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Assassin’s Creed Unity Crashes Tied to Basic Gameplay Feature

Assassin’s Creed Unity Crashes Tied to Basic Gameplay Feature

Assassin’s Creed Unity is a game that has not exactly arrived to the sound of celebratory trumpets. Instead, it seems the game has arrived to the sound of horrifying screams at Unity‘s faceless monsters and sighs of prolonged frustration at the game’s constant glitching and crashing.

One of those crashes has been happening from the main menu since launch – pressing the start button crashes the game. Ubisoft announced today that they have uncovered the cause of the crashes; adding players to your game contacts list.

Yes, a feature that has been in Assassin’s Creed for multiple installments of the series is responsible for the game breaking crashes. Adding recent players to the game contacts list on any platform is somehow causing the game to completely fail. Players are not encouraged to add any new players to the list and delete previously added contacts in order to halt the crashes.

Is it too late to reclassify Assassin’s Creed Unity as an Early Access title? Because this is what it feels like – glitches of this level, from a company with the size of Ubisoft that can afford a massive QA and test staff, are completely unacceptable. An independent title with this degree of failure would be tossed to the curb and demeaned – Assassin’s Creed Unity doesn’t deserve a pass just because it comes from AAA lineage.

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Texas Woman’s graduate student named 2018-19 Schweitzer Fellow

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July 18, 2018 - DENTON - Stephanie M. Lopez-Neyman, R.D.N., M.P.H., a Texas Woman’s University nutrition and food sciences Ph.D. student, will spend the next year developing a community health program through a prestigious Albert Schweitzer Fellowship.

Lopez-Neyman will develop “Living Well in My Food Environment” with CitySquare, a community partner in Dallas. The program builds upon the work of previous TWU Schweitzer Fellow recipient Roselyn Cedeno Davila’s program, “Speak Health!”.

“Speak Health!” focused on helping women take a more active role in their health. Lopez-Neyman plans to shift the focus to include low-income men and women. “Living Well in My Food Environment” will address community food environments' effect on dietary intake to help low-income adults adopt healthier lifestyles and prevent nutritional diseases.

“At TWU, I feel I have been equipped to seek out opportunities to develop innovative projects that can benefit underserved populations,” Lopez-Neyman said. “I have had the privilege of working with amazing past and current mentors that believed in my abilities and encouraged me to ‘go for it.’”

Lopez-Neyman will join 11 other Dallas-Fort Worth Schweitzer Fellows as they develop and implement service projects that address the root causes of health disparities in under-resourced communities, while also fulfilling their academic responsibilities. Each project is implemented in collaboration with a community-based health and/or social service organization.

“The Schweitzer Fellowship allows the fellows to not only learn how to innovate and lead, but also gives them the opportunity to learn from the community they work with as well as the rest of the fellows in their cohort,” said Courtney Roy, program director of the Dallas-Fort Worth Schweitzer Fellowship. “These students will have the chance to create positive change with the people they serve through their fellowship projects.”

Upon completion of their fellowship year, the 2018-2019 Dallas-Fort Worth Albert Schweitzer Fellows will become Schweitzer Fellows for Life and join a vibrant network of more than 3,400 Schweitzer alumni who are skilled in and committed throughout their careers to addressing the health needs of underserved people.

The Dallas-Fort Worth Albert Schweitzer Fellowship Program marks a unique collaboration between eight Dallas-Fort Worth universities. Housed at Southern Methodist University, supporting universities include Texas Woman’s University, the Baylor University’s Louise Herrington School of Nursing, Texas Christian University, the University of Dallas, University of Texas at Arlington, the University of Texas at Dallas and the UT Southwestern Medical Center.

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Here’s to 2014 (Back in the Saddle)

Above: me at the ruins of Apamea, Syria, on our 2008 London to Cape Town motorcycle adventure. Photo by Tom Smith.

After the emotional chaos of 2013, I have a good feeling about 2014. I now have objective evidence that my strength is slowly returning. First I was able to lift my right arm above my head, then I was able to lift one pound, and then two. A recent neurological power exam showed some modest improvement as well. The fasciculations, which had relentlessly persisted for the first several weeks after my surgery, have finally started to decrease in frequency, and now I only notice them after I exercise. For the first time, I am convinced that ALS is off the table. That is worth celebrating. Yes, I still have significant weakness and atrophy in my right shoulder and arm, and I will probably never recover to where I was before. But I believe I will recover to the point where I can practice medicine. I feel like I have been given a second chance at life. It feels good to have a goal: to regain enough strength to return to my residency training and become a Neurologist.

The emotional impact of facing my own death, and worse, becoming trapped in my own body, has forever changed me. I am not the same person I was before. I think how I feel now compares to the feeling that comes after a motorcycle or snowboarding crash: a lack of confidence, a sense of fragility instead of invincibility, and overall tentativeness. I have been reminded of how fleeting health, and life, can be.

My views on doctor-assisted suicide have also been shaped by believing I would die a slow horrible death from a degenerative neurological disease. I firmly believe that we should embrace doctor-assisted suicide as a society. I know this to be the right choice – not because of specific legal or ethical arguments, but because I felt it to be right when I faced my own death. There is no expunging a feeling that powerful. And as powerful as empathy may be, I don’t believe that a person can truly know how it feels until they face it themselves. I am excited that 20 years after Sue Rodriguez brought her case to the Supreme Court that another case may be heard soon arguing that the prohibition of doctor-assisted death in terminally ill patients is unconstitutional. Maybe the law will yet be changed.

There is no way that my experience as a patient could not impact me as a doctor. I always cared; I was always empathetic – but I think that this experience will only enhance those qualities. I have also witnessed the awesome power of a correct diagnosis first-hand. I was diagnosed within 48 hours of my first presentation to the EMG lab (thanks to Dr. McNeil and Dr. White). If I had not been a Neurology resident working at at tertiary care centre, how long would it have taken me to be properly diagnosed? Would I have been properly diagnosed at all? Reading similar case reports to my own case, I have found that no one was diagnosed correctly initially. In some cases the correct diagnosis took many years. I have been lucky enough to have had a surgical repair of my dural tear within a few months of first noticing my symptoms, which started 8 years after my initial CSF leak! How different would my life have been had I not been inspired to apply to medical school after my initial dural tear 8 years ago? A delay in surgery would almost certainly mean less chance of recovery.

I am looking forward to 2014. I am excited to get back in the saddle. As with every crash I’ve ever had, I expect my confidence to come back. It will just take some time. I am so thankful for the love and support I have received from my friends and family, and even complete strangers who have come across my story.

Looking back at my blog, I see that last year at this time I was concerned about the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Syria. Syria has always been one of my favourite countries because of the warmth of its people and the richness of its history. Last year I made a video montage of photos from our trip through Syria (which we rode through on our London to Cape Town motorcycle adventure in 2008). I will share it again now, because as bad as it was last year, it is even worse now. My heart goes out to the people of Syria. They have suffered so much death, and millions are living day-to-day in refugee camps. The destruction of their country is a tragedy on an astounding scale.

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  1. Tyson, Your conclusions about your recovery and now your career are epiphanous. Again one is aware how life-changing an accurate diagnosis and the right treatment at the earliest stage is. Syria pictures great; where were all the women and girls? And what is your soundtrack music? John and Sara

  2. Hi Tyson. Wow,I have been following your whole health adventure! I am so happy to hear your progress. And your whole story is so serendipitous. Thanks for sharing your story. My friends and colleagues have been following as well. You are an inspiration. Proper diagnosis is everything and as the pace and complexity increases in healthcare, I hope we don’t see an increase in misdiagnoses….take care, Dr. From Alane

  3. Thanks for sharing your moving story Tyson. I came to your page because I am thinking of starting a blog about my motorcycle travels around Canada. I started to read your health story and could not stop. I’m so happy you’re recovering and wish you all the best for getting back on your bike again and living your life to the max!
    PS I’m English so it was awesome seeing your pics of the UK.

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The aggressive dog which stood over her body allegedly had to be restrained. He managed to secure it to a fence before notifying the emergency services. Police attended the scene of the death.

They noted in their report that the pit bull remained aggressive, "lunging" at paramedics and police officers. Euthanized, the animal is subject to examination to establish whether it had rabies or any other disease.

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The incident in Tamar Drive, Columbia, happened at a home where no previous reports of animal welfare were noted. Apparently, Robin loved animals and had a caring attitude. That probably explains why she adopted an animal instead of buying in from breeders. Wjla News noted that ABC7 spoke to Robins' sister, Susan Eve LeClair, who said that she was "excited about adopting the pit bull. “She was a caring person above all,” LeClair says. “She cared about animals, she cared about her family, she cared about people.”

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Nearly 20 years after I started putting ideas down on paper, my book is finally here. The UK title is Ladders to Heaven. It is available from 8 September 2016 as a hardback or ebook, and can be pre-ordered from Amazon, Unbound, and all good book stores.

Later this year, Chelsea Green Publishing will bring out an edition for the US and Canada, with the new title Gods, Wasps and Stranglers. It is also available to pre-order from Amazon.

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Lastly, here is a preview of the text for back of the book, and below that a photo of the first batch of books themselves. Go on, you know you want one.

They are trees of life and trees of knowledge. They are wish-fulfillers … rainforest royalty … more precious than gold. They are the fig trees, and they have affected humanity in profound but little-known ways. This book tells their amazing story.

Fig trees fed our pre-human ancestors, influenced diverse cultures and played key roles in the dawn of civilization. They feature in every major religion, starring alongside Adam and Eve, Krishna and Buddha, Jesus and Muhammad. This is no coincidence – fig trees are special. They evolved when giant dinosaurs still roamed and have been shaping our world ever since.

These trees intrigued Aristotle and amazed Alexander the Great. They were instrumental in Kenya’s struggle for independence and helped restore life after Krakatoa’s catastrophic eruption. Egypt’s Pharaohs hoped to meet fig trees in the afterlife and Queen Elizabeth II was asleep in one when she ascended the throne.

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  1. Autographed books are available Madam. Good luck. Will read this one.
    Devika . Heard of speaking trees this one is about a speaking fruit. For those who relate to nature.

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Nigerians may recall that members of the former New PDP Block within the All Progressives Congress (APC) addressed a letter dated April 27, 2018 to the Chairman of APC where we informed the party of our grievances and expectations from both the party and government of President Muhammadu Buhari.

Following this development, the party invited us and we honoured their invitation for a meeting. We met with the leadership of the party last week during which we resolved to report the outcome of our meeting to our members and stakeholders before arriving at any decision or proceeding with the next phase of discussions or actions with the APC and government.

I am glad to inform you therefore that we have briefed our members at a meeting convened in Abuja on Wednesday, 23rd May 2018 where we reviewed the state of the nation and our party, APC and constituted Committees on various issues especially on how to rescue Nigeria from economic, social, political and especially security challenges.

The meeting was well attended by members of the nPDP including serving and former Governors, Senators, Members of the House of Representatives, and other aggrieved APC  stakeholders.

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Those that attended the meeting include: HE Sen. (Dr.) Abubakar Bukola Saraki, CON, President of the Senate, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, Speaker, House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, CFR, Governor of Sokoto State, Sen. Rabiu M.  Kwankwaso, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, Admiral Murtala Nyako (Rtd), Sen. Mohammad Adamu Aliero, Sen. Danjuma Goje, Sen. John Owan Enoh, Sen. Emmanuel Andy Uba, Sen. Dr. Ibrahim Gobir, Sen. Rufai Ibrahim, Sen. Ibrahim A. Danbaba, Sen.  Suleman Nazif, Sen. Isa Hamma Misau, Sen. Muhammed Ubali Shitu, Sen. Shehu Sani, Sen. Dino Melaye, Sen. Suleiman O. Hunkuyi, Sen. Shaaba Lafiagi, Sen. Bala Ibn Na’Allah, Sen. David Umaru, Sen. Barnabas Gemade, Alh. Abubakar K. Baraje, Chairman Former nPDP, Rep. Aminu S. Shagari, Rep. Kabiru Marafa Achida, Rt. Hon. Isa M. Ashiru, Hon. Muh’d Musa Soba, Hon. Mark Gbillah, Rep. Sani Mohd Rano, Rep. Garba Umar Durbunde, Rep. Aliyu Madaki, Rep. Zakari Mohammed, Hon. Rufai Ahmed Chachangi, Hon. Razak Atunwa, Hon. Emmanuel M. Udende, Hon. Hassan Saleh, Hon. Nasiru Garo Sule, Hon. Orker Jev, Hon. Aliyu Ahman Pategi, Hon. Isah Halilu B., Hon. Rabiu Garba Kaugama, Hon. Abdussamad Dasuki, Hon. Ismaila A. Gadaka, Hon. Lado Suleja, Hon. Dickson Tarkighir, Hon. Babatunde Kolawole, Hon. Dr. Bode Ayorinde, Hon. U. Danjuma Shida, Hon. Danburam Nuhu, Hon. Sunday Adepoju, Hon. Sani Zorro, Hon. Ahmed Garba Bichi, Hon. Garba Ibrahim Mohammed and a host of others.

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How Do You Get Diabetes?

As rates of the disease skyrocket globally, be sure you know the answer to the question, "How do you get diabetes?"

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Obesity is a major risk factor for diabetes. A diet change is one of the most important steps in fighting diabetes.

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The worldwide prevalence of diabetes is reaching epidemic proportions, recent data suggests. So, the critical question for everyone is: How do you get diabetes? A number of underlying factors are to blame for the global upswing in diabetes cases.

To avoid becoming part of the statistics, it’s vital to understand what causes diabetes and what you can do to reduce your risk.

Disappointing Diabetes Trends

At the 2011 United Nations High-Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases, health experts set a challenging goal: Control diabetes so that by 2025, the worldwide prevalence of the disease remains at 2010 levels. Five years later, we’re no closer to reaching that goal, suggests a study published online in The Lancet (April 6, 2016).

Researchers analyzed 751 studies including more than 4.3 million adults in 146 countries. They calculated that from 1980 to 2014, the number of adults with diabetes worldwide nearly quadrupled, from 108 million in 1980 to 422 million in 2014. Although the prevalence of diabetes was higher in women in 1980, the 2014 data show that more men (nearly one in 10) now have diabetes.

Overall, the prevalence of diabetes in adults has risen or remained the same in every country, according to the study. The study authors noted that if the disappointing trends in diabetes prevalence continue, the probability of meeting the United Nations’ goal by 2025 is only 1 percent for women and less than 1 percent for men.

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Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes. Your body uses glucose (blood sugar) as a vital source of energy for your cells, and your pancreas creates insulin to regulate blood-glucose levels. In type 2 diabetes, your cells fail to use insulin properly—a condition known as insulin resistance—resulting in a rise in blood sugar.

In type 1 diabetes, a wayward immune response damages cells in the pancreas responsible for insulin production. Consequently, the pancreas does not produce adequate amounts of insulin to control blood sugar. Another form of diabetes, gestational diabetes, occurs in pregnant women because placental hormones that help a baby develop causes insulin resistance in the mother’s body, resulting in high blood sugar levels.

The key risk factor for type 2 diabetes—and the major factor behind the rising global prevalence of diabetes—is obesity. In fact, nearly nine out of 10 people with type 2 diabetes are overweight or obese, according to the Obesity Society. A sedentary lifestyle, which contributes to obesity, also is linked with increased type 2 diabetes risk.

Medical experts have developed several ways to measure obesity and thus gauge your risk of diabetes, heart disease, and other chronic conditions:

  • Body mass index (BMI): To calculate your BMI, divide your weight in pounds by your height in inches squared and multiply by a factor of 703. For example, a 6-foot-tall, 200-pound man would have a BMI of 27.1. (Visit the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute’s BMI calculator.) A BMI of 18.5–24.9 is considered healthy, 25–29.9 is overweight, and 30 or more is obese.
  • Waist circumference: Wrap a tape measure around your bare abdomen at the level of your navel. A waist circumference of more than 40 inches for men and more than 35 inches for women indicates an increased risk of type 2 diabetes as well as heart disease.
  • Waist-to-height ratio: A comparison of your waist circumference to your height. Your waist circumference in inches should be less than half your height in inches.
  • Waist-to-hip ratio: Measure your waist around the narrowest spot between your hips and ribs after exhaling. With your heels together, measure your hips around the widest part of your buttocks. Divide your waist circumference by your hip measurement. Aim for a waist-to-hip ratio of less than 0.95 for men and 0.80 for women.

However, not all people who are overweight or obese develop type 2 diabetes, and some who have type 2 diabetes are not obese. So, it’s clear that other factors also contribute to type 2 diabetes risk, including advancing age, family history of type 2 diabetes, and ethnicity (the risk of type 2 diabetes is higher among African-Americans, Hispanics, Asian-Americans, and Native Americans). High blood pressure and lipid abnormalities (low HDL “good” cholesterol and high levels of triglycerides) also have been associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes.

Visit the American Diabetes Association’s My Health Advisor to calculate your odds of having diabetes, as well as your risk of heart disease and stroke.

And, most importantly, discuss your risk of diabetes with your physician, and work with your healthcare team to optimize any modifiable risk factors through diet, exercise, and, if necessary, medical therapy.

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The original portrait of John Lennon that began it all is long lost under the layers of paint, marker, and found objects that now cover the John Lennon Wall in Prague. But inspirational lyrics from popular Beatles songs such as “the sun is up, the sky is blue, it’s beautiful and so are you,”  connect the present day wall to its original incarnation: a place to honor the message of love and peace shared by John Lennon in his work and music.

At a first glance, the wall is overwhelming to take in. Colors, images, pieces of found objects, and words in a multitude of languages cover every available surface. At any given time of day, at least one passerby can be seen adding her handiwork to that of the many artists and visitors to have already left their mark. That is perhaps part of the appeal of the Lennon Wall: in a city filled with ancient treasures and old-world charm, the Lennon Wall is consistently new and current. Its faà§ade is always changing and no visit to the wall is ever like the last. This what makes the wall a curious mix of transience and permanence, at once capturing the impermanence of street art and the tourist experience while also providing a simple subversive message as old as time:

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It is from this spirit of idealism and defiance that the Lennon Wall originally came to be. John Lennon served as a symbol of resistance and hope to Czechs under socialist rule. In the 1980s, young Czechs ascribing to a movement called “Lennonism” used the wall as a space to publicly voice grievances and disillusionment with the communist regime. As much as the government tried to censor their words, the wall continued to function as a space of anti-authoritarianism. No matter how often the wall was bleached to rid it of the artwork, graffiti and proclamations would soon cover it once again. Today the wall is owned by the Knights of Malta, who have given up trying to cover the graffiti and have turned it over to the public to function as a living and changing work of art.

One of the most alluring aspects of the Lennon Wall is that it’s not the kind of installation art that only allows the spectator to watch from a distance. There are no admission fees and no ropes keeping idling hands and curious fingers from palpitating the surface. Or from picking up a paintbrush and adding to the existing artwork, their presence woven into the history and story of the wall.

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It is a space where visitors of all ages and from all walks of life can leave their mark, if only for a moment, before it inevitably sinks below the surface of fresh layers of images and words. It is a space where the narrative thread is buried underneath blistering and peeling paint with no clear beginning or ending and no monolithic vision or unified voice. A space as bright, colorful, and eclectic as the hands that have added their contributions to it, teasing passersby with the invitation to come out and play. After all, the saying’s on the wall: “The sun is up, the sky is blue, ” ¨it’s beautiful and so are you.”

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Paris is a city on edge once again as France’s capital mourned another victim of fanaticism.

The Chechen-born French citizen who lashed at people with a knife, killing one and wounding four, had been on a terror watch list, but his ability to be able to launch an attack Saturday underlines the scale of the challenge France faces from Islamic militants, French officials say.

More than 2,600 suspected militants are on a watch list but tabs can’t be kept on all of them. “While the security services are excellent at identifying potential jihadists, the terrible lack of human resources means that they can monitor only a tiny tiny fraction of the suspects,” said counterterror analyst Olivier Guitta, who runs GlobalStrat, a London-based risk consultancy.

“The Islamic State attack in Paris’ Opera area is the 12th successful terrorist attack since 2013. It is the second successful one this year. France remains a priority target of the jihadists in Europe,” he added.

The last serious terror attack in France was in March, when a self-proclaimed militant killed a French policeman who’d exchanged himself for a female hostage during a siege in southwest France. The string of attacks since 2013 has left 245 people dead. Saturday’s mayhem was similar in method to a knife attack carried out last year in Marseille, said Loic Travers, a police union official.

Lacking manpower

French intelligence officials say they don’t have the manpower to keep even the 2,600 top-tier militant risks under around-the-clock surveillance. Aside from that watch list, they are also trying to monitor a further 5,000 suspects who have prompted anxiety but are considered less of an immediate danger – they are radicalized but have not as yet shown signs of thinking about violence.

The French aren’t alone in trying to match resources and manpower with threats. Other European intelligence agencies, especially in neighboring Belgium, are also overstretched. After each attack, security chiefs ask themselves what more they can do to prevent terrorism, especially the rudimentary kind of knife-wielding attack that was mounted in the French capital Saturday.

French lawmakers are sympathetic about the complaints from the country’s security services about the lack of resources and how difficult it is to track all of even the most dangerous militants.

Nathalie Goulet, a member of the French Senate foreign and defense committee, has said in the past, “You cannot put a policeman behind each of them. Especially since being reported to be in the process of radicalization does not make you a criminal.”

But Goulet and other lawmakers have expressed worries about the temporary nature of the surveillance and how quickly suspected militants can be dropped off the high-risk list.

She argues the French security services should maintain “a permanent file of people who had a link with terrorist organizations” much as the police do when it comes to sex offenders who are stuck permanently on file.

Information on assailant

Saturday’s suspect, who was shot by French police, wasn’t carrying any identification papers and hasn’t yet been publicly named by authorities, but French media are giving his name as Khamzat Asimov.

French officials say the man had no criminal record, was Chechen born and was naturalized as a French citizen in 2010. They say a friend of the suspect had been detained for questioning in the eastern city of Strasbourg recently.

Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the assault, but it remains unclear whether the assailant was inspired by the terror group or had actual operational links with IS. French intelligence services are now scrambling to establish what ties the man may have had with the group, if any.

It would be the first time an assailant of Chechen origin has carried out a terrorist attack in France, which hosts about 30,000 Chechens. Analysts have highlighted recently Chechen militants as a subgroup that bears watching.

Last year Belgian analyst Pieter Van Ostaeyen said that in his database of Belgian militants who’d gone to fight in Syria, 12 were of Chechen origin, with another 10 of Russia descent.

“It may be small, this ‘Eastern contingent,’ but it is likely underestimated, too,” Van Ostaeyen warned.

IS has actively recruited fighters in Chechnya, sending hundreds to conflicts in Syria and elsewhere. Some of the top IS commanders in Syria and and Iraq were veterans of conflict in Chechnya.

“Most of the ‘Eastern contingent’s’ networks seem to operate in a very covert manner,” Van Ostaeyen noted in a study for the Bellingcat news site. “They do not expose themselves with propaganda … and even its individual members rarely show themselves off on social media.”

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Moving Checklist and Schedule

Moving can be incredibly stressful, no doubt about it, whether you're going across the country or just down the block. But though there's nothing we or anyone else can do to make a relocation "fun," we can try to make it less stressful, and more organized for you. Outlined below are a number of very specific, chronologically arranged strategies that have helped us ease that awful "too little time; too much to do" feeling over the years.

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The Urban Edge Moving Checklist:

Two Months Until Moving Day

1.) Sort through your stuff, and get rid of as much as you can bear. The key here is to be systematic, either going from room to room (if you currently live in a house or large apartment) or, if you're in a smaller home, from area to area (the bedroom closet; the kitchen cabinets; those boxes beneath your bed), and completing each assignment before moving on to the next. Make decisions as you go, and stick to them. Charitable donations to organizations and local thrift stores; holding a stoop or yard sale, or selling on eBay; e-cycling: all of these are excellent ways to avoid the expense and added burden of moving the things you no longer use, and all will be much easier to execute if you give yourself enough lead time. 2.) Start your search for a moving company. Though there are plenty of solid options, from companies big and small, scams and horror stories of moves-gone-bad abound. A personal recommendation from a friend or relative is a good place to start, but you should still get at least three or four in-person, on-site estimates of how much your move will cost. Be careful if you use a "find a mover" website to get your estimates; while we've used them and had no problems, sometimes they'll be off by hundreds of dollars. A legitimate site will offer you a "moving agent" who works with you throughout the process. They also will disclose the name of the mover they've booked for you, and give you everything in writing. The Better Business Bureau, the American Moving and Storage Association, and the advocacy site are all good tools for conducting an initial screening. 3.) Create a Moving-Day binder. This will be your mobile headquarters, containing all of your documents, estimates, receipts and inventories. This will be invaluable, especially in the final days, when you don't have a filing cabinet at hand anymore. The receipts will come in handy at tax time. Also, you should carry it with you when competing moving companies come to give you an on-site estimate, because it indicates you're serious, organized and won't fall for any rip-off bids. And though it sounds silly, we've found that a bright color works best… easier to spot in a room filled with beige and brown boxes. 4.) Arrange for people to drive your vehicles to your new home. If you have more vehicles than drivers, and can't find friends or relatives, you'll need a car moving service. 5.) Appraise Your Valuables. You'll need to know their value in order to properly insure them (moving companies will have limits on the amount they cover, and your renters or homeowner's insurance won't cover it). 6.) Collect all medical and dental records. Same for veterinary records. If you're moving to a new area, be sure to collect all of your medical records to give to your new doctor. 7.) Make travel arrangements. If you won't be travelling to your new home by car, make necessary flight and hotel arrangements. Ditto if you'll need a rental car. And don't forget about travel arrangements for your pets.

Six Weeks Until Moving Day

1.) Get at least three on-site estimates from moving companies. Demand everything in writing and, if possible, ask for a "binding estimate" or, better yet, a "binding not-to-exceed estimate". Non-binding estimates are perfectly legal, but are unlikely to reflect your true final cost. You should also make sure to get each company's complete contact information (address, phone number, email, website, and other names under which does business) as well its USDOT (U.S. Department of Transportation) and MC (motor carrier) license numbers. And confirm that your contenders all have the proper licenses and insurance required to move you legally at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration website. Note: it's very important at this stage that you communicate well with your estimator—don't forget everything in all closets, in storage spaces in your basement, attic or garage, and any outdoor furniture or other items--giving him or her a complete picture of your moving needs. Even binding estimates can be challenged if, on moving day, the job foreman sees that you have considerably more to move than the estimate called for. The movers can't force you to pay more, but they can refuse to complete the job, and simply drive away. 2.) Create a labeling system, and inventory as you go. There are dozens of ways of labeling your boxes and furniture—color-coded and numbered by room, for example, with accompanying list of items—but what's important is that you create a system that works for you, both now and in the coming post-move months; and for your movers, so they understand where to bring everything without insane micromanaging on your part. 3.) Order boxes, bubble wrap, tape and other supplies. Many national retailers sell moving supplies these days, including Staples and Home Depot, but you can also check with local movers and hardware stores. Don't forget such specialty packing supplies like wardrobe and dish boxes. The sooner you get your supplies, the sooner you can start packing such items as holiday decorations, little-used kitchen equipment, out-of-season clothing, etc. 4.) If possible, measure the heck out of your new home. Your moving day (and subsequent moving-in days) will go much more smoothly if you have a good idea of what will fit where in your new home, and, especially, if all of your furniture can squeeze through your new home or building's doorways, hallways, and elevators. It will also help if you can tell the movers where to put various pieces of furniture as they are moving it in. You can always finesse (or change it completely) later, but while they're moving it in, let them place it where you want it. 5.) Transfer school records. If you have children, now's the time start the process of transferring their records from their current school to their new school. 6.) Eat it, use it, finish it now. Try to minimize your food, paper goods, and cleanser purchases from now until your move; instead, eat what you already own—anything frozen or refrigerated, especially—and finish off your current cleaning and paper supplies, even if that means, for example, using that bottle of less-preferred dish soap that's been sitting under your sink for a year. 7.) Research storage options. If you're going to need storage at your new home, start researching your options now, and make arrangement so it will be ready when you need it.

One Month Until Moving Day

1.) Pick your moving company and confirm final arrangements. You'll want to get a written confirmation of your moving date and locations, as well as all costs and any other details (for instance, that you're moving into a three-story walk-up building; or any quirky traffic or parking rules on your new street) that you may have discussed with your mover. 2.) Initiate your change of address. It's important to register a blanket change-of-address with the U.S. Postal Service, which takes about two minutes either online at, or by picking up the forms at any post office branch. You should also separately notify any and all of your regular correspondents, including credit card companies, brokerage firms and banks, accountants or tax preparers, doctors and dentists and therapists and other medical providers, phone companies, magazines to which you subscribe, extracurricular schools and classes in which your children are enrolled. And don't forget to tell your human resources department at work, as well as all of your relatives and friends. 3.) Request time off from work. How many days before and after your move do you want free to focus on last-minute packing and unpacking? We've made the mistake of waiting too long to do this step, and have paid when the boss had already scheduled an important presentation the day before our move. Not recommended. 4.) Start packing. If you've received the moving boxes and supplies you ordered (see above), you might as well begin boxing, labeling and sealing away—with accompanying inventory, of course—all of those items you know you won't be needing in the next month. Your out-of-season wardrobe (especially if you're moving in the summer, and you can pack away sweaters, jackets, coats, boots, etc.), and your DVDs, CDs, and books are just a few areas of your home you can tackle at this point. 5.) Research new banks. If your current bank doesn't have branches in your new location, start researching new banks, and make arrangements to close your existing accounts. 6.) Notify landscapers, maids, etc. and find new ones. Let them know the last date you will need their services, and also research service providers in your new location. 7.) Research requirements for new driver's license and vehicle registration. Especially if you're moving to a new state, find out where the closest DMV is, and the rules for new residents (how long do you have to register and get a new license, etc.).

Two Weeks Until Moving Day

1.) Establish a "safe box" for your valuables. Jewelry, important legal papers, passports, and small family heirlooms all belong in a separate box, to be carried by you personally, or shipped separately, fully insured and trackable. 2.) Arrange for utilities to be turned on/off. Your current and future utility companies need to know your plans, including, depending on your specific situation, cable or satellite television services, electrical utilities, landline and cell phone services, internet and providers, and water companies. 3.) Refill all prescriptions. Make sure everyone has an ample supply of their regular and/or emergency medications, especially if you're moving far enough away that you'll need a new doctor and pharmacy. 4.) Confirm with your moving company. No reason not to do this now, as well as once more a couple of days before you expect them to show up at your door. 5.) Find pharmacies to transfer prescriptions. This is especially important if you're not using a large chain, or that chain does not have locations in your new town. 6.) Cancel scheduled deliveries. Newspapers, bottled water, etc. should be cancelled, or redirected to your new home. 7.) Pick up dry cleaning, return library books, etc. Finish up any of those errands.

One Week Until Moving Day

1.) Make sure you have child care / pet care for the big day. Little kids and anxious animals make for high-maintenance moving-day partners. Best if you can get children and animals safely and happily out of the way for those few hours when the movers are going in and out your home carrying all manner of heavy and unwieldy items. 2.) Defrost and clean your refrigerator and freezer. If your fridge is coming with you, make sure you leave yourself enough time to clean it properly, so it'll feel fresh and new in your new home. 3.) Plan how to pay the movers. Some companies require a cashier's check, cash, or money order for payment, but even if you've arranged to pay by credit card, make sure you have enough cash on hand that day for tips and such. Most movers will tell you that 10 to 15 percent of the total is considered a solid tip. 4.) Back up all data on all computers. It's extremely likely that everything will arrive at your new home safe and sound, but just in case…

Moving Day!

1.) Cell phones charged, contact info provided. Make sure everyone's phone is fully charged, and that your movers have your number, and you theirs. 2.) Take out all garbage. No need to leave any trash behind for your current landlord to have to deal with after you're gone. Plus: some movers, fearful of leaving anything behind, will actually move your garbage to your new home. 3.) Verify that these are, in fact, your movers. Check the USDOT number on the side of the moving truck, and make sure it matches your records. You don’t want a crew of scam artists loading all of your possessions into their truck and driving away to places unknown. 4.) Label all doors in your new location. Make it easier for the movers to know where to place the boxes as they bring them in. 5.) Try to enjoy and appreciate the moment. It's a big step forward, to move from one home to the next, so if you can take a minute or three and reflect on all the good times you had in your old home, and to be excited about the possibilities ahead of you, all the better.
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Historic Holiday Cards at UT

For those of you who celebrate Christmas – Merry (almost) Christmas! To get in the spirit, please join the Macdonald-Kelce Library in celebrating University of Tampa history by visiting our new digital collections at

Peruse the Christmas Cards of UT past, and check back for more exhibits in the future.

If you are in Tampa for the winter break, the Library will be open until December 22, and will reopen on Wednesday, Jan 2.

Happy Holidays and a wonderful New Years to all!

Fall 2018 Finals Library Hours

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Need help with finding statistics?

Seeing Through Statistics by Jessica M. Utts

Main 2nd Floor – QA276.12 .U88 2015

‘Tis the season – it’s the end-of-the-semester-paper-crunch time! If you are writing a research paper and need statistics and data to support your argument, the library can help you.

Are you a business major or taking a sociology class that requires you to do quantitative analysis? Or maybe you just need one more excellent source to finish off your paper? Check out the Datasets and Statistics Research Guide, easily accessed from the library homepage.

Here you’ll find many free resources that cover governmental statistics and census info, scientific datasets, social surveys and indicators, financial information, and more. You will also see a list of books under each discipline that will guide you on how to use and analyze statistics effectively.

As always, if you have any questions about accessing and using data, stop by the Reference Desk and ask a librarian for help.

Happy Thanksgiving UT!

The Library will be closed this Wednesday 11/21 through Saturday 11/24. We reopen Sunday, November 25. Have a happy Thanksgiving all!

Alumni reunion at the Library

Peter Nuccio, Class of ’73

by Laney Knight, Digital Access Librarian

The Macdonald-Kelce Library had a wonderful visit from a University of Tampa alumnus during Homecoming 2018. Sporting his minaret pin with pride, Peter Nuccio ’73 came to the reference desk on Friday afternoon to inquire after a particular item in our collection: a Richard Strauss vinyl record entitled Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op.30 conducted by Fritz Reiner and performed by the Chicago Symphony. Nuccio explained that during his time at UT, he would often borrow this record and listen to it while he did his homework here in the library. A quick search of our catalog and stacks proved that we did still indeed have the record in question!

Nuccio, who studied both education and philosophy, relayed to us his fondest memories of UT, describing his time here as some of the best years of his life. After graduation, he went on to be an educator and is now enjoying his retirement in Massachusetts. Despite living over 1000 miles away, Nuccio has never forgotten his alma mater and always makes a point to visit UT when he is in town. He also keeps the Spartan spirit alive by actively arranging UT alumni meetups and reunions in the northeast.

We were so glad to have met an alumnus with such fond memories of UT and our library that we gifted him the record from our collection. He now has another piece of take-home UT history he can enjoy year-round, though we hope he will come see us again the next time he is in town!

Interested in vinyl records? Search our collection on the first floor of the Macdonald-Kelce Library as well as in our online catalog.

Are you a UT alumni and have a story to share with us? Or a particular item in our collection that you enjoyed? Let us know!

UTWrites with Daniel Wollenberg 11/1

Open Access Panel, Tuesday Oct 23, Noon

The Library is celebrating Open Access Week! Students, Staff, and Faculty are invited to attend the Library’s first Open Access Publishing panel discussion next Tuesday at noon in the Macdonald-Kelce Library room AV2. If you are interested in alternative ways of publishing your work, join in on the discussion of how open access could be beneficial to you.

Join us for UTWrites Fall 2018 reading with with Caroline Hovanec, 10/18

Celebrate LGBTQ History Month at the Library

Boozer3.jpgThe United States began celebrating the history of the LGBT+ community in 1994 by designating October as LGBT History Month. Each day of October, an LGTB icon is honored and remembered for their achievements. Today, take a minute to read about Melvin Boozer (left), who was a university professor, an activist for gay and African-American rights and the first openly gay candidate for vice president of the United States. Read more about him here

The Library has many great resources where you can learn more about the gay, lesbian, and transgender civil rights struggle. Peruse the LGTBQ subject guide. Here are a few books in the collection to check out:

HQ76.965.G38 B78 2016

HQ76.3.U5 G45 1996

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Today is National Voter Registration Day

Are you registered to vote? It’s not too late – do it today! The last day to register is TUESDAY OCTOBER 9th for the state of Florida.

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This Nike Air Force 1 features a full Black leather upper with a large Jewel Nike Swoosh logo on each side, waxed Black laces, and reads “NORTH” on each shoe. Finishing off the look is the Northern Lights theme on the inner interior that also comes with mismatched lace tips.


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Paul Negoescu Pays Homage to Woody Allen With ‘Summer Lover’

Relationship comedy bows in Transilvania’s Romanian Days

Paul Negoescu realized he hit the jackpot with “Two Lottery Tickets,” the low-budget comedy he shot for around €30,000 ($35,000) which – to the surprise of everyone, including the director himself – would become the top-grossing Romanian film of 2016, raking in €540,000 ($630,000) at the box office.

But for a helmer whose first feature, “A Month in Thailand,” screened in the Venice Film Festival’s Critics’ Week, a breakout, box-office hit didn’t change expectations for his third movie, “The Story of a Summer Lover,” which world premiered in the Transilvania Intl. Film Festival May 31.

“It’s a different film,” says Negoescu, calling “Summer Lover” a “personal story” that he suspects will appeal to a smaller, niche audience. Modest ambitions aside, the movie is bound to generate buzz off of Negoescu’s earlier successes; even if it can’t match “Lottery’s” big payout, “people will hear about this film, for sure,” he says.

The eponymous anti-hero of “Summer Lover” is the philandering Petru, an adjunct math professor who splits moral hairs with mathematical precision when he justifies bedding co-eds half his age. (They’re not his students, he insists.) Content to continue reaping the benefits of an open relationship, his endless summer comes to a jarring end when his girlfriend suddenly announces she’s pregnant. Faced with the prospect of commitment, Petru can’t quiet his doubts any more than he can silence the troublesome pigeons nesting in the rafters of his bachelor pad.

Though Negoescu’s original screenplay mined that unexpected pregnancy for all its dramatic worth, script doctor Jacques Akchoti steered him toward comedy instead, during workshops at the Jerusalem-based Sam Spiegel Intl. Film Lab. Studying the filmography of Woody Allen, Negoescu soon found himself channeling the neurotic protagonists of the director’s early works, casting Alexandru Papadopol – star and co-producer of “Lottery” – as Petru, a “hypochondriac, paranoiac [who’s] questioning everything around him.

“I never thought I could make a film in [Allen’s] style,” Negoescu says, although he’d always admired the director’s movies. “[‘Summer Lover’] is not only inspired by Woody Allen’s films, but it’s an homage to him.”

Cue the horns. Just as George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” announces the opening montage of “Manhattan,” “Summer Lover” swells with the musical arrangements of composer Hristo Namliev, who reworked the popular songs of the early-20th-century musician Titi Botez. While the “foot loose and fancy free” lover of the titular song describes the bed-hopping Petru to a tee, Namliev’s score is also the perfect musical accompaniment for what Negoescu describes as “a very romanticized version of Bucharest.”

It’s a flight of fancy that should play well with Romanian audiences accustomed to seeing a more dour vision of the capital onscreen: even a fledgling post-Communist state has room for swanky bars and bistros alongside its Soviet-era office blocks and hospital wards. Negoescu credits the unfussy, unpretentious style of “Lottery” for its great success, a sentiment echoed by Petru in “Summer Lover’s” opening scene, when he protests to his friends, “People won’t pay for what they can’t understand.” Even Shakespeare, he notes, “wrote simple stories for regular people. Boy loves girl—conflict.”

Rendered with all the certainty of a mathematical proof, it’s a formula that Negoescu follows to the letter, even if he insists his crowd-pleaser stems from deeper artistic convictions.

“If you want to make a success, you don’t need to think about what the audience would like to see,” he says. “If you’re true and honest in your intentions…then your film will be liked by the audience, too.”

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Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture EECS News@WSU 2016

Providing the chance for everybody to code

Gina Sprint helping a Cougar Quest participant write computer code in the 'Learn to Code! Programming for Girls' workshop.
More than a dozen middle school girls joined in this summer’s “Learn to Code! Programming for Girls” workshops at WSU Pullman. The weeklong series of workshops was led by computer science graduate students Gina Sprint and Jessamyn Dahmen and aimed to encourage the girls’ interest in the field. WSU’s Broadening Participation in Computing Club received a grant last year to conduct the workshops from the National Center for Women & Information Technology and Symantec to introduce girls to computer science. In the course, Sprint and Dahmen presented engaging, hands-on programming projects and told the girls about research and career opportunities for women in computer science.

“We want to break down stereotypes, give students creative programming experience, and inspire them,” said Dahmen.

The WSU students will work with the Office of Assessment of Teaching and Learning to assess the program’s success. They also hope to make it an annual event and provide support in the future for students who want to attend.


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Apparel mockups are one of the most sought-after mockup templates by graphic designers as a media for presenting their design projects. There are many variants of awesome apparel mockup templates out there, some are paid versions and some are free. In this post, I present a mockup template of a sweatshirt for the female version.
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April 4, 2015 lunar eclipse

The April 4, 2015 lunar eclipse, or “blood Moon”,  is being called the shortest eclipse of the century by NASA.  This total eclipse will be visible in North America, South America, Asia, and parts of Australia.  Lunar eclipses occur when there is a full Moon and the Sun and Moon are close to the nodes Rahu and Ketu.  In Jyotish or Vedic astrology, the eclipse takes place in Virgo in the constellation or nakshatra of Hasta.

According to NASA, the April 4, 205 lunar eclipse begins at 2 AM Pacific time in the Northern California area and ends at 9 AM locally. By 9 AM, the eclipse will not be visible, but the partial eclipse is still visible until the sun rises at approximately 7 AM.

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Rahu – pinterest.com/pin/8233211795893978/

Both the Moon and North node Rahu will be in Hasta nakshatra during the April 4, 2015 lunar eclipse.  The Sun, South node Ketu, and a debilitated Mercury are across them in Pisces. Virgo represents health, daily routines, and strategies, among other significations.  With Moon and Rahu partaking in an eclipse there, you may think you are making positive, health promoting or life enhancing strategic decisions, but be sure and think twice! The nodes can grab hold of our mind (the Moon) and our intellect (Mercury).  As shadowy planets, the nodes always make things appear other than what they actually are.

The symbol of Hasta nakshatra is the hand. We use our hands to grasp onto ideas and to objects. With Hasta, there can be a tendency to try and control everything.  A great need to control can turn into a clenched fist that needs to get its way.  Rahu’s ambition can get carried away with wanting whatever it desires, in the time and manner in which fits its time frame, whether realistic or not.

Moon and Rahu together do lend itself to creativity, especially with humor, word play, and fun-loving activities which summon up memories of  youthfulness.  Once the eclipse ends, don’t take yourself too seriously and spend the time engaged in enjoyable pursuits, perhaps even artistic activities which utilize the hands.

The deity of Hasta is Savitar, a Sun God.  Thus, Hasta is connected with the Gayatri mantra.  There’s also a strong connection to yoga in Hasta.  As we never advise looking at any eclipse in Jyotish, think of other ways in which to harness the power of this energy.  You can spend time in meditation, contemplation, or chanting the Gayatri Mantra. Keep your blinds closed so that the rays of the eclipse do not enter your home.  It is best to stay indoors during the eclipse.

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Sri Hanuman and Lord Rama – interest.com/pin/8233211795685849/

It’s advisable not to eat or drink during the eclipse. Food should not be exposed to the rays of the eclipse either.  And it’s inadvisable to undertake new ventures during the days leading up this eclipse or on the day itself.

The April 4, 2015 lunar eclipse also coincides with Hanuman Jayanti, or the birthday of Lord Hanuman.  Hanuman is the monkey God who is the faithful servant to Lord Rama.  While Hanuman performed miraculous deeds, he did so only with the goal of selfless service in mind.  Another way in which we can align ourselves with the eclipse is by chanting the Hanuman Chalisa or Shri Ram Jai Ram Jai Jai Ram.

Visit the NASA website to find out the local times of the April 4, 2015 in your area so that you can plan your day and night accordingly.


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