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We spend a lot of time discussing the tangible benefits of estate planning and the different types of planning tools on this blog. An estate plan is a valuable part of everyone's life and end-of-life plan.
Though the tangible benefits are varied and important, the intangible benefits of your estate plan can be just as valuable. Today, we discuss 3 intangible benefits of creating your estate plan.
(1) Ease Pain and Grief of Loved Ones
Though it is never easy to lose a loved one, having a well-thought-out estate plan can ease a lot of pain, stress, and grief for your loved ones after your death. Few things can add more stress to an already stressful situation than having to wade through mountains of documents, looking for assets, liabilities, and any evidence of an estate plan, or lack thereof.
One of the best gifts you can give your loved ones after your death is a plan for your assets and a list of your assets and debts, in an easy-to-find and access location. It will save your family hours of stress and the pain of sifting through all your belongings, and reliving countless old memories, just to find the things they need.
(2) Inspire Family Reflection
Estate planning requires focus, attention, and deliberate thought about one's values and loved ones. Some may be inspired through the process to write a memoir, or share family history and memories with loved ones. Some decide to write letters to their family members and friends telling them how important they are to the planner. Estate planning can lead to a renewed sense of family, love and belonging.
(3) Repair Relationships
Since estate planning brings up memories of the people we have known and loved in our lives, it is not uncommon for the process of estate planning to repair interpersonal relationships. As people begin the process of thinking about who and what is important to them in their lives, they can recognize the people and areas of their lives where they feel they have lost something. Sometimes, they will work to improve or fix that relationship or area of their lives, enriching the lives that they currently live.
Estate planning can be a difficult and time-consuming process for many. Attorneys, financial planners, and tax professionals all have professional knowledge and experience that can only help you in your process.
Let 2018 be the year you explore the tangible and intangible benefits of having your estate plan in order.


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Building Cultural Bridges
An Interview with Michelle Manzanales
Michelle Manzanales is a choreographer and dance educator in New York City. Before being named director of the Ballet Hispánico School of Dance in December 2016, she served as rehearsal director and artistic associate of the main company of Ballet Hispánico since 2010. As part of a special dialogue in honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, Michelle discusses the experience of being suspended between cultures, and the difficulty in bridging those cultures.
Photo by Paula Lobo
When you're choreographing, do you work from a political, social or personal place, or a mix?
I don't start with the intention of being political but, because we're human and politics influence our lives, that comes up. My choreography is often about a personal experience that inspires a dance. That's the jumping point.
My most recent piece, "Con Brazos Abiertos," is about my experience growing up Mexican American and being suspended between two cultures. I grew up in Houston, Texas. Even though it's a very international city, I just wanted to fit in as I was coming of age. Similarly, my mother came of age in a time that stressed assimilation. Everyone just wanted to be part of the mainstream. This was passed down to me in an unintentional way. When I'm with my Mexican family, I'm often seen as the Americanized gringa. But when I'm in a non-Hispanic community, I'm often seen as exotic. I feel other-ed within both parts of my cultural makeup. Because the United States is such a melting pot, there are many others who have had similar experiences.
In the piece, I explore several iconic Mexican symbols like mariachis, the Mexican sombrero or the folkloric skirt. I tell stories of Mexican heritage through contemporary dance.
Photo by Paula Lobo
Is it important to you to be recognized as a Hispanic/Latina or female choreographer, or do you see the modifiers as a form of tokenism?
I want to just be seen as a choreographer; the fact that I have Mexican heritage or am female shouldn't matter. On the other hand, being part of an organization like Ballet Hispánico, it's part of our conversation. And having conversations like these help create bridges between people who have different cultural backgrounds.
One comedian I really love, Gabriel Iglesias, is also Mexican American, and he talks about how he went to the Middle East to do a show, and it was one of the first times he's ever been introduced as just a comedian. Everywhere else, he's introduced as a Mexican American comedian. Those labels can be difficult.
The topic is something that comes up often in our talkbacks at Ballet Hispánico. I remember specifically that after one of our Joyce season performances, a gentleman stood up and said that we were really great for a Hispanic company. I don't think he realized that what he said was hurtful, but it is part of our reality. As much as I just want to be seen as a choreographer, I can't ignore that these conversations exist. And it's okay. I'd rather be having the conversations than not talking about the topic.
Photo by Paula Lobo
In your experience, do you feel there are enough opportunities for Hispanic/Latina dance artists, or would you like to see more?
Again, it's a complex question. When you don't see your culture represented, it's not necessarily because there isn't a posting that says, "Hey Hispanic dancers, come audition!" It's because, in the field, we aren't being chosen. We can't really say that we aren't being chosen because we're Hispanic, but somehow the evidence shows the contrary.
I want to see everyone acknowledged for their talent and what they bring to the table. People should be given opportunities based on what talent is required. That sounds utopian, but it should be based on skillsets. The dream is that everyone can be taken at face value.
What's your background in dance? Did you ever feel like your heritage was incongruous with your dance training, especially given the ballet aspect of Ballet Hispánico?
Ballet Hispánico is in fact not a ballet company, even though we have ballet in our title. Ballet Hispánico was born almost 50 years ago by our founder, Tina Ramirez. Tina trained in Spanish dance – folkloric, flamenco and Escuela Bolera. Her students became so proficient that she wanted to give them opportunities to perform. That was basically the birth of Ballet Hispánico, which is now a huge organization with a company, a second company, a school and education opportunities worldwide. We have a strong tradition of Spanish dances, but Tina also loved ballet and contemporary dance. Those were the three pillars of the organization for a long time. Today, the school not only offers those three pillars in our pre-professional program, but also jazz, tap, salsa, Afro-Cuban and hip hop. We celebrate many different forms.
Photo by Paula Lobo
As for myself, I grew up with classical training, mostly ballet. That's definitely present in my choreography. I'm no expert in folkloric dance forms, but I'm influenced by them. At Ballet Hispánico, we often talk about the idea of fusion. I feel like we're parallel to what's generally happening in the United States; that idea of a melting pot is very similar to what happens here at Ballet Hispánico. One of our taglines is that we represent the American contemporary voice.
What are some things individuals can do to achieve better representation of different voices in dance?
What I try to advocate with my students is to create the environments that we want to live in. For my young dancers who are the future, I encourage them to look into the dance world and find the people who inspire them, and go train with them and experience their work. Maybe after they have different experiences, they'll gain a different point of view and a different vision. Maybe we'll start to see more Latina voices, or whatever culture we're talking about. It's up to this generation to create those platforms.
Beyond being artists on the stage, it's important to be an advocate. I realize every student who comes through Ballet Hispánico's school won't be a professional dancer, but I hope they'll always carry the love of the art form with them. Maybe they'll become funders or donors, or presenters at institutions that are pushing for more diversity.
Photo by Christopher Duggan
In thinking about your work, what would you like to be most known for?
I enjoy how choreography allows us time to reconnect with ourselves and feel an emotion. Everyone is so often on the go, we don't regularly take the time to unplug and experience emotion. It's important for me as a choreographer to give my audience some kind of emotional experience. I want them to feel transported by the dance. It's not necessary for them to like it, but for it to make them think or question. I like to tackle subjects through the beauty of dance, and give people an opportunity to laugh or mourn, because we don't do it enough. That would be what I want.
Any other thoughts?
People are often worried about offending each other, and this makes it difficult to have conversations. Language matters. The way one person communicates could be offensive to another person, even though they don't mean to be offensive. I did an interview for a choreographic institute where I described myself as American, and a viewer took offense because the United States is just one part of the Americas – there's also Central America and South America. It can stop the flow of speech if you're worried about offending someone, but the conversations are still important.
Photo by Christopher Duggan
To learn more, visit www.ballethispanico.org.


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Great stuff found on YouTube- nice simple advice on maintaining your bike, what I've been looking for, for ages. Plus seeing it in moving pictures makes it nice and straightforward. It's made by Weldtite, so obviously promotes their products a bit, but the advice seems sound.
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(CHATHAM, ON) – Members of the Chatham Sports Hall of Fame joined researchers and students from the University of Windsor to mark the awarding of an OTF Grant to fund Breaking the Colour Barrier: Wilfred Boomer Harding and the Chatham Coloured All Stars. This project will collect oral histories and digitize photographs, newspaper clippings, and other artefacts to preserve and document the history of Boomer Harding and the Chatham Coloured All Stars.
MPP Rick Nicholls and OTF Grant Review Team member Jim Stein were on hand to present the Chatham Sports Hall of Fame and the University of Windsor with a plaque and to hear how this project will have an impact on future generations of students, scholars, and community members.
"Wilfred Boomer Harding was a champion in sport and in life," said Rick Nicholls, MPP for Chatham-Kent-Essex. "By breaking down barriers in many sports, he helped bring our community together and paved the way for future legends like Fergie Jenkins. His story is our story, and this project will ensure that it is passed down for many generations to come."
Wilfred Harding (1915-1991) was a black athlete who broke colour barriers in several sports in the 1930s and 1940s. He was also a member of the Chatham Coloured All Stars, the first black team to win an Ontario Baseball Association provincial championship in 1934.
Thanks to the $72,500 grant, students and faculty members at the University of Windsor will build on the work done by and for the Chatham Sports Hall of Fame to bring attention to these historic athletes.
Students will interview descendants of the players to document this fascinating and fragile history for future generations. These oral interviews, along with the digitized documents, photo galleries, and virtual exhibits will be made accessible to students, scholars, and the general public on a website.
The site will also include curricular materials and lesson plans so teachers in elementary and secondary schools can bring the history of the Chatham Coloured All Stars into the classroom. The project team will also develop traveling exhibitions and historical plaques to celebrate this important story.
"This project helps us to honour members of the Chatham community for their contributions to sports and to preserve this history for future generations," noted Don Bruner, Treasurer of the Chatham Sports Hall of Fame. "This project helps us build on our efforts to preserve Chatham Sports History."
Over the next twelve months, a rich and engaging website will be developed and a full launch of the site will happen in June 2017. You can visit the site and watch for additions and updates throughout the year. You can also follow the progress of the Harding Project on Twitter at @boomerharding.
Miriam Wright of the History Department, University of Windsor, said, "We are excited about the opportunity to help make this important story accessible to the local community as well as to people across the country."
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This time of year holds so much fun in store. Children draw it out best of all as they fill themselves with excitement at every chance that a present will appear. Adults are a mixed bag. I asked a woman shop attendant last week if she was looking forward to Christmas and she said "No," without hesitation. I asked her if she was a Christian, and she retorted "Who, me?" I did not go any further. For many adults, Christmas is hard work to satisfy self, family, children and others, and work seems to increase rather than lessen. Christmas can be the season of more, more more. But, I try to take Christmas as a season during which I lighten my load. It can be a well-imposed break: I explained to some friends that as with Easter, Christmas week and longer would find me nowhere near my office, when I worked in one. I like the Caribbean way of celebrating the season: passing by friends and relatives and eating cake; drinking sorrel and ginger, and egg nog, and ponche de creme; singing carols; having a houseful of people ready to out up with discomfort for the coziness of friendship.
But, the season is a good one for levity. Some of it is purely accidental. I got back to my house and took a call from the US from someone wanting to talk to my wife. I told them brusquely that she was not available. "When will she be back?" the over-friendly operative asked. "Next year," I said, without hesitation. The pause was long. "Oh yeah...in a few days. Gotcha. Good one." He laughed. So, even before old Saint Nick comes down the chimney chiming "Ho, ho, ho!" we can have a good chuckle.
Many friends on the east coast of the US are chuckling today because nature chucked down a good foot of snow over the past 12 hours and many of them are forced to stay home and 'chill'. Those who were due to travel are hopeful for a break so that they can go; that includes my daughter who should be headed from Virginia to The Bahamas, but judging by the picture of her garden, chances look slim. Ironically, I just headed back from there yesterday and had the bad weather trailing behind. If you love skiing and sledding then out you go and hope not to crack a rib or two. My littlest one loves cold weather and falling on her tush while ice skating during the week was one of her high spots: not every one thinks that constant warmth and sunshine every day is paradise.
We often get 'stir crazy' after a few days cooped up in the house, so we will see how the fun lasts for those stuck in the snow. No one will mind a few days extra off from work, and chestnuts roasting by the open fire is a lovely thought. I would send a few bottles of rum to help along the proceedings, and ensure a pleasant if not silent night.
But Christmas is really about giving, though children often see only the getting side of that. Friends fall over themselves to give to children. Godparents of my daughter gave her a few boxes to jam into her suitcase as we departed from DC yesterday, and then also produced a little horse head on a stick. It happened to be just too long for any suitcase, so we had to carry it by hand. When you press the ear of the horse it neighs, so we were happy to not have that droning up from the hold. But as we checked in the airlines had to deal with finding seats for two people and a horse. Amongst the constant panic of terrorism, it was interesting that the horse head stick raised not an eyebrow: presumably all the scanners found it stuffed with nothing but stuffing.
But giving is good and already with no sight of Santa we are getting gifts, including a nice surprise during our breakfast at Brighton's Farmer's Market this morning. But as always we have to spare more than a few thoughts for those who will have nothing to give and nothing to get. It should never be that way but it is. So, while those of us who can love each other and hand over what we wish, stretch out our hands, our fingers should take the gifts with a little reluctance, knowing that we probably have all we need and could wish for already. That makes the joy of Christmas a little bitter-sweet
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This card is a guide to help you with Learning about Cross Gene, if you are new to them. While it may be true that my 6 supports, babies, and myself knows them and love them, others may not.
《:Cross Gene For Beginners:》
☆ I created the pics XD
Let's Start with the introduction of each member, and a Perfect Discription of each Gene.
☆ This will be from in Chronological Order of ages.
Birth Name: Lee Se Young
Stage Name: Seyoung
Nickname: Miracle Gene Birthday: February 8, 1990 Position: Lead Vocalist Height: 180 cm (5'9")
→ Songwriting: both lyrics and composition → Place of Birth: South Korea
Birth Name: Zhong Ze Xiang
Stage Name: Casper
Nickname: Wild Chic Gene Birthday: March 20, 1991 Position: Main Rapper and Main Dancer Height: 176 cm (5'7") → Place of Birth: Shanghai, China → Special Skills:B-boy, Rap, Singing, Streetsports, X-Game → Life Motto:"就算失败了, 努力过, 也是值得的." / "Even if you fail, knowing that you tried is still worth it." ➡ Friends with Andy A47 from Underdogg
Birth Name: Shin Won Ho
Stage Name: Shin
Nickname: Presh Gene Birthday: October 23, 1991 Position: Vocalist and Face of the Group Height: 185 cm (6'0") → Place of Birth: South Korea ☆ PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENTS: → CM Model Award, 7th Annual Asia Model Festival (2012) ☆ COMMERCIALS: → Bean Pole with G-Dragon of BIGBANG → Skin Food 15 → KT olleh → Cyworld → Dunkin Donuts ☆ DRAMAS: → Bachelor's Vegetable Store (2011) → RUN60 (2012) → Big (2012)
☆☆ Casper & Shin Chose the remaining members of Cross Gene.
Birth Name: Terada Takuya
Stage Name: Takuya
Nickname: Gorgeous Gene Birthday: March 18, 1992 Position: Leader, Vocalist, and Face of the Group Height: 187 cm (6'1") → Place of Birth: Moriya, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan ☆ DRAMAS: → Sign (2011) → RUN60 (2012) → The Lovers
Birth Name: Kim Sang Min
Stage Name: Sangmin
Nickname: Organic Gene Birthday: July 7, 1992 Position: Rapper and Lead Dancer Height: 178 cm (5'8") → Place of Birth: South Korea ➡ Acrobatic Jumping Frog ➡ Close to Jota From Madtown
Birth Name: Kim Yong Seok
Stage Name: Yongseok
Nickname: Mypace Gene Birthday: January 8, 1993 Position: Main Vocalist, Maknae Height: 176 cm (5'7") ➡ Place of Birth: South Korea ➡ Great at Memorizing Things ➡ Mischievous Maknae
Okay! Let's Listen To and Watch their Videos ♡
《La Di Da Di》
♢ This was their Debut song. I love their live versions, so I chose this one. ♢ They have great stage presence.
(You're welcome for Casper's body wave.)
Who likes fun videos?! I DO! That being said, Here is a fun one.
나하고 놀자 《》Play With Me.
This song was their 2015 Comeback. They had a lot of fun and you could tell.
《Not A Boy, Not Yet a Man》Est. Nov. 2014
♢ This video was perfection in 3 mins.
Sky High [With U Japan Tour]
☆ Chica Bonita we freak out get into the beat. I want cha gon get cha So catch up Loca senorita. . . ☆☆ Casper's extremely adorable in this. ☆☆☆ They are all adorable. ☆☆☆☆ Look at their Stage presence.
Last but not Least!
♡ Noona You! ♡
Their January comeback!! Absolutely love the song and album!
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The League of Women Voters of Lake Forest/Lake Bluff Area hosts "Understanding the Ongoing Budget Impasse: Pathways to Resolution." Hear Scott Drury, IL State Rep., 58th District, and Ralph Martire, Ex. Dir. for the Center for Tax and Budget Accountability, discuss the ongoing state budget impasse, its impact, and how or when it might be resolved. Moderator is Susan Garrett, Past President of the League, former IL Senator, now Chair of IL Campaign for Political Reform.


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On November 4, I will be co-hosting the second webinar in a three-part series on getting ready for IFRS. This segment of the series deals with "IFRS Consolidations and Financial Reporting." My colleague, Ian Wright, Principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP, and I will be joined by Phillip Mugglestone, who serves as Director of Solution Marketing, EPM, at SAP. SAP and Deloitte Consulting LLP are joining together to present these webinars to help you in your efforts to get updated on the regulatory environment, assess your readiness, discuss the potential impact of conversion on financial reporting, and learn from the experiences of other adopting organizations as they handled typical challenges faced in IFRS conversions. We will also discuss the broad technology implications of implementing IFRS and Phillip will present some of the SAP-driven solutions that deal with those implications.
Specifically, our session will cover an overview of internal financial management areas impacted by IFRS, including financial performance management (e.g., financial metric based performance awards) and downstream reporting requirements in terms of planning, budgeting, and forecasting-as well as the need to align management reporting capabilities to the new IFRS requirements. In addition, we will discuss transition considerations for converting to IFRS for internal reporting purposes, such as dual reporting and consolidation requirements.
So if you want to get on the leading edge of the move to IFRS, we hope you will join us. We particularly recommend this session to companies either currently using SAP or considering technology changes that will enable efficient and controlled conversion to IFRS.
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Almost as expensive as my tanks. I enjoy the build as much.
Almost as expensive as my tanks. I enjoy the build as much.
I want to get a summit and would also love a baja 5t but 5t are expensive
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I will have to post my RC
"It's better to be silent and thought the fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt."
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The Cosmopolitan, Las Vegas, NV, Nov. 26
By Peter Lim
What an excellent and intriguing matchup between the top two super featherweights, which on paper appears to be a complete mismatch. Despite Walters (26-0-1, 21 KOs) having almost four itmes as many pro bouts as Lomachenko (6-1, 4 KOs), this fight appears to be a virtual 50-50 tossup.
The only stumper in this equation is Lomachenko's chin. We know from previous fights that both fighters can proficiently box and explosively bang; Walters might be the better puncher by a tad and Lomachenko the more cerebral tactician by a little more than tad. But while Walters has stoically absorbed clean shots from some of the hardest-hitting featherweights, Lomachenko's punch resistance has remained largely untested in his seven pro fights.
Given Walters' crafty ring generalship, he will catch Lomachenko with direct hits at various points in the fight, but should Lomachenko be able to withstand and shake off those power punches, his superior versatility and punch volume will rule the day in this showdown. While Walters' boxing IQ might be borderline genius, Lomachenko's is pure Mensa.
The Ukrainian's whiskers will ultimately prove sturdy enough to withstand Walters' bombs. He makes the better adjustments to deftly out-box and out-hustle the Jamaican for a close but unanimous decision victory in the 115-113 to 116-112 range in a suspenseful and action-packed encounter.
Every attribute of both fighters - power, speed, IQ, chin and experience - was taken into consideration in predicting the outcome of this fight except one - heart. Walters sure didn't handle adversity too well, did he?He failed the ultimate gut check.


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LAKE ALFRED – The future of Florida citrus lies in better grove-management practices, particularly precision applications of pesticides and fertilizers; robotics and mechanization; and better marketing of orange juice, the state's premier citrus product.
Or the future might lie in not growing citrus at all, or at least growing alternative crops besides.
All those were addressed by academics and industry experts Thursday afternoon at the 2018 Citrus Engineering Conference at the University of Florida's Citrus Research and Education Center in Lake Alfred. The annual conference drew about 70 participants this year.
Yiannis Ampatzidis, an assistant professor and precision agriculture engineer at UF's Southwest Florida Research and Education Center, discussed the problem of "big data," or integrating the information from multiple sources into a coherent package useful to the farmer.
Growers get input from multiple sources, such as weather monitors and soil-moisture sensors, from multiple points on a farm, but they lack the tools that connect and integrate the information, he said. Ampatzidis is working on tools to do that.
"For me, this is the future," he said. "This can totally change agriculture."
Armed with that information and other new technologies under development, growers could target the spraying of agricultural chemicals, including herbicides, fertilizers and pesticides, in precise amounts at specific locations, Ampatzidis said.
Scientists are working on an herbicide sprayer, for example, that can travel down a crop row and use sensors to spray only weeds and not the crop or other plants, he added. Current technologies use a blanket spraying approach.
Also in the future are robotic citrus harvesters, eliminating the need for human labor, Ampatzidis said. He pointed to Harvest Croo Robotics, a Plant City company that has made significant advancements toward a mechanical strawberry harvester.
Other technologies that have already shown promise include unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, with sensors that can detect pests and disease in their early stages and even count trees, he said.
"We can already count trees and categorize the fruit (by variety)," Ampatzidis said. "We can also determine the health of the tree."
A drone system has already been shown to successfully identify citrus black spot, a fungal disease, he said.
But the disease that all the afternoon speakers focused on was citrus greening, a fatal bacterial disease that has decimated Florida's signature crop. Since it arose in 2005, the state's annual citrus harvest has declined by more than 70 percent.
"What can a grower do when he wants to get out of a commodity?" said Alan Chambers, assistant professor of genetics and breeding of tropical fruits at UF's Tropical Research and Education Center in Homestead. "We can give him the information that will help him profit more quickly."
Chambers works on breeding new varieties of some dozen tropical fruits for Florida's climate, he said. The list includes mango, banana, passion fruit, papaya, avocado and vanilla.
He acknowledged, however, that no single alternative crop could substitute for citrus in land — still 454,973 commercial acres in Florida — and size of the market for orange juice and fresh fruit.
"I don't see any tropical fruit that can come in and replace that and create that large of a market," Chambers said. "I don't see citrus is going to disappear entirely."
Like any other agricultural commodity, each alternative crop comes with risks, he added.
One of the strongest markets currently is avocado because of consumer interest in alternatives to animal and synthetic fats and oils, Chambers said.
But avocado grown in Florida is vulnerable to laurel wilt, a fatal fungal disease for which, like greening, there is no cure, he said.
Mangos can be grown in South Florida and along the coasts, but they would not prosper in chillier interior areas, Chambers said. And it would be difficult for Florida growers to produce mangos and bananas as cheaply as foreign producers.
"Pure vanilla beans right now sell for more than silk," he said.
But both vanilla and papaya do not tolerate cold, still an occasional feature of Florida's climate, Chambers said. They would have to be grown in greenhouses or other protective structures, increasing costs.
If Florida citrus finds a way out of its continuing decline under greening, it needs to start now reviving market demand for orange juice, said Allen Morris, an industry veteran and owner of Morris Agribusiness Services LLC in Winter Haven, a consultant.
Each season about 95 percent of Florida's orange crop, by far the state's largest citrus crop, goes to orange juice.
Even before greening, however, U.S. orange consumption has continually declined since the 2001-02 season, Morris said. OJ sales in major supermarket outlets has fallen 50 percent since then through 2016-17.
Meanwhile, OJ prices have risen 53 percent during that period as processors have had to pay growers more for oranges as greening has nearly tripled the cost of grove production, he said.
Despite the squeeze between rising price and falling consumption, other economic factors, such as increases in both OJ imports and U.S. average personal income, suggest the fall in OJ consumption should have been limited to 32 percent, Morris said.
The primary reason for the 50 percent decline has been OJ's sullied reputation as a sugary drink and an ineffective marketing campaign to counter that reputation, he said.
"Consumers haven't been given a compelling reason to drink orange juice for a number of years," Morris said. "To give consumers a compelling reason to drink orange juice, they need to be told what is different about orange juice and why that difference has value."
Morris disputed the critics' central claim that OJ and other sugary beverages have been responsible for rising obesity in children and adults. He noted the consumption of diet sodas and drinks has risen rapidly since the 1970s, now accounting for half of total sales, with no impact on U.S. obesity.
"If beverages containing sugar were the cause of obesity, almost half of the American population would have lost weight when they switched to diet sodas, but this didn't happen," he said.
OJ marketing needs to stress the beverages' health benefits, including vitamin C and antioxidants that medical research have shown to improve heart health and prevent cancer.
"What we've got is an effective message. We just need to get it out more effectively," Morris said.
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DAYTONA BEACH -- People who want to open tattoo parlors in the city might get their chance after all.
In May, a majority of city commissioners voted to keep in place a long-standing ban on tattooing inside Daytona Beach city limits. The only way tattoo businesses have been able to open in Daytona Beach has been as part of a planned development.
But commissioners are scheduled to reconsider that policy at their 6 p.m. meeting tonight at City Hall, 301 S. Ridgewood Ave.
On Sept. 9, a federal appellate court issued an opinion finding that a California city's total ban on the operation of tattoo parlors within the city violated the First Amendment. So City Attorney Marie Hartman is recommending commissioners reconsider.
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Maybe it's just because I'm new at this mummy thing, and I've never had a real need before to look at clothes for tiny humans,but I didn't really realise that kids could have 'trends'! But if they do, it would seem that AW16 is ALL about the fox! There are literally foxes everywhere, and I love it! I've tried to be restrained, but foxes are so cute I could literally buy them all. I couldn't resist a few bits…
A few weeks ago when she was still in 0-3month clothing ( sob- why is she growing up so quick?) she had a cute little fox t-shirt from Next. Sadly she's grown out of it now. She also didn't really pose that well for photos a few weeks ago, the little diva!
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But it's not just Next that are mad on the fox at the moment. We also found this cute unisex striped fox tee in John Lewis. I'm all about unisex clothing for babies and think the division into boys and girls is made far too easily. You can often find me browsing the boys section for Imogen!
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Whenever you look, wherever you shop, be sure to pick up some foxy clothes this autumn and winter for your little one!! I can't promise I'm going to stop!!
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Yesterday I photographed legendary former Indiana basketball Coach Bobby Knight. He was in town as the keynote speaker for the Indiana Dental Association's 150th annual convention. When he first entered the room I was setting up my lights. I was excited to see the coach who I grew up watching on television with my father but, when it came time to speaking with him about photographing him I felt incredibly intimidated for some reason. It may have had something to do with the added pressure put upon me by my husband. For years now Brent has been dragging an old 8x10 black and white photograph of Bobby Knight's 1985 chair throwing incident. This print has hung in his last 8 houses he has lived it. He was dying for me to have him sign it but Coach Knight looked like he was in no mood sign yet another autograph. As a professional though I approached the coach and went over what I needed to go over with him and then he was off to give his speech.
He spoke for about an hour and told a series of amusing jokes and stories which I thoroughly enjoyed. After he was finished speaking we moved into the V.I.P. area to take the photographs and do the autograph signing.
Coach Knight quickly turned into a warm and fuzzy guy as soon as the V.I.P.'s entered the room. He was patient and kind listening to all the fan's stories about their memories and the memorabilia they brought with them. When the pictures were finished I requested to be his last photo and had him sign Brent's beloved print. All and all it was a great experience and I was honored to be a part of it and to have the opportunity to meet such an great Indiana legend.


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I´m a new subscriber of the "Plain Air" magazine this year. There is a lot of inspiring stuff. I saw there amazing painting of orchids from Jerry Markham and decided that I must make some study of this awarded masterpiece... so here it comes... :)
The original is painted with oils my version is done with acrylics, painted on stretched canvas 40x30 cm...
It was a fun and also interesting ride because this not my usual "style".
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Twice in the last two weeks I've come across the same issue surrounding the Glasgow Gaelic School and it's an issue that has nothing to do with the pros and cons of immersion, whether Gaelic is useful or not, and whether the school is well enough equipped to deal with children with additional support needs. The issue that has cropped up recently has been about religion – specifically, that the Gaelic school isn't a Catholic school.
I'm proudly Church of Scotland (though I don't profess to be an expert) so I suppose considering denominational schools has never been high on my list of priorities. To me, a good school is one which covers a broad curriculum, covering religious and moral education as a part of that, using a wide variety of engaging strategies. Being exposed to the culture, ethics and religious teachings of a variety of cultures – especially when we live in a multicultural society – is, to me, a good thing. But then, I have grown up in non-denominational schools so it's what I know. Whilst I may have chosen to send my children to a school where the language of the classroom won't be English as it was for me, the content of the curriculum is broadly speaking the same (there are small curricular differences in every school) so I will still have a shared experience with my children. But why should I assume that just because I prefer a non-denominational education that every other parent will feel the same?
So how do the families I have spoken with this week feel?
One is a family with two children, both slightly younger than mine. The mother and I are friends, and so she has followed my research and experiences with interest. When she raised the option of Gaelic medium education with her family they were very positive about it, but the first question – as she knew it would be – was, "but what about their religious education?" And this is a large part of her reserves about going down this route. She knows that she can take her children to church and still provide that religious instruction for them, but her experiences of school will be different, the preparation for their first communion in primary four will be different (and I'm sure there are many other aspects that she must consider in relation to this too, these were simply the first things she mentioned to me). Choosing to send her children there has added implications for her, if you like.
Other families have found that the decision to go for GME hasn't been an easy one, though I suppose it rarely is. When local schools are good, it can be hard to break from "the norm" especially when the question of religious education complicates matters. The lack of Catholic teaching at the Gaelic school becomes a consideration but, as several mothers said to me, the responsibility of their child's religious education is their own, and one pointed out that lately, in her experience, the children do not go through their first communion as a class but at their local parish church so perhaps there isn't the same "need" to send your child to a Catholic school.
The debate surrounding faith schools is one that can bring with it strong feelings, and I'm not looking to get bogged down in complex arguments, but I do wonder how other parents have handled this issue and whether there are parents out there who would have chosen GME but for the lack of Catholic instruction in the school.
Do we dare to dream that GME will one day be so mainstream that the powers that be would even consider opening a Catholic Gaelic school – not because I feel we need denominational education (because to be honest, I don't) but because it means that there is a significant, accepted demand for Gaelic?
We don't know what the future holds and in the meantime each family must make their own decision. For me, I'm glad we have started down this path and I look forward to all the challenges, opportunities and adventures to come.


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This is an old post that is a favourite of mine, which I've brought over from the old blog. Lemons are in season right now too, so it's a great time to make this pie for a birthday (like my husband's coming up on the 24th), or just a Sunday dinner.
Lemon Meringue Tart
-8 tablespoons butter, unsalted and cut into pieces
-3/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice, (~6 lemons)
-3/4 cup sugar
-zest of 2 lemons
-pinch of salt
-3 large egg yolks (save the whites for the meringue)
-3 large whole eggs
-8 tablespoons butter, unsalted and cut into pieces
-3/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice, (~6 lemons)
-3/4 cup sugar
-zest of 2 lemons
-pinch of salt
-3 large egg yolks (save the whites for the meringue)
-3 large whole eggs
-3 lg. egg whites
-5 tablespoons sugar
-pinch of cream of tar tar
-a few drops vanilla extract
-1/3 of one batch of this crust recipe, chilled
Preheat the oven to 400˚ F.
Roll out the dough evenly until it is large enough to line a 9-inch tart pan and is about 1/8-inch thick. Carefully transfer the dough to the tart pan, pressing it into the sides, and trim to remove the excess. It's okay if it falls apart a little, just press it back together with your hands. If it feels too warm, chill it in the fridge while you work on squeezing the lemons.
Cover the dough with foil or parchment paper and fill with baking beads or dried beans (like I used). Bake for 20 minutes. Remove the foil and baking beads and using a fork, gently poke holes in the bottom and sides of the crust. Bake until the crust is golden, no more than 5 minutes. Take care to watch the crust as it can easily get too brown and crack (mine did a little, it taste just as good though it was harder to serve). Cool on wire rack until you're ready to fill it.
Lower oven temp to 375*F.
In a medium-sized saucepan, warm the butter, lemon juice, sugar, zest and salt. When the butter has melted and the mixture is warm, gradually pour some of the warm lemon juice mixture into the eggs, whisking constantly to temper. Whisk the egg mixture into the pan.
Cook over low heat, whisking constantly to prevent curdling. Whisk until filling thickens and it is jelly like. When you make designs in the mixture with the whisk, they should hold their shape. Do not let boil or it will curdle. Press through a fine mesh sieve to make silky smooth. Pour into tart shell and bake for 10 minutes.
At this point, I let my tart cool and then chilled in the fridge overnight. You do not need to do this, you can skip straight to the meringue. I would just advise to not make the meringue until the day you are serving because if you put meringue in the fridge it will lose some of its volume and "weep" (cause a liquid layer between the meringue and the lemon filling).
To make the meringue: whip the egg whites on high speed to soft peaks. Gradually add the sugar and cream of tar tar, while whipping on high speed, until the meringue is shiny and stiff. Beat in the vanilla and then spread over tart with a spoon. Put tart under broiler on high for 1 minute- watching constantly to prevent burning. Serve as is!


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I am proud of my kids, but I also want to make my mom proud of me. I'm still a momma's girl at the heart of the situation.
I just wanna thank all those amazing Internet bloggers out there that hate me day-to-day. I love you! You rock!
I just want to have a great relationship with my child and have a great family dynamic.
I love my mom. My mom loves me. We don't have an easy relationship. I don't think we ever will, but I'd rather have a complicated, misunderstood relationship than have no relationship at all.
I need to work to support my family.
I thought that once we were out of the baby stage, parenting would be a breeze.
I want to be a cool mom.
I want to be a loving mom.
I want to be a mom who listens.
I want to be a positive role-model for my daughter. The last thing I want to put out there is that it's acceptable to be too thin or have an eating disorder because you're in Hollywood.
I would eat healthy at times and pig out at times. But I never had to go on a strict diet plan.
I'm all for same-sex marriage.
I'm not happy not doing anything. When positive things are rolling in, you've got to take them when you can get them.
It was, you know, probably 80 degrees out in L.A., and my dad took me outside and there was snow. At the time, I thought, 'Every kid doesn't have snow in their backyard on Christmas?'
It would be pretty funny to see a Beverly Hills white girl with mad rap skills.
My kids will grow up in a house knowing that it's perfectly normal for two men to be in love, it's perfectly normal for two women to be in love. My kids will grow up knowing it's all about love. It doesn't matter who you're with and everyone should have that experience.
People are always saying that Hollywood messes up kids. I'm like, 'No, families mess up kids!' I grew up in Hollywood, and I'm perfectly fine. If my children want to go into the entertainment business, I won't stop them, as long as they're passionate about it.
Sometimes I do envision just being a stay at home mom but not working isn't an option for me currently.
Sometimes, when I'm alone, I put on six inch heels and wear nothing else and dance around in front of the mirror and do my little stripper dance.
There are days when I struggle with wanting to be a full-time, stay-at-home mom, and feeling guilty about that because I work.
We are a very crafty family.
Whenever something happens that makes me laugh or if I remember something in the middle of the night that I want to share, I jot the experience down.
You know, you only get one family, and you have to make it work.


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Running Style:
This one breaks so fast that the jockey'll get whiplash!
Runs fairly well, from what I've seen.
Responds well to urging, picks up some speed.
A closer, likes to come in a late rush near the end of the race!
Seems to run the best most of the time during workouts.
Surface Preference:
Id say this horse would show noticeable improvement on turf.
Competitive Spirit:
Has spunk. May have a competitive edge during real races.
Mud Preference:
Doesn't seem to mind a muddy/off track
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Preview highlights from the Tommy Hilfiger Spring/Summer 2012 collection
Posted: 24 December 2011
by Catherine Hudson
Checked shirts and coloured jeans made for a cool combination at the Tommy Hilfiger spring summer 2012 press day. Zingy lime green, hot orange and strong blues were teamed with nautical stripes for boys and polkadots for girls. The eighties-esque feel to the colour palette was seen on lots of the fashion catwalks that we visited for the summer season. We also loved the Tommy Hilfiger and Disney SS12 collaboration - watch out for an upcoming issue for lots more information!
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Did I forget to mention the other reason this is the most wonderful time of the year?
What the best way to spend the day before football sunday? Eating peaches. One for the canner, one for me, one for the canner, one for me...
My daughter is very excited to have 50 pounds of peaches on the counter.
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After last weeks bad weather we are set to try again this week with our "Wet and Messy" program.
The girls will need a towel and old clothes that you don't mind getting fairly dirty. Hopefully the weather will be kind to us this week!
Gold Coast Region Awards Presentation
Sunday Nov 5th sees us join the rest of the Gold Coast Guiding community to celebrate the great achievements that have been completed in the last year. We have four Guides being presented with peak awards for their age groups, as well as a Ranger Guide who after a number of years of hard work will be presented with her Queens Guide. It would be wonderful to see a large group of girls there to help celebrate with these Guides and to encourage more girls to reach for these top badges.
The presentation will be held at the Upper Coomera Community Centre – 90 Reserve Road, Upper Coomera, commencing at 2pm.
Senior Brownie Skills Day
This term we are inviting the Brownies who are 8 years and older to come along to a Skills Day.
This will be held Saturday 18th November from 10am until 2:30pm.
Activities will include basic knotting, ceremonies, traditions, compass and mapping skills. Cost for the day will be $5 and lunch will be provided.
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Description of problem:
Dell 2000FPW LCD monitor connected via DVI to an Nvidia Geforce 5600.
The detection fails.
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Videocard DDC probe results
Description: NVIDIA Corporation NV31 Board - p141nz
Memory (MB): 256
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Monitor DDC Probe failed.
same problem with 'Driver "nv"' in xorg.conf
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installed sw: kernel-2.6.14-1.1633_FC4
Created attachment 120745 [details]
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As a side note, the Dell 2000FPW DFP has a hardware flaw which provides
incorrect EDID data. As such, even if DDC probing were to succeed, it will
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For correct operation, this panel must be manually configured.
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I get called many things, some good, some bad, but in the County Council Chamber, I had a first. After proposing the motion on reaffirming Gloucester County Councils objections to the Javelin Park Incinerator, another...Read More
The Gloucester Libraries debacle has been "Called in" by the Liberal Democrats to the scrutiny Committee, and thus an extraordinary scrutiny meeting was called tonight to hear the arguments. I attended in the public gallery,...Read More
Another step in my journey in political education happened today. Gloucester CLP (Constituency Labour Party) held a "Super Saturday", the main aim being that the CLP can choose its candidates for the City Council Elections...Read More
Thankfully, David Miliband has told us all what his intentions are. The press has succeeded in making the past few days uncomfortable as they pushed speculation about if he would stay in the front line,...Read More
A long day today, especially after recovering from yesterdays Fringe events. I saw David Miliband give his speech this morning. Was really good, though I think his comments about the speeches he had prepared was...Read More
Its not too often that we make the comparisons between the local government and the national, however it seems the Gloucester Liberal Democrat Leader, Jeremy Hilton is turning into a right Nick Clegg, a Mini-Clegg...Read More


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Abstract and Applied Analysis
Volume 2013, Article ID 406026, 9 pages
Meir-Keeler Type Multidimensional Fixed Point Theorems in Partially Ordered Metric Spaces
1Department of Mathematics, Atilim University, Incek, 06836 Ankara, Turkey
2University of Jaén, Campus las Lagunillas s/n, 23071 Jaén, Spain
Received 20 December 2012; Accepted 19 February 2013
Academic Editor: Mohamed Amine Khamsi
Copyright © 2013 Erdal Karapınar et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
We study the existence and uniqueness of a fixed point of the multidimensional operators which satisfy Meir-Keeler type contraction condition. Our results extend, improve, and generalize the results mentioned above and the recent results on these topics in the literature.


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Team PMR Racing wins the KCA 25 mile 3up TT with a time of 50.59. Neil Lauder, Rhys Glegg, Harry Godding
Kevin Tye, VeloRefined.com Aerosmiths wins the Medway Velo open ten on the Isle of Grain wiuth an impressive time of 20:46, not bad for a vet rider.
A return trip to Queen Elixabeth Country Park for the Southern Sportive Gravel Cross around the surrounding areas near Petersfield. Last year I was there working bathed in warm sunshine, complete opposite this year trying to photograph in the wet.


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Belgrade has firmly secured its reputation as one of Europe's party capitals, and you'll see why as soon as you touch down. The 'Splavovi', the party boats that line the banks of the Danube that flows through the centre of the city, are the focus of the action, and they'll be full to bursting until the small hours most nights.
Belgrade should not just be seen as a party destination however; the city dates back to the 4th Century and has a rich history, both ancient and modern. Having been the capital of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia until its final dissolution in 2006, and the capital city of Serbia since then, Belgrade has recently been nominated for the title European City of Culture for 2020.
In 1999, during the Kosovo War, NATO bombings caused substantial damage to the city, and although some damage can still be seen today, Belgrade's centre is beautifully clean and well presented. Head up to the main city park and enjoy the fantastic views to where the two rivers the Danube and the Sava meet.
ArkaBarka Hostel is an unmissable experience. It's not just a cool hostel, it's a cool FLOATING HOSTEL!
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SWAT 4 (Windows)
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SummaryYou're in my way, sir.
The GoodLET'S TALK GAME PLAY:
- The most brilliant thing done is the randomization of enemies and hostages every time you restart a mission. Their numbers, weaponry, morale levels, skill, everything.
- The ambiance differs from mission to mission, despite the fact that the work is the same. More than just a change of scenery, the actual feeling of anxiety changes flavour. The difference between stalking the home of a serial killer or reclaiming a bank invaded by robbers.
- Great variety of tools - The effects of being hit with a flash bang or stinger feel spot-on. The weapon selection is also appropriate - instead of bogging you down with minor superficial differences you are only presented with fundamentally different options that will change how you play.
- Finally a game that understands how clips work. You carry four 30 round clips for the 9mm SMG. If you half-empty a clip and reload you switch clips and still retain the half-empty clip from previously and will switch to it as soon as it becomes your 'fullest' clip. This is realistic ammo management and I love it.
- Your AI team will actually save your life on occasion.
- The interface is BRILLIANT. These guys should have done Windows 7 instead of Microsoft. Assigning complex tasks to team members is as easy as doing it yourself, and saves time.
- Not since pre-rendered backgrounds fell out of favour have I seen such good staging of props. The recycle rate of items is extremely low, many things such as televisions, pinball machines, tables and sofas are used only once. Nor are these simple static items - most are destructible.
- Visible inventory for yourself and your entire squad - you can check how many flash bangs the team has left simply by looking at their belts. Items do not magically pop into hands or existence, everything feels fluid and real-to-life.
- Good texture resolution vs. frame rate - this game can look great and fun fast at the same time.
- After playing "Alone in the Dark" (Wii) proper sounding guns and vehicles are a blessing. From the 'pucka-pucka' of the paintball gun to the metal shearing sound of the breaching shotgun tearing a door a new one - it's all very clean audio for the sound effects.
- The voice acting for the squad members is solid. The audio prompts, quips, and responses to a situation feel for the most part spot-on. Your squad members will tell you about threats and obstacles, which feels great.
- The music is ambient until the action picks up, and then it is a suitably tense blend that at times sounds like someone jangling their keys rhythmically. Yeah, it puts you on edge, but when it does that you need to be on edge like a kitten on caffeine.
- From mission one to the end the scenario's build in mostly chronological order the reliance you have on your weapons, reflexes, and team-mates. Every mission feels compelling and different, you want to get in there and be the good guy. And that's really the appeal here for me : This game is not morally ambiguous, you are a police officer. Your primary job is not to enforce or dispense justice a la Judge Dread, your job is to serve and protect - to capture suspects alive, so that they may face trial as is their right - innocent until proven guilty. Every time you take one down instead of in you are penalized for it.
The BadLET'S TALK GAME PLAY:
- There are no checkpoints or saves in the missions. This is my own failing, but it's something I don't like. I understand that each time I restart the mission is reloaded differently, but it is very frustrating to fail a mission 10+ times. Fallout Tactics and Police Quest allowed me this luxury, why not here?
- The game wants you to follow Police procedure, this I like. The game wants you to know things about SWAT procedure that it does not teach you - this I do not like. "You're in my way, Sir." "You're on my mark." "Move please." - No where in the training mission or otherwise is it stated WHERE you are required to stand, what order in the entry line is yours, etc.
- The friendly AI fluctuates in quality to a vast degree. In SOCOM you knew that Boomer was a liability and the proper way to start the mission was to put him down. In SWAT 4 it's 50/50. Sometimes capable of high-precision shots that save your life, sometimes dropping a flash bang at your feet - there's no accounting for what the AI will do the next time you give it an order.
- The number of NPC skins could have been higher. I don't feel that I am being unfair with this statement because of the sheer number of one-time-only object textures in the game. There are likely as many different pin-ball and slot-machines in one level of the game as their are distinct persons in the entire game.
- The absence of lasting blood decals in an otherwise realistic game is apparent. Syphon Filter 1 had a simple 'staining' feature that would have been sufficient here. There is blood in the game even unrealistically large amounts in some instances.
- For all of the realism apparent in "Police! Get on the ground!", some of the off-hand quips the squad makes feel out of place. The dark humour is appreciated, but the tone is often disconnected to the point of where I don't believe the voice actor thought about the line in context to the situation.
- Where are my Yugo's? One mission involves busting a Yugoslavian ring of gun-runners. Not one person has an accent.
- Edit: Actually one guy did, but you usually have to shoot him so he doesn't say much, I nailed him with a flash-bang and shot the gun out of his hand (+5 Awesome) on my fourth play-through.
- I bought Swat 4 off of Direct2Drive . I have reason to believe that the release I have swaps the order of the first two levels. The logical escalation should be:
- The scenario of the serial killer: 1-2 suspects, 2 hostages, 1 civilian.
- The scenario of the gun-smith: 2-4 suspects, 2-4 civilians.
This order was reversed in my version.
The Bottom LineWith the continuing trend of 'sandbox' games, along comes a game with very tight discipline. Not for the sake of being asinine, but because the intent is to simulate police procedure. The ideal of 'winning' in this game is a noble one, taking them all alive if possible and preventing bloodshed. The shared objective of all missions is worded thusly : "Bring order to chaos."
Bringing order to chaos here requires focus, patience, diligence, and luck. There is always a way to clear a room without someone getting shot, but you never have enough of the right tool to clear every room the perfect way. You also never know if a suspect is going to comply out of fear, or decide to kill or be killed. If he decides the later I usually shoot him in a sensitive area with my bean-bag shotgun, which does wonders to change the mind.
The procedure for clearing and locking down involves cuffing everyone on scene - civilians, hostages, suspects alike. The sheer amount of complaining from the bystanders and hostages will increase your sympathy with what officers have to put up with. I'm not an American, but I like to think it's at least a little exaggerated. Non-compliant persons need to be intimidated into submission. Pepper spray, a bean-bag to a squishy area, or as a last resort the taser will usually get them to submit.
The ambiance in some places is just nailed so well that it impresses the hell out of me. The designers might not have had the best code resources, textures, etc. - but they had honest to goodness creativity and it shows in moments like this:
- A dark hallway in a run-down tenement (apartment building), night outside with driving rain, and a path of those 'stick to ceiling' glow in the dark stars planted to the wall leading down the stairs to the bizarre cults basement. Behind the door they've dug up the concrete foundation to create a cemetery for dead members, including several small graves for children. -
That is creepy on par with Silent Hill, and more-so because it is realistic and entirely possible.
This game is certainly worth a look, if you're not sure whether it's worth the cost I encourage you to peruse this humourous play-through, this series inspired me to pick it up and I've been very happy.
- The scenario of the serial killer: 1-2 suspects, 2 hostages, 1 civilian.


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One is of merely 10 lines talking about how two people are in love in the true sense of the meaning. Its not your usual mushy stuff, so don't worry. It goes a little deeper than that and has been summed up in just a paragraph.
The other one is longer than the aforementioned and is about a father-daughter relationship. This is something I am planning to make my daddy read. But I am a little apprehensive in showing the story to him.
If you want to read these stories or the previous ones, please drop in a comment. I'd be more than happy to share them with you =)
Till then,
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My first Wii injury
My boss, who is about to leave, used to develop video games and he wanted to see the Wii, so I brought it in this morning so he could try it out.
He was having fun with tennis and then he wanted me to demonstrate bowling. I was careful to avoid the conference room table, but in the third frame my hand hit my badge that was hanging from my right hip in its hard plastic case. It didn't hurt much so I didn't bother with it, but then I happened to see blood on it a few minutes later. My knuckle took abou t15 minutes sto stop bleeding from the slice.
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Q: Steve – I attended a webinar you gave and you suggested that these days most small businesses also have to be content creators if they want to get noticed online. My issue is that I didn't finish college and I don't think that writing is my strong suit. So what does someone like me do?
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A: More than ever, these days, most small business people do a lot of writing – letters, blogs, tweets, email – you name it. The good news in that regard is that you don't really have to be a great writer to be an effective one; with the workplace being more relaxed, everything is less formal – including writing.
But "less formal" does not mean sloppy. It also does not mean boring, or jargony, or dense. Indeed, far too often, business people think that they need to use big words to convey the fact that they are serious or important or whatever. Wrong.
Example: Back in the day when I was working at the big law firm, we were required to take a legal writing class. Now, maybe it seems strange that a group of overly educated, high-priced lawyers needed a class on how to write, but it is actually not all that surprising. Here, for instance, is a sample of bad writing from the Legalese Hall of Fame:
"I am herewith returning the stipulation to dismiss in the above entitled matter; the same being duly executed by me."
Writing that bad takes some real effort. But the funny thing is, not a few lawyers write that way; hence the class. Fortunately for me, that boring, dry way of writing never fit me well, so the class was easy.
But the broader lesson is an important one. Bad business writing is not the sole domain of my legal brothers and sisters, no, in fact, plenty of business people are bad business writers in their own right. Whether it is a letter, an email, or a business Facebook update, there are all sorts of ways to either impress, or trip up, as the case may be. And in this e-age when so much of our writing can be, and is, shared with more than just one person, writing well is more important than ever.
So what I would like to do in this column and my next one is share what I believe to be some essential rules for writing for business today. Certainly this is something I think about more than most people given what I do, but even though good business writing is something I take seriously, that does not mean it should be too serious.
And that is lesson #1.
Rule No. 1: Don't be boring
: No, I am not suggesting that you be lighthearted when writing about an important matter, in fact, you probably shouldn't be, but I am suggesting that your writing should not be like a good Martini – you know, extra dry. Instead, by using even a little creativity, your writing will be more memorable, and the better results you will likely get.
This is especially true when you are creating content for public consumption. Being dry when writing a letter to a client may be understandable, but it is practically unforgivable when what you are writing will be digested by the public. The fact is, there is so much content available online these days that boring writing will be nothing more than a waste of time - theirs, and thus as an extension, yours.
So if you are going to take the time to write something, make it snappy, pappy.
(Next week: Rules 2 through 5.)
Today's Tip: Speaking of good writing, a great book recently came across my desk: It's Your Business: 183 Essential Tips that Will Transform Your Small Business by JJ Ramberg. JJ hosts a show on MSNBC called Your Business, and the book is a distillation of some of the best tips her guests have shared over the years (I even got to write one.) Reading over the book, I found the tips to be interesting, specific and actionable. Steve says check it out.


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Update: The redesigned map is now available in Normal and Custom games too.
Original Story: The update to Summoner's Rift -- League of Legends' iconic battleground -- is now in open beta.
If you want to check it out, you'll need to queue into a Team Builder match or play with bots. Aside from having an overall more impressive look, the new map was also designed to minimize clutter and mesh more appropriately with the visual styles of the game's 100+ champions.
For the next "several weeks," you can also earn limited red and blue icons by winning a game on each side of the map.
IGN Arena is IGN's competitive gaming podcast. If you love MOBAs, competitive shooters, and eSports, check out IGN Arena Episode 16.
Brian is an associate editor at IGN. You can follow him @albinoalbert on Twitter.