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Lisa Nicol
Lisa Nicol is a writer and documentary-maker. Her feature documentary Wide Open Sky, about a children's choir in outback NSW, won the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the 2015 Sydney Film Festival. Her first children's book The Ballad of Dexi Lee was illustrated by artist Lucy Culliton. Her second children's book Dr Boogaloo and the Girl Who Lost Her Laughter is currently being adapted as a musical for the stage. Lisa lives on the east coast of Australia with her three children and a dog who totally stinks.
Books by Lisa Nicol
Vincent and the Grandest Hotel on Earth
Everyone deserves a bit of grand . . . From ordinary to extraordinary, Vincent and the Grandest Hotel on Earth is a marvellous ride that will delight readers of all ages.
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Sunny Shelly's Review: The Art Of Holding On, by Beth Ann Burgoon
January 27, 2020 sunnyshellyreads
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Life happens, whether you're ready or not. All you can do is hold on and go along for the ride.
That's the motto Hadley Jones lives by, and for good reason. Most of the women in her family have repeated the same pattern. Single motherhood. Working two jobs just to scrape by. For Hadley, wanting more is not an option.
Which is why her friendship with Sam Constable was doomed before it even began. He was sweet, popular, and destined for great things outside their small town. But when he risked one kiss, and told her he loved her, Hadley refused to believe they could ever stand a chance. Hurt and angry, Sam moved to his father's place in Los Angeles, leaving Hadley alone.
Now, a year has passed. Sam is back and more determined than ever to convince Hadley they're meant to be. But Hadley can't forget how Sam deserted her. And when Sam learns of the mistake she made while he was gone, she'll have to decide whether to let him go again, or finally take a stand and fight for the future—and the boy—she wants with all her heart.
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Sunny Shelly's Review: 4 Stars
The Art Of Holding On is a super-angsty YA story. There is so much back-and-forth, push and pull with Hadley and Sam, and I probably would have given up if they were college students or older. But because they are high schoolers, I put my thoughts aside, and went along for the emotional rollercoaster.
Sam and Hadley were best friends from the age of 10, but everything changed between them after he declared his love for her. (It happens before the book takes place, so the story starts when Sam returns to town after nearly a year away, living with his dad.) I felt like a lot of their issues could have been avoided if they dealt with the situation (her shutting down, him taking off) with more maturity. But Hadley couldn't help but be consumed by their differences in social statues, and kind of freaked out.
As a result of things they didn't talk about, they both made some serious errors in judgement, which led to more hurt feelings. It all comes back around nicely when they are both finally honest with one another, and ends with a HFN.
I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.
Beth Ann Burgoon lives in northwestern Pennsylvania where she pens young adult novels that are emotional, sharply written and relatable. She loves coffee, the Pittsburgh Penguins hockey team and '80s teen movies.
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10-Year-Old Texas Hunter Kills 13-Foot Alligator with Crossbow
Tony Kerns
Putting grown hunters to shame, a 10-year-old Texas girl bagged a 13-foot alligator on a hunting trip this past weekend in the Guadalupe River near Victoria.
Ella Hawk was hunting with her parents and hunting guide Ryan Longer when they came upon the alligator. An experienced hunter already and practiced with her crossbow, Ella took down the alligator with a single shot above its eyes.
To make sure the alligator was incapacitated and wouldn't lash out, Longer had Ella fire two more shots at the alligator, the second of which split her original arrow. Longer also asked Ella to shoot to gator with his .243 pistol, once again hitting her original arrow.
Originally estimated to be 12 feet long, the official measurement of the alligator was 13 feet, large enough to rank the kill #1 in the Trophy Game Records of the World's database, which has been tracking game records for thirty years. Longer called Ella's kill the pinnacle of his year as a hunting guide,
I've gone several years without even getting a 12-foot (alligator). I don't know how it happened or why it happened, and this is probably my pinnacle for the year.
I have more confidence in her than probably more than 90 percent of the grown men I take on hunts.
Ella's kill also increases the odds of her winning the Trophy Game Records of the World Huntress of the Year award for the second year in a row, an award given to female hunters until the age of 17.
via The Victoria Advocate
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Q: Expected minimum of two independant random variables This is part of an alternative problem of the newsvendor model.
Let $D_1$ and $D_2$ be two independant and positives random variables and let $f_{D_1}$ and $f_{D_2}$ be their density functions.
I need to minimize the function $q\longmapsto\mathbb{E}\left[\mathrm{min}(D_2,(q-D_1)^+)\right]$
I started by  calculating $$\begin{aligned} \mathbb{E}\left[\mathrm{min}(D_2,(q-D_1)^+)\right]&=\int\int_\mathbb{R^2} min(y,(q-x)\mathbb{1}_{x<q})f_{D_1}(x)f_{D_2}(y) \ dx dy\\ &= \int_{x=0}^q\left(\int_{y=0}^{q-x}yf_{D_2}(y)dy\right) f_{D_1}(x)dx + \int_{x=0}^q \left(\int_{y=q-x}^{+\infty}f_{D_2}(y)dy\right)(q-x)f_{D_1}(x)dx \end{aligned}$$
but at that point I think I messed up because I couldn't come up with something nice.
I wonder if there is another way to calculate this expression., using cumulative distribution functions or conditional expectations.

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On this day in auto history - October 10th
Sun 10th Oct 2021
It was on this day in 1964 that shocking reports emerged that rockstar Ringo Starr had driven at 140mph on a recently-built stretch of the M6 motorway in his brand new Facel Vega II sports car.
Feeling he deserved a special car at the height of 'Beatlemania', the iconic drummer made national headlines when paying an undisclosed fee to purchase the 390 bhp, limited edition supercar - then marketed as "the world's fastest four-seater" - directly from the stand at the Earls Court Motor Show.
Within days, a newspaper report claimed that Starr had reached terrifying speeds of 140 mph on the M6 when driving himself to a Beatles concert in Leicester, though police charges were never brought.
Starr and his wife Barbara Bach were to famously hit the headlines some years later in 1980 when they cheated death after crashing their luxury Mercedes just yards from the same accident blackspot where fellow pop star Marc Bolan was killed three years earlier.
Starr owned the Facel Vega II coupe for four years in all and, such was its fame, it sold for a record £337,000 when sold at a Bonhams auction in 2013.


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BLATANT HOMERISM: TENNESSEE
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LET'S NEVER TALK ABOUT THIS AGAIN
By Spencer Hall@edsbs Sep 24, 2013, 4:51pm EDT
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1. It is weird to play a game where neither team had much to do with each other, but no game with a total of nine turnovers is. The Florida defense barely noticed who the Tennessee quarterback was; the Tennessee offense hardly noticed who was coming, be it Dante Fowler (who is simply monstrous this year,) Dominique Easley, or Vernon Hargreaves. The strangest thing about this game is that it was less contest than a mutual seizure for a half, and then a continued seizure for one party through the second half. they had
2. Note for no reason whatsoever: I want to call Hargreaves the Combat Wombat so badly, and have no idea why. I know why not, though: Combat Wombat is the name of an Australian rap group featuring "DJ Wasabi."
DJ Wasabi enjoys; eating lollies, lighting and all things to do with lights, lasers etc., scratching, making beats, programming, and is nicknamed "smoke dog" a name he earned for his reputation of making turntables smoke with his hyper-charged scratching.
So yeah, let's not do that, because sometimes your random thoughts are insanely dumb, and lead you to fruitless knowledge about Australian hip-hop.
3. But let's just reiterate: for a half, It's not like this even resembled football.
Two drunk teams fell off barstools for the most disgusting half of football we watched all weekend. It was an embarrassment bordered by down markers, two leprous sprinters winding around the track and seeing whose legs fell off first, a stampede of mediocre livestock off a short, ugly seawall, a bus terminal brawl between a pack of stray dogs and a doomed rabid cat, a birthday party at an orphanage, a Chinese mountaineering disaster filmed live by a dispassionate and unhelpful Werner Von Herzog, a wagon train with dying oxen headed the wrong way down into waterless deserts.
4. Someone took Jake from Adventure Time singing the "Bacon Pancakes" song and looped it for ten hours. I would rather watch this whole thing than the first half of the Tennessee game ever again.
At least it's about something you can believe in: bacon, pancakes, and dogs being allowed to cook over open flame. Additionally, I could eat bacon and pancakes cooked in deep, heavy fat for years before I would die. Watching this game again would kill me so much quicker, and with way more pain and discomfort involved.
5. I know Jeff Driskel broke his leg, and that is terrible. Specifically, the guy who has worked very hard to get better, and has done everything in his powers as a very young athlete to improve, broke his fibula. Reach down on your leg and grab it: it's not your femur, but it still qualifies as one of those bones on your body that, when it starts hurting, signifies that something very large has gone wrong, and that in another century you might have been in mortal trouble. It sucks deeply that he is injured, and that anyone would take pleasure in that is horrendous.
6. That said about Driskel: Murphy may not be that much of a downgrade for what this offense wants to do, which is mostly running the ball and occasionally taking a few tentative pokes downfield. He seems to make decisions faster than Driskel, at least in the few he was given, and scrambles effectively. Driskel holds the ball for days both because he's confident in his arm and ability to do things, while Murphy either takes off or gets rid of the ball before anything too bad happens. He doesn't seem too eager to do too much, and for an offense this dysfunctional that might be healthier than ambition. Ahoy, competent economy car quarterback. You'll probably power-slide if we take the traction control off, buddy! (Brent Pease and Will Muschamp say touch that traction control off and die, son.)
7. The offense ran the ball and asked nothing of its quarterback in the second half. This is all this team should do, ever, since they gained almost 200 yards, squatted on the clock, and played unambitious, boring offense. I'm emotionally over this team being designed to win games 10-3. I'd just like them to start doing that, and this is a step in that direction. I'm really over it. I am. Protesting too much is bullshit. I like it. I do. I love kale. It tastes great and you're all wrong about how you can't wash the sand out of it. It's delicious. Survival is overrated. I meant underrated. Please help. Anything. Just help me watch this team play offense and fill this glass of alcohol when it is empty. It is empty. LIke my soul after watching this offense. Drink. Booze drink alcohol this offense oh god please booze. I'm not laughing Michigan State. I'm holding you as hard as I can and saying how sorry I am.
8. The defense might be otherworldly, since even against bad teams they reduce your efforts to bland nullity at best, and tragicomedy at worst. Tennessee's only positive moments were accidents, mistakes by the Florida secondary, and their worst moments weren't just good Florida offense, but collusion via incompetence to create truly spectacular things like Peterman's interceptions. I would not blame Nathan Peterman if he never played football again: that, more than anything, is a testament to the Florida defense this year, the second in the nation in total defense right now. I would not blame a healthy young person for quitting after playing against them.
9. This is true except for Pig Howard, who cannot give up the game because we love anyone who embraces the nickname "Pig." More agricultural nicknames for Tennessee football players, please, and more names of people you would want on your team, something else Tennessee is short on these days. In the bad old days, there were at least people you would steal if you could. Now, there's...A.J. Johnson on defense, maybe? Derek Dooley spent his days poorly at Tennessee, and had a lot of them. That's all you can think watching this team play, and looking at the barren depth chart.
10. All a fan can ask at this point: that you be excellent, bordering on great, at one thing as a team. The reason Alabama has been so fiendishly good for so long now is never being awful at more than one phase of the game at a time. When the offense fails, defense and special teams kick in; when Alabama's defense sputters, the offensive line transforms into a herd of armored water buffalo and lets T.J. Yeldon do the rest. Florida is good at one thing, so good it almost doesn't matter. (Almost: see Miami.) That's nice. We should be happy to watch them annihilate a rival decimated by time, tide, and the DooleyKiffining. We really should, because that is living in the present, the only thing one should do.
11. You know that thing where you say things aloud you don't mean in hope of believing them? That's this thing, but it still doesn't mean it isn't right. It also doesn't mean you're not saying these things aloud to yourself because you don't believe them. But to paraphrase Bo Pelini on bad fans: fuck me.
11. If you did not watch the game, there would have been two things to actually see. One would have been Darious Cumming's potential Fat Guy TD rudely interrupted by Dominique Easley pushing him forward, and then inadvertently tripping on his heel. The second was Easley combat rolling on the ground in between snaps.
I don't know how we ever found him, but you cannot have him or his dancing between snaps, ever. Now let's never talk about this game ever again, except to say that Antonio Morrison is magnificent leading this defense, and that you cannot have him or his fondness for barking at dogs in cars, either.


Any gun his business has will fall into one of three categories: gunsmithing, retail, or manufactured. Gunsmithing guns are guns that someone is essentially loaning to him and asking him to do some kind of modification to. These guns will generally come in and go back out to the same person. Retail guns are guns he has purchased from another person or entity with the intent to sell to a different person. Finally, manufactured guns are guns that he has made himself with the intent to sell. This gunsmith database should handle and track guns from any of these categories.
The United States takes gun tracking seriously. They have defined regulations for keeping electronic records for firearm acquisition and disposition. An electronic system must comply with these regulations, which means a person from the government much check the system to make sure it meets all of their regulations. Obviously, my primary goal must be to meet all government requirements. These are laid out in ATF Ruling 2013-5 but in general the requirements are that within 15 days of acquisition, the type, model, caliber/gauge, manufacturer, country of manufacture, name and address of other person in the transaction, and the serial number must be recorded.
Additionally, my friend has a few requirements of his own. He would like the system to be searchable and sortable, it should also have the ability to generate custom reports. He would also like the ability for the system to send him an email on a defined scheduled that lets him know which guns are late or which orders are still open. Other things he would like to track are deadline, category (gunsmithing, retail, manufacturered), purchase price, and date entered.
Finally, I have requirements of my own. Where possible, the GUI needs to use dropdown menus to prevent incorrect data being entered. In addition, some fields will need to be required before the GUI allows the data to be submitted.
I'm sure more requirements will come as the project gets further along, but this should do for a starting point.
Below is a sketch of what the schema should look like. Green items are required by the ATF ruling and red are not.
Below is my rough draft GUI. It has more text boxes than the final have, but overall I envision the final GUI to look very similar to this one.
The dropdown menus in this GUI are populated from tables in the database. In this way, no data is hardcoded into the GUI.
This looks as though it is set up correctly, following the schema I had laid out. I checked each of the tables, and they all seemed to be OK.
I don't particularly care for the data in most of these tables because it is just filler data.
Once I get each of these three things finished, I can send the application off to my friend. He won't be able to use it solely, but I would like for him to start using it in conjunction with his current method so that we can both see what works and what doesn't. While he is using it, I will continue to add features he has requested (such as the reporting).
That's it for the overview! The next several parts in this series will go further in depth on how I designed the system and my thought processes behind different decisions along the way. Check out Part 2: Adding Customers.


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{
    if (nullptr == ppvObject) {
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        *ppvObject = static_cast<IStream*>(this);
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    return (ULONG)InterlockedIncrement(&_refcount);
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    ULONG res = (ULONG) InterlockedDecrement(&_refcount);
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HRESULT STDMETHODCALLTYPE SkBaseIStream::Write(void const* pv
                                             , ULONG cb
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HRESULT STDMETHODCALLTYPE SkBaseIStream::Commit(DWORD)
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HRESULT STDMETHODCALLTYPE SkBaseIStream::Revert(void)
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HRESULT STDMETHODCALLTYPE SkBaseIStream::LockRegion(ULARGE_INTEGER
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{ return E_NOTIMPL; }

HRESULT STDMETHODCALLTYPE SkBaseIStream::UnlockRegion(ULARGE_INTEGER
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HRESULT STDMETHODCALLTYPE SkBaseIStream::Clone(IStream **)
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                                            , DWORD dwOrigin
                                            , ULARGE_INTEGER* lpNewFilePointer)
{ return E_NOTIMPL; }

HRESULT STDMETHODCALLTYPE SkBaseIStream::Stat(STATSTG* pStatstg
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                                    , IStream ** ppStream)
{
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        return E_INVALIDARG;
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    *ppStream = new SkIStream(stream, deleteOnRelease);
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HRESULT STDMETHODCALLTYPE SkIStream::Read(void* pv, ULONG cb, ULONG* pcbRead) {
    *pcbRead = static_cast<ULONG>(this->fSkStream->read(pv, cb));
    this->fLocation.QuadPart += *pcbRead;
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HRESULT STDMETHODCALLTYPE SkIStream::Write(void const* pv
                                         , ULONG cb
                                         , ULONG* pcbWritten)
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HRESULT STDMETHODCALLTYPE SkIStream::Seek(LARGE_INTEGER liDistanceToMove
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{
    HRESULT hr = S_OK;

    switch(dwOrigin) {
    case STREAM_SEEK_SET: {
        if (!this->fSkStream->rewind()) {
            hr = E_FAIL;
        } else {
            size_t skipped = this->fSkStream->skip(
                static_cast<size_t>(liDistanceToMove.QuadPart)
            );
            this->fLocation.QuadPart = skipped;
            if (skipped != liDistanceToMove.QuadPart) {
                hr = E_FAIL;
            }
        }
        break;
    }
    case STREAM_SEEK_CUR: {
        size_t skipped = this->fSkStream->skip(
            static_cast<size_t>(liDistanceToMove.QuadPart)
        );
        this->fLocation.QuadPart += skipped;
        if (skipped != liDistanceToMove.QuadPart) {
            hr = E_FAIL;
        }
        break;
    }
    case STREAM_SEEK_END: {
        if (!this->fSkStream->rewind()) {
            hr = E_FAIL;
        } else {
            // FIXME: Should not depend on getLength.
            // See https://code.google.com/p/skia/issues/detail?id=1570
            LONGLONG skip = this->fSkStream->getLength()
                          + liDistanceToMove.QuadPart;
            size_t skipped = this->fSkStream->skip(static_cast<size_t>(skip));
            this->fLocation.QuadPart = skipped;
            if (skipped != skip) {
                hr = E_FAIL;
            }
        }
        break;
    }
    default:
        hr = STG_E_INVALIDFUNCTION;
        break;
    }

    if (lpNewFilePointer) {
        lpNewFilePointer->QuadPart = this->fLocation.QuadPart;
    }
    return hr;
}

HRESULT STDMETHODCALLTYPE SkIStream::Stat(STATSTG* pStatstg
                                        , DWORD grfStatFlag)
{
    if (0 == (grfStatFlag & STATFLAG_NONAME)) {
        return STG_E_INVALIDFLAG;
    }
    pStatstg->pwcsName = nullptr;
    // FIXME: Should not depend on getLength
    // See https://code.google.com/p/skia/issues/detail?id=1570
    pStatstg->cbSize.QuadPart = this->fSkStream->getLength();
    pStatstg->clsid = CLSID_NULL;
    pStatstg->type = STGTY_STREAM;
    pStatstg->grfMode = STGM_READ;
    return S_OK;
}

/**
 * SkIWStream
 */
SkWIStream::SkWIStream(SkWStream* stream)
    : SkBaseIStream()
    , fSkWStream(stream)
{ }

SkWIStream::~SkWIStream() {
    if (this->fSkWStream) {
        this->fSkWStream->flush();
    }
}

HRESULT SkWIStream::CreateFromSkWStream(SkWStream* stream
                                      , IStream ** ppStream)
{
    *ppStream = new SkWIStream(stream);
    return S_OK;
}

// ISequentialStream Interface
HRESULT STDMETHODCALLTYPE SkWIStream::Write(void const* pv
                                          , ULONG cb
                                          , ULONG* pcbWritten)
{
    HRESULT hr = S_OK;
    bool wrote = this->fSkWStream->write(pv, cb);
    if (wrote) {
        *pcbWritten = cb;
    } else {
        *pcbWritten = 0;
        hr = S_FALSE;
    }
    return hr;
}

// IStream Interface
HRESULT STDMETHODCALLTYPE SkWIStream::Commit(DWORD) {
    this->fSkWStream->flush();
    return S_OK;
}

HRESULT STDMETHODCALLTYPE SkWIStream::Stat(STATSTG* pStatstg
                                         , DWORD grfStatFlag)
{
    if (0 == (grfStatFlag & STATFLAG_NONAME)) {
        return STG_E_INVALIDFLAG;
    }
    pStatstg->pwcsName = nullptr;
    pStatstg->cbSize.QuadPart = 0;
    pStatstg->clsid = CLSID_NULL;
    pStatstg->type = STGTY_STREAM;
    pStatstg->grfMode = STGM_WRITE;
    return S_OK;
}


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Net Neutrality is Over Monday, But Experts Say ISPs Will Wait to Screw Us
Congress is still paying attention, but not for long.
By Mary von Aue
Filed Under Data
Parts of the Federal Communication Commission's repeal of net neutrality is slated to take effect on April 23, causing worry among internet users who fear the worst from their internet service providers. However, many experts believe there won't be immediate changes come Monday, but that ISPs will wait until users aren't paying attention to make their move.
In December, the Republican-led FCC repealed net neutrality protections that were first set up under the Obama Administration. The repeal did away with rules that inhibited ISPs from slowing down access or prioritizing their own content, and quickly became a point of contention with consumer advocacy groups. According to a copy of the order published in the Federal Register, the rollback can kick off 60 days after publication, or April 23.
"Don't expect any changes right out of the gate," Dary Merckens, CTO of Gunner Technology, tells Inverse. Merckens specializes in JavaScript development for government and business, and sees why ISPs would want to lay low for a while before enacting real changes. "It would be a PR nightmare for ISPs if they introduced sweeping changes immediately after the repeal of net neutrality," he says.
While parts of the FCC's new plan will go into effect on Monday, the majority of the order still doesn't have a date for when it will be official. Specific rules that modify data collection requirements still have to be approved by the Office of Management and Budget, and the earliest that can happen is on April 27. Tech experts and consumer policy advocates don't expect changes to happen right away, as ISPs will likely avoid any large-scale changes in order to convince policymakers that the net neutrality repeal was no big deal after all.
"They know Congress and internet users will be watching closely, so they have every reason to make sure this creeps in slowly," Josh Tabish from Fight for our Future tells Inverse. Tabish is a fellow at the non-profit, which advocates for net neutrality and a generally free and open internet.
The organization has been proactive in reminding internet users that although there will not be any catastrophic changes right away, it's important to stay vigilant and monitor ISP updates long after April 23.
The most important thing for EVERYONE to understand is that nothing catastrophic or dramatic is going to happen immediately when the FCC rules go into effect. Telecom shills will immediately start saying "See? The sky didn't fall, we never needed #NetNeutrality." They're lying.
— Fight for the Future (@fightfortheftr) April 19, 2018
"Widespread use of practices like paid prioritization and website blocking will be slow and insidious," Tabish says.
When the Office of Management and Budget finally does approve the full order, the FCC will publish yet another document in the Federal Register to announce when net neutrality and its protections will be officially erased. Merckens says he doesn't expect to see large changes from ISPs until companies are sure that Congress and internet users are no longer as vigilant. "They'll wait six months to a year to be safe before unleashing sweeping changes to avoid major blowback, even though most people won't care after a week so," he says.
At that point, internet users could expect to see blocked or slowed content, price hikes, and a host of new issues, Merckens says. "Anyone who doesn't think that's realistic doesn't understand how scummy ISPs are and how eager they are to use this newfound freedom to make tons of money."
Even if the internet still works on Monday, the protective measures that kept it free and open are gone. It's now up to the internet users to watch for future abuses.
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Skincare has always been an important part of a beauty regime, from preparing your foundation to finding the best products for your skin type; this week The Upcoming explores ARK Age Aware Skincare.
Hardly a day goes by without the launch of a new skincare product, so to make an impact on the market you need to be pretty special and live up to your claims. ARK complete an all-round assessment approach, which is why the product range they prescribe is perfect for you.
Their mantra for skincare is to be age appropriate. Think about your age and the environment to which your skin has been exposed. No one wishes to hear this, but as we age our immune system weakens and our hormones change; this has a large impact upon our skin, and rather than fight against it, ARK embrace it and incorporate these factors into their unique and empowering ranges; Teens to early 30s, Mid 30s to 50 and 50 and beyond.
ARK know the power of science and their collaboration with Dr Penny Kenfall Reed, a leading expert in nutritional skincare, has strengthen their product range with a three-step principle we can all learn to love: age prepare, age maintain and age repair. The science behind ARK is comprehensive and has an outlook that we can all embrace: skin is the mirror of our health and ARK helps to protect our largest, most exposed organ.
The products contain powerful anti-oxidants to help prevent damage from free radicals; they use white tea, blue lotus and gojiberry. The products also contain ingredients to protect from sagginess, puffiness, inflammation and wrinkle formation, and these consists of lipids such as omega 3, 6 and 9, which do the essential task of keeping your skin hydrated, soften and replenished. The products finally contain ingredients such as vitamin A, C and E to protect your skin against the hormonal ageing-process and sun-damage.
The three-step principle is fortified by their range of eight Skin Response serums, which is designed to be a bio-active treatment.
To recommend specific products is very difficult, as every product is perfect for some people and not so for others, I therefore urge you to complete a self-assessment and take their recommendations by clicking here.


News round-up: Tottenham Hotspur FC have signed winger Wayne Routledge from relegated Crystal Palace FC.
Premiership side Tottenham Hotspur FC have signed 20-year-old winger Wayne Routledge from relegated Crystal Palace FC. A development fee of around €1.9m has reportedly been paid for the out-of-contract player who will move to White Hart Lane in July on a four-year deal.
Liverpool FC have released 33-year-old Argentinian defender Mauricio Pellegrino who joined the European champions on a short-term deal from Valencia CF in January. Meanwhile, newly-promoted Wigan Athletic FC have agreed a new two-year deal with 26-year-old Scottish winger Gary Teale whose existing contract expired this summer.
In Portugal, Valentim Loureiro has announced he will be resigning as president of the Portuguese Football League (LPFP). "I, along with the executive committee, want to leave the organisation," he said. "I expect the other committees will do the same in order to schedule new LPFP elections." Elsewhere in the SuperLiga, CF Os Belenenses have signed defensive midfielder Pinheiro from relegated GD Estoril-Praia. The 28-year-old has penned a two-year deal with the Lisbon club.
Hamburger SV have had a minor clear-out with 22-year-old midfielder Alexander Meier and 23-year-old defender Björn Schlicke both leaving the club. Meier has signed a three-year contract with newly-promoted Eintracht Frankfurt, where he played on loan last season, while former German Under-21 international Schlicke has accepted a three-year deal with 1. FC Köln.
Corsican side AC Ajaccio have recruited a player apiece from the three teams relegated from France's Ligue 1. SC Bastia's 33-year-old midfielder Stéphane Ziani has signed a one-year deal, 30-year-old defender Frédéric Danjou has returned to the club after a season at SM Caen while another midfielder, 30-year-old Rafik Saïfi, moves to Ajaccio from FC Istres.
Belgian side K. Lierse SK have signed former French international striker Tony Vareilles on a free transfer from Bastia. The 32-year-old arrives on a three-year contract, having previously played for AS Nancy-Lorraine, RC Lens, Olympique Lyonnais, FC Girondins de Bordeaux and Stade Rennais FC. Joining the veteran at Lierse is Croatian forward Kruno Lovrek, 25, who comes on a three-year deal from HNK Hajduk Split. Again, no fee is involved.
In Greece, Panionios NFC have landed midfielder Darío Ezéquiel Fernández from CA Chacarita Juniors in his native Argentina. The 27-year-old has inked a one-year contract with the option of a further two years.
Meanwhile, Bulgarian newcomers PFC Vihren Sandanski have made their first signings of the summer, bringing in two Portuguese players. The second division champions have taken on 23-year-old former FC Porto trainee striker José Emilio Furtado and 20-year-old midfielder Sergio 'Serginho' Filipe Dias from lower league side FC Pedras Rubras.
FC Vaslui will start their first Romanian Divizia A season with Basarab Panduru on the bench after Mircea Rednic, the man who led them to promotion, decided to try his luck coaching abroad. "I do not exclude the possibility of staying here for life," said the 34-year-old Panduru, who coached FC Politehnica AEK Timisoara last term and will have a budget of around €2m courtesy of Vaslui's owner, wealthy local businessman and former FIFA referee Adrian Porumboiu.
FC Politehnica Chisinau beat FC Unisport-Auto Chisinau 4-0 in a relegation/promotion play-off to return to Moldova's top flight after a two-year absence. All the goals came in extra time as Politehnica, defeated in this game by Unisport in the previous two seasons - in 2002/03 when they were relegated and the following campaign when they were denied promotion - finally took revenge.


The Learning Collaborative was built upon several earlier cooperative efforts serving education in southeast Vermont. The Collaborative, which is a non-profit corporation, opened its doors in 2002.
Since then, state and federal grants have allowed us to develop a service area covering the twelve southeast Vermont supervisory unions, reaching over two thousand Vermont teachers, with many programs open to New Hampshire and Massachusetts teachers as well. The Vermont Department of Education designated us as one of six Education Service Agencies in the state in 2003. With a reduction in this number to three in 2013, we became partners with Champlain Valley Educator Development Center and the Lamoille Area Professional Development Academy as the three Educational Service Agencies in Vermont.
The southeast superintendents and their curriculum coordinators provide essential guidance for this effort.


Woman Pulled over by "Hot" Cop. Her Friend Caught this Hilarious Encounter on Camera.
Our men and women in blue rarely get the appreciation they deserve from the people they're trying to keep safe. Comedian Jennifer Jermany wanted to change that when she was recently pulled over by a policeman.
After going through the standard questioning, it would appear that Jennifer decided to get out of her car and thank the cop for being so respectful… oh, and for being especially handsome.
While she went about thanking him a bit of an unorthodox manner, we're sure that it brightened Officer Scott Schrieffer's day. Apparently, the women also contacted the cop's wife to congratulate her on the catch!
Maybe she has a point, hiring good looking cops might end violence.
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I had a year full of turmoil starting at the end of 2017. Deaths, losses, internal strife, a job change, a fire. One stressful situation after another, and I reached a point at which I had to do something to strengthen myself against the next blow. After all, I'm the matriarch, and people depend on me.
For a long time I depended on a quiet morning, a cup of coffee, writing in my journal, hiking, and occasional yoga classes to stay centered. Last year I added meditation, most often using an app on my phone but sometimes just sitting in silence and trying to clear my mind.
Last fall after the fire, which served as a big wakeup call to so many of us in the burn area, I started doing more. I've been recommending one tool or another to people at least daily ever since, so I decided to compile them here to share with anyone who needs them.
Unfuck Your Brain: Kara Lowentheil uses each episode to teach you another different way that your brain can make you miserable. Your thoughts create your feelings, and if you have bad feelings all you have to do is think different thoughts. It sounds simple, but it's very difficult to re-train your brain. Coincidentally, Kara is a former lawyer who started her coaching business for women lawyers, but realized that her methods apply to all people. But the early episodes aimed at lawyers made me understand lawyer brain a little more, which comes in handy now that I work AT A LAW SCHOOL. That's serendipity right there.
Mindset Reset: Mel Robbins, a pretty popular motivational speaker, did this series starting in the new year. It's not a podcast exactly, but I treat it like one. She did a daily series of videos available on YouYube and Facebook that I could listen to wherever I was. The goal is similar to Unfuck Your Brain but the framework is a little different. Also I think I could be her for Halloween.
The second and third podcasts listed here helped me turn around some thoughts and behaviors that were keeping me feeling negative. For example: taking things too personally, believing I was responsible for other people's feelings, being ashamed that I was too emotional (I am just emotional enough thank you very much), not asking for what I want, and not blaming other people for my emotions. That's just the beginning, but it has changed me so much already.
I've actually been going to talk therapy once a week since last spring. I had to stop once my new work schedule started, but I have come so far that I don't rely on it as a weekly island of sanity in the stormy sea of chaos. My therapist helps me work through my thoughts and emotions and together we pick the facts out of that hot mess and I can decide from there what to do next and feel good about my decisions.
I am as religious about my sleep schedule as I was for my sons when they were babies and toddlers. I don't ignore my body's signals, the ones that say I AM SO TIRED PLEASE STOP ABUSING ME. When I start to feel droopy and sleepy, everything shuts down and I go to bed. On weeknights that happens by 9:30. I might read in bed a little bit before turning off the light, or chat with my husband if he's there too, but I'm usually asleep by 10:30 at the latest.
I get up at 5:45 AM on workdays. I don't hit the snooze button—I just get up. (Thank you, Mel Robbins.) This gives me the alone time in the house before everybody wakes up, time to sit and drink my first cup of coffee and write in my journal in peace, and meditate.
Wherever You Go, There You Are by John Kabat Zin. One of the writers in my group gave me this book. It's all about meditation and centering and peace and calm. Each short chapter explores a different thought related to meditation. Sometimes I read a passage before I sit down for a writing session. Sometimes I read it before sleep so I can fall asleep thinking about it.
Temporary Tattoos: I bought a bunch of temporary tattoos with positive messages from Conscious Ink (not sponsored). I put them on the inside of my left wrist and every time I see them I am reminded of that thought. I have worn Be Free, she believed she could so she did, Actually I Can, a phoenix, and a graphic of books turning into birds. I might get a permanent tattoo someday but for now I like trying on different ones.
My Word: I will admit this was an impulse purchase I made after seeing this on instagram but it was so worth it. I wear this MyIntent necklace (also not sponsored) with the word FORWARD on it because hello? That had to be my word! It's genius marketing or God calling to me through social media. Either way, this necklace is a talisman that helps me and reminds me of my purpose.
Because I was starting a new job and I knew it would be exhausting at first as I met new people and soaked up new information, I made a pact with myself to not make plans after work for the first four weeks. I would do things with my family but that's it. Social outings had to wait until the weekends. That meant I missed out on a lot of things and I didn't see dear friends for a while. But the upside was that I got enough rest and I had some energy for the husband and kids even after a long day. I didn't have to remember what I was doing on any given weeknight because I was just going home. The end result of this self-imposed activity reduction was that I felt more calm, more centered, and happier than I have in a long time. And I suspect it helped my performance at work, because after only four weeks on the job, I was promoted!
On the outside, my life looks more or less the same as it did a year ago. I have a job, a husband, two kids, a cat, and we all live in a comfortable house. I exercise sometimes, go out with friends sometimes, go hiking, see movies, do laundry, write my never-ending book, go to doctors' appointments, shop for things I need or want. All of the basic activities of a suburban life.
And I'll say it here, because after all these years it's still my blog: I'm proud of myself. I'm grateful to have found the resources that helped me get here, but I did the work, even though it was hard and made me take a closer look at myself.
I hope you find these suggestions useful, or that they serve as inspiration to look for something that works for you. Namaste.


* Researchers are conducting clinical trials that combine already- approved medications as well as approved drugs and experimental compounds.
* Oncologists are optimizing treatments by how they sequence and combine existing medications to treat resistance.
As you already know, all current medications were once experimental drugs tested in clinical trials. Today only 5% of adult cancer patients participate in clinical trials. Many drugs don't make it to market because of poor clinical trial enrollment. To learn about participating in clinical trials, check out Metastatic Trial Search: For all clinical trials currently recruiting MBC patients: go HERE.
Join Julie Larson, LCSW and other women living with metastatic disease for a video/ phone discussion group about living with the constant anxiety that accompanies a MBC diagnosis and managing that anxiety around scan time.
Julie Larson, LCSW will lead a discussion for women living with metastatic triple negative breast cancer in a video/ phone group. Join the discussion from home about living with this specific subtype of MBC. Meet others going through what you are going through.
A modern take on coping mechanisms, this program will bring certified New York Therapy Animals to SHARE to help participants learn how effective therapy dogs are as stress relievers.
Dr. Mark Robson, MSKCC, will fill us in on the latest research reported at the 2018 American Society of Clinical Oncology conference that focuses on metastatic breast cancer.
SHARE'S NY office is offering a gentle exercise class for those living with MBC each month.
Join Sue McKellop, a certified "Journal to the Self" instructor, as she demonstrates the usefulness of journaling through challenges of diagnosis, treatment, and understanding one's new normal.


The Hugo Awards UStream page has posted the full recording of this year's ceremony, with no pesky gaps from technical difficulties. You can find it here and it's embedded at the bottom of this post.
The entire ceremony is a celebration of science fiction and fantasy fandom featuring luminaries of the field, and I highly recommend attending Worldcon and the Hugo Awards ceremony. But for those who just want to cut to the chase, you can find the presentation of this year's Hugo Award for Best Related Work at about the 02:05:53 mark, and the presentation of the Hugo Award for Best Novella at about the 02:20:57 mark. The full list of winners can be found here.
Elizabeth Story at Tachyon Publications, which put out the print version of the novella, sent me the comic below. It will make the most sense if you've already read The Emperor's Soul. My special extra thanks to Tachyon for all the wonderful work they did. This is an awesome comic!


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Game Review - Pokemon Black & White
Format: DS
I think that without a doubt my favourite games to review are the Pokemon titles on Nintendo's handhelds. There's just something totally mesmerizing and special with every installment of the series and I just can't for the life of me, not buy them. Pokemon Black and White are unique additions to Game Freak's franchise, predominately because this is the first time we have seen two sets of Pokemon games come out for the same handheld. Indeed as we come to the end of the Nintendo DS's stint in the limelight, it is graced with one of the most solid RPG series to ever be created. This is not to say that this is the same game again; improvements have been made. While Black and White stick to the traditional formula that we all know and love, there are subtle changes in pretty much every aspect of the games, making them the most in-depth, enjoyable and fun installments in the Pokemon series.
From this point on I am just going to refer to the games as Pokemon to ease unnecessary pluralisation of everything that I say. Pokemon begins and feels much like every other Pokemon game you have experienced, a professor explains the world to you and gives you your very own creature to take on a life-changing adventure full of mystery, drama and excitement. At first glance little has changed, but it is still early days as the game has to cater for newcomers and explain how everything works. Speaking of newcomers, I write Pokemon reviews based on the assumption that everyone understands how they work, I find it hard to believe that no one has at least encountered a Pokemon game before. For those of you who are new, the premise is simple, the execution of said premise, is a wonderful adventure filled with challenge.
In the world of Pokemon you are assigned a Pokedex; a recording device. Your goal is two-fold, you must find all existing Pokemon and fill up your Pokedex, which is by no means an easy task considering there are now over 500 Pokemon with 5 generations of critters to see between games. A more realistic goal is to beat 8 Gym Leaders across the world and acquire their badges, which in turn allow you to partake in the Pokemon League and become the Champion of the Unova region. Using Pokemon also goes from simple to incredibly tactical if you choose to take the more competitive route. Pokemon come in many shapes and forms and all range in different elements. Certain elements are stronger against other elements and this rock-paper-scissor style mechanic is how the game begins. Once you dwell deeper into the game you will find that it is a lot more complicated than said mechanic, as Pokemon become available in dual-types, have different attributes, different abilities, different move-pools and plenty more to keep you occupied with. Needless to say, the stereotype that Pokemon is merely for children is absolute nonsense as RPG lovers alike will find an incredibly fulfilling and engaging game on their hands should they choose to partake in the Pokemon world.
So what does make this installment of Pokemon different from all the others so far in the series? First of all, an entire new batch of Pokemon, 150 to be precise. The new additions unfortunately are the worst the series has ever offered in terms of aesthetic design. Ice-cream cones, chandeliers, an actual schnauzer dog, ideas were certainly not flowing through the design team when they thought of these little guys. Fortunately and like with all the other games in the series, you will find certain Pokemon that you will like and even those who you don't immediately take a liking to, you will bond with as Pokemon does what it does best, creates a bond between you and the creatures you travel with. If you do happen to be incredibly stubborn, you will be glad to know that upon completion you will be allowed to trade over all of your old favourites onto the new games and explore the new world with your previous teams.
Next up, the new set of bad guys. Team Plasma meddle in and around your journey preaching the ideas of equality between human beings and Pokemon and how essentially, we should not treat them as pets and make them battle each other, very anti-pet cruelty. In all seriousness, the game is a lot more story driven than any of the previous games that felt like any and all dialogue was completely pointless to your adventure. You do inevitably get sucked into the ordeals and these morale questions do get you thinking and it's when you start engaging with your own morality is when you really feel engrossed in Pokemon's story.
The graphics have also been upgraded somewhat. While characters in the world and Pokemon still look the same, environments are much more vibrant and finally the series has introduced large buildings and massive cities, which with the help of a brand new camera angle, really give you a sense of their size and depth. In particular is this ridiculous fascination with massive bridges; I guess the designers really wanted to show off their ability to understand scale of size, as they opt to make you pointlessly cross bridge after bridge for no apparent reason. Pokemon in-battle have been given some animation movement, but it is still the same throw a move at your opponent's sprite and then they throw one back. Actually the moves have been cleaned up to and made more visually pleasing and destructive. It's just a shame the Pokemon don't react to the moves. Audio is perhaps Pokemon's weakest attribute, as once again the annoying squeaks and squeals of the Pokemon feel like they have come straight out the original Game-boy. The music, while charming, doesn't really add any drama to the serious moments the game offers, but the travel music plays the role well as you go from location to location.
The introduction of triple-battles and rotation battles is also an interesting and entertaining addition to the Pokemon formula. Triple-battles does pretty much what it says on the tin, pitting 3 on 3 with certain move restrictions, for example your left Pokemon cannot use a physical move on your opponent's furthest right Pokemon due to the distance. Rotation battles are even more strategic, with only your front Pokemon being able to take damage, you and your opponent choose whether to attack or to use your turn to rotate another creature to the front line. This opens up for some exhilarating battles and is an example of how the series can progress.
Pokemon is all about interactivity and with every installment of the franchise, Game Freak have tried to make connecting and playing with your friends easier and easier. Well, with the introduction of the C-Gear, things have gotten even more accessible. Always on your bottom touch-screen unless in battle, C-Gear allows you to instantly battle and trade with friends wherever you are in the game and it even allows you to trade Pokemon in your PC, so no more needing to run back to a Pokemon Centre, fetching the Pokemon out of the PC and then running to the trade and battle corner, this is all stream-lined for a smooth and easy-to-access experience.
Ultimately Pokemon is an iconic franchise, one that has one of the best traditional RPG formulas of any game in the last 20 years. Constant improvements to the series' have made it the absolute blast it is today. While the new Pokemon might not be the best the series' has had to offer, the game itself is probably the best. This is the hand-held game to own, no other game will suck you in and keep you invested for as long, I should know, having averaged 70 + hours on every one of my copies I've owned over the years and a whopping 120 on Platinum. Pokemon Black and White are in my opinion an enhancement on the best game ever made. Pokemon is back and it's freaking awesome.
Technical presentation – 7.0
Graphics – 7.0
Game-play – 10.0
Replay value – 9.0
Final score – 9.0 / 10
Igor, CeX UK Contributor.
Labels: DS, Ireland, Nintendo DS, Pokemon, UK, US, USA
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The principal aim of the present study is to confirm the neutralization of the interferon gene signature and the clinical efficacy of IFN-K in subjects with SLE. In addition, the immune responses and the safety elicited by IFN-K will also be evaluated.


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        This is my first project about creating a game in JavaScript.  This game is base off of the JS assignment I made for a simple game.  I wanted to make something extremely simple.  I mainly focused on understanding concept of how JS worked.  I did get help from this project and a lot of outside research on get this completed.  I spend a great deal of time learning the concept of JS so there wasn't any refactoring made on the JS file.  I hope you enjoy playing this game.

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El Castell de Gardeny
In the second half of the 12th century, the Templar Order built a conventual complex on the strategic Gardeny plateau. The hill - which before the Christian era had been used as the headquarters of military attacks- was visited by brilliant strategists like Julius Cesar himself, who fought against the Pompeiian Afranius and Petreius, who settled in Ilerda in 49 B.C.
In the 17th and 18th centuries, the former medieval enclosure was enlarged and turned into a military fort, whose design would be adapted to the new defensive needs because of the advent of artillery: walls flanked by bastions and surrounded by wide areas, moats and containing walls. The current monumental complex shows the remains of what used to be an imposing fortress.
Castell de Gardeny in Lleida - together with the ones in Miravet, Monzón, Peñíscola and Tortosa- is part of the Templar Domus Templi itinerary. This journey back in time unveils a large part of the Templar heritage and legacy from the former Crown of Aragon.
Casa Templaria in Gardeny (12th - 14th centuries)
Due to the conquest of the city, in 1149, the Templars were granted several properties, as a reward for the help given during the siege, among which there was the Gardeny hill. The first reference to the Gardeny Commander's Headquarters would date back to 1156 and the first commander is reported to have been monk Pere de Cartellà, a personage who would have taken active part in the siege of Lleida.
Thanks to the numerous contributions largely made by nobility, the Casa de Gardeny came to run a large heritage.
In order to manage the different sectors that had been constituted, they soon needed to create new posts of administrators as well as to establish new Commander's Headquarters like the ones in Corbins or Barbens.
As a result of this growth, in the 13th century, the Casa de Gardeny would become one of the principal Templar decision-making centres of the Crown of Aragon.
The monumental complex in Gardeny
The monumental complex in Gardeny is one of the most relevant examples of the Templar architecture built in Catalonia during the second half of the 12th century. Although between the 17th and 18th centuries there were deep changes that would end up altering the old medieval complex, nowadays many buildings of the sovereign enclosure are still preserved. It is an area delimited by walls and flanked by towers, within which the different buildings would be found around a central yard.
Among these buildings we can highlight, on the one hand, the Tower-Room, a solid two-storey construction that had several rooms: storerooms, living rooms or the keep; and on the other hand, the Romanesque church of Santa María de Gardeny, a singular building with a lot of worshippers at the time.
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One of the surprise showings of E3 2017 was Metroid: Samus Returns, a 3DS remake of the second game in the series that has everybody buzzing. The game is getting its own amiibo, too, and it'll actually be used to unlock an entire game mode within the title.
I'll get all of the details out of the way before I pull out the ole soapbox and get to griping. Over on the Nintendo 3DS Facebook page, The Big N has announced that the adorable Amiibo for Metroid: Samus Returns will have a couple of uses in the game. For starters, it will unlock Metroid Marker, an in-game tool that will help the player locate those pesky critters. That's sure to be handy, but players probably won't feel especially cheated without it. Heck, purists would probably rather hunt down Metroids the old fashioned way to begin with.
The part that seems to be ruffling some feathers is that, according to Nintendo, the Metroid amiibo is the only way to unlock Fusion Mode within the upcoming 3DS game, which "offers increased difficulty and features Samus in her Fusion suit." While we'd be fine missing out on a cosmetic item -- no matter how cool Metroid Fusion was -- locking a difficulty mode behind a $12 piece of plastic is pretty much a terrible idea.
What Nintendo is basically doing here is charging players $12 for a Samus skin and an extra difficulty mode. Sure, you get a neat little plastic figure as well, but we're having trouble overlooking the fact that this will be the only way to get a mode that most players will want and, let's face it, every other game has offered standard for the past three decades.
The problem here seems to be that Nintendo still has no idea what to do with amiibos. They wanted to get into the toys-to-game market, they just had zero plans for how that whole "to-game" part of the equation should actually work. So, instead, we got expensive little figurines that usually serve as save file holders or unlock cosmetic items in various games.
Even at that level, the amiibo model is kind of frustrating. In Splatoon 2, for instance, there are 11 amiibo that unlock exclusive gear in the game. So if you want access to those items, you need to fork over more than $100 to get the amiibos. They're cosmetic, sure, but it's a pretty greedy way to get folks to deck out their in-game characters with extra gear.
For Samus Returns, though, we're talking about actual, on-cartridge content being locked behind an amiibo you have to buy separately. The reaction online has been almost exclusively negative, but we doubt Nintendo will pay any of it much attention. In the end, plenty of folks will still buy the Metroid amiibo primarily to unlock hard mode, so why wouldn't they just keep on taking advantage of folks?


What dinosaur would you be if you had a bony ridge rising from the back of your skull and three horns poking up from the front?
This picture book will keep you guessing as you find out how human skeletons are like—and unlike—those of dinosaurs!
There's a Book for That, "Cover Reveal: Fossil by Fossil: Comparing Dinosaur Bones."
Carrie Gelson shares the new cover art prior to the book's release and interviews author Sara Levine and illustrator T.S. Spookytooth.
"In this companion to Bone by Bone (2013) and Tooth by Tooth (2016), young children from diverse cultures walk through a museum and notice how dinosaurs had some of the same bones (now fossils) as humans do today. The real fun, however, comes from the dinosaurs' extra bones. With some of these extra bones attached to them, the children imagine, for instance, 'What if you had a bony ridge that rose up from the back of your skull and three horns poking up from the front?' Turning the page reveals they'd be a triceratops. Digitally enhanced acrylic artwork shows the full skeleton, while a brief description provides basic facts about the dinosaur. The long-necked, long-tailed diplodocus adds a dash of drama, requiring dual gatefolds to contain its length. In addition to the land-dwelling dinosaurs, flying and dolphin-like dinos are included. The book concludes with birds and a short discussion of this type of living dinosaur. A plethora of back matter, including dinosaur groups and a pronunciation guide, completes this engaging dino collection."
"Another 'humerus' study in comparative anatomy."


Well, it's monday so this morning was swimming. I actually got everything ready last night so this morning was breeze. Must remember to do this everynight!!!
Now the really good thing about this swim is the consistency of the times. I'm really, really excited about that. Also, I'm trying to work on breathing to my left side so going down I breathed on the left, returning I breathed on the right, for the 1st two 500m. On the final 500m I did bilateral breathing the entire time - wooooohoooooo!!!
For the final 250m I did 50m side stroke, 50m breast stroke, 50m side stroke, 50m back stroke, 50m side stroke. Oh yes, flip turns the entire time.
I pushed myself past my comfort zone today and it felt good. First, I did flip turns the entire time even though I'm still dealing with the whole freaking a little with every turn. At one point I said to myself "you've proved yourself, you can stop with the flip turns" but I would not buy into it and just kept flipping.
Second, breathing on my left causes me to sink and I don't breath well and it's generally a nightmare. I wanted to give it up but I just kept doing it even though it was killing me. I did it and it did start to get easier towards the end.
Third, bilateral breathing after doing 1250m is not easy. Especially if you're like me and freak slightly when you can't breath when you want to. But I did it!!! I have got to get comfortable doing all of these things so the pool is the place to practice.
i'm not even freakin' flip turnin'!


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Columbia Pictures' new animated adventure The Emoji Movie saluted the 70th Cannes Film Festival, May 17, 2017 as it took over the Carlton pier and star T.J. Miller arrived via parasail in a timely publicity event to hype the film.
Hidden within the messaging app is Textopolis, a bustling city where all your favorite emojis live, hoping to be selected by the phone's user. In this world, each emoji has only one facial expression – except for Gene (T.J. Miller), an exuberant emoji who was born without a filter and is bursting with multiple expressions. Determined to become "normal" like the other emojis, Gene enlists the help of his handy best friend Hi-5 (James Corden) and the notorious code breaker emoji Jailbreak (Ilana Glazer). Together, they embark on an epic "app-venture" through the apps on the phone, each its own wild and fun world, to find the Code that will fix Gene. But when a greater danger threatens the phone, the fate of all emojis depends on these three unlikely friends who must save their world before it's deleted forever.


There aren't many public phone boxes still around; people usually carry a mobile phone—or two. "Fact: People who use public phone boxes are either buying drugs or having an affair" was posted on Twitter on December 19, 2009.
The saying has been varied slightly to describe someone with two mobile phones. "I generally think people with two phone are either having an affair or selling drugs?" was posted on Twitter on February 16, 2012. "An old joke holds that anyone with two mobile phones is either dealing drugs or having an affair" was printed in Macworld in 2017.
@jaya_malhotra I generally think people with two phone are either having an affair or selling drugs?
…CIO of global law firm on the continuing BlackBerry/iPhone duplication.
An old joke holds that anyone with two mobile phones is either dealing drugs or having an affair - but in fact, there are plenty of legitimate reasons why you'd want to maintain two separate numbers.


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Weatherhead's In the Media: TV, Radio & Newspaper Appearances
BBC's The One Show
Our experts at A Weatherhead Drilling Services assisted and advised BBC's the One Show with a topical piece on the current water shortages affecting the UK.
The Horse Trust
"Nothing But the Best for Horse Trust Horses". With around 100 horses and ponies in its care the demand for water at The Horse Trust's Home of Rest for Horses at Speen is enormous. The Trust writes fondly of its borehole drilled by Weatherhead Drilling Services and describes the water as 'one of the finest waters in the world'.
'The Great Bore'. The Weatherhead group featured in an article written by Paul Harris on Saturday 8th April 2006. The article featured our activity in drilling boreholes for water.
BBC Radio 4 – You and Yours
BBC Radio 4 invited Andy Weatherhead into the studio to take part in an item regarding the water shortages for You and Yours, which was broadcast on Radio 4 on Tuesday 9th May 2006.
The Bucks Herald
'Bore your own water supply'. This article catches up with Weatherhead Drilling Services on site at Speen, Buckinghamshire. It describes the increase in enquiries for boreholes since Thames Water and the Three Valleys introduced a hosepipe ban. Andy Weatherhead describes what drilling for your own water supply entails.
'Beating the Ban'. In a LIVE link to the studio, News Correspondant, Kier Simmonds, interviews Andy Weatherhead and his drilling team on site in Buckinghamshire to highlight what drilling for your own water supply entails.
BBC Radio Oxford
Today Oxford entered the second week of the hosepipe ban enforced by Thames Water, and with the Spring/Summer progressing, many gardeners in the county are finding it increasingly difficult to keep their plants and lawns in a healthy state. BBC Radio Oxford called in our expert Andy Weatherhead to explain how water supply boreholes could be a solution to this difficult problem.
'The Great Hose Conspiracy'. Andy Weatherhead discusses boreholes as an option for keeping British gardens going in the drought ridden South.


Advice about food can be confusing. There's usually only one thing experts can agree on: some ingredients - often the most enjoyable ones - are bad for you, full stop. But as Aaron Carroll explains, these oversimplifications are both wrong and dangerous: if we stop consuming some of our most demonized ingredients altogether, it may actually hurt us.
An all-new volume of science questions to delight, entertain, and inform listeners of all ages, from best-selling author Jay Ingram.
Because who hasn't wondered whether we're living in a computer simulation? Or whether Atlantis existed? Or why cats always land on their feet?
With wit and wisdom, The Science of Why 2 will delight listeners of all ages with the answers to all these questions and more. Full of fun science facts (and fictions), this is the book that everyone's inner science geek needs to hear.
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#Audible1 This book is a fun and interesting listen. I did not care about all the stuff they discussed but it was still interesting to learn.
Packed with fun science facts. An entertaining book.
If you always wanted to know how a black hole works, how much pee is in a pool and if AI will be taking over the world soon. Read on.


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This modules will hopefully help with the basic commands needed to create and verify a bag. My intention is not to be strict and enforce all of the specification. The reference implementation is the java version and I will endeavour to maintain compatibility with it.
This is experimental software for the moment and under active development. I hope to have a beta version available soon.
Also: Check out Archive::BagIt::Fast if you are willing to add some extra dependencies to get better speed by mmap-ing files.
You might also want to check Archive::BagIt::Fast to see a more direct way of accessing files (and thus faster).
Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-archive-bagit at rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Archive-BagIt. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.


After a hectic year working as the show director of the Swedish TV show Talang and performing in the show Seebach in Copenhagen, dancer, choreographer and This Is Nuts Ambassador Kenny Svensson is taking some time off to wander the world and discover himself in the process. Tag along for the ride as he takes us to Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam and beyond in a series of four blog posts. Part three.
Touchdown in Singapore. This place was just as a small layover in my itinerary and I had three days in this crazy city with beautiful buildings and a city vibe. It truly was a crazy couple of days. I lived in a Cube-hostel, which is a corridor with cubes that you sleep in; you share bathrooms and have stalls for your stuff. It was the best experience, so much fun meeting new people and sharing space with people from all over the world. I truly can recommend it. My days in Singapore were good for me, it was the first major city I had visited since Ho Chin Minh City and it was definitely calmer and smoother than that experience. I spent my days walking around listing to podcasts, reflecting on what I have been through not only on this trip but this year. I found myself stopping at every café I came across, to either write or read for about an hour. My book during this time was a book by Alex Schulman and Sigge Eklund called Tid (Time), which I loved. It truly sums up what time can be like and push us through, it's a very heartfelt book and written from pure honesty by the writers. I have since that book also become very intrigued with their podcast, and it's nice because it's so honest and makes me think about the topics brought up especially from my own point of view.
When in Singapore you have to visit Gardens by the Bay, a beautiful garden by the signature hotel "Marina Bay Sand". It has two beautiful domes of flowers and trees. It truly is incredible. It's a full day of just strolling around with your thoughts and your peace. In one of the domes there is an exhibit about climate change that is both amazing and truly heartbreaking. The things we do to our environment and our animals make me hurt. Right there and then I decided to truly make a change for me. Will and can I stop flying to these destinations I've been visting and want to visit? No. BUT I can make everyday choices to lessen my footprint. Simple choices that we can make on a daily basis to give our planet some peace.
After Singapore I entered my last chapter of this journey, flying to Kuala Lumpor and then from there to Colombo, Sri Lanka. My home. This will be my third visit to this beautiful island, my birth place. I was adopted as a baby (3 months) to Sweden. Even though I've been there twice before this would be my first time ever being there alone. I spent ten days catching up with friends that I have made during my previous visits, surfing every day, doing my yoga and also just sitting by the beach with a book. Or even just looking out and sending thanks for my life. Staying truly present and aware of the power or now. This would be my final chapter on this life-changing journey, this journey of truly connecting to myself and the deeper world around me. Distancing myself from ego and finding true happiness from the simple things. And, most of all, finding that I'm good enough as I am.
On December 11 my dad came to visit. He turned 70 during 2018 and my birthday gift for him was a ticket to Sri Lanka to come visit me and also to take me back home to Sweden. Just like 34 years ago. My dad has not traveled since the early '90s and it's been 34 years since he and my mother were in Sri Lanka. Seeing him at the airport made me so happy that I teared up. He had come all this way to visit me and I knew at that moment that I had achieved what I needed from this trip. I was home. My dad and I traveled around and talked about memories from his trip but also my life. I opened up to my father in ways I have never done before and we connected beyond the ways we've connected before. This experience was overwhelming more so than the overwhelming experiences I had had previously because this proved to me that I had changed, I had done my work, I had peeled off layers and I was ready to return home and manifest this. It wasn't the outside that had changed, it was the inside. I was ready, ready to return to Sweden. Which we did two days before Christmas. It felt so nice having my father with me on the flight back. It made me safe, and gave me a feeling of protection. My dad knew and so did I, I was ready.
I remembered taking off from Arlanda on September 1, it had been late night and I was crying because I was so scared, not of this trip but of letting go and trusting. It was dark and rainy. Now, on December 22, there was snow on the ground, still and calm. My dad knew and I knew, I was home.


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American baritone Jeffrey McEvoy is Assistant Professor of Voice and Director of Opera Studies at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, SC. As a performer and director, he is passionate about the education of drama through contemporary music and is a strong supporter of American art song, musical theatre and operatic literature.Noteworthy milestones include engagements as a resident baritone artist with the Kansas City Lyric Opera, a studio artist position with Sarasota Opera and summer apprenticeships with both Lake George Opera and Des Moines Metro Opera. Jeffrey holds his Doctorate of Musical Arts in vocal performance from the University of Kansas, Master of Music in Opera from Wichita State University and Bachelor of Arts in music as well as Bachelor of Science in Biology from John Brown University. He has been a Kansas City district winner and Regional finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and first place winner in the Midwest District of the National Association of Teachers of Singing competition in both the Graduate and Senior Men divisions. Highlights of previous seasons include contracts with regional companies such as Opera Carolina, Winston-Salem Symphony, Connecticut Opera, Opera Boston, Commonwealth Opera, Kansas City Lyric Opera, Sarasota Opera, Lake George Opera, Glens Falls Symphony, Hartford Opera Theater, Newbury Choral Society, Nashua Choral Society, Boston Opera Collaborative and Boston's OperaHub.Prior to Jeffrey's appointment to Winthrop University he taught at the University of Connecticut, the University of Kansas, Wichita State University, and Boston's Walnut Hill School of the Arts. He also held summer faculty positions for the Tanglewood Institute in Massachusetts and the Seagle Music Colony in upstate New York.
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We headed into Manchester to do some street riding, thanks to the dude James Heyes who was happy to show us around a few local spots. It turned out that pretty much every BMX street rider in the area had the day off work so we basically had a jam around the city. It was a bit much but some good stuff got done and we smashed a few challenges too so it was all good. We were aware that some of the spots we rode had been hit pretty hard before, even in previous RTGs so we didn't milk it.
In all, the spots were sick, the weather behaved, the Hoffman boys were in high spirits, good old times.
Bob, 270 footplant, first spot. Cheers snaky photographer.


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Reporting to the Associate Vice President for Academic Services and Accreditation, the director of institutional research provides leadership and direction for the university in data-informed decision-making, data management, and meeting external and internal data reporting requirements. In collaboration with campus staff, the director is responsible for ensuring that university standards for data accuracy and integrity are clearly defined and followed, and responsible for the development and management of systems that ensure the accurate and timely submission of data reports. The director of institutional reporting is also responsible for the policies, procedures, and documentation of data for reporting as well as forecasting trends based on data to support planning and other institutional needs.
Master's degree (preferred) in the social sciences, statistics, management information systems, business, higher education administration, or a related field with statistics and research methods course work.
A minimum of 3-5 years' experience working in institutional research, data analysis, and/or research design and implementation in an institution of higher learning or other similar setting.
Thorough knowledge of university data systems, databases, warehouses, reporting, and data and information management.
Robust project management and organizational skills, with attention to details and deadlines.
Exemplary communication skills (both oral and written), including the build strong relationships with and effectively communicate technical information in verbal, written, and graphic form to stakeholders and diverse audiences.
In collaboration with the associate vice president and the director of institutional effectiveness, provide campus-wide leadership and support in the building of an assessment culture and the use of data for decision-making and planning.
Provide leadership to the CORE team, a campus team responsible for building and maintaining systems that ensure adherence to data standards and ongoing data accuracy and integrity.
Provide thoughtful data analysis to support decision-making, assessment, planning, and campus projects.
Coordinate with information technology, committees, data providers, and users to build a strong data and analytics request processing and management system.
Collaborate with the Office of the Provost, registrar, academic deans, and other university personnel, as appropriate, on all institutional reporting issues.
Develop, implement, and manage university-wide reporting strategies to fulfill requests for institutional data and analysis from both internal and external parties.
Balance the need to respond to data requests with the goal of proactively providing data and analysis, and identifying patterns/trends, for decision-making.
Complete external reports, which include but are not limited to IPEDS, Church of the Nazarene, the State of Tennessee, TICUA, SACSCOC, AAUP, CUPA, and other agencies that provide university data to prospective students.
Compile, disseminate, and maintain the data needs for program review by the Academic Council.
Work closely with the chief information officer and other Information Technology Services personnel to ensure that systems function to support the collection and reporting of data.
Provide requested statistical data, including data for the institution's strategic plan and the provost's annual report to the board of trustees.
Support academic deans, department chairs, and program directors with data requests and proactively work to develop plans and address these needs.
Develop and maintain effective working relationships with faculty and staff across the campus, ensuring high levels of customer service and data integrity.
Participate in institutional research and/or other higher education professional organizations and keep abreast of national, state, and local issues that impact the work.
Serve as a member, and leader, of the Central Data Committee.
Make an annual written report to the university provost.
Perform other responsibilities as assigned by the university provost and/or the associate vice president for academic services and accreditation.
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