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Final Fantasy VI Review
Date: February 5, 2014Author: reviews2gobackup 489 Comments
Title: Final Fantasy VI
Developer: Square Enix
Game Type: PlayStation Classic
NA Availability: Digital Download, Direct Download
EU Availability: Digital Download, Direct Download
Our Final Fantasy Countdown continues today! It's been a couple weeks since we did our last Final Fantasy review, which was for the PlayStation Classic, Final Fantasy V. That was a great game, though some technical issues held the game back from really shining on the PlayStation Vita, especially with the more recent Mobile remake of the game. Those were unfortunate issues for holding back an otherwise great RPG. However, the period cycle is over and we are ready for a new review.
So far, we have given out reviews for Final Fantasy Origins, III, IV, and V. There are six weeks left until Final Fantasy X | X-2 HD Remaster releases, and four Final Fantasies left to review. The next one in the lineup is one of the fan-favorites from the Super Nintendo era. Straight from the world of the Espers comes the story of Terra Branford. The last of the 2D Final Fantasy games and renowned by many as one of the series' greatest entries. Here is our official review of the PlayStation Classic, Final Fantasy VI.
Final Fantasy VI is a crucial point in the Final Fantasy storyline. It is one of the first games do deviate from the storyline revolving around crystals maintaining balance in the world. Final Fantasy VI is set in an unnamed world, which most people refer to as the World of Balance. Within this world, there is a history of a great war, known as the War of the Magi. In ancient times, there was a great war involved in using Magic to power machines and, at the end of the war, Magic was extinguished, and Espers, beings composed of Magic, disappeared from the world to an unknown location.
An Empire is rising in the present utilizing powerful technology, known as Magitek, and is on an agenda of world conquest. By chance, an enslaved Imperial Officer, a young girl born with the ability of Magic named Terra Branford, falls into the hands of The Returners, a rebellion. After bringing her out of the brainwashing the Empire infused her with, the Returners bring Terra up to speed on the world and she is left with questions and actions that may decide the fate of the entire world as well as allowing her to realize whom she really is.
The storyline of Final Fantasy VI is important to the franchise because not only did it break the tradition of having Crystals involved in the major plotline, but it also dived into larger parties of characters. While Final Fantasy IV also had a large cast of party members, Final Fantasy VI was the first to go deep into character backgrounds as well as keeping all of those characters around through the ending of the game, giving you access to them, whereas Final Fantasy IV did not do this for the main story.
It's not a story that will make you start balling and crying your eyes out, but it is a well-written tale and is a story that every Final Fantasy fan should experience. It has some very emotional backstory for many of its characters, particularly Terra, Locke, and Celes.
The gameplay of Final Fantasy VI largely resembled the previous entries of the game, notably Final Fantasy IV and Final Fantasy V. It is an RPG where you are exploring a 2D World Map, encountering battles, bosses, towns, shops, and dungeons. This style of exploration is the same as its predecessors and most of the franchise, and does it well. Veterans of the series will be at home with the town, map, and dungeon exploration involved in Final Fantasy VI.
Each town has various shops, but they are not the same kind of shops as from our last review. When you reach a town or settlement, you will encounter an Inn, where you can restore HP (Health) and MP (Magic Points, used for casting magic). You will also encounter Equipment Shops, Item Shops, and Relic Shops. There are no Magic Shops, like in Final Fantasy I, III, and V. That is learned as you progress through the game and doesn't require you to buy anything from a shop.
Relics are a big thing that is new for Final Fantasy VI. Along with slots to equip Weapons, Armor, and Accessories, each character is permitted to equip two Relics. Relics are sort of like accessories, but they don't increase your stats. Not directly, at least. Relics are special pieces of equipment that can be equipped by anyone and provides the character with a special bonus. These vary from relic to relic. Some relics allow your running speed in towns to be doubled. Others increase Magic damage, or allow you to hold a weapon with both hands and double its attack damage.
Battles are done mostly the same as the previous titles. You have a party of characters and participate in turn-based battles. The game using the Active Time Battle system that previous games also use, having time bars until each character can perform a command. Commands that each character can do are also a unique point in the game. Unlike Final Fantasy III and V, where anyone can do anything, there are set commands for each character. Only Celes can use Runic Sword. Only Sabin can use Blitz. Only Mog can use Dance.
Another unique part of the game is the Esper and Magic system. Despite everyone having unique commands, anyone in your party can use Espers and Magic, once you unlock them in the game. As you progress the game, you will come across Espers that can be equipped (one per character). Espers are basically Summons. While equipped, a character can summon that Esper once per battle to do magic damage.
Espers also help your characters grow. Each Esper has a set of Magic Spells, both offensive and defensive, tied to it. When equipped, you can learn these spells by participating in battle. Each battle will earn you a certain amount of Ability Points. Once you gain enough to learn a spell, it is considered yours and you will be able to cast it at any time, give you have enough MP to do the casting.
Another uniqueness about the game, that I mentioned in an earlier section, is the wide roster of characters. In Final Fantasy VI, you will be able to recruit and choose from many characters. Terra, Celes, Locke, Edgar Sabin, Shadow, Gau, Mog, and more. There are enough playable characters to make several parties, and they all can be made available to use in the game. Final Fantasy VI is the first game in the series to utilize this feature that all future games would also utilize.
With different characters also adds a uniqueness to progressing through the story. In various sections of the game, the party will split into groups and you will be able to choose a scenario and play them out, in any order, leading up to when they meet again. This is interesting and adds a bit of freedom to the game, giving you the option of whose story section you want to do first, second, and third. Granted, you have to do all of them, but you can choose the order.
I always feel a little odd writing about the controls of these old Role-Playing Games, because they control so basic. Most RPGs like this don't use anything but the D-Pad and Face Buttons. So, what's there to review? Well, Final Fantasy VI breaks that tradition and adds some more controls to the mix. It doesn't add a lot of controls, but a couple that its predecessor was missing.
Movement is done with the D-Pad, and Selecting and Going Back are done with X and Circle, respectively. That is the section of the controls that anyone who's played a game like this on a PlayStation console before could easily predict. The L and R buttons, however, were added to the mix. When you are using an ability that can target either one enemy or the entire group of enemies (or allies), you can press L or R to toggle between these two settings. L sets it for the enemy party and R for the ally party.
Other than this, there's not a whole lot. Triangle opens the menu and you can pause the game with the Start Button. You can also assign the corners of both touch screens for buttons, if you want to go that route with things. But, for the most part, it's a simple control scheme.
This is the section anyone who has heard anything about the PlayStation version of this game is looking at. Not only how the game looks, but how it plays and sounds. We will not lie in saying that the PlayStation version of some RPGs, particularly Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy V, have some issues with Load Times as well as audio. Some of these issues are still present in Final Fantasy VI, but they're not as much so as its predecessor.
Visually, Final Fantasy VI looks the same as it does on any other system. The sprites are drawn and look mostly crisp and clear. There are some pixels here and there, but the same could be said of the Super Nintendo or Game Boy Advance versions of the game. A uniqueness it adds is the simulation of 3D. in some sequences, you see "behind" a vehicle, and a 3D-like perspective of the 2D planes. It looks pretty pixelated and grainy in all version of the game. At the time, though, it was the simulation of 3D before the series did any true 3D games. It was neat, though confusing at seeing the map at that perspective.
One thing Final Fantasy VI has up on Final Fantasy V is the audio. While Final Fantasy V used a degraded, MIDI version of its original soundtrack, Final Fantasy VI does not. The music in this game is the same exact files and sound quality that you will hear in all other versions of the game.
Here's the issue with how the game plays: Load Times. This was present in Final Fantasy V as well. When you go through the game and want to load the menu, a town, a battle, or something else, you may be waiting awhile. Now, when go into a town or a new room in a dungeon, there are no issues. Here are all the load times that we found:
Enter a Room/Town – 2 to 3 Seconds
Enter/Leave a Battle – 7 Seconds
Enter/Leave the Menu – 6 Seconds
As such, you need to be patient to be okay with this. If you're used to playing other versions of this game, these load times may seem unacceptable. If you're a newcomer to the game, though, they won't seem so bad. Regardless, a gamer will need to be patient with this game to deal with them, especially if you want to stop and grind for levels or magic.
Final Fantasy VI is a fun RPG and one of the fan favorites of the franchise. The Vita version has the same issue with Load Times as its predecessor and there are some that state it has crashed on them, so it does have its array of technical faults. If you can look past this, you can enjoy what some say is one of Final Fantasy's best entries and one that took the bold step of bringing a female Main Character to the mythos.
The PlayStation Vita Review Network Rates Final Fantasy VI a 6.5/10
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Policy Forum 11-14: A Time for the Future of Peace: the 11th Anniversary of the 6.15 Inter-Korean Summit
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"Policy Forum 11-14: A Time for the Future of Peace: the 11th Anniversary of the 6.15 Inter-Korean Summit ", NAPSNet Policy Forum, June 14, 2011, https://nautilus.org/napsnet/napsnet-policy-forum/11th-anniversary-lim-paik/
A Time for the Future of Peace: the 11th Anniversary of the 6.15 Inter-Korean Summit
By Lim Dong-won and Paik Nak-chung
Nautilus invites your contributions to this forum, including any responses to this report.
II. Article by Lim Dong-won and Paik Nak-chung
III. Nautilus invites your responses
Lim Dong-won, former Minister, Ministry of Unification and Co-representative of Korea Peace Forum, and Paik Nak-chung, Professor Emeritus, Seoul National University and Co-representative of Korea Peace Forum, write, "We need to continuously develop effective strategies to realize a peace system on the Korean peninsula and implement them to the best of our abilities. That is, we need concrete systematic plans and visions to resolve the nuclear threat of North Korea and to dismantle the cold war atmosphere. Reflecting the transitioning order of Northeast Asia, we need the methodology and wisdom to convert the ceasefire agreement into a permanent peace regime. We must propose a path towards "tangible peace," providing security for our people to allow our nation to dream for the future."
This article was the opening speech for the 11th anniversary commemoration (June 11th in Seoul) of the inter-Korean summit meeting on June 15th, 2000.
Korea Peace Forum is online at: http://www.koreapeace.co.kr/
The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Nautilus Institute. Readers should note that Nautilus seeks a diversity of views and opinions on significant topics in order to identify common ground.
– A Time for the Future of Peace: the 11th Anniversary of the 6.15 Inter-Korean Summit
As we welcome the 11th Anniversary of the 6.15 inter-Korean summit, we increasingly realize how important the spirit and agreements of 6.15 are in times of regressing inter-Korean relations. The various North and South Korean interactions that extended from the 6.15 agreement have come to a standstill, resulting in heightened tension and anxiety. Only disappointments remain in place of cooperation and exchange. Slander and defamation prevail, and instead of exchanging dialogue, we now exchange bullets. The Cold War, which we aimed to curtail through the 6.15 agreement, has now returned and threatens our peace and stability.
Lee Myung-bak government should be afraid of historical judgment
It is true that North Korea's provocation exacerbated the relationship between the North and the South. However, we should not forget that the relationship began to deteriorate when the Lee government denied both the 6.15 and 10.4 agreements in early 2008. The Lee government has not demonstrated a sense of duty in managing the complicated relations on the Korean peninsula, or any will to repair the degenerated current situation, or the capacity to create peace. We have lost too much from the Lee government's confrontational policies.
First, we have lost our peace. The President of the Republic of Korea has an obligation to administer peace on the Korean peninsula. However, peace disappeared after the Lee government took power. Last year, our citizens experienced the fear of war. Today, residents who live on the borders of the country still live in instability. Korea plunged to 50th in a 2011 index of peace research by an international agency. It is even lower than Tunisia where a civil revolution occurred. A nation's basic duty is to protect the lives and properties of its people. The Lee government has shown negligence regarding this basic duty.
Second, we lost the opportunity to develop the northern economy. China replaced the South as a favored economic partner of North Korea. Our hope to advance into China and Russia through connected roads and railway with North Korea may now crumble into dust. We can only watch China's economic plan materialize, and the Russian Far East's development advance.
Third, smaller businesses are in a state of abject hopelessness. A year has passed since the implementation of the 5.24 measure blocking all exchanges with the DPRK. A businessman who imported sand from North Korea and supplied it to metropolitan construction sites went bankrupt; a medium-sized enterprise that has been processing brought-in materials from North Korea for more than 10 years has now closed. The Lee government insists on applying restrictive measures against the North, yet in reality, our smaller enterprises are the victims of such measures.
Fourth, separated families have lost their hope. Separated families, victims of tragic ethnic partition, are desperately waiting to fulfill their dying wish. Since most members of the separated families have either passed away or are older, unless we resolve our current situation promptly, our attempts in the future will only be futile. Once our separated families are lost due to our government's untimely decisions, they will be remembered as tragedies in our history. What has the Lee government done for our separated families?
Although we have wasted our time, we can still change our policy towards North Korea. Rather than promoting a backdoor summit, if we change our policies, we can confidently and openly hold summits with North Korea. The Lee government should consider how they will be depicted in history. Our current government has regressed inter-Korean relations to a state prior to the 7.4 Joint Statement of the North and the South in 1972. In the transitioning period of the Northeast Asian order, our government has paralyzed Korean diplomacy. Furthermore, the Lee government largely impaired the base of North and South's economic community, bequeathing large reunification costs to our future generations.
We must learn to fear history. If we would like to mitigate, even in the slightest degree, a harsh evaluation in history, we must hasten to alter our policy towards North Korea. Incompetent government officials should be replaced with capable ones, and the voices of citizens who desire to establish peace must be listened to. We are still waiting for the Lee government to accept its mistakes and return to the spirit of 6.15: that is, an introspective, reflective stance and vision for peace and co-prosperity, desire and an active attitude for reunification, and the dismantling of the Cold War regime. We must abandon anachronistic ideologies and become awake to the reality of division. The government of the Republic of Korea should resolve the pending issues with North Korea. Communication with our people is mandatory in order to create a future of peace together instead of regressing back to the Cold War.
Tasks of peace for the liberal and reformist forces
This year's 6.15 anniversary should be a new turning point. Now, we must retrieve the future of the Korean peninsula that the Lee government has misplaced. It is time to prepare for the spirit of 6.15 and 10.4 to bloom. There is nothing more important than peace for the people's welfare in the divided nation. Groups for progressive reform must arrange strategies to develop inter-Korean relations, peace on the Korean peninsula, and cooperation of Northeast Asia.
Above all, we must expand the peace movement. We must build a Korea inhospitable to cold warriors who are ready to sacrifice people's lives. Through the local elections on June 2, 2010, we saw an inspiring scene of citizens judging the immoral government, absorbed in exploiting the tension with the North. We must help our citizens to possess an even more mature consciousness for democracy and peace.
The content and system of the engagement policy must continue to be developed. Change through engagement was our consistent philosophy during the terms of two previous presidents. During the three and a half years of the Lee government the relationship between the Koreas has deteriorated, and many holes need to be filled. Future policies must concretely reflect these changes.
We need to continuously develop effective strategies to realize a peace regime on the Korean peninsula and implement them to the best of our abilities. That is, we need concrete systematic plans and visions to resolve the nuclear threat of North Korea and to dismantle the cold war atmosphere. Reflecting the transitioning order of Northeast Asia, we need the methodology and wisdom to convert the ceasefire agreement into a permanent peace regime. We must propose a path towards "tangible peace," providing security for our people to allow our nation to dream for the future.
It is time for spring to blossom on the Korean peninsula. As the two previous presidents and our nation have been hoping for, it is time for us to prudently overcome the division and confrontation to prepare for our future of peace.
The anniversary of the 6.15 summit will be a turning point from despair to hope, and from crisis to peace. Regardless of how much the Lee government contradicts us, in the long run, our future is bright. Together with everyone who hopes for peace, we shall certainly prevail in our efforts for peace.
The Northeast Asia Peace and Security Network invites your responses to this essay. Please send responses to: bscott@nautilus.org. Responses will be considered for redistribution to the network only if they include the author's name, affiliation, and explicit consent.
View this online at: https://nautilus.org/napsnet/napsnet-policy-forum/11th-anniversary-lim-paik/

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A report by British Columbia's information and privacy commissioner says the province's three major political parties must each do a better job telling people about the information they are collecting about them.
Michael McEvoy says he's giving B.C.'s New Democrat, Liberal and Green parties six months to become more transparent with people before deciding if a more detailed audit of party systems, databases or practices is required.
"It is important to recognize the rapid advancement of technological tools to profile and micro-target voters and the temptation for political parties to deploy them," wrote McEvoy in his report.
He says the province's Personal Information Protection Act requires political parties to obtain consent from individuals to collect, use, or disclose information about them.
"When a party collects information from an individual on social media, they must get either implied or express consent," wrote McEvoy. "Parties must also get consent before using an email address to find individuals on social media."
McEvoy said the report concludes all three political parties have inadequate privacy training — and must ensure the same effort goes into protecting personal information — as is put into its collection.
The report makes 17 recommendations for all B.C. political parties, including ensuring the parties tell people the purposes for gathering their information at the point its collected.
McEvoy said it is important the findings and recommendations also be examined jointly with B.C.'s Chief Electoral Officer.
"A number of the issues raised in this report are best accomplished by coordination between our two offices," wrote McEvoy. "BC's Chief Electoral Officer is of the same view, and I look forward to working with his office."


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Charlotte Preiss, née le  à Bayonne, est une joueuse française de basket-ball.

Biographie
Dominatrice dans les divisions inférieures, le pari de Tarbes de faire jouer Charlotte Preiss au plus haut niveau est réussi avec notamment 14 points à 6/7 et 8rbds face à Nadejda Orenbourg en Euroligue en décembre 2011.

Durant la saison 2012-2013, elle joue peu (1,9 point et 1,5 rebond de moyenne en LFB). À l'intersaison, elle rejoint Saint-Amand, relégué en Ligue 2, mais rêpéchée par la suite en ligue, elle continuera donc à jouer dans le plus haut des championnat Français pour la saison 2013/2014.

Durant l'été 2014, elle rejoint Brive en Nationale 1, saison durant laquelle elle sera finaliste de la Coupe de France perdant en finale face au Pays Voironnais Basket Club.

Charlotte restera seulement un an en Corrèze puisque durant l'été 2015, elle rejoint le club Landais Adour Dax Basket où elle évolue en Nationale 3.

Clubs

Palmarès

Clubs
 Vainqueur du Challenge Round : 2013
 Finaliste de la Coupe de France : 2015

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Joueuse française de basket-ball
Joueuse du Tarbes Gespe Bigorre
Joueuse de Hainaut-Saint-Amand
Naissance en janvier 1987
Naissance à Bayonne

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Top 10 49ers games at Candlestick Park (Part Two)
August 25, 2014 December 1, 2014 Taylor Adkins
Steve Young celebrates a rushing TD in the '95 NFC Championship Game vs Dallas. Photo Credit: Eric Risberg/AP
Part One of the Best Games at Candlestick can be seen here.
#5: January 14, 2012 – (NFC Divisional) 49ers 36 Saints 32: The BountyGate game, a game that would result in Saints coach Sean Payton getting unfairly suspended for the entire 2012 season after leaked tapes revealed Defensive Coordinator Gregg Williams instructed players to injure key 49ers players, is one of the best games in NFL playoff history.
Until Jim Harbaugh arrived in the Bay Area, no one would have ever thought an Alex Smith led team would crack a list like this one. In Harbaugh's rookie season, a nine year playoff drought would end, and Alex Smith's career would be reborn. A 13-3 season and a division title would set up this matchup, as the 49ers and Saints would meet in the playoffs for the first time ever.
After such a long playoff drought, this game was extra important. A loss here would have made the regular season achievements seem almost like a fluke. There were still many doubters of this edition of the Niners, mainly due to Alex Smith. The first pick of the 2005 draft had been a colossal bust up until this season and many still weren't buying that he could win a big game against an opponent like Drew Brees and the Saints. Vegas slotted New Orleans as a 3.5 favorite, even though they were the lower seeded road team, a rare scenario in the Divisional round of the NFL playoffs.
The Saints would battle back from an early 17-0 hole to create a tense 2nd half. Both defenses would settle in, until the final four minutes, perhaps the wildest final four minutes of any playoff game ever.
Four touchdowns and four lead changes, capped off by a Smith to Vernon Davis touchdown pass with 9 seconds left. "The Catch III" had happened, joining it's brother "The Catch" and "The Catch II" (more on those games shortly).
The Saints would take their first lead of the game on a 44 yard catch and run by Darren Sproles. Alex Smith would then lead a quick drive back down the field, and on a 3rd and 3 would take the ball on a designed QB sweep around the left end and into the end zone, for what felt like the game winning score. Drew Brees would have other ideas, and would quickly hit Jimmy Graham deep over the middle, for a 66 yard touchdown, that DEFINITELY felt like final gut punch for the Niner faithful. Nice season with a sad ending, because there's no way our boy Alex has another bullet in the chamber. With the Saints not only scoring, but also hitting a two point conversion, a three point deficit was now the hurdle. Smith would hit Vernon Davis for a long bomb, to get them into David Akers field goal range. On third down, with seconds remaining, the Niners eschewed a conservative run to set up a layup, game tying field goal and went for the win. Smith found Davis again over the middle for the game winning score, in a play eerily similar to the Young to Owens score in '99 playoffs.
Davis was mobbed, the place went bananas, and an entire fan base finally accepted Alex Smith as a QB who could be trusted when it counted most.
#4: January 20, 1991 – (NFC Championship Game) Giants 15 49ers 13: We can't ever be accused of blind homerism with this game making the top 10. This game and the Super Bowl 47 loss to Baltimore are easily the two most crushing losses in franchise history. The run for the first ever 3-peat in the Super Bowl era came to a bitter end on the games final play, and Joe Montana would take a hit so vicious he would miss the entire next season before permanently losing his job to Steve Young.
So how does a game that still stings many 49ers fans make it to #4? Simply put, this is one of the most well played football games you'll ever see. It's actually on iTunes as part of the "Greatest Games in Giants History" DVD set, so if you like watching the classics, this is one to make some time for.
The rosters are loaded, as are the coaching staffs. Between the two teams coaches and coordinators, you've got: George Seifert, Mike Holmgren, Jon Gruden, Bill Parcells, Bill Belichick, Tom Coughlin and Romeo Crennel.
The game itself was a true heavy weight bout, played to perfection. The tackling was superb. Each team tried imposing their will on each other, as the two sides had a very different philosophy about the best way to win a football game. Few mistakes were made and when they were made, people paid. Everson Walls tried jumping an out rout to John Taylor, and it turned into a 61 yard catch and run for a touchdown.
The game would turn on the Montana injury, when he took a hit in the back from Leonard Marshall that injured his back and hand, while also giving him a severe concussion. The Giants rolled the dice soon after, on one of the gutsiest calls in playoff history, a fake punt from their own 46 yard line. The drive would end with a field goal.
Mistakes were sparse, but the biggest came on the next drive, as the only turnover of the game was committed. Roger Craig would fumble as the Niners attempted to kill the clock, the Giants would drive down and Matt Bahr converted his 5th and final field goal of the game, as the final gun went off.
As the ball sailed through the uprights, Pat Summerall let the result breathe, besides his declaration that "there will be no 3-peat."
#3: January 3, 1999 – (NFC Wildcard Game) 49ers 30 Packers 27: Was this a great game? Oh yes. Was this an important win in the history of the franchise? Absolutely. Was this a well played game? That's debatable.
In a game that featured seven turnovers and many dropped passes, the specifics of the game aren't really as important as the final play and the final result. The 49ers FINALLY got one on Brett Favre and the Packers, after having their playoffs ended by Green Bay the previous three seasons.
This was yet another dragon for Steve Young to slay. After the hurdles of overtaking Joe Montana, the Dallas Cowboys and a Super Bowl title, Young was now pegged as a guy who couldn't solve the Green Bay puzzle. There was a feeling as the game drew near, that if the Niners were eliminated by the Pack for a 4th straight year, there would be Steinbrenner-esque ramifications from the front office. No one's job seemed safe, the whole team might get fired.
These were two very evenly matched teams in what was one of the highest profile Wild Card games in NFL history. Young and Favre both had a ring, and were at stages of their careers where they desperately wanted another. No lead grew larger than seven points in this one, as the quarterbacks mixed dazzling plays with careless plays, each throwing 2 INTs. Dorsey Levens and Garrison Hearst would each have gritty, memorable games; both eclipsed 100 yards rushing.
A late Favre to Antonio Freeman TD pass seemed to ice it. This was it, the Niners as we knew them were about to be blown up. Literally no ones job was safe, as guys on the home sideline no doubt started making offseason plans and planned to sharpen their job interview skills. But Young would take the ball, with 1:50 left on the clock, and engineer the drive of a lifetime. First J.J. Stokes for a couple first downs, then Marc Edwards converted a first down that was near disaster, after he was nearly tackled twice way behind the line of scrimmage. Jerry Rice, who had not had a catch all game, would finally get in the score book. This is where Packer fans gently remind Niner fans that Rice fumbled. Rice did fumble, but there was no replay at the time, so San Francisco kept the ball. Tough you-know-what Packer fans, the Niners were owed a couple of those from a previous screw job at Lambeau Field on a Monday night.
Then with eight seconds left, the Niners called a play that would determine the fate of an entire team. Young took the snap and after nearly stumbling during his drop back, let loose a perfect pass over the middle to Terrell Owens for a 25 yard TD pass.
Ballgame. The Catch II was born.
TO let the tears flow, maybe from joy, maybe because he got absolutely lit up by two different Packers as he brought in the game winner. Coach Steve Mariucci went nuts. Steve Young went nuts. Hell, everyone in Red & Gold lost their damn minds for a few moments. The Niners had won, finally defeating the Packers in one of the most stirring and dramatic endings to a playoff game ever.
#2: January 15, 1995 – (NFC Championship Game) 49ers 38 Cowboys 28: Take everything we said about the importance of Steve Young beating the Packers from game #3 and multiply it by…I dunno, a lot. Make no mistake, this game may have technically been the NFC Championship, but on this date at Candlestick, the Super Bowl was played.
No team was close to touching Dallas or San Francisco in 1994, as they combined for seven losses , two of which were meaningless week 17 games where starters were rested. Game #9 on this list was the prelude to this game, an Ali-Frazier type matchup.
We already discussed in the game #9 entry, but to reiterate, Dallas had defeated San Francisco in two straight NFC Championship Games, and the pressure that mounted on Steve Young to not just beat Dallas, and not just make it to the Super Bowl, but WIN a Super Bowl, was immense. To get this far for the 3rd straight season, and lose again to the same team, was unacceptable. The Niners had a great team those past two seasons, but in the 1994 offseason, they revamped the defense big time. The 7th overall pick was used on Bryant Young, one of the best defensive linemen in franchise history. In free agency, they added Rickey Jackson and Ken Norton Jr., the latter of which came over from the rival Cowboys. The big catch would happen a couple weeks into the season, when Deion Sanders joined the club on a 1 year deal, while also playing baseball.
Both teams would sprint through the regular season, with the Niners win in game #9 of our countdown being the difference maker for home field advantage. The buzz leading up to this game was like that of a Super Bowl. Everyone knew THIS was the game. A Niners win would mean a trip to the "Super Bowl", with surprising yet undermanned San Diego lying in wait. A loss would mean that Steve Young's Niners were the NFC's version of the Buffalo Bills.
The game itself was one where Dallas would take a knock out punch early, and never recover. Before your pizza had arrived, it was 21-0 Niners. Three 1st quarter Cowboy turnovers were converted, at break neck speed, into three 49er touchdowns. That 21-0 hole would be the difference maker, as Dallas settled down and ended up out gaining the Niners 451 to 294, and had 10 more first downs than San Francisco for the game. With halftime 28 seconds away, Dallas had crept back into the game. It was then that Young hit Rice for a 28 yard TD pass, with Kevin Smith in coverage, for what would turn out to be a hugely important score.. Smith had once declared he "owned" Jerry Rice. Those words were never forgotten, as Rice and Young picked on Smith whenever they had the chance for the rest of his career.
A late Young rushing TD iced the game, as the 4th quarter slowly became a victory lap for the Niners. Speaking of victory laps, Steve Young literally took one after the game. As the FOX cameras rolled a few moments after the games conclusion, Young took a full lap around Candlestick. In full uniform, and with a ball clutched under his arm for some reason, he ran around like a mad man while he fist pumped to the crowd. Madden and Summerall narrated the events, as an exuberant Young jumped over barrier gates and took out a couple poor cameramen, who tried to keep up with the crafty left-hander. It was a refreshing scene, to watch an athlete who had just achieved the biggest triumph of his career, let it all hang out in front of 69,000 fans and a national television audience.
Two weeks later, the 49ers would trounce San Diego in Super Bowl 29, by the score of 49-26. Young would throw a Super Bowl record six touchdowns and be named the games MVP.
Game #1: January 10, 1982 – (NFC Championship Game) 49ers 28 Cowboys 27: The granddaddy of them all. The game that set the path for two franchises for the rest of the 1980's. The 3rd game on this list that involves the Dallas Cowboys.
"The Catch."
A play that will be replayed during the NFL Playoffs until Roger Goddell finally runs the league into the ground and the NFL doesn't exist anymore.
The Niners entered the 1981 season as one of the worst franchises in the NFL. The Cowboys came in as the class of the league, making nine of the previous twelve NFC Championship Games. In 1980, the Cowboys had beaten the 49ers 59-14, but this season San Francisco turned the tables, with a 45-14 blowout at Candlestick. Cowboy players would claim it was a fluke, and weren't worried about a rematch the upstart 49ers. They would get that rematch in the NFC Championship Game a couple months later. A close, back and forth game, would come down to a one final drive. Joe Montana would lead the Niners 89 yards on 14 plays, capped off with a play known simply as "The Catch".
With 58 seconds left in the game, down six and facing 3rd down, Montana took the snap and rolled to his right. Avoiding several Dallas defenders, including Ed "Too Tall" Jones, Montana finally lofted the ball towards the back right corner of the end zone. Perhaps he was trying to throw it away, although he swears he wasn't. Dwight Clark has also claimed since this day that it wasn't a throwaway. It would be Clark who would leap for the pass, snatch it out of the air, and tap both feet down for a dramatic go ahead touch down.
Dallas actually had the ball one last time in this game, and after almost converting a long catch and run touch down by Drew Pearson, would turn the ball over two plays later on a fumble by quarterback Danny White.
The Niners would win their first Super Bowl in their next game, setting them on a course of complete domination through the 1980's and into the early 90's, where they'd encounter a new Dallas dynasty that would rekindle the rivalry for several years. Once the run that Bill Walsh started and George Seifert took over, was complete, the Niners would have five Vince Lombardi trophies to their name over a 13 year span.
Tom Landry would coach the Cowboys through the darkness of the 1980's, only winning two more playoff games (both in the strike shortened '82 season). The team would slowly dissolve, with disappointing seasons piling up. Jerry Jones would eventually buy the team and fire Landry, hiring Jimmy Johnson from the University of Miami (FL) to replace him.
Two franchises, set on completely different courses, as the result of one game and one play.
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Speed cameras 'must be turned back on'
By Jeremy Grimaldi
Anne Snelgrove with (from left) Coun Derique Montaut and residents Carol Heavens and Sahar Gul
AN MP has joined the fight to stop drivers using a busy Swindon road as a racetrack.
South Swindon MP Anne Snelgrove has backed residents' calls for the speed cameras in Queens Drive to be reinstated before someone is killed.
And Mrs Snelgrove has called on Swindon Council to resolve its dispute with the Wiltshire And Swindon Safety Camera Partnership, which runs speed cameras in the town.
At present many of the town's speed cameras are out of action because the council believes it should receive the revenue from speeding fines instead of the Government.
Mrs Snelgrove spent much of Friday handing out leaflets with a Hands Off Our Speed Cameras logo emblazoned on them.
The move comes after a campaign by residents on Queens Drive about the dangers of the road.
Residents say that there are no crossings on the road for children attempting to get to the other side and are angry that drivers are using the dual carriageway to drive at speeds of 70mph at night.
George Lewis, a 40-year-old father-of-four, who has lived on Queens Drive for 12 years, says the road is a racetrack for people driving upwards of 70mph after 10pm.
He said: "Many of us have written to the MP about this problem.
"The cameras need to be reinstated, that is the first step, although I am not even sure that will make a difference.
"There is a part of me that thinks the drivers will just slow down for the camera and then speed up again, but we have to do something.
"At the moment our kids don't even have a cross walk let alone people obeying speed limits.
"The people in this neighbourhood have been talking about this issue for more than a decade - at least now someone is doing something about it."
Mrs Snelgrove believes the council is playing politics with people's lives by keeping the cameras bagged up.
She said: "In the school holidays kids from Churchfields and across Swindon will be out and about in the town and we need them to be able to cross the road in safety.
"First of all I want the Queens Drive camera up and running, because I share the concerns of local people that there will be more fatalities there.
"Then I want the council to drop their plans to pull out of the Safety Camera Partnership to make way for a speed camera stealth tax.
"The best speed camera is the one that doesn't raise a penny, just save lives."
However, coun Peter Greenhalgh, the council's cabinet member for transport and planning, says the council's speed camera policy has not changed.
He said: "Speed cameras are a very small part of our overall road safety measures and there are much more important things we as a council should do instead of acting as a law enforcement arm of this Government."
There has been one fatality and 21 injuries on Queens Drive in the last 18 months.


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Royal Assent
Management order
490.81 (1) With respect to offence-related property other than a controlled substance within the meaning of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, on application of the Attorney General or of any other person with the written consent of the Attorney General, a judge or justice in the case of offence-related property seized under section 487, or a judge in the case of offence-related property restrained under section 490.8, may, where he or she is of the opinion that the circumstances so require,
(a) appoint a person to take control of and to manage or otherwise deal with all or part of the property in accordance with the directions of the judge or justice; and
(b) require any person having possession of that property to give possession of the property to the person appointed under paragraph (a).
Appointment of Minister of Public Works and Government Services
(2) When the Attorney General of Canada so requests, a judge or justice appointing a person under subsection (1) shall appoint the Minister of Public Works and Government Services.
Power to manage
(3) The power to manage or otherwise deal with property under subsection (1) includes
(a) in the case of perishable or rapidly depreciating property, the power to make an interlocutory sale of that property; and
(b) in the case of property that has little or no value, the power to destroy that property.
Application for destruction order
(4) Before a person appointed to manage property destroys property that has little or no value, he or she shall apply to a court for a destruction order.
(5) Before making a destruction order in relation to any property, a court shall require notice in accordance with subsection (6) to be given to, and may hear, any person who, in the opinion of the court, appears to have a valid interest in the property.
Manner of giving notice
(6) A notice shall
(a) be given or served in the manner that the court directs or that may be specified in the rules of the court; and
(b) be of any duration that the court considers reasonable or that may be specified in the rules of the court.
(7) A court may order that the property be destroyed if it is satisfied that the property has little or no value, whether financial or other.
When management order ceases to have effect
(8) A management order ceases to have effect when the property that is the subject of the management order is returned in accordance with the law to an applicant or forfeited to Her Majesty.
Application to vary conditions
(9) The Attorney General may at any time apply to the judge or justice to cancel or vary any condition to which a management order is subject, but may not apply to vary an appointment made under subsection (2).
37. (1) Subsection 515(4.1) of the Act is amended by adding the following after paragraph (b):
(b.1) an offence under section 423.1 (intimidation of a justice system participant),
1999, c. 25, s. 8(4)
(2) The portion of subsection 515(4.2) of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:
Additional conditions
(4.2) Before making an order under subsection (2), in the case of an accused who is charged with an offence described in section 264 or 423.1 or an offence in the commission of which violence against a person was used, threatened or attempted, the justice shall consider whether it is desirable, in the interests of the safety and security of any person, particularly a victim of or witness to the offence or a justice system participant, to include as a condition of the order
1997, c. 23, s. 16
(3) Subparagraph 515(6)(a)(ii) of the Act is replaced by the following:
(ii) that is an offence under section 467.11, 467.12 or 467.13, or a serious offence alleged to have been committed for the benefit of, at the direction of, or in association with, a criminal organization,
1992, c. 41, s. 1; 1998, c. 9, s. 5
38. Subsections 631(3) to (5) of the Act are replaced by the following:
To be drawn by clerk of court
(3) The clerk of the court shall, in open court, draw out the cards referred to in subsection (1), one after another, and shall call out the name and number on each card as it is drawn, until the number of persons who have answered is, in the opinion of the judge, sufficient to provide a full jury after allowing for orders to excuse, challenges and directions to stand by where
(a) the array of jurors is not challenged; or
(b) the array of jurors is challenged but the judge does not direct a new panel to be returned.
Where name not to be called
(3.1) On application by the prosecutor or on its own motion, the court, or a judge of the court, before which the jury trial is to be held, if it is satisfied that it is in the best interest of the administration of justice to do so, including in order to protect the privacy or safety of the members of the jury, may order that, for the purposes of subsection (3), the clerk of the court shall only call out the number on each card.
Juror and other persons to be sworn
(4) The clerk of the court shall swear each member of the jury in the order in which his or her card was drawn and shall swear any other person providing technical, personal, interpretative or other support services to a juror with a physical disability.
Drawing additional cards if necessary
(5) Where the number of persons who answer under subsection (3) or (3.1) is not sufficient to provide a full jury, the clerk of the court shall proceed in accordance with subsections (3), (3.1) and (4) until twelve jurors are sworn.
Ban on publication, etc.
(6) On application by the prosecutor or on its own motion, the court or judge before which a jury trial is to be held may, if an order under subsection (3.1) has been made, make an order directing that the identity of a juror or any information that could disclose their identity shall not be published in any document or broadcast in any way, if the court or judge is satisfied that such an order is necessary for the proper administration of justice.
1992, c. 41, s. 2
39. The portion of section 632 of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:
Excusing jurors
632. The judge may, at any time before the commencement of a trial, order that any juror be excused from jury service, whether or not the juror has been called pursuant to subsection 631(3) or (3.1) or any challenge has been made in relation to the juror, for reasons of
40. Section 633 of the Act is replaced by the following:
633. The judge may direct a juror who has been called pursuant to subsection 631(3) or (3.1) to stand by for reasons of personal hardship or any other reasonable cause.
Calling jurors who have stood by
641. (1) Where a full jury has not been sworn and no cards remain to be drawn, the cards of those who have been directed to stand by shall be drawn again in the order in which their cards were drawn and they shall be sworn, unless excused by the judge or challenged by the accused or the prosecutor.
Other jurors becoming available
(2) Where, before a juror is sworn pursuant to subsection (1), other jurors in the panel become available, the prosecutor may require the cards of those jurors to be put into and drawn from the box in accordance with section 631, and those jurors shall be challenged, directed to stand by, excused or sworn, as the case may be, before the jurors who were originally directed to stand by are called again.
42. Subsections 643(1) and (2) of the Act are replaced by the following:
Who shall be jury
643. (1) The twelve jurors whose cards are drawn and who are sworn in accordance with this Part shall be the jury to try the issues of the indictment, and the jurors so drawn and sworn shall be kept apart until the jury gives its verdict or until it is discharged. Their cards shall then be returned to the box as often as occasion arises, as long as an issue remains to be tried before a jury.
Same jury may try another issue by consent
(2) The court may try an issue with the same jury in whole or in part that previously tried or was drawn to try another issue, without the jurors being sworn again, but if the prosecutor or the accused objects to any of the jurors or the court excuses any of the jurors, the court shall order those persons to withdraw and shall direct that the required number of cards to make up a full jury be drawn and, subject to the provisions of this Part relating to challenges, orders to excuse and directions to stand by, the persons whose cards are drawn shall be sworn.
R.S., c. 27 (1st Supp.), s. 133
43. Subsection 645(5) of the Act is replaced by the following:
Questions reserved for decision in a trial with a jury
(5) In any case to be tried with a jury, the judge before whom an accused is or is to be tried has jurisdiction, before any juror on a panel of jurors is called pursuant to subsection 631(3) or (3.1) and in the absence of any such juror, to deal with any matter that would ordinarily or necessarily be dealt with in the absence of the jury after it has been sworn.
44. Subparagraph 718.2(a)(iv) of the French version of the Act is replaced by the following:
(iv) que l'infraction a été commise au profit ou sous la direction d'une organisation criminelle, ou en association avec elle;
45. Subsection 743.6(1.1) of the Act is replaced by the following:
Power of court to delay parole
(1.1) Notwithstanding section 120 of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act, where an offender receives a sentence of imprisonment of two years or more, including a sentence of imprisonment for life imposed otherwise than as a minimum punishment, on conviction for a criminal organization offence other than an offence under section 467.11, 467.12 or 467.13, the court may order that the portion of the sentence that must be served before the offender may be released on full parole is one half of the sentence or ten years, whichever is less.
(1.2) Notwithstanding section 120 of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act, where an offender receives a sentence of imprisonment of two years or more, including a sentence of imprisonment for life, on conviction for an offence under section 467.11, 467.12 or 467.13, the court shall order that the portion of the sentence that must be served before the offender may be released on full parole is one half of the sentence or ten years, whichever is less, unless the court is satisfied, having regard to the circumstances of the commission of the offence and the character and circumstances of the offender, that the expression of society's denunciation of the offence and the objectives of specific and general deterrence would be adequately served by a period of parole ineligibility determined in accordance with the Corrections and Conditional Release Act.
46. (1) Subsection 810.01(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:
Fear of criminal organization offence, etc.
810.01 (1) A person who fears on reasonable grounds that another person will commit an offence under section 423.1 or a criminal organization offence may, with the consent of the Attorney General, lay an information before a provincial court judge.
(2) Subsection 810.01(3) of the Act is replaced by the following:
(3) The provincial court judge before whom the parties appear may, if satisfied by the evidence adduced that the informant has reasonable grounds for the fear, order that the defendant enter into a recognizance to keep the peace and be of good behaviour for any period that does not exceed twelve months and to comply with any other reasonable conditions prescribed in the recognizance, including the conditions set out in subsection (5), that the provincial court judge considers desirable for preventing the commission of an offence referred to in subsection (1).
Review of sections 25.1 to 25.4 of the Criminal Code
46.1 Within three years after this section comes into force, a review of sections 25.1 to 25.4 of the Criminal Code and their operation shall be undertaken by any committee of the Senate, of the House of Commons or of both Houses of Parliament that is designated or established for that purpose.
Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
47. The definition ``offence-related property'' in subsection 2(1) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act is replaced by the following:
``offence-relat ed property'' « bien infraction-
``offence-related property'' means, with the exception of a controlled substance, any property, within or outside Canada,
(a) by means of or in respect of which a designated substance offence is committed,
(b) that is used in any manner in connection with the commission of a designated substance offence, or
(c) that is intended for use for the purpose of committing a designated substance offence;
1997, c. 18, par. 140(b), (c)(i); 1999, c. 5, s. 48
48. Sections 8 and 9 of the Act are repealed.
1996, c. 19, s. 93.2
49. (1) Subsections 14(3) and (4) of the Act are replaced by the following:
Restraint order
(3) Where an application for a restraint order is made to a judge under subsection (1), the judge may, if satisfied that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the property is offence-related property, make a restraint order prohibiting any person from disposing of, or otherwise dealing with any interest in, the offence-related property specified in the order otherwise than in such manner as may be specified in the order.
Property outside Canada
(4) A restraint order may be issued under this section in respect of property situated outside Canada, with any modifications that the circumstances require.
(2) Paragraph 14(9)(a) of the Act is replaced by the following:
(a) an order is made under subsection 19(3) or 19.1(3) of this Act or subsection 490(9) or (11) of the Criminal Code in relation to the property; or
50. The Act is amended by adding the following after section 14:
14.1 (1) On application of the Attorney General or of any other person with the written consent of the Attorney General, a justice in the case of offence-related property seized under section 11, or a judge in the case of offence-related property restrained under section 14, may, where he or she is of the opinion that the circumstances so require,
(9) The Attorney General may at any time apply to the judge or justice to cancel or vary any condition to which a management order is subject but may not apply to vary an appointment made under subsection (2).
51. (1) The portion of subsection 16(1) of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:


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Q: Does the space of matrices above rank $k$ admit a transitive Lie group action? $\newcommand{\End}{\operatorname{End}}$
$\newcommand{\GL}{\operatorname{GL}}$
Let $V$ be a real $d$-dimensional vector space ($d \ge 4$). Let $2 \le k \le d-2$.
Define $H_{>k}=\{ A \in \text{End}(V) \mid \operatorname{rank}(A) > k
\}$. $H_{>k}$ is an open connected submanifold of $ \text{End}(V)$.

Question: Does $H_{>k}$ admit a transitive Lie group action?

That is, does there exist a (finite dimeniosnal) Lie group $G$, and a smooth action of $G$ on $H_{>k}$, such that $H_{>k}$ itself is the single orbit?

There is a natural action on $H_{>k}$ by $\GL(V) \times \GL(V)$, given by
$$
(A,B) \cdot C=ACB^{-1}.
$$
This action has a finite number of orbits; each orbit is the space of endomorphisms of a certain rank. So, it is not transitive. (but is "close" to being one).
Even if there is a transitive action, I don't expect it to be as "natural" as the action considered above. Still, I am interested to know whether or not such group action exist.
I know there are obstructions for a manifold to admit a transitive Lie group action in the case where it's compact. Here, however, our manifold $H_{>k}$ is non-compact.

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A look at the biggest and best news items from this past week in Ottawa, Canada.
Home A look at the biggest and best news items from this past week in Ottawa, Canada.
More than 20 million Canadians have been affected by the coronavirus, which is spreading quickly across the country and threatening to overwhelm health care systems across the world.
It's also spreading faster than expected, leaving doctors scrambling to find and treat those hardest hit.
Here's a look at some of the biggest news stories from the past week: * March 2: New coronaviruses are the first to be discovered in the United States and Canada.
They are linked to an outbreak in a remote village in central Australia, where a young woman died and hundreds of others were infected.
Officials in Victoria say they have confirmed more than 10,000 new cases and more than 500 deaths.
The coronavira outbreak is now the second-largest outbreak in the world, after one in Japan, and more severe than the one in Italy and the United Kingdom.
(Associated Press) * March 1: The coronaval virus is the first new virus to be detected in the U.S. since January, when the virus first was discovered in New York.
More than a million Americans are now infected, and authorities are warning people to stay home, close windows and close all public places.
(AP) * February 28: New strains of coronaviremia have been discovered in Canada, including one linked to a case in Quebec City.
The virus, first detected in a village in the remote southeastern province of Alberta, has since been traced to the Quebec City area.
(Reuters) * Feb. 27: A New Jersey man was infected with coronaviral disease.
A new strain of coronivirus is causing a spate of infections in Canada and the U., according to a report from Canada's health minister.
(Cheryl R. Young) * Jan. 30: New cases of coronvirus are confirmed in three provinces in Canada.
The first coronavirochirus outbreak is linked to Quebec City, and the virus is spreading fast, prompting a national alert.
Canada is the hardest hit, with more than 11,000 cases.
(The Associated Press) Jan. 29: New infections in Alberta, Nova Scotia and Manitoba are linked.
The latest cases in the province and the first coronovirus cases in Canada are linked, according to the Canadian health ministry.
The disease has spread to a dozen other provinces and territories.
(CBC News) Jan. 28: Quebec's health department reports a new coronavid strain has been detected in Quebec.
Quebec has recorded more than 1,500 cases and is now at risk of having a new strain, which could spread to other provinces.
(Jacques Boissinot/Canadian Press)


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Nigerian youths protest to end the rogue police unit SARS responsible for brutality and killings. Lagos, Nigeria.
This is the time!
They are already shooting at us right now
The military are already shooting at us right now
But we are not backing down
I'm here.
You can hear the gunshots
I'm hear to die for something!
- a Nigerian youth
When Nigeria's military shot into the crowd at the Lekki Toll Plaza in Lagos state, I broke down and cried.
I was at home — tweeting, retweeting, tagging and sharing DJ Switch's Instagram live as well as those of few who were among others who dared to stand up to a corrupt and unjust system more than willing to kill and deny that they had ever walked the face of the earth.
Four days later, and it seems almost unreal. Some people say that things have gotten back to normal, others say that the country's youth are now wide awake, cheering on blooming acts of civic duty by citizens who now see it pertinent to prepare for the next elections well ahead of time.
I think I am somewhere in-between, I acknowledge that indeed, something has been stirred in most of us who watched the massacre unfold in real-time, but I am carefully optimistic.
A Zoom class on electoral practices I had signed up for soon after the incident already had more than 1000 members, and the class exceeded the Zoom call capacity such that the organisers had to extend it.
Still scarred and shocked, many were more than willing to finally take up the responsibility of the country's future in their hands.
The next day of the electoral class which held at the same time as the previous saw only one-quarter of the number from the previous day.
"Marathon, not sprint."
Did we expect a nation still running on a colonial system which exploits its resources to the benefit of those in power to suddenly turn around in 12 days? To suddenly relinquish the power which it has helped itself to at the expense of its citizens all these years?
In my head, I didn't. But in my heart, I was hoping for the smallest commitment, the tiniest realisation from a self-serving government that it would somehow realise that we are headed nowhere, and take the reins to ensure we do not crash sooner than later at the very least.
I thought about the first calls for the need to sustain the EndSARS protests by individuals like Kiki Mordi after the first day of outrage. How the Feminist Coalition, which had positioned itself as the support for the protest had literally carried the sustenance of thousands and thousands of individuals on its back, in order to ensure that they came back fighting stronger.
There is a need to sustain the rude awakening from the way those protests were ended. But this doesn't carry all the fire and vim of collective anger and communal support. This is slow burn, and fires like this need to be fed little by little from a constant source.
I believe this is why — long before the media and the government started spewing its lies — many had attached the phrase "never forget" to the critical and important moments that marked the EndSARS protests in Nigeria.
How do we go on? How do we ensure that we arrive, fully kitted, fully prepared, and jazzed up! as we told ourselves and each other during those 12 days?
It is easy to be driven into numbness, inaction. After the cruel displays we all collectively watched, I believe it is safe to assume none of us is okay.
At some point, trigger warnings became irrelevant because an environment steeped in fear and insecurity is a daily reality.
But I have also watched and read a few stories of those driven into action: Instagram skits emphasising the need to put your body in harm's way when you see the police harassing someone indiscriminately, people engaging those living in extreme poverty on the need to put a collective goal ahead of their individual hunger, and more individuals offering up already scarce resources for free.
And why should anyone do that? How can anyone believe that any one of these things will be worth it, especially seeing that we still have to scale the odds of gender inequality, religion and tribalism among others? How can we continue to remember? And for a country so used to quickly moving on, how do we never forget?
This picture, in colour, holds all the answers we would ever seek: young Nigerians, peacefully seated and waving their flags in civil disobedience — the greatest acts of patriotism I have ever witnessed, and dare I say, the country has ever seen.
Whenever I think about that day, the 20th of October, 2020, I remember the young Nigerians who were ready and who paid the ultimate price.
I do not just see myself in these young men and women who chanted the national anthem, even while trembling, and still showed bravery in the face of what must have been the most terrifying night of their lives. No, those people were me. When I saw the guns that were pointed at young Nigerians and the bullets recovered from the scene, I see them pointed at myself.
When Dj Switch, who had recorded most of the incident live, later shared a video of her thoughts on the incident, she unveiled her collection of bullets: amongst what looked like 25 of them, one retrieved from a person's leg and one which she claimed as hers because it had flown past the side of her head.
"NNY 2005"… Rounds from the #GenocideAtLekkiTollGate. Courtesy: @Amir_Q_Khan
For the few things that this country has managed to produce, I never imagined that I would be grateful to it for love — the kind of love that Christians say would make a man lay down his life for his friend.
And this is what I would forever remember:
That a person, somewhere, whom I do not know, died for me to have a shot at a flourishing life. This makes any mediocre living a waste.
It feels like my life as I knew it, ended. That I am in debt, and the only way to repay that debt is to ensure those people died for something. That they did not die for me to spend my days complaining, suffering and smiling.
This is what will sustain my awakening.
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Add New Users lets you quickly add multiple users to your site without wearing out your mouse clicking "Add New".
This plugin has been so popular with Multisite and BuddyPress site owners that we've made it available for single WordPress installs. Create and add new users in bulk batches of 15.
Creating and adding new users to a site is now as simple as entering a username, an email address, a password (if you wish) and select the level of access to grant to each user.
All new users will receive an email containing their new username, password and login link.
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And, to create hundreds or thousands of sites and users automatically we created Batch Create.


The Devil's Rejects is a 2005 American horror-crime-thriller written and directed by Rob Zombie, and the sequel to his 2003 film House of 1000 Corpses.
The film's plot is built around the pursuit of three members of the psychopathic antagonist family from the previous film, with Sid Haig, Bill Moseley and Zombie's wife Sheri Moon Zombie reprising their roles. A host of horror/exploitation film actors have roles, such as Ken Foree, Geoffrey Lewis, Tom Towles, Michael Berryman, P. J. Soles, Ginger Lynn Allen and Mary Woronov.
On May 18, 1978, Texas Sheriff John Quincey Wydell (William Forsythe), and a large posse of State Troopers arrive at the Firefly family to arrest them for over seventy-five homicides and disappearances over the past several years.
The next morning, Tiny (Matthew McGrory) notices the police arrive, and warns the rest of the family, who arm themselves and fire on the officers. Rufus (Tyler Mane) is killed, and Mother Firefly (Leslie Easterbrook) is taken into custody, while Otis (Bill Moseley) and Baby (Sheri Moon Zombie) escape. They hijack a car, kill the driver, and escape to Kahiki Palms, a run-down motel.
While at the motel Baby seduces Roy, part of the Banjo and Sullivan singing group. Otis and Baby then take the band hostage in their room, and Otis shoots the roadie when he returns. Meanwhile, Baby's father Captain Spaulding, decides to rendezvous with Baby and Otis. On route, his car runs out of gas and he assaults a woman before stealing her car. Back at the motel, Otis sexually assaults Roy's wife Gloria and demands Adam and Roy to come with him on an errand.
Prominent US critic Roger Ebert enjoyed the film and gave it three out of a possible four stars. He wrote, "There is actually some good writing and acting going on here, if you can step back from the [violent] material enough to see it".
Tyler Mane as Rufus "RJ" Firefly, Jr.
Still prefer House of 1000 Corpses.


Flooding and water emergencies caused four deaths and injuries in Lincolnshire last year, new Home Office figures show.
Between April 2017 and March 2018, there were four deaths or injuries in incidents where firefighters were called to flooding or water emergencies.
The previous year in Lincolnshire there were five.
Over the same period, the Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue Service rescued people during ten flooding or water incidents, a nine per cent decrease on 2016-17.
The crews took part in one evacuation involving up to five people.
There were 20 in 2017-18, as well as 16 occasions where crews offered advice and 19 call outs for pumping water.
There were 73 call outs in total in 2017-18, down from 173 in the previous year.


Family volunteering involves more than one person in a household or extended family, from different generations, volunteering together. Westfield provides a unique setting for families to enjoy time together focused on preserving and presenting a history of Upper Canada.
Families will volunteer as a unit and parents are responsible for the supervision of their children. As age and maturity dictates the supervising parent should have the child within their eyesight or be aware of the child's location. There are many opportunities for children to be involved in meaningful activities including: crafts, household chores, gardening and games. If you are interested in this program an application should be filled out for each family member and forwarded to Westfield.
Interested families may contact westnote@conservationhamilton.ca for further information. Once the completed application form is received an interview will be arranged to see if there is a good fit for your family at Westfield, followed by training and orientation.