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El municipio de Alamo (en inglés: Alamo Township) es un municipio ubicado en el condado de Kalamazoo en el estado estadounidense de Míchigan. En el año 2010 tenía una población de 3762 habitantes y una densidad poblacional de 39,91 personas por km².

Geografía
El municipio de Álamo se encuentra ubicado en las coordenadas . Según la Oficina del Censo de los Estados Unidos, el municipio tiene una superficie total de 94.26 km², de la cual 93.76 km² corresponden a tierra firme y (0.52%) 0.49 km² es agua.

Demografía
Según el censo de 2010, había 3762 personas residiendo en el municipio de Álamo. La densidad de población era de 39,91 hab./km². De los 3762 habitantes, el municipio de Álamo estaba compuesto por el 95.93% blancos, el 1.38% eran afroamericanos, el 0.4% eran amerindios, el 0.45% eran asiáticos, el 0.03% eran isleños del Pacífico, el 0.56% eran de otras razas y el 1.25% pertenecían a dos o más razas. Del total de la población el 1.67% eran hispanos o latinos de cualquier raza.

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Municipios de Míchigan
Localidades del condado de Kalamazoo

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Daniel Mancini (born 11 November 1996) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a winger for Greek Super League club Panathinaikos.

Career
Mancini made his professional debut for Newell's Old Boys in a 3–0 win over Racing Club de Avellaneda on 12 July 2015. He transferred to Bordeaux in January 2017.

Aris
On 22 August 2019, Aris and Bordeaux came to an agreement for the transfer of the Argentine midfielder to the Greek club. Four days later, he arrived to Thessaloniki, ahead of passing his medical tests and signing his new contract. For his purchase, Aris offered an estimated amount of €500,000, making him one of the biggest investments in the history of the club.

On 24 June 2020, he scored his first goal in a 2-2 home draw for the Greek Cup semi finals, which resulted in his team being eliminated.

On 4 October 2020, he scored his first league goal, helping to a 1-0 away win against Panathinaikos, keeping his team on top of the table. This win was the first away from home against Panathinaikos since 2007, and marked Aris' best start in 20 years.

On 20 January 2021, he scored with a helping to a 2-0 home win against Asteras Tripoli for the first leg of the Greek Cup round of 16. On 11 April 2021, he scored in a 3-1 home loss against AEK Athens. On 25 April 2021, Mancini scored in an eventual 1-1 away draw against Asteras Tripoli.

On 16 August 2021, he agreed to a contract extension until the summer of 2024.

His first goal for the 2021–22 season came in a 3-1 away win against Atromitos, on 27 September 2021. On 28 November 2021, with an excellent kick scored the only goal sealing a vital 1-0 away win against rivals PAOK, in an episodic game that was accompanied by the invasion of the fans of PAOK on the field.

On 23 February 2022, Mancini scored a brace in a 3-0 home win against Atromitos, keeping his team's hopes for a play-off spot alive.

In the 2022–23 season's opener Mancini scored a brace helping to a 3-0 home win against Levadiakos. Roughly ten days later, Mancini came close to completing a move to Omonia, but the negotiations between the Cypriot club and Aris fell through.

In the late days of September, Aris received another offer for the services of the Argentine winger from an Abu Dhabi based club believed to be in the region of €2,500,000.

Panathinaikos
In 26 January 2023, he signed for Panathinaikos. On 12 February 2023, Mancini made his return to the Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium and scored his first goal for the Greens in a 2-1 win over his former club Aris.

Personal life
Mancini holds an Italian passport, as he is of Italian descent.

Career statistics

Honours

Individual
Aris Thessaloniki Player of the Season: 2021–22

References

External links

 Profile at LFP

1996 births
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Sportspeople from Buenos Aires Province

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When I originally wrote this for Schooled, I didn't like the way it turned out, so it didn't make it into the book. It's a hard topic to feel like you have any business writing about. Not that I've really had a chance to change it much since I wrote it, but I thought given the day that I would share it here. Well out of harm's way on the other side of the country when it happened, it's hardly significant, but for what it's worth, here's what it looked like to me:
It's the beginning of a new school year, my junior year in college, and my roommate Ashley comes barreling into our room one Tuesday morning. I'm still in bed, and she yells for me to wake up.
"Tali! The Pentagon has been blown up and the United States has no defense right now!"
And she runs back out of the room.
I have no idea what she's talking about, but it sounds serious, so I crawl out of bed and follow after her. She's got the TV on, and it's showing pictures of the Pentagon, although it looks intact other than a corner that's billowing thick black smoke.
The news coverage is scattered and chaotic, the way it always is when the world is in crisis; the kind of event that has newscasters scrambling to turn the air over to anyone who can shed any light whatsoever on what's happening. Although for all the talking you hear when people are reporting on catastrophic events, it's amazing how little people actually seem to know. They often look like idiots up there, volleying the screen time back and forth, getting info from people who weren't even at the scene, turning the cameras to people to end up not even being at their posts. I suppose this morning will be no different.
It takes a little while to make sense of everything being shown on TV, but we learn soon enough that the Pentagon is not even the half of it. The Pentagon is hardly any of it. Because it turns out a plane crashed into the World Trade Center. No, wait, a plane was crashed into the World Trade Center. At this point in my life, I've never been to New York City, and until today, I don't know that I've ever even heard of the World Trade Center. That might make me unfortunate and horribly sheltered, but let's table that for now. Because the images on TV are becoming increasingly more disturbing. The second plane's impact as it goes into the south tower, the buildings on fire, the streets later filled with smoke and ash and debris.
As the news channels piecemeal their stories, the details come together. A plane in the north tower, a second plane in the south tower. A separate crash into the Pentagon. A fourth attempt foiled by passengers and crashed somewhere in Pennsylvania. All this initiated by terrorists who hijacked these planes and orchestrated this horrific series of events. These are the facts, yet I find myself getting caught up in the details.
Like the phone call a woman on one of the planes made to her husband. They've been talking about it all morning, because he's some sort of big wig. A politician, maybe? She called to tell him what was happening, even though there was nothing that could be done, and there was no doubt some sort of goodbye exchanged between them. It is perhaps the saddest thing I've ever heard about. Not because a man lost his wife, because that happens every hour of every day, surely. But because this woman sat on a plane that was doomed. Her life taken from her in the most sinister and horrific of ways, and there must have been a moment when she realized she would never get off that plane. Maybe that's the moment she called her husband.
The plight of this woman—and all the other flight victims—is a detail I can't get past this morning. I know a large part of this is the fact that flying already makes me uneasy. It always has. I can imagine almost nothing worse than the pandemonium that must immediately precede a plane crash. And in addition to that, this morning's victims had to deal with the prolonged knowledge that their flights were doomed. And they were helpless.
The footage from New York City is now showing people actually jumping from the towers to their deaths, victims who are trapped on the floors above the impact and have no way out. It strikes me as the worst possible option, the long freefall followed by skull-crushing cement. Wouldn't they want to hang on in case a way out surfaced? Maybe the smoke would clear, maybe a path through the wreckage could be opened, maybe a helicopter could hover next to the building. Wouldn't you wait it out for the maybe? It isn't until years later—once I've had experience with a substantial burn that involves flame and flesh—that I understand why these people jumped. If the other option was burning to death, I'd jump too. Still, images of tiny figures falling alongside the tower will haunt me for a long time, I know this already.
Our other roommate, Beth, is on the phone with her mother, who tells us that the terrorists' next action will likely be to poison our water supply. She suggests we go get as much water as we can, and so we do. The three of us drive to the supermarket, and I'm picturing a scene from an Apocalypse movie as we pull in. Surely everyone has the same idea we do, and the place will be crawling with people grabbing whatever they can find amongst the almost-empty shelves. While some items are perhaps slightly more picked over than usual, in reality the store seems like it would on any other day, and we are the only people leaving with several gallons of distilled drinking water.
Back at the apartment, there's a girl in the dorm across from us who has been sitting outside her door on the cold cement walkway all morning. One hand is holding a phone and the other supports her head, which is hung low and facing the ground. Turns out her father works in one of the buildings, the Pentagon I think, and no one has been able to get a hold of him all morning. She stays there for hours, perhaps even all day, rarely taking the phone away from her ears. At one point the head resident of the dorm approaches to console her, but she will not be moved.
It's hard not to stare out the window at her and the anguish and uncertainty that she's been forced to bathe in this morning, and I find myself wondering who she's talking to. Is she simply dialing her father's number over and over hoping he'll pick up? Is she talking to various family members and clinging to their collective optimism and hope? Is it just a ruse so people will leave her alone?
Whatever the answer, she is the most disturbing part of this whole day. Because here's the thing about terrorism. While certainly scary for anyone, anywhere, it's easy to think of it as something far away from you. Something that surely won't directly confront you and yours as you go about your business and live your tiny little lives. I know today that my family is safe. That, in fact, everyone I know is well out of harm's way. But seeing this girl weep for her father makes it impossible to not remember those who have been directly affected by today's events. And maybe, in a way, we all have. Maybe if I look hard enough, I'll see myself crying with her. Maybe there's a spot on that cement out there for me.
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Home » Blog » Monumentalizing LGBTQ History: Historical Perspectives on the Pulse Nightclub and the Matthew Shepard Murder
In light of the recent gun violence that took place at STEM High School in Highlands Ranch, Colorado on May 8, 2019, the PLHC would like to offer anyone affected by those events a content warning on the blog post, below, which details instances of gun violence against youth and young adults, specifically LGBTQ+ individuals.
The Pulse Nightclub Shooting
The clock strikes two a.m. at a gay nightclub in Orlando. Suddenly, bullets and screams drown out the music. People fall to the ground, blood spraying across the floor. A man is shot in the leg three times, and pretends to be dead in the hope his life will be spared. The woman next to him is shot. It will all be over in a second. Yet it isn't over, not in a second, not in a year. It isn't over because that man survived. That night is etched in Angel Colon's memory as a survivor of the 2016 shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida.
Everyone has moments that they will remember forever. Some remember the assassination of John F. Kennedy, others the events of 9/11. Those haunted with these memories have had their suffering and stories permanently recognized through a national memorial, historic site, or monument. The survivors of the Pulse shooting in Orlando do not yet have that permanent testament to their pain or the deaths of their friends.
Memorials and monuments tell America's story to the public, influencing the way history is perceived and recognized. This recognition of stories is vital, especially if the story is from a perspective most rarely hear from. In the instance of Pulse and other sites related to violence against LGBTQ+ people, the LGBTQ+ community's perspective awaits recognition.
The Legacy of Matthew Shepard
On the evening of October 6, 1998, Matthew Shepard lay tied to a fence with his face caked in blood after being struck approximately twenty times "in the head with the butt of a .357-caliber Magnum Smith & Wesson pistol," trauma that later resulted in his death. Matthew Shepard was a gay student at the University of Wyoming who had been approached hours earlier by two men claiming to be gay as well. These men tricked him and coaxed Shepard to the fence where they beat him, robbed him, and left him dying in the snow. [1]
This hate crime rocked the country, attracting international media attention and causing a massive push for LGBTQ tolerance and more progressive hate crime legislation. Memorializing Shepard's death is to memorialize the impact his death had on the world. Despite the importance of telling his story, however, the only memorial to Shepard does not mention his story or death. Ten years following Shepard's death, the University of Wyoming installed a bench outside the university's Arts and Science building. Below is an image of the message attached to the bench.
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The inscription did not mention Shepard being a victim of a hate crime and the omission was a catalyst for international activism focused on promoting LGBTQ+ inclusivity and acceptance. The fence located at the site of his death has since been taken down. Some believe it was taken down due to resistance from local residents and the owners of the land; it is believed that local residents did not want a permanent memorial or monument there.
Regardless of the motivation behind the alterations, changes to the site of Shepard's death erased history. There remains no permanent site that embodies Shepard's legacy; who he was, how he died, and what his death stands for. The only permanent memorial to Shepard is the bench on campus, which fails to tell his whole story. This silence makes it easy for the public to forget or not recognize the horror of Shepard's death.
Professor of Theater at the University of Wyoming Rebecca Hilliker recalls, "A lot of people in the community went through a sense of grief, in a very poignant, heartfelt, painful way, and I think eventually the pain became so great that they don't want to think about it or hear about it." [2] It is possible that a permanent monument or memorial to Shepard would serve as a reminder of his death that the residents in Laramie do not want. As Hilliker stated, the pain of his death likely pushed residents to the point of wanting to avoid thinking about it.
The stories that are the hardest to tell are often the ones that most need to be told. Though painful, it is vital that Shepard's story is told and that his legacy is remembered not only by the LGBTQ+ community, but by the nation as a whole. Recognition of stories like his is especially crucial for a minority group over 50% of whose members have experienced slurs, harassment, employment discrimination, or violence. [3]
Stonewall National Monument
Some recognition of LGBTQ+ stories has taken over the past thirty years. The park across the street from the historic Stonewall Inn in New York City's Greenwich Village became a national monument in 2016. Designated a National Historic Landmark in 1999, the building that houses the Stonewall Inn has remained under private ownership and is an operating bar to this day. The inn was the initial site of 1969 LGBTQ+ uprisings in response to police raiding the inn. Rather than dispersing, the crowd resisted the raid, and the uprising spilled across the street into nearby Christopher Park, where the national monument is now located. Efforts are currently underway to elevate the national monument to the status of a national park. The Stonewall uprising began the LGBTQ+ tradition of pride parades and pride month in June in commemoration.
In 2016, President Barack Obama created Stonewall National Monument under the American Antiquities Act with an executive order. The monument can be looked at as a model for telling LGBTQ+ stories through public lands and the monument tells the story of the Stonewall uprising.
Since the monument was instated, the "National Park Foundation has been working in partnership with the National Park Service and local community organizations" to develop "education programs for local New York City students that focus on anti-bullying, civil rights, and activism." [4] This initiative is centralized around the monument, serving as a testament to its impact in the local community. The Stonewall monument serves as a permanent physical embodiment of LGBTQ+ stories and history.
Remembering Pulse
After the blood was wiped away and the nightclub in Orlando shut down, one question still hung in the air: what do we do now? The shooting was at the time the deadliest mass shooting in American history and attracted international attention. The Eiffel Tower lit up in rainbow colored lights, rainbow banners hung in cities across the world, and vigils were held in major cities in dozens of countries. The world will never forget Pulse.
Or will it?
Matthew Shepard's death received similar attention, and yet his legacy is fading in the nation's collective consciousness. Many believe the way to solidify something in the nation's memory is through establishing memorials or monuments. However, as made evident by Matthew Shepard's memorial, not all memorials tell stories well. In discerning what to do in wake of the Pulse nightclub shooting, Stonewall should be looked to as an example of proper storytelling. However, it must be acknowledged that Stonewall's success is due to a highly motivated group of public supporters, a sympathetic presidential administration, and a moment in NPS history amenable to LGBTQ+ stories.
The tremendous impact Pulse had on the United States is reminiscent of the impact left by Matthew Shepard's death and the Stonewall uprising. One of various criteria must be met in order for a site to be considered for being designated as a national historic landmark. In the case of the Stonewall Inn, the site was instated under National Historic Landmark program's Criterion 1, that it was "associated with events that have made a significant contribution to, and are identified with, or that outstandingly represent, the broad national patterns of United States history and from which an understanding and appreciation of those patterns may be gained." [5] Though recent, the Pulse nightclub shooting fits not only within a broad national pattern of anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination, but also within the broad national pattern of gun violence in public places such as nightclubs, movie theaters, and schools. Evidence of broad national patterns such as these fit easily within Criterion 1. Currently the second most deadly shooting in United States history, Pulse and the people who lost their lives in the shooting deserve a permanent place in the American historical landscape, and formal protection from intentional or accidental erasure.
Commemorating Locally and Nationally
Led by the club's owner, Barbara Poma, the OnePULSE Foundation formed after the shooting. The non-profit organization is currently in the process of trying to give Pulse the recognition it deserves. Their efforts are being advanced with support from the City of Orlando, Orange County, and other organizations. However, the Pulse nightclub shooting was an event of national significance, and should be recognized as a national historic site so it can be given national-level attention and resources to supplement ongoing local efforts and ensure that the site is permanently protected and preserved.
Photo of the Pulse Interim Memorial in Orlando, Florida, photo courtesy OnePULSE Foundation, https://onepulsefoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/New-Renderings-_Page_3-1-e1519654164312.jpg
As of the publication of this post, OnePULSE Foundation has created the Pulse Interim Memorial and is in the process of creating a permanent memorial and museum to honor the forty nine lives lost in the Pulse shooting. The foundation has announced that they will only move forward with designing and building the memorial once they have collected information from both survivors of the shooting and family members of those lost. [6] This respect for those impacted by the shooting is of paramount importance in creating a memorial to this event, regardless of whether the memorial is of local or national recognition.
Though the Pulse Interim Memorial is a step in the right direction, there is a considerable difference between the impact of locally instated memorials and nationally instated memorials on the nation's collective memory. A national memorial or historic site is given greater national attention than one that is locally instated. To avoid the Pulse shooting being erased from the nation's memory, steps should be taken to make the upcoming memorial a national matter. Ideally, the final management of the Pulse Nightclub memorial would involve both national and local interests, combining local perspectives and accounting for the community's need to mourn lost friends and family members backed by national-level resources, expertise, and impact.
According to Alexandra Hernandez, National Park Service National Heritage Areas Regional Coordinator, local communities play a massive role in helping national historical sites come to be. Community members can reach out to the National Park Service or to their congressional delegates if they believe a story or a place hasn't been given proper recognition. According to Hernandez, national historic sites are the "nation's story tellers." It is in the public's hands to determine what stories we tell and how we tell them.
To help, you can reach out to the National Park Service, politicians local to Orlando, or the OnePULSE Foundation itself. Tell them you believe there should be a national historic site in remembrance of the Pulse nightclub shooting.
–Christopher Hendrie
[1] Jason Marsden, "The Murder of Matthew Shepard," Wyohistoryorg Encyclopedia, November 8, 2014, https://www.wyohistory.org/encyclopedia/murder-matthew-shepard
[2] Patrick Healy, "Laramie Killing Given Epilogue a Decade Later," The New York Times, Septemer 16, 2008, https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/17/theater/17laramie.html
[3] Discrimination in America: Experiences and Views of LGBTQ Americans, NPR Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, November 2017, https://www.npr.org/documents/2017/nov/npr-discrimination-lgbtq-final.pdf
[4] Danielle Grieser and Emily Kamin, "Celebrating a Lasting Pride in Your Parks," National Park Foundation, May 16, 2019, https://www.nationalparks.org/connect/blog/celebrating-lasting-pride-your-parks
[5] "Section IX: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation, National Register of Historic Places Bulletin (NRB 15)," National Parks Service, https://www.nps.gov/nr/publications/bulletins/nrb15/nrb15_9.htm
[6]"Memorial Process," OnePULSE Foundation, May 31, 2018, accessed July 12, 2019, https://onepulsefoundation.org/onepulse-foundation-memorial/memorial-process/


I'm surprised the news hasn't made it's way here yet. There was a trailer leaked on Youtube for a new game called WWE Wrestlefest, and yes, it is a remake of the arcade game. Unfortunately once THQ got wind they had it taken down right away. From what I've been able to gather, there will be over 30 wrestlers, both from the original game and current superstars. Also, Saturday Night's Main Event mode has been renamed Road to Wrestlemania. Hopefully other than that, they keep it as close to the original as possible, as a remake of Wrestlefest has been something I and a ton of other fans have been dreaming about for years. This will be a first day PSN download for me.
First day for me too. I love Wrestlefest and always have. I recently rebuilt an old arcade system and have probably played the game every other day since then. Something about the thing is still fun to this day.
Everything I've read indicates that this is not happening at all and that the WWE only trademarked the 'Wrestlefest' name recently to protect their IP from further misuse. I remember the Wrestlefest Revival project getting shut down last year after WWE's lawyers hit them with a cease and desist. I have a feeling this latest Wrestlefest project is also an unlicensed rogue attempt at reviving the game.
Funny thing, any tidbit I've seen about this suggests it was going to be iPhone only. There's been a great deal of unlicensed games based on copyrighted material released for mobile phones over the past few years -- a lot of it coming out of lone programmers or very small development teams from Asian countries. Recently there was a Ninja Turtles game available to purchase on the Apple store website for weeks before anyone actually noticed it wasn't kosher and pulled it.
I wish I caught that video before it was deleted. I will also concur on the WF love - it was a fantastic game for its time.
Such a great arcade game. Still holds up. I remeber being blown away as a kid because it was such a quantum leap ahead of Superstars.
Seems like a perfect property for PSN or Xbox Arcade. Same gameplay with more wrestlers, better graphics and online play and I'd shell out $20 easy.
Looks like something (facebook.com) related to Wrestlefest is coming on February 21st.
And not-so-coincidentally enough, there's a new article (wwe.com) about the old game up now at WWE.com.
And here's what we've all been waiting for since the early 90's!!!!!
...Wow. I cannot begin to describe how atrocious that looks. I'll just go back to the original on my MAME emulator, thanks.
Edit: The WWE.com article is incorrect. It's Smash and Crush in the game, not Ax and Smash. Seriously, do your research homework, guys.
Well, this is definitely the craziest thing to happen in wrestling games in quite some time -- and wrestling is a sport built entirely on human insanity. WWF WrestleFest, the classic arcade game by Technos, has been updated for release on iOS by THQ. The new "WWE Wrestlefest" has smoother graphics and an updated roster of wrestlers (a rostler, if you will) including John Cena and Randy Orton, alongside old-school wrestlers like the late "Macho Man" Randy Savage. It's also been modernized with "an extensive downloadable content program."
The app is available in a free "Lite" version and a $2.99 "Premium" version for iPhone, and both "Lite" and paid for iPad.
THQ also plans to release this new WrestleFest on XBLA, PSN, Android, and PC, sometime in 2012. So we hope the new version is good.
3)- I actually like the idea of perpetual DLC so that eventually you can have a million guys in here. Too bad the game itself looks like a hot turd.
The frame rate looks like crap...I think I'll pass.
I downloaded it. I love it. It IS Wrestlefest. Obviously the buttons would be better on a real controller instead of a touch screen, but other than that I'm really enjoying it. The only think I miss is Sgt. Slaughter with his atomic noogie.
You think THQ can ruin WWF No Mercy by 2015?
The Rock was robbed! How did that guy lose that match? That was terrible.
I also think the three count was kinda slow.
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Jenson Button believes this year's fight for the Formula One world title will go down to the wire, with the winner the driver who will stay coolest under pressure.
With five races to go just 24 points, less than for a race victory these days, separates the top five drivers in the standings - Mark Webber, Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso, Button and Sebastian Vettel.
It is the sport's tightest scrap since 1981 when Nelson Piquet came out on top in another five-way fight ahead of Carlos Reutemann, Alan Jones, Jacques Laffite and Alain Prost, the quintet covered by a mere seven points.
Button is convinced with the way this season's battle has ebbed and flowed, he cannot see any of the five - including himself - doing enough to clinch the crown before the season finale in Abu Dhabi.
'You can't help but look at the drivers' championship table and just think "Wow, how can it be so close?"' said Button.
'It's funny, after Spa everyone was saying it was a two-horse race between Lewis and Mark, but I can easily see this championship going right down to the last race.
Determining the deciding factors as to who will emerge as champion, Button added: 'Consistency is important in some ways.
'Obviously you need a car that will get you to the finish of every grand prix, and you don't want to start making knee-jerk or radical decisions on set-up or strategy because you think it might give you an advantage.
In taking the world title last season, Button learned considerably along the way, knowing that will stand him in good stead this year.
The 30-year-old knows there will be times when he perhaps needs to exercise patience, and others, such as when he clinched the title in Brazil, when it becomes all or nothing.
'I think you have to take each race as it comes,' added Button. 'I think that driving just to score a certain number of points isn't in a racing driver's psyche.
'I felt that a little last year. I knew I only had to keep scoring consistently to take the title, but that was probably more mentally taxing than just putting your head down and going for it.
'For instance, at Interlagos last year, I had nothing to really lose. I was 14th on the grid and my team-mate was on pole. What did I have to gain by driving steadily and taking home a handful of points?


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These board and card games will get you through those days when you're tired of Netflix.
You've scrolled through Twitter. You've gone through all your friends' stories on Instagram. And you've avoided going on Facebook to see what your aunt is ranting about this time.
Since social distancing has become the norm, your iPhone screen time is probably on the rise ― as is your time spent on Netflix, Hulu and Prime Video.
But, by now, you might be looking to give your eyes a much-needed break from your screens (and all those weekly Zoom happy hours) and settling into a quiet night (or nights) in with a time-consuming puzzle. The only problem? Puzzle sales have recently soared, so much so that they're almost sold out everywhere — even at places that traditionally have them in spades, like Amazon and Target.
Luckily, there are still lots of board and card games in stock at places like Uncommon Goods and Urban Outfitters. Lots of games are meant for just one player or for a group of three or more. So we went searching for games that can be played with at least two players, if you're looking to pass the time with a partner or a roommate. (Of course, if you're looking for fun two-person games that require nothing but a deck of cards, you can try rummy, gin rummy, double solitaire, crazy eights and war.)
There's a pretty pink tarot card deck to give readings to your roommate and a mini Zoltar kit if you've always wished to ~foretell~ your fortune. You can even try your hand at a "Play the Patriarchy" game from feminist site Reductress.
We didn't want to highlight the games you probably already have. Instead, we found board and card games that have a twist on a classic — like a super mini-version of "Uno" — or just look like a lot of fun— like this movie lovers' trivia game. Bye, bye boredom.
Check out these games that can be played with two players:
Beeropoly
Rating: This game currently holds a 4.8-star rating.
Players: It can be just between the two of you. But you can also play with up to six players (or add actual bottle caps for more players).
Includes: Beeropoly includes the game board, dice and six colored bottle cap pieces.
How To Play: Well, get ready to crack a couple of cold ones (at least). In this drinking game, players take turns rolling the dice and moving along the board with their chosen bottle cap piece. You have to complete the challenges set in the game or be eliminated. The last player standing gets to drink from a "community cup."
$$: Find it for $35 at Uncommon Goods.
RuPaul's Drag Race Mad Libs By Karl Marks & Nico Medina
Rating: It doesn't currently have any ratings.
Players: You can go solo, but it's better with two.
Includes: The book includes 48 pages and 21 stories.
How To Play: Just try to come up with the funniest answers to those fill-ins. Whoever gets the most laughs wins.
$: Find it for $5 at Urban Outfitters.
Harry Potter Hogwarts Battle Game
Rating: This game currently holds a 5-star rating.
Players: You can play with two to four people.
Includes: This game comes with 140 cards, four Hogwarts House dice, the game board, chip pieces and sorting cards to help keep everything organized.
How To Play: It's definitely for the hardcore "Harry Potter" fans. In this game, you can play as Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger or Neville Longbottom. You take turns, trying to get cards that'll let you cast spells and help you beat the villains in the game.
$$$: Find it for $50 at Bed Bath & Beyond.
World's Smallest Uno Card Game
Players: This card game can be played with two to 10 players.
Includes: You guessed it — you get a (tiny) deck of cards.
How To Play: It's a take on a classic card game. For those who might not know, the object of the game is to get rid of all the cards in their hands in each round. The first player to get to 500 points wins. Players take turns drawing and discarding cards.
Star Wars – Escape From Death Star Board Game
Players: You can play with up to four players.
Includes: This game includes the board game, eight cardboard movers with plastic bases, four Death Star blueprint cards, four Tractor Bean cards, a spinner, deck of 52 Force cards and an exclusive Grand Moff Tarkin figure. There's an owners manual, too.
How To Play: In this board game, which is based on one made in the '70s, players races around the Death Star with two cardboard movers. You take turns with the spinner, trying to get the plans for the Death Star and then trying to enter hyperspace in the Millennium Falcon.
$: Find it for $16 at Best Buy.
Players: You can play with two players or with two teams of up to four players each.
Includes: Baseball Game comes with a set of dice, dry-erase marker, five chrome pegs, four brass pegs and directions.
How To Play: You might be missing America's favorite pastime — but you can batter up in your living room. In this game, players move the first batter to home plate and roll the dice. The combination you get corresponds to a particular play on the game's billboards. You move according to whatever the designated play is. There's a dry-erase scoreboard to know who's winning.
$$$: Find it for $56 at Uncommon Goods.
Katamino Game for Two
Rating: It doesn't have any ratings yet.
Players: Just the two of you can play, or you can have two teams.
Includes: This game comes with cards with different puzzles and activities, the polygon pieces and the board itself.
How To Play: Like the app you might have tried out once, in this game you're trying to connect all those pieces together. You're assigned different pieces based on your side of the board. Oh, and you're trying to be the fastest one to finish.
$$: Find it for $35 at Uncommon Goods. Keep in mind that it's on backorder until April 30.
Ridley's Games Bar Quiz
Rating: This game doesn't have any ratings yet.
Players: You can play with two to five players.
Includes: This set comes with 200 question cards, 10 game chips, five pencils, a score pad, a trophy and instructions.
How To Play: If you're missing trivia bar nights, this game has lots of questions that need answers. There are 10 challenging topics ranging from pop culture to general knowledge.
$: Find it on sale for $14 at Shopbop.
Trivial Pursuit Netflix's Stranger Things Back to the 80s Edition Board Game
Rating: It currently holds a 4.8-star rating.
Includes: This game has 250 trivia cards with 1,500 questions, a die, four wedge holders, 24 wedges, a middle board piece, cardholder and instructions.
How To Play: In this version of the iconic trivia game, you answer questions about '80s pop culture and "Stranger Things" across six different categories like movies, TV and trends. If you land on a portal space, you have to flip the board over and land in the Upside Down, where wrong answers have consequences.
Movie Geek Trivia Game
Rating: It has a 5-star rating.
Players: This game can be played with two players.
Includes: A deck of cards and a score pad.
How To Play: Cinephiles, you can put your movie knowledge to the test. In this game, you get an illustration of a movie character and have to guess both the movie and actor. You get bonus points, too, for other trivia about the film.
$$: You can find it for $28 at Anthropologie, Verishop or West Elm.
Things They Don't Teach You in School Game
Players: You can play with two players or more.
Includes: 110 cards.
How To Play: It's easy: You try to guess trivia that's so random, you probably didn't learn it in school.
$: Find it for $20 at Uncommon Goods.
Dominoes Coffee Table Game
Players: In this game, you can play with at least one another player.
Includes: This game comes with the set of dominoes and a box that can go on your coffee table.
How To Play: There are different versions of the game but as someone who loves dominoes, I play the traditional way: trying to get rid of the dominoes I have at hand by matching them up (depending on the dots) to the dominoes already on the table, like this explainer video shows.
$: Find it on sale for $20 at West Elm.
CANDYLAND: Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory
Players: This game can be played with two to four players.
Includes: The game comes with the trappings you would expect from "Candyland" with a Willy Wonka twist, including a colorful board and Oompa Loompa pieces.
How To Play: There isn't any actual chocolate in this game, but you can live out your Willy Wonka fantasies by trying to be first player to reach the Wonkavator.
$$: Find it $25 at Bed Bath & Beyond.
Ridley's Games Poker Set
Rating: It currently doesn't have any ratings.
Players: For this set, play with at least one other player.
Includes: This set has 200 chips, two packs of playing cards, a dealer button and full instructions, too.
How To Play: Well, that depends. Since there's two packs of playing cards, you can play just about any card game. Or when you want your own alone time, get a deck and play some solitaire.
$$: Find it for $28 at Shopbop.
Outdoor Yard Giant Wooden Blocks Tower Stacking Game
Rating: It has a 4.9-star rating.
Includes: The stacking game comes with wooden blocks and a nylon carrying case, in case you want to play outside.
How To Play: You have to try to get those blocks one-by-one without making the entire tower fall.
$$: Find it for $42 at Overstock.
Pick Up Sticks Coffee Table Game
Rating: It doesn't currently have any ratings yet.
Players: You can play by yourself or with another person.
Includes: This table game comes with colorful sticks and a box to store them.
How To Play: It's as classic and simple as it gets: throw those sticks and see which one of you can grab them without touching another stick.
$: Find it on sale for $8 at West Elm.
Trivial Pursuit: The Golden Girls Edition
Rating: It currently has a 4.4-star rating.
Players: In this edition, you can play with two or more players.
Includes: This game includes a wedge holder, 100 question cards, a die and rules card.
How To Play: Let "Thank You For Being A Friend" play in the background. In this game, you answer questions about the beloved show in categories like "Men of The Night."
$: Find it for $20 at Bed Bath & Beyond.
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The delicate flavor of this soup makes it an excellent choice for the first course of an Asian-inspired meal.
Soak dried mushrooms in 1/2 cup hot water for 20 minutes. Remove mushrooms from soaking water; reserve liquid. Chop mushrooms; set aside.
In large saucepan, bring 1/4 cup water and soy sauce to a boil. Add jicama, carrots and onion. Reduce heat, cover and simmer until tender, about 8 minutes. Add mushrooms with reserved liquid, tofu, 5 cups water, vinegar, Szechuan sauce and salt. Bring to a simmer, add dissolved cornstarch and simmer, stirring, until thickened.


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La commune de Furesø est une commune danoise de la région Hovedstaden.

Géographie
La localité de Furesø est située à une quinzaine de kilomètres au Nord de Copenhague.

La population de la commune s'élevait lors du recensement de la population en 2007 à  alors que sa superficie totale est de .

La commune est traversée par la rivière Mølleåen et jouxte le lac Furesø qui est une réserve naturelle inscrite au réseau Natura 2000.

Histoire
La commune de Furesø est le résultat du rassemblement des deux communes de :
 Farum ;
 Værløse.

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Lien externe
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Commune au Danemark
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Number of Pachinko Parlors and Parlor Operating Companies in Japan: Key Research Findings 2016
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Research Outline
Yano Research Institute has conducted a study on the domestic number of pachinko parlor operating companies and their parlors with the following conditions:
Research period: September to December, 2016
Research target: Nationwide pachinko parlor operating companies and their pachinko parlors
Research methodologies: Face-to-face interviews by the specialized researchers, telephone/e-mail surveys, and literature research
Summary of Research Findings
Number of Pachinko Parlor Operating Companies: 3,421, Number of Parlors: 10,678, as of End of December 2016
The number of pachinko parlor operating companies was 3,421, as of end of December 2016, a decline by 151 companies during the period between the ends of 2015 and 2016. The number of company groups, consolidated by the capital or the same management, became 2,610, down by 111 groups. With the number of pachinko parlors operated by those 3,421 companies decreased to 10,678, down by 315 parlors since the end of 2015, the parlors together with the operating companies continue diminishing. In addition, according to the survey in association with this research, the company groups with their number of gaming machines (the total number of pachinko and pachi-slot machines) less than 500, or those pachinko parlors that possess less than 300 gaming machines in number have higher rate to withdraw from the business. This trend of smaller groups and parlors decreasing is likely to continue.
Number of Pachinko Parlors Newly Opened by 3,421 Operating Companies in 2016: 171
The number of new pachinko parlors opened by 3,421 operating companies in 2016 was 171, showing slight decrease from the previous year. The location of such new parlors continued to be confined to metropolitan areas. Regarding the business scale of such newly opened parlors, 60% were large or mid-size with 400 or more gaming machines installed, which means that the mainstream of new parlors exceeded the average number of gaming machines per parlor nationwide which is 421.8, as of the end of December 2016. Therefore, the recent tendency is to open fairly large pachinko parlors in metropolitan areas where population concentrate.
Number of Gaming Machines Declining with 4.50 Million Machines as of Year End of 2016
The number of gaming machines nationwide had been rising until 2014, because the then newly-opened and renovated parlors tend to have been large and installed large number of machines that exceeded the number of machines in the closing parlors. However, in 2016, following the tendency of 2015, the number of gaming machines decreased to 4.50 million machines as of December 2016. It means that the numbers of pachinko parlor operating companies, pachinko parlors, gaming machines, and newly-opened parlors are all on the decline.
Figure 1: Transition of Number of Pachinko Parlor Operating Companies
Figure 2: Transition of Number of Pachinko Parlors
Figure 3: Transition of Number of Gaming Machines
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Report Title: Pachinko Parlor Operating Companies in Eastern Japan 2017
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Luxury Villa Luciana is located on the Island of Hvar in a small peaceful and picturesque Mediterranean village called Dol, only 2 km away from the nearest town of Stari Grad and the beautiful island beaches. In the Village of Dol there is a restaurant, cafe and shop. The short walk or bike ride from the Villa to the town could take longer given that you will be distracted with untouched nature, olive gardens, little churches on the hills, local pathways and small villages in the surroundings. Villa Luciana is a perfect place to rest your body and soul and experience life on an island, and if you want to explore Hvar, it is the best place to start with, the famous town of Hvar with its vivid nightlife is just 20 minutes drive away.


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DHS Funding 9 Projects Seeking to Better Equip Frontline Workers
The Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate announced that a total of $9.8 million has been awarded to small businesses to further develop technologies intended to support homeland security mission needs. Nine Phase II contracts were awarded as a result of the Small Business Innovation Research solicitation released in December 2020, the S&T Directorate said Thursday.
In a statement, the directorate said that each Phase II recipient was awarded approximately $1 million to build and demonstrate a prototype over a two-year period. It was explained that additional funding is being given in recognition of the feasibility of technologies demonstrated during Phase I of the program.
Topping the list of projects receiving Phase II funding is the development of a non-invasive breathalyzer detection system to screen for the presence of viral respiratory infections. Another project seeks to develop an Extreme Terrian Vehicle for mounting rescue operations in ice-covered areas. Yet another project seeks to harness artificial intelligence to augment the 911 telecommunicator function, the directorate revealed.
Kathryn Coulter Mitchell, the senior official performing the duties of the undersecretary for S&T, said "small businesses are critical to the execution of the DHS mission, they are a key factor to a healthy economy." She added that the effort ultimately strives to equip DHS frontline workers with the tools they need to safeguard the nation.
The S&T directorate said that at the end of the two-year contract, the awardees are expected to have developed a prototype to demonstrate their technologies, opening the doors for potential Phase III funding. It was further explained that the advanced funding phase will be provided by the private sector.
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Q: Fetch is giving "Network Request Failed" in android release app even for HTTPS requests. Why? Even If I'm giving an HTTPS request(which is said to be acceptable in android OS version 9), still it gives a "Network Request Failed" Error.
I have tried the android:usesCleartextTraffic="true" workaround for http requests but it didn't work. Then used firebase functions for https APIs still it gives the same error.


Route 66 is the embodiment of the classic American road trip. It's 2,451 miles of non-stop road and an endless supply of entertainment along the way. But where do you stop with so many options to choose from? Here are a few goals to keep in mind when choosing which places you'd like to see or skip.
Route 66 began along Jackson Boulevard in Chicago way back in 1926 and road trippers have been starting their journey at a little restaurant here called Lou Mitchell's ever since. This classic American diner cooks up just about any breakfast and lunch food you can imagine, so start your trip with a helping of hobo omelets or a Royal ½ pound burger. You'll probably want to take a little for the road.
Shining like a beacon in the horizon, a giant 66-foot tall pop bottle alongside the road is hard to miss. This is the famous landmark along Route 66 known as POPS, a gas station and soda shop that serves over 600 flavors of soda! Don't worry, they also serve shakes and food too. If you're feeling like stretching your legs take a stroll through the corn maze to add a little excitement to your day.
Cadillac Ranch is one of the most iconic spots along Route 66, located just outside of Amarillo, Texas. This art formation has withstood the test of time, having been erected in 1974 and having become a silly stopping point for road trippers ever since. Not only is defacing the cars buried in the ground here legal, it's encouraged. For decades visitors have been spraying graffiti and ripping off chunks as souvenirs; now it's your turn.
Midway through your trip in Adrian, Texas, with exactly 1,139 miles left each way, is a great place to stop at the Midway Café. It's an excellent little eatery whether you're in need of breakfast, lunch or dinner. It's also a vintage-style café and gift shop where you can expect to throw down a good deal of money on some souvenirs and one of their famous "ugly" pies. You're halfway there, you've earned a treat!
Have you ever wanted to stay the night in a wigwam? Here's your chance. As you reach Holbrook, Arizona you'll notice the giant teepee-shaped enclosures jutting up from the ground. Don't expect an authentic Native American experience at this spot, however—the Wigwam Motel is much more concerned with its reputation for tourist-trap kitsch. The prices here aren't exactly cheap, but it's a unique experience you won't find anywhere else.
Seligman, Arizona is classic Route 66, one of the most well respected and preserved towns along the route. The quaint little city is thought to be the inspiration for Radiator Springs in the Pixar movie Cars, and you'll notice immediately how much they embrace it. Stop in for a bite at the Roadkill Café then spend an hour or so walking around town exploring the gift shops, general store and Route 66 Auto & Towing, where you might see a few familiar faces.
Santa Monica Pier is the official end of Route 66 and you'll definitely want to spend time here walking the pier and enjoying the waves. There's food, rides and carnival games all along the pier and no shortage of restaurants surrounding it. Grab a bite, play a little and go for a swim and don't forget to stop by the Santa Monica Pier Aquarium for just $5.


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Q: Azure DevOps Server hangs when I try to deploy a release - What's the reason/remedy for this? I cannot deploy a release in Azure DevOps Server (on-premise). Whenever I do, Azure DevOps Server shows a "loading" spinner and hangs:

The spinner is shown forever:

There are two other users in our team who share the same issue I have. I've been assigned Azure DevOps Server Administrator rights, still I cannot deploy, so it isn't a rights issue.
I've been logging into another Windows machine, been using other browsers ... yet, to no avail. I always get to see the spinner only.
Strange enough: Other users in our team can deploy releases in our project flawlessly. Currently, it's only three persons in our team who observe Azure DevOps Server hang. Even we could deploy releases until two weeks ago. No-one has changed anything. It suddenly stopped to work for three of us (me included).
I suppose it's a bug in Azure DevOps Server.

What's causing this behaviour? How can we cope with it?

EDIT:
These are the JavaScript warnings I get to see when using IE 11:

A: It seems like the error is based on the fact that we separated our boards from the repository in Azure DevOps.
In Azure DevOps we created a common board for all projects, but we left the projects themselves in their own Area. Then we moved the boards' items to the new overall board while we left the repositories at their original location (Area).
This seems to cause the hang when a repository's board gets disabled.
Re-enabling the repository's (now obsolete and redundant) board solves the issue.


Attached to this mail is a new single from the RuffTown Records signed act Wendy Shay. The single was produced by MOG Beatz and comes along with a music video which was directed by Yaw SkyFace. Please publish on your platform.


It's no secret that some of the most important games in an NFL season are those among your own division. From battling for first place, wild card races, to just all out rivialry, these games are some of the toughest, most gruesome, hardest fought games of the year.
No matter how teams are playing, or how good or bad they are on paper, when it comes to these divisional games, it always comes down to who wants it more and who's going to fight for that extra inch.
In the past two years, the Miami Dolphins have had a shot at the playoffs; they held their own destiny in their hands. Standing in their way? Divisional rivals!
The Bills and the Jets in 2013, and the Jets in 2014. Despite the fact that Miami had the better record and team on paper, the Dolphins were unable to wake up for the games and ultimately lost them all, convincingly, falling short of the playoffs both years.
A lot of the blame could be put on former Dolphins Head Coach, Joe Philbin, and the rest of the coaching staff at the time, for not getting the team up for the games. Philbin and his staff are known for having light practices and lacked heavily in the motivational department. After this seasons week 4 thrashing that saw the Jets beat down the Dolphins in London, the answer was clear. Owner Stephen Ross knew that enough was enough, and it was time to implement a change.
Insert Dan Campbell as Interim Head Coach, along with some other notable changes, such as the firing of Defensive Coordinator Kevin Coyle and naming former Defensive line coach Lou Anarumo as his replacement, the Dolphins were not going to be that lackluster team anymore that simply walked through practices all week. Things were going to change, things were going to get tougher, and things were going to get a lot more competitive under this new coaching regime.
The Miami Dolphins came flying out of the gate right away under Dan Campbell and looked to be the team everyone thought they were going to be before the season started. With back-to-back convincing wins, the Dolphins were then set to have their next two games against division rivals, the Buffalo Bills and the New England Patriots.
The Dolphins ultimately lost both divisional games in spectacular fashion, dropping their AFC East record to 3-5 overall, 0-4 in the AFC East.
How can a team expect to make the playoffs when they are 0-4 in their division?
So, as week 12 approaches, with the season quickly coming to an end, if the Dolphins have any hope of salvaging their season and making the playoffs, it's going to have to start this week, against their divisional rivals, the New York Jets.
It's not going to be easy, the Dolphins are going to have to want it more than the Jets, fight for it more than the Jets, and flat-out perform better than the Jets. The Dolphins need to have that "fire in their eye", that kill or be killed mentality, and go out there and rage war against the Jets.
It's time for the Dolphins to wreck havoc on the Jets, their divisional enemies, and finish this season off right.


Massachusetts State Route 97 is a north-south highway in Northeastern Essex County. It runs from the New Hampshire/Massachusetts State Line to Beverly.
MA St Rt 97 passes through the following towns in Essex County.
MA St Rt 97 is multi-plexed in Essex County.
Massachusetts State Route 125, at Haverhill.
Massachusetts State Route 110, at Haverhill.
Massachusetts State Route 113, from Haverhill to Groveland.
Massachusetts State Route 133, at Groveland.
MA St Rt 97 intersects the following highways in Essex County.
Massachusetts State Route 113, at Haverhill.
Massachusetts State Route 113, at Groveland.
Interstate 95, near East Boxford.
U.S. Rt. 1, near Topsfield.
Massachusetts State Route 35, near North Beverly.
Massachusetts State Route 128, at Beverly.
Massachusetts State Route 1A, at Beverly.
SB MA St Rt 97/125 in Haverhill.
A junction marker on Haverhill.
SB MA St Rt 97/EB MA St Rt 113 at the Bates Bridge.
SB MA St Rt 97 near Groveland.
A junction marker on NB U.S. Rt. 1.


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What to expect from Nintendo in 2023
OPINION: Nintendo had an interesting year in 2022, with the release of Pokémon Legends: Arceus and Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, as well as a refresh to the Bayonetta series with Bayonetta 3. But what does the company have planned over the next 12 months?
We've been listening closely to the rumor mill and checking all the news so we can figure out what Nintendo is planning for 2023.
Without further ado, here is what we can expect from Nintendo over the next 12 months.
More Switch exclusives to look forward to
One thing to look forward to next year is the plethora of games coming to the Nintendo Switch series. Arguably the most anticipated title is The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, the long-awaited sequel to Breath of the Wild.
Tears of the Kingdom is slated for release in May next year, and comes in as another open-world adventure in which you can traverse and explore the lands at your own pace. While Nintendo has been tight-lipped about the plot, we can guess that Ganon is going to return to Hyrule to cause more chaos.
Other games that are coming in 2023 include Fire Emblem Engage, Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe, Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse and Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon.
And since Nintendo has a habit of announcing its games only a few months before they release, we could see even more fantastic titles dropping in 2023, with some hopefully making their way into our Best Nintendo Switch Games roundup.
While this entry does not classify as a new game or a piece of hardware, the Super Mario Bros. Movie is undeniably exciting and could be Nintendo's first step into creating its own movie universe.
The movie is being produced alongside Illumination and Universal and should be coming to cinemas at the end of March in the UK, and reaching American cinemas at the start of April. This is Mario's very first animated movie, with Chris Pratt taking on the starring role. The rest of the cast is equally impressive, with Charlie Day taking on the role of Luigi, Anya Taylor-Joy voicing the lovely Princess Peach and comedy icon Jack Black bringing Bowser to life.
While we won't know the full effect of The Super Mario Bros. Movie until it releases, this could be the push Nintendo needs to start producing more animated movies. Franchises like Metroid, Star Fox and The Legend of Zelda could see their own Hollywood adaptations if all goes well, giving younger generations the chance to get to know quintessential characters and games from Nintendo's history.
The Nintendo Switch Pro
Nintendo has been continually cagey about the existence of the Nintendo Switch Pro, but it seems like we might see a new console launching at the end of next year. President of Nintendo Shuntaro Furukawa claimed that the company will not be releasing a new console in its upcoming fiscal year, which lasts until March 2023, with no mention of what could be coming after.
Furthermore, in a since-deleted Tweettrusted insider Nate the Hate claimed that the Nintendo Switch Pro will be launching in the first half of 2023. There have also been claims of developer kits for an upgraded Switch being handed out, although it's not been confirmed if these were in fact Switch Pro prototypes.
Bloomberg also reported that game developers have been working on 4K games for the Nintendo Switch, despite the fact that all current Switch consoles – including the vanilla Switch, Switch OLED and Switch Lite – do not support Ultra HD resolutions.
The Switch family is in dire need of an upgrade since the company has not swapped out or improved the internals since the console launched in 2017, so we will be keeping our fingers crossed for the Nintendo Switch Pro in 2023, even if Nintendo refuses to confirm anything.
Wildcard: A dedicated Donkey Kong game
Donkey Kong was the first gem Nintendo ever created, allowing the company to corner the North American market with the aptly named arcade game, Donkey Kong. DK is one of Nintendo's most beloved and well-known characters, helping to pave the way for even more historic faces like Mario, Kirby and Zelda, among many others.
Which is why we have to ask, when is the next Donkey Kong game going to be released? DK's last dedicated outing was in 2014's Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, with no further solo games being released in the last eight years.
That's not to say that we don't get to see our favorite gorilla in games like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Super Smash Bros Ultimate, but with so many solo games for characters like Mario, Zelda and even Samus, we think it's time that DK got some more time in the limelight.
There were murmurs earlier in 2022 about a potential 2D Donkey Kong game for the Nintendo Switch, but these fizzled out early on, leaving fans waiting on tenthooks for when Nintendo will finally give DK and his trusty sidekicks Diddy and Dixie another starring role.
While we can't guarantee that a new Donkey Kong game will be gracing our Switches anytime soon, there is always hope, and we personally can't wait to get stuck back into DK Island to collect bananas and fight against the unruly King K. Roll.


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KEYWORDS Arc flash / FR clothing
There is a good reason why, if you Google "flame resistant clothing," up pops about 1,160,000 results. As with other personal protective clothing (PPE) such as respirators and fall protection, FR clothing can be literal life savers.
Consider the high stakes: Five to ten arc explosions occur in electric equipment every day in the United States, according to statistics compiled by CapSchell, Inc., a Chicago-based research and consulting firm that specializes in preventing workplace injuries and deaths.
Each year more than 2,000 people are treated in burn centers with severe arc-flash injuries, according to the fact sheet.
Nature of the risk
An arc flash can cause minor injuries, third degree burns and potential death as well as other injuries including blindness, hearing loss, nerve damage and cardiac arrest. Fatal burns can occur when the victim is several feet from the arc. Serious burns are common at a distance of ten feet.
Lost days and livelihoods
Exposure to an electrical arc or a strong current spark between a highly charged source and the ground is the most destructive and potentially catastrophic indirect electrical injury. The result can be instantaneous deep thermal burns. Only 30 percent of severe burn cases are released for return to work, according to Paradigm Systematic Care Management. On average, only 15 percent of severe burn injury cases return to work full time across industry. The number of days off work after hospitalization correlates closely with the number of days hospitalized, which in turn correlates significantly with percentage of body surface area burned, according to an article in the Journal of Occupational Medicine.
In addition to fatalities, major high-voltage electrical trauma can produce devastating physical injuries. Repeated removal of tissue, amputations, and extensive rehabilitation are common in high-voltage electrical injuries, according to a fact sheet by the Energy Recovery Council Alliance. It is not unusual for treatment to require tissue removal over several days, and frequently the damage becomes significant enough to warrant amputation. Limb amputation rates for victims who experience direct electrical contact can be as high as 75 percent, and most victims who survive high-voltage electrical shock are left permanently disabled, according to the fact sheet.
Physical and non-physical trauma
If a person comes into contact with a high-voltage power source, the outer layer of the skin is usually destroyed by heat within milliseconds. Once the outer layer of the skin is destroyed, large currents are able to pass through and produce tissue damage, especially to skeletal muscle and nerve. In addition to tissue damage, an arc blast can cause other types of injuries from the physical force of impacts including falls, broken bones, and concussions. In addition, other non-physical issues may affect employees with electrical injuries. Examples of these include problems with the speed of mental processing, attention, concentration, memory, and post-traumatic stress disorders.
Treatment is complicated by progressive tissue death (necrosis) and the need for multiple surgical interventions. Surgeons have difficulty identifying the living versus dead tissue.
Most deaths due to severe burns occur two to three weeks after the burn incident as bodily systems collapse. It is important that employees and employers understand that even with no visible burn, survivors may be faced with long-term muscular pain and discomfort, fatigue, inadequate balance and coordination or even limb amputation.
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Review of Cult Insanity- Irene Spencer
Cult Insanity- Irene Spencer
From the publisher- Life for Irene Spencer was a series of devastating disappointments and hardships. Irene's first book, Shattered Dreams, is the staggering chronicle of her struggle to provide for her children in abject poverty and feelings of abandonment each time her husband left to be with one of his other wives. Irene was raised to believe polygamy was the way of life necessary for her ticket to heaven.
The hard knocks of her environment were just the beginning of Irene's shocking tale. Insanity ran rampant in her husband's family and was the source of inconceivable events that unfolded throughout Irene's adult life. CULT INSANITY takes readers deeper into her story to uncover the outrageous behavior of her brother-in-law Ervil -- a self-proclaimed prophet who determined he was called to set the house of God in order -- and how he terrorized their colony. Claiming to be God's avenger and to have a license to kill in the name of God, Ervil ordered the murders of friends and family members, eliminating all those who challenged his authority.
For those who were gripped by Shattered Dreams, the rest of the story will blow them away. CULT INSANITY is a riveting, terrifying memoir of polygamist life under the tyranny of a madman.
Cult Insanity is the story of Evril Lebaron, the brother in law of author Irene Spencer, a ruthless psychotic man, who killled 25 people, including family and church members. Irene Spencer was warned by her family that the Lebarons were a insane family, little did she know how insane some were.
As it's mentioned above, Cult Insanity is a sequel to Shattered Dreams, but it is not necessary to have read Shattered Dreams before you read Cult Insanity. I've never read Shattered Dreams, but I want to now. I don't know much about the polygomy ways, but after reading this book I really want to know more. This book was a real eye opener to what goes on in these compounds, and i'm speechless that these women think this is what God wants.
There are several books out there about Evril (doesn't that sound so much like Evil) Lebaron, but none have that personal touch that Irene Spencer brings. I really felt her terror while she was out there in Northern Mexico living in such close proximity to Evril. The evilness of Evril is transparent in every page as the story digs deeper and deeper into the sick mind of Evril. Again i'm dumbfounded why anyone would put themselves in such harm's way, and feel like they have no choice but to live life that way.
Final words, this a gripping, disturbing book, and after reading it I defnitely want to know more about polygomy.
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Jenny September 7, 2009 at 1:56 PM
This sounds really good! I was hesitant to read it b/c I didn't read the first one and I'm usually ocd about reading them in order. Do you think it's really not necessary?
Melissa September 7, 2009 at 5:11 PM
Jenny, I didn't find it hard to read because I didn't read Shattered Dreams. This book was about her brother in law Evril and what was going on in their polygomy community during his reign of terror. There was a lot of insight on how polygomy works in this book though, and that is what Shattered Dreams about, so it made me really want to read Shattered Dreams.
I have always been intrigued by it. Please sign me up for a free copy. Glad I found your blog.
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