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New Jersey Regulators Announce Deadline For Online Casino Applications
by: andrew
New Jersey casinos have until the end of this month to apply for an online gambling licence with the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement, regulators have announced. Foreign software firms and companies based out of state that intend to partner with the casinos need to file their applications by 29 July.
This is so that regulators have sufficient time to consider all applications in detail and to investigate all companies that are not registered in New Jersey.
Companies that are granted an online gambling licence will be allowed to officially launch online casinos on 26 November this year. The tight deadline is putting casinos under pressure as the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement has a number of strict requirements that some might fail to comply with in time. According to regulators, licences will be awarded only to companies that meet the highest standards. This raises the question of how many of the 12 Atlantic City casinos will be prepared to apply over the short period left before the deadline and how many will prefer to wait and submit their applications at a later date.
We expect the largest American casinos will apply for licences and some of them have already formed partnerships with online gambling providers from out of the country such as 888 and bwin.party.
Women Are Driving The Digital Pay2Play Growth Phenomenon
New research from the Entertainment Software Association reveals what most people would consider somewhat surprising results regarding the typical gamer profile. According to the study, adult women are more likely to play online games than teenage boys.
As we wrote last week ('More than half of 31-45 year olds play mobile games' June 13th) digital Pay2Play entertainment has become a mainstream component of people's digital leisure time. It's the shape of the demographic profile that is surprising to many people. Overall, women are almost as likely to engage in gaming as men – 45% versus 55%. However, female players over the age of 18 represent a significantly higher proportion of the total in comparison to boys under 17 (31% against 19%).
The most popular types of online games were found to be puzzle and board games, played by 34% of people, followed by action and strategy games, which were favoured by 26%. Casual and social games are a favourite for 19% of players, while 14% opt for persistent multi-player universe gameplay, the poll showed.
Nearly two in three players like having company when playing, either online or in-person. Of those, 77% play together with other people at least for an hour each week. One in three gamers play social games, the Entertainment Software Association said.
Thanks to the development in mobile devices, playing games on the go is becoming increasingly common. As many as 36% of players engage in this activity on their smartphones while they are on the move, while one in four play games on their wireless devices. In total, 43% of smartphone owners use them to play games and 30% do so on their wireless devices.
The key to financial success for digital Pay2Play operators is a rarefied version of the 80/20 Rule; rather more the 95/5 Rule. More customers mean better gameplay (whether it's Subway Surfers or PartyPoker) but it's a small minority of customers who spend disproportionately more – considerably more – playing the game. We would like to see a survey published of these customers but imagine the gender split would be overwhelmingly male.
UK is turning to digital Pay2Play entertainment
The business model of gaming and monetised games playing is shifting and the trends accelerating. Traditional gaming devices are being dropped in favour of multipurpose devices, as UK consumers increasingly turn to casual and mobile gaming, new research from Ofcom has revealed.
Results from the survey suggest that the number of people who played online games on consoles and TV dropped from 27% to 25% between 2009 and 2012. Similarly, usage of handheld players also fell over the period.
Meanwhile, the use of multipurpose devices for gaming showed robust growth. In 2012, 13% of respondents stated that they played online games on their mobile phones, which is more than double the number in 2009. At the same time, 5% of UK consumers used tablets for this purpose, while this option was practically non-existent in 2010.
Another survey carried out by Ipsos MediaCT reached similar conclusions, suggesting that the use of games consoles was losing ground. Over the period between January 2011 and November 2012, penetration of the most traditional gaming platform dropped, or at best remained unchanged.
One of the key conclusions from both surveys is the fact that casual gaming is emerging as a preferred option for gaming over traditional solutions offered by Nintendo, Sony or Microsoft. The main reason is that casual gaming platforms are cheaper and more accessible.
The UK gaming market is predicted to change over the coming years, considering that one in three smartphone owners and more than two in three tablet owners used their devices to play games in November 2012, with expectations for these numbers to rise further.
Is the King Bill dead in the water ?
The overwhelming feeling amongst industry participants and observers at the recent iGaming Supershow in Amsterdam was that the 'King Bill' looked to be dead in the water. The Internet Gambling Regulation, Enforcement, and Consumer Protection Act of 2013 has been introduced by Rep. Peter King (R-NY) in a bid to regulate all forms of online gambling, with the exception of sports betting, which is banned in most states.
If the bill was to pass, it would legalise online gambling in the United States and would acknowledge state regulation laws if states agreed not to opt out. However, it looks as if a federal law is becoming less and less likely, as the time for its approval is running out before states are given the last word to decide how to proceed with the matter.
The bill would regulate all online poker and casino games and, although the exact games to be allowed are not included, it is believed that all casino games under the class III gaming category would be legalised, including craps, roulette, slot machines, video poker and any table game banked by the house involving cards. Poker is specifically mentioned in the bill, Legal Poker Sites website reported.
Certain states have already taken action, such as California, which proposed a bill that would lead to the automatic opt-out of the state of any future regulation regarding online gambling. By contrast, the state of Washington took a different stance and criminalised online poker for both operators and players. Attempt to appeal the act are currently being made but it is likely to take a long time before a court ruling is announced, the website said.
We believe that federal oversight of US online gaming is highly likely in the near future, especially as the growth in social gaming is prompting authorities to take a holistic view on all areas of digital Pay2Play entertainment. Which bill is the precursor to this is still some time away from being determined.
More than half of 31-44 year olds play mobile games
Consumer polls and surveys continue to demonstrate the growth of digital Pay2Play digital entertainment. For many years the stereotypical gamer was seen as young, male and with plenty of time to kill. Technology has altered lifestyles beyond recognition in just a few years and gaming is no exception, as the widespread adoption of smartphones has created a new generation of older gamers.
According to а survey carried out by One Poll at the beginning of May, more than half of the interviewed smartphone owners between 31 and 44 years of age play games on their mobile devices. Moreover, 37% of respondents aged between 45 and 60 also engage in gaming as a pastime, with figures dropping to 26% in the age group 61 and over.
This means that an estimated 15 million UK consumers over the age of 31 represent a potentially powerful gaming market, the Daily Express reported.The survey was commissioned by mobile operator O2 and researchers interviewed 2,000 British smartphone owners.
The poll also revealed that, as well as reaching new audiences, games are claiming more loyal followers, as 58% of those who played games did so on a daily basis. Many of those were former gamers that had dropped the habit for a few years but have now returned to the activity. The most popular games for people over 31 were Angry Birds, Solitaire and Temple Run, the poll found.
Almost One In Three online Scandinavians Access Digital Cash Gaming Sites.
The popularity of digital Pay2Play platforms continues growing globally. Burlywood Capital believe that over the next four years digital Pay2Play entertainment will be, by far, the fastest growing category in the global media and entertainment industry. More people see digital Pay2Play entertainment as an opportunity not just to have fun, but also to improve their games skills. Northern Europe, through high broadband and mobile penetration, continues to be at the leading edge of this rising tide.
According to the latest figures from ComScore, almost one in three Internet users from the Nordic countries, including Finland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark, accessed sites for online gambling in April 2013. Some 4.8 million people visited gambling sites, which equals 29% of all people using the Internet.
Figures revealed that all five major sites in the gambling category recorded a robust growth over the past 12 months, comScore also said. Among the Nordic audience, Unibet Sites enjoyed the biggest popularity, with 893,000 unique visitors in April, up 179% year-on-year. The largest growth in terms of visitor numbers, however, was achieved by PokerStars, which recorded a 338% increase in visitor volume. With a total of 551,000 users, it firmly took the runners-up spot.
The third position was for William Hill, with 484,000 visitors, followed by Betsafe.com and Svenskaspel.se, which saw growth in visitor volumes of 201% and 4% respectively. Betsafe.com registered 435,000 unique visitors, while Svenskaspel.se saw the slowest change rate compared to last year, with 430,000 users in April, data showed.
Digital Pay2Play the key to Atlantic City casinos?
The adoption of regulated digital cash gaming in the US will transform the global landscape for digital Pay2Play entertainment. Atlantic City's casino Atlantic City's casinos are optimistic that big money could start pouring into their vaults once Internet gambling becomes an option. This prediction was backed by a group of Wall Street analysts, who spoke at the East Coast Gaming Congress last week, highlighting the business opportunities that Digital Pay2Play and digital cash gaming in particular might create for the city. Atlantic City's casinos have been hit by a loss of profit over the past seven years.
New Jersey is among three states in various stages of legalising online gambling, along with Delaware and Nevada. It had already issued regulations on online games and the way they should be carried out, with one of the rules requiring people who play to be physically present within the borders of the state. It is hoped that the business will be in full swing by the end of the year.
Digital cash gambling would be a real game-changer for Atlantic City and the state as a whole. It is going to be the biggest expansion of gambling in New Jersey after the launch of the very first casino there in 1978. Estimates vary on how much the industry could contribute to the economy of the state but some suggest that the Internet gambling market could be worth over $500 million per year. We are sure this number will prove materially light.
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When it comes to training for his craft, Sammy Stricklin is all business.
The 20+year veteran millwright has worked across the south on projects from nuclear plants to turbine maintenance. He knows that his steady work is a direct result of his being ready when a job becomes available. In fact, it was being bypassed for a job he wanted that brought home the importance of training.
Stricklin, a member of Local 1263 of the Southern States Millwright Regional Council, estimates he has about 20 qualification and certification cards now. He is a regular at his local training center and is due to attend the journeyman leadership course at the International Training Center.
"If I was hiring, I'd want to go with the guy who was interested in training more than someone who just wants to get by. My advice to a young millwright is, if you don't take training seriously, you probably aren't going to make it more than a year.


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An Australian court's verdict leaves Turnbull in a pickle
The disqualification of his deputy, on grounds of foreign nationality, means a hung parliament
WHEN his deputy was recently outed in a row about legislators who are dual nationals, Malcolm Turnbull, Australia's prime minister, downplayed the potential consequences for his conservative coalition government. He may now be feeling less confident. On October 27th the country's highest court ruled that Barnaby Joyce was ineligible to hold his seat because he was also a citizen of New Zealand when he was elected. As a result, Mr Turnbull has lost his lower-house majority of just one. At least until a by-election is held in December, he will have to rule with a hung parliament.
They have been dubbed the "citizenship seven": legislators from both houses of parliament whose eligibility to hold foreign passports came to light two months ago. The seven, variously, were citizens by descent of Canada, New Zealand, Italy and Britain. The constitution bars those with foreign citizenship, or people who are entitled to it, from competing for parliamentary seats. The seven say that when they stood in the last general election in July 2016, they were unaware of their rights to other passports. In August the federal parliament referred their cases to the High Court—the country's highest judicial body.
Mr Joyce was leader of the National Party, the coalition's junior partner, a role that also made him deputy prime minister. He declared in August that he had been "shocked" to learn that he was a New Zealander because his father had been born in New Zealand before moving to Australia in 1947. Mr Turnbull, himself a lawyer, bravely told parliament that Mr Joyce was still qualified to remain in parliament and the High Court would agree with him.
But the court eventually ruled that only two of the seven could keep their seats, not including Mr Joyce—the only one of them who was a member of the lower house. Those spared were Matt Canavan, also of the National Party, and Nick Xenophon, an independent. Both are members of the upper house who were born in Australia. Mr Canavan had discovered that he could claim Italian citizenship through his Italian grandparents. His lawyer successfully argued that citizenship conferred by a foreign law ought not to be recognised under Australian law. Mr Xenophon could claim a form of British citizenship through his father, who emigrated to Australia from Cyprus, which was then ruled by Britain. Mr Canavan stood aside as minister for resources when his case came to light; he will now return to the same portfolio. Mr Xenophon announced before the court's verdict that he would leave the upper house to run for election in his home state's legislature.
The disbarring of members of the upper house will make no difference to Mr Turnbull: he already lacks a majority in the Senate. It is Mr Joyce's ejection from parliament that is discomforting for him. The last election left the coalition with 76 of the 150 seats in the lower house. The Labor opposition has 69 seats, and independents and small parties the remaining five. With Mr Joyce out, at least until the by-election, the coalition could just soldier on. It will control 74 seats without the speaker, who is a member of Mr Turnbull's Liberal Party but who only votes on bills when there is a deadlock. That leaves the coalition with the same number of seats as the combined total held by Labour and the five others. Fortunately for Mr Turnbull, some of the independents have indicated they will support the government, at least for now.
The by-election in December will allow Mr Joyce to reclaim his seat in rural New South Wales—he hurriedly renounced his New Zealand citizenship after learning that he qualified for it. He stands a good chance of succeeding. He won last year with a 17-point lead over his nearest rival. Opinion polls suggest he remains popular.
In the meantime, however, Labor will argue that some of the decisions that Mr Joyce made as a minister during the past few months should be declared invalid since he was not qualified to stand for his election last year. But the opposition has no obvious opportunity to topple Mr Turnbull before the by-election. Parliament is next due to convene on November 27th for its final two-week sitting of the year. There are no contentious bills on the agenda that could result in defeat for the government.
Despite the political row that has surrounded the cases of the seven, many Australians are sympathetic with their plight. Australian citizenship was created only in 1948; before Australians were considered British subjects. High levels of immigration since then have created plenty of opportunity for people to have claims to foreign nationality of which they are unaware.
Twenty years ago a parliamentary committee called the constitution's language on citizenship "archaic". It suggested that the document be reworded simply to affirm "the primacy of Australian citizenship in the parliamentary system". This would require a referendum. Successive governments have preferred to avoid the hassle. Mr Turnbull says he will ask a parliamentary committee to consider how the rules might be changed, in order to ensure that "in our multicultural society...all Australians are able confidently to stand for and serve in our parliament." But maintaining his tenuous control in parliament will be his priority.
A kingdom cut off
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Asia's holiday spots are missing Chinese visitors
To understand why, look at South Asia
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China's strict quarantine rules are keeping them away

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realme advocates for Pinoy music with 2022 PPOPCON partnership
In line with its mission to empower the Filipino youth in the pursuit of their passions, realme, the PH's no. 1 smartphone brand for 2021[1] today announced its partnership with the Pinoy Pop Convention (PPOPCON) in support of the local music scene.
Happening on April 9 to 10, the first-of-its-kind event will consist of a two-day convention from 10am to 8pm at the New Frontier Theater. This will feature various booths, merchandise selling, games, and other engagement activities in celebration of all things Pinoy Pop.
Meanwhile, the second day (April 10) will culminate with a live concert from 3pm to 7pm at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. This will see the country's most popular P-Pop groups come together and perform on stage–both offline and online–for their fans for the first time. The lineup includes MNL48, BINI, Alamat, 4th Impact, 1st.One, Press Hit Play, VXON, KAIA, DAYDREAM, YARA, VER5US, and G22, among others.
"There's no denying that Filipinos are recognized for their passion for music and their undeniable talent in performing. The increasing popularity of P-Pop on the local and global stage is testament to this. As a brand that's for and by the youth, we at realme would like to be at the forefront of this fast-rising scene and show our full support for local talent through empowering platforms such as PPOPCON," shares Austine Huang, realme Philippines's VP for Marketing.
During the two-day convention, the brand will have an experiential booth with various activities, prizes, and other surprises for the P-Pop-loving realme Squad. It will feature a special photo booth, powered by the realme 9 Pro Series in collaboration with Fujifilm Instax, where fans can capture their PPOPCON memories through fun photo prints and get a chance to join the giveaway. There will also be a special meet-and-greet with VXON, the rising P-Pop group behind the hit single "The Beast" which was also chosen by the brand as the official theme song for realme Mobile Legends Cup (RMC) Season 6.
Through partnerships with local artists and initiatives like the 2022 PPOPCON, realme continues to provide platforms for Filipino talent to be recognized and celebrated, be it in music, gaming and beyond.
For more info and other updates, be sure to follow realme on Facebook at www.facebook.com/realmePhilippinesor visit www.realme.com.ph.
[1] based on Canalys and IDC sell-in reports for Q1-Q4 2021
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Mind Medley to the growing list of games that are concerned with the size, weight, age (or, in this case, brightness) of your brain.
Cool music. Useful advice from Watt. Trophies and scores give something to strive for in Practice mode.
Can't compare scores for individual mini-games. No way to track daily progress.
Forget about watching your weight and cholesterol: the latest health obsession is not with the body but with the mind, and the buzz word is "brain games." You can add Mind Medley to the growing list of games that are concerned with the size, weight, age (or, in this case, brightness) of your brain.
The idea behind brain games like Mind Medley – a category that also includes Brain Age and Big Brain Academy for the Nintendo DS and the downloadable Brainiversity – is that by performing a series of short mental exercises on a regular basis, you can increase your brain's capacity for things like memory and concentration.
That being said, Mind Medley follows the concept of the brain game fairly closely. The main mode is called Lumens Challenge, where you participate in six randomly-selected mini-games that offer various visual, memory-based and arithmetic-based challenges. You have one minute to complete as many actions as possible correctly. In Color Match, for example, you have to identify which color words are labelled with the correct color – the word "blue," for instance, could appear blue, green, red, yellow or pink. In Shadow Shapes you must click on images below that match the silhouetted shapes above (sometimes they will be moving or rotating). In Two of a Kind you have to click on the symbols that match.
Your performance is measured by a star rating (0 to 4), and if you manage at least a 3 you'll unlock a new mini-game to add to the collection. You'll also be awarded an overall "Lumens rating" which amounts to a numerical score based on all six mini-games. As your Lumens rating increases, you'll be awarded new ranks like Glowing, Shimmering and Sparkling.
After each Challenge, you can see how well you performed in each mini-game, and Mind Medley's friendly mentor, a giant light bulb named Watts, will give you feedback on where you did well and how you can improve. Disappointingly, Watts only seems to use two canned phrases. He'll say you did well on whatever game you achieved the highest score in, and that you could use some practice with whatever game you got the lowest score in, even if these scores are only separated by a couple of points.
Watts is more helpful at the beginning of each challenge, however, where he dispenses advice and strategies that I found very useful, such as assigning names to shapes in order to memorize them more easily, or working through object identification challenges methodically instead of darting your eyes around the screen.
Once a mini-game is unlocked it can be played in the Practice Area and you can select an Easy, Medium or Hard level of difficulty – in harder difficulties, for example, memory games will incorporate more objects, and identification games might ask you to identify 3 or 4 sets of items at once instead of 1 or 2. In this mode you're simply shooting for the highest score to earn bronze, silver and gold trophies.
Mind Medley features some cool graphical touches like the way Watts' eyes follow the mouse cursor, and also boasts a cool sciency music theme. However, a few factors keep me from giving it a higher endorsement.
The mini-games are a little too much like school tests to be truly compelling as pure, stand-alone entertainment, but by the same token they will appeal to people who like more unique and cerebral challenges that go beyond typical mini-game fare.
It's also disappointing that you can compare your overall Lumens Challenge score on a global leaderboard but there doesn't seem to be a way to upload your scores for individual games from Practice mode – it's these numbers that are the true measure of skill because they aren't just a sum of how many times you've played everything.
Mind Medley is not a bad game by any stretch of the imagination, but it does seem to be suffering from a bit of an identity crisis. A stronger commitment to either the brain training side or the fun mini-game side would have made it stronger.


WASHINGTON – During a hearing of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence today to consider the nomination of Bill Evanina to serve as the nation's top counterintelligence official, U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), the Committee's Vice Chairman, voiced concern that rolling back trade restrictions on Chinese telecom company ZTE would pose significant national security risks to the United States.
In recent days, President Trump has publicity expressed his desire to reverse trade restrictions placed on the company for violating sanctions on Iran and North Korea.
"On the question of counterintelligence with China, a number of members of this committee have raised concerns about certain Chinese telecom companies and their penetration into the American market. I was actually pleased that the President acted on one of those companies, ZTE. Now it appears that that is simply a bargaining chip in negotiations with China. I don't think that is the appropriate way," said Sen. Warner during the nomination hearing.
"If this is a security threat, then it is a security threat and needs to be dealt with as such — not as a bargaining chip in greater trade negotiations," added Sen. Warner.
Earlier today, Sen. Warner joined a group of 34 Senators urging President Trump not to reverse trade restrictions on ZTE.


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"Going above and beyond the call" was one of Electronic Arts' many jabs at its rival during the marketing campaign for Battlefield 3 , but an EA executive now thinks focusing on its competitors was the wrong move.
In an extensive interview with GamesIndustry International , EA Games Executive Vice President Patrick Soderland admitted that EA may have taken too much from Call of Duty.
It's nice to hear a higher-up be candid about Battlefield 3's lackluster single-player campaign, but those words don't mean much if we see the same thing in Battlefield 4. Battlefield's history is rooted in multiplayer, and its user base needs a convincing argument as to why they should even touch the single-player mode. Battlefield 3 didn't make that argument , but perhaps Battlefield 4 will.
Soderland went on to discuss Star Wars: Battlefront and the new Mirror's Edge . He called EA's decision to have DICE develop a new Mirror's Edge and Battlefront game a "no brainer." He also said that EA has wanted to make a new Mirror's Edge for a long time, but was figuring out how to make the game less frustrating (we're guessing fewer guns).
DICE certainly has its hands full with Battlefield 4, a rebooted Mirror's Edge, and a new Battlefront game all being developed at the same time. Here's hoping the studio comes out the other side of the tunnel with some good games.


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Want to Get Beyond 'Happy Birthday'? Teen Creates Website That Will Make Any Song a Wash Your Hands Jingle
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As the coronavirus continues its spread around the globe, one thing public health experts seem to agree on is this: Frequently washing your hands with soap for at least 20 seconds helps fight the spread of the COVID-19 virus. To help count down the seconds, in the English-speaking world, experts suggest singing the song "Happy Birthday" twice while you wash because the song clocks in around 20 seconds.
While the song works for the intended purpose, in the midst of an outbreak that the World Health Organization has called a pandemic and the very frequent hand washing that comes with it, some people may be eager to try another song—any other song—to sing while dutifully scrubbing away. Now, a creative teen in England has come up with a website that will turn your favorite song into a custom hand-washing infographic.
To use the website, Wash Your Lyrics, simply enter the title of a favorite song and artist (say, The Isley Brothers' "Contagious") and the site automatically generates a poster that pairs the lyrics to a 13-step hand washing routine. Reportedly Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" is the most popular choice so far.
The site, which is the creation of 17-year old William Gibson, has been a huge hit, after he tweeted out the site:
According to the BBC, "about 175,000 posters were generated on his website in its first three days." Twitter is now filled with newly-devout hand washers sharing their new favorite hand-washing jingles featuring the music of bands like BTS, Daft Punk, Rick Astley (it is the internet, after all), and other songs:
Even Miley Cyrus and Rage Against the Machine got in on the fun, tweeting out their own lyrics:
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Courtney B. Vance, Leslie Uggams, 7 Others Join Oprah Winfrey In HBO's 'Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks'
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UPDATED with Melvin Van Peebles casting: Courtney B. Vance and Leslie Uggams are among eight actors who have joined the cast of HBO Films' The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, starring Oprah Winfrey. Reg E. Cathey, Reed Birney, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, John Douglas Thompson, Adriane Lenox, Roger Robinson and Melvin Van Peebles also have landed roles in the telepic.
The film tells the true story of Henrietta Lacks (Renée Elise Goldsberry), an African-American woman whose cells were used to create the first immortal human cell line. Told through the eyes of her daughter, Deborah Lacks (Winfrey), the film chronicles her search to learn about the mother she never knew and to understand how the unauthorized harvesting of Lacks' cancerous cells in 1951 led to unprecedented medical breakthroughs, changing countless lives and the face of medicine forever. It's a story of medical arrogance and triumph, race, poverty and deep friendship between the unlikeliest of people.
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Vance, who's up for an Emmy for his role as Johnnie Cochran in FX's The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, will play Sir Lord Keenan Kester Cofield, a slick Southern con artist who tries to insert himself into the Lacks' legal matters. Uggams, an Emmy nominee for 1977's Roots, will play Sadie, Henrietta's cousin and best friend. Cathey (Outcast) is Zakariyya, Henrietta's youngest son and Deborah's brother. Birney (House of Cards) will portary Dr. George Gey, who harvested the HeLa cells from Henrietta. Santiago-Hudson (Castle) is Dr. Pattillo, a doctor and professor of gynecology who facilitated Rebecca's (Rose Byrne) communication with the Lacks family. Thompson (A Most Violent Year) will play Lawrence, Henrietta's oldest son and Deborah's older brother. Lenox (The Path) is Barbara, Lawrence's wife who helped raised Deborah and Sonny (Rocky Carroll) after Henrietta's death. Robinson (Custody) will play Day Lacks, Henrietta's widower and father of their children.Van Peebles is Cootie, Henrietta's first cousin.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is based on the bestseller by Rebecca Skloot, who is a co-executive producer on the film. George C. Wolfe is writer-director of the Harpo Films drama, which is exec produced by Winfrey, Carla Gardini, Alan Ball Peter Macdissi and Lydia Dean Pilcher.


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Admittedly, I didn't really know what to expect from The Walking Dead Card Game.
The Walking Dead Card Game is something that, literally, anyone can get into extremely quickly with less than a minute of explanation needed. Better yet, it plays up to ten people, so it really does work in a large group/party atmosphere. It can also be set up and put away in seconds as it only consists of cards and a small storage box – no chits, no dice, no other pieces whatsoever.
So how do you play it? Well, there are a couple of ways to play it actually. Mode or gameplay #1 is called "Survivor Mode" and plays 3-10 players. There are a total of 104 cards, numbered sequentially, which are shuffled together. Ten cards are dealt to each player and four are placed face up in the middle of the play area. If you are playing with less than ten people, the remaining cards are placed aside, out of the game. Each player simultaneously selects one card to play from their hand per turn, so the game will always play for ten turns – this way it still plays extremely quickly regardless of the player count. Once each player selects and places their card face down in front of them, they are all flipped over and placed in ascending order. The four cards that we placed initially serve as the starting cards for the four rows you will build. One by one, the cards played each turn are placed (again, in ascending order) to the right of the card with the closest numerical value.
For example, let's say the four center cards are numbered 36, 48, 66, and 20. Once everyone has flipped over the card from their hand they wish to play, you have a 55 card and the person next to you played a 49. The lowest value gets placed first and would sit to the right of the 48 – it is closest to the numerical order and ascending. Assuming you are next, your 55 would then be put next to the newly placed 49. Although it is numerically higher than three of the columns, its number is closest to 49. If you have no cards to play that are a higher number than any of the cards in the center, than you are forced to play one which is a lower value. You may place this next to any available row and collect every card in that row, making your newly placed lower-number card the new starting card in the row. The collected cards are stacked in front of you and represent walkers that are bearing down on you so, obviously, the object is to collect as few cards as possible. The other way that you'll be forced to take cards is, if you are placing a card in a row that already has five cards. The sixth card that you would have placed also becomes the new row starter and you take all five existing cards. Once everyone plays everything in their hand, players that were made to take cards will look at them. Each card has a number of bullets associated with it – you count up the bullets in your stack and the player with the fewest points is the winner. I enjoyed Survivor Mode and the strategic elements inherent in the design, especially as your hand size begins to decrease.
It was my preferred way to play, however "Hero Mode" may be what draws more people in.
In Hero Mode, 2-6 players are dealt a total of sixteen cards. Fifteen of these are the numbered cards we discussed in the previous section, while the sixteenth is one of six randomly dealt Hero cards.
Each hero (Maggie, Daryl, Rick, Andrea, Glenn, and T-Dog) serves the same function but offers a photo of that character from the show. In this variant, players may play one or two cards each turn and are vying to claim as many rows of cards as they can as opposed to avoiding them. The only way to do this in Hero Mode is by placing the sixth card – playing a card that is a lower denomination than anything in the play area will simply force you to place it to the right of the highest numbered card available. The interesting mechanic they cooked up for this mode involves your hero card which, when played in conjunction with a numbered card, allows you to place that card first in that turn, regardless of its number value. This is a good way to snipe some points on a stack that's already five cards deep. Once all players have played their cards (and remember, since you can play up to two cards in this mode, more frugal players may still have cards to play after others have already used everything) players would count up the bullets in their score stacks with the highest score claiming victory.
Again, it's a very simple mechanic and works well as a light, casual card game. The box recommends it for players who are 15 or older but, really, if you have a kid who doesn't mind the gruesome artwork, the mechanics present here actually make it an excellent game to play with kids. There are three different zombie photos used on the numbered cards, all taken from the television show, as well as the six "hero" cards I touched on – making for 110 cards total packaged in a small-ish box for easy storage and transport along with a concise instruction booklet.
The cardstock material is rather nice and the backs of each card share the same killer artwork that's on the box (you have to admit, that's a pretty badass photo).
If you're a fan of the TV show, the Walking Dead Card Game already carries the aesthetic you dig and has a fun, light game to back it up. And even if you're critical of the show, you'll still find yourself having a good time as the theme doesn't intrude into the actual mechanics.
So do yourself a favor and pick up this gem of a game.


Providing corporate loans almost requires a jeweller's approach. The Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bank Zapadny, Dmity Leus, talks about his partnership with Vnesheconombank (VEB), today's survival strategies of Russian niche commercial banks, the idiosyncracies of state-of-the art risk management, and the Bank's expansion plans.
— Dmitry Isaakovich, what is your assessment of the current state of the Russian economy? Is the banking sector feeling the stagnation announced by certain analysts?
— To give assessments and predictions is an ungrateful task. The Russian and worldwide economy are such that no one can hope to grasp the full picture and make plausible forecasts. Today, even senior analysts equiped with the most refined methods of forecasting struggle at making straightforward statements. I will therefore not engage in forecasts and complex theories. However, I am prepared to simply share some thoughts on the current market situation.
In my view, at the present moment neither a crisis situation nor a sudden breakdown is to be expected. What is more likely is a situation of slow stagnation requiring some time for adaptation. The banking sector, the regulator, and private enterprises will need to focus on their core activities again. In such circumstances, market participants need to adjust their behaviour in order to work effectively and survive.
We must keep in mind that the popularity of any bank's core products is in many ways a function of the general market situation. How to explain otherwise the fact that almost all financial institutions rushed into consumer credits in recent years? Banks are only ready to take risks if they are rewarded by profits. If, however, costs of funds are high, banks need to play by different rules if they want to develop sustainably.
Thus, as long as costs of funds were low, Bank Zapadny actively increased its mortgage loan portfolio. At the same time, we heavily invested into our IT infrastructure, created a professional management team, and opened new branches at strategic locations. However, we were constraind to adjust our expansion plans in the aftermath of the financial crisis of 2008. For a short while, we had recourse to various refinancing options, but quickly realized that our profit margin in this particular segment was too small. Like many other financial market players, we finally had to adapt our strategy to the new environment. Hence, our attention switched to new lending products with smaller margins but higher volumes, and repayment schedules ranging between 2 and 3 years.
— Is it true to say that Bank Zapadny is now mainly active in the segment of consumer loans like most of its competitors?
This is correct, but we are not inactive, and plan to expand our presence in other sectors. Consumer loans constitute a significant part of our current portfolio, but we also plan to address the capital needs of small and mid-size businesses (SMB) and to provide corporate loans.
As you may know, we have recently signed our first contract with SME Bank (The Russian Bank for Small and Medium Enterprises Support) – a subsidiary of Vnesheconombank (VEB). Funds will be used for corporate lending, mainly through our regional offices. This will undoubtedly have a positive impact on the development of Russia's regional economy. Bank Zapadny has the intention of continuing its co-operation with SME Bank and sign additional contracts over RUB 3bn.
Overall, we have been providing loans to SME Bank for quite some time. For example, in the past we offered a product called "The Millionaire", whereby individual entrepreneurs were eligible to receive credits amounting to RUB 1 million if they met certain criteria. Accordingly, we have accumulated experience in valuing small businesses and have even developed our own approach when lending to entrepreneurs. We can always return to this practice even when times are difficult.
It is my deep conviction that banks need to be diversified, even if some of my Russian colleagues may disagree. In today's market environment, only effective diversification is able to successfully mitigate certain regulatory risks. Thus, as long as there is a popular consensus that higher than normal profit margins can only be attained at the price of higher risks, even a profitable bank, if it concentrates its assets in high-margin product lines, may face the risk of a regulatory crackdown.
— There is room for debate. The crisis has also shown that in the segment of consumer lending repayment shortfalls have only slowly increased whereas corporate creditors have had recourse to several tricks such as automatic rollovers in order to hide away their repayment difficulties.
— I agree with your observation. Every credit decision involves a bank's model for financial risk management.
Bank Zapadny disposes of a strict system for financial risk modelling. Every day, we receive approximately 2500 new credit requests from private individuals. Among all these requests, only about 18% receive final credit approval. In addition, repayment shortfalls of up to 60 days are being addressed by our debt collection services. The latter's collection strategy is permanently being adapted to prevailing market conditions. For example, there existed a period when we completely stopped lending to individuals under the age of 25, as we observed a specific age-related absence of repayment discipline.
Furthermore, our analysts are monitoring Bank Zapadny's credit portfolio on an ongoing basis. We provide RUB 1bn of finance to the Russian population every month, which constitutes a relatively small amount. On the other hand, it is just enough to subject our credit porfolio to a thorough analysis and take ad-hoc decisions when needed. In light of the Bank's 70 branches across Russia I may add that working in the Russian regions has proven easier than in the capital, as loan repayment rates have historically been higher in the periphery. In total, our current private-loan default rate amounts to only 6 percent.
In contrast, in the realm of small and mid-size businesses we have so far practically not seen any arrears at all, which may be due to the fact that we have entered this market relatively recently. Thanks to our cautious approach to risk, I am convinced that our default rate in this segment will be even lower than in our private lending activities.
Let us not forget that consumer lending in general is a mass market that is dominated by standardized processes. SMB lending, on the other hand, allows for an individual approach taking into consideration a credit request's multitude of layers. Thus, prior to being forwarded to our centralized Credit Committee in Moscow, every corporate credit submission is carefully prepared in one of Bank Zapadny's regional branches. For example, our regional credit specialists conduct site visits during which they value the respective company's market standing, monitor contractual partners, and go through a potential client's consolidated financial statements. This in-depth approach enables us to select the top tier out of 10 applications.
— Your bank has been in existence on the Russian market since 1993. This is an important period for the relatively young Russian banking sector. Bank Zapadny has lived through more than one crisis. Based on your experience, which should be the strategy of today's commercial banks in Russia.
The survival strategy for niche commercial banks in contemporary Russia with its economic uncertainties consists in sound risk management.
From a business perspective, the secret of success for weathering any crisis consists in the strong will of a bank's owners and stakeholders to preserve and develop their business. The first thing which is thought in business administration courses is the theory of economic choice, that is, the choice one must make when faced with two or more alternative uses of a resource. Crisis economics simply dramatizes this basic economic choice.
The banking industry today presents higher risks than other economic activities. Taking these risks is the choice of every shareholder and manager. I arrive at work before 8 am and leave the bank after 8 pm. But this is the only way to work in order to achieve good results. The banking industry consists of a multitude of little things hardly recognizable to outsiders. However, taken together they critically impact the bank's financial results. Every aspect of the business must receive its due attention, starting with administrative tasks and ending with the closure of big transactions. There are a million of details which may escape the attention of the bank's managing director. A permanently heightened state of alert should therefore become the responsible banker's second nature. In my opinion, a bank controlled and managed by its owners is the best guarantee of success.
The right risk management does not consist in doing the maths and ticking the box. Rather, it consists in picking up the faint signal of today that will become tomorrow's big challenge – a practice the Austrian economist and management consultant Peter Drucker has called the anticipation of a future that has already happened. Risks are present in every form of business. However, some risks are balanced by reasonable rewards, others are not. The essence of entrepreneurship consists in getting this balance right.
As stated earlier, when a financial institution concentrates on a few core products it is already taking an important risk. We have therefore taken the decision to enlarge our product palette to include lending offerings for SMBs in the Russian regions, in addition to corporate lending.
— What motivated your decision to develop SMB lending?
First and foremost, we came to the conclusion that our financial positions would allow such an undertaking. Secondly, we already disposed of in-depth market knowledge and had the feeling of having a good understanding of our future customers. In addition, the platform was already in place – a professional team, our prior expertise, functioning IT solutions and regional presence.
— Which are the most popular products your bank offers for SMBs? Are there any joint programs?
Our lending solutions for SMBs do not exceed RUB 3m with a minimal amount of RUB 30k and durations not exceeding 3 years. Interest rates are calculated on a case-by-case basis reflecting the client's financial indicators, with a minimal interest rate of 15% p.a. For seasonal businesses we may provide for individual repayment schedules.
To qualify for a loan, a company must have been on the market for over a year, and state participation should not exceed 25%. Also, the company's headcount should not be over 250 people. The company must have met all its tax and social obligations. On the other hand, we do not have any preferences with regard to the nature of the business and are prepared to deal with companies operating in such various sectors as shops, restaurants, hotels, software firms, car service stations, and building companies. Everyone is welcome.
When making the credit decision we analyze a company's business plan, its financial situation, in addition to its credit history with other banks, etc. The company should have sound financials and be profitable.
We stimulate entrepreneurs to engage in joint ventures and are prepared to gain a deep understanding of their core activities. Bank Zapadny has an individual approach to every borrower. We are interested in a long-term partnership with our corporate client. Hence we invite them to transfer their working capital to the bank. This allows the bank to easily analyze its clients' financial condition and provides them with the opportunity to deepen collaboration through more favorable conditions and interest rates.
We practically do not take account-keeping commissions and where we do such commissions are in stark disproportion to the liquidity we provided. Rather, having our clients' account with us enables us to better understand their activity, thereby increasing transparency. Based on my experience I can say that most such clients remain faithful to us, event long after the loan has been paid back. This means that we have gained their trust. They know that they have earned their right for preferential treatment going forward. In addition, we know the management team of such companies, their market standing, and many other details.
— Over the last year Bank Zapadny has significantly increased its presence in the Russian regions. What dictated such a move? Is it the smaller amount of initial capital investments, the lower level of competition with other financial market players, or a heightend focus on the renaissance of SMBs in the regions?
This choice was determined by a whole range of factors. First of all, corporate borrowers in the regions are much more disciplined – their default rate is below 1 percent. Secondly, in opposition to the capital, the regional credit market is not overheated. There is a lack of financial institutions in small Russian towns, and clients are far more attentive to new opportunities. Our regional network counts over 70 branches, with a rising tendency. Our strategy in this regard is very simple: we open a branch, take it to its break-even point, and open a new one. Finally, with regard to organizational issues, it is easier to set up a new business in the Russian regions. Our managers have the opportunity to visit their customers, evaluate their businesses, and establish a personal relationship.
I see great potential in the revival of small and medium-sized businesses in the Russian regions.
Запись опубликована 30.06.2015 автором admin в рубрике Без рубрики с метками Dmitry Leus.


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Boss Dave Artell is wary of the threat posed by a 'much improved' Colchester United side, but insists his side have the quality to beat the U's this weekend.
The Alex gaffer is hoping to end a run of six games without a win, but isn't taking anything for granted against the side pushing for the play-offs.
Artell said: "They're a far better team than what they were when we played them down there.
"They've got a decent midfield, two powerful strikers, and three solid defenders - a bit of everything.
"If we play like we played down there, especially in that first half, and defend set pieces properly, then we've got a great chance of winning the game.
"We've got to make sure that we respect them but don't fear them. Are they beatable? Yes. But so were Accrington and every team in this league - we've got to make sure we believe it and go out there and prove it."
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In this April 16, 2018 photo, the Grand Chief of the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs, Stewart Phillip, gives a news conference with Indigenous leaders and politicians opposed to the expansion of the Trans Mountain oil pipeline in Vancouver. Behind is William George, a member of the Tsleil-Waututh First Nation and a guardian at the watch house near Kinder Morgan's facility in Burnaby. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press)
Opponents in B.C. to ramp up protests against Trans Mountain pipeline
Tsleil-Waututh Nation member: "If it has to get ugly, it will get ugly"
Opponents of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion say they will do whatever it takes to stop the project after suffering a devastating legal blow at the Federal Court of Appeal.
Tsleil-Waututh Nation member Will George says activists will be scheduling meetings in the next few days to plan future actions and "if it has to get ugly, it will get ugly."
George says he expects more protesters to gather at existing demonstration sites in B.C. including a "watch house" outside a shipping terminal in Burnaby and a collection of tiny homes in the Interior.
Squamish Nation Coun. Khelsilem says there are a number of people willing to defend the province's coast and the lengthy battle at the Federal Court has delayed a confrontation on the ground.
The Tsleil-Waututh and Squamish were among four Indigenous groups that lost a challenge before the court on Tuesday, but they may still seek leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada.
Construction on the federally owned project has begun at terminals and along the right-of-way in Alberta but about 88 per cent of the detailed route in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley has yet to be approved.
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Buizer, M., Arts, B. and Kok, K. (2011) Governance, scale and the environment: The importance of recognizing knowledge claims in transdisciplinary arenas. Ecology and Society, 16 (1).
Any present day approach of the world's most pressing environmental problems involves both scale and governance issues. After all, current local events might have long-term global consequences (the scale issue) and solving complex environmental problems requires policy makers to think and govern beyond generally used time-space scales (the governance issue). To an increasing extent, the various scientists in these fields have used concepts like social-ecological systems, hierarchies, scales and levels to understand and explain the "complex cross-scale dynamics" of issues like climate change. A large part of this work manifests a realist paradigm: the scales and levels, either in ecological processes or in governance systems, are considered as "real". However, various scholars question this position and claim that scales and levels are continuously (re)constructed in the interfaces of science, society, politics and nature. Some of these critics even prefer to adopt a non-scalar approach, doing away with notions such as hierarchy, scale and level. Here we take another route, however. We try to overcome the realistconstructionist dualism by advocating a dialogue between them on the basis of exchanging and reflecting on different knowledge claims in transdisciplinary arenas. We describe two important developments, one in the ecological scaling literature and the other in the governance literature, which we consider to provide a basis for such a dialogue. We will argue that scale issues, governance practices as well as their mutual interdependencies should be considered as human constructs, although dialectically related to nature's materiality, and therefore as contested processes, requiring intensive and continuous dialogue and cooperation among natural scientists, social scientists, policy makers and citizens alike. They also require critical reflection on scientists' roles and on academic practices in general. Acknowledging knowledge claims provides a common ground and point of departure for such cooperation, something we think is not yet sufficiently happening, but which is essential in addressing today's environmental problems.


Your auto insurance policy may end up costing you several thousands of dollars annually. This depends on many factors such as your driving record, location, type of vehicle, credit rating and age. Each car insurance company offers different premiums for the insurance they sell. You need to remember that auto insurance companies are competing for your business, so it may be time to switch to a new insurance provider.
As you can see, there are many good reasons to switch your current car insurance provider. However, you need to be aware of some important issues before doing so.
As with any important purchase, you should shop around for the best deal when you are looking for a new insurance provider. Review the rates, type of coverage, customer satisfaction policies, background and reputation of various insurers before making your choice. Fortunately, it is now easier than ever to compare insurance companies. Thanks to the Internet, you can quickly and easily review many companies by visiting their website – without even leaving your home!
Before you decide to change auto insurance providers, be sure you have thoroughly read every relevant document issued by your current and prospective insurer. These include recent bills, available discounts, renewal notices, details of insurance coverage and all policy papers.
The optimal time to change auto insurance providers is approximately one month before your current insurance policy needs to be renewed. By doing so, you won't have to pay for the start-up and printing expenses charged by a company for renewing your policy. You can also avoid having to determine the amount of any unused premium that you are owed.
If you decide to cancel your existing insurance policy, you must notify you auto insurance provider in writing and include the exact date you wish your current policy to be canceled. Never cancel your current policy before ensuring you have obtained a new insurance policy. Otherwise, you may find yourself uninsured for a short period of time and without coverage in the case of an accident.
You may also be reported to the Department of Motor Vehicles for driving without insurance coverage. This may affect your ability to obtain new insurance coverage and it may ruin your credit rating. Certain states may require you to show proof that you have obtained a new auto insurance policy before they will accept your new policy.
If you are able to find better coverage or a lower rate, it makes sense to switch to a new auto insurance provider. Conduct some research to ensure you are changing to a reliable insurance company. You may be able to complete the entire process in as little as one day if you provide your new insurance agent with the name of your previous insurer, name of your former insurance agent, cancellation date and details of your previous insurance policy.


Benny Andersen (1929-2018) was a Danish songwriter, poet, author, composer and pianist. He is one of the most widely read and best loved of modern Danish lyricists, often associated with his collaboration with singer Povl Dissing. His best known work is Svante's Ballads (Svantes viser) from 1972, which is included in the Danish Culture Canon.


happy Saturday, all! i hope you're having a great weekend so far. i'm feeling tired tonight but i wanted to take a moment and share a card with you. hello there, have a nice day! isn't that a nice sentiment for a greeting card?
when i'm on a color hunt for a project--i.e. looking for anything and everything in my stash that is pink or green or blue, etc--i inevitably find old products that i want to use on something else ASAP. does that ever happen to you? it happens to me all. the. time. that's why i always have about 18 different projects going on at once! here's one i actually finished!
i went all the way back to the Random line from Crate for this one, finding the black and white chevron paper and remembering how much i loved it when i first got it. i'm also still a little obsessed with black and yellow together. the contrast between a true black and a bright yellow is just beautiful; don't be surprised if you see it again and again in my future projects! i had some yellow word bubble paper from Party Day sitting out on my desk, and i just started laying the card out from there. i added a couple pieces from On Trend--the "Hello There" sticker and the pink bird card. the bright pink gives the card some extra pops of color so i found a couple of other little pink bits and layered them on the card, too. everything came together pretty quick, all thanks to a color hunt from a couple of months ago!
thank you so much for all the comments on the the pink and gold kit. there's still one more day to leave a quick comment for a chance to win the kit! just go here and tell us how you would use the pieces of the kit. i love hearing all of your ideas!
coming next week...a bit more yellow and black, some hot pink, and silver glitter...good stuff! enjoy the rest of your weekend!
Love the card. I really like the red and yellow pops with the black and white.
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Lewis Mills (born 30 May 1989) is a Wales international rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Crusaders in the  Super League, and is dual registered with the South Wales Scorpions in the Championship 1. He signed for the Crusaders, then Celtic Crusaders in 2008, after coming through the youth ranks at the Newport Titans. Mills' position of preference is . Mills made his Super League début in 2009's Super League XIV, coming off the bench in a round 24 loss away to Wakefield Trinity Wildcats. He has since played one three more occasions, all of which were substitute appearances. Mills also gained national honours, playing for his native Wales in their European Cup success in 2009.

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Lewis Mills was born in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales.

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It's far from perfect, but The Who's fourth album 'Tommy' helped restore their reputation and established the archetype of the rock opera.
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Although forged during a period of professional turmoil, 'The White Album' feels like the most relevant and urgent Beatles album 50 years on.
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Although his influence is often taken for granted, it is important on the 50th anniversary of 'Electric Ladyland' to remember what Jimi Hendrix could do with a guitar.
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A double EP in Britain and a full album in the States, 'Magical Mystery Tour' is an interesting curio in The Beatles' catalogue, and a full-stop to a brilliant 1967.
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Pink Floyd's debut album 'The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn' is the greatest testament to the genius of Syd Barrett, as well as a key evolutionary milestone in British psychedelia.
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Edmonton city site was dinosaur dining room
Dr. Phil Currie works in a dinosaur bone bed, located near Edmonton.
A dinosaur bone bed in southwest Edmonton that served as a feeding area for the direct ancestor of Tyrannosaurus rex has revealed that two dinosaurs, thought to have lived in different eras, actually lived at the same time.
Scientists digging for bones at the site this year discovered fossils of Edmontosaurus and Saurolophus this year.
"We weren't expecting it," said Dr Phil Currie, a world-renowned paleontologist with the University of Alberta Faculty of Science. Until this find in Edmonton, the Saurolophus and Edmontosaurus had only been found at different levels in the rocks near Drumheller.
In Drumheller, Saurolophus fossils are never found in the same localities as Edmontosaurus. According to Currie, finding fossils of both plant-eating species together "means they were here at the same time. It's a new discovery."
Currie and his team of students and volunteers from BP Canada Energy Company also found a lot of teeth from Daspletosaurus, a meat-eating dinosaur from the tyrannosaurus family and a direct ancestor of Tyrannosaurus rex. The finding means Daspletosaurus used the spot as a feeding area.
Like most other meat-eating dinosaurs, Daspletosaurus replaced their teeth every year and a half to two years. The cycle would begin as their teeth loosened. Just like humans, a new tooth would grow and their body would dissolve away the root of the old tooth leaving them with a loose crown.
"Daspletosaurus couldn't really take their little hands and wiggle their teeth," explained Currie. "When they were feeding on big dinosaurs, the loose teeth would fall out and get mixed in with the bones of the animals they were eating."
Currie and his team also found tooth marks on some of the bones. "All Tyrannosaurus had really powerful jaws. They could bite through bone," said Currie, who also expects to eventually find Albertosaurus fossils in the bone bed. Albertosaurus is another meat-eating dinosaur that lived in the same area and time - the late Cretaceous period between 80 and 73 million years ago - as the others.
Currie calls the bone bed site one of the best sites in the world. "This is the kind of thing you see in some of the best dinosaur sites in the world. There are a few sites in China where we have thick bone beds like this."
Research on the site will continue for many years. While there are many Edmontosaurus bone beds from Alaska to South Dakota, Currie says the animal really hasn't been studied much. "We don't even know how many species we're dealing with. We're not sure how long it lived, we're not sure what kind of environments it lived in. There's a whole bunch of questions relating to the Edmontosaurus that we can solve if we put the time into it," he said.
He added that Phil Bell, an MSc student who is doing his thesis on this material, will study the bone bed to see what else it reveals.
Source: University of Alberta
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1393 Nepali DV winners of 2021 succeed in getting Visa
N24 Correspondent, KATHMANDU:- According to the US State Department's Bureau of Consular Affairs, only 1393 of the DV winners of the fiscal year 2021 have been able to obtain visas and adjust their status. The 1993 winners, including the primary DV winner and their family members, were able to obtain visas and adjust status within a six-month period.
Due to the Corona epidemic and the immigration ban imposed by Donald Trump, none of the DV winners could get visas from October to March. Even in April and May, the US Embassy in Kathmandu did not issue diversity visas to any Nepalis. However, in April, 10 Nepalis and in May, 5 Nepalis were able to obtain visas or adjust their status from Kathmandu.
In June, the US Embassy in Kathmandu began issuing visas to DV winners. But in June, a total of 16 people from Kathmandu were issued diversity visas. However, the total number of Nepalis getting diversity visas and adjusting their status in that month was 23.
Nepalis living in the United States can adjust their status with USCIS if they get a DV, while Nepalis living in other countries can get a visa from an embassy in a country other than Kathmandu if they get a DV.
In July, the US embassy in Kathmandu issued diversity visas to a very small number of 83 people. Two had received status adjustments or visas from other embassies. In other words, a total of 85 Nepalis managed to get diversity visas in July.
In August, the US Embassy in Kathmandu issued a significant number of diversity visas. That is, 479 Nepalis received diversity visas from the Kathmandu embassy in August. Adding the number of people from other places and those who adjust their status, it is seen that a total of 493 Nepalis got diversity visas in August.
The embassy in Kathmandu had issued diversity visas to 759 people in September after a court ruled in favor of the Ministry of External Affairs to revoke the applicable visa priority and issue diversity visas in good faith. Adding the number of people receiving and adjusting status from other places, a total of 777 Nepalis appear to have received diversity visas in September.


Chelsea slipped 10 points behind Manchester City in the Premier League title race after a shock defeat at feisty Wolves.
The hosts ended a two-month wait for a win with quickfire second-half goals from Raul Jimenez and Diogo Jota clinching a 2-1 victory.
Ruben Loftus-Cheek's deflected strike opened the scoring for the Blues but they now sit fourth to seriously trail leaders City.
Pep Guardiola's side visit Stamford Bridge on Saturday with Chelsea facing a must-win game to avoid slipping further behind after a second defeat in three league outings.
Maurizio Sarri's five changes backfired as Alvaro Morata again drew a blank and Andreas Christensen was culpable for both Wolves goals.
Wolves had lost five of their previous six games but showed excellent fight at Molineux to recover and lift themselves up to 12th.
Chelsea bossed the first half and Rui Patricio gathered Hazard's tame effort early on while Morata fired over after 12 minutes.
But the visitors did not have to wait long to open the scoring when they grabbed a slice of fortune 18 minutes in.
Hazard found Loftus-Cheek on the edge of the box and the England international's shot took a wicked deflection off Conor Coady's head to deceive Patricio and fly in.
The mercurial Hazard had begun to pull the strings and he was soon brought down by Joao Moutinho, with Patricio turning Willian's free-kick over at full stretch.
Wolves barely threatened although Cesc Fabregas needed to produce an excellent challenge on Morgan Gibbs-White.
The soft centre of Nuno's side had been ruthlessly exposed by Brighton, Huddersfield and Cardiff in recent weeks.
But Ryan Bennett showed his steel six minutes before half-time when he arrived from nowhere to block from Willian after the Brazilian raced clean through.
Chelsea had won the previous four meetings by an aggregate score of 13-1 and Morata almost added to their haul only for Willy Boly to reach Loftus-Cheek's teasing cross first less than a minute after the break.
Seven-goal Morata then horribly miscued a header before Willian and N'Golo Kante drilled wide.
But, however comfortable Chelsea appeared, they were undone by the hosts who turned the game on its head in four minutes.
First, after 59 minutes, Gibbs-White found Jimenez and he outpaced Christensen before drilling through Kepa Arrizabalaga – with the keeper needing to do better.
Then, four minutes later, Christensen gifted Wolves possession.
Chelsea failed to initially clear and the ball was eventually worked to Matt Doherty and his low cross was converted by the unmarked Jota.
The visitors struggled to respond despite Sarri throwing on Olivier Giroud, Pedro and Mateo Kovacic.
Hazard shot over and Fabregas sliced off target with three minutes left as Chelsea chased a leveller which never came.
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Majority white sorority elects first black president
A University of Alabama sorority has elected its first black president. The majority white organization Sigma Delta Tau voted Hannah Patterson into the position last week. Patterson, who has been a member of the sorority for a year, says that she ran for president to help her sorority grow.
From WSFA 12:
The 22-year-old engineering student went through formal sorority recruitment but didn't find one that fit. She doesn't believe her race played a role.But Patterson bonded with the sisters of Sigma Delta Tau, a historically Jewish sorority, during a period of informal recruiting.
Read more at WSFA 12
Patterson is one of three black members in the chapter. She doesn't believe her race played a role with her election. "The girls voted for me because they saw my leadership skills and everything. I guess that was kind of a coincidence. But I didn't think they looked at my race," Patterson said.
Congratulations to Hannah for making history!
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Do you believe that Patterson's race played a role in her being elected to the role?
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Q: Comparison of objects in django Models
class Weapon_Class(models.Model):
    title = models.CharField(max_length = 50)
    description = models.TextField()

    def __str__(self):
        return self.title

class Gun(models.Model):
    weapon_type = models.ForeignKey(Weapon_Class, on_delete = models.CASCADE)
    name = models.CharField(max_length = 50)
    magazine_size = models.IntegerField(default = 0)
    damage = models.IntegerField(default = 0)
    fire_rate = models.IntegerField(default = 0)
    description = models.TextField()

    def __str__(self):
        return self.name

Views
class Weapon_class_view(ListView):
    model = Weapon_Class
    template_name = 'weapon_class.html'
    # print(Weapon_Class.objects.all()[1].headline)

    def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
        context = super().get_context_data(**kwargs)
        context['items'] = Weapon_Class.objects.all().count()
        context['weapons'] = list(Weapon_Class.objects.all())
        context['arm'] = (Gun.objects.all())

        return context

Template
{% for weapon in weapons %}

{{ weapon.title }}

    {% for g in arm %}
        {% if g.weapon_type == weapon.title %}

{{g.name}}

        {% endif %}
    {% endfor %}
{% endfor %}

It displays nothing on the browser but it should display the name of different guns like type 25 which is the assault rifle or MW11 which is the pistol

A: I found another way of doing it. Convert it into a string. Use slugify
    {% for g in arm %}
        {% if g.weapon_type|slugify == weapon.title|slugify %}

{{ g.name }}

        {% endif %}
    {% endfor %}

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Bunte retiring as Chief of Brayton Fire Training Field
COLLEGE STATION - Chief Les Bunte is retiring as Director of the Emergency Services Training Institute and the Brayton Fire Training Field, which are operated by the Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX). Bunte is credited with many improvements in the training of Texas firefighters and upgrades to the fire training facility in College Station, as well as the expansion of training partnerships across the globe.
Since he joined TEEX eight years ago, Bunte has overseen a number of major improvement projects at the Brayton Fire Training Field, including new buildings and new training props as well as a wastewater treatment plant and a fire extinguisher refill facility. The most recent upgrade includes new pavement and parking lots throughout the 120-acre campus.
He has also spearheaded efforts to train more volunteer firefighters across the state and improve the curriculum and certification by the National Fire Protection Association and ProBoard. Bunte also established the Texas Fire Officer Program and the EMS Leadership Academy. He was awarded the Regents Fellow Service Award by The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents in 2010.
Bunte came to TEEX after a 29-year career at the Austin Fire Department where he rose to the position of Assistant Chief, but his ties to TEEX and Brayton Fire Training Field go back much further. He recalls his first trip to the Municipal Fire Training School at Brayton as an Explorer Scout in the late 1960s, and then served as a guest instructor at the annual Municipal Fire Training School for 27 years. He said it was a great honor to come back as head of the school.
He first joined the fire service as a junior firefighter with the Georgetown Fire Department, where he later served as Chief. Bunte graduated from Southwest Texas State University and the LBJ School of Public Affairs of the University of Texas.
Of his 30 years in the municipal fire service, Bunte said, "I've enjoyed each and every moment of it. It's been a great run." He told employees of the Emergency Services Training Institute: "I hope history will show that we made a difference and left this place a little better than we found it."
Bunte was honored at a reception at the H.D. Smith Building, one of the additions to the Brayton Fire Training Field completed under his leadership. In a memo to employees and customers, Bunte said: "I am extremely proud of all the accomplishments that we made at the Fire School over the last eight years…We are truly the largest and best fire and rescue training school in the world and each of you contributed to that….My greatest honor has been to serve you as the Chief of the Fire School and to proudly serve with the men and women of ESTI and TEEX."
Bunte said his retirement will allow him to spend more time on his business ventures in Bryan/College Station.
Bunte's position will be filled by Interim Division Director Robert Moore while a search is conducted for Bunte's replacement.


How do you say "crib" in Spanish?
What's the word for "crib" in Spanish?
Here in Chicago, water cribs bring drinking water from Lake Michigan to the city. The first one was constructed almost 150 years ago two miles out in the lake, far from urban pollution, an engineering feat in its time.
But if you ask the average bilingual person about crib in Spanish without any context, they'd say "cuna." I'd say "cuna." It's the most common meaning. But context is everything. Cuna doesn't feel right in this instance. So let me check.
If I open up the Oxford Spanish Dictionary, an excellent bilingual source, and look up crib, I get cuna for "children's bed"; or belén for "nativity scene"; or chuleta for "cheat sheet for an exam." None of these seems right. I've never heard or read those words used to refer to an industrial-sized construction.
So let's look at the meaning of crib in English in the American Heritage Dictionary. One of the meanings is "5. A framework to support or strengthen a mine or shaft." If you think about it, a crib (for children) is a framework around a bed so babies don't fall out. This might be the real term we want to translate: framework.
Maybe I should call up Chicago Water Management to see if they have a Spanish-language term. This is a multi-lingual city, after all, and the utility would be the authoritative source. Or maybe I could contact a Spanish-language news outlet to see if they've already wrestled with the question.
This is why a translation can sometimes take a lot longer than you might expect. Words that look simple hide linguistic landmines. And sometimes accuracy reaches life-or-death urgency, such as the translation of a medical record for someone critically ill, or the instructions for operating a nuclear power plant. This is why translators specialize. They build up their vocabularies.
In any case, how does Chicago's water taste? Fine. And unlike some locales, Chicago has a virtually never-ending supply coming in through those cribs.
This was cross-posted on Facebook, and my friends and friends of friends there offered excellent suggestions.
Now I'd like to hear the Spanish term used in Chicago!
I've never heard the term 'water crib' before - and, in fact, I'm not familiar with this type of near-surface water intake.
I'd probably go with 'water intake' (also the term used on hydrological maps) and give an explanation - this does not strike me as a term, but rather as a concept.
Yes, "water intake" is probably good: entrada del agua.
I'll keep an ear out for what Spanish-speaking people here call it. Although probably they say "el crib."