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New York, NY, January 18, 2022- (SEAPRWire) – The SAVAGE marketplace launches in January, after an IDO on FantomStarter and Occam (Jan 17th-19th), and the $SAVG token goes live on Gate.io on January 20th, 2022 (12:00 UTC). The increasing popularity of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) has liberated artists and content creators by removing the necessity of using bloated... » read more
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Maybe a lot of people didn't notice, when someone searches their company in Google, it is important to have fresh and positive news about their business. It shows their company is active and growing. When a searcher doesn't find anything, or the news is old, people can sometimes wonder "What's wrong?" and assume the company... » read more
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Hong Kong – If users have never written a press release, writing one for the first time can be daunting. If users have written a press release, this overview of the components will serve as an excellent refresher. Here is SEAPRWire's news release template users can use to write a news release that includes formatting... » read more
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Tips for Writing a News release Announcing the Release of a New Book
Hong Kong – Today, SEAPRWire will discuss with users how to write a news release announcing the new book. SEAPRWire Team have a bit of an advantage when it comes to writing a press release. There is certainly a difference between writing a novel and writing a press release. Typically, like any press release, users will... » read more
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SEAPRWire Analyzes Several Common Problems of Press Releases for You
Hong Kong – SEAPRWire recognizes that writing a news release is not an easy task. This holds particularly true if users have never written one before. This article shares some answers to questions SEAPRWire Team have received from our customers, and SEAPRWire Team hope they will help users to understand the best ways to approach news... » read more
Very Important to Determine Their Target Audience Before Publishing Their Press Release
Hong Kong – Some people may not understand how important it is to determine the target audience before publishing a press release. There is a lot to prepare for when writing a news release, (like who to quote from their company, all the points to cover, who the contact will be, collateral to be included),... » read more
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News release or Paid Advertising, Which One Is More Effective?
Hong Kong – As a marketing guru, users have a few options for attracting new business, including paid advertising and editorial story placement within the media. They can both be paid (for instance, if users use the services of a PR distribution company), so which one is more cost effective? The two options serve two... » read more
How to Use News Releases as a Marketing Tool
HONG KONG – Surprisingly, 20% of NovationWire's respondents advised they do not even use a press release as a part of their marketing strategy. As we have mentioned in the past, sending out a press release when Users have newsworthy information to share makes sense. The key word here is "newsworthy." The information should be... » read more
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DogeBonk Announces the Launch of MemeTools, a New MemeCoin Listing Tool
NEW YORK, Jan 2, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – The DogeBonk development team has launched a new platform for listing and finding new MemeCoins, similar to sites like CoinMarketCap and CoinGecko. This new platform focuses solely on smaller, community-driven projects. In the crypto world of small-cap MemeCoins and micro cap coins, communities spend... » read more
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AIZEN 'CreditConnect', New Paradigm for AI Banking
Singapore – People can see the banking democratization trend, where bigtechs and fintechs present a new form of threat to traditional banks. AIZEN, which ranked second in the Global Category of MAS FinTech Awards 2020 (Singapore FinTech Festival, MAS FinTech Awards) alongside Swiss Re (insurance) and BNY Mellon (banking), announced that it would provide banking-as-a-service for banks... » read more
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EMETH Announces the Launch of Its NFT Project to Solve Ethereum Gas Fees
Paris, France / December 16, 2021 / SEAPRWire / – The NFT gaming project EMETH just announced its solution to solve gas fees on the Ethereum blockchain. The first launch of their NFT collection is significantly impacted by prohibitive gas fees. The EMETH team decided to tackle what has been plaguing the NFT community for the past... » read more
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MeoTools Launchs a Next-Generation Cryptocurrency Tracker Tool
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam / December 16, 2021 /SEAPRWire / – Recently, a newborn project has been launched on Pancakeswap with the only goal: give traders in the crypto world a hand to make their job more effective and less effort. To illustrate, they will have a virtual assistant serve their trading 24/24, it will help... » read more
Choosing the Right Headline and Message for your Next Press Release During a Time of Pandemic
HONG KONG – We are now at a point where although the COVID-19 crisis continues, we have seen a bend in the curve and a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel with America proceeding cautiously to re-open up shops. At the beginning of the crisis, NovationWire saw a slight pause in the press... » read more
Secondary 1 posting results to be released on Dec 22: MOE
SINGAPORE – Secondary 1 posting results will be released next Wednesday (Dec 22) at 9am, said the Ministry of Education (MOE). The posting results will be accessible through the following channels: – Short Message Service (SMS) text messaging (if a local number was provided by the applicant during the application process) – S1-Internet System using... » read more
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Football: Leicester thump sorry Newcastle, West Ham held by Burnley
LONDON (AFP) – Leicester left Newcastle still rooted in the English Premier League relegation zone with a 4-0 thrashing on Sunday (Dec 12), while West Ham's Champions League ambitions were dented by a 0-0 draw at Burnley. Despite being hit by a coronavirus outbreak that left Brendan Rodgers without seven players, the Foxes gave Eddie... » read more
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Metakings Launches World's First Action-Based Artificial Intelligence Metaverse Game
LOS ANGELES, CA, Dec 11, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Metakings has launched the world's first action-based artificial intelligence (AI) metaverse game built on the Binance Smart Chain (BSC). With this forward step, Metakings aims to be the king of BSC games in terms of daily, weekly, and monthly active players. What is... » read more
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Metakings Launches the World's First Action-Based Artificial Intelligence Metaverse Game
Los Angeles, CA / December 10, 2021 / SEAPRWire / – Metakings has launched the world's first action-based artificial intelligence (AI) metaverse game built on the Binance Smart Chain (BSC). With this forward step, Metakings aims to be the king of BSC games in terms of daily, weekly, and monthly active players. What is Metakings anyway? Metakings is... » read more
DBS, Woh Hup named Kincentric Best Employers in Singapore for 2021
Singapore, Dec 10, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – DBS and Woh Hup (Private) Limited have emerged as Singapore's Best Employers in 2021, according to Kincentric's premium assessment that identifies organisations who demonstrate outstanding people practices and workplace excellence. While DBS has been named Kincentric Best Employer for the sixth time in Singapore and... » read more
Football: Danjuma double sends Villarreal into Champions League last 16
BERGAMO, ITALY (REUTERS) – Villarreal became the last team to reach the Champions League knockout stages as Netherlands international Arnaut Danjuma's double helped them to a 3-2 win at Atalanta in their rearranged final Group F match on Thursday (Dec 9). The game was scheduled to take place on Wednesday but was postponed due to... » read more


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I used to love the New York Times. The paper was the only reading material that gave me real pleasure.
The style of the New York Times was so competent and so consequent that it was almost exciting to pay attention to the flow of logic within a story.
When I say "consequent," I mean that if an article once addressed a particular picayune matter in a cursory way, it would *always* return to it in more detail. It was that way every time, trustworthy.
It felt good. I could trust a New York Times article, as a piece of reading material, because I knew that somebody had written it with respect for the competent reader.
I used to be able to be able to recognize a New York Times article half-way through a syndicated re-print The "style" (or competence) was that distinctive.
Then something happened. There was the invasion of Iraq in 2003. There was the financial decline of print journalism. I don't know what it was.
But it's gone now. The New York Times is not fun anymore. It's worth following because it's important, but it's not usually worth buying. It's not always worth reading. I don't find much left that is.


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Q: Moment js display different behavior of relative, calendar and multiple local support I am using momentjs in an angular app and I don't have any code to show here. I tried to play around with it and try to figure it out but ended up in a mess.
What I want to happen is I have a createdAt property that I am retrieving to some API server and I want to display it like the facebook way for displaying time relative in the post but in a nicer way.
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I know I can do this using multiple conditions but ended up messing it. Is there a better way to do this?
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Melbourne-based musician and producer Yeo last week shared his new single 'The Comments'. Before he appears at the 2018 Iceland Airwaves Conference, he gives us an insight into what 'The Comments' means to him.
I wrote 'The Comments'... for all my pals who are frustrated by loud and ignorant people, both online and in real life.
The story behind 'The Comments'... throws a spotlight on a few issues that we're very much in denial about as a country — all with morally obvious solutions.
My favourite lyric is... "I really hope my friends' dreams do come true."
My main inspiration for this song... was Lonelyspeck's cover of 'Come And See Me' by PARTYNEXTDOOR.
It sounds best when... you can't get to sleep because you're angry about something and you've got an early start in the morning.


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With 124 years of service, the Neighborhood House provides support services on a sliding scale to the communities of Utah. This year the Popular Grove location is ready for a new facility. Rep. Sandra Hollins announces a new fundraising effort. Hollins elaborates on the topic of preventing homelessness through affordable housing .
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Mutts Mending Mankind saves two lives at a time by pairing service dogs that are rescued with veterans and civilians coping with PTSD and other conditions. Shelly Cote, Founder of Mutts Mending Mankind, explains how and why this man to mutt model works.
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The Home for Little Wanderers strengthens vulnerable families and keeps children safe in their own communities, even those without family support. Executive Director, Lesli Suggs, explains how important finding permanent homes is for child development.
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Hemp hasn't been seen in agriculture for about 80 years. Fred Strathmeyer, Jr., Deputy Secretary, PA Department of Agriculture, talks with host Candace Kelley about why hemp is providing new, emerging opportunities for agriculture in the Commonwealth, through the use of fiber in house structures and design, car interiors and more. Recorded at the PA Farm Show, the nation's largest indoor agricultural event, at The Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex and Expo Center, Harrisburg, PA. agriculture.pa.gov
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The Park View Project
Park View Local Preview
February 22, 2020!
On the 30th anniversary of Talana Kreeger's murder, the local preview of Park View in Wilmington, NC illuminated the life and death of a woman whose story still impacts this community and challenges our national conversation on human rights, with a packed audience in the Church of the Good Shepherd... the only congregation in 1990 that would host the funeral of a lesbian.
Mouths of Babes Theatre Premieres Park View Stage Production
On October 5, 2019, Trey Morehouse and the Mouths of Babes Theatre
premiered the original stage production based on the Park View Project, at Bourgie Nights in Wilmington, NC.
This staged reading is the first public performance of this documentary theater work-in-progress that will bring the story of Talana Kreeger's life and death to a broader audience.
Laura McLean Composes Park View Soundtrack!
Singer/songwriter Laura McLean has honored the effort to bring Talana Kreeger's story to life, with her hauntingly beautiful original song, "Left for Dead," performed at events for the Park View Project. Now, as a result of the generous contributions of our supporters, Laura has composed the soundtrack for Park View, with the same gritty soulful style that has brought authenticity to the production!
Thanks to St. Jude's MCC Foundation for providing fiscal sponsorship to the Park View Project!
The Park View Project was excited to receive fiscal sponsorship with the St. Jude's MCC Foundation, a nonprofit in Southeastern North Carolina whose education and advocacy for local LGBT communities is supported by your tax-deductible contribution.
Crowdfunding Launch Party September 16, 2016
Join the Park View Team on Friday, September 16, 6:00pm for our Crowdfunding Launch Party in Wilmington, NC., as you enjoy the cash bar, snacks, and the debut of the original Park View soundtrack music by singer songwriter Laura McLean.
Stephen Sprinkle Joins As Narrator, Associate Producer
Associate Producer Stephen Sprinkle, with his groundbreaking book Unfinished Lives, brings a more meaningful telling of the story of Talana Kreeger, with his moving narration that will make Park View accessible to a much broader audience, as the production invokes universal themes that will resonate nationally.
MCC Founder, Rev. Troy Perry Interviewed for Park View
Reverend Troy Perry, Founder of the LGBT-affirming Christian denomination, Metroplitan Community Church (MCC), was interviewed for Park View, where he discussed the legacy of hate crimes in the history of the church.
Audience Engagement Consultation by Working Films
We are grateful for the Audience Engagement Consultation by Anna Lee and Molly Murphy of Working Films, an organization that builds partnership between nonfiction media-makers, nonprofit organizations, educators and advocates to advance social justice and environmental sustainability, and support community-based change.
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PECO (Philadelphia) now has a new option for its customers to experience something new – hanging up and having PECO call them back in the same amount of time they would have been placed on hold.
PECO's customer care centers receive 50,000 to 80,000 customer calls in a week. Most calls are answered in 30 seconds. The utility's automated system is capable of handling tens of thousands of calls per hour during storms, which allows customers to report an outage, get an estimated time for service restoration, or complete other simple transactions, such as getting an account balance without having to talk to a service representative.
PECO said this new feature, called Virtual Hold, will dramatically reduce wait times on the telephone for customers who need to speak with a service representative for the more complex billing and credit inquiries.


Dhiraagu is currently running a promotion to mark the rollout of their new wifi hotspots around Male'. The hotspots, which are setup in some of the popular cafe's and restaurants, lets customers at these joints enjoy speedy access to internet via laptops, pocket pc's and smartphones. Access is to be granted with the purchase of vouchers but I am not sure if the access offered is time based or data transfer based. However, it would probably be a safe bet that it would not be cheap.
The great thing about this wifi promotion is that they are giving FREE access for the duration of the promotion. That means people in the vicinity of the hotspots can get high speed free internet! The signal is strong and easy to catch atleast around the block and recievable even further off if a wifi antenna is used to boost the signal reception. If you are really desperate for internet and want to cash in on this opportunity, quickly slap up a bi-quad or cantenna for 2.4Ghz use, connect to your wifi card and surf away. Making an antenna certainly makes for an interesting project to while away the afternoon and access to such a antenna has the additional benefit of letting you connect to one of the numerous (unprotected) wifi networks around.
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The Tragic Death Of Luke Letlow – Nicki Swift
Louisiana's Congressman-elect Luke Letlow passed away on Dec. 29, 2020. According to the Monroe News-Star, who was the first to report of Letlow's death, the Republican congressman-elect announced on Dec. 18, 2020 that he had tested positive for Covid-19. A few days later, he entered St. Francis Hospital in Monroe for treatment.
However, on Dec. 23, 2020, Letlow was transferred to Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport Academic Medical Center, according to CNN. The chancellor of LSU Health Shreveport, Dr. G.E. Ghali, said shortly after the time of his transfer that Letlow was stable and was in the Intensive Care Unit. He was receiving doses of the drug Remdesivir as well as steroids, per CNN.
However, Letlow soon died from a heart attack, according to News-Star, shortly after a "procedure related to the infection." Ghali said Letlow's untimely passing was "devastating to our entire team."
"He had no underlying conditions," Ghali added. "It was just COVID." The outpouring of grief has been considerable. Here's what people have to say.
An outpouring of grief for Luke Letlow's family
Louisiana Congressman-elect Luke Letlow passed away in the evening on Dec. 29, 2020, according to People, at the age of 41. He was slated to be sworn in to Congress on Jan. 3, 2021.
The Congressman-elect's spokesman, Andrew Bautsch, wrote on Letlow's Facebook page the night of his passing, writing "Congressman-elect Luke Letlow, 41, passed away this evening at Ochsner-LSU Health Shreveport due to complications from COVID-19," (via CNN.)
Letlow is survived by his wife, Julia Barnhill Letlow, and their two children, Jeremiah and Jacqueline, according to the Monroe News-Star. The Governor of Louisiana, John Bel Edwards, wrote on Twitter on Dec. 29, 2020, "It is with heavy hearts that @FirstLadyOfLA and I offer our condolences to Congressman-elect Luke Letlow's family on his passing after a battle with COVID-19."
In a Twitter thread, Edwards added, "COVID-19 has taken Congressman-elect Letlow from us far too soon. I am heartbroken that he will not be able to serve our people as a U.S. Representative, but I am even more devastated for his loving family." Many others joined Edwards in expressing their grief for his wife and young children after the tragic passing of Letlow.
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Three division kingpin Gareth Gardner will collide with red hot prospect Frank Smith on Saturday September 27th in the spectacular main event of the league's huge night of championship action at the Epsom Downs Racecourse in Surrey.
The pair will fight for the British Middleweight championship after former champion Ruben Giles confirmed he would be moving up to the league's Super Middleweight division in October citing issues with making the 11st 6lbs championship limit, paving the way for the explosive showdown between the two undefetaed stars.
Current British Light Middleweight ruler Gardner will return to action for the first time since his epic showdown with Sam Holloway at the Alexandra Palace back in March, and the three weight ruler who has held titles in the league's Super Middleweight, Middleweight and Light Middleweight divisions will face one of the most fearsome punchers in the shows history when he locks horns with the current Regional Super Middleweight champion who moves down a division to take on Gardner.


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A Picturesque Odyssey: The Most Epic Photos From Assassin's Creed's Ancient Greece
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Assassin's Creed Odyssey is the first game in the series' to move the story back in time before the dawn of the brotherhood, transporting players to the majestic land of ancient Greece. And by Zeus, what a gorgeous Greece it is.
Brimming with breathtaking vistas, massive stone colossi, wild beasts and iconic architecture, the massive world is bursting with excellent photo opportunities, which is exactly why Ubisoft introduced a new photo mode. And after sending out a request on Twitter, you sent in your very best. Here's the crème de la crème of picturesque moments from ancient Greece submitted by our wonderful community.
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How Media Molecule Hopes Dreams Can Go Beyond Just Games
Particularly over the last decade, we've seen video games expand into multiple disciplines and industries outside of entertainment. Surgeons use video games to perfect complicated medical procedures, some game programs help patients recover from PTSD, and even last year's Assassin's Creed Origins has a dedicated education mode called Discovery Tour that is already being used in some classrooms.
With the countless possibilities video games have beyond entertainment, it's not a surprise that Dreams, Media Molecule's upcoming game that lets you make your own games, is following that path, too. Dreams is best described as an accessible games engine; you can create anything from an RPG to a platformer, all with a toolset that Media Molecule calls "visual programming."
Because you're working with sliders and menus rather than lines of code, Media Molecule believes Dreams is perfect for kids interested in game design. The team has been in touch with the UK's girls-only youth organization, Girlguiding, so that half a million young women can try their hand at game design.
20 Westerns To Watch In Anticipation Of Red Dead Redemption II
In a matter of days, millions of us will saddle up with the Van der Linde gang and try to outrun the law, the steady progress of civilization, the dangers of the wild, and fate itself. Our anticipation for Red Dead Redemption II led many of the staff to replay the original game to refamiliarize ourselves with Rockstar's open world take on the Western. We've also been spending a lot of time watching Western films and TV series to get us in the mood for Arthur Morgan's suicide mission to preserve the bonds of the gang and keep the only life he's ever known from falling apart. We've compiled a list of 20 great Westerns that not only serve as a great appetizer to Red Dead Redemption II, but also share some thematic or cinematic similarities to the series.
Hands-On With OOTP 19's Perfect Team Mode
After some teasing, OOTP Developments is set to release Out of the Park Baseball 19's free fantasy card-collection mode – Perfect Team – in November. I recently got my hands on the team-building mode via a closed beta, and although not all the parts are in yet, it's a promising addition built on the back of the game's already extensive sim options.
Setting up your team through your initial six packs is pretty straightforward: You'll get enough players to jump in and play no problem, and it's up to you to determine your starting rotation and batting lineup, and tweak the strategic knobs as little or as much as you want to (more on this later).
What makes Perfect Team different and interesting is that all the games in the current league format are simmed. Games start every 30 minutes, giving you time in between to scout your opponent, buy packs of players if you want, and make adjustments to your team and strategy. The countdown aspect of the mode adds real-time drama to what can be a hands-off experience, and since it runs whether you're actively playing the game/mode or not (there are many aspects that can be set to be automated), you're not sweating the loss of a particular game but rather concentrating on the factors that can turn you into a winner in the long run as you try to get promoted all the way up to the majors (and avoid relegation from season to season).
The Most Fascinating Tools In Dreams
Media Molecule's Dreams has an eclectic and vast set of tools in its impressive creative suite. With so many detailed mechanisms at your disposal to make your dream game, it can be overwhelming at first, especially for non-designers. However, plenty of tools are still accessible to beginners after some practice. Here are some of the stand-out ones we loved to toy with during our cover story trip.
Trigger Zones Media Molecule describes Dreams' tools as "visual programming," where you work with sliders and visual cues instead of staring at lines of code. Trigger Zones are the perfect example of this, where you place a block in your world which then turns into a force field. When an object or character enters a Trigger Zone's force field, you can set it up so that this action has a consequence. For example, a character's health can be programmed to lower when inside the force field, or a camera can shift its view. It's a fascinating and friendly approach to game design's more complex systems.
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Listen: Eric Kohn and Anne Thompson On Mel Gibson's Career Prospects, 'Boyhood,' and Why Andy Serkis Won't Get an Oscar For 'Apes'
Listen: Eric Kohn and Anne Thompson On Mel Gibson's Career Prospects, 'Boyhood,' and Why Andy Serkis Won't Get an Oscar For 'Apes'
In the latest edition of Screen Talk, Indiewire's weekly podcast, chief film critic and senior editor Eric Kohn speaks with Thompson on Hollywood's Anne Thompson, who's currently attending the Karlovy Vary Film Festival in the Czech Republic. Anne shares some details from her recent interview with Mel Gibson, who received a lifetime achievement award at the festival, and explores why he has such a hard time making movies today. The pair also touch on Christopher Nolan's recent op ed in the Wall Street Journal about the future of theatrical distribution and contrast the challenges faced by the U.S. marketplace with those overseas.
From there, they turn to new releases: They're both surprised to find that they really like "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes," particularly Andy Serkis' performance as head monkey Caesar, and explore why it's unlikely that he'll land an Oscar nomination for the role. They also delve into the notoriously secretive marketplace for video-on-demand releases and conclude with Eric's plea that people go see "Boyhood," although Anne is certain most listeners were going to do that, anyway.
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According to Downdetector.com, Facebook has been experiencing issues since 8:04 a.m. EDT on Wednesday. A live outage map shows that users are affected around the world. Most of the reported problems involve pictures.
A Facebook representative said that they are experiencing a bug that is affecting publishing. They are said to be "working to resolve this as quickly as possible."
Instagram is also experiencing issues, Downdetector.com reported. They have been experiencing issues since 8:45 a.m. EDT on Wednesday. A live outage map shows that users are affected around the world. Most of the reported problems involve the news feed.
#FacebookDown and #InstagramDown are currently trending in the United States.
There are more than 1.52 billion daily active Facebook users, according to the social media network's website. Facebook acquired Instagram in 2012.
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Home News Briefs EQT to buy solar and energy firm Madison Energy Investments
EQT to buy solar and energy firm Madison Energy Investments
The seller is Stonepeak Partners LP.
The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2023
Barclays was financial advisor to EQT Infrastructure while Simpson, Thatcher, & Bartlett LLP provided legal advice
MEI was founded in 2019
EQT has agreed to acquire Vienna, Virginia-based Madison Energy Investments, an owner and operator of distributed solar and energy storage projects. The seller is Stonepeak Partners LP. No financial terms were disclosed.
MEI was founded in 2019.
On the deal, Alex Darden, a partner and head of EQT's US infrastructure platform, said in a statement, "EQT Infrastructure has followed the renewable distributed generation market and MEI closely for several years given the strong thematic tailwinds supporting the sector, prior EQT experience in solar development and operation, and MEI's strong position as a leading integrated platform in the US.
The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2023.
Barclays was financial advisor to EQT Infrastructure while Simpson, Thatcher, & Bartlett LLP provided legal advice.
EQT has 114 billion euros in assets under management.
Stonepeak has about $51.7 billion of assets under management. Stonepeak is headquartered in New York with offices in Austin, Hong Kong, Houston, London, and Sydney.
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Delaware Republicans balk at settlement money vote
Apr 13th, 2016 · by Matt Bittle · Comments:
DOVER — Republican legislators continue to protest a March vote allocating $28.3 million in one-time settlement money, charging the vote was unconstitutional.
Joint Finance Committee members voted 7-4 last month to approve funds they say will help reduce foreclosures, fix up vacant homes and provide more after-school programs for students.
All four Republicans on the committee voted no.
The money is held by the Department of Justice. It was gained from 2014 settlements with Bank of America and Citigroup over alleged mortgage-related improprieties.
The issue lies in whether the committee is constitutionally allowed to allocate funds. Republicans say it is not, noting the budget bill must be approved by the full General Assembly after being crafted by JFC.
Attorney General Matt Denn, a Democrat, said he believes the allocation was legal. But Republicans have criticized the vote.
F. Gary Simpson
"We are going to ask for a Supreme Court ruling to clarify that whole issue, and I think that will put it to rest, one way or the other," Minority Leader Sen. F. Gary Simpson, R-Milford, said last week.
To request an opinion from the state's high court the General Assembly must pass a resolution. That could be tricky for Republicans, however, as they make up the minority, meaning the resolution will be defeated if the vote falls along party lines.
Despite the numerical disadvantage, Sen. Simpson believes "there was enough concern even on some of the Democrat parts on the JFC" to make passing legislation possible.
There's also some thought that having the allocation approved by the full legislature is not enough. Because some of the money from the settlement funds will go to nonprofits, the vote could need approval from more than a simple majority.
Delaware law requires any measure giving money to a corporation be supported by three-fourths of the entire legislature.
JFC Chairman Sen. Harris McDowell, D-Wilmington, said after the vote Democrats believed a three-fourths vote was unnecessary but the vote "probably will go to a bill."
On Tuesday he said he believes "there is absolutely no reason" a vote by all 62 legislators would be needed. Sen. McDowell, who appeared reluctant to discuss the topic, did note lawmakers are still looking at the issue and are close to a consensus or solution.
Republicans have objected that some of the money is being used outside of housing and that new programs being funded could grow the budget in future years.
Despite potential opposition from the majority, Sen. Simpson said he believes the forthcoming resolution should be approved.
"Those that think that they did right, well, I would think that they would want to be confirmed as well in their thinking," he said.
Staff writer Matt Bittle can be reached at 741-8250 or mbittle@newszap.com. Follow @MatthewCBittle on Twitter.
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Schedule 2 - CCR
CCR ORDER 28 - JUDGMENT SUMMONSES
CCR ORDER 28 JUDGMENT SUMMONSES
Contents of this Order
Application for judgment summons Rule 1
Mode of service Rule 2
Time for service Rule 3
Enforcement of debtor's attendance Rule 4
Evidence Rule 5
Suspension of committal order Rule 7
New order on judgment summons Rule 8
Notification of order on judgment of High Court Rule 9
Costs on judgment summons Rule 10
Issue of warrant of committal Rule 11
Omitted Rule 12
Payment after debtor lodged in prison Rule 13
Discharge of debtor otherwise than on payment Rule 14
Application for judgment summons
Order 28, r A1 Definitions
1. In this Order—
(a) 'judgment creditor' means the person who has obtained or is entitled to enforce a judgment or order; and
(b) 'debtor' means the person against whom a judgment or order was given or made.
(1) An application for the issue of a judgment summons may be made to the County Court hearing centre which serves the address where the debtor resides or carries on business or, if the summons is to issue against two or more persons jointly liable under the judgment or order sought to be enforced, in the County Court hearing centre which serves the address where any of the debtors resides or carries on business.
(2) The judgment creditor shall make the application by filing a request in that behalf certifying the amount of money remaining due under the judgment or order, the amount in respect of which the judgment summons is to issue and that the whole or part of any instalment due remains unpaid.
(3) The judgment creditor must file with the request all written evidence on which the judgment creditor intends to rely.
Order 28 r 1A Description of parties
1. This rule applies where the name or address of the judgment creditor or debtor as given in the request for the issue of a judgment summons differs from that person's name or address in the judgment or order sought to be enforced.
2. If the judgment creditor files a witness statement that satisfies the court officer that the name or address as given in the request is applicable to the person concerned, the judgment creditor or the debtor will be described in the judgment summons as 'CD of [name and address as given in the request] suing [or sued] as AD of [name and address in the judgment or order]'.
Mode of service
(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a judgment summons shall be served personally on every debtor against whom it is issued.
(2) Where the judgment creditor or the judgment creditor's solicitor gives a certificate for postal service in respect of a debtor residing or carrying on business at an address which is served by the County Court hearing centre, the judgment summons will, unless the District Judge otherwise directs, be served on that debtor by the court sending it to the debtor by first-class post at the address stated in the request for the judgment summons and, unless the contrary is shown, the date of service is deemed to be the seventh day after the date on which the judgment summons was sent to the debtor.
(3) Where a judgment summons has been served on a debtor in accordance with paragraph (2), no order of commitment shall be made against the debtor unless –
(a) the debtor appears at the hearing; or
(b) it is made under section 110(2) of the Act.
(4) The written evidence on which the judgment creditor intends to rely must be served with the judgment summons.
Time for service
(1) The judgment summons and written evidence must be served not less than 14 days before the day fixed for the hearing.
(2) A notice of non-service will be sent pursuant to CPR rule 6.18 in respect of a judgment summons which has been sent by post under rule 2(2) and has been returned to the court undelivered.
(3) CPR rules 7.5 and 7.6 apply, with the necessary modifications, to a judgment summons as they apply to a claim form.
Enforcement of debtor's attendance
(1) Order 27, rules 7B and 8, shall apply, with the necessary modifications, to an order made under section 110(1) of the Act for the attendance of the debtor at an adjourned hearing of a judgment summons as they apply to an order made under section 23(1) of the Attachment of Earnings Act 19711 for the attendance of the debtor at an adjourned hearing of an application for an attachment of earnings order.
(1A) An order made under section 110(1) of the Act must be served personally on the judgment debtor.
(1B) Copies of–
(a) the judgment summons; and
(b) the written evidence,
must be served with the order.
(2) At the time of service of the order there shall be paid or tendered to the debtor a sum reasonably sufficient to cover the debtor's expenses in travelling to and from the court, unless such a sum was paid at the time of service of the judgment summons.
(1) No person may be committed on an application for a judgment summons unless–
(a) the order is made under section 110(2) of the Act; or
(b) the judgment creditor proves that the debtor–
(i) has or has had since the date of the judgment or order the means to pay the sum in respect of which default has been made; and
(ii) has refused or neglected or refuses or neglects to pay that sum.
(2) The debtor may not be compelled to give evidence.
Suspension of committal order
(1) If on the hearing of a judgment summons a committal order is made, the court may direct execution of the order to be suspended to enable the debtor to pay the amount due.
(2) A note of any direction given under paragraph (1) shall be entered in the records of the court and notice of the suspended committal order shall be sent to the debtor.
(3) Where a judgment summons is issued in respect of one or more but not all of the instalments payable under a judgment or order for payment by instalments and a committal order is made and suspended under paragraph (1), the judgment or order shall, unless the court otherwise orders, be suspended for so long as the execution of the committal order is suspended.
(4) Where execution of a committal order is suspended under paragraph (1) and the debtor subsequently desires to apply for a further suspension, the debtor shall attend at or write to the court office and apply for the suspension desired, stating the reasons for the debtor's inability to comply with the terms of the original suspension, and the court shall fix a day for the hearing of the application by the court and give at least 3 days' notice thereof to the judgment creditor and the debtor.
(5) The District Judge may suspend execution of the committal order pending the hearing of an application under paragraph (4).
New order on judgment summons
(1) Where on the hearing of a judgment summons, the court makes a new order for payment of the amount of the judgment debt remaining unpaid, there shall be included in the amount payable under the order for the purpose of any enforcement proceedings, otherwise than by judgment summons, any amount in respect of which a committal order has already been made and the debtor imprisoned.
(2) No judgment summons under the new order shall include any amount in respect of which the debtor was imprisoned before the new order was made, and any amount subsequently paid shall be appropriated in the first instance to the amount due under the new order.
Notification of order on judgment of High Court
(1) Notice of the result of the hearing of a judgment summons on a judgment or order of the High Court shall be sent by the County Court to the High Court.
(2) If a committal order or a new order for payment is made on the hearing, the office copy of the judgment or order filed in the County Court shall be deemed to be a judgment or order of the court in which the judgment summons is heard.
Costs on judgment summons
(1) No costs shall be allowed to the judgment creditor on the hearing of a judgment summons unless –
(a) a committal order is made; or
(b) the sum in respect of which the judgment summons was issued is paid before the hearing.
(2) Where costs are allowed to the judgment creditor,
(a) there may be allowed –
(i) a charge of the judgment creditor's solicitor for attending the hearing and, if the court so directs, for serving the judgment summons;
(ii) a fee to counsel if the court certifies that the case is fit for counsel;
(iii) any travelling expenses paid to the debtor, and
(iv) the court fee on the issue of the judgment summons;
(b) the costs may be fixed and allowed without detailed assessment under CPR Part 47.
Issue of warrant of committal
(1) A judgment creditor desiring a warrant to be issued pursuant to a committal order shall file a request in that behalf.
(2) Where two or more debtors are to be committed in respect of the same judgment or order, a separate warrant of committal shall be issued for each of them.
Notification to foreign court of part payment before debtor lodged in prison
Payment after debtor lodged in prison
(1) Where, after the debtor has been lodged in prison under a warrant of committal, payment is made of the sum on payment of which the debtor is to be discharged, then –
(a) if the payment is made to the court, the court officer shall make and sign a certificate of payment and send it by post or otherwise to the gaoler;
(b) omitted;
(c) if the payment is made to the gaoler, the gaoler shall sign a certificate of payment and send the amount to the court which made the committal order.
(2) Where, after the debtor has been lodged in prison under a warrant of committal, payment is made of an amount less than the sum on payment of which the debtor is to be discharged, then subject to paragraph (3), paragraph (1)(a) and (b) shall apply with the substitution of references to a notice of payment for the references to a certificate of payment and paragraph (1)(c) shall apply with the omission of the requirement to make and sign a certificate of payment.
(3) Where, after the making of a payment to which paragraph (2) relates, the balance of the sum on payment of which the debtor is to be discharged is paid, paragraph (1) shall apply without the modifications mentioned in paragraph (2).
Discharge of debtor otherwise than on payment
(1) Where the judgment creditor lodges with the court a request that a debtor lodged in prison under a warrant of committal may be discharged from custody, the court shall make an order for the discharge of the debtor in respect of the warrant of committal and the court shall send the gaoler a certificate of discharge.
(2) Where a debtor who has been lodged in prison under a warrant of committal desires to apply for discharge under section 121 of the Act, the application shall be made to the judge in writing and without notice showing the reasons why the debtor alleges that the debtor is unable to pay the sum in respect of which the debtor has been committed and ought to be discharged and stating any offer which the debtor desires to make as to the terms on which discharge is to be ordered, and Order 27, rule 8(3) and (4), shall apply, with the necessary modifications, as it applies to an application by a debtor for his discharge from custody under section 23(7) of the Attachment of Earnings Act 19712.
(3) If in a case to which paragraph (2) relates the debtor is ordered to be discharged from custody on terms which include liability to re-arrest if the terms are not complied with, the court may, on the application of the judgment creditor if the terms are not complied with, order the debtor to be re-arrested and imprisoned for such part of the term of imprisonment as remained unserved at the time of discharge.
(4) Where an order is made under paragraph (3), a duplicate warrant of committal shall be issued, indorsed with a certificate signed by the court officer as to the order of the judge.
1. 1971 c.32; section 23(1) was amended by the Administration of Justice Act 1982 (c.53), section 53(2).
2. 1971 c.32.
Updated: Monday, 30 January 2017


Letter of thanks to a gentleman and his wife at Stockholm, who have given him hospitality. Undated, possibly 1772.
On the verso: botanical and zoological notes extracted from a book, possibly Johann Reinhold Forster (quotes "Historia naturalis circa flumen Wolga").


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The family of the founder of the Montalbera winery, Enrico Riccardo Morando, has been a protagonist for six generations in the Piedmontese wine world, with lands extending over 175 hectares between Monferrato and Langa. A story that can be summarized in the great respect and appreciation of the territory that distinguishes the work carried out in these decades. An indissoluble bond between environment, grape variety, climate and human intervention, where ruché, a vine with extremely particular and recognizable aromas, has found its maximum expression in this company. Among the most famous and beloved wines that bear the signature of Enrico Riccardo Morando is the Ruché of Castagnole Monferrato DOCG "L'Accento", a wine that among the various awards received in all these years, can also boast 99/100 in guide Luca Maroni. An ideal wine, almost didactic, to understand how the Ruché can express itself to the full, from the typical notes of dried violet, red fruits and spices, excellent throughout the meal. A vine in which this company has always believed, so much so as to have decided to invest in scientific research to trace a real genetic license of the variety, comparing it with that of other grapes. The result is incredible and revolutionary, because it was discovered that the most similar to the ruché grape is the noble Enfant Terrible, the pinot noir. An important signal, which gives us the scope of what the ruché, always considered a minor grape among those of Piedmont, has all the papers in order to give wines of character and power. Rigor, planning, imagination and poetry. These are the guidelines that led Enrico Riccardo Morando to seek a continuous and passionate appreciation of the great wines of Monferrato and Langa, in addition to Ruché, also for Barbera and Moscato d'Asti. Unique wines, which represent the most traditionalist soul of Piedmont.
Laccento 2017 Ruchè di Castagnole Montalbera DOCG


Sometimes a special holder is the nicest way to present a single tea light candle.
Sometimes a special holder is the nicest way to present a single tea light candle. This cute pillow-like candle holder is easily made with some concrete and a plastic bag. Simply mix up the concrete with some water and pour it into the bag. Close the bag, leaving a small corner open and carefully flatten out the plaster, pushing the excess air out of the hole before sealing it completely. Push the candle into the top of the bag, creating an indent. Leave it overnight for the concrete to set. When it's ready, just open and cut the bag to remove the pillow. Add the candle and light it – you have a chic and safe holder to burn your little tealight.


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RuPaul on Drag Race in 2019
RuPaul's Drag Race UK recap: Downton Shabby
Sam Brooks | Culture Editor
Another acting challenge bites the drag dust with this take on Downton Abbey. Sam Brooks recaps the second episode of Drag Race.
There is one truth abut Drag Race that we've all decided to accept without question: There will be acting challenges on this show and they will be terrible. These will happen every season, and the quality will never rise past a holiday improv class for wayward teenagers.
The one kind thing that I can say about Drag Race UK's inevitable acting challenge – a parody of Downton Abbey, and I apply the label 'parody' with much trepidation – is that it comes early enough that we'll have forgotten it by season's end.
But seriously, there's no need for the show to keep doing these challenges. Even people whose entire careers are in comedy struggle to make funny things sometimes! Likewise, even people who have devoted their entire lives to acting are sometimes bad at it. It's unreasonable to expect whatever World of Wonder intern they've got writing these sketches to do something that stands up to, you know, actual comedy and to expect drag queens, who might well be great performers but not actors, to do a good job at them.
The queens more often than not struggle, which is not as fun to watch as you'd think, and nobody is happy here! Not the queens, not the judges, not the audience. So, Drag Race, I implore you to stop these challenges. They're just not good television.
Anyway, onto the show!
Pictured: All the queens minus one Gothy Kendoll.
Gothy Kendoll is gone! People are sad and a bit shook that somebody's gone home, even though that's… the entire show.
People commiserate, and we finally get our first feud of the season: The Vivienne and Cheryl Hole. Although, it's less a feud and more The Vivienne wishing that Cheryl Hole would shut up. As if anybody has ever, in the history of Drag Race or maybe even the artform of drag, ever shut up.
The ever subtle Drag Race.
The Mini-Challenge
Here they address, briefly, the main difference between the flagship and this spinoff: There's no cash prizes. Like, at all. Because of the fact that BBC is a public broadcaster, they can't work with sponsors to provide prizes. So no Anastasia Beverly Hills makeup for these girls! Instead, the prize is the chance to make a web-series with the same team that makes… the very show they're already on. Sure! Also, the winner of each week's challenge gets a Blue Peter badge, which is a reference I refuse to engage with.
The mini-challenge is a reference to the fact that there's a lot of queuing in London! RuPaul gets The Vivienne, the winner of last week's challenge, to line the queens up in order from who she views as the biggest threat to who she views as the smallest. It's a genius idea for a mini-challenge – you create drama no matter what, and it's drama that can last throughout the season. If you don't have feuds organically, you gotta create them!
The older queens are ranked near the top, the younger ones and Cheryl are ranked near the bottom. To quote The Vivienne: "I put her there for a reason: She never fucking shuts up." Shakespeare, honestly.
Asked and answered, I suppose.
Then, there's a twist, in classic Ru fashion: The queens will be split into teams, and the leaders will be The Vivenne herself and… Scaredy Kat, the queen that The Vivienne rated as being the least threatening. Lest we forget, the show reminds us that Scaredy Kat has no performing experience and has never been to a drag show, which is kind of like swimming across The English Channel without ever having been in the bath before.
It's not exactly Armando Ianucci, is it.
Like I said before, it's bad. It's a riff on Downton Abbey, with bad jokes and worse acting. The above screenshot is about as funny as it gets.
Probably the most notable thing here is that… everybody is just kind of bad. Not just Drag Race-acting bad, but bad on any level bad. Half of them don't know their lines and the rest of them flub their scant punchlines (barely punchlines and more like floplines). Honestly, the only queen to emerge unscathed is Baga Chipz, who does so by mugging to the camera and leaning as far away from the script she's been given as possible. Davina does well, but is stuck in the clearly worse team of the two, and is edited down to such a small role that you barely notice her.
It's truly a race to the bottom here, with Scaredy Kat proving without a doubt that yes, she has no performing experience, and Blu Hydrangea sinking into the wall like the opposite of her namesake.
I entreat whatever higher power at World of Wonder once more to stop these challenges. Maybe, just maybe, keep them to All-Stars, where the queens are at least seasoned enough to spin editable moments from nothing. But otherwise? Cut 'em.
Honestly just quite a lovely moment!
Not much to speak of, except for a lovely heart-to-heart between Sum Ting Wong and Vinegar Strokes about being queer men of colour, and what the reality of that life is. It's genuine, heartfelt, beautiful TV, and a reminder that for all the stuff that this show often gets wrong, it's one of the few show that puts stories like this onscreen and lets marginalized people own their narrative. No shade here, sorry!
The Vivienne, bringing Grace Jones realness.
The theme this week is Bond Girls, which makes me worry how quickly they're going to run out of themes. It also makes me worry for the season, because most of the queens ignore the theme entirely, or have a very loose concept of what a Bond Girl is!
Notable moments: The Vivienne's Grace Jones-esque hood, Blu Hydrangea's three tits, Davina's eye-patch and breakdown during deliberations, which feels oddly placed given her universal good feedback and clear experience here. But hey! There's never a right time for a breakdown.
GUEST JUDGE: Maisie Williams, seeming more pleasant and well-adjusted than someone who grew up in the biggest television show of the decade has any right to be. She is also, hilariously, quite frightened when Crystal cracks a whip at her.
Baga Chipz, absolutely not dressed as a Bond Girl.
WINNER: Baga Chipz, despite thinking Liza Minnelli is a Bond Girl.
BOTTOM TWO: Scaredy Kat, despite a fairly clever look and Blu Hydrangea, despite having an extra breast.
A truly flattering screenshot of one Scaredy Kat.
The Elimination
Two weeks in, and no sign of Petula Clark's 'Downtown'. Give us some Petula, you cowards!
Instead we get Bananarama's 'Venus', familiar to all New Zealanders as the Gillette Venus Song. Seriously, read the words 'I'm your venus, I'm your fire' and try not to think of an already-shaved leg being shaved on a beach, where no human has ever shaved their leg.
Anyway, it's not a good lip-sync. Scaredy Kat looks like she's gotten up at a bar for an impromptu lip-sync competition, not like she's competing on Drag Race. Blu Hydrangea does a good job, but you can't help but wish that they'd used 'Venus' for a lip-sync with some queens who are, you know, actually familiar with Bananarama.
ELIMINATED: Scaredy Kat, which I'm a bit sad about! For a queen who had no performance experience, she seemed pretty chill about it, and it's always interesting having a queen who isn't a gay man on the show, even if the producers didn't dive too deep into that one.
VERDICT: Not a great second episode, but hardly worth getting off the train for. The frontrunners (The Vivienne, Davina) remain frontrunners and everybody else honestly isn't that far behind. But seriously, no more acting please.
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This post outlines the research project I am working on, together with Dr Nour Dados, at the University of Sydney.
Recent social theory has been greatly concerned with the world-wide transition in economy, society and culture that Boltanski and Chiapello in France summed up in their much-quoted phrase "the new spirit of capitalism". Neoliberalism, globalization, market society, Empire, economic rationalism, are other terms in play.
Most well-known theories assume that this new era can be understood by generalizing concepts that have originated from Europe and the United States. This is not adequate for 21st century social theory. Market society is worldwide, and has been produced by a restructuring of global economic and social relationships. The periphery, as well as the metropole, is a very rich source of social thought. We follow the logic that Chandra Talpade Mohanty calls "decolonizing theory", bringing knowledge production from the global periphery to work on a global problem.
Southern analyses of market society. In this part of the project, we are collecting and studying books and articles about market transitions, neoliberalism and market society that come from four world regions: South Asia, Latin America, Middle East & North Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa. We are making extensive Web-based searches to go beyond the more familiar sources. But we are conscious of the biases of Web-based information (towards Northern and English-language publications), so we also rely on word of mouth and pay attention to non-English sources.
Transitions to market society. In this part of the project, we are collecting and studying the social research that describes historical moments of transition to market society. This transition has occurred at different times in different regions, and along different paths, so the story is extremely complex. To focus our searching and analysis, we have chosen certain institutions to focus on: large-scale corporate organizations; policing institutions, including the private security industry; school systems, including vocational training colleges; marriage and alternative forms of household and intimate relationship.
Theorists of transition. In this part of the project, we will meet and interview intellectual workers who have contributed to contemporary research and theory about market society, in the four regions mentioned earlier. We will ask about the biographical and social context of their work, the networks they have created, the way they do intellectual work, the development of their ideas, and the futures they see.


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Official QWERTY keyboard attachment coming to 360 controllers
Mute Xbox 360 gamers with fat hands and tiny fingers, rejoice!
It seems an official attachable keyboard for the 360 controller is on the way. Gamespot, who post the story earlier today, has since yanked the post. Still, the eyes and ears of the internet are not easily deceived.
From their MIA story:
While Microsoft's Xbox 360 Spring Update will integrate Windows Live Messenger into the system's dashboard for cross-platform chatting, the machine's text-window interface for standard control pads makes lengthy conversations a chore.
To ease the task of typing in messages without the aid of a full-sized keyboard, Microsoft today announced a new text input device for the Xbox 360 controller. The attachment snaps onto the bottom of the controller through the headset jack and features a QWERTY-style key layout with 47 keys.
This is not the first time we've seen this attachment, as it originally appeared on a slide show during a Microsoft presentation back in 2005. While a price has yet to be announced (neither has the peripheral, for that matter...), Gamespot mentioned a summer release date. You know, before the magical PR fairy came and yanked the story.
Filed under... #Microsoft #Xbox 360


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Гибо́дусы (, от  — горб и  — зуб) — род вымерших хищных хрящевых рыб, похожих на акул, из семейства Hybodontidae отряда гибодонтообразных, живших 298,9—66,0 млн лет назад. Достигали длины около 2 м. Ископаемые остатки найдены в Азии, Европе, Северной Америке.

Описание
Скелет всех гибодонтообразных состоит из хряща, поэтому плохо поддается окаменению. Палеонтологи, однако, обнаружили несколько хорошо сохранившихся скелетов гибодусов. У них было небольшое тело классической торпедообразной формы, и два спинных плавника, помогавших рыбам менять направление движения. Передний колючий спинной плавник мог служить рыбе средством защиты: если её собирался проглотить более крупный хищник, она поднимала спинной плавник и его острый шип вонзался в нёбо врага. Особой быстротой плавания гибодусы, по-видимому, не отличались, но их добычу составляли, в основном, мелкие и медленно передвигающиеся животные.

Небольшой рот не предназначался для умерщвления крупных жертв; скорее всего, пищу гибодусов составляли мелкие животные. В челюстях сидели зубы двух типов: острые, которыми гибодусы схватывали скользких рыб, и сильно уплощённые — ими они раздавливали раковины моллюсков и панцири морских ежей.

Учитывая большое количество мест, где были найдены зубы, и спинные шипы гибодуса, эти рыбы были обитателями всех океанов Земли на протяжении многих десятков миллионов лет (с пермского по меловой период).

Классификация
По данным сайта Fossilworks, на январь 2017 года род включает до 66 вымерших видов:

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Гибодонтообразные
Рыбы пермского периода
Рыбы мезозоя

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