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Soloist Concert with Tom Hutchinson
Saturday 24th November 2018 // 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
« LBBA Open Brass Band Contest
Tri-Uni Concert with Leeds and Durham University Brass Bands »
Join Brass Society in concert as we play alongside Tom Hutchinson, principal cornet player of the world famous Cory Band.
The concert will feature our main band playing a variety of music, including their test piece from the recent LBBA Open Contest. The Symphonic Brass ensemble will also be playing a varied repertoire, from classical dectet music to film scores and more modern pieces. Our guest soloist will be featured with both ensembles. This is not a concert to miss!
Tickets are priced at just £5 (£4 for students) and are available on the door. Concert duration: 2 1/2 hours (including interval).
About Tom Hutchinson
Tom began learning the cornet at the age of nine and joined his local brass band,Stannington. As an early teenager he joined Barnsley Building Society Band; however, his first taste of playing 'top man' in a championship section band happened a few years later,
aged fifteen, when he joined the Rothwell Temperance Band.
During these formative years Tom also played solo cornet with the National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain including two courses as Leader. It was the Band's Associate Conductor, Dr Nicholas Childs, who noticed his talent and later invited him to join the world famous Black Dyke Band. After four years with 'Dyke' and contributing to many contest successes, he graduated from the Royal Northern College of Music and was invited to join the mighty Cory Band as principal cornet.
After leading the Cory band in his first year to its hat-trick winning European title in 2010, he has since lead Cory to two British Open titles, five Welsh regional titles, four Brass in Concert Championship titles, the European title once again in 2013 and 2016, and three National Final wins.
A few highlights of his time so far at Cory have been releasing his debut solo CD 'In Principal', and leading Cory to its historic Grand Slam achievement in 2016, with the band finishing off the year as the world's No.1 ranked brass band for a consecutive and unprecedented ten years.
Tom is pleased to play a Besson Prestige cornet and represents the brand globally.
Visit Tom's website to find out more.
Saturday 24th November 2018
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OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this experimental study was to supplement and expand on clinical research demonstrating that the provision of social support is associated with lower levels of acute pain. METHODS: Undergraduates (52 men and 49 women) performed the cold pressor task either alone or accompanied by a friend or stranger who provided active support, passive support, or interaction. Pain perception was measured on a 10-point scale. RESULTS: Participants in the active support and passive support conditions reported less pain than participants in the alone and interaction conditions, regardless of whether they were paired with a friend or stranger. CONCLUSIONS: These data suggest that the presence of an individual who provides passive or active support reduces experimental pain.


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Federal cyber experts christen satellite office in Georgia
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By - Associated Press - Sunday, November 24, 2019
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - A U.S. Department of Defense unit has opened its first remote office outside the Pentagon with its new facility in east Georgia.
Defense Digital Service works to find solutions for highly technical problems encountered by the military, The Augusta Chronicle reported.
It held a grand opening recently in the Georgia Cyber Center.
The space is dubbed Tatooine, which comes from Luke Skywalker's home planet in the "Star Wars" movie series.
Defense Digital Service reports directly to the Secretary of Defense.
Its first satellite office - in Augusta - puts it in close proximity to the U.S. Army Cyber Command and the U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence at Fort Gordon.
In keeping with the Star Wars theme, there are references to the films throughout the Augusta offices that add to the nerdy vibe, a vibe they embrace.
"These are the nerds y'all are looking for" - a reference to a line from one of the Star Wars movies - is on a sign outside the door to the Tatooine office.
Defense Digital Service began as "this little startup inside the Pentagon," said its director, Brett Goldstein.
Its appearance might be similar to other technology companies in the Augusta building, but what makes it different are its projects. Its employees specialize in technical issues that arise within military systems that must be addressed and solved quickly.
"The beauty behind this team and why I am so proud of folks is they have a core set of skills, but they end up being really versatile," Goldstein said. "Where it is probably different from the private sector is you can one day be working on a traditional enterprise system, a couple of days later you can be forward in a combat zone working on a different issue."
Goldstein said there's "enormous technical talent" in Augusta and the larger region.
"The growth here has been truly amazing," he said.
Information from: The Augusta Chronicle , http://www.augustachronicle.com
Copyright © 2021 The Washington Times, LLC.


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Q: 3-pin MOSFET: P or N type? This may be a silly one but I couldn't seem to find an explicit answer: with a 3-pin MOSFET, how do I determine whether it's an NMOS or PMOS?
I'm making some assumptions here:

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*I've already found the Gate pin, which has no conduction to the other two pins (at the voltage level of a DMM diode test)

*I don't know whether or not an internal protection diode is in use

*I don't know if the Source is tied to the Bulk (not that it matters, since there is no Bulk/Body pin in a 3-pin MOSFET)

Thanks!

A: Measure the polarity of the body diode (between the two non-gate pins). The cathode is either the drain of an n-channel or the source of a p-channel.
Apply a moderate positive voltage (say 8V) with a series LED and resistor to to the cathode with anode grounded.
Tie the gate to cathode. If the LED turns on it's n-channel, if it is off then it is p-channel.

simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
(This is assuming it can only be a p or n channel enhancement mode MOSFET, if it can be a JFET or depletion type or other type again, then other tests will be necessary).

A: Assuming that is is an enhancement MOSFET (most common):
If it becomes conducting if the gate voltage is some volts higher than the source or drain voltage it is a N-MOSFET.
If it becomes conducting if the gate voltage is some volts lower than the source or drain voltage it is a P-MOSFET.
It is very likely that there is an internal protection diode (there are only very very few MOSFETs without them; at least if it is a power MOSFET).
You can use it to find out which pin is source and which one is drain:
P-MOSFET: anode is connected to drain, cathode is connected to source
N-MOSFET: anode is connected source, cathode is connected to drain.

A: With the part number you can easily find a data sheet online that will give you more information than you will probably need.

A: A n-channel FET turns on as the gate voltage becomes more positive. A p-channel FET turns on as the gate goes more negative.
Many common FETs have an internal diode between the source and drain (body connected to the source), so you may be able to determine the source vs drain by using the polarity that produces less current.
One a small voltage (perhaps a volt) is applied between the source and drain (choose terminals arbitrarily), change the gate voltage to be -1 and then 1 volt. If you don't see a difference, try using slightly higher voltages. The FET will likely be operating in the subthreshold region, so the currents may be VERY small (nanoamps to microamps). Note that at room temperature, the subthrehold current in a good MOSFET should increase by 10 times for every approximately 70 mV of gate voltage change. If the positive gate voltage allows a higher current, then it is a n-FET.

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CLIFFORD, DENNIS
ALBA Berlin 33 Center
Height: 2.13 Born: 29 February, 1992 Nationality: United States of America
@dcliff_eats @dcliff24/
Totals 18 12 195:05 74 31/48 0/0 12/17 10 29 39 9 8 13 10 4 26 20 95
Averages 18 12 10:50 4.1 64.6% 0% 70.6% 0.6 1.6 2.2 0.5 0.4 0.7 0.6 0.2 1.4 1.1 5.3
22 * at Valencia Basket 5:22 4 2/2 1 3
23 * vs Valencia Basket 13:16 5 2/3 1/2 2 2 4 1 1 1 3 9
24 * at Valencia Basket 13:27 6 3/4 1 1 1 1 3 3 6
3 Totals 32:05 15 7/9 0/0 1/2 2 3 5 0 2 3 3 0 4 3 18
Average 10:41 5 77.8% 0% 50% 0.7 1 1.7 0 0.7 1 1 0 1.3 1 6
20 * vs MoraBanc Andorra 17:49 6 3/4 3 3 1 2 2 1 10
21 * at MoraBanc Andorra 9:27 5 2/5 1/2 1 3 4 1 1 1 1 7
Average 13:38 5.5 55.6% 0% 50% 0.5 3 3.5 0.5 0.5 0 1.5 0.5 1 1 8.5
17 * vs Unicaja Malaga 8:35 3 1/2 1/2 1 1 1 3 1 -1
18 at Unicaja Malaga 2:47 2 1/2 1 1 1 1 2 1 -1
19 vs Unicaja Malaga 5:34 0/1 1 1 1
Average 5:38 1.7 40% 0% 50% 0 0.7 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.7 0 0.7 1.7 0.7 -0.7
11 vs AS Monaco 11:07 0/1 2 1 3 2 2 2 8
12 * at Partizan NIS Belgrade 8:59 5 2/2 1/2 1 1 2 1 3 10
13 * at Rytas Vilnius 17:55 6 2/2 2/2 3 3 1 4 1 7
14 * vs Rytas Vilnius 12:20 2 1/3 1 1 1 1 1 -2
15 at AS Monaco 8:40 2 2 1 3
16 * vs Partizan NIS Belgrade 6:27 6 2/2 2/2 1 1 1 1 1 6
6 Totals 65:28 19 7/10 0/0 5/6 5 7 12 3 2 2 2 1 6 7 32
Average 10:54 3.2 70% 0% 83.3% 0.8 1.2 2 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 1 1.2 5.3
7 vs Cedevita Zagreb 9:40 9 4/6 1/1 2 2 3 2 2 12
8 vs Limoges CSP 13:48 4 2/3 2 2 1 3 2 5
9 * at Arka Gdynia 19:18 7 3/5 1/2 2 4 6 2 3 1 8
10 * vs Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar 10:34 4 1/1 2/2 3 3 1 3 1 3 2 5
4 Totals 53:20 24 10/15 0/0 4/5 2 11 13 4 2 6 2 0 9 6 30
Average 13:20 6 66.7% 0% 80% 0.5 2.8 3.3 1 0.5 1.5 0.5 0 2.29 1.5 7.5
#1 in Blocks (3)
#1 in Games Played (3)
#1 in Games Started (3)
#2 in 2-point % (77.8%)
#2 in Field goal % (77.8%)
#5 in Steals (2)
#9 in 2-pointers attempted (9)
#12 in Field goals made (7)
#14 in Points (15)
#20 in Assist-turnover ratio (0%)
#7 in Defensive Rebounds (6)
#12 in Field goal % (55.6%)
#20 in 2-point % (55.6%)
Index rating 22 ALBA Berlin vs. Bilbao Basket 12/27/2017
Points 17 ALBA Berlin vs. Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar 12/5/2017
Offensive rebounds 4 Galatasaray Istanbul vs. ALBA Berlin 2/6/2018
Defensive rebounds 9 ALBA Berlin vs. Bilbao Basket 12/27/2017
Total rebounds 11 ALBA Berlin vs. Bilbao Basket 12/27/2017
Assists 3 ALBA Berlin vs. Cedevita Zagreb 11/14/2018
Steals 2 ALBA Berlin vs. AS Monaco 1/3/2019
Blocks 3 Valencia Basket vs. ALBA Berlin 4/15/2019
Minutes 29 Galatasaray Istanbul vs. ALBA Berlin 2/6/2018
Played college basketball at Boston College (2011-16).
Signed for the 2016-17 season by Santa Cruz Warriors, NBDL.
Moved to Germany for the 2017-18 season, signed by ALBA Berlin Basketball Team.
Played the 2017 NBDL All Star Game.
2017-18 ALBA Berlin 16 154 9.6 59/103 57.3 0/0 0 36/46 78.3 94 10 10 8
2018-19 ALBA Berlin 18 74 4.1 31/48 64.6 0/0 0 12/17 70.6 39 8 9 10
Totals 34 228 6.7 90/151 59.6 0/0 0 48/63 76.2 133 18 19 18
Averages 34 228 6.7 90/151 59.6 0/0 0 48/63 76.2 3.9 0.5 0.6 0.5
2011/12 Boston College 31 277 8.9 106/198 53.5 2/10 20.0 19/34 55.9 147 12 35 29
2012/13 Boston College 30 83 2.7 29/61 47.5 2/4 50.0 19/34 55.9 96 5 15 26
2013/14 Boston College 2 6 3.0 3/4 75.0 0/0 0.0 0/0 0.0 9 0 1 2
2014/15 Boston College 31 215 6.9 72/144 50.0 3/6 50.0 62/85 72.9 171 11 28 34
2015/16 Boston College 31 308 9.9 118/230 51.3 1/11 9.1 69/112 61.6 227 16 39 34
2016/17 Santa Cruz Warriors 38 453 11.9 171/289 59.2 0/0 0.0 111/172 64.5 309 23 77 39
2017/18 ALBA Berlin 47 435 9.3 163/282 57.8 0/0 0.0 109/150 72.7 203 26 44 27
2018/19 ALBA Berlin 26 86 3.3 34/58 58.6 0/0 0.0 18/31 58.1 73 5 19 6


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Coach of the Year award for Ben Kelly.
Ben Kelly was honoured, at the Active Durham sports awards this week. Ben was voted as Coach of the Year for South and West Durham. The annual honours recognise the talent and commitment of the individuals, coaches, volunteers, clubs and schools whose exceptional work helps people of all ages and abilities to access sport and physical activity.
Ben weekly volunteers a minimum of two sessions a week, and is always willing to provide cover where possible, Ben attends many tournaments at the weekends to continue to help the players develop and achieve along with managing National League and British League teams.


The first generation of rabbis began the process of establishing the religion's framework. They drew on the traditions they knew, and they expounded the text of the written Torah. Subsequent generations clarified, expanded and supplemented their work. But they were a small, isolated group of scholars. For their work to have any meaning at all they would have to inspire and enthuse the masses. They needed to get their message out.
The man most responsible for this was Akiva ben Joseph. The outstanding personality among the rabbis of the late 1st and early 2nd centuries CE, Akiva's influence can be detected on nearly every page of the Talmud. Not just because of his insights. But because of the students he taught, and his advocacy of education.
His justification for introducing his manifesto in connection with Exodus 21,1 is the use of the word 'put' in the verse. The same word occurs in Deuteronomy 31,19: 'And teach the Israelites, put it in their mouths'. The occurrence of the same word in two places allows him, under the rules of Talmudic logic, to draw an analogy between them. The word 'put' in Deuteronomy applies to education, therefore it can be used to apply to education in Exodus too.
Akiva's manifesto is to set out the rabbinic system so clearly that it appears as well ordered and defined as a table laid out for a meal. This was to be done, in an age of few educational tools and when hardly anyone could read, by repeating and repeating lessons until the students not only knew what they had learnt, but could teach it by rote and fully understand it.
Time and again in the rabbinic literature Akiva promotes the idea of education, always of course in the context of Torah. Learning is more important than action, he says in the Talmud (Kiddushin 40b) because learning leads to action. He compares a scholar to well of water. A well only contains what has been put into it. But just as water flows from a well, allowing others to drink, so students drink from the waters of learning that the scholar has acquired (Sifrei Devarim 48,5).
Akiva is the educator par excellence. So much so that he is compared favourably to Moses: 'Things that were not revealed to Moses were revealed to Akiva' (Pesikta Rabbati 14,1). This statement is made by R. Aha, a Talmudic sage who lived several generations after Akiva. He doesn't tell us which things were revealed to Akiva but not to Moses, but among them must have been the primacy of education. After all, had Akiva's manifesto not taken root, R. Aha would not have been able to make his statement.


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Red Arrow Soldiers in Afghanistan build on legacy
By Capt. Joe Trovato | Wisconsin National GuardMarch 6, 2020
AFGHANISTAN - The Soldiers of the Wisconsin Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 128th Infantry, remain hard at work in Afghanistan.
The nearly 400 "Red Arrow" Soldiers from the 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team mobilized for deployment in July and serve as a security element for the Army's 3rd Security Force Assistance Brigade or SFAB. The 128th integrated into the 3rd SFAB as its seventh battalion.
Red Arrow Soldiers assigned to the Wisconsin Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 128th Infantry in Afghanistan. The 1st Battalion, 128th Infantry mobilized for deployment to Afghanistan in July 2019, where the unit is acting as a "Guardian Angel" security element for the 3rd Security Force Assistance Brigade. (Photo Credit: Courtesy photo) VIEW ORIGINAL
Known as "Guardian Angels," the Red Arrow Soldiers are providing force protection for key leader engagements and training between advisers, other coalition forces, contractors and Afghan troops.
"We're doing the job our nation asked us to do, and we're doing it well," said 1st Lt. Brian Sikma, a platoon leader in C Company, 1st Battalion, 128th Infantry. "There are a lot of ways to serve and give back to your community. For those of us in the military, this is our way to pay it forward to the next generation."
The impact Sikma, of Watertown, Wisconsin, and his troops are having in Afghanistan cannot be understated.
"My Soldiers have provided security for American advisers, managed multimillion-dollar sensors and systems to protect American bases and personnel, saved the lives of injured Afghan personnel, facilitated targeting of Taliban fighters, and even helped train American and Afghan personnel on weapons and tactics," he said.
The 128th replaced their Wisconsin Army National Guard and Red Arrow brethren from the 2nd Battalion, 127th Infantry, who performed the same mission for the Army's 2nd SFAB last year. The 127th returned to Wisconsin in late 2019 after becoming the first National Guard battalion to partner with the Army's new SFABs. And despite both the 127th and 128th's illustrious histories and lineages and that of their parent unit, the 32nd "Red Arrow" Infantry Brigade Combat Team, their respective deployments to Afghanistan represented the first two deployments in history to Afghanistan for Red Arrow units.
Spc. Austin Whaley, a human resources specialist, Sgt. Emily Shilts, an intelligence analyst, and Spc. Dylan Zdroik, a signal information sergeant with the Wisconsin Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 128th Infantry enjoy a meal together in Afghanistan. The 1st Battalion, 128th Infantry mobilized for deployment to Afghanistan in July 2019, where the unit is acting as a "Guardian Angel" security element for the 3rd Security Force Assistance Brigade. (Photo Credit: Courtesy photo) VIEW ORIGINAL
Soldiers say the close connection with the unit they replaced helped ensure a smooth transition.
"We received an outstanding (relief-in-place) from the 127th, and they set us up for success," said Spc. Jacob Nutt, a B Company Soldier from Ashland, Wisconsin. "Our link up with our adviser team went smooth, and it seems we share a similar set of priorities."
The Red Arrow's deployments since Sept. 11, 2001, had all been to Iraq or Kuwait, in addition to a combat history in the Civil War, World War I, and World War II. The 128th traces its lineage to Wisconsin's famed Iron Brigade and the 1st and 2nd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry that earned fame for their ferocity at places like Antietam and Gettysburg. The units morphed into the 127th and 128th Infantry at the outset of World War I.
Staff Sgt. Benjamin Sieg, a quick reaction force squad leader in A Company, 1st Battalion, 128th Infantry in Afghanistan. The 1st Battalion, 128th Infantry mobilized for deployment to Afghanistan in July 2019, where the unit is acting as a "Guardian Angel" security element for the 3rd Security Force Assistance Brigade. (Photo Credit: Courtesy photo) VIEW ORIGINAL
Yet despite such a lofty legacy, this iteration of the Red Arrow serving in Afghanistan continues to carve out its place in history.
"The security force advisers we work with every day are ardent professionals and have made significant progress with their assigned local security force partners," said Staff Sgt. Benjamin Sieg, a quick reaction force squad leader in Company A, 1st Battalion, 128th Infantry. "Much of this success has been due to their freedom of operation due to our commitment to their security."
Some of the Soldiers noted their status as National Guard Soldiers brings a unique perspective other branches of the military don't always have, which helps make a hybrid organization like the SFAB even stronger. Some of the National Guard troops, for example, are civilian law enforcement officers or first responders.
"Being a part of the National Guard allows us to use our experience we have gained from our civilian careers and utilize them to our advantage," said Spc. Jonathan Raatz of Watertown.
Sieg said that Citizen-Soldier mindset is part of what makes the Guard such a vital part of the Army's total force.
"We have construction workers, engineers, college students, police officers, car salesmen and every job in between," he said. "The Soldiers also serve their country and do so at a very high professional level. This ability to be highly successful in both fields speaks wonders to their ambition, intelligence, and patriotism.
"The Soldiers I serve with all want to make a difference and work hard to accomplish the mission," he added. "Some came over as brand new parents. Some put their college degree on hold. Some had to pause their own businesses. All had to sacrifice, and all of them have done so willingly."
"I couldn't ask for a better group of people to serve with," said Sgt. Emily Shilts, an intelligence analyst assigned to 128th's headquarters and a New Richmond, Wisconsin, resident. "Not only from our unit, but the other units we work with are great as well. Everyone brings something different to the table -- personalities, wisdom, knowledge, skills, jokes -- you name it. It's everybody's differences that make the mission a success."
Pfc. Tyler Nystrom, assigned to A Company, said he and his team have grown incredibly close during the mobilization.
"I wouldn't want to be deployed with anyone else," he said. "This is my second family, and I'm proud to be here with this group.
Many of the Soldiers said the deployment has had a major impact on their personal and professional development. Spc. Josiah Wahl, a B Company Soldier from Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, said he has lost nearly 30 pounds, works out every day and has read five books. He also said the unit stays sharp with rigorous training and constant defensive improvements.
"It's been fulfilling and meaningful work improving our base defenses and training to provide security for advising missions at Afghan military bases," he said. "The weekly range time has sharpened our marksmanship, and hosting meetings between advisers and Afghan military leaders has been fascinating."
Wahl credited the professionalism of the Soldiers in the 128th for their mission success -- and perhaps some humor as well.
"These are highly professional, tactically, and technically proficient Soldiers who maintain a high level of physical fitness and personal discipline," he said. "All of them take pride in doing an excellent job in whatever tasks they are given. Not only that, but I feel sure we have the funniest Soldiers in the battalion in my platoon."
Humor and bonding is critical to building cohesiveness, which helps overcome the challenges inherent with deployment and separation from loved ones.
"This is my first deployment having to say goodbye to a child," Sieg said. "Even leaving her well cared for and with every provision taken care of, it has been very tough. I love my daughter, and not a day or moment goes by where I don't worry about her. Missing the special days like her first time riding a bus, her birthday, holidays, and even her sad days -- when she's having a rough day, illnesses and when you can tell she misses you. Coming back home to see my daughter will easily be one of the best days of my life."
Sgt. 1st Class John Bensend, a platoon sergeant in D Company, said the separation from home and family has been the most difficult part of the deployment.
"Between my wife and I getting married in March of last year and purchasing our first home last summer, it has been a busy first year of marriage," he said. "However, my wife is an incredibly strong woman and is taking the whole experience in stride."
Support from home and the state of Wisconsin has eased the burdens on the unit and families.
"The support from home has been amazing," Spc. Taylor Koenig, an A Company Soldier from Barron, Wisconsin, said. "It seems like every week I get a care package, or someone is asking me what I would like to be sent. From family to my friends to the VFW and schools in my small hometown, the support has been more than I could ever imagine.
"Easily the toughest part of this deployment has been being away from family and friends," he added. "Having something that is hard to be away from makes it a constant reminder of why you are here in the first place and who you do it for."
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Q: Chartjs tooltips disappear when calling Chart.update I have the goal of showing a tooltip on a near real-time chart that is updating constantly.
Using the standard tooltips in the chartjs library, calling Chart.update() will destroy the tooltip.
In the example here, if the user is hovering the chart, and the graph is updated, the tooltip goes away.
Note: if I change the chartjs version to 2.5.0, there is no issue. It appears to be a bug in 2.7.2
How do I prevent this behavior?

A: Right now there seems to be no official solution. There is still a discussion ongoing on how to fix this: Do not hide tooltip when update is called


Speaking at a cybersecurity conference in Manhattan today, FBI director James Comey went into more detail about how the FBI determined North Korea was behind the recent digital attacks on Sony Pictures, which culminated in the partially canceled release ofThe Interview. According to Comey, the Guardians of Peace "got sloppy" when masking their IP addresses, allowing FBI researchers to determine that emails and other messages to Sony employees were originating from internet connections used exclusively by North Korea. This evidence had been hinted at in a previous Wall Street Journal article, but has never been publicly attributed.


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Run Away And Hide Sold To Stand In Turkey
Darby Dan Farm announced today that Run Away and Hide is relocating to Turkey to continue his stud career. The 13-year-old son of City Zip will stand at Resat Akkan's farm where he will join Papa Clem and Paco Boy (IRE) on the stallion roster. The sire of 33 black type horses and six Graded […]
Age Is Just A Number For Are You Kidding Me; 9-Year-Old Wins Dominion Day
Are You Kidding Me, the senior member of the field at age nine, split horses in deep stretch and powered to a half-length victory in Sunday's Grade 3 Dominion Day Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack. The field for the Dominion Day, a 1 ¼ mile stakes for three-year-olds and upward, was reduced to five by the […]
Champion Are You Kidding Me Seeks Fourth Eclipse Stakes
Multiple Sovereign Award champion and millionaire Are You Kidding Me goes for the Grade 2 Eclipse Stakes grand slam, Holiday Monday at Woodbine. A 12-time winner from 42 career starts, nine-year-old Are You Kidding Me will look to add to his record trio of wins in the 1 1/16-mile event for four-year-olds and upwards. Trained […]
Are You Kidding Me Triples In Woodbine's Eclipse Stakes
Are You Kidding Me earned his third Eclipse Stakes title winning the 2018 edition of the $175,000 Grade 2 stakes event for older horses on Saturday afternoon at Woodbine Racetrack. Jockey Rafael Hernandez worked out the winning trip aboard the Roger Attfield trainee, who reclaimed his Eclipse title after missing by just a neck to Dragon Bay last […]
Melmich Nails Photo In Seagram Cup
It took a photo finish to decide the winner, but Melmich and jockey Eurico Rosa Da Silva defeated two-time Sovereign Award winner Are You Kidding Me by a nose in the $125,000 Seagram Cup (Gr. 3) for horses three years old and up on Sunday afternoon at Woodbine Racetrack. Despite a rough start out of […]
Melmich Repeats In Dominion Day Stakes At Woodbine
Melmich overcame a slow pace and rallied from last to record a second straight Dominion Day Stakes victory at Woodbine on Saturday. The Grade 3 Dominion Day, a 1 1/4-mile race for 3-year-olds and upward, attracted a field of six which also included Are You Kidding Me, winner of the Sovereign Award for top older male in […]
Are You Kidding Me, Melmich Clash In Dominion Day Stakes
Are You Kidding Me and Melmich will cross swords here Saturday in the Grade 3 Dominion Day, a 1 ¼-mile stakes for 3-year-olds and upward and the racing feature on the opening day of the inaugural two-day Queen's Plate Festival that also boasts a live concert by Canadian rockers Our Lady Peace. A field of […]
Dragon Bay Gamely Upsets Eclipse Stakes To Deny Champ Are You Kidding Me
Dragon Bay, under Gary Boulanger, denied Sovereign Award champion Are You Kidding Me a third straight Eclipse Stakes crown, eking out a neck triumph in Saturday's $180,250 Grade 2 feature at Woodbine. Trained by Stuart Simon, who also co-owns with Brett and Russell McLellan, the Parading gelding held on gamely against a hard-charging Are You […]
Sovereign Awards: Caren Honored As Canadian Horse Of The Year
Caren earned the title of Canadian Horse of the Year at the annual Sovereign Awards Ceremony held in Toronto Thursday evening. Caren, a daughter of Society's Chairman, also was named Champion 3-year-old filly. The full list of Sovereign Award winners are listed below: Canadian Horse of the Year: Caren Champion 2-year old male: King and […]
Finalists Announced For 2016 Sovereign Awards; Ceremony To Be Held April 13
The Jockey Club of Canada Announces 2016 Sovereign Award Finalists and extends an invitation for everyone to attend the Awards Ceremony! The Jockey Club of Canada will host the 42nd Annual Sovereign Awards Ceremony to honor Canada's racing Champions of 2016 and Canada's 2016 Horse of the Year on Thursday, April 13, 2017 at Palais […]


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Q: jquery fade doesnt work after clone? I have a div that has an animation attached to it and the animation works perfectly, but when I clone it the effect does not work any more?
jQuery
$(document).ready(function () {
    $('button').bind('click', function () {
        var parents = $(this).parents('.display');
        parents.clone(true).appendTo('body');
    });
    $('img').fadeIn("slow");
});

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A: Try this...
$(document).ready(function () {
    $("button").on("click", function () {
        var parents = $(this).parents(".display");
        parents.clone(true).appendTo("body").find("img").hide().fadeIn("slow");
    });
    $("img").fadeIn("slow");
});

I've added an extra fadeIn call after the clone.  appendTo returns the item you append, so that should fade in any cloned elements.
Incidentally, I replaced bind with on as that is now the more preferred method, but that depends on whether you're using an up-to-date version of jQuery or not.
Here's a working fiddle...
http://jsfiddle.net/G2Wxu/2/
Note that I also added display:none to the css so that the initial image fades in.

A: If you notice, your
$('img').fadeIn("slow");
code is outside the click function.
That results in only being run the first time the page loads.

A: Because you bind it on document.ready. After .append, you have to rebind it.

A: You can try this example You must to hide your element before you trigger fadein:
var newEl = parents.clone(true).appendTo('body');
newEl.find('img').hide().fadeIn('slow');


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Events in the year 1658 in Norway.

Incumbents
Monarch: Frederick III

Events
8 March - The Treaty of Roskilde resulted in the ceding of the Norwegian provinces of Båhuslen and Trondhjems len to Sweden. (At the Treaty of Copenhagen (1660) Trondhjems len was returned to Norway).
5 August - The Bjelke Feud starts.
14 September - The First Battle of Frederikshald.
4 October - The siege of Trondheim starts.
11 December - The siege of Trondheim ends.

Arts and literature

The pulpit in the Stavanger Cathedral is carved by Andrew Lawrenceson Smith.

Births

Deaths

See also

References

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Back in 2005 Google and Yahoo would compete over the size of their search engine index. That competition somewhat ended at the end of 2005, you can learn more about that over here.
But then came the How Search Works portal from Google that first touted 30 trillion pages and then grew to 130 trillion pages that Google is aware of on the web - not necessarily indexed. That was back in November 2016 and sometime after, Google dropped the metric from the How Search Works portal.
Now, we have a well respected software developer named Tim Bray who worked at Google, Sun Microsystems, the Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) and several start-ups and now is at Amazon's AWS team. He wrote a blog post named Google is losing its memory and showed two examples of how both Bing and DuckDuckGo were able to find a page that Google was not able to find.
It caught Danny Sullivan's attention on Twitter, which Danny responded that "I wouldn't make that assumption for the entire web based on what's happening with only your site." Tim being respected, Danny said he would dig into it, believing it may be an issue with the two example sites he cited, even though Bing and DuckDuckGo was able to index and return the content in their search engines.
Well, I wouldn't make that assumption for the entire web based on what's happening with only your site. But something weird does seem to be happening with your site, so passing it on and checking on it.
Yes I realized that after. Checking on them both and the issue in general.
It should be fun to watch if this goes anywhere or not.
I should add, those pages are now in Google's index, but Tim brought attention and links to those pages, so that helps Google index stuff.


Death certificates are used widely for many critical uses. For example, families use them to close out estates as well as to reach emotional closure about the loss of their relative. Information from death certificates is also the fundamental source for official mortality statistics which are used to support statements such as "The impact of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season and the resulting death, injury, destruction, and population displacement were unprecedented in U.S. history." (CDC. MGuide: Hurricanes, accessed at http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/mguide_nd.html) and to more generally define the mortality scope and impact of particular events. Having more information about past events helps plan for future catastrophic storms.
The medical examiner, coroner, or physician's primary responsibility in certifying or completing the death certificate is to provide a medical opinion on cause of death, that is, an etiological description of the order, type, and association of events resulting in death. In reporting the cause of death, any disease, abnormality, injury, or poisoning believed to have adversely affected the decedent should be reported as specifically and precisely as possible. He or she may also complete other legal and demographic items on the death certificate although normally a funeral director would complete this other information.


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Q: A Textbook Problem, Slightly Modified The following is an image of a math problem I am trying to solve. It was originally a textbook problem (given O, P, Q are midpoints of CD, CB, and DA respectively and CM=CN and ∠COA=∠DOB, prove AD=CB, a trivial SAS congruence problem.) I changed the information into the following:
Given

*

*P is the midpoint of AO

*Q is the midpoint of BO

*O is the midpoint of CD

*CP = QD

*∠COA = ∠DOB

Prove

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*BC = AD

*AO = OB

What I have done
I have tried to prove ∆AOD is congruent to ∆BOC, but that is unfortunately SSA, which is famous for not being true.
I have succeeded in proving AB//PQ, but don't know what to do next.
Our class has only studied parallel lines and congruence and the sum of interior angles of a triangle being 180 degrees so if it is possible please do not use similarity or something clearly out of scope (for instance, trigonometry or the Cartesian Plane). Or, please tell me why I can't prove this. PAA (Partial Answers Appreciated).

A: Not sure whether you know Menelaus's theorem (the spelling is copied from wiki, which I find wierd).
Applying Menelaus to the triangle $AOD$ and the line $BC$, we get $\frac{AX}{XD} = \frac 12$. Similarly, $\frac{BX}{XC} = \frac 12$. These tell us that $AB$ is parallel to $CD$.
On the other hand, $\frac{OP}{PA} = 1 = \frac{OQ}{QB}$ which tells us that $PQ$ is parallel to $AB$.
Hence $PQ$ is parallel to $CD$. Together with $CP = QD$, we see that $CPQD$ is an isosceles trapezoid and everything else is clear.


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2022 Master of Domains Announced by Escrow.com
With the year drawing to a close, Escrow.com released its 2022 Master of Domains list. This list is comprised of the top 10 highest-grossing domain name brokers of the prior year (2021). Typically, the list is revealed at NamesCon Global in January, but that conference was moved to the Spring. The sales volume is based on deals closed via Escrow.com.
For the fourth consecutive year, the top grossing domain broker of the year is Andrew Rosener of Media Options.
The list has become an annual tradition, with some of the best domain name brokers being honored. Typically, the award ceremony is held at NamesCon, but the conference won't be held until the Spring.
Here are the top ten highest grossing domain name brokers:
Andrew Rosener – Founder & CEO of DomainX, LLC
Todd Reum – CEO of Names.com
Cameron Gordon – Director of DigitalDNA, LLC & Josh Bourne – Managing Partner of DigitalDNA, LLC
Jeffrey Gabriel – Co-Founder of Saw.com Incorporated
Mark Daniel – Managing Director of Domain Holdings Group
Ryan McKegney – CEO of DomainAgents
Hobi Michalec – Co-Founder of Lumis Group, LLC
Stephen Miholovich – CEO of Name Arena
Joe Uddeme – Principal at Name Experts LLC
Brian Harbin – Founder of Grit Brokerage Inc.
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Ryan - DomainAgents December 9, 2022 At 12:21 pm
I think 2021 was skipped, but glad they are doing this again and honored to be recognized again. 🙂
Elliot Silver December 9, 2022 At 12:24 pm
Doesn't look like it was skipped: https://jamesnames.com/2021/01/escrow-coms-2021-masters-of-domains-list-revealed/
Ryan - DomainAgents.com December 9, 2022 At 12:39 pm
Ah, it's just a bit confusing because in the past they announced it in January, so it's been 22 months since the last one…
Jim December 9, 2022 At 1:56 pm
Approximately how much a broker needs to sell to get into the top 10?
Bob Mtn. December 9, 2022 At 5:40 pm
Congrats to all but especially Stephen Miholovich who as a long-suffering Pittsburgh Steelers fan deserves some joy in his life.
Anonymous Coward December 9, 2022 At 5:47 pm
Chris Zuiker should be high up on the list . Not ethical that Media Options would run all transactions through Andrew Roseners name to game this award.
Elliot Silver December 9, 2022 At 5:54 pm
What makes you think Chris would be high up on the list? I have no idea what percentage of MO deals he handles vs. Andrew.
I believe there are others on this list who also have teams working with them.
Anonymous Coward December 10, 2022 At 9:46 pm
Chris does a large percentage. Either they should be separately listed or Andrew should give his broker proper credit. Gaming the system so Andrew can appear in number 1 position.
If based on teams then GoDaddy should be No.1 by a factor of 10x.
Elliot Silver December 10, 2022 At 9:49 pm
Chris is a sharp guy and I understand he is good at what he does.
Good point about GoDaddy. Unsure how the rankings work. I asked a contact at Escrow.com if she can share more information about that, and I hope to have details about the methodology at some point next week.


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Kelly Cook of Twin Cities Drum Collective: Quarantine Check-In
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Kelly Cook — along with Lane Pederson — owns Twin Cities Drum Collective. Under the TC/DC umbrella, Kelly and Lane build drums under three brands, operate a retail space in Minneapolis's historic Thorp Building, and have become an important part of the Twin Cities music scene.
The company moved into their current location in February, but they were forced to temporarily close their doors just a month later, due to Minnesota's coronavirus-related stay-at-home order. In this episode of "Sounds From Below," Kelly opens up about about the struggles of a small business owner in the age of COVID-19.


Hovis Eco Plus Humanoid Robot, the upgraded version of Hovis Eco, is a 20DOF robot kit decorated with attractive full body covers and builders are able to build more human-like robot. It is the second project applying more actuators and attractive full body covers based on basic HOVIS Lite. Now, this would be a good foundation to create ultimate ubiquitous robot called HOVIS Genie/HOVIS App. Get HOVIS. Expect more.


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Future autoshow in Frankfurt was under threat
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BMW i Next predicted Hydrogen crossover hydrogen
Sales in Europe, the new hybrid version of the plug-in X5 with the prefix XDrive45e that uses eDrive technology of the fourth generation, has already started. Based on X5 is a 3.0-litre in-line engine with a capacity of 282 HP, which in the modification xDrive45e combined with electric motor produces 110 HP Total efficiency of… More
The upcoming BMW 4-Series will receive a giant "nostrils"
At the auto show in Frankfurt hosted the world premiere of the new coupe the Bavarian brand. Despite the criticism of recent models because of the design of the radiator grille, BMW continues to increase the "nostrils". "Dvuhdverka" while presented in the form of a prototype under the name of BMW Concept 4. The show… More
Renault Captur is the second generation debuted in Frankfurt
The next generation crossover has a stylish exterior and an expanded list of available options. In addition, he is longer and its trunk is roomier. At the motor show in Frankfurt debuted the Renault Captur crossover second generation, which has now become brighter and more spectacular. Already in the basic versions, customers can count on… More
New electric car Volkswagen: power reserve more than the Tesla
The company Volkswagen unveiled the production version of the electric vehicle ID.3 at the motor show in Frankfurt. Letters in the car name stands for Intelligent Design and Identity (intelligent design and personality). The Germans themselves called this the electric car as its main premiere on the motor show. The first batch of hatchbacks called… More
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Audi AI concept:the TRAIL became the fourth and most recent element of a series of Artificial Intelligence, which translates as "artificial intelligence". AI:TRAIL quattro is a full "live" concept. It is fully operational and able to move on their own. Presenting a monocoque made with the corners of suspension "Trail" as it hints at a… More
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At least Opel and came under the full control of the French, specifically PSA, the planned upgrade of the Astra was engaged in the former owner – General Motors. And if the exterior with the interior virtually unchanged, with technical composes it's different. Under the hood the new "Gimovsky" engines, namely gasoline Turbotronic capacity of… More
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The new Opel Corsa at the Frankfurt motor show 2019
In the sixth generation Opel Corsa has moved on a modular platform CMP (Common Modular Platform), the PSA group, which built the new Peugeot 208. The result is the wheelbase of the hatchback has spread to 2510 2538 mm, overall length has increased by 39 mm (4060), width 19 mm (1765 mm), but the height… More
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Kelly Clarkson and Gwen Stefani Are Bonding Over Divorce Talk
Carena Liptak Published: October 13, 2020
Just days before Season 19 of The Voice premieres, the show's coaches are gearing up to return to their iconic red chairs. Blake Shelton, John Legend and Kelly Clarkson are back on the show after serving as coaches last season, and former coach Gwen Stefani — who met and began dating Shelton while working on the show in 2015 — is coming back for another season.
The four coaches have had plenty of time to get to know each other over the years, but this season, Clarkson and Stefani have even more in common: They've both gone through the painful experience of getting divorced in the public eye, and their shared experiences of heartbreak have brought them closer.
"Kelly and I have been talking about this a lot," Stefani says in a new interview with Extra TV. "We're so lucky to have music as an outlet for everything we all go through ... Music is such therapy when you're a writer.
Before meeting Shelton, Stefani went through a very public divorce from fellow musician Gavin Rossdale. She and Rossdale had been married for nearly 13 years, and they share three children.
In the summer of 2020, Clarkson filed for divorce from Brandon Blackstock, her husband of nearly seven years. She and Blackstock are parents to 5-year-old daughter River Rose and 4-year-old son Remington Alexander. In the wake of her divorce, Clarkson has been fairly open about the struggles she has faced, but also made it clear that her priority is protecting the emotions of her children and keeping their lives as stable as possible.
"It's a very hard thing to navigate," Clarkson admits. "To be able to be honest and share your story, so maybe you can help someone else, but at the same time protecting those little kids you adore ... We have a lot of help as far as therapists or child psychologists 'cause we want to do it right ... Everyone's sad and it's okay to be sad."
Clarkson has found a friend in Stefani, who knows exactly what it's like to navigate a divorce in the public eye while trying to protect young children. "You're doing a really good job," Stefani tells Clarkson in their interview. "I think it's hard to be a public person. Now you add in a family ... they didn't choose it."
As Stefani notes in their Extra TV interview, both singers can turn to music for solace in difficult times, and Clarkson has said that her next album will likely be a pretty personal and emotional project.
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Pentagon has no idea how much US military equipment seized by Taliban — spokesman
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John Kirby pointed out that currently he has "no policy solutions" on how to resolve this issue
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby speaks during a briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Friday, Aug. 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
WASHINGTON, August 23. /TASS/. US Department of Defense is still unable to tell how many US weapons, shipped to the Afghan Armed Forces, ended up in the hands of the Taliban movement (outlawed in Russia) after it took control over the republic, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Monday.
He was asked during the press briefing, whether the Department of Defense attempted to calculate the number of US weapons and vehicles in the Taliban's possession.
"I don't have an exact inventory of what equipment the Afghans had at their disposal that now might be at risk. Obviously, we don't want to see any weapons or systems to fall into hands of people that would use them in such a way to harm our interests," Kirby said, adding that he currently has "no policy solutions" on how to resolve this issue.
On August 15, Taliban (outlawed in Russia) militants entered the capital city of Kabul without fighting and took complete control over the city in a matter of hours. The President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani announced that he was leaving the country in order to prevent bloodshed. Vice-President Amrullah Saleh claimed that in the absence of the president he becomes acting president in accordance with the Constitution. He urged the republic to continue fighting the Taliban. Meanwhile, Western states are in the process of evacuating their citizens and embassy employees from the republic.
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Wings Bring Back Forward Vanek
After it was reported this morning that the two sides had reached a deal, the Red Wings officially announced that they're bringing back forward Thomas Vanek.
UPDATE: The Detroit #RedWings today signed right wing Thomas Vanek to a one-year contract. pic.twitter.com/O3pyXazTVF
— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) July 1, 2018
Reportedly it's a one-year, $3 million deal.
As I said in the pre-free agency post, I like Vanek. I don't like this signing.
Unless the Red Wings move a forward, I don't think they're leaving enough roster spots open for Michael Rasmussen or Filip Zadina or anyone else to make a push in training camp. And, as I don't think this team is competing for the Cup any time soon, I'd rather see the kids out there than retreads.
That said, at least it's a one-year deal, so he can be flipped (again) at the deadline if the Wings are, in fact, out of it by then.
I guess the next question about Vanek is if he wears the #62 he had during his first run with the Wings or takes his usual #26.
Update, 12:25 PM: So much for easily flipping Vanek at the deadline:
A lot of twitter-commentary out there that Vanek will be dealt again at the trade deadline in 2019. His new deal w/@DetroitRedWings contains a full NTC as protection, so that won't be happening unless Van chooses to waive.
— Scott Bartlett (@SCGscott) July 1, 2018
I suppose I shouldn't be shocked. Holland just can't help himself from giving out random NTCs to veterans. I suppose we can always hope that, if necessary, Vanek will, in face, waive it.
Wings Deal Forward Ott to Canadiens
The Red Wings traded forward Steve Ott to the Montreal Canadiens late Tuesday night.
March 1, 2017 - 6:28 AM
Red Wings Bring Back Forward Fabbri
The Red Wings signed forward Robby Fabbri to a two-year contract extension on Monday.
Wings Add Forward Vanek
After adding center Frans Neilsen earlier in the day, the Detroit Red Wings signed forward Thomas Vanek in a surprise move.
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James McNeill Whistler created over 2,700 paintings, drawings, etchings and lithographs, besides writing several pamphlets about the roles of art and the artist in society. He may legitimately be hailed as the most complete of all American artists. Yet, Whistler is most often remembered for a single painting, a portrait of his mother, Anna. Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1, or "Whistler's Mother," as it is universally known, marked a turning point in his thinking about art and helped, no less than the woman herself, to shape the course of his life.
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Review No. 85 The Wonderful 101 - Wii U (12+)
Innovative gameplay
Good storyline
The enemies are mini puzzles, themselves
Lots of collectibles
Great for making your own playing style
Lots of varying types of gameplay (platforming, hack and slash, shooter and boxing(?))
Makes great use of the Wii U gamepad
Great voice acting
Bosses are big and brilliant
Colourful cast of characters
Its cheesy and it knows it
Weak Points:
Difficulty spikes
Graphics can be a little too shiny
Harder difficulties aren't unlocked straight away, forcing multiple playthroughs through the same story for a real challenge
Some of the Wonder Signs are hard to draw/very similar to others
You aren't allowed very many items
Credits are hard to earn
Hard to get a good score (die and its goodbye platinum, gold and silver trophies)
Ultimate form doesn't actually do anything
Two player requires a pro/classic controller
In-depth Review:
Release Dates:
Europe: August 23, 2013
Japan: August 24, 2013
Australia: August 24, 2013
North America: September 15, 2013
Explained-ish, in game - it's much easier to just play it for a couple of hours and learn them than it is for me to try, and fail, to explain them all.
As the titular Wonderful 100 (the extra one is you!), you will fight your way 9 operations spread throughout the world and through hordes of aliens and robots known as the GEATHJERK, battle a vengeful prince and get blinded by the shiny-ness of everyone's costumes all while transforming into a sword, hand, whip and jelly (?) in order to save a shield known as MARGARITA in order to stop a race of superpowered aliens with a grudge. If this is the world of the future, then I want to live in it (you know, minus all the death).
And in order to do all this, you will need the help of your CENTINEL suit and 100 virtual friends/citizens you pick off the street. Once you have some people at your disposal, simply draw on the gamepad (with your right analog stick. I would recommend using the right analog stick for easier shapes such as the sword and hand and the gamepad for harder ones such as for the bomb and hammer) and behold a wondrous weapon (known as Unite Morphs) such as a hand, claws or bomb made out of your friends! The different weapons correspond to different shapes - circle for hand, line for sword, gun shape for gun etc - as well as a different colour and hero (for instance, the whip is unlocked by having Wonder Pink on your team while the gun is wielded by Wonder Green). These characters, as well as other Wonderful Ones such as Wonder Beer or Wonder Party (although only the colour based heroes, and some special story based ones, give you new powers), stay on your team forever, after you've collected them. You can also get citizens to (unwillingly) join your ranks by drawing a rainbow coloured circle, known as the Wonder Liner, around them. The Wonder Liner can also be used to hit enemies or draw a bridge over gaps. The other things you can do (once you've bought them in the shop) is activate special powers such as Wonder Guts (jelly that stops attacks), Wonder Rocket (a rocket that goes straight up in the air or Wonder Glider (a glider that can be used to cross gaps. These special powers are activated by pressing the triggers on the gamepad and can also be upgraded in the shop.
You also have the group attack which is activated by pressing X (and can be charged by holding X). This is actually a more powerful attack than it looks as it enables Wonderful 101 to stick to the enemy and continuously attack him. Think Pikmin but with people.
The enemies can be killed by either pounding them enough with any of your varied weapons until their HP goes down or by figuring out their specific weakness and using it against them. Some enemies (such as the tortoises that need Wonder Hammer to kill) need specific Wonder Powers to kill so you will have to get used to all of them.
You will also have to face bosses which, as I said in the Strong Points, are big and brilliant. These bosses will force you to think and use all of your resources that you have at your disposal as well as your ability to adapt and the speed of your drawing. However, they are also the best bit of the game and are great to spectate as well as to play.
The items range from health boosting Wonder Soup (and it's two, larger, variants) and the energy recharging Wonder Noodles as well as the Wonder Liner upgrade (which makes your Wonder Liner do more damage/draw faster etc). The final thing you can buy are Wonder Chips which can be used to edit your playstyle even further as, when equipped, they will upgrade one stat and decrease another.
There are also loads of collectables which vary from Platinum Coins (5 per level) to Wonder Figurines (figures of the different Wonderful Ones) as well as Wonderful and GEATHJERK Files (which hold information on the two factions). You can also find various Space Vegetables (of Pepper, Carrot, Eggplant variants) which can be mixed together to make different items including a credit card which can be used to buy one item in the shop for free. Also, at the end of each mission (there's generally 3 per operation) you will be awarded with a trophy, depending on how well you did. This is where the real challenge lies as it requires you to play through the game almost perfectly (in order to get a platinum trophy, that is).
The cheesyness of the game is also brilliant and its not afraid to flaunt it. I won't even bother with one example as the whole game, from the shiny graphics, bobbing heads, blaring music, stereotypes and storyline just drips it. And it's great for it. Never have I seen so many crazy stunts (parts of the game have you jumping between fallen buildings as huge enemies track you down) and (sometimes genuinely funny) puns and cringe worthy scenes in one game. And all of this covers a very strategic and very brilliant gameplay system that is hard to learn but brilliant fun when you master it.
Wonder Missions are extra, smaller missions that you can do at any time and can be used to hone your skills, get more credits or challenge yourself. They can also be played with a second person, although only if they have a pro or classic controller (which is rather annoying, really).
Overall, The Wonderfull 101 is a brilliant game that is both great fun to play and watch. Get passed the overwhelming chessyness and steep learning curve and you'll find a great core with some genuinely beautiful sections (in graphics, gameplay and storyline).
Posted by Harry Penwell at 11:00:00
Labels: Game Review, Harry, In-Depth Review, Wii U
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Ecuador takes a risk by defying the U.S. over Snowden
Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa is said to be willing to take on the U.S. because it makes his country a 'centre of attention.'
AFP/AFP/Getty Images
BETHANY HORNE
Published June 25, 2013 Updated May 11, 2018
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been living in the protection of its embassy in London for more than a year. Edward Snowden, the young defence contractor sought by the United States for revealing a secret surveillance program, has asked it for asylum. Ecuador, a tiny oil-producing nation of just 15 million people, is setting itself up to be a paradise for whistle-blowers.
The standoff over Mr. Snowden, who fled Hong Kong on Sunday and is now in limbo in a transit area of the international airport in Moscow, is pitting the Obama administration against China and Russia in an increasingly nasty diplomatic conflict. But it is Ecuador, geopolitically puny by comparison, that could give the U.S. its biggest headache.
Rafael Correa, its president since 2007, is a big reason. A left-wing populist in the mould of the late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, he has repeatedly locked horns with U.S., refusing to renew its lease on an air base and expelling American diplomats. That the Obama administration would like to get its hands on Mr. Assange, and now on Mr. Snowden, has provided him a new opportunity to annoy the superpower to the north.
His policy is playing well at home, too. Mr. Correa has done well at the ballot box by pledging to restore Ecuador's sovereignty, which he says means breaking free of dependency on the U.S. Ecuadorians also find it easier to identify with an underdog, and many see the surveillance program revealed by Mr. Snowden's leaks as part of a broad pattern of excessive U.S. interference abroad.
Mr. Correa is willing to tweak the U.S. on the Assange and Snowden cases because it makes Ecuador a "centre of attention," said Michael Shifter, president of the Inter-American Dialogue think tank in Washington, in an interview with National Public Radio. "And he likes that. He likes needling the U.S. This satisfies that impulse."
Since Mr. Correa won a second term in 2009, after a new constitution mandated fresh elections, relations have only soured further. He was re-elected for a third time in February.
WikiLeaks disclosures have only contributed to the bad feelings, which go a long way to explain Mr. Correa's championing of Mr. Assange. A trove of U.S. diplomatic cables released by the whistle-blowing group in 2011 included some sent in 2009 by Heather Hodges, then the U.S. ambassador to Ecuador. In the cables, she suggested that Mr. Correa was aware of corruption allegations against a police commander when he appointed him to a senior post. Ms. Hodges was expelled, the third U.S. diplomat to be thrown out of the country since Mr. Correa took office.
The current U.S. ambassador, Adam Namm, hasn't smoothed things over much. He recently made pointed remarks about Mr. Correa's record on protecting press freedom, after Human Rights Watch said Mr. Correa has "undercut" press freedom. The President responded angrily: "Don't come lecturing us about liberty."
Mr. Correa has not commented on Mr. Snowden's asylum request, referring questions to Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino. In his comments, Mr. Patino expressed sympathy for the fugitive security analyst and suggested he served the cause of human rights by leaking. "We will act on the basis of principles of human rights written in our constitution, not on whatever interests of others," he said earlier this week.
The Obama administration has little beyond diplomatic pressure to force Russia or China to hand over Mr. Snowden. But it could swiftly hit Ecuador in the pocketbook by denying export privileges such as reduced tariffs. Nearly half the country's trade depends on the U.S. A denial wouldn't mean financial devastation for Ecuador, which has been growing healthily in recent years thanks in large part to its oil resources. But some Ecuadorans worry that Mr. Correa could be treading a dangerous line.
"Much of our foreign trade is at stake," said flower grower Benito Jaramillo, who is president of the country's largest association of flower farmers and shipped more than $300-million in flowers, mostly roses, to the U.S. last year. "They've been inserting themselves in a problem that isn't Ecuador's, so we're in a dilemma that we shouldn't be in."
With a report from Associated Press
Bethany Horne is Special to the Globe and Mail
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