Paul Eppinger describes the "foundation stones" of the Arizona Interfaith Movement in three words: "understanding, respect, and support." The Arizona Interfaith Movement (AIFM) brings together individuals and religious organizations in the Phoenix area to share and apply the Golden Rule. The AIFM is uniquely successful and sustainable as it shares the message of the Golden Rule through partnerships with state government and local businesses.
The seeds for AIFM were planted in 1995 when Eppinger, now AIFM's executive director but formerly a Baptist pastor and director of the Arizona Ecumenical Council, was inspired by a Mormon community member who was vocal about his commitment to living his life by the Golden Rule. Eppinger saw this man reaching out to religious leaders of various traditions in order to better understand their respective faiths and practices. In his role within the Arizona Ecumenical Council, Eppinger organized a meeting of eight colleagues from diverse religious traditions. That group became the Board of Directors for the Arizona Interfaith Movement. Early on in AIFM's history, the Golden Rule became a unifying theme around which excitement for the organization's goals coalesced, encouraging understanding, harboring respect, and building support between members of different faiths. One initiative in particular, the creation of the Golden Rule license plates through the state of Arizona's Motor Vehicle Department, has served to help sustain the AIFM, and increase awareness about their work and the Golden Rule within the broader community.
Once the AIFM convinced government officials of the neutral, universal message of the Golden Rule, the license plate was approved by the Arizona House of Representatives, the State Senate, and the governor in a process that took several months and a large financial investment on the part of the organization to complete. AIFM found that the pre-existing personal relationships of the organization with members of the Arizona government proved to be a huge asset in the project's success. Furthermore, the AIFM's extensive community networks enabled the organization to quickly raise the large sum of money that was necessary to begin making the license plates. While there was great risk involved in this initiative, it has proven quite successful: Eppinger estimates that there are thousands of Golden Rule license plates on the road, virtual traveling advertisements for the movement. In addition to increasing the visibility of the Golden Rule, the AIFM receives $17 per license plate sold; proceeds are earmarked for Golden Rule educational purposes.
The success of the license plate initiative allowed AIFM to launch a high-impact awareness campaign at local cinemas in 2010. The organization produced a minute-long video clip featuring children from several different faiths stating the Golden Rule from their religious or secular tradition. Eppinger explains that the commercial is "a beautiful little thing . . . we had a little Sikh boy with his little turban telling the Golden Rule from the Sikh scripture and then we had a little Muslim child, and then a Christian child, and then a Buddhist, Jewish and Secular child." This commercial was played before featured movies began and was viewed by nearly two million people when it aired from mid-December to mid-January in eighteen regional theaters. The AIFM strategically chose to invest in airtime during the weeks surrounding the winter holidays—a peak time for moviegoers with more vacation time. They mounted a similar campaign in 2011 that included a picture of the Golden Rule license plate.
Statistics are not the only evidence of AIFM's success. The organization's direct impact on numerous religious communities remains key. AIFM hosts multiple events throughout the year, including an annual Golden Rule Awards Banquet and Experience Interfaith. The organization also supports religious communities in times of need, and creates forums in which people of various faiths can engage. Members of the AIFM are truly exemplifying the message it shares.
AIFM models for future Golden Rule initiatives potential partnerships with governmental and business sectors that seek to build momentum for the interfaith movement. The organization has taken many risks including making sizable financial investments in the license plates and Golden Rule commercial. They have been innovative, and it is paying off in the fulfillment of one of the organization's primary objectives: to spread the word about the Golden Rule. In July 2011, the Arizona Interfaith Movement was able to share this message with interfaith leaders from around the United States when they hosted the 2011 North American Interfaith Network (NAIN) conference in Phoenix. Through these initiatives, AIFM continues to see incredible returns on investment that allow for the sustainability and future growth of the movement they are shaping.


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Horol (în ) este orașul raional de reședință al raionului Horol din regiunea Poltava, Ucraina. În afara localității principale, nu cuprinde și alte sate.

Demografie

Conform recensământului din 2001, majoritatea populației orașului Horol era vorbitoare de ucraineană (%), existând în minoritate și vorbitori de rusă (%).

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Tokyo officially Tokyo Metropolis is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan.
Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area in the world.
Tokyo is in the Kanto region on the southeastern side of the main island Honshu and includes the Izu Islands and Ogasawara Islands.
Tokyo Metropolis was formed in 1943 from the merger of the former Tokyo Prefecture and the city of Tokyo.


STOP STOP STOP STOP with the effing pausing after the effing song starts!!!!!!
STOP WITH THE GD PAUSING AFTER THE SONG STARTS!!!!!
The transpose feature would be useable if it transposed the original audio source.
I ended up canceling my subscription when I tried the transpose feature and found the original audio source still sounding in the original key. This made the transposition essentially useless. Any DAW transposes all audio simultaneously. Granted, the vocal can sound very strange, but that is not an issue if all you want to do is play along in a transposed key.
When transposing the note of the song, the video remains in another tone. this would be possible to fix, maybe downloading the song as a temporary file, and playing with a Pitch setting. It's not that complicated in this way.
Playlists and the possibility of playing the whole play list. Similar to another suggestions of possibility of create folders. The difference is to add the chance of continous play (or even random) of the folder or the playlist, without stopping to search and choose the next song.
Now within the favourite songs, you play a song and you must enter again the list of favourites and search for another song.
It would be great to choose and create different files or playlists, sort them, and sort inside them, and then play a session of the songs you want.
Downloaded songs tuned up or down in Chordify don't match tune when stepped up or down.
Need the downloaded songs tuned up or down as well if you go up or down a step in chordify to match otherwise you can't play along with adjusted song. Other software out there automatically adjusts the songs to match your adjustments.
can you give the option to print with the chords marked in tab?
Est ce possible d'avoir la conduite de la partition ET grille d'accord en indiquant l'introduction,couplet,refrain.
est ce possible d'avoir ce logiciel en langue française.
Possibility to edit the pdf print file, or export in another formats (doc etc) so we could edit, add lyrics and so on. Choose better margins, add D.C. Chorus etc.
I've got lots of songs in my library. I need the ability to sort them alphabetically, rather than constant scrolling to find them, very inefficient.


Fast trains from Basel to Prato take around 9 hours and 52 minutes, covering a distance of approximately 491 kilometres. There are frequent services on the rail route between Basel and Prato.
1. Are there direct trains from Basel to Prato?
Journeys between Basel and Prato usually involve 2 changes of train.
We usually find around 25 departures on the route from Basel to Prato every weekday that leave enough time to change trains without waiting around for longer than necessary.
2. How long is the train journey from Basel to Prato?
The Basel to Prato train travel time is normally about 9 hours and 52 minutes, whatever time you make the journey.
3. What are the Basel to Prato train times and schedule?
On weekdays the earliest train to Prato is usually scheduled to depart Basel around 05:04 and the last train is around 00:02. At weekends the first train of the day leaves Basel around 05:04, and the last at 22:58.
When to book Basel to Prato train tickets?
Trains for this journey usually open for booking around 6 months in advance. If booking is not yet open for your dates then you can set a booking alert to receive an email on the day that the cheapest tickets are released for your journey from Basel to Prato by train.
Which train companies operate between Basel and Prato?


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Did Kagan "Queer" Harvard?
As promised, virulently anti-gay activist Peter LaBabera, head of Americans for Truth About Homosexuality, has released his shocking expose of Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan's efforts to "queer" the Harvard Law School campus. Among the damning evidence that Kagan is a radical champion of the homosexual agenda:
–Kagan started an LGBT clinic that handled domestic violence cases in same-sex relationships, among other things.
–Kagan somehow got Harvard to change its health insurance to partially cover sex change operations.
–During Kagan's tenure, there were conversations between students and faculty about letting transsexuals use the bathrooms of their choice (i.e. letting "she-males" in the ladies room.) No policy changes ever ensued on Kagan's watch. Apparently having the conversations was enough to prove Kagan's membership in the gay mafia.
–And then there are the various faculty members Kagan hired to teach "queer theory," and all the other speakers she brought to campus, including lesbian law scholar and EEOC member Chai Feldblum and gay rights pioneer Frank Kameny.
Gordon James Klingenschmitt, the former Navy chaplain turned anti-gay activist who teamed up on the report, thinks that the Obama administation is "deceiving" Americans into thinking that Kagan is not a lesbian. He says of the report, "This is further proof Elena Kagan cannot be trusted to impartially rule on Obamacare or bathroom bills like ENDA, since she believes sin is a Constitutional right, but rights come from God, who never grants the right to sin."
Helpfully, the report includes a whole bunch of suggested questions the Judiciary Committee should ask Kagan about her involvement in all of this radical transgender and gay activism. So far, on Tuesday afternoon, none of the senators had yet asked the looming questions about whether Kagan thinks cross-dressers have a constitutional right to use the ladies' room, but there's still time. Sen. Tom Coburn hasn't had a turn yet.
Kagan + ENDA = Gay Rights Summer?
The Religious Right's Potty Paranoia
To hell with Harvard
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These cards from Tonya are making me have palpitations!!!
Thank you Tonya for such beautiful inspiration and as always the video!
After a weekend of torment created by Hurricane Matthew up and down the south eastern coast line, I thought I would spend some time reflecting on how grateful I am for the many blessings I have in my life. During my extra time off, I spent a little time in studio while the storm raged outside with my watercolors and a few of Yvonne's stamps. Today I would like to share with you a few cards I created during this time of reflection.
I'm going to create two cards in today's share the first is using the "Count Your Blessings" from the Words of Art stamp set. This set has so many amazing sayings in it. Perfect for card makers!
In the video below, I share with you a technique for creating watercolor flowers using kitchen plastic wrap! You allow the paint to dry on the paper and then follow the text that is left behind with watercolor pencils to give more details to your flowers. It is so simple and perfect if you don't know how to draw flower shapes. You literally let the plastic wrap and wet paint do the work for you!
I struggled a bit more with this flower shape as the colors seemed to blend more in and I really wasn't feeling it when I added the colored pencils. In hindsight I probably should have left it alone when I removed the plastic wrap. I really liked the abstract of the dried paint. But oh well, this is creative play, and sometimes you just have to follow the journey that the art takes you. To fix my painted mess I reached for Yvonne's French Script stamp and the Heidi Swap Navy Blue ink (which is my new favorite over black!), and started stamping. After assembling the card I realized the only thing missing was flower centers on both cards and my flowers came to life!
The paper stacks that I used were found in Target's dollar bin, and I fell in love with the copper foiling. I decided to duplicate this with copper embossing for Yvonne's Stamps.
Here is the video showing my process.
I'm so grateful that my family survived this terrible storm. I know so many that sustained damage to their homes, and several communities are still without power. Some have lost their lives and I pray for their families to find peace. My heart is saddened for the country of Haiti and for the Residents along the coast of Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia many of these communities will never be the same. If you are inclined, and have the capacity to do so, I encourage you to give to the American Red Cross. I know there is a need for relief both at home and in Haiti where so much life has been lost.


On the bright side, the Opera House horse race brouhaha gave the footy fans a leaf to cover their withdrawl symptoms over the weekend.
And that's all that needs to be said about this crazy episode that can only happen in Sydney.
But it was interesting in that it came the same week bulldozers were moving in to demolish the Sydney Football Stadium as part of another crazy Berejiklian Government decision.
Gladys and her band of amateur politicians will be spending the best part of one billion dollars to knock down and rebuild Sydney Football Stadium.
They pressed ahead with this ridiculous plan despite the fact hardly any sane person in NSW thought it was a good idea to give the worst supported football team in the universe, the Eastern Suburbs Chooks, a gleaming new sport palace.
But once again we must look to the bright side in this desperate period when footy fans are starved of footy.
Countdowns to next season have started in scores of homes occupied by rugby league and Aussie Rules fans across the country.
Without looking at the calendar there's a full five months before a Steeden or a Sherrin is kicked in anger, so the truth is we must try harder to fill our free weekends with alternative sports.
And that's where Top 5 comes in, with a starter kit that hopefully helps a few fans survive the next five months or so.
Number 1. A-League. It kicks off next week, and while the politics of the game leave Canberra for dead, the elite soccer product in Australia is better than a lot of people realise. What it lacks in poise it more than makes up for with uncompromising physicality and lots of energy. Those soccer snobs who only watch the English game don't know what they're missing out on.
Number 2. Horse racing. What can I tell you my friends, it's desperate times. But once you get into it, the sport of kings looks more complicated than it does from the outside. And those online gambling ads don't seem as out of place as they do while watching the footy.
Number 3. Golf. It is said that golf is a game better played than watched, but as a seasoned hacker, let me assure you that's not necessarily true.
Number 4. Motor racing. Vroom, vroom. Yes, indeed and guess what was on this weekend? No less than the iconic Bathurst 1000. You can dip in and out of the coverage as often as you like, and I have to admit, as a non fan, it was rather interesting.


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The upcoming trendiest trend, the foldable smartphone, is just around the corner and we can see big mobile company names competing for the title of 'pioneers of foldable smartphones.'
From the onset of the year 2018, we have been hearing lots of latest tech news about the upcoming foldable smartphones that will boost-up the game of smartphones in the most miraculous way. But all we were served with was rumors and unwanted hype, while no possible release date or month was announced by any of the smartphone companies.
Well guess what, there's no more waiting as the Chinese smartphone company is all set to win the race by introducing the first-ever foldable smartphone at the start of the year, 2019.
Although, the big-shot of smartphone companies, Samsung, is taking all possible majors to introduce its foldable smartphone, Galaxy F, the next year before anyone else. But now the tables and eyes have turned towards Huawei, who seems determined to snatch the crown from Samsung and become the first smartphone company to introduce foldable smartphones in the world.
Huawei Or Samsung Galaxy F? Who's nearest to the finishing line?
While most of the technology updates geeks were sure that no one's near to Samsung in the foldable smartphone's race but Huawei, one of the biggest smartphone company right now, gave us them a second chance to think.
According to Yuanta Investment Consulting analyst Jeff Pu, Huawei is determined to showcase its best creation to date, the foldable smartphone, "very early 2019."
While Samsung wants to win the race by being "the best and first" company to introduce a foldable smartphone. Huawei is a bit more focused on showcasing its product at the earliest even if it causes them to compromise on the quality of their smartphone. Jeff Pu further said that "The Chinese company wants to be the first in the industry even if the display technology from its panel supplier might not be that ready like Samsung."
The potential pioneer of a foldable smartphone, Huawei, will apparently be using BOE, the Chinese display maker, for its foldable OLED panel.
What can we expect from BOE? Is Huawei taking a big risk?
Being a tech-blogger and blind follower of anything that's trendy, it's important for me to dwell in the subject a little more. As we all know how smartphones can get this generation mad crazy over anything new it introduces, so, therefore, Huawei wants to be the first obsession of the technology-obsessed generation. And that is only possible by beating Samsung in the race of this most unique ever technology.
Like I mentioned above, sources have been pouring out news that Huawei will only be producing these smartphones in small quantity and not in bulks as the aim is to be the first one in introducing something grand and new in the technology markets.
However, according to some tech-analysts, the race to be labeled as the pioneer of the technology might not end the way Huawei is expecting.
The BOE Technologies is known for its specialization in television displays. The manufacturing of OLEDs itself is something the company only recently started, therefore we believe that Huawei is taking a big risk in giving the project as an experiment to BOE Technologies.
On the other hand, Huawei's initiative of taking up a fellow manufacturer is great, but the technology thinkers believe that BOE might be unlikely to match the quality of OLEDs made by Samsung. And Huawei's risk and greed to beat Samsung might turn out to the reason behind its downfall.
Samsung's foldable smartphone:
While we have been talking about Samsung as the runner-up in the race but guess what? Quality always wins.
In order to keep up with the name and fame that it has earned, Samsung is not in a mood to compromise over quality. The Korean smartphone giant made a plan of releasing a foldable smartphone, expected to materialize by the mid of 2019. Their smartphone is expected to boast a 7.3-inch display and a foldable battery while its price is expected to be between $1500 and $2000. And oh one more thing…
Contrary to burning rumors, Samsung's foldable smartphone is going to call Samsung Galaxy F, not Samsung Galaxy X. I know I've told it before but it feels good to pour out more new rumors.
This all we could get from the latest technology news in the world for more news regarding the official release date of the foldable smartphones, you need to stay connected with our recent technology news and blogs.
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Feb. 7, 2013 Updated: Feb. 7, 2013 7:20 p.m.
PARIS - Alcatel-Lucent CEO Ben Verwaayen is leaving the loss-making French-U.S. telecommunications gear maker after a failed four-year bid to turn the business around. The Dutchman's departure comes as Alcatel-Lucent reported losing $1.85 billion in 2012.
Plains All American Pipeline reported a 15 percent jump in net income for the fourth quarter, bringing in $320 million.
Earnings totaled $1.09 billion for the full year, up from $966 million for 2011.
Plains had announced it would increase fourth-quarter distributions to 56.25 cents per unit, up 9.8 percent over last February's distribution.
NEW YORK - With its annual meeting looming and its stock on the decline, Apple is facing a rebellion from an activist investor who wants the company to stop stockpiling cash and give it to shareholders instead.
Greenlight Capital said Thursday that it is suing Apple over the company's proposal to eliminate preferred stock. David Einhorn, who heads the investment fund, said the proposal would close down one avenue for Apple to reward shareholders with more cash.
Apple is still the world's most valuable company, but its stock has lost 35 percent of its value since September, as its once-rapid growth has slowed down.
Federal securities regulators settled an insider-trading case with a Texas man who allegedly bought National Semiconductor Corp. shares based on a tip about its acquisition gleaned from his wife, a lawyer whose firm consulted on the deal.
James Balchan of Houston agreed to pay almost $60,000 to settle the suit, the Securities and Exchange Commission said this week. He didn't admit or deny the allegations.
Sprint Nextel Corp. on Thursday said it lost $1.3 billion in its fourth quarter, about the same as a year ago, as it revamped its wireless network for a comeback versus bigger competitors.
The Overland Park, Kan.-based company is selling 70 percent of itself to Japanese carrier Softbank Corp. for $20 billion. That deal is expected to close this summer, and provide Sprint with much-needed capital.
Stocks slumped on Wall Street Thursday, suggesting that the rally which has pushed indexes close to record levels may have run its course.
Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said the rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage stayed at 3.53 percent. The 15-year fixed mortgage dropped to 2.77 percent from 2.81 percent.


Shelley Hendrickson killed her abusive husband and went to jail. Then an old friend began a campaign to set her free—along with 10 other women.
JOE CHURCH HAD NOT EVEN PLANNED TO go to his 20th high school reunion. At the last minute, he changed his mind and dropped by the Irish bar in downtown St. Louis, where 70 or 80 classmates from Mercy High School had gathered. Back in the mid-1970s, Joe had been the sort of student who showed up for school late and left early, a regular visitor to the discipline office. By the time of the reunion in the summer of 1997, he had a wife, four children, and a job as a stockbroker at Morgan Stanley.
After half an hour of drinking and mingling, Joe spotted Shelley Povis' cousin. In high school, Shelley had been pretty and popular; she had a spot on the football cheerleading squad and friends in every clique. She and Joe had never been close, but he remembered her as always smiling, always fun to be around.
"She's in prison," her cousin said. Joe hadn't seen Shelley since graduation; the news stunned him. What sort of crime could she possibly have committed? Drugs? Bad checks? Shoplifting?
"She killed her husband," her cousin said.
Joe moved quickly. He expanded his mission, compiling a list of women who might be good candidates for clemency. Then Colleen got a meeting for them with Governor Mel Carnahan's legal counsel. They were told that if they could gather more information about these women's cases, the governor would take a look at them. She contacted local law schools, and the Missouri Battered Women's Clemency Coalition was created. Soon every law school in the state had joined. Professors took up the cause in legal clinics, assigning students to reinvestigate cases of women who were in prison for killing their abusers.
One of the successes of the domestic violence movement has been its ability to publicize the plight of battered women serving prison time for crimes related to their abuse. Since 1978, the nation's governors have granted clemency to more than 125 women convicted of killing (or ordering the killing of) their abusers. The largest group of clemencies took place in Ohio in 1990, when Governor Richard Celeste commuted the sentences of 25 women, explaining that they were "victims in a profound way and were prevented from giving evidence…essential to a jury's being able to reach a sound verdict." When he was governor of Missouri, John Ashcroft granted clemency in 1992 to two women who said they'd killed their husbands in self-defense.
The subject of domestic violence has receded from the headlines in recent years, but the numbers suggest it's still a major social problem. While services for battered women—including hot lines and shelter beds—have increased dramatically, there are still not enough; 4,237 adults and children were turned away from domestic violence shelters in Missouri last year because there was not enough space, according to Colleen Coble. Even when services are available, some women are too terrified to use them. Fleeing from a batterer can actually increase the violence a woman faces; many of the 1,202 women killed by their husbands or boyfriends in the U.S. in 2002 were murdered after they'd already escaped from their homes.
While Joe Church was the catalyst for Missouri's latest clemency movement, his own priority was always the same: to get clemency for Shelley. Neither he nor the lawyers he had enlisted had any idea how long their fight would go on. All they really had was an unshakable belief that Shelley and many other women who had killed their abusers never deserved the harsh punishments they'd received.
SHELLEY POVIS GREW UP in St. Ann, a blue-collar suburb west of St. Louis. When she was 17 and a senior at Mercy High, she began dating Rodney Hendrickson. She liked the fact that he was almost four years older. He hung out with her uncle and cultivated a bad-boy persona, growing his hair long and zooming around town on a motorcycle. According to the neighborhood grapevine, he had smacked around his last girlfriend. Shelley's mother, Mickie, tried to dissuade her from dating him, but Shelley wouldn't listen. "He's really not a bad guy," she said.
Eight years into the marriage, Shelley decided she'd had enough of Rodney's drunken rages. By now they had three children. She moved out, taking the children with her.
At first Rodney didn't know where she'd gone, but after four weeks he tracked her down at a shelter for battered women. She walked out the back of the shelter one day, and there he was, sitting in his truck. "You need to come home now," he told her. "If you don't go in there and get your stuff, I'm going to go in and get it." As usual, he made promises about how he had changed, how he was drinking less, how he wouldn't hit her anymore. Shelley and the children moved back into their house.
In the years that followed, Rodney warned Shelley never to run away from him again. "He told me if I ever left again, he would hunt me down," she says. She knew him well enough not to take this threat lightly. When she'd been at the shelter, he'd called her mother all the time, begging for information about where she was. Shelley worried that if she ever left Rodney again, she'd put not only herself and the children at risk, but her mother, too.
During the summer of 1993, the Missouri and Mississippi rivers overflowed. It was the most devastating flood in recent history and damaged more than 55,000 homes, including Rodney and Shelley's. The entire interior of their house was destroyed, filled with slime and river water. Now they had four children and nowhere to live. They moved into Shelley's mother's basement for a few months, then into a tiny apartment, which was all they could afford. The stress mounted. Shelley and the children spent hours in emergency relief lines, trying to get free clothes or building materials. Rodney worked days driving a delivery truck, then at night rebuilding the house.
In November 1993, Shelley got a job as a weight-loss consultant. One day she showed up with a bruise stretching from one ear, across her throat, and all the way to her other ear. Another time her boss saw a dark spot the size of a dinner plate on Shelley's thigh. At first Shelley blamed her own clumsiness, but eventually she told the truth. When her boss urged her to leave Rodney, Shelley said she was afraid that if she did, he would hunt her down and kill her.
Shelley and Rodney moved back into their house in the summer of 1994, after living elsewhere for nearly a year. By now, they never seemed to have any good days anymore. Rodney had stopped trying to woo her back with gifts every time he hit her. "I wouldn't even get an 'I'm sorry,'" she says.
Their 11-year-old daughter, Ashley, overheard this argument. After Rodney left the house to go to work, Ashley said something Shelley found very disturbing. "She told me that he would come in and go to the bathroom when she was in the bathtub and watch her," Shelley says.
The following week, on October 29, Shelley drove to Kmart and bought a 12-gauge shotgun.
WHEN POLICE OFFICERS walked into the Hendrickson home at 2:45 a.m. on October 31, 1994, they found Shelley in her nightgown, curled up in the fetal position on the floor. She had a swollen eye, a bruise on her forehead, and tears running down her cheeks. Tied to one of her wrists was a piece of rope. Ashley was on the couch next to her; the three other children were in their rooms. In the master bedroom, the officers found Rodney facedown on the bed. Blood spattered the wall next to him. One of his eyeballs was on the floor. There was a gunshot wound in the back of his head.
At first Shelley insisted a pair of masked men had broken in, tied her to the bed, and shot Rodney. Three hours later, hunched over a table in an interrogation room at the police station, she confessed to the murder. Earlier that night, she explained, after the children had gone to sleep, Rodney had grabbed her by the hair, smashed her head against the headboard, and tied her wrists to the bed. Then he raped her. After he fell asleep, she'd freed herself and reached under the bed to get the shotgun.
An autopsy later revealed that at the time of his death Rodney had a large amount of cocaine in his system. The police found the shotgun in the basement, in a portion still filled with water from the flood 16 months earlier. They found the rest of the ammunition in another part of the basement, hidden in a box with Christmas lights.
During the police interrogation, Shelley admitted lying about more than just the masked men. Two days earlier she'd called 911 and made a false report, claiming that someone had stolen her new shotgun. She had fabricated this story, she insisted, to steer Rodney off course if he found out she'd purchased a weapon. Why had she decided to buy a gun in the first place? "To protect myself," she said.
The masked men, the stolen gun, the false report she filed with the police—all of these made-up stories undermined Shelley's credibility in the minds of the officers. "Based on these circumstances, I told Michelle that I was having a hard time believing anything she told me," one sergeant wrote in his report. To someone who knew her history of abuse, Shelley's fabrications might have looked very different—evidence of her desperation as she increasingly felt her life was in danger.
Shelley was taken to the county jail and charged with first-degree murder. Her bail was set at $1 million. Six weeks later, during a preliminary hearing, an expert on battered women testified that Shelley had endured nearly 20 years of abuse and that she was not a threat to society. In another county, a better understanding of the psychology of domestic violence victims (combined with the way Shelley's face looked when she was arrested) might have convinced the prosecuting attorney to charge her with a less serious crime—manslaughter, say, instead of murder. But the prosecutors in St. Charles County, a conservative area outside St. Louis, did not budge.
Shelley's children—ages 11, 8, 7, and 5—moved in with one of Rodney's sisters. Shelley's first choice, her own sister, had no room in her house since she already had five children of her own. Shelley spent the next two years in the county jail, trying to figure out what to do. If she went to trial and lost, she'd likely spend the rest of her life in prison. In the end, she decided to plead guilty to second-degree murder in exchange for a 15-year prison sentence. She would be eligible for parole in about 13 years. By then all four of her children would have grown up without her.
PROFESSORS AND STUDENTS at four law schools across Missouri worked throughout most of 1999 and 2000 preparing clemency applications. They sorted through dozens of cases and came up with 11 women they thought were good candidates. All met the same criteria: They had a history of domestic violence; they had been convicted of killing (or ordering the killing of) their batterers; they had received lengthy prison sentences; and they had exhausted all their legal appeals.
Of the 11 women, 5 had life sentences, 3 had to serve 50 years before they were eligible for parole, 1 had a 20-year sentence, and 2 (including Shelley) had received 15 years. The clemency petitions contended that the "presence of prolonged and sustained abuse" should have reduced the women's culpability in the eyes of prosecutors and resulted in less severe punishments.
In this clemency campaign, Shelley played a crucial role. She recruited many of the women, including her friend Carlene Borden, who'd been locked up since 1978 in connection with her boyfriend's murder of her abusive husband. Of the 11 women represented by the team of law professors, Carlene had been imprisoned the longest. Another candidate was Ruby Jamerson, who had been sent to prison in 1989 for asking her son and his friend to kill her abusive husband.
Much has changed since the 1970s and 1980s, when Carlene and Ruby were convicted. Now police officers are more likely to arrest an abusive husband when his wife calls the police. When a woman is charged with killing her batterer, the defense team often includes an expert on domestic violence. And judges are much more likely to allow testimony about past abuse. Indeed, as the clemency petitions pointed out, women accused of killing their abusers in the 1970s and 1980s would likely receive less prison time today for the same crime.
In the summer of 2000, Governor Carnahan was running for a seat in the U.S. Senate. Hopes were high that he might grant clemency to a group of women right before he left office, when elected officials are more likely to make this sort of politically risky decision. Then, on October 17, 2000, Carnahan died in a plane crash. The possibility that Shelley and the rest of the women would be let out of prison early suddenly seemed much less likely.
Robert Holden succeeded Wilson as governor in January 2001, and nearly four years later, at the end of his term, the coalition finally had its first success. Holden commuted the sentences of two women represented by the coalition: Shirley Lute, 74, who had been locked up for 23 years, and Lynda Branch, 52, who'd been in prison for 18 years. Holden's decision enabled them to go before the parole board this year; they are expected to be released soon.
ONE MORNING THIS SPRING, Shelley, who is now 45, told her story to a reporter while seated in the parole room at a prison in Vandalia, Missouri. She wore a gray inmate uniform and two crosses, one on a chain around her neck and another pinned to her collar. She still has curly blond hair, but now it's thinner on top. Both her mother and grandmother had breast cancer, and two years ago Shelley discovered a lump in one of her breasts. She recalls that it took her five or six months to get treatment. Joe and her mother called the prison regularly, trying to speed up the process. "You could be jeopardizing her life," Joe would say. Eventually Shelley had a lumpectomy, then chemotherapy and radiation.
From behind the walls of prison, she tries to be a mother to her children, who are now 22, 18, 17, and 15. She calls them every Sunday evening at Rodney's sister's house, and her mother brings the youngest one to see her every month. But more than a year has passed since Shelley last saw her oldest child, Ashley. A few years ago, Ashley got into an abusive relationship, started using drugs, and got arrested. "Nobody knew where she was for over a year," Shelley says. "She was living in a car." The hardest part of being locked up, says Shelley, has been watching her kids struggle without her.
To boost Shelley's spirits, Joe reminds her of what they've accomplished over the last eight years: Two women will soon be freed, including 74-year-old Shirley Lute. "This lady was destined to die there," Joe says. "As I keep telling Shelley, had she not gone to prison, there's a good chance Shirley Lute may never have gotten out." Joe is planning a barbecue this summer to celebrate Shirley's release.
Shelley is not eligible for parole until 2007, when she will have served 85 percent of her sentence. Most likely she will leave behind Carlene, Ruby, and the rest of the women who joined the clemency campaign. Unless a sympathetic governor intervenes, they are destined to grow old in prison.


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Biding Time
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The journey began in Sydney Australia, 1987; a collaboration between Pippa Bailey, Sarah Butler and Wednesday Kennedy. It was first performed at The Loft, an upstairs café/bookshop in Darling St, Balmain. This modest 3 hander was then produced again in 1991 in Melbourne (Wednesday Kennedy was replaced by Brianne Cuthbert) and went on to perform at the 1992 Adelaide Fringe to critical acclaim. These young artists were frustrated by the barriers that they perceived were preventing them from gaining access to the entertainment business. They decided to make and produce their own show. They wanted to change the world.
20 years on and the story still seemed relevant. Pippa saw an opportunity to update and develop the original dream of change and use this story to collaborate more widely. It has been reworked and radically adapted, informed by different influences, from theatre to TV to site specific performance to interactive installation to large- scale outdoor events to community regeneration to environmental campaigning to cultural policy. Biding Time celebrates theatre as the most collaborative art form and attempts to draw many threads together in order to create something new. Thos project celebrates the potency of live experiences in a digital age, aimed at communicating with a wide range of people, encouraging them to get involved and ask questions.
Almost 30 years since the origial production there is a growing awareness of the need for systemic change. Both the story itself and the way the project is structured encourages people to think again about the way we live our lives, what we aspire to and what will actually make us happy. There is an urgent need to explore new ideas in new ways.
Rights and IP
Beyond Curiosity and Desire - Towards Fairer International Collaboration
Arts on Tour announce funding to tour the regional Australian BiDiNG TiME to far flung towns in NSW
Workshops for the Sydney production
Theatre, localism and change - Local Lives Global Matters conference
New Year Club


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Alaska fisheries update: Soft markets stall efforts National Fisherman by Laine Welch - March 17, 2020 The Pacific halibut fishery got underway on March 14. A fleet of nearly 2,000 Alaska longliners will share a 17 million-pound catch during the eight-month fishery. It was set to be a bumpy start in the face of jittery markets and transportation snags. No ferries and limited air freight meant no way to move the fish in many Southeast Alaska ports. A major processor there was not buying any halibut until April. Blackcod also opened March 14. That market remains poor with a backlog of small fish in the freezers. https://www.nationalfisherman.com/alaska/alaskas-fisheries-update-soft-markets-stall-efforts/ CDFU pushes for golden king crab fishery Cordova Times by Margaret Bauman - March 17, 2020 Cordova District Fishermen United was in Anchorage this week urging the Alaska Board of Fisheries to develop a harvest strategy to reintroduce a golden king crab fishery in the northern and western districts of Prince William Sound. https://www.thecordovatimes.com/2020/03/17/cdfu-pushes-for-golden-king-crab-fishery/ International Everything You Need To Know About The Coronavirus And Seafood Safety Forbes by Ariella Simke - March 15, 2020 The coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak is affecting industries worldwide, and seafood is no exception. With high anxiety and fear surrounding the virus, misinformation can spread quickly as everyone tries to make sense of a rapid change of lifestyle. Here's what you need to know about how the coronavirus affects seafood safety, according to public health professionals. https://www.forbes.com/sites/ariellasimke/2020/03/15/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-coronavirus-and-seafood-safety/#353edb6e1885 Russian Producers Fear Coronavirus Control Measures Could Seriously Impact Pollock Catch SeafoodNews.com by Eugene Gerden - March 18, 2020 The pollock fishing season in the Russian Far East is under a serious threat due to the measures that are being taken by the national government to prevent the further spread of coronavirus in the country. So far, the Russian Rosrybolovstvo has already issued recommendations for domestic fish producers, returning from China and South Korea to their fishing areas in the Russian territorial waters, to enter Russian seaports for sanitary and epidemiological measures. These recommendations, however, have already sparked criticism from producers, as, according to them, this increases their transit time and leads to loss of fishing time. In addition, that results in the need of passing additional customs procedures. The situation is complicated by the fact that representatives of the Russian border service have already announced their plans to stop monitoring excessive weight of fish catch on those ships, which means they will not pass sanitary and epidemiological control and that will automatically lead to the suspension of their fish exports to abroad. Due to this and the ongoing spread of the Chinese coronavirus, fishermen expect a reduction of their pollock catch this year. According to their predictions, only in the Sea of Okhotsk, which is a center of pollock production in Russia, the volume of catch may decline by almost 1 million tonnes this year. Currently there are more than 140 vessels which are involved in pollock catch in the Russian Far East. The current situation has already sparked serious concerns from the Kamchatka regional authorities, which already sent a petition to the Russian federal government asking to prepare proposals that would minimize the risks of the spread of the virus, not complicating operations of the domestic fish producers. https://www.seafoodnews.com/Story/1166719/Russian-Producers-Fear-Coronavirus-Control-Measures-Could-Seriously-Impact-Pollock-Catch Environment/Science Endangered Cook Inlet belugas continue to decline, scientists aren't sure why KNBA by Kavitha George - March 16, 2020 Cook Inlet beluga whales are continuing to decline in number, according to a NOAA abundance estimate released last month. From Alaska's Energy Desk, Kavitha George has the story of how the decline in belugas is both controversial and largely unexplained. https://www.knba.org/post/endangered-cook-inlet-belugas-continue-decline-scientists-aren-t-sure-why FYI's Seafood industry relationship with plant-based sector thawing Seafood Source by Cliff White - March 16, 2020 Jen Lamy, the Sustainable Seafood Initiative manager at the Good Food Institute (GFI), a nonprofit dedicated to the promotion plant-based and cellular alternatives to seafood, meat, dairy, and eggs, thinks there's room enough for both her sector and the traditional seafood industry to thrive in the U.S. retail and foodservice scene. https://www.seafoodsource.com/news/supply-trade/seafood-industry-relationship-with-plant-based-sector-thawing
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Interior of a Schlieren Bp car of the ÖBB with 80 seats. This coach design is based on the Swiss EW I, but has more comfortable, adjustable seats. Graz Hbf, 2002-09-15.
This is just a demonstration how much the windows of the ÖBB "Schlieren" cars can be opened! (The person on the right is Helmut Uttenthaler.) 2002-10-05.
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VST is the first studio album by the Manila sound group VST & Company, released in 1978. The lead vocalist, Vic Sotto, was not credited and does not even appear in the group's picture at the back of the album, but was thanked in the album credits along with Tito Sotto and Joey de Leon.

Songs
The album contained five of their biggest hits including the ballads "Ikaw ang Aking Mahal" ("You Are My Love") and "Ipagpatawad" ("Please Forgive") as well as the disco numbers "Awitin Mo at Isasayaw Ko" ("You Sing, I'll Dance"), "Disco Fever" and "Magsayawan" ("Let's Dance").

Track listing

Personnel
According to the album's credits.
 Jun Medina - drums, vocals
 Spanky Rigor - bass guitar, vocals, executive producer
 Male Rigor - keyboards
 Celso Llarina - lead vocals
Val Sotto, rhythm guitar, vocals
 Roger Rigor - vocals
 Mon Gaskell - keyboards, guitar, vocals
 Armando Trivino - arranger on "Disco Fever", "Ayos Ba" and "Habang Buhay Kitang Mamahalin"
 Lorrie Illustre - arranger on all songs
Not credited
Vic Sotto - lead vocals

References

1978 debut albums
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Q: How to build a where statement based on dynamic conditions Due to business complexity we had to have a dyanamic conditions table.
Our table is called "Rules"
It has this structure
ID  Field        Op        Unit        Value      Discount
==========================================================
1   Gender       =         NULL        Male       0.07
2   Gender       =         NULL        Female     0.08
3   Age          >=        Year        60         0.02
4   Age          =         Year        18         0.09
5   Age          <=        Month       6          0.04
6   Height       <=        NULL        150        0.03
7   Height       >=        NULL        165        0.06

I am trying to select only records that match a customers data
DECLARE @Gender varchar(10) = 'Male'
DECLARE @Age int = 70 -- In months

SELECT *
FROM Rules
WHERE (Field = 'Gender' AND Value = @Gender) OR
(@Age/12 BETWEEN
        CASE
            WHEN Field = 'Age' AND Op IN ('=', '>', '>=')  AND Unit = 'Year' THEN (@Age/12)
            ELSE 0
        END
        AND
        CASE
            WHEN Field = 'Age' AND Op IN ('=', '<', '<=')  AND Unit = 'Year' THEN (@Age/12)
            ELSE 999
        END
)

But the problem is with this query I get all rules selected not just the ones that related.
How to adjust it to limit the selection to only related records?

A: I assume that Value is a text column. It must converted to a number before comparing ages. I do so in a sub-select.
I also assume that @Age is given in months. So if an age of 70 years was given, it would have to be entered as
DECLARE @Age int = 12 * 70

The age must always be given in the same unit, because the query has no way to determine whether it should compare it as year or month otherwise. E.g. if you enter 5, then if it is a baby of 5 months then a discount of 0.04 applies, but if it is a child of 5 years, then no age discount applies.
SELECT *
FROM
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WHERE
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    (Field = 'Age' AND Op = '<=' AND
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Note also, that I multiply the IntValue to convert years into months instead of dividing the age. This is better, because division can lead to rounding errors. With the multiplication we stay in the integer range.
This could be simplified, e.g. by testing the field name for Age once, but I think that it is easier to read if every rule is translated separately.
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Earlier in the year some of you may recall when I mentioned I was doing some landscaping at my work, a large cabinet manufacturer in Grants Pass. I had gone to the General Manager (remember, it is a plant with 800+ employees and two shifts) and suggested that I could fix the horrible mess outside. What I was referring to was the vast expanses of bare compacted clay around some boring and apparently struggling landscaping plants. Particularly in front of the main office where all the corporate exec's enter when they come to audit the plant, there were large areas of rock-hard clay which had been used as a walkway (employees had been walking through these areas for at least a decade). I had a plan, and the GM was willing to pay me to execute it.
This is the oldest photo I have of one of the sites. I brought the rocks in and the company paid for the gravel. The gravel has two purposes: first to serve as a walkway and landing pad for an existing bench, second reason is to hide a large slab of concrete that was the cap to the old well which has been out of use for decades. A third reason, more of a bonus, is that it brings the area up to grade with the cement sidewalk. In Winter this area has historically turned into a mud pit as the compacted clay softens and sticks to shoes like glue. For some reason, people still walked through it.
I took this photo as an example of the existing landscaping. Most everywhere is strewn with patchy sections of Arctostaphylos uva-ursi and filled in with a variety of boring shrubs like Nandina, Euonymus, and Escalonia with a few trees (mostly Prunus hybrids and a few Acers). Bare patches are everywhere. Part due to the poor growing conditions (much of the landscaping is in the parking lot) and the fact that much of it is walked on. This is another reason I created the gravel path, I don't want to fight the nature of people.
A few years ago, before I started this project, the Excalonias here were vastly overgrown and also partly dead from an exceptionally cold Winter we had experienced. Before they died back, they had grown over the Arctostaphylos, killing it in spots. At my request, a landscaping crew was paid to cut the beasts back. The results are seen here, boring mounds of green with a lot of death inbetween. I planted some Stachys byzantina and Hemerocallis here to see if they would fill it in. Time will tell. Also planted here is hundreds of Crocuses of different species, mostly sieberi and chrysanthus.
This is another corner that was completely devoid of life. Being a dry hot site that receives the full baking afternoon sun in Summer (and the radiant heat from the metal walls of the facility) I decided it would be best planted with some really tough plants. Rocks are used strategically to persuade corner-cutters from walking over the planting, as well as adding a rock garden feel to it. The spot is planted with hundreds of Crocus, Sedum album, Sempervivum, Stachys byzantina, and Kniphofia (which I grew from seed). There are also a few Alliums in the back with the Stachys.
My dream is to incorporate some natives into the planting. This Iris grew spontaneously in a seed pot at my house. Being a native it is one of the toughest plants in the entire planting scheme so if an obvious choice for this site. I'm also growing a native Monardella to plant here sometime next year (and a few other surprises).
Stachys byzantina is an easy plant, very forgiving. If it is happy, it will produce the purple fuzzy flower spikes. If not, it adds a nice contrast to the existing plants.
Returning to the side with the gravel path, this is the corner planting. The existing substrate was the compacted clay, which I tilled by hand with a pickax, before bringing in sand to top it. I then planted Stachys byzantina, Allium cernuum, Iris germanica, Sedum album, and a seed grown Agapanthus. Of course, there are also a ton of Crocuses here too.
This large stone broke in half in my struggle to acquire it from an abandoned quarry near my house. The split has given me the opportunity to plant some Crocuses and Sedum within it. Should be interesting.
Prunella vulgaris, an Oregon native, is happy here under a dwarf Acer. Given the right conditions and it will flower continuously from Spring to Autumn. It will also spread out. A good, easy, and highly underused landscaping plant.
In a shaded area under a dwarf Acer I brought in a few mossy rocks. The moss is interesting and adds something special to the planting. The use of aged rock has a lot of advantages, and makes it look like thought was put into the project. People like this kind of stuff, it adds a covert level of interest for those willing to look for it.
Sweet violets are another easy plant that lends itself well to this planting. They will seed around and spread, eventually forming a carpet of blue, white, or pink flowers in Spring (and a few in Autumn).
Abelia is one of the existing plantings that I actually agree with. It is planted on both sides of the main office entrance and kept tidy. The flowers appear over a long period and are attractive to honeybees, whom I see visiting it often.
A few views of this (nearly) complete landscape. The sand patch to the left of the bench will be planted with something in the near future, and the poorly located rose leaning over the sidewalk has since been removed. It's going to be nice, and is a huge improvement over what it used to be.
I will show off these plantings again in Spring when the Crocuses bloom. Stay tuned!
I can't wait to see it when it blooms. You can tell a lot of time and energy went into your work ! Thanks for sharing it.
Such a thoughtful improvement, with a lot of foresight for longevity and hardiness. Look forward to seeing it fill out, and yes, bloom!


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Neal's Top 25 of 2022 and More
by Neal Ronaghan - December 30, 2022, 3:54 pm EST
A lengthy list of games played and games not played.
For close to a decade, I've kept a running list ranking my favorite games of the year. I add new games as I play them, idly tinker with it once every month or two, and sometimes make big swings when a game turns sour over time or I find myself returning to it more than I expected. It's a fun exercise that sometimes shows up in content form here on Nintendo World Report. Starting with last year's list, I accepted defeat and added in a Top 10 "Games I Wish I Played" because I have two children now and a full-time job outside of this and honestly I'm impressed I even played as many games as I did to begin with. So here's a list of my Top 5 Switch Ports/Collections, Top 25 Games, and Top 10 Games I Wish I Played.
Top 5 Switch Ports/Collections of 2022
5. Klonoa: Phantasy Reverie Series
If I was basing this solely on the impressiveness of the port, Portal would be in this spot, but I had to go with the game that meant more to me here. I only first played Klonoa on Wii, courtesy of that remaster, and it blew me away. It's just such an incredibly charming platformer with excellent music and style. It also helps that the story has such a left-field twist that worked extremely well for me when I first played it. Being able to replay that game on Switch rules and also being able to play the second game in the series is also a bonus. I'm a little torn as to which game I think is better, so I'll cheat and say they're both great.
4. TMNT: The Cowabunga Collection
The arcade machine I gravitated to at the arcade as a kid usually involved some version of these Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game so being able to have those games on hand on my Switch rules, even more so because the quality of this collection is off-the-charts fantastic. This might have reminded me how much those old arcade games were just quarter-munchers, but they're so radical to play. Even aside from the brawlers, it's a good assortment of games, topped by the Game Boy Metroidvania Radical Rescue and the notoriously hard original NES game that is more playable here than it ever has been before.
3. Atari 50
Real talk: most of the games in this collection are bad. It's a lot of primitive console ports of arcade games and early games that are more impressive for the fact they exist. The supremely cool part of Atari 50 is how it's packaged as an interactive museum. The timeline is presented first, encouraging you to learn the context of these games before playing them. It's a reminder of how integral Atari was to gaming as we know it, even if the company themselves have been a non-starter for the past 20 years. Also, all of the new takes on old games are really cool. The world needs more vector graphic games.
2. Dicey Dungeons (on Mobile)
I adored Dicey Dungeons on Switch when it hit the platform in late 2020. When I heard it was ported to mobile, I bought it immediately and then just tore through it again. Maybe this is a cheat of a pick but Dicey Dungeons is amazing.
1. Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition
One of the most earnestly heartwarming surprises of the year, Chrono Cross is playable on modern platforms alongside a localization of the Japanese Satellaview release Radical Dreamers. I hold Chrono Cross in high esteem; it's arguably my favorite RPG on PlayStation. I consider it a masterpiece with a lot of ambitious rough edges. Just because it sits so well for me doesn't mean it will sit well for everyone but there's just something about this game that delights me. A weird thing to say considering the tone of the "kill your darlings" story. The music is maybe the best soundtrack ever. The battle system is weird, but enchantingly unique. The massive amounts of potential characters is daunting, but I truly love the way that aspect is integrated throughout the game. And Radical Dreamers? Well, it's an old visual novel but there's some good music and lore tucked away inside of it. It's a great localization of a weird thing.
Top 25 Games of 2022
Programming note: I got COVID at the end of 2022 (still not close to 100% as I'm writing this) so I'm going to speed-run the back of this list.
25. Elechead - An extremely neat platformer with a very clever hook.
24. Toodee and Topdee - An extremely neat platformer with a very clever hook. Listen this and Elechead are different games but they're both neat and clever.
23. A Little to the Left - Chill and heartwarming puzzle game that is that great mixture of serene and brain-wrinkling.
22. Fishing Paradiso - An under-the-radar game that combines charming slice-of-life writing with low-stakes retro fishing.
21. Tunic - I'm likely lower on this than most, but when Tunic clicked for me, it was incredible. It's packed with table-flipping concepts, but then it just gets bogged down by Soulslike combat I don't enjoy.
20. Sonic Frontiers - Embattled as it is, I really enjoyed exploring the world in Sonic Frontiers. Going into cyber space? Not so much. This is a wild mix of highs and lows.
19. Nobody Saves the World - If I could bottle up my feelings on this game in the first few hours, it'd be in my top five. This game is still very good, but once the discovery of new transformations runs out, it starts to slide. Still awesome on the whole.
18. Retro Bowl - Somebody made Tecmo Bowl with a franchise mode. That made for one of best sports game weekends of my life.
17. Mario+Rabbids: Sparks of Hope - I'm about halfway through this game but as it stands, I like it more than the first one. I like the Rabbids weirdness of it and how it feels like a cracked version of Mario.
16. Harvestella - I love Harvestella for what it tries to do more than what it actually ends up doing. It really is a JRPG through the lens of a farm/life sim. It's not always excellent, but when it soars, it really soars. Also the story, as overwritten as it is, is way stronger than expected.
15. Vampire Survivors (on Steam Deck) - What a smart dumb game.
14. Pick Pack Pup (on Playdate) - The best Playdate game I played. It's a unique take on match-three with an adorable aesthetic.
13. MLB The Show 22 - I'm still amazed this is functional on Switch. What a port and what a game.
12. Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - I'm a sucker for Warriors games featuring worlds I like. Especially when they manage to make levels feel like light tactics.
11. Dorfromantik - Carcassonne but for single player and also it's just super chill.
10. Mixolumia
There is not that much game in Mixolumia, but despite that, I think about Mixolumia often. The diamond play area twists (literally)the Tetris-esque puzzle game on its ear and opens up strategic planning and accidental excellence. It was rewarding to both execute a plan and place blocks and have it set off a chain of exploding chaos because blocks fell the right way. The music is also tremendous.
9. Poinpy (on Mobile)
If you have a Netflix account and haven't played Poinpy on your mobile device, what are you doing? The dude who made Downwell (and then worked at Nintendo for a minute) made another game. It's on your phone and you probably can get it for virtually free (depending on how you view your Netflix sub). It rules. It's like Downwell but you go up and also the visuals are bubblegum cute and not pixel grunge.
8. Freshly Frosted
The sublime feeling of figuring out a puzzle in Freshly Frosted and watching the conveyor belts spill out rules. Maybe the best video game vibe of the year. This is a devilishly hard puzzle game, but I think it does enough to prod you along the way if you hit any walls. Most folks might not remember the developer's (Quantum Astrophysicists Guild) previous game Tumblestone, but it's the same style as Freshly Frosted. They take a well-worn concept and twist it into something awe-inspiring.
7. Shovel Knight Dig
I had my doubts about Shovel Knight but then I played it and those doubts went away. It's basically a pick-up-and-play Shovel Knight game. It's Shovel Knight: Arcade. It's Shovel Knight, but Downwell. The procedural generation is so good and the element of choice going between each stage gives you enough agency so you never feel totally screwed. It also does a very good job of building you up with abilities and options to help you out along the way.
6. TMNT: Shredder's Revenge
I mentioned earlier in the Cowabunga Collection portion about how I always loved playing the Turtles arcade games. Well, they made a new one and it owns so hard. While the old arcade beat-'em-ups had some quarter-munching habits, Shredder's Revenge does not have that same punishment. Instead, it's just a celebration of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and their video game history. The fact you can play with up to six players locally or online is incredible and the added nuance with some of the power-ups and moves adds a little bit more to the brawler fray.
5. Pokemon Legends Arceus 4. Pokemon Violet
Ask me next week and I'll flip the spots of these games. On one hand, I love how self-contained Arceus is, letting you explore that world to its fullest focusing more on your player character as an active participant in the world. Messy as the visuals may be, it's cohesive. The Pokemon live in these worlds and you get to sneak around and try to catch them. Collecting the full Pokedex in Arceus is awesome.
On the other hand, Pokemon Violet's full Pokedex is something I likely won't end up finishing, but credit where credit's due I'm the farthest I've been in finishing a mainline Pokedex since like 1999. I love how expansive Paldea is and even if the visuals are broken and soupy, I can explore a fascinating world packed with tons of Pokemon. It also helps that the new Pokemon are some of the strongest in a generation I can remember and the three-pronged story paths coalesce into one of the most fulfilling finales in a Pokemon game ever. At the end of the day, I put a combined 125-150 hours across both games in 2022. They both rule.
3. Neon White
Neon White isn't the easiest game to explain, but maybe the simplest way to showcase how this game wound up on our top 5 list for 2022 is that it's a game that makes speedrunning fun and approachable for virtually anyone who picks up the controller. This stylish game that is self-proclaimed as being "for freaks" is a first-person parkour game where your goal is to complete deviously designed levels as quickly as possible, with each level lasting less than a minute (ideally). The novel twists on top of that basic premise helps to make it more compelling, like the smart card-based combat and movement mechanics where you have a small hand of cards that represent weapons you can use to kill enemies. You can also discard a card to gain a maneuvering boost, whether it's a double jump or a stomp. Maybe the only place where Neon White stumbles is its story, but even in that case, the social link system tied to other characters opens up both mildly interesting lore and, more importantly, side content that offers even more twists on the foundational brilliance. Toss well-implemented online leaderboards and an earworm soundtrack into the fray and you have a game you can lose hours in.
2. Xenoblade Chronicles 3
This is the best RPG I've played since Chrono Cross. And not Chrono Cross in 2022, I mean dating back to Chrono Cross' original release 20+ years ago. Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is a masterpiece and the only reason it isn't number one is because it just so happened that another series I love put out an all-timer. Xenoblade Chronicles 3 takes everything I liked about Xenoblade 1, 2, and X and combines it into an absolute dream of an experience. I still think the story in 1 is better, but 3's story is packed with twists and turns and gut punches. The voice cast is incredible and the side missions, specifically the hero quests, are incredibly good and compelling. The battle system takes the best aspects of 2 and shaves off the gacha nonsense. The class system is in-depth and somehow manages to not overwhelm you with like 20 classes split among six characters that are always on screen at the same time. Exploring the world is just plain fun, especially since the battle system can be toyed around with in ways that can help you outsmart battles against tougher foes. Just a dazzling, incredible game. I can't wait for the story DLC.
1. Kirby and the Forgotten Land
Kirby and 3D have been illustriously separate over the years. Rumors of a 3D Kirby game started up in the GameCube era and faded away as the closest we got to Kirby in a 3D space was Kirby Air Ride and Kirby's Blowout Blast. Finally, HAL Labs was given some extra time to take the recent run of 2D Kirby excellence that they've had to take the pink puffball to the third dimension and boy howdy: it's amazing. While it isn't quite the open world folks might have assumed, it feels more like Super Mario 3D World, letting you bounce around isometric worlds, finding secrets, exploring with power-ups and being dazzled by incredible set pieces. Bosses are crazy fun, capped off by a masterful finale. The side missions where you have to use power-ups or Mouthful Modes to quickly complete a challenge are a good change of pace to the longer normal levels as well. They also feed into how you can evolve the copy abilities, adding in much needed variety considering the overall copy ability count is lower. There's also the fact that an entire fake language was made for this game and they made a song with the fake language. Why did they go this hard? I have no idea, but it made for the best game of the year.
Top 10 Games I Wish I Played in 2022
10. Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion 9. Dragon Quest Treasures
I'm not going to beat myself up over either of these because they came out in December, but I do want to play both.
8. Hundred Days
I played a demo of this on Steam way before a Switch version was confirmed and it just seemed like such a cool idea of mixing wine-making with puzzling.
7. Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth
Everyone seemed to think this ruled when it came out on Steam and I'd probably have fun with it.
6. Card Shark
I did play the sizable demo, but it was just a victim of me being busy. I felt pretty satisfied after the demo but one of these days I really want to keep doing sick card tricks to get at the aristocracy.
5. Live A Live
I played the demo and was, well, kind of nonplussed. I think I respect Live A Live for what it tried to do in the '90s as opposed to what it is now, but I aspire to give it another shot someday.
4. Bayonetta 3
Bayonetta 1 and 2 stinking rule so even if the story ends like garbage in Bayonetta 3, I feel like I need to play it. Platinum knows how to make a ridiculous action game.
3. Cult of the Lamb
I'm thrilled to see the creator of The Adventure Pals see success with a game where you lead lambs to slaughter. The mixture of dungeon-crawling and town sim always seemed fun.
2. Nier Automata
I feel like I owe it to Matt to play this.
1. Rogue Legacy 2
Rogue Legacy 1 is so good and Rogue Legacy 2 being in Early Access means it likely has some excellent refinement that made previous Early Access successes (like Hades) as polished as they were. I really need to sit down and play this...
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Jeepers. I completely forgot about Chrono Cross having released earlier this year. I should put that on my Wishlist so I don't forget about it again.


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Sorry for the interruption in the blog. People have asked if we are ok, we're great – with the exception of my upcoming Neurology Board Exams. Fear is a great motivator for me and I am definitely getting scared. Traveling around the world hasn't been the greatest preparation for the test (not that I'm complaining) and recently I've been trying to add in 1-2 hours of studying daily. It's been pretty hard to fit it in and it definitely doesn't leave any time for the blog. But we're back in the U.S., hiding out in the mountains since last week, with two weeks to go until the big exam. I should hopefully have time to cram and at the same time catch up with the blog. That's the plan anyway…..


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Qa-22, 13 April 2020, Statement Of The Spokesperson Of The Ministry Of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Hami Aksoy, In Response To A Question Regarding The Claims Of Greek Minister For Migration And Asylum Notis Mitarachi In Ethos Newspaper
Greek Minister for Migration and Asylum Notis Mitarachi's statements that Turkey is not implementing the 18 March Statement using COVID-19 pandemic as an excuse are claims expressed with the motive of covering up Greece's crimes against asylum-seekers, aiming to distort realities.
Turkey has fulfilled her obligations on the basis of the 18 March Statement. Thanks to this, illegal crossings to Europe have been reduced by 92%. In this respect, it is the European Union that has not fulfilled her responsibilities.
Under the framework of the 18 March Statement, among the asylum-seekers reaching Greek islands, Turkey only accepts the return of those whose international protection applications are rejected or who do not need international protection. Until today, 2.139 irregular migrants fulfilling these criteria have been returned from Greek islands.
Greece, on the other hand, suspended asylum applications for 1 month in violation of the EU founding treaties and international obligations and is trying to send asylum-seekers to Turkey without registering them and even without evaluating their asylum applications, which is contrary to the 18 March Statement.
International organizations have also openly revealed that Greece's new asylum law is not compatible with international standards and EU directives.
On the other hand, measures are in place to protect public health and security all over the world due to COVID-19 pandemic. As a matter of fact, the EU has temporarily suspended the resettlement program, an important element of the 18 March Statement, to protect public health. Turkey, for the same reason, has also temporarily stopped returns foreseen in the Statement and has notified Greek authorities to that effect.
Deplorable conditions of the refugee camps in Greece and the need for Greece to follow the example of Turkey in this respect have also been expressed by a Greek journalist.
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Pandora has announced plans to roll out a new series of Latin music stations dedicated to music by black artists from various parts of Latin America. The first station in the series is Afro Colombia Radio, which was launched on Monday.
"These new stations represent our effort to highlight and celebrate [the] infinite contributions made to contemporary Latin music by the African diaspora in the Americas," Marcos Juarez, Head of Latin Music at Pandora, says. "Afro influence is the foundation, inspiration and innovation behind almost every popular Latin music genre. From salsa and cumbia to merengue and reggaeton, Africa is fundamental to the melodic and rhythmic DNA of these iconic genres enjoyed the world over."
Inspired by music from Puerto Rico, the Afro Boricua Radio station is set to launch mid-August. The Afro Cuba and Afro Quisqueya Radio stations, highlighting the music of Cuba and the Dominican Republic, will follow in September.
"The content will range from classic to contemporary, with the goal of showing that Afro Latin music is not static and remains ever-evolving, dynamic and inspiring," Juarez tells Rolling Stone. "Latin music is African music."
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Boost in low-cost solar cell efficiency
Thursday, 31 May 2012 Anna Salleh
Dye-sensitised solar cells can work in diffuse light (Source: amxmeg/iStockphoto)
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Solar cells The efficiency of low-cost solar cells that could one day form exterior walls or windows of buildings has been increased by 30 per cent, say Australian researchers.
Associate Professor Kalantar-zadeh, of RMIT University, and colleagues, report their research in the journal ACS Nano.
"This kind of solar cell is considered the third generation of solar cells," says Kalantar-zadeh, whose team led an international consortium of universities and the CSIRO.
Dye-sensitised solar cells (DSSCs) use a dye-coated semiconductor, instead of silicon, to absorb sunlight. Energy is then transferred via an electrolyte to an appliance or battery.
Scientists hope that DSSCs will one day replace the more expensive silicon solar cells. Apart from being cheaper, they can use diffuse light to operate.
This makes them excellent candidates for being incorporated into building walls, windows and skylights.
Efficiency gains
DSSCs are currently are used in small portable devices like backpacks that can be used to charge mobile phones.
Before they can be used more widely, their efficiency at converting sunlight to electricity must be improved.
The current record for DSSC efficiency in applications is around eight per cent, whereas silicon cells operate at about 15 per cent.
The semiconductor used in DSSCs is usually made from titania, but Kalantar-zadeh and colleagues, including PhD student Jian Zhen Ou used a metal called niobia instead.
This generates a higher voltage when it receives energy from its dye coating, thus increasing the overall efficiency of the solar cell by 30 per cent, compared to DSSCs titania-based semiconductors.
"Our work suggests that niobia can be used as the star material in DSSCs and provides a viable solution to boost the conversion efficiency to the values that far exceed that of silicon-based solar cells," say the researchers.
'Significant' efficiency increase
Dr Greg Wilson of CSIRO Energy Transformed Flagship, which is working on applying DSSCs to buildings but was not involved with the RMIT University-led research, welcomes the findings.
"30 per cent is significant - it would push it above the 10 per cent barrier," says Wilson.
But he says the anodisation method used by Kalantar-zadeh and colleagues used an electric current to prepare the niobia, which requires more energy than methods used to produce titania-based semiconductors.
Kalantar-zadeh says to increase the efficiency of DSSCs even further his team needs to increase the thickness of the niobia-based semiconductor so they can coat it with more dye.
"At the moment the thickness of the niobia is not optimum," he says.
Kalantar-zadeh says at the moment the team is finding it difficult to increase the semiconductor thickness without the material collapsing.
Ferrocene research
Meanwhile, in other related research, a team led by Professor Feng Wang of the Swinburne University of Technology has made a further step towards improving DSSCs.
Scientists hope to use a chemical called ferrocene as a new electrolyte in DSSCs, but have long had difficulties distinguishing between two different forms of the molecule.
In a study reported online in the Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, Wang and colleagues now show it is possible to distinguish between the two ferrocene forms using their infrared 'fingerprints'.
The findings will help scientists to find the best form of ferrocene for use in DSSCs.
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