What's next for both of Alberta's teams?
The Edmonton Oilers were once the hottest team in the league, winning their first 7 of 8 games, propelling them to the top of the NHL standings. However, taking a quick look at the overall standings, the Oilers are holding on to 15th in the whole league. What happened to the fast, confident, and exciting Edmonton Oiler squad that had the rest of the league confident that the Oilers were no longer a pushover?
Down the highway, the Calgary Flames are also struggling to find consistency. A team that many experts had declared the "winners of the offseason" have struggled to do anything significant in the first fifth of the season. Rumours of the players ignoring their new coaching staff, and of General Manager Brad Treliving listening to offers on 23 year old, top 4 defensemen Dougie Hamilton has the city of Calgary, in Flames, wondering what the next step is.
Firstly, looking at the Edmonton Oiler situation, it's extremely important to temper expectations. Their incredible start was simply unsustainable, and now their issues have surfaced once again. The team is relying way to heavily on franchise player Connor McDavid, and simply aren't putting in the effort to win games in an extremely tough Western Conference. Bad habits of the past Oiler teams have resurfaced, as the team once again looks frustrated, and simply outmatched.
Now, looking at the roster of the Edmonton Oilers, there is a clear improvement from past year's teams, however we're talking about an NHL club who has a playoff drought of 10 years, and has consistently been the owners of the basement of the standings. Building a winning team takes time. Having the next Sidney Crosby certainly helps, however when he's the sole engine of your offence, there are major issues. Jordan Eberle has to find some sort of consistency, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins needs to find the gear he played with during the World Cup, and Leon Draisaitl needs to use his size and dominate down low, like he's shown internationally, and in the past.
This is a team that had lots of changes in the offseason. Having expectations to jump directly into the playoffs is extremely difficult to maintain, and very uncommon. This team has already made a huge step, no longer are considered pushovers, and are actually competing with the NHL's elite teams, despite sometimes leaving frustrated without the two points. The NHL is an extremely tough league. Edmonton's moving in the right direction, and the light at the end of the tunnel is as close as it's ever been, however it's still a journey away.
The Oilers will be OK. No need to panic.
Down the highway, the Flames are not OK, and it is time to panic.
Ok maybe not exactly, however this a team that clearly had high expectations heading into the season.
The Calgary Flames made some of the biggest changes in the offseason. Half of the coaching staff was dismissed after last year's tire fire, all 4 2015-16 Flames goaltenders were released, and the deck at the forward position was reshuffled. These are all significant changes that can't be overlooked.
Losing back to back games to start the year against their biggest rival (Edmonton Oilers), did not sit well with Flames fans. And rightfully so, the Flames goaltending was awful, and the players didn't have the usual heart they display when playing their neighbours to the North.
Now from a Flames fan's perspective, they're calling for someone's head to roll. Fingers are being pointed to head coach Glen Gulutzan, and desperation has set in for fans. This is a team that was expected to push for a playoff spot, but in reality looks like a team that will contend for the right to draft 2017 top prospect Nolan Patrick.
Fan's were spoiled during the 2014-15 season, where the "comeback kids" miraculously made the second round of the playoffs, despite owning awful possession stats, and unsustainable shooting percentages. Thus resulting in the expected worse 2015-16 season, where the Flames finished with the 6th overall draft pick (Matthew Tkachuk).
Therefor, fans expected a major turnaround after management brought in two very respected goaltenders, among other things. With the majority of their core still in the beginnings or just starting to hit their prime, there is no reason to blow things up from an organizational point of view. Rebuilding is a process that approximately takes 5 years, and the only reason why expectations are so high for the Flames, is because of the surprise 2014-15 season. This is a team that is travelling in the right direction, with a strong core both on offence and defence, and despite the inconsistencies in their play, has a great foundation that will cary them into the playoffs for years to come.
Calm down Oiler and Flames fans. We won't be the laughing stock of the league for much longer.


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Yoghurt may help men reduce risks of bowel cancer
Yoghurt has long been linked to gut health, but new research suggests that men who regularly eat yoghurt may have a lower risk of developing pre-cancerous growths in the bowel.
Published in the journal Gut, researchers from Washington University School of Medicine and Sun Yat-sen University found men who ate two or more servings of yoghurt a week were up to 26% less likely to develop abnormal growths, known as adenomas, which can precede the development of bowel cancer.
Previous research has suggested that eating a lot of yoghurt might lower the risk of bowel cancer by changing the type and volume of bacteria in the gut (microbiome).
This study looked at the diets and subsequent development of different types of adenoma in 32,606 men and 55,743 women, all of whom had undergone a lower bowel endoscopy between 1986 and 2012. Every four years, the participants provided detailed information on lifestyle and diet, including how much yoghurt they ate.
During the study, the researchers documented 5811 adenomas in men and 8116 in women.
Men who ate two or more servings of yoghurt a week were 19% less likely to develop a conventional adenoma, compared to those who didn’t eat yoghurt. They were also 26% less likely to develop adenomas that were highly likely to become cancerous, and for those located in the colon rather than in the rectum. The same associations were not found among women.
According to the researchers, the two bacteria commonly found in live yoghurt, Lactobacillus bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophiles, may lower the number of cancer-causing chemicals in the gut.
They explained the stronger link seen for adenomas growing in the colon may partly be due to the lower acidity (pH) in this part of the gut, making it a more hospitable environment for these bacteria. They also suggested yoghurt may have anti-inflammatory properties and may reduce the ‘leakiness’ of the gut as adenomas are associated with increased gut permeability.
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Maybe I have become jaded after working in the field of traffic law for so long, yet it fails to surprise me how easy it is to get a speeding ticket. That doesn’t seem to be the case, however, for many of my clients because just about every client I speak with regarding a speeding ticket seems shocked. Consequently, I often hear exclamations like, “But I was just keeping up with traffic,” or “Well, there were other drivers who were going faster than I was.” Rarely does a client show up at my office who says, “Yeah, man. I was flyin’.”
The problem with these types of justifications is that law enforcement agencies just don’t care. They are there to do a job, and writing speeding tickets is one of the primary responsibilities of that job. As such, they hear every excuse possible, the most frequent of which are ‘just keeping up with traffic’ or ‘I’m late for work.” Consequently, they have become inured to what may seem to the driver like a perfectly reasonable explanation for exceeding the speed limit. This is especially true for drivers who feel like there were other drivers who were traveling at a much greater speed than they were.
This is where the inevitable question of “Why me?” comes into play, and it can be virtually impossible to answer. Maybe it is because you also committed some other infraction that garnered the police officer’s attention such as driving left of center or weaving in and out of traffic. Sometimes it can just be the result of something as seemingly insignificant as the model of car you drive. Sports cars are going to attract a lot more attention than a family sedan. After all, isn’t that the reason you purchased a sports car to begin with? It makes a statement, right? Sometimes, however, that statement can be, “The court date is on the back of your citation. Have a nice day,” says Officer Friendly with a gleam in his eye and a glint reflecting off of his shiny badge.
Cops are Human.
Another reason that your sports car, or even luxury car, may get pulled over instead of another driver is it may rankle a police officer to see you driving a vehicle that costs more than his annual salary. Well, when you are operating it in a manner contrary to the law, it gives him the opportunity to do something about it. Aw, what sweet justice this is for a cop who may have a chip on his shoulder. Even the color of your car could be the cause of you being singled out. If you consider that you and the car next to you are both exceeding the speed limit, the other driver is driving a beige minivan and you are in a spiffy, bright yellow vehicle – guess what? You wanted a bright, shiny car because it attracts attention and now you have it. I don’t mean that to sound sarcastic, but it is human nature to be attracted to bright, shiny objects, and yes, cops are human, too.
Whatever the reason may be for you being singled out, be assured that you are not part of an exclusive group. According to a study conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 41,000,000 drivers receive traffic tickets annually. That figure represents nearly 21 percent of all licensed drivers in the U.S. with more than 112,000 people getting speeding tickets every day at the average cost of a speeding ticket being $152. Do you hear the cha-ching yet? A 6.2 billion-dollar-per-year industry is quite an incentive for law enforcement agencies across the country to invest a bit of money on hiring more officers and investing in speed detection devices and practices such as air patrols, et cetera. It is also quite a motivating factor for some towns to become notorious speed traps. Being in Florida, most of us have heard about Waldo being a speed trap, obtaining more than 68 percent of the town’s income from speeding tickets, but that is not something that is unique to Florida. The section of
Highway 19 which goes through Summersville, West Virginia is also a well-known speed trap, and many of those who have been ticketed refute the charges that they were speeding. There are also approximately a dozen smaller towns in the St. Louis area that have the reputation as being speed trap havens, so much so that the state of Missouri had to intervene.
With the exception of towns like Summersville, where the validity of many speeding tickets is contested by those who received them, there are certain measures that one can take to minimize the risk of getting a speeding ticket – other than the obvious practice of never speeding. These methods are as follows:
Do not “stand out from the pack”.
As I mentioned earlier, avoid flashy vehicles, whether that be brightly colored cars, sports cars, or luxury cars. Sometimes the desire for positive attention can carry with it negative consequences. If you are going to exceed the speed limit, the last thing you want to do is be the lead car, no matter how fast the other drivers are going. I can assure you that if there is a cop looking to catch a speeder, the first vehicle he is going to notice is whichever one is out in front. This is another example of how standing out from other vehicles can have negative effects.
Avoid aggressive driving behaviors.
Frequent lane changes, trying to over-take other drivers, rapid acceleration followed up by frequent braking, and so forth are strong indicators to a police officer that you are impatient and probably pose a risk to other drivers. This is the case even if you are not speeding, but they also would indicate that once you extricate yourself from being surrounded by other drivers, you may be a little heavy on the gas pedal. You may want to avoid hanging out in the fast lane, too, especially if you are holding up other traffic. This is bound to catch the notice of any police officers looking for speeders, especially if he happens to be one of the drivers you are impeding.
Always keep an eye out for the cars in front of you. If they begin noticeably slowing down or braking suddenly, they have probably spotted a cop sitting at a speed trap. Let it be one of them and not you that he goes after.
Buy a radar detector.
They are not illegal in the State of Florida and high-end models can be extremely effective and, if you have a lead foot, may well be worth the cost.
Probably one of the easiest ways to avoid getting a speeding ticket other than to never speed is to scan the roadway, both ahead of you and in your rearview mirror, for police cars. This includes looking for areas that would be a prime choice for a cop to set up a speed trap. This includes areas like breaks in the medians, behind bridge abutments, at the crest of a hill, and so on.
Regardless of whether or not you were actually speeding, if you get a speeding ticket, give our office a call at 954-967-9888 for a free consultation. Even those drivers who were “flyin” deserve a fair legal defense and after fighting over a million traffic tickets, we can often even get that guy’s ticket reduced or dismissed.

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Mike produces and hosts THE AP PODCAST, available here and on iTunes. The exclusive, behind-the-scenes music interview show, averages over 50,000 downloads a show and is consistently one of the top rated music podcasts on iTunes. He's branched out to produce THE AP SESSIONS, a documentary-style music video series exclusively shown on altpress.com.
He owns an English Bulldog named Thiago that pretty much dominates his life, reads a lot about history and politics and plays the Brazilian Surdo. He almost got murdered going to Chicago to visit the grave of jazz drumming great, Gene Krupa.
You can see him get his head blown off in the Sam Raimi-ghost produced indie horror flick SKINNED ALIVE, too.
He lives on Starbucks coffee.
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New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies
Chiodos - Bone Palace Ballet (both editions)
Muse - Black Holes And Revelations
Soundgarden - Down On The Upside
Frank Sinatra - It Might As Well Be Swing

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22 November 1752 - The Treaty of 1752, Articles of Peace and Friendship, was signed in Halifax between Nova Scotia Governor Peregrine T. Hopson and Major Jean-Baptiste Cope (Kopit in Mi’kmaq) chief Sachem of the Chibenaccadie band (Shubenacadie - now called Sipeken’katik).
Talks on a peace treaty with Mi’kmaq leaders had initially begun a year earlier under Governor Edward Cornwallis in his attempts to seek more security for the settlers arriving in mainland Nova Scotia. However, before a firm treaty could be signed, he had resigned his commission and returned to Britain in October 1752. Cope was the only chief to respond favourably to Cornwallis’s entreaties, and the newly appointed Governor Hopson finalized the details which were signed on this day.
The 1752 treaty had reaffirmed the 1726 treaty the Mi’kmaq had with the British signed at Annapolis Royal (which Cornwallis had also affirmed in August of 1749), but it also went further in formalizing a commercial relationship between the British and Mi’kmaq, stating in the treaty's fourth article: “It is agreed that the said Tribe of Indians shall not be hindered from but have free liberty of Hunting and Fishing as usual and that if they shall think a Truck house needful at the River Chibenaccadie (Shubenacadie), or any other place of their resort they shall have the same built and proper merchandise lodged therein to be exchanged for what the Indians shall have to dispose of and that in the meantime the said Indians shall have free liberty to bring for Sale to Halifax or any other Settlement within the Province skins, feathers, fowl, fish or any other thing they shall have to sell where they shall liberty to dispose thereof to the best Advantage.”
For the British, this new provision was a critical measure in attempting to develop a closer relationship with the Mi'kmaq to counter their allied relationships with the French in Ile Royale (Cape Breton) and Ile St. Jean (later P.E.I.). Though some scholars have argued that Jean-Baptiste Cope was the Grand Chief and that in signing the treaty, he did so in the name of all Mi'kmaq communities, not all scholars agree.
The Treaty of 1752 does not state that Cope was Grand Chief, nor do the treaty minutes say so. However, the terms of the treaty did encourage Cope to try to convince other chiefs to sign a similar treaty with the British. But ultimately they all rejected his approaches, thus indicating that Cope was not indeed the Grand Chief. It was known too that the French were outraged at Cope’s decision to sign a treaty with the British.
Only a few months later in April 1753, following a Mi’kmaq attack led by Cope on the English schooner Dunk at Country Harbour on the Eastern shore, in which nine English men were killed and scalped, Cope was witnessed burning up the treaty (as recorded by a captured prisoner, Anthony Casteel, who later escaped). The British would also later renounce the treaty in 1756 during what was referred to as the French and Indian War (1754-1763) when the British North American colonies were fighting against the French and their indigenous allies as part of the larger Seven Years’ War.
Once Quebec had fallen to the British in 1759, new treaties were signed in Halifax with individual Mi’kmaq communities in 1760 and 1761. Some historians feel these new treaties made the 1726 and 1752 treaties null and void. However, others have also noted the inclusion of the truck house clause and that the Mi’kmaq would not molest ‘His Majesty’s subject or their Dependents in their settlements already made or hereafter to be made” as originating from earlier treaties. The 1752 treaty was also later upheld in a 1985 appeal case at the Supreme Court in R v. Simon.
The Government of Canada currently recognizes 70 historic treaties in Canada signed between 1701 and 1923. There is much yet to be learned about what it means to be a Treaty People in Nova Scotia.
(References: Battiste, Marie, ed. Living Treaties Narrating Mi’kmaw Treaty Relations. Halifax: Cape Breton University Press, 2016. Also Fact Sheet on Peace and Friendship Treaties in the Maritimes and Gaspé. Government of Canada. Accessed online: https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca - see Treaties and agreements.)
23 November 1887 - The first issue of the weekly L'Evangeline newspaper was published at Digby, by Valentin A. Landry and his wife, Lavina. They felt there was a pressing need for a newspaper to serve the French Acadian populace. Landry had been a former teacher, school inspector and journalist. In choosing the name of Longfellow’s heroine, Landry commented, “A messenger was needed who could often go to the care [of] Acadian families in Nova Scotia, speak to them in the idom (the idiom) of our fathers, and I believed that no one would be better received than the poetic and historical Evangeline.”
By 1905, the newspaper had moved to Moncton where many of the paper’s subscribers resided. It would become the only French-language newspaper in New Brunswick, and one of the main media outlets for Acadian society, continuing till Sept. 27, 1982.
(Reference: CyberAcadia: Biography: Valentin Landry.)
24 November 1944 - While conducting anti-submarine patrol during the night of the 24th in the Cabot Strait, and preparing to escort the Newfourndland ferry Burgeo to Sydney the next morning, HMCS Shawinigan (K136) was sunk by a U-boat. All 91 crew members were lost.
The sinking of the Shawinigan was the greatest loss of life for the Royal Canadian Navy during what was called the Battle of the St. Lawrence - essentially an extension of the Battle of the Atlantic. It was just two years earlier, on 14 October 1942, that the Newfoundland ferry S.S. Caribou had also been sunk with the loss of 137 lives.
It became a mystery as to what happened to the Shawinigan as radio silence had been maintained on the Burgeo ferry till she reached Sydney the next day unescorted and was able to inform naval authorities of Shawinigan’s disappearance.
A later search for the ship found only flotsam and a half dozen bodies that were recovered. Though it was suspected that a U-boat had attacked her, it was only at the end of the war, when U-1228 had surrendered to the U.S. Navy at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and its logs revealed that it was the U-boat that had sunk HMCS Shawinigan on this date off the coast of Newfoundland. No final resting place for the ship has ever been found.
(Accessed online: http://www.forposterityssake.ca/CREW/CREW0209.htm).
25 November 1878 - When John Campbell, Marquess of Lorne, 9th Duke of Argyll was sworn in on this date as Governor General of Canada at the Nova Scotia Province House, he was also accompanied by his Vice-Regal Consort, Her Royal Highness Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyle. At the time, she was the first female member of the royal family to visit Halifax.
Born in 1848, HRH Princess Louise was the sixth of Queen Victoria’s nine children and the fourth daughter. Married in 1871, she and her husband had arrived in Halifax on board the ship RMS Sarmatian. They would later proceed by train to Ottawa on the newly constructed Intercolonial Railway where they would become the first residents of the recently built Rideau Hall, the Queen’s official royal residence in Canada, where they resided till 1883.
A year later, on 14 November 1879, Her Royal Highness Princess Louise consented to become the Colonel-in-Chief of the Halifax-based 66th Battalion, designated as the 66th Battalion “The Princess Louise Fusiliers.” She would serve as Colonel-in-Chief till her death in December 1939 at the age of 91.
26 November, 1818 - Since 25 July 1818, a series of letters in the Halifax paper Acadian Recorder had begun to appear under the pen-name Agricola (meaning farmer in Latin). No one knew at the time who the author was, but the author was knowledgeable in outlining how Scottish agricultural reform had improved farming practices in that country and reflected on the strengths and weaknesses of agricultural practices in Nova Scotia. The author also felt that there was a need for local agricultural societies to be formed to address the poor state of agriculture in the province.
At the time the letters appeared, Nova Scotia was in the midst of a post War of 1812 depression. With wartime military demands for beef and foodstuffs having dropped, combined with plagues of field-mice in 1815 and subsequent poor growing weather in 1816, the colonial government had already been forced to import and distribute seeds to farmers. In such a state, the province was seen as not a good farming country. But the author of the Agricola letters thought otherwise.
Agricola had also invited responses from “competent farmers” to share their successes in different categories of farming. In turn, this information was shared with readers. Later letters covered topics on climate and soil qualities and productivity, farm equipment, approaches to clearing land and related operations such as ploughing and harrowing.
The author of the letters was later revealed to be the Scottish-born, Halifax-based dry goods merchant, John Young. The letters were positively received by many readers and continued till the spring of 1821, with 64 letters written - of which 38 letters between 1818-1819 were later published in a book, Letters of Agricola on the Principles of Vegetation and Tillage in 1822.
In response to the Agricola letters, a Central Board of Agriculture was established by Governor Lord Dalhousie (George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie), himself a farmer, in March of 1819. Young became the Board’s secretary and treasurer. By 1825, over 30 local agricultural societies were formed across the province. Historically, the Agricola letters are now recognized as one of the earliest initiatives in promoting agricultural science and the improvement of farming practice in Nova Scotia.
As for John Young, he would later run for provincial office and was elected for Sydney County in 1824. He later died in office at age 64.
(Reference: R.A. Maclean, Young, John. Dictionary of Canadian Biography, and Boutilier, A.D., Vignettes of Nova Scotia. Halifax: New World Publishing, 2020, pp.125-127.)
27 November 1799 - The British North Society of Halifax reported that during the year, “Several ship-wrecked mariners were looked after, and a great amount of distress alleviated. As this was noted as the most severe winter experienced since the settlement began, the charity of the Society was every day called upon, and the vital good of the Institution was amply exhibited.”
The Society’s meetings were often held at the British Coffee House. At their November meeting, the office-bearers for 1800 were elected. The Society had been formed in Halifax on 26 March 1768 to assist “Scottish emigrants landing in the Colony”, and establish communications with “kindred Societies” and maintain “a friendly feeling among the Scotchmen resident in the community.”
(Reference: Macdonald, James S. The British North Society, Halifax, N.S. 1768-1903 Annals, 3rd ed. Halifax: McAlpine Publishing Company, 1905.)
28 November 1765 - A letter appeared in the Halifax Gazette on this day, authored by Libertas stating, “It is the duty of every individual, of what class or denomination soever, to conduct himself on every occasion, wherein either public or private communities are concerned, so as to make himself a useful member of society; to consider the good of the whole rather than a Part; and to prefer the public good before any private interest...”
As scholar Michael John Eamon has noted, such sentiments expressed in newspapers in eighteenth-century Halifax and Quebec City reflected the emphasis many people had on acts of public good and civic duty over individual interest. In essence, “Print was seen not only a way to regulate society, but also for society to judge for themselves proper behaviour...(that) useful knowledge was paramount to the formation of a civilized people and good citizens.”
(Eamon, Michael John. A Colonial Print Ascendancy: The Domestic Press, Sociability and Elite Formation in Eighteenth-Century Halifax and Quebec City. Kingston: Queen’s University, Thesis, December 2010, p.98).
(Leo J. Deveau is an independent librarian, researcher, speaker and author of 400 Years in 365 Days - A Day by Day Calendar of Nova Scotia History (2017). His most recent book is Fideliter The Regimental History of The Princess Louise Fusiliers (2020). He can be reached [email protected] )

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Agate Falls Traditional Geocache
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Agate Falls is a beautiful waterfall located east of Bruce Crossing, Michigan.
The Ontonagon River first flows over Bond Falls in Paulding, Michigan and then travels about 10 miles north where it then flows over Agate Falls. The site of the falls is well marked along MI-28 with parking lots on both sides of the highway.
The cache is an ammo container that is off the ground.
Keep in mind that there are two places to view the falls. There is the area at the bottom of the falls, and there is also a bridge over the falls beyond the site of the former gift shop.
***A fire destroyed the gift shop in June 2010. It is unlikely that it will be rebuilt***
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At a Glance
- At nearly 20 years old, Adult Swim Games has quietly given WB a sizable presence in the space of mid-tier games.
Developers at Adult Swim Games are claiming the publisher's work will be delisted by mid-May.
First spotted by Delisted Games, Fist Puncher developer Matt Kain revealed Warner Bros. is "retiring" the label in the next 60 days. It's not giving developers the rights to their own games in what Kain's called a "universal decision."
Earlier this week, developer Owen Deery revealed WB was pulling his 2016 game Small Radios Big Televisions from digital stores. It was attributed to "business changes" and like with Kain, WB won't transfer games to their respective creators.
Michael Molinari, who worked on 2013's Soundodger+, told Polygon he received a similar warning. He alleged that even after proving he has IP rights and how easy it'd be to transfer Steam ownership, WB rejected his request.
"I’m a huge supporter of games preservation, and this is a direct blow to properly crediting the people that worked on a game," he said.
Deery called having his game delisted "kind of depressing." With Warner Bros. removing media so casually in recent years, that sentiment is broadly shared.
It's unclear what this delisting means for the future of Adult Swim Games as a whole.
The life and times of Adult Swim Games
The Cartoon Network, as a channel, has always been enmeshed with games, and so it goes for its late night TV block. Adult Swim has often been used to promote games, often triple-A ones like Death Stranding and God of War Ragnarok.
Adult Swim Games started in 2005, and partnered with Midway Games to develop titles based on its original shows. Starting in 2011, it began to publish its own indie titles.
Original titles in ASG's lineup were games like Robot Unicorn Attack, Headlander, and Battle Chef Brigade. Notable tie-in games for their shows include Pocket Mortys and Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time.
Game Developer has reached out to WB for comment, and will update when a response is given. A list of Adult Swim Games at list of being delisted can be found here.
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LOS ANGELES — Utah is the team to beat in the Pac-12 this season. So says the conference’s annual preseason media poll.
The Utes received a league-high 12 votes in prognostications for title game champion, edging Oregon (11) and Washington (9). They’re also tabbed as runaway favorites to win the South Division, garnering 33 of 35 first-place votes — distancing themselves (in projected order of finish) from USC, Arizona State, UCLA, Arizona and Colorado.
.@Utah_Football tops the 2019 #Pac12FB Preseason Poll, while @oregonfootball is picked to win the North, in a poll of 35 media members who cover the league.— Pac-12 Conference (@pac12) July 24, 2019
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“There’s pros and cons,” Utah coach Kyle Whittingham said of the Utes being picked to finish as league champions. “The positives are that obviously people realize we’ve got some good players coming back and that’s really what that speaks to is our personnel and the talent that we have. But the negative is if you read too much into it and think you’ve got all the answers, then it becomes not so good of a thing.
“So it’s a mixed bag. But as long as we handle it the right way then not a problem.”
This is the first time Utah has been picked as favorites in the preseason poll. Since joining the Pac-12 in 2011, the Utes were forecasted to finish second three times, third twice and fifth on three occasions. Last season’s South Division title was the program’s first outright crown. They went on to lose 10-3 to Washington in the conference championship game.
“We’ve got another shot this year and the team’s just been dying to go ahead and do our thing this season,” said senior defensive end Bradlee Anae. “We were that close.”
The opportunity to play in the Rose Bowl slipped by a year ago, Anae added, but Whittingham had the team looking ahead to this season right after the loss to the Huskies.
“That was kind of the mindset we went into the offseason with is keep working,” Anae explained. “We like being underdogs but that won’t be the case this year. And so we’re going to try a different way, take it to like we’re the guys who have to stay at the top. So it’s a different mindset.”
Staying on top is more difficult, he noted, than getting there.
Pac-12 media preseason all-conference team includes:— Dirk Facer (@DirkFacer) July 24, 2019
First team: RB Zack Moss, DE Bradlee Anae, DT Leki Fotu, S Julian Blackmon, CB Jaylon Johnson.
Second team: OL Darrin Paulo, DT John Penisini, AP Britain Covey.
HM: TE Cole Fotheringham, DB Javelin Guidry, P Ben Lennon.
Whittingham acknowledged that being picked to repeat is both a compliment and a target.
“It’s a little of both,” he said. “But we’ll stay on the compliment side to stay positive.”
The bottom line, though, is the media poll doesn’t mean a lot to Whittingham. He considers it preseason excitement and speculation.
Even so, there’s a lot of respect for Utah in the conference.
“I think they’ve been good for a long time,” said Washington State coach Mike Leach. “They’re always one of the toughest teams we play. It’s always one of the most physical contests of the year for us.”
Leach added that he’s not really surprised the Utes were picked to finish on top.
“They’ve done a good job for a long time,” he said.
Arizona State coach Herm Edwards expressed similar thoughts.
“Kyle does a great job with those kids,” he said. “He built himself a really nice program, a very physical football team. He’s got some returning players coming back.”
As such, Edwards isn’t “one bit” surprised about the lofty expectations for the Utes this fall. “Good for them.”
Utah was well represented on Pac-12 media’s preseason all-conference squad. Anae and running back Zack Moss, who represented the Utes at Pac-12 Media Day at Hollywood & Highland in Los Angeles, were joined on the first team by defensive tackle Leki Fotu, safety Julian Blackmon and cornerback Jaylon Johnson. Second-team selections include offensive lineman Darrin Paulo, defensive lineman John Penisini and all-purpose honoree Britain Covey. Tight end Cole Fotheringham, defensive back Javelin Guidry and punter Ben Lennon received honorable mention recognition.
“Preseason awards and stuff like that, they’re cool to see,” Moss said. “But it doesn’t mean anything. You can get those things later on in the year.“
As for being deemed as the team to beat in the Pac-12, Moss admits its a nice thing to have.
“The program has come a long way, just in the short four years I’ve been here,” Moss said. “But it’s pretty cool to have that tag. But like I’ve said, it doesn’t really mean a thing until we go out and do it.”
VIVA, LAS VEGAS: After five years at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, the Pac-12 Championship Game is moving to the new Las Vegas Stadium in 2020 and 2021.
“We announced two years in Las Vegas because we’re really excited about being there in the year the stadium comes live, in the first year of that stadium,” Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott said. “We think there will be a tremendous buzz, tremendous excitement throughout our footprint, amongst our fans to be there in those early years. And then we’ll evaluate.”
The stadium will be home to the NFL’s Raiders.
“I’ll be convenient. It’s right off the strip, close to the airport and it’s going to be a fantastic destination for football fans to enjoy the best of Pac-12 football in our championship game,” Scott added.
OFFICIALS REVIEW: The Pac-12 released the outcome of an independent review of its officiating and football. The four-month review by Sibson Consulting concluded that the Pac-12 is “fundamentally sound and predominantly consistent with industry best practice, including with regard to the quality of officials and use of state-of-the-art technology.”
However, several recommendations were also offered and will be implemented this season. They include the head of officiating reporting directly to Scott rather than the football administrator, the adoption of a new replay manual and more training for officials and consistency in grading from supervisors. An improved communication protocol and transparency is also planned.
“The independent review was comprehensive in scope and identified many positive foundational aspects of our program and as well as areas where we can improve,” Scott said in the announcement. “We are committed to ensuring that our football officiating program continues to improve and is best in class, and our implementation of these recommendations will allow us to do so.”
2019 Pac-12 football preseason media poll
1. Oregon (17): 190
2. Washington (17): 189
3. Stanford: 129
4. Washington State (1): 108
5. California: 81
6. Oregon State: 38
1. UTAH (33): 206
2. USC (2): 167
3. Arizona State: 118; UCLA: 118
5. Arizona: 85
6. Colorado: 46
Utah Utes on the Pac-12 football preseason all-conference team
(As chosen by the media)
First team: RB Zack Moss, DL Bradlee Anae, DL Leki Fotu, DB Julian Blackmon, DB Jaylon Johnson.
Second team: OL Darrin Paulo, DL John Penisini, AP Britain Covey.
Honorable mention: TE Cole Fotheringham, DB Javelin Guidry, P Ben Lennon.

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Following a night of unrest and rioting, the Pennsylvania National Guard has been deployed to protect and serve at assemblies, according to the Daily Caller.
The @PANationalGuard confirms deployment in Philly: “At the request of Philadelphia County, the Pennsylvania National Guard is staffing several hundred members in Philadelphia to protect the right to peacefully assemble and protest while keeping people safe.
— Greg Argos (@GregArgosCBS3) October 27, 2020
“At the request of Philadelphia County, the Pennsylvania National Guard is staffing several hundred members in Philadelphia to protect the right to peacefully assemble and protest while keeping people safe,” the Philadelphia National Guard said according to CBS Philadephia.
“Assisting civil authorities during times of need is one of the core missions of the Guard,” they added. “Members are well-trained and well-prepared to assist the commonwealth and its communities in any way they can.”
Because what better way is there to mourn the loss of a loved one than to not only loot your own town, but to also burn it down like a giant shared campfire.
I understand family members mourning the loss and being upset accordingly… but to loot and damage businesses?
You could suppose that the businesses had nothing to do with the police encounter… oh, wait.
From The Daily Caller:
The Pennsylvania National Guard has been deployed in Philadelphia after a night of rioting Monday.
The deployment comes after riots erupted in Philadelphia following the police shooting Monday of 27-year-old Walter Wallace Jr. Police say that they responded to a report of a man with a weapon and Wallace was holding a knife when they arrived on the scene. He allegedly ignored calls to drop the weapon before officers opened fire and shot him multiple times. Wallace was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Police spokesperson Sgt. Eric Gripp said that Wallace “advanced towards the officers” and that investigators were reviewing footage of the incident, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported. A video of the shooting circulated on social media and both officers at the scene were wearing body cameras, according to the report.
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In Texas, one jailer has turned herself in after admitting that she had an ongoing “inappropriate relationship” with one of the inmates. She was part of the Hood County Sheriff’s Office and was abusing her power relationship with the inmate to engage in inappropriate relations with the prisoner. In March, her guilty conscience got the better of her, and she turned herself in to the sheriff’s office and confessed to all her crimes while she was on the job.
Her name is Rebecca Ruth Anderson. She is 23-years-old and has prematurely ended her career in law enforcement because she couldn’t contain herself. Although she worked with the sheriff’s office as a jailer from March 2017 to July 2018, she came forward in March 2019 with a confession that sent her behind bars.
“I am very disappointed over this situation and expect more from my employees,” Hood County Sheriff Roger Deeds said in an issued statement. “I do not tolerate employees that break the law and requested the Texas Rangers investigate the allegation that was brought to my attention. As an elected official, I try to be transparent as possible and let the public know what is going on at the Hood County Sheriff’s Office.”
In this instance, the Sheriff’s Office was unknowingly involved in a love triangle between the authority of the department, a jailer, and one of the inmates.
When a warrant was issued for her arrest in March, Anderson turned herself in to the Sheriff’s Office on the 22nd. She was charged with violating the rights of a person in custody, which she allegedly did by abusing her power as a jailer over the inmates. This is a state jail felony that also carries a bond of $5,000, which she may or may not have paid.
Rebecca Ruth Anderson has become somewhat of a social media sensation after the truth about how she abused her power as a jailer came out.
Anderson’s attorney said that she was arrested on the basis of the crime but was not yet charged. The attorney, Bill Walsh, told People that “She was arrested on that basis but hasn’t been charged.”
The Sheriff’s Department launched an investigation into Anderson’s promiscuity because her boyfriend, among other people, called in with the tip. He must have learned about her infidelity and called to report it.
“Something like that happens, it really does disgust me that it went on,” Sheriff Roger Deeds told Fox 4. “And I’m not going to tolerate that, so we turned it over and called in the Rangers right away on it.”
Deeds also added that the inmate that Anderson had sex with was granted “trustee status,” so he was eligible for duties like cooking, cleaning or sewing.
“I’ve got to serve and protect them, feed them 3 meals a day, take care of them and make sure no harm comes of them for any reason,” the sheriff said. “So this should’ve never happened.”
What do you think about this Texas jailer’s crime? Should she receive jail time for abusing her status as a jailer?
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SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Danny Green and Gary Neal aren't NBA royalty like LeBron James.
OAKLAND (AP) - Derek Norris homered and drove in four runs and Bartolo Colon pitched six scoreless innings to lead the Oakland Athletics to a 6-4 victory over the New York Yankees on Tuesday night.
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Having won the World Series two of the last three seasons, the San Francisco Giants have rarely been an afterthought.
PITTSBURGH (AP) - The San Francisco Giants put third baseman Pablo Sandoval on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday because of a strained left foot.
ARDMORE, Pa. (AP) - Unable to arrange a private meeting, Sergio Garcia left Tiger Woods a note in his locker Tuesday at the U.S. Open with hopes of moving on from his racially charged comment and getting back to playing golf.
CHICAGO (AP) - Corey Crawford was in the stands when Patrick Kane slammed home the goal that secured the Stanley Cup for the Chicago Blackhawks in 2010.
SEATTLE (AP) - Jozy Altidore continued his scoring run. Eddie Johnson earned a moment to remember getting a goal before his raucous home crowd that matched the hype that came with playing a World Cup qualifier in Seattle.
ALAMEDA (AP) - Batted balls. Wounded ducks. Interceptions. Passes into the turf.
SANTA CLARA (AP) - Jim Harbaugh has used the recent run of suspensions on the division rival Seattle Seahawks for performance-enhancing drug infractions as a reminder to his own San Francisco team: Cheating won't be tolerated.
SANTA CLARA (AP) - An elevator mechanic was killed Tuesday when he was struck by a counterweight while working in a shaft at the San Francisco 49ers' new stadium, state officials said.
OAKLAND (AP) - Third baseman Josh Donaldson sees plenty of similarities between this Oakland team and the one that stunned the Texas Rangers on the season's final day last fall.
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili sat in mostly stunned silence, all that playoff experience not preparing them for how they felt after two games.
SACRAMENTO (AP) - The Sacramento Kings have hired Chris Jent as an assistant on new coach Mike Malone's staff.
SANTA CLARA (AP) - The San Francisco 49ers have signed rookie outside linebacker Corey Lemonier to a four-year contract.
ARDMORE, Pa. (AP) - Adam Scott can understand why so many people thought he would have a hard time getting over his epic collapse in the British Open.
NEW YORK (AP) - Even without the home team involved, the World Cup final between Germany and Argentina set a television viewership record in the United States, capping a tournament that exceeded expectations for interest on both ESPN and Univision.
PLANCHER-LES-MINES, France (AP) - After just 10 stages, the two pre-race favorites have crashed out of the Tour de France. And Vincenzo Nibali is wasting little time in showing that he's now the man to beat.
HOYLAKE, England (AP) - Phil Mickelson rolled long putts across the practice green in front of the Royal Liverpool clubhouse, some of them going in, most of them the right distance. He chirped to the caddie of Brandt Snedeker about their money game, a Mickelson tradition at the majors.
SAO PAULO (AP) - Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari resigned after the team failed to win the World Cup, the Brazilian Football Confederation said Monday.
HOYLAKE, England (AP) - U.S. captain Tom Watson had been looking forward to seeing Tiger Woods at theBritish Open to "tell him my feelings about him direct" about the Ryder Cup.
BERLIN (AP) - It's been a long wait, and now Germany is basking in its fourth World Cup title.
NEWTON, Kansas (AP) - Garrett Rank, Michael Colgate and Zane Thomas opened with 5-under-par 66s Monday for the first-round lead at the U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship.
LINZ, Austria (AP) - Justin Gatlin stretched his season's unbeaten streak in the 100 meters to 10 races by trashing the 20-year-old best mark of the Gugl Games on Monday.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Mike Matheny had quite the choice for the National League's All-Star starter.
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ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, Colo. (AP) - For the second day in a row, lightning has been blamed in the death of a visitor at Rocky Mountain National Park.
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Mario Goetze produced the piece of individual skill that Lionel Messi couldn't muster.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Madison Bumgarner was so enthused by seeing Buster Posey hit a grand slam, he did the same thing the next inning.
SEATTLE (AP) - The Oakland Athletics needed a strong start from Sonny Gray to avoid being swept entering the four-day break for the All-Star game.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The youngest player in the All-Star Futures game made one of the biggest impressions.


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Vero Beach minister's cross-country bike ride raises awareness about hunger
It took 30 days for the Rev. Scott Alexander to ride the 3,300 miles from Costa Mesa, Calif., to Vero Beach, but he said he would do it all over again.
Alexander, the minister of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Vero Beach, was raising awareness for the problem of hunger.
Organizations like the Rotary Club of Vero Beach Oceanside and individuals in the community made pledges to The Ride to Beat Hunger for each mile Alexander traveled on his trip. He will donate the $50,000 he raised through the ride to two organizations: the Harvest Food & Outreach Center in Vero Beach; and Stop Hunger Now, an international aid organization that packages meals to be distributed to hungry children throughout the world.
"One-third of the kids in this community are food-anxious," said Alexander, as he talked with friends and supporters Tuesday at a welcome-home party at Waldo's Restaurant at the Driftwood Resort in Vero Beach. "If it meant that people would be free from hunger, I would do it all over again."
Alexander rode into Vero Beach accompanied by friends and fellow biking enthusiasts Bill Penney and Mark Schumann. The duo met up with Alexander in Savannah, Ga., and peddled the final 350-mile leg of the trip together.
Penney thanked Alexander for the opportunity to raise awareness for such an important cause.
"You are an inspiration to a lot of people," Penney said.
Austin Hunt, founder of the Harvest Food & Outreach Center, said his organization will be able to help at least 1,000 families with food assistance and counseling services thanks to Alexander.
"Beyond that, the voice that Scott has provided to families in crisis is just amazing," Hunt said. "To get the word out about the problem of hunger is key. I think it is a selfless act for a 63-year-old man to ride across America. He is a great leader."
Alexander said staying mentally focused on the ride each day was the toughest part of the trip for him, along with getting up at 5 a.m. to start the next 115 miles he averaged each day.
"That, and eating those hotel continental breakfasts," he joked.
Friends Janet Hodgins and Barbara Hayward from Palm Beach Gardens were staying at the Driftwood Resort on vacation, and watched Alexander's return from their porch. Although neither woman had heard about Alexander before Tuesday, they snapped photos and took information about donating to his cause.
"I thought it was just fabulous," Hodgins said. "It's a great cause."
"It renews my faith in humanity," Hayward added. "It was very touching."


Now this is something that we would not recommend Nissan LEAF owners to do (we didn’t try it out in our review for obvious reasons), but apparently a Dutch LEAF owner found out that his electric vehicle can juice up its batteries behind a truck as long as the brake is carefully applied. Needless to say, Nissan engineers also advice against you doing such a thing since there will be obvious implications to your warranty and it might just screw up the LEAF’s sensitive electronics – just check out the video (in Dutch, but with English subtitles) for the bigger picture after the jump.
Vincent Everts’ LEAF ran out of battery when he needed to reach home in time for his daughter’s birthday party. He decided to enlist the help of a Tundra owner to tow his Nissan LEAF behind, seeing if the LEAF’s regenerative brakes worked as advertised, recharging the 24-kilowatt-hour battery while being towed in the process.
This is a tricky maneuver since it requires just the right amount of pressure – pressing the pedal too far engages the brakes, but with the right balance, regenerative braking will send energy to the pack. Everts managed to snag 73 kilometers of range in just 10 minutes of towing, but the car’s sophisticated energy management system kinda screwed up in the end, showing off just 50 plus kilometers of range after he drove for a short distance. Best to keep an eye on your vehicle’s battery level before going out, and make sure it is fully charged the night beforehand before you pull some stunt like this!


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I previously worked as a news and sports photographer. Recently I have been enjoying wildlife photography. My approach toward bird photos is similar to sports photography. I attempt to capture mostly action and hopefully a unique perspective.
This alligator in the marsh at sunset was the epitome of patience as he floated motionless… watching and waiting. But for what? Or for whom? He outwaited me so we will never know for sure…
Such a great shot Phil. Gorgeous light! 🙂
Thanks very much Adrian and yes that evening sunset lighting can really warm up a scene.
The incredible capacity of nothingness!
Good description! You still like my ggg (gator grunge green) text? 🙂
I do – grunge green is a great description
I’m sticking with it for now thanks!
Nice to see more of him underneath the surface. Beautiful late light, Phil.
Thanks Steve, I often try to get out there at the point of the evening when the warm sunset light hits the marsh.
Wow, this head looks unearthly, Phil. Great capture. 🙂
Thank you Sylvia, so glad you liked this contemplative alligator. 🙂
I’m sure that he had something on his agenda. Great shot!
Oh I’m sure he had a plan, he just wasn’t letting me in on it. Thanks Molly!
Goddamnit Phil, every time I think I’ve taken a shot that I really love and think I could put on my wall, I come here and you’ve taken the kind of stunning photo that makes me spit my wine out in awe! 😀 The light and the composition on this are amazing. So very beautiful.
Next time you’ll have more patience than he had! 😛
I try, but sometimes they wear me out. 🙂
Impressive… Pics without any motion are rare. Congrats to this shot.
I appreciate that thank you!
The face of contentment?!? Nice image.
He seemed pretty content. Thanks Deb!
Then again perhaps he was just zoned out… a Zen moment? 😉
That could be it! It’s happened to me I think. 🙂
What a great shot Phil.
Thank you so much Jan.
That time of the day is my favorite.. the warming light from the sunset makes everything look great. Nice shot!
Yes my favorite time too! Thanks for looking!
Golden shot, perfect light, what a beauty!
Thanks Rick glad you like it!
totally different from your normal cheeky gater posts – surreal
I think he and I were in a similar mood.
When they bide their time and are patient like that…it bodes well for them, but not so much for whomever is unlucky enough to fall into their path.
That’s exactly right. Many a day I have waited and then found out what the alligator had in mind the whole time.
How close are you? Just wondering, because I would seriously shit my pants, haha xd Your shots are amazing!
Oh it was pretty much right in front of me but these guys could not care less about me being there, not much to worry about. 🙂
Thanks for looking!
Very impressive shot.
Thanks much David, glad you liked it!
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Starring: Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, Dennis Hopper
Director: David Anspaugh
Any list of the best sports movies has to include “Hoosiers.” This tribute to Indiana basketball was inspired by the true story of the 1954 Milan team that won the Indiana High School championship. Milan was a tiny school of roughly 50 kids, and in those days every school participated in the same high school tournament regardless of size. Basketball is a religion in Indiana, and the Milan story was told over and over again to each new generation of kids. It was the ultimate underdog story, and writer Angelo Pizzo crafted an original script around this event that he had learned about as a kid in Indiana.
“Hoosiers” is set in the fictional town of Hickory, Indiana, and the central character is Coach Norman Dale, brilliantly played by Gene Hackman. Pizzo reveals in the DVD extras that this character was initially inspired by Woody Hayes, who had to leave Ohio State after punching a Clemson player during a bowl game on national television. Coach Dale had a similar episode in his life, which brings him to this tiny town, looking for a second chance.
Pizzo also based the Coach Dale character on Bobby Knight, with his emphasis on fundamentals and his “four passes before a shot” philosophy. The coach’s approach doesn’t sit too well with most of the folks in town, and this provides one of the central storylines in the film.
Along with Gene Hackman, great performances were delivered by Barbara Hershey and Dennis Hopper. Hopper has had an amazing career, but his portrayal of “Shooter” in this film probably ranks with his best performances. Shooter, the father of one of Coach Dale’s players, is the town drunk who has a great basketball mind when he’s actually sober. Coach Dale decides to give Shooter his own second chance by naming him his assistant coach despite the reservations of everyone in the town. Shooter’s story provides many of the most touching moments of the film.
“Hoosiers” beautifully weaves these interesting personal stories around the drama on the basketball court. The settings are amazing, as most of the gyms look like they’re no bigger than a shoe box. The team gets off to a slow start under Coach Dale, but soon they’re on their way to the dramatic final game in Indianapolis. Along the way, the film provides excellent basketball action that authentically recreates the style of play from the mid-‘50s. The kids were played by basketball players who had never acted, so the game action was just as entertaining as the other storylines.
“Hoosiers” hits you with every sports cliché you can imagine -- the underdog story, the importance of being a team, the father-son relationship, and the love interest that doesn’t appreciate the sport. Yet the movie still works because it tells a great story and it captures the drama that we all love about sports. Everything comes together in this incredible low-budget film, from the picturesque landscape of Indiana in the fall to the wonderful score by Jerry Goldsmith.
After Hoosiers was released in 1986, reporters asked the great Larry Bird, perhaps the most famous product of Indiana basketball, what he thought of the film. Bird replied, “Those guys got it right.” They sure did.
Great movies deserve great DVDs, and this Collector's Edition does not disappoint. It has plenty of extras, including the actual championship game from 1954 won by Milan.
The best feature is the commentary track featuring writer Angelo Pizzo and director David Anspaugh. This was the first film for both of them, and the story behind the making of this film is fascinating. Believe it or not, Jack Nicholson was originally cast as Coach Dale, but he had to back out and was fortunately replaced by Gene Hackman. Pizzo and Anspaugh went on to make another great sports film, “Rudy,” in 1993.
The deleted scenes are also interesting. Both Pizzo and Anspaugh were forced by the studio to keep the film under two hours, and they agonized over which scenes to cut. They were most bothered by the cut scenes involving Coach Dale and Myra Fleener (Barbara Hershey’s character). They felt that those scenes were needed to fully flush out their relationship. The scenes were good scenes, though for once the studio heads might have been right. The scenes were not critical, and they might have taken away from the other, more interesting storylines. The one deleted scene that should have been kept was the one showing Buddy asking Coach Dale to be reinstated to the team. This deletion left an important hole in the story, so keeping it would have made sense.
Throughout the extra features, we learn about how the movie was made, and how important it was to Pizzo and Anspaugh that it be made in Indiana. Fortunately, they prevailed against long odds, and their masterpiece can be enjoyed for generations to come.


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This book, published in March 2014, aims to explore the emerging role of endoscopy in the evolution of otological surgery, and details both basic and advanced endoscopic ear surgery techniques in clear text supplemented by beautiful images.
It opens with a captivating chapter on the history of endoscopy, a topic that will be familiar to colleagues with an interest in medical history. The binocular microscope, which revolutionised otological surgery in its time, is mentioned. This historical perspective is an apt introduction to the book, which finishes by making predictions about the future of endoscopic ear surgery. More about that later.
The colour photographs in this 171 page hardback book are of high quality. The chapters cover different aspects of the use of the endoscope, each giving interesting insights to the authors’ personal practices, which, whilst not always evidence-based, are certainly thought-provoking and clearly illustrated. There are handy tips for the use of the endoscope in second look surgery and the management of retraction pockets; a lengthy chapter on posterior fossa surgery, and some interesting uses of the laser in both office-based and theatre-based procedures.
In addition to clear descriptions of operative methods, the book helpfully describes handling of the otoendoscope and operating room set-up, removing any mystery from the technique. For this reason, the book, currently available for £107 on Amazon UK, would be a useful purchase for any otolaryngologist keen to develop their practice.
The book summarises by extolling the virtues of endoscopic ear surgery, in terms of its minimal access approach, wide view, and preservation of normal anatomy. I was pleased to see that stereoscopic vision was proposed as a future development in this field, as I’ve often wondered about loss of depth perception when using a monocular endoscope around the delicate structures of the middle ear cleft.


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Standard for measuring face biometrics bias coming, AI bias mitigation needs wider scope
A working draft of a standard for measuring bias in face biometrics has been published by the International Standards Organization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), just as the U.S. National Institute of Standards and technology (NIST) updates its work on bias in artificial intelligence more broadly.
The ISO/IEC 19795-10 ‘Information Technology – Biometric performance testing and reporting – Part 10: Quantifying biometric system performance variation across demographic groups’ standard under development has been in development for two years, according to a LinkedIn post from Maryland Test Facility Principal Data Scientist John Howard.
Comments on the draft are due by May 6.
Bias (or demographic differential) testing in facial recognition is so far limited mostly to testing by NIST.
NIST argues for ‘soci-technical’ approach
An updated technical policy document from NIST recommends widening the scope of the search for sources of bias in AI systems. This, the organization says, can help improve the identification of AI bias, and mitigate its harms.
The revised version of NIST Special Publication 1270, ‘Towards a Standard for Identifying and Managing Bias in Artificial Intelligence,’ extends that scope to take in the social context AI systems are deployed in, using an iceberg metaphor. Statistical and computational biases make up only the visible, ‘above water’ portion of the iceberg, with human biases and systemic biases forming large sections below.
“If we are to develop trustworthy AI systems, we need to consider all the factors that can chip away at the public’s trust in AI,” says NIST Principal Investigator for AI Bias Reva Schwartz, one of the reports authors. “Many of these factors go beyond the technology itself to the impacts of the technology, and the comments we received from a wide range of people and organizations emphasized this point.”
The authors argue that a ‘socio-technical’ approach is needed to effectively mitigate bias in AI.
The initial draft was published last year, and identified eight components that contribute to making AI trustworthy.

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J Clin Exp Med Nowadays high concentrations of OPCs are sold to save storage space. In summary, this study verifies that hemoperfusion and hemodialysis on the basis of routine treatment can improve the success rate of clinical rescue, and improve the prognosis of patients, which is worthy of clinical popularization and application for treating organophosphorus pesticides poisoning patients with renal insufficiency. Overall mortality rate was Mechanical ventilation was immediately given if ventilation-related indications appeared.
OP compounds are used worldwide in agriculture as well as in household gardens. The age of these patients ranged within 19 to 66 years, with an average age of Epigenetic and autophagy studies are useful to address the issues related to regulation of gene and protein expression by which nerve agents could impact on human health. In this article, we report the retrospective analysis of patients with severe OP insecticide poisoning in a tertiary care hospital in Northern India. Stomach decompression was carried out in all patients with nasogastric tubes; Li et al. Most patients with intermediate syndrome develop respiratory failure, which requires mechanical ventilation. The results of this study revealed the following:
The treatment group comprised 34 patients, including 18 male and 16 female patients.
Lipid emulsion treatments are commonly used in resuscitating OP poisoning patients but few studies regarding their use thessi been reported.
The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal. Department of Anaesthesiology, J. Overall mortality rate was The duration of mechanical ventilation increased with the increase in lag time.
Intern Med China ; Experience with intensive care management of organophosphate insecticide poisoning. Multivariate binary logistic regression analysis was done with death as the dependent variable and age, lag time to PAM therapy, severity of poisoning and duration of ventilation as the covariates.
In the present study, the incidence was highest in patients aged less than 40 years. Patients requiring ventilatory support were initially put on assist pressure control mode and subsequently weaned off by synchronised intermittent mandatory ventilation SIMVpressure support PS ventilation.
Observation and treatment of acute complications during the hemodialysis. Positive end expiratory pressure PEEP was added as per the lung characteristics. Cholinesterase reactivators cannot pass through blood—brain barrier, so pralidoxime iodide combined with atropine is restricted in the treatment. Though each predictor age, lag time, severity of poisoning and duration of ventilation is associated with mortality, death due to OP poisoning results from overlapping contribution of these factors.
Key to survival lies in early diagnosis followed by rapid decontamination and definitive therapy which purely lies under the expert domain of emergency medicine. Eddleston M, Phillips MR. Initial management of all patients with pralidoxime PAM and atropine were done as per the recommended dosage schedule.
It should be administered as soon as possible to prevent ageing and promote adequate reactivation of red cell acetylcholinesterase. Prophylactic potential of memantine against soman poisoning in rats. Open in a separate window.
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Innurse specialists in poison information joined the IPIC. In the present retrospective analysis, the overall mortality was This signifies that death due to OP poisoning is not dependent on a single predictor as age, lag time, etc.
This incidence of suicidal poisoning is much higher than the recorded range of The fatal issue is often related to a delay in opisoning or an improper management. Patients in the control group received routine emergency treatment, including gastrolavage, catharsis, rehydration, maintenance of water-electrolyte balance, and anti-infection treatment.
OP compounds are used worldwide in agriculture as well as in household gardens. In these cases patients, though on ventilator, keep worsening and die eventually. There was no statistically significant association with death and age, lag time, severity of poisoning and duration of ventilation independently.
Poisoning due to organophosphate insecticides. New Eng J Med. Atropine is highly effective in antagonising the actions of organophosphates at muscarinic receptor sites and is administered to adults in doses of 2 mg every 5 to 10 minutes.


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If you felt like Google clubbed you over the head with tons of announcements and releases last week, you're not alone. Between giving out the codename for Android M, a new preview release, an Android Wear update, and about a dozen other things, it was a huge week. Toward the end of the onslaught, a fairly innocuous update to Google Maps bumped the version up to 9.13 and it has a couple of useful shortcuts that deserve a look. There's also a new Google app, but it's not in the Play Store, and that deserves a Teardown-style discussion of its own. Read More
Google announced a new update to Maps that would bring a much sought-after feature for those who use public transit in major cities: real-time updates that provide the whereabouts of busses. No longer will you have to hang out wondering when the bus is actually going to show up, because with the help of Maps, you'll have all of that info in the palm of your hand.
El Goog has teamed up with transit agencies to make this update happen, but there is one downside (for some people, anyway): it's only in four US cities as of right now. The lucky four are Boston, MA; Portland, OR; and San Diego and San Francisco, CA. Read More


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Mo Salah scored the second goal to help Liverpool beat Bournemouth 3-0 in a Premier League match at Anfield. Liverpool was in total control with Mane putting the host in driving seat with a rebound goal in the opening ten minutes.
Salah laboured but could only found a breakthrough in the 69th minute after heading past the Bournemouth’s goalkeeper from Arnold’s superb cross. Firminho completed the rout at the stoppage time. Salah’s goal marked his 40th in all competitions this season, a feat which was last achieved by Cristiano Ronaldo while at Man United in 2007/2008 season.


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IT MAY have been the last day of the school year, but pupils at Wroughton Infant School were busy yesterday packing up bags of donated school uniform to be sent to Clarens School in South Africa. Ellie Groves, of the Friends of Wroughton Infants, said: “We are lucky that parents at this school are so generous in donating their pre-loved uniform back to the school.
“We sell this throughout the year to raise funds, but this year we have also had enough to be able to send some over to South Africa.”
Local accountants Morris Owen have also helped by offering to post the packages on behalf of the school.
Charlene Hyner-Anderson, of Morris Owen, was on hand yesterday to help with packing.
She said: “We are really pleased to help out with sending these clothes to a school that really needs them.”
Clarens Intermediate School, which teaches children aged four to 11, is linked with Wroughton Infant School and has many children who will benefit greatly from this donation.
Over the summer the school will receive pictures of the children receiving the clothes and these will be shared with the Wroughton children next year.
Anybody interested in the activities of the Friends of Wroughton Infant School can contact their committee by emailing FOWIS@hotmail.co.uk.


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Rankman's steadfast "Never play on Election Tuesday" rule came back to bite Toledo when the Rockets forfeited their poll position by joining Mitt Romney in the loss column. Toledo, located in swing-state Ohio, lost to Ball State. Otherwise, it was "throw the bums out" week, as several schools lost their rankings seats. It took a lot of sock-drawer sifting to find worthy replacements. We elected to recast Texas in a more favorable light after the Longhorns' defense held somebody to fewer than 55 points. And San Diego State was extended a Blazing Saddles' "laurel and hearty" welcome after the Aztecs stunned Boise State on the blue field.
1; Alabama 9-0; Tuscaloosa fans say they can't wait to introduce "Johnny Football" to "Alabama Football." (1)
2; Oregon 9-0; Barner tells Barkley after game that coming back for senior year has worked out great. (2)
3; Kansas State 9-0; Snyder relents and officially lists quarterback Klein's status this week as "alive." (3)
4; Notre Dame 9-0; All together in the key of F: "I'm looking over, a four-leaf clover, that I overlooked before." (4)
7; Florida State 8-1; "Tallahassee Lassie" charted way higher than team's current No. 32 in Sagarin's BCS ratings. (8)
8; Florida 8-1; Motion Picture Assn. of America recently re-rated Gators' offense "SEC-13" for mature audiences only. (9)
9; LSU 7-2; Team scraps two-minute offense to put extra emphasis on one-minute defense. (5)
10; Clemson 8-1; Dozens and dozens of Americans are looking forward to Saturday's game against Maryland. (10)
11; Louisville 9-0; Just like Ohio State in that both are having undefeated seasons that aren't being recognized. (11)
12 Oregon State 7-1; If you win at Stanford there's an In-N-Out at 53 W. El Camino Real in Mountain View. (12)
14; Oklahoma 6-2; Might still be in the BCS hunt if team played all of its games away from Norman. (15)
15; Texas A&M 7-2; The Junction Boys recommend a pregame Tuscaloosa visit to the Bear Bryant Museum. (16)
16; Stanford 7-2; Holding Colorado to 76 total yards is impressive, but please don't put it on a bumper sticker. (17)
17; UCLA 7-2; Billboard thought: "The BCS standings monopoly in Los Angeles is over." (24)
19; Louisiana Tech 8-1; Center calls offensive plays and also places orders when teammates want takeout Chinese. (19)
20; USC 6-3; Team dumps "defense" from verbiage in favor of more fan-friendly "opposite offense." (14)
21; Rutgers 7-1; School from storm-torn state told to keep up the good fight as it welcomes Army to town. (21)
23; Texas 7-2; Rankman agrees first play versus Iowa State must be "wishbone" to honor Darrell Royal. (NR)
24; San Diego State 7-3; Players received free bluefin tuna fish tacos after historic win at Boise State. (NR)
25; Kent State 8-1; Nick Saban's alma mater makes a perfect bookend companion to No. 1 Alabama. (NR)
Dropped out: Boise State (18), Texas Tech (20), Mississippi State (22), West Virginia (23), Arizona (25).
Moved in: Nebraska, Northwestern, Texas, San Diego State, Kent State.


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Disney has released its second trailer for Star Wars Rogue One and the new trailer gives us some more details on what will be happening in this new Star Wars movie.
Star Wars Rogue One hits the movie theaters this December, you can see the new movie trailer below.
You can also see the first Rogue One trailer below, the movie lands in theaters on the 16th of December and the movie place before Star Wars A New Hope.
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In this story of star-crossed lovers, a high society girl falls (Gabriella Wilde) for a lowly local boy (Alex Pettyfer). Feeling the poor boy is an undesirable choice for his daughter, the rich dad (Bruce Greenwood) does all in his power to end their professed love.
Why Is Endless Love Rated PG-13?
Endless Love is rated PG-13 for sexual content, brief partial nudity, some language and teen partying.
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Violence: A man treats a valet rudely. Teens take a joy ride in a customer’s car. Several characters are punched in the face, resulting in bloody lips, facial bruising and jail time for the perpetrator. A man makes cruel comments and threatens a young man. There are discussions of domestic violence. A character is involved in a car accident. Characters are caught in a house fire. Characters sneak into an establishment after hours to party.
Sexual Content: A character makes a crude sexual comment about a young girl. A sex scene involving teens depicts partial breast nudity, passionate kissing and bare backs and shoulders. A couple is caught making out in a closet. They kiss passionately on numerous occasions including in the public library. A married man is involved in an affair with a colleague.
Language: The script includes scatological slang, terms of Deity, profanities and a strong sexual expletive, along with some sexual references, dialogue and comments.
Alcohol / Drug Use: Numerous characters, including teens, are shown drinking. Teens plan to get high on illegal drugs.
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Release Date: 27 May 2014
Endless Love releases to home video (Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Copy) witht eh following special features:
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Vegetation Fire Off 28 Mile Rd
Jamestown, Ca — CAL Fire and local crews are on the scene of a vegetation fire on 28 Mile Rd. at Sonora Rd. in the Knights Ferry area.
It is reportedly five acres in size, and there are no reports of structures at risk. Crews have been able to stop the forward spread.
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YEREVAN (RFE/RL)–President Serzh Sarkisian has declined to deny statements from his Diaspora Minister that he will seek to establish a second house of Armenia’s parliament where representatives of the worldwide Armenian Diaspora would be able to hold seats.
Diaspora Affairs Minister Hranush Hakopyan announced Sunday at a meeting with Armenian-Americans in Southern California at the Arbat Golden Palace organized by the Consulate General of Armenia to Los Angeles, Asbarez reported Monday.
She said Sarkisian believes that “certain changes within the governing structure of Armenia are needed to allow Diaspora Armenians to be part of Armenia’s government.”
“In assessing the issue, the president of Armenia has come to the conclusion, and is making suggestions, that yes, certain changes within the governing structure of Armenia are needed to allow Diaspora Armenians to be part of Armenia’s government,” explained Hakopyan.
Hakopyan said this would take the form of constitutional amendments leading to the establishment of an upper chamber of parliament. She did not clarify just how its Diaspora members would be elected and whether they would have to be Armenian citizens.
“The first step by the president was the creation of the Diaspora Ministry, through which substantive policies for Armenia-Diaspora relations were put forth. The second was the establishment of the dual-citizenship institution, and clearly we are taking the third step by creating the upper house through which the Diaspora Armenian will have a voice in the governing of the country and in creating policy,” explained Hakopyan.
Hakopyan’s explanation that the proposed upper house of the legislature would allow Diaspora Armenians to serve as representatives in Armenia was met with applause and excitement by the audience.
Sarkisian’s press secretary, Armen Arzumanian, did not deny this, saying that the president asked prominent Diaspora Armenians to propose ways of boosting Armenia-Diaspora ties at a meeting in Yerevan last May. “This is one of the possible proposals that deserves consideration along with many others,” Arzumanian told RFE/RL’s Armenian service in a written statement sent later on Monday.
Arzumanian did not specify who is the author of that proposal. He stressed instead that Armenia’s constitution can be amended only under “a complex and long procedure.” “Naturally, there would have to be public discussions and detailed professional studies for making such a decision,” added the presidential spokesman.
“It’s a proposal that deserves attention,” Eduard Sharmazanov, the spokesman for Sarkisian’s Republican Party, told RFE/RL’s Armenian service on Tuesday. “It once again reaffirms the fact that President Sarkisian is the leader of not only the Republic of Armenia but also all Armenians. He is doing everything to ensure that Armenia-Diaspora ties are at a high level.”
“We support the idea,” said Artyusha Shahbazian, a senior member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation, an opposition party that has branches in all Diaspora communities abroad.
“But if it is not put into practice correctly, it could deal a heavy blow to the Diaspora and split it further,” cautioned Shahbazian.
The Armenian constitution can only be amended through referendums. Changes in its text must be backed by at least one third of Armenia’s 2.4 million eligible voters.
The Armenian authorities already pushed through a long list of constitutional amendments in a 2005 referendum marred by opposition and media allegations of vote rigging. One of those amendments lifted a constitutional ban on dual citizenship. It was meant to strengthen Diaspora Armenians’ links with the country of their ancestors.