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Discussion in 'Java Edition News' started by Camezonda, Apr 9, 2019.
Can you also get those cubelets drom finding those eggs?
That might clear it up : )
Finally i can buy cubelets again i want all the items!! owo
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The rewards you get from the easter hunt are not worth it, change my mind.
But honestly, in the past we used to get cubelets and cool vanity items, and now we'll get 2 easter eggs that you can get within like 1 hour of playing, instead of seeking eggs for 4 hours. Oh yeah on top of that, the easter cubelets mostly contain useless [removed by a moderator].
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Housing Insecurity Is a Health Crisis. The Pandemic Has Made It Worse.
One year in, more than a quarter of U.S. adults are living in households facing foreclosure or eviction.by Raymond Williams
Ingris Moran experienced housing insecurity firsthand growing up in the Arlandria neighborhood of Alexandria, Virginia.
"Moving place to place because we couldn't afford it anymore was always a struggle," Moran said.
Predominately Hispanic and heavily urbanized, Arlandria, also known as Chirilagua, has seen rents skyrocket over the years. New developments in surrounding areas priced out families who have called the area home for decades.
"What we've seen is a crisis in which a lot of our families struggled with paying rent before COVID," Moran said.
Today, Moran is lead organizer for Tenants and Workers United, a community organization fighting for affordable housing and tenant protections, among other issues.
"Because most of the community are essential workers, many times our families, not because they want to, live in overcrowded housing in order for them to pay their rent."
Stable housing is a strong social determinant of health.
According to a 2011 study in the American Journal of Public Health, crowded living conditions and multiple moves negatively impact a child's mental health, ability to cope with stress and blood pressure.
It can also make children more susceptible to infectious diseases, less likely to have access to healthcare and at increased risk for substance abuse, behavior problems and poor school performance.
Adults facing housing security often must delay healthcare because of high costs, further impacting their health.
Homelessness is linked to health disparities in psychological health, food access and life expectancy, and the financial and mental strain is much worse when it comes to people of color.
Black and Latinx renters are more likely to be cost burdened and face higher rates of eviction and homelessness.
Arlandria is representative of many places across the country.
According to Harvard University's State of the Nation's Housing 2020 report, 31.7 million households were "cost-burdened" in 2019, spending more than 30 percent of their income on housing.
This has only been exacerbated by the pandemic. Millions of Americans have lost their jobs and, therefore, access to health care. One year in, more than a quarter of U.S. adults are living in households facing foreclosure or eviction.
"Housing affordability is a combination of the cost of housing and what people earn," said Nan Roman, president and CEO of the National Alliance to End Homelessness.
"And right now, a large number of people just don't earn enough money to pay for the housing they have, or pay for the housing that's available."
How did we get here?
Affordable housing was a federal government priority in the 1960s, when the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) first became a cabinet-level agency.
The Johnson administration provided subsidies to public housing agencies to offset maintenance expenses.
Public-private partnerships were also used to create affordable housing, providing low interest rates or subsidies to private owners to purchase or upgrade property to rent at reasonable prices. These ventures continued as new construction of affordable housing increased in the 1970s.
However, in 1973, President Richard Nixon enacted a moratorium on the construction of public housing. The creation of the Section 8 program the next year and use of block grants further began to shift the responsibility of housing to state and local governments.
Following decades of deregulation, restrictive zoning codes and high costs associated with affordable housing, developers focused more on middle to upper-middle income folks, leaving the poor and low-income with fewer opportunities to obtain budget-friendly housing.
Exploitation from landlords
Today's profit-driven housing market gives incentive for landlords to charge rates at their discretion.
The rise of gentrification has put low-income renters at a disadvantage. They often have to choose between high-priced properties and second-rate housing with a cheaper price tag. These environments are potential breeding grounds for exploitation.
The pandemic has increased the opportunity for shady tactics. Stories of landlords using the pandemic to evict tenants more quickly have showcased the way some landlords take advantage of the most vulnerable.
"Even though our folks were getting sick, testing positive, and being laid off of work, the landlords were still continuing to charge late fees," Moran said.
"[Landlords] were still demanding that they owe and sending community members to court."
In this environment, landlords can meet tenant complaints about unfair conditions with threats of retaliation, knowing their tenant has few other options. This is especially true for undocumented immigrants, who are sometimes threatened with deportation.
A new type of housing policy
The current crisis of housing insecurity has some searching for alternatives to the prevailing system. For some, it means taking the profit margin out of housing altogether.
"The Homes Guarantee is a vision of housing as a public good, as opposed to housing as a commodity as it is today," said Tara Raghuveer, campaign director for Homes Guarantee, a project created by People's Action and organized by a team of policy experts, grassroots activists, public housing tenants and the previously and currently unhoused.
The project's plans include the construction of 12 million new social housing units, universal rent control, a national tenant's bill of rights, reinvestment in public housing and an end to corporate speculation.
Raghuveer said the project is a stepping stone for addressing the impact years of discriminatory policies have had on marginalized communities.
"We see the Homes Guarantee as a project within a broader project of reparations," she said.
"It's not the answer by itself, but it can be a part of what we think of as repairing harm done to the Native and Black communities in this country."
The organization is fighting for comprehensive policies around housing, health care and climate change. Since the last election cycle, over 130 candidates — 32 now in political office — have signed the Homes Guarantee pledge.
The Future of Housing Access and Security
The U.S. has a shortage of 7.2 million affordable housing units, according to the National Low Income Housing Coalition.
As the effects of COVID and climate change continue to wreak havoc in communities across the country, progress seems to be on the horizon, albeit slowly.
There has been renewed federal attention to housing reform.
In January, President Joe Biden signed an executive order to end and reverse discriminatory policies in housing and lending. In March, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention extended a federal eviction moratorium until June, but a federal judge struck down the ban May 5.
Biden also pushed the Federal Housing Finance Agency to extend its foreclosure and eviction moratoriums and forbearance applications past its Feb. 28 deadline.
Rental assistance and housing vouchers have helped many Americans secure shelter and pay essential bills. But critics have suggested these methods do not go far enough, warning they exclude vast swaths of people with months of back rent still to be repaid.
There's more work being done on the local level.
The state of California has used coronavirus relief funds to purchase and rehabilitate hotels, motels and vacant buildings to convert them into short and long-term housing, a model other states, counties and towns could utilize.
Tenants and Workers United is currently in conversation with its local city council and nonprofit developers to advocate for a community voice in new developments. Health access is also on their agenda, as their community has been hard hit by COVID infections.
Moran said health access and affordable housing are not mutually exclusive, and need to be tackled head-on.
"Housing shouldn't be seen as a business, but more as how we should continue to sustain our community for the better," she said.


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Afghan trade vehicles remain stranded in Karachi
KABUL (PAN): Pakistan is refusing to allow thousands of Afghanistan-bound containers loaded with commercial goods to leave the port city of Karachi, the capital of Sindh province, under the new transit trade agreement between the two countries, an official said on Thursday.
"If urgent steps in this regard are not taken, some goods may lose their value," Deputy Commerce and Industry Minister Ghulam Mohammad Yalafi told a press conference in Kabul.
The delay in implementing the Afghanistan-Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement (APTTA) had left 3,000 Afghan trucks stranded in Karachi since May 22 of this year.
Though the historic pact went into effect on Tuesday when Afghanistan sent a two-truck convoy carrying trade goods on its way to India for the first time under the new agreement, Pakistan is still not allowing trucks to carry commercial goods into the landlocked country.
Yalfai said Pakistan failed to give any reason for the restriction. Though Pakistan earlier announced that the trade accord had gone into effect, the country was not prepared to implement it, he said.
The deputy commerce minister said the 3,000 trucks carried merchandise for factories, electronic equipment and food items, which he feared could turn rotten if not transported immediately.
The commerce ministry planned to send a delegation to Pakistan next week to discuss the issue with relevant officials, he said.
Download “Pajhwok” mobile App, on your smartphone to read and access latest news, features, interviews, videos and photos about Afghanistan.

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Marseille central defender Nicolas N’Koulou spoke about his precarious contract situation when asked by reporters at the post-match press conference between Marseille and Lyon.
“To play (at Lyon), yes? But with the Marseille. To play for Lyon? I am still with Marseille. I cannot speak about the future, we have only played about 10 matches. I cannot think about it whilst I am on the pitch, whilst I am wearing this shirt. It is not necessarily easy, but this situation has happened. I cannot speak about it for the moment, due to the situation of my team. Extending? Everything is possible. The representatives have not spoken to me.”


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Predictors of outcome of long-term GnRH therapy in men with idiopathic hypogonadotropic hypogonadism.
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
GnRH treatment is successful in inducing virilization and spermatogenesis in men with idiopathic hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (IHH). However, a small subset of IHH men, poorly characterized to date, fail to reach a normal testicular volume (TV) and produce sperm on this therapy. To determine predictors of outcome in terms of TV and sperm count, we studied 76 IHH men (38% with anosmia) undergoing GnRH therapy for 12-24 months. The population was stratified according to the baseline degree of prior pubertal development: absent (group 1, n = 52), partial (group 2, n = 18), or complete (adult onset HH; group 3, n = 6). Cryptorchidism was recorded in 40% of group 1, 5% of group 2, and none in group 3. Pulsatile GnRH therapy was initiated at 5-25 ng/kg per pulse sc and titrated to attain normal adult male testosterone (T) levels. LH, FSH, T, and inhibin B (I(B)) levels were measured serially, and maximum sperm count was recorded. A longitudinal mixed effects model was used to determine predictors of final TV. LH (97%) and T (93%) levels were normalized in the majority of IHH men. Groups 2 and 3 achieved a normal adult testicular size (92%), FSH (96%), I(B) levels (93%), and sperm in their ejaculate (100%). However, given their prior complete puberty and thus primed gonadotropes and testes, group 3 responded faster, normalizing androgen production by 2 months and completing spermatogenesis by 6 months. In contrast, group 1 failed to normalize TV (11 +/- 0.4 ml) and I(B) levels (92 +/- 6 pg/ml) by 24 months, despite normalization of their FSH levels (11 +/- 2 IU/liter). Similarly, sperm counts of group 1 plateaued well below the normal range (median of 3 x 10(6)/ml) with 18% remaining azoospermic. The independent predictors of outcome of long-term GnRH therapy were: 1) the presence of some prior pubertal development (positive predictor; group effect (beta) = 4.3; P = 0.003); 2) a baseline I(B) less than 60 pg/ml (negative predictor; beta = -3.7; P = 0.009); and 3) prior cryptorchidism (negative predictor; beta = -1.8; P = 0.05). Notably, anosmia was not an independent predictor of outcome when adjusted for other baseline variables. Our conclusions are: 1) pulsatile GnRH therapy in IHH men is very successful in inducing androgen production and spermatogenesis; 2) normalization of the LH-Leydig cell-T axis is achieved more uniformly than the FSH-Sertoli cell-I(B) axis during GnRH therapy; and 3) favorable predictors for achieving an adult testicular size and consequently optimizing spermatogenesis are prior history of sexual maturation, a baseline I(B) greater than 60 pg/ml, and absence of cryptorchidism.
Adolescent, Adult, Cohort Studies, Cryptorchidism/epidemiology, Drug Administration Schedule, Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone/therapeutic use, Humans, Hypogonadism/drug therapy, Male, Middle Aged, Puberty, Sperm Count, Testis/anatomy & histology, Time Factors, Treatment Outcome
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Will Urbina has posted full build pics of a low power NAS using an Atom processor, HighPoint 8-port RAID card, and eight 2 TB SATA drives.
This blog contains full instructions, including links and pictures of all hardware needed, to build a 1+ TB NAS. Windows XP is used as the software, while a Highpoint RocketRAID hardware RAID card takes care of the drives.
I did some research into building a network attached storage (NAS) server, and bought the appropriate hardware online. I’ll cover the steps I took to build a homebrew NAS server capable of offering 1Tb of redundant RAID 5 storage.


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The Fire Emblem 25th Anniversary Staff Book (called the 25th Anniversary ＦＩＲＥ ＥＭＢＬＥＭ ＯＦＦＩＣＩＡＬ ＳＴＡＦＦ ＢＯＯＫ in Japanese) is a small anniversary book that contains official artwork and messages from the developers of the Fire Emblem series. It was sold at Comiket in March 2015.
- Release Date: March 28th, 2015
- Price: 2,000 Yen
- Language: Japanese
The Fire Emblem 25th Anniversary Staff Book is 41 pages long. The artwork appears to have been drawn at each artist's discretion, as it uses the art styles that they like. It sometimes depicts characters from different universes together, such as Cormag and Igrene for example. There is artwork of at least one character from the first thirteen Fire Emblem games within the book. Some notable images in the book are early concept designs for Tiki, both in her human and dragon forms.
The end of the book contains a short personality test for readers that they can take to see which character from the Archanea Series that they are most like.
FE13 Official short story - Translation of an Awakening short story included in the staff book.

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All Roads Lead To Ayodhya
- Jonali Buragohain
- Published on 16 Jan 2024, 4:01 pm IST
- 5 minutes read
- Ayodhya city has undergone a complete makeover to complement the Ram Mandir
- The city wears an entire new look as it opens its doors to the devotees of Lord Ram
- DM Nitish Kumar gave an account of the major developmental works carried out to make Ayodhya fit to be called City of Lord Ram
As Ayodhya readies itself for the Ram Madir’s inauguration ceremony on 22 January, the City of Lord Ram wears a brand new look. To complement the Ram temple, the city has undergone a complete makeover with new constructions, renovation of old structures, and further beautification of others. It is as if the entire city has been cleansed and painted afresh, just like people get ready to welcome Lord Ram in Diwali time.
When the Ram Temple gets inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with it, a new Ayodhya will open its doors to the devoted, to explore the rich heritage of this sacred land.
Speaking exclusively to Indian Masterminds, DM of Ayodhya, 2010 batch IAS officer of UP cadre, Mr. Nitish Kumar, highlighted the major projects undertaken by the district administration to lay the path for the historic event.
RAM BHAKTI AT EVERY TURN
As every road leads to Ayodhya now, within the city itself, new stretches of road have been built while existing ones have been spruced up, with massive construction works undertaken on three main roads named – Ram Path, Janmabhoomi Path and Bhakti Path.
Ram Path, extending from Sahadatganj to Naya Ghat, has been built at an expense of Rs. 844.94 crore; Janmabhoomi Path, from Sugriva Fort to Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Temple Road, at Rs. 41.02 crore; and Bhakti Path, from Dhringaar Haat to Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Temple Road, at Rs. 268.04 crore.
Massive work has been carried out on NH 27 also.
“The works include 4-lane widening, 4-lane footpath, provision of utility duct, bus-way, passenger facilities on the route, storm water drain, underground electrical wires, stone benches on the sidewalk, beautiful street poles and lights,” Mr. Kumar said.
WHOPPING 22,000 CRORE PROJECTS
A total of 101 projects were undertaken by the administration at a cost of Rs. 22142.37 crore, on a priority basis. This includes commercial complexes like Laxman Kunj Smart Vehicle Parking and Arundhati (Maharishi) Parking. The latter has been built in an area of 4127 sq m, with shops, offices, car and two wheeler parkings, food courts, and toilets.
“We also undertook construction of embankment upto Guptar Ghat in Ayodhya district and restoration work upto 10 km of the Harishchandra Uday embankment in the east,” said Mr. Kumar.
HISTORICAL PONDS REJUVENATED
Further, tourism development work was done in three ancient ponds – Hamuman Kund, Swarna Khani Kund and Ganesh Kund, with meeting places, toilets, umbrellas, mural walls, ghats, auto-water filtration, railings, and lighting added.
Five other historical ponds were also rejuvenated, namely Sandhya Sarovar, Khurj Kund, Vidya Kund, Agni Kund, and Sita Kund.
“This was for ecological conservation of ponds. For biodiversity conservation, we undertook some major works in the Samada Lake and Bird Sanctuary, a 167 acres area, where we constructed a 6800 meter long dam and planted 45000 trees. This sanctuary offers an amazing view of nature and birds of different types,” Mr. Kumar said.
Besides nature parks, the administration also created several public parks, including sports parks. One of these, the Guptar Ghat Park, is equipped with kiosks, open air theatre, sun dial, open gym, lotus pond, children and yoga park, and solar lights.
“Rejuvenation of 33 parks was done. Five parks were converted into multi-facility sports parks, with construction of basket ball, badminton, volley ball courts, table tennis area, and open gyms,” Mr. Kumar added.
ANCIENT PLACES COME ALIVE
Besides ponds and nature parks, revival and conservation work was carried out on select historical places, like the Sun Temple in Surya Kund, that includes 4-entrance gates, landscaping pathways and re-arrangement of pre-built stairs on the ghat, work in the Navagrah Vatika, and also a Light and Sound show.
Facade lighting work for beautification was also carried out at Hamuman Garhi – in the Dasaratha Palace, Hamuman Garhi, Janaki Temple, Digambar Akhara, and the Golden Building. While mural painting work was done on Ram ki Pauri.
“We have also started mechanised sweeping of roads and mechanised cleaning of public toilets in 15 wards of Ayodhya,” Mr. Kumar informed.
LATA MANGESHKAR CHOWK, ATAL SCHOOL, NAV AYODHYA
The beautification works includes the Lata Mangeshkar Chowk with a sound and light system, and creation of the Saraswati Veena. Another added feature is the construction of the Atal Residential School building.
Mr. Kumar said, “We are also introducing river cruises from Naya Ghat to Uttar Ghat. Also, a 1400 acre new colony, Nav Ayodhya, will be developed. Land has already been acquired for the first phase. It will have guest houses as well as residential plots.”
Thus, for the visitors, Ayodhya awaits with a fine blend of the old with the new. As for the ease of travelling for long distance devotees and religious tourists, a newly built international airport, which has been named after Maharishi Valmiki, is already fully functional, while the railway station was developed by adding Phase 1 which was inaugurated by the superfast Vande Bharat Express. So, not only the roads, even the rail and the air routes lead to Ayodhya now. It would not be wrong to say, the sky is not the limit for the devoted!
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WINES THAT EVOKE THE FLAVOURS, COLOURS AND AROMAS OF OUR TERRITORY
The passion for the cultivation of the vine and for the rural traditions, combined with the desire to actively contribute to the promotion of the land of the Tuscan Maremma, led in 2001 the Vanni family, Maremma Doc, to realize a dream: the San Felo Wine Estate with an area of about 50 hectares with 33 hectares of harmonious vineyards.
Wisdom, experience, peasant patience, with the innovative enthusiasm of young entrepreneurs careful to invest in new techniques: these are the factors that have allowed San Felo to obtain wines that enhance the eno-cultural heritage of the Tuscan Maremma handed down from generation to generation, with careful respect for nature.
Today the Maremma has become one of the most important areas suited to viticulture, but it has not always been so. In fact the word maremma indicates any low and marshy area near the sea, where the tomboli, or the strings of coastal land, prevent the water courses from flowing freely into the sea causing stagnation, creating marshes and swamps.


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What is the Pegylation of Mechano Growth Factor? PEGylation is the act of attaching a Polyethylene glycol (PEG) structure to another larger molecule (in this case, MGF). The PEG acts as a protective coating and the theory here is that this will allow the MGF to be carried through the bloodstream without being broken down. Neurological research has shown that utilizing PEGylated MGF resulted in a longer more stable acting version of the MGF peptide in serum/blood.
When mechanical overload is introduced to a muscle (as by weight training), the IGF-1 gene released and is differentially spliced during the bodies response. Initially, it is spliced to produce predominantly IGF-1Ec (called the MGF splice variant of IGF-1). This early splicing stimulates satellite cells into activation. Which in turn allows the activation of extra undamaged nuclei to grow new muscle fiber and tissue. In a rodent study, a single intramuscular injection into muscle resulted in a 25% increase in mean muscle fibre cross-section area within three weeks. Using a similar protocol, liver-derived IGF-1 took four months to produce a 15% increase. It would also appear that with regards to age, the young have a better ability to respond to MGF, and that the elderly experience a decreased response to MGF which results in a decreased ability to stimulate the growth of new muscle tissue.
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PEG-MGF, Pegylated Mechano Growth Factor, Pegylated Somatomedin-C splice variant.
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NMC registration fee: waive it as a thank-you to nurses, MPs tell government
If ministers can help businesses during COVID-19 pandemic, they can help nurses too, MPs say
A cross-party group of MPs is calling for the £120 annual Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) registration fee to be waived or subsidised by the public purse.
The letter, initiated by Labour MP Virendra Sharma, reads: ‘[Nurses’] sacrifice has been immense, and at a time when the government has rightfully intervened to protect jobs and businesses, we believe it is only fair those who are putting their lives at risk for the benefit of society, receive similar levels of support.’
‘A key reason the fee is important to the NMC is that it’s our only source of income – we don’t rely on government funding,’ she said.
‘This keeps us independent so we can protect the public by supporting our professionals – in normal times and during this emergency.'
When asked about the MPs’ campaign, the Department of Health and Social Care gave no indication of if it supported the idea of covering the annual NMC registration fee or not, only stating it wanted to ensure all nurses and midwives are supported during the pandemic.
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'Oh happy day!' We have spent the last couple of days outside, and I can't help but sing out! It has been a VERY LONG winter and we have been waiting and waiting for spring to come. I think that it is officially here and while the kids and I were out playing, I brought my camera along. Although the colors outside aren't fabulous right now, I did have a blast taking tons of photos of the kids, they are my true inspiration.
Madi was checking out the blog the other day and realized that I hadn't posted a photo of her in a long time. She was pretty upset with me, so I promised that the next photo I posted would be of her....I got a ton of great shots of her, but this one makes me smile. She is having a great time hanging upside down once again!


Hand SMD assembly and frying pan reflow
People often ask how I assemble SMD boards, the video below is sped up to 20x and demonstrates the process. It takes a few minutes to dab some solder paste on each pad, then parts are placed using anti-magnetic tweezers.
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With the right plan and the right discipline, you can get seriously shredded in just 28 days.Read article
Thanksgiving dips and spreads are often rich and creamy, thanks to high-calorie and high-fat ingredients in the form of mayo, cheese, and all things cream. Serve yourself and your guests something lighter that embodies the flavors and colors of fall, like this butternut squash dip. When roasted and pureed, butternut squash assumes a rich and creamy texture and flavor. Not only will you save on calories and fat, but you’ll also get a hefty dose of vitamin A, which is essential for healthy vision and immune system, as well as fiber, which helps fill you up without filling you out.


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Portugal's INESC Porto (Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering of Porto) and FEUP (the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Porto) have developed software to automatically analyse and validate mammograms.
The software, Semantic PACS, can be incorporated into hospital IT systems and it categorises each new mammography using automatic descriptive methods and search methods that compare the semantic contents of the images stored. This means that the software learns from the analysis of previous mammograms and automatically provides relevant information that can help diagnose patients.
The software can be used for 1/3 of all cases with 100% accuracy in detecting malignant tumours. The objective of Semantic PACS is to automatically validate cases with clear results allowing doctors to be able to dedicate more time to assessing more complex cases. In addition, when doctors are unable to determine whether the tumour is benign or malignant, the system can search for similar images to help the doctor assess the seriousness of the tumour. Jaime Cardoso, a researcher at INESC Porto and Professor at FEUP, explains that "from the patient's point of view this software presents advantages such as reducing the time taken to diagnose cases and the emotional stress associated with this wait."
Semantic PACS is an example of research completed in Portugal with commercial value. It was developed in collaboration with the industrial partner Emílio Azevedo Campos and will be included in the company's range of archiving and sharing equipment for medical images. According to Pedro Cardoso, the Director of Emílio Azevedo Campos, Semantic PACS "is a solution that presents unique factors and added value for our healthcare clients."
The Semantic PACS software was created as part of a project with the same name that was co-funded by the National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF) with a budget of 320 thousand Euros.
On 13th may at 14.30pm, Semantic PACS will be presented during the international seminar "Turning Subjective into Objective" (TSIO), which will take place at the Champalimaud Foundation in Lisbon. This debate was organised by the Champalimaud Foundation, the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP) and INESC Porto. The event will bring together international specialists to discuss the aesthetic results of breast cancer local treatment.
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Summary Of All The Best Books For Your Personal Development
The Importance Of Self-awareness – White Swan Foundation
Before knowing anything else, you require to understand yourself. You require to know your weaknesses, strengths, beliefs and desires in life (Summary Of All The Best Books For Your Personal Development).
Much of us are not keen on spending much time on self-reflection. And even though individual feedback exists, individuals are not always available to it due to the fact that sincere feedback isn’t always flattering. Hence, lots of people certainly have a low level of self-awareness. Nevertheless, self-awareness can help you recognize opportunities for professional development and individual development.
Instinct plays a considerable function in developing your self-awareness. This can be the source of substantial mistakes in the course of decision-making. Summary Of All The Best Books For Your Personal Development. Your instinct will help you browse much faster yet, this can also be misled if too numerous of your truths are wrong. Additionally, this will assist you, a lot more, this is an efficient method to feed your subconscious mind.
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The crucial to dealing with it, is to capture yourself responding when your emotions are triggered. As long as you saw that you are emotionally reacting, you simply have to move your emotion in order to analyze it – Summary Of All The Best Books For Your Personal Development. Keeping your borders firmly will help you keep the stability of your objectives and the work you take into it.
This is one of the finest tools in order to simplify life. Attempt to understand every situation on your path and it will help you improve your self-awareness and establish your own capacity.
There are also, other best-known tests like Myers-Briggs and Predictive Index but all of these are targeted at serving as a data point towards higher self-awareness. Assessing compromise concerns helps test-takers better comprehend their own real characters. Exploring brand-new things will teach you an aspect of yourself. This is everything about getting out of your comfort zone and trying to do something you have actually never done before.
What Is Self-awareness And Why Is It Important — Better Kids
Traveling alone is also another way to find things about yourself – Summary Of All The Best Books For Your Personal Development. What has physical workout got to do with self-awareness and in establishing yourself?
She also does screenwriting for independent movie producers and signs up with different film competitions. Mitch thinks that “You do not need to be fantastic to begin, however you need to begin to be excellent.”.
With our busy schedules it may be challenging to find time to think of who we are, our strengths and weaknesses, our drives and personalities, our habits and worths. Besides, much of us simply aren’t inclined to invest much time on self-reflection. Even when individual feedback exists to us, we’re not always available to it, due to the fact that truthful feedback isn’t constantly flattering (Summary Of All The Best Books For Your Personal Development).
The 3 Levels Of Self-awareness – Mark Manson
He is infamous for filling Disney’s board of directors with cronies and others who would be unlikely to be really vital of his decision-making and performance. Consequently, he can act with virtual impunity and caprice. It would be risky for an executive to criticize Eisner’s actions or choices. For this reason, Eisner is unlikely to be used much of the useful criticism a CEO needs to improve his/her efficiency.
We don’t typically change our characters, values and needs based on what we learn about ourselves. An understanding of our personalities can assist us discover circumstances in which we will prosper, and help us avoid circumstances in which we will experience too much stress.
Values. Summary Of All The Best Books For Your Personal Development. It’s important that we each know and focus on our personal worths. For example, if your first priority is “being there for your kids” or “your relationship with God,” it’s really easy to lose sight of those priorities on an everyday, moment-by-moment basis. Throughout the workday, so lots of issues and chances occur that our lists of “things to do” can easily go beyond the time we have to do them.
7 Examples Of Self-awareness (And Why It’s So Important)
When we focus on our values, we are most likely to achieve what we consider crucial. Routines. Our routines are the behaviors that we duplicate consistently and often instantly. Although we wish to have the practices that help us engage successfully with and handle others, we can probably all recognize a minimum of among our habits that decreases our efficiency.
Requirements – Summary Of All The Best Books For Your Personal Development. Maslow and other scholars have determined a range of mental requirements that drive our habits such as requirements for esteem, love, belongingness, achievement, self-actualization, power and control. One of the benefits of knowing which requires apply the strongest influence on our own habits is the ability to understand how they impact our interpersonal relationships.
Such people also want the things that signify their status. They firmly insist that they be revealed respect, and they desire privileges and advantages that individuals of lower status can’t have.
Teaching Self-awareness To Students: 5 Effective Activities
Psychological self-awareness has actually ended up being a hot topic of conversation recently because it’s one of the five aspects of emotional intelligence. Comprehending your own feelings, what causes them, and how they impact your thoughts and actions is psychological self-awareness.
Here’s an analogy: I believe I know how my cars and truck starts– I put gas in the tank, put the type in the ignition, and turn the key. But, my mechanic understands a lot more about what’s associated with getting my automobile started than I do– he knows what takes place under the hood.
Likewise, a person with high psychological self-awareness comprehends the internal process associated with psychological experiences and, for that reason, has higher control over them (Summary Of All The Best Books For Your Personal Development). Self-awareness assists supervisors recognize gaps in their management skills, which promotes skill advancement. But self-awareness likewise assists managers find situations in which they will be most reliable, assists with instinctive decision making, and aids stress management and motivation of oneself and others.
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Improvement tasks ought to generally begin with an evaluation of the space in between the current scenario and the wanted future situation. Having a precise sense of who you are assists you decide what you need to do to improve. Summary Of All The Best Books For Your Personal Development. Typically, self-awareness will reveal a skills gap that you desire to work on.
Self-awareness helps you exploit your strengths and deal with your weak points. For instance, if you are someone who is proficient at “seeing the huge image” that surrounds decisions, however not as proficient at concentrating on the details, you might desire to consult associates and subordinates that are more detail-oriented when making major choices.
Stress. Jobs that don’t match your character tend to give you more stress than tasks that are more suitable. This is not to say that you ought to never ever take a task that disputes with your personality. Summary Of All The Best Books For Your Personal Development. However, know that you will need to work extra hard to develop the skills for that job, and there are tasks that would be less demanding for you.
What Is Self-awareness And Why Is It Important — Better Kids
It’s very hard to handle poor outcomes when you don’t understand what triggers them (Summary Of All The Best Books For Your Personal Development). When you don’t know what habits to alter to improve your performance, you simply feel helpless. Self-awareness is empowering because it can expose where the performance problems are and suggest what can be done to enhance efficiency.
Management (Summary Of All The Best Books For Your Personal Development). When we understand “what make us tick”– what gets us excited, why we behave the way we do, and so on– we also have insight into what makes others tick. To the level that other individuals are like you (and, of course, there are limitations to the resemblance), understanding how to encourage yourself amounts knowing how to encourage others.
Ask somebody. If you have open, trusting relationships with the individuals who know you, you can ask them for feedback about your character, practices, requirements and values.
Number One Self-awareness Habit – Life Skills That Matter
Their rankings explained the character that is appropriate for an instructor, and they also rated me as an effective teacher. So, they saw me act like an instructor in my role as a teacher, however those behaviors are not agent of my habits in other roles. There are two lessons because: (1) You can develop abilities for a function that doesn’t match your personality.
Analogously, if you mismanage your time so that you spend excessive time on things that don’t matter much to you, people will have an extremely various understanding of your worths than you do. For circumstances, maybe you state that your household is essential to you, but how do you invest your time? Another restriction on the worth of the feedback you obtain from family, good friends and specifically colleagues is that they might not be completely honest with you.
Unflattering feedback is the type that has the most potential for helping you develop your management skills, but it is also the most difficult to offer and to accept. Individuals aren’t likely to offer you uncomplimentary feedback if there isn’t a high level of trust in your relationship with them …
Personal Development And The Power Of Feedback – T-three
With a sense of who you are and a vision of the person you wish to end up being, a plan for expert or personal advancement can be developed. Summary Of All The Best Books For Your Personal Development. Furthermore, self-awareness permits you to motivate yourself and handle your tension better, assists you with your user-friendly choice making, and assists you to lead and encourage others more efficiently.
Of course, memberships to the newsletter are complimentary., e-mail a reply indicating that you would like to unsubscribe. Whether you are one of my previous trainees or not, I invite you to share any insights or issues you have concerning the subject of this newsletter or any other topic relating to management abilities.
Our interactions have actually been invaluable. I find out a lot from Leader, Letter customers! Let’s keep the conversation going. In a particular suburban area, there were two bros, 8 and ten years old, who were exceptionally naughty – Summary Of All The Best Books For Your Personal Development. Whatever failed in the neighborhood, it turned out they had contributed to it.
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Hearing about a priest close by who worked with delinquent boys, the mother recommended to the father that they ask the priest to talk with the young boys. He agreed, but stated he desired to see the younger kid first and alone. Summary Of All The Best Books For Your Personal Development.
The priest sat the kid down across a substantial, impressive desk he sat behind. For about 5 minutes they simply sat and looked at each other. Finally, the priest pointed his forefinger at the kid and asked, “Where is God?” The boy looked under the desk, in the corners of the room, all around, but said absolutely nothing.

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Cher has expanded her hugely successful "Dressed to Kill Tour" with multiple new fall shows in the U.S. and Canada. The ageless pop diva made the announcement during an appearance May 14 on NBC's "Today Show."
According to a news release on AEGLive.com on May 15, the Goddess of Pop has confirmed 14 additional shows, including two new shows on Oct. 24 - 25 at Toronto's Air Canada Centre. Currently touring in support of her hit album Closer to the Truth, the new run of dates kicks off Sept. 11 in Albany, N.Y. at Times Union Center.
General ticket sales for the Toronto shows begin May 23. Albany, Manchester, Allentown, University Park, Boston, Hartford, Washington and Auburn Hills ticket sales begin May 19. Presales begin May 15.
Cher launched her initial 49-city D2K run on March 22 in Phoenix, AZ amidst endless applause and ovations, except for when the iconic singer told fans that D2K "is my farewell, farewell tour," which earned the night's only chorus of boos from fans. The "Believe" hitmaker seems far from retirement, currently riding the highest charting album of her career, and a near sold-out tour.
Cher's next D2K performance will be May 14 in Jacksonville, FL at Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena. The next Canadian stop will be Jun. 20 in Winnipeg, MB at MTS Centre.
Cher fall 2014 D2K Tour dates:
Sept. 11 Albany, N.Y. - Times Union Center
Sept. 13 Manchester, N.H. - Verizon Wireless Arena
Sept. 15 Allentown, PA - PPL Center
Sept. 17 Newark, N.J. - Prudential Center
Sept. 19 New York, N.Y. - Madison Square Garden Arena
Sept. 20 New York, N.Y. - Madison Square Garden Arena
Sept. 22 Uniondale, N.Y. - Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Sept. 24 University Park, PA, - Bryce Jordan Center
Sept. 26 Boston, MA - TD Garden
Sept. 27 Hartford, CT - XL Center
Sept. 29 Washington, D.C. - Verizon Center
Oct. 1 Auburn Hills, MI - The Palace Of Auburn Hills
Oct. 4 Toronto, ON - Air Canada Centre
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The department of forestry has developed an integrated forest management plan to conserve Mulanje Mountain.
In an interview with YFM online , District forestry officer for Mulanje, Erick Mbingwani said the plan is crucial because it will curb challenges such as encroachment and illegal harvesting of food crops.
“For a long time we have been working with Mulanje Mountain Conservation trust and the Association of porters and guides and now we thought it wise to incorporate other partners who are doing forestry related activities,” said Mbingwani.
“We have been having problems with people cultivating right inside Mulanje Mountain but we are confident that the new plan will arrest the situation.”
He also spoke about the involvement of youths in their plan.
In her remarks Senior Chief Chikumbu of Mulanje , expressed commitment to conserving Mulanje mountain and make the forestry plan prolific.


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The current ban limits the right to expression for certain groups of people
Currently, when you scroll through Facebook and Instagram, you won’t see a lot of bare-chested women, trans- or nonbinary people. That is because Meta, the company that owns Facebook and Instagram, only allowed bare-chested men to post pictures on the platform. But this might soon change.
Fight for equality
For decades, people have been fighting for equality when it comes to the kind of content they’re allowed to post on Facebook or Instagram. In the 2000s, mothers that were breastfeeding held a so-called ‘nurse-in’ at the headquarters of Facebook to protest the ban on breasts that was upheld by the company. And in 2013, the hashtag FreeTheNipple went mainstream. The cause wasn’t necessarily to let women pose topples in pictures. According to Micol Hebron, a Los Angeles based artist, it is about autonomy. She told The Guardian: “I think it’s really important to hold on to the goal of allowing all bodies to have autonomy.”
Currently, the moderation of content is done through Artificial Intelligence systems. And this AI system has to identify wether content is harmful, inappropriate or pornographic. According to Jillian York, activist and director of international freedom of expression at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, it is tricky to make sure an AI always makes the right call. She told The Guardian: “For instance, it’s not easy for an automated technology to make a decision about who is a topless adult, versus who is a topless child. AI may be able to make a determination between a nine-year-old and a 26-year-old, but what about a 17-year-old and an 18-year-old?”
The board of Meta is now working on loosening their policies. They want to improve their AI software. So it will be better at making a distinction between porn and just a woman, a trans- or nonbinary person posing topless for a picture. With this comes the change in perspective of not automatically viewing breasts as something sexual. According to the board the current policy is based on: “…a binary view of gender and a distinction between male and female bodies”. Now, Meta wants to work on a policy that makes sure that “…all people are treated in a manner consistent with international human rights standards”.
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Our family is ideally the group of people to whom we are closest, with whom we are most comfortable, for whom we have the greatest love and deepest concern. Ideally, we know we can always count on our family, share our thoughts and feelings, turn to them for support, and count on them to help us when we’re down and out. Our family keeps us strong when we weak, positive when we are in despair, and gives us the feedback we need. Ideally, our family is our refuge and our most important relationships are often with our parents, siblings, partner, and children. Of course, the reality is that for many people, family is nothing like the ideal, and is instead associated with stress, anger, disconnection, misunderstanding, and unmet needs and expectations. And even for those people whose families who are generally close and supportive, things aren’t always perfect, and may sometimes be very difficult, challenging, frustrating and painful. From little irritations to buried resentments, from dramatic arguments to feelings of guilt, disappointment and anger we didn’t even know we had, our families – being so close to who we are, knowing us so well for so long, and yet never able to live up to the impossible ideal – often bring up the most intense emotions we experience, for better or worse.
Whether still living together or not (but especially if living together) family dynamics, if not harmonious most of the time, can greatly interfere with the functioning of every member of the household and even extended family. When two family members don’t get along, it affects everyone in the family; if more than two people are at odds, things can unravel quickly, leading to lasting difficulties with depression, relationships, and even basic household tasks like shopping, caring for children, working, cleaning, and taking care of health issues. The difficulty of family problems is also a strength: No one person is responsible for the family’s problems (although one person often gets the blame!) This means that everyone must cooperate for a solution to be found; this need to cooperate is a challenge, but it is also a great opportunity to strengthen family ties and interactions.
Therapists take different approaches to family problems. Some may see the entire family at once for every session; other therapists may see different family members separately at certain times. Most therapy models seek to address both the communication (verbal and nonverbal) styles of the family, as well as any individual issues that may be interfering with the cohesiveness of the family system.
The Jay family brings their daughter, Amelia, 13, in for therapy due to her “anger problem”. In session with her parents, as the parents discuss Amelia’s poor behavior, Amelia is by turns withdrawn and sullen, then suddenly talkative, sarcastic, and silly. Alone with the therapist in the second session, she is quiet and sad, but more direct and focused. The therapist begins family sessions again, this time asking that Amelia’s younger brother be present as well, and concentrating on communication patterns between the members of the family. Although the parents insist Amelia is the reason for their visit, with their young son in session Amelia is sweet and attends to him while the parent seem to have little to say to one another and barely make eye contact. The therapist is able to point this out to them privately, and soon begins couple’s work with them, seeing Amelia separately and not discussing her anger with her unless she brings it up, which she doesn’t. After two or three months, the family is getting along much better, and the parents have identified several areas of their marriage to work on in therapy.
John, 47, seeks help to deal with conflict with his adult siblings and parents. They seem to fight constantly whenever they are together, and his parents call him daily to “criticize” and “put me down”. The therapist takes a history and finds John’s family has always functioned somewhat like this, and informs John that there isn’t anything the therapist can do to change John’s family, but that she is willing to help John learn how better to deal with his family and the emotions John feels. John agrees to this, and the therapist works with him on communicating, self-care skills (such as eating right, relaxation meditation, and positive internal messages) and boundary-setting.
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Fremont, California (EastBayDaily) — Penguin Computing, provider of high performance computing, enterprise data center and cloud solutions, today announced that the company will offer the Pica8®, Inc. PicOS operating system as an option on Penguin Computing’s Arctica “bright box” top of rack switches. This move extends options for data center operators, service providers, carriers and enterprise private cloud environments to leverage standardized high performance hardware and open switching software to integrate Layer 2 / Layer 3 protocols with SDN protocols. PicOS has a perpetual licensing model (one-time fee) and has three editions, so customers only purchase what they need, including Linux Switching OS, Routing, and SDN, or the bundle, which includes all three Editions.
“As one of the largest private suppliers of enterprise and high-performance computing solutions in North America, we know the direction of the data center market,” said Tom Coull, CEO, Penguin Computing. “By combining Layer 2 / Layer 3 routing and switching support with OpenFlow 1.4 support for SDN under a familiar command-line interface, PicOS makes it convenient for data center operators to leverage bright box economics while gaining the flexibility that comes from network disaggregation.”
PicOS is the only product on the market that supports switching, routing, and OpenFlow 1.4 in a Linux-based environment that will be immediately recognizable to and usable by DevOps administrators. With its unique CrossFlow Networking capabilities, PicOS allows users to combine Layer 2 / Layer 3 and SDN protocols on the same switch, making it easy to integrate SDN functions into an existing data center environment.
Pica8 and Penguin Computing will be demonstrating the bright box solution at Interop Las Vegas (Interop booth #1458). In the demonstration, attendees will see Pica8’s virtual laboratory, which shows how easy it is to use PicOS on a Penguin Computing switch.
“This agreement with Penguin Computing gives us access to a large and diverse enterprise and HPC customer base and further legitimizes the bright box approach,” said Niraj Jain, vice president of business development at Pica8. “With support from major integrated solutions providers like Penguin Computing, we can make bright box switching a standard option across the service provider, enterprise and high-performance computing landscapes.”
PicOS is available now on select Penguin platforms, contact Penguin Computing for details at http://www.penguincomputing.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/arctica-4804i-Pica8-v_1_0.pdf
About Penguin Computing Penguin Computing is one of the largest private suppliers of enterprise and high performance computing solutions in North America and has built and operates the leading specialized public HPC cloud service Penguin Computing on Demand (POD). Penguin Computing pioneers the design, engineering, integration and delivering of solutions that are based on open architectures and comprise non-proprietary components from a variety of vendors. Penguin Computing is also one of only five authorized Open Compute Project (OCP) solution providers leveraging this Facebook-led initiative to bring the most efficient open data center solutions to a broader market, and has announced the Tundra product line which applies the benefits of OCP to high performance computing. Penguin Computing has systems installed with over 2,500 customers in 40 countries across eight major vertical markets. Visit http://www.penguincomputing.com to learn more about the company, and follow @PenguinHPC on Twitter.
Penguin Computing, Scyld ClusterWare, Scyld Insight, Scyld HCATM, Relion, Altus, Penguin Computing on Demand, POD, Tundra and Arctica are trademarks or registered trademarks of Penguin Computing, Inc.
About Pica8, Inc. Pica8 is the white box SDN leader. Since 2009, Pica8 has pioneered open networking with PicOSâ¢, the first network operating system that enables customers to easily migrate from conventional networking to software-defined networking (SDN) using commodity white box switches. PicOS enables SDN through an Industry standard CLI, unmodified Linux, and OpenFlow 1.4 through OVS 2.0. Pica8 can provide PicOS, switching hardware or both in a fully integrated package as part of an end-to-end data center SDN solution, and makes adopting SDN easy with a Starter Kit that enables deployment in hours rather than months. Pica8 is a global company headquartered in Palo Alto, California. For more information, visit http://www.pica8.com or follow @pica8 on Twitter.
Penguin Computing Contact: Phillip Bergman Viewstream 845-728-3984 pbergman(at)viewstream(dot)com
Pica8, Inc. Contact: Steve Garrison 415-205-8566 steve(at)pica8(dot)com


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Return to Oz.
An old childhood favorite of mine...hadn't seen it in years and I still love it (maybe even more than I did as a child).
For an '80s movie, it's actually quite good...
"I have always valued my lifelessness."
~Tik Tok (Return to Oz)


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I have been to the restaurant at the Burlington for Sunday lunch on countless occasions and I am never disappointed. It is extremely good value for money, with wonderful service and tasty food. I'm particularly pleased with the selection of fresh vegetables provided each time. There is a good range of dishes available, including vegetarian options.
The ambience is extremely good, as the dining room is freshly painted and airy with Victorian high ceilings. If you're lucky, you can sit by the window and enjoy the sea view.


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Teen Wanted For Alleged Murder Of 14-Year-Old Girl In Fort WorthPolice in Fort Worth are searching for a teenager accused of murdering a 14-year-old girl last month.
Fort Worth Police Chief Ed Kraus Tests Positive For COVID-19Outgoing Fort Worth Police Chief Ed Kraus has tested positive for COVID-19, the department announced Friday evening.
Affidavit: Dispute Over Repossessed Vehicle Leads To Triple Murder At Fort Worth Used Car LotOne victim was shot to death at a used car lot building in Fort Worth. Two others were found in an abandoned building in Palo Pinto County.
Man Wanted For Striking Someone In Mouth With Metal Stool At Fort Worth BarPolice said it happened at Bar 2909 on Morton St and said the victim suffered a serious injury.
Fort Worth Police Lieutenant Arrested For DWI In Front Of Elementary SchoolA Fort Worth police lieutenant was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated in front of an elementary school in Grapevine Tuesday afternoon, authorities said.
Missing Fort Worth 16-Year-Old Found 'Safe And Unharmed'A 16-year-old girl who had not been seen since the early morning hours on Sunday, Dec. 6 was located safe and unharmed, Fort Worth Police announced Tuesday morning, Dec. 8.
Fort Worth 16-Year-Old Debbie Torres Missing Since Sunday MorningDebbie Torres was last seen early Sunday morning, Dec. 6 in the 1100 block of Marion Avenue, police said.
Fort Worth Man In Critical Condition After Being Shot By Neighbor During DisputeFort Worth Police said it happened around 7:50 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 1 in the 2200 block of McGown Avenue.
Driver Dies After Being Shot While Sitting At Fort Worth Stop Sign, Search For Gunman ContinuesFort Worth police continue their search for the gunman who killed a driver sitting still at a stop sign.
Pedestrian Killed, Another Injured After SUV Hit Them In Rollover Crash In Fort WorthOne pedestrian was killed and another was critically injured after they were hit by an SUV that was involved in a rollover crash in Fort Worth Friday evening, police said.
Family Of Atatiana Jefferson Sues Former Fort Worth Officer Aaron Dean For Shooting Her Through WindowFamily members of Atatiana Jefferson have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the former officer and the city of Fort Worth.
Findings From Criminal Investigation Into Fort Worth's Former Aviation Director William Welstead Turned Over To DA's OfficeThe City of Fort Worth says William Welstead, who was fired in September, engaged in a pattern of unethical behavior, unfair treatment of city employees and may have misspent city money.
North Texas 9-Year-Old Student Took Loaded Gun To Elementary School In A BackpackParents in the Eagle Mountain-Saginaw Independent School District were recently notified about an incident involving a fourth-grader and a loaded gun on campus.
17-Year-Old Shot In Fort WorthIt happened around 8:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9 at the Parks at La Blanc Apartments on Salem Circle near Granbury Road in far Southwest Fort Worth.
Police Searching For Armed Robbers Who Held Employees At Store On McCart Avenue At GunpointPolice are trying to identify and capture two men who held employees at a Fort Worth business at gunpoint while they robbed the store.

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After numerous rumors and reports around BlackBerry welcoming Android OS for its smartphone, the company's CEO John Chen finally confirmed that they are indeed working on its first ever Android smartphone, the BlackBerry Priv, and will launch it by the end of 2015 in major markets. The company revealed the information in its report for second quarter results for fiscal year 2016, which shows that the company's smartphone sales have plummeted further to get worse than ever.
BlackBerry's John Chen said in the report that, "Today, I am confirming our plans to launch Priv, an Android device named after BlackBerry's heritage and core mission of protecting our customers' privacy. Priv combines the best of BlackBerry security and productivity with the expansive mobile application ecosystem available on the Android platform."
On its current market value and weakening sales, the once-leading smartphone company mentioned in its statement that it generated smartphone revenue on just 800,000 smartphones sold on the quarter, with an average selling price of $240. The results clearly show how bad the hardware sales number has been, and is getting worst, considering that the BB10 could not do much good for the company.
Now that BlackBerry's smartphone market share and sales have dropped significantly, the only possible way out of this situation is to take the support of Android OS. An Android smartphone may, or may not help BlackBerry recover the losses and save itself from drowning. CEO Chen also said that BlackBerry is still committed to supporting BB10, and will release the BB 10.3.3 OS update in March 2016.
Key specifications and features: BlackBerry Priv Android smartphone
The company is now working on the BlackBerry Priv (shorten for Privacy) Android smartphone for end of 2015 launch, and will be selling it via online and offline mode. The upcoming BlackBerry phone is a slider phone combing touchscreen and QWERTY keypad input, and running Android. It was initially called BlackBerry Venice, however a recent report revealed its name to be ‘Priv'.
As for its specifications, rumors so far suggested that the BlackBerry Priv will feature a 5.4-inch Quad HD display with 2560x1440 pixels resolution, and be powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 hexa-core chipset with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal memory. It wil sport an 18MP rear camera with dual LED Flash, OIS, and PDAF, and a 5MP front-facing selfie camera. Other features will include microSD slot, and 4G LTE connectivity.


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Trae Tha Truth’s been one the busiest people in Houston over the past few months. The rapper was on the frontline aid during the Hurricane Harvey crisis in the city which left many people without shelter. Now, the universe is working in his favor as he’s now expecting a new child in his family.
RELATED: Trae Tha Truth Holds It Down In New HNHH Freestyle Session
Trae Tha Truth hit Instagram earlier to reveal that he’s expecting a baby girl in the future. The rapper revealed that he was having a child last week but he ficially revealed the gender his daughter today. The rapper posted a video on Instagram with the caption, “Baby Alert!! I’ve Just Been Notified.. ISSA GIRL ??… Lord Help Me….#AintNoBoyfriend #ImmaCryInTheCar #SheMustNotKnowWhoHerDaddyIs #JesusGrabTheWheel #KingTruthHavinADaughter #iishJustGotReal”
“I don’t know what I was getting myself into. I know a lot people wondering what I was having. I just found out it’s a girl,” he said in the video.
Aside from having his daughter, things have been blessed for the Houston rapper. Trae received the key to Houston in December which made him the first rapper to ever receive such honor. The rapper was initially supposed to receive it on TraeDay but because the hurricane, it was delayed.
RELATED: Trae Tha Truth Gets Real On “FrFr”
In addition to his latest accomplishment, it was also revealed that his animated series was making a come back this summer. The rapper revealed the news in January and will re-launch on the network, 420TV.
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EyeClinic Cornelius' new location part of Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center opening
The College of Optometry showcases its newest EyeClinic location in Cornelius. Services available to the general public in addition to Virginia Garcia clients.
Several hundred local community members, including area dignitaries and Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D), celebrated the grand opening of the new Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center in downtown Cornelius on Friday, Oct. 19.
Following a program and ribbon-cutting ceremony, attendees toured the sparkling new facility, which includes EyeClinic Cornelius, one of six full-service vision care centers operated throughout the region by Pacific's College of Optometry.
The transition to the new clinic, including the installation of new equipment, has been overseen by Associate Dean for Clinical Programs, Ken Eakland O.D. '84.
EyeClinic Cornelius provides comprehensive vision services to Virginia Garcia clients in both English and Spanish, including exams, tests, corrective lenses and other eye care products.
In addition to serving Virginia Garcia clients, EyeClinic Cornelius is also open to the general public. For more information, including appointment scheduling, please call 503-352-8543.
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Saudi Arabia signaled Monday it is unlikely to accept an Israeli invitation to a regional peace conference, saying that Israel must first stop mistreating Palestinians and move to withdraw from Arab lands.
A strongly worded statement by the Saudi Cabinet said the Arabs made their commitment to peace clear at a summit last week in Riyadh, where they renewed a broad land-for-peace offer to Israel.
“Israel should understand that peace requires it to put an end to violations, repression and constant inhuman practices against the Palestinian people before any other matter,” the Cabinet said.
The statement did not refer directly to Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s public invitation to Saudi King Abdullah and other moderate Arab leaders to meet with him and discuss their ideas for peace.
But the Saudi Cabinet made clear the kingdom is not likely to make any gesture toward Israel unless it initiates significant progress toward establishing a Palestinian state and giving up captured Arab lands.
Olmert specifically called on Saudi Arabia on Sunday to take the lead in holding a regional conference, the first time Israel has made such a request of the Saudis, who maintain a state of war with Israel but are pushing for a peace deal.
Israel’s leader said that if Abdullah were to invite him, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and other moderate Arab leaders to a meeting “to present Saudi Arabia’s ideas before us, we will come to hear them and be glad to offer our ideas.”
Public gatherings rare
The kingdom’s chilly response is not surprising. Although Saudi and Israeli officials have reportedly held secret meetings in recent months, a public gathering would be seen widely by Arabs as a huge concession to Israel without anything concrete in return.
Moreover, meeting openly with Israel would give Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaida terror network more propaganda ammunition to rally followers against Saudi Arabia’s monarchy. Bin Laden has sought to undermine the royal family by calling it un-Islamic for its close ties with Washington.
“The Islamic background to the Saudi state is the biggest obstacle in the face of any reconciliation with Israel,” said Sateh Noureddine, managing editor of the newspaper As-Safir newspaper in Beirut, Lebanon.
“I expect Saudi Arabia to be the last country to sign a treaty with Israel or to open public discussions with Israel,” he added.
The Arab peace initiative offers Israel a comprehensive peace with all Arab states if it withdraws from lands seized in the 1967 war and allows the creation of a Palestinian state with its capital in east Jerusalem. It also calls for a “just solution” for Palestinian refugees.
Olmert welcomed the summit’s renewal of the offer but said Israel did not accept all parts of the plan. Israel wants to retain some settlements in the West Bank, objects to a Palestinian capital in east Jerusalem and fears an influx of refugees into its territory.
All or nothing
Asked about Olmert’s suggestion for a regional conference, the U.S.-backed Lebanese prime minister, Fuad Saniora, said Israel must accept the Arab peace offer unequivocally.
“I think it’s about time for the Israelis to realize that eventually it is important to establish real peace in the region and accept the Arab peace initiative in its entirety,” he told reporters in Beirut.
Hani Khallaf, assistant foreign minister for Arab affairs for Egypt, one of two Arab nations that have peace treaties with Israel, was quoted as saying Monday that Arab nations cannot negotiate on behalf of the Palestinians. The government of Jordan, the other state with a treaty, did not make any immediate comment.
Syria, which demands the return of the Golan Heights as a condition for peace, also had no comment. On Sunday, Olmert asked U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to take a message to Syrian President Bashar Assad saying Israel would be interested in making peace if Syria stopped supporting terrorist groups.
Almost every Israeli prime minister has called for peace talks with moderate Arab leaders over the years, but the only multinational forum was the 1991 Madrid conference, which was followed by secret Israeli-Palestinian contacts and a series of interim peace accords.


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Most real-time strategy gamers only have one game on their radar right now. It begins with a StarCraft and ends with a II. But Petroglyph and Trion World might soon up the ante on what you expect from your RTS with End of Nations, the most massively MMORTS we've seen yet. Built on Trion's scalable architecture platform, EoN reputedly supports more than 51 players on a single map. According to President Mike Legg, one of the many many SSI and Westwood vets at Petroglyph, this is the game they've always wanted to make, but the technology simply didn't exist until very recently.
For the first time ever in an MMO (to our knowledge), actual tanks fill the tank role.
The backstory was succinctly laid out with the CGI trailer you'll find below. In short, the economic crisis we're currently sweating out didn't end and, in fact, got much worse, leading to a food and energy crisis of almost apocalyptic proportions. Almost, meaning no full-scale nuclear war resulted. That's significant because, according to Mike, Petroglyph didn't want the game to unfold in a Fallout-esque wasteland world. And while Fallout is cool, what Petroglyph has done with the world in the 30-40 years to come is catastrophically cool as well. (But more on that below.)
The End of Nations story trailer:
Since dictatorships seldom waste a crisis, the Order of Nations came to power and restored order, but at a terrible cost. They've gone too far, and a groundswell resistance has formed against them. Players act as the resistance against the powers that be, leading to what Mike Legg described as PvE "like you've never seen before.
Players take on the role of Commander, plying their level-based abilities (such as different ammo types and recon abilities) and controlling a set of collectible, customizable, and craftable units around global warzones. In place of resource collection, commanders each have their own headquarters, featuring upgradable buildings such as airfields, research and manufacturing buildings, and presumably some kind of marketplace too.
All of these buildings aid players in combat, but key among these buildings is your armory. This is where you'll view, customize (with primary and secondary colors), upgrade, and modify your units, then gather them into combat-role ready sets. Possibilities we saw included a stealthy recon set, a medium range artillery set, a tanking a repair set, a mix of the three, or presumably any number of combinations. In the demo each Commander controlled under a dozen units, but Petroglyph's Chris Rubyor noted that the team is still determining how many units and of what variety you can bring to a battle. You can even let your friends take a look at your headquarters and collection, too.

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I also recommend you read this Kotku article by Patricia Hernandez. I actually have a lot of problems with her article, and really the way games press examine social impact games in the first place, but that is for a different article. The piece is a decent quick look into some of the major issues facing the genre of so-called "serious" games.
Chris and I specifically address some of the concerns raised by Patricia's piece as well. Of course what is true for regular games is also true for social impact games: good intent need not result in a good game. That being said, it does seem Chris is taking this game, and all the burdens it entails, with complete seriousness.
iBeg is not seeking to rid the world of homelessness completely with a single game, it will not even necessarily make a noticeable bump in homelessness in Vancouver, the city in-which it is based. Yes, Chris says in-game purchases will partially fund actual services and programs targeting the homeless, but the game clearly seeks to raise awareness more than it does to feed the homeless.
The simple fact that money is going towards a program with amorphous measurements of success is controversial, yes, but this is not exclusive to social impact games. Patricia, in her article, talks to a representative at a homeless shelter and gets a predictable response: this investment money could actually go to a homeless shelter instead of game development. Why invest in an unknown reward when we have mouths to feed? For the five years I worked in the non-profit sector, this question was always on the forefront of peoples minds. NGOs the world over can't agree how to distribute aid, let alone win the hearts and minds of regular civilians, not to mention politicians and philanthropists.
I do believe games and game developers have a place in changing our political and social landscape, in fact, they already do. While I am convinced iBeg comes from good intentions and has a designer dedicated to making a successful and tactful experience, I cannot promise it will be a success. Regardless, we need more designers willing to take risks in this space. We should be having these conversations more often, not less.
If you're interested in checking out iBeg's Kickstarter page, you can find it here.


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