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Multiple cars stranded in Boca Raton following tropical rain
While the worst of the tropical rain was in Miami, the severe weather caused some flooding in South Palm Beach County as well.
Several cars became stranded, but Boca Raton police officials say there were no weather-related traffic crashes on Saturday.
Parking lots in shopping centers on Glades Road near U.S. 441, like Shadowood Square shopping center, had flooding on Saturday.
Tow companies tell WPBF 25 News that they were busy throughout the day after several vehicles became stranded.
Marilyn Endo's SUV shut off after she tried to drive through flooding in the Shadowood Square shopping center. Recent Olympic Heights Community High School graduate Dominic Boni saw Endo's SUV become stranded and he stepped in to help.
"(Boni) was right beside me and said, ‘Would you like assistance?’ It was incredible,” said Endo, who lives in Boca Raton.
"I was coming in here to help my friend because he got stuck also,” said Boni. "I saw this lady and I thought, ‘You know what? I’m going to do something good for the community today."
Boni towed Marilyn's SUV with his own truck out of the water s that she could be on dry land while she waited for the tow company to arrive.
"He’s an angel," said Endo. "An angel stopped by and I think that angels come in all kinds of packages and you don’t know when you’re going to see them but I saw mine today."
There was still flooding in the Shadowood Square shopping center as of 11 p.m. Saturday.
There was flooding on North Federal Highway until Saturday afternoon. Several vehicles tried to drive through the standing water on the roadway.
In the Old Floresta Historic District neighborhood, people say this weekend's heavy rain didn't cause flooding as severe as the flooding was during the downpours a couple weeks ago.
"This is much better than two weeks ago," said Eric West of Boca Raton " Two weeks ago the water came all the way to my doorstep.
"I just thought (this weekend) was a consistent rain but nothing hard, no more flooding than we usually get."
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Uber IPO: billions are pumped in unprofitable business
Uber raised a billion dollars from three Japanese companies for his upcoming IPO. The money is intended to finance the development of self-driving cars.
The investors are automaker Toyota, a SoftBank investment fund and car parts maker Denso. With the money from the Japanese, the branch for self-driving cars is valued at 7.25 billion dollars.
Car makers, tech companies and taxi services like Uber have high expectations of self-driving cars, but the development costs a lot of money. As a result, Uber recorded an operational loss of 3 billion dollars last year. The investment must help to continue with the development.
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The new era of transaction switching
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Alan Baum, a Michigan based auto industry analyst, forecasts that there will be a large jump in the number of types of hybrids and electric vehicles sold in the US by 2015 – over 100 different models. This is up from about the 22 hybrids and one electric car (the Tesla Roadster) that are currently in production. Specifically, he’s predicting 18 different plug-in electric hybrids (PHEV’s), 32 electric cars (EV’s), and 6 fuel cell electrics. The remaining models will be conventional hybrids.
Some of this ramp up is currently underway. For the model year 2011, 27 new model introductions are planned, which just about doubles the current number of hybrids and plug-ins. In 2011, the car companies are adding 13 regular hybrids, 3 plug-in hybrids, and 11 battery electric models to their current lineup.
Baum is forecasting, that while the hybrid market has been relatively flat over the last couple of years at about 2.5 percent of new car sales, that’s about to change. “We got ourselves an inflection point,” he said. “Getting out of the 2 percent market range, and into the 4s or 5s is a big deal. The planets are aligned for this.” His inflection point is based on government incentives, rising fuel economy standards, and automakers eager to sell hybrids and EVs to consumers “salivating for the product.” He expects the hybrid/PHEV/EV market to grow to about 4 or 5 percent of new car sales by 2015, and further jumps between 2015 and 2020 as even more stringent fuel economy standards kick in.
Hopefully, one of the ways we get to 5% (or higher) in hybrid/phev/ev sales is by reducing the amount of “forced features” that right now push up the “hybrid premium” on many models.


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Wednesday, July 20, 2005
Today’s Globe reports that a legislative committee is about to report out a bill increasing the penalties for stealing someone’s identity. The full legislature is expected to consider the bill later this summer. One rather controversial provision that has been omitted from this bill deals with “credit freezes.” As I understand it, in a state with a credit freeze law, a consumer can direct credit reporting agencies to freeze that person’s report, preventing the credit agency from issuing a copy of the report to anyone seeking it. Let’s say a wrongdoer applies for a credit card using your name and personal information such as your social security number. Before any company will issue a new credit card, that company will want to see the applicant’s credit report. With a credit freeze in effect, no report may be given and presumably, no new credit card will be issued. When the consumer legitimately wants to obtain a new credit card or a car or home loan, the consumer must request a limited “thaw” of the credit freeze to allow a report to be issued to the new creditor. Sounds like a lot of work which invites the question, who will pay for it. In most states that have such a law, it is the consumer who pays, usually something like $10 to freeze the credit report and $5 each time it has to be thawed. Because there’s a fee involved, not many people utilize this even where it is allowed by law so its effectiveness is questionable. But at least the state legislature is trying to address this problem. All this talk of freezes and thaws seems a little out of place on such a warm, sunny day. On another note, thanks to Assistant Register Tony Accardi for the superb job he did in maintaining the blog while I was vacationing in Canada. It was a great trip although the temperature never made it beyond 33 degrees any day we were there.
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Hannah Peters | Staff Writer
Pittsburgh got a little furrier this past weekend as pets of all kinds, from birds of paradise to potbelly pigs, gathered for the annual Pittsburgh Pet Expo.
With a wide range of vendors, activities and shows, animal lovers and their companions were in for a treat (or maybe a few of them.)
Pets and their owners flocked to the David L. Lawrence Convention Center last weekend for the self-proclaimed “largest pet expo in the U.S.”
Guests had the chance to witness (and hear) the diverse range of Pittsburgh’s pets as well as watch and participate in a variety of animal-filled experiences.
Attractions were offered on a frequent basis throughout the weekend – turtle racing, rabbit hopping, (dog) dock diving, National Dachshund Races and Pork Chop Revue.
Over 250 vendors set up shop for the three-day exposition. They ranged from companies specializing in pet food, treats and supplies to dog photographers, pet painters, service dog organizations and pet vacations.
Human goodies were also supplied by businesses like Patti’s Pastries, Black Dog Wine Company, Inside Out Cookie and Chocolate Moonshine.
Thanks to several vendors, even those without pets could get their fill of animal loving. Many, like Reptile Adventures and Heart and Soul Parrot Rescue, brought along their animal friends for visitors to interact with.
Setting out to educate the minds of fellow animal lovers was the Carnegie Museum of Natural History which offered guests a learning opportunity with their interactive animal experience.
In addition to showcasing a variety of their ‘animal touchables’ – furs, pelts, skulls and fossils – a few of their animal ambassadors, including Dorris the hedgehog, made an appearance as well.
Museum educator and animal husbandry specialist Jen Moreth explained the importance of the animal ambassadors and their role at the Pet Expo.
“They only come out for special visits. Their job is to teach other people about animals and how they interact with their environment,” said Moreth. “We stress that they are not our pets – they are more like our coworkers than anything else.”
Moreth says that this is part of the museum’s overall mission and reason for coming to events like the Pet Expo.
“We are bringing a little bit of the museum to you. We’re here to teach people about animals, a little bit about what the museum has to offer and to let kids and families explore,” Moreth said.
Additional animal experiences could be found at the Heart and Soul Parrot Rescue booth being run by owner Sherry Johnson, who shared what they refer to as their ‘bomb-proof birds’ that they brought along for expo-goers to handle.
“All the birds here are rescues,” says Johnson, “They are our ambassador birds – ones that we can pass to kids and know they won’t get bit.”
Bringing along a variety of birds, Johnson said that having their ambassador birds at the Pet Expo is an important part of their mission.
“Birds are the third most rehomed animal so we’re here to take care of them,” said Johnson. “It’s important to be here because it reaches a lot of people; a lot of people don’t know bird rescues exist. It lets us get our name out there.”
Johnson was especially appreciative of Rocco Lamanna, founder of the Pet Expo, for his efforts in creating a space for businesses like theirs to gain exposure and connect with other animal enthusiasts.
Without considering the praise from vendors and guests, Lamanna’s hard work was clear from the many smiles, barks, meows and chirps that filled the convention center.
“I’m the first one there on Thursday morning and the last one out on Sunday night,” Lamanna said.
The idea for a pet expo sprouted from Lamanna’s business, Sponsorship Solutions, where he works on several large-scale events like Glimpse of Little Italy Days and the Pittsburgh RV show. Out of all his projects though, he says the Pet Expo is his favorite, partly due to its impressive growth.
“It’s something we’ve generated organically and it’s grown to be the largest one in the country,” Lamanna said. “A lot of work has gone into it so it’s nice to see it pay off.”
From its beginning in 2004, the event has grown from 80 booths to over 300. Attendance was also on the rise – over 16,000 people visited the pet expo over the weekend, breaking a post-pandemic record.
Part of this growth comes from the pet owners and vendors that continue to return each year, like the Layne family who brought along Elvis, their one-year-old 140 lb Newfoundland. Penny Layne, mom to Elvis, said their love for dogs was why they have come back each year since its debut.
“We’ve been here for the past 20 years,” Layne said. “We love dogs – we have 10 of them. My husband likes to say he pays the mortgage on a big dog house.”
Layne explained that the variety of vendors and opportunity for new dog friends is a large reason for their continued participation.
“Elvis likes to meet new friends,” she said, “so we come to let them socialize and buy new treats, like the deer and elk antlers.”
Ultimately, it was the vendors’ and visitors’ collective enthusiasm of pet ownership that have allowed the Pet Expo to grow into the large-scale celebration it is today. Lamanna says it best: “Pittsburghers love their pets.”


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A 2012 study also showed that people on a low-carb diet burned 300 more calories a day – while resting! According to one of the Harvard professors behind the study this advantage “would equal the number of calories typically burned in an hour of moderate-intensity physical activity”. Imagine that: an entire bonus hour of exercise every day, without actually exercising. A later, even larger and more carefully conducted study confirmed the effect, with different groups of people on low-carb diets burning an average of between 200 and almost 500 extra calories per day.
Obese people who consumed a tablespoon or two of vinegar daily for eight weeks showed significant decreases in body fat—particularly visceral fat—according to a 2009 Japanese study. "One theory is that the acetic acid in the vinegar produces proteins that burn up fat," explains Pamela Peeke, M.D., professor of medicine at the University of Maryland, author of Fight Fat After 40.
When researchers at the University of Tennessee put a group of volunteers on one of two diets—one high in calcium and one not—and cut each group’s calorie intake by 500 calories, they found that the people getting calcium lost twice as much weight (an average of 13lbs) compared with people on the standard diet. Study author Michael Zemel, Ph.D., believes extra calcium helps the body burn more—and store less—fat.
"Feeling stressed can wreak havoc on our bodies. It can cause our body to produce the steroid hormone cortisol, which can make you crave sugary foods that provide instant energy and pleasure. Short-term bursts of cortisol are necessary to help us cope with immediate danger, but our body will also release this hormone if we’re feeling stressed or anxious. When our cortisol levels are high for a long amount of time, it can increase the amount of fat you hold in your belly."
Now you know that your dinnertime TV show and dishware affect how much you eat—but did you know that your environment has an even greater impact on your noshing habits? The typical American buys and eats more than 80 percent of their food within five miles of their homes—a.k.a. your food radius—according to Brian Wansink, Ph.D., director of Cornell University's Food and Brand Lab. In his book, Slim By Design: Mindless Eating Solutions, Wansink talks about various studies he's done over the course of his research career that show how your food environment dictates your eating habits.
14 ways to lose weight without diet or exercise Strict diets can be challenging to follow, and people may not always have the time or ability to exercise. However, a variety of simple lifestyle changes can help people lose weight and improve their health. These include taking probiotics, getting enough sleep, and thoroughly chewing food. Learn more here. Read now
Consider them “good carbs”. Their bulk takes up space in your stomach, helping you feel full and eat less. The top fiber food: beans, which contain 8g per 1/2 cup. Research shows that guys who added 12g of fiber a day to their diet lost a quarter of an inch from their love handles, without otherwise modifying their diet. Here are some of the best sources.
When your body is low on calcium, it produces a hormone that signals the body to store visceral fat. Meeting your recommended daily calcium needs (that’s 1,000 milligrams for adults) can help reduce levels of this hormone. And a recent study published in Obesity Research found that calcium from dairy has a stronger effect than calcium from other sources. I recommend eating low-fat Greek yogurt as a daily snack (just six ounces contain about 20 percent of your recommended dietary allowance for calcium), though any low-fat dairy will do.
The key to losing weight is eating fewer calories than you expend. That creates an energy deficit, so your body taps into other sources of fuel — namely, your fat stores — to make up the difference. You’ll be able to lose weight safely by creating an energy deficit of up to 1,000 calories a day, which will allow you to lose up to two pounds per week.
While the Duke study found no added benefit to resistance training (aka weight or strength training) when it comes to belly fat, a 2014 study from a Harvard University team found otherwise. Twenty minutes of weights a day was linked to less of an increase in belly fat (particularly for older men). “Engaging in resistance training or, ideally, combining it with aerobic exercise could help older adults lessen abdominal fat while increasing or preserving muscle mass," said the paper’s lead author Rania Mekary.
The notion that abdominal obesity is the most dangerous kind isn't new. Back in the 1940s, the French physician Jean Vague observed that some obese patients had normal blood chemistry, while some moderately overweight patients showed serious abnormalities that predisposed them to heart disease or diabetes. Almost always, the latter patients carried their fat around their middles. And, almost always, they were men.
Those trans fats on your menu are hiding out in plain sight and sabotaging your lean belly plans every time you eat them. If a food product says it contains partially hydrogenated oils, you’re eating trans fat, which can increase your risk of heart disease, high cholesterol, and obesity with every bite. In fact, research conducted at Wake Forest University reveals that monkeys whose diets contained eight percent trans fat upped their body fat by 7.2 percent over a six-year study, while those who ate monounsaturated fat gained just a fraction of that amount. Instead of letting harmful trans fat take up space on your menu, fill up with the 20 Healthy Fats to Make You Thin.


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With Christmas on the horizon, many people will be spending the next few weeks splashing out on gifts and festive goodies to treat their loved ones this holiday season.
But although you may have thought that this would mean lavish gifts for wives and fancy gadgets for husbands, it turns out that the most expensive presents many of us will buy this year will be for our four-legged friends.
According to the Daily Mail, a recent survey of 1,000 pet-owning adults has revealed that not only will three-quarters of them be buying their animals gifts this year, but 66 per cent of them will spend the same amount, or even more, on their mutt or moggie than they would on a partner.
Carried out by Very Important Pets Club, a new customer initiative from Pets At Home, the research revealed that the average amount most people spend on a Christmas present for their significant other is £38.
And when it comes to pets the amount that owners spend on gifts is likely to be the same as this figure or even more.
Pets at Home commercial director, Peter Pritchard told the newspaper: "It just goes to show we're a nation of pet lovers who think of our pets as another member of the family, so why not spend the same on them as we would do a partner at Christmas?"
The choice of presents you can choose from to treat your furry friend includes everything from reindeer jumpers for dogs and fancy toys for felines to full-blown gift set for smaller critters.
However, if you want to buy your pooch something that will really benefit them this year, then - if you haven't already - why not consider upping their diet to premium dog food?
Not only will your pup love the taste of high quality, nutritious food, but it will also be great for their health and help them live a more active lifestyle.
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Bentley Motors isn’t just all about the best cars that money can buy. Aside from vehicles, the UK-based automotive manufacturer also produces bags, gadget accessories, golf accessories, pens, and even toiletries. As the latest addition to their product lineup, Bentley debuts the exclusive new scents in its exclusive Bentley Beyond collection: Radiant Osmanthus – a fruity floral scent; Mellow Heliotrope – a delicately powdery scent; and Vibrant Hibiscus – an exuberant floral scent.
“Each exquisite scent is captured in a luxurious, heavy glass bottle, with a thick base. Inspired by the signature cut-crystal headlights of the Bentley Continental GT, the glass has a satin-like effect,” says Bentley in a press release. “Each bottle is finished with a unique cap featuring colored suede detailing and bearing the name of the scent itself.”
This luxurious new wardrobe of scents is marketed to trailblazing women who, with their appreciation


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LG G5 Android 7.0 Nougat UpdateGood news for the LG G5 Philippines users, as the device started to receive official Android 7.0 Nougat update. Its take a little longer time for Philippines as the other regions already received Android Nougat update in November and December last year. Owners of LG G5 can now update their device to the latest Android N operating system and enjoy many new features of Nougat.
Android Nougat update was started with US variants of LG G5 and Korea. And I must say that LG (OEM Manufacturer) is the first to release Android Nougat update for their handset users. And now LG V20 is coming with Android Nougat operating system out of the box.
Google already released Android 7.1.1 Nougat update but this one is Android 7.0 update for now. The update will bring many improvements for sure and ofcause will add many new features.
How to Update Android Nougat on LG G5:So, how to get the update on your LG G5? LG G5 owners in Philippines will started to receive notification for OS update soon. If you receiving the update notification then follow the notification to update to Android Nougat. If you haven't received any notification yet, then you can manually check for OS update. To check manually- go to Settings >> About Device >> System Update. Check for available update and install. Before proceed to system update check for sufficient battery percentage and connect to WiFi.
Hope you get the Android 7.0 Nougat update on your LG G5 smartphone. Enjoy new features and do share your experience of using Android Nougat in the comment below. Press Ctrl+D to bookmark Android Officer site. Keep visit and updated with latest tech news and OS update.


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In the fertile fields of Uganda there are the first green shoots of a possible answer to the food crisis. The green revolution of the 1960s which saw food production catch and outstrip population growth for the first time left Africa behind.
That revolution was driven by a drought and disease-resistant wheat designed by an agronomist from Iowa that yielded unprecedented harvests in Latin America and Asia. Norman Borlaug is not as famous as he should be for a man credited with saving more lives than anyone in history but he was rewarded with the Nobel Peace Prize.
Uganda's bid to copy the Borlaug's revolution is built on a new breed of rice that can grow in the drier uplands instead of the traditional wetland paddy fields and has doubled the country's production in only four years. Uganda's early success is the first indication that the bid by the Coalition for African Rice Development -- a group of development agencies, led by Japan -- to double rice production on the hungriest continent could work.
Luke Kiggundu, a first time rice farmer in the village of Namaliri, north of the capital Kampala is trying to make it work. With fields of red earth surrounded by thickets of guava trees, heavy with wild passion fruit vines, farming here ought to be easy. It's not, the 34 year old explains. Grand schemes have come and gone but the area remains dirt poor, and dominated by subsistence farming.
Tired of past failures he is determined to stick with rice: “Whatever I get I will plant again next season.”
The advantages of rice over the traditional Ugandan staple matoke are several. The bananas take far longer to ripen, are harder to harvest and cook and worth a fraction of the price at market.
“ It's relatively easier to farm [rice],” he says. And if it comes off: “It's worth more money for the family.”
The man working as hard as anyone to make sure it does deliver is Tatsushi Tsuboi, a rice expert with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). He believes that something special is happening in Uganda where he is teaching advanced farming techniques to local producers.
“ It's a paradise,” he says, gesturing at the lush upland vegetation. “The soil is still young and the rainfall is very nice.”
An enthusiast from a long line of Japanese rice farmers, he speaks with excitement of the possibilities of the New Rice for Africa (NERICA). A “miracle crop” it combines the high yield of Asian rice with the hardiness and drought resistance of African rice varieties.
One kilogram of seed produces 50 kilograms of seed inside one season, he says. “Then we ask them to give two kilograms of that seed to other farmers.”
Within a year a farmer can then harvest three tons of rice.
It's this potential that has seen Uganda go from having 400 rice farmers in 2004 to nearly 40,000 today. The area under cultivation has risen from 10,000 hectares to an estimated 160,000 ha.
Uganda, like many other African countries, has a growing taste for rice but until recently it imported half of what it ate. “That is money that could be better spent on other things,” says Kasaija Herbert, a Ugandan working with JICA.
Across sub-Saharan Africa nearly $2bn of badly needed money is being spent on rice grown outside the continent. Uganda is already saving $30m a year on rice imports by growing more of its own.
The result is that farming has become fashionable. Uganda's Vice President Gilbert Bukenya has become a strong advocate of food self sufficiency, recently declaring that: “By farming smarter, Ugandans not only can grow more, they can earn more money.”
None of this would be possible though without a dose of what African leaders have been told for decades is a dirty word -- “protectionism”.
Western governments, the IMF and World Bank have all lectured Africa on free trade and open markets while rich countries continue to spend an estimated $1bn a day on subsidies to their own farmers.
African countries can't afford to subsidise their farmers and have faced punitive measures if they tried to defend them with tariff barriers.
Mr Bukenya and others decided to buck this trend with a 75 percent tariff on imported rice and this as much as Africa's new rice is responsible for the budding green revolution, according to Ugandan agronomist Robert Anyang.
“ Rice pays because of the tariff, without the tariff where would we be? Nowhere.”
In Mr Anyang's office a portrait of Norman Borlaug hangs on the wall. Now 95 years old, the Laureate is president of Uganda's Sasakawa agriculture agency. His younger disciple, Mr Anyang says: “East Africa can't afford subsidies but we can use tariffs.”
Fast growing, high yielding, easy to store and quick to cook it's easy to see why many Asian societies thought that rice was the link between earth and heaven. What was once a luxury in Uganda is now a daily diet.
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After a long-standing opposition against the OLPC foundation, Intel has finally decided that they would start supporting MIT’s “$100 laptop” project. But originally, Intel didn’t want to participate in the program mainly because chief CPU-rival AMD’s processors were chosen to run inside the OLPC systems. The reasons why they now want to start involving themselves in the project, especially since they recently started manufacturing their own alternative to MIT’s cheap laptops called “Classmate,” escapes me.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 13, 2007 – Intel and One Laptop per Child (OLPC) today announced they have agreed to work together to bring the benefits of technology to the developing world through synergy of their respective programs. Under the agreement, Intel and OLPC will explore collaborations involving technology and educational content. Intel will also join the board of OLPC.
Official Press Release: Intel Joins One Laptop Per Child


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TheNextWeb created this amazing and mesmerizing animated graphic that illustrates the rise and fall of the most popular social media sites from 2003 to 2018 accompanied by monthly active user data at any point, so you can watch the rise and fall of Friendster and MySpace, for example.Read More
Facebook algorithm changes, which made brand and publisher-owned Facebook pages less visible in consumers news feeds, have had a significantly adverse effect on publishers, according to data published by Parse.ly.Read More
At a time when B2B leaders say that content spurs buying processes, almost all (97%) respondents to a new survey say they are now placing a higher emphasis on the trustworthiness of the source of information when they are consuming content.Read More
Around half (49.2%) of US PR professionals say they use influencers to get brand stories and key messages out, while close to one-third (32.5%) are considering doing so, according to the results of a recent report by PR News and Meltwater.Read More
The latest Infinite Dial report from Edison Research and Triton Digital reveals that 61% of respondents ages 12 and older report using Facebook, down from a peak of 67% in 2017. But while Facebook usage is on the decline, Instagram is rising.Read More


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The First Xbox Game Published By A University Launches Today
By Bob Garcia
The award-winning game Hack, Slash & Backstab is set to launch today, becoming the first Xbox game ever to be published by a university. Developed by the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), the game will be available on Steam or via the virtual Humble storefront for $4.99.
Only one player can win the game of Hack, Slash & Backstab, a two-to-four player dungeon crawler that takes place in a dangerous fantasy world. As either a warrior, rogue, wizard or archer players must first work together to survive various obstacles, but must inevitably turn to betrayal and backstabbing if they wish to outlast their companions and win the game.
It is a product of a studio course offered at the university through the School of Interactive Games and Media, an internationally ranked educational program. It is produced through MAGIC Spell Studios, the commercial, for-profit arm of RIT’s MAGIC Center.
Andrew Felps, founder and director of MAGIC Center, calls this a “defining moment” for the university’s digital media program. He says for people in the industry who know what all it takes to publish a game it is unbelievable that a university could make it happen. “We are thrilled to finally get this game in the hands of players,” said Felps.
RIT, along with the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and New York University, is set to receive $150,000 each year for the next three years to continue developing games. The money is part of Empire State Development, an initiative to foster innovation in the growing gaming industry at the state’s three digital gaming hubs.


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To celebrate one year since the release of their self-titled album, Asking Alexandria have dropped a brand new video for 'Vultures'.
Taking to Twitter over the weekend to share the video, the band shared "We are excited to release the 'Vultures' video on the 1 year anniversary of our self titled album. We've worked long and hard creating a video that represents the depth, pain and beauty of this song. We hope you enjoy it. Thank you for an incredible year."
Check out the video for Asking Alexandria's 'Vultures' below:
If you're waiting on new music from Asking Alexandria, it looks like you won't be waiting too long- Danny Worsnop revealed a few weeks ago"We’re jumping right back in to work on a new album, a new chapter, and a new future for Asking Alexandria."


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In 2016, State Question 792 hit the ballots and passed with flying colors. Set to take effect Oct. 1, the law makes sweeping changes to Oklahoma’s playbook regulating alcohol and its distribution.
For better or for worse, everyone from consumers and breweries to distributors and retailers await the law’s implementation and outcomes.
Many Oklahomans understand that grocery and convenience stores can sell wine and high-point beer next month, but the law is much more extensive than that, says Steven Barker, deputy director and general counsel for the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement (ABLE) Commission. For instance, liquor stores, under the law, can sell cold beer and wine, not just beverages at room temperature, as well as non-alcoholic products as long as they don’t exceed 20 percent of total sales.
SQ 792 “significantly alters the regulatory scheme for alcoholic beverages in Oklahoma across the manufacturing, wholesaling and retailing tiers,” says Barker, adding that other says notable changes “include loosening happy hour restrictions at bars and restaurants, mandating server training statewide, authorizing counties to determine if liquor stores within the county can be open on Sundays, and the direct shipment of wine to consumers.”
The logistics of implementation have been staggering, and Barker says community buy-in has been crucial.
“Because of the complete constitutional and statutory rewrite, we were also required to overhaul our administrative code provisions, which was completed [in June],” Barker says. “One of the biggest challenges … of implementation has been education and outreach. Since the passage of SQ 792, ABLE Commission agents and employees have attended hundreds of public meetings, forums, symposiums and training courses for those interested in learning about the changes. The alcoholic beverage industry, along with various trade organizations, have been instrumental in providing many of these [free] outreach opportunities. We would not have had the ability to reach a fraction of the audience without their efforts over the past year and a half.”
For Sean McCanne, managing member of the League of Oklahomans for Change in Alcohol Laws, this new era of revised alcohol regulations can’t come soon enough. The nonprofit began as a small group of consumers interested in change and morphed into a grassroots movement.
“LOCAL’s first mission was to allow breweries the right to sell their product in their taprooms,” McCanne says. “We called the first mission #FreeTheTaps.”
Before and after SQ 792 got on the ballot, McCanne says his group had informational events, social media outreach and meetings with legislators. The new regulations are victories for both breweries and consumers, he says.
“For consumers, not only is strong Oklahoma beer now available from the breweries, but there have been many breweries opened, and out-of-state breweries are beginning to distribute within the state, expecting that beer will soon be sold cold at liquor stores and other locations,” he says. “The increase in sales locations will increase both competition and availability. All of these changes for breweries will impact the consumer in a positive way.”
Shea Gillock, executive director of the Craft Brewers Association of Oklahoma, agrees that the law is good for business and customers.
“Oklahoma brewers will see their products reach new customers when strong beer is allowed in convenience and grocery stores,” Gillock says. “Beer will also stay fresh longer, as local liquor stores will begin to refrigerate products. Consumers will see more breweries and brewpubs open across the state, contributing to the growth of the local craft beer industry and, in turn, the local economy.”
For Dead Armadillo Craft Brewing in Tulsa, the new laws promise to make distribution more streamlined, says co-founder Tony Peck.
“Right now, any distributor can order from me and I have to try and fulfill that order. So someone could request 50 cases of our amber ale and I have to attempt to fill it within 45 days, even if I don’t have the product,” Peck says. “This law creates a franchise system. We pick one distributor and they distribute statewide. It feels more like a partner system, and it’s a welcome change for us.”
Peck says it may give retailers a few frazzled moments as they figure out where to get their products from after Oct. 1, but overall, it’s a benefit to brewers and consumers.
“From a consumer side, I’m thrilled I’ll be able to go buy cold product like you can in other states around us,” he says.
Of all the provisions in SQ 792, one of the most popular and controversial is the ability for grocery and convenience stores to sell wine and high-point beer.
Reasor’s Foods, with 18 grocery stores across northeast Oklahoma, has adapted to the changes scheduled for Oct. 1. President and CEO Jeff Reasor says a team has selected products, installed custom shelving and racks, and planned ways to integrate wine and beer into different areas, such as having suggested wines in the meat department.
“We feel the new wine and expanded craft beer departments will blend in seamlessly and … will make for a simple yet productive shopping trip that we feel all customers will recognize and enjoy,” Reasor says.
The changes aren’t just in the lay of the land, but in personnel as well.
“Reasor’s will take the lead as a full-service wine department as we’ll have at least five locations that will employ wine stewards,” Reasor says. “These folks will bring an enlightened experience for the first-time buyer to those with extensive wine experience. These stewards are on duty now and helping with some of the product placement as they learn their store and their associates.”
New regulations always mean work and adaptation, but Reasor says customers should benefit.
“From a consumer point of view I can only see positives,” he says. “There are those that feel the status quo was alright, but then the people of Oklahoma spoke and consumer choice was the end result.”
The implementation of SQ 792 is a boon for breweries and grocery stores, but others say it creates hardship on small, independent liquor retailers.
Bryan Kerr, owner of Moore Liquor, is president of the Retail Liquor Association of Oklahoma, which represents many independent stores. Kerr says the organization often works with lawmakers and other interest groups to develop legislation, but he says he could not be more disappointed with the passage of SQ 792. His group filed an unsuccessful suit to have the law declared unconstitutional.
“The bill treats two similarly situated business entities completely differently under the law,” Kerr says. “We believed this to be a violation of the equal protection clause [in the] 14th Amendment, particularly the restrictions on licensing and the 20 percent cap on the sale of non-alcoholic goods.”
Kerr says the new regulations are unfairly skewed toward grocery and convenience stores and national chains while placing unfair burdens on independent liquor retailers. He says another example of the differences is personnel age. Liquor store employees must be at least 21, but grocery store employees need only be 18 to sell strong beer and wine (and can be employed in other parts of the store at a younger age). In addition, liquor stores cannot allow parents to bring their children inside, but they have free range in a grocery store.
“We knew the bill was bad for locally owned liquor stores,” Kerr says. “In effect, it will also make Wal-Mart the largest wine retailer in the state; that money comes directly out of the profits of Oklahomans who have played by the same rules set by the state since 1959.
“As a result, it also hurts local economies as Wal-Mart and the other ‘big box’ players effectively shut down another neighborhood business, then move those profits to their [out-of-state] headquarters, which will eliminate both the income and jobs associated with these small businesses.”
Kerr says laws like SQ 792 have devastated independent liquor stores in other states.
“A similar model exists in Texas, and Texas has about half the number of retail package stores per capita that we do,” Kerr says. “We have about 680 individually owned liquor stores in Oklahoma. I would not be surprised if that number was under 400 within five years. That’s a loss of 300 or so small businesses with owners and employees who contribute directly to their local economies.
“Tennessee adopted a similar model two years ago and liquor store owners reported revenue losses up to 60 percent. Even those stores who survive will likely have to lose employees in order to cut costs. Also, the consumer who enjoys spirits, craft beer and fine wine will suffer because liquor stores will need to raise their prices to try and offset the money being lost to grocery and [convenience] stores, who will only carry the fast-moving, most popular brands.”
Reasor, however, says only a handful of grocery stores should enter the new alcohol market.
“The first thing people need to understand is that a large number of grocers will only continue with their beer departments,” he says. “Many will not want to take on the expense of permits or train someone to handle wine in their store, even if they have space for wine (and many do not). That being said, those that do add to their craft beer sections and wine departments could and should see a small overall increase in total store sales.”
Regardless, Barker says the beverage control commission has processed “over 2,500 new applications from grocery and convenience stores for purposes of high-point beer and wine sales.”
SQ 792 should have winners and losers. What’s on tap after Oct. 1 is how many businesses are affected positively or negatively.
An Oklahoma Liquor Timeline
- 1888 The Women’s Christian Temperance Union opens its first chapter (in Muskogee) and lobbies against liquor sale and consumption.
- 1890 Congress creates Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory and bans the distribution and sale of intoxicating beverages throughout Indian Territory.
- 1898 The Oklahoma Territory Anti-Saloon League forms to spearhead the campaign for prohibition in Oklahoma Territory.
- 1900 More than 21 chapters of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union are active in Oklahoma Territory.
- 1907 After statehood, prohibition is ratified in the state constitution. Oklahoma is the only state to ever include prohibition within its constitution.
- 1911 Oklahoma’s blue laws cause mass closings of pool halls and movie theaters.
- 1917 The most stringent liquor law, known as the Bone-Dry Law, passes after the fervent backing of the politically influential Walter Ferguson.
- 1918 On May 21, the Oklahoma Supreme Court rules that churches are exempt from the Bone-Dry Law and can use wine in religious ceremonies.
- 1919 Oklahoma is the 18th state to vote for the ratification of the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
- 1920 The 18th Amendment is ratified and prohibits the transportation and sale of intoxicating liquors nationwide.
- 1933 Led by the Beer for Oklahoma League, a state proposal to legalize the sale of 3.2-percent beer passes with a margin of more than 95,000 votes that summer.
- 1933 Prohibition ends nationally with the ratification of the 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
- 1947 Oklahoma defines the legal difference between low-point (3.2 percent) beer and intoxicating liquors.
- 1959 Oklahoma adopts Article 27, Section 1 to its state constitution on April 7, making the sale of packaged liquor legal.
- 1959 The state House and Senate pass the Liquor Control Bill on June 23. Gov. J. Howard Edmondson signs it the same day, establishing the Liquor Control Act.
- 1972 The state votes against an amendment to the state constitution that would allow for liquor to be sold by the drink.
- 1976 The same amendment is added to the ballot again and is defeated by a large margin.
- 1979 The Supreme Court strikes down an Oklahoma statute allowing women to purchase beer at age 18 and men at 21.
- 1984 With the passage of House Bill 1118, Oklahoman counties can decide whether to allow the sale of liquor-by-the-drink.
- 2016 Alcohol distributors and wholesalers form the Oklahoma Beer Alliance on Jan. 20 to persuade the legislature to legalize the sale of full-strength beer in grocery stores.
- 2016 State Question 792 passes on Nov. 8 with a 65-percent majority and modernizes Oklahoma liquor regulations.
- 2018 Twelve Oklahoma counties still ban the sale of liquor-by-the-drink.
- Oct. 1 The liquor reforms outlined in SQ 792 go into effect. They allow convenience, grocery drug and big-box stores to sell wine and full-strength beer and liquor stores to sell refrigerated beer along with drinking accessories.


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A list of San Diego beers brewed with fresh hops
…tis the season for wet-hopped beer
San Diego Reader, Sep 13, 2016
By Ian Anderson
It’s wet hop season in San Diego, when rare beers made from fresh, locally grown hops appear in tasting rooms and tap houses.
The availability of locally farmed hops is still relatively new, but the volume of hops has been on the rise the past couple years, and so has the number of San Diego breweries using them. No fewer than 24 breweries made wet-hop beers this year, many for the first time. Several brewers actually visited farms to harvest the hops themselves.
Pure Project, for example. Inspired by the chance to source locally, the first-year brewery made an all-California IPA called Everyday California. It’s made from California-grown grain, yeast propagated by its Miramar neighbor White Labs, and hops the Pure Project team picked at SD Golden Hop Farm in Fallbrook.
Fallbrook Brewing also found a way to celebrate the local-ness of its wet-hop beer. The Fallbrook Homegrown extra pale ale marks the brewery’s third anniversary, and brewmaster Chuck McLaughlin invited fellow Fallbrook High School alums to collaborate on the beer — all of them professional brewers in California.
One of these was Coronado Brewing head brewer Ryan Brooks, who also made Fresh Hopportunity pale ale for his employer. He says he tried shipping fresh hops from Washington a few years back, and logistical issues kept him from trying it again. This year’s effort convinced him local is worth it. From now on, he says, “We’re only going to do it from local farms, and we’re going to pick it ourselves.”
Some brewers use their fresh hops for existing recipes, producing wet-hopped versions of their usual offerings. Fall Brewing has made wet-hop versions of its Magic Hat IPA, for example, and Duck Foot Brewing made a limited batch of wet hop Contender IPA.
Recently opened El Cajon brewery Burning Beard made a wet-hop take on its Circle of Hops pale ale. Cofounders Jeff Wiederkehr and Mike Maass were homebrewers until this year and had a little experience using fresh hops. However, Wiederkehr says, “Using wet hops on this scale was new for us. For me personally, these were the freshest hops I have ever worked with.”
Burning Beard got hops from Star B Ranch in Ramona. ChuckAlek Independent Brewersalso operates out of Ramona, so this isn’t the first time head brewer Grant Fraley has sourced hops from his neighbor. “We have been working with fresh hops since our first year in business,” he says. He’s played around with many styles, and this year made wet-hopped versions of Garten Variety IPA and Foreman bitter, and came up with a new recipe he simply calls Fresh Hop saison.
Enough locals are making wet-hopped beers this year, two events are celebrating the season. Nopalito Farm in Valley Center provided hops for several breweries and will feature beers at an overnight Wet Hop Campout (September 17). Meanwhile, Tom Nickel has split the annual wet-hop festival he hosts at O’Brien’s Pub into two weekends this year — the first (September 16–18) exclusively dedicated to 25 San Diego–brewed wet-hop beers, including six from his Nickel Beer Co.
Here’s a list of 30 wet-hop beers in limited release this month. If you know of others, please add them in the comments section.
Alesmith — American Amber Ale
Amplified Ale Works — Soundcheck #3 Wet Hop Pale Ale
Ballast Point — Roots to Boots Splash Zone IPA
Border X — Nopalitos Pale Ale
Burning Beard — Wet Hopped Circle of Hops Pale Ale
ChuckAlek Independent Brewers — Fresh Hop Saison
ChuckAlek Independent Brewers — Wet Hopped Foreman Bitter
ChuckAlek Independent Brewers — Wet Hopped Garten Variety IPA
Coronado Brewing — Fresh Hopportunity Pale Ale
Culture Brewing — Wet Hopped IPA
Duck Foot Brewing — Wet Hopped Contender IPA
Fall Brewing — Golden Girls Anniversary Ale (aka Wet Hop Spirit of 77)
Fall Brewing — Wet Hop Green Hat
Fallbrook Brewing — Fallbrook Homegrown X Pale Ale
Half Door Brewing — Best Day IPA
Helm’s Brewing — Hand Picked IPA
Mike Hess Brewing — 40 Acre IPA
Mission Brewery — Local Hop Pale Ale
Monkey Paw — Fan Belt IIPA
Monkey Paw — Same Day XPA
Nickel Beer — Buffalo Paw Brown Ale
Nickel Beer — Fresh Mountain Crystal IPA
Nickel Beer — Green Truck IIPA
Nickel Beer — My Way IPA
Nickel Beer — Standing the Eagle IPA
Nickel Beer — Star B Pale Ale
Pizza Port Carlsbad — Plant 2 Pint American Pale Ale
Pizza Port Carlsbad — Wet Hop Raceway IPA
Pizza Port Carlsbad — Today was a Good Day IPA
Pizza Port OB — Get Wet IPA
Pizza Port OB — Coup D’etat IPA
Pizza Port Solana Beach — Low Tide Pale Ale
Pizza Port Solana Beach — Wet N Wild IPA
Pure Project — Everyday California IPA
Reckless Brewing — Freshalicious IPA
Stone Brewing — Stone Pilot IPA w/Wet Hops
Thorn Street — Moist Def IPA
View original article here: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2016/sep/13/beer-news-list-san-diego-beers-brewed-fresh-hops/


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Two signs in two restaurants, both in my general neighborhood in Oakland.
1. Choriz-O-M-G at Chipotle on Lakeshore Avenue.
Chipotle is also running a “BOGO” promotion – Buy One, Get One –for active, reserve, and retired members of the armed services.
For other commercial uses of OMG, see my 2012 post.
2. WTF (“What’s the Foldies?”) at LocoL on Broadway.
I’m a little puzzled by the grammar here. Foldie appears to be singular, so WTF is “the foldies”?
For other not-quite-sweary WTFs, see my post for Strong Language.
LocoL is a new mini-chain of fast-food restaurants with a high-minded purpose and an impressive pedigree. It was started in January by star chefs Roy Choi (Kogi BBQ Trucks) and Daniel Patterson (Coi); its first outpost was in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, not known for a wide array of healthful eating options. The Oakland store, which opened in May, is in Uptown, which is quickly gentrifying but still sees a lot of foot traffic from normal, cash-strapped working people. The food at LocoL is inexpensive – those Foldies are $3, and “burgs” (there’s a vegetarian option) are $5, a price that includes “awesome sauce” – and the menu displays some wit: one grain-based salad is called Bulgar Language. Staff is hired from the surrounding neighborhoods.
LocoL has a mission statement:
We fundamentally believe that wholesomeness, deliciousness and affordability don't have to be mutually exclusive concepts in fast food. We believe that fast food restaurants can truly empower the communities they currently underserve.
We believe that the giant corporations that feed most of America have degraded our communities by maximizing profits over decades.
We believe that chefs should feed America, and not suits.
The LocoL name appears to be a blend of loco (crazy) and local. Here’s Roy Choi quoted in the Los Angeles Times about the new enterprise:
"When Daniel called me, he said: Roy, I have this crazy idea," said Choi. "I just knew. We both knew. We're in this whether we want to be or not."
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The fate of downtown Dallas’ pedestrian tunnel system — an underground web of walkways beneath the city’s central business district — could be determined within a month.
The tunnel system has been the topic of debate by city planners, property owners and developers since it was highlighted as a hinderance to street-level pedestrian traffic in the Downtown Dallas 360 development plan, a half-million-dollar, public-private master plan unveiled last year.
The plan has a focus on bringing street-level shopping back to the central business district.
With street-level retail making a comeback in downtown Dallas, including multimillion-dollar redevelopment projects such as The Joule and 1401 Elm St., there’s a focus on increasing the walkability of Dallas’ city center.
But property owners of Dallas’ skyscrapers that own portions of the tunnel system say the tunnels serve a purpose.
“The tunnels are a great way to connect to different buildings throughout the city,” said Laurie Garcia, senior property manager at 1700 Pacific, a 49-story office tower that has an underground food court. “They allow pedestrians to get through the city in inclement weather.”
In the 1960s, Vincent Ponte designed tunnels and sky bridges to shield pedestrians from the weather. The system includes underground access for trucks making deliveries. When the tunnel system was developed, it was up to downtown Dallas property owners to connect to the tunnels and maintain portions of the tunnel system, which was a significant multimillion-dollar investment.
The tunnel system includes access to garages, as well as restaurants or food shops underneath several of Dallas’ skyscrapers, including the Bank of America Plaza, One Main Place and Renaissance Tower.
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Samsung Mobile Display, announced today that it has produced 200 million AMOLED (Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode) panels in just over five years since mass production began in January 2007.
That is like producing more than 100,000 panels a day on average. And piling all of the 200 million AMOLED panels would equal to more than 45 times the height of Mt. Everest!
It is also worth noting that while it took Samsung Mobile Display four years and five months to reach the initial 100 million mark in the accumulated number of AMOLED panels produced, the next 100 million units were produced in just 11 months.
The remarkable achievement is due largely to a rapid growth in demand for AMOLED displays, which use organic materials that glow on their own and therefore do not require backlight units. The AMOLED display is thinner and more energy-efficient than conventional flat screens and embodies innovative features that enable a higher contrast ratio, more vivid and natural colors, and a wider range of viewing angles.
The AMOLED display is now used in numerous IT devices including, but not limited to, smartphones, digital cameras, game consoles and tablet PCs. Demand is expected to grow even faster once large-screen TV panels, flexible or transparent displays begin to be mass produced.
Samsung Mobile Display, which controls 97 percent of the global AMOLED market, produced the world’s first and biggest 55-inch AMOLED panel for Samsung Electronics’ Super OLED TV, which won the Best of Innovations Award at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.