THE WORLD IS RULED SECRETLY BY THE JEWISH INTERNATIONAL BANKERS.
Most of these International Bankers are Red-Khazar-Jews, and their lackeys. They have ruled Europe for thousands of years. They ruled in Ancient Babylon, and Rome. The Priesthood's of Ancient Babylon, were the bankers in those days. The descendants of these Babylonian Priests run the modern banking system as it exists today. Their god, is the god of money, and power.
Ancient Babylon was the financial banking center of the world, in that day. That is why God calls this present day Babylonian banking, and economic system, "Mystery Babylon," because it has its roots in ancient Babylon. This modern banking system is really " Babylon's Daughter." Ancient Babylon is the mother of this present economic system, as the Bible says. This "mysterious banking system," which God calls "THE DAUGHTER OF BABYLON" is patterned after the same Babylonian system of economics, as Ancient Babylon. That is why God calls ancient Babylon her mother. The Ancient Babylonian economic system is the mother of all the banking, and economic systems that exist in the world today."
You will see as I discuss Babylon, in this scrolled document, that this "Mysterious Babylon The Great," is none other, than the "Red-Khazar-Jewish," International banking system of today.
A WHORE PROSTITUTES HERSELF AND DEALS IN MONEY.
"The Rothschild Bank of London and Berlin, The Lazard Brothers Bank of Paris, The Israel-Moses-Scief Bank of Italy, The Warburg Bank of Hamburg, The Lehman Brothers Bank of New York, The Chase Manhattan Rockefeller Banks of New York, The J. P. Morgan Trust Company, of New York. These Red-Jewish family owned banks, are the real behind the scenes rulers of the world.
Through their banks, they control, and/or own outright, most of the Corporations of America, and in the entire world. In fact two Jewish families, control all the American food exports, to the Communist Nations. These Jewish Banking family dynasties, own or control, through their hidden holding companies, the news media, the radio and television networks, the newspapers, and most of the publishing houses in the world. They control, and rule over all the Governments of the World. They have bought and paid for the American Federal Government. They are fast taking over, our State Governments, our City Governments, and our county governments.
These Jewish banking families have secret occult organizations that descend from the original "Illuminati," formed May 1, 1776. Their descendant organizations are for example, The Council on Foreign Relations, The Trilateral Commission, which is headed by David Rockefeller.
These Jewish banking families have many other secret organizations, whose purposes are mysterious, and secret. The Bible said that Mystery Babylon would be a great mystery to the peoples of the earth. Mystery Babylon is a great mystery to most of the peoples of the world. I have mentioned these organizations previously in this scrolled document, and I will mention them again. These organizations are very hard to ignore, because their tentacles reach into every facet of our everyday life.
This scrolled document will reveal more of the mysteries of "Mystery Babylon," as the hidden Prophecies of American Pie unfold. The American Federal Reserve Banking System and the Federal Government are the ones that give this awesome power to this "Red Beast." I will discuss the awesome power of Mystery Babylon in great detail. I will also identify where the Federal Government is mentioned in the Bible, and what its relationship is to Mystery Babylon.
Rev. 17:15: And he saith unto me, The waters, which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
The Red Jews rule mystery Babylon. This is what the song American Pie means when it says, " the Jester sings for the Queen." This Queen of American Pie is the prophetic Queen of the Book of Revelation. This Queen is called "Mystery Babylon the Great." American Pie says that the Jester controls this Queen who is decked in red, rides the Red Beast of Revelation. This Jews ride and control this symbolic Queen, who make up this present evil world ruling system.
The Jewish International Banking system is the only system that truly fits the description of, "Mystery Babylon the Great." This Prophetic Queen of Revelation, and American Pie," make up this world's banking, and economic system. According to the song American Pie, the Jester controls this Queen, in much the same way; the Jester controls the King.
The Communist Governments also operate under this Jewish Babylonian Banking system, in much the same way, the so-called free world, operates under it. This system is debt money Babylonian system that robs the people of the whole earth of all their wealth. In other words, this Red Jewish owned banking system, rules the whole earth, and is called "Mystery Babylon, the Great," the Prophetic Queen who is "not a Widow."
We have heretofore quoted from history, of the period of Roman persecution of Christians, of the cruelty inflicted on the Christians, who were the reformers of that time, and the killing in Rome, of the Apostles, Paul, Peter, Stephen, and James. Christ was killed in Judea, at that time, in a Roman province, by the Jews, at the order of Pontius Pilate, the Roman procurator, and thousands of other Christians, were tortured and killed in Rome.
"Switton's Outline Of History Of The World," page 196 says; Suppression of these Christian Reformers, was political, rather than religious, and it is but too plain, that this was the truth of it."
According to these books, the Christians were opposed to usury, and were teaching Bible verses, that showed that it was against God's Law, to practice usury. These Christians were killed, not because of their religion, but because they taught against the Jewish practice of usury. The Red-Jewish-Babylonian behind the scene bankers, practiced usury then, and their descendants continue this practice today. These Jewish people constitute the "World's Shadow Government" as it exists today. Their Jewish ancestors constituted the world's shadow government, as it existed in Ancient Rome.
These Red-Babylonian Bankers of Mystery Babylon and their descendants today, have always stirred up persecution against the Christians down through history. These ancient Babylonian Jewish families have always been the hidden and mysterious power, behind the thrones of the earth. These people have always been the ones responsible for the blood of all that were slain upon the earth. The Bible says of " Mystery Babylon, The Great;"
Rev. 18:24 And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.
The thing that will destroy "Mystery Babylon's" control over us, will be the canceling of the national debt. This cancellation would include the forgiveness of debts, public and private. After the cancellation of these debts, there then needs to be an issuance of debt free money, by Congress, and it's value regulated. This Jewish practice or usury must be outlawed. All the properties, which Mystery Babylon has stolen over the centuries, must then be returned to their rightful owners. This action alone, would destroy "Mystery Babylon, The Great," in a matter of a few hours.
GOLD WILL NOT SAVE AMERICA!
Some say, "We need gold backed money." This is more propaganda, put out by Mystery Babylon's news media, which they control. The Jewish Bankers, and Red Communists, own most of the worlds gold, therefore they could simply withhold the worlds gold, and the supply of money would dry up, in a matter of a few weeks. We would then become paupers in America, while Mystery Babylon, foreclosed on, and repossessed the wealth of America, and the whole world.
The privately owned Federal Reserve is not constitutional, and is downright evil.
The real reason America, and the world, is suffering, under this massive economic madness of deception, war, famine, and death is because we have broken God's economic Laws, by allowing this Jewish practice of usury, to flourish in our land. God's laws forbid this Jewish practice in America. We as a nation have not driven the Jewish money changers out of the temple, as Jesus himself did, we instead gave these Jewish bankers, the temple itself, by giving them the authority to make money, out of nothing, and loaning it to us, and charging us interest for it's use. The American Congress established the un-constitutional, and privately owned "Federal Reserve System," which gave these robber barons the power to rob the world of its wealth, like a prophetic plague of locusts.
In 1913, Congress passed the Federal Reserve act. This fraudulent Federal Reserve Act gave this awesome economic power, to a group of Jewish conspirators, who then set out, to plunder the world, and rob it of all it's wealth, simply by the Jewish practice of usury, and the issuance of debt money, created by fiat out of paper, and loaned with interest.
These Red-Jewish-Khazar-International bankers will try, with every power at their disposal, to stop the issuance of debt free money. Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy issued debt free money, during their administrations. Shortly thereafter, John Kennedy was murdered mysteriously. President Lincoln was murdered by the Rothschild agent, John Wilkes Booth shortly after President Lincoln issued debt free money, which bypassed the bankers control. This was the real reason Lincoln, and Kennedy were murdered. The Rothschild bankers also financed both sides of the War Between the States, known as the Civil War in America.
The following information is based upon two series of audiotapes. The first is titled, "Zion, Captive of Babylon," and the second is titled, "Mystery Babylon." Pastor Sheldon Emry recorded both of these tapes.
Rev. 17:18: And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
"We are already in the Tribulation, spoken of by Jesus. Something over 60,000,000 Christians, have been killed by the enemies of God since 1914. This has been going on since the days of Ancient Rome, and by the Catholic Church, during the Middle Ages."


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Amazon Prime Video released the trailer of Vidya Balan's Sherni
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Amazon Prime Video released the trailer of the much-awaited Hindi film 'Sherni' that will premiere exclusively on the service on June 18, across the globe in 240+ countries. The film will see Vidya Balan in the lead, as an upright Forest officer – Vidya, who powers through the brutal beasts of social barrier set by the patriarchal society and the lackadaisical attitudes within her department.
The exciting trailer showcases Vidya's incredible journey, set in the world full of quirky yet relatable characters, as she navigates through her marriage with her rather unusual job, all this while trying to resolve the man-animal conflict. Produced by T-Series & Abundantia Entertainment, this must-watch drama is helmed by Newton-fame director Amit Masurkar and is laced with his trademark satire. The film also has an eclectic mix of actors like Sharad Saxena, Mukul Chaddha, Vijay Raaz, Ila Arun, Brijendra Kala and Neeraj Kabi in key roles.
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Speaking about working on this unconventional entertainer, the prolific director Amit Masurkar shared, " SHERNI is an intricately-layered story, exploring the complex issues of conflict between humankind and animals. Vidya Balan plays a mid-level forest officer who despite obstacles and pressures, works with her team and local allies to preserve a balance in the environment. Working with her, the amazing ensemble cast and the uber-talented crew has been an incredible experience for me. I hope that releasing Sherni on Amazon Prime Video will help this story reach a wide and diverse audience both in India and across the world."
Vidya Balan in Sherni
Sharing her excitement on the trailer launch, the versatile actress Vidya Balan said, "Ever since I first heard the story of Sherni, I found the world fascinating and so far removed from my own. Also the character I play, Vidya is a woman of few words but many dimensions. The film deals with a sensitive topic that touches upon respect, mutual understanding, and co-existence, not just between man-animal, but between humans as well. It gives me immense joy to bring this unique character and story to the global audience through Amazon Prime Video and hope to engage them in unexpected ways."
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Well this game looks intriguing. What could I expect from a solo experience? I really don't know much about the system, except for some reading I just did. What are these games like to learn? What is the thematic feel like? What's the general objective and how do you go about achieving it?
I'm going to give you advice that I did not personally follow. I would not recommend starting your solo COIN experience with this game. The designers notes pretty much admit that the bots are more complicated than other games in the series. Additionally, the game itself is close to the most complex in the series (from what I can tell so far). I started with Fire in the Lake (perhaps the most complex) because it was the only one in print at the time, but it was a real challenge, and, if I'd have had options, I would've picked something simpler.
1. If you are interested in ancients, get Falling Sky. The bots at least use a similar enough format, and you will still be playing an ancients game involving the Romans in what is now Western Europe. It's also not very complex relatively-speaking and is four players.
2. If you want the easiest game to pick up while learning about the style of bots in Pendragon, get Colonial Twilight. It's simple, the bot format is nearly identical to Pendragon, and the game plays quickly. The drawback is that the game is only for two players (so not a direct parallel to Pendragon's experience), and the bot is limited to playing as only one of the sides in the shortest scenario. I've tried the bot for the longer scenarios and can readily say the best experience is with the short scenario.
3. If you aren't afraid of jumping in the middle of the pool, get A Distant Plain (about Afghanistan) and find the alternate bots printed in one of the c3i magazines. They are going to give you the closest experience to Pendragon's bots from what I can tell at a lower complexity level (though not a low complexity level).
Having typed all of this, I've concluded you probably should just get a Pendragon if it interests you and be patient as you learn the bots. It may be a difficult slog at first if you are new to COIN, but, if you are interested specifically in Pendragon, you can power through.
To your other questions, I'd say the general feel is similar enough to the experience of playing with others, except you lose the negotiation aspect. COIN is great for solo, and certainly it is more satisfying than the modifications you have to make to play the CDGs solitaire (though some of those are fun too). I find my best experience is when I only look at the bot flowcharts when implementing the bots' turns. That keeps me from gaming the system and leaves the bots' moves as a bit of a surprise.
i think overall Scott nailed it. My one add would be for your first game or two, another option would be to not use the bots and just play all four factions to get a feel for the game without the bot complexity.
Interesting, thanks a lot. Really appreciate the feedback.
So just in terms of playing Pendragon (and I'm almost equally interested in Falling Sky) what is the gameplay like?
Just to support what Scott said above, my experience with COIN was very similar: Fire in the Lake was my first (as it was the only one available), and the first attempt at playing against three bots was... challenging. I persevered and finished the game, my Americans losing to the NVA; it felt like a remarkable experience and told a great story; and it took me about eight hours. Thinking I'd probably rarely if ever find the time and will to have another go, I concluded FitL was too complicated, and sold it.
However, soon after I picked up Falling Sky (due to theme), and love it. It just felt far more intuitive to play, and though there were a couple of challenges with the bots, their flowcharts mostly parse easily enough and it's become one of my favourite solo games. Colonial Twilight is also wonderful.
1. I don't find the format of the bot flowcharts to be much different from game to game. So I think whatever game interests you the most would be the place to start.
2. I definitely would go for Falling Sky over Pendragon for your first COIN game. The game is a touch simpler overall, and the bots are really excellent.
3. I would not recommend A Distant Plain and the variant bots from C3i as your first entry. The game itself is harder to grok than the others in the series, and the bots more cumbersome to use (again, in my experience).
Overall, I can't recommend the COIN solo experience enough. It's my favorite solo experience out of almost anything I've played, wargame or Euro. I really love how each game is an asymmetric multiplayer experience, and each bot feels different. It's not just you against the machine.
Unlike most CDG's, COIN doesn't have hidden information, so playing in a traditional "both [four, here] sides" wargame solitaire style really doesn't cost you anything.
In fact, I recommend it as a way of learning the game before adding the complexity of the flowcharts to the experience. I've had fun playing FITL and LoD both ways: with the full bot rules and running each faction in sequence.
1. The way that the bots determine using the Event or not are significantly different in Falling Sky and later games than in, say, Cuba Libre where playing the Event is often the "default" action. In this sense, the bots are indeed a change. Maybe not a big change, but the bot in Colonial Twilight, for instance, is undeniably closer in format to those in Pendragon than are the bots in Cuba Libre or something.
2. I'm admittedly in a minority, but I think Falling Sky is not exactly the "newbie-friendly" experience people claim. The Battle rules are more complicated than anything in A Distant Plain, some of the options with negotiating Supply Lines are complex, you must learn to implement the non-player Germans, and there are pesky "leader" rules. Sure, there are no Lines of Communication, but the game is not even close to a Cuba Libre level of simplicity. The bots are especially tough to implement as you have to calculate potential battle results in advance and such. Honestly, I had an easier time learning A Distant Plain. YMMV.
So what makes these games fun? How do the mechanics work? How do the different faction's go about achieving their goal?
So at it's simplest base - the COIN system is a card driven war game. Each card gives some information - an initiative 'track' for the factions of the game and then an event which sometimes is broke into two parts. Each faction gets base abilities and then some special abilities and each have different goals for victory. The maps vary in size depending on the game and some factions, again depending on the game, can sort of move differently around the map. That is the simplest explanation for COIN, in my opinion. Someone might be able to sum it up better than I can.
1. The rules are not that complex, but developing a winning strategy requires both long range planning and the ability to recognize and exploit immediate surprises.
2. At least for Fire in the Lake, the cards provide an amazing historical backdrop for every single event. Many of the events reference battles for which I have entire other wargames: SEALORDS, Silver Bayonet, Long Tan, etc.
3. Game production is top flight, the games are as physically pleasant to to play as any other games I own.
4. Most of the COIN designers check in here at BGG at least occasionally. Most (if not all) the COIN designers regularly play their own games. That's pretty cool in my book.
As far as mechanics and achieving factional goals, I don't know how to explain.
One of my favorite aspects of the COIN series is the variation in every game caused by the motivations and strategies of each faction. You're not going to play the Taliban (A Distant Plain) the same way you'd play the FARC (Andean Abyss)even though mechanically your options are very similar. And with the latest entries to the system (Liberty or Death, Falling Sky, Pendragon and, to some extent, Colonial Twilight), the differences become exponentially unique.
I'm working on a tutorial video but it was delayed due to my wife wanting to play Pandemic: Rising Tide (fun, but we won with only half the deck - time to up the difficulty again; something we never did with Pandemic or its expansions so quickly). I do have an unboxing video that is listed in the video section and a really long overview video that I didn't post here as I'm not really happy with how it turned out (if anyone watches it and thinks I should submit it to the video section, let me know and I will). Not sure if either of those will help you out.
I have added a detailed index in the description of my detailed overview video rather than make an new tutorial & submitted it to the video section. Thanks to those who took time to watch it so far, I hope it helped. I hope everyone has a happy holiday season while invading Britain!
What can you expect from COIN series in general for solo play? Three possibilities: you play all factions to the best of your abilities, you play only one or two factions against the procedural AI and will spend a lot of time implementing moves (and when you are a beginner, it will be a lot of time and you'll make tons of mistakes), or you'll play all factions but pick on or a team to focus on and then use the procedural AI to help inform you. Using the procedural AI will change the flow of the game a bit. The AI doesn't make as intelligent decisions, so it gets extra actions when a player would normally be limited.
For Pendragon's AI specifically, it is the longest. The multiplayer rules are 19.5 pages long, and then in this game the procedural AI section is 13.5 pages long - so that's 33 pages to read through!
What are the COIN games like? At their core, they aren't too bad. You have a common deck; the top of the discard pile is the active card, the top of the draw pile is revealed so players can plan ahead. The deck is constructed like Pandemic, a stack of cards with a victory round initiating card mixed in somewhere. Along the top of the event cards are icons to determine which players get the opportunity to act, and they are read left to right.
After two players have acted or one player acted and the rest of the eligible players have passed, the round ends. Those that acted have their markers put in an ineligible box, and those in the ineligible box or that had passed are moved to the eligible box. Move the top card of the draw pile onto the discard pile, reveal the next card.
In Pendragon, if the revealed card on the draw deck is an victory round initiation card, swap it with the card on top of the discard pile and immediately go through a victory round. A victory round has two aspects to it. First, some resetting happens (players get resources, move pieces on the board, and some other details I won't go into that vary by game), then you check to see if any player(s) won; if two or more won, use the scoring system to determine the winner with the highest points. If it is the last victory round, the game still ends. Use a system for scoring to determine the winner. Otherwise, do a little more resetting and continue playing the game as above.
I can't really go into more. Each game has different factions with different goals - and in Pendragon there are two faction who have goals that change based on what happened in the game! Also, each faction has a different set of pieces that they can use with different behaviors; and each of the commands and feats work slightly to drastically differently. If you really want to see some of these details, use the link to my overview video.
Falling Sky has five factions: Rome and the leader figure Caesar trying to keep the Gallic tribes subjugated and allied with either no one or Rome (Caesar has to deal with a Roman Senate support track back home that influences what types of Legions he can muster, and Auxilia supplement his forces and act as scouts plus the capability of building Forts in the countryside); The Belgae and Ambiorix who want to control territory and have allied tribes (they have the ability to call upon their Germanic allies); The Arverni and Vercingetorix who want allies and to drive the legions out of Gaul (they use a slash-and-burn tactic to help deprive the Romans of resources, and they can amass many warbands and build mighty citadels); the Aedui who are Roman allies who want to have the most allies of any faction and amass wealth through trade (they use the ability to convert enemy pieces to their pieces, and work closely with Caesar to gain more beneficial trade); and the Germanic Tribes are AI players only that can be sometimes manipulated to help (often helping the Belgic tribes).
Combat is low complexity, but different than other COIN games. Most COIN games have irregular troops with an embossed and plain face on their wooden pieces - when flipped down they are "inactive" and cannot be attacked their foes have to use actions to find them. In this game, inactive means the forces can retreat to the same space instead of retreating to a neighboring space or that they can be used for certain commands & special activities.
However, combat really isn't the focus. Yes, Rome needs to destroy allies and the Arverni need to destroy legions (or drive them off by having Caesar lose support back in the Senate) - but the Aedui don't really have pieces to fight with, and the Belgae want allies and control to establish their kindgom. Fighting will happen, but it isn't the sole focus. This game can appeal to non-wargamers who don't mind some battle/conflict and wargamers who do't mind not exclusively fighting. The half sized board is deceptive as there are 4 more boards for holding player pieces (so it is really an 8 section board) and there are a full number of wooden pieces.
This is probably the second easiest game to learn, but the Germanic player adds a little bit of complexity as does dealing with all the pieces. It is my second favorite of the series that I played (I have yet to play Pendragon and Andean Abyss).
Pendragon has four factions: The Civitates or roman Briton aristocracy that wouldn't mind ruling (and thus they focus on trade and controlling areas on the board); the Dux or post-Roman armies in the region who have changing goals (they are concerned with military dominance, prestige, and the prosperity of the regions for most of the game; but when the Roman Empire fragments they become warlords concerned with prestige and controlling regions); the Saxons who are the Anglos, Saxons, and Jutes that invade have changing goals (they always want to establish control of a territory in this new region, but in the early and mid game they can win by establishing some settlements and gaining lots of renown through plundering the region); and the Scotti who represent the Irish and Picts who want to settle the region and gain lots of plunder.
This game is very much more of a wargame than the others, and battle is complicated. When fighting you need to see if you can ambush or evade; then you go through a few steps of resolving an open field battle; next if the invading armies drive all the enemies from the field they move on to assaulting the strongholds of the region; and finally, they may choose to besiege strongholds. It is still deterministic, there are no "inactive" irregular pieces to worry about, and it is probably the most complicated battle system to resolve in the entire series.
However, what makes it a wargame is how easy it is to initiate a battle. In many COIN games you must first move to an area on one turn, then initiate a battle on another; in Pendragon all but the Civitates player has two actions that can start a battle, and one of them involves moving in pieces and starting a fight.
The other major way Pendragon differs is by the feeling of decay. The game starts with a strong Dux and Civitates player who work together and share resources for spending on Commands and control over an area, and all the regions on the map have prosperous populations. The invaders then come into the land, the backing from the Roman Empire slips as the land goes from Roman Rule to Autonomy and then Fragmentation. Two players struggle to hold on to what they can as the other two players wear them down, and everything feeds into this sense of decay and growing chaos.
Of course, Pendragon has a very different time scale. It has 6 epochs that cover the late 4th century and most of the 5th century, while Falling Sky and most other COIN titles only cover a few years in a full length game.
For me, the fun is in the asymmetric play, the tightness of play, the tempting distractions that make you loose sight of your goals ("keep your eye on the prize" should be advice given to every new player), and the pleasure of watching the situation unfold (much like a person watches a documentary, its like seeing an alternate history unfold).
One key here is the tightness of play, which is something I'd use to describe Agricola or many other euros/worker placement games. You activate at most half the rounds in a game, and often times a standard game length might be 48-ish cards. At best you're usually hoping to complete a victory and hold on to it until the next victory round - and that is tough to do in 24 turns at most (with maybe 4-8 turns to act between victory rounds). In a way, it is also like Five Tribes; you'll see all these pieces on the board with all these possibilities, and you're looking for the one that is optimal.
Ultimately, it is the simulation that keeps me coming back. Looking at the event cards, opening up the playbook and reading the history of them, and seeing how the game changes over time. In Fire in the Lake, does the NVA infiltrate and take over the VC to win? In Liberty or Death, do the British manage to score a crushing defeat against Washington and thus sway the population in favor of the Empire? In Falling Sky does Ambiorix carve out a kingdom in the North - or do the Germans they invited in turn on them? It is the fact that I am interested in the narrative that the changes in the game help me create that keeps me buying and playing these titles - and I look forward to the conflicts in India and the war for Finnish independence also. These are the true source of fun for this and almost any series of games that have drawn me in.
I don't know if that helped at all, but I already struggle to be concise and the COIN series has a lot of rich depth in it. Your questions really are going beyond a quick post of 2 paragraphs with 3 short sentences each - and I only skimmed the surface of all the games.
Anyway, I'm going to sit here and think about how to structure my tutorial video, as your post has inspired me to try to get it done in the next 24-48 hours. Happy Gaming!
Part of the fun of COIN--and the challenge of learning and teaching the game--is the asymmetry that comes from each faction playing differently. Each faction will have four core actions they can take, and three "special" actions that are occasionally available. For example, in Falling Sky the Romans can Recruit, March, Seize and Battle; special actions include Build, Scout and Besiege. Gallic factions share identical core actions but are differentiated by their special actions. Victory conditions vary between factions as well. Again in FS, the Aedui want to have more tribes on the map than anyone else; the Belgae need to get tribes onto the map, but also hold territory.
There's tension in how you resolve each Event card: taking an advantageous event leaves you open to a stronger retaliation by the next player/bot to play, as they get a full action accompanied by a special action. Do you take a limited action to deny them the Event? Do you pass to remain eligible for the next event? This core mechanic for the system is fantastic. However, in the four-player games (all COINs other than Colonial Twilight and the upcoming Finnish one), it also means players have a limited number of turn: roughly every second card, which means in a medium-length scenario you may only get, say, 20 turns or so.
What I like about COIN as a solo game is that the bots provide a solid opponent whilst maintain the narrative the game provides. (And it's strangely engaging to work through the flowcharts and watch the bots destroy your plans.) It's also the only way I've found to get the game to the table! I've found a single opponent for Colonial Twilight, but finding three players comfortable with the length and relative complexity of a COIN game hasn't happened (yet). Which is a pity, because what the solo and two-player games can't offer is the tension promised by the forced collusion of aligned factions still working towards individual victory.


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Music Video: "The Eviction Song" by Lola Scott
"The Eviction Song" by Lola Scott
Australian indie singer/songwriter Lola Scott comes to us with her personal brand of pop and lyricism with the sonic gem that is "The Eviction Song". With this exquisite and youthful soundscape, she gives life to a tale that is so real and so raw as she exposes the rebellious yet honest nature of her adventures in this place called earth. She is true to herself and while she understands that there are things that she has done wrong, it's too late to say sorry and she can only be who she is and embrace the fact that that's her life story. The track explores the value of friendship and family as they sometimes become the same while moving away not only from a house but also from long term romantic relationships that sadly have ended their cycle. The soundscape is uniquely crafted and manages to blend melodies and lyrics in a way that is exciting and intoxicating from the start. Enjoy!
"The 1/4 Life Crisis EP is a biographical recount of events that happened in my life after getting out of a long term relationship and moving back into a shared house full of benders. Earlier this year my housemates and I were evicted from that house. We're not sure what for but can only assume all the house parties and noise complaints didn't help. When I wrote 'Eviction Song' it was my 6th move in the last four years (add another 2 moves since then). My 1/4 life crisis has taught me that there aren't many stable things in life other than those ride or die friendships that feel like family (+family). The more emotional breakdowns we faced together as housemates, the closer we got to each other and luckily the eviction did not kill our friendships. And a couple of us have found a new place to continue the benders that probably got us kicked out in the first place. You can never please everyone so just treat people right and enjoy the time you get to spend with your close friends." – Lola Scott
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a German Carmelite of Ghent who flourished in 1489, was the intimate friend of Trithemius, Gaguinus, and other learned men of his day. He died at Ghent. in 1499, leaving two books on the illustrious men of his order (printed at Cologne, 1609, 8vo). He is said to have written a third volume, and other works which remain in MS. See Cave, Hist. Lit. ii, App. p. 211,- Landon, Eccles. Dict. s.v.; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Gene ale, s.v.


Hydrocyclones can be used to separate solids suspended in liquids. In CE 225, the suspension is prepared in a tank. A pump delivers the suspension into the tangential inlet of the cyclone. In the cyclone a downward primary vortex is created. The downward taper causes the vortex to reverse. In the middle it moves as a secondary vortex back up towards the immersion tube, where the suspension emerges from the cyclone, having lost the coarse material in it. Inside the cyclone an air core is formed. The centrifugal forces cause the coarser solid particles in the primary vortex to be enriched. They are discharged with the bottom flow at the apex nozzle. It is mainly the fine material that is discharged from the top.
The flow rate in the inlet is adjusted by a valve in a bypass and measured with a magneto-inductive flow meter. Sampling points are installed at the bottom and top flow. The flow rates in them can be determined by means of a bucket and a stopwatch. To determine the solid concentration, a balance and a drying chamber are recommended. Using a suitable analysis device (such as a diffraction spectrometer), a separation function can be produced and the separation size determined. Quartz powder and diatomite are recommended for use as the solid.
The trainer was developed in cooperation with the Department of Mechanical Process Engineering at Anhalt University of Applied Sciences.


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Newcastle United frontrunners to sign Joe Rodon
December 24, 2021 Admin Newcastle, Premier League, Tottenham, Wales 0
Newcastle United have reportedly taken the lead in the race to sign Tottenham Hotspur centre-back Joe Rodon.
The 24-year-old defender has endured a torrid season in North London, his only starts coming in the Europa Conference League.
With Tottenham having been eliminated from that competition, manager Antonio Conte now willing to allow some of his fringe players to offload on loan next month.
According to The Telegraph, the Magpies are currently regarded as the most likely destination for Rodon, who is under contract with the north Londoners until 2025.
The report adds that the Tyneside outfit are reportedly set to pip Leeds United to the signature of the Wales international.
It is understood, Tottenham Hotspur may potentially consider a sale if Newcastle are prepared to meet their valuation.
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Hanged Man rescued from third floor in Mazatlan
A man was painting the front of his house, at the height of a fifth floor, when he lost the strength of his arms and was left hanging. Photo: social media
According to local media, a rescue of a man mobilized the emergency units, because after carrying out maintenance work, he was left hanging from a third floor, inside a building located in the Colonia Centro.
The facts were recorded at 2:30 pm yesterday, when a cry for help alerted the neighbors of a building because the man was hanging from the building.
According to the information provided by the rescued, he was painting the façade of his house, at the height of the fifth floor. A harness was placed to perform its work and upon losing its strength it slipped he was left hanging.
The news of the man hanging began to run like wildfire and many neighbors around began to arrive and began to take their guess. Some commented that he had been electrocuted and others that perhaps he had fainted.
To the place also came Civil Protection and municipal police to secure the area and remove the curious so that the rescuers could work comfortably and no other accident occur.
Once the rescue work was done, the Civil Protection rescuers offered first aid to the adult, but he said he felt good, so the emergency corps left the place.


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RES2DINV 2D RESISTIVITY & IP INVERSION SOFTWARE
For Windows 95/98/2000/NT
Two-dimensional (2D) electrical imaging surveys are now widely used to map areas of moderately complex geology where conventional 1D resistivity sounding and profiling techniques are inadequate. The results from such surveys are usually plotted in the form of a pseudosection (Figure 1a) which gives an approximate but distorted picture of the subsurface geology.
The RES2DINV program uses the smoothness-constrained least-squares method inversion technique to produce a 2D model of the subsurface from the apparent resistivity data alone. It is completely automatic and the user does not even have to supply a starting model. This program has been optimized for the inversion of large data sets. The use of available memory is optimized so as to reduce the computer time by minimizing disk swapping. On a Pentium based microcomputer, the inversion of a single pseudosection is usually completed within minutes. Four different techniques for topographic modeling are available in this program. Together with the free 2D forward modeling program RES2DMOD, it forms a complete 2D resistivity forward modeling and inversion package.
The program will automatically choose the optimum inversion parameters for a particular data set. However, the parameters which affects the inversion process can be modified by the user. Three different variations of the least-squares method are provided; a very fast quasi-Newton method, a slower but more accurate Gauss-Newton method, and a moderately fast hybrid technique which incorporates the advantages of the quasi-Newton and Gauss-Newton methods. The smoothing filter can be adjusted to emphasize resistivity variations in the vertical or horizontal directions. Two different variations of the smoothness constrained least-squares method are provided; one optimised for areas where the subsurface resistivity varies in a smooth manner (such as chemical plumes), and another optimised for areas with sharp boundaries (such as massive ore bodies). A robust data inversion option is also available to reduce the effect of noisy data points. Resistivity information from borehole and other sources can also be included to constrain the inversion process.
Supports on land, underwater and cross-borehole surveys
Supports the Wenner, Wenner-Schlumberger, pole-pole, pole-dipole, inline dipole-dipole, equatorial dipole-dipole and non-conventional arrays.
Supports exact and approximate least-squares optimization methods
Supports smooth and sharp contrasts inversions
Supports up to 2000 electrodes


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NorCal CHP officer killed after being struck by suspected drunk driver on Christmas Eve
HAYWARD, Calif. -- California Highway Patrol Officer Andrew Camilleri died in a crash on southbound I-880 in Hayward on Christmas Eve, authorities said.
The 33-year-old officer had been with the CHP for a little over a year. Camilleri is survived by his wife, Rosanna, a daughter and two sons.
Officials said Camilleri's partner Jonathan Velasquez, was sitting in the driver's seat of their patrol vehicle at the time of the crash. He suffered injuries, but was treated and released from the hospital.
The CHP said the two officers were parked on the right shoulder of southbound I-880, just past the Whipple exit, looking for drunk drivers.
A driver in a red Cadillac drifted off the road and slammed into their SUV at 11:30 p.m. Sunday, authorities said.
It appeared the driver of the Cadillac was not only drunk, but under the influence of drugs and was coming home from a party, according to the CHP.
Authorities did not release the suspect's identity, but said he is a 22-year-old from Hayward.
The suspect is currently in the hospital being treated for his injuries.
The California Highway Patrol credit union has set up a fund to help the officer's family.
In an effort to help well wishers steer clear of fraudulent donation sites and the grieving family avoid excessive administrative fees, the CAHP Credit Union will be setting up a benevolence fund for Officer Camilleri's family. https://t.co/9hixZzoIvX pic.twitter.com/w4dAlsjn1a
— CHP Golden Gate (@CHP_GoldenGate) December 25, 2017
Gov. Jerry Brown issued a statement following news of the officer's death.
"Anne and I are deeply saddened to learn of the tragic loss of Officer Camilleri, who died yesterday while working to keep our communities safe. We join his family, friends and the entire California Highway Patrol in mourning his death and in honoring his sacrifice."
In honor of Camilleri, Capitol flags will be flown at half-staff.
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Edward Slingerland is Distinguished University Scholar at the University of British Columbia, where he is also Professor of Asian Studies and associate member of the Departments of Philosophy and Psychology. His research specialties include Warring States (5th-3rd c. B.C.E.) Chinese thought, religious studies (comparative religion, cognitive science and evolution of religion), cognitive linguistics (blending and conceptual metaphor theory), ethics (virtue ethics, moral psychology), evolutionary psychology, the relationship between the humanities and the natural sciences, and the classical Chinese language. His most recent academic monograph, Mind and Body in Early China: Beyond Orientalism and the Myth of Holism, was published by Oxford University Press in December, 2018. His current book project is a trade book with the working title, Drunk: Intoxication, Ecstasy and the Origins of Civilization, under contract at Little, Brown (Spark), and slated for publication in Spring 2019. His first trade book, Trying Not to Try: Ancient China, Modern Science and the Power of Spontaneity was released by Crown (Random House) in March 2014, and has been translated into five languages. You can watch his TED talk, Trying Not to Try: The Power of Spontaneity, here: https://youtu.be/GIdrptTwzQY. The lecture is open to all, and a reception will follow. Location is tentative.


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Visit Copenhagen and the Christiansborg Palace by train
The famous song from the 1952 film "Hans Christian Anderssen" says it all: Copenhagen is simply a wonderful seaside town.
Little Mermaid, Tivoli Gardens and much more
Copenhagen is the thriving capital of Denmark. With an abundance of water, many green spaces and well-planned cycle paths, it oozes a sense of calm that is sure to enchant visitors. Who hasn't heard of the Little Mermaid statue on the waterfront? And this is only one of the many popular tourist attractions that can be found here. Did you know that Copenhagen is home to two of the oldest amusement parks in the world? Dyrehavsbakken dates back as far as 1583, while the famous Tivoli Gardens opened in 1843. Among its rides are the oldest rollercoaster (1915) and ferris wheel (1943) still in operation worldwide. Well worth a visit!
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High-end museums, theatres and restaurants
Copenhagen is also a cultural hub with numerous world-class museums and theatres. The collections in Denmark's National Gallery include Danish as well as international painters, and the Copenhagen music scene is one not to be missed. Why not visit in July during the Copenhagen Jazz Festival? This is one of Europe's top festivals with around 900 concerts at 100 venues. To top it off, there are more bars and restaurants per capita in Copenhagen than you will find elsewhere, with 15 Michelin-starred restaurants and the city's own Carlsberg brewery. Finally, due to its location, the city serves as Northern Europe's transport hub, and Copenhagen Central Station is well connected to other Danish cities and many international destinations.
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Q: Using class constants as Enumerations Using class constants in PHP, is it possible to enforce that an argument must be one of the constants (like an Enum)?
Class Server {
    const SMALL = "s";
    const MEDIUM = "m";
    const LARGE = "l";

    private $size;

    public function __construct($size) {
        $this->size = $size
    }
}

$small = new Server(Server::SMALL); // valid
$foobar = new Server("foobar");      // also valid. This should fail instead

The case of new Server("foobar") should fail, but because the constructor does not validate $size this works. For brevity I only listed three constant sizes, but assume there are N number of sizes so don't want to do a big block of if checks.

A: If your code is as simple as the sample, then it is very easy to implement a check that will do what you want. For example:
class Server {
    const SMALL = "s";
    const MEDIUM = "m";
    const LARGE = "l";

    private $size;

    public function __construct($size) {
        switch($size) {
            case self::SMALL:
            case self::MEDIUM:
            case self::LARGE:
                $this->size = $size;
                break;
            default:
                throw new Exception('Invalid size passed.');
        }
    }
}

$S = new Server("s");
$Fail = new Server("foo");

And the output from above would be:

Fatal error: Uncaught Exception: Invalid size passed. in /devsites/tigger/t.php:18 Stack trace: #0 /devsites/tigger/t.php(24): Server->__construct('foo') #1 {main} thrown in /devsites/tigger/t.php on line 18

A: Consider using the myclabs/php-enum package, which provides the functionality you are looking for.
If you try to pass an invalid enum value, an exception will be thrown.
Package docs: https://github.com/myclabs/php-enum#documentation

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A Passionate Life: Writings by and About Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
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Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay (1903-1988) was a remarkable woman of many passions and gifts. She played an important role in the struggle for Indian independence and was similarly a key figure in the international socialist feminist movement. She was India's ambassador to Asia and Africa, an articulate and unflinching exponent of the idea of decolonization, and one of the earliest advocates of the idea of the global South. A staunch champion of women's rights, she held views on women's equality that continue to resonate in our times.
Greatly disheartened by the partition of India in 1947, Kamaladevi became involved in the resettlement of refugees and appeared to withdraw from political life. Indeed, the Kamaladevi that most Indians are familiar with is a figure who, above all, revived Indian handicrafts, became the country's most well-known expert on carpets, puppets and its thousands of craft traditions, and nurtured the greater majority of the country's national institutions charged with the promotion of dance, drama, art, theatre, music and puppetry. Throughout her life, however, she upheld with all the intellectual vigour and emotional force at her command the idea of the dignity of every human life.
Kamaladevi wrote voluminously and her sojourns took her all over the world. She travelled in China during World War II, lectured in Japan, visited Native American pueblos in New Mexico, and forged links with working women and anti-colonial activists in countries across Asia, Africa and Europe. Sadly, most of her writings have long been out of print. The editors of this comprehensive anthology, which is the first serious scholarly attempt to grapple with Kamaladevi's life and body of work, have sought to represent the wide range of her interests. The extensive selections, comprised largely of journal articles and excerpts from Kamaladevi's books, are accompanied by a set of original essays by contemporary Indian and American scholars which analyse and contextualize her life and work. This volume should provide the resources for further examination and appreciation of Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay's unusual gifts and her place in modern Indian and world history.
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"Because of this book, I not only know Kamaladevi better myself, but will have more company in my admiration of her as a pragmatist and idealist who refused to be contained by categories or expectations."—Gloria Steinem
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package org.dswarm.controller.resources.test.utils;

import org.dswarm.persistence.model.AdvancedDMPJPAObject;
import org.dswarm.persistence.model.proxy.ProxyAdvancedDMPJPAObject;
import org.dswarm.persistence.service.AdvancedDMPJPAService;
import org.dswarm.persistence.service.test.utils.AdvancedDMPJPAServiceTestUtils;

public abstract class AdvancedDMPResourceTestUtils<POJOCLASSPERSISTENCESERVICETESTUTILS extends AdvancedDMPJPAServiceTestUtils<POJOCLASSPERSISTENCESERVICE, PROXYPOJOCLASS, POJOCLASS>, POJOCLASSPERSISTENCESERVICE extends AdvancedDMPJPAService<PROXYPOJOCLASS, POJOCLASS>, PROXYPOJOCLASS extends ProxyAdvancedDMPJPAObject<POJOCLASS>, POJOCLASS extends AdvancedDMPJPAObject>
		extends BasicResourceTestUtils<POJOCLASSPERSISTENCESERVICETESTUTILS,POJOCLASSPERSISTENCESERVICE,PROXYPOJOCLASS,POJOCLASS> {

	public AdvancedDMPResourceTestUtils(final String resourceIdentifier, final Class<POJOCLASS> pojoClassArg,
			final Class<POJOCLASSPERSISTENCESERVICE> persistenceServiceClassArg,
			final Class<POJOCLASSPERSISTENCESERVICETESTUTILS> persistenceServiceTestUtilsClassArg) {

		super(resourceIdentifier, pojoClassArg, persistenceServiceClassArg, persistenceServiceTestUtilsClassArg);
	}
}

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The dog health similar to that of a human as both rest on maintaining an average weight. Underlying health conditions, little or no exercise and inappropriate diet cause the dog have excess weight. Need to exercise dogs have seen manufacturers come up with the Fast Dog dug into the iFetch ball Launcher. Diabetes, arthritis, cancer and low immune system are some of the common medical complications that a dog may have as a result of it being of excessive weight. Research on dogs have established that the lifespan of a dog lies on its weight. It is concerning that many of the people who own dogs rarely concentrate their efforts on maintaining the standard weight of the dog. It in this regard that this article, seeks to assist the dog owners on how to maintain a healthy weight for their pet.
Involving the pet in exercise every day is crucial. To help in the exercise of the dog, the Fast Dog dug into the iFetch ball launcher can be used. The Fast Dog dug into the iFetch ball launcher is an automatic ball launcher that is used to stimulate the dog and consequently make it do exercise. The dog can keep body fitness by constantly chasing the ball. A routine of walking the dog can supplement the use of the Fast Dog dug into the iFetch ball launcher to exercise the dog.
The weight of the dog cannot be banked for the use of the Fast Dog dug into the iFetch ball launcher only. It is important that the dog owner cuts off the snacks that they offer them. The reduction of weight necessitates the lack of snacks in the dog's diet at any costs.
The dog just like the human beings should be denied the chance to have food at its disposal 24/7. A dog will tend to keep on eating the whole day and thus will add a lot of unnecessary weight. Routine of giving food to the dog should be adopted and this routine followed strictly.
The activity using the Fast Dog dug into the iFetch ball launcher, walking the dog, controlled feeding program and the reduction of snacks can be useless if the amount of the food you give the dog is too much for it. It is necessary that you see to it that the dog receives the right amount of food. Taking into account that there are numerous types of dog foods available in the market there is need to select the type that is made for weight loss. Apart from the weight loss offered by these foods they make the dog feel hungry but they do more good than bad.


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What to know about the shutdown of 3G cellular networks
Cellular providers will shut off call and data functions to older phones over the course of 2022, paving the way for more advanced network services like 5G.
By Natalie Gale
Now through the end of 2022, all major cell service providers — like Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile — are shutting down their older 3G networks, making room for faster 5G service. The changes have already begun, and will continue through 2022 depending on the carrier.
Any cellphones operating on a 3G network will no longer have call or data service once the network shuts down, including 911 service. Certain 4G mobile phones that don't support Voice over LTE (VoLTE or HD Voice) will also be phased out.
The FCC recommended that consumers with phones older than an iPhone 6 or a Samsung Galaxy S4 visit their carrier's website or contact their carrier to see if the shutdown will affect their phone.
AT&T will finish shutting down its 3G network by February 2022. T-Mobile/Sprint will follow, with Sprint's 3G network by March 31, Sprint's 4G network by June 30, and T-Mobile's 3G network by July 1. They're also closing down their 2G network, but haven't yet announced a date. Verizon will complete its 3G shutdown by Dec. 31, 2022.
The closures of these networks are already underway — these dates mark the completion of the shutdowns. Many smaller carriers — like Boost, Cricket, Straight Talk, and Lifeline mobile services — also use the networks of larger providers like AT&T or Verizon, so the FCC urges customers of any network to check in with their service provider if their phone is more than a few years old.
Massachusetts's Executive Office of Public Service & Safety (EOPSS) aims to raise awareness about the 3G shutoff, especially regarding 911 service losses. "EOPSS urges Massachusetts residents and businesses who rely on older technology to plan for the potential loss of cell and data functions, specifically 911 service availability," said the EOPSS in a November statement.
The FCC said that 3G shutoff won't just impact cell phones — "certain medical devices, tablets, smartwatches, vehicle SOS services, home security systems, and other connected products may be using 3G network services," said the FCC in its recently released consumer guide to navigating the shutdowns. "And don't forget about devices that use cellular connectivity as a backup when a wired internet connection goes down."
Consumers should also visit the website or contact the provider of devices that might also operate on 3G, like tablets, medical alert devices, and security systems.
"These plans to phase out 3G coverage result from a decision made solely by the major cellular providers," said the EOPSS in their statement.
As 3G's sunset date approaches, many cell service providers may offer free phone upgrades to eligible customers. Find resources and read more about how consumers can stay connected on the FCC's website.
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Ed Henry, Former Fox Anchor, Strikes Back at Fox News
By Larry Johnson
Published June 30, 2021 at 7:00pm
Do you recall the aphorism, "revenge is a dish best-served cold?" Former Fox News show host, Ed Henry, delivered a frosty plate filled with offal today–courtesy of his attorney, Ty Clevenger–to the senior executives running Fox News.
Henry is suing for defamation and the text of the complaint contains some stunning allegations:
Ed Henry was falsely accused of sexual harassment of Jennifer Eckhart and subsequently fired in order to divert attention from Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott's long history of covering up actual misconduct, e.g., the sexual misconduct of Mr. Jay Wallace and other senior executives.
In order to burnish her image as "the woman who cleaned up Fox News," Ms. Scott preemptively fired Plaintiff and ultimately defamed him as a sex criminal, hoping to divert attention away from her long and ongoing history of covering up actual instances of sexual misconduct.
Ms. Scott enabled and covered up sexual abuses committed by former Fox News' CEO Roger Ailes while she served as one of his top lieutenants, while the pattern of cover-ups, and her willful participation in doing so, continued after her promotion to Fox News CEO.
Ms. Scott a well-known history of whitewashing actual instances of "willful sexual misconduct" by Fox News employees, including a widely-known affair between a subordinate and Fox News President Jay Wallace, i.e., the same Jay Wallace who co-signed the public statement that defamed Mr. Henry.
Mr. Wallace had demonstrated favoritism toward his subordinate lover and he was investigated by Fox News' Human Resources Department for having an inappropriate relationship with a subordinate. That investigation obtained unequivocal evidence confirming Mr. Wallace's illicit relationship and favoritism, but the incident was intentionally covered up by Ms. Scott, who, and incredibly, boasted in her July 1, 2020 Statement about her efforts toward "full transparency given the many actions we have taken to improve the culture here over the last four years."
Ed Henry kept his mouth shut since his shameful firing and gathered a mountain of evidence. The allegations presented in this complaint are, I am told by a source with direct knowledge of the case, just the tip of the iceberg. There is a lot more damaging dirt that will emerge if this goes to court. This lawsuit comes on the heels of Fox News shelling out $1 million dollars this week in a settlement with the New York City Commission on Human Rights. Here are the key details:
Fox News agreed to pay a record $1 million to settle an investigation by the New York City Commission on Human Rights into what a panel called a "culture of pervasive sexual harassment and retaliation at the network."
The settlement with Fox News is "the first of its kind against a major news network by a civil rights enforcement agency in the country," the commission panel said in a news release Tuesday revealing the agreement.
As part of the settlement, the conservative news channel agreed for the next four years to waive forced arbitration clauses in employee contracts related to workplace complaints brought under the city's human rights law.
If this case goes forward, it is highly likely that Ed Henry will have one more payday from Fox News Corporation.
Ed Henry Files Suit Against Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott
Filing alleges CEO Had Double Standard for Conduct of Fox News President Jay Wallace, and Scott Modified News Coverage of National Anthem Controversy to Help Murdoch Family Secure Billions in NFL Broadcasting Dollars
Statement from Ty Clevenger, counsel for Plaintiff Ed Henry:
"As was made clear this week when Fox News paid a record $1 million fine for violating human rights law, its CEO Suzanne Scott is not the reformer she claims to be.
Ed Henry learned that the hard way on July 1, 2020, when Scott publicly fired him and released a memo that accused him of 'willful sexual misconduct.' Scott made the allegations despite overwhelming evidence — already in her possession — that the accusations against Ed were false. We believe she preemptively offered up Mr. Henry as a scapegoat.
We also expect to prove that she threw Ed under the bus to burnish her image as the tough female executive who cleaned up Fox News and that she did so even as she was covering up other incidents involving Fox News senior executives and program hosts, including an extramarital affair between Fox News President Jay Wallace and a subordinate. It is more than a little ironic that she allowed Wallace to sign the public statement accusing Ed of 'willful sexual misconduct.'
We believe it was ridiculous for Fox News to claim to The Daily Beast that this week's action by the New York City Commission on Human Rights was a 'legacy matter' that pre-dated Ms. Scott's leadership.
Mr. Henry's firing came just weeks after another top Fox executive told him in June 2020 that Scott was anxious to avoid any controversy, specifically, so she could keep Rupert Murdoch and his family happy and secure an easier and more lucrative job for herself elsewhere in the Murdoch empire. According to the lawsuit, senior executive Lauren Petterson told Mr. Henry that Ms. Scott was tired of "carrying water" for then-President Donald Trump during the 2020 presidential campaign. The lawsuit alleges that Scott instructed producers at the network to curtail coverage of the national anthem controversy that Mr. Trump had pushed about NFL players kneeling during the anthem. The lawsuit further alleges that Scott suppressed the story because Fox Sports was trying to secure a multi-billion-dollar contract with the NFL.
We expect to prove that Scott and Fox News have been duplicitous about many subjects and that they are more than willing to sacrifice principle (and one of their own employees) for the sake of expedience."
Biden Administration in Desperation Move Gins Up Russia as Boogeyman
Latest Information Shows the FBI Continues to Try to Hide Facts About the Murder of Seth Rich
Abbott and Costello Take On Covid


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Anheuser-Busch Plans Key Events For March Madness Edition Of Bud Light Hotel
March 10, 2014: As Frank Sinatra used to sing regarding New York, "If I can make it there, I'll make it anywhere."
Anheuser-Busch is taking that to heart, transitioning its Bud Light Hotel, last seen docked in the waters off New York in conduction with the NFL's Super Bowl XLVIII, to Dallas, setting up the Bud Light Hotel in Dallas in conjunction with the NCAA Div. I Men's Basketball Tournament Final Four.
The Bud Light Hotel will be the center of a bevy of activations that the brewer is planning for March Madness. Although not an official marketing partner of the NCAA (the organization that encompasses student-athletes distances itself from beer and alcohol alliances), Anheuser-Busch is one of the top marketing spenders during the event, as is rival SABMiller, according to research and marketing firm Kantar Media.
Anheuser-Busch said this would be the first non-Super Bowl staging of the Bud Light Hotel, which has been at the past five Super Bowls.
"For the past five years, Bud Light Hotel has been the premier party destination at Super Bowl," Rob McCarthy, vp-Bud Light, said in a statement. "Now we're expanding Bud Light Hotel and bringing the best parties and first-class entertainment to a different stage."
Bud Light said it would transform to the Bud Light Hotel, open to people of legal drinking age, from April 5-8 to coincide with the Final Four, being held in AT&T Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys, on April 5 and April 7.
The revamped location will include such features as the Bud Light Platinum Lounge and the Bud Light Lime Poolside deck and will be stocked with Bud Light-branded signage, pillows, soaps and key cards.
Planned events include the Bud Light Watch Party (April 5); Rolling Stone Live at the Bud Light Hotel (April 6), a VIP concert that has become a mianstay of the Bud Light Super Bowl hotels, which here will feature Empire of the Sun and New Politics; and a pre-game Bud Light Tailgate party prior to the championship game (April 7).
To help marketing the Bud Light Hotel Dallas, the brand is supporting with a Bud Light Mini Hoops Challenge tournaments in local bars and restaurants nationwide. Now through March 23, consumers 21 and older who participate in the tournament will have an opportunity to win a trip to Bud Light Hotel. (Details here.)
In addition, people of legal drinking age can also attempt to win a trip to Bud Light Hotel Dallas by playing a virtual version of the Mini Hoops Challenge via Anheuser-Busch's Fan Zone smartphone app. (Details here.)
According to McCarthy, "With an outstanding music and entertainment lineup, we expect Bud Light Hotel Dallas to be the best place to enjoy all the action of the weekend.'
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Q: Is HAProxy still necessary when Varnish can act as a load balancer? I would like to load-balance my application servers, as well as cache the responses from them.
I've read an article dating back to 2012 on HAProxy's website, that was supposed to clear the confusion between HAProxy and Varnish:
http://blog.haproxy.com/2012/07/04/haproxy-and-varnish-comparison/
This article basically says that HAProxy is a reverse-proxy load balancer only (no cache), while Varnish is a reverse-proxy cache (no load balancing), hence they are complementary.
But today, I can see in Varnish docs that it does load balancing as well:
https://www.varnish-cache.org/trac/wiki/LoadBalancing
So I can only guess that this feature has been introduced since 2012, and that it now directly competes with HAProxy in terms of load balancing.
Now considering that I need a reverse-proxy cache + load balancer, is it true that I can use a single server with Varnish only, that will do both? Any limitations maybe, compared to a typical HAProxy <-> Varnish setup?

A: Varnish does not support SSL
Running a site/service on SSL is a necessity for anything half serious, so thats one reason to use haproxy which will do SSL termination for you.

A: While both HAProxy and Varnish can load-balance, only one of them is built for it.
You could just use Apache for your purposes as well since it can proxy and cache as well, but it's hardly an optimal solution.
In my opinion, you're best to use each product for what it's best at.
What I do is install both on the same box and configure Varnish to use HAProxy as its only backend.
The CDN gets pointed at HAPROXY, which then load-balances between Varnish and the backends, sending to Varnish by default unless the request comes from Varnish based on headers or source IP.
This way you can:

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*Easily bypass Varnish for upgrades or testing

*Scale out either tier to more boxes as your load increases

*Use each software for its core purpose

A: As with most software that implements basic load-balancing, Varnish really only support round-robin and random balancing algorithms.
HAProxy, on the other hand, is built for load-balancing, and thus supports:

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*round robin (with weighting)

*a static round robin approach

*least connections

*first server available

*bucketing based on source

*bucketing based on URI

*bucketing based on a URL parameter

*bucketing based on an HTTP header

*bucketing based on a cookie

Whether or not Varnish's load-balancing is sufficient depends on your needs, but it certainly hasn't superseded HAProxy.


My local group is partaking in a year-long Leader Board for 2016. In cased you missed it, here's Weeks One, Two, and Three.
Real life travel has delayed the Week Four report until now, and as such much of my memory of the Week 4 games has faded. I do, however, have army lists and the game results, so I will try to fill in the details the best I am able.
Week 4 of the 2016 Leader Board Season was played on Thursday, February 18.
A wild Clan Sea Fox Star has appeared!
The Mercenary player decided to shake things up a bit and introduce a new force. The rules of the Leader Board do not prevent this, so he took to the field with a Grand Summoner, a Karhu, a Mad Cat Mk III, a Cave Lion, and a Tiburon. All units were at Skill: 3.
This entry was posted in Battle Reports, Community, Fan Projects and tagged 5th Sword of Light, Alpha Strike, BattleTech, Clan Ghost Bear, Clan Jade Falcon, Clan Sea Fox, Draconis Combine, Wolf's Dragoons on 2016/03/14 by Dave Martin.
My local group is partaking in a year-long Leader Board for 2016. In cased you missed it, here's Weeks One and Two.
Week Three of the 2016 Leader Board Season was playing on Saturday, February 6. Clans Jade Falcon, Ghost Bear, and Snow Raven were represented, along with Wolf's Dragoons, Draconis Combine, and Mercenaries.
Yay! I got shots of all of the armies this time!
Clan Snow Raven A carbon copy of the Snow Raven list used in Week 2, the CSR player wanted to gain more understanding of the list in the hopes of mastering the rules and tactics involved in the combined arms force. The Mad Dog and Linebacker were both Skill: 2 with all other units at Skill: 3.
This entry was posted in Battle Reports, Community, Fan Projects and tagged Alpha Strike, BattleTech, Clan Ghost Bear, Clan Jade Falcon, Clan Snow Raven, Draconis Combine, Leagues, Mercenaries, Organized Play, Wolf's Dragoons on 2016/02/12 by Dave Martin.


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package vkaretko.figures;

import vkaretko.game.ChessBoardException;
import vkaretko.game.ChessFigure;
import vkaretko.game.Move;

/**
 * Class of Pawn figure.
 *
 * @author Karetko Victor
 * @version 1.00
 * @since 04.11.2016
 */
public class Pawn extends ChessFigure {
    /**
     * Name of figure.
     */
    private String name = "Pawn";
    /**
     * Color of figure.
     */
    private Boolean white;
    /**
     * First move of figure or not.
     */
    private Boolean isFirstMove = true;

    /**
     * Constructor of Pawn class.
     * @param white - white or black color
     */
    public Pawn(Boolean white) {
        this.white = white;
    }

    /**
     * Getter of name value.
     * @return name of figure
     */
    public String getName() {
        return this.name;
    }

    /**
     * Getter of white value.
     * @return color of figure (White = true)
     */
    public boolean isWhite() {
        return white;
    }

    /**
     * Getter of first move value.
     * @return status of first move
     */
    public Boolean isFirstMove() {
        return isFirstMove;
    }

    /**
     * Setter of first move value.
     * @param firstMove status of first move
     */
    public void setFirstMove(Boolean firstMove) {
        isFirstMove = firstMove;
    }

    /**
     * Method moving Pawn.
     * @param move move of Pawn
     * @throws ChessBoardException if move is wrong
     */
    @Override
    public void makeMove(Move move) throws ChessBoardException {
        move.movePawn();
    }
}


This is the prediction for the match of the 8th round of the Italian Series B between Perugia and Pro Vercelli. The hosts are ready to score three points in this match.
The season is unsuccessful for Pro Vercelli. The team takes the 21st position with 5 points after the 7th round in the Relegation zone. The team has awful results in recent matches: 5 defeats, 2 draws and 1 victory. The team conceded 14 goals in them. The team has 3 defeats, 2 draws and not a single victory in recent away matches. The guests conceded 5 goals and scored 2 in them. Pro Vercelli plays worse in away matches than at home. Only 20% of points were scored away.
Perugia takes the 2nd position with 13 points, having the same number of points as the leader of the championship has. The team has 5 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats in 8 recent matches. The team scored 19 goals and conceded 7 in them. Perugia plays at home better than all the other teams and on in 4 matches. The team is better at home than away. 70% of points were scored at home.
6 last personal matches finished with the following results: 4 victories of Perugia, 1 draw and 1 victory of Pro Vercelli. Teams have met thrice on the field of Perugia with the following results: 2 victories of the hosts and 1 victory of the guests.
Here you will find the FOOTBALL prediction for the match of Perugia & Pro Vercelli of the Serie B, Italy. The prediction is prepared by our analytical team and is based on the latest news of the Serie B, Perugia and Pro Vercelli stats and lineups, insider news and our team's expert analysis. We publish our free betting tips and FOOTBALL predictions to help you win more. You can use the information from this Perugia - Pro Vercelli match preview for your own purposes. The odds are valid at the moment of publication.


WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Wednesday aligned himself solidly with conservative Republicans on immigration, criticizing a proposed bipartisan deal as "horrible" on U.S. border security and "very, very weak" on reforms for the legal immigration system.
The Senate proposal - aimed at addressing Democrats' demands for protections for young adults dubbed "Dreamers" brought to the United States illegally as children - fell far short of what most Republicans believe needs to happen, Trump said.
"It's the opposite of what I campaigned for," Trump told Reuters in an interview.
Trump drew international condemnation after reports emerged that he had questioned the value of taking immigrants from Africa and the Caribbean nation of Haiti during a closed-door meeting with lawmakers at the White House last Thursday, referring to them as "shithole" countries.
Trump has denied using that word. Trump in the interview declined to say what specific words he used.
"I'm not going to get into what I said, but I will tell you, it was a tough meeting," Trump said.
Trump said he thinks a deal on immigration is still possible. "Time is running out," he said.
Trump said a federal government shutdown "could happen" at the end of the week, insisting Democrats would be blamed if that occurs even though Republicans control both chambers of Congress and the White House. Trump did not rule out signing a short-term spending measure by a Friday deadline to prevent a shutdown.
Trump in September announced he was ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that protects the Dreamers, begun by his Democratic predecessor Barack Obama, effective in March. The program currently protects roughly 700,000 people, mostly Hispanic young adults, from deportation and provides them work permits.
Trump said he had called Republican Senators Tom Cotton and David Perdue and Republican Representative Bob Goodlatte to join him to hear the proposal at the White House, describing them as "smart guys, with more of a conservative bent, more of a bent like I have."
"It's horrible for the security of our country," Trump said, noting there was not enough funding for a wall he has promised to build on the U.S.-Mexican border, a project opposed by Democrats.
The proposal was "very, very weak" on curbing visas for extended family members of immigrants, and failed to end a diversity visa lottery program.
"Lindsey - he meant well - but I said, 'Well, how many Republicans agree with this?'" Trump said.
"I've lost all trust in Durbin," Trump said.
Trump campaigned for president in 2016 promising a hard line on immigration, including deporting all of the roughly 11 million illegal immigrants already in the country and a "total and complete shutdown" of the entry of Muslims into the United States. As president, he has signed three orders banning entry of most people from several Muslim-majority countries as well as rescinding DACA.


Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited(IFFCO) is the one of the world's largest fertilizer cooperative federation based in India.Recently they released a notification to recruit engineers for the post of Graduate engineer trainee. Here I am giving expected syllabus according to previous exam which was held on 2010. Actually the Recruitment process consists of 3 rounds, first round is online exam which you can write exam from your home.For second round,they called the candidates who qualified in first round to write second written exam in exam centers and the final round is an interview.
Basic electronics and Analog electronics,Digital electronics,Electromagnetic fields,Basics of image processing,Computer organisation, Basics of C programming,Control systems,Network theory,Basic mathematics,electrical and Electronic Instrumentation,signals and systems and basic general questions on science,Aptitude,General awareness.
Electrical machines,Power systems,Analog and digital electronics,Electrical and electronic Instrumentation,Control systems,Mathematics,Basics of C language,Computer basics,Network analysis,Power electronics and Basic general questions on science,Aptitude,General awareness.
Note: All the above syllabus is expected based on 2010 written exam,This is not given by any of the IFFCO management.


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Promesse est le 10e album de Patrick Fiori. Il sort . Il contient douze titres dont deux duos, l'un avec Soprano et le second avec Slimane.

Le  l'album est réédité dans une version collector avec notamment trois titres bonus dont deux inédits Je sais et Délé Yaman, un documentaire sur les coulisses de la tournée, des clips et un making-of.

L'album se vend à plus de 100 000 exemplaires.

Titres

Classement hebdomadaire

Références

Album musical sorti en 2017
Album publié par Sony Music Entertainment
Album de Patrick Fiori


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New Smart Street Corners That Will Act Like a Fitbit for the City
Author: Liz StinsonLiz Stinson
A rendering of what a sensor node will look like.
There you are, standing on a street corner surrounded by a mob of people waiting for the walk signal. In front of you, a single car gets the green light. Again. For all the talk of smart cities, they can be infuriatingly dumb at times. But imagine if your city could monitor the flow of pedestrians and optimize its traffic signals for walkers, not drivers? That's exactly what Chicago is looking to do.
Later this fall, the Windy City will install a network of 40 sensor nodes on light poles at the University of Chicago, School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory. The goal is to eventually expand the system to 1,000 sensors (enough to cover the Chicago Loop) over the next few years. Spearheaded by the University of Chicago's Urban Center for Computational Data, it's called the Array of Things initiative, and the goal is to gather an unprecedented set of ambient data to help government officials and residents understand how their city ticks so they can make it a happier, healthier, and smarter place to live.
Every 15 seconds these sensors will gather information like temperature, humidity, carbon monoxide, vibrations, light, and sound—pretty standard stuff. But Charlie Catlett, director of the Urban CCD, says gathering even basic data can help us to evaluate some of our cities' most unquantifiable features like hyper-local air quality, pedestrian traffic, emergency route efficiency, and resource allocation like salt for icy roads. "Right now, we don't have any scientific data that proves if you do X, Y, or Z, it will improve walkability," he says. "I'm interested in collaborating with architects and designers to see if we can put some data behind the rules of thumb in urban design."
Catlett imagines that some day people will be walking down the street and their phones will automatically pull in the data that the sensors have gathered over bluetooth. This could be used to alert you to the most well-lit path during a late-night walk home. Or it could eventually be used to track air particulate, which could shed light onto why allergies or asthma is more common in certain areas of the city and help inform health policy. Another useful application is adding context to the data your fitness applications gather. "Now at the end of the week you can look at the number of steps you took but you can also look at: What was my exposure through the week to carbon monoxide or excessive noise?" says Catlett.
A City That Knows Its Own Heartbeat
More audacious yet is the plan's goal to track the foot traffic throughout the city. Catlett says the team has been discussing ways to do so in a privacy-first way, and so far they've landed on embedding a Bluetooth modem in the sensor. The idea is that the as people walk by the Bluetooth modem would ping their phones and return clean data back to the modem, counting each device as a person. This could help shift traffic priorities to pedestrians and avoid the scenario we wrote about at the beginning of the story. "You have this situation where you might have 150 people on the street corner waiting for a walk light and there's only one car that needs the green light," says Catlett. "The city is set up to bias its operations toward vehicles."
The plan has come under scrutiny by some pro-privacy groups who worry it enters into Big Brother territory, but Catlett says the data they'd get from the phones wouldn't even register the device's IP address. John Tolva, Chicago's former Chief Technology Officer says there's an important distinction to be made between observation and surveillance. "It's important to remind people that being closely observant of the urban fabric is what makes cities better," he says. There are shortcomings to using Bluetooth as an indicator of population. Not everyone has a bluetooth-enabled device, and those that do don't necessarily activate it on a daily basis. Still, it's an upgrade to an otherwise archaic system. "In 2014, state of the art is sitting at an intersections with a clipboard," says Tolva. "It seems like we can do better than that."
Making Hidden Data Useful With Open Source
To be fair, cities are already gathering plenty of environmental data, just not at this resolution. Bridges sensors can alert us to icy conditions, street lights track vehicle motion and issue us tickets when we run red lights. Problem is, much of this data is locked away, for no one to make use of. Open source data gathering has just begun. Cities like Amsterdam and Barcelona are using the Smart Citizen Kit to monitor things like noise, air pollution and traffic.
The difference here is all of the data will be fed into an online, open-source portal that anyone can access. The hope is that citizens will tap into it and create applications that go beyond typical civic worries like icy roads. It's an ambitious project, but right on trend with the growing quantified-self movement. "We think of this project as an extension of that," Catlett says. "It's like OK great, you have a Fitbit—now the city has a Fitbit."
Liz Stinson
The Beloved *Monument Valley* Returns With an Amazing Sequel
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The Surprising Repercussions of Making AI Assistants Sound Human
Converse Goes Waterproof, With Some Help From Gore-Tex
Mythbuster Adam Savage Has Made a Bag, and It's Beautiful
Author: Michael CaloreMichael Calore
The Speculum Finally Gets a Modern Redesign
Say Goodbye to the Blob. Google's New Emoji Have Arrived
YouTube's Redesign Makes It Easier to Watch All the Videos
Author: David PierceDavid Pierce
Artist Turns Stunning Aerials Into Prints That'll Last Forever
Figma Wants Designers to Collaborate Google-Docs Style
Humanscale, the Classic Design Tool, Gets a Second Life
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If You Care About Cities, Apple's New Campus Sucks


This Persian Karaja rug is in very good condition. The design features a tribal pattern set in a red field with blue and ivory highlights. There is wear on the fringe ends and in the field. This rug is handmade and is not perfectly straight.


Photo (left) by John Hawthorne. Photo courtesy of the artists.
Q&A moderated by Nina Angela Mercer.
In its current iteration, Misogynoir is the black woman's BET. A network for black women, by black women. But, as with all media, it must go through the filter of white acceptance. So programming such as "Who Wants to be an Activist" becomes a show about white feminism vs. black feminism. As network creators, Tabatha and Sam, start to create content we learn that Sam is more than willing to do whatever it takes to grab power and reach heights described to him by the media. Even if it comes at the cost of Tabatha's emotional, physical, and mental wellbeing. Misogynoir had its debut off-broadway as part of Ars Nova's ANT Fest this past summer. Development of the show began in December of 2017 and Sam and Tabby are excited to see where it goes.
Tabatha Gayle & Sam Kebede have developed/helped developed shows at Ars Nova, The Public's UTR Festival, New York Musical Festival, The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's National Playwrights Conference, The Lark, the National Black Theater, and IRT Theater. Also between the two of them are four different schools, a Bachelor's in Neuroscience, a Bachelors in Acting, a Bachelors in Theater Studies, a Masters in Acting, and a Minor in Biology.
Special thank you to Ars Nova for giving us a place to premiere and Andrew Kircher for the guidance and support.
Taxilandia is an immersive play and staged tour of a specific regional neighborhood. The audience of up to 4 is picked up in a cab by Flako while he narrates their journey. As he cruises along the neighborhood, he will make stops at sentimental spots, and regale his customers with an epic yarn: seamlessly switching between poems and stories, anecdotes and testimonies of past customers, both passenger and driver find themselves rolling down 'Flako's memory lane' of the town. Meanwhile, the neighborhood explodes into life! With an ensemble of performers, some young and some old, residents of Bushwick. Along the ride, the audience experiences the neighborhood through the local landmarks and businesses where Flako will make "pit stops".
Modesto Flako Jimenez is a Dominican-born, Bushwick-raised theater maker, producer, and educator. HOLA Best Ensemble Award Winner 2015. ATI Best Actor Award Winner 2016. HOLA Outstanding Solo Performer for 2017, NY Times and Wall Street Journal profiled. Flako is best known for original productions and three signature festivals – Ghetto Hors D'Oeuvres, One Catches Light, and Oye! Avant Garde Night! – produced with his company Oye Group. Flako has appeared on TEDxBushwick, Early Shaker Spirituals (Wooster Group), Last Night At The Palladium (Bushwick Starr/3LD), Yoleros (Bushwick Starr/IATI theater), Conversations Pt.1: How To Make It Black In America (JACK). Take Me Home (3LD/ Incubator Arts Project), Richard Maxwell's Samara (Soho Rep.), Kaneza Schaal's Jack &. (BAM). He received the 2016 Princess Grace Award Honorarium in Theater. In 2018 he became the first Dominican-American Lead Artist in The Public Theater Under The Radar Festival with his show Oye For My Dear Brooklyn.
A Hard Time is a bawdy alt-comedy cabaret and futurist meditation created by Jess Conda, Jenn Kidwell, and Mel Krodman. In this fast-paced variety show, three dynamic performers play old men, little girls, and everything in between, blowing farewell kisses to the patriarchy amid the absurdities and violence of gender expectations.
Pig Iron Theatre Company, founded in 1995 as an interdisciplinary ensemble, is dedicated to the creation of new and exuberant performance works. Pig Iron has created over 30 original works, toured to festivals and theaters in 14 countries, received two OBIE awards, and launched a graduate program in devised theatre. The mission of Pig Iron Theatre Company is to expand what is possible in performance by creating rigorous and unusual ensemble-devised works; by training the next generation of daring, innovative theatre artists; and by consistently asking the hardest questions, both in our art and in its relation to the world around us.
With support from the Wyncote Foundation.
A Hard Time premieres May 1st, 2019, at Fringe Arts in Philadelphia.
Nina Angela Mercer (Moderator) is an interdisciplinary artist and cultural worker based in the Bronx. Nina's plays include Gutta Beautiful; Gypsy & The Bully Door; Itagua Meji: A Road and A Prayer; A Compulsion for Breathing; Elijaheen Becomes Wind and Charisma at the Crossroads. Her work is published in Black Renaissance Noire; Continuum: the Journal of Black Drama, Theatre and Performance and Killen Review of Arts and Letters, among others. Her video poem "An invocation for Jose Antonio Aponte" (created in collaboration with director Toshi Sakai) is included in the traveling exhibition Visionary Aponte: Art and Black Freedom. Nina is a Ph.D fellow in Theatre and Performance at the Graduate Center, CUNY.