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Cave has an exceptional understanding of all the different points that intersect in being a rock singer - how you're a priest, a magician, a lover, a storyteller, a healer, a vampire, a demon, all at the same time. This kind of shapeshifting energy is the subject of one of his most well-known songs, "Red Right Hand," which warns of a diabolical shadowy figure who operates traceless and sinister, and who's kind of a substitute Satan without being named as such.
Now it should be asked, what is the artistic obsession with the devil, with devil-like or diabolical characters? Because, to put it simply, every artist is the devil. Artistic creation is always creatio ex nihilo, and every creative act challenges God's monopoly on creating.


One inspires hope for the GOP; the other is less impressive.
concludes that the senator is leading one side of what is “nothing less than a fight for the soul of the GOP on foreign policy.” Let’s hope so.After listening to Rand Paul speak at National Review’s Washington office, Bob Costa
Whether what emerges is also a conservative foreign policy depends as much on which Senator Paul wins as on whether he wins. If it is the Rand Paul who perceived the common hegemonic denominator between Soviet totalitarianism and Islamic-supremacist totalitarianism in a provocative speech at the Heritage Foundation last month, there is cause for optimism. Not as hope-inspiring is the Rand Paul portrayed in Bob’s NRO report. It is already clear, though, that Senator Paul’s agitations serve conservative ends more consistently than does the erratic adventurism of his opposite numbers in the GOP’s intramural brawl: John McCain and Lindsey Graham.
Bob describes these Beltway establishment figures as “the foreign-policy grandees in the Senate Republican conference,” standard-bearers of what is said to be “the Bush-Cheney approach to foreign policy.” The latter claim is not entirely fair, particularly to the Cheney component of the ledger; but that is a story for another day. For now, the point — mine, not Costa’s — is that Senators McCain and Graham are not conservatives. They are progressive-lite populists who bend with the wind, an occupational hazard of service to a fuzzy global-stability agenda rather than to vital American interests pursued within a constitutional, limited-government framework.
Paul proudly claims the conservative tag that seems to embarrass the media-manic McCain except during those dolorous primary seasons when even a maverick must appeal to the GOP base. And once Paul outmaneuvered them (and the Obama administration) in the recent dust-up over U.S. drone-missile strikes, McCain and Graham became strident in their efforts to marginalize the Kentuckian — branding Paul “ill-informed” and a “wacko bird” of the Right. But Paul is far from a “wacko” — or, for that matter, the “extremist” I once made the mistake of describing him as. I was referring to a libertarian position he took against indefinite detention for American citizens suspected of being enemy combatants. The “extremist” descriptor did not fit the man, and it exaggerated the position he’d taken, which extended discussion showed to be less detached from wartime exigencies than it initially seemed.
In the senatorial name-calling, one senses a certain desperation, a fear on the part of McCain and Graham that the ground beneath them is shifting. There’s good reason for that.
You won’t ever hear Paul echoing McCain’s assertion that the way to get foreign policy “back on track” would be to put John Kerry and Joe Biden in charge of it. You won’t find Paul, like McCain and Graham,toasting Qaddafi one minute, then in the next calling for his head; or condemning the Muslim Brotherhood’s sharia totalitarianism one minute, then in the next calling for Americans to work with and subsidize the Brothers. You won’t find Paul, in vertiginous McCain fashion, blathering about democracy-promotion and global stability while championing the secession from Serbia of a Muslim state — Kosovo, which now stands as a breakaway inspiration to Islamic-supremacist insurgents the world over. You won’t find Paul lamenting, à la Graham, that “free speech is a great idea, but we’re in a war”; to the contrary, Paul appears to grasp that if you are prepared to subordinate the First Amendment to a desire not to pull the hair-trigger savagery of your enemies, then you have already lost the war.
In this sense, Dr. Paul perfectly diagnoses the GOP’s sorry condition after years on the McCain/Graham regimen: “When you saw the debate between President Obama and Romney on foreign policy, they sounded pretty similar. In the vice-presidential debate, Biden was more assertive, but Ryan didn’t disagree with most of his positions.”
Bingo: It has been a while since Republicans were led by a Reagan — by someone who looks totalitarianism in the eye and calls it what it is. You don’t hear today’s GOP saying of the Muslim Brotherhood and its sharia-supremacist allies, “We win, they lose.” Today’s GOP is more likely to tell the Muslim Brotherhood, “We’re here to partner with you.” Today’s GOP looks at ideologues who promise to conquer the West and sees not an “evil empire” but a “Religion of Peace.” Yes, it was Obama who opted to arm and fund the Muslim Brotherhood government in Egypt — where a new sharia constitution has been imposed, women are thus reduced to a lower caste, and minority Christians are systematically persecuted. But it was Republicans who voted decisively to approve these measures.
To his great credit, Senator Paul tried to stop our government’s transfer of F-16 aircraft and Abrams tanks to Egypt. He certainly has that half of the equation right. At Heritage, he observed that while “the war is not with Islam but with a radical element of Islam — the problem is that this element is no small minority but a vibrant, often mainstream, vocal and numerous minority.” I’d say “minority” is hopeful — at least in the Middle East, where, as Paul further noted, the enemy ideology grips “whole countries, such as Saudi Arabia.” Islamic-supremacism — what he called “radical Islam” — is, as he described, “no fleeting fad but a relentless force.” To empower Islamic supremacists is a grave mistake.
In his National Review interview, Senator Paul rightly faulted the 2012 GOP ticket for banking on the fallacy that victory lay in allowing no daylight between its own positions and Obama’s abominable foreign policy. But his critique then skipped the rails. The Romney/Ryan platform, he complained, “was sort of like, ‘We’ll . . . come a little bit slower out of Afghanistan. . . . ’ But Biden had a good response, ‘We’re coming home.’ And I think that’s what people want; I think that’s what people are ready for, that we’re coming home.” And why does Paul think Americans want to come home? Because of “war weariness.”
Americans are clearly not pining for our troops to come home from Europe, Japan, Korea, the Persian Gulf, or other locations where their presence assures the peace through strength on which our prosperity depends. In Afghanistan, Americans are not weary of war; they are weary — as they were in Iraq — of our government’s misconception of the war, the very thing Paul’s Heritage speech undertook to correct. They are weary of expending the lives and limbs of our best young people — and of wasting hundreds of billions of dollars in a time of existentially threatening debt — on nation-building experiments premised on the fiction that Islamic and Western cultures desire the same things.
Like Senator Paul, Americans are not anxious for war. But when it is necessary and fought for our vital interests — particularly our liberty and security — we are extremely supportive. Paul is right that war should be a limited-duration exercise. What he described at Heritage as a foreign policy that balanced our vital interests, our desires, and our strapped resources, is indeed one that, as he put it, “would target our enemy, strike with lethal force,” and exit expeditiously.
If that is truly where he is coming from, though, he ought to study what former Bush Justice Department official John Yoo actually says instead of using a Yoo caricature as a piñata — the tack he took in the NR interview, regrettably reminiscent of the way McCain and Graham have disserved Paul himself. I doubt my friend Professor Yoo would dare dabble in ophthalmology, but in trying his hand at constitutional law, Dr. Paul predictably commits malpractice. He has confused Yoo’s scholarship on the “unitary executive” with advocacy of the executive lawlessness known as the “imperial presidency.”
Yoo’s take on the meaning of the power to declare war that the Constitution vests in Congress is more narrow than mine, but, contrary to Paul’s intimation, Yoo most certainly does not “believe there is no limitation” on executive power. (Senator Paul might peruse “The Presidency Redefined,” Yoo’s essay in the March 11 edition of National Review, in which he contends, inter alia, that “conservatives would be more consistent in their quest to rein in the administrative state if they foreswore the vigorous use of executive power.”) What Yoo argues is that once war is commenced — whether by unilateral presidential response to threats against U.S. interests or by congressional authorization — the “target our enemy, strike with lethal force” approach that Paul commends is an executive responsibility. On that, both law and American history are firmly on Yoo’s side.
Any successful conservative foreign policy is going to marry the clarity about the enemy that animated Rand Paul’s Heritage speech with the clear distinction John Yoo draws between fighting war and fighting crime. And we’d better get about it because the stakes are high.
Foreign policy, inextricably intertwined with national security, must be a core concern of the political Right. It must derivatively be seen by voters as an issue on which trust is better reposed in the GOP — the major party that, in theory at least, is responsive to the Right. If this is not the case, then, as David Horowitz persuasively contends, Republicans are sure to lose elections. Ronald Reagan made the struggle against Soviet totalitarianism central to his campaigns. Mitt Romney regarded the struggle against Islamic-supremacist totalitarianism as something too politically incorrect to mention amid platitudinous five-point economic plans. There are reasons why eminently winnable elections are lost.
Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at the National Review Institute and the executive director of the Philadelphia Freedom Center. He is the author, most recently, of Spring Fever: The Illusion of Islamic Democracy, which is published by Encounter Books.
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URA issues acquisition offers to owners of Castle Peak Road / Un Chau Street Project
The Urban Renewal Authority (URA) today (Friday) issued acquisition offers to property owners affected by the Castle Peak Road / Un Chau Street Development Project in Sham Shui Po.
Eligible owner-occupiers of domestic properties affected by the project are offered $10,649 per square foot of saleable area, which is equivalent to the unit rate of a notional replacement flat of seven-year-old situated in similar locality and of similar size.
The acquisition offers for the project were deliberated and approved by the Land, Rehousing and Compensation Committee of the URA Board earlier.
The Castle Peak Road / Un Chau Street project affects a total of 101 property interests. Property owners will have 60 days to consider the URA's offers. The URA's prevailing acquisition policy for both domestic and non-domestic property interests is applicable to this project.
The acquisition offers for domestic properties are calculated in accordance with the Government's Home Purchase Allowance (HPA) policy in which HPA is the difference between the market value of the acquired domestic property and the value of a seven-year-old notional replacement flat of similar size in similar locality. On top of the market value of the acquired domestic properties, eligible owner-occupiers will receive the full HPA amount whereas eligible owners holding wholly tenanted or vacant domestic properties will receive a supplementary allowance up to half of the HPA.
In line with the established mechanism, the URA has appointed seven independent valuation firms for the valuation of the unit rate of the seven-year-old notional replacement flat. The whole process is transparent, open and fair.
Upon completion of the property acquisition, the URA will make ex-gratia payment or rehousing arrangement for the domestic tenants concerned, if eligible.
The URA will organise briefings for the affected owners, residents and shop operators to explain to them the acquisition and compensation and rehousing arrangements.
The URA's initial proposal is to redevelop the site to provide about 12,000 square metres of residential floor area for about 260 flats (mainly small to medium sizes), including some units of lower levels to be reserved for flat-for-flat option. Some 2,400 square metres of commercial/retail floor area will also be included in the new development. The project is tentatively scheduled for completion by 2022/2023.

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Laboratory Ultrasonic Coating System
Laboratory Ultrasonic Coating System is a small ultrasonic spraying equipment that can be equipped with a gathering type ultrasonic nozzle, a wide spray type ultrasonic nozzle or a scattering type ultrasonic nozzle, and is equipped with a precision metering pump, a carrier gas control, a base heating plate, a vacuum suction plate, and an exhaust air. System, etc., especially suitable for research and development of research laboratories and production of small-area films.
Ultrasonic spraying is a spraying method based on ultrasonic atomizing nozzle technology. Compared with the traditional pneumatic two-fluid spraying, ultrasonic atomizing spraying can bring higher uniformity, thinner coating thickness and higher precision. At the same time, since the ultrasonic nozzle can be atomized without the need of air pressure assistance, the ultrasonic spraying can greatly reduce the paint splash caused by the spraying process, thereby greatly reducing the waste of the coating, and the utilization ratio of the ultrasonic coating is the traditional two. More than 4 times the fluid spray.
Laboratory Ultrasonic Coating System can be applied to the development and production of various nano- and sub-micron functional coating films, such as proton exchange membrane fuel cell membrane electrode spraying in new energy fields, thin film solar cell spraying, such as perovskite solar cells. , organic solar cells, transparent conductive films, etc.; biosensor coating spraying in biomedical fields, wafer silicon photoresist coating in microelectronics and semiconductors, circuit board flux coating, AR antireflection in the field of glass coating Film spraying, hydrophilic coating, hydrophobic coating, thermal spray coating, transparent conductive film spraying, super-hydrophobic coating spraying in non-woven fabrics and textiles, anti-bacterial coating, etc.
• Exclusive ultrasonic spray equipment in China, using patented ultrasonic nozzle technology, can provide uniform and efficient film spraying, the thinnest film thickness can reach tens of nanometers
• High coating thickness control accuracy: 20 nm to tens of micron coatings can be prepared for precise coating thickness control
• Spray uniformity: >95%
• Saving raw materials: raw material utilization rate of more than 85%, 4 times that of traditional two-fluid spraying
• Raw material usage rate is over 95%
• Touch screen control system
• High precision laboratory syringe pump
• It can be used with various types of ultrasonic nozzles to achieve different width spraying from 1mm to 100mm. It can be sprayed from 0.001ml/min to 50ml/min, and various ultrasonic frequencies from 10kHz to 120kHz can be used in different applications.
• Imported high-precision precision pressure reducing valve and liquid valve for high-speed and stable gas-liquid coordination
• Do not block the nozzle
• Ultrasonic dispersion supply technology enables the dispersion of the suspension to be supplied to the liquid in suspension to avoid solid precipitation during spraying. (optional)
• Optional heating substrate for on-line pyrolysis. (optional)
• Automatic cleaning system for quick self-cleaning after each spray. (optional)
• New energy: fuel cell membrane electrodes, thin film solar cells, etc.
• Biomedical: biosensors, microfluidic chips, etc.
• Electronics and semiconductors: flux, photoresist, conductive ink
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Accused embassy gunman said he feared Cuban organized crime
By MICHAEL BALSAMO and BEN FOX
WASHINGTON (AP) - A Cuban man who sought asylum in the U.S. sprayed nearly three dozen rounds into the front of the Cuban Embassy in Washington using an AK-47 rifle because he told police he wanted to “get them before they could get him.” Court papers made public Friday say 42-year-old Alexander Alazo, of Texas, claimed asylum in the U.S. in 2007. He said he received threats from Cuban organized crime groups years later and has feared they are targeting him. Police say Alazo opened fire at the Cuban Embassy around 2 a.m. Thursday. He’s charged with violent attack on a foreign official or premises, firearms offenses and other charges.
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Officials working to identify bodies found in tractor-trailer in San Antonio
Lack of water impacting farmers in Donna
Day 2: Crime scene investigator testifies in Palmview double murder trial
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Cameron County judge reacts to high levels of COVID-19 transmission rates

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What’s better than a really good TV theme song? 15 really good TV theme songs! Especially when they’re all mashed together brilliantly, like in this two-minute medley from the Koren Ensemble. How many of them can you identify? (via The Daily What)
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Remember those cootie catchers?
Your students will have so much fun with this fortune teller game, that they may not notice that they are learning about the elements of art and putting them into practice. Each drawing "fortune" will ask your students to try out a drawing with the challenge of using one or more element of art or principle of design.
Students will cut out, color and fold the fortune teller, then play the game with a partner to pick their next drawing. Three different drawing sheets are added (from www.expressivemonkey.com) so they can see how to draw each character. For example, one of the choices is "use all warm or cool colors in your drawing of Squishy". Another is, "draw 3 wacky birds, make each one a different secondary color".
The elements and principles covered in this game are:
• primary colors
• secondary colors
• color complements
• warm and cool colors
What you get:
• Fortune Teller sheet
• The Wacky Birds drawing sheet
• Stick Monkey drawing sheet
• Squishy the Dragon drawing sheet
• Vocabulary Terms
This lesson is included in my Drawing MEGA Bundle
Thanks for visiting!

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Roughly five months ago, the first trailer for Star Trek Beyond was released onto the internet. It immediately grabs you with its Beastie Boys soundtrack of “Sabotage”, starship destruction, and motorcycle action. Unfortunately, it failed to really impress fans, especially George Takei, who played Hikaru Sulu in the original Star Trek television series. With Justin Lin at the helm, who director credits include most of the Fast and Furious movies, the trailer’s direction should not come as a huge surprise. Even Simon Pegg, who plays Scotty and co-wrote Beyond, was not impressed but promised the film is more than action. Last Satuday, Paramount released a new trailer and I think it delivered better than the first.
According to IMDB, the official synopsis reads: “The crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise is exploring the farthest reaches of space, where they encounter a mysterious new enemy who puts them and everything the Federation stands for to the test.” From the trailer, we get more into the movie, which again reintroduced the scene of the Enterprise being attacked and boarded by aliens, forcing the crew to abandon ship. From there, it looks to be a fight for survival for the crew as they face down Krall (Idris Elba, Thor: The Dark World).
All of the original cast is set to reprise their roles from the previous movies. They add Idris Elba as Krall and Sofia Boutella as the mysterious Jaylah. This trailer lives up more to the legacy that creator Gene Roddenberry intended by defining who a character is, the unity of a crew, working with other species, and, of course, space travel. This trailer is definitely more of a deeper cut about what the film is but I’m still not sure how excited I am about this third installment into the reboot Star Trek series. I will hold off on an overall judgment until the film comes out. I love the Star Trek series: from the television series to the original movie series. The first reboot, directed by J.J. Abrams, was incredible and Into Darkness let me down so level expectations is where I’ll stay.
Star Trek Beyond flies into theaters July 22, 2016.


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Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, an unconventional love-and-friendship yarn narrated with flair and feeling, certainly isn't only for dyed-in-the-wool romantics
Sarbjit is a well-meaning outing that fails to do justice to its subject
Overall, Jazbaa feels like a wasted effort, a clear case of superficial style triumphing over substance by a fair distance
Here's what Kareena Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai, Sonam Kapoor, Sonakshi Sinha and Chitrangada Singh look like without make-up. Some were spotted up and about the town while others skipped mak-up for a comfy flight
A pre-wedding party was held for Mukesh Ambani's niece Isheta at Antilla, the Ambani residence, and Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh, Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan, Aamir Khan were in attendance
"I would like my daughter to do whatever she chooses to do and whatever she loves to do," Abhishek Bachchan said
Aaradhya's guest list included Nitara, who is the daughter of Akshay Kumar and Twinkle Khanna, and Azad, son of Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao. Nitara, 4, was accompanied by her mother, looking chic in a Zara dress. Nitara was dressed in blue with a ribbon in her hair. Akshay was otherwise occupied with the launch of the first look of 2.0, his film with Rajinikanth
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan says that that there are a lot of talks going on about various topics but nobody makes the tough choices.
In an interview with NDTV, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was asked about pay parity, gender equality and the one big change she would like to see in the film industry. Watch the video to know what she said.
Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has not always got a thumbs up from fashion critics especially during her Cannes outings. We caught up with the actress recently and asked what she would like to say to fashion pundits. The 43-year-old actress laughed and said, "Thank you. You are here to stay. Welcome aboard." Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was recently seen in Karan Johar's Ae Dil Hai Mushkil and earned rave reviews for her onscreen romance with actor Ranbir Kapoor.
For the last three days, there have been long winding queues at banks and ATMs across the country as cash-strapped people wait to withdraw money for their daily needs. The discontinuation of old Rs. 500 and 1000 currency notes have inconvenienced many and given sleepless nights to those with stashes of undisclosed income. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who is usually reserved in her comments, today had a message for citizens and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, making a plea to people to see the larger picture.
Actors Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan's daughter turned five and the parents made sure that most of the star kids turn up for the event. Aaradhya's grand-father, actor Amitabh Bachchan turned up looking dapper in white Kurta Pajama with pink waist coat.
Bachchans were spotted at a close friend's engagement
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was spotted at the Mumbai airport on Saturday. Aishwarya's travel partner, daughter Aaradhya, was fast asleep in her mother's arms
Actress Aishwarya Rai Bahchchan recently caught up with NDTV on the sidelines of an event in Delhi on November 12.

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text: One of those time honored New Year’s traditions is taking stock. Taking stock of the past year, or the past 13,000. When you consider New Hampshire was covered with a mile thick ice sheet 13,000 years ago, we’ve come a long way, baby! 12,000 years ago, we were still tundra. Trees don’t reappear in these parts until about 8,000 years ago: namely spruce, birch and poplars. And it wasn’t until about 4,000 years ago, that what we would now recognize as “New Hampshire forests” begin to reappear.

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Peter Kageyama is a self-proclaimed "city guy."
"I think CG should be a new acronym," said Boise Mayor Dave Bieter. "Whether the term "CG" sweeps around remains to be seen, but I kind of like it."
Bieter introduced Kageyama the morning of April 30 to a packed ballroom at the Boise Centre, as hundreds of early-risers came to hear the Downtown Boise Association's annual State of Downtown address.
"I've been hearing good things about your city for awhile," Kageyama told the gathering, which included all of the community's elected officials from the City of Boise, Greater Boise Auditorium District and Ada County Commission. "There's something going on with what we call 'New West' cities and you guys don't disappoint."
Kageyama's core message was about love.
"Do you love your city?" the author of For the Love of Cities asked repeatedly. "People are universally consistent with what they hate; traffic, parking, potholes, bad weather. But love matters."
And when the elected officials are in what Kageyama called "god-awful meetings" he challenged the public officials to ask "Where's the fun in this?"
"Change the dynamic when you're considering problems," he said.
Kageyama pointed to a series of fun solutions that cities, big and small, have attempted in their love for their downtowns: Millenium Park in Chicago, closing New York City's Times Square to traffic, Raleigh, North Carolina's Walk Your City initiative and even Boise's Freak Alley.
"Take Brattleboro, Vermont. It's a small city, not much money. They asked themselves, 'What do we have?' Well, their answer was, 'Cows. A lot of cows," said Kageyama. 'So they have their own version of the Running of the Bulls. They call their event the Strolling of the Heifers."
Kageyama's recurring theme was for public officials to encourage citizens to come up with untested ideas.
"I know how you work. You ask if an idea has been tested. You ask about the imperical data. You should be engaging with more residents," he told more than a dozen elected officials.
But twenty minutes prior to Kegayama's caution, all three Ada County Commissioners stood up and walked out of the meeting, presumably heading to a prior commitment.
"Why do I preach to the choir? Because sometimes they sing back," Kegayama said in his conclusion.
At that moment, a woman stood up and sang in a beautiful voice. It was Michele Detwiler from Opera Idaho. She began singing a sultry passage from Bizet's Carmen, stopping for a moment to serenade the Mayor.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the ballroom, her husband Jason Detwiler stood to join her in a duet. The musical stunt was met with generous applause.
The Ada County Commissioners would need to hear about it later.


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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (BP)–Daniel Webster served his local church as building committee chairman 16 years ago. He became speaker of the Florida House of Representatives last November. One led to the other.
In chairing the building committee at Orlando’s First Baptist Church of Pine Hills, now First Baptist Church of Central Florida, Webster asked the county commission for a zoning variance on property the church owned near a five-lane highway. There was a general feeling of opposition to church growth, Webster recounted, and the commission denied the request.
“I thought that was a bad decision,” Webster said. “So I asked who made the policy. They told me it was the legislature. So I called my mom and said, ‘I think I’m going to run.'”
With the help of volunteers from his church and community, Webster began a door-to-door campaign in District 41, which serves Lake, Orange and Osceola counties.
He was “so late in the game” he had to start on chapter eight of the campaign guide he was using. “I’ll never forget that chapter. It was called ‘The Fast Finish.'”
Despite all the obstacles in mounting a campaign, Webster qualified for — and then won — a Republican runoff. In the general election, all the winners had been declared and all the papers had reported he had lost. But when the final precinct was counted, Webster had won his race.
Now, as House speaker, Webster said, “There are a thousand reasons why I shouldn’t be here. But there’s only one reason why I am — that’s the grace of God.”
He added, “… any accomplishments I may have achieved come only from the investment that God and others have made in my life.”
Webster said his first election taught him the need to keep people informed and to make sure they exercise their rights as voters.
“Baptists are no different than the general populace,” he commented. “They are not really registered, or if they are, they vote spasmodically. Many don’t vote with enough information about a candidate.”
If people want the freedoms they now enjoy to continue for the future, he emphasized, they need to register to vote and then “become a voter and be an informed voter.”
Webster is the first Republican speaker in 100 years — quite a change since he began his political career as one of few Republicans in the Florida legislature.
“When I started in office we had so few Republicans that we sat in the back and watched,” Webster said. Currently the party is in the House majority, with 61 Republicans and 59 Democrats.
As a leader in the legislature, “I ask that all laws be principle-based,” Webster said. The five major principles he asks other legislators to consider before submitting a bill are less government, lower taxes, personal responsibility, individual freedom and empowering the traditional family.
Family is important to Webster, 47. He and his wife, Sandra, have six children. But he acknowledged the job as House speaker often takes him away from his home in Ocoee, near Orlando.
“Nobody could have forewarned me about the job,” he said. “I knew it takes a lot of time being in the office and being away from home. But I’m a homing pigeon; I go home as much as possible.”
When he is away from his family, Webster finds support from other Christian leaders in Tallahassee, many of them Baptists. A group of legislators often meets to study Scripture and share prayer requests, and each Tuesday morning on the 22nd floor of the Capitol building a group of legislators and staff meet for prayer and devotions.
Given the job demands, “You establish a schedule and have to have priorities,” he said. “Those priorities have to be our relationship with God and our families and our service to others.”
Webster was named 1995 Legislator of the Year by the Florida Chamber of Commerce and earned recognition from several state organizations. He served as Republican House leader from 1994-96 and as leader pro tempore from 1992-94. He holds a degree in electrical engineering from Georgia Tech University and owns Webster Air Conditioning and Heating in Orlando.

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1.1 These test methods 2 cover procedures and definitions for the mechanical testing of steels,stainless steels,and related alloys.The various mechanical tests herein described are used to determine properties required in the product specifications.Variations in testing methods are to be avoided,and standard methods of testing are to be followed to obtain reproducible and comparable results.
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Flying Wild Hog has shown off Shadow Warrior 3, which features the return of Lo Wang in a bloody first person shooter akin to previous games, but it has other projects in the works. It's partnered with Focus Home Interactive for a new title that will be the studio's "most ambitious game to date." As of now, however, the name and release window are unknown.
With regards to the partnership, Focus Home Interactive COO John Bert stated that, "We at Focus have a directive to bring exciting and innovative games to the market, and with their upcoming title, we know Flying Wild Hog will reach the objectives we have on all of our projects, in terms of both quality and originality. We're enthusiastic to be working with this professional team, who are masters in the art of creating spectacular, action-packed games."
Flying Wild Hog CEO Michal Szustak added further that, "Focus Home Interactive is the perfect partner for Flying Wild Hog. We both share a love for creating unique, exciting worlds filled with crazy gameplay. We also deeply care for quality and creativity. Focus's team supports us not only with great trust for our vision, but also helps us to forge that vision into an outstanding game. We are sure that our partnership will bloom into an amazing experience for players around the world. Fans of original action games can expect quite a surprise!"
Focus Home Interactive has a reputation for publishing a diverse range of games. It published Deck13 Interactive's The Surge 2 and Spiders' GreedFall, the former being a sci-fi Souls-like while the latter is a third person action RPG. Future projects include the likes of Sumo Digital's Hood: Outlaws and Legends.
As for Shadow Warrior 3, it's being published by Devolver Digital and is currently slated to release in 2021 for PC. The level design is more linear than previous titles but features a lot more platforming as Lo Wang wall-runs, grapples and dashes his way through. Stay tuned for more details on it in the coming months.
We're still a solid month and some weeks away from the launch of the Xbox Series X/S and PS5. But there are plenty of big-name current-gen releases to look forward to in October. Horror games, role-playing games, sports titles and at least one big open world game are coming up so let's take a look at the month's 15 biggest releases.
Super Mario Bros. 35
This isn't Super Mario Battle Royale or Nintendo's answer to Fall Guys but it might just be the closest thing to competitive free for all Mario. For Nintendo Switch Online subscribers, that is. Super Mario Bros. 35 sees players platforming through your typical Super Mario Bros. stage, defeating enemies, gathering coins and whatnot.
The twist is that there 34 other players, visible on-screen, that are competing against you. Players can send obstacles into others' games, specifically targeting those with the most coins, the least time or completely at random. Coins can be used to purchase items and increase one's survival rate. The last player standing is the winner.
It's out on October 1st 2020 for Switch and looks cool. However, Super Mario Bros. 35 is only available to play until March 31st 2021. So if it ends up being amazing, savor each and every moment until it's inevitably gone.
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time
We're finally at the stage where googling "Crash Bandicoot 4" doesn't automatically bring up Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex. If that's not progress, we don't know what is. As a direct sequel to the original trilogy, Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time is developed by Toys for Bob, the same team behind the excellent Spyro Reignited Trilogy.
Essentially, the space-time fabric has been torn asunder and it's up to Crash and Coco to find the Quantum Masks to set everything right. Along with playing through each level as either Bandicoot in the main story, players can also experience "alternate timeline" versions. These have Doctor Neo Cortex, Dingodile and an alternate version of Tawna being playable along with own unique enemy placements and traps in levels.
On top of this, there are Flashback levels that provide tougher challenges, N. Verted versions of the same with varying conditions, local competitive and co-op modes, and the option to play in Retro or Modern Mode, the latter providing infinite lives. Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time is out on October 2nd for PS4 and Xbox One.
Star Wars: Squadrons
Ever since the days of Star Wars: X-Wing and TIE Fighter, we've yet to really see a space combat game capture that magic (at least in the same setting). With how well-received Starfighter Assault was in Star Wars Battlefront 2, a standalone title like Star Wars: Squadrons makes sense. Still, for $40, it's surprising to see a proper campaign – which takes place after Return of the Jedi and alternates between pilots in the New Republic and Empire – and no microtransactions.
Each side has four ship types to choose from with different components and weapons to customize them with. Multiplayer consists of 5v5 Dogfights and Fleet Battles to eliminate the opposing flagship. Operations, daily challenges and so on will keep things fresh post-launch.
Last year, EA somewhat redeemed its shoddy handling of the license with Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order. We'll see if it can continue that with Star Wars: Squadrons out on October 2nd for Xbox One, PS4 and PC.
Though it doesn't have the biggest budget of most racing sim franchises, the RIDE series is one of the few that's focused primarily on bikes. RIDE 4 aims to go even further with "hundreds" of different bikes to choose from, dozens of tracks, dynamic weather and full day/night cycles, and even a neural AI system that offers more realistic competition (at least in theory). The single-player experience offers a number of events to participate in, and there's a new Endurance mode to truly test one's mettle for longer races. RIDE 4 is out on October 8th for Xbox One, PS4 and PC.
A new FIFA game is coming up – please be excited. For a yearly sports franchise, that too one notorious for its RNG card packs, EA Sports is going out of its way to implement long-requested features in FIFA 21. Match simulation in Career Mode will allow for jumping in and out of matches more intuitively; loan to buy deals are now possible when making transfers; players can now be trained for other positions; and annoying FUT items like fitness and training consumables are gone.
Ultimate Team also supports co-op now, which carries its own modes and rewards; FUT Stadiums have way more customization; and there are also FUT Events for players to compete and collaborate in together. Even if the overall gameplay changes end up falling short, at least the major changes sound worthwhile. FIFA 21 releases on October 9th for PC, Nintendo Switch, PS4 and Xbox One.
EA Sports has another title out in October with NHL 21. However, it seems to offer a lot of what fans expect, from Hockey Ultimate Team mode to familiar multiplayer modes like Threes Eliminator, Clubs and so on. World of Chel offers the ability to progress through seasonal ranks for each mode with Club Finals Championships available near the end.
There's also "Be a Pro", a more cinematic take on Career Mode where your custom-created player competes professionally en route to the NHL. Dialogue options abound, though given how the story-telling has been in recent EA Sports titles like Madden NFL 21, it's best to be skeptical. NHL 21 is out on October 16th and unlike its contemporaries, it's only planned for Xbox One and PS4.
Pikmin 3 Deluxe
Continuing the trend of bringing every major Wii U title over to the Switch, Nintendo is releasing Pikmin 3 Deluxe for the console on October 30th with improved visuals and new content. The original is a real-time strategy title with three new Captains to control and up to 100 Pikmin to command, offering co-op and competitive multiplayer modes in addition to the story. Pikmin 3 Deluxe features all of that along with options for lock-on targeting and hints, and increasing the difficulty for some added challenge.
All of the DLC stages from the original are here while new side-story missions focused on Olimar and Louie have been added. Pikmin 3 was pretty well-regarded back in the day so whether you're a new or experienced player, the Deluxe version might make it worth hopping back into.
Frictional's critically acclaimed psychological horror series finally returns with Amnesia: Rebirth. Touted as a brand new game, it focuses on Tasi Trianon who's trapped in the desert with a horrifying creature (or two) stalking her. There's a fair bit of exploration and puzzle-solving along with managing one's physical and mental well-being.
But Tasi will also have to contend with her "own hopes, fears, and bitter regrets" in order to survive. If previous games were any indication, then Amnesia: Rebirth should offer another terrifyingly compelling journey. It's out on October 20th for PS4 and PC.
Age of Empires 3: Definitive Edition
Fresh off its stellar run with Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition, Tantalus Media and Forgotten Empires have turned their attention to remastering and enhancing Age of Empires 3. Along with a remastered soundtrack, the visuals have been upgraded to 4K Ultra HD. Judging by the previous game, you can also expect lots of nuanced improvements in terms of character models, textures, animations and environments (while still maintaining the overall look and feel of the original).
Age of Empires 3: Definitive Edition will also feature all of the previously released expansions, two new modes with Historical Battles and The Art of War Challenge Missions, and the Swedes and Inca as new civilizations. This is in addition to improved online multiplayer and mod support. It releases on October 15th for PC.
Combining first person platforming with combat and a one-hit mechanic that applies to both enemies and the player, Ghostrunner is a sleek looking title with some unique hooks. Set in the future, your goal is to reach the top of a tower and defeat the Keymaster. A variety of foes will attempt to stop you but there are also plenty of environmental hurdles to overcome.
To that end, players will run, jump, grapple, wall-run, dash and slash through foes to progress, and perhaps replay levels for better times. Ghostrunner arrives on October 27th for Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch and PC.
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
The Covenant system and Blizzard's unwillingness to change it based on alpha feedback is concerning but Shadowlands is still a big deal for many WoW players. It's the first time they'll be heading to Azeroth's realm of the dead; introduces the game's first level squish, making 60 the default level cap; and provides new ways to customize the core races. One can also look forward to exploring five huge zones, eight new dungeons, a new raid and Torghast, the Tower of the Damned, which provides a roguelike dungeon-crawling experience. And of course, there are four Covenants to join, each with its own campaign, gear and abilities that will add more depth to one's character.
Again, it's all very interesting but it remains to be seen if the system provides meaningful choices or hamstrings players who choose the "wrong" Covenant. WoW: Shadowlands is out on October 27th for PC so we'll find out soon enough.
Watch Dogs: Legion
A mysterious group called Zero Day has framed hacker collective DedSec for some bombings. As a result, the PMC Albion takes control of London and uses ctOS to trample on human rights. It's up to the player to recruit new operatives from the populace and effectively liberate the city.
From a gameplay perspective, pretty much any NPC is fair game for recruitment. Complete their respective missions and you can utilize their skills, whether it's a getaway driver with a unique vehicle, a hacker who's skilled in drones or a professional assassin. Throw in some co-op support, perma-death for characters (if you refuse to surrender, that is) and multiple approaches to missions, and you have quite the replay value.
Watch Dogs: Legion is out first for PC, PS4, Xbox One and Google Stadia on October 29th. Those on console and keen on features like ray-tracing may want to hold off for the next-gen versions which release on November 10th for Xbox Series X/S and November 12th for PS5.
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope
The Curator's presentation of unfinished horror stories continues with The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope. The story sees a group of college students, along with their professor, trapped in Little Hope. Witch hunting was quite popular back in the late 1600s and it seems the group has some connection to the town.
Much like Man of Medan, different dialogue options can influence the fate of the cast, leading to multiple endings. One can also expect the return of co-op online play and Movie Night Mode which sees up to five players making story decisions. Despite numerous delays, The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope will finally release on October 30th for PS4, Xbox One and PC.
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel 4
It's taken a while for English localization but Falcom's thunderous conclusion to the Erebonia Arc is nearly here. Following the previous game's conclusion, The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel 4 sees the new Class VII continuing forth and rallying support to save the world. Heroes from other arcs like Trails in the Sky and Trails of Zero/Azure will also be appearing to lend a hand, which makes for a fairly sizable roster, and there will likely be even more epic battles with Panzer Soldats and Knights than before. The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel 4 is out on October 27th for PS4.
It's no Dino Crisis but Second Extinction should provide some fast-paced shooting action as players either fight solo or with up to two others against hordes of mutant dinosaurs. Launching in early access with four heroes, 10 weapons with upgrades, six missions and several regions, Second Extinction also has a mechanic called the War Effort. This sees the threat level of different regions lowering if players successfully complete missions in them.
However, other regions will see their threat levels rise and this could result in an Emergence Event (which is much tougher than usual missions). Second Extinction will arrive on PC first with Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S versions expected later this year.
October may have barely started but Fall has already arrived in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Update 1.5 is out and adds the Halloween seasonal event along with the Pumpkin plant and several new DIY items for the same. Halloween is set to go live on October 31st, just like the real world.
The update also adds an interesting change to Yumemi, which allows to visit different dream worlds while sleeping. You now have the option to choose a place from your past visits. A particular history can also be registered as a favourite, making it easier to repeatedly visit.
Other features include hiding the hibaihin on Tanuki Shopping's catalog screen with the Y button, along with various adjustments and fixed bugs. Even more content will be coming to Animal Crossing: New Horizons in the coming months, especially with Thanksgiving and Christmas around the corner. Stay tuned in the meantime for more details.
— Isabelle (@animalcrossing) September 30, 2020
Super Mario is an institution in and of itself. Nintendo's Italian plumber and the franchise he stars in have become synonymous not only with the Japanese company, but with gaming as a whole. Mario transcends any single media, and the impact he's had on video games as a whole cannot be overstated.
This year is a special one for Super Mario, being the series' 35th anniversary and all, and Nintendo, it seems, are celebrating that milestone event with all the pomp and style that a gaming icon such as this deserves. Recently, Nintendo held a Direct presentation dedicated entirely to Mario, announcing everything from Super Mario 3D All Stars and Super Mario 3D World's long awaited Switch launch to Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit and the original Super Mario All Stars being added to Nintendo Switch Online.
Another announcement that caught the attention of many was the appropriately named Super Mario Bros. 35. The game is out in less than a week from now, and as we gear up for its launch, in this feature, we'll be going over everything you need to know about the game. Without further ado then, let's jump in.
In February 2019, Nintendo surprised one and all when they announced and released Tetris 99, a game that ingeniously combined the classic puzzle gameplay of Tetris with a battle royale framework, of all things. It sounded bizarre on paper, but it worked surprisingly well. In fact, it may very well be one of the best versions of Tetris we've seen in years. Now, Nintendo are teaming up with Tetris 99's developers Arika once again to deliver Super Mario Bros. 35, which is going to do something similar. And how exactly is that going to work? Well, if you've played Tetris 99, the central gameplay premise will be familiar to you.
Super Mario Bros. 35 is a battle royale platformer, and like Tetris 99, its name is rather descriptive, in that each match sees a total of 35 players battling against each other. Also similar to Tetris 99 is how that is actually shown on your Switch's screen. Your own gameplay takes centrestage, of course, while your competing players appear in small picture in picture images along the sides.
Your goal, as in any platformer, is to be the last man standing (or the last Mario standing, in this case). Every player plays through a stage whose design will be themed around the original Super Mario Bros. from 1985, and the player that survives the longest and is left as the last one standing wins that match. You'll be collecting coins, stomping on koopas and goombas and what have you, and racing against time as the clock counts down to zero, which is something all Mario fans will be very familiar with.
ATTACKING OTHER PLAYERS
But every battle royale has to have major competitive elements, right? If you're fighting to be the last man standing against 34 other players, you need to be able to do something to ensure that they fall before you do. And how exactly are you supposed to do that when you're so focused on getting through your own platforming stage? Well, similar to Tetris 99, Super Mario Bros. 35 employs some clever tricks.
Every enemy you kill in your own stage is essentially sent into some other player's stage. That's your primary means of attacking other players- the more enemies you kill, the more you bother and harass your competitors. And you will also have the means of choosing who you're attacking with the enemies that your knock out in your own stage.
In Super Mario Bros. 35, you will essentially have four choices for whom you want to attack: you can simply attack players at random, you can attack whichever player currently has the most amount of coins, you can attack the player that currently has the least amount of time, or you can attack the player that's attacking others the most.
But what's a good Super Mario game without power ups, right? Power ups, whether its something as simple as the classic fire flower, have been integral to the Super Mario experience for as long as the experience has been around. Super Mario Bros. 35 may not be a typical Mario game, but make no mistake- power ups are still going to be an important part of the gameplay.
All power ups will be purchased through currency during gameplay, and that currency will, of course, be the coins that you collect while you're running, jumping, and stomping your way through levels. Players will be able to spend coins to spin an "item roulette" that will grant you with a random power up item, which you can then use whenever you want.
What power ups will be included in the game isn't something that Nintendo have talked about yet, but given the fact that Super Mario Bros. 35 seems to be sticking closely to the original Super Mario Bros. in terms of everything from its look to its stages, it seems likely that you should only expect power ups from the first game. Combined with the ability to attack players, be attacked by other players, and having to contend with your own platforming stage though, the power ups should add a nice layer of strategy and variety to the proceedings.
LAUNCH AND AVAILABILITY
Super Mario Bros. 35 launches exclusively for the Nintendo Switch on October 1, but there's a few curious things to speak about as far as its release and availability are concerned. For starters, just like Tetris 99, the game will only be available to those who have a Nintendo Switch Online account. If you are a Nintendo Switch Online subscriber though, you get Super Mario Bros. 35 for free.
What's more interesting (and not exactly in a good way) is the game's availability beyond launch. You're only going to have half a year to play the game, which means you'll have to cram all of your gameplay time into that period. Why is that the case? Well, because Nintendo have made it clear that the game is only going to be playable up until March 31, 2021. And that doesn't mean you will only be able to get the game until that day- no, as soon as we get to April 1st, Super Mario Bros. 35 is more or less going to get nuked. No one will be able to play it.
This, of course, is what Nintendo are doing with Super Mario 3D All Stars as well. The remastered collection of mainline 3D Mario games is available right now, both digitally and physically, but will only be available up until March 31, 2021 (though unlike Super Mario Bros. 35, those who purchase the game will, of course, still be able to play it after that). It's a decision for which Nintendo have been receiving plenty of criticism (and rightly so), but for now, it doesn't seem like they're going to budge on it.
It's been a crazy generation for fighting games, especially towards the end. We've seen classic franchises revived, brand new titles enter the ring and long-awaited sequels to some of the bigger blockbusters. Opinions may differ on which is your favorite but let's get into the 15 best fighting games of this generation, starting with…
Granblue Fantasy Versus
Cygames' mobile RPG envisioned as a fighting game with side-scrolling hack and slash RPG battles, weapon grids and bosses? It's doable but Arc System Works took the idea and ran with it, using its incredible visual style and art direction for each character and environment. The combat has a decent amount of depth with Skybound Arts (which are executable using a single button, if necessary). The online play could be improved – as is always the case with these kinds of games – but Granblue Fantasy Versus is still a worthy title especially with updates and new fighters rolling in.
Console launch line ups tend to be on the forgettable side a lot of times with the key exception of 1 or 2 titles. It remains to be seen if the launch of these consoles will be any different to the annuals of time, but at the very least, Sony is bringing quite a diverse line up of first party titles to the PS5. One of those is Destruction AllStars, one of the three next gen only titles coming out on the system, and today we got a nice deep dive in the vehicle-based combat game.
The official PlayStation blog released a good deal of information on the game. It's arena based and can be played either solo or with teammates in multiplayer. As is obvious, the combat focuses around various vehicles as well as the drivers (you can see a list of those through here). Each hero vehicle has its own abilities such as the Sabre that deploys a blade along the length of the vehicle to slice opponents in half or something more defensive like The Undisputed that activates a huge shield that makes them temporarily indestructible.
The overall combat is mostly vehicle focused, being all about smashing and slamming into your opponents' cars in the arenas, with well placed hits being devastating. But your driver can actually do damage even after their ride is destroyed, by going to raised platforms to get items and lure those left on the battlefield into deadly traps.
Destruction AllStars will launch alongside the PlayStation 5 on November 12th. The game is also said to get free updates with new modes and features post-launch. A new trailer will also debut soon.
When you look at the first party line up for Sony's PS5 launch, there's quite a lot to take in. It's probably the most extensive first party launch line up ever, at least that I can remember, and has both new and returning faces. One of those is Sackboy from the LittleBigPlanet franchise that was a huge hit for Sony in the PS3 era. Now it's time for the sack to come on back with Sackboy: A Big Adventure this November, and it's time to get reintroduced.
The game will be developed by Sumo Digital, and today Sony released a trailer of one of the developers talking about the character as well as his origins. For the most part if you followed LittleBigPlanet, this will be familiar, but it has been an absent series for a good while, so it's a nice refresher. There's also bits and pieces of gameplay. You can check it out below.
We also got details on two Special Editions you can get via the official PlayStation blog. One is the Digital Deluxe Edition which includes a digital artbook, 4 costumes based on Sony first party titles, 4 emotes, 20 avatars and the original soundtrack. The physical Special Edition includes all of that with the artbook and soundtrack in physical form and an adorable Sackboy plush figure wearing a tiger head.
Sackboy: A Big Adventure will release at launch on November 12th for the PlayStation 5, and will also come to the PlayStation 4 on the same day. The Digital Deluxe Edition will be for both the PS5 and PS4, while the physical will be PS4-only, though the game is confirmed to have a free upgrade to the next gen version.
It was one of the first next generation titles we got a look at, and it seems like we never stopped getting looks at Godfall ever since that initial reveal. The main focus has been on the game's intense approach to combat, but there does seem to also be an epic story there as well. That story got highlighted with the reveal of the game's cinematic intro, called "The Fall".
You can see the full intro below. It's central conflict is between two warriors, one of which appears to be the, or at least one of the, antagonist(s), Macros. Once the two were close, maybe even brothers, but war drove them apart and accumulated in one final battle that Macros won in the pursuit of ultimate power. It's a nice cinematic and does well to prep for what looks to be a fun fantasy romp.
Godfall will launch on November 12th for PS5 and PC. The game will also get an expansion of some kind, as detailed in the Deluxe Edition listings, but as of now no details have been released.
Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales was one of the first games to be confirmed to be launching alongside Sony's PlayStation 5. It was later revealed to also be coming to the PS4, alongside a remaster of the first game. Since then, though, it feels like it's been a constant line of poor communication and less than amazing deals in regards to cross platform issues. Mainly, it was around the first title's remaster and it being eventually revealed that it would not allow a free upgrade for PS4 owners of the original or save transfers. This called into question Miles Morales, which it was confirmed would have a free upgrade option from PS4 to PS5 but not nothing said about save transfer. Well, thankfully, it's now been cleared up.
Developer Insomniac Games took to Twitter to answer a question about save transfers and confirmed that, yes, Miles Morales will allow save transfers from PS4 to PS5. That's one sigh of relief Spidey fans can breathe now.
Spider-Man: Miles Morales will release for both PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 on November 12th. If you're curious about how much SSD space you'll need on the PS5 side, we got you covered.
Hi there, you will be able to transfer your save to PS5. We'll share details closer to launch
— Insomniac Games (@insomniacgames) September 29, 2020
Despite Destruction AllStars being one of Sony's first party launch titles for the PS5 this November, we haven't seen or heard much from the game since its initial reveal. It will see an interesting mix of vehicle combat and Fortnite-esque art and characters in a free for all. Like Fortnite, too, a lot goes into the characters, and we got a lot of details for those now via the official PlayStation blog.
The game will launch with 16 AllStars, which you can see below. It's quite a diverse cast of various characters, and they also have their own abilities. For instance, Lupita will drop trails of fire that causes burning damage to vehicle and KO characters, Boxtop will spawn parcels that buff teammates while causing explosive damage to enemies, or Ultimo Barricado who can become invincible to incoming attacks from both vehicles and characters. You'll have to mix and match and find which ones you like the best. AllStars are also said to have active rivalries which will unfold in cinematics, alongside cosmetics to really give your AllStar their own identity.
Speaking of which, it was also revealed that the game will have a Digital Deluxe Edition. It will include the full game, a legendary character and vehicle skin, a dance emote, 4 banners, 5 avatars and 10,000 AllStar Currency that can be used to purchase more customizations. You can see it detailed below. Both it and the regular edition of Destruction AllStars will launch alongside the PS5 on November 12th.

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2020 Online Salon
Antibiotic Resistance Deadly Pathogens
- Entrant Name: Alissa Eckert
- Membership Type: Professional Submission
- Other Contributors: James Archer, Jennifer Oosthuizen, Stephanie Rossow
- Address: Acworth, Georgia USA
- Client: CDC
- Copyright: 2019 N/A
- Medium/software used: 3ds Max, After Effects, Magic Bullet
- Final presentation format: Broadcast, web and print
- Primary Audience: general public
The CDC’s 2019 Antibiotic Resistance visual suite comprises 21 illustrations of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and fungi for high-profile communications, including a digital press kit released to news and media outlets. Each pathogen is rendered in sizes and formats for print, broadcast, and digital media. Shareable social media, over-the-shoulder broadcast news graphics, online news feature graphics and image carousels, and print-ready graphics prominently featured the illustrations.
The suite’s aesthetic is guided by ‘beautiful, but deadly’ realism and believability. To achieve this, multiple physical camera techniques in 3D Studio Max were used, including depth-of-field and exposure control. The pathogens’ dual color palettes reflect gram-staining protocol used in identification. The intense chroma of each organism on a dark background creates an arresting, high contrast image with a gravity the viewer may associate with antibiotic-resistant infections and their negative outcomes.


Born and bred in Temba, a township situated in the Northen part of Pretoria, South Africa, Oral Deep is a duo made up of two young and talented House music producers named Thato “Cula” Tlhaku and Thapelo “Legae” Nkoane. They met in 2007 through a mutual friend, realising they had similar tastes and a growing pasion for House music.
After 3 years of learning the art of production and DJ’ing, as well as promoting their talents in their home town, they decided to release their first EP “The Promised Land” under their own label Gem Shack Music in 2010 which was succeeded by their second release, “Journey EP” in 2011. It wasn’t until late 2011 that they started making noise in the industry, when they remixed “I’ll be there” by Canadian based producer/DJ Suges (Adam Sugr) featuring Michael Dave Dizon.
This remix lead to them being discovered by dynamic duo Monocles and Slezz, the owners of Ska-lla Records, a label which their third EP, “A Dream on The Edge”, was released under in mid 2012. Soon after this release, followed remixes for various up and coming as well as establised artists including Cornelius, Monocles and Slezz, Nkokhi, Anelisa Blom, Deep City Central, Tapes and many more.
Coming together with Monocles and Slezz, they released a number of collaboration projects including A Million Miles To Heaven; Love Africa and Love Affair in 2013 which hit the industry by storm.
They released their fouth EP, Ndizo Buyel eKhaya (Xhosa for I’m going back home), under Anarchy Music Group featuring the sultry and beautiful voice of a young and talented lady from Cape Town in South Africa going by the name Anelisa Blom, with remixes by Deep City Central; Cornelius; Manfee MK Clive, Kosha Roots, Sacred Soul and Denz Devarez. By this time Oral Deep was stamping their name in the House music industry as a force to be reckoned with, releasing massive Afro House bangers and remixes under labels like Tribe Records etc.
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No Athiests In Foxholes... Or MySpace
MySpace deleted the 35,000-member "Atheist and Agnostic Group" on Jan. 1, a little more than a month after hackers broke in and renamed the group's site "Jesus Is Love."
MySpace has ignored repeated requests to restore the group's site. A MySpace spokeswoman did not return calls seeking comment.
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May 25, 2011 - Cost Summary, EDMS Request Types
- On the "Cost Summary" page, the Estimated Cost value will now be calculated for Load Test service requests. Previously, a $0.00 value was always displayed. The Cost Summary page displays a summary of charges for a Work Order and its individual Service Requests. To access the Cost Summary page, users will select a "Cost Summary" link at the top of a Work Order or Service Request page within the tan-colored Work Order information box. If there are charges, the Cost Summary page will display the Estimated, Actual, and Remaining Costs for the Work Order and Service Requests. If there are no charges, the Cost Summary page will display the message "No service requests with estimated or actual hours exist".
- For EDMS service requests, the EDMS type of "New Project Estimate" has been deactivated. Users will no longer be able to submit this type of EDMS service request. A "Software Dev/GIS/PM/QA" service request should be submitted instead.


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|1. (WO2017037482) OPEN-CELL METAL FOAMS AND PROCESS FOR THEIR PREPARATION|
|Applicants:||MOL HUNGARIAN OIL AND GAS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY (55%)
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PETRÓ, József Csaba
|Title:||OPEN-CELL METAL FOAMS AND PROCESS FOR THEIR PREPARATION|
The subject of the invention is preparation of self-supporting, self-cleaning open-cell metal foams containing one or more transition metals of the following transition metals: Ag, Au, Co, Ni, Cr, Cu, Fe, Ir, Mn, Mo, Nb, Os, Pd, Pt, Re, Rh, Ru, Ta, Tc, W, one or more non- metals of the following non-metals: Ge, Sb, Si and/or their alloys, where in the first step, in a prescribed amount of one of the components A or B, or in the mixture of the two components A and B required to prepare a commercially available polyurethane foam (where A means a polyol and B means a diisocyanate or its derivative) the particles of the target material(s) are dissolved in elemental form or in the form of their alloy and/or oxide (oxide mixture), and in this way a polyurethane foam is prepared. The resulting composite polyurethane foam which contains the active material in dispersed, colloidal structure is subjected to heat treatment in vacuum, if desired in the presence of elemental carbon. By this metallurgical method, following decomposition of the organic components, an open-cell transition metal or non-metal sintered solid foam is obtained. As a result of this method, from 20 transition metals (Ag, Au, Co, Ni, Cr, Cu, Fe, Ir, Mn, Mo, Nb, Os, Pd, Pt, Re, Rh, Ru, Ta, Tc, W) and 3 non-metals (Ge, Sb, Si) open-cell metal foams of one or more components (alloys) are prepared, which, owing to their high specific surface area and their mechanical characteristics are suitable for application as catalysts or catalyst supports in hydrogenation or oxidation processes.


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amino acid formed by the folate-dependent methylation of homocysteine.
As A Treatment"Methionine is an essential amino acid which contains sulfur..." Related Topic"Essential amino acid..."
Essential amino acid. Dietary source of sulfur and methyl groups. Important for growth, healthy nails and skin and the synthesis of taurine, cysteine, phosphatidylcholine (lecithin), bile, carnitine and endorphins. It is an antioxidant nutrient and lipotropic agent which promotes the physiological utilization of fat.
A powerful anti-oxidant -- an excellent source of sulfur
a sulfur-bearing compound, an essential animo acid.
a crystalline amino acid containing sulfur; found in most proteins and essential for nutrition
hydrophobic amino acid.
Is important in preventing excessive accumulation of fat in the liver. And helps to control fat levels in the blood and aids in preventing the build up of cholesterol. It also helps keep the kidneys healthy and functioning properly.
amino acid which serves as the first amino acid in every new polypeptide chain; contains sulfur.
As A Treatment"...Methionine prevents fat build-up by assisting in the breakdown of fats; it detoxifies the digestive system; it is a powerful antioxidant; it reduces histamine levels; helps women excrete estrogen; helps to detoxify the liver..."
amino acid by-product of the metabolism of protein.
A kind of amino acid.
helps prevent disorders of hair, skin and nails; helps lower cholesterol levels; reduces liver fat and protects the kidney's; natural chelating agent for heavy metals.
A sulfur bearing essential amino acid important in hair, nail and muscle production, liver maintenance (lipotropic effects), and production of creatine and other aminos.
An essential sulfur-containing amino acid.
an essential amino acid derived from dietary protein, whose metabolism is a source of methyl groups and sulfur
An essential sulfur amino acid, methionine is a powerful antioxidant and liver detoxifier -- where it assists in the normal detoxification processes. As an antioxidant, it provides powerful protection in the colon.
A sulfur containing amino acid, required for protein synthesis and other vital metabolic processes. It can be obtained through the diet in protein or synthesized from homocysteine.
(Met, M) The amino acid coded for by the initiation codon; all polypeptides begin with methionine, although post-translational reactions may remove it.
Is a principle supplier of sulfur that tones, conditions strengthens and prevents disorders of the hair, skin and nails.
A crystalline sulfur-containing essential amino acid. It is the translation initiation codon.
Related Topic"...Important for proper growth in infants, nitrogen balance in adults, healthy nails and skin and the synthesis of taurine, cysteine, phosphatidylcholine (lecithin), bile, carnitine and endorphins..."
An amino acid that must be obtained through the diet because it cannot be produced by humans.
Methionine is a strong antioxidant as well as a source of organic sulfur. It helps prevent excessive accumulation of fats in the liver and vascular system, detoxify heavy metals and toxins, and protect against the effects of radiation on the body.
An essential amino acid needed for proper growth in infants and for nitrogen balance in adults.
Methionine is an essential nonpolar amino acid, and a lipotropic.

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The new print-management software provides output security, tracking of print costs, and improved workflow.
On October 18th,Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A. announced its expanded offerings for the graphics- and image-printing industry, which it says further demonstrates its commitment to this market segment.
In April, Memjet announced a partnership with Canon Inc., and in October, it announced a partnership with Konica Minolta.
Ricoh USA today introduced a new wide-format flatbed printer designed to deliver a broad set of applications for the sign,...
With this launch, Brother say its hybrid ink-cartridge/ink-tank technology is now available to business-level customers with the new models providing business features, functions, and technology, including automatic duplexing and 11″x17″ printing.
On September 19th, Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. reported a strategic partnership with Memjet. Combining Memjet’s printing technology with the...
The new inkjet MFPs feature a first printout time of 6.5 seconds and print speeds ranging from 40 to 80 ppm.
HP for its part, has hedged its bets with toner and ink, offering both HP LaserJet and Samsung toner-based copiers, and PageWide inkjet copiers.
After performing this test protocol, researchers found that, with intermittent use, many inkjet models delivered half or less of their ink to print pages.
Epson enjoyed the largest year-over-year shipment growth, increasing 5.1 percent to more than 4.1 million units shipped.
In the copier segment, Canon maintained its leadership with 37.7 percent unit market share.
When we think of hacking of printers and copier/MFPs, we tend to think of hackers using more sophisticated methods –...
“By broadening distribution to the commercial channel, we aim to open new opportunities for our resellers as they expand the offerings they provide.”
Business inkjet shipments also fell slightly, but they remain positive for the first half of 2018.
This Week in Imaging: What Do HP PageWides and Electric Cars Have in Common? More Than You Might Think
HP Inc.’s recent announcement that (as part of its expansion into the $55 billion A3 copier industry) it’ll be purchasing...
Other vendors that have integrated voice command into their printers and copier/MFPs include HP Inc., Xerox , and Sharp..


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He Cheated On Me While My Moth
When I met this man, he was charming, very handsome, everything I could possibly dream of having in my life. After our first date, I thought that would be the end of it, but he kept calling. I kept thinking, "this is heaven, I have got to be dreaming, should I pinch myself?" Five years later, and having both bonded the way a married couple would with each other's families (and his mom and grandmother adore me to this day), he cheated on me while my mom was in critical condition, and my family had been told she was going to pass away.
I so loved this man with all my heart, he took so much out of me emotionally when he cheated on me other times, but this time it was worse. I actually caught the witch at his house in the middle of the night. He was supposed to be in the bed sick, but he was sick allright! I can not put it in to words how much this man meant to me and then to find him with someone with a hateful, brute, coarse personality ... like this girl was towards me about being with the man I love --- it was as if she felt like she had been a victim. Yeah, RIGHT!
When my mom passed away, he never once called and said he was sorry about my mom, and he did not even call about my mom passing...not one phone call. Then, 2 weeks later, I found out the witch he married signed a warrant for my arrest because I took her car keys out of her car and hid them from here so my ex's grandmother would catch her at his grandmother's house in the middle of the night. My ex was staying with his grandmother because he was supposedly sick that night. She called the police when she could not find her keys, she filed a report, and then after knowing my fiancee of five years, the man I adored, loved and stood faithfully by for 5 years -- for less than a month, he married her. He and I had fought about his intentions in that respect many times, and then for him to do that. What a kick in the gut---and he did it the DAY AFTER MY MOTHER PASSED AWAY!! To top it all off, the witch even signed her warrant the day of the funeral. Yes, people, this one is very real.
I have recurring bad dreams about my mom passing away, and I could not dredge up the energy to cry for my mother's death because of the hurt I was so deeply overcome with. It has been 4 months since we broke up, but only 3 months since my mom died, and I am just now starting to be able to feel something again --- to feel physical pain when I cry about my mom. The hurt he put in my heart was unbearable at times, and then to know the attitude the skamp he was with had, it made it ten times worse.
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How to play Double Trouble game?See in-game instructions.
Double Trouble is an online Frozen Games which you can play for free here at ChipGames.net - It has tag(s) Frozen Games, HTML 5 Games, Mobile and Tablet Games. It has been played 484 times. Double Trouble is one of the many Games For Girls that we feature. If you want to play more games, check out Frozen Double Trouble game or Frozen Sisters Double Wedding game. To play even more games, head over to the Frozen Games page, the HTML 5 Games page, the Mobile and Tablet Games page or just check out the all time best games page.

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MuscleTech Hydroxycut Clinical Caffeine Free is designed to support your weight management goals.
Supports Weight Management Goals
With Botanical Ingredients
This formula is Caffeine free and so is ideal for those who are sensitive to stimulants.
It contains a range of botanical ingredients which have been traditionally used to support a healthy body composition.
Muscletech Hydroxycut Caffeine Free works best when combined with a calorie reduced diet and aerobic exercise plan.
Container Size: 72 Capsules
Serving Size: 2 Rapid Release Caplets
Servings Per Container: 36
Amount Per Serving:
Vitamin C (as ascorbic acid): 7mg
Pro Clinical Hydroxycut Blend (160mg):
Lady's mantle extract (as Alchemilla vulgaris)(leaf)
Wild olive extract (as Olea europea) (leaf)
Komjin extract (as Cuminum cyminum) (seed)
Wild mint extract (as Mentha longifolia) (leaf)
Goji extract (as Lycium barbarum) (fruit)
Acerola extract (as Malpighia glabra) (fruit)
Bluberry extract (as Vaccinium corymbosum) (fruit)
Pomegranate powder (as Punica granatum) (fruit and seed)
Bilberry extract (as Vaccinium myrtillus)
Dicalcium Phosphate, Cellulose, Croscarmellose Sodium, Stearic Acid, Coating; Titanium Dioxide, Polyehtylene Glycol, Talc, Tartrazine, Sunset Yellow, Magnesium Stearate, Hydroxypropylcellulose, Silicon Dioxide, Acesulfame Potassium.


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A research firm needed to heat aluminum and carbon fiber coupons to 392 °F (200 °C) for a bonding application, and they turned to THE LAB at Ambrell to develop a solution. THE LAB built three custom-designed single position multiple-turn coils for the application and determined an EASYHEATTM 2.4 kW, 150-400 kHz induction heating system would meet their requirements.
Initial tests were conducted to optimize the power delivered to the part. Temperature indicating paint was then applied to the part, which dissolves when the part reaches the target temperature. It took three minutes to heat the sample to 392 °F (200 °C). The three different coil designs were tested to determine which one was ideal.
Induction heating offers several benefits compared to other heating options. Induction heating is precise and consistent which enables consistent quality joints. It also tends to be more energy efficient. It's fast, so it can lead to a reduction in process time. Finally, induction requires a modest footprint and has small workheads, meaning it can be easily integrated into assembly lines.
If you'd like your application tested, contact THE LAB to take advantage of complimentary induction heating application testing from our expert applications team.


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Putting Social Development to Work for the Poor: An OED Review of World Bank Activities (Operations Evaluation Studies) (Operations Evaluation Study)
Ronald ParkerISBN: 0821358863;
Book DescriptionPutting Social Development to Work for the Poor finds that there is a strong positive association between including social development themes and project success. The Bank?s social development resources are deployed in ways that are not optimally supportive of its social development goals, however. The study found that the Bank?s mission and policy priorities related to social development receive uneven treatment across Regions, and gaps in skills and M&E lead to uneven treatment within countries. To improve development outcomes, the Bank needs to: 1) demonstrate the value of incorporating social development themes in its work to its own staff as well as its borrowers; 2) develop capacity to identify critically needed social knowledge and to facilitate its flow; 3) provide staff with consistent access to essential social information to build social development into project designs and ensure that social development concerns are addressed...
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The Fast Evolution of SN 2010bh Associated with XRF 100316D
- Olivares E., F.
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- Clemens, C., Nicuesa Guelbenzu, A., Kann, D. A., Updike, A. C., Rossi, A., Greiner, J., Elliott, J., Klose, S., Afonso, P. M. J., Sudilovsky, V., Nardini, M., Rau, A., Schady, P., Filgas, R., and Kruhler, T.
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- The first observational evidence of a connection between supernovae (SNe) and gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) was found about a decade ago. Since then, only half a dozen spectroscopically confirmed associations have been discovered and XRF 1003160 associated with the type-Ic SN 20lObh is among the latest. Aims. We constrain the progenitor radius, the host-galaxy extinction, and the physical parameters of the explosion of XRF l00316D/SN 20lObh at z 0.059. We study the SN brightness and colours in the context of GRB-SNe. Methods. We began observations with the Gamma-Ray burst Optical and Near-infrared Detector (GROND) 12 hours after the GRB trigger and continued until 80 days after the burst. GROND provided excellent photometric data in six filter bands covering a wavelength range from approximately 350 to 1800 nm, significantly expanding the pre-existing data set for this event. Combining GROND and Swift data, the early broad-band spectral energy distribution (SED) is modelled with a blackbody and afterglow component attenuated by dust and gas absorption. The temperature and radius evolution of the thermal component are analysed and combined with earlier measurements available from the literature. Templates of SN 1998bw are fitted to the SN itself to directly compare the lightcurve properties. Finally, a two-component parametrized model is fitted to the quasi-bolometric light curve. which delivers physical parameters of the explosion. Results. The best-fit models to the broad-band SEDs imply moderate reddening along the line of sight through the host galaxy (A(sub v.host = 1.2 +/- 0.1 mag). Furthermore, the parameters of the blackbody component reveal a cooling envelope at an apparent initial radius of 7 x 10(exp 11) cm, which is compatible with a dense wind surrounding a Wolf-Rayet star. A multicolor comparison shows that SN 2010bh is 60 - 70% as bright as SN 1998bw. Reaching maximum brightness at 8 - 9 days after the burst in the blue bands, SN 20lObh proves to be the most rapidly evolving GRB-SNe to date. Modelling of the quasi-bolometric light curve yields M(sub Ni) = 0.21 +/- 0.03 solar M and M(sub ej) = 2.6 +/- 0.2 solar M, typical of values within the GRB-SN population. The kinetic energy is E(sub k) = (2.4 +/- 0.7) x 10(exp 52) erg, which is making this SN the second most energetic GRB-SN after SN 1998bw. Conclusions. This supernova has one of the earliest peaks ever recorded and thereafter fades more rapidly than other GRB-SNe, hypernovae, or typical type-Ic SNe. This could be explained by a thin envelope expanding at very high velocities, which is therefore unable to retain the gamma-rays that would prolong the duration of the SN event.
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Chapter participants, parents, staff and Directors were recently invited to visit the home of Dr. Gary Wiren and his wife Ione to experience their magnificent golf collection. The Gary Wiren Golf Collection is one of the finest private collections in the world. While touring the collection, Dr. Wiren shared his incredible knowledge of golf history and some very amusing stories.
Gary Wiren is a member of six Golf Halls of Fame, including the PGA Hall of Fame and the World Golf Teachers Hall of Fame, and has honorary memberships or distinguished-service recognition from Sweden, Italy, New Zealand and Japan.
He has written or participated in the writing of over 250 magazine articles and 14 books including The PGA Teaching Manual, the most influential book on golf instruction in history. His popular and award winning, “When Golf Is a Ball,” was selected as the “best golf book in the year 2004.”
Please CLICK HERE to read more about his accomplishments.

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(Mizzima) – Burma is poised to reap real trade benefits from neighboring countries following its opening up process, now with the Philippines where a bilateral trade meeting to strengthen economic ties is scheduled for June.
In the past, the Philippines was one of the Asian countries most critical of Burma’s military junta prior to its moves toward democracy in 2011.
In a meeting between Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario and Foreign Secretary Wunna Maung Lwin in Burma on February 8 in Naypyitaw, they agreed that a Joint Commission for Bilateral Cooperation would meet from June 5 to 6 in Manila.
The meeting “will provide the roadmap to move relations further,” del Rosario said in an article published in Gulfnews.com on Tuesday. The Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs said the meeting would promote trade, investment, aviation and other fields.
The visit by del Rosario to Naypyitaw brought the relations of the two countries closer. The Philippines now supports the lifting of western sanctions against Burma.
Burmese President Thein Sein has invited Philippine-based businessmen to invest in its oil and gas, agriculture, mining, forestry and timber products, development of the Dawei deep-sea port and infrastructure, del Rosario said.


City of Toronto Fleet Services Division provides responsive and efficient fleet management services to City Divisions, Agencies and Corporations that maximize safety and environmental sustainability and minimize lifecycle costs.
Fleet Services Division, Toronto Emergency Medical Services, Toronto Fire Services, Toronto Police Service, and Toronto Transit Commission have developed the City of Toronto Consolidated Green Fleet Plan 2014-2018. The Consolidated Plan builds on lessons learned from previous plans, and represents an evolution in the City's commitment to reducing negative environmental impact, while pursuing cost-effective solutions.
We want members of the public to feel safe when driving beside a City of Toronto vehicle. We also want to ensure the safety of our staff.
City of Toronto’s past, current and future green fleet initiatives are described in its Green Fleet Plans and other related documents.
The City of Toronto has installed one electric vehicle DC fast charging (Level 3) station and nineteen Level 2 charging stations at nine different locations, available for the use of City Fleet vehicles. A map of the charging station locations is available online.
In October 2010, Toronto's first natural gas packer began operating in the former Scarborough. Over time, the packer fleet is being converted to natural gas so they can use the biogas collected from the green bin program.
City of Toronto Fleet Services Division ("Centrally Managed Fleet"), Emergency Medical Services, Toronto Fire Services, Toronto Police Service, and Toronto Transit Commission, are jointly developing a City of Toronto Consolidated Green Fleet Plan.


Police say shots were fired during an attempted break-in early Tuesday morning at a home at the corner of Missouri and Elm in Springfield.
Officers say the homeowner shot at a man who tried to get into his house.
The man did suffer some injuries related to the break-in, but officers say he was not shot.
The would-be burglar was taken to a local hospital.
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