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Ivanivka (în ) este un sat în comuna Novohnide din raionul Sînelnîkove, regiunea Dnipropetrovsk, Ucraina.

Demografie

Conform recensământului din 2001, majoritatea populației localității Ivanivka era vorbitoare de ucraineană (%), existând în minoritate și vorbitori de rusă (%) și română (%).

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Ivanivka, Novohnide, Novohnide, Sînelnîkove, Dnipropetrovsk
Ivanivka, Novohnide, Novohnide, Sînelnîkove, Dnipropetrovsk
Ivanivka, Novohnide, Novohnide, Sînelnîkove, Dnipropetrovsk

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De grauwe schimmel  (Botryotinia fuckeliana, synoniem: Botrytis cinerea) of Botrytis-rot is een parasiet en kan zowel kiemplanten als alle delen (blad, bloemdelen, stengel, vrucht) van planten aantasten. Bij een hoge luchtvochtigheid of een nat gewas vindt de aantasting via kleine wondjes of afgevallen bloempjes plaats en groeit de schimmel verder op afstervend en dood plantmateriaal. Van hier uit kan het ook levend materiaal aantasten. Soms wordt de aantasting pas veel later zichtbaar. Zo vindt de aantasting bij aardbei plaats tijdens de bloei, maar komt pas tot uiting op de vrucht.

Grauwe schimmel komt op zeer veel plantensoorten voor.

Op de aangetaste delen ontwikkelen zich eerst bruine vlekken waarop later een grijs schimmelpluis gevormd wordt.

De gegeven namen voor de aantasting verschillen afhankelijk van het gewas en het deel van de plant dat wordt aangetast. Vaak heet de aantasting Grauwe schimmel, maar de aantasting kan ook andere namen hebben. Zo heet de aantasting
kiemplanteziekte bij kiemplanten
voetziekte bij erwt, peul
smet en smeul bij sla, andijvie, koolrabi, Chinese kool
vruchtrot bij aardbei
rot bij boon, aardbei

Mycovirussen bij grauwe schimmel
In grauwe schimmel kunnen verschillende mycovirussen voorkomen (zie tabel).
Een infectie met een mycovirus kan zonder symptomen verlopen, maar ook kan het mycelium trager of afwijkend gaan groeien of kunnen er minder sporen of sclerotia gevormd worden en kan de schimmel minder virulent worden.

Wijnbouw

In de wijnbouw is de grauwe schimmel ook belangrijk zowel in positieve als negatieve zin.
Aantasting van jonge vruchten geeft ernstige schade door vruchtval, maar een aantasting van rijpe druiven in een warme herfst kan zeer positief uitwerken doordat de schil doorlaatbaar wordt en zo de druif meer water verdampt. Hierdoor stijgen het suikergehalte en de smaak- en aromastoffen. In dat geval spreekt men van edele rotting. De Duitsers noemen het 'Edelfäule' (edele verwelking) en de Fransen 'pourriture noble' (nobele rotting).

Groeicyclus

Conidiën
De schimmelsporen (conidia) dringen onder vochtige omstandigheden plantendelen binnen via wondjes, bloemblaadjes van uitgebloeide bloemen, kroonbladeren, bladpunten en stengeltjes van kiemplantjes. Het aangetaste weefsel wordt zacht en gaat rotten. Hierop worden sporendragers (conidioforen) gevormd, die weer nieuwe sporen vormen. Deze sporen kunnen voor nieuwe aantastingen zorgen.

Sclerotium
De schimmel kan ook voor overwintering en overleving in slechte tijden een sclerotium vormen dat bestaat uit zeer dicht op elkaar gepakte schimmeldraden. Deze sclerotiën overleven op dood plantmateriaal of los in de grond. Na de winter vormt het sclerotium schimmeldraden, waarop sporendragers ontstaan, die weer sporen vormen.

Sclerotiniaceae
Plantenziekte
Schimmelsoort


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This year, for 195 kids living in downtown Reno motels, Santa wears a badge and drives a sleigh with sirens.
Santa's name this Christmas is Tony Daniels.
Daniels oversees the Reno Police Department's Motel Improvement Team, which is more like a one-man show, with backup when needed.
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On an unusual police beat, Daniels works to improve conditions at 100 weekly motels by educating managers and owners and keeping tabs on the kids who live there. At any given time, dozens of kids call a place like the Ponderosa or Lake Mill Lodge home.
And at Christmas time, police officers knock on each door, explaining that Santa knows they live there and has a special delivery.
The eyes of the kids got big. Parents looked relieved.
"For me," said Nevaeh Thompson, 4, as she was handed a wrapped present on Friday, when the officers were making the rounds like busy elves.
She only seemed more surprised when the officer at her door handed her two more presents, each addressed with her name.
Daniels runs the show like a conductor, handing out boxes of gifts to be delivered from the back of a SWAT vehicle. Puzzles, stuffed animals and basketballs filled the massive tank-like vehicle used to transport tactical units.
At Christmas, Daniels relishes being this kind of Santa, organizing dozens of volunteers, including Police Chief Jason Soto, to deliver presents to children living in motels.
Daniels is the perfect fit for this job year round and at Christmas, Soto says.
"He's personable and knows what the needs are of the families who are making a home here," Soto said.
Soto and Daniels brought their daughters to the well-organized delivery of gifts, stockings for each child and food from Catholic Charities.
"This is the only Santa that is going to come," said Daniels' daughter, Bella.
For Angelic White and her five kids, that is the case. After losing their home, White and her kids, ages 4 to 15, live in a small motel room at the Lake Mill Lodge in downtown Reno.
"I probably would have been able to get them each one little thing," White said about struggling to live on a disability check. "This means everything. This is Christmas, now."
Daniels personally shopped for many of the gifts for nearly 200 children in 30 motels this year. He asked motel managers and owners for the names of children and their ages, handwriting it on each gift.
Each child received three gifts signed, "From Santa."
The Reno Police Department has done this for three years. Each year it gets bigger and more organized.
"I think when they can see it's from Santa and it is addressed to him or her, that's unique," Daniels said.
The beat is also unique in that it is proactive, Daniels said about his job when he's not wearing a Santa hat. Having an officer dedicated to motels means fewer calls for emergencies.
He worked to get a local motel overrun with police calls to stop taking cash. Calls went down as drug dealers and prostitutes no longer frequented that motel.
He said things are OK in motels right now. The economy is better, people are working and motel managers are putting some of that money into the properties.
But officers who answer calls to motels in downtown Reno talk about the conditions of where families live, some rooms overrun with bugs and clutter as families of five or more live on top of each other in a room.
The sour smells of alcohol, pot and urine fill the stairwells, which can sometimes be the only way up six flights of stairs when the elevators stay broken for months at a time.
The cops who patrol the motels have stories like the man on drugs who lounged in the lobby naked or about the domestic violence calls they answer.
Daniels has been a Reno police officer for 15 years. Now, after years undercover and on patrol, this might be the only way to celebrate the holidays.
"It was refreshing to see the smiles on the kids' faces," Daniels said. "Christmas is about family, and it means everything that we were able to make it brighter."
Siobhan McAndrew tells stories about the people of Northern Nevada and covers education in Washoe County. Read her journalism right here. Consider supporting her work by subscribing to the Reno Gazette Journal.

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Lady Bug, Stopping is a big step and the is so wonderful that you decided to stop on your own. That is the easy part. One of the things that I have learned through the G.A. Program is the motto One day at a time. You only worry about today, not tomorrow when it comes to not gambling. Also, being on a sight like this is very helpful and attending the G.A. meetings in your area as well. You get to be introduced to new people that do not judge. you are in a friendly environment. And I keep a progress journal here on this sight. i write in it every night after the time of night that I stopped gambling which was 8:15 p.m.33 days ago. I decided to stop on my own as well. I was making positive changes in my life and I am continuing to do so and gambling wasn't one of them. Unfortunately, it took me three times around the block to knock some sense into me. I know this sounds cliche, this time just feels different. You are right it is an obsession very much so. I have learned that it is also classified as an illness just like a drug addict or an alcoholic maybe even more so. I wish I could tell you how to beat the obsession. the truth is I don't know. I do know that staying positive and moving forward and removing things in your life that draw you into the situations. For me it was lotto all three times, scratchers. For the first few days I didn't go into the gas stations or liquor stores to get sodas or water or when i was at the store I couldn't even walk past the machines. Now I am okay! It doesn't bother me anymore. For some people it takes a lot longer. i was just ready to stop. The only thing that bothers me about gambling now is what a fool I was for spending so much damn money on it. I wish you the best and hope that some of this helps a little. Keep fighting and remember one day at a time. Stay positive! Also, keeping busy helps at first!


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Q: nginx + fpm wanring about buffer size We have a setup with nginx and fpm running on a ubuntu server.
When having long urls we get the following error in the php-fpm error log.
[17-Jul-2013 10:16:26] WARNING: [pool staging.local.me] child 19017 said into stderr: "NOTICE: the log buffer is full (1024). The access log request has been truncated."
My question is how can I increase the buffer size so that we do not get WARNINGS about these?
-S.

A: This limit is coming from php-fpm (the "child") and not from nginx.
https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/1ad08256f349fa513157437abc4feb245cce03fc/sapi/fpm/fpm/fpm_log.c#L153
So to get rid of it, php-fpm needs to be recompiled...
The buffer=32k is doing something else: logs will be written out in 32k chunks,
not line by line.

A: You might be able to try increasing the buffer size with Nginx. The manual has mentioned this here http://wiki.nginx.org/HttpLogModule
access_log  /spool/logs/nginx-access.log  gzip  buffer=32k;

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Before event change you should back up the task where you are planning to change an event!
"Change of event" window opens either when you edit events in the Table of events in the professional view, or in case of a Replay failure AutoClickExtreme suggests changing some event parameters. In this case, when the window appears the offered parameter will "blink" (the font size will be changing). If you choose to edit events through the Table to events, you can edit several events at once.
In the left hand upper corner you can see the pictogram of a mouse, this means that this is a mouse event. There are only two possible variants in the "Change of event" dialog box - either a mouse event or a key stroke. A small pictogram to the right shows the exact mouse or keyboard event. For example, this picture shows a double left mouse button click.
The buttons "Previous" and "Next" are made to move to any of these events in the table, the events include key strokes and mouse clicks. Mouse movements, pauses, smart controls are ignored here.
If you check this box, AutoClickExtreme, during Replay, will try to make the corresponding action, but if it fails (a window is not found or blocked, etc.), the Replay will continue from the next event. The box is automatically checked for "release" events - mouse or keyboard button release. This is done, because a button release is unimportant - the main thing is pressing of a button which should be successful.
Main and child window parameters have identical elements: Title, Class name and dropdown list, that regulates the degree of window search strictness. As you know, in Windows OS all mouse and keyboard events are directed to definite windows. These can be either main or child windows. Let's take a detailed look at the calculator window. The entire window is the main window, where child windows are placed like on a platform. That's why mouse clicks on the buttons with numbers will be recorded in AutoClickExtreme with different parameters of main and child windows. But a click between numbers will belong only to the main window, and that's why in the "Change of event" dialog box child window parameters will not be active.
window title - displays (as a rule) text content of the window. For a main window this text content fully coincides with what is written at the top of the window. A child window title is often empty.
class name is usually unique for each window.
the dropdown list which regulates the degree of window search strictness by the title. In AutoClickExtreme there is an advanced algorithm, which automatically defines how strict window search by its title should be : "Exact coincidence" - to replay actions only in a window with the fully coinciding title. "Smart search" - looks for a title with a coinciding left part of the title (omitting characters from the right one by one). "SS + search by the right part" - omits characters one by one both from the right and from the left.
Message coordinate displays click coordinates counting from the left hand upper corner. To understand where the click will be made press the button - the mouse cursor will be placed in that position. Click coordinate may change during Replay, if a window changes its position in comparison to the one during Record. With the help of you can set a random vertical or horizontal variance in click coordinates. When you are setting this value the coordinate variance is defined by a rectangle which shows a possible click range.
Waiting time - is a number of seconds for search of main and child windows during Replay. This value may change automatically in case of a search failure, if a window doesn't appear in time.
CPU shows general processor usage during Record. On default, processor usage is not important during Replay, but you can change the settings in AutoClickExtreme so, that it would control the Replay speed, and CPU usage won't be higher than during Record.
- here you can see the name of the program, where clicks or key strokes were made. The button starts this application.
Mouse movements are not editable. You can only delete them and record once again if you need. Smart Control events should be edited through other dialog boxes.


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Макажой ()  — один из старинных чеченских тейпов, который входит в  тукхум чеберлой.

История
По преданию тейпа Макажой, их родоначальником был Турач, переселившийся в эти места из Нашха.

Родовое селение Макажой находится к западу от легендарного озера Кезеной-Ам, где также расположены селения, самым крупным из которых является Макажой, которое чеберлоевцы издавна считают своей столицей.

По мнению чеченского учёного А. Сулейманова, топоним Макажой, и, соответственно, наименование тейпа Макажой связано с древним военным термином «макаж» - клинообразное построение воинов-копьеносцев во время атаки неприятельских войск. Такой клин двигался впереди атакующих войск, первым рассекал вражеские цепи, заходя в тыл врага, брал его в окружение и уничтожал. В Макаж входили самые отчаянные и физически выносливые воины.

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A lâmpada de Argand foi inventada e patenteada em 1780 por Aimé Argand, um físico e químico suíço. Melhorou muito a iluminação doméstica da altura, predominantemente feita por lâmpadas a óleo,  produzindo uma luz equivalente a cerca de 6 a 10 velas. Tinha uma mecha tubular montada entre um par de cilindros concêntricos de metal de modo que o ar era canalizado através do centro da mecha, assim como pelo exterior da mesma. Uma chaminé cilíndrica de vidro fosco e por vezes colorido cercava a torcida, estabilizando a chama e melhorando o fluxo de ar. Usava como combustível, um óleo de boa liquidez, como o espermacete ou óleo de baleia. Este era fornecido por gravidade desde um reservatório montado acima da torcida. Para além da melhoria no brilho, a combustão mais completa do óleo requeria ajustamentos muito menos frequentes da torcida.

Estes candeeiros, eram produzidos numa grande variedade de formas decorativas e rapidamente afastaram do mercado todos os outros tipos de candeeiros a óleo. Eram um pouco mais caros que os antigos devido à sua maior complexidade, pelo que foram adoptados primeiramente pelas classes abastadas, mas rapidamente se espalharam à classe média e também, eventualmente, as classes menos favorecidas. Foi o candeeiro mais usado até cerca de 1850 quando foram introduzidos os candeeiros a petróleo (querosene ou óleo de parafina) que usavam uma torcida espalmada mergulhada num reservatório, com uma chaminé arredondada. O petróleo era consideravelmente mais barato do que o óleo de baleia, e muitos candeeiros de Argand foram modificadas para passarem a queimar petróleo iluminante.

Uma das desvantagens devia-se ao facto do reservatório de óleo necessitar de estar acima do nível do queimador porque o óleo utilizado era muito pesado e não subia pela torcida. Isto tornou a parte superior dos candeeiros muito volumosa gerando uma grande zona de sombra. A posterior lâmpada de Carcel de 1800, procurou superar este problema.

Utilização em faróis
Esta lâmpada, dadas as suas características de forte intensidade de luz e estabilização de chama, sem produzir fumos, revolucionou a iluminação de faróis. A diminuição do diâmetro da chaminé de vidro deveu-se a Lange, e o princípio de mechas múltiplas foi desenhado pelo Conde Rumford. Fresnel produziu queimadores com duas, três e quatro mechas concêntricas.

Queimavam originalmente óleo de peixe, mais tarde óleo vegetal e por volta de 1860, óleo mineral. O Espermacete foi utilizado em faróis Ingleses até 1846, mas por essa altura o óleo de colza era já amplamente utilizado. Azeite, óleo de banha e óleo de coco também foram utilizados para iluminação de faróis em várias partes do mundo. Durante mais de cem anos, a lâmpada de Argand tornou-se a principal fonte de luz dos faróis.

Faróis
Lâmpadas

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Reclaiming history is a flawed fight without Marxism
Posted on 10th September 2021 by Red Youth Britain, Education, Protest
Articles in the Sunday Telegraph and Daily Express on the 29th August introduce their readers to 'History Reclaimed', a group consisting of academic scholars who have set themselves the task of counteracting the current trend for removing references to, or revising drastically the way historical figures associated with slavery, colonialism and racism are presented in society.
The academics behind the organisation are attempting to push back at what they view as ideologically motivated, over zealous gestures that seek to blacken the names of important historical figures without regard to the context of the time they lived in. Continue reading "Reclaiming history is a flawed fight without Marxism" →
Reply to a comrade on questions of philosophy and revolution
Posted on 24th August 2020 15th March 2021 by Red Youth Theory
The following is a reply provided to questions that have been put to us by a friendly reader.
Comrade,
Thanks for your questions. They are incisive and strike at the heart of the matter – that is, what is our agency in social change, and what is meant by 'scientific socialism'.
You use the term 'necessary catalyst'. Taking the word 'catalyst' alone: we can assume to begin with that, while revolution may be inevitable with or without Communist involvement, our involvement may bring the revolution closer, and make it easier and cleaner. If this is the case, then a suitable analogy would be with a group of researchers working on a cure for a disease. They may be convinced that a cure will be found eventually, with or without their input, but why shouldn't they work to do it themselves, and to do it as quickly as possible for the benefit of everyone? Continue reading "Reply to a comrade on questions of philosophy and revolution" →
What does Stalin mean today? Part Two
Posted on 23rd February 2016 by Red Youth History, Meetings, Red Youth
Comrades from Red Youth gave a presentation to the Stalin Society on Sunday, discussing what the vital lessons of the Russian revolution, Stalin's role in building socialism, and what it means to us today.
The presentation from comrade Dan is reproduced below.
Continue reading "What does Stalin mean today? Part Two" →
Labour's leadership election – #JezWeCan – Voting Corbyn without illusions? Nothing can make Labour a party of the working class.
Posted on 24th August 2015 by Red Youth Uncategorised
Ballots for the Labour Party leadership election were sent out on 14 August by post and voting ends on 10 September. An estimated 120,000 people have paid £3 in order to become 'affiliated members', and vote in the election, substantially increasing the party's membership figures, which had been steadily eroding over the preceding years.
Trade unions have been running concerted campaigns to register their members as voters, and to campaign among their membership for the election of Jeremy Corbyn, who announced his leadership bid after Milliband's electoral rout, in the run-up to the substantial anti-austerity demonstrations held in London and across the country in June 2015.
All of which begs the question: if Jeremy Corbyn is elected to the leadership of the Labour Party, can he make it a party of the working class? If he becomes Prime minister, can his Labour Party lead Britain towards socialism and a fairer, more just and equitable society for British workers and help to shape a fairer and more peaceful world?
Continue reading "Labour's leadership election – #JezWeCan – Voting Corbyn without illusions? Nothing can make Labour a party of the working class." →
Anarchism or Socialism?
Posted on 22nd July 2015 by Red Youth Red Youth
What are the beliefs of the Anarchists? How are they different from the socialists and communists? In particular: is capitalism the enemy, or is the state machine the enemy?
What do the anarchists think workers should do if they are successful in getting rid of exploitative capitalism? What are the anarchists' criticisms of communism? What are the basic ideas and beliefs of the communists that make it a useful guide to action, and empower workers to overthrow the old system of exploitation and build a new, peaceful and truly representative society? In what way is socialism more 'scientific' and systematic?
Harpal Brar, chairman of the CPGB-ML gives a historical and contemporary look at anarchism, from its philosophical and organisational origins to the present day anarchists and their 'activity', and compares it to the Socialist views of Marx and Engels.
A must watch for every thinking person, every would be revolutionary, and every worker who wants to build a better world.
Continue reading "Anarchism or Socialism?" →
J. V. Stalin's Foundations of Leninism republished and on sale for May 1st!
Posted on 24th April 2015 by Red Youth Red Youth
Having republished J. V. Stalin's classic pamphlet Foundations of Leninism the CPGB-ML has organised a print run of The History of the CPSU(b) – Short Course. These books are now on sale via the party ebay account. Candidate and full-members of the CPGB-ML and Red Youth are requested to order their copies through sales@cpgb-ml.org where they will be due a discount. All others who wish to purchase the books may do so via ebay. Prices:
History of the CPSU(b) – £10 (£5 to members) + p&p
Foundations of Leninism – £5 (£3 to members) + p&p
Copies will also be on sale from the CPGB-ML contingent at this years May Day demonstration which assembles in Clerkenwell, London at 12noon. Check out http://www.londonmayday.org/ for more details. And comrades can also pick up a copy from the party school on May 2nd in Southall.
Continue reading "J. V. Stalin's Foundations of Leninism republished and on sale for May 1st!" →
Why I Joined Red Youth
Posted on 3rd December 2014 by Red Youth Red Youth
Another contribution of one of our newer members, explaining why they joined. This time from a comrade from the South East.
On the 26th of July, 2014, at the annual anti-imperialist barbecue, I joined the Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist-Leninist).
I inhabit a conservative town in a reactionary corner of south-eastern England, and know of no other communists nearby. I might easily have grown to maturity as another reactionary – why then did I come to the CPGB-ML?
I first encountered Marxism at the age of eleven years, shortly after entering secondary school, when, quite by chance, I encountered Friedrich Engels' profound work The Principles of Communism on the internet. Gripped by that work, I have educated myself ever since that day on the workings and relations of society and have become firmly convinced that Marxism-Leninism is the only correct and scientific expression of the accumulated experience and class interests of the exploited working class, the proletariat. I have, therefore, long recognised the practical need for a sincere Communist Party armed with the advanced theory of Marxism-Leninism. However, there is in Great Britain today a plethora of different groups and 'parties' calling themselves communist, and therefore there was a large amount of material to sift through. While researching communist organisations in this country, I encountered, to name but a few, the Communist Party of Britain, the Communist Party of Britain (Marxist-Leninist) and the odious Socialist Workers' Party. What I found greatly disturbed me, for it seemed that all the parties and organisations I came across, particularly the Communist Party of Britain which advocates the absurd and revisionist notion of a parliamentary road to Socialism, were completely divorced from the real nature of society in this country, and thus could not know the genuine interests and tasks of the working class and its movement.
I was greatly relieved and inspired when I discovered that there was one organisation, one party, which cut through the thick layers of pseudo-socialist and revisionist rubbish, which was unrelenting in its fight against opportunism, and which was clearly and obviously acquainted with the objective reality of modern Britain and the true interests of the working class – this was, of course, the Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist-Leninist).
Over time, I studied the material of this Party, reading Lalkar, Proletarian, the books of Comrade Chairman Harpal Brar et al, etc. and became convinced that the theory and general line of the CPGB-ML were correct. However, one question remained: an advanced theory is all well and good, but as Stalin said, revolutionary theory "becomes sterile if not accompanied by revolutionary practice." Indeed, all Marxist-Leninists, unlike the revisionists, Trotskyites, social democrats and the like, know that correct theory comes and can only come from practice, from accumulated historical experience and practice as it is now. So then, was this Party an active one?
Clearly, the communists are up against the odds in their work of attempting to build a genuinely revolutionary Marxist organisation in the United Kingdom. The super-profits plundered from the oppressed countries through merciless imperialist exploitation make it possible for the ruling class of this country to bribe significant sections of the working class, to bind them materially to capitalism. This phenomena of the embourgeoisification of workers was first observed by Marx and Engels in England towards the end of the nineteenth century, and the theory and practice regarding it was formulated and systematised by Comrade Lenin in such works as Imperialism and the Split in Socialism, in which he noted that it was basically this embourgeoisified section of the working class which provided the social and economic basis of opportunism and revisionism. Indeed, since Lenin's day, as imperialism has become ever more decadent and moribund, this labour aristocracy, as it was called, has only grown, its influence has only increased and become more pervasive, and it is aided in its deception of the working class and its movement by decades of relentless and shameless social democracy and Khrushchevite revisionism. We see, then, that to build a sincerely and thoroughly anti-revisionist, anti-imperialist, revolutionary Communist Party in the conditions which exist in the United Kingdom is no easy task, and the Communists attempting it are faced with an enormous task.
With the above taken into account, the CPGB-ML is indeed incredibly active in its work. Day by day the party is growing in number, and having attended party meetings and talked to party comrades myself I can testify for the fact that it is the only communist party in the country which is really attracting active support from real British workers and a not insignificant number of young people. Increasingly, sincere Comrades from other organisations, realising that their own groupings have been castrated and robbed of their revolutionary heart by social democracy, Trotskyism and revisionism and opportunism of various kinds, are defecting to the CPGB-ML, which is the only party consciously striving to create and develop conscious links with the masses, which it does by selling its newspapers and journals, attending protests and demonstrations, issuing leaflets, conducting workers' educational programmes, and, simply but effectively, talking to the masses, actually learning from them, as well as through various other activities.
Surely, the party can only intensify its work and spread its influence, and surely as the crisis of capitalism develops, as the British working class its jolted from hardship to hardship by its despotic imperialist rulers, the Marxist movement can only develop, grow, and spread, so that we may reasonably speak of having active cells and cadre in all corners of the country, ready to make their contributions with all their zeal and effort to the cause of the proletarian revolution, the dictatorship of the proletariat and communism.
So then, we may say, backed by the experience of the struggle of the proletariat and the truth of Marxism-Leninism, that this Party is the only thoroughly and consistently anti-imperialist, anti-revisionist and politically active communist organisation existing in Great Britain, it is the party of British socialism, and it is for all these reasons that I have joined the Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist-Leninist).
Long Live the Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist-Leninist)!
Death to Capitalist-Imperialism!
Red Youth salute to the people of Ferguson
Posted on 26th November 2014 by Red Youth Red Youth
Once again, the outrageous murder of a young working-class black man, and the acquittal of his murderer in a bourgeois court, reveals the true brutal character of the "democratic" USA.
Time and again, the United States has demonstrated its repressive and supremacist character – armed police murder wantonly and without justification, time and again the state that these armed hooligans (police) serve goes out of its way to protect these criminals, even when its actions enrage and shame the entire planet!
Michael Brown was murdered in cold blood on the threshold of adulthood by a tool of the US imperialist state. He was an irreplaceable human being torn from the world of the living. Michael's murderer, Officer Darren Wilson, was allowed to walk free by a so-called "grand jury". What kind of judgement was this? What kind of justice? It is our belief that the real judgement is now taking place out on the streets of Ferguson and across the entire United States!
What kind of a 'justice system' is it where a murderer can walk free because he is white and wears a uniform? It is the justice system not of the people, but of those who rule despotically over the people; for although our rulers may claim to be 'democratic' and declare their state to be a 'neutral' body, the true nature of 'American democracy' is revealed when poor and oppressed people stand up for themselves and ask for justice in a bourgeois court. American democracy is democracy for the rich, it is bourgeois democracy, or as Lenin termed it, bourgeois dictatorship. It is democratic for the ruling class, and dictatorial towards the poor. It is the rule of the US financial elite, armed to the teeth to preserve their privileged position. It is a state of a minority organised against the people.
Working people cannot trust a justice system built to serve the class interests of their rulers. We should be under no illusion: the capitalist state is run by the rich, and it is run for the rich. Whenever anything threatens the power of the rich, the so-called "freedoms" of the US citizens – upon which imperialist countries like Britain and the US are supposed to be built – are cast aside like an old rag doll under the pretense of 'security' and 'order.'
It is time we understood that the puppets used by this dictatorship of the rich are our enemies too. The police, the national guard and the military all exist to defend the power and privileges of the ruling elite against the interests of the mass of workers. Whilst recognising this fact, we also recognise that many of these puppets have no long-term interest standing with imperialism against the masses, they have been bribed by imperialism to be a Judas to their class, but if they continue to work only for gold and silver and refuse to be won over to the proletarian revolution they shall be smashed in battle! The criminal actions of capitalist imperialism are becoming so blatant that it will also, eventually, (and certainly if revolutionaries conduct proper illegal work inside these state forces) lead to the complete destruction of the fighting will of these puppets and their complete demise.
Darren Wilson is guilty of cold-blooded murder, and the state that he serves is guilty of exercising a brutal dictatorship against its own people, of inflicting a bloody terror upon the poorest and most marginalised communities of the United States.
The state machine has the blood of countless innocents on its hands, and it must be defeated in battle. Mao Zedong once said, "Without a people's army, the people have nothing." Red Youth is sure that the many excellent revolutionaries organised across the United States in various militant, revolutionary, communist organisations are doing everything in their power to bring knowledge and education to the masses. For as Lenin pointed out workers are the gunpowder, knowledge and education are the spark! Red Youth sends militant greetings to our comrades in America, lets light an inferno under US imperialism!
Justice for Mike Brown!
Down with the capitalist-imperialist dictatorship!
Red Salute to the people of Ferguson, the US working class and their revolutionary detachments!
Shenstone Factory Protest Shows People's Power!
Posted on 7th August 2014 by Red Youth Red Youth
Support for the activists occupying the Israeli arms factory, UAV Engines in Shenstone, grew throughout the day yesterday. People continued to arrive from across the country, joining protesters who had stayed through the night, to express their outrage and grief at the continued support of humanitarian crimes against the Palestinian people. Their message was clear: stop exporting arms to aid in genocide, stop supporting an apartheid state, stand up against oppression and injustice in their most barbaric forms.
Proteters supporting the activiests, shutting down a drone parts factory
Protesters outside the police cordon (a crime scene, making it an arrestable offence to enter for anyone, except of course locals and anyone driving a nice car) kept up the spirits of the occupiers from London Palestine Action on the roof. Chants, drumming, and slogans were heard by the people on the roof, although the police would not let the protest move within sight of the factory.
The police invoked draconian laws recently passed that make being a 'nuisance' an arrestable offence, delaying any decision to move the cordon closer to the factory, and maintaining a strong presence throughout the day. Strangely, when the cameras arrived, the police decided to move all of their force out of sight, perhaps to give the impression that a peaceful protest wasn't being met with over 30 officers armed with pepper spray, batons, and stun guns.
The protesters grew frustrated by the police's attempts to delay and diffuse the movement, and decided to hold a silent march through the village which was met with support from the local pub and church. Many in the village were previously unaware that military hardware was being manufactured in the factory.
The police deliberately delayed the decision of whether to let the protesters move ahead, which had been demanded early on, in order to proceed onto the roof and arrest the occupiers at approximately 7-8pm. The police did this under the cover of allowing them to use phones to conduct interviews with the BBC and PressTV. Despite being removed from the roof they got the message out to people across the world, and have educated and inspired many not only about what is really happening in the world, but shown them that they are empowered to take action and stand for what is right.
Taking action, from informing the public and staging demonstrations to occupying means of production and denying trade and transport for imperialist wars is not only justified, but our imperative. Our ruling classes wage war in their own interest, oppress workers of all countries, and profit from our suffering. We must take control of our own labour, deny the capitalists the means of oppression, and smash the tools of imperialism.
"Either place yourself at the mercy of capital, eke out a wretched existence as of old and sink lower and lower, or adopt a new weapon-this is the alternative imperialism puts before the vast masses of the proletariat. Imperialism brings the working class to revolution." – J.V. Stalin, Foundations of Leninism
The CPGB-ML and Red Youth are hosting a public meeting to discuss the bourgeois media lies about what is happening in Gaza and what can be done about it this Friday 8th August at 274 Moseley Road, Balsall Heath, Birmingham, B12 0BS at 6:30pm.
You should also join us at the Palestine Solidarity Committe demonstration in London on Saturday 9th August, taking place at 12 noon in front of BBC Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London, W1A 1AA. Take action! Make a difference!
Taking Action For Palestine (Red Youth UK, August 6, 2014)
Stand with Gaza… Join the axis of resistance! (CPGB-ML, August 2014)
PSC: Palestine Safety-valve Committee? (Proletarian, February 2013)
Taking Action For Palestine
Earlier today activists from London Palestine Action bravely occupied UAV Engines in Shenstone, Staffordshire, owned by Elbit Systems (an Israeli company). UAV Engines produces parts for Israeli drones used in the massacre of Palestinian men, women, and children, as well as to destroy schools and hospitals in Gaza. A contingent from Red Youth are attending in solidarity with the activists and the Palestinian people, and in protest against the Zionist regime.
Pro-Palestine protest at an Israeli arms factory shut down by activists
The activists have chained themselves to the roof of the factory, forcing it to stop production and demanding that UK ceases trading arms to Israel, imposes sanctions on Israel, and supports the investigation into human rights abuses in Gaza.
Despite having to keep the operation a secret, as soon as it was announced earlier today people have been travelling from all over the country to show their support. Ordinary people who know they have the ability and the duty to make a difference are arriving from Birmingham, Manchester, Sheffield, Milton Keynes, and further afield to protest British involvement in the war crimes perpetrated by Israel.
Despite an overwhelming police response, including countless vans, officers, and a helicopter, the protesters are determined not to let these crimes against humanity go unchallenged. The stony indifference of the ruling class's lackeys have only fuelled the determination of the protesters to help the activists keep the factory shut, and their servitude to the warmongering, profiteering bosses of this country are as clear as ever.
These is awareness growing amongst the working classes that the media is selling us a cheap fairy tale of good versus evil in the world, that the wars of the ruling class are not their wars, and that there is a world to fight for in which justice and equality can be the norm rather than the exception.
Together, by organising, educating, and taking action we can throw a spanner in the gears of the imperialist war machine. This is the only way the working people of the world can take back their rights, dignity, and redirect the fruits of their labour to the betterment of humanity.
Do something today, share this article, tell someone about the injustices committed by the UK in their name, come to the UAV Engines factory at Shenstone (Lynn Lane, near the train station, WS14 0DH) to support the activists and protest the slaughter of innocent men, women, and children.
Resistance is the key to defeating zionism (joti2gaza, July 2014)
Palestine: strengthen the axis of resistance! (Proletarian, December 2013)


I received a call yesterday from Tom about a lost gold cross his son had. Tom had bought two of these crosses in Greece one for each of his sons. His son Tony, who is a college student, was at a friends house over the fourth of July. They were playing on one of those yellow slippery slide things in the friends backyard plus throwing a Frisbee.
Tony felt his chain slip down his neck and was able to catch it but there was no gold cross on the broken chain. He said they searched the area but was unable to find the cross. They tried again last night with a flashlight hoping they would pick up a glimmer from the gold. With no luck.
Most people in my area are do-it-yourselfers, so Tom rented a detector and tried to find it. He was unsuccessful. He then gave me the go ahead to come search for the lost gold cross.
I arrived at 10:30 this morning and Tony showed me two different areas where he thought he lost his cross. It wasn't in the first area.
It took about an hour and I finally got the signal I was hoping to hear! I could see a chunk of gold peaking through the grass. I like a happy ending and so did this family.


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An American College of Surgeons (ACS) quality improvement program designed to specifically improve pediatric surgical care in U.S. hospitals reduced surgical wait times, cut hospital stays by more than a day, and significantly curbed narcotics use in children who had major operations for traumatic femur fractures, according to research published online as an "article in press" in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS).
The researchers looked at metrics for pediatric traumatic femur fractures before and after the adoption of the quality improvement initiative, employment preventitive medicine known as the Children's Surgery Verification (CSV) Quality Improvement Program, at the University of California Davis Children's Hospital, Sacramento. The ACS introduced and piloted the CSV program in 2015; the UC Davis Children's Hospital was verified with a Level I CSV designation by the program in 2016. From 2005 to present, the hospital has maintained its status as an ACS Level 1 pediatric trauma center.
"There was a significant decrease in admission-to-operating room time by approximately 25% as well as total length of stay, an approximate 31% reduction," said lead study author Carter White, MS, a fourth-year medical student at UC Davis. "There was also a decrease in narcotics administration in both the preoperative and postoperative periods—in the preoperative period, about a 42% reduction and in the postoperative period, about a 64% reduction."
The researchers also found that when pediatric patients with traumatic femur fractures were treated by only pediatric subspecialists rather than surgeons and care teams that also treat adults, they received about 43% fewer narcotics overall.
To be verified as a Level I CSV program, a hospital system must meet pediatric-specific care patient standards set by the ACS. These standards include 24-hour, seven-days a week coverage by pediatric surgical subspecialties, pediatric anesthesiologists, pediatric nursing teams, pediatric intensive care beds, and children's surgical quality improvement programs.
Senior study author Brian M. Haus, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at UC Davis Children's Hospital, said requirements also include operating rooms dedicated to pediatric surgery. The CSV requirement for personnel dedicated to pediatrics applied even though UC Davis Children's is a children's hospital within an adult hospital, with age 18 years being the demarcation between pediatric and adult specialists, Dr. Haus said. Before the CSV designation, both adult and pediatric surgeons performed needed operations for pediatric patients. Dr. Haus is also on faculty at the UC Davis School of Medicine.
"In addition, CSV standards provide for a formalized perioperative infrastructure within the hospital specific to pediatric patients. This framework includes a commitment to human resources, and there's even a structured performance improvement process surrounding that," Dr. Haus explained.
Key study findings
The researchers analyzed 185 traumatic femur fractures, 80 before the level I CSV criteria were attained and 105 afterwards. Among the key study findings:
The mean wait time from admission to surgery declined from 16.64 hours pre-CSV to 12.52 hours after (p<0.01).
Mean hospital stay declined from 103.49 hours to 71.61 hours (p<0.01).
Preoperative narcotic use declined from 40.61 oral morphine equivalents (OME) to 23.77 (p<0.01).
Postoperative narcotic use declined from 126.67 OME to 45.72 OME (p<0.01).
Narcotic use throughout the entire hospital stay declined from 209.3 OME to 128.14 OME (p<0.01).
There was a nonsignificant increase in the length of operations, from 1.99 hours pre-CSV to 2.19 hours post-CSV (p=0.15).
"There was an overall increase in pediatric-specific resources, such as the use of child life therapy for nonpharmacologic pain management, and then also an increased allocation of pediatric occupational and physical therapists, which may also have allowed for earlier discharge home," Dr. Haus said.
The faster admission to surgery and reduced hospital stay after CSV standards adoption may only partially explain the reduction in opioid use, Mr. White said. "We found that there was an overall larger decrease in total morphine equivalence and narcotics administration compared to the reduction in hospital say," he said. "This difference is possibly reflective of the additional resources provided by pediatric providers."
While this study looked at only femur trauma cases, Dr. Haus said the improvements may be seen across other types of pediatric operations. "We believe this research can be representative of open fractures, nerve injuries, limbs at risk, neurosurgical injuries, and other types of injuries as well," he said.
Carter White et al, Does the American College of Surgeons New Level I Children's Surgery Center Verification Affect Treatment Efficiency and Narcotic Administration in Treating Pediatric Trauma Patients with Femur Fracture?, Journal of the American College of Surgeons (2022). DOI: 10.1097/XCS.0000000000000496
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The 16-year-old recently discovered she had been selected for England under-19s, climbing another rung on the ladder after a successful summer with the under-17 team.
Ngunga and England team-mate Emily Syme were taken to watch the senior team take on Scotland in Holland by the SSE Next Generation programme, a scheme which offers funding to the sporting stars of the future.
Like so many others Ngunga, who plays for Arsenal Reserves, was inspired by what she saw, making it all the more special when she was invited to return to the England set-up again this season.
"It was good to go and watch the senior team in Holland, it was good to look up to the older England squad," said Ngunga, who is studying for a level 2 coaching qualification at Barnet and Southgate College.
"We got to watch how they prepare and compared it to how we prepare.
"It was great getting selected for England again because under-18s and under-19s are mixed together and there are a lot of people in those age groups.
"Throughout the year, England training depends on if there is an event like the Euros or World Cup, but I had three days of training (September 13-16).
"I was ready, because I'd already done some pre-season training with Arsenal.
Ngunga's selection is no surprise given the part she played in the England under-17s reaching the finals of the European Championships in May.
England topped their group to make it to the finals, where they played three more teams in a round-robin, and the striker admitted it was a steep learning curve.
"We were all quite devastated at the Euros, because we got so far and we were the underdogs because we hadn't really been in competition before," she added.
"We came fifth because we lost to Norway and Holland, but no one really expected England to get that far.
"It was my first big competition, so it was a good experience playing against the best teams.
"At England, I'm one of the youngest, so I can look up to the other players and see how I can be in a few years.
*Since 2013, SSE is proud to make a difference to young people, their families and their communities, by investing in the future of sporting talent through the SSE Next Generation scheme. Keep up to date @YourSSE.


Samsung has expanded its range of Tizen-powered smartphones with the launch of its Z3 smartphone, only the second handset to run on the South Korean giant's own operating system.
Available exclusively online on Snapdeal, Samsung Z3 will be up for sale starting October 21 at Rs 8,490. The phone will also be sold through physical retailers.
The dual-SIM Samsung Z3 runs on Tizen 2.4, and features a 5-inch HD Super Amoled display. The second Tizen-based smartphone to be launched in India, it is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core Spreadtrum SC7730S SoC coupled with 1GB of RAM, the smartphone features 8GB of built-in storage that's expandable via microSD card (up to 128GB).
The Samsung Z3 bears an 8-megapixel rear camera with an f/2.2 aperture and LED flash, and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with the same f/2.2 aperture. Connectivity options include 3G, Bluetooth 4.0, Micro-USB, GPS with A-GPS, and Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n.


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Best YouTube to MP3 Converter for iPhone
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YouTube is one platform where you get different sorts of videos and on some occasions, you just want to have the audio version of it downloaded on your iPhone. It is not possible to do it through YouTube itself as it lacks the feature of just providing the audio version of the video to its users. This is why you require an app that does the task of a YouTube MP3 Converter iPhone.
Top YouTube MP3 Converter for iPhone
Here are some of the best applications that will help you to do the task on your iPhone:
4kdownload
One of the better YouTube MP3 converters for iPhone happens to be 4kdownload. It does not just support YouTube but has the backing of all the popular websites out there. Through 4kdownload, you can also manage to download all the YouTube playlists according to your wants. It comes with a built-in music player where you get a preview of the quality of the MP3. You just have to paste the link of your video that you want to convert into MP3 and the quality will be assured by this application.
Snapdownloader
Another hugely helpful application, Snapdownloader is another those software that helps to get quality conversion of a YouTube video into an MP3 form. Snapdownloader supports more than 900 websites apart from YouTube from where you can choose the video of your liking and convert it. It also supports multiple downloads all at a time. You can download as many files as you won't end a number of times. The user interface that Snapdownloader comes with is very simple and easy to use too.
Talking about YouTube MP3 converter on iPhones, Filmora is one of the most famous names that you will hear. It won't require much of an effort from you in order to convert a YouTube video into an MP3 format. There are several graphical features coming with it that save the day for you. There's also a feature of merging several YouTube videos together and making it one. It also supports 4k videos so the conversion is also very smooth with the best MP3 quality you would wish with the file.
Freemake
This is another one of those applications which allows you to convert YouTube videos into MP3 files with just a copy-paste of URL. You can enjoy downloading it from any device as it is not dependent on some version of iOS. The format of the file can be changed simply according to your needs. In case you want to download files from Facebook, Twitter, Dailymotion, etc., you can do it with the help of Freemake as it supports all such websites.
Any Audio converter
As the name suggests, this application allows you to download any sort of audio file. It can convert the audio files in MP3, Wav, and WMA format which is a testament to its versatility as an audio converter. It supports more than 100 websites which also includes Facebook, Dailymotion, YouTube, etc. You can also include special effects to get a better version of MP3 files. Most of the YouTube channels do so in order to save themselves from facing any sort of plagiarism.
Softorino
In case you love to choose ringtones from YouTube and convert them into MP3, Softorino is the most suited and reliable application for all iPhone users. The beauty of this application is that it supports all iOS devices so you need not be concerned with the version of the iPhone operating system. The special advantage that you get is that not only do you get an MP3 version but if you desire, you may also have an MP4 version of the audio.
Videoproc
Another popular YouTube MP3 converter for iPhone, Videoproc is an application that enables you to download and convert a YouTube video into MP3 in batches or different parts. So in case, you want to convert a YouTube video into audio but in different parts, Videoproc can prove to be a really useful software. It supports over 1000 websites which are most for any of the videos to audio converter. You can download the audio in its original quality so there's no compromise on it at all. It also allows you to add details such as media cover, artist, title, and more to the videos.
MyMP3
It can quickly convert YouTube videos into MP3 audios without much fuss. MyMP3 is such an application that can also convert your local videos into MP3 format. You can edit the metadata as well. Some YouTube videos generally are bigger and the audio version that you require might be trimmed down. MyMP3 can help you out in that regard as well since you can decide the duration comfortably. You can also record from a microphone and then edit your audio to make a better version of it as you would like to have it.
Question #1: How much time does it take to convert a YouTube video into an MP3?
It depends upon the size of the video and also the quality you would like to have in the conversion. In case the size is small and you're not too concerned about quality either, it is just a matter of a few seconds or minutes.
Question #2: How is a YouTube video different from an MP3 format?
A YouTube video consists of both an audio version as well as a video version. In the case of the MP3 format, it consists of only the audio version.
Question #3: Does it require you to pay in order to convert a YouTube video into an MP3?
There are many applications where you have to pay in order to do the task but there are certain useful applications available that do it for free at the same point in time.
Question #4: Which is the most useful application to do this task?
There are several applications that are very efficient but 8 of the best are mentioned above which have the best of features with a great interface.
Question #5: Is there any better quality than MP3 for an audio format file?
You can also look to download the MP4 version of a file that has the highest quality when it comes to the audio version. In most cases, the MP3 version is also very quality. It totally depends upon the quality of the YouTube video first up.
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The latest issue of the UK classic gaming magazine Retro Gamer is celebrating its 150th issue in a big way by counting down the 150 Greatest Games Ever as selected by readers. What's so cool about the issue is that for many of the entries, they turned to those in the fan community to wax nostalgic on the greatest games. Seeing as Retro Gamer's readers have taste and didn't completely avoid SEGA like another publication out there, several classics from the developer have made the cut. Just some include 1986's OutRun with a piece written by Sumo Digital's Steve Lycett, Shenmue with thoughts from the Shenmue Dojo webmaster, and (as stated in our headline) a write-up on Sonic the Hedgehog 2 by Sonic Retro's very own webmaster Scarred Sun.
Seeing as the magazine is out there for sale right now both physically and digitally, I'm not going to spoil the surprise of the game's placement or what was said, so you'll just have to find out for yourself.
SEGA News Bits: Sonic 25th Anniversary game to play like classic games?
SEGA is getting ready to celebrate Sonic the Hedgehog's 25th Anniversary next year and their new marketing director in Europe has dropped a hint on what to expect that new game to play like. According to him the new Sonic the Hedgehog games will be more inspired by how they "played in its heyday." What is Sonic's heyday? What does this all mean? Let's talk about that. Read the original story here.
SEGAbits and Sonic Retro team up to bring you a podcast focused on SEGA's new Sonic Boom franchise! Hosted by Barry the Nomad of SEGAbits.com and David the Lurker of SonicRetro.org, Boom Talkalaka features discussion of the many aspects of Sonic Boom – from comics and episodes of the cartoon, to the video games and toys.
In this emergency broadcast, Barry and David discuss SEGA's surprising reveal of Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice for Nintendo 3DS. That's right, the games aren't over yet! Oh… but the comics are, as we also discuss the sad cancellation of Archie's Sonic Boom comics which will occur with issue 11. We also discuss the premiere of the TV series in Europe and *SPOILER ALERT* discuss a shocking revelation that alters the very fabric of Sonic Boom's reality!
We're excited to announce that SEGAbits and Sonic Retro will be returning to Too Many Games to host a panel on Saturday, June 27th at 4:50pm in Oaks, PA! Last year we uncovered the secrets of Sonic the Hedgehog 2's Hidden Palace Zone, and this year we return to the topic of Sonic mysteries with "The Sonic X-treme Files". The panel is to feature Sonic Retro admin and writer David the Lurker and SEGAbits admin and writer Barry the Nomad as they embark on a chronological behind-the-scenes look back at the never released SEGA Saturn game Sonic X-treme!
Also appearing at the panel is creator of the YouTube series "Hit Reset" Adam aka Gunstar with the premiere of his latest Hit Reset episode which shines the spotlight on Wild Woody for the SEGA CD. The video is to feature special guests including Wild Woody composer Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal and Woody voice actor Joe Kerska!
We'll also be giving away some rare SEGA prizes at the end to ensure that you don't walk out at the halfway point!
Register today at TooManyGames.com and we hope to see you there!
SEGAbits & Sonic Retro present Boom Talkalaka #3: TV and Comics and Crossovers, oh my!
SEGAbits and Sonic Retro team up to bring you a podcast focused on SEGA's Sonic Boom franchise! Hosted by Barry the Nomad of SEGAbits.com and David the Lurker of SonicRetro.org, Boom Talkalaka features discussion of the many aspects of Sonic Boom – from comics and episodes of the cartoon, to the video games and toys.
In this episode, Barry and David discuss an early version of Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric under the working title Sonic Synergy and take a look at concept art of elaborate in-store Sonic Boom displays. Also covered are the latest TV show episodes, the second comic book arc, the upcoming Worlds Unite comic book crossover, and we share our thoughts on the future of the new branch on the Sonic the Hedgehog tree.
We all know the story. 19 years ago, everyone was getting super excited about the upcoming release of Sonic X-treme, which would mark Sonic's first fully three dimensional adventure. Long story short, the game was never released, and the Sega Saturn always had a hole in its library, no main Sonic title ever being released.
While bits and pieces of what the game would have been have leaked/been released over the the years, last November JollyRodger showed up with a plethora of material from defunct gaming studio Point Of View, including the source code for a variety of Sonic X-treme builds on both the Saturn and the PC. Being as the code could only run natively on hardware very few people have access to, Jolly took it upon himself to begin the process of porting the code to modern PC's. Earlier tonight, the first public release of this labor of love was been released, "version 037" of X-treme now fully operational.
Download links and more after the jump.
Before I start, I'll first say that I'm speaking as an individual, and not on behalf of any other party, team, business entity, etc. As such, I will speak only for and of myself, without regard to other parties who may want to remain uninvolved.
With the exception of the anniversary presentation from October, I've remained relatively silent on the subject of remastering Sonic the Hedgehog 3. Naturally, this is expected of me as someone who has already contracted with SEGA, would be a part of the Sonic 3 remastering project, and would potentially perform work under contract for SEGA again in the future, however, I no longer feel that it's appropriate to maintain near-complete silence in contrast to my own personal feelings as an individual and as a fan of classic Sonic the Hedgehog.
Brace yourself for this one folks, because it's pretty big!
Recently, a previously unearthed build of the infamous cancelled Sonic game, Sonic X-Treme for SEGA Saturn, made its way into the hands of AssemblerGames member jollyroger. It was a PC executable, supposedly tying into SEGA's SEGA PC initiative that took place at the time of X-Treme's development and saw several Saturn titles ported to PC. This initiative was also intended to help launch nVidia's first GPU, the NV1, which worked similarly to the Saturn: this build required the NV1, as a result. This led to the interest of our fellow site Sonic Retro; and as one thing has led to another, jollyroger and Sonic Retro members cooljerk and Andrew75 (who has been working on a Sonic X-Treme remake project, Project AXSX in the Sonic GDK engine) have worked together to try and get the code running, with Cooljerk having sent off an NV1 to jollyroger, and Andrew75 testing parts of the code in SEGA Saturn emulators. And lo and behold; they've succeeded, in what I can only describe as a superb team effort.
Every day, Wikipedia posts a featured article on their main page. This article could be just about anything, given the size of Wikipedia, so for the day's featured article to be a SEGA related thing is pretty rare. Rarer still, when that featured article is a SEGA fan work. Today, Sonic the Hedgehog fan game Sonic: After the Sequel made Wikipedia's main page! Developed in 2013 by Felipe Daneluz (LakeFeperd), the game is based on the series official canon, taking place between the official games Sonic 2 and Sonic 3. You can learn more about the game at Sonic Retro and download it yourself at the official site. A big congrats to LakeFeperd!
SEGAbits at Too Many Games 2014 – "Surviving the Dreamcast Apocalypse" panel and more!
SEGAbits made its very first convention appearance this year at TooManyGames in Oaks, PA. In addition to walking the convention floor, Barry the Nomad, Patrick aka Kori-Maru (Website of the Dead), David the Lurker (Sonic Retro) and A.J. Rosa (My Life with SEGA) held a panel discussing the life and death of SEGA's swan song, the Dreamcast. The same panel also included a presentation from Sonic Retro, covering the history of Sonic the Hedgehog 2's Hidden Palace Zone – with rarely seen footage of Sonic 2's release and early efforts to remake the lost zone. We also met with several fellow SEGA fans, gave away a pile of rare SEGA swag, and did we mention the panel was standing room only? SEGAbits Does.
Also featured in this video is a convention walkthrough with the crew, and a one-on-one bout between Patrick and A.J.
A golden birthday only happens once and we at SEGAbits wanted to make sure there was some fanfare! That's why we teamed up with Sonic Stadium and Sonic Retro for an entire week of articles, features and videos, with the intent of looking back at Sonic's past, analyzing the present and looking forward to the future. For those of you who may have missed some of it, we thought we'd post a run-down of all the content the awesome staff of our three sites created.


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Summer is almost over in the Northern Hemisphere, but our cyclists and hosts have definitely been making the most of it! Hopefully, you've found some shady afternoon spots for drinks during the heatwave bike rides. As usual, a big thank you to all our hosts for providing much-needed showers, meals, and support for cyclists all over the world.
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Bim A.
Had a freakishly chance but a wonderful encounter. Few touring cyclists find Saint Clair, PA, on their route maps, but I happened upon Andrew at a corner. He was contemplating a steep climb on a freshly chipped road with a lot of sun over the Broad Mountain in 90-degree heat. I took him home, gave him water, kombucha, and restroom time, and then convinced him to take our shady and gentler section of the Schuylkill River Trail and Morea Road instead of "The Burma" his gps was sending him on. We exchanged cell numbers. "Lovely trail" he texted after arriving at his destination. Some hosting is short and might be unplanned—but still wonderful.
Hosted Benoit and Odette on Sunday from Gracefield QC and Francis from Montreal now on a sebatical with unkown destination. Well Bordeaux France looks like the next step but the world is calling Francis, while Benoit and Odette are touring our beautiful province of New Brunswick during their vacay. They got to enjoy a late evening of great conversation with each other on my deck. Cycle touring is absolutely the best way to travel! May you have a tailwind the remainder of your journeys my new friends.
Dan D.
Special Shout-out to Eric Olson for hosting a couple of Brothers from Wisconsin. Eric and his Mother Suzy, knew how to put smiles on our faces when they provided us with a Cold Brewski, a hot shower, and a wonderful meal. Can't begin to let them know how much their efforts were appreciated.
Hector A.
Thanks to all this great community of warmshowers, friends, people who are willing to help an adventure cyclist, Traveling 6000 kms between Los Angeles to NY and finding a helping hand along the way is something that is priceless. Thank you.!!
7 Cycling Routes in India Worth Exploring
By Kanishka Poddar, Bicycle Mayor of Ranchi
Ever since my first long-distance ride from Bombay to Lonavala, I've fallen in love with touring places on my bicycle and have started travelling with my bicycle where ever I go. I love the joy of exploring places in slow motion. From touring places in India to countries in South East Asia, I've done it all in the last few years but I still don't feel like stopping.
India is witnessing a sudden rise in people opting to use bicycles as a preferred mode to travel places and therefore I thought it is the right time to enlist some of my favourite routes in India worth exploring on bicycle.
Route One - Manali to Leh: Touring on a bicycle from Manali to Leh is a dream ride for cyclists across the globe. The ride takes you through 5 treacherous mountain passes on the way, out of which 2 are above 5000 mts wherein Baralacha La and Tanglang La pass are notorious throughout the year. It generally takes 7-14 days to complete the 474 kms long stretch between Manali and Leh, depending on your pace, motive and time available. I completed the ride in 10 days as I wanted to do it at ease, with the comfort of stopping at places I feel like to enjoy the views, a cup of chai, or make conversation with locals on the way. There are lots of detours available for you in the route like a route to Zanskar Valley, Tso Kar and more. These can be taken depending on the time available and how adventurous you wish to be. Read my Manali to Leh blog for more in-depth details.
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Episode #52 The Cyclonaute
Meet Claude Marthaler – a self-described Cyclonaute. For Claude, traveling by bike is a way of life. He has spent the past 16 years biking around the world and has authored 11 books and bike travelogues.
From 1994 to 2001, Claude spent an incredible seven years on a solo bike tour traveling through 60 countries and biking over 122,000 kms. He loves the mountains and hiking and has spent a lot of time crisscrossing the Himalayas by bike, concentrating on Tibet, the very center of his inner geography.
Claude lives by the motto of "pouring kindness" on others and giving back more than you have received along the way.
Episode #53 Shoestring Budget
Do you want to get into cycling without breaking the bank? With over 30-years of experience, John Bolton knows a lot about cycling and the gear that goes with it!
John runs a YouTube channel called Cycling on a Shoestring. He is an avid cyclist who gives honest, objective reviews, tips, and tricks in his videos. Whether it's clothing, gear, bikes, routes, or components, John reviews it all.
John is passionate about the cycling community. He shares low-cost products with great value and the resources you need to follow your passion for cycling and do it affordably.
The Cyclist Who Came in From the Cold
As a long-distance cyclist, I frequently host other bicycle tourists who ride through town. Albany, New York in the USA is the crossroads of two well-known routes, one from Buffalo to Boston and the other from New York City to Montreal, and cyclists with saddlebags and camping gear often pass by.
Over the past decade, I've met cyclists from all over the world, and it's always fun to hear about their adventures. But I've never gotten a request in January. Until earlier this year.
That's when I got the following message from a 29-year-old man named Chen from Warmshowers: "Hi. I'm a cyclist from China and my trip started in Xi'an City. I'm cycling around the world since 2015, this time come from Miami … may I have a rest for 1 or 2 nights?"
Anybody who had been on a bike for six years was a person I just had to talk to. After looking at his profile, I found that dozens of people had already hosted him and spoke highly of his company. So, I invited him to stay.
Chen showed up at about 6 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 7. It had been snowing that day, and his bike was covered in road salt and sand. Despite having spent a day in full-on winter conditions, he was cheerful and energetic as he pulled dry clothes from his saddlebags and followed me up from my garage. However, he did spend the rest of the night chugging glasses of hot tea to warm up.
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'Reign' season 4 air date, news, spoilers: Queen Elizabeth finally wins against Mary?
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(Facebook/Reign)Will Queen Elizabeth finally defeat Queen Mary?
Following rumors that "Reign" season 4 may be the last of the series, The CW has finally announced a premiere date for the upcoming installment.
TVLine confirms that "Reign" will start airing season 4 on Friday, Feb. 10. The announcement comes amid rumors of a potential cancellation after the fourth installment of the historical drama ends.
Over the past few months, fans have been speculating that "Reign" season 4 will be the last installment that the series will have to offer. If this is true, fans can expect that the stories of the two queens will finally conclude.
The two Queens have long been battling it out for the throne, but according to historical accounts, Queen Elizabeth (Rachel Skarsten) will come out victorious in the end. This means Queen Mary (Adelaide Kane) will lose and she might even be executed.
If "Reign" season 4 will closely follow the accounts in history, Queen Mary will have to be killed off before the series finale. This is bad news for fans of the Queen of Scotts, but the good news is that the scene may or may not be shown on television. Besides, the show has found some good pieces of material to start new storylines with, including the romantic relationships that Mary will have.
Spoilers reveal that "Reign" season 4 will feature Mary's journeys towards finding a new husband whose name and status can help her have a stronger claim to the throne. Will Kemp will be playing the role of Lord Darnley, who is supposed to be Mary's second husband.
It is said that Lord Darnley and Mary could actually establish a very solid and strong kingdom since the former has a blood claim to the throne that Queen Elizabeth hangs on to. Will Lord Darnley be the right man for Mary?
Aside from Lord Darnley, Mary will also be romantically linked to Bothwell, to be played by Adam Croasdell. However, history says Bothwell was accused of being involved in the murder of a person who has close ties with Mary. Will this cause a rift between him and the Queen of Scots?
"Reign" season 4 premieres Feb. 10, 2017 on The CW.
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Why do I need to keep learning the same lessons over and over again?
Tonight I felt so completely overwhelmed with so many different aspects of my life. I've been here about a month and a half now, I'm all in. I'm not just testing the waters as a recent post-grad anymore. This is it.
In utter exhaustion I came home from class, sat in my bathroom and cried terrific tears that I had been holding back for so long. Then I went to Barne's and Noble and purchased a $7.99 paperback copy of my favorite childhood story, Madeline. I sat in the children's section despite the shady eyes I willingly received and read it. I decided that I couldn't part the store without it.
After that, a cup of coffee, an oatmeal-rasin cookie (yum!) things were looking up.
I went through my journal and stumbled upon words that I didn't even recognize as my own from Sept. 13th.
How utterly sweet it is to be loved by you. I really think in the depth of my heart that I will be able to manage all of this. Through and by you. You are my Lord. You are my all in all in times of peace, in times of struggle. I thank you for the times of peace - but I also thank you for the struggles - because that is when I truly feel your presence. That is how I know your peace is real.
Lord, YOU KNOW BEST and I surrender it all to you. Sometimes I forget that you know beter than I. After all, you are Lord. I am sorry that I get my priorities mixed sometimes. All the times. Every day. But, Lord you are sovereign. You are the famous one. And all this is for you.
Know that I am yours and you are mine. Death shall not part us.
c o m f o r t i n g .
It's like becoming familiar with a favorite childhood story. You fall right into where you where when your bright, curious eyes first looked upon the colorful illustrations. When you begged your Dad to read the story over and over again until you were safely asleep, floating on your dreams like bubbles riding breath.
Hang in there BDub!! I love you and this too shall pass. Growing up is stressful, but you are super awesome, so show stress some class and brush it off girl!


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Film Review: The Monster (2016)
Joshua Rohn 01/10/2017 Uncategorized
A mother and daughter must confront a terrifying monster when they break down on a deserted road.
I have a friend, let's call him Sal. Sal is a natural born screwup. He's always behind on his bills, he can't keep a girlfriend, he's had five jobs in the last year. He drinks too much. He has no social graces. He's always trying to borrow money. Being Sal's friend is a headache. I'm sure you know a Sal of your own. But here's the thing, as much trouble as he is, you know you can count on him in a crisis. You're broke down on the side of the road at midnight? Sal's on his way. You're hurt and you need someone to take you to the hospital? He's got your back. Of course, as soon as the crisis is over, he goes back to being a screwup. Now, imagine that Sal isn't your buddy, he's your dad.
"The Monster" is a well acted and suspenseful piece of work. The film starts with a young girl named Lizzy, played by Ella Ballentine. Lizzy is cleaning up after her alcoholic mother Kathy, played by the incomparable Zoe Kazan. Like many children in an abusive, dysfunctional home, she is the real grown-up. We learn that Lizzy and her mom are going on a road trip. It becomes obvious fairly quickly that they're taking Lizzy to her Dad's. Both expect this to be a one-way trip for Lizzy. After seeing the relationship that Lizzy and her mom have, you won't blame the kid for wanting out. Several times she tells Kathy she hates her. We see nothing to contradict that feeling.
As the trip goes on, the sun sets and it begins to rain. Seeing an animal in the middle of the road, Kathy swerves to miss it. Stranded in the middle of nowhere with a broken down car, they wait for help to arrive. However, there is a monster in the darkness, both literal and metaphorical, watching them.
"The Monster" is able to do a lot with very little. Except for some flashbacks, the film takes place almost entirely on that lonesome country road. It's tense and claustrophobic, even before you understand the threat. If all the filmmakers had wanted to do was make an effective suspense movie, that would have been enough. However, director Bryan Bertino has higher ambitions, and for the most part the movie lives up to them. Indeed, "The Monster" is a huge improvement over Mr. Bertino's debut "The Strangers." A film I found uneven and disappointing.
Any movie like this, especially one that features a child actor, lives or dies on the performances. Rest assured that the entire cast is exceptional. That should be no surprise to anyone who has seen some of Ms. Kazan's previous roles, most notably "Ruby Sparks." I've seen her play a meek pioneer woman, manic-pixie dream girl, and now an abusive mother trying to redeem herself. Where is this woman's Oscar? But the real standout is young Ms. Ballentine. Like Hailee Steinfeld in "True Grit," she carries the movie.
The film also has excellent cinematography. The night shots are unnerving, but still well-lit enough to see the action. One might think that's no big deal, but for a low-budget film that's very impressive. The special effects are also very well done. They appear to be mostly practical effects, which I always like, and the creature reminds me of the aliens in "Attack the Block."
But perhaps the film's greatest accomplishment is how it presents a believable relationship between a wise beyond her years child, and her failure of a mother. The movie starts off presenting Kathy as all bad, but we come to see how hard she struggles to be good despite her character flaws.
The movie isn't perfect, of course. It could have been 10 minutes shorter and it wouldn't have hurt anything. Also, at times it straddles the line between "symbolic" and "symbolic with a capital S" to paraphrase the great Roger Ebert. That being said, I highly recommend it. It's a perfect companion piece to "The Babadook." Both are excellent examinations of parenthood.
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I found 'The Strangers' to be a generic home invasion flick that bored; I got through it because someone gifted the film with a fun 5.1 surround sound design.
'The Monster' is also more than a little boring. It's an hour and a half movie that feels much longer. I'll complete my assessment in point form:
Good lighting.
Practical creature F/X.
A lead actress who is believable as low class, drug abusing trash. The details such as the bad dye job and cliched tattoos help to convince. It's also pleasingly unusual to see an ugly woman in a lead role.
The child actress is very good.
A weak, thin, drawn out script that's not half so clever as Bertino would have you believe.
Characters behave stupidly.
This is a slow movie without a single original or surprising moment.
Overall I'm a little surprised by the largely positive and often glowing reviews this film received. 2016 was not a good year for horror.


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Photo by Ethan Magoc: Mercyhurst College junior Nick Jackson falls short of tackling Gannon University senior quarterback Zach Boedicker in Mercyhurst's 14-10 loss.The Gannon University Golden Knights slipped by the Mercyhurst College Lakers Saturday, scoring with just two minutes left to solidify the come-from-behind victory.
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Both sons of Athletic Director Joseph Kimball played big roles in the game. Bryant Kimball stuffed GU running back Tyler Batts on a 4th-and-3 to force a turnover with 45 seconds left to give the Lakers a shot at winning the game. On the ensuing drive, brother Connor Kimball intercepted a pass to seal the Knight's victory.
This game is only the third time both teams scored 14 points or less. As the rivalry stands, the Lakers lead the head-to-head series, 9-4-1.
Since the renewal of the rivalry in 2004, when both joined the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference's west division, Mercyhurst leads the series, 4-3.
Both teams fought hard on Saturday, following a precedent set in the early '90's when this rivalry started. Since then, the home team hosting the game has only won three times, showing how hard each team plays when the game matters the most.
The Laker defense played hard for most of the game, giving the offense the best chance at scoring points.
"The game was a battle just like we expected it to be," senior linebacker Tim Herbner said. "We played well defensively for 58 minutes, but couldn't get it done in the last two minutes."
Although the defense played well, the Laker offense failed to find a rhythm and move the ball. Both teams punted the ball a total of 17 times, proving that each team's defense played an important role in this game.
"It's a hard loss, but we have to put it behind us because we have another huge game this week," Herbner said.
The Lakers will travel to Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) Saturday. A win here moves the Lakers into the top three in the PSAC's west division.
The Lakers upset the Crimson Hawks last year on Homecoming, 20-16, but this year they face a hungry team looking for redemption.