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The Discriminating Diner traveled north and happened upon the Lighthouse Grill at Stump Pass in Englewood. Well, we did not just happen upon it as it is off the beaten path. However, it is on the water and we wanted sunset dining experience that we could just enjoy in a relaxed and causal atmosphere.
The Lighthouse Grill is an outdoor tiki bar with plenty of seating to view the water and sunset. They even have a deck where you can sit, relax, enjoy an adult beverage and view the spectacular sunsets. This is perhaps one of the best things about the Lighthouse Grill. There is nothing fancy about this restaurant. Drinks are served in plastic cups, due to it being an outside bar we presumed. On the weekends they have live entertainment. This would be a fun place to enjoy live music and adult beverages and the atmosphere is well suited for that.
The hostesses were adequate but can’t say they were warm and friendly. As they are the first person a guest meets, they should at least smile and greet you warmly. Our server though was very warm and friendly and made the experience fun.
The menu is large with plenty of options. They also have a full bar. My dining companion chose a shot of Fireball as they did not have Rum Chata. The server did ask if she wanted it chilled which is unusual but a great way to serve it.
We settled on wings $10.95 and a burger/fries $11.95 which we shared. The burger was supposed to be a ½ pound angus burger. The food was average and nothing to write home about. The wings did have a decent amount of meat on them and were cooked properly. Sometimes wings can be over cooked and dry but these were not. The burger was dry though, but it was cooked medium well. The fries were good. Overall, there was nothing special about the food. Given their location if the food was just a notch better it would really add to the experience. It is however a good place to enjoy an adult beverage and watch the world go by or enjoy live music.
Overall rating: Average

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New aerial data from Professor Hughes and other scientists released on Monday shows example after example of overheating and damage along the reef, a 1,500-mile natural wonder. The survey amounts to an updated X-ray for a dying patient, with the markers of illness being the telltale white of coral that has lost its color, visible from the air and in the water.
The world’s oceans, which absorb 93 percent of the heat trapped by the greenhouse gases that humans send into the atmosphere by burning fossil fuels, are warming up 40 percent faster on average than scientists estimated six years ago.
Nature is under constant pressure from humanity. But when large-scale systems are failing before our eyes, you have to wonder what the trophic consequences will be.
I’m not sure if the rampant degradation of the natural world–particularly its icons, like the Great Barrier Reef or the Amazon rainforest–will ever trigger a real shift in human culture and practice. I suppose, eventually. Now would be good, though.
Next month will see the start of a Hail Mary effort to save the rapidly dwindling population of vaquitas in the Gulf Of California. Great backstory on why the vaquita is disappearing in this Hakai article, which describes the upcoming effort thus:
This October, Mexico’s Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT) plans to launch a Hail Mary that will cost more than $5-million in 2017 alone to round up as many vaquitas as possible, and hold them in captivity for as long as it takes to make their habitat safe. Scientists, veterinarians, and experts from organizations in Mexico, the United States, and other countries hope to find them by using acoustic monitors, visual observers, and trained US Navy dolphins. Then, they’ll place nets in their path, and if they can catch them, immediately disentangle them and transport them to temporary open-water enclosures in the Upper Gulf until a more permanent sanctuary can be developed. It’s risky: not all porpoise species tolerate captivity. Even if vaquitas turn out to be among those that do, little is known about what they need to thrive and breed. “We have to be incredibly rapid students of how to deal with fully captive populations and be in there for the long term,” says Barbara Taylor, lead of the US-based Southwest Fisheries Science Center’s Marine Mammal Genetics Program and a key member of CIRVA. “It’s going to be decades.”
It’s unclear how many vaquitas will be left to catch. This past spring, Jaramillo-Legorreta quietly deployed a handful of acoustic monitors a few months earlier than usual. Then, not long before vaquitas reached peak media visibility in June—with US movie star Leonardo DiCaprio and Mexico’s richest man, Carlos Slim, throwing their weight behind vaquita conservation efforts—CIRVA revealed that the creatures had all but disappeared. The monitors detected vaquitas only twice, far fewer times than anticipated. Until results are in from this summer’s full monitoring effort, “the data are hard to interpret,” Taylor says. But they “make us very worried.”
As I say, total Hail Mary. And an opportunity for marine park trainers to put some of their experience to real conservation for once (see this urgent call for trainers to help care for any vaquitas that are captured and moved to a net pen).
Of course it would be nice if we managed our fishing industries, and poverty, well enough to avoid this sort of crisis. Not to mention putting an end to the Asia-driven poaching of all sorts of rare and fragile species around the globe. But until our species gets its act together, any and all nonhuman species-saving strategies, no matter how unlikely or hare-brained, are well worth the effort.
According to experts, the reason for the starvation in the Southern Residents is most definitely a lack of salmon, which make up the largest and most nutritious part of their diet. Wasser and his fellow researchers found that levels of thyroid hormones were lowest in the Southern Resident whales following known drops in Chinook salmon from the Fraser River, while increases in salmon in the river were associated with increases in thyroid hormone levels.
In the past 10 years, salmon — particularly those spawning in the Columbia River — have decreased. While that’s certain, Wasser said what’s not well understood is why their numbers are dropping. Overfishing and habitat loss due to development could play a role in the fish’s demise. However, it appears more likely that the construction of hydroelectric dams on rivers where salmon spawn and migrate are to blame.
“Some say dams are key, including the Snake River dam, which impacts levels of early spring Chinook, some of the fattiest fish known and essential to replenish whales from the harsh winter and sustain them until the Fraser River Chinook run peaks in the summer,” said Wasser.
Giles takes a stronger personal stance when it comes to discussing the threats to survival the Southern Residents face. She said it’s clear that fishing restrictions and dam removal are necessary in order to replenish salmon and killer whale populations in the Pacific Northwest. But making her voice heard has been something she’s been criticized for doing as a scientist.
“I won’t stop telling the truth about what’s happening just because it’s politically ‘incorrect’ or unpopular,” said Giles. “We need to take action now or we’ll lose these genetically and culturally distinct whales forever.”
Whether we succeed in doing what is necessary to help this population survive, or whether we let them dwindle away, is a true test of whether anyone really cares enough about the rest of the species on this planet. Everyone says they love killer whales. But if they can’t be mobilized to help a species they love, then what hope do all the other species have?
North Atlantic right whales have been dying in unusual numbers this year (14 or more so far). For a population that is endangered and numbers around 500 individuals, this is a rate that is highly threatening to the future of the population.
I’ve already touched on this ongoing tragedy. But I am coming back to it because detail is important in understanding the impact of choices we make on the planet. And a dead North Atlantic right whale was just towed ashore. A necropsy will be performed, but there is not really any mystery. The poor animal was thoroughly trussed up by lines from a snow crab trap:
The animal was tightly wrapped in heavy ropes, and deep cuts were apparent in its body, mouth, fins and blubber.
Local people who saw the whale towed by the Canadian Coast Guard said a large snow crab net had to be cut off the carcass after it was brought ashore.
Not a nice way to go, and even worse the dead whale appears to be a female, so that is yet another breeder removed from a tenuous population. But the point I really want to make here is: snow crabs? Is it so important that we be able to eat snow crabs that this result can be tolerated? I don’t think so. I’ve never eaten one? Have you? If you have, I am sure it tasted good. But I am also sure that your life would not be altered in any meaningful way if you never had the option of putting a snow crab on your plate. Yet, an important, gentle and sublime species of whale is being threatened by this industry.
In any moral calculus, I can imagine some human needs that are so great that impacts on other species are justified and understandable. But it is simply not possible to suggest that our taste for snow crab (or any of the other fisheries that keep entangling whales) can justify the ongoing winnowing of a majestic whale population. Yes, fishermen need to earn a living and take care of their families. But we need to get a lot smarter about helping fishermen and others transition from industries that can’t be justified in light of their impacts on the natural world.
For this, and many other reasons, I don’t think most of the human population needs to eat any fish or crabs. Even in a world that does eat from the sea snow crabs can easily be taken off the menu. And if we aren’t more thoughtful and rigorous about what we eat and how it impacts the rest of the planet we will casually, and without thought, eat our way through much of the beauty and wonder that this planet offers us.
This photo is both very sad and very powerful, and tells you all you need to know about what we are doing to our oceans. Fittingly, it is a finalist in the Wildlife Photographer Of The Year competition, and that is a good thing because it is important that wildlife photography do more to show things as they are instead of romanticizing a pristine and unspoiled natural world that no longer exists.
Hopping from one floating object to another, seahorses often hitch rides on currents and grasp onto ocean debris with their delicate tails.
But the subject of photographer Justin Hofman’s lens swam into trouble when it let go of a piece of seagrass and seized a thin piece of clear plastic. As a brisk wind picked up at the surface of a reef near Indonesia’s Sumbawa Island, the small swimmer’s ride became a rough one.
In search of a more stable raft, the seahorse then landed upon a waterlogged cotton bud that washed in on the incoming tide.
Indonesia is known for having the broadest selection of marine biodiversity in the world. But the country is also second only to China in its contribution to marine plastic – fuelling the growing concern that unnatural ocean waste could outweigh fish by 2050.
Justin not only captured the seahorse and its unnatural vehicle, but also murky water filled with debris.
Indonesia has pledged that by 2025 it will reduce the amount of waste being discharged into the ocean by 70%.
You can get more of the backstory of the photo, and comments from Justin Hofman, here. And follow Justin’s Instagram here.
The non-native species of salmon have been reported as far north as Tofino on the west side of Vancouver Island and Campbell River on the island’s east side, according to Byron Andres, head of the federal Atlantic Salmon Watch program.
“Quite a distance. I’m not sure whether we should be surprised by that but they have travelled further than I initially anticipated,” Andres told Gregor Craigie, host of On the Island.
The Atlantic Salmon Watch program has been monitoring B.C. waters since 1991 and in that time has rarely logged confirmed sightings.
Between 2011 and 2017, there were only three confirmed reports of Atlantic salmon in B.C., with some appearing as far north as Hecate Strait and the Kitimat River. There had been zero reports in the three years leading up to the escape.
So now we monitor and try to assess what happens when you release hundreds of thousands of salmon from one ocean into an entirely different ocean. Exactly the sort of science project you get when you play Sorcerer’s Apprentice by manipulating and short-circuiting nature with the goal of farming lots of affordable salmon.
Moving from marine- to land-based or closed-containment aquaculture is a decidedly uphill battle. Terrestrial systems can cost several times as much as sea pens. Even though net-pen farms are restricted to suitable coastal sites, the ocean provides space and water, and free access to water circulation. On land, a similar arrangement may work on a small scale, but be prohibitively expensive on a commercial scale.
Land operations have hidden costs, too, says Tony Farrell, an animal physiologist at the University of British Columbia. Existing terrestrial operations take a lot of energy and produce a lot of greenhouse gases, he says. “They will get better,” he says, but the development of new technologies should proceed in a “positive, but cautious, way.”
I once looked into the many impacts of fish consumption, and how to reduce the impact of eating fish if you give a damn. And while there are definitely better and worse ways to consume fish (the best I concluded is to stick to farmed mussels), I came away thinking it just seems easier to me to simply not eat fish. The impact of that choice is both positive and beneficial to the oceans in countless ways.
Is it really that hard to not eat salmon and tuna? I feel completely out of touch with consumers who feel that their desire to please their palates (yes, salmon is healthy, but there are other ways to eat healthy) outweighs all the profound impacts of fishing and aquaculture on the planet. Yes, that is a judgement. But the cold balance of logic just seems so clear to me.
When people think of environmental impacts of fishing, they usually think about overfishing (which endangers fish stocks) and unintended bycatch (which is ridiculously wasteful). What should also be considered is all the fishing gear out there, either operative or drifting through the seas, that entangles marine mammals.
Entanglement is one of the major threats to large whale species (and turtles) and the numbers just keep going up (despite all the inspiring whale disentanglement videos you love on Facebook). It’s just one more problem with the human love of fish protein.
There are many places on the planet where human populations really do rely on the bounty of the sea to eat (though most of those fishing operations are more subsistence than industrial). But most of the entanglement damage is being done by fisheries that are feeding people who could easily choose not to eat fish. Sure, people like crab, lobsters, and swordfish. But they are a matter of taste and preference, not of nutritional requirement. At some point it is important to consider whether simple taste and culinary preferences are worth the collateral damage. Because they really aren’t.
I’ve long been bemused by the story of 52HZ, the off-frequency blue or fin whale that the human race somehow decided had to be lonely. It seems like such a bizarre example of how humans like to impose their own stories on animals they really don’t understand or know.
But I had no idea how many people 52HZ’s story (or the story that we assigned to 52HZ) truly mobilized and inspired until I read this story:
For all her scientific unease with the whole media circus, Daher admitted to me that, “It’s interesting, isn’t it, that people appear to identify with this whale?” There was a pattern to those who reached out to her, as if she could somehow help. “It’s amazing. I get all sorts of emails, some of them very touching, genuinely. It just breaks your heart to read some of them — asking why I can’t go out there and help this animal. We as humans, we are very softhearted, caring creatures. It’s mostly females who write to me — not always; I also get males — but there are a lot of females who identify, feeling they’re not part of a pack.”
The story is full of people who wrote plays, created art, set out to make documentaries or were otherwise inspired to take action thanks to 52HZ’s perceived loneliness. But I can’t help wondering what any of these people are really doing to help 52HZ and all the other whales who are inundated with human noise and pollution.
Are they forsaking seafood to restore ocean food chains and reduce stray fishing gear?
Are they reducing their consumption of container-shipped goods that has turned the oceans into noisy superhighways, and resulted in numerous ship strikes?
What changes to their lives have they made that might improve 52HZ’s life in some small way? I hope many (I know actor Adrien Grenier was inspired to start an ocean conservation foundation and at least struggles with the fact that his acting work celebrating conspicuous consumption is what gave him the resources to do so). A whale can’t do much with empathy.
It is the frequent disconnect between what people say they care about and what they actually do with the choices they make in their own lives that is absolutely central to what the planet will look like–and how 52HZ will fare–in coming decades.
I have a lot more changes to make (especially when it comes to carbon footprint), but in an effort to take some pressure off the oceans I stopped eating seafood years ago. I am also doing everything I can to NOT buy anything new. It makes me feel out of step with our culture. I sense my wife and kids experience a range of reaction from annoyance to mild understanding. And I have to make a concerted effort to not come off as too deranged.
But out of step is exactly where I want to be because being in step does 52HZ no good at all.


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Confused ... a little.
Surely the only way to "steal" BitCoins is to insert a record in the blockchain which effectively transfers from an account which *has* BTC into another account ?
So is the case here, that the exchange was holding the necessary crypto keys which were accessed by the hackers ?
Is there not a mechanism to reverse the transactions ? Is it not possible to lock the receiving accounts.
Was any of this thought about when BTC was devised ?
Are other virtual currencies at risk ?
The more I read about BTC, the more I am convinced it really was one guy alone. There's too many holes for a committee to have come up with it.


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Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Washington early Thursday a two-day nuclear security summit where world leaders from more than 50 countries from the threat of nuclear weapons and materials to assess their share is expected to attend.
Modi hosted a two-day visit to Washington, including President Barack Obama is scheduled to interact with a number of world leaders.
For the first time to attend a nuclear security summit, Modi is expected to lay out his vision of a nuclear weapons secure.
In 2014, after the United States and the Prime Minister Mr. Modi’s third visit Washington in the second.
In September 2014, Modi’s visit to the United States and met Obama at the White House. A year later, which took him to New York and Silicon Valley in the United States made its second trip.
Washington still did not disclose the details of his schedule, however, scientists from the corporate world meetings throughout the day, which range from bilaterals with community leaders, heads of state, and is expected to hold a series of top executives.
Modi’s John Key, New Zealand Prime Minister and laser interferometer gravitational wave observatory on Thursday after a meeting with (LIGO) is scheduled to meet with the scientists.
As the Indian-American community, which has been a trademark of his foreign trips, there are no public engagement, and from near Washington, said a large number of Indian Americans, despite the tight security would stand outside her hotel to get a glimpse of Mr. Modi.
Prime Minister’s official summit began in the evening, when he moved down the drive to the White House for a dinner in honor of world leaders to attend the nuclear security summit hosted by President Barack Obama would attend.
No Modi-Obama meeting, the two sides have yet to be announced, but the two leaders over the next two days to discuss interaction and is expected to get more than one chance.
“For the safety of nuclear power caused by the threat of nuclear terrorism summit to deliberate on important issues would be.
Leaders discuss global nuclear security architecture to strengthen the measures, especially to ensure access to non-state nuclear material will not be, “Mr. Modi said in a statement before leaving the current three-nation tour of Belgium, the US and Saudi Arabia.
Joint Secretary (Disarmament and International Security Affairs) Amandeep Singh Gill, the Indian National Progress Report of the summit, said the summit will be aired.
Prime Minister to intervene in this discussion is an important step on the actions we have taken to strengthen nuclear security will underline something.
“India hopes that the summit on nuclear terrorism and the need to strengthen international cooperation against terrorism and the threat of nuclear traffickers also will contribute to a high level of awareness,” Mr Gill said.
“We hope that the summit of nuclear material, radioactive sources, associated facilities and technologies to strengthen security, legal, institutional and enforcement measures would help bolster,” he said.

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ALAMEDA COUNTY, Calif. (KRON) — The Alameda County District Attorney has declined to press charges against the two suspects arrested for the murder of Bay Area rapper Lil Yase.
KRON4’s Amy Larson reports the two people arrested will be released from Santa Rita Jail on Thursday.
Dublin police arrested 28-year-old Angel Butler and 28-year-old Jovante Williams on Tuesday.
The woman who was arrested was the rapper’s ex-girlfriend.
Capt. Schmidt told KRON4 detectives were sure they had the right people. DNA from the woman’s young child was found on bullet casings at the scene.
But the DA disagreed and declined to press charges.
Their arraignment scheduled for Thursday was canceled.
Police currently have no other suspects outstanding.
The incident occurred on Nov. 28, 2020 on the 5100 block of Iron Horse Pwky. in Dublin around 1 a.m.
26-year-old Lil Yase, whose real name is Mark Alexander, was taken to Eden Medical Center in Castro Valley where he later died from his injuries.

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When confronted with the question of their relevance in the Twenty-First Century, Disney has made a point to address the matter on a number of different fronts. By buying out Marvel and Lucasfilm (and subsequently gaining control of Star Wars, Indiana Jones and the Marvel Cinematic Universe), they have secured forward-looking projects that resonate strongly with a majority of the population. By producing movies like Enchanted, Frozen and Into the Woods, they have turned on their traditional image, finding the opportunity to laugh at their storied history with us. And now with Maleficent, Cinderella and the upcoming Beauty and the Beast, they remind everybody of why their traditional image has endured in the public mind for so long.
Everybody knows the story of Cinderella. In the wake of her father’s death, a kind-hearted young girl is turned into a slave in her own home by her mean-spirited stepmother and stepsisters. When cruelly denied the opportunity to go to a ball at the palace, her fairy godmother uses magic to transform her ragged clothes into a spectacular gown and her animal friends into her escorts for the evening. Forewarned that the magic would only last until midnight, she was forced to hurriedly flee from the ball, leaving a glass slipper as the only clue to her identity, resulting in a widespread manhunt for the mysterious maiden who stole the heart of the prince.
It really doesn’t get much more traditional to this. It’s basically prom in Medieval France. Variations on this story have been permutated throughout film and television for decades, ranging from Ever After to the first season finale of Friendship Is Magic. The Devil, as they say, is in the details, however, and Cinderella is a far more robust version of the familiar story than most movie-goers will likely be used to.
Although it is narratively very similar to the animated classic, Cinderella throws enough wrinkles into the mix to keep from seeming too familiar. It is foremost not a musical and steadfastly does not feature any talking animals. In removing the animal shenanigans that were so prominently featured in the 1950 film, this Cinderella delves far more deeply into the human drama that’s at the core of the story: why Cinderella continually allows herself to be abused by her step family.
In that regard, Cinderella plays out far more like a historical drama than as a fairy tale: relishing in the spectacle of gorgeously realized period sets and costumes more than fantastical characters and witchcraft (although the latter two still play an important role in the film). Director Kenneth Branagh – who is most widely known for his work in Shakespeare adaptations – may have finally found his mainstream cinematic niche of adding an air of cultured historicism to otherwise outlandish films.
The kinds of flourishes that can most readily be attributed to him are the manner in which the characters of the King, Archduke and Stepmother are fleshed out. While the animated King obsessed over the notion of playing with some royal grandchildren before he died, the new version is far more practical. Here, the dying king is forced to walk the impossibly fine line between being a responsible monarch and an indulgent father: just as concerned over the well-being of the kingdom as he is the well-being of his son. The Archduke, in turn, oversteps his bounds by pre-emptively promising the prince in marriage to an advantageous princess. And the stepmother, far too aware of her role as the “other woman” in her new husband’s home, likewise seeks to advance the social standing of her daughters and her genetic household.
While I normally would try to temper my review with the realities of the film’s shortcomings, there’s honestly nothing that stands out as overtly negative. The cast, although relatively unknown, is exceptional. The direction is inspired and the writing more than serviceable. While its pace might be a touch too slow and its concerns slightly too practical to captivate the very young, those very same aspects are likely to appeal to their parents. Those who loved the animated classic are goin to enjoy this film about as much, while those who were put off by some of its more childish antics will be afforded a second chance to enjoy this classic story.


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A few of the latest rave reviews for Katya’s new CD Big Big Love:
To view a video of Katya performing her song Winter last October at The Merc Theater click here
About the New CD: Katya’s brand new CD, Big Big Love, her first in ten years, was released in late summer 2011. It was recorded at the beautiful Secret Society Studios in Portland, Oregon, over a five-day period in February, 2011, and was co-produced by veteran Northwest musician Casey Neill. The album features members of Neill’s band the Norway Rats: Jesse Emerson (bass) and Ezra Holbrook (drums), and Jen Conlee on keys. Also on the CD is guitarist Matt Brown (just returned from touring with She and Him), Dan Tyack on pedal steel and dobro, Zak Borden on mandolin, Annalisa Tornfelt on fiddle and b/u vox, Joe Trump on drums, Tom Nunes on bass, Paul Brainard on trumpet, and Michael Hessling on b/u vox. Basic tracking was done at Secret Society and additional recording was done by Ezra Holbrook at Sissy Conspiracy studio. Chet Lyster (Lucinda Williams, the Eels) mixed the project at his studio in Portland, and it was mastered by the amazing Ross Nyberg in Seattle. Katya describes the process as “a crazy, exhausting, joyful pleasure… Casey, my dear friend, and fearless co-producer, assembled a stellar crew who couldn’t have been more talented or kind. We made a record, essentially performed live, with very few overdubs, in five days, which was the way I have always wanted to record!”
Biography: Katya has spent much of the last sixteen years playing festivals, coffeehouses and venues across the West, developing a loyal, passionate following. She moved to the Pacific Northwest from her native Boston back in 1987, after a six-month journey to India, and began writing and performing her own material in the thriving coffeehouse scene while in college at the Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington in the early 90s.
In 1993, at the urging of a growing fan base, she recorded and released How This Feels, recorded in a basement studio, and released only to cassette. She took the tapes and toured across the U.S., and in Europe, where she spent several months performing on the streets and in cafes, selling her tapes from Prague to Dublin.
Her 1998 recording, The Clearing, captures songs of those travels, of relationships, and of “her Pacific Northwestern home… giving voice to spirits and sprites singing prayerfully… from the edge of a threatened timberline” as Dirty Linen observed. The CD features the backing of several of the finest players in the Northwest (Cary Black, Zak Borden, Paul Benoit), and garnered excellent reviews.
Her 2001 release, Off the Map, was dubbed one of the “Best of the Year” by several folk DJs and Katya was selected by Ruby Brown, host of KMTT-FM’s “Acoustic Brunch” show as one of her “top 5 artist picks for tomorrow’s hits” in Performing Songwriter magazine, saying “…Her range continues to amaze me!” Victory Review called Off the Map ”lush and soulful… top-notch!” and Dirty Linen declared “the arrangements are vintage Nashville… any of these originals could fill the vacuum that is the gaping maw of formatted radio.”
Chorover moved from Seattle to southwestern Colorado in November of 2006. Taking a “parenting and relocation hiatus” for a couple of years, she has been performing locally, and has been teaching, but not touring. Her recent material reflects a time spent “holed up in my living room, writing songs… looking out a big window at a huge expanse of sky punctuated by clouds and lots of birds and the occasional truck driving by… loving where I am, but also wishing I was someplace else. Since having a child, my life has slowed, and changed immeasurably. Continuing to be creative has been a challenge, but also has become somehow richer and even more pleasurable. These are songs about life, and all its myriad cycles, that come directly from this place, and for the thirst I have for other places. They seem to appeal to the cowboys, farmers and everyone in between that make up this little corner of the world… We like to call it Folky Tonk!”
“Don’t pass up a chance to see her perform!” — NW Folksters

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Superstar rapper DMX is starring opposite legendary songwriter/actor Kris Kristofferson in a new movie titled Jump Out Boys. The movie centers around escaped convicts, one which is played by Kristofferson, who has starred in various movies like Convoy, Blade, Planet of the Apes and Fast Food Nation. Various shootout scenes, car chases and explosions included in the movie were shot in Port Manchac and Ponchatoula, Louisiana, last week. Even the Ponchatoula Police Department is getting in on the act with bit roles in the movie, which has no release date as of press time.
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Do you ever listen to that voice in your mind that judges and criticizes your every move? We all have that voice - or inner critic - and it can be relentless. Evolutionarily, our inner critic was there to keep us safe. In modern times, it tends to cause us more anxiety and drama than anything else. That’s why it’s important to understand, approach, and overcome our inner critic so we can learn from our mistakes, focus on the positive, and move forward in life.
In this episode of Love This B!tch, I am really going deep into why we have an inner critic, where it originated in our evolution, how you can practice awareness, and the steps we can take to overcome our inner critic and make it our number one cheerleader. Because we are all human - we all have flaws, we all make mistakes. And we all need to relate more kindly to ourselves.
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What is the Inner Critic? [2:00]
How the Inner Critic leads to mental and physical health issues [5:10]
Why shame and blame are not good motivators [13:38]
How to overcome your inner critic [13:40]
Understanding that we are all human [End time]

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The preseason is not necessarily indicative of regular season performance. In fact, in most cases what happens in the preseason — win-loss records, individual player performances, lineups — should be summarily dismissed. The regular season is a whole new beast with a whole new set of expectations and goals. It stretches over a much longer period of time and is rife with high peaks and low valleys. It is almost impossible to predict.
Except for this year.
This season, the Celtics team you’ve seen Brad Stevens trot out for this annual ritualistic meaninglessness is the same team you will watch night in and night out. It’s best we all get comfortable.
Tonight’s contest was the perfect microcosm for what is to come. The Raptors are a team on the rise with known commodities like Kyle Lowry, Rudy Gay, and DeMar DeRozan. They also have young guys like Jonas Valanciunas and Terrence Ross with whom they hope to reach the playoffs this season, and contend beyond. Their roster even sports glue guys like Tyler Hansborough, Amir Johnson, and Landry Fields. The Raptors are exactly where the Celtics want to be a year from now, which is why it’s not surprising that the C’s fell despite many key dinos logging less than 15 minutes.
To be fair to Raptors coach Dwayne Casey, it’s not the like the Celtics provided any incentive for the Raptors’ starters. It was clear from the jump that Rudy Gay could get whatever he wanted and wherever he wanted with Jeff Green on him. Gay, known for his defensive shortcomings, was hardly a liability in the 12 minutes he played. Green should have used that time to showcase any proof that he’s ready to be the primetime swingman for the Boston Celtics. To almost no one’s surprise, he could not and did not.
I’m not worried that the Celtics are losing preseason games. I actually want that losing to carry into the regular season. I want the young guys to get significant time to develop and learn from a good coach and have the opportunity to learn in big, real moments within a game. It’s hard to teach what it’s like to be in these types of situations by watching film. My concerns from this game really revolve around things that the players shouldn’t be bad at: execution, defensive rotations, running the floor, putting forth the effort. It’s one thing to lose games because the other team has more talent/is more experienced. It’s another to lose due to poor effort and execution. I want the regular season to be rife with the former and devoid of the latter.
– I have so many mixed feelings regarding Jordan Crawford as the de facto point guard in Rajon Rondo’s absence. On the one hand, he’s one of the few players on the C’s that can handle pressure, make shots, and see the floor. On the other, he’s Jordan FREAKING Crawford. Tonight he had four assists, one turnover, and really deferred. He’s been deferring all preseason. Instead of going 1 on 5 in transition, he’s actually making some smart decisions. If this is the new NBA, then the Raptors should be ring shopping.
– Kelly Olynyk and Vitor Faverani do lots of little things that should warm your heart as a Celtics/basketball fan. They run the floor. They pick up other people’s men on defense. They fight for rebounds. They make great interior passes. Watching them make up the C’s backup frontcourt this season will be a ton of fun.
– Chris Babb has to make this team, right? He’s the exact type of player a team wants on its roster to make the veterans work hard in practice. Not only that, but he’s the type of player who might make a significant contribution after a year of NBA seasoning. He also already has three important NBA skills: outside shooting, effort, and defense. At the risk of hyperbole (why not? It’s the preseason!), Babb is a trade or an injury away from being this year’s Wes Matthews.


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A springtime winter-like storm will likely delay freight flows across several states through Friday.
A strong cold front will help spread snowfall and freezing rain across a fairly large area from Wyoming to the Dakotas, Nebraska, Minnesota and Iowa today through tonight, affecting cities such as Casper, Wyoming; Pierre and Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Bismarck, Fargo and Grand Forks, North Dakota; most of Minnesota, including some Minneapolis-St. Paul suburbs; Sioux City, Iowa; and Omaha, Nebraska.
Many areas will see several inches of snow accumulation, possibly exceeding 6 inches, along with wind gusts of 35 to 45 mph. So blowing snow could produce reduced visibility and whiteout conditions at times on sections of the following interstate highways: 25, 29, 90 and 94.
In some areas, precipitation will start as freezing rain, resulting in ice build up of one- to two-tenths of an inch prior to transitioning to snowfall.
Tuesday night, the National Weather Service issued various winter weather alerts for places in the potential impact zone of the storm. For some areas, these alerts won’t expire until Friday afternoon or evening, after which the storm should fade.
Impact on freight
The impact zone of the Plains winter-like storm includes mostly minor freight markets with low outbound volumes. In other words, there isn’t much freight available for carriers to pick up there. However, there’s plenty of freight available in the Midwest region, which includes major markets such as Chicago, Joliet, Indianapolis and Columbus, and a good deal of that freight gets trucked to the Northwest.
The latest FreightWaves SONAR data, updated this morning, shows an upward trend regarding the amount of freight going from the Midwest region to the Northwest region. The outbound tender volume index (OTVI.URMWURNW), which moves in proportion to the total observable outbound tender volume, is more than 30% higher than a year ago, not even counting the recent spike since March 8 due to the COVID-19 outbreak. So this snow and ice could delay long-haul truckers trying to move loads from the Midwest to the Northwest.
Have a great day! Stay healthy and please be careful out there!

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Middlesbrough manager Neil Warnock has revealed that referee Peter Bankes has admitted wrongdoing in sending Matt Crooks off against Reading on Saturday afternoon.
Boro slumped to a third defeat in four matches since the international break with a 1-0 loss at the Select Car Leasing Stadium thanks to Alen Halilovic’s 55th minute goal.
As the visitors were searching for a late equaliser, controversy arose with five minutes of normal time to play as Crooks went for a loose ball along with Royals stopper Luke Southwood.
It was a ball that was there to be won but the Middlesbrough attacking midfielder was adjudged to have fouled Southwood and the end result was a red card for Crooks for ‘serious foul play’.
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There looked to be little contact made with the goalkeeper by Crooks and Bankes was berated by Warnock in his post-match interview, and speaking in his pre-match press conference before Sheffield United’s trip to the Riverside, the veteran manager has revealed that Bankes has made an admission on the key flashpoint.
“I expect we’ll hear this afternoon or tomorrow morning at the latest,” Warnock said on if Crooks’ red card will be overturned, per the Northern Echo.
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“I don’t understand it really. I’ve already found out that the referee has said he definitely made a mistake, so if that’s the case, I don’t understand why we have to have committees and commissions really.
“If he’s admitted it’s a mistake and it shouldn’t have been a red, I don’t understand why we have to go through the whole process, but we do.”
It did look a poor decision at the time and if Bankes has really admitted his fault then it looks likely that Crooks will be available to face the Blades tomorrow evening.
Crooks not being sent off may or may not have impacted on the final result as Boro would have been chasing a point for 10 more minutes with an extra player on the pitch, but that is in the past now.
What can change though is the 27-year-old being available for tomorrow’s match with Slavisa Jokanovic’s side, and it sounds like the club fully expect to see the ban overturned and rightly so.
Crooks being in the team increases their chances of a good result as he brings a powerful threat at the top end of the pitch and if available he gives the United defence something to think about.


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Modern family life is facing challenges on many fronts. Social values in the 21st century have been heavily influenced by new-age technology that has invaded our homes and workplaces. No other social interaction has suffered from the technological boom as much as the familial interaction. Both adults as well as children choose to spend more time “hanging out” with their friends on online forums or using gadgetry like cellphones, computers and television than spend time with their family. This has lead to the weakening of the family structure. But designer Haemi Yoon has come up with a way to subvert the negative impact of technology and use it to bring the family closer.
The CUE concept aims at finding common entertainment needs among family members and giving them a shared platform to experience it together. CUE draws from the technological environment that currently surrounds most people and reintroduces it in a unique and fun way for the whole family to enjoy.
The concept mimics the emotional bond that people in the modern world have developed with their gadgets and uses the same to engage and connect them to their family members. The concept features a powerful communication suite that connects users to their friends and family via a full screen video chat application that can connect to other video-enabled devices with ease. The same interface doubles up as a digital photo frame allowing users to store videos and pictures of loved ones closely. CUE also comes with an interactive gaming feature which can be enjoyed by the whole family.
The device is designed to work in both the keypad as well as touchscreen mode. The tablet-style device features a clear acrylic silk display that is sprayed black to provide optimum visuals. The ABS case comes finished in a dewy pearl white make with a perforated black ABS speaker mesh allowing sound clarity. The device comes with a sandblast-finished anodized charcoal black milled aluminum dock that provides the gadget a stable base.
The design was awarded the bronze prize at the Samsung Global Design Membership Competition. The design was developed as a collaborative effort by Samsung Design, America with the team being composed of Haemi Yoon, Tyler Moffet, Prashant Desai, and Jason Chung.
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HVAC (heating, cooling and ventilation) or commonly known as duct system is used for delivering and removing the air from your home. From time to time, most households have their ducts cleaned – with a good reason. This is an investment that perhaps won’t be visible right away, but it’ll certainly pay off in the long run. However, this is one of the reasons that people easily forget about this task during the spring cleaning and just “put it off” until some other time. This is not really a wise thing to do, especially if you or your family members suffer from allergies and respiratory health issues.
When we say that it will pay off in the long run, we mean health benefits, lower energy bills and longer life/improved efficiency of your HVAC system!
Why should you have your HVAC system cleaned?
Just by living in our homes and doing the usual activities, we generate pollutants and accumulate dust. Duct system processes all that contaminants (a part of them always stays in the system) and that’s why it needs to be cleaned frequently. Consider the duct system the lungs of your home. Low-quality air can cause a wide range of issues – most often respiratory conditions and allergies. Regular cleaning will make your home safe, reduce the number of bacteria, dust and allergens in the air. Also, ducts that are not properly maintained will work twice as hard, and this will shorten their lifespan and increase the energy bills.
When should you consider having your ducts cleaned?
We already said that this is a house chore that is often overlooked – unlike having dirty floors and carpets, dirty ducts are not exactly “under our noses”. It’s likely that you forgot the last time you had your duct system cleaned. If you’re not sure whether you need cleaning or not, here’s one situation when cleaning is a must: the ducts are visibly dirty, with mold growing inside ducts and system components. This includes dirt, dust and debris, especially if you renovated your home recently. Finding dead (and alive) insects and rodents is not uncommon as well. It’s recommended to clean your ducts at least once per year.
How to clean your ducts?
If you’ve never cleaned the ducts before, it’s better and much safer to leave that to experts who have appropriate skills and equipment. Ducts should be examined by a certified and trained HVAC cleaning service. After the inspection, they will vacuum all debris and dust from the ducts and apply disinfectant to eliminate bacteria and mould. Make sure that they also take care of dead animals found in the ducts and clean all system components. Yes, hiring a professional costs money, but if they are reliable, this will be done safely and thoroughly. Since a good cleaning increases a lifetime of HVAC system and reduces health risks, paying for having your ducts cleaned will actually save your money!


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Coconut oil will be one thing which can actually help men and women live a longer and healthier life and something you need to start using today. You are also going to find that there is not just one specific benefit that is associated with coconut oil but the benefits can be vast. There’s another thing that’s important to understand about this item and that’s the point that it can benefit you when you use it both internally and also externally for your body. In the following paragraphs we are going to be looking at some of the benefits which are associated with the usage of coconut oil as compared to other oils.
An additional amazing side effect of utilizing this sort of product is that coconut oil will in fact help you drop some weight by improving your metabolism. When it comes to burning off calories and also burning off fat, you will see that coconut oil increases this by up to three times making it simpler and faster to lose some weight. This is actually great news for anybody has ever had difficulties trying to drop some weight or for people who are trying to lose weight quicker. And for individuals were trying to lose some weight but feel sluggish all of the time for this reason, you will find that coconut oil winds up giving you more energy mainly because it is increasing your metabolism.
Yet another benefit of coconut oil, although this has not yet been entirely proven is that it could have healing affects for instance antiviral and anti bacterial. One of the greatest things you are going to be able to do for your body is to begin using coconut oil instead of the other oils that you may be using at this current time. There is no doubt that in time businesses will be promoting coconut oil supplements, nevertheless now that you’re aware of the benefits this is something you can begin using today.
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The ingredients needed to cook Pork Ribs Pares:
- Get 1/2 kg of pork ribs.
- Provide 5 cloves of minced garlic.
- Provide 1 of diced onion.
- Provide of minced ginger.
- Take 3 pcs of star anise.
- Get of brown sugar (to taste).
- Take 1/2 cup of water.
- Use 2 tbsp of cooking oil.
- You need 3 tbsp of soy sauce.
- You need of salt and pepper (to taste).
- Provide of green onions (for garnish).
Instructions to make Pork Ribs Pares:
- Saute garlic, onion, and ginger..
- Add meat and cook until brown..
- Add water, soy sauce, and star anise..
- Cover and simmer for at least 30 mins or until meat is tender. (don't let the sauce dry out).
- Add sugar, salt, and pepper to your preference..
- Garnish and serve..
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Louisville ranks low healthwise, Mayor Fischer seeks solutions
New data shows Louisville is not exactly the healthiest city, and the mayor wants to change that.
Mayor Greg Fischer met with community members to talk about Louisville's health challenges Thursday morning.
The goal is to get people to start thinking about what they can do to help make the city healthier.
The study compared Louisville to 14 cities across the country and Louisville ranked number 10.
Omaha, Neb., came in first and Birmingham, Ala., came in last.
The study looked at social and economic factors, along with physical environment, clinical care and health behaviors.
The study showed that Louisville needs to work on obesity and smoking, along with access to doctors, air quality, employment and education.
“We have got a lot a lot of work to do, I just want to say we are not sitting still here and we have got to think breakthrough, and breakthrough, not just tweaking and getting a little bit better,” said Fischer.


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Polls: Americans Oppose Unilateral Actions on Guns; Skeptical of Federal Government and Gun Controls
Article first appeared at NRAila.org
A poll conducted by Investor’s Business Daily on January 4-7 asked if stricter gun control would “hinder self-defense, protecting family” or “reduce crime/keep guns out of criminals’ hands?” Only 42 percent of those surveyed responded that stricter controls would stop criminals from acquiring guns. Moreover, the poll found that more members of the public believe an increase in gun ownership would lead to an increase in safety rather than an increase in crime. The poll also found that the vast majority of Americans agree that the Second Amendment “will always be a relevant and necessary safeguard against tyranny,” including 52 percent of Democrats.
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Similarly, a Rasmussen poll conducted January 6-7 revealed that Americans question the efficacy of Obama’s executive actions, but it also showed the public is skeptical of the legitimacy of Obama’s decision to act unilaterally. Survey takers were asked, “Will the president’s new executive order further extending federal government oversight of gun sales reduce the number of mass shootings in America?” A mere 21 percent believed that measure would be effective, while 59 percent answered that it would not. Further, indicating that at least half of Americans didn’t sleep through grade school civics, when asked, “When it comes to gun control, should President Obama take action alone if Congress does not approve the initiatives he has proposed or should the government do only what the president and Congress agree on?” a majority of 58 percent answered that the president must work with Congress.
Part of the reason the Americans lack an appetite for gun control is revealed in another Rasmussen poll conducted January 10-11. The survey asked, “Do you trust the government to fairly enforce gun control laws?” A staggering 59 percent of those polled do not trust the government to enforce gun control laws fairly. A mere 28 percent trust the government with this task, while 13 percent were undecided.
These results are in line with broader measures of trust in the federal government. Since the 1970s, Gallup has routinely conducted a poll asking “how much trust and confidence do you have in our federal government in Washington when it comes to handling [domestic problems] – a great deal, a fair amount, not very much, or none at all?” Under Obama, the federal government has breached Watergate-era lows in trust.
With a severe distrust of the government’s ability to fairly carry out gun control policies, the widely-opposed decision by Obama to go it alone on guns is unlikely to bring about the sort of togetherness across the political spectrum that Obama purports to seek. Those currently running for the Presidency that hope to reverse the climate of distrust with Washington might do well to exhibit trust in the American people to exercise their right to keep and bear arms and their ability to make decisions through their elected representatives.


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Whitmer, Benson, Nessel Continue To Stonewall Unlock Michigan Effort
On October 2nd, Unlock Michigan turned in petitions with 539,000 signatures to overturn the 1945 Michigan Emergency Powers of the Governor Act. Four and a half months later, the Michigan Secretary of State’s Office has not certified the petitions. Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson has been dragging her feet, claiming that the November 3rd general election and limited staffing due to the pandemic is the reason for nothing being done. Now, the left-wing organization “Keep Michigan Safe” is calling for continued inaction until Attorney General Dana Nessel’s investigation is complete. The group sent a letter to the Board of State Canvassers, demanding that the certification not happen until Nessel’s office investigates charges of “illegal petition signature-gathering tactics.”
Last week, State Rep. Brad Slagh, a Republican from Zeeland, introduced a bill that would impose a time limit on certifying the petitions. Slagh wants to place a time limit of 90 days for the Secretary of State and the Board of State Canvassers to certify petitions, or 120 days if they are turned in within 45 days of a general election.
Slagh says the long wait is not acceptable. “People may get the impression Secretary of State Benson is purposely delaying the approval process of these petitions because it could ultimately restrict the governor’s unilateral power,” Slagh said. Unlock Michigan gathered the 539,000 signatures in just 80 days, and they only need 340,000.
Once the petitions are certified, the state legislature may vote on whether or not to overturn the 1945 law. The Michigan Supreme Court invalidated the Emergency Powers of the Governor Act on October 2nd, the same day Unlock Michigan turned in its petitions. But the Whitmer Administration has done an end-run on the Court by simply having the State Health Director issue her orders.
One bone of contention cited by “Keep Michigan Safe” are comments made by Erik Tisinger, a trainer for the California signature company In the Field, Inc. In a video, Tisinger was seen coaching petition circulators on how to give voters false information, illegally collect signatures without witnessing them, trespass on private property, and even lie under oath. But officials at Unlock Michigan say they strongly suspect that Tisinger was a plant by opponents of the petition drive and that the video may have been staged. Tisinger, a Californian, has a track record of collecting signatures for left-wing organizations. Unlock Michigan refused to pay In the Field for their sub-contractor work.
State Rep. Mike Mueller, R-Linden, is also demanding that Secretary of State Benson get busy. “I understand your office has faced challenges with the ongoing pandemic, and that the recent election required your time and attention,” Mueller wrote. “However, we must also respect the will of the people, who overcame challenges to collect hundreds of thousands of signatures during the same pandemic.”


AIG is to date the most expensive corporate bailout in American history, requiring $180 billion in government funds. But it may soon have competition. Last week mortgage giant Freddie Mac said it had lost $50 billion in 2008 alone. A look at the company's books suggests the government will have to spend at least triple that much to save the financial firm from collapse. If the housing market worsens, the tab could be even larger.
"Freddie's portfolio of [mortgage] insurance is more risky than the market was led to believe," says Paul Miller, an analyst at FBR Capital Markets. Sister company Fannie Mae lost even more last year, with $58.7 billion of red ink. But Fannie was better capitalized than Freddie going into the credit crunch. So even though Freddie by many measures is smaller than Fannie, the problems at Freddie will probably end up costing more.
Citigroup and other banks have also lost money and will need more capital to survive. But in those cases it's not clear who will take the hit shareholders, bondholders or the government. In the cases of AIG, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, however, there is no question where the money will come from. Freddie and Fannie were taken over by the government and put into conservatorship last fall. AIG is currently 80% owned by the government. The losses at those companies are now taxpayer losses. (See 25 people to blame for the financial crisis.)
And like AIG, Freddie has had to go back to the government a number of times with cup in hand. The mortgage giant has already received $14 billion in government aid. After a fourth-quarter loss of $24 billion, the company said it needed an additional $31 billion from the government to keep the lights on.
Freddie's business, which in part comes from a government mandate, is insuring mortgages. So when borrowers lose their jobs, as many now are, Freddie is going to lose money. But only a quarter of Freddie's red ink, or about $13 billion, comes from mortgage-insurance woes. The firm took a larger hit from its investment in mortgage-backed securities tied to subprime, adjustable-rate or jumbo mortgages. By law, Freddie isn't allowed to insure against losses on those types of mortgages, in part because they are riskier. But it bought securities tied to those home loans anyway which it is allowed to do to capture the higher rates of return that those mortgage bonds offered. Unfortunately, the bets didn't pay off. Freddie lost $16 billion on those investments. (See pictures of Americans in their homes.)
Another bet that didn't pay off for Freddie was on interest rates. The firm's managers bought derivatives that would pay out if interest rates rose. Instead, a global financial meltdown has caused interest rates to plummet. That resulted in a $15 billion loss for Freddie from its hedges.
Freddie lost $1 billion more on bonds tied to short-term loans made to Lehman Brothers. Like Lehman, that investment went belly up. Then there are all the houses it has to repossess as people stop paying their mortgages. The company now owns about 30,000 homes. Maintaining these houses costs about $3,300 a month each, and that comes on top of the loan loss, which is typically about one-third the size of the mortgage. Wave goodbye to another billion.
When will the red ink at Freddie stop? It's hard to say. In its most recent annual report, the company said that if it had to mark all its assets to the price similar bonds are trading for in the market, the company's net worth would sink by an additional $65 billion. But Freddie's bottom-line woes may run even deeper. Freddie has $38 billion in losses it has yet to acknowledge in its investment portfolio. The firm also has $48 billion in nonperforming loans that it either holds or has guaranteed against. In a painful stroke of irony, there is a $15.4 billion line item for deferred taxes on the asset side of Freddie's balance sheet. That means Freddie is still hoping to claim $15 billion in write-offs against future profits. But since Freddie continues to lose money and is now part of the government, the likelihood that it will have to pay taxes anytime soon is probably nil. Add up all those items, and it becomes apparent that the government will probably spend more than $100 billion in additional funds cleaning up the mess at Freddie.
"The losses at Freddie show the pressure the banking system as a whole is under," says Fred Cannon, chief equity strategist at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods. "Freddie is going to need more capital, but they are not alone."


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One month after the death of Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich, there are signs of an upsurge in anti-Muslim abuse in the Midlands.
Police say they've seen a rise in hate crimes and prejudice against British Muslims after the death of the British soldier.
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Here's how the weather is looking for Christmas Day across the East & West Midlands.
Staffordshire County Council is warning parents who buy their children smartphones to take precautions to keep them safe online.
The National Crime agency has issued details of their most wanted fugitives, who could be back in the Midlands this Christmas.

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IT IS more than 50 years since the man who changed the face of popular music tragically died in a plane crash aged just 22 - but his music lives on.
Approaching its 22nd anniversary, jukebox musical Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story is including Grimsby Auditorium in its extended UK tour.
Buddy tells the story of the three years in which he became the world’s top recording artist with a show that features more than 20 of his greatest hits - including Peggy Sue, That’ll Be The Day, Oh Boy, Heartbeat and Raining In My Heart.
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This not to be missed evening of family entertainment will have music lovers from 8 to 80 toe-tapping, hand-clapping and rocking in the aisles.
Buddy will run from Monday, October 31, to Saturday, November 5, with performances at 7.30pm, plus a Saturday matinee at 2.30pm.
For full details and tickets contact the box office on 0844 871 3016.


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DHS teams win silver in State Meet
DeSoto - The DHS Girls’ and Boys’ Track Teams won second place in the team competition at the 5A State Track Meet on May 14-15.
The girls finished with 36 points to Skyline’s 56 points. Anna Robinson finished second in the long jump and the 4x400 relay (Gamble, Cowan, Hami-lton, Williams) also took second place.
The 4x100 relay (Mills, Williams, Okoro, Chadwick) took fourth and Chrishuna Willliams finished fourth in the 400 meter dash.
The boys finished with 64 points to Galena Park North Shore’s 88 points but brought home gold in the 4x100 relay and 4x200 relay both run by Marcus Murphy, Traun Robe-rson, Devin Sanders and Regin-ald Reed.
Kenneth Minkah won the 110 meter hurdles.
Traun Roberson and Devin Sanders finished third and fourth in the 200 M.
Congratulations to head coaches Mark Brady and June Villers along with the entire track staff and all student athletes on another successful season.


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Four out of 10 adults have cut back on grocery shopping due to rising prices
Four out of 10 adults have cut back on grocery shopping due to rising prices, new figures show as nine out of 10 say living costs have risen in last month
- 41% of those polled said they had reduced their spend on food in recent weeks
- This is an increase on the 39% in the previous survey, carried out earlier in April
- Meanwhile, some 88% reported a rise in their cost of living over the past month
Four out of 10 adults have cut back on their food shopping due to rising prices, new figures show, while nine out of 10 say their living costs have risen in the last month.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said its latest survey, from between April 27 and May 8, found that 41% of adults reported reducing their spend on groceries – an increase on the 39% in the previous survey, carried out earlier in April.
Around 88% of adults have reported a rise in their cost of living over the past month, the ONS said.
However, this represents a small decline after 91% of people highlighted increases in the previous survey.
The survey said the rising cost of living was primarily driven by more expensive food, with 92% of people reporting an increase in the price of their food shopping.
Four out of 10 adults have cut back on their food shopping due to rising prices, new figures show, while nine out of 10 say their living costs have risen in the last month
ONS data from last month showed that food inflation soared by 5.9% in March.
This is expected to jump even higher when the statistics body reveals the latest UK inflation figures next week.
Around 85% of Britons surveyed also highlighted increases to gas and electricity bills, with 79% saying fuel was more expensive over the period.
Almost six in 10 people – 58% – said they were most worried about the high cost of gas and electricity bills.
It comes after a leading think tank warned this week around 1.5 million UK households will struggle to pay food and energy bills amid a deepening cost-of-living crisis that will plunge the UK into a recession.
The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (Niesr) blames soaring inflation and the war in Ukraine which will see many families hit with food and energy bills greater than their income.
It says the Spring Statement did not increase benefits in line with inflation that has seen supermarkets increase their prices, rail tickets, petrol and diesel soar and tax go up.
The think tank also claims that incomes will fall and believes more than 250,000 households will ‘slide into destitution’ next year, with the total number in extreme poverty to hit around one million unless urgent action is taken.
While approximately another 500,000 households face choices between eating and heating.
It comes after the Bank of England predicted that Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation will rise from 7 per cent currently to more than 10 per cent in October – its highest level in 40 years – due to soaring energy prices.


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Kristin Everingham traveled more than three hours west to tell her immigration story.
With her 3-month old son, Zahir, wrapped in her arms, the Wichita resident explained to the large crowd gathered Saturday in Stevens Park that she and her husband, Hipolito Gutierrez, were married in Mexico but have not been able to raise their family of four together since he returned south of the border in 2003.
The increase in state laws parallels the changing settlement patterns of illegal immigrants. Between 1990 and 2008, illegal immigration slowed significantly in California but grew in Georgia, North Carolina and other states, according to a 2009 Pew Hispanic Center report.
"These are not your typical immigrant-receiving states, so they are not accustomed to having large immigrant populations," said Michele Waslin, senior analyst at the Immigration Policy Center. "They are struggling with how to deal with new populations."
The fugitive disentitlement doctrine arises in the immigration context when courts of appeals use the doctrine to dismiss petitions for review and when government agencies invoke the doctrine to deny FOIA requests. This Practice Advisory examines how the courts and the agencies apply the doctrine in these contexts.
When Eleanor Sreb, of the Smithsonian Folklife Center, and Ross Holland, National Park Service Associate Director for Cultural Resources Management, approached artist Phillip Ratner to create artwork for Ellis Island, Ratner initially thought, "How do I fit the entire world into a single piece?" Ratner sat for hours on a bench in the Great Hall at Ellis Island sketching, thinking, observing--trying to capture the essence of the immigration experience. Ratner conjured up images of the millions of immigrants who passed through that Great Hall--travel weary people of all ages, creeds and nationalities who hungered for a new life in America. "I picked up the ghosts," Ratner said, "and it changed my life. I felt my grandparents' energy and that of the thousands of immigrants who passed through those halls."
The American Immigration Council’s Practice Advisory, Employment Authorization and Asylum: Strategies to Avoid Stopping the Asylum Clock, has been updated to reflect extensive changes to the manner in which the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) determine an asylum applicant’s eligibility for an Employment Authorization Document (EAD).
For more information, please visit our asylum clock litigation page and read the updated FAQ on the benefits provided under the settlement agreement of the nationwide class action, ABT. v. USCIS, which challenged policies related to employment authorization for asylum applicants.
Illustrated with her family photographs, and written in a straightforward prose, No Pretty Pictures offers valuable lessons on the Holocaust and survival for adolescent readers. In this lesson, students will read, reflect and use maps and text to study the "push-pull factors" of the immigrant experience.
Mary Giovagnoli, director of Immigration Policy Center, says Tuesday’s vote could indicate Republicans would be unwilling to support the DREAM Act in the future. “It’s pretty clear that it was a party line vote,” she said. “Consequently, unless some Republicans are brave enough to step over the line, it’s going to remain gridlocked.”
Working with partner non-profits, the LAC convinced USCIS to adopt a policy that allows VAWA applicants to apply for adjustment of status under INA § 245(a) even if the applicant is present in the U.S. without inspection and admission or parole. This policy favorably impacts thousands of battered immigrants.

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CompactFlash became one of the most successful of the early memory card formats, surpassing Miniature Card and SmartMedia. Subsequent formats, such as MMC/SD, various Memory Stick formats, and xD-Picture Card offered stiff competition. Most of these cards are smaller than CompactFlash while offering comparable capacity and speed. Proprietary memory card formats for use in professional audio and video, such as P2 and SxS, are faster, but physically larger and more costly.
CompactFlash's popularity is declining as CFexpress is taking over. As of 2022, both Canon and Nikon newest high end cameras, e.g. the Canon EOS R5, Canon EOS R3, and Nikon Z 9 use CFexpress cards for the higher performance required to record 8K video.
In November 2010, SanDisk, Sony and Nikon presented a next generation card format to the CompactFlash Association. The new format has a similar form factor to CF/CFast but is based on the PCI Express interface instead of Parallel ATA or Serial ATA. With potential read and write speeds of 1 Gbit/s (125 MB/s) and storage capabilities beyond 2 TiB, the new format is aimed at high-definition camcorders and high-resolution digital cameras, but the new cards are not backward compatible with either CompactFlash or CFast. The XQD card format was officially announced by the CompactFlash Association in December 2011.


Research predicts 'strong growth' in outdoor advertising
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Outdoor advertising is expected to register "a strong growth" in the coming years, driven in part by the adoption of digital technology, according to the latest market report from Research and Markets.
The outdoor advertising report, which is available now, anticipates corporate spending on advertising to remain low, with the largest decline felt in the financial services, real estate and the automotive arenas.
However, according to the report, the dynamic nature of outdoor advertising has helped the sector capture a share of advertising spend from television, radio, and newspapers, which have been under pressure in the current recession.
Research and Markets pinpoints growth in digital technology thanks to a combination of the traditional marketing opportunities afforded by outdoor, coupled with various new applications.
Its findings reveal that the US holds one of the highest growth rates in the outdoor advertising market, while spend in China has also increased in recent years.
The report also states that leading companies Clear Channel Outdoor, JCDecaux and CBS, hold around 30% of the outdoor market share.
The report is priced from €963 (£860).


June 27, 2019| Male Mission Post|
A new state of the art website of Board of Investment has been launched which can be accessed at www.invest.aov.pk for effective marketing and promotion of immense untapped potential and investment opportunities by highlighting the investor friendly policies in different sectors as well as the incentives offered by the Government of Pakistan especially in the Special Economic Zones.
The website also focuses on the measures taken by the Board of Investment in the context of “Ease of Doing Business” by highlighting the reforms taken thereunder during the tenure of new Government. The present Government’s focus towards the reforms in the area of Starting a Business and Paying Taxes have been well reflected on the new website.
Besides, comprehensive sector studies have also been made part of the new website to attract & Inform the foreign investors about the lucrative opportunities. It would be appreciated if the esteemed Embassy of Pakistan may also place a link of Bol’s website on it’s own website.
The website also encompasses E-Services for the investors by providing the services 24x7x365. The Business Community can apply for Work Visa online without any hassle and physically reaching out to Bol, while the mechanism of establishment of Branch/Liaison Office is being automated.
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Welcome to Golf Resort Inverness
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The Vacation Spot to stay, play and relax
Our Resort offers a collection of two, three and four bedroom homes and condos that range from comfortable and simple to large and luxurious. Homes are fully furnished with towels and linens, and include utilities, garbage pick-up, lawn and pool care (where applicable), and local calls. WiFi-Internet access is available. Recreational facilities include seven area golf courses and a fitness center. Unlimited Reduced fees (for up to 6 guests in a 3 bedroom) are included for the Lakeside Golf & Country Club, Juliette Falls, The Meadows, Skyview, Citrus Springs Golf & Country Club, The Oaks, and Brentwood golf courses. (Cart fees are not included and may vary from $15 to $40 per person) Three members only restaurants at Terra Vista and Juliette Falls.
Our Outdoor Adventure Discovery is packed with thrilling experiences that allow you to see Florida’s exotic wildlife in their unspoiled natural habitat. Visit Ellie Schiller State Park where black bears, deers and gators make their home; get up-close and personal with Manatees while snorkeling; and, glide through Withlacoochee River on a speedy airboat or an unforgettable trail ride on a mountain horse through the scenic lands of Lakeside Ranch. There are plenty of activities, clinics, and fitness related options for the entire family to participate in.


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National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has said he’s frightened of seeing or owning a duplicate the 455 page Prof. Kwesi Botchwey Committee Report that explored the devastating annihilation of the gathering in the 2016 decisions.
As per him, he fears to claim a duplicate of the report on the grounds that should its substance be spilled into general society space, he’ll be made an essential suspect, an upsetting knowledge he’ll never need to have.
The NDC has been unmitigated that the discoveries of the report and duplicates won’t be made accessible to general society in light of the fact that the substance are grouped.
The biggest resistance party demands, the report is implied for the initiative of the NDC in light of the fact that it is intended to manage issues inside the gathering.
The report, titled, ‘tuning in to the grassroot’, which analyzed what prompted the NDC’s resonating thrashing and hosts prescribed that could help the get-together recover control in the 2020 race, has been extremely hard to get a hold of as a few media houses attempted as they’ve have, have been unsuccessful in getting a duplicate.
Talking on Asempa FM, Hon. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa who’s likewise a previous Deputy Education Minister complimented the gathering progressive system for figuring out how to keep the substance of the report mystery.
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"Truth, Lies, and Public Health" Authored by Weill Cornell's Dr. Madelon Finkel
NEW YORK (Dec. 26, 2007) — From stem cell research to needle exchanges to medical marijuana and HIV/AIDS prevention, politics is getting in the way of science, according to a new book by a leading authority on health-care policy and women's health issues at Weill Cornell Medical College.
"Truth, Lies, and Public Health: How We Are Affected When Science and Politics Collide" (Praeger Press, 2007) is authored by Dr. Madelon Finkel, professor of clinical public health, director of the Office of Global Health Education and director of Cornell Analytics Consulting Services (CACS) at Weill Cornell Medical College.
"While political activists and the government can bring much-needed attention and money to a public health problem, politics can also poison science," says Dr. Finkel. "Over the last two decades, politics and ideology have increasingly hijacked and distorted science to serve its own purposes—often ignoring incontrovertible evidence and preventing much-needed policies to improve public health."
The new book looks at how ideology affects research funding and explores the evolution of public health policies on contraception, AIDS, stem cell research, medical marijuana, needle exchanges, tuberculosis control, dietary supplements, silicone breast implants, obesity, vaccination and disease prevention.
Weill Cornell Medical College
Weill Cornell Medical College—Cornell University's Medical School located in New York City—is committed to excellence in research, teaching, patient care and the advancement of the art and science of medicine, locally, nationally and globally. Weill Cornell, which is a principal academic affiliate of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, offers an innovative curriculum that integrates the teaching of basic and clinical sciences, problem-based learning, office-based preceptorships, and primary care and doctoring courses. Physicians and scientists of Weill Cornell Medical College are engaged in cutting-edge research in such areas as stem cells, genetics and gene therapy, geriatrics, neuroscience, structural biology, cardiovascular medicine, infectious disease, obesity, cancer, psychiatry and public health—and continue to delve ever deeper into the molecular basis of disease in an effort to unlock the mysteries behind the human body and the malfunctions that result in serious medical disorders. The Medical College—in its commitment to global health and education—has a strong presence in such places as Qatar, Tanzania, Haiti, Brazil, Austria and Turkey. With the historic Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, Cornell University is the first in the U.S. to offer a M.D. degree overseas. Weill Cornell is the birthplace of many medical advances—from the development of the Pap test for cervical cancer to the synthesis of penicillin, the first successful embryo-biopsy pregnancy and birth in the U.S., the first clinical trial for gene therapy for Parkinson's disease, the first indication of bone marrow's critical role in tumor growth, and, most recently, the world's first successful use of deep brain stimulation to treat a minimally-conscious brain-injured patient. For more information, visit www.med.cornell.edu.


Vacuum Suction Cups
Vacuum Suction Cups, also known as Vacuum Suction Pad, industrial suction cups, or Bellows Suction Cups, which are made from elastomeric silicone materials by silicone rubber compression & injection molding or LSR injection molds. Silicone Vacuum Suction Cup & Rubber Suction Pads, are main used to meet people’s daily hanging objects needs. But vacuum cups are also widely used in industries for handling sheet metal/wood, glass carrying, packing, and so on, can pick electronic components & panel, label or hold projects, open packaging bags, and also handle & transfer handle board, panels, concrete slabs etc.
Silicone Vacuum Suction Cups Materials Properties
Vacuum Suction Cup is non-toxic, tasteless
Silicone Suction Cup can resist high and low temperature, working temperature is from -40~230℃
Small Suction Pads made by silicone material is climatic resistance, ozone-resistance.
Silicone Vacuum Suction Cup has good physical property, harmless to the human body
Notes: Every coin has two sides, there is also disadvantages for the silicone material, its tear resistance, wear resistance is not good.
Vacuum Suction Cups Other Material
Vacuum Suction Cups can be made from a variety of materials. The material choice is based on the nature of the material handled, temperature, pressure, and frequency of operation. Elastomeric Molded Rubber Bellows materials are highly resistant to chemicals at high temperatures. However, the mechanical properties of elastomeric materials will be weakened at a higher temperature (above 150°F). The most used materials for the production of rubber bellows are the following:
Natural Rubber (NR)
Silicone Rubber: common silicone, FDA Food Grade Silicone, FDA Medical Grade Silicone, Liquid Silicone
Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer (EPM/EPDM),
Connecting the elastomic rubber suction cups with the vacuum equipment via a elastomeric silicone rubber, plastic or metal tube, then attaching with the targeted-lifted objects like glass, panel, board or paper and trigger the vacuum equipment to suck or hook, which will produce negative pressure in silicone rubber vacuum cup and then it will start moving the targeted-lifted objects. When it has moved the targeted-lifted objects to the target place, vacuum suction equipment will smoothly inflated into the elastic rubber suction cup to change the negative pressure in elastic vacuum cup into zero pressure or a bit of positive pressure, then the silicone rubber vacuum cup will separate from the waited-lifted objects, then the moving objects task finished. Vacuum Suctions is widely used inindustrial suction cups equitment& mechanical arm, and also in our daily life.
Vacuum Suction Cups Major Defects in the market
Splitting & Bubbles Problem: This problem is mainly caused by Molding temperature & poor venting. If molding temperature is too high, air-venting is not good, and flashing of last mold doesn't clear thoroughly, splitting and bubbles problem will show up.
White Faded Marks problem was caused by silicone hose's material & mold tool's surface.
Uneven Wall Thickness: this problem mainly caused by mold tool, like mold-making precision, misalignment of upper mold and down mold, datum angle & the 4 located pins are not accurate enough.
Rubber Flashing is too big: to solve this problem, we need to pay attention to 3 points when production; the first one is mold-design, second one is workers' skill about removing flash, and the production technology is also very important, if molding pressure is not enough, will also make the flash hard to be removed.
Vacuum Suction Cup's Shape
● Round Suction Cups
● Flat Suction Cups
● Flat Concave Suction Cups
● Oval Flat Suction Cups
● Oval Concave Suction Cups
● Bellows Vacuum Cups
● Multibellows Suction Cups
● Deep Suction Cup
● Rectangular Suction Cups
● Rectangular Bellows Suction Cups
Vacuum Suction Cups Advanatage:
Easy to use: No matter what is sucked object material, as long as it can seal, air-proof, all can working. Electromagnetic chunk & suckers only working with metal matierals.
Not hurt to object components: Because Vacuum suctions cup is made from elastomer rubber materials, objects will not damange when sucking or lay down3. Environment friendly:Silicone Rubber Industial Suction Cups will not pollute the environment when working, also will not create light, heat or electromagnetism etc.
Our Production Advantage for Vacuum Suction Cups & Rubber Vacuum Pads
Precision Mold-Making Technology: such as silicone rubber compression molded parts can up to +/-0.02mm, small or mini flashing, parting line controls
One-stop Service: own mold-making, rubber compression molded, plastic injection molded, silicone & LSR injection molded production and simple assembly.
Professional Sales Teams and Quick Reply: Our sales engineers will well work together with mold designing department, production department and QC department etc, in aim to producing better qualified products & parts for customers
Free Design Analysis Support for Moldability and Manufacturability: we have two rich experience design engineers will cover your projects from ideas & drawings to end use.
Customer's Design Patent Protection: Only accepet custom-made projects according to customers design drawings or samples. Our company will not sell customer's products & parts to other customers & persons, as customers had paid mold-making cost to us and molding belong to their properties. We can sign NDA with customers.
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Textile Pests - The Beetles
Is your home being eaten alive by the larvae of textile pests such as the Leather Beetle, the Fur Beetle or the Varied Carpet Beetle?
If so you need to take swift action to eradicate this nuisance before your carpets and clothes become piles of dust.
Why Do Textile Pests Want to Live in Your Home or Workplace?
The larvae of these little beetles love to eat away at the natural fibres in your home, searching out their favourite protein, Keratin, inside your lovely wool carpets, and deep inside your sofa upholstery. Any animal fibre is at risk: hair, silk, fur and feathers. This is very similar to the damage done by moths.
These beetles like a bit of culture too. A delicacy of these pests are the soft pads and felts found on woodwind instruments and their cases. They also like a trip to the museum to feed on any exhibits containing dead insect specimens.
What Do They Look Like?
Have you seen any of these culprits in your home or workplace? The Leather Beetle is dusty black with some white on its underside and about 8mm long. The Fur Beetle, about 5mm long, dark with two white dots on top. The Varied Carpet Beetle, 3mm long, with a patchy pattern of different colours; often a white, black and yellow mixture. These beetles may feed outside the home, but then fly or crawl in from the garden to lay their babies in your comfy wardrobe next to your best suit or dress. The eggs hatch out into larvae. The larvae then seek out your clothes or duvet, or even your favourite armchair and start munching away. The larvae look like little maggots or caterpillars.
Faecal pellets are a sign that these beetles are at work in the area.
How Do You Remove This Pest?
Regular vacuuming of all those dark undisturbed corners will only remove some of the beetles and larvae. DIY treatments will not go deep enough to prevent the damage done by this pest. A professional treatment will avoid harsh insecticides that could damage your delicate and valuable possessions.
Our experts will be able to identify clearly which textile pest is at work and the exact treatment needed to make a thorough removal of the problem.
If any of these textile pests are laying their darling little eggs in your home it is important that you get a professional deep and long-term treatment that removes the problem at each stage of the beetle's life cycle.


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- Take a deep look at the tricks and tips that will help you stay ahead of your enemies
- Get even more out of your experience and find out how to deal more destruction in this list of hints from the publishers of Project Warlock!
- Check out the live-action trailer above for Project Warlock
Project Warlock is riddled with secret areas hidden throughout the game. Discovering them all can prove to be a crucial edge you gain over the enemies of mankind. These concealed rooms can provide you with much needed ammo for your guns, potions to help you rejuvenate quickly and gain back your mana, but most importantly experience points to help you level up quicker! Some even contain easter eggs that are sure to bring a smile to the faces of seasoned FPS veterans.
On the hunt for secrets
Many of these areas are just waiting to be discovered by accidentally blowing up a wall and revealing the treasures inside. Some hidden doors need to be activated manually by getting close and pressing the “Use” button. Look out for anything out of the ordinary when blasting through the dungeons of the game.
Every level indicates the number of secrets awaiting your discovery, so pay close attention and don’t let any slip away!
The perfect build for your playstyle
Take advantage of Project Warlock’s character customization mechanics! Each time you return to the Workshop between stages of the game, you can spend your hard-earned upgrade points on your weapons and unlock perks for your character. Make sure your skills and guns match your playstyle!
If you enjoy getting up close and personal with the demons and monsters, invest in your Strength stat to maximise the damage done with melee weapons and consider perks that boost that even more!
For all the demolitions experts out there – make sure to upgrade your throwables and launchers, and don’t forget to unlock the perks that are sure to bring out even more power in the explosions you cause.
Achieving the retro look
Did you know you can customise the way Project Warlock looks?
In the process of developing the game, besides putting lots of effort into the game, we made sure the way it looks also stays true to the games we drew inspiration from. If you dive into the game’s options, you’ll see all sorts of cool shaders and filters. You can customize the color range or distortion to make it resemble the beloved shooters of the 90s even more!
To make sure your experience is the most authentic, consider dusting off the old CRT monitor from the attic!
Memorise your environment and plan ahead
Staying alive isn’t as easy as one might think. When you’re down on your luck and the health bar is dropping unnervingly low, it’s important to remember when did you last see that pesky health potion lying around. Sometimes it’s worth not picking everything up straight away, as it might come in handy more in the future. Same thing goes for ammo boxes – you’ll want to remember the last time you saw a shotgun slug when you’re being chased through dungeons and caves by ancient evils bent on your annihilation. That slug might save your life!
You will quickly find that as fun as it is, going in guns-blazing is not always the best course of action. Some situations will require a little bit more finesse and a tactical approach.
First of all, always stay on your toes – enemies are lurking behind every corner, so don’t let your guard down! Expect an avalanche of fangs, claws and bullets to rain down on you behind every door and in every room.
Remember to keep moving – it’s more difficult to hit a target that stays in motion. Especially if you keep circling your foes and change directions often! If you find yourself in an open arena, it’s easy to forget about checking your surroundings, which can often be a fatal mistake. If you only focus on the enemies, you could quickly find yourself in a corner, surrounded and outnumbered. Of course, as a skilled Warlock, you can try and get out of those situations too, but it might be a tight squeeze.
When expecting a firefight in closed spaces, such as corridors, pick your tools carefully! Some weapons can penetrate multiple foes. Line them up nicely, and let loose a destructive bolt through the guts of several enemies at once!
Now that you’ve done your homework and know the tricks and tips to help you survive, there’s nothing more left to do, except dive right into the pixelated, adrenaline-packed carnage of Project Warlock!
Get it now on the Xbox One and jump in!

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