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You'll love playing The Impossible Room but you will never beat it | Cult of Mac
You'll love playing The Impossible Room but you will never beat it
By Rob LeFebvre • 4:00 am, December 12, 2014
The Impossible Room is so hard, no one has beaten it yet. Photo: Maruf Nebil
Though he's toyed with escape games for years, Turkish developer Maruf Nebil didn't get hooked on the genre until 100 Floors hit the App Store in 2012. When The Room Two upped the ante with gorgeous 3-D environments a year later, Nebil set himself a devilish task: To create an unbeatable game that was also undeniably beautiful.
"I decided to make my game the hardest of all of them," the 25-year-old developer said, with perhaps an evil laugh. "It's like all 100 floors in a single room."
While some games in this genre are about as fun and fulfilling as one of those "spot the hidden object" puzzles from a Highlights magazine, others prove truly challenging.
Some might say this type of game is purely for masochists, but others get lost in the obtuse challenge of finding hidden objects and solving maddening puzzles, all while trapped within a virtual room.
Early level design for The Impossible Room was captured on paper. Photo: Maruf Nebil
Nebil designed most of the game on paper and in his mind. He wanted to start developing soon after, but realized ha had no 3-D experience at all. Since The Room was created in Unity, a video game graphics engine, Nebil decided to start learning in July of this year.
It took him about four months to make The Impossible Room. Nebil spent nothing on development — besides his own time and effort — but he did have to take some freelance jobs to make ends meet. The final cost, if he were charging for it, would be about $5,000.
Because this was his first project, he had some technical difficulties with the puzzles, but the major challenge was creating amazing graphics.
"I tried to make it as cool as The Room," he said, "but I couldn't make it."
Nebil still asserts that his puzzles are the hardest and most unique on the App Store.
"Even the room-escape masters have no idea on some puzzles because they haven't seen anything like this before," he bragged.
The players seem to agree, with comments on Google Play like this one from Lalit Gaur, who says that this game is "Driving me nuts! Carp (sic), it's a collection of lock and locks and locks not even a single hint where to start from."
Another player calls it an "Awesome puzzle game!"
"Super challenging. The fact there's no hints makes this more interesting and impossible," says Amir Salach.
Early puzzle design documents helped Nebil figure out his game. Photo: Maruf Nebil
Nebil didn't want to take advantage of players by offering hints for in-app purchase (IAP) micro-transactions. Instead, he went with an advertising business model, with only one IAP available, to let players remove ads.
"I don't want people to depend on hints," he said. "I want them to use every single option possible to escape from The Impossible Room. They are searching on Google when some of the puzzles ask them interesting facts, they opened Facebook groups, and are spamming me for hints."
Some of the puzzles in the room require real-world research as well. One level even has some players consulting the head of a Masonic Temple to find a solution.
All of this has Nebil both pleased and a little amused.
"While I watch their frustration, I'm playing Crossy Roads and Dumb Ways to Die on my iPhone," he said.
The Impossible Room is available as a free download on iTunes and Google Play.
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This dish was outstanding!! This will be a regular in my household...and it was surprisingly easy! Even better after a tough workout at the gym. (Scroll down for more pics).
Combine the meatball ingredients together in a bowl. Mix the meat and spices through thoroughly with your hands, add the onion, garlic, and parsley and crack the eggs in. Mix the eggs throughout the mixture well so that it binds together well.
Form small balls by taking a palm full of the mixture, flattening it out to remove air pockets, and then rolling between your hands to make golf ball sized meatballs. Obviously you can make them as big or as small as you want.
Using a tagine (you can just use a regular frying pan with a lid if you don't have a tagine) and add a little oil to the bottom, then fry the sliced onion until it's mostly cooked through. Add the meatballs on top of the onion and fry them until just browned all over, turning them over every few minutes to make sure they're cooking evenly.
Once the meatballs are browned, add the canned tomatoes and tomato paste mixture over the top until the meatballs are almost covered. At that point sprinkle in the other spices and drizzle over the honey. Give the whole dish a gentle stir mix the spices through. Place the lid of the tagine on, and turn the heat down to quite low to let the flavours infuse and the sauce to soak into the meatballs. If the level of liquid in the dish is a bit low, then add some water.
Give this ten minutes or so to simmer and for the meatballs to cook through. Take the lid off and crack the eggs into the sauce (in between gaps in the meatballs). Add another good seasoning of salt and pepper, and then put the lid back on the tagine. Leave the eggs to poach for a few minutes until they are just soft and still runny inside.
Serve with couscous or rice, and bread.
This was the first time I used my new tagine.....and I loved it!!
Just after adding all the sauce ingredients.
The eggs were poached perfectly!
The meatballs were cooked through.


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Claim settled. Five years after vendors admitted to overcharging the Defense Department for labor costs on a networking equipment contract, the parent company agreed to pay the government $4.5 million to settle claims.
In 1995, Digital Equipment Corp. officials submitted a Voluntary Disclosure Report that said they had inflated labor charges on work performed in Orlando, Fla., and Frankfurt, Germany, under the Navy PC-LAN contract, according to a July 26 Justice Department announcement.
Digital, now owned by Compaq Computer Corp., had converted the costs of some parts, and shipping and warehousing costs into labor hours, the Justice statement said.
The Navy PC-LAN contract started in 1991 and ended in 1996.
Portable deal. GTSI Corp. of Chantilly, Va., sold $8 million worth of Toughbook portable PCs through its Air Force Information Technology Tools blanket purchasing agreement from Oct. 1, 1999, to June 30, said Col. Neal I. Fox, director of the Standard Systems Group's commercial information technology product area directorate.
That SSG unit manages the contract at the Gunter Annex of Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
From March 1999'when the BPA was awarded'to Sept. 30, 1999, DOD organizations bought $1.6 million in Panasonic products from Panasonic Personal Computer Co. of Secaucus, N.J., through the GTSI BPA, Fox said.
IA anyone? The Army will hold an Information Assurance Conference Sept. 12 and Sept. 13 at the Army Research Laboratory in Adelphi, Md. The Association of Old Crows is running the event, which is open to U.S. citizens with security clearances.
Philip Loranger, the director of the Army biometrics program office, is the conference's technical program coordinator.
Lt. Gen. Peter M. Cuviello, the Army's chief information officer, will speak, as will Lt. Col. Kirk Krist, information assurance director at the service's directorate of information systems for command, control, communications and computers, and Maj. Gen. John Thomas, commanding general at the Army Intelligence Center.
DLA software buy. Since signing an enterprise license for Microsoft Corp. BackOffice and Office suite products with Beyond.com of Sunnyvale, Calif., in June 1997, Defense Logistics Agency officials have bought $35 million in software through the agreement, said Larry J. Wilson, DLA's acting executive director for corporate information services.
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Ahead of this weekend's FA Cup fifth round, there's once again been talk of scrapping Cup replays in an attempt to reduce the fixture burden on the top clubs. As if the FA would ever tamper with its traditions for the benefit of a few. Who could ever imagine such a thing?
The Ulsan Mipo water sprite is known for its magical powers that it uses to create mischief. A bit like the Irish leprechaun but with a different sense of humour. For example, there is a story of the sprite visiting a king and queen who could not have children and riddling them thus: "If you can answer my riddles two, A child will sure be born to you." He had agonised for some time about the meaningless "sure" in the second line but it helped the thing scan. "What has a coat but no umbrella?" asked the sprite first.
The king and queen consulted for a long time in fevered whispers and eventually answered "a horse, or an E-grade civil servant". The sprite graciously accepted their first answer and asked his final riddle: "What has a mistress among the kitchen girls and goes to see her on Wednesday afternoons when he says he is meeting with the Privy Council because he knows the very phrase 'Privy Council' bores his wife into a state of absolute incuriousness."
A League Two centre-half in the making.
Malaysia's goal of the season competition is a cinch.
"I know it is a long way from Mansfield to Plymouth but there must be at least one toilet block."
It's nice to see Keith Hill putting on his best clothes to welcome Grant Holt back to Rochdale.
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Tim Sherwood for Manchester United?


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The city is changing its tune when it comes to allowing bus-riders to sing on public transit.
A new proposed bylaw forbidding one from singing came forward on Wednesday, sending citizens to quickly attack the city for over-policing something they didn't think was a real concern.
The city says in a release that part of the bylaw will be amended to ensure clarity, specifically the playing of a musical instrument, singing, or staging a live musical performance on a bus.
"With some revised wording, we expect that the purpose of the proposed bylaw will be clearer that the intent is not to limit freedom of expression," said Dave Wardrop, director of Winnipeg Transit.
"If a transit user is singing in a manner that is not disturbing fellow passengers or the transit operator, there is no issue," Wardrop added.


I can't help buying cute things for my baby so I'm getting a little light in the wallet.
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I can't help taking a shower several times a day in summer so my water charges are expensive.
I can't help talking with foreigners so I started to study English 3 years ago.
I can't help going to bargain sales so I try to never see flyers.
When I went shopping to buy a present for my friend, I found a lovely dress by chance. I couldn't help buying it for myself so I couldn't afford to buy a present for my friend.


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Wales: Ideas and Information on Intellectual Property - Cymru: Syniadau a Gwybodaeth am Eiddo Deallusol
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My Talk to the Enterprise Hub -"What is a Trade Secret?"
I had a good day at M-SParc yesterday. I discussed trade secrets and non-disclosure agreements with the Enterprise Hub between 12:00 and 13:00. For the rest of the afternoon, I held pro bono one-to-one consultations with some of the individuals who had attended my talk as well as other business owners and entrepreneurs.
For the purpose of my talk, I defined "trade secrets" as "secret business or commercial information the unlicensed use or disclosure of which could benefit a recipient of the information or harm the person who is entitled to prevent such use or disclosure." A trade secret can be an invention before the filing of a patent application, the source code of a computer program, a customer list or a business plan.
Until the 9 June 2018, the unauthorized use or disclosure of trade secrets was prevented by the law of confidence which had been developed by the courts over many years. In Coco v AN Clark (Engineers) Ltd [1968] F.S.R. 415, [1969] RPC 41 Mr Justice Megarry summarized that law as follows:
"I would regard the recipient as carrying a heavy burden if he seeks to repel a contention that he was bound by an obligation of confidence.'
'First, the information must be of a confidential nature. As Lord Greene said in the Saltman case . . 'something which is public property and public knowledge' cannot per se provide any foundation for proceedings for breach of confidence. However confidential the circumstances of communication, there can be no breach of confidence in revealing to others something which is already common knowledge. But this must not be taken too far. Something that has been constructed solely from materials in the public domain may possess the necessary quality of confidentiality: for something new and confidential may have been brought into being by the application of the skill and ingenuity of the human brain . . Novelty depends on the thing itself, and not upon the quality of its constituent parts . . whether it is described as originality or novelty or ingenuity or otherwise, I think there must be some product of the human brain which suffices to confer a confidential nature upon the information.
The second requirement is that the information must have been communicated in circumstances importing an obligation of confidence. However secret and confidential the information, there can be no binding obligation of confidence if that information is blurted out in public or is communicated in other circumstances which negative any duty of holding it confidential. From the authorities cited to me, I have not been able to derive any very precise idea of what test is to be applied in determining whether the circumstances import an obligation of confidence. In the Argyll case, Ungoed-Thomas, J. concluded his discussion of the circumstances in which the publication of marital communications should be restrained as being confidential by saying 'If this was a well-developed jurisdiction doubtless there would be guides and tests to aid in exercising it'. In the absence of such guides or tests he then in effect concluded that part of the communications there in question would on any reasonable test emerge as confidential. It may be that that hard-worked creature, the reasonable man, may be pressed into service once more; for I do not see why he should not labour in equity as well as at law. It seems to me that if the circumstances are such that any reasonable man standing in the shoes of the recipient of the information would have realised that upon reasonable grounds the information was being given to him in confidence, then this should suffice to impose upon him the equitable obligation of confidence. In particular, where information of commercial or industrial value is given on a business-like basis and with some avowed common object in mind, such as a joint venture or the manufacture of articles by one party for the other, I would regard the recipient as carrying a heavy burden if he seeks to repel a contention that he was bound by an obligation of confidence: see the Saltman case . . On that footing, for reasons that will appear, I do not think I need explore this head further. I merely add that I doubt whether equity would intervene unless the circumstances are of sufficient gravity; equity ought not to be invoked merely to protect trivial tittle-tattle, however confidential.
Thirdly, there must be an unauthorised use of the information to the detriment of the person communicating it. Some of the statements of principle in the cases omit any mention of detriment; others include it. At first sight, it seems that detriment ought to be present if equity is to be induced to intervene; but I can conceive of cases where a plaintiff might have substantial motives for seeking the aid of equity and yet suffer nothing which could fairly be called detriment to him, as when the confidential information shows him in a favourable light but gravely injures some relation or friend of his whom he wishes to protect. The point does not arise for decision in this case, for detriment to the plaintiff plainly exists. I need therefore say no more than that although for the purposes of this case I have stated the proposition in the stricter form, I wish to keep open the possibility of the true proposition being that in the wider firm."
Since 9 June 2018 European Union trade secrecy law has been harmonized by Directive (EU) 2016/943 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on the protection of undisclosed know-how and business information (trade secrets) against their unlawful acquisition, use and disclosure (Text with EEA relevance) OJ L 157, 15.6.2016, p. 1–18 which I discussed in The Trade Secrets Directive on 7 July 2016 NIPC Law. It would appear from The Trade Secrets (Enforcement, etc.) Regulations 2018 which implemented the Directive into the laws of the United Kingdom that the Directive did not repeal the old judge-made law but provided trade secret owners with new rights and remedies (see Jane Lambert Transposing the Trade Secrets Directive into English Law: The Trade Secrets (Enforcement etc) Regulations 6 June 2019 NIPC Law).
For the rest of my talk, I discussed confidentiality or non-disclosure agreements which is one of the "circumstances importing an obligation of confidence" that Mr Justice Megarry is likely to have had in mind in Coco v Clark. Those agreements are easy enough to draft but much less easy to enforce in infringement proceedings. Defendants tend to argue that the agreement was not intended to cover the information in question, that it was not really confidential or that the claimant is not entitled to rely on it for some other reason. In There's more to the Law of Confidence than NDAs 14 Oct 2019 NIPC Inventors Club, I wrote:
"If you want to rely on the law of confidence, print a form in duplicate on no carbon required paper with boxes for:
The name and full postal address, job title, email, telephone and other contact details of the confidante and those of his or her employer if they are different.
Identify the information to be delivered and the way in which it is to be passed (that is to say, private conversation, whether it is is a document and if so what it contains).
An acknowledgement that the information has been disclosed in confidence.
A finite period in which the confidante can contentod that the information is not confidential at all and a rapid and cost-effective way of resolving such contentions such as expert determination or expedited arbitration.
The use to which the information may be put.
A deadline for the return of confidential documents and may have been made.
Submission to the jurisdiction of the English courts.
Every single confidential conversation and the delivery of every single document should be recorded and logged separately. If any of the conditions is breached, the confider should call the confidante at once. If it is still not put right the confider should consider legal action including possibly an interim injunction."
Trade secrets have a number of advantages over patents. The right to prevent unauthorized use or disclosure arises automatically. It costs nothing. There is no need for registration. Theoretically, it can last for ever and some trade secrets like the recipes for Chartreuse or Coca Cola have been kept secret for centuries in the case of the liqueur and well over 100 years in the case of the fizzy drink. On the other hand, if a competitor discovers the secret through his own R & D or even by reverse engineering there is nothing to stop him from using it. A patent, on the other hand, could stop such a competitor in his tracks if he makes or does something that is caught by one or more of the claims.
My next visit to the Enterprise Hub is scheduled for the end of April to join in the celebrations for World Intellectual Property Day. The theme this year is "Invest for a Green Future" which could not be more appropriate for the Menai Science Park. That has been the science park's theme from the day it opened on St David's Day 2018.
While taking a break from my one-to-one's, Pryderi ap Rhisiart, M-SParc's managing director presented me with an ambassador's badge. One of the reasons why M-SParc is so important is that it is helping to reverse a trend of relative economic decline and depopulation which has drained Northwest Wales of its best and brightest. The businesses that are establishing themselves at M-SParc and other locations in the Menai area are attracting them back as well as highly skilled individuals from the rest of the world. I sense a real buzz whenever I step into the science park's atrium. For that reason, I shall wear my M-SParc badge with pride.
Much of the credit for the success of yesterday's meeting is due to Emily Roberts who runs the Enterprise Hub. She advertises the meetings and sets up the PowerPoint and refreshments. I am very grateful to her for her work.
If anyone wants to discuss this article call me on 020 7404 5252 or send me a message through my contact form.
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Building a Better Mousetrap - Visit to M-SParc on 27 Jan
"Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door". That saying is attributed mistakenly to Ralph Waldo Emerson; It is a misquotation. According to Wikipedia Build a Better Mousetrap etc. Emerson's actual words were:
"If a man has good corn or wood, or boards, or pigs, to sell, or can make better chairs or knives, crucibles or church organs, than anybody else, you will find a broad hard-beaten road to his house, though it be in the woods."
Nevertheless, the saying appears to have been taken seriously for the same article adds:
"The phrase has turned into a metaphor about the power of innovation and is frequently taken literally, with more than 4,400 patents issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office for new mousetraps, with thousands more unsuccessful applicants, making them the "most frequently invented device in U.S. history."
There seems to be some truth in that. There is a YouTube channel in the USA called Mousetrap Monday with 1.23 million subscribers that tests different types of mousetrap.
I am not sure what could count as a "better mousetrap" because every type of rodent control seems to inflict suffering. According to the RSPCA Living with Rats and Mice, spring traps do not always kill outright, poison induces haemorrhaging, beasts caught in glue traps have been known to tear off their fur or even bite through their limbs in futile efforts to break free and even live traps can be cruel because released rodents have a very low survival rate. Many starve or freeze to death because they cannot find food or shelter in a new environment or they fall prey to other animals including other members of their species. Rats and mice may be dangerous, destructive and indeed disgusting creatures that have to be controlled by lethal measures, but that is no excuse for inflicting more pain on those beings than is absolutely necessary.
If despite everything that I have just said, you have somehow invented a better mousetrap or, indeed, some other new product or process it is imperative that you keep your trap shut (no pun intended) until you are ready to commercialize it. The reason for secrecy is that patents are granted only for inventions that are new. If you tell everybody how to make or use the invention then it is no longer new, is it? You may need to disclose your invention to a potential collaborator or investor but you must be careful to do that only in confidence and that's where I can help you. On Monday, 27 Jan 2020 at 12:00 I shall be talking about trade secrets. confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements at the Menai Science Park (M-SParc) on Anglesey and you can find out all you need to know about that topic by registering for the event through Eventbrite.
As usual, I shall stay at the science park until 17:00 to discuss any issues that tenants of the science park or other local businesses may have. If anybody wants to book a slot, call 020 7404 5252 and ask any of the clerks for an appointment. Alternatively, just fill in the "Initial Advice and Signposting" form below.
My visit takes off immediately after Burns Night which remembers one of the world's greatest poets. Among his most popular poems is "To a Mouse". Having watched some of the videos on Mousetrap Monday I can't help thinking of the second verse of that poem:
"I'm truly sorry Man's dominion
Has broken Nature's social union,
An' justifies that ill opinion
Which makes thee startle
At me, thy poor, earth-born companion
An' fellow-mortal!"
Should any of my readers find themselves in Southwest Scotland, I strongly recommend a visit to the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum. One of my favourite parts of the museum is the Poet's Path that contains a statue of the 'Wee sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie," In the photo above there is a picture of my shaking paws hands with it. Not so "wee" this particular "beastie," I think you'll agree. Burns also wrote "Auld lang syne" and although we are well into January this is my first opportunity to wish my readers a Happy New Year or. if they prefer, Blwyddyn Newydd Dda.
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9:29. Asking Bush what poor decisions he's made. That's a softball for any experienced politician. They used it to make their usual points about flip-flopping and war mistakes.
9:24. Wow, a very blunt abortion question. If someone asked that at a confirmation hearing they'd be booed right off the committee. Bush's straight-up pro-life position is an advantage here - Kerry has a more subtle point to make.
9:21. Bush put out some nice generalities on the Supreme Court issue. Kerry is hammering back with specifics, pointing out that Bush said Scalia is one of his favorite judges. Scalia is the worst judge on the current Supreme Court.
9:16. President Bush is talking about his stem cell decision, which is a pretty political balance - not going out too far on the pro-life agenda to alienate the moderates.
9:10. Senator Kerry is wearing a red tie. The President is wearing a blue tie. OK, maybe it matches the background better, but c'mon! Got to have the power tie!


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Curious about Planet Mars?
Every day a robotic rover about the size of a small car wakes up and makes its next move across the surface of Mars. It's called the Curiosity Mars Science Laboratory rover, exploring around Mount Sharp at the center of Gale Crater (an ancient impact site) on the Red Planet. It's one of two working rovers on the Red Planet. The other is the Opportunity rover, perched on the west rim of Endeavour Crater. The Mars Exploration Rover Spirit stopped working and is now silent after several years of exploration on its own.
Each year, Curiosity's science team celebrates another full Martian year of exploration. A Mars year is longer than an Earth year, roughly 687 Earth days, and Curiosity has been doing its job since August 6, 2012. It has been a momentous time, revealing dazzling new information about Earth's neighbor in the solar system. Planetary scientists and future Mars mission planners are interested in conditions on the planet, particularly its ability to support life.
The Search for Martian Water
One of the most important questions the Curiosity (and other) missions wants to answer is: what is the history of water on Mars? Curiosity's instruments and cameras were designed to help answer that.
It was fitting then, that one of Curiosity's first discoveries was an ancient riverbed running underneath the rover's landing site. Not far away, at an area known as Yellowknife Bay, the rover dug into two slabs of mudstone (rock formed from mud) and studied samples. The idea was to look for habitable zones for simple life forms. The study gave a definite "yes, this could have been a place hospitable to life" answer. Analysis of the mudstone samples showed that they were once at the bottom of a lake filled with water rich in nutrients. That's the kind of place where life could have formed and flourished on the early Earth. If Mars had living organisms, this would have been a good home for them, as well.
Where Did the Water Go?
One question that keeps coming up is, "If Mars had a lot of water in the past, where did it all go?" The answers suggest a range of places, from frozen underground reservoirs to the ice caps. Studies by the MAVEN spacecraft orbiting the planet strongly support the idea that some episode of water loss to space occurred. This changed the planet's climate. Curiosity has measured various gases in the Martian atmosphere and has helped Mars scientists figure out that much of the early atmosphere (which was probably wetter than now) escaped to space. More recent studies have revealed underground ice on Mars, and possibly salty meltwater just beneath the surface in some areas.
Rocks tell a fascinating story of Mars water. Curiosity has determined of the ages of Martian rocks, and how long a rock has been exposed to harmful radiation. Rocks in direct contact with water in the past tell scientists more details about water's role on Mars. The big question: when did water flow freely across Mars is still unanswered, but Curiosity is providing data to help answer it soon.
Curiosity has also returned important information about radiation levels on the Martian surface, which would be important for assuring the safety of future Mars colonists. Future trips range from one-way missions to long-term missions that send and return multiple crews to and from the Red Planet.
Curiosity's Future
Curiosity is still running strong, despite some damage to one its wheels. That has led team members and spacecraft controllers to devise new study routes to accommodate the problem.The mission is one more step to the eventual human exploration of Mars. As with our exploration of Earth over the past centuries - using advance scouts - this mission and others, like the MAVENmission and India's Mars Orbiter Mission are sending back valuable word about the territory ahead, and what our first explorers will find.
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Pioneering COURIER publisher Martin Weinberger died on July 5, 2011. The five-year anniversary of his death seemed like the perfect time to pore through back issues of the COURIER, tracing the publisher's impact on Claremont's venerable newspaper and on the community at large.
Mr. Weinberger was only 26 when he purchased the COURIER from Stanley Larson in 195 5. His entrée into Claremont journalism was anything but subtle. Almost immediately, he sought to make the newspaper more reader-friendly and visually striking.
He changed the format of the newspaper from broadsheet to tabloid, because he felt the smaller size was easier to hold and leaf through. He added dramatic typography and placed a greater emphasis on photos—showcasing his personal passion for photojournalism and taking a page from photo-centric newsmagazines like Life and the Saturday Evening Post that were popular at the time.
Mr. Weinberger also put his stamp on the COURIER through his long-running "My Side of the Line" column.
Rereading his weekly observations, it becomes evident the late COURIER publisher had a healthy sense of humor, ranging from dry to satiric and from puckish to barbed.
His dry wit was in evidence during the early 2000s, when Snoop Dogg had a residence in the City of Trees. Mr. Weinberger, then in his 70s, relished reporting on the rapper's doings in his "Back Page" account of town happenings. Per COURIER style, he always referred to Snoop as Mr. Dogg upon second reference.
The publisher was known to employ a generous dose of self-deprecation.
An article that ran in October 1959, no doubt penned by Mr. Weinberger, noted he had been scheduled to speak at a workshop of the California Newspaper Publisher's Association in Berkeley. His topic? "Untapped news sources." When he arrived to the scene, he learned his talk had been scheduled for the previous Friday. "His news sources are still untapped," the article quipped.
In a May 1969 "My Side of the Line," Mr. Weinberger acknowledged he was not immune to moments of vanity.
The newspaperman also had a gift for satire.
Mr. Weinberger wasn't afraid to move from the general to the particular and skewer cringe-worthy behavior among local decision-makers.
In September of 1959, LA County Fair officials rejected the publisher's request that a booth be set up at the fair for voter registration and to provide general governmental information. The officials claimed there was no room for the enterprise.
Mr. Weinberger, believing revenge was best served in print, proceeded to send up the decision in a Swiftian manner.
It was a good thing fair officials were alert enough to uncover his dastardly plot, he said, "For the real intention of the voter registration was to check on all the pigs, cows, chickens, horses and elephants at the fair so that an accurate measure of their political affiliations might be made.
Claremont's July 1958 Independence Day celebration provided another chance for Mr. Weinberger to take a jab at the powers that be.
The Fourth of July committee had arranged for two US Army tanks to roll through city streets as part of the annual parade. Mr. Weinberger was a Korean War veteran, but he was also a dyed–in-the wool liberal. He may have objected to the tanks' presence, and the implicit association of patriotism with military might, had the armored vehicles come and gone without a trace. They did not.
The US military played a part in another column following a June 1969 council meeting where a group of residents asked to enter an anti-Vietnam War float in the Fourth of July parade.
Mr. Weinberger took a moment to applaud the city council, which granted the request after long and heated deliberation.
"It is a sensitive matter indeed to talk about freedom of expression when American young men are dying thousands of miles away; the implication is that any criticism of the strategy, or the aims of the military, or our purpose, is unpatriotic and disloyal, and therefore hurting our military effort.
Mr. Weinberger was prescient as well as droll as he touched on all manner of topics, from parks to bond measures to the condition of roads. Many echo today's community concerns.
Much like the community now, he was concerned about the appearance of Foothills Boulevard.
Fast forward to summer 2016. The oasis has dried up a bit now as the city, prompted by the ongoing drought, has pulled up the grass on Foothill Boulevard medians. The Eucalyptus trees are also looking a bit dry in the summer heat. Residents can rest assured, however. There's a drip system lurking below the mulch, according to Interim Community Services Director Dave Roger. And the Foothill Boulevard Master Plan aims to revive Claremont's somewhat arid strip of Foothill, including public art and drought-tolerant landscaping.
If Mr. Weinberger were around today, there's no doubt he would be keeping an eager eye on the renovation of Foothill Boulevard.
During a special election held in February of 1969, Claremont voters rejected no less than four bond measures, totaling $4,604,000.
The measures were part of an ambitious plan to transform the city. The largest of these called for $2,630,000 in civic improvements, including a new police station, city hall and fire department and the acquisition of land for city yards and a post office. Another $700,000 would fund construction of a new library, while a third $975,000 bond measure was for park development and acquisition. A fourth bond measure, with a price-tag of $300,000, would have funded construction of a center for performing and creative arts and development of an art gallery, possibly in the city hall facility.
Mr. Weinberger endorsed all four measures in advance of the vote, calling them "reasonable, practical and within the community's pocketbook potential." He was likely disappointed when Claremonters rejected the bond measures wholesale, but he didn't take them to task. Instead, he gently cautioned the community against thinking only in terms of dollars and cents while in the voting booth.
"It seems to me that we have become preoccupied with the cost of things as far as government is concerned," he wrote in March 1969. "So preoccupied that we exclude human values and the consideration of the welfare of human beings.
Mr. Weinberger posited that the bond measures, had they passed, would have yielded intangible but salutary results.
Looking to 2016, Claremont homeowners will be asked to pay for significant infrastructure updates in the coming months.
In November, residents will vote on a $58 million school facilities bond measure to pay for upgrades throughout the Claremont Unified School District. And as soon as Claremonters have discarded their "I voted" stickers, the city will begin looking for the perfect time to place a $25 million police facilities bond on the ballot.
We have no way of knowing if Mr. Weinberger would have endorsed either bond measures. What is certain is he would have encouraged residents to ask some questions about the human benefits of improved conditions for our police and students.
Not long after acquiring Claremont's community newspaper, Mr. Weinberger was asked what he felt would be the city's greatest problem in the next 25 years. He named two.
This question resonates with today's Claremonters, who in 2016 seek to retain their sense of identity in the face of population growth fostered by new development and an explosion of visitors, drawn by the recent business boom.
Can residents enjoy the tax money from new development and the convenience of a movie theater and bustling nightlife close to home, without turning into something else—say Pasadena? And more importanly, can they find a parking spot?
Mr. Weinberger determined that while the topic of community identity was certain to remain a pressing question, he was optimistic.
The second question was more of a poser. The Colleges, Mr. Weinberger noted, have played a major role in the development of Claremont. While most people who move to the city come because of the college-town atmosphere, few of them any longer actually work in any capacity at the Colleges.
The state of Claremont's town-gown relations is also a hot topic in 2016, as evinced by the dust-up over the Pomona College Museum of Art.
Opponents say the college's intent to build a museum on the west side of College Avenue represents "college creep." Having an institutional building located there, they argue, changes the traditional character of a longstanding residential area.
Proponents of the plan say having a multi-million-dollar museum located on the edge of the Village will be a boon, drawing visitors willing to spend money at local establishments and giving residents free exposure to art and culture.
Considering the city council has approved the Pomona College Master Plan, it appears the college is well on its way to building the new museum. What would Mr. Weinberger have said about the project? One can only speculate.
No one could say for sure if he would be impressed by the grandeur of a multi-million dollar museum, but it's certain he would have cherished hopes that the facility would incorporate amenities and events providing a warm and lasting welcome to the city's residents.
Mr. Weinberger was seeking to do more than fill pages when he wrote his column. He was aiming for the qualities that, according to an October 1966 "My Side of the Line," he considered paramount in a community paper.


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HomeNFTKala Coin Hosts Fortnite Tournament to Promote Crypto and NFT's
Kala Coin Hosts Fortnite Tournament to Promote Crypto and NFT's
June 1, 2021 John NFT 0
Kala Coin teams up with Rematch.gg to host it's 1st ever Kala Cup
Kala Coin teams up with Rematch to host Fortnite tournament starting June 4th.
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Kala Coin is hosting a Fortnite gaming tournament to promote the value of blockchain and NFT's to the masses.
Amazingly, there really isn't any specific type of person that would be the perfect example of an elite level gamer…super inclusive space."
— Aaron Endicott
LEHI, UTAH, UNITED STATES, June 1, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ — Kala Coin will be hosting an open Fortnite tournament from June 4th through June 6th. To make the tournament happen, Kala Coin teamed up with Rematch.gg and they will be taking care of marketing, tech, and logistics.
The "Kala Cup" will be an open tournament available to anyone who would like to participate. Rules and details about the tournament can be found at https://wallet.kalacoin.io/kalacup/.
Kala and Gaming?
Kala Coin project leaders quickly understood that the initial embracement of cryptocurrency would come from that coveted marketing demographic of 18-34 year-olds. Much of this group has had access to the internet their entire lives. Whether it is relationships, shopping, banking, or employment, much of their life happens online. This group's familiarity and comfortability of an online existence has lead to a smooth transition into blockchain and cryptocurrency. With their surging adoption of all things crypto, 18-34 year-olds will be the epicenter of blockchain growth for many years to come.
With this understanding, the Kala Projects team (many of whom are gamers themselves), knew that a direct path to this demographic could be found in the gaming space. This space has proven to be much more inclusive than traditional recreational and competitive spaces. Obstacles to direct competition such as gender and age are nill in the gaming space. This is a very exciting concept that is being embraced at a global level.
"I have sat in my living room watching my adult children game and compete with their much younger siblings…and also their much older aunts and uncles. Amazingly, there really isn't any specific type of person that would be the perfect example of an elite level gamer…super inclusive space. The notion that it's just lazy, 30-year-old unshowered people in their mom's basement is extremely out of touch." Aaron Endicott CMO of Symatri.
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Local food connoisseurs are looking forward to the Outstanding in The Field Dinner this Saturday, August 4th at Branched Oak Farm in Raymond Nebraska, owners Doug and Krista Dittman. The event is part of the Outstanding in the Field 2012 North American Tour.
The mission for Outstanding in the Field is to reconnect diners to the food they eat, while honoring the farm and farmers that provide the food, creating a celebratory dining experience. Outstanding in the Field began back in 1999 and have been setting long tables for people to eat ever since. The Outstanding in the Field events have been held in every type of possible setting from farms, gardens, ranches, mountains, seaside and prairies. The goal is always the same regardless of the location; to honor the food and the land and the people that provided it. The meal itself is all locally sourced and often prepared by a celebrated chef in the area.
It began back in 1998 with a series of dinners provided by farmers at Gabriella Café in Santa Cruz, California. The founder of Outstanding in the Field, Jim Denevan invited the restaurant's regular producers to the dinners. As the guests sat and began to hear the stories from the farmers as to what and how their meal was grow and then prepared, it was very evident that guests wanted to know more about the farm and the food in appreciation. So from that, Bill Denevan, Jim's older brother, who was an original organic grower in California, and Jim forged an idea to invite people to eat and view the farm first hand with a farm dinner with the farmers in attendance. By 1999, a schedule was made and fingers were crossed that this idea would be well received. Well, it was well received. Many guests did come and so the tradition continues.
In the beginning, the farm dinners stayed near or around the San Francisco Bay area and grew up and around California. With their own dishes in tow, the long tables were eclectically set and guests came and returned to the farm dinners. Then in 2003, Katy Oursler happily experienced an event and pitched the idea to the Denevan brothers to take the dinners coast to coast. And so today the Outstanding in the Field team travels from state to state in a red and white bus to set up and partake in Outstanding in the Field events so that the farmers and the farm can be appreciated countrywide.
This Saturday, The event is in Nebraska, a new state for Outstanding in the Field, with Chef Paul Kulik in charge of the menu. I spoke with Krista Dittman from Branched Oak Farms about the Outstanding in the Field event. Here is what she had to say about this honored event.
This has been an interesting project to work on. Usually when we host an event, we do all the planning, inviting, food prep and set up. This time, all that is asked of us is to do a farm tour and then dine and mingle with the guests. I love it!! Outstanding in the Field contacted us and I believe Paul Kulik was the one who recommended us. I had heard of them last year when some friends of ours in Wisconsin told us about hosting an Outstanding in the Field event. When they told me about it, I remember thinking, "WOW! That would be so cool to do that on our farm." I was blown away when they called this spring to ask if we wanted to be involved.
Paul is in charge of all the food and drink. He hasn't shared that menu with me, but I'm excited about whatever creative surprise he has in store. I sent him an email a few weeks ago with the availability of the farm products we have to offer.
He's ordered Prairie Bloom camembert and will incorporate it in the meal somehow after arriving at the farm.
We've been busy getting things tidied up. Having guests is great motivation for getting projects done! Doug has really been digging in and getting the farmyard ready. Despite the dry grass, things really look good!
We've heard there are about 100 people coming, but they will be accepting reservations until the day before.
As far as the menu, it's a work in progress. Local favorite Chef Paul Kulik from the Boiler Room has teased on his twitter account that one can expect fire-roasted leg of lamb with some sweet corn polenta. And since the Dittman's are passionate about cheese, you can expect a bountiful assortment of what the Branched Oak Farm has to offer.
For more information you can visit the Outstanding in the Field website at www.outstandinginthefield.com. Tickets are still available and can be purchased on the website. Cost is $180.00 per person. The time of the event is 4:00 p.m. For directions to Branched Oak Farm, you can visit www.branchedoakfarm.com.


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DHS Centers of Excellence on the chopping block if Trump budget proposal holds
The proposed Science and Technology Directorate budget is down $231 million, and Centers of Excellence are on the chopping block.
William Bryan testifies May 1, 2019, before the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection.
The Department of Homeland Security plans to shut down two Centers of Excellence and halt the startup of three more if President Trump's fiscal 2020 budget proposal is enacted.
In testimony before a House subcommittee Wednesday, a senior DHS official said the Trump administration understands the work of the centers, but would prefer to use the money elsewhere. Overseen by the DHS Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), eight COEs currently develop technologies that address challenges such as enhancing the resilience of critical infrastructure, maritime navigation in the Arctic, securing U.S. borders, analyzing agency operations, defending against explosives and improving criminal forensics.
"All the Centers of Excellence provide value," said William Bryan, the senior official performing the duties of the undersecretary of S&T. "Tough decisions have to be made when you have to reduce your budget."
During testimony before the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection and Innovation, Bryan did not specify all of the COEs that would be affected, but he did mention that the Coastal Resilience COE led by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill would be one of the two that would close. He noted that it has handled 137 technical requests related to maritime domain awareness and received additional resources from outside the department.
The Trump administration requested $582.1 million for S&T in fiscal 2020, down from $813.1 million the previous fiscal year. The Democrat-led House is likely to ignore broad swaths of Trump's budget, but the Republican-led Senate might be more inclined to propose cuts wherever the president seeks them.
The COEs at DHS are not related to the IT Centers of Excellence program run by the General Services Administration.
The hearing also included discussions on the budget for DHS's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). The National Protection and Programs Directorate, which houses CISA, would receive $1.024 billion for fiscal, a small increase over fiscal 2019 spending of $994 million.
"In the context of the current threat environment, even level funding is as dangerous as a cut," said Rep. Bennie Thompson, a Mississippi Democrat and chairman of the full Committee on Homeland Security. "I commend CISA's leadership for attacking many of these threats head on."
CISA was created in 2018 and is "still growing" as a result, said Chris Krebs, director of the agency.
The agency has 1,100 cyber experts on staff and 361 vacancies — 40 percent with hiring decisions pending. While "not huge," those vacancies need to be filled, Krebs said.
Congress did invest $60 million in CISA's election security efforts, he added, though money to replace outdated voting equipment and implement audits in states "has got to come from somewhere."
"Yes, sir," Krebs said, when asked by Rep. Cedric Richmond, a Louisiana Democrat and subcommittee chairman, if he'd spend all of CISA's budget if it was doubled.
When asked if the president's budget request was sufficient to help agencies see the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program through, Krebs said implementation maturity varied agency to agency.
"With more [resources] I can work with CIOs of agencies to help them develop their plans," Krebs said. "I can help push out a security baseline for secure configuration across the agencies, so certainly I can do more — and I can do more faster."
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Yesterday brought some exciting news for those eagerly anticipating Pokémon X & Y, with CoroCoro magazine revealing "Mega Evolution" and three new 'mon, representing possibly the biggest new feature to be announced for the game to date — though it has had some competition.
The Pokémon Company International has now revealed more on these details with some Western names, along with confirmation of a distribution event accompanying the title's release on 12th October to make use of the Mega Evolution mechanic. These evolutions will require Mega Stones that are hidden throughout the Kalos region; yet one, Blazikenite, will only be available with a special launch distribution event taking place on the Nintendo Network. For a short time after launch you'll be able to pick up a Torchic holding a Blazikenite Mega Stone; you'll need to evolve this Torchic into Combusken and then Blaziken, before you can use the Mega Stone and Mega Evolve Blaziken into Mega Blaziken. Even before that evolution the distributed Torchic will have a Hidden Ability Speed Boost.
Below is the bulk of the press release that goes into details for the all-new Super Training, those three new 'mon with their Western names, and also Gym Leader Korrina — she plays a key role in the Mega Evolution aspect of the games. The newly released trailer and a host of fresh screens are also below.
More never-before-seen Pokémon that players will encounter in the Kalos region have been announced this morning by The Pokémon Company International. You can check them out at Pokemon.com/XY.
By emitting radio waves from its antenna-shaped whiskers, new Electric- and Fairy-type Pokémon Dedenne can communicate with far-off allies. It can also plug its tail into outlets to drain electricity from them. Its Ability,Cheek Pouch, is new to Pokémon X and Pokémon Y. If a Pokémon with this Ability eats a Berry during battle, it will not only reap the benefit from the Berry, but the Pokémon will also be able to regain HP. Dedenne can learn the new Electric-type move Nuzzle, which looks cute as the user nuzzles up to a target with its cheeks fully charged, but it's quite dangerous! Nuzzle will do damage while paralyzing the opponent.
Bunnelby is a new Normal-type Pokémon that creates its den by digging in the ground with its large, shovel-shaped ears. These powerful ears are strong enough to chop right through thick tree roots, making them a force to be reckoned with in battle. Bunnelby can learn the Ground-type move Dig. On the first turn, the user burrows underground, and on the second turn, it attacks! In Double Battles, a Pokémon can use Dig to avoid its ally's attack and then dish out damage on the next turn.
It is now known that Skiddo evolves into the already announced Gogoat. A Grass-type Pokémon, Skiddo has a gentle nature and is said to be the first Pokémon to live alongside humans. Because of this relationship, Skiddo doesn't mind carrying people or supplies on its back, and it has become able to read the feelings of its riders through their grip on its horns. Skiddo can learn the Grass-type move Leaf Blade, where the user wields a sharp leaf to slice like a sword.
Korrina is the Gym Leader in Shalour City, a seaside town known for its amazing views. It's also home to the Tower of Mastery, which seems to have a connection to Mega Evolution. Gym Leader Korrina seeks to draw out her Pokémon's strength to reach still greater heights, and it's said that she may hold the key to Mega Evolution! In addition to being a Gym Leader, Korrina is a fantastic roller skater.
The day this is released. is the day I resign from work.
This is just getting more and more exciting, I'm glad I already have it preordered!
This will definitely result in some f**ked up redesigns.
Torchic being released day one makes me tempted to add it too my team and break my team only consisting of new pokemans rule.
So Dedenne is basically Pikachu?
AHH!!! Now I MUST get this on day one! I have to have this game!
Those mega Pokemon are really..........MEGA!!! Mega Blaziken and Mega Lucario look awesome, glad I got Y on preorder.
why is everyone else(ign,gamespot) saying this is digimon, i guess we have sense.
Day one purchase for me... I am really excited. It looks great!
Super Training looks really cool This game is going to be the best pokemon game ever!
Top 3: Mega Absol, Mega Mawile, Mega Blaziken.
Oh. My. God! I cannot wait for this game anymore! I think I kind of like too that the Mega Evolutions aren't permanent. I wonder though if there's a limit to how many times you can do it?
@boidoh: it's pikachu in 1996, when it was the cuttest chubby electric rat you could find in the forest.
I sense "super saiyan" in this Mega Evolution...and I don't have a problem with that!
How about Ampharos and its Electric/Dragon Mega Evolution? Or Mawile and its newly christened Fairy type?
This is making me want to get a 3DS just to play this game.
A few of these new designs **cough**Dedenne**cough** remind me strongly of Generation II. And that's a good thing!
Dedenne is this generation's Pikachu...but it looks a lot like a mini-Raichu!
Nintendo should definitely have game freak make another pokemon stadium or pokemon snap for the Wii U. That would definitely raise sales for the Wii U.
Is there some kind of running gag that every generation needs their own electric rodent? It's cute and all, but other elemental rodent pokemon woyld be nice.
@feline2 Well I think "Mega" was one of the digivolution levels and some digimon may have had Mega in their name. And I mean, they'll always be compared occasionally since they are kinda the same in many ways.
As a kid I always liked both. The show was way cooler then Pokemon, but the Pokemon games were (And still are) fantastic. Can't wait for X/Y, just hope I can beat SMT IV before Oct!
I like it. In fact.
I'm so glad there's so much positivity here towards the Mega Pokemon since I have seen negative comments towards them. I'm so pumped for these games and I'm glad a lot of people are!
@Ulala I agree. I already don't like the redesigns. Also, that pikachu-wannabe looks like an unoriginal failed version of pikachu.
@Caramel it looks like. A fat joke/failed pikachu. Why do they always remake pikachu!?
I hope they make the logical decision and have Mega Forms activate as soon as Pokemon enter battle, as to actually make it useful and not a massive gimmick not worth the hold item space nor have it actually help low tier Pokemon that needed it.
Also, as great as it is that Super Training makes EV training easier and more transparent, that real issue people had a problem with was IVs, which are luck based with the odds heavily against you. I would go so far as to say IVs were the number 1 reason for hacking.
That is unless all the hopes and prayers of competitive players have been answered and IVs have been removed or are easily manipulated (through Vitamins or something).
Pokemon X and Y just keep getting better can't wait til October 12th.
As if those pokemon weren't already over powered.
Well, at less this better happen...MegaMagikarp!
I'll be most likely picking this up at launch,Depending on how much time I have to pick it up.
I was gonna get Etrian Odyssey: UMG for the pre-order bonus but because of the distribution I'll be going with Pokemon.
While I love everything about this, it bothers me that they insist on saying it's an evolution when it really is just a temporary form change. Even if it comes with a power boost, it's not a real evolution.
This WILL be the biggest and best pokemon game. Ever.
I swear, the release of X/Y will be an international holiday. Im talking no school or work for a week!
4 things. 1.I love this. 2.I hope to see all gen 3 starters get a mega evolution. 3.Why did ampharos turn into a dragon altaria style. 4.Mega Tropius!!!!
This will be the best pokemon game ever. IMO, better then the first games. WOOT! If miiverse is out for 3DS and this game is released I'm gonna have a good time.
I am not that hyped for it as I was for Black 2. The visuals have improved but still look sort of bad considering the capabilities of 3DS, I really hate this pixelation. The new pokemon look awfully familiar with old ones. Also you should be able to train the base stats of pokemon in battle, not with a mini game.
Another topic I want to discuss is that in previous games uploading pokemon you already collected in previous generations was bad, stupid and time consuming. It should just let you upload them once you beat the game. I hope they change it in the new games. In fact this may be a selling point for me.
My only gripe is that no other starters have Mega-Evolutions (so far) and that now everyone will have they'll want to train from the beginning but Fennekin is the coolest looking starter so far. But Talonflame looks baddonkey. So. Much. Fire. Also, there better be a limit of some sort to how much Super Training can happen. It seems like some people with a lot of time will get some insane Pokemon.
@belmont Uhh, pixelation is incredibly common in 3DS game trailers...the game is supposed to look cell-shaded, it's SUPPOSED to look simple.
Super training is not for BS training, is for EV training.
I bet mega stones will available to buy as DLC later. GF finally have the opportunity, they were biding their time.
Very interested in how all of this affects the meta game. I'm thinking that Super Training is the new EV Training. Very very excited for these to come out, as they are going to own me.
Gonna have to pick Chespin now. Can't choose any Fire-type starter over Torchic.
So is the Torchic gonna be downloadable through the game, or through GameStop etc.?
I think a Mega starter from Gen 3 is a good clue for Saphir and Rubis to be the next Pokémon games on the 3DS.
I wasnt even planning on getting this game after I skipped on pokemon black/white 2.
But it looks pretty interesting now. I might just get it .
this is looking amazing for sure O:!
Mega level huh? Me thinks somebody at Nintendo has been watching Digimon.
Hooray! I know what I want to pre-order for my Birthday alongside Wind Waker HD! Wonderful 101 will tide me over until then once it is released. And Pikmin 3 will be in my system until then too. Man I love Nintendo.
what does it mean for the even to be Nintendo Network? that means you can't get the Torchic unless you have a Wii U? or it'll be something like a limited time dlc to encourage early adoption?
Got Y preordered....gonna be fun!
Looks like someone seriously got digimon mixed into my pokemon this time.
Mega pokemon.. What an completely and utterly stupid idea.
@DarkKirby I disagree, IV's could be bred across from pokémon & depending on how perfect you wanted your pokémon to be, you could get a couple of perfect IV's inside of 45 minutes to an hour. Difficulty has always been the excuse of the lazy or those not willing to lose a couple of times before they start hacking.
I've been playing pokémon since the start & have a full pokédex without ever cheating or trading a hacked pokémon. I simply don;t respect anyone that has hacked & refuse to accept their pokédex as complete.
Finally a way to get an excuse for the EX style evolutions that they used to have in the card game also the Mega Evolution process looks awesome.
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Defining the Relationship
February 5, 2018 by North Valley Community Church
Category: Building Relationships That Last | daily devotion, building relationships that last, book of ruth
Then Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, "My daughter, should I not seek rest for you, that it may be well with you?" Ruth 3:1
At this point in the story, Ruth and Boaz have taken center stage. Their relationship commenced with great hope as Boaz spoke kindly to Ruth, prayed for her, protected her, and provided for her all as one would expect from a man ready to be a godly husband. Furthermore, by now Ruth has been laboring in Boaz's field for perhaps six to seven weeks during the time of harvest. Time is running out since Boaz and Ruth won't be seeing one another anymore when the seasonal work comes to an end and they go their proverbial separate ways. The author is a wonderfully gifted storyteller who has led us to a place of crisis and urgency where, as in every good tale, we want the main characters who are friends to fall in love and live happily ever! But how could this happen given the culture Ruth and Boaz lived in?
Back then, people got married much younger than they do today, with many couples getting married by their mid to late teens. The men were to pursue a wife (Genesis 2:24; Proverbs 18:22), and women were to be given in marriage (Jeremiah 29:6; Psalms 78:63; Matthew 24:38; Luke 20:34).
This required that the woman's father play a prominent role in keeping the wrong men from his daughter and overseeing her courtship (Exodus 22:16-17; Numbers 30:1-5; Deuteronomy 22:13-22). Sometimes this included an arranged marriage (Genesis 24, 34, 38; Exodus 2:21; Judges 14:2-3, 14:10). But Ruth's family, including her father, were not worshippers of God, involved in her life, or likely a source of godly counsel since they were Moabites, who were a very sexually confused and sinful people.
As a Moabite, it may have been common for a woman like Ruth to date, sleep with, or even live with a man as the route to marriage. Ruth needed the sort of courtship detailed in Scripture. But she lacked the kind of family to help in that process.
Ruth doesn't have a father, but she does have Naomi. How has Naomi acted to protect and guide Ruth so far?
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About 20 years ago, a handful of Indian families who had migrated to the USA gathered together once a month in a local church or school to worship and celebrate festivals. These families nurtured a dream to build and maintain a full fledged Hindu temple in Delaware. Although it seemed a far flung idea back then, over the years the Indian community grew and the Hindu temple Association held fundraisers to build the temple. Through patience and planning, the ground breaking ceremony for the Temple was performed on Oct. 20th 1996 on about 4.5 acres of land in Hockessin purchased with donations of about 60 families who ardently wished to make this dream a reality.
Thanks to divine intervention and financial help from the local Indian community and, construction began and the Hindu temple, Mahalakshmi Devasthanam was built. The main deity is Goddess Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth and prosperity. The Hindu temple celebrated its Kumbhabhishekam in May 2002.
The Hindu Temple of Delaware will continue serve as a true beacon of Indian culture in the present times and strive to teach the modern generation of Indians, the age old and rich values of our culture. The Hindu temple at Delaware will provide a platform for all members to come together socially, culturally and religiously in harmony.
The Hindu temple Association of Hockessin, is a non-profit association that caters to the religious, cultural and educational needs of a growing population of Indian families (6000+) in the tri-state area. The Hindu temple , Hockessin, Delaware is able to achieve this, thanks to an able board of trustees comprising people of various walks of life and profession and due to the countless hours put in by dedicated volunteers, staff priests and many others.
The primary mission of the Hindu Temple is to cater to the spiritual needs of all Indian families and to celebrate all important milestones, rituals and festivals in a true traditional manner, thanks to our resident temple priests who are vedic scholars of Hinduism. The temple aims to get families together as a community and celebrate all important occasions in its premises.
The Hindu temple aims to teach all youngsters the basics of Hinduism through scriptures and stories that highlight the important values of the religion. It also addresses the spiritual needs of adults through spirituality seminars and classes designed especially for adults The Temple also provides the infrastructure to teach children the most popular Indian languages through various language classes.
The temple promotes cultural awareness by organizing cultural programs and shows on a regular basis to give our children and adults many opportunities to have a glimpse of the great culture, and a first-hand experience of how festivals are celebrated across diverse India.


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Narayanasamy sworn in as member of Puducherry Assembly
Speaker V Vaithilingam administered oath to Narayanasamy, who took it in Tamil.
Narayanasamy won the Nellipthope Assembly bypoll, held on November 19, by defeating his immediate AIADMK rival Om Sakthi Segar by a margin of 11,144 votes.
Ministers, MLAs and leaders of the Congress, DMK and other alliance parties, and officials of various departments were among those who greeted him after the swearing-in ceremony.
With his induction, the strength of the Congress has been restored to 15 in the 30-member Assembly. DMK, which has two members, is also supporting the government.
69-year-old Narayanasamy was not a member of the Assembly when he assumed charge as Chief Minister on June 6.
A John Kumar of the Congress had vacated the seat on September 15 to enable Narayanasamy contest the bypoll before December-6 deadline for getting elected to the House.
Narayanasamy had served as Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office in the second UPA government after serving as MoS Parliamentary Affairs in UPA-I.