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Wingers Duncan Watmore and David Moberg Karlsson, and midfielder George Honeyman, are all wanted men in the January transfer window.
Teenager Watmore - who joined the Black Cats from Altrincham in the summer - is being monitored by a host of Football League clubs, with Hartlepool and Carlisle thought to be leading the chase.
Pools boss Colin Cooper and Carlisle chief Graham Kavanagh were at Monday's U21 game against Stoke, in which Watmore impressed.
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Recently sworn-in Denver Mayor Guillermo "Bill" Vidal said he is pushing for quick resolution of the investigation into the July jailhouse death of inmate Marvin Booker.
"This is high-priority for us," Vidal said after Monday's Martin Luther King Jr. Marade. "The longer we take, the answer won't feel right because it took so long."
Moments before the march, former Mayor Wellington Webb called for a quick resolution in the Booker case before activists shouted at city officials to complete the investigation.
Vidal said he would like to see a resolution before his term ends in July.
Booker, 56, was jailed on charges of possession of drug paraphernalia. After he got into a scuffle with a booking deputy and ignored her orders, deputies shocked him with a Taser, put him in a carotid "sleeper hold" and lay atop him in an effort to control him. He later stopped breathing.
The coroner's office ruled that his death was a homicide. Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey refused to charge the deputies, who remain on paid leave.
The case is under internal investigation by the sheriff's office with oversight from the Office of Independent Monitor and final review by the manager of safety.
A surveillance tape that shows the altercation that led to Booker's death has not been released because it is part of the investigation.
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Culinaire Soup Recipe Round Up and Start From Scratch!
When August rolls around, I'm always scrambling to make the most of the last few weeks of summer before 'back to school' mode kicks in. This month has been ladden with road trips to Saskatoon, Kelowna and Edmonton and I'm about to take off to Vancouver for a few days as of tomorrow.
While I do have a parrot, I do not have any children, nor do I attend university, but I do run the cooking program Start From Scratch, so that's how the 'back to school' feeling creeps into my life.
If you haven't heard of the program before, Start From Scratch is a free 10 week cooking course for post secondary students in Calgary (MRU, U of C or SAIT) and Saskatoon (U of S). We take 30 participants in Calgary each semester and 15 in Saskatoon.(Start From Scratch alumni getting ready for service in the kitchen with Chefs Paul McGreevy and Dilan Draper.)
Now in our fourth year, the program is still a ton of fun. Just this week, we had a pop-up dinner in collaboration with Test Kitchen YYC where we brought some of our awesome alumni participants into the restaurant space to help cook and serve a coursed dinner to a full dining room. Was it scary? Of course! But, we pulled it off!
Grilled Romaine and Chorizo Salad
I'm not going to lie. I took this picture with my cellphone – blasphemous, I know. Sometimes, you just cook things for the sake of enjoying a meal with your friends and leave your DSLR on the sidelines. I occasionally have to remind myself that there is nothing wrong with that. Just breath, Dan. Just breath.
Anyway, back to the salad! Grilling romaine gives it a more robust taste and makes for a perfect summer dish. I think we can all agree that no matter how much we all love kale. It is definitely overused in the standard salad these days, so let's give the green, curly guy a break this week, shall we?
The Kenwood Cooking Chef and Vodka, Apple and Cranberry Granita
Well, it finally feels like summer is here. I mean, that's what three whole days in a row without rain has got to mean, right? When it's sunny outside, everyone likes a chill dessert – with a little bit of booze in it too. So, time to make some granita that's a nice, vibrant red for Canada Day. How patriotic!
I've had The Kenwood Cooking Chef now for about two months and am still enamoured with the cooking abilities of this superhero mixer. Last time I wrote about it, I had it cook me up some caramelized onions and since then, have used it for a variety of berry compotes, curds simple syrups and more. Since it uses induction to heat the base of the mixing bowl, I find it gets the job done quickly with whatever I'm tossing in there.
Swerve Calgary – Behind The Line: Chef Recipe Highlights For The Spring
I got a little sidetracked over the winter and spring and forgot to round-up the great recipes from different chefs I've chatted with in my 'Behind The Line' column for Swerve since the new year. From talking with my pal, Chris Shaften (pictured) about moving to Kelowna to open Krafty Kitchen and Bar, to Chef Rogelio Herrera on the connection between social media and short attention spans in young chefs, there is always something interesting that comes up in conversation.
Aside from the candid talks, here are some of the recipes that Calgary chefs have shared with me over the past few months.
Chef Chris Shaften's Ginger Pickled Plums
Lobster, Red Pepper and Fennel Bisque
Even though it's getting warmer and warmer out, I still find a good quality bowl of soup still hits the spot. Besides, who are we kidding here? There are still plenty of rainy days in June!
The bisque recipe here is nice and simple, but when you're working with lobster (or essence of lobster in this case), you don't want to overpower its distinct flavour with a pile of other ingredients.
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And, if you haven't checked out the site this week yet, you'll notice they've done a massive redesign. Looking sexier than ever, guys!
Candied Salmon, Quail Eggs and Butter Leaf Salad
Quail eggs are used more for their appearance than they are for taste. Their speckled exterior, with colours ranging from light brown to blue, are quite beautiful. After you've cooked some up, whether they're simply fried sunny-side up, or boiled like in my recipe below, you can't help but look at the little guys and think, 'Aw, cute!.'
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The latest version of ArtinSoft's renowned VB 6.0 to .NET conversion product includes
loads of new features aimed towards improving the tool's usability, reducing the manual
effort in migration projects and taking advantage of Microsoft's .NET infrastructure.
Overall, there are more than 200 improvements, but the following are the main new features:
A friendlier, easier to use interface, guiding the user through all the steps required to convert the code
and providing clear feedback about the process and pending actions. Detailed descriptions and examples for the
different upgrade options were added to help chose the most appropriate settings.
VBUC 5 includes a new option to convert the Load, Unload, Show and Close statements and the Show and Load events.
To convert these statements and events the VBUC provides the following options:
Added support for the conversion of ADODB.Field when ADO is being converted to ADO.NET using System.Data.Commons.
This new version supports the value of the ADODB.Field and the metadata
The "On Error Resume Next" statement doesn't have a direct equivalent in C#.NET. VBUC 5 introduces a new optional
feature to convert it using lambda expressions, drastically reducing the manual changes related to this conversion.
The current version of the VBUC provides an option to convert "VB.Collection" to the following .NET Classes:
HashTable, ArrayList, StringCollection and StringDictionary, depending on how the collection is used in the original code.
VBUC 5 now converts the "VB.Collection" to the .NET Ordered Dictionary class instead of the above combination,
producing a cleaner code closer to functional equivalence.
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by considering all the dimensions for the most possible scenarios.
SSRibbon is now converted to CheckBox or RadioButton, depending on weather it is
a single ribbon or not. Ribbons can be organized into groups; a group of several
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Okla. governor blasts Education Department as coercive; feds say state isn't preparing students.
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New academic year brings changes for Virginia schools
As nearly 400,000 students in D.C.'s Virginia suburbs start school, Fairfax focuses on "portrait of a graduate."
Why one school system is dropping Teach For America
Board members expressed concerns.
Security measures increase as schools open for new year
Schools are equipped with buzzer systems, cameras and uniformed officers after Newtown shootings.
Is Massachusetts really No. 1 in schools? Maybe not.
The Bay State's best schools do a bad job of challenging average students with tough courses.
SAT/ACT tutoring: $1,500 for 90 minutes. And 14 sessions are required. Really.
The tutor is in New York, and he's very busy.
Can a $1 million global teacher competition (backed by Bill Clinton) boost the profession?
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Or any day in school
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Four schools have 12 confirmed or suspected cases of pertussis, a highly contagious disease.
U.S. colleges will screen some students for Ebola
For many U.S. college students arriving from West Africa, this year's "back to school" routine will include a screening for Ebola.
Private school players kicked off Wilson High football team
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Calif. teacher tenure case spices up superintendent race
Tom Torlakson seeks to appeal tenure ruling, siding with teachers unions; rival sides with plaintiffs.
Ex-GWU president faces uproar over sex assault remark
Stephen Joel Trachtenberg said he did not mean to imply drunken women should be blamed if raped.
Prince George's revises its student appeal process
Decisions on serious discipline cases must be made within 10 days.
Cat closes Glen Burnie elementary school
A spokesman said animal control officials put out traps for the cat, who was spotted inside the school.
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Report shows links between global cities and U.S. universities through analysis of student visa data.
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Montgomery County teacher a finalist for statewide award
Jane Lindsay, of John Poole Middle, selected as one of seven finalists for Maryland Teacher of the Year.
Oklahoma loses, Indiana wins federal education waiver
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U-Va. says most staff must disclose sex assault reports
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Fairfax schools chief Garza gets drenched for charity
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Renaissance Lady Child Costume
Be graceful and elegant on Halloween when you dress in this Renaissance Lady Child Costume. The regal full-length purple velvet gown features a square neck, long drape sleeves, floral embroidered ribbon trim and gold metallic ribbon lace-up bodice. Truly fit for a princess!
Lady Bug Tween Costume
You'll be as cute as a bug in this adorable Lady Bug tween costume with cheerful daisy applique. The sheer wings and matching headpiece will send you flying.
My Spirit Lady Womens Costume
You'll haunt his dreams forevermore in the My Spirit Lady Women's Costume. This haunting grey dress with bow detail and lace sleeve detail will ensure you're the creepiest soul in the room.
Lady Bug Cutie Toddler Costume
Let your little one flutter about on Halloween when you dress her in this Lady Bug Cutie Toddler Costume. Red and black dress features a faux lace-up bodice and comes complete with wings and headpiece.
Lil Lady Bug Infant Costume
Ladybugs are said to bring good luck - let your little one be happy go lucky on Halloween in this adorable black, white and red Lil Ladybug infant's costume. It even includes a headband with antennae - so cute! be sure to take pictures to capture the memories.
Ghostly Derby Hat
Bet on some horses, or just simply wear this Ghostly Derby Hat to look good on Halloween. Perfect for a classy ghost costume, this grey, white and black faded hat will set your outfit apart.
Ghostly Gal Adult Womens Costume
Haunt and frighten the crowds when you wear this Spirit Exclusive, Ghostly Gal adult womens costume. The ghastly grey shredded dress of this ghost costume comes complete with a capelet, belt, glovelettes and a matching hat with veil.
Ghost in the Attic Ghostly Bride Adult Womens Costume
Turn dreams into nightmares when you don this hauntingly-beautiful Ghost in the Attic Ghostly Bride adult womens costume. The tattered gray bridal gown of this scary womens costume comes complete with a sheer overskirt, a lace neckband and lace wrist inserts along with an matching spooky veil.
5' Animated Hanging Ghost Lady Decoration
Spook all of your visitors on Halloween when you decorate with the 5' Animated Hanging Ghost Lady Decoration. This white hanging decoration features light-up eyes and it's also sound activated.
Itty Bitty Lady Bug Baby Costume
…are said to signify luck - get lucky on Halloween when you dress your little one in this cute as a bug's ear Itty Bitty Lady Bug costume. The absolutely adorable costume hasleg snaps for easy diaper changes, a darling hood with antennae and detachable wings, plus slip-on booties with skid resistant…
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Unleash your Halloween spirit wearing this Evil Ghost Child Costume! White ragged robe with hood comes with creepy skeleton face mask making you two times scarier than most ghouls that have risen from the dead on this creepy holiday.
Ghost Rider Child Costume
Let's ride! Blaze through the night when you wear this scary and officially licensed Ghost Rider child costume. The 100% polyester superhero jumpsuit features a sculpted belt and comes complete with sculpted gauntlets and a character face mask.
Ghostly Gent Theatrical Quality Adult Costume
…want to suit up in this Ghostly Gent theatrical quality adult costume and haunt the hallways of the play, party, parade or masquerade ball. Perfect for a haunted house - everyone needs an ancestor who just won't leave! Steal the spotlight in this theatrical quality costume and scare the living…
Lady Zorro Womens Costume
Decide who makes the cut in this sexy Lady Zorro adult womens costume. The black, 100% polyester slashed skirt with waist sash comes complete with a black top, cape, gauntlets and eye mask.
Victorian Lady Womens Costume
The posh and poised Victorian Lady Women's Costume is for the woman who just can't get enough of the beautifully, elegant Victorian fashion. This stunning sky blue dress features, white lace details including a lace petticoat, ruffled collar and satin bow bustle.
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Lady Gaga is a total star, epitomizing all that glam rock represents, and the girl's got talent! Celebrate the icon with a personal tribute - put on your poker face! Wear the officially licensed Lady Gaga Black Sequin Dress tween costume and rock the house.
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Enhance your costume with this black, red and gold skull-embellished Lady Buccaneer vest and take no prisoners on Halloween.
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Since major league baseball began in 1871, there have been roughly 30 million pitches thrown to batters. Only one of them killed a man. This is the story of Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians, a popular player struck in the head and killed in August 1920 by a pitch thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees. Was it, as most baseball observers thought at the time, a tragic but unavoidable accident? Mike Sowell's book investigates the incident and probes deep into the backgrounds of the players involved and the events that led to one of baseball's darkest moments.
Mike Sowell teaches journalism at Oklahoma State University. He has also written One Pitch Away: The Players' Stories of the 1986 League Championships and World Series. He lives in Stillwater, Oklahoma, outside of Oklahoma City.
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In the vein of the Tamagotchi persistence play craze of the 90s, players will undertake actions to keep an endangered animal alive. In this first iteration of Habitat game players will adopt a polar bear. To keep the bear alive and healthy, players need to successfully complete events in the game and undertake real world actions. By completing these TASKS players will progress through levels, increasing the health of their bear and earn badges of recognition for their efforts. Ultimately the goal is to save the world by improving the bear's health.
Habitat the Game Player Tutorials
We have finished 7 short videos that explain Habitat the Game.
An Introduction:
How to Care for your Bear:
How to feed your Bear:
Real World Actions:
Glacier Park:
Your Profile
How to Trade Pins
You can see these videos and more on our youtube channel at :Habitat the Game on YouTube
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Habitat the Game video tutorials
There are so many aspects to Habitat the Game – real world actions, bear care, glacier park, player profiles, mini games and more.
A number of players have asked us "how to" so we have begun to film a series of player tutorials with the game's creator Kylee Ingram.
They will be available on our YouTube channel.
Check out the first video, all you need to know about Bear Care:
Habitat the Game Walkthrough
The Game
This walkthrough was written in July 2014. The game will continually be updated so look for the latest walkthrough documents.
The world's habitats are in danger and you can help save them.
Habitat is a touch-based (phone and tablet) mobile-social game experience that combines traditional mobile-social mechanics with gamified real-world activities and imaginative play to engage kids between 7-12 years old to help protect the environment with their everyday actions.
In Habitat, the player will take care of polar bears living in Glacier Park — an arctic wildlife refuge. They'll clean, feed, and play with the bears, maintaining the animals' happiness, but more is needed to keep them and their park healthy. Special bear care items, park items and potentially a baby bear will become available as users earn Habitat points and eco tokens. Points and tokens are earned by completing real world missions and playing the minigames. Real world missions earn more Habitat points than the mini games. To earn maximum habitat points, real world missions prompt kids to complete activities in their homes in order to reduce their ecological footprint.
A leaderboard system will keep track of Habitat points the player earns by caring for their bears and completing real world missions. When the game starts, players will be able to view their progress relative to their friends (see privacy and security section) and the global game.
After you have rubbed the bear at the start of the game the game goes to a screen where you will fill in.
Your Bear Name
A User Name
A Password
01 Home screen
The home screen has the bear front and centre.
The three icons above the bear represent the three areas of bear health. Players need to keep these in balance to keep the bear healthy. The bear has a number of different levels of health. Like a tamagochi the aim is to take care of the bear in a persistence play model. If the bear is not cared for it sails off.
1. The fish is the way you feed the bear,
2. The heart is how you "love your bear, and
3. The paw is where you do your real world actions.
A player presses these icons to action the activities.
Players can also navigate through to Glacier Park, Rewards and their Profile.
02 Bear Care
When a player presses the heart icon they are able to interact with their bear. They will chose to either love their bear by grooming, petting or feeding it from the options in the tray below. These interactions make the "heart" metre go up.
Kids have to do real world actions to gain the eco tokens needed to acquire more of the care icons in the tray at the bottom of the screen.
03 Mini Game – Feeding
When a player presses the fish icon they go to a "Temple Run" Style game where the player tries to collect as many fish for the bear as they can.
Once they have finished the game the "fish" meter goes up.
04 Real World Play
Clicking on the paw icon takes you to the real world play which is the unique point of Habitat. Kids can chose to do fast (daily) or slow (weekly) missions.
Each of these missions are backed up by algorithms from Sydney University who are measuring the kid's savings in terms of water, land and carbon saved. By completing real world missions the parks health remains high. If real world missions are not completed then the parks health falls into neglect. The parks health is visually reflected in the game.
Quick Missions
These quick missions are a mixture of quick actions ie turning off a light and answering quiz questions that are about their bear or about topics relating to their real world actions.
Weekly Missions
Players can do harder missions where they plot their behaviours across a week.
They will receive daily reminders to log their behaviour for the day.
If they complete one of these missions they level up and unlock a secret mini game.
05 Profile Page
The players are able to see a number of things on their profile page:
- Their savings – how much they have saved in terms of water, land and energy
- A Leaderboard – players will be able to see where they stand in the overall rankings and amongst their friends.
- They are able to invite a friend to join the game.
- Players will also be able to see their Habitat points, eco tokens, bear health, park health and their bear photo album.
06 Rewards
Players head to the rewards page which acts as a shop where they can spend their eco tokens.
They can add items to love, groom and feed their bear in the bear care screen. They can also buy power ups to help them in the feeding mini game, such as a magnet to attract more fish.
07 Glacier Park
Players can see a wider shot of where their bear is in glacier park. They can also see a couple of other bears roaming around.
Players earn achievements items each time they level up and can add these as structures in their glacier park. By placing an item in the park they are rewarded with an animation of their bear interacting with the achievement item. Achievement items include a slide, swing, hot tub, deck chair and a castle.
Players are trying to make their bear grow and they will get a baby bear once they have levelled up enough times. See below.
Hidden Rewards
- Completing a weekly real world mission
After players continue a real world mission for a week, they wil be taken to a bonus mini game where the bear runs across the top of the ice.
- Level 7
When kids get to Level 7 they receive a baby bear. They grow this bear with its parent until the parent leaves the screen heading to the family photo album and the baby bear grows up and becomes your main player.
To activate the bears "breeding" the player needs to go to glacier park and click on their bear with the hearts over it. The two bears then "date" and a sequence of images show them playing together, living together and ends with the presentation of their baby bear.
08 Trading Pins
There are currently over 150 Habitat pins in 13 different countries around the world; to find the virtual pins make sure you turn on the location services and sign in.
When you are near a Habitat location you will be notified about the location and which unique virtual pin you will find.
There are a number of ways you can search for pins:
- Use the map to see the pins around you and around the world,
– By country; will show you what pins are available in each country,
– By Pin; type in the name of the pin you would like to find.
At each Habitat location there is a unique virtual pin you can collect. These pins can be traded at a later date.
When you are close enough to the pin, tap on the pin to collect. The pin is instantly added to your Pin Gallery.
For additional Habitat points answer the multiple-choice questions on the reverse side of the pin.
Collecting more than one pin
You can collect up to three of each pin at any one time. Although you do have to wait 30 minutes after collecting your first pin before you can receive your second pin at that location.
You Pin Gallery will show which pins you own, how many of each pin you have and what pins you have up for trading.
Once you have collected a pin it automatically goes into your trading list, ie the trading icon is on. You can turn off the trading icon by simply tapping it when your pin is full screen.
To trade with someone press the trade pins button
If another player puts one of your pins on their wish list you will be notified they would like to make a trade. You will be able to see what pin/pins they will offer in return for you pin.
You then have three choices:
- accept their offer,
- reject their offer or
- ask them to make another offer.
Trades between two players will stay open for an hour.
Any pins you would like to add to your gallery can be added by tapping them on your wish list. You can find pins to add to your wish list by doing either a search by country or by pin name.
There are currently 150 pins you can collect. They are located in the following countries:
Costa Rica
New Zealand
You will need to work with other players around the world to get the full set of pins.
How much have you saved?
Captain P is my Habitat user name. I have 3268 Habitat points which places me in 45th position on the leader board. A couple of weeks back I received an email from 7 year old Madeline telling me she loved the game and she was top of the leader board with over 5000 points.
I can't see Madeline from my position but I am sure she has racked up many more points by now.
When players sign in we are all asked to sign onto the honour system by ticking a box that says we promise to tell the truth about our real world missions. So there is no way for us to verify if players are lying about what they have done in the real world but I am able to tell you about what I have achieved in the month I have been playing. I have tried to be as accurate about my behaviours as possible and according to my profile I have saved:
- 240 buckets of water,
– 103.8 feet of land, and
– 5181 balloons of carbon.
So what does this mean? It is the team at Integrated Sustainable Analysis at Sydney University who have up with the algorithms and our measurement tools.
The number of buckets represents the litres of water based on an averaged sized 10 litre bucket or 2.64 gallons.
The number of footprints represents the area of land that a player has NOT disturbed by their actions. The measurement is based on a typical human footprint area of 300 cm2 or 47 square-inches.
The number of balloons represents the volume of greenhouse gas emissions measured in terms of volume of C02 gas, 1 kg or 2.2 pounds.
Remember all of these actions are based around rewarding players when they are under the national average.
So if we add all of my measurements up I have saved:
- 2,400 Litres of water or 576 Gallons of water
– 31,140 cm2 or 4,878.6 square inches of land
– 5181 kg or 11,398.2 pounds of carbon
I could keep calculating to tell you that each gallon of gas you put in a car produces 14 pounds of carbon dioxide. My behaviours equate to about the equivalent savings of over 800 gallons of gas.
Although we can never verify the actions of our players, right now we have a couple of thousand kids playing and collectively they have saved:
Community Saved Water Buckets: 32703.48
Community Saved Soccer Fields: 882965.09
Community Saved Light bulbs: 2935397.98
And who said kids can't make a difference? It is going to take top down and bottom up approaches to address global issues like climate change and we need our kids to know they can be part of the solution.
We are keen to know what you have saved and what that equates to. Please share your profile with us on Facebook:
To learn more about how Sydney University came to calculate these savings go to our previous blog post:
Feedback for Habitat the Game
Habitat has enjoyed it's first month in the hands of players young and old.
We have had a lot of feedback from parents and players. See some of our favourite comments below:
Sally mother of Lachlan aged 9
Lachie found Habitat on my phone, he loves it!! When he gets a turn on my phone he's choosing Habitat over Minecraft!
Mat father of Alex aged 8
Given that he only has about 30 minutes a day on an ipad, habitat held its own against games like clumsy ninja, and lego star wars for play time.
Jane mother of Will aged 9
Will loves Habitat. He has taught his siblings and neighbours how to play. Will has a life's amount of 'screen time' each week but he manages to check on his bear – and if he doesn't his brother or sister do! It has been great to see some of Habitat's lessons put into action in our home – shorter showers, lights turned out and a keenness to recycle their old toys and clothes.
Olivia aged 7
I liked taking care of the bear and feeding it so I knew the bear was healthy and could have a baby. I liked the swimming in the Arctic looking for fish.
Krissie mother of three
Habitat allows a child to imagine and create with a positive environmental focus. This is the best app of it's genre. It is a positive and challenging experience for children. It encourages children to think about the environment and the positive choices they can make as independent thinkers.
Madeline aged 7
I LOOOOOOOOVE your game. (Today at my brothers soccer my mum said do you want to play on my phone I said no I,d like to play on dads phone can you guess why?)
I soooooooooooo like your game I am the leader. I have 4594 points already.
Mannahatta pins are being added to the game!
After a decade of research the Mannahatta Project at the Wildlife Conservation Society un-covered the original Ecology of Manhattan.
The Mannahatta project brings to life the original ecology of Manhattan prior to European settlement. It shows us that the centre of one of the world's largest and most built-up cities was once a remarkably diverse, natural landscape of hills, valleys, forests, fields, freshwater wetlands, salt marshes, beaches, springs, ponds and streams, supporting a rich and abundant community of wildlife that sustained people for thousands of years before Europeans arrived on the scene in 1609.
Habitat aims to bring some of the research of Mannahatta to the streets of New York and into the hands of a young audience. We hope to place over 60 virtual Mannahatta pins throughout New York – rewarding players for finding these locations, while providing some historic background information and fun quiz questions.
Players will collect the unique Mannahatta pins and they will be able to trade these pins with other players from across the country and around the world.
One of the aims of the Mannahatta project was to bring greater environmental awareness to people in New York City. We hope the Mannahatta pins will help with this objective by encouraging kids reconnect to their natural environment. Helping them appreciate the environmental diversity of Manhattan, which supported over 45 different ecosystems, thousand of species (including wolves, black bears, bald eagles, beavers) and it was also home to the original Native American people, the Lenape.
There are currently five Mannahatta pins sprinkled around the city.
How to trade pins
How to trade pins. This is the article we posted on the help section of the game for kids. We have included here for parents with pictures of the screens.
Become a global trader!
We are keen to see Habitat players head outside and explore the world.
We will reward you for going outside and finding Habitat locations.
There are currently over 100 Habitat pins in 13 different countries around the world; to find the virtual pins make sure you turn on the location services and sign in.
When you are near a Habitat location you will be notified about the location and which unique virtual pin you will find.
There are a number of ways you can search for pins:
- Use the map to see the pins around you and around the world,
- By country; will show you what pins are available in each country,
- By Pin; type in the name of the pin you would like to find.
At each Habitat location there is a unique virtual pin you can collect. These pins can be traded at a later date.
When you are close enough to the pin, tap on the pin to collect. The pin is instantly added to your Pin Gallery.
For additional Habitat points answer the multiple-choice questions on the reverse side of the pin.
Collecting more than one pin
You can collect up to three of each pin at any one time. Although you do have to wait 30 minutes after collecting your first pin before you can receive your second pin at that location.
You Pin Gallery will show which pins you own, how many of each pin you have and what pins you have up for trading.
Once you have collected a pin it automatically goes into your trading list, ie the trading icon is on. You can turn off the trading icon by simply tapping it when your pin is full screen.
If another player puts one of your pins on their wish list you will be notified they would like to make a trade. You will be able to see what pin/pins they will offer in return for you pin.
You then have three choices:
- accept their offer,
- reject their offer or
- ask them to make another offer.
Trades between two players will stay open for an hour and you can trade up with 5 different players at a time.
Any pins you would like to add to your gallery can be added by tapping them on your wish list. You can find pins to add to your wish list by doing either a search by country or by pin name.
There are currently 102 pins you can collect. They are located in the following countries:
Costa Rica
New Zealand
You will need to work with other players around the world to get the full set of pins.
For more information on pins you can find us on instagram at habitatthegame or twitter @habitatthegame
Habitat the Game Launches
Habitat officially launched at Central Park Zoo this week. We invited a bunch of NYC's mommy bloggers to attend the event.
We filmed a little video of the event.
Below is the press release that will be sent out later today:
New Environmental App, Habitat the Game, Sends Kids on Real-life Missions to Save Virtual Endangered Species and Reduce Their Carbon Footprint
Habitat's point system incentivizes players towards a 25% reduction in their carbon, water and land use
New York, NY – May 14, 2014 – The Wildlife Conservation Society and the Rainforest Alliance have announced an environmental app, Habitat the Game, during a media event in the Central Park Zoo in New York City. In an era where kids spend less than four minutes a day on unstructured outdoor play, this free app rewards kids for undertaking environmental actions and exploring the outdoors.
Designed to teach seven to 12 year-olds ecologically sustainable habits, Habitat encourages players to adopt an endangered animal, a virtual polar bear, and keep it happy and healthy. Players earn points through games in the app and by completing real-life "missions," like recycling or checking in at more than 30 parks around the world, including the Wildlife Conservation Society's Bronx Zoo and Central Park Zoo, as well as national parks and other iconic sites. The virtual pins collected at these sites can also be traded with players around the world.
"Kids today spend 70 percent less time outdoors than they did two generations ago," said Courtney White, Director of Education at the Rainforest Alliance. "This app helps get kids outside while educating them about biodiversity and simple steps they can take to reduce their environmental footprint and create a healthier future for the planet."
The Habitat team worked with the Integrated Sustainability Analysis team at Sydney University to develop algorithms that measure players' ecological footprint based on indicators like water consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. In addition to promoting outdoor activities, the point system in the game incentivizes players towards a 25% reduction in their carbon, water and land use and shows their impact through an ecological footprint calculator.
Additional game features include:
- Individual animal care, similar to Tamagotchi games
– Temple Run-style feeding games
– Challenge a friend invitations to see each others' progress
– Leader board to track progress against other players
– Location services to note when a Habitat pin location is nearby
– Pin trading to swap pins with other players around the world
"Our aim was to create a game that was entertaining, but also had crossover into the real world," said Kylee Ingram, the game's developer. "Kids who play Habitat will be encouraged to change their real life behaviors."
Habitat the Game is available to download for free on all iOS, Android and tablet devices. Visit www.habitatthegame.com to learn more, or find the app on iTunes and Google Play.
About Habitat the Game:
In the vein of the Tamagotchi persistence play craze of the 90s, users undertake actions to keep an endangered animal alive. In Habitat, game players adopt a polar bear. To keep the bear alive and healthy, players need to successfully complete events in the game, undertake real world actions and find locations. By completing these tasks players progress through levels, increasing the health of their bear. Ultimately the goal is to save the world by improving the bear's health. Follow @habitatthegame http://www.facebook.com/habitatthegame
About Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS):
MISSION: WCS saves wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature. VISION: WCS envisions a world where wildlife thrives in healthy lands and seas, valued by societies that embrace and benefit from the diversity and integrity of life on earth. To achieve our mission, WCS, based at the Bronx Zoo, harnesses the power of its Global Conservation Program in more than 60 nations and in all the world's oceans and its five wildlife parks in New York City, visited by 4 million people annually. WCS combines its expertise in the field, zoos, and aquarium to achieve its conservation mission. Visit: www.wcs.org
About Rainforest Alliance:The Rainforest Alliance is a global nonprofit organization that works with people whose livelihoods depend on the land, helping them transform the way they grow food, harvest wood and host travelers. From large multinational corporations to small, community-based cooperatives, businesses and consumers worldwide are involved in the Rainforest Alliance's efforts to bring responsibly produced goods and services to a global marketplace where the demand for sustainability is growing steadily. For more information, visit www.rainforest-alliance.org. Follow @RnfrstAlliance
Habitat Behaviours Uncovered
We have quizzed kids aged 7-12 about what environmental behaviours they recognise and can undertake. Their answers have given us a list of actions that kids will earn points for in the game and in turn we are able to tell them (thanks to Sydney University's team at Institute of Sustainable Analysis – ISA) how much water, land and carbon they have saved.
Here we look at Super Scrub which asks players to reduce the length of their shower.
Each action is accompanies by an explanation. With Super Scrub the player learns why they should try and limit their showers i.e "limiting your shower to 4-minutes means that you only use about 80L of water for your shower, and that means we don't have to put as much stress on our water ways and environment to meet our water needs!"
In order to earn points the player inputs how many minutes they spent in the shower. They are rewarded for every minute they save under the national average (ie 4 minutes) with an average water flow of 15 litres per minute. They are also able to tick a box confirming they took a shower instead of a bath, which gives them an automatic saving of 120 litres.
The environmental savings in Super Scrub are then calculated as savings relative to the national average and in this in this behaviour the player is saving both water and carbon (energy expended from heating the water)
The team at the ISA have worked out calculations for every one of the behaviours in Habitat the game. If you would like to know more about any of the action send us an email at parents at habitatthegame dot com


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The year is 2154, and while the future may include ships that reach supersonic speeds in fifteen seconds, and advanced weaponry and technology that now interacts directly with the human body, the divide between the haves and have nots has never been greater. Los Angeles has essentially become one large barrio, a dirty, garbage-filled, decaying city that is a bleak portrait of what could happen if the current and growing prison industrial complex expands at a prodigious rate. Crime is so high that lawbreakers and potential lawbreakers are patrolled and monitored by ruthlessly efficient robots walking the beat, while those who are charged are processed in such volume that it might as well be the DMV. And one of those put through the system is Max De Costa (Matt Damon), an ex-con on parole, trying to go straight after a checkered past. And these are the building blocks of an expansive world created by Neill Blomkamp in "Elysium," a brainy sci-fi effort that doesn't skimp on its blockbuster requirements, and delivers one of the most satisfying films of the summer.
With charges of robbery, assault and resisting arrest in his history, Max is nearly a veteran of the criminal lifestyle, carrying a cynicism that expresses itself as sarcasm in the face of authority. It's an attitude that winds up getting his parole extended after an encounter with some humorless cop droids, and Max's anger at the situation quickly dissipates into a grudging acceptance. He holds down a factory floor job at Armadyne, a defense company looking to renew their contract with Elysium, the space station orbiting the planet that houses the wealthy and elite, who have escaped the smog-choked, filthy atmosphere of Earth. Up above, citizens live with a pristine atmosphere, in gated community splendour, and more crucially, have access to advanced medical care that can cure any ailment—including life-threatening diseases—with no more than a high tech body scan. But of course, that luxury is protected at all costs...
The story gets kicked into motion when Max gets accidentally blasted with a lethal dose of radiation on the job, with Armadyne's medical robot coldly informing him that he has five days to live. While Max may have been trying to do good up until now, that all goes out the window, and with literally a few dozen hours left to live, he tracks down Spider (Wagner Moura), an underworld kingpin dabbling in almost anything you can imagine, who he used to work for. One of Spider's revenue streams comes from organizing flights for illegal immigrants to Elysium, and Max wants on the next departure so he can find his way to a medical bed to heal his suddenly dying body. But he'll have to do one last job first, and it's one that will see him cross paths with John Carlyle, an executive at Armadyne (William Fichtner); Secretary Rhodes, the ruthless head of defense on Elysium (Jodie Foster); and Kruger, a sadistic off-the-books Blackwater-esque special ops agent (Sharlto Copley). And in the mix as well is Frey (Alice Braga), a childhood friend of Max's, who has a daughter dying of leukemia.
And to say any more would be to spoil some of the fun, but one of the most refreshing aspects of "Elysium" is that Max is more John McClane than John McClane (especially now). While the film obviously dabbles in themes concerning the divide between the 99% and 1%, Max has no ambitions to be a hero for Earth, or even for his friends who could benefit from him breaching Elysium. His foremost concern is understandably selfish and simple: he wants to live. After he's cured, he'll worry about the rest. And Blomkamp doubles down on the stakes Max faces. While Spider outfits Max with a robotic exo-skeleton to give him droid-like strength to help him face any obstacles that come across his path, the risks go far beyond his own body failing him. Rhodes and Kruger are two peas in a brutal pod—with their methods often getting them in trouble with their superiors—refusing to blink when it comes to eliminating innocents who stand in the way of their ends, which as the film goes on, involve some big rewards should they succeed in their goals. And Max is hardly indestructible, even with his new cyborg frame. He's used to jacking cars and goods, but wielding weapons and facing foes who kill as their day job finds him often outmatched and for much of the picture he's barely hanging on by the skin of his teeth. And especially in a summer where major heroes (Wolverine, Superman, everyone in "Pacific Rim") never seemed in doubt, Max's palpable and real everyman vulnerability adds a nice dimension to the proceedings.
Visually, the film is a stunner. Just as he did in "District 9," Blomkamp's imaginative vision is grounded as much as possible in reality, so his take on what the world is like in just over 100 years, is relatable and believable. Both the scarred Los Angeles vistas and the pristine environs of Elysium are beautifully rendered, alternately gritty and coolly slick. But perhaps more crucial are the action sequences, played out almost entirely in broad, bright daylight and executed near perfectly, offering an antidote to every murky, dark, 3D CGI-fest we've seen this year. Blomkamp doesn't hide his actors or gum up scenes with lots of digital effects; the set pieces here have clearly been well thought-out, choreographed and staged and you can actually see what's happening, which makes them all the more thrilling. His blend of digital effects with practical locations and props is pretty much seamless, and "Elysium" offers a strong argument that an immersive experience doesn't need to be beholden to 3D and layers upon layers upon layers of VFX. Even though Blomkamp has a much bigger budget to play with here than he did on "District 9," he still uses those resources judiciously and to greater effect than helmers given oodles of cash and FX teams at their beck and call.
Of course, one can't talk about "Elysium" without delving into the underlying idea of the picture, which one review has already knee-jerkingly called "openly socialist." To view "Elysium" simply as a sci-fi movie masking opinions about policy is to miss the point. Blomkamp's film is more about humanity than any partisan politics, and it's that quality that marks the best films that make seemingly hot-button issues a centerpiece of the ideals they wish to explore. Blomkamp's arguments for healthcare for all and a more humane approach to immigration and poverty is less rooted in liberal politics than in the simple idea of watching out for your fellow man. And, for the most part, Blomkamp gets this across through narrative rather than exposition, and it hardly hectors these points home.
And yet for all the accomplished direction, fine performances from the entire cast (though the villains do veer toward one-dimensionality) and the successful landing of a very ambitious story, Blomkamp stumbles in the basic structural work of the screenplay. Most glaringly, the film is saddled by some rather corny flashback sequences that establish a mostly marginal backstory for Max that tries to lend his journey an epic weight. These scenes, in which we learn of his orphan background, and witness some prophetic advice from a nun, are not just poorly written (the dialogue is almost laughably amateur and on-the-nose), they actually undercut the impact of Max's arc by overplaying its hand. It's one of the few instance where Blomkamp stumbles in the film, but it's also the most clunky and clumsy misstep. And while the film trades in some minor contrivances and conveniences for the sake of the plot, they aren't so egregious that they can't be easily forgiven. (Though, the film's lack of acknowledgement of what's happening on the rest of the planet—Japan or China or Russia aren't able to build space stations?—becomes a question that looms the longer the movie goes on.)
With "Elysium," Blomkamp has made good on the promise of "District 9" and proven that working on a bigger canvas doesn't mean compromising on smarts or aspirations to deliver tentpole-sized stories with a thoughtful backbone. And really, it's those qualities that set "Elysium" apart from the slog of sequels, spinoffs, remakes and superhero movies. It has the audacity (at least in Hollywood terms) of aiming for something original both in concept and design, and that Blomkamp's nails it in a fashion as entertaining, thrilling and memorable as this is all the more reason you need to see it. [B+]
Shmeckle | August 19, 2013 1:38 PM
B+? Really?! The movie has no internal logic, though it's not ashamed to beat us over the head mercilessly with it's message. I'm old school, if you want to send a message, use Western Union. Instead, try telling a good story - and by that, I mean, please don't repeat the prologue (in which the nun tells kid Matt Damon that he's here for a purpose and he's going to do something great). Why is no one ever home on Elysium? And if there's a machine to cure all ills and let you live forever, what about the food supply? Heavy-handed politics + missed opportunities + Jodie Foster's wavering accent (Afrikaner? Aussie? British? Or just bad dialect coach?) = a C at best. Let Blomkamp direct, but hire a real writer.
Lynn | August 13, 2013 1:47 PM
Elysidum. Too much dramatic loud unnecessary background music. Plus it was derivative - I Robot meets The Hunger Games.
Thomas M. Calderon | August 12, 2013 2:20 PM
This is my review, what in the hell did they have to use Mexican gang with gang tag WTF.
Paul | August 11, 2013 7:00 PM
I am very glad I found your review. I saw this film and then read reviews about "slick Hollywood violence" and (not unexpected) being "openly socialist." To be honest, I thought it was "openly Christian" ("Do unto others...") in terms of any message being offered. As for the violence, as many have pointed to, it does seems much more "believable" in comparison to other CGI offerings this summer. And, in my opinion, also unlike many Hollywood offerings, where the violence is there for it's own sake, Elysium carries an important message with the mayhem. Does anyone really think you can deny "them" a cure for their child's cancer and not expect a violent pushback? As John Harrison remarked in Star Trek: Into Darkness: "Is there anything you wouldn't do for your family?" Does this film go over the top on the spectacle and fighting? Of course-but that is the way great storytelling has always operated, going back to Homer's Illiad (the Goddess Athena spearing the God of War Ares on the battlefield of the Trojan War is over the top-but it was put there for a reason). For sure, the focus remains throughout on LA vs Elysium and the connection that Max makes between them (the best loved tales tend to be about the Hero striving). However, I find it easy to imagine a future where the lines of nationality, race, gender, and religion have been obliterated by the fierce demarcation placed by the powerful between those have and those who have-not. Is this film perfect in every aspect? Perhaps not, but if perfection is one's expectation of anything made in this world, you will live with a lot of disappoint. Does it tell a good story? Yes, I think it does, in an epic, very traditional way.
JOHN | August 10, 2013 1:55 AM
Had high hopes for this one and was a little disappointed. Effects and the look are top-notch. Foster's high-speak was weird and distracting. And as for the action scenes being shot so well "you can actually see what's happening" - NO WAY IN HELL. This was shaky cam at it's worst. I get that the director wanted to go for as much realism as he could all around but it didn't translate when putting the camera IN the action. Even when weapons are fired it's often hard to tell where they are hitting. So much to love about this movie and these shortcomings should have been easy fixes.
RC | August 9, 2013 7:23 PM
One of the most enjoyable movies of the summer? Really? Is that because we're standing it next to LONE RANGER? While ELYSIUM was visually pleasing and well acted, the screenplay was a disaster, filled with one convenience after another and absolute juvenile politics. One dimensional characters fulfilling archetypes and an ending you could see from the first five minutes of the film. DISTRICT 9 was a great, smart film that didn't hit you in the head with hammer trying to deliver its message. Whoever is trying to pass ELYSIUM off as an intelligent movie is as dumb as the studio thinks the audience is.
Me | August 9, 2013 1:39 AM
Jack | August 4, 2013 1:18 AM
I was extremely disappointed with this movie. I had high hopes, I really did, but I hate to report that Elysium is not nearly as smart or as interesting as its premise. This review--much like the movie itself-- has its heart in the right place, but misses the mark by a long shot.
Jack | August 4, 2013 1:18 AM
I was extremely disappointed with this movie. I had high hopes, I really did, but I hate to report that Elysium is not nearly as smart or as interesting as its premise. This review--much like the movie itself-- has its heart in the right place, but misses the mark by a long shot.
victor enyutin | August 2, 2013 9:46 PM
âElysiumâ by Neill Blomkamp (2013) is called by the âRolling Stoneâ reporter Peter Travers (PT) âHell-raiser with social conscienceâ. For those who still remember popular revolutions and their consequences âhell-raisingâ is not associated with oneâs conscience, but rather with despair and frustration which are not good advisers as what to do. Hell-raising is more related to blind destructiveness and usually result of the impossibility of finding ways out of unbearable social situations.
The film is simultaneously a drum-beat revolutionary and cowardly not in a dystopian but in the very present day sense. It calls for attacking the establishment ruled by the one-percenters, and it represents this establishment as a remote future (we see those who serve the âone-percentersâ in a satellite station over earth. Theyâre called droids: robots who rule earth in the name of the financial elite and spy on people to prevent mutiny. The main character, Max (Matt Damon), is one of the constructors/engineers of the droids/robots, who at the same time âcannot resist pissing them offâ (PT). Maxâs noble acts of dissidence, in other words, are âto piss off the managers of life, the representatives of those in power.â It is not just youth slang; it is how young people today, the target audience of the film, understand what political resistance consists of â âto piss the bosses offâ. âElysiumâ, in other words, represents the fight for human rights and democratic principles on the level of adolescent sensibility. Instead of helping the young people by providing them real analysis of todayâs political and financial situation in our country and the world and use this information to explain them realistic ways of resisting the financial elite, the film stimulates the young to behave like fifth grader towards a hated teacher or the school principal. Simultaneously it glorifies high-tech weapons by parading Matt Damon through tough situations as super-heroic marine.
The leader of droids is played by Jodie Foster who started her career in films which were much closer to the truth of life as it is, instead of projecting this truth into simplified future in a masked (embellished by clichés) â mythologized/infantilized form. Delivering the truth in a style of animation cartoon is distorting the truth and seducing the young minds to non-realistic ways of perceiving whatâs going on in their country. The basic trick of the film is to represent us living today, as those who already have survived the rule of the one-percenters, who are invulnerable to whatever the decision-makers do and intellectually grow on Hollywood-like images until revolution will breakout in future by the effort of a bunch of super-heroic individuals armed with super-machineguns. âElysiumâ makes its audiences even more childish. It magically liberates us from all our problems in the very moment it depicts them to us.
The director of the film is a South African film-maker. It is very sad that making a career in Hollywood kind of commercial film-making is more important for some people than to be occupied with analysis of real events and their meanings in the life of real people that today attracts many young Americans and foreign talents.
Victor Enyutin
Francesca | August 2, 2013 7:43 PM
I don't think it's phony. It's a futuristic nightmare with good action and powerful visuals, even if the screenplay has some flaws (the world is only LA? Scary). Damon's comparison to John McLane with no desire to be a hero sounds spot on to me, and I loved Foster's character, a rough baddie, similar to many real politicians, even if I would have liked to see more of her private side. The humour is there, but it's mostly dark, and displayed in Kruger's lines. Loved to see also Wagner Moura in this, great choice.
Summit reacher | August 2, 2013 11:55 AM
More John McClane than John McClane? It's official. After Behind the Csndelabra and this, Matt Damon can do anything.
Thesaurusrs | August 2, 2013 11:10 AM
"... one of the most satisfying films of the summer". Even though I love Matt Damon, I was kinda on the fence about this one. But, OK, you convinced me.
Marco Albanese | August 2, 2013 5:37 AM
Elysium it's not openly socialist, but it's terribly phony, full of clichés, one dimensional characters awfully acted, with no sense of humor at all! The screenplay is so weak you could imagine all the narrative arc after 5 minutes. A complete mess that ends with the usual boring "wrestling match" between the good guy and the bad guy. Obviously these are my two cents...
Mass | August 1, 2013 11:16 PM
lol please playlist, you're the last reviewing website I'll take seriously when you try to convince me that this film doesn't have openly left overtones. Your twitter feed is like a MSNBC twitter feed, so spare me that on your reviews please.
With that said, film is a different avenue to express the filmmakers personal opinions about society, and the science fiction genre especially. So I don't mind it, even though I would categorize my beliefs as more right when it comes to economy, and social programs. That said, I'm extremely excited about this film. I can't wait to see it.
Chet | August 1, 2013 5:36 PM
thanks for the in-depth review!


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Each week PewterReport.com's beat writer Mark Cook comes up with five keys he feels the Buccaneers must achieve in order to win their upcoming game. Read Cook's keys and join the disussion by adding your own thoughts and keys to victory.
Key 1. Beat Packers' Man
Offensive coordinator Greg Olson said Wednesday the Packers play a lot of man-coverage and expects that to continue this Sunday against the Buccaneers' receivers.
And who can blame them? Tampa Bay's receiving corps has yet to show they can create separation and beat man coverage all season, something both Olson and head coach Raheem Morris have pointed out going back to the Patriots game in the preseason.
For the Buccaneers to have any shot at beating Green Bay, Mike Williams, Arrelious Benn or whatever the combination of Buc receivers that are on the field must take advantage of single coverage and not only get open, but make the catch.
Key 2. Make Each Drive Count
Like death and taxes, the certainty of the Packers scoring points is pretty much an automatic. With that said the Buccaneers offense will need to score points, and lots of them. As much as we all love Conner Barth, the only time he needs to be on the field is when he comes in to kick extra points.
The Packers defense hasn't been stellar. In fact, they only rank 28th in the league in total defense, giving up 384.4 yards per game. The Buccaneers offense is ranked a respectable 16th in the NFL in total offense, so the opportunity to move the football will be there.
But moving it and scoring points are two different animals and Tampa Bay must find a way to score touchdowns by limiting penalties and turnovers. Freeman will need to have his best game of the season for the Buccaneers to have any chance of coming home with a 5-5 record.
Key 3. Razz Rodgers
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The collaboration will allow FAST Ltd, which delivers software, education, consulting and managed services for SAM and IT compliance, to offer customers Certero's full range of enterprise SAM solutions.
This includes Certero's newly launched AssetStudio V4 (http://www.certero.com/
Warrington and Sydney based Certero is a leading developer of products and services for the SAM market.
Certero managing director John Lunt said: "We are delighted to be working with FAST Ltd," he said. "This collaboration will see the core strengths of Certero's products combining with FAST's broad range of programmes and certifications. This will be a forceful combination that will help create the complete integrated SAM solution. Certero's AssetStudio V4 will bring greater enterprise capabilities to FAST Ltd's portfolio of SAM solutions. FAST Ltd now has the ability to provide customers with one of the strongest Software Licensing Optimisation (SLO) (http://www.certero.com/
FAST Ltd helps organisations to achieve the FAST Standard for Software Compliance (FSSC-1:2011)
Mr Lunt said the partnership further reinforces Certero's growing reputation in the SAM market.
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"We are delighted to announce our new strategic partnership with Certero. The partnership of our two organisations is an exciting development for us. The modular approach to a fully integrated SAM solution will provide exciting new features & benefits previously unavailable to FAST Customers. By combining FAST Ltd's vast experience in SAM and IT Compliance with Certero's enterprise SAM solutions, FAST will further enhance its capabilities in providing optimised SAM solutions and risk mitigation across multiple platforms and vendors, saving time and driving down IT costs.


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Last week I produced a recording of a talk about "STXXL 1.4.0 and Beyond". I thought it would be trivial in the year 2014 to create a frame-perfect high-resolution recording of a PDF presentation slideshow with moving mouse cursor on Linux. I was so wrong.
In the end, I created a patched version of vncrec: now called "vncrec-rgb 0.4", and the tutorial on the
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This is a recording of a talk that I gave last week at the 3rd LSDMA Topical Meeting in Berlin. The talk covers a basic introduction into the STXXL library's features and contains many short code examples that serve as a tutorial.
The slides of the presentation 2014-06-22 STXXL 1.4.0 and Beyond.pdf are available online and the recorded talk can be seen on Youtube video below.
And here is the video of the recording: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UswxcAOJKBE
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in their carbonara? Cream is rarely used in Italy as it doesn't stand up well to heat. Cream is only used in the
for tourists! However you make it,
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Recipe (serves 2)
200g to 300g fresh or dry
yolks + 250ml cream OR 2 eggs
1 large or a few small white onions, chopped
100g parmesan, gruyere or pecorino, freshly grated
1 crushed clove of garlic
olive oil
100g bacon, smoked ham, ordinary ham or other
salt and pepper
Recipe with cream
Cook the pasta in a big pot of salted water according to the time indicated.
Meanwhile, put the oil, the onions and garlic in a frying pan and brown them. After five minutes add the bacon and brown together on a low heat.
Beat the cream with egg yolk and pour into the frying pan with the onions and bacon off the heat. Taste, season with salt and pepper and put back on a low heat for 2 minutes, mixing continously. Sprinkle with parsley and chives and serve hot.
Recipe without cream
Put the tagliatelle in boiling salty water and cook according to the time indicated. 2 minutes before the end, fry the bacon in butter on a low heat with the crushed garlic in a large pan.
In a bowl mix the whole eggs, half the grated cheese, the salt, pepper and olive oil, and mix well. When the tagliatelle is cooked, pour into the pan containing the bacon.
Pour the egg/cheese mixture on the tagliatelle, season, mix well and serve.
This cream-free recipe is much healthier than the heavy carbonara sauces many of us are used to.
Tips and add-ons
- The original recipe does not use cream (the creamy texture is obtained by mixing the cooking water with eggs). If you want to add cream, use it in place of the same quantity of egg whites.
- If you need to, lengthen the mixture little by little with a few spoons of cooking water so you don't cook the eggs but make them creamier.
- Outside of Italy, it's common to see cream, mushrooms, peas etc added to carbonara.
- Carbonara is quick to make and should be cooked at the last minute, when the pasta is being drained.
- Be careful: cream turns very quickly. Reheating is not recommended, but if you have to, re-heat over a pot of boiling water.
- You can add fresh thyme to the cream. Fresh herbs are optional and can be replaced with dried herbs.
- Add a little milk if your pasta looks too dry.
- Warm your plates in the oven for about 5 minutes at 150°C because the pasta gets cold quickly!
- To add flavour, pour in 200ml of white wine.
- Add a pinch of chilli to spice it up a little.
- Flavour with nutmeg and/or shallots.
- Before peeling the garlic, push on the root of each clove to remove the indigestible inner stem.
Vary carbonara with:
Different types of pasta.
Long pasta such as spaghetti or short pasta like farfalle can be used in place of tagiatelle, as can papardell and linguine (fresh is better). Hollow pasta like rigatoni and penne regate cook easily and retain more sauce.
Choice of meat.
Replace bacon with ham or duck.
Mix mustard into your creamy sauce.
- Vegetarian version.
Replace the bacon with artichoke, broccoli, courgettes, leeks, carrots and/or peppers. Fry the veg and then mix with eggs, parmesan, salt and pepper, and add basil to serve.
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One thing I noticed outside and want to share: Most of the parkland is open to the public and hundreds of families were picnicing on the lawn. Nice to see the park in use and not just behind a fence or off limits.
In 2001 Norbulinka was added to UNESCO's World Heritage List.
On the roof of the world!
... of course I jump 10 feet in the air screaming and running up to the jeep. Only to have Fraser, Jen and the driver ******* themselves with laughter. There was no rat. After that we crossed the Kampala pass which had great views of the lake and the river Brahma Putra (Yarlung Tsangpo). We reached Lhasa at about 7pm got dinner and went to bed.� The next day we went out to Derapung Monastery where we saw Tibetans putting on a new roof by singing while compacting ...
Free Tibet! (But thanks for all the roads.)
... we stopped at a holy lake, one of four in Tibet. The lake is pristine and too sacred to swim in or fish in (actually Buddhists don't fish as they
believe in reincarnation and you could be eating your grandmother!).
So with the exception of the inconsiderate Chinese tourists who choose to fish in it, the lake is untouched by human pollution.Curt enjoyed photographing not only the lake, but the highly decorated yak which costs about 10 Y to capture on ...