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RICHMOND — The General Assembly will convene Wednesday to confront the most ambitious agenda by a governor in recent years.
Republican George Allen has blitzed the legislature and the public in recent weeks with an ideologically-driven slew of proposals to cut taxes, remake public education, overhaul the welfare system and begin doubling the state's prison capacity, among other things.
So while the General Assembly may lack the stunning drama of Newt Gingrich's revolution in Washington, what emerges from Richmond could make a profound difference, for better or worse, in the lives of many Virginians.
"Allen has raised the stakes dramatically," said political analyst Thomas Morris, president of Emory and Henry College. "He's set the agenda, and he's an ambitious man."
But by all indications, Allen's self-described "new era of freedom, opportunity and responsibility" is picking up stiff opposition from a Democrat-controlled legislature that views his tax cuts as fiscally irresponsible and his government-slashing as an affront to the needy.
"It's a very unique and insidious type of politics," said House Majority Leader C. Richard Cranwell, D-Roanoke County. "I don't intend to be party to seeing someone dismantle all the progress we've made in Virginia."
Last week, even former governor Gerald L. Baliles stepped into the fray. The Democratic leader, hardly known for brash rhetoric, warned in a speech that additional budget cuts could leave Virginia's prized public colleges in dire shape.
While some streamlining is necessary on campus, Baliles suggested, "It is not in Virginia's interest to have central government do the job with a meat ax."
For his agenda to succeed, Allen must quell the concerns of an increasingly finicky legislature. And no one thinks it will be easy.
Beyond philosophical differences, many Democrats have grown resentful of what they see as Allen's heavy-handed, campaign-style governing tactics.
Tensions boiled over last week, for example, when Senate Finance Chairman Hunter B. Andrews, D-Hampton, who normally fights his battles behind the scenes, publicly demanded an apology from Allen's chief spokesman, Ken Stroupe.
Stroupe had called the Democratic money committee chairmen "tax-raising, fat-cat career politicians," a remark for which Allen himself later apologized.
Beyond personality spats, even many Republican legislators are withholding final judgment on Allen's bold initiatives, particularly his tax cuts, until more detailed analyses of the fiscal consequences are made.
Add to that volatile mix the fact that everything must be resolved in 45 days so the part-time legislators can return to their normal lives and then face re-election in November. The result, many say, could be the political equivalent of Wrestlemania.
"I think it's going to be a rock-'em, sock-'em session," said Del. Phillip Hamilton, R-Newport News.
While Democratic legislators say publicly they will try to cooperate with the administration, one warned privately, "It's going to be hand-to-hand combat."
Similar predictions were made a year ago, just as Allen came into office, and proved false. Rather than fight the popular governor, Democrats decided to adopt his agenda as their own and build on it. But this year, things are not as likely to be so harmonious, observers say, for at least two reasons.
First, the legislative agenda has changed. While much of last year's focus was on fighting crime - an issue neither party would dare oppose outright - this year's session is likely to turn on the question of tax and budget priorities, where there are clear ideological differences that may not easily be resolved.
"It's going to be a much bigger pill for Democrats to swallow, to reduce the size of government and rein in spending," said Scott Leake, director of the joint Republican legislative caucus. "That goes against their grain."
Democrats are bristling at Allen's call for a $2.1 billion cut in income and local business taxes, partly because it means scaling back programs and partly because Allen has no long-range plan to make up for the lost revenue.
"I think the governor is trying to intimidate the legislature into thinking he has a mandate to do this," said Sen. L. Louise Lucas, D-Portsmouth. "I do not believe a majority of Virginians are looking for a tax cut at the risk of losing all these services."
But perhaps the bigger hurdle toward any cooperation is the looming campaign this fall, when all 140 General Assembly members face re-election. Republicans now stand just a few seats away in both chambers from taking control of the legislature for the first time this century.
That prospect has energized Republicans and left unnerved Democrats struggling to find a way to respond to Allen's populist agenda without getting clobbered at the polls.
"It's clear that Allen has the upper hand," said Morris, the political analyst. "Either he gets what he wants or he doesn't - and he uses that as a campaign issue."
Nowhere are those political tensions more evident than in the debate over a tax cut that could mean a savings of a few hundred dollars for an average family when fully phased in by the year 2000.
Republicans say the plan offers a boost to the economy and long-deserved relief for hard-working, middle-class families. Many Democrats say it is a $2.1 billion fiscal boondoggle and a cynical ploy for votes in an election year.
"It used to be the public bribed politicians," said G.C. Morse, a former Democratic speechwriter for Baliles. "Now it's the other way around. The question is: Are Virginians gullible enough to take that piece of change and not recognize the consequences?"
The administration, for its part, knows it has a fight on its hands and has been all-too-eager to return fire on critical Democratic legislators.
"It's going to be bitter medicine for them for a while, but they're not answering to this administration," said Allen spokesman Stroupe. "They're answering to the voters of this state, who believe there should be a tax cut."
Whether Democrats can find an effective voice for themselves during this session may well determine their chances at the polls.
So far, Democrats have largely tried to take Allen initiatives, such as abolishing parole and refunding taxes to federal pensioners, and make them more palatable to the public.
"The Democratic General Assembly has stepped in taking lemons and made lemonade," said Gail Nardi, a Democratic Party spokeswoman. "Our men and women are going to do their jobs in a very difficult environment that they didn't create."
But Republicans seem well aware that they hold the upper hand as Allen enters his second year in office with high ratings in the polls - and an election around the corner that could lead to a takeover in Richmond like the one that just occurred in Washington.
"It's the Democrats who are between a rock and a hard place," said Sen. Mark L. Earley, R-Chesapeake. "It's more delicate for them."
"This is going to be a tough session," said veteran Sen. Stanley C. Walker, D-Norfolk, who made an appeal last week for a bipartisan truce. "We should be able to do it in a manner Virginia is accustomed to."


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Earlier this year, I joined Collabora for a six-month internship to learn how V4L2 (Video4Linux2) supports stateless video hardware decoding, and build a utility that traced and replayed stateless decoding from a userspace perspective.
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Monado now has initial support for 6DoF ("inside-out") tracking for devices with cameras and an IMU! Three free and open source SLAM/VIO solutions were integrated and adapted to work on XR: Kimera-VIO, ORB-SLAM3, and Basalt.
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This gives me heavy Ace Combat vibes, still looks nice though
Project Wingman Alpha
A downloadable game for Windows
Project Wingman Alpha Demo
The current latest version is 0.4.5
Keep in mind that the demo is still in an early state.
Everything may change as the game goes further into development.
Project Wingman is an independently developed combat flight action game to be released on PC with an emphasis on fun and refined gameplay, true-to-its-roots inspirations, and an engaging single player experience.
Perfect for those who aren't looking for a simulator experience with the ease of pick up and play, all the way to those who want a fast-paced challenging flight action game.
Full changelog will be posted on the Development Log below.
Any feedback can either go to :
Itch.io Comments Section
Twitter : @RB_Dev2
Development Log : rb-d2.tumblr.com
Email : email@example.com
Discord : https://discord.gg/9UekgVW
Thank you for all your support!
I hope it meets your expectations.
Minimum System Requirements:
OS version: Windows 7/8/10 64-bit
Processor: Intel i5-2300 or AMD FX-6350 equivalent
Memory: 4GB
Graphics: GTX 660Ti / R9 270 equivalent
DirectX Version: 11
Disk Space: 4GB
|In development
|Made with
|Unreal Engine, Substance Painter & designer, Blender
|3D, Arcade, Controller, Fast-Paced, Flight, gamepad, Singleplayer, Unreal Engine, War
|Average session
|About a half-hour
|Keyboard, Mouse, Xbox controller, Gamepad (any), Joystick
|Subtitles, Configurable controls
|Homepage, Twitter
Install instructions
It requires a 64bit machine with atleast DX11 capabilities.
Simply extract the file and run ProjectWingman.exe install UE4 prerequisites if prompted.
The game runs on Unreal Engine 4
Supports fully rebindable controls for Joystick and HOTAS users.
Development log
- Project Wingman Kickstarter Demo Update 0.4.5Sep 26, 2018
- Project Wingman Alpha 5 (Revision 2)Feb 21, 2018
- Project Wingman Alpha Test 4 Update 1May 21, 2017
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can u play this on controller?
It burns my poor computer
I have no money so I play demo
Just so you guys know its out on steam
i need to turn down the graphics a bit but so far I am liking it. reminds me of ace combat
nice grahic
Probably late to the party but I love this game so far. Good mechanics and I LOVE the dog fighting
Holy Sheep Shit...
Very Nice 👍
Very cool alpha. Can't wait to try the full thing
this is a nice game
HAT Switch is completely unrecognized by the game, any solution? (using T16000M)
Do I have to pay for it on steam even though I already paid for it on here?
So, will we get steam key after game release?
I would like to know aswell.
Do we?
Send an email with the email you used to donate to email@example.com
We'll hook you up with a Steam key.
So, will we get steam key after game release?
Does it have a multiplayer component and, if not, is one planned?
Finally...after years of disappointment, Project Wingman will be released on December 1st! Hopefully it will be worth the wait.
60 FPS on medium to high settings on my setup, guys. Due to this, I think I'm getting it once it comes out for real.
Intel i5 4590 3.30Ghz
GeForce GTX 760 2GB
The demo is promising, but for me, the game keeps crashing whenever I try to run a demo level, even when I set the graphics settings as low as they can go.
it runs just fine here but if you have old system and poor videocard it might get you in trouble yup
I love this game <3
I'm Looking forward to the full game. I'm excited for what story you came up with and wonder if you're going to have an enemy ace though out the campaign. I see heavy inspiration from Ace Combat while making it your own game. All in all I'm sure to get it and look forward to flying either the F-14 or F-15.
God damn, that looks really promising!
Brilliant fun, just what i was looking for, and i look forward to the full development, good luck raising the rest of the funds that you still need guys, full respect to you all who are working on this.
so far that i have played, which obviously is the demo lol, it works just fine, after i worked out how to set up the controls to work just with the keyboard, the graphics are wonderful and the action on the aircrafts are great, im finding the 3 quite easy to fly too.
again im rubbing my hand whilst waiting for it to be published, and will be tracking it...
OH MY GOD! I kinda like this one.
With the addition of Humble Games coming on board and picking up the slack, I'm actually (somewhat) hopeful that Project Wingman will finally be released "this summer". That's about the best news I've heard yet. So now we wait...again.
Wow ...... Guys Salute you. Game is awesome, and it's just an Alpha demo. Can't wait to see the game in final build. Controls setting are really good and hope to see more options in final build.
i though this was supposed to be VR supported?
The 0.4.5 Demo is very old, and was built right before the VR update. VR is going to be in the final build.
Hi ! Thanks for the reply ! I found your game from a video review for VR titles and was suprised as the reviewer made it sound like he had played the game in VR already ! Looking forward to it :)
Uh, it's not my game. It's RB-D2's. I'm just following into his development pretty deep.
I suggest you join his Discord server for more weekly/monthly updates.
hey MX, can you send me a Discord invite... CapStar362 #2210
@tuomaspap I am the reviewer you may be mentioning. I played the game in VR using pc tools that simulated VR. Its not as good as the real thing but it was very close.
This demo is amazing for a demo. But, there are some things that I don't like. All of this is my personal opinion so just take it lightly. It doesn't mean that the game is bad or anything. The first thing that I don't like is there is no high g maneuver and post-stall maneuver. This makes the planes feel more sluggish, made the gameplay slower, and less fun. The second thing is that the clouds are not as good as Ace Combat 7. I feel that the clouds are there just for aesthetics and don't have a gameplay purpose like in Ace Combat 7. The clouds also feel bland because of the small size and not as fluffy as the one on Ace Combat 7. The last thing is the graphics. The graphics are not bad but the colors are just too warm for my taste. Also, the plane texture of this game is very flat with no details. There are no decals or markings or even emblems.
Now the good things about this game that I like over Ace Combat 7. The first thing is I like the way you choose your payload and weapons. You can bring more than one SP weapons depending on the weapons and the aircraft. The other thing is the FOV and how much better is it over Ace Combat 7. The last thing is that the EXPLOSIONS in this game are AMAZING, way better than Ace Combat 7 making this game feels more alive.
Please note that I am kinda new on this jet combat arcade kind of games. My first game of this genre is Ace Combat 7. But, I play war thunder, FSX, X-Plane, and all kind of flight simulator except DCS because I am too lazy to learn how each planes works and I don't have a HOTAS, I play with my PS4 controller.
In conclution, I still going to prefer Ace Combat 7 over this game. But hey, it is just a demo and a very old one so.... I don't know how will the released game will be. I hope that the story mode is going to be as good as Ace Combat 7. The biggest dealbreaker for me is that there is no high G maneuver and post stall maneuver. So I hope they will add it to the final game.
High-G/Post-Stall Maneuvers are confirmed to be in the final build half a year ago. Much of its updates are announced on the Project Wingman Discord.
Also, if you love Ace Combat 7 so much, I suggest you play all of the previous games (except Assault Horizon, Advance, Northern Wings, & Cross Rumble/Assault Horizon Legacy). Despite being the pinnacle of AC gameplay, AC7 leaves out a lot of older features that were good (massive battles in AC6, Wingman command in AC5 & Z, Wide selection of planes in AC5, etc.).
Also, AC7 has probably one of the weakest story in the series--due to its multiple change of project leads & an eventual rush in development (very evident in the Strider part of the story). Only AC6 has similar issues narratively. No doubt if Wingman sticks to its Mercenaries-type story, it'll do far better.
I am currently playing ace combat 4. I also have ace combat 5 ready. But... there are also no post stall maneuvers and high g turn on 4 :(
High-G exists only on 6 onwards, while Post-Stall exist on Assault Horizon (scripted) and 7 only.
That said, at least you can experience how AC originally plays out. Despite it feeling mechanically outdated, there are some minor details in its mechanism that AC7 purposely downgraded to entice AC7 players into fully using High-G, guided weaponry, & plane modifications.
Once you finish the PS2 trilogy, don't forget to check out the original PS1 trilogy too. Despite not having SP Weapons there, I guarantee you'll feel more sense of speed & a less Hollywood approach of storytelling in there--something we may see a return with RB-D2's Wingman.
will it be free ?
I love the game. Beautiful graphics, fun gamepla. I honestly like it more than Ace Combat. All I want from it now is to be able to play with the F16.
The lovely Viper is so under-appreciated in 2010s Ace Combat installments, that it now serves the same role as the old Tigers & Phantoms.
Hopefully Wingman changes this, especially with the highly customizable weapon racks.
I cant seem to open the game to play it I extracted the files and yeah
awesome simulator :)
It's an Arcade Flight game, not really a simulator.
Any VR in the works?


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There were plenty of warnings that the Federal Executive was not willing to be prepared for the pandemic. Lots of warnings were ignored. So here we are.
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For my (checks notes) second film of 2021, I was given a movie called The Marksman. I guess it would be about a guy who is good at shooting, or fond of shooting, or one who shoots occasionally?
Oh shit, it is a Liam Neeson action movie! That definitely has a bad track record from me. Ever since the first Taken, it has been either bad or ignored from my website. I can't handle the cuts, the bad staging, any of that. I can have Liam Neeson as a serious star, I just can't even have him as a serious action star, not anymore.
And honestly, I knew nothing going into this movie, so it didn't surprise me that it was a January release.
Give a boy a gun, and he'll gun for a day. Teach a boy to gun, and he will gun at least for a day.
Jim Hanson (Liam Neeson), former US Marine and current old dude, is living in Arizona near the Mexico border. He has been mostly working at a Ranch of his own the last few years with his wife. But when she got sick, the ranch didn't do as well, the bills piled up, and then he eventually lost the light of his life. Now those foreclosing son-of-a-guns are going to take his house, and then what? Probably nothing great!
He is a pretty dark place in his life, unable to get extra work either, when he happens upon Rosa (Teresa Ruiz) and her son, Miguel (Jacob Perez) literally right after they crawl through a hole in the border fence. He wants to call it in, because Rosa was hurt, but after doing so, a few cartel members start firing on him, and now suddenly he is in jeopardy!
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Also starring Katheryn Winnick and Juan Pablo Raba.
This gun is way bigger than the last gun, why did you not teach the boy this gun?
The Marksmen is not a classic, straight up Neeson action movie. No, it has dramatic components, and a plot here. A guy trying to get this kid to Chicago, with some people who want to kill him and take him back, for some reason. Occasionally they get close to stopping them, and then they get really close to stopping him, and then eventually it ends. By the way, the problems resolved at the end of the movie involve the kid, not the crimes committed, or the ranch money problems, but hey, that was just intro movie problems I guess.
Neeson's acting is pretty average for what he has done lately. He has to play a stern older gentlemen technically way above his head, but also, with a certain set of skills that might help him out. He is kind of a dick for large parts of the movie, and I wouldn't say that changes much by the end. It is like this movie was made for Clint Eastwood, but he didn't feel like it.
I'm not sure what the overall message of the film is after seeing it, except that there isn't one. Life can be difficult and strange some times, but you have to follow your heart? Hard to tell. I just know that if you want to see this movie for action, you will be disappointed. If you want to see it for a great story and acting, you will be disappointed.
However, if you want to see it for a quick shout out to Sierra Vista, Arizona (A city I lived in once before), you might get some glee out of it.


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The mysterious loss of a large portion of the treasure of the Incas hasnever been completely cleared up. By torturing the natives to whom thesecret had been entrusted, the Spaniards made two or three discoveries,but there can be little doubt that these finds were only a smallproportion of the total amount of the missing hoards, although for yearsafter their occupation of the country the Spaniards spared no pains andhesitated at no cruelty to bring to light the hidden wealth. The story ofthe boat which put to sea laden with treasure is historical, and it wasgenerally supposed that she was lost in a storm that took place soon aftershe sailed. It was also morally certain that the Peruvians who left thecountry when the Spaniards became masters carried off with them a verylarge amount of treasure into that part of South America lying east ofPeru. Legends are current that they founded a great city there, and thattheir descendants occupy it at the present time. But the forests are sothick, and the Indian tribes so hostile, that the country has never yetbeen explored, and it may be reserved for some future traveller,possessing the determination of my two heroes, to clear up the mystery ofthis city as they penetrated that of the lost treasure-ship. It needhardly be said that the state of confusion, misrule, and incessant civilwars which I have described as prevailing in Peru presents a true pictureof the country at the period in which this story is laid.
Two men were sitting in the smoking-room of a London club. The room wasalmost empty, and as they occupied arm-chairs in one corner of it, theywere able to talk freely without fear of being overheard. One of them wasa man of sixty, the other some five or six and twenty.
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"Well, sir, Miss Fortescue has agreed to wait for me for two years, and ofcourse I am eager to do something, but the question is what? I can sail aship, but even could I get the command of a merchantman, it would notimprove my position in the eyes of the parents of the lady in question.Now, you have been knocking about all over the world, I do wish you wouldgive me your advice. Where is there money to be got? I am equally ready togo to the North Pole or the Equator, to enter the service of an Indianprince, or to start in search of a treasure hidden by the old bucaneers."
"You talk Spanish, don't you?"
"Yes; all my service has been in the Mediterranean. We were two years offthe coast of Spain, and in and out of its ports, and as time hung heavilyon our hands, I got up the language partly to amuse myself and partly tobe able to talk fluently with my partners at a ball."
The elder man did not speak for a minute or two.
"You have not thought of South America?" he said at last.
"No, Mr. Barnett; I don't know that I have ever thought of one place morethan another."
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It seemed that the Thames had been the boundary that had cut the walk in two.
Last night we'd had a drink in a smart bar by the twilight river.
In the morning, Emma decided she could spare another day. She had to be in London but was invested in the walk.
Refreshed, we donned rucksacks, left Streatley along a busy commuter A road, then to a lane, to a track to a path…up, up ..but now into something recognisable as Wessex style downlands. The wooded Chiltern Hills falling steadily and ever more distantly behind us.
In an unploughed hollow near the summit, nice earthworks; gullies, terraces and house platforms. It was marked as 'The Warren' …I wondered what it was.
We had walked off OS 171 West Chilterns and onto the 170 Vale of the White Horse. I was closing on Uffington.
In front, high exposed chalky undulations.
Good progress, Emma checked strada… good pace, still over 5km an hour as we neared the top.
A brooding day, overcast and.. windy with the promise of rain.
Suddenly, a very large and insufficiently nervous rabbit, lolloped round a corner to confront us. It watched from the side as we walked past. The black ear tips gave it away, a young hare.
We spotted two women approaching us.
They seemed like rare Ridgeway compatriots so I confronted them… they said they were. They'd been overtaken by another walker but had met nobody else doing the walk since Avebury. I guessed he had been the one I'd seen on the other side of Grim's ditch yesterday.
They were sisters from Trowbridge but had spend much of their life in Canada.. coming home for a while to re-experience Wiltshire and beyond.
They asked if we were going all the way to Overton Hill. I said I would keep going until I reached home in Warminster. 'You can always change your mind they said'.
It was good to chat ..but as we walked on.. their comment was shocking….my destination was set.. change my mind indeed…something pretty drastic would be needed to deflect me from my goal… though of course drastic things do happen.
Then the hedges disappeared and we were out on the exposed Gallops. Well guarded land, lots of notices telling us to stick to the path.
I had promised a pub stop at East Ilsley but it turned out that the path kinked towards the village but turned back to the crest of the ridge. It was a long way down and then back up again…and pubs on maps can be notoriously fickle…and today would be our longest day so far. We couldn't really afford another 4km.
So, we threw ourselves down on a verge against some bushes, for shelter, on the edge of the concrete track. I unzipped the blue snack pack and posed the question
'picnic or double decker'
Both types of chocolate looked worse for wear after 80km.. but it was definitely a double decker day.
We lay back in the grass. Behind us, the ground vibrated with sets of approaching and diminishing thudding sounds… and in front of us the sudden rapid whizz of a set of bikers in uniform speeding by. Followed by more thudding behind.
We rested in an island between cyclists and equestrians.
Emma laughed at the sudden busyness of our bleak world.
Re-rucksacked we plodded on through a huge virtually tree-less landscape …broken only by the A34 underpass which was unexpectedly decorated by murals of the local village churches…though the art was faded and graffitied….it had seen better days.
The rain came and went.
We were now into a landscape of large wheat fields. The wide wildflowered verges along the ribbon of our path. Regular signs told of an Oxford University investigation of wildlife restoration.
We approached another road with a car park… but before we got there.. an ideally placed black Ridgeway bench loomed up to welcome us. Another memorial to a walker who loved this place.
In the afternoon, a shower so intense that we had time to don full waterproof protection before it stopped.
Then another memorial that described an old war or rather an old warrior. Inscribed with Inkerman, Alma and Sevastopol. The Crimea, still in the news of course. This was really a love token from a wife to her lost husband. To remember Lord Wantage, Robert Loyd-Lindsay VC. A great local benefactor.
We sat on the steps to rest. While looking out over Oxfordshire, we read the inscription.
"I will lift up my eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. Psalm 121.
We prepared to move on. A dog barked at us as its owners walked past.
Mid afternoon, 10km to go and we were slowing.
At the the A road down to Wantage, we saw a sign which told us that the Ridgeway centre was just up the road (imagine the potential civilized delights in such a place) but no time for the deviation (top tip: do less miles a day and see more).
A few hundred metres further on brought us to Segbury Camp. We rested as the sun came out and observed the ramparts while peeling a clementine. A dig in 1871 found an Anglo-Saxon grave against the southern rampart (a secondary intrusion) but excavations from 1996-7 found dating evidence to show Segbury had been occupied from the 6th-2nd century BC..so early to mid Iron Age as would be expected… but we needed to meet Sharon at 5.30pm.
We aimed for the Devil's Punchbowl and Sparsholt Firs…and slowly, slowly we approached them. The Punchbowl was a deep,steep coombe and our path followed its south side. Just beyond it, the Firs marked the road we would take down into civilisation.
The day had been remote and far from nearly any occupied building. To find somewhere to stay, I had booked a place in one of the spring-line villages 2km downhill at the foot of the Ridgeway.
A long quiet lane took us down to Sparsholt and we found Sharon waiting. The pub had been emptied of facilities while being refurbished, but the barn was still occupiable. She showed us around and said she would be back with breakfast in the morning.
We crashed out and eventually found the strength to order pizza from Wantage.
Revived, we explored Sparsholt and noted the Platinum Jubilee itinerary on the signposts and the gathering bunting. The church was huge and its stones from various geological sources were steadily being revealed under peeling render.
A barn owl flitted white and silent between the trees.


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After being informed of the sudden death of her long-lost composer father, a young virtuoso violinist, Rose Fisher, inherits an old mansion in which he used to live. There, she discovers her father's final work: a mysterious music score marked with strange symbols. With the help of Charles Vernais, her agent and manager, she deciphers the symbols and, little by little, starts to unlock secrets concerning her father's past, setting in motion the mechanisms of a somber plan imagined since the day she was born. They soon discover that there's more to the sonata in question than meets the eye which, when played, triggers and unleashes dark and terrifying forces.
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- Mary MacCarthy
How the Myanmar coup d'état is playing out on Twitter
Updated: Feb 16, 2021
NEWS KEYWORD SEARCH: I searched for Tweets containing the words "Myanmar" or "Burma" (both names are used, but most English-language media outlets use "Myanmar").
CONTEXT: On February 1, citizens of the southeast Asian nation Myanmar woke up to a military coup. Armed forces had deposed the elected government. They had also detained Myanmar's de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.
MY EXPECTATION: I predicted that the Tweets would recount the essential facts about the coup , with a majority of posts mentioning Aung San Suu Kyi.
Suu Kyi first gained international prominence in the 1980s, praised for leading a non-violent pro-democracy movement in Myanmar. Arrested by military leaders and placed under house arrest, she spent 15 years in detention - during which time she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
However, in recent years, Suu Kyi has fallen from grace on the world stage - since she infamously refused to condemn the military's 2017 genocide against Rohingya Muslims. There have even been calls for her to be stripped of the Nobel Prize.
ROBOT'S RESULTS: The robot read 590-thousand English-language Tweets published in the days following the coup (February 3-4). Here are the most interesting groups of Tweets it identified:
1) Posts with an international focus, such as reactions from other countries, commentary on how the events in Myanmar could affect the broader region, etc.
2) Tweets focused specifically on U.S. reactions to the coup, many of them comparing Myanmar's politics to U.S. politics:
3) Mentions of Aung San Suu Kyi, many of them expressions of support for her:
4) References specifically to Myanmar's military. You will notice that there are many mentions of the military's decision to suspend Facebook (Myanmar citizens are avid users of Facebook, and the platform was infamously used to incite violence during the Rohingya genocide):
The largest group of Tweets (26%) identified by the robot was "international reactions and commentary", so I thought it was worth my time poring over these Tweets.
Reading the internationally-focused posts, I learned about the coup's potential economic and political impact on the region. Is it obvious that events in Myanmar could lead to regional stability, or interrupt markets? Of course! But without the robot's help, I wouldn't have found these Tweets. Most of them were published by people in Myanmar or in neighboring countries - accounts I don't follow and whose Tweets certainly would not show up in my feed.
And what, specifically, did I learn from taking a close look at these Tweets? I saw messages of support for Myanmar's people and deposed government - published by Twitter users in Vietnam and Cambodia. I read about fears that Myanmar's coup could spark similar events in Thailand and India. I saw divided opinions, from around the globe, on China's and Russia's support of Myanmar's military. Finally, I learned about a growing international call to boycott Japanese beer maker Kirin for its ties to the military junta. In short, the robot pushed me to learn and think about issues, groups, and perspectives far beyond my own U.S.-centric bubble.
TECHNICAL NOTES: Analysis based on Latent Dirichlet Allocation topic modeling. Tweets collected using Twarc API. Data set consists of approximately 590k English-language Tweets collected over an 18-hour period Feb. 3 - Feb. 4.
This is the largest Twitter data set I have analyzed using these methods, and I found that the large amount of data (over half a million Tweets) led to better results (the robot's breakdown of topics was the most accurate I have seen thus far).


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The Messenger s.a.w.s said: "Izaar" (picture below), that's why they used to wear that alot. That doesn't mean that pants or anything other of the garment is allowed to hang below the ankles. The reason for that is, some people in the past used to do that out of arrogance and pride.
The Prophet (or 'Abul Qasim) said, "While a man was walking, clad in a two-piece garment and proud of himself with his hair well-combed, suddenly Allah made him sink into the earth and he will go on sinking into it till the Day of Resurrection.
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "While a man was dragging his Izar on the ground (behind him), suddenly Allah made him sink into the earth and he will go on sinking into it till the Day of Resurrection."
You're maybe thinking now: "I'm not doing this out of pride". The problem is if you're denying this, then it's already a kind of arrogance. It isn't allowed for us to immitate the kufar, and others that do bad things. Therefore we should shorten our pants, to avoid this punishment.
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You know the saying, "don't judge a book by its cover". Well, I did and it's not what I expected.
At first glance, I thought the book was fiction and that it was a fun tale about a mom dealing with her husband, kids, and everyday issues.
After reading the first 50 pages, I discovered it was a self-help book. The book was about a mother and her everyday life dealing with her daughter and husband but it's a true story of the author. The book also throws in numbers, polls, statistics, research, and studies. As I kept reading more and more, I was intrigued.
I think the book did a well job on tackling issues that some couples with kids experience, such as: only one parent doing all the chores, the breadwinner, arguing in front of the kids, being lazy go on a date with your spouse, money problems, setting chores, and self care, just to name a few. The book also gives out tips and advice on how to deal with these issues.
I myself picked up a couple of things that I can improve in my relationship with my husband and kids. An example: Whenever my husband tries to help me with the kids, like help brush their teeth or picking an outfit, I always seem to intervene and show him how it's done in my way. I should let my husband do it his way and be grateful he's even helping, not correct him. And even though the outfits he picked out don't match and it bugs me so much, it's okay. The point is that he helped me. I want my kids to know they have 2 parents and that they shouldn't just come to mommy for everything. They can also ask dad.
I also tend to correct my kids as well. Zelda and Link are really good at picking up after themselves and placing things where they're suppose to be. I have a bad habit on kinda fixing it after and I shouldn't do that. I should be happy that my kids even listen.
The book all together was a pleasant read with a few laughs. The book just made sense and was so relatable because many of the things discussed I have been through or I'm going through. That being said, I wouldn't recommend this book to my single friends. It's a self-help book to help improve your relationship with your spouse, the kids, and yourself. I think maybe young couples getting ready to have kids can get some insight on this book. Personally, I enjoyed it very much.
Side note: My husband did not like the book because of the title. I told him it's nothing to worry about. But I do want to point out, many of the lessons has to be done by both parents so changes can occur. I don't expect my husband to read the book though which is a bummer. I did learn quite a bit in my part and I have talked to him about certain stuff mentioned in the book so he can kinda get the point on certain things. A little progress is better than no progress.