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President Vaclav Klaus said on Friday that he would push for early elections unless the three parties in the collapsed governing coalition could come to an agreement on forming a new government within a reasonable time-frame. Mr. Klaus ruled out a possible third alternative - a minority Social Democrat government. The President said he was very disappointed by the break down in talks and urged the three coalition parties to let him know without delay whether they were capable of resolving the protracted crisis.
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Centre-right opposition parties sign alliance memorandum for 2021 elections10/27/2020
The leaders of the Civic Democrats, Christian Democrats and the TOP 09 party met at the statue of former president T.G. Masaryk on Tuesday morning to sign a memorandum on forming an alliance for next year's 2021 elections into the Chamber of Deputies.
A similar coalition is currently being negotiated between the opposition Pirate Party and the Mayors and Independents.
Jan Blatný to become new health minister on Thursday10/27/2020
The Deputy Director of the Faculty Hospital in Brno Jan Blatný, will succeed Roman Prymula as Czech health minister. The official inauguration will take place on Thursday mid-day, President Miloš Zeman's spokesman Jiří Ovčáček announced after Mr. Blatný met with President Miloš Zeman in the latter's Lány residence on Tuesday afternoon.
News site iDnes.cz broke the story on Monday that Mr. Blatný was the proposed replacement for Mr. Prymula, citing a source familiar with the ongoing negotiations. However, Mr. Blatný can only assume office once he is approved by the president.
Jan Blatný is a pediatrician and hematologist. He has previously served as the Chief Physician at the Faculty Hospital in Brno and lectures at the Medical Faculty of the Masaryk University in Brno. He faced controversy during the spring first wave of the coronavirus pandemic from the NGO League of Human Rights, because he did not allow the parents of coronavirus infected children visits.
The current health minister, Roman Prymula, is set to leave office after being dismissed by Prime Minister Andrej Babiš for breaking the government's coronavirus measures. He was caught visiting a Prague restaurant last Wednesday.
Wednesday is set to be cloudy, with temperatures around 11 degrees Celsius. No rainfall is expected.
State of pandemic means Czech schools have to remain closed, says health minister10/27/2020
Czech schools will not reopen at the beginning of next week, Health Minister Roman Prymula announced on Tuesday. This despite an earlier promise that primary schools would definitely re-open from November 2. He said that the government will decide on when it plans to reopen schools after reviewing data towards the end of this week.
Both the opposition and the current Minister of Education Robert Plaga have cticisised the delay, saying that it is necessary to provide information on when schools will reopen now.
Czech schools, including primary education facilities, have been closed in the Czech Republic since October 14, due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, which is regularly reaching new height in terms of infections and numbers of hospitalised. Classes are currently being taught via distance learning.
Government proposes extending state of emergency to December 310/27/2020
The Czech government has proposed that the current state of emergency be extended until December 3, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš announced on Tuesday. The proposal will have to be approved by the Chamber of Deputies, which is set to discuss the issue on Friday morning.
The prime minister said that the extension was necessary to keep the several emergency measures, that have been put in place to curb the spread of COVID-19, in place.
The Czech Republic has been in a state of emergency since October 5. It is currently among the most affected countries in Europe by the pandemic.
Care home residents to receive fast coronavirus tests, says labour minister10/27/2020
Czech social services have successfully tested the use of antigenic COVID-19 tests (sometimes also referred to as fast coronavirus tests), Labour and Social Affairs Minister Jana Maláčová announced on Tuesday. The tests are to be used for wide-range testing of senior citizens in social facilities, such as pensioner homes.
Antigenic tests take around 15 minutes to provide a result. However, they are also less reliable than standard testing. According to Minister of Health Roman Prymula, the tests will be used in social facilities such as pensioner homes, because they will be able to indicate the level of spread faster than normal PCR testing. The second, more reliable wave of tests would then follow.
Hundreds of police to be deployed during October 28 protests against coronavirus measures10/27/2020
Hundreds of police officers are set to be deployed to monitor demonstrations in the centre of Prague, planned on the occasion of the creation of the independent Czechoslovak state on October 28. Protests and associated events are planned on the Náměstí Republiky square, on Old Town Square and in the area of Klárov. Their primary goal is to protest against the ongoing government measures that restrict movement and have closed most shops and restaurants to curb the spread of COVID-19.
A previous protest against coronavirus measures, which took place less than two weeks ago, ended in a violent clash between protestors and the police. However, Prague Municipal Police spokesman Jan Daněk has said that the local police force does not expect this to happen on Wednesday.
Adam Sandler to star in adaptation of Spaceman in Bohemia book10/27/2020
The popular American comedy director Adam Sandler has signed a contract to play the main role in an upcoming Netflix movie based on Czech writer Jaroslav Kalfař's 2017 book Spaceman of Bohemia. The film is set to be directed by Emmy Award winning Swedish director Johan Renck, with the screenplay being written by Colby Day.
The plot of the book's story revolves around a Czech astronaut sent on a one-man mission to the planet Venus, where he has to gather "intergalactic dust". Along the journey he runs into a giant arachnid and a competing Russian mission to the planet.
Czech Centres to stream Dvořák's New World Symphony on Czechoslovak Independence Day10/27/2020
Celebrations of Czechoslovak Independence Day have been severely curtailed due to the coronavirus pandemic and events marking the establishment of Czechoslovakia on October 28, 1918 have had to go online both here in the Czech Republic and abroad.
In a celebration aimed at reaching Czechs and friends of the Czech Republic worldwide the Czech Centres network will stream the historical recording of Dvořák's New World Symphony under the baton of conductor Václav Neumann. The start is scheduled for 6 pm CET. For more information go to www.facebook.com/Ceskacentra.
Slight drop in Covid-19 cases registered on Monday10/27/2020
The Czech Republic registered 10.273 cases of Covid-19 infections on Monday, which is a drop from last week's highs of 15,000, but is still the highest Monday figure registered since the start of the epidemic in March.
Currently over 162,000 people are fighting the infection. Over 5,600 people are hospitalized, of which over 800 are in a serious condition. 2365 people have died.
The reproduction figure has dropped slightly to 1.3, down from 1.5 at the start of October.


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Board members of the Philly-based Frontier Virtual Charter High School discussed plans on Saturday to hire 16 teachers and grow the student population during the upcoming school year.
This would seem like unremarkable news, of course, except for one little thing: state Secretary of Education Ronald Tomalis made it clear in a June 13 letter to Frontier's CEO, John Craig, that the school had no hope of opening in the fall.
An ongoing state investigation had found that the school which made headlines in March, when the teaching staff was suddenly laid off had extensive violations of the Charter School Law.
"There is no indication that Frontier Virtual School could provide an appropriate education to students who may enroll ... in the 2012-2013 school year," Tomalis wrote to Craig.
Tomalis laid out a crystal clear ultimatum: if the Frontier's board didn't meet by June 22 and voluntarily surrender its charter, the Department of Education was going to file charges to have the charter formally revoked. The cyber-school's leaders apparently chose a third, unmentioned option.
"They said they sent a proposal to [the state] to keep the school open, and they're waiting to hear back," said Chris Kristofco, whose wife, Amanda, taught at the school until the staff was laid off.
"They're planning to hire 16 new teachers," said Kristofco, who attended the meeting, "and start the year with 55 students, and grow to 200 by the end of the year."
It's unknown if the state has indeed received a counterproposal from Frontier, or if the Department of Education has already filed charges to have the charter revoked. A spokesman for the Department did not respond to a request for comment.
Kristofco said he asked about the June 13 letter from Tomalis to Craig, which was reported in the Daily News last week.
"They said it was false, and that the Daily News was not a reputable source," he said.
Craig did not respond last week to a request for comment about Tomalis's vow to revoke the school's charter. Brian Leinhauser, an attorney who is now representing the school, could not be reached for comment.
The People Paper began reporting on the school's academic and financial woes in March, when the staff was suddenly laid off and parents began complaining that their children weren't being educated.
Records showed that many of the school's 85 students were habitually truant or failing their classes.
Tomalis said in his letter that the school failed to provide students with promised computer equipment and courses that were a vital part of the school's curriculum. Tomalis also said the school failed to monitor student attendance and academic performance.
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In case you plan on making use of a personal unsecured loan to consolidate your high-interest credit cards, a very good credit standing is needed to be given the best available interest. A short term is going to maximize your cost savings. If you incorporate the affordable-interest and the quick payment period, you are able to minimize the interest fee amount that you need to pay over the course of the loan. When you do this correctly, you'll save a substantial sum of money by consolidating your consumer credit card debt with a personal unsecured loan.
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With respect to the disadvantages, here are the important ones to think about.
Many incorrectly sense that they're debt free. After you consolidate your various credit card debts, you'll clear up the other accounts - specifically your credit cards. However, that doesn't mean that you've paid back your credit card debt. You have only shifted your debt to a whole new loan account. You simply restructured your debts but you'll still owe the exact same sum of money.
It could result in more debt. If you give in to the unrealistic sensation of credit card debt relief, you may be enticed to make use of your credit card. Since you continue to owe the same sum, when you put more on your card, it will only increase your financial debt.
It won't address the underlying source of the matter. It's up to you to take care of the reason behind your credit card debt struggles, while consolidation is going to make things less difficult while you do. Just the effects of your debt are attended to.
It might put your property in danger. A lot of people elect to put their properties up as collateral, putting their properties in danger if they're unable to make payments. Granted, you will get a great low interest on a home equity loan. You just must be aware of the potential risk of losing that house if you're not able to make payments.
How can you go about seeking a credit card debt consolidation loan?
To be able to have an understanding of the debt consolidation application process, you must specify your approach.
If you wish to consolidate by a personal loan, this is going to abide by the approach of any unsecured loan. You'll submit an application form (or at least the standard loan details) and in most cases, the lender is going to do a quick credit assessment to tell you if you are approved for the loan. Once you are accepted, you'll be able to proceed to complete the application procedure and submit the mandatory criteria. When you are filling out an application on the web, you should scan and send the electronic digital version of the paperwork via email or the web site of the loan provider.
Following this process, the loan originator should be able to perform a comprehensive process for underwriting the financial loan. Once things are completed and accepted, then you will receive the amount of the loan. Often, you will have to open up an account withthe lender and get the funds through this account.
If you wish to make use of the equity in your home in the consolidation loan, you'll stick to the process of the average mortgage loan application form. The process concerned is equivalent to the process associated with unsecured loan requests. The only real distinction is that your collateral will be subject to a property or home valuation. As compared to an unsecured loan, this is more costly.
For a straightforward and faster application, look into consolidating your debt with the same loan provider or creditor.
Poor credit and debt consolidation in Columbiana, Alabama
Sure, it's possible to obtain a consolidation loan in spite of a low credit score. There's a couple of ways that this could transpire.
First is you will sign up for a traditional unsecured or secured loan. Being a high risk borrower, you will have to give greater interest. Suffering from below-average credit conveys a narrative of a reputation of failing to pay debt punctually. Unsecured personal loans typically have a greater rate of interest than secured personal loans. You will typically get cheaper rates of interest whenever you guarantee the financial loan with collateral.
For anyone who is not approved for a personal unsecured loan or you do not have collateral for a secured financial loan, you have another option to find debt consolidation. Credit card debt settlement is your next approach. It is ideal for people with below-average credit and debt in arrears or delinquent standing.
The theory is to negotiate with the loan company so they'll let you pay only a percentage of the debt. It is less complicated with the assistance of a debt settlement company that will manage the discussions. If the financial institution or lender agrees to your settlement proposal, the rest of the debt is going to be pardoned.
Consolidating your debt when you've got bad credit in Columbiana, Alabama
There are two techniques for finding low interest debt consolidation loans. If you have a favorable credit record, you'll be able to take advantage of the 1st approach. Good credit reveals to the loan provider that you repay what you owe and therefore are an accountable client. This can just be proven by your credit file.
In case your credit isn't great, then you can turn to the 2nd method for a lower rate of interest consolidation loan, which would be to try to get a secured personal loan. Home equity loans would be the most popular illustration of this. When you look for a home equity loan, you will be placing your house as collateral. This means that if you default on your installments, the lender will take the home.
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The truth is, there is no company that has a cost-free consolidation loan. You can expect to have interest to pay on the financial loan. Origination costs will also be a part of it, though some will offer small application form charges. These are required for the service to examine your credit history and complete your application for financing. You will pay for those requirements with the origination charges.
Though you cannot get a totally free consolidation loan in Columbiana, Alabama, you will get a free price quote, so that you'll know exactly how much the borrowed funds cost before you make a decision.
Is the debt consolidation service you're looking at accredited?
Always confirm that the provider is reliable, and you'll do that by taking a look at the provider's certifications. The lender needs to be associated with other companies and institutions. When a loan company is accepted for accreditation with another organization, they are typically screened by that agency. Through knowing the criteria and demands of these organizations, you'll know what the consolidation company will provide you with.
Next, are many of the viable credentials that the company might have.
Better Business Bureau. The BBB carries a guide that they utilize to rank various companies. This is called the BBB Business Partner Code of Conduct. Through their website, you can see the difficulties that clients have with a consolidation service and exactly how the latter worked to deal with them.
American Fair Credit Council. The American Fair Credit Council is the leading Consumer Credit Advocate association. They work to assist customers who are overcome by credit card debt and encourage their honest treatment.
National Foundation for Credit Counseling. The National Foundation for Credit Counseling is an organization that empowers clients and debt relief companies. The NFCC only accepts members that passed the certification of the Council on Accreditation.
International Association of Professional Debt Arbitrators. The debt arbitrators of consolidation businesses need to be thoroughly qualified and licensed. This institution makes sure that they have been.
Various other global and nationwide accrediting systems also exist, and you will learn more by exploring them. Such agencies are careful regarding the affiliates and accreditations they give out, so you're able to be confident of a reputable company from their list.
Consumer reviews expose a lot concerning consolidation companies
Another way to ensure that you will only be doing business with a respectable and trustworthy company is through review articles. You will find plenty of web pages that carry out customer reviews - some of them are specifically developed to examine several companies and establishments. You can even find a few services highlighted on personal financial internet sites.
You can find out about the cost, the value, the available services, and a lot more from the consumer reviews. Your main concern, while examining review articles, should not be the expense. A great service needs more than just affordable fees. Additional critical indicators include customer support and customer satisfaction.
Next, you need to consider your own unique requirements for consolidation. Avoid being deceived by the assurance of a lower monthly interest. You may end up saddled with a tough payment schedule or substantial fees. While a reduced interest is essential, you want to make sure that the business you choose to work with fulfills all your needs for consolidation.
Can you consolidate credit card debt with a non profit service in Columbiana, Alabama?
Non-profit consumer credit counseling agencies do exist, but non-profit debt consolidation companies are not an option. At least, the respectable ones will never advertise that they are non-profit providers. Any business that offers a loan will need you to pay above what you loaned. The interest and application costs are typically where the financial gain comes from.
Your best choice will be to concentrate on looking for consolidation services which advertise affordable service fees and minimal rates of interest. To ensure success with a consolidation loan, you have to unite low interest rates, a good credit reputation, and affordable service fees.
If you happen to come across an agency that claims to be non-profit for debt consolidation loans, you must be truly careful and thorough with your investigating. It's highly likely that such a lender is trying to con you into paying excessive fees and penalties.
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, a brutish man meant to intimidate with his size and scars rather than subtlety. Why did Vaas, a fairly non-threatening-looking dude with a haunting personality, come from this abandoned antagonist?"We absolutely didn't get it right on the first go," executive producer Dan Hay tells IGN.Bull, half blind and having presumably won a bare-knuckle boxing match with a grizzly, sports a nose-ring, broad jaw, and elaborate tribal tattoos. Distinctive traits for a potential Big Bad? Sure. Boring? Absolutely. The bald brute stereotype seems to have invaded almost every action game imaginable during the past decade. Bull was "like a 300-pound, six-foot-tall bullmastiff dog," level design director Mark Thompson says. That changed after actor Michael Mando auditioned for the role.
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Mando, whom Ubisoft Montreal would eventually use as the face, body, and voice of Vaas Montenegro, changed the developers' idea of what their most prominent villain could be. "[Mando] had a completely different physicality," Thompson says. Bull's physical threat became part of the evolving characters' personality instead, and he was redesigned.With Mando in mind as Far Cry 3's villain, artists began re-conceptualizing who this man could be. Script revisions gave birth to Pyro, a "volatile, explosive, rage-filled" character. Like Bull, though, Pyro featured physical mutilations, now more exaggerated than ever. The skin on the left side of his body was twisted and torn by brutal burns. The color red became more pronounced -- red shirt, red bands, red hair, all matching the red of his wounds. When Ubisoft Montreal officially cast Mando, more changes came about.Characters, Thompson explains, come from an idea that "can sound super interesting. At that moment, you get that kind of spark, like, 'yeah, that's going to be incredible.'"
However, Thompson continues, "you can look at the sentence and say, 'That's a cool idea,' but there's going to be no emotion -- it's not going to resonate with people -- until you get someone like Michael Mando to come in and audition. Then you're like, 'Oh, s--t, yeah.' Now that sentence is...it has meaning."
That value came primarily from the performance, so the heavy markings were scrapped for the subtlety conveyed by Vaas' mannerisms -- picking at his bandages, for instance, between wild mood swings.
"We knew what we wanted Vaas to be," explains Hay. "We knew that we wanted it to be emotive. We knew that we wanted this character to be physical and to be…charming? Hard to look at. Almost like the sun. It's impressive, but you can't stare at it."
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Brexit Summit Opens Day After Legislative Setback for Theresa May
Leaders are expected to approve divorce deal with U.K. that opens up door to trade talks
BRUSSELS—European leaders at a two-day summit in Brussels are set to approve a hard-won divorce deal with the U.K. that opens the door to trade talks.
But as British Prime Minister Theresa May took what was expected to be a victory lap over the agreement Thursday, she was forced to grapple with a legislative defeat the night before in London that threw up a new hurdle.
Members of her Conservative Party joined opposition lawmakers and voted to guarantee Parliament the power to vote on whether to accept any final Brexit deal, a political embarrassment that underscores the extent to which she is being squeezed by factions in her party and in Northern Ireland, all of which want very different versions of Brexit.
Arriving at the summit, Mrs. May said she was disappointed the government lost the vote on an amendment to the EU withdrawal bill, its flagship Brexit legislation, but noted the bill was still making good progress.
"We are on course to deliver Brexit. We are on course to deliver on the vote of the British people," Mrs. May said, referring to the June 2016 referendum in which Britons chose to leave the bloc. Over dinner with EU leaders, Mrs. May said that while many viewed the last few months as a sign of how difficult the future negotiations would be, she believes that the progress the U.K. and the EU have made shows what can be achieved with commitment and perseverance on both sides. Her comments were greeted with applause from the other EU leaders, officials said.
After Thursday night's dinner, Mrs. May said there had been "very good discussions" and she was now looking forward to quickly starting negotiations on "our future trade relationship and security relationship."
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the bloc's leaders "made clear that Theresa May made good offers" that can allow the negotiations to move ahead.
"But there are still many outstanding issues. We'll talk about it tomorrow," she added.
The push by Parliament to weigh in on the final deal complicates already difficult matters even further as the U.K. and EU prepare to plunge into tricky trade talks. It opens the path of negotiations to influence by lawmakers with competing visions and raises concerns that London won't be speaking with one voice.
"As soon as she negotiates something, she has to go to the Parliament to get approval. This just makes it more complicated for the U.K. government," said Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel. He said the EU won't renegotiate the Brexit deal if the British Parliament rejects it.
An EU official said it wasn't in Brussels' interest to negotiate with a weak leader. "I don't think it's good that the prime minister who is negotiating with us is losing votes in the Parliament," the official said. "It's never good. We need a strong negotiator on the other side."
The divorce deal reached last week after six months of tortuous talks leaves many issues largely unresolved, including how to avoid a hard border between EU-member Ireland and Northern Ireland, which is part of the U.K.
Mrs. May and her cabinet will meet next week to discuss for the first time their approach to the next phase. But the more clearly Mrs. May lays out Britain's position, the more she risks dividing a cabinet already fractured over whether they want to pursue a future relationship with the EU that is closely aligned or more distant.
A senior French official said that while there was some sympathy for the troubled political waters Mrs. May has to navigate at home, the EU will not change its negotiating position.
Nicky Morgan, one of the pro-EU Conservative lawmakers who backed Wednesday's amendment, said the development makes it more likely the U.K. will end up with a closer relationship with Brussels than it would have otherwise.
"This has made it very clear that there are a group of people in the Conservative Party who are prepared to break ranks and rebel over something they feel really passionate about," Ms. Morgan said. The majority of lawmakers won't support an extreme Brexit, and without a majority in Parliament, Mrs. May must take that into account as she negotiates with the EU, she said.
The defeat could also embolden more pro-EU Conservative lawmakers to vote against the government, creating further headaches for Mrs. May ahead as she tries to push more of the Brexit legislation through Parliament. Next week, lawmakers will vote on another controversial amendment to the legislation, a relatively minor detail of exactly what time and date the U.K. should leave the bloc in 2019.
Jacob Rees-Mogg, a euroskeptic Conservative lawmaker, said the development was a political embarrassment for Mrs. May, but that in the long-term, it wouldn't have any serious implications for Brexit.
"She's always had to do a balancing act between pro-EU Tories and euroskeptic—it doesn't change the weighting of that," he said, adding there are many more euroskeptics than pro-EU Conservatives.
If anything, he said, a final vote on the deal increases the likelihood of a Brexit with no ties to the EU, because if Parliament votes down a deal, the U.K. will leave without one. "They want to be careful what they wish for, the pro-EU lot," he said.
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said he was confident Mrs. May will still be able to deliver on what she promises in Brussels, because there is a "widespread support" in the U.K. for a "reasonable negotiated exit of Britain from the EU."
He said the deal she sealed last week in Brussels proves she is a "formidable politician" who shouldn't be underestimated.
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"The hunger strikes constitute an indication that the Kurdish issue has reached an intolerable level!" – Metin Bakkalci, head of the Human Rights Foundation in Turkey
Demonstrate outside 10 Downing St, London: 12 noon Wed 24th Oct 2012.
Hundreds of Kurdish political internees, incarcerated for campaigning for Kurdish rights in Turkey are on day 43 of possibly the biggest political hunger strike in history to pressurise the Turkish government to begin political negotiations to resolve the Kurdish Question in Turkey.
For nearly 80 years the Kurds in Turkey have suffered the most intolerable oppression. Forcibly assimilated to be Turks they had their language banned and culture eradicated. The hunger strike represents a long and painful struggle for justice and identity by the Kurds in Turkey reaching its zenith.
In 2009 the Turkish state engaged in talks with the PKK to attempt to resolve the Kurdish issue. Unfortunately, these talks were abruptly brought to an end by the Turkish government and stalled.
The two central demands of the hunger strikers are as follows:
- The release of Abdullah Ocalan to negotiate a political settlement to the Kurdish Question in Turkey!
- Kurdish language rights in the public sphere.
12 noon Wed 24th Oct 2012.
Organised by Kurdish Federation UK, Kurdish Community Centre, Halkevi, Roj-Women and Gik-Der For more info contact: Kurdish Federation UK. 07865 079415 or 07506 702697 or email email@example.com


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E3 is so close now, you can almost smell the sweat of thousands of journos crowded together in a heated building. Ew. If you thought that we'd decided to ignore the opportunity to embarrass ourselves with swiftly destroyed predictions this year, think again!
A handful of us at CG are brave/stupid enough to offer you our carefully considered opinions/blind guesses on what surprises this year's sweatfest will bring. As editor, I'll go first. That way, you'll hopefully have forgotten what I said by the time you get to the end of the article.
Despite all the rumours and alleged leaks, I think that there'll be at least one huge surprise regarding Nintendo's new console. I'm not quite foolhardy enough to be more specific than that but, if pushed, I'd say that it will relate to the functionality of the (allegedly touchscreenised) controller. I do however expect Resident Evil 6 to be announced as a timed exclusive for this console; though not necessarily at this year's E3.
Sony have two options at E3; pretend the hack never happened, or run straight into it headfirst (which they almost certainly will do). The security breach has hurt Sony both in terms of image and of finances. Because of this – and the knowledge that Nintendo will be showing off a previously secret console – Sony need to pull out all the stops this year. In order to do that at short notice, they'd have to show off something unexpected that's not long come off the drawing board. Tantalising as it is, the NGP will not be enough.
Microsoft are hardest to guess this year. There are conflicting reports from within the industry regarding their next console. If it is in development, I'd still be shocked to see it announced any time soon. We'll probably see a big push for Kinect, as this is (I think) the do-or-die year for it. I'd expect this to include a long on-stage presentation for Child of Eden. Ironically, this multiformat title could prove to be Kinect's killer app.
Kevin says: At E3 this year I expect/hope to see Nintendo giving us 3DS owners some decent games to play. I'm looking forward to seeing the new Mario game, but would love to see them create a new franchise, rather than remakes or sequels to existing franchises.
I expect MS to have some new arm waving Kinect games on show for the hardcore. Will we see Xbox 720 previewed? I doubt it as they are only just starting to see the dollars rolling in now from the 360, and wouldn't want to stop consumers investing in Kinect. I think a new Halo will be teased.
As for Sony I think they'll spend most of their 5 hour conference apologising for the PSN hack, and Kaz Hirai will get very publically flogged by Kevin Butler, much to the amusement of the baying crowd. Obviously NGP will be getting a lot of exposure and we may get a good look at Uncharted and Call of Duty on the portable.
Anthony says: As far as major platform holders are concerned, I reckon Nintendo are going to win E3 again this year. With a new console to unveil, that may or may not have a new and innovative angle to it, Sony and Microsoft really need to pull rose scented fingers out of their R&D departments to compete. Sony could probably get a big cheer by simply telling us their full online service works again.
Looking at individual game reveals, my soft spot lies with Hitman: Absolution, as long as IO and Square Enix don't draw inspiration from Kane & Lynch…
Editor's note: Anthony was the only one who stuck to the suggested 100 words for contributions to this piece. Brownie points (and much less room for embarrassment) for him.
Steven, AKA Grumpy Gurevitz, says: Nintendo: Show off new console. Promises some amazing third and first party games which won't be released till at least 2013. Amazing content and online connectivity will be suggested, but no concrete plans laid out. 3DS will be relaunched with E-Store and possibly upgraded 'friends' functionality as core components. E-Store will underwhelm with lack of content from launch.
Sony: 3D, 3D, 3D. Did I mention 3D? Much more on the PSP2/NGP. Possible PS3 price cut. Lots of Uncharted 3. Google TV implementation.
Microsoft: 3D as well! Kinect hardcore game demonstration (Call of Duty implementation?), Halo future, and past revisited and remastered; Gears of War 3.
What will be missing from previous E3s…… Any reference to Music/Instrument based games…..
Stephen (his higher ph value means he's an alkali) says: Let's face it: motion controls aren't working out very well. At the very least, they're not particularly well-liked. Sony and Microsoft will probably have to defend this trend, but Nintendo is in a different situation. Most of us are probably hoping that the beloved company returns to their roots with a new console at least slightly more appropriate for traditional games, but is that a realistic notion? The Wii was, of course, wildly successful, but its glory days are waning. While their competitors fumble about with magic wands and 3D glasses, perhaps Nintendo will initiate phase two of their secret plan. Now that the casual demographic has been hooked, is it time to teach them about Star Fox and RPGs? Could all those waggle shenanigans have served the purpose of actually broadening the audience to deepen the gaming experience? Is that a load of wishful nonsense? Regardless, if Nintendo plans to reclaim their previous splendour and make a shift towards (forgive my condescension) "real" games, the time is now!
Our lovable self-declared philanthropist – sorry, misanthropist – Ian says: My prediction is that it will involve lots of horrible, scripted back and forth between 40+ year old men pretending to be in their 20s, especially if they waste stage time on Cliffy B or any of the Gears 3 team while morons applaud at nothing. Or did you mean something other than that?
Wii 2 and it'll be just about as good as a 360, barely. Might have 3D aspects, but it's a long shot they'll even move up to HD so we'll see.
Nintendo will quietly hide how poor the 3DS has done and probably try and build it back up with more Zelda, Mario, blah blah.
More on the next Devil May Cry, I suspect they might even give in and change Dante's look to something closer to how he should look.
Mass Effect 3 trailer/dev walkthrough that'll amaze everyone and disguise the fact that it'll just be more of the same untweaked game.
Dead Island 4-player co-op playable (cheating here, they stated it will be there). Dark Souls will be getting attention but I doubt that'd be a surprise. Might be a War for Cybertron 2 reveal, not that anyone besides me is interested in that.
Steam will announce global economic control and begin killing long time hold-outs and protestors of their methods (it's been nice knowing you all).
I personally hope for a lot of NGP info because Sony is going to have to do something big to survive. Watching them awkwardly talk about the attacks is going to be hilarious.
I doubt there will be any really big surprises outside of new console/handheld news (I don't count things like MW3 gameplay or similar as a surprise…or interesting).
Isn't he adorable?
So, there are our predictions and hopes for E3 2011. All that remains is to watch them all slowly but surely fall from the skies in flames, wincing and cringing with each failure. The good news is, Snezana will come back with some reports on what actually happened. Stay tuned!


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Scripture: Genesis 18:16-21
God was travelling to Sodom because of an outcry that had come against it, demanding judgment. The Lord stopped by Lot's family member, Abraham, probably because Abraham had a covenant relationship allowing family members to be saved. God's Heart is ultimately to save. One of the key words in this passage is the Hebrew word zah-ak, and it means, 'A shout of accusation, a wail or a lament.' A zah-ak was coming from the land of Sodom and it was coming because the people had filled the land with iniquity. Sodom had several people known to be righteous individuals, and justice dictates that the righteous and the wicked do not share the same fate. God waited for someone to ask for justice. Unless Abraham interceded, Lot and his family would have been lost in the judgment of the city. This situation causes us to rethink our understanding of doing judgment. God's purpose for us as believers is keeping the way of the Lord which means doing righteousness so that we can pray judgment that saves! The first manifestation of praying judgment in Scripture is praying judgment that saves the righteous by separating them from the fate of the wicked! Surely we can all move into a life of personal righteousness that we might move into our assignment of praying judgment that saves!


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So as you may have noticed throughout some of last weeks post (like the DIY Lowel Ego Light Box guide), I had incorporated some pretty pictures from this recipe but somehow forgot to actually post it. Better late than never right? So if you like Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, then you're going to love this recipe!
What you'll need:
- 1 cup of peanut butter
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- 1/4 cup butter
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Step 1: In a medium bowl or kitchen aid mixer, add your peanut butter, butter and vanilla extract and mix until everything is combined.
Step 2: Add in the powdered sugar and stir into the peanut butter mixture until no lumps remain.
Step 3: On a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, use a spoon to create egg shaped mounds. Alternatively, you can also use a mold and make any shape you want. We just went with eggs because it was Easter. Place the tray in the fridge for 30 min to let them set.
Step 4: While the peanut butter mounds are setting, start your chocolate. If you're using a bar of chocolate, cut into small chunks.
Temper your chocolate either in the microwave or over a double boiler. If using a microwave, heat 6oz of chocolate on high for 15 seconds, and then stir with a clean spatula. Repeat 2 more times in 5 second intervals until it's melted and glossy. Next, add in the rest of your chocolate chunks and gently stir until everything has melted. If using a double boiler, follow the same steps outlined above by melting 6oz first and then incorporating the rest off the heat. Now you're ready to begin dipping!
Step 5: With a fork, gently lift your mounds off of the tray dip them into the chocolate one by one. Place the tray back into the fridge for another 30 min to allow the chocolate to harden.
Note: Don't be sad if your eggs look more like chocolate blobs. You can clean up the edges later with a sharp knife once the chocolate has hardened.
Step 6: Melt you colored chips in a zip lock bag and snip off the end. Drizzle over your peanut butter eggs and place everything back into the fridge for 30 min to an hour to let everything set completely.
And there you have it…the perfect indulgent treat that will keep you coming back for more! And in our opinion, they are wayyyy better than Reese's!
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April 8, 2011 | By Becky Phillips | Comments Off on Plate tectonics key to life on Earth?
Categories: Earth sciences, Space sciences
Tags: computer simulation, crust, Earth, fault lines, free water, geodynamics, geologist, geology, Katie Cooper, life, lithosphere, mantle, models, planet, planets, Plate tectonics, research, rock, stagnant lid, thermal, Washington State University, WSU
Is our vital blue planet the last of its kind? Or has it always been one of a kind? From the perspective of post-modern geologists, planet Earth is like no other solar body yet discovered.
"I think when you live on the Earth, you take it for granted," says Katie Cooper, who thoughtfully considers such esoteric questions for a living. As one of a relatively new group of geologists who use computer simulations to study the thermal and tectonic evolution of our planet, her viewpoint is decidedly celestial.
Cooper, assistant professor in the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, studies the broad area of geodynamics—particularly the evolution of Earth as a planetary system. Specifically, she models how the three main layers of our planet—core, mantle, and crust (lithosphere)—interact and change over time.
"I look at the Earth as a giant heat engine which drives all of the geologic activity we see at the surface," she says. "In the past, the core was hotter than it is today. The planet is slowly cooling and that affects everything on the lithosphere."
That cooling takes place in large part through thermal convection. Like boiling water or the slow movement of oil blobs in a lava lamp, hot plastic rock from the Earth's mantle is constantly rising toward the surface, where heat and energy are released in hot springs, earthquakes, or volcanic eruptions. At the same time, cooler rock is sinking toward the interior core.
This steady interplay leads to the phenomenon of plate tectonics where vast puzzle-like sections of Earth's crust "float" on top of hot rock in the mantle—and imperceptibly migrate across the globe.
Earth stands alone
Although plate tectonics is often taken for granted as standard planetary modus operandi, it turns out that Earth is a world apart from other planets.
"Plate tectonics is unique to Earth as far as we know right now," says Cooper. "The big question is if this is unique to our solar system? Our galaxy? The universe?"
Not only unique, but possibly essential to life itself. Through its part in cooling the planet's interior, plate tectonics allows Earth to maintain a magnetic field that shields our world from dangerous solar radiation and, in effect, creates a safe haven for life to flourish. Which presents Cooper with another question—did plate tectonics create optimal conditions for the initial occurrence of life? No one knows for sure.
Plate tectonics—the next generation
For the first half of the twentieth century, geologists suspected that Earth's continents had once formed a single land mass before breaking up and drifting aimlessly apart. The continental drift hypothesis was backed up by fossil evidence but no one could explain the actual physical processes driving it.
That changed in 1963, however, when Princeton professor, Harry Hess, used WWII submarine-hunting technology to discover unusual magnetic polarity in the ocean floor. It was concluded that hot rock from the mantle was rising up through the lithosphere and pushing the sea floor—and the continents on either side—apart.
This finding provided the mechanism to explain the purposeful movement of Earth's plates and led to the development of the first theory of plate tectonics.
Today Cooper is among a new generation of geologists who study what could be called "post" plate tectonics. Taking the field up a notch, she investigates similar processes on other planets and asks why Earth has plate tectonics in the first place.
"Is it the preferred mode of operation?" she asks. "Does it help the planet lose heat most efficiently? Is it a coincidence?"
Using a computer cluster of 600 processors working together as a single unit, Cooper attempts to unlock these mysteries by crunching enormous calculations that often run days or weeks to generate results.
Doing these "paper and pencil calculations" as she refers to them, Cooper builds computer models of planets and applies basic laws of physics to see if the theories are applicable.


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Dictionary.com has absolutely zero tolerance for Mike Pence kissing Donald Trump's ass.
After video footage of a Wednesday Cabinet meeting showed the VP giving Trump an inordinate amount of praise, the dictionary took matters into its own hands, delivering a powerful blow to Pence's ego with a ridiculously sassy, straight-forward tweet.
Retweeting a Washington Post analysis titled "In Cabinet meeting, Pence praises Trump once every 12 seconds for three minutes straight," Dictionary.com's official Twitter account called Pence out, defining his behavior in one word: sycophant.
"There's a word for a person who would praise someone every 12 seconds. #VP #Pence," the tweet read, linking out to the sycophant dictionary entry.
There's a word for a person who would praise someone every 12 seconds. https://t.co/FlY8TY3fJa#VP #Pence https://t.co/4KMEkV496m
— Dictionary.com (@Dictionarycom) December 21, 2017
For those who don't know — perhaps Trump? — "sycophant" is a noun, defined as "a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite."
Still not sure if Pence fits the bill? Have a listen to the three-minute-long declaration of love and decide for yourself.
Mike Pence spent three minutes this week praising Donald Trump. It felt much longer. pic.twitter.com/qQz5UsQ2PJ
— Mashable News (@MashableNews) December 22, 2017
Dictionary.com also named "complicit" — a word that's been tied to Ivanka and Trump's administration on multiple occasions — its 2017 Word of the Year, so the president's already probably not a yuge fan.


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7th February 2012
Tuesday Read & Rhyme sessions in the library have started again. There's a sessions for babies and toddlers at 10.15 am
The sessions are free and a great way for parents and carers to have fun with their little ones singing, moving and reading.
Contact the library for more information on 88251511.