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SOLE™ and United By Blue™ Launches Kickstarter TODAY for World's Most Eco-Friendly Shoe
Footwear comfort experts SOLE and apparel producers United By Blue appeal to conscious consumers to launch a shoe that will redefine sustainability in the footwear industry
McClain Stone
Canadian footwear manufacturer SOLE has teamed up with responsible apparel company United By Blue to launch a Kickstarter campaign producing a shoe designed using sustainable materials in every aspect, from tongue to tread, without compromising on quality, comfort or durability. In a time when the earth is under unsustainable pressure from human consumption, SOLE and UBB have collaborated to give customers a choice in footwear that looks good, feels great, lasts long and doesn't come at the cost of the planet.
The new shoes will debut exclusively on Kickstarter March 4, 2019 with a campaign that speaks to consumers about the state of the footwear industry, while presenting them with a better option. Consumers who are hungry for more responsible, sustainable products have the chance to put their money behind something that really makes an impact in an industry. By giving their support, funders will get the shoes at a price that recognizes and rewards their investment in our planet, and a better option for footwear. These earth-friendly Chukkas will go to early bird Kickstarter backers for as little as $95 a piece, and will retail for $150.
The SOLE x UBB Jasper Wool Eco Chukka is built around SOLE's new ReCORK™ recycled cork midsole and UBB's award-winning BisonShield™ insulation. Both components are natural, sustainable, and perform better than the synthetic alternatives which dominate the market. The ReCORK midsole is made from recycled wine corks, ground down and recombined in SOLE's proprietary new formula that gives flex, cushioning and durability superior to the industry-standard EVA foam midsole. UBB's BisonShield™ insulation utilizes bison hair that would otherwise be destined for landfills to create a sustainable insulation that regulates temperature to keep you cozy when it's cold, and cool when it's warm. The natural hollow-fibre insulator is lightweight, flexible and retains heat even when wet.
BisonShield™ insulation is hypoallergenic and temperature-regulating just like the ethically-sourced merino wool that surrounds it. SOLE selected Australian merino in a plaited knit to guarantee durability to match its comfort. The chukka also includes SOLE's signature-shaped BloomTM Algae Foam footbeds with natural cork topsheets. Bloom foam requires 35% less energy to produce than regular EVA and has 40% less impact on ecosystems and climate. Natural rice rubber outsoles give durability with a minimized footprint while removing rice husks, a byproduct of the rice industry, from the waste stream.
The sustainable design approach to the SOLE x UBB Jasper Wool Eco Chukka doesn't stop with the primary materials used either. The footbed is treated with Polygiene® anti-odor technology to ensure the shoe never has to be thrown away because of stink, complementing the long-lasting materials to ensure a lengthy lifespan. The chukka is also designed for versatility to match its longevity. With timeless simple style, cozy comfort and multi-environment traction in the sole, it's the everyday adventurer's best friend. It's equally at home around the campfire, on forest trails, in the pub or on city streets. It's also equally comfortable worn with or without socks thanks to its breathable, temperature regulating, moisture wicking upper, and the natural cork topsheet on the insole, which is also naturally moisture-wicking and antimicrobial.
SOLE Founder and CEO Mike Baker had the following to say:
"This is a shoe that people can feel really good about buying, and will love wearing. This is also just the beginning for us. We're immensely proud of what we've produced but we believe we can always improve, and will keep working toward the goal of a more sustainable future for the footwear industry."
The idea behind the collaboration first sparked at the Outdoor Retailer Innovation Awards 2018, where an early version of SOLE's Jasper Wool Eco Chukka, and United By Blue's Bison Puffer Jacket were both recognized as finalists for their sustainable innovation, with the UBB Bison Puffer emerging as an overall winner.
Brian Linton, United By Blue Founder and CEO:
"Working with SOLE to incorporate BisonShield™ insulation into a footwear collection for the first time is reflective of our belief that sustainability is not a status quo. It also shows how working together with industry-leading peers, we are able to push the boundaries of sustainability further, more quickly."
To learn more about this collaboration please go to unitedbyblue.com/sole or yoursole.com/unitedbyblue.
About SOLE
SOLE is a Canadian footwear brand, founded in Vancouver in 2001. Our mission is to help people live active, pain-free lives while having the least possible impact on the planet. Our award-winning footbeds are the consumer's choice for supportive insoles, reducing pain and fatigue in the feet of millions. Building on the success of our footbeds, we launched into footwear that is great for your feet and gentle on the earth. We strongly believe that we have a responsibility to consider the impact our actions have on the environment, which is why we're blazing a trail for sustainability in footwear. From product design and development, to material sourcing and creation, we are committed to providing quality and comfort that doesn't come at the cost of the planet. In 2008, we launched our cork recycling initiative ReCORK, which takes natural wine corks and turns them into a carbon-negative raw material that replaces petroleum-based foams and plastics in consumer products. We've recycled 100 million corks to date, and we are just getting started. Learn more about what we do and how we do it at yoursole.com.
About United By Blue
United By Blue is a sustainable outdoor apparel and accessories brand started in 2010 driven by the belief that every living creature is united by the blue of our world's oceans and waterways, and we all share the responsibility to protect them. Our pledge unites our beliefs with our business: For every product sold, we remove one pound of trash from the oceans and waterways through company-organized cleanups. All apparel and accessories are responsibly made using sustainable materials such as organic cotton, recycled polyester, hemp, and bison fiber. United By Blue products can be found in nearly 1000 outlets globally, in our stores in Philadelphia, and online at unitedbyblue.com.
Eco-conscious Consumers Have Spoken: the Environmentally Friendly Shoe from SOLETM and United By BlueTM Gets Fully Funded in Less than 90 Minutes, Leading as One of the Top Sustainability Campaigns on Kickstarter.
SOLE and United By Blue are proud to announce the successful funding of their Kickstarter campaign for the world's most eco-friendly shoe, the SOLExUBB Jasper Wool Eco Chukka. It took just 84 minutes for the campaign to reach its funding goal, which had been more than tripled by ...read more
By McClain Stone
SOLE Launches New Eco Sandals Made Sustainable in Every Aspect, Leading with the Jasper Eco Flip, Designed to be the World's Most Eco-Friendly Sandal
Fresh off the overwhelming success of their Kickstarter campaign for the SOLE x UBB Jasper Wool Eco Chukka, 'the world's most eco-friendly shoe', Canadian footwear company SOLE is launching the Jasper Eco Flip to headline their Spring Summer 2020 sandals at Outdoor Retailer ...read more
United By Blue Launches Ultimate American Socks on Kickstarter to Rave Reception
United By Blue Launches Ultimate American Socks on Kickstarter to Rave ReceptionBison Down & Merino Wool Sock Celebrates American Manufacturing Philadelphia, PA (November 19, 2014) — United By Blue, a mission-driven outdoor apparel brand, is proud to unveil the Ultimate American ...read more
By Chris Dickey
United By Blue Introduces Bison-Insulated Puffer Jacket as the Future of Sustainable Outerwear
PHILADELPHIA, PA (MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2018) - United By Blue (UBB), the sustainable outdoor apparel and lifestyle brand that removes a pound of trash from the world's oceans and waterways, announces today the Future of Sustainable Outerwear: The Bison Puffer Jacket, insulated ...read more
By Ethan Peck
United By Blue Seeks to Change the 44 Million Pounds of Trash Dumped Daily into our Oceans, Launches #QuitSingleUse Pledge on World Oceans Day, June 8
United By Blue, the outdoor brand focused on ocean conservation that has removed over 1.7 million pounds of trash from the world's oceans and waterways, is evolving its mission of tackling ocean plastic by taking a pledge — to remove the company's use of single-use plastic from ...read more
United By Blue to Embark on 'Bluemovement' Nationwide Road Trip
PHILADELPHIA, PA (FRIDAY, MAY 25, 2018) - United By Blue (UBB), the sustainable outdoor apparel and lifestyle brand with a mission to remove a pound of trash from the world's oceans and waterways for every product sold, is excited to announce their first ever nationwide cleanup ...read more
Chaco and United By Blue Launch Summer Collab
Collection includes limited-edition, co-branded apparel, swimwear, sandals, and accessoriesROCKFORD, Mich. (May 08, 2017) – Just in time for hot summer days, two outdoor brands that share a deep connection to the water have teamed up to create a collection of exclusive products. ...read more
By Bryson Ross
United By Blue Congratulates 4Ocean and Encourages Others to Join the #BlueMovement
PHILADELPHIA, PA (FRIDAY, JULY 20, 2018) - United By Blue (UBB), the sustainable outdoor brand founded in 2010 with a mission to remove one pound of trash from the world's oceans and waterways for every product sold, celebrates the focus of businesses and individuals across the ...read more
United By Blue® Announces 2015 Product Line
United By Blue® Announces 2015 Product Line Urban outdoor brand leverages successful crowd funding campaign, adds new products Philadelphia, PA (January 16, 2015)—In the wake of an exceedingly successful crowd-funding campaign, the mission-driven urban outdoor clothing and ...read more
By Ned Chanatry, Purple Orange Brand Communications


Dean Zimmerman (Rutgers) and Paul Draper (Purdue) discuss their views on the relationship between philosophy of religion and religious apologetics in a pair of recent posts at Philosophy of Religion.
Recently, mainstream philosophy journals have tended to implement more and more stringent forms of peer review (e.g., from double-anonymous to triple-anonymous), probably in an attempt to prevent editorial decisions that are based on factors other than quality. Against this trend, we propose that journals should relax their standards of acceptance, as well as be les..
Thought experiments work when, and only when, they call into action..
Continuing with the recent theme of methodology, Robin Hanson, who holds an appointment in the Economics Department at George Mason University, writes often about rationality and decision theory, and is chief author at the Overcoming Bias site, has advice for contrarians. Observing that knowingly disagreeing is irrational or dishonest, he says contrarians should not..
What Are We Doing When What We're Doing Is Philosophy?
A number of philosophers will take up that question at the Edinburgh Women in Philosophy Group's Spring Workshop on Philosophical Methodologies this May. The workshop's organizer, Richard Stöckle-Schobel, informs me that they are looking for postgraduates (i.e., graduate students) to comment on the papers, and have some travel funds available.
Speaking of philosophical methodologies (and there is of course a lot that falls under that heading), one longstanding issue is the extent to which philosophy must ultimately conform with common sense. Of course there have been countless counterintuitive theses defended in the history of philosophy, but the dominant view today seems to be that philosophy is indeed i..


The 2012 British list has 52 species of Histeridae (1-10mm long), in seven subfamilies. The family have truncate elytra, leaving the final two abdominal segments exposed, and characteristic geniculate (elbowed) antennae with terminal clubs. Generally strong-flying, quadrate species, most are carnivorous and are often found on carrion, where they usually arrive late and feed on other scavenging species. When disturbed, they fold their appendages into grooves on the underside and play dead, often for a long time.
Subfamily Abraeinae contains nine small (1-3mm) species, mostly associated with wood in various states of decay. An exception is Halacritus punctum Aubé, which is only found under seaweed just above the high tide mark. Teretrius fabricii Mazur, a predator of Lyctus spp. (Bostrichidae), has not been recorded in Britain since 1936 and may well be extinct here.
Subfamily Saprininae contains 16 2-7mm species. Most of the Saprinus and Hypocaccus spp. are found in carrion and dung. Myrmetes paykulli Kanaar is widespread but scarce and found in association with the wood ant Formica rufa L., while Saprinus virescens (Paykull) is a predator, probably of Phaedon and Gastrophysa larvae (Chrysomelidae).
Subfamily Dendrophilinae has 7 British representatives. Several can be found beneath tree bark, but additionally one Dendrophilus species, D. punctatus (Herbst) is found in bird nests and occasionally in association with the wood ant F. rufa, where it can be joined by Dendrophilus pygmaeus (L.). Carcinops pumilio (Erichson) is another carrion species (although it is also found in other decaying organic matter, particularly bat droppings and vegetation), while Kissister minimus (Aubé) is usually found amongst grass roots in sandy areas. Dendrophilus xaveri Marsuel is of Japanese origin, and rarely, briefly established in grain and flour warehouses in port cities, particularly Bristol, London and Liverpool.
Subfamily Onthophilinae includes just two species, Onthophilus striatus (Forster) and O. punctatus (Muller), which can be separated from other Histeridae by the presence of longitudinal keels on the elytra. Onthophilus punctatus is very localised in England where it is associated with subterranean mammal nests and runs, but O. striatus is common and widespread in dung and leaf litter.
Subfamily Tribalinae has only one British representative, the black 2-3mm length beetle Epierus comptus, found only under beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) bark in Wiltshire and Hampshire.
Subfamily Histerinae includes 16 medium-sized (3-11mm) British species, mostly rounded, and shining black, rarely with red patterning. Many are common in dung, carrion and rotting fungi, but Hister quadrinotatus Scriba and H. illigeri Duftschmidt are thought to be extinct in Britain. Margarinotus marginatus (Erichson) is a specialist of mole nests and is thus likely to be under-recorded. Hister unicolor Linnaeus and Margarinotus ventralis (Marseul) are most likely to be encountered in dung on pasture, whereas Margarinotus brunneus (Fabricius) is most typically found in carrion and Margarinotus merdarius (Hoffmann) in garden grass and compost heaps or in birds' nests in tree cavities. The rarely-encountered and usually strikingly red and black Hister quadrimaculatus Linnaeus, is restricted to the English coast in Hampshire and Kent.
Subfamily Haeterinae has only one British species, Haeterius ferrugineus (Olivier), a rare 1-2mm reddish beetle associated with ant nests, particularly those of Formica sanguinea Lat. in southern England.


I've just finished a series of 12 phone interviews with campaigners from the Fairtrade Towns network, and NGO partners of the Fairtrade Foundation. This was one small part of the Foundation's mid-point review of their 5 year Tipping The Balance strategy.
The excitement for me in this kind of work is having the opportunity to connect with dedicated and passionate campaigners who have found their niche, the campaign that gets them out of bed in the morning wanting to change the world. The interviews confirmed what I already know, but can sometimes forget – a campaign backed by a coherent social movement is a very powerful thing indeed. One thing I'm left with is that grassroots campaigners, at least in this case, have clearly tipped the balance.
Of course it's a challenging time for the Fairtrade movement: many large transnational corporations are climbing onboard and putting the Fairtrade mark on their products. Some of these corporations have been anathema to many campaigners for years and are now (uneasy?) allies. Fairtrade more than many campaigns highlights the issues raised by using the current economic model as a tool for change. But if you accept that model, it's fair to say that Fairtrade in the UK is a success story.
Personally I'm uneasy about solutions that advocate more sales/economic growth as part of building utopia. Not surprising perhaps for someone with a background as an anti-capitalist activist. But I don't have pretend to have the answers to poverty and social injustice. The challenge for me is to ensure that as I listen to campaigners I hear their story and not my own.
And that's one of the things I've always loved about facilitation, whether it's facilitating training, meetings, or consultation: it nudges me into this slightly surreal bubble where I have to put my own 'stuff' to one side and focus on other people. It's a great form of self-development and self-discipline. Starting to facilitate was certainly a personal tipping point in my work within groups. It felt like I ceased to be a problem and started to be part of the solution of good group-working. And if in some small way that facilitation work can help to tip the balance in the wider world…well that's what Rhizome's all about.
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Честерфілд () — місто () в США, в окрузі Чешир штату Нью-Гемпшир. Населення —  особи (2010).

Демографія

Згідно з переписом 2010 року, у місті мешкали  особи в  домогосподарствах у складі  родин. Було 1802 помешкання

Расовий склад населення:

До двох чи більше рас належало 1,1 %. Частка іспаномовних становила 1,1 % від усіх жителів.

За віковим діапазоном населення розподілялося таким чином: 20,6 % — особи молодші 18 років, 64,1 % — особи у віці 18—64 років, 15,3 % — особи у віці 65 років та старші. Медіана віку мешканця становила 45,8 року. На 100 осіб жіночої статі у місті припадало 102,7 чоловіків;  на 100 жінок у віці від 18 років та старших — 103,0 чоловіків також старших 18 років.

Середній дохід на одне домашнє господарство  становив  доларів США (медіана — ), а середній дохід на одну сім'ю —  долари (медіана — ). Медіана доходів становила  доларів для чоловіків та  доларів для жінок. За межею бідності перебувало 3,3 % осіб, у тому числі 2,3 % дітей у віці до 18 років та 1,8 % осіб у віці 65 років та старших.

Цивільне працевлаштоване населення становило  осіб. Основні галузі зайнятості: освіта, охорона здоров'я та соціальна допомога — 24,9 %, виробництво — 12,1 %, науковці, спеціалісти, менеджери — 10,7 %, публічна адміністрація — 10,2 %.

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Містечка Нью-Гемпширу
Населені пункти округу Чешир (Нью-Гемпшир)

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Not all carpet cleaners are the same. Here at super steam we use a soap free certified green product as our prespray then we do a fresh water rinse leaving the carpet soft and bright. We even have a special treatment for pet owners that zaps out the electronic bond between the carpet and pet hair so it slides of the carpet with are steam cleaning wand.


The "This is Houston. Pages From My Sketchbook" art exhibit will feature the city drawings by Houston artist/architect Maksim Koloskov. Most of the drawings were done with ink and watercolor. For this show, Maksim has selected sketches which he did mostly around Houston downtown, where he works in architectural design company Rottet Studio.
Following the opening reception, the exhibit will be on display through June 30.


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The Latest: Macron looks at Brexit as EU picks new leaders
Posted: Jul 2, 2019 / 04:27 AM EDT / Updated: Jul 2, 2019 / 05:16 PM EDT
Czech Republic's Prime Minister Andrej Babis, left, speaks with the media as he arrives for an EU summit in Brussels, Tuesday, July 2, 2019. European Union leaders continued a third day of talks to seek a breakthrough in a diplomatic fight over who should be picked for a half dozen of jobs at top EU institutions. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
BRUSSELS (AP) — The Latest on the European Union summit (all times local):
French President Emmanuel Macron says a no-deal Brexit "remains a possible option" but it shouldn't be feared.
The European Union is getting new leadership by late fall but an Oct. 30 deadline for Britain's departure from the EU means Brexit remains on the agenda.
Macron said on Tuesday after EU leaders nominated candidates for four top posts that he hopes Brexit negotiations don't drag on so "we can conclude before that."
Macron says there is uncertainty ahead because Prime Minister Theresa May's successor hasn't been chosen and "we don't know how the leaders to come will behave."
But he added that fear over British politicians failing to approve a divorce deal and the U.K. leaving the EU without one shouldn't enter the talks.
Macron said: "If we fear a no deal, we are hostages to the camp in front of us."
French President Emmanuel says the selection of candidates for the European Union's top jobs reflects the Franco-German alliance that's dominated the EU since its inception.
Macron said after he and other leaders of EU counties broke an impasse over four key posts that the agreement they found Tuesday was partly "the fruit of a profound Franco-German entente."
He said: "This decision allows us not to divide Europe, either politically or geographically."
The French leader noted his constant coordination with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Macron was coy about whether he suggested German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen to head the EU's executive commission several weeks ago.
Von der Leyen was nominated as European Commission president after final negotiations Tuesday in which she had Macron's strong backing.
He says he loved her knowledge of the French language.
Macron wasn't empty-handed. France is represented in the nomination of the French chief of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, to head the central bank for the 19 EU nations that share the same euro currency.
Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel says it's a "great honor, a privilege" to be named as the next president of the European Council and that he will do his utmost to live up to the expectations of the role.
Speaking Tuesday after being elected to the post in Brussels, Michel said: "I am conscious of this huge responsibility and of course I will do my best to fulfill this task."
He says the challenges facing the EU "are numerous, they are enormous."
Michel acknowledges that as summit chairman for the next five years it will be "crucial" to work closely with the EU's other institutions.
He says the time ahead is "very important for the future of the European project and I am convinced that it will be very important to protect and to promote our unity, our diversity and especially also our solidarity."
European Union leaders have decided on four top positions to lead the world's biggest trade bloc through the next years, and for the first time ever half of them went to women.
Arguably the two most important jobs — heading the European Commission and leading the European Central Bank — look likely to go to experienced women. German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen is in line to become the new president of the bloc's powerful executive, and Christine Lagarde of the ECB which sets monetary policy for the 19 EU nations that share the euro currency.
EU Council President Donald Tusk said after the EU summit that "first and foremost, we have chosen two women and two men for the four key positions. A perfect gender balance."
Ursula von der Leyen, a surprise choice to become the next head of the European Union's executive Commission, is a strong supporter of closer European cooperation who has been Germany's defense minister since 2013 and a fixture in Chancellor Angela Merkel's Cabinet over the longtime leader's nearly 14 years in power.
Von der Leyen, 60, was born in Brussels and spent her early years in the Belgian capital. She speaks fluent English and French, having studied at the London School of Economics in the 1970s and lived in Stanford, California from 1992 to 1996.
She was long viewed as a potential successor to Merkel, but has had a tough tenure at the head of the notoriously difficult defense ministry and had long since faded out of contention by the time Merkel stepped down last year as leader of her center-right Christian Democratic Union party.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says it's important that European Union finally achieved broad unity in nominating its future leaders.
Merkel said after EU leaders broke three days of deadlock that "everyone had to move and did move."
She told reporters: "It is important that we were able to decide with great unity today, and that it is important because it's about our future ability to work." Merkel added that in view of the very different views going into the summit, "it is of great value that we succeeded in this."
The package put together Tuesday foresees Merkel's defense minister, Ursula von der Leyen, becoming president of the EU's executive Commission. Merkel said: "For me it is also a good sign that a woman will have this office for the first time." She noted that, if approved, von der Leyen also will be the first German head of the European executive for 52 years.
International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde says she is giving up her IMF duties temporarily now that European Union leaders nominated her for the presidency of the European Central Bank.
Lagarde, currently serving as the IMF's managing director, said in a tweet that she was honored by the nomination in Brussels on Tuesday.
She said:"I have decided to temporarily relinquish my responsibilities" as the head of IMF during the EU's selection period.
European Union leaders have broken three days of deadlock and nominated new heads for the 28-nation bloc's institutions.
European Council President Donald Tusk said in a series of tweets Tuesday that German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen has been backed to become president of the executive European Commission, and Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel the head of the European Council.
Frenchwoman Christine Lagarde has been nominated as the head of the European Central Bank and Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Borrell as EU foreign policy chief.
German European Union lawmaker Manfred Weber says he's resigning as lead candidate for the center-right European People's Party, the biggest group in the EU parliament, ending his run for one of Europe's top jobs.
Weber's spokesman tweeted that Weber told EPP colleagues in Strasbourg, France, on Tuesday that "this is where my journey started last September as lead candidate, and this is where it ends."
The Bavarian lawmaker was backed by leaders like German Chancellor Angela Merkel to take over as president of the EU's powerful executive arm, the European Commission, for the next five years.
Weber was long considered favorite to take over from Jean-Claude Juncker from November.
European Union leaders are considering a list of top job candidates that would have German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen become president of the executive European Commission and Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel the head of the European Council.
A diplomat close to the negotiations called the names "a point of departure" as EU leaders reconvened Tuesday for a formal summit after two days of negotiations.
The 28 leaders of member countries had a previous package of candidates on Monday but it fell apart when the list was vetted for final approval by the prime ministers and presidents.
The diplomat spoke on condition of anonymity because the approval process was ongoing.
The new list has Frenchwoman Christine Lagarde as the head of the European Central Bank and Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Borrell as EU foreign policy chief.
-By Raf Casert.
European Council President Donald Tusk is delaying the start of a summit in Brussels to consult with EU leaders in an attempt to overcome the impasse over appointments to the bloc's top jobs.
Tusk spokesman Preben Aamann tweeted Tuesday that the summit will begin at 1 p.m. Brussels time (1100 GMT), two hours later than planned, and that the meeting chairman "continues his consultations."
Camera operators and photographers have not been allowed in to film any of the deliberations.
The summit started Sunday and broke up in acrimony at lunch time on Monday.
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis says getting Dutch socialist Frans Timmermans to lead the EU's executive Commission will be not be acceptable to several eastern member states and Italy.
Arriving for the third of an EU summit, Babis said "we want a Commission chief with whom we can discuss normally."
Timmermans, he said has had "a negative view of region" during his time as an EU Commission vice president.
East European countries have taken much of the blame for the failure of EU leaders to agree on who should succeed Jean-Claude Juncker as Commission president for the coming five years.
Babis said "our problem is only one name, and our colleagues didn't understand this for 24 hours," in a pointed reference to the failed all-night negotiating session that ended Monday.
EU leaders are gathering again to try to forge a consensus on who should lead the Commission as well as other top jobs within the EU.
European Union leaders are gathering again to try to overcome an embarrassing deadlock over a series of job nominations to key posts at the bloc for at least the next five years.
In one of the longest EU summits in recent years, the leaders are looking Tuesday to name a new president of the EU's powerful executive arm, the European Commission, a president of the European Council and a foreign policy chief.
The European Parliament is set to vote Wednesday on its new president, while the new chairman of the European Central Bank could be named later.
The leaders are struggling to show the EU is still relevant and coherent after the bloc's two traditional center-right and left powers lost votes in May's European elections.

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Q: Y-scale issue in ggplot I am trying to plot the following data frame called part2 with ggplot 2. This is a sample of my data:
Month Denial.Code freq
1    January       Total    0
2   February       Total  626
3      March       Total 1151
4      April       Total  849
5        May       Total 1144
6       June       Total  957
7       July       Total  911
8     August       Total 1145
9  September       Total  902
10   October       Total 1211
11  November       Total  920
12  December       Total  948

ggplot(part2, aes (x = Month,y=freq, fill =
      factor(Denial.Code)))+geom_bar(stat="identity", position="dodge")+xlab("")
      +ylab("Denial Frequency")+scale_fill_discrete(name="Denial Code")
      +ggtitle("# Denials by Month")

However my y-scale is extremely jumbled up for some reason. The y-scale plot goes from 0 -> 1211 fine, and then jumps to 626. I think it was following an old factor order when the months were presented in Alphabetical order, but I don't know how to fix it.
Picture is below:

A: Can't reproduce your problem, so I'm guessing at some point through out your process you change your variables' type and you don't have a numeric freq variable.
This is what I've tried:
part2 = read.table(text=
"Month Denial.Code freq
1    January       Total    0
2   February       Total  626
3      March       Total 1151
4      April       Total  849
5        May       Total 1144
6       June       Total  957
7       July       Total  911
8     August       Total 1145
9  September       Total  902
10   October       Total 1211
11  November       Total  920
12  December       Total  948", header=T)

library(ggplot2)

# re-order the level of variable to be plotted in the right order
part2$Month = factor(part2$Month, c("January","February","March","April","May",
                        "June","July","August","September","October",
                        "November","December"))

ggplot(part2, aes (x = Month,y=freq, fill = factor(Denial.Code)))+
  geom_bar(stat="identity", position="dodge")+
  xlab("") +ylab("Denial Frequency")+
  scale_fill_discrete(name="Denial Code")+
  ggtitle("# Denials by Month")

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Being fat had its obvious rewards. Writing with an open box of Sugar Pops next to my thick thigh had always been a comfort. When I lacked ideas, chewing on a mouthful of pretzels helped stimulate my brain. A Dairy Queen Blizzard or an Entenmann's Pound Cake helped steady my nerves when I became anxious about exceeding a word count. Food helped me write. Food helped me be funny. But when the scale topped 225 pounds and my doctor started screaming things at me about killing myself a little more every time I chomped down another super-sized portion of French fries or inhaling a pizza by myself, I knew it was time to repair my body and, as an unexpected side effect, put a little spice in my creative spirit.
On a rampage, I started throwing out all the food in my house. That is how I always address things. For me, it's all or nothing. However, I was going to lick this thing by putting an end to the licking, chewing, and swallowing processes. No more fattening food. No more in-between meal snacks. No more munching while I typed through the night. If I was going to see success, I had to get back in control.


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5:38 am - November 2, 2021 - mbaconauthor
Flash fiction: 100 words of crime
It's been a long time since I've written about flash fiction here. I'm reminded because my local writer's organization, High Sierra Writers, asked me to judge its annual flash fiction contest.
This fiction genre is defined generally by length. But few authorities seem to agree on how long a flash fiction story should be. The 100-word limit I use is common, but a variety of print and online magazines and print anthologies restrict flash fiction stories to 500, 1,000, 2,500 or even 5,000 words. SmokeLong Quarterly, an online journal founded nearly 20 years ago, takes its name from the notion that "reading a piece of flash fiction takes about the same length of time as smoking a cigarette." The editors limit their fiction to 1,000 words—and note they do not condone smoking.
Twitterature, says Wikipedia, is literature limited to 280 characters, the maximum length of posts on Twitter.com. Writers and editors who try to define or explain flash fiction often cite a six-word story reputedly—although not likely—written by Ernest Hemingway: "For sale: baby shoes, never worn." Regardless, Hemingway did actually write some longer flash fiction, so has Lydia Davis and Margaret Atwood, among many others.
Obviously, the shorter the word limit the greater the challenge to tell a complete story. Some of the shorter flash stories are more collections of thoughts, emotions or observations rather than a traditional beginning-middle-and-end fiction. The best tell a complete story, but require you to think, to fill in some blanks—sometimes obvious ones, sometimes not. Among the finest of the shorter genre appear in the online journal, 100 Word Story.
My flash stories tend to be more literal than literary, philosophical at times, but more frequently with a punch-line or twist ending. I write cop stories and other dramas.
Here are two samples. The first is one of my favorites. It's buried on my website toward the bottom of the "flash fiction" tab. Both are taken from my book, Cops, Crooks and Other Stories in 100 Words—Revised Edition. Each story contains exactly 100 words.
Starting her workday baking before sunrise always made Sophie's concentration sag by 9 a.m., but looking across the counter at a gun barrel got her immediate attention.
"Gimme the money," the gunman said.
Sophie glanced over the man's shoulder, moved toward the cash register—then ducked.
The cop standing behind the robber threw him against the counter, as another officer grabbed the gun.
"You gotta be the dumbest crook I ever met," said the first cop. "Okay, maybe you didn't see our car in the lot, but really…"
"Thanks, Kelly," Sophie said. "From now on, doughnuts are on the house."
Just an Accident
Tim flipped a dashboard switch and a red light blinked. When Larry got in the car, Tim pulled out.
"So," Larry growled, "whadda want now?"
"You're abusing her. First, cuts and bruises. Now broken bones?"
"Just an accident. She wants to leave, it's her choice."
"She won't. She's terrified."
"Then you stay out of it."
Tim's speedometer said 45 mph. He glanced in the mirror, saw no one, then swerved into a concrete wall.
Minutes later, bruised and aching but otherwise unhurt, Tim looked down. "He was my son-in-law. Didn't believe in seatbelts."
The policeman nodded. "And his airbag malfunctioned."
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Links mentioned above:
SmokeLong Quarterly Twitterature
100 Word Story Cops, Crooks and Other Stories in 100 Words
Categories: craft of writing, flash fiction, flash fiction writers Tags: 100 Word Story, Cops, crime fiction, Crooks & Other Stories in 100 Words Revised Edition, Grant Faulkner, SmokeLong Quarterly
8:13 am - October 4, 2019 - mbaconauthor
A new mystery book—sort of
Cops, Crooks & Other Stories in 100 Words was published more than seven years ago—about the time I started this website—and I decided to take another look at the book. The result of this look is a new edition. I edited and revised some stories, deleted others and added about a dozen new stories with twist or mystery endings.
Can a 100-word story have a surprise ending? Yes, it's part of the challenge. As I wrote in the introduction to the previous edition of the book, the challenge to tell a complete story in exactly 100 words is the lure of this genre.
Here is the Amazon link for the ebook: https://amzn.to/2mIfC0s It will soon be available at barnesandnoble.com and the other places.
Extremely short, tiny, miniscule bits of fiction have been around for a long time. Aesop's fables are a good example. Written in the sixth century BCE, Androcles (and the Lion) contains only 265 words, and The Ant and the Grasshopper uses only 150 words. Ernest Hemingway reputedly wrote a six-word story: "For sale: baby shoes, never worn."
Welcome to flash fiction. Books and a broad variety of online literary magazines and some print magazines feature these short-shorts. Actually short-shorts is not an appropriate description as it often refers to short stories of a few pages or more, not a few paragraphs or a few sentences. Flash fiction seems to be the most commonly used name for these snippets of creative writing, although some online magazines refer to micro fiction, nano fiction, sudden fiction, or quick fiction.
As to the best length for flash fiction, there's little agreement. Even though the 100-word limit is common, a variety of print and online magazines and published anthologies restrict flash fiction stories to 1,000, 2,500, and even 5,000 words. Compared to a 100-word tale, the longer stories could hardly be read in a flash. Wikipedia does little to establish a common length saying, "flash fiction is a fictional work of extreme brevity."
Journals such as 100 Word Story and 101 Words need no explanation. Some other online publications are looking for what Wikipedia calls twitterature, that is, stories of 280 characters or less. Everyday Fiction sets the limit at 1,000 words but encourages writers who can tell a story in 50.
Before publishing the first edition of this book I published stories in a variety of online flash fiction literary magazines, including my favorite, 100 Word Story. Editor Grant Faulkner says the 100-word limit is an arbitrary marker that "forces the writer to question every word."
It's a good discipline. A number of years ago a friend of mine told me his writing group was working on an exercise in which they had to tell a story in just 100 words. I had never heard of flash fiction before and was intrigued. At first I wrote cop stories, then branched out into the variety of genres represented in the book. More than half the stories in the new book have to do with detective work, crime, or general law enforcement. The balance include humor, speculative fiction and a little romance.
Yes, each story contains exactly 100 words. And you have to know the rules. Hyphenated words count as one word and titles are not included in the word count. Numerals, even those separated by commas count as one word. The counting function on MS Word seems to have its own rules, so I count by hand as well.
I agree with Faulkner. This genre makes you question each word. But now that I'm spending most of my time on novel-length mysteries, I still try to remember the value of each word.
Here's a sample story from Cops, Crooks & Other Stories in 100 Words:
"…it is rather remarkable that the author is able to introduce a cast of characters, set a stage for them to act upon, and play out a scenario—sometimes involving cops and crooks—in which something unexpected happens, all in exactly 100 words."
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Categories: craft of writing, ebooks, flash fiction, flash fiction writers, New mystery book, short stories Tags: 100 Word Story, Aesop's fables, Cops, Crooks & Other Stories in 100 Words, Grant Faulkner, Lydia Davis, Micro fiction, nano fiction, On the House, quick fiction, sudden fiction
8:21 am - December 22, 2015 - mbaconauthor
Faulkner's 'Fissures' filled with strange moments
Grant Faulkner
Press 53 2015
Trade paper $14.95
"We all carry so many strange little moments within us," author Grant Faulkner says in the introduction to his new book of one hundred, 100-word stories. In Fissures he offers weird day dreams, wonderful expressions, stories of love and morality, character studies and other "strange little moments" that will have you rereading, pondering and admiring these delicately crafted vignettes.
Although short tales have been around since Aesop, flash fiction has only recently become an accepted–though evolving–literary genre, and a challenging one, especially if you limit yourself to an arbitrary 100 words. Arbitrary is perhaps not the correct terminology because the 100-word limit seems to be the most widely accepted format for flash fiction, though there are others. The arbitrariness lies in selecting this daunting form.
Faulkner's stories sometimes neared 150 words as he wrote, he explains in the introduction. But with discipline, the excess is removed. And the result is a collection of precise, incredibly creative moments in the lives of Faulkner's characters.
Faulkner is not a newcomer to the genre. He is founder of the online literary journal, 100 Word Story. He's also executive director of National Novel Writing Month.
It's impossible to provide a complete review or synopsis of any 100-word story without almost repeating the story. Instead, let's talk about the book's style, subject matter and characters. In his flash fiction, it's Faulkner's sentences that make the stories and it's his inventive metaphors, similes and his succinct philosophical observations that make the sentences. A few samples:
True lovers are experts at constructing penitentiaries.
He felt like a cheerleader with Tourette Syndrome.
Funny how when Russians speak, it always sounds like someone is going to get killed.
Palm trees swayed like drugged witches… Continue Reading →
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Prostate Cancer Treatment Not Necessary | Cancer Alternatives Blog
Skipping Prostate Cancer Treatment Might Be Best
New research now suggests that not having any prostate cancer treatment after receiving a positive prostate specific antigen (PSA) test might offer just as good a long-term prognosis as receiving cancer treatment.
No one ever wants to receive a cancer diagnosis, but the reality is that some forms of cancer are not nearly as dangerous as others. A case in point is prostate cancer, which, according to the medical community, if it is treated at an early stage, is rarely life threatening. Surprisingly, though, new research now suggests that not having any prostate cancer treatment after receiving a positive prostate specific antigen (PSA) test might offer just as good a long-term prognosis as receiving treatment.
The study, which was conducted at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, found that men with early prostate cancer who have a doctor monitor the disease regularly rather than undergoing radiation or surgery appear to be equally likely to survive 10 years after their diagnosis.1 Hamdy, Freddie C.; et al. "10-Year Outcomes After Monitoring, Surgery, or Radiotherapy for Localized Prostate Cancer." New England Journal of Medicine. 14 September 2016. Accessed 17 September 2016. http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1606220. The initial subject pool was more than 82,000 men between the ages of 50 and 69. These U.K. residents were all tested for PSA, which may indicate prostate cancer.
The field was narrowed quite a bit as the scientists were only concerned with those participants who were given a diagnosis of localized prostate cancer, at which point the malignancy remains small and has not spread beyond the prostate. There were 1,643 men who met these criteria and were recruited into the investigation. These volunteers were randomly divided into three groups: one that had surgery, a second that underwent radiation, and a third that was actively monitored through checkups every three to six months.
After 10 years of tracking the patients, the researchers evaluated their medical histories and determined that no difference could be found in the death rates either from prostate cancer or another cause among the three groups. What's more, the overall quality of life was also the same no matter which group a subject had been assigned to based on their physical health, overall mobility, and mental health including depression and anxiety levels.
The results indicated a slightly greater risk of the cancer progressing in those participants who were being monitored than in those who had surgery or radiation treatment. The number of those monitored who got worse was 112, compared to 46 each in the surgery and radiation groups. So while there is a chance either way that the disease will progress, at least in those men who were merely monitored, treatment for the small percentage who eventually need it is only necessary one time. In contrast, in the treatment group, there may be fewer men who receive treatment and still have the cancer progress, but now these patients are forced to undergo a second perilous treatment.
And both surgery and radiation come with a significant set of risks and side effects. The volunteers who received one of these forms of treatment were much more likely to experience urinary incontinence, bowel dysfunction, and/or sexual difficulties. Plus, there are the added considerations that these side effects may linger long after the treatment is completed, as well as the risks inherent in having any type of operation such as reactions to anesthesia, bleeding, blood clots, and infections.
This is hardly the first time that the suggestion has been made to hold off on prostate cancer treatment if the disease is diagnosed early, which it is quite frequently. A 2012 study at the University of Minnesota School of Medicine in Minneapolis showed that radical prostatectomy doesn't reduce the death risk in prostate cancer patients compared to observation.2 Wilt, Timothy J.; et al. "Radical Prostatectomy versus Observation for Localized Prostate Cancer." New England Journal of Medicine. 19 July 2012. Accessed 18 September 2016. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3429335/.
The new study is important, though, because it represents both a long-term analysis and considers several forms of treatment versus no treatment. And here's the real kicker in the equation–PSA testing is deeply flawed and produces many false positives that can lead to quite a bit of stress and sometimes excessive, unnecessary treatment. The widespread use of PSA testing has resulted in a dramatic increase in the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer, but aside from the large number of false positives, many men do not benefit from intervention because the disease is either indolent or disseminated at diagnosis.
So the bottom line is not to panic if you do have elevated levels of PSA or even a diagnosis of prostate cancer. If your doctor seems gung ho on treatment, see what another specialist has to say. Unless your cancer is aggressive, active monitoring is most likely the safest way to go.
1. ↑ Hamdy, Freddie C.; et al. "10-Year Outcomes After Monitoring, Surgery, or Radiotherapy for Localized Prostate Cancer." New England Journal of Medicine. 14 September 2016. Accessed 17 September 2016. http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1606220.
2. ↑ Wilt, Timothy J.; et al. "Radical Prostatectomy versus Observation for Localized Prostate Cancer." New England Journal of Medicine. 19 July 2012. Accessed 18 September 2016. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3429335/.
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C Callahan	on October 18, 2016 at 2:39 pm
It seems at a minimum you
It seems at a minimum you should get a second PSA test. If it were me, I would get a second opinion no matter whether the original doctor decided on treatment or doing nothing. Also, was the radiation used in the study radioactive seed implants?
Dr.P.K.Chhetri	on October 19, 2016 at 8:33 am
Even the progress of prostate
Even the progress of prostate cancer can be retarded forever with certain appropriate homeopathic remedies, Irregular echotexture growth of prostate can easily be made smooth and be brought to its normal size, though a patient is required to take medicines for a pretty long time.With enlarged prostate urine flow becomes intermittent and in some cases UTI appears frequently. These symptoms can be easily tackled with appropriate homeo remedies, such as Stigmata Maydis, Echinacea, Sulphur, Cantharis, Belladonna, and many more. Tumour can be taken care of with remedies like Conium, Hekla Lava (it is an excellent remedy even for bone tumour and toothache), Ferrum Picricum, Lapis Alba, Belladonna, Calcarea Flour etc After prostate removal, I have found many people cannot retain their urine, even urine drips while they are asleep, I don't think allopathic doctors have any medicines to cure these symptoms, but it is easily curable with remedies like Causticum, but its potency has to selected with due care otherwise the medicine may fail to trigger adequate result. Why I could claim with so much of certainty, because with this remedy I have recently cured one such patient.
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'Infinity Blade III' Review – Chair Raises the Graphical Bar to Low Earth Orbit
Posted on September 17, 2013 September 18, 2013 by Eli Hodapp
Looking back, the notion that we would one day have the Unreal Engine on the iPhone seemed, well, unreal. Epic teased us with the Epic Citadel (Free) tech demo, and left the whole internet wondering what playing a game inside of the beautiful little universes that now were now able to be rendered on the device in our pocket would be like. Infinity Blade ($5.99) was the answer we were all hoping for and Chair not only managed to release a game that outclassed everything else on the App Store in the graphical department, but they also came up with their often imitated but never duplicated swipe-based combat system.
The original Infinity Blade was highly cyclical, almost to a fault. Gameplay involved little more than fighting an array of dudes, inevitably being slain by the God King, and starting over until you were strong enough to win the final encounter. The premise was silly, and, at least to me, seemed like a weird framework to add longevity to what would've been a super short game. I mean, can you imagine if you got to the God King for the first time, killed him, and the credits rolled?
Infinity Blade II ($6.99) came out a year later and fleshed out this story further, applying canonical band aids to squeeze a sensible sequel and reasonable plot line to follow the first game with. Swipe-based combat mechanics largely stayed the same, with a few additions to add a shocking amount of depth, customization, and complexity to the game.
While Infinity Blade II was a refinement of the original, Infinity Blade III takes the familiar Infinity Blade formula and tweaks it to the point of perfection. There's far more content, even more customization, additional systems to delve in to, and best of all, huge dragons.
The core of the game remains the same in that you play through a chain of swipe-based combat encounters with massive enemies before reaching the final boss. Die to that boss, and you start over from the beginning of that particular area. The cyclical nature of the game plays well with how the experience system works, which has the player constantly upgrading items, filling their subsequent experience bars to the point of mastery, leveling up, and generally getting stronger.
Gear can be purchased for gold via the ever-present in-game shop, looted from chests, or dropped from vanquished enemies- Just like you've grown used to in previous Infinity Blade iterations. A new merchant system has been added to the game via a woman who randomly appears at your hideout who will sell you random rare loot for discount prices. She'll often have seriously awesome items, but more often than not seems like a tease of what you could have, if only you had the gold to buy it.
The hideout I mentioned is basically the hub for all of your adventures inside of Infinity Blade III. It's where you'll find the merchant, brew potions, and eventually combine gems and forge new weapons once you're found the subsequent NPC's in game to do so. Fiddling with potions, gems, and weapon upgrades all invoke a timer system, which raised some concerns in our community once people saw those stereotypical dreaded timer bars in their beloved Infinity Blade.
The thing is, you never feel like you need any of these things right now. Instead, it seems like the routine you fall in to is to start a potion or a gem, and then go off and fight through an area. Typically, things will be done by the time you make it back to your hideout. The single exception to this seems to be if you're combining some particularly powerful reagents to make a really awesome item. The longest I've seen so far is a 24 hour potion timer, but that was the result of me throwing all of my best ingredients into the kettle. Low-level potions brew in a matter of minutes, and the other NPC services at your hideout largely work the same way.
Infinity Blade III has a weird "premium" (using some very large air quotes there) dual currency system that might send up some red flags initially, but the game seems to just barf the "premium" secondary currency at you at every turn. Completing secondary objectives will get you loads of it, and most of the time you're earning these special coins left and right without even particularly trying to. Aside from speeding up potion brewing, gem combining, and blacksmithing this funny money is also used to buy keys, prize wheels, and other things that you don't really need unless you insist on opening every chest you come across. Keys drop by themselves, but, not with enough regularity to open everything.
Of course you can also buy kinds of currency via IAP, but, I'm not sure why you would as it seems like the best way to just break the game and take all the fun out of it would be by just instantly gearing your dude up with the best items in the game. Additionally, because of how the experience system works, you'd buy the best stuff, fill it with experience, then not be able to level up anymore without downgrading your load out. In other words, this is just one more thing that's similar to previous Infinity Blade games.
The hideout is also home to the game's world map, which gives players way more flexibility in where to go in game. You'll often have the ability to visit multiple locales, ranging from areas to advance the story, gather loot, or earn gold through completing challenges like seeing how many combos you can string together. This variety goes a long way, particularly when you're stuck on a boss and just want to do something else to level up before revisiting that level to try again.
When you go out adventuring, you'll be able to play as one of two characters. Some levels give you a choice, while others that have to do with plot development are typically only playable by one. Siris plays like the Infinity Blade fighter you're used to, with heavy armor, big shields, huge weapons, and more. Isa has totally different combat styles, which makes alternating between characters feel like a totally fresh experience. The best way to describe their differences would be to think of Siris as your typical RPG trope warrior, while Isa falls in line with a thief or rogue class.
Each character is geared and leveled up independently, and tricking out both of your guys serves as one more carrot on a stick for the whole game. Additionally, they have unique abilities that you can level up, my favorite of which is Isa's utility when it comes to looting, as she can eventually lock pick both small and medium chests without requiring a key as it really bugs me to pass up chests I can't open due to lack of keys.
It shouldn't come as much of a surprise by now, but the graphics in Infinity Blade III on my iPad 4 are absolutely out of this world. For review purposes, I've been playing an early copy of the game on two super long flights to and from GDC China and it was almost obnoxious having an aisle seat and having people stop to watch me play. Paired with the Retina Display, Infinity Blade III looks too good to be true, and it's mind blowing to think that it's going to look even better on the iPhone 5s thanks to its OpenGL ES 3.0 capabilities.
Like previous games, the controls of Infinity Blade III are flawless. You feel like you have an ultra-direct connection to the action, and through various gestures for special combos for each type of weapon, all of them manage to feel distinctly different while playing. My personal favorite is Isa's dual wielding, as combos for her involve tapping in a ton of different hot areas that pop up to unleash a flurry of piercing attacks.
One really has to reach to even come up with anything bad to say about Infinity Blade III. You could argue that it's not enough of a departure from the previous games, but when we're looking at the conclusion of a trilogy I think it's totally appropriate to take what the last two games were about and tighten that up in any small way you can. You also still don't have any kind of free roaming ability, if there's anyone out there who is still worked up about that.
The one drawback, if you'd even call this that, is that you'll find yourself so interested in the plot development of Infinity Blade III that dying to a boss and needing to start that area over instead of seeing what happens next is actually a total bummer at times. It's a weird sensation, as we sort of just accept that this is the sort of thing you do in Infinity Blade games, and actually feeling disappointed that I need to wait to see what happens next is an odd feeling for a game series that traditionally has been (for me, anyway) so combat-focused.
Infinity Blade III is launching this week, and I feel like at some point we've called each subsequent Infinity Blade game the best game on the App Store, at least in some regard. Infinity Blade III follows in the footsteps of its predecessors, and everyone with an iOS device capable of running it needs to download Infinity Blade III. From a gameplay perspective it's super fun, the plot has me totally sucked in, and calling Infinity Blade III a technical masterpiece is an understatement.
Infinity Blade titles are the gold standard for iOS gaming, so, whatever you do, don't miss this one. Keep an eye on TouchArcade, as we'll post the second the game is available for download.
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The provisions contained in the previous publications of the authors on the problem of interoperability in the military field are developing. All the work is built on the basis of analysis of open sources. Section 1 analyzes the approach taken by NATO in the development of profiles. It emphasizes the presence in the management structure of NATO's military organization of a special permanent body for working with profiles of interoperability. Section 2 analyzes the status of similar work in the Russian Federation Armed Forces. It is noted that, despite the recognition of the importance of the problem of interoperability in solving problems in the field of defense and security of the Russian Federation, systematic work is not conducted yet, and the corresponding working body in the structure of the Russian Federation Armed Forces is absent. To correct the situation as a preliminary step, it is proposed to use the subcommittee PC 206 "Interoperability" created by the order of Rosstandart in the structure of the standardization technical committee TK22 "Information technologies", which is entrusted to Kotelnikov Institute of Radio-engineering and Electronics of Russian Academy of Sciences.
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package org.apache.flink.storm.print;

import org.apache.storm.Config;
import org.apache.storm.topology.TopologyBuilder;
import org.apache.storm.utils.Utils;
import org.apache.flink.storm.api.FlinkLocalCluster;
import org.apache.flink.storm.api.FlinkTopology;
import org.apache.storm.starter.bolt.PrinterBolt;
import org.apache.storm.starter.spout.TwitterSampleSpout;

import java.util.Arrays;

/**
 * Prints incoming tweets. Tweets can be filtered by keywords.
 */
public class PrintSampleStream {

	public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {

		if (args.length < 4) {
			System.err.println(
					"Usage: PrintSampleStream <consumer-key> <consumer-secret> <access-token> <access-token-secret>");
			return;
		}

		String consumerKey = args[0];
		String consumerSecret = args[1];
		String accessToken = args[2];
		String accessTokenSecret = args[3];

		// keywords start with the 5th parameter
		String[] keyWords = Arrays.copyOfRange(args, 4, args.length);

		TopologyBuilder builder = new TopologyBuilder();

		builder.setSpout("twitter", new TwitterSampleSpout(consumerKey, consumerSecret,
								accessToken, accessTokenSecret, keyWords));
		builder.setBolt("print", new PrinterBolt())
				.shuffleGrouping("twitter");

		Config conf = new Config();

		final FlinkLocalCluster cluster = FlinkLocalCluster.getLocalCluster();
		cluster.submitTopology("Print", conf, FlinkTopology.createTopology(builder));

		Utils.sleep(10 * 1000);

		cluster.shutdown();
	}
}


He entered Yale College at age 13 and graduated with honors.
He became a pastor, and his sermon, "Sinners in the Hands of An Angry God," started The Great Awakening Revival. His name was Jonathan Edwards, born OCTOBER 5, 1703.
The Great Awakening Revival can be traced back to revivals in Scotland.
Scottish minister William Tennent migrated to Pennsylvania in 1718 and together with his son Gilbert Tennent began the Log College in 1726. It was the first American Presbyterian theological seminary in North America, which led to the formation of the College of New Jersey. Rev. Samuel Finley was trustee of the College of New Jersey, which became Princeton University.