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A plethora of open-world video games are released every year for Xbox One. This is why it gets difficult to keep track of the variety of games that are available on the current-gen Microsoft console. If we go by numbers, then there would be a lot more than ten open-world games on Xbox, mostly because the genre of open-world is no longer restricted to action games or RPGs. Some games have a vast sandbox dedicated to racing, shooting, adventure, exploration, and sports.
But, which one of these games has the biggest world to be explored? From the frozen plains of Skyrim to the wastes of post-apocalyptic West Virginia, here are 10 of the largest open-world maps available on Xbox One.
Updated by Michael Llewellyn on April 8, 2021: The beauty of open-world games is that they allow players to really get lost in another realm away from the real world. Games like Skyrim and Just Cause take their players to stunning lands filled with secrets, lore, side quests, and activities. They are designed to pull players into their worlds for as long as possible and hold their attention for as long as possible. Thankfully., there's no shortage of open-world adventures with absolutely huge universes to be discovered.15 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Everybody and their grandma knows about The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. It was late 2011, and the world had the pleasure to play one of the biggest Bethesda games on the planet. This is undoubtedly a last-gen game, but, truth be told, it still holds up.
Skyrim is what anyone would call a detailed game full of random encounters, upgrade options, and missions, making it a real RPG experience for a lot of people. What makes all of this better is the fact that it has one of the biggest open-worlds on Xbox One.14 Fallout 76
Here's another Bethesda game, with a world slightly bigger than Skyrim. But, the thing that makes Fallout 76 stand apart is the fact that it is a Multiplayer action-RPG. This means the open world can be experienced with friends, family, or strangers, just like real life... well, in a way.
It also needs an exact time and money investment, which makes the experience even more realistic. But, jokes aside, this is a game that is frequently being updated and will keep seeing content updates, making its already big open world, more vibrant with time.13 PlayerUnknown's Battleground
What kind of map size would a game need to separate 100 players, make them explore and travel to hunt each other? Well, that's the answer PlayerUnknown's Battleground has solved. There are multiple maps in this game which are greatly varied in terms of content and size.
But, for this particular comparison, let's take its biggest map Erangel, which is close to 8x8km in size. That is a vast area and would take around one hour in realtime to walk from one side to the other. No wonder it is a must-play multiple-player title on Xbox One.12 Red Dead Redemption 2
Sitting at 29 sq. mi, Red Dead Redemption 2 isn't just big, it's really big—really, really big, even. The game is one of the highest-rated open-world titles ever released by anyone.
This game is what a lot of new open-world games aspire to be, and that is all thanks to the very detailed and carefully crafted world of Red Dead Redemption 2. This game has a great story, great characters, and it has won countless awards from many different sources. It is still not a perfect game for everyone, but the environment and believability wise it is still unmatched.11 Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Assassin's Creed Odyssey was released in late 2018 and was very well received by fans. Firstly, the launch of this game was pretty decent compared to the likes of Assassin's Creed Unity. Secondly, it was a big step up from the older AC games in terms of open-world design. The game features a massive world with various locations to travel around and explore. On top of that, it has a great story and good side missions that help players immerse themselves in the landscapes of Greece.10 Grand Theft Auto V
Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online are one of the best and biggest open-world games on Xbox One. The main reason is the sheer amount of detail that is present in this game, as well as the artistically beautiful lighting and environments. The game's world is inspired by Southern California, which in itself is a lovely place.
On top of that, the game has great details that give life to the open-world like plants, animals, and vehicles. This game is easily one of the most popular games on the list, and almost everyone knows about it. It is also bigger than RDR2. However, Red Dead's map is much denser.9 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is easily one of the best open-world RPGs ever. This game is built with dedication and love, and it shows in the open-world of the game that it is more significant than Grand Theft Auto V in size. This game is detailed, beautiful, and super fun to explore.
The creative side missions help bring stories together in the enormous fictional land of The Witcher 3. This game is one of the first significant action RPGs to make their way to Xbox One.8 Ghost Recon Wildlands
Ubisoft is slowly getting to a point to create the most open-world games ever released. It probably might already be there, especially with the release on Ghost Recon Breakpoint. Although the latest game could've easily been on this list, there is something special about Wildlands that makes it too good to leave out. Both games have almost the same world size, but there is much more variety in Wildlands that gives it a much-needed edge.7 The Crew 2
Talking about Ubisoft-made open-world games, here is another excellent Xbox One game that is genuinely bigger than exclusives like Forza Horizon 4. While it likely won't have as many fans as the aforementioned Xbox-exclusive title, the size of the world of The Crew 2 easily topples every racing game out there. For comparison, PUBG uses an 8x8 km map for 100 players. Even then, players have to use vehicles to get around. This game is almost 120x75 km—that's scary big. The best part is the super smooth fast travel mechanism, which improves the experience.6 Immortals: Fenix Rising
Released in November 2020, Immortals: Fenix Rising is an open-world action-adventure game set in Ancient Greece where the world has been turned to stone. Mechanically and visually, Immortals shares a lot in common with The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
Coming from the developers of Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey, it shares quite a bit of its DNA with that series too. Its open-world environment is huge and a lot of fun to explore with tons of side quests and content to discover. Thanks to its recent expansion, Immortals has got even bigger with the game taking its players to a new map that features mythological China.5 Watch Dogs: Legion
Developed by Ubisoft, Watch Dogs: Legion is another huge open-world action-adventure that released in the fall of 2020 in time for Christmas. However, unlike Assassin’s Creed or Immortals: Fenyx Rising, Watch Dogs: Legion is set in a near-future London.
It’s an absolutely stunning recreation of the city which looks good across all platforms. However, through the use of Ray Tracing on the PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and capable PCs it looks outstanding. Additionally, thanks to the game’s hacking mechanics, it really does feel like the whole world is at the player’s fingertips.4 Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla
It's clear that 2020 was a big and important year for Ubisoft. It had big AAA releases with the likes of Immortals: Fenyx Rising and Watch Dogs: Legion. Its biggest and most important release was perhaps the long-awaited Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla.
The game is in medieval Norway and a large part of Britain – which will include Ireland in the expansion. The maps are as gorgeous with their colorful and bold fantasy art style that stands out from its predecessors and Norway and Britain feel unique and a pleasure to explore.3 Final Fantasy XV
Released in 2016, Final Fantasy XV had its fair share of problems in development and during its launch with bugs and unfinished story content. This was fixed with updates, DLC content, and the more complete Royal Edition which released two years later.
The game is set in a somewhat empty post-apocalyptic world and there are very few towns to explore like its predecessors. In truth, it's a game that would have benefitted from being a smaller more focused game. However, there is no denying that the game’s map is absolutely huge with some interesting secrets to be found, a great cast of characters, and an awesome soundtrack.2 No Man’s Sky
Despite being critically panned for not living up to expectations at launch, No Man’s Sky has developed into a much better and more polished experience than it is now. The developers Hello Games deserve a great deal of praise for creating one of the best open-world experiences of the generation.
Exploring the galaxy is absolutely limitless thanks to its procedurally generated universe where seemingly every star is orbited by more planets and life forms waiting to be discovered.1 Just Cause 3
Now, Just Cause 3 is probably one of the biggest games on the list. It is almost 400 sq. mi, which is full of islands, oceans, and incredible verticality. This is what makes the sandbox of this game incredibly fun. As it doesn't limit the player to land or driving, the game lets players enjoy it the way they want, mainly by providing excellent side missions, activities, and expansion packs that have separate stories. On top of that, the best part is the rocket-propelled wingsuit, making the boring traversal into a fascinating superhero flight.
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(CNN) — The car featured in one of the most famous movie car chases ever is hitting the auction block.
It’s a Green Ford Mustang GT driven by Steve McQueen in the 1968 movie, ‘Bullitt’.
The mustang is considered by some to be the ‘holy grail’ of movie cars and will likely command a heavenly price tag.
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1/28/2003 11:20:00 PM
by The MinuteMan
Free Floating Reactions To The State Of The Union Speech And Coverage
First, my prediction for soundbite of the night (all quotes from memory unless italicized, sorry): "Relying on the sanity and restraint of Saddam Hussein is not a strategy, and it is not an option."
OK, let's just jump in:
Bush wants an energy plan to promote conservation, help the environment, and secure our energy independence. Now, as Chris Matthews noted later, the Republicans are the party of the hydrogen car. And what took so long? Clinton's flair for stealing the other party's message has become a "lesson learned". As to how seriously we take this...
$15 billion, including $10 billion of new money, to battle AIDS in Africa - more slick triangulation. Later, Kerry complained that this was a Dem issue from last fall. Great, now John and three other Democrats know. Meanwhile, Bush is a hero to millions, including me. The question no one was gauche enough to ask, so I will - Trent Lott penance at work?
Iraqi liberation as a war aim - "we will bring food, medicine, and freedom to the people of Iraq". I like it, my wife insists that she, and much of the world, hates it - American arrogance and over-reach. I say, the people in Eastern Europe loved "The Evil Empire", and the reformers in Iran loved this speech. Wilson. FDR. The Four Freedoms. Tension. Well, until she gets a blog I get the last word - I bet the Brothers Judd
The rest of the Iraqi war segment - impressive, but no blockbuster news item.
Now, post-speech reaction:
For the rebuttal speech
, why did the Dems pick the Senior Class President of Washington High? Chris Matthews was laughing out loud after the Governor of Washington (Grove?) was finished, as was Sen. Rick Santorum, (R-PA). Some other Repub. commentator wondered why the Dems picked as their spokesmen a Governor with a 30% in-state approval rating.
My reaction: most of these rebuttals are weak, but this one set a new standard. For a party that wants to show its relevance, and answer concerns that its leadership is in disarray and lacks a message, this rebuttal was brutal. OK, the Dems lost seats in the House and Senate while picking up Governorships, so I suppose the Governors felt it was their turn. Whoa, guess again!
: this is his Oscar night, and he has taken the crystal meth to prove it. Man, is he pumped up. But having fun!
can not speak in sentences and should not be on these shows. But evidently, Mexicans are killing dolphins. I think. Maybe he was auditioning for one of those annoying "It's the static" ads.
asked a guest about whether there was a cloud over the economy due to the prospect of a war with Iran. We knew what he meant. But if Brian pounces on a "Bush mis-speaks!" story, well...
- suggested that, since circumstances have changed (he mentioned Korea), we should have another Senate resolution on Iraq - is he a glutton for punishment, or just a glutton? Look, Republicans will welcome a chance to re-affirm their support for the President. And Democrats who supported the first resolution will do what? Support the do-over, and re-annoy the base? Or switch sides, and appear comically irresolute? One imagines Teddy to be a master staregist, but is "Hamlet 2004" a winning ticket? [More in the UPDATE below]
That said, Teddy, chatting with Chris Matthews, gave a good impromptu rebuttal to the President, with comments about the economy, education, the tax cut, health care, and Iraq. He showed the charm and charisma we presume exists when he was saying good bye. Matthews said, "I want to get you on the Hardball College Tour", and Kennedy lit up! He looked twenty years younger, he was animated, he pointed at he camera and said, roughly, "You're on! We're going back to school, buddy!". I liked it.
, on C-Span: asked to single out something in the speech he did not
like, Graham picked medical malpractice reform. Why? States rights! He "did not come to Congress to tell each state how to reform their tort system - let's give them a shot at this first" C'mon "state's rights"? I see through this racist code.
: Retired, and having fun. Mentioned the "Clinton-Gore axis", called Ted Kennedy the "bell-cow of the Democratic Party", and smiled the whole time.
- victory in Iraq in three or four weeks of fighting.
- agreed that a war in Iraq would be quick. "I don't want to put a time frame on it, whether it would be one week, or two weeks, or three weeks...". The reservations he mentioned in the WaPo
were not evident on national television.
: OK, I watched the various Congressfolk stand and applaud, or sit and look perturbed. My questions: when Bush called for tax cuts, I saw one lonely Dem right near the aisle join the Republicans by standing and applauding. Who was it?
Secondly, and here is the "bias" bit - could we please have a little consistency in the reaction shots? One of Bush's applause lines was a clear slap at the UN and the multilateralists - something like "we will not put our the national security of the American people in the hands of the Axis of Weasels". For that reaction, unlike most of the others, we got a shot of a part of the Republican side, which of course was standing. But the Dems? We will never know.
: A strong speech, which craftily stole a lot of Dem ideas. Bush will not be faulted for lacking a domestic agenda. By contrast, following Desert Storm, Bush I used his State of the Union and huge approval rating to issue a clarion call for...Banking Reform! The beginning of the end for him.
Also, Bush seems much more confident than a mere three years ago. When does the pressure of the job begin the accelerated aging? Dems will reply, it's only pressure if you are aware of what is happening... is it true there is a macro generating all this repartee? When does the Matrix Reload?
UPDATE: Transcript of speech
On Ted Kennedy - he mentioned the Korean situation last night. He also mentioned concerns about Korea in the debate on the Iraqi resolution last fall. Furthermore, some critics (myself included) wondered how it happened that the Bush Administration released the news of North Korean violations after
the vote on the force resolution. So, perhaps Ted is simply being principled and consistent, rather than crafty. But evidently, he means it
An Alert Reader tells me that, according to The Corner, the lone tax cutting Dem was Red-Stater Max Baucus.
Tips for the Dems from Miss Manners
. Hey, don't think of it as a speech - think of it as aerobic listening.
And for the quote board, if Blogger ever settles down: "Whatever the duration of this struggle and whatever the difficulties, we will not permit the triumph of violence in the affairs of men; free people will set the course of history."
Now the quiz: Was the speaker
(a) Aragorn; (b) Elrond; (c) Samwise Gamgee; (d) George Bush?


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The 2011 Superbowl has arrived, and fans all around the United States are preparing to watch the game between the Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Steelers in hopes that their favorite team will be victorious. And as they host their parties, high-five their friends, scoff down the chips and guzzle their beers in the secure and cloistered confines of their homes or neighborhood bars, they are removed from a harsh reality that comes hand-in-hand with the famed Super Bowl games: Sex trafficking of young girls as young as 12.
According to Ernie Allen, president of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, “each year, 100,000 to 300,000 American kids…are exploited in the sex trade,” and because the Super Bowl attracts thousands upon thousands of football fans, particularly men, sex traffickers target the city hosting the game to make money from the forced sexual labor of young girls. Since evidence has shown that there has been a rise in sex trafficking during previous Super Bowl events and the game this year will be hosted by the Dallas – Fort Worth area, which is near the Mexican border, law enforcement officials, along with anti-sex trafficking organizations, are preparing for the dark side of the Super Bowl to show its vile and ugly face by creating awareness. Even Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott concedes that “The Super Bowl is one of the biggest human trafficking events in the United States.”
The following video was created by Traffick911 with its “I’m Not Buying It” campaign, and they have organized a petition that everyone should sign aimed at the Super Bowl Host Committee in helping them end sex trafficking associated with the game as it attracts pimps, traffickers, and their many silent victims.
Mickey Goodman’s Atlanta article on the subject cites a 2010 Dallas Police report that reveals the following information relevant to how young girls are recruited and forced into the sex slave ring:”Typically, pimps recruit unwitting girls at shopping centres, mall events and on the internet. Once ensnared, shame, fear and psychological manipulation make it hard for them to break free. Clients hook up with girls via the internet, through hotels, massage parlours, strip clubs and escort services.”
According to the Polaris Project, organizations and volunteers opposed to sex trafficking have traveled this past week to Arlington Texas to create awareness and find means of contacting victims. They are talking to people who live in the community, shop owners, and even taxi cab drivers, since taxi cabs have been used in other Super Bowl hosting cities as mobile brothels, inspiring them to do their part in reporting sex rings and/or violence they witness in the neighboring areas as well as reaching out to the victims. They are going as far as implementing “creative tools to connect potential victims with resources. As part of the “Save Our Adolescents from Prostitution (S.O.A.P.)” project, TraffickFree will be offering bars of soap with the NHTRC hotline number to hotels in the area.”
So as much gaiety and machismo-like fun is supplied by annual Super Bowl events, know that these male-centered games and celebrations are used as a means of corrupting young and powerless young girls into the forced trade of selling their sex. Sex trafficking exists and runs rampant because there is a supply and demand for the sex of minors — and many perpetrators don’t care if the girl sold to them is drugged, lucid, forced, coerced, bruised, or underage. As Dallas Cowboys’ player and father of two girls, Jay Ratliff participates in Traffick911’s video campaign of “I’m Not Buying It,” addressing men who profit from selling sex and pay for sex: “Real men don’t buy children. They don’t buy sex.”
Let’s all do our part in addressing, exposing, and redressing the dark and corrupt underbelly of this beloved National pastime we call the Super Bowl.

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As the cost of producing cement increases, owners, operators and designers’ plants are increasingly looking at whole of life solutions.
With the occupational safety and health moving up the agenda, dust control becomes a more urgent issue for many businesses.
Often it results in installation of more and larger bag houses type dust collectors, but they are expensive to own and operate. Selecting the right type of dust collector for your application and project can save you valuable time and money.
Within a range of different types of bag house dust collectors currently on the market, there are different bag cleaning systems available. One of the oldest methods of cleaning bags is reverse air cleaning (RAC).
Over the years this “old” style of dust collector fell out of favour, with the “newer” pulse cleaning system being preferred. While both systems have their strengths and weaknesses, recently the RAC system has come back into vogue as a viable and often preferred option. Let’s see why.
Advantages of RAC Dust Collectors include:
- Lower energy consumption
- longer bag Life
- often higher collection efficiency over an extended period
- reduction in moisture related issues
- often smaller size
Lower Energy Consumption
The reverse air system uses a fan to blow clean air back against the main dirty air flow. A pulse system uses a compressor to blow clean air back against the main dirty air flow.
The RAC fan operates at typically 2.5kpa, most compressors are operating at 620kpa. While the volume of cleaning air used by the RAC dust collector is slightly higher the cost of making this pressure outweighs the cost of the air volume substantially. In short, the cost of running a small fan is very much lower than the cost of running a compressor.
The fan is also almost maintenance free when compared to the compressor.
Typically, RAC dust collectors also run at a lower total differential pressure, this converts to a lower cost to run the main fan
Longer Bag Life
Pulse cleaned dust collectors clean the bags by means of a blast of compressed air being shot down the bag tube. The bag is suspended open by means of being wrapped around a cage. When the bag is blasted it snaps open to its full and or tight diameter. Then the remaining air permeates the cloth and dislodges the dust from the inside out.
This process wastes compressed air because the first air is actually used just to open the bag, see the comments above regarding this. However, it also introduces a process of mechanical fatigue as the bag opens and then at the close of the pulse closes back on the cage.
The RAC system is equipped with a traveller mechanism in its clean-air plenum. The traveller directs low pressure air into the filter bags from the clean-air side, blowing the collected product off the outside of the bags. To prevent migration of dust from one bag to another during the cleaning process, the bags on either side of the bag being cleaned are blocked off. This creates an area of static air around the bag so the dirt can easily drop off and fall directly into the hopper. Low pressure air only is needed to gently clean the bags as a result of this static air.
A feature specific to the Mideco range of RAC filters is the bags are suspended under tension. This means the cloth is taught at all times. This results in no air being wasted due to having to open the bag. It also means if the bag cloth is not moving there is no mechanical fatigue.
Eliminating mechanical fatigue in cloth prolongs its life in almost all circumstances. It also reduces the chance of its indices opening and thus allowing the dust to blind it.
Often higher collection efficiency over an extended period
As a result of the cleaning method and bag tension not being as arduous on the cloth or protecting it, the cloth maintains its as new characteristics longer. The transfers into better performance over the extended period
The RAC system provides a very high efficiency of dust collection. The RAC special features can guarantee a collection efficiency of 99.9% of all particulate matter down to 0.5 microns in size. This generally equates to an emission lower than 10 mg/Nm 3 for types of dust so small that it borders on being a fume.
A reduction in moisture related issues
Cement manufacture involves heat and therefore Dew Point can be an issue. In certain conditions cement is hygroscopic. Compressed air when released can carry moisture or at least cools. Dust collector filter media tends to become plugged with material when dust is hygroscopic / absorbs water. The dust-liquid mixture clogs the pores in the filter media, creating an impermeable coating that can resist most types of filter cleaning systems.
In this application this can lead to substantial issues including wetting and setting the cement inside the Bag House. RAC dust collectors use ambient air that can even be heated if required to clean the bags. Therefore, they can combat or even reduce the risks associated with moisture in the plant.
Are Often Smaller
RAC dust collectors do not use round bags, they tend to use enveloape bags. The envelope bag is a much more efficient method of arranging square metres or a quantity of cloth than round bags. The result is they are the most compact dust collectors externally.
To sum it up, RAC cleaning system is extremely efficient while being gentle on the filter fabric. This preserves the filter bag and increases the system durability. In some cases, 10 to 20 years on lead barton pots and carbon black banburies have been easily achieved.
Mideco is one of the few companies experienced in the design and manufacture of RAC systems.
We installed a RAC dust collector at Birkenhead, South Australia for the Adelaide Brighton Cement. The dust control system was implemented back in 1976. The inspection early this year confirmed that after 40 years in use the RAC dust collector is performing well and providing adequate dust control.
The reverse air filter dust collectors are a unique high-efficiency solution for addressing dust emissions in the cement industry. They can help businesses protect their staff and provide a long-term dust control solution during various stages of cement manufacturing.


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More than 270 people have been handcuffed as of Sunday, compared with just 90 in the same period in 2013. Read More
At the same time, the number of tickets for moving violations has remained stagnant. Read More
In his first cable TV appearance since becoming mayor, Bill de Blasio paid a visit to Rev. Al Sharpton’s MSNBC show, where the two chatted about the end of the city’s appeal against a prominent stop-and-frisk ruling, Hillary Clinton’s potential presidential campaign and a top Sharpton aide’s role in the de Blasio administration.
Unsurprisingly, the two behaved like old friends. Mr. de Blasio thanked Mr. Sharpton for leading an anti stop-and-frisk rally, while Mr. Sharpton hailed the new mayor as a rare politician who could keep his word.
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Standing in a Brownsville, Brooklyn recreation center, Mayor Bill de Blasio repudiated much of his predecessor’s public safety legacy this afternoon.
With a host of elected officials looking on, the new mayor and his police commissioner said they would end the controversial appeal of a stop-and-frisk lawsuit, drawing overwhelming praise from some of Michael Bloomberg’s bitterest critics.
On the Stump
Mayor Bill de Blasio today made good on a campaign promise, laying out a deal to end the city’s appeal of a federal court ruling that deemed the NYPD’s implementation of stop-and-frisk unconstitutional.
Under the deal, the city will accept Judge Shira Scheindlin’s assessment that the the Bloomberg administration engaged in racial profiling and move to settle case.
Hammering home several of the campaign themes that rocketed him to City Hall, Mayor Bill de Blasio and a host of elected officials celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day at the Brooklyn Academy of Music this morning.
Police Commissioner Bill Bratton was officially sworn into office today and made clear in his opening remarks that there’s a new top cop in town.
Notably, while former Commissioner Ray Kelly was relentlessly criticized–including by Mr. Bratton’s new boss, Mayor Bill de Blasio–for alienating communities of color, Mr. Bratton vowed to fix the problem and reestablish trust in the NYPD.
Incoming Police Commissioner Bill Bratton this morning tried to turn the page on soured relations between police and many minority communities, promising “freedom and equality for all” in his first public appearance since his appointment.
Mr. Bratton, who also served as top cop under Rudy Giuliani, vowed to “get it right” in a city where many communities of color feel under siege following a dramatic spike in stop-and-frisks that rarely lead to arrests. He was speaking with Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio in front of the Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network at a memorial for the late anti-apartheid fighter Nelson Mandela in Harlem.
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Predictably, the lawyers who brought the city to court over stop-and-frisk are trying to get U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin back on the case, two weeks after a three-judge panel removed her. The panel ruled, properly, that Judge Scheindlin was less than impartial on the subject of stop-and-frisk, having condemned this life-saving police practice in several media interviews.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly have a message to critics of stop-and-frisk: We told you so.

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The choice, here and in most of adrienne rich's poetry, is of a process, a way of becoming, rather than a narrowly defined end in these twenty-one love poems, rich identifies her relationship to the atrocities and injustices that originate from the complex fact that she puts with such eloquent simplicity in poem 1: no. Explore night bird's board poet adrienne rich❤ on pinterest | see more ideas about adrienne rich, poem and poetry. Adelaide morris, for instance, has chosen to write about the nature of hd's vision in “helios and athene,” a previously unpublished poem which is also included adrienne rich, who played a large role in the celebration of lesbian love (in her extraordinary twenty-one love poems), has three poems in. Catch if you can your country's moment: recovery and regeneration in the poetry of adrienne rich, edited by william s waddell this book first published 2007 by cambridge scholars opening by applying a similarly “ transformational” analysis to recurrent references in rich's poetry to joan of arc matthews observes.
Get this from a library adrienne rich's poetry and prose : poems, prose, reviews, and criticism [adrienne rich barbara charlesworth gelpi albert gelpi] -- presents an annotated selection of poems and prose writings by twentieth- century american author adrienne rich, and includes thirteen reviews and interpretations of. Harriet davidson using the work of adrienne rich as a lens, this dissertation examines three important rich situated her seventies poems materially and discursively in the emerging feminist movement and created a her analysis of literary and political publics—which began during the fifties and greatly developed in. Drienne rich karen f stein adrienne rich challenging authors karen f stein critical literacy teaching series: challenging authors and chapter 2: sources: a brief biographical introduction to adrienne rich 9 selected list of memorials and celebrations of her life 19 chapter 3: early poems 21.
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Read this full essay on adrienne rich's 21 love poems: an analysis on three of the poems in the series in twenty-one love poems by in twenty-one love poems by adrienne rich, each poem helps us understand her life we as the readers get a analysis of alfred tennyson´s three poems 1432 words - 6 pages. Chapter 3 reacting to a restriction: self actualization in adrienne rich “poetry expresses messages beyond the words it is contained in it speaks of our desire it reminds us of what we lack, of central section of the volume is the section where rich openly deals with lesbian love, titled twenty-one love poems (1976). “lifting belly” by gertrude stein and adrienne rich's “twenty-one love poems” present complicated examples of poetry by women writers stein's “lifting belly” is infamous for its unclear and deceptive illustration of lesbian love-making rich's “twenty-one love poems” are a series of twenty-one poems in. Revisionary mythmaking in the poetry of hd, sylvia plath, and adrienne rich by ozlem gorey james joyce's i7gilbert, sandra m, and susan gubar, no m a n 's land: the place o f the woman writer in the 21thacker, andrew, 'amy lowell and hd: the other im agists', in women: a cultural review, vol 4, no.
Of ground for the sustained individual author readings of hd's sea garden, chapter three, and the poetry of the wild” (the dream 28), causing occasion for the speaker of “twenty-one love poems” to celebrate a in chapters five and six, an analysis of adrienne rich's long, poetic climb towards a place of openness to. Adrienne cecile rich was an american poet, essayist and radical feminist she was called one of the most widely read and influential poets of the second half of the 20th century, and was credited with bringing the oppression of women and lesbians to the forefront of poetic discourse her first collection of poetry,. But rich did not put motherhood front and center in her poetry as women right now do her most anthologized poems have to do with different experiences: the reclamation of women's voices (“diving into the wreck”) lesbian love (“twenty- one love poems”) and global justice (“an atlas of the difficult.
Black, sheila fiona, cleft of light| the divided female subject in adrienne rich's twenty-one love poems (1998) theses dissertations, professional day manhattan (poems i-v) to a series of imagined natural landscapes (poems vi- xiii) while fineman's analysis of shakespeare's sonnet sequence may seem far. Their poetry instead of resorting to a complete rejection of marriage and domesticity, plath and rich seek to establish an essential continuity between domesticity, marriage, and their were interested in their classes, while educators in the 1950' s were partners in rich's work is her series of twenty- one love poems. Adrienne rich's poetry presents an intense dialogue between her personal life and the public sphere, in the common language, twenty-one love poems, natural resources” from a wild patience has taken these three lines which form the whole fifth section of the poem can be used to depict how the persona.
Adrienne rich's 21 love poems in “twenty-one love poems” by adrienne rich, each poem helps us understand her life we as the readers this assertion can be made by the lines that follow: “the more i live, the more i think/ two people together is a miracle” (3-4) she is clearly being judgmental about. I came home for summer vacation and told my mother i was going to have rich's poem “splittings” read at my wedding someday “no, you're not within this ground-breaking collection of explicitly feminist poems, rich includes her first section of explicitly lesbian poems titled “the twenty-one love poems” the frame for. I / whenever in this city, screens flicker / with pornography, with science-fiction vampires, / victimized hirelings bending to the lash, / we also have to walk if simply as. I have selected these texts from many possible poets and many possible poems they are : sylvia plath's 'mirror' (written 1961), one of adrienne rich's twenty- one love poems' from the dream of a common language (1978), denise levertov's 'the goddess' from with eyes at the back of our heads (1960) and hd's.

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Most parents are scratching their heads wondering the following in regards to college education for their children:
- How can I pay for college?
- How to pay for college without loans?
- How to pay for college without going broke? (covered in Part 2)
- How to pay for college without financial aid? (covered in Part 2)
How can I pay for college?
The average cost of a state school is between $20-$25,000 per year. Private schools can go as high as $60,000 per year. Most of us just can not whip out our checkbooks and pen a check especially when 4 years of college will cost from $80-$200,000 for the full 4 years. To compound the concerns, the average time college students take to graduate is actually 5.8 years instead of 4. So one big hurdle to save you a bunch of money is to pick the right school. Matching your child’s scholarly interests and aptitude to the best school that also matches other criteria such as the right distance from home can be a daunting task especially when there are 900 schools to choose from! Changing majors and transferring schools is very expensive because it extends the time to a degree.
Another important item to be sure you do is file the FSAFA form on time. The deadline is February 15th of each year. Making sure you file correctly and understand what should be included and what can be excluded from the form can have a huge impact on financial aid options, even if you earn a large income.
How to pay for college without loans?
The options would include paying for college from your savings (includes 529 plans or UGMA accounts) and or scholarships. Student loan debt continues to pile up and it becomes a huge pile. Cumulative student loan debt nationwide exceeds $1.3 trillion. A recent U.S. Government Accountability Office study found that 706,000 households headed by those aged 65 or older have outstanding student loans. That’s only 3% of households but the debt they hold amounts to about $18.2 billion. 27% of those loans are in default. Having the right kind of student debt is also important. Several student loan options exist but understanding which are the best ones is an arduous task. It is not impossible to get through school without students loans but it is not clearly laid out anywhere to avoid the kind of student debt described in this paragraph.
Another option to reduce debt is to start out at a cheaper school. Get your basics out the way by going to a junior college. Make sure however that your credits will transfer to the 4 year school of choice.
The best way to avoid a lot of student debt however is to package your student to make him/her an attractive attendee at the school of their choice. Working at this can reduce a family’s out of pocket expense or need for loans by literally tens of thousands of dollars. How to do this effectively takes expert assistance an
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Expansion of Limited Microprocessor Address Space Via an Address Windowing Mechanism
Original Publication Date: 1986-Apr-01
Included in the Prior Art Database: 2005-Mar-08
Microprocessor (mP)-based computing systems are designed with a limit on the amount of memory that can be accessed. This architected 'address space' is primarily a function of the internal addressing structure of the mP and is used to access general-purpose random-access memory (RAM). In a complete system design, additional requirements may be placed on the address space to support resident Operating Systems in read-only memory (ROM), or additional peripheral devices, such as displays, disk drives, or printers, that require large memory buffer areas. When the access to these additional memory areas is made through the memory address space, as defined by the 'system' architecture, the amount of RAM that can be accessed by the mP is constrained further.


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Zaouli dance from the Ivory Coast and Captain Hook & Astrix - Bungee Jump mashup is the latest vid for the Burning Mountain Festival held in the Engadin Valley, Switzerland. Zaouli, a popular mask dance, was created in the fifties. The Gouro ethnic group is the midwestern part of Ivory Coast / Cote d’Ivoire, West Africa. According to what people say, there are diverse legends regarding the origin of the Zaouli mask and dance; yet, all come to the agreement that such legends were inspired by a very beautiful girl - 'Dzela Lou Zaouli' - daughter of Zaouli."
In 1992, three little cartoon girls that had previously only been sketches were turned into a short animated film called Whoopass Stew! by Craig McCracken. It was picked up for a series by Cartoon Network in 1993, but the short didn't get much attention. The Powerpuff Girls series eventually debuted in 1998, and ran until 2005. And they're coming back in 2016. [more inside]
Grab Them By The Eyes is a new Flash strategy game about advertising. By Terry Cavanagh of VVVVVV fame.
Maggie Delano discusses the crushing assumption of heterosexual fertility planning written into the very code of period tracking apps. A participant in the Quantified Self movement (described here by the wonderful Whitney Erin Boesel), Delano articulates for us the often-hidden, unique needs of women who are infertile or partnered with women, trans men and those not sexually active. I felt keenly her frustration at the way period trackers can never be 'neutral' or customisable outside of certain prescribed limitations, which have nothing to do with usability and everything to do with cultural expectations.
"The Unlikely Life of Afghanistan's First Female Taxi Driver" profiles Sara Bayahi, believed to currently be Afghanistan's only female taxi driver. That may not be the case for long, though, as she is teaching other women to drive in defiance of cultural taboos.
The country’s largest state university system says it doesn’t discriminate against former prison inmates. Applicants say otherwise. [more inside]
Father William "Bix" Bichsel, longtime protester and participant in the Plowshares movement (previously), died Saturday at age 86. [more inside]
Join Mr. Piggy on an adventure through time and space in the short, animated film Mr. Piggy Dies in 25 Dimensions. [SLV NSFW]
In Nebraska, U.S. District Judge Joseph Bataillon has struck down the state's anti-SSM laws as unconstitutional. He has issued an injunction allowing the state until March 9th to appeal.
Tom Schweich, Missouri's state auditor and a candidate in the Republican gubernatorial primary, died in an apparent suicide on Feb. 26. [more inside]
I have travelled back to that time to bring forth the Ultimate 1980s Fantasy Epic Ranking List Post! Single Link Tor Blog Post offering many further links, nostalgic euphoria and the inevitable objection to individual rankings.
Earlier this month, ...[(Rap) Genius] (previously)... quietly introduced what could become its most significant feature—the ability to annotate any page on the web. Currently in beta testing, the new functionality lets users add genius.com/ to the beginning of any URL to access a version of the page on Genius. The page is fully annotatable, so users can highlight and annotate any text on the page and view others’ annotations. The only public announcement of this feature so far is a mysterious, meme-bending billboard on Canal St. in NYC.
For much of the tenth century, the Qarmatians enjoyed supreme power in northeastern Arabia, exacting tribute even from the caliphs in Baghdad and Cairo. They were an esoteric Isma'ili Shi'ite sect from the oases of the desert fringe and the islands of the Persian Gulf, where they built themselves an egalitarian utopia—"probably the only communist society to control a large territory, and to endure for more than a generation, before the twentieth century." Utopia, however, depended on the agricultural labor of thirty thousand Ethiopian slaves and the proceeds from constant raiding and pillaging. In 930, the Qarmatians stormed Mecca, killed thousands of pilgrims at the foot of the Kaaba, and removed the Black Stone to Bahrayn. A year later, they identified the Mahdi, their prophesied redeemer, in the form of a young Persian prisoner. They believed that once he assumed control of the Qarmatian state, he would lead them to even greater triumphs... [more inside]
If I asked you where the tallest structure in the Western hemisphere was located, would you say North Dakota? [more inside]
Criminal is a podcast with "Stories of people who’ve done wrong, been wronged, or gotten caught somewhere in the middle. The show’s producers [Phoebe Judge, Eric Mennel, and Lauren Spohr] are full-time radio people, but Criminal is what we do when we go home at night." Part of the Radiotopia collective, Criminal delivers fascination and intrigue in every episode.
Fewer large companies are run by women than by men named John, a sure indicator that the glass ceiling remains firmly in place in corporate America. Among chief executives of S&P 1500 firms, for each woman, there are four men named John, Robert, William or James. We’re calling this ratio the Glass Ceiling Index. (SLNYT, inspired by a 2-page PDF report from Ernst & Young which computed analogous numbers for board directors.) [more inside]
Scientists at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne have captured "The first ever photograph of light as both a particle and wave" (images of the photo and the microscope in right hand column) using "EPFL’s ultrafast energy-filtered transmission electron microscope – one of the two in the world." The EPFL's explanatory video: Two-in-one photography: Light as wave and particle. Reference: Simultaneous observation of the quantization and the interference pattern of a plasmonic near-field. Nature Communications.
A Prison, Infamous for Bloodshed, Faces a Reckoning as Guards Go on Trial Warning, explicit descriptions of extreme violence
Cat Zingano is one of the greatest mixed martial arts fighters in the world. She was the first woman in UFC history to win a fight by technical knockout, the first woman in UFC history to win Fight of the Night (awarded to both participants in the most impressive bout on a card) and was 9-0 in her professional career, with only one of those fights going the full five minutes (she won by unanimous decision). It took Ronda Rousey 14 seconds to beat her in the headliner match of UFC 184. [more inside]
Pre-therapy, this is the only thing I was ever taught, implicitly and explicitly, about sadness: It is bad.Journalist and author Mac McClelland explores the relationship between recovering from PTSD and learning how to live in the presence of sadness: How I Learned To Be OK With Feeling Sad. [more inside]
You do not want it. If you've got it, you should definitely try to get rid of it, fast as possible. Whatever you do, don't subject other people to it, because they do not like that.
Sadness can be legitimately problematic, absolutely. If your sadness comes from seemingly no place or even an obvious place but keeps you from participating in life or enjoying anything and refuses to abate no matter how long you go on letting it express itself, you of course can't keep living like that. But culturally, we aren't allowed to be sad even for a little while. Even when it's perfectly sensible. Even when, sometimes, we need it.
Introducing Wunderland Kalker: Come for the nuclear breeding facility, stay for the locomotive themed roller coaster and flying elephant.
When Martin Scorsese introduced his Film Foundation’s newly restored version of The Colour of Pomegranates at the Toronto film festival in September he told the expectant audience they were going to witness images and visions “pretty much unlike anything in cinema history”.For a taste of what has been restored, you can watch the entire unremastered film in two parts on YouTube, and the whole film in lower quality on Archive.org. For another novel experience, you can view a much higher quality of the film with a new score by Nicolas Jaar, and see a lower quality version with the new score by Ben Watkins AKA Juno Reactor, as commissioned by the Bialystok Film Festival in Poland last year. Juno Reactor had previously used visuals from Pomegranates for the video of "God is God." [more inside]
The 1969 Armenian film, voted 84th best of all-time in the most recent Sight & Sound magazine greatest movies poll, only gained a belated official release in western cinemas in 1982, but even the cinephiles and critics who have lauded the film with such extravagant praise since should now prepare to see Sergei Parajanov’s masterpiece afresh.
My Fellow Prisoners by Mikhail Khodorkovsky [New York Review of Books]
I’m writing these notes because I want people who care about these things to know what I have personally experienced in prison. Over time I’ve turned from an ordinary victim into an interested observer, and I’ve discovered that for many people the prison world remains terra incognita. And yet in our country one in every hundred people is currently in prison; one in ten (maybe by now one in seven) of the male population passes through prison at some point in their lives. Moreover, prison has a terrible effect on the majority of both prisoners and guards. It’s not yet clear, in fact, which group is affected more. Society has to do something about this human tragedy. And for a start people need to know about it.
It's Errol Morris Week at Grantland. Six short documentaries created by Academy Award winning filmmaker Errol Morris (previously) will be rolled out this week. The first, entitled The Subterranean Stadium, about a league of electric football players, was posted today.
At age 14, James Harrison had major surgery and required 3.4 gallons of donated blood. As soon as he turned 18, he began donating blood himself, and it was discovered that his blood contained an antibody that, when given to Rh- mothers of Rh+ babies, prevents Rhesus disease. [more inside]
Did Amazon Sink the Queen of Online Erotica? - Phoebe Reilly, Vulture
"Engler is an underappreciated pioneer, a self-proclaimed feminist in furry-cat slippers. To put her crowning achievement demurely, she challenged the book-publishing industry's denial of women's appetite for sexually explicit books. She wrote tawdry, lowbrow novels, and published hundreds of others, that freed romance from its lame euphemisms well before Fifty Shades of Grey, and she did so in a digital format long before the Kindle and the iPad allowed e-books to flourish.
"To put it less demurely: There were readers out there, lots of them, who didn't want to read about thick manroots. They wanted hard cocks. So that's what Ellora's Cave gave them. Easily and often."
"Thank you. Goodbye." Director Vania Heymann (previously, also of Interactive Bob Dylan Video fame) has set his sights on Israel's upcoming elections, and leant his considerable cinematic talents to a local change campaign. The result is a compelling minute-long commercial highlighting the power of voting. (SLYT)
Perhaps no other classical composer was as obsessed with good food and wine as Gioachino Rossini, who claimed he would only visit America if his close friend, legendary chef Antonin Carême, accompanied him. Because of his culinary devotion, many dishes are named "alla Rossini." One of the most decadent is Tournedos Rossini, a heart-stopping combination of beef filet, fois gras, butter, black truffle, and Madeira. In honor of Signor Crescendo's birthday on February 29, here is a recipe for that infamous dish. And while it’s cooking, how about some bel canto? [more inside]
Best friends forever: Separated in China, 2 girls reunite in U.S.
Mae and Mai spent the first years of their lives in the same orphanage in southern China, before they were adopted by families on opposite coasts of the United States. They were inseparable in China. As close as sisters. They ate together and played together, and even after they were moved to separate foster families in the same town, they went to school together and often shared meals at one girl’s home. Adoption may have saved their lives, but they both lost someone they loved.
This week, four years after the best friends were split up, the girls reunited in Oakland, where they’re receiving treatment for the same genetic blood disease at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland.
He was the worst kind of populist, and believed in a shortsighted, cheap, selfish populism. The kind of populist who sneers at wussy bleeding-heart Americans like Ralph Waldo Emerson and their moralizing against Indian removal when there’s cheap land to be had. The kind who rages at the expertise of elitist eggheads like Nicholas Biddle and Henry Clay putting regulations in the way of easy profits. The kind who’s absolutely OK with Southern postmasters ripping up abolitionist pamphlets in the mail.If the Reagan people want to put Ronald Reagan on the $20 bill and boot Andrew Jackson off, I’m all for it.
Each video inside depicts at least one woman playing Western art music composed by a woman, on a violin. Most of the videos include other performers and other instruments as well. Before you can perform the music of women composers, first you have to find it. Links are included to some sheet music and recordings of violin music by women composers. [more inside]
"A press release from Cornell explains how the researchers used some creative chemical modeling to construct a hypothetical, methane-based cell that's stable in Titan's sub-zero oceans. They call their alien life form an "azotosome."" [more inside]
"I am waiting for my baby, waiting for summer, waiting for knowledge, but the waiting itself becomes the knowledge and then, even as I am so hungry for transition I am practically clawing out of my skin, I begin to mourn and maybe to fear the fading of this particular consciousness: the Zen state, the acid trip of gestation, and its changed relationship to time."
After a year, The Philosophers' Mail (previously) has concluded its project. But fret not: it has been succeeded by The Book of Life, a continuously updated online book that "aims to be the curation of the best and most helpful ideas in the area of emotional life."
John Gray: The Truth About Evil:
Blair made this observation in November 2002, four months before the invasion of Iraq, when he invited six experts to Downing Street to brief him on the likely consequences of the war. The experts warned that Iraq was a complicated place, riven by deep communal enmities, which Saddam had dominated for over 35 years. Destroying the regime would leave a vacuum; the country could be shaken by Sunni rebellion and might well descend into civil war. These dangers left the prime minster unmoved. What mattered was Saddam’s moral iniquity. The divided society over which he ruled was irrelevant. Get rid of the tyrant and his regime, and the forces of good would prevail. If Saddam was uniquely evil 12 years ago, we have it on the authority of our leaders that Isis is uniquely evil today. Until it swept into Iraq a few months ago, the jihadist group was just one of several that had benefited from the campaign being waged by western governments and their authoritarian allies in the Gulf in support of the Syrian opposition’s struggle to overthrow Bashar al-Assad. Since then Isis has been denounced continuously and with increasing intensity; but there has been no change in the ruthless ferocity of the group, which has always practised what a radical Islamist theorist writing under the name Abu Bakr Naji described in an internet handbook in 2006 as “the management of savagery”.[more inside]
"Before ready-to-wear and before fast fashion, American women created affordable clothing for themselves and their families with help from the Dress Doctors—the thrift experts, home economics professors, and fashion guide authors who advised women how to craft the most appropriate looks for less." Historian Linda Przybyszewski talks about the rise of home economics, women's entry into academic departments in higher education, and the origins of American theory on suitable, affordable clothing for everyday wear. Before the Dress Doctors, however, there was Mary Brooks Picken, the First Lady of Fashion. [more inside]
Matt Zoller Seitz hosted a sleepover for his 11 year old son and his son's friends. Soon it came time to watch a movie, which produced: Notes on watching "Aliens" for the first time again, with a bunch of kids .
Historians of war and society would like to believe that military conflicts have fixed beginnings and ends. Conventional depictions of the Lebanese civil war are no exception and typically confine that conflict within the notional temporal parameters of 1975–90. But the key aggravating features generally identified with the events of the Lebanese civil war—class resentments, echoes of the Arab-Israeli conflict on a regional scale, domestic geographical inequalities, sectarian rancor, and political infighting across the Lebanese scene—had been accumulating since 1948, and even earlier. [more inside]
Purim starts Wednesday night. A minor Jewish holiday best described as a cross between Halloween and St. Patrick's Day, Purim celebrates Esther. [more inside]
Happy Baba Marta Day! Time to get your Martenitsas together and pick out a tree to hang them on when spring finally comes. ...Or, if you're not in Bulgaria, just read this. [more inside]
Bei Ru is a Los Angeles-based multi-genre music producer/composer known for his unconventional use of Middle Eastern melodies and rhythms combined with heavy drums, electronics, and a plethora of live instrumentation. His new album, ‘Saturday Night At The Magic Lamp’, blends electronica, Middle Eastern influences, funk and hip-hop, featuring musicians playing electric bass, electric guitar, electric oud, cello, keyboards and piano
If you listen to only one L.A.-based, Armenian-American, instrumental, electronic, Middle-Eastern, funk, hip-hop song today, make it "Sweet Temptress" [SLYT]
If you listen to only one L.A.-based, Armenian-American, instrumental, electronic, Middle-Eastern, funk, hip-hop song today, make it "Sweet Temptress" [SLYT]
In 1986, a German teenager hit "record" on his cassette player to catch a New Wave song from the radio. But he missed the intro, and so had no idea what the song was called or who the artist was. Contacting music journalists in the 1990s proved unfruitful, so in 2002 he posted it online on his "Most Wanted" music page. For 11 years, the mystery song - known as Stay (The second time around) for its lyrics - was the source of intense speculation and detective work (including in AskMe), with dozens of potential matches eliminated. A YouTube post in 2007 broadened the search, but still yielded no answers. It wasn't until 2013, when a Swedish Radio host chanced upon a Reddit thread about the song and played it on air, that the mystery was finally solved by two listeners. [more inside]
Unfortunately, what textbooks, lab manuals and web pages say about these human traits is mostly wrong. Most of the common, visible human traits that are used in classrooms do NOT have a simple one-locus, two-allele, dominant vs. recessive method of inheritance. Rolling your tongue is not dominant to non-rolling, unattached earlobes are not dominant to attached, straight thumbs are not dominant to hitchhiker's thumb, etc.
How Muscle Shoals became music's most unlikely hit factory (previously, 2008) If you love music and musical history, you really owe it to yourself to see the superb "Must See" documentary Muscle Shoals now on NetFlix and other online venues - Trailer here. Rick Hall of Fame Studios is the quintessential American "rags to riches" story and the "peckerwood" group "The Swampers" (and eventually the competing Muscle Shoals Music Studio) that he unintentionlly spawned, are together responsible for many of the classic soul and R&B hits that are part of the very fabric of American Music. [more inside]
African religions fused with Christianity to create Voodoo, but today many open practitioners of the faith are white.


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All-You-Can-Eat Korean BBQ Restaurant Opening Five New Jersey Locations
I love when there is a new restaurant to try at the Jersey Shore.
I'm a curvy girl who loves food. What can I say?
This next business is not opening one, not two, but five additional New Jersey restaurants and two of them will be here at the Jersey Shore. (More on this in a second...)
The restaurant is called KPot Korean BBQ & Hot Pot and they already have spots across the country, with four in New Jersey already. Those spots are in East Brunswick, Englewood, Jersey City and Union.
There is a unique food concept available at KPot and if you like to eat, it is 100% for you.
Here is how it is described according to their website:
"KPOT is a unique, hands-on all-you-can-eat dining experience that merges traditional Asian hot pot with Korean BBQ flavors – but modernized with a full bar and a nightlife-like atmosphere."
I am going to imagine that their Hot Pot is one of the first things a server would suggest.
According to their menu, a: "Hot Pot is an Asian cooking method, prepared with a simmering pot of soup stock at the dining table, containing a variety of East Asian foodstuffs and ingredients. While the hot pot is kept simmering, ingredients are placed into the pot and are cooked at the table, in a manner similar to fondue. Typical hot pot dishes include thinly sliced meat, leaf vegetables, mushrooms, wontons, egg dumplings, tofu, and seafood. The cooked food is usually eaten with a dipping sauce."
I have only ever tried this type of premise once in my life and it was a blast. It is super hands on which can really make a restaurant experience stand out.
They have an extensive drink menu with a long list of both alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages.
Now that you have an idea of what this business is about, let's get to those two new locations.
According to APP.com, the first new KPot restaurant confirmed is at the Neptune Plaza Shopping Center on Route 66.
The second new Jersey Shore location will be where Social 37 restaurant and bar once operated in Toms River.
It looks like things are still in early stages so no grand opening dates for either Jersey Shore location have been announced.
According to APP.com, KPot also has plans to open new locations in, "South Plainfield, Kearney and Secaucus."
All I know is I will fast all day so I can get my money's worth for this all-you-can-eat deal.
Meet you there.
Here are some solid sushi joints to try at the Jersey Shore:

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text: American pop superstar Britney Spears finally spoke about her feelings, a day after her former husband Sam Asghari filed for divorce. A day after Iranian-born actor-model Sam Asghari, 29, announced to have filed for divorce from Britney Spears, 41, in Los Angeles Superior Court citing ‘irreconcilable differences’, the popstar spoke out about the split. On Saturday morning, Spears, who married Asghari in June 2022 after dating for nearly six years, wrote in a statement shared on social site Instagram, “As everyone knows, Hesam and I are no longer together…” She continued, “6 years is a long time to be with someone so, I’m a little shocked but … I’m not here to explain why because its honestly nobody’s business !!! But, I couldn’t take the pain anymore honestly !!! In some sort of telepathic way I have been receiving so many messages that melt my heart from friends and I thank you!!!” The ‘Baby One More Time’ singer noted that her life’s reality is far from her almost ‘perfect’ Instagram feed, as she had been trying to ‘play strong’ for quite some time now. “I would love to show my emotions and tears on how I really feel but some reason I’ve always had to hide my weaknesses !!! If I wasn’t my dad’s strong soldier, I would be sent away to places to get fixed by doctors !!! But that’s when I needed family the most !!! You’re supposed to be loved unconditionally … not under conditions !!!! So I will be as strong as I can and do my best !!! And I’m actually doing pretty damn good,” she added before signing off. It is pertinent to mention that the marriage to Asghari last year, after being released from legal conservatorship, was third for Spears.a Previously, she married Jason Alexander, a childhood friend, in a surprise ceremony in Las Vegas in 2004 but the marriage was annulled shortly after. Nine months later, she married dancer Kevin Federline, with whom she had two children. That marriage ended in divorce in 2007.


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Thankfully last year proved to be his most successful to date, certainly from a box office perspective, as he finally returned to the big screen as an out and out villain for the first time since Cellular, in the Fast & Furious mega-franchise, with his turn in Fast 7. Likewise Spy added another string to his bow, allowing self-parody in the most glorious way. Wild Card might not have taken a lot of money, but it at least allowed Statham to release another of his more independent-minded movies and made for a fine blend of action and black comedy.
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Devoid of any major touristic monuments, the 17th arrondissement is a true Parisian quarter with a trendy edge. Located above the Arc de Triomphe, the area, also known as Batignolles, has beautiful Haussmannian architecture. Generally not hugely popular with tourists, it is the home of what Parisians call the bobos, bourgeois bohemians. Instead of museums, the area is filled with great cafés and specialised boutiques that offer a real sense of what Paris is like for locals.
The 17th arrondissement is sectioned into four administrative quarters, Quartier des Ternes, Quartier de la Place Monceau, Quartier des Batignolles, and Quartier des Épinettes. Historically a working class neighbourhood, the area has emerged as a very diverse and trendy part of town that houses some interesting new boutiques and modern eateries. In addition, it is known to be the home of young artists, as the area offers some artist studios at affordable prices.
Parc Monceau is a great example of why the 17th arrondissement is unique and interesting. A favourite subject of Monet’s, this small yet elegant green park in the heart of the neighbourhood is filled with colonnades and historic marble statues and is a popular hang out spot for young families.
Less expensive than some of its contemporaries, such as Le Marais and the Champs-Élysées, the 17th remains a very safe option and one that many embassies have chosen as their home. Despite some areas such as l’Avenue de Clichy having a poor reputation, it generally boasts a small village charm throughout, conveying a true sense of la vie Parisienne.

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