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Inspired by Beth B.. my kichen lamp (that i just adore) shade was in desperate need of a re-do because it was tearing..and I couldn't turn it around to hide the tears anymore because they were all over.. so... i made the feeble attempt to re-do.. here's my so-called attempt.. it was a bit frustrating lining it up.. but i got it..
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Mar 8, 2010, 3:35 PM EDT
Tarik El-Bashir reports that Washington Capitals defenseman Milan Jurcina will have double sports hernia surgery on Thursday. That sounds extremely uncomfortable (shifts in seat).
Anyway, Washington was able to get Jurcina back from Columbus at the trade deadline for next to nothing – a conditional sixth round pick in the 2010 – because word got out that the hard-hitting defenseman was having hernia problems. (It would be a lot more fun if teams were creative with these conditions, like the Blue Jackets get the pick if Jurcina could do a 30 second keg stand. Although maybe a man with hernia issues should stay away from such activities for a while.)
Jurcina’s swift return reminds me of the common NBA practice of a traded player returning to his previous team a month after being bought out. As you may recall, Jurcina was sent to Columbus with former Capitals captain Chris Clark for speedy left winger Jason Chimera.
The team claims that Jurcina is expected to be out 4-6 weeks, but El-Bashir notes that such a timetable might be a little bit too optimistic. Either way, Jurcina – while not being anywhere close to a game changing player – brings a needed physical element to the Caps’ defense. It will be interesting to see if he can get healthy in time for the playoffs to start.
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- Jonathan Toews talks about the Patrick Kane situation 28
- Voynov detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement 24
- Ex-‘Hawks goalie Raanta tees off on former club 31
- Report: Hawks feel Kane ‘disrespected’ team, have received trade calls 119
- Hawks’ biggest question: What happens with Patrick Kane? 82
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- Poll: Who will be San Jose’s next captain? 24
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- Hawks’ biggest question: What happens with Patrick Kane? (82)
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Since Friday, I’ve been reading all I can about guns. Like most of you, this is how I make sense of that which defies explanation. With that in mind, I’d like for this post to serve as a clearinghouse on articles about the history, culture, and politics of guns in the United States. Please share any and all that you have found useful, enlightening, smart, or infuriating. I am particularly interested in four different types (none of which are exclusive from the others).
1) Essays that explain the historical evolution of how the Second Amendment has been interpreted. This short New Yorker piece by Jeffrey Toobin is a good example.
2) Articles about the history and politics of the NRA–essays that elaborate on a short comment that Nils Gilman made on my Facebook page yesterday: “The fundamental thing to understand about the NRA is that it’s not a rights lobby, it’s an industry lobby for gun manufacturers. They won the legal/constitutional debate ages ago, but want to create conditions that make people buy more guns. From that perspective, events like the Sandy Hook massacre are a feature rather than a bug in the strategy.”
3) Articles on the culture of guns in America. I have two such samples in mind here, the first by Aaron Bady at The New Inquiry, on the fetish of guns and the fetish of gun control, the second from a 2001 issue of The Baffler.
4) Essays on the broader philosophical implications of how we think about guns in the United States. I don’t have any example articles in mind, but my desire to read more of this type of analysis was inspired by something Varad Mehta wrote on Facebook yesterday, responding to a National Review article that argued, predictably, more guns was the solution to gun massacres: “I could have sworn that the whole point of a social contract was to turn society/the political community in its entirety into a ‘gun-free zone.’ By that I don’t mean that under the social contract you surrender your right to bear arms and defend yourself (although Hobbes would disagree). Rather, you surrender the necessity and obligation of having to bear arms to defend yourself against all your fellow men every moment of the day. The purpose of the social contract is to ensure that you don’t have to bear arms if you don’t want to because you don’t have to. So when someone says that the solution to all these mass shootings is to allow guns everywhere, they are implying, if not avowing explicity, that the social contract has broken down and that we have returned to the state of nature. The fact that some in this debate seem perfectly willing to accept such a state of affairs is to my mind the grossest, most offensive sign of their moral bankruptcy.”
(Note: If it seems all of the articles I link to swing in one direction, well, guilty as charged. That does not mean the articles you link to in the comments section need to do the same.)

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Gambling card games
Throughout the shuffle, cut, and deal, the dealer should prevent the players from seeing the faces of any of the cards. The goal of the game is to be the last person with money in front of you, as each hand ends with the player with the lowest score losing one of their wagers. Players place three equal bets on the table, then receive three cards, with two community cards being dealt as the game progresses. This happens, for instance, when four players stay in the hand and one player wins two tricks and the other three win one.
Each player decides in turn whether they will play or pass, with each player that decides to play announcing how many cards they would like to discard and replace. Examples include most War type games, and games involving slapping a discard pile such as Slapjack.
One way of extending a two-player game to more players is by building two teams of equal size. The betting is similar to poker, but you're not trying to make a flush or a full house. These are two unique and exciting variations of poker.
Most often this occurs when one player or all has no cards left. There are a large number of techniques with various advantages and disadvantages. The object of Pai Gow is to make the two best poker hands. The same kind of games can also be played with tiles made of wood, plastic, bone, or similar materials. Ranked Online Poker Rooms.
This game is simply a classic. Obtaining the different cards makes the game a collectible and cards are sold or traded on the secondary market. Therefore, after each played hand, the deal normally passes to the next player according to the game orientation.
Once the bid is established, the winning bidder declares the trump suit, and each player decides how many cards to discard and replace. When play gets back around to the player who knocked, each player reveals their hand and the lowest score contributes to the pot. Both have their own personally built deck constructed from a very large pool of individually unique cards in the commercial market. Sets of house rules may become formalized, as described in the previous section.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Card games. For many reasons, including its age and its popularity among Western militaries, it is one of the most universally known card games in existence. The rules are too long to lay out here, but this is a great game to play with our without money on the line. Hit trips and you've got an almost sure winner.
Players who hold onto their cards reveal them, with the best hand winning the pot and all others matching the pot for the next hand. Then there's a betting round, followed by a draw. Keep track of the score and set a per-point total that the loser owes the winner. Poker can also be played using a number of drinks as the wager. The face up card is the trump suit.
There are hundreds of jurisdictions in the world with Internet access and hundreds of different games and gambling opportunities available on the Internet. Gin rummy Gin rummy is probably the most popular game that is played for points that has found a place in the gambling world. Uno Uno isn't generally considered a gambling game, casino slots near san jose but there's no reason it shouldn't be.
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Players must follow suit, but if they have no cards of that suit, they may play a trump card to win the trick. Boo-ray Boo-ray is a trick-taking game where the most important decision comes when you decide whether you will play or pass.
The Portland Club rules eventually became generally accepted throughout England and Western cultures. Roulette The Mirage offers both single zero and double zero roulette wheels. If so, you'll need to activate your account to enjoy all the features and benefits M life Rewards has to offer. Instead of cutting, one may also knock on the deck to indicate that one trusts the dealer to have shuffled fairly.
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The penalty for an accidental infraction should be as mild as reasonable, consistent with there being no possible benefit to the person responsible. If it doesn't fall between, the player must pay that bet into the pot. Any specific card game imposes restrictions on the number of players. But in games for more than three players, there may also be a mechanism that selects two players who then have to play against the others.
You don't have to have the most points to be up at the end of the night. One player shuffles the deck and places it on the table. Repeating this process several times randomizes the deck well, but the method is harder to learn than some others and may damage the cards.
Trick-taking card games list. The cards have different effects, costs, and art. The player to the dealer's left decides whether to take the face-up card or take the top card off the deck. The player who sits after the dealer in the direction of play is known as eldest hand or in two-player games as elder hand or forehand.
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The rest of this section is therefore about accidental infractions, caused by ignorance, clumsiness, inattention, etc. Bridge Bridge is a complicated game. Generally speaking, they are in many ways special and atypical, although some of them have given rise to two- or multi-player games such as Spite and Malice. Instead of playing against the dealer or other players, you simply try to get a good poker hand by using your three cards and the two community cards. Variants largely differ on how cards are dealt and the methods by which players can improve a hand.
You can play duplicate bridge tournaments for money, or you can play straight up against opponents. It is also dishonest to try to see cards as they are dealt, or to take advantage of having seen a card. Chinese dominoes are also available as playing cards.
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Poker is a card game played in casinos and private homes throughout the world. It is also a popular spectator sport, with television broadcasts of poker tournaments drawing large audiences.
In poker, players compete with the other players to produce the highest-ranking hand. The best hand is usually the one with the lowest cards. For example, five of a kind beats a straight flush.
Poker is played with a standard 52-card deck, although other variations exist. Poker can be played with as few as two or as many as eight players. Some games, like the variants known as community card poker, are played with a deck of a shorter size. However, most modern versions of poker use a full 52-card deck.
When players are ready to start betting, the first player makes the minimum bet. The dealer then deals the cards to the remaining players one at a time. A card is dealt face-down to each player, who can then see it. If the hand is good enough, the player may make a bet.
Poker is a complex game that requires a certain level of skill to play. There are many different kinds of bets, which are made with either ceramic chips or coins. One common method of putting money into the pot is to exchange it for other chips, which are then counted.
Players can then make bets on their hand or make a forced bet. Unlike in other games, a forced bet is a bet that is made for a specific purpose. Examples include ante and blind bets.
Most versions of the game involve a minimum of two rounds of betting. During the final round, the winning hand is revealed and the pot is awarded. This is sometimes the showdown, but other times, the showdown takes place after all of the bets have been placed.
As with any other game, there are several varieties of the game, and some are more complicated than others. The most important feature is bluffing, which distinguishes it from other similar games. Rather than just betting, a player might bluff their way to the top of the pot.
Another important feat is the draw. During this process, a player can discard a hand and receive replacement cards from the unmatched part of the deck. Once the draw is complete, the hand is considered the best of its kind. After the cards have been discarded, another round of betting is initiated.
Poker can be enjoyed online. In addition to the typical casino version, there are many video poker machines and websites that allow you to enjoy a single-player game. All of these games are popular, and the popularity of the game has increased over the past few years.
The rules for playing poker vary by region. However, most forms of the game are based on a simple set of rules. For instance, in a pot-limit game, the maximum amount that a player can bet is generally fixed. In this case, the players are allowed to raise the pot, but not to bet more than the specified limit.

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The Wall: Jon, Tormund, Davos and Melisandre
Davos’ face is as freaked out as mine would be staring at re-living, re-breathing Jon Snow. He gets up, looks at Davos and touches his wounds. Melisandre enters. “What do you remember?” He remembers his death, Olly with the finishing blow. “Nothing. There was nothing at all.” She recognizes Jon is the Prince That Was Promised instead of Stannis. Davos sends her away and gives the despondent post-death Jon a pep talk, who laments his failure to see his betrayal coming. This is a good time to appreciate the quiet normalcy Liam Cunningham and his Onion Knight provides the series. Who else could handle this scene with the kind of blue-collar, meat-and-potatoes nature of Davos? He’s Ned without the blinding idiocy.
Jon gingerly emerges into the Castle Black courtyard. He appears in pain and honestly I’m a little disappointed there isn’t a little more body horror like, say, a Lady Stoneheart. This feels a little cheap so far. The crowd feels different, parting like the Red Sea. Tormund is AWESOME because of course he is. “What kind of God would have a pecker that small?” Win. Jon hugs Edd. Everyone appears to be doing well, considering.
Later, with nooses around their necks, the mutineer leaders Bowen Marsh, Othell Yarwyck, Alliser Thorne give their last words to Jon. Along with them is Olly, Jon’s former squire who delivered the fatal blow, but Jon can’t bring himself to look at him before he cuts the rope and hangs the traitors before the gathering of Night’s Watch and Wildlings. The show characteristically spares no detail on the engorged faces of the dead men but at least here the point the show is making seems clear: Jon is so over this shit.
With their deaths, Jon realizes he has nothing tethering him to Castle Black any longer. His execution of his murderers will be his last act as Lord Commander. He tried to make this place work for everybody and got murdered for it. He passes his command to “Dolorous” Eddison Tollett and departs with eyes staring. He’s been to the other side and there was nothing. He fulfilled his oath. Now his watch has ended.

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Obama on a Roll
In the last month, there has been a flurry of foreign and security policy activities from the Obama administration. These were a nuclear arms deal with Russia, a revised U.S. nuclear strategy, the withholding of a report condemning China as a currency manipulator which opened up the possibility of China letting its currency strengthen, and most recently a nuclear summit in Washington that started with the Ukraine promising to get rid of its enriched uranium. So much for potential successes; the Israeli–U.S. relations are in dire straits. Iran is a ticking time bomb. The Afghan President might be a problem on par with the Taliban in the process of state (if not nation) building that has to parallel the military effort by the U.S. led forces.
Indo-Pacific Security in 2030-35: Links in the Chain
In recent years, events like the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war have brought global supply chains squarely under the spotlight. The economic impact of these disruptive events exposed the […]
Geopolitical Flux and the Future of International Relations
The international political system is undergoing significant geopolitical and economic shifts brought about by fluctuations in the distribution of power among states. This brings into question the future of international […]
The Global South Scaled in Japan’s New Outreach
The “Global South” is no longer just a growing buzzword confined to academic publications but has found increasing resonance in strategic circles. Even as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine consolidated the […]
South Asia’s Dual Dilemma: Climate Impacts Heighten Conflict Vulnerability
South Asia has been confronted with a conflictual crisis for decades now. The arch of vulnerability that this region faces ascends from its long-rooted history of colonialism that left it […]
Quad Plus EU: A Viable Option for the Times?
Today, the primary Indo-Pacific contest is not just about the China-US hegemony. It also involves a range of so-called “middle powers” – including Australia, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, […]
Towards a Sustainable Arctic: International Security, Climate Change and Green Shipping
The Arctic’s environment, economics, and politics are changing rapidly, and the conflicting interests among stakeholders mean that it lacks sustainable political and military cooperation. States bordering the Arctic — Russia, […]

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Join the UW–Madison’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication in April 23 for “2021: JOURNALISM ETHICS & LOCAL NEWS NOW.” Register here.
For the better part of a decade, cuts and closures have significantly affected the quantity and quality of Americans’ local news coverage, driving political polarization, decreasing democratic participation locally and leaving community leaders to act without watchdogs. Then came the pandemic with its cascading (and unequal) effects on communities, the killing of George Floyd, a summer of protest and more. In the areas of health care, education, the economy and racial justice, local news has many critical stories to tell. With fewer resources than ever, how can local outlets cover these stories fully, equitably and ethically? And what new approaches can help overcome the challenges of doing local news now?
9 a.m. CT: KEYNOTE ON LOCAL NEWS FROM BYRON PITTS (ABC NEWS)
Byron Pitts was named co-anchor of ABC News’ “Nightline” in 2014. He has covered national news stories and in-depth features for the network, reporting across the news division, including “Good Morning America,” “World News Tonight with David Muir,” “This Week” and “20/20.”
Pitts is a multiple Emmy award winning journalist and news veteran with over 20 years of experience known for his thoughtful storytelling, on-the-ground reporting and in-depth interviews. After less than 24 hours at ABC News, Pitts immediately joined the network’s live special coverage of the Boston marathon bombing investigation. Since then, Pitts has gone on to report live from Baltimore, Dallas and Baton Rouge, La., during each cities’ recent riots and protests. He also co-anchored a special edition of “Nightline” with Juju Chang from Los Angeles looking back on the city 25 years after the riots that broke out following the Rodney King verdict.
Pitts began his career at WNCT-TV in Greenville, N.C., where he covered local news and served as weekend sports anchor. He graduated from Ohio
Wesleyan University in 1982, where he studied journalism and speech communication. Pitts is a native of Baltimore and currently lives in New York City.
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What new approaches can help overcome the challenges of doing local news now? How can publishers build sustainable business models to ensure their longevity and support continued community-focused reporting? In this session, leading publishers will discuss how they’re working to address these challenges.
- Moderator: Joseph Lichterman, communication and editorial director, Lenfest Institute for Journalism
- Lauren Gustus, executive editor, Salt Lake Tribune
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This panel is specifically targeted towards journalism educators at the college and high school level. Drawn from the outstanding journalism of those who have won or been named a finalist of the Anthony Shadid Award for Journalism Ethics, this new curriculum enables student journalists to place themselves in the position of making difficult journalistic decisions.
- Kathleen Bartzen Culver, James E. Burgess Chair in Journalism Ethics, associate professor in UW–Madison’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication and director of the Center for Journalism Ethics
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008
project after dark : Hong Kong UFO documentary.
Finally after almost 2 years.....this
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The Boxset available at double-park in Hong Kong. No idea about the price and also will it be available overseas yet.
Off World Boxset $290 HKD, compare to the Off World Creature available at CSBOOTH $450 HKD, this boxset is good deal. Just the DVD without the figure is $79 HKD each.
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If you’ve ever worked as a designer before, you’ve probably experienced many rounds of feedback on your work. Product design and development are very interlinked processes. Mockups are one of the best ways to showcase a potential design for your team, users, or potential investors. Mockups are high-fidelity, versatile designs that can help you in all kinds of situations.
In this article, we’ll be talking about mockups, what they are, and why you need them — as well as exploring the different kinds of mockups.
What is a mockup?
A mockup will mean different things depending on your industry. We’ll be specifically talking about product design, especially in the web and mobile app space.
A mockup is a high-fidelity render of your product’s design that showcases how the finished product will look. A mockup can take the shape of an image or a product model, and you normally create them using digital design tools. You can use mockups to educate stakeholders, demonstrate design proposals or promote a product.
Mockup vs wireframe
We’ve talked in the past about what wireframes are, and we mentioned that you can sometimes consider high-fidelity wireframes to be mockups.
If you think about your product as a house, the wireframe would be the foundation’s blueprint and the mockup would be the 3D model. Mockups can often build on wireframes as a basic building block, but you can also create them from scratch.
Mockup vs prototype
Another important distinction to make is between a mockup and a prototype. A mockup will only show the expected final design of a product, while a prototype will also show the functionality of the product.
Now that we have an idea of what mockups are, let’s get into why we need them.
Why do you need a mockup?
Now we know what mockups are, we can dig deeper into what you can do with them.
- Product discovery: Mockups can also be used before starting a project. In the preliminary phases of product discovery, you can use mockups to test out different approaches to your potential product. You can also quickly make changes to mockups to adjust according to your needs.
- Keeping stakeholders aligned: Designing and building a product involves a lot of stakeholders — at every stage of the process. A mockup can help keep stakeholders aligned on the finished product. You can also use mockups to impress potential investors with a high-fidelity representation of the final product.
- The final step in the design: As we mentioned at the beginning of the article, designing a mockup is part of the product development cycle — usually happening during the design phase. A mockup serves as the natural final step in the design process, before the design team hands off the document to your development team.
Regardless of how you use them, mockups help you communicate what you want your final product to look like. They are essential tools in your design arsenal — because it’s always better to over-communicate when it comes to design.
Different types of product mockups
Now that we know what mockups can do for us, let’s look at the different types of products that can benefit from mockups.
Mobile app mockup
One of the most common use-cases of mockups is for mobile app design. With millions of mobile apps out there, you will often need a proof-of-concept to be able to show potential investors and stakeholders why your idea is worth pursuing. This can apply to apps starting from scratch, as well as apps a couple of years into their life looking for a design refresh.
Proof-of-concept mockups aren’t the only use case for mobile apps. Designing a mobile app is a continuous process involving a whole team. Designing your mobile app on a digital design platform like Sketch lets you create individual assets that any member of your team can seamlessly export and inspect. This transforms your mockup into a building block that developers can use to implement your vision quickly and more accurately — rather than just a render.
Like mobile apps, designing a website mockup can also help you show relevant stakeholders what your final product will look like. But while most mobile apps focus on optimizing regular user interactions, websites typically have a different set of goals. Most commonly, a website’s purpose is to turn a visitor into a customer. With website mockups, you’re able to test out the most effective designs that will attract users.
And again, by using a dedicated tool, you’ll be able to create these specific brand assets, share your designs with your team, and make it easier to turn pixels into code.
Digital products aren’t the only thing that can benefit from a mockup. While designing a new device — that can be anything from a smartphone to a vacuum cleaner — a mockup can help you align a huge team around a common goal. Having a render of what the final physical product would look like can go a long way to helping designers, manufacturers and other stakeholders work in sync.
Device mockups like the example above can also help fans or members of the community share their excitement for a product release. They can help app and website designers, too — creators can share what their app would look like on a physical device, to give a better idea of the finished product.
Poster or Print mockup
We’ve talked a lot about products, but in reality, mockups can help all sorts of causes. If you’re planning to go to a march with a sign or launch a campaign on social media, a mockup is your go-to design tool. Creating a render of what you’re planning to print can help you get quick feedback and make adjustments on the fly.
As you can see, mockups can be powerful tools in your design process. They’re especially useful in mobile app and website design, offering big benefits to the whole team at any stage of the design process.
Also, don’t forget that designing a mockup isn’t a closed process. Involving your team members — such as your UX writer — can help you elevate your designs even further.


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Autistic children, "strange birds", hypersensitive, with some kind of disorder, high potential, atypical or just different - this reality is defined by the term "neurodiversity" and affects 20% of the population. How to raise a child who does not fit into the generally accepted frameworks, and the system wants to put him/her in them? How do you build your personality when you are treated like a problem?
Claire Stride, author of "Unmanageable or Atypical?", helps families and educators cope better. She herself has dyslexia, dyscalculia and high potential. She studied neuroscience, non-aggressive communication models, worked as a consultant, teacher and personal coach on emotional and interpersonal intelligence. In this book, she explains to us how these extraordinary children function, shares the right approach and practical means to help them without guilt and constant struggles.

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In patients with asthma, coprescribing the unlicensed AeroChamber® spacer device along with non-extrafine beclometasone dipropionate (non-EF BDF), compared with use of the licensed Volumatic® spacer device, does not increase the risk for adverse events (AEs). A postauthorization safety study of the 2 spacer devices using a large UK primary care database was conducted using 2 separate historical cohorts — a questionnaire-based cohort and an electronic medical record (EMR)-based cohort — to evaluate patient-reported and EMR-reported AEs in individuals with asthma who were prescribed non-EF BDF. Results of the current study were published in the journal NPJ Primary Care Respiratory Medicine.
The primary objective of the study was to determine the noninferiority of non-EF BDF coprescribed with the AeroChamber spacer with that of non-EF BDF coprescribed with the Volumatic spacer, with respect to the frequency of patient-reported oral thrush or hoarseness per use of the asthma questionnaire over a single year. Additional AEs reported on the questionnaire included sore month/throat, cough, bruising, and abnormal weight gain. The secondary study objective involved a comparison of the EMR outcomes for non-EF BDF coprescribed with either the AeroChamber or the Volumatic spacer.
A total of 385 participants were prescribed the AeroChamber spacer and 155 participants were prescribed the Volumatic spacer. All patients in both the questionnaire-based study and the EMR-based study were ≤65 years old.
The rates of patient-reported oral AEs were noninferior in the AeroChamber spacer group to rates in the Volumatic spacer group (27.7% vs 29.9%, respectively; marginal effect estimate, −0.043; 95% CI, −0.133 to 0.047). Moreover, the total number of patient-reported AEs did not differ significantly between the AeroChamber spacer arm and the Volumatic spacer arm (53.3% vs 49.7%, respectively, with ≥1 AEs).
In the EMR-based study of 1471 matched pairs of participants, no statistically significantly different number of EMR-recorded AEs was reported with the AeroChamber spacer and the Volumatic spacer (12.5% vs 12.8%, respectively, with ≥1 AEs).
The investigators concluded that coprescribing the AeroChamber spacer with non-EF BDF does not increase the risk for patient-reported and EMR-reported inhaled corticosteroid–related AEs when compared with coprescribing the Volumatic spacer with non-EF BDF.
Ming SWY, Haughney J, Ryan D, et al. Comparison of adverse events associated with different spacers used with non-extrafine beclometasone dipropionate for asthma.NPJ Prim Care Respir Med. 2019;29(1):3.

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If you have questions, call the Town's Community Development Department at 577-3721 or go online to estes.org/communitydevelopment.
The Town of Estes Park has been awarded a $94,000 grant from the Colorado Water Conservation Board for master planning for the restoration of Fall River from Rocky Mountain National Park border to the confluence with the Big Thompson River.
The town is still awaiting word on another grant application that would complete funding for the Fall River master planning.
Town officials say the goal is to complete the Fall River stream corridor master plan before the 2014 spring runoff, so that actual restoration can be completed by the end of August, 2014.
Under the direction of Community Development, a Watershed Planner skilled in community outreach and facilitation will lead the formation of the plan. The planner will establish a Fall River coalition, facilitate public outreach and community meetings, and solicit/submit scientific and engineering design options.
The end result will be a comprehensive conceptual design and a budget for implementing the plan itself.
The master plan will address:
- How to minimize the impact of future flooding on homes and businesses
- How to minimize the impact of business disruption and resulting economic loss
- Steps to restore Fall River's ecological health.
The plan will be collaborative in nature. The Fall River coalition will include and/or draw on the expertise of hydrologists, engineers, environmental stewards, impacted home owners and business owners and the community at large.

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It’s now clear that Congress won’t be raising taxes when it raises the debt ceiling this time. But in Washington, the magical thinking about tax reform continues. The fantasy is that by eliminating special loopholes, credits, deductions and exclusions (tax expenditures policy geeks call them), Washington will be able to lower income tax rates and raise big dollars at the same time.
So, for example, the deficit-cutting plan outlined last week by the Senate bipartisan Gang of Six relies on tax reform to raise more than $1 trillion over a decade, while lowering the top rate from 35% to a maximum of 26% to 29%. Likewise, President Obama’s bipartisan deficit reduction commission (the Bowles-Simpson Commission) suggested in its final report last December that tax reform could lower the top rate to 28%, while raising an extra $80 billion a year.
It sounds like a good idea and plausible to boot. After all, since the last big tax reform under President Ronald Reagan in 1986, special breaks have proliferated, making the U.S. tax code a convoluted mess. According to the Joint Committee on Taxation’s count, there were 202 tax expenditures in the law in 2007, up from 128 in 1987. (JCT backgrounder on tax expenditures here.)
Moreover, with the Bush-era tax cuts set to automatically sunset at the end of 2012, “a major round of tax legislation not seen since the 1986 Tax Reform Act becomes not only possible, but also more probable,’’ tax publisher CCH observes in a new debt ceiling tax briefing.
But here’s a dirty little secret of tax reform: You could eliminate all those special interest tax “loopholes” that invite ridicule --- such as the tax credit for turning chicken manure into energy ---and what you’d raise would add up to only (forgive me) chicken manure.
That’s because most of the new credits and tax breaks (such as those to promote green energy and conservation) account for only a small portion of the $1.1 trillion in annual tax expenditures on the JCT list, points out John L. Buckley, who spent 37 years as a Congressional staffer and retired last December as Chief Tax Counsel of the House Ways & Means Committee. In a new paper, Buckley, now a visiting professor at Georgetown University Law Center, calculates that 95% of the total annual individual tax expenditures (by dollar) go to 10 basic areas that hardly sound like narrow, special interest loopholes.
And of those big 10, most predate---and more importantly survived---the 1986 tax reform. Among those are the exclusion from income of employer paid health insurance; tax incentives for retirement savings (although they’ve been expanded greatly since 1986); and itemized deductions for mortgage interest, charitable contributions and state and local taxes.
(For the 10 largest tax expenditures, click here.)
Not only do those breaks have powerful constituencies, but in some cases their lobbies can reasonably assert that curbing or eliminating them now could risk major economic disruptions. “It's the worst possible time to discuss this because of the fragility of the housing market,’’ Lawrence Yun , chief economist of the National Association of Realtors, argued today at a Tax Policy Center seminar on eliminating the mortgage interest deduction. (He predicted that eliminating the deduction would lower home values by 15%---or $16.1 trillion.)
“Regardless of how you feel about the mortgage deduction, now is not the time to repeal it,’’ says Buckley.
But there’s another catch too. Stay with me--it's technical, but important. As the JCT itself warns, saying a tax break costs a certain amount is different from estimating how much revenue will be raised if the tax break is eliminated. That’s because people, and particularly well off folks, can change their behavior and how they arrange their tax affairs in response to elimination of a tax break. The JCT figures such behavioral changes into revenue estimates, but not into the big tax expenditure cost estimates that have reformers salivating.
So, for example, if the mortgage interest deduction were eliminated, those with taxable investment portfolios could pay down their mortgages and borrow instead against their stocks, since investment interest would remain deductible, Buckley explains.
The lower 15% rate on long term capital gains presents an even more dramatic example. This break will cost Uncle Sam $56 billion this year, the JCT estimates. But eliminating it would raise only a fraction of that amount, as rich people put off realizing gains. One reason: a separate tax expenditure, which Congress has tried unsuccessfully to kill in the past, allows a “step-up” in the basis of assets to their current market value when the owner of those assets dies. In other words, a rich old investor who doesn’t need extra cash, can just hold on to his highly appreciated shares in Apple or Google or Microsoft or Berkshire Hathaway until he dies. Then, his trophy-wife-turned-widow or his born-rich kids can immediately sell off those shares free of capital gains.
Oh, and while we’re on the subject of capital gains, here’s another little secret of tax reform that hasn’t been much discussed. If you want to eliminate most tax expenditures and lower the top rate, the only way to do it without shifting more of the tax burden from the rich onto the upper middle and middle classes, is to eliminate the lower rate for capital gains.
The fact is that while tax breaks like the mortgage deduction benefit mostly middle and upper middle class folks, 71% of the value of the capital gains tax break goes to those with income of more than $1 million, according to an analysis the JCT did for Rep. Sander Levin (D- MI), the top Democrat on the Ways And Means Committee . (Incredibly, the 400 highest-income Americans reaped a stunning 13.1% of all net capital gains reported to the Internal Revenue Service for 2008.)
“If they’re going to make reform distributionally neutral and they’re going to lower the top rate, there’s no way to get around" eliminating the lower rate for capital gains, agrees Eric Toder, a co-director of Tax Policy Center, who has run many a distributional table. Note that a special rate for capital gains was eliminated by the 1986 Reagan tax reform and is axed in the proposal from Obama’s bipartisan deficit commission. (The Gang of Six is silent on the issue. But m0st Republicans –and some Democrats—believe strongly in a a lower rate for capital gains, so that could be a big impediment to reform.)
Don’t get me wrong. I’m all for reducing tax expenditures and dejunking the tax code. There’s no doubt April 15th would be saner –and our economic decisions would be less distorted--- if we got rid of some tax expenditures, consolidated others (such as those for kids), and pared back others (say, gradually reducing the mortgage interest deduction). In fact, a decade ago I wrote a Forbes cover story, Government By Tax Credit, slamming the bipartisan expansion of tax credits as a backdoor form of government that gets far too little scrutiny and invites abuse.
But remember, the 1986 tax reform was “revenue neutral” and took place in a less partisan time. The notion that a Congress that can’t even raise the debt limit without traumatizing both Wall Street and Main Street will be able to agree on an overhaul of the tax code that raises $100 billion a year and is fair to the average guy is chicken…..oh you get the point. Let's just say, we've got a tax credit for that.


Suzuki Wagon R Fuel Consumption in Pakistan Details available here. The Suzuki Wagon R is mentioned away to be under production in the engineering centers of Suzuki since the year 1993. The dimensions of the car make it fall away to be under the category of the “Kei Car” classification. The older version of the used Suzuki wagon has been all set with the fair features for its economical price. It was the most famous Kei and so has also a bestseller in Japan since 1993. The tall wagon body hence lay down with that all the more consists or includes of short bonnet but advance tall structure, and so as the latest style or design which several manufacturers are using in their hatchbacks was first introduced in this new and latest car.
Suzuki Wagon R Fuel Consumption in Pakistan
Suzuki Wagon R Fuel Tank Capacity and those People who are looking at the Suzuki Wagon R fuel consumption in Pakistan that is above 17 Km in 1 liter. So this is one of the best cars who is working in Pakistan and people satisfied. While Suzuki wagon r VXL fuel average in Pakistan and Suzuki wagon r 660cc fuel consumption is mentioned above the content.
Despite being set away in the small size of this car, the cabin space remains comfortably all the way spacious because of its vertically pushed sides that do not influence the inner space. It was hugely appreciated in Japan and was accepted with a big sales number in India. There has been accessing timeline of the 5 generations of the car and in each of the generations, the Kei car gets better in design and technology.
First Generation Suzuki Wagon R:
The first generation period is 1993 till the year 1998. During these five years, the body trim of the coverage of the Suzuki Wagon R is only once. With the same shorter bonnet that we often discussed above, straight lines on the side and so as the black plastic grille on the roof. The 660cc engine that is almost taken away to be standard in most of the Kei cars of Suzuki with three cylinders is fitted under the bonnet. It is a five-door hatchback with the setting of being not a so big trunk on the back.
The Suzuki Wagon R’s extended version was also introduced just as during the same time. But then it was limited for Europe and there is very little chance of finding a used version of it in the Japanese market.
The second generation’s Suzuki wagon R is settled into the same set of the body layout with plastic grills skipped this time. The small engine was replaced with the medium of a larger one in the 2nd generation. The third generation’s Suzuki Wagon R for sale has been put together with the two design layouts one of which is basic and so as with the other one with different exterior touches was named as Stingray.
The fourth generation was continued from the year 2008 till the year 2012. It has rear doors and a quarter glass was part of the retouching to exteriors of the car. The powertrain was all the more developed into a 64PS paired with 4 speed automatic, as well as 5-speed manual and CVT transmissions.


FlexFlash 400W/s Strobe
The FlexFlash 400W/s Strobe from Photoflex is packed with professional and convenience features usually found in flash heads twice its price. Recycling is a fast 1.0 - 2.0 sec. with flash durations as short as 1/800 sec. at full power. The large digital back panel gives you full information and control of power and modeling light adjustments. Power can be displayed and adjusted from 1/64 to full power in 2/10 step increments or in 1/10 steps over a 2.0 - 6.0 power level range. Modes for the 120W modeling lamp include proportional, full power and manual adjustment.
Convenience features include auto pre-flash recognition, power dump, a temperature activated cooling fan, integral handle, 170-degree adjustable stand mount and an auto-sensing 90-260 VAC power supply. The FlexFlash ships with a protective lamp cover, 120W modeling lamp, power cord, sync cable, extra fuse and a 7" umbrella reflector that accepts optional grids.


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Surrender of LPG a huge climate action, says Prakash Javadekar
Union Minister Prakash Javadekar today said the surrender of LPG subsidy under 'Give it up' scheme is a huge climate action.
"The action taken by concerned citizens of the country by surrendering their subsidy on LPG under 'Give it up' is a huge climate action. Forty per cent households in India use firewood for cooking. With enlarged LPG supply, more than 95 per cent households would be covered by 2030. This will save trees, improve health and also co-benefit climate," he said here.
The Environment Minister was speaking after initiating distribution of LPG connections to Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe beneficiaries of enclosures and fringe villages of BRT Tiger Reserve under Special Component Plan and Tribal Sub-Plan.
Javadekar said distribution of LPG to forest resource dependent villagers was aimed at minimising dependence on firewood and added that a total of 6,325 LPG connections had so far been provided.
To protect the rich and vibrant biodiversity of the tiger reserve, strict protection has been provided, including intensive patrolling by the protection staff and anti-poaching staff, Javadekar said.
"The anti-poaching staff keep a strict vigil on movement of smugglers and poachers, stay in remote camps and conduct supervisory monitoring in the beat assigned to them," he said.
The staff have been given Personal Digital Assistant using appropriate software to monitor and record their daily patrol route and other relevant information, Javadekar said.
He said there are 27 anti-poaching camps in BRT Tiger Reserve established at vantage points and that surveillance and patrolling by anti-poaching camps contribute to a large extent in curbing and controlling smuggling and poaching.
"The anti-poaching staff lead a very tough and difficult life. Therefore, they are provided all possible support and encouragement by the department," he said.
Javadekar, along with government officials, visited an anti-poaching camp at Burude and inaugurated a newly set up one at Belatha. "They interacted with the anti-poaching staff regarding their work and difficulties they face," he said.
The minister also released the Phase IV Monitoring Report 2014-15 and Tiger Conservation Plan for BRT Tiger Reserve.


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As I mentioned in my previous review for the 1981 slasher flick The Burning, I wanted to learn more about the urban legend which brought the shear killer Cropsy to life. This is something that I was not familiar with, and on getting background information for the review, I stumbled across this rather interesting documentary. Brought to us by Joshua Zeman and Barbara Brancaccio the story takes us from the urban legend of Cropsey, an escaped mental patient, who was said to lurk beneath the abandoned tunnels of derelict mental institution Willowbrook State School, a story told to kids around camp fires to keep them from straying, and develops into something much more. The makers involved begin talking about their experiences growing up on Staten Island, as they tour around creepy empty buildings, Willowbrook, previously a facility for mental patients, which was at the heart of a shocking expose some years beforehand, and an abandoned hospital for terminal patients. They do a great job painting the picture of how the urban legend of Cropsey was widespread folklore in the days of their youth, as they describe their fear when exploring these places as children. Some said Cropsey wielded an axe, others said he had a hook for a hand, there were many versions, but the consensus was he hunted the tunnels of these forgotten places, and his prey was that of innocent children. Staten Island, of the 70s and 80s is painted as somewhere which while being forgotten, a dumping ground for the city’s waste, landfill, the mentally ill, those with terminal disease, it was also somewhere with a strong sense of community. In fact the theme of community shines through in this piece as the story quickly develops into an investigation into missing children throughout the 70s and 80s and the consequent incarceration of suspected child killed Andre Rand.
The documentary works on two levels, firstly concentrating on the friends, family, journalists, and police involved in the hunt for missing Downs Syndrome girl Jennifer Schweiger, in 1987, who unfortunately was later discovered to have been murdered and buried in a shallow grave. We are presented with a vast amount of present day interview material and archive footage which outlines the desperation, pain and anguish experienced by those searching for the girl at the time of her disappearance. This is a real story of community and how an urban legend can quickly become reality, shattering the lives of those concerned. The strength and feelings of the people effected by this tragedy is excellently portrayed as the story crosses over from myth into real life events. As the story progresses the makers develop the theme further to look at other cases of missing children during this period, establishing a link with 3 others, and looking at the mystery surrounding their disappearances. No other bodies were ever found, with no explanation as to what has happened, we follow the investigation as it desperately searches for some answers. Central to the piece is the story of Andre Rand, convicted of the kidnap of Jennifer and incarcerated since 1987, questions are asked as to whether Rand had anything to do with the other children going missing. Having worked as an orderly at the infamous Willowbrook institution, Rand was a suspect in some of the other cases and certainly has a dodgy past. He was convicted of attempted rape of a 9 year old girl in 1969, and in 1983 also served time for kidnapping a group of children on a bus. As he was due for parole at the time of filming the story takes yet another interesting turn to focus on the indictment of Rand on charges of the suspected murder of Holly Hughes who went missing in 1981, the court case which ensues, and the evidence which surrounds the case. Speaking with the lawyers involved, police who investigated the original case, and scrutinizing the evidence the makers try to piece together the answers to the questions so many people want resolved. Another interesting aspect to the feature is the involvement of Rand, as Joshua and Barbara try to build a relationship with him through correspondence in the hope he may confide in them and give the information they need. However as the documentary develops the makers find themselves with no answers simply more and more questions; did Rand work alone? there is the suggestion he worked for a Satanic cult fetching bodies for their sacrificial ceremonies, or that he was some Charles Manson-like leader of the homeless people living under the tunnels of Willowbrook, able to influence them into helping him collect and murder innocent children. Speculation is rife and everyone seems to have their own theory. The film also looks at the rather flimsy case surrounding Rand’s conviction, was he a scapegoat? The guy was convicted of the second killing purely on circumstantial evidence, was he capable of luring and murdering these children? The archive footage of him shown at the time of his original arrest portrays him as a gormless idiot bum, as some of those involved with both Rand and the story suggest he was merely a face, describing how the media manipulated public emotion toward the man, and he was already deemed guilty before proved otherwise. Yet there are many within the narrative who can place Rand in and around the areas at the time these children went missing. Some even reporting to have witnessed Rand with the victims, evidence which did not come to light at the time of the original investigation.
The second level we see working in this piece is the notion of how the lines between myth and reality can become blurred. Everyone has something to say about Andre Rand, and they are all eager to offer up their own opinions as to what has happened. Yet as in a true case of Chinese whispers the story takes a rolling stone effect, gathering the moss of so many stories about Rand it begins to get more and more fantastical. Many of the eyewitness accounts which placed Rand at the scene of the disappearance of Holly Hughes are called into question, are these to be believed, or did after all the coverage of this case people simply misremember what happened? Some of the evidence looks questionable. The film however seems to make no attempt to pass one view off in favour of the other, instead focusing on a well balanced account leaving the viewers to make their own conclusions.
Well worth mentioning the opening scenes of this documentary were extremely creepy, following Joshua and Barbara, as they revisited some of the places which haunted them in their childhood. The story behind Willow Brook is equally as terrifying with archive footage of the expose from young reporter Geraldo Rivera in 1972 which I immediately recognised as will others who have seen American Horror Story Asylum, in that it appears to have been plaguerised for the expose of Briarcliff carried out by Lana Winters. Intentional or coincidental I cannot say but there are obvious similarities between the two.
I was pleasantly surprised in watching Cropsey, it turned out to be something totally unexpected and very engaging. Ultimately the story of people, community and how the horror of real life can become something far worse than an urban legend, it is definitely worth checking out whether you are a fan of the fictional Cropsy or not. The Boogeyman is real and this is the stuff nightmares are made of.


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Area girls basketball preview: 5 games to watch
Lincoln at Taylorville, Nov. 30
The Railersplitters and Tornadoes no longer belong to the Central State Eight Conference. They’re now members of the Apollo Conference with Lincoln joining this season. Taylorville moved to the Apollo in 2014. Lincoln’s Kaelyn Froebe was a standout among CS8 players last season. Froebe and Co. played the final contest of the 2016-17 season at Taylorville. Froebe scored 29 points and drained five 3-pointers in the 19-13 Railers’ 70-64 loss to Effingham in the Class 3A Taylorville Regional championship game. Taylorville has a new head coach, but he’s not new to the program. Steve Keller was an assistant under former coach Mark Hannant, who retired from coaching due to work constraints. Hannant coached at Taylorville for 14 years and served as head coach for five.
Calvary at Lutheran, Dec. 4
Calvary has a dynamic duo in juniors Aryanna Harris and Alliyah Turner. They carried the team last season with Harris averaging 21.5 points per game, 6.8 rebounds per game and 3.7 assists per game. Her effort earned her a spot on the MSM Conference second team. Turner averaged 10.9 ppg, 4.2 rpg and 2.1 apg. She made the MSM honorable mention list. Harris and Turner combined for 59 3-pointers. Turner sank 31 and Harris made 28. Lutheran graduated six seniors and has a roster of many new faces. Sophomore guard Emily Stoekel is the Crusaders’ sole returning starter and she often defends opponents’ best player. Lutheran coach Matt Mead will rely on a young team. He estimates nearly 80 percent of the roster is freshmen and sophomores.
Pleasant Plains at Williamsville, Dec. 7
The Bullets enjoyed an 8-0 Sangamo Conference record last season and finished 18-11. They return a force inside in senior forward/center Olivia Felts. She averaged 12.1 points, 7.5 rebounds and 1.5 blocks. Another scoring threat is junior guard Lilly Doneghue, who averaged 10 ppg and 2.5 rpg. Senior guards Emma Walbert (4.0 apg) and Mackenzie McCormick (6.2 ppg) also return. While Williamsville finished atop the Sangamo standings, Plains was fourth with a 5-3 conference record. The 16-11 Cardinals’ top returning scorers are sophomore forward Caroline Jachino and senior guard Grace Sinclair. Jachino averaged a team-leading 10.1 ppg and 44 3-pointers. Sinclair averaged 5.6 points and 3.1 rpg. Coach T.J. Fraase expects to go nine to 11 deep.
Hillsboro at Auburn, Dec. 18
The Hiltoppers’ best player Sammi Matoush and Auburn’s No. 1 player Katryel Clark play on the same club team. Hillsboro ended Auburn’s season last February. Matoush scored 30 points in 50-41 win against the Trojans in the Auburn Regional. Clark is a four-year starter. Auburn senior guard Hannah Smith also has loads of experience. She has started for three seasons.
Athens at Buffalo Tri-City, Feb. 1
Tri-City should take a tad of revenge into this game. The Warriors handed Tri-City its sole regular-season loss, beating the Tornadoes 47-43 in their regular-season finale. Tri-City had a regular-season record of 22-1 and was ranked 10th in the final Associated Press Class 2A state poll. The Tornadoes have big shoes to fill with the graduation loss of Ashley Ford. The 6-foot-2 center was the 2017 Decatur Herald and Review Macon County Girls Basketball of the Year. The AP all-state honorable mention pick averaged 12.2 ppg, 9.2 rpg and 2.1 blocks. Athens will also make have to make up for a couple key graduation losses. Four-year starter Micah Tapscott and Madi Epperson graduated. Tapscott averaged 18 points for the 20-10 Warriors. Epperson dropped in a career-high 34 points in a first-round Class 2A regional win over Petersburg PORTA. Athens coach Jay Heriford says this year’s team is young and will rely heavily on junior point guard Morgan Penrod, sophomore guard Elizabeth Jeanblanc and senior forward Madelyn Laughlin.

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Spring is here, and so are the gadgets! This April was host to Apple’s first major event of the year, which brought the announcement of its long-awaited “AirTags” but plenty of other gadgets came out this month as well. Here are the highlights you should know about.
Apple has finally announced the tiny item-tracking device that has been rumored for over a year and which works in its Find My network. It’s called AirTag and it’s a little circular gadget that you can place on your keys, in your wallet or stick them on your devices.
A single AirTag costs $29. A four-pack costs $99. They will be available on April 30.
Apple TV 4K (with a new remote)
Apple announced a new updated version of its Apple TV 4K that comes with an all-new remote. The updated Apple TV 4K has a faster processor and supports high frame-rate HDR. It can also adjust the color balance of your TV so that whatever you’re watching looks best. The redesigned remote that ships with the new Apple TV 4K has a new five-way touch controller instead of the trackpad, a dedicated power button to turn on/off your TV, and the Siri button has been moved to the side of the controller.
Colorful M1 iMacs
Apple announced new iMacs that are decked out with its M1 processing chip, 24-inch display, a thinner design, a smaller base, a 1080p webcam, improved microphones and better speakers (that support Dolby Atmos). The new iMac will be available in seven new colors, too, including red, white, blue, green, purple, orange and yellow.
iPad Pro 2021 (M1)
Apple announced new 11-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pro models with its M1 chip, as well as a new Thunderbolt USB-C port, support for 5G and a significantly improved camera system. The new 12.9-inch iPad Pro has a new Liquid Retina XDR display, similar to the Apple Pro XDR display. The 11-inch model of the M1 iPad Pro will not have this fancy new screen.
HyperJuice Magnetic Wireless Battery Pack
This is a 5,000mAh portable battery that magnetically clips to the back of the iPhone 12. It charges via USB-C, however it does not support the super fast 15-watt wireless charging that MagSafe promises; it tops out at 7.5-watts of wireless charging speeds.
Naim Audio Mu-so 2 Wood Edition
Naim Audio released the Mu-so 2, the second generation model of its all-in-one wireless speaker, back in 2019. Compared to the original Mu-so, it has six new individually amplified drivers, a new processor with 10 times the power, the ability to stream tracks up to 32bit/384kHz. It has support for AirPlay 2, Chromecast, Tidal, Spotify Connect, Roon, and Bluetooth, all topped off with HDMI ARC and optical connections so you can use it as a soundbar. Now Naim has released a special edition version of the Mu-so 2 that has a wood exterior (instead of steel) and a golden hue. It costs $600 more than the standard Mu-so 2.
(Check out our original review of the Mu-so 2, here.)
Xiaomi Mi Mix Fold
Xiaomi announced its first ever foldable smartphone this week. The Mi Mix Fold shares a similar look and feel to Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold. It can fold inward and vertically, which allows you can use it like a traditional smartphone, or you can unfold it and use it as bonafide tablet. Additionally, it has a number of the specs you’d expect in a premium smartphone, such as a snappy processor (Qualcomm Snapdragon 888), a fancy camera system, a beautiful OLED display and support for wireless charging. The catch? It’s only available in China right now.
Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal
The Beoplay Portal is a luxury gaming headset (B&O’s first) that’s designed to work perfectly with all Xbox consoles (Xbox Series X/S and Xbox One) thanks to the Xbox Wireless protocol. There’s no boom microphone, either, which means that the Beoplay Portal, with its built-in Bluetooth 5.1 connectivity, can be paired with your smartphone or computer when you’re not gaming and used as wireless noise-canceling headphones.
Pioneer DJ VM Series of Active Monitors
Pioneer DJ announced a new line of active near-field speaker monitors that are designed to emulate the sound of a studio or club, but in your own space. There are three different-sized models: VM-50 ($169), VM-70 ($229) and VM-80 ($289). Each speaker will be decked out with a 4 mm-thick aluminum front baffle, Class D amplifier, Aramid fiber cones and Vortex Bass Accelerator, all of which, according to the company, are designed to “accurately reproduces sounds, including deep low-end frequencies while cutting out unwanted vibrations.” Each model will be available in early April.
Casio GSW-H1000 Smartwatch
The Casio GSW-H1000 is the company’s first G-Shock smartwatch that runs on Google’s Wear OS. (It’s also the first G-Shock smartwatch with a color display.) As with Casio’s previous G-Shock smartwatches, the GSW-H1000 is super rugged, with excellent shock- and water-resistance, and comes with all the necessary sensors (GPS, compass, heart-rate, accelerometer, gyrometer and altitude sensor) as well activity-specific tracking features you’d expect from a premium sport smartwatch. It will be available in the middle of May.
Belkin Magnetic Phone Mount with Face Tracking
This isn’t a wireless charging stand. Belkin’s new phone mount is designed to work with the latest iPhones, as it uses MagSafe to magnetically hold it in place. What makes it super unique is that uses face tracking (via Belkin’s companion app) and a 360-degree rotating base so that your iPhone’s camera can follow you as you walk around your room; it’s feels similar to what the Amazon’s new Echo Show 10 can do with its own rotating base. It seems like the ideal little gadget for people making videos on TikTok or YouTube, however, it won’t work with certain video calling apps, such as FaceTime or Zoom.
Cambridge Audio Evo
Cambridge Audio’s Evo is a high-end streaming amplifier that can basically do it all — you just need to add speakers. It supports pretty much every sort of streaming you’d want (including AirPlay 2, Chromecast,Qobuz, Roon Ready, Spotify Connect, Tidal Connect and Bluetooth). And its HDMI ARC connection means you can you use it as your home theater’s hub. Also, it’s beautiful. The Evo has a 6.8-inch display to show album artwork, a wonderfully large volume knob, and its wooden trim is the cherry on top.
The Evo comes in two models. The Evo 75 ($2,250) is rated at 75 watts per channel and the Evo 150 ($3,000) at 150 watts per channel.
Nomad MagSafe Mount for iPhone 12
This is Nomad’s latest accessory for people who have an iPhone 12 and Apple’s MagSafe Charger. The MagSafe Mount is a weighted desktop accessory that holds Apple’s MagSafe Charger in place so that when you pick up your iPhone 12, the charger doesn’t come with it. Its stainless steel body weighs in at right around one pound.
Fujifilm Instax Mini 40
The Instax Mini 40 is the Fujifilm’s latest entry-level instant film camera. Like the Instax Mini 11 before it, the Instax Mini 40 is fairly straightforward and simple shooter. It has two main frills: a flash and a pop-out zoom lens (for selfie photos). The big selling point compared to the Instax Mini 11 is that the Instax Mini 40 definitely looks more like a vintage film camera. but that retro vibe comes at $30 price hike.
Fujifilm’s Instax Mini 40 will be available for purchase at the April.
Samsung Galaxy A Series
Samsung just announced its 2021 series of Galaxy A smartphones, which are essentially way more affordable alternatives to the company’s flagship Galaxy S21. They have less premium builds and generally not-as-great camera systems, but they actually don’t skimp out on that many flagship-level features. The three new Galaxy A smartphones that you should know about are: the Galaxy A32 5G ($280), the Galaxy A42 5G ($400) and the Galaxy A52 5G ($400). All three have basically the same design; a rear triple camera system (at least); and, as you can likely tell by their names, they all support 5G. They’re some of the most affordable 5G smartphones that you can buy.
THX, the brand best known for movie theater sound, has released its first-ever hardware product. The Onyx is a portable headphone amplifier and DAC combo that’s meant to plug into your smartphone or laptop and bring the best sound out of your wired headphones. It has a USB-C connection so you’ll be able to use with most new age smartphones or laptops; you’ll need a Lightning dongle if you have an iPhone.
Ring Floodlight Cam Wired Pro
This is Ring’s most advanced outdoor floodlight camera ever. It’s basically a more advanced version of the company’s first Floodlight Cam. It adds a new radar sensor that enables new 3D motion detection and “Bird’s Eye View”, just like the recently released Ring Video Doorbell Pro 2, which this allows it to better detect and even create a top-down map of the movement (within the app). When motion is detected, the high-powered LED lights will kick on and light up your backyard.
It’s available for preorder right now and will be available everywhere in early May.
JBL 4309 Bookshelf Speakers
The JBL 4309 studio monitors are essentially smaller and more affordable versions of the company’s high-end 4349 studio monitors, which run for $7,500. Each 4309 loudspeaker is decked out with the company’s 1-inch tweeter, 6.5-inch mid-bass driver and twin-firing reflex ports, so that it sounds as dynamic as its larger sibling. And each speaker looks stunning, with a blue baffle, wooden veneer (either walnut or black walnut) and cloth grille — they’ve already been given a 2021 Red Dot Design Award. The JBL 4309 studio monitors will be available for purchase this June.
Canon EOS R3
Canon announced the development of the EOS R3, the company’s most high-end mirrorless camera to date that’s most definitely aimed to compete against the Nikon z9. It will be the first EOS series camera to be equipped with the company’s new 35mm full-frame, back illuminated, stacked CMOS sensor. It will also have a DIGIC X image processor “for high-speed image processing that realizes high-speed continuous shooting of up to 30 frames-per-second.” And, according to the released photo (above), it will have a pretty robust body with a built-in vertical hand grip. No price or release date have been announced.
Roku Voice Remote Pro
Roku announced three different new(ish) products this week. There’s its new entry-level 4K player, the Express 4K Plus, which replaces the Roku Premiere. There’s the Streambar Pro, which is basically a renamed version of the Smart Soundbar (now defunct). And, most notably, there’s the Roku Voice Remote Pro. It’s the first Roku remote that comes with a rechargeable battery and offers hands-free “Hey Roku” voice commands. It also comes with a headphone jack and a dedicated button for Apple TV+. The Roku Voice Remote Pro costs $30 and will work with any Roku TV or streaming device.
Bang & Olufsen’s newest high-end wireless speaker, the Beosound Emerge, is designed to blend in with the other books on your bookshelf (although it kind of looks a little like a shrunk down version of the Flatiron building). It’s a relatively small powered speaker supports a number of wireless connectivities, including AirPlay 2, Spotify Connect, Chromecast and Bluetooth. It can be set up to work as a smart speaker that responds to “Hey Google” voice commands, too. It will be available this fall in either black or gold (the latter will cost an extra $200).
Spotify Car Thing
Spotify has officially announced its first-ever gadget. It’s called Car Thing (yes, really) and it’s essentially a glorified Spotify remote for people who have cars with no built-in Bluetooth. The other feature that makes it better than just using your smartphone to control your Spotify music in your car is voice control — it responds to “Hey Spotify” voice commands to play sounds or playlists, as well as play/pause and skip tracks. In addition to voice commands, you can control Car Thing via its navigation buttons, large knob and touchscreen.
Car Thing is a very limited device, but the cool thing is that Spotify is offering it to Spotify Premium subscribers for free — but you have to apply for one through Spotify and there’s no guarantee that you’ll get one.
Price: Free (plus shipping)
Microsoft Modern Webcam
Microsoft’s newest webcam is a pretty basic option. It supports an HD video (not 4K) and connects to your computer via USB-A (not USB-C). It comes with a privacy shutter and has a built-in LED light that will indicate when it’s on. If you’re looking for a fairly affordable option that will upgrade your laptop or desktop setup, this looks to be a solid option. It will be available this June.
DJI Air 2S
The DJI Air 2S is the next-generation version of the DJI Air 2 that was announced last year. The big upgrade is that the Air 2S has a 1-inch sensor, which is twice the size of Air 2’s size and similar to the sensor in the company’s flagship Mavic 2 Pro, allowing the Air 2S to take much higher-resolution photos. It can also shoot better video, 4K at up to 60fps instead of the Air 2’s 4K at up to 30fps. The big downside? The DJI Air 2S is $200 more expensive than the DJI Air 2.
Microsoft Surface Laptop 4
The all-new Surface Lap 4 has the exact same design as the 2019-released Surface Laptop 3. The big difference is that Microsoft is allowing you to choose which processor you want: either an 11th-generation Intel processor or AMD’s Ryzen 4000 series. The advantage of the AMD processor is that it promises incredible battery life (up to 19 hours). The Intel models are a little more expensive and don’t get the same battery life, but improved performance and, thanks Intel’s Iris Xe graphics card, better graphics.
Plugable USB-C Voltage and Amperage Meter
If you’re interested in finding out how much power your device is getting while it’s charging, this $30 accessory is exactly what you want. It connects between your device and your USB-C charging cable, and then measures the voltage, amperage and the directional flow of the electrical current — and it shows you what’s happening in real time. And don’t worry, it won’t affect data transfer of your USB-C cable.
Anker PowerConf C300 Webcam
Anker is getting into the webcam market. The PowerConf C300 is a 1080p webcam that connects to your computer via USB-A. The neat thing about it is that Anker has integrated an AI chip that enables what the company is calling “smart framing,” which allows the webcam to keep you in focus as you move around the screen. The PowerConf C300 is available right now.
Amazon Echo Buds (2nd Generation)
Amazon has announced the second-generation versions of its 2019-released Echo Buds. The company claims that the new wireless earbuds have a 20-percent smaller design and they have improved active noise-cancellation (but they’re not Bose branded like the first-generation Echo Buds). They also support USB-C charging instead of micro-USB. Also, similar to Apple’s AirPods, you’ll be able to purchase the new Echo Buds with or without a wireless charging case. They’ll cost $120 or $140 with the wireless charging case, but right now Amazon is running a promotion, dropping each for $20 — that’s right, you can get the new wireless earbuds for $100.
Urbanista Los Angeles ANC
The coolest thing about Urbanista’s new wireless noise-canceling headphones, the Los Angeles ANC, is that there’s a chance you never have to plug them in to charge. Yep, they’re solar powered. The headphones are made of a Powerfoyle solar cell material that can charge with any kind of light — even ambient light — so you don’t have to be wearing them outside on a sunny day. The headphones will cost around $200, although there’s no word yet on when they’ll be available.
Price: ~ $200
Bowers & Wilkins PI7
Bowers & Wilkins announced its first two pairs of wireless earbuds this week. There’s the PI5 ($249) and the PI7 ($399). Both models deliver active noise-cancellation and have a wireless charging case. The main difference is that the flagship models, the PI7, support higher-resolution audio (it supports Bluetooth AptX Adaptive streaming) and packs a 9.2mm driver unit that’s modeled after the company’s high-end loudspeakers. Maybe the most interesting thing about the PI7 is that their charging case can double as a Bluetooth transmitter (it comes with a 3.5mm and USB jack) in case you want to listen to your wireless earbuds on an in-flight entertainment system or a device that doesn’t have Bluetooth, like a Nintendo Switch.
Fitbit Luxe is the company’s newest fitness tracker and it’s designed as “luxury” or fashion-forward gadget. It works and looks similar to the company’s other thin fitness tracker, the Inspire 2, but the Luxe adds an AMOLED display – it’s the company’s first fitness tracker with a color display, just like it’s more expensive smartwatches — and a stainless steel casing, which you can get in either gold, silver or black. It has some more advanced tracking abilities, such as skin temperature and stress levels, as well as the more entry-level abilities, like tracking steps, calories, heart rate and sleep.
The Fitbit Luxe is available for preorder now, with shipping to start later in May.
The Polaroid Go is the company’s newest entry-level instant camera — and it’s tiny. Weighing just over half a pound, it’s about the size a small portable speaker or medium-sized. But despite it’s diminutive size, the Polaroid Go still packs all the same features as last year’s Polaroid Now, including flash, a built-in timer, and a button that shoots double exposures. It also has a new reflective selfie mirror for, well, shooting selfies. The Polaroid Go uses smaller instant film than most of the company’s other instant cameras, however.
It’s available for preorder now for $100, or bundled with film for an extra $20.
Sony ‘Silent White’ WH-1000XM4
To date, Sony has offered its flagship noise-canceling headphones, the WH-1000XM4, in black or silver colors. This week it added a third color: “silent white.” It’s a true white that, despite its pristine look, Sony promises is very stain resistant. Aside from the look, it boasts the same internals and sound quality as all other WH-1000XM4 headphones. The silent white color will cost you about $50 extra and be available (as a limited edition release) this summer.
Epos H3 Gaming Headset
The Epos H3 is a wired gaming headset that’s compatible with the latest PlayStation and Xbox consoles (as well as previous generation), as well as the Nintendo Switch and PC. At $119, it’s relatively affordable considering it adds plush ear pads, a large and satisfying volume dial, and a high-quality boom microphone. It’s available in either white or black models.
Bang & Olufsen BeoLab 28
Bang & Olufsen’s BeoLab 28 is a pair of luxury floorstanding speakers that promise excellent sound and copious connectivity options. Each speaker has three 3” full range drivers, a 1” tweeter on the front, and a down-firing subwoofer, and they’re packed with technologies that allow you to calibrate the sound to your specific room. The speakers support AirPlay 2, Chromecast, Spotify Connect and Bluetooth, as well as wired connections such as Ethernet and line-in/optical. The other cool thing is that the speakers come with a replaceable connectivity module, which the company claims make them essentially future-proof.
Galaxy Book Pro and Galaxy Book Pro 360
Samsung announced two new Galaxy Books this week. There’s the Galaxy Book Pro, which is a traditional laptop, and the Galaxy Book Pro 360, which is a convertible laptop with a touchscreen display. Both are Windows-powered machines that are optimized for people with one of Samsung’s Galaxy smartphones (thanks to having support for apps like Samsung SmartThings and Samsung Notes). The biggest upgrade with both is that they are the first Galaxy Books with OLED displays, so they should be brighter with more contrast (aka better for watching movies!).
Both new Galaxy Books are available for preorder right now. They’re expected to ship on May 14.
Price: $1,000 (Pro); 1,200 (Pro 360)
Simplehuman is best known for its excellent and well designed (and yes, expensive) trash cans, and the company has taken that same ethos and integrated into its first-ever UV smartphone sanitizer. The Cleanstation works kind of like a toaster; you place your smartphone into the top, it automatically lowers, sanitizers and (30 seconds later) rises up a clean smartphone. Its UV light chamber sanitizes all around the smartphone, so you don’t have to sanitize each side separately. And it’s available in three aluminum finishes: brushed, slate or white.
AudioQuest JitterBug FMJ
AudioQuest’s latest gadget, the JitterBug FMJ, is a noise filter that plugs into the USB port on your smartphone or computer and significantly reduces the noise that is inherent to all USB ports. It’s designed to act as a liaison between your device and external DAC, and help your music sound cleaner and clearer. It also has a metal exterior (FMJ stands for “full metal jacket”) so it should be a more durable and higher-quality version of the company’s existing JitterBug.
Twelve South Forté
Twelve South announced a new wireless charging stand, the Forté, that fully supports MagSafe. This means that when connected to an iPhone 12, the Forté will be able to fast charge it at 15 watts, which is twice as fast as any wireless charger that doesn’t support MagSafe. The other cool thing is that the magnetic puck can be rotated flat and thus turn into a wireless charger for your AirPods or AirPods Pro.
Nomad Base Station Mini
Nomad announced a smaller and more affordable of its Base Station wireless charging pad. The Base Station Mini looks almost identical to the company’s existing wireless chargers — a combination of metal and leather — but it’s only large enough to charge one wireless device at a time. It’s powered by USB-C and as an integrated LED that lights up to let you know when it’s charging. It costs $60, but you’ll need a separate 20-watt USB-C wall adapter to get the most out of it because Nomad doesn’t include one. (Nomad can bundle its own USB-C adapter for an extra $14.)
PopSockets PopGrip Slide Stretch
If you’ve been frustrated by the fact that PopSockets’s grips haven’t worked with the newest iPhones (because of their flat sides), well, you’ve not been alone. Fortunately, the company has announced an updated version of its PopGrip Slide Stretch so that it fits the iPhone 12. They don’t have any kind of adhesive and the new PopGrip Slide Stretch can easily slide down your iPhone 12 so you can wireless charge it via MagSafe.
There are several different designs that you can choose from and they all cost just $15.
Amazon Fire HD 10 and Fire HD 10 Plus
Amazon announced two new and upgraded versions of its Fire HD tablets this week. There’s the Fire HD 10 and the larger Fire HD Plus, both of which have been updated with brighter screens, slimmer bezels and more RAM, as well as a front-facing camera that’s better positioned for video calls. As per usual, these tablets are designed for people who want a significantly more affordable tablet that an entry-level iPad, which starts at $329.
The Fire HD 10 and Fire HD 10 Plus will cost $150 and $180, respectively. Both are available for preorder right now, with shipping set to start at the end of May.
Price: $150+ (HD 10); $180+ (HD 10 Plus)
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Best Free Shooter Games for PC and Browser in 2022!
Battle the odds in a 100v1 death match in PUBG: Battlegrounds, the classic free-to-play battle royale experience.
Step into the most famous battles of World War II in Enlisted, a free-to-play shooter from the makers of War Thunder. Experience squad-based combat from the ground level, as you command your troops, outfitted with era-authentic weapons and gear, in massive battles with over a hundred soldiers apiece.
Dark Orbit Reloaded
Take part in huge intergalactic battles and take on the whole galaxy in DarkOrbit, the free-to-play browser-based space combat MMO from Bigpoint -- now in 3-D! Choose your faction and your ship, each with their own strengths, and take off into adventure!
Trick out your ride and take to the post-apocalyptic roads for battle in Crossout, the free-to-play vehicular combat game from Gaijin Entertainment! Featuring a vehicle design system with endless customization and fast-paced, armor-crunching combat, Crossout offers high-octane excitement in brief and explosive matches.
World of Tanks
World of Tanks is a team-based free MMO action game exclusively focused on the armored warfare in the mid-20th century. Created by the strategy masterminds at Wargaming.net, this is a shooter with a lot of tactical elements to be taken into consideration.
Halo Infinite (Multiplayer)
Step into the boots of a fresh Spartan and fight for galactic supremacy in free-to-play Halo Infinite Multiplayer
War Thunder is an MMO combat game dedicated to World War II military aviation, armored vehicles, and fleets. In War Thunder, players can pilot a multitude of aircraft from a variety of nations including the U.S, Germany, Soviet Union, Japan and more.
Space Punks is a free-to-play online co-op ARPG with a high enemy count looter shooter gameplay loop.
Century: Age of Ashes
Don’t just ride a dragon, ride a dragon into battle and engage in fiery, mid-air combat in a selection of different modes.
Stalk the night and use the powers of vampirism to eliminate your foes in Bloodhunt (Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodhunt), a free-to-play battle royale from Sharkmob.
Drifters Loot the Galaxy
Loot and shoot to your heart's content in Drifters Loot the Galaxy, a high-flying free-to-play shooter from Blind Squirrel Entertainment! Strap on your Driftpac and bring your hard-earned loot back to the dropship, but beware -- your opponents will try to relieve you of your spoils and claim it for themselves!
Super Mecha Champions
Jump into your mech and duke it out with the rest of the world in Super Mecha Champions, a free-to-play battle royale from NetEase. Your battlefield is the futuristic manga-inspired Alpha City, where you'll choose your ace pilot, select one of 10 mecha, customize it to your liking, and dash into furious combat!
Blankos Block Party
Play in a multitude of fanciful worlds in Blankos Block Party, a free and wide open multiplayer game from Mythical. Get your Blanko, give it a special power, and set it off on an adventure in The Junction, a colorful and vibrant world that serves as your hub to many others.
Join an elite mercenary squad and take on missions all over the world in Rogue Company, a free-to-play PvP shooter from First Watch Games and Hi-Rez Studios. Customize your agent with over 50 weapons and use precise shooting and teamwork to complete your objectives and -- most importantly -- get paid!
Become the ultimate battlemage in Spellbreak, a free-to-play battle royale from Proletariat Inc.! Spellbreak takes place in the Hollow Lands, where players seek to eliminate their rivals with a variety of magical spells and claim top honors.
Valorant is Riot Games' free-to-play competitive 5v5 tactical shooter, where you'll need strong gunplay and timely use of abilities to come out on top. Choose your character and participate in matches up to 25 rounds long, taking turns as attackers and defenders.
Make new space friends and betray them all in Unfortunate Spacemen, a free-to-play shooter from New Blood Interactive. Complete objectives and hunt monsters in varied sci-fi environments ...
Call Of Duty: Warzone
One of the most popular FPSes in the world is now a free-to-play battle royale: Call of Duty: Warzone. Strive to become the last squad standing in Battle Royale mode, where 150 players loot and shoot their way through an ever-shrinking battlefield; or complete contracts and try to escape with the most cash in Plunder mode.
Experience a fresh perspective on the battle royale experience with Darwin Project, a free-to-play game that takes the "game show" concept to a whole new level. As a contestant, you'll need to craft and kill your way to the top, as usual -- but the Show Director can make your life easier, or more difficult, and spectators can also weigh in, influencing the Director to aid or hinder players of their choosing.
The former Cuisine Royale has a new name, but the free-to-play battle royale action is just as crazy as before! CRSED: F.O.A.D.
Survive on the edge of civilization in Stay Out, a free-to-play post-apocalyptic MMORPG from Mobile Technologies LLC. Become a "stalker," exploring the vast and hostile Alienation Zone in search of artifacts, but tread carefully -- dangerous creatures lurk in the dark, and you'll need all your wits, and a quick trigger finger, to survive.
Embark on a heroic quest to save humanity in Bungie's epic sci-fi MMO shooter Destiny 2, now free-to-play. Experience a wealth of content as a stalwart Titan, mysterious Warlock, or crafty Hunter, battling the enemies of humanity across the solar system.
Splitgate: Arena Warfare
Take on a new dimension in shooters with Splitgate: Arena Warfare, a free-to-play third-person shooter from 1047 Games. Frag your enemies from all angles through the clever manipulation of portals that let you zip around the battlefield like never before!
Apex Legends is a free-to-play battle royale set in the Titanfall universe and taking place after the events of Titanfall 2. Following the events of the Frontier War, the bloody Apex Games are in full swing, drawing in legends from all across the Frontier to fight for fame, glory, and riches!
Dreadnought is a sci-fi, multi-player space combat simulator from Yager. Players will take control of a variety of unique ships to combat opposing teams in a strategic environment.
Combat Arms: Reloaded
Combat Arms is one of the most played free MMOFPS in the market nowadays, both thanks to its easy to play, hard to master gameplay and to the low system requirements. A huge playerbase is battling in a dangerous war zone swarming with soldiers of fortune looking to leave their a mark.
Experience an epic sci-fi story as either rugged Raiders or invading Antagonists in Spacelords from MercurySteam! Formerly known as Raiders of the Broken Planet, Spacelords is a rework of the game, with all the action and cinematic story of the original, in free-to-play form.
Ring of Elysium
Battle against the elements and other bloodthirsty players in Ring of Elysium, a free-to-play battle royale game from Tencent. Stranded in a remote mountainous region during a blizzard, it's up to you to survive long enough to be airlifted out -- but not before partaking of a little extreme sports action!
Become an elite mercenary operative and take on the world in BlackShot: Revolution, a new take on Vertigo Games' free-to-play shooter BlackShot. Arm yourself with a wide assortment of rifles, shotguns, pistols, and melee weapons, and go up against other players in fast and hard-hitting PvP action!
Mount up and fight for the glory of the realm in Realm Royale, a free-to-play battle royale game from Hi-Rez Studios based on its hit shooter Paladins. Choose from one of five classes -- warrior, mage, hunter, assassin, or engineer -- and take on all comers in a furious fantasy fight to the finish.
Totally Accurate Battlegrounds
Dive into hyper-realistic battle royale action in Landfall's Totally Accurate Battlegrounds, now free-to-play. Up to 60 players compete to be the last man wobbling, using weapons like the balloon crossbow, inflatable hammer to achieve their murderous goals.
Will To Live
Will to Live is a free-to-play MMORPG-shooter developed and published by AlphaSoft LLC. Set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, the game is an open-world shooter littered with radiation, mutants, and other survivors.

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