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SUNY Erie's Automotive Technology program is set to expand its Orchard Park training facility in order to meet the rising industry demand for automotive repair workers.
The two year Associate in Applied Science degree had approximately 200 students enrolled in the 2018-2019 school year, which is about 20 per cent more than it had four years ago, according to instructor Mike Coughlin.
But they expect to increase that number even more over the next few years.
"We're hearing we need more students," Coughlin said.
Coughlin says industry partners, including car dealerships and companies that utilize fleets of vehicles, are unable to hire enough automobile mechanics and technicians.
SUNY Erie is now working with those industry partners to look at ways it can modify its automotive tech programming so that it can turn out more students at a faster pace, while still ensuring they are properly trained and hold ASE Certifications by the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence.
"It's constantly changing... we're coming into self-driving cars. So we're trying to stay with that curve with industry partners," Coughlin said.
SUNY Erie officials say it is too soon to discuss specifics about exactly what modifications they're looking to make to programmatic offerings.


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Packed with BCAAs and L-form amino acids
6000 mg of high-quality potassium caseinate
Take ten capsules daily on an empty stomach with 8 oz of water or five (5) capsules two times daily
Weider Amino 6000 Description: Milk Protein Supplement Amino 6000- amino acids are the basic building blocks of protein. People who exercise may require greater amounts of protein and amino acids than sedentary people. Amino 6000 are packed with a concentrated source of Branched Chain Amino acids (L-leucine, L-isoleucine, L-valine) and L-form Amino acids which promote muscle strength, protein assimilation and muscle recovery. Each serving contains 6000 mg of high-quality potassium caseinate providing essential and non-essential amino acids in easy to digest capsules. Disclaimer These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
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I've dusted off the old journal and it's helping already. Somehow when I write it down - I think about it more. I've also been doing a little something different this time. When I've indulged in something - I record the calories. At the end of the day I can see what my splurges have cost me and hopefully make better choices next time. (Normally I don't count calories - just try to make my grains whole, eat lots of veggies and fruit and go lean on butter, oils, etc.)
I don't want to be a Calorie-Nazi. It doesn't work for me. I get too obsessed. Not to say I don't read the side panels on anything that hasn't been packaged by Nature herself. I watch for the fats (trans & saturated) and I check for high fructose corn syrup. If it's in the first 5 ingredients I think twice before I eat it. And I usually opt not to. I make sure the grains are 100% whole wheat. Not only for the health benefits...but it keeps me fuller longer.
This morning I made an omelet and split it with hubby. A couple eggs, a few onions cut up and softened in the microwave, a dollop of spinach and a small handful of feta cheese. I used cooking spray in the pan and it was great! I felt so full and satisfied all morning and well into the afternoon.
I know that my favorite diet aficionado, Dr.Oz , recommends that you keep either breakfast or lunch simple (like - eat the same thing everyday!) I just can't do that. He says that people who do that lose weight faster because there are less choices. And perhaps that's so for some. I like to experiment with new things or I get bored. And if I focus on variety - it's a pretty good bet that I'm covering my nutrient bases.
I do find that keeping the same snacks on hand helps though. My mainstay is usually a handful of almonds or some cheerios & craisins. Hubby is a chocolate freak. (Not that I don't adore the stuff...but I've learned to keep it in check.) He on the other hand always has a stash of chocolate filled oreos, ho hos or ice cream bars. For some reason - knowing they're there and in such quantity (he's a bulk shopper) makes it easier to not indulge, because I know I can have one if I want - whenever I want - so the urgency isn't there. Kind of weird, but it works for me.
Now tomorrow night we're going out to dinner at a lovely restaurant on the shores of Lake Ontario with the in-laws. (see picture at top of post) I'm really hoping I can be strong enough to make wise choices when ordering. I'm going to check out the menu on-line today and decide before I go. Eating out has always been my nemesis - my get-out-of-jail-free card that allows me to throw caution to the wind. but there have been far too many dining out occasions this summer for me to keep that attitude.
I'll letcha' know how I do!


Examination of factors impacting unaccounted fuel post GDI fuel injector closing
Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics
The characteristics of gasoline sprayed directly into combustion chambers are of critical importance to engine out emissions and combustion system development. The optimization of the spray characteristics to match the in-cylinder flow field, chamber geometry, and spark location is a vital tasks during the development of an engine combustion strategy. Furthermore, the presence of liquid fuel during combustion in Spark-Ignition (SI) engines causes increased hydro-carbon (HC) emissions. Euro 6, LEVIII, and US Tier 3 emissions regulations reduce the allowable particu-late mass significantly from the previous standards. LEVIII standards reduce the acceptable particulate emission to 1 mg/mile. A good DISI strategy vaporizes the correct amount of fuel just in time for optimal power output with minimal emis-sions. The opening and closing phases of DISI injectors are crucial to this task as the spray produces larger droplets during both theses phases. This paper illustrates the preliminary results looking at how deposits on the injector tip, fuel type, and manufacturer affect the fuel characteristics during injector closing. The data was collected using a novel technique developed at Ford’s Powertrain and Fuel Subsystems Lab. The review will focus on the variation of droplet diameter and the mass post injector closing for a given injector.
Schroeter, R. A.,
Naber, J. D.
Examination of factors impacting unaccounted fuel post GDI fuel injector closing.
SAE International, 1-9.
Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/michigantech-p/307


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I participated in the first local Christmas bird count today, which was held at the Avon Park Air Force Range.
The tentative total for the count–some reports are still coming in–is 107 species.
Some of the highlights include a possible first-ever LeConte’s Sparrow as well as American Woodcock, Roseate Spoonbill and Northern Parula Warbler.
Some misses include Osprey, Ovenbird and Cedar Waxwing.
The next count is Saturday in the Lakeland-Winter Haven area. I’ll have details of the results over the weekend.

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In contrast to her predecessor Helen Grant, who was unable to name either England’s rugby captain or the FA Cup holders, the new minister for sport does at least know something about her new brief.
Former Leeds United defender Danny Mills questioned whether Massimo Cellino as an owner, has the best intentions at heart for the club.
The Villa boss believes the 25-year-old can be his side's answer to the Manchester United star with his no-nonsense style.
Serial entrepreneur Jenny Q. Ta is in a rush. Her destination? Another million-dollar idea.
Sad to report.
The scientist will take to the Kidz Field this summer alongside magician Dynamo, as well as Mr Yipadee and his friend Wonky Donkey
Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane says teams are already adjusting to the way he plays in the team's attack.
Three of Manchester United's regular stars will reportedly not feature at all for the club during their tour of America this summer.
The Anfield legend has admitted that reduced playing time was a telling factor in his decision to leave the Merseyside outfit.
If Arsenal have little to play for in their final league game of the season, it could be the perfect chance to give Krystian Bielik his first-team debut.
Zynga reported an earnings beat on Wednesday and laid out plans to restructure the social gaming company. About 18 percent of the global workforce will be laid off for planned savings of $100 million.
Janet Yellen, chair of the US Federal Reserve, has highlighted the risks of ultra-low interest rates for financial stability, warning investors that share valuations are “quite high”.
The chairman of Standard Chartered has said the bank will review its involvement in a controversial Australian coal mine that critics say threatens the Great Barrier Reef and will blow a hole in the global carbon budget.


North Carolina’s restriction of civil rights goes beyond facility access
North Carolina’s newly enacted law, often referred to as HB2, has received nationwide attention primarily because of its requirement that transgender people use the bathroom corresponding to their purported biological identity rather than their actual gender identity. United States Attorney General Loretta Lynch has publicly and emphatically condemned the legislation as “state-sponsored discrimination.” Subsequently, the United States Department of Justice commenced litigation against the Governor of North Carolina and other State officials for adopting the controversial law.
North Carolina’s legislation, however, goes further than restricting access to facilities. In particular, the new law bars cities from adopting or expanding their own anti-discrimination laws. North Carolina’s legislative action also prohibits cities from raising minimum-wage levels above the State level, something cities across the country are now doing given the undue influence over State legislatures by the American Legislative Exchange Council (“ALEC”) and related special interests. As discussed previously here, ALEC and affiliated organizations have shaped, if not literally written, State laws around the country to the benefit of corporations rather than the general public.
Despite North Carolina’s new legislation, the fight against discrimination and unfair wages continues. In fact, the legal developments in North Carolina have reinvigorated a broad-based movement for social and economic justice perhaps best illustrated by Moral Mondays – which began in North Carolina and have since extended to other States.


Phil Poole, Director of Semiconductors at Microdul shows their low power temperature and timing sensors at the IDTechEx Show! in Berlin. Working with the Swiss company Algra, Microdul is developing finger-powered piezo wireless push buttons named Algra Dynapic, aiming it as stick-on light switches and other building control applications. Microdul AG develops and produces customised microelectronic components.
Microdul Algra Dynapic piezo wireless switch
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According to Ozark folklore you can predict the severity of winter by what kind of “eating utensil” is inside persimmon seeds. Split the seed and find a tiny, white spoon (or shovel shape), and lots of snow lies ahead. A knife means cutting wind and ice, while a fork foretells a milder winter.
My friend, who has lived in the Ozarks all her life, opened two seeds recently and found spoons in each, which means we’re going to be shoveling snow before long.
A more official test was run by the Farmers’ Almanac using a larger sample. Fifty percent of the seeds examined contained spoons, causing the agrarian experts to predict a colder than normal winter, but a normal snowfall.
I prefer checking the wooly worms as a measure of the winter to come. A wide, rust-colored band means we’ll have a mild winter. But if there’s lots of black on the caterpillar and only a narrow rust band, you’d better buy an extra shovel and snow boots. Is it true? Well, there’s no research that proves it’s not.
Problem is, I’ve not run onto any wooly worms lately. You just don’t see them on the streets and park lots of Clayton. If anyone has come upon the little, furry caterpillar, please take note and report your findings.
There’s other ways to determine the severity of weather. Some say the number of foggy morning during the summer indicates the number of snowfalls for the upcoming winter. Checking that would require getting up early every summer morning and I was never willing to make that kind of commitment.
Oh, well…if all else fails, there’s always the Channel 5 weather forecasters.


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Watson Music Studios
Reaching New Heights Through Musical Excellence
Teaching musical & personal excellence is the top focus.
Besides being fun, learning violin can build
discipline, teamwork, and self-esteem!
Music helps people of all ages in academic performance, and to learn discipline, self-esteem, & teamwork. I strive to make learning a fun and exciting experience. In the studio, we reach new heights of character and musicianship on our quest for musical excellence.
I use the Suzuki Violin Method, but I also branch out and use other repertoire to meet the needs and goals of the individual student. I also use additional scale and etude books, which vary depending on the level of the student.
Sharing talents is part of the joy of music, and seasonal recitals give students the opportunity to show what they have accomplished.
Group classes are offered monthly and are a great way for students to socialize and learn through fun, new activities which cannot be done in private lessons. We explore composition, music theory, music history, and composers. Students also have a chance to practice performing in a low-key and friendly environment.
A Safe & Fun Learning Environment
It is important for students to feel they can explore and be creative. I strive to help them feel safe and comfortable so they can learn and grow.
Incentives are offered to help motivate students to continue practicing regularly.
An advantage to private lessons is that students receive individual attention. The teaching approach and pieces chosen can be tailored to fit the needs and interests of the student.
If you are ready to request a lesson time, please register in my studio.
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Karak Milk Tea
Agency: Dronic Agency
Mazaq Hot Beverage is an instant tea with milk drink with different flavors.
Mazaq released this campaign to launch and spread awareness about their new flavor Karak Milk Tea, which is finally available in Egypt and easy to prepare in no time.
This professional campaign titled 'Karak Milk Tea' was published in Egypt in April, 2017. It was created by ad agency: Dronic Agency. This Content and Design media campaign is related to the Food industry and contains 2 media assets. It was submitted over 1 year ago by Dronic Agency of Dronic Agency .
Advertising Agency: Dronic, Cairo, Egypt.
Creative Director: Nermeen Turky
Account Manager: Fatma Saber
Chief Strategy Officer: Abdelrahman Sleem


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Exercise can help with cancer treatment: Mayo Clinic
With exercise, cancer patients could move more easily, felt less tired and slept better than those who didn’t exercise, according to the study.
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If you’re being treated for cancer, physical activity can help.
Taking regular walks and doing gentle resistance training at home made a difference for people receiving cancer treatment, a recent Mayo Clinic study shows.
They were able to move more easily, felt less tired and slept better than those who didn’t exercise. Even brief periods of physical activity helped.
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- NEW War correspondents report from the battlefields, 100 years later
- NEW Ottawa man hit with 181 cyber-bullying charges after investigation across Canada, U.K., U.S.
- Police to subpoena Mayor Rob Ford in Sandro Lisi’s extortion case
- Updated 27 Palestinians killed, Israeli soldier feared abducted; ceasefire unravels
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After wanting to talk about this game for two years, I finally talk, in greater detail about the previously controversial, Fallout 76. While I go over some of the old issues with the game, the goal of the episode is to determine if Fallout 76 has been redeemed.
In this episode I briefly go over who I think won E3. I also go over Nintendo newest model in the Switch lineup: The OLED Model. While no matter what Nintendo did they were bound to face backlash of some sort, this newest upgrade is certainly a little confusing. TLDR: Everyone is upset and I am now upset in solidarity.
In this episode of Gamepinions, I talk about God of War: Ragnarok's delay and the fact that the game is now also coming to PlayStation 4. This could all be due to Covid, and I completely trust Santa Monica's decision to delay the game. However, I think there could be for a different reason for this big decision.
In this episode we talk about the new PlayStation VR controllers, the Switch pro rumors, and the internet's proclaimed death of Mario. We discuss if Nintendo's approach to Super Mario 3D All-Stars is a genius business decision, or a dirty trick.
In this episode we talk how I am okay with Breath of the Wild 2 being missing in action, as it quells some of my underlying concerns with the game. Nintendo did a great job with the original game, so they deserve credit for taking their time. We also talk about some Pokemon Legends as well.
With all the negative attention Cyberpunk 2077 has been receiving, we decided to take a look at other game launches from this past generation. In this episode, we recap some of the game launches, that didn't go so smoothly.
In this episode we talk about the new and exciting news that college football is coming back to EA's game lineup! The last college football game was NCAA 14 and that was back on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 days. While NCAA won't be making a return in a traditional sense, we are still excited about this step in the right direct towards that.
Welcome to Gamepinions episode 57: A Massive Year For Star Wars A lot has been happening in the world of Star Wars and ever since The Mandalorian season 2 ended, Dakota and I have been bitten by the Star Wars bug. In this episode we discuss various Star Wars topics, which include: Speculation on Massive Entertainment's new open world Star Wars game, my Bozzie Baranta PTSD , and a Hut RPG that will never be. If you like this episode, share it with everyone you have ever met in your life....
In this episode, Dakota, the biggest PlayStation expert of his generation, goes into detail about his experiences with his new favorite toy. From the functionality, to the games, to the taste of this plastic beast, Dakota has it all covered for you. In addition to that, we also cover the sleazy PS5 scalpers that are ruining Christmas for everybody, in order to stuff their wallets.
Welcome to Gamepinions Episode 53! In this episode we talk about Dakota's experience with Last of Us 2, Microsoft's Strategy for next gen, and the surprising return of the exiled Filip Miucin. Thanks for listening in and share it with your freinds!
Welcome to Gamepinions Episode 52: Nascar Heat 5 Sold Us On F1 2020. In this episode Dakota and I talk about our brand new racing game, F1 2020. After Nascar Heat 5 turned out to be a completely repackaged variant of nascar Heat 4, we escorted our wallets to F1 2020. Was it the right choice? Listen to find out! Thanks so much for listening and as always, share this with your friends!
2020 has not been kind to anyone. This week I talk about all of the crazy things going on in gaming. Games media, select members of the Smash Bros community, and the Last of Us, have all been trending for all the wrong reasons. The Last of Us 2 is trending due to its developers and voice actors being the targets of death threats. The other two are much more complicated than that. I don't find these topics fun and look forward to going back to more light hearted content in the next episode. I...
2020 is turning out to be a really not so great year. At this point it has been easier to count what has gone right, instead of what has gone wrong. Unfortunately for Mixer streamers, Mixer is the most recent victim to 2020's wrath.
Welcome to Gamepinions Episode 49! In this episode we reminisce about the mysterious website called "Lockerz". Much like our Justin TV episode, Lockerz is a website we look back fondly on, even though it may have been the shadiest website on the internet. If you have never heard about this website before, or if you want to join in our reminiscing, definitely give this a listen! Thanks for listening, hopefully the rain ambiance will make you feel relaxed (the wonders of recording in your...
Coming off the highly successful PlayStation 4, Sony needed to make a big splash at the PS5 reveal, in order to meet the high expectations that they set for themselves. Did they deliver? Find out our thoughts in this episode.
In this episode I talk about my experience with Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition. I also touch upon Sony's decision to postpone the PS5: The Future of Gaming event. And I also talk about a couple of news stories.
For many people, when they think of livestreaming they think of twitch. But for some like me, we think of Twitch's predecessor. In this episode Dakota and I reminisce about the crude, quirky, Wild Wild West, of streaming platforms, know as Justin TV.

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text: Body of Work is an exhibition of printed and video-based artwork that explores identity in the digital age. We find ourselves in an era where we are constantly bombarded with information and opinions from millions of perceived others. It becomes increasingly hard to not only contain, retain, or even question all this information we are receiving, but it can also force one to confront how they perceive their own identity. A person’s identity is now amalgamated by immense swathes of people across multiple platforms, further curated by algorithms working behind the scenes. It becomes increasingly hard for the viewer to get a sense of who they might be when they do not conform to the standards generated by these platforms, and one might do drastic things in order to match these arbitrary standards. Graphic design is a practice of information management, controlling and gatekeeping the massive amounts of content we face in our time. And in this time, graphic design can either help to perpetuate the standards and false realities that social media help generate, or it can fight against them. And the use of branding is a particularly helpful tool in design as a means to keep a message constant and to communicate values effectively. Graphic design is, however, a mostly commercial practice, so it more often than not helps perpetuate these standards to help further fuel capitalist enterprises, and branding is too often associated solely with advertising. It is with these visual art pieces included in the exhibition that these notions are questioned, and challenge the viewer to be more critical of their identity in this time of endless content. These four pieces included in this exhibition are the art book On-Brand Identity Guidelines, the installation The Moment, the video-based installation #gaysofinstagram, and the short experimental film Consider Yourself. The art exhibition for Body of Work was held at the Everett Gee Jackson Gallery in the School of Art and Design at San Diego State University from April 12 through April 14, 2022.


In the olden days, it was enough for farmers to plant crops and by harvest time, go to the village market to sell whatever they produce. But with the opening of a borderless economy under the ASEAN integration which is set to take effect this year, farmers cannot afford anymore to just sit and wait for a trader to buy their product. Pitted against other Asian farmers, majority of the Filipino farmers are at the disadvantage because of inefficient production, losses due to the typhoons, poor infrastructure and declining government support.
But as competition becomes intense with cheaper agricultural products coming in from Indonesia or other neighboring Asian country, the farmers are under increasing pressure to become more competitive or else be left out in the cold. Being competitive means being able to produce more cheaply at the right time while ensuring that the quality is better. That means, to cut the cost and maximize profit, they have to consolidate their produce and cut through the intermediaries and engage the big buyers themselves.But negotiating with the big buyers requires them also to have the necessary volume and quality.
In response to these challenges, non-profit organizations in the Philippines such as the Xavier Science Foundation, are helping women and men farmersorganize themselves into production clusters and engage in group marketing by linking with buyers, preferrably institutional buyers. This is what is happening among cassava farmers under a cooperative run mostly by women farmers in a remote community in Misamis Oriental, Philippines.
Civil Societies such Xavier Science Foundation, in partnership with the government, provide business development services that aims to build the capacity of the farmers’ cooperative to negotiate their way through the market while improving how their crops are grown. Using the Value-Chain approach, a team of business development consultants are teaching farmers to understand how the local cassava industry works, to find ways how to become more efficient and to work around the dynamic market. Suddenly, the market they come to know is turning to be bigger than they realize. They now know that it is important to check first who their buyers are and what their demands are , before they decide what kind of cassava variety to plant.
“When we started the business of buying the cassava products of our members, we didn’t have a concrete plan,” Erlinda Cagmat, the leader of the cooperative recalled . “ But now, we realize that we need to put all our plans into a business plan. With a business plan, we don’t have to commit as many mistakes as we did. “
Emma Dagondon, the manager, is upbeat . “We can deliver what our buyer requires if only we have more capital and better post-harvest facilities”, she said."As farmers we have to be organized in our production and marketing order to have better income.”
As leaders of the cooperative, these women are stepping up to their new role as business managers.They are mastering the negotiating skills needed to deal with big traders. They are learning more about the different actors of the market chain.They are looking for ways to cut their marketing cost so that it will not eat up their profits. They know that cassava processed into granules gives them more income that just selling fresh tubers.
On the other hand, they are also struggling to operate their production and marketing of cassava granules because of inadequate capital and lack of access to drying facilities. They are still hesitant to obtain a production loan because of the high risk involve when giving out loans to their farmer-members.As leaders, they know their members need to be more responsible in using loans and in paying back.
They are on the lookout for resources that they can tap to be able to put up a dryer for their cassava chips. They are also looking for support in terms of accessing better credit services for their members. As the Filipino farmers negotiate their way through this new terrain, it is increasingly urgent that they be provided with adequate support by the government and private sector so that they become more competitive with their Asian counterpart and seize the opportunities that this new terrain brings to bring them closer to the goal of economic empowerement.


At a news conference this afternoon (February 11), Premier Christy Clark announced that the provincial government would be providing a $1
When the provincial government implemented a 20-cent increase to the minimum wage last September, it knew the new rate of $10.45 would keep B.C.’s lowest earners near or at the very bottom of the country.
The provincial government and Lower Mainland municipalities have begun work on adaptation, responding to the effects of climate change that are already here and preparing for worse to come.
In part two of our year-end animal wrap-up, we meet one very angry gorilla.
A Florida man did what to a tree? Oh, America.
Here are a few unusual stories that caught our attention during the past year.
One of the most important reports submitted to the National Energy Board’s review of Kinder Morgan’s proposed Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion has been denied.
A Georgia Straight study of police shootings in B.C. found that the number of incidents has increased dramatically in recent years.
Rising temperatures and droughts could result in huge increases in carbon dioxide being released from the Earth's surface
Georgia Straight articles on First Nations


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I suppose it's not too surprising that Timespinner is one of my favorite games of the year. After all, it has a lot in common with Iconoclasts, which was one of my favorite games from 2018: both are Metroidvanias designed largely by one person over several years with a focus on deeper, theme-heavy narrative, intricate world building, and a lovingly crafted set of characters. And there are even some overlaps in the themes Bodie Lee (the designer, artist, and programmer of Timespinner's Lunar Ray Games) and Joakim Sandberg (aka Konjak, the developer behind Iconoclasts) choose to focus on.
But the two spiral off beautifully into their own little corners, each exploring those story and game design choices separate, to the extent that they feel almost like counterpoints, and it makes me appreciate both of them even more. But we'll get into that more in a bit. Let's just start at the basics, though: Timespinner is a Metroidvania platformer from Lunar Ray Games released on most current systems (I personally played it on my Switch). The game tells the epic story of Lunais, a girl from a small, peaceful society that's constantly in fear of interstellar Lachiem Empire looming above them. When Lachiem finally makes their move, Lunais uses her people's ancient relic, the Timespinner, to travel through time and space in hopes to stop them before their attack ever begins. It's a good enough basic set-up for a large scale space opera story, but the story here goes deeper than just the surface-level details.
We'll come back to that in a minute, though, since it's getting into spoiler territory. Before doing that, let me hit the more general stuff. The gameplay here is all great; the movement feels as good as it should, and the RPG elements give a nice extra bit of complexity and a sense of progression. The world layout is some of my favorite as well; Timespinner does a good job at teasing you with locked doors to come back to, new abilities that open the world map, hints at secrets, and more. And the two overlaying maps, set across two vastly different time periods, do a nice job of lining up in ways that make you say "Ooooohh" and feel smart once you catch on to the clues it's laying down (both narratively and gameplay-wise).
The pixel art is just fantastic; it stands with the best of the best from the 16-bit era and takes me back to playing the Super Nintendo as a kid. The same goes for the music, really; if you played any sort of “epic” 16-bit RPG or Metroidvania, Timespinner learned from the best and perfectly recaptures that feeling. The characters and their designs all look great and I love them, but my favorite understated strength of the game’s art direction might be the world design.
The gameworld, as the same locations separated by centuries, are a good example of all the small bits that go into setting a scene. You’re initially set up in the modern, sterile, dystopian version of Lachiem, and every aspect of it contributes to that. The music is harsh, people are sparse, and dark machines hound you in mechanical corridors. Even relatively humane locales, like the library, still feel alienating in small ways.
Then, you get dropped back in the pastoral past, and even as a harsh, largely-unexplored planet with a technically-lower population, it just feels so much more welcoming. The game’s layout does a good job of allowing you to accidentally wander into places you’ve been before, and the transformation it takes to get to the bad future version is so shocking that it may take you a while to make the connection that you found an area you’ve been before (even when the landscape hasn’t been totally decimated).
Not every game can stir emotions this noticeable in me, but I found myself subconsciously attacking my to-do list with a heavy focus on the past because of the discomfort from the future world and the relative pleasantness of the past. And to avoid big spoilers, I’ll just say that one of the final sections in the game, set in the future world, maximizes this emotional tug, with a design that gave me the biggest sense of unease I’ve felt while exploring a game level since the True Lab section of Undertale. It’s a well-executed surprise, and I really wanted to get out of there as fast as I could.
Of course, while the art direction and design does a lot of that work, the writing carries a lot of weight here as well, and it might be my favorite part of Timespinner, the part that kept me up thinking about it in between play sessions, desperate to get back. Of course, digging into that will hit spoiler territory, so if you want to go in as blind as possible, know that I fully recommend this game if any part of this sounds interesting, and you can come back to read the rest of this once you try it for yourself.
If you want to go a little further though, I’ll keep things vague at first, to serve as a “themes to look for while you play”, but give another jumping off point when I get deep into specifics.

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If a monster earthquake struck off Alaska's coast, tsunami waves would rush toward California, crippling the nation's busiest port complex and flooding coastal communities, a report released Wednesday suggests.
Scientists on Thursday launched a mission to the seabed off Japan where a massive quake triggered last year's devastating tsunami, to get their first proper look at the buckled ocean floor.
Italy's earthquake was a lot weaker than the one in Myanmar, but it did far more damage because it happened at a shallower depth. The Associated Press explains the difference between shallow and deep earthquakes.
Taiwan began building its first undersea earthquake sensor on Sunday in a project aiming to give earlier warnings of the quakes and tsunamis that frequently hit the region.
Six years after Haiti was devastated by a magnitude-seven earthquake, the government seismologist who predicted it warns little has been done to protect people in the likely event of a repeat disaster.
A moderate 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Nicaragua on Saturday and rattled nearby cities, but scientists said it was unlikely to have generated a major tsunami.
The January 12 earthquake in Haiti failed to release all the tension in a notorious seismic fault, leaving its capital exposed to the risk of another seismic disaster, US scientists reported Sunday.
Adam Acar and Yuya Muraki of the Kobe City University of Foreign Studies surveyed and questioned Twitter users and tracked updates from people in the disaster-struck area on the social media site two weeks after the Tohoku ...
Monster earthquakes like the 9.0-magnitude event that occurred off Japan on March 11 are unlikely to trigger a large quake in distant regions of the world, according to a study published on Sunday.
Pandas living in a reserve near the epicentre of China's weekend quake clambered up trees in panic as their forest home was jolted, but none were injured, officials said Monday.


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With President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil looking increasingly likely to face impeachment by early May, investors are turning their attention to the man who’d succeed her.
Researchers attempt to predict which countries are most at risk for genocide or politicide over the coming five years.
The millions of Mexicans who have evaded the legal immigration system work dangerous and dirty jobs for a fraction of American wages—and that's a national disgrace. But the end of cheap, vulnerable immigrant labor is near.
America’s burgeoning opiate problem is a tragedy, but it shouldn’t come as a surprise: it stretches back to the arrival of the Mayflower in 1620.
Twelve million Americans take out payday loans each year, spending more than $7 billion on loan fees
New research finds a link between higher levels of narcissism and a preference for certain television genres, including sports.
This year, more money will be spent on political ads – $11.4 billion – than ever before. According to Borrell Associates around $1 billion of that will be spent on digital media, and half of that on social media. Compare that digital media spend to the $22.25 million spent in 2008, and you’ll see a 5,000 percent increase.
But forget ad spend for a second. Think about where voters now get their news – or the food of their outrage.
A new report examines data from more than 1,400 studies of programs such as broken windows policing, gun buybacks, therapy, and other attempts to curtail death and violence in American cities.
Jean Kennedy has a BS in biology and a master’s in special education. Now, she’s trying to decide what to do with her third degree: a certificate of achievement from Oaksterdam University, the Harvard Business School of marijuana.
“I’m Italian,” said Kennedy, 56, a retired high school biology teacher with graying hair and a heavy New York accent. “You know Italians, we grow tomatoes. Maybe I’ll grow some plants.”

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To everyone living in the U.S., happy Thanksgiving to you and your loved ones. This brings me to today’s post, which is about my first Thanksgiving in recovery.
For those who don’t know, Thanksgiving is a holiday that is completely, 100%, totally centered around food. The whole point is to have a huge dinner with a lot of yummy food with your loved ones.
But it’s also about taking a moment to realize what your thankful for.
During my time in recovery, I honestly feel like I’ve learned how to become thankful for life’s smallest gifts every single day. Sometimes just making it through the morning without checking my stomach out in the mirror is something I am thankful for.
Sometimes having a day of piece and quiet from Ed is something I am thankful for.
But today, because it’s Thanksgiving, it was more of a time for me to be reflective.
Last Thanksgiving, I weighed myself in the morning. I weighed myself in the afternoon at my aunt’s house before dinner, and I weighed myself at home after dinner.
That number was my Thanksgiving.
Who cared about the food, the family and the dessert that I helped make? Ed didn’t care and therefore, I didn’t care either. I cared about my number, my one and only number.
It’s weird to think that I saw that exact same scale today, and yet just walked past it. I had my power back.
This Thanksgiving, my first Thanksgiving in recovery, while I sit here uncomfortably full, I also sit here and smile because recovery and I rocked this Thanksgiving.
We took over this Thanksgiving and we let Ed sit back and watch.
There was no meal plan today, there was eat whatever you want because it’s Thanksgiving plan.
Today, I am thankful that I was able to bake with my aunt and get to experience and enjoy tasting everything along the way.
I am thankful for being able to see the smile on the girls face who I tutor when I surprised her at her house and gave her her birthday present (her birthday was today).
I am thankful for the text messages I got from my family and friends that were so beautiful.
I am thankful that I was able to save the day when our apple pie fell onto the floor right before we put it into the oven, and I decided that the 10 second rule would turn into the 2 minute rule, and I put the whole pie back together with my cousin, and it was the best pie I ever had.
I am thankful for my family.
But mostly, I am thankful for the gift of kindness.
I can truthfully say that I was able to be kind to myself today.
I don’t know if that many people can understand why this is such a big deal,but let me try to explain.
Being kind to yourself means giving yourself permission to be proud of yourself.
It means giving yourself permission to taste the food you worked so hard to make.
It means loving yourself enough that even though your physically uncomfortable from eating, you hug yourself tight and know that deep down, you put yourself first, not Ed.
Being kind to yourself means eating the food at Thanksgiving; it means being part of your family and being present with them.
It means hoping on a plane to Las Vegas tomorrow despite the fact that Ed will try to tell me I don’t deserve it because there is food there and fun there, and things that I don’t deserve because I ate what I wanted today.
Being kind to yourself means even through your physical pain from fullness, you smile and laugh and almost cry out of happiness because hell yes, you didn’t listen to Ed.
Above all, being kind to yourself ultimately means that you are learning to love yourself–even on days where strong forces, like Ed, tell you not to.
Ed never appreciated my soul, and that’s why he’s so hollow, so empty and so void of warmth.
But me–the more I love myself, the more kind I am to myself and the more I value myself, based on internal things, not based on my body or how I look, the more I am able to not only appreciate my soul, but the souls of others.
Kindness is the best gift I can be thankful for this year.
Kindness to myself.
Kindness to others.
Kindness to my body.
Ed doesn’t know how to be kind because he only knows how to be self deprecating. And for a long time, I didn’t know how to be kind to myself either.
But now, I do know how to be kind to myself, and instead of fighting Ed along the way, I am going to teach him how to be kind to me too.
Today’s lesson to Ed for learning how to be kind to me : It’s Thanksgiving, and therefore, I am allowed to be like every other American and eat the yummy food–oh, and also, you don’t get to stop me from having fun in Vegas.

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In a Top 5 largely unchanged since last week Carly Rae Jepsen holds on at the top on this week’s Singles Chart for a fourth week with ‘Call Me Maybe’ although she reduces her lead over her closest rival, Fun (Feat. Janelle Monae), whose ‘We Are Young’ is a non-mover at No2.
Gotye & Kimbra climb back a place from No4 to No3 with “Somebody That I Used To Know’ while Nicki Minaj’s ‘Starships’ swaps places to drop to No4. David Guetta’s ‘Titanium’ is also a non-mover completing the Top 5. B.o.B provides this week’s highest new entry coming into the Top 10 at No9 and achieves his third Irish Top 10 hit – he reached No2 in 2010 with ‘Airplanes’ (with Hayley Williams) and No7 with ‘Nothin’ On You’ (with Bruno Mars) in the same year. After a push on various social media sites Wheatus bring their hit ‘Teenage Dirtbag’ back into the Top 30 at No29 eleven years after its original release when it reached No2. Mick Flannery also holds on to his lead at the top of this week’s Album Chart taking a second week at No1 with ‘Red To Blue’ while Nicki Minaj’s ‘Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded’ climbs three places to the No2 spot. After an incredible fifteen months in the chart when it has never been out of the Top 10, Adele reaps the benefit of Easter sales to see ‘21’ climb back into the Top 3 at No3. The Moshi Monsters ‘Music Rox!’ holds firm at No4 while David Guetta drops to No5 with ‘Nothing But The Beat’. Alabama Shakes make their first appearance on the Irish Charts as their debut album ‘Boys & Girls’ is this week’s highest new entry at No13 while Florence + The Machine’ also enter the Top 20 with their ‘MTV Unplugged’ release comimg in at No15. The only other new entry in this week’s Album Chart is for The Counting Crows whose new release of cover versions – ‘Underwater Sunshine (Or What We Did On Our Summer Vacation) ‘ comes into the Top 50 at No46.

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SIA: Report On E-Verify Shows Need For Biometrics
A recent report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) demonstrates that the federal E-Verify program needs a biometric component, according to the Security Industry Association (SIA).
E-Verify is used by employers to determine if individuals are legal residents of the United States and, thus, eligible to work in this country.
The program, however, suffers from significant error rates, and SIA in November released a set of recommendations for adding a biometric component to the program that could “reduce these error rates, increase privacy and enhance identity assurance.”
The GAO on Jan. 18 released a report on E-Verify that found that “errors persist” and “E-Verify remains vulnerable to identity theft and employer fraud.”
“Identity fraud remains a challenge in part because employers may not be able to determine if employees are presenting genuine identity and employment eligibility documents that are borrowed or stolen,” the report stated.
SIA representatives said that this is exactly why biometrics should be made a part of the program.
“The recent GAO analysis of the E-Verify program confirms that the program remains highly susceptible to error, identity theft and fraud,” said Robert Horton, director of marketing and communications for MorphoTrak and chairman of SIA’s Biometric Employment Verification Working Group. “The Security Industry Association believes Congress can restore confidence in this program and our nation’s employee verification procedures by adopting a biometric component to the E-Verify program. SIA’s recommendation for an enhanced biometric document for use in vetting new employees will enhance privacy and reduce identity theft.”
The recommendations in the GAO report did not include the use of biometrics, but the agency acknowledged that, “These technologies help to create a verifiable link between identity and authorizing documents.”

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Adnoc toasts its resilience
Reforms in response to the last industry downturn have equipped Abu Dhabi’s oil heavyweight to cope with the current crisis
State-owned Adnoc has, according to chief executive Sultan al-Jaber, left behind its conservative past in a "transformation" over his four-year tenure that has positioned it to "better respond to changing market dynamics".
His claims, made as he hosted Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan at the firm’s flagship Ruwais refinery in mid-June, are not ill-founded. The company is nimbler and better able to cope than it was during the 2014-16 price crash. But it has still had to adopt some of the tactics it employed during the previous downturn— paring contractor costs, deferring some larger capital projects and looking to novel means to financially leverage its asset base.
The Adnoc chief’s reforms were originally laid out in a radical long-term strategy promulgated in November 2016. Its commitments included greater collaboration with the firm’s myriad equipment and service providers. One of the best examples was US oil services firm Baker Hughes acquiring a 5pc stake in the Emirati parastatal's Adnoc Drilling subsidiary in late 2018 as part of an agreement to offer an integrated drilling service, accelerating the well completion process and reducing expenses.
The company's immediate response to March’s price slump was still to instruct suppliers to find financial savings achievable on existing contracts. But the income squeeze has also galvanised a strategy long deployed by regional counterparts to enter so-called framework agreements' with selected contractors—creating a pool of firms automatically and exclusively prequalified for certain job categories and committed to fixed rates, increasing tendering efficiency and reducing costs.
A rollcall of international engineering stalwarts submitted technical pitches in June to enter three-year deals for the provision of engineering services work across the business. The same model has been rolled out for project management consultancy.
Part-privatisation has also been an element of the strategic roadmap. In February 2019, a consortium led by two US private equity firms acquired a 40pc stake in Adnoc’s domestic oil pipeline network for $4bn, while $5.8bn was raised five months later through the sale of a combined 35pc interest in the refining business to Italy’s Eni and Total.
4.2mn bl/d – Adnoc record output in April
Adnoc has also taken advantage of investor appetite for safe haven infrastructure assets by monetising its extensive gas pipeline network. A group consisting of Canada’s Brookfield Asset Management and the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board, New York-based Global Infrastructure Partners, Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC, South Korea's NH Investment and Securities and Italy's Snam has agreed to spend $10.1bn to buy a 49pc stake in a new pipeline subsidiary.
The cash injection will help maintain momentum for upstream capacity increases also included in the long-term plan. Construction phases on certain larger projects have been delayed, most notably on the first two projects to develop the emirate's offshore sour gas fields. But Adnoc is still proceeding with a drive to increase oil production, in contrast to the hasty retrenchment under way elsewhere in the industry.
Bids are due by the end of June on an estimated $400mn engineering, procurement and construction contract to raise capacity at the offshore Umm Shaif field, one of Abu Dhabi’s oldest and most prolific, by 75,000bl/d to around 475,000bl/d. And a tender was floated in May for work at the Al-Dabbiya onshore field, designed to sustain output at some 110,000 bl/d.
Adnoc recorded an all-time production record of 4.2mm bl/d in April, remaining on track for a target it has been aiming for since November 2018 to reach 5mn bl/d by 2030. But there is now a bump on that road—the firm has committed to cutting output by an unprecedented 1.7mn bl/d in May-July and to continue limiting supply until early 2022 to comply with new Opec ceilings.
Abu Dhabi's low production costs should render the emirate's crude competitive long after competing supply sources such US shale have fallen by the wayside. But Adnoc is focussed on more than just its headline oil output number.
Sheikh Mohammed's visit was billed as a celebration of progress on developing the Ruwais site—already home to a substantial refinery and petrochemicals complex—into an integrated downstream and industrial hub, a project with an expected investment of some $45bn. The diversification is partly a response to concerns about the long-term health of global oil demand by ensuring that increased production can be absorbed and processed profitably in a domestic supply chain. At the same time, it makes a contribution to added-value exports, to diversification away from just crude and to creating skilled jobs for the UAE’s fast-growing young population.

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TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili has strongly criticized the former ruling party, the National Movement, in an interview on Russia Today, the state-owned Russian television station.
It’s a bit difficult to understand the opposition, they represent their own opposition, Georgian Prime Minister told Russia Today in an interview regarding the National Movement party.
According to Gharibashvili, the politicians from the National Movement, the party which ruled Georgia for nearly nine years until losing power a year ago, are acting contrary to their own people, citizens and country.
“In other words, they are doing nothing new. It’s very difficult to maintain healthy competition with them. There is no healthy criticism from them. I think they don’t at all understand the word ‘healthy’. Furthermore, they don’t understand the word ‘objective’. I would like to remind everyone that these people offered Georgian citizens a type of democracy which was a facade and built on lies. All of this was facade type. I have studied every sphere. Can you name one field where they have not done facade changes and facade reforms? Up to three hundred thousand people were objecting to their persecution. This is a disaster for me. For nine years three hundred thousand citizens of our country. I can’t accept all this calmly and without emotions,” Gharibashvili said.
Furthermore, the premier explained, he can’t accept criticism, sabotage and moral condemnation from them calmly.
“This is cynicism. This is my opinion of the current opposition. This is of course National Movement that I mean by opposition,” Gharibashvili said, according to Interpressnews.


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I think there are some pretty universal things that make relationships healthy. One of the most important ones is that you both have your own lives. It took me a long time to learn that a little distance and a little space sometimes aren’t a bad thing. It doesn’t mean your partner doesn’t want to see you and it doesn’t mean they don’t enjoy spending time with you, it just means they want to see their friends or enjoy their own company.
That is totally normal and okay. Plus, it gives you time to do you, and then you can tell each other all about it later!
It is important to remember you’re each your own person.
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I love Jane Eyre. It’s the first romance I ever truly fell in love with, and because of that, it will always be very near and dear to my heart, in a way I’ll never fully grow out of.
So, Haworth is where the Bronte sisters lived. Charlotte Bronte wrote Jane Eyre, among other novels, and her sister Emily Bronte wrote Wuthering Heights. Anne Bronte (the “other” sister) is probably most famous for Agnes Grey, but she’s not as romantic, gothic or sensational as her sisters, and thus, not as popular.
Here’s the wicked Haworth hostel we stayed at:
Then we went to the Bronte’s parsonage where I wasn’t allowed to take any pictures, but I saw little tiny books written by Charlotte Bronte as a girl and her dress that she wore and that they mimicked almost perfectly in the 2006 BBC version of Jane Eyre.
I was geeking out the whole time. I bought another copy of Jane Eyre (my third) just so I could have one that I bought from the home where Charlotte used to live.
And then we hiked the mooooooors (read: The Moors) . . . for eighteen miles.
The moors are basically uncultivated hill land. To the English Romantic imagination, moorlands enhanced the emotional impact of their stories by placing them within a heightened and evocative landscape. Moors form the setting of various works of late Romantic English literature, ranging from the Yorkshire moorland in Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights (where we were) and The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett to Dartmoor in Arthur Conan Doyle’s Holmesian mystery The Hound of the Baskervilles.
The moors drive characters mad. Jane Eyre nearly dies on them after running away from Rochester. And we hiked it; it hailed on us, seriously, and we were navigating mud–and then other times it was perfectly sunny. Always windy. And I hurt so much at the end of it I had no idea how people run for 26 miles when they do a marathon.
But I was like, “I may die out here! . . . like Jane Eyre. Tee-hee!” I was in bliss, in other words.


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Meeting with reporters shortly after the most significant legislative defeat of his tenure, a disappointed Bill Haslam said the problems surrounding health care he sought to address with “Insure Tennessee” aren’t going away.
Hundreds of thousands of people in the state don’t have access to necessary care, he said. Furthermore, health care costs in Tennessee and across the country are “out of control,” the governor added.
“We haven’t done anything to address those two issues,” he said.
And while Haslam said he and his staff are still trying to process what went wrong with “Insure Tennessee,” he pledged that “you are going to see us continue to focus on trying to find a way” to tackle those problems.
On a 7-4 vote Monday, the Senate’s Health and Welfare Committee effectively killed the governor’s attempt to win the Legislature’s approval for “Insure Tennessee,” a plan his administration had negotiated with the federal government to draw down billions in funding to offer coverage for 300,000 or so residents.
The governor noted that he never thought it was going to be easy to get the Legislature to approve any kind of plan that would at the same time be agreeable to the Obama administration, which is holding the pursestrings to the Medicaid expansion dollars Tennessee was seeking under “Insure Tennessee.”
But the Haslm was hesitant to blame the “Insure Tennessee” defeat on anyone in particular, or any one facet of the political drama that’s unfolded over the past several days. As for why the plan never gained momentum, he said “different things for different people” were sticking points.
Many Republican lawmakers “just couldn’t quite get comfortable with the policy,” or couldn’t be convinced the federal government was trustworthy going forward, Haslam said.
“That was a hard hurdle to get over,” he said. “For other people, it was just, ‘I am just afraid this is Obamacare.’ And as much as we tied to show the difference as to why this is not, some people just couldn’t get past that hurdle.”
The governor also said it seems unlikely that he’ll be able to get any sort of concession from the Obama administration that could be used to prod reluctant lawmakers into go along with the plan later.
“It’s not in my nature just to give up, but I don’t really know what we’d do there,” he said. “We really did negotiate a deal with (the U.S. Health and Human Services) that, I think, went as far as they can do within the Affordable Care Act law that they have to deal with.
“We continue, obviously, to see ideas — Indiana’s plan and and other things — that we think could have been and were part of our plan,” Haslam continued. “But right now I don’t know what we would go to and ask them (that’s) different from what we got that they can do within the law. Also, we don’t like the law, and I don’t like the law either, but right now it is the law, so I don’t know what else we would go and ask them for.”


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Topeka The Kansas Lottery on Monday urged consumers against buying lottery tickets for youngsters.
Lottery tickets and scratch-off cards are popular gifts and stocking stuffers, lottery officials said.
But the sale of Kansas Lottery products is reserved to those 18 years of age and older.
"The Kansas Lottery is helping promote a responsible gambling message this holiday season and is urging parents not to purchase lottery products for underage minors," the lottery said in a news release.
A recent study showed that 19 percent of high school students reportedly received lottery tickets or scratch cards as gifts, of which 86 percent came from a family member.


FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WFFT) - Two people are dead and another was hurt when two vehicles slid on ice and collided on Stellhorn Road.
Police and medics were called to the 3700 block of Stellhorn Road around 5:00 p.m. Sunday.
A witness who called 911 said a vehicle lost control on the ice while heading east on Stellhorn. Another vehicle tried to avoid the crash, but couldn't and the two hit each other in the middle of the road.
The vehicle that lost control burst into flames and was fully engulfed when firefighters got there.
A woman and a boy died at the scene. The driver of the other vehicle was taken to a local hospital for minor injuries and is believed to be in fair condition.
The Allen County Coroner will release the names of the victims.
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Developing fluency, enhancing vocabulary, and learning to habitually use reading comprehension strategies when interacting with text, can only be perfected through practice. The Scobre Press Reading Program has been developed as a tool for teachers to incorporate into their classrooms, enticing their most reluctant readers to read independently and practice the skills used by proficient readers. Using the graphic organizers in our Teacher’s Resource Guides as they read independently, struggling readers begin to improve comprehension, and ultimately, their love of reading.
The Go Reader is a portable reading-aid innovation from Book Buddy Digital Media — an MP3 audiobook that connects reading and listening in an exciting way, while scaffolding striving readers. Go Reader’s cutting-edge audio technology is simple, dynamic and ready to use the moment it arrives at your school.
Scobre Press titles are now available on the Go Reader Classroom! Go Reader Classroom is a media player developed especially with education in mind. The audiobooks on this media player are intended to scaffold the learning process for striving readers as they participate in reading programs and literacy-building activities in their classrooms.
Each Scobre Press Go Reader Classroom comes pre-loaded with two complete books from the Scobre Press library—one at the Home Run reading level (3-4) and one at the Touchdown reading level (5-7) — so that both struggling and proficient readers can benefit from the same device.
NEW! Two distinct resource guides to complement The Dream Series: Fiction titles and The Future Stars Series: Nonfiction titles separately!
Used alongside either our high-interest fiction or nonfiction titles, the Scobre Press Teacher’s Resource Guides allow you to support your struggling and proficient readers by using the principles of differentiated instruction, while incorporating research-based strategies that get results.
Every book in The Scobre Press Reading Program has been centered around a character education theme. Using The Scobre Press Teacher’s Resource Guide and The Scobre Press books in teaching about strong character will also have positive impacts on your students’ reading comprehension skills.
Thoughtful short answer questions and longer essays help students to stop, think, and write as they read a chapter of a Scobre Press book. Questions require students to cite text as they go…

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Clock Before. I'm sure you've all seen these types of clocks everywhere! They're relatively cheap but it's so much better when you can get them at garage sale prices!
Off With Her Head! clock. I had a blast creating this clock. I replaced the inner circle with diamond patterned paper and stamped gold flourishes on it. I then replaced the plastic cover and added a stamped image of the Queen of Hearts I colored and cut out. I then made some ribbon roses and added them with some leaves and premade mini roses. The letters are Thickers and I painted them over in gold. I also added lock and key jewelry charms.


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Phase equilibrium and diffusion of solvents in polybutadiene: A capillary-column inverse gas chromatography study Cai, W. D.; Ramesh, N.; Tıhmınlıoğlu, Funda; Danner, Ronald P.; Duda, John Larry; De Haan, A. (Wiley, 2002-05)The capillary-column inverse gas chromatography method was used to measure the diffusion and partition coefficients of ethylbenzene, styrene, and acrylonitrile in polybutadiene (PBD) at infinite dilution of the solvents. ...


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: Infrastructure projects that will be inaugurated in the city on Wednesday will also be a show of strength for the ruling BJP. Chief minister Vasundhara Raje
will be inaugurating projects worth Rs 2,000 crore for the city residents.
Even as the next assembly elections are two-and-a-half years away, BJP has told its councillors to gather maximum crowd for the projects' inauguration ceremony, which will be organised at the Birla Auditorium at 4.30 pm on Wednesday.
Urban Development and Housing minister (UDH) Rajpal Singh and minister of social justice and empowerment Arun Chaturvedi had held a meeting of the councillors in this regard on Monday. "As the BJP government will be launching so many infrastructure projects during their tenure, the councillors have been told to gather crowd to educate them about the works. Directions have also been given to start plantation drive in our wards and promote these projects in public," a BJP councillor present in the meeting said.
He added that, "During the state government's anniversary function and smart city launch in June, the crowd at Birla Auditorium was not large. However, this time, the councillors have been told in advance."
The list of projects which will be inaugurated include elevated road (Bais Godam to Sodala), three railway overbridges, rejuvenation of Dravyavati river and three new parks, among others.
An official said that Simplex Infrastructures Ltd (SIL), which has been awarded work for the elevated project, has already started the work on site. Similarly, rejuvenation work of Dravyavati river is moving in full swing.
Over the years, JLN Marg has become the lifeline of Jaipur since it connects the city's major areas and offices. The JDA has also proposed to widen the bridge up to six lanes between Genpact
office and World Trade Park.
The CM will also inaugurate construction of overbridges and underpasses at major railway crossings in the city. At the Sitapura Industrial Area, which falls on Jaipur-Mumbai-Sawai Madhopur route, the state government will construct the longest RoB of the city, which will be 1.2 km long. The construction of RoB will benefit Ramchandra Industrial Area, institutes and a number of colonies in nearby areas. "The work order of the project has already been issued to a firm two months ago. The construction work is pending as JDA was waiting for CM to inaugurate the project," said a JDA official source.


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