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Friday, June 27, 2014

1001 Spikes is COMPLETE!

 Movies: Breaking news! Guillermo Del Toro has just announced that Pacific Rim is officially getting a sequel. (And more comics. And an animated series!) I am soooooooooooo stoked!  Bring on the Jaegers!!

Triumphs: So I just finished 1001 Spikes (Vita) a few minutes ago…

Wow, what a crushingly-hard, patience testing, self-esteem erasing game. In most levels, death comes in less than a fraction of a second, and pixel-perfect performance is required to progress through tough spots over and over again. I’m trying to think of a game I’ve played that was harder, but I’m not sure anything was. The Extreme levels in Trials or some of the rough patches in Super Meat Boy come to mind, but it’s possible 1001 Spikes tops them. Either way, this was some hard shit.

It’s a fantastic game, though. It’s made with the precision of a Swiss watch, and the challenges are always fair if you know what you’re doing. Fair definitely does not equate to being easy, but I can only think of one spot in this 15-to-20 hour experience where I felt like maybe the developer was pulling a fast one. Quick reflexes and quick thinking are required for success, but it’s all according to formula -- there aren’t any secrets or tricks here.

If you’re the sort of gamer who doesn’t shy away from a brutal challenge, 1001 Spikes gets my highest recommendations, for sure. For those who are curious, here are my stats:

Total playtime – 18 hours, 28 minutes.

Total deaths – 1177.

Average deaths per level – About 19.

Most deaths in a level – 149 deaths in 4-3. Runner up – 132 in 10-4.

Lives remaining at game’s end – 798

Also, major, major props go to @MikeSuskie and @Boiteabebelles for letting me lean on them when times were hard. They had good advice when I needed it, and sometimes it was just enough to know that someone else out there felt my pain. And joy.

Games: In other games news, it seems like a whole pile of things popped up out of nowhere, and I went from having not enough to play to having too much. It's a good problem to have, to be sure, but it's tough to find enough time to cover everything that deserves it.

Here are some quick mentions…

Ultra Street Fighter IV. (PS3/360) It's an add-on to the core game that brings four new characters and a bunch of other stuff. It's been a long time since I played Street Fighter with any proficiency so it's hard for me to pick up on all of the nuances, but Poison and Elena have been added to the roster, and in my book that's a big plus.

Z-Run. (Vita) This is a small game made by a small team that’s an auto-runner similar to Temple Run or One Epic Knight on iOS, except that it feels a little richer thanks to having actual controls. Basically, you play as a survivor trying to hoof his way out of the apocalypse, so you're dodging obstacles and whacking the undead. Or jump-kicking. Jump taking the undead works too. This one is a great idea, but it seems like it needs a little more time in the oven. Still, enjoying it in short bursts.

Blue Estate. (PS4) This is an on-rails shooter based on a comic book I'm never heard of, but it's a pretty interesting -- not only does it work well with the PS4 controller’s motion functions,  it also looks great and it's got a lot more of a story than you might expect. Also, whoo boy, is this one for the grown-ups. It’s got loads of salty language and one of the main characters is a stripper named Cherry Popz, so I'll let you fill in the rest.

Besides those, there've been a few other things that I would’ve liked to get to -- Shovel Knight, Battle Princess of Arcadias, the State of Decay: Lifeline expansion and the X-Blaze: Code Embryo visual novel among others, but there are only so many hours in the day and I don't have enough time for what I’ve already got. Still, some of these might be worth looking into if you have availability on your own personal gaming agenda…

NIS America is happy to announce that Fairy Fencer F will be available for digital and physical release for the PlayStation®3 in North America on September 23 and in Europe on September 26!

Developed by COMPILE HEART, Fairy Fencer F is a turn-based RPG that features character art by Tsunako (Hyperdimension Neptunia series), as well as concept art by Yoshitaka Amano and music by Nobuo Uematsu who are both renowned for their work on the classic Final Fantasy series.

Key Features:

Robust Combat System – Witness the next evolution of Hyperdimension Neptunia's battle engine! Move your characters in a fully 3-D environment as you link combos in thrilling turn-based combat! Exploit enemy weaknesses to trigger Avalanche Attacks and watch your party gang up on opponents! Send your enemies sky high with Launch Attacks, then follow up with an Air Attack to send them crashing back to Earth! And if fights get really tense, simply transform into your upgraded Fury Form and really bring the pain!

Untold Levels of Customization – Use the Furies you collect to give your characters powerful abilities, or use them to customize dungeons to your exact specifications! Need a little more "oomph!" in your swing? We've got a Shaping Effect for that! Want some extra experience points after battle? We've got a Shaping Effect for that too! But what if you're a masochist who wants everyone—allies and enemy alike—to deal DOUBLE damage? Oh, you best believe we've got a Shaping Effect for that!

Artistic Pedigree – Enjoy the dulcet tones of renowned composer Nobuo Uematsu, the composer for many of the Final Fantasy titles. With character designs by Tsunako (Hyperdimension Neptunia) and Yoshitaka Amano (Final Fantasy I-VI), the line between cute and menacing has never been more blurred!

Saturday, June 21, 2014

Murdered: Soul Suspect, Entwined, 1001 Spikes, Luftrausers, and My Favorite Podcasts

Games: So, it took me forever (and really, it's not a long game) but I finally rolled credits on Murdered: Soul Suspect, and you know what? I really liked it a lot.

We really don't have enough detective stories and murder mysteries in gaming, so it's nice to get one that kept me guessing until the end. I genuinely did not know how it was going to turn out, and it was a nice surprise when I got there. Of course, I freely admit to not being the best at guessing who the guilty parties are when I watch or read mysteries, but hey.

Other high points? The voice acting was top-notch and I give major points for the game being mostly free of combat. The player will encounter a group of demons to be destroyed or avoided approximately once in every big "scene", but there are long, long stretches when all that’s happening is the player walking around to look for clues, and it was pretty cool.

Of course, it's got downsides like anything else does. The biggest thing is that Squeenix was crazy to release this at full price. Everything about the game screams "mid-tier experimental”, and it should've never hit retail for more than $30. At that price, I think people would be more willing to take a chance on something so unconventional, but when asking for the big bucks, it's hard to make the case. I’m not saying it's a bad game at all (because it's not!) but when 60 bones are on the line, it just doesn't stack up.

Apart from that, the biggest problem I had is that the autosaves kick in far too infrequently, and there's no manual save. As such, I found it tough to find time when I knew I would not be interrupted because I never wanted to lose progress in case I got called away, and it's impossible to predict when the game registers something significant enough to save.

Besides those things, the usual caveats apply. It's not totally polished, there are some weird hiccups here and there, and so on… The usual stuff you'd expect from a mid-tier title, but nothing major. If you’re a person like me who puts a lot of importance on the narrative and characterizations in games, Soul Suspect is worth checking out. There are plenty of places where it could improve, but these developers are totally on the right track. I hope they get the chance to make another one.

Earlier this evening I started (and finished!) and Entwined on the PS4. I hadn't heard much about it, but the YouTube trailer looked like Brad-bait, so I took the plunge.

The gist of it is that the player controls a fish and a bird at the same time (one on each stick) and they fly down a cylinder in space. The player must maneuver each of them independently through hoops that match the color of the animal, and at the end they merge into a dragon to fly around. Aaaaaand that’s it.

I really dig the aesthetics and it seems like there are the beginnings of some cool things here, but my biggest takeaway is that it just doesn't feel finished or even very well-thought out. For instance, it seems like it's trying to tell some sort of a story, but there's nothing there apart from some extremely vague impressions. Likewise, the gameplay is incredibly simple and I got tired of it about halfway through -- and the game is only about 90 minutes long, if that!

I kept waiting for the play to get deeper, the story to get richer, or for something interesting to happen, but what you see in the first level is what you get for the whole game, and it really doesn't develop any further.  It looks great in a trailer, but does not seem like something ready for prime time at all.

I've had a lot of time with the Vita lately, and I am quite proud to say that I finished 1001 Spikes a couple of days ago. This little hardcore platformer is difficult as fuck, and it was an exercise in hand-eye coordination and frustration management to make my way through, but I did it.

I honestly think it's a great game, but the difficulty does get out of hand in certain spots, especially at the end… I don't really want to spoil the surprise for anyone, but let's just say that once you get to the end, everything that came before it seems like easy mode. Still, totally recommended if you want to have your ass kicked for a while.

I can't remember if I mentioned it here at the blog before, but I've been dipping into Luftrausers, also on Vita. I had heard about this title about 14 billion times from other people, but it wasn't until I saw it on sale for $5 that I jumped in. It was definitely worth that price, and I had a great time with it…

The concept of 2D combat flying (plus physics!) is simple and the mechanics are solid, and in general, it's a great play-for-15-minutes game, but I do have to say that it doesn't feel as balanced or polished as it should. Some of the in-game "missions" are incredibly tough, and rely on randomly-generated conditions before they can be completed.

Apart from that, there's a mode called "SFMT" that unlocks after you beat one of the sky-filling blimps, and that mode is so incredibly hard that I rarely last more than ten seconds. I don't understand what kind of superhuman is able to play SFMT, but it's disappointing to know that I probably won't ever be able to complete the game because of it. Still, I enjoyed it for a good long while, and would certainly recommend it to action lovers on the Vita.

Podcasts: A couple of quick shout-outs to some podcasts that I really dig --

First up is GaymeBar. I think I've been following this one for about a year or so, and I have to say, the discussions between the three hosts are incredibly intelligent and insightful. I may not always agree with their final verdict on certain games, but I feel like I always learn something when I listen to them, whether it's their perspective on social issues, or in-depth examination of a title I hadn't considered before. There's also quite a bit of humor and general commentary, although it never reaches obnoxious levels the way that it does on some other podcasts. There's usually a fair bit of chatter at the beginning, so if you're a person (like me!) who doesn't go in for a lot of non-game talk, just hang tight. Once the guys get into the games, it's some of the best game chat I’ve heard.

Next up, readers of Coffeecola will know I have much love for Josh and Jay’sExcellent Videogame Show (featuring Rowan Kaiser) and that remains true to this day. These guys have a great chemistry between the three of them, and having listened to them for quite some time, it's nice to hear the way they work in callbacks and references. It’s almost like they're doing a comedy routine, and I mean that in the best possible sense. However, much like Gaymebar, when these guys start talking about titles in detail, they get into it quite honestly and call it like they see it. The lack of bullshit is pretty refreshing, and they make me laugh.

Finally, a mention for Chic Pixel Plus, from my friend @ApricotSushi. I think she does an absolutely fantastic job as host, and while I can't claim as much knowledge or as deep an appreciation for Japanese stuff as she can, she manages to make it all quite interesting, and the guests she chooses are thoughtful and well spoken. This pod is pretty much a must-listen for any Japanophile, and even if you're not much into that side of things, just hearing the way she runs her show is worthwhile.

Of course, there are plenty of other shows that I listen to, but I can’t get into all of them in detail now. Apologies to those I didn't get into, but I still love Cane & Rinse, Gameburst, The Dark Souls Two, Snap Judgment, Experience Points, and The Lonely Tardis!)

Friday, June 13, 2014

45 Minutes with the Destiny Alpha on PS4

Games: Spent about 45 minutes with the new Destiny alpha on PS4 tonight, and streamed it as well.

Although I’m not a Halo fan, I've been pretty interested in this one ever since I went to Bungie headquarters last year for a quick peek. Although there weren't many hard details at the time, I got a general sense of what they were shooting for, and now that I've had hands-on, I'm happy to see that it basically ended up as exactly what I was expecting, in a good way.

Here’s a quick rundown.

I started things by making a Warlock-class character, and there were two other classes available. There were a decent amount of customization options (male/female, human/alien/robot) although I expected that more details would be able to be changed. Maybe later. Still, I was able to create someone who looked reasonably like my beloved FemShep, and that was what I was aiming for.

Once my character was made, I was put into a mission in Russia, and the area was quite open and easy to navigate. The game controls just like you’d think a Sci-Fi FPS should, with everything being standard except for the "special ability" mapped to the L1 button. In my case, it was a sort of purple magic grenade. Also, my melee was an energy burst/push-back sort of thing, mapped to R1. After leveling up once, I also unlocked a super move triggered by L1+R1 -- sort of a super fireball, and it was neat to see the camera pull back to show me throwing it in third-person.

After messing around some more, I found that the controller’s touchpad brings up a little robotic buddy that comes with you (looks like the little Bits from Tron) and while it’s active,  you can leave the level and return to homebase, or you can summon a vehicle at any time. My ride looked a bit like a speederbike from Return of the Jedi, but there are slots in the menu for plenty of other types, it seems. Again, I was happy to see the camera go into third-person for the vehicle section. Also, the homebase sections are in third as well. I'm not the biggest fan of first-person viewpoints, so I appreciated multiple opportunities to see my character, and not just her hand holding a gun.

The first mission was to cross the area and enter a large structure to find out what the aliens were hiding in there. This felt like a story-oriented sort of thing. The second mission was more freeform, with assignment markers scattered in the level, able to be started at-will. One had me collecting resources from downed aliens, one had me scouting the scene, and two were just ‘kill X number of dudes’, but the action was tense and enjoyable.

Towards the tail end of my playtime, I came across a few other real players who were in the same area that I was, and that was a neat occurrence. I’ve said this before and it still holds true now-- Destiny strikes me as a higher-octane version of Defiance, and that's a good thing. It's got the same open-world sort of philosophy, the same drop in/drop out co-op, similar use of vehicles, and other ideas that seem to be in the same ballpark. Of course, Destiny looks and feels about 42,000,000 times more polished than Defiance, but their cores are similar, and since I had a blast with Defiance, I’m expecting that’ll hold true here as well.

You had a good run, Defiance, but I'm pretty sure it's over now...

After the clearing the mission, I went back to base and chilled out for a bit… It's a standard sort of city-like hub, small in size with some merchants to get things from and a few people to talk to, but it seems like this place is still under construction. More to come here, I’m certain.

Overall, this was a super-positive first impression, essentially delivering exactly what I expected with a few extra surprises. I'm definitely looking forward to some co-op with friends and to get a taste for what the other missions are like. So far though, Destiny seems like a big thumbs up.

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Book Signing, Murdered: Soul Suspect, 1001 Spikes and No E3 Talk.

Books: I'm going to be appearing at the Indie Book Fair in Seattle this weekend in support of my latest, Speaking in Forked Tongues

If you’re in the area and you’d like to pick up a physical copy and have it signed, come on down!

Games: E3! E3! E3!

No, I'm not there but there's been an absolute avalanche of news and previews coming out over the last couple of days. I'm not going to attempt to cover it in any way, shape or form at the moment -- there are a thousand sites out there that are doing a great job, so it's going to be business as usual tonight. I may have some things to say about it once the dust has settled, but for right now it's Coffeecola, for better or worse.

Anyway, I've been ridicu-busy with real-life stuff lately so I haven't been able to keep up my usual speedy turnaround, but I have been plugging away at a few things.

First up is Murdered: Soul Suspect.  This one seems to be a real hot-or-cold one with reviewers in general, but me? I'm liking it.

The gist is that the player takes control of a detective who is murdered, but immediately comes back as a ghost before setting out to solve the case and catch the bad guy. The premise is a strong one and the voice acting is great, but what's really selling me on the title is just how weird it is in relation to modern design sensibility.

I believe it was my friend @DavidRobots who said that it struck him as something from the PS2 era, back when we were treated to all manner of strange things that took a lot of chances and rarely conformed to any one genre. That’s a smart observation, and one I agree with.

Since the player is a ghost, there's extremely little combat so far (you get chased by the occasional demon here and there, but it hardly comes up) so most of the time is spent walking around and looking for clues. Once you find a few, you have to string together semi-logical statements that progress the story, basically solving each step of the case as you go.

It's far from perfect and there’s all sorts of weird things happening in both the design and tech side, but it's really clicking with me. I like the main character, I like the idea of walking around as a ghost and just taking things in, and the developers do a pretty good job of crafting an interesting world. I'm not very far in (only the third or fourth major scene) but it's definitely keeping my interest and I like what I've seen so far.

Square-Enix was bonkers for launching this as a standard $60 game, though – I’d have a much easier time recommending it a $20-$30.

Also, though I'm still playing it, I just turned in my review for Monster Monpiece on the Vita.

I won't get into it too much now since you'll be able to read it soon, but in a nutshell, it's a really great CCG-like wrapped in a lot of T&A and saddled with some of the most insipid, immature touch controls I've ever seen. I genuinely enjoy the game and think it's very well-made in most aspects, but those touch controls are just too much. Someone, somewhere really needs to grow the fuck up in a serious way.

Speaking of the Vita, mine’s getting a lot of play these days, as I'm also working on 1001 Spikes, a 2-D platformer that’s as hard as hateful nails.

To be fair, it's excellently made and there's a ton of content for people who want to dig into it, though it needs to be unlocked via a few different ways. For those who have the patience and the skill, it is a title worthy of respect.

On the other hand…IT IS SO HARD. Although I don't want to say that it's cheap or unfair, it's definitely a big believer in the "try and die" mentality, and demands a super-high level of attention and total focus from the player in order to progress.

I definitely like it it and I'm still working on the campaign, but there have been moments when I wonder how much the dev hated humanity for creating some of these levels. I've ragequit a few times, but then I inevitably come back to it after I cool off. The fact that I keep coming back to it says something about its quality, really.

Movies: I'm pretty late to the party on this one, but I saw X-Men: Days of Future Past a week or so ago, and I have to say I thought it was pretty damn boring.

Full disclosure, I was out of the X-Men (comics-wise) before DoFP came out, so I have no nostalgia for it from the books. I knew the gist, but it's not like I went into the film waiting to see specific beats or knowing it as someone who was more of a fan might.

Long story short (and no spoilers) I thought the characters made some extremely poor decisions that weren't really backed up in the movie, the action wasn't very exciting, and the film didn't do a great job of drawing me in.

I had a much better time with Captain America: Winter Soldier, and in general, I like the way that Marvel is doing the movies on that side of the divide better than the way the X-Men and Spider-Man have been going. Hopefully all of the licensing rights will get worked out at some point, and the whole Marvel universe will get the same cohesive treatment.


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Sainsbury’s is running an in-store campaign to raise awareness of alcohol units, promote lighter-style wines and encourage consumers to manage their drinking responsibly.

The Oxford Wine Co has appointed Marcia Waters MW as wine buyer.

Naked Wines ad banned

04 January, 2012

A Naked Wines ad offering its customers their money back has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority.

Booker is launching a campaign that aims to draw 2 million extra shoppers to independent retailers.

Thomas Woolrych, currently head of buying at Laithwaites, has been promoted to the role of wine director for the company’s US business.

One in five off-licences targeted by Trading Standards officers in Warwickshire was selling alcohol suspected to be fake or illicit.

Sainsbury’s is tipping gin as a top-selling spirit this Christmas.

Morrisons is trialling a range of new initiatives to make its drinks aisles more accessible.

£10 fizz leads price charge

09 December, 2011

Asda was selling £10 bottles of Champagne this week as the supermarkets’ battle for hard-up consumers’ Christmas drinks budgets hotted up.

Oddbins is giving away turkeys this Christmas.

Majestic trials TV ads

25 November, 2011

Majestic is broadcasting its first ever TV ads in a pilot scheme to attract supermarket wine shoppers.

Wine Rack opens 21st shop

22 November, 2011

Wine Rack has opened a shop in Radlett, Hertfordshire – bringing its estate to 21 shops.

Oddbins is enlisting the help of consumers to select a mixed case of wines for Christmas.

Profits up for Majestic

15 November, 2011

Majestic has grown pre-tax profits by 20% to £8.8 million in the half-year to September 26 – but saw like-for-like sales in shops drop for the six weeks after the period ended, it has reported.

Stores are preparing themselves for a bleak Christmas as economic indicators show poor retail footfall and low consumer confidence.

Naked Wines has been named the UK’s Online Business of the Year at the National Business Awards 2011.

Supermarket trading slowed in October, suggesting that shoppers are holding off Christmas shopping in the hope of getting better deals closer to the festive season, according to Nielsen.

Oddbins has put three wines priced by its customers in a blind tasting on shelves today (November 4).

Wine Rack will fall short of its planned target of reaching 30 stores by the end of 2010.

The newly relaunched Oddbins chain is exploring sites as it considers expanding next year.

Nicolas is gearing up for its annual wine and spirits fair on November 11-12.

Sun boosts drinks sales

14 October, 2011

September’s record-breaking temperatures have given the drinks sector a huge boost, pepping up a tough summer for sales.

Sainsbury’s new BWS chief has pledged to deliver more consistency across its retail channels and put a greater emphasis on consumer needs.

Drinks retailers remain attractive investment prospects despite the economic conditions, according to Majestic’s chief executive Steve Lewis.

Waitrose will be making its drinks range as diverse and premium as possible as it rolls out its Little Waitrose smaller-format convenience stores.

Sheffield wine merchant Michael Menzel has died aged 70, after a battle with cancer.

Retailers who benefit from the proposed minimum pricing legislation in Scotland should have a windfall tax imposed on them, according to a leading Scottish Conservative.

Alcohol Concern claims to have found a link between the density of off-licences and under-age drinking.

The government needs to do more to promote town centre shopping and place less emphasis on out-of-town retail parks, the Association of Convenience Stores says.

Shop rents are falling in real terms and landlords are taking an increasingly flexible approach, according to new data.

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Road test: 2007 Jaguar XJR Portfolio

The great thing about having a soapbox from which to pontificate is that you can delude yourself into thinking that people are actually listening. Thus, like a constituent to a politician, every reader who writes in to congratulate you on your insight into the latest Ford fiasco represents 20,000 like-minded readers all nodding in agreement. That pissed-off enviroweenie you bad-mouthed last week is a sign that a nerve was touched. As long as the grand fromage at the other end of the National Post office isn’t complaining, there’s no such thing — as they say in Hollywood–as bad publicity.

But nothing strokes a motor scribe’s ego like the delusion that automakers are taking heed of your sage advice. It is vindication of your decision to shun the engineering degree your mother insisted you get. Truly, then, have you moved mountains.

Thus, you (or is it just me?) look for any indication that you have influenced the automobiles you drive. Therefore, I’m taking full and complete credit for Jaguar’s new XJR Portfolio. Quite literally nothing more than an XJR with a few styling flourishes, the most important of which is the leaping feline-embossed aluminum “power vent” along its side, the Portfolio is nonetheless important because it dresses up what has otherwise been a plain- Jane Jaguar.

Jag’s big XJ sedan has been taking it on the chin for not being daring enough in the styling department. Indeed, since the new car needed a higher waistline for safety standards and a longer wheelbase to compensate, it looked a little slab-sided. The new cast-aluminum slash — originally designed for the XKR sports car — breaks up all that acreage of monotone paint. This is the ugly duckling who, with a mere haircut, emerges as the beautiful swan.

My influence — so I contend — is that Jaguar actually addressed this problem last year. The reason you didn’t notice is that it tried this styling exercise on the exclusive Super V8. The Portfolio version of that car ran a far-too-expensive-for-the-brand $155,000 and only five were imported into Canada, so, if you weren’t at Bistro 999 about a year ago, you wouldn’t have seen one. I, for one, castigated Jaguar mightily for not making the same flourish available to less wealthy robber barons and potentates.

Instead of tacking on needless luxuries of the type that lifted the Super V8’s price out of the stratosphere, the Portfolio version of the XJR costs only (and, yes, the irony of that “only” is not lost on me) $114,000, $8,000 more than the cooking-variety XJR. That gets those much needed power vents, some chrome tailpipe bits, an aluminum weave veneer to make the interior look high-tech and some seriously bitchin’ 20-inch dubs that Jaguar calls Callisto. Jaguar, as I mentioned, has been criticized for the new XJ’s overly retro styling. Let me assure you that this latest version gets some much deserved attention.

Of course, the car is still an XJR, which has much to be commended. The engine is a supercharged 4.2-litre V8. It boasts 400 horsepower and, even if that’s not enough to see off the latest from Mercedes and BMW, there’s buckets full of low-end torque. The big sedan may not be the absolute quickest over a quarter mile, but punch it through an intersection and it feels much more than just fast enough.

Engine power is aided by the fact that the car’s entire chassis is constructed of aluminum. And, unlike the Audi A8, which also uses the lighter-than-steel metal for its superstructure, the Jaguar shows a substantial weight advantage over its competition. The XJR weighs 1,690 kilograms, 100 or 200 fewer kilos than its direct competition. It allows that 400 hp to scoot the Portfolio to 100 kilometres an hour in just 5.3 seconds while achieving a fuel economy rating of 13.9 litres city and 9.1 litres highway per 100 kilometres — quite frugal compared with most of its competition.

Inside, the Portfolio — save for the aforementioned faux aluminum trim and slightly different leather — is pure Jaguar. That means it’s warm and cozy, though those who regularly dine on creme brulee or anyone who has ever blocked a Michael Jordan fade-away jump shot might find it a little too cozy. That, however, has always been a Jaguar trait. What’s new is that the interior is quite high-tech with a wonderful Alpine audio system, audible warnings from the radar-controlled cruise control system and one of those usually infernal onboard computers. This last comes in for special commendation because my Luddite self actually gets along with it. It’s a touch screen affair and, if it lacks any features its German competition can boast, it more than makes up for it by being simple to use.

Jaguar has gotten a little lost lately (that’s me being understated, by the way), what with the X-Type not achieving its goals and the S-Type getting decidedly long in the tooth. The XK proves that Jaguar designers know how to pen an evocative shape, and this latest version of the XJ, despite its relatively minor alterations, is quite the looker.

In fact, I think Jaguar Canada should only import the Portfolio version of the XJR. You’re listening, right?

Type of vehicle Rear-wheel-drive, luxury sedan

Engine Supercharged 4.2L DOHC V8

Power 400 hp @ 6,100 rpm; 413 lb-ft of torque @ 3,500 rpm

Transmission Six-speed automatic

Brakes Four-wheel disc with ABS

Tires P255/35ZR20

Price: base/as tested $114,000/$116,300

Fuel economy L/100 km 13.9 city, 9.1 hwy.

Standard features Power door locks, windows and mirrors, air conditioning, AM/FM/CD audio system, navigation system, cruise control, power sunroof, leather seats, heated front seats, six air bags, radar adaptive cruise control, Enhanced Computer Active Technology suspension

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Does your business need a Buy Sell Agreement? Unless it is a sole proprietorship, yes, you do need a Buy Sell Agreement. As Detroit-based business attorney Zana Tomich explains in this video, the Buy Sell Agreement is vital to protect the interests of business owners and the viability of the business itself.

Buy Sell Agreements are also known as Shareholder Agreements, Shareholder Restriction Agreements or simply provisions of an Operating Agreement. They are extremely important to businesses that wish to remain closely held after an outside offer or departure, death, disability, divorce or deadlock.

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Tour the City visits Dublin Castle

There’s a real temptation to just list all the countries represented at the tour but that would be setting a dangerous precedent for future recap pieces- rest assured it was a lot, 5 continents in attendance. This is the first in a series of short blogs that will outline what went on during our outings with Tour the City; a glimpse into our work for curious observers, or those looking to get involved themselves.

The weather encouraged a sizeable group of participants to come from various reception centres, predominantly the Balseskin and Hatch Hall residences. Thanks to the hospitality of Dublin Castle, we were allowed free entry to roam the halls and take in the former hub of English rule in Ireland. The troubled history of the Castle provided an ideal conversation starter, allowing volunteers and participants to recount our respective histories of British colonialism- who knew imperialism had a silver lining?

The hum of conversation is always the highlight of the tours and the ‘four seasons’ gardens were an idyllic setting for lunch. There were tour participants who hadn’t been in Ireland a week and the pristine garden, in such nice weather, could easily mislead anyone about the reality of life here. Then again, this is the essence of the project, to provide a momentary respite from the debilitating routine of life in direct-provision; brief moments of tranquillity should not be taken for granted.

March 2018 – a group of STC local volunteers with Direct Provision Accommodations Centres residents visiting Dublin Castle.

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Audible, an Amazon-owned company, has made hundreds of their audiobooks available to children for free during the COVID-19 crisis.

As the largest audiobook listening platform in the country, Audible posted on their website, “For as long as schools are closed, we’re open.” Noting, “Kids everywhere can instantly stream an incredible collection of stories.”

Normally fee-based via a monthly subscription, kids can stream stories for free with a simple click (no sign-up or sign-in) from a desktop or laptop computer, tablet, or phone.

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Tasmania’s regions are reaping enormous economic gains from the state’s growing tourism sector according to new figures.

The new Regional Tourism Satellite Accounts data for 2017-18 shows that more Tasmanians are working in tourism and locals are benefitting from the increasing spend of visitors.

We know that across the country around 44 cents of every tourism dollar is spent in our regions, on accommodation, food, and attractions or even at the local service station – each and every transaction supports our communities and local jobs.

This was confirmed in the data, which shows that in the regions of Hobart and the South more than 17,000 workers were employed both directly and indirectly by tourism, up 6.7 per cent on the previous year.

In the North West and on the West Coast more than 6,600 people are employed because of tourism, and in Launceston it’s around 7,500.

Tasmania’s East Coast has 2,500 workers in the tourism industry, increasing 17 per cent on the previous year.  This leads the country with more of its workforce employed because of tourism than any other region, accounting for an incredible 49 per cent, or almost one in two workers..

Tourism’s economic contribution is also increasing. In Hobart and the South tourism’s total Gross Value Added (GVA) was up 8.6 per cent to $1.2 billion, on the East Coast it was up 19.2 per cent to $132 million, in the North West it was up 22.4 per cent to $378 million, the West Coast was $52 million up 12.0 per cent and Launceston and the North recorded $467 million, a small drop of 0.3 per cent, caused by a fall in the indirect or flow-on effects of tourism.

These figures highlight the undeniable importance of tourism to our regions. Tourism improves the lives of Tasmanians. A strong tourism industry means more jobs, greater investment and better infrastructure.

It also has the often immeasurable ability to transform and diversify our regional communities, bringing enormous social, environmental and cultural gains. This is why we are committed to ensuring every region shares in the benefits and will make regional tourism the centrepiece of our Tourism 2030 Plan.

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A 64-Year-Old And A 7-Year-Old Give Each Other Life Advice In This Endearing Video.

What happens when you sit down two people 57 years apart in age and have them ask each other questions about life? Facts decided to try it out, and the result is one of the best things we’ve seen in quite sometime. The two ask each other a series of questions including what the worst thing about being young/old is, and whether or not they wish they were old/young. There’s something so effective about the stark contrast between where these two are at in their lives. The sage wisdom and advice of the 64-year-old juxtaposed with the innocent curiosity of the 7-year-old really makes you think about things in a different perspective. Check out the video below, and let us know what you think in the comments section! We’re curious to see if this had as big of an impact on you as it did on us. Also, you might want to have a box of tissues nearby.

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Valentina Miorandi: Heuristic Records: If I look after the sounds, will the senses look after themselves?

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Stemming from Newtonian mechanics, we are used to thinking about the world as made up of objects that exist prior to their exchanges. The following flickering reflections propose the exact opposite: “individuals exist due to interactions and, furthermore, even matter exists as a phenomenon”. 2 Quantum mechanics, specifically the experiments with particles, have taught us that the world is a continuous and restless swarm. It is a coming to light and disappearing of continuous ephemeral entities; a composition of vibrations, of waves and invisible possibilities. It’s a world not of things but of entanglements. For electrons the only way to exist is through interaction. It’s a world of encounters. This approach of facing “the” reality stems from an involvement-based project -titled “Heuristic Records”- that combines discursive practice as a methodology of work in order to create entanglements.


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With a bone-handled knife, he whittled splinters from a wood waterdragon no larger than his thumb. The solitude suited him, removed from the chaos of the warrens that crowded the dingy expanse below the city’s lowest tier. The welcome there was cold anyway, harsh enough to get a half-blood gutted. His slanted eyes, blue as rime, and three-fingered hands gave his heritage away.

The three pylons supporting Mur-Vallis soared into the vast night sky. Their lighted tiers lay open like petals on an alien flower, soft-edged and overlapping, the upper layers diminishing in size while increasing in opulence.

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Ocean Township, born February 21st, 1849, is an approximately 11 square mile suburban community located in Monmouth County NJ. Major neighborhoods include Wayside, Colonial Terrace, Wanamassa, Oakhurst, West Allenhurst, West Deal, Deal Park and Shadow Lawn Manor.  Here are some helpful links to learn more:

Ocean Twp Website

Township of Ocean School District

Ocean Twp on Wikipedia

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Ocean Township is broken up into the following communities, West Allenhurst, Wanamassa, Oakhurst, Wayside, Colonial Terrace and Deal. Here are the links to properties exclusively in those areas:

Wanamassa    West Allenhurst    Oakhurst    Wayside    Colonial Terrace    Deal Park

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The asTTle assessment tool was designed to provide reliable and valid assessment information for teachers and students to enhance teaching and learning. This supports the shift in understanding of best educational practice from an emphasis on assessment of learning to assessment for learning. See TKI links for more information on Assessment for Learning.

The development of e-asTTle continues, from asTTle V4, the emphasis on assessment for learning and enhances the manner in which assessment information can be collected and used to help students learn. It is important, with the use of any assessment tool, that there is a clear understanding and explanation of the philosophy which underpins it. If a tool is not used as it was intended, the information it provides risks being unreliable and invalid. It is essential that the users of e-asTTle (both teachers and students) understand the purpose and principles which underpin its development and use.

The purpose of every e-asTTle assessment should be to determine what the student now knows and what they might learn next. The assessment should provide this information to both the students and to the teacher[1]. The assessment should not be about only obtaining a score, although it may well be about wanting to monitor and celebrate progress. The key is the interpretation of any score or information from an assessment and a major function of e-asTTle is to assist in providing these interpretations.

Assessment is a collaborative endeavour between the teacher and the student where both want to determine what the student knows and what might be learnt next. Therefore a major role that the teacher has is to manage the learning culture of the classroom to maximize students' motivation to engage keenly with assessment. If any student is less than fully engaged in the test, the results for that student may be less reliable.

Helping students see why something is important is more likely to trigger their personal desire to learn and this desire is an incredibly powerful force that can carry learners through repeated disappointments and difficulties.
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It is not possible, of course, to suddenly convert long-term, determinedly disengaged students into engaged students just for an assessment. It is necessary to persistently use pedagogical approaches that are consistent with the principles of assessment for learning to maximise the chances that the students will be engaged with their learning and that they will therefore look forward to the assessment. However, there are some guidelines for teachers to follow that will help develop students' understanding of why and how to use assessment well. They demonstrate, in practical terms, how the tool can best be used to provide reliable information that enhances student learning.

For the teacher

  • Before any new e-asTTle assessment is administered (irrespective of whether it is individual, class or whole school), students should have the opportunity to reflect on the assessment information from their last assessment, if this is available. You should enable them to discuss, with you or with a peer, how they have felt their learning since that assessment has gone - what they are confident they now know and what they still find difficult - and what they think this new assessment might show. If the students see personal value can accrue from an assessment they are more likely to engage and perform optimally. The student and teacher can also consider whether this is a good time for a new assessment. You need to find a way of enabling every student to feel comfortable with this discussion.
  • Wherever possible, you should design the assessment with the students. This is sometimes not possible for whole-school or department or cohort assessment where there is staff agreement about the test parameters, but frequently this can be done. This enables students to discuss the criteria for test creation with you so that they are confident the test will provide the best information about what they have been trying to learn. Even when the test is predetermined, it is still extremely important to tell the students why they are being tested, how it will still help them with their learning, and why it is important that they engage fully with it.
  • You need to ensure that the students are thinking about how to complete the assessment properly.
    • For younger students and poorer readers you do need to ensure that they understand the instructions for completing the test. Check that they complete the attitude questions and the practice questions correctly. Help those that have difficulty until you are certain they know what to do.
    • Make sure that all students know not to guess the answers. Guessing correctly will give them a better score but will not necessarily let them or you know what they should learn next. If they are confident they do not know the answer, they should leave the item unanswered. If they think they might have the answer, they should answer it. This advice goes against the traditional test instruction where emphasis is on getting as many answers correct as possible. Assessment for learning changes this emphasis to maximising information about what the student does and does not know and understand.
  • Always refresh your memory of the administration guidelines and instructions found at the beginning of the test, and follow them! If you vary these instructions then you need to make an adjustment to some of your interpretations when using the norming information - use your wise judgement here.
  • At the completion of each assessment, check that the assessment tasks were not too hard or too easy for the students. As a rule of thumb, any students who get fewer than 10% of the questions correct should be given an easier assessment. Similarly, any student who gets fewer than 10% of questions wrong should be given a harder assessment. The new assessment should be given within the next three days. An assessment that is too hard will not tell you what the student can do. An assessment that is too easy will not tell you what should be learnt next.
  • When the assessments have been marked, both you and the students should review the results and determine whether you feel they do give an accurate picture of what they know and can do. In particular, checks need to be made with any earlier tests to see if the pattern of progress shown makes sense. If there are any really discrepant results, the reasons should be determined as best you can (normally the student will know what went wrong) and remedial action taken as appropriate. Sometimes discrepant results can prompt checks on your own understanding of learning. Sometimes these checks can surprise. This is all good learning.
  • When all of these checks have taken place, and both you and the students are confident the results are sufficiently accurate, you can then use the information in planning for next learning.
  • Have the students analyse the results individually (from the Individual Learning Pathway and Student Progress Reports that are available to them on e-asTTle), as well as in groups. Explain any terms in the Individual Learning Pathway Report that they do not know. Ask them to establish what they think their next learning steps might be. Reinforce the view that successful learning is about effort and strategy rather than luck or ability.
  • Use the information to plan for next teaching and learning! One of those strategies is to use the What Next website, which provides an indexed set of resources to help you and the student work with appropriately targeted learning materials. Think about what has gone well, what has not been successfully learned, which students need different teaching…
  • asTTle reports can also assist in "assessment as learning" in helping you decide and share your expectations (for example, in deciding on the target distribution of levels in the class), with your colleagues to ensure a more common conception of progression across years, working together to identify gaps and strengths in programmes, assist in deciding on appropriate professional development.

[1] A valid e-asTTle assessment will also produce reports that will provide valuable information for parents, school managers and trustees to inform their own decisions about how they can best support further learning.

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I’m forced to use GoCD for deployments and stumble across limitations when using it more often than not.

Last thing that made me quite a headache was automatic locking of pipelines. In general this is a good idea. When the pipeline is triggered it is locked to prevent parallel execution which is a good thing when the pipeline deploys a stack of stuff in some cloud environment and you don’t want races of competing pipeline runs.

However if the pipeline errors prematurely the it stays locked. Until somebody bothers to unlock it in the UI. This is very possible in most cases as the pipelines have several steps that might break. I already included cleanup of debris but haven’t been able to unlock it automatically. That is until I had an idea for which I will most probably go to system engineering hell. But since I found quite a few instances of people asking how it can be done on the Interwebs I thought I share it anyway.

The solution is to issue an API call to the GoCD server as last step in the failure case. Unfortunately this can’t be done directly as the pipeline is still running and therefore unable to unlock itself. The GoCD server will respond with an error stating the pipeline must not have active tasks to be unlocked. The answer is atd. It really shouldn’t be – but it works.

The first line removed any port number from the $GO_SERVER_URL which happens to have a non-default port in my case which is different from the port on the reverse proxy.

The at command schedules the API call after a minute to unlock the pipeline at a time when it is finished and the server allows unlocking again.

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Scott Ian says today’s version of Anthrax will be the only version of Anthrax until there is no Anthrax

By Steve Newton

Last year American thrash-metal band Anthrax released Worship Music, its first album in eight years. It was also the first one to feature singer Joey Belladonna—the group’s singer in its mid-’80s heyday—in over two decades. So would that qualify it as a “comeback” album? According to founding guitarist Scott Ian, why not?

What Anthrax has been doing “nonstop” since the early ’80s is test people’s eardrums with the type of metal that got them dubbed one of the “Big Four” of American thrash acts, along with Metallica, Megadeth, and Slayer. And now that the band has got its old singer back it plans on keeping him.

“I’ve gone on record saying this will be the only version of Anthrax until there is no Anthrax,” Ian declares. “That’s how I feel, absolutely, in my heart. I don’t see why we would do anything different. This band sounds so great; we made a great record. And I’m super-excited about the future of this band creatively.”

One of the things about the rejuvenated Anthrax that Ian is most psyched about is the energy Belladonna brings in a live setting; he argues that it’s right up there with that of Iron Maiden’s hyperactive Bruce Dickinson.

“There’s a certain maniacal energy that Joey has on-stage,” says Ian, “and that’s his thing. I mean, if I just compare him to our contemporaries in the Big Four, between James [Hetfield] and Dave Mustaine and Tom Araya you’ve got three frontmen that are all attached to the microphone—but Joey’s all over the place on-stage. He’s a maniac, and I always felt like that was one of the things that gave us the kick in the ass we needed way back when to be able to break through and make it, so to speak.”

When Ian’s not helping Anthrax bring the noise, the horror freak and zombie fanatic indulges his love of all things gory as host of the online program Fangoria’s Blood and Guts With Scott Ian, which is expected to premiere October 3 at

“It’s basically me going behind the scenes with a lot of the top effects people and them figuring out really fun ways to kill me,” he explains with a chuckle. “I get killed in almost every episode. I’m like Kenny from South Park.

“It’ll just be a web series,” he adds. “So now I can compare it to Jerry Seinfeld’s new Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. That’s something really cool and really successful, and it’s a web series. So now when people say, ‘What’s a web series?’ I can say, ‘Well, Seinfeld does one.’ ”

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Washington, D.C. ~ Portraits, Hoagies, Tacos, Indian food, Pub Grub

In the nation’s capital, we find plenty of restaurants, museums and people watching. Our first stop after the easy bus ride down from Philadelphia was Taylor Gourmet Deli (485 K St. NW). We ordered the meatball and cheesesteak. Meatballs gave us burps later on, and weren’t homemade; cheesesteak with American cheese was above average with good bread.DSC_0057

DSC_0056We walked off the food in the surprisingly fun National Portrait Gallery on 7th St. On 3rd floor is portraits of famous celebrities from the world of art and sport. But this super sized LL Cool J won as biggest surprise, I thought it would have been nice to have a smaller painting of the back seat of his jeep.

DSC_0073Jordyn liked the Michael Jackson.

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DSC_0088Giving our best Casey Stengel impressions.

Then Abe Lincoln

Spotting the FBI building, I couldn’t help think of the X-Files, and hope there was a couple of investigators working on the case of aliens who stole Mulder’s sister.

DSC_0098We wandered around and ended up at Oyamel (401 7th St. NW). Packed on a Wednesday night, we had some tequila (repasado–Tres Agaves was good), and plenty of tapas. Started with a tender Hawaiian fish ceviche, a mole and pork tamale, and a pork and beef taco. The beef taco was excellent and the fish was delicately delicious.

DSC_0119After a free concert featuring bassoon, cello and piano at the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts Millennium Stage, we walked up 24th street to Flavors of India (2524 L St. NW). It was nearly empty and the people in the booth were coughing from the spiciness of the curry. We ordered ours mild. It was the house special: a spicy chicken dish from Northern India served with the aromatic basmati rice, and the appetizer was a mixed grill plate. One of our favorite meals in D.C.

DSC_0043 We ate Chopt (Chinatown) twice for lunch. It’s a salad place where you choose everything you want and they chop it up, season it and put it in a recyclable bowl. It was delightfully filling and healthy lunch. Another fun lunch place was Cava Grill (707 H St.). It’s like a Mediterranean “make your own pita bowl.”

DSC_0001The most disappointing meal was at RFD Washington which had great beer selection and plenty of TV’s, the food was not so good. I had the crab cakes, tator tots and a turkey club. They were purely pub pickings. It fills you up for more consumption of hops, malt, yeast and water.

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Press Release – EBI welcomes Pr. Luca Enriques as a Fellow Academic Member

The European Banking Institute is very happy to welcome Pr. Luca Enriques as a Fellow Academic Member. Further to its Academic Members who represent the Universities which are members of the EBI, the Fellow Academic Members are part of the academic membership and have a seat in the Academic Board. They contribute to the activities of the EBI through their personal areas of research and activities and reinforce the EBI academic community in its endeavours towards cross-EU research and contribution to the policy debate. Pr. Luca Enriques, further to his role as Fellow Academic Member, will co-chair the EBI Task Force on FinTech with Pr. Dirk Zetzsche.

Luca Enriques is the Allen & Overy Professor of Corporate Law at the University of Oxford, Faculty of Law, and a Professorial Fellow at Jesus College, Oxford.

He has held visiting posts at various academic institutions including Harvard Law School, where he was Nomura Visiting Professor of International Financial Systems (2012-13), Cornell Law School (1999 and 2000), the Instituto de Impresa in Madrid (2005), the Radzyner School of Law at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya (2013-14), the University of Cambridge FacPress Release - Fellow Academic Member Pr Enriquesulty of Law (2014-15) and the University of Sydney Law School (2019).

Professor Enriques is a Research Fellow and member of the Board of the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI). He is one of the founding academic editors of the Oxford Business Law Blog.

He has published widely in the fields of company law, corporate governance and financial regulation.

Professor Enriques studied law at the University of Bologna before completing his LLM at Harvard Law School and working at the Bank of Italy while at the same time earning a Doctorate degree in Business Law at Bocconi University. He then became a member of the University of Bologna Faculty of Law (1999-2012). During that period, he was a consultant to Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and an adviser to the Italian Ministry of the Economy and Finance on matters relating to corporate, banking and securities law with a special focus on European Union policy initiatives. He was a Commissioner at Consob, the Italian Securities and Exchange Commission between 2007 and 2012 and Professor of Business Law at LUISS University, Department of Law, in Rome in 2013-2014.

Professor Enriques declared that he is “thrilled to join leading European banking law scholars in the EBI and is looking forward to working with them on top-quality research and policy-related projects.”


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Her Dreams vs. Ebola Series

More Than Me (MTM) works in the West Point slum of Liberia to get girls off the street and into school. Due to the Ebola outbreak, MTM had to shut down its academy and is now running an Ebola Response plan for West Point. Through fear and heartache, these girls hold tight to their dreams. And we can’t let Ebola get in the way of that.
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nicus, who was a Man very exact and dili-
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ther, from the year 1500 to 1530, and up-
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would carry it from any other.
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I will only mention
ſome of the chief:
Such were Joachinus Rhe-
ticus, an elegant Writer, Chriſtopherus Roth-
man, Mestlin, a Man very eminent for his
ſingular skill in this Science;
who though at
the firſt he were a follower of Ptolomy, yet
upon his ſecond and more exact thoughts,
he concluded Copernicus to be in the right,
and that the uſual Hypotheſis, praſcriptione Pref. ad
Narr at.
potiùs quàm ratione valet, do’s prevail more
by preſcription than reaſon.
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Eraſmus Reinholdus, who was the Man that
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Parks & Recreation: Diminishing Returns of Shrimp

This great, short clip comes from one of my principle’s students, Caitlin, this year.

While at an engagement party for Leslie and Ben, Chris starts to experience extreme mood swings and sadness because he’s lonely. Anne tries to cheer him up by bringing him a platter of shrimp. Chris takes a bite of the shrimp and exclaims “That’s amazing” then after taking another bite he says “This one’s not as good.”

Parks & Rec: Market Power

I was watching Parks & Rec with a friend one night and came across this great clip that showed market power of monopolies. Ron & Co. originally reserved 22 white vans from the local rental company for Leslie’s campaign. Right before voting day, the rental agency opted to rent the vans to someone else. A negotiation ensues.

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EDMONTON -- It happens roughly once a week.

The conversation goes something like this:

Dr. Simon Demers-Marcil ensures the person on the other end of the line is somewhere safe, perhaps, not behind the wheel of a vehicle.

Then, he breaks the news as respectfully as possible.

“There's no nice way to say it. The news is bad,” he told CTV News Edmonton.

“You usually just say that you have bad news and then you go on to say that the patient and their loved one has died.”

Typically, the conversation is private. But on Friday, thousands of others heard the Alberta doctor’s message.

That day, the province’s COVID-19 death tally rose to 462.

In the days since, the count has risen to 471.

One of Demers-Marcil’s ICU patients was among those who succumbed to the disease.

While he was on the phone informing the patient’s family, his photograph was taken, unbeknownst to him and posted to social media on Friday.

In the picture, Demers-Marcil is on his knees. One hand cradles his head while the other holds the phone to his ear.

“I’m not an artist,” he told CTV News Edmonton. “But I guess I was impressed by the emotion that the picture conveyed. Looking at it from a third-person perspective and forgetting it was me in the picture.”

These kinds of conversations aren’t unfamiliar to the respirologist at Calgary’s Peter Lougheed Centre, who has been trained in how to tell someone their loved one has died.

But the pandemic has changed the duty. More often now, the conversation happens over the phone. In the exceptional case family has been allowed in the hospital, their grief and that of the staff is masked – literally. Frequently, the patient died alone.

To care for someone and share in their last moments is an equally stressful and rewarding responsibility, Demers-Marcil said.

“I'm just so grateful some people are able to relate to the some of the emotions that we feel as health care workers on a daily basis,” he told CTV News Edmonton.

“Everyone feels the weight of this pandemic after the many months that we've been in this…

“And I hope that they understand that they have an impact, too.”

As of Saturday, the province had 11,274 active cases. Since the start of the pandemic, Alberta has counted in total 45,300 of Canada’s 322,100 COVID-19 cases.

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1. Review the criteria for active ingredients in human compounding under 503A.
2. Discuss the regulation of peptides under federal law.
3. Assess FDA Guidance related to active ingredients for human compounding.
4. The background on regulation of biologics, and what falls within that biologics regulation?

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Remembering the Incomparable Maya Angelou

May 29, 2014

“We will not miss her because of what she did. We will miss her because of what she was in our national life. Over and above the achievements there was to Maya Angelou a presence, a warm thereness that are simply not duplicated anywhere in American popular culture. Sometimes to certain African-American women, once they have lived enough, seen enough, endured enough, there comes a certain … majesty, a serene formidability and regal grace that stem precisely from the realization that, having lived, seen and endured, nothing really frightens them anymore.”

Read the rest of syndicated columnist Leonard Pitts’ biographical tribute to Maya Angelou.

Related: On NPR’s All Things Considered, Wake Forest University professor of English and Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies, Mary DeShazer, talks about her colleague Maya Angelou.  Hear the 5-minute interview here.

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EHA Guidelines Workshop Pregnancy in Rare Inherited Anemia

EHA and the Scientific Working Group on Red Cells and Iron invite you to the first online workshop on the EHA Guidelines: “Recommendations for Pregnancy in Rare Inherited Anemias”.

This 1,5 hour workshop addressed patient cases in the context of the EHA Guidelines and illustrated their application in current clinical scenarios. A panel discussion with the lead authors of the EHA Guidelines addressed questions submitted by the virtual audience.

Live session date: November 25, 2020
Live session time: 16:00 - 17:30 CET
Chairs: A Taher (LB), A Iolascon (IT)

Click here to view the EHA guidelines (on HemaSphere)

This workshop is part of a series of six workshops, each focusing on one of the EHA Guidelines that have been or will be published soon. Registration for the full workshop series is free and the on-demand recordings are available on the platform.

Target audience

Hematologists, clinicians, transfusion medicine specialists.

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    By authors A Iolascon (Italy) & A Taher (Lebanon)
  • Clinical case presentation: Thalassemia and pregnancy
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The EHA Guidelines Workshops Series are offered on a virtual meeting platform, which also enables you to meet and interact with faculty and other participants. The access to the platform will be provided upon registration and grants you access to on-demand recordings of past workshops.

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Bigoted adverts still make it into Facebook

❝ After ProPublica revealed last year that Facebook advertisers could target housing ads to whites only, the company announced it had built a system to spot and reject discriminatory ads. We retested and found major omissions…

❝ Last week, ProPublica bought dozens of rental housing ads on Facebook, but asked that they not be shown to certain categories of users, such as African Americans, mothers of high school kids, people interested in wheelchair ramps, Jews, expats from Argentina and Spanish speakers…

Every single ad was approved within minutes.

The only ad that took longer than three minutes to be approved by Facebook sought to exclude potential renters “interested in Islam, Sunni Islam and Shia Islam.” It was approved after 22 minutes…

❝ Under its own policies, Facebook should have flagged these ads, and prevented the posting of some of them. Its failure to do so revives questions about whether the company is in compliance with federal fair housing rules, as well as about its ability and commitment to police discriminatory advertising on the world’s largest social network.

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We’re open for take-out, delivery and curbside pick up with Benihana online ordering. We are closely monitoring the release of stay-at-home orders and are thrilled to welcome you back to your Benihana restaurant as our dining rooms reopen. Our restaurants are going above and beyond the local requirements to ensure your health and safety.

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Santo Domingo Dating, Santo Domingo Singles, make friends online

Here is the quick list of my top five dating sites in the Dominican Republic. Today, the situation is completely different. Online dating in the Dominican Republic dating via either your desktop computer or a smartphone app is incredibly popular. Just like in many Latin American countries, the majority of Dominicans still meet their romantic partners via the tried and true methods, such as mutual friends, organizations, work, school, or church, etc; however, this online dating is very much mainstream.

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The rooms at Catalonia Santo Domingo Hotel offer amazing ocean views through panoramic windows. Most of the facilities at Catalonia Santo Domingo Hotel face the ocean. Catalonia Santo Domingo is the only hotel in the city offering 1, mts2 of meeting facilities located at the same floor level connected all though an elegant foyer. The hotel is located in a perfect location near to the Colonial Zone, Theaters and Comercial district.

If you need a room for a meeting there are many spaces to hold your business events and large or small functions, and they can all be assembled in accordance with your needs. There are many options for relaxing after work, including the Executive Lounge. On the boardwalk of Santo Domingo you will find the impressive Catalonia Santo Domingo hotel , standing right in front of the sea and affording stunning views.

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Trying to change life, is VoltBike Elegant Enough?

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Looking to make a big change in lifestyle by getting rid of second car and ebike commute to work. ~6 mile almost entirely on paved bike trail. Mostly flat. Two medium sized hills, one big enough to have switchbacks.

I'm 6' 2" and 275lbs. I need to be 190-200lbs. Ergo drastic lifestyle change to kick-start efforts.

Price point is a huge thing for me. Dont have much of a budget for this. To give u an idea my car is only worth ~$1k. I'd like to stay as close as possible to that same price for a bike.

The $700 bikes from Walmart and such don't look worth it? Based on EDR suggestion I was thinking about VoltBike Elegant. EDR says 350W motor but VoltBike website says 250W? Which is it and is the Elegant big enough and powerful enough for a guy my size? Not afraid to pedal (kinda the point) but would like edge to be taken off and minimize sweating on the "to work" trip.

Any advice is appreciated.

One other option that may work for you is a DIY Kit like a bafang mid drive BBs02 500-750w or BBSHD. Add a battery and you can be within your budget. If you don't have a bike to begin with guys on this forum can suggest some good bikes that will not break you pockets. Going down this route you will learn all about the in's and out of Ebikes.

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Many cheap dept store bikes aren't built strong enough for 1) your size 2) the motor 3) BRAKES! 4) the impacts that occur with much more force at speed if you DIY.
My demo had 14 miles on it.
Your ride is very easy, any E bike made will handle it easily.

Edit: that voltbike looks pretty darn nice for the price! BUT, I'd be concerned about only 3 speeds. My Haibike only has a single front ring and 11 spd cassette in back so 11 speeds and I often find myself in 1 or 2nd on my few hills. That bike may or "may not" assist you to the degree you'd like at the speed/cadence (pedal speed) YOU like. Over 300lbs of bike/rider is a good load uphill, as you know, and only 3 gears makes it unlikely to find the right gear for the right speed.
Going from climbing the steepest hill to the fastest top end speed in only 3 gears is tough.
My Hai is a mid drive and I find myself using pretty much all 11 gears. I don't think I'd want less than 8 for everyday use. I'm 240lbs and pretty strong, but hills are a much bigger deal the heavier you are. :)
Secondly, ALL step through frames are much less structurally strong compared to the top tube version. It's like cutting the roof off a car, it's impossible for the structure to be as rigid. Handling gets weird at speed, ok if you NEVER go 'too fast' (putt putt). If you enjoy handling and taking curves fast enough to get that nice zingy feeling, you don't want a step through!
Bigger deal the heavier you are..............
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Here's a different point of view. Hold off on the ebike for two months. Take a regular bike.

If the hill has switchbacks, it could be much tougher than I think, but a six mile commute ought to be doable on a regular bike in maybe 50 minutes if you're out of shape. As you get better, maybe 40 minutes. If you can do it in a half hour, that's really good progress. .

That ebike could be a good a reward when you've lost 20 pounds.

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I disagree with harry
think being out of shape it is better to get an electric bike first

Also think with an electric bike you will find you want to ride more and more and going 20 miles on it nonelectric would be tough at first and maybe discouraging

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Totally depends on what kind of condition he's in. If he's worked out 'some' or has a job with physical activity he's going to be miles ahead of someone sitting at a desk for the last X years. 6 mile there and back for 5 days is 60 miles.
If he's not been doing anything, he's not going to be able to do that, (butt will be too sore by the end of the week even if legs can handle it)
Doesn't sound like a lot to a regular cyclist. Sounds like a LOT to someone that hasn't been riding at all.
Not to mention he'll be arriving at work drenched in sweat if again, has been sedentary and is 75lbs overweight.

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I would probably consider ~500W or even 750W to cover you on the hills or to convince yourself on the days when you don't feel like it. Once on the bike it's easy to do more. I would be tentative of the Elegant's power personally(that's just me guessing)... sometimes it's just nice to have it when you need it, even if you don't use it all. Something like the Rad Rover might be fun.. @Court mentions it's quite a comfortable ride in the Cabo vid of recent.

Be prepared to outfit the bike with a better seat & some kind of thud buster & super padded bike shorts. Anything to help soften the contact with the dare-E-air. :)
Tapering into a full commute ride both ways for your anatomy's sake could be a smart thing. (IE. Drive half way, bike other half)
Consider making a trip to your LBS and test out they lay out of different bikes and see what works best.
Usually you can find the measurements of the bikes and then look for those figures in the future ebike. (LBS might have some good insight in biking in general with respect to body shape and fit to bike)
Make sure the bike is comfortable for your body and get one where the rotation of your legs is not obstructed.
A more aggressive ride can put a lot of weight transfer onto the arms.

Maybe a good used would be a nice start if looking for $1000 price point. Is that in USD dollars? - OR - a kit of some kind with a found comfy bike??

I am comfort biased. :D

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agree with cnugget i like having more battery and more power than i need

the radrover might be a good bike for you and have seen some used ones a little cheaperon craigslist , but not $700
for 6 miles maybe a sondors?? i dont think they have very big motors but for 6 miles it might work and i think they are around that costs..

where are you located, if you were close you could try some of mine out

cnugget makes a good point that even riding some non ebikes to find a style you like might be a good idea

the thing about ebikes is they are addictive and once you start riding you will want to ride more and more lol

good luck and let us know what you end up with


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My name is Guy Salens, owner of Electric Motorcycles News | THE PACK. First of all, I hope you are all well and safe in these weird times.

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