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David Jaffe Doesn't Want Online Pass for Twisted Metal
1 POSTED: 7 Dec 2011 20:55
David Jaffe would rather not use an online pass system in the upcoming Twisted Metal revival, but admits it's not his call.
"I'd actually prefer that we don't do it," he said, when asked about Sony's controversial use of online pass codes in an interview with Eurogamer. "Even though it's probably good business, only because we have such a mountain to climb in terms of gaining people's good faith, especially in Europe, and really letting people know that this is a title that's worth getting excited about."
The online pass system requires users to enter a one-time-only code to access a game's online features. Players who bought the game second hand, or aquired it by more nefarious means, have to pay a premium to acquire a new code. Many proponents of the system maintain it's vital for fighting piracy, and allowing publishers to profit from second hand sales. Detractors argue that it's an intrusive system that puts profit before user convenience. Jaffe reckons that getting as many people to try Twisted Metals multiplayer features, and making that experience as convenient as possible, is more important than worrying about lost sales.
"I'm okay with the fact that we might lose sales on this first game if, because of it, we generate a lot of fans that otherwise wouldn't have played the game," he said. "The online is so much the bread and butter of this game, so I'm okay with it because it means we're setting ourselves up for a possible return to the franchise one day."
"I know that we have been asked to look into some code work for it but I don't believe that a decision has been made at this point. Or if it has been made it has not been shared with me yet," he said. "It's not my call and I'd totally understand if Sony as a company said 'Look, this is a mandate that permeates all of our titles. We're not making selective choices'. Those are decisions that I'm no longer privy to as I don't work for Sony any more."
Twisted Metal's release was recently pushed back to February 2012, a decision Jaffe insist was not made to avoid the Novemeber games rush. Talking about the issue; he offered one of his characteristically candid observations of the industry:
"I'd wear that as a badge of honour. Anyone who is basically not living in that quadruple-A stratosphere would be wise to get the fuck out of the way of that oncoming train. The fact that we swim in waters where it's not done for a developer or a publisher to admit that your game isn't currently one of those juggernauts, that doesn't necessarily speak about the quality of Twisted Metal. It just speaks to the fact that we know where it sits in the zeitgeist and we know where it sits in terms of marketing dollars and the hype machine."
Source: Eurogamer
RedEyesBlackGamer
I was considering getting it after having destructive fun with the original two as a kid. I will definitely be getting it now. Treating me as an actual consumer and not just a bag of money goes a long way.
EverythingIncredible
You'd be losing sales with an online pass anyway since by taking away trading in your game, you are devaluing your product. Making people less likely to buy it in the first place.
CarnageRacing00
Supporting this line of thinking is the only way we as gamers actually have a chance to make a difference - buy Twisted Metal new if you plan on getting it, that way Jaffe can rub it in the faces of all of the DRM happy publishers out there.
Show them that THIS is how we want to be treated.
isometry
Grey Carter:
Another arrogant troll developer running his mouth with trash talk to try and sell his game. I wonder why a 15 year old franchise like Twisted Metal lacks the "marketing dollars" and "hype machine" to be a part of the "zeitgeist" ? Maybe because they milked their brand into the dirt and weapon + driving games fell out of the mainstream a decade ago? Will they give you another chance after this one flops, Jaffe?
OutrageousEmu
EverythingIncredible:
No current retailer does not accept the trade in of a used game with no online pass, so this is completely unfounded.
mjc0961
See, this is why David Jaffe is awesome. I hope he can successfully keep the online pass bullshit out of this game. I wonder if we can help. Does anyone know if that "share" thing Sony ran where you can submit ideas is still active? ...Oh who am I kidding, Sony never listened to the ideas on that thing anyway. It doesn't matter if it's still around or not.
OutrageousEmu:
But the used copies are worth less so they will pay less for it.
Retailers have a standard payment on game, they don't do it on a case by case basis. This isn't antiques roadhsow, the policy is "trade in 3 games and get a new one for $10
10 POSTED: 7 Dec 2011 23:21
That's not how it works where I am from. You trade in games, you get in store credit depending on the game traded.
More popular games or games in demand could get you up to 25$ while others could get you as little as 25 cents.
That is how it works in my town too. The employees have a big book o' games that have a trade in value beside each one. New releases net a consumer 25$-30$, everything else is individually decided. Example: I just traded in Skyrim at GameStop today and got 32.60$ out of it.
RedEyesBlackGamer:
And do you have any evidence (you know, actual evidence) of athem paying less for a game with online passes?
I never buy games with online passes, so I have no experience with trading them in.
mjc0961:
Thats where they got the idea for the HD collections, and most of the Vita's stuff.
erbkaiser
Let them sell the games for $/€10 less and let /everyone/ buy the online pass in the store. No more bloody codes in the box and people that don't care about multiplayer are better off to boot.
LtFerret
Well after all the depressing news EA has been generating, its nice to see that there are still some people in this industry who give a rat's ass about their consumers.
BabyRaptor
The Twisted Metal series is still going?
Nostalgia bomb!
That was one of the first games I ever played when gaming became a choice for me and not something my grandmother made me do to keep me out of her hair...
NameIsRobertPaulson
I heard about Walden Books making people pay $15 to read the last 3 chapters of any of their books if they were bought used.
Oh wait...
BrotherRool
I suspect, given the huge amounts of sales by some games with online passes, that you are talking about such a tiny section of the market that it really wouldn't matter, or come close to the amount of money they lose through providing servers/people buying second hand.
I don't have conclusive evidence for that, but equally I don't know of any game that comes with an online pass that has had any significant drop in expected sales
GonzoGamer
BrotherRool:
They don't lose any money through providing servers to people buying second hand. Those people are just taking the server space the original owner was taking. It's not like the original owner can go back online with it after they sell it can they?
At this point I don't buy games with online pass anymore because I used to often buy used and I find it kind of insulting.
And it's not so much about a sudden drop in sales. Like Jaffe says, it's about expanding your consumer base. If the best part of Twisted Metal is locked people are less likely to play it and less people will want to get the next title at launch. Also, I'm betting that one of the reasons that Battlefield 3 hasn't done as well as MW3 is because when someone rents or borrows it they can only play the lame campaign.
It is weird, the way the industry has been acting, it's like they're trying to stunt the consumer base for these big budget titles.
isometry:
Erm... what? The guy is simply being honest. Twisted Metal as an IP simply can't compare to the likes of Modern Warfare or Battlefield, and Jaffe's admitting that. Reading his comments as some sort of uber-aggressive trolling says more about you, I think, than it does about Jaffe.
GonzoGamer:
If you'll forgive me, I'll start with a nitpick and then we can move on to a proper discussion, because you've got a cool opinion and I'd like to hear more about it.
My nitpick is that your assumption about server space is based on the incorrect assumption that server use is constant over time. But that's something that's simply not true, even really good multiplayer has a limited attention life in the heads of most gamers. Even games with exceptional multiplayer, like CoD or Starcraft have a _huge_ drop-off as players get bored and stop playing. No-one when calculating the server costs of multiplayer into their budget works on the basis that they are going to play forever and if they're budgeting correctly and being financially sensible, then they've probably got a pretty good idea of exactly how long the average player plays for. When you're dealing with millions of pounds you'd be a fool not to work the statistical model for every detail.
Selling a game on, basically doubles that number. Assuming the game only ever gets sold on once. So instead of 'buying their server space' you are essentially doubling the costs of multiplayer for them. The point a person sells on a game is the point they've lost interest in it and have moved on to something new, so essentially if the developer isn't an idiot, that is exactly the amount of server life they're working off.
But anyway, that's just a boring fact, whilst I hope you'll see this as the truth I'm sure that wasn't the only reason you disliked the online pass and whilst that wasn't a good reason, I'm sure the others are. But if it's okay with you I'm not particularly interested in talking about it. It's much easier to feel passionate about something that affects you than something which affects other people and I probably wouldn't be able to match you if i tried to stick up for generic 'developers and publishers.' To be honest I never tried to buy used games even before online passes because Game is a pretty bad company that actively trys to make money out of non-gamers confusion and the idea of paying them and not the people who made a game I love guilted me a bit. Online passes even benefit me because I don't really play online too much and certainly not when a game is old and a lot of the community is dead so this is just driving down the prices of used games for me (when a game is old enough that they aren't really selling it new anymore I feel a lot less guilty about buying used.)
What;s more interesting is how you say it affects how you buy a game. I don't think we really have many case studies at the moment (Battlefield isn't a good one because it saw a huge improvement over Battlefield 2 and it's lack of sales compared to CoD were a)inevitable and b) already apparent on day one so the chances are it wasn't because people on day 1 had bought a used version and were only playing the single player)
So you said you probably won't buy games with online passes? That's already pretty cool because I assumed it was very rare but there are already two people in the thread who;ve eexpressed the opinion, so it must be more common than I thought. So lets go into this more, can you give me an example of a game that you were interested in and didn't buy because it had an online pass. How likely were you to buy it if it didn't have one? So in comparison to the game, how strong is the detraction of an online pass to you?
PS I just re-read your post and I realise that you might find what I said about buying used games insulting. I'm sorry and I don't mean it like that. It's just honestly how I feel, I'm quite insecure and feel guilty about lots of things quite easily. Please, please disagree with me and disregard my opinion rather than take it as an insult. It's probably just a place where we both see differently and are unlikely to become eye-to-eye on. You can provide me with a perfectly rational argument pro-used games (hypothetically :D) and it probably wouldn't stop me from feeling guilty I'm afraid
SL33TBL1ND
Not true. Every store I've ever been to prices your games individually.
Not at all. When I bought used games it was before gamestop had it's near monopoly and gouged the prices to near new while limiting the availability of new copies. So I dig what you're saying in that regard. But it looks like you can still find some good deals online.
About your nitpic though: if the devs are confident in their game (and I would hope that would be the case with anything that's $60),they should be prepared for it to be played online for a good long while. So they should be prepared for there to be one player for each copy sold no matter how old it is. I still play Warhawk sometimes.
The most recent game I decided against because of the online pass was Space Marine and as a Dawn of War(another old game I still play online) fan, I was actually really looking forward to it. I still rented it but yes that was pretty much the only factor that stopped me from picking it up. I don't expect everyone (or anyone for that matter) to follow my example, hell, I bet most gamers don't even know why the games they've been getting have the online downloaded separately; I just know that if I still bought used, it would piss me off.
But even if you look at it from a completely logical perspective: if the most interesting part of the game (the part that makes you want to keep it) is the online multiplayer, why wouldn't you want renters and borrowers to try it and be more inclined to want to buy the game? And why not used buyers for that matter? They might like it so much they might get the next one at launch or get a new copy as a gift from somebody. I think that's Jaffe's point and I hope Sony gets it. I want to buy Starhawk too.
This has been really interesting, thanks for the conversation!
To finish with the nitpick, I was looking at it more as a rate. So whilst you'll still check out Warhawk every now and then lots of people have lost interest and you don't play it with anywhere near the same intensity that you used to. Whereas a new player will player with beginners intensity.
You've completely convinced me on the last bit though, if multiplayer is the big sell of your game, then if you plan sequels, you want word of mouth to be good and focussed on the multiplayer, so it's stupid to drive people off.
What I see of that though is that it does depend on the focus of multiplayer, the push before launch and how established the branch is. Online pass works perfectly with something like Uncharted because you want the focus to be on the incredible single-player but the online is an optional extra that's good enough for someone to pay for and something they don't really want to factor in to their initial budget. With Uncharted the quality of the game doesn't go down over time or if the games used so it can feel a bit hard to be paying for people who haven't given you anything and have hardly had diminished quality.
But multiplayer games do get worse overtime because the community becomes more experienced and shrinnks. If multiplayer is the game focus you want people playing it and equally the multiplayer drives them to buy the game new instead of used (the big nasty exception here is week one used games which are frankly terrible in all regards).
But if the game is big and established or has a big marketing push, the online pass is only going to affect a small minority and won't tarnish the games reputation. Battlefield 3 will receive some knocks from the stragglers but it won't really matter because what people felt about it was established in the first week of it's release. Everyone has enough friends that will persuade them into buying 4.
But a game that's looking to make or renew an IP needs everything it can get. It even has the bonus of increasing the games reputation by not including it.
So yeah, I think online passes are okay and should be used. But it shouldn't be a standard thing, instead they should look at every game and evaluate it on it's merits. Unfortunately that probably won't happen because the publishers want to make it seem normal first :(
And that's what scares me. Once this becomes normal, what are they going to add onto it.
It's only logical because Online Passes are just the annoying older brother to pre-order bonuses which I thought were pretty cool when you were given swag or a little dlc item for pre-ordering; it became less cool when they started making gameplay content part of the pre-order "bonus" like with LA Noir.
The thing is that if they see that the remaining gamers are so accepting of these added charges and schemes, they're going to try more intrusive and expensive ones. And considering the too accepting mentality of most gamers, I don' see this stopping in a good place.
You touched on another good point though. The multiplayer in any game isn't as good an experience for a used purchaser anyway as they have to contend people who have leveled up and learned the maps. If that's not discouragement enough for the used gamer, the publisher should just wish them well and hope they want to get the next one at launch.
And regardless of how much I play Warhawk now, they should be prepared that I might want to play at any moment and I may want to play all day too...hell, all weekend. They should be prepared (and I'm not saying they have to be but they should) just in case every person who owns Warhawk decides to play it at the exact same time because eventually (odds are it wouldn't happen often but it's a statistical inevitability... if the industry survives long enough) that's going to happen.
Glad I've given you a chancce to look at this from a different perspective.
Ah well as studying statistics ish I look at something like this as being very very predictable. I guess server costs mainly rise if it's sustained, if by fluke everyone logs on on the same day your probably just going to have bad service no matter how prepared they are. It'd probably happen even with something like WoW. But tens of thousands of people all breaking the trend and having sustained play at the same time? You'll win the lottery first.
If you imagine your game time like a roller-coaster, you'll have a big peak at the start followed by ever decreasing smaller peaks. I imagine a game company can look at the average user and calculate how much time they're going to be using online, including all those smaller peaks, they couldn't predict when they are but they could make a pretty good guess at the sum total. However you look at it switching persons is going to add on a whole nother roller-coasters worth of time
iron codpiece
I really enjoyed this game as a kid. I am really glad at least one person in the industry is against this crap.
29 POSTED: 12 Dec 2011 09:52
You're right, but you can probably assume that if the original player is trading it in, they probably didn't like/play the multiplayer a hell of a lot. And even if they did, an individual's use of server space (even for the life of the game) can't possibly cost more than $5 (equipment share AND electricity) for the life of the game: it's not like OnLive or anything where we're playing the entire game off their servers. The whole $10 standard isn't just for covering costs. It's to make up for the smaller base amount of users (due to the decreased popularity of big budget consoles this gen) and for the continued used pushing practices of gamestop and retailers like that; two things that consumers shouldn't really be blamed for.
iron codpiece:
That's what I dig about this article: it's nice to see devs coming out against the practice.
I can't imagine it's a good feeling to see your creation sliced to pieces so the publisher's board of directors can pad their pockets a little more. I think people would actually be more accepting of the charge if it went to the people who worked long hard hours at crappy wages trying to make the game rather than the pricks in suits who come up with ideas like online pass. I think if that was the case, I might occasionally buy a game with online pass...maybe.
It depends on the age of the game. However the thing about servers isn't running them, but maintaining them. You've got to pay for the space for the servers, the people to make sure the servers work, the support team etc even if the company owns that stuff, if it's being used for one game it prevents it being used for another. The costs are high enough (i don't have a clue what they are) that EA, before this online pass business was in the habit of shutting the multiplayer for their games down entirely often only a year after release because they couldn't afford to run them. An online pass that's only paid by people who want to use multiplayer some time after launch is preferrable to people who bought the game at launch not being able to play it when they choose.
And whilst I totally agree that a big problem is Gamestop really really pushing used games often of games that have only been out for a day because they make more money from used games because they don't have to pay the people who made them anything when they sell used, if we're responsible people we try to see the consequences of our purchases.
I find that if you stop seeing online passes as a way to halt used games, but instead a way that used games can fit into the dev. economy properly it looks a lot nicer. It might not be true but we can treat it as true. You said you felt insulted by the constant driving to cease used games, well look at this as a way to embrace used games and know that you can buy used without even a twinge of conscience. If people act sensibly the affect of this in the long run is that the price of used games will come down a bit, and yeah people will receive a bit less for used games too but the price has to be kept reasonably high if they want people to bother selling a game. A game has value to people and if they aren't paid enough for it, they'll keep it. So the devs get money, we get cheaper games, multiplayer servers don't shut down, there's incentive to devs to continually support and update their multiplayer. The only real losers from that direction are Gamestop and they'll still turn a profit.
I do agree it's still not appropriate for some games and I would be worried about where it would lead to when it's established, but the truth is it's only a short term problem. Every year real sales are going down and DD is sky-rocketing. More and more devices are getting customers used to the idea of buying without a physical thing. Smartphones are breaking those barriers and in 15 years it will all be DD with new business models where prices actually fall over time and you can buy a game new years after it came out for a fraction of the cost. And then both online passes and used games in general just won't really exist. 15 years down the line maybe? It's hard to tell, Blockbuster went bust a lot sooner than might have been thought with the idea of physical rentals
But we have to be careful. We can see what happens when a retailer has a near monopoly with gamestop. I think that if everything was sold off Steam, we wouldn't see as good prices as we do now.
But at least the consumer wont be double screwed as they are now: with the retailer not making new copies available and the publisher making them pay for that.
I also think that if the devs want used sales to fit into their economy they should set up their own trade in program. Even if they undercut gamestop they would still make bigger profits in the long run and they would have better control over the used market. And with better prices they would more likely broaden their base. Sony could've really cleaned up with a program like that and they wouldn't need a pass code in every box.
I understand about the cooling, energy, and maintenance of servers but I think you overestimate how much that costs. Really the tax a used player has on the server is more dependent on how well the game sold in the first place. Unless the game was really wildly unpopular(like 10x the disappointment of DNF), the used purchaser isn't even going to cost them $5. Either way, they're going to run and maintain those servers for that game until they want to use that space for something else. Even games with online pass are going to shut down if nobody wanted to play it online.
I'm not insulted by the driving to cease used sales. I'm insulted by the industry trying to charge the consumer for it's own inadequacies in making sure retailers have new stock available (let's not forget, used sales weren't complained about when they were cheap impulse buys and gamestop wasn't emplying their "did you pre-order?" policy)as well as expanding the demand for these big budget games.
I'm not sure but I think Jaffe is insulted by the publisher deciding to slice off game modes and making borrowers, renters, and used buyers pay $10 for it, which they probably wont. I think he just wants everyone to be able to play the online multiplayer and get back into Twisted Metal while making some new fans too. That's a notion I can get behind.
Well I'm running out of things to say at last you'll be glad to hear :D but I have a notion that shops generally wouldn't stock new games past their shelf life, because the profit margins would be very low compared to the space they take up. Even a used section of a big Game has only a tiny fraction of the games that publishers would want to sell and often one copy of each at that.
You're right to be careful of a Steam-opoly I'm hoping it won't happen if nothing else because there's always Xbox Live and the PSN but I still cheer every attempt to create a steam rival. Luckily I think DD companies can survive even if they only have a fraction of market share
But i actually think a monopoly is more relevant to new games than old, because in all honesty Steam basically has a monopoly and it probably only makes up a fraction of the reason for their sales. The big reason is sales make money. Because you're not selling a physical product there's a price where every stage above it is profit and the problem is less convincing a customer the price is right, but that they want the game in the first place. There's no marketing for old games, no drive to go out and buy them now, but a sale creates that drive. Even more Valve released some of their research and sales actually improve sales(:D) even after the prices return. And they dont seem to cut into profits elsewhere or even be diverted. They just make more people want the game _now_ than before. Even with the monopoly it's still a good thing.
Incidentally a big problem will come with the PSN and Live with the new games. Because when DD is rooted, competition can't physically exist. It might be the next stage of the console wars, less about the console, less about the games because those are both pretty equal now, but the prices and the running of the online stores


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Why are woke liberals such enemies of the past?
Instead of shaming our forebears, they should consider today's achievements
Remembrance Day has been labelled "imperialist propaganda" by Cambridge University students. Credit: Christopher Furlong / Getty
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First World WarHistoryMoralityProgressTechnologyUniversity
The enemies of the past are at it again. Forget 'don't speak ill of the dead', the terminally woke have little time for anything else. When they're not busy trying to pull down statues, they're criticising astronauts for quoting Winston Churchill or making idiots of themselves over Remembrance Day.
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# imdb_birthdates.php

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

use Goutte\Client;
use GuzzleHttp\Client as GuzzleClient;

$goutteClient = new \Goutte\Client();
$guzzleClient = new \GuzzleHttp\Client(array(
    'timeout' => 6000,
));
// $goutteClient->setClient($guzzleClient);

  $crawler = $goutteClient->request('GET', 'https://www.controcampus.it/estrazioni');

  $tables= [];

$dt =[];
$crawler
    ->filter('div.fullwidth h3')
    ->each(function ($node) use ($crawler) {

        $name = $node->text();
        $words = explode(' ', $name);
        $date = '';
        foreach ($words as $key => $word) {
            if(is_numeric($word)) {
                $date = $words[$key] . ' ' . $words[$key+1] . ' ' .$words[$key+2];
                unset($words[$key], $words[$key+1], $words[$key+2]);
                break;
            }
        }
        $name = implode(' ', $words);

        //$word = array("Estrazione", "VinciCasa", "MillionDAY", "MillionDAY EXTRA", " ", "Lotto", "SuperEnalotto", "10 e Lotto", "EuroJackpot");
        //$realWord = implode(" ", $word);
        $word1 = "VinciCasa";
        $word2 = "MillionDAY";
        $word3 = "MillionDAY EXTRA";
        $word4 = "del Lotto";
        $word5 = "SuperEnalotto";
        $word6 = "10 e Lotto";
        $word7 = "EuroJackpot";

        // Test if string contains the word
        if(strpos($name, $word1) !== false){
            $name = $word1;
        }

        //for word2
        if(strpos($name, $word2) !== false){
            $name = $word2;
        }

        //for word3
        if(strpos($name, $word3) !== false){
            $name = $word3;
        }

        //for word4
        if(strpos($name, $word4) !== false){
            $name = $word4;
        }

        //for word5
        if(strpos($name, $word5) !== false){
            $name = $word5;
        }

        //for word6
        if(strpos($name, $word6) !== false){
            $name = $word6;
        }

        //for word7
        if(strpos($name, $word7) !== false){
            $name = $word7;
        }

        $dt[] = [
            'name' => $name,
            'date' => $date,
            'values' => '',
        ];

        print_r($dt);

    });

$table = [];

// $crawler->filter('tr')->each(function($node) {
//     print_r($node->text());
//   });

$index = 0;

  $crawler->filter('tr')->each(function($node) use($index) {

    $node->filter('td')->each(function($nested_node) use($index) {
        $table[$index] = $nested_node->text();
        print_r($table);
    });
    $index++;
  });

    // $crawler->filter(' tr')->each(function($node) use ($table){
    //     // $th = $element->filter('td')->eq(0)->text();
    //     // $td = $element->filter('td')->eq(1)->text();
    //     // $table[] = $th;
    //     // $table[] = $td;
    //     $node->filter('td')->each(function($nested_node) {
    //        $table[] = $nested_node->text();
    //     });
    //     print_r($table);
    //   });

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The City Council of Redován and Hidraqua initiate improvement actions in the drinking water service
May 28, 2020 | Councils News, News, Water
The works will be focused on renovating the pipe network, as well as the installation of valves and household connections.
The total cost of these improvement actions, included in the service concession contract, amounts to 372,400 euros
The Redován City Council and the municipality's potable water service concessionaire, Hidraqua, have started to work this week to improve the town's water supply network. These works, that began this Monday, were contemplated in the service concession contract, consisting of three actions to execute new channelings and replacement of pipes, sectioning valves and connections in the Camino del Motor, Jesús Jordá and Seis de Diciembre streets, as well as the upper part of the town near the mountains.
The mayor of the municipality, Nely Ruiz, has expressed her satisfaction at the start of these works, which will allow "offering a better provision of an essential service and much needed on a day-to-day basis for all the residents of Redován". She added that "in this way, we fulfill the commitment that we proposed as a government with the assignment of the service to the concessionaire company".
In this way, the installation of approximately 1.750 meters of new conduction and the renovation of some 390 household connections will be carried out, as well as in places where there were no registration elements, such as those found in poor state of conservation due to age and presenting obsolete materials and insufficient diameter.
These works will serve to improve water pressure and ensure its quality, as well as minimizing the number of users who will be affected in the event of any breakdown due to breakdown or maintenance. The total cost of the actions amounts to 372.400 euros, with an execution period of approximately four months.
For his part, the mayor of Municipal Services, Ramón Escarabajal, has stated that "these works are very important, since they come to solve a historical problem in the municipality, such as water cuts." Escarabajal has assured that "our objective is to improve the quality of life of the residents of Redován, and that is why we are going to carry out these much-needed actions."
The Department of Municipal Services closes the mandate with a positive balance in the work done to "improve the day to day of the residents of Redován"
Feb 18, 2019 | Councils News, Municipal Services, Infraestructures, parks and gardens, News
Francisco Martínez emphasizes that his department works hand in hand with the rest of the areas of the City Council in the realization of any event
The Councilor for Municipal Services, Works and Parks and Gardens of the City Council of Redován, Francisco Martínez, today took stock of the mandate at the head of a department that, as he himself highlighted, "carries out all the tasks aimed at having the people of Redova services, the environment and amenities they deserve in their daily lives. " Martinez has been accompanied in his appearance by the mayor, Emilio Fernandez, who has highlighted "the necessary involvement of the departments that during this mandate has directed Francisco Martínez in virtually all the organization of events in our municipality in addition to the work of each of they".
The mayor recalled that until January 1, when the new water and sewer service contract of Redován entered into force, it has been his area that has been responsible for this management, "something that has taken us a large part of our time and effort. " As an example, he has set up the cleaning and repairs of the sewage and rainwater network, "a daily challenge taking into account the conditions of the land in Redován, with the mountain, the barrages and the runoffs".
Municipal Services has assumed, among others, the works of accessibility, maintenance of sidewalks, curbs, potholes, covers and sewer and storm drains, as well as any damage that has appeared on the streets, while in parks and gardens Francisco Martínez has spoken of the tasks of pruning, planting and irrigation, as well as the control of pests and fumigations. Enabling the operation of municipal sources or children's games in these leisure and recreation spaces has been the subject of the work of the area, as well as the control and elimination of pests. "It seems that no, but the work of disinfection, disinfestation and deratization is very important," said the mayor, who added that not only is important "but essential to maintain cleanliness and healthiness in our streets and below them."
"It has been necessary the work of many people, teammates, technicians of this house and workers of the brigade, professionals who every day do everything possible and are dedicated to the welfare of citizenship." In this way he has spoken of the collaboration and help of the Local Police in the Department of Signaling, from where the painting of streets, parking areas, placement and replacement of traffic signs, etc. is managed.
In the cemetery section cleaning and maintenance has been carried out as well as citizen attention to any questions, while in public lighting has been launched telemanagement and maintenance of equipment and lighting, as well as coordination with the company in charge of repairs and improvements. "We develop the work that allows problems, large or small day to day, are resolved quickly and effectively", while Martinez has reported other specific actions such as the finishing, painting and placement of drains of the steeple of Barrio San Carlos, the painting of the fronton court and other sports facilities, the agreement with the company that performs the collection of domestic oil, the improvements in different places such as Francisco Ferrer, where the calisthenics zone or the Valencian and Príncipe Community squares were installed of Asturias, "but above all we emphasize the cooperation with the different councils in the preparation of festive, cultural or sports activities".
Francisco Martinez has outlined the "horizontality" of the Department of Municipal Services "because it shares work and needs with other areas, covering their needs." Finally it has concluded with the actions carried out in Health, with different repairs in the medical office, replacement of furniture as well as the campaigns that have been developed in collaboration with other administrations.
The City Council of Redován and Hidraqua set in motion the landscape restoration of the Paraje La Ermita
Jan 18, 2019 | News, Water
Redován 1/18/2019. Just fifteen days after its implementation, the City Council of Redován and the water and sewer service concessionaire, Hidraqua, officially inaugurated this management today with a visit to the public attention office in Calle Abajo. the past day 2, and with the start-up of the landscape restoration of the Redován mountain range in the Paraje La Ermita with a first day of reforestation that will continue in the coming months with an integral intervention of the area.
During the visit to the offices, the manager of Hidraqua, Juan José Alonso, explained some of the most relevant aspects of the client area, "like the agreement that is being negotiated with the Federation of Deaf People of the Valencian Community (FESORD) to facilitate face-to-face attention for people with hearing disabilities ". Alonso and the mayor, Emilio Fernández, have highlighted that the concessionaire will maintain "the social rates that have been applied until now in the municipality, in addition to that there will be a meeting with our Social Services to define the attention to the vulnerable groups", has specified the first mayor.
Fraud control campaigns and processes to make periodic meter readings more efficient are also a priority in these first months, as well as the availability of a 24-hour checkpoint or network inspection campaigns in Redován. . Through this last one, a total of 40 faults have been detected and repaired since the service was started.
As for the work carried out, the cleaning of the sewage and rainwater network has been started in double shift, from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., to finish as soon as possible with the inconveniences to the neighbors and the control plan for the discharges with definition of sampling stations and analytical controls in some industries. With respect to the works to be executed soon, the Camino del Motor and the Rincón pumping station will be built in the town center, "while beneficial projects for our town are also being written, such as those related to the landscape performance in the Hermitage, the installation of remote reading in the meters and the sectorization and remote control of the network ", said the mayor.
After the visit to the offices, the first day of reforestation was carried out in the Paraje La Ermita, a prelude to the comprehensive action that will be carried out in the area in the coming months. For this campaign, plant species have been selected that will improve the environmental and landscape quality of the surroundings, such as cypress, black hawthorn, mastic, carob, ephedra, rosemary, palmito or bayón.
Redován holds the first Grifo Awards Gala to recognise the work of local people and groups 24/01/2023
Redován Town Council creates its first 32 columbaria at the municipal cemetery 23/01/2023
More than 300 people will gather at the Annual Climbing Meeting which starts tomorrow in Redován 20/10/2022
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Truitt Brothers is recalling more than a million pounds of a Kraft Velveeta product for failing to identify soy as an ingredient, the U.S. government announced on Monday, January 20, 2014.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service said that manufacturer Truitt Brothers is recalling 1.77 million pounds of Kraft (KRFT, Fortune 500)Velveeta Cheesy Skillets Singles - Ultimate Cheeseburger Mac. The macaroni and cheese product contains pasta and ground beef.
The recall applies to food with a sale date from March 2, 2014 to October 23, 2014.
The recall was necessary because of the wrong labels on the food. Truitt Brothers failed to disclose information about allergens, such as soy.


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Online. On your Mobile. At your door. www.southbostontoday.com South Boston has fast become the most desirable inner city neighborhood in the country.
The South Boston community is rooted in its tradition, guided by its values and defined by its people. South Boston Today presents to you its inaugural edition with a commitment to upholding the South Boston community's traditions, promoting its values and embracing all of its people. New businesses are planting their flags and building up the waterfront attracting tourists, corporate headquarters
Attention South Boston Residents! - URGENT!
PROPOSED CITY COUNCIL REDISTRICTING MAP WOULD SPLIT SOUTH BOSTON INTO 2 DISTRICTS; EMERGENCY MEETING ON WED, 10/19, 6PM AT THE CONDON SCHOOL.
Community Groups Resolve to File Suit if Approved by the City Council and Mayor.
With the City's redistricting process currently underway, there are at least two proposed maps that would divide South Boston into District 2 and District 3. In particular, these maps would separate the Anne Lynch Homes at Old Colony and West Broadway Development into District 2 and District 3. If a map that splits South Boston is passed, this will negatively impact neighbors, communities of color, our seniors, veterans, and persons with disabilities who live in these housing developments, and greatly impact the ability for our residents to act together and advocate for their common interests.
The redistricting process will determine the makeup of each of the 9 City Council districts for the next ten years, and various maps can be proposed to be considered. Currently, there are maps proposed that would split South Boston into different districts, which will dilute the voices of South Boston residents. These actions would run contrary to longstanding redistricting principles of the preservation of prior districts and maintaining communities of interest.
In response to these maps, Council President Ed Flynn and the South Boston Elected Officials will be hosting an emergency meeting on redistricting on Wednesday, October 19th, 6pm at the Condon School (200 D St, South Boston) to discuss with neighbors about where we are in the process, and gather input from residents.
"One of our utmost priorities is to keep South Boston as a neighborhood together in District 2, so that this community can continue to be cohesive and not be divided into different districts," said the South Boston Elected Officials in a joint statement. "We will oppose any map that proposes to separate South Boston into different City Council districts, especially as it impacts the representation and voices of neighbors living in public housing developments."
"The proposed redistricting maps would divide our community and the West Broadway Housing Development to two separate districts, diluting our community's collective voice," said Phyllis Corbitt, President of the Anne Lynch Homes at Old Colony Resident Task Force, as well as Massachusetts Union of Public Housing Tenants. "We urge that these maps be withdrawn, and that our community of South Boston be united, particularly our public housing communities, so that we get the representation we are entitled to.
"We are aware of the proposal to divide Anne M. Lynch Homes at Old Colony and the West Broadway Development into two separate districts," said Mercy Robinson, Executive Director of South Boston En Accion. "This proposal worries me as Executive Director of SBEA and a long-time resident of South Boston. Most, if not all of the diversity in Southie sits within the streets of the three Boston Housing Developments in South Boston. With most of the residents falling well under the poverty line, separating them straight down the middle of one of these developments is counterproductive on many fronts."
"We are in opposition to any plan that would divide our community," said Kathy Lafferty, Executive Director of the South Boston Neighborhood House. "There has been so much effort put in to unite our neighborhood - the work of community organizations, elected officials and neighbors coming together to create a cohesive community - and this plan just creates further division. We ask that this proposal be withdrawn."
"The proposed maps would divide South Boston and our communities of interest. We oppose this move and ask the Committee to withdraw the proposal. If not, we will join with other parties in filing suit to protect our community's rights," said Thomas McGrath, President of the South Boston Citizens Association. "The City Council should be looking to unite our communities and our city, not divide us."
"The proposed maps would divide Ward 6 into 2 districts for the first time, and our Ward fits entirely in the neighborhood of South Boston," said Robert O'Shea, the Chair of Ward 6 Democratic Committee. "We urge the City Council to unite our Ward and our community of South Boston in District 2 as it has historically been, so that we get the representation our community of interest deserves."
For more information on the meeting on Wednesday, please contact Councilor Flynn's office at 617-635-3203 and [email protected].
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The $1.2 billion Channelside development would bring housing, a lab building, and office space to what's now parking lots on the banks of the downtown waterway.
Massachusetts is losing taxpayers at 4th highest rate: Tax Foundation report
Massachusetts pols want to keep raising taxes, tax payers will keep moving out - exactly what's happening to California, New York and Illinois. Some politicians just never learn.
Massachusetts has been highlighted on a list of states that are losing taxpayers, while some New England states are in the top 10 states for taxpayer growth.
Faith And Blue Celebrated At Lawn On D
The City of Boston was selected as a marquee event host for this year's national Faith & Blue Weekend, which was scheduled from Friday, October 7 to Monday, October 10, 2022. The last event of the weekend was held on Columbus Day at Lawn On D and what a powerful event it was as community, faith leaders and law enforcement came together to eat, pray, sing, dance and have a great time as one in the same.
Mayor Wu, Commissioner Cox and his Command Staff, Suffolk County DA Kevin Hayden, Mass State Police, Mass Bay Transit Police, Suffolk County Sheriff and our own Captain Boyle C-6 and his team were all present at this wonderful event representing the Blue. Cardinal Sean O'Malley, Fr. Conway, Fr. White, Deacon Paul, Rev. Hutchins, Bishop Dickerson II, Rev. Groover, Rev. Bodrick and many more were representing multiple faiths and celebrating everybody. Council President Ed Flynn with his wife Kristen and State Rep. David Biele were in the crowd socializing with guests, LEO and enjoying the event. "It is always an honor to assist our friends at the Boston Police Department and the faith based community. Thanks to our partners at the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority, we were able to ensure this special event took place right here in South Boston at the Lawn on D." said Haley Dillon, Legislative Director for Senator Collins who coordinated the event.
Maybe if we had more of these events, it could be a way for the City of Boston to come together.
Alanna Devlin Ball - A True Champion
Breaks Warrior Games World Record
By Kevin Devlin
Alanna Devlin Ball, who recently retired from the United States Navy as a Lieutenant Commander, competed in the Department of Defense (DoD) Warrior Games held 19-28 August in Orlando, Florida. The games are composed of over 200 wounded, ill, and injured U.S. and International service members and veteran athletes.
Alanna, a cancer survivor and indeed a brave warrior beyond words. won five gold medals, a silver medal, and crushed a Warrior Games world record in the 50-meter backstroke swimming event.
She won a silver medal in women's powerlifting, along with gold medals in the 50-meter freestyle, 100-meter freestyle, 50-meter breaststroke, 200-meter mixed relay, and 50-meter backstroke event as previously mentioned.
Alanna grew up in South Boston, attended Boston Latin Academy and excelled in swimming. She swam for the South Boston Boys and Girls Club, Quincy YMCA, USS Swimming and Boston Latin Academy, perennial Boston City League Champions. At BLA, she was the first seventh grader in MIAA history to be selected as an all-scholastic.
Alanna flourished academically receiving undergraduate and graduate degrees, subsequently earning her Naval Officer Commission at Officer Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island.
After serving both overseas and stateside for the United States Navy for 12 years, she was diagnosed with brain cancer. The tumor was completely removed, and she underwent proton radiation and chemotherapy treatments.
In 2020, Alanna was contacted by the USSOCOM Warrior Care Program Recovery Care Coordinator assigned to Naval Special Warfare Group TWO in Virginia Beach, VA. She encouraged Alanna to try out for Team USSOCOM at their selection camp held in Tampa, Florida.
Alanna knew it would be fun and allow her to concentrate on something other than treatment. So, she trained every day and was selected to compete in swimming, rowing and powerlifting events.
Alanna was excited and grateful to represent Team USSOCOM. Being focused on these games and training for them provided her with a welcome respite from her daily concerns.
"Participating in this camp enabled me and my husband to focus on something other than the immense physical, psychological, and emotional effects my surgery and treatment had on me…while providing (her) incredible opportunities to explore and experience alternative avenues to both heal and thrive."
Injuries are not always visible to the general onlooker, but Alanna is fully aware of that.
"One of my biggest things I have experienced is that people cannot always see an injury. You will see people in the DoD Warrior Games who do not show an injury, but there is a reason they are here. That's why I am there."
The Devlin and Ball families are proud of Alanna's accomplishments at these Warrior Games.
Her bravery is immeasurable.
Her desire to compete and win is insatiable.
Her love of life is undeniable.
Her sense of purpose and willpower are without equal.
And our admiration and respect for her courage burns brighter.
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It's Columbus Day Whether The WOKE Crowd Likes It Or Not!
'In the world of politically correct, WOKE cancel culture bullying, It is believed by the advocates of that train of thought that all they need do is claim they are offended by something they don't like and it will be removed. Claiming it's racist gives the effort an even bigger boost or at least it used to. Those pushing this movement are doing so because of their success in certain cities around the country. They've seen the results - the fruits of their labor. 'Ban everything we don't like or we'll protest; even violently if we must and even boycott. And then the cowardly authorities bow to the demands and the threats and do the bidding and follow the orders of the radicals. Whether its a statue, a song on the radio, a picture on a tub of butter or the name of a street, it has worked in many places. This brings us to the upcoming Columbus Day holiday. There are those who demand it be eliminated. They don't like the Italian explorer so they demand his statues be torn down and the name of the day changed to things like 'Indigenous Peoples' Day, Fall Festival, 'Pumpkin Seed Day' or any number of other ridiculous changes. The fact that millions of Italian Americans like the holiday just as it is, matters not to the woke crowd. They want what they want and tradition be damned. The statue of Columbus in Boston was removed because a tiny vocal group demanded it. And this is why the cancel culture mob keeps coming back for more and more. There will be no end to these demands until officials; elected and others grow back bones and learn how to say 'NO'.
There are some who don't like Thanksgiving - this uniquely American and beautiful holiday, and have been working to eliminate even it. Give in to them and they will set their sites on getting rid of Christmas even harder than they have been for many years. The thought of removing Independence Day, held on July 4th each year makes those who hate our country salivate. All those Red, White and Blue flags, fireworks, parades and patriotism makes them nauseous. Success getting rid of the day we celebrate America's independence would be the ultimate feather in their caps.
Think about it, if people don't draw that line in the sand and start facing down the radicals, whose goal it is to destroy or dilute every cherished American tradition, they'll just keep on coming. If elected officials; whether they are federal, state or local, continue to run, duck and cover every time some group of malcontents with chips on their shoulders toward our country and for one holiday or tradition or another, this nation could one day lose it's identity completely, which is exactly what the radicals want. Americans, no matter what their background are welcome to celebrate the long Columbus Day weekend - it belongs to everyone. If the woke crowd doesn't like it, too damn bad. They can take their whiny, entitled attitudes and go somewhere else to pout. The name of this coming holiday is Columbus Day, it will always be Columbus Day - not Indigenous Peoples' Day, whether the woke crowd likes it or not.
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09-19-2022 (BOSTON, MA): Massachusetts AG & Gubernatorial Candidate - Maura Healey is being served a Summons for a Complaint filed against the Commonwealth to correct Homestead Protection ERRORS identified by DOJ, Fed Regulators & MA AGO
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With Dare to Lead, Brené brings decades of research to bear in a practical and insightful guide to courageous leadership. This book is a road map for anyone who wants to lead mindfully, live bravely, and dare to lead.
Ed Catmull (Author / )
Brene visited Pixar to talk with our filmmakers. Her message was important, as movies are best when they come from a place of vulnerability, when the people who make them encounter setbacks and are forced to overcome them, when they are willing to have their asses handed to them. It is easy to sit back and talk about the values of a safe and meaningful culture, but extraordinarily difficult to pull it off. You don't achieve good culture without constant attention, without an environment of safety, courage, and vulnerability. These are hard skills, but they are teachable skills. Start with this book.
Tarana Burke (Founder / The Me Too movement)
Whether you're leading a movement or a start-up, if you're trying to change an organizational culture or the world, Dare to Lead will challenge everything you think you know about brave leadership and give you honest, straightforward, actionable tools for choosing courage over comfort.
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Leadership is not about titles, status, and wielding power. A leader is anyone who takes responsibility for recognizing the potential in people and ideas, and has the courage to develop that potential.
When we dare to lead, we don't pretend to have the right answers; we stay curious and ask the right questions. We don't see power as finite and hoard it; we know that power becomes infinite when we share it with others. We don't avoid difficult conversations and situations; we lean into vulnerability when it's necessary to do good work.
But daring leadership in a culture defined by scarcity, fear, and uncertainty requires skill-building around traits that are deeply and uniquely human. The irony is that we're choosing not to invest in developing the hearts and minds of leaders at the exact same time as we're scrambling to figure out what we have to offer that machines and AI can't do better and faster. What can we do better? Empathy, connection, and courage, to start.
Four-time #1 New York Times bestselling author Brené Brown has spent the past two decades studying the emotions and experiences that give meaning to our lives, and the past seven years working with transformative leaders and teams spanning the globe. She found that leaders in organizations ranging from small entrepreneurial startups and family-owned businesses to nonprofits, civic organizations, and Fortune 50 companies all ask the same question:
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Brooke Tunstall | Published: November 23, 2020 21:28:58 | Updated: November 24, 2020 23:10:56
Corporate tax avoidance is an open secret in the world of multinational enterprises. Hiding behind loose laws and revenue reporting standards around the globe, these international corporations obscure profits and losses to a degree that costs the nations where they do business billions of dollars in annual tax revenue, many of it in developing countries that badly need that lost income to improve their infrastructure.
In its ongoing quest to promote greater standards and accuracy in the areas of corporate revenue reporting, Global Financial Integrity (GFI) recently partnered with several leading international financial transparency organisations to cohost Global Investors Making Transparency Possible, a digital conference featuring an array of renowned experts in the fields of tax, transparency and illicit financial flows.
GFI was joined by Finance Norway, Storebrand, NORSIF, KLP and PWYP (Publish What You Pay) Norway in hosting the event, which was based at Oslo Metropolitan University, which was also a co-host, but saw most of its speakers appear remotely because of the Covid pandemic.
The forum's panelists represented multiple sides of the financial industry including banks, investment houses, consulting firms, the public sector, advocacy think-tanks and civil society. With an emphasis on creating a standardized means of disclosing comparable financial data (Quality of Information) and ensuring that said information is trustworthy and universally accessible for the benefit of both investors and society as a whole (Quality of Reporting), the conference gathered key stakeholder organisations to discuss the direction, quality and development of policy interventions.
This conference brought together and highlighted global advocacy as well as industry and investor community efforts to ensure that corporate tax information is trustworthy, intelligible comparable but is also accessible and allows for automated collection and treatment.
Among the speakers was GFI's Policy Director, Lakshmi Kumar, who made the case for quality in reporting standards. "Increasing tax transparency through public disclosure will force companies to clean up the most questionable tax practices" and that " the GRI standard requires companies to provide limited amounts of data that provide an accurate snapshot of a company's tax strategy while not creating overly burdensome accounting requirements."
The forum was divided into five sections, starting with a pair of keynote speakers. Carine Smith Ihenacho, Chief Governance Officer of Norges Bank Investment Management spoke about expectations for tax and transparency while Grace Perez-Navarro, Deputy Director, Centre for Tax Policy and Administration, OECD who gave a presentation about transparency challenges in the global economy.
Those speeches were followed by four separate panels.
What is the Risk of Not Knowing About Tax and Transparency, which featured several speakers from prominent banks and investment groups and discussed both the risk to an investor's portfolio and to society at large because of tax avoidance.
What is Quality of Information (going into the reporting)? Featuring a mix of speakers from consultants and NGOs, this panel discussed what investor can do to try and control risk related to tax and transparency.
What is Quality of Reporting? (coming out of the reporting), this panel featured GFI's Kumar along with representatives from the for and non-profit world.
And finally, What Are Success Stories of Companies on Tax and Transparency, which featured a pair of representatives from multinational extraction companies discussing their commitment to information transparency and being a corporate leader.
"GFI is honored to have partnered with critical stakeholders in the campaign to identify robust standards around tax transparency and look forward to continued engagement in moving towards increased public disclosure on tax," said Kumar.
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Toy Industries of Europe (TIE) Director-General Catherine van Reeth highlighted the importance of smart market surveillance and enforcement in the European Chemical Agency's (ECHA) May newsletter.
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Old and New Locomotives Shine at CWS
A new diesel-electric locomotive with the most environmentally friendly 4,400-horsepower diesel engine will be displayed with a legendary steam engine in Omaha for the College World Series.
A new diesel-electric locomotive that boasts the most environmentally friendly 4,400-horsepower diesel engine in the Union Pacific fleet will be displayed with its legendary No. 844 steam engine in Omaha, Neb. during the College World Series. No. 844 is the last steam locomotive that was ever built for Union Pacific.
The two will be on display across the street from TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha until June 29 to help the community celebrate college baseball's championship. "Our roots started in Omaha nearly 150 years ago near this very location we're displaying our historic locomotive for the community," said Jim Young, Union Pacific's chairman and CEO. "With college baseball and Union Pacific having strong historical ties to Omaha, it is fitting that we help celebrate the opening of the new stadium and the beginning of a new era of championship games by displaying one of our legendary steam locomotives along with one of our newest."
The new locomotive is designated UP 7410. UP's June 13 news release says it was delivered in April 2009 from a General Electric plant in Erie, Pa., and Union Pacific has spent approximately $6 billion to purchase more than 3,400 long-haul locomotives that meet EPA Tier 0, Tier 1, or Tier 2 regulations since 2000. It plans to buy 100 more locomotives this year.
The locomotive display area is called "Union Pacific's Home Plate" and is where Union Pacific was established when rail workers broke ground to start the westward expansion of the first transcontinental railroad. It is near the intersection of Cuming and 12th Streets.
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my interview was of the third kind.
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Natalie Dormer goes looking for her twin sister in a Japanese forest which also happens to be a location notorious for people committing suicide. Where do I sign?
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Ted 2 is coming whether we like it or not. Here's a thing new trailer for it that make it seem like it might be pretty funny, so there's that. This is a red band trailer so be sure to use headphones or, you know, just don't watch it at work.
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Pixar's next film is Inside Out, and original story about a little girl and all the emotions in her head. Which sounds kind of awesome. Check out this character posters. They're not that new, but they were releaed while I was, you know, resting.
This is a super creepy poster this falls The Visit. THe film involves two kids being sent to spend time with their grandparents and the grandparents end up being involved in something… well, creepy anyway.
I wish I had expectations that the movie would be any good, however it's an M. Night Shyamalan movie so I can't say that's the case.
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Four new character posters for the upcoming Disney movie that's totally not about Disney or some kind of Randian paradise.