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Two of Epsom College’s promising musicians have secured places at the 2019 Rotary Young Musician of the Year regional final. Following success at a local level, Upper Sixth pupils Ben Abbott (C), Jasmine Bingham (M) and Dominic Nong (G) competed at the District Final held at St Catherine’s School, Bramley last week.
Congratulations go to Jasmine who won the vocal category and Dominic who was awarded second place in the instrumental category. Vicarious congratulations go to staff accompanist Gill Ford, who accompanied and coached Jasmine and teaches Dominic the piano.
Jasmine sung Mozart’s Non so più cosa son from the Marriage of Figaro, Sure on this Shining Night by Barber and the comical Girl in 14G by Tesori.
Dominic played Haydn’s Piano Sonata No.62 in E flat major paired with Schumann’s Träumerei.
Both students will go on to represent the College at the South East Regional Final in April.


New York State Senate District 54
|New York State Senate District 54|
|Current incumbent||Michael Nozzolio|
|Next election||November 8, 2016|
About the office
Article 3, Section 7 of the New York Constitution states: No person shall serve as a member of the legislature unless he or she is a citizen of the United States and has been a resident of the state of New York for five years, and, except as hereinafter otherwise prescribed, of the assembly or senate district for the twelve months immediately preceding his or her election; if elected a senator or member of assembly at the first election next ensuing after a readjustment or alteration of the senate or assembly districts becomes effective, a person, to be eligible to serve as such, must have been a resident of the county in which the senate or assembly district is contained for the twelve months immediately preceding his or her election. No member of the legislature shall, during the time for which he or she was elected, receive any civil appointment from the governor, the governor and the senate, the legislature or from any city government, to an office which shall have been created, or the emoluments whereof shall have been increased during such time.
- See also: Comparison of state legislative salaries
As of 2013, members of the New York Legislature are paid $79,500/year and per diem of $61/half day and $171/full day. Per diem varies and is tied to the federal rate.
Some legislators in New York are able to begin collecting a state pension while still serving in office and also receiving their normal salary. Under state law, if a lawmaker took office prior to 1995, they are eligible to begin collecting an annual pension once they turn 65. Those who took office after 1994 are not able to collect a pension while still in office. As of 2011, Rep. Herman Farrell (D) was the highest-paid state legislator, collecting his $113,500 salary as well as a pension of $81,619.
If there is a vacancy in the senate, a special election must be held to fill the vacant seat. An election can be held as long the vacancy happened before April 1st in an election year. The person elected to fill the vacant seat serves for the remainder of the unexpired term.
- See also: New York State Senate elections, 2014
Elections for the office of New York State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on September 9, 2014. The general election took place November 4, 2014. The signature-filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was July 10, 2014. Incumbent Michael Nozzolio was unopposed in the Republican primary. Nozzolio also ran on the Conservative Party and Independence Party of New York State tickets. Nozzolio was unchallenged in the general election.
- See also: New York State Senate elections, 2012
Elections for the office of New York State Senate consisted of a primary election on September 13, 2012, and a general election on November 6, 2012. The signature-filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was July 12, 2012. Incumbent Michael Nozzolio (R) was unopposed in both the general election and Republican primary. He also ran on the Conservative Party and Independence Party of New York State tickets.
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Since 2000, candidates for New York State Senate District 54 have raised a total of $3,235,078. Candidates who raised money in contributions earned $294,098 on average. All figures come from Follow the Money.
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Yes, it's still happening and of course this is after the Department of Public Works and Highways, the Department of Transportation and Bases Conversion and Development Authority pushed through with the government's Build Build Build program and made it a priority. Part of these include major roads, highways, bridges that would make every community in different parts of the country accessible when projects are completed. It's one of the reasons why the demand for Bria is on the rise because pretty soon, their property values would skyrocket and it'll be a wise time to invest in the real estate market.
Right now, there are several BRIA communities in different parts of the country and as they continue to build and provide high-quality yet affordable house and lots, and restrictions are reported to ease, more people from the metropolis are flocking to properties outside so they can go to less crowded, but fresh air laden communities.
There's a BRIA Homes community in Mariveles, Bataan which you can later access via the Bataan-Cavite Interlink Bridge. This actually connects the municipality of Mariveles to Naic, Cavite which originally would take hours to travel. Aside from that, there's a BRIA Homes property in Alaminos, Laguna which you can later access via the Alaminos-San Pablo City Bypass Road which is also a lengthy travel from Quezon to Laguna. When they finish the MRT 7 project in Quezon City, it's going to be easy to get to and from BRIA San Jose del Monte, a very promising commune in the North. There will be more roads and projects in these areas soon and that's going to help boost economic growth in these provinces, which likely will happen soon.
If you want to know more about these communities and what place you can invest in, give their official site www.bria.com.ph a visit or their social media channels Bria Homes, Inc. on FB, Twitter, IG, YT, Pinterest, Spotify, Viber, Telegram, Kakao Talk, LINE or WhatsApp. You can also call them on mobila via 09398879637 so they can help you with inquiries.

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#RealMadrid #Sport #Soccer #News
The Real Madrid It is in full remodeling of the staff after a season that has left much to be desired. The players are enjoying the holidays with their families and friends, and around the second week they will return to train with the team ahead of the preseason.
.@thibautcourtois review before @Noemidemiguel Actuality of Real Madrid:
– “In a week we lost everything and it became long”.
– “Zidane is a great coach, he has won everything.”
– “Hazard delights, gives us a leap in quality”. # FRAmovistarF1 pic.twitter.com/KmarGbYYud
– F1 in Movistar + (@ movistar_F1) June 25, 2019
Thibaut Courtois has taken advantage of these days to travel to Ibiza and to be present in the Grand Prix of Formula 1 of France, where he has reviewed the news of the white set before the microphones of Movistar +.
The Belgian goalkeeper has indicated that they are “recharging the batteries” because it has a long season where they can be “full”. “After the World Cup we suffered a little while playing without rest and this year we have to go for everything,” he said.
He has also analyzed last season, assuring that in one week they lost everything and “it became long”. “Everyone in Madrid is used to playing until May, it's a shame,” he added.
Illusion by Zinedine Zidane
On Zinedine Zidane, has stated that he is “a great coach” and that he has shown it in the three years that he has won everything. “I am very excited to be there with him and we will do everything to win many trophies,” he said.
In addition, he was excited about the signing of his compatriot Eden Hazard: “I am very happy that he is with us because he gives us a quality leap, he is a calm guy, nice and always with a smile, he wants to win, goals, assists … And I think he will fall very well in the locker room”.
Finally, he was asked about the possible signing of Mbappé by Real Madrid: “I do not know that, I only see the things that come out in the press, I have no information about him, players like him will always be welcome at Real Madrid.”
(More information in: Courtois travels to France and opens the door of Real Madrid to Mbappé)

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The Port Authority of the Bay of Algeciras (APBA) in Spain has signed an agreement with IBM for Tradelens, a blockchain-powered digital shipping platform built by IBM and Maersk. APBA has stated that it will utilize the platform to exchange information and documentation between its supply chain partners in a more secure and efficient way.
Saudi Customs has aligned with Tabadul, a Riyadh-based IT firm, to track shipments on the blockchain. The new project is aimed at integrating Fasah, Saudi customs officials’ existing shipment tracking platform, with TradeLens, a blockchain-based shipment tracker solution developed by Maersk and IBM. The blockchain-based TradeLens platform is expected to improve efficiency and reduce overall costs.
Modern Terminals, a container terminal operator in Hong Kong, has adopted TradeLens, a blockchain-enabled technological solution, for documenting logistics data. The solution is developed by the duo, Maersk and IBM. As claimed, the solution will help in digitizing and streamlining the global supply chain process thereby improving the efficiency.


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New numbers came out yesterday for Nokia's (NOK 2.07%) sales in China -- and things aren't looking good. The company failed to benefit from a prime gift-giving holiday, and even the new Lumia 920T hasn't turned the tide in the country.
Nokia's been busy in China over the past few months, but unfortunately, not all of it has paid off. At the end of 2012, the company jumped on board with China Mobile to sell it's Lumia 920T, a move I thought would help the company. Having the China Mobile advantage could have boosted sales over the past few months, but apparently it didn't work out that way.
Nokia announced its Q1 2013 numbers today, and the figures show device sales in China falling 26% from the previous quarter -- and a jaw-dropping 63% decline year over year.
Despite Nokia's 20-year history in the country, the company holds about 1% of the Chinese smartphone market right now. The company lost its 50% smartphone market share after Apple and Google swept in with its operating systems. With China recently taking the No. 1 spot as the biggest smartphone market, Nokia investors should be very concerned with the company's latest China sales.
So what the heck is going on over there?
Apple and Samsung are two fierce mobile competitors, and Nokia simply hasn't been able to beat them in China's high-end mobile market. That may be why Nokia is developing a cheaper line of phones for developing markets.
Nokia CEO Stephen Elop recently said at the World Mobile Congress: "There's a very large number of inexpensive and largely undifferentiated devices. We believe we have to offer differentiation at each price point." But Nokia already sells cheap phones in China, so believing that a new line of low-end phones will rebound Nokia's position in China may be wishful thinking.
Aside from Samsung and Apple, Nokia also faces challenges from local Chinese vendors. Data released by IDC at the end of January showed that Nokia didn't even make it on the top five smartphone vendors in China, and could beat out Chinese vendors Huawei and ZTE.
Nokia isn't completely dependent on China for its business, but the company's overall numbers aren't looking great, either. Nokia saw a loss of $196 million this quarter, and overall device sales were down 30% compared to last quarter. The good news was that Lumia sales were up 27% from the previous quarter, but that shouldn't be enough for investors to get excited about. The company has a long way to go before things will start turning around for its mobile offerings, and the competition is only getting more intense. Investors needed to see strong Lumia sales in China and the absence of that means that China is going to be an uphill battle for Nokia.


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Novelist Steven Pressfield (The Legend of Bagger Vance; Gates of Fire) goes self-help in The War of Art: Winning the Inner Creative Battle. Dubbing itself a cross between Sun-Tzu's The Art of War and Julie Cameron's The Artist's Way, Pressfield's book aims to help readers "overcome Resistance" so that they may achieve "the unlived life within." Whether one wishes to embark on a diet, a program of spiritual advancement or an entrepreneurial venture, it's most often resistance that blocks the way. To kick resistance, Pressfield stresses loving what one does, having patience and acting in the face of fear. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Drawing on his many years' experience as a writer, Pressfield (The Legend of Bagger Vance) presents his first nonfiction work, which aims to inspire other writers, artists, musicians, or anyone else attempting to channel his or her creative energies. The focus is on combating resistance and living the destiny that Pressfield believes is gifted to each person by an all-powerful deity. While certainly of great value to frustrated writers struggling with writer's block, Pressfield's highly personal philosophy, soundly rooted in his own significant life challenges, has merit for anyone frustrated in fulfilling his or her life purpose. Successful photographer Ulrich (photography chair, Art Inst. of Boston; coeditor, The Visualization Manual) explores the creative impulse and presents an approach to developing creativity that, like Pressfield's, will be relevant to artists and others. He identifies and explains seven distinct stages of the creative process: discovery and encounter, passion and commitment, crisis and creative frustration, retreat and withdrawal, epiphany and insight, discipline and completion, and responsibility and release. He also develops his view of the three principles of the creative impulse, which include creative courage, being in the right place at the right time, and deepening connections with others. Rooted in Eastern philosophy, Ulrich's fully developed treatise nicely updates the solid works of Brewster Ghiselin (The Creative Process), Rollo May (The Courage To Create), and Julia Cameron (The Artist's Way). It also supplements Pressfield's inspirational thoughts on overcoming resistance through introspective questions and practical exercises that further elaborate the creative process. Both books are recommended for public libraries needing additional works on creativity. Dale Farris, Groves, TX
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"The amateur believes he must first overcome his fear, then he can do his work. The professional knows that fear can never be overcome. He knows there's no such thing as a fearless warrior or a dread-free artist. What Henry Fonda does, after puking into the toilet in his dressing room, is to clean up and march out onstage. He's still terrified but he forces himself forward in spite of his terror. He knows that once he gets out into the action, his fear will recede and he'll be okay."
~ Steven Pressfield from The War of Art
This is the 109th review I've created. Up to this point, I've made a lot of strong recommendations on books I think you'd love but I've never said you *must* read a particular book.
I'm gonna break that streak here.
If you're a creative person, you need to read this book. It's that good. And, when I say "creative person" I mean anyone who's committed to creating an authentically awesome life. (And, given the fact that you're reading this, my hunch is that clearly means YOU!)
I'm not sure how many times I've read The War of Art over the years but it's a lot. Each time I pick it up I get a swift kick in the creative butt and my life takes a significant step forward.
As the author of The Legend of Bagger Vance and a number of great best-selling novels (my favorite beyond Bagger Vance is Gates of Fire--an incredible portrayal of the classic Spartan warriors), Steven Pressfield knows what it's like to create. He has an extraordinary way of capturing the challenges we face in the War of Art--along with the means by which we can overcome those obstacles (or, as he calls it "Resistance"). Powerful stuff.
Here's just a few of the Big Ideas:
1. Throwing Up - It happens.
2. Work & Its By-Products - Let results take care of themselves.
3. True Love - The amateur vs. the professional.
4. It's 9 O'Clock - Time for inspiration to strike.
5. Time to Turn Pro - A checklist.
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This is an unorthodox book. You'll finish it in a day or two. It's filled with words like "Resistance" that sound like self-help buzzwords. It isn't. It's a very apt and all-encompassing term for the forces that keep you from doing your life's work, whatever that may be. Distraction, apathy, booze, procrastination, excuses, toxic relationships, depression, and my favorite of Pressfield's: "compulsive screwing up", just to name a few. Anyone honest with himself who has ever claimed to have "writer's block" knows it's a cop-out, an excuse for not sitting down at an empty screen/page, and doing the work.
This book will kick you in the ass and show you how you've been self-sabotaging yourself. It will also fire you up and give you the strength you need to press on and do the work. Pressfield is a kindly drill-sergeant; he holds no punches but you get the feeling that he really wants you to succeed.
As I read the opening chapter on resistance I saw my guilty self on each page. Illusions were shattered. but it inspired me to sit down at the blank screen and do it. You'll read it once and then refer to it again and again as you might work with a coach on your golf swing.
It's a blue-print, not a map, and everyone's experience will be slightly different as they work through their own demons creating their blocks, so don't expect this to solve your problems. It's up to you to kill your own Minotaur. YOU have to do the work. Identifying the things in life that hold you back, the negative thought patterns, perfectionism, etc., is only the beginning.
The third part of the book, the part that addresses that thorny issue of where ideas and inspiration comes from, will be where many will fall by the wayside. Pressfield cautions you not to hold on too tightly to that precious gemstone you call your "talent", and open yourself to other possibilites, that there may be a higher dimensional energy at work here and that we, the artists, writers, dancers, whatever, are only the agents that this energy works through. Call it what you want. god, the universe, the tao, whatever. I think it was jazz great Charlie Parker that said when asked where his ideas come from, "I just try to get out of the way". He meant that he suspended all ego and allowed the work to flow through him from a higher plane. not comfortable with all this higher-dimensional nonsense? Maybe it's not for you.
But The War of Art will help you. It's helping me. Try his other one, Do The Work as well; some of it is redundant, but is still very worth it. you have nothing to lose, only your blocks, so open your mind and try it.
I'm intrigued by his idea that the difference between a professional artist and an amateur is that the professional artist loves the art enough to arrange their life to allow themselves to do it full-time. An amateur, he says, isn't someone who does it only for the love; if the amateur really loved the art they wouldn't be content with being a weekend warrior. An amateur identifies with the work, whereas a professional does the work for its own sake. He also does this Jungian analysis of where art comes from and where internal resistance comes from.

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ALTOONA, Pa. — Penn State's first-ever University-wide Cooking Classic served up dishes of fun for participants and funds for campus food pantries.
A total of 522 people took part in the program, which featured four virtual, hour-long presentations hosted by various Penn State colleges and campuses. University alumni learned about smoking meats, coffee, healthy foods, specialty chocolate, and wine.
In addition to building the alumni community, the program helped raise awareness of food insecurity experienced by Penn State students. Attendees were able to assist Lions Pantries at campuses across the commonwealth. A total of 111 donors gave more than $4,200 to the University's food pantries, with $340 raised for Penn State Altoona's Ivyside Eats program.
"Ivyside Eats serves the increasing number of our students in need," says Sue Patterson, director of Student Diversity and Inclusion Programming at Penn State Altoona. "Events such as the Penn State Cooking Classic help ease the stress of food insecurity for those students for a bit. We appreciate any support we receive so we can continue this important work."


The Uneek Kids Hi-Viz Vest seeks to increase child visibility when the situation calls for it.
That said, unlike some safety vests, please be aware that the Uneek Kids Hi-Viz Vest does not conform to any safety standards. It is mainly high visibility clothing meant to call attention to the wearer. There are a number of uses for a safety vest like this. For example, indoor events such as big parties or conventions, or when traveling outdoors during emergency situations or at night. The reflective body bands mean that the vest can be visible in low light situations also.
The material is polyester, a fabric that is shrink resistant, fast drying, wrinkle-resistant, and, most importantly, tough. You can conveniently fold and store this vest in a bag or in your car until you need it.
Please note that the samples shown above may not exactly match the colours on the actual garment. Also, for exact sizing, please check the sizing guide.


- Galvanised 48 mm (OD) pole, various heights up to 6 metres
- Guy anchor points on tripod legs for extra stability
- Stakes / pegs supplied, levelling jacks optional
- Folding tripod mechanism, removable centre pole
- Portable, pull-apart, locks together with set-screw collars.
APAC's folding galvanised tripods are a robust, low cost platform suitable for a range of industrial applications, from power distribution, temporary site lead-ins, telecommunications, solar, events, and more. This heavy duty design consists of a 48 mm galvanised centre pole which slips into a folding tripod frame, locking in place using a series of set-screws. The tripod folds up for effortless transport and storage.
The galvanised steel tripod can be staked into place, with the option to attach levelling jack feet or precast blocks. The centre pole can be supplied in a range of heights or telescoping sections, with heights above six metres recommended to be guyed back to the tripod anchor points for extra stability (maximum recommended height of nine metres).
Headframes are available to support a range of sensors, camera systems, and telecommunications configurations. Built locally in Sunshine Coast, Queensland, these tripods are available with a short leadtime and shippable anywhere domestically and abroad.


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Washington, D.C. — The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) launched a new television ad today on cable supporting President Joe Biden’s early action on climate and environmental justice from his executive orders. As the oil and gas industry tries to stay relevant, polls continue to show that the majority of voters want to see action on climate and investments in clean energy. This ad is part of larger efforts from LCV and Climate Power encouraging the Biden administration to take swift, ambitious action on climate.
The new ad from leading environmental groups recognizes President Biden’s historic executive actions during the first days of his presidency to restore America’s leadership on climate, including centering environmental justice, transitioning to 100% clean energy, and creating high-quality, good-paying union jobs.
WATCH: “Our Moment”
“With President Biden in the White House, this administration is prioritizing people — not polluters — and leading on climate and environmental justice, creating clean energy jobs and rebuilding a more equitable and just economy for all,” said Tiernan Sittenfeld, LCV Senior Vice President of Government Affairs. “We’ve already seen the single biggest day for climate action in more than a decade, and this is only the beginning for President Biden and Vice President Harris. This is our moment.”
“President Biden took bold action on climate in his first weeks in office, building toward a clean energy future that means millions of more good-paying jobs and protecting our right to clean air, land, and water,” said Climate Power Executive Director Lori Lodes. “This is exactly what our country needs at this urgent moment.”
President Biden took immediate action on climate during his first day in office, including rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement; stopping the dirty and dangerous Keystone XL pipeline; reversing Trump’s rollbacks of commonsense environmental protections; and more. On January 27, the Biden administration took additional, historic executive actions to set our country on a path to 100 percent clean energy by 2035, protect 30 percent of our lands and oceans by 2030 and stop reckless giveaways of those lands to oil and gas CEOs, address environmental injustice, ensure that 40 percent of all investments are directed to frontline communities and communities of color, and create high-quality, good-paying union jobs, restore the role of science in decision-making.
The full script of the new ad is below.
President Biden has put science back in the White House
Showing the world that America is now ready to lead on climate change
Rejoining the Paris Agreement
Jumpstarting the recovery with clean energy jobs
Making environmental justice a top priority
Already, President Biden is keeping his promise
To be the climate president that science and our future demand
On climate change, this is our moment
And this president is ready to meet it
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260.600.81 Introduction to the Biomedical Sciences
- Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
- 1st term
- 4 credits
- Academic Year:
- 2014 - 2015
Introduction to Online Learning is required prior to participating in any of the School's Internet-based courses. For this course, online learning tools will be introduced by the instructor.
Presents basic anatomy and physiology principles, applied to public health situations. Students learn through a group process that utilizes selected reading assignments, active group interaction reinforced by preceptors, and short objective tests with immediate feedback. Supplementary lectures focus on basic biology principles underlying current public health research.
- Learning Objectives:
- Describe, in general terms, the structure and function of the major organ systems of the human body, using the language of the biomedical sciences
- Discuss examples in which anatomy and physiology topics have been applied to specific, public health-related problems
- Demonstrate the importance of working together as a multidisciplinary public health team
- Develop a first network of fellow students, faculty and professional colleagues
- Methods of Assessment:
Student evaluation based on short quizzes, class participation, and a two part final exam. All grades are pass or fail.
- Enrollment Restriction:
- Instructor Consent:
No consent required
- Special Comments:
This 8 week part-time, online course is offered immediately prior to the first term. Registrants must indicate this course on their FIRST term registrations, NOT their summer registrations.

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Tampnet gets ship shape for IoT with Ericsson
Tampnet has turned to Ericsson for the kit required for its most remote projects.
Tampnet is using Ericsson's IoT Accelerator; sensors and remote monitoring equipment deployed to people and places in remote offshore use cases and connected in real time.
Through the use of SIM cards, wearables can be deployed to employees, equipment and other assets, enabling instant actions on real-time data and the optimisation of planning operations through Tampnet’s 4G LTE network.
The two said their latest collaboration will "improve operational efficiency and worker safety while reducing the carbon footprint at some of the world’s toughest and remotest workplaces".
Frode Støldal, president of Tampnet Americas said: “Through our partnership with Ericsson, we are bringing the same IoT connectivity benefits to the offshore industry and enterprises, that land-based companies are benefitting from.
"In many instances, Tampnet is pioneering new services and business models offshore that are later adopted onshore. Together, we are truly digitalizing the high seas as part of the fourth industrial revolution. These are exciting times for our customers.”
Tampnet operates an offshore high-capacity, low latency communication network, covering the North Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. Meanwhile, 8,500 enterprises globally already benefit from the Ericsson IoT Accelerator-powered capabilities offered by CSP partners. The two have an established relationship.
Kyle Okamoto, general manager IoT, Ericsson, said: “Our partnership with Tampnet shows that Ericsson has the capability of delivering IoT management to any enterprise or industry customer, in any work environment. We will work closely with Tampnet to ensure that its customers benefit from Ericsson IoT Accelerator.”


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Topography is a high-performance topography creator that imports and interprets high-density Lidar airplane scans that are freely available online. The result is an absolute magical topographical surface that can be used in tight curve intervals and provide an accurate description of the terrain. Architects and engineers can now work with free raw data that surpasses the old-fashioned low-density topographic curves from old CAD cartography.
- Create a high-quality model quickly that realistically describes the terrain of your project.
- Save money by using free laser scan Lidar datasets instead of buying inaccurate and expensive old-fashioned cartography. Links to Lidar sources are supplied in the program.
- Process millions of point cloud datasets in a matter of seconds. Take full advantage of a multi-core processor to speed up the creation of your terrain.
- Imports very large point clouds with millions of points as uncompressed LAS or compressed LAZ formats.
- Create topographic models with different density levels in accordance with your data source and requirements.
- Advanced algorithm to correctly interpret and isolate the terrain data from complex laser scans.
- Fully optimized to computers with multi-core processors for quicker results.
- Allows accurate geographical placement of topographic points in relation to the coordinate of your Autodesk® Revit® internal point.
- Possible to export the processed terrain as a CSV dataset for external use in other software.
Licenses and Pricing
Topography is sold online as desktop and floating licenses. Please browse and buy, using a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) on the Topography Page of the Archigrafix website. Payment is processed via our partner Stripe: all major credit cards are accepted.
Note: This app uses a custom installer (and not the standard App Store installer).
Descripción de la versión de prueba
The trial software is limited to creating 100 points and runs for 7 days. Use the demo sample button to create a full topography.

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Christie hires Giuliani associate to lead inquiry into bridge scandal
New Jersey governor turns to lawyer to examine role played by aides in lane closures
New Jersey governor Chris Christie greets women taking part in an exercise class in Manahawkin, New Jersey yesterday. Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters
New Jersey governor Chris Christie has hired a long- time associate of former New York City mayor Rudolph Guiliani to lead an internal investigation into the role his senior aides played in orchestrating lane closures on America’s busiest bridge in an act of political vengeance.
Randy Mastro, an assistant US attorney under Mr Guiliani in New York, will lead the investigation at Mr Christie’s office into the reasons behind the lane closings on the New Jersey side of the George Washington Bridge.
The closure of the lanes in September, which gridlocked schoolbuses, emergency vehicles and hundreds of thousands of commuters, was arranged in response to the refusal of the town’s Democratic mayor to support Mr Christie’s re-election.
The governor’s office announced Mr Mastro’s appointment saying that the lawyer would co-operate with “other appropriate inquiries” two days after the Republican governor apologised again for the ‘Bridgegate’ scandal in his annual state of the state speech to New Jersey’s assembly.
Mr Christie and Mr Giuliani have been friends for some time.
Mr Mastro works for the law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, which has served as private counsel for New Jersey’s governor.
A bipartisan committee, led by a Democratic assemblyman John Wisniewski, plans to subpoena Mr Christie’s staff, appointees and campaign managers whose names surfaced in emails and text messages showing they organised the lane closures.
Mr Giuliani has strongly defended the Republican governor, standing behind his denials that he knew nothing about the political motivation behind the lane closures.
The former New York mayor accused Democrats and the news media of over-playing the controversy because of Mr Christie’s leading position to become the Republican presidential nomination in 2016.


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Possibly Unique Windsor Chair Snake head Carvings
A Very impressive and possibly unique Windsor chair it is in Ash, I am wondering if this chair has not been made by a typical Winsdsor chair maker as there isnt a single piece steam bent the top rail is a single piece of timber carved to shape as are the arms and mid back spindle support so made by a master craftsman furniture maker, it has four carvings of I believe snakes heads which are very detailed , the condition is excellent just a slight opening up of the joint in the seat, it has a good colour and Patina. I have never seen another one quite like it.
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Rules agreed for German Islamic school
17 February 2004
BONN – Authorities in Germany have laid down new rules governing a Saudi-funded private school it was feared might be a magnet for extremists.
The rules will limit the use of the mosque on the premises for the general public and allow the school to be used only by children who will not be staying in Germany.
Cologne municipal authorities said the rules have been agreed by a supervisory German-Arab committee as a condition for allowing the school to remain open.
The committee will decide at its next meeting whether to allow the general public to use the mosque for Friday prayers.
Education officials had agreed to keep the school open last year after receiving assurances that fundamentalist Islamic activities would not be tolerated.
The school’s future had been questioned after police feared it was becoming a magnet for radical Islamists from all over Germany including individuals suspected of having contacts with terrorist organizations such as al-Qaeda.
It had already been agreed that fundamentalist activities and all events out of school hours such as seminars and evening meetings would no longer be permitted. Prayer rooms are to be used solely by pupils and members of school staff.
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Think back to 1993, an ancient time when cavemen in flannels roamed the earth, a gentleman named William Jefferson Clinton was president, and Twitter wasn’t even a toxic glint in Jack Dorsey’s eye. You’re sitting in a dark theater waiting for a movie to start, when the trailer for an upcoming Universal Pictures release fills the screen. Sir Richard Attenborough speaks of “attractions so astonishing that they will capture the imagination of the entire planet”. Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum and several child actors look at something off-screen with a look of wonder and wonder. There are glimpses of massive creatures seen from the ground, but only glimpses; the closest things to silver kicks are a scaly foot falling in the mud and the eye of a T. Rex staring out of a car window. But your imagination is, like those age-old wild beasts, already running wild.
Even if you didn’t know the premise of Michael Crichton’s bestselling novel jurassic park – scientists recreate dinosaurs from DNA samples, someone builds them a tourist trap theme park, chomp chomp chomp – you knew what Steven Spielberg could do with frightened spectators and a giant toothy animal. You had a feeling it would be something big, something mind-blowing, or at the very least, a lot of summer blockbuster fun. And when the film adaptation finally came out in June of that year, and people saw how the filmmakers mixed cutting-edge animatronics and digital effects to bring those gargantuan lizards back to life, and Spielberg worked his suburb -Hitchcock, the seductive magic of the multiplex (the scene with the reverberating glass of water still gives goosebumps), it really made the buzz. You might not even like the movie. You have always appreciated the art of the cinematic thrill ride.
This original jurassic park the moment now seems as distant in time as the age whose name is ticked in the title; likewise, moreover, the world that existed when jurassic world also hit theaters. (When the inaugural film of this second trilogy was released on June 12, 2015, Donald Trump was still four days away to officially announce his intention to run for the presidency.) Returns had dwindled since the very first Jurassic sequel in 1997 – no offense, Julianne Moore and you are in the Vince Vaughn money era. And given how these new movies haven’t added much to the Jurassicverse other than a rough, tougher-than-usual Chris Pratt and jokes about Bryce Dallas Howard dodging dinos while in heels, let’s just say it was best to keep expectations low. Yet the sheer negligence and sloppy vibe of 2018 Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom was a bit shocked; you’d think the film was put together on the go as its creative team was chased by an extremely angry Indoraptor. At the time, we said it was the worst Jurassic movies to date. We now owe this movie an apology.
Were Jurassic World Dominion Not already the conclusion of this next-gen reboot cycle, you’d naturally assume that this would be the last entry – or more accurately, the last straw – in this series as a whole. It’s not so much a movie as an extinction-level event for the franchise, one in which the last bits of goodwill and investment in that particular IP are snuffed out like so many unlucky stegosaurs. This is a movie that’s been given a rich setup: after being released from captivity at the end of the previous chapter, all of these recreated apex predators and prehistoric behemoths roam, trample, and wreak havoc among us. And then, after a poorly executed opening sequence and a preamble that mixes topical scenes of dinosaurs lurking in the streets, it then spends the rest of its two and a half hours acting like it can barely bother to acknowledge that scenario at all. The use of the word “domination” after the mark in the title is a joke. This is a film that continues to strive to be any kind of blockbuster except a real jurassic world film.
Not that JWD does not bring together as many current and formerly inactive series members as possible. This naturally brings back Pratt’s trainer Owen Grady, who now wrangles Parasaurolophus on the open plains, and Howard’s Claire Dearing, who runs the equivalent of a dino-PETA organization. Daniella Pineda’s sharp paleo-vet and Justice Smith’s computer geek fallen kingdom are here, too, as is Omar Sy’s former employee at World, BD Wong’s jittery scientist, and Isabella Sermon’s perpetually perilous teenage granddaughter/park founder, who holds the key to several tens of the film’s over one hundred plot points. And for all you’re original jurassic park fans, the original holy trinity of Dern, Neill and Goldblum are also on board, with the former two investigating why dachshund-sized locusts are decimating crops across the Midwest.
What ties all of these characters together, even as the film tosses them around the world and plays musical chairs with its parallel narratives, is a slimy tech guru named Lewis Dodgson (Campbell Scott) – think Steve Jobs meets Elon Musk meets a sociopathic whippet. He hopes to use all of the genetic information to “make the world a better place,” which translates into generating a huge profit for his company, Biosyn. That’s why he wants to bring Sermon and a baby Velociraptor to his remote Bond-villain lair by any means necessary, in hopes of unlocking key DNA information that is “the world’s most valuable intellectual property.” planet”. (Technically, Marvel currently holds that distinction, but we’re not about to split the hair.) Oh, and the fact that Goldblum’s Dr. Ian Malcolm is also a Dodgson employee is a happy coincidence.
I hope it’s not a divulge say that after following many respective pairings in many different places, all Jurassic-related parties end up converging in one place for a big franchise family reunion. Who wouldn’t want to see Howard and Dern’s characters share a setting, or hear Goldblum’s brainiac doctor bust Pratt’s alpha male balls? And yet even that, which is designed to be DominationThe biggest no-brainer coup looks like an easy nostalgia grab that turns into a dead end. Why stick to two generations of Jurassic MVPs together, only to drop them into listless action sequences and revamped rescue mission bits, armed with little more than stale jokes and a Taser? Compare that to the gathering of webslingers in Spider-Man: No Coming Home, who treated his cross-generational team with genuine affection, humor and a sense of going above and beyond the call of fan service duty, and you can see how weak this all-star game attempt is . Merely grouping players on the same screen is not enough. You have to give them a story and a shared experience worthy of them – and moviegoers who would presumably find this crossover a gift from the IP gods.
That would mean Domination would also have the desire to commit to actually being a Jurassic movie, however, and despite the fact that director Colin Trevorrow was the director of the original jurassic world – and co-writer Derek Connolly participated in the other J.W.s – it feels like they are more interested in giving the public a hit buffet than a well cooked dish. A chase scene involving Pratt, a motorcycle, dinos and the winding streets of Malta that, while thrilling, is designed to remind you of every other spy thriller of the past 20 years; meanwhile, a chase over rooftops and through apartment windows looks straight from the Thick headed movies. You can select items from Black Widow, Indiana Jones movies, Fast and Furious saga, and many other popcorn movie wrecks and jetsam that are randomly shuffled in the name of one-size-fits-all entertainment. Even the new characters — notably Mamoudou Athie’s corporate lackey and DeWanda Wise’s world-weary pilot — are stock archetypes borrowed from Pop Culture 101’s stock. much better franchise.) Dinosaurs hardly feel like supporting players here. They are practically extras.
You would never blame the original jurassic park to be pure – it’s an old giant monster movie revving up in the 90s. Yet the way Spielberg and his cast worked those drive-in movie thrills and leaned into those genre curves made it exhilarating, otherwise sui generis. It was a sleeker model with impeccable craftsmanship, a passionate paste slab with high gloss. Domination looks like a contractual obligation at best, and at worst an attempt by DOA to extract one last drop from an already depleted brand. At one point, a T. Rex wanders into a scene and surveys everything around it, throws its head back and lets out a long howl of rage. If he had been doing this for more than two hours, he would have known exactly how we felt.


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Nice and original shooterikerne | April 14, 2014 | Review of Payday 2 - PC
This is a nice game, in my opinion is not better or worse than Payday The Heist, but is different. Here the missions are shorter, but there are also long missions. I think there are some bad things with your items, for example, if you buy a supressor for your gun and you dont want to use it in one mission, you have to eliminate it or buy another gun, and if next time you want to play with that supressor, you have to buy it another time (and they aren't cheap). But is a good game and I love the new stealth system.
One of the best gamesikerne | April 2, 2014 | Review of Borderlands 2 Overflow 1 - PC
I love these graphics, awesome, they look like a comic. Very fun game, and more fun if you play with friends. A lot of weapons and missions, very good story and amazing music.

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You can quite literally egg one of the Resident Evil 4 bosses to death. Near the end of the castle chapter, players must fight an evil nobleman who fused himself with a parasite queen. You can easily kill him in two hits, as long as you come armed with golden eggs.
Another year, another 12 months where we get to collectively complain about how there are too many games and not enough dollars in our wallets and hours in our days to play them. As such, it’s probably best to start looking ahead and planning what you want to prioritise in your gaming allowance of money…

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Recently, On Friday, May 15. Vivo had officially announced that they are going to launch a new product, “Vivo X50” in the upcoming conference on June 1. According to the introduction, the phone also features a super-sensitive micro-cloud platform. Recently, a famous blogger on weibo.com has leaked the renders of this upcoming phone.
According to the renders, it can be seen that the phone has a punch-hole display. On the backside, we have a quad-camera setup. The cameras have been set up in a rectangular box. The flashlight can also be seen at the right of cameras.
Talk about the cameras. It has a huge camera sensor at the top. According to the previous leaks, it is an ultra-large camera with a focal length from 16mm to 135mm. It is also reported that the camera also supports 5X optical zoom and 10X hybrid zoom. The other three sensors include the primary camera, an ultra-wide-angle lens, and a periscope telephoto lens.
Currently, other specification information about the upcoming Vivo X50 is limited. Some rumors are suggesting that the phone might be equipped with the Snapdragon 765G or the Exynos 980. It is also reported that the Vivo X50 series will have two versions. First is the standard version, while the second one is the pro version.
According to the promotional video, the phone will be launched by Vivo on June 1 at a conference. Due to limited information, the price and storage of the phone are unconfirmed. If any more news comes regarding the upcoming Vivo X50, you will be updated on our website, so stay tuned!


According to the report from thesun, it is claimed that Manchester United, Liverpool, and Chelsea have been dealt a transfer blow in their pursuit of Borussia Dortmund ace Jude Bellingham.Information Guide Nigeria
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According to Marca, the Red Devils have effectively blocked themselves from getting the England International in the near future.
Bellingham, also linked with the Blues and the Reds, is the main target for Real. The LaLiga champions were already targeting a move for the 19-year-old next summer.
But with an extra £70m in the kitty from Casemiro’s exit, Los Blancos are now more confident than ever of having enough cash to sign the England international ahead of United, Chelsea, and Liverpool.
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Why there's so much empty space surrounding the battery? https://d3nevzfk7ii3be.cloudfront.net/igi/O2r5KUFwY4HHc51F.huge It looks like if all that wasted space (and that ridiculously thick diagnostic port bracket) was used for bigger battery, the battery life would be 20-25% longer (almost 24 hours) or would allow the always-on low energy clock face for the same 18 hours. This wouldn't have happened if Steve Jobs was alive: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/10/in-praise-of-bad-steve/246242/ "When engineers working on the very first iPod completed the prototype, they presented their work to Steve Jobs for his approval. Jobs played with the device, scrutinized it, weighed it in his hands, and promptly rejected it. It was too big. The engineers explained that they had to reinvent inventing to create the iPod, and that it was simply impossible to make it any smaller. Jobs was quiet for a moment. Finally he stood, walked over to an aquarium, and dropped the iPod in the tank. After it touched bottom, bubbles floated to the top. "Those are air bubbles," he snapped. "That means there's space in there. Make it smaller."" Even waitresses would understand this.


Massachusetts State Attorney General Martha Coakley opposed the repeal concern, but says she welcomes allowing the voters to really have a voice on the problem. (Image: Boston World)
In Massachusetts, casino companies have faced a series of battles to be able to build resorts in the state. There has been town-by-town campaigns to win over local communities, as well as in the situation of the higher Boston area, a intense competition for just one single license. Now, operators will need yet another challenge ahead of those before they can rest simple: a statewide repeal vote that could end casino gambling in Massachusetts before it starts.
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that voters will be able to see the casino law repeal question on a November ballot, potentially rolling back a 2011 law that legalized casinos in the state tuesday. That move leaves potential casino operators in an awkward position, as they may get licenses, but not know until later this year whether they can actually do anything with them.
Unanimous Decision Places Question on Ballot
The court reached their decision unanimously, pointing out that supporters of the repeal had succeeded in gathering more than enough signatures to put the question on the ballot. The effort was in fact compared by Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, now a Democratic candidate for governor, who rejected issue a year ago it could violate the prope Continue reading article


By Bruce Poli
There are few people in Greenwich Village who actually embody its character. Promote it. Expand it and share the real Village history that tour guides and tourists love to stereotype with fiction (Marsha P. Johnson threw the first brick, Dylan Thomas died at the White Horse Tavern).
There was no fake news, only passion and sincerity on Tim McDarrah’s Save the Village tours, at his Art of Our Century Gallery shows, or in the books he edited and produced.
Tim’s father Fred was the Village Voice photographer and photo editor for half a century, and it was left to Tim to not only escape his long shadow but use it to inspire others. Fred is known for his renowned black and white images of Andy Warhol, Bob Dylan, Allen Ginsberg, and an endless list of other Village celebrities, and of our cultural and street life. He is known as the Stonewall Rebellion photographer, having captured some of the five-day uprising that took place several buildings to the east of the Village Voice office (where the Duplex is today). More than 250,000 of Fred’s photographs, which underscore decades of Greenwich Village life, have been archived. And Tim made them work for everyone’s benefit.
A former editor of Page Six at the New York Post, Columbia University journalism graduate, and general NYC mensch, Tim’s contacts, which spanned the far-reaching tentacle of ‘50s ‘60s and ‘70s New York culture, helped him lay the groundwork for the ongoing Greenwich Village revival that this newspaper also strives for.
Tim’s death in August, from acute leukemia at age 59, is a tragedy for us all as his warm, kind soul fades from our eyes. Yes, this romantic description says it all; and he would have continued to live out a New York romance accessible to so many who cherished his open spirit and generosity.
During the 2019 celebration of World Pride/Stonewall 50, the Museum of the City of New York showcased The Voice of the Village: Fred W. McDarrah Photographs, a testament to Tim’s father and his documentation of our cultural heritage in many well-recognized photographs. In keeping with Tim’s accomplishments, he coordinated the exhibition only to be followed by the launch of Art of Our Century Gallery at 137 West 14th Street, a celebration of that same genre in art. This is a theme we can an all appreciate as readers of WestView News.
On what he called his “endless vacation,” Tim travelled relentlessly and visited friends, holding up a force of good spirit through more than seven years with multiple myeloma and the onerous hospital visits and blood transfusions that challenged his energy and life so often.
From the great legacy of Greenwich Village, we salute one of its most ardent promoters, a talent and heir: the Voice of the Village, Tim McDarrah. We will greatly miss you. Thank you for your great contributions to our neighborhood, our city, the art and photography world, and to the spirit we call the character of the Village.


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The relationship between two people is a delicate balance of giving and take. When one person gives too much, it can lead to resentment, and when someone takes too much, the other may end up feeling unappreciated. It's important to find that perfect balance, so both people feel loved and appreciated.
We often think of relationships as something that can't be destroyed. We believe in the power of love to keep us together and make everything better. But what if it's not enough? What if there are behaviors we're doing in our relationship that slowly but surely damage our relationship? Everyone has done something to hurt their partner in the past.
Whether it's taking them for granted, not listening to them, or forgetting their birthday, we've all been there. We all have behaviors that can destroy our relationships - but so do they. The next time you're feeling like your partner is doing nothing but hurting you without reciprocating the love and care, take a look at what they might be going through and try to work on yourself before expecting change from someone else.
It is never a good idea to do anything that could potentially destroy your relationship. However, it can be difficult to avoid these behaviors if they are common in the culture you live in. Relationships are tough. When you're in one, it can be difficult to know what to do and when. The life of a relationship is full of ups and downs, but some behaviors can undo the progress you've made with your partner. These behaviors might seem harmless at first, but over time they can cause irreparable harm to your relationship because they attack the very foundation on which it stands: trust, respect, and love.
1. Not being willing to forgive your partner for mistakes they've apologized for in the past
It’s difficult to admit we made mistakes in our relationships. It’s even more challenging to accept that our partner is not perfect and has faults too. When we first enter into a relationship, it's natural for both partners to be on their best behavior with the other person. Still, as time goes by, they will inevitably start to show their true colors and begin doing things that irritate you or make you feel unhappy.
When you are in a relationship with someone, it is important to know how to forgive them for their mistakes. If you can't do this, it could be the end of your relationship. Forgiveness takes time and patience but, when done properly, can help rebuild trust between partners and strengthen the bond.
It’s easy to think that forgiving your partner is a sign of weakness, but the truth is it can be one of the most difficult things you do. Forgiveness doesn’t come naturally for everyone, and sometimes you have to work really hard at it. What does forgiveness entail? It means letting go of resentment and anger, accepting responsibility for your own role in what happened, taking responsibility for your actions in the future, moving on from the past together with your partner without dwelling on it.
2. Not being mindful of your words and actions
Relationships are hard work. Sometimes, it can feel like you're doing all the work and your partner is just there to enjoy the benefits of what you do for them. If this sounds like a familiar scenario, these tips might help you get out of that rut. Sometimes, one partner in a relationship will be the more talkative of the two, which can hurt feelings.
It's important to be mindful of what you say so that you don't cause any unnecessary friction between you and your spouse. Relationships are a lot of work. Sometimes you have to be mindful and considerate towards the other person, and sometimes it's about taking care of yourself. The key is finding that balance between giving and receiving, which will help keep your relationship strong.
It is important to be mindful of your words and actions to maintain relationships with those around you. This includes friends, family, and partners. If we are not mindful of how our words will affect others, it can lead to the destruction of a relationship. It is always best to think before speaking or acting to avoid hurting someone else's feelings.
3. Not being empathetic or seeing things from your partner's perspective
If you want to have a happy and healthy relationship, it's important to be empathetic. Being empathetic means that you can see things from your partner's perspective and understand why they do what they do. It also means being aware of what is going on in their life so you can support them through difficult times.
When you don't show empathy or try to put yourself in someone else's shoes, it can lead to conflict within your relationship because one person feels unheard. Empathy has become a buzzword in the dating world. All too often, people are quick to say, "I'm not empathetic," and then quickly claim that they're incapable of seeing things from your partner's perspective.
In reality, anyone can be more empathetic with just a few simple adjustments. Sometimes, it's hard to put ourselves in someone else's shoes. We can't always see things from their perspective or empathize with them the way we want to. But if you try, even just for a little while, you might find that it feels better than staying where you are.
4. Constantly trying to change your partner
The idea that we have to change our significant other to be happy is a common misconception. It's not always possible, and it can actually damage your relationship.
The key to maintaining happiness in a long-term relationship is accepting the person you're with, flaws and all, as they are right now. Many people think that if their partner is not perfect, they need to change them. This can lead to a toxic relationship where one person tries to fix the other, and all parties are unhappy.
In today’s society, it is common to hear about people trying to change their partner to make them more compatible. However, this can hurt relationships and cause a lot of tension. Couples need to communicate with each other and discuss what they are looking for in the relationship.

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- Asian foreign exchange rates (FX) appear far less sensitive to US rates, and more impacted by the US yield curve and US equity returns. A flatter curve (little difference between short-term and long-term bond rates of return) with weaker equities would be the toughest environment for Asian FX, while continued gains in equities would moderate any fallout.
- Our base case is for the renminbi to be stable in 2022 as China’s sealed borders prevent outbound travel and to support the current account surplus. But a more infectious variant could increase the economic costs relative to the health benefits in China. The need for lower rates (policy easing), or a significant shift away from “zero-Covid” could be risks to the renminbi.
- While more Asian central banks will start hiking rates in 2022, this is likely to be slower than in other emerging markets. See figure 4. Inflation is set to be close to or below central bank targets everywhere in the region except India. The lost economic output during Covid will take time to recover. And private sector credit growth is mostly still very weak, especially in Southeast Asia (ASEAN). Moreover, easing by the People’s Bank of China is likely to be in stark contrast to tightening Fed, with Asia straddling this policy divide.
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This book explores 21st century Korean society on the basis of its dramatically transforming and rapidly expanding commercial funeral industry. With insights into contemporary Confucianism, shamanism and filial piety, as well as modernisation, urbanisation, the division of labour and the digitalisation of consumption, it is the first study of its kind to offer a sophisticated, integrated sociological analysis of how the commodification of death intersects with capitalism, popular culture and everyday life in contemporary Korea. Through innovative analyses of funeral advertising and journalism, screen and literary representations of funerals, online media, consumer accounts of using funeral services and other sources, it offers a complex picture of the widespread effects of economic development, urbanisation and modernisation in South Korean society over the past quarter century. In the aftermath of the Korean 'economic miracle' novel ways of paying respect to deceased kin have emerged; using Max Weber's concept of 'pariah capitalism', Gil-Soo Han shows how the heightened obsession with and boom in the commodification of death in Korea reflects radical transformations in both capital and culture.
Gil-Soo Han is an Associate Professor at the School of Media, Film and Journalism at Monash University. His research interests span across sociologial studies of religion, health, ethnicity and media and he is a leader in the field of Korean Studies in Australasia. Gil-Soo's education in Korea, India and Australia has given him a unique, transnational understanding of the Korean diaspora in Australia, and his work on Korean migrants has always been accompanied by 'scholarly re-visits' to Korea as a Korea-born migrant himself and scholar now working in Australian universities. Gil-Soo has taught at the University of New England, the Monash University School of Rural Health and served as Head of Arts at the Monash University Sunway Campus in Malaysia. He has published more than 70 book chapters and journal articles, and 5 books including Nouveau-riche Nationalism and Multiculturalism in Korea (2016) and the co-edited volume, Minorities and Media (2017).

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Sharp 46-Inch LCD Redeems ItselfBy Gadget Lab
Denon Blu-ray Player Brings Serious Picture Quality at Serious Price
The Denon DVD-2500BTCI is a Blu-ray Transport, which is Denon's fancy pants way of telling you that you shouldn't expect to just plug the player into any old TV and have everything automatically work. We checked the 2500BTCI out with Denon's $1,200 AVR-2808CI receiver — when stacked together the duo, it's over a foot tall and weighs 50 pounds — and the results were indeed impressive. Video quality with both Blu-ray discs and regular DVDs is impeccable. Audio is equally sharp and powerful: With both video and audio quality, the real limit becomes what your TV and speakers are capable of putting out. Do you really need a $1000 optical player? Only if your A/V rig is up to the task.
As a side note, against Denon's advice we tried bypassing the receiver and plugging the 2500BTCI directly into a three-year-old TV set, just to see what would happen. Surprisingly, everything (audio and video) worked just fine. Turns out that most gear with an HDMI input can decode the 2500's audio signal, which outputs in a variety of formats as needed. So maybe you don't need that $1,200 receiver after all. —Christopher Null
WIRED: Impressive audio and video quality. Solid build. Eliminating analog connectors and processors reduces complexity and, theoretically, the possibility of interference. Disc playback resumes after powering off.
TIRED: As laggy at loading discs as most other Blu-ray players. Overly large, badly balanced remote control. Unit is relatively slow to pick up on remote control commands. A thousand bucks can buy some pretty nice speakers or go a long way toward a TV instead.
Price/maker: $1000, Denon
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Oxford Reading Tree Treetops Fiction: Level 13: The Ultimate Trainers
de Paul Shipton; Ilustração: Judy Brown
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In The Ultimate Trainers Jake finds a pair of gleaming new trainers in the rubbish. He soon finds that there is more to them than meets the eye... TreeTops Fiction contains engaging novels from top authors and illustrators with the variety children need to develop a love of reading!

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Bulgaria: Members of the Prosecutor's Collegium suggest the Removal of Ivan Geshev
Six of the members of the prosecutor's collegium of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) propose the early release of the chief prosecutor Ivan Geshev due to a serious breach of official duties. This is stated in a message of the collegium uploaded on the website of the council.
The Ambassadors of Russia and Belarus will Not Receive Invitations to the Opening of the 48th Bulgarian Parliament
The ambassador of Russia and Eleonora Mitrofanova and the temporarily acting ambassador of the embassy of Belarus in Bulgaria Nikita Leshukov will not receive invitations to the opening of the 48th National Assembly.
This was announced by Nadezhda Yordanova from "Democratic Bulgaria" after a meeting of the parliamentary parties in the parliament.
Bulgaria: Which Parties Registered for the Autumn Elections
High political ambitions were stated before the early elections. On the penultimate day of registration in the Central Election Committee, the parties submitted requests for a majority in the format of a triple coalition. Proposals for solving the crises in the country were also heard.
Bulgaria: Ivan Geshev remains Prosecutor General with only 2 Votes "In Favor" of his Removal
The Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) refused to prematurely terminate the mandate of the Prosecutor General. Only two of the members of the Supreme Court - Atanaska Disheva and Olga Kerelska - were "in favor" of the removal of Ivan Geshev, all the other 16 voted "against" and so he remains in his post. The Prosecutor General did not participate in the vote.
Bulgaria: The Judicial Reform will Sink if the Cabinet Collapses
Judicial reform, a topic created by the ruling coalition half a year ago, is likely to be the biggest victim of its collapse. It (despite public arguments) is one of the reasons for the most serious shock in power.
Bulgaria Govt Moves Towards Removing Controversial Chief Prosecutor
The Bulgarian Constitutional Court's decision to allow the justice minister to request the dismissal of Chief Prosecutor Ivan Geshev came into force on Tuesday - a step forward for the government's aim of removing the man it sees as an obstacle to the reform of the justice system and the implementation of anti-corruption measures.
Bulgarian Politics: What are the names of Potential Ministers in the Future Cabinet?
Bulgaria is waiting to officially find out the names of the candidate ministers in the draft cabinet. So far, it is clear that Kiril Petkov will be nominated for prime minister, and that there will be four deputy prime ministers in the future cabinet.
Here is a list of other names associated with the new government:
Minister of Finance - Asen Vassilev
Bulgarian Minister Discusses Judicial Reform with Senior Officials of CoE, ECHR
Bulgaria's Justice Minister Hristo Ivanov and Thorbjørn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe (CoE), have discussed Bulgaria's judicial reform strategy and the independence of the judiciary in the country.
Ivanov is on a two-day working visit to Strasbourg on March 16-17.


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TO A few years ago, after giving a talk on water and climate change, a rancher from Arizona came up and asked if there would be enough water in the future for his cattle or if they should sell and move north. This week, I received an email from a retiring physician who, recognizing both his privileged financial situation and the personal nature of the decision, nonetheless asked if “it would be more advantageous / safer to consider moving to the Oregon or Washington coast. instead of staying in Southern California ”due to rising sea levels, extreme heat and the growing threat of wildfires. At an Independence Day party this weekend, a couple asked me if they should move from Colorado to Michigan due to increasing drought and water shortages in the western United States.
I receive these questions regularly and am encouraged and appalled by them. Encouraged because it suggests that the message about climate risks is finally getting out and people are beginning to reflect on the personal implications of those risks. Dismayed by the realization that the climate crisis will produce two classes of refugees: those who have the freedom and financial resources to try, at least for a time, to flee the growing threats in advance, and those who will be left behind to suffer. the consequences in the form of disease, death and destruction.
And I can’t answer you. Decisions about where to live, when we are fortunate enough to have the ability to choose, are deeply personal: a function of family, friends, work, wealth, and idiosyncratic preferences about community, health, the environment, and , yes, the climate and the weather. But, from a scientist’s point of view, certain facts about our changing environment are now patently unequivocal. Sea levels are rising and the risks of flooding and coastal storms, already extremely high in some places, are rising rapidly. Rising temperatures are already causing more extreme heat episodes, which have always been lethal and are increasingly so. Wildfires are increasing in frequency, intensity and duration in many parts of the world, threatening communities with death and destruction and causing severe air pollution for millions of people. The severity of droughts and floods is increasing in some regions, with consequences for the availability and quality of water and public health.
Worldwide, nearly 700 million people now live in low-lying coastal areas vulnerable to rising sea levels and coastal storms. That number could hit 1 billion by 2050. Island nations like the Maldives, Seychelles, Kiribati and others could be completely wiped out by rising sea levels and storms. Even a rise of just one meter (39 inches), almost certainly inevitable now, will displace millions of people in Florida and along the Gulf Coast, causing trillions of dollars in property damage and loss.
The unprecedented heat waves that hit the planet recently are harbingers of the heat waves of the future. Temperatures above 49 ° C (120 ° F) swept across the Middle East a few weeks ago, sooner than ever. Death Valley reached 53.3 ° C (128 ° F), just shy of the highest temperature ever recorded on Earth. Last week, the small town of Lytton, British Columbia, experienced the highest temperatures ever recorded in Canada, and was then ravaged by a brutal and rapid wildfire. And the World Meteorological Organization this week confirmed a new high temperature record for Antarctica.
The U.S. National Climate Assessment indicated that the period since 1950 in the southwestern United States has been hotter than any comparable period in the past 600 years, and temperatures continue to rise. Heat stress is already the leading cause of climate-related death in the United States, worse than hurricanes, tornadoes, or floods. In Europe, more than 20,000 people, mostly elderly, are already it is estimated that he dies annually from exposure to extreme heat. This problem is most severe in poorer communities that lack shade trees, air conditioning, and cooling shelters.
Each of these changes shows the fingerprints of man-made climate change. In response, humans who can move will move. Just as millions migrated over the past half century from the colder north to sunny and warm communities in Florida, Arizona, New Mexico, and southern California, we will certainly see massive reverse migration in the next half century away from the coasts, hot extreme and water scarcity in places considered more favorable. We are already seeing refugees on the southern border of the United States fleeing countries suffering from droughts and disasters. If greenhouse gas emissions continue unabated, some models suggest that more than a million climate refugees can move from Central America and Mexico to the United States. In April, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees released a report showing that climate and weather-related disasters already displace more than 20 million people a year, and a report from the Australian Institute of Economics and Peace suggests that more than 1 billion people could be displaced by climate and weather disasters by 2050.
How bad will it get? I don’t know because I don’t know how long our politicians will hesitate before finally tackling the climate crisis. I don’t know because there are natural factors that could slow down a bit or, more likely, enormously accelerate the rate of change, causing a cascade and accelerating disasters faster than we can adapt. But now we know enough to invest in reducing climate-changing gas emissions and begin to adapt to those impacts that we can no longer avoid. These changes are coming and the costs, especially for those left behind, will exceed anything our disaster management systems have had to deal with in the past.
Peter Gleick is a co-founder of the Pacific Institute, a hydrologist and climatologist, and a member of the US National Academy of Sciences.He lives about 30 meters above sea level, but only 900 meters from an extremely dangerous earthquake fault.
George is Digismak’s reported cum editor with 13 years of experience in Journalism


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In Chicago, the arrival of Prohibition opened a lucrative new market to the city’s various criminal factions in January 1920. No longer limited to prostitution and gambling, the mobs built empires of illegal production and distribution of alcohol. The profit at stake brought the gangs into violent conflicts, and grisly events like the Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre of 1929 made Chicago synonymous with organised crime. Making a permanent mark on culture, this period has inspired books, films, and a number of games – a list to which we can add Empire of Sin.
Developed by Romero Games – fronted by industry veterans and husband-and-wife team John and Brenda Romero – Empire of Sin is not the first strategy game with a 1920s Chicago theme, but may be the most ambitious. At the outset of the game, the player chooses one of 14 distinct bosses, who are a mixture of real and fictional figures. Having done so, they are tasked with nothing less than building a criminal empire, amassing a fortune, and eliminating rivals to become the undisputed kingpin of the Windy City.
The overarching grand strategy component is just one of four distinct aspects to Empire of Sin. Building an empire means acquiring numerous rackets like speakeasies, breweries and brothels which are maintained through an economic management layer. Moving their boss and other gangsters around the city, the player will meet new characters and begin missions which form the core of a role-playing element. Finally, Chicago is a violent place and the various battles with rival factions, non-aligned thugs, and the police play out in the form of turn-based tactical battles.
Any one of these sets of mechanics could be used as the basis for a game in and of itself. By combining them, Romero Games set themselves a daunting task. Empire of Sin has a sprawling, almost overwhelming design that brims with possibilities. Unfortunately, like a rookie mobster, the developers have grabbed control of more territory than they can keep under control. The more elements a game has, the harder it is to make each one reach its potential and Empire of Sin is what Brenda Romero calls a “system soup”. The attempt to fuse grand strategy, management, role-playing and combat is admirable but each component competes with the others for space in the design and each one ultimately feels shallow.
Take the combat, for example. Romero Games have lifted the combat system almost directly from the XCOM series, which is difficult to argue with given how tried-and-tested said system is. The reality is, however, that battles in 1920s Chicago are nothing like as exciting as the ones on an ADVENT-controlled future Earth. For one thing, the variety of combat environments is seriously lacking: fighting within a brothel is almost identical to fighting in a brewery, or even to a shootout that takes place in the street. Victory usually depends on using a handful of familiar abilities repeatedly. Empire of Sin expects players to undertake dozens, maybe hundreds, of these identikit engagements which barely change over hours of play. Worse, there’s no way to auto-resolve battles. This becomes a real sticking point when war breaks out, and every trivial skirmish has to be played out in full, one after another.
As opposed to XCOM’s randomly-generated but customisable soldiers, Empire of Sin has no less than 60 pre-built gangster characters. This is another key example of the game’s emphasis on quantity over quality. Yes, these mobsters have their own special quests and unique sets of traits: but they’re flat, uninteresting and have little in the way of personality. They aren’t promoted through combat, but instead gain new abilities at timed intervals. This means that upgrades to their effectiveness don’t come from hard-fought successes in the streets, but are inevitable with the passing of time. Empire of Sin is an open-ended game in which players are invited to tell their own stories, but it’s difficult to bond with characters who change in such a rigid, predictable way.
Another tool the game offers to help players mark their mark on Chicago, and to create their own narrative, is the interactions with other factions. When exploring the city’s ten districts – which can be done in a detailed close-up view or on an abstracted strategic map – the player’s boss will run into representatives of rival factions. Should your boss stumble into some wiseguys employed by Al Capone, they will likely be invited to a sitdown. In theory, this is where game-changing deals can be carved out, mano a mano, but in practice players are likely to come away with a 4% discount on brothel ambience upgrades. These paltry rewards make engaging in diplomacy feel like a waste of time, and undermine the game’s atmosphere.
At first, managing rackets is engaging but as time goes on and bosses acquire dozens of establishments, it becomes more and more difficult to justify the time needed to upgrade and maintain this sprawling network. Through this accumulation of busywork, Empire of Sin gives players a perverse incentive to instead arm themselves, provoke wars, and eliminate rivals more quickly. In effect, this shortcuts much of the game – once the other factions are crushed, the city falls into the player’s control and the game is over. The abundance of bugs – some fixed in a day one patch, others not – also encouraging skipping ahead.
Empire of Sin focuses on a uniquely fascinating time and place in American history, and often does a good job in recreating the pleasures and dangers of 1920s Chicago. Somewhere within its maze of systems is the potential for a great gangster game, but Romero Games have poured so much content into the project and stretched the design so thin that none of its component parts are truly compelling. The wait for a definitive mob experience goes on.


While the intention of recycling is a good one, I can’t help but wonder how much recycled waste actually gets recycled. Not because recycling facilities don’t sort and process the items, rather most recycled debris in those curb-side green bins get carried off by the wind.
Today was an exceptionally windy day and was a good example of the poor concept of the green bin. Did whoever invent the rectangular, open-top bin ever think it might not stand up to the fierce winds, snowstorms and rain showers of our Canadian climate?
I suggest replacing the traditional green bin for a bin with a lid. This would eliminate so much trash getting strewn over neighborhoods. Pieces of wet newspapers hugging trees, water bottles in the gutter – all well-intended recycling items reduced to… litter.


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Carson City senior lunch menus for Aug. 29-Sept. 2
Note: Menus for week of Aug. 29 subject to change without notice. Choice of beverage included.
Carson City Senior Citizens Center, 911 Beverly Dr.:
MONDAY: Breaded chicken with mashed potatoes, pan gravy, mixed vegetables, garden salad, whole wheat bread and grape jelly, apricots and oatmeal cookies.
TUESDAY: Philly cheese steaks with onions and peppers, baked potato chips, pickled beets, peaches and cookies.
WEDNESDAY: Salmon patties on buns, lettuce, onion, pea salad and ambrosia.
THURSDAY: Herb baked chicken, bread stuffing, pan gravy, peas and onion, house salad and mixed berry cups.
FRIDAY: Barbecue rib sandwiches, coleslaw, potato salad, watermelon, cake and ice cream.
Dayton Senior Center, 320 Old Dayton Valley Road:
MONDAY: Cheeseburger skillet, tossed salad, balsamic vinaigrette, whole wheat dinner rolls, fruit cocktail and pink lemonade.
TUESDAY: Chicken broccoli rice, beet salad, apricot bran muffins, margarine, honeydew, cantaloupe, fruit cups and milk.
WEDNESDAY: Chili dogs with beans, cheddar cheese and onions, mixed vegetables, Tater Tots, watermelon and ice cream.
THURSDAY: Hot turkey sandwiches on whole wheat bread, mashed potatoes, gravy, carrots, peaches and sherbet.
FRIDAY: Breakfast burritos with scrambled eggs and cheese, hash browns, cantaloupe, sausage, cinnamon rolls, V8 and orange juice.
Douglas County Senior Center, 1329 Waterloo Lane:
MONDAY: Western bacon cheeseburgers with lettuce and tomatoes, onion rings, watermelon and Crunch ice cream bars.
TUESDAY: Chicken Caesar salad, romaine, cheese, tomatoes, croutons, rolls, hard boiled eggs, grapes and blueberry muffins.
WEDNESDAY: Italian turkey burgers, baked steak fries, peas, carrots and honeydew.
Silver Springs Senior Center, 1050 Pyramid Ave.:
MONDAY: Crab and shrimp salad, beets, crackers, cantaloupe and sherbet.
TUESDAY: Chicken gumbo, red beans and rice, colorful salad, honey dressing and fruit cups.
WEDNESDAY: Chili dogs with chili beans, onions, cheese, Tater Tots and watermelon.
THURSDAY: Hamburger steak with brown gravy, Tater Tots, cauliflower, whole wheat bread, margarine and mixed fruit.
FRIDAY BREAKFAST 9:30: Baked omelet with ham, eggs and cheese, blueberry muffins, margarine, grapes and orange juice.
Storey County Senior Citizens Center, corner of E and Mill streets in Virginia City:
MONDAY: Tamale pie, chili relleno and Mexican salad.
TUESDAY: Chicken taco soup, cheese quesadilla and fruit.
WEDNESDAY: Baked cod, rice pilaf, glazed carrots and salad.
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MONDAY: Tacos, ranch style beans, corn and pudding.
TUESDAY: Chicken tenders, fries, cottage cheese, fruit and sherbet.
WEDNESDAY: Pork chops, mushroom gravy, baked potatoes, broccoli, salad and yogurt.
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A man already wearing an electronic monitoring tether for past legal troubles was accused of assault before he cut the tether and fled the scene in Mt. Pleasant on Thursday.
Officers were send to the 200 block of W. High Street about 1:40 a.m., said Jeff Browne, public information officer for the Mt. Pleasant Police Department.
“Later that morning an officer from the sheriffs department had contact with the suspect and took him into custody,” Browne said.
Browne said the tether was valued at $600.
It was not clear why the man was originally on the tether or what new charges he might face.


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Due to COVID-19, patients have experienced a reduction in access to quality healthcare, whether it be through their primary care provider or outpatient management of chronic diseases. Since nurses are considered the primary caregivers, this has resulted in acute care nursing burnout, and an even more uncertain future for the healthcare industry. This especially applies to nursing care provided in the hospital setting.
Throughout the pandemic, the lack of close outpatient management for non-COVID patients has led to hospital admissions that may have otherwise been avoided with possibly even sicker, decompensated patients. While caring for COVID-19 patients admitted to the hospital, the standard nurse-to-patient ratio increased. Nurses are spending less time in their patients’ rooms to limit exposure. Many hospitals have the majority of nurses working twelve hour shifts that are often longer, which can add to their emotional and physical stress. Caring for more patients than usual, including those diagnosed with a virus not seen before, with rapidly progressive symptoms, requiring a high level of treatment, can take its toll.
While hospitalized, both COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 patients have not been permitted to have visitors at most institutions. This has added significant stress to the individual patient and their families, and also placed an addition burden on the bedside nurse. In these already stressful and unprecedented situations, the bedside nurse has been forced to provide additional emotional support to their patients while advocating for them, with less support systems in place for the patients and nurses. This has included critically ill patients, as well as those that were dying alone without the presence of their family members.
Teamwork in nursing has also been negatively affected by COVID-19. The physical nature alone of bedside nursing requires multiple individuals to care for each patient. This is amplified when a patient is in an ICU or is acutely ill. Again, to limit exposure, many times only one nurse enters the COVID-19 patient’s room to provide direct care. This has limited the ability to provide good care, while increasing moral stress and physical strain on the nurse. In addition, it’s added to the feeling of isolation from fellow nurse colleagues that could provide much needed support during this stressful time, increasing nursing burnout.
Due to these factors and of course the stress of personal COVID-19 exposure at work, nursing burnout is increasing, and many of the acute care nursing workforce have looked to leave bedside nursing altogether. This is a large group, including many highly experienced nurses that provide invaluable leadership, training and support to other nurses. This stress especially weighs heavily on aging acute care nurses who carry additional COVID risk factors. Any loss of nurses from this group will unfortunately increase the known nursing shortage affecting healthcare at all levels.
The typically very heavily regulated, high-quality, patient safety-centric nursing practice has drastically changed during this ongoing pandemic. The nursing profession and patient safety have been synonymous over the years with the empowerment of nursing. However, with less patient interaction, less support systems and teamwork, and the diminishing workforce, the negative downstream effects of COVID-19 will lead to a long term and different way of caring for patients. So many of the effects of COVID-19 on nurses are evolving and still unknown. And it is evident in the cases our team is already reviewing, that COVID-19 has resulted in an increased number of medical errors.

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We all got to see how the BMW 8-Series concept looked like last month and while the concept does give us an idea of where BMW is heading in terms of design, it is still hard to imagine how the actual production model will look like when it arrives.
At the event, BMW also confirms that they are going to work on a new BMW M8 but they did not reveal how the vehicle will look like. Using the concept seen in Italy, designer Aksyonov Nikita came out with a new rendering showing the world what the BMW M8 could look like when the time comes.
The vehicle was given the M stripes along with an upgraded bumper, exhaust tips, carbon fiber side mirror caps, black rims and more.
It is believed that the BMW M8 could be powered by a 4.4-liter twin turbo V8 engine that will offer about 600hp. We do not know when we will get to see the BMW M8 but 2018 it is unlikely going to be this year.
You can check out the rendering here and tell us what you think.


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You can now watch the full trailer for THE HEART OF THEM here first at Newgrounds.
You can also listen to the first 10 tracks from the soundtrack album here at Bandcamp.
The project is almost 50% done and is expected (hopefully) to finish by mid-December.
Stay tuned for more news!
Mohammad Ahmed Fikree


The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) in India has given some guidance about whether bike taxis are legal or not. They’ve stated that according to Section 2(7) of the Motor Vehicles (MV) Act, 1988, motorcycles can be considered as contract carriages. This means that bike taxis could be seen as legal under certain conditions. Additionally, the advisory also aims to shield bike taxi riders from fines related to licensing problems.
Until now, bike taxis have been permitted in select states like Rajasthan, Goa, Uttar Pradesh, and Telangana, whereas they were banned in Delhi and Maharashtra. Now with this advisory notice, there will be a uniformity with regards to the legality of bike taxis and this could clear the way for more states, UTs to issue permits for bike taxis.
Bike taxis have several benefits compared to the traditional cabs and auto-rickshaws. Firstly, they could assist in solving last-mile connectivity issues by racing areas that are not easily accessible for larger vehicles. In addition, they can zip through congested traffic more efficiently, thereby reducing overall travel time and easing traffic jams. Moreover, they offer a more affordable way to travel compared to other options, making them accessible to a wider range of commuters. Allowing bike taxis throughout the country will also contribute to multiple employment opportunities.
Presently, India offers three primary bike taxi services: Rapido, Uber Moto, and Ola Bikes, with the former currently holding about 60 per cent of the market share.