"But despite this explanation, I felt she was withholding the book like a secret"1.
At the end of the previous unit, we saw that beyond the various alternatives listed there is yet another possibility for the rendering of wordplay. It is metatextual rendering, a translator's note for example. Theorists have difficulty in staying on a descriptive, not normative, approach on this point because many see translator's notes as a thing to be avoided, a moment of weakness, of surrender, as a laying down the translator's arms. As if the translator were personally responsible of the problems of cultural and textual translatability, and should, like a superman, be always up to the task, or above it.
In my opinion, those against translator's notes should be contrary to the author's and editors' notes as well. If these are elements disturbing the correct text fruition, they are so in any case. When an editor adds a critical set of texts so that the (untranslated) work is more understandable, I don't believe that anybody would have the nerve to consider them a surrender on her part.
The use of footnotes (or endnotes) is part of the tendency towards the explicitation of content of the translated work. And explicitation can be useful, useless or harmful, depending on the type of reader one addresses. Systematic or uncontrolled explicitation is in any case condemnable, because it ends up being applied even in the cases when the translator is unaware of doing so.
There are losses that we could consider absolute. They are the cases when it is not possible to translate, and if such cases occur, let's suppose, in the middle of a novel, the translator falls back on the ultima ratio, introducing a footnote - and then the footnote ratifies her defeat. An example of absolute loss is provided by many wordplays2.
In this case Eco couldn't have a detached tone, being the author of the texts that are used as examples. The moment when he speaks about the notes to translations of his own texts it is not the semiotician who prevails, it is the author, whose intention (the well-known intentio auctoris that for dead or inaccessible authors is at the center of many discussions among the interpreters of their work), if expressed by the author himself, is indisputable.
But there are theorists against footnotes even if they are not directly involved with their own texts, as well. Of course, they are theorists of a generation that preceded the semiotic, descriptive approach and, particularly, Paul Newmark, who does not identify himself with any "school" of translation research, wishing to stay away from any "theory". It's no accident Newmark declares categorical rejection in his preface of the possible existence of any translation science (Newmark 1981: 7).
About footnotes, Newmark holds that it is better to prevent their use by introducing explanations directly in the text. This method determines that the translation reader is induced to believe that the information added by the translator comes from the author, because there is no graphic distinction between glosses and text. (The copyists' glosses are among the causes of the philologists' difficulties in reconstructing the original lection of a text.) It is a mystifying and manipulatory method presupposing a model reader unable to understand the difference between reading an original and reading a translation. It is a method that prevents the formation of an awareness, in the reader, of the differences of other cultures.
compensatory opportunities that follow from the fact that translators can establish a second level of communication, allowing themselves to reflect and comment on the result of these transfer activities. The translated text being already a metatext in its own right (i.e. vis-à-vis the [prototext], this meta-reflection of the translator can ultimately bear on the [prototext], on the [metatext], and on the transfer processes that led from the one to the other (Delabastita 1993: 218).
meta-text as result of a translation process concerning the prototext, therefore "text coming after".
Delabastita himself indicates the semiotic boundaries of such a communication mode. The wordplay has as an important feature its similarity to a short circuit: it has a denotative meaning on one side, on the other one being a metalingual reflection on such a meaning, which leads to the so-called "double-entendre". A double meaning produces humor simply because the two paths of meaning meet when everything induces consideration of their autonomous existence.
In the moment when a play on word cannot find a satisfactory translation in the main metatext, its rendering through the complementary metatext typically doesn't have a denotative component, since, by definition, the footnote or the comment are metalingual, metatextual interventions. Therefore there is no "short circuit" that would naturally provoke the laugh, or at least the intellectual enjoyment; only the explanation of the causes of the laugh in the original language. The pleasure, therefore, is much less direct, because in the place of the spontaneous pleasure there is an explanation of what's missing in the reader's own language.
The other boundary stressed by Delabastita is the linearity of verbal communication. Since the fruition of a text cannot occur but in a linear, sequential way (being different from a dream or a film, for example, where stimuli simultaneously play on many senses, and communication is therefore multiple), it is impossible for the reader to read the wordplay and, simultaneously, the footnote explaining it. Its substance is therefore altered.
Delabastita catalogues the type of comment that can be contained in a footnote to a play on words. The first type concerns a comment on the wordplay in the prototext. The second type concerns the comment on the metatext, in the case when the translator is afraid that her own translation is not effective enough. The third type is a comment on the prototext-metatext relation: a note that would explain the untranslatability of a given wordplay, or the way in which the wordplay was translated by another wordplay, and why.
DELABASTITA D. There's a Double Tongue. An investigation into the translation of Shakespeare's wordplay with special reference to Hamlet, Amsterdam, Rodopi, 1993, ISBN 90-5183-495-0.
ECO U. Dire quasi la stessa cosa. Esperienze di traduzione, Milano, Bompiani, 2003, ISBN 88-452-5397-X.
NEWMARK P. La traduzione: problemi e metodi. Teoria e pratica di un lavoro difficile e di incompresa responsabilità, tranlated from English by Flavia Frangini, Milano Garzanti, 1988, ISBN 88-11-47229-6. Original title: Approaches to translation, Pergamon Press, 1981.


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Designing Organizations Around Technology
Big Idea: Digital Leadership	 April 30, 2018 Reading Time: 16 min
Carliss Baldwin (Harvard Business School), interviewed by Gerald C. Kane
Digital, Digital Business
Harvard Business School professor Carliss Baldwin explains how modularity affects team structures.
MIT Sloan Management Review : When I saw you give a talk, you made the provocative statement that basically organizations are "designed around the technology of the day." Can you tell me a little bit more, or if my memory needs refreshing, refresh that phrase?
Carliss Baldwin: That is my thesis. I have to skirt around the accusation of technological determinism. I don't think technology is destiny, but I do think that companies that understand the requirements and opportunities that a technology brings will be rewarded in a free market. Today we are seeing the emergence of new types of organizations in response to new technologies.
That's a pretty bold statement, that organizations are going to be designed or built around technologies. What evidence leads you to that thesis or that insight?
Theoretically, I can model the outlines of the technology and derive properties that are value-enhancing in the context of that model. There's also empirical evidence — changes in industry structure in response to new technology, and the emergence of new organizational forms. There's a lot of talk about platforms and ecosystems: This organizational form is not new to the universe, but it is newly important to our economy. I would argue that these new structures are a response to the physical properties of digital technology.
You're saying the new platform organizations — and the new focus on ecosystems — are a result of the dominant technology of today. Is that correct?
Yes. The emergence of a group of technologies is based in information, both hardware and software technologies. In particular, the modularization of systems and the rise of platform organizations such as Intel, Microsoft, Google, Amazon.com, and others are important new developments that are very much tied to Moore's law. One of your questions was, What happens when things are changing rapidly? One answer is modularity becomes more valuable and is rewarded. Platform companies with surrounding ecosystems are one symptom of this trend.
Can you tell us how modularity is an advantage in these fast-moving times?
Modularity is a design principle for complex systems, both natural systems and artificial systems. I'm primarily interested in artificial systems like product design, system design, and organizational design. Modularity is a way of organizing the components of a system so that individual components are grouped into modules. Flows of material and information are dense within modules but nearly decomposable across modules.
Modularity is first a clustering principle, with modules densely connected within themselves and loosely connected across themselves. It is also a hierarchical principle, because in modular systems the components need to work together. They are not truly independent things. Interoperability is obtained through hierarchical design rules.
In natural systems with modularity, early designs constrain later paths of evolution. But in artificial systems, there is generally a set of rules that modules need to follow to work seamlessly with one another.
This principle of design greatly helps with cognitive complexity. It makes systems more understandable to human beings, and it supports both evolution and variety. In a modular system, you can take out a module and put in another module, or you can simply add a module. These actions are not constrained as they are in an integral system where everything depends on everything else.
One of our insights last year was that we saw that as companies became more digitally mature, more able to compete in a digital world, they also reported organizing according to cross-functional teams more significantly. Is this an example of the modularity you're talking about?
If the teams are aimed at discrete projects, yes. It would be saying, Let's bring into each project all the functional resources and capabilities that the project requires. I did not see it as a corollary of modularity, but it's not inconsistent.
Who would be an example? Is it Google or Amazon or a platform-based business where you see this modularity in practice today? Or are you seeing it across many companies?
Platforms support modularity in the sense that they allow others to build in the platform as long as they are cognizant of the platform's rules. But a platform does not itself have to be modular. You could have a platform — an open platform such as Google — supporting many modular complements. That was also the case for Intel and Microsoft: The Wintel platform allowed software and hardware developers to build modules upon the base that Intel and Microsoft provided.
But Intel's products are not highly modular. In fact, there are reasons deep in the physics of semiconductor manufacturing that are antimodular. These days a semiconductor fabrication plant might carry out 2,000 separate steps to make an advanced microprocessor. You don't spread those 2,000 steps across 2,000 enterprises. It's not efficient to do so.
In fact, the inside of Intel looks very much like a classic, hierarchical firm. At the turn of the 19th century and in the early 20th century, a set of organizations emerged that were hierarchical, vertically integrated, and exercised close control over workflow and job design. Those organizations were responding to the needs of the dominant technologies emerging at that time, technologies that supported the efficient flow of goods through both factories and supply chains. Flow production needs a different type of organization than modular recombination.
Is the suggestion that the more modular you are, the better able you are to innovate?
Yes — and evolve, recombine.
If that's the case, then what would be a recommendation for a company like Intel, whose business is clearly more of a flow-oriented business?
There is a tradeoff, and this is where the rate of external technical change comes in. You have to do business in the environment that you face. Modularity allows flexibility and evolvability within the system, but at the expense of some degree of efficiency. You can modularize flow, but you will then need buffers.
That is exactly the opposite of what we now think of as lean manufacturing, which gets rid of all those buffers. If you have a flow production system, you have to decide where the break points are going to be and whether it's worthwhile to break up an integrated flow to have the flexibility to change the front end or the back end or parts in the middle. Sometimes it's not worthwhile.
Lean manufacturing and modularity: Are they antithetical to one another, or are they just different forms for different environments?
I don't think they're antithetical because within each module, there's usually a flow process. You have to create the module, right? It doesn't spring into being. Even the smallest modules must be designed and produced. That's going to be a flow process with some amount of structure.
Thus, modularity and flow are not either/or. It's where you want to put break points in the flow. In general, the faster the rate of external technical change, the higher the value of modular flexibility. But you will give up some short-term efficiency in exchange for flexibility.
It's the level of analysis or the level at which modularity occurs.
Yes. For example, the tight coupling that Toyota Motor Corp. brings to production flow has some definite benefits in supporting learning and innovation. Modularity supports learning and innovation because it's easy to swap things in and out, but the architecture itself tends to be quite inflexible and opaque. You have flexibility to change modules, but the overall architecture is generally fixed and very difficult to change, and sometimes very difficult to understand.
Toyota said, "OK. We're going to tightly couple all parts of our production line," so if any one part goes down, the whole line goes down within three minutes. It's really costly to stop a line, but that practice made problems within the line visible. If there had been buffers between the different steps, as was common in traditional production lines, then the line might never go down, but you'd never figure out what things could be done better. The line would always appear to be OK, but there would be inefficiency in terms of inventory and in the steps themselves.
Are we seeing a trend from a more flow-oriented organizational design to more modular designs as the technology moves more quickly?
We have seen that trend from the time Moore's law came into effect. The trend can be traced back to the IBM System/360, which was the first modular computer system. It was made modular to support high levels of customization across IBM's customers. Then, it turned out that the modularity of the parts allowed the architecture to survive for a very long time. That was a surprise to IBM. In the 1950s, IBM had been doing new computer architectures every five years. Parts of the System/360 architecture still survive in IBM servers.
However, the process of fabricating integrated circuits made possible very high rates of miniaturization and therefore cost reduction and quality enhancement in individual devices. The standard version of Moore's law says that the number of components on a chip will double and costs drop by one-half every 18 months or so. That rate of improvement was made possible by the physics of CMOS [complementary metal oxide semiconductor] silicon fabrication.
In the early 1970s, [physicist] Carver Mead investigated the physical limits of miniaturization in CMOS technology. Basically, he found that physical limits wouldn't be binding for at least 20 years. That made possible the dynamic of having a new generation of semiconductors with twice as much capability that cost half as much every 18 to 24 months.
That's the point where you get the high rewards to modularity. You don't want to commit to any given generation of chip, and you want to be able to upgrade the different chips of a system independently. In the old days, you wanted to be able to swap out your disk drive without buying a new computer, and you also wanted to be able to buy a new computer and have it work with your disk drive. That level of flexibility was enabled by high levels of modularity in the design of computer systems.
This begs a question. In the current state of digitization and/or design, is there anything different, or is this just a continuation of what we've been seeing since the 1960s and 1970s?
Moore's law is slowing down. Even though there is a commitment to modularity and there are many ecosystems where modular innovation is distributed across several hundred or several thousand independent enterprises, there is also, in parts of the system, a tendency to make things more integral, sometimes without knowing that it's happening.
For example, software developers aspire to create modular systems, but most software is not really very modular. In fact, if you don't separate the teams designing software components, they will build a highly integral system that will be very difficult to change. We are living now with the legacy of 50 years of software development, and programs built in the '70s, '80s, and '90s that are still in existence are not modular and their structure is often unknown.
Thus countervailing forces maybe at work, with both lower rewards to modularity because of slower rates of technical change and higher costs of changing systems because of their growing complexity and opacity.
What about agile software? Is that factoring into this modularity and this rapid rate of change?
Agile is fascinating. Software poses very interesting production problems because the effort of creating it and its structure are invisible. Also, every software program can be customized at the cost of added complexity. That's totally different from steel or automobiles where effort and structure are visible and you don't want to customize anything.
Agile is a very excellent response to the problem that software development processes were having when nothing could get done quickly. Agile breaks up the software development process into well-defined units that are meant to be modular. It asks developers a priori to define their tasks in ways that will add up to a whole system. The problem with agile is that it's completely process oriented. There's no guarantee that the product of an agile process will be a modular, evolvable software program.
In a standard agile process, you do these builds, you do a set of scrums, and then you build the system and see if it works. Maybe the system breaks and the testers identify component A and component B done by two different teams as the components that are not working together. An acceptable process in agile is to put those two teams in a room and tell them to fix the problem.
That just guarantees that those two components, at the end of the day, are going to be connected in ways that will not be documented and will not be visible to managers of the process. In terms of evolving the system, you have tied those two components together so that they can only be changed together. You can't take one and leave the other. They are no longer true modules.
Thus, an agile process is an interesting partial solution but not a complete solution.
As an example of a different approach that does deliver modular code, there is a post on the web from 2002 by a former Amazon employee named [Steve] Yegge. Comparing Google to Amazon, he said Amazon enforced the rule, the constraint, that there would be no back doors — that all interactions between each software system component had to be via published APIs [application programming interfaces].
How did Amazon know to do that? Who made that decision?
My source is the published post, which I highly recommend. According to Yegge, [Amazon CEO] Jeff Bezos mandated the practice and said you would be fired if you violated this mandate. It was completely top-down. I have no insight into Bezos' thought process.
If organizations are moving toward greater modularity in response to or to deal with rapid technological change and complexity, does this have any implications for the skill sets that either employees need or leaders need to lead in these types of organizations?
Regarding skill sets for employees, I can't do any better than Toyota. They instill the idea that every operator is part of not only the process but the process of continuous improvement, and they do many things in both recruitment and training and through their reward system to make that real.
One trend I see is that the effort and skill needed to do tasks are becoming less and less observable. If effort is not observable, you must have motivated and knowledgeable people who can steer their own way.
This is a big lesson from the open-source movement: People who self-organize and self-select to create a code base can do it at a very high level of quality with great efficiency. Many software organizations are adopting some of the open-source principles as they manage their software teams.
For leaders, I would say, software is eating the world. A lot of senior leaders seem to want to delegate everything to do with software and information technology to experts. I think that is a prescription for disaster.
What would these senior managers need to do if delegating is not a solution?
They do not need to learn to code, but they must learn to audit the modularity of their IT and core software systems. Most IT systems are completely unauditable. They grow willy-nilly into great masses of interacting applications. The people closest to the system have a very local view of how everything is hooked together. The same is true of software applications.
As a senior leader, Bezos understood enough about both how people actually built software and how he wanted his software to look that he could make strong rules and see them enforced. Many senior managers come from a nondigital environment and see software and information and digitization as kind of a black art.
They flock to fads. It's so easy to say, "We must have this. Hire some people." It does not make sense.
This need to audit the modularity of the IT systems — and I would assume the organization, as well — is this something senior managers can learn or do companies need to find managers with those skill sets?
I actually cofounded a startup that provides some of these services. Speaking from experience, it's a long, hard path. You need programs to educate people at all levels of the organization because the senior officers — it isn't always the CEO — have to be willing to understand what the software system actually looks like versus what it's supposed to look like. Managers must have visibility into the actual modular structure of a code base or an IT system.
There can be no success unless very senior people understand and are calling for this capability. In fact, there's a real agency problem vis-à-vis the developers because all things being equal, they would prefer that people not look too hard at their code.
As you've dealt with these executives, are there any big barriers in their mindset? What are the biggest challenges they wrestle with as you try to get them up to speed with the necessary skill set?
The subject is inherently difficult. You have to have a certain amount of patience to learn a new way of thinking about the world. Software and IT systems are networks, so you need some patience to learn that this is how a network works, this is how change is propagated in a network, this is a good network structure, and this is a bad network structure.
Some high-level managers don't want to be that operational. They think of operations as something that operations people do.
As you look to the next decade, with respect to technology and organizational trends, what do you think the big story is going to be? Or is it just a continuation of what we've seen in the past?
I'm a historian at heart. I look at the past. I do think that the companies that take their operating models seriously, and especially their digital operating models, how the software and IT systems are really made and manufactured, I think those companies are going to be big winners.
What do you mean by taking their digital operating models seriously? Are you speaking of investment or just paying attention and understanding it? What does that look like?
In my years at Harvard Business School, I've always taught finance. This year I'm teaching technology and operations management. I tell my students: This is the future. When technologies are new and changing, it's important to understand how they really work. For example, when the steel industry was getting off the ground in the 1880s and 1890s, Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick knew all about steelmaking. Then things evolved, and the technology stabilized. By the 1920s, it was more important for the chairman of United States Steel Corp. to know about antitrust law than about how steel was actually made.
We've seen many trends over the whole of the 20th century where senior managers became involved in strategy. They became involved in finance. They became involved in marketing. It was less important to know how things were actually made.
The new technologies are digital technologies. Here it's really important for managers to know what their DevOps people are doing and how the software that is so critical to their products and their enterprises comes into being. They don't have to go down to the code level, but the software developers should not be allowed free rein to create any architecture they want.
Gerald C. (Jerry) Kane is a professor of information systems at the Carroll School of Management at Boston College and the MIT Sloan Management Review guest editor for the Digital Business Initiative. He can be reached at gerald.kane@bc.edu and on Twitter @profkane.
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From next month, all fake phones won't work. So despite a tantalisingly cheap price tag, the unforeseen trouble for such phones lies in the form of the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC). From October, phones of only TRC registered telco vendors will 'work', Oshada Senanayake, Director General TRC told the Business Times. There are 24.43 million [...]
By Duruthu Edirimuni Chandrasekera
From next month, all fake phones won't work. So despite a tantalisingly cheap price tag, the unforeseen trouble for such phones lies in the form of the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC).
From October, phones of only TRC registered telco vendors will 'work', Oshada Senanayake, Director General TRC told the Business Times.
There are 24.43 million mobile phone subscribers in Sri Lanka as at December 2018, according to official data. As at January 2019, there are 13.5 million mobile phones equipped with 17.9 million active SIM cards. The number of SIM cards is higher because of multiple SIM use, according to a study done by LIRNEasia, a Sri Lankan think tank.
Many consumers unaware they have purchased a counterfeit phone, inevitably experience malfunctions with their product. Believing their product to be genuine, consumers often send in their phones to the genuine manufacturers for repair.
But some consumers do it knowingly. Buying a fake phone can pose a health risk such as high levels of radiation for an example. "It's important to note that verified phones are safe," Mr. Senanayake added. Other drawbacks such as network disruption and poor product quality make buying genuine the clear choice. By next month consumer can identify a genuine phone through the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) which is a unique 15-digit number assigned to all cellular devices. This number is used to block a mobile phone from being used by another person or network operator if it ever gets lost or stolen. To check whether a phone is registered, one has to key in 1909 and insert the IMEI after which a response through a text will verify if the phone is registered or not.
"TRC-approved phones are sold by vendors registered with the regulator. Mr. Senanayake said that some 2, 500 vendors are registered with TRC now.
He stressed that all mobile devices already being used will not have any issue by next month. TRC will provide an online portal to register device brought by individuals from overseas/online thereafter. "This will ensure that consumers are protected," Mr. Senanayake said.
He also said that 'conceptual' agreement with all operators has been arrived upon to carry out the Mobile Number Portability (MNP) for both mobile and fixed lines. MNP enables switching of mobile and fixed-line numbers across competing service providers is a customer facility widely practiced internationally and is a key facet of a liberalised telecommunications market. "Now technical discussions are in progress by a TRC-approved steering committee," Mr. Senanayake said.
MNP will be in place ideally mid next year or late that year. "This will offer seamless movement for customers without the hassle of losing their telephone number," Mr. Senanayake said.
Basically, from then onwards a mobile/fixed line number will be agnostic or not tag to any operator.
Mr. Senanayake said that MNP requires the setting up of technical infrastructure and number database management. "TRC will finalise the technical nuances of these."


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Ghostwire: Tokyo – What To Expect
Ghostwire: Tokyo is the new game from Tango Gameworks, if you're familiar with The Evil Within series then you'll be familiar with their classic horror style. We were first introduced to Ghostwire: Tokyo back at E3 2019 and it teased a modern-day Tokyo haunted by spirits. The story begins with a sudden fog descending, causing nearly all the city's population to vanish.
The game was originally supposed to be published by Bethesda last July 2021 as a PS5 exclusive. But after some delay as well as the Microsoft acquisition, Ghostwire: Tokyo arrives on the PlayStation 5 on March 25th 2022. The game will be exclusive to PlayStation for a year but will come to the Xbox and PC after that.
While waiting for that to happen let's delve into the game details of Ghostwire: Tokyo.
The Story & Setting
Our Ghostwire: Tokyo journey begins in modern day Tokyo. At Shibuya's famous Scramble Crossing, renowned as one of the world's busiest pedestrian intersections a fog descends causing everyone to vanish in an instant. The fog blurs the line between the normal and paranormal and with the humans gone, Tokyo becomes home to hordes of Yokai-creatures called the 'Visitors'. Who's the blame for all this? An unhinged occultist by the name of Hannya.
You'll play as Akito, a survivor of this sudden mass extinction event in Tokyo. It seems that all that's left in the entire city is you and the creepy 'Visitor's. Have no fear because you won't be fighting these enemies alone! Because how would you? Instead, you become a somewhat unwilling host to a 'Spirit Detective' ghost named KK. Through KK, you gain the power of a ghost hunter which allows you to cast spells and sense ghosts within the city.
As you might expect, we'll be visiting eerie versions of iconic locations across Tokyo, including the Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo Tower, and various shrines, parks, and alleyways.
Combat Gameplay
As you make your way through Tokyo, you'll inevitably run into supernatural beings called Visitors, malevolent foes that stand in Akito and KK's way. Ordinary attacks from weapons like guns and swords are of no use against these otherworldly threats.
Instead, you'll need to rely on Ethereal Weaving. The weaving moves used within the game are named Kuji-Kiri, which is a reference to the ancient Japanese techniques to cast spells in order to banish demons. There are nine movements that the player can use and 3 different elements that can be infused in his movements. With each movement and element working better or worse on different enemies. By weaving this supernatural energy, you can give it form and release it to damage the 'Visitors' that haunt Tokyo.
There will be a progression system to make your magic more potent as you continue to play the game. It will be action-packed as it is advised by Shinichiro Hara who we know from the Doom series. Which is an action-packed game if you are not familiar with it.
Akito's powers are interesting because, in reality, it feels like an FPS title but instead of guns you'll be using your hands. Instead of disposing of a demon by stabbing it with a knife, he uses his hands to destroy them. You can even block attacks with your hands just like using a shield. It is one of the most interesting and elegant combat features we have seen to date.
The first of the three elements is wind. Wind weaving allows you to rapidly shoot bursts of ether at your foes like a handgun.
Next, there's water weaving. This functions more like a shotgun, allowing you to deal bursts of heavy damage at short range and knock your targets back. These strikes have a wide area of effect, making them extremely useful when you've got lots of enemies bearing down on you.
The final elemental attack is fire weaving. Think of this one like a rocket launcher. It inflicts massive explosive damage on anything unlucky enough to get caught in the blast. Fire weaving is best-suited for when your enemies are clustered together.
Regular and charged attacks allow you to expose the cores of your enemies, which can be ripped away to deal huge damage.
In addition to the three attacking elements, you can also wield earth ether to block enemy strikes. As well as using ghost vision to track down ghosts (similar to Assassin's Creed).
You'll also get to wield other tools like a bow and special talismans which facilitate a stealthy approach.
Not all spirits are out to get you however there are some spirits that can be found drifting through the streets. These lost souls are some of the roughly 200,000 people who vanished at the beginning of the game. Using special phone booths put together by a member of KK's team, Akito can send these souls back to the safety of the outside world, which lets him level up and unlock new Spirit Skills.
You can collect souls wandering in the streets by praying, which is a nice homage to Japanese culture.
Your Main Mission
Cleanse the corrupted energy from sacred shrines in Tokyo's wards to free them from the Visitors. pic.twitter.com/mNyqKkxos2
— Ghostwire: Tokyo (@playGhostwire) June 22, 2020
The mysterious fog that is encapsulating Tokyo originates out of a number of corrupted torii gates throughout the city. These gates are connected to the underworld and are the source of the city's problems. These Torii gates can be found throughout Shibuya, not just at the entrances to Shinto shrines where they're traditionally found but also down dark alleyways and up on the rooftops.
Akito has the power to cleanse this corruption, lifting the fog blanketing the area around them and expanding the area of the city open for exploration.
As you make your way down the alleys and plumb the underground depths of Shibuya, you'll witness all manner of supernatural happenings inspired by Japan's colourful folklore. For example, one urban legend involves a mysterious train that shows up in stations and can't be found on any schedule. Those who board alone are whisked away to another realm and stranded forever.
Tokyo is overrun by deadly supernatural forces, perpetrated by a dangerous occultist, causing Tokyo's population to vanish in an instant. Ally with a powerful spectral entity on their quest for vengeance and master a powerful arsenal of abilities to unravel the dark truth behind the disappearance as you face the unknown in Ghostwire: Tokyo.
Ghostwire: Tokyo has a level of originality for sure and the gameplay mechanics will surprise fans. The eerie feeling of the empty streets will push you towards solving the mysteries within. The combat mechanics are top notch and it gives a sense of satisfaction when used. You will love the city of Tokyo even though it is abandoned.
If you are a fan of action-horror games, then Ghostwire: Tokyo should be on your list this year. Ghostwire: Tokyo will release on March 25th 2022, on PlayStation 5 then later on PC and Xbox.
This article was an original contribution by Sarah from the site OffGamers. Check out the site for all your gaming needs!
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35.78′ W. Marker is in Baltimore, Maryland. Marker is on Thames Street. Touch for map. This marker is on Chase's Wharf. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1417 Thames Street, Baltimore MD 21231, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park and Museum (here, next to this marker); Frederick Douglass Sculpture (a few steps from this marker); The Marine Railway (within shouting distance of this marker); The Hankin Healthy Harbor Walking Tour (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Black Shipbuilders of the Chesapeake Bay (about 500 feet away); Association of Maryland Pilots (about 700 feet away); Loring Cornish / How Great Thou Art (approx. 0.2 miles away); Record Store Day (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Baltimore.
Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Education Pavilion in the background.
4. White lines that mark the plaza where businesses were.
More. Search the internet for Archaeological Remains.
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Periphery V: Djent Is Not a Genre is the seventh studio album by American progressive metal band Periphery. It was released on March 10, 2023 through the band's own label, 3DOT Recordings. The album was self-produced by the band and the band's former bassist Adam "Nolly" Getgood.

Background and promotion
On March 11, 2021, various members of Periphery posted an in-studio photo of the band onto social media, announcing the first writing session for their seventh studio album. On October 12, 2022, Jake Bowen announced that the new album was completed and ready for mastering. On January 9, 2023, after several days of teaser videos, the band announced the album itself and release date. In addition, they also revealed the album cover and released the first two singles, "Wildfire" and "Zagreus", on January 12.

Both singles include references to material from previous albums Juggernaut: Alpha and Juggernaut: Omega with the chorus of "Wildfire" reinterpreting the central motif of "The Event", and "Zagreus" featuring a primary riff from "Four Lights", among others. Mansoor also confirmed "Zagreus" was inspired by the award-winning indie video game Hades, as the song is named after the game's protagonist from Greek mythology and features a reference to the game's death leitmotif. On February 16, one month before the album release, the band unveiled the third single "Atropos" and its corresponding music video.

Critical reception

The album received critical acclaim from critics. Dom Lawson from Blabbermouth.net gave the album 9 out of 10 and said: "Active since the mid noughties, Periphery have made several genuinely great records along the way, but never one as adventurous or as complete as this. And again, while we expect them to be pretty heavy, Periphery V: Djent Is Not a Genre ups that particular ante all over again. Being pummelled by the future has never felt so good." Distorted Sound scored the album 10 out of 10 and said: "Periphery have prided themselves on forging a career packed full of innovation and experimentation, but as you digest the instalments of Periphery V it feels like you are listening to a once in a lifetime combination of musicians who are continuing to evolve into an untouchable force. Their output may be more of a 'passion project' as their focus has shifted to more viable methods of financial stability but this has by no means affected their hunger or enthusiasm to show that they are, without doubt, pioneers of their craft." Louder Sound gave the album a positive review and stated: "It's a historical certainty that whatever flavour-of-the-month tag emerges, there will always be bands who transcend it and create their own legacy. Periphery have consistently proved themselves a cut above the rest since their twin Juggernaut albums, and therefore have every right to be categorised however they seem fit."

Metal Injection rated the album 8 out of 10 and stated, "I don't need to tell you about the immense talents held by every member of the band. Periphery came out of the gate in 2010 with incredible skill and precision, and none of that has changed here. It's a good Periphery album, though still not my favorite. But make no mistake: 'Wax Wings', 'Everything Is Fine!' and 'Zagreus' are going on the playlist." MetalSucks rated the album 5 out of 5 and said: "Djent might not be a genre, but this record is wholly representative of the colloquial subcategory, punching you in the face with low-tuned guitars and odd time signatures, while mixing in countless surprises along the way. Djent Is Not a Genre is a phenomenal representation of what Periphery can do, offering fun and undeniable heaviness throughout." Riff praised the album saying, "So even if djent is not a genre, it's at least a sonic signature for Periphery, which continues to play it to its impressive standards." Wall of Sound gave the album a positive review saying: "Djent is Not a Genre is another killer release in this band's esteemed career."

Track listing

Personnel
Periphery
 Spencer Sotelo – lead vocals
 Misha "Bulb" Mansoor – guitar, programming, synthesizers, orchestration
 Jake Bowen – guitar, synthesizers, programming
 Mark Holcomb – guitar
 Matt Halpern – drums

Additional personel
 Adam "Nolly" Getgood – bass, mixing, drum production
 Jørgen Munkeby – saxophone on "Wildfire"
 Sebastian Sendon - mixing assistant, drum and bass editing
 Mike Kalajian - mastering
 Raoul Ahmad, Alec Eitrem, Tai Wright, Mikey Tucker, Liam Schmucker, Bryan Caudill - additional choir vocals
 Travis Smith - album art, layout

Charts

References

2023 albums
Periphery (band) albums
Century Media Records albums
E1 Music albums

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Bucs' disappointing season ends with 31-14 wild-card loss to Cowboys
Luke Easterling
January 16, 2023, 11:25 PM ·1 min read
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers' 2022 season came to a fitting end Monday night with a 31-14 loss to the Dallas Cowboys in the wild-card round of the NFL playoffs.
Dak Prescott threw for four touchdowns and ran for another, while the Bucs didn't touch the scoreboard until the final play of the third quarter.
The Cowboys took an 18-0 lead into the locker room at halftime, and kicker Brett Maher missing four straight extra points might have been the only bad thing Dallas fans had to deal with all night long.
In what could be the last game of his legendary 23-year NFL career, Bucs quarterback Tom Brady completed 35 of his whopping 66 pass attempts for 351 yards and two touchdowns. Tampa Bay's best drive of the first half ended with a Brady interception in the back of the end zone, the first red-zone turnover of Brady's entire three-year stint with the Bucs so far.
Tight end Dalton Schultz led the Cowboys with 95 yards on seven receptions, including two of Prescott's touchdown passes. Wide receiver CeeDee Lamb caught four passes for 68 yards, including an 18-yard, fourth-down touchdown in the fourth quarter that put the game away.
Bucs wide receiver Chris Godwin set a new franchise record with 10 receptions, leading the team with 85 receiving yards on the night.
The Bucs finish their season with an overall record of 8-10, the first losing record of Brady's career.
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Black love on exhibit
By Cheronne Thurab
"Growing together," by Camille Lauren, depicts an often overlooked dimension of black love. Her work is exhibit with other artists at the Linus Caffe in Toronto.
A young couple embraces while their lower halves morph into a handshake on a gold, water-coloured canvas. Artist, Camille Lauren, says this image represents a pure side of relationships not often seen in the media.
"Black love in the media is scarce … It's based on myths and not always a positive view," Lauren said. "We see relationships that are quick. They start quickly; they end quickly … The notion that black couples don't last is really a myth."
Lauren is one of 11 artists who participated in "Love: Art Exhibit" beginning Feb. 14. The event was created in response to what some say is an inaccurate portrayal of love in the black community.
Though Lauren said there are couples of African descent whose relationships are positive, these aren't always the ones that attract attention.
"There are relationships that have stood the test of time (in the black community)," she said. "But you don't often see those because they aren't necessarily the ones that have the most drama."
Amoye Henry, curator of Love: Art Exhibit, said this lack of positivity compelled her expose a different view. Henry's exhibit celebrates three events that take place in February: Valentine's Day, Black History Month and Heart month. The exhibit opened today at Linux Caffe in Toronto.
"Anytime I saw a black woman she was depicted as successful, but depressed and lonely," she said. "Black men were portrayed negatively … as convicts or unemployed men who couldn't support their families."
Artist Lauren agreed. "When you see shows that portray black love it's over-hyped," she said. "The stereotypes we see are that there's more rape, more incest, the circumstances are tougher and people come to define their relationships based on these ideas."
Henry said media should make an effort to focus on the positives in a minority community.
"We are a multicultural society and it's important to highlight positivity in a community that almost doesn't get highlighted," she said.
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Posted: Feb 14 2011 11:11 am
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The interview which took plce with on air personality Chuey Martinez, gave an update on his first album in five years and revealed part of the list of collaborators for the project that includes Ice Cube, WC, and Bizzy Bone.
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Charbel Nahas, né le  à Beyrouth, est un économiste et ingénieur polytechnicien libanais.

Biographie
Ancien élève du lycée privé Sainte-Geneviève, diplômé de l'École polytechnique (économie) et de l'École nationale des ponts et chaussées (transport et infrastructures), il est détenteur d'un doctorat en anthropologie sociale à l'École des hautes études en sciences sociales.

Le , Charbel Nahas devient ministre des télécommunications du gouvernement de Saad Hariri, un des cinq ministres désignés par Michel Aoun.

Le , Charbel Nahas devient ministre du travail du gouvernement de Najib Mikati. Il tente entre autres de faire supprimer l'article 7 du code du travail qui limite les droits des travailleurs au contrat établi par leurs employeurs. Il démissionne de ce poste le  refusant de signer le décret gouvernemental ayant trait aux indemnités de transports des salariés qu'il estimait, avec l'appui du Conseil d'État, illégal. Sa démission est acceptée le  par les présidents de la République et du Conseil.

En 2016, il lance le mouvement Citoyens et citoyennes dans un État, situé à gauche, qui prend part aux manifestations de 2019-2020. En mai 2021, il décline l'invitation du ministre des Affaires étrangères français Jean-Yves Le Drian lors de sa visite à Beyrouth. Son parti n'obtient que 1,5% des votes aux législatives de 2022 et ne décroche aucun siège au nouveau Parlement.

Il est actuellement consultant auprès d'organisations internationales, dans les domaines de l'économie, de la finance, de l'urbanisme et de la sociologie. Il intervient également dans des débats sur les relations régionales, les fonctions socio-économiques de l'État, le fonctionnement institutionnel de l'État, la symbolique et légitimité des pouvoirs, ainsi que sur l'histoire sociale.

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Économiste libanais
Ministre libanais du Travail
Élève du lycée Sainte-Geneviève
Élève de l'École polytechnique
Élève de l'École nationale des ponts et chaussées
Élève de l'École des hautes études en sciences sociales
Professeur à l'université libanaise
Naissance en août 1954
Naissance à Beyrouth


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Must've been a good feeling driving the RS up and back!
This for the win, but didn't adam say it's got a big end knock ??
It has a tick. Probably injectors or heads from sitting so long.
So, side note - any RS pics from HVC17??
I got a couple but I just couldn't be bother walking around with the camera all day..
Hey Chris, hope you got your Code 24 issue worked out by now.. If not, that's the ECM thinking that the IACV is stuck which puts it into a failsafe mode, cutting fuel on cylinder 1 hence your misfire. You should be able to fix it just by spraying the valve out with some throttle body cleaner; let me know if the issue still persists, I've been working on mine for almost two months..
Hey Clark, ended up just clearing by itself, on the day I was taking it to my mechanic to look at it further. My feeling is that the injector is straight up cooked because I had the code flash yesterday but not effect the engine at all. I swapped out the IACV and code 24 disappeared so that is that sorted. Car is now running fine apart from the idle being a bit iffy when its cold but that could just be the IACV needing to be adjusted.
Wow I'm slack, not much to report really. Coilovers are in it now, (Tein type HA? I think) Rides pretty well, I was expecting rougher.
Only other things new apart from that is a 1.5din pocket and the set of Advan Rally RC's I'm waiting for (currently in the Import Monster container).
Sorry nothing more exciting has happened, it mostly sits in the shed these days. Tossing up whether I just club reg or not..
This sounds great by the way Chris! Stop being a slacker and put the pics of the wheels!
Got a flat over night and had to get it quickly repaired, luckily it was only a slow leak.
I knew what it was straight away because the guys at work asked if I wanted to have it taken out but I said no since it had been fine for months before that anyway, guess it got disrupted and caused the leak. Oh well, all sorted now. Sorry about the big as picture but I can't be bothered trying to resize it.
Awesome height you're riding with there. Looks sweet!
Anyone who drives an Audi can not be trusted.
New wheels look good m8.


recognized that true faith is ultimately a matter of internal disposition and the individual's relationship with God. The reformers realized that true religion could not be coerced. But this was not the end of their calculus. They feared the hypocrisy that enforcement of religion would create, but they worried even more about the destructive social and spiritual consequences of an evangelical apostasy. Their judgment that true religion ought to be protected and promoted by the civil authorities was grounded in their principles, but was also an expression of their pragmatic judgment that apostasy was a greater threat than hypocrisy. The hypocrite might be damned by his or her false piety, but the apostate might lead many others astray, thereby endangering not only the tranquility of the commonwealth but also threatening their eternal beatitude.
In this way a great part of the reformers' concerns to include first table or "religious" elements under the authority of the civil magistrate was that they considered such views to have significant implications for civil life. "Religion" was not simply something that was internal, individual, and private. We can agree or disagree about the conclusions that the reformers drew from such calculations about the social costs of toleration without dismissing the validity of this insight and their recognition of the trade-offs between hypocrisy and apostasy.
This aspect of the reformers' position has not received sufficient attention, I don't think, and it has important implications for what interests Tuininga and what I go on to explore at some length in the essay: "the fundamental tensions that have existed from the earliest days of the Christian church" concerning issues of religious liberty, toleration, and freedom of conscience.


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n Ultima Thule: Horizon, Border and Limits 2018, we see a murky silhouette of NASA's New Horizons spacecraft with (fantasized) sweeping searchlight and dropped ladder in an imaginary horizon. The space vehicle is scheduled to begin exploration of the Kuiper Belt object, 2014 MU69, recently nicknamed Ultima Thule, on Jan. 1, 2019. NASA says it will be the 'most primitive world' ever observed, the farthest visit in history.
"Ultima Thule" means "beyond Thule," beyond the borders of the known world. On the drawings we see a small stamp of Thule, the mythical, far-northern island mentioned in ancient Greek and Roman literature, and depicted in medieval cartography. The drawing of Thule dates from 1537. But the Greek explorer Pytheas was the first to write of Thule, after his travels between 330–320 BCE.
In the drawings are hybrid creatures medieval voyagers might encounter, illustrations I took from early maps describing Thule. Also you see a 'folding map' of Earth and it's borders. And in these drawings I use asemic writing to convey the immensity of communication logistics.
The knowledge of distance to horizon is essential to survival.
Our eyes scan the place where we are in order to establish limits.
If you stand on a high mountain, your eyes can finally see the earth's edge is curved.
These drawings grow from concern about geo-political complexities associated with "borders," and the heated race to colonize space. Border complications not resolved on earth will affect territories in space. Perhaps the opportunity to dissolve borders is on the horizon? Can we transform our territorial nature and limits of behavior?
Digital Print from Lanaquarelle watercolor 10 x 14 in., 26 x 36 cm. Gouache, personal rubber stamps, graphite, ink.


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I am on a mission to explore and document the best dive locations in the world, which brings me all over the planet, but there are some dive locations that I have to keep returning to, they are just so awesome. Komodo National Park is one of those. There are other great dive sites with big hype that I end up a little underwhelmed with, but when it comes to diving in Komodo, I have never been anything less than impressed.
Its always great to see dive sites that are protected and respected by local guides and governments, and Komodo seems to be doing something right. So whether you are already in the ultra popular Bali for diving, or plan on traveling to Indonesia, you need to make Komodo your next stop. I can personally guarantee you'll make some amazing memories, and make your dive buddies back home jealous for years.
I can't make a list of epic attractions in Komodo, without mentioning manta rays. I had never seen these gentle giants until my first trip to Komodo, and I saw 6 on one single dive, including 2 black (ninja) rays. I was in complete shock as I just hovered above the sand, setup the camera to film, and watched the show at a cleaning station as 6 mantas just danced in front of me, circling and swimming just feet away. I was on a high for weeks after that. There are a few popular manta dive sites, but they are always revolving, so just ask your dive guide where they are that week.
Besides the manta dives where you just watch them fly around, every dive in Komodo is going to sport some amazing examples of how reef should look. From every type of hard coral imaginable, to nearly transparent yet neon colored soft corals, all teaming with numerous reef fish of every kind, you will never have enough of feeling like you are diving in a perfect aquarium. My favorite dive site in Komodo for reef? I guess if I had to choose, Batu Bulong was amazing, so be sure to check that out. You won't be disappointed.
Its going to be hard to explain how crazy the huge schools and sites were in the dive site called Castle Rock. This is by far my favorite overall dive site so far in Komodo, and I'll try to tell you why. Imagine 6-7 schools, all of different species, that are so big they could fill a warehouse (each), and they are dancing around the site in big clouds that blot out the sun, but also avoiding the other schools/species, making it look like a synchronized dance underwater, all moving in tandem while you hover beneath. All while this is happening, you look down and see (20 for me on 1 dive) reef sharks sleeping in the sand everywhere. One minute you are following a huge school of bump head parrot fish, then the next minute a cloud of banner fish pass by as one huge entity, being parted to avoid a lazy shark swimming right through the crowd. Like I said, its hard to explain, but tell your guide to take you to Castle Rock.
On the night dive in particular, the muck dive and macro critters that I found were awesome, some being ones I had never seen before. For example I saw my first "Pokemon" nudis here, as well as lots of other crazy colored nudis, ribbon eels, bobtail squid, porcelain crabs and much much more. The good thing about Komodo is that its so big, and you can literally park the boat at any island, jump in, and be sure to see a ton of cool species.
The dive resorts around Komodo, Lubuan Bajo in particular, know what people want to see, so it is a popular practice for them to take you to some awesome sites in between dives during a surface interval. This really compliments already one of the best places to scuba dive on Earth. So on my trips I was exploring the island of Rinca to hangout with Komodo Dragons, or hiking to the view points of places like Gili Lawa, or chilling on white sand beaches on remote, uninhabited islands, between dives. Is there anything better than seeing a giant manta ray in the morning, a giant Komodo Dragon at lunch, and octopus at night?
There are a million other reasons to visit Komodo National Park, and I can't list them all here. Flights from Bali are short, cheap and direct, and there is really no reason not to go. If Komodo wasn't on your scuba diving bucket list before, it should be now! For those who want to see even more amazing places in the country, I put together this comprehensive guide to scuba diving Indonesia. Enjoy, and let us know your favorite dives!


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David Dhawan Clears The Air On Biwi No. 1 Remake With Varun Dhawan
David Dhawan and Varun Dhawan
After the success of Judwaa 2, rumours were rife that David Dhawan and Varun Dhawan will work of Biwi No. 1 remake.
After the success of Judwaa 2, rumours were rife that David Dhawan and Varun Dhawan will work of Biwi No. 1 remake. Some reports even stated that the father-son duo have started preparation for the remake of Salman Khan's film.
Read: Judwaa 2 box office report
Clearing the air, David Dhawan in an interview with leading daily Deccan Chronicle said, "Good that people are speculating about what we will do next," he continued. "We haven't thought about remaking Biwi No. 1 as of yet. Right now, we're in the holiday mood.
Let the New Year begin and then we'll think of what to do next. I know it is a convenient formula to do remakes and sequels. But we may surprise everyone by doing an entirely original film this time."
So, this is clear that David has no plans of doing Biwi No. 1 remake.
David is quite happy with the way, his sons Varun and Rohit have established themselves in the film industry. David Dhawan said, "I have directed 45 films in the last 41 years. And before we forget, I was a film editor before a director. I have left nothing to prove. Some critics say I haven't changed my formula for 40 years. But the question is why should I, when it's working fine. I am proud of what I've achieved in the industry, and in life. But I am even prouder of what my sons Rohit and Varun have achieved in just 4-5 years."
Varun Dhawan and Rohit Dhawan have established themselves quite well in the industry. Varun made his Bollywood debut in 2012. In just 5 years, he has become the most sought young Bollywood actor. He will be next seen in Shoojit Sircar's October. The movie will hit the theaters on 1 June 2018.
Read: Varun Dhawan's upcoming movies
Rohit Shetty has directed two films, Desi Boyz and Dishoom. Both of them were decent hits at the box office. As per the reports coming, the young director is planning a superhero movie with Hrithik Roshan.
Read: Rohit Dhawan's superhero film with Hrithik Roshan
Do you want to watch Varun Dhawan in Biwi No. 1 remake? Share your views with us in the comments section.
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La marque Marigny a été lancée par le Service d'exploitation industrielle des tabacs et allumettes (la SEITA) en . La Marigny est composée de tabac brun, « goût français », est longue et munie ou non d'un bout-filtre.

Histoire
Parmi les autres marques du monopole, elle se situait dans le marché des cigarettes haut de gamme : le paquet coûtait 1,70 francs, contre 1,15 francs pour les Gauloises Caporal. Le nom Marigny était censé évoquer les quartiers « chics » de Paris (il existe une avenue de Marigny à Paris). Qualité et modernité étaient les deux marqueurs mis en avant lors de son lancement, à l'image du paquet flip-top, adopté pour leur emballage. Elle était, selon les publicités de l'époque, « la cigarette [qui] fait partie de votre prestige » , et l'on vantait son goût, « sa fumée fraîche ».
En , on louait la qualité de cette cigarette « faite des meilleurs tabacs de France », et «qui « respire dans son papier poreux qui laisse passer l'air frais. Son filtre rend sa fumée légère, légère … Goût français … fumée fraîche … légèreté … La Marigny est vraiment la cigarette du repos et de la détente ».
Cependant, en raison de l'utilisation d'un papier à haute porosité qui faisait flamber la cigarette, le succès ne fut pas au rendez-vous : la SEITA changea bien le papier, mais la Marigny ne devint jamais une marque phare du groupe, et fut supplantée par la Fontenoy, qui remplissait les mêmes fonctions (marché haut de gamme).

De nos jours
Toutefois, contrairement à d'autres marques disparues depuis (Gallia, Seïtane, Française), les Marigny sont encore, en 2012, commercialisées, quoique difficiles à trouver, par Imperial Tobacco.

Le paquet a été légèrement modifié : les rayures originelles ont été conservées, mais le blason aux émaux rouges et bleu a disparu, remplacé par un écusson représentant un chevalier, et le bleu-blanc-rouge, a laissé place au marron et or, le tout restant placé sous le signe d'une certaine élégance.

Les bars-tabacs « Le Marigny »
En  accord avec la SEITA des restaurants, cafés, bars (souvent appelés bars-tabacs dans ce cas) possédant un bureau de tabac, ont pris des noms de marques de cigarettes, pour s'appeler « Le Marigny » par exemple. Cette appellation a souvent perduré après la raréfaction de la marque de cigarette.

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Marque de cigarette


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Central Christian College of the Bible head women's basketball coach Meagan Henson on Tuesday announced the signing of Alexis Whisenand for the 2019-20 season.
Whisenand, a 5-7 small forward from Higbee High School in Higbee, Missouri, is currently a senior and will graduate in May. The four-year letterman for the Lady Tigers averaged 6.0 points and 9.8 rebounds per game as a senior.
Whisenand was a Cooper County Athletic Association first team selection in 2018, an honorable mention selection in 2019, and was named to the Class 1 all-district team this past season. She grabbed a school-record 23 rebounds in a single game as a junior and was part of a Lady Tigers program that won 72 games in four seasons.
"We are excited to add Alexis to our Central Christian family," Henson said. "She is definitely a fantastic fit for our team. She displays high character and is coachable. She has the work ethic necessary to compete at the next level."
While at CCCB, Whisenand plans to pursue an Associate of Professional Studies while also pursuing an associate degree in Child Development from one of CCCB's partner institutions, Moberly Area Community College.


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State Parks Help Set Distance Records on Coast-to-Coast Recreational Trails
- Posted: August 9, 2011
CARSON CITY, Nev. – The Nevada Division of State Parks announced today a new partnership with the American Discovery Trail (ADT) and upcoming record-breaking events in 2011.
The Discovery Trail is a 6,800-mile, coast-to coast route. Nevada's portion starts in North Lake Tahoe, at the Nevada-California border, and ends at Great Basin National Park near Baker, Nev.
Ultra-runner Brian Stark, author of the book "Getting to the Point in a Dozen Pair of Shoes," finished a 500-mile run across Nevada July 24. His record was 11 days, seven hours and 28 minutes for 490 miles. He climbed 34,000 feet and crossed 15 mountain ranges and six State Parks. ADT is challenging runners by advertising in running magazines, on blogs and in other social media to beat Stark's record in Nevada.
Other events are being held to promote the statewide route in August and September.
Trevor Oxborrow, of Nevada Trail Expeditions based in Reno, is being supported by ADT, State Parks and the TRIGON Mt. Bike Company, on a record-setting race across Nevada that will be used as a challenge for others to beat.
September 3 and 10, 2011
The Backcountry Horsemen, a national equestrian club with chapters in every state, are completing two sections of the ADT the weekends of September 3 and 10. They will be traveling from Tahoe Meadows near Mt. Rose through the Tahoe backcountry and then to Carson City. The other section is the Arc Dome Wilderness section over the Toyiabe Range. Information is available at www.bchnv.com.
Jenny Scanland, 775-684-2787, [email protected]
Trevor and Ted Oxborrow, Nevada's ADT coordinators, 530-305-9835, www.discoverytrail.org