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If you’re bravely and boldly following along, last time I left us with a precarious, cliff-hanger as my water filter broke while I was camping in southern Colorado. (TV Audience: *gasp*)
Good news: I found a new filter and my disentary joke didn’t joke didn’t become a reality. (TV Audience: applause)
Bad news is that I had to take another alternate. (TV Audience: boo!) While it matched up in mileage, it was definitely not the winding dirt roads I’ve grown accustomed to.
Nevertheless, I did meet a mischievous daschund, sampled beer at Oktoberfest, and maybe, slightly, broke the law… only sorta.
Day 42 - Water would be nice.
Having a limited water supply, my best option was to travel to Del Norte, a town about 50 miles out. After receiving a hot tip from my support team, my hope was there would be a sporting goods store that could sell me a replacement filter.
Del Norte has many things to offer — a water filter is not one of them.
In a sudden turn of events, I would have to detour to another town to find what I needed. Fortunately, Alamosa was just 45 miles away and had an outdoor store that did in fact sell water filters. I could then take the state highway 40 miles south and circle back to the trail just before the state line. And with my plan in place, we were off to camp.
One small victory that did come later that evening was being awoken by the sprinkler system going off near my tent — but get this — it was not hitting me at all. Learning from past experiences, I strategically placed myself on dead grass to avoid getting hit by any potential sneak attacks. Small victories.
Day 43 - Alamosa Alternate
The ride to Alamosa was not nearly as demanding as the trail. It was flat, mostly paved, and easy to navigate. For the record, I did meet a dog, but this Daschund had so much energy he wouldn’t sit still for a picture. But, picture a dog that looks like this, just slightly bulkier.
He also escaped his yard and forced me to chase him up the road, but it was all in good fun… is what I told myself after I lured him back into his yard.
Once in Alamosa, I found a replacement water filter and had an afternoon to explore what seemed to be a somewhat lively college town. I saw a flyer for an Oktoberfest celebration and headed to the park to sample some local beer.
“Oktobrufest” did not disappoint. The beers were great, the keg toss was a success, and the band’s lead singer was also the drummer — a mark of all great tribute bands.
Day 44 - Back on Track
The trip to Alamosa was a success, but now it was time to get back to business. I had 50 miles of open road ahead of me and was ready for another mind-numbing, farmland day of riding.
This ride did take me through a few small, southern Coloradan towns. Ones where there are no ski mountains, instead miles of farmland are separated by grids of county roads. This was a quick change from the touristy ski towns I bounced between the last few days.
When I got to my campground, I found this one was closed for the season. Feeling that my legs were beat and I was ready to call it a day, I decided the camping season could be extended one more day and rolled my bike underneath the guard rail. Shh, that’s a secret kept between you and me — the internet can be trusted right?
Tonight we sleep on Colorado soil but tomorrow we enter the final state in the Great Divide journey: New Mexico.


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SINGAPORE - A private capital raising platform will be set up to address the challenges to fund raising faced by start-ups and small and medium-sized firms.
The facility will bridge entrepreneurs to accredited investors like private equity, corporate funds, institutional firms and family offices.
It provides a formal structure where investors can buy equity in start-ups and SMEs and have the shares stored in a central depositry.
Start-ups and SMEs who are likely to qualify must have revenue and products and services that are commercially viable. They must also be profitable or near to profitability. The facility is open to any start-up or SME here as well as others from overseas.
The Singapore Exchange announced this new facility in partnership with high-tech accelerator, Clearbridge Accelerator (CBA). They inked a memorandum of understanding recently to develop this fund raising platform.
The facility, which is yet to be named, will have a pilot run sometime after March and is targetted to be launched mid-this year. Details like equity structure between SGX and CBA, who will lead it, how it will work and the list of investors will be announced closer to its launch date.
SGX head of SME Development and listings Mohamed Nasser Ismail told The Straits Times that the platform is the first in the world.
This new capital raising platform is like an equity crowdfunding platform where individuals invest in return for shares in the cmpanies.
The SGX-CBA platform is different in that it is only open to accredited investors and is likely to be multi-million dollar deals.
It is also structured in a way that is allowed under the law, said Mr Mohamed.
Currently, the financial rules do not allow equity crowdfunding campaigns aimed at individuals here.
SGX is best placed to set up this new facility, he said, because it is already involved in raising capital for SMEs through Catalist, SGX's junior board.
"It's more or less the same kind of business for us, only slightly different in that we're going out to get funding from accredited investors."
CBA's partner Steven Fang, said existing equity crowdfunding have its disadvantages.
"Investors have no control over how the entrepreneurs are using the money. Entrepreneurs also can't tap these investors to help them grow their companies," he said.
The new facility aims to see that there is on-going communication between the companies and investors, he added, so that growth can be achieved as quickly as possible.
The SGX-CBA facility also addressed an immediate need because many start-ups founded in the last few years are maturing and are ready for business expansion.
"As an entrepreneur and investor I've built companies and we see there is a gap for funding for post Series A investment."
Post series A funding refer to multi-million dollar investments by venture capital firms in companies with commercially viable products and services but require funds to quickly expand.
Dr Fang said that the new facility will help start-ups and SMEs find the "smart money", the investors who can help companies get access to markets and customers.
"You can hire the best Ph.Ds and have the best technology in the market. But without smart money, the companies will be challenged and will be put in a psoition of trying to catch up," he said.
With smart money will come experienced managers who will mentor entrepreneurs in thinking about where companies ought to be, said Dr Fang.
"By providing the funding and mentoring, we hope to accelerate the growth of these companies which in turn could later list on SGX," he added.
Mr Mohamed said the SGX decided to partner with CBA because it was looking for partners with the knowledge and expertise in fund raising and entrepreneurship.
Launched in 2010 CBA is a local venture capital firm whose partners are experienced entrepreneurs. Dr Fang for example, founded Cordlife in 2001. CBA invests in healthcare, infosecurity and other high-tech com2panies.
Mr Leo Shimada, founder of equity crowdfunding platform Crowdonomic said the new facility will allow traditional institutions to embrace crowdfundin.
"This could potentially add value through the transfer of relevant know-how and transaction infrastructure", he added.

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La théorie de Jean-Daniel Reynaud. Réflexions et souvenirs
La théorie de Jean-Daniel Reynaud
Réflexions et souvenirs
Università di Bologna
Reflections on the genesis and developments of the theory of social regulation are intertwined with personal memories of meetings and exchanges of points of view with Jean-Daniel Reynaud. The criticism of the functionalist vision of the organization and regulation of human action stands out. The original characteristics of the sociology of work and their influence on the birth of French ergonomics, the evolutions of the study of work and its changes, the affinities between the theory of social regulation and the theory of organizational action are evoked. Historical reconstructions highlight issues that are still current.
Social regulation, Autonomy, Work sociology, Ergonomics, Organizational action.
Maggi B., 2020, La théorie de Jean-Daniel Reynaud. Réflexions et souvenirs, http://amsacta.cib.unibo.it, Bologna: TAO Digital Library.

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At the close of River of Smoke, the second novel in Amitav Ghosh’s Ibis trilogy, the ex-zamindar Neel Rattan speaks of a painting he acquired on his last visit to Canton. The painting shows Fanqui-town, the site of the Thirteen Hongs or factories set up by foreign traders on the Pearl River in Canton, in flames. As Neel points out, the picture is itself based on a dream, since the burning of the Thirteen Hongs only took place seventeen years after the picture was painted (in 1839) by Robin Chinnery, a fictional, illegitimate son of the Company painter George Chinnery. Although it cost more than he could afford, Neel says, he bought it anyway, since ‘if it were not for these paintings, no one would believe that such a place had ever existed.’ The same is true of Ghosh’s novel in some respects. Set in the period immediately before the First Opium War of 1839-42, fought by the British to secure trading rights in China, it traces a set of personal and political trajectories that would otherwise remain forgotten or ignored.
While the personal might be invented, the political is very much the stuff of history. The ambiguity of this relation between representation and reality is crucial to the work of the historical novelist, who must dream a history before he finds it, and found fiction upon fact.
Painting, ambiguously located between dreaming and seeing, constitutes a vital strand in the network of representations Ghosh creates in this novel. Deeti, a central figure in his earlier book, Sea of Poppies, is herself an accomplished painter in the Madhubani folk tradition. She appears at the start and the end of this novel, tying it into the larger plot of the trilogy, not through the linear process of narrative alone, but through vision and pictorialization: the vision of a floating ship, the Ibis, that had appeared to her in an inland village in her youth, and the images of persons, objects and places she draws on the walls of her shrine. It is Deeti, too, to whom Neel Rattan shows his picture at the novel’s close, and it is she who questions him about its contents. Framed by Deeti’s pictorial memory and her narrative curiosity, the events of the novel appear simultaneously to inhabit two modes of representation: the pictures produced by Company painters like Chinnery and his two fictional sons, by Chinese artists like the great Lamqua, or by the botanical forger who painted the mythical golden camellia, and the breathless rush of the narrative itself, borne along by the storm that blows the Ibis off-course and batters the Anahita and Redruth. Representation itself, therefore, is divided between the synchronic vision of the artist who attempts to capture her real or imagined scene in a spatial order, and the diachronic method of the story-teller, following her characters through time. The length and detail of River of Smoke might suggest that its mode is principally linear and sequential, the mode of picaresque and romance narrative. Yet the novel also makes a considered, elaborate use of something like ekphrasis, employing descriptions of paintings as well as the chatty epistolary enthusiasm of the painter Robin Chinnery to settle, elaborate, and frame our impressions of the past, to fix them in space and time. The effort is something of a struggle against the inevitable flow of time, the endless loss of the present, which all representation attempts to reverse. A typical instance is the following passage:
The familiar sound of the chapel clock was as reassuring to Bahram as the view from his daftar’s window: when he looked outside, at the Maidan, the scene was much as it had ever been-teams of touts swarming about, trying to find customers for the shamshoo-dens of Hog Lane; sailors and lascars pouring in through the landing ghat at Jackass Point, determined to make the most of their shore leave; bands of beggars standing under the trees and at the entrances to the lanes, clattering their clappers; porters scuttling between godowns and chop-boats; barbers plying their trade at their accustomed places, shaving foreheads and braiding queues under portable sunshades of bamboo matting.
Yet, despite the appearance of normality, it had been clear to Bahram from the moment that he entered the Pearl River that things had changed in China (pp. 193-94).
At the centre of Ghosh’s narrative is the viewer of this ‘painterly’ scene, the Parsi merchant Bahram Modi, a man caught up in time’s current and ultimately destroyed by it. Bahram, the despised younger son-in-law of the rich shipbuilding Mistrie family, has an extraordinary genius for business. Desperate to set up on his own, he sells all he possesses to buy a huge consignment of opium with which he proposes to make a killing in the lucrative China market. He is already experienced in this trade, having sailed several times in the past on his ship, the Anahita, to Canton, where he has fathered a son by his Chinese mistress, Chi-mei. It comes as no surprise to readers of Sea of Poppies to learn that this son is Neel Rattan’s prison companion, the half-Chinese, half-Parsi youth Ah Fatt. On his return to Canton, Bahram finds that Chi-mei is dead and Ah Fatt missing. In fact, however, Ah Fatt, with Neel Rattan, is one of the small group of convict-passengers who defected from the Ibis at the close of the last novel, and circumstances now bring both him and Neel Rattan to Canton by way of Singapore and Malacca. Ah Fatt prefers to keep his own distance from the influential Bahram, but introduces Neel Rattan to him to work as his munshi.
“…the Opium War is not Ghosh’s subject in this novel. Rather, his attention is focused upon the events that lead up to it, and upon the complicated web of human interactions that global trade produces. For in a sense this is a novel about the first great period of economic globalization, about the patterns of human migration and movement initiated by colonialism and the expansion of capital.”
It is with such visible and invisible stitches that Ghosh seals up the breaches in time and space that separate the Ibis from the Anahita, and both from Fitcher Penrose’s botanical expedition-ship, the Redruth. All three are caught in the same storm, and some of their voyagers find themselves ultimately on the Pearl River beside Canton, permitted to set foot only in Fanqui-town, where British and American traders offered their silver to the Chinese market in exchange for luxury goods like tea, silk and porcelain. It is well-known that the unequal balance of this trade and the drain on European silver holdings had already, by 1817, driven the British to the expedient of offering opium to the Chinese instead. The fertile cropland of Upper India was converted for opium cultivation, opium factories extracted and packed the drug, and the consignments were then shipped to Canton to be exchanged for Chinese goods. Opium was not new to China, but this sudden, huge influx produced a nation of addicts and dependents, a phenomenon cynically justified in the name of free trade by the British, who saw no contradiction in banning the free sale of opium in both Britain and India. In fact the opium trade was also banned in China by the Emperor, but the British and Americans, unwilling to lose their profits, consistently flouted the ban by selling their cargo offshore to smugglers who took it inland. At the time the novel is set, however, the Daoguang Emperor’s edict was being newly, and strictly, enforced by a new Provincial Governor, Lin Zexu, a man resolved to stamp out the opium trade. The climax of the novel is in fact that great turning-point of modern Chinese history, Lin Zexu’s burning of 20,000 chests of opium over a period of several days beginning on the 3rd of June 1839, following which he wrote a memorial to Queen Victoria condemning the destruction of an entire population by this pernicious drug. Initially, the British traders had hoped for compensation from their own government. When this hope was belied and the opium trade appeared to be effectively barred, tensions were exacerbated, there were minor skirmishes, and ultimately, as we all know, Palmerston took the British to war-an unjust and iniquitous war designed to protect, as the young Gladstone said in Parliament, an ‘infamous contraband traffic’.
That war, which the Chinese lost, opened up China to the West, established the ascendancy of the opium trade and the triumph of Adam Smith’s laissez faire economics, and marked one of the vilest episodes of modern world history. Ghosh’s novel suggests, by way of a dry comment from the exiled Napoleon on St Helena, the double import of that moment-for the West-as both success and threat. Napoleon is represented as making, to Bahram Modi, his celebrated prediction, ‘When China awakes, the world will tremble.’ This little encounter, placed mid-way through the novel, is one of the rare moments when Ghosh introduces what Lukacs would have called a ‘world-historical’ figure. The other such figure, in a novel largely about the personal histories of invented persons (with some exceptions like the merchants Jardine and King, and the British Representative, Captain Elliott) is undoubtedly Lin Zexu himself, a man remembered as an moral exemplar in modern China, with statues and museums dedicated to him, commemorating the burning of the opium chests.
But the Opium War is not Ghosh’s subject in this novel. Rather, his attention is focused upon the events that lead up to it, and upon the complicated web of human interactions that global trade produces. For in a sense this is a novel about the first great period of economic globalization, about the patterns of human migration and movement initiated by colonialism and the expansion of capital. Fitcher Penrose, with the orphaned Paulette Lambert on board his ship, hunting for botanical specimens to feed both the curiosity and the greed of the West, is no less an entrepreneur than the artist George Chinnery and his son Robin, producing paintings to order and training Chinese disciples to copy European styles with uncanny accuracy. Surely it is significant that the golden camellia that Penrose seeks, like the picture of Canton that Robin Chinnery paints, is an illusion, a dream that distorts but infects reality. Its vivid representation among the botanical sketches Penrose carries is a typical example of the imagination producing a world to satisfy its hunger. Plants and flowers, like tea and porcelain, silk and spices, sugar and coolies, are all commodities for the European market: knowledge itself, and botanical, mineral and agricultural knowledge in particular, growing exponentially in the 19th century, is a commodity. That the West offered, in return, the classic pharmakon, poison rather than remedy, in the shape of a drug intended to lull China into sleep, is a historical irony that struck the deposed Napoleon. Yet what flowed out of China? ‘Flowers and opium, opium and flowers!’ writes Robin Chinnery to Paulette Lambert at the novel’s close:
It is odd to think that this city, which has absorbed so much of the world’s evil, has given the world, in return, so much beauty. Reading your letters, I am amazed to think of all the flowers it has sent out into the world: chrysanthemums, peonies, tiger lilies, wisteria, rhododendrons, azaleas, asters, gardenias, begonias, camellias, hydrangeas, primroses, heavenly bamboo, a juniper, a cypress, climbing tea-roses and roses that flower many times over-these and many more (p. 536).
The tragic hero of this history of unequal exchange, if there is one, is the Parsi trader Bahram Modi. Having staked everything, to the last throw of the dice, on the future of the opium trade, he is shown to have guessed correctly, but lost his own stake-and himself.
Modi’s destruction is partly caused by his own inevitable succumbing to the lure of the drug, and partly by his inability, as a colonial subject, to sustain the loss of his investment in colonial trade. History is the story of the victors: the British, who won the war and, in the long run, profited from the re-establish-ment of the opium trade. Fiction-this moving and absorbing novel-is the story of the losers, those petty men and women who were sacrificed to the machine of profit, or who, in some exceptional cases, managed to make new lives out of the ruin of so many old ones.

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Saturday Night Live spoofs Drake’s new ‘Toosie Slide’ in return to TV
SNL's Pete Davidson mimicked Drake's latest music video touring the rappers Toronto mansion with a rendition from the comedian mother's basement
When you’re as successful and popular as Drake, you are ripe for parody.
Saturday Night Live’s Pete Davidson proved that even the coronavirus won’t stop the rapper-cum-singer from being the butt of jokes. The long-running live sketch comedy show returned to NBC on Saturday night after more than a month of hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
With the outbreak halting television and film productions nationwide, cast members performed from inside their house. This included Davidson’s musical parody video: “Drake.”
In the sketch, Davidson performed a song that poked fun at the Grammy award-winning artist’s emo style of mixing rap and vocals with lyrics like “This is a Drake song/I miss my ex; this is a Drake song/Number one on the Billboard,” and “I’m a tough guy, but hey/my heart take bruises too.”
The dreamy, purple-haze treatment draws inspiration from the Toronto-native’s latest music video and single “Toosie Slide.” In the original, Drake can be seen dancing and rhyming while showing off his massive mansion late at night.
Davidson’s parody, by contrast, features him in his “mom’s basement.”
Davidson paraded around his apartment in a skull cap and bubble coat as super-imposed images of Drake came in and out of frame.
This was undoubtedly a take on Drake’s similar attire in “Toosie Slide.” The rapper was also wearing face masks and black gloves, a thinly veiled reference to COVID-19, which Davidson also implied was the reason for being in his “mom’s basement.”
The episode of SNL was hosted by Tom Hanks, marking his 10th time in the role. The two-time Oscar winner was an appropriate choice as he was among the very first celebrities to publicly disclose testing positive for coronavirus last month, along with wife Rita Wilson.
Drake’s mansion was recently featured in Architectural Digest.


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Halo 4 (Xbox 360)
Medieval Moves: Deadmund’s Quest (PS3)
Driver: San Francisco (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)
Final Run (iOS)
Metacritic: Critics — 87/100 Players — 6.9/10
Amazon Rating — 4.4/5
GameStop Rating — 8.9/10
Best Buy Rating — 4.5/5
My involvement: I worked as a Technical Designer on Halo 4’s multiplayer, including extensive scripting work on game modes, maps and medals.
JoystiqOne of the best games in the series and one of the finest shooters in years.
DestructoidNot only has 343 far surpassed any expectations of what a Halo title should be, they’ve also gone and created a Halo game that is miles above any that’s come before it.
IGNAmazingly, Halo 4 is not only a success, but a bar-raising triumph for the entire first-person shooter genre. […] So how does Halo 4’s multiplayer suite live up to the legacy in 343’s hands? It’s golden.
GamingTrend.comHalo 4 represents a new beginning for the fan-favorite series, and 343 Industries has crafted a very polished experience.
PolygonHalo 4 is a return to the series’ roots of discovery, of wonder and, at times, of awe. It helps that it might be the most consistently great game of the series to boot. […] While previous Halo releases have iterated on the original’s basic staples of Slayer, Team Slayer, Capture the Flag and Oddball, nothing has felt like a major addition. Even Headhunter, while unique, felt as much like a gimmick as something with staying power. But with Dominion, 343i has pushed Halo 4 in the direction of Battlefield-style objective-based gameplay, and it shines for it.
Game InformerThe magic formula is intact, but the new development team isn’t afraid to put its own signature features into play, assuring that Halo is on a path to growth instead of stagnation. […] New multiplayer modes like Regicide and Dominion join perennial favorites like Slayer, Oddball, and Capture the Flag, and all the modes play out across an impressive set of over a dozen strong new maps.
Videogamer.comLavish and meticulous, this is easily one of the most expensive games of all time – and it feels like it, too.
GamespotA thrilling, moving story and intense competitive multiplayer help Halo 4 continue the series’ reign as one of the premier shooter franchises.
GamesRadarWith Halo 4, 343 has proven itself not only proficient in building a Halo game, but capable of building a better Halo franchise in a post-Bungie world.
The GuardianWar Games, however, is where Halo 4’s true longevity lies. It’s also the clearest and most credible claim the Halo franchise has made towards cementing its place at the forefront of the FPS genre. Yes, 343 Industries has taken some cues from the rest of the FPS field in terms of customisation of load-outs, emblems and visual representation of the player on the battlefield, but the whole shebang is shot through with Halo’s DNA. […] Yet, what hasn’t been lost – indeed, what has been augmented – is the almost Bacchanalian sense of freedom a player has once they’re cut loose in the great multiplayer-nowhere world. Halo 4, more than any other shooter of recent memory, encourages players to take part in the often-intimidating prospect of competing online. If you’re new to online shooters, this really is one of the best places to start.
EGM NowMultiplayer’s one of the strongest efforts in the category in ages, offering full campaign co-op for up to four combatants, episodic co-op Spartan Ops missions, and the newly dubbed “War Games” in a vastly playable smorgasbord of violence. […] Fans of the game will have a blast here, and the multiplayer is something special.
Metacritic: Critics — 61/100 Players — 7.0/10
Amazon Rating — 4/5
GameStop Rating — 9.3/10
Best Buy Rating — 4.3/5
My involvement: I wrote the rendered cutscenes for this game.
IGNI’m surprised by how much I enjoyed Medieval Moves: Deadmund’s Quest. Its pinpoint controls, whimsical story and fun mechanics easily overcome the fact that it’s on-rails… The comic book cutscenes are awesome… The voice-acting, sound effects and score all contribute to the game’s mood, which never gets too dark, dreary or serious.
IGN Video ReviewMedieval Moves relies on a story to tell its tale, and is thus immediately more engrossing… Load times are a little lengthy, unfortunately, but this is easily made up for by the clever slant Medieval Moves takes in telling its story. Gameplay is occasionally interrupted by comic book-like frames with voiceovers explaining what’s going on. I really enjoyed this method of story-telling… I also enjoyed Medieval Moves‘ voice acting. … it’s important that the voices embody their characters, and they thankfully do just that… Great PlayStation Move games are few and far between. But Medieval Moves, from the makers of Sports Champions, is one of them.
EGMNow.comIt’s rare that you see a game revolving around motion controls that also attempts to feature a deep, fleshed-out story like Medieval Moves: Deadmund’s Quest… Although he’s an orphan, Edmund’s built up an almost King Arthur-esque mystique, and he’s now destined for great things — including inheriting the crown… The cartoony graphics work well with the lighthearted writing — and when you couple that with some surprisingly competent voice acting by all involved, this game’s definitely aurally and visually pleasing… THE GOOD: Humorous characters and an entertaining plot.
A text-book example of The Hero’s Journey. The plot is told mainly through storyboard-esque cutscenes … that by the game’s conclusion manage to win you over with their energetic and slightly naive charm. The cutscenes and overall aesthetics also fit the younger target audience at whom the game is unquestionably pitched.
Characterisation is strong in a cutesy, Saturday morning cartoon, claymation type of way – and the locales are varied and interesting (when was the last time you fought sunhat-wearing skeletons in a vineyard?!). There are also some nice moments of humour… If George Lucas needs any tips on how to make a PlayStation Move Star Wars game, he need look no further than Medieval Moves for an ideal template.
Brash GamesThe tone is well pitched for the younger audience Medieval Moves is obviously aimed at… The character designs and the comic book-style cut-scenes have a pleasing look…The voice acting and script are very cool, there are some jokes in there that are funny and the way the story is told little by little plays perfectly to the audience it’s aimed at… This is a game primarily aimed at the younger audience, but it’s been put together well enough for anyone to enjoy.
Dealspwn.comWe’re very much in Saturday morning cartoon territory here, and nearly every aspect of the game nods towards a focus on a younger audience. The character models are delightfully endearing, the animations smooth and often comical, there are little bits of slapstick humour here and there to get the youngsters giggling and it has to be said that there’s a certain charm to the whole venture that manages to provide a little whimsy.
GameTrailers.comThe game also has a sense of humor, from the Scottish brogue of your ghostly companion to the playful antics of your bumbling, stumbling adversaries.
GameProTo a young gamer, this kind of epic adventure is, in theory, a perfect fit. It combines an exciting adventure played out in a world of charming fantasy, with action in the form of cartoon violence, all the while utilizing motion controls that help bring battle moves to life. More than any other element, it’s with the charming fantasy world that San Diego Studio and Zindagi Games get the formula just right.
DestructoidMakes solid use of the Move controller and tells a cute little story … The game also wins points for having a terrific atmosphere. Despite not being MediEvil, it still captures that same goth-cartoon look and constantly delivers endearingly silly characters to interact with.
G3ARThe story is delightfully narrated in book form with accompanying hand-drawn animation… and has notable charm and humour, especially for a younger audience.
WorthPlayingThe voice acting is good, and none of the characters seem miscast. The dialogue is fine during cut scenes and can get quite humorous at times for both younger and older audiences.
GameKultThe tasty cutscenes and more-inspired-than-usual French dubbing are sure to win over younger players.
GAMEBLOG.FRFun, extremely playable, full of secrets and funny details … captivating in more ways than one. The narrative is neat and colourful: the humorous story is told in the form of an illustrated scroll, and the presentation of the characters and the French dubbing all work extremely well, even for older players.
DigitalChumpsThe story and presentation are charming … Medieval Moves‘ presentation is cartoonish and very fitting for the audience and style of play. Characters look pretty detailed and animate nicely. I liked the art style that, again, seemed liked it was taken right out of a cartoon or comic book. In fact, the cutscenes are a series of still images that display just like a comic book. Voiceovers and the rest of the audio were well done, too.
Metacritic: Critics — 80/100 Players — 7.5/10
Amazon Rating — 4.4/5
GameStop Rating — 8.8/10
Best Buy Rating — (not currently available at Best Buy)
My involvement: I was a Narrative Designer on this game, involved with writing characters, a couple of cutscenes, and extensively designing mission story and logic as well as general audio logic for dynamic systems like the Felony system.
PC GamerOne of the weirdest driving games ever, in the best possible way… constantly fun, funny and chaotic… Tanner’s enthusiasm for all of these is infectious, and the fact that he’s temporarily possessing drivers instead of simply their cars makes for great in-game chatter from other terrified passengers… one of the most enjoyable racing games in a very long time.
VideogamerRefreshingly original… a totally new experience, and that’s not something that can’t be said very often when talking about driving games – or any genre, for that matter. Developer Reflections also gets playful with its mission design now and again, using Tanner’s coma to deliver some crazy situations that stand out as the best the game has to offer… With a bit of imagination, the dev team takes the open-word driving genre to new heights.
IGNPossibly the most ridiculous and difficult-to-explain premise of any driving game in history… Happily, Driver: SF brings you around to its way of thinking within minutes of picking up the controller… It’s difficult to say too much about the game’s best story missions without spoiling the plot, which actually isn’t half-bad. It’s a high-octane, improbable and comfortably ridiculous tale of terrorism and intrigue that carries the game along at a nice pace. It’s novel to play a racing game whose primary concern is telling a story. You can tell how serious Driver is about its plot by looking at the amount of effort that has gone into things like facial animation and voice-acting, which are totally irrelevant concerns for most other racers… Driver: San Francisco has one game-changing, eyebrow-raising idea and it pulls it off with aplomb, infusing the OTT arcade racing with unparalleled variety and a ridiculous supernatural twist whilst staying true to its Seventies chase-movie roots. It looks great, it’s got a lot of personality, it tells an entertaining story and it’s great fun to play.
JoystiqDriver: San Francisco is the best Driver game there’s ever been, because it is wholly and entirely true to itself… No joke, San Francisco’s story arc goes from “zero” to “completely bonkers” in about 5 minutes. Tanner’s ability to “shift” into and possess the body of any person driving any car, anywhere, makes for an experience that’s a hell of a lot more cerebral than previous entries in the series, yet somehow still lighthearted and endearing enough to maintain the buddy-cop atmosphere. It’s weird, but it’s also engaging, surprising, and superbly acted, with a fantastic script that borrows more from magical realism than film noir.
GamesRadarDriver: San Francisco is like a great summer blockbuster movie (remember those?). It’s got tons of action, an over-the-top story that manages to keep your attention even as you roll your eyes, painfully cheeky banter between characters you learn to like and hate… You can jump right in to the story without missing a beat. Characters are quickly introduced and the plot established, and from the word “go” it’s clear what’s happening.
GameSharkDriver: San Francisco turned into one of my favorite games of 2011… While the gimmick does offer plenty of fun gameplay moments, what I’m most impressed with is Reflections’ ability to seamlessly weave a story around it… The little vignettes are well-written and carry the light-hearted tone the rest of the production exudes. It works to provide a fun, fly-on-the-wall perspective, when most games would be happy to just give you a list of missions to play.
TelegraphWhoever said silly couldn’t be smart? It would have been tough to predict that one of 2011’s more inspired video games would be a cross between Quantum Leap and the Dukes of Hazzard, where the main premise was a man that could supernaturally inhabit the driver of any car on the road of San Francisco. But here we are…Delivered with wit and panache, Driver: San Francisco works because it’s daft, rather than in spite of it. And if it proves anything, it’s that having conviction in your ideas — any ideas — can bring a refreshing new twist to an ailing series and genre.
D+PADIf previous Driver games have striven for a movie-flavoured sense of realism, Driver: San Francisco marks the point that Ubisoft Reflections removes these shackles, grinds them into a fine dust, snorts them up their collective nostrils and sets Tanner off on a flight of fantasy that is unheard of within the genre… Such a diverse range of influences would be impressive for an action-adventure game; that Ubisoft Reflections has managed to squeeze all this into a game that never strays from the core theme of driving is nothing short of miraculous… We won’t go into too much detail regarding Driver: San Francisco’s plot, as to do so would be to rob you, dear reader, of the impact of the twists and turns that you encounter along the way. What we can say, however, is that Ubisoft Reflections have crafted a satisfying and well balanced tale that marks a high water mark for the combining of narrative and arcade racing thrills.
DestructoidWhat happens next goes beyond the realm of sensibility and kicks off one of the most deliriously stupid videogame plots in recent memory. I do not mean that disparagingly — Driver: San Francisco‘s story is thoroughly ridiculous, but it’s so refreshingly unique that one can’t help but admire the foolishness… During the course of the game, some absolutely brilliant ideas are presented, showcasing a remarkable amount of flexibility from what looks like a shallow gimmick… One defining factor of San Francisco is its sense of style. With its licensed cars, excellent soundtrack, and shamelessly silly narrative, Driver: SF has a very personal charm, not to mention plenty of silly humor… Driver: San Francisco is a good laugh, and deserves immense praise for its ingenuity.
EurogamerIf it’s all a little flimsily framed, Newcastle developer Reflections at least plays it for laughs. Driver: San Francisco, when it’s got its story face on, often feels like a Carry On film directed by Christopher Nolan… This is a city that’s dense with characters, and leaping from car to car throws up a seemingly never-ending succession of skits; finding yourself in charge of a school run, leaping into the midst of a lover’s tiff or between two sparring work colleagues and, at one brilliant juncture, between two policemen having an illicit affair… For each moment of ticklesome slapstick there’s another of striking dreamlike imagery – a city deserted, or one that’s been dramatically put on pause. Driver: San Francisco‘s core storyline exploits such moments to full effect, managing to gingerly toe a line that means, while it’s never exactly credible or plausible, it’s at the very least enjoyable.
EdgeThere have been concept car games, but could this be the first high-concept car game? Ubisoft Reflections’ Driver: San Francisco is given a ludicrous but ultimately rather brilliant twist – a narrative crutch for extravagant mechanics that’s no less weird than the metaphysical premise of Life on Mars or Quantum Leap… Tanner’s tall tale has the amicable feel of a Sunday afternoon TV serial, told with a light heart and easy wit. As he jumps between bodies, we dip into incidental stories. A pair of brothers struggling with their college fund find themselves swept up in the dangerous world of street racing; a secretary elopes with her embezzling boss/boyfriend; a man bitten by a ‘Colombian dream widow’ spider needs a quick shot of adrenaline at the hospital. These vignettes are dispatched with a cheery humour and a dramatic irony as Tanner hurriedly adapts to each new situation.
Playstation LifestyleSurprisingly, the story is one of the strongest aspects of the game and builds to a satisfying climax. In most driving games, the story takes a backseat – pardon the pun – to the vehicular mayhem, but the story in Driver: San Francisco remains a dominant factor compelling the player throughout the game… Driver: San Francisco is a game that is full of surprises. Even when you know that the entire game takes place with Tanner in a coma, the game still manages to surprise you with how the story is handled.
App Store Rating — 4/5
My involvement: I wrote the full script for this game, based on a story framework provided by Rotor Games, which I tweaked and finessed into the final story.
iPhone Gamer UKThe storyline’s great, the soundtrack fits, the gameplay is awesome, the graphics are great… Go pick up Final Run!
Given the gross oversaturation of the genre on iOS, it takes something truly extraordinary to pique our interest in a zombie game these days. Final Run is that something! Rotor Games’ thrilling survival horror/driving game mashup boasts a lengthy level-based campaign, stunning visuals, and an engaging storyline and bleak atmospherics that echo the very best post-apocalyptic cinema has to offer. Oh, and zombies. Lots and lots of stinkin’ zombies.
You’d be forgiven for thinking that sounds like the set up for a high-octane action game chock-full of car chases, gun fights, and nonstop zombie slaughtering, but to label Final Run as such would actually be doing this surprisingly nuanced driving game/survival horror hybrid a disservice. Like all the best horror games, Final Run takes its sweet time setting up the plot, fleshing out its characters, and building up a bleak, oppressive atmosphere of desperation and desolation… the slow-burn storytelling and worldbuilding makes for a rich, immersive experience and, hey, when enemies do start coming out of the woodwork, it’s all the more thrilling!
A masterful blend of compelling plot, well-drawn characters, and incredibly intense and perfectly paced gameplay adds up to one of the most impressive indie debuts yet this year.
AppCrocLooks like someone has finally followed the Hollywood dream, a storyline so perfect that all it lacks is a well-renowned actor and actress. Final Run is a unique game which we have come across, the game has everything you could ask for in an action game.
squarezero (forums.toucharcade.com)I am reminded of the driving portions of Half-Life 2 … The writing does a good job of delineating the world without sounding just like exposition… I’m pleased as punch.
lumothesinner (forums.toucharcade.com)The story is good and feels finished… a few points in the story, you could make a choice to get a different conversation pop up, adding that little bit more to it as you could replay to get different outcomes. Very well-polished game that could do with something to compliment its great, varied story mode.
psj3809 (forums.toucharcade.com)The early missions not much happens but it helps build up the whole story, I’m glad so far this game’s totally living up to the hype and expectations i had for it.
Robin/P1XL (forums.toucharcade.com)I’m totally loving this game; story/mission-based vehicular combat has only been done once before on iOS as far as I know.
PsychDoc* (AppStore review)Nice story and humor.
Sready (AppStore review)Great graphics, great AI, great storyline.
doomfan (AppStore review)Final Run … just shines love and care, from the opening screen… A super involved storyline, a massive 3d world, combined with some of the best zombie killing fun you will find in any iOS game to date.
Lumosthesinner (AppStore review)Nice little story inserted as well, with a few choices to get different conversations, again good for replay value […] the story mode is well polished and finished […] worth the price of admission
psj3809 (AppStore review)Plays very well and has a nice storyline.
Disius (AppStore review)Love this game, good gameplay, good story and best of all a good feeling.
manutd1 (AppStore review)Nice character relationships […] beat the game and enjoyed it a lot.

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Despite being an accredited “winter city” in the World Winter Cities Association for Mayors roster, Winnipeg has taken its time getting cold this year. However, with the recent arrival of the familiar bitter chill and thick blankets of snow, cabin fever will inevitably follow suit.
What better time for a Winterruption?
Winterruption, an annual multi-city concert series, harnesses the power of great music and inviting venues to break winter doldrums and get locals to groove out of their homes.
“We want audiences to look forward to this week,” Jorge Requena Ramos, programmer of Winterruption and creative director of the West End Cultural Centre (WECC), says. He wants to draw crowds that are “eager and excited to put their boots and jackets on and come to shows.”
Every year, the festival populates venues in Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Calgary and Edmonton. In Winnipeg, more than 30 artists and acts are programmed, composing a showcase of performers from diverse backgrounds. There’s even wrestling.
“Our goal is to reflect what makes us who we are as a city,” Requena Ramos says, “especially in the core of our city, where so many languages are spoken, so many flavours are offered, and cultural exchange is an everyday fact.”
Winterruption was founded in Saskatchewan in 2016 and expanded to include Calgary and Edmonton then finally reached Winnipeg in 2020 through a partnership with the WECC and Real Love Winnipeg.
“Real Love was brought on (by the WECC) to book and produce the indie shows in Winnipeg,” Gil Carroll, co-artistic director of Real Love, says in an email. “There used to be another great local indie festival that happened in January called Big Fun. Winterruption is aiming to fill that void.”
Since its Winnipeg launch four years ago, Requena Ramos says the organization has learned a lot about resilience.
“I think most of us are still dealing with the effects of the pandemic,” he says. “We are slowly climbing out of a long hangover.”
Winterruption partner Regina Folk Fest, for example, has participated in past years but is “on life support” this year, he says.
With venues like the WECC still averaging 25 per cent under their pre-pandemic show sale numbers, Requena Ramos hopes Winterruption will help music venues weather through the storm of slow winter months.
“Every ticket you buy is also an assurance there will be more future shows,” he says, acknowledging the “huge loss” of the Good Will Social Club in Winnipeg’s downtown scene.
“The local music community is amazing,” Carroll says. “We feel so supported by all the people who come out to our shows!”
This year’s lineup has expanded to include more shows than previous years, and 50 per cent of the program features local bands.
“There is lots to choose from,” Requena Ramos says, listing folk, punk, new wave, dub, hip hop and Indigenous traditional singing as some of the sounds audiences can expect to hear.
For tickets, schedules and show information, visit winterruptionwpg.ca.
Published in Volume 78, Number 14 of The Uniter (January 18, 2024)

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Pamella (27-year-old single mom of 3) is a mother who is blessed with lovely children. She has been involved in remote farming for the past few years. She lives in Litein with her family. She has learnt a range of new farming practices that improve sustainability, enhance resilience and are likely to be helpful in adapting to climate change. Pamella’s main sources of income include milk and crops. In the modern world, agriculture has become exceedingly dynamic, therefore making the kind of inputs that are being used in the sector today much better. On this note, there is a need to use improved farming inputs for effective production. These include high-quality seeds and nutrient-rich fertilizers. Pamella has learnt that Juhudi Kilimo has intervened in the activities of rural, smallholder farmers and is giving them financial support in the form of loans to enable them to access income-generating assets as well as farming inputs. Pamella will use this loan to purchase farm inputs such as high-quality seeds and nutrient-rich fertilizers, to use on her farm to boost her crops' yields. Please lend to this industrious woman so that she can save up for her family.

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Social-Policy Attitudes and the Great Recession : Changes in Perceptions of Unemployment Insurance, Forced and Unforced Immigration, and Taxation
Abstract: Welfare policies have long been met with both scorn and support among voters. Yet, studies reveal that in the presence of declining economic conditions the division between those that support and those that oppose welfare policies appears to diminish. The reason for this, it has been argued, is that the public reconsider their opinions on the welfare state during economic downturns because worsening economic conditions amplify personal economic risk and indiscriminate harm inflicted on the general population.This dissertation evaluates if and to what degree the Great Recession impacted public attitudes in Sweden toward policies involving unemployment insurance, taxation and immigration. Using the crisis as a case study provides the added advantage of quasi-experimental conditions, which reduces the influence of confounding factors, allowing for stronger causal identification than what has been available in previous research. In addition, to better understand the inner workings of attitude formation, I also explore which motives, selfish or non-selfish are responsible for the process of change in attitudes.First, evaluating the public’s appetite for increasing unemployment insurance benefits, Essay I reveals that the public became overall more supportive of this policy following the onset of the economic crisis. Digging deeper into these results, statistical analyses show that the primary driving force behind this change are lower income individuals, and not individuals belonging to higher income groups. The finding indicates that the increased support for this policy is primarily driven by selfish interests.Essay II follows with a broader focus on both selfish and non-selfish motives by comparing two separate surveys to evaluate if attitudes changed toward forced migrants (refugees) and unforced migrants (non-refugee immigrants), as a result of the crisis. No statistically significant relationship is found between the crisis and overall support for reducing refugee intake. By comparison, a statistically significant increase in aggregate opposition toward unforced migration is observed. The results indicate that the different outcomes are explained by non-selfish motives for refugees because they are perceived as more deserving of assistance.Finally, Essay III, evaluates whether or not the public interpreted the consequences of the crisis as reason to support or oppose cutting taxes. The design of this study shows that both selfish and non-selfish motives explain support for cutting taxation. While an overall change in attitudes is not observed, the evidence demonstrates that individuals typically most supportive of cutting taxes (right-leaning) became significantly less so following the onset of the crisis. This extended even to high income earners within this group, a clear demonstration of these individuals acting against their own self-interest, suggesting the crisis cued non-selfish motives.
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4 Alfa Form Tutor
My dream was to be a teacher since the early years of my childhood. No surprise, my brother was my first pupil and his friends were my “students” too. Years later, my dreams came true when I graduated from the Pedagogical Highschool in Bacau, Romania. It was in 1996 and in the same year I had to manage my own class.
In 2003, I graduated from the Faculty of Psychology and Education Science at the University of Bucharest and also took a master’s degree in Integrated Education.
I have dedicated years to developing programmes for profesional learning in education, also available today at the European Institute for Correspondence Courses.
Since 2011 I am an authorised trainer certified by the National Authority for Qualifications experienced in delivering courses like professional competence assessor, educational activities specialised staff, time management, communication, personal development.
I have been working with children 7 to 14 years old for many years, creating frameworks and strategies for admission to high school, had great success with many of them and I did my best to train their entrepreneurial thinking and develop their financial view of the world through dedicated courses.
My most recent experience comes from the Montessori system, an experience which completed the traditional educational system I knew and which taught me to follow the interests of children, support them on their journey to develop their potential, and address different learning styles and interests.
I am a creative person, preoccupied with learning new things and always looking for sources of inspiration and color. I think the learning experience is based on a state of well-being and builds on positive emotions, and equally meets the children's need to know and explore.
I have joined Avenor College this year as the form tutor for grade 4 alfa and I am eager to embark with my students in an amazing journey.

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The engineering process is a core point of focus as the mobility industry transitions from ICE to electrification. The level of expertise required to ask the right questions at the right time is very high.
Increased agility to respond to changing market environment.
The market environment is more dynamic than ever and requires a company to act in an agile way. I am proud of working at Datwyler which responds to the market in a proactive way and helps our Mobility partners to be successful thanks to our advanced material, design, and manufacturing excellence.
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Inauguration of renovated Kindergarten in Kesurdi area, India
Ecological cooling system at Swiss plant.
Use of groundwater for air conditioning, ventilation and certain processes. Reduction of electricity consumption by more than 60% for up to 1’900 MWh per year compared to a conventional solution based on chillers.
Ecological cooling system at Datwyler plant in Schattdorf, Switzerland
I appreciate working in a dynamic, fast-paced organization that supports ownership. It’s rewarding to play a role in producing components that contribute to every person’s health, especially in the current exceptional situation.
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Embracing Digitalization in the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain
Digital technologies are reshaping healthcare, the pharmaceutical industry, and its supply chain. But what is the vision for the future, and how can companies along the value chain ensure they are ready?
Datwyler installs «Uri’s largest photovoltaic system»
Datwyler is installing “Uri’s largest photovoltaic system" at its Schattdorf site, with an annual production of around 800,000 kilowatt hours. This corresponds to the annual electricity consumption of around 200 four-person single-family homes. The project also involves the company's own electrician apprentices.
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Sammy Davis, Jr.
Samuel George Davis Jr. (December 8, 1925 – May 16, 1990) was an American singer, musician, dancer, actor, vaudevillian, comedian and activist known for his impressions of actors, musicians and other celebrities. At age three, Davis Jr. began his career in vaudeville with his father Sammy Davis Sr. and the Will Mastin Trio, which toured nationally. After military service, Davis Jr. returned to the trio and became an overnight sensation following a nightclub performance at Ciro's (in West Hollywood) after the 1951 Academy Awards. With the trio, he became a recording artist. In 1954, at the age of 29, he lost his left eye in a car accident. Several years later, he converted to Judaism, finding commonalities between the oppression experienced by African-American and Jewish communities.
After a starring role on Broadway in Mr Wonderful (1956), he returned to the stage in 1964's Golden Boy. Davis Jr.'s film career began as a child in 1933. In 1960, he appeared in the Rat Pack film Ocean's 11. In 1966, he had his own TV variety show, titled The Sammy Davis Jr. Show. While Davis' career slowed in the late 1960s, his biggest hit, "The Candy Man", reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 in June 1972, and he became a star in Las Vegas, earning him the nickname "Mister Show Business".
Davis had a complex relationship with the black community and drew criticism after publicly supporting President Richard Nixon in 1972. One day on a golf course with Jack Benny, he was asked what his handicap was. "Handicap?" he asked. "Talk about handicap. I'm a one-eyed Negro who's Jewish." This was to become a signature comment, recounted in his autobiography and in many articles.
After reuniting with Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin in 1987, Davis toured with them and Liza Minnelli internationally, before his death in 1990. He died in debt to the Internal Revenue Service, and his estate was the subject of legal battles. Davis Jr. was awarded the Spingarn Medal by the NAACP and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award for his television performances. He was the recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors in 1987, and in 2001, he was posthumously awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
Birth and Death Data: Born December 8th, 1925 (New York City), Died May 16th, 1990 (Beverly Hills)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1954 - 1969
Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist
Recordings (Results 176-200 of 251 records)
|Company||Matrix No.||Size||First Recording Date||Title||Primary Performer||Description||Role||Audio|
|Decca||L 8567||7/18/1955||Body and soul||Sammy Davis, Jr.||vocalist|
|Decca||L 8572||7/25/1955||Happy ending||Sammy Davis, Jr.||vocalist|
|Decca||L 8573||7/25/1955||The thrill is gone||Sammy Davis, Jr.||vocalist|
|Decca||L 8574||7/25/1955||It's all right with me||Sammy Davis, Jr.||vocalist|
|Decca||L 8575||7/25/1955||Come rain or come shine||Sammy Davis, Jr.||vocalist|
|Decca||L 8596||7/29/1955||Wait till you see her||Sammy Davis, Jr.||vocalist|
|Decca||L 8597||7/28/1955||Get out of town||Sammy Davis, Jr.||vocalist|
|Decca||L 8638||8/10/1955||Dangerous||Sammy Davis, Jr.||vocalist|
|Decca||L 8639||8/10/1955||Just one of those things||Sammy Davis, Jr.||vocalist|
|Decca||L 8640||8/10/1955||She always knows||Sammy Davis, Jr.||vocalist|
|Decca||L 8641||8/10/1955||The blues to end the blues||Sammy Davis, Jr.||vocalist|
|Decca||L 8642||8/16/1955||Ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive||Gary Crosby ; Sammy Davis, Jr.||vocalist|
|Decca||L 8643||8/16/1955||Beat me Daddy, eight to the bar||Gary Crosby ; Sammy Davis, Jr.||vocalist|
|Decca||L 8786||11/10/1955||The man with the golden arm||Sammy Davis, Jr.||vocalist|
|Decca||L 8787||11/10/1955||Frankie and Johnny||Sammy Davis, Jr.||vocalist|
|Decca||L 10331||7/1/1957||Better luck next time||Sammy Davis, Jr.||vocalist|
|Decca||L 10332||7/1/1957||can't help lovin' dat gal||Sammy Davis, Jr.||vocalist|
|Decca||L 10333||7/1/1957||I cover the waterfront||Sammy Davis, Jr.||vocalist|
|Decca||L 10334||7/1/1957||Traps and taps||Sammy Davis, Jr.||vocalist|
|Decca||L 10335||7/2/1957||Where's that rainbow?||Sammy Davis, Jr.||vocalist|
|Decca||L 10336||7/2/1957||But not for me||Sammy Davis, Jr.||vocalist|
|Decca||L 10337||7/2/1957||Guess I'll hang my tears out to dry||Sammy Davis, Jr.||vocalist|
|Decca||L 10351||7/9/1957||Someone to watch over me||Sammy Davis, Jr.||vocalist|
|Decca||L 10352||7/9/1957||I can't get started||Sammy Davis, Jr.||vocalist|
|Decca||L 10353||7/9/1957||Just in time||Sammy Davis, Jr.||vocalist|
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How welfare cuts are causing debt to spiral for social housing tenants
Professor Anne Power of the London School of Economics recently released the results of a two-year study of the impact of welfare reform on social housing tenants. The results reveal a precarious situation in which thousands of people are at risk of spiralling debt.
Welfare reform was ostensibly introduced to encourage people away from reliance on benefits and into work, but it neglected the complexity of the situation for most social housing tenants.
Both Power's study and separate work by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation found specific barriers to work faced by those in social housing. For example, a disproportionate number of single parents and people suffering with mental health problems live in social housing, and there's stiff competition for local, low-skilled, part-time positions.
More worrying still are the national trends toward lower pay and insecure, zero-hours contracts. These trends mean low-income workers cannot increase their earnings, budget consistently or even fall back on state support. Considering that spells without work are nearly twice as frequent among low-paid workers, it's no surprise that Barnados found low-income families increasingly turned to high-interest lenders to make ends meet.
In April 2013 the government decentralised council tax benefits to debt-burdened local councils, and cut the budget for these benefits by a further 10%.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies says the move has hit Britain's poorest families, including those in social housing, hard. As a result, Citizens Advice saw a 30% increase in people calling for help in areas where families previously had no council tax charges.
Caps on the exorbitant rates of interest charged by lenders may help prevent the many people increasing their debts at a rapid rate, but it will also deny thousands of people access to finance entirely: making them unable to pay bills at all.
At Dukes Bailiffs, we believe that we can help prevent the spiral by taking a more understanding approach to debt, and engaging with debtors to find a solution that works for both sides.
If you're concerned about your debt, you can get further help and advice from charities like the Debt Advice Foundation, Debt Support Trust, National Debtline or Step Change, as well as speaking to a trusted advisor via our Contact Us page.

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Denied of any relief by the UPA-II government, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday pinned her hopes on the new Narendra Modi-led BJP government at the Centre for a positive response on the state’s huge debt repayment problem.
“The central government has been deducting a lot of money on interest repayment and we had told them several times about it. The move is hampering our development process. We have to bear the burden of increased prices of petrol and diesel too. Let’s see what the new government does about it,” Mamata said.
She was addressing a gathering after releasing 50 new buses under JNNURM at a function held at Nabanna, the state secretariat, in the morning.
Incidentally that was the only time she referred to the new government. Mamata had indulged in one of the most vitriolic war of words with Modi in the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections terming him ‘Danga Babu’ (Mr Riot) and accusing him trying to drive a wedge between Bengali.
In the evening, when after a cabinet meeting, during a press conference The Indian Express sought her response on the formation of the new government at the centre and her expectations from it, Mamata turned angry. “I can not satisfy you. This is my press conference and I will decide what questions I will answer and what I will not,” she said before leaving the press conference for the chief minister’s office.
Mamata had sent state finance minister Amit Mitra and party general secretary Mukul Roy to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Modi in Delhi.
In the morning, after releasing the 50 buses, she said 874 new buses would be on the roads very soon. “We have talked to the 14th Finance Commission for more money but we don’t know how much we will get,” she said while pointing out that the serious fund constraints facing the state was posing difficulties in continuing subsidies to different state transport corporations in Bengal.
The debt-burdened state government had in November last year placed a proposal before the 14th Finance Commission demanding Rs 2,55,000 crore for five years (2015-20) to improve the state’s physical and social infrastructure and various development works.
Despite repeated meetings with the previous UPA government on the proposed moratorium on repayment of the state’s debt, the Trinamool Congress government failed to exact any assurance which left it dissatisfied.
The outgoing union finance minister P Chidambaram had on March 23 rejected Mamata’s charges that step-motherly treatment was being meted out to the state saying there was no discrimination as central funds were allocated as per recommendations of the Finance Commission.
The state had been pressing for a three-year moratorium on its debt servicing loan payment.
BJP president Rajnath Singh at a rally here in February had accused the CPI(M) of reducing West Bengal economy to a state of bankruptcy and supported Mamata’s demand for the moratorium. He had also urged the UPA government to accept the demand. With PTI


London, May 30(ANI): Former Australian cricketer Richie Benaud has warned England fast bowler Steven Finn that he should not get carried away by his recent success as there are the Australians waiting in the wings for the Ashes battle.
Finn ripped through the Bangladesh batting with figures of 4-72 to help England take command of the first Test at Lord's.
"Ashes battle is the reason Finn has been chosen at this stage of his career, the England selectors have noted someone who will enjoy bowling on the hard bouncy pitches from the Gabba in Brisbane to the WACA in Perth," Benaud writes in an article for News of The World.
"Whether he will enjoy the days when the temperature is 90 degrees, the pitch has flattened out and the Australian batsmen are after him is entirely another matter."
"However I liked the look of him at this stage of his career and to take four wickets as he did and to be bowling as fast at the end of the day as he was at the beginning is something to remember," he added.
Benaud's remarks came after many former England cricketers said that the 21-year-old has the potential to propel himself into the same cricketing stratosphere as Sir Ian Botham, Bob Willis and Fred Trueman, who remain the three highest English wicket takers in Test history. (ANI)


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At 45 years old, Ethernet, the ubiquitous networking technology, is having a banner year in the data center where in the first quarter alone it's recorded the strongest year-over-year revenue growth in more than five years, and 100G Ethernet port shipments more than doubled.
2018 is shaping up to be a banner year for all things Ethernet.
First of all, the ubiquitous networking technology is having a banner year already in the data center where in the first quarter alone, the switching market recorded its strongest year-over-year revenue growth in over five years, and 100G Ethernet port shipments more than doubled year-over-year, according to a report by Dell’Oro Group researchers.
The 16-percent switching growth was, "driven by the large-tier cloud hyperscalers such as Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Facebook but also by enterprise customers,” said Sameh Boujelbene, senior director at Dell’Oro.
IDC's “Worldwide Quarterly Ethernet Switch Tracker” said the Ethernet switch market grew 10.9 percent in 1Q18 – a strong uptick from the 3.5-percent growth recorded year-over-year between 1Q16 and 1Q17. The quarter's growth also outpaced the full year 2017 growth of 5.5 percent.
"There are two macro trends that contributed to growth," wrote Rohit Mehra, vice president, Network Infrastructure at IDC in the report. "The emergence of next-generation software-based network-intelligence platforms that add to the intrinsic value of networking, and the push by large enterprises, hyperscalers and service providers to leverage faster Ethernet switching speeds for cloud rollouts. "
100G Ethernet is booming
Of particular interest to most observers is the growing migration to 100G Ethernet.
“There was on the order of about 1 million 100G Ethernet ports shipped in 2016, this year we expect somewhere near 12 million to ship,” said Boujelbene. “Hyperscalers certainly drove the market early-on but large enterprises are increasingly looking at that technology for the increased speed, price/performance it brings.”
Cisco agreed with that observation.
“The requirement for more high-speed ports and more data being driven from the dense edges of the network is driving the upgrade of the backbone,” said Roland Acra, senior vice president and General Manager of Cisco’s Data Center Business Group. “We see the need especially from financial and trade floor customers who need the bandwidth and speed.”
While 100G is ramping up so is another level of Ethernet speed – the 25G segment, which saw revenue increase 176 percent year-over-year with port shipments growing 359 percent year over year in 1Q18, according to IDC.
The push to 25G is largely due to top-of-rack requirements in dense data-center server access ports.
“Cisco had a head start on 25G – they have about 80% of the market – but we expect Arista, Dell, Juniper and others to see growth this year,” said Boujelbene.
Ethernet enhanced by other technology advances
There has been other activity in the Ethernet world beyond speeds and feeds. The Ethernet Alliance has detailed work coming out of the recent IEEE 802.3 Interim Meeting which forwarded a variety of Ethernet project areas, including multiple physical layer specifications for Ethernet speeds ranging from 10Mbps to 400Gbps; Power over Ethernet (PoE) advancements; YANG data models for efficient Ethernet network management; and the next generation of Ethernet Passive Optical Network Physical Layer.
Ethernet just continues to expand support new applications, and 45 years after it was invented that’s a claim few technologies can make, said John D’Ambrosia, chairman of the Ethernet Alliance.
D’Ambrosia noted a standard for higher power POE – 802.3bt, Power over Ethernet over 4 Pairs – is nearing completion and should be ratified by September. This adjustment to the current PoE standard supports up to 100 watts, according to the IEEE. Other PoE standards define 15.4-60 watt systems.
With or without the higher power, products supporting POE are expected to explode. Dell'Oro says more than 700 million PoE-enabled Ethernet switch ports and 280 million PoE devices will ship in the next 5 years.
“We think the applications for POE are limitless,” D’Ambrosia said. Some of those applications include more efficient building lighting, simplified power to VoIP phones, sensors, meters and wireless access points to name a few.


Horror maven George A. Romero has signed on to write and direct "George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead," following in the tradition of his 1968 cult classic "Night of the Living Dead."
With a story mixing elements of "The Blair Witch Project" and the long-running "Dead" series, the film will follow a group of college students shooting a horror movie in the woods who stumble upon a real zombie uprising. When the onslaught begins, they seize the moment as any good film students would, capturing the undead in a "cinema verite" style that causes more than the usual production headaches.
Romero's new script replaces the original's static-filled radio with new technologies like smartphones to inform characters of impending doom. But fans can expect the classic Romero style.
"It has my sensibility, my sense of socioeconomic satire," he said. "And it has my zombies! They're not rushing around -- they're gonna be moving slow." Added Grunwald, "There'll be a lot of howling."
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Bipolar disorder is a mental condition which mainly affects a persons mood. It is known for its periods of mania and depression. The person with Bipolar disorder experiences intense emotional changes, which can be rapid and confusing.
Some people also see or hear things that others around them do not or have uncommon, unshared, beliefs (referred to as delusions). These episodes can impair a person’s ability to actively and consistently participate or engage in activities of daily living.
Occupational therapy can help you take practical steps such as: establishing healthy routines, building a supportive social network, managing your stress and achieving a work life balance. Further information about the services we offer relating to mental health help can be found below.
How can KMA help?
If you have a bipolar disorder, an assessment with one of our Occupational Therapists will focus on how your symptoms are affecting your life and preventing you from living your life as you want, or need to. This could include something specific such as returning to, or remaining in, the workplace, increasing the level of structure and routine in your day or developing positive coping strategies.
During the assessment your Occupational Therapist will need to have a detailed but sensitive conversation with you. This will focus on both your strengths and the areas in which you are experiencing problems. To assist this process, your occupational therapist may utilise a variety of assessment tools depending on your needs.
Our focus at KMA is on helping you to improve what you are able to do each day. Therefore our assessment will pay particular attention to your daily routine including the roles you have, for example as a parent, an employee, a business executive etc. This will enable us to understand the impact your symptoms are having on your life. Through this shared understanding we can work with you to identify realistic and achievable goals to increase your functional performance, improve your overall quality of life and help you to move forwards in your recovery journey.
Your Occupational Therapist will produce a detailed, yet accessible report of your assessment. The report will provide a summary of the barriers that are getting in the way of you fulfilling your roles and routines as you would wish to and make a number of recommendations to help. We aim to get the report back to you within 10 working days of the assessment.
Therapies and treatment
If you believe that you have bipolar disorder, it’s important to seek medical advice from your GP in the first instance, who will be able to explore medication options and provide further information about mental health help. In addition, occupational therapy is an important part of overcoming bi-polar disorder and reducing its impact on your life and this is where KMA can help.
KMA Occupational Therapists are highly trained and experienced – they are passionate about providing evidence-based interventions to improve your functional performance. They can work alongside, and in co-operation with any medical or other professionals involved in your care and support where appropriate. Each treatment plan will be individual, underpinned by occupational therapy philosophy, taking a person-centred and strengths-based approach. Our ultimate aim is to help you achieve your goals and improve your functional performance.
Your Occupational Therapist will work with you to understand triggers, barriers and established strategies you currently use. They will also help you to learn and put into practice techniques that help control your symptoms as well as allowing you to focus on your roles and routines. These may include:
Personal goal setting
Establishing a Wellness Recovery Plan
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Managing fluctuation in your mood?
Performing day to day roles/responsibilities either at home or work?
Coping with levels of frustration/agitation?
Achieving a work/life balance?

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Grow these Edible Plants for Hanging Baskets, if you’re either short of space or want to make your edible garden more interesting.
This list of Edible Plants for Hanging Baskets has everything–flowers, fruits, vegetables, and salad greens that you can grow vertically.
Discover the trailing perennials for hanging baskets in this post
Edible Plants for Hanging Baskets
Botanical Name: Ocimum basilicum
Basil, being the number one herb (at least for me 😉), is a delightful choice for a hanging basket. This versatile herb adds a burst of flavor to your dishes. Ensure it gets plenty of sunlight, and give it a regular pruning by harvesting the leaves for bushier growth.
Botanical Name: Petroselinum crispum
Both flat-leaf and curly parsley do well in hanging baskets. Make sure it gets ample sunlight and follow a consistent watering schedule to promote healthy growth.
Learn how to grow parsley in pots with the help of this post
Botanical Name: Mentha
Mint is a fantastic choice for hanging baskets. As it’s a vigorous grower, and you can contain it in a small space this way. Don’t forget to introduce yourself to the most fragrant mint varieties here.
4. Creeping Thyme
Botanical Name: Thymus praecox
Creeping thyme is a small perennial herb that covers the ground and is often planted for its ornamental appearance. It will add beauty with its stems spilling down from your hanging basket.
Botanical Name: Origanum majorana
Growing marjoram in hanging baskets is a great idea. Its mildly fragrant leaves and delicate flowers not only add charm but also provide a fresh harvest for your cooking.
Botanical Name: Lavandula
Lavender in hanging baskets infuses your space with a delightful fragrance. Its calming scent and elegant purple flowers make it an attractive addition.
How to Grow Lavender Plants | Lavender Plant Care
7. Creeping Rosemary
Botanical Name: Rosmarinus officinalis prostratus
Creeping Rosemary, with trailing habit, looks perfect in hanging baskets. For the best growth, provide 5-6 hours of direct sunlight.
8. Cuban Oregano
Botanical Name: Coleus amboinicus
Cuban Oregano leaves smell like carom seeds when crushed; this perennial herb grows best in warm weather and can be an exotic addition to your edible hanging basket garden.
Discover herbs for hanging baskets in this post
9. Cherry Tomatoes
Best Hanging Varieties: Tumbling Tom, Basket Boy Red, Suncherry Premium, Gardener’s Delight, Sakura, and Sun Baby
Cherry tomatoes can be grown in hanging baskets, providing you with a convenient source of fresh, tangy delights for salads and snacking. Learn more about tomato growing needs in hanging baskets here.
Find more tomato varieties for hanging baskets here
Best Hanging Varieties: Tristar, Tribute, Mara des Bois, Evie, and Albion
Hanging baskets allow you to grow strawberries, a clever idea for urban gardeners. Go for everbearing or day-neutral varieties instead of June-bearing types.
Explore berries to grow in hanging baskets in this post
Best Hanging Variety: Midnight Cascade Blueberry
Many people have fond summer memories of sweet and tangy blueberries. You might be surprised to learn that you can grow them in hanging baskets with ease!
Discover fruits you can grow in hanging baskets in this post here
Edible Flowers that Can Be Used for Garnishes and in Salads
Botanical Name: Tropaeolum majus
Nasturtium is a beautiful mustard-scented plant with colorful flowers that are full of minerals and vitamins. This easy-to-care-for herb is a great pick for hanging baskets.
Explore edible flowers for cakes in this article
Botanical Name: Calendula officinalis
Calendula in hanging baskets adds a vibrant touch to your garden. These cheerful, edible flowers are not only visually appealing but also perfect for garnishes and herbal teas.
Discover edible flowers that improve health in this post here
14. Viola (Pansies)
Botanical Name: Viola
These cool-season flowers not only add charm but are also edible, making them ideal for garnishes and salads. Ensure pansies receive adequate sunlight for a stunning display.
Check out edible flowers for cocktails in this post
Botanical Name: Tagetes
Growing marigolds in hanging baskets is great to add a colorful display to a small patio and balcony. Ensure well-draining soil and plenty of sun.
Look at the hanging basket flowers here
16. Asian Greens (Pak Choi, Mizuna, Mibuna)
You can grow various Asian greens in a hanging basket as long as you water and feed them right. These leafy veggies can thrive throughout the year, even in winter!
Botanical Name: Lactuca sativa
Small lettuce varieties are great for hanging baskets. To prevent bolting in hot weather, position the basket where it gets partial shade during the hottest part of the day.
Botanical Name: Spinacia oleracea
You can grow regular spinach hanging basket in a cool, shaded spot. Perpetual spinach is an excellent option because it won’t bolt in hot weather and will give you a regular harvest!
19. Swiss Chard
Botanical Name: Beta vulgaris L.
Swiss chard’s colorful stalks and nutritious leaves make it an attractive and edible addition to your hanging garden. Ensure it receives enough sunlight.
Learn growing Swiss chard in pots here
20. Cape Gooseberries
Botanical Name: Physalis peruviana
Cape Gooseberries are veggies you can easily plant in hanging baskets. Grow them upside down or like tomatoes, and they’ll spill over the sides of the pot.
Botanical Name: Solanum melongena
If you want to grow eggplants in your hanging garden, go for smaller varieties like “Patio Baby” – they require less space and can even grow upside down. These grow only 2-3 inches in size.
Learn to grow eggplants in pots in this post
Botanical Name: Pisum sativum
Growing peas in hanging baskets is a smart choice because it saves space and keeps them away from ground pests. It’s a tasty green for a small space like a balcony!
Botanical Name: Cucurbita pepo
You can grow a single zucchini plant in a large hanging basket. These plants are heavy feeders, so make sure you fertilize them timely for the best growth.
Zucchini vs. Cucumber: All the Differences
24. Bush Beans
Botanical Name: Phaseolus coccineus
Compact bush bean varieties like “Mascotte” are perfect for baskets. These beans produce tender pods and thrive in full sunlight. Regular harvesting encourages more growth.
Botanical Name: Cucumis sativus
Cucumber can be a great addition to hanging baskets; go with varieties like Patio Pickle and Summer Dance. Dwarf bush varieties grow well and stay compact.
Discover vegetables you can grow in hanging baskets here
Edible Plants for Hanging Baskets – FAQs
1. Can I Mix Different Types of Edible Plants in One Basket?
Yes, you can, but make sure the plants you combine have growing requirements and keep the basket size bigger. Usually, you can do this with herbs!
2. Do I Need to Repot My Edible Plant Hanging Basket?
Repotting is generally not required for seasonal plants that you will replace each year. However, for perennial plants, you may need to repot every couple of years to ensure they have enough space to grow.
3. What Are the Best Locations to Hang Edible Plant Baskets?
A location that receives at least 6 to 8 hours of sunlight is ideal. Make sure the spot is also well-ventilated but protected from harsh winds that can dry out the plants and break your hanging pots.


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February 11, 2013
Dula Earns SAC Baseball Player of Week Honors
ROCK HILL, SC -- Following the first full week of the 2013 SAC baseball season, Catawba first baseman Chris Dula (Troutman, NC/S. Iredell HS) and Carson-Newman starting pitcher Chris Armstrong have been selected as the conference’s weekly award winners. It was announced by the league office on Tuesday.
Dula, the SAC Player of the Week, led Catawba to a perfect 4-0 record at the Asheboro Tournament, which vaulted the Indians to No. 3 in the latest Collegiate Baseball Newspaper national poll. The junior hit an even .500 on the week with three home runs, a double and eight RBI. He also recorded three walks, getting on base at a .625 clip.
Dula’s biggest game of the week came on Saturday in an 8-4 win over Pfeiffer, where he went 2-for-4 with a pair of home runs and three runs scored. His three home runs in 2013 are tied for the most in the SAC and his 10 RBI are tied for the second most.
Armstrong earned SAC Pitcher of the Week honors after throwing 6.1 scoreless innings in an 8-0 Carson-Newman victory over fifth-ranked USC Aiken on Friday.
Armstrong allowed just three hits and two walks in the game while striking out four to earn the win. Only one of the USC Aiken hits went for extra bases. The senior has a 2.53 ERA and eight strikeouts in 10.2 innings pitched so far this season.
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