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DOWNLOAD: The Trypes - (From the) Morning Glories (MP3)
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The Feelies at Prospect Park 2011 (more by Tamara Porras)
The Feelies, who recently played The Bell House, have announced more dates including plans to take over Maxwell's on Fourth of July weekend again. Well, technically, the Fourth is on a Wednesday this year, so the shows are Friday, June 29, Saturday, June 30 and Sunday, July 1. Click the dates for links to buy tickets ($25), and you can also get a $60 three-day pass for you Feelies obsessives out there.
In other news, Acute Records just released Music for Neighbors, a compilation of Feelies offshoot The Trypes and you can download a couple tracks from that at the top of this post. (Read more about it here.) The Feelies are in Boston next weekend and all their tour dates are below, along with a clip of their appearance (doing Bowie's "Fame") in Jonathan Demme's Something Wild....
The Feelies - "Fame" in Something Wild
The Feelies - 2012 Tour Dates
Friday May 11th, 2012 Pearl Street, Northampton, MA
Saturday May 12th, 2012 Paradise Rock Club, Boston, MA
Friday June 29th, at 9:00pm Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ
Saturday June 30th, at 9:00pm Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ
Sunday July 1st, at 8:00pm Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ
Friday September 14th ,2012 9:30 Club, Washington, D.C
Saturday September 15th,2012 Cat's Cradle, Carboro, NC


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Pakistan joined Saudi Arabia, Comoros and Mauritius in the early new year tournament. PFF is working to roll out their first-ever women's national league.
Saudi Arabia win four-nation cup after draw against Pakistan [Geo Super]
Pakistan WNT captain Maria Jamila Khan equalised with a freekick, earned Best Player award at conclusion of the 4-Nation Women's Cup in Saudi Arabi
In meeting with stakeholders, FIFA-AFC delegation talks up changes in PFF constitution [Dawn]
FIFA-AFC officials talk of changing some statutes of PFF Constitution during their meeting with those likely to contest PFF elections under Normalisation Committee
FIFA-AFC delegation seeks suggestions from stakeholders [The News]
Delegation members understand that some clauses and statutes of current PFF Constitution lacking clarity only complicates the conduct of PFF elections
After mingling with club and academy officials at summit, FIFA-AFC delegation set to meet stakeholders [Dawn]
Before their departure from Pakistan, the FIFA-AFC joint delegation will meet some of the local stakeholders likely to contest PFF elections whenever held by NC.
1st Pakistan Football Summit held in Lahore
Joint FIFA-AFC delegation met PFF NC members and various stakeholders invited in the Pakistan Football Summit. Delegation 'satisfied' with NC's work.
As PFF NC welcomes FIFA-AFC delegation, stakeholders voice discontent [Dawn]
In backdrop of PFF NC's 'Football Summit,' rival factions of Zahir Shah and Ashfaq Shah seemingly joined hands to demand fresh PFF elections
FIFA and AFC delegation visit Football House, DG Sports Punjab inaugurates 'PFF@Your Doorstep' [The Nation]
DG Sports Punjab inaugurates 'PFF@Your Doorstep' alongside joint FIFA-AFC delegation at PFF House to meet PFF NC members
FIFA official arrives, two more to reach today [The News]
FIFA officials Rolf Tanner and Andrei Vashkevich, AFC official Purushottam Kattel visiting Pakistan to meet NC members, various 'stakeholders' in a NC-led summit on 17th
Pakistan lose to Mauritius [The News]
Despite 2-1 loss to Mauritius in the ongoing 4-Nation Women's Cup in Saudi Arabia, current Pakistan MNT coach Shahzad Anwar and former coach Akhtar Mohiuddin praised Pakistan WNT efforts


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Hold up, did this entry exist in the published books? I can't find it in any of my Kindle copies.IIRC you can do a search for the names and one or two appear in the series, as an individual entry in a glossary it never made it into the series...
That seems like something that could be updated. I certainly would like to know more about this considering the implications of potential Nonman/Human mixing going on.
This is indeed not in the books and never was in any published versions, at least to my knowledge, so the canonicity of the event is moot.Not really moot:
I had no idea it was removed! I'll have to investigate...
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For those interested in the now, some have commented on the fact that Scott has been quiet online in recent years. Suffice it to say he has gone through a lot. His singular focus right now is raising his daughter and building his family's future.
As for the future of the series, I've heard him say two things, over the years, about how the Second Apocalypse should end:
One was that there would be a third trilogy outlining the blow by blow of 'you know who's' rise. I know outlines exist for such a story, but just outlines.
The other is that the story is finished. That 'The Unholy Consult', is a fitting way to end a sprawling epic about the death of meaning.
For my part, I can't help but to think that this massive story was where Scott's creative life began and, it would not surprise me if, after his real life trials are complete, he doesn't return to it, before the end.
Like a favourite old coat - warm and comfortable - and smelling of sulfur (:
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University of Cincinnati archaeologist Jack Davis discusses some of the recent significant fieldwork developments occurring in Albania in an Archaeological Institute of America lecture at Lawrence University.
Davis presents the slide-illustrated lecture "Archaeology in Albania: A 21st Century Perspective" Tuesday, April 12 at 7:30 p.m. in Lawrence's Wriston Art Center auditorium. The event is free and open to the public. An informal reception will follow the address.
The collapse of the Soviet Union and the fall of communism in the early 1990s opened the borders in Eastern Europe, facilitating numerous collaborative research projects between Albanian scholars and foreign archaeologists into the history of that country.
A specialist in Aegean prehistory, Davis will outline some of the current field work projects in progress in Albania, with a special emphasis on research he personally has directed around ancient Dyrrachium and Apollonia, two major Greek colonies established in the 7th- and 6th-centuries B.C.
Davis is currently the co-director of the Durres Regional Archaeological project in Albania and formerly served as the
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Inderjeet Singh submits memorandum against Bihar State Gurudwara Act
Jamshedpur, August 4: To safe guard the interest of five lakh Sikhs of Jharkhand, Sardar Inderjeet Singh, member, Sri Harmandir Sahib Patna management committee, has appealed to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Minister Raghubar Das and Bihar's chief minister Nitish Kumar.
On Saturday, a Sikh delegation led by Sardar Inderjeet Singh met East Singhbhum deputy commissioner Amit Kumar and submitted a demand memorandum.
When asked, Inderjeet Singh said, for supervision of Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji's birth place Patna Sahib and other religious Sikh places a constitution was prepared by Custodian district and sessions judge in the year 1956 and according to the constitution elections were conducted every five years. On the basis of Ganga River its northern area was made the north election area and Southern area was made the South election area. Under the Southern Bihar election region-Bhagalpur, Sasaram, Jamalpur, Gaya, Aurangabad and all the gurudwaras samitis of Jharkhand have been included, he informed.
Inderjeet further said that he has been elected from the South Bihar election region for the tearm 2017-22.
According to Inderjeet, a petition was filed in the Supreme Court and a demand was raised for representation of four Sikhs from the management committee according to the population ration of Jharkhand. But instead of fulfilling the demand, Bihar government is trying to change the constitution of 1956 and wants to form a new Bihar State Gurudwara Act. He informed that if the new act is in place then it will be applied on the geographical area of Bihar and Jharkhand's Sikh will be deprived of management's participation.
'With this step of Bihar government there is displeasure among the Sikhs of Jharkhand and we appeal the Prime Minister to have proportional representation arrangement as per the provision of new act keeping in mind the population of Jharkhand Sikhs', said Inderjeet Singh, adding, Nitish Kumar and Bihar government should not keep a blind eye on the constitutional rights of Sikhs of Jharkhand'. He also said that soon we will meet the Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das and take up the issue.
The delegation included Harminder Singh, Kulvinder Singh Pannu, Satnam Singh Sidhu, Sukhvinder Singh Raju, Surjeet Singh, Surjeet Singh Site, Gurdeep Singh, Baljeet Singh, Damanpreet Singh, Manjeet SIngh and others.


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Spin rate has become one of the most recognizable Statcast metrics, with supporters of a given pitcher highlighting his spin rates to make their case.
Unfortunately, the baseball world has done a lousy job conveying what spin rate really means. The result has been a ton of owners who know that spin rate exists, but very few who can use it to improve their fantasy rosters.
This article will teach you everything you need to know to fold spin rate into your pitcher evaluations. We'll also illustrate the efficacy of spin rate using Pitch Info data from actual pitchers. Let's get started!
How to Interpret Spin Rate
Spin rate is measured in RPMs, or Rotations Per Minute. Each pitch type has its own baseline numbers, so a high-spin fastball might have an average spin rate for a curve. Comparing different types of pitches by spin rate is rather pointless, so try to focus on how any given pitcher's offering compares to the same pitch type thrown by other arms.
So, are higher or lower spin rates better? The answer is that it depends on the type of pitch you're looking at. Let's start with fastballs.
Interpreting a Fastball's Spin Rate
The average spin rate for fastballs ranges from 2,100 RPM to 2,400 RPM. Heaters with spin rates above this range tend to have "late-life" and induce more whiffs than your average heater. They usually have backspin, or spin against gravity, that guides the ball weakly into the air if contact is made. This allows them to post elevated pop-up rates to complement their whiffs. It's worth noting that fastball spin rate is positively correlated with velocity, meaning that a pitcher with a velocity spike may also experience a spin rate jump.
For example, Mike Minor's four-seam fastball averaged 2,650 RPM in 2019 to lead all MLB starters. Its 9.4 SwStr% was very good for a heater, so he got the whiffs we would expect from a high spin rate. It also had a distinct fly ball tendency when put into play (41.5% FB%) and a high IFFB% (28.9%), suggesting that it produces pop-ups as expected as well. Minor's fastball is clearly a weapon.
However, Minor does not possess the best four-seamer in MLB despite pacing the pack in spin rate. Justin Verlander's average fastball spin rate of 2,574 RPM ranked 15th in MLB (minimum 250 total pitches thrown), but bests Minor's in all of the metrics cited above: 14.3 SwStr%, 55.6 FB%, 25.5 IFFB%. The reason why is that Verlander's fastball gets more movement out of its spin than Minor's.
We have to consider "gyrospin," alternatively called "useless spin." If you've ever seen a bullet in slow-motion, it rotates slightly while flying straight to its target. That rotation is gyrospin and it has no impact on where the bullet ends up. A metric called "Active Spin" measures how much spin is actually affecting a ball's trajectory. Verlander paced baseball with an Active Spin rate of 98.5% on his fastball, while Minor's 67.8% Active Spin rate was much less impressive.
If you're looking for a contact manager instead of a strikeout artist, you want a spin rate below the average range above. Low-spin fastballs produce weakly-hit ground balls and a lower slugging percentage against compared to their high-spin counterparts. However, this can be a dangerous way to live. Contact managers need a lot of things outside of their control to go right to become fantasy assets, so fantasy owners should look for high-spin strikeout artists whenever possible.
Evaluating Spin Rate on Secondary Offerings
Unlike fastballs, changeups usually want a low spin rate to maximize how much they move. For instance, a changeup is Anibal Sanchez's out pitch. Last season, it posted an 18.7% SwStr% and 51.4% chase rate, suggesting that opposing batters had no idea where it was going to end up. The reason why is its spin rate: it averaged 1,447 RPM last year.
Breaking pitches usually want high spin rates. Unlike fastballs, breaking offerings have topspin, or spin toward the ground, that can help guide the ball downward if contact is made. Breaking pitches tend to be a given pitcher's strikeout pitch though, so owners generally aren't looking for any kind of contact on them. Breaking ball spin rates are therefore the least important to look at but may provide interesting information at times.
There are enough variables in play here that spin rate should never be considered on its own. Instead, start with Pitch Info and then use spin rate to confirm if a given pitch can sustain its elite performance (such as Verlander's four-seamer) or if it was probably a fluke.
To summarize, spin rate is measured in RPM. Fastballs can be good with high or low spin rates, but higher spin rates tend to translate better to fantasy. Changeups want as little spin as possible to maximize their movement. Breaking pitches typically benefit from higher spin rates, but it's not as clear-cut as it is for fastballs and changeups. Finally, gyrospin can distort spin rate readings, meaning that you should always combine spin rate with other metrics in your analysis. Check out this link to learn how to apply other advanced metrics to your fantasy prep.


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Kardeşlerim (My brothers), TV series fans' criticism of Asiye Doruk is increasing! Each episode of the ATV series called Kardeşlerim is eagerly awaited by millions of fans. The attack of Doruk character, played by Onur Seyit Yaran, will surprise many viewers.
Kardeşlerim series may be the second most watched TV series after Gönül Dağı, but it is unfortunate for the ATV series that its rival is so strong and it is one of the most successful productions of the season.
Otherwise, if Kardeşlerim series was broadcast on another day, it would not have been difficult for it to win the first place. The trailer, which was broadcast from the 51st episode of the series, attracted great interest from the audience in a short time. Following the release of the trailer, more than 1 million views were achieved in a short time. Obtaining nearly 3 million views at the end of 24 hours was also an indication of the interest shown.
Serial fans are also very actively sharing messages supporting Kardeşlerim on social media. Of course, among these messages, the comments made for the screenwriter come to the fore. Even though the characters Asiye and Doruk receive so much attention, the viewers, who think that the scriptwriter did not write few scenes for them, reflect their reactions to their comments on social networking sites. You can understand by looking at the thousands of messages sent every week that there is a wide interest in these two characters played by Onur Seyit Yaran and Su Burcu Yazgı Coşkun in the social media environment.
Although Asiye and Doruk are the leading names in the series, the criticism that few scenes are reserved for them has been going on for a while. A number of drama fans drew attention with the comment: "AsDor is being treated like a supporting character. The supporting characters are also treated as lead characters."
Criticism of the scenes written for Asiye and Doruk draws attention. You can see the criticism on social media platforms that the screenwriter could not write beautiful scenes for these two characters that drag the story.
Especially for these two characters, we can say that there is a desire for the audience to increase private and romantic scenes. A number of fans shared the following words that conveyed the feelings of many:
"You don't write a proper one-on-one scene for AsDor, but a one-on-one scene with Doruk for that girl. For whatever reason, I don't like the 3rd or 4th person hints between AsDor. The 3rd, 4th person allusion is only made to this couple for some reason. This couple has more important issues than this bullshit."
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we are trying to merge several documents in one PDF with Power Automate, however we noticed there is a limit of 20 documents to be merged.
Is there a way to overcome this limit?
The flow collect all files' contents in an array by the Apply to each action and then gives that as input to the Merge PDFs action.
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That's a hard limit. You'll need to make a call for each set of 20 that you want to combine using the output of one as the first input to the next.
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You mean a sort of splitting the group in smaller groups and then merge the output?
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Yes. Let's say you have 45 files. You'd merge them in batches.
Merge files 1-20 then use the output of that call as the input to merge 21-40 (the output file plus 19 more) then use the output of that to merge 40 - 45.
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Founder Stories Vol. 02 with The Leaf Protein Co.
The Leaf Protein Co combines science, tradition and technology to provide nutritious food and ingredients that are sustainable for the environment and the local community. We have Fern ho, the founder of The Leaf Protein Co, to share her experiences, valuable tips, and the company's growth in this exclusive interview.
How has it been working from home?
Well, as a startup founder, my home has been my default office for a long time now. I do miss having people around me like how you would at the office.
Do you have any tips on being productive while working from home?
I am constantly adjusting the way I work. To be a successful founder, there needs to be a burning desire to achieve. For me, one thing I have learnt is valuing efficiency over productivity. It's about what's the best use of my time as we only have 24 hours a day, and that's never going to change. I always allow myself to have that downtime to be more productive and efficient when I'm working.
What is your professional background?
I am an electrical engineer by training, but I have always had a personal interest in food. My passion stems from my food intolerances, and I am a very avid ingredient reader. I have had to avoid highly processed foods or a lot of ingredients you see at grocery stores. That's what led me to work on leaf protein.
I have taken a lot of my passion from my product management and product marketing background. My Product Marketing experience makes me conscious of how we position the products that we bring to the market, with transparency being an important part. The Product Management part helps me understand the viability of the technology, new products, and consumers perspectives.
What's your perspective on balancing economic development along with environmental protection? Why is it important?
That's a great question. Our food system, from crop growing to food production, is complex. Some of the major food changes include heading towards a more plant-based diet, and also greater consumer consciousness of the impact on the environment. This certainly brings to the forefront some of the unsustainable practices we've seen in the past. I was surprised at the control that big food companies have over some of the major ingredients we eat. Often these staple crops are grown in modern culture type of settings, which harms our environment in terms of biodiversity and nutrition.
I think the balance is between price and quality. On one hand, consumers want the best quality and the lowest possible price. We need to revalue some of the food in our food system on how it's grown. In my personal view, we have unfortunately sacrificed productivity and efficiency for things like nutrition, environment, and biodiversity. We need to take a step back and think about how to grow food sustainably.
What were the challenges, and how did you overcome them?
We could not grow our plant source in Australia as it was classified as a weed. If you think about it, weed is a man-made concept - it grows in places where man doesn't want it to grow. We had done extensive research on developing a prototype protein concentrate from a Brazilian plant source.
Being unable to grow it in Australia was definitely a challenge as we are based here. We had to act on this immediately and look at our vast library of leaf sources again. That's when we came across the Australian Saltbush, and it made sense to use plants native to the country from a sustainability angle. I'm constantly adjusting the way I work and learned the importance of being agile with every discovery to overcome obstacles. Also, it's about having the willingness to learn, adapt, and change.
What are the important qualities to run a successful company?
One of the biggest qualities is being fearless and somewhat naive. If you thought that you knew all the answers, you'd never start anything. A little bit of healthy scepticism and naivety takes you a long way. Also, the willingness to change, adapt and learn. You're constantly learning when it's your venture. However, when you come from a corporate environment, you're using someone else's time and money. It's not the same as your own business. With a startup and a small business, the expected risk is more significant.
How do you market your product with no funding?
One of the strongest ways of marketing is advocacy from other people, which is generally free. If you can convince someone else that your product is amazing, that person becomes a form of intangible marketing for you. That human element is important to position how successful your startup can be. Hence, the easiest way is to speak to as many people as you can. I am an introvert myself, so I don't naturally reach out to people. However, the times that I have reached out to people, I have always learned a new nugget or something I didn't expect. Sharing is a big part of creating that awareness.
What plans do you have for the future?
Our goal is to introduce a new category of plant protein ingredient that comes from edible green leaves. Biodiversity is one of the biggest problems concerning global food security, and unfortunately, the biodiversity of our crops and food sources have diminished over the decades. The concept of leaf protein is to use many different leaf sources across the globe to produce these edible plant protein ingredients and reintroduce biodiversity back into our food system. According to statistics from the United Nations Food and Agriculture organisation, despite the 6000 plant species that have been cultivated for food, there's only 9 that contribute to the 66% of global crop production, which is miniature. That lack of biodiversity has led to affecting the nutrition in our modern diet.
How can we reach out to you?
I have always had a personal passion for the food segment and food tech, and hence I am open to connecting with anyone interested in that space. The best way is to reach out to our website theleafprotein.com, or you can email me at firstname.lastname@example.com


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Slow Start For Thai League Favourites
The much anticipated Thai League 2019 (T1) finally kicked off last weekend with all of the favorites failing to win 3 points of matchday 1. And where better to start the season than at the Chang Arena, where 7 time Thai League champions Buriram United welcomed a young Chonburi FC side looking to prove themselves. After a 9th place finish last season, "The Sharks" decided to strengthen their squad of homegrown players with exciting signings such as Myanmar captain Zaw Min Tun, as well as Brazilian strikers Lukian and Patrick Cruz, all of which played a part in the game. It didn't take long for Cruz, the ex-Brazil U20 signed from Pahang, to announce himself when he won a physical battle against Andrés Túñez and played a neat through ball past the Buriam captain to Worachit - the 21-year-old attacker netting the lead in the 57th minute. Buriram United took advantage when the visitors went down to 10 men in the 62nd minute with two quickfire goals from 20-year-old wonder Supachok Sarachat. Things looked to be heading the champions way before Chonburi struck back with a counter-attack - homegrown player .and captain Kroekrit Thaweekan getting on the end of Lukian's cross. With Buriram United managing only a draw at home it was a golden chance for Bangkok United and Muangthong United to get a head start in this season's T1. However, 2018 runners-up Bangkok United were uninspiring against an organized Sukhothai FC. Half an hour in, "The Angels" took the lead against the run of play via new-man Tristan Do. But the home team kept their composure and equalized 13 minutes from time. Elsewhere, Muangthong United welcomed Prachuap FC, a newcomer last season who managed to beat The Kirins home and away last term. Under pressure due to poor results in pre-season, new head coach Pairoj Borwonwatanadilok field a star-studded, attacking 4-3-3 side. They look threatening going forward but conceded through a penalty when new signing Suphanan Bureerat brought down the opposition attacker with a clumsy challenge. AFF Suzuki Cup golden boots winner Adisak Kraisorn were unlucky not to equalize for SCG Muanthong United twice. The visitors could've killed the game off in extra-time but Matheus Alves fired his shot wide when closed down by Dang Van Lam. The towering keeper was impressive on his home competitive debut.
PKNS Teach Selangor How To Play Football
Selangor was humbled by PKNS at the Malaysian Super League. The Red Giants, who lacked imagination and confidence throughout the 90 minutes, were thrashed 4-0 at the Shah Alam Stadium on Sunday. PKNS tasted their first victory of the season while Selangor are still winless after three matches.
Be Proud Kids! "Malaysia Boleh!"
Ong Kim Swee's men need to believe in themselves and take it as a learning proses, despite failing to make it to the next round of the U-22 AFF cup campaign. Malaysia, who had come down with a mandatory mission to beat Myanmar in Group B's last game, managed to score three points after a 1-0 win at the RSN Stadium here last night. However, their dream of reaching the semi-finals was denied by Indonesia, who also beat Cambodia 2-0 before finishing behind them and booking their ticket to the second round.
Kedah At The Top Of The League
Kedah have established themselves at the top of the Super League after beating PJ City FC. Previously, Kedah have beaten PKNP and Felda United. They also recorded a 1-1 draw against their traditional rivals, Perak. Shakir Hamzah is one of the newest stars for this Kedah side, scoring two goals despite playing in defense.
Piala Indonesia Sets for Quarter-Final Phase
The eight best teams from Liga 1 went through the quarter-final after finishing the second leg of 2018-19 Piala Indonesia this week. PSM Makassar, Persebaya Surabaya, Madura United, and Bali United earned wins while Persija Jakarta and Bhayangkara FC, who previously only draw against PS TIRA-Persikabo and PSIS Semarang, won to secure the positions in the quarter-final. A goalless match in Sleman was enough for Borneo FC to goes to the quarter-final due to their first-leg victory over last season's Liga 2 Champions. Persib Bandung and Arema FC also earned a draw in the second leg, but Persib managed to advance on the away goals rule after managing a 2-2 draw in Malang. Ex-Celtic player Amido Balde became the top scorer with 10 goals after the Guinea-Bissauan scored four against Liga 3 club, Persidago Gorontalo in 7-0 win. The competition is now set for a long hiatus as the quarter-final will be held in June while another competition, President Cup, will take place in March and serve as a pre-season tournament before the start of the league season.
Solid Start for Defending Champions
Hanoi FC pulled off a big win on the opening day of the V.League when they overcame Than Quang Ninh 5-0. National team players Van Quyet and Hung Dung put their names on the scoresheet while foreigners Oseni and Omar Faye also found the net.
Surprise Win for Hoang Anh Gia Lai
Hoang Anh Gia Lai pulled off the surprise win of the week when they defeated last year's third-place finishers Sanna Khanh Hoa on their own patch by an impressive 4-1 scoreline. Striker Van Toan made the headlines by registering four assists. New foreigner striker Chevaughn Walsh managed a brace, with the other two goals coming from national team players Hong Duy and Minh Vuong.
Nam Dinh Claim a Vital Home Win
After the difficult season battling relegation, Nám Dinh go into the new season considered once again as regelation contenders. However, with the addition of some new foreigners and experienced players, Nam Dinh managed a 3-1 win over Sai Gon FC and now sit at the third place of the league after the first round.


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Giants' Bart stays sizzling in Arizona
Toward the end of what a quiet afternoon game at Scottsdale Stadium, Joey Bart helped the action perk up very quickly in a nine-run eighth inning.The top Giants prospect began the frame with a double and later hit the middle shot of back-to-back-to-back homers to close out a 15-2 drubbing
These Tigers aren't toothless anymore
Each offseason, MiLB.com goes position by position across each system and honors the players -- regardless of age or prospect status -- who had the best seasons in their organization. Click here to locate your favorite club.The Detroit Tigers have had one winning season in the past four years after
Prospect Roundup: Games of Aug. 29
Theme of the dayShowing potential in big spots: Triple-A Durham and Class A Advanced Clearwater clinched playoff spots Wednesday night, and both relied on top talent to push them over the edge. The former got a three-homer performance from Austin Meadows -- a former top-100 prospect acquired from the Pirates
MVP Meneses headlines IL All-Stars
The International League today announced its Postseason All-Star Team and Award Winners as selected by the circuit's managers, coaches, media, and club representatives. The Lehigh Valley IronPigs, who with the League's best record have already clinched the North Division title, are the first team since Norfolk in 1995 to sweep
IL notes: Hens' Stewart honing his defense
Christin Stewart's bat has vaulted him to a spot among baseball's top prospects.The outfielder is considered the No. 5 prospect in the Tigers system after an impressive start to the 2018 season with Toledo. He ranks second in the International League with 16 homers and sixth with 53 RBIs.
Tigers' Stewart making progress with glove
Christin Stewart's bat has vaulted him to a spot among the top prospects in baseball.The Toledo outfielder currently is considered the No. 5 prospect in the Tigers system after an impressive start to the 2018 season with Toledo. Stewart ranks second in the IL with 16 home runs and is
Mud Hens' Stewart goes on seven-day DL
Triple-A Toledo's Christin Stewart has gone from leading the International League in home runs to the seven-day disabled list.Detroit's No. 5 prospect was removed from Tuesday's 7-1 loss to Indianapolis prior to the fifth inning. Stewart led off the bottom of the fourth for the Mud Hens and had flied
Prospect Roundup: Games of May 20
Theme of the dayTeens:Juan Soto's Major League debut with the Nationals, making him the youngest player in The Show this season, would have been the prime driver of the news on any other day. But Vladimir Guerrero Jr. did his best to wrestle back the "Best 19-Year-Old Prospect" belt by
Stewart parks two in Triple-A for first time
Christin Stewart rode his big bat from the University of Tennessee to the Minor Leagues and Detroit's No. 10 prospect went on to knock 58 homers in his first two full professional seasons. But Stewart has taken his power hitting to another level as of late as he sits a step
Prospect Roundup: Games of April 30
Theme of the nightDon't see that every day: Despite the Carolina, Florida State, Midwest and South Atlantic Leagues being off, the last day of April featured both a triple play and a three-homer game. Double-A Springfield didn't just turn a triple play; it turned a 4-6-3-1-5 triple play that featured
Mud Hens' Stewart blasts off on big night
In the first few weeks of the season, Triple-A Toledo hitting coach Brian Harper watched Christin Stewart's bad luck at the plate firsthand. But through all the hard lineouts, Detroit's No. 10 prospect stayed the course, and it paid off immensely Tuesday night.Stewart matched a career high with four hits
Tigers Prospect Primer: Rebuilding from within
Some players are on the verge of stardom, others are entering a crucial phase of their development and still others are getting their first tastes of full-season ball. With the 2018 season approaching, MiLB.com takes a look at the most intriguing prospects from each MLB organization.Shining star: Christin Stewart, LFThe
Sodders, Burrows provide solace for Tigers
This offseason, MiLB.com will be honoring the players -- regardless of age or prospect status -- who had the best seasons in their organizations. We're taking a look at each team to determine the outstanding seasons in Minor League Baseball.It was a rough year at the Major League level for
Stewart, Soto take Tigers honors
For the second season in a row, Christin Stewart's powerful bat leads the Tigers farm system.Detroit on Wednesday named the club's seventh-ranked prospect its Minor League Player of the Year, while left-hander Gregory Soto earned Pitcher of the Year honors.
Grizzlies' Reed wins 2017 Bauman Award
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Minor League Baseball today named Fresno Grizzlies first baseman A.J. Reed the winner of the 2017 Joe Bauman Award, presented by Musco Sports Lighting. Reed will be honored at the Baseball Winter Meetings. in Orlando, Florida, this December with a trophy and a check for $6,800,
2017 Eastern League All-Star Team Announced
The Eastern League of Professional Baseball is pleased to announce the selections for the 2017 Eastern League All-Star Team as voted on by respective Eastern League managers and coaches and media personnel.
'Wolves' Stewart homers on four-hit day
Christin Stewart grabbed the Eastern League home run lead, but the Bowie Baysox inched closer to an Eastern League playoff spot.The Tigers' No. 5 prospect belted his 26th long ball and posted his second four-hit game of the season in Double-A Erie's 6-5 setback to the first-place Baysox on Sunday
Sheffield, Devers, Stewart named EL All-Stars
Portland's Rafael Devers, Trenton's Justus Sheffield and Erie's Christin Stewart are among the big names headed to New Hampshire after the Eastern League announced its All-Star Game rosters on Wednesday afternoon.Devers, the top Red Sox prospect and No. 12 overall, will represent the Eastern Division while Stewart, Detroit's No. 2
SeaWolves' Stewart blasts off twice
Scott Kingery has company atop the Eastern League home run leaderboard. Christin Stewart recorded his third two-homer game of the season on Sunday, but Double-A Erie dropped a 5-3 decision to Bowie in the opener of a doubleheader at UPMC Park. The Tigers' No. 2 prospect has 18 long balls, tying
Prospect Roundup: Games of June 7
Giants INF Christian Arroyo, Triple-A Sacramento: 3-for-5, RBI, R -- The Giants rewarded a hot Arroyo with a Major League promotion in April, only to see their No. 2 prospect struggle with a .192 average and .548 OPS over 34 games for the big club. They optioned him to the PCL
Prospect Roundup: Games of May 8
Braves RHP Lucas Sims, Triple-A Gwinnett: 6 1/3 IP, 5 H, ER, 2 BB, 4 K -- The Braves' No. 18 prospect improved to 3-0 in his sixth start Monday, working into the seventh inning for the third time in four starts. The 2012 first-round pick has allowed two earned
SeaWolves' Stewart goes yard twice
After going 16 games without a home run, Christin Stewart is back atop the Eastern League leaderboard. The Tigers' second-ranked prospect went yard twice and drove in four runs to power Double-A Erie to a 5-4 victory over Trenton and a split of Sunday's doubleheader.
Prospect Roundup: Games of April 25
Dodgers 2B Willie Calhoun, Triple-A Oklahoma City: 3-for-5, HR, 2B, RBI, 2 R -- Before teammate Cody Bellinger stole the spotlight with his promotion to the Majors, Calhoun was having himself a day in a 6-0 win over Memphis. The Dodgers' No. 4 prospect started the proceedings with a leadoff
Stewart blasts Erie to doubleheader sweep
A sour taste in his mouth after Saturday's loss, all Double-A Erie's Christin Stewart wanted was to win at least one game in Sunday's doubleheader against Trenton. With a few swings of the bat, Detroit's No. 2 prospect ensured way more than that.Stewart belted three homers and plated four runs
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Some players are on the verge of stardom, others are entering a crucial phase of their development and still others are getting their first tastes of full-season ball. With the 2017 season approaching, MiLB.com takes a look at the most intriguing prospects from each MLB organization.Shining Star: Christin Stewart, LFSpending most


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The course: "Start an Online Business on Amazon FBA, Dropship, Wholesale" by Anthony Monfet (Udemy, 2015) includes a very important lecture about scams to avoid. We're gonna cover some of his tips.
Course introduction - instructor and reviews
Lecture 92: Scams to avoid when selling online.
"start an online business on Amazon FBA, Dropship, Wholesale" by Anthony Monfet, Udemy, 2015
Listen to an excerpt from this lecture
Here are some important insights and tips.
"It's called like a sales page...This is the marketer's dream of how to lure in suckers... ", says Anthony Monfet.
"... Where's there's marketers out there who are trying to prey on people that are trying to make money online, people like me and you who are just trying to make an honest living online, but they're getting on you because they know you want to make money quicker and easier and without muck work...", says Anthony Monfet.
"... I told you, 30 days money back guarantee. And you know why they're offering that? It's another sales method...", says Anthony Monfet.
"... This counter will be here forever...", says Anthony Monfet.
Now, let's do a case study
Checkout this sales page: small account challenge, Tony Marcano
Here's another version of a sales page. Examine yourself: Do you find elements that meet the tips covered above?
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Once you have the principles of Mantrailing you can go off and do it yourself, but we as instructors strongly suggest you don't.
Foundation work is crucial and if you get the foundations wrong then it can set the dog up to fail, loose motivation or simply learn a whole lot of bad mantrailing habits plus all the health and safety issues an instructor will spot that you may not.
If you have ever seen the movie "The Karate Kid" where he is set to continually paint the fence, that is foundation work. It is not just about running off setting longer trails and adding longer time delays to a start
"Progress is not measured on the length or the age of a trail but the strength of your foundation." – Kevin Kocher
A MantrailingUK Instructor will teach, guide and monitor you and your dogs progress. They will help you attain the higher levels of mantrailing and introduce you to a whole world of different Mantrailing starts, trails and ends. They are worth every penny for you to get it right and progress.
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Leading handling skills
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Super Time Force Ultra is coming to PC this summer! Continue reading Super Time Force Ultra Coming to PC
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Super Time Force Review
Anyone who has ever had the misfortune of hearing me talk about Back to the Future knows that I love me some time travel. So when I learned about the concept behind Super Time Force I was immediately eager to get my hands on it. Continue reading Super Time Force Review
ID@Xbox Reveals it's First Class of Indie Titles
At GDC Microsoft announced the first 25 games coming to the Xbox One through their ID@Xbox program. The list of games includes some familiar names as well as some new titles.
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Lakewood Ranch Medical Center embarks on expansion
Lakewood Ranch Medical Center is beginning the largest expansion project since the facility opened in 2004, a $28.5 million project that will include new administrative support offices, two new operating rooms, an additional heart catheterization lab and other facilities.
The new project will encompass 40,000 square feet within the hospital and will result in an additional 20,000 square feet of usable space, the hospital said.
As a part of the expansion, the hospital's Breast Health Center will relocate and expand to accommodate an additional 3D mammography machine and increased patient volume, the marketing department said.
The renovated areas will also be more energy efficient.
According to Health News Manatee Magazine, a publication of the Manatee Healthcare System, "designs and permits are in place, and the first phase of the infrastructure upgrade" has started.
The article quoted chief executive officer Andy Guz saying that the hospital was built with an area of expansion in mind.
"That area will become the new home for medical staff, a doctors' lounge, and several administrative departments including quality, risk management, information technology, marketing, physician relations and additional conference rooms," Guz said. "The relocation of those departments creates the needed space for a new pre- and post-surgical area, along with a second heart catheterization lab. But even more exciting is the addition of two new operating suites, and shelling out two additional operating suites for future growth."
The project also includes a new MRI and CT facility. The expansion is aimed to address growth in the number of patients.
"We have patients from Manatee and Sarasota counties, plus the counties that surround them. Also, seasonal residents and visitors can boost hospital volume by approximately 20 percent," Guz said in Health News Manatee Magazine.


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Ridley Scott's Blade Runner at 40
Ridley Scott's 1982 sci-fi classic, Blade Runner, opens with a caption establishing the action of the film as commencing in "November 2019." In the forty years since its release, Scott's epic adaptation of Philip K. Dick's novel, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968), starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Daryl Hannah, Sean Young, and Edward James Olmos has gone on to become one of America's most iconic films and the inspiration for countless works of art and music. Viewers continue to be drawn into what is now a once future world by Vangelis' (RIP) brooding and swanky electronic score within a striking opening scene depicting a dark, ominous cityscape draped in smog and cut through with fiery bursts from smokestacks towering above even the highest of this future LA's high-rises.
It's a scene that follows Dick's depiction of a dystopian future choked with the detritus of the physical world, which he termed "kipple" and set in a San Francisco cast in physical and spiritual darkness, rife with pollution in the wake of a nuclear war dubbed "World War Terminus." With the renewed possibility of the use of nuclear weapons made all the more real with Russia's latest offensive against Ukraine in February 2022, we are reminded that this is a threat humanity will always have to live with.
The initial scene of Scott's film is preceded by an opening crawl of roll-up text establishing the speculative basis of his cinematic story world. His is one centered around strides in "Robot evolution," and the creation of a new model of superintelligent androids that are "virtually identical to a human—known as a Replicant."
The near future of Scott's envisioning operates in a context in which human ingenuity and technological progress, represented by the Tyrell Corporation (Rosen Association in Dick's original) and led by a genius bioengineer who is so unlike the nouveau riche tech figureheads and click-bait hustlers of today. The revolutionary breakthrough that Eldon Tyrell has achieved is the long-dreamt production of organic androids capable of performing practically any task human beings can. The miracle and the curse, though, is that these latest Nexus-6 models have been equipped with real and self-perpetuating artificial intelligence, a feature making them "more human than human" as he extolls.
Advancements allowing for the synthetic production of the mystifying processes of the human mind is where things go awry as it's precisely this capacity to think about the world from their perspectives--one scientists have been hard at work to accomplish for well over 60 years now, and as a Google engineer recently warned, may be on the cusp of achieving--that allows Scott's 'Replicants' to develop emotions, independent learning and memories with the perceiver as subject. These are all key elements of self-awareness and the faculty that leads this new breed of physically indistinguishable androids to rebel against an existence whereby they have been condemned to serve as tools of colonization, technologically advanced slaves or conscripted war machines, if you will, in worlds beyond.
This design and purpose as it's conveyed in both Dick's novel and Scott's film, represents yet another example of the unintended destructive consequences of human knowledge and scientific discovery. In this latest case of technology gone awry, the threat posed by the rebelling replicants against the perilous dangers of the tasks they are consigned to is of such a magnitude that it necessitates the creation of specialized police units known as "blade runners." Harrison Ford is cast in the lead role of Deckard, whose task it is to "retire," i.e., kill, any replicants that return to earth. The irony, of course, is that the very development of these Nexus-6 Replicants as combat models is what makes them so dangerous in the first place.
Although November 2019 (January 2021 in Dick's novel) came and went without the apocalyptic scenarios Dick and Scott envision coming to pass, it's not as though scientists in the developed world have disavowed such aspirations that seem headed to the creation of real-life versions of the technologies these stories present us with, either. And let's not forget the affirmation made at the South by Southwest Film Festival in March 2016 by the robotic implementation named Sophia and made by Hanson Robotics. When asked in a demonstration by the company's CEO, David Hanson, "Do you want to destroy humans, please say no?" Sophia responded, "Okay, I will destroy humans."
Certainly, our first reaction may be to laugh at the irony and sheer absurdity of this response. After all, it could not have been more perfect given the longstanding fears and suspicions expressed in contemporary sci-fi on the possibility of robots, cyborgs or AI entities rising up against their human creators like some new-fangled Frankenmachines exiled from the age of technology.
A sampling of predecessors in this realm include the Czech writer, Karel Čapek's R.U.R. (Rossumovi Univerzální Roboti, 1921), a play in which the term robot was first coined; Fritz Lang's Metropolis (1927) featuring the stunning robot-human, Maria and an Art Deco urban skyline that Blade Runner's imagery in reminiscent of; Isaac Asimov's I, Robot (1953), featuring the famous three laws of robotics; and the stories of Arthur C. Clarke that gave rise to the HAL 9000, with chilling images and deadpan voice Stanley Kubrick brought to life in his classic film (1968), with samples integrated into Skinny Puppy's electronic, synth-driven soundscape in their song, "Rivers" (1989).
Added to these are the run amok robotic gunfighters of Michael Crichton's Westworld (1973), led by Yul Brenner in brilliantly blurring his iconic role in The Magnificent Seven and the subject of its own fast and aggressive street punk song that drips of irony; an escaped robot known as "Mr. R.I.N.G." (Robomatic Internalized Nerve Ganglia) featured in an episode of Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974), focused around its own top secret research and development facility known as the "Tyrell Institute;" and, finally, the seductive and deadly femme bot brought by life by Alex Garland in Ex Machina (2014).
And so, in reacting to Sophia's unscripted response, we just might discern a hint of discomfort in our laughs, too.
Given the philosophic issues evoked by the theme of artificial life it is only natural that the appearance of unruly robots traces back to the very beginnings of this sci-fi genre. Čapek's R.U.R. is an auspiciously modernist play that anticipates themes found in Dick's and Scott's stories whereby robots have been created to perform as servants, workers and fighters. In Čapek's example, a critique of industrialization and the industrial factory system revolutionized by Henry Ford and Frederick Taylor is clearly discernible in machines created to do tasks with optimal efficiency. As we might anticipate, Rossum's machines are soon adapted as unfeeling soldiers as they also grow self-conscious. It's not a far leap from this point to such robotic beings reassessing their situation and realizing that they may not need humans after all. The trajectory narrated in Čapek's story has subsequently been expressed in an array of other texts as noted above, and many others, while also making more recent appearances in Charlie Booker's Black Mirror and Tim Miller's Love Death + Robots.
The growing archive of such narratives, all of which express concerns that speak to the deep-seated anxieties and fears that many of us harbor about the perils of technology, also, perhaps, represents a nostalgic lament on the passing of what we remember as a more simple, less mediated world before the advent of computer technologies. A technological and computing revolution of the 20th century that spawned all manner of wired products and digitized platforms which, despite all of their conveniences, now seem relentlessly at work in eroding our privacy, personal liberties and even our very sense of agency. Transforming humanity, as Donna Haraway suggests in her seminal, "Cyborg Manifesto," into mere "chimeras, theorized and fabricated hybrids of machine and organism."
All within a contemporary social context in which we feel hopelessly attached and dependent upon, if not explicitly addicted to, technologies and social media platforms offered up as essential to our daily lives. Nevertheless, such features are precisely the essence and uncanny reflection of what has become known as the posthuman era, an epoch Katherine Hayles has described as being typified by "the union of the human with intelligent machines."
Scott's Blade Runner offers a particularly provocative aesthetic intervention in this context, as well. One that is at its most compelling and influential in the stylization of apocalyptic and dystopian imagery and fashion in a future in which only the unfortunate masses—and the corporations whose neon signs seem ubiquitous—remain. In this future earth world, which Dick dubs the "tomb world" in his novel as an indication of the hopelessness to which it is doomed, the wealthy, elite and connected have long since fled our dying planet. The imperative directive of this context is that anyone still remaining on earth should leave with all haste, too, as a floating billboard promoting interplanetary settlement proclaims in English (with a distinct hint of racism given the majority of this future's globalized population are of Asian extraction): "a new life awaits you in the Off-world colonies! A chance to begin again in a golden land of opportunity and adventure."
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And who wouldn't want that, right? Especially after so utterly mucking up their own world so spectacularly.
The question posed by the bleak images and ideas Blade Runner presents to its viewers takes us back to the matter that lies at the heart of the film itself. And that is not whether Deckard lives happily ever after with Rachael, even if she is granted much less agency in Scott's version, or if Deckard is a replicant or not. As interesting as those questions may be, the more fundamental issue audiences asked to confront, and one that has relevance for all of us in ways the former concerns do not, is the nature and status of technology in its relation to the future of human life that gets at the essence of being human.
This is the issue that lies at the crux of the exchange that the replicant leader, Roy Batty (played brilliantly by Rutger Hauer, RIP) has with its/his creator, Tyrell. When confronted by Batty within his isolated home-office sanctuary, Tyrell, knowing well the seriousness of the threat, disarmingly asks, "would you . . . like to be upgraded?" The response elicited from Batty, "I had in mind something a little more radical," is an assertion that nothing short of total liberation from the Tyrell Corporation and humanity will do. Batty follows this up, stating, "I want more life, father," asking for an escape from the failsafe four-year lifespan of Nexus-6 Replicants that any act of rebellion is all but pointless without.
It's a plea that indicates not only a release from the innate slavery of the replicants' condition, but independent agency from the controlling designs and whims of humanity. It's a prospect that we, as well as Tyrell, can imagine would lead inexorably to a place where humans are a redundant nuisance, and obsolete at that. The moral and ethical ramifications at the heart of this crucial scene, one that is sanctified through Tyrell's death at the hands of his prodigal son, exposes the problematic basis of the assertion of control over intelligent machines, which, by necessity it would seem, will strive for autonomy from human control. Reflections that are as much about our own insecurities and weaknesses in the face of forces and technologies we fear we may have already lost control over.
With these ideas in mind forty years since the film's release, we may now ponder not only what the beneficial applications of machine learning, Artificial Intelligence, and robotics may be, but more emphatically for whose benefit and to what ends? In considering efforts currently underway in the fields of computer science and robotics in the public sphere, and given the rewards and accolades that attend, it is not surprising that such researchers often seem disinterested in considering how their platforms or technologies could be used for nefarious ends. Similarly, in contemplation of the technologies and machines being developed by private industry today, whether in Tesla's continued development of self-driving capabilities, including the armored Cybertruck equipped with standard bullet-proof windows, or the prospect of ever more realistic, and submissive, sexbots, 'the future,' indeed, 'looks bright.' That is when registered with the sarcasm and irony of that smiling Black Mirror bullet hole logo.
This is not to mention the even more menacing developments in robotics via an array of weaponized machines Manuel DeLanda warned us about and that continue to be developed by militaries and their contractors around the globe. These include Boston Dynamic's "SpotMini" robot dog, which bears a chilling resemblance to the relentless robotic security dogs featured in the "Metalhead" episode of Black Mirror, or the American military's use of MQ-9 drones, provocatively named 'Reapers,' armed with Hellfire missiles. The situation seems even more bleak when one is reminded that these dire developments in intelligent weapons represent only the dawning of invention in this arena. You're welcome. Thus, with the accelerating efforts to create ever more efficient and effective, i.e., more lethal, autonomous weapons,' the warnings offered in Blade Runner are more relevant and urgent than ever.
Considering such developments and plans for the immediate future, maybe we are already beyond the point of no return despite the best efforts of groups like Scientists Against Inhumane Weapons. And this is not just because a large cross-section of the population has seemingly accepted, whether with glee, ignorant celebration, or sheer disgust, the expansion of corporate power fueled by what many perceive to be a rigged economic system that really only works for the benefit of the wealthiest.
Forces that create an understanding of reality in which desperation and insecurity have become naturalized as the default for many, while endlessly multiplying the sense of hopelessness and despair that issue as a natural effect of the seemingly endless capacities for corruption, greed and dishonesty that have become veritable replacements for the American ideals of justice and equality. The purported building blocks that form the foundation of the similarly illusory mythos of the American Dream™. Images and ideas, projections and visitations that not only eschew but negate all claims to exceptionalism, recalling instead the specters of injustice and authoritarianism and apocalypse and dystopia.
So, when we reach the film's climactic scene featuring the final confrontation between Deckard and Batty (hero and villain, right?) it soon becomes apparent that the replicant is the superior combatant. More significantly, though, we are also brought to the realization that it is he, Roy Batty and not Deckard, who is there to teach a most profound lesson on human ethics and morals as he states, "quite an experience to live in fear, isn't it? That's what it is to be a slave." The notion that the Nexus-6 Replicant is not just physically superior like James Cameron's Terminator, but that Batty also seems to be intellectually superior in a philosophic sense as well, makes his "retirement" so much more affective, compelling and tragic.
This is what Batty ultimately conveys in one of the most famous scenes in the history of sci-fi film through his final words, reportedly improvised by Hauer, to Deckard after saving him from falling to his death. Batty's mournful reflections on his own lived and felt experiences—something that by intention and design he should be incapable of—in making him into the anti-hero this character was transformed into beyond the pages of Dick's novel, serves as the realization of his creator's immodest claim that Batty is indeed, more human than human. As he observes, "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate." Resigned to his fate and in acceptance of the unfairness of it, at this pivotal moment, Batty refuses to resort to the useless violence or resistance often celebrated in film and literature, and that even the poet Dylan Thomas expresses in inciting us to, "rage, rage against the dying of light."
Batty's reflections on the fleeting, ephemeral nature of experience, memory and existence, stand distinct from these or other desperate refusals against the reality of his fated mortality and are shown to be beneath his dignity. This is what gives his death such a sense of supreme nobleness as he concludes his reflections on a life cut short too soon, stating, "all those moments will be lost in time . . . like tears in rain . . . Time to die."
In laying bare the tragic, violent history of humanity, and turning away from it, in this taut moment, the forces of exploitation, oppression and conflict have not just been revealed as a means to an end but as issuing from a system of values Batty decisively rejects. Through this superlative act of agency, he reveals the contexts of greed and exploitation from which he was born as a damning reflection on human civilization. In rejecting that fraught inheritance, Batty exhibits a courage, grace and sense of true feeling, emotion and empathy that many humans seem increasingly less capable of despite all their wild potentials.
In the end, Batty's final words are far from a statement of helpless resignation by a rogue or malfunctioning machine as in the case of Kubrick's HAL 9000. His heartfelt words, instead, serve as a philosophical mirror held up not just to Tyrell and Deckard, but to all of us, in reflecting a radically divergent and affirming conception of life's purpose and humanity's very being. Matters in which the human reactions of apathy and escapism are shown to be as fatal as any auto-destruct mechanism within a social and historical context that demands our active and informed engagement to prevent the bleak future that seems to lie before us from becoming reality.
Not just in our relationship with the world, but so too, and especially, with other humans and living beings. Well, that is, if it is a world and planet that can still be saved and kept as a safe and hospitable place that remains worth living in, not just today but long into the future.


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Hello everyone. Today, we will be taking a look at an upcoming local Valorant league organized by Game Room.
We caught up with them and got to learn a little about the upcoming event.
Let's take a look at what's coming up for local Valorant players, courtesy of Game Room.
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- Who is organizing the league and who can enter?
The league is organized by us, Game Room, and is powered by Ooredoo Maldives and RedBull.
- What is the league?
The league is a seeding procedure for the major Valorant tournament that will follow right after the league.
We are allowing up to 20 Teams per league. All teams will play LAN matches against each other.
Each win is 3 Points, and a loss is 0 Points. The top 8 teams at the end of the league will be qualified to the tournament, where they will battle for a huge cash prize.
- When is the league and when is the deadline for registration?
The league will start on March 6th, therefore the deadline for registration is March 5th.
- Where can players register and where is the tournament held?
All players who are participating in the league must be a member of Game Room, as the League is a LAN league and will be played inside Game Room.
Players can register for the league through the link in our Instagram Bio (@g.a.m.e.r.o.o.m). The tournament will also be held at our location at Game Room.
- Why are you hosting this tournament and why did you choose this game?
We are hosting this tournament to find the best team in Maldives and to give the players of that team a chance to play abroad.
Our main goals are to help develop eSports in the Maldives and for it to be recognized as a professional career.
We chose Valorant due to its popularity among the local gaming community and because we believe that Valorant is still growing as a community favorite.
- How can viewers watch?
Viewers will be able to watch the matches for the League as well as the tournament on YouTube/Twitch.
We will also be live streaming the match at Highway Coffee Shop right above Game Room.
Best part about the stream is that live commentary will also be provided throughout the Tournament.
- What prizes are up for grabs?
For the tournament, we have a cash prize pool of MVR 25,000.
The Champion team gets MVR 15,000, Runner-ups get MVR 7,500 and the Third place gets MVR 2,500.
- What are your expectations for the tournament?
Our expectation for the tournament is that we will be able to thoroughly scout the community for the best in Maldives.
We are very excited to be able to host this event as it is our dream as gamers, to be able to provide international opportunities for our players.
- Are there any other details of the tournament that you want to highlight?
We would like to highlight that, by organizing a LAN League/Tournament, we want each and every player to experience the difference of atmosphere, the adrenaline rush of hearing your teammates cheer you. To be able to celebrate wins and console each other during losses together.
This is because LAN experience is on a whole another level compared to online tournaments.
- What can you tell us about your future plans after this tournament?
Our main goal is to become an official platform for players to be able to reach the international playing fields of eSports.
Therefore, we will be organizing more leagues and tournaments in the near future. This doesn't stop at Valorant.
We believe that there are players with huge potential within our community and we will be there to help them achieve their goals as a professional eSports athlete.


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There is no denial Lenovo India (add Motorola India) ruled the smartphone market in India 2015. With smartphones like A6000, K3 Note, P1M, Vibe S1, Vibe Shot, Moto G3, Moto X Play and many more coming out of their stable, it was evident that Lenovo would go even more aggressive in 2016. And the first blockbuster launch of 2016 happened in New Delhi today, where Lenovo launched the much awaited Vibe K4 Note.
The Lenovo Vibe K4 Note is the world's first smartphone to feature TheaterMax technology, an immersive large screen experience on smartphones powered by Lenovo Virtual Reality (VR) technology. TheaterMax can convert any multimedia content to become immersive, giving users a virtual large screen cinematic experience when viewed through a VR headset.
Lenovo had been teasing consumers with the key specifications and features of K4 Note since last month. Here is how the device looks and feels (Photo Credits – Vivin Tips Mitra):
Featuring a 5.5" Full HD display with a 178o wide viewing angle and 1080p clarity, together with color optimization and high-contrast technologies to further enhance the quality of the visuals, the Lenovo K4 Note delivers great entertainment experience for streaming and watching video.
Lenovo's configured 3-mic system and state-of-the-art Wolfson® audio codec effectively filter out ambient noise and greatly enhance sound quality during recording. K4 Note features the first-ever twin front ported stereo speakers enabled by Dolby Atmos®. These minimize noise and voice distortion when playing voice clips and songs, automatically fine-tuning any audio experience for listeners. Combined with a 13MP PDAF rear camera and a 5MP fixed-focused selfie camera, these features make K4 Note ideal for creative content producers.
The K4 Note is also built to perform. A 3300mAh embedded battery, 64-bit MediaTek® octa-core processor and 3GB of RAM combine to deliver exceptional performance, promising you undisrupted gaming, multimedia, and social experiences on even the longest days.
Storage of up to 144GB (16GB internal) along with USB-OTG support also helps users maintain easy access to a huge archive of music, movies and games, while staying securely connected with super-fast LTE speeds and security features including fingerprint and NFC sensors.
Pricing and Availability
The Lenovo K4 Note's registrations for its first flash sale on January 19, 2015 will be starting today at 3PM. Pricing for the model starts at Rs 11,999/-. The K4 Note will be available in Tuxedo Black color.