I have a creature or more accurately creatures that I have a problem with. I can't figure out why it is afraid of water.
They are landbased tiny tiny little piranha like organisms that work in unison. Each individual organism is about the size of phytoplankton and plankton. They work together almost like a hivemind but have no evil queen to rule them.
Each individual creature is not intelligent and acts more on instinct and signals from others. Think of eusocial insects using chemicals and pheromones. Because you never see one alone and only in large clusters, they always appear like a low-lying mist or fog. Let's call a cluster of these creatures the Mistraille.
Mistraille can consume all living plants and animals by entering the victim through a cut/wound/tear etc. and leave behind a desicated husk (I believe they consume everything, bones, muscles, all plant matter except the outer covering/skin but this can be changed if necessary). The plant/animal can still be alive when the Mistraille enters. After a time the Mistraille can actually move the animal around like a 'meatsuit' (this could allow isolated cases of Mistraille in areas not normally associated with it).
A small amount of Mistraille enters the body, reproduces while consuming the body and emerges in greater numbers. The Mistraille therefore leaves a fairly desolate empty environment behind them. They appear to live in deserts — which came first, Mistraille or the desert? (rhetorical question).
I didn't want an entire desert wasteland of a planet, so I have tried to limit Mistraille range by giving it two major weaknesses; light and water. Mistraille normally take cover during daylight hours, either by hiding deep in the desert sands, deep shadows (like basements, caves, inside empty shoes etc.) or in their latest victim. They are also physically constrained by large water bodies and can be temporarily repelled by water sprinkled at them (more on this later).
Two minor restrictions are they cannot hide in or travel through rock/solid surfaces. Porous rock yes, solid rock no. Mistraille also cannot consume a victim from the outside. It has to get inside the body first. So any cuts, wounds, open sores are a way in. To further limit this I feel that natural orifices like mouths, noses, ears, bums, skin or plant pores should be off limits to entry (reasoning not completely worked out yet).
I need limiting factors to stop the spread and range of said Mistraille as well as some way to keep it at bay at night by 'intelligent' creatures.
I have figured out several constraints and reasoning behind their light weakness.
Mistraille actually are in deadly danger to any length of exposure to the UV spectrum of light.
Due to their limited exposure to daylight they have an unfounded fear of the entire visible spectrum of light (almost a pavlovan response).
They can be repelled at night by artificial light sources such as fire, or modern day torches (it is the light not the heat that they avoid). This won't prevent the Mistraille from crossing the barrier of light if it really decides to go at you.
I have figured that the parts of the plants that photosynthesize during the day would be off limits. Therefore Mistraille can only hideout during the day in deep shadows, animals and in the more solidish parts of the plants Eg. tree trunks. (I know that there are light and dark phases of the photosynthesis cycle, but hopefully you get my reasoning).
In working out the details on water I have figured out some constraints but not the reasoning.
I want to limit their spread, so I made them unable to cross large bodies of water; oceans, seas, rivers, and perhaps marshes. Mistraille could possibly create 'bridges' to cross little trickles or very tiny streams. Eg. ants working together to cross a small river but this might involve sacrificing those in the water.
At night or in the deep shadows you can temporarily 'repel' Mistraille by 'sprinkling' water at them. A deluge would also work, but you are in a desert so you don't want to use all the water at once.
What I can't figure out is why they are afraid of water! They go inside animal and plant bodies that are made up of a large proportion of water. How can I reasonably explain the fear of the one but not the other?
My question is: why are my creatures, Mistraille, afraid of water outside their victims but not when they are inside their victims?
I've been thinking that maybe the water would interfere with their hivemind communication, isolating each creature from the cluster. But how would they then communicate inside their victims?
Maybe something in the chemical makeup of the victims body fluids could trigger a delayed transformation to a form more adapted to the fluid environment. But with that reasoning it can't be related to the freshness or saltiness of the fluid and can't be plant /animal species specific.
Hopefully you see my conundrum. I'm not looking for idea generation per say, just a somewhat valid reasoning on how I can explain my creatures actions. And if necessary alternate solutions.
These are very tiny creatures, so their body structure would be fairly basic and not too complex. (I don't think they would be similar or based on felides. Sorry!).
I had been toying with a caste structure but now think I will definitely need one. Highly eusocial creatures are defined as having a job role bases on the creatures body characteristics from birth. No changing a worker into a queen or a queen onto a worker. I believe Mistraille would be 'primitively eusocial' - their job roles aren't defined from birth, they can have multiple generations, shared care for the young, etc.
So using that basis I believe I can make Mistraille have different sets of body characteristics based on the surrounding environment.
When they are travelling outside any victims they could be fairly similar to each other. Each simple creature communicating via pheromones and the larger collective consciousness a sort of hivemind with no queen directing any actions. These outside Mistraille move by either crawling/hopping or 'flying' on very basic proto wings. No swimming. The best image I have, in my head, is the classic sediment transport image by bouncing, rolling, dragging, and suspension etc. It is this 'outside' form that would be the most vulnerable to light and water (a holdover from their 'inside' forms?).
When they encounter a victim, they enter and then this would trigger a process of transformation to occur. This transformation would result in a better adaptation for 'liquid' interiors but the reasoning so far of narrow osmosis range/required toxin would still hold (or a similar reason not yet mentioned). They could transform into several specialised bodytypes suited to what they are munching on Eg animal or plant AND bone, muscle, organs, plant fibres etc. They would also lose any proto wings they have and develop 'claws', 'razorsharp teeth' and 'swimming' abilities. The 'nests' where the Queens and child-rearing occur would be in locations safe from light (so in plants, in the protected areas not involved in photosynthesis).
As I mentioned before, this transformation requirement from 'travel' mode to 'attack' mode (as @Drenzel called it) would explain why they can't eat a victim from the outside. It could also explain why natural orifices are off limits.
They would still communicate by chemicals and pheromones but might be directed by several Queens. I don't believe the hivemind is as developed as each creature knowing and experiencing the others experiences (as these are very simple creatures) but rather each individual creature influencing and been influenced by the collective consciousness.
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As a hive mind species, one of their greatest fears is isolation of the individual units from the rest of the hive, this would often mean death for the individual units, and if all of them are scattered, death for the hive.
Large bodies of water, especially flowing or moving water (rivers, waterfalls, waves) have tended to separate them from one another, killing or severely injuring those hives who encounter fast moving water. Over time they have developed an innate fear of all large concentrations of water, but especially indications of fast moving water. A misting of water, especially a directional spray, often corresponds to a large moving body of water, like a waterfall or river rapids. This signals one of their primal fears, causing them to contract as a group and retreat from the source.
Let's not be specific, then, and let's look at something that does kill some animals in our own real world.
The salinity of our bloodstream is different from that of most bodies of water. The same can be said for the sap in plants. That's because living beings accumulate many different ions in their organisms to some extent, but also eliminate excesses to some extent.
For example, our blood has as much salt content as saline - 9 grams per liter. For salinity purposes, our blood is within the range of brackish water (between 0.5 and 30 grams per liter). That's more salty than fresh water, but less salty than seawater.
So let's say that your Mistrailles have a bodily salt content like our own. But unlike many animals and plants, they can't regulate the salt in their organisms like we do. The range of salinity they can tolerate is narrower.
If they are immersed in drinking water, their cells will each individually absorb a lot of water and pop, just like our own red blood cells in a cup of drinking water. You could also see this happening to a sea jellyfish if you take it out of the sea and place it in a bucket full of drinking water, but if you do that you have no soul.
If they are immersed in seawater, the water will run out of their cells and they will die dehydrated. Just like our own red blood cells in a cup of seawater. You can also see this happening to a river hydra (poor cnidaria have very narrow salinity ranges they can live with) if you take it from a river and put it into a bucket full of salty water, but if you do that I am going to dennounce you to PETA.
And that's why they can't stand water, unless it has been carefully treated to have exactly the amount of saltiness they will tolerate. You should probably be really careful around your Saline IV storages.
They communicate through chemicals in the air, and I think this is the solution.
While flesh contains a lot of water, it mainly isn't in a liquid state, being stored in the tissues. Even though blood is liquid, it isn't an excessive amount.
Any chemicals that they release to communicate with each other and keep their hive mind like link going are going to be contained in their victims body.
But a river or a large body of water would dilute and wash away all of the communication chemicals cutting them off from the rest. Being a very social creature, this silencing effect is very disconcerting for them, causing a lot of fear, and so they avoid it instinctively.
One option is that the water is mostly fresh and the Mistraille can not manage cellular integrity due to osmotic pressure. The salt in their systems would leach out and water enters in killing them if they are immersed. The blood of the host contains a similar amount of minerals / salts but entering the fresh water causes their cells to burst. Even sprinkling of water greatly weakens them, stopping them from entering the host. Salt water could be missing important salts / minerals or contain predators that like to eat them.
The water could also contain viruses or bacteria that are deadly to the Mistraille but that the host immune system destroys.
Either way this shall fuel my nightmares for some time.
Consider that, like their irrational fear of general light because of a vulnerability to a specific range of light wavelength, the Mistraille are only vulnerable to something commonly found in the world's water bodies.
These were off the top of my head. If I come up with any more, I will add them in later.
They can consume all living plants and animals by entering the victim through a cut/wound/tear etc. and leave behind a desicated husk (I believe they consume everything, bones, muscles, plant matter except the outer covering but this can be changed if necessary).
They need a cut/wound/tear to enter victim but they can consume bones, that may be because they have two different "stances", lets say migration and feeding so when they are in migration mode they have a normal solid shell-type body, but in contact a liquid they dissolve like a slime which is useful to enter in other organism via circulatory system and just dissolve/control-it but not so when you just spread away in water with huge solubility and nothing to feed of.
Well, do your creatures crawl, do they fly? Can they swim? Can they "breathe" underwater?
Maybe they can fly but just short distances. Too short to cross a large body of water. They'd drown. So they don't even try. Just like a grasshopper (insert any short-range flying creature) wouldn't try to jump over a mile-wide river or an ocean.
Maybe they can fly long distances but they can't dive into the water (because they can't breathe underwater or because it hurts them otherwise), so they know that they would starve over a sea or ocean, like locust.
Maybe they can even swim/dive but they are really slow and it's hard to catch fish for them so why bother when there's easier meat on land.
salt water is fatally toxic to the Henders Is. wildlife, seemingly on contact, due to osmosis action.
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Maybe water makes them unable to move? Dry sand or flour can be even moved by wind, but it sticks together when wet. So when you spray water at them, they stick to each other and fall to the ground. And in the larger bodies of water they have trouble keeping together. But in the human body they either slowly move inside the muscles/other solid things (while eating them) or are transported by the blood flow.
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Moe Harkless has been named Big East Rookie of the Week for the second time.
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St. John's Red Storm freshman forward Moe Harkless has been named the Big East Conference's Rookie of the Week. Harkless, who averaged 18 points and 9.5 rebounds in the Johnnies' wins over DePaul and Notre Dame, is now a two-time recipient of the award.
Harkless has been St. John's most consistent offensive performer in a roller-coaster 13-16 (6-10 Big East) season. Though the showings of D`Angelo Harrison and the emergence of Amir Garrett and Sir`Dominic Pointer have catapulted the team, it has been Harkless' steady production that led the Red Storm to two big wins.
It has been the offensive outbursts of Garrett and Pointer that have allowed Harkless to get more open looks than he had been getting. With additional scorers, the "Fresh Five" is becoming a bigger threat on the court.
"When those other guys are going, it helps us out a lot. It takes a lot of pressure off of us," Harkless told ESPN's Doris Burke after Saturday's win over Notre Dame. "When they're playing, I love playing with them."
But, when it is all broken down, it starts and ends with Moe Harkless.
Harkless has averaged 15.6 points and 8.7 rebounds in the first 29 games of his St. John's career. He has become the Red Storm's rock by scoring at least 15 points 17 different times, while sometimes having to play the full 40 minutes.
St. John's will need Harkless' production, both offensively and on the boards, in its two remaining regular season games and in the Big East Tournament next week. The Johnnies travel to Pittsburgh this Wednesday night for a clash with the Panthers.
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If you thought shoving aside Montenegro's prime minister or white-knuckling French President Emmanuel Macron was bad for U.S. international relations, then you probably haven't heard today's news: According to Axios, Trump has decided to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate accord. The New York Times, meanwhile, reports that Trump is "poised" to withdraw from the deal, but that the decision isn't final. On Tuesday morning, Trump tweeted:
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Thousands of displaced Yazidi women have been sold into slaver
Standing alone at the end of a dirt track on top of a mountain, the 18-year-old Yazidi woman is wearing a broad smile. It's because it took us so long to get here. For a whole week my phone calls and entreaties to her relatives were batted back with the reply that "the Americans don't want her to say anything"; the American Consulate in Irbil, in turn, wouldn't even confirm or deny her existence.
Then came a two-hour drive to an area of northern Iraq so remote that even my local driver got lost, and after that came the thunder and lightning and heavy rain; if it hadn't been for directions from half a dozen friendly villagers, and her guiding us in with her mobile phone, we would never have made it. "Isis will never find you here," I joke, getting out of the car to shake her hand. "That is the point," she says.
Displaced Iraqis from the Yazidi community, who fled violence between Islamic State (IS) group jihadists and Peshmerga fighters
Jalila is one of the luckiest Yazidi women alive. When the men from Isis (like many of Isis's enemies, she prefers to call them Da'esh, an irreverent play on their Arabic acronym) swooped into her village in Sinjar last August, she was one of the thousands of women and girls taken away to be sold into domestic or sexual slavery. In May, however, she happened to be in a house in Deir Ezzor in eastern Syria when American soldiers arrived in Black Hawk helicopters, killing a Tunisian Isis member called Abu Sayyaf and capturing his young Iraqi wife.
It was the first successful raid on Isis territory by US special forces, and only the second time they'd set foot on Syrian soil since the conflict began; a previous attempt to free American hostages who had been seized by Isis was botched and they returned, empty-handed. This time, however, the raid was billed as a success.
Abu Sayyaf was said by the US to have been a senior member of the terrorist group who had helped it rake in millions of dollars by directing its oil, gas and financial operations. Soon afterwards it emerged that he had previously been involved in the abduction and mistreatment of the American hostage Kayla Mueller, who was subsequently killed. And Jalila, who was as surprised as anyone else by the soldiers' sudden arrival, hitched a ride back to Iraq.
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She leads me and my translator past some curious children to an unfinished, largely windowless building which she shares with some other refugees, most of them children. It's nothing more than a slab of concrete wrapped in plastic sheeting, but its view over a tree-dappled valley is breathtaking. While her older sister makes tea, we sit on cushions and pick at a plate of local fruit. Graceful and entirely at ease with herself, Jalila thinks before answering my questions – and only speaks when she has something to say. Hers is a tale of extraordinary fortitude and real courage. Shortly after she was taken, she says, she was separated from her family and sold as a slave in Iraq's second city, Mosul, which had recently fallen into the hands of Isis.
Kurdish troops watch Isis positions in Mosul
(AFP/Getty Images)
Almost immediately, she began to make trouble. It was when the jihadis stopped taking her on visits to see her family and told her that some of them were dead that the arguments began. "You say you are doing this for God," she says she told them. "But you are only doing it for sex and to abuse girls." Like many other Yazidi women, Jalila pretended to be married to avoid unwanted attention, but they quickly discovered she was lying.
Eventually, tiring of her stubbornness, her "owners" swapped her for another Yazidi girl - and Jalila was sent instead to Abu Sayyaf's house, a pleasant, multi-story apartment in a residential block, just a week before the American raid. Once again, she marked herself out as a troublemaker. She remembers Abu Sayyaf as being a short and medium built, with curly black hair and a scar on his forehead.
"He was a big boss for Isis in Syria", she says. Jalila was assigned to serve his wife, known as Umm Sayyaf, who spent most of her time on the upper floors receiving a succession of female guests. But Umm Sayyaf took an instant dislike to Jalila, whose attitude fell short of expectations. "She told me, 'Cook!' but I told them I can't cook."
A displaced Iraqi youth from the Yazidi community poses for a picture in the northern Iraqi town of Dohuk on May 20, 2015
Too late, Umm Sayyaf realised that she vastly preferred the previous girl, and began doing her best to get Jalila into trouble – trying to provoke her and complaining about her behaviour to her husband. On one occasion Abu Sayyaf was called upon to slap her across the face. On another, Jalila says, Umm Sayyaf handed her a gun – presumably unloaded – and told her to "make a problem, so we can get rid of you". Jalila couldn't even master the safety catch, but the ploy seemed to work; after that, she says, she was treated with suspicion, and regularly frisked and subjected to room searches by her new owners.
The outlines of Jalila's ordeal would already have been familiar to the American authorities. In the week before I met her I'd travelled to different refugee camps in northern Iraq to speak to the two young teenagers who had been held with Ms Mueller in another of Abu Sayyaf's houses in northern Syria between August and October 2014, and who had also been debriefed by the American authorities.
Abu Sayyaf, the older of these two girls said, "was so bad". He spoke to Ms Mueller in French, she says; American officials say Abu Sayyaf was a Tunisian citizen who had travelled to Iraq around the time of the US invasion. But his wife was every bit as cruel. Like Jalila, the two girls had been assigned to cooking and cleaning. The younger girl, who was 14, told me that when she didn't understand one of Umm Sayyaf's instructions, Abu Sayyaf came and beat her with a block of wood. Both girls said it had been Umm Sayyaf who had come to take Ms Mueller away to be raped by a man she referred to as Abu Khaled – an important Isis visitor who both have since independently identified as the organisation's leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. "Get up, Abu Khaled is coming and he wants you," the younger girl remembers hearing.
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Seven months later and at another home in Deir Ezzor, Umm Sayyaf's callous disregard for her latest domestic slave was about to backfire badly. A week after she arrived, and shortly after midnight, Jalila was alone in her locked room when she heard a barrage of noise. It was pitch dark, and the power had been cut; everything happened so fast that she could barely process what was happening. The first thing she remembers is Abu Sayyaf and his wife running into her room in a panic. They had no idea that this was a special forces raid – they had presumed it was an air strike – and their plan was to head for the lower floors and then slip away from the building, taking her with them. "We have to get out," she remembers Umm Sayyaf saying.
But moments later several heavily armed commandos wearing military vests appeared. Abu Sayyaf tried to shoot them with his pistol, the soldiers fired several rounds and Abu Sayyaf slumped to the floor. Thinking quickly, Jalila piped up that she was Yazidi. "Do you want to come with us?" the soldiers asked. "Sure," replied Jalila.
Iraqi Yazidi women gather sitting at the Bajid Kandala camp near the Tigris River
In the immediate aftermath of the Delta Force raid, a Pentagon official told The New York Times that Abu Sayyaf had tried to use the women and children in the building as "human shields", but Jalila says she didn't see any of that. She guesses that there were about 50 soldiers in the raiding party; they were carrying what looked like American-made M16s, and had small lights on their helmets.
There were other Isis fighters in the building, including an associate of Abu Sayyaf's called Abu Tamim, who was also shot dead along with his wife, her sister and her sister's husband. (The younger girl who had been held with Ms Mueller the previous autumn had also met Abu Tamim; he was Syrian, she thinks, and was working directly for Abu Sayyaf).
American officials had also briefed journalists that about a dozen Isis fighters were killed, but Jalila saw only four bodies – although she says there may well have been more. The man who spoke to Jalila during the raid was Kurdish, and was probably a translator; there was also a woman who spoke Arabic.
Umm Sayyaf did not react at all to the killing of her husband, according to Jalila, and instead attempted subterfuge. "I am also Yazidi," she said to the troops, but when the soldiers asked Jalila she denied it. "That's Umm Sayyaf," she protested.
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Displaced people from the minority Yazidi sect, fleeing violence from forces loyal to the Isis in Sinjar town, walk towards the Syrian border, on the outskirts of Sinjar mountain, near the Syrian border town of Elierbeh of Al-Hasakah Governorate
Displaced Iraqis from the Yazidi community settle at a camp at Derike, Syria. In the camps here, Iraqi refugees have new heroes: Syrian Kurdish fighters who battled militants to carve an escape route to tens of thousands trapped on a mountaintop
A pilot based at RAF Marham entering a Tornado GR4 prior to taking off for the reconnaissance mission over Iraq. Several RAF Tornado jets set off from RAF Marham in Norfolk this afternoon to travel to a "pre-position", from where they will fly to northern Iraq to provide improved surveillance of the situation on the ground. The jets, fitted with Litening III targeting and surveillance pods, will be able to fly over the crisis area to provide intelligence and help with the delivery of humanitarian aid
A British Royal Air Force (RAF) Tornado GR4 aircraft equipped with the Litening III pod from RAF Marham, eastern England, on their arrival at RAF Akrotiri Cyprus for their reconnaissance mission over Iraq
Aid inside a Royal Air Force (RAF) Hercules C130 J aircraft before being airdropped to civilians in Iraq
A Royal Air Force (RAF) Hercules C130 J military transport plane at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus. Britain made a third round of airdrops of supplies to aid refugees stranded on a mountain in northern Iraq, officials said, as Tornado fighters arrived at an RAF base in Cyprus preparing to provide surveillance support for the humanitarian effort
Royal Air Force (RAF) Tornado GR4 aircraft, flown in from Britain, stand on the tarmac at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus
A displaced man helps a woman, both from the minority Yazidi sect fleeing violence from forces loyal to the Isis in Sinjar town, as they make their way towards the Syrian border, on the outskirts of Sinjar mountain, near the Syrian border town of Elierbeh of Al-Hasakah Governorate
Iraqis including Turkmen, Shabaks, Kurds, Yezidis and Christians, fleeing from assaults of army groups led by Isis, take shelter at Bahirka Camp in Arbil
Displaced Iraqis from the Yazidi community look for clothes to wear among items provided by a charity organization at the Nowruz camp in Derike, Syria
Displaced Iraqis from the Yazidi community gather for food at the Nowruz camp in Derike, Syria
Syrian Kurdish Peshmerga fighters take a sick Iraqi Yazidi woman to the clinic at Nowruz camp in Derike, Syria
Sick displaced Iraqis from the Yazidi community wait for treatment at a clinic at Nowruz camp in Derike, Syria
But Jalila's ordeal was not yet over. Abu Sayyaf's home was surrounded by a tall fence, in which the arriving commandos had blown a hole. As they made their way back out, with Jalila holding the hand of the Kurdish interpreter, she saw jihadis shooting from a building across the road, and the Americans laid down a wall of covering fire. "I was holding one of their hands, and we were behind a soldier who was shooting," she says.
Umm Sayyaf was with them too, held firmly by another soldier. Blindfolded and with her hands tied, she had been gagged to stop her from making any noise. They walked for what seemed a long time – maybe as much as half an hour – until they arrived at a place where two helicopters were waiting to collect them.
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The helicopter flight lasted about two hours, and was followed by a debriefing of Jalila by the American authorities, details of which she declined to reveal. "I don't know who they are personally, but they saved my life, so I have to appreciate that," she said. "I am grateful to America." She was seen by a doctor, and spent more than a week with the American military before being returned to live with an older sister elsewhere in northern Iraq.
During her debriefing some Americans showed her pictures of Ms Mueller, but she herself had never met the American hostage. The Americans also asked Jalila whether she had met al-Baghdadi, who was likely to have been the intended target of the raid, but she wasn't able to help them with that either.
In August Umm Sayyaf was returned to the custody of the Kurdish regional government in Iraq, where she awaits what is likely to be a very public trial. The US authorities have said publicly that they suspect her of "playing an important role" in Isis terrorist activities and she "may have been complicit in what appears to have been the enslavement of a young Yazidi woman".
"I hope she will never be freed," Jalila says, when I ask her what should happen to Umm Sayyaf now. "I hope she will always be in jail."
As she walks us back to our car I notice that some of the plastic sheeting covering her concrete shell of a home is embossed with the logo, "US Aid; from the American people." They were given to her sister, she says, long before her rescue. The Americans "helped me when I was with them, but not any more." But she's fine with that. She didn't ask to be rescued, after all, and now just wants to be left alone. The Americans offered her a visa, but she declined; she will stay and wait for her family, no matter how long it takes.
Her own experience as an Isis captive was traumatic, but before I leave she makes me promise not to write about it. In any case, she says, it was nothing unusual. "Everyone has a bad time with Da'esh; everybody knows how bad they are."
She also doesn't want me to publish her real name. "My life might be in danger," she says, not to mention that of her family. Fourteen of her relatives are still with Isis, including her father and mother, three sisters, one brother and her brother's children. She has no idea whether they are dead or alive. Compared with everything else that's happened to her and her family, the arrival of 50 gun-toting Delta Force commandos in her bedroom was a walk in the park. "I wasn't afraid," she says. "I knew that either I would be safe, or be killed. Even if I got killed, it was better than being held by them."
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The eyes of football lovers around the world are on the lookout for Russia at Championship. Their heart are beaten which team will wins the golden trophy, this season? The main fight now is more than hope and fear.
But Brazilian fans will glad to hear the good news before the starting of the World Cup that Brazil will win the 21st WC championship. A group of Austrians expert said that the will return home from Russia with the World Cup.
They said that Brazil is going to get crowns of the WC championship after all the reckoning matches. Germany will be runners up of the competition.
If the two countries face the finals in numerology, then the potential for winning Brazil is approximately 50.6 percent, where Germany have the possibility of winning More than 49.4 percent. With the calculation Brazil fans are very excited.
Argentina also has a good chance of winning the trophy. Although Messi thinks that he should not rely on him alone. Meanwhile, mathematicians say Argentina has no chance of winning the WC title in that sense. It is possible that Messi performs a dormant way. The same thing has been said in Portugal. Although they are Euro champions, they can not win the World Cup.
According to them, the team of Brazil, Germany, Spain and France have the potential to reach the semi-finals of the championship as the last four teams. Brazil goes against France That's 9.4 percent of the probability. And Germany came against Spain, that's 9 percent. Brazil and Germany are going to win this fight.
A few days ago, several friendly matches were played. Neymar's team won over 1-0 against Germany in Berlin without Neymar. And the previous runners-up Argentina defeated by Spain 6-1. After giving various statistics about the game of the teams, the super computer gave the opinion that Brazil would be the champion of the World Cup.
Future speakers are often seen in the WC tournament. Sometimes it is octopus, sometimes they are panda, now the cats show up. However, one of the lifelong organizations in the animal kingdom has understood that responsibility. The addition of the plus-minus, complex integral equations, is the name of the possible WC winning team. They told Germany will win the Russia championship.


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"(b) To take the present resolution into account when availing himself of the invitation by
the Government of Albania to visit the country;
"(c) To report to the Commission at its forty-seventh session on the results of his efforts
under the present resolution;
"3. Decides to continue its consideration of the situation of human rights in Albania at its forty-
seventh session."
2. In accordance with paragraph 2 (a) of Commission on Human Rights resolution 1990/49, the Secretary-General on 11 May 1990 addressed a note verbale to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Socialist
People's Republic of Albania in which he requested, in view of his reporting responsibility under the
solution, any information that the Government might wish to provide on steps taken or envisaged in the
implementation of the relevant provisions of the resolution.
3. As referred to in paragraph 2 (b) of the above-mentioned resolution 1990/49, the Secretary-General
paid an official visit to Albania from 11 to 13 May 1990. During his visit, the Secretary-General raised
with the Albanian authorities at the higher level a number of issues pertaining to resolution 1990/49,
including several individual cases regarding which the Government subsequently provided confidential
4. In response to this communication, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Socialist People's Republic
of Albania on 14 August 1990 addressed a note verbale to the Secretary-General stating that his Government was party to eight international human rights instruments and was actively considering adhering
to others. In its efforts to improve domestic legislation, the Government had recently created a Ministry
of Justice, re-established the Bar Association, reduced the number of offenses for which the death penalty
could be applied, released prisoners and rehabilitated a number of persons and taken steps to guarantee
freedom of assembly and movement of citizens, including the possibility of leaving the country. The full
text of the note verbale is reproduced in annex I to the present report.
5. On 11 May 1990, the Charge d'affaires of the Permanent Mission of the Socialist People's Republic of
Albania to the United Nations addressed a letter to the Secretary-General transmitting as an annex excerpts from the report by the Vice-Chairman of the Council of Ministers, on behalf of the Council of
Ministers, to the seventh session of the eleventh legislature of the People's Assembly on the improvement and democratization of penal legislation as well as on some organizational measures. At the request of the Charge d'affaires, the annex to his letter was circulated as a document of the General Assembly under item 103 of the preliminary list and of the first regular session of 1990 of the Economic
and Social Council under agenda item 5 (A/45/275-E/1990/74). At the request of the Charge d'affaires
of the Permanent Mission of the Socialist People's Republic of Albania to the United Nations Office at
Geneva the above-mentioned annex was also circulated as a document of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities at its forty-second session (E/CN.4/Sub.2/1990/
49) and of the Commission of Human Rights at its forty-seventh session (E/CN.4/1991/68-E/CN.4/
Sub.2/1990/49).
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Transcripts ALBANIAN CATHOLIC BULLETIN "(b) To take the present resolution into account when availing himself of the invitation by the Government of Albania to visit the country; "(c) To report to the Commission at its forty-seventh session on the results of his efforts under the present resolution; "3. Decides to continue its consideration of the situation of human rights in Albania at its forty- seventh session." 2. In accordance with paragraph 2 (a) of Commission on Human Rights resolution 1990/49, the Secretary-General on 11 May 1990 addressed a note verbale to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Socialist People's Republic of Albania in which he requested, in view of his reporting responsibility under the solution, any information that the Government might wish to provide on steps taken or envisaged in the implementation of the relevant provisions of the resolution. 3. As referred to in paragraph 2 (b) of the above-mentioned resolution 1990/49, the Secretary-General paid an official visit to Albania from 11 to 13 May 1990. During his visit, the Secretary-General raised with the Albanian authorities at the higher level a number of issues pertaining to resolution 1990/49, including several individual cases regarding which the Government subsequently provided confidential information. 4. In response to this communication, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Socialist People's Republic of Albania on 14 August 1990 addressed a note verbale to the Secretary-General stating that his Government was party to eight international human rights instruments and was actively considering adhering to others. In its efforts to improve domestic legislation, the Government had recently created a Ministry of Justice, re-established the Bar Association, reduced the number of offenses for which the death penalty could be applied, released prisoners and rehabilitated a number of persons and taken steps to guarantee freedom of assembly and movement of citizens, including the possibility of leaving the country. The full text of the note verbale is reproduced in annex I to the present report. 5. On 11 May 1990, the Charge d'affaires of the Permanent Mission of the Socialist People's Republic of Albania to the United Nations addressed a letter to the Secretary-General transmitting as an annex excerpts from the report by the Vice-Chairman of the Council of Ministers, on behalf of the Council of Ministers, to the seventh session of the eleventh legislature of the People's Assembly on the improvement and democratization of penal legislation as well as on some organizational measures. At the request of the Charge d'affaires, the annex to his letter was circulated as a document of the General Assembly under item 103 of the preliminary list and of the first regular session of 1990 of the Economic and Social Council under agenda item 5 (A/45/275-E/1990/74). At the request of the Charge d'affaires of the Permanent Mission of the Socialist People's Republic of Albania to the United Nations Office at Geneva the above-mentioned annex was also circulated as a document of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities at its forty-second session (E/CN.4/Sub.2/1990/ 49) and of the Commission of Human Rights at its forty-seventh session (E/CN.4/1991/68-E/CN.4/ Sub.2/1990/49). 56 1991
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Page 7 A Gesure of International Respect for Albanian Believers, by Lulash Dajci
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Page 26 Pope John Paul II Meets Albanian Catholic Information Center Delegation, by Petro Vucani
Page 28 A Quarter Century of Activitiy The Albanian Catholic Information Center, by Palok Plaku
Page 30 A Perusal of the Ablanian Catholic Bulletin, by Diane Barberini
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Page 36 A Salute to a Fighter for Religious Freedom to Albania, by Aaron Lopez
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Page 48 When Life is a Martyrdom, by Fr. Giacomo (Jak) Gardin, S.J.
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Page 64 Attrocities Perpetrated Against Catholic Priests Revealed, by Desmond O'Grady & Giovanni Morandi
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Page 88 Ismail Kadare A Lte-Comer to Albania's Human Rights Sturggle, by Tom Hoopes
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Page 122 Lenny Prendushi and Silvana Licursi - Talented Albanian Artists
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Page 133 Report on Visit of U.S. Senate Foriegn Relations Committee to Yugoslavia
Page 140 Serbia and World Opinion, by Friends of Kosove
Page 147 The Plight of Kosovo (The New York Review of Books)
Page 149 Populli I Ndaluar (The Forbidden People), by Rexhep Qosja
Page 152 The Independence Movements in Slovenia and Croatia - A Chronology of Events
Page 183 Nji Manifestim Madheshtor Nderkombatar Per Besimtaret Shqiptare
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Maria Luise Albertine van Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg (Heidesheim, 16 maart 1729 — Neustrelitz, 11 maart 1818) was een telg uit het geslacht Zu Leiningen. Zij was de dochter van Katharina Polyxena van Solms-Rödelheim (1702-1765) en van Christian Karl Reinhard van Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg (1695-1766). Zij was gehuwd met George Wilhelm van Hessen-Darmstadt (1722-1782) de zoon van Lodewijk VIII van Hessen-Darmstadt. Zij was ook de grootmoeder van koningin Louise van Pruisen en koningin Frederika van Hannover.

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 Georges Frederik Willem (1750-1750)
 Frederika Caroline Louise (1752-1782), eerste echtgenote van Karel II van Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
 Georges Karel (1754-1830)
 Charlotte Wilhelmina Christiane Marie (1755-1785), tweede echtgenote van Karel II van Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
 Karel Willem (1757-1795)
 Frederik Georges August (21 juli 1759 - 19 mei 1808)
 Louise Henrietta Carolina ( 15 februari 1761 - 24 oktober 1829), echtgenote van Lodewijk I van Hessen-Darmstadt.
 Augusta Wilhelmina Maria (1765-1796) gehuwd met Maximiliaan I van Beieren.

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Biografia

Henschel nacque in una famiglia ebreo-polacca e venne educato allo studio del pianoforte, facendo la sua prima esibizione pubblica a Berlino nel 1862. Successivamente iniziò a studiare canto, inizialmente e per breve tempo come basso profondo, sviluppando poi una bella voce di baritono. Nel 1868, cantò la parte di Hans Sachs ne I maestri cantori di Norimberga a Monaco di Baviera.

Si limitò ad apparizioni concertistiche, senza mai cantare direttamente dal palco, con l'eccezione di rari eventi non pianificati. Uno di questi fu in occasione della seconda messa in scena della sua opera Nubia a Dresda, nel dicembre del 199, quando sostituì un cantante che era malato. Nel maggio 1874, si recò al Niederrheinische Musikfest di Colonia per interpretare il ruolo di Harapha del Sansone di Händel, e qui conobbe Johannes Brahms del quale rimase amico intimo fino alla morte di lui. Anni più avanti, Henschel avrebbe scritto nelle sue memorie di essere giunto a Vienna con alcune ore di ritardo e di non aver fatto in tempo a vedere l'amico Brahms per l'ultima volta, ricordando che il loro ultimo incontro aveva avuto luogo in un ristorante di Lipsia nel 1896, in compagnia di Edvard Grieg e Arthur Nikisch.

Nel 1877, iniziò una carriera di successo in Inghilterra, cantando nelle principali sale da concerto del paese e, nel 1881, sposò il soprano statunitense Lilian June Bailey (1860-1901), che era stata sua partner in tantissimi concerti. Henschel, che aveva sviluppato negli anni un grande senso dell'interpretazione, era divenuto un ideale cantante da concerto oltre che un importante accompagnatore musicale. In effetti riuniva in sé entrambi i ruoli. Lo si può ancora oggi udire in una registrazione del 1928, per la Columbia Graphophone Company, cantare i lieder di Schubert e Schumann con il suo stesso accompagnamento al pianoforte.

Henschel fu anche un eccellente direttore d'orchestra, operando sia negli Stati Uniti sia in Inghilterra. Divenne il primo direttore e fondatore della Boston Symphony Orchestra nel 1881, della Royal Scottish National Orchestra nel 1893, e dopo diede inizio a una serie di concerti nota come London Symphony Concerts (nessun collegamento con la London Symphony Orchestra) nel 1886, assumendo un ruolo di leadership nello sviluppo dell'arte direttoriale. Fra le sue composizioni si ricordano uno Stabat Mater (Birmingham Festival, 1894) e un'opera, Nubia (Dresda, 1899). Nel 1907 pubblicò una collezione di suoi scritti Personal Recollections of Johannes Brahms e Musings and Memories of a Musician nel 1918. Una sua messa a otto voci a cappella, venne eseguita la prima volta nel 1916.

Insignito del Knight Bachelor nel 1914, durante un concerto d'addio gli fu presentato un liuto che riportava incisa la scritta A token of gratitude for forty years' song ("Un segno di gratitudine per quarant'anni di canto"). Henschel insegnò all'Institute of Musical Art di New York, dove incontrò la sua seconda moglie Amy Louis, che era una delle sue allieve. Una delle sue studentesse illustri fu il soprano Lucia Dunham.

Henschel morì ad Aviemore in Scozia, dove aveva una casa di villeggiatura Alltnacriche con sua moglie. È sepolto in un piccolo cimitero annesso a una chiesetta che dà sul Loch Alvie.

Eredità
La figlia Georgina Henschel, soprannominata "Georgie", era una figlia d'arte, una cantante e una nota allevatrice di pony scozzesi di razza highland e dei pony del fiordi della Norvegia. Autore di volumi sull'ippica, nel 1944 pubblicò una biografia dei suoi genitori intitolata When Soft Voices Die: A Musical Biography.

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To many of us the word 'desert' might not seem interesting but it is true that mother earth is gifted with few of the most amazing deserts. There exceptional characteristics make them unique from other topographies. Some snow capped while others are large stretches of sand, here we will discuss about the most amazing deserts in the world.
Also known as the Taklimakan, Taklamakan desert is located in northwest China bounded by the Kunlun Mountain, the Pamir Mountain and the Tian Shah in the south, west and north respectively. It is one of the largest sand deserts in the world and in 2008 a heavy 11 days snow fall had turned the desert into a white world.
Located in north-eastern Brazil, Lencois Maranhenses National Park receives rain fall every year from July to September as a result of which thousands of ponds are created. This leaves one confused whether he/she is in a desert or a sea. Thus it is one among the most amazing deserts in the world.
One of the iconic images of Bolivia, Uyuni Desert is a huge salt dessert in mids of the Altiplano. This magnanimous, flat desert creates a mirrow effect with the sky by reflecting with the Sun. Also one gets to see a number of colourful lakes formed from the mineral deposits of the area.
Farfara Desert is a creamy white bed of sand in contrast to its yellow mates and is located 45 kilometres north of Farfara, Egypt. The main geographic attractions are the massive chalk rock formations resulting from the irregular sandstorms in the region.
Found at the driest place of the world, in between the coast of Arica and Antofagasta, Atacama Desert occupies the largest amount of the Chilean territory. It has earned a name among the top ten most amazing deserts in the world because of its kindness towards living beings and supports few floral growths.
To the South of Africa lies the Namib Desert and some of the highest sand dunes are found in this expanse. Camels are the chief animal of such areas but this is the only desert in the world where one gets to see desert elephants. Apparently the oldest desert in the world, myriad species of plants and animals can only be found here.
Australia is the home to four large deserts but the most amazing one is the Simpson Desert which is also known as "The Big Red" due to wide spread presence of red sand. Well known for parallel sand dunes some of them are as high as 40 metres in height.
Formed due to massive volcanic eruptions, Black Desert is littered with small black stones. The stones lie out across the orange-brown ground and cannot be inhabited.
Antarctica has been mentioned as one of the most amazing deserts because it is the worlds driest and also the wettest place and no humans can survive out here. Since it is covered by 98% ice it is wet and due to scanty rainfall it has been turned into a desert.
At over 9 million square kilometres, the Sahara covers most of North Africa and is home to a number of peoples and languages. The tenth most amazing desert is also the largest desert in the world providing a mesmerising view of the sand sea.
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When Mike Paskewicz's daughter, Jade, was a senior at Lee High School, the class adviser asked him and his wife, Ruth, if they would run the all-night graduation party.
"I said, 'You know how busy we are. I don't know if we have time to do that,'" recalled Paskewicz, who was principal of Fountain Elementary School at the time. "He said, 'You always ask the busiest person, because they know how to manage their time.'"
The superintendent of Northview Public Schools is confident he could manage his time if he were elected to the board of Grand Rapids Community College. He is one of four candidates running for two seats in the Nov. 4 election. Debra Bailey, Cynthia Bristol and Jim Harvey also seek six-year terms. (Profiles of all candidates and their reasons for running are included below.)
Paskewicz tells the all-night party story when asked how he would find time for both positions. But more important to his decision to run, he says, was a sense of community responsibility.
"When community members ask you to consider (running), you have to respond. That's part of being in a community."
Paskewicz is not the first superintendent to seek a GRCC board seat. Michael Stearns was elected to the board in 1999 while serving as Northview superintendent, and current board chairman Bert Bleke was superintendent of Grand Rapids Public Schools and Lowell Area Schools before being elected in 2011. However, Bleke had retired from GRPS five years earlier. Vern Boss was a retired superintendent of Northview and Kent ISD when he was elected in 1991.
No Objections from Northview Board members
Paskewicz consulted individually with Northview school board members before deciding to run.
"We would see it as personal and professional development of our superintendent," Board President Timothy Detwiler said. "He can grow as an individual and a professional, which can only help our district." Detwiler said no one objected to his candidacy. Paskewicz's serving on the GRCC board could help Northview better prepare students for college while bringing a K-12 perspective to the board, Detwiler said, calling the scenario "kind of a win-win."
Detwiler added he's not overly concerned about the time commitment a board seat would require. Paskewicz estimates he would spend 20 to 25 hours a month on board business, and that it would not conflict with his Northview Board of Education meetings.
Paskewicz was a finalist for the GRCC presidency in 2009 before current President Steven Ender was chosen. Paskewicz, 64, insists he has no "aspirations for higher office" but wants to contribute to GRCC's long-term health. Further, he said he expects to retire as superintendent before a six-year GRCC board term would be over, but would still want to "give back" by being involved in education.
"I feel really strongly the community college has to remain a viable option, both economically and academically, for students in the community," Paskewicz said, adding between 35 and 45 percent of
Northview graduates attend GRCC.
Northview high school students are expected to become productive members of society and to volunteer in the community, he added.
"We have to model that expected behavior," he said. "This is a way to show, that regardless of your position or how busy you are, you always have some discretionary energy you can give to better the community at large."
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Evgeny Donskoy enters the quarterfinals of Istanbul Challenger. In R2 he beat the Bosnian Mirza Basic - – 6:1, 6:4. The match lasted 58 min.
For entering semis Donskoy have to face the Italian Matteo Berrettini.


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Fuel Queues Return To Lagos, NNPC Announces Release Of 250 Petrol Trucks
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, on Sunday said that it had released 250 trucks of petrol to Lagos metropolis for effective dispensing at filling stations to forestall any scarcity.
Ndu Ughamadu, the corporation's Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, disclosed this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos.
According to him, there has been a slight change in the distribution network in Lagos, as Lagos is currently being supplied by members of the Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria, MOMAN.
"At the weekend there was a hitch in discharging of petrol by ships which has been ratified.
"Today, 250 trucks have been discharged to Lagos compared to less than 200 trucks usually allocated to Lagos at the weekend," he said.
The NNPC spokesperson said that the ships which commenced discharging since Saturday night had finished discharging, adding that in a couple of hours the long queues will disappeared and normalcy will return to Lagos.
Mr. Ughamadu urged motorist to avoid hoarding of petrol and panic buying, as there is sufficient products in stock that will last for days.
The NNPC spokesperson also acknowledged a slight hitch at the Port Harcourt refinery due to power problem.
"Port Harcourt refinery is slightly down for now, pending when the problem will be rectified.
A NAN correspondent who went round Lagos metropolis however reports that fuel queues had started springing up again in most filling stations in the metropolis.
The queues which were noticed in the early hours of Saturday had begun to increase by afternoon across the state.
Many of the filling stations operated by major marketers were not selling while outlets owned by Independent Marketers were shut.
At Ikorodu, Epe, Mile 12 and Lekki axis, most filling stations who had products were selling above the official pump price.
Reacting to the situation, Abiodun Lawal spokesman of NIPCO, said the company was consistently loading and supplying to marketers, but the volume had marginally dropped.
"I can confirm we are currently loading but I don't have the statistics; however I must say that we don't have enough supply at the moment. I think that explains the resurgence of queue at filling stations", he said.
Also, Olufemi Adewole, the Executive Secretary of the Depot and Petroleum Products Marketing Association, DAPPMA, noted that there was shortage of petrol supply across the country.
Mr. Adewole said that what is playing out at the moment is the preference of NNPC deploying more supply to the major marketers.
"The truth is that there is short supply at the moment, if NNPC can raise supply we will be able to get to inland areas and focus on major cities, but I can tell you there is no much supply from NNPC,'' he explained.
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The Cabin in the Woods
You think you know the story
THE CABIN IN THE WOODS (18)
D: Drew Goddard
Lionsgate/Mutant Enemy (Joss Whedon)
USA 🇺🇸 2011 (released 2012)
W: Drew Goddard & Joss Whedon
DP: Peter Deming
Ed: Lisa Lassek
Mus: David Julyan
Kristen Connolly (Dana Polk), Chris Hemsworth (Curt Vaughan), Anna Hutchison (Jules Louden), Fran Kranz (Marty Mikalski), Jesse Williams (Holden McCrea), Richard Jenkins (Gary Sitterson), Bradley Whitford (Steve Hadley)
The Cabin In The Woods sprinkles a little satire over the standard teenagers-in-the-woods horror framework, making for a bit of originality with its twist in the tale.
The usual character types go for a weekend in a cabin and when the cellar door flings itself open, the group soon find themselves at the mercy of bloodthirsty zombies, but not all is as it seems as the frightening events are manipulated by a higher power.
Though it is a new twist on familiar themes, the plot clearly draws inspiration from much better films, particularly Cube (qv) and The Truman Show (qv).
It's increasingly ridiculous the more you think about it, and could have done with a bit of tweaking with the narrative series of events, which give up the big surprise far too early.
Enjoyable enough, and there's plenty of references to horror classics packed within, but the film itself falls somewhat short of classic status. Good fun though.


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Media Molecule's Dreams Shown Off At PSX Event
By Michael Cripe December 9, 2017
More Dreams gameplay has been shown off during tonight's PSX fan event.
Dreams and LittleBigPlanet developer Media Molecule delivered a 10-minute presentation highlighting the possibilities available to players who pick up its new venture into playing, creating, and sharing.
The gameplay showed a small, cute creature wandering around some small platforming obstacles. Then, without warning, the game shifts to a noir setting in a subway station to show off the different possibilities that more creatively-inclined players can take advantage of. The footage below is only a small portion of the full trailer.
Dreams's gameplay footage was also shown as a way to announce the game will have a traditional story mode.
With the exception of last night's Video Game Awards and a few trailers, Media Molecule has been noticeably quiet on details since the game was first hinted at in 2014. Regardless of low public activity, the developer is still aiming for a 2018 release. Alongside the presentation came a tease pointing to an upcoming beta for Dreams, though no window for that was specified.
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Michael Cripe
Michael fell into the OnlySP team toward the end of 2017. You'll mostly catch his work over in the news area, but that doesn't mean he won't dip into the features section every now and then. For him, gaming doesn't get much better than Metal Gear Solid and Super Mario Sunshine. Though he is a die-hard Nintendo fan, he grew up on PlayStation.
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The prevalence of autism spectrum disorder, or ASD, has mushroomed in recent years, jumping 15 percent between 2016 and 2018 alone. An estimated one in 59 children has received an autism diagnosis, making it likely that all regular education teachers will encounter a student with ASD at some point in their careers, said autism education expert Jan Blacher.
Blacher, a distinguished professor in the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Riverside, is on a mission to improve how regular education teachers engage with kids with ASD in their classrooms. Along with Abbey Eisenhower of the University of Massachusetts-Boston, she's the co-leader of a bi-coastal team of researchers working to develop a school-based intervention geared toward enhancing relationships between young children with ASD and their teachers. Their work is supported by a $1.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences, or IES.
"The student-teacher relationship in the early school grades actually affects children's long-term outcomes," Blacher said, emphasizing the importance of student-teacher relationships to kids' later social and academic success in middle school.
Blacher's receipt of the grant comes on the heels of the conclusion of another four-year, IES-supported study she spearheaded with Eisenhower between 2013 and 2017, the initial "Smooth Sailing" project. During that study, Blacher and researchers in California and Massachusetts tracked 200 children with ASD as they moved from pre-kindergarten into elementary school, focusing on student-teacher relationships, the children's emotional behaviors, parental support, and skills such as early reading.
The study's results appeared in a series of articles published in journals including School Psychology Quarterly, Exceptional Children, the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, and Remedial and Special Education.
Blacher described "Smooth Sailing" as an opportunity to better understand what helps children with ASD integrate into regular education classrooms. Her team homed in on reading skills, finding that children considered "high functioning" on the autism spectrum — essentially meaning those without comorbid intellectual disabilities — often entered school at the same or a higher level than their typically developing peers when it came to pre-literacy activity.
"And yet teachers didn't recognize that," Blacher said. "They were so focused on the behavioral difficulties of their students with autism that they often overlooked the strengths." In fact, many of the children with ASD that Blacher studied began having comprehension difficulties as early as second grade, whereas such problems usually aren't targeted until fourth or fifth grade. "Our findings suggest that teachers should have — and maintain — high expectations in the area of reading for these young children with ASD," she added.
The "Smooth Sailing" team also explored parents' satisfaction with their children's Individualized Education Programs, or IEPs. These legally mandated plans are created collaboratively and serve as roadmaps for public school students with disabilities who require special education as well as services such as individual aids or support personnel. Blacher said parents of kids with ASD are among the most likely to report dissatisfaction with the IEP process, often leading to contentious legal disputes.
• Interactive training modules that teachers can access digitally.
• A program called Time2Connect, which encourages teachers to dedicate five minutes of one-on-one time per day to each child with ASD in their classrooms. Blacher expects that regular individual interaction with their teachers will increase academic engagement and overall interest in school, decrease off-task behaviors, and strengthen social skills in kids with autism.
The goal is to provide educators across the country with the resources that will lead to stronger foundations — and better long-term outcomes — for students with ASD.
Blacher, who directs UCR's SEARCH Family Autism Resource Center, is the grant's co-principal investigator along with Eisenhower, an associate professor of psychology.


This is a video compilation of some of the events and activities during the trip.
Acton's team finished 16th out of 45 competitors in their division at the World Finals.
Altogether there were 833 teams from 14 countries participating in Ames, Iowa.
Acton's scored weight held at Worlds: 560 pounds!!! WOW!!! But that's only part of the story. The team's balsa structure actually held 640 pounds before it broke. Unfortunately they ran out of time and 80 pounds did not count for their score. There were some lessons learned for future competitions.
Winning weight held at State Competition: 325 pounds. They made some major improvements in the tower!
It's hard to believe, but the winning team's balsa structure held 1000 pounds. Yes, that's a structure 15 grams or less. Amazing. According to the score sheets there were a few teams who built structures that held 700+ pounds!
Here are a few pictures of preparation for competition and the team talking with the judges after the tower was crushed. This picture was taken after competition and the team seems really happy!
This blog post discusses a little about the team's International Buddy team they were chosen to be with. The International team is from Singapore.
Read more about the Acton balsa/structure team's achievements, what they did and overcame on the About page.
Even if you don't plan to use GoFundMe to donate, it's worth a visit just to see the great profiles on each girl there. If you know the "Girl Power" behind this team you will appreciate their SuperHero skills!


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The first AGM of the International Windsurfing Association will be held at Largs, Scotland at the beginning of the Windsurfing World Championships 2002. Each paid up National Association will be able to send a delegate for every class it represents and now is the time to put some thought to and get involved in this very important meeting. We envisage papers for discussion regarding the future direction of our sport, including the Olympic choice. Official Notice and full details will be given in the next Web News but ample opportunity after publication will be given to contribute.
Aloha coaches and sailors are reminded that the u-15 category for Aloha Classic has been reinstated in the 2002 World Championships. Full details will be published in the Notice of Race which will follow this publication of Web News. As a consequence there will not be a Techno Junior class as was introduced for the first time in Ostia in 2001. I am sure this decision will meet with the unanimous approval of all those national associations that have supported the class since its inception.
4 world titles to be competed for at Largs - Raceboard Men and Women, Raceboard Unlimited (open) and Raceboard Masters (open). These classes are particularly strong in the UK and competitors from around the world will be warmly welcomed by a very strong contingent from the UK who have every intention of making this the best Raceboard World Championships ever.
In addition to the Formula World Championships for youth boy and youth girls, there are categories available for Espoir (u22) and Junior (u17).
Notice of Race to be published following the Web News.
The second Mistral Junior One Design Annual General Meeting will be held during the Mistral Youth & Junior World Championship in Puerto Sherry, Cadiz, Spain. Please accept this notice as the official preliminary advice that the meeting will be held. Nations who have paid their annual fee on behalf of their MJOD Class are eligible to vote. All other interested parties are welcome to attend as observers.
This will be a combined World Championship (freestyle and racing) and EuroCup event.
Port Phillip, which is one of the worlds' best open expanses of water for yacht racing, is the focal point "downunder" in Melbourne Australia for the conduct of world standard yacht racing. Over the years numerous International sailing events and regattas have been held on Port Phillip.
This year's Sail Melbourne regatta attracted 1200 competitors, representing 21 countries. The Olympic & Invited classes event held at Sandringham Yacht Club was an outstanding success with racing conducted in the eleven Olympic sailing disciplines. There was extensive media coverage both nationally and internationally. The Sail Melbourne website attracted 577,000 during the regatta period.
The championships, which will be held at Sandringham Yacht Club following on from the Olympic & Invited Classes event, will commence on Saturday January 18th and conclude on Thursday January 23rd 2003. Entrants in the Commonwealth Championships will also be able to compete in the Sail Melbourne regatta which will be preceded by a two day coaching session conducted by the Australian Yachting Federation team led by Victor Kovalenko.
Participation in the two "back to back" International Sailing events will provide entrants with top level competition including the opportunity to become a Commonwealth Champion. Charter boats will be available.
Sandringham Yacht Club is well experienced in hosting major events. It is a central venue with excellent facilities. A wide range of accommodation and services are available within the close vicinity.
CHILLI RESURRECTED FROM THE ASHES?
As will now be known, Sportsworld Media Group Plc, the Parent Company that acquired Chilli Industries in 1999, went into administrative receivership in early April. In consequence, as a result of matters outside its control and through no fault of its own, Chilli was also forced into receivership. This resulted in devastation, disappointment and disbelief amongst the Chilli Team.
Notwithstanding this, the core Chilli crew has remained together to recreate what was special about Chilli. There has been much hard work and commitment shown over these last weeks and, despite the difficulties, it makes me proud to be involved with such a team.
In consequence I have the pleasure to announce that the same Crew and Production Team that have delivered the quality production values on which the Chilli name was built, will now carry on in a new form. The management team, through our new company Speed 9105 Ltd., have acquired the rights, titles and license agreements to the Chilli Video Catalogue including the back catalogue of Chilli TV programming. As of today, we are known as "Speed 9105" trading as "Chilli Media" remaining 'Chilli' through and through.
These last few weeks have been difficult times. Despite this I have been surprised and touched at the incredible loyalty and positive attitude many have demonstrated. We are dedicated to get 'Chilli' back to what it was and support the people who made it. The future is bright.
Ø Chilli Design have a wide knowledge of software and styles. Dave Marcar and his team have produced everything from brand id's through to event themes, brochures, video sleeves, TV graphics and art direction for many major brands.
The Chilli facilities in France will now be owned and operated on an independent basis with Steve Hulatt (whom we have worked with for 15 years) and Louie Hubbard (whom we have worked with for 6 years). We will continue to work with Louie and Steve on a number of Chilli Projects.
Please call if you have any questions; wish to discuss our short-term plans and/or to explore ways we can to work together.
The Cape Cod Windsurfing Association (CCWA) has created the "announcement mailing list" for the sole purpose of spreading information about their association. If you have would like to subscribe or have any announcements you would like to include on this list, please email: info@capecodwindsurfing.org or visit their website for news of events: http://www.capecodwindsurfing.org.
Please note the change of e-mail address above arising from the closure of the Compuserve 2000 service. This does not affect any of the addresses at "internationalwindsurfing.com".
There has been a spate of e-mail viruses lately. Please be aware that as a matter of policy we do not open e-mail with attachments that have no message text, especially where the sender's address is not recognised. Also beware of those e-mails that apparently come from someone you know but have an underscore _ preceding their address; and also "returned mails" with attachments.
Our new web site is almost ready to go live and in order to speed up the process the current site has not been maintained as it should have been. Once the new site is up you should be able to enter events and pay with credit cards (Mastercard and Visa) on line. Thank you for your patience.