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We are now halfway through the year. Although many exiting games are coming out in the fall, some have been delayed until next year, and others may eventually suffer the same fate. Only 3 of the community's 10 games of the year for 2011 came out in the first six months, however, one of them was the number one game (Portal 2). What is your 2012 game of the year so far?
For me, it is Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. I played it for 2 straight months, and I even bought the strategy guide for it, which is is something I haven't done in a long time. A wonderful game.
Syndicate takes my number one spot. Absolutely sublime co-op experience.
Dragon's Dogma is a close second, because it features the best combat system in a fantasy system ever created.
2012 has been Late to the Party year for me.
I've turned on to (and completely fallen for) Dead Space 2, Outland (XBLA), Renegade Ops (XBLA), Rayman Origins and RAGE.
For 2012 releases, it's been all about digital distribution. Minecraft, Walking Dead, Trials Evo., etc.
If I had to go with a single favorite highlight, it would have to be Walking Dead Ep. 1. The tone, presentation, pacing and maturity just caught me completely off guard.
Heck, it jazzed me enough to dive headlong into the graphic novels and that's a first for me.
I'd have to say Diablo III is my personal favorite 2012 release thus far, followed by Legend of Grimrock. And Tribes: Ascend totally deserves a shout-out. Beyond these, most of my gaming has consisted of dipping into my library for replay (Deus Ex: HR), continuing a near-persistent game in Skyrim, and trying some new-ish, free-to-play stuff (Fallen Earth).
Going by the 'released in 2012' definition? Crusader Kings 2.
+1. So good.
I think D3's the only game I've bought this year, so that gets the nod, despite all the flaws.
Only new game I have is Mass Effect 3. It wins by default at this point.
Hopefully Torchlight 2 will take the cake.
Dragon's Dogma. Flawed game for sure, but I love every second of it.
Going by the 'released in 2012' definition? Crusader Kings 2. Though a close second goes to Mass Effect 3. Assassin's Creed 3 and Persona 4 both have a good chance at the crown.
Journey. No contest. Mass Effect 3 and Diablo 3 after that.
As soon as my hand heals enough to play console games again, I'm gonna grab Dragon's Dogma. Not sure where that'll slot in yet, but the things I have heard make me think it could also have a slot at the top.
I know this will change by the end of the year as Assassin's Creed III comes out, but at this point in time, it's Mass Effect 3. It was flawed and lacked polish in some key areas, but I really enjoyed playing it and still dabble in the multiplayer from time to time.
Diablo 3 is still fun, but the online connectivity lag just puts a big dirty spot on what could otherwise be a really fun game.
I've only bought a couple games so far that were released this year. One of them is ME3, which is the best 2012 game I've played so far.
By the end of the year, I expect Borderlands 2 and Torchlight 2 to be at the top of my GotY list.
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Going by the 'released in 2012' definition? Crusader Kings 2.
+1. So good.
I'll toss my vote in with CK2.
Hmm, for all the noise and expectations this year, it's been pretty thin on the ground for me, in terms of actual enjoyment. I loved the hell out of Legend of Grimrock, and so far, that's been the high point of the year. ME3 was a disaster, I wouldn't play Diablo III if they paid me, and despite buying it, I haven't ever really dug into CK2. I got a ways into one scenario, and just got kind of bored with it. I'm not complaining about it at all, the production values are excellent, and the game design seems solid, I just ... kinda wasn't that interested in playing the game they imagined.
The last couple years were freaking amazing, but 2012 has been kind of a bust so far.
2012 has been great so far.
Here's my top 5 so far:
1. Diablo 3
2. Civ V: Gods & Kings
3. Mass Effect 3
4. Crusader Kings II
5. Battlefield 3 (premium/expansions)
Looking forward to Dishonored, Assassin's Creed 3 and Guild Wars 2.
You know, I forgot about Mass Effect 3. This game should have been my GOTY for all of 2012, given how much of a super-fan I am of the other 2. But alas, it was not in the stars...
I know what I've played in the first half of 2012, but nothing really stands out to me as a game I would be happy to endorse. They're more games I have passed time with rather than really enjoyed. I'm played far more non-2012 games and replayed more. The autumn season always has something big, but there's just nothing I can say has made me go wide eyed, jaw dropped, etc. I don't feel like I've had fun or been really involved with a 2012 release yet.
For the second half I'm looking forward to Dishonored and Guild Wars 2, with a side-order of Torchlight 2.
Journey, Diablo III, Botanicula, Binding of Isaac: Wrath of the Lamb right now.
By the end of the year, I expect Borderlands 2 and Torchlight 2 to be at the top of my GotY list.
I feel the same.
Diablo 3, IMO, shouldn't be on the list. I hate the trend of giving GOTY nods to big budget games based primarily on their big budgets. It's a Blizzard game so it has to be a GOTY nominee. Ptooey! Pedestrian storyline. Nothing particularly exciting or fresh about the game. And the fact that realistically you cannot complete the game on it's hardest difficulty without purchasing items off the Auction House with real money, disqualifies it from GOTY consideration for me.
Since the Perpetual Testing Initiative released this year, Portal 2 is solidly in my number one spot.
What's that you say? You're only interested in playing maps created by Goodjers? Buddy, have I got great news for you.
Fingers crossed for Torchlight 2 unseating it later this year, though.
I hate the trend of giving GOTY nods to big budget games based primarily on their big budgets. It's a Blizzard game so it has to be a GOTY nominee. Ptooey!
If Clock reads this, I think that would be an interesting view on the end-of-year GOTYs. Just as you can do some alternate looks at the collated data, it would be interesting to filter out such games by some definition (by big publisher, by budget, by price-tag) and see what's left.
I'm in the same camp as Scratched and Malor, actually. There hasn't been too much that I've played so far in 2012 that I'd give a GOTY-for-now title to. The bigger releases like ME3 and D3 were definitely enjoyable, but flawed enough for me to say that they didn't push themselves above anything else.
So, my vote so far is going to go to Crusader Kings 2. The game is pretty solid and uses some interesting game mechanics to the strategy of empire building aside from the typical "raise an army crush your enemy" approach.
Journey, in a head-and-shoulders kind of a way that I've not so felt so comfortable about with any game yet this hardware cycle.
Can I say Day Z? Its so different from everything else I've played this year and is the game that gets to most varied amount of emotions out of me. It's only a mod thats in Alpha right now but I cant wait to see where it will be by the end of 2012 with the amount of updates and attention it's getting.
Diablo 3, IMO, shouldn't be on the list. I hate the trend of giving GOTY nods to big budget games based primarily on their big budgets. It's a Blizzard game so it has to be a GOTY nominee. Ptooey!
I know in my case it's probably going to get knocked down the list by the end of the year. There's a lot of upcoming games that I'm looking forward too. For example, if Borderlands 2 or Torchlight 2 are firing on all cylinders at launch D3 is getting bumped big time.
Can I say Day Z?
If you can say DayZ, can I retroactively say Nehrim in 2010? SureAI really would be doing great if they had access to an engine that let them create content like the Bethesda/Gamebyro engine, but let them sell their work.
Hard to pin down one but these three have been standouts:
Crusader Kings II.
Dragon's Dogma so far and it isn't even close.
Still a full 6 months to go though, and I'm very excited for Borderlands 2.
Only new game I have is Mass Effect 3. It wins by default at this point.
Same here -- aside from ME3, my gaming so far this year has been catching up on big games that came out last year (Saint's Row 3, Deus Ex: HR).
So not only do I have no idea what my GOTY for 2012 will be, my choice for 2011 is retroactively getting even harder.
Crusader Kings II, Kingdoms of Amalur, Legend of Grimrock, Dragon's Dogma, and the Civ V expansion have all been absolutely outstanding. Strongest first half to a year in new games that I can remember in a long time.


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After a construction crew accidentally cracks open a gigantic egg that has imprisoned evil maniac Ivan Ooze (Paul Freeman) for centuries, the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers prepare to face their most formidable foe yet. The vengeful Ooze kills their elderly mentor, Zordon (Nicholas Bell), and with him the source of the Rangers' power. Stunned by Zordon's death, the Rangers struggle to contain Ooze without the help of the Zords, the giant mechanical robots they have grown to depend upon in battle.
Cast: Karan Ashley, Johnny Yong Bosch, Steve Cardenas, Jason David Frank, Amy Jo Johnson, David Yost, Paul Schrier, Jason Narvy
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Genres: Action, Family
Production Co: 20th Century Fox
Keywords: Friendship, 1990s, Quest, Amusing, Underdog


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text: Ohio Journal of Science: Volume 89, Issue 4 (September, 1989) http://hdl.handle.net/1811/22104 2017-11-22T02:03:19Z 2017-11-22T02:03:19Z Back Matter http://hdl.handle.net/1811/23331 2008-04-01T17:39:36Z 1989-09-01T00:00:00Z Back Matter 1989-09-01T00:00:00Z Book Reviews http://hdl.handle.net/1811/23330 2008-04-01T17:39:02Z 1989-09-01T00:00:00Z Book Reviews 1989-09-01T00:00:00Z Climatic Summary of Snowfall and Snow Depth in the Ohio Snowbelt at Chardon Schmidlin, Thomas W. http://hdl.handle.net/1811/23329 2006-07-08T06:07:56Z 1989-09-01T00:00:00Z Climatic Summary of Snowfall and Snow Depth in the Ohio Snowbelt at Chardon Schmidlin, Thomas W. Snowfall records were examined for the period 1945-85 at Chardon, OH, the only station with a long climatic record in the snowbelt. Average seasonal snowfall was 269 cm (106 in) with a seasonal maximum of 410 cm (161 in). Seasonal snowfall was positively correlated with other sites in the lower Great Lakes snowbelts and along the western slope of the Appalachians from Tennessee to Quebec, but was not correlated with snowfall in the snowbelts of the upper Lakes. The time series of seasonal snowfall was not random but showed weak year-to-year persistence. The average number of days with 2.5 cm (1 in) of snowfall was 35. The average dates of the first and last 2.5 cm snowfalls of the winter were 10 November and 4 April. The largest two-day snowfall of the winter averaged 33 cm. The average number of days with 2.5 cm of snow cover was 82. Daily probability of snow cover reached the seasonal maximum of 86% in mid-January and early February. These results may be reasonably extrapolated throughout the Ohio snowbelt for applications in vegetation studies, animal ecology, hydrology, soil science, recreation, and transportation studies. Author Institution: Geography Department and Water Resources Research Institute, Kent State University 1989-09-01T00:00:00Z Schmidlin, Thomas W. Environmental Education Efforts in Ohio High Schools in the 1980s Taylor, Timothy A. Fortner, Rosanne W. http://hdl.handle.net/1811/23328 2006-07-09T06:04:50Z 1989-09-01T00:00:00Z Environmental Education Efforts in Ohio High Schools in the 1980s Taylor, Timothy A.; Fortner, Rosanne W. Educators in randomly selected high schools in Ohio were questioned to determine the treatment of environmental education in their curricula. Environmental efforts identified were examined for relationships with curriculum placement of the efforts, school size, type of school district, and location of district. Author Institution: Franklin Local Schools and OSU School of Natural Resources 1989-09-01T00:00:00Z Taylor, Timothy A. Fortner, Rosanne W. Kainic Acid Induced Seizures and the GABA System in the Substantia Nigra Shaffer, Lillian M. Meserve, Lee A. http://hdl.handle.net/1811/23327 2006-07-07T06:32:07Z 1989-09-01T00:00:00Z Kainic Acid Induced Seizures and the GABA System in the Substantia Nigra Shaffer, Lillian M.; Meserve, Lee A. Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is an inhibitory neurotransmitter implicated in the control of generalized seizures induced by various convulsants. A specific anatomical site of action, the substantia nigra (SN), has been shown to be involved in the GABA mediation of seizures. It was the objective of this study to investigate the GABA system in the SN and its response to seizures induced by the neuroexcitant kainic acid (KA). Since there have been conflicting reports of the effects of convulsants on GABA-related measures in some brain regions, with some reporting increases and others showing decreases, one purpose of this investigation was to examine the directionality of changes in GABA content of the SN, along with the magnitude of the effects of KA and the time course over which these effects were manifested. Rats were injected intraperitoneally with either 12.5 mg/kg KA or saline. GABA and protein contents of the SN were measured at 2, 16, 24 and 48 hrs subsequent to injection. The levels of GABA in the SN were found to increase in KA-injected animals over control levels for all time intervals except the 16 hr condition. These results are generally in conflict with those obtained by many researchers using the activity of the GABA synthetic enzyme glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) as a measure of GABA levels. It is suggested that GABA levels may actually increase in response to convulsants and serve to negatively feed back to its synthetic enzyme. Therefore, a decrease in GAD activity would not necessarily reflect a decrease in GABA levels. Future research directions include enzyme studies of both GAD and GABA transaminase and their regulation by products and substrates. Author Institution: Department of Biological Sciences, Bowling Green State University 1989-09-01T00:00:00Z Shaffer, Lillian M. Meserve, Lee A. Effect of Oil Well Brine on Germination and Seedling Growth of Several Crops Munn, David A. Stewart, Raymond http://hdl.handle.net/1811/23326 2006-07-08T06:07:53Z 1989-09-01T00:00:00Z Effect of Oil Well Brine on Germination and Seedling Growth of Several Crops Munn, David A.; Stewart, Raymond Large quantities of oil and gas well brines are produced annually in Ohio. This paper presents chemical parameters measured for a Wayne County, Ohio, oil well brine and reports the effects of several incremental brine concentrations on the germination and seedling development of soft red winter wheat (Triticum aestivum), soybeans (Glycine max), tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea), garden peas (Pisum sativum), and oats (Avena sativa). Chemical tests of two brine samples collected at the same well site showed large quantities of total solids (83 and 96 g/L), very high electrical conductivity (124 and 145 dS/m), and the presence of several elements at levels reported in the literature to be capable of causing crop injury or toxicity (Cl ~ 55 and 57 g/L, Na+ 14.8 and 15.8 g/L, B 11 and 9 mg/L). The dominant ions present were Na+ and Cl . Germination studies indicated that increasing the volume percentage of brine reduced the germination of tall fescue and soybeans more than wheat or garden peas. Increasing the volume percentage of brine caused the greatest reduction in plumule/hypocotyl enlargement in the following order: tall fescue > peas > wheat. In a 21-day greenhouse study, soybean dry matter yields were reduced more than those of oats by increasing the levels of brine in the water used to water the plants without leaching. Author Institution: The Ohio State University, Agricultural Technical Institute 1989-09-01T00:00:00Z Munn, David A. Stewart, Raymond Differences in Web-Spider Communities Associated With Three Old-Field Communities in Southwest Ohio Cangialosi, Karen R. http://hdl.handle.net/1811/23325 2006-07-07T06:32:06Z 1989-09-01T00:00:00Z Differences in Web-Spider Communities Associated With Three Old-Field Communities in Southwest Ohio Cangialosi, Karen R. Plant architecture is known to have an impact on web-building spider communities. Web-spider abundance and distribution were monitored in September 1986 and 1987 on three types of plots with distinct plant communities. Differences were seen in spider abundance, family composition, and dispersion patterns between spider communities in control plots of old-field vegetation and plots treated with fertilizer or sludge. These differences were apparently related to changes in plant species composition, height, and density associated with nutrient enrichment. Differences in family representation and overall spider abundance were seen in the fertilizer and sludge plots as a result of decreases in plant density and increases in plant height. Spiders in fertilizer and sludge plots were distributed in a clumped pattern; spiders in control plots were distributed either uniformly or randomly. Low web site availability because of low plant density in nutrient enriched plots and high plant density in control plots was most likely responsible for these dispersion patterns. Author Institution: Department of Zoology, Miami University 1989-09-01T00:00:00Z Cangialosi, Karen R. A Preliminary Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Mohican State Forest and Mohican State Park, Ashland County, Ohio Rings, Roy W. Metzler, Eric H. http://hdl.handle.net/1811/23324 2006-07-07T06:32:04Z 1989-09-01T00:00:00Z A Preliminary Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Mohican State Forest and Mohican State Park, Ashland County, Ohio Rings, Roy W.; Metzler, Eric H. A comprehensive survey of the Lepidoptera occurring at a state forest and recreational area in Ashland County, Ohio was conducted from 1985 to 1988. Sampling was done using the following techniques: ultraviolet light traps, mercury vapor lights plus ultraviolet lights and collecting sheet, bait traps, sugaring and netting. A total of 466 species and forms were identified and tabulated. It was estimated that the actual number of species at this site was 676. None of the species collected is known to be endangered, threatened, or of special concern. Representative specimens were deposited in the Insect Reference Collection at the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC), The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio. The current status of the abundance of each species was described. Author Institution: Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University and Ohio Department of Natural Resources 1989-09-01T00:00:00Z Rings, Roy W. Metzler, Eric H. Front Matter http://hdl.handle.net/1811/23323 2006-07-08T06:07:53Z 1989-09-01T00:00:00Z Front Matter 1989-09-01T00:00:00Z


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ELYRIA — Patrick Griffin was sentenced Monday to 43 years to life in prison for the murder of Alberto "Cookie" Gutierrez, who was left to bleed to death in a ditch along Pratt Road in Huntington Township on Thanksgiving Day 2009.
Gutierrez's family said afterward that they thought justice had been served, and they thought Griffin, 44, would die in prison.
Common Pleas Judge Mark Betleski sentenced Griffin to 33 years to life in prison for the aggravated murder and gave him an additional 10 years in prison after ruling that Griffin was a repeat violent offender.
In a low voice, Griffin, 44, of Lorain, replied, "No," when he was asked if he had anything to say before sentencing.
Assistant County Prosecutor Laura Dezort asked for the maximum sentence of life without parole, saying that Griffin had an extensive record as a juvenile and as an adult.
As an adult, Griffin was convicted in 1988 of felonious assault in two separate shootings, Dezort said. He shot and paralyzed a former girlfriend when she refused to say who had fathered the child she was carrying, Dezort said.
"She's paralyzed," Dezort said. "She's in a wheelchair and that's all because she wouldn't tell him who she was pregnant by."
In a second case, Griffin was convicted of shooting at someone in a car after an accident, apparently because he did not want the people involved in the crash to call police, she said.
Two drug cases are still pending against Griffin, and he is accused of threatening the woman he paralyzed, Dezort said.
"Nobody is safe if he is around," Dezort said. "He has never lived a law-abiding life. He has always committed crimes — violent crimes against people."
As a juvenile, Griffin was prosecuted for two cases of gross sexual imposition as well as theft offenses and aggravated arson, Dezort said, adding he has never been on the street for more than a year without getting in trouble.
Before sentencing, Gutierrez's sister, Juanita Gutierrez, told Betleski that family members still wait for Alberto Gutierrez although they know "he's never ever coming back."
"Thanksgiving will never be the same," she said, sniffling away tears.
Gutierrez's 17-year-old daughter Tatyana Gutierrez broke down and could not read her statement before sentencing and left the courtroom.
But a family member read her letter, which stated, "Not only did you take my father, you took someone's best friend, uncle, son, brother; just keep in mind you always will be able to see your son."
"You did something ignorant, and now you're going to get what you deserve," Tatyana Gutierrez's letter stated.
After he was sentenced, Griffin asked if he could see his young son, who is several years old and was in the courtroom with other relatives.
A court official said, "Take him out," and deputies took Griffin away to jail.
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10 Jul - And here is the latest update from Rowan Gormley of Naked Wines on the progress of this innovative way of selling wine. It would seem that customers prefer limits to their power:
We are making some changes following customer feedback.
The biggest change is that customers want us to curate the offers – they wanted us to do the selection and they wanted a fixed price.
The other elements remain the same:
- They set the price
- Anyone can pitch
- We take 10%
In view of my recent article about Naked Wines' proposal to change the way they trade by taking a group of their 'angels' round the London Wine Trade Fair, I asked Naked's Rowan Gormley how things went. This is his reply:
It's been...interesting.
We found some corkers. The winner was an Argentine winery called Cavas 23 which got loads of votes, and sold out almost 200 cases immediately.
The Decanter World Wine Award medal winners looking for UK representation were less successful. I suspect this is because of the difference between what the wine trade see as quality and what consumers see as quality.
Half of the suppliers we spoke to said it was 'too good to be true' - and the other half found a million reasons to wait and see! I think we have a big education job to do.
Sales have been great - we've had over £100,000 worth of bids and we will know how that translates into sales when bids close.
The mechanism seems (but it's early days) to be working well, in that
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Supporters of ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi announced new demonstrations on Sunday as the country grew increasingly polarised and the death toll in four days of violence topped 750.
A day earlier, police stormed a Cairo mosque where Morsi loyalists had holed up, after trading fire with gunmen inside its minaret.
The call for fresh demonstrations looked set to test the so-called Anti-Coup Alliance of Morsi loyalists, which failed to hold mass rallies on Saturday, but has insisted that protests will continue.
The group announced two major rallies in east and south Cairo following afternoon prayers at 1400 GMT.
Ahead of the rallies, some semblance of normality returned to the streets of the capital, which is under a night-time curfew and has been unusually quiet in recent days.
Traffic was almost at normal levels, and banks and shops opened their doors cautiously after four days of violence since Wednesday, when police cleared two pro-Morsi protest camps.
At least 578 people died across the country in clashes following the operation, and the government said another 173 people were killed between Friday and Saturday, bringing the toll in just four days to more than 750.
The violence has shocked the international community, but Egypt's government -- installed by the army after Morsi's July 3 ouster -- has fiercely defended its actions.
Egypt has found itself divided as never before in recent history, with Morsi's many opponents stridently condemning his supporters as "terrorists."
On Saturday, as police dragged protesters from the Fath mosque in Cairo, angry bystanders tried to assault them, cheering as they were packed into police cars.
The area had turned briefly into a battleground, with security forces trading fire with gunmen inside the mosque, leaving bullet holes in its minaret.
The interior ministry said 385 people inside the mosque had been arrested.
There was renewed speculation that the government would move to ban Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood, although the military-installed interim presidency appeared to dismiss the idea.
"We're not into the effort of dissolving anyone or preventing anyone" from taking part in politics, presidential adviser Mustafa Hegazy insisted on Saturday.
According to an AFP tally, more than 1,000 people have been killed since mass demonstrations against Morsi at the end of June, among them a son of the Brotherhood's supreme guide on Friday.
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Violence has also continued in the Sinai Peninsula, where militants carried out attacks overnight in the northern city of El Arish, killing a civilian, two soldiers and a policeman, security sources said.
The interim government has defended the crackdown. "We had to take measures to confront terror against the people," foreign minister Nabil Fahmy said.
Hegazy insisted the security forces had acted with "a huge amount of self-restraint and self-control".
State television has for days broadcast under a banner reading in English "Egypt fighting terrorism."
The imam of Cairo's Al-Azhar, one of Sunni Islam's key institutions, called for "all Egyptians to take part in reconciliation."
But international criticism has mounted, with European Union leaders saying Sunday that they would review ties with Egypt's army and government if the violence continues.
"The EU will urgently review in the coming days its relations with Egypt," EU leaders Herman Van Rompuy and Jose Manuel Barroso said.
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said on Saturday that he and his Qatari counterpart were "deeply distressed by the ongoing and brutal violence in Egypt."
He urged the two sides to resume dialogue, citing the "danger of civil war."
Late Saturday, British Foreign Secretary William Hague called his Egyptian counterpart to express London's "condemnation of all acts of violence, whether disproportionate use of force by the security forces or violent actions by some demonstrators."
He also described as "unacceptable" a string of attacks against churches and Christian properties blamed on Morsi's supporters.
UN chief Ban Ki-moon urged an end to violent protests and condemned "excessive use of force" in handling them.
The Vatican said Pope Francis was following events with "mounting concern."
The United States has announced the cancellation of its biannual military exercise with Egypt, but stopped short of suspending $1.3 billion in annual aid.
The US embassy in Cairo stayed closed on Sunday, a working day in Egypt, citing the possibility of fresh demonstrations nearby.
But the international response has not been uniformly critical. Saudi Arabia and Jordan said they backed Egypt in its fight against "terrorism".


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At this year's World Conservation Congress, the NGO Blue Ventures, the Pacific LMMA Network, and the NGO CORDIO will be hosting a special side event, showcasing the emerging Locally Managed Marine Area (LMMA) movement on 10 September. In recent years, LMMAs have emerged as an innovative, cost-effective way to tackle some of the challenges of coastal and marine resource management commonly faced by fishing communities in developing countries.
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The paper explains the legal aspects of the regulation of school fees in India, focusing on Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan. It examines, with the help of secondary data, what the current situations in these states are, post-implementation of the Regulation of Collection of Fee Acts. The paper uses existing literature on price controls to examine the economic impact of price control and further tries to understand how private schools in the two states are coping with the problems that these Acts have brought upon them, with the help of both primary data collected from school owners in Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan, and secondary data in the form of newspaper reports.
This paper argues that the current wording and enforcement of S.18 and S.19 of the Right to Education Act goes against the spirit and objective of the constitutional right to education and the RTE Act 2009. Being selective and discriminatory, the enforcement targets private schools only and penalizes them for inadequate compliance with necessary-but-not-sufficient norms. The paper further argues that S.18, 19 and the Schedule of RTE Act must be amended on the lines of Gujarat Rules to become output-focused, applicable and enforceable to both private as well as government schools and certification-based rather than licensure-based. The paper provides a draft amendment to achieve the said objectives.
With the objective of shifting regulatory focus towards some of the above issues, Centre for Civil Society brought together some of India's eminent educationists and thought leaders to identify specific amendments to the RTE Act, which would ensure quality education for all in India. Key concerns regarding the structure and impact of the RTE were discussed, and based on this, recommendations for amendments to the RTE Act 2009 have been drafted. RTE 2.0: Building Consensus on Amendments truly aimed at weeding out the pain areas in the existing scheme of things, finding out what works and what doesn't, and introducing actual amendments to the text of the Act.
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13 Tenets Of User Experience
- By Robert Hoekman Jr
- June 21st, 2013
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In my career as a user experience professional, part of my purpose has always been to help push our profession forward. And I've had the great privilege of being able to do just that in a myriad of ways — by writing books and articles, speaking at conferences all over the world, delivering in-house training workshops at wonderful companies, and simply doing the work for a great many clients.
If I could be remembered for just one thing, I'd want it to be this, because this is what designers and companies need to know and understand about the nature of user experience as a profession, a goal, an idea. And it's taken me 13 years to be able to say it in exactly this way.
Further Reading on SmashingMag: Link
- Better User Experience With Storytelling – Part One1
- How Imagery Drives User Experience2
- What Is User Experience Design? Overview, Tools And Resources3
- Why User Experience Cannot Be Designed4
Following is my list of 13 beliefs on the value of user experience strategy, design, and designers, one for every year I'd been in the web industry at the time I wrote it in 2012:
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"User experience is the net sum of every interaction a person has with a company, be it marketing collateral, a customer service call, or the product or service itself. It is affected by the company's vision and the beliefs it holds and its practices, as well as the service or product's purpose and the value it holds in a person's life."
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"User experience is strategic. It begins with an idea to improve the lives of users, and continues through every moment of the customer lifecycle, from attention to abandonment and beyond. It is driven by a vision that guides and justifies every design decision."
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"Every detail of a company and its product says something about it. User experience strategy and design ensures that these messages are put forth with intention and purpose. Design extends into each and every detail, and each and every detail can indeed be designed."
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"User experience is a process of discovery, vision definition, strategy, planning, execution, measurement and iteration. It requires flexibility, and a willingness to be wrong until you are right."
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"Great products and services require bravery. Design puts a shape to your courage."
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"A great service or product is rarely the mere logical result of research. Most often, it is the result of a courageous belief that what you are doing will change the world, and a determination to do it well."
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"The solvers of the world's problems will be those who apply their skill, talent, knowledge and experience to design and redesign the world around us. Whether they call themselves designers or not, the creators of the future will be those who design (as in, on purpose, not by mere fact of being involved)."
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"The goal of a designer is to listen, observe, understand, sympathize, empathize, synthesize and glean insights that enable him or her to "make the invisible visible" (as Hillman Curtis put it) — to pull treasure out of nothing, to pull value out of vapor."
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"The job of a designer, just like that of a writer, is to twist and stretch and shape a conceptualized piece of work over and over again until it becomes the masterpiece the world needs it to be."
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"Designers act not on opinion, but on insight. They do not mandate, but educate. While the best decision can often only be based on the best guess, designers inform their instincts every single day so that these guesses may be right."
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"Designers enable companies to change the world, define the future, create value and make a ton of money, and the evidence of this is endless."
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"A user's experience belongs to the user. An experience cannot be designed. It can, however, be influenced. A designer's job is to be the influencer."
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"Designers do not manage. They lead."
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Footnotes Link
- 1 https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/01/better-user-experience-using-storytelling-part-one/
- 2 https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2017/01/more-than-just-pretty-how-imagery-drives-user-experience/
- 3 https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/10/what-is-user-experience-design-overview-tools-and-resources/
- 4 https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/03/why-user-experience-cannot-be-designed/
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THE TOURIST finds Olen Steinhauer following a bit of a different
path from that explored in his previous work, which he set in an
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stand-alone title --- at least at this point --- that crisscrosses
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Milo Weaver is the primary protagonist of THE TOURIST, whose
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Thanks for Nothing Obama; Sincerely, Millennials
Surprise, surprise, the labor force participation rate in April for young adults between the ages of 25-29 hit a record low. Liberals continue to tout that young people are doing just fine under the Obama economy, but alas the data shows otherwise.
Young people have been the hardest hit by Obama and his leftist policies. Young Americans are the ones expected to pick up the tab for the reckless spending coming from Washington while facing an increasingly tough job market.
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Youth unemployment continues to rise; in 2013 the unemployment rate was 16.3 percent-now it sits at 18.1 percent. Obama and his liberal allies have done nothing to improve the economic situation for young people. In April it was reported that 4,280,000 young people between the ages of 25-29 are not working-definitely not something to be proud of. Under Obama alone, the number of young Americans who are not working has gone up a whopping 13.6 percent.
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The 5 Forms of Energy Attorney Privileges
Establishing power attorney privileges is an essential component of estate planning. POA authorizes someone else to produce decisions linked to finances and healthcare on the table in the case they are not able to decide on their own.
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UMM in D.C.: Chancellor Jacquie Johnson's comments to Senate committee Thursday
Here is the full text of University of Minnesota, Morris Chancellor Jacquie Johnson's testimony Thursday before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works:
Good morning and thank you very much for inviting me to address the Committee on Environment and Public Works on behalf of my campus.
In the year 2010, the University of Minnesota, Morris will be carbon neutral. We will have accomplished this reduction of green house gas emissions through the on-site generation of nearly all of our electrical and thermal needs, using renewable, sustainable, local resources.
How is this possible?
Minnesota, Morris, one of five campuses of the University of Minnesota system, is a decidedly rural residential public liberal arts college of 1,700 students. On a hill overlooking our prairie campus, a 1.65 megawatt wind turbine currently powers 50 percent of our campus buildings. It is the first turbine of its kind to be constructed at a public university, and it has been in operation since Earth Day, 2005.
Tucked behind our campus Physical Education Center, a small, unobtrusive building is currently under construction. It will house our biomass/gasification plant, scheduled for its first "burn" in May of this year. By burning locally procured non-food-based bio-fuel feed stocks--principally, corn stover and mixed prairie grasses--we will essentially replace our natural gas supply and our natural gas dependency.
In addition to providing a minimum of 80 percent of campus heating needs, we anticipate that this plant will put approximately half a million dollars back into the local economy annually. Thus, instead of sending dollars out of state to purchase natural gas, we will deposit these resources into the pockets of area citizens.
But that's not all.
In the fall of 2008 we will add a steam turbine to this gasification system. Operating on the green steam which is a product of the gasification process, the steam turbine will produce electricity for us on those days when the wind isn't blowing, and it provides a redundant source of electrical power that goes back onto the grid on those windy days that are the hallmark of the prairie. This same green steam that provides heat for our campus in the winter will connect to an absorption chiller in the summer to cool our buildings.
And there's more.
In the spring of 2009, we will add a second wind turbine on the hill, which, when it is operational, will provide the remainder of our electrical needs and then some...eventually allowing us to put the excess electricity produced on our campus back onto the grid.
Of course, like many other American colleges and universities, we are taking other steps to reduce our green house gas emissions. Our fleet includes hybrid and zero emission vehicles; we recycle; we conserve; we have an active local foods initiative; we are designing new and renovating old buildings with attention to LEED specifications.
How does this fit into our academic mission and our undergraduate liberal arts focus?
Our students have been and are at the forefront of our "green" initiatives. They are active participants in studying the impact of these initiatives through an interdisciplinary environmental studies major; a robust undergraduate research program; service learning; and a variety of active internships.
Students work directly with Morris faculty both on our campus and at an outreach center of the University of Minnesota's agricultural school Students also work with scientists from the USDA Agricultural Research Station, located in Morris. They present nationally at conferences; they co-author papers with faculty members; they are our best spokespersons.
How have we managed financially and are we saving money?
Our work is financed through investments made by the University of Minnesota system, whose Regents in 2004 adopted a system-wide policy related to sustainability. Our work is also supported through investments made by the State of Minnesota. In addition, we have received grants from the US Department of Energy and from the US Department of Agriculture. In December of 2007, we were authorized by the Internal Revenue Service to issue three Clean Renewable Energy Bonds, and we are currently in the process of negotiating an Energy Service Contract (ESCO). We will have achieved our goal through an integrated set of financial tools.
Do these investments save us money? The answer is both "yes" and "it depends". For example, as long as the price of natural gas stays at or above $8.00/BTU, we save money by using biomass gasification. And, while CREB's are "no interest" bonds, they still must be paid back. We don't have deep pockets or abundant resources--just imagination, vision, and resolve. Moreover, we are spending close to home; we are re-investing dollars in rural America.
And we have only just begun.
We believe that the work happening on our campus provides a prototype for transforming the future of rural America in a way reminiscent of the Rural Electrification Act of the 1930's. We believe that this on-site renewable electric and thermal generation system provides a model not only for other colleges and universities, for small communities, and for neighborhoods in the United States, but that it also has great relevance for developing countries--truly a model of global significance.
We also have an obligation to use the investments that have been made in our campus infrastructure to train a new workforce for a new economy--green collar jobs; career ladders that provide technical, intellectual and entrepreneurial pathways for the future--and we are working to craft new partnerships for this purpose.
We believe that when we reach our goal in 2010, we will be the first college in the US to have reduced greenhouse gas emissions in this way, through on-site generation.
BW---before wind--our fossil fuel footprint was 12,000 tons of carbon dioxide per year. By 2010, we will have reduced that footprint to zero. We will have achieved carbon neutrality.
University of Minnesota, Morris students are out-spoken and they are action-oriented. We encourage students and faculty to ask and answer the "big questions" of our time. Our work in reducing greenhouse gas emissions speaks directly to these characteristics and qualities. At the University of Minnesota, Morris we provide a liberal arts living and learning environment that is - literally -- both renewable and sustainable.


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- Low Season summers $7,000/week
- Holidays Christmas/New Year $11,000week
Dark grey dates: reserved
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AmenitiesHeated Pool , Gourmet Kitchen , Waterfront , Close to Dining , Cable , Jacuzzi , Dock , Close to Beaches , Internet , Garage
6 Bedrooms, 6 Bathrooms, Capacity: 12
Beds: One King, 3 Queens, 2 Twins, One Futon Sofa
Minimum Stay: 5 Night Minimum
Further Information
No smoking inside
Restrictions: - No one under 25, no parties
Nearby Attractions: - Beach, fishing, boating, dining, shopping, all nearby.
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- Sound: 10
- Overall Impression: 9
- Reliability & Durability: 8
- Action, Fit & Finish: 10
- Features: 10
Users' score:
(21 votes)
Sound — 10
I use this bass with a kinda crappy bass amp but I'm getting a new one soon I also use it with a guitar amp it's a dinky little Ibanez amp for now I also have a bass pre-amp it's a Behringer Bass V-Amp I use that with some kickass sennheiser studio headphones I think they are irish made all I know is when I was producing music they could blow my ears off! this bass through this kickass pre-amp and awesome headphones sounds great I kind of want more options than what they give me but what they give me is plenty for a beginning player!
Overall Impression — 9
This thing matches any type of music, I play a little guitar I have a Squier Bullet sometimes I use this bass with a Behringer Bass V-Amp it's a preamp I picked up I use that with a dinky little Ibanez guitar amp and sometimes a high quality peavy bass amp and other times an awesome big bertha bass cabinet. I've only done that 4 times tho... I wish it came with a guitar amp I had to get one seperate I kinda wish it was a 5 or 6 string but I'll get one of those when I'm a more advanced player it's realy simple and also super awesome I would realy change anything it is ideal! All I can say is it was the ultimate beginner bass for me. here lets put it this way I was at guitar center there was a group of advanced players browsing guitars and basses and this place was packed loud and buisy and when I plugged this thing into this amp and staryed testing it a drew a crowd and I had started playing for about 2 weeks before this.
Reliability & Durability — 8
No wear yet still new I've dropped it a few times haven't even scuffed the paint. and no I don't mean like drop it while I'm holding it I mean like it was leaning on a table and it tipped over onto a hard wood floor. It's durrable headstock has a lot of plastic on it I don't trust plastic the battery burned out after like 3 weeks, I wouldn't say it's the most durable but it's pretty darn tough
Action, Fit & Finish — 10
This bass has a high action which lowers buzz to an absolute minimum it has no flaws that I'm aware of it was built very well it hasn't gone out of tune even once it's still in tune! That's how well it was built no flaws everything is perfect it has a beautiful rich sound it has a jet black finish with a silver lining around the side it has light up dials that wax and wane when you turn them up and down they are red and blue (Master volume red tone knob no.1 blue tone knob no.2 no light)
Features — 10
I got my guitar late october 2008 I think it was still pretty new don't know how new, this guitar was made in indonesia according to the sticker on the back, the neck is very wide (Compared to all the Fender, peavy, and Ibanez basses at the guitar center) I can fit my middle finger in between each of the strings at the top of the neck and play both strings with no buzz clean. The whole reason I bought this guitar over a 5 string Ibanez was the fact that it has a high action it didn't buzz one bit I tried to make it buzz I hit mid neck on the "E" string. nothing. clean. it has a verry crisp and "Buttery" sound to it. it's very comfortable I can play anything I have been playing bass for only 3 months now this is my first bass that I have owned but I have played and had unlimited access to 7 electric bass guitars and 2 acoustic and one stand up bass and this one trumps all of them, this bass has a huge range you can go from jazz to metal with a turn of a knob, it's got a realy futuristic look in a way it's real sleek and modern is jet black with brushed metal tuning keys and bridge, it has a 1 master volume knob and 2 tone knobs usualy when I mess with tone knobs with basses I can't hear the difference in sound with this one you can not only hear you can feel the difference it's very powerful. The fingerboard has no dots on it which takes a little getting used to but I feel it looks better plus you can see the little dots on the side when you are playing it so it doesnt't hinder your performance. it didn't come with anything I just took it right off the guitar stand and walked out with it and a coffin case. It is super lightweight I was playing a weekly gig with a Fender Musicmaster bass I liked it it was comfortable but it was heavy! Damn I couldnt play that thing for more than 30 minutes at a time without feeling like my back was gonna telescope! this bass I can, and have, played for 2 hours solid standing up the entire time. it's so light it's hollow bodied most basses achieved sustain through thick wood and and large surface area this bass achieves better sustain and less weight!! it's amazing it hasn't even gone out of tune yet!!!


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First Revised Volume No. 1
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during which contingency is eliminated,
determination of best bid is made, and ties are
- evaluation period ends and award posting if no
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- where match required, award posting by 3:00 p.m.;
- contract issued within one hour of award posting
(with a new contract number, when applicable);
nomination possible beginning at the next available
nomination cycle for the effective date of the
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hey guys, anybody here rides this bike? I would like to know what is your set up, fork and drive train, what kind of trails do you do? and weight?
I am riding one myself, my set up is 3x9 and a marzocchi 55 (140mm air 20mm thru axle) but the shifting is the weak side of this bike, so I though maybe 1x9, or even 1x1 ( I even considered going 2 in the front and single rear (with a tension device)
the fork is OK but I wonder how much ''bigger'' can I go....
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