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The View from Here
By Graydon Carter
You can tell a lot about a society by the way it equips those who serve on its front lines. Big-city police departments in the U.S. are outfitted with sufficient military hardware to take over a small country. Many of the nation's health-care workers, on the other hand, had to make do with re-used scrubs and homemade masks during those first hellish months of the pandemic.
The last time America truly boiled over on the streets, as it has this month, was in the late summer of 1968. Protesters flooded Chicago during the Democratic National Convention. Martin Luther King Jr. had been assassinated earlier in the year. And just a few months later, Robert F. Kennedy, who had been running to become the Democratic nominee for president, was shot. Chicago became a melting pot of Yippies and various anti-war activist groups. There was a cohort outside the convention simply torn by the deaths of King and Kennedy.
The confrontations between protesters and Mayor Richard Daley's police force (with backup from the Illinois National Guard) were bloody and historic. And yet that Chicago cauldron of activism and beatings looks so different than what we have witnessed in American cities in the weeks since the killing of George Floyd, in Minneapolis in late May. In comparison to the Call of Duty commando look of the force that cleared the way for Trump's ridiculous photo op outside St. John's Church across the street from the White House, Daley's cops by and large were dressed in a manner that wouldn't have looked out of place in an Atlanta church on a Sunday morning. Many had on dark pants and white, short-sleeved shirts. They wore helmets not much different from the ones Vespa riders wear these days. They had small pistols in holsters, and many carried nightsticks.
Chicago became a melting pot of Yippies and various anti-war activist groups.
Washington isn't the only American city where police have taken on the appearance and outsize gear of military commandos, with bulletproof vests, shin guards, helmets with face shields, submachine guns, flash-bang grenades, sniper rifles, and so much more. The ones who routed the peaceful protesters for Trump didn't look appreciably different from the SEAL Team Six members that stormed the Abbottabad compound of Osama bin Laden.
Despite the constant stream of senseless killings of unarmed black Americans, we need police and we need police forces. But there are serious issues afoot. Disbanding local police departments, then building them up from scratch, as some cities are considering, is one way to go about it. De-funding only works if those dollars are re-allocated to housing, rehabilitation, and the hiring of mental-health professionals. All are aspects of law enforcement that have proved effective in countries around the world and, indeed, are being adopted in a number of U.S. cities. If it is impossible to shut down and rebuild a new N.Y.P.D., then New York has to repair the force it has, both operationally and reputationally.
The city should start by having each officer on the force receive some form of training in not just sensitivity but common sense. These courses would be designed to teach cops to appreciate the nuances and history of the individual across from them in a confrontation. The city should also get cops out of their cars. I've lived in New York for more than four decades, and I don't recall ever seeing a police officer—and there are almost 40,000 of them in the city—walking a beat.
If it is impossible to shut down and rebuild a new N.Y.P.D., then New York has to repair the force it has, both operationally and reputationally.
On our block in the West Village, we have a mailman who has worked the route for almost 20 years. His name is Michael, and he knows more about the neighborhood he covers and the people who live there than anyone else does. He waves and says hello. Everybody in the area knows Michael. We will occasionally get a patrol car with two officers parked at the curb. Any attempt to smile or say hello to them is impossible because they appear to be studiously avoiding eye contact with the people they are supposed to protect.
By contrast, in the small town in Connecticut where we escape to in the summer months, the local officer always stops to say hello if he sees someone out on his or her driveway. He knows his community, and this knowledge makes him a noble protector of the people in it. City cops should be more like him.
Instructor Dave Grossman tells police trainees that after killing someone they will have the best sex of their lives.
Police departments shouldn't be de-funded, but some officers need deprogramming. I would forbid any member of any police force from ever taking a course given by Dave Grossman. He's a 60-ish former Army Ranger who, The Washington Post reports, has instructed more police officers on the art of becoming warrior cops than just about anyone else. His six-hour seminars are explosions of rage and chest-pounding testosterone. "Are you prepared to kill somebody?" he shouted to a class attended by a reporter for Mother Jones. "If you cannot answer that question, you should not be carrying a gun." At one point in his seminar, he tells the officers that when they kill another human being, they will go home and have the best sex of their lives. I am not making this up.
"Are you prepared to kill somebody?" he shouted to a class attended by a reporter for Mother Jones.
Four years before George Floyd died under the knee of police officer Derek Chauvin, another Minnesota cop, Jeronimo Yanez, pulled Philando Castile, a 32-year-old African-American man, over to the side of the road. In the car with Castile, who was a nutrition supervisor for a local school, were his partner and her four-year-old daughter. Following an exchange of words, Yanez shot Castile seven times at close range, killing him. Yanez had previously taken one of the Grossman Academy courses. The one he took was called The Bulletproof Warrior.
Patrick Hutchinson, a protester, carries a suspected far-right counter-protester who was injured to safety during a demonstration in London, June 13, 2020.
At the other end of the spectrum of humanity from Grossman is Patrick Hutchinson. He's a black 49-year-old personal trainer and the father of two. Last Saturday near the Waterloo tube station, in London, a skirmish broke out between a Black Lives Matter group and a mob of white supremacists who were taunting the protesters with Nazi salutes and other insults. One of the supremacists was knocked to the ground. According to Hutchinson, the B.L.M. protesters began kicking him. Hutchinson cleared them off, picked up the man, swung him over his shoulder, and carried him to some nearby police officers. Hutchinson said later, "I just grabbed him and carried him over to the police and said, 'Here you go'. They thanked me. It was instinct…. I just want equality for all of us. At the moment the scales are unfairly balanced, and I just want things to be fair for my children and my grandchildren."
America and American law enforcement are at an inflection point, brought on by Floyd's killing. The U.S. owns its at-times dark past. It will also own its future. If the American people keep the spirit of this moment alive through the coming years, the nation will have a good chance of becoming one that all its citizens can take ownership of.
Illustration: Heritage Images/Topfoto. Photos: John Autey/Pioneer Press/Getty Images (2020); Maury Englander/FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images (1968); Dylan Martinez/Reuters/Newscom (Hutchinson)


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est un jeu vidéo de type  adapté du dessin animé japonais, Iria - Zeiram the Animation. Il est développé par TamTam et édité par Banpresto en 1995 sur Super Famicom, uniquement au Japon.

Synopsis
Dans un monde futuriste, Iria, une chasseuse de prime, doit affronter un monstre indestructible, Zeiram.

Système de jeu
Le jeu comprend 5 missions, composés des séquences de plates-formes et d'autres de Run and gun. Iria peut se battre au corps-à-corps et avec de nombreuses armes. Iria est aidée dans sa mission par les renseignements fournis par Bob.

Voir aussi
Liste de jeux Super Famicom
Liste chronologique des run and gun

Notes et références

Adaptation d'un manga ou d'un anime en jeu vidéo
Jeu Super Nintendo
Jeu vidéo développé au Japon
Jeu vidéo sorti en 1995
Run and gun
Jeu vidéo à défilement horizontal

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OCCHD, OU Medicine to host COVID-19 testing site at local high school
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – Health officials say that residents in some areas of Oklahoma City will be able to get tested for COVID-19 at mobile testing sites.
The Oklahoma City-County Health Department and OU Medicine will continue their joint effort providing mobile testing in zip codes that are experiencing high COVID-19 positivity rates in Oklahoma County.
On Saturday, Oct. 10, testing will be done at Western Heights High School, located at 8201 S.W. 44th St.
"We are eager to work with OCCHD to expand testing in Oklahoma City, specifically in those areas we know are the hardest hit," said Erin Walker, assistant vice president of Operations at The Children's Hospital at OU Medicine. "Testing is a great first step in reducing the spreadof this disease, so we encourage the community to participate."
Health officials say testing is critical to identify the impact of the virus in the community.
"We're excited to partner with OU Medicine to reach vulnerable populations and to make tests more availablewith Saturday scheduling," said LT Knighten, public information officer for OCCHD. "We encourage individuals who are experiencing symptoms, or who think they've been in contact with a confirmed positive case, to be tested," Knighten added.
Testing will be available for the following people:
People who have symptoms of COVID-19
People who have had close contact (within six feet of an infected person for at least 15 minutes) with someone with confirmed COVID-19
People who have been asked or referred to get testing by their healthcare provider, local or state health department.
In addition to the mobile testing, individuals needing a test in Oklahoma County can schedule a test through OCCHD's Crush the Curve website at testokc.com.

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Venezuela's PDVSA announces major oil spill
Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA said on November 7 that an oil spill in central Anzoategui state east of Caracas had polluted drinking water supplies to a number of communities over a radius of 50 kilometres. The leak occurred in a pipeline in the locality of Santa Clara and the group said it had launched an operation to supply drinking water and protect local ecosystems.
Reuters quoted an opposition parliamentarian from the state saying the leak occurred in the five days to November 6 and that 25,000 barrels had spilled, causing an ecological disaster.
The parliamentarian blamed poor maintenance for the spill, and said security forces were blocking access to the area.
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With around 900 entries this year, we have two Portuguese panels of judges for all five days at Decanter World Wine Awards. A first.
Quantity is one thing. What of quality? Compared with when I started judging for Decanter a decade or so ago, the overall quality is up. I'm seeing cleaner, brighter wines.
We are finding plenty of wines to recommend for their regional and varietal typicity. And Gold dust has been sprinkled!
More top judges too. I'm delighted The Yeatman's Beatriz Machado, The Wine Society's Jo Locke MW and Taberna do Mercado's Ieva Markaityte are also on team Portugal.


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Post-Crescent Media's Ricardo Arguello goes one-on-one with Freedom pitcher Taylor Hanus:
Q: Your team is atop the Eastern Valley standings with several tough games remaining. What are some keys for your team to win the EVC?
A: We know we can't take any team lightly. Every game we act as if it's all or nothing. We work as a team and always back each other up. After every game, we highlight what we did good and what we need to work on and then at practice we buckle down and focus on improving our errors. It's all about having fun. We believe that if you're out there working as a team and smiling then it's a lot easier to play.
Q: How much time do you put in the off-season improving your game? What are some of your strengths and things you'd like to work on?
A: It's basically softball all year round for me. During the fall and winter I train at XLR8 with Mike Draheim twice a week for about an hour and a half. I work on my running speed, strength and conditioning there. I also work with Tina Delpino through LessonUp for my pitching. I meet with her at least once a week for an hour. Our school also holds open gyms for pitching and hitting, so I attend those. During this past winter, I played in an indoor softball league. Also during the winter, my summer team, Wisconsin Elite, holds practices so I go to those too. It's softball 24/7 for me. My strengths I would say are keeping my composure on the mound when things get out of hand or when the pressure is on. When it comes to pitching, I believe that my changeup and my riseball are my best pitches. I'm always working to improve my pitches to make sure they're spot on. My curveball has been coming along but that's always something I would like to improve.
Q: If you weren't playing softball in the spring, what other sport would you be playing?
A: I would probably be in track and field. I love running and I did high jump in middle school and I thought it was fun.
Q: Congratulations! You have won four VIP ticket packages to see any musical artist of your choice. Who are you going to see and whom are you taking with you?
A: I would want to see Jason Derulo perform because I listen to his music the most and it seems like it would a fun concert to go to. To come along with me I would probably bring my boyfriend, Levi Skeens; my future college roommate and one of my good friends, Mackenzie Wockenfus; and both of my aunts, Staci Wanberg and Chris Gieger, because they are crazy and like to have a good time.
Q: It's favorites time! What's your favorite TV show?
A: "Grey's Anatomy."
Q: Favorite movie?
A: "Titanic."
Q: Favorite musical artist?
A: Jason Derulo or Tyga.
Q: Favorite aspect of Freedom High School?
A: The multiple volunteer opportunities.
Q: Favorite store to have a shopping spree at?
A: American Eagle.
Q: Favorite place to relax at home?
A: My bed.
Q: Favorite childhood toy?
A: Shape Sorter ball.
Q: Favorite book?
A: "The Fault In Our Stars."
Q: Favorite meal prepared by mom?
A: Baked mostaccioli.
Q: Favorite celebrity crush?
A: Chad Michael Murray.
Q: Congratulations! You just won $150 million in the PowerBall! What are the first three things you're buying with the money?
A: I don't think I would necessarily buy anything. I would probably pay off my college education. I know that doesn't sound fun, but it would mean I wouldn't have all the debt to pay off later. My parents and grandparents have done so much for me, so I would probably give back to them. Lastly, I would want to fly to New York to see "The Phantom Of The Opera" performed.
Q: Finish this sentence: The Freedom softball team will … ?
A: "stay positive and confident to be successful in our conference and hopefully advance toward state."
— Ricardo Arguello: 920-993-1000, ext. 558, or rarguello@postcrescent.com; on Twitter @PCRicardo
Positions: Pitcher, left field, first base.
Nickname: "T or Tay."
Family: Parents, Dave and Holly.
Favorite athlete: Aaron Rodgers.
Favorite food: Fruit salsa.
Favorite school subject: "Science, anything medical."
Career aspiration: "Concordia University in Mequon to pursue a career in nursing (trauma)."


Now that the warm weather is (mostly) here for good and summer is right around the corner, my girls have been having a good time riding their bikes up and down the sidewalk, digging in our sand table, and in general enjoying spending time outdoors. There's just something about the fresh air and sunshine that does wonders for their energy levels and moods (and mine, as well).
However, while they can typically manage to keep themselves entertained with nothing more than a few sticks and rocks, the times when their imaginations stall and they need a little inspiration are when it's no problem for me to step in (and keep the peace).
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...and only one demonstration of pulling the cords for the Sky Scraper and Alien Invasion before they were being launched from one side of the yard to the other and up to incredible heights.
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Baltimore City, Maryland: New Food Waste Composter
Chesapeake Compost Works opened October 1, 2012 in a 54,000-square-foot building in the industrial section of Baltimore City. The building housing the composting facility is more than 100 years old and has had many past uses, including airplane and train manufacturing.
Chesapeake Compost Works opened October 1, 2012 in a 54,000-square-foot building in the industrial section of Baltimore City. The facility accepts pre and postconsumer food scraps including oils, fats and animal products; wood chips and ground yard trimmings; manures from herbaceous animals; and soiled cardboard and paper and leaves. "We can take in 30 tons/day of nitrogenous material, and 30 tons/day of wood chips, six days a week," says owner Vinnie Bevivino. "We will be charging a tipping fee for the food waste, and hope to gain some revenue from the wood waste." Feedstock sources include restaurants, cafeterias, hotels, grocery stores, universities, public and private grade schools, breweries, tree companies, municipalities and some residences. "The organics are being collected and delivered to the facility by third-party haulers, almost all who specialize in collecting and hauling organics," adds Bevivino.
The building housing the composting facility is more than 100 years old and has had many past uses, including airplane and train manufacturing. Nearby businesses include a coal distribution plant, metal distribution and recycling companies, petroleum importing companies, and truck and bus dispatch centers. "I chose the location because it is close to major highways, making deliveries and pick-ups easier for my clients," he explains. "Also, it is part of a larger industrial section of Baltimore City, with a more forgiving tolerance for potential nuisances such as odors." The composting system, designed by Coker Compost and Consulting of Vinton, Virginia, has 14 static aerated bays; each holds about 300 cubic yards of material, with negative pressure to a biofilter outside. Chesapeake Compost Works has two employees and Bevivino plans to hire eight more in 2013. He expects that compost will be available for sale in late winter or early spring 2013.
Minneapolis, Minnesota: Medical Center Composts Food Waste
One of the state's largest hospitals, Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC), has significantly reduced its disposal and other costs by composting about 6 tons/month of food waste. The hospital serves meals to approximately 400 patients a day. It started the organics diversion program in December 2009, and saves about 1.5 million gallons of water annually through reduced use of garbage disposals connected to kitchen drains, says Bill Marks, the hospital's director of food and nutrition services. Financial savings include reduced solid waste collection fees, sewage costs and local tax levies, Marks adds. The hospital also recycles over 600 tons/year of cardboard, cans, plastics and paper.
The county received a $25,000 grant from the city of Minneapolis to purchase a 20 cubic yard leak-proof compactor for the organics. HCMC did the necessary staff training. Food scraps and paper waste including milk cartons, napkins, paper cups, and paper plates from the kitchen are put into containers lined with compostable bags. HCMC food service staff place the filled bags in covered toters located just outside the hospital's basement kitchen, When full, the toters are transported via a small utility truck about one-quarter mile away to the compactor. The hospital's refuse hauler, Waste Management, Inc., transports the material to a 27-acre composting site in the southeast metro suburb of Empire Township. The facility is owned and operated by Specialized Environmental Technologies. HCMC may be the first major hospital in the Midwest to initiate organics composting, Marks says. "We're proud of the program."
Fredericksburg, Virginia: County Cocomposting Plant Wins National Award
Spotsylvania County's Livingston Composting Facility in Fredericksburg earned a Composting Systems Gold Excellence Award from the Solid Waste Association of North America. The 80 tons/day biosolids composting plant, which opened in 2010, was designed, permitted, and constructed by CH2M Hill. Biosolids are cocomposted in aerated static piles with all of the chipped brush collected at Spotsylvania County's landfill and drop off center. The $15.5 million aerated static pile composting facility is capable of managing all wood wastes and wastewater residuals produced by the county into the foreseeable future. Its state-of-the-art biofilter is equipped with a supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system to operate at 90 percent odor removal. The plant's underground aeration system increases process efficiency and reduces costs associated with comparable aboveground piping. The county's compost product, Livingston's Blend, is sold for $16/cubic yard.
Watervliet, New York: Small-Scale Residential Food Composting
The city of Watervliet completed a 6-month pilot program in August that involved collecting source separated organics from 50 residences and taking them to a pilot-scale anaerobic digester set up at the Albany County Sewer District's South Plant. As part of its Watervliet Organic Waste (WOW) program, participating households were given a kitchen compostables bucket, an outside bin and compostable bags and were asked to divert food scraps only from the rest of their waste stream. The organics were picked up biweekly. The pilot diverted 6,730 pounds of food waste from the landfill. The city has decided to continue collecting organics from the 50 residences and compost them using passive aeration at its recently built facility. A campaign is under way to recruit more participants to the program, with the initial goal of signing up an additional 50/quarter. Watervliet will also compost residents' yard trimmings in the spring and summer, leaves in the fall and Christmas trees in the winter.
"We used to shred these materials and haul them away, but now they are used in the composting mix," says city Mayor Mike Manning. Piles are turned with a front-end loader. Finished compost will be used in municipal parks and distributed to participating residents. Currently, Watervliet pays a $51/ton landfill tipping fee for residential waste and, according to the pilot project's report, would save more than $28,000 annually if 75 percent of its residences participated in the source separation program. Manning notes that the city is still interested in pursuing development of an anaerobic digester, and is exploring options.
Albuquerque, New Mexico: Organics Recyclers Recognized
The Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort & Spa and Hyatt Regency Albuquerque were recognized for pioneering organics recycling programs during an "Outstanding Recycler of 2012" awards ceremony at the New Mexico Recycling Coalition (NMRC) conference in June. Each facility's "green team" is charged with monitoring and reducing all waste, and, in 2011, the two facilities combined diverted 164.3 tons of organics. At each property, 18 carts lined with compostable bags and placed in kitchens receive all food scraps, paper service products, wine corks, paper coffee filters and paper egg cartons. The two resort properties recycle cardboard, paper, newspaper, plastic, aluminum, metals, electronics, batteries, mercury-containing light bulbs and toner cartridges. They purchase 30-percent recycled-content copy paper and utilize recycled content and/or compostable food-to-go containers and utensils in their restaurants. Currently all collected food waste is composted by Soilutions, an Albuquerque-based composter, but plans are underway with the Santa Ana Pueblo to have the Native American community — which owns the Hyatt-managed resort — compost the food scraps and utilize the finished product on the grounds.
St. Louis, Missouri: Food Waste Collection Pilots
Two food waste recycling programs were recently launched in the St. Louis area — one involving downtown restaurants, and the other at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport. The Partnership for Downtown St. Louis' Project Compost is a two-year pilot that collects pre and postconsumer food waste from about 18 restaurants in a roughly four-block area. The goal of the pilot program is to divert more than 1,500 tons/year of food waste from disposal, for a total of 3,000 tons of diverted waste.
Lambert-St. Louis International Airport began a 3-month pilot to recycle food waste, in partnership with food and beverage supplier HMS Host. The program is partially funded by a $15,000 grant from the St. Louis-Jefferson Solid Waste Management District and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. It is expected the program will divert about 1,000 pounds of food over the three months. Officials were hoping for more, but airport restaurants typically use more preprepared food than most restaurants, meaning less preconsumer food waste. The three airport restaurants participating in the pilot account for about 30 percent of the airport's food and beverage operations.
For both projects, St. Louis-based Blue Skies Recycling is handling food waste pick-up on a three times per week schedule, and delivering the material to St. Louis Composting's facility in Belleville, Illinois. Blue Skies uses 21-gallon Orbis carts, as well as 65-gallon carts. The firm developed a cart washer with the capability to wash and sanitize 40 carts/hour, according to company president Harry Cohen.
Ithaca, New York: Cornell Composts Carcasses
Researchers at Cornell University continue to assist the New York State Department of Transportation ((NYSDOT) regarding disposal of a percentage of the 75,000-plus deer killed on the state's roadways each year (see "Evaluating Pathogen Destruction In Road Kill Compost," November 2006). That work has been gaining renewed interest. The state only deals with deer on roads within its jurisdiction, not along county or municipal roads, explains Mary Schwarz from Cornell Waste Management Institute (CWMI), who teaches and disseminates information on composting the carcasses. Schwarz estimates about a third of the mortalities end up on state roads: "I think one of the reasons this project is gaining new life is that some of the counties and towns are thinking about doing it as well."
The process CWMI advocates involves creating a bottom layer of wood chips 24 inches deep. Two deer carcasses are laid back to back on the bed with 24 inches of wood chips surrounding them on all four sides of the rectangular bed. Cover the carcasses with a 1-foot-deep layer of wood chips, add two more deer carcasses as a second layer and cover all with 2 feet of woodchips. When more deer come in, the bed is continued widthwise as a windrow, with 24 inches of chips between each set of stacked deer. "It's a little different than doing a cow," says Schwarz. "There's not enough mass in a deer to do one at a time — there would be too much carbon and not enough nitrogen."
While any carbon source will work for the in-between and cover layers, wood chips are readily available through NYSDOT, utility companies and private contractors. "We feel this is usually the best material for the base layer," Schwarz says, explaining that the 1- to 2-inch chips provide excellent aeration. "These piles are static and are not going to be turned for three or four months." In extremely cold temperatures, she adds, a more-dense carbon source as base layer could help keep cold air from moving through the pile.
New Orleans, Louisiana: Gulf Saver Bags Help Gulf Coast With Compost
Following the BP oil spill almost two years ago, BioCycle reported on a project utilizing canvas Gulf Saver Bags filled with a compost blend, inoculated with hydrocarbon-eating microbes and planted with native marsh grasses to both clean up and rebuild the fragile wetland ecosystem. The initial project was a partnership between the nonprofit Restore the Earth Foundation and the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana (CRLC). Recently, Restore the Earth published a cost-benefit analysis comparing the results of planting Spartina A. (smooth cordgrass), in the Gulf Saver bags versus traditional bare root plug planting. According to that analysis, the bags cost less per acre to deploy ($31,750 versus $37,850), plants demonstrated almost double the survivability rate, and the need to replant was five to ten times less (only required once versus multiple times required of bare root plantings).
Where the Mississippi River meets the Gulf of Mexico, Gulf Saver Bags planted with black mangrove continue to be deployed in hopes of stabilizing barrier islands before they disappear. "It has actually worked out fairly well," says Shane Granier, chief biologist and project manager with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. While Granier and his staff are not involved in collecting the data, "from an observational standpoint it seems like those plants take off faster than if you were to plant them bare root in native soil," he notes. This is critical for a couple of reasons, he adds. First, the tropical mangrove is difficult to establish, particularly compared to native marsh grasses (but once established, does a much more effective job at protecting against erosion and storm surges). Second, Granier says, because the young plants are susceptible to both cold snaps and the very erosion that mature plants will mitigate, getting a jumpstart in the Gulf Saver Bags can be critical. But the bags themselves are susceptible to wave energy and tidal forces, particularly before the mangrove roots have established themselves through the burlap and into the native soils. "Wooden stakes, working with tidal zones and adjusting the thickness of the burlap material have all shown promise of dealing with this challenge," notes Granier.
Williston, Vermont: Another Persistent Herbicide Detected
As part of its ongoing investigation of the presence of persistent herbicides in animal feed, feedstocks and finished compost, the Vermont Agency of Agriculture recently received lab results that showed 53 of 68 samples of manure, compost, feed, hay, grass, straw and manure with bedding from across Vermont tested positive for aminocyclopyrachlor at levels between .9 and 5,795 ppb. The herbicide was detected in samples of compost and manure at the Chittenden Solid Waste District's Green Mountain Compost (GMC) facility in Williston by a state-hired lab at levels between 3.3 and 36.1 ppb. "The sensitive level in compost is 10 to 40 ppb, so at 5,795 ppb we are talking orders of magnitude," says Fred Michel of Ohio State University, who conducted research on aminocyclopyrachlor on behalf of The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company and the herbicide's developer, DuPont. (The two companies had at one time been considering teaming up on a residential lawn weed and feed product containing aminocyclopyrachlor.)
GMC has been plagued by the presence of two other persistent herbicides — clopyralid and picloram — in its compost, first discovered in June when CSWD ordered its own lab tests after customers reported garden crop damage. Both clopyralid and picloram have restricted use in Vermont, the latter requiring a professional applicator's license.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) banned the sale of the herbicide Imprelis — active ingredient aminocyclopyrachlor — in August 2011 following widespread reports of tree damage, particularly to Norway spruce and white pine. The order required Dupont to stop selling and distributing Imprelis in the United States, and outlined specific steps to ensure its removal from the marketplace. The ban did not, however, apply to other DuPont products — including Viewpoint, Streamline and Perspective — containing aminocylopyrachlor. These herbicides continue to be marketed by DuPont to control broadleaf weeds, brush species and other invasives around utilities, roadsides and for bare-ground weed control at industrial sites. It is not clear how aminocyclopyrachlor made it into the compost stream or commercial livestock feed.
"It can't be showing up in manure samples," said Mark Rice with DuPont Land Management. "We don't have our pasture label yet. The labels are very specific about use for grazing or nongrazing. We are pursuing our grazing tolerance and label, but it has not been put into the market for livestock areas. If somebody has misapplied it and put it in a pasture where it's not supposed to be, I cannot speak to that."
In early August, the CSWD board authorized a nearly $1 million compensation plan for gardeners affected by contaminated compost sold from the Williston facility. By mid-August, around 540 people had registered suspected herbicide damage, with CSWD field technicians confirming about 50 percent of them.


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Q: Ubuntu 16.04 freeze/crash I recently upgraded from Ubuntu 14.04 to 16.04. 14.04 was rock stable for more than a year that I used it. This should rule out most hardware issues. The only difference is that in 16.04 I'm using Nouveau drivers for the Intel HD Graphics that came with i7-6700 CPU. The computer randomly freezes and the only way to recover is to reboot. I have looked at syslog and kern.log but nothing obvious there. How do I troubleshoot this?
Going back to Nvidia GTX 970M is difficult as there are other issues there.

A: I tried disabling hardware acceleration in Google Chrome but that didn't help. And the system was freezing every few minutes/hours. So I went back to using Nvidia proprietary driver ( nvidia-364..which is the latest as of today). The computer no longer freezes. So I'm guessing either the Intel HD Graphics hardware is bad on my motherboard or there is a bug in Ubuntu support for Intel HD graphics.
These are the reasons I tried to move to Intel HD Graphics:

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*My second UHD monitor was not being detected after login. In nvidia settings it showed up as disabled. Enabling the monitor in nvidia-settings-manager would not persist after a reboot. I deleted my ~/.config/monitors.xml file and also used the Ubuntu Displays utility to switch the monitor on. The displays utility asked me if I wanted to keep this configuration and I said Yes. This seems to have fixed the problem.

*The other problem was that monitors were not waking up from sleep. I had to reboot the system everytime monitors went to sleep or remember to manually switch off the monitors everytime I stepped away. This is not a problem with the Intel HD Graphics so I'm guessing there is a bug in the Nvidia Proprietary drivers. For now I have disabled sleep on the monitors and hopefully will remember to switch them off manually whenever I need to.
Hope all this helps someone.

A: I had the same problem following a long and fond relationship with Ubuntu 14.04.
I'm using Nvidia 650 hardware and 16.04 has not frozen again since I installed the Nvidia-367 drivers and rebooted:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
sudo apt update
sudo apt-get nvidia-367

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Mass in C minor, K. 427
Orchestration: flute, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani, organ, strings, 2 sopranos, tenor, bass, and chorus
First Los Angeles Philharmonic performance: May 30, 1971, Gerhard Samuel conducting
"I made the promise and hope to be able to keep it," Wolfgang Mozart wrote to his father on January 4, 1783. "The score of half a mass which is still lying here, waiting to be finished, is the best proof that I really made the promise..." The "promise" was to write a major work for Salzburg, the "half a mass," then, being the present gigantic torso.
The letter contains the only reference Mozart himself ever made to K. 427, which was probably begun in July of 1782 and sporadically worked on in the summer of 1783.
The Mass was performed in its "entirety"—which is to say that Mozart must have borrowed from other works to make it complete and suitable for liturgical performance—on October 23, 1783, in the composer's presence—he may have presided at the organ. The venue was St. Peter's Church in Salzburg; it is likely that Constanze sang the high-lying first soprano part.
The Mass in C minor works, even if not as a work for the sacred service, as the composer left it. Why he left it, however, remains a matter of conjecture.
But there is yet another seeming mystery regarding the Mass in C minor, only partially explained by the letter quoted above and the conclusions to be drawn from it: Why he wrote the Mass in the first place; why, freed from the tyranny of his employment at the Salzburg court and relocated to Vienna, where church music was not in demand (at least not of him), should Mozart have set himself such a task?
The most logical explanation—supported to a considerable extent by the score itself—is the great discovery that Mozart made just before he started on this work: the music of the late-Baroque, most importantly that of Johann Sebastian Bach and Handel, which had until then been generally regarded as hopelessly dated.
To sum up, what Mozart did write for the C-minor Mass was the Kyrie, Gloria, Credo (through "Et incarnatus est"), Sanctus, and Benedictus. For "Et incarnatus est," Mozart notated the vocal lines, the obbligatos for flute, oboe, and bassoon, and the bass, with the string parts having to be filled in by later editors. The "Osanna" lacks the customary second chorus, so that has had to be completed via clues provided by the orchestra parts.
The reconstruction of this tremendous creation did not begin until early in the 20th century, instigated by the efforts of the German musicologist Alois Schmitt. The music of the Credo, Sanctus, and Hosanna heard in these performances was reconstructed and completed by Helmut Eder. —Herbert Glass


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Better name is High Templar in my opinion. Anyway amazing idea for very strong mounted unit.
I occasionally use them, although only in very specific situations.
I like using them as scout troops early game when there aren't many units on the boards, as they can kill something, then heal on the way to the next conflict.
Was there a topic for this already?
Can this be implemented soon please!
Looks very good! Thank you all for getting this unit ready - ACCEPTED!
Could someone please summarize the final stats (ie what the actual values are not just how much more than Templar)?
Last edited by godOfKings on Wed May 16, 2018 1:57 pm, edited 3 times in total.
How about we make the knight templar upgrades effect both templars? Just like with armored skeletons.
oi did not realize that. What other units can one shot halberdiers?
Without blacksmith upgrades or any buffs only war elephant and his upgrade. From cavalry units.
Other than that - incoming master axeman upgrade (but he needs to spend both his turns), Celtic warrior, Samurai and upgrade, Man-at-arms (2 tier upgrade for swordman), ornithopter, catapult and upgrade, ballista and upgrade, castle, catapult ship, cannon, cannon ship, maceman, flail soldier, spartan hoplite.
Agree - both elephant and this one cost much higher than halberdier.
Okay, I think we should not increase the attack for this mounted to one shot a halberdier. Halberdiers are supposed to be the specialty against it - other wise this unit would not have a clear weakness and OP.
I would be okay adding bonuses against other units or adding armor or heal power instead.
btw, you can test these proposed stats in the game with triggers - that will definitely always be a determining factor in stat change discussions.
Is that change up in stats or down?
accepted please someone make json for it and the tech - thanks!


Fear-a-mid is a Q*Bert inspired game done for the Monster High brand. It's one of the few games I've created that features an online leader board. I acted as secondary programmer on this game creating some base gameplay elements and the AI for the various enemies.


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Nancy Mackenzie
Nerve Line
For some, the beauty of Juniper Glen Farm comes from the rolling hills on which broodmares and foals graze. For others, the spirit of the ranch is found in the thrum of hooves on the homestretch at the racetrack—but only when the horses are winning. Lineage, of course, matters. And Gran understands that there are horses that can make or break Juniper Glen's success: an Irish thoroughbred colt named Kilfenora, for one. It's just that her daughter, Mary, has a history of sacrificing anything to win.
Granddaughter Kathleen may be the only sensible soul who can balance the ranch's odds on and off the track. Or would have, if Myles hadn't galloped right at her heart. When Kathleen paints Myles, he takes on an otherworldly dimension, bringing her art to a fascinating new level. Meanwhile, her ex-fiancé wants both Kathleen and his prized Kilfenora back—and will cross the ocean to do so. Kathleen's heart divides between family loyalties and personal integrity; between her mother and her gran; between two capable and vibrant horsemen. Nerve Line pulls taut at these imbalances.
A poetic and painterly view of the world of horse racing Alberta-style, Nerve Line includes a touch of true history, a dose of magic, and a palette full of surprises. It will settle you on your porch swing, then take you through the lush Irish countryside and out to the Rocky Mountains and ranchlands for a spell.
From the emerald green of Ireland to the stunning vistas of the Alberta foothills, Nerve Line follows the story of a family immersed in Thoroughbred racing. Nancy Mackenzie hits all the highs and lows of this fascinating industry.
~ Jean Kruse, Manager, Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society, Alberta Division
Nancy Mackenzie is the author of several books of poetry and books for children. A dressage enthusiast and long-time fan of horseracing, Mackenzie lives in Edmonton, Alberta where she operates a professional writing service called Bronze Horse Communications. Communion, Mackenzie's third book of poetry, was published by Ekstasis Editions in 2010.
Find Nerve Line on Facebook.
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Students Issued Citations For Trying To Disrupt Jeff Sessions Speech At Northwestern
Filed Under:Attorney General, Daily Northwestern Lutkin Hall, Jeff Sessions, Northwestern Police, Northwestern University
EVANSTON, Ill. (CBS) — A small number of students have received citations from campus police at Northwestern University for their conduct outside a speaking engagement by former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions last month.
The event and its aftermath prompted an apologetic editorial in the Daily Northwestern student newspaper, which in turn prompted criticism and consternation from journalists around the world.
At the invitation of a student group, Sessions spoke at Lutkin Hall on Northwestern's Evanston campus on Tuesday, Nov. 5. He delivered a 45-minute speech and then answered questions for 30 minutes, Northwestern said.
During his talk, some students vocally protested – and while most were peaceful and adhered to university policies, a small handful attempted to disrupt the speech, Northwestern said.
Following a month-long investigation by Northwestern police, an unspecified number of students which the university described as "small" received citations for disorderly conduct and interfering with the duties of a police officer.
Each citation carries a maximum fine of $125, Northwestern said. The citations are civil actions and do not create criminal records, Northwestern said.
The citations were issued for the protesters' conduct toward police officers – including pushing, grabbing, and kicking the officers who were trying to keep Lutkin Hall secure, police said.
Following the incident, the Daily Northwestern newspaper responded to complaints about how it covered the protests with an editorial accepting blame for being complicit in "harm" to the students who were protesting.
"We recognize that we contributed to the harm students experienced, and we wanted to apologize for and address the mistakes that we made that night — along with how we plan to move forward," the editorial said in its opening paragraph.
The editorial went further in expressing guilt for tweeting the photos, adding: "We feel that covering traumatic events requires a different response than many other stories. While our goal is to document history and spread information, nothing is more important than ensuring that our fellow students feel safe — and in situations like this, that they are benefitting from our coverage rather than being actively harmed by it. We failed to do that last week, and we could not be more sorry."
The Daily Northwestern added its reporters use of the student directory to contact protesters was an "invasion of privacy." The editorial further expressed worries that it could be complicit in disciplinary actions the university could bring down against students who protested.
"We hope we can rebuild trust that we weakened or lost last week. We understand that this will not be easy, but we are ready to undertake the reform and reflection necessary to become a better paper. We also welcome any feedback you have about our reporting — that night or otherwise," the editorial said. "The feedback that we have already received either directly or via social media has been incredibly helpful for us, and we are working to implement it immediately."
Journalists around the world ripped the editorial.
Glenn Kessler of the Washington Post represented many on Twitter:
"How is it possible that a newspaper at what is allegedly a top journalism school would apologize for the basics of reporting? This is a travesty and an embarrassment."
The Daily Northwestern is independent of the university. The schools said it has no faculty adviser, that the student journalists alone are free to decide what gets covered and what gets published.


East-southeast shifting west-southwast at 10-15 MPH, gusting to 25 MPH.
Widespread showers and thunderstorms, mainly after midnight. Low of 33. Winds from the east-southeast shifting west-southwest at 10-15 MPH, gusting to 25 MPH. Chance of rain, 90%.
Chance of rain during the morning. Then, mostly cloudy skies through the day with another chance of during the late afternoon. High of 50. Winds from the west-southwest shifting west-northwest at 10-15 MPH, gusting to 25 MPH. Chance of rain, 50%.
West-southwest shifting west-northwest at 10-15 MPH, gusting to 25 MPH.
West-northwest shifting north-northwest at 10-15 MPH, gusting to 25 MPH.
North-northwest at 10-15 MPH, gusting to 25 MPH.
North-northwest shifting north at 10-15 MPH, gusting to 25 MPH.
North 10-15 MPH gusting to 25 MPH.
The upper level regime of trough over the eastern half of the US, and ridge over the western half continues. A strong low is currently moving southeasterly through Quebec, towards New England. The resulting flow around the low is keeping northwesterly flow aloft over the Great Lakes region. Further upstream are two short wave troughs. Further south is a once cut off low, now beginning to rejoin the main jet stream. To the west, upper level ridging is currently moving over the Rocky Mountains; just behind the stronger of the two short wave troughs mentioned above. Behind the ridge is a deepening upper level trough just off the west coast.
At the surface, a long frontal boundary stretches from one low located in western North Carolina to another low long the Nebraska-Iowa border. Stretching northwest from this low is a weaker boundary, which connects to a low in southern Saskatchewan. The lift provided by the frontal boundary combined with some isentropic accent, as well as the short wave trough above, has triggered a long plume of snow showers extending from the Dakotas through northern Indiana.
Water vapor satellite imagery shows a tongue of dry air on the backside of a weakening short wave trough over the Gulf Coast states. This dry air was responsible for keeping the snow from falling for much of the day. As the Gulf Coast trough moves further to the east, the dry air tongue will be pushed east as well; allowing for the snow to begin falling again.
Over the next 24 hours, the eastern most of the two short waves to the northwest should weaken. The other short wave, following the northwesterly flow, will push to the south east; also weakening. This movement will push the snow plume further south, over northern Illinois. Despite the weakening of the short wave, a 55-60 knot jet streak is expected to develop. This increasing upper level divergence, combined with 850mb frontogenesis will allow for heavier snow to fall.
While snow has already begun falling again at the time of this forecast, the heaviest of the snow shouldn't come until overnight and into Monday morning. Temperature profiles stay out of the dendritic growth zone, and the snow to liquid ration looks to stay at about the climatological average of 13:1. Forecast models are currently showing anywhere between 1.5 inches and 6 inches of snow falling. However, given the warmer ground temperatures, accumulations of 1 to 3 inches with locally heavier amounts seems a more reasonable forecast.
By around noon tomorrow drier air should move overhead in the upper levels. The result will be snow changing over into freezing drizzle. The freezing drizzle could linger on into the evening hours. With the precipitation moving off, cloud coverage will decrease Monday night into Tuesday morning. Tuesday afternoon/evening, a broad area of showers will move into the area ahead of a warm front associated with a low moving northeastward out of the Central Plains. With warm air advecting into the area, the precipitation should remain rain. The rain is expected to continue overnight and into Wednesday morning.
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import MapboxGLMap from 'react-native-mapbox-gl';

import { mapbox as mapbox_keys } from '../../utils/config';
import { getRadians, kilometersToMiles, milesToMins, getDegrees } from '../../utils/helpers';

import { getDistance } from '../../utils/firebase-api';

import globals from '../../../globalVariables';

import { Icon } from 'react-native-icons';

var mapRef = 'directions';

var {
  StyleSheet,
  Text,
  TouchableHighlight,
  View,
  Image,
} = React;

var Map = React.createClass({
  mixins: [MapboxGLMap.Mixin],

  getInitialState() {
    var userCoords = this.props.userPosition.coords;
    var userLatitude = userCoords.latitude;
    var userLongitude = userCoords.longitude;

    var restaurantCoords = this.props.restaurantLocation;
    var restaurantLatitude = restaurantCoords.lat;
    var restaurantLongitude = restaurantCoords.lng;

    return {
      initialPosition: {
        latitude: userLatitude,
        longitude: userLongitude
      },
      currentPosition: {
        latitude: userLatitude,
        longitude: userLongitude
      },
      restaurantLocation: {
        latitude: restaurantLatitude,
        longitude: restaurantLongitude
      },
      currentAnnotation: [],
      buttonDown: false,
    };
  },

  getDistanceToAnnotation(userCoords, annotationCoords) {
    // http://www.movable-type.co.uk/scripts/latlong.html
    var userLat = userCoords.latitude;
    var userLng = userCoords.longitude;

    var annotationLat = annotationCoords.latitude;
    var annotationLng = annotationCoords.longitude;

    // returns kilometers
    var d = getDistance([userLat, userLng], [annotationLat, annotationLng]);

    return kilometersToMiles(d);
  },

  getMidPoint(userCoords, annotationCoords) {
    // http://www.movable-type.co.uk/scripts/latlong.html
    var userLat = getRadians(userCoords.latitude);
    var userLng = getRadians(userCoords.longitude);

    var annotationLat = getRadians(annotationCoords.latitude);
    var annotationLng = getRadians(annotationCoords.longitude);

    var lngDirrerence = getRadians(annotationCoords.longitude - userCoords.longitude);

    var Bx = Math.cos(annotationLat) * Math.cos(lngDirrerence);
    var By = Math.cos(annotationLat) * Math.sin(lngDirrerence);

    var lat = Math.atan2( Math.sin(userLat)+Math.sin(annotationLat),
             Math.sqrt( (Math.cos(userLat)+Bx)*(Math.cos(userLat)+Bx) + By*By) );
    var lng = userLng + Math.atan2(By, Math.cos(userLat) + Bx);
    lng = (lng+3*Math.PI) % (2*Math.PI) - Math.PI;

    return {
      latitude: getDegrees(lat),
      longitude: getDegrees(lng)
    };
  },

  getDistanceToRestaurant(userLocation) {
    var restaurantCoords = this.state.restaurantLocation;
    return this.getDistanceToAnnotation(userLocation, restaurantCoords);
  },

  getDistanceToNextAnnotation(userLocation) {
    var annotationCoords = this.state.currentAnnotation[0];
    return this.getDistanceToAnnotation(userLocation, annotationCoords);
  },

  onUpdateUserLocation(userLocation) {
    var distanceToNextAnnotation = this.getDistanceToNextAnnotation(userLocation);
    var timeToAnnotation = milesToMins(distanceToNextAnnotation);

    this.setState({
      currentPosition: userLocation
    });

    this.props.onLocationChange(timeToAnnotation);

    // (in miles)
    if( distanceToNextAnnotation <= 0.025 ) {
      this.addNextAnnotation(userLocation, this.props.stepAnnotations);
    }
  },

  addNextAnnotation(userLocation, annotations) {
    var nextAnnotation;
    var nextAnnotationIndex = this.props.stepIndex + 1;

    if( nextAnnotationIndex > this.props.lastStepIndex ) {
      this.props.onArrival();
      return;
    }

    this.props.onStepIncrement(nextAnnotationIndex);

    nextAnnotation = annotations[nextAnnotationIndex];

    this.addAnnotations(mapRef, [nextAnnotation]);
    this.adjustMapPosition(userLocation, nextAnnotation);

    this.setState({
      currentAnnotation: [nextAnnotation]
    }, () => {
      var timeToAnnotation = milesToMins(this.getDistanceToNextAnnotation(userLocation));
      this.props.onAnnotationChange(timeToAnnotation);
    });
  },

  getZoomLevel(distance) {
    if (distance >= 11) return 8;
    if (distance < 11 && distance >= 5) return 9;
    if (distance < 5 && distance >= 4) return 10;
    if (distance < 4 && distance >= 2.5) return 11;
    if (distance < 2 && distance >= 1.5) return 12;
    if (distance < 1.5 && distance >= 0.6) return 13;
    if (distance < 0.6 && distance >= 0.375) return 14;
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    var midpoint = this.getMidPoint(userLocation, nextAnnotation);
    var distance = this.getDistanceToAnnotation(userLocation, nextAnnotation);
    var zoomLevel = this.getZoomLevel(distance);

    this.setCenterCoordinateZoomLevelAnimated(mapRef, midpoint.latitude, midpoint.longitude, zoomLevel);
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  recenterUser() {
    var userLocation = this.state.currentPosition;
    var currentAnnotation = this.state.currentAnnotation[0];
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  onButtonPress() {
    this.setState({
      buttonDown: true
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  onButtonRelease() {
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      buttonDown: false
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          ref={mapRef}
          onUpdateUserLocation={this.onUpdateUserLocation}
          direction={0}
          rotateEnabled={true}
          scrollEnabled={true}
          zoomEnabled={true}
          showsUserLocation={true}
          zoomLevel={15}
          accessToken={mapbox_keys.token}
          centerCoordinate={this.state.initialPosition}
          style={styles.map}
          styleURL={'asset://styles/emerald-v8.json'} />
          <TouchableHighlight
            onPress={this.recenterUser}
            underlayColor='white'
            style={styles.currentLocationButton}
            onShowUnderlay={this.onButtonPress}
            onHideUnderlay={this.onButtonRelease}>
            <Image
              style={styles.icon}
              source={require('image!icon-map-current-location')}
            />
          </TouchableHighlight>
      </View>

    );
  },
});

export default Map;

var styles = StyleSheet.create({
  mapContainer: {
    flex: 1,
    position: 'relative',
  },
  map: {
    flex: 1,
  },
  currentLocationButton: {
    position: 'absolute',
    bottom: 40,
    left: 15,
    backgroundColor: 'white',
    padding: 8,
    borderRadius: 3,
    shadowColor: globals.lightText,
    shadowOpacity: 0.5,
    shadowRadius: .9,
    shadowOffset: {
      height: 1.4,
      width: 0
    }
  },
  icon: {
    width: 30,
    height: 30,
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});


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All casinos in Arizona are located on Indian reservations and offer slot machines and video poker, as well as video keno. According to the latest American Casino Guide, while Arizona casinos aren't required to release information on their slot machine payback percentages, the Arizona Department of Gaming requires each of the tribes' machines to return specific minimum and maximum paybacks. Each tribe is free to set their machines anywhere between those limits at their sole discretion.
Unlike the casinos in Arizona, in many U.S. states the slot machine payback statistics for that particular state's casinos are released as a matter of public record. Just click here to see a list of slot machine payback statistics for casinos in all U.S. states.
There are many casinos in Arizona with hotels and the links below will take you to a detailed list of information about each casino, noting which ones have a hotel. All Arizona casinos are open 24 hours with a minimum gambling age of 21. There are quite a few casinos in Phoenix, Arizona and within a 10-minute drive you can reach all eight of those Arizona casinos.
Since casinos were legalized on reservations in the 1990's, all gambling within the state of Arizona is limited to tribal casinos, horse racing as well as the official state lottery. All activities are governed by the Arizona Tribal-State Gaming Compacts held between the state and 21 separate Native American tribes.
With over 20 million acres of land, tribal land takes up more than a quarter of all land in Arizona authorized by the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. All proceeds made from gaming is required to be used for charity or to the benefit of the tribal governments.
Greyhound racing, once the dominant form of legal gambling within the state, ended earlier in 2017 when new legislation passed effectively banning it thus ending its 72-year legacy.
Casino Gambling in Arizona today is a major income source for the tribes, providing a profit of about $100 million per year according to the Arizona Indian Gaming Association.
For more information on visiting casinos in Arizona, or for general tourism information, call the state's Office of Tourism at (866) 275-5816 or visit their website at: tourism.az.gov.
Visit our Arizona casinos map page to see a detailed map showing all casinos in that state.
Shown below is a list of all Arizona casinos. Click on a name to see a page of detailed information about that particular casino.


Synopsis: The purpose of this paper is to explore the ways family members are currently dis/located within the mental health system and whether or not, as a daughter, I can claim space and solidarity for my own experiences of the dehumanizing practices my mother experienced as the person with the diagnosis of "mental illness". Since the knowledge I review is that which I have, not as a researcher or scholar but rather as a family member, the paper is written in the first person as an open letter to "all well-meaning mental health therapists". In the letter, I catalogue the trauma and the assaults committed against my being by a "well-meaning system" alongside those committed against my mother, not as the "same" or "different" but rather as "shared" encounters. I register questions about whether or not I can politically claim any status as a "consumer/survivor" in my own right? Ultimately, I want to know whether or not I can find solidarity for my own angsts, not as the daughter constructed by some as burdened or by others as colluding, but rather as a person who also experienced harm and dehumanization under psychiatry and psychiatric discourses as macro-social structures. By writing the letter, I hope to uncover the answers.
Bio: Maria Liegghio Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work at York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Her main areas of research are social work epistemology in child and youth mental health; the stigma of mental illness in child and youth mental health; critical social work education, theory, and practice; and collaborative, community-based and participatory action research. She has extensive experience working as a child and family mental health therapist. Her current work is focused on the experiences psychiatrized children and youth and their caregivers have of policing and police encounters.
Synopsis: Research makes it clear that the client is the heart and the relationship between the provider and client is the soul of therapeutic change. But the medical model remains dominant despite its deeply flawed assumptions. This Plenary presents an alternative: a relational model based in client feedback. Routinely requesting, documenting, and responding to client feedback transforms power relations in the immediate therapy encounter by privileging client beliefs and goals. Outside the therapy dyad, client-generated data help overcome inequities built into everyday service delivery by redefining whose voice counts. This presentation also suggests that systematic client feedback via the Partners for Change Outcome Management System offers a viable alternative to psychiatric diagnosis.
Bio: Barry Duncan Psy.D. is a therapist, trainer, and researcher with over 17,000 hours of clinical experience, is Director of the Heart and Soul of Change Project (heartandsoulofchange.com), CEO of Better Outcomes Now (betteroutcomesnow.com), and the developer of the Partners for Change Outcome Management System (PCOMS; pcoms.com), a SAMHSA designated evidence based practice. Dr. Duncan has over one hundred publications, including 17 books addressing client feedback, consumer rights, and the power of relationship. His latest book, On Becoming a Better Therapist: Evidence Based Practice One Client at a Time (2nd ed., APA, 2014) describes PCOMS as a way to improve client outcomes, finally give clients the voice they deserve, and change the medical model discourse to a more relational perspective. Because of his self-help books (the latest is What's Right With You), he has appeared on "Oprah," and other national TV programs. Barry travels nationally and internationally implementing PCOMS in small and large systems of behavioral health care.
Synopsis: Over the past few years, new insights into trauma's impact on body, brain and relationship have spawned a range of new approaches to treatment. Many of these modalities can be considered fundamental shifts from earlier therapeutic paradigms. We will examine how neuroscience research has elucidated how, in the course of development, children learn to regulate their arousal systems and to focus on what is most relevant. We then will examine how trauma, abuse and neglect derail these processes and affect brain development. Since traumatic imprints are stored in subcortical brain areas and are largely divorced from verbal recall, a central focus needs to be to the somatic experiencing of trauma-related sensations and affects. These deep imprints are the engines for continuing maladaptive behaviors.
Fixation on the trauma and learned helplessness require interventions aimed at restoring active mastery and the capacity to attend to the here-and-now. With the aid of videotaped demonstrations and experiential demonstrations of affect regulation techniques, we will examine the role of body oriented therapies, neurofeedback, yoga, theater, IFS and EMDR in resolving the traumatic past and discuss the integration of these approaches during different stages of treatment.
Bio: Bessel van der Kolk, MD is the medical director of The Trauma Center in Boston, MA for 30+ years. He's a professor of psychiatry at Boston University Medical School and the co-director of the National Center for Child Traumatic Stress Complex Trauma Network. He has published well over 150 peer reviewed scientific articles on various aspects of trauma and is the author of the New York Times bestselling book, The Body Keeps the Score: Mind, Brain and Body in Healing From Trauma. London/New York Viking Penguin, 2014.
Synopsis: The current mental health system in Indian Country extends its history of service to an agenda of forced assimilation and cultural destruction through biomedical models that ignore and recapitulate trauma. The current Mentally Ill Indian stereotype created and perpetuated by mental health professionals is a contemporary iteration of past stereotypes of Crazy, Dumb, and Drunk Indian. Thus, the modern mental health movement in Indian Country 'treats' what it's professional ancestors inflicted upon Native families while expanding mechanisms of oppression, indoctrination, and thought reform. Implications for proactive alliance, community collaboration, and a values-oriented liberation psychology will be explored.
Bio: David Walker Ph.D. is a psychologist, musician, novelist, and freelance journalist. He seeks to expose the Western mental health movement's complicity in American Indian cultural oppression and is currently preparing a multipart series on this topic for Indian Country Today Media. David has consulted with the Yakama Indian Nation since 2000 and traces his Missouri Cherokee heritage through his grandmothers Elizabeth Jane Albina Alexander and Elizabeth Gibson, who walked the Trail of Tears. His debut Native-themed novel, Tessa's Dance, won an Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY) in 2013, while its sequel, Signal Peak, won an IndieFab Book of the Year Award and was finalist in the 2014 Nancy Pearl Literary Awards. He shared a 2006 Special Educational Needs Academic Book Award for his chapter in Critical New Perspectives on ADHD (Routledge) and has contributed to Ethical Human Psychology & Psychiatry, International Journal of Critical Psychology, and Journal of Clinical Psychology. He's served on faculties at Washington School of Professional Psychology, Heritage University, Oakland University, and Wayne State University Medical School. A past board member of DreamCatchers, a volunteer music performance organization benefiting Native causes in the 1990s, he currently serves on the board of Refugee Women's Alliance (ReWA) in Seattle. David's been a member of ISEPP since 2000 and is an advisory editor for Ethical Human Psychology & Psychiatry.
Summary: Traumatic grief is often widely misunderstood by clinicians who lack understanding about its psychological, cognitive, social, physiological, and spiritual/existential effects. Using a non-medicalized approach to traumatic grief, this presentation will examine one alternative approach to assessing and providing therapeutic care and support to those experiencing such traumatic losses.
Bio: Joanne Cacciatore Ph.D. researches all aspects of traumatic grief and death and mindfulness/meditation practices as an Associate Professor at Arizona State University, director of the Graduate Certificate in Trauma and Bereavement there, and the founder of the MISS Foundation, an international nonprofit organization with 75 chapters around the world aiding parents whose children have died or are dying. In 1996, she also began a global movement of remembrance and compassion called the Kindness Project as a way to help many grieving parents honor their beloved children who have died. She has published 50 studies in peer reviewed journals such as The Lancet, BJOG, Death Studies, Omega, Birth, Social Work, and Families in Society. She is also a medical consultant and trainer who has presented grand rounds and provided individual and agency consulting and training all around the world. She is the recipient of numerous volunteerism focused awards such as the Hon Kachina Award, the Sr Teresa Compassionate Care Award, the Empathic Therapist of the Year Award, Arizona Foothills Arizona Women Who Move the Valley Award, and the Parents of Murdered Children Father Ken Czillinger Award. She is a Zen priest who has authored many book chapters and several books, such as The World of Bereavement and Selah: A guide toward fully inhabited grief, and she is writing another book for Wisdom Publication being released in 2016.
Title: Violence, Trauma and Distress: Medical or Political?
Summary: Biomedical psychiatry and its focus on individualizing distress as located within the person, and its treatments such as drugs and electroshock, may not only reproduce trauma but it also obscures the root causes of suffering. The targeting of individual biochemistry and genes punishes distressed people whilst leaving oppressive socio-political arrangements intact. Emphasis on trauma-based psycho-social interventions also continues, for the most part, to obscure the sources of distress in the real world. This plenary presentation will explore violence, trauma and distress as located in our daily lives, both inside and outside of psychiatry. It will also explore the ways in which psychiatric explanations via biomedicalsm are linked to neoliberalism and the maintenance of both social inequities as well as state-sanctioned and state-sponsored oppression. How these processes may effect children in particular will also be discussed.
Bio: Dr. Brenda LeFrançois is a full professor in the School of Social Work at Memorial University of Newfoundland. Her areas of specialism include children's agency and psychiatrization, the lived experience of sanism, and organizing alternatives to professional services. She has published many journal articles on these topics and is co-editor of three volumes, including (along with Canadian scholars and activists Robert Menzies and Geoffrey Reaume) the book Mad Matters: A Critical Reader in Canadian Mad Studies (2013, Canadian Scholars Press Inc). Also, she was one of the founding editors of the journal Radical Psychology. Brenda has been an activist for over 20 years, and is currently working with community members to develop the Hearing Voices Network for Atlantic Canada.
Summary: This paper will situate psychology (or 'psy-' approaches more generally) within a very long history of diverse human understandings of how humans interact with one another and their environment. It suggests that the professional psychologies have tended to de-politicize such understandings through the displacement of what had traditionally been called "ethics" in European thought. I pay particular attention to the use of water as a metaphor for understanding humanity -- from Heraclitus, through William James, to Deleuze and Guattari -- and how this resonates with non-European traditions of ethics, such as the Haudenosaunee Guswentha. Whether in making sense of "client" experiences or in working through professionals' lives and dilemmas, I advocate a return to situating human life as an ever-changing ethical journey - and I suggest that doing so enables us to steadfastly hold personal experiences as political ones.
Bio: Chris Chapman is Assistant Professor of Social Work at York University, Canada. He worked in the helping professions for a decade. Chris is co-editor of Disability Incarcerated: Imprisonment and Disability in the US and Canada (2014, Palgrave Macmillan) and co-author of the forthcoming Interlocking Oppression and The Birth of Social Work. His articles and chapters include Becoming Perpetrator: How I Came to Accept Restraining and Confining Disabled Aboriginal Children; Colonialism, Disability and Possible Lives: The Residential Treatment of Children whose Parents Survived Indian Residential Schools; Fostering a Personal-is-political Ethics: Reflexive Conversations in Social Work Education; and Cultivating a Troubled Consciousness: Compulsory Sound-mindedness and Complicity in Oppression.
Summary: This plenary session will focus on the shift that is necessary in service delivery to offer what is actually helpful to people in light of the trauma and violence we have experienced. The conversation centers on the importance of an integrated framework that is survivor –defined and considers what it means to be trauma-informed. Services and supports need to be grounded in resiliency, social justice, cultural competence, and strength-based practice while tending to multiple sources of trauma and violence using an anti-oppression stance.
Bio: Cathy Cave has 30 years working in human services invested in the movement to shift mental health, substance abuse, first responder, education and other systems' services to become trauma-informed. In the mid 1990s She coordinated New York State's Annual Mastering The Key Connections Conferences; presenting state-of-the-art clinical training for trauma treatment and collaborative models for engaging survivors in healing approaches and systems change. She has partnered with domestic violence, sexual assault, mental health and peer run advocacy organizations to incorporate trauma-informed approaches in service delivery, training and supervision. She served 7 years in the executive staff position as the Director for Cultural Competence at the New York State Office of Mental Health, addressing disparities elimination and inclusion of cultural considerations into services and supports. She is recognized for her work in the integration of cultural competence and trauma-informed approaches, has consulted with many national technical assistance centers and brings her experiences with survival, leadership and organizational development to all that she does.
Summary: U.S. Senate hearings in 2008 revealed drug company corruption of psychiatry at its highest levels, and more recently, even major figures within the psychiatry establishment have challenged the validity of the DSM and debunked the chemical imbalance theory of mental illness. Despite crushing blows to psychiatry's scientific credibility, the mainstream media and much of the public continues to take it seriously. While drug company financial backing is one reason for psychiatry's survival, a larger reason is psychiatry's role in maintaining societal status quo. Thus liberation from a coercive and oppressive psychiatry is interconnected with liberation from a coercive and oppressive society.
Bio: Bruce E. Levine, Ph.D. writes and speaks widely on how society, culture, politics and psychology intersect. His latest book is Get Up, Stand Up: Uniting Populists, Energizing the Defeated, and Battling the Corporate Elite (2011). Earlier books include Surviving America's Depression Epidemic (2007) and Commonsense Rebellion (2001). A practicing clinical psychologist often at odds with the mainstream of his profession, he is a regular contributor to Salon, CounterPunch, AlterNet, Truthout, Z Magazine, and the Huffington Post, and his articles and interviews have been published in the New York Times, Adbusters and numerous other magazines. His Web site is brucelevine.net.
Summary: This talk will explore the way in which categorising unusual beliefs and realities as delusions can echo the tricks of an abuser - invalidating a child's reality and locating the 'badness' within them. Using my own experiences to illustrate this, I will argue for the importance of acceptance, acknowledging the reality of a person's experiences and acknowledging the sense in what can mistakenly be interpreted as sense-less. Rather than aiming to change or 'rationalise' those beliefs which can be worrying or overwhelming, we will look at how we can promote genuine and empathic curiosity to support someone to explore their own experiences on their own terms.
Bio: Rachel (Rai) Waddingham hears voices, sees visions and has struggled with overwhelming realities and beliefs that - in her early twenties - led to her spending most of her time as an inpatient with diagnoses of schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder and BPD. Following years of feeling like a zombie, Rai found her sense of humanity within the community of a Hearing Voices Group. Alongside other voice-hearers, Rai began to make sense of her experiences and find creative ways of utilising them as breadcrumbs in her healing journey. No longer identifying with psychiatric labels, she now feels privileged to be working for human ways of supporting people in distress, both inside and out of the system. Rai is a trustee of the English Hearing Voices Network and an executive committee member of the International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis (ISPS). She is a proud member of Intervoice (the International Hearing Voices Network) and has launched initiatives supporting children who hear voices, adults struggling with unusual beliefs and people in prison who hear voices. She is an international trainer, a Mad in America blogger and - essentially - a human being who feels lucky that she is alive and able to contribute to a thriving movement for change.