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Track By Track | Listen To Creux Lies’ “The Hearth” + Music Video Premiere!
Sär Blackthorn
In honor of Creux Lies releasing “The Hearth” last month, Ean Clevenger is taking us through the album track by track! Stream the album (below) and enjoy!
“Well, “Silhouette”…I guess this song is an excellent start, and also, a pragmatic way to musically start the record. I believe we put this track on the lead as it somewhat corners all of our collective nervous system—reverb-drenched guitars, sweeping drums, hooks, ladders, etc. The further context, from a lyrical standpoint, covers what I guess is my transformation. Throughout my artistic career, I’ve been known as quite the little radical-leftist. With a quick search engine look at my name, the results will lend many of my philosophical leanings and angles; those found throughout my harder projects. With the change to Creux Lies, I guess I had to find a way to be that person still, to make amends with still feeling passionate and wanting to continue to bring my perspectives of earnest political assertiveness to such a, well, less friction-filled canvas. This song is somewhat of a relook in the mirror; a more honest, less charming, but truthful perspective of my current power and will. In the end realize, I will never bow down, regardless of the intensity of the soundscape.”
“The record turns and twists around so many themes and stories. When it the needle transfers to “Portals”, I recall how I wrote from my heart; and also, from a particular perspective of my continually evolving life. I’m taking stock in the pain and the profit from. Being in a transcending place today, as I found a right life partner to work through this world with, I have the sight to look at my past, and, as the killer of some romantic dreams in my days, the recipient of such, and through the eyes of tortured partnerships with my friends and family, I can tell you… Love is still worth it all. It’s better to live, and love, than die alone. Or at least, hold on that beautiful dream till the last breath… After all, haha, we all will anyway take the last one alone nevertheless if I am not mistaken?”
As an added bonus, Post-Punk.com is also premiering a brand new music video for “Portals” below! Easily one of the best music videos I have ever seen in the genre, I did indeed cry the first time. The symbolism is incredible, you might want to give this a few watches:
“From another part of my mind’s cosmos comes “The Unclasping”. This song is an extension, the metaphorical call, and call-back of a couple levels of notions. There is indeed a nihilist theme that permeates a good amount of my words here. From one side, this song echoes, too cold to feel, an animal…the stark truth of a human’s instinct. And, worse, with a shot in the heart, the adrenaline kick of free reign—laissez faire…we are a dangerous organism, and as a side note, so is the Trump administration, and those who worship this moment…these figures are a great example of how feeble and self-serving we can be. We need to pay close attention to ourselves as well as those stricken, and further, cure our illness.”
“And, speaking of sickness, we come to “Eulogy”. (sorry, being a marketer brings out the cheesiest of transitions in me). More darkly, but to me lightly, this song is literally my eulogy to my loved ones…for the day when I become something changed. I don’t believe in heaven, hell, etc., but I do believe in energy and entropy, and I infer we will all be one again in, the gathering.”
The Hearth by Creux Lies
“As I am writing this, I am following along as a listener to this record we, (SOMEHOW?) created. It’s a remarkable thing to create a new soundscape, and, I must say, I am proud of what we have accomplished. The next track I am soaking in is “Virginity”. The Cure is a band that we worship. I have always thought the composition of “Prayers For Rain” was simply the sexiest song ever imagined. I wanted to find a way to make something like this become ours. This song, being the most dramatic and ballad based track on this record, utterly dripped with sensuality and instinct. This song provoked those concepts of the tidal trial of coming together as two humans, intertwined both physically and mentally, and how illusively and powerfully that magic can both inspire and destroy in such a starkly real mode in our very primitive and modern appearances…”
“As a vegetarian and longtime advocate for animal rights, in unison with my environmental philosophies, the story (film) The Ghost and the Darkness resonated with me deeply as I began the content exploration for the song Tsavo. The concept of the story centers around imperialistic hunters attempting to protect a railroad company laying track in a region called Tsavo, in the Republic of Kenya. Through the men’s continued attempt to kill the lions, they also proceed to die at the claws and fangs by way of the king’s of the natural world. This process resumes until the last of the pride is taken in the name of (human) progress. I consider all of those, continuing the work of freedom, justice, and equality for all (not just humans) to be of that lion geist. We will continue to serve until the last gasp. I suspect this track is a reminder for Americans that stand against this sham of a government, to show your teeth, and use them if you have to.”
“With “Áine’s Song“, this tale is very personal. It’s a homage to my goddess of summer, my red mare, my wife. I burn by rites in her honor. There is magic for all of us who are loved and give love, by marriage, friendship, and compassion to those alone in this life. We all should burn for each—intensely, daily, and through word and work.”
“The last track, “Simulacrum“, closes this album. This song in so many ways cinches the thread tightly, both sonically and thematically, finishing this tapestry of ours. Contextually, it stands within the dualism and nihilism ever-present, the dance of life, and, the only enduring element of ourselves…our bone. That which will be stripped, bare, certain, and yet, hard enough persist. After all, this life is a dream…savor the seconds, the pain, and the glories.”
Order The Heart here!
Live Dates:
9/23 – Los Angeles w/ Glaare/Gene Loves Jezebel
9/28 – Sacramento w/ Actors
9/29 – Oakland w/ 13th Sky
10/5 – Reno (NV)
10/12 – Nevada City (CA)
10/25 – Seattle (WA)
10/26 – Vancouver (BC) w/ Actors
10/27 – Portland (OR)
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Losing to 'best in world' no disgrace for McGregor's Dragons
Brad Walter NRL.com Senior Reporter
Thu 25 Apr 2019, 08:53 PM
St George Illawarra coach Paul McGregor described Sydney Roosters as "the best team in the world”. Repeatedly.
Besides acknowledging the impressive way the Roosters had begun their 2018 premiership defence, McGregor's praise was his way of pointing out that the Dragons are going alright too.
He delivered the same message in the SCG dressing rooms after his side’s 20-10 Anzac Day loss.
The Roosters are on track to become the first team to win back-to-back grand finals in NRL history after their best start to a season in 20 years.
However, the character shown by an undermanned St George Illawarra to fight back in the second half suggests they will also be among the premiership contenders.
The win was the Roosters' fifth against another team in the top-eight and sixth in succession since their opening round loss to South Sydney. It has them placed better than in recent seasons, when they have started slowly and peaked closer to the finals.
In contrast, the Dragons have started the past two seasons in top form and led the Telstra Premiership for long periods but fallen away as injuries and a heavy State of Origin representation took its toll.
This season they have been without the services of Jack de Belin since round one and lost Gareth Widdop and Korbin Sims to long-term injuries but have still managed to win four of their opening seven matches and push the Roosters to the limit on just 40 per cent possession.
Halfback Ben Hunt injured his shoulder early in the match and couldn’t catch or pass properly but managed to play on until the 68th minute. He is expected to be fit for next weekend’s match against Parramatta.
The ambition within the St George Illawarra camp is to be well-placed when Sims, Widdop and possibly de Belin return later in the season.
“I’d like to play them with 50-50 possession and completing above 80 per cent, but in saying that they won the game and they are a very good football team,” McGregor said. “They have proved that time after time. They are the best team in the world.”
In the end, it was the resolve of the Roosters that got them home after the Dragons players responded to a call from McGregor for them to “leave it all out there” in the second half after trailing 14-0 at the interval.
A 47th minute try to winger Zac Lomax and a brilliant 60-metre solo effort by fullback Matt Dufty reduced the deficit to 14-10 with 18 minutes to go. But as they had done against Melbourne last week, the Roosters scored last to secure the two competition points.
It takes a top team to regain momentum and win close games against good opposition but Roosters coach Trent Robinson believes the premiers are still far from their best.
The key to whether the Roosters can become the first team to win successive grand finals since Brisbane in 1992 and 1993 is maintaining the hunger and desire of the players.
“I think we are hungry and we are seeing some really good signs from players and the team but if you take a step back and have a look at that game the Roosters can improve a fair bit,” Robinson said.
“We are going to stay hungry and I am going to make sure I breed that hunger into them continuously.
“We have worked hard to get a group of players over the last couple of years into this squad, we have worked hard to develop them, a couple of recruits and we want to play better footy each week and each month that goes by. We definitely need to get better.”
An indication of the Roosters' first-half domination was the fact the Dragons had made 203 tackles – 90 more than the Roosters by the interval – and most of the defending they’d been forced to do had been at their own end of the field.
There were several tough calls against the Dragons in the first half but mistakes contributed to the 69 per cent share of possession enjoyed by the Roosters with some poor handling and decision-making.
The back three of Matt Dufty, Jordan Pereira and Lomax didn’t look comfortable defusing kicks from Cooper Cronk in the wide expanses of the SCG and were responsible for five of their side’s seven first-half errors.
Hunt finished with three errors as he struggled through the match after injuring his shoulder in an early collision with Roosters winger Daniel Tupou.
With the SCG being the only ground in the NRL with a cricket pitch, it could be suggested that the Roosters have a greater home field advantage playing at the iconic venue than they did at the adjoining Allianz Stadium.
To prove that point, Jake Friend used the sloping surface to gain a 40-20 kick - their third of the season.
Angus Crichton’s 32nd minute try was scored during the ensuing set of possession but McGregor was entitled to call for "consistency" from match officials after a decision to award an earlier Roosters try after Lomax spilled a Cronk bomb.
Lomax turned his back as he attempted to catch the kick and lost the ball after Roosters winger Daniel Tupou collided with him in the air. A similar incident at the other end of the field was deemed a penalty against Hunt.
A forward pass denied Lomax a first half try but he kick-started St George Illawarra’s second half fight back when centre Euan Aitken put him over after Hunt ran the ball on the last tackle and the Dragons remained in the contest until Siosiua Taukeiaho scored in the 77th minute.
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E.A.Poets Approved/Bands We Like – Cat Ryan
our “E.A.Poets Approved/Bands We Like” section is dedicated to Cat Ryan. I discovered this fantastic band while shuffling songs on Spotify and I instantly loved the atmosphere of their songs.
Listening to Cat Ryan you find yourself in a very original world of approaching music.
The bold construction of the melodic lines and the different but intriguing lyrics create a modern and in the same sense unstable atmosphere.
I found, in their sound a gentle paranoia, but not in the brute sense of the word.
When on those endless Sundays in summer you get bored and you make your mind wander, maybe tearing the wings off a fly just to spend some time doing something, and in the meantime, you look out the window waiting for a friend to save you by bringing you a beer.
I really liked this kind of nostalgic atmosphere.
Mary-Anne’s voice is hot and cold at the same time. Cat Ryan’s music lives in that very moment where the opposites kiss themselves. They recklessly like to live in this unstable balance where the elements attract and repel each other at the same time.
Mary Shelley Song is Cat Ryan’s Single Out Now!
Creative and original band, I absolutely recommend them!
Fast gaining critical acclaim, Cat Ryan are a trio that are turning heads in the music industry – we hope that you can offer your support to them as they continue to grow.
Previous singles “Mannerism” and “Blessed Through The TV” thrust Cat Ryan into the spotlight, whilst receiving critical acclaim from tastemakers such as Xune Mag, When The Horn Blows, The Girls At The Rock Show, Indietronica and Yack Magazine, as well as being featured by, The Burning Ear, Loud Women, AAA Backstage and Little Indie Blogs.
Mary-Anne (singer, lyricist and multi-instrumentalist) reveals the creative process and story behind the single: “It’s a very unique song and, despite the title, it’s only the first verse that’s about Mary Shelley. Lyrically it’s quite random, having been inspired by a variety of memories stemming from my time at college studying for my A-Levels. Essentially, I showed my friends a new song I’d been working on and one of them came up with the first three lines on the spot. It was funny because it doesn’t fully make sense, but that’s sort of the theme of the song: it kind of makes sense to us, but other people will probably wonder how the lyrics were created and what they’re supposed to be about.”
The origins of the song, and its theme, exemplifies how the band draw inspiration from a variety of sources and set their own, unique, musical direction. As such, Cat Ryan look forward to the future as they develop alongside Art-Rock contemporaries such as Youth Sector, Swine Tax, Coach Party, Tranqua Lite, and CIEL.
Find Cat Ryan Here:
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from django.conf import settings
from django.core.validators import EmailValidator, ValidationError
import redis
def get_redis_connection():
"""
Helper used for obtain a raw redis client.
"""
from redis_cache.cache import pool
connection_pool = pool.get_connection_pool(
parser_class=redis.connection.HiredisParser,
connection_pool_class=redis.ConnectionPool,
connection_pool_class_kwargs={},
**settings.REDIS)
return redis.Redis(connection_pool=connection_pool, **settings.REDIS)
def is_email(value):
try:
EmailValidator()(value)
except ValidationError:
return False
else:
return True
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package com.wiwit.eplweb.service;
import java.util.List;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
import com.wiwit.eplweb.dao.MatchdayCommentDAO;
import com.wiwit.eplweb.model.MatchdayComment;
import com.wiwit.eplweb.model.User;
@Component
public class MatchdayCommentService {
@Autowired
private MatchdayCommentDAO matchdayCommentDAO;
public void createComment(MatchdayComment m) {
matchdayCommentDAO.createComment(m);
}
public MatchdayComment findById(int id) {
return matchdayCommentDAO.findById(id);
}
public List<MatchdayComment> findByMatchdayId(int matchdayId, int offset,
int size) {
return matchdayCommentDAO.findByMatchdayId(matchdayId, offset, size);
}
public List<MatchdayComment> findByMatchAndUser(int matchdayId, User user,
int offset, int size) {
return matchdayCommentDAO.findByMatchAndUser(matchdayId, user.getId(), offset, size);
}
public List<MatchdayComment> findByParentId(int parentId, int offset,
int size) {
return matchdayCommentDAO.findByParentId(parentId, offset, size);
}
public Long countTotalCommentByMatchdayId(int matchdayId) {
return matchdayCommentDAO.countTotalCommentByMatchdayId(matchdayId);
}
public Long countTotalCommentByParentId(int parentId) {
return matchdayCommentDAO.countTotalCommentByParentId(parentId);
}
}
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During my recent trip to the city of Dallas, I decided to explore the city a bit, and while out, I decided to capture my look. The day was gloomy but not too cold so the “Pow” sweater deemed appropriate. Rather than making my rounds in denim, I opted for this tube Topshop skirt, very sleek and perfect for capturing the town. | {'timestamp': '2019-04-26T05:48:04Z', 'url': 'https://rantiinreview.com/powcity-of-dallas/', 'language': 'en', 'source': 'c4'} |
package workflow
import (
"encoding/json"
"fmt"
"net/http"
log "github.com/golang/glog"
"github.com/gorilla/websocket"
"golang.org/x/net/context"
"github.com/youtube/vitess/go/acl"
)
var upgrader = websocket.Upgrader{} // use default options
// HandleHTTPWebSocket registers the WebSocket handler.
func (m *Manager) HandleHTTPWebSocket(pattern string) {
log.Infof("workflow Manager listening to websocket traffic at %v", pattern)
http.HandleFunc(pattern, func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
defer func() {
if x := recover(); x != nil {
errMsg := fmt.Sprintf("uncaught panic: %v", x)
log.Error(errMsg)
http.Error(w, errMsg, http.StatusInternalServerError)
}
}()
// Check ACL.
if err := acl.CheckAccessHTTP(r, acl.ADMIN); err != nil {
msg := fmt.Sprintf("WorkflowManager acl.CheckAccessHTTP failed: %v", err)
log.Error(msg)
http.Error(w, msg, http.StatusUnauthorized)
return
}
// Upgrade to WebSocket.
c, err := upgrader.Upgrade(w, r, nil)
if err != nil {
log.Errorf("upgrade error: %v", err)
return
}
defer c.Close()
// Register the handler.
notifications := make(chan []byte, 10)
tree, i, err := m.NodeManager().GetAndWatchFullTree(notifications)
if err != nil {
log.Warningf("GetAndWatchFullTree failed: %v", err)
return
}
defer m.NodeManager().CloseWatcher(i)
// First we send the full dump
if err := c.WriteMessage(websocket.TextMessage, tree); err != nil {
log.Warningf("WriteMessage(tree) failed: %v", err)
return
}
// Start a go routine to get messages, send them to a channel.
recv := make(chan *ActionParameters, 10)
go func() {
for {
mt, message, err := c.ReadMessage()
if err != nil {
log.Warningf("failed to read message from websocket: %v", err)
close(recv)
return
}
if mt != websocket.TextMessage {
log.Warningf("weird message type: %v", mt)
}
ap := &ActionParameters{}
if err := json.Unmarshal(message, ap); err != nil {
log.Warningf("failed to JSON-decode message from websocket: %v", err)
close(recv)
return
}
recv <- ap
}
}()
// Let's listen to the channels until we're done.
for {
select {
case ap, ok := <-recv:
if !ok {
// The websocket was most likely closed.
return
}
ctx := context.TODO()
if err := m.NodeManager().Action(ctx, ap); err != nil {
log.Warningf("Action failed: %v", err)
}
case message, ok := <-notifications:
if !ok {
// We ran out of space on the update
// channel, so we had to close it.
return
}
if err := c.WriteMessage(websocket.TextMessage, message); err != nil {
log.Warningf("WriteMessage(tree) failed: %v", err)
return
}
}
}
})
}
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On 11/16 at the joint meeting between the council and FAC, a 1% increase in DeKalb sales tax was added/included to the 2018 City of DeKalb proposed budget.
Were you aware of this 1% sales tax increase in the budget?
A committee of the whole meeting is scheduled for Tuesday November 21 at council chambers at 5:00 pm for public input on the proposed budget.
Business owners need to give input at the meeting on this proposed sales tax increase by speaking at the public comment section. All speakers need to do is fill out a simple speaker request form (available outside the chambers on a table) and hand into the city clerk.
The Transmittal Letter in the Proposed Budget document discussed the 1% increase in the Home Rule Sales Tax. This information is from page 12.
*Operations total for 3 months is $417,600 of which $313,200 to support operations and $104,000 to meet the General Fund reserve requirement of 25% of expenditures. The three additional Police Officers hire date in FY2019.
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How about lower taxes attract more people which increase revenue..
damn, isn’t 10% high enough? I have an idea, try balancing your budget and quit borrowing…..
The aggregate sales tax already marches many suburbs that also pay into RTA.
The city needs to learn how to cut the sales tax, not increase it.
Isn’t this the truth. So many people feel exactly like this. Sad.
I am seriously looking forward to leaving this town. This despite many years of long commutes to be able to live here. The city administration has long viewed their residents as hicks, rubes, and as impediments to efficient public administration. And, now they view us as cash cows.
Maybe making some weekend trips to Wisconsin??
It’s way cheaper only 5.5 % sales tax! And really Janesville is not that far.
And in Wisconsin, you actually get decent services for your taxes.
I wonder how much their revenue will decrease because of this tax increase.
Yet the city has untold money to take the bike path under the train bridge. Large crews & large equipment working on this day after day after day. Was this really needed? Was this a priority? Keep raising taxes to fund this nonsense?
That $ came from a grant, specifically for that path.
Eventually everything comes from the tax paying public even if it came from the federal level or the state level.
This grant money didn’t fall from the sky.
Thomas Michael Bottom, grants are not free money. There are strings attached. But the bike path didn’t come from the General Fund.
DeKalb County Online why would Dekalb even take state money the state is broke.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m an avid bicyclist 🚴♀️ but I absolutely don’t see the value in all the money spent on a project like this. I understand it will be safer but coming down Pearl St. and going across 38 at the light worked just fine for me.
I would have much rather this “grant $” went to the Dekalb Police department. Stopping the violence & random shootings would make me feel safer, not this extremely expensive extension of the bike path. But I’m just a common working class tax paying citizen. What does it really matter what I think???
How much is the actual cost of this project?
WOW. How many more people are going to leave the county to make larger purchases just to avoid this level of tax?
So the sales tax would then be 9.25%. Wow high as cook county.
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'Smile, smile, smile': Aunt who raised Browns' D'Ernest Johnson still running alongside a Pop Warner fence
Marla Ridenour
BEREA — D’Ernest Johnson’s mother, aunt, brother, girlfriend and agent were at FirstEnergy Stadium on Oct. 21, when Johnson made his first NFL start on “Thursday Night Football.”
In Immokalee, Florida, his aunt Undreas Harrison was “screaming and hollering” in front of the television. Watching him rush for 146 yards and a touchdown and earn a game ball against the Denver Broncos, she experienced a flashback.
Harrison recalled one of Johnson's early games in Pop Warner, when she ran the length of the field with him, she outside the fence yelling, “‘Go! Go!’”
Johnson lived with Harrison for 15 years, starting when he was 3. Her voice filled with pride when she discussed his fight to reach the NFL in a phone interview Thursday. She was appreciative to hear that so many of his teammates, touched by his journey, have embraced him, with Nick Chubb calling him “lovable.”
Parts of that journey — like when Johnson direct messaged all the teams in the Alliance of American Football in 2018 asking if they wanted to see his highlight video — Harrison learned about after the fact. She didn’t hear many details about the six months he spent fishing for mahi-mahi off the coast of Key West, Florida except for his occasional comment about how tired he was.
By then, the University of South Florida product had left Immokalee for Gainesville, where Harrison said Johnson was providing for his now 6-year-old son D’Ernest Jr., “D.J.” to her.
When Harrison learned Johnson, now 25, was going to be a father, she said she wasn’t thrilled and told him, “’If you’re man enough to get it, you better be man enough to take care of it.’”
“He knew how I raised him. Him and his brother, I’m so proud that they’re stepping up to the plate and doing that, taking care of their kids,” she said. Johnson and his girlfriend Jasmin Brown now have a baby daughter, shown in the most recent episode of “Building the Browns.”
But no matter what job Johnson held, nothing obscured his relentless drive to continue his career.
“D’Ernest was tenacious about football,” Harrison said of Johnson as a child. “Football was like in his DNA. He loved football, loved football, loved it.
“When he was 4 or 5 when they put him in pads, a lot of them used to be out there just messing around, but he was always focused. A lot of people used to come up to me and say, ‘He’s the best one on the team’ because he played defense and offense.”
After toiling on special teams for two years, Johnson has become a valued member of the Browns in his third year in Cleveland. As the Browns (5-5) host the Detroit Lions (0-8-1) Sunday, Johnson may again be a big part of the running attack behind starter Chubb, activated off the reserve/COVID-19 list Friday with rookie Demetric Felton. Kareem Hunt, the other half of the Browns 1-2 punch, remains on injured reserve.
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In the 17-14 victory over the Broncos, the Browns were without Chubb and Hunt, both out with calf injuries. In Sunday’s 45-7 loss at New England, nearly the entire running back room — Chubb, Felton and John Kelly — landed on the reserve/COVID-19 list. Johnson, baffled and thankful he did not test positive for the virus, was the lone bright spot, rushing 19 times for 99 yards and leading the Browns in receiving with seven catches for 58 yards.
He showed the Browns his mettle with 2:42 remaining and his team behind by 38 points, catching a Case Keenum pass out of the backfield and running for 18 yards.
“He finished on the sideline late in the fourth quarter where he could have easily stepped out of bounds but he's like ‘No, I'm going to show that I can finish this game,’” Browns left guard Joel Bitionio said Thursday. “That's all you want, man. I think he has the potential. He's shown people that he can play running back in this league and that's huge for him.”
Offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt was just as impressed with the seemingly meaningless reception by Johnson.
“He had two defenders coming in on him. Nine out of 10 backs in this league would have stepped out of bounds, and he put his shoulder down,” Van Pelt said Thursday. “This guy loves football, and I love that he is in our room.”
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Harrison helped launch that dream, signing up Johnson for Pop Warner and driving him to his practices and games.
She took in Johnson and his older brother Tshumbi when D’Ernest was 3 and Tshumbi 4. Their mother, Harrison’s niece, was young and wanted a more stable life for her sons. Harrison, 53, who will finish her 26th year working in the cafeteria for Collier County Public Schools in 2022, eventually needed help caring for her sickly mother, and even as teenagers the boys were willing.
Immokalee is a football hotbed, Harrison said. Sports runs deep in the family and not just on the male side. Harrison played volleyball, basketball, and softball, and Johnson’s grandmother ran track. D’Ernest and Tshumbi made the varsity football team as high school freshmen.
At South Florida, Harrison said then-coach Willie Taggart, now at Florida Atlantic University, used to call Johnson “Junkyard Dog.”
“He wanted to win. No matter what position coach Taggart put him at, he’d go in and do what he had to do,” she said.
After Johnson left college, Harrison knew Johnson had a few dark days as he tried to break into the league.
“He went through a rough time, I talked to him and he was depressed, he thought he wasn’t going to make it there,” Harrison said. “I said, ‘Don’t give up on your dream.’”
When she found out he wrote all of the coaches before he latched on with the AAF’s Orlando franchise in the now-defunct league, Harrison said she told him, “You weren’t playing about that.’”
Getting that chance took more than the messages as none in the AAF initially answered.
“I actually got the [general manager’s] number from one of my college teammates and college coach,” Johnson said on Oct. 28. “They gave me the number and I kept calling every day. Every single day I kept calling until they finally said, ‘We’re going to bring you in for a tryout.’”
When he got a tryout with the Browns in 2019, he was headed to a yoga class with his girlfriend and the person on the phone told him he had about four hours to catch a plane. He threw some things in a bag and rushed to the airport.
Harrison has been watching most of this from afar. She saw Johnson play once in Cleveland his rookie year. The family also attended Browns' preseason games in Tampa in 2019 and in Jacksonville this year.
With Johnson thrust to the forefront this season, Harrison thought back to the day Johnson signed on May 16, 2019.
“When we FaceTimed he said, ‘Oh, my God, it seems so unreal.’ But I said, ‘You did it, D’Ernest. You’re in the NFL,’” Harrison said.
“That dream had been such a long time. He’s so happy. Even as a kid, he was always smiling. Smile, smile, smile.”
Marla Ridenour can be reached at [email protected]. Read more about the Browns at www.beaconjournal.com/browns. Follow her on Twitter at www.twitter.com/MRidenourABJ.
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Part #1 of The Original Sinners series by Tiffany Reisz
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Nora had raced to church after school that day and found Søren praying here by the shrine to the Virgin Mary. She’d told him how grateful Jordan was, how shocked the whole school was, how nobody knew why the coach had left so abruptly.
Søren hadn’t smiled. He’d only lit a candle.
“Was that hard to do?” She remembered standing in this very spot and asking him that question. “Telling that guy off?”
“It was frighteningly easy to put the fear of God into him,” Søren had said. “And almost enjoyable. Why do you ask, Eleanor?”
She’d zipped up her hooded sweatshirt and plucked nervously at the ragged cuffs. “I thought it might be hard for you. You know, since you’re in love with me. ”
Søren had met her eyes and she saw she’d actually managed to catch him off guard, one of the few times in their eighteen years she had.
“Eleanor, there are suicide bombers on the Gaza Strip who are less dangerous than you are. ” He started toward his office. She followed him, nearly running to keep up with his long strides.
“I’m going to take that as a yes,” she’d said when they arrived at his office door.
“I’ve always been an admirer of the Cistercian monks. ” Søren stepped into his office. “Especially their vow of silence. ” And he’d closed the door in her face.
She’d smiled nonstop for the next two weeks.
Nora opened her eyes and stepped away from the shrine and out of the memory. Her heels clicked on the hardwood floors grown slick and shiny with age. She thought she’d find Søren in his office working. But she paused outside the sanctuary when she heard the sound of a piano wafting through the heavy wooden doors. Inhaling the muted notes, she slipped inside the nave and stepped quietly toward the chancel where Søren sat at a grand piano.
He didn’t look up at her as she came to the piano. She placed her hands flat on its polished black top. Closing her eyes again, she let the subtle waves vibrate through her and into her. The last note shivered up her arms and down to her feet. As the note echoed throughout the nave and back to the altar Nora opened her eyes.
“The Moonlight Sonata,” Nora said. “My favorite. ”
Søren smiled and played a few stray notes.
“I know it is. ”
Nora returned the smile and leaned forward, running her hand over the smooth black surface.
“Happy anniversary, Søren. ”
Søren smiled again, one of his rare, genuine smiles that reached his eyes. Something caught in her chest and she let her own smile fade.
“Happy anniversary, little one,” he said, his voice as gentle as the last note of the sonata.
With those four words came a thousand more memories. She and Søren had never, would never marry, had never dated in the traditional sense of the word, but never had they questioned what day would become the signifier of the beginning of their life together. The first time Søren had beaten her and then taken her virginity was thirteen years ago on Holy Thursday, the day before Good Friday, the day when Christ celebrated His Last Supper. Jesus, God Incarnate, had knelt before His disciples and washed their feet on this night. Thirteen years ago tonight Søren had done the same to her. Even as the liturgical calendar changed, they never once considered celebrating their anniversary on any other day but this too-neglected holy day, this last night of Christ’s freedom before He was taken, this last night to share a quiet moment alone with those He loved.
Søren began playing the haunting melody again, and she let it draw her inexorably into its insistent rhythms. She watched his hands, his perfect pianist’s hands, and recalled all too well how intimately she knew those hands, how intimately they knew her. One courageous strand of Søren’s perfect blond hair threatened to fall over his forehead. She longed to reach out and brush it back.
“You played this for me that night,” she said as the music faded. Nora closed her eyes and let the past come to her. “You were playing it when I came to the rectory. ” She remembered that night like yesterday, slipping in through the tree-shrouded back door, following the music to Søren’s elegant living room. She stood in silence and watched the priest who would become her lover that night play by the light of a single candle the world’s most beautiful piece of music as if it had been written by him and for her. “The next morning I woke up in your bed for the first time. ”
“The best morning of my life,” Søren said.
“And mine. ” Nora felt the old tug of love and straightened, trying to brush it off her. “When did the church get a grand piano?”
Søren smiled.
“A mysterious stranger had an Imperial Bösendorfer delivered to my home on my most recent birthday. I donated my Steinway to the church. ”
“That was very generous of that mysterious stranger,” Nora said with a sheepish grin.
“Very generous indeed. Although the Steinway still plays beautifully. ”
“It’s had a tricky sustain pedal for ages. ”
“Yes, and whose fault is that?”
“That is not my fault,” Nora protested. “Do you recall what you were doing to me at the time? I had to hold on to something, didn’t I?”
Søren looked down at his hands. His fingers hovered over the keyboard playing soundless phantom notes.
“You could have held on to me. ”
Nora only swallowed, finding herself in a rare moment of speechlessness. Perhaps sensing her discomfort, Søren dropped his hands to the keyboard and began playing again.
“The Moonlight Sonata is a strange piece of music,” Søren said. “It’s been called a Lamentation. You can feel that when you play it, can feel the sorrow and the need in the endless repetitions. It’s simple to play but maddeningly difficult to play well. The arpeggios allow great freedom of expression. Too much freedom in untutored, unskilled hands. They say Beethoven wrote it for a seventeen-year-old countess, the Countess Giulietta Guicciardi. He may have loved her. More likely he was simply trying to seduce her. ”
“It would have worked for me. ”
“It did work for you. ”
This time Nora smiled at the memories Søren’s words conjured. Again she slid her hands lovingly over the piano. “My God, the crimes against nature that have been committed on this piano. ”
“I hope you aren’t referring to my playing. ”
“Never. I know how gifted those hands of yours are. ”
“Some decorum please. We are in a church, Eleanor,” Søren reminded her with only a playful hint of sternness about his lips.
“Forgive me, Father. ” She composed her features into a pantomime mask of contrition.
“Of course, little one. I can forgive you anything. But don’t think you won’t be called upon to do your penance someday. ”
Before she could respond, the unmistakable squeak of sneakers on hardwood sounded outside the door. Another louder squeak followed that one and then the shrieking giggles of children.
“Duty calls. ” Søren rose from the bench.
Nora walked with him down the aisles and into the hall outside the sanctuary. They followed the sound of the children from the church to the annex that housed the fellowship hall and the church kitchen. Søren led her into the fellowship hall that was part gymnasium, part reception area, and before her was a scene of animal chaos. Her mental description proved even more apt as a boy dressed as a sheep careened by them.
“What on earth?” Nora asked as they found a quiet place near the kitchen.
“The children are practicing for Sunday’s Passion play,” Søren explained.
Everywhere children ran to parents, from parents, sometimes through parents. As Søren’s presence became known, however, the din quieted and order began to reassert itself. She had always admired that about Søren. He let his presence speak far more often than his words.
Nora’s eyes stopped on a woman who l
ooked vaguely familiar. As her features came into better focus, Nora placed a name to the face—Nancy James, one of her favorite mothers here. Sometimes it was hard for Nora to imagine that it was only five years ago that she still attended this church, babysat these kids, chatted with these parents. Nora was finally able to catch her eye and smile. It took Nancy a moment but then she returned the smile with full recognition. Five years…it felt like just yesterday, it felt like a million years ago.
“Did they know about us?” Nora inclined her head toward a group of parents. She kept her voice unnecessarily low. With all the children she could have screamed the question at Søren without fear.
“I am still a priest. I believe it is safe to assume they either never suspected or they never cared. ”
Nora laughed coldly. “Ex-con Elle Schreiber and the sainted Father Stearns? Of course they never suspected. ”
“Eleanor, they never thought as ill of you as you believed. When you come back, you will be welcomed with open arms. ”
“I’m not coming back. ”
A faint smile played at the corner of Søren’s exquisite lips.
“And yet you are here. ”
Nora started to argue, but she caught a glimpse of mirror-pale eyes across the room and froze.
“Michael…” she breathed.
“Yes, he’s helping with the Passion play this year. He’s quite good with the children. Around them he can relax, which is difficult for him in other situations. ”
At the moment Michael looked anything but relaxed. His long black hair was pulled back in a ponytail but she could see frustrated strands loose about his face. Children bustled around him frantically. He straightened haloes, retied wings, wrestled the little angels… A shepherd nearly plowed into him and he laughed and slid out of the way.
“Is he okay?” Nora asked, a knife of guilt threatening to cut into her.
“He and his mother started attending here over two years ago. This is truly the most contented I’ve ever seen him. He’s at peace now. Almost happy. There is a new look in his eyes. Relief. ”
“Relief…that he isn’t alone?”
“Yes. I told him about us, who we are, the other world we live in. I realize I was taking a great chance by doing so, but he had listened all too well to his father’s words and convinced himself that he was sick and depraved for his desires. But telling only goes so far…”
“Show, don’t tell,” Nora said with a grim smile and made herself not think of Zach. “It’s not fair, you know. It’s such a double standard. You let me have Michael and he’s only fifteen. But you made me wait until I was twenty. ”
Søren inhaled slowly. “That was my mistake. ”
“Miracles do happen. You just admitted to a mistake. What was your mistake? Not fucking me sooner?”
“It was my mistake—” he turned and met her eyes “—thinking we had all the time in the world. ”
Nora’s heart contracted in her chest. She studied Michael from across the room. He was far from jubilant, but she could see his posture had eased and he had a light in his eyes. She would never have guessed from just looking at him that he wore such fearsome scars under his wristbands.
“You owe Michael a small debt of gratitude, Eleanor. ” Søren interrupted her melancholy meditation. “I had counted the day you left as the worst day of my life. The day I knelt in the back of an ambulance and administered last rites to a fourteen-year-old boy…”
“Knocked me out of first place, did he?”
“Perhaps a tie for first. ”
“His scars are horrific. I can’t believe he survived that. ”
“It was not a premeditated attempt. He broke glass and slashed fast. He bled profusely but not fast enough that we didn’t have time to save him. Still, the attending physician called his survival a miracle. ”
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Detroit Regional Chamber > Member News > Brooks Kushman Continues to Expand IP Depth with the Addition of Two Attorneys
Brooks Kushman Continues to Expand IP Depth with the Addition of Two Attorneys
SOUTHFIELD, Mich., – Brooks Kushman P.C. is again expanding its intellectual property (IP) expertise with the addition of two new attorneys. Brooks Kushman is pleased to announce that Timothy B. Clise and Jennifer K. Ziegler have joined the firm as Senior Attorneys. The addition of Clise and Ziegler extends a series of recent new hires and promotions as the firm continues to expand its capacity in response to growing client needs.
“Following a solid year of growth in 2013, we’re again expanding our patent prosecution and trademark teams with the additions of Tim and Jennifer,” said Mark Cantor. “Tim and Jennifer bring the needed expertise to aid these teams in serving our growing client portfolio. We’re excited to welcome them both to the Brooks Kushman family.”
Clise adds significant depth to Brooks Kushman’s electrical engineering patent prosecution team, offering both in-house experience and leadership capabilities gained from managing his own firm. He specializes in U.S. and international patent preparation and prosecution in the electrical, mechanical and electromechanical arts for large, Fortune 500 companies to small start-ups. Clise’s practice and experience expands beyond traditional IP and across a wide range of industries and technologies.
Most recently, Clise served as a senior patent attorney and member of the Strategic Patent Development Team for Blackberry Limited where he evaluated internal inventions, directed patent application drafting on a worldwide basis and managed U.S. and European patent professionals to facilitate direct filing of responses. Prior, he was a managing attorney at Clise, Billion & Cyr in Minneapolis and an attorney/officer at the national IP firm Schwegman, Lundberg, & Woessner, which is also located in Minneapolis.
He earned his J.D. from University of Dayton School of Law in Ohio and a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Michigan State University in East Lansing. Clise is a member of the State of Michigan Bar, U.S. Patent Bar, State of Minnesota Bar and the American IP Law Association.
Ziegler also joins the firm as a Senior Attorney with nearly 20 years of combined in-house and outside counsel experience practicing in the trademark and copyright law areas. She specializes in global brand protection, trademark and copyright enforcement, anti-counterfeiting and trademark portfolio management. Ziegler has extensive experience working with clients in a variety of industries, including automotive, consumer products, entertainment, bio-tech and life sciences, and financial services.
Prior joining Brooks Kushman, Ziegler served as Senior Trademark Counsel, then Associate General CounselTrademarks, for Harley-Davidson Motor Company in Ann Arbor where she oversaw all aspects of trademark registration and brand protection in the United States, Canada, and Europe. Before this, she served as senior associate attorney at Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP in Boston and has also held other associate attorney positions.
She earned her J.D. from the University of Miami School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Ziegler is a member of the Supreme Courts of Connecticut, Florida, Massachusetts and Michigan, American Bar Association, Association of Corporate Counsel and International Trademark Association. She is also a trained mediator.
About Brooks Kushman
Brooks Kushman P.C. is a leading intellectual property (IP) and technology law firm with offices in Michigan and California, representing clients nationally and internationally. The firm has more than 90 intellectual property professionals specializing in various technical disciplines. Brooks Kushman has a reputation for providing leading IP strategy and counseling with a focus on the business objectives of its clients and represents clients across many industries with respect to protection, enforcement and monetization of IP, including patents, trademarks, copyright and trade secrets.
Brooks Kushman counts a number of Fortune 100 companies across a variety of industries among its clients. The firm is recognized by a number of leading legal publications and rankings, including Corporate Counsel magazine, U.S. News & World Report, IP Law & Business magazine and the Law360.com organization. For more information, please visit www.BrooksKushman.com. | {"pred_label": "__label__wiki", "pred_label_prob": 0.6230741143226624, "wiki_prob": 0.6230741143226624, "source": "cc/2021-04/en_head_0065.json.gz/line337795"} |
School Daze: Eye-tracking Study Reveals What Earns Student Attention in Classroom
Tobii Technology, the global leader in eye tracking and gaze interaction, today unveiled the…
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Tobii Technology, the global leader in eye tracking and gaze interaction, today unveiled the findings of a new research study using Tobii Glasses by Kennesaw State University associate professor of physics education David Rosengrant. By revealing the attention patterns of students in the classroom, the study provides new insight into effective teaching techniques that aim to keep students engaged and motivated to learn during lectures.
“Until now, there has been no first-hand, innate measurement of student attention from the student’s perspective in the classroom,” said Rosengrant. “We were able to measure what the students observe during a lecture, how much of their time is dedicated to the material presented in class and, as an instructor, what are the greatest inhibitors to keeping their attention.”
Rosengrant’s four-month pilot study observed eight college students during 70-minute pre-elementary education lectures at Kennesaw State University. Conducted using Tobii Glasses, a portable, wearable eye-tracking device that allows for unobtrusive eye tracking for research in real-world environments, the study contradicts the widely accepted belief that classroom attention peaks during the first 15 minutes of class and then generally tapers off. Instead, Rosengrant discovered that classroom attention is not as linear as previously thought and is actually impacted by various factors throughout the duration of the lecture.
These factors include the verbal presentation of new material that is not contained within the instructor’s PowerPoint, the use of humor by the instructor and the proximity of the instructor to the student, which all contribute to greater attention from the student. Rosengrant’s study also concluded that “digital distractions” such as mobile phones and the Web, particularly Facebook, are the greatest inhibitors to retaining students’ attention in the classroom. From these insights, Rosengrant stresses the need for professors to alter their lecture structure through the injection of varying activities and the use of humor to engage students.
“David’s study is yet another example of the valuable insights that can be unveiled through the application and analysis of eye-tracking studies in the field, especially in regard to teaching,” said Barbara Barclay, general manager of Tobii North America. “The insights collected from the gaze patterns in this study can radically alter the landscape of the education profession and allow instructors to apply much more efficient communication techniques that can have a profound positive impact on student success.”
Rosengrant will publish the full study, “Studying Student Attention via Eye Tracking” in the fall and will continue to expand his research in order to generate insights that can impact the future of classroom instruction and ultimately, students’ success and the field of teaching.
“I hope that this study enlightens the education community about how to engage students effectively in the classroom, maximize student focus on the material and, ultimately, increase their achievement,” added Rosengrant.
About Kennesaw State University
Kennesaw State University is the third-largest university in Georgia, offering 80 graduate and undergraduate degrees, including doctorates in education, business and nursing and a new Ph.D. in international conflict management. A member of the 35-unit University System of Georgia, Kennesaw State is a comprehensive, residential institution with a growing student population of 24,100 from 130 countries.
About Tobii Technology
Tobii Technology is the global market leader in eye tracking and eye control. The company’s products are widely used within the scientific community and in commercial market research and usability studies, as well as by people with disabilities as a means to communicate. Tobii also drives innovation of eye-tracking technology in many other areas, offering OEM components for integration into various industry applications, such as for use in hospitals, engineering, sports and entertainment. Founded in 2001, the company has received numerous awards for its technology innovations and its rapid financial growth. Tobii is based in Stockholm, Sweden, and has offices in the U.S., Germany, Norway, Japan and China. More information: www.tobii.com
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The National Parks was formed by Brady Parks in 2013 in Provo, Utah and has since independently released three studio albums. Upon the release of their debut LP, Young (2013), the band climbed to #13 on the iTunes Singer/Songwriter chart and with their sophomore record, Until I Live (2015), the 4-piece became a Billboard Regional Heatseeker. The National Parks' third studio album, Places, was released in late 2017 followed by a deluxe version in February 2018.
In the first month after the release of Places (2017), the record had been streamed more than 1,000,000 times on Spotify alone with individual tracks landing on major Spotify playlists like Pop Chillout, Indie Pop and Morning Commute. Despite operating as a true independent, the band has built and maintained an impressive following with a Spotify monthly listenership nearing 400,000 and appearances at SXSW, CMJ, Snowmass Mammoth Fest, Oyster Ridge Music Festival, School Nights at Bardot's. Praise has come from major press outlets such as NPR, Paste, Baeble Music, The Vinyl District, and The National Parks create atmospheric and "anthemic indie-folk as boundless as their name would suggest" (Paste Magazine) centered around male/female harmonies backdropped by guitar/piano/violin instrumentation. The band's earliest touring was done as a three-piece but as the music has evolved, so has the band. A wide cast of musicians have joined as touring members of The National Parks but by 2015, the group had settled into a consistent four-piece setup with original members Brady Parks (vocals/guitar) and Sydney Macfarlane (vocals/keys) playing alongside, Cam Brannelly (drums) and Megan Parks (violin).
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Katie’s main takeaway from the event is goalball serves as a strong reminder – there is strength to be found in adapting to circumstances previously thought impossible.
Katie interviewed the coaches of the respective teams – Marlina Kasbi of Young Women’s Touch and Bay Hansen of Goalball Singapore.
“Kasbi believes that her players learned to play to their strengths, as well as communicate more clearly and specifically – “Not just ‘move’, but ‘move left by five steps’.” The players became more firm and precise in their instructions to each other.
When asked about the motivation of spending so much time on Goalball, Mr Hansen Bay, coach of the Singapore Goalball team “When you begin to see the effects goalball has on the confidence and behaviour of athletes, you don’t really ask yourself that question anymore.” He struck the example of players who initially faced challenges in speaking, walking, or exercising. By providing a safe and judgement-free forum to exercise these skills, goalball helped players to create a personal ‘evidence base’ of their own capabilities. Since players now knew they could speak, run, and make friends on the court, they were empowered to do the same in real life”. | {'timestamp': '2019-04-21T00:40:42Z', 'url': 'https://bravespace.org/goalball-reflections-from-katie/', 'language': 'en', 'source': 'c4'} |
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Are you searching to know about the Swedish footballer Zlatan Ibrahimovic? Do you want to know his height, weight, age, or his wife’s name? If you want to know about him, this post is for you. You can know from here about his age, height, weight, net worth, Jersey Number, father, mother, wife, children, Best Friends, Marital Status, Religion, Hobbies, favorites, and more about him.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic is commonly known as Zlatanera or Ibra. He is a Swedish professional football player. He played as a striker for the Swedish national football team and currently, he plays for the Italian professional football club A.C. Milan. Ibra is regarded as one of the best football players for his generation.
Childhood/Early Life and Family Background
The Swedish great footballer was born on 3 October 1981 in the city of Malmo in Sweden. His father’s name is Sefik Ibrahimovic and his mother’s name is Jurka Gravic. Sefik Ibrahimovic was a Muslim who was born in Bosnia and emigrated to Sweden in 1977. Jurka Gravic was a Catholic who was born in Croatia and she emigrated to Sweden. His parents Sefik Ibrahimovic and Jurka Gravic did not have a relationship. They separated from one another when the football star was 2 years old. He lived with his mother. His mother was strict and sometimes beat him with a wooden spoon for disobedience. Zlatan does not practice any religion. Very often, he missed his father because they had fun together.
Professional Career debut
Zlatan made his professional career for the Swedish football club Malmo FF in 1999. With this club, he scored 16 goals in 40 appearances.
International Career
Due to his family heritage, the Swedish football star was eligible to represent Sweden, Bosnia and Herzegovina or Croatia at the international level, but he chose Sweden. That is why he made his international debut for the Swedish national football in a friendly match against the Faroe Island on 31 January 2001. He is the only player, who plays 100 matches for the Swedish national team. In total, he scored 62 goals in 116 appearances and makes him an all-time leading goalscorer. In 2016, the great Swedish footballer Zlatan retired from international football.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic- Height, age, girlfriends, wife, net worth, and more
Full Name Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Nickname Zlatanera,Ibra
Birth Date 3 October 1981
Birth Place Malmo in Sweden
Nationality Swedish
Religion Does not practice any religion
Father Sefik Ibrahimovic
Mother Jurka Gravic
Sister (s) Monika Ibrahimovic
Violeta Ibrahimovic
Selma Ibrahimovic
Brother (s) Aleksander Ibrahimovic
Sapko Ibrahimovic
Educational Qualifications Not Known
Mailing Address Not Known
Phone Number Not Known
Occupation Professional Footballer
Playing Position Forward
Current Team A.C. Milan
Jersey Number #21 / A.C. Milan
Professional Debut in 1999
International Debut in 2001
Sex Orientation Straight
Girlfriends / Affairs Maria Olhage (2000-2002)
Helena Seger (2000-Present)
Erika Johnson (2002)
Wife Helena Seger
Marriage Date / Year 2002
Children Maximilian Ibrahimovic
Vincent Ibrahimovic
Salary $35 million
Best Friends Carles Puyol
Hobbies Playing Football
Zlatan Favorite – Foods, Drinks, Footballers, Actor, Actress, Teams, Color, Pet, and More
Favorite foods Italian Foods
Favorite Drinks Prefers to drink water
Favorite Sports Football
Favorite Team Manchester United
Favorite Footballers Maradona
Favorite Musician Reggae
Favorite Actor Tom Cruise
Favorite Actress Noomi Rapace
Favorite Flower Not Known
Favorite Websites Twitter
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Deathrock nebo death rock je termín používaný k označení punkrockového podžánru, který obsahuje hororové prvky a strašidelnou atmosféru. Vznikl na Západním pobřeží USA okolo roku 1979.
Charakteristika
Termín "death rock" byl poprvé použití v 50. letech na popsání tematicky podobného žánru rock and rollu, který začal skladbou "Endless Sleep" od Jodyho Reynoldse v roce 1958 a skončil skladbou "Last Kiss" od J. Franka Wilsona v roce 1964. Název deathrock vznikl v roce 1979 kvůli popsání zvuku různých punkrockových skupin západního pobřeží USA.
Deathrocková skladby používají jednoduché akordy opakující se kytarové zvuky, basovou kytaru v popředí a bicí, které zdůrazňují opakované, post-punkové beaty v taktu 4/4. K vytvoření atmosféry jsou někdy použity skřípající zvuky kytary. Texty mohou být rozdílné, ale typicky jsou introspektivní a surrealistické s podílem temných témat samoty, rozčarování, ztráty, deprese, života, smrti atd.
Interpreti
45 Grave
Bella Morte
The Birthday Party
Bloody Dead & Sexy
Cauda Pavonis
Christian Death
Cinema Strange
Rudimentary Peni
Tragic Black
T.S.O.L.
Mephisto Walz
Moderní Death Rock 1990-2013
A Spectre Is Haunting Europe
All Gone Dead
Astrovamps
Black Ice
Bloody Dead and Sexy
CADR Ash
Cemetary Girlz, The
Chants of Maldoror
Cinema Strange
Curtains!
Deep Eyende
Devils Whorehouse
Dinah Cancer and the Graverobbers (anksčiau 45 Grave)
Disco Hospital, The
Eat Your Make Up
Eyeculation Post Mortem
Evil Speaks, The
Fear Cult
Frank The Baptist
Heiress presumptivní
Horatio, The
Human disea
Jacqui Bitch
La Peste Negra
La Vene Di Lucretia
Las Gorgon
Last Days of Jesus, The
Los Carniceros Del Norte
Madre del Visio
Miguel and the Living Dead
Murder at the Registry
New Days Delay
Novocaine Mausoleum
Noctivagus
N / A
Phantom Limbs, The
Pins and Needles
Radio Scarlet
Red Voice Choir
Scarlet 's Remains
Subtonix
Tragic Black
Turn Pale
Undying Legacy
Vanishing, The
Young Werewolves, The
Zombie zex
Reference
Externí odkazy
Punk
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An artistic depiction of President Zuma dancing, by Lawrence Lemaoana, from a T-shirt released at the Joburg Art Fair.
JOHANNESBURG - As South Africans await confirmation from the ANC about President Jacob Zuma&39;s fate, many on Twitter are already celebrating.
The party is said to have given Zuma 48 hours to resign, failing which he will be recalled.
The ANC will hold a press conference at 2pm on Tuesday..
The hashtag ZumaIsGoneParty trended on Twitter early on Tuesday, in anticipation of Zuma&39;s exit.
... than scraping off chewing gum under one&39;s shoe SMH!
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I am very happy to introduce you to the Midwest Artist Studios™ (MAS) Project. I created this project in early 2014 as a way to expose, educate, and engage my art students with regional contemporary art, to introduce another way to address Literacy within the art curriculum, and to provide my students with an avenue to start a dialogue with Midwest artists.
In the art world, we often think about successful artists living in cities like New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Miami. However, how often do we think about successful artists living in our communities such as Oskaloosa, Iowa; Ann Arbor, Michigan or Valley City, North Dakota? There are a lot of resources out there that introduce us to living artists, but what I have learned is that my art students need something relevant and accessible.
As an art educator I have learned that the units I created over the years have opened the world of possibilities for my art students. Since the day I began implementing these lessons into my curriculum I have noticed that the way I teach continues to improve and by introducing more technology into my classroom through mobile apps, video, and online critiques have helped tremendously. This momentum has made an impact in my professional life and as a result have benefitted my students’ learning and understanding the benefits of finding their artistic voice.
This video is about MAS 2016 artists sharing their thoughts of being our featured artists.
Here are some comments that my students have shared with me.
From this year, I have learned to have a little faith in the outcome of my projects. I am usually a self-doubting person, so I should take this experience and apply it to my life in general. There have been a lot of things this year that have actually increased my self-confidence. I do not feel ready for next year; however, I do feel a little more prepared, and I think I am in a slightly better mindset for what is to come. The world is complex just like these projects were. The outcome, on occasion, could turn out amazing though and I am excited to see what the world has to offer to me if I work hard enough. It is awfully strange, yet awesome, how many similarities the process of creating art is to living life.
The slightest change in a piece of art can change the entire meaning of a piece. After our interview with Jane Ryder, I began to think about what would be best for my painting, She gave specific suggestions to me through email, and I took those and created a more complex piece of art with the inclusion of another style of gouache painting. I watered down the gouache and created a fluid movement in the background, opposed to the strong colors and solid painting in the foreground. In the end, I gave my painting a softer, more balanced feeling. – Kimberly W, student.
I learned really only one thing this year about myself while doing art. The thing I learned about myself was that I can’t really plan out a project. After I plan out the design I always end up changing my mind because I find a new inspiration and add on to it. I think that the reason I do this is because art is about creativity and you can’t plan creativity. While doing all these projects it has opened my eyes to things around me by finding inspiration in the things around me. – Rachel R, student.
I learned that not everything I make will be what I expect it to be, some will not live up to my expectations and some may be. I have come to realize that I will not always excel in every single media that I’m given, I will always have a weakness in particular mediums, but that doesn’t mean that I should stop trying to work with them. I think that it just means I should just work with it to understand how it works, that way I don’t necessarily rule that media out for a project.
While learning about the last project it has helped me realize that not all art has to be so elaborate or perfect. Things aren’t always meant to go the way you want them to. I myself am a perfectionist and any art project I do. I won’t particularly like because it didn’t turn out the way I wanted to, but that’s just how things go. I know that I criticize my work harshly but that’s just the way I am. I always feel like I can do better, but I get lazy. I’ve got to learn to accept that my artwork has turned out this way, and if I want to improve I always have another shot at it. I don’t always have to be so hard on myself.
I would say the assemblage was my favorite project to do because I had dedicated it to my grandpa who passed away two years ago. – Savannah B, student.
Through creating my art I learned many different things about myself as not only an artist but an individual. I learned that creating different styles of art helps me expand my thinking and brainstorming. What I mean by this is that when I am having a hard time trying to think of ideas for my artwork I like to make sketches to get my mind thinking and get other ideas. I also have learned that creating art helps me deal with stress and helps me relax and calm down from my busy life. Art has helped me in many different ways. Overall by taking art over the last few years I think that I have grown into a stronger and more positive individual. – Natalie M, student.
Through art, I enjoy expressing my emotions on paper. By creating art I can express my creativity without anyone judging. I have noticed that everyones style is unique, no one is exactly the same, when expressing one’s creativity. The arts can teach individuals to make good judgement about qualitative relationships. Unlike much of the curriculum in which correct answers and rules prevail, in the arts, it is judgment rather than rules that prevail. The arts teach students to think through and within a material. All art forms employ some means through which images become real. The arts help individuals learn to say what cannot be said. When children are invited to disclose what a work of art helps them feel, they must reach into their poetic capacities to find the words that will do the job. This course, I have learned many techniques and strategies to improve my art capabilities. Stretching, creating canvases, paint strokes, sketching skills are some of the many techniques learned. By learning these new techniques, it has opened my eyes to the world around me. – Marisa B, student. | {'timestamp': '2019-04-18T22:43:06Z', 'url': 'https://midwestartiststudios.com/for-educators/', 'language': 'en', 'source': 'c4'} |
Modern buildings comply with the highest energy standards and are therefore virtually airtight. This is why humidity, carbon dioxide and bad odours can no longer escape. In this case, a permanently installed ventilation system provides ideal air exchange - both in winter and in summer. The system referred to as heat recovery ventilation uses pipes to remove used air while supplying the rooms with fresh, filtered outdoor air at the same time. FRÄNKISCHE's system for heat recovery ventilation is termed profi-air. | {'timestamp': '2019-04-20T00:53:04Z', 'url': 'https://www.fraenkische.com/en/glossary-item/kontrollierte-wohnraumlueftung-kwl', 'language': 'en', 'source': 'c4'} |
As the first neuroscientist asked to contribute to the World Happiness Report, and a recent speaker at the World Economic Forum, Dr. Davidson studies how emotions, contemplative practices and positive qualities of mind (think kindness, compassion, empathy) influence our psychological well-being. He’s made startling discoveries on the interconnectivity of our brain, and seeks to understand how humans can achieve greater senses of happiness and well-being. One of the most remarkable discoveries to come out of his distinguished career is related to the neural plasticity of the brain.
Put simply, Dr. Davidson is interested in how we can train our brains to increase our well-being. Through daily activities such as meditation and other interventions, Dr. Davidson has shown that we have an incredible power over our own minds and well-being.
This isn’t a radical notion. But it is one that is underrepresented in neurological studies because the variables that make up well-being are difficult to quantify. Thanks to Dr. Davidson’s work, scientists are able to gain deeper understanding of what we can do to remain happy in our lives. According to his research, mindfulness, social relationship cultivation, and recovery from negative events are areas that we should focus on to cultivate well-being.
The human mind is a complex organ, and we can’t easily quantify how well-being impacts our everyday lives. But we do know that happier people are healthier, more productive members of society—and thanks to the work of Dr. Richard Davidson, we have learned that well-being can be an acquired skill, not unlike learning a musical instrument. | {'timestamp': '2019-04-22T16:46:50Z', 'url': 'https://www.allwaysforward.org/story/decoding-the-secrets-of-well-being/', 'language': 'en', 'source': 'c4'} |
Playtesters - Code of Conduct
— Last updated: 9th of March, 2015
Members of the playtesting domain are required to agree to this code of conduct and to uphold it to their best abilities. Any violation of this code should be reported to the administration of the playtesting domain.
Being a playtester, like being a creator, is a responsibility and not a right. Part of being a playtester is being trustworthy enough that creators feel confident that you will not violate the confidentiality of the process. If you feel you cannot as a playtester accept the code of conduct here then you should bring your concerns to the attention of the administration of the playtesting domain.
Like all rules on Discworld, the important aspect here is the spirit and not the letter. Basically if you feel the only way your actions are justifiable is through some loophole or radical interpretation of this code of conduct then you will still be judged to have violated the code of conduct.
Violation of this code can be grounds for dismissal from the playtesting domain and depending on the violation may result in further punishment
Playtesters are expected to be 'model players' and conduct themselves in a manner befitting someone who has been formally trusted with additional responsibilities on Discworld. This means that you do not do anything that brings yourself or the playtesting domain into disrepute.
Creators are expected to treat you professionally and with respect, you in turn are expected to show the same courtesy to them. You are not required to agree with everything they say or do, but if you disagree, please concentrate on the issues and remain courteous and civilized.
Information that you receive as a result of being a playtester is confidential. This means you do not discuss it with anyone who is not formally a member of the playtesting team or a creator. This includes conversations on the playtesters channel, documents posted on the playtester boards and documents on the PT Wiki. Basically if the reason you know something is because you are a playtester then it is confidential.
Playtesters are expected to make their contributions and bug reports politely and constructively.
Playtesters are expected to devote at least sixty percent of the time spent playtesting to projects they are actively assigned to.
Playtesters often have access to commands and areas specifically to aid in playtesting. Playtesters are not to abuse the privilege of having these by using them to escape in-game situations or ameliorate the effects of in-game punishments.
Items that you possess that are in playtesting are not to be used against non-playtesters. They are not to leave your inventory unless being destroyed in the PT armoury or handed to a creator or fellow playtester. If a non-playtester has somehow gained possession of one of your playtesting items, then alert an online creator as soon as possible.
Spells or rituals that are in playtesting are not to be used against non-playtesters. They are not to be used in heavily player populated areas. They are not to be used when there is a chance that a non-playtester or NPC will be affected by primary or secondary effects.
NPCs in playtesting do not exist for the purposes of XP farming. Playtesting greatly restricts the number of players who have access to the NPC, and playtesters thus have a greatly improved opportunity to earn XP because of the limited competition. Farming PT NPCs will be considered an abuse of the system.
Playtesters have access to Igor (the Discworld clone) for purposes of testing and evaluating things which cannot be playtested on Discworld proper. This is a service made available for the purposes of testing and is not to be abused by taking advantage of the fact your Discworld character file is not synched with your Igor character file.
Playtesting areas are considered to be 'off-limits' as far as non-playtesting PK interactions, such as inhumations and thievery are concerned.
Creator code of conduct
Creators are expected to adhere to this code of conduct when their projects are undergoing playtesting. If a playtester feels that they have not been treated with the respect they deserve, then they should discuss it with the creator in question in the first place. If there is no satisfactory resolution after that, then it should be discussed with the creator's domain lord.
Creators will deal with playtester queries about their code in a polite and professional manner. Remember, playtesters are providing a valuable service in their own free time, and so should be treated with the respect you'd like to be treated with yourself.
Creators will provide acknowledgement of reported bugs that have been fixed so that:
The fix can be tested to work.
The fix can be tested to ensure it didn't introduce a new bug.
The playtester knows that the bug has been looked at.
The people responsible for the amount of game mechanic information on a project in playtesting are the people responsible for the code. For this reason, creators will not give out game mechanics for developments that they are not directly responsible for.
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hence it can be useful to identify the prevalence of single Clomifene criteria which contribute to this process or how broadly a candidate EBSA fulfils the criteria. This is a complementary analysis that does not replace the selection algorithms, and is intended to answer specific questions that environmental managers may have about the candidate EBSAs’ ’performance’ against the criteria or the influence of individual criteria (Fig. 5). For example, most seamounts in the Nazca and Sala y Gomez area meet most of the criteria. The exceptions are C1, which was met by only 10% of seamounts included in this candidate EBSA, and C2, which was not satisfied by any seamount in any area (Fig. 5). Conversely, if it were deemed important to select an area that would afford greater protection to unique or rare characteristics of an ecosystem, then Foundation Seamounts would be a better candidate area; many seamounts in this area perform poorly, however, against the other criteria (Fig. 5).
influence the ability of S. mutans to colonize the oral cavity. Several recent studies showed that SIgA is present in saliva and other secretions at birth. 6 and 7 However, the influence of these antibodies in the establishment of the oral microbiota is unknown. In this study, we characterised the levels and specificities of salivary IgA antibodies to S. mitis and S. mutans antigens in newborn children, and compared intensities and complexities of antibody responses between fullterm (FT) and preterm (PT) children. A total of 123 (70 FT and 53 PT) newborn children in the Hospital of the University of Ribeirao Preto, Brazil were enrolled in this study, under mothers consent for their participation. This study was approved by the Ethical Committee of the Medical School of Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil, 2963/2007. To be included in the study population, only healthy newborns less than 10 h old were included in this study. Children with congenital malformations, perinatal hypoxia, intracranial haemorrhage, with length or weight incompatible with gestational ages, or under antibiotic therapy were excluded from this study.
response thresholds 26 and 22. The previous section focussed on studies in which diffusion model properties were related to various regions of interest. In this section, we review work that has studied the BOLD response in spatial interference control tasks. The aim of this section is to identify which diffusion model processes can be expected to be important in an explanation of spatial interference control, given the overlap in regions of interest. The brain area that is most often reported in relation to interference control is the ACC (for a review see ). Although ACC activation is often associated with conflict monitoring or detection 28 and 29 and therefore should be active during interference tasks, the debate on the specific role of ACC is still open. Besides conflict monitoring 30•• and 31, people have argued that the ACC is active during anticipatory activation 32, 33 and 34, in response to errors , as an indicator of the likelihood of an upcoming error 36 and 37, and during task switching 38 and 39. In addition to the ACC, it has been argued that the DLPFC is involved in the resolution of conflict 30••, 40, 41, 42 and 43.
and focused searches. A more detailed description of the search methods is found in the accompanying clinical guideline document.19 Comprehensive searches (1988 to December 2013) in PubMed, Embase, and CINAHL used the search terms delirium, organic brain syndrome, and acute confusion and resulted in a total of 6,504 articles. Additional, alternative terms included for the prevention L-NAME HCl and treatment of delirium were the words prevention, management, treatment, intervention, therapy, therapeutic, and drug therapy. Two additional targeted searches using the U.S. Library of National Medicine PubMed Special Queries on Comparative Effectiveness Research and PubMed Clinical Queries were also conducted. Finally, the ClinicalTrials.gov registry was searched to identify trials that have not been published. Search terms used were the drugs quetiapine, dexmedetomidine, melatonin, rivastigmine, haloperidol, gabapentin, olanzapine, donepezil, risperidone, as well as the terms analgesia, delirium, and confusion.
(S: relative cross-sectional area; V: relative volume, S = πab; a: radius of the long axis; b: radius of the minor axis) and the ratio of the volume at each time point was calculated with the control volume. To investigate the cytotoxicity, CPS (CPS10) containing the cryoprotectant with the fastest cell permeability at a concentration Etofibrate of 10% v/v in PB1 was used. After the embryos were exposed to CPS10 for 300 or 600 s at 25 ± 0.5 °C, they were shifted to a solution containing 0.3 mol sucrose in PB1 (SPB1), and then left at rest for 120 s. The embryos were then washed with PB1 three times and embryo survival was confirmed. The surviving embryos after exposure to CPS were examined for in vivo development. First, we prepared five types of CPS containing 0.3 mol sucrose, 10% v/v propylene glycol, and various amounts of ethylene glycol (10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, or 30% v/v) in PB1 (Table 3).
habitats along the BC coast (Williams et al., 2013). It would be beneficial to conduct these control-exposure experiments while simultaneously capturing empirical data on the temporal variability in the soundscape. The whale behavioral data are summarized MRIP over 5 min intervals, due to the temporal resolution of theodolite track data (i.e., the time of each surfacing). Telemetry data, such as DTAG deployments (Johnson and Tyack, 2003), would give finer resolution data. As the DTAG technology improves and expands to include dosimeters and calibrated hydrophones, these may give empirical values of received noise level simultaneously. Telemetry alone may not resolve this problem, though, because the flow of water over the acoustic tag may always confound our ability to measure received noise level at the whale.
in aprotic media on GCE and mercury has already been reported (de Souza et al., 2010 and Hernández et al., 2008). A detailed study of the influence of oxygen concentration on EpIc and IpIc of both quinones was performed, as described previously for lapachol and isolapachol ( Goulart et al., 2003 and Goulart et al., 2004). The addition of O2 to the system caused remarkable changes to the position of the first reduction peak potential (EpIc) as well as to the shape of the other waves of QPhNO2 ( Fig. 7A). The peak of oxygen reduction (EpO2) in this medium occurred at −0.894 V. These effects include a) an increase in the height and anodic shift of the first cathodic wave (Ic) (inset, Fig. 7A, which is related to the generation of the semiquinone, and b) a disappearance of the corresponding anodic wave (Ia) ( Fig. 7A).
to resensitize cells to ineffective treatments . The failure of so-called targeted agents to significantly increase overall Edoxaban survival and quality of life supports an evidence-based paradigm shift away from the systematic avoidance of previously tried therapies toward their potential reuse for resensitization. With this resensitization paradigm shift, it would be theoretically possible to continue treatment instead of giving up after all conventional options have been exhausted, with reverted and reprogrammed tumors that are repeatedly susceptible to the same chemotherapies. Instead of a one-way arrow pointing inevitably in the direction of therapeutic failure, treatment would thereby alternate between resistance and resensitization, like a swinging pendulum. The desideratum is for patients to live out the rest of their lives with metastatic cancer in the form of a chronic condition, which is manageable and survivable, like diabetes, psoriasis, and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and not under the shadow of a progressively fatal disease.
these figures were frozen wholesalers, a niche market with rather low production and employment, but with long ‘processing chains’. A typical processing chain for frozen seafood is, as an example, producer – frozen fish middlemen – freezing plant – domestic distributor of frozen seafood – frozen wholesalers – local markets – consumers. Such long chains increase revenue and employment. Following seafood through the process chain from producers to consumers, the revenue, cost, and employment was estimated by enterprise categories, and based on this the contribution to GDP was calculated. The primary sector and processing were found to provide the biggest contribution to the overall economy with 36% and 34% of the total, respectively (Table 2). Retailers followed at a close third with 26% though, indicating especially the importance of the restaurant business. The total contribution of the marine fisheries sector to the Peruvian economy was estimated to be US$ 3.2B for 2009 (Table 2), and this should be a conservative estimate given that this study, as explained in the methodology section, did not include all parts of the sector in the analysis. | {'timestamp': '2019-04-26T07:48:05Z', 'url': 'https://thrombininhibitors.com/2017/09', 'language': 'en', 'source': 'c4'} |
Reddy named a 2020 Chancellor EDGES Fellow recipient
One out of only 10 faculty members chosen at the university level for his significant accomplishments in neuroscience and drug discovery research
D. Samba Reddy, PhD, RPh, professor in the Department of Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics at the Texas A&M University College of Medicine, has been named a 2020 Chancellor EDGES (Enhancing Development and Generating Excellence in Scholarship) Fellow recipient.
The EDGES Fellowship was launched in 2019 by the Texas A&M University System chancellor in order to support and honor mid-career Texas A&M faculty. Each of the 10 recipients was nominated by their college for demonstrating significant accomplishments, both nationally and internationally, and high levels of discipline in their respective fields.
EDGES Fellows retain the right to use the title throughout their tenure as faculty members in good standing at Texas A&M.
“These awards recognize the priority of Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp to develop and support faculty members with national and international acclaim,” said Provost and Executive Vice President Carol A. Fierke. “The honorees are scholars with careers on-track to make high-impact contributions to enhance the state and nation, leading to national and international recognition.”
In addition, the faculty chosen as fellowship recipients in fields with national academies are on-track to be or have already been inducted into their membership. Reddy is an already well-respected scholar in his field, as he has been named a fellow by the American Epilepsy Society (AES), American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists.
Reddy is a board-certified pharmacist-pharmacologist and has been researching brain disorders and new drug development for epilepsy for more than 25 years. His lab has been continually developing innovative therapies for preventing the development and progression of epilepsy and other brain disorders. Also, his multidisciplinary research group utilizes a wide array of pharmacological, neuroimaging, electrophysiological, neuropathological and molecular techniques for neurotherapeutics research.
Recently, the Texas A&M Association of Former Students has conferred Reddy with a Distinguished Achievement Award in the category of research.
The Reddy lab is currently researching and developing molecular pathophysiology drug therapies for epileptogenesis, status epilepticus, post-traumatic epilepsy, post-stroke epilepsy and chemical neurotoxicity.
Many of Reddy’s research findings and advancements have had a great impact in the health care industry and he has published more than 195 papers and book-chapters (h-index 52). In 2019, Reddy’s research helped develop allopregnanolone (brexanolone), approved by the FDA as the first drug to treat postpartum depression.
His research endeavors also include military medicine projects, such as prevention strategies for post-traumatic epilepsy and treatments for Gulf War illness in veterans. Additionally, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Department of Defense (DOD) have continually funded his research projects for over 15 years.
— Gracie Blackwell
Southerland wins second place poster at Postdoctoral Research Symposium
McKyer receives Chancellor’s Research Initiative “EDGES” Award
Waer chosen as Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine Fellow
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The invention relates to the field of printing consumables, and more specifically relates to a vacuum anti blocking ink cartridge. The vacuum anti blocking ink cartridge includes a matrix; the matrix is a hollow structure; one end of the matrix is provided with a passage through a channel; a first valve body and a second valve body are arranged in order from the inside to the outside through the channel; the hollow structure of the matrix is enclosed by the first valve body and the ink is stored in the air room; the first valve body is a one-way valve; accommodates a single valve; The space is vacuum state; the second valve body includes normally closed state and matching state; when the valve body is in the fit state, the valve body is opened in the direction of the first valve body; and the second valve body is in a vacuum state. The vacuum blocking ink cartridge has good sealing performance and avoids ink blockage in use and has long service life. | {'timestamp': '2019-04-22T02:11:08Z', 'url': 'http://www.jigao616.com/zhuanlijieshao_18437380.aspx', 'language': 'en', 'source': 'c4'} |
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FARGO – Season One Review
Stephanie Cooke 2014-06-18
Stephanie Cooke · 06/18/2014
When I first heard of Fargo, it was hard to imagine a TV series deserving of the name without the Coen Brothers. TV producers so often tries to just capitalize on a name that they don’t care whether it’s true to the original content or not. Fargo manages to forego any such nonsense and from the beginning of the season until the end, manages to embody the whole tone and vibe of the movie. Showrunner and writer, Noah Hawley, feels like an extension of the Coen Brothers or perhaps even a long lost brother reaching out to them through his talent.
If you still haven’t watched Fargo, you might be wondering how a show that carries over no characters from the original movie and no real ties can truly be a sequel and the answer is that it’s not. Fargo is its own separate entity for the most part. The real ties to the original movie are in how the story is presented to us. It’s a Fargo spin-off as opposed to a direct sequel.
For starters, the show tells us that the events taking place are based on a true story. Most people would believe something like that, but when it comes to Fargo, you best not. Both the movie and the series boast that fact but both are entirely fictional. However, Hawley said that’s part of the appeal. Recently I had a chance to ask him about the show’s fictitious nature and whether there were any actual true crimes that helped to inspire the series and his response was this (spoilers in Hawley’s response only):
“No. There wasn’t. It wasn’t like I read anything that I felt like was a detail that would play in well to this case. It was more that once I put the characters in motion, once I said—and there is a slight [indiscernible] undertrained quality to the set up, but the minute that “Lester” came in and “Malvo” came in and the idea of killing the bully and killing the wife came in, then it was about playing out the consequences of that, and the idea that “Sam” has had connections to a Fargo crime syndicate and that “Mr. Wrench” and “Numbers” came to town and all that. So, at that point, I wasn’t really looking for any true story to rely on. It was more the idea that once you call something a true story, you’re able to break a lot of the rules of hero-based story-telling that this sort of Joseph Campbell heroes journey thing that our friend Dan Harmon talks about all the time.
It was more like you’ll seen in Episode 4, “Gus” manages to arrest “Malvo” and he calls “Molly” and says you should be here, and she gets her coat but she never makes it there and “Bill” goes instead. In the fictional story, you would want her in that room, she’s the hero. She’s supposed to be sitting across from the villain, but the true story version is that she never makes it there, just like “Marge” wasn’t there when “Jerry Lundegaard” was arrested at the end of the movie and the same thing in 106. When “Malvo’s” doing his whole thing of setting up “Don Chumph” and playing out that end game, and even the shootout, it’s like “Molly” and “Gus” are sort of driving around and they’re having coffee and they’re not—the textbook tells you to put them at the center of the action, but by not putting them in the center of the action, it feels more real, I guess, was the conceit. So, it wasn’t so much about looking for real-world inspirations as much as it was to try to make a fictional story feel realer.”
The parallels between the show and the movie don’t just stop at the fictional storylines though. While FX didn’t get Frances McDormand back to reprise the role of Marge, they didn’t need to. They got Allison Tolman on board to play an original character that draws blatant inspiration from Marge. Tolman plays Deputy Molly Solverson, a smart and observant officer in the Bemidji Police Department. She’s the chief’s go-to gal and everything from the way she talks and solves crimes is very Marge-like without feeling like she’s a rip-off of the character. Allison Tolman makes the role her own and is definitely the breakout start of the series.
More comparisons exist but it’s honestly more fun to just watch the show and find them yourself as you go along. You will discover one throwback to the movie while watching the series and it’ll be interesting to see if that particular part of the story makes it into the next season in a sort of follow-the-money kind of way.
Everyone cast in Fargo does an outstanding job though. It’ll never not be weird to see Martin Freeman in the show with a Minnesota accent. I still maintain that his character, Lester Nygaard, is pretty much a mid-west Bilbo Baggins. He starts out not wanting to really leave his house or his town or do much of anything with his life and slowly as the show goes on, Lester evolves and not necessarily for the best. You’ll see.
Then there’s Billy Bob Thornton who plays Lorne Malvo, a hitman that is more comparable to a wild animal than a person. He has no real human compassion and is functionally insane and wow, does Thornton ever pull it off. I can’t recall the last thing that I really loved Thornton in but him as Malvo will forever be embedded in my brain and I hope he continues on this streak of taking on these high-quality roles.
It’s great to see Colin Hanks in something notable too. Hanks is a great actor that I’ve adored since his role in Orange County. He plays a police officer from Duluth and looks like a perpetually lost puppy in the best kind of way. He’s doing a job he doesn’t really want to be doing to support his family, trying to make the best of the bad things that come his way, like Lorne Malvo. As the show progresses, you’ll find yourself rooting for him and hoping that everything comes up Milhouse for him.
Bob Odenkirk and Keith Carradine are also equally fantastic in the show, as if you couldn’t deduce that for yourself. The performances are top-notch from everyone involved and that’s all I’ll say about that.
The art direction on the show was something else I wanted to make note of. The scenery and cinematography are breathtaking and if any of you watched HBO’s True Detective series, the whole Fargo aesthetic felt a bit like that. Each shot felt constructed as if they each might become a painting someday. If this doesn’t get an Emmy nomination at the very least for cinematography, then the show is being robbed.
Lastly, the story itself is wonderful in that dark, twisted Coen Brothers kind of way. I often find myself trying to figure out what’s going to happen in the movies and shows that I watch. I’m usually pretty good at it. I can’t help myself. Because of the nature of the show, you’re still trying to predict what will come next throughout the season but there are delightful twists and turns that you don’t see coming and it makes for excellent entertainment. There is also humour in the show too, despite the true crime nature of the plot and again, it’s that Coen Brothers-esque dark humour that we see and Noah Hawley nails it.
FX’s Fargo series is a must-watch. Even if true crime isn’t always your thing, make it your thing with Fargo. The show is spectacularly constructed and plays out like a movie rather than a TV show. And just as a FYI, the first season acts more like a mini-series than anything else as it has a definite conclusion by the end of it. FX has stated that the seasons that follow will be focused on different characters and stories that will ultimately make up an anthology.
I will say this: refresh your memory of the Fargo movie before setting out to watch the series. It’s 100% not necessary to enjoy the show, but if you’re a fan of the movie, the show got a lot more interesting to me once I sat down with the film again and was able to pick up on more common denominators between the two. It’s currently available to stream on Netflix.
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Stephanie Cooke
Stephanie is a comic book fan, but she also considers herself an avid gamer, movie watcher, lover of music and Twitter. Stephanie is a purveyor of too many projects and has written for Talking Comics, JoBlo.com, CG Magazine, Dork Shelf and more. She also runs Toronto Geek Trivia in her home city and can be found helping out at other “geek” community things around there.
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Drivers in Berkshire were found guilty of 10 different offences in November, from using their phone to drink driving and everything in between.
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A 55-year-old man from Slough was fined £220 for using a mobile phone while driving a Mercedes Benz.
Saranjit Chhokar, 55, of Horton Road, Datchet, was found guilty on November 10 for committing the offence in Hayes Road on April 14 this year.
He was ordered to pay £100 in costs and a surcharge to fund victim services of £34, while also receiving six points on his license.
Five days earlier, November 5, a Slough woman was fined £277 and banned from the roads for 12 months after drink driving in the same brand of car.
Amy Edwards, 32, of Tobermory Close, drove in London Road, Saffron Walden, with 91 milligrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres of her blood on October 17, 2020.
The driving ban will cease 12 months after June 2, 2021.
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A woman from Bracknell was fined £220 for failing to stop at a red light at a pelican crossing in Arlington Square.
Dawn Clatworthy, 59, of North Green, Bracknell, failed to stop on June 26, 2021 and was sentenced on November 23.
She must pay costs of £90 and a surcharge to fund victim services of £34.
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On the same court date, Anthony Whiteway, 48, was fined £600 for exceeding the motorway speed limit.
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Whiteway, of Jodie Court, Stevens Close, Beckenham, received six points on his license.
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A 23-year-old man from Slough was disqualified from driving from 18 months for failing to provide a breath sample.
Norbert Kukla, 23, of Gatewick Close, was suspected of having driven a vehicle but failed to offer a sample when asked on February 28.
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John Mckinnon, 23, of Bodin Gardens, Newbury, must pay £292 for failing to stop his Audi when required by an officer in Greenham Road, Queens Road, Hambridge Road, and London Road, Newbury on February 27.
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A man from Reading stole more than £2,000-worth of tyres from a Lexus car dealership.
Biondino Alessandro Fappiano, 39, of Prince of Wales Avenue, stole four car tyres on on March 8.
The judge at Berkshire Magistrates Court ordered him to undertake up to 20 days of rehabilitation.
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A man who drove without insurance in Britwell Road, Slough, was fined £660 on November 23.
Callum Bailey, 25, of Hag Hill Rise, Burnham, committed the office on May 18.
He received six points on his license and was ordered to pay costs of £90 and a surcharge to fund victim services of £66.
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A 29-year-old Maidenhead man must pay £357 after causing or permitting a heavy goods vehicle weighing 32 tonnes to be used on Thornford Road.
This contravened West Berkshire District Council laws on commercial vehicles.
Mitchell Constable, 29, from Orchard Close, was fined £143 for the offence, which occurred on March 9.
At Berkshire Magistrates Court on November 19, Mitchell was also ordered to pay costs of £180 and a surcharge to fund victim services of £34.
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Akhlaque Mohammad, 52, of Hampshire Avenue, Slough was fined £660 for failing to give information relating to the identification of a Mercedes driver between March 24 and April 21 in Banbury.
He was given six points on his license at Oxfordshire Magistrates' Court on November 11.
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I've had this on my backlog forever, and finally played and finished it. Amazing game/experience, Jesus. Should've played this sooner.
ampere said:
Spoilers (full game):
I had to save Chloe at the end. I briefly considered saving the town, but I felt like the relationship between Max and Chloe was so strong I couldn't bear breaking it and having Max bear this entire journey through time alone with no-one else aware of it and no-one to discuss it with. It was incredibly traumatic for her and she needs Chloe to get through it. I also felt that from Max's point of view... how do you truly know that letting Chloe die will fix everything?
Regarding the end of the game:
Saving Chloe was the easiest decision of the game for me. No hesitation, no weighing the options, nothing. I worked my ass off to keep her alive, like hell I was going to let her die. I watched the "kill Chloe" ending on YouTube and I was like FUCK THAT.
Dontnod makes believable, human characters, so now I'm gonna follow their work. I'm hella impressed.
Time to play Remember Me!
Phthisis said:
It was pretty intentionally an homage to the David Lynchian weirdness of the final episode of Twin Peaks, like so much of the rest of the game and that show.
I see. Not familiar with that show, but I hear about it a lot.
En Ex said:
Heh. Yea there are definitely certain choices in the game I don't think I could bring myself to go the other way. I may play back through it in the future to finish up the optional photo achievements I missed, but I have a feeling my choices would be similar to my first playthrough.
I'm thinking about getting Remember Me too. This studio is on my good list.
RedSparrows
Beat this game last night, and have been thinking about it for more than 24 hours. For a game with little actual "gameplay" to speak of, it is an incredibly powerful and resonant piece of fiction. I also can't think of a game that uses licensed music to such poignant emotional effect; it's fucking poetic.
The casting for the characters was pretty amazing across the board. I am infinitely sad I will never be able to play it again for the first time. Such an engrossing, unique experience that tackles themes you don't see in video games.
Dontnod are really really good at world building; Remember Me had the same rich backdrop even though the gameplay wasn't particularly amazing. I really hope they come back to the Life Is Strange IP for a season 2 in some way.
It stayed with me for a month+ after finishing. It totally blew me away, even as it's clunky and cliche at times. Love it so much.
Javin98
Just beat the game last night. Holy fuck, very few games have brought me so close to tearing up. Throughout the whole game, I felt very immersed in the story and the characters. Being in college really helps me relate to pretty much everything that happens in the game. Man, in the
alternate timeline when Chloe asked Max to end her life, I seriously almost shed a tear.
So few games and movies managed to do this that I can count them all in one hand. And that ending. The whole game was already pointing to it, but when the time came, it was heart wrenching. This ending will definitely stick with me for a long time.
I know most people think the dialogue is cheezy, but I actually found most of the lines in line with what us teenagers say. Well, with the exception of "hella", but I've grown fond of that word. While the writing can sometimes be weird, the story is surprisingly deep and I will definitely be reading up the theories and such. Also, the characters are much better written than in Telltale's and David Cage's games.
Overall, I really loved this game and would put it as one of the best games of last year.
Just finished the game. I had no idea the game was this good, damn. It does so many things right...
I'm a sucker for time travel and also this style of game (Quantic Dream\Telltale), this is the best game in this gender I've played so far.
Possibly the best utilization of episodic format I've seen.
Its hard to think of a story more fitting for this kind of decision making game.
Played it at 800x600 on my laptop, goes to show how little graphics matter.
Darksol
Even with a few hiccups, this has become one of my absolute favourite games. My girlfriend and I played it over the past couple of days. Really well done -- I have nothing to add which hasn't already been said in this thread.
mavericktopgun
So I bought this game on Steam a few days ago and started the game yesterday.
Holy shit why I haven't I played this earlier?????????
This game is UNBELIEVABLE!!!
I'm now on Episode 3 and holy cow I can't get enough of this wonderful game.
Max, Chloe, Kate, Warren,... All the characters are great and the MUSIC AND ATMOSPHERE!!!
I love this game.
Top 5 games ever.
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Hello everyone! Just dropping by to tell you that from tomorrow (21 July) onwards, Episode 1 will be entirely for free on all platforms (release timings and link to new trailer below). You'll be able to pick it up from www.lifeisstrange.com/free
If you have any questions about anything, let me know!
Uzzy
Very cool stuff! Hope this gets even more people to experience last years best game.
Very cool indeed. Take advantage of it, everyone! Be sure to buy a copy if you like the first episode
Nice, I hope more people give it a try!
Very good marketing! Someone should make a new thread.
I've been trying to get a friend of mine to play it, and he texted me about Episode 1 being free, so perfect timing!
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So I watched my gf play through the first two episodes on pc but I'd like to continue on PS4, could I start with ep 3 there?
JetSetRadio said:
I don't think so -- not on the first playthrough anyways, unless I'm mistaken.
RedAssedApe
everyone play this.
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First episode free is really great to give people a taste, but I think most people that have played thru this would agree with me that the end of episode 2 is where you will know if you're going to be hooked on this story for the long haul. I almost wish they'd have given the first two out for free. I hope people don't try the first episode and feel like it's too mundane and not worth investing in the whole season.
I think you're going to have to start fresh. I didn't have the option to choose a different part when I first started the game
Also you kinda need the decision data from the first two anyway
LiQuid! said:
I feel the same way. After the first episode I was kinda like... this is a neat story, but I could take it or leave it. Episode 2 is what really sucked me in and made me so glad I bought it
Darksol said:
Thanks for the replies, I kinda expected that this would be the case. Probably can't download a save either because of those silly trophies.
malfcn
How long in advance did they know they were using that song for the ending? Its got all the blue for Chloe in the video, convenience of inspiration for her character?
Poker Face said:
Finished it last night, I did 3 episodes in a day cause I was hooked lol. It was so good! Honestly wish I played it earlier.
I feel you. It's now one of my favorite games ever. It's sad that Max and Chloe are not real human beings.
SE Toby said:
Thanks!! Please port the game to Android and iOS
Love this game soooo mich and a Version to carry around everywhere I'll go would be perfect.
PeskyToaster
I just finished this after buying it during the Summer Sale. Damn, kinda wish I could pay more for it to be honest. In the end:
I couldn't sacrifice Chloe after everything. It was a nice ending but kind of a hollow victory. I watched the other ending and it seemed obvious that sacrificing Chloe was the one the game meant for you to do. Fucking emotional. Both endings are pretty Pyrrhic to be honest.
. Also I'm kind of debating whether or not to pick up a limited edition. I'll have to see if they are available.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvQmqdnFkZA
Hannah Telle (Max's VA) and Nik Shriner (Natha's VA) played through ep 1 on a livestream yesterday.
Entertaining stream and both are super likable.
Archie said:
Lol I was watching the scene in the bathroom. They are so into it.
PeskyToaster said:
Also I'm kind of debating whether or not to pick up a limited edition. I'll have to see if they are available.
I've been having a hard time tracking down an NA copy of the PC LE. It's sold out of the SE store and eBay hasn't been very helpful either.
Damn, I love watching VA's playing the games they star in. Might have to watch this.
#teamsavechloe fuck the city. :x
But seriously, can you imagine the emotional trauma for Max if she had to go back after all of that and watch Chloe die again, and have nobody to share any of her hardships with? Who would ever believe her story. That's too much for one person to bear.
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Yeah, god forbid she has to deal with loss. Let's just kill thousands of people instead.
I never understood this line of thinking. My first instinct when I reached the final choice in the game was to think "who the fuck would be selfish enough to sacrifice all those people, all those relationships, all those people loved by others, to satisfy their own flawed relationship with their childhood friend?" Turns out a lot of people would rather watch hordes of people die, which both surprised and disappointed me.
I know what I'm watching today.
Herr Starr said:
I think the whole tornado thing (or the ending(s), period) wasn't that well thought-out by Dontnod. I've never been convinced it was the result of Max's actions - the game tries to sell it to you as being part of some vague chaos theory idea, when realistically, it could just be a freak tornado. I mean this is one of those things where, the deeper you dig into Max having powers, the more questions you have about anything making sense.
The most egregious sin regarding the ending is how the choices you make in the game have no impact on the final, binary choice, which is disappointing. So yeah, bae over bay.
They have an impact, just not a 'you've totalled up 25 good actions, here's another ending choice'. They have an impact in how the player is and how they feel, and how they think Max and Chloe think and feel etc.
It's not as immediately satisfying as traditional choices>endings structures, but for my money it's light years more subtle and interesting than Mass Effect because of how you got there, even as the endings were unequal and even as the stark proposition was clunky.
It would have been nice to see it boil down to player actions in game, aye, but I can live with how it is.
Amazon has some. That's where I picked up mine. A little marked up I think but whatevs. There's some Xbox One versions sold by SE on Amazon if you just want the extras.
I resolve my dissonance by telling myself that people could have survived. I'm still sad after a couple days.
RedSparrows said:
Oh I totally agree that the choices you make throughout the game have a huge emotional impact on the ending, no question, and its extremely effective. I mean Im frustrated by how, regardless of what you did in the game, the ending will be the same. I felt like, with the way the game was going in the earlier episodes, certain decisions would radically alter the story more than they did. At the very least, the save Chloe ending couldve been more fleshed out, as I refuse to believe that every single person in Arcadia Bay died.
Ultimately, I still think this is one of the best games Ive ever played, and I have faith in Dontnods ability to deliver an effective and satisfying second season.
Thanks! For some reason, theres an abundance of UK PC copies on sites like Amazon and eBay, but all NA copies are an arm and a leg. I mean if I just want the extras, then it doesnt really matter, its just weird. Is this due to the SE online store exclusivity for the PC edition?
i believe there were survivors and the save Chloe ending should've show that.
The sacrifice Chloe ending is obviously the intended one based on how fleshed out it is compared to the Save Chloe one. Can't wait for the second season. I'll miss all the characters though. I'm excited to see which locale they pick.
That livestream of the actors playing the game had an interesting little tidbit. I might be reading too much into it, but it struck me as strange. When the host informed the audience that there would be no information about Life is Strange 2 during the stream, Hannah Telle immediately said "sorry" to the camera in a way that made it sound like she's involved with the game somehow.
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Love the music (my heart skipped a beat when Bright Eyes came on. Those were the daysss)
Anyway, my question is: Who's your favorite character design? (Not necessarily favorite character)
I like Brooke's and Evan's. I would like Max's if she didn't bear such a startling resemblance to Taylor Swift (yikes).
When are they doing the next ep on the livestream? They were really fun to watch.
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Gaf would you recommend this game to someone that has never tried episodic games but is interested?
Just realized episode 1 was free, downloading now. What's the best way to play the rest? Pay each episode individually?
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jorgejjvr said:
Absolutely. This is as best a place to start.
If you're really not sure about the game after the free episode you can buy and try out episode 2. If by that point you're still not feeling it the game is probably not for you. Episode 1 can be a bit rough and doesn't really give you a great idea of where they're going with the game and story, but episode 2 definitely gives you a good taste of it. If you're really enjoying episode you should just buy the full game, though. Cheaper that way.
Episode 1 is a good tonal introduction to the game but it doesn't get batshit, GotY, crazypants mindfucky til ep 2 and then it gets even better from there.
It's been around a week since I finished the game and I can't really stop thinking about it. Probably doesn't help that I'm listening to the soundtrack but I just feel super sad whenever I think about it. I'm usually a heartless bastard when I play games but damn. How do I stop thinking about the game? Do I want to? It might be because I only have like one other person to talk to about it besides this thread lol. Still, didn't expect this game to affect me this much or in such a way.
We've all been there. ;_;
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Spoiler thread over yonder if you want to let it all out.
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So I finished (the free) Episode I, a few things will decide if I purchase the rest:
a) Are they longer than Ep I?
b) Are the puzzles more difficult?
c) Are all puzzles revealed once you failed them the first time? Or can you turn this off?
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DaMan121 said:
a) They're all in the same 2-3 hour range, see here: http://howlongtobeat.com/game.php?id=21702
b) Yes, there are a handful more difficult ones (in particular if you want to 100% it) but it's not really a puzzle game.
c) IIRC there are some puzzles that'll reveal the solution if you failed often enough but others won't. Again, don't go into this expecting a challenging puzzle game, the focus is on the narrative and the decisions you make that'll shape the story over the rest of the season.
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They did a playthrough of episode 2 with Hannah Telle (Max), Dayeanne Hutton (Kate), and Nik Shriner (Nathan)!
Oh yeah, today was National Suicide Prevention Day. Excellent choice to stream.
https://twitter.com/edouardcaplain/status/787926132880445440
Not so subtle hint season 2 is in the works.
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Lay down one large sheet of parchment paper, roll your dough onto it, then lay another piece of parchment on top. You’ll essentially have a dog treat dough sandwich.
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA – January 8, 2013 – Zendesk, the proven cloud-based customer service software provider, today announced Evernote, the developer of products and services to help the world remember everything, signed up as the companys 25,000th customer at the end of 2012. This made 2012 a record year for Zendesk where just a few months ago it reached a 20,000 customer milestone.
When we develop Evernote, we strive for ease-of-use, scalability and availability across multiple platforms. We expect the same from our customer service provider, and we found that in Zendesk, said Philip Dean, Vice President of Customer Satisfaction at Evernote. Were excited to be working with Zendesk to provide our users around the world with the highest level of customer service.
This accomplishment helps Zendesk close out a remarkable year with notable achievements including:
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Revel Casino Files for Bankruptcy Again, Begins Search for New Owner
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Atlantic City’s Revel Casino Hotel filed its second bankruptcy in a little over a year on Thursday. Now, the troubled casino is searching for a buyer.
The Revel Casino went through Chapter 11 bankruptcy in March 2013, but the move did not stabilize the company’s financial situation. Reuters reported a letter sent out in which management warned employees that staff layoffs would happen by August 18 if not buyer could be found.
Atlantic City Declines Further
Revel Casino’s latest financial downturn is just one in a series of bad signs for Atlantic City, which lost the Atlantic Club is January 2014. Atlantic City has seen declining revenues every year since 2006. In that time, profits have declined by 50%. The decline is blamed on market saturation in the northeast, along with the continuing recession.
Political Support for Cas
In the past couple of years, the leaders on the state level of New Jersey and the city level of Atlantic City have done their best to prop up the city’s struggling resorts.
The casinos appeared from a break on property taxes, which the city waived. The state passed licensed online gambling, hoping the revenues would boost the land-based casinos and add significantly to state revenues. So far, the results have been disappointing.
Meanwhile, Governor Chris Christie challenged a 20 year old law which banned sports gambling everywhere in the US except Nevada, Delaware, Montana, and Oregon. That filing has made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court, but it’s still uncertain whether the court will rule on the case or not. Governor Christie has taken criticism for spending tax dollars on the court case, because a significant number of experts think it is a legal dead end.
Searching for a New Owner
With no meaningful relief in sight, Revel Casino has decided its only answer is a dedicated buyer. In less than six months of operation in 2014, the casino showed a net loss of over $75 million. Such numbers are unsustainable, so it was only a matter of time before this round of bankruptcy filings happened.
In its statement to employees, Revel Casino’s management said they are seeking a buyer which has “the ability to provide the funding and long-term commitment to help Revel reach its full potential“.
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Scott Kreeger, president and COO of Revel Casino, said in the statement, “We will work to reach an agreement with a new owner who…shares our commitment to providing Revel’s guests and players an exceptional experience.”
Bob McDevitt is the President of Unite-HERE, a workers union. Unite-HERE Local 54 voted in June to unionize, but also supports Revel Casino’s search for a new owner. Bob McDevitt said, “We believe a sale of Revel to a buyer who wants to keep the property open and retain the employees is the best thing for the workers.”
Epic Failure
The $2.4 billion Revel Casino is becoming a model of failure. Revel Casino opened in April 2012 as part of a move by Governor Chris Christie and his allies to bring Las Vegas style resorts to Atlantic City. It was hoped at the time that big resort casinos would convince east coast tourists to stay near home, when they might otherwise go to Las Vegas.
Instead, the massive cost of building Revel Casino is beginning to look like politicians and developers threw good money after bad. The governor provided a $261 million tax initiative to help build the casino. Before it was finished, Morgan Stanley pulled out of the project, relieved to take a “mere” $932 million loss.
Unrealistic Financial Projections
Despite the sums of money spent, Revel Casino never lived up to the financial projections. The recession continues to hamper growth, though developers hoped the US economy would be primed by now. Market saturation is a perennial problem, one the executive who made projections should have considered. What makes the extravagance of the Revel Casino worse is the fact it was built after the global recession, when more sober estimates should have been the order of the day.
Pennsylvania and New York Build Casinos
As Atlantic City retreats, other states continue to build. Earlier this week, a panel in Philadelphia approved the construction of a new casino, overriding a motion to block new gaming projects. A new casino in the Philadelphia area, just an hour away from Atlantic City, is certain to draw more customers away.
In New York state, a casino license is expected within weeks for a casino in Woodbury, just 50 miles from New York City. Such a development would limit the number of gamblers streaming from the New York City area, too. Such moves continue to restrict the customer base for Atlantic City.
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