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I’ll level with you; I’m not a massive fan of motion gaming. Waving your arms around over your head, jogging on the spot and generally making a complete arse of yourself in front of all who may be present; frankly, I’d rather lean back and relax on the sofa with a controller in my hand.
If one game looks set to change my perception of motion gaming however, it may be Kinect Sports: Season 2 for the Xbox 360. I spent a day last week at developer Rare’s HQ up in the UK’s Nuneaton, and came away sweaty, knackered and thoroughly impressed.
The day marked the first playable unveiling of the Winter Skiiing event, one 5 other events that include American Football, Baseball, Darts, Tennis and Golf.
Skiing events in winter sports games have always been a tough cookie to crack, but Rare seem to have managed just fine. Crouching into a skiing position, players raise a hand, shout “lets go” and push their arms backwards to launch down onto the track at great speed. Leaning forwards and backwards then increases or decreases your speed, while shifting your weight side to side controls steering.
The motion controls when skiing felt really responsive, with just a little lean in each direction triggering movement. The speed and intensity of the event (especially when ramping up from rookie and pro levels to championship difficulties) can entice you to make bigger movements, but the Kinect only needed slight, natural feeling moves to trigger onscreen results. Whether jumping under or ducking over obstacles, I never felt cheated by the control scheme, with any failed runs more or less down to my own timing (or bystanders waving their arms behind me to trigger off-putting cowbell sounds).
Tennis, Golf and Baseball are no strangers to motion gamers, having been done several times over on the Wii, but again Rare seem to have nailed making the sports feel as close as possible to the real deal. From backhand stokes to volleys and slices, Tennis felt like a natural game, minus the strawberries and cream and, unfortunately, a lob move. Baseball too was excellent, offering a multitude of pitching styles and batting stances, as well as the ability to call in star players when a few extra runs are needed.
Golf is perhaps the most advanced of all the sports on offer, not least of all because of the fact Rare had to program the Kinect to register players swinging in a side-on golfers stance. Again, swinging and putting feels natural and smooth, with players able to call out the names of dozens of clubs to select them, or put their hands to their brows to get an aerial view of a hole. Wind, feet placement and course topography all have a bearing on whether or not a shot is successful, just as they should in any good golf game. With a bit more content here it looks as though Rare have the foundations for an entire standalone golf title.
Darts of all the sports on offer is (initially at least) the most unnatural of events for Kinect Sports: Season 2 on two fronts. Firstly, it’s not really a sport, but rather an excuse to throw sharp pointy objects after a few beers, and secondly, there’s minute movements to be considered in the real game compared to the large, exaggerated moves of the other sports emulated here. Rare have managed a rather nice game of darts regardless however, though there is a knack to it.
A player guides a cursor over the dart board and locks it into place by flicking their wrist backwards. The accuracy of the shot is determined by how smoothly you can flick your wrist back through the arc with which you locked the cursor. Once the initially jarring feeling of not having to delicately guide a dart fades, the 180s start to fly and it all becomes very good fun. You can even side step around the imaginary oche to get a better angle when darts are bunched around, say, the triple 20 mark.
If one event was a little underwhelming, it was American Football. Maybe that’s just part and parcel of being a REAL football fan (that’s soccer for those of you from across the pond) but overall it felt the weakest sport. Players take control of either the quarterback or a field player. Quaterbacks pick plays and time a swing of an arm to trigger an onscreen throw to a runner when a “green-light” prompt appears. If the catch is made, the running player then jogs on the spot as fast as possible in an attempt to get a touchdown. While the quarterback modes were simple, they at least handled more or less accurately. Running though, however fast we sprinted on the spot, never seemed to pick up in pace. Overall, American Football appeared to lack the depth of other events.
In terms of presentation though, the game looks set to impress throughout. Avatar animations are quirky and cheeky, but it’s the little touches that really raise the smiles. For instance, Peter “The Voice of the X-Factor” Dickinson is on hand to deliver booming voice overs and the odd quip or joke. Even the eclectic licensed soundtrack delivers rib-ticklers, such as Vanilla Ice’s “Ice Ice Baby” after a successful skiing run, or a hidden Rick Astley-themed achievement that is granted to players randomly. Rare have got the party spirit off to a tee, best illustrated by the way you can make your Avatar jump around like a loon during darts matches to put off other competitors.
It’s also worth noting that Kinect functionality is built into all facets of Season 2. Voice commands litter not only the events themselves, but the navigation of menus and options, while of course gestures and hand waves can get you from mode to mode too. It looks totally possible to play through the whole of what Kinect Sports: Season 2 has to offer without ever picking up a controller.
Rare have been given some stick of late for taking their studio down the “casual” motion based path, but they seem to truly have a handle on how to make playing with the Xbox 360 peripheral feel natural. Kinect Sports: Season 2 may even turn wizened and wheezy cynics like me into lean, mean motion gaming machines.

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1. Curve was an alternative rock/electronic duo formed in 1990 in England, United Kingdom. The band members were Toni Halliday (vocals, occasionally guitar) and Dean Garcia (bass, guitar, programming). Halliday wrote also the lyrics of their songs and they both contributed to songwriting. ...show more
1. Curve was an alternative rock/electronic duo formed in 1990 in England, United Kingdom. The band members were Toni Halliday (vocals, occasionally guitar) and Dean Garcia (bass, guitar, programming). Halliday wrote also the lyrics of their songs and they both contributed to songwriting.
Their sound is a blend of alternative rock, shoegaze and electronic music. Halliday and Garcia were introduced to each other by Dave Stewart of Eurythmics. Dean Garcia had played bass guitar as part of Eurythmics' live band in 1983-84 and on two of their studio albums, Touch and Be Yourself Tonight. Toni Halliday was signed to Stewart's Anxious Records label as a solo artist.
She also sang with The Uncles and Bonk in the early 1980s. Toni Halliday and Dean Garcia briefly formed the unsuccessful group State of Play in the late 1980s before parting ways. She attempted a solo career, releasing the album Hearts & Handshakes in 1989. The album was produced by Toni Halliday and Alan Moulder, who will later got married. ...show less
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HP to Ship its Branded iPod in September
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HP announced Monday that it will begin selling its branded version of Apple's fourth-generation iPod sometime in September. The company gave no specific pricing and did not say which size iPod it would sell.
"We decided to wait for this amazing new fourth generation iPod, as it will offer our customers an even better experience. HP's version of the new iPod will be available in September," HP chairman and chief executive officer Carly Fiorina said in a prepared statement.
It was announced in January that HP would re-sell Apple's popular iPod portable music player under its own brand name. Additionally, HP began this summer to pre-install the iTunes software and a desktop icon guiding users to the music site on HP Pavilion, Media Center and Compaq Presario desktop and notebook consumer PCs.
The deal with HP involves only the traditional iPod design, now in its fourth-generation, and not the iPod Mini models. Phil Schiller, senior vice president at Apple, told The Mac Observer back in January that although HP would not be selling the mini version initially, "that's obviously something we can look at in the future," he said.
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BYD to build first sodium-ion battery factory despite lithium price drop
BYD, the world's largest EV maker after Tesla, is also one of the biggest battery manufacturers in the industry. It recently started supplying Tesla with affordable iron phosphate batteries for the base Model Y, but its investment in cheaper chemistries will soon be expanding with sodium-ion cells.
The EV battery company FinDreams that BYD spun off a couple of years back has entered a joint venture agreement for business development of its sodium-ion battery production with Huaihai Holding Group. The two will create the largest sodium-ion battery factory for small electric vehicles, using BYD's manufacturing expertise, while Huaihai's extensive network will provide the sales and marketing.
BYD recently released the US$15,000 Seagull - a potential Tesla Model 2 competitor in China - which was first rumored to receive a sodium-ion battery version, but was launched with LFP cells. It rather seems that the first vehicles to receive the cheapest battery chemistry in mass production will be even smaller electric cars, like the E10X, a tiny product of VW's partnership with JAC.
Using Na-ion cells by HiNa Battery, the Sehol E10X is able to cover about 157 miles (252km) on a charge and charges in 15 minutes, while its cells offer 145 Wh/kg energy density. The world's biggest battery maker CATL developed a sodium-ion battery with 160 Wh/kg density that it recently said will go into Cherry's models first.
It is not clear yet what energy density BYD's first Na-ion battery batches from the new factory will offer, but the sheer fact that they will be in mass production soon speaks volumes about the trust that the manufacturer has for the technology. The move is even more important now, when the drastic drop in the price of lithium carbonate made sodium-ion battery development and production plans much less lucrative than they were just a few months back.

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The Benchmaster Recoil Terminator terminates recoil kick and holds your rifle rest steady for a deadly accurate shot. The Recoil Terminator is made of powder-coated steel with galvanized steel adjustments that won't rust. To use simply attach the "C" mechanism to the table and loop the steel hook over the front legs. The Recoil Terminator is made in the USA and comes with a lifetime manufacturer's warranty.
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"Submitted to the Department of Electrical Engineering, M.I.T., August 22, 1960, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Science."Bibliography: p.76.
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Robert De Niro and Sebastian Maniscalco are going to be on screen together. “About My Father” is an upcoming project by Sebastian Maniscalco in which he is playing himself, and Robert De Niro plays his father. Lionsgate released a trailer for the movie, and fans can’t wait to watch it. Let’s dive into more details about “About My Father.”
In the trailer, we see the hilarious chemistry between Robert De Niro and Sebastian Maniscalco. Robert De Niro plays the role of an Italian father in the movie. We see that Sebastian invites Robert De Niro to a weekend getaway with his soon-to-be in-laws. The in-laws are Americans, whereas Robert De Niro is an immigrant. Sebastian is often seen getting embarrassed by his father, who is just trying to have a good time with his son. We further see that Sebastian worries about the blending of the two families. The two families are very different from each other. Will they find ways to bond?
The protagonist of the movie is Sebastian Maniscalco. He is a comedian turned actor who is known for his role in “The Irishman.” He has so far released five comedy specials and starred in numerous movies. Along with him, Robert De Niro will star in the movie. Robert De Niro is a veteran actor who is famously known for his role in “Taxi Driver.” He also starred in “The Irishman” along with Sebastian Maniscalco. Leslie Bibb will also star in the movie. She is known for her role in “Jupiter’s Legacy.” In supporting roles, we have Anders Holm, David Rasche, Brett Dier, and Kim Cattrall. The movie is directed by Laura Terruso, who has previously directed movies like “Work It.” Moreover, the movie is written by Sebastian Maniscalco and Austen Earl.
The movie is going to be hitting the theaters on May 26th, 2023. The production of the movie is done by Lionsgate Films, and the budget of the film is $29.1 million.
We also have a list of movies that are quite similar to “About My Father,” so check out the list before hitting the theaters to watch “About My Father.”
Beautiful Boy: Even though the movie is not comedic, it is worth watching. The movie is based on the memoir of the same name by David Sheff and his son, Nic Sheff. It portrays the story of a father (played by Steve Carell) and his son (played by Timothée Chalamet) who are addicted to methamphetamine. The movie shows how the father struggles to come to terms with his son’s addiction while trying to help him overcome it. It also highlights the emotional turmoil that the son goes through as he battles his addiction and the impact it has on his relationships with his family members.
Life Is Beautiful: The film tells the story of a Jewish-Italian man named Guido who falls in love with a woman named Dora, and they eventually have a son named Giosue. Set during World War II, the family is captured by the Nazis and sent to a concentration camp. Despite the harsh realities of the concentration camp, Guido tries to protect his son from the horrors of their situation by convincing him that their time in the camp is part of an elaborate game, with the ultimate prize being a tank. Through Guido’s humor and creativity, he manages to keep his son’s spirits up, despite the brutality and inhumanity of their surroundings.
Catch Me If You Can: The movie stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Frank Abagnale Jr., who runs away from home after his parents’ divorce and starts to commit fraud in order to maintain his lifestyle. Tom Hanks plays the role of FBI agent Carl Hanratty, who is assigned to catch Frank and bring him to justice. Throughout the movie, Frank continues to elude Carl’s pursuit by forging checks and creating false identities, all while living a life of luxury. However, as the FBI closes in on him, Frank begins to realize the consequences of his actions and eventually decides to work with the FBI in order to bring down other con artists.
The Godfather: The movie follows the story of the Corleone family, a powerful mafia dynasty in New York City. At the beginning of the film, the patriarch of the family, Vito Corleone (played by Marlon Brando), is shown as a respected and feared figure in the mafia world, and he is approached by various mobsters seeking his help and influence. However, after Vito is nearly assassinated, his youngest son Michael (played by Al Pacino), takes over the family business and becomes embroiled in a brutal power struggle with rival mobster groups. As Michael becomes more and more involved in the family’s criminal activities, he struggles with the moral implications of his actions and the impact they have on his relationships with his family and loved ones.


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|A land owner:||No |
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|Gender and Age Group:||Male / 55-64|
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How important do you think the following benefits of the crossings are for Suffolk?
- The redevelopment of the island as an area for high tech investment and enterprise
- Continued investment in the Waterfront, Marina and the Port
- The regeneration of the southern section of the town including business investment, housing development and community services
- Less congestion in Ipswich and on the A14 and improved journey times
- Increased connectivity between the southeast and southwest of Ipswich
- More route options and improving safety for walking and cycling
|Ipswich Waterfront Investment:||Important|
|A14 and Ipswich congestion:||Important|
|South East and South West connectivity:||Important|
|Rat-run Route Options and Safety:||Very important|
Which of the following impacts are important in determining your support for the crossings?
Ipswich Ltd note: We notice no option for air pollution
|Visual appearance/design quality:||Very important|
|Land use and/or property:||Very important|
|Disruption during construction:||Important|
|Other (please specify):|
The crossings would deliver reductions in traffic on many local roads; however it is likely that some local roads surrounding the crossings would experience an increase in traffic. In priority order, please choose the three issues that would concern you the most if traffic increased on your road.
|Biggest concern:||Vehicle speed|
|Second biggest concern:||Cyclist access|
|Third biggest concern:||Pedestrian access|
Now choose the three traffic management measures you think we should consider to manage the potential impacts of traffic increases if they were to occur on your road.
|Most important:||Traffic calming|
|Second most important:||Reduced speed limits|
|Third most important:||Pedestrian crossings|
East to West travel
- How often do you currently travel between the east and west of Ipswich?
- How do you most commonly currently travel between the east and west of Ipswich?
- What is the main reason you currently travel between the east and west of Ipswich?
- Which of the following statements best describe your current travel between the east and west of Ipswich?
- Would you like to be added to our consultation database to be updated about the project and future opportunities to have your say?
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|Main reason of travel:||Recreation or leisure |
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Do you have any further comments or concerns about the location and/or operation of the crossings?
|Comments:||Cycle crossing of the Price Phillip Lock should not be subjected to regular closing (due to lock gate openings) otherwise this route will not be well used. Cycling facilities on either of the other crossings should be separated from vehicles and on both sides of the road so that cyclists do not have to cross back and forth across the road. Any cycle scheme should be a continuous flowing scheme to make it most attractive and fully encourage people to change to this mode of transport.|

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Treatment for individuals with whiplash injury may include pain medications, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, antidepressants, muscle relaxants, and a cervical collar (usually worn for 2 to 3 weeks). Range of motion exercises, physical therapy, and cervical traction may also be prescribed. Supplemental heat application may relieve muscle tension.
First Aid at Home
Home care is intended to relieve the pain and minimize the amount of inflammation in the soft tissues of the neck.
The standard approach to all injuries of the soft tissues should be followed:
- Apply an ice pack immediately to reduce swelling, avoid direct contact with the skin.
- Take regular pain relief using non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
- Initial rest should soon give way to a gentle increase in movement, but don't overdo it.
Here are some exercises to relieve pain and stiffness in the neck following a whiplash injury.
- Stand against a door or a wall with your head facing forward and move your eyes so you look towards the two, four, eight, and 10 o'clock positions. Repeat this a few times. This eye movement causes a slight movement in some deep muscles in the back of the head.
- Next, take a step forward and perform the following movements.
- Bend the back of the head carefully forward as if taking a bow. Return to the starting position with your head straight and facing forward.
- Draw the chin in towards your neck and bend the head carefully forward. Return to the starting position. Bend the head backwards far enough to look at the ceiling. Return to the starting position.
- Tilt the head sideways, so the right ear is near the right shoulder. If possible try to maintain the glance at a fixed point at eye level. Return to the starting position. Repeat this action with the head tilted to the other side.
- Turn the head as if trying to look backwards over the shoulder, first to the left and then to the right. Imagine following a horizontal line on the wall at eye level.
- You can also use a beach ball or a soft ball to exercise the head and neck muscles. Place the ball between the wall and the forehead and then try to move it around on the wall in circles or figures of eights. Repeat the exercise, this time placing the ball between the back of the head and the wall.
Medically, a cervical collar is the first thing necessary in whiplash treatment. Its role is to avoid further movement of the neck, which can cause more damage to the soft tissues. Doctors also recommend a short period of neck rest, followed by gradual neck massage.
The doctor most likely will recommend a treatment plan including a mixture of the following:
- Neck massage
- Neck rest
- Bed rest
- Ice therapy
- Heat therapy
- Oral pain relievers and muscle relaxers
- Immobilization of the neck with a soft cervical collar (only a minimal benefit if any at all)
- Early range of motion exercises combined with heat therapy starting 72 hours after the injury to restore flexibility
- Avoidance of excessive neck strain for the next week and then increased activity as tolerated in the following weeks
Other treatments that may help include massage, traction, ultrasound and physical treatments. A physiotherapist, osteopath or chiropractor can advise you.
If you have neck pain caused by whiplash injury, a physiotherapist may be able to help by using treatments such as manipulation and massage. They will be able to give you advice on neck exercises you can do to help relieve the pain and stiffness in your neck.
Osteopathy uses manipulation to treat conditions caused by problems with the nerves, joints and muscles, such as back and neck problems and sports or work injuries.
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Facing the need to take a DNA test to find out if you are the father of a child can be overwhelming. A DNA paternity test by dnacenter.com can have a major impact on relationships, both positive and negative. The results of a paternity test can bring clarity and resolution to questions about parentage, but they can also lead to emotions such as shock, anger and disappointment. These emotions can be especially intense if the test reveals that someone is not the biological parent of a child they believed to be their own. In such cases, there can be legal implications as well, particularly if the issue of paternity is relevant to child support or custody arrangements. Google revealed that men that look for “legal DNA testing near me” have the determination to know the truth about their paternity, and if so, to have the support of the laws of their country so that they can exercise their duties and rights as a father, in a legal manner.
What to do if you are not the father?
If a couple discovers that the baby is not the man’s child, it can be a difficult and emotional situation. The couple should first take time to process their feelings and consider their options. It may be helpful to seek support from a therapist or counselor to work through the emotions and implications of the situation. The couple should also consider any legal implications, such as child support or custody arrangements. If the couple decides to continue their relationship, it may be necessary to have difficult conversations about their expectations and boundaries moving forward. It may also be helpful to seek the guidance of a mediator or relationship counselor to help navigate these conversations. Any decision the couple makes should be focused on the welfare of the child.
The potential impact on family dynamics and relationships
Family dynamics and relationships can be complex after a paternity test with negative results, with both psychological and financial implications. On a psychological level, receiving unexpected or undesired test results can be a difficult and emotional experience, potentially leading to feelings of shock, anger or betrayal. It can also raise questions about identity and family relationships that can be difficult to navigate. On a financial level, DNA test results can have implications for child support and custody arrangements, which can create a financial strain for some individuals. The parties involved in this situation will have to go through a long process of adaptation that will allow them to return to their lifestyle.

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Claude Makelele has joined Swansea City's coaching staff and will be in the dugout for the team's Premier League game against Arsenal on Saturday.
The former France international joins up with new manager Paul Clement who he worked with as a player at Chelsea and then as a coach at Paris Saint-Germain.
A club statement explained that Makelele, 43, has joined as an assistant coach on a deal until the end of the season.
Makelele, who won two Premier League trophies with Chelsea and a World Cup runners-up medal with France, will join fellow new recruits Nigel Gibbs and Karl Halabi at the Liberty stadium.
Swansea have conceded the most goals in Premier League this season and Clement will be hoping Makelele can instil some of the defensive solidity he embodied during his playing days into the current squad.
Clement's short reign at Swansea has already proved controversial, with club stalwart Alan Curtis being relieved of coaching duties by text message.
While the club subsequently explained that Curtis would be offered a job elsewhere in the club - in what appeared to be a U-turn - some fans were upset at the treatment of a man who has served the club for over four decades following the appointment of Clement just days before.
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Lombardi isn't just paying lip service to a product meant to butcher a fictional creature. Part of Zombie Tools' charm is an earnest dedication to making something that really works—you know, if zombies existed.
"Really, the only thing we try to make sure our blades do is get through the skull," says Arbour. "That's the baseline. To kill a zombie you've got to take out the brain, and just about everything we have here deals with that."
McCarter and Arbour have been sword fighting each other once a week for the past 11 years. They met at Flipper's Casino in 1999 and deduced through a series of inebriated questions that they both loved swords. They spent all night drinking beer and talking swords at Arbour's apartment across the street. When the sun came up they sparred in the alley behind Bernice's Bakery, a tradition they continued every week for the next several years.
"It's a beautiful dead end alley so it doesn't get any car traffic," says McCarter. "But it gets a lot of foot traffic. We'd get a lot of people walking through there who would say, 'Hey what are you guys doing?' and we'd say, 'Why don't you grab a beer, and we'll show you.'"
Meanwhile, McCarter also worked on his horror art—paintings and sculptures that simultaneously incorporate gruesome and funny images, like a pig mask with antlers or a baby Jesus stomping through a city Godzilla-style with evil laser eyes. He and artist Wes St. John concocted horror shows—guerilla performance art meant to scare the living hell out of an audience—and worked on horror films. McCarter, Arbour and St. John's projects went under several different names: Tainted Saints, Black Mayonnaise Productions, The Drunken Jedi Pirate Circus and Thanatic Forge. But the two ideas weren't combined until 2007, when the Tainted Saints put on a Halloween show for the Badlander, turning the back room of the bar into an old West zombie brothel.
"Zombie Tools started after the momentum we got from doing that first horror show at the Badlander," says Lombardi, a photographer who first started shooting the swordsmen, but then got sucked in after a night of learning swordplay.
"We had a great time putting that together," he says. "These guys had been making swords for a number of years and so the thought came that they wanted to blend the two interests: the interest in horror and the interest in blades."
It was also perfect timing. Director George Romero first popularized the modern zombie—a walking corpse with vampiric tendencies—with Night of the Living Dead in 1968. But over the last decade, zombies have invaded every corner of mainstream culture. The craze birthed a bevy of films, including 28 Days Later and its sequel, 28 Weeks Later; a remake of Romero's Dawn of the Dead; and a handful of zombie comedies like Zombieland and Shaun of the Dead. "The Walking Dead" is a new zombie series on AMC based on a comic book series of the same title. Zombie mania has seen the rise of top-selling books, such as Max Brooks' The Zombie Survival Guide and World War Z, both of which imagine post-apocalyptic scenarios with zombies. The Zombie Tools founders say they saw the zombie wave coming and happened to be in the perfect position to ride it.
"We do pay attention to these things," says McCarter. "We're all horror fans, and we also are students of media and culture, so we already had our finger on the pulse. So, swords and zombies. It made sense."
There's a certain unexpected liberty in making tools for a zombie apocalypse. General sword makers often confine themselves to creating blade replicas of a certain cultural style or time period. The Zombie Tools craftsmen make swords based on other cultures, but with modifications—which frees them to be as out-there as they need to be.


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Elena isn’t resting peacefully in the afterlife. She’s employed by a reaper named Jasper gathering stories from the dead. But when teenagers die without a story to give, Jasper’s health deteriorates and Elena must uncover the relationship between stories and death to save him. The Gone Away Place meets Scythe.
Elena hadn’t expected eternity to have a face, let alone a cocky smile, high-cut cheek bones, and an over-gelled mop of hair that skewed toward greasy. Maybe the wisdom she sought was hidden in Jasper’s eyes, but she wasn’t allowed to look him in the eyes.
“It’s dangerous,” he’d said, wiggling his fingers like sparks might fly out the tips. “I’m not big on rules. I only have three. And no eye contact is rule numero uno.”
Elena hadn’t questioned him, because when Death gives rules, you listen. At least, at first.
She also hadn’t expected the Jell-O.
Jell-O materialized every time they were in a hospital. Mostly, it waited on the food trays, casting its bright glow over the bland main dish. But if it wasn’t already in the room it lurked close by: the mini-fridge in the staff lounge, the cafeteria, or once a hospital volunteer’s pocket. Elena hated Jell-O.
She glanced at Jasper. He worked the plastic spoon around the cup’s edge with surgical precision. It plopped to the center of his palm.
“Just like a brain, isn’t it?” He smirked at Elena before taking a bite.
Jasper was like a vaudeville show: everything played as a joke. Even if she wanted to give him the hook it would only pull her off stage too. She was stuck as his partner.
Elena straightened, it wasn’t her fault Jasper lacked manners. She refocused on the job she came to do, the story she had to reap.
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Arts Management in Turbulent Times: Adaptable Quality Management - Navigating the Arts Through the Winds of Change
Boekmanstudies, Amsterdam, 2005, 208 pp., € 25, ISBN 10:9066500832, ISBN 13:978 906 650 0839
With a lecture and debate, the Boekman Foundation and European Cultural Foundation have launched their recent publication entitled Arts Management in Turbulent Times: Adaptable Quality Management - Navigating the Arts Through the Winds of Change, based on the broad expertise and experience its two authors have gained in many years of arts management training in South East Europe, Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia, the Caucasus and other countries in and around Europe. The authors have pooled their academic expertise with their long standing practice of bringing arts organisations in turbulent environments on the road to organisational stability and operational success.
Assessings the dramatic period of change affecting the cultural sector in Central, Eastern and South East Europe since the 1990s, and pointing the way towards greater organisational stability and operational success in arts management within these regions, the book draws together contemporary Western- and Eastern European approaches to arts management. It also highlights the various practice-based management tools and first-ever adaptations of existing theory along with the hands-on solutions developed for arts managers working internationally and in turbulent contexts.
The fundamental shift from authoritarian state socialism towards market economics and European Union membership has led to an array of challenges and opportunities for the societies of the countries concerned and the arts managers working within them. If they are to shape and develop cultural life in their respective countries, the book argues, both public and independent arts organisations need to be able to rely on strong organisational structures and sufficient management capacities. For this reason, strategic planning and increased proficiency in organisational development and management become key factors. Such planning and proficiency assist cultural organisations in exceptionally difficult environments to master successfully the many – often daunting – challenges they face.
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(CBS/AP) PARIS - French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy has made her first public appearance sinceto a little girl two months ago.
The former supermodel-turned-singer handed out presents to children at the traditional Christmas celebration at the Elysee presidential palace. The first lady, dressed in a fringed beige poncho, did not have baby Giulia with her Wednesday.
Born on Oct. 19, Giulia is the first baby born to a sitting French president. Sarkozy has three sons from two previous marriages, and Bruni-Sarkozy has a 10-year-old son from a previous relationship.
She and her husband, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, have remained coy about the baby.
Though gossip magazines splashed photos of Bruni-Sarkozy leaving the clinic with the baby on their covers, the first couple has yet to release an official photo of their daughter.


Ford is aggressively accelerating its commitment to wirelessly connected intelligent vehicles – known as vehicle-to-vehicle communications – by becoming the first automaker to build prototype vehicles for demonstrations across the U.S. Mike Shulman, technical leader, Ford Research and Advanced Engineering, says cars could warn each other of upcoming traffic congestion or potentially dangerous situations to help guide their drivers on a safer, less time-consuming path.
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|Cut #1:||"When you first hear about it, it sounds really far out…but when you stop and think about it, like I say, we use Wi-Fi in our laptops and at Starbucks, and we all have cellular phones, people have smart phones now, like Blackberry's that they can do e-mail on, so we're living in a wireless world and all we're doing is taking the same wireless technology and GPS technology and bring it into our cars for safety." :25 sec. |
|Ford believes intelligent cars that talk to each other through advanced Wi-Fi are the next frontier of collision avoidance innovations that could revolutionize the driving experience with the potential of helping reduce many crashes.|
|Cut #2:||"NHTSA estimates that 81 percent of all the vehicle-to-vehicle crashes with unimpaired drivers can be addressed by this technology, So we think safety is the tremendous opportunity." :10 sec. |
|According to Shulman, Ford is rapidly expanding its commitment to intelligent vehicles that can warn each other of potential dangers to enhance safety and foresee impending traffic congestion to help improve the environment.|
|Cut #3:||"Your vehicle would not only send these messages, but it would be able to receive the messages from all the vehicles around it, and based on that it would warn the driver or maybe even some day take some control of the vehicle to prevent the accident." :15 sec. |
|The wireless connection is designed to send the vehicle important traffic information so, if needed, it can warn the driver that another vehicle may be approaching too fast. It would then produce a warning signal, sounding like this.|
|Cut #4:||"Beep, Beep, Beep…..Beep, Beep, Beep…….Beep, Beep, Beep." :06 sec. |
|Cut #5:||"All vehicles would speak the same language, not only Ford vehicles, but Ford is working with other car makers in the United States and working with the United States government to bring this technology to deployment." :12 sec. |
|An October 2010 National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) report on the potential safety benefits of vehicle-to-vehicle communications estimates that intelligent cars could help in as many as 4,336,000 police-reported, light-vehicle crashes annually, or approximately 81 percent of all light-vehicle crashes involving unimpaired drivers. Experts say intelligent vehicles could be on the road within five to 10 years.|


This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology.
How an undercover content moderator polices the metaverse
When Ravi Yekkanti puts on his headset to go to work, he never knows what the day spent in virtual reality will bring. Who might he meet? Will a child’s voice accost him with a racist remark? Will a cartoon try to grab his genitals?
Yekkanti’s job, as he sees it, is to make sure everyone in the metaverse is safe and having a good time, and he takes pride in it. He’s at the forefront of a new field, VR and metaverse content moderation.
Digital safety in the metaverse has been off to a somewhat rocky start, with reports of sexual assaults, bullying, and child grooming—an issue that’s only becoming more urgent with Meta’s recent announcement that it is lowering the age minimum for its Horizon Worlds platform from 18 to 13.
Because traditional moderation tools, such as AI-enabled filters on certain words, don’t translate well to real-time immersive environments, mods like Yekkanti are the primary way to ensure safety in the digital world. And that work is getting more important every day. Read the full story.
The flawed logic of rushing out extreme climate solutions
Early last year, entrepreneur Luke Iseman says, he released a pair of sulfur dioxide–filled weather balloons from Mexico’s Baja California peninsula, in the hope that they’d burst miles above Earth.
It was a trivial act in itself, effectively a tiny, DIY act of solar geoengineering, the controversial proposal that the world could counteract climate change by releasing particles that reflect more sunlight back into space.
Entrepreneurs like Iseman invoke the stark dangers of climate change to explain why they do what they do—even if they don’t know how effective their interventions are.. But experts say that urgency doesn’t create a social license to ignore the underlying dangers or leapfrog the scientific process. Read the full story.
A chatbot that asks questions could help you spot when it makes no sense
The news: AI chatbots often present falsehoods as facts and have inconsistent logic, and that can be hard to spot. One way around this problem, a new study suggests, is to change the way the AI presents information.
Why it matters: Getting users to engage more actively with the chatbot’s statements might help them think more critically about that content. The researchers hope their method could help develop people’s critical thinking skills as they use AI chatbots in school or when searching for information online. Read the full story.
How bugs and chemicals in your poo could give away exactly what you’ve eaten
Our waste contains the stuff that our bodies are generally trying to get rid of. But it can also provide insight into our gut microbiomes and how they influence our health.
Scientists are getting better at collecting and making sense of the bugs and chemicals that end up in our stool, including guessing the kinds of food we’ve eaten with surprising accuracy. Not only could this help improve research into how our bodies process food, but also to better our overall health. Read the full story.
Jessica’s story is from The Checkup, her weekly newsletter giving you the inside track on all things biotech. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Thursday.
I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology.
1 Europe could force AI labs to reveal their secrets
New legislation could require them to disclose copyrighted training material. (WSJ $)
+ Why telling ChatGPT your deepest, darkest secrets is a seriously bad idea. (WP $)+ The EU wants to regulate your favorite AI tools. (MIT Technology Review)
2 The 2024 US election already has a deepfake problem
Generative AI is more accessible than ever, and it’s getting harder to tell the difference between what’s real and what’s fake. (Wired $)
+ AI avatars are eerily good at tricking banks. (WSJ $)
3 Washington is protecting residents’ reproductive data
It’s the first state to limit the collection of sensitive health data post-Roe. (WP $)
+ Abortion-restricting bills have failed to pass in South Carolina and Nebraska. (Axios)
+ The cognitive dissonance of watching the end of Roe unfold online. (MIT Technology Review)
4 Twitter rival Bluesky is gaining traction
If you can get hold of an invite, that is. (Bloomberg $)
+ On Bluesky, one does not post, one ‘skeets.’ (The Verge)
+ Twitter complies with all government requests these days. (Rest of World)
5 How to clean up the shipping industry
Sailing ships could play a surprising role. (New Yorker $)
+ Around 95% of today’s ships are powered by petroleum products. (Bloomberg $)
+ How ammonia could help clean up global shipping. (MIT Technology Review)
6 Weight loss drugs don’t necessarily make you healthier
But millions of eligible Americans may not care. (Bloomberg $)
+ Mounjaro is set to join the likes of Ozempic and Wegovy. (AP News)
+ Weight-loss injections have taken over the internet. But what does this mean for people IRL? (MIT Technology Review)
7 What it’ll take to build cities in space
Planets aren’t terribly hospitable, but asteroids might be. (The Atlantic $)
+ How big is SpaceX’s Starship rocket? Really, really big. (Insider $)
+ Japanese company Ispace’s value has halved since it failed to reach the moon. (Bloomberg $)
8 The internet is about to lose a whole lot of images
Imgur is wiping out pornographic pictures and images from anonymous accounts. (Motherboard)
9 Keeping donated organs healthy and viable is a huge challenge
New cooling transportation techniques could help. (Proto.Life)
+ A new storage technique could vastly expand the number of livers available for transplant. (MIT Technology Review)
10 AI can still be fun
It’s not all doom and gloom, after all. (Vox)
Quote of the day
“It’s Sam’s world, and we’re all living in it.”
—Ric Burton, a prominent tech developer, describes the all-encompassing vision of OpenAI founder Sam Altman to Insider.
The big story
How to befriend a crow
The crows play hide-and-seek with Nicole Steinke after her older kids head to school. She feeds a family of the birds from her apartment balcony in Alexandria, Virginia, twice daily. Once there’s no food left, they’ll look for her as she walks around her neighborhood. When one crow finds her, it will call to the others, and they’ll surround her.
The crows have become minor TikTok celebrities thanks to CrowTok, a small but extremely active niche on the social video app that has exploded in popularity over the past two years. CrowTok isn’t just about birds, though. It also often explores the relationships that corvids—a family of birds including crows, magpies, and ravens—develop with human beings.
They’re not the only intelligent birds around, but in general, corvids are smart in a way that resonates deeply with humans. But how easy is it to befriend them? And what can it teach us about attention, and patience, in a world that often seems to have little of either? Read the full story.
We can still have nice things
+ Celebrity weddings really are a different breed.
+ While they don’t have to worry about endless Zoom meetings, parrots enjoy making video calls to their feathered pals.
+ Let’s all take a collective trip to the Candy Wrapper Museum.
+ Japan’s cherry blossom trees are breathtakingly beautiful.
+ Here’s how to make sure you’re eating sushi properly—and don’t overdo the wasabi.


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Apr 21, Colombo: Following the disruptions of parliamentary proceedings this morning, the Sri Lankan parliament has been adjourned until April 27th and accordingly, the debate on the 19th Amendment to the Constitution that was to begin today, too has been postponed.
The decision to postpone the debate has been arrived following an emergency Party Leaders meeting held with the President.
The 19th Amendment will be taken up for debate on April 27th and 28th and a vote will be taken on the 28th, the Leader of the House has announced.
Following the chaotic situation arose in the House due to the protests staged by the opposition MPs over the Bribery Commission summoning former President Mahinda Rajapaksa to record a statement, the Speaker convened an immediate meeting of party leaders.
Earlier the leaders of main political parties in the Sri Lankan parliament have agreed to hold the debate on the 19th Amendment to the Constitution in the House today (21) and tomorrow (22).
The party leaders have reached the decision to debate the legislation for two days at a meeting convened by President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe Monday.
The party leaders have also agreed to proceed with the Supreme Court determination on the 19th Amendment.
Minister of Mass Media Gayantha Karunathilaka told media that the government expects the bill to be passed.
The Minister told the media that majority of the people hope the bill will be passed in the house. The members of the ruling party had detailed discussion regarding the issues pertaining to the debate, he added.
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has determined that the 19th Amendment to the Constitution is consistent with the Constitution but certain sections require a referendum.
The Supreme Court had determined that the 19th Amendment is consistent with the Constitution, but several sections of the Bill require the approval of the people at a referendum according to the Constitution.
The government amended the relevant clauses and removed the sections that need a referendum before presenting it to parliament again.
The main constitutional proposals of the 19th Amendment include the transformation of the Presidential form of government to a Presidential-Parliamentary system of government and the restoration of the 17th Amendment to the Constitution.
The parliament is expected to be dissolved after the passage of the 19th Amendment. Sri Lankan President has said that he plans to dissolve the parliament in May paving way for general elections in late June or early July.


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Greek issue to be discussed briefly at the Eurogroup on December 3
The Greek issue is expected to be discussed briefly during the Eurogroup meeting on Monday 3 December. The first report “enhanced supervision of the European Commission” for Greece, will be one of the issues to be discussed at the Council of Finance Ministers of the euro zone, a senior official of the Eurozone who briefed the press representatives in Brussels. According to the same source, the debate on Greece will not be comprehensive, as the Commission’s next report at the beginning of the year will be of greater importance for the Eurogroup, on the basis of which it will be decided to return the profits from the Greek bonds and SMPs) if it is judged that Greece has maintained its “reformist mood”. “This will be evaluated in February”, he noted.
The draft budget has been adopted
Moreover, regarding the draft budget for 2019, the same official said that no talks are expected, as Greece is among the countries whose drafts have been judged by the Commission to be “compatible” with the Eurozone rules. In any case, he mentioned that the Finance Ministers will mainly deal with the draft budgets of the member states with problems and will come up with a declaration for each country separately.
ESM just like… IMF and Deposits Guarantee
Most of Monday’s session however, is expected to be devoted to the proposals for the deepening of the Eurozone, with the participation of all 27 EU finance ministers as it is the last Eurogroup ahead of the December summit.
According to an official, the changes expected to be agreed “may not be what some would want a year ago, but will exceed the expectations of the most pessimistic”. In particular, Finance Ministers are expected to agree on the upgrading of the European Stability Mechanism and the issue of financing the Bank’s Reconciliation Fund. However, with regard to the European Deposits Guarantee, the official commented that the goal is to remain in the news in the next six months, however, no roadmap is expected to be agreed as proposed.
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Champs Elysee, Tour Eiffel, Arc de Triomphe ….
There is so much see in Paris and it can honestly be overwhelming to decide what you want to go and do first. Here are some sights I fairly enjoyed going to and would definitely recommend checking out!
My top 5 attractions that I went to during my trip to Paris!
La Tour Eiffel
I obviously have to include the Eiffel Tower in this listing because it is for sure the most popular sight in all of Paris if not France as a whole!
I was so excited to finally make it to the top of it this summer and it was definitely something I was looking forward to the most. My boyfriend and I had our tickets booked ages beforehand so we were sure to get on top of it without having to wait for hours and hours in line.
I’d definitely recommend doing the same because you can save a lot of time. Here is the link to the website to make it easier for you guys to purchase your tickets in advance! https://bit.ly/2QWrp4I
We had originally booked tickets to go on top of the Eiffel Tower around 11am which we did but we weren’t quite content with our visit. The view was incredible don’t get me wrong but it wasn’t quite has magical has a lot of people describe it to be. That’s why we decided to come back the same night to experience the whole thing again just at nighttime.
For any first time visitors I’d definitely tell you to go up the Eiffel Tower at night. I mean yes you don’t clearly see the city because obviously it’s dark outside but all the city lights and the Eiffel Tower lighting up too, give this magical experience that I would describe as sort of a “fairy tale” moment. So if you don’t care about seeing the city from above then make sure you book your tickets for later in the day, I’d say starting around 6pm!
Sacré Cœur has a very special place in my heart because the school I went to for 12+ years was a part of the Sacré Cœur group! Apart from that this church is also a popular tourist attraction because not only is it a beautiful church but you get a great view of the city especially the district “Montmartre”. I’d encourage everybody who wants to visit it to go up all the stairs that lead to Sacré Cœur and not take the Montmartre Funicular (cable car) to get the full experience!
Just watch out for beggars and pick-pockets during your walk up because you’ll definitely see a few of them. Also stay away from people that are trying to get you sign petitions because they often just want to distract you while somebody else e.g. steals your wallet.
Musee de l’Orangerie
You might be thinking right now why I didn’t put the Louvre or one of the other more popular museums on my list. But I got to tell you guys with the Louvre for example there is just so much to see and you could spend a whole day in there and just exploring the different exhibitions that they have and it was honestly quite overwhelming. I mean it took me and my boyfriend a good half hour to make hour way to the Mona Lisa and we were honestly a bit lost!
With the “Musee de l’Orangerie” you have one main exhibition which are the “Sea Roses” by Monet and on a different floor you can see different exhibitions every couple of months. I for sure had to see the “Sea Roses” because as long as I can remember my parents had a print of the “Sea Roses” in our house so I had to see the original! The museum is really nice not too big but still enough to see where you could spend 1-2 hours in there.
It is also located in the “Jardin des Tuileries” which means you could go have a nice stroll in the parc and just swing by the museum on your way in/out. You can also easily access the Louvre from there or you can check out “Place de la Concorde” which is literally right in front of the entrance to the parc on the side where the “Musee de l’Orangerie” is situated!
I’d definitely recommend seeing these famous Paintings of Monet for yourself! Especially if the weather is not the greatest or you want to do something more calm. To all the Paris Pass holder admission is also free so yet another reason to go!
L’Arc de Triomphe
This once again is quite an obvious choice but nevertheless something I really enjoyed going to. Of course I am talking about checking out “L’Arc de Triomphe” but by that I don’t mean just going there and looking at it and maybe taking a couple quick pictures. I mean going on top of it and literally being in the center of one of the largest roundabouts in Europe!
A lot of people actually don’t know that you can “visit” the “Arc de Triomphe!” You can find some more information on that here https://bit.ly/2pTIcMG. Like for example opening hours and fees. For Pairs Pass holders the entrance is also included the pass!
Before you actually get to enjoy the view from the “Arc de Triomphe” you first have to climb quite a few of stairs that go up a narrow windy staircase. So you definitely don’t want to go up there if you easily get dizzy or have claustrophobia. Once you make it to the top you can look at a small exhibition about the “Arc de Triomphe” itself or you can continue straight up to the viewing platform.
Since the “Arc de Triomphe” isn’t that tall you can’t compare the view you’ll get to for example the Eiffel Tower but you still see quite a bit especially when it comes to the Champs Elysees. So definitely make sure to bring a camera and snap a couple quick pictures while you have a birds view!
Since the “Arc de Triomphe” is right at the end (or the beginning however you want to look at it) of the Champs Elysees I’d recommend you to combine the two popular attractions and first check out the “Arc de Triomphe” and afterwards take a stroll down the Champs Elysees so you can also do some shopping while you are at it. This way you don’t have to worry about bringing shopping bags up the “Arc de Triomphe”!
Centre Pompidou and Les Halles
Last but not least I’d recommend you guys to check out Les Halles and the surrounding area!
For anybody that doesn’t know “Les Halles” is a huge shopping mall and even if you don’t want to buy anything I’d just tell you to go stroll around and do a bit of window shopping since it’s definitely one of the nicer malls.
When you are in that area you can also go have a look a “Centre Pompidou” which is a museum that contains more modern pieces and if you haven’t gotten enough views of the city from above then you can also go on top of the modern building and get yet another great view of Paris. Personally I didn’t go inside the “Centre Pompidou” because I felt like we were already short on time considering how much we wanted to see. Nevertheless I enjoyed checking out the building from the outside but next to it is also a fountain by the artist niki de saint phalle, which was the main reason we went there. It’s very abstract but at the same time quite fascinating so once again if you are already planning on going to “Centre Pompidou” or “Les Halles” you should for sure check it out!

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The 10-bit DAC53508 and 8-bit DAC43508 (DACx3508) are a pin-compatible family of eight-channel, buffered voltage-output digital-to-analog converters (DACs). With an external reference ranging from 1.8 V to 5.5 V, a full-scale output voltage of 1.8 V to 5.5 V is achievable. These devices are specified monotonic across the power-supply range.
Communication to the devices is established through a three-wire SPI-compatible interface. These devices do not support readback operation. These devices include a load DAC (LDAC) pin for simultaneous DAC updates and a clear (CLR) pin for setting the outputs to zero scale.
The DACx3508 devices are characterized for operation over the temperature range of –40°C to +125°C and are available in tiny QFN packages.