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Beware of Disgusting Donation Scams Allegedly for Ukraine
Steve Fullerton
Steve Fullerton Published: March 15, 2022
A global view of Ukraine area. (KLYQ file photo)
They're already out there -the scammers. Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen is warning Montanans to be careful if they're donating to Ukraine relief efforts - whether on the phone or online.
The current crisis in Ukraine is a perfect situation for scammers, according to Knudsen, who said last week, "Scammers are always ready to use the latest crisis to try and take advantage of Montanans' goodwill...always do your research before donating, so that your money goes to the right place, and contact our Office of Consumer Protection if you suspect a scam."
Knudsen's office has been issuing recommendations for people who get requests for donations, which have been increasing in recent months to include the Ukraine issue. Almost all of them have similar tactics. They pressure you to donate as soon as possible and sometimes want you to use wire transfers or gift cards.
Find out more about who you're dealing with
Many charities register with the IRS. Check this site for a list.
Charities can be researched at Charity Navigator and Charity Watch. They both have specific information on Ukraine charities.
Concerning phone calls, there are federal rules that legitimate charities must follow when making calls. For instance, they should only call between 8 a.m. and 9 p.m.
Scams are all over the place
Knudsen recently issued similar warnings during National Consumer Protection Week, when he highlighted scams on real estate listings, ammunition and firearms sales, and even pet adoptions. Again, the rule you should always follow in almost everything in life - If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
There is help in our state, though. Knudsen said Montanans can report any phone, mail or email scams to the Montana Department of Justice's Office of Consumer Protection. You can call 406 444-4500 or toll free at 800 481-6896.
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Jewellust is an app for Google Android that was created by Smartpix Games. Jewellust simulates the world of Ancient Egypt with all of its jeweled splendor. When you are playing the game, you get a chance to go back in time and bust through jewels in an attempt to garner the highest score possible. Jewellust is classic arcade action with a historical twist and it is one of the newest gaming additions to the Google Android platform.
The controls for Jewellust app for Google Android are actually quite easy to master. All you have to do is scroll around the grid of jewels that you see on the screen and then select different gems to move and bust depending on proximity of color, shape and other characteristics. It is essentially a point and click game at its heart and interacting with games that have that type of classic arcade controlling options is very easy to do.
As far as the interface is concerned, there are three major screens that you have to deal with when you are playing the Jewellust game.
The first of those screens are the title and the adjoining options screens, both of which are very well designed graphically and contain the options for the rest of the game. An example of this would be the initial option available to you between playing in the single player campaign and playing in the high score challenge.
Once you have gone past this screen, you are in the selection screen where you can actually make choices regarding the pyramids that you would like to enter. Once you have made your selection on that screen, the main game screen actually comes up with the starting gems that you need to manipulate in order to get as high a score as possible. Between these screens, the Jewellust game has a brilliant interface that is very easy for anyone to understand.
Jewellust application for Google Android is very similar to bejewelled and other games like it for other systems, although there are some key differences that arguably enhance the productivity that you can get out of this game. For starters, this game is a lot easier in campaign mode than bejewelled, which for many people also makes it a lot faster. Games that are faster are generally easier to play within commute times and lunch hours and therefore those types of games tend to be far more useful on mobile devices such as Google Android.
At the same time however, the graphical user interface contains graphical elements that are absolutely top notch. Too often, many mobile apps are willing to sacrifice graphics for functionality, but Smartpix has put in the extra time needed to make sure that both are present in this Google Android application.
In the end, the combination of functionality and beauty is probably the main selling point for this game. It certainly impressed us during this review and therefore Jewellust app for Google Android receives a score of 9.0 out of 10.


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'Jeopardy!' champ James Holzhauer finishes out of money at World Series of Poker debut
LAS VEGAS — "Jeopardy!" champion and professional sports gambler James Holzhauer finished out of money in his World Series of Poker debut on Monday, a tournament official said.
Holzhauer finished in 454th place among more than 1,800 entrants in a No-Limit Hold'em event, spokesman Seth Palansky said. Buy-in was $1,500 and Holzhauer didn't reach the top 281 finishers who will win shares of some $2.5 million in prize money.
Holzhauer moved to his second poker event of the day, to play with Poker Hall of Famer Mike Sexton in a $1,000 buy-in Tag-Team No-Limit Hold'em tournament. Sexton began play for both of them.
Holzhauer told tournament officials he plans to donate half of any winnings to a Las Vegas nonprofit for homeless, displaced and disadvantaged high school students called Project 150.
Holzhauer played online poker semi-professionally in the early 2000s, but makes a living now with sports betting.
He became a celebrity winning 32 consecutive "Jeopardy!" games and raking in more than $2.4 million before he lost in early June. He ended his run a little more than $58,000 shy of the overall earnings record set by Ken Jennings, who won 74 games in 2004.
Holzhauer left with the 16 highest one-day scores in the show's history.
He has taken part in several events in Las Vegas in recent weeks, and donated $10,000 in May to Project 150. He and his wife Melissa also contributed $10,000 to a different nonprofit school dropout prevention program called Communities In Schools of Nevada.
Holzhauer made a recent donation of about $1,100 in "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek's name to a pancreatic cancer walk in Holzhauer's hometown, Naperville, Illinois.
Trebek, 78, announced earlier this year that he was being treated for advanced pancreatic cancer. He said last month that doctors told him he's in "near remission."
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"This, the 30th Anniversary release of THE WIZ, is a far improved print from the earlier DVD release. The colors of each scene are bright and crisp, and the graininess has been cleaned a great deal. Included with this edition is a soundtrack CD featuring SOME of the songs from the film. Those expecting the entire soundtrack may be disappointed to see that they only get a small percentage of the original songs."
"I know I've already reviewed the old DVD, but I would like to have a good read for the Anniversary (even though I'm late for it).
If you've read my old review, you'll notice that I like this movie, even though I agree there could have been some improvements.
"The Wiz" movie was released into cinemas on October 24 1978, so now the film IS over 30 years old.
GREAT: As said before the Picture and Sound have been Restored, so that you can see the shots and hear soundtrack more clearly - until now I never even noticed Dorothy/Diana removing her ear-rings upon deciding to kill Evilene! - and the colours certainly do appear CLEANER. You'd be surprised at how much better this new picture is compared to before!
DISAPPOINTMENT: I was hoping to see a slightly wider and longer version of the picture, but close comparison and attention have shown that the image is slightly zoomed in - look at the edges (sides and top/bottom) in the wide shot of Dorothy in her Emerald City Motel room for example, and you'll notice a bit missing. And when we see Dorothy and Toto being transported across the screen from New York to Oz, that is the one time it looks more-or-less the same as the old DVD (despite better detail and cleaner picture).
And as Diana finishes singing "I wish I was . . . " in 'Soon As I Get Home', I noticed how her lips mouth 'home'; Unfortunately, it seems she didn't say 'home' and that moment remains unspoken even in restoration.
Again the Chapter List stays the same: 20 scenes for the opening title, each song and end credits - but here they are presented by 4 screenshots instead of 3 like before.
The Menus, though quiet and simple, do have a bit of animation and Much more Colour to them. MAIN reuses the front cover characters (but rearranged, words appearing in afterwards), while SPECIAL and SET-UP use the back cover movie moments. Again, great English specific subtitles, audio selections are English 5.1 in Dolby and dts, with French 2.0 and subtitles.
When "PLAY" activated, there is a (unavoidable to skip or speed-up) new classification screen and the Universal Logo. When you do see the movie's (old) Universal opening with the Wiz music, you'll be surprised at how well the restoration shows! Unlike last time, there is no 'Universal on DVD' video-promo, and the menu comes up before the movie allowing you to choose what to do first.
Special Features are once again the Trailer and Making-of "Wiz on Down the Road", and unfortunately that's it. Still, they are fun to watch and hear.
Another disk with MORE Special Features (Galleries, music videos, trivia-facts using the old DVD notes, interviews, LOTS of things on the Original Broadway, etc.) would definitely have been welcome and made this DVD a better winner, but . . .
The only other bonus is an 8-track '30th Anniversary Edition Music CD' (inside DVD-case, unattached to anything with own slip-cover) with movie songs "He's the Wiz" by Thelma Carpenter, "You Can't Win" Michael Jackson, "Ease on Down the Road" Diana Ross and Michael Jackson, "Slide Some Oil to Me" Nipsey Russell, Ted Ross' "Mean Ole Lion", Emerald City, the Winkies' "Brand New Day" and "Home" with Diana Ross - some of which are fun and great to listen to.
The front cover of the characters (except Diana, of course) are from/can be seen in "the Wiz Scrapbook", and the Back cover of the DVD and slipcase are the same, except for the area with the barcode and an oval-like shape above the 'Special Features'.
Picture and Sound have been Restored Superbly (despite slight zoom in), and although the Special Features are a downgraded repeat (and slight overstatement) these are still fun videos to watch.
Once again, a very enjoyable DVD for a could-have-been-better movie, a "bad" movie which is still FAR BETTER than that of the 1976 Australian horrified modern-day "OZ (A Rock 'N' Roll Road Movie)" version, terribly unsuitable for children and families!!
Checking out this 30th Anniversary DVD is worth it, for the quality picture and sound, and simply good menus.
Look and . . . See a . . . Brand New Film!"
"The Return of a late 70's Classic"
"If you are a fan of Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Disco Music and Broadway Musicals, then this is a must-see film.
Based on the 1975 Broadway show and filmed entirely on location in New York City back in 1977, the film was released in 1978 to mixed reviews. Even though it was not a box-office smash, this film has become somewhat of a cult-classic over the years to millions.
The Quincy Jones-produced score still sounds as fresh today as it did 30 years ago, and the visual effects were way ahead of their time when this film was made.
The film's "Emerald City Sequence" musical number, which featured most of the main cast and hundreds of dancers, was shot in the plaza between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. Like so many films that were shot over the years on or near the now "Ground Zero" site in Lower Manhattan, prior to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, this film may bring back memories of that fateful day. But at the same time it should also be a reminder of how much more at peace the world seemed to be all those years ago.
I have always enjoyed watching this film over the years, but like so many films that we have come to love, that were filmed on that site prior to 9/11, it is sad that even our culture in movies has been tarnished by the events of 9/11 as well."
(New York City or anywhere else) Very energetic musical and dance numbers and the scenery of New York is worth it alone. Especially the scenes filmed at the World Trade Center which are now only a memory to never be forgotten. This movie deserves its place in Musical Movie History!"
"In the classic story based on the smash Broadway musical, Dorothy is a shy 24-year-old Harlem kindergarten teacher who is brought by a snowstorm to the mysterious Land of Oz, a sprawling, decaying, nightmarish, and dangerous megalopolis that resembles the physical characteristics of New York City. The re-telling of the tale includes various urban settings, extreme sadness and melancholy, and features themes of rising above one's background and the expectations of others. "The Wiz" is a fun movie to watch, and it contains a number of known (Motown) celebrities. This movie is a sheer delight.


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Underestimating Public School Spending
By Steve Buckstein
A 2017 national poll on education issues found, among other things, that most Americans underestimate how much money is being spent to educate kids in their local public schools. College-educated whites, for example, underestimated school spending by a fourth, while less-educated whites underestimated spending by almost a third. Before finding out the real numbers, 55 percent of the more-educated group favored higher spending, while 46% of the less-educated did so.
But, when told the actual spending levels, support for higher spending dropped by 14% among the more-educated and by 12% among the less-educated.
While the poll didn't break down results by state, we know the big cry in Oregon is that we aren't funding schools adequately. In reality, we were recently spending $14,827 per student in average daily attendance, compared to the national average of just $13,900. We spend more than 30 other states.
When more Oregonians learn this surprising truth, their support for higher school spending may drop, hopefully to be replaced by support for policies that might actually make a difference. One such policy is a universal Education Savings Account program that offers a portion of current school spending to families interested in choosing between their local public schools, private, religious, online, and home schools. Such choices can save tax dollars and improve educational outcomes. Win, win.
Steve Buckstein is Senior Policy Analyst and Founder of Cascade Policy Institute, Oregon's free market public policy research organization.
Who says Oregon spends $13,230 per public school student? The National Education Association, that's who!
Who says Oregon pays public school teachers more than other states? The National Education Association, that's who!
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Portland school spending much higher than other local districts


Inspired by the great '90s classics such as 'Monkey Island', 'Day of the Tentacle', 'Tony Tough' and 'Sam & Max: Hit the Road', "The Wardrobe" has a strong sense of humour, but isn't shy about dealing with mature and non-politically correct themes.
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Discover a mysterious and scary world of alchemy, where reality and fantasies are entwined.
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Different Types of Dementia
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A few decades ago, only a few medical specialists would have heard of Alzheimer's disease. "Senility" was considered inevitable for anyone who lived long enough. But as understanding of the brain has grown, science has been able to identify and differentiate many causes of dementia. Alzheimer's is the most common type of dementia, but other brain disorders can and do frequently cause dementia.
These types of dementia often present themselves with very similar symptoms. Even trained physicians may have a trouble determining for certain which type of dementia a patient has, and some people experience multiple types of dementia concurrently, which is called "mixed dementia." That said, newly acquired knowledge and technologies are allowing doctors to diagnose and distinguish different types of dementias better than ever before.
Here are the four most prevalent forms of dementia.
Alzheimer's disease is by far the most well-known and common type of dementia.
Common symptoms:
Difficulty communicating
Cause: The mechanisms behind Alzheimer's disease aren't well understood and there are competing hypothesis, but the most distinguishing feature of Alzheimer's disease is the buildup of amyloid plaques and tau tangles in the brain. It's widely believed that these brain changes are behind the disease.
Treatments or therapies: There are many therapies, both pharmaceutical and non-chemical which can temporarily increase functioning and improve the spirits of the person with Alzheimer's disease, but no treatment has proven to be effective. The Alzheimer's Association says, "At this time there is no treatment to cure, delay or stop the progression of Alzheimer's disease."
The U.S. government has made Alzheimer's research a high priority and set the optimistic goal of finding a cure by 2025. Vigorous research continues and numerous possible treatments are being investigated.
Vascular dementia is also known as "multi-infarct dementia" or "post-stroke dementia" and is the second most common cause of dementia.
Main symptoms:
Impaired judgment
Decrease ability to plan
Loss of motivation
Cause: Bleeding within the brain from a stroke cause brain damage.
Treatments or therapies: Vascular dementia cannot be cured, but people who have the ailment are treated to prevent further brain injury from the underlying cause of the ailment. Like Alzheimer's disease, numerous medication and therapies may be used to help manage the symptoms.
Lewy body dementia is the third most common cause of dementia, and is also called "cortical Lewy body disease" or "diffuse Lewy body disease."
Frequent swings in alertness
Cause: Lewy bodies abnormal proteins that somehow appear in nerve cells and impair functioning.
Treatments or therapies: There is no known treatment to reverse Lewy body dementia or address its underlying cellular cause, but as with Alzheimer's and other the other main types of dementia, a wide array of therapies and treatment are used to improve the patient's quality of live and alleviate symptoms.
Frontotemporal Dementia
Frontotemporal dementia is fairly rare, but believed to be the fourth most common type of dementia. Unlike the types of dementia discussed previously, frontotemporal dementia is marked more by behavioral and emotional changes than by cognitive impairment. In fact, memory is preserved in people with frontotemporal dementia.
Decreased inhibition (frequently leading to inappropriate behavior)
Apathy and loss of motivation
Decreased empathy
Repetitive of compulsive behaviors
Anxiety and depression
Cause: Frontotemporal dementia occurs when the frontal or temporal lobes of the brain are damaged or shrink.
Treatments or therapies: Frontotemporal dementia cannot be cured or reversed, but doctors will use medicines to treat uncomfortable or problematic symptoms.
Other Causes of Dementia
Just about any condition that causes damage to the brain or nerve cells can cause dementia. For example, people with Parkinson's disease will often exhibit dementia in the later stages of their illness. Huntington's disease, Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease and alcoholism can all lead to (currently) irreversible cognitive impairment.


At Pomerleau, we believe that the choice of a project's delivery method involves peculiarities that must be aligned with the client's objectives. The Design-Build and Public Private Partnership (P3) modes, for example, favor the success of projects in accelerated mode. The Sorel-Tracy Detention Centre is proof of this. Winner of an award for its design, this high-security centre that accommodates up to 300 inmates was a challenge that Pomerleau was able to meet.
BIM-VDC (Building Information Modeling - Virtual Design and Construction) has made it possible to merge all disciplines into a single 3D model and integrate every building features into every detail. The team was able to ensure the required safety components were met as the design evolved.
The schedule was also ambitious: deliver a project with a gross area of 23,600 m2 in 32 months. Fully living by its innovation value, Pomerleau relied on factory-built prefabricated units that were delivered on site and included architectural finishes, saving a considerable amount of time.
Lastly, the LEED® Canada New Construction (NC) certification project has exceeded its sustainable development goals and received LEED® Silver certification.
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// Copyright Yahoo. Licensed under the terms of the Apache 2.0 license. See LICENSE in the project root.
package com.yahoo.log;

import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.LogRecord;
import java.util.logging.StreamHandler;

/**
 * @author Bjorn Borud
 * @author arnej27959
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    private final LogTarget logTarget;
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        record.setLoggerName(VespaLogHandler.class.getName());
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    public void cleanup() {
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Letter from Katherine Anne Porter to Gay Porter Holloway, February 04, 1955
Item — Box: 61, Folder: 3, item: 36
Box: 61, Folder: 3, item: 36 (Mixed Materials)
Letter from Katherine Anne Porter to Gay Porter Holloway, February 04, 1955, 1.6.61.3.36, Box: 61, Folder: 3, item: 36. Katherine Anne Porter papers, 0041-LIT. Special Collections and University Archives.
Letter from Katherine Anne Porter to Gay Porter Holloway, February 04, 1955, 1.6.61.3.36, Box: 61, Folder: 3, item: 36. Katherine Anne Porter papers, 0041-LIT. Special Collections and University Archives. https://archives.lib.umd.edu//repositories/2/archival_objects/468571 Accessed January 31, 2023.


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The One Thing Nintendo Left Out At E3
Jun 17, 2014, 8:00am
It has long been a silly and antiquated tradition for video game fans to pledge allegiances to companies, or to declare that any one of those companies has "won" E3. Yet it's also inevitable that every single year at the Video Game Extravaganza in Los Angeles, one or two companies will have a stronger show than the rest. They are The Winners.
This year it was an easy decision: Nintendo had the best show. As Eurogamer's Oli Welsh put it: "Last year, Nintendo's retreat from the annual press conference popularity contest seemed like an admission of defeat. This year, it looked like tactical smarts and forward thinking. Nintendo has come bang up to date."
Indeed, E3's rushed hallway chats and drunken bar conversations were tinged with excitement not just for the Batmobile and Nathan Drake's 1080p stubble, but for quirky surprises like Splatoon and Code Name: STEAM. Microsoft and Sony came out with strong lineups for their new-gen consoles, yet the game that drew the biggest crowds on the floor wasn't Fable Legends or The Order: 1886, it was Super Smash Bros. for the Wii U.
On top of that, Nintendo managed to totally own the digital space by replacing the traditionally uncomfortable two-hour stage show with a clean 47-minute web presentation, full of solid jokes and rapid-fire announcements. Then they put the spotlight on their talented Treehouse staff for a non-stop three-day livestream that got rave reviews from gamers who wanted to vicariously experience the highs and lows of E3. "Treehouse was probably the best thing of it all," wrote one NeoGAF member. "It really felt like you were attending E3 from home."
In the land of "next-gen" graphics and big brown shooters, Nintendo again proved that they can in fact steal a show, with or without third-party support. But there was something missing. There was one big announcement that never came.
On April 17, a Nintendo PR blast triumphantly declared that Super Mario Bros. 3 would be coming to the Virtual Console emulator on Wii U and 3DS. You could now play Nintendo's classic platformer on your new Nintendo systems… assuming you were willing to pay $US5 for the privilege. Twice, if you wanted to play it on both consoles. Again, if you lost one of your systems.
It'd be funny if it wasn't so sad. In case you're not keeping track, this new port of SMB3 came a year and a half after the Wii U launched and almost seven years after Super Mario Bros. 3 was released on Virtual Console for Wii.
A brief timeline:
February, 1990: Super Mario Bros. 3 released on NES.
November, 2007: Super Mario Bros. 3 released for Virtual Console on Wii.
November, 2012: Wii U released.
April, 2014: Super Mario Bros. 3 released for Virtual Console on Wii U and 3DS.
One look at this sequence of events makes it clear why Wii U owners have been so frustrated by Nintendo's lack of support for retro games. Super Mario Bros. 3, a game that Nintendo should be practically throwing at fans both young and old, took 18 months to make it to new consoles, and nothing about the process has been simple, convenient, or cheap. Instead of just allowing Wii owners to transfer their games over to the Wii U, Nintendo created a clunky Wii emulator (called "Wii Mode") that allowed players to access their old Virtual Console libraries in the most inconvenient fashion possible. Want Super Mario Bros. 3 on your Wii U menu, with GamePad support? Buy it again!
Let's not mince words here: the Virtual Console is a major disappointment. The library is full of holes, the games are expensive, and the lack of unified system support makes buying classic games on the Wii U or 3DS feel like a major gamble — in five years, when we're all moving on to the next Nintendo system, will we have to buy Super Mario Bros. 3 yet again? Will we have to wait another year for Nintendo to re-release it on the next Virtual Console?
One of Nintendo's biggest advantages, as the company likes to brag, is that their library is full of iconic characters like Mario and Donkey Kong. In that area, they can't be beat. Yet the competition has somehow trumped them when it comes to retro services.
When you buy a PlayStation Classic, for example, it's tied to your PlayStation Network account, and you can play it on PSP, Vita, or PlayStation 3. It's easy to download and easy to play. Things are streamlined. And while Sony's PS1 Classics library isn't exactly thorough, they're at least savvy enough to realise that nobody should have to buy the same game twice, and that purchasing classic games should feel worthwhile, not risky.
Meanwhile, Nintendo lets us buy the Game Boy Advance game The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap on Wii U but not 3DS, because that would just make too much sense. Somehow, almost two years into the Wii U's lifecycle, its Virtual Console library is even smaller than the Wii's was.
Why hasn't Nintendo gotten this together? Why haven't they built a network where Super Nintendo and N64 games are easy to buy and play on multiple systems? Why haven't they unified the 3DS and Wii U libraries and created a network where our games are tied to an Internet ID and can be re-downloaded whenever we need them? Why haven't they started offering regular summer sales and other incentives to get people psyched about the Virtual Console?
Or, better yet, why haven't they taken the innovative route and created a Netflix-like service where players can pay monthly to access an entire library of Virtual Console classics, from NES to GameCube?
That's what Nintendo needs to spend more time talking about. That's what was missing at E3. I mean, look at this summer's release schedule for Wii U:
Could things be any drier? Have they just given up on August? Nintendo's 2014 strategy seems to be to tread water with big releases like Smash and Mario Kart 8 in hopes of really building an audience in 2015, when the new Zelda gets us all drooling over the potential of the GamePad.
But, hey, you know what would make for a great stopgap while we wait for bigger Wii U releases? Virtual Console games.
At the show last week, Kotaku boss Stephen Totilo asked Nintendo of America chief Reggie Fils-Aime about the Virtual Console, and his response was rather interesting (bolded emphasis mine):
Our commitment to virtual console is exceptionally strong. We just launched some of the Game Boy Advance games. Those are doing exceptionally well in our market. We've announced the intention to have a DS library of games in the Wii U eShop. We're looking forward to that, so the pipeline is there. I do think what many of your readers don't recognise is there is significant work to take a game that was launched on a previous platform and make it compatible on the current platform, whether we're talking Wii U or 3DS, but we're committed to Virtual Console. I'm fortunate that the Americas are the strongest region in terms of driving Virtual Console sales, so for us it's a vibrant piece of the business.
That's what Nintendo always points out when someone brings up the Virtual Console: how much effort it takes them to emulate these old games. But the gamers who spent hundreds of dollars on Wii Virtual Console games don't really care about those excuses — we care about stable infrastructure. We care about being able to play all of the great first- and third-party games that have come to Nintendo systems over the years. So whether Nintendo needs a better pipeline, more staff, or just some fresh leadership in the Virtual Console department, it's time for something to change.
I mean, it's 2014 — why can't I play Skies of Arcadia without digging up my GameCube? Why can't I play Majora's Mask without diving into the clunky nested menus of Wii Mode and disabling my Wii U's GamePad? Nintendo has long hated piracy, but they haven't yet realised that the best way to fight pirates is to create a service that makes it fun and easy to spend money on their games. Just ask Gabe Newell.
I won't pretend to have any idea whether an enhanced Virtual Console could bolster Wii U sales, nor will I ever waste words preaching about how to Save Nintendo From Themselves. You'll never see me telling Nintendo to make games for iOS or PS4. That's a stale, boring, increasingly worthless conversation.
But I do know that with some fixes — a unified account system; a more consistent library; regular sales and bundles; more GamePad support — the Wii U could become a must-own system. Imagine an E3 announcement like that: "Hey, we listened, and we're revamping the Virtual Console. It's gonna be better. We're even gonna add GameCube games."
Then Nintendo would really Win E3.
Pictures: Evan Amos
Freeze @freezespreston
Takes so much work that it usually takes one guy a day or two to create working emulators that can play the entire library.
I'm sure enabling video output to the gamepad takes a team years to code. It's a pretty complex process...
pokedad @pokedad
Yeah, ask all those PC emulator guys how they wrote programs to emulate an entire console catalogue flawlessly in a lunchbreak!
riavan @riavan
Yeah, but, its been quite a while.
Also why is there no N64 emu? Pokemon snap forevas.
There is. They run quite well. Except trying to play a N64 game with anything but a N64 controller is a nightmare. Everything feels so wrong.
Jun 17, 2014, 11:25am
Does the pro controller not have enough buttons?
shodannet Guest
Pah. im all about "Hey, You! Pikachu!"
WhitePointer @whitepointer
LOL, a day or two? Yeah sure.
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manbearcat @manbearcat
I feel I should point out that the legend of Zelda: the Minish cap IS on 3DS. I have it on mine in fact. It was made available to all 3DS ambassadors in a limited fashion as a reward to us being early adopters.
wolfpacsnakepit @wolfpacsnakepit
me too but the ambassador games aren't true VC games...
Popdart5 @popdart5
I'm putting the whole thing down to Japanese video game company practices. I mean, how often do you see Capcom and the like actively trying to revive and make old games available exactly as they were? I think Nintendo might also be treating the Virtual Store as a second avenue of releases so that they're not flooding the market all at once but staggering releases to pad out the market.
I mean, how long does GOG take to make old games playable on modern OS? A lot of the criticisms of Nintendo's slow release of their back catalogue could also apply to GOG. I know there are significant differences as GOG must secure the rights to the old games but the process of translating them still takes time.
whilst I agree it's frustrating, have a read of this: http://www.vooks.net/why-the-game-boy-advance-isnt-on-the-3ds-virtual-console/
It may explain a few things.
Stevoru @stevorooni
The only thing that gets me is that Virtual Console games on the WiiU and 3DS aren't cross compatible. They finally combined accounts across the systems but if I want a NES game on both then I have to pay for it twice.
I might even accept paying a small fee like if you want to update a Wii VC game to WiiU VC, but they don't even offer that between 3DS and WiiU.
I would be happier for paying slightly more if it meant I could have them on both my WiiU and 3DS.
I want the mario catalogue on my 3DS, not my WiiU but would be nice to have on my 60" TV when friends come over
mrcynical @mrcynical
Nintendo needs to get a new audience, not constantly pander to existing fanboys. Retro games is not the way to do this.
Kids are growing up with AAA games on their phones and tablets that they can get for free or for a few dollars in just a few button presses, they are (obviously) not running out to go buy a full price console to purchase 20 year old games for a ridiculous amount of money.
foggy @foggy
The thing is Nintendo don't even have all of their existing fans on board for the WiiU.
If it had a proper Virtual Console with my Wii and 3DS VC games and a solid library of reasonably priced old titles I'd buy one today.
Honestly there's plenty of old games that I'd LOVE to play on the 3DS, but the online store is full of random titles as inexplicable prices.
For example I wanted to play Sonic 1 on my 3DS. Ideally the fact that I have it on my Wii would be enough (as it would be on a Playstation).
Nope, not with Nintendo- time to re-buy it.
It's on the 3DS though so it will be the Mega Drive version in the store right? Nope.
It's the Master System version though right? Nope.
Oh, it's the broken Game Gear port of the Master System version, complete with glitches and an unplayable framerate….. shit.
That's worth what in 2014? $1? $2 at most? SIX FUCKING FIFTY!
More than twice what it costs to download the Mega Drive version on my phone and more than BOTH episodes of Sonic 4.
Nintendo still makes wonderful games but they're so far out of touch with 2014 it's not funny.
stendec Guest
I agree with pretty much everything here, but there is one other thing that gives me the sh*ts about the Virtual Console: no choice between PAL and NTSC. Since I've got an Australian Wii U chances are that when Nintendo release a VC title, it'll be PAL. It's widely known and well documented that PAL games of the previous console eras were vastly inferior to their NTSC counterparts. They ran MUCH slower and sometimes had black borders around the edges to 'bump' the resolution up to the PAL standard size, rather than properly resizing the image.
To their credit Nintendo have been putting up a lot of NTSC versions for Australian/European VC players (such as all the NES Mario titles), but ultimately you don't get the choice of which one to download. If it's the American version, great. If it's the PAL version, bad luck buddy. Enjoy your crappy, slow and poorly programmed port. If it simply had a drop down menu or something when you go to download the game from the eShop - NTSC or PAL - there'd be no problem. People who want to play it as they remember from the PAL consoles could do that while those of us who want the superior experience that American and Japanese players had can have that too.
Incidentally, Sony has this issue too. Since we're in the era of unified HDTVs it would be nice to think that the old NTSC/PAL thing could be put to rest permanently.
Transientmind @transientmind
Jun 17, 2014, 12:31pm
Side-note: Declaring a 'winner' is good fun and all, but I'd really hope none of the 'losers' took it to heart or took it to mean they didn't do much better this year than last year. Winners this year seemed to be gamers, with all the big players putting out stuff I was happy to see.
But in this instance, Nintendo convinced me that in 2015 I'll probably buy one of their consoles for the first time in 20+yrs, so that's gotta be worth something.
outatime @outatime
Jun 17, 2014, 1:18pm
I just want to play majoras mast with controls that feel natural without the N64 pad (Or a wireless N64 pad would be fine too) IN HD!!!!! Upscaled is fine, just why have an emulator if you don't at least have the option for games to look/ play better.
There's all this talk of a 3DS remake, but screw that I wanna see that moon on the big screen in HD.
I want either. I just don't want to be stuck on the N64 or virtual console without upscaling. :(
georgestmichael @georgestmichael
I think the most concerning thing about this is that in the image of upcoming releases, there is something called Falling Skies: The Game.


Pack a bag and grab your mat because you're headed to yoga class. But instead of a cramped studio, picture yourself doing downward dogs and warrior poses in a luxurious space at your local country club.
No longer golf-only clubhouses for elite-class gentlemen, country clubs are undergoing a facelift. Take a look, for example, at what's happening at the Edgewood Country Club in River Vale. While it still employs traditional membership requirements, rules of etiquette and dress codes, Edgewood nowadays is catering to broader interests.
Of course hitting the links is the top activity, as it has been from the beginning, but it's shaping up as full-service resorts for the entire family. The club's new Resort Membership was created especially for families with young children whose top priorities go well beyond golf. Activities include yoga and water aerobics classes, tennis and swimming lessons, parties and other social events.


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sundance canyon, banff springs hotel, and the bow falls.
may 23, 2008 at 07:06 by felix. two comments.
on the third day of the ants, we had half a day off. some of us took the chance to make a small hike to sundance canyon on that afternoon.
on the way to sundance canyon.
to reach the sundance canyon, one has to walk a bit through beautiful nature.
the first picture still belongs to the way to the canyon. the canyon itself is going upwards, a small river is floating downwards. it's pretty steep, as you can see. when one reaches the top, one gets a pretty neat view.
the way back featured several other great views.
finally, we reached the banff hot springs, which are not in use anymore to ensure the living of the banff springs snail. this is a kind of snail which basically only lives at exactly this place.
after returning to the conference center (which involved a stop in banff and drinking some beer), we took a small walk to the bow river, from where one has a good view on the banff springs hotel.
another thing one can see from there are the bow falls, a pretty low (just a few meters) waterfall.
well, last but not least, a really big thanks to all involved in making this trip possible!
may 22, 2008 at 01:39 by felix. one comment.


Caleb Baker, founder of Trading Solutions for Brokers, answered the questions of our editor in detail about what exactly the social platform COPYDEAL is and why social trading in the future will bring the most profit.
In your opinion, what separates social trading from other investment products that brokers offer?
Let's start with the fact that in a highly competitive environment, we have to find increasingly progressive technical solutions to satisfy the high expectations of modern-day traders. Let's not forget that demand creates supply. Interest in the financial market is growing by the day.
Hundreds of thousands of people eager to increase their capital turn to brokerage firms. The only problem they face is: how can they start trading without any expertise in a way that minimizes losses? Social trading is exactly the assistant that protects every beginner trader from their own mistakes.
COPYDEAL is a kind of social network for investors centered around a shared objective. Great opportunities are emerging for the users. Everyone can manage their own investment portfolios as they see fit. You can send trade requests, open and close orders, and copy portfolios of successful traders through a single click.
And what's more, trades can be discussed. You can ask, for example, what prompted a trader to buy or sell a particular stock. And it doesn't matter which country the trader is in, be it the United Kingdom, Germany, the US, or Singapore. COPYDEAL does not have territorial restrictions. All you need is a computer and internet access.
Do you think that, unlike classical trading, a social trading platform is a less risky way of working with the financial market?
Yes, that's right. Obviously you can't eliminate risks completely, but you can minimize losses because you are only copying the trades of those whose profits are actually high. Furthermore, you can monitor the strategies of professional participants, learn from them, and ask questions as they arise.
To start working successfully, all you need to do is complete a few simple steps. Sign up as a trader on copydeal.com. Connect an open MT5 trading account to COPYDEAL. Select your role in social trading. Set the asset allocation to diversify your portfolio with less than 5% risk. Subscribe to a successful strategy and earn money easily.
So is social trading for everyone, or are there still limitations like experience, age, or financial situation?
COPYDEAL is available to all without exception. It doesn't matter who you are or how much money you have; what matters is your desire to make money and develop your skills in the field of financial investments. Beginner traders have a huge choice of signal providers at their disposal. Everything is transparent. You can see their profits, losses, and the number of traders subscribed.
Of course, you need to spend some time selecting a provider, checking his profits and losses. Knowing this, you can easily build your own portfolio. Through many years of experience in various investment companies, I have come to understand one simple thing: just like family relationships cannot exist without communication, neither can trading exist without the exchange of knowledge and experience between traders.
Tell us about the creation of Trader Solutions Brokers and your partnership with Pascal Moore.
I have known Pascal since our days at Oxford. Following graduation, he spent a lot of time developing software for prime brokers, as did I. We often saw each other at seminars and conferences, where we always talked about how nice it would be to work together. Both he and I had our own ideas and plans, but what united us was a shared vision of how the ideal service for working with trading instruments should look.
Eventually, we decided to incarnate our many hours of discussion into an ambitious, revolutionary project called COPYDEAL. So at the beginning of 2013, we started Trader Solutions Brokers and began to work on the launch of the social trading platform. We sincerely hope that after the platform is released, millions of traders from all over the world will appreciate our effort.
What would you like to wish your future clients?
I would like to wish all traders this: "Never stop pursuing your dreams!" Our company, in turn, will do everything we can so that the journey to your dreams is as short and easy as possible.
Good luck and lots of profits to everyone!


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Solidarity starts process to hold Brian Molefe criminally liable over pension
The move followed the decision by the Constitutional Court last month to dismiss Molefe's application to appeal a High Court order, which found he had unlawfully enriched himself.
FILE: Former Eskom CEO Brian Molefe. Picture: EWN
Brian Molefe
Barry Bateman | 893 days ago
PRETORIA - Trade union Solidarity has announced that with the help of AfriForum's private prosecutions unit it had initiated the process to hold former Eskom chief executive Brian Molefe criminally responsible for his unlawful pension payout.
Solidarity had also served a summons on Molefe to attach about R700,000 of his property to repay a costs order made against him.
The trade union's Anton van der Bijl said Molefe's options were over and he had no choice but to abide by the court's decision.
"In order to ensure that he has done the following, we gave instruction today to the sheriff to attach properties in payment of the cost order against him. That's in the amount of approximately R780,000. We also today sent a letter of demand to the Eskom pension fund in order to demand from them to take certain actions against Mr Molefe," he said.
AfriForum's private prosecutor Gerrie Nel read from the court judgment of how a deliberate scheme was devised to unlawfully enrich Molefe.
"It's clear that we have a very important matter whereby high profile people in a deliberate scheme entitled somebody to benefits that they were not entitled to. We sent the letter this morning indicating to the NPA that they should take a decision in this matter, failure of which, we will be obliged to approach the court."


Going to a restaurant alone has always been one of my biggest fears. When I lived in Paris, a city notorious for being one of the most socially difficult to integrate, my fate seemed sealed. I only knew all of two people and my Anglophone Quebecer accent prompted a lot of sneers and puzzled faces from Parisians. Which clearly, wasn't helping my pursuit of a social circle, or even more importantly to me, a dining companion.
I would walk by cafes and restaurants, longingly staring at the steak tartare or croissants, wondering if I would ever sum up the courage to just walk in and enjoy one of these French delicacies, on my own. At a table for one.
Finally, I couldn't take it any longer and decided to challenge myself to try out a cute Japanese restaurant I'd been eyeing. A tiny dinner spot tucked away on a small winding street around the corner from the closet I now called home. This restaurant had no bar to sit at, and all the other patrons were perfectly coupled off. Then there was me, seated alone at a table with an empty chair in front of me. I let the feeling sink in. My first instinct was to scream internally, "THIS IS HORRIBLE." Feeling as if the restaurant went completely silent and everyone turned to look at me, the freakish loner. All of a sudden I was blatantly aware of everything and everyone, my actions, my feelings and most importantly where was I suppose to look? In typical me-fashion, I burst out laughing a couple of times at how awkward this whole scenario made me feel.
Psychiatrist Abigail Brenner states, "For many of us, alone is a negative state of being. Society doesn't help us with this either; being alone often carries a social stigma, implying isolation, being on the outside. This perceived sense of aloneness seems to suggest that being by one's self is not volitional, that it's not a choice we make but rather, an imposed state where a person is not socially engaged in the way that is somehow expected. Even further, it may imply that there is something wrong or defective with a person who remains alone." Brenner confirms the notions that there is no surer way to make people feel sorry for you than to be seen doing activities alone. Not only does it inspire pity, it's often perceived as antisocial and strange. But if you ask me, there is no better way to develop self-reliance, independence, and confidence than to nurture and cultivate the most important relationship you'll have in your life, the one with yourself.
Think about it, when is the last time you did something completely alone?
Most recently, I went on a trip to a music festival in St-Martin on my own. Granted I was working my pop-up shop on the beach half the time but the other half I had to find ways to enjoy my own company. This concept did not come naturally for me. I forced myself to try enjoying my solitude and worked on calming my perpetually racing mind, and a few days in, my perspective shifted, and I discovered it was kind of cool.
I spoke to people I probably never would have spoken to and learned a ton from them. I spent time observing myself and my negative thought patterns until I just let go and put myself on the line and just opened up to people and the experience. I did get the occasional, wide-eyed "you're-here-alone?" look of disbelief or the "where's-your-boyfriend" comment, but otherwise, people were impressed and even a bit curious.
Do I love traveling alone? Not sure the word is love but I'm a firm believer in facing the things that scare you most. It's bittersweet, emotionally painful at times, but being on your own in a foreign place is one of the best ways to get to know yourself and grow. You're forced to face your fears alone, question your choices, rely solely on your ability to make decisions and judgment calls. No one is going to tell you what to eat or when or what time to wake up at or when you should leave the party. Complete freedom to listen to your intuition and inner voice and discover your likes and dislikes.
It took me a week to emotionally recover from that ten-day trip to St-Martin but it was worth every single akward moment, mostly for the change it effected in me. It left me feeling exposed, vulnerable and raw because I had to address certain parts of myself I had ignored for a long time.
It also gave me a chance to rewire how I viewed myself and to be whoever I wanted for that short period. I realized so much of my self-concept had been based on how my friends and peers view me. I've been through so many phases, and experiences that have allowed me to grow and shed layers and yet other people hold on to that dead skin as though it's me. This past self is a part of my story, but it's not who I am, and it's so hard to let go of thinking you're a certain way when that's all other people see or want to see. I believe loneliness allows you to get to know yourself and be whoever you want at that moment. By having to make those everyday decisions as simple as what you want to eat or where you want to go or how you deal with any challenge life throws your way you learn self-reliance, self-acceptance and you have the opportunity for self-realization.
I recently read a story about Simone De Beauvoir and how two years after she started dating Jean-Paul Sartre she felt herself lose her identity and sense of purpose. As a remedy, she took a job in the South of France for a year to be on her own. She would go on these long walks on weekends, for hours on end. They would get longer and longer, growing 8 hours and then 10 hours, and so on. She would hitch hike, end up in weird places, keep trekking, but always alone with nothing but her thoughts. Many of her friends urged her to stop because it was dangerous and in their eyes, she was losing her mind but honestly, it makes perfect sense to me; a cure to her identity ailments. To just walk with no purpose or plan or goal or companion. Going on long runs by myself have given me a similar sense of self-connection. Your mind goes places you don't give it a chance to when you are distracted by constant interruptions. Not to mention you can truly look around at the world and take in the present moment.
When you are alone, you start to hear yourself, pay attention to the self that isn't concerned with pleasing people or worried about being ridiculed. You get to choose what you do and when and how.
Being alone is not only a key element of creativity, but it is an essential requirement for spiritual growth.
One of my best friends Lesley is an avid solo traveler. I always ask her a million questions on how she deals and she says as much as she enjoys it, there are moments when she still struggles. A man out of the blue at an art gallery in Portugal called her out on it and something he said stuck with me. He told her how obviously uncomfortable she was with being alone in public and that she just needed to accept her role as observer. It doesn't matter that she wasn't engaging with anyone and no one cared that she was there alone, so there was no need to be self-conscious. People are too absorbed with their conversations and insecurities to even notice. This phenomenon of overestimating how much people are paying attention to you called the spotlight effect, coined during an experiment by Gilovich, involves Barry Manilow t-shirts in the year 2000. It suggests that everyone is the center of their universe and while it feels as though everyone is watching, in fact, most people are obsessing over themselves. Especially today with selfies and social media, no one is watching you so might as well enjoy that time alone and welcome the opportunity to live in the moment and ignite a lifelong romance with yourself.
Go for a walk with no destination. Try living in the moment.
Take yourself out on a date. Coffee, dinner, movie, museum, concert. See how you feel. Observe others. Tell me where you put your hands because I still can't figure that one out. But really, where do you put them unless you're holding a drink in one and your phone in the other? Help.
Turn off your phone. Start with 1 hour, then two then 4 and see if you can work up to a couple of days of being detached. It's madness how productive you'll be. There's something to say about uninterrupted thinking. And no cheating with iMessage and FB chat!
Travel alone. There's nothing quite like being in a foreign country and having to fend for yourself. Just be careful about drunk wandering alone at night, I recommend taking cabs home and saving the solo walks for daytime.
An ongoing series of articles written by Alice Kass founder for the latest issue of WRG magazine, it explores the relationship we have with ourselves through a variety of different lenses. A mix of self-reflection and collaborative projects, this series brings to light the importance of a mind-body-soul connection in nurturing the most important relationship in our lives, the one with ourself.


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Support for students over the winter break
As we gear up for the festive break, Russell Group universities have been supporting students to return home safely and preparing a range of services and activities for those remaining at university over the Christmas period.
Over the past few weeks, Russell Group universities have provided support to ensure students returning home for the Christmas period can do so safely, with pre-departure Covid-19 testing alongside booster vaccinations, including support for the Government's Get Boosted Now appeal.
However, many students, including some international students or care leavers, stay in term time accommodation over Christmas, and universities are working hard to make sure they are fully supported over the holidays. As well as social activities and support services, this includes additional provision for individuals required to self-isolate as part of Covid-19 measures. An indication of the range of support available to those remaining in term time accommodation over the winter break can be found below:
Universities are facilitating a range of activities to provide opportunities for social interaction and help alleviate isolation. Queen Mary University of London is delivering art courses and wellbeing workshops, as well as a Facebook group to help those staying in London meet each other and make plans over the festive period. Similarly, the University of Nottingham has set up a Winter Vacation Buddies Group on Microsoft Teams where all university students can meet new friends and socialise online over the winter vacation. They will be hosting online video chats, quizzes, discussions, and other activities. The University of Edinburgh is running PairED-Up for its second year from 24 December to 4 January, enabling students and staff to build peer relationships by participating in an activity such as a walk, meeting for a hot drink, a run or cycle to create a sense of community for students and staff over the break. Newcastle University is hosting a variety of online and in-person events such as festive crafting, trips around the region, and sports sessions. In addition, the University is supporting Go Volunteer, which offers students with spare time over the break volunteering opportunities such as helping out at wellbeing days and supporting festive activities.
Universities are also providing ongoing practical support for those in university-owned accommodation. For example, the University of Birmingham is providing senior accommodation management and Security on call 24/7 for up to 1,000 students staying over the break, and some catering operations are also remaining open. At the University of Manchester, all halls of residence will remain open and staff will be available to help students 24/7 throughout the break.
Support is being offered to students who need to self-isolate away from home over the Christmas period. For instance, the University of Sheffield is providing welfare check ups and financial assistance to students who need to self-isolate away from home. The University is also providing emergency support for any students self-isolating in Sheffield that require it, such as those with no food and unable to book a food delivery over the holiday.
More broadly, wellbeing and support services as well as wider campus facilities continue to be available to students. For instance, at Durham University, high-quality student support services remain available to the entire student body throughout the break, both at their term time and home address, including the University's counselling and mental health service. At the University of Southampton the sports centre, swimming pool and library are open throughout the break, and the Student Hub will also remain open, providing 24/7 wellbeing support to those students who require it.
Dr Hollie Chandler
hollie.chandler@russellgroup.ac.uk
Russell Group universities join national vaccination effort


I am writing in support of the Greek proposal to address some of the most visible and pressing issues at Dartmouth today. Coming from a small, all-girls high school, the Greek system and my sorority in particular (Kappa Kappa Gamma) offered me a strong, close-knit community of women within the large campus that became an integral part of my Dartmouth experience, led to lifelong friendships, and helped me develop leadership skills that prepared me for life in the corporate world. While Dartmouth faces many pressing issues, disbanding the Greek system is not the answer; leadership must work in conjunction with the Greek system to create real, meaningful change from within the community.


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Miami-Dade reaches 100 million square feet of offices
United Way Miami exhausts relief funds
St. Thomas University hub focuses on minorities and vaccine
Wynwood votes down 12-story mixed-use project
Miami-Dade explores self-testing kits for Covid-19
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Front Page » Real Estate » Miami Worldcenter expected to near completion by 2021
Miami Worldcenter expected to near completion by 2021
Written by Katherine Lewin on September 11, 2018
Miami Worldcenter, the second largest urban project in the United States, is projected to be nearly complete by 2021, according to a press release from Miami Worldcenter. The enormous 27-acre, 10-block, $2 billion multi-use development in downtown Miami is well under construction already, with over 800 workers on the job site every day.
The first phase to be completed will be Caoba Apartments. The residential building, including 444 units, could be finished by the end of 2018 and open to tenants, according to a press release. It will be adjacent to the Brightline Miami Central station.
Paramount Miami Worldcenter is an even larger residential tower in the pipeline to be completed by the first quarter of 2019. It is already well under construction, with about 48 floors of 60 already done. Paramount will include 569 units.
The first phase of a massive open-air retail and restaurant complex is projected to be delivered at the end of 2019. Currently, 140,000 square feet is under construction and another 160,000 square feet is coming for the first phase. There will be two major pedestrian-only promenades running from east to west and one running from north to south. There will also be two parks and 10- to 30-foot sidewalks creating about 200,000 square foot of public space.
The Forbes Company and Taubman worked with Miami Worldcenter to develop this aspect of the project, along with about 10 architects to give the project a natural look.
"We did not want this project to feel like Disney World. We wanted it to be a true urban fabric," said Nitin Motwani, managing principal for Miami Worldcenter Associates. "We opted to have different architects for different buildings so they all shared in the design quality but all had their own experience so aesthetically it feels like a real city. So far it has worked out really well."
A Marriott hotel is also included in the 27 acres. The developer, MDM group, plans on breaking ground on the 1,700-room Marriott Marquis at the end of this year. The hotel is to include 500,000 square feet of meeting and event space and an 80,000-square-foot outdoor event deck. A smaller boutique hotel, called citizenM, will also open a 348-room establishment within Miami Worldcenter.
Luma, the third residential tower, will likely be one of the last components to be completed. The luxury apartment tower, developed by Zom, will only have 434 units. Construction is expected to begin this year with completion around 2020.
The last component of the project to be completed is to be a mixed-use office tower. Developed by Hines, the construction could start as early as 2019 and be completed around 2021.
"I think there are a couple things that are happening on the macro level. There's more people living in downtown, more people working in downtown and we've also seen a 74% increase of tourists in downtown from 2010 to today," Mr. Motwani said.
Increased population, proximity to restaurants and other amenities, plenty of residential options and access to public transit as well as highways makes downtown Miami "ideal" for office space, Mr. Motwani said.
The Miami Worldcenter project will change downtown Miami significantly, becoming "a city within a city," according to Mr. Motwani's vision. It has already had an impact on the job market and infrastructure in Miami, with 4,000 hires so far, 75% of them from Miami-Dade County, according to a press release. Overall, the project is also bringing $100 million in privately-funded infrastructure upgrades.
"We are sitting at a confluence of arts, culture, entertainment and education. Obviously, we are looking forward to Brightline's continued growth as well as Tri-Rail, and we are looking forward to continued enhancements to the Metrorail including new trains," Mr. Motwani said. "We are improving two of the stations that touch our property. We are creating pedestrian-friendly streets and sidewalks as well as bike lanes. We're trying to give all forms of transportation ease of access into and out of Miami Worldcenter."
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Çavuştepe (Turks) of Sardurihinilli was een koninklijke burcht van Urartu in de provincie Van (Turkije). Het is een langwerpige burcht die de contouren van de heuvelrug volgt. De burcht kijkt uit over een riviervlakte die geïrrigeerd werd met kanalen.

Burcht
In de burcht werden een koninklijk paleis, een toren, citernes, werkplaatsen en een Urartisch tempelcomplex opgegraven. Het paleis werd gebouwd in opdracht van koning Sardur II (764-735 v.C.). De tempel bestond uit een vierkanten cella van vijf bij vijf meter met zeer dikke muren en versterkte hoeken. Deze muren waren versierd en droegen een koninklijk opschrift in spijkerschrift. Deze cella stond in een vierkanten plein omgeven met zuilen. Het is nog niet duidelijk of deze Urartische tempel een schilddak zonder frontons had, zoals de tempel van Haldi in Musasir, of een torendak zoals de vuurtorens van de Achaemenidische Perzen. De werkplaatsen en de toren zijn van latere datum (7e eeuw v.C.).

De burcht werd tot tweemaal toe verwoest.

Necropolis
Vanaf 2017 werd een necropolis uit de 9e eeuw v.C. opgegraven door Turkse archeologen van de Yüzüncü Yıl Universiteit (Van). Hier werden Urartische aristocraten begraven. Dit blijkt uit de juwelen die op de lichamen werden gevonden.

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Q: Why is console not showing?(C++ and codelite problem) i want to learn c++ and i just bought c++ course.I downloaded mingw and codelite ide.The problem is when i write simple code(Hello world) and press run,the console shows only for a second and disappears.The window with output is not showing correctly in a short term.Idk whats the problem.(The course is Beginning C++ Programming - From Beginner to Beyond)

A: I figured it out.I think the path for compiler was declared wrong in enviroment variables.Tnx for help guys.

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Narrowing the Field to Find 2022's Leonard Fournette (Fantasy Football)
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Remember when we all gave up on Leonard Fournette?
After a shaky 2020 fantasy season, Fournette unleashed a dominant season and finished as the overall RB7. If you had him on your roster (I didn't), he was probably even better than his fantasy finish suggests. From Weeks 4-15, Fournette was the RB3, with only one week outside the top 24. "Regular Season Lenny," anyone?
Fournette shocked the fantasy world and crushed his 8th-round ADP. Go ahead and call it a comeback. But here's the question: should we have seen this coming?
Now, Fournette is a grown man with an elite combination of speed, size, and strength, and 2021 was an interesting year for veteran backs we'd left for dead. Le'Veon Bell and Devonta Freeman were first in line for the Ravens at various points, Jordan Howard delivered a top-10 finish in Week 8, and guess who was the overall RB4 in Week 16? Rex Burkhead. Blinded by nostalgia, I even shelled out all of my season FAAB on Adrian Peterson. Not my best work, I'll admit.
The "Narrowing the Field" series has predicted some true difference makers over the years, from George Kittle and Mark Andrews to Chris Godwin and Calvin Ridley before their breakouts. For this study, we're not looking for a breakout so much as a resurgence. We're going to identify factors that created the environment for Fournette to be your fantasy MVP, and we'll systematically eliminate players that don't fit the criteria. The result? A selection of players who are capable of providing the kind of value that can propel you toward a #footclantitle.
Note: I did the majority of this research in the Ultimate Draft Kit. That I-can't-believe-it's-not-butter smooth graphic above? The Ultimate Draft Kit's Weekly Consistency Tool. Check it out for yourself and get Mike, Andy, and Jason's breakouts, sleepers, values, busts, and more. IYKYK.
1. Outside the Top-24 RBs
This is obvious, right? We're trying to find the RB that's going to be a surprise and a value, so anyone currently being drafted as a top-24 back is ineligible. In 2021, Leonard Fournette was being taken in the 8th round of drafts in the RB33-36 range. In this case, we're looking only at running backs with an ADP of the 5th round or later.
Players eliminated: Any of the Top 24 RBs by ADP, including Leonard Fournette…duh.
2. Non-rookies
No youths for this dive; old guys rule. As we get closer to the season, camp reports and preseason games cause the ADP of rookies to fluctuate wildly. Veterans get pushed further down the draft board in favor of the new hotness. Of course, some first-year players will find themselves in a good situation with an injury here or there, but we're looking for someone who's been around the block. 2021 was Leonard Fournette's 5th season in the league, and he had enough of a track record for people to form deeply held opinions. Sorry, Dameon Pierce truthers, he doesn't qualify.
Players eliminated: Breece Hall, Ken Walker III, Dameon Pierce, James Cook, Tyler Allgeier, Brian Robinson Jr. (you know…rookies)
3. Recent disappointment…
Nothing pushes down the ADP like a bad taste in your mouth. After the 2019 season, Jacksonville released(!) Playoff Lenny in favor of UDFA James Robinson. Ouch. The signing of quarterback prospect Thomas Edward Patrick Brady, Jr. shot expectations sky high for Fournette's new team, so he was still being drafted in the 3rd round in 2020. Good offense, He didn't pay off that draft capital. Fournette finished the season as the RB38, while teammate Ronald Jones finished as the RB16. The hype train had left the station. Heading into 2021, RoJo was the new hotness and was being drafted nearly a round ahead of Fournette. A down season can happen for several reasons, be it injury, competition, or a case of the fumbles. We're looking for players who finished outside the top 24 in 2021.
Players eliminated: Cordarelle Patterson (RB9), Devin Singletary (RB20), James Robinson (RB24), Antonio Gibson (RB10; yes, I'm eliminating him twice because he'll probably end up outside the top 24 in ADP), Damien Harris (RB13), Melvin Gordon III (RB18), A.J. Dillon (RB23)
4. …But previous success
It's not like Fournette appeared out of thin air. He was the 4th overall pick for Jacksonville in 2017 and already had two top-10 finishes under his belt (RB9 in 2019; RB8 in 2017.) Despite a lackluster fantasy season, Fournette dominated in the 2020 playoffs, scoring a touchdown in every game. The Bucs won the Super Bowl, and Playoff Lenny was born anew as "Lombardi Lenny."
TDs in All 4 Postseason Games – NFL History
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The playoff run should have been a sign, but we fantasy managers are a salty bunch. He didn't come through when it mattered for fantasy. But Fournette's track record, while spotty, was an important indicator of the season he was capable of in 2021. To find this year's version of Leonard Fournette, we need players who have shown us they can get it done. We're looking for players with either a top-24 finish in their career or a dominant weekly stretch of top-10 finishes.
Players eliminated: Rhamondre Stevenson, Darrell Henderson, Jr., Tony Pollard, Michael Carter, Damian Williams
4. Chance to dominate backfield targets
Leonard Fournette averaged six targets per game for a Tampa Bay team that had the fourth-most targets to the running back position. In his two most recent top-1o finishes (2021 and 2019), Fournette averaged a 77% share of the running back targets. And this is all without dominating the snaps. Fournette averaged a 64% snap share in 2021, but he accounted for two-thirds (68%) of the running back workload (average of RB attempts and targets).
Players eliminated: Ronald Jones, Marlon Mack, Miles Sanders (he's a late elimination for me, but I just don't see it anymore)
Players most likely to be your Playoff Lenny
Chase Edmonds | Current ADP: 8.06, RB35
Admittedly, I'm cheating a little for Chase Edmonds. His career-best fantasy finish is RB28, and he's never been trusted as a three-down back. But I'm excited about him in 2022. Leonard Fournette took a year to get control of the Tampa Bay backfield, but Edmonds finds himself in a great spot to make an immediate impact. First, Edmonds is a perfect fit for the zone-blocking offensive scheme Mike McDaniel is installing in Miami. SincMcDaniel'sMike McDaniel offenses rank fifth in the league Edmonds has never been a snap share hog, but he should have a stranglehold on the pass-catching work at the very least. Chase Edmonds averaged 5.2 targets in games where he was healthy in 2021, and he finished as the RB6 in Week 16 when James Conner was sidelined. With that receiving floor, Edmonds doesn't have to have 200+ carries to be relevant. Plus, he's uber-productive when he gets the football, ranking 6th in fantasy points per touch among qualified backs over the last two seasons.
With Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle living rent-free in defensive coordinators' heads all season, Edmonds should have plenty of room to work inside and underneath. Edmonds should also soak up a few of Mike Gesicki's 111 targets from 2021, now that Gesicki working to transition to more of a blocking tight end. Much like Fournette in 2021, Edmonds is being drafted beyond the RB "dead zone" in the eighth round. Remember, there are only 32 teams in the NFL, so the lead (and pass-catching) back on the Miami Dolphins is being drafted as the RB35! Edmonds is already a major value and could be a league winner at that ADP. One more thing: stats are great and all, but they pale in comparison to the fact that Jason has dubbed Edmonds one of his #myguys for 2022. So don't take my word for it.
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Rashaad Penny | Current ADP: 8.06, RB35
Rashaad Penny has never finished in the top-24 and doesn't have much history as a pass catcher, but his 2021 season reminds me of Leonard Fournette in 2020 as much as anyone on this list. Much like Fournette, Penny went on a tear at the end of the season. Penny was the overall RB1 from Weeks 14-18, averaging 21.5 fantasy points on his way to delivering fantasy championships to managers who were #blessed enough to grab him off waivers. That run includes three top-5 weekly finishes at the position. For Penny, talent has never been the issue; after playing 14 games as a rookie in 2018, Penny only suited up for 13 total in 2019-2020. He simply hasn't been able to stay on the field, but last season was a sample of what he can do when healthy.
In 2020, a stint on the COVID-19 list and a quad injury in the playoffs for Ronald Jones set the stage for the Playoff Lenny takeover. Chris Carson's neck injury and subsequent retirement re-introduced us to Rashaad Penny in 2021. Yes, the Seahawks have drafted his replacement in Ken Walker III, but Seattle brought Penny back on a one-year, $5.75 million deal as the 10th highest cap hit at RB in the league. They wanted Penny back for this season, and Pete Carroll is committed to establishing the run. With no timetable on Walker's return from hernia surgery, Penny can reestablish himself as the clear lead back. Even on a bad Seattle team, his volume should make him an incredible value at his 8th-round ADP.
Kareem Hunt | Current ADP: 7.04 RB29
Injury waylaid Kareem Hunt's 2021 campaign, limiting him to eight games. But he started the 2021 season on fire, scoring five touchdowns in as many games. In that span, Hunt was the RB5 and was on pace for 1,500 all-purpose yards and an RB1 finish. And that was without any receiving touchdowns, which has been his calling card for the Browns. There's a lot of turnover and uncertainty in Cleveland, but we can expect the backfield to operate largely the same regardless of the quarterback. Hunt should command most of the backfield targets, and he's no slouch when his number is called on the ground (4.9 Yards per Attempt in 2021).
Kareem Hunt is only a season removed from an RB10 finish alongside Nick Chubb (who finished as RB9), and he just turned 27; he's the same age as Leonard Fournette and only six months older than Chubb. The timeshare with Chubb and a subpar 2021 has kept his ADP low, but Hunt has the track record of a top-12 running back. He's currently being drafted FIVE rounds later than Chubb, so he's already an excellent value. If Chubb were to miss time in 2022, Hunt is a locked-and-loaded league winner.
Clyde Edwards-Helaire | Current ADP: 6.04, RB26
Of all the players on this list, Clyde Edwards-Helaire is being drafted the highest as the RB26. He's smack dab in the middle of the RB dead zone, and there are some other options available to you at key positions in the sixth round. At ADP he's a risk, there's no denying that. The starting running back in Kansas City finds himself in this spot due to an injury-plagued 2021 and a failure to meet the loftiest of expectations in his rookie season. CEH missed seven games in 2021 due to sprained MCL and a collarbone injury, and he recently revealed that he missed most of the 2021 offseason training due to gallbladder surgery, telling the Arrowhead Addict podcast: "My gallbladder completely stopped working. I was down to about 160 pounds and then before I knew it, it was my first time getting a rep with the football from the Super Bowl was the first OTA practice." That means Edwards-Helaire has never reaped the benefits of getting in a full offseason with his teammates. Until now.
There's also no denying the opportunity in Kansas City. Tyreek Hill and his 159 targets are gone. Marquez Valdes-Scantling has traditionally been more of a deep threat, and JuJu Smith-Schuster has had his own struggles staying healthy. He's still tied to Patrick Mahomes and was drafted for his pass-catching ability in Andy Reid's offensive system. And last I checked, your gallbladder doesn't grow back. CEH might be injury-prone, or he might be unlucky. After all, he's still only 23 years old. In his rookie season, Clyde Edwards-Helaire showcased his potential, recording four top-12 finishes in 2020. As far as backfield competition goes, Ronald Jones (ever heard of him?!) was signed to the Chiefs in the offseason, but his Korg-like hands don't present much of a threat to CEH's receiving work. Isiah Pacheco is a great story and looks like he belongs in the league, but he was drafted in the late 7th round. Jerick McKinnon is a pass-catching back, but I see him as more of an insurance policy if CEH goes down or can't get it done. Up to this point, CEH has been treated as the starter in camp and preseason; if he can capitalize on his role in a prolific offense, a top-10 finish is possible.
Honorable Mention: Rhamondre Stevenson | Current ADP: 9.06, RB38
I'm not projecting Rhamondre Stevenson to take the job from Damien Harris in 2022, and Harris is probably a better goal-line back at this point. I eliminated him from the list earlier because we've seen only flashes in his rookie campaign. Still, I like Rhamondre for his talent and his ADP. One of the big questions I've asked myself in this study is, Could this player be the lead back even without an injury to teammates? When you're talking about the New England Patriots, it's usually pretty easy to get to a "yes," albeit with very little certainty. In his rookie season, Rhamondre Stevenson worked his way into more of a timeshare with Damien Harris, and reports out of camp suggest Harris could be the preferred beneficiary of James White's retirement and Brandon Bolden's departure. In 2021, Stevenson earned a target on 21.2% of his routes, compared to 17% for Harris. And we know any Patriot can be one fumble or missed assignment away from multiple series, or even games, on the bench. With Damien Harris in the final year of his contract, I won't be surprised if the Pats see what they really have in Rhamondre.
A.J. DillonAdrian PetersonAntonio GibsonBrandon BoldenBreece HallBrian RobinsonCalvin RidleyChase EdmondsChris CarsonChris GodwinClyde Edwards-HelaireDameon PierceDamien HarrisDarrell Henderson Jr.Devin SingletaryDevonta FreemanGeorge KittleIsiah PachecoJames ConnerJames CookJames RobinsonJames WhiteJaylen WaddleJerick McKinnonJordan HowardJuJu Smith-SchusterKareem HuntLe'Veon BellLeonard FournetteMark AndrewsMarlon MackMarquez Valdes-ScantlingMelvin Gordon IIIMiami DolphinsMichael CarterMike GesickiMiles SandersNew England PatriotsNick ChubbPatrick MahomesRashaad PennyRex BurkheadRhamondre StevensonRonald JonesTony PollardTyler AllgeierTyreek Hill Leonard FournetteNarrowing the Field
as a dynasty player, I'm trading for or drafting CEH & Stevenson in every league I can. I think both are potential BOOMS this year, but especially Stevenson. Ppl forget that the Hoodie, when he feels like he has one – does not hesitate to use a Bell Cow – ever heard of Corey Dillon? The years with OC McDaniels showed he preferred to run a committee & Bill let him – but even during that span, Blount had a huge campaign one year. The Patriots RBBC is an urban legend imo & Darth Hoodie is gonna let Rhamondre run wild this year.
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Ian Marlowe says:
The article is called "narrowing the field" with fournette as the featured player. You gotta read the whole thing.
Nathan Gahan says:
The reason I'm not a fan of this article series is it tries to find players with the same characteristics as one player. There's no way of knowing that these few requirements were integral to Lenny's 2021 success and a future player's because it's analyzing with a sample size of one. For all we know the most important factor was playing on an elite Bucs offense that had plenty of scoring opportunities but again we can't know because we have no other success stories to compare to.


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Where I go to come out of the closet.
I recently grabbed the Stila Stay All Day 10-in-1 HD Beauty Balm Trio because I've been trying out new BB's and these three are on sale at Ulta for only $12 for 3 small sizes.
It comes with a plain BB, an illuminating one, and a bronzing one.
I personally really like BB's when I'm looking for more sheer-medium coverage. I use them on my day off, while I'm running errands, etc.
Most true BB creams come in one shade that are meant to be blended and buffed into the skin until it matches with your skin tone. I was not able to do that with any of these. They were just too dark for my ridiculously pale skin.
I thought that maybe I could use the bronzing to contour, but it had too much of a sheen to it for me to be able to use it for that purpose. The original formula also didn't have the buildable coverage that some of my favorite BBs have without giving me a weird orangey glow. It also did not have the wear time of many of my other BBs. I see this as more of a tinted moisturizer where I usually go for heavy duty BBs.
If I was going to purchase one, I would get the illuminating, but I tend to favor a more matte look since I have oily skin, so these will be going back to the store sadly. I much prefer NYX's BB formula or Benefit's Big Easy which I will review later.
I have one more concern that I can't seem to find additional info on. I have been reading up on micro beads and micro spheres and how bad they are for the environment. Most are made from plastic and are so small they get into our water, but I can't find if the spheres in this product are plastic or just something just used to market the product as innovative (or both).
L to R: Original, Illuminating, and Bronzing.
This second photo is when I just started to blend them into my skin.
Please let me know if you have any info on the micro-spheres in this product as well!


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Records and awards
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Records and awards.
For his incredible achievements, Freddy Nock has been rewarded with several Guinness world record titles and other accolades.
World Records and Guinness World Records Title:
12th Guinness World Record as the highest ever high-wire walk between 2 mountain peaks at 3582 m / asl, Distance: 347m, time: 39 minutes
11th world record in the longest permanent sitting on a chair on high wire with 7 hours and 7 minutes
10. World record as the highest high-speed cable ever run on the cable of the Corvatsch cable car (3303 meters above sea level) down to the valley
9th world record as the longest rope run over Lake Zurich; Length: 900 meters, height: 30 meters
8th world record as the first unsecured runner over 500 meters in Zhangjiajiee / China; Duration: 20 minutes
7. World record for the highest rope run with balancing pole and a slope of 56% on the Zugspitze in Germany; Distance: 995 meters in 50 minutes
6th world record as the fastest high wire runner in Korea; Distance: 1 kilometer, duration: 10 minutes and 18 seconds
5. World record as the first runner to cover a distance of over 1200 meters on the "Säntis" suspension railway in Switzerland; Distance: 1222, 7 meters
4th world record at the RTL Donation-Marathon with Joey Kelly for the longest run on a death wheel; Duration: 24 hours (Record in the Guinness Book of Records)
3. World record in the "Mega Clever" program on Pro7 for driving six motorcycles in a steel ball with a diameter of 4.90 meters
2nd world record as the fastest rope runner on the Schwangauer Tegelbergbahn in Füssen / Germany; Distance: 80 meters in 2 minutes and 27 seconds with 56% incline (record registered in the Guinness Book of Records)
1st world record for running on a suspension rope on the Signalbahn in St. Moritz / Switzerland; Distance: 734 meters (record registered in the Guinness Book of Records)
Prize for his life's work "Artistika"
Swiss Award in the category "Show"
Golden Horse and Golden Star for his solo high wire at the Circus Festival in Böblingen
Silver medal for the "7-man pyramid" at the International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo together with the troupe "White Angels"
Bronze for solo high wire at the festival "Mondial du Cirque de Demain"
Copyright © 2017 by FREDDY NOCK GmbH - The use or duplication of the text or images also in an electronic manner is prohibited. Freddy Nock GmbH assumes no responsibility for the content of linked pages.
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Gucci Manne May Be Arrested Again
STORY via THE BLAST - The mother of Gucci Mane's son wants to see the rapper fined and thrown in jail for failing to pay her court-ordered legal fees.
According to court documents obtained by The Blast, Sheena Evans claims Gucci was ordered to pay $2,495 to cover her attorney's fees but he has failed to do so. She calls his failure to pay "outrageous and egregious" and "another willful disregard for this Court's authority." Not only has the Respondent demonstrated that he has no concern for the authority of this Court," Evans' attorney writes, "or for the deadlines set by this Court, Respondent has also exhibited an alarming disregard of the consequences of his contemptuous behavior. He could care less." Evans also claims Gucci has failed to turn over documents to her as part of their ongoing child support battle.
She wants the court to immediately issue an arrest order and lock him up until he "purges himself of his contempt." She also wants the court to sanction him $1,000. A judge has yet to rule.
As The Blast first reported, Evans sued Gucci Mane seeking to increase the child support for their son Keitheon (born in 2007) from $2,076 a month to $20k. She claimed there was a significant increase in Gucci's income since he left prison in 2011, pointing to his alleged $1 million wedding.
Gucci filed docs demanding the court shut down her request and throw out the entire lawsuit. The rapper said there was no substantial change in his finances since their original 2011 agreement. He denied dropping $1 million on his recent wedding to Keyshia Ka'Oir.
Back in 2011, the two had reached an agreement on custody and support over their son. Sheena was awarded primary physical custody with Gucci getting visitation. He was ordered to pay $2,026 a month in child support based on his monthly income at the time of $24k.
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One of the conversations that took me by surprise in the hallway at CodeStock was a developer from Europe (I believe from the Czech Republic, and I am very sorry I did not get his name fully — so if anyone knows who that was, please let me know — I was grateful for the discussion). He asked me about the accessibility price of using the checkbox hack for mobile menu toggling — the example where it's a checkbox visually hidden from the user, which then shows or hides the menu when an image is clicked (maybe a hamburger-menu styled button).
This especially becomes an issue when using a framework like React where the section that is being toggled on/off may be added to the page with the toggle rather than just hidden and shown — the code may not be present, so special accessibility tools may not be able to see the hidden menu if the checkbox isn't picked up properly to select. Of course, the deeper the content is coming from a JS framework, the easier it is to simply avoid the hack and use a button with a click activated function, but it's the deeper question of "how" to best compensate for the checkbox hack concept that's important here.
My first reaction was that since it is a checkbox which is acting like a toggle we could label it better to increase accessibility. The whole idea has been bothering me since then, because I like to be very accessibility friendly and I love to focus in great detail on accessibility, but I hadn't given this one much prior thought, because I only use this hack on sites I'm currently developing, on mobile, and I haven't been great at checking my accessibility on mobile. (Shame on me, that's pretty important and something I've been personally revisiting the last couple weeks.
I believe that the second article truly lays out what is needed to address accessibility in these cases, and it met the basics of what I was thinking, but it's a few years old. So the question to be addressed here is: am I finding articles that back up my theories because I'm looking to be right, or are they really the correct answer? I'd love feedback from anyone interested in web accessibility, especially on the concept of checkbox hack for toggling content.
CSS: Can you? !== Should you?
Many developers have not taken the time to stay immersed in what CSS can do, and most take advantageonly of the most minimal levels of what it can do when applying styles to a project. However, CSS is capable of far more things now than many developers realize. This presentation reveals some of the things CSS can do that many people use JS frameworks and plugins for, and discusses performance and usage pros and cons. We can make a pure-CSS party parrot, but that doesn't mean we really should… or should we?