When you think about it, there is nobody more responsible for how you feel than yourself. You can decide to focus on nothing but your negatives, or you can recog-nize the upside of being you. This is good news, because it means you can im-prove a poor mood any time simply by feeling better about yourself. The follow-ing 5 tips and best practices have proven effective for building your self-esteem when it has taken a hit, when you need a mental or emotional boost.
Be careful here. This is not a free license to pig out on some unhealthy, highly pro-cessed candy bars or 2,000 calorie desserts. The self-esteem boosting move here is to eat some natural dark chocolate, without added sugar, preservatives and other ingredients. The chemicals in dark chocolate cause the same reaction in your brain that you experience when you feel loved and appreciated.
Studies show you only need to eat two or three small pieces of dark chocolate to boost your self-esteem and feelings of overall well-being.
One of the easiest ways to recognize what is causing you to feel poorly about yourself is to track those experiences. As soon as you begin to question yourself and think negative thoughts about who you are and what you are capable of, break out your journal. The things going on in your environment may be uncon-sciously causing your low self-esteem.
What can you smell? What do you see? Who are you spending time with? What physical environment are you in right now? Did you just try to accomplish some-thing and fell short of success? Keep these and any other thoughts and feelings in your self-esteem journal. You should also record what is happening when you feel high levels of self-love and self -appreciation. You may be surprised to find there are patterns which you can avoid to keep from second-guessing yourself and knocking your self-esteem.
When you are daily grateful for the things around you, you will find yourself feel-ing better about who you are and where you are in the world. Each morning when you arise and just before you lay your head on your pillow, think about the won-derful things you currently enjoy. These can be friends, experiences, gifts or abili-ties. Then think about the wonderful gifts you are grateful for in your past, even if they may not be present now.
Doing this each morning and each evening is a simple way to develop powerful self-esteem which can get you through the day, no matter what life throws at you.
Routines, standard operating procedures (SOPs) and patterns are like nirvana to the brain. Your brain loves recognizing patterns and then habitually and automati-cally responding. When you have some purpose to your day, the odds that you will complete that day with a sense of self-worth and self -appreciation are higher than if you simply let life happen. The more routines, goals and SOPs you can cre-ate in your life, the better it is for your self-esteem.
We all fail. We are never going to be 100% successful at anything, and that is just a part of being human. If you were to write down every failure and lack of success you have experienced in your life, you would probably be staggered by the quan-tity. However, this is no reason for knocking yourself for feeling bad about who you are in any way. Failures are simply things that happen. They do not quantify you are as a person.
The next time you experience a failure or lack of success that has you questioning your abilities and knocking your self-esteem, think positively. There are probably incredible lessons you can learn from that failure. Be happy your failure has taught you these lessons, and learn from them in the future. There is always some positive spin to the many failures life is going to hand you, and when you learn to look for them, your self-esteem improves.
Do you lie to yourself? We all do from time to time. Sometimes we do it con-sciously so that we don't have to make an effort. If you lie to yourself about some trait or behavior you know you need to change, you are doing yourself no good. This practice can lead to physical, mental or emotional issues that wreck relation-ships, ruin your career, or lead to physical health problems.
If you are constantly caught lying, people begin to feel that they can't trust you. This could harm any area of your life. Even if you successfully lie to everyone and are never found out, are you really helping yourself? There is research that indi-cates people who are constantly lying experience much higher levels of stress, anxiety, and depression than others. This probably happens because they are stressed about being found out, and they constantly have to remember what lies they told in the past.
This is no way to go through life.
Everyone should enjoy healthy feelings of self-worth, and if you have to lie to get through the day, you probably won't feel good about yourself. Whenever you lie to a loved one, the feelings of frustration, disappointment, and anger you feel to-wards yourself are not good. Worse yet, when you lie to yourself, you are injuring yourself in so many ways.
Your feelings of self-worth have to originate from a realization of your true situa-tion. If you are failing all of your classes in college yet you see yourself as a capa-ble student, this dishonesty is not going to help you get your degree. What eventually happens is a person who is dishonest with herself suffers from regular bouts of self-questioning.
She wonders why she can't be honest with herself. She begins to feel frustrated and anxious because of this. These feelings trigger the stress response in the hu-man body, cortisol and other "feel bad" chemicals are produced, and mental, emotional and physical health problems are the result.
When you practice honesty, in your dealings with yourself and others, your self-esteem improves. It may sound contrary to what you believe, but even if your honesty points out faults and failings in your life, this honest appraisal of your sit-uation boosts your self-esteem. You feel good about yourself for being honest. These positive feelings increase how you look at yourself, and they further em-power you with self-confidence that you can improve upon those negative areas of your life.
Be honest with yourself and with your loved ones. Lies don't help anyone. You will eventually get found out, and then people will wonder whether or not you really value their relationships. For better self-esteem and self-love, self-confidence and personal relationships, be honest with yourself and those you care about.
How do you feel about yourself? Did you know that answering that simple ques-tion gives you powerful information about how rich of a life you live? Some peo-ple are very happy to live a simple existence. There is absolutely nothing wrong with this. In many cases though, the inquisitive and exploring nature of the hu-man brain means that people want to get the most out of their lives by being ex-posed to multiple experiences and realities.
This is why the travel industry will always generate billions and billions of dollars. People strive to learn and know more about the world they live in and the people that inhabit that world.
One simple way to boost your life experience if you feel like you are stuck in the doldrums is to enjoy a better opinion of yourself. High self-esteem gives you posi-tive feelings about who you are and what you can do. The more positively you view yourself, the more likely you are to take on new experiences or tasks.
This elevates your self-confidence, and when you enjoy high self-esteem, whether you fail or succeed at anything, you appreciate the fact that you made an effort. Consequently, high levels of confidence which come from healthy self-esteem work to improve your self-esteem even more. This is a wonderful cycle of mental health and well-being that begins with you simply recognizing that you are a being that is worthy of recognition.


I had the opportunity to try out this STEM approved California Creation educational toy, GEOMATRIX. This innovative toy encourages children to be creative and allows open ended play for imagination. Starting with 3-D basic shapes that have stacking capabilities, each corner contains magnets so that the shapes can attach in every direction. As a math teacher myself, I found the 3-D shapes to be really educational and fun to play with! They make Geomatrix unique and allow endless ideas in terms of the creations that one can make.
The 3-D shapes really span the spectrum of ages, from enabling toddlers to develop fine motor skills, school age children to learn their shapes and patterns, and older children to make challenging creations using critical thinking skills. Geomatrix is an approved STEM toy, and has recently won an ASTRA (American Specialty Toy Retailing Association) Best Toys for Kids 2017 award in the Constructive Play Category. My 8-year old enjoys building and typically uses legos, but loved being an engineer with Geomatrix. My toddler really enjoyed stacking up the pieces and making her own creations, and my 5-year old and 7-year old took turns with my 8-year old in making their own creations and creating contests. These were fun for me to play with too as a parent and would be a great addition to the classroom as well.
The Geomatrix 15-piece set retails for $29.99. A new 27-piece set will make its debut in October, retailing for $49.99. The larger set contains an activity book of ideas to get started. This toy is one to definitely keep in mind for holiday shopping!
Check out this video of Geomatrix!


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LeBron James in danger of missing NBA playoffs as Lakers lose to Phoenix Suns
LeBron James was frustrated as the Lakers suffered a second loss to the Phoenix Suns.
LeBron James [Lakers]
LeBron James in now in danger of missing the NBA playoffs after his Los Angeles Lakers lost 118-109 to the Phoenix Suns in an encounter played on Sunday, March 3.
The Lakers suffered a loss to the Eastern Conference leading Milwaukee Bucks at the Staples Center and hoped to return to winning ways against the Suns.
The Suns are the bottom team in the Western Conference and was supposed to be an easy win for the Lakers.
LeBron however had a frustrating game posting up a near triple double with 27 points, 16 assists and nine rebounds.
Deandre Ayton was a constant headache for the Lakers [NBA]
Rookie Deandre Ayton punished the Lakers putting up 26 and 10 rebounds as the Suns recorded their first win in five games.
NBA results
Reigning NBA champions Golden State Warriors returned to winning ways as they beat the Philedlphia Sixers 120-117.
Kevin Durant returned to put up 34 points with help from Steph Curry adding 28 points and DeMarcus Cousins recording 25 as they won despite a triple double from guard Ben Simmons who dropped 22 points 15 rebounds and 11 assists.
The Detroit Pistons beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 129-93, while the Orlando Magic beat the Indiana Pacers 117-112.
The Miami Heat continue their playoff push with a 117-88 win over the Brooklyn Nets while the San Antonio Spurs beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 116-102.
Donovan Mitchell put up a career-high 46 points as the Utah Jazz beat the Milwaukee Bucks 115-111 despite 43 points and 14 rebounds from Giannis Antetokoumpo.
The Memphis Grizzles beat the Dallas Mavericks 111-81 while the New Orleans Pelicans beat the Denver Nuggets 120-112.
Author: tosin abayomi Source: Pulse Nigeria
#LOS ANGELES LAKERS #PHOENIX SUNS #LEBRON JAMES
Victor Osimhen reveals he bought a house for his father and set up businesses for his siblings with his first bonus

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This venture originally started in British Columbia as an awareness project documenting the obstacles and barriers that persons with accessibility challenges face, essentially defining the limitations set upon these disabled adventure goers and shattering them.
The awareness and astounding response from the local communities and the world abroad was unbelievable. From this tour, they were recognized internationally by the first paraplegic skydiver and asked to do a similar tour along the East Coast of Australia. They were met with open arms throughout their journey and even featured on a national television news station. Upon returning to BC from their Australian tour in early 2011, Karim Ladki and his project 9Lives Adventures were recognized by the Rick Hansen Foundation as 'difference makers' among the disabled community and asked to participate in the Rick Hansen 25th Anniversary Relay. Karim has also recently been highlighted as a featured medal bearer on the relay website.
With the awareness growing exponentially and the ball rolling, the only logical move was to start offering this kind of experience to other disabled adventure seekers, both locally and globally. 9Lives Adventures set its first tour in August 2011. We cater to the extreme adventure seekers, both 'able' and 'disabled', offering a full service tour that includes transportation from Vancouver to Whistler, accessible accommodation, fully catered meals, nightlife, and a number of adrenaline fueled activities such as bungee jumping, skydiving, jet-boating, atving, etc. We offer preset packages to the general public but will also create fully customized tours and packages for sporting teams and corporate groups wishing to put together a more adventurous retreat for their students, staff and/or clients.


Managing business responsibility means designing a strategic planning which helps business in achieving goals and objectives (Trevino and Nelson, 2010). In this proper strategy has to be developed and organize proper resources to achieve results. Management has to perform decision making task in an organization. The responsibility of business has to be managed effectively so that all targets are achieved. Business has to follow its ethics and responsibility to achieve overall strategic planning. In this report personality clash has been analysed between different individuals. Defining of breaching experiment and what might be achieved through it. Business has to face organizational change and it should be able to manage it effectively.
Personality clash defines that clash of attitude and understanding of differences that occur between different personality and individuals. This clash arises when people do not posses same nature or personality (Larsen and Wiggen, 2004). Both the individuals are different from their thinking perspective and do not want to change for each other. Egoistic feeling and superior thinking makes this personality clash more influential. Dominant nature of persons which forces other to do work according to their need and create personality clash between individuals. The incident can be between a parent and a child when both individuals obtain different personalities. In that case it arises a clash and which leads to differences among them. Parents especially father think that he is the most superior in family and everyone other should obey him. His clashes take place in the family with different personality and not dominant person.
The personality clash between a father and son occurs due to different nature and their thinking of being superior from each other or of poor communication between them. There may be several other reasons of being different in attitude perception and way of living arise clashes between any relationships (Burr, 2003). In this case father should try to understand feeling of child and help in solving any issues related to behaviour or anything. Both the two individuals might be different in thinking according to difference in age groups. Father wants discipline to be maintained and children should not disobey them which begin clashes and maintains a gap between both of them. The possibility of control both the individuals to maintain the relation and both should equally understand each other which will help in developing their relation and make it strong. This type of relations is very delicate and sensitive which needs a strong bond between individuals who understands each other feeling and respect them.
Personality clash refers to variation of personalities according to differentiation in age and understanding level. As in this quoted example of parent and child they both possess different mind sets and attitude level and think superior from each other. This will find a clash between both in personality (Erbschloe, 2003). It can be happen in any relation because they both are not ready to understand each other and which will create difference in their personalities. It is necessary to evaluate that what is happening between both of them. It should be known that both individuals possess different personalities and to maintain the relationship they should take corrective measures to control the possible factors. It will help them maintain a strong bond and possible elements to alter their nature for the betterment of their relation in future.
Breaching experiment means it is a type of experiment which examines the reaction of people to violate those rules and regulation and challenge them. It involves the unexpected behaviour or violation of social conditions (Carroll and Shabana, 2010). It explains that if any idea of social norms or conditions is implied to see how people react on violation of that rule. Basically these idea or experiment are breached when individual came to know that there is no meaningful interaction of that rule or norms in reality. It says that breaching of rules and regulations which don't have any justifiable meaning in social norms and rules. Individual might feel to challenge that situation which is taken for granted and which thinks that individual is not suitable or appropriately fit to it.
In a relationship of friends there exist some situations where they both challenge each other that they take things for granted and adopt such careless behaviour (Dolan and Raich, 2009). It is possible when two friends have an argument on prediction of questions that might come in exams and other friend believes that it is your careless behaviour or taken for granted assumptions which don't work always. And you challenge to the friend that this will not come in exams. Through this way other friend is running from studies and taking study as a taken for granted thing which is wrong. It sometime arises between colleagues also because they both think that whatever work the other is doing it is done by taken for granted and not seriously involved in it (Jonker and Witte, 2006). They should think that working in same organization they should not take things for granted. Individual should always remain ready to challenge others for his taken for granted attitude and he should breach that work accordingly. During organizational change using conversational tool employees experience that change in jobs effect their working culture. Change in attitude and perception of people results in breaching experiments.
Breaching experiments can be observed in various relations like friends, room-mates. It means that one people says to you that you take things for granted. In order to this instance you defend it by saying that it can be proved that or challenge to the situations that things are not taken for granted by my side (Larsen and Wiggen, 2004). For example, there can be a challenge between two colleagues that whatever work given to you is not competed on time. The other colleague makes a challenge that this is not true it can be completed on time and by doing that he can violate the breaching experiment. Breaching experiment refers to violation of some particular rules and regulations and which can be challenged by others. It can be challenged on the ground of taking things for granted which will make person to work upon that and try to breach that experiment.
This analysis is very useful to bring or introduce a new change in organization. It is an effective manner to implement the change in organization. This technique is very useful in making the correct decision about implementing the change (Mcshane., 2006). To understand this analysis more effectively the example of change in organization need to be stated. For example if any company is introducing any change in the structure of the organization to make employees feel that the new organization structure is less complex and will benefit the employees. In accordance with the change it is possible that the company has some good reasons to implement this change by using lewin's force field analysis. Now after making a decision to implement the change the company has to make an analysis that what all factors will be in favour of change and what factors will be against (Lewin, 1973).
In this case analysis of the impact of implementation of change in the structure of organization. For instance, change in structure of business employees will be able to get less complex structure so that they will be able to perform task independently. The new structure should be able to motivate the people to work together and achieve results effectively. Because of all this reasons organization is effectively looking forward to apply their decisions to get effectiveness (Pedersen and Neergaard, 2009). Lewin's force field analysis helps the factors to overcome all the problems that might occur due to implementing the change. As the factors have been identified by the company it can prepare strategies to promote the change in organization and know the results. Field force analysis can help in analysing the weak points of the company and try to overcome that so that the company successfully implement the strategy. This analysis helps companies to make decisions to overcome the factors and make tactics to achieve them.
Lewins force field analysis helps the organisation in introducing something new in business which helps in analysing of organisational change (Lewin, 1947). Force field analysis can be any change in the organisation which results in developing or adopting new ways which will result in change in business. This change done should be effectual so that it helps in realising goals and objectives. Once the change is implemented by business it can help them in adopting new tactics to implement it.
Corporate social responsibility refers to take responsibility of society and environment from companies view point. In this organization should able to differentiate between what is wrong and what is right from ethical point of business and try to choose right and lawful practices of company (Marcone, 2003). CSR in an organization is very important because it plays an important role in business to make ethical decisions to help company achieving goals and targets. It is a process with the objective of encouraging employees, societies, consumers through protecting environment. Every company should adopt corporate social responsibility and should try to follow it to help increase the profits of company and raising quality standards. This can help businesses growing in mind of public and becoming popular.
But sometimes businesses don't posses corporate social responsibility but only show it to others that it has CSR which helps in earning profits and raising standards of company. It helps increasing marketing and personal relations of organization (Pohl and Tolhurst, 2011). According to this situation I agree to it that Coca cola which is such a big organization sometimes uses corporate social responsibility as a marketing tool to increase in sales through marketing of products more and more and making good public relations. Coca cola shows that it works according to its corporate social responsibility by not harming people's body. They maintain proper norms and follow that to work effectively and achieve success. But often such businesses just try to show to others that they follow CSR in their business to help them in growing their business and earn profits.
Coca cola uses various ways through which it shows that its product and service which it is offering to consumers is suitable to them and not affect their health in any situation. They use such promotional tools and marketing strategies to make their product attract most consumers. Business uses such a eye catchy languages which influences people to buy the product and attracting advertisements on popular channels of media which helps in increasing customer base. They endorse popular actors or sportsperson which is supporting that product and people blindly follow it.
Corporate social responsibility says that every organisation should be using this technique to promote their products in the market to get success (Amato'D Henderson and Florence, 2009).They should fulfil their responsibilities in terms of making their organisation to be socially responsible and they should try to promote their products on ground of that. But often some companies lacks in adopting corporate social responsibility in their work culture which leads to less visibility of their products in market. In my opinion I agree to the statement that companies sometimes shows that they are following their CSR role but in actual they are using it for promoting their products to customers and making just profits.
Managing the business responsibility of an organization is very important task because it helps the business to prove that it is a responsible business in performing it functions (Rake and Grayson, 2009). For instance taking Coke as organization it is necessary to know that the business is responsible in performing its operations. Consumers should know the situation that the business should be responsible towards achieving success and improving results. It should give its working and show its balance sheet to its stakeholders to judge its performance. Company should follow all its codes and conducts to maintain its business and work effectively. Coke business ethics is to follow proper business policies and roles that it has follow that business should run successfully. It means that moral rules and principles which guides business to work accordingly. It helps businesses helps in increasing its performance through working ethical and improves people attitude towards its product.
Corporate governance of Coke is good which helps in promoting long term interests of shareholders to have interest in company and improves trust of public in business. It means that the company is maintaining all the standards, rules, regulations and policies to see that the company is managed and properly controlled (Erbschloe, M., 2003). Coke should follow corporate governance effectively to manage its responsibility of improving standards. Corporate social responsibility of business means that Coke performs its corporate social responsibility and helps improves its effect on environment and society. It should help in improving it responsibility towards environment which helps business to become responsible towards society. Business should be able to justify itself on grounds of CSR to maintain a standard of quality and maintaining environment safety is responsibility of business.
The business should be managed and controlled responsibly so that it can help in achieving overall goals and objectives (Buckingham, 2012). The organisation should be well aware about their business to know they are following their responsibility towards their business or not. Business ethics should be present in the organisation to run the business ethically and not harming the responsibility of business. CSR should be adopted by each and every organisation to make it a successful and responsible business. Corporate governance helps the company in following all rules and regulations according to set standards and to achieve that by obtaining it. On the contrary if the business is not following all such things in to their business it will consider it as not responsible business. It will be crucial for firms to be responsible towards their business which will help them in achieving their goals. They should not take their business to be granted because it is wide known beverage company. It should be responsible towards it task to be performed. They have to give better quality products to their customers to grab the more market and it should be well known to them to run their organisation successfully.
Managing the business responsible means that organisation should be able to manage the business accordingly to achieve the targets and objectives. They should be suitable enough to efficiently manage the task with proper corporate social responsibility. Breaching experiment has been analysed in relation of friends on the ground of taken for granted things. CSR is discussed according to a marketing tool used by business to promote its products in market. Personality clash between two individuals on taking things for granted and what is the possibility of control is analysed. To manage the business responsibly in order with business ethics, corporate governance and CSR it has been found that either it is a responsible business or not.
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Nearly all of us are under the impression that we take very good care of our teeth. We usually do things such as brush them one to two times a day, and sometimes floss also. Whilst both of those things are good, the professionals say that people need to learn about how to brush their teeth more effectively.
Here are some tips from a dentist about how can look after our teeth and improve toothbrushing techniques.
When we eat it is very easy for bits of food to get in between teeth and also on the gum line. If we don't remove them then bacteria can build up and lead to decay. Don't just focus on the places you can see when you look in the mirror, pay attention to the back and inside of the teeth close to the tongue.
You need to brush your teeth for at least two minutes so you clean all of your mouth. Take 30 seconds for the outside of the top teeth, then switch to the inner side for another 30 seconds. Repeat this process for the lower teeth. When you have done this it is time to spend about 5-10 seconds brushing your tongue.
When you clean your teeth by moving the brush back and forth on a tooth you will cause damage to the enamel. The best way to brush is by moving the tooth brush in a circular motion over the surface and gums, only apply a gentle amount of pressure as you do this. Remember to focus on both the outer and inner sides of your teeth plus between them also.
I used to think that firm bristles on my toothbrush were the best thing to have, but then my dentist told me that the bristles can actually damage my gums, enamel and even the roots. So I was advised to brush with soft bristles. The reason for this is that they can bend and clean the surfaces easily.


Just a bit of downward can't makes this a Gravity Feed Endcap For Twine Spools. The larger spools are positively self-forwarding and facing, while one wonders if the smaller bobbin sizes will go the extra mile. But I did not, but being top shelf, they are visible no matter what. See that pricing is very consistent by shelf level, though labeling does specifically describe the different offerings. This Gravity Feed Endcap For Twin Spools seen at Michaels.


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Q: Url Helpers in ActiveModelSerializer 0.10.0? I know this version is still not officially released but I was checking out rc3 today and I noticed that I can no longer use Rails url helpers inside my serializers. In version 0.8.x, I could do the following:
class BrandSerializer < BaseSerializer
  attributes :id, :name, :slug, :state
  attributes :_links

  def _links
    {
      self: api_v1_company_brand_path(object.company_id, object.id),
      company: api_v1_company_path(object.company_id),
      products: api_v1_company_brand_products_path(object.company_id, object.id)
    }
  end

end

But this is a no go in the new version. What's the best way of resolving this so that I can keep my links in my serializer?
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For now I'm doing the following but would love to hear if there's a more idiomatic way.
class BaseSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
  include Rails.application.routes.url_helpers

A: If you add this to your ApplicationController or even probably to the controller generating the response:
serialization_scope :view_context
You can then use the view_context in the serialiser to access the URL helpers (or any view methods really).
Example: view_context.api_v1_company_brand_path(object.company_id, object.id)
I thought this was probably cleaner than including all those URL helpers etc... into the serialiser class.

A: including the library which had been excluded (as you had done) would most definitely be the shortest route (outside of revising the gem itself, in terms of idiomacy)

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As it is commonly said that Identity is the expression of valuable possession. It is a moment of happiness that Shahi litchi also got a new identity when it was awarded the geographical indication tag. The geographical indication (GI) tag is awarded by India Patent office and it lays an exclusive claim on the assurance of quality and distinctiveness.
Shahi litchi is famous for it's sweet, juicy unique flavour and aroma. It is mostly grown in Muzaffarpur and the neighboring districts of East Champaran, Vaishali, Samastipur and Begusarai. The tag has been awarded after more than an year of efforts which were initiated with the registration process. After completing the process, details of the product were published under the patent rights in government of India's geographical indication journal and were kept there for the past three months inviting objections.
"No objections came during this period following which the tag was awarded", said R.K Lohane,director at the Bihar Agriculture University in Sabour. This news came on Tuesday and was the most awaited news said, Vishal Nath, Director of National Research Centre on Litchi (NRCL) .
Originally, the Litchi Growers Association of Bihar Applied for the tag, said Baccha Prasad Singh ( President of the Association). The GI tag will benefit litchi growers giving them access to more markets for getting better price and this will benefit the rural economy in the remote areas.This tag is valid for a period of 10 years following which it can be renewed, GI is covered under a law of World Trade Organization (WTO).
Darjeeling Tea was the first product to get the GI tag in the year of 2004.
The other products from Bihar that were awarded this tag are Jardalu Mango, Kalarni Rice and Magahi paan, Madhubani paintings , Bhagalpur silk and Sikki Grass work.
11 Most Favorite Breakfast menu From Bihar!


Meanwhile in New Zealand, this article tells the story of one father's experience with family courts (Stuff, 9/2/17). It's only what we'd expect.
The house is horribly silent and everywhere he looks he sees his children.
Crumbs lay on the kitchen table where his eldest enjoyed a biscuit. A child's painting, hanging proudly on the fridge, is tugged at gently by a breeze coming in the window.
Outside, the toys lay discarded on the lawn and, with a lump in his throat, he forces his gaze away. It will be another 11 days before this Blenheim father-of-two sees his children again and he is already counting the minutes.
The father, who has not been named to protect the identity of his children, says he is at his wits' end.
And why wouldn't he be? He's apparently a fit and loving father, but the court gives him time with his children only every other weekend and every other week during the summer months. This is called "shared custody." That of course is misleading. It's technically correct, but many people who read it might conclude that he and his ex have something like equal time with the children. They don't. By my calculations, that's about 23% of the time. The unnamed father, like the rest of us, doesn't understand why he should have so little time with the kids he loves.
I feel like a second-class citizen. When a mother and father split up, unless there's a strong reason why it shouldn't happen, then they should share time with their children 50-50.
"Why does it always have to go the mother's way? If no-one says anything, then nothing will change."
He doesn't seem to know it, but people have opposed the extreme pro-mom/anti-dad bias of family courts for decades. In places like New Zealand, Australia, Canada and Great Britain, little seems to be changing. In the U.S., we see rays of sunshine. Here, laws are changing and it may just be that judges are too.
But for the man's information, he doesn't just "feel like a second-class citizen," he is one. All things being equal, Mom gets primary or sole custody of the kids, Dad sees them little and pays a lot in child support. That all militates in favor of mothers being the ones to file for divorce which, unsurprisingly, his ex did.
That's all driven home by facts he cites.
"When we split up I was working fulltime. I have no family here and no support so it seemed right then that they did spend more time with their mum.
"Now I work part-time and she works fulltime and I can help but it feels like what I think doesn't matter. I'm only their dad.
Yes, when he worked full-time and she didn't, it made sense for her to have the children more than he did. But now the situation is reversed but the parenting time has remained the same. What that of course means is that Mom leaves the kids with people who aren't their father. When she's at work, someone cares for them at least part of the time and when she goes out on weekends, she calls a baby sitter or relative to do the job. Why not Dad? Better yet, why not reverse the parenting time, since he's got more hours in which to do more?
He would like to spend as much time with his children as their mother does, but says she will not agree.
That of course raises the question of why mothers are given veto power over children's right to a meaningful relationship with their fathers and vice versa. But until she agrees, he's stuck. She'll have to prove herself to be a demonstrably unfit or dangerous mother for him to have a chance at more time. That was the unambiguous finding of researchers Harding and Newnham in the U.K. two years ago. There, in order for dads to get custody, mothers had to be so defective due to mental illness, illicit drug use, crime and the like that child welfare agencies were called in. Frequently enough, caseworkers actually told the fathers to apply for custody or their children would be taken into foster care.
What's also unsurprising is that, like so many fathers, trying to fight the system has drained his bank account and he's now stuck representing himself in a never-ending struggle to see a little more of his children.
That's what the unnamed father is experiencing. His children are being harmed by the system that loudly proclaims to be acting in their interests, and he is powerless to help.


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Q: About the speed of neutrino
*

*Does the neutrino have  a charge?

*and how does it travel at speed of light although it is known that it has mass because it has antineutrino?

A: Neutrinos have no charge, and because they have mass, they do not travel at the speed of light. Because their mass is exceedingly tiny, however, neutrinos tend to be very, very relativistic, and hence tend to travel very close to the speed of light.
As an aside, the existence of antineutrinos does not imply that neutrinos have mass. In fact, the Standard Model of Particle Physics contains antineutrinos but does not account for neutrino masses. Instead, the evidence that neutrinos must be massive comes from observation of neutrino oscillation, where one flavor of neutrino will oscillate into another flavor.


Behind every great TV show is an army of people; "the crew" as they call it in the TV production world. The crew consists of key people: you have your director, your producer, your camera guys, the lighting people, the production assistants and the person with truly the magic touch… the makeup artist. How else do you think the on-air talent stays looking in tip-top shape? Did you really think it was all just good genetics?
Meet Rory Lee. The women behind the brush and a woman with her very own make-up line. Rory is the on-set makeup artist for Military Makeover. MyComputerCareer joined forces with Military Makeover on Lifetime to surprise a Gold Star Army Veteran's family with a complete home transformation. What an incredible experience this was to truly give back to someone who has served our country by giving them a complete home makeover. Through this process, our team got to work side by side with the Military Makeover "crew".
Everyone wears makeup on-air in television. Seriously, everyone. The work of a makeup artist on a film or television show is not limited to glam-ing up the leading lady or turning a walk-on actor into a apocalyptic zombie, the job is also necessary to counteract the negative effects of intensely bright production lighting. Without makeup, on-screen talent would appear pale, washed out, and with facial expressions that could be hard to make out. Like most creative and skilled trades, makeup in film and television production is a field that requires constant and continued re-education. Each time you have mastered a particular technique or found your go-to product, someone has innovated a newer, better version. Lucky for us, we got to see first-hand what goes into making everyone camera-ready.
MyComputerCareer provides technical training, certification preparation and job placement support for adult learners looking to enter the Information Technology industry, as well as professionals seeking career advancement. MyComputerCareer is a technical school with courses taught online and at its seven campuses in Indiana, Ohio, North Carolina and Texas. Students who complete MyComputerCareer's Information Technology programs may earn valuable I.T. Certifications in areas ranging from Operating Systems to Computer Networks and Cyber Security.
Military Makeover puts on a special mini-series dedicated to giving back to members of our Military and their loved ones. Enlisting the help of decorators, designers, landscapers and other home renovation experts, providers help to transform the homes – and the lives – of military families across the country.


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Breaking glass: towards a gendered analysis of entrepreneurial leadership
Research Handbooks in Business and Management series
Richard T. Harrison, Claire M. Leitch and Maura McAdam
In Research Handbook on Entrepreneurship and Leadership
Edited by Richard T. Harrison and Claire Leitch
Collection: Business 2018
The challenge of corporate entrepreneurial leadership
Donald F. Kuratko
The concept and evolution of entrepreneurial leadership: a bibliometric analysis
Arik Röschke
The past decade has seen an increase in scholarly interest and expansion of literature on the topic of entrepreneurial leadership. However, this field of research lacks definitional clarity and appropriate tools to assess its characteristics. This chapter presents a review of research published in this field from 2003 to 2014, with the goal of clarifying the state of knowledge in the area. It also aims to reveal the evolution of entrepreneurial leadership. A content analysis of the existing body of literature in 21 peer-reviewed journal articles focused on entrepreneurial leadership and was conducted using the analytical tool Leximancer. This analysis reveals important changes in the evolution of research in entrepreneurial leadership. Early articles often separated the terms 'entrepreneurship' and 'leadership' when describing the construct of entrepreneurial leadership. More recent articles have merged the terms into 'entrepreneurial leadership'. In addition, a keyword analysis displayed the relevance of leadership styles, traits, characteristics and behaviors in both periods 2003_2009 and 2012_2014. Moreover, this study reveals that a number of journals had published articles on the topic of 'entrepreneurial leadership'. Only three journals were represented more than once. Variation also applies to the authors who published in this research domain; only a few authors appeared with high frequency. Overall, the analysis suggests an increased cross-fertilization and convergence between the fields of entrepreneurship and leadership.
Developing entrepreneurial leadership for sustainable organisations
David Rae
This chapter sets out to explore the field of leadership development and its emerging contribution to sustainable entrepreneurship; why there is a need to develop research and effective practices in this area, and how this might be achieved. It studies the questions of how organisations can generate entrepreneurial leadership for their longer-term sustainability; how they can develop a sustained culture of entrepreneurship; and how they can facilitate people into leadership roles, which enable continuing innovation, development and growth. The research is based on four case studies developed from research with entrepreneurial leaders in selected organisations. The leaders had founded or led their organisations for significant periods, and built them up to achieve a level of success, scale and structure. Their organisations include private, 'for-profit', community, and social enterprise organisations, but all have a strong sense of 'community' identity and sustainability. The interpretation of the cases revealed the importance of the leaders' principles and ethical values in articulating a vision for what the organisation could achieve. They practised deep community involvement to build trust, by connecting with individuals, families and groups. There is continual scanning for needs and possibilities for social innovation to address problems and create multiple forms of value, connecting latent resources to enact opportunities. Their approach to leadership is distinctive, rather than imitative of other organisations, whilst finding and growing human talent and social capital to develop the organisation is seen as essential for the future.
Engaging 'the emerging now': an alternative ontology of entrepreneurial leadership practice
Haina Zhang and Malcolm H. Cone
Entrepreneurial distributed leadership in the emergence and development of high-growth internationalizing firms
Omaima M. Hatem
Entrepreneurial leaders and entrepreneurial managers: differences and similarities in their learning approach
Leon Schjoedt and Vicar S. Valencia
Entrepreneurs employ different resources and strategies in the process of creating new ventures, whether the venture is for profit or not for profit. These differences influence the new venture created. Some entrepreneurs create new-to-the-world ventures by invention or synthesis, whereas others create new ventures by extension or duplication. This means that entrepreneurs may be grouped by how they learn and how they employ their knowledge in the venture creation process. Based on how entrepreneurs learn and employ their knowledge, entrepreneurs may be categorized as entrepreneurial leaders or entrepreneurial managers, which is the topic of this chapter. To this end, the authors contribute to the burgeoning literature on entrepreneurship and leadership by emphasizing the distinction between entrepreneurial leaders and entrepreneurial managers based on their preferred learning style and use of knowledge: essentially, entrepreneurial leaders place importance on knowledge exploration, whereas entrepreneurial managers emphasize knowledge exploitation in the new venture creation process.
Entrepreneurial leadership competencies and motivation to learn: a focus on student entrepreneurial leaders
Afsaneh Bagheri and Zaidatol Akmaliah Lope Pihie
Entrepreneurial leadership studies have attempted to identify the competencies required by the leaders of new ventures as well as organizational leaders to successfully lead entrepreneurial activities. Prior research has also investigated the motivation to learn and develop entrepreneurial businesses. Yet, research is scarce on the competencies of entrepreneurial leaders and their motivation to learn and develop their personal entrepreneurial leadership competencies, essential for facing the challenges of successfully performing entrepreneurial tasks and roles in contexts other than entrepreneurial companies and small businesses. This chapter concentrates on examining entrepreneurial leadership and motivation to learn in a particular context that of university entrepreneurship clubs and projects. Specifically, the authors explore the challenges which the student leaders face in creating entrepreneurial ideas, recognizing entrepreneurial opportunities, marshaling essential resources and mobilizing a group to successfully fulfill a project's objectives. Using a qualitative research method, they present the experience of 14 entrepreneurial student leaders, to explore their constant practices in learning and developing entrepreneurial leadership competencies and their motivations to learn and develop the competencies. The findings revealed two specific types of competencies: personal competencies (entrepreneurial leadership self-efficacy, love of challenges and versatility) and leadership competencies (creating a caring interpersonal relationship, employing an enabling task delegation approach and building self-efficacy of the group members). Furthermore, a combination of intrinsic (personal interest and self-development) and extrinsic factors (learning opportunities and programs and entrepreneurial leadership task demands and challenges) emerged as the influential motives driving the students to learn and develop these competencies.
The evolving field of entrepreneurial leadership: an overview
Claire M. Leitch and Richard T. Harrison
Exploring the full range of leadership across the organizational life cycle and growth states of entrepreneurial firms
R. Greg Bell and J. Lee Whittington
The skills needed to launch a new firm are different from those required to grow and sustain the firm over time. In this chapter the authors address this important issue by developing a framework that integrates the full-range model of leadership with a life-cycle approach to understanding the evolution and growth of threshold firms. they discuss how the various elements of the full-range model of leadership may be applied in each stage of a firm's development. They also identify several research implications that emerge from this integrated framework.


For more than 30 years attorney Jake Arbes has been assisting clients charged with serious state and federal criminal offenses. Although Mr. Arbes' practice is centered in Georgia, he has handled high profile post-conviction criminal cases all over the country. He successfully represented a banker who was allowed to withdraw his guilty plea in a politically charged case which the media called "Iraqgate". He was appellate co-counsel for a defendant in one of the largest insurance and bankruptcy frauds in history, a case that took more than nine months to try in Florida. Most recently, Mr. Arbes won federal parole for an inmate in California who served more than 30 years for murdering a DEA agent. The inmate had repeatedly been denied parole until Mr. Arbes took his case. Mr. Arbes has handled hundreds of post-conviction cases involving state parole, sentence reduction, appeals, habeas corpus, prison designations and transfers.
Mr. Arbes received his college degree from Harvard, his graduate degree from Princeton and his law degree from New York University, where he participated in the prestigious Root Tilden Snow program. He clerked for a federal appellate judge on the 11th (formerly 5th) Circuit and was a federal prosecutor in the Northern District of Georgia, where he was awarded a commendation from the Justice Department for his work. He served as Chairman of the Criminal Law Section of the Atlanta Bar Association and Vice-President of the Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and was a founding member of the Georgia Innocence project. He was recognized as a Super Lawyer in Georgia Super Lawyers Magazine, one of the Top Lawyers in Georgia by Atlanta Magazine, and named a Legal Elite Lawyer by Georgia Trend Magazine. Mr. Arbes is also recognized as a "Preeminent Lawyer" by Martindale Hubbell, which also gave him the highest ranking possible for his ability and ethics. He has written part of a book on criminal appeals in Georgia and has given many speeches on various post-conviction topics. Mr. Arbes is well-known and respected for his dedication to his clients.


text:
import Helper from './_helper';
import { Model } from 'ember-cli-mirage';
import { module, test } from 'qunit';

module('Integration | ORM | Belongs To | One-to-one Polymorphic | create', {
  beforeEach() {
    this.helper = new Helper();
    this.helper.schema.registerModel('foo', Model);
  }
});

test('it sets up associations correctly when passing in the foreign key', function(assert) {
  let { schema } = this.helper;
  let post = schema.create('post');
  let comment = schema.create('comment', {
    commentableId: { type: 'post', id: post.id }
  });
  post.reload();

  assert.deepEqual(comment.commentableId, { type: 'post', id: post.id });
  assert.deepEqual(comment.commentable.attrs, post.attrs);
  assert.deepEqual(post.comment.attrs, comment.attrs);
  assert.equal(schema.db.comments.length, 1);
  assert.equal(schema.db.posts.length, 1);
  assert.deepEqual(schema.db.comments[0], { id: '1', commentableId: { type: 'post', id: '1' } });
  assert.deepEqual(schema.db.posts[0], { id: '1', commentId: '1' });
});

test('it sets up associations correctly when passing in the association itself', function(assert) {
  let { schema } = this.helper;
  let post = schema.create('post');
  let comment = schema.create('comment', {
    commentable: post
  });

  assert.deepEqual(comment.commentableId, { type: 'post', id: post.id });
  assert.deepEqual(comment.commentable.attrs, post.attrs);
  assert.deepEqual(post.comment.attrs, comment.attrs);
  assert.equal(schema.db.comments.length, 1);
  assert.equal(schema.db.posts.length, 1);
  assert.deepEqual(schema.db.comments[0], { id: '1', commentableId: { type: 'post', id: '1' } });
  assert.deepEqual(schema.db.posts[0], { id: '1', commentId: '1' });
});

test('it throws an error if a model is passed in without a defined relationship', function(assert) {
  let { schema } = this.helper;

  assert.throws(function() {
    schema.create('comment', {
      foo: schema.create('foo')
    });
  }, /you haven't defined that key as an association on your model/);
});

test('it throws an error if a collection is passed in without a defined relationship', function(assert) {
  let { schema } = this.helper;
  schema.create('foo');
  schema.create('foo');

  assert.throws(function() {
    schema.create('comment', {
      foos: schema.foos.all()
    });
  }, /you haven't defined that key as an association on your model/);
});

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is a comprehensive free trade and investment treaty currently being negotiated – in secret – between the European Union and the USA. The first round of negotiations between European Commission and US officials took place in July 2013.
The primary aim of TTIP is not to stimulate trade through removing tariffs between the EU and USA, as these are already at minimal levels. The main goal of TTIP is to remove regulatory 'barriers' which restrict the potential profits to be made by transnational corporations on both sides of the Atlantic.
Yet these 'barriers' are in reality some of our most prized social standards and environmental regulations, such as labour rights, food safety rules (including restrictions on GMOs), regulations on the use of toxic chemicals, digital privacy laws and even new banking safeguards introduced to prevent a repeat of the 2008 financial crisis.
What are the consequences and threats of the TTIP?
TTIP seeks to create new markets by opening up public services and government procurement contracts to competition from transnational corporations, threatening to introduce a further wave of privatisations in key sectors, such as health and education. Most worrying of all, TTIP seeks to grant foreign investors a new right to sue sovereign governments in front of ad hoc arbitration tribunals for loss of profits resulting from public policy decisions. This 'investor-State dispute settlement' mechanism effectively elevates transnational capital to a status equivalent to the nation-state itself, and threatens to undermine the most basic principles of democracy in the EU and USA alike.


I have a small network running NT 4.0 sp4.
Right Click on Network Neighbourhood and go to properties. And Click on services Tab, Click Add and select Microsoft DHCP server and follow the prompts.
First, (as in the other answers)add MS DHCP Server as a network service, configure your server with a static address and load DHCP Manager.
Within DHCP Manager, there are really just three things to set up initially: the range of IP addresses tobe assigned, the gateway address of the network (called "router option 003) which will be either the server if you don't have an external connection on the network or the router if you do, and the address of the name server (DNS or WINS or both). Other parameters will work fine with the defaults.
To make sure it's working properly, boot up a workstation set for DHCP and once it has booted up completely, go to a command prompt and type "ipconfig /all". Review the settings and see if they look okay. If so, you're done.
The other answers above are all very good, just some added advice: (1) Read the Microsoft info on setting up DHCP and WINS before you start. 2) If you don't have pre-assigned public IP addresses, use a DHCP scope of 10.0.0.1 through 10.0.0.255 witha subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 (254 total addresses) - these are private addresses that are not used on the Internet and will ensure that your internal IP scope doesn't conflict w/any Internet browsing you might do. And (C) upgrade your server to at least SP5 or SP6a after you have installed DHCP and WINS. There are some significant improvements, particularly with WINS databases, in SP5 over SP4. Good luck!


Western blot analysis of lysates from various cell types using WSTF Antibody.
WSTF Antibody detects endogenous levels of total WSTF protein. The antibody does not cross-react with other related transcription factors.
Polyclonal antibodies are produced by immunizing animals with a synthetic peptide corresponding to the sequence of human WSTF (WBSCR9). Antibodies are purified by protein A and peptide affinity chromatography.
The human WSTF gene is located within the common Williams Syndrome (WS) deletion area at chromosome 7q11.23. Several WSTF gene products have been detected with little difference in length of polypeptides (1-3). Functional motifs identified by sequence-homology searches include a PHD-type zinc finger motif followed by a bromodomain. Both motifs are found in many transcription factors, suggesting that WSTF may function as a transcription factor. A Drosophila gene (acf1) was cloned, which encodes two forms of Acf1 proteins with molecular weight 170 kDa and 185 kDa, respectively (4). It was demonstrated that Acf1 is structurally related to the human WSTF gene. Acf1 forms a complex with another protein, ISWI, and functions in the ATP-dependent catalysis of chromatin assembly (4).
Peoples, R.J. et al. (1998) Cytogenet. Cell Genet. 82, 238-246.
Lu, X. et al. (1998) Genomics 54, 241-249.
Jones, M.H. et al. (2000) Genomics 63, 40-45.
Ito, T. et al. (2000) Genes Dev. 13, 1529-1539.


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Q: Can't Find the unresolved external symbol (c++) Doing assignment for class.  Getting this error message:
    1>------ Build started: Project: Mulvihill_Program_7, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
    1>Mulvihill_Program_7.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "double __cdecl calcGross(void)" (?calcGross@@YANXZ) referenced in function _main
    1>c:\users\pat\documents\visual studio 2012\Projects\Mulvihill_Program_7\Debug\Mulvihill_Program_7.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals
    ========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========

Here is the code:
#include<iostream>
using namespace std;

int getHoursWorked();
double getPayRate();
double calcGross();

int hoursWorked = 0;
double payRate = 0.0;
double grossPay = 0.0;
double OVERTIME = 1.5;
double overTimePayRate = 0.0;
double pay = 0.0;

int main()
{

    getHoursWorked();
    getPayRate();
    pay = calcGross();

    cout<<pay;
}

int getHoursWorked()
{
    cout<<"Enter the amount of hours worked ";
    cin>>hoursWorked;

    return(hoursWorked);
}

double getPayRate()
{
    cout<<"How much do you make an hour? ";
    cin>>payRate;

    return(payRate);

}

double calcGross(int hoursWorked, double payRate)
{
    if (payRate < 40)
    {
        grossPay = hoursWorked * payRate;
    }
    else
    {
        overTimePayRate = OVERTIME * payRate;
        grossPay = hoursWorked * overTimePayRate;
    }
    return(grossPay);
}

I know there's probably a lot more wrong with this code than just the error in terms of conventions, and stuff, but I'm new at this, and I'm just trying to understand the error message for now.

A: The linker cannot find this function definition,
double calcGross();

because you define the function as such,
double calcGross(int hoursWorked, double payRate)

Should you remove the parameters so that the function declaration & definition are matched.
Change your function declaration like this,
int getHoursWorked();
double getPayRate();
double calcGross(int hoursWorked, double payRate);

Then pass the value of hoursWorked & payRate when calling it in main()

A: Your calcGross() definition has a different type signature from the one that is called in main(). main() is calling a calcGross() without any arguments which is a totally different function from the calcGross() with two arguments -- int and double.
Just add
double calcGross()
{
    // replace with your logic
    return 0.0;
}

to the code and you'll not get any linker errors. Or supply the required arguments to the calcGross(int, double) definition.
Refer to type signature in Wiki for additional details.


The new deal also includes locally owned ABC affiliates, ABC Family, Disney Channel, and the rest of the Disney and ESPN Media Networks library. Subscribers will be able to play multiple streams from one account and watch on-demand content.
Sony Vue launched earlier this year as a new option for cord cutters via its PlayStation game console lineup. As of June, it also offers live TV for users of Apple's iPad.
The Vue iPad app offers live and on-demand access to shows, movies and sports, but live programming from ESPN was a key missing piece until Thursday's announcement. Vue allows shows and channels to be marked as favorites, and tagging a show will keep its most recent content saved in the cloud for up to 28 days.
Rather than opting for a base lineup of channels at lower costs, Sony Vue aims to be a full-fledged cable lineup replacement, with more than 50 chanenls starting at $50 per month. That's in contrast to Dish's Sling TV, which starts at $20 per month and also includes ESPN.
Disney's agreement with Sony Vue is relevant to Apple for a few reasons: Most importantly, Apple is believed to be working on its own subscription television service, which it is rumored to debut at some point in 2016. A main sticking point between Apple and content owners is said to be price --?Apple would like to charge $40 per month, but rights holders think that's too little.
Disney's agreement is also noteworthy because of the company's close relationship with Apple. Disney-owned content, including shows on ABC, have historically been quick to embrace new Apple services and platforms, thanks in part to the fact that Laurene Powell Jobs is the company's largest shareholder. Disney CEO Bob Iger also serves on Apple's board of directors.
"This deal demonstrates our continued commitment to offer the best content on TV to PlayStation Vue users," said Dwayne Benefield, vice president and head of PlayStation Vue. "The addition of Disney and ESPN's primetime programming and live marquee sports to our portfolio ensures subscribers will have access to the most popular network programming on television today.
"We're also proud to be the first Internet-based pay TV service to offer Disney's networks with the streaming features that set PlayStation Vue apart from the industry, making TV viewing a more enjoyable experience for the whole household."
"PlayStation Vue provides a unique way to engage with our content and an opportunity to reach a segment of viewers who want a different kind of television experience," said Justin Connolly, executive vice president of of Affiliate Sales & Marketing at Disney and ESPN Media Networks. "The addition of our content to the PlayStation Vue platform will make the offering more compelling as consumers navigate their video options."
More choices and options are good for everyone.
That's somewhat close to the Disney/ESPN package Sling carries.
This is huge. Live sports is one of the last reasons not to cord-cut. If I can get ESPN on my iPad over cellular, I can tell Comcast to go pound sand when (not if) they email me that my data is being capped.
If Apple's new TV package can bring me live NFL & NHL games, I'm pretty much sold on it. That's the only thing I really miss about my cable package.
I pay for NHL GameCenter, but the blackout restrictions are beyond ridiculous. If an out-of-market team is on the NHL Network and you don't have that channel (or cable in general), you're out of luck. Also, the feeds show zero pre- or postgame coverage. Of course, that's still better than the NFL, where DirecTV is your only subscription option.
Yeah I have GameCenter too. Blackouts are crazy but at least it's free with my phone contract. I just use one of those unblocking services to change my DNS servers. Never miss a Jets game now!
So does this mean I can watch Monday Night Football live on my TV using Airplay from my iPad? If not, than this is just more of the same old thinking of a business model that I have no interest in.
I got SlingTV which has ESPN and one can Airplay it to the Apple TV.
So what is Apple waiting for? Local affiliates? Are they going to have some bundle that no one else has? DirecTV is adding more and more channels available for live viewing via their iPad app. What happens once they (or Dish) get the ability to stream ESPN anywhere? I'm not convinced by this whole cord cutting argument. What people really want is the ability to watch whatever they want wherever they are on any device. Once you start adding up all these different subscription services you're getting pretty close to your cable bill. And since ala carte is basically a pipe dream I'm not really interested in these skinny bundles. They still choose my channels for me but give me less of them. How do I know that an ?TV skinny bundle is going to have the channels I watch most?
Wow that is ridiculous. The whole point of these sports league packages is to follow teams that aren't in your local market.
In the end the cost out of your pocket will be about the same, the only difference is you will pay for what you want not everything else as well. You may have more choices, at about the same cost but paying the bill to 3 to 5 difference companies. The only people I know saving money are those who have a limited viewing habits. If you have a diverse viewing interestes it is hard to move away from Cable or Satellite. In a house where I have 4 people with very different viewing interests and we not a big sports house. We watch a few sports from time to time but not worth paying for dedicated sports channels. I have been unable to fully replace what I have without it costing more to meet everyone's needs.
The biggest cord cutters are younger generations who only have to satisfy themselves. The funny part, when I was in my 20's and very active I did not subscribe to cable, I did over the air and rentend VHS movies at the corner store. Even when I had kids still did the same until my kids got in school and they came home asking who sponge bob was and why couldn't they watch sponge bob verse Mister Rogers or Big Bird. At that point I got satellite and had it ever since.
I'll give a good example, I have PLEX which runs on my NAS and it serves up all my Video content to all my devices in my house. They recently add streaming channels like TBS. I added it to my list of services since I like TBS shows. I saw they had Mr Robot on it and I missed watching the show from the beginning, so I subsribe to the series. But the series was not complete and the shows all had Spanish sub-titles. So Plex can stream cable channel content as long as you're willing to accept it with Spanish sub-titles. This is why it is all screwed up. Even Apple offering has some live and some ondemand but itis not all complete.
This is the problem which has not been solved as of yet because the content owners do not want to loose what they have which is control over who can watch and when and how much they can make off it. Disney is the master of this with the classic hits, they only relase them every so many years in movie threaters, limited release on VHS and now DVD and has not put any of them on digital format.
You can already stream ESPN with DirecTV. I just looked at the DirecTV app and all the ESPN channels are there for live streaming. I agree with your assessment of a la carte programming. That's what chord cutters want. Once you start paying for all these specific channels, cost will probably be higher than cable/satellite.
The NHL was sued over their GameCenter blackout restrictions, and earlier this year they reached a settlement where you can now buy a single-team subscription (rather than league-wide) for a small discount. Hilariously, this settlement did absolutely nothing to revise the blackout policies in any way whatsoever — it's simply a cheaper plan for fans who follow one team. To further rub salt in the wound, in the terms of the settlement, the NHL only agrees to offer this single-team subscription option for a few years, not indefinitely.
To no one's surprise, disgruntled fans have created a very popular, illegal, invite-only streaming alternative to GameCenter, aptly named "RageCenter."
partially true, you can see all ESPN content as long as you're on your home network and they limit to some content outside you home network.
Actually you can watch ESPN off your local network. I was just actually watching CFB Daily. I'm away from home right now.
EDIT: It's been this way ever since Disney and Directv made a new deal a while back. I'll watch MNF on my phone when I'm traveling or other shows.
You are only thinking about the CURRENT situation.
Your assuming content owners will change how they do business. Keep in mind one of the biggest content owns has no interested in seeing things change and they are the ones slowing most of it down and that company is Comcast. I know the industry and know it well I worked in it and know what the plans are for the future, Yes Apple is trying to disrupt it and so are others but we been at for 15 yrs and it no better experence today, if anything it is worse because you have to deal with muliply technologies and companies. Today I pay 4 bills to get content in my house 10 yrs ago it was one bill so it not getting easier it is getting worse.
As I said it is easy when it just you and may be another person in your house who have similar viewing habits, when you add kids to the mix it becomes complicated. I also have threater room in my house I built and the complexity of getting all the connent to the big scream is a nightmare unless you willing to spend $1000's to put in a control system even then it does not always work.
I personally was hoping Apple (steve) in fact solved the problem and there was plenty of information that Apple did solve it and it was part of the TWC deal that fell apart when Comcast jumped in the middle of it.
Trust me I looking to the future, and I do not see the problem with content ownser getting solved any time soon.
i am looking at my Ipad right now an only see 2 ESPN channels which I can view live on my IPAD on the work network, At home I have more ESPN channels so there are limits to way can be watch away from home. I give you the list ever year has been growning Directv has been allowing more and more content to be streamed away from home.
How many subscribers does Comcast have?
How many does DirectTV have?
How many does Time Warner have?
If AppleTV has a user base larger than the cable companies the content providers will have to give in to their demands.
Again you are thinking with the mind set of the current situation. If Apple has 50 million AppleTV users they can change the entire industry.
And Comcast can't block Apple to content if the other broadcasters agree to terms (ABC, CBS, FOX). That was part of deal with buying a cable company.
That's ridiculous. Just because Apple has a large user base doesn't mean they'll subscribe to a TV service. You can say that DirecTV has a potential user base of 300 million because their footprint covers the entire US.


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Monday 22nd February-Market Wrap
Posted by Henry in Daily Reports
ASX200, Australian Sharemarket, Ben Bernanke, BHP, bluescope, brambles, cba, Charlie aitken, commonwealth bank, CPU, crash 2016, diggers and dealers, dow jones, Fortescue mining, ides of march, Interest Rates, iron ore, Mario Draghi
ASX 200 rises 48.4 points to close at 5001.2. On stronger results and positive Asian markets. Brambles knocks the lights out with materials also performing well especially Fortescue Mining. Japan up 1.12%, China up 2% and US Futures up 88. AUD doing well too at 71.744.
A positive start to the week although somewhat tentative at the open. Confidence increased as Asian came online with a positive reaction in China to news that the regulator has been replaced. Corporate results were once again the focus as Brambles (BXB) +8.5%, NIB Holdings (NHF) +7.32% and Bluescope (BSL) +1.64% set the scene. So far results have been generally positive and has helped support the market. We breached 5000 sooner than I thought but are struggling to hold the gains. The big factor will be the BHP numbers tomorrow. If the market breathes a sigh of relief, then the market will kick on possibly to 5100. We are in the last week of reporting and traditional companies save the worst until last, so it may not get over the line.
ASX 200 Index Today Aussie Dollar Today US71.74c
Once again materials and industrials showing a clean pair of heels. Energy too tried its best to add to the green and it was really only healthcare and telecoms that were slightly out of favour.
BHP tomorrow.
Expect them to cut and paste from the RIO play book and the stock will breathe a sigh of relief on Samarco perhaps. Cost cutting and capex to be the corporate focus to deliver some growth options.
Stocks and Sectors
Resources had another good day led by the iron ore sector. BHP +3.43%, RIO +3.21% and Fortescue Mining (FMG) +9.05% doing very well as the iron ore price increased overnight. The green spilled over into base metals with Western Areas (WSA) +5.94%, South32 (S32) +0.42% and Sandfire Resources (SFR) +1.33%. Gold stocks eased as bullion slipped slightly. Silver Lake (SLR) -8.96%, Oceanagold Corp (OGC) -11.3%, Evolution Mining (EVN) -3.3%.
Energy stocks were mixed Woodside (WPL) -1.35%, Origin Energy (ORG) +3.41%, Oil Search (OSH) +1.68% and services to the oil industry company Worley Parsons (WOR) +7.01%.
Financials were mildly positive with the banks scrapping out gains except Australia and New Zealand Bank (ANZ) -0.34% as news that Phil Chronican joining National Bank (NAB)+0.16%. Insurers were better with Suncorp (SUN) +1.57%, IAG +2.78%, QBE Insurance -1.96% and AMP +1.65%. Wealth managers continued to recover their losses with Macquarie Group (MQG)+2.27%, Henderson Group (HGG) +1.72% and BT Investment (BTT) +0.76%.
Industrials were dominated by the results from Brambles (BXB) +8.5% and the updated guidance. Telcos were ignored at best and sold at worst. The question marks remain over the Asian growth strategy from Telstra (TLS) -0% together with increase competition at home weighing. Vodafone customers' numbers coming in at 5.44m up from 5.30 a year ago are a symptom of the changing world. It is all about data.
Healthcare stocks slipped with Sonic Healthcare (SHL) -4.17%, Ansell (ANN) -3.13% and Healthscope (HSO) -1.75%
Speculative stock of the day: NRW Holdings (NWH) +48.48% following the contract announcement of the WA deal they have built on the gains with a positive earnings result and a debt restructuring.
Corporate casualty Arrium (ARI) +46.67% was thrown a lifeline today with GSO Capital extending a US$960m funding package to the company. Whether this will be enough to save the company with its struggling Whyalla Plant and its loss making iron ore business remains to be seen. The company will raise a $262m rights issue at basically nothing which will be underwritten by GSO. It does look suspiciously like a quasi-takeover of the company by GSO, who are part of Blackrock. Complicated deal including a warrant over 15% of the company and two board seats. Bottom of the cycle?
A solid set of numbers from NIB (NHF) +7.32%, Traction in New Zealand and a recovery of momentum in the domestic market helped both earnings and investor sentiment, but a key focus for analysts was a loss-making contract for inbound Saudi students which NIB said it is discontinuing from March. This contract underpinned an 85% lift in international inbound health insurance revenues to $41.5 million in the half but the underlying operating profit of this division fell a heavy 31 per cent to just $5.4 million, which it blamed on Saudi claims experience.
Bluescope Steel (BSL) +1.64% doubled their interim profit at $200.1m with a positive asset revaluation and the sale of the McDonald's lime business. Revenue rose 2% to $4.43bn on stronger sales in China. An unchanged dividend of 3 cents as CEO Paul O Malley's cost cutting initiatives appear to be paying off. At least for now.
Brambles (BXB) +8.5% announces a 2% increase in profits too US290.0m. Strong business wins in its pallet division coupled with a stronger outlook statement helped lift the stock dramatically today. Guidance is now for a 6-8% increase for the full year with the dividend raised to 14.5 cents from 14 cents. The company is also pushing into big data setting up a company called BXB Digital in Silicon Valley. Just what the market wanted to hear.
Data#3 (DTL) +1.81% Data #3 said net profit for the first half rose 19.2 per cent to $4.3 million, on revenue of $457.5 million, up 12.6 per cent on a year ago. Gross profit jumped 9.6 per cent to $68.4 million. The business technology solutions provider will pay a half year fully-franked dividend of 2.5c a share, up 19 per cent on a year ago. The payout to shareholders will be made on March 31.
AP Outdoor (APO) +2.63% said it swung to a full-year statutory net profit of $41 million from the year-earlier loss of $12.2 million. Revenue climbed 20 per cent to $300.8 million from $250.6 million. During the year, APN said it cut its net debt by $18.6 million to $57.5 million. The outdoor advertising company said it would pay a fully franked final dividend of 15.5c, 'well ahead of its prospectus forecast of 10c'.
G8 Education (GEM) -3.23% full year profit rose to $88.58m a rise of 68% with post tax ROE at 14.5%. There still seem come concerns about their debt and ability to continue to grow but the yield is now around 7.7% fully franked which should support the share prices although with the May budget looming and potential changes to child care on the agenda that may weigh on the share price.
OOhmedia (OML) +2.95% said its full-year statutory net profit rose 58 per cent to $56.59 million from $35.9 million in the year earlier. Revenue rose 7 per cent to $279.81 million from $261.3 million. The outdoor advertising display company said it would pay a fully franked final dividend of 6.7c.
Westpac (WBC) +1.07% has shown its pricing power again as it has raised its business interest rates out of cycle. bill margin, which are commonly used by commercial customers, will increase by 0.23 percentage points. Rates on various other types of business loans that are often used by smaller businesses, including overdrafts, will lift by 0.19 percentage points.
Ripples from the real estate economists, there's a business, with a US researcher now predicting a 50% drop in property prices. The group Variant Perception has written of a fall of 30-50% similar to what occurred in Ireland or Spain. These guys are so wide of the mark that it is not funny. Good click bait for a property mad public willing to click on any news of rises and falls in house prices.
HSBC announced a US$858m loss in the last quarter compared with a US$1.95bn last quarter.
Chinese stocks have rallied as the stock market regulator has been replaced. Xiao Gang has been removed from the post with Liu Shiyu taking his place with the poisoned chalice. Any market move will be now blamed squarely at his feet.
Macquarie Group has raised $2.3bn 50% more than its target for its new Asian infrastructure fund. Nobody does it better. Makes me feel sad for the rest.
Europe and US
News that Boris Johnson, or BoJo, had thrown his weight behind the UK leaving the EU campaign will have some effect on sentiment in the UK. The currency will be the biggest loser as the chances of the UK saying 'No' to Europe seem to be on the rise. In the end apathy and fear of change will win out but not before some anxious moments before the June 23 referendum.
US Fed will raise the bar in the bank stress tests.
Ahead in Europe
FTSE +42.50 points.
DAX -94 points.
CAC -16 points.
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SEX POSITIVE SXSW 2008 Review
by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub March 19, 2008
Reviewed by <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Aaron Roxby
As a person who came of age, if you will, in the early 1990s, the words "Safe" and "Sex" have always gone hand in hand. AIDS, that ugly, capitalized buzz-kill has been around my entire life and as a result, it is difficult to imagine the kind of ire that activists Richard Berkowitz and Michael Callen received, when they introduced the concept of safe sex in the early 80s.
Most people don't know the name Richard Berkowitz. That is what director Daryl Wein attempts to remedy with his excellent documentary Sex Positive. Berkowitz's story is prime fodder for a documentary of this nature. The first half of film is a ribald tour of gay New York in the early eighties. After discovering his sexuality on Miami Beach at the age of fifteen, Berkowitz moved on to becoming a gay-radical student and, eventually an S&M Hustler in Brooklyn. After being diagnosed with AIDS, Berkowitz joined up with Dr Joseph Sonnabend and musician Michael Callen. Together they authored a pamphlet entitled How to Have Sex in an Epidemic: One Approach, which is widely credited as the beginning of the Safe Sex movement. However, while Callen and Sonnabend are both well known for their contributions to AIDS awareness, Berkowitz lives in near total anonymity, disabled and on the edge of poverty.
Through interviews, narration, photos and historical TV footage, Weinpaints a vivid picture of Berkowitz, of gay New York in the late 70s and of the terror that AIDS brought with it when the 80s arrived. Most of the film rests on Berkowitz to carry and, fortunately, he is more than up to the task. Blunt, profane, mustachioed and charming, one can understand how he rubbed people wrong twenty years ago, but just might be the right sort of person to spread this message today.
AIDS is still around. Unfortunately, a distressing number of people seem to have forgotten about this fact and, as a result, the disease is on the rise again. Sex Positive is the best kind of political documentary, one which slips this message in, as part of a fascinating, previously untold story.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
STOP LOSS – 10 Movie Clips and the Trailer
Alyssa Milano Exclusive Video Interview – Wizard World


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package org.apache.commons.imaging.color;

import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;

import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;

public class ColorHunterLabTest {

    private ColorHunterLab color;
    private ColorHunterLab colorCopy;

    @Before
    public void setUp() throws Exception {
        color = new ColorHunterLab(1.0, 2.0, 3.0);
        colorCopy = new ColorHunterLab(1.0, 2.0, 3.0);
    }

    @Test
    public void testLAssignment() throws Exception {
        assertEquals(1.0, color.L, 0.0);
    }

    @Test
    public void testAAssignment() throws Exception {
        assertEquals(2.0, color.a, 0.0);
    }

    @Test
    public void testBAssignment() throws Exception {
        assertEquals(3.0, color.b, 0.0);
    }

    @Test
    public void testToString() throws Exception {
        assertEquals("{L: 1.0, a: 2.0, b: 3.0}", color.toString());
    }

    @Test
    public void testHashCodeAndEquals() throws Exception {
        assertTrue(color.equals(colorCopy) && colorCopy.equals(color));
        assertThat(color.hashCode(), is(colorCopy.hashCode()));
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}


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After graduating from Louisiana State University in 1977, Robert H. Crosby, III joined the family business as a salesman for the manufacturing plants. As the company evolved from a manufacturing company to a timberland company, Robert's position within the company changed as well. By 1982, Robert was responsible for both the forest and mineral management of the company. Robert is currently the President of Crosby Land & Resources, L.L.C. that is headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Robert was recently named the 2013 Forest Landowner of the Year by Forest Landowners Association.
Robert's current business and community affiliations include the following:
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Let not our hearts be troubled!
But Let us, not allow our peace in these troubling times be an excuse for passivity or inaction.
As we Serve and Sacrifice, Let us pray and hope (a confident expectation of good).
The race is not given to the swift or strong, but to those who endure, persist and do not give up.
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Liesel is such a sweet little girl. She has a thirst for knowledge and desires to be believed. When she is laughed at because she didn't realize that the Pacific Tree Octopus is not real, will she allow it to ruin her vacation or will she stick to her guns regardless of what everyone else believes?
Even though this story is about a child, it has a good lesson for adults. Don't always assume you know better than little kids. Too often as adults we discount the insights and/or beliefs of children. Why must we insist that there are no Pacific Tree Octopuses?
This review is based on my second reading of this story. I read it the first time as part of the Fantastic Creatures (Fellowship of Fantasy Book 1). I think I might have enjoyed the story even more on this second reading.
This book is good for all ages although I think that younger readers will take different things out of it than adult readers do.


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Il primo caso della pandemia di COVID-19 in Suriname è stato confermato il 13 marzo 2020, si trattava di un individuo tornato dai Paesi Bassi la settimana precedente. Il primo decesso è stato confermato il 3 aprile 2020.

Antefatti
Il 12 gennaio 2020, l'Organizzazione mondiale della sanità (OMS) ha confermato che un nuovo coronavirus era la causa di una malattia respiratoria in un gruppo di persone nella città di Wuhan, nella privincia cinese di Hubei, dato che è stato riferito all'OMS il 31 dicembre 2019.

Il tasso di mortalità per COVID-19 è stato molto più basso della SARS del 2003, ma la trasmissione è stata significativamente maggiore, portando ad un bilancio totale delle vittime più alto.

Cronologia
Il 2 marzo 2020 è stato chiuso il "percorso di ritorno" tra Suriname e Guyana. Il Paese era considerato significativamente a rischio a causa di un sistema sanitario "debole" (ad esempio, gli ospedali avevano in totale soli 30 ventilatori). Il 13 marzo viene confermato il primo caso nel Paese, un individuo che era tornato nella settimana precedente dai Paesi Bassi. A mezzanotte del 14 marzo aeroporti e confini del Paese sono stati chiusi al traffico passeggeri. Il 16 marzo chiudono tutte le scuole. Il 24 marzo, l'8º caso confermato fu quello dell'ambasciatore francese in Suriname, trasferito 5 giorni dopo in Guyana francese. Il 28 marzo, il presidente Dési Bouterse, con 10 casi nel Paese, annunciò un lockdown parziale e un coprifuoco tra le 20 e le 6.

Il 3 aprile, il Suriname ha confermato il primo decesso legato alla COVID-19. Durante il mese di aprile 2020 non si sono verificati aumenti di casi, ma il Paese ha ricevuto aiuti economici e sanitari da Alibaba e dall'Unione europea, è stato aperto un ospedale provvisorio e decine di persone sono state rimpatriate nel Paese con quarantena. Nonostante le restrizioni imposte, l'11 aprile il presidente ha partecipato a un incontro del suo partito senza distanziamento sociale.

Il 3 maggio, non c'erano più casi attivi in Suriname. Due giorni prima, si erano raggiunte le 532 persone testate. Dal 10 maggio, il coprifuoco è stato ristretto alla fascia oraria 23-5 ed è stato annunciato un programma di supporto economico che sarebbe entrato in funzione dal 1º giugno. Il 24 e il 25 maggio il lockdown è stato sospeso per le elezioni generali. Dal 28 maggio, si sono registrati nuovi casi di COVID-19 nel Paese.

Il 1º giugno, il presidente Bouterse ha annunciato il ripristino del lockdown e delle restrizioni iniziali, e il 3 giugno il vicepresidente Ashwin Adhin ha annunciato l'inizio di un lockdown totale dal 4 al 12 giugno, con solo i servizi e le attività essenziali consentite, poi prolungato fino al 21 giugno visto il continuo aumento dei contagi, e alleggerito solo dal 21 giugno.

Nei mesi di luglio e agosto 2020 i nuovi casi nel Paese sono continuati a crescere, con diversi noti politici contagiati, un significativo focolaio nell'area orientale del Paese e, dal 25 luglio, l'obbligo di indossare la mascherina e di distanziamento sociale anche all'aperto. Il coprifuoco dalle 23 alle 5 è rimasto in vigore fino al 23 agosto.

I casi attivi sono calati e rimasti sotto la decina fino a dicembre 2020, quando si è verificata una seconda ondata. A febbraio 2021 il Paese ha iniziato le vaccinazioni anti COVID-19, con 1000 dosi donate da Barbados. Nel 2021 si è verificata la terza ondata, con picco a giugno, e la quarta, con picco assoluto di casi a metà settembre, con un terzo della popolazione almeno parzialmente vaccinata.

Andamento dei contagi

Note

Voci correlate

 Pandemia di COVID-19
 Pandemia di COVID-19 nel mondo
 Pandemia di COVID-19 in America

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

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Geek Ireland Gaming's Spookiest Levels
Posted by Sean Clerkin | Oct 31, 2018 | Gaming | 0
As Halloween draws nearer, we find ourselves boarding up our windows and running to the panic room. What else is there to do at such a spooky time? Of curse, while waiting for the nightmare season to end, we'll be playing video games. Here are some of our favourite spooky levels.
Seán Clerkin
Games Writer
Halloweentown (Kingdom Hearts II)
Though it appears in both Kingdom Hearts and its sequel, the latter incarnation of Halloweentown is most memorable to me. Its stark contrast between the dark woods and graveyards in one sector and the warm, bright colour palette of the Christmastown area make it a unique level in the Kingdom Hearts series. Sora, Donald and Goofy sport Halloween themed outfits, and an orchestral rendition of The Nightmare Before Christmas' "This is Halloween" adds to the atmosphere.
Paul O'Malley
Games Reporter
Ravenholm (Half-Life 2)
"That's the old passage to Ravenholm. We don't go there anymore"
Ravenholm is easily one of the creepiest levels in gaming. The town has been long abandoned and is infested with zombies and headcrabs. Gordon Freeman is forced to traverse this hellhole when separated from Alyx Vance. There is literal terror lurking around every corner and it is one of the most memorable parts of a very memorable game. For bonus brownie points, try to get through this one using only the gravity gun. Saw blades for the win!
Seán Byrne
Audio Cues (Various)
I'm going to cheat a little with this one because one thing that really ups the tension in a game for me are the audio cues that hint at the presence of a particular enemy. Left 4 Dead and Last of Us do this particularly well with the Witch's crying and Clickers' click respectively. If you've played either of these you'll know what I'm talking about. Things are going well, maybe you're even starting to feel confident when all of a sudden you hear that unmistakable sound. WHERE THE HELL ARE THEY? You slow to a crawl, searching every corner and if you're lucky you'll spot them before they spot you, if not then you'll likely be reloading your last checkpoint.
SPECIAL MENTION: The Drowning Countdown (Sonic the Hedgehog)
Associate Writer
Déjà Vu on the Ishimura (Dead Space 2)
Dead Space 2 was not as scary as the original, especially if you had played the original Dead Space. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star will never be the same for me because of it. However, about two thirds through Dead Space 2, you must return to the Ishimura, which is a very spooky level. The tight spaces in the Ishimura are a far cry from the bigger spaces in the Sprawl. On top of that most of the lights are out, save for a few spotlights scattered around the ship. The audio logs you find just help to increase the feeling of unease. it all culminates in the Necromorphs inevitably breaking in and you get to take out your frustration on them.
What levels do you remember for their spooky nature? Let us know in the comments below!
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Sean Clerkin
Games writer, former Games and Tech Editor for tn2magazine.ie, and a fan of great stories in games. My favourites include the Kingdom Hearts and Uncharted series, as well as Red Dead Redemption and Bioshock. I mostly play on PS4 and Switch, but I also have some thing called a Vita? Yeah I've never heard of it either.
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