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HomeMovie TheatersAtlas Theatre
Atlas Theatre
Address: 15832 Plymouth Rd
City: Detroit
Owner History: Stanley Oleszkowicz
Show Comments and Info Updates20
5/1/2017 - Stephen Oleszkowicz
I believe that it was some of my family who owned this theater. My great-grandfather is Stanley, my grandfather was Stephen Stanley, my dad was Dennis Stephen and I am Stephen Gordon Oleszkowicz. All of us were born in Detroit. An uncle once mentioned to me that the family used to own a theater in Detroit, but nothing more was mentioned to me about it. This leads me to believe a great (or great-great)-uncle my have inherited it. I will have to dig into this with my family some more.
5/15/2014 - Carol Elswick Branch
I went there from around 1951 till the late 50's with my sister Judy. after we got all our chores done every Saturday! We lived on Forrer one block from the theater and our grandparents lived a block behind it on Forrer too. Our grandmother collected a whole set of dishes. they went there from day one. What wonderful childhood memories!! That was when life we good and carefree and we really had fun going there. oh how I wish those days were still with us but at least we have our memories. Fun times! Hello to all the neighborhood kids from those days.
8/22/2013 - Mark
thanks much Steve and your cousin for the photo of the Atlas inside candy counter. in all the Altas's time we never saw it get hit by a car or otherwise. leave it to detroit now to hit it. maybe its a new cheaper demolitian methord being used by bankrupt detroit. gee how things have been utterly ruined in detroit. please keep posting photos of the Atlas in its glorious Golden days when things and kids were civil, normal and for the most part well adjusted. blessings. mark.
7/31/2013 - Steve Bielawski
In the early morning hours of July 30, 2013, a minivan crashed into the building now standing where the Atlas Theatre was, and the building caught fire. The driver got ot before the Fire Department arrived to put out the blaze.
4/15/2013 - Dave
I lived around the corner on Rutherford across from the Atlas theater parking lot. The theater workers burned their trash along the back wall of the building. When the ashes had cooled I would sift through it to get the pennies, nickles, dimes and quarters. It kept us in candy monies for a couple days. I did go to the Saturday Matinees but remember the parking lot most, I spent more time playing baseball in the parking lot than going to the movies.
4/4/2012 - Doug Gdaniec
Hey Bob! I too went to Our Lady Gate of Heaven and also remember those class hikes from the school to the Atlas Theater to watch all those religiously oriented movies. One of those class trips was to see The Ten Commandments. We lived on the corner of Montrose & Ellis and I have many fond memories of afternoon picnics with Mom at Stopple Park. I also remember watching from our attic window, as a workman, equipped with a blow-torch, cut down the WXYZ broadcast towers in the field that was just across the street from us. That must have been some time between 1958-60. Wonderful times, wonderful memories.
8/3/2011 - Kathy Willits-Mansker
I remember seeing Hercules Unchained there. Great Saturdays when kids could be kids. Lived across from Coolidge on Woodmont.
6/20/2011 - Robert McPherson
As a child,I would walk there from our house on Memorial,for the Saturday Mattinee. It was 25cents back then. I went to Our Lady Gate Of Heaven Catholic school,and the nuns would take the whole class to the Atlas for a movie. One that sticks out in my mind is Lilies of the Field. It is a wonderful memory of my childhood.
2/18/2011 - Larry Whalen
This is too cool! I stumbled on this. I was looking for my childhood home on Longacre and found this. I read the other posts and had very much the same experiences. I was there most Saturdays from about 1955 to 1960. I remember going mostly to see the horror movies, Vincent Price and the Tingler, The Eye and The Mole People. it is all coming back to me now. I remember waiting in line to get in with 3 or 4 friends usually and clowning around like kids do. What a great time to be a kid. Too bad you can't go back. or at least create an environment there today that was as much fun as it was for us.
9/27/2010 - Ken hedrick
What wonderful memories of the Atlas. We lived on Hubbell just North of Plymouth Rd. Just after WW11 my brother and I were allowed to go to the Saturday mat. all by our selves. Admission was 12 cents, large candy bars 5 cents and you could get 2 stick pretzels for a penny which pretty well took care of my quarter. The candy counter in Steve B's photo appears to be in the main lobby but during the the mid 1940's they had an old wooden, 6 shelf candy counter not in the lobby but just inside the double doors to the theater on the left. No butter for the pop-corn and no soft drinks. What great times.
8/30/2010 - Earl Reeves
I went to Atlas theater for many years . For a long time, the admission price was 12 cents for children and 40 cents for adults. They changed their movies a lot and always had a GREAT choice for all ages. I went so often that the owner used to wave me through without paying about half the time. The lines during the matinees were usually as long, just as pictured. The folks that owned and ran the place were business like but always NICE to me. Thanks - Earl
2/27/2010 - richard
My grandparents, mother & uncle lived on Forrer St.
two blocks from Plymouth rd. My grandma went to the Grand Opening the Atlas in 1939 & they gave away Souvenir Coin to the guest. I still have it. My mom said that she & her brother spent many hours there with their friends watching movies. THE ATLAS THEATRE ALSO GAVE AWAY DISHES AT SOME EVENING WEEKDAY PERFORMANCES. MANY PEOPLE COLLECTED A FULL SET OF DISHWARE .
I last went went to the Atlas in 1967 with grandma to see Gone With the Wind My Grandparents moved away in 1972. I last visited the area in 1987 and everything was run down than.
8/2/2009 - Steve Bielawski
In going through some of our slides, a cousin of mine found one more picture which might be of interest to you. It is of the candy counter at the Atlas Theater. The candy counter was actually rented out. Someone rented the candy counters at several theatres and managed to get enough business between them to justify buying in larger quantities. That brought fresher things to the candy stand. It also meant that we didn't have to hire someone to work the candy stand. You've got to love that sign which advertizes, "Jumbo sized orange drink" for 30 cents (if I'm reading it correctly). Do remember, though, that there were no cupholders, and people were not supposed to take beverages to the seats. Times really do change.
Thank you, Steve B for the wonderful photos of a place where, as a very young boy in the late 50s and early 60s, I had so much fun and of which I now hold only fond memories of.
Your Atas photos are the only 3 I have and they remain treasures to me of a long bygone place in my time. The first photo is my favorite and is exactly as I remember Altas on the outside on sunny summer Saturday afternnons just before paying to enter thru the Altas front doors (the photo captures this perfectly).
Wish there were photos of the inside and one photo of the complete block showing the Atlas and the businesses next to and on either side of the Atlas. I clearly recall the hardware store, too bad the photo only shows part of it - course a little is so much better than none.
Thank you again and blessings. mark
11/8/2007 - Bob Ross
I remember the Atlas as being the best neighborhood movie house in Detroit''s west side. Fifteen cent admission for Saturday matinees with one hour of cartoons. The manager opened the curtain by stepping on a switch on the floor stage left. The Atlas opened at 1:pm show started at 1:45pm, five minutes before the show the auditorium became ablaze with orange sunburst lights on the side walls and cieling and the curtain took on a reddish pink haze with 2 red and 1 blue spotlight(s) on each side of the screen. The kids applauded and yelled when the lights came on and again when the Warner Bros logo spread across the curtain as it opened exposing the screen. Candies were 5 & 10 cents popcorn 25 cents. They never raised the price in the years 1956 to 1960 that I went there. Oh yes besides the cartoons there was always one full length feature, comedy, western or horror movie. Always the curtain closed at the end of the cartoon "thats all folks" and immediately reopened for the feature presentation.
2/13/2007 - Dennis Calhoun
I remember going to the Atlas as a kid in 1959 15 cents to get in and a quarter for treats. I peddled handbills for 15 cents an hour.
3/30/2006 - Doug Foley
I live in Hamilton Ontario but went to this theatre in the summer of 1974 with my fiancée and another friend. I had tagged along with them to meet my fiancée's aunt and uncle who lived on Granville Avnue and so thatmy wife could buy her wedding dress at the downtown Hudson's. The Atlas was was obviously long past its due date. It was showing Deep Throat, which had no chance of ever playing Canada in 1974 and was still riding a media high. It was quite an experience and one we all still laugh about today.
11/23/2004 - Steve Bielawski
Here is a photo of the Atlas, from the Oleszkowicz family scrapbook. The scrapbook had this in with photos from 1940, but the two pictures listed on the marquee were released in 1938 ("Out West With The Hardys" was a part of the Andy Hardy series). I believe that the theatre opened in 1938. This could be the opening of the theatre, although that is just a guess on my part. There was a hardware store which was just beyond the picutre to the right. It was attached to the theatre. The theatre burnt down, and was demolished. The building there today likely has the same foundation, but it is either new construction or a very substantial remodelling.
The Atlas Theatre in Detroit was owned and run by the Oleszkowicz family from 1938 or 1939 until 1968. In 1968, the last two members of the family retired from the theatre. Between 1968 and 1978, the Atlas Theatre was run by Las Vegas Entertainment, Inc., which showed adult fare there. Technically, it was owned by the Oleszkowicz family, and Las Vegas Entertainment bought the building on a ten-year contract. The first day that Las Vegas Entertainment ran the Atlas, the box office was robbed. A lawsuit over the movies being shown was filed against the Oleszkowicz family, but as the contract specified that the seller has no right to determine what would be shown at the theatre, the lawsuit went nowhere fast. In 1978, after finally buying the theatre, Las Vegas Entertainment sold the building and it became a church. There appears to have been a fire there, as the building was severely damaged. The remains of the building were demolished, and the building which now stands on the site (and which you show) is much newer than the Atlas.
1/10/2004 - Cinema Treasures
The Atlas opened in 1939, built in Art Moderne style and designed by Robert J. West. It could seat around 950. It continued to screen first-run features into the early 70s before switching over to adult fare. During the 80s and into the early 90s the former Atlas was used as a church, but is currently vacant.
FROM STEVE BIELAWSKI
THE ATLAS THEN FROM STEVE BIELAWSKI
2013 PHOTO FROM STEVE BIELAWSKI
CANDY COUNTER FROM STEVE BIELAWSKI
1942 ARTICLE FROM JAMES


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You Choose The Team Of The Week
102 Aug 25, 2014 - 10:16 am
By Soccer Laduma
Soccer Laduma's 'Team of the Week' is a feature in each and every Soccer Laduma edition, highlighting the top performers from the Premier Soccer League clubs.
Selections are based on the performances of players in mid-last week's Absa Premiership action as well as this past weekend's MTN8 semi-final second leg clashes between Orlando Pirates and Bidvest Wits, as well as Kaizer Chiefs and Platinum Stars.
In the PSL on Tuesday evening , August 19, Kaizer Chiefs and Ajax Cape Town saw off Bloemfontein Celtic and Polokwane City with 1-0 and 2-1 scorelines respectively, which saw both teams move into first and second place on the PSL standings after three matches.
On Wednesday night at Orlando Stadium, Orlando Pirates failed to capitalise on home ground advantage as they were held to a 1-1 draw by AmaZulu, and are yet to register their first win of the season in the league.
Absa Premiership defending champions, Mamelodi Sundowns, who have been under severe pressure of late, finally picked up their three points of the new campaign when they clipped the high-flying Moroka Swallows 2-0 at the Dobsonville Stadium.
Bidvest Wits earned a hard-fought 1-0 win over Maritzburg United through a solitary strike by Sthembiso Ngcobo to hand the Clever Boys their first win on home soil.
Mpumalanga Black Aces are still without a win in three matches since the 2014/15 campaign commenced. AmaZayoni went down 2-0 at home to Dikwena with first half goals from captain, Vuyo Mere and the on-form former Orlando Pirates striker, Ndumiso Mabena.
PSL returnees, Chippa United suffered their second successive defeat of the season when they suffered a 2-1 loss at home to the University of Pretoria, with Atusaye Nyondo and Geoffrey Massa on target for AmaTuks, with Bafana Bafana striker, David Zulu finding the consolation for the Chilli Boys.
In what has been the biggest comeback so far in the PSL this season, Free State Stars staged a thrilling fight back when they came back from two goals down to beat SuperSport United 3-2.
Following both Soweto giants' two-away goal advantage in their respective MTN8 first leg ties, Ezika Magebhula came out tops in their second-leg home match against the Clever Boys, ousting Gavin Hunt's men 3-1 to advance to a record fifth successive final. The Amakhosi also followed suit by hammering defending champions, Dikwena, 3-0 to also book their final berth and another Soweto derby meeting with their bitter rivals from Parktown, which will staged on September 20.
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The Soccer Laduma journos are currently in deliberation over this week's selections. In the meantime we want to hear from you who you think should be in the Soccer Laduma 'Team of the Week'.
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Choy Li Fut is a traditional Shaolin martial system, combining the agile footwork, kicking and leg maneuvers of Northern Chinese martial arts with the intricate Southern Chinese hand techniques. It is one of the most complete and effective arts for both health and self-defense.
Our style emphasizes relaxed, internal power rather than stiff, muscular force. This is not only more effective, giving the smaller person an advantage, but is also better for the practitioner's health.
Choy Li Fut's forms (sets) are circular, powerful and as beautiful to watch as they are effective in combat. They often contain over 150 individual movements, each one having a practical application in self-defense. Done at full speed, our forms provide one with an excellent cardiovascular workout.
Unlike many other martial arts, Choy Li Fut contains a wide range of techniques, including long and short range punches, devastating kicks, deadly sweeps and takedowns, lethal pressure point attacks, joint locks and finally grappling.
Choy Li Fut also has forms teaching the use of a large arsenal of traditional kung fu weapons, thirty-six to be exact, divided into long, short, twin and flexible categories. Lastly, it includes internal training such as meditation and Chi Kung breathing exercises.
1) Students must have an experienced teacher.
2) Students must work hard.
3) If students must use their Martial knowledge in combat, they should focus all of their intent to win the battle.
4) Students should conserve sexual activities in order to preserve Qi.
5) Students must have proper nutrition.
6) When students strike, they must release great power.
7) Students must have good stamina.
8) Students must breathe properly.
9) When defending themselves, students must never give the opponents an opening or opportunity.
10) Students must take the time to be balanced in their footwork, as footwork is the foundation of Choy Li Fut.
The school of Choy Li Fut Chia Chuan sprang up in the middle of the 19th century, i.e. during Daoguang Years (1821-1850) of the Qing Dynasty, and has had a history of more than 100 years. It has spread to a very large extent with its disciples found everywhere both in Chins and abroad. It is one of the famous boxing schools in the southern China.
Style of southern Shaolin Kung fu first developed in the 1836 by Chan Heung. Utilize a strong stance – the "horse riding stance", so called because the leg position looks like a horse is being straddled. Its movements are hard and firm, using muscular energy. The system originally contained only three kicks but has recently adopted some of the kicking techniques from northern shaolin.
The name comes from two Chinese Chuan Fa masters, Choi and Li. Fut means Buddha, referring to its Shaolin origins.
Choy Li Fut is one of the Chinese Famous boxing schools and has a joint name of Nan Chuan (southern Boxing) together with Mo Chia Chuan and Hung Chia Chuan in Guangdong Province. Mr. Chan Heung, a native of Xinhui County in Guangdong, created the boxing school. The school is divided into a number of branch schools such a Hung Sheng, Bei Sheng and Xiong Sheng, etc. because there have been a lot of learners of this school everywhere and its great masters have been from different places. However, the skills of there branch schools are, in fact, very much the same because they have originated from the same orthodox school although there may be tens of thousands of them.
The school of Choy Li Fut Chia Chuan has scores of series that are divided into junior, middle and senior levels. They feature swiftness, flexibility and combination of firmness and gentleness. In their handwork, both hands are alternately shot long out for swift attacks, striking the opponent while dispelling movements of this boxing school are relatively unfolding with the fists rushed out firmly and forcefully by exerting long and short forces in a mixed way. This school is composed of more legwork and good at jumps and leaps within a rather large scope of movements. The series are very suitable for both the training of body and mind and self-defense.


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You say that you are contributing money to help the earthquake victims in Haiti. But aren't you supposed to love what is? Don't you love earthquakes? Why send money? I wouldn't. That would be saying you don't agree with what is.
My goodness! The simple answer is, "I like them and wish to support them and I like me when I do that." And no one is "supposed" to love what is, nor can they, until they are no longer fooled by their minds. I simply do love what is, because I have questioned my stressful thoughts thoroughly enough to know how the mind creates all the suffering in the world. For example, if I were to believe that the earthquake shouldn't have happened, or if I were to imagine their pain and project it onto myself as though it were mine, it would be borrowing pain that isn't mine, as well as costing me this amazing state of grace to be one who is freed up and in a position to help. I don't want to add my false suffering as an aftershock to the Haitians. How would that help anyone? It certainly wouldn't help them, and it wouldn't help me be as someone compassionately available and aware enough to see myself and them clearly enough to send support. To send support when I know to do it allows me to join where I want to, and the affect is a guiltless state of mind, one that joins without fear. I realize that the earthquake should have happened, because it did happen (in this dream I call reality). What happened happened, and in my kindest world, what is the best-intentioned wanting? It is "How can I help you, add to you in your time of need when I have no need myself?" That's it, and nothing in the world can change that truest reality of our most authentic and pure kind nature.
I don't want earthquakes to happen before the fact; but once they happen, that's what I want. I am a lover of reality. As I often say, when you argue with God, you lose—but only 100% of the time.
"Loving what is" doesn't mean that you are passive. Love is action. It lives from the inside out. It is source. People who are suffering are me, they are my own old self being witnessed—that part of my old mind that hasn't caught up yet, my mind being witnessed, or, in other words, my mind coming back at me to see what is love and what isn't yet. My mind, your mind, all mind: the same.. I respond to them (people, mind) with the same kindness as I practice toward myself, when I get up and brush my teeth and feed and water this body of the woman people call Katie. Some believe it and some don't.
When someone comes to me who is suffering, my internal mind's response and experience is "How can I help?" I don't think that they shouldn't be suffering. They are suffering (in their experience, and that makes it real for them as it used to be for "me"). That's their truth, for the moment and I have mine and theirs is the cause of their suffering until it isn't. If they are angry or depressed or sad or resentful, I never think that they shouldn't be feeling what they're feeling, or that whatever happened to them (as they see it) shouldn't have happened. I listen. I am available as a "humane" being and friend. I am there to help them question the mind that is creating their suffering. I love that they come to me with an open mind, if they do; and if their mind is not so open, I love that too. Everything is welcome here.
I sent money to Haiti because that seemed to me the kind, right-minded thing to do. I just knew to do it. It was a wholehearted response to an invitation to help. That asking is what is, just as the earthquake is what is. Now that the earthquake happened, I love that people asked me for help, and I love love in action and sending money is just one way. Are you metaphorically experiencing an earthquake within you? If so, let's do The Work.


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Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit (PC) Review
By Athanasios 21.05.2022
One thing that that refuses to die, is the classic point-and-click adventure genre. It's not extremely popular (and never has been, to be honest), but some good releases do come out every now and then (play Kathy Rain now!) to quench the thirst of those few(?) souls that still crave such experiences, with indie developers usually being the ones behind the creative process. One such small studio, Tag of Joy, has recently crafted Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit, a point-and-click with a retro vibe, but a modern look, that strives to be the Lithuanian flavour of the classic Broken Sword series, with its story of ancient mysteries and conspiracies revolving around the medieval history of this beautiful state. While quite flawed, this is recommended for all fans of that kind of games, as will be shown in the following review.
Beginning in a somewhat unorthodox fashion, the protagonist is tasked with creating a character for the new game she just started playing. "Oh, I'll make her like me" she proclaims, and after a while you realise that you've basically decided how Milda, the heroine of this tale, will look. It's nothing too extensive, of course. A handful of clothing choices and hairstyles (blond-only), and that's it. It's but a tiny part of the experience, but a welcome one, especially since it's super-rare for the genre, if not completely absent from pretty much all point-and-click adventures. Oh, and by the way, you can go back to the wardrobe and change your style whenever you feel like it - after all, there are some rare occasions where this feature will be used in order to solve a puzzle or two.
Moments in, and it's easy to see that this doesn't have any fancy mechanics to speak of. Mouse controls movement and interactions, with items stored in a simple inventory, from where they can be then dragged-and-dropped in specific hotspots or be mixed with each other. Milda's smartphone can be used to communicate with a couple of characters throughout her quest, but a much more interesting part is the one where she can connect the dots by mixing and matching bits of info in order to reach a conclusion. So, the how-to-play aspect is a piece of cake. Note, however, that this isn't very keen on holding anyone's hands. This is somewhat old-school in terms of challenge, which is both a good and bad thing - but more on that later.
This follows Milda, a resident of Chicago, as she learns about the death of her grandfather, and the fact that she has inherited his house. Trouble is, the house is in Lithuania, and she can barely find enough money to survive, let alone travel to northern Europe to sign the papers. With a little bit of help from a friend she manages to go there, only to discover that the house in question has just been "visited" by someone, and by the look of things this someone is probably very eager to get whatever they were searching for by any means necessary - and thus begins a trip across Europe, in search of legends regarding the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and the "King who was never crowned;" a trip were Milda will learn about the part that her family played in the keeping of a secret, and of the people that want to use it for their own, evil means.
Crowns and Pawns makes good use of history in order to tell a story that's not exactly well known to the rest of the world, which is a good thing, as developers usually choose amongst the same three or four "safe" and more popular routes. As a result, this feels fresh, and it's all pulled off in such a manner that many will want to buy a book or open Wikipedia and learn more about Lithuanian history. The visuals are pretty good as well, with the super-vibrant, almost comic book-esque colour palette making the, mostly generic, places you'll visit look beautiful, raising your need to buy a ticket and start Eurotriping. This seamlessly blends 2D textures and backgrounds with a 3D perspective and characters, and occasionally uses some neat tricks like reflections and the like. Long story short, it's a looker.
Now, if you expect something that will rock your socks off… keep on waiting. The story is good and all, but it's just that. Good. It does its job, but that's about it. Furthermore, near the end it sort of feels like it's in a hurry to reach a conclusion, not to mention that it generally lacks the feeling of danger and urgency that should be part of such an adventure. These don't really ruin what came before, but certainly put a stain on the experience. The characters are also one of the weaker aspects of Crowns and Pawns. There isn't any bad writing to speak of. If anything, it's quite good, and has some genuinely immersive, as well as funny moments (Lovecraftian invocation scene? Awesome). The problem is that the characters themselves are a bit one-dimensional - both in terms of looks and actual depth.
Who is Milda? She is… err, a young woman, and… and? Well, the game doesn't really say much about her. Is she clever, mischievous, sarcastic, pragmatic, hot-headed? What are her hobbies or flaws? Does she feel afraid or happy while on this crazy adventure? Some attempts have been made to include a bit of family drama into it all, but it will be hard to feel anything when, for example, Milda argues with her mother on the phone. No, Syberia this is not. The same applies to pretty much everyone from the small cast on offer. They are all… there. Now, there are point-and-click adventures that focus on storytelling, character development, or offer a balanced diet of story and puzzle-solving. When it comes to Crowns and Pawns this is clearly targeted at puzzle fans, so it's easy to forgive this for its somewhat weak narrative qualities - but how good are the puzzles?
Okay, so there's a great variety of puzzles; puzzles that require thinking outside the box and paying attention to every single clue. At the beginning Milda is also assigned a job, which means that some will have different solutions depending on whether you are a programmer, psychologist, or photographer. There is also none of that annoying, crazy mix-and-matching usually found in older adventure games. It's all about your thinking skills, and that alone. Unfortunately, while the gameplay is where Crowns and Pawns is at its best, it's also the part that will test your patience, and be the deciding factor on whether you'll want to keep on playing or not. The word that describes the experience is 'inconsistent.' You'll be having tons of fun, only to then hit a brick wall, destroying the pace and enjoyment.
There will be times that players you will have no hints to work with, as well as occasions where you will have done nearly everything there is to be done but still be unable to progress, simply because you didn't ask a particular question or investigated a specific spot. These are small flaws compared to timed puzzles, which usually involve distracting a character for a couple of seconds to do something behind their backs. These sections involve lots of trial-and-error, are very strict regarding the openings they provide, and since movement is relatively slow, they also make the whole thing unbelievably irritating. Two of these timed puzzles happen right at the beginning of the game, sandwiching one of the many better parts between them, which means that most are bound to be annoyed very soon. Those who'll persevere will discover a pretty good adventure… but you have been warned.
Cubed3 Rating
Very Good - Bronze Award
When it's good, Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit is really good. This love letter to Broken Sword and Gabriel Knight-style point-and-click adventures looks great, explores a part of world history that has rarely been touched, and offers plenty of great puzzle-solving that will make you feel like a modern Indiana Jones (or Robert Langdon). At its worse it fails to immerse players into its world, or seems keen on annoying players through puzzles that will test one's patience. Thankfully, while Tag of Joy's creation is very rough around the edges, it mostly leans towards the fun side of the scale.
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Look like a ravishing reindeer as you lead santa's sleigh this Christmas wearing this stunning ladies Fever Reindeer costume.
This outfits consists of a brown layered tutu dress with detachable clear straps and a lighter coloured heart motif across the chest as well as a matching jacket with attached hand covers styled to look like hooves and an attached hood featuring the instantly recognizable antlers and silk adorned ears. Completing this gorgeous animal costume is a pair of oversized boot covers styled with a co ordinating beige silk fabric edging to the top.
A great and unique idea for wearing to a Christmas themed fancy dress party.


We are very lucky to have arranged Kia Maia to run some guidance and healing sessions at the 2019 Conference.
Kia is a spiritual medium and psychic who has given some very well accepted psychometric readings followed by Reiki.
You may have met Kia at the Nelson, Perth, Balina, Stanwell Tops or Melbourne conferences where she was offering this service.
You will be able to book into a session during the conference.
Kia can only take payments via cash – so don't forget to bring $50 for half an hour or $90 for a full hour.


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College athletics can't drop its defenses as sports wagering becomes accepted
July 22, 2019 10:00am Brian Hendrickson
Brian Hendrickson
The lectures in the graduate-level journalism class I teach each fall are usually predictable: the 24-hour news cycle, reporting on social media, video as a storytelling tool. They're well-tilled subjects, so few guest speakers surprise me anymore.
Until Gary Gramling joined us in fall 2018.
A senior editor at si.com's Monday Morning Quarterback site, Gramling was expected to talk about changes in online reader habits and the media. Then a student asked about his new sports gambling podcast for the website. Suddenly, just four months after a U.S. Supreme Court decision lifted the federal ban on sports wagering, we were discussing the exploding market of gambling insight and how traditional sports media companies — lusting for an edge to draw readers — were eager to get involved.
"It was always there. This isn't a new thing we're introducing to people," Gramling told the class. "With the federal ban being lifted, it put a different connotation on it."
In other words, within a single offseason, what was viewed by many as a grimy, shadowy industry became an acceptable, if not admired, opportunity. That wasn't merely surprising — it was an earth-shaking, worldview-shifting moment.
Sure, sports wagering always had been there, as Gramling said. We've all heard mentions of favorites and underdogs — arm's-length references to gambling lines used to give context to matchups with nary a nod to their sources. But sports wagering is here now as a very real, very legal, very accepted — and, to college sports, very problematic — activity, as Champion's Brian Burnsed explains in his story "Doubling Down." And the college sports world must be careful not to let down its defenses just because it woke one morning to find these activities had a brighter, cleaner face.
Legality only has increased many of the challenges long associated with gambling that were at least kept at bay by its stigma.
As Burnsed points out, the issues raised by sharing player availability data could be difficult to manage with rules changes alone. A committee commissioned by the NCAA Board of Governors is already exploring the topic. Their conversations are sure to cover some challenging ground — of privacy concerns, of the desire of outside influencers to gain valuable insider information, and how each might be managed to ensure student-athletes can continue competing in a protected environment.
What about problem gambling among a competitive population like student-athletes? NCAA research shows those groups already gambled when the activity was illegal in most states and banned by the NCAA. What happens when those activities become easily accessible, culturally accepted and virtually impossible to monitor? How will schools protect themselves from integrity issues, as legality potentially increases threats like point shaving? Or having coaches and staff members bribed to gain insider information?
These questions aren't limited to Division I or basketball and football either: Every division and many other sports can expect to be affected.
This also isn't an alarmist viewpoint. It's informed from experiences overseas, in countries where sports wagering has been legal for decades, as Burnsed describes.
The issue is coming at us fast. As of publication, 16 states and the District of Columbia have given their nod to legal sports wagering. The shield of stigma is gone.
The question now is, will college sports be ready?
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Tattoo artist offering free cover up of hate symbols
Every day Jorden, a Norfolk County resident, carries around a symbol of his former life he wishes he could erase — it is a hate symbol tattooed in a hidden area of his body.
He said he acquired it while trying to survive prison during a dark time in his life.
"For about 15 years, I was in drug addiction. And, that came with jail and the streets," Jorden explained.
But now, many years into recovery and a new life, Jorden said his hateful tattoo remains a great source of shame.
"I met the Lord and totally radically changed. Set me free from drug addiction. Now, I am a father and a husband," he said.
Jorden's story is not unique to Simcoe, Ont. tattoo artist John Champagne. He has heard many stories of a hateful tattoos being applied for misguided beliefs or jail gang requirements.
"All the people I have talked to so far, just said it was a mistake," he explained. "They just said it was something they had to do in order to survive."
Champagne fully admits it is hard to tell if someone has truly changed their mindset, but he wants to give those who have made a mistake a second chance — no questions asked.
For the next two months, he is offering free sessions to transform tattoos of hate into scenes of humour and acceptance.
"I going to try to get some hate off the street for Christmas, maybe change some lives," he said.
Jorden is looking forward to removing a symbol of hate acquired while in prison during a darker time in his life many years ago. (Sean Irvine/CTV News London)
In Jorden's case, Jon will turn the hate symbol into a Windows operating system logo.
"Now he's taking a sign of hate and he's turning into laughter," Jon said.
It is one of many designs Jon is creating to help those who have already come forward with requests to remove their hateful symbols and words.
Financially independent at a young age, Jon said he is prepared for a long list of pro bono clients.
After all, he maintains that covering up signs of hate with signs of laughter and love helps more than just the person tattooed.
"We live in Canada. We're so multicultural here. There is no room for this here," he said.
Jon is hoping other Canadian tattoo artists will take his idea.
For more information on his offer, you can visit the Pure Pain Parlour Facebook page.
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However, there is a problem with the so-called "Shoulder-Charge". It looks like - and I'm talking as a hunter - that when the warrior charges on you, then you somehow "loose" moving control of your pet. That means that when you go back to take distance from the mob, the pet follows causing you to enter the melee or even worse, the dead zone.
I made a ticket and I was informed that it works as it should. Fair enough, but what do we do?
I found out that if you cast ANY movement-kind spell (wing clip or scatter shot) and then send the pet back, it (the pet) will stay to the right place and you'll be able to continue range dpsing.
Hope it helps. Enjoy your farming!
Good luck farming out there!
Also note that the mages share spawn points with the warriors, so if you run out of warriors, kill the boulderfist mages and some should respawn as warriors.
FYI interesting things can be pickpocketed off these guys. On my Baby Rogue (lvl 67 at the time) I pulled a Nightseye gem off of one.
I've been farming Warriors and Mages at Southwind Cleft over the last few days. I've noticed that the mobs outside the cave are respawning pretty much as fast as I can kill them. I can go for an hour without stopping. It also seems that they have a very high drop rate on beads. This is my favorite farming spot.
Despite it not being up there, it is actually possible to pickpocket at least a Nightseye from them as I just grabbed one about two minutes ago.
Annoying little bug: They can sometimes Shoulder Charge you while dead if you kill them in one hit.
While Krieger der Felsfäuste are killed primarily to farm Obsidiankriegsperlen for the repeatable Mehr Kriegsperlen! quest to grind for Die Mag'har rep, the Krieger der Felsfäuste are also the only mobs that drop the rare Pläne: Zornstahlhandschuhe pattern for Schmiedekunst, a popular pattern for transmogrification.
The pattern will only drop for Blacksmiths, but will drop for any level of Schmiedekunst.
The Pläne: Zornstahlhandschuhe is an extremely rare pattern, so if you see it, grab it! Unfortunately, the pattern is BoP though, so it's only useful to the Blacksmith who farms it!
The Boulderfist Warrior is a curious species. Indigenous to parts of Nagrand, the warrior spends its time walking in circles or standing still. The creature seems to need no sustenance, and is always wearing armor identical to other members of their species. A curious aspect of the Warrior is their post-mortem reflex to charge the cause of death and cause them to be unable to act for up to two seconds, after the ogre has already fallen down on the ground and completely died. How exactly the ogre manages to charge the attacker AFTER dying is still unknown.


Privacy Browser 2.1 has been released. It fixes a crash on load introduced in version 2.0.1 if the homepage was set to be blank. When working with blank homepages, I also changed the default behavior so that the URL text box is selected and the keyboard is automatically displayed.
A bug was fixed that prevented Privacy Browser from loading localhost URLs. This was caused because Patterns.WEB_URL.matcher was used to determine if the input text was a URL or a search term. Patterns.WEB_URL.matcher does not consider localhost to be a WEB_URL. The fix causes all entries that contain localhost to be loaded as a URL. This creates a new problem if someone is searching for a string that contains localhost. The workaround is to perform these searches directly on the website of a search engine instead of using the URL text bar.
Another bug was fixed that prevented URLs loaded from the URL text bar to load correctly if they contained special characters like : or =. This was caused because the special characters were not being correctly encoded in UTF-8.
The website favorite icon is now reset to the default every time a new domain is loaded. This prevents websites like Evercookie from displaying the favorite icon from the previous domain.
As the most common reason for tapping the URL text bar is to type a new URL, the entire text is now selected when tapped. A second tap will allow editing of the URL. A double tap will provide options for cut, copy, and paste.
The order of the items in the main options menu have been changed so that the options that (I believe) are used least frequently are at the bottom. This is so that users with small screen devices don't have to scroll as often.
The green highlight that indicates custom domain settings are applied now has rounded corners, which makes it look a little more polished. The URL loading progress bar now goes all the way across the screen instead of being constrained to the width of the URL text box.
As usual, an updated Italian translation was provided by Francesco Buratti and an updated Spanish translation by Jose A. León. Privacy Browser currently doesn't have a German translator, so the German translation is getting increasingly out of date. Please contact me if you would like to volunteer as a German translator (or as a translator for any other language).
The next release will continue the work of winnowing down the list of open bugs and feature requests.


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Q: Highlight the Appbar page when in that specific page I am trying to add a highlight to the page link that I'm currently looking at in the app bar. but when I add the highlight, it is only highlighting when the link is being clicked but the highlight is disappearing when I got redirected to any page.
I tried to add a: active in CSS to add the background color and color to the text as well but the page link is not able to highlight the tab on the app bar it is just highlighting the link when I'm able to click on the link only.
import { BrowserRouter as Router, Route, Switch } from "react-router-dom";
import Navbar from "./components/navbar/Navbar";
import AboutUs from "./pages/about-us/AboutUs";
import ContactUS from "./pages/contact-us/ContactUS";
import Dashboard from "./pages/dashboard/Dashboard";

function App() {
    return (
        <Router>

                    <Navbar />

                <Switch>
                    <Route exact path='/'>
                        <Dashboard />
                    </Route>
                    <Route path='/contactus'>
                        <ContactUS />
                    </Route>
                    <Route path='/aboutus'>
                        <AboutUs />
                    </Route>
                </Switch>

        </Router>
    );
}

export default App;

import MenuIcon from "@mui/icons-material/Menu";
import { Box } from "@mui/system";
import React from "react";
import { Link } from "react-router-dom";

function Navbar() {
    return (

            <Box>
                <AppBar position='static'>
                    <Toolbar>
                        <IconButton>
                            <MenuIcon />
                        </IconButton>
                        <Box>
                            <IconButton>
                                <Link to='/'>
                                    <Typography
                                        variant='body1'
                                        style={{ marginRight: "1rem" }}>
                                        Dashboard
                                    </Typography>
                                </Link>
                                <Link to='/aboutus'>
                                    <Typography
                                        variant='body1'
                                        style={{ marginRight: "1rem" }}>
                                        About Us
                                    </Typography>
                                </Link>
                                <Link to='/contactus'>
                                    <Typography
                                        variant='body1'
                                        style={{ marginRight: "1rem" }}>
                                        Contact Us
                                    </Typography>
                                </Link>
                            </IconButton>
                        </Box>
                    </Toolbar>
                </AppBar>
            </Box>

    );
}

export default Navbar;

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New Initiative Launched to Help Manage Oil in Timor-Leste
Strategic integration of oil and gas revenues will help Timor-Leste develop equitably and sustainably.
The Open Society Foundations have awarded $800,000 to the Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment to promote integrated development in Timor-Leste in collaboration with the Revenue Watch Institute (RWI).
Though rich in oil and gas, the island nation of Timor-Leste remains one of the least developed countries in the world. To use its revenues from natural resources to achieve higher living standards and sustainable development, the government has enlisted the assistance of Professor Jeffrey Sachs and a team at the Earth Institute, Columbia University to advise on the sustainable management and use of its petroleum resources.
"The government has pledged to carry out the Timor-Leste Integrated Development Project in a transparent and accountable manner, and the Revenue Watch Institute is pleased to support this effort," said Karin Lissakers, RWI's director. "The Earth Institute's expertise in sustainable development strategy will help Timor-Leste ensure that investments of revenues from natural resources generate the greatest possible returns for the public interest."
A cross-disciplinary advisory team will support the government's efforts to achieve rapid, sustainable development and to build a diverse economy, with the goal of fostering a healthy, well-educated society that takes full advantage of Timorese entrepreneurship and initiative.
Plans for public investment in infrastructure can help support a healthy, sustainable economy in Timor Leste.
The project can serve as a demonstration of how channeling resource revenues into a focused domestic investment program to build physical and human capital can lead to poverty reduction, sustainable development and growth.
To support the project's broader development goals, the advisory work in Timor-Leste includes analytical support for public institutions to finance, design, plan and implement large public investment projects in infrastructure, health, education, agriculture and other areas. It also includes legal and economic analyses of foreign investment, such as in the oil and gas sectors. Finally, the team will help design efficient monitoring and evaluation systems.
"The project will give government officials the tools they need to effectively manage public finances and develop a vibrant economy for the people of their country," Lissakers said.
"The integrated, cross-sector approach to this project exemplifies the work for which the Earth Institute is best known," said Karl Sauvant, executive director of the Vale Columbia Center. "It is this combination of breadth and depth that makes the Earth Institute and our approach to addressing the challenges of resource management in Timor-Leste unique."


The Tannin Corporation chooses Industrial Packaging over the competition thanks to the team's reliability, timeliness and ability to deliver.
Tannin Corporation is a leading manufacturer and distributor of leather treatment chemicals.
Founded in 1944 in New England, they have expanded over the years into a worldwide powerhouse in the chemicals industry, with brands such as Marden-Wild, Blumberg Company's Vitasan/Vitasol, and Lion Brand.
Jim McKeever, the Supply Chain Manager at Tannin Corp, began working with Industrial Packaging to source their packaging supplies. Supplies included blister cards, Surlyn, gusseted bags and corrugated boxes. Jim has told us that he is consistently impressed with how we conduct business with his company.
There are many reasons that Jim and Tannin Corporation continue to do business with Industrial Packaging over other packaging materials providers; most important to Jim are reliability and timeliness.
The incredible level of trust that has been built over the years between our companies is the bedrock of our relationship. Jim can say confidently that if there is ever a problem, the team at Industrial Packaging will make it right, every time.
Since the start of the Tannin/Industrial Packaging relationship in 2013, the volume has grown over 880%.
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Remember when I picked all the pink blossoms off the apple tree, excited to show you that they had bloomed? And do you remember when I picked all the snapdragons that you had planted just that morning? I remember planting white rose bushes and mint, spending hours at the nurseries and hiding behind the peony bushes. Thank you, Mom for all you taught me. I had no idea those simple memories were shaping me to be the woman I am today. Thank you for all your support, even when you didn't think I was making the right decisions, you let me learn on my own. Thank you Mom, for everything you've done for me. I love you.


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Q: Add sound to AVMutableVideoComposition multiple times I'm using an AVMutableVideoComposition to add video and audio.
I have multiple video and audio files that I stitch together, which basically works fine.
I'm using this code to add the audio:
AVURLAsset *audioAsset = [[AVURLAsset alloc] initWithURL:[NSURL fileURLWithPath:path] options:nil];

            [compositionAudioTrack insertTimeRange:titleRange
                               ofTrack:[audioAsset tracksWithMediaType:AVMediaTypeAudio][0]
                                atTime:partZeroTime
                                 error:&err];

The path is correct (used NSLog to check) and partZeroTime is the insertion point for every audio track (the audio is played at the beginning of the video only). The audio file is always the same (some m4a file).
This only works for the first audio, though. Every subsequent audio isn't played. I do not receive an error from adding the audio asset.
I also tried to create a separate track for the music, with the same result.
Any ideas?
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I might not be entirely clear about what I want to do, so here's more information: I have a video composition of several clips that I stitch together with an AVMutableComposition.
It contains an intro (where I try to add the music), followed by 1 or 2 clips, another intro (with music) followed by more video.
I added a separate track for the music so it would look like --music--silence--music--silence.
I tried adding the silence with insertEmptyTimerange but this messes up basically everything. I then used insertTimeRange:tr ofTrack:nil... which gives me the same result as before: the first music clip is played, but every following clip won't...
I'm pulling my hair out on this...

A: ok, this was REALLY dumb... :)
The problem was, that I defined the timerange wrong. Instead of using CMTimeRangeMake(kCMTimeZero, introDuration) I defined it like CMTimeRangeMake(introStart, introDuration) where introStart was the starting time of the music...


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Holly Holm's Next Fight WON'T Be Ronda Rousey Rematch Says Dana White
On the latest edition of the UFC Tonight show on FOX Sports 1, UFC president Dana White officially confirmed that Holly Holm's next fight will NOT be a rematch with Ronda Rousey.
"Holly Holm will fight before she fights Ronda," White stated, though he didn't reveal who her opponent would be or when the new woman's bantamweight champion would be stepping back into the Octagon.
The UFC's initial idea following that shock loss was for Holm to rematch Rousey at UFC 200 in July, but with the former champion suffering from loose teeth that would likely keep her from sparring for up to six months, not to mention the fact that she had movie projects lined up for the first half of 2016, there's always been a great deal of uncertainty regarding their ability to follow through with that plan.
Meanwhile, Holm had indicated that she didn't want to wait around until the summer to make her first title defense, stating that she was eager to get back into the Octagon sooner rather than later, while suggesting Miesha Tate as a potential opponent.
Tate is currently the No.2 ranked contender behind Rousey and has already made it clear she'd jump at the chance to fight Holm, so it'd be a surprise if that's not the fight the promotion has in mind.
It'll be interesting to see exactly when the fight materializes, with a March or April date likely to indicate that the promotion are still holding out hope that Holm Vs Rousey II could happen in July.
For now though, all White will say is that Rousey does plan to compete again at some stage in 2016.
"You will see Ronda Rousey fight again," White said. "Ronda has dedicated the last three-plus years to working hard here. Not just fighting, but promoting and taking the sport and the UFC to a whole other level. Ronda has some well-deserved time off, but she will fight this year."


As innovations like driverless cars and trains, smart vacuum cleaners and smart fridges, and exercise and dream tracking programs become part of our everyday lives… Could we really expect books to remain unchanged? The artificial intelligence and big data boom is likely to radically change the way we access and consume all kinds of cultural content. In the midst of the current uncertainty and change, we try our hand at forecasting and venture to predict the future of the book.
Artificial intelligence is by no means new, it is something that humans have been working on and studying for at least five decades. But over the last few years, the potentially unlimited access to large amounts of real-time data on human behaviour – also known as "big data" – and a rapid increase in computational power have led to an explosion in the potential uses of artificial intelligence. As a result, it is no longer a mere scientific concept but a social reality that is already transforming everyday life, including the way we access and use all kinds of cultural content.
Just like electricity in the late nineteenth century, artificial intelligence is set to become a structural commodity that affects most economic activities as well as the business models used by all kinds of companies. In other words, all business sectors, including the cultural industries, will base their operations on AI. Almost everything you do while you are using screens, as well as most apps that you interact with on your mobile phone, collect all kinds of data, which are then used to deliver better and more personalised services: the cookies that monitor your web browsing to determine your level of interest in a particular online purchase; the GPS that pinpoints your exact location on a map to help you find a particular store or to book a taxi; watches with sensors that register your movements and even your body temperature… Faced with this new reality, professionals from the cultural and creative sectors should begin to consider how artificial intelligence will affect their work and what steps they should take in the short and medium term, because the speed of these changes is likely to take us by surprise. Over the next few years, cultural content recommendations will largely come from artificial intelligence and big data technologies. That does not mean that booksellers and book and film reviewers will disappear altogether, but they will have to find new ways to add value for consumers of cultural content.
In just a few years, artificial intelligence has become part of our lives. Apple's Siri and Google Now are just two examples, and although they may not yet be perfect, their development has been remarkable. We are also seeing the surprising results of the first big data forays into the creation of cultural content. Netflix analysed the actions and preferences of its subscribers to determine the focus and pace of the plot of its series House of Cards. For months, the team behind the platform studied the behaviour and decisions of its users: which films they chose and which they watched through to the end, their votes and comments, their favourite characters, their interactions with each other, and so on. The aim of this big data analysis was to discover user preferences and take them into account when producing new episodes. Similarly, Marvel Studios also tracks and analyses user-generated big data in order to detect what characters and relationships will maximise the audience's interest in its films and to generate plot ideas and archetypes for its characters in future projects.
The advice of booksellers and librarians is already supplemented by new recommendation systems produced by software tools such as Tekstum and Komilibro. Like Amazon, these technologies generate personalised recommendations targeted at individual readers by analysing purchasing habits, but they also carry out more detailed studies of our cultural consumption behaviour. Information on actual reader behaviour and other aspects such as moods and emotions will become the main asset and competitive edge for publishers, bookshops and libraries in the digital era.
In the analogue age, the main and almost sole indicator of a book's performance on the market was its retail sale figures in bookstores. With the advent of electronic books and audiobooks, the publishing sector now has access to enormous amounts of data on reader behaviour. The new artificial intelligence algorithms track much more than bestseller lists, publisher metadata or star ratings, which do not take into account possible nuances that set particular books apart from each other. Algorithms based on big data and artificial intelligence, like the one used by Tekstum, help publishers, booksellers and librarians find out what feelings, sensations and emotions a book transmits to its readers, and offer a scientific, real time analysis of reader opinions, comments, and reviews on literature platforms, blogs, and social media. These new algorithms give book industry professionals real-time information on aspects such as the average amount of time that readers spend on a book, whether or not they finish it, peak reading days and times, what paragraphs have are underlined most, and how readers interact with books from certain genres.
These types of data give publishers, booksellers and librarians an insight into reader behaviour. On one hand, this helps them to publish of books that attract readers on a more personal level, and on the other it allows them to offer more personalised recommendations of existing books that reflect what readers want and expect. The benefits of this data are truly positive for readers and for industry professionals. Readers can discover more books that closely reflect and meet their reading preferences, while publishers can minimise the risks involved in supporting new authors and works because they have more information on supposed market demand. This data, combined with the information provided by social media, provides a clearer idea of the market. Industry professionals can then use this valuable information to shape artistic creation according to different cultural preferences, and to create marketing and sales strategies that are more likely to succeed because they take into account user history data.
Nonetheless, one of the main risks of the misuse of data tracking is that all cultural production could end up catering exclusively to supposed market demands. Although many of us consider that much of today's artistic work is already governed by those interests, I think we should aim to strike a balance between the use of these new technologies and artistic production, in order to guarantee the bibliodiversity of voices, stories, point of views, and so on.
We are getting closer to the day when artificial intelligence, robots, and algorithms will write their own stories, books and narratives. There are already technologies that generate stories based on the style of particular writers, and algorithms that look for influences and connections between authors, so it would not be surprising if artificial intelligence soon starts to generate its own creative writing in the near future. In fact, several niche news platforms already use bots that read data-driven news items and use them to generate their own articles, even if they are then checked by human writers.
Creative writing is turning out to be fertile ground for artificial intelligence. Last year a "manuscript" written by a computer was longlisted for a literary award in Japan (a fact that, incidentally, did not surprise some of the more exacting literary critics). Irony aside, "artificial creativity" is progressing more quickly than we had imagined. In the near future, writers will use interactive technologies to produce parts of their work. New digital narratives in which reader decisions and interaction determine the course of the story are appearing all the time. AdrenaLivre, Blackbar, Adela and Seen are excellent examples of this new way of telling stories. Reader interaction is maximised through the collection of user behaviour data, taking the personalisation of the reading experience to unprecedented levels. These new technologies raise new questions: in these kinds of partly automated digital works, should the author also receive royalties for the "artificial" part? Or should it be exempt, given as it is open access technology? Should publishers have to purchase the rights to these technologies in order to be able to distribute royalties accordingly? How will publishers and developers share rights? We need to consider all these possible future human-machine collaboration scenarios within the creative process, as they will become more common than we think.
Some readers may think that this is still science fiction, but we are clearly not the only ones taking it seriously: the European parliament is considering the need to equip robots with rights and responsibilities in the future, given how fast research and development is progressing in this area.
All civilisations have their own forms of expression. Throughout history, some civilisations have expressed themselves orally and some in writing, some developed hieroglyphs, others used printing technologies, and so on. Now, everything indicates that the prevailing language in the digital era will be intelligently visual.
Experts in the field tell us that there are currently two different types of virtual reality. On one hand, there is "immersive" virtual reality, in which users become part of the story and experience it real time. Rather than learning or reading references to the past, students and readers can now use virtual reality to experience it first hand. This technology opens up a new world of opportunities for the cultural, publishing, and education sectors. On the other hand, there is "augmented reality", which enhances the process of discovering and purchasing products and services, as well as other areas such as labour relations. This type of VR will allow you to "try on" a suit without getting undressed, check whether a hairstyle suits you before taking the plunge, redecorate your house without spending a cent, wander through a hotel room simulation before booking, etc. All of these will be common "experiences" earlier than you think. By 2025, we will no longer be able to tell the difference between analogue and virtual reality. We will live in both realities simultaneously, and it will be as "normal" to us as our interactions on social networks are now. It is increasingly clear that virtual reality will change the way we discover, buy, and use all kinds of products, and cultural products are no exception.
Technologies such as artificial intelligence, virtual reality and big data will also have an enormous impact on the way we discover traditional books in physical spaces. For now, library and bookshop users live in two different worlds: traditional physical spaces and new online services accessed on screen (online purchasing and borrowing of books, audiobooks and newspapers and magazines, customer support on WhatsApp…) The challenge is to combine these two worlds and particularly to add value to visits to libraries and bookshops now that users can largely meet their needs online. As a sign of the times, mobile phones will be key to the fusion of these two worlds. The very name "mobile" suggests what makes them so favourable to the complementarity of the physical and online aspects of libraries and bookshops.
In this new fusion of the physical and virtual worlds, "bots" will improve the way we interact with bookshops and libraries. Our smartphones will be full of chatbot apps that will help answer all kinds of questions on matters relating to specific books we are looking for, or to particular aspects of a certain work or author. The use of these chatbots is by no means incompatible with seeking the help of human experts to find out about subjects that require more specialised information. The ASK Brookly Museum app, for example, allows users to ask questions that are answered by the museum's curators and experts.
Looking a bit further into the future of libraries and bookshops, these bots are likely to continue to evolve with the implementation of natural language processing software, which includes aspects like moods, emotions, double meanings, and so on. It will also become common to see robots carrying out all kinds of tasks at libraries and bookshops. Humanoid robots like Pepper are already answering questions and helping customers with purchases at museum shops and bookshops. Libraries are once again spearheading experimentation in this field, using robots as a fun, hands-on means to teach young users to programme and use code. These robots are equipped with two cameras, four microphones, motion sensors, sound and facial recognition software, tactile sensing and echolocation to detect walls. Robots in the near future will also be able to converse with users in up to nineteen different languages, tell stories, and recite poems. These kinds of technologies will be implemented in bookshops and libraries, taking the interaction between humans and artificial intelligence to a more humanistic level.
Artificial intelligence is becoming one of the main interests of technology corporations. This new frontier is now the El Dorado for companies like Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple, and it seems set to become a focus of technological development for the next few years. Facebook wants to use artificial intelligence to help blind people "see", and is also working on inter-machine deep learning systems and facial recognition systems. Apple has acquired Emotient technology, which uses facial recognition systems to detect emotions, and is also continuing research and development of its existing Siri system. And, unsurprisingly, Google is still investing in improving its algorithm in all kinds of ways, trying to make it increasingly intelligent. One of its most creative recent inventions is DeepDream, a programme that can create and enhance new images based on existing ones.
Everything we do in both our analogue and digital lives will end up being tracked in real time. Artificial intelligence, virtual reality and big data will generate a whole lot of benefits as a result, but they are also taking us into new and potentially dangerous scenarios. Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple and other tech companies will track and analyse data, supposedly in order to offer more targeted, personalised services. The fact that if something can be tracked, it will be tracked in real time is something inevitable that we will have to learn to live with in the digital era. But this does not mean we have to give up our rights as citizens and consumers.
Most online business models (search engines, social media, e-commerce platforms, recommendation systems, etc.) are based on personal data entered by users. Information on real customer behaviour and satisfaction, which was impossible to obtain in the analogue world, will become the main asset of artificial intelligence.
Trailer of «Do not track», a personalized documentary series about privacy and the web economy.
In the analogue world, laws prevent companies from using personal data for commercial purposes. But the new e-commerce platforms and social networks have enormous amounts of data generated by our online behaviour (what we browse, what we buy, what we read, what we don't read – which is also important –, what we recommend, etc.). This user profile information has enormous commercial value that companies like Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google use to fine-tune their recommendation and sales algorithms.
Interestingly, the companies that encourage us to share every instant of our lives are the world's least transparent. The NGO International Transparency rates Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple lower than many banks. The secrecy of these companies is totally at odds with their push to bring everything into the public sphere. Amazon, for example, does not declare the results of its operations in the countries where it operates, including Spain.
Public authorities need to take further steps towards legislating what these companies can and cannot do with our data, in order to protect our rights as consumers and citizens. We need to guarantee that the public interests of the digital society of the future are valued above the interests of companies, regardless how legitimate these interests may be.
As a society, we need to ask: Should we force companies operating in the digital economy to share the data tracked by their algorithms in order to make it public and guarantee access to it? If the aggregate data is in the public domain, public access will offset the competitive edge and no company will be able to take an overwhelmingly dominant position.
The fact that I raise this does not make me "digital dissident". As an inveterate proponent of the digital age, this call for critical debate on the impact of artificial intelligence is not intended to detract from the importance or the value of its benefits to society. I only wish to encourage discussion on whether the future we are creating is better than the uncertain present.
We should not forget that we are now starting to define the model for the digital society of the future. And that what we do during these early stages, and how we do it, will have important repercussions on the future.
Expert in the digital era and founding member of dosdoce.com, he works on gaining literacy in new technologies aimed at publishing companies, bookstores, libraries and museums.


Week 1 – Stand Up to Falls: "Don't get tripped up! Keep an eye out to prevent falls." Although home is the place where we feel the safest, falls in the home are one of the leading causes of injury-related death in the U.S., second only to poisoning. Falls are the most common cause of traumatic brain injuries, including concussions, according to the Centers of Disease Control & Prevention (CDC). From removing common tripping hazards such as rugs, cords and spills to getting regular vision screenings, you can help eliminate your chances of falling.
Week 2 – Recharge to Be in Charge: With a focus on fatigue, this week highlights the importance of getting an accurate amount of sleep. The CDC reports that one in three adults do not get enough sleep. Sleep deprivation can lead to injuries at work, home or on the farm. Not only is fatigue unhealthy for the individual, but it can impact the safety of others, including children and co-workers. Lack of alertness behind the wheel of a vehicle or machinery can have devastating consequences.
Week 3 – Prepare for Active Shooters: Preparing for the worst can be a difficult task, as it involves us thinking of a situation we do not ever want to be faced with. However, being prepared can be your best defense. By being aware of your environment and locating the nearest two exits for any place you visit, you are prepared for any dangerous situation including emergency evacuations for fires and other unexpected circumstances.
Week 4 – Don't Just Sit There: This week's focus is ergonomics and provide tips to remain healthy and active by avoiding lower back pain. According to the American Chiropractic Association, nearly 80% of Americans will experience back problems at some point in their lives. With proper stretching prior to lifting, using your legs and not your back, and limiting the amount of weight you carry, you can help prevent strains, dislocations and muscle tears.
These topics highlighted during June's safety month are some of the lessons children learn when they attend a Progressive Agriculture Safety Day®, the largest rural safety and health education program for children in North America. If you are interested in conducting a 2018 Progressive Agriculture Safety Day® for your community, applications are being accepted through July 15, 2017. To apply to host a Safety Day or for more information about the program, visit www.progressiveag.org or call us toll-free at 888-257-3529.
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In this window restoration London case study Mrs. L phoned us up as she had a lot of rot in her sash windows. Her main concern was that other companies she had talked to were quoting her on replacing the original windows as the only option. This was not something that she wanted to do as it was important to her to keep as much of the original windows and frames as possible.
The main issue with her windows was the amount of rot. The windows had been neglected in the past and due to this there was quite a lot of small repair issues on all the windows. Her home was also fairly draughty. The various windows she had, had never been draught proofed before. While surveying her property she also mentioned to us that her door was looking a bit weathered and, as the windows were being re done, she wanted her door to match the finished look.
She requested that we carry out the work at her home. The carpenters were aware that Mrs. L wanted as little as possible to be replaced so they made sure that they only replaced where necessary. On the sections that needed to be replaced we handmade hardwood sections that would fit in. By using our repair care system they were moulded together with the old wood and rubbed down. Everything was then hand painted and fitted after being draught proofed to keep the home warmer. The door was needing a few minor repairs and these were fixed and then hand painted to Mrs. L's paint colour choice.
When we left all windows were restored to give the client complete peace of mind. She was very grateful that we were able to restore them as much as possible and was understanding of the sections that had to be replaced. The draught proofing made a huge difference to her home. The newly painted windows and door brightened up the whole house. Mrs L was really pleased with the result.


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