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Graeme McDowell was cautiously optimistic after showing signs of a welcome return to form with an opening 66 in the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational in Akron on Thursday.
McDowell has managed just one top-10 finish on either side of the Atlantic all season, a share of ninth place in the Omega Dubai Desert Classic on February 1.
So the former US Open champion was not about to get too carried away despite carding five birdies and one bogey to finish four under par alongside Jim Furyk, one shot behind New Zealand's Danny Lee at Firestone Country Club.
"When you are playing against some of the best fields in the world and you can post two or three rounds in the 60s and feel you are back competing at the top level, the confidence should come back to me quickly," McDowell, who started the Scottish Open with consecutive 66s last month but faded to 31st, told Sky Sports 4.
TOne 66 is not going to do it, I'm going to need a few. I know what to do when I do get on the leaderboards and it's just a case of continuing to do what I am doing. I am just excited to post a good early round and get out tomorrow and get back at it."McDowell surged into the lead with birdies on the second, third, sixth and seventh in a front nine of 31, before picking up another shot on the 10th.
However, after dropping his first shot of the day on the 12th, the 36-year-old had to scramble for par on the next five holes before narrowly missing from 20 feet for birdie on the 18th.
Players Championship and Scottish Open winner Rickie Fowler carded a 67 that was matched by world number eight Justin Rose, who had been four under par after six holes.
"I saw the course was not yielding low scores and then I got out of the gates and felt like I could birdie every hole, but all in all I think 67 is a great start on this course and gets me into the tournament nicely," Rose said.
Fellow Englishmen Paul Casey, Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter were a shot behind alongside Victor Dubuisson and Henrik Stenson, with Casey pleasantly surprised with his 68 after coming into the event on the back of a two-week holiday.
Casey has climbed back to 26th in the world rankings thanks to an excellent season on the PGA Tour, which has seen him lose out in two play-offs and record four other top-10 finishes.
"Even though I didn't play the play-off like I wanted at the Travelers Championship, the final round was stellar and one of the best I have played in a long time," the 38-year-old said on Sky Sports 4.
"I feel like I am trending in the right direction and have still got time to get a win before the season is out. I am not looking back on the missed opportunities, I am very much focusing forward."
Sergio Garcia, who lost a three-shot lead in the final round to Rory McIlroy 12 months ago, shot 71 after battling back superbly from a quadruple-bogey on the 16th - his seventh hole of the day - where he found water with his approach, missed the green with his fifth shot and eventually three-putted.
Masters and US Open champion Jordan Spieth, who will replace McIlroy as world number one with a victory on Sunday, birdied the 18th to finish level par alongside playing partner and Open champion Zach Johnson.

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text: THE HUNGRY GAMES: CATCHING FUNDS Rutgers University Temple University University of Georgia University of North Florida FUNDRAISING: AN INTRODUCTION Jeanette M. Toohey, Director University of North Florida Definitions and terms • Fundraising: people giving to people who ask on behalf on worthy organizations. • Prospective donors: people with linkage to your organization (who has it?), ability to give (discretionary funds) and interest in what you're funding. UNF OLLI Mission and Vision • The mission of OLLI is to provide educational and social opportunities to people 50 years of age and above in order that they might grow intellectually, socially and culturally in a climate of friendship and mutual sharing of ideas and life experiences. Mission clarity keeps leadership decision-making focused, which in turn, inspires donor confidence. Ask: "How might that good idea for a program/event/activity advance our achievement of mission?" Resources are limited. If it doesn't demonstrate potential, why undertake it? • OLLI shall be the premier community of adult learners in Northeast Florida. Development Ladder • Suspect to • Prospect to • Donor to • Repeat donor (tipping point) to • Upgraded donor • Special gift donor • Major or big gift donor • Planned giving donor Processes: Prospect to Donor • Cultivation (with stewardship, 90%): educate and friendraise before we ask for a decision to give. The process of gradually developing the interest of a prospective contributor through exposure to institutional activities, people, needs and plans to the point where the individual may consider a gift. • Solicitation (10%): the "ask" (gift), the transaction. • Stewardship (with cultivation, 90%): sustaining donor affinity by demonstrating the outcomes they make possible and deepening their affinity by communicating opportunities for them to make a difference on an ongoing basis. On Giving • Donors Give To… • Donors Give When… • People Fail to Give Because… • Greatest return on investment in priority order • Retain current donors • Upgrade current donors • Rebirth lapsed donors • New donors Chuck V. Loring Loring, Sternberg & Associates 4 - Legged Stool of Fundraising Chuck V. Loring Loring, Sternberg & Associates The Donor Pyramid Chuck V. Loring Loring, Sternberg & Associates Chuck Loring's Things to Remember • The number one reason people do not donate to your • • • • • • • • organization is that they were not asked. Involvement invites investment. Volunteers especially the board must model giving behavior for other prospects and donors to follow. All fundraising is local. You may need to teach philanthropy before you can fundraise. No donor gives away his or her last $500.00 or ($5,000.00). You seldom get more than you ask for. Fundraising is about building and maintaining relationships — it is a marathon, not a sprint. Its much easier to get more money from an existing donor than $1.00 from a non donor. PUTTING THE FUN INTO FUNDRAISING Katy Crapo, Executive Director Tom Kenyon, President Elect University of Georgia [email protected] Fundraising History •Two Stories •Friendraising & Fundraising •The Takeaway Halloween FUNdraiser •First major event •The five-ring circus •Cost per person •What we netted •Volunteer Engagement •University involvement Halloween FUNdraiser •Evaluation •Lessons Learned The Wishing Ring •"Minor" event •Cine′ Theater •Involving our sponsors •Involving the University •Community Outreach Fund Development Strategy Plan • Leave a Legacy • Annual Fund Campaign • Special Events • Scrip Gift Card Leave a Legacy • Donors have the ability to designate how their funds will be used. • To date every donor has designated their gift for operational funds to be used as needed by [email protected] • There are currently eleven donors to the Leave a Legacy program. • A conservative estimate of the value of the Leave a Legacy endowment is $300,000. The Annual Fund Campaign •Potential to become a significant and dependable source of revenue •100 for $100 •Year round •Two mailings Special Events •Halloween FUNdraiser •The Wishing Ring SCRIP Gift Cards •Tremendous Potential •How it works •Move to Marketing Committee Score Card GOAL • Annual Fund Campaign RESULT $10,000 $ 7,925 • Special Events $ 3,000 $11,112 • SCRIP Gift Card $ 1,300 $ TOTAL $14,500 $19,219 (as of 4/1/14) 222 Marketing Development Committee • The purpose of the [email protected] marketing committee is to co-ordinate business related activities designed to augment revenue that will enhance quality learning programs and services for the members. • Activities are to include corporate and individual sponsorships, advertising, in-kind donations, product sales and promotion of the benefits and services of [email protected] Sponsorships Since 2012 [email protected] has raised over $75,000 in sponsorships. Benefits of Sponsorship • Sponsorships offer a corporation or an individual an opportunity to reach an audience of active, engaged older individuals who are making important decisions that affect their lifestyle. • Becoming a sponsor can complement their marketing and philanthropic plans and serve as a thoughtful way to demonstrate their community support. Sponsorship Levels Sponsorships have several levels of support, each having an agreement which states the specific terms of that level. Sponsor Recognition • Beginning at $1,000 and going to $10,000 each has provisions that include recognition in: • 2 Course Catalogs • 6 OLLI Times • Annual Membership Directory • Website • Table Space at 2 Back to Class Bash Events • Table Space at 2 Newbees Events • Annual OLLI Art Fair • Invitation to our Annual Meeting Our Sponsors • Retirement Centers • Insurance Companies • Real Estate Agencies • Investment Consultants • Banks • Gourmet/Wine Stores • Personal Assistants In-Kind Sponsorships • Sponsors can also elect to provide goods or services instead of funds. • • Agreements like those used for financial support are used for in-kind goods and services. • For bookkeeping purposes each sponsor of in-kind goods or services much submit an invoice of their costs. • This fiscal year in-kind sponsorship has provide over $12,500 in support of [email protected] activities and events. TRANSITIONING TO A CULTURE OF GIVING Adam Brunner, Ph.D., Director Donna Satir, Fundraising Director Temple University Our History of Fundraising • The most we raised from members in previous years was $18,000 • Set out to raise a minimum of $20,000 in 2013/2014 • So far this year, we raised over $34,000 just from member donations but raised a total of $49,915 (as of April 2014) through a combination of member donations and other strategies. This does not include the $100,000 that is pledged to OLLI in a member's will (a copy of the will was presented to us in December of 2013). Summary of Approach Two assumptions: • Member involvement leads to member ownership -- when you own something you take care of it • When you build a strong sense of community, people care more about the community and want it to thrive and continue Summary of Approach Efforts taken: • Involved members in the process by asking for their input and giving them roles in fundraising activities • Held focus groups and planning meetings to educate members about our fundraising goals and to identify doers and leaders • Educated members on "why we are fundraising" and "why one would donate" • Learned what questions members had about our fundraising activities and provided them with answers • Created fundraising events that involved our members and showcased their talents (note cards, talent show) • Used our members voices to encourage giving (fundraising brochure, Donor Spotlight in newsletter) • Appreciated donors Early Steps to Developing an Infrastructure for Fundraising • As soon as we began to consider applying for a fundraising grant from the Osher Foundation, we were able to identify two members to assist with the development of the proposal (one, a seasoned fundraiser; two, a career grant writer) Early Steps to Developing an Infrastructure for Fundraising • After we received the grant, held two focus groups. Gave overview of fundraising plan, asked questions, "What does OLLI mean to you?", and for suggestions on how to raise funds. • Rationale for focus groups – • Begin education about fundraising goals • Get to know people (skills and personalities) • Non-committal way to view the landscape of support Early Steps to Developing an Infrastructure for Fundraising • Wanted to develop case statement for fundraising (a feature in our fundraising brochure) • Sent out email asking responses to: • How would you feel if OLLI disappeared from your life tomorrow? • What does OLLI mean to you? • What do you get out of participating at OLLI? Early Steps to Developing an Infrastructure for Fundraising • Held two meetings to get input on potential vision and mission statements • Another rationale for the series of meetings (focus groups, and these meetings) was to see which members continued to come – who are the people committed to the goal, who are the doers. Early Steps to Developing an Infrastructure for Fundraising Fundraising brochure Early Steps to Developing an Infrastructure for Fundraising Fundraising brochure (continued) Efforts to Educate Membership and Begin Fundraising • Sent out letter requesting donations with a coupon attached What is the Value of OLLI to You? -Without support from our members we cannot thrive -OLLI needs financial security to adapt to ups and downs of changing economy -How funds will be raised? -We need you! Efforts to Educate Membership and Begin Fundraising Frequently Asked Questions: Why do we need OLLI to become financially sustainable and have an ongoing infrastructure for fundraising? Why doesn't the membership fee cover all of our financial needs? Where do the donations go when OLLI at Temple receives them and how are they managed? Efforts to Educate Membership and Begin Fundraising Frequently Asked Questions: What will we do with the funds that are raised from members? Will we be able to count on ongoing support from the Bernard Osher Foundation? Why is the sustainability of OLLI so important? Our Fundraising Campaign A. Tracking Our Progress Our Fundraising Campaign B. Fundraisers • Note cards Raised $2,134 Our Fundraising Campaign B. Fundraisers • Talent Show Raised $2,371 Our Fundraising Campaign B. Fundraisers • Talent Show (continued) Our Fundraising Campaign C. Fundraisers • In honor and in memory cards Raised $2,912 Our Fundraising Campaign D. Other Fundraising Strategies • In honor and in memory cards (continued) Our Fundraising Campaign E. TOTAL RAISED IN FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN SINCE JULY 2013 $49,915 FUNDRAISING: WORKING WITH A PROFESSIONAL Shino John, Assoc. VP for Strategic Growth Division of Continuing Studies Rutgers University OLLI – RU • Professional fundraising • Engaging, collaborating and cooperating with your host institution • Staff and volunteer roles • Institutional policies and procedures • Transforming donors to investors • Human capital vs. human beings • Asking for money Professional Development Key Metrics 15 face to face meetings per month Total Proposals of 250k-1M per year 3-6 Face to Face visits to a proposal Closing ¼ to bring in $100k-$500knually (restricted and unrestricted) •No ask exceeding 10% of identifiable net worth Constituent Management Through Information Insight Drives Action Donor-information as a strategic asset Holistic view of the Donor / Donor Use every Donor contact as an opportunity to create loyalty Modified from Source: The CRM handbook, PricewaterhouseCoopers Establishing team-based selling as the rule, not the exception Measuring and managing the Donor profitability CRM is about collecting, analysing and acting on knowledge of the constituent to give more personal and professional service. It is about better managing the enterprise around constituents interactions and maximising the lifetime value of relationships. It is about using the Institutions knowledge of its constituents in a consistent and uniform way across all departments and functions Donor Relationship Management Capture all Constituent communication channels Clubs Analytics Trigger Systems Events Peer To Peer Voice Donor Website Channel Integration Marketing Database Campaign Management Systems Email Print Operational Systems Adopted from Andrew K. Tiedemann: New Era in Donor and Donor Communications Management Reporting What is the Differentiated OLLI Mission? Branding, Strategic Initiatives, Prioritization Process Develop Fundraising Strategy Implement CRM, Integrate Communication Channels Determine Inclination "Qualification" Data/Visitation Driven Identify Constituents Data Mining Alumni, Donors and Friends Research Values Data/ Visitation Driven Volunteer Based Donor Qualification • Each volunteer will look to qualify/meet X number of prospects • May choose to bring forth a proposal • May choose to involve broader team after initial qualification Preparation Strategy Viability Control ROI Preparing the Environment Campus Visit • Preferred meals/allergies • Custom tours with stories Prospect Office • Soak it in • What's on the wall • What books do they have on the desk/shelves • How is the office décor Gift Attire The Visit To ask or not to ask Understanding their lifestyle Evidence of wealth, generosity, philanthropy, and affinity Reason to meet again Involvement with other institutions Personality Family Donors Many Donors do not give is because they are not asked. Donors give to mission: not budgets. Donors give to people: not places. Donors give to institutions and individuals they trust. Donor Motivations Principle 1: Determine donor motivations through questions. • What would you like to do with your money that would be meaningful to you? • What are some…? • What projects excite you the most? • Where do you feel…? • What is your philosophy of philanthropy? The Cause Principle 2: Bridge Donor Motivations to Cause. • Based on what you said, can I tell you about? • It sounds like you would be most interested in our international programs. • Given your desire to …, I want to share with you how our programs are doing just that. Donor Investment Principle 3: The Close • I'd like to ask you and your family to consider a year-end gift of $25,000. • The Program is still in the startup phase, would you be interested in a 3-year, $50,000 gift to ensure continued success? • It costs approximately $1 million for -----would you… The Path to Success Donor History Personal Visit Discover Motivations Bridge to Opportunity The Ask NETWORK SHARING In 60 seconds or less, share your most effective strategy for fundraising.


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Linda Chavez, who but for some unfortunate immigration matters would be Secretary of Labor, reinforces Roger Clegg's views on why the Administration should oppose the principle of race-based college admissions preferences, and not just the particularly egregious practices of the University of Michigan. Chavez notes that, as a candidate of governor of Texas in 1998, Bush affirmed his disagreement with the statement, "For the sake of obtaining a diversity of viewpoints and experiences, public educational institutions should be allowed to consider the race and ethnicity of applicants." Indeed, although not specifically discussing the U.S. Constitution, Bush made the following statement that provides a pretty good summary of the constitutional mandate in this area: "Public colleges and universities have an affirmative duty to offer equal opportunity to all applicants. Equal opportunity doesn't guarantee equal results — but it guarantees that every person will get a fair shot based upon their potential, heart and merit." And, of course, without regard to race or ethnicity.
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Justin Bieber was said to be extremely arrogant, disrespectful, contentious, and lastly, heartsick over Selena Gomez in his deposition for the lawsuit dealing with his bodyguard allegedly beating up a photographer. In the deposition videos, the Biebs disses Usher, drops the f-bomb, mocks the opposing council, flirts with the camera, and is down-right disrespectful. TMZ has obtained the full 4 and a half hour video and has narrowed it down to a few clip compilations. If you're a Bieber fan, I wouldn't watch unless you're all about Bieber's bad boy image.
1. Bieber's Got Attitude
This video is almost like a train wreck. You can't help to watch, but you cringe every time the Biebs opens his mouth. We like to try to give the Biebs the benefit of the doubt, but it's pretty hard to ignore the kind of arrogance Bieber shows here and the sense of entitlement he seems to have.
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Clearly, Bieber is upset when the opposing council asks him about Selena Gomez. Understandably, no one likes talking about their exes … especially when they were just recently spotted together at breakfast.
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In this clip, Justin Bieber compares the opposing lawyer to Katie Couric and laughs. He also refuses to answer a question he claims to have been asked several times before he compares his deposition to 60 Minutes.
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CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Oct. 18, 2012) - Husky Energy Inc. (TSX:HSE) will release its 2012 third quarter financial results before markets open on Thursday, November 1, 2012. A conference call will take place the same day beginning at 9 a.m. (Mountain Time), hosted by CEO Asim Ghosh, CFO Alister Cowan and COO Rob Peabody. Downstream Senior VP Bob Baird will also participate in the call.
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Dickson Poon, the retailer's chairman and controlling shareholder, received the dividend for the 12 months to the end of March, up 20pc on the £5m paid out the previous year.
The dividend hike came on the back of a 19.1pc rise in pre-tax profits to £13m as Harvey Nichols shrugged off the downturn that has hit other high street retailers.
Total revenues for the 12 months rose 6.2pc to £92.5m despite what the retailer described as a "weak economy", according to accounts filed with Companies House.
Staff costs increased by 5.5pc to £21.8m while staff numbers fell marginally to 680. The increase was largely down to a £1.4m rise in wages and a close to £500,000 uptick in pension costs.
Harvey Nichols said one of the biggest risks it faced was from online retailers, where it was facing "increased competition".
Since being taken over by Mr Poon in 1991 Harvey Nichols has moved to expand from its London base, opening stores in Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester and Edinburgh.
Last week, British property developer Hammerson bought the Leeds luxury retail development that houses Harvey Nichols' Leeds store, in a sign of the continued confidence of investors in high-end retailing.
The majority of Mr Poon's luxury retail empire is in the fast-growing markets of Asia, where he owns 320 shops via a family trust, comprising 49 stores in Hong Kong, 156 in China, four in Macau, 85 in Taiwan and 26 in Singapore.
In Britain, Mr Poon has become a major benefactor of universities and the accounts confirmed that he made a £10m donation to Oxford University's St Hugh's college to help fund the building of a centre dedicated to the study of China that will be known as the Dickson Poon China Centre.
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-- The African Union (AU) has set aside US$ 500,000 to assist victims of a massive landslide which killed 350 people in Uganda and d i splaced some 700 families.
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Int'l donors conference for Haiti opens at UN Headquarters (re-issued)
31 march 2010 15:19:00
New York- US (PANA)
-- An international donors conference began Wednesday at the UN headquarters in New York, US, to secure the financial resources necessary to r ebuild Haiti after the 12 January earthquake.
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Int'l donors conference for Haiti opens in at UN Headquarters
31 march 2010 15:17:00
New York- US (PANA)
-- An international donors conference began Wednesday at the UN headquarters in New York, US, to secure the financial resources necessary to r ebuild Haiti after the 12 January earthquake.
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Billions needed to kickstart Haiti's reconstruction - UN
30 march 2010 16:38:00
New York- US (PANA)
-- Wednesday's United Nations donors' conference to rebuild H aiti, after the devastating 12 January earthquake, is being billed as a ``turning point'', the head of the UN mission i n Haiti said Tuesday.
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UNESCO plans forum on rebuilding Haiti, Wole Soyinka to feature
19 march 2010 18:42:00
Paris- France (PANA)
-- Haitian intellectuals, artists and decision makers, toget her with international experts, social scientists and members of the vibrant Hai t ian Diaspora, will meet at UNESCO headquarters in Paris,France, on 24 March to d e velop ideas for rebuilding their country.
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UNESCO D-G pays solidarity visit to Haiti
10 march 2010 17:53:00
Paris- France (PANA)
-- On the first day of her 48-hour official visit to Haiti, Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, said on Tuesday â?I have come to expre ss UNESCOâ?s solidarity with Haiti," PANA reported, quoting a press release from the organisation.
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Darfur peacekeepers mourn victims of Haiti quake
09 march 2010 19:19:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA)
-- In a solemn service held Tuesday in El Fasher, No rth Darfur, the African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) honoured the hundreds of thousands who lost their lives in the Haiti earthquake, includin g 101 members of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH).
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UNESCO D-G expresses sorrow over Chile earthquake
01 march 2010 19:05:00
Paris- France (PANA)
-- UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova has expressed distre ss over the death and destruction caused by the powerful earthquake that struck C hile on Saturday, saying UNESCO was ready to provide its expertise and support f o r the recovery effort.
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Zuma expresses condolences over Chile earthquake
28 february 2010 15:06:00
Cape Town- South Africa (PANA)
-- South African President Jacob Zuma on Sunday ex pressed his condolences following this weekend's earthquake which hit Chile.
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African Union to send mission to Haiti over devastating quake
02 february 2010 07:21:00
From Segun Adeyemi- PANA Correspondent Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA)
-- The African Union (AU) is to send a mission to Ha iti ''to offer sympathy and express solidarity of all the peoples of Africa to the Haitian people,'' according to a declaration is sued in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Tuesday as the 31 Jan-2 Feb.
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Gambian govt. donates US$ 1 million to Haiti
01 february 2010 18:27:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA)
-- The Gambian government has announced a US$ 1 million don ation to Haiti, following the recent earthquake that hit the country, PANA repor t ed Monday.
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Gambia in fund-raising drive for Haiti
29 january 2010 17:09:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA)
-- Gambia's private sector players have launched a fund-rai sing drive with the aim of assisting the people of Haiti, following recent earth q uakes that struck the country, sources in Banjul, the Gambian capital, confirmed to PANA Friday.
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©-Panapress-29 january 2010 17:09:00-thread Environment (163words)
IMF to provide US$ 114 million in emergency aid to Haiti
28 january 2010 14:59:00
New York- US (PANA)
-- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Thursday tha t it would provide a total of US$ 114 million in emergency aid to Haiti, which w a s hit by a 7.
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Mauritians donate US$ 500,000 to quake-hit Haitians
27 january 2010 17:02:00
Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA)
-- The Mauritian Prime Minister, Navin Ramgoolam, ha s opened an account into which Mauritians on Wednesday began making some financi a l donations in aid of the quake-ravaged Haitians, PANA reported here.
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©-Panapress-27 january 2010 17:02:00-thread Environment (215words)
UN initiates coordinated recovery plan for Haiti
26 january 2010 07:50:00
New York- US (PANA)
-- The UN has unveil a plan to better coordinate the influx o f humanitarian aid to Haitians.
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©-Panapress-26 january 2010 07:50:00-thread Environment (256words)
Lions Club International grants quake-stricken Haiti US$ 300,000
24 january 2010 11:48:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA)
-- The Lions Club International (LCI), district 403A in Sen egal, has granted Haiti US$ 300,000 emergency fund to help the Pacific Ocean co u ntry, stricken by a devastating earthquake on 12 January, the District announced here on Saturday.
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©-Panapress-24 january 2010 11:48:00-thread Environment (318words)
Nigerian state govt. donates US$ 1 million to Haiti
22 january 2010 17:42:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA)
-- The government of Nigeria's south-south Rivers State, in the Niger Delta region, has donated US$ 1 million to the people of Haiti, PANA r eported from here.
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©-Panapress-22 january 2010 17:42:00-thread Environment (118words)
UN-HABITAT comes to Haiti's aid
22 january 2010 13:41:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA)
-- UN-HABITAT Executive Director Anna Tibaijuka has sent a message of condolence to the President and people of Haiti following last weekâ? s massive earthquake in that country.
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Ghana donates US$ 3m to Haiti
21 january 2010 16:35:00
Accra- Ghana (PANA)
-- Ghana on Thursday announced a US$ 3 million donation to th e people of Haiti, following the 12 January, devastating earthquake in that coun t ry.
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Fresh earthquake hits Haiti, people flee onto streets
21 january 2010 10:19:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA)
-- A very powerful aftershock struck Haiti on Wednesday, sh aking more rubble from damaged buildings and sending screaming people running in t o the streets, eight days after the country's capital was devastated by an apoca l yptic quake, according to reports in the Nigerian local daily, the Independent.
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Nigeria donates US$ 1 million to Haiti
20 january 2010 17:34:00
Abuja- Nigeria (PANA)
-- Nigeria has donated US$ 1 million to earthquake-ravaged Haiti, to help in stabilizing the Pacific Ocean nation, PANA reported from here W ednesday.
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Cأ´te-d'Ivoire grants quake-hit Haiti US$ 1m
20 january 2010 15:50:00
Abidjan- Cأ´te d'Ivoire (PANA)
-- The Ivorian government has offered Haiti US$ 1 million to cushion the effect of the devastating earthquake that hit the Pacific Ocean country on 12 January, a communique issued by the Ivorian presidency discl o sed.
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Expert allay fears over possible earthquake in Africa
19 january 2010 13:48:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA)
-- One week after an earthquake left about 200,000 people d ead in Haiti and the widespread rumours that it could occur in Ghana, an Earth S c ientist, Dr.
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©-Panapress-19 january 2010 13:48:00-thread Environment (667words)
Int'l NGO to open bank account to raise fund for Haiti
18 january 2010 16:01:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA)
-- International NGO, Enda Tiers-Monde, Monday announced th at it would soon open a bank account into which donors would pay money to be use d in assisting earthquake victims in Haiti.
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Opposition condoles with Haiti, condemns Nigeriaâ?s tepid response
17 january 2010 16:23:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA)
-- Nigeria's opposition Action Congress (AC) has condoled w ith the government and people of Haiti over last weekâ?s earthquake that rocked the Caribbean Island, leaving deaths and destruction in its trail.
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Mauritius offers US$ 500,000 to Haiti earthquake victims
15 january 2010 17:38:00
Port-Louis- Maurice (PANA)
-- Mauritius announced Friday that US$ 500,000 have be en raised to help Haiti after Tuesday devastating earthquake that shook the Paci f ic Ocean country, official sources told PANA here.
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US Geology experts inspect Malawi quakes, describe them as 'moderate'
14 january 2010 16:46:00
Blantyre- Malawi (PANA)
-- A two-man team of experts from the US Geological Surve y said on Thursday the string of earthquakes which hit Malawi's northern and ura n ium-mining district of Karonga were "moderate" and the damage of over 1, 000 hou s es and buildings were due to "poor engineering".
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©-Panapress-14 january 2010 16:46:00-thread Environment (448words)
Mauritius raises funds to assist Haiti earthquake victims
14 january 2010 14:51:00
Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA)
-- The Mauritian people have mobilized to raise fund s to help victims of the devastating earthquake that shook Haiti, leaving severa l thousands of people dead, PANA reported from here Thursday.
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Haiti earthquake: Four Mauritians safe, one missing
14 january 2010 14:01:00
Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA)
-- The Mauritian Foreign Affairs Minister, Arvin Boo lell, said here Thursday that four Mauritians were reported safe and sound after the earthquake that shook Haiti Tuesday.
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©-Panapress-14 january 2010 14:01:00-thread Environment (153words)
UNESCO DG pledges support for Haiti earthquake victims
13 january 2010 13:56:00
Paris- France (PANA)
-- UNESCO's Director-General Irina Bokova on Wednesday expre ssed shock and concern over the devastation caused by the earthquake that struck Haiti, and pledged UNESCO's support for the victims of the disaster.
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Malawi sends SOS for earthquake victims
21 december 2009 16:24:00
Blantyre- Malawi (PANA)
-- Malawi's Department of Disaster Management Affairs has described the situation in the northern border district of Karonga, the epicent r e of Sunday's early morning strong earthquake, as "pathetic and sad" and has app e aled for urgent relief items.
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©-Panapress-21 december 2009 16:24:00-thread Environment (441words)
Malawi earthquake kills toddler, injures several others
08 december 2009 14:23:00
Blantyre- Malawi (PANA)
-- A one-year old child died early Tuesday while six more people were rushed to hospital following an earthquake and resultant after-shoc k s that hit Malawi's northern border district of Karonga since Sunday, authoritie s confirmed to PANA here.
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China assists Algeria to monitor seismic risks
20 july 2009 12:06:00
Algiers- Algeria (PANA)
-- The Chinese agency for the control of seismic attacks has given the Algerian Space, Astrophysics and Geophysics Agency (CRAAG) 20 seis m ological stations and one anti-seismic power station, as part of efforts to enha n ce early detection of natural disasters.
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Slight earthquake reported on Mauritanian coast
27 july 2008 12:33:00
Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA)
-- An earthquake measuring 4.
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43 killed as earthquakes pound parts of Rwanda, DR Congo
15 february 2008 15:23:00
Kigali- Rwanda (PANA)
-- A whopping 43 people were killed and 15 others injured as three powerful earthquakes pounded some parts of Rwanda and the DR Congo in the last two weeks, according to a PANA report here.
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Earthquake kills 37 in Rwanda
04 february 2008 14:04:00
Kigali- Rwanda (PANA)
-- No fewer than 37 people were killed following a two-day powerful tremor, caused by a strong earthquake, in the south western region of R w anda, near the border with Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Earthquake warning sparks fear in Kenya
18 july 2007 08:40:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA)
-- The Kenyan government has moved to dispel fears of an imminent catastrophe following widely circulated information that the US Geological Survey Information Centre, through the US embassy in Nairobi, has warned of a devastating earthquake in Kenya and Tanzania.
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"In every moment, every face & place I see a picture… this is an incredible gift to be blessed with because I view the world with optimism, searching for the unusual and the extroadinary in everything. There's so much going on in life, our world moves fast & it's chaotic. For many people our eyes stop looking beyond the routine of day to day life, childhood curiosity replaced with the worry & stress of surviving emotionally and financially. I've always had the urge to be creative and tried to channel through different mediums such as drawing, writing, poetry and crafts. I'm also impatient by nature, when my creative side kicks in the ideas flow fast and I need quick results. I discovered photography taking photo's on a solo trip to the UK. My Father loaned me a Sony 1 megapixel digital camera with a few boxes of floppy disks. This was my first experience with a digital camera, the simplicity of deleting as you go and uploading on to a computer at the end of the day to see what I had captured was the start of an obsession. My friends and family encouraged me to pursue photography, recognising i had an 'eye' for it and the passion for it that lit the creative fire in me. I had finally found the perfect outlet for my creativity, a way to express myself artistically. A camera allows me to keep moments in time that have caught my attention, triggered an emotion and ignited my imagination. Everyone has something to discover that they were born to do, that 'thing' that drives them with passion and a hunger to learn and excel at. Photography is my happy space, it feeds my need to be creative & transforms my ideas into reality. It's much more than just seeing… I see "wow, that would make a great photo" everywhere I go because I want to see beyond the surface. If you look with your heart & mind as well as your eyes, the ordinary becomes extraordinary… Nicolette Thain
The most popular photograph in my portfolio is below. It's had 2308 views, it's been clicked as a favourite 109 times and there's 296 comments. This photo was unplanned and I'm still shocked at how popular it is. It was taken in the afternoon in summer several years ago. I was waiting for it to get dark to do some night shots in the city (Melbourne). I decided to try to capture a drip in mid air using my 100 mm macro lens on a tripod. At the time there were water restrictions due to very low water catchment levels so I didn't have the tap on for long. I set up the camera and had it on automatic focus and the automatic sports mode function. It took about 15 minutes to get the flow of water right and capture this shot. I took 470 odd shots and this is the only shot of the droplet separated from the tap before hitting the ground. The droplet formed an almost perfect sphere & the sun was was directly hitting it. Filling in time playing with the dripping tap in the back yard and my macro lens turned into my most successful photograph to date!


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Did Demi Moore's Daughters Cut Ties With Her?
Troubled actress Demi Moore has lost her young hubby, actor Ashton Kutcher, and now her daughters have cut her out of their lives.
Moore's children with ex-husband Bruce Willis, Scout, 20, Rumer, 23, and Tallulah, 18, are sick of all the drama and have dumped their mother when she needs them the most.
Sources close to the family said the girls reached a "breaking point" after a series of fights and meltdowns and don't want to deal with their messed up mom.
The insider stated, "The girls were there for her through it all — the split and the rehab, but now they just feel like they need a little distance."
It's interesting to note that Demi cut her own mother out of her life because of drama and her mother's alcoholism.
Sources say things came to a head when Demi decided to attend daughter Tallulah's high school graduation.
Moore, 49, arrived to the ceremony in a somber mood at what should have been a time of celebration.
Tallulah wanted Ashton to attend her graduation, but Demi put her foot down.
Sources report that Moore's daughters' continued friendship with Ashton has also been a bone of contention.
Kutcher, 34, went to a club in April to watch Rumer sing and were also spotted hanging out together in May.
Demi coincidentally didn't speak to her mother, Virginia Guynes, for years.
Guynes had Demi when she was just a teenager and was an alcoholic. Virginia told a tabloid magazine that Bruce Willis was whipped and that Demi was the boss when they were married. Virginia also once posed for High Times magazine, posing to look like Demi in "Ghost".
We can imagine her behavior pissed Demi off, but did she deserve to be cut out of Moore's life?
Virginia ended up living off of $250 a month in social security for years until she passed away with a brain tumor at the age of 54 in 1998.
It's a sad situation all around but sometimes cutting toxic people from our lives is the only way. What do you guys think?


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Though the basic requirements for a Red Cross certification test may vary between disciplines, most require the student to take a minimum number of classes or complete the corresponding amount of training through one of its programs. Red Cross also offers different certification tests for people of different ages and backgrounds, such as children, lifeguards or safety officials.
The Red Cross runs a program that helps train people in basic life-saving techniques such as first aid and CPR for use in personal and professional settings. The program includes a variety of training courses that focus on both education and practical application in numerous settings. Students who take official Red Cross classes are able to participate through self-guided online courses, reading digital and print texts and attending actual class settings to meet with instructors. In all cases, the students need to study the same course material to learn about the proper techniques and safety precautions for the specific action.
Once the student completes the minimum amount of coursework, which varies between activity, she may take a certification test. Each certification test also includes its own training and practice requirements, as personal certification carries fewer responsibilities than that of a medical professional. The test typically involves answering oral questions from an instructor about how to respond to certain scenarios and demonstrating the activities on a live participant or training dummy.


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Moonlighter is an Action RPG with rogue-lite elements that demonstrates two sides of the coin – revealing everyday routines of Will, an adventurous shopkeeper who secretly dreams of becoming a hero.
Game is developed by Digital Sun Games and published by 11 bit studios.
Not yet but we are aiming for 2018.
It's going to be available for Xbox One, PS4, PC, Nintendo Switch, Mac & Linux.
Absolutely! Moonlighter is full of amazing adventures. Be prepared to visit uncharted worlds, fight monsters, avoid traps, find treasures and much more!
Yup. Will, our main character, is not only a adventurer-wannabe! He is also a shopkeeper. If you're looking for some items management, setting up prices, upgrading your gear – we have that in store for you (pun intended).
Moonlighter is a single player game only.
We have always been very transparent about this. When making videos from our games and showing them on Youtube channel, Vimeo, Twitch and others, feel free to monetize these videos accordingly to Youtube policy (and other sites' policies). So, yes: officially – you can record, share & monetize videos showing our games!
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My novel, futureproof, was published this Tuesday by Harper Perennial. It took me five years, countless revisions, a learned-on-the-fly marketing savvy, and finally a self-published version of this novel before I was ultimately successful in obtaining a Big Publishing book deal. Just this week, both Time Magazine and the New York Times have posted articles highlighting the growing visibility and viability of self-publishing. While self-publishing has long been considered nothing more than a vanity endeavor undertaken by no-talent would-be writers with no other means of seeing their work in print, the time is fast approaching, and indeed has already arrived, when this way of looking at an ever-growing market is not only a prehistoric fallacy, but also a potentially fatal oversight by the publishing industry at large.
While futureproof is being trumpeted as a self-published success that found a big enough audience to warrant a chance for a larger audience, the truth is that my experience of living this authors' dream is far from isolated. I'm not the first writer to have found his way into mainstream publishing by using the self-publishing route. But more important than that, I will not be the last; not by a long-shot. In fact, it would be more than safe to say that as the entire publishing industry is shaken to its core by the current shitty economic climate, a completely new publishing paradigm is taking root. Just as the music industry has seen a similar seismic occurrence, publishing has not been immune to the shifting sands that are inevitable as a society mutates in concurrence with the technologies of the day.
Harper, and specifically its paperback imprint Harper Perennial, have strived to stay ahead of the curve in this new publishing environment. Writers like Tony O'Neill (Down and Out On Murder Mile) and Lance Reynald (Pop Salvation) have either already been picked up and published by Perennial or are slated to be published within the next year (and both are writers who I struggled alongside to find the ever-elusive publishing contract). But these are only the writers with whom I am personally acquainted.
Harper has extensively begun mining the infinite and continually expanding universe of self-published books that are dotting different corners of the internet with ever-growing regularity. Writers such as Brunonia Barry, an author at Harper's William Morrow imprint (The Lace Reader), Kevin Sampsell (The Suitcase), and Justin Taylor (Everything Here Is the Best Thing Ever) also had big online platforms, which ultimately played the lynchpin in Harper's decision to acquire them. This web presence would not have been possible even a decade ago, let alone the existence of such easily accessible means to self-publishing technology.
Think about this: every year more and more books are being published by those who are discovering the ease and merit of self-publishing. Ten years ago my own self-publishing venture would never have had a chance to gestate, let alone find itself a fully formed book that could be bought by anyone on any corner of the globe. If one wanted to self-publish, there would have to be exorbitant costs expended by any wanna-be writer. You would go to a printer and pay him up front for the cost of materials to cover the cost of printing and binding a specific number of copies of a book. You would receive, in numerous boxes, however many copies of the book that you could afford to print, which would then be stored in your garage or basement until you found a way to coerce people into buying copies of your baby. More often than not the books you scraped together the money to print would end up moldy and forgotten—the ditched pet project of an author who, like his last foray into the world of model trains, turned out to be just another fad that had to be discarded in favor of more realistic pursuits.
But not anymore.
No matter how shitty your writing is, ANYBODY can write and publish a book, paying out little to nothing up front. How this is possible is that the technology has caught up with the demand of would-be writers. The term "print on demand" means just what it sounds like. You electronically submit a pdf of your personal dream project and all that remains is a dedication to finding an audience for your book. This potential audience has never been easier to connect with. Yes, I carried copies of my self-published book around in the trunk of my car, but the great majority of my book sales came from people buying it off of Amazon and other electronically-connected book sellers. The books were only printed when a reader ordered a copy. Gone was the need for warehouse space. Gone was the risk of monies expended on materials needed to actually print the book. Supply and demand were one and the same.
This is the new paradigm to which publishers around the world are struggling to adapt. Those publishers that stay ahead of the curve are the ones that will flourish. Those that refuse to adapt or simply cannot figure out how to are going to wither and die on the vine.
Never have the keys to the gates of publishing been placed directly in the hands of readers. If you write a book and do the legwork to get your writing in front of readers (and most importantly have a decent writing ability), the chances are higher than ever that a publisher like Harper Perennial is going to take notice. You are the great democratizers now. You are who determines what you want to read, in a more direct manner than ever before. So get out there and start reading and promoting those books that you find have merit. And if you are currently in pursuit of The Dream yourself, check out the resources out there specifically designed to make the reality more of a possibility. I'll get you started: Self Publishing Review is a great site containing numerous tips and tricks to getting your writing noticed, and all written by writers who have themselves achieved success in this exploding market.
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Madalyn came all the way from Airport High School to have me capture this special time in her life. I am always beyond honored when seniors travel so far to have me take their senior pics....but with that also comes a bit of pressure...lol. Madalyn has family close by so her and her mom planned to stay for a weekend when they came for her senior pics. There first trip here ended up being a rainy weekend...I mean not 1 clear day of good weather...and of course the rain was NOT in the forecast! So sadly...we had no choice but to reschedule. Once again they made the long trip here and no sooner is she in my studio and we are picking out her clothes and it starts down pouring...again and again this was NOT in the forecast. Thankfully this time it passed quick and the rest of the day was happy rain free shooting! Madalyn loves clothes and fashion so it was really fun picking out her clothes...however narrowing down the outfits was a challenge because she brought so much amazing stuff!
I knew from talking to her this first location would be perfect for her! I love this shot!
A little fun with some old records :)
Had to add this "OUT TAKE" from the session. Mom was so kind to stand behind and hold the door for this :)
This is one of my absolute faves!! Love it when these little wildflowers bloom. Shortly after this session though, they mowed them all down :(
Thanks for stopping by. To see more of my senior work you can visit my senior website or find me on facebook.
Saturday, August 10, 2013
Brogan ~ Featured Senior {Mid Michigan Senior Photographer}
Here is another Senior Stunner for you. Brogan chose to do both urban and country for her
session and as you can see she rocked both!
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One of the last remaining council-run library services in Sheffield is set to be handed over to volunteers.
Services at Tinsley will be changing from today as Sheffield City Council's lease on the current building comes to an end.
Volunteers have come forward in Tinsley to help run a future service from a new base.
Volunteers already run 15 other libraries in Sheffield following council budget cuts.
Temporary arrangements will take place from today including a local book drop off and collection point at Tinsley Forum on Bawtry Road.
Councillor Sioned-Mair Richards, acting cabinet member for neighbourhoods said: "Library services in Tinsley are changing but they are not stopping. The really positive news is that we have local volunteers who would like to run the future service and we are working with them."


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I actually own Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, and while I certainly had fun with it, I ended up tossing it in my trunk as another title I'd just as soon reminisce about rather than actually play again. With everyone now 'suckin the sack' for Uncharted 2, I felt compelled to get my hands around 'the experience' somehow (though I still stand by Assassin's Creed 2 as the only title I'll possibly buy this year). So being that people consistently rang out on how cinematic the game was, I decided to give the game a post for itself, but with a twist; I made the best out of my own stubbornness (being broke also works here nicely as well) by 'synthesizing a playthrough'. It's actually not as exciting as I'm making it (or failing to make it) sound, but it is simple. I downloaded an entire playthrough from YouTube, stuck them all on continuous play, and sat watching the entire game while miming engagement with my PS3 controller in hand. This is me addressing that that bit of assedry. I'd love to say I'll make it up to Naughty Dog someday, but judging by the numbers and scores that the game is pulling --- I'll take solace in the fact that they probably don't give a damn either way.
Animatory Acknowledgement
I always sing praise for animation when I see it and I think it's here that Uncharted shines most prominently. The way Nate's model looks when it jumps, descends stairs, and even the more subtle instances of his 'breaks' as the player moves him all look gorgeous in this game. Things such as the stair animations and wet clothes specifically were in the first game as well, but they plug into the scenery more effectively in this title, mostly because of the banter and precision of the sequences. I'm pretty sure I even caught the son of a bitch wiping away rubble as if he got it in his eyes. Speaking of the audio, it's specifically setup to aid the game's own visuals (I call it auditory animation).
"Wow, that's convenient"
– said by Nate just after a cutscene where he notices some ammo nearby as the player regains control
"Of course it's locked, it's always locked…"
– said by Nate at the beginning of the game as he makes his way from a crash site
Contextually speaking, this is a master stroke --- as there's a generous window of variance for when the player will hear any banter at any particular moment. Some of the enemies still 'melodranimate' but that's fine, as that gripe is already steps above the first game, when it negatively impacted the play itself. I'm actually surprised some of the pans to reflect the scenery weren't more self-indulgent. Due to that, the game even gains itself a sense of humbleness despite being directly linear. There's also some engaging instances of just good design in this title as well. For example, In Nepal --- there's a distinct point where Nate has to let Chloe out of a building in order to help him. After shooting the lock, the player has to then kick the door in to release her. This is opposed to what I was expecting where after the lock was shot, she would just come barging out. The trigger point was still there, it simply requires a tad more contextual interaction. Shooting the 'scarecrows' falls into this category as well (specifically the points where they grab Nate); they could easily be misconstrued as quicktime events, when they're actually keeping the player in the loop --- a bit more than what the traditional QTE fails at to begin with.
Henry or Ben?
This question has begun plaguing many gamers and it didn't go away with this title's release. Nate and his adventures are really a bit reminiscent of both, I just kept jumping to National Treasure from the simple springboard of me enjoying those films more (yeah, I said it). I think people are hesitant to relate the game to the likes of NT simply because it's not as acclaimed or 'iconic' as Indiana Jones, so jumping to Spielberg's films is an easy safe haven for gamers to once again wage their war with validating video games in a cultural light. The humor, the pacing of the quest, and even the progression of its characters all resonate stronger for me when held in tandem with Disney's templar mess. Why the title is related to things like Tomb Raider and Indiana Jones is just the game becoming self-victimizing.
"Great, the power's out and the girl's trapped. I swear to God --- if there's a zombie around the next corner…"
-by Nate as he travels he scrambles outside of a building in Nepal
"See ya….*mumbling* jackass…"
-Nate, following a stealth kill where the player pulls a sentry out of a window.
The fact that it's taking place in jungles and admist the perils of lost treasure exploits are just mere 'aesthetic coincidence'. What sealed the deal in this comparison for me however, was the music. Make no mistake, Edmonson did a fantastic job on Uncharted 2, but I always found myself wandering aimlessly in what the music happened to be doing in conjunction to the action on-screen at the time. When I layered Rabin's score over some of the sequences however, the game simply felt better to me --- but also presented the problem of how well the sequences themselves are meant to communicate with the player's own actions. The cueing of layers as Drake makes his way across certain areas are but one example of this.
At this point we also have to consider the cultural permeation of the game's own world, which is what I think Among Thieves favored over a more 'Rabinesque' scoring. The absence of leitmotifs for example (apart from Nate's Theme that is) is definitive proof of this. The game isn't tying itself together through its music mainly because it's using so much background muscle. Generally speaking, most 'cinematic games' don't do that at all (and I'm left to wonder why?). Anyway, my main statement to make here is that the title could have used a more effective stitching in this area. The pacing of Rabin's National Treasure score is just something I personally thought worked there.
Set Pieces
The falling building shown during the E3 demo was as impressive as ever, but there were a few other sequences in the game that even made my hateful ass do a double take. The most talked about one apart from that previously mentioned building shown at E3 is the train, and I'm sad that my synthetic play barred me from feeling any of the tactile maneuvering in that sequence. Though it's a very eye-catching portion, it's also very subtle --- using a good deal of visual and audio backup to reinforce an already gorgeous scene.
"HO---ly shit..."
-Nate spots an attack chopper while shimming across a beam
*windless* "I'm okay…"
-Nate, after falling from a large Nepalese statue
Once such example are the train crossing signals, which I found hilarious each time they were dodged. It opens up a dynamic to play against while the player makes his/her way towards the front of the train. My favorite portion of the train was when it began to ascend into the mountains. There's a specific spot where a helicopter is firing on Drake who can in turn make use of a nearby turret. Meanwhile, the train itself is curving around an inset turn in the mountain. This means the player can see in full beauty the scale being set by the background. Across a huge gap between the mountains, they can view the front part of the train curving around the bend as they fire upon the helicopter. There's a sense of placement there, an admirable visual dynamic that gamers just don't get too often. There were a couple of instances on this scale, such as a sliding platform in Shambhala or chase sequence that basically amounted to platforming between moving enemy trucks.
A blind spot that I initially had with this kind of game was the degree of variance in terms of exploration, but I reset my stance on that after this game. This is mainly because I acknowledged what the game was doing for itself while completely ignoring everyone else's take on the matter. Granted, I should have done that in the first place, but the irony is that I fell into that trap while actually playing through the first game; I'm moving away from it with this title, which I still haven't even technically played yet.
The endless comparisons to stuff like Tomb Raider ended up being little more than confusing roadblocks for how this title was seen rather than the touchstone comparison they were no doubt meant as. It's a damaging perception that weakens all games, but Uncharted just fell prey to it even more since it doesn't have such a large family in terms of that specific type of adventuring play. To say the game is linear isn't a slight against; it doesn't need to be composed any of all the expansive tropes that all titles of today are often lauded for. In reality, I think this game more closely resembles Prince of Persia than Lara's exploits (e.g. the verticality of the game's areas like Nepal), but even that's a stretch to simply to relate it somewhere. I did notice one glaring weakness in the game's main strength though and that was one of formulaic awareness. During multiple times over the course of the game, Drake is constantly paired up with someone who he can talk to while making his way towards his current objective. It's certainly broken up by the game's own pacing (and the caliber of the dialogue), but it's not completely hidden. It's dangerous because it undermines every cinematic merit badge the game earns for itself. No matter how good Elena, Sully, or even Flynn's characterization turned out to be --- the game kind of stumbles in its own quicksand regarding this.
This Year and Last Year's Model
Rather than try and negate out the worth of both female leads in this game (which I'm automatically compelled to do due to their acclaim *I didn't notice how that initially read, whoops*), I'll simply exceed to the notion that Naughty Dog is paving some admirable ground with its depiction of women. The flaw which Uncharted 2 rather unabashedly acknowledges itself is the differentiation between Chloe and Elena. Simply put, I didn't need the 'new model' to begin with, so I ended up antagonizing its very presence. Chloe annoyed me personally, but in all honestly --- I felt that the game would have functioned just fine without her. To her credit, the dynamic she presents is carved out rather nicely, but the only thing she ended up serving was not playing into some cliché love triangle plot (which could have been avoided entirely by her absence to begin with). Both she and Elena acknowledge each other without becoming embittered over Drake, but that's about it. If nothing else, both girls in the same game risk infringing on the character of Drake, which risks compromising their own individuality simply to make him a more 'interesting hero'. This is doubly so when concerning Elena, who in both titles comes across more effective as an actual character rather than a narrative springboard. Chloe can be taken out entirely whereas Elena simply cannot. I'd be interested in hearing what drove Chloe's conception to be honest, as the need to 'update' Elena was unnecessary in my eyes.
"A tank? What the hell do they need a tank for?"
-By Nate as he makes his way along the train
"Sorry love, this isn't a movie, and you're not the plucky girl who reforms the villain and saves the day. It's just not done like that."
-Harry Flynn, right before releasing a grenade
So yeah, Uncharted 2 is definitely a progressive title in terms of cinematic games (all I really cared about in the first place), but it's still not quite something that will make me any less of an ass when looking at my games. There's a level of craft and design in this game that simply begs attention to itself. Since gamers seem to be so perpetually starved for the medium being seen on equal narrative playing ground as its predecessors (an illusory ideal mind you), titles like this fall prey to shallow over-indulgence. Thanks to that, it's a game I'll happily wait to play for myself.


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One of my favorite moments in Jehane Noujaim's documentary Control Room occurs when an Al Jazeera editor is accused of not being "objective" by a Western journalist, and responds, "This word, 'objectivity,' is a mirage."
With every film critic, journalist and moviegoer about to pass judgement on the "factual accuracy" of Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9-11, I felt compelled to say something about this "mirage" we call objectivity. As Control Room so brilliantly conveys, everyone is biased, coming to the table with their own views of the "truth." Is the picture attached of a bombed out building in Baghdad the result of American airstrikes or insurgent mortar fire? Depends on who you ask.
Michael Moore has gotten some flack in the past for bending the truth in Roger and Me and Bowling for Columbine, but I would argue that Moore is just another manipulative storyteller in a crowded field of manipulative storytellers, which includes everyone from ABC News to CNN to that "objective" purveyor of "fair and balanced" reporting, Fox TV. In his book Spike, Mike Slackers and Dykes, John Pierson counters the Moore-bashing with a quote from filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard: "You can start with either fiction or documentary. But whichever you start with, you will inevitably recall the other."
Welcome to the 21st century folks! Truth is a very slippery thing. Get with the times. Postmodernism is old news. Who are these people who hold onto such fallacies as truth and objectivity? They're certainly not documentary filmmakers, who know full well that when you take images and put them together into a representation of reality, it is NOT reality. It is a representation, colored by personal views, cultural contexts and a little thing called editing. Did Andrew Jarecki leave out some important facts in his enthralling documentary, Capturing the Friedmans? You bet he did. Did so-called "verite" filmmaker Frederick Wiseman's landmark work Titicut Follies not employ a powerful use of montage, implicating mental hospital workers in the death of an inmate? Of course it does.
At last year's IDFA documentary festival in Amsterdam, Palestinian filmmaker Hany Abu-Assad got blasted because he staged a scene in his brilliant "nonfiction" film, Ford Transit. According to Variety, Abu-Assad believed his film got much closer to the "truth" than many of the news reports being churned out about the Palestinian-Israeli situation.
Then there's Errol Morris, one of the most important filmmakers working in the documentary form. He certainly has no illusions about the truthfulness of the image-based medium, or quite frankly, the lies we tell ourselves to survive through the day. (After all, he makes commercials.) "When people talk about truth, they have this idea that truth is just sort of handed over to you. Say on a combo platter, the truth combo platter," he says. "But it doesn't work that way. It's difficult to come by, and properly speaking, it's a quest; it's the pursuit of an ideal."
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Hargeisa Group of Hospital Neonatal Wing Brings More Hopes to Mothers and their Babies in Somaliland
Health care delivery in Somalia is in critical state with some of the worst health indicators. WHO estimates 61 per 1,000 new-born infants die within their first month of life which is the highest neonatal mortality rate in the world.[1]
Looking at the situation in Somaliland, the cases is more of the same with most new born infants developing complications after they are born or some dying immediately after delivery. However such controllable issues may soon become a thing of the past with the new Neonatal wing established at the Hargeisa Group Hospital. With the assistance from the Government of Finland, IOM has placed two qualified neonatal nurses at the hospital who take care of the newborn babies ensuring that both the child's welfare and the mother are well taken care of before the mother is discharged from the clinic.
Together with other medical professionals attached to the hospital, newborn's health records are always tracked down to ensure the child health is well taken care off. Additionally nutritional advice is always given to the mothers free of charge whenever they pay a visit to the hospital.
A recent visit to the Neonatal unit showed the nurses together with other medical professional giving assistance to a small baby who had been brought to the hospital and upon admission, the baby was diagnosed with Sepsis and Asphyxia which was caused by meconium aspiration (Presence of meconium and amniotic fluid in the baby's lungs) The child, under close monitoring by Ms. Ifrah Ahmed, a nurse at the hospital, received treatment for free and was discharged after he had fully recovered.
"I am happy my baby is recuperating. At first I found it difficult seeing my child in deep pain and experiencing difficulty in breathing considering I didn't have enough money to take him to the hospital. Said Ms Shabcan Adan, the mother to the baby during a visit by IOM MIDA team. Through the help of the nurses here at the clinic, my child has responded well to medication and soon we will be leaving the hospital with joy" Adds Ms Shabcan.
Thanks to the establishment of neonatal unit improved delivery services, the neonatal mortality at the hospital has decreased from 24 per cent to 5 per cent.
Since the placement of the nurses at the hospital in 2015, under MIDA FINNSOM a project run by IOM Somalia, over 1350 mothers have benefited from the services at the hospital
IOM MIDA FINNSOM is funded by the government of Finland.
[1] WHO Global Health Observatory (GHO) data: Under-five mortality. Available from http://www.who.int/gho/child_health/mortality/mortality_under_five_text/en/


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PRETORIA, June 27 (Itar-Tass) - The jets of the U.S. Air Force will not intercept a plane which might have Edward Snowden on board, U.S. President Barack Obama declared on Thursday.
President Obama has been staying in Senegal where he arrived on an official visit.
Barack Obama also said that the White House is concerned that Edward Snowden disposes of other documents containing intelligence information. That is why the United States wants him to be arrested.
Nevertheless, the United States does not see any need in negotiating the issue of Edward Snowden with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping, said Obama.
Non-existent request
Earlier today it was announced that the government of Ecuador gave Edward Snowden the document on the right of entry into the South American country. This was reported by Univison TV channel, which is based in the United States and broadcasts in Spanish. According to the report, the document is dated June 22. It is signed by the Consul of Ecuador in London Fidel Narváez, the report says.
Meanwhile, the Ecuadorian government spokesman said today that the government has not received request for political asylum from ex-CIA employee.
Press worries for Ecuador
As media in Ecuador reports, the scandal with the analyst threatens to damage the country's relations with the United States, and Washington intends to pressure its South American partner by all available means. If the problem is considered in geopolitical sense, from all the countries that are involved in the situation with Snowden Ecuador is the most vulnerable.
As pointed out by Quito newspaper El Comercio, the United States do not have much impact on Russia, China or Cuba, but in the case of Ecuador, the American diplomacy has much more leverage, and a large proportion of it refers to the economy. On the dependence of the local economy from the U.S. points at least the fact that Ecuador's national currency is the dollar.
The United States, says the publication, may slow down economic growth in Ecuador if it will limit the access of goods to its market. The fact is that much of the Ecuadorian production is delivered to the north of the American continent. In this regard, the main theme in the current relations between the two countries is saving reduced fees for local goods.
Under the current program, the United States has provided benefits to Ecuador for its participation in the fight against drug trafficking. The scope of the initiative includes 835 commodity items. The issue with the duties should be solved July 1 - the date was picked long before the situation with ex-CIA agent started. At the same time, the U.S. Congress must approve the granting of preferences until July 21.
No one knows how the U.S. government will behave, but in the recent months, the representatives of the South American country tried to make every effort to prolong the regime of reduced rates.
According to local observers, there is no univocal point of view on the problem of Snowden in Ecuador yet. However, experts are already talking about possible losses to the economy due to a clash with Washington. Thus, the South American country's ambassador to the United States Nataly Celi claims that the refusal of the reduction of duties will lead to a loss of 40 thousand jobs.


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January Jones: Fedora Fierce
January Jones dons a black fedora as she heads out of a nail salon on Tuesday afternoon (February 12) in Los Angeles.
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The week before, January was seen leaving a hair salon solo and grabbing something to eat with the little one at a restaurant in West Hollywood.
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PARIS (Reuters) - The separation of Altice's U.S. and European operations is not meant to facilitate a market consolidation in France, Altice Chief Executive Officer Dexter Goei said on Tuesday.
The Netherlands-based telecoms and cable group plans to regroup its French unit SFR under a new entity named Altice Europe, it said earlier on Tuesday.
Several analysts said Altice's European arm as a whole could eventually become an acquisition target for rival French telecoms companies.
"There's clearly no thought process around trying to position it for any type of strategic transaction," Goei said during a call with reporters.
"We're very focused on the operating story, specifically in France and Portugal," he added.
"Over the medium and longer term, I'm certain this question will be asked again and maybe we'll have a different response."
Reporting by Mathieu Rosemain and Gwenaelle Barzic Editing by dominique Vidalon