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7 mobile games like “Papers, Please”
- Spoiler: this was a difficult list to collate, mainly because games akin to Papers, Please - thoughtful, nuanced and above all long experiences - aren’t usually what gets popular on the mobile platform.
- We’ve brought together seven games that we feel either follow the same themes as Papers, Please or have a similar focus on story, nuance and immersion.
As far as depressing post-Soviet bureaucracy simulators go, “Papers, Please” is probably one of the best. Not that it’s a particularly populous category at least. It's a dreary, depressing, dark and weirdly engaging game that can leave you second-guessing yourself no matter how confident or reckless of a player you might be.
But what kind of games similar to Papers, Please can you play on mobile that evoke the same sort of feelings?
What is Papers, Please?If you’re not familiar, Papers, Please puts you in the shoes of a border crossing official in the newly independent post-Soviet (although the game is set in a purely fictional universe) state of Arstotzka. You sit in your booth in the middle of the border and are tasked with checking each entrant’s papers and deciding whether or not to approve their entry.
Simple, right? Wrong. While you’re initially just asked to check for the right stamp or date, quickly it accelerates into multiple boxes to tick and hard questions to ask. Some people you can easily dismiss as chancing their arm, but others offer heart-wrenching stories or other reasons to be let through. But you never know what someone’s true reason for coming to Arstotzka might be…
Papers, Please has been the worthy recipient of many awards and stands as one of the most distinct examples of indie games ever to hit the market. The bleak and oppressive atmosphere coupled with an exploration of the dehumanising nature of bureaucracy, and some genuinely engaging gameplay as you battle the clock in order to hit your quotas, does a great job of forming a pretty chilling narrative without making you perform comically evil acts.
After all, this may not be Spec Ops: The Line, but you're still making potential life-or-death decisions for those crossing the Arstotzkan border based on when your shift ends. But when the consequences could lead to your family literally freezing to death or other possible terrible endings, the line between good and evil blurs into murky shades of grey.
Yes, it’s a very heavy game. And now you can carry it in your pocket! But maybe you’ve already rinsed Papers, Please for all it’s worth, and now you’re eager for more depressing, time-constrained experiences to chill your heart. If you’re that kind of grim individual, then this list is for you!
Now, in all fairness, we should state first and foremost that while 80 Days is a story-based, choice-based and fairly nuanced game, we’re already breaking our rule on action. But this game, based on Jules Verne’s famous novel "Around the World in Eighty Days", has just as much appeal, variety and routes to uncover as anything Papers, Please can provide.
80 Days puts players in a steampunk world inspired by the classic novel, tasking you with making the titular round-the-world journey in under eighty in-game days. To do so, you’ll have to acquire various modes of transport, decide what routes to take and how to do so, as well as complete various story beats along the way. There's everything from a polar expedition to solving a murder in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, all the while keeping an eye on the clock as it ticks down to zero.
There are certain similarities gameplay-wise to Papers, Please, with a minimalist design where players interact with the world through abstracted menus and text conversations. However, just like Papers, Please, the game is deceptively deep, with a strange steampunk world to slowly piece together the nature of. You'll also be equally as likely to cause horrible consequences for those in your path as much as you may be able to help them.
Just like how Papers, Please tasks players with ensuring that they are able to both stay on the good side of the administration of Arstotzka and take care of their family, the ticking clock of 80 Days also ensures that despite the often slow gameplay, there is always a sword of Damocles hanging over their head. The replayability and different routes one can take also ensure there’s always something new to find and do on your global journey.
Without a doubt, The Longing is perhaps the most apt selection for this list. A real-time game that asks players to wait a grand total of 400 days is certainly even more strange and experimental than a border-crossing guard simulator. But as we noted in our review of the game, the experience is more than worth the wait.
The Longing sees players take on the role of a Shade, who is tasked with waiting 400 days before awakening a being known as the Mountain King. The game progresses in real-time, and one of the benefits of having it on mobile is that you can put it down and have that progression take place in the background, instead of having to have it open on your PC or other device.
While you wait, you can explore the caves in which you find yourself and begin solving a variety of puzzles, many of which are timed. Wait for slow water droplets to fill a puddle or a spider to spin a web on which you can walk, for example. All of this gives you ample time to explore, but as we note, even these 400 days may not always be enough to uncover the multiple endings this game has to offer you.
As we noted in our review, there is a significant amount of waiting involved in the game, and this encourages introspection about the nature of your character’s existence and their purpose. You’ll also get to explore some lovingly rendered backgrounds as you pace the underground halls, uncovering your Shade’s history and more about what might be taking place in the outside world.
Another game that breaks with our standard of "little to no action" somewhat. Sigma Theory does, however, have a heavy focus on choices and consequences for characters in-game - just like how in Papers, Please, your choices affect both characters you meet and your own family. We discussed it in one of our App Army roundtables where contributors pitched in with their thoughts.
Sigma Theory sees you commanding a loose group of secret agents, all hunting a new surge in powerful technologies triggered by an innovation called - fittingly - The Sigma Theory. It’s your job to navigate the complex inner lives of your agents, their competing allegiances and even their personal lives, all while keeping your own neck off the chopping block and acquiring these technologies for your nation, or at least stopping competing nations from acquiring them.
You’ll have to direct your agents on where to go, assuage the fears of your partner/spouse, guide agents when or if they’re discovered and stay one step ahead of an enemy always looking to root out traitors and saboteurs. With the whole world as your stage, there are plenty of enemies you’ll need to keep ahead of and many ways to do it, whether with bribery, coercion, investigation, sabotage or leveraging one of the technologies unlocked by the Sigma Theory.
Like other games on this list, the comparison to Sigma Theory and its appropriateness for fans of Papers, Please comes from the focus on human interaction more than the actual gameplay style. As with Papers, Please, you are beholden to the unseen and abstract politics of your superiors, and will have to put aside conventional morality to achieve your objectives - even if that includes putting innocent people in the firing line.
Sigma Theory is currently only available on Android.
Again, we always need a wildcard pick. And while Plague Inc is drastically different in terms of scope, you couldn’t ask for a more grim and pessimistic game than one where you build a disease to wipe out all of humanity. Ultimately, it’s the same introspective look at the fragility of human life in the face of an uncaring world, except instead of a political monster, it’s a biological one.
Plague Inc challenges players to evolve a virus, plague or disease that is capable of wiping out humanity. To do so, you’ll need to strategically place the initial infection, develop new symptoms capable of increasing the spread of your disease, and evade attempts by health authorities to develop a cure. You can also go beyond the scope of regular diseases to have viruses that induce zombism, vampirism and more.
Plague Inc has stood as one of the most enduring games on mobile and PC. And during the Covid-19 pandemic, there was even a new expansion released which switched gears, placing players on the side of those trying to cure diseases rather than spread them. Aside from the new challenge, it has players reassessing the human cost of their actions when the perspective is changed.
The grim and darkly comical subject matter aside, just like in Papers, Please, there’s a focus on the human cost of what we do not normally consider in our everyday lives. Although the population of Earth is dehumanised and abstracted into simple numbers, every so often, there’s an inkling of the horror you’re causing in your pursuit of total global saturation.
Valiant Hearts: Coming Home
It should go without saying that the original Valiant Hearts is probably one of the most heartfelt and melancholy games out there. I mean, World War One isn’t exactly a cheery setting, and Valiant Hearts: Coming Home continues that trend. If Papers, Please makes players think about the effect their choices have on people during peacetime, Valiant Hearts: Coming Home is sure to do the same for wartime.
In Valiant Hearts: Coming Home, you play as a cast of four different heroes and interact with a variety of others, from soldiers to medics, to sailors and pilots. As you do so, you’ll solve simple interaction-based puzzles, make your way through action sequences and generally experience both the horrors and pulse-pounding excitement of war through the lens of a graphic-novel-inspired adventure.
While Valiant Hearts has a much different gameplay style, focusing on action and puzzles with numerous minigames and some action set-pieces, the human story about the cost of war and the influence individuals can still have in the face of it fits neatly as a contrast to Papers, Please. Whereas Papers, Please is arguably a game about despair, the Valiant Hearts series has always been about hope, albeit more of a silver lining type than anything more heroic.
We also feel the need to mention it because it's arguably one of the best games out on Netflix Games - a sorely underutilised service that may end up being folded into their dreaded "ad-supported" category at some point in the future. So if you happen to have a subscription to the streaming service, you won't have to pay a penny extra to experience what Valiant Hearts: Coming Home has to offer.
Valiant Hearts: Coming Home is available on Android via Netflix Games.
One of Amanita Design’s games, Machinarium stood out during our research for this list. Set in a grim, dystopian but still engaging world, this game perfectly encapsulates the adventure gameplay that may seem at odds with games like Papers, Please. But the atmosphere and slow, puzzle-focused gameplay definitely encourage you to take your time and get immersed in a world of surreal machinery and robots.
Machinarium sees players take on the role of a robot looking to save his girlfriend from a group of criminal robots. It’s a pretty simple plot set-up, but in the course of the game, you’ll solve a dense collection of point-and-click puzzles while exploring the mechanical landscape of the city in which you find yourself. To do so, you’ll use your unique characteristics as a robot and perform the usual procedure of clicking on everything and finding bizarre ways to use the items you acquire.
While it may be hard to see the comparisons to Papers, Please at first, I’d say that there’s an undeniable sense of melancholy and general weirdness in Machinarium - something which you’re probably already familiar with and likely had to accept in the course of Papers, Please and its strange, stylised cast.
Alright, we’re sort of cheating here because we also made this selection for our "Games like Dead Cells" list. But whereas that was due to the atmosphere, the supernatural themes and magic, we’re selecting this again for entirely different reasons. The multiple-choice gameplay, the character bonds you can create or squander and the grim, oppressive atmosphere of becoming a cultist for an eldritch mythos are all just as compelling as the real-world-based bureaucracy of Papers, Please.
Cultist Simulator is a sort of virtual deck-builder where players juggle a variety of cards representing the game world. You can place cards on certain others to activate effects, for example, if you place a card representing vitality on the city, you’ll begin exploring and uncovering new locations. The game is a constant balancing act between your very human need for funds to live and contentment to keep depression at bay, and the ever-encroaching desire to discover the hidden truths of the world.
While Papers, Please focuses on very real, human horror and the dehumanisation experienced by both the victims and perpetrators of an unfeeling bureaucracy, Cultist Simulator is a much more supernatural experience. That doesn’t stop you from having, or voluntarily deciding, to make horrible choices. Whether that’s sacrificing another cultist or unleashing eldritch horrors to destroy your enemies, it’s a bit more grandiose than whether or not you let someone with an expired entry visa through the border.
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Springfield Symphony Presents Star-Crossed Lovers
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As far as lovers go, Romeo and Juliet need no introduction. Their ill-fated love story endures through the centuries, and Prokofiev’s score for the ballet is stormy, passionate, and full of the fervent feelings of young love. We are pleased to present Chinese composer Deqing Wen’s symphonic poem Nostalgia and our 2022 Hellam Competition Winner, Ilkhom Mukhiddinov, on Paganini’s virtuosic Violin Concerto No. 1.
Deqing Wen - Nostalgia
Paganini - Violin Concerto No. 1
with Hellam Competition Winner, Ilkhom Mukhiddinov, Violin
Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet - Suite 2


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When Dudley throws a book at his cousin's head, no one could have known the revolution it would spark in the years to come. "I want to start my own Guild! My own family!".
By the time Draco had finished reading Harry's Fairy Tail collection, he had finally settled on the type of magic he wanted to use. As such, Harry often had to go to some considerable effort to hide his training from a certain Miss Granger who definitely would not have approved of the boys' "leap first – think later" training methods. Hiding said training from Professor Snape was equally difficult and Harry was quite certain the man was well aware of what they were doing. But since they were being careful, more careful than a group of eleven year olds would have been under the circumstances, Harry guessed he let it slide as long as they didn't take advantage of it (which Harry had to stop Draco from doing several times).
Hermione's Archive was going well now that she had some computer programming books to supplement her research though she complained endlessly about wifi and things like fibre optics and light wavelength frequencies – things that the magical raised hadn't the foggiest idea about and Harry, who cheerfully admitted he wasn't as intelligent and didn't care about such things, who also hadn't the faintest idea. Carla, being a cat, also didn't know how to help, though she did recommend looking at some physics books if that was what the witch was distressed over.
Harry could only laugh, "You're all doing amazingly well guys, but try to remember, this stuff takes time. It took me three months of extended effort to make Requip work and I nearly killed myself learning Lighting Slayer Magic. There's no rush, cool your jets," he told them lazily as he prodded a lightning wreathed finger into Draco's side, making the blond yelp and jump a mile.
He whipped around and lashed out with a hand, Harry dancing out of the way with a laugh, "This is why! The sooner we learn the sooner we can get you back, you cretin!" he snarled beginning the chase.
Hermione sighed from her desk where she was sat cross-legged on top of it going through several papers from their latest job (a few first year Hufflepuffs wanted Hermione to double check their homework and point out where they'd gone wrong and tell them where they could find the right answers. She didn't mind doing this, she just wouldn't write the answers down for them).
"He only does it because he likes you, Draco. Like the boy who pulls his crush's pigtails," she stated lightly, making both boys freeze and stare at her in horror.
There was a breath of silence before the two exchanged looks and Draco howled in horror while Harry literally hit the ground roaring with laughter. The blond Pureblood was practically climbing the walls in order to put as much distance between himself and Harry as possible while the Gryffindor was hyperventilating and wheezing for breath unsuccessfully on the floor. Hermione pouted. While Draco's reaction was amazing and what she was aiming for, she had been hoping to get something similar out of Harry, but no, he seemed to find almost everything absolutely hilarious. Prompting any reaction that wasn't laughter from him was harder than getting blood out of a stone.
"Oh calm down, Draco," the brunette witch scolded, "Harry doesn't have a crush on you. He's just a menace to society."
"You say the nicest things about me," came the quip from the floor as he gasped for air.
Neville snorted, nudging the green eyed boy on the floor, "I don't think Harry even understands the concept, Draco. Hermione makes the guys in the dorms uncomfortable and Harry still doesn't understand why. She's nakama, and that's all there is to it," he explained.
Hermione blinked, "I'm making them uncomfortable?" she asked curiously.
"You're a girl," Neville pointed out, "And they have to get changed in there."
Harry snorted, rolling lazily on the floor, "That's nothing to be embarrassed about," he proclaimed, waving a hand carelessly. Unknowingly further proving Neville and Hermione's point. "It's just skin. If you had a gross scar I might understand, but scars are just a sign you survived something hard, that you weren't beaten, so they're more like a badge of honour than a mark of shame. Some people are idiots. Don't listen to them, 'Mione. Nev and I like having you in the dormitories, it's fun," he told her, looking up at the curly haired girl with a blinding grin that showed off those pointed canines.
She smiled, "Thanks Harry," she said, reaching down and patting his forehead. She had always dreamed about having friends, people who would enjoy the things she did, wouldn't be scared off by her freakishness, she could talk to them about her favourite books and they would be able to hang out and no matter what anyone said they wouldn't hate her and they would stay as friends. And while Harry didn't enjoy all the same books as her, she could always talk to him about them and he would listen, he thought her quirks were just another part of her being her and he accepted them without question, and he accepted all of her, regardless of what anyone thought and wanted to hang around with her even if their interests weren't always the same. She had to admit, he wasn't her dream bestfriend, he was better.
Draco snorted, "Gryffindors," he complained sticking his tongue out, "The amount of fluff and sap in this room is nauseating! I'm going to train!" he declared getting down off the window-sill he had climbed up onto in his efforts to escape Harry.
Neville snickered reaching into their private potions cabinet, "Take these before you go," he said heading over and giving the blond a few phials stored in a leather roll-up. Neville's brewing, when not being stood over by Professor Snape, had fast exceeded even Hermione's abilities in the privacy of their little Guild Chamber.
Draco nodded his thanks and kicked Harry who was still on the floor, "Are you coming or not, Bolt-Brain?" he demanded brusquely as he made his way to the door, snatching his cloak up from one of the hooks.
Harry laughed, "Coming! See you two in a few," he said to his housemates before chasing Draco out of the room.
Neville snorted before looking at Hermione, "That was gross by the way," he stated with a grimace.
"Saying that Draco and Harry – no. That's gross," he told her.
Hermione just laughed.
"I-I-I r-r-real-l-ly w-wish th-there was a b-be-bett-tter w-way t-t-t-to do this," Draco complained bitterly, shivering hard.
Harry snorted, leaning back against the wall, "You wanted to learn Ice Make," he pointed out as he watched the blond meditate on the snow at the back of the Quidditch Pitch, "No pain, no gain. At least Nev provided Pepper-Ups, plus, I've gotten pretty good with Bluebell flame," he added, showing a liberated jam-jar filled with the blue flame from his pocket.
Draco shivered and decided not to answer, the more he spoke the more chance he had of taking his tongue off with his own chattering teeth as he tried to regulate his magic to ice. As a Pureblood, he had heard of Elementals, they were a popular figure in fiction, but ultimately not real. Then along comes Harry Potter throwing around lightning bolts, dressing his hands in thunder and breathing lightning at a troll. Then there's Longbottom who's beginning to make plants grow to his will faster than should have been possible (his real training would begin in Spring when he could connect to the feeling of life growing around him, learn to harness it, and then manipulate it and create it as he willed). Potter even had a cat that spoke and used Transfiguration to create wings for herself out of the thick white cloak she had taken to wearing ever since she had figured it out, she was still trying to figure out how to make them fly.
And now he was learning how to harness the power of ice, of winter itself.
He would be lying if he said he wasn't excited. He would also be lying if he said he wasn't thinking of giving up right now.
He was stripped down to his briefs, sat in the snow, trying to meditate and figure out how to align his magic with the frigid cold around him. 'If you want to control the chill, you have to feel the chill' Ur had said. Without knowing what you were handling, then you hadn't a hope in hell of handling it properly. And this was before going into Moulding Magic which had its own difficulties. Under normal circumstances, he would have pitched a fit at the prospect of so much work without getting what he really wanted – a Dragon/God Slaying magic, but Harry refused to teach him and then showed him the scars. Draco had then very gracefully decided that perhaps he was unsuited to such magical branches and went looking in another direction, mentally wondering if Harry really was crazy.
Stood against the wall, Harry felt his smile widen as he watched Draco's shivering lessen, and then taper off as he sank deep into thought, unknowingly breathing deep and steady. Harry checked his pocket watch. Another ten minutes, then he was going to forcefeed Draco a Pepper-Up, wrap him back in his robes and cart him to the Quidditch training rooms for a shower – starting cold and steadily warming up so as not to give his system too much of a nasty shock. Once he had warmed up Harry would tell him what he observed, Draco would meditate a little more and then go and build things out of the snow, give his hands a feel for moulding ice and snow. Moulding Magic was a lot more spontaneous than any of the magics Harry had researched and worked on, he couldn't really write a guide for how to learn it, it was very much an experiment teaching Draco how to handle it right now. He would do the same for Nev later, get him some woodworking tools and some logs so he can get used to working with the material without magic and then later with it.
As far as Harry knew, Draco was planning to follow Gray's route primarily, Static Ice Make. He had thought he would go for Lyon's Dynamic Ice Make to be honest but apparently there was something about Gray's magic that caught his attention or his interest. Harry had already asked him what he would do with it and Draco had, quite unembarrassedly, told him that he would make an ice rose for his mother. It was a nice idea, Harry was all for it. And he was quite determined to see Draco capable of it before he went home for the Christmas Holidays.
Not to mention it would be very difficult for Draco to connect to the elements enough when the snow melted.
Everyone was getting ready for the Christmas Holidays, all of the Guild, minus Harry and Carla, were heading home for the holidays. Even Dudley was going home for Christmas from Smeltings though his letter confided that he would save his Christmas present for the Summer Holidays when he came back, Harry decided to do the same.
And then Draco finally made it work.
A snowball clutched between his fingers, a deep breath and a wrinkle of his nose as he forced his magic forward – a hiss of cold steam and... his hands opened, revealing a tiny ice rose, delicate petals so thin they would have melted at the first touch of warmth.
A delirious smile crossed Draco's face, "I did it!" he cheered even as he fell face first into the snow a moment later.
Harry sorted him out as per usual and then carted him up to the Hospital Wing, cheerfully explaining to Madam Pomfrey what happened and even showing her Draco's ice rose. She was thoroughly impressed, and angry that they would perform such magical experiments without supervision.
Harry pouted, "But I was supervising," he argued hotly, irate that anyone would think he didn't take good care of his friends. "He runs for twenty minutes around the Quidditch Pitch, first time I wouldn't let him do it for longer than five before I made him have a hot shower in the changing rooms. Then it was ten minutes. Then twenty. When he got to twenty minutes running I made him meditate too, five minutes, then ten. Now he's at twenty. I've been taking good care of him. Nev's been brewing Pepper-Ups for us, after every session he gets one, I make him take a shower, first cold and then steadily warming it up so his body doesn't go into shock. We've been doing this for ages!" he huffed, "Ice Make is safer than Dragon Slayer. I argued with him for three hours and had to show him my scars before he gave up on learning it," he sniffed.
Madam Pomfrey sighed, Minerva had warned her that Mr Potter was more mature and yet also more immature than his classmates. That just because he was younger than those around him did not automatically mean that he would bend to their authority, even if they were in a position of authority. He had a strict belief of 'if you can do it – age, gender, race, doesn't matter'. This just proved it. He could teach Mr Malfoy how to use his magic in this manner and do so while maintaining a safe environment and minimising the risks better than any of the Hogwarts staff – who were completely oblivious and ignorant to this new branch of magic – so he did it because Mr Malfoy wanted him to.
"It was still dangerous, Mr Potter. What if something had gone wrong?" she asked him reasonably.
"I'd have brought him straight here," he told her easily, "We weren't breaking any school rules," he added coolly with narrowed eyes.
"I know you weren't. But Professor Snape is very protective of his students, the Slytherins tend to get treated badly by other students, he worries," she explained, watching as an expression of curiosity and then anger flitted across his features.
"Someone's bullying the Slytherins?" he asked darkly.
"They give as good as they get, make no mistake of that," she told him with a sniff, "And quite often they're the ones to start such confrontations. I would recommend getting both sides of every story before going on a crusade, Mr Potter." He had that look. The same one Lily always did before she rampaged against the Marauders for picking on young Severus or Regulus. How Severus could continue to see the boy as his father when every member of staff could see Lily flaring like the sun behind that smile of his, she would never know.
She sent Harry off and contacted Professor Snape who came sweeping in like a thunder cloud, demanding to know what had happened.
"Simple magical exhaustion. He's been experimenting with wandless magic and managed to succeed for the first today," she explained, gently handing him the delicate ice rose. He stared down at it, stunned. Wandless magic, controlled wandless magic, from an eleven year old boy?
"...A rose?" he questioned, it did not seem like Draco's style.
She chuckled, "Mister Potter tells me that it's intended as a gift to Lady Malfoy for Christmas," she explained before bustling off as a pair of third years came in. Leaving Professor Snape to his thoughts, his Godson, and the little ice rose in the palm of his hand.
As soon as Draco was well enough to be released, he was almost immediately back into the same bed before the end of the day – this time, his hands full of two more ice roses and a small ice cauldron.
This time, Harry waited for Professor Snape to appear and handed the little Cauldron to him, "Draco made it for you, sir," he explained before fussing a little with the blankets and making a hasty retreat as Snape stood there, shocked beyond belief and staring at the small fist sized cauldron in his hand.
He turned, and swept out of the Hospital Wing and went directly to Minerva's office, knocking briskly he waited until she allowed him in and took a seat, setting the tiny cauldron on her table.
"One of your lions is teaching one of my snakes Wandless magic," he explained flatly as she picked up the tiny cauldron in fascination. And then sighed.
"Mister Potter, I should have known," she muttered, "He has been developing new branches of magic, though he cannot use the majority of them due to the nature of wandless magic. He has already begun to make overtures in teaching Miss Granger and Mister Longbottom different magics, and his familiar, Carla, has already succeeded in a bastardized form of wandless self-transfiguration," she explained setting the cauldron back down with a look of appreciation.
Severus reeled, "At his age...?" he demanded sharply.
She nodded, "I don't believe he was without help, he has mentioned a Master Makarov before when we were in Diagon Alley, but from little I have gathered from the man he has no leanings, Dark or Light, and believes only in magic. Goodness, what was it the lad said? 'Pour all of your soul into whatever you do. Your magic will only grow and improve when you work hard, effort, and the determination to push yourself. Push beyond limits and boundaries'," she quoted hesitantly.
He sneered, "How very Hufflepuff," he commented.
She nodded, "Yes, he admitted that was where he was hoping to end up," she admitted.
"Not Gryffindor like his parents?" he asked silkily.
Minerva sniffed, "He didn't know. I never told him and until I showed up with his acceptance letter, he had never heard of Hogwarts before," she explained coolly making Severus sit back and frown. Just where on earth had Dumbledore hidden the Saviour of the Wizarding world? "You have nothing to worry about, Severus, if Mister Potter is willing to get into a fist fight with a troll for young Mister Malfoy, I don't believe he will put him in harm's way," she stated easily as she returned to her marking.
Severus froze, "A fist fight?"
She nodded, "Yes, the portraits in the corridor saw the whole thing. As unbelievable as it sounds, Mister Potter's broken hand is the result of fighting the troll with his bare hands and his own wandless magic discipline, Lightning Magic." She very carefully left off the Dragon Slayer aspect of it, if either Severus or Albus got wind of how that magic was developed for killing (any manner of creature) they would go assuming Mister Potter was a rising Dark Lord.
The first day of the Christmas Holidays, after everyone had gone home, both Harry and Carla spent it curled up in the dormitory miserable and feeling very alone for the first time since they arrived in Hogwarts. Harry didn't even bother to change out of his night clothes and even Requipped his stuffed Happy to hug – which he only ever did when he was upset. He and Carla spent the whole morning curled up together in silence, Harry with one arm around his Happy, Carla on his chest, his free hand rubbing her ears and stroking down her back. Occasionally she would rub her face against his chin. She missed them too.
Harry had underestimated Ron Weasley though.
The two were friendly toward one another but with how Harry had so easily fallen in with both Neville and Hermione, the latter of which he could barely tolerate, and then making friends with Draco of all people, they couldn't be considered as friends. Polite acquaintances, Harry would still walk through fire and brimstone for the red head, but he was pretty far from Harry's first choice of individual to hang out with.
But come lunch time, Ron Weasley appeared at his bedside, looking exceptionally uncomfortable holding a napkin of buttered toast.
"Erm, you missed breakfast and... well you seemed upset so... Do you want to hang out with me and my brothers?" he asked anxiously as Harry numbly accepted the napkin of toast, just staring up at him in tired bewilderment.
He didn't get a chance to answer before whatever 'brother' reflex that Ron had spurred him into activity. Ushering Harry to his feet and into a dressing gown and slippers, picking up both Carla and Happy and even the novel Harry had yet to finish reading from his bedside table and chivvying him down into the Common Room in a way that his brother's instantly recognised as being remarkably similar to their mother. Harry got a place next to the fire, the four brothers bustling around the Common Room, being loud and chaotic and bickering and laughing at one another as a blanket was thrown over Harry's legs, Happy absent-mindedly tucked against his side, Carla released into his lap, and a bottle of something pale yellow/gold/tan on the table next to him.
He could only goggle, stunned, as the Weasley brothers acted almost seemingly without conscious thought, he hadn't even realised what was going on before he was somehow planted in place, blanketed, fussed, and presented with food and drink. The brothers not even acting as if it was unusual, snarking and teasing one another – a second later both the twins wrestling their littlest brother to the ground and tickling with vicious cackles of delight while Ron yelled and cursed, their oldest brother, Percy, idly telling him off for his language, looking torn between joining in and telling them off, before sitting down next to Harry and asking him if he was okay.
The green eyed boy turned to stare at him, a little overwhelmed before finally laughing as he hugged Carla and Happy to himself a little tighter, that heavy lonely feeling not quite gone, but no where near as cold or heavy or big anymore.
"Yeah. Yeah, I think I am now," he admitted ducking his head a little and smiling as Percy smiled and casually reached out, ruffling his hair.
Ta'dah! New chapter.
Draco begins Ice Make – the reason he gets his magic before Hermione is because her's is more complicated and requires calculations, she doesn't have all of the resources. Neville, I explained, needs to feel spring, get to know wood. So his'll take longer. Draco only mastered his so quickly because he subscribed to the Harry Potter school of "I jump out of the window – Wait, what floor are we on?". Plus snow. He had what he needed to begin training immediately. Neville has to wait for Spring, Hermione has to study computer programming, data storage, scanning, and a variety of other things. Like the internet as well. She won't be happy unless she can access both Magical and Muggle information networks. Adorable little overachiever that she is /hugs.
Well, this chapter ended unexpectedly. I did not plan on bringing Ron into this. I had actually made some serious attempts to keep him out of it, having him become Harry's bestfriend is a little overdone. But he's not a bad kid. And if he sees someone upset, he would try and help. And Harry's so very obviously miserable without Hermione and Neville and Draco. It was going to be the Weasley twins bouncing in, but then Ron showed up and brought him buttered toast and saw him looking all pathetic and miserable and the big-brother reflex kicked in and that happened.
Yeah. Ron's now a member. And so is Percy and the twins. 8T

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The events of June 2010 have irrevocably changed the lives of residents of the cities of Osh and Jalal-Abad. During these days many families lost their loved ones, found themselves homeless and basic living conditions. Many human stories will remain a sad mark in the memory of people, as a reminder of those tragic days. One of these stories is about the Kozubayev family. We first met this family in September 2010, and after that we could not forget a single member of this family - not the head of the family, Gulnara, or her elderly mother, or her six small children.
The life of Gulnara, a resident of Osh, would have been quite ordinary if not for those June days. A year ago, her family lived, like most others, with a small income to support the family and raise children. The father of the family worked as a postman at the local post office, got bread, dressed and shod his children, Gulnara ran the household. They lived confidently on their land with a small farm and livestock, no better, but no worse than others. In the spring of 2010 the family suffered grief - the head of the family, the only breadwinner and support of the family, suddenly passed away. And, as they say, trouble does not come alone: the tragic June events were a crushing blow to the fate of this family - their house and all the acquired property - an old car and livestock - were burned to the ground. The family was left without anything - no home, no support, no means of living.
The widowed Gulnara is without work and without anyone's help, she is raising six children alone, the eldest of whom is only 14 years old, and the youngest is not yet two years old. Before the construction of the transitional housing, the family, consisting of Gulnara, her elderly mother and six small children, lived in a tent in the courtyard of the house in the heat and cold. Gulnara's family lives in Sharksky ayil okmotu, which is located in the poor outskirts of Osh, in an area where representatives of the Uzbek nationality predominantly live.
Now a family of 8 lives in transitional housing, which was built within the framework of the state program for the restoration of houses with the support of international organizations. Despite the fact that the family now has a roof over their heads, the house is practically empty - it is not suitable for a full-fledged living of a family with small children. As the owner of the house, Gulnara, says, they are in dire need of several items for the house:
4. Blankets and floor mats
5. Wardrobe for storing things
Gulnara's family periodically received humanitarian aid, but now she has no one to hope for. But even after experiencing the pain of loss and the bitterness of loss, Gulnara remains a persistent and strong-willed woman, because she has children whom she needs to raise and educate. Now she really needs help, which will give her confidence in the future, reinforce her belief that there is good in the world, hard times for her family will pass, and she and her children will be healthy and happy.

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Former Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond is now Chancellor of the Exchequer, effectively becoming the first appointment in Theresa May's new cabinet. Brexiter Boris Johnson has been appointed foreign secretary replacing Hammond.
To add to the drama, former chancellor George Osborne, who had been tipped for a senior cabinet position, has resigned from the government. May is expected to make further decisions on other cabinet posts today (14 July), including whether to include her leadership rival Andrea Leadsom. It is uncertain what will happen to other allies such as Chris Grayling and Justine Greening, while the fates of Michael Gove and Jeremy Hunt hang in the balance.
On Wednesday, David Cameron resigned as prime minister after six years at Number 10 and 11 years as Conservative leader. The Tory leader announced he would step down the morning after the country voted to leave the European Union (EU) at last month's referendum.
Home secretary Theresa May became Tory leader and subsequently prime minister. Cameron officially tendered his resignation to the Queen at Buckingham Palace and made emotional goodbye speeches during PMQ's and outside No. 10.
May, herself then headed to Downing Street and pledged to prioritise "not the mighty nor the wealthy nor the privileged" but working people and will do everything she can to help people to get on in life."
In a clear attempt to unite the party after a ferocious EU referendum campaign the former London Mayor has been appointed as foreign secretary whilst keen 'Remainer' Amber Rudd has been named home secretary.
Former Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Rudd campaigned passionately for Remain and famously warned during a Live TV debate that she would not trust Johnson to drive her home at the end of a night out.
Downing Street announced that Michael Fallon will remain as defence secretary whilst Liam Fox, who was first to drop out the Tory leadership race, is appointed to the new role of international trade minister, presumably with an aim to foster business for British firms hit by Brexit.
Once a candidate against David Cameron in the Conservative leadership race of 2005, David Davis has been appointed secretary of state for exiting the European Union. He will be taking a key role in negotiations as the UK prepares to enact article 50.


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Estimation of Land Surface Temperature Using Spatial Interpolation and Satellite-Derived Surface Emissivity
This study presents a method to estimate land surface temperature (LST) by calibrating spatial interpolation using satellite-derived surface emissivity. Four spatial interpolation methods including Inverse Distance Weighting (IDW), Spline, Kriging, and Cokriging were tested to interpolate LST in southern New England using ground temperatures measured at national weather stations (NWS) in summer 2001. The performance of each interpolation method was evaluated using field measurements collected in a mixed forest in Connecticut during the study period. Kriging is recommended for LST interpolation when surface emissivity data are not available. By analyzing the field data, we found that the maximum daily interpolation error occurred in the early morning and the minimum error occurred at around hour 18:00. Validation result shows that the accuracy of spatial interpolation of LST was much improved after being calibrated by satellite-derived surface emissivity. The average interpolation error reduced from 10 Â°C before calibration to 1.56 Â°C after calibration.
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Rodney Howard-Browne Biography, Tampa Bay Pastor Rodney Howard-Browne Wiki
Rodney Howard-Browne, the leader of a Pentecostal megachurch in Tampa Bay, Florida, has been arrested after continuing to hold large church services amid the coronavirus outbreak.
The Hillsborough County Sheriff announced on March 30 that he had obtained an arrest warrant for the pastor’s arrest. About an hour later, Howard-Browne was booked into the Hernando County Detention Center, inmate records show.
Although the governor of Florida has not issued a statewide “stay at home” order, local communities have taken steps to curb the spread of the virus. In Hillsborough County, gatherings are limited to no more than 10 people and residents are instructed to remain at their homes as much as possible. In the order, which can be read here, religious institutions are not included in the list of essential businesses.
Rodney Howard-Browne Family, Wife, Married
Rodney Howard-Browne was born and raised in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. His wife, Adonica, was born in Zimbabwe before her family relocated to Johannesburg, according to their church’s website.
Howard-Browne explained that the family moved to the United States in 1987 in order to answer a calling from God to spread the faith in the United States.
The couple founded The River at Tampa Bay Church in December 1996.
He wrote, “The Lord had spoken through Rodney in a word of prophecy and declared: ‘As America has sown missionaries over the last 200 years, I am going to raise up people from other nations to come to the United States of America. I am sending a mighty revival to America.’”
Rodney Howard-Browne Children
After getting married in 1981, the couple traveled around South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia as ministers. They had three children together: Kirsten, Kelly May, and Kenneth.
Rodney Howard-Browne Arrested
Pastor Rodney Howard-Browne was booked on misdemeanor charges of unlawful assembly and violation of public health rules after flouting social distancing orders at The River at Tampa Bay church.
Howard-Browne—an ally of President Donald Trump—has been an outspoken opponent of social distancing requirements, claiming his church has machines that can stop the coronavirus and vowing to personally cure the state of Florida himself.
“His reckless disregard for human life put hundreds of people in his congregation at risk, and thousands of residents who may interact with them this week, in danger,” Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister said at the press conference.
Howard-Browne did not respond to an immediate request for comment. He turned himself in to a neighboring sheriff’s office, was booked and released within 40 minutes, according to jail records.
Rodney Howard-Browne Tweets
Rodney Howard-Browne told his congregation during a service on March 15 that his church would remain open and that only the end of the world could force him to close it. He retweeted a portion of his sermon that was shared to Twitter from that day. The clip is embedded above.
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In the clip, Howard-Browne urged everyone to shake hands. “I know they don’t want us to do this, but just turn around and greet two, three people. Tell them you love them, Jesus loves them.” He reassured the congregation, “This has to be the safest place. If you cannot be saved in church, you in serious trouble.”
Sheriff Chad Chronister Statement
Sheriff Chad Chronister of the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s office said his office received an anonymous tip that Rodney Howard-Browne was continuing to hold services with hundreds of people, even after legal orders were enacted barring large gatherings. The sheriff explained during a news conference on March 30 that law enforcement officials attempted to speak with the pastor at his church days earlier, but that he refused to see them.
Officials instead met with the pastor’s attorneys. Sheriff Chronister said the goal had been to “educate” the pastor about the “dangerous environment” he was creating by continuing to hold large services with hundreds of people packed into one room. Officials pointed out that Howard-Browne has the capability to broadcast his sermons over the internet, and therefore does not need to have services in-person during this pandemic. The River already streams its services online each week.
The sheriff added that other religious institutions have adopted this practice and encouraged their own congregations to practice social distancing. But Howard-Browne instead insisted on members of the congregation attend in-person and provided bussing to the church.


Scottish Government announce £30m renewable energy plan
The Scottish Government has announced it is set to introduce a £30m plan to make sure all new homes use renewable energy from 2024.
The Scottish Government's plans aim to increase the use of renewable energy and low carbon heating in new build homes.
Similar plans will also be laid out for non-domestic buildings, presumably office and working spaces.
The Scottish Government has announced the new regulation is part of its pursuit of achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2045.
Paul Wheelhouse, Scotland’s Energy Minister, said: “Scotland is internationally recognised for its leadership on tackling climate change and for responding to the global climate emergency by setting an ambitious target to reach ‘net zero’ emissions by 2045."
“We have also set a challenging interim target of achieving a 75% reduction in emissions by 2030."
“It’s becoming increasingly clear that the pace of decarbonising Scotland’s domestic and non-domestic buildings has to increase significantly to achieve those aims, and emissions from our buildings will have to fall close to zero."
“We will ensure that new homes and buildings across Scotland meet the challenge of the climate emergency, combining the action we need to take on climate change with our ambition to provide affordable, warm homes.”
Source: Energy Voice


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A former police officer argued Thursday that police departments should be more concerned with enforcing the law than enacting “touchy feely” policies.
Robert P. Taylor, a former law enforcement officer, warned against police officers trying to be friends with their community over making sure they enforce the law to keep people safe in a letter to the editor.
“Stop all the expensive studies that Savannah doesn’t need and its taxpayers don’t want. What Savannah needs is good old-fashioned police work,” Taylor said. “We entered the touchy feely zone several years ago and what has it gotten us: Nothing. We don’t need police officers for friends, we need police officers who strictly enforce the law.”
Parents need to teach their children to better respect the law and law enforcement officers, Taylor argued.
“When I patrolled the streets of Savannah and Chatham County, I never liked hearing a parent tell their child in front of me: ‘He’ll put you in jail if you’re not good,’” Taylor continued. “I don’t believe in scaring children, but I do believe in parents teaching their children respect for the police and obeying the law.We don’t need more police officers, we need to let the officers enforce the law.”
It’s crucial that laws are kept so the general public can stay safe, Taylor said.
“Officers should be able to enforce every law on the books at will, and to know what the laws are. Those are tools to control the general public, so that gangs don’t take over our streets,” Taylor wrote.
One black police officer recently wrote about the internal struggle he feels about policing while black.
“A Black policeman is shunned by conservative White officers for sympathizing with more liberal points of view offered by the Black community. That same officer is shunned by certain members of the Black community for wearing the blue uniform, as it leads to the necessity to write tickets and make arrests in said community,” he wrote in an op-ed earlier this month.

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Harrisburg Police investigate shooting that sent 2 people to hospital
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Harrisburg Police are investigating a shooting that injured two people Tuesday evening.
As officers were responding to the incident, on the 2000 block of Fulton Street, they were informed that the shooting victims were in another location.
The two victims were found on the 2000 block of North 4th Street and transported to local hospitals with non-life threatening injuries, police say.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Harrisburg Police or submit a tip here.


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The center utilizes major treatment approaches of Family Counseling, Group Alcohol Therapy, Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy. The facility offers services in these settings: Outpatient Rehab.
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Some people prefer to live in a small town. Others prefer to live in a big city. Which place would you prefer to live in? Use specific reasons and details to support your answer.
English Writing Practice: Topic 9 – Sample 1
I grew up in a small town and then moved to a big city, so I have experienced the good and bad sides of both. I never thought that I would like living in a big city, but I was wrong. After ten years of living in one, I can’t imagine ever living in a small town again.
Small towns and big cities both have some problems in terms of transportation. In a small town, you have to own a car to ensure a comfortable living. You can’t get around without one because there isn’t any kind of public transportation. Big cities generally have heavy traffic and expensive parking, but there you have a choice of taking public transportation. It’s not free, but it’s often cheaper than driving when you consider gas and time. Especially if you don’t have a car, you’re better off in the city.
I love the excitement of big cities. Small towns have a slow pace. Large cities mean you have to adapt to a variety of situations, like finding a new route to work or trying a new restaurant. I enjoy that challenge very much. Another pan of the excitement of city living is the variety of cultural activities available. There is a wide assortment of theatre, music and dance performances available in big cities. These things are rare in small ones.
The final thing I like about large cities is the diversity of the people. The United States is made up of people of different races, religions, abilities, and interests. However, you seldom find such a variety of people in a smaller town. I think that living in an area where everyone was just like me would quickly become boring.
Of course, security is a concern, and that’s one area where small towns are superior to big cities. Still, I would rather be a bit more cautious and live in a large city than to feel secure but bored.
English Writing Practice: Topic 9 – Sample 2
Where should we live? Some may choose to live in big cities, while other like the natural and quiet surroundings in countryside. As far as I am concerned, I would like to live in a big city because living in a big city has more advantages than living in countryside.
To begin with, the city is the symbol of human civilization and there are a many facilities for living, recreation and health care. Therefore, living there is more convenient than living in countryside. For example, we can find a plenty of malls around our neighborhood, where we can buy everyday necessities at a low price. Furthermore, people concern more about their health and safety than other things in their lives. In big cities, medical facilities and emergency services are easily accessible than in countryside. Big cities also have convenient transportation and utility systems. They also offer faster Internet connections. These all make our life easier in big cities.
In addition, we can take part in a variety of events in big cities. Human being likes to live together and need to interact with each other. In a big city, the population density is high therefore there are always plenty of social activities, sports events and concerts. There are more recreational places in big cities, such as opera houses, movie theatres, clubs, and swimming pools. You will have many kinds of entertainment in big cities, and meet many people. In countryside, however, the life may be dull and quite, and you may only have a few neighbors. Living alone with few activities can easily cause mental diseases.
Some may argue that the pollution in cities makes people sick. However, with automobiles and modern highways we can easily take a break to expose to fresh air in countryside and sunshine on the beach.
In conclusion, I strongly hold that living in big cities is much better than living in countryside because of the advanced facilities and social activities in cities. Moreover, the autos and highways enable us to enjoy the natural and quiet surroundings in countryside.
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English Writing Practice: Topic 9 – Sample 3
In English, there is a well-known fairy story about a poor country boy, Dick Whittington, who goes to London because he believes that the streets of that city are “paved with gold”. The story is a tale of “from rags to riches”. Dick eventually becomes the Lord Mayor of London. Like the hero of that story, I always find wonder and adventure in cities.
Cities contain a great assortment of people. Whenever I walk around a shopping precinct at midday on a weekend, I am fascinated by all the different types of people hurrying around the shops. Sometimes, I just sit on a public bench and simply watch the variegated streams of shoppers.
Today, in the age of globe-trotting transport and communications, city life is more mixed than it has ever been. Capital cities are not cosmopolitan, and eager to attract foreign trade and currency. There is a contemporary English joke which tells that “you can never find an Englishman in London”.
Whether rightly or wrongly, governments and local authorities usually build public amenities in the big cities. Money is invested in transport, libraries, parks and museums. Often, countries will compete with each other for the best “show-case” building. Malaysia has built a skyscraper that is taller than is anything in New York. In large countries, region will compete against region: New York against Chicago, Shanghai against Hong Kong and Beijing.
All of this is good for the citizen. The magic of the Dick Whittington story is rekindled in me when I enter a library in a magnificent building. If a person is at university studying art or music, a large city usually offers galleries and public performances. Even as a teenager, I appreciated the worth of living in a city because two or three times a year there was a rock concert by a favorite band.
Architecture is the urban landscape. If a person has an appreciation of architecture, a city can be as visually exciting as the Himalayas. A modern metropolis is a mountain range of height, light and solidness. And then there are the old buildings: the quaint, unspoiled side-street or shops and homes from a distant age. If a person lived all of his life in one large city, he would continue to discover its architectural secrets into his old age.
Man is a ‘social animal’. He talks, mixes and creates. Cities offer the libraries, universities and cafe bars for him to meet others of his kind.


MALAYSIA - After two years of muted celebrations due to Covid-19, the annual Butitin Family Day has returned along with several activities. This year the simple celebration was held on 29th October 2022. De La Salle Butitin (DLSB) is a students hostel and accommodates students from surrounding remote localities. Aside from thanksgiving, the celebration was also to foster cooperation and collaboration between, DLSB and the Lasallian family which includes the parents, alumni and our benefactors.
Recognizing the importance of collaboration with parents in improving learning outcomes for the boarders, the programme started with a two-hour session with parents. Inputs were given by Brother Egbertus, Mr. Francis Vincent Tahip and Mr. Richie Japar on Lasallian education and the importance of a healthy and strong partnership between parents and the hostel staff. It continued with a dialogue between DLSB staff and the parents.
In the opening speech the chairman of the Butitin’s Board of Management, Datuk Johnny Kulai emphasized that collaboration between parents and the staff of DLSB becomes a catalyst to improve boarders’ academic achievement, work habits, social skills, and emotional well-being.
Singing the Alma Mater and cultural presentations from the boarders were very much appreciated by the guests. The boarders prepared some dishes while parents and alumni also brought different varieties of foods. The sharing of food has given opportunity for the guests and the boarders to experience a real-time conversation and bonding. (Text & Photo: Br. Egbertus Joikul FSC)


For complete details, see our Daily Weather Video…
Today’s Severe Weather Threat
The Storm Prediction Center maintains their standard slight risk of severe weather for southeast Texas, but as the visible satellite image shows, widespread cloud cover has remained in place across the affected areas this afternoon. The slight risk extends from Bay City on the Texas Coast, northeast to College Station, and east to the Louisiana State line near San Augustine.
As you can see on this surface based instability graphic, there really is no instability within the severe weather risk zone. There is over 2,500 joules per kilogram (J/Kg) of SBCAPE, but that’s down in a capped region where thunderstorms will not likely develop. Simply put, instability is too low to support widespread severe weather thanks to the cloud cover. Still, an isolated severe storm is possible with hail up to quarter size and strong outflow winds being the main threats.
Cooler weather on Thursday and Friday
As the storm system rerepsonsible for today’s storms across East Texas moves east, a northerly flow will set up over Texas. That will help bring in cooler and drier air for your Thursday. High temperatures on Thursday will be a tad cooler then on Wednesday. The Panhandle will struggle to reach 50° with North Texas and the Hill Country approaching 60°. Closer to the coast, temperatures should reach around 70°. While those temperatures are cooler, they’re still near seasonal high temperatures and should still ‘warm’ after this past weekend.
Next storm system moves in on Saturday
Models are consistent in bringing our next storm system into the state on Friday Night into Saturday, but diverge from there. The 12Z GFS and Euro are suggestive of a shortwave coming through in a weakened state. If that solution was to verify, we would receive rainfall amounts between a quarter and half an inch. The 12Z NAM is showing a closed core upper level low running about twelve hours slower then the GFS. If the NAM’s solution were to verify, we would likely receive much more rainfall. For now, we’ll wait for consistency and play the rainfall amounts conservative. Temperatures will depend on which solution verifies. For now it appears temperatures will be a tad below average, so a cool, rainy day is in store.
Temperatures on Sunday and Monday should return to seasonal average with highs in the 50s to 60s. Temperatures will be higher on Monday as a southeasterly flow resumes across Texas. Our next storm system appears to take shape to our west, which could result in some rain/storm chances just beyond the period.


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Friday is a big day for us: we'll be doing our longest stream ever.

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Plus: special guests, a giveaway or two, and what will probably go down as the worst episode of the Pocket Gamer Podcast ever.

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Epic Games is trying something new in its latest limited time mode, Disco Domination. We hope you’ve been brushing up on your Fortnite dance moves, because they will be put to the test quite soon.

Announced today in an in-game news update, Disco Domination will encourage players to “capture and defend Dance Floors” across the map by using the game’s now famous dance emotes to collect points. Dance moves take up precious time, though, so you’ll have to be careful not to be taken out by your opponents while you get your groove on.

Expect Disco Domination to begin in a few days, when we’ll learn more about how this event will work. In the meantime, Fortnite Season 6 is well underway, introducing pets, Shadow Stones, and a spooky new theme called Darkness Rises. We might even eventually find out what the deal was with the infamous Cube.

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This is a powerful documentary. I watched it previously on The Fifth Estate: "Where the Women Went". A sad tale of women trying to make ends meet. With the fishing industry collapsing, these women do what they have always done, worked hard at making a living wherever they can find it.
They leave Newfoundland, to go across the water to work in Nova Scotia.
See the Google map: Newfoundland to Halifax
Untrained workers, they work as live-in caregivers for the elderly, the sick, and the dying. This is a difficult issue for those who do not live in the cities or rural areas. Or for those without access to support services. The barriers to Aging at Home are immense for many people.
They have many issues, the first is getting from Newfoundland, going by ferry to North Sydney. Taking shuttle buses for another 6 hours to Halifax. One woman, a paraplegic, is cared for by these women, staying for days at a time. Another woman, with early Altzeimer's Disease, is cared for for two weeks at a time. This is a similar issue to the women brought in from foreign countries, to live with a family and provide care.
We know how difficult caregiving is when we care for our own loved ones. I cannot imagine how difficult it is to leave friends and family to work off of the island.
Elder care is a huge issue in the world. We are not the only ones with problems. But what are we going to do about it?


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Forget the rush to the alter, it’s a rush to the phone to call a divorce attorney, as experts dub the Monday after New Year’s as “Divorce Day.”
“Seems kind of off but yeah that makes sense. It’s a new year, might as well get stuff done,” says one Albany man.
“New Years resolutions,” says Marie Curley, of Albany.
“They probably say I’ll wait until the holidays are done and that’s it,” says Sarah Duncan, of Albany.
Attorney Barbara King, with the law firm Tully Rinckey, says her office definitely sees a jump in calls this time of year. She says for some, spending too much time together during the holidays can be the straw that breaks the camel’s back.
King says some couples will wait until after the holidays for the sake of their children. Others wait out the year for financial reasons. With all of the shopping going on, King says a tax refund may be the only way to afford a lawyer. “They could be seeing $6,000 in a tax refund coming back. That’s certainly a nice cash influx to get started,” said King.
Of course you can’t help but wonder if those New Year’s resolutions play a role. As callous as it may sound, some say it’s a deadline for change.
“Maybe start the new year off fresh,” says Mel Palmer, of Schenectady. “Get rid of the old, come in with the new!”
On a more positive note, the holidays continue to be a very popular time for getting engaged. Several celebrities this season, including Reese Witherspoon and Natalie Portman, have made plans to tie the knot.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Four federal government agencies with roles in ensuring fairness in the federal workplace released a guide June 4 on the rights and processes available to applicants and employees who allege sexual orientation or gender identity discrimination.
The guide, “Addressing Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Discrimination in Federal Civilian Employment: A Guide to Employment Rights, Protections, and Responsibilities,” has been reissued after more than a decade and has been substantially revised to reflect major developments in the law.
The guide provides federal workers with a description of employee rights and agency responsibilities under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 and other agency and union procedures. It also offers a comparison table showing differences between procedures available at the EEOC and OSC. The goal of the publication is to assist LGBT employees make more informed choices about how best to pursue their individual claims when they believe they have suffered from discrimination.
Civil service laws have been interpreted to ban sexual orientation discrimination since 1980. Recently, OSC found that these laws also prohibit gender identity discrimination, as reflected in its August 2014 prohibited personnel practice report, concluding that a transgender woman was unlawfully harassed by agency officials. The EEOC has also issued several decisions in recent years holding that LGBT individuals may bring valid Equal Employment Opportunity claims in the federal sector. Previous claims include Macy v. Holder, 2012, which found that discrimination based on gender identity is unlawful sex discrimination and Complainant v. Department of Homeland Security, which reaffirmed that sexual orientation discrimination based on gender stereotypes is unlawful sex discrimination.
“One of my highest priorities as Director of Office of Personal Management is to make sure we are recruiting and supporting top talent that draws from the rich diversity of the American people. We need all of our employees to be focused on making the most of their skills and their ingenuity, rather than worrying about losing their job or not getting promoted due to discrimination,” said OPM Director Katherine Archuleta. “This guide is an important resource for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender members of our Federal family.”


OAKLAND — In the latest in a string of black eyes for BART this week, a four-car test train, part of the agency’s new fleet of the future, broke down at the Lake Merritt station Friday, snarling the morning commute and raising questions about whether the agency will fulfill its promise to have nearly three dozen new quiet and trouble-free train cars on the tracks by the end of this year.
The snafu piled on to BART’s other recent woes, which not only saw a group of marauding teenagers commandeer a train and rob patrons at the Coliseum station last Saturday, but also the second failure in less than a week of its emergency lighting system — a possible violation of state building and fire codes.
On Saturday night, a mob of 50 to 60 teens leaving a house party in East Oakland hopped the fare gates at Coliseum and swarmed a train car, robbing seven people and beating two others, who suffered minor injuries to their head and face. BART police arrested one teen Friday afternoon and have issued three arrest warrants, acting BART police Chief Jeff Jennings said. But the arrest doesn’t offset the other unpleasant news delivered by Jennings on Thursday: The agency has seen a whopping 22 percent increase in crime at BART this year.
On Thursday, BART acknowledged the two failures of its emergency backup lights — at the Montgomery station during a widespread outage in San Francisco on April 21, and early Thursday morning at the Richmond station — could indicate the problems are districtwide.
Then, at Lake Merritt early Friday morning, BART was in the process of moving the empty test train back to the Hayward maintenance yard when a fuse blew on three of the cars, causing it to lose power, said BART spokesman Jim Allison. The damaged components, called knife switches, regulate power to each car’s auxiliary power supply system and provide electricity in the car for everything from the lights and the doors and communications systems, to a pump that replenishes brake fluid for the car’s secondary braking system.
The problem that caused the test car to lose power has already been fixed, Allison said. Friday’s train was equipped with an older design of the knife switch, he said, but the other six new cars that BART is testing have newer versions.
“The fact that (the new train) delayed passenger service was not a good thing,” Allison said. “But I don’t think there is a huge concern that this will affect the overall schedule.”
The test train is part of BART’s $2.6 billion project to replace all 669 of the agency’s aging train cars with 775 new ones. And, if BART can find enough funding, it will add 306 more, bringing the total to 1,081, which would increase capacity across the system by nearly 50 percent, according to the transit agency.
That is, if it can get the new train cars to work. Testing hiccups have already slowed the rollout, and BART officials said earlier this year that it was nearly halving the number of cars expected to start serving passengers this year, to 35 from the initial estimate of 60.
Testing of the new cars got off to a rocky start last April when BART’s first test car slowly slid off the test tracks in Hayward and landed in a sand berm. The $2.2 million train car was not damaged in the derailment, caused when a wire shorted and cut power to the car’s brakes.
So far engineers have found and fixed problems with the new cars’ auxiliary power supply system, said John Garnham, program manager for the new fleet, in an earlier interview. But there have also been problems with software that impacts a train’s automatic train control system which controls virtually all the safety functions within the car, including the brakes and propulsion.
And the agency is still working out kinks in a Band-Aid solution to stem sporadic power surges along sections of track in the East Bay that knocked several cars out of commission in the past year.
If all that wasn’t enough to keep engineers busy, BART officials are investigating what could be a districtwide problem with the emergency lighting system.
At a BART board meeting Thursday, Paul Oversier, the assistant general manager of operations, said the agency is sending a team of engineers and maintenance workers to assess the emergency lights at every station throughout the district after two failures in less than a week.
Normally, when a station loses power, a system of backup batteries is supposed to turn on to illuminate the exit signs and power lights near the stairs, along corridors and aisles, near first aid stations and exits. But that didn’t happen last Friday at the Montgomery station or Thursday at the Richmond station.
Oversier said the batteries were bad at the Montgomery station. But, in the case of the Richmond station, Oversier said the inverter, which converts the DC power from the batteries to AC power used to light the station, had failed. Either way, he said it resulted in darkened stations and a lack of safety for riders.
The agency also planned to launch a disciplinary investigation into the person responsible for maintenance at the Montgomery station, because Oversier said, “the condition of the batteries were not consistent with the results of the test” performed a few weeks prior to the outage. The systems are supposed to be checked every two months.
In addition to assessing the systems themselves, Oversier said staff would be doing “a deeper dive” to evaluate the maintenance procedures workers use to verify the system is working. Rather than a simple “check” for employees to mark denoting a successful test of the system, Oversier said they may start asking workers to provide more specific information that could better indicate the health of the system.
“We’re taking this very seriously,” Oversier said. “The emergency lighting system is an emergency system for a reason. It has to work every time.”


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