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Breaches call attention to risk of spear phishing
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Last year was dubbed as the year of the breach, and taking into account the number of malicious intrusions that took place, it's easy to see why. Now that the dust has settled on many of these and investigations into just how the breaches took place begin yielding results, white hats are discovering many of these attacks involved spear phishing techniques.
According to Trend Micro, spear phishing can be defined as "highly targeted phishing aimed at specific individuals or groups within an organization." In this way, hackers leverage personal information about a person or group of individuals that is typically readily available online – through, for example, someone's social media profile or corporate bio on a company website. With these details, cybercriminals can tailor specific messages to the victim or victims, that trick them into sharing more valuable data.
For instance, a spear phishing attack might involve the use of a legitimate-looking email that includes the target's full name, making it appear even more realistic. The message may ask the person to confirm their username and password, thus baiting the individual to provide information that the hackers never had in the first place.
Recently, such attack strategies have grabbed the limelight, particularly since they've been leveraged in more high-profile breaches.
JPMorgan Chase: A spear phishing victim
Whenever a large organization like a bank is breached, it's hard to keep the news of such an event quiet. Last year, major banking firm JPMorgan Chase made headlines when it was revealed the company had been the victim of an attack. While the instance is still being investigated, experts suspect the breach came as the direct result of a spear phishing campaign aimed at the organization and its customers.
Shortly after the breach became public, Avivah Litan, financial fraud expert and Gartner analyst, told Bank Info Security that it was likely that an employee compromised sensitive data after being victimized by a spear phishing attack. Furthermore, just before the breach was announced, a security firm found evidence of an extensive and sophisticated phishing plot targeting JPMorgan Chase customers. The security company discovered that several clients had been sent phishing messages, which redirected them to a malicious webpage featuring an exploit kit. When these individuals entered their authentication credentials on the fraudulent page, they were asked to download an update for Java. However, instead of upgrading the program, the fake notification contained malware.
While the exact cause of the breach has yet to be determined, security expert John LaCour noted that a JPMorgan Chase employee could have easily been tricked by the spear phishing message, just as customers were.
Litan noted that JPMorgan Chase's case should serve as example for the banking industry, spurring organizations to make protection a priority.
"This should serve as a loud wake-up call for bank boards to elevate security to the top of their agenda, and to make sure their security staff, e.g., the CISOs, are doing every
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Dark times meaning the '90s and early 2000s.
1. Jared Leto saw the light.
2. Kim Kardashian had a come to jesus moment.
3. Blake Lively powered through.
4. David Beckham woke up and smelled the coffee.
5. Orlando Bloom made it out alive.
6. Zooey Deschanel pushed through.
7. Will Smith repented and was forgiven.
8. Hilary Duff did it. She just did it.
9. Aaron Paul did too.
10. Scarlett Johansson found inner peace.
11. Brad Pitt performed a miracle.
12. Christina Aguilera saw the light at the end of the tunnel.
13. Jessica Simpson did the unthinkable.
14. Justin Timberlake trekked through the night to get to a sunny haven.
15. Leighton Meester was a beacon of hope.
16. The original Destiny's Child made a change.
17. And finally, Daniel Craig, you gave us hope in a hopeless world.


Who would you live with on this forum?
asamitsu : TV commercial 1 House. 10 Yts Shrine members. 70 Hidden cameras. Who's first to go insane? You find out on Yoshi TV! (Not the dinosaur guy on Nintendo, the other one!) *A bunch of scenes* Stand alone or together in this madhouse. *Painting fall of walls* *Someone at yts curses to Koga* Footsteps heard at night. And strange noises from the roof. Spend a night in this place. Hosted by Yoshimitsu. Contains scenes of terror, extreme violence, and unbelieveable language. Viewer descrition is advised.
LOL. That as a great one.
Kirimitsu : "In the next episode: The Mit has returned! Bigchief steals Dinaga's socks! Kogamitsu's nocturnal life upsets the other residents!"
Imagine you wake up, and you realise your not home anymore- During your sleep you have been transported to the house of YOSHI-TV's real-life soap.
Good grief, that'd call in for some major seppuku!
Reality TV summary Imagine living in a home with 9 other Yoshi obssessed fans. Reality TV never got more EXTREME!!! *Echoes* Featuring seppuku! *Closes up on Niobe doing a seppuku on herself cause Yoshi rocks. Why? Because...* Hauntings! *All the paintings fall off the walls again* Some dude from yts: "Koga! What the..." *BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP* Commercial interupted. As we said, VIEWER DESCRITION ADVISED! WHAT WILL MAKE YOU UNDERSTAND?!
Yeah, like stealing socks for a living!
asamitsu : Reality TV summary Imagine living in a home with 9 other Yoshi obssessed fans. Reality TV never got more EXTREME!!! *Echoes* Featuring seppuku! *Closes up on Niobe doing a seppuku on herself cause Yoshi rocks. Why? Because...* Hauntings! *All the paintings fall off the walls again* Some dude from yts: "Koga! What the..." *BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP* Commercial interupted. As we said, VIEWER DESCRITION ADVISED! WHAT WILL MAKE YOU UNDERSTAND?!
Well s'cuse me, haha! Don't worry, I promise I won't trouble you during the nights. During the daytime, however... beware of falling objects!
Let's make this official, who's up for nominations this week?
The House of Big Brother, or The House of BigChief?
Or maybe the house will be divided into rooms. Um, let's like discuss this a little.
Useless commercial just to bug you: MUAHAHAHAHAHA! Reality TV never got this EVIL!!! *Thunder* Who are the unlucky people to go into Yoshi's jacked-up house? Find out on Yoshi TV. Reality TV is dead! 10 contestants. Who will volunteer the deed of death.
WARNING!!! Contains VIOLENCE! LANGUAGE USED IN A CRUDE WAY! (Blocked out of course for reasons.) A DUDE WHO LURKS IN PEOPLE'S ROOMS UNADVISED! XD Need more contestants.
Please send reply to http://www.manjikai.com. Please do not click on that link, cause you're already here. Can have more than 10 contestants if want. Who wants to host or be apart of the Yoshi Camera Crew (Y.C.C.)?
Heh heh, you'll never know who'll be watching in those cameras... well, mainly Yoshimitsu only but who knows... Jinpachi???
Perodious : Heh heh, you'll never know who'll be watching in those cameras... well, mainly Yoshimitsu only but who knows... Jinpachi???
Now that will be scary.
Maybe there will be a murderer like in those crappy fics.


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Judas Priest's K.K. Downing on Leaving Band: 'I Wish Things Could Have Been Different'
When guitarist and founding member K.K. Downing left Judas Priest earlier this year, it came as a surprise, but it wasn't exactly a shock. He's 60 years old, after all, and had definitely done his time in the trenches after spending more than 40 years in the studio and on the road. In fact, a lot of people assumed he was retiring to pursue a life of well-deserved leisure, running the golf courses on his property.
As it turns out, Downing's reasons for leaving the band were a little more complicated -- and all too familiar to anyone who's watched their favorite bands splinter over personality conflicts. Without getting too deeply into the specifics, Downing revealed in a recent interview that it "pretty much came down to an unsettlement on my part with working relationships."
""It's like anything else. If anybody out there is thinking it's hard to live with one woman, they should try to live with four guys and hold it together," continued Downing, laughing. "It gets to be like that, but obviously, with certain things, I just wasn't completely happy with the way things were, with the way it was, [and I just felt like] it was probably best if I stepped down, and I did."
That doesn't mean Downing is without regret over the way things ended. "I wish things could have been different, so I could have continued," he admitted. "I was very instrumental in creating Judas Priest, and it was a hard bullet to bite. But I thought that if this is gonna be the way that it's gonna be, then perhaps it's time to step down."
"It was a massive consideration," he continued. "Obviously, the fans, who I love, and many of them have become very good friends. But I just hoped that they would appreciate that I couldn't continue with the way that I felt inside for reasons which I'll… I mean, certain reasons I will never, ever disclose."
Judas Priest, currently completing dates on its Farewell Epitaph World Tour (we reviewed Tuesday night's performance right here) while working on songs for the band's next album, their first with Downing's replacement Richie Faulkner.
Watch K.K. Downing talk about his departure from Judas Priest
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Originally published in The Australian, November 21, 2016
Innovation is a buzzword that continues to sweep the business community.
From policy makers to small business owners, everyone knows that to remain relevant in the 21st century, it is important to think creatively, proactively adapt to change and learn how to industrialise ideas, before being forced to.
Labelled the "Ideas Boom" by the Turnbull Government, it's well understood that with the decline of the Australian commodities sector, we need to look above the ground to sustain the future of our economy.
Enormous benefits exist in fostering innovation. Recent market analysis from Commonwealth Bank found that it has contributed around $70 billion to the Australian economy. Businesses that have already implemented an innovation program cited an average of $405,000 in higher revenues or reduced operating costs. If every Australian business replicated this return, the value to the economy would stand at an extraordinary $215 billion.
At Spotless, innovation forms a cornerstone of our refreshed, company-wide strategy. We believe it will provide strong returns for our shareholders as well as a better customer experience at the many facilities we provide services. To ensure Australia is primed for the future, I believe innovation should be a key strategic focus area for every business, regardless of industry or size.
Australia's start-up sector is leading by example. The industry is underpinned by innovative, blue-sky thinking that is driving some of the most promising tech developments in the world. Our start-up ecosystem is thriving and beginning to make a splash on the world stage.
In light of this, there should be more corporate participation in the start-up community. Start-ups present a huge value proposition to organisations and not solely in the form of investment and M & A opportunities. Start-ups have built diverse, entrepreneurial, agile thinking into their ONA; it's clear there's a lot they can teach us about inspiring and fostering an authentic culture of innovative thinking.
We want to remain at the forefront of developments to provide the best services available to help our customers succeed today so they can thrive tomorrow. But it would be naive to think the best ideas are always born in- house.
Australia is home to some of the world's best talent and we want to leverage and learn from the creative minds in the innovation ecosystem. We are increasingly collaborating with universities, start-ups and the broader STEM community to identify smarter solutions.
Spotless' internet of Things (IoT) hackathon at the MCG this week is one way we're getting boots on the ground to drive tangible. Working with Startupbootcamp, a start-up accelerator, and engaging Melbourne's tech sector has the potential to deliver cutting-edge advancements to benefit all Australians. As for Spotless, IoT is already transforming our business delivering advancements ranging from real-time and remote monitoring of our customers' facilities to improved experiences for patrons at our venues.
It's a good start, but I strongly believe there is a real need for greater engagement between corporates and start-ups. In order for Australia to thrive, corporates need to do more to connect and partner with start-ups.
We keep talking about the ideas boom, but unless we're smart about it, it's just going to be that - talk. We should make it a priority to leverage the many resources we have at our disposal to invest in and establish the base of our future economy.
And while it is important to foster great ideas, Australia needs to improve how we get them to market. According to the 2016 Global Innovation Index, we are ranked 19th in the world for innovation but only a disappointing 73rd on the efficiency ratio, which ranks the ability to commercialise innovative opportunities.
Companies have the strategic business experience, capital and frameworks to allow start-ups to scale and develop the businesses that may one day form the backbone of our economy. In turn, start-ups can teach us how to think laterally and capitalise on smart ideas to bolster our bottom lines.
By joining forces and working collaboratively, start-ups and corporates have the ability to lay the foundations to transform Australia's economy. This will create the jobs and industries of the future - and there is no better time to start than today.
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NeoGeoForLife.com - Kazuya's Neo Geo Reviews - Discussion Forum: Tips on playing the samsho games?
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Tips on playing the samsho games?
but for some reason i just can't get into the "flow" of the game.
I know the mechanics, i know how to do the moves, i just can't seem to get into the game.
So any of you got any tips on what mindset you have when you play these games?
Although SamSho has its ridiculous difficulty, one thing is for sure, there is a pattern. Cheap Throwing and Hard Slashing in the early games, and maybe some other ways. Also Check out my SS PT's GtD, it shows you how I did in playing it.
Also think of every attack as of bait (successful/unsuccessful/risky etc but bait), every time you attack you are baiting opponent's punishing patterns, so you can manipulate opponent that way.
Thanks, I'll be sure to check out those places.
when it comes to those things.
so I've been itching to try my skills against real people.
Let us know if you need any help with that. Myself and I'm sure other people here would be happy to help if you need any advice about playing online. It's actually very easy to do. If you ever feel like a few matches you should come into the chatroom on Sundays.
Thanks, I'll be sure to do that sometimes.
Or Me. But I'll help you out in certain aspects.
Hey, i just wanna say thanks guys!
i suddenly had this "Ah-ha!" moment, i read through the link Black Shroud posted, and I'm suddenly doing much better! it's amazing!
A good Samsho player from Norway?
...A Samsho player from Norway?
...A good fighting game player from Norway?
...A fighting game player from Norway?
My mind has been officially blown!
Anyhoo, I'll probably contact you when i feel more confident in my skills.


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Our Eleven Favorite Christmas Mysteries
December 18, 2018 December 17, 2018 by auntagatha
Duck the Halls, Donna Andrews (2013). Skunks loose in the choir loft a few days before Christmas, a missing boa constrictor – do I need to say more? Donna Andrews at her witty best, which is saying a LOT.
The 12 Clues of Christmas, Rhys Bowen (2012). The body count is high as Lady Georgie hosts a holiday party in tiny Tiddleton-under-Lovey. While Bowen herself denies any resemblance to And Then There Were None, there are really far fewer people in Tiddleton by the end of the book than there were at the beginning – and the deaths are so creative! Delightfully, Bowen includes a guide of English Christmas traditions at the end.
Who Killed the Curate? Joan Coggin (1944). Always a favorite of mine, Christmas or no, hilariously fey Lady Loops marries a vicar, to everyone's surprise, and manages to solve the curate's death and be an unexpectedly excellent vicar's wife at the same time. Dry British humor on full display.
Hercule Poirot's Christmas, Agatha Christie (1938). Duh! Who wouldn't include this one? The family patriarch is killed on Christmas Eve and luckily Poirot is staying in the village. As yummy a Poirot novel as can be imagined.
Jerusalem Inn, Martha Grimes (1984). While I stopped looking forward to Martha Grimes novels awhile ago, at her peak – with her first 10 or so books – she was one of the best. In this installment, Inspector Jury finds a dead woman in the snow, and finds ties to a run down pub as well as a fancy house party.
Not a Creature was Stirring, Jane Haddam (1990). Haddam's first Gregor Demarkian novel and one of her best. In this one former FBI agent Gregor meets his future wife Bennis as he tries to figure out who keeps knocking off her family members in the family's isolated mansion. Nice combination of smarts and plot.
A Fatal Winter, G.M. Malliet (2012). Malliet's vicar Max Tudor is asked to a Christmas party by Lord Footrustle (need I say more? One of the best ever names in mystery fiction). Lord F. is dispatched as are several more of his guests, and former MI5 agent Max is on the case. The novel is bookended by Max's growing romance with the lovely Awena, and ends at a village Christmas party.
Corpus Christmas, Margaret Maron (1989). Margaret Maron has written many wonderful novels and a few that are perfect, and this is one of them. Her straight laced Detective, NYPD Lt. Sigrid Harald, investigates a murder at the Erich Bruel house, a museum in Gramercy Park. One of the best plotters in the biz, this book is no exception and the whole novel is like the lovely tone of a crystal bell, sharp and perfect.
Tied up in Tinsel, Ngaio Marsh (1972). A favorite Marsh title, Inspector Alleyn's artist wife Troy is on her own as she paints a famous retired actor at his far flung castle. Rude pranks and a murder get Inspector Alleyn on the case, with Troy's letters to Alleyn providing the crucial clue. Typical Marsh: sharp social observation, tight plot, lovely prose, and wonderful characters.
Murder at the Old Vicarage, Jill McGown (1988). McGown takes Christie's Murder at the Vicarage and puts her own spin on it, as her series hero Chief Inspector Lloyd finds that domestic vicarage murder involves much more than he had imagined. Even worse, the village is shut off by snow. This is far less cozy than Christie, but equally compelling.
In the Bleak Midwinter, Julia Spencer Fleming (2002). One of the best debut novels ever. Rev. Claire Fergusson meets police Chief Russ Van Alstyne when she discovers a baby on the steps of her Episcopal church. The setting – Miller's Kill, New York, the chemistry between Claire and Russ as they argue faith and logic, the terrific plot, and the immense amount of heart that powers this story make it a classic.
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MISSOURI POLICE CLAIM FAMILY DISPUTE LED TO MURDER
On behalf of The Law Office of Gregory N. Smith June 7, 2018
Families are complex. Often, emotions can run high and what may seem to be relatively minor disputes to outsiders can actually hold a great deal of hurt and anger. Unfortunately, police in Missouri believe that a dispute between two family members led to murder.
Police claim that they received a phone call about a shooting one afternoon on a day in early June. The caller allegedly identified who he or she believed to be the shooter and the victim. When police arrived at the scene — a park where a car show was taking place — they discovered that the alleged victim had been transported to the hospital in a private vehicle and the person believed to have shot him had left the scene.
Police say that through their investigation, they learned that the shooting was the culmination of an ongoing familial dispute. The nature of that dispute is unclear. The man believed to have pulled the trigger was taken into custody without incident soon after and is expected to be charged with armed criminal action and first degree murder.
A criminal case involving a murder charge is always high stakes. A conviction will likely have a significant impact on the rest of the defendant's life. Unfortunately, many people in Missouri who are charged with a crime feel unprepared to make informed decisions about their case. Fortunately, there are experienced professionals who can help them determine the most appropriate course of action. With such a person by their side, those charged with a crime often feel more confident in the decisions that they make.


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Mycena lanuginosa is a species of mushroom in the family Mycenaceae. First collected in 2000 and reported as a new species in 2007, it is known only from lowland oak-dominated forests in central Honshu in Japan. The small mushroom is characterized by its grooved, grayish-brown to violet-brown cap up to  in diameter, and the slender grayish-brown to reddish-brown stem covered with minute, fine, soft hairs. The mushroom produces amyloid spores (spores that stain when treated with Melzer's reagent). Microscopic distinguishing features include the smooth, spindle-shaped cheilocystidia and pleurocystidia (cystidia on the gill edge and face, respectively) and the diverticulate elements in the outer layer of the cap and the stem.

Taxonomy, naming, and classification
Mycena lanuginosa was first collected by Haruki Takahashi in 2000, and published as a new species in 2007, along with seven other Japanese Mycena species. The specific epithet is derived from the Latin word lanuginosa, meaning "lanugineous", referring to the hairy stem. The Japanese name for the mushroom is Keashi-haiirotake (ケアシハイイロタケ).

The fungus is classified in the section Fragilipedes (Fr.) Quél., as defined by Dutch Mycena specialist Maas Geesteranus. This section is the largest in the genus Mycena.

Description
The cap is  in diameter, conical to convex to bell-shaped, and has distinct radial grooves that extend almost to the center. It is dry, and somewhat hygrophanous (changing color as it loses or absorbs water). The surface is initially pruinose (covered with what appears to be a fine white powder), but soon becomes smooth. The cap is dark brown at the center, and gradually changes to reddish-brown and finally to nearly white at the margin. The white flesh is up to 0.5 mm thick, and does not have any distinctive taste or odor. The slender stem is  long by  thick, cylindrical, attached to the center of the cap, hollow, and dry. The top portion of the stem is pruinose, while near the base the surface is covered with soft, fine hairs. The stem color is grayish-brown to reddish-brown near the top, changing to reddish-brown near the bottom. The stem base is covered with long, fairly coarse, whitish fibrils. The gills are narrowly attached to the stem, distantly spaced (12–18 gills reach the stem), up to 1.5 mm broad, thin, and whitish, with the gill edges the same color as the gill faces.

Microscopic characteristics
The spores are roughly ellipsoid, smooth, thin-walled, colorless, and measure 10–12 by 5.5–6.5 µm. They are amyloid, meaning they will stain blue to black when treated with Melzer's reagent. The basidia (spore-bearing cells) are 35–42 by 7–9 µm, club-shaped, four-spored, and have clamps at their bases.  The abundant cheilocystidia (cystidia on the gill edge) are thin-walled, and measure 40–80 by 5–15 µm. The smooth, colorless, and thin-walled spindle-shaped cells sometimes come to an abruptly tapering point; they form a sterile gill edge. Like the cheilocystidia, the pleurocystidia (cystidia on the gill face) are also spindle-shaped, abundant, smooth and thin-walled; they measure 63–102 by 8–15 µm. The hymenophoral tissue (tissue of the hymenium-bearing structure) is made of smooth, thin-walled element hyphae that are 3–25 µm wide, roughly cylindrical (often inflated), hyaline (translucent), and dextrinoid (turning reddish to reddish-brown in Melzer's reagent). The cap cuticle is made of parallel, bent-over hyphae that are 2–6 µm wide, and cylindrical. They can be either smooth, or covered with scattered, warty or finger-like thin-walled brownish diverticulae. The underlying hyphae have a parallel arrangement, and are hyaline or brownish, dextrinoid, with short and inflated cells that are up to 35 µm wide. The stem cuticle is made of parallel, bent-over hyphae measuring 3–6 µm wide. These hyphae, as well as the terminal cells (caulocystidia), have characteristics similar to the hyphae of the cap cuticle. The flesh of the stem is composed of longitudinally arranged, cylindrical hyphae that are 6–20 µm wide, smooth, hyaline, and dextrinoid. Clamp connections are present in the cortical layer of cap and stem, and at the basal septa of the basidia.

Similar species
Mycena lanuginosa closely resembles M. pilosella, a species originally described from Netherlands by Maas Geesteranus, and the European species M. zephirus; both are in the section Fragilipedes. Mycena pilosella differs in several microscopic characteristics: it has densely diverticulate elements of the cap cuticle; long, cylindrical caulocystidia that diverge at a right angle; and it does not have pleurocystidia. Mycena zephirus is distinct in forming a whitish cap, a stem that is initially minutely hairy but later becomes smooth, radish-like odor, ellipsoid to cylindrical spores, and cheilocystidia with branches near the tip.

Habitat and distribution
Mycena lanuginosa is known only from Kanagawa, in Honshu, Japan. Fruit bodies are found solitary or scattered, on dead leaves and twigs in lowland forests dominated by the oak species Quercus myrsinifolia and Q. serrata. Fruiting occurs from March to November.

References

External links
The Agaricales in Southwestern Islands of Japan Images of the holotype specimen

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Fungi of Asia
Fungi described in 2007

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Michael Clay, MD, is a clinical assistant professor of internal medicine at the University of Michigan Medical School and the deputy associate chief of staff/education for the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System. In his 18 years as a primary care physician, he has had many experiences in interprofessional education and team-based care: integrating substance abuse counselors into traditional medical settings at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, developing the Primary Care-Mental Health Integration Service at the Ann Arbor VA, leading the Opioid Safety Initiative at the VA, and working in a Patient-Aligned Care Team (the VA version of the Patient-Centered Medical Home.) He has been the faculty lead for the VA Inpatient rotation for the Initial Clinical Experience Course for first year medical students, where students begin working with other health professions early on in their medical school curriculum. As a strong believer in the team-based approach to the care of patients, he believes that teams that learn together function at the highest level. He looks forward to working with others to develop and disseminate new models of interprofessional education.


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Separate Property Tax Classification for Agricultural Land: Cure or Disease? Kearney Convention Center, Inc. v. Buffalo County Board of Equalization, 216 Neb. 292, 344 N.W.2d 620 (1984)
Todd D. Lebsack, University of Nebraska College of LawFollow
The intent of this article is to examine the court's decision in the Kearney Convention Center case and its implications. Section II looks at the facts surrounding the Kearney Convention Center controversy and the Nebraska Supreme Court's disposition of the case. Section III analyzes the court's decision, particularly in light of previous decisions, to determine whether the court's treatment of the case is consistent with precedent and the constitutional and statutory language involved. Finally, Section IV will examine the legislative response to the Kearney Convention Center decision, questioning the wisdom of creating further classifications in Nebraska's property tax system, and the ability of this amendment to deal with the underlying problems in the current property tax system. This article suggests possible alternative solutions and attempts to point out the difficulties the legislature will face in dealing with this new constitutional provision.
Todd D. Lebsack, Separate Property Tax Classification for Agricultural Land: Cure or Disease? Kearney Convention Center, Inc. v. Buffalo County Board of Equalization, 216 Neb. 292, 344 N.W.2d 620 (1984), 64 Neb. L. Rev. (1985)
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Square Enix has today announced the release of the soundtrack to Nintendo Switch exclusive, Octopath Traveler. Composed by Yasunori Nishiki, the soundtrack will be release on the same day as the game, July 13th.
The soundtrack will release as 4 CDs, with a total of 80 tracks and is currently priced at 4104 JPY (~$38). It's available to preorder from the Japanese Square Enix store.
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Infographic SummaryTotal UnemploymentThe total unemployment in French Polynesia is 11.7% of the total labor force, The youth unemployment is 33.2% of the youth total labor force. Female UnemploymentThe total female unemployment in French Polynesia is 13.4% of the total female labor force, The female youth unemployment is 39.1% of the male youth total labor force. Male UnemploymentThe total male unemployment in French Polynesia is 10.6% of the total male labor force, The male youth unemployment is 29.3% of the male youth total labor force.


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4 Quick Tips to Remember when Planning an Advocacy Campaign
If you've ever led an advocacy campaign, you know that it has an incredible number of moving pieces. As you quickly grow and engage your audience, it can be easy to lose track of your campaign plan.
That's why planning is the most important stage in your advocacy campaign. It's what determines your chances of success or failure. By following these suggestions during your planning process, you'll be better prepared to drive awareness and make meaningful change at a local, national, or global level:
Set clear campaign goals and identify a timeline.
Rely on established relationships.
Use the Internet to spread your message.
Leverage storytelling to build a base.
Throughout the planning and action stages of your advocacy campaign, you'll collect a ton of data. As a best practice, use a constituent relationship manager (CRM) such as those included in EveryAction's guide to picking a nonprofit CRM to help organize and monitor your campaign's success.
If you're ready to craft a solid advocacy campaign plan, let's get down to business!
1. Set clear campaign goals and identify a timeline.
Because of their size and form, advocacy campaigns can often feel amorphous and ambiguous. Clear goals and a detailed timeline will give the necessary direction and structure to your advocacy campaign. Let's take a look at how both of those play into your advocacy campaign plan.
Before you begin reaching out to supporters, your campaign needs a clear target. This is important both for making a clear plan and for engaging the public. People crave a clearly articulated goal to connect with and promote. It's much more difficult to advocate for a cause that takes several hours—or even several minutes—to explain.
As you determine your goals, consider the feasibility of accomplishing them. If you're a new organization without many resources or contacts, you may have more luck working first at the local level. As you develop community relationships, you can leverage your network to run a larger campaign down the line. If you're an established organization, consider past campaign goals. Which goals helped you stay on track in past campaigns? What can you learn from campaigns of the past?
Overall, consider the intended outcome of your advocacy efforts and all the steps needed to achieve that outcome. For example, advocating for a law change may require the work of multiple governmental bodies, sign off by various elected officials, and also changing public perception — each of which could be an advocacy campaign in its own right. On the other hand, advocating for a corporation to stop a certain business practice might simply require the sign-off of just one person at the company. Whatever the goal, make sure to visualize the intermediate steps and plan accordingly.
Once you have your goals, you can work backward to design an appropriate and feasible timeline. Plan for when you'll begin to contact volunteers, when you'll reach out to the broader public, and when you want to accomplish your goal. If your advocacy campaign is tied to the results of specific legislation, you'll likely use the voting day to set your campaign's timeline.
Remember, your goals and timeline are closely related. As you tailor each one, you'll need to consider how any changes will impact the other. Likely, these will also shift throughout the campaign cycle as you gain a clearer picture of available resources. If you recruited more volunteers than anticipated, you may choose to leverage that support to make a greater impact throughout the duration of your campaign.
2. Rely on established relationships.
It can sometimes be difficult to find trusted individuals to fill a campaign's leadership roles. Instead of trying to recruit people who are brand new to your mission, it's often more efficient and successful to rely on existing relationships when mapping your advocacy campaign.
For any advocacy campaign, you'll want to first look at your current team members and contacts stored in your database. Use your organization's software to:
Create segments based on participation in past campaigns, locality, and donation history, and visualize the distribution of your projected campaign stakeholders.
Send the right opportunities to the right people. Based on collected data, identify and suggest assignments that align with individual interests and abilities. As you shift into advocate recruitment, you can use these tools to strategically cultivate your constituent relationships.
Personalize your messages to every contact. Even if you're reaching out to hundreds of people in your network, you can automatically include their name and title.
Use a volunteer management tool and event platform to make sure your supporters are all pointed in the right direction and making progress.
Because they already know your organization, they'll require less onboarding time and already have an investment in your mission. You'll want to look for:
A lead organizer who will manage the entire campaign and act as the public face of the initiative.
Communication specialists who will help your campaign attract new supporters through email campaigns, social media, phone calls and direct mail, and events.
Volunteer supervisors who will manage advocacy volunteers and create dynamic virtual and in-person trainings.
Tech experts who will make sure your advocacy software and digital other tools are working effectively and properly.
Once you've filled these roles, you can use their contacts to continue to expand your network and begin the process of securing volunteers. Every successful advocacy campaign needs passionate advocates. However, finding, organizing, and managing advocacy volunteers—especially at a large scale—is no easy task. As you search for volunteers, put yourself in the best, most convincing position, and use your CRM and associated tools for recruiting and onboarding your volunteers.
3. Use the Internet to spread your message.
Today, the Internet is one of the most—if not the most—powerful tools for spreading your message. With proper planning, a digital advocacy campaign will help you:
Spread your message faster to more people.
Increase supporter accessibility.
Offer more ways to get involved.
But not every platform will be effective for your advocacy campaign. Instead of jumping into the fray, develop an online marketing plan ahead of time. Be clear on:
Your target audience. Who are you trying to reach and why? What are their interests and demographics?
The platforms you plan to target. Where does your target audience spend their time online?
How you'll use each platform. Of course, this will depend on the platforms you choose. If your supporters are active Facebook users, for instance, you might engage them with a Facebook Challenge. Twitter is great for quick updates; Instagram is great for sharing photos.
While some of these opportunities, such as Targeted Ads on Facebook, will cost your campaign money, many online advertising options are free to nonprofits. For example, according to Crowd101's guide to Google's Ad Grant program, the search engine behemoth donates up to $10,000 in monthly Google AdWords spending to qualifying nonprofit organizations. That means you can promote your campaign landing pages among other important advocacy-related information without taking a hit to your budget.
By being smart with how you allocate your marketing budget, you can ultimately amplify your campaign and inspire more people to get involved.
4. Leverage storytelling to build a base.
No matter the platform, your best bet for moving supporters to take action is to tell a compelling story. But as with any great storyteller, you'll first need to know your audience. In your planning stages, ask:
How old are they?
Who are their friends?
What do they believe in?
What is their worldview?
What policies have they supported?
What policies have they opposed?
Then, prepare the narrative that you plan to pitch to your supporters once the campaign goes live. In general, use this structure for best results:
Map out a story arc. Your story should have a beginning, middle, and end.
Introduce your characters. By focusing on a volunteer, staff member, beneficiary, or other constituent, you prioritize the human elements of your campaign.
Present a conflict. This will be the challenge your main character faces and eventually overcomes.
Offer a solution to the conflict. Your solution should be related to specific actions your nonprofit is taking.
Invite supporters to join in the solution. This is your call to action. Tell people how they can get involved.
While facts and figures reach the logical side of our brains, stories appeal to the emotional side. Follow this method of storytelling to draw on these emotions and keep supporters invested in helping accomplish your goal. Since not everyone uses the same methods of communication, plan to grow your story across various platforms to reach as many supporters as possible.
To ensure you're on the right track, continue to keep a close eye on your supporter data from the beginning of an advocacy campaign through the end. Use your CRM to organize and analyze supporter data, help identify new opportunities, and make adjustments in the moment. In the end, your campaign plan will come to fruition and you'll positively impact the community you serve.
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Despite all evidence to the contrary given my lack of posts over the past months, I'm still here. And yes, I'm still obsessed with the same issues, if maybe a tiny bit less since I just spent the last year working outside the association world. But it seems like no matter how hard I try to un-obsess about certain issues, I can't help but persist. And sorry but LinkedIn as the home for an association's online member community? That's one of my obsessions.
Just as I felt it was a bad idea for myriad reasons back in 2012, and more reasons in 2013, yet MORE reasons in 2014…and still more…I'll digress here, but you get the point….I still can't help but take notice every time yet one more clue falls into place solidifying my opinion that LinkedIn groups are just NOT a good home for association communities. As a way to send members back to your own community and/or your website? Maybe…but more on why that's increasingly a bad idea below. But as a members-only benefit that you think your association has control over? Sorry, but that's just not the case anymore–if it ever was the case.
After LinkedIn acquired Bizo and accidentally announced it's goal to become "the most effective online platform form [sic] (I assume they meant for) marketers to engage with professionals," could anyone really still argue that sending your members to engage on LinkedIn's platform instead of your own organization's platform was a good idea? In this day and age of being data-driven and being able to quantify members' engagement in large part by virtue of their activities on your organization's website, why would anyone want to not only lose that intel but give it away to LinkedIn, for free? It's like handing someone the keys to your house and telling them to help themselves, IMO. How many associations sell or rent various lists as a source of non-dues revenue? Sending your members to engage on LinkedIn is not only giving that data to LinkedIn to track and monetize–for free–but it's also giving them the tools to be able to tailor future offerings to people around certain interests–like the profession your association represents. It also gives LinkedIn the ability to create robust targeted marketing solutions aimed squarely at your members, then turn around and sell that to the same people/organizations who used to need to go through your association to obtain it.
"We've enhanced our content filters to promote increased engagement by significantly improving the quality of group content. We strive to have thought-provoking, dialogue-focused content published on the Discussions tab. As a result, you may see an increase in promotional, broadcast-type items moved to the Promotions tab automatically or displayed in the Submissions Queue (if you do not have the Promo tab activated). When content is reclassified by our system or flagging, members may be auto-moderated by for a period of time.
This was in in response to the community manager being asked by association members why their discussions were being moved to the promotions tab when they were not promotional, and/or members were being "SWAMMED" (placed into site-wide automatic moderation and held there at LinkedIn's whim). So now LinkedIn is not only mining your member's data, serving targeted ads and, soon, educational programs based on their interests and discussions, but also removing any control you have over your members' ability to post in your association's group?
Add all these factors together and tell me you still think LinkedIn is a good place to house your association's online community.


If you have missed Tyra Banks on your TV screen during daytime television since her departure in 2010, buckle up. Banks is returning to syndicated daytime talk TV on The F.A.B. (Fun and Beautiful) announced back this May.
What we also know now is that the fashion icon will be joined by co-host Chrissy Teigen, Leah Ashley, Joe Zee, Lauren Makk, according to Disney-ABC. The show will be a panel style talk show, such as The View or The Real.
Although the show is only airing in major cities covering 23 percent of U.S. tv homes, the premiere is scheduled to air in September of 2015 on ABC stations.
The F.A.B. will be produced by Disney-ABC's Summerdale Productions and Tyra will also be the executive producer.


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Thirty years ago, scientists believed that the brain was plastic – capable of chemical, structural and functional change – only in childhood. By the time a person reached adulthood, the brain was hard-wired and destined to wear out.
Dr. Merzenich (and colleagues) did the seminal experiments that led to the discovery that plasticity is a lifelong phenomenon and that it is present throughout the brain – from the cellular level up into major brain systems. Dr. Merzenich recognized that the brain could be driven into a positive direction if it was given the right inputs.
After discovering lifelong plasticity, Dr. Merzenich began to focus on how to harness plasticity. He became the first to apply plasticity to improve the human condition through his co-invention of the cochlear implant — which provided the brain with new electrical inputs from sound waves in order to restore hearing to hundreds of thousands of people.


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Set in a land on the brink of war, Lionheart Tactics pits your Heroes against hordes of enemies in turn-based combat. Unlock their Skills, unleash their Limit Breaks, and upgrade them from Recruit to Legendary.
Forge your own story as you travel from the wild hills of Midland to the frozen Splinterpeaks, uncovering new allies and epic weapons along your quest.
Compete online against other players to earn Shields, and rise up the Leagues as you go from lowly bronze to first place!
Rally Heroes from 16 classes and 3 races, from the wolf-like Barghest Warrior to the noble Rose Elf Archer. Each class has their own skills and strategies to master.
In Lionheart your greatest weapons are your Heroes... and your tactics.
° Tactics in full 3D, with over 50 battlefields to conquer.
° Tons of Hero classes to collect, upgrade and equip.
° Compete online to raise your league and leaderboard ranking.
° Challenge a campaign of over 200 battles.
° Take down 30+ types of enemy, from bestial Ursoc to skeletal Undead.
PLEASE NOTE: Lionheart Tactics is free to play, but some extra game items can be purchased for real money. You can disable in-app purchases in your device's settings.
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Der Zwerg-Fleckenskunk (Spilogale pygmaea) ist eine Art in der Familie der Skunks und kommt endemisch in Mexiko an der Pazifikküste von Nayarit und Chiapas vor.

Merkmale
Dieser Skunk erreicht eine Kopf-Rumpf-Länge von 12 bis 35 cm, wozu noch ein 7 bis 12 cm langer Schwanz kommt. Die Grundfarbe des Pelzes ist schwarz. Am Kopf finden sich weiße Musterungen und der Körper weist zwei bis sechs weiße Streifen auf, die ringförmig angeordnet sind. Auch der Schwanz tendiert zu weißen Haaren. Am Anus befinden sich die für Skunks typischen Stinkdrüsen.

Verbreitung

Der Zwerg-Fleckenskunk hat ein lang gestrecktes Verbreitungsgebiet an der mexikanischen Pazifikküste, das sich zwischen den Bundesstaaten Nayarit und Chiapas erstreckt. Als Habitat werden meist felsige Gebiete mit wenigen Bäumen und Sträuchern gewählt. Selten sieht man die Art in dichten Wäldern und Feuchtgebieten.

Lebensweise
Dieser Skunk ist Allesfresser ernährt sich jedoch stärker als andere Skunks von Fleisch. Typische Beutetiere sind Insekten sowie kleinere Säuger, Vögel und Reptilien. Weiterhin werden Früchte und Beeren gefressen.

Mehrere Exemplare der Zwerg-Fleckenskunks verbringen den Winter gemeinsam in Erdbauen, sie halten jedoch keinen Winterschlaf.

Die Paarung erfolgt für gewöhnlich zwischen September und Oktober. Durch eine verzögerte Einnistung beginnt die eigentliche Trächtigkeit erst im Frühjahr. Weibchen sind etwa einen Monat trächtig und danach werden meist 3 bis 6 Junge geboren (selten bis zu 9). Die Jungtiere sind erst blind und öffnen die Augen nach einem Monat. Sie werden zirka zwei Monate gesäugt. Im Herbst sind die Jungtiere ausgewachsen, sie verbringen den nächsten Winter noch bei ihrer Mutter.

Systematik

Der Zwerg-Fleckenskunk wird als eigenständige Art innerhalb der Gattung der Fleckenskunks (Spilogale) eingeordnet, die aus sieben Arten besteht. Die wissenschaftliche Erstbeschreibung stammt von Oldfield Thomas aus dem Jahr 1898 anhand eines Individuums aus Rosario in mexikanischen Bundesstaat Sinaloa. Vereinzelt wurde die Art als Teil des Östlichen Fleckenskunk (Spilogale putorius) betrachtet. Innerhalb der Art werden heute keine Unterarten mehr unterschieden.

Die Fleckenskunks stellen in ihrer Gesamtheit die Schwestergruppe der ebenfalls in Nord- und Mittelamerika verbreiteten Streifenskunks (Mephitis) dar. Die mehr auf Südamerika konzentrierten Weißrüsselskunks (Conepatus) werden diesen gegenübergestellt. Der Zwerg-Fleckenskunk wurde als basale Schwesterart aller anderen Fleckenskunkarten identifiziert. Er trennte sich von diesen schon vor etwa 5 Millionen Jahren.

Gefährdung und Schutz
Die Art gilt als nützlich, da sie Schadtiere wie Insekten und Nager vertilgt. Manchmal wird sie wegen des Pelzes in Fallen gefangen. Die Hauptbedrohung für den Zwerg-Fleckskunk ist die Zerstörung des Habitats.

Der Zwerg-Fleckenskunk wird von der International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) aufgrund des starken Rückgangs der Bestände als einzige Art der Gattung als gefährdet ("vulnerable") eingestuft. Es wird angenommen, dass die Populationen innerhalb der letzten drei Generation bzw. der letzten 15 Jahre um mehr als 30 % zurückgingen. Die Rückgänge gehen dabei vor allem auf den Verlust der Lebensräume für die Art zurück, die sich in Gebieten starker menschlicher Bevölkerungsentwicklung und Umwandlungen für den Tourismus befinden. Trotz der Anpassungsfähigkeit der Art stellen vor allem Haustiere wie Hunde und Katzen eine zunehmende Bedrohung im Bereich menschlicher Siedlungen dar.

Belege

Weblinks
 Spilogale pygmaea auf Animal Diversity Web (eng.), mit Bild, gelesen 12. Nov. 2010
 Wilson & Reeder (Red.) Mammal Species of the World, 2005, online

Skunks


Details of the forthcoming edition of the 2019 Dakar Rally were unveiled today in Barcelona with the Monster Energy Honda Team present.
An eager Monster Energy Honda Team weren't going to miss such an appointment, not least because the team's racing headquarters has for the last three years been situated locally in the Honda Motor Europe Spain – Montesa-Honda installations. The Honda CRF450 RALLY was also present in the gardens of the prestigious hotel located on one of the hills which overlook Barcelona.
The thrilling race that year after year unites hundreds of riders for the epic challenge, has this year seen the race organizers, the ASO, introduce Víctor Álvarez as Head of Competitor Relations. With six months still to go until the contenders fire up their engines in Lima, Peru, the presentation today outlined the main features to be expected from the race.
Peru will be the only country which the 2019 Dakar passes through. There will be no border crossings, however, there will be varied terrain types to be tackled along the way, not just sand and dunes, stated Víctor Álvarez. Last year proved to be one of the toughest editions in the 40-year history of the Dakar. For the 2019 edition, the world's toughest rally, offers a unique ten-stage desert tour of Peru featuring a single rest day. Some stages will be battled out over as yet unchartered terrain; the race will feature marathon stages, motocross-style line starts and special stages solely for the motorcycle category.
First stop will be the obligatory administrative and technical verifications, which once completed will see the celebration of starting ramp on January 6 in the Peruvian capital, Lima. The main event itself gets underway the following day on January 7 with the dispute of the rally's first stage. The 2019 Dakar will wind up on the 17th of the same month, rest day included.
Raul Castells - Monster Energy Honda Team Manager : "This 2019 Dakar will be very interesting without a doubt. Today they gave us some technical information about the days and how the race is likely to be. There will be seven stages of dunes and three over harder terrain. We hope everything goes well, because all our riders have a chance to win. In the most recent edition, the first week was in Peru where there were many changes and several retirees, but it went well for us. We believe that we can continue like this and the team is very motivated. Also, because it appears to be a Dakar without so many kilometres of liaison for the assistance vehicles, with looped stages and few bivouacs. We will focus more on the strategy for the race. To prepare for the race it will also be essential to be able to run in the South American world championship events, as it recreates, in part, what we can expect from the Dakar. In Chile there will be many dunes and in the Ruta the navigation will be more difficult. Also the Inca Challenge could be interesting, a 'mini-Dakar', before Morocco, where the set-up for the Dakar will be the final one."


Inventory has yet to break 400 units in a very, very long time. Nonetheless, prices remain depressed. The March sales results will be posted next week along with the first quarter of 2011. That should be interesting. I've been sick all week so I'm keeping this short today. Enjoy.
60 Madison (mls) listed on Nov 23 for $249k.
72 Park (mls) listed on Jun 4 for $434k; reduced on Jul 30 to $425k; Sep 20 to $419k; Oct 15 to $409k; Nov 15 to $399k.
318 Park (mls) listed on Feb 26 for $430k.
928 Garden St. (C21) listed on Mar 11 for $330k; sold for $330k.
456 9th St (mls) listed on Jan 17 for $369k; sold for $345k.
607 1st St (mls) listed on Nov 11 for $195k; reduced on Jan 6 to $175k; sold for $162.5k.
1000 Hudson (mls) listed on Nov 12 for $419k; reduced on Nov 22 to $399k; Jan 13 to $375k; sold for $345k.
800 Jackson (mls) listed on Mar 24 for $667k.
73 Garden (mls) listed on Feb 23 for $375k.
220 Wash (mls) listed on Feb 12 for $500k.
800 Jackson (mls) listed on Mar 22 for $573k.
1331 Grand (mls) listed on Feb 28 for $599k.
226 Park (mls) listed on Dec 4 for $649k.
219 Willow (mls) listed on Oct 9 for $700k; reduced on Nov 8 to $629k; $600k on Dec 6; $575k on Jan 18.
725 Jeff (mls) listed on Mar 15 for $669k.
704 Clinton (mls) listed on Feb 26 for $559k.
729 Madison (mls) listed on Mar 16 for $490k.
820 Hudson (mls) listed on Nov 29 for $599k.
407 Monroe (mls) listed on Nov 5 for $559k; reduced on Oct 19 to $549k; Nov 4 to $529k; Jan 21 to $519k; sold for $500k.
137 Park (mls) listed on Sep 28 for $380k; sold for $372.5k.
1120 Clinton (mls) listed on Feb 7 for $525k; sold for $514.5k.
551 Observer (mls) listed on Nov 23 for $409k; sold for $398k.
56 Jeff (mls) listed on Sep 28 for $425k; reduced on Sep 28 to $415k; Dec 1 to $385k; sold for $373k.
904 Jeff (mls) listed on Jan 11 for $575k; sold for $550k.
83 Grand (mls) listed on Nov 5 for $579k; reduced on Jan 5 to $569k; sold for $547.5k.
501 9th St (mls) listed on Jan 20 for $615k; reduced on Mar 7 to $600k.
815 Wash (mls) listed on Feb 15 for $899k.
719 Monroe (mls) listed on Dec 6 for $549k; reduced on Mar 28 to $525k; sold for $525k.
719 Monroe (mls) listed on Dec 6 for $559k; sold for $535k.
112 Mad (mls) listed on Jan 18 for $599k; sold for $589k.
719 Monroe (mls) listed on Dec 13 for $539k; sold for $525k.
1500 Hudson (mls) listed on Jan 17 for $795k; sold for $765k.
There was an article today (I think in the WSJ) that said Manhattan is down 25% from the peak. How much is Hoboken down in that time? Anyone know?
I don't claim to know how much it is down; I will leave that to the experts on this board.
However, I will say that over the weekend I saw an apartment at an open house that was listed at over the price that was paid in 2007 (which I understand is the peak). Maybe the unit was purchased pre-construction, but I will say I was a little shocked at the pricing.
teaorcoffee, you never know. Maybe they got it preconstruction? Maybe they got it from a flipper who needed to sell ASAP to free resources? Or maybe the unit needed some work, they did the work and now you are getting a better unit for the same price? You never know.


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Explore a relaxing Arboretum, wade through a noxious Swamp and take on a new boss in this new early game content designed to expand the Dead Cells universe and add variety to runs for people who want to support the development of the game.
Harvest a few souls with your new scythe.
So you'll be able to play through:
- The Arboretum: A relaxing and peaceful greenhouse inhabited by a peaceful clan of mushrooms, with an understandable desire to murder the Beheaded.
- The Swamp: A noxious environment ruled by a band of tree dwelling mutans with pointy sticks, sneaky dart shooting frogmen and a bunch of deadly bloodsuckers.
- The Heart of the Swamp: Domain of mama tick, if you've seen StarShip Troopers, you get the idea...
The two new levels and their monsters are alternatives to The Courtyard/Toxic Sewers and The Ramparts/Ossuary/Ancient Sewers, with the boss designed to be on par with The Concierge, so hopefully it'll spice up your early game runs once you've played through the core game.
Why Paid DLC?
We've been releasing free updates for Dead Cells for over a year now, this paid DLC is designed to support that effort, allow us to expand the game even more and ensure that Motion Twin have the time they need to make their next game one they'll be proud of and you'll be stoked to play.
As usual we're going to do this right, so if you're not happy with the cost of the DLC, the quality of the update or have suggestions, ideas for other ways of continuing to pay for the team or anything at all, leave us a review, or come and ask us directly via Reddit or Discord.
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How long was Korea colonized by Japan?
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Why do Japanese drive on the left?
Which country is older Japan or China?
Why was Japan never colonized?
Who won Japan vs China war?
Why does England drive on the left?
Do Japanese drive on right or left?
Is Armenia the oldest country?
Changes in Korea during the period of Japanese colonization: Despite the often oppressive and heavy-handed rule of the Japanese authorities, many recognizably modern aspects of Korean society emerged or grew considerably during the 35-year period of colonial rule.Changes in Korea during the period of Japanese colonization: Despite the often oppressive and heavy-handed rule of the Japanese authorities, many recognizably modern aspects of Korean society emerged or grew considerably during the 35-year period of colonial rule.
In 1910, Korea was annexed by the Empire of Japan after years of war, intimidation and political machinations; the country would be considered a part of Japan until 1945. In order to establish control over its new protectorate, the Empire of Japan waged an all-out war on Korean culture.
Japanese colonial empire1895–1945FlagThe Empire of Japan in 1942. Japan Colonies / Mandates Puppet states / Protectorates / Occupied territories / Thailand (allied)StatusColonial empire8 more rows
The Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) began with the invasion of China by the Imperial Japanese Army. The conflict became part of World War II, which is also known in China as the War of Resistance Against Japan. The First Sino-Japanese War (1894-95) is known as the Jiawu War in China.
During the last decade of the sixteenth century, Japan, under the leadership of the general Toyotomi Hideyoshi, launched two unsuccessful military invasions against the Korean peninsula.
The Jin state was formed in southern Korea by the 3rd century BC. In the 2nd century BC, Gija Joseon was replaced by Wiman Joseon, which fell to the Han dynasty of China near the end of the century....History of Korea.Military governments1945–1948North-South division1945-present* North1948–present* South1948–present
There have been occasions where China attempted to conquer Japan. After the Mongol dynasty overwhelmed the Song dynasty China, Kublai Khan launched an invasion of Japan in 1274. They were defeated by the violent storms at seas and also staunch Japanese defense.
Following Japans defeat during World War II, the Japanese prefecture of Okinawa came under American rule, which meant that the island was required to drive on the right. In 1978 once the area was returned to Japan, the drivers also returned to the left side of the road.
Japan is the oldest country in the world. The Japanese Emperor who ascended the throne in 660 BCE was apparently the descendant of the sun goddess Amaterasu. Which country has the longest history in the world? China has the longest history in the world.
Japan was the only Asian country to escape colonization from the West. And instead of being colonized it became one of the colonial powers. Japan had traditionally sought to avoid foreign intrusion. For many years, only the Dutch and the Chinese were allowed trading depots, each having access to only one port.
First Sino-Japanese WarDate25 July 1894 – 17 April 1895 (8 months, 2 weeks and 2 days)ResultJapanese victory Significant loss of prestige for the Qing Dynasty Korea removed from Chinese suzerainty Korean Peninsula transferred to Japanese sphere of influence Treaty of Shimonoseki2 more rows
Traffic congestion in 18th century London led to a law being passed to make all traffic on London Bridge keep to the left in order to reduce collisions. This rule was incorporated into the Highway Act of 1835 and was adopted throughout the British Empire.
List of all left- & right-driving countries around the worldCountry / state / territorydrive(s) on theleft / rightJapandrives on theleftJerseydrives on theleftJordandrives on therightKazakhstandrives on theright156 more rows•15 Mar 2021
Armenia: 6500 BC Found in 782 BCE, Armenia is one of the oldest countries in the world. Known for its rich diaspora of cultures, Armenia is considered as a Holy Land by several cultures and communities.


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(By Danielle Huber – Dedicated to Buffalo) It was suggested to me last Spring to park on the top ramp of the Broadway Market for a spectacular view of Corpus Christi as well as the Central Terminal and the Polonia district holistically. When I did, my eye caught a unique art-deco ornamented building that boasted the name Lederman's. For the past year, I have not been able to get this building out of mind, as I feel that it is slowly decaying and its beauty is not being valued. I chose to look further into its history only to find an interesting one. Lederman's, 239-241 Lomabard Street, was once a furniture store with a circa of 1929. It is a commercial building designed by Louis Greenstein adjacent to the Broadway Market and in the heart of the Broadway commercial district.
While researching the history of the architect, I made a tremendous connection. Louis Greenstein, early in his career, won $250 in 1924 for designing the City of Buffalo flag. He also won $100 in 1925 for designing the Erie County seal still in use today.
Greenstein, a Buffalo native, was born in 1886 and was a senior draftsman for the renowned Green & Wicks in 1907. After returning from Columbia University, he established his own practice in the Guaranty Building.
Some of Greenstein's built work include:
Columbus Hospital
the Lutheran Home on East Delavan
the Bryant & Stratton School (now Tapestry Charter)
Temple Shaarey Zedek on Starin Avenue
the Tudor style house on Tudor Place and Cleveland Avenue
the Coplan Mansion in Amherst (Italian Renaissance)
Willowdale Country Club in Williamsville, NY (Westwood Country Club)
the Medical Arts Office Building in Buffalo
Riverside Men's Shop that featured the city's first air-conditioning, first plate-glass doors, and first fluorescent lighting
Greenstein was also a participant in:
the Kenfield Housing Project (1935-36)
the construction of Buffalo's Memorial Auditorium
In addition, Greenstein was involved in rehabbing historically significant buildings around Buffalo. This was fundamental due to the fact that historic preservation standards were not written yet and nothing was thought of demolishing "old" buildings for new construction. Greenstein was an early preservation pioneer and advocate throughout the 1940s and 50s when he was noted for rehabbing and readapting.
I feel compelled to express the significance of Greenstein's role in Buffalo's early preservation and how we owe it to him, our city, and the surrounding community's future to save the breath-taking commercial Lederman's building before it is "too late" and becomes a victim to the demo-machine.
Greenstein died in 1972.
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Thank you for your thoughtful research of a forgotten Broadway-Fillmore landmark. Unfortunately, several of the significant historical structures in Broadway Fillmore are being overlooked despite the tremendous effort of Clinton Brown and the work of Flynn Battaglia in pointing out back in 2000 an unfortunate policy of the City of Buffalo and in particular its planning staff at that time of not fully comprehending that the BF assets could be a significant catalyst for the regeneration of East Side Buffalo.
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While this is vital knowledge that can help you make the most of your workout, an equally important question is, "What foods should I avoid?" Generally, no food is a complete no-go, but timing is key.
If combined with a personal nutrition and fitness programme, the right foods before a workout can boost energy levels and sustain your performance, rather than hinder your success.
The best diet plan should include whole grains, fruits, lean proteins, low fat dairy and vegetables, as well as keeping hydrated. When focusing on sport and physical activity, you have to consider your training intensity and duration.
Ever tried heading to the gym after filling yourself up on a high-fat meal? You probably felt tired and lacked energy.
The body takes a much longer process to convert fat into energy than it does to convert carbohydrates. As a result, high-fat pre-workout snacks tend to sit at the bottom of the stomach, making you feel sluggish and lethargic.
For a pre-workout snack that will boost your energy levels and endurance, opt for hardboiled eggs on wheat toast, or natural Greek yoghurt with fruit.
Like high-fat foods, foods high in fibre are a vital part of maintaining a balanced diet. While shown to help manage weight, fibre has also been linked to reducing the risk of conditions such as diabetes and heart disease.
That said, these are not a great choice for your pre-workout. High fibre foods such as vegetables, fruits and some whole grains can be difficult to digest in the body. This difficulty can cause discomfort during your workout.
Instead of your body trying to multitask, snack on easily digested fruit such as bananas or some energy boosting peanut butter spread on a slice of wheat toast.
The "grab and go" snacks you see in the workout section of supermarkets may be convenient, but they are packed full of sugar. The smoothies and shakes you can purchase just before you hit the gym, or even your homemade energy bars are often high in sugar.
You assume the sugar hit will be a good energy booster, but the body processes the immediate hit of energy quickly, leaving you lacking energy just ten minutes in to your workout.
Bananas are known for being great pre-workout snacks but if you are really quite peckish, whip up a whole grain bagel with low-fat cheese and tomato.
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Maryland woman finds intruder wearing only towel in bedroom closet
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- A man was arrested after he was allegedly found hiding in a woman's bedroom closet, wearing only a towel.
Eric Tata, 24, is charged with fourth-degree burglary, trespassing and trespassing/peeping tom.
It happened back on November 19, just before 11 p.m. at an apartment in College Park, Maryland.
The woman told Prince George's County Police she found the intruder in her closet after hearing a noise in the apartment.
He apparently ran off when the victim screamed, and was no longer there when police arrived.
The victim was not hurt.
Investigators were able to identify the suspect as Tata, and found out that he lived at a neighboring apartment.
Officers went to the apartment, found Tata and arrested him. He has since been released on a $2,500 unsecured bond.
Police think Tata may have done this to other victims before, and are asking anyone with information to call 301-699-2601.
It's unclear how he got into the woman's apartment.
This story was originally published by Ryan Dickstein at WMAR.


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ISO and W3C service architectures both assume that general service invocation protocols will be applied to domains of usage through use of specific profiles that simplify and constrain the possible variations in use. It appears that this applies to equally to data access services where the end-user is concerned with the behaviour in terms of data products and query formulation.
There are several requirements introduced by the publish-find-bind paradigm, in terms of service metadata as well as service behaviour. It turns out that many restrictions need to be inherited from different contexts: roughly corresponding to the registries the service may be published within. Thus a service delivering water quality for a region, say an Australian State government, might be expected to conform to profiles for discovery within the state's Spatial Data infrastructure, the data custodian organization's internal infrastructure, a national water resources infrastructure, an international standard for water resources, a national Natural Resources data registry etc. Different communities will require different standardised implementations, but they may not be inconsistent with each other.
This is achieved with a single, simple mechanism: allowing profiles to inherit from other profiles and incrementally constrain generic behaviours into specific requirements that allow end-users to interact in a predictable way with the service. A service profile registry is used to implement this in the context of services oriented architecture.
Inherent in the design of general-purpose Web Service protocols is the need for implementations to take cognisance of the domain of use, and to describe the actual utility of the service within that domain.
It is usual that any protocol sufficiently powerful and flexible to be applied to a wide range of applications also introduces the possibility of multiple, different, implementation choices for achieving particular functionality. For example, an OGC Web Feature Service exposing a FeatureType could rely on a canonical naming schema (eg a URN) for the FeatureType, or rely on the MetadataURL linking to a standardised implementation of a data product description, from which the FeatureType can be inferred.
Extensions (NB these restrict the ways that the extended functionality may be implemented).
In order to make it possible for multiple services to behave in a similar fashion, it is necessary to create a profile for deployment of a service type within a usage context. This profile binds value domains to the, often very general, data types defined by the service interface. The challenge is that, for any given service, the data types and associated metadata (WSDL, OGC GetCapabilities responses etc) will be bound to value domains governed by many different communities of use.
Thus, this profile pattern will need to be implemented in a distributed environment, and although quite simple to define and implement, the long term management will be simplified by common implementation of this critical service metadata.
Ensure that a service that claims to deliver a particular data product do so "correctly". In particular, a client should be able to attach directly to different services and run the same form of queries and process the data identically.
Enable discovery, possibly automated, of services providing a data product.
Ensure that the end-user expectations regarding availability, accessibility etc are clear, and can be met.
These requirements are best understood by looking at the examples below, identifying the specific requirements met by each profile in the hierarchy.
Figure 1 shows how these perspectives map to the specifics of describing a service. Note the strong similarity between Service Profiles and Data Product Specifications. At this stage it is suggested that a Data Product Specification references the service profiles expected to create interoperable access to the data product.
a meteorology data model may be defined at the international level and applied in an international context by the World Meteorological Organisation.
Note the strong parallel between the Conceptual Schema and the discovery metadata, but separation is maintained because it is expected that "fitness for use" would be a significant facet of data and data access service discovery. I.e discovery metadata is closely allied with the underlying data model, but is in fact different since it must include additional information about the intent of the publisher. It is expected that each profile package itself may be factored into a hierarchy of simple profiles for convenience (see examples below).
It is perhaps valuable at this stage to consider a simple example. This is a partial example, a fuller treatment of service profiles for spatial data access has been undertaken for the Queensland Government Enterprise Architecture, from which this subset has been derived.
Figure 2 shows a tree of simple profiles to describe a useful data access service: an OGC Web Map Service delivering cadastral data. The root of the cadastre data product specification is not elucidated, but may follow similar inheritance patterns.
GEA - "Government Enterprise Architecture" referring to the jurisdictional interoperability requirement.
GEA WMS ServiceMetadata/Keywords includes MD_Topic Refines general requirement from GEA Data services profile to a specific implementation method.
Cadastre WMS * Layer named "Cadastre" exists and displays land tenure boundaries * Styled Layer Descriptor used is national Cadastre display standard. Ability to invoke a specific layer to get a specific data product displayed in a predictable way.
Examining these inherited nodes, its clear they introduce at the first possible opportunity * constraints that will determine the interoperability of the solution. The inheritance tree can be refactored wherever it is necessary to avoid complicated *conditional logic, without changing the contents of the final implementation profile.
In order for profiles to be used by a community, they must be accessible.
In order for profiles to inherit from other profiles, they must be stable, referable entities.
Each profile represents the business requirements of some set of stakeholders.
Business requirements are not unique to a domain: there will be significant overlap between requirements of different sets of stakeholders.
It is desirable to minimise the number of profiles performing the same business function.
Different domains of application will establish infrastructures, often by leveraging the infrastructures of stakeholders.
All these factors point to the requirement for profiles to be published (in a standard format, or small number of transformable formats) in registries. A profile register is thus an integral part of any Spatial Data Infrastructure.
A register may be a trivial implementation (an XML file) or, more generally, will form part of the resources managed by flexible registries at the heart of any infrastructure.
A requirement may be expressed in general terms, or may be bound to a specific testable assertion.
Requirements have unique IDs and may be referenced by child profiles which add testable assertions.
For example, an OGC Web Map Service will define a conformance target for the GetCapabilitiesResponse. This allows assertions about its content to be published. It will also specify a multi-valued conformance target for the Layer objects it offers.
A profile may reference a requirement or conformance target declared in an inherited profile.
Only one declaration of a requirement is allowed, ensuring unambiguous references.
Requirements may not contradict each other.
Requirements must satisfy all inherited assertions.
The profile model proposed is strongly aligned with the WS-I conformance profile concept, and is specifically designed to support automated conformance testing directly from the profile specifications. Some requirements may not be machine-testable, but the goal should be to minimise such requirements.
It is easy to imagine a registry client that loads a profile, and recursively loads all its parents. This resolver can cache common profiles, for efficiency.
With this component, no additional complexity would be visible from the client perspective, profiles would simply be easier to define and manage, and enforce greater interoperability.
It could easily throw an informative exception if incompatible constraints are found. This facility would be useful as part of the profile publishing process.
Realisation of a service profile hierarchy and a service profile registry within a domain of use is required to test the theory and provide implementation examples.
This profiles pattern should be promoted, via OGC to the ISO as a new work item to create an interoperability standard. An appropriate international sponsor for this work should be found, ideally via an extensive testing and adoption cycle. This could be achieved via, for example, ISO, W3C, OGC, the UNSDI or GEOSS but needs to be propagated to all these communities for maximum effectiveness.