment is wood dust followed by petrochemicals.
Epistaxis and proptosis with visual symptoms are the reason for the first presentation in some of the patients. The most common modality of treatment is still chemoradiotherapy due to late presentation.
Health education among the patients and the community will go a long way in early presentation and detection. Collaboration with the ophthalmologist in complete evaluation of every patient with unilateral proptosis will reduce the complication and morbidity from the disease.
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Fasunla AJ, Ogunkeyede SA. Factors contributing to poor management outcome of sinonasal malignancies in South-west Nigeria. Ghana Med J 2013;47:10-5.
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Ganly I, Patel SG, Singh B, Kraus DH, Bridger PG, Cantu G, et al. Craniofacial resection for malignant paranasal sinus tumors: Report of an International Collaborative Study. Head Neck 2005;27:575-84.
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Feb 18, 2020 / 11:20
Vietnam to go for difficult option amid Covid-19 outbreak
Ngoc Thuy
The Hanoitimes - The government is committed to ensuring not only the best business environment, but also the best living environment for the people and investors.
Instead of closing all doors to prevent the spread of Covid-19 epidemic, Vietnam would chose the hard way, allowing free movement of people and boosting trade and commerce while ensuring people's health, according to Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
Overview of the meeting. Source: VGP.
Despite the complicated epidemic, Vietnam remains a safe destination for tourists and businesspeople, Phuc said at a government meeting discussing measures against Covid-19 outbreak on February 17.
Phuc recalled Vietnam's efforts to contain the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in just 45 days in 2003, which were acknowledged by the World Health Organization (WHO) as the first country in the world to successfully control the epidemic.
At present, with all resources under disposal and strong determination, Vietnam is confident to repeat such a feat, Phuc said. In reality, the country is doing well in regard to preventing the spread of the virus, thanks to positive response from the public and drastic measures from all agencies, he added.
More importantly, seven out of 16 infected people in Vietnam have tested negative with the virus after treatment, Phuc stated.
According to Phuc, Vietnam remains a safe destination naturally, not only because of effective anti-virus measures, but also because the weather is getting warmer across the country.
"Foreign tourists could come to Vietnam not only for feeling safe, but also for healthier and unique experience," Phuc said.
Phuc said in certain economic sectors, local enterprises have overcome challenges from the outbreak and even found opportunities in difficult moments, which is a reason why business and production activities have not been ceased as the epidemic goes on.
Nevertheless, Phuc noted the Vietnamese government must do its utmost to achieve socio-economic development targets for 2020 even at the face of significant impacts from the epidemic.
Phuc added the containment of the epidemic is only a job half done, and the bigger issue would be to mitigate its impacts on the economy and people's lives.
Phuc stressed investors and enterprises should go ahead with their respective business plans, as the government is committed to ensuring not only the best business environment, but also the best living environment for the people and investors.
In the meantime, the government would provide supporting policies to boost economic growth and production, Phuc stressed.
The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) has forecast Vietnam's GDP growth to fall to a 7-year low of 5.96% in 2020, suggesting the country would be among four economies hardest hit by the Covid-19 epidemic, behind Singapore, Thailand and Hong Kong (China).
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Civil Rights Activist Michael Skolnik Backs Hope for U.S. Soccer President
By HopeSolo.com Staff| 2018-01-12T20:17:17+00:00	06 January 2018|News, President|0 Comments
The New York Times described Michael Skolnik "the man you go to if you want to leverage the power of celebrity and the reach of digital media to soften the ground for social change."
He's also the most recent American thought leader to put his support behind Hope Solo for president of U.S. Soccer. The text of his official endorsement follows below.
As an activist and storyteller, I have dedicated my life's work to fighting for a more equitable society. As the father of a four year old boy who likes to kick the ball around in the house, I am proud that he tells me that when he grows up he wants to be Hope Solo. She might be a friend, but she is also a role model for our son.
Hope is a fearless leader. The global community has seen this on the soccer field, and I see this in her passion and advocacy for women and socio-economic diversity in US soccer. Her compassion, tenacity, and spirit for equality within the sport is admirable. She is someone who knows and has experienced the faults of the system first-hand. Diversity and inclusion are the most productive ways to drive change, both in society, and, as Hope knows, within the soccer community.
As a society, it is our greatest responsibility to lift up those who are fighting for others – those who are fighting to give others a voice. Hope Solo, as President of the United States Soccer Federation, would have the greatest platform to make a positive impact, not only in the US soccer community, but around the world, as she is dedicated to bringing equity into the sports world.
Accessibility and inclusion are keys to building success – success in communities, culture and organizations. I have absolute confidence that Hope is the person who can transform the United States Soccer Federation into a more successful organization. One that encourages socio-economic diversity, accessibility and inclusion. One that invests in its players, specifically those who cannot afford the expensive sport of soccer. One that ardently strives to make the sport equitable for the talented and extraordinary women athletes who cultivate such a strong fan base.
With absolute certainty, I endorse Hope Solo to be elected the next president of the United States Soccer Federation.
Michael Skolnik
Download a PDF of Skolnik's endorsement letter.
SHOP SOLO.
KNOW EVERYTHING HOPE.
/HOPESOLO


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it is not clear about the forecast forward period determination. in the lesson 5-25: Add a trend line, I put 4 for 2014 year from 2008. So, how can I determine the no:4 for 6 years. please see the attachment as well.
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In lesson 5-25, you create a trend line to predict the next 4 years. If you wanted to predict 6 years, you'd just need to set the Forward forecast option to 6 instead of 4.
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The club provided an important impetus to enhance disparate lives — all 700 of them — that were beginning to make their home in a town called Vero.
While hardly a rousing call for gender equality by current standards, this description of the impetus behind the 1915 founding of the Vero Beach Woman's Club nevertheless hints at the very real need its founders faced in their time and place in the world.
Women had not secured the vote yet. Their acknowledged contributions to society were still largely relegated to church suppers; their limited social interactions were held under the watchful eyes of their menfolk.
In addition to these universal restrictions, the early women of the Treasure Coast also faced the isolation of living in a small settlement of strangers in a strange land.
To merely organize for social good was a progressive step for these pioneering women, eager to make up for what they lacked in opportunity with service to their new community.
Their efforts soon provided an important impetus to unite, edify and enhance the disparate lives — all 700 or so of them — that were beginning to make their home in a town called Vero.
It all started at the Sleepy Eye Lodge, the picturesquely named, downtown hotel that had sprung up to serve the growing deluge of new land buyers that began gushing into the area at the dawn of the 20th century.
Among them was Anthony W. Young. Before he picked up stakes in search of new opportunities in Florida, he had been the mayor of his hometown in Illinois. It was where he had married and started a family with Irene Daly, who was just as civic-minded as her husband.
"My grandparents were part of this marsh town, back when you needed a boat or the railway line to get around," says Vero Beach City Councilman Tony Young.
Like many of the early settlers, the Sleepy Eye was the Young family's temporary residence — until they completed their house, just across the street. While her husband would use his political experience to become the first mayor of Vero, Irene harbored ambitions of her own.
The town needed a library. So she set out to start one. On her brand-new front porch.
But she knew she couldn't do it alone. Since the Sleepy Eye was the only spot around that was large enough to accommodate even the 14 women who gathered for the first meeting of what they briefly called the Unity Club, that was their inaugural headquarters.
It must have been quite the scene when this group of forward-thinking women took over the Lodge's lobby, usually dominated by what one contemporary newspaper account called "a cosmopolitan crowd" of speculators and settlers — though most of them were undoubtedly a lot more rough and tumble than that.
While their presence may have ruffled a few masculine feathers, these dynamic women wasted no time in proving to be a force to be reckoned with.
Just 15 months later, they had funded the construction of a library building that left the Young's porch free for socializing again. It also served as the women's clubhouse — a function it still fulfills, more than 100 years after its grand opening in May 1916.
In addition to donating time and money to countless educational, health and cultural causes, the club extended its reach by lending a helping hand to many fledgling nonprofits and religious congregations that still make an impact in our area. The Garden Club, the Red Cross and the Girl Scouts all found their first local home under the Woman's Club roof.
Trinity Church held its first services there. New groupings of worshipers still get their start, under the auspices of the women's hospitality.
Yet the ranks of this venerable organization have sadly dwindled over the years. According to current president Susan Heath, the membership is down to 18 — only a handful more than the original group and a far cry from the mid-20th century when they maintained a roll of more than 100 and had to create a Junior Woman's Club to handle the interest.
Daytime meetings are a must, because most members can't drive at night. Yet this schedule makes it extremely difficult to attract the young, working women who are needed so badly.
Their gem of a building — added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995 — is also under the constant threat of age-related decline. Though the club still rents the facility for meetings, parties and events, they just weren't seeing enough income to maintain a century-old structure.
Fortunately, another local organization was there to save this endangered property, in the nick of time.
"If we'd waited another year, we would have had to rebuild the whole thing," says County Historian and Indian River Historical Society board member Ruth Stanbridge.
Instead, she applied for a state grant to fund an exterior renovation that was completed this summer by her fellow IRCHS board member Pat Luther.
As it turns out, he had very personal reasons for pitching in. To start with, Luther's grandmother was a close friend of Irene Young's and an early member of the Woman's Club. From 1934 to 1936, Theresa Luther was club president.
Luther estimates that he had to replace nearly half of the buildings cedar shingles, in addition to water-damaged areas of the wood beneath.
To help celebrate the completion of this facelift, which won the Indian River County Chamber of Commerce's Architectural Recognition Award, the Historical Society and the Woman's Club will present an open house on Oct. 25, from 7-9 p.m. A brief talk and slideshow, as well as building tours, will showcase the women and their achievements. Admission is free.
Stanbridge hopes it will help inspire contributions that assure this landmark's future by funding necessary repairs to the interior. Heath hopes a new generation will drop by and be inspired to shore up the club's human resources.
Everyone should hope that the foundations of this organization will hold up for years to come.


Dr. Rowan Candy received her Membership of the British College of Optometrists (1990) after completing her B.Sc. (Hons) in optometry at the University of Wales, Cardiff (1989). She then practiced optometry for two years. Dr. Candy received her Ph.D. in vision science from the University of California, Berkeley (1997) and completed her postdoctoral work at the Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute in San Francisco (1997–2000).
She joined the faculty of Indiana University School of Optometry in 2000 and has achieved the rank of professor.
Dr. Candy's research program is centered around studies of typical and atypical visual development. Her laboratory studies infants and young children with the goal of preventing common disorders such as amblyopia and some forms of strabismus. This work has been funded by the National Institutes of Health since 2003 and has adapted technical approaches based in optics, neuroscience, and experimental psychology to provide a deeper understanding of how the young brain coordinates its ocular motor responses with the visual information it receives.
Dr. Candy teaches optometry students about pediatric optometry and ocular motility, while also mentoring graduate students and post-docs in the vision science program. She is a fellow of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology and a member of the Vision Sciences Society.


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Mrad or MRAD may refer to:

People
 Abdul Rahim Mrad (born 1942), Lebanese politician and former government minister
 Antón Arrufat Mrad (born 1935), Cuban dramatist, novelist, short story writer, poet and essayist
 Imen Mrad (born 1992), Tunisian footballer
 Shlomi Mrad (born 1989), Israeli footballer
 Mrad Mahjoub (born 1945), Tunisian football manager

Other uses
 abbreviation of milliradian, a unit of angle
 Barrett MRAD, a bolt-action sniper rifle

See also
 Béchara Abou Mrad (1853–1930), Lebanese Melkite priest and monk
 Joseph Abou Mrad (1933–2003), Lebanese football player and manager
 Bchira Ben Mrad (1913–1993), Tunisian women's rights activist
 Mehdi Ben Mrad (born ), Tunisian football goalkeeper
 Mohamed Salah Ben Mrad (1881–1979), Tunisian theologian, journalist and intellectual


The client required a renovation that would cater to her changing needs, though she didn't want anything that was out of character with the original home.
The extension was attached to the home via a glazed link, which ensured that the heritage garden went undisturbed, in particular the two old camellias. The link was also built around existing services, including drainage and power that ran along the side of the house, so they didn't need to be moved.
The extension includes a bedroom, ensuite, and robe, and from the road it looks as though it's been there the whole time. We had to match the roof pitch, gables, and stucco finish of the original house. Internally, we created raked ceilings with panelled timber, and had to install Baltic pine floorboards to match the existing floors. We even had to custom make the doors, as we couldn't get any to match the existing ones.
A sympathetic and aesthetic addition to a heritage home.


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Inside Pulse Games 2004 Year End Awards (Page 3)
Bebito Jackson | January 3, 2005 | Archive, Features | No Comments
"Well. At least the choices are better than last year. Thank god."
The Reader's Choice Awards
When compared with 2003, the gap between what the Kliq feels and the readers feel has come closer together than ever. Perhaps the true quality titles of 2004 are shining so brightly that it's easy to see them. Or perhaps we've educated you all. Either way, it looks like we still have some more work to do. Keep it here, so we can tell you what to think going into the new year. ;) In the meantime, these are YOUR PICKS ladies and gentlemen…
SYSTEM OF THE YEAR:
GAME OF THE YEAR:
Halo 2 (XB)
BEST PLAYSTATION 2 GAME
BEST NINTENDO GAMECUBE GAME
BEST MICROSOFT XBOX GAME
BEST GAME BOY ADVANCE GAME
Pokemon Fire Red/Leaf Green
BEST NINTENDO DUEL SCREEN GAME
Super Mario 64 DS
BEST SPORTS GAME
ESPN NFL 2K5 (Multi)
BEST FIGHTING GAME
Mortal Kombat: Deception (Multi)
BEST DRIVING GAME
Burnout 3: Takedown
BEST ACTION RPG
Baulder's Gate Dark Alliance II
BEST TURN BASED RPG
Star Wars Knights Of The Old Republic II: The Sith Lords (XB)
BEST TACTICAL RPG
Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon (GBA)
BEST FIRST PERSON SHOOTER
BEST TRADITIONAL SHOOTER
Metal Slug 3 (XB)
BEST PARTY GAME
WarioWare Inc.: Mega Party Game$ (GC)
BEST RHYTHM GAME
Donkey Konga (GC)
BEST REMAKE/RE-RELEASE
Pokemon Fire Red/Leaf Green (GBA)
BEST PLATFORMER
Ratchet & Clank 3: Up Your Arsenal (PS2)
BEST ACTION GAME
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2)
BEST ONLINE GAME
MOST IMPROVED FRANCHISE
MOST UNIQUE GAME
Katamari Damacy (PS2)
BIGGEST NEWS STORY
EA winning NFL exclusives
GAMING LOWLIGHT OF THE YEAR
MOST OVERHYPED GAME OF THE YEAR
Fable (XB)
WORST GAME OF THE YEAR
The Guy Game (Multi)
BEST HORROR GAME
The Suffering (XB)
BEST FAMILY GAME (ALL AGES)
Bubble Bobble Old & New (GBA)
It's a love story. A story of revenge. A story of rising from the bottom to the top. About the loyalty of family and the betrayal of friends. About coming back home. Tragedy, comedy, satire, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas mixes all of this together just like the game mixes several genres of gameplay together into a seamless world. Forget the whiny main characters on endless quests to save their girlfriends; CJ is the man. Sure he's a sociopath, but a lovable one. In fact the whole cast of characters is an unforgettable bunch that ties together the other GTA games. So unless you have an aversion to hearing the word homey often, San Andreas has a great plot and is the first GTA game that we would say is worth replaying just to see the story again.
RUNNER UP: Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne (PS2)
BEST NEW FEATURE / TECHNOLOGY
The rumble pack, the D-pad, the very standard that set the parameters for (good) 3D gaming. It's all from the house that Mario built. And now, in 2004 we were treated to the best collapsible gaming console since…, well since Nintendo's LAST portable gaming system. Sporting a touch-sensitive screen. Two- not one, but TWO cartridge slots. Wireless gaming within a radius equal to that of A THIRD OF A FOOTBALL FIELD. Voice recognition integrated from the get-go. Near-N64 3D quality. All wrapped up into a small comfortable portable package. It's easy to see why the Nintendo DS takes the crown for best new technology this year. Now let's see what Sony has in store for us in 2005.
RUNNER UP: Donkey Konga Bongos
You know, this is the second year in a row Pokemon won most improved franchise. Last year it was because of how Pokemon stepped outside the box with Pokemon Pinball and Pokemon Channel, and also because of Ruby/Sapphire. So what can a franchise do to earn this award a second time? Well, there was the very original and anal retentive Pokemon Box which allows you to quickly mix Pokemon from three different games, along with letting you earn eggs of Pokemon with unusual move sets like a surfing Pichu and a Zigazoon with ExtremeSpeed. There was PokeCol, the first 3-D Pokemon RPG, the first Pokemon RPG on a console, the follow up to the N64 Pokemon Stadium games, and it linked up with Pokemon R/S to give you Pokemon you couldn't catch in that game. And that was just ONE game. Finally there was Pokemon Fire Red/Leaf Green, which was an outstanding remake of the original Pokemon coupled with a wireless adapter. Do we really need to go any further on WHY Pokemon is a two time, two time, two time award winner? The question now to be asked is, how much better can it get next year?
RUNNER UP: Grand Theft Auto
Sure, Katamari Damacy had the second best Cinderella story of the year, behind the equally awesome Alien Hominid, and the best soundtrack of any game in recent memory, but it also had something few, if any, games can boast about: heart. Here's a game that features the King of the Universe as an arrogant and self-centered creature with a voice that sounds more like a Run DMC break than a human and the ability to shoot magic "Royal Rainbows" out of his mouth. Katamari Damacy controls like Virtual On, if a tad more grounded, looks and sounds like nothing else, and has a sensibility that is not so much Japanese as it is just plain odd. In a year full of well executed sequels with little originality, Katamari Damacy stands as a tribute to both the greatness of old-school gaming values and the future of gaming aesthetics.
RUNNER UP: Ribbit King (PS2)
"I f*cking hate everything that isn't f*cking Mega Man. And I don't mean actually ——- Mega Man."
Liquidcross
Nintendophiles and Xbox fanboys may want to impale me for this, but I've got to stick with the PS2 yet again. While the GC and Xbox certainly had their luminaries, time and time again, rock solid games make their home on the PS2. Jak 3. Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal. Katamari Damacy. Phantom Brave. It's the kind of gaming greatness you really can't find anywhere else. We all grumble about Sony's hardware, but when it comes to software, they attract the best stuff like a magnet.
Sorry, I refuse to vote for Halo 2, Half-Life 2, or any of the other sequels that have come out. I don't care how far "advanced" a sequel may be over its predecessor; it's still just a sequel, and lacks originality. Thumbs down, bitch. Katamari Damacy, on the other hand, spits out originality like a kid choking on popcorn. How many other games have you rolling up a giant clump of erasers, soda bottles, and people? Only to then destroy it all to make new stars? It's an incredibly addictive title, and a worthy nominee for Game of the Year. Of course, some sequel will take the title anyway. Am I wasting my time here? —-!
Paper Mario & The Thousand-Year Door
BEST NINTENDO DUAL SCREEN GAME
Feel the Magic: XX/XY
BEST ALTERNA-SPORTS
Mario Power Tennis (GC)
SNK vs Capcom Chaos (XBX)
Paper Mario & The Thousand-Year Door (GC)
Phantom Brave (PS2)
Half-Life 2 (PC)
Gradius V (PS2)
That's So Raven (GBA)
Mario Party 6 (GC)
Super Mario 64 DS (DS)
Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal (PS2)
BEST ACTION / ADVENTURE GAME
Mega Man Zero 3 (GBA)
BEST NEW FEATURE
Touchscreen (Nintendo DS)
Mega Man Zero (GBA)
The announcement of the Nintendo DS, as a kneejerk reaction to Sony's PSP.
Halo 2 (XBX)
"Wait. I still work here?"
Frederick Badlissi
Halo 2 (X-Box)
You might be scratching your head saying "Hey now- wait a sec. This is Inside Pulse: the lone voice of objectivity in a bias and apathy-filled realm of game 'Journalism.' So why would one of them pick out Halo 2 as Game of the Year? The reasons are numerous, all of which can be found in Mike O'Reilly's concise review. It gets my pick for Game of the Year because, from top to bottom, this is game production done right. After waiting three years and a handfull of release delays, we now have a solidly produced game that offers a now-robust story line, solid and balanced gameplay, near-flawless X-Box LIVE execution, and probably the only soundtrack from this console generation that'll be stuck in your head for months to come. Satan hasn't financed a work this beautiful since The Devil Went Down to Georgia; and it shows. My hats off to you, Bungie.
Gradius V
Donkey Konga
Pokemon R/G (GBA)
Tony Hawk's Undergound 2 (X-Box)
Samurai Shodown V Special (Neo Geo)
R-Type: Final (PS2)
Capcom Fighting Evolution (PS2)
Dr. Mario (GBA)
Nintendo DS' Microphone
Former EA employee grievances, and their potential impact on the industry as a whole.
TIE: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas & Fable
"Oh no! I've only written 75 articles this month!! Bebito's going to fire me for sure!"
Geli Warner
I think Xobx is up there at the top as far as best system of the year. Xbox Live and game exclusives such as Halo 2 and Ninja Gaiden made this a popular pick for everyone. The graphics are great and it's not hard to pick up an HD cable to make the experience feel crisp. I'm to the point where I don't use my DVD player and the Xbox media extender makes it so that the computer upstairs with all my music will play on the surround sound system downstairs. It's a multimedia extravaganza.
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (GC)
If the the fact this game has "Metroid" in its title didn't grab you, take a look at the graphics, sound and control. I felt like this game was a great addition to the Metroid series but also stands well on its own. It gets my vote.
Tiger Woods 2005
Def Jam: Fight for New York
Burnout 3
KOTOR 2: Sith Lords
BESTs FIRST PERSON SHOOTER
Halflife 2
Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater
Blinx 2
Donkey Kong Bongos
Halflife 2 code leaked.
Peter Molyneux apologizes publicly for Fable.
Akklaim Goes Under
Once considered a major player in the video game world, as recently as a few years back, problems with the stock market and a steady decline in quality led to the demise of the once powerful Akklaim. While many insiders assumed Akklaim was probably on the decline, few, if any expected such an abrupt close to the company that had a fairly high profile, with recent endorsements from Derek Jeter for its All-Star Baseball franchise, to the extremely promising, yet never quite up to the potential Legends of Wrestling series. In any case, the rise and fall of Akklaim was certainly something that took the gaming community by surprise in 2004, and undoubtedly served notice to companies that nobody is ever 100% safe from shutting down in a brief amount of time.
RUNNER UP: Halo 2 & Half Life 2 Leaks
Electronic Art's Employee Abuse
Electronic Arts have always been the asshats of corporate gaming's face, but the extent of the crack in question had always run only Madden-deep. That is, up until the credible allegations surfaced from one developer's spouse. The grievances levied by ea_spouse and others read like horrible Progressive-era history texts of labor exploitation, only with a very contemporary setting within the nucleus of a young industry. Such disregard for an employee's well being is disheartening to hear from any business, and while utterly despicable, it is somewhat unsurprising that something like this would happen at EA. So, here's to EA for, employee by employee, earning the dubious distinction as recipient of Gaming Lowlight of the Year.
RUNNER UP: EA 's Exclusive NFL Contract
What do we mean when we say a game has been overhyped? It means that some marketing machine somewhere has decided that this game is going to be the best thing since video games were invented and is screaming "All Hail!" from the rooftops. It's all well and good to hype up a game and create excitement before it's released, but it's not so good when it falls flat on its face. Fable had been in the works for years and all the gaming community heard was how great it was going to be. So when the game was finally available, it did not live up to all the expectations set by all the hype. What really took the cake was when Peter Molyneux himself apologized for talking too much about Fable before it was fully developed. What was he thinking? The world may never know. With all that history piled behind it, we don't hesitate to give Fable a gold star in the overhyped department.
RUNNER UP: Doom 3 (PC)
Fight Club (Multi)
Did you even play Fight Club? You might have watched the movie or read the book. It's not uncommon for a game to ride the coattails of a movie's success and boost sales. But five years after the movie's release? You'd better hope that it's a fantastic game. Unfortunately Fight Club was not even a good game. The game mechanics, graphics, and poor character development made you ask if you should punch yourself in the face rather than play any more. In fact, let's not talk about Fight Club any more than we have to. It really is the worst game of the year.
RUNNER UP: Backyard Wrestling 2: There Goes The Neighborhood (Multi)
'I can't believe it's 2AM and I'm still splicing this bloody Year End Awards feature together err, I mean… 2004 sure was a great gaming year, wasn't it? Ugh…'
Bebito Jackson
Man. This was a tough one. The PlayStation 2 and GBA were literally neck and neck this year, going tit for tat. Both had the quantity. Both had the quality. But when it came down to it, overall the GBA beat it in regards to just how much quality the quality titles had. Final Fantasy 1 & 2, Pokemon Fire Red/Leaf Green, Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon, Bubble Bobble Old and New. These are some of the best games EVER MADE, let alone this year, and those are just the remakes. Metal Slug Advance, Astro Boy Omega Factor, F-Zero Legend, Mario Golf: Advance Tour, Sonic Advance 3, Metriod: Zero Mission. Come on, people. Whether you're mature enough to admit it about a Nintendo system or not; these were the BEST of the best games of the year.
This is the best RPG on the Game Boy Advance. This is the best game, period, on the GBA. And it's sad to say, but this is the best RPG on the GBA, the Xbox, the Dreamcast, the GameCube, or the PlayStation2. The game that literally created a genre. The game that has dozens of copy franchises hoping to one day grasp a mere morsel of its greatness. The fact that it's a remake of an ELEVEN YEAR OLD game and it still trumps nearly everything out today is a sign of just how great these games are. It's stood the test of time and Amusement Vision has done the series justice, giving hope for the series' future in 2005. You'd be insane to like tactical RPGs, own a Game Boy Advance, and NOT own this gem.
Metriod Prime 2: Echoes
Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon
Feel the Magic XX/XY
Ribbit King (GC)
Def Jam: Fight For NY (Multi)
Burnout 3 (Multi)
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance 2 (XB)
Metriod Prime 2: Echoes (GC)
That's So Raven (That's so freaking awesome. How could I NOT vote for that?)
Pac-Man VS. (GC)
Mega Man Anniversary Collection (GC, PS2)
The Legend Of Zelda: Collector's Edition (GC)
Dual Screen system in the Nintendo DS
Acclaim Biting The Big One
EA's purchase of exclusive NFL rights for 5 years.
Lowrider (PS2)
"Pika! Pika piiiii… Pikachuuuuuuu!! God, I'm a grown man…"
Alex Lucard
My god, look at the line up this year: Shining Force: RoDD, Pokemon Fire Red/Leaf Green, Ham Ham Games, Bubble Bobble Old and New, Final fantasy 1 and 2 (You know, the ones I like) on the same cart, and so much more. And they are all portable! I could take them to Australia. I could take them to work. I could play them in a car. Hell, in early December, CNN.com did a story on how video games are now being used to reduce stress in hospitals before surgery. For the second year in a row, I have to nominate the GBA simply because it has the games I gave my highest scores to and the system I spent the most time with.
Shining Force: ROTDD
This was a hard hard choice between this, Pokemon Fire Red/Leaf Green and gradius V. I almost went with Gradius V because it wasn't a remake, but then I stopped myself. Shining Force was the game I had the most fun with, played the most, and had the hardest time putting down. it was the game I was most excited about this year, and the one that made me happiest when I heard it was being re-released. Pokemon has only been out for a scant few years. i've been waiting a decade for a remake of SHining Force. And now I have it. In the end, doesn't that make it GOTY for me? I think so.
Pokemon Colesseum
ESPN NHL 2k5 (Xbox/PS2)
Ribbit King (GCN/Ps2)
SS V Special (Neo geo)
F-Zero Legend (GBA)
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance 2 (Xbox)
Shining Force: RotDD (GBA)
Dead Man's Hand (xbox)
The Suffering (Xbox.ps2)
Donky Konga (GCN)
Mega Man Aniversary Collection (GCN/PS2)
Legend of Zelda: Collectors Edition (GCN)
MISSING (PC)
Hamtaro: Ham Ham Olympics (GBA)
SMT: Nocturne (PS2)
Acclaim Goes under
Companies making third rate versions of classic titles in order to make a buck (River City Ransom, Guardian Heroes Advance)
Fable (Xbox)
Nightmare of Druaga (Ps2)
"I swear, I'd dump the entire site right here and now sans Games, if I didin't need Wrestling to turn a profit."
Widro
As much as I love Gamecube and Nintendo, Sony's system was clearly the top system in 2004. The sheer amount of exclusive, top quality games on PS2 this year was astounding. Nintendo, comparitively, had NO grade A+ franchise games this year, instead giving second tier sequels and alternate versions.
I'm a sucker for innovative games, and this one really struck a chord this year. It's been hyped online quite a bit as the "underdog" of the year and in many ways it is. But it's a great new game design that is easy to pick up and have fun with.
The Legend Of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures
I'm so old school, I almost sicken myself.
Outrun 2 (Xbox)
Slim pickens for me in 2004.
I really still can't get over the fact we get an original, 2D Sonic tour-de-force almost every year on GBA. It would have been nice in Nintendo had made ONE new 2D Mario, but this third Sonic game will just have to suffice in its awesomeness.
Feel The Magix XY/XX
As much as i like the core game of Mario 64, I cant help but think it was a poor use of the double screen, touch pad and microphone. Feel the Magic uses all three for a fun, unique game that is the true showcase of the DS in 2004.
Mortal Kombat Deception (Xbox)
X-Men Legends (all)
Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door (GC)
Metroid Prime 2 (GC)
Ape Escape: Pumped & Primed (PS2)
Sly Cooper 2 (PS2)
Blood Will Tell (PS2)
Mortal Kombat Deception (PS2/Xbox)
Nintendo DS Touch screen
007: Everything or Nothing (all)
I'm not sure if you can count the Bond franchise, but this was the best EA Bond game to date by far.
Just happened – EA Sports signing the NFL to a five year exclusive deal
The Guy Game
TMNT 2 (all)
SYSTEM OF THE YEAR
It was a hard fought, bloody battle amongst the kliq on this one. Two drastically different systems both had the best year of their life cycles. The Nintendo Game Boy Advance and the Sony PlayStation 2. A tie was nearly declared, but that would be copping out and a disservice to you all. In the end, it came down to the games that the majority of us played the most and gave the highest scores to. And those were GBA games. With heavy hitters like Pokemon Fire Red/Leaf Green, Sonic Advance 3, Astro Boy: Omega Factor, Bubble Bobble Old and New, Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls, Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon, F-Zero GP Legend, Mario Golf: Advance Tour, Metriod: Zero Mission, Metal Slug Advance… The list goes on and on. We couldn't even list everything. Bottom line is, it's near impossible to like videogames and own a Game Boy Advance and not find something to enjoy playing. This year cemented that claim even further. If you don't own this venerable system yet, we give it our recommendation even over the Nintendo DS as of current. The library is extensive. The games are incredible. And the price is oh, so right. Truly this was the king of gaming for 2004.
RUNNER UP: Sony PlayStation 2
INSIDE PULSE GAME OF THE YEAR
If you haven't figured it out by now, we love this game. If you don't play anything else this entire year (as insane as that would be), we entreat you to pick this one up. It ' s quirky, it's fun, it's addicting as all hell. Be prepared to play this game for hours on end. Don't think you'll "get in a quick game of Katamari Damacy" before work, class, or whatever. You'll play one level, and keep playing more until your eyes bleed. It sucks you in like your mom, and won't let go. The best part is that you'd never expect a game like this to have such a deep connection with the player; it's like a mace shot, but without all the rolling around and screaming. No single game showed what can still be special about the video game industry other than Katamari Damacy. The little import that could, this game came to the States despite it's eccentricity and bequilled all who played it. Without excessive violence or celebrity voiceovers, Katamari crossed over into the mainstream, even Entertainment Weekly picked up on it. It may be weird, but Katamari Damacy is definitely innovative, and worth checking out for anyone who calls themselves a gamer. Not bad for a $20 game.
RUNNER UP: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2)
The Kliq wishes you a happy gaming experience for the new year. We'll see you all going into 2005!
Review: Splinter Cell: Conviction (Microsoft Xbox 360)
E3 2012 Impressions: Darksiders II (Microsoft Xbox 360/Sony Playstation 3/PC/Nintendo WiiU)
Review: Red Johnson's Chronicles: Episode One (Sony PS3)
Diehard Gamefan Flashback 01/12/2005: NFL Street 2 Review, Resident Evil 4 First Impressions
Bebito
Bebito is a devoted Sega fan that is unhealthy obsessed with Sonic the Hedgehog. He has worked in video game journalism since 1999 and has worked as both Editor in Chief and Director of Marketing & Public Relations for the gaming divisions of 411mania.com and Inside Pulse. He's wacky. He makes many misguided attempts at humor. He's the greatest, sexiest, most endowed, most intelligent and humblest member of the staff. And he's a long time fan of the original Diehard Gamefan.


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Places to go / Provence /
3 top spots to visit on Provence's lavender route
By Lucie – Écrivain Voyageur , Published: 16 July 2021, 02:36
© Feel good studio / Adobe Stock — Lavender fields surround the village of Sault, perched on its rocky outcrop.
From Vaucluse to Drôme, the beloved lavender fields are among the most beautiful landscapes in Provence. They are the perfect opportunity to follow your nose to a destination with a delicious scent, but above all to discover a unique culture and heritage in the South of France.
Learn about the mysteries of lavender on the Valensole plateau
© Irina Schmidt / Adobe Stock — Around Valensole, lavender is sold directly from producer to consumer
The recent setting for designer Jacquemus' recent catwalk, the filming location for a famous Chinese romantic series and highly prized mecca for Instagramers, Valensole (External link) has become a lavender-swaddled emblem of the French art of living for travelers from around the world.
After soaking in in this bucolic setting-taking care to take the recommended routes, so as not to trample the plants-head to the Angelvin distillery (External link) at the bend of a path bordered by lavender fields. Here you can learn more about the ancestral art of distilling essential oils from the lavender plants. Best of all, you'll go home with your own bottle or bar of perfumed soap, to take the scents of Provence with you.
Continue your way towards the village of Moustiers-Sainte-Marie (External link) , easily accessible by road or by bike from the fields. Nestled between two cliffs and classified among the most beautiful villages in France, it offers a panoramic view of the purple stretches of the valley, as well as a unique architectural and cultural gems in its own .
Wander the fields on the Albion plateau
© Boris Stroujko / Adobe Stock — Aurel's perched habitat is characteristic of certain Provencal villages situated on hills.
Surrounded by purple fields, the village of Sault, in the department of Vaucluse, is known as "the capital of lavender." Particularly famous is the August 15 feast day, when Sault celebrates this emblematic flower of the region. On the program: exhibitions of paintings, markets for regional products, stalls of crafts, and even a French championship in lavender-harvesting with a sickle! The rest of the year, lavender remains omnipresent and punctuates the daily life of the inhabitants. Every Wednesday, producers gather around a Provençal market perfumed with the intoxicating scents of the voilet bloom.
Sault is also a perfect starting point for a walking or cycling tour between the very picturesque villages of Aurel, Saint-Trinit and Saint-Christol. Located less than ten kilometers (less than six miles) from each other, they are ideal stops to rest on a bike tour of Provence. It's impossible not to be charmed by the traditional architecture, the medieval churches and the view itself. These villages are worthy of a painter's palette: the mauve nuances of lavender set off the gold of Provençal villages, all under the verdant perview of nearby Mont-Ventoux.
Try and make time stop on the Claparèdes plateau
© Kavita / Adobe Stock — Access to the lavender fields surrounding Sénanque Abbey is reserved for monks.
Hidden in the middle of the lavender expanses, near the village of Gordes (External link) in Vaucluse, stands a jewel of Romanesque architecture: Sénanque Abbey. Since the 12th century, this building has been home to a monastic community of Cistercian monks. Anxious to share this heritage treasure with passing visitors, they open the doors of the abbey church, the old dormitory and the cloister to the public.
A little further, you will notice bories (little stone huts), in the middle of the lavender fields. These stone cabins, with their characteristic domes, are reminiscent of an even more distant era in history. Formerly used as temporary accommodation during seasonal agricultural work, today they bear witness to the origins of Provençal culture.
Follow the lavender route (External link)
Prepare your trip to Provence (External link)
Also read: Everything You Need to Know about Lavender in 5 Minutes
By Lucie – Écrivain Voyageur
http://ecrivainvoyageur.fr
Getting to Provence
Our selection of bars and rooftops to discover in Marseille
On the Route Napoleon with photographer Guillaume Dubois
5-minute guides
The 5-minute essential guide to Montélimar nougat
In the sunshine
Take in the southern air at Galeries Lafayette this summer!
5 little secrets about pastis
Traveling with the family
Strolls in Provence that are perfect for all ages


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OneNote MX Metro App For Windows 8 Now Available For Download
By Ben Reid | July 18th, 2012
With Windows 8 well and truly on the way, app makers will now be thinking about how their apps will fit around the new infrastructure. Microsoft has the obvious advantage of having built Windows 8 from the ground up, and has offered a preview of its famous OneNote app, called OneNote MX.
OneNote only recently made its debut on the iPad, and although perhaps not regarded as important as the likes of PowerPoint, Word, or Excel, still plays an important role in Microsoft's wide variety of productivity-aimed apps.
One of the nicest features of Windows 8 is its Metro user interface, and as you can see from the screenshots below, OneNote X looks just wonderful as a Metro-fied app.
Office 2013 boasts a whole host of great new features, and with the Microsoft Surface also launching later this year, it's a great time to be associated with the Windows platform. The OneNote preview also packs in a bunch of great new features, and if you're running a Windows 8 device, you'll likely be itching to check them out.
Cloud technology, or, specifically in Microsoft's case, SkyDrive, will play a key role in most of the Redmond company's software ventures moving forward, and with OneNote MX, you can readily save your notes into the cloud and access them as and when.
Making lists is as simple as has ever been with OneNote, and the checkbox feature thankfully remains a fixture. A lot of note-taking apps, I find, miss such a feature, but when one is trying to be productive and get things done, the ability to tick things off is something of a necessity.
OneNote MX will be an ideal application to try out the advanced pen technology Microsoft has promised with the Surface, and if you've become accustomed to OneNote's advanced, streamlined array of formatting options, OneNote MX will not let you down.
It's available to download right from the Windows Store (found in the Windows 8 Release Preview), so download it, give it a try, and be sure to let us know if it does indeed live up to your expectations by dropping us a comment on our Facebook or Google+ pages, linked to below.
Download OneNote MX for Windows 8 [Windows Store link]


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Lawmakers seek to revoke Wounded Knee medals for US soldiers
by: KALI ROBINSON, Associated Press
Four Directions co-founder O.J. Semans, right, and Marcella LeBeau, whose ancestor died at Wounded Knee, watch during a news conference Tuesday, June 25, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. At left Rep. Paul Cook, R-Calif., talks with Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M. Advocates for Native Americans called for Congress to revoke the Medals of Honor given to the U.S. soldiers who participated in the Wounded Knee massacre. (AP Photo/Kali Robinson)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Advocates for Native Americans called Tuesday for Congress to revoke the Medals of Honor given to the U.S. soldiers who participated in the Wounded Knee massacre.
They're being supported by three members of Congress: Republican Paul Cook of California and Democrats Denny Heck of Washington and Deb Haaland of New Mexico. The lawmakers hope to get a measure in the next National Defense Authorization Act that would rescind the medals.
Medal of Honor recipients should be honorable, Heck said. "The 20 medals that were awarded as a consequence of the Battle of Wounded Knee do not belong in that category," he said at a news conference near the Capitol.
Medals of Honor were given to 20 soldiers from the 7th Cavalry Regiment for participating in the December 29, 1890, massacre on South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian Reservation near Wounded Knee Creek. An estimated 250 Native Americans were killed, many of whom were women and children.
The legislation is being pushed by O.J. Semans, co-founder of Four Directions, a Native American voting rights organization. Semans, a member of the Rosebud Sioux in South Dakota, began advocating for the legislation in January after President Donald Trump tweeted a comment mocking Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren's claim to Native American ancestry.
"They didn't award any medals at My Lai," said Bret Healy, a Four Directions consultant and strategist. The 1968 My Lai massacre took place during the Vietnam conflict as U.S. Army soldiers hunting for Viet Cong fighters and sympathizers killed unarmed villagers. Estimates of the death toll vary from 347 to 504.
Native American groups have called for years for the Medals of Honor to be rescinded from the soldiers who were at the Wounded Knee massacre. In 1996, GOP Sen. John McCain of Arizona, then chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, received a petition to revoke the medals but said in a letter that retroactive judgment of the massacre did not warrant the action.
In 1990, Congress apologized to the descendants of those killed at Wounded Knee but did not revoke the medals.
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by JIM MUSTIAN, Associated Press / Jul 18, 2019
NEW YORK (AP) — Court records released Thursday show that President Donald Trump took part in a flurry of phone calls in the weeks before the 2016 election as his close aides and allies scrambled to pay porn star Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about an alleged affair.
The documents detailing calls and text messages were made public as federal prosecutors closed their investigation into the payoff — and a similar payment to Playboy model Karen McDougal — with no plans to charge anyone in the scandal beyond Trump's former lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen.
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Titanic Belfast
Iron Man and RoboCop among huge collection of Robots that have landed at Titanic Belfast
Over 50 robots are on display for the Robot Summer exhibition which runs until September
Sheena McStravick
Titanic ROBOTS exhibition
One of Europe's largest privately owned collections of robots, cyborgs and androids have arrived at Titanic Belfast yesterday for its ROBOTS Summer exhibition, which will run from June 26 to September 13.
The collection of movie props and costumes, including Iron Man, R2-D2 and T-800 from Terminator, which are on loan from the Museum of Movie Magic, Scotland, have taken centre stage at Titanic Belfast's ROBOTS exhibition.
Thousands of visitors are expected to travel from far and wide to enjoy the eclectic collection from props used on-screen to personal robots, toys and sculptures.
With over 50 robots on display, the exhibition has something for children and adults alike.
Film fans won't be disappointed with Sonny from I,Robot, the B9 robot from Lost in Space and the cyborg RoboCop on the bill.
Megan Dudley (aged 5) is pictured greeting SCOOTER as one of Europe's largest privately owned collections of robots, cyborgs and androids arrive at Titanic Belfast for its ROBOTS Summer exhibition (Image: Elaine Hill)
Enduring family favourites such as the stars from Star Trek, Red Dwarf and Robby the Robot from Forbidden Plant are also on display.
For those who prefer 'the dark side', robots like ABC robot from Judge Dredd and a Sontaran from Doctor Who are awaiting Northern Ireland visitors at the largest ROBOT exhibition in Northern Ireland this Summer.
Megan Dudley (aged 5) is pictured greeting IRONMAN as one of Europe's largest privately owned collections of robots, cyborgs and androids arrive at Titanic Belfast for its ROBOTS Summer exhibition (Image: Elaine Hill)
Don Jack, curator of the ROBOTS exhibition said: "We are delighted to bring ROBOTS to Titanic Belfast. People find our collections totally fascinating. Folks, just love to see the items, particularly the iconic pieces. I can't imagine a more spectacular setting for the blockbuster ROBOTS than Titanic Belfast."
Tim Husbands, MBE, commented "Titanic Belfast has pulled out all the stops to transform the Andrews Gallery into a world of ROBOTS making it the must-see exhibition this summer. We are looking forward to welcoming visitors of all ages from across Northern Ireland and beyond."
To buy tickets to enter into the world of ROBOTS, priced at £6 per adult and £3 per child (age 5-16 years) with family tickets (two adults and two children) costing £16, visit the Titanic Belfast website or phone +4428 90766 399.


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require "test_helper"

describe "plugin system" do
  describe "Shrine.plugin" do
    describe "when called globally" do
      before do
        @components = [Shrine, Shrine::UploadedFile, Shrine::Attachment, Shrine::Attacher]

        @components.each do |component|
          component::InstanceMethods.send(:define_method, :foo) { :foo }
          component::ClassMethods.send(:define_method, :foo) { :foo }
        end

        module TestPlugin
          module ClassMethods;           def foo; :plugin_foo; end; end
          module InstanceMethods;        def foo; :plugin_foo; end; end
          module FileClassMethods;       def foo; :plugin_foo; end; end
          module FileMethods;            def foo; :plugin_foo; end; end
          module AttacherClassMethods;   def foo; :plugin_foo; end; end
          module AttacherMethods;        def foo; :plugin_foo; end; end
          module AttachmentClassMethods; def foo; :plugin_foo; end; end
          module AttachmentMethods;      def foo; :plugin_foo; end; end
        end
      end

      after do
        @components.each do |component|
          component::InstanceMethods.send(:undef_method, :foo)
          component::ClassMethods.send(:undef_method, :foo)
        end

        TestPlugin.constants.each do |name|
          mod = TestPlugin.const_get(name)
          mod.send(:undef_method, :foo)
        end
      end

      it "allows the plugin to override base methods of core classes" do
        assert_equal :foo, Shrine.foo
        assert_equal :foo, Shrine.allocate.foo
        assert_equal :foo, Shrine::UploadedFile.foo
        assert_equal :foo, Shrine::UploadedFile.allocate.foo
        assert_equal :foo, Shrine::Attacher.foo
        assert_equal :foo, Shrine::Attacher.allocate.foo
        assert_equal :foo, Shrine::Attachment.foo
        assert_equal :foo, Shrine::Attachment.allocate.foo

        Shrine.plugin TestPlugin

        assert_equal :plugin_foo, Shrine.foo
        assert_equal :plugin_foo, Shrine.allocate.foo
        assert_equal :plugin_foo, Shrine::UploadedFile.foo
        assert_equal :plugin_foo, Shrine::UploadedFile.allocate.foo
        assert_equal :plugin_foo, Shrine::Attacher.foo
        assert_equal :plugin_foo, Shrine::Attacher.allocate.foo
        assert_equal :plugin_foo, Shrine::Attachment.foo
        assert_equal :plugin_foo, Shrine::Attachment.allocate.foo
      end
    end
  end
end

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A child of six, who is about to join the first grade, faces many difficulties. Difficulties not only regarding his feelings or discomfort related to the change, but he is terrified of changing his framework into one that is unknown.
The main difficulty is in the difference between the kindergarten and the school. This entails leaving a small environment, which gives him a feeling of security, to an environment which is demanding and judgemental. The child has to go from the world of play , with no demands for good marks to a world which has demands, the teachers, and the child himself, expects him to join the 'world of adults' and to be disciplined, ambitious and committed. The school has clear demands; he has to be there at a definite time, he has a strict timetable, uniform, has to prepare homework, etc. From a cognitive aspect the child has to adapt new capabilities: reading and writing, concentration, knowledge, etc.
The school also has cognitive and behavioral demands: he has to sit in his place for a long period of time, he can only speak with the permission of the teacher, and has to behave according to certain norms. From an emotional aspect the child has to see the point of view of the other pupils, he has to restrain himself, he cannot have immediate satisfaction, and has to learn to accept disappointments.
These difficulties are even more pronounced amongst children at risk. The come from families with meager means, who cannot nurture their learning skills at home. Children at risk need extra help. Parents also find the move from kindergarten to school a difficult one.
The program will prepare children for school from an emotional, social cognitive and motoric aspect, each child according to his ability, through:
Nurturing learning skills.
Nurturing the self image of the child.
Empowering the carers.
Nurturing the interaction between parent and child.
Easing the fears of the parents whose children are entering the first grade.
Nurturing 'joint responsibility' of parents towards their children's progress.


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Original fifties clipart? Just in time for the holidays, some Ozzie and Harriet style pics.
"Most communities in the fifties had small town print shops that doubled as printers of local news and advertising papers. These printers could not afford graphic artists so they used stock clipart supplied by large companies who distributed common graphics for use in advertising sections of the papers. They were provided for the printer in lots of categories to meet any advertiser's needs."