Good to know, now I have to go back and look at the other 2 , I might have to buy a second one?Colt began hardening the slide stop notch around #880,000. The hardening isn't always obvious on a slide with original finish, but it often stands out like a sore thumb once refinished.
You're right, I think perhaps they are not as yet perceived as real vintage guns like WWI 1911.Most of us seem to have at least one, but they don't seem to get the attention on the forums that the rare guns do. It was a strong production year for Colt so there are a lot of them out there. I have a late '43 in excellent condition aside from a bunch of nicks and dings all over it. I've been trying to get another one but everything I've been finding either has been screwed with or is hideously overpriced.
OOPS! Mistake! I found another one!Not counting my Commercial/Military, I only have two '43s...
Actually, the 1943-production Colt is often perceived as the quintessential WW2-era M1911A1. It's copied in most graphic illustrations, video games, and even BB/Airsoft pistols. It's simply like a 1918-vintage Colt, a lot of them were made that year and so they are relatively easy to find (though not always reasonably priced) on the market. Most of the high-end collectors usually don't show them off much because they know most other collectors have at least one as well.You're right, I think perhaps they are not as yet perceived as real vintage guns like WWI 1911.


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What’s not to love about asparagus? It tastes like green and sunlight. By the time it starts to show up at markets here in Maryland, I’ve been pining for it for weeks, inspired by countless photos of California-grown asparagus that show up on the pages on Bon Appetit, Saveur and Cooking Light starting in March.
This recipe for Indian Spiced Chicken with Spring Vegetables, adapted from Kristine Kidd’s “Weeknight Fresh and Fast” celebrates the best vegetables of the season: asparagus, fingerling potatoes and shallots. Freshly ground mustard seed, cumin and coriander season the chicken and potatoes, imparting a fragrant, interesting flavor.
From start to finish, this dish takes 65 minutes to make, including prep time. That’s actually more time than I can realistically spend cooking most weeknights, so I tend to make this for an impressive spring Sunday dinner instead.

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CCSD expands summer meal program
Cherry Creek Schools is expanding its summer meal program to more locations so more students will have the opportunity to enjoy a healthy, hot lunch this summer. Summer meals are available for free to students from any district who are 18 and younger. Adults can also purchase meals for just $4.
The CCSD Summer Meal program is expanding from one to three locations. It will run from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on weekdays between May 29 and July 26, at Overland High School, Horizon Community Middle School and Meadow Point Elementary School. The program will be closed on Thurs., July 4 for the Independence Day holiday.
“It is so rewarding to keep kids fueled up over the summer so they are ready to learn when school starts again in August,” said Kim Kilgore, director of Food and Nutrition Services for Cherry Creek Schools. “Our Food and Nutrition Services department has partnered with our Health Services, Extended Childcare Services and Wellness teams to promote the program and reach as many students as possible this summer. Our staff can’t wait for the program to begin and so they can serve up a healthy, hot lunch while getting to know our communities!”
So join Cherry Creek Schools this summer and let’s do lunch!


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The Presidency of the Council of the EU has published its latest compromise proposal relating to the proposed revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2).
The compromise proposal is dated 21 November 2014 and was due to be discussed at a working party meeting on 24 November 2014. Additions to the European Commission’s original proposals are set out in underlined font. With respect to the latest compromise text, additions are set out in bold underlined font and deletions are struck-through.
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The anti Serbian hysteria, ignorance, corrupted officials, media and public is something the British have to take consequences for. The consequences are: blooming criminal, narco business, robberies, theft, prostitution, kidnappings, radicalism, terrorism and other criminal officially supported (and) by Great Britain activities. But only while on Serbian soil. The Serbs were not allowed to defend their state form the criminals; there were NATO bombs to support Neonazi regime(s) in Croatia, radical Islamists in Bosnia and Islamofascists Albanian quasi state Kosovo, built on drug trade, prostitution and Serbian harvested organs.
Since Albanians were not happy with ‘Kosovo’ state anymore, and after they destroyed all what Serbia and Yugoslavia have been building and finansing during more than half a century, they decided to go to their confirmed friends and patrons, whose personification became former UK PM Tony Blair, whose name became extremely popular among young Albanian parents: Tony Blair (or Tonibler, Albanian ‘version’).
So they went to UK.
After arriving to UK, they continued with the same type of ‘business’ they developed in ‘Kosovo’ and Albania. Means, they behave the same way they did in Serbia and Yugoslavia (Except didn’t ask for independence, but, hey, since they flee ‘Kosovo’ en masse, it’s only a question of time).
But what happens now?
Manchester Evening News reports:
“Police investigating suspected Albanian drug gang raid 17 homes across Greater Manchester –
Police investigating a gang of Albanians suspected of cocaine dealing have raided 17 homes across Greater Manchester this morning.
They executed search warrants at addresses in Manchester, Salford and Traffordbefore dawn.
It is believed a number of arrests have been made.
The investigation centres on a group of mostly Albanian nationals suspected of trafficking cocaine into the north west.
Officers from Greater Manchester Police carried out the raids along with immigration officials from the Home Office“, etc.
This is a few days old express.co.uk report concerning organized crime. And looks who’s there again – the Albanians.
“Gang of Albanians held on suspicion of cocaine smuggling and trafficking after drugs raid – A GANG of 21 Albanians were in custody last night on suspicion of cocaine smuggling and human trafficking.”
The last paragraph is significant: “This week it was revealed that taxpayers are footing a £110million bill to house a record number of eastern European criminals in our jails.”
Albanian nation is impossible to separate from crime. Another article about Albanian contribution to UK society (almost) hits the nail:
“But it is Albanian gangs – known as the Mafia Shqiptare – that are causing particular concern. The gangs are said to have been brutalised by the conflicts in the Balkans in the 1990s and sit on worldwide trade routes for guns, drugs and women. The Mafia Shqiptare are believed to have taken over the sex trade in London’s Soho district and even reduced the power of the feared Italian Mafia in their own areas”.
Stephen Whitelock, a Detective Chief Superintendent with the SCDEA, said: “We are noting the emergence of a number of crime groups from other countries operating in Scotland. “The Albanians are here now. Some of the individuals concerned are known to be capable of extreme violence.”
“Albanian serious and organised crime groups have been know to be involved in prostitution, arms and drugs. They have been flagged up in our mapping exercise.”
He added: “We have a list of the top 20% most serious organised crime groups and, each of which is in the ownership of one of the forces or the agency. The Albanians are on that list.”
It is thought Albanian crime families arrived in the UK in the aftermath of the 1999 Kosovo war. The families are relatively small but strongly bonded by a code of honour and blood feuds.
Police raid in UK against Albanian narco mafia
As long ago as 2003, Luan Plakici, an Albanian from Montenegro, was jailed in Scotland for 10 years for trafficking women from Moldova.
Former SCDEA boss Graeme Pearson, now a Labour MSP, said: “The Albanians are a bit of a challenge because they have a military background in their homelands and their criminal elements have a very violent history. They are very difficult groups to penetrate.”
Not to mention the last year’s case when the Albanian gang members set up a cocaine hotline for drug addicts, what brought them more than £4million profit from 100,000 calls in just one year (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2564848/Pictured-Albanian-drug-gang-ran-call-centre-sell-4million-worth-cocaine-YEAR-clients-received-staggering-100-000-calls.html).
Or last November case, when Albanian drugs gang attempted to flood London and the south of England with £40m of cocaine and heroin. After the arrest, they have been jailed for a total of 157 years. And UK pays for it (http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/gangland-london-40m-heroin-cocaine-bust-lands-albanian-gang-157-years-prison-1475662).
One of the greatest Albanian achievements and contribution to UK society certainly occurred in 2006. It has been known as the world’s largest-ever cash robbery, with £53m stolen from a Securitas cash depot in Tonbridge, Kent, by a gang dressed in latex masks and police uniforms. The inside man for this robbery was Ermir Hysenaj, an Albanian who entered the UK as a teenager in 1999, claiming to be a ‘Kosovan’ refugee. He moved to Hastings and remained in touch with a childhood friend from Albania, Jetmir Bucpapa, a wide boy who had paid money to a smuggler to take him across the Adriatic sea in a speedboat and had made his way across western Europe, also posing as a Kosovan refugee.
As Howard Sounes recounts in his book on the case, Bucpapa met a small-time local villain, Lea Rusha, who in turn introduced him to the man regarded as the robbery’s ringleader, Lee Murray, a cage-fighter. The plot was hatched. Hysenaj signed up with a recruitment firm that had the contract to supply staff to Securitas’s nearby depot. He was interviewed for a job as cash administrator and, six days later, having passed the security checks with false name and birth-date, became the inside man.
Confident that no one could understand him, Hysenaj spoke in Albanian on his mobile phone to Bucpapa, passing on details of the depot’s security weaknesses. But the robbery was a sloppy one. Hysenaj, no longer working in the depot but easily traced, was picked up soon by Kent police. His mobile phones linked him to Bucpapa. At the end of an Old Bailey trial in 2008, both were jailed along with the other robbers.
(This is the most significant part: “The involvement of two eastern Europeans alongside British villains was seen as significant by police and criminals alike, in that such a spectacular crime would normally have only been undertaken by a homogenous crew.” Wait a second, Eastern Europeans would have been ok, if their exact nationality was unknown. Seems like Brithish media prefers to accuse all east Europeans than an Albanian gang?).
And more of Albanian activities:
“In the same year, there was a fatal shooting in an Albanian/Kosovan social club in Acton, west London. A gunman had opened fire, killing one man and wounding two others. The reason for the shooting? A turf war over which Albanian gang was entitled to steal from the parking meters of Westminster. Using skeleton keys, small teams of Albanian-speaking Kosovans, Montenegrans and Albanians had been supping heartily from one of Westminster council’s most reliable revenue streams.”
To the police, it was a puzzle. Robbing parking meters was not one of organised crime’s portfolios. Who would put so much effort into something so painstaking – all those sacks of coins – that yielded such relatively small sums? But to those involved, a share of the £1,243,000 that was stolen in one year alone in Westminster was worth the bother, not least because no home-grown criminals seemed interested in the franchise – and because coins, unlike banknotes, are untraceable. So if someone tried to trespass on this territory, they had to be chased off. The gunman, Herland Bilali, fled to Denmark, was tracked down, extradited and is now serving a life sentence with a 34-year tariff; a co-defendant, Timi Spahiu, protests his innocence. Another Albanian parking-meter turf war murder in Golders Green in 2008 remains unsolved.
A couple of years earlier, Luan Plakici, an Albanian “immigration expert”, as he described himself without irony, was jailed for 23 years. He had smuggled around 50 Eastern European women, mainly from Moldova and Romania, into Britain for prostitution. He entered the country as an asylum seeker in 1999 and worked for law firms as an interpreter. His trial at Wood Green crown court was a rarity. Usually, the witnesses are too frightened of what might happen to their relatives at home to appear. This time, some brave young women gave evidence against him.
Albanian drug gangsters from UK
And of course, there are always corrupted journalists to ‘clean’ the immage of Albanians (and fool the UK public): Thus Muhamed Veliu, an Albanian ‘investigative journalist’, states that (quote):
“Only a small minority are involved in organised crime but the tabloids have created a stereotype of Albanians as the new gangsters. In the past 12 years in Britain, I have read only one positive story about an Albanian – a barrister, in Time Out – but there are Albanian doctors in the NHS, Albanian LSE lecturers, Albanians in the restaurant business. The success stories are never reported.”
But the good man Veliu couldn’t hide what he was actually proud of:
“However, he added, the Securitas robbery was regarded with some national pride in Albania: “It was ‘the crime of the century’, it was seen as very different from making money from prostitution, which is the lowest form of crime. It is wrong, of course, but they did need bravery to get involved and at least they went for a bank, that was the feeling in the Albanian community. The British media are now trying to stereotype the whole Albanian community.”
So it’s British media who’s stereotyping the whole (actually innocent, honest ) Albanian nation. As seen in Kosovo ’90 -ies: Albanians are victims! Again.
The UK media was easy to convict, so this report doesn’t end speaking about ‘Eastern European’ gangs. Instead media pushes Albanian crime behind crime as global phenomena, ”that can be found everywhere” (!?).
This is now The Guardian ( Guarding the Albanian criminals?) report ended:
“Crime has always been an import-export affair and in many ways mirrors “legitimate” business. As old family firms in Britain have been replaced by multinationals so, too, have the family-based gangs in Britain (the Krays, Richardsons, Arifs, Adams) been overtaken by multinationals, where different nationalities co-operate in the pursuit of higher profits. This is a two-way street. Many British criminals have moved abroad, most famously establishing themselves on the Costa del Crime. Many still operate there, making money from everything from bent time-share deals to drugs smuggled in from Morocco; more than 2,000 Britons had their collars felt in Spain last year alone. British criminals also made themselves at home everywhere from Thailand to Florida. The police may well be right when they say that the Games will attract villains from the east but, if there was to be an Olympics for crime, homegrown Britons would still be going for gold” (quote from: http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/jun/25/eastern-european-immigration-crime-britain).
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From 5th to 6th of July, the second edition of DIGILITY conference and expo took place in Cologne, Germany. In this year, we also welcomed all VR and AR fans with our own booth and focused on the topics of augmented reality, mixed reality and wearable computing, especially in the industrial context.
While the corridors of the exhibition hall boomed with provider of the VR sector, we were one of the few exhibitors presenting solutions in the industrial AR field. On our booth, visitors were able to test a HoloLens demonstration based on the Simplifier. They could inspect a virtual electric motor and divide it into its individual parts by simple manual actions. Furthermore the recall of live data by OPC Unified Architecture or the illustration of checklists were also possible via the Microsoft HoloLens.
Another highlight on our booth was a virtual steering gear. How it works? It’s quite simple: take a tablet into your hand, scan the code with our Simplifier and the steering gear appears in 3D on your screen. Now you can examine it from all aspects. This function is intended to provide employees a process-integrated solution to speed up the repair process and simplify the correction of errors. Within 25 steps, the user is playfully guided through a digital instruction. There will be no more bothering about annoying instructions in hard copy. Thus for example, he can see exactly how individual components are replaced and which spare parts he needs for them.
In order to give visitors a better idea of our solutions in the AR sector, we demonstrated a third example on our booth. By using the tablet, visitors could see a real machine via the screen and read additional information. With the live data via an OPC UA connector, error messages can be displayed virtually directly on the machine.
On the second day of DIGILITY 2017, our Chief Innovation Officer, Christopher Bouveret, presented the solutions of iTiZZiMO AG with his presentation “A Startup’s Journey”. Starting with the story of five years evolution at iTiZZiMO, he gave insights about common mistakes that were made and learnings that helped becoming better. Besides he talked about agile business development and the way to a market proven product – our low-code platform Simplifier – by changing direction based on customer and market insights.
Lecture missed? Here you can find the presentation in full length.
Finally, we would like to share our insight of two days DIGILITY 2017. How is it going on in the area of AR and VR? Christopher Bouveret has summarized the most important facts for us:
What can professional users and consumers expect in the VR and AR sector in the coming years?
It’s a fact that the market does not stop! The speed of hardware development is impressive and there are several different approaches of manufacturers to improve the AR and VR experiences. For example head-mounted displays (HMD) or data glasses. Moreover approaches that project digital information directly into the optic nerve through bio-enhancement. Google has already applied for a patent.
Apple also works with high pressure on smart glasses. Not least because of the fact that Apple has acquired Metaio, an augmented reality startup in Munich and the recent publication of the ARKit One, a foundation was laid for positioning augmented reality in the mass market. Also applications like Pokemon Go have significantly increased the popularity of augmented reality.
The quality and performance of AR and VR applications can also be considerably increased by the rising quality and processing power of mobile devices. Since the software has already been developed very good in many places, the hardware solutions are now beginning to speed up the whole process. However, there are still problems with smart glasses on the market, in terms of ergonomics, performance or quality of the offered models. Nevertheless significant progress can be identified.
How can these technologies support the development of new business models?
The AR and VR applications are diverse and open up entirely new possibilities for human-machine interaction. Above all, digital assistance systems play an important role. They can definitely open up completely new business fields. However, the main factor is the scalability of AR and VR applications in terms of content. There is still a need for catching up, especially in data processing, integration and usability of digital information, particularly in the enterprise environment.
The field of training and apprenticeship should be also mentioned. Again, AR and VR solutions can make an essential contribution to generate a more efficiently knowledge transfer. The advantage is that we do not need a real training environment even more.
Which techniques can generate innovative user experiences?
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It says something about the caliber of the work of the Children’s Theatre Company that the world premiere of “The Scarecrow and His Servant” is such an enchantment.
Peter Brosius’ marvelous production of Philip Pullman’s young-adult novel, which opened Friday in Minneapolis, has eye-popping design (scenic and costume elements were created by G.W. Mercier), clever language (Jeffrey Hatcher did the pun-happy adaptation) and a dynamic acting company. Altogether, they take us on a journey that feels like a weird storybook adventure come to engrossing life.
The fanciful plot revolves around inheritance, family feuds and an unlikely friendship between a hungry orphan boy named Jack (Brandon Brooks) and an effigy that springs to life after being struck by lightning. Childless farmer Pandolfo (Reed Sigmund) dies, leaving his productive land to his Scarecrow (Dean Holt) instead of to his poisonous relations.
But those relatives, represented by Cercorelli (Gerald Drake), are intent on getting the land. They go after the stilt-walking Scarecrow and Jack, who fight off armies, drift out to sea and end up on a desert isle.
To a man and a woman, the cast is splendid. Holt, flawless on stilts, has impeccable timing and a wonderful physicality. His Scarecrow is only brainless when it’s convenient. Otherwise, he is full of wit and winking verve.
Brooks’ Jack, the straight man to Holt’s Scarecrow, is all heart and wide-eyed innocence. His eager-beaver Jack is an ideal helpmate as he tries to save his master and change their relationship to something more equitable.
With his overlong shoes, hands and moussed hair, Drake’s Cercorelli is imbued with elements of Dracula and a mafia don, with a side of Liberace. From his studied walk to his sinister articulation, he entertainingly commands the stage like a lost member of “The Addams Family.”
Reed Sigmund offers both unbridled physicality as Colonel Bombardo and quietude as the Judge, just two of his many roles.
The cast, all of whom play multiple parts, includes Autumn Ness as Granny Raven; an unrecognizable Traci Allen Shannon as a tantalizing Cook; Kory Laquess Pullam as Doctor Carpenter, and Lauren Davis in a number of energetic ensemble parts.
The acting company really delivers in “Scarecrow,” a show that has something that I never imagined I would see onstage: a tender moment of cannibalism. Jack’s motivation for becoming the wingman for the Scarecrow is hunger. He stays hungry until the end of the two-hour production when, while on the desert isle, the scarecrow offers his turnip noggin to the hungry boy. Jack sates himself. I started to go “eww” but the scene turns and I was back into the charms of a “Scarecrow” escapade.

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Thanks so much for the interview Bryan... I know that you were born in Pittsburgh... Can you tell the readers more about your early days?
Bryan: You're welcome, its my pleasure. I was pretty much a loner. I didn't have any kids that lived around me, so I spent most of my time entertaining myself. I always seemed to understand music, so I would spend most of my time involved in that in one way or another. I remember singing made up songs to myself in bed when i was falling asleep. It kept me occupied. Pittsburgh isn't exactly a hot bed of culture if you know what I mean. (No offense to the folks back home)
Punk Globe: At what age did you realize that music was in your blood?
Bryan: I was doing music ever since I can remember. I used to play my grandparents baldwin organ at around 2 years old, then started playing my dad's guitar a couple of years after that. I could barely hold it, but i tried. I would take two tape recorders, record on one, then playback the first and record on the second. My very crude version of multi-tracking. The recordings always came out sounding wobbly, but I didn't give a shit...it was like magic to my ears back then.
Who were some of your early inspirations?
Bryan: My father is the first. He would play in the style of Chet Atkins, all kinds of different songs. "Puff the magic Dragon" I remember distinctly...Although id always get pissed because he seemed to be in a trance when playing and wouldn't acknowledge me making a fuss in front of him. I'm sure it pissed him off, ha ha. Now (of course) i get he was concentrating. I was an annoying little bastard. ;)
Punk Globe: Did you eventually move to New York City?
Bryan: I thought about it. But the weather was too cold and I figured Los Angeles was the place to go to do music. I did visit NYC many times, with some crazy ass stories to boot. They involve nights at The Pyramid Club, Asian crack hookers and angry pimps chasing me down the street, not to mention pizza's being thrown onto cabs from hotel rooms twelve stories up.(true stories) but that's for another interview I'm sure.
Punk Globe: What brought you to Los Angeles?
Bryan: Music and the weather. And I enjoyed the fact that I was as far away from Pittsburgh as was possible. It seemed like a completely different world out here, and it still does. I love it here, and consider it my true home. 17 years and counting.
Was it hard to find a break in LA?
Bryan: In a manner of speaking, yes. It wasn't so much that the opportunities were hard to find, it was sifting through the loads and loads of other people trying to do exactly the same thing I wanted to do. I was under the assumption that coming here I would be competing with the creme de la creme of musicians, turns out it was the same sea of mediocrity only in much greater numbers. Which turns out to be a separate challenge in and of its own. I'm certainly not trying to put anyone down with that statement, everyone has the right to pursue whatever it is they love, and I support that. If you stay true to yourself, and compromise as little of your integrity as possible, eventually you find your way and where you are supposed to be.
Punk Globe: Have you worked primarily as a solo artist or have you played in a band?
Bryan: Solo artist. Ive always had very strong ideas of what it is I wanted, and wanted to do. A band is a bit too much of a democracy for me. Its cool if everyone involved is into sharing their shit, and seeing what comes of the soup that is made, but like I said, I had/have very strong ideas about what it is I want to do, and that wouldn't be fair in a band dynamic. I run more of a benevolent dictatorship. Seems to work. Nobody has complained yet. :)
Punk Globe: How long did it take you to break into music supervision for film?
Bryan: I started as a PA for a show done on UPN 13 called "Housecalls". I was the post production PA. Basically it was myself and the post production supervisor. My music abilities were soon noticed, and they offered me the chance to compose the theme to the show. It came down to me and another very well known composer. He got it, but I was put in touch with some folks who could help me as a composer.
Punk Globe: Can you tell the readers the names of some of the projects you have worked on?
Bryan: Just about everything you could imagine. A&E Biography, Lifetime Intimate Portraits, MTV'S 2gether, Modern Marvels, The History Channel, Animal Planet, Disney On Ice, countless ads for Nissan, Toyota, the NFL...my favorite was a commercial with Pat Boone, where we re-wrote the lyrics to "Love Letters in the sand" to sell toilet paper. Were talking high class shit here.
You also collaborate with quite a few musicians... Can you tell us what you have done?
Bryan: Most recently was a Christmas album for a charity I've worked with for many years. I arranged about half the record and sang and played on a track myself. The artist's on it include Jackson Browne, Billy Idol, Peabo Bryson, Sheila E, Little Feat, Inara George, and a slew of others. Ive also had the honor of recording with Lee Sklar (Phil Collins), Mike Finnegan (Jimi Hendrix), Tony Braunagel (Robert Cray), etc. Those of you that don't know the names should look them up...heavy heavy cats they are, as well as great people.
Punk Globe: Tell us more about your work with Alan Ett Music Group?
Bryan: Cant say a whole lot about those guys, other than that's where I did most of my writing for TV. We had a rather un-ceremonius break-up you could call it. They put me on *cough cough* "hiatus" and I ,in turn, sued them. I won. It involved some shady dealings money-wise, with some executives. I had no parts of it, other than I knew about it, So they figured I might be a liability, and let me go. I learned an important lesson though, sometimes people could give a shit about art, or who you are or your abilities...In this town (to executives) money talks, and bullshit walks.
Punk Globe: Tell us what work got you an Emmy nomination?
Bryan: It was for Lifetime and A&E. It was my music, but under the contract I had signed with Alan Ett Music Group, the nomination went under AEMG first, my name was secondary.
How exciting was being nominated for an Emmy? Did you go the route that Kathy Griffin does to get votes?
Place full page vote for me ads in all the media...
Bryan: I wish. I had already "left" AEMG when the noms came out. It was still very exiting nonetheless. A colleague had called me and tell me and congratulate me. I was so pleased to hear of it. I missed the whole luncheon and function the academy had for it, but very I'm proud of the achievement. Its a feather in my cap for sure.
Punk Globe: You also do a lot of charity work... Can you tell us some of the causes you support?
Bryan: I do my fair share, could always be more...for the past few years (& currently) its an organization by the name of Safety Harbor Kids. They help dis-advantaged children with exposure to the arts. Music lessons, inspirational speakers, as well as the basics (food, clothing, etc). Great organization. As a matter of fact they're having their annual Holiday party for the kids, at Dukes in Malibu. The kids gets a wonderful meal, there are music performances (last year was Sophie B. Hawkins) as well as myself and key note speakers (last year was the guy who is the voice of Winnie the Pooh) and gifts plus a visit by Santa. Check out their website and donate if you can, they could always use the help and its a good cause.
Punk Globe: What are your favorite venues to play at?
Bryan: I like them all. My all -time favorite is The House of Blues on Sunset. Ive played there a few times and each time its been just an absolute killer show. The crowd is always high energy there, and the place is just cool as hell in general as far as I'm concerned. People always seem to have one hell of a good time there. Even the staff gets into it. I Love the Viper Room too, its always fun there.
Tell us about you recently teaming up with my pal Pauley Perrette?
Bryan: Pauley I met through a childhood and long time friend of mine, they had known each other for about 11 years before I came into play. I'll never forget Pauley (who is way into music) said "Where have you been hiding him?" She's been a real supporter of my work which she seems very fond of. She recently even tweeted about me to her legions of followers, to which I am really grateful. I should be doing some work with her in the near future, she has some great tracks of her own she'd like me to produce, so that should be fun. Keep on the look-out for it. On top of all that she's just an amazing human being in general. Love her!
Punk Globe: Is there anyone that you would really like to work with that you haven't?
Bryan: Beethoven... but fat chance of that one huh?
Punk Globe: How did the passing of the talented Amy Winehouse affect you?
Bryan: Its always sad when an artist like that passes. I wasn't much into her stuff, but I did love what I had heard. On the flip side of that coin, way more booze and drugs for the rest of us now, so I guess you could call it a push.
Punk Globe: Who is your favorite Golden Girl?
Bryan: Blanche. Hands down...simply because she's such an unaware, self-involved, shameless whore. What can I say? Birds of a feather and all that...
Do you have any web addresses that you can share with the readers so they can catch up with you?
Punk Globe: Do you have any special shows or recording projects coming up?
Bryan: I have an album slated for release this December, It will be on iTunes, Amazon, CDBaby.... if people check the aforementioned links, it will all be there...
Punk Globe: Any words of advice for singer/ songwriters wanting to break into the business?
Bryan: Yeah, quit! Just kidding...the only advice I could give would be stay true to your heart and stick to your guns. If you feel very strongly about what you do, do not let anyone sway you. Believe me, they will try. Keep your resolve and work as hard and as smart as you can and piss on what anyone else says, including me. That's it....& Thanks Ginger, you give great interview.
Punk Globe would like to thank Bryan for a fun informative interview... Please check out all the websites he has provided to find out more....


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Title: Carbon pools and fluxes in small temperate forest landscapes: Variability and implications for sampling design
Author: Bradford, John B.; Weishampel, Peter; Smith, Marie-Louise; Kolka, Randall; Birdsey, Richard A.; Ollinger, Scott V.; Ryan, Michael G.;
Source: Forest Ecology and Management. 259: 1245-1254.
Publication Series: Scientific Journal (JRNL)
Description: Assessing forest carbon storage and cycling over large areas is a growing challenge that is complicated by the inherent heterogeneity of forest systems. Field measurements must be conducted and analyzed appropriately to generate precise estimates at scales large enough for mapping or comparison with remote sensing data. In this study we examined spatial variability in three small temperate forest landscapes. Our objectives were (1) to quantify the magnitude and scale of variability in stand structure, carbon pools and carbon fluxes and (2) to assess how this variability influences both optimal sampling strategy and required sampling intensity. Stand structure was consistently less variable than carbon pools or fluxes, suggesting that measuring carbon dynamics may require more intense sampling than traditional forestry inventories. Likewise, the magnitude of variability differed substantially among response variables, implying that sampling efficiency can be enhanced by adopting a flexible sampling strategy that is optimized for each carbon pool. Our results indicate that plots dispersed across the study area are generally more effective than clustered plots for characterizing carbon dynamics.
Keywords: terrestrial carbon cycling, net ecosystem carbon balance, spatial patterns, sample size, biometric carbon measurements
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Stop Press! The arrival of this picture book from debut author, Catherine Emmett, actually made my five year old son pause his thirty minutes of TV time with the words;
"Can you read it to me now?"
I nearly fainted with joy and surprise. As much as we love sharing books, this is a very rare occurrence. But who can blame him for saying it? The stunning front cover, from one our favourite illustrators, Ben Mantle is hard to resist with its mute purples and greens and the quirky main character in all his glory.
McDarkly lives in a swamp and has big plans for making it a truly beautiful home. But when the King appears with plans to turn it into a roller skate park, horrified McDarkly is given only ten days to change his mind. McDarkly gets to work but all his hard work is thwarted by hungry munchers. What on earth will McDarkly do now?
This is a fun rhyming picture book with a great main character and a strong ecological message. The moody swamp offers a unique setting for a picture book and is the perfect dwelling for McDarkly - so much so that we are immediately on his side when the swamp is threatened. The pictures of the plants and bugs who thrive in the muddy waters are a delight all the way through and the rhyme and rhythm allows the plot to 'skate' along nicely.
The theme of urban development is very relevant to today's world and I can see this text being used in schools to spark discussion and debate. As an ex-primary teacher who has taught this subject, it is a story that I would have jumped on for this and many more reasons; art, biology... the list goes on. We loved the message of seeing beauty in the dingiest of places and also that McDarkly works hard to solve his problems. It's a clever plot twist when one of his biggest problems becomes his solution and to round it all off it ends by championing teamwork!
We highly recommend reading this and we bet you'll love McDarkly so much you'll want to see him again. Any chance of a sequel, an early reader, a chapter book...? We'll watch this space!
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Grace Baalman Pitches (14) Kentucky Into Lexington Regional Final
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Sophomore pitcher Grace Baalman pitched a complete-game gem in the circle, as she powered the No. 14 Kentucky softball team into the 2019 Lexington Regional final with an 8-1 win against Virginia Tech in the winner’s bracket game on Saturday afternoon.
Baalman went the distance, allowing just one run on eight hits, walking nobody and striking out a trio of Hokies.
Kentucky advances into the Lexington Regional final on Sunday, where the Wildcats will meet the winner of Saturday night’s elimination game between Virginia Tech and the winner of Illinois/Toledo. Sunday’s game will start at Noon ET on ESPN3 and should UK lose – the seventh game of the regional to decide a spot in the Super Regionals would follow 45 minutes after that game. UPDATE: Kentucky will play Virginia Tech, who defeated Illinois, 5-1.
Kentucky registered eight hits off of ACC Pitcher of the Year, Carrie Eberle – who took the loss in the circle to fall to 25-7 on the year. Baalman improved to 10-9 with the win.
3. Freshman Kayla Kowalik went 3-for-4 in the game with three critical hits. Her first hit was UK’s first in the game, her second hit allowed her to score the Wildcats’ first run, and her third was an RBI single.
The key play in the game was Jenny Schaper’s two-run single into left center with the bases loaded in a 1-0 game. The single plated Lauren Johnson and Kelsee Henson to push across the eventual game-winning runs.
Grace Baalman was the key player in the game, earning her 10th win of the season in the circle and not walking a batter in the contest.
Lauren Johnson tripled into left field in the bottom of the fourth inning to score Kayla Kowalik from first and put the Wildcats up, 1-0. Two batters later, Kentucky made it 3-0 on Jenny Schaper’s two-run single into left. UK 3, VT 0
In the bottom of the fifth, Kentucky plated four runs. The first two batters of the innings reached on errors and pinch runner Jaci Babbs scored on a wild pitch with nobody out. Kayla Kowalik singled into center to score Tatum Spangler and increased the UK lead to 5-0. Bailey Vick then singled on a squeeze play and scored Kennedy Cowden from third on the perfectly-executed play. UK 7, VT 0
In the top of the sixth, Virginia Tech scored its only run of the game on a one-out solo HR off the bat of Emma Strouth. UK 7, VT 1
In the bottom of the sixth, Katie Reed led off the inning with a walk and came around to score on an Alex Martens sacrifice fly. The sac fly from Martens tied the school record for most RBI in a season (61). FINAL – Kentucky 8, Virginia Tech 1
2019 NCAA Softball Lexington Regional
John Cropp Stadium – Lexington, Ky.
Friday, May 17
Game 1 – Virginia Tech def. Illinois, 6-2
Game 2 – Kentucky def. Toledo, 7-2
Saturday, May 18
Game 3 – Kentucky def. Virginia Tech, 8-1
Game 4 – Illinois def. Toledo, 2-0
Game 5 – Virginia Tech def. Illinois, 5-1
Sunday, May 19
Game 6 – Kentucky (A) vs. Virginia Tech (H) – Noon ET
Game 7 – Virginia Tech (A) vs. Kentucky (H) (If necessary) – 2:30 p.m. ET
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ABSTRACT: In case of total edentulousness the formation of vowels and consonants is impaired, due to the change of the morphology in the oral cavity. The aim of our study was to estimate the influence of the upper complete denture on the phonation of the patient. Patients wearing total upper denture were asked to utter special words with the prosthesis in the mouth and without it, and the change in the formation of "hissing" sounds were noted. The changes in the pronunciation of vowels and consonants were analyzed with the help of a computer program, which provided objective assessment. The data were analyzed statistically. When wearing the prosthesis the scores of the formant became higher and most examined sounds were pronounced faster (p = 0.006). The articulation of patients accustomed to wearing the full total prosthesis was influenced positively by having the prosthesis in the mouth. As a result of these findings it is recommended that the prosthesis be manufactured keeping these phonetic aspects in mind.
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Death/Doom three-piece The Crawling issued their debut album, Anatomy of Loss, only last week, but it’s already racked up a number of positive reviews. And rightly so, as the Northern Irish triptych have produced one fine slab of moody metallic melancholy here, one which pays ample tribute to the band’s eminent forebears, but which isn’t wholly beholden to them.
Opener “An Immaculate Deception” sees the group putting their best foot forward, with an array of rippling Death Metal riffs and creepy melodic lead parts setting the stage for some gristly, gravel-throated vocals courtesy of Stuart Rainey and Andy Clarke.
Coming across as a rawer, deathlier Paradise Lost, or a grimmer, less gothic Novembers Doom, The Crawling may not be adding much new to the overall formula, but every track here is delivered with such obvious grit and gusto that you can’t help but root for them… particularly since the band (rounded-out by drummer Gary Beattie) prove themselves to be excellent songwriters in their own right on songs such as the simultaneously depressive/devastating “Poison Orange” and the harsh-yet-hooky “Acid On My Skin”, displaying a keen grasp of both mood and dynamic.
“All Our Failings” finds the group picking up the pace and leaning much more heavily towards the Death Metal side of things, delivering a plethora of cruelly catchy riffs, pounding chugs, and gut-rumbling bass lines in the process, all without ever abandoning the doomier side of their repertoire entirely (some of the chord progressions here are both soul-crushing and neck-wrecking).
By contrast, “The Right To Crawl” practically bathes you in melancholy melody right from the start, initially sounding like an unreleased Warning track sung by Nick Holmes’ angrier younger brother, before upending things with an injection of pure metallic adrenaline right to the song’s still-beating heart (including some bold, bombastic riff work in the song’s second half), after which the surprisingly spacious, early Paradise Lost worship of “Violence, Vanity, and Neglect” gives Rainey’s understated bass work a welcome chance to shine.
Climaxing with the sullen and mercurial strains of “Catatonic” – which builds from a somnolent, staggering start into an absolute behemoth of booming, bruising riffs and mournful melodies – Anatomy of Loss is another impressive entry in the ever-expanding Death/Doom canon. And while it doesn’t break the mould, it definitely gives it a bit of a shake up, and hints at even greater things still to come for The Crawling.


Recently, in the news, there has been much talk about the danger of Facebook, especially to children and young people. Whistleblower Frances Haugen, once a product manager at the company, testified in the United States (US) Congress that Facebook harms children, sows division and undermines democracy in pursuit of breakneck growth and astronomical profits.
This is not surprising. Many have been concerned for years about the negative impact of not only Facebook, but many other social media platforms on the minds of the young and old. However, I have a question for you to ponder – is Facebook and other social media platforms to take all of the blame, or should individual responsibility also have a major part to play? Truthfully, if one does not use Facebook, that person will not have a social media addiction; that person will not be trapped by the misinformation, conspiracies, and lies propagated through social network algorithms.
Let us look at some statistics from the DataReportal website. One report shows that there were 4.48 billion social media users around the world in July 2021, equating to 57 percent of the total global population. Here are the top 15 social media sites in the world with the number of active users: Facebook – 2.74 billion active users; this is 35.5 percent of the world’s population. YouTube – 2.291 billion active users. WhatsApp – 2.0 billion active users. Facebook Messenger – 1.3 billion active users. Instagram – 1.221 billion active users. Weixin/WeChat – 1.213 billion active users. TikTok – 689 million active users. QQ – 617 million active users. Douyin – 600 million active users. Sina Weibo – 511 million active users. Telegram – 500 million active users. Snapchat – 498 million active users. Kuaishou – 481 million active users. Pinterest – 442 million active users. Reddit – 430 million active users.
India is the country with the largest number of Facebook active users – over 300 million. According to the 2021 statistic report on Facebook users: There were 259,800 Facebook users in The Bahamas in February 2021, which accounted for 62.9 percent of the population. The majority of them were women – 53.6 percent. People aged 25 to 34 were the largest user group (81,000).
There were 1,504,000 Facebook users in Jamaica in January 2021, which accounted for 51.6 percent of its entire population. The majority of them were women – 53.1 percent. People aged 25 to 34 were the largest user group (510,000).
Facebook was launched in 2004, YouTube in 2005, WhatsApp in 2009, Instagram and Pinterest in 2010, and Snapchat in 2011. It seems as though these burgeoning social media platforms are truly impacting every country and nearly every citizen on earth, even more than traditional headline news, secular printed books, or revered sacred literature.
What must we do with this new method of sharing? Some 17 years ago, all local and world news, advertisements, personal information, and family gossip, were being communicated to the world via controlled media – newspapers, printed books, websites. Today, anyone can share any information at any time with limited restrictions. Is that bad? No. The problem is social media giants themselves utilize algorithms to bombard viewers with information of their interest. Algorithms in social media platforms can be defined as technical means of sorting posts based on relevancy instead of published time to prioritize which content a user sees first according to the likelihood that they will actually engage with such content.
Have you noticed after searching the web that the next time you visit your Facebook page you will see an advertisement of the same product you were looking for on the web? That is due to algorithms set up by the media providers to lure you into the mindset to purchase that product. It is not just about making it easy for you to find what you want, it is about money. This is one way social media owners become rich.
What’s good about Facebook, WhatsApp, and other social media platforms? First, they allow anybody, anywhere in the world, to do what they could not have done just a few years ago – advertise and promote without cost – products, events, and services to friends or even the world. Second, they allow everybody to keep in contract with family members and friends anywhere in the world through video or voice messaging without charge. It makes it possible to send nostalgic photos, birthday wishes, announce birthday parties, engagements or marriage anniversary announcements, or promote concerts. More excitingly, social media makes it possible for anybody to view or listen to live concerts, historical documentaries, debates, weddings, funerals, church services, professional seminars, and more, without a direct cost. In reality, many churches and other entities are having more people attending their meetings via social media during COVD-19 than they have had years before.
Ease of accessibility to information through social media may create emotional and intellectual dysfunction. There is no longer any need to go to the library, or order a book to read or research. It is all at the fingertips and it is free. Many children are accidentally coming across websites or information that are emotionally or intellectually damaging without parental knowledge.
A research article titled, “The 15 Biggest Social Media Sites and Apps”, states: “YouTube is also one of a tiny selection of social media platforms that reaches incredibly young age groups. A 2020 study conducted by Pew Research revealed the following about the viewing habits of US children under the age of 11 – 80 percent of parents say their children watch YouTube videos. Only 19 percent of parents say that their children don’t watch YouTube videos. More than half of parents said their children watched YouTube at least once a day. Do you know what your children are watching on YouTube?
Return to this page next week when I will continue with part two to help us understand how social media and dopamine impact us.


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Monday, April 7, 2014 - 11:00am to Wednesday, April 16, 2014 - 5:00pm
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New on the scene; the Department of Art, printmaking students exhibit works created in 2013 and 2014. The work comes from students who were enrolled in a printmaking class within the 13/14 academic year; juried by Sergio Soave.


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The police said more specific details of an accident.
As told the Chronicle.info in a press-service GU of the National police in Kiev, victims, doctors diagnosed a closed craniocerebral trauma, bruises, abrasions, one of the passengers – a broken nose.
The driver of the Audi was hospitalized with a hip fracture, abrasions and bruises.
At the moment we know that the accident happened about one o’clock, the 30th of may at the Minsk prospect.
According to preliminary information, the car for unknown reasons, flew into the oncoming lane.
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Thomas's mother, who recently got out of prison, was able to watch him play football for the first time ever.
The Broncos wide receiver is 'working on' getting her to Denver so she can sit in the stands during his playoff game against the Steelers.
The starting quarterback that day? Future baseball star Todd Helton. This time, it will Brock Osweiler, who has started the Broncos' past four games.
To his credit, the kicker went on to hit a game-winner against the Bengals, but, oy.
The defensive back actually led Denver in snaps despite suffering the injury in the first quarter.
The 39-year-old is battling a plantar fascia tear, giving Brock Osweiler a chance to solidify his hold on the starting job for the Broncos.
The 39-year-old quarterback had an awful day against the Chiefs.
The cornerback's act of unnecessary roughness prolonged a late Indianapolis drive.
The quarterback isn't really helping the Broncos with his passing, so why not play a little fullback?
The Broncos linebacker had done a bit too much pelvic thrusting for the NFL's liking.

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New York recently became one of the few states to adopt a formula for pendente lite alimony awards. That is, for alimony to be paid while the divorce is pending in court. According to a recent New York Times article entitled “Ending the Alimony Guessing Game”, the IRS confirms that former spouses pay about $9 billion each year in alimony. As anyone who has appeared in family court knows, the awards vary dramatically from county to county and judge to judge. Should NJ adopt alimony guidelines to make the awards more uniform?
As stated in a prior blog, NJ courts apply a list of factors to determine what, if any, alimony the higher earning spouse should pay. How those factors are applied depends on who is doing the calculation. The above-mentioned NY Times article noted that awards are so vastly different that, when asked how much alimony a lifelong homemaker married to a doctor deserved, judges in an Ohio survey estimated as little as $5,000 per year and as much as $175,000.
The unpredictability of alimony awards makes negotiation difficult. The NY Times writer asserts that New York’s law minimizes the cost of litigation by establishing a mathematical formula to calculate temporary alimony. The formula may be adjusted by each individual judge under special circumstances. The formula subtracts 20% of the lower-earning spouse’s income from 30% of the higher earning spouse’s income — so long as the lower earner doesn’t wind up with more than 40% of the combined income. Under this formula, if the incomes were $150,000 and $50,000, the alimony award would be $35,000 — leaving the gross incomes at $115,000 and $85,000 respectively. Note that taxes are not considered in this calculation.
The ease of this calculation is attractive and would certainly make mediators’ work easier. The NY Guidelines are intended only for temporary alimony. But, “temporary” often morphs into “permanent” just by default. So, the question is whether simplifying the alimony calculation would overlook the many issues: health, age, length of marriage, earning capacity, for example, that judges in NJ are required to consider. And “Guidelines” often become rules which judges are reluctant to deviate from and which parties adhere to with strict allegiance.
In mediation and Collaborative divorce, the parties can adjust the alimony award, if any, to their individual needs. And, in the end, this should be the goal — allowing both parties to move forward in their lives.
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Fortitude Valley’s The Globe Theatre will play host to a night of Folken Rock on Thursday 20th January starting at 7pm.
Headlining the evening will be Brisbane’s premiere subtropical gypsy junk sound-makers The Mouldy Lovers playing in support of their debut EP “Unhinged Hijinks” released late 2010. The band is looking forward to April when they kickstart a tour of the eastern coast.
Joining them onstage will be local trio Bremen Town Musician who will be showcasing a selection of tracks from their forthcoming 3rd album to be released later this year.
Also playing in support will be solo artist Lilly Rouge, currently in the process of recording her debut album “Streetwise” and making plans for an upcoming east coast tour.
Rounding out the lineup is alt-country/folk trio Orphan Ann accompanied onstage by special guest musician Rohan Seekers. Orphan Ann’s debut EP is currently being mixed by Caleb James and is set to be released in February.
Doors open at 7pm and the cover charge is $12.


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Track: Business Management
The capital market can be said to be developed and developing if the involvement of the public is greater than the share ownership of the founders. Public share ownership is a reflection of democratization that business entities are no longer owned by a few people, but have opened up opportunities to be distributed equally according to their share ownership. The way in that direction was opened by requiring every public company to sell its shares in a certain amount, known as free float. Unfortunately, free float regulations in Indonesia are not ideal compared to other countries, this can be said considering the weak legal force of the Surat Keputusan Direksi PT Bursa Efek Indonesia No. Kep-00101/BEI/12-2021 Article V. This paper aims to find the latest views in the literature regarding the percentage ratio of free floats that can realize the sustainability of the capital market in Indonesia by using a comparative juridical normative method of regulations and legal decisions in Indonesia, Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom and Australia. The results of this paper indicate that the regulation of free float in Indonesia is not ideal when compared to other countries to be able to support the sustainability of the Capital Market in Indonesia. This is due to the very small percentage of shares required to free float in Indonesia, the absence of strict sanctions, and the phrase "dapat (can)" which has weak legal force. If this arrangement is not revised, it can cause a massive failure of public companies to meet the minimum free float percentage obligation, resulting in low market appreciation for shares and low price returns and stock liquidity.
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EL PASO, Texas -- Anthony Aguilar is a U.S. Army veteran and proud owner and operator of Revive Auto Solutions, an automotive detail shop.
His love of cars developed when he got his first car as a teen. Instead of fixing the engine, he decided to make it shiny and new.
"That was a big mistake... it ended up breaking down and I ended up owning four after that... that was a big inspiration."
Aguilar has been detailing cars for over two years and jumped at the opportunity to detail the first ever jet powered Air Force Once aircraft.
"They built air force one as a symbol of power and prestige for the U.S. Presidency. So it's very important to keep it up and to maintain the appearance of the first Air Force One."
Aguilar was one of 75 applicants and one of 35 people who were hand-picked for the 2023 Air Force One Detailing Team.
This team consists of experienced and proven members. Aguilar was chosen based on his past military experience and skills in the automotive world.
Today, the plane is on display inside the open-air aviation pavilion, but it remains exposed to moisture and Seattle's cold winter weather conditions. It takes more than a light dusting to maintain the famous aircraft.
"So we polish it, clean it, polish it, we polish the aluminum and we put a paint protectant on it. That way when we come back next year it's good to go. It'll withstand the year without being maintained."
Delivered in 1959, the aircraft served as a flying office for U.S. Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon.


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In case you’ve forgotten, the shooty slowmo side-scroller, Cobalt, will be launching tomorrow on both the Xbox One and 360, as well as on PC (through Steam). It’ll cost only $19.99, and will come packed with a chunky campaign, as well as a host of additional multiplayer content that will extend its life considerably.
If you thought it was a standard action title, you’d be mistaken. There’s far more to Cobalt than simply navigating each platform and firing away at an enemy (or friends). No, it contains some pretty rad mechanics that makes it stand out. Explaining it all in detail can be a little complicated, but thankfully, Mojang have put together three short videos which do just that in no time at all (via PC Gamer).
Offense in Cobalt is pretty straight forward. Players can aim wherever they want, whenever they want. Crouching however, initiates an auto aim of sorts. Rolling will also activate the same mechanic. It sounds overpowered and overly beginner friendly, but it makes a whole lot of sense when playing the game.
Other than that, the video makes it pretty obvious that shooting an enemy from behind is the most efficient way to take them down. LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION!
Defence in Cobalt is all about timing. A well timed roll will deflect an enemies projectile. Timing it perfectly though, will send their gunfire straight back at them.
Grenades are deadly, but thankfully, they can be shot, or punched, out of harms away too. Similarly to above, a grenade can be deflected straight back to it’s origin – killing the thrower if they aren’t paying attention.
Defence is one of the mechanics that makes Cobalt so interesting in the first place. The name of the game is is counter-attack! Just imagine two players fighting it out, and countering each other to perfection. The loser is the one who mistimes their roll, or just so happens to be on the receiving end a grenade’s fuse.
Time dilation is the one mechanic that needs to be seen to be properly understood. The video above shows exactly how it works.
As a projectile gets closer, time slows down. However, time will not slow down if a player is blinded, attacked with a scoped weapon, or if a chrono bomb is present.
Now think of the time dilation mechanic in conjunction with that of the defence one above. It makes for some damn entertaining gaming!
And that’s Cobalt in a nutshell really. Will you be buying it when it releases tomorrow?
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May, 2020, sees the 75th anniversary of VE Day (and VJ Day in August) and the Royal British Legion is helping Golf Clubs throughout the country to celebrate in style.
The celebration will include a golf competition for their Members followed by a special lunch or dinner - with many already deciding to follow the “street-party” theme, with period music, dress and dancing. The Ladies in many Clubs are already looking for period dress.
Already, special menus are being devised and, in many cases, entertainers will be providing music and songs from 1945.
Every golfer taking part will receive a commemorative ball-marker from RBL, with the winners receiving a prestigious gold medal. Players are asked to make a donation, via their Club, to RBL and the period around the anniversary - May 8th, a bank holiday in the UK - will see hundreds of Clubs taking part.
Over the last few years golfers have donated the magnificent total of £1 million to the vital work of the Royal British Legion.