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"Inventing the Abbotts'' is a film that seems to have been made in a time machine. Not only the picture's story but also its values and style are inspired by the 1950s. It's like a subtler, more class-conscious "Peyton Place,'' and if the same movie had been made 40 years ago with Natalie Wood, Sandra Dee, Troy Donahue and Ricky Nelson, it could have used more or less the same screenplay (minus the four-letter words).
The film seems indirectly inspired by Welles' "Magnificent Ambersons.'' It's about the Abbotts, a rich family whose parties and wealth dominate a small Midwestern town, and about a local working-class boy who has made the family his "addiction.'' He eventually conquers all three of the Abbott girls, while his younger brother lusts after one and loves another, but lacks his courage.
The movie is narrated by the younger brother, Doug Holt (Joaquin Phoenix). He tends to repeat himself, finding countless different ways to say that his upwardly mobile brother Jacey Holt (Billy Crudup) has always been more confident and successful--especially around the Abbott girls. The oldest is Alice (Joanna Going), the official "nice girl,'' who gets pregnant, gets married, gets divorced and gets Jacey, in that order. The middle is Eleanor (Jennifer Connelly), the official "bad girl,'' who gets sent away to stewardess school for her exploits. The youngest is Pam (Liv Tyler), and she's also the nicest, and the one Doug really likes, although he also lusts after Eleanor.
To understand the three Abbott girls and the two Holt brothers, it helps to understand their world. They live in Haley, Ill., a town of maybe 20,000, dominated by a steel desk factory owned by Mr. Abbott (Will Patton). Years ago, Mr. Abbott and the boys' father were friends. But then Abbott allegedly cheated Holt out of a valuable patent for sliding desk drawers, and then Holt died when he drove his DeSoto roadster onto a frozen lake on a stupid $20 bet. Soon after, rumors raced through town that Mr. Abbott was spending way too much time consoling the new widow Holt (Kathy Baker).
This is the kind of material that might have graced a mid-1950s Universal-International weeper--maybe one adapted from a John O'Hara best-seller filled with descriptions of country clubs. Even then it would have had more energy. "Inventing the Abbotts'' seems slow and almost morose, and the director, Pat O'Connor, shows none of the cheerful love of human nature that enlivened his "Circle Of Friends" (1995), the smart and touching picture about young love in 1950s Ireland.
The picture is haunted by a story problem: It isn't about anything but itself. There's no sense of life going on in the corners of the frame. The characters, completely preoccupied by the twists of the plot, have no other interests. Mr. Abbott is one of those 1950s dads whose sole functions in life are to drive gas guzzlers, stand behind a big desk, smoke a lot of cigarettes, and tell teenage guys to stay away from his daughters. Kathy Baker is more dimensional as Mrs. Holt--she has some touching scenes--but her life, too, has been completely defined by what happened with the Abbotts in the past, what is happening with the Abbotts now, and what, I fear, will happen with the Abbotts in the future.
The film's art direction is uncanny. It doesn't look like a period picture; it looks like a movie that was actually shot in 1955. Looking at the old cars and the storefronts and the front yards and the clothes, I was reminded of "Young at Heart'' or "A Summer Place.'' The actors do their best, and are sometimes quite appealing, but the story is so lugubrious there's nowhere they can go with it. And it's a shame the most interesting Abbott girl (the Jennifer Connelly character) is shipped out of town just after she delivers the movie's best line.


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To carry or not to carry????
Women should carry a gun to protect themselves. Do you agree?
Stricter laws needed to keep kids away from tanning beds. What do you think? Should there be a law restricting this?
Don’t you sometimes think things get take a little bit too far? What do you think of this?
What do you think? Should fat people be allowed to sue the food industry? Or, do they deserve all the blame for their weight problems?
Good Question. What do you think guys?

industry_corpus2: Law & Justice


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Outside of Japan a child learns to cycle when they're ready. In Japan a child learns to cycle once they're too heavy to ride in a child seat on the back of mum's bicycle.
Its a natural progression, you crawl, you walk, you get carted around on mum's bicycle until you're too big then you're pushed out of the nest and find yourself on a bicycle wobbling from side to side trailing a parent to the dry cleaners.
By the time you're old enough to question it bicycling has become second nature.

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Running a successful hotel, when you hit the bottom line, comes back to one thing: driving profitable bookings.
Will that new carpet look good in pictures? Does your staff respond quickly enough to guest requests? Are the restaurant’s offerings up to Yelp’s standards? Every issue in a hotel comes back to how the guest feels about it. The same thing is true when it comes to getting them to book.
When a guest books your hotel, why do they do it? It’s often a complicated process involving everything from how easy it is for them to use your website, to reviews they read, your gallery, and how your offers stack up against the competition.
Today, we’re looking at a deceptively simple question: how do you not only maintain, but grow direct bookings to raise your hotel’s occupancy rate and, ultimately, revenue?
Two immediate answers sprang to our minds: targeted marketing and special offers. Are they the only way to get more hotel bookings? Of course not! They’re one part of an integrated strategy. However, they are proven strategies that any hotelier can use to get more customers through the door.
Consider this your primer on special offers and targeted marketing for your hotel.
Repeating the same offers, or failing to specialize for holidays and seasons, can make your hotel marketing stale. Switch things up a little. Create new offers and packages regularly to attract more customers.
There can be logistical difficulties coordinating with local companies, so an alternative to making this a special offer could be publishing content about these local adventures on your hotel’s blog, social networks or the ‘Activities’ section of your website. Don’t be afraid to get creative – highlighting all the great activities near your hotel can be a serious boost to bookings.
This will be great for your laid-back, “chilled” customers – or those that would like to be a little more relaxed. Get in touch with local yoga studios and see if they’re doing sunrise/sunset classes on the beach, or get local teachers to visit your hotel and teach a class in your spa.
In your offer, you might discuss how stress has a negative impact on people’s lives – don’t be afraid to throw in some light research and facts. Then, close by talking about how relaxation and meditation are health boosters and introduce your package.
This offer, paired with a discount at your spa or a buy-one-treatment-get-one-free offer, will speak to the stressed out mothers and busy professionals looking to get away for a weekend.
Partner up with wedding planners and event organizers and offer them discounts and deals at your hotel. Consider offering a free glass of champagne on arrival for the bride, groom and family, or a discounted spa treatment for the bridal party. If you’re encouraging weddings that involve overnight guests, offer a discounted room rate if a wedding is hosting more than a certain number of people for the night.
Wedding packages are one of the best ways to set your hotel apart from competing wedding venues. You have the opportunity to present your hotel as a warm, welcoming environment, with the little perks that make any bride and groom feel like you value their happy day as much as they do.
Host local contests and events to give you more exposure. There’s a ton of options for you to choose from – and it doesn’t have to be extravagant or expensive. It could be something as simple as a pub quiz, or a bird-watching walk.
You can also host fun fitness contests for kids (hula hooping, anyone?), social media contests, or introductory classes. Look at what’s available around you and what appeals to your visitors the most. Then take things from there.
Urgency is an extremely powerful psychological trigger. Use trigger words like, “limited time offer”, “act now” and “book now” to create a sense of urgency.
Too many options can damage conversions. Stick to one call to action per page.
Here’s a great example from Jetsetter: It does most of the steps above and is simple and benefit driven.
In September 2014, a case study on market segmentation revealed that over 70% of hotels agreed that market segmentation positively influenced hotel revenue.
What Exactly is Market Segmentation?
Essentially, you’re dividing your potential guests from “all travelers” into “travelers who might want to stay at my hotel.” After that, you’re finding out exactly who your ideal guest is, and how best to talk to them.
Here’s one of our best guides on segmentation.
Segmenting your marketing can have a huge impact on your revenue. Just ask online retailer Totes Isotoner. They noticed when shoppers visited their site, they visited one category more than others. So they reached out to those shoppers with a targeted email marketing pitch about their most-viewed category. The results? Their revenue skyrocketed by a shocking 7000% (nope, that’s not a typo).
To sum up, landing more bookings doesn’t have to be a nightmare. It just takes a little marketing know-how and some understanding of your guests. By using targeted marketing and special offers you can ramp up your bookings too! What are the best results you’ve got from a special offer you’ve given to guests? Share it with us below.

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My heroic bonus ran out but what i loast is the genius bonus. If i refill with heroic when e runs out will i get genius or what??????
Ok now the active button is the genius button so i can buy geni but now i am getting a glitch where sometimes when i hit a minion it throws the inventory underneath the pic of the minion and unless i hit town map button it htrows me back to homepage or my facebook page. very odd.also keeps booting me back to homepage while in the middle of doing arena passes. getting really annoyed.

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I'll tell you: it's not to star in Alvin and the Chipmunks, that's for sure.
It's to get a star on the HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME!
That means that you've been a major success in acting or directing or some other capacity of film or television and you're among the biggest names in all of Hollywood history!
The span of stars stretches 15 blocks! It's super fun to try and see all the names you recognize and take pictures with some of your favorite personalities—some of them more real than others!
Definitely pair this up with a visit to the TCL Chinese Theater for the ultimate Hollywood experience!

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We’ve been hard at work on adding greatly expanded functionality and a new, more intuitive, and streamlined look. Today, we’re excited and incredibly proud to introduce a whole new Troops experience. Check it out today at troops.ai.
Dashboard Redesign. We’ve rebuilt our web app from the ground up to give you a cleaner and more intuitive setup and configuration experience.
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Log a Call (Beta). Finally – a much easier way to log call notes. Use Troops to enter call info with a couple clicks and log that information back to Salesforce. It’s seriously awesome when you’re on the go.
We always love hearing from you. Chat with us or shoot us a note at support@troops.ai.

industry_corpus2: Computing & Telecommunications


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and Sam are very good friends of mine and I want to help them drive awareness and help fund critical research for NKH.
options. Only 500 children live with the disease worldwide and the one and only NKH Charity - Joseph's Goal helps fund Professor Nick Greene at UCL/Great Ormond St Hospital who needs to raise £90,000 for research in order to provide any chance of finding a treatment or cure. He is developing gene therapy options to provide longer term treatment and so far, his research has had promising results.
mile walk around the Thames – and you can help! Please consider sponsoring a mile on our trek or just donating a few quid for an extremely worthy cause! If we manage to get all the miles sponsored – Sam (Kai’s dad) is going to dress up as a Bee - the unofficial symbol of NKH.

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industry_corpus2: Transportation


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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Attorneys for a man who was declared dead and later charged in the kidnapping of a Las Vegas girl are asking a judge to dismiss one of the indictments against him.
Thomas Steven Sanders was indicted in 2010 for kidnapping resulting in the death of Lexis Roberts, whose body was found about a month earlier in Catahoula Parish in Louisiana. A second indictment in January 2011 added the charge of using a gun in a crime resulting in death.
Sanders was declared dead in Mississippi in 1994 after abandoning his family. He's suspected of killing Roberts and her mother, Suellen Roberts, 31, whose body was found in Yavapai County in northwestern Arizona.
Sanders' attorneys say he shouldn't face two charges that could lead to the death penalty for one crime.


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Today I am sharing with you my first impression review of this Pixi set. I’ve heard so many good things about some of the products that are included in this best of brights set that I knew I had to pick it up. This set retails for $22 at Target, you can purchase it here.
First off this mask is a similar texture to the cleanser and it makes your skin so soft and hydrated. I left my mask on for 20 minutes as I was finishing up a tv show. I know I know it states it’s a 15 minute mask, but who really follows those rules. I lost track of time and boom it was on my face for 20 minutes. Surprisingly the mask didn’t break me out which is always a plus in my book.
This cleanser left my skin feeling baby soft. I was so surprised by the way my skin felt. It was a mixture fo clean and hydrated skin that I am not used to. It did a great job of prepping my skin for the rest of my skincare routine.
Overall I enjoyed this skincare set. It has given me a chance to test out three new products that I would have never picked up full size. I now know what all the fuzz is all about with the Glow Tonic Exfoliating Toner which is one of the main reason why I picked this up. If you are curious in trying out any of these products I highly recommend you try this kit out.
Have you ever tried any of Pixi products before? Have you tried any of their skincare products before?
I love Pixi products and have been wanting to try that mud mask but these look so TINY!! Is it really worth the price??


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Lose That Girl: RATE IT! More NHL for Canada!
RATE IT! New Twist to "On the Rocks"
RATE IT! More NHL for Canada!
RATE IT/HATE IT! For Mother's Day?
RATE IT! Enchanted April -- TODAY!
The news of the financial demise of the National Hockey League's Phoenix Coyotes has been met with unbridled enthusiasm by my fellow Canadians. The mega-rich Canadian head honcho of Research In Motion, Jim Balsillie has the brains & the cash to move this crippled and fan-starved franchise up to our Southern Ontario neck of the woods where it would be virtually guaranteed a thriving bank balance *and* rabid fans filling the seats. As a Toronto Maple Leafs fan, I think it's a smashing idea! Some healthy hockey competition in the province, more opportunities for fans to see games in person... and another rightful home for the game -- OUR GAME -- on our turf. So what's the problem?
The NHL's troll of a Commissioner, Gary Bettman. Small man, small mind. Wee Gary hates the idea of teams fleeing from the US. Mr. Bettman has turned down Balsillie's previous attempts to swoop in & rescue troubled American-based NHL teams, bringing them back to life on Canadian soil.
It's time for Gary to wake up! The NHL is not popular in most of the States. It ranks far behind the NBA, NFL, baseball, car racing... even college sports. Forcing teams into territories that have never ever seen a hockey puck is not going to make the sport grow down south. Some locales were just not made for hockey -- and for Phoenix, regardless of the involvement of Wayne Gretzky -- the BEST PLAYER EVER -- there's no hope in hell of reversing the bleed of cash and fans.
Today there are court-based hearings regarding the troubled Coyotes. Word is rife that Gretzky may step in & help Balsillie's cause. Wayne may work in the US but he's still all Canadian. Let's hope that he helps bring the club up to Ontario where it will be successful & wanted.

industry_corpus2: Sports


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TUSCALOOSA, Alabama -- Nick and Terry Saban and city officials will dedicate a new playground built through a partnership including the Nick's Kids Fund Friday on the Tuscaloosa's Riverwalk.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held at 11 a.m. at the playground.
Nick's Kids partnered with Alabama Forever, the City of Tuscaloosa, Almon Associates, Hammill Recreation, the Junior League of Tuscaloosa and Mike Chambers to build the playground.

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Let me begin by acknowledging that the internet probably doesn’t need another post about how to be happier.
You’re smart. I bet you already own this book. I bet you’ve read eleventy listicles about exercise and journaling and self-care. You’ve read all the happiness tips from The Well-Intentioned Internet People.
But, uh, what if you don’t actually know what makes you happy?
What if you’ve done all the things that seem to make other people happy and they just don’t do much for you?
Dude, welcome to the club.
Most of us have vague ideas of what makes us happy. Maybe we’re reasonably happy on a day-to-day basis but we’ve never really put much thought into where those feelings come from or what, specifically, about an experience is making us happy.
Finding your happiness is an art, not a science but here are five things I’ve done to help me figure where my happiness is coming from.
If you’re a human who is alive, the society you grew up in has Ideas about what happiness looks like. These Ideas have permeated our lives since the moment we could understand shapes and colors; they’ve wormed their way into our soft, sweet subconsciouses.
And maybe some of those things really will make us happier! Supportive relationships and aerobic activity have been shown to reduce depression. I imagine moving into a space with more natural light and a shorter commute wouldn’t hurt anything, either.
But for the sake of this experiment let’s do our very, very best to let go of preconceived notions about what makes us happy. Let’s forget what our families and friends believe happiness looks like. Let’s view this as a grand experiment with totally unknown results. Who knows what we’ll discover!
P.S. Don’t get down on yourself for “buying into cultural expectations of happiness.” We all do it. We’re not robots. For pete’s sake, Oprah’s been trying to diet her way to happiness for two decades.
You know those moments of “If this isn’t nice, I don’t know what is”? Those moments when you’d lift your face to the sky and grin (but you don’t because it feels awkward), make note of those moments. Open up the ‘notes’ app on your phone and type in what, exactly, you were doing.
Yes, I know this is dorky. And, yes, I know you’re thinking “I should do that!” And then you’re not going to, in fact, do it.
Do it. I think you’ll be really surprised by what actually makes you happy.
Here’s an actual screenshot of my list. You’ll note that it’s oddly specific because I’ve found that the devil (and happiness, apparently) is in the details.
Reading fiction in the morning feels luxurious. Reading non-fiction in the morning feels like homework.
Being in nature in a group feels noisy and vaguely annoying, like I need to keep everyone on the path and make sure no one brings ticks into the car. Being in nature alone feels holy.
Watching TV alone feels like I’m wasting time or confusing self-care with self-indulgence. Having a weekly, group TV-watching date feels like a fun, easy way to catch up with my friends and treat myself.
But I suspect there’s more to it than that.
It feels good to catch up with my friends?
I love doing things at a time of day/week/month when most people are at work?
Eating and drinking outside is The Actual Best?
Being able to buy a $13 cocktail makes me feel successful and accomplished?
If I need all those factors in place to feel truly thrilled, then yes! I should fill my Fridays with patio drinks! But if I realize that it’s the friendship and connection that’s filling me up, I can get those any day of the week, in any location as long as a buddy is present.
If you’re still not quite sure what floats your boat, think about the things you loved as a kid.
What made us happy before we were worried about what was cool? What did we like when we weren’t concerned about the expense or difficulty? What did we love before we worried about being ‘good enough’?
What did we enjoy that doesn’t even fit under the ‘hobby’ heading? Rolling down hills? Finger painting? Dressing the dog in outfits?
If it made you happy then, it’ll probably make you happy now. Why don’t you give it a try and find out?
Many of the things that make me happy are, to be honest, a hassle (and by ‘hassle’ I mean “require me to put on real clothes, google something, and leave the house”). Intellectually, I know taking a day trip to Hudson, working in a new coffee shop, and then hanging out on the sandbar will make me really happy … but it is just SO MUCH EASIER to keep working at home in my yoga pants.
I wrote a list of the things that make me happy – big and little, easy and difficult – and posted that list next to my computer. Whenever my mind wanders, whenever I’m feeling blue, I can look to the right of my computer screen and remember that reading a chapter of this book while cuddling the dog will make me happy.
Reciting this little phrase helps cement these happy-making habits in my brain and life. It helps me feel proud for taking steps to have the life I want. It reminds me that the hassle of happy – the planning, the boundary pushing, the saving and scheduling – is totally worth it.
Do you know what makes you happy? If you really think about it and dissect it, are you surprised by anything that lights you up?
P.S. 101 ways to cheer yourself up + Life has big plans for you.
I swear everywhere I turn, Anne of Green Gables is there. I think it might be time for me to get my L.M. Mongomery-loving self back into that world.
Thanks for this post- great advice, as always.
IT IS SO GOOD. One of my goals for this summer is to read everything L.M. Montgomery ever wrote. She wrote 20+ books!
Have you read A Tangled Web? It’s my favorite of her books!
The Blue Castle is straight up on my desert island book list. SO GOOD.
I bought The Blue Castle for my kindle earlier this week because of this comment. I just finished it. AND I LOVED IT. I think A Tangled Web will be next.
I don’t know how I made it 27 years without realizing L.M. Montgomery wrote more than the Anne series! Thank you so much!
Ooooh! Awesome! I have one more book left in the Emily series and then I’m going to read The Blue Castle!
I laugh because I do both of those, though the ‘notes’ consist of taking a picture and instagramming it.
Loved the step on remembering who you were as a child and what made you happy then. I’m a firm believer the world rips who we are away from us in those teen and early adult years. Then we spend a lot of energy trying to figure out who we are when if we just look at who we were as kids we would find our talents and what makes us happy in life.
Man, I love this! I spent high school thinking I needed big things to make me happy – a new city, an exciting job, and I’ve spent university learning that I’m apparently a boring old lady who likes simple things. I like hiking with my dog and buying slurpees when it’s hot out. I like cooking dinner with my boyfriend and walking in the sunshine. I like listening to baseball games while I fold laundry. I like sleeping in on Sunday and drinking tea on the porch. I like drinking beers and playing board games with my friends. I like thrift shopping with my friends and I love eating cheeseburgers.
I might not be as interesting as my teenage self dreamed of being, but I am infinitely happier. It’s honestly a bit of a relief to find out the little things that make you happy because it’s so much easier to plan a life for myself that includes all of these things.
What stood out to me the most was what you said at the end about making yourself actually do the things that make you happy. I’m so guilty of choosing the lazy option over the thing that I know will actually make me happier. Working from home, I find it even more true. It’s so easy for me to just get consumed by work and feel like I don’t have time to leave (or don’t want to take the energy to). But getting out of the house – be it at a coffee shop or going on a run – is key to my happiness. It’s worth the effort!
Oh yes I love this. I discovered that working out what makes me happy has been much easier since working for myself, because I’ve ended up stripping life back to its basics out of necessity, and then only layering in the things I actually care about.
Oh my gosh I love this post. I will do this today. Thanks for cutting through some of the you-know-what and getting to the meat of how to think about happiness! I love your personal list.
So glad you found it helpful! I swear making that list has been a game-changer for me!
I think it would be really challenging in helping me realize what makes me happy .. have been able to read so much from google but it hasn’t been so helpful . I’m starting to feel depressed and very unhappy cause I don’t even know things to do that could make me happy ! I have a messed up background .. so think I need your help Sarah !
I think another thing to keep in mind is just your individuality overall. So many people get caught up with work-life balance and worrying about it or worrying about public perception etc. When honestly, if working 16 hour days makes you happy, do it. If doing something that others might deem weird or whatever (within reason, don’t break any laws), screw it, just do it. You’re winning so long as you’re happy in my opinion. Thanks Sarah.
This is the best advice. To actually take notes about when you are happy! I feel like we all get a bit confused about what makes us happy because we are always being sold “happiness” by advertisers. Such a great post!
Seeing emails in my inbox from you makes me happy! Your posts are always such GREAT content and you do such a beautiful job of using your mailing list to inspire. Go Sarah!
Starting that list on my phone now!
Thanks for this insight, Sarah!
Things in the second category are great for when I’m feeling like crap anyway, because I’m already not enjoying myself but these are guaranteed to make me feel better.
That is so, so smart! I’m going to start a ‘things that I think make me happy but don’t’ list, too!
Brilliant! Great points. I need these lists!
we named our daughter Kamina, you are the first other one I have seen! Great name – how did you get it?
Isn’t it great!? It’s one of the few books I re-read regularly!
What a brilliant post — love this and sharing it with everyone I know. I wrote my “What Makes Me Happy” list as I was reading this, and surprised to find that the best things in (my) life are FREE :). Also, it helps me realign my yearly goals to include the items on my list. Love this post!!
After all; in order to reach happiness …., put effort !!!
I think money make me happy because I can buy things what I like, go places where I want to go and do things what I want to do.
I reread this post whenever you link to it–such wonderful, wonderful advice. Something that makes me happy (that I don’t do enough) is playing cards with friends or family. I spent my afternoon with my roommates, some happy hour snacks/drinks, and a deck of cards, and coupled with this post it was such a good reminder that I should be doing that more often.
thing is.. i really don’t know what makes me happy. nothing makes me happy. i wasn’t even happy when i was a kid either.

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In 2012 the Beverlywood HOA and Adjacent area of West Los Angeles had a marked increase in the sales of Single Family Homes. There was a 26% increase from 151 total homes sold in 2011 to 204 homes from Jan 1 to Dec 31, 2012 according to the Multiple Listing Service (MLS). The total of 204 homes was the most sold since 2005 when a total of 222 single family homes changed owners. By comparison there were only 126 total sales in 2008.
“Days on Market” measures how long it takes to find a buyer and in 2012 the average was 70 days, down from 79 days the year prior. In 2005 by comparison, the average days it took for a single family home owner to find a buyer was just 35.
Price Per Square Foot places a dollar value on each square foot of “Living Space” and is found by dividing the sale price by the square footage. There was not much change in the price when comparing 2012 to the year prior. In 2011 the average price per square foot of living space was $441.09 and in 2012 it came in at $438.93.
Average Price is learned by taking the total sales volume and dividing it by the number of homes sold. There was a 6.5% increase in the average price of a single family home in the Beverlywood HOA and Adjacent area from $811,291 in 2011 to $866,282 in 2012. More averages: the average square footage for the 204 homes that sold this year was 1,662 and the average lot size size was 6,044 square feet.


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By their own admission, Carly and Sam were never going to be the traditional bride and groom. And I’m unlikely to ever be the traditional wedding photographer. So we clicked.
It’s not often you get to hear about kebabs and colour blindness in a couple’s vows!


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29/09/2016 : Anna Krzyczmonik (Solin's group, UTU, Finland) won a Poster Award at the 9th International Conference on Nuclear and Radiochemistry NRC9 in Helsinki, Finland.
12/11/2015 : Carlotta Taddei (Gee's group, KCL, UK) and Ulrike Filp (Windhorst's group, VUmc, The Netherlands) won the Awards for Outstanding Oral (Carlotta) and Poster (Ulrike) Presentation in Radiochemistry at the Molecular Imaging Workshop 2015 in San Sebastian, Spain.
07/10/2015 : Lukas Pfeifer (Gouverneur group, UOXF, UK) was awarded one of the four equal Prizes for best oral presentation at the Astra-Zeneca sponsored Graduate Seminar, 6-7 October 2015, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, UK.
16/09/2015: Aleksandra Pekošak (Windhorst's group, VUmc, The Netherlands) won Fulbright visiting student researcher award. Aleksandra will conduct 9-month research on radiopharmaceutical chemistry in Vasdev's group at the Department of Radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School (USA).
31/05/2015 : Carlotta Taddei (Gee group, KCL, UK) and Sameer Joshi (Llop group, Cic biomaGUNE, Spain) were awarded Jubilant DraxImage Awards for "Outstanding Poster in PET: C11 and other" at the 21st International Symposium on Radiopharmaceutical Sciences in Missouri, USA.
28/04/2015 : Anna Krzyczmonik (Solin group, UTU, Finland) won a Prize for second best oral presentation at the III Łódzkie Sympozjum Doktorantów Chemii (3rd Polish symposium for chemistry PhD students), Łódź, Poland.
30/10/2014 : Lukas Pfeifer (Gouverneur group, UOXF, UK) won the equal Second Prize at the Pfizer Second Year Graduate Poster Symposium 2014, University of Oxford, UK.
08/09/2014 : Aleksandra Pekošak (Windhorst group, VUMC, The Netherlands) was awarded a Certificate for one of the two best poster presentations in the “Young Investigators’ Mini-Symposium” at the "33rd European Peptide Symposium" in Sofia, Bulgaria.
02/07/2014 : Lukas Pfeifer (Gouverneur group, UOXF, UK) won the Prize for best student lecture at the RSC Fluorine Group Symposium 2014 in St Andrews, UK.


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1. Where is your cell phone?... Right by me I can't be without it!
12. Your fear?... Spiders and things that go bump in the night.
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? I would love to be a stay at home mom!!
14. Where were you last night?... Helping Nicole move.
23. Your computer?... I don't know it works and I like it!
25. Your mood?... Good but I don't want to clean house.
27. Your car?... 06 white Sonata, yahoo gas mileage!
29. Favorite Store?... I love Kohls & Ross & Dollar Tree!
30. Your summer?... Really fun but flew by!
33. Last time you laughed?... Reading other peoples blogs just now!
34. Last time you cried?... Last night when we left Nicole at BYU, you'd think I was the one being left.
Love the new background. And thanks for the tag! I love tags!
And what a cute post about Nicole. I love her. She is one of my favorite girls. She will do so well at BYU!


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Abuse includes neglect, sexual abuse, mental abuse, physical abuse and exploitation of a vulnerable adult.
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This afternoon I went to my brother's house and picked blackberries. I might be the only one crazy enough to climb into the blackberry bushes to get to the berries in the back. There is probably a good reason for this. My arms look like I tried to pick up a stray cat. A really angry, antisocial stray cat.
That's my best memories as a child. Picking blackberries, get scratched up going for all the best ones.
So excited to try the Blackberry/Mulberry jam. Thanks for sending it along!!

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text: This ultimate challenge is like Pilates on steroids! Only students who have consistently and successfully demonstrated the skills necessary for this class can advance to this level, where transitions and connections are key for flowing movement. And by flowing movement we mean elevated heart rate and sweat. Lots of sweat! You and your reformer will work in tandem, moving in whole body harmony. Set this class as your goal, and keep working toward it…you can do it!


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With the extension of the Great Northern Railroad over the Cascade Mountains in 1893, America’s heartland was linked to the West Coast and the markets of the Orient. John Maloney, a skilled wilderness traveler who helped locate the route, recognized the economic potential of local natural resources and staked a claim, founding the new community of Skykomish. Through World War II, the community thrived as a hub of railroad activity and as a service center on the Cascade Highway.
Both Skykomish’s railway depot and the first general store and post office are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Another interesting historic structure is the 1936 Skykomish School, built by the Works Progress Administration, which continues to be used for its original purpose. Railroad Avenue is lined with picturesque, false-front buildings with Victorian and Craftsman style details.
After a period in the 1980s when nearly half of the town’s identified historic resources were destroyed, citizens stepped forward to preserve significant structures that contribute to the special character of Skykomish. The Town established a Historic Commercial District and Design Review Board and created a landmark designation program. Landmark properties are eligible for tax advantages, loans, grants, and technical assistance.
Skykomish recently began a long-term planning process for fostering economic vitality by capitalizing on the town’s heritage and natural resources, balancing protection and growth. Several high school students, working with the Skykomish Historical Society have produced an award-winning documentary on the history of the community that serves to promote its unique heritage.


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Google’s Pixel lineup is to that company what Surface is to Microsoft. And Google has a lot of work to do to make its next Pixel handsets a more viable alternative to iPhone.
And yes, I’m aware that my opinion here is somewhat controversial. It seems that the entire Android fan base has decided that Google really nailed it with the first Pixel and Pixel XL. But I am comfortable with my position, which is outlined in my review of the Pixel XL. I have tons of experience with this device, and with virtually every iPhone ever made.
And the Pixel is lacking. Here are a few ideas for fixing it.
Offer bigger displays. One of the strangest things about the Pixel XL, in particular, is how small the 5.5-inch display appears next to other phablets, like the iPhone 7 Plus. My recommendation is to bump it up a notch, to 5.7 inches, matching the screen size of the Nexus 6P. Big screens are a premium feature, and a big area of smartphone growth in an otherwise flattening market.
Improve the camera. The Pixel/Pixel XL camera is superior to that in the iPhone 7 Plus is most respects, but there is still room for improvement. Key among these improvements are optical image stabilization—a very curious omission—and optical zoom capabilities of at least 2X-4X. I also recommend allowing for more aggressive HDR+ settings to match how the Nexus 6P worked.
Stereo speakers. Speaking of curious omissions, the Pixel and Pixel XL shipped in 2016 with a single mono speaker when the previous Nexus 6P had stereo speakers (as does the iPhone 7 Plus). Bring back stereo sound, Google.
Wireless charging. The Pixel does support fast charging, but not wireless charging. Surely it’s time for Google to put its backing behind a wireless charging standard and make this a default feature.
Waterproofing. Ever dunk your phone in a toilet? No? Then you’re lucky. But you shouldn’t have to be lucky, as waterproofing is a feature on most other flagship phones already.
Stop forking Android. Fragmentation is arguably Android’s biggest problem, but Google has made this situation even worse by putting a special Android version on Pixel that has unique Pixel-only features. This is a mistake. Like Surface, Pixel should be aspirational, and that means that everything it offers should be available on other Android devices too. And that includes the Android OS itself.
Improve Google Assistant. To make this personal assistant technology more useful and even necessary, it will need to improve a lot. To be fair, Google is doing that by allowing third parties to improve its intelligence with more skills. This can’t happen quickly enough.
Stop copying the iPhone. The Pixel and Pixel XL are among the blandest smartphones ever launched, and that they so closely ape the style of Apple’s iPhone should be an embarrassment to this company. I don’t have any thoughts on how Google should design its phone, but surely there are other ideas out there. Even Samsung, a perennial and pathological copier, has innovated with curved screens and other unique ideas.
Adjust the pricing. Google simply doesn’t have the pedigree to charge iPhone prices, and yet it does so with Pixel. Since I don’t see the firm stepping back from this particular cliff, I advise at least offering a mid-tier model as well so that non-one-percenters can afford a Pixel too. OK, a price cut would be even better.
To be clear, Google did get some aspects of the original Pixel handsets right. The rear-mounted fingerprint reader works quickly and accurately, and is easy to use. The Pixel displays are bright, contrasty and clear. The battery life seems excellent, and performance has been mostly good over time with little of the normal Android rot. It’s a good phone. It’s just not the best phone.
Maybe the next one will be.


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I’ve been denying myself joy, making excuses, and rationalizing it. Do you do that too?
Recently I wrote about letting go of what doesn’t serve you, and I’m breaking the cycle. Now.


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Much of my time these past few weeks has been spent on the Derby Trail, seeking the Derby winner -- and the Derby boxes. A difficult process to say the least. It's not every year a Smarty Jones falls into your lap.
Circumstances alter cases. A need for the price rule we are going to write about is the circumstance that alters much of what we have written about price rules in past articles.
Which horse will win 138th Kentucky Derby?
Louisville, KY (Sports Network) - Arkansas Derby winner Bodemeister and Union Rags head the field for Saturday's 138th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. The 1 1/4 mile race for three-year-olds is the first leg of racing's Triple Crown.
Louisville, KY (Sports Network) - A total of 21 horses have been entered for the 138th running of the Kentucky Derby, but only 20 will eventually go to the post on Saturday.
Louisville, KY (Sports Network) - Grace Hall, runner-up in last year's Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies, heads a field of 14 for Friday's $1 million Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs. The 1 1/8-mile race for three- year-old fillies is the companion event to the Kentucky Derby.
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith has been waiting seven years for the right horse to take him back to the winner's circle after riding in a Kentucky Derby. In 2005, Giacomo took the veteran rider home first for Smith's only win in the Run for the Roses.


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#414:Beau Goorey/LA Watch Works - Baselworld 2018 "Handmade"
On today's Handmade episode of LET THERE BE TALK my friend the Watch Master himself Beau Goorey of LOS ANGELES WATCH WORKS stops by and we discuss our favorite releases from this years Baselworld 2018.
This one is for all you Watch Nerds out there.
We talk Rolex,Patek Philippe,Omega and Tudor.
If you love watches and all things handmade tune in asap.
Today on LET THERE BE TALK my friend comedian Jim Florentine stops back by to talk all things Rock and Comedy.
Jim and I talk about his brand new book called "Everybody is Awful Except You" its out right now so get out there and pick this funny book up right away.
#412:Tommy Gelinas - Valley Relics Museum "Handmade"
On today's episode of LET THERE BE TALK i sit down with my friend Tommy Gelinas owner of the Valley Relics Museum.
The Valley Relics Museum is hands down one of the coolest places i've ever been. You wanna see a collection of all things cool this is the spot. It's a eclectic mix of all things Valley like BMX,FAST FOOD SIGNS,ROCK N ROLL,MALIBU GRAND PRIX,THE BAD NEWS BEARS and even Nudie Suits.
This episode was so much fun to do and think you will really dig this conversation.
On today's episode of LET THERE BE TALK my guest is the Guitar Legend George Lynch aka Mr Scary.
George stops by and gives an in-depth interview on all things George Lynch.
We talk Guitars,Car,Healthy Living,Music Biz and of course Dokken and Lynch Mob.
George has been a long time dream guest and i was very fired up to finally have this man on the show.
Also this podcast is brought to you by Spotify. You can now hear LET THERE BE TALK and other podcast on Spotify.
and talks Music,Acting,Directing and growing up in Sacramento.
"All Things Must Pass: The Rise and Fall of Tower Records"
Band Of Brothers,Dexter and Fargo.
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Ludt, K., Soppa, J. (2018) Influence of origin recognition complex proteins on the copy numbers of three chromosomes in Haloferax volcanii.
Ludwig, P., Huber, M., Lehr, M., Wegener, M., Zerulla, K., Lange, C., Soppa, J. (2018) Non-canonical Escherichia coli transcripts lacking a Shine-Dalgarno motif have very different translational efficiencies and do not form a coherent group. doi: .
Böttinger, B., Semmler, F., Zerulla, K., Ludt, K., Soppa, J. (2018) Regulated ploidy of Bacillus subtilis and three new isolates of Bacillus and Paenibacillus. , doi: 10.1093/femsle/fnx282.
Maurer, S., Ludt, K, Soppa, J. (2017) Characterization of copy number control of two Haloferax volcanii replication origins using deletion mutants and Haloarchaeal Artificial Chromosomes.
Soppa, J. (2017) Polyploidy and community struchture.
Lange, C., Lehr, M., Zerulla, K., Ludwig, P., Schweitzer, J., Polen, T., Wendisch, VF. and Soppa, J. (2017) Effects of Kasugamycin on the Translatome of Escherichia coli.
Wegener, M., Vogtmann, K., Huber, M., Laaß, S. and Soppa, J. (2016) The glpD gene is a novel reporter gene for E. coli that is superior to established reporter genes like lacZ and gusA.
Babski, J., Haas, KA., Näther-Schindler, D., Pfeiffer, F., Förstner, KU. et al. (2016) Genome-wide identification of transcriptional start sites in the haloarchaeon Haloferax volcanii based on differential RNA-Seq (dRNA-Seq).
Sutter, J.M., Tastensen, J.B., Johnsen, U., Soppa, J. and Schonheit, P. (2016) Key Enzymes of the Semiphosphorylative Entner-Doudoroff Pathway in the Haloarchaeon Haloferax volcanii: Characterization of Glucose Dehydrogenase, Gluconate Dehydratase, and 2-Keto-3-Deoxy-6-Phosphogluconate Aldolase.
Zerulla, K., Ludt, K. and Soppa, J. (2016) The ploidy level of Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 is highly variable and is influenced by growth phase and by chemical and physical external parameters.
Maier, L. K., Benz, J., Fischer, S., Alstetter, M., Jaschinski, K., Hilker, R., Becker, A., Allers, T., Soppa, J. and Marchfelder, A. (2015). Deletion of the Sm1 encoding motif in the lsm gene results in distinct changes in the transcriptome and enhanced swarming activity of Haloferax cells. .
Soppa, J. (2014). Polyploidy in Archaea and Bacteria: About desiccation resistance, giant cell size, long-term survival, enforcement by a eukaryotic host and additional aspects. J. .
Jaakkola, ST., Zerulla, K., Guo, Q., Liu, Y., Ma, H., Yang, C., Bamford, DH., Chen, X., Soppa, J. and Oksanen, HM. (2014) Halophilic archaea cultivated from surface sterilized middle-late eocene rock salt are polyploidy. .
Zerulla, K., Baumann, A. and Soppa, J. (2014). Cell Cycle and Polyploidy in Haloarchaea. In: Genetics and Genomics of Halophiles, eds. R.T. Papke and A. Oren (Horizon Scientific Press) 146-166.
Zerulla, K., Soppa, J. (2014) Polyploidy in haloarchaea: advantages for growth and survival.
Babski, J., Maier, L-K., Heyer, R., Jaschinski, K., Prasse, D., Jäger, D., Randau, L., Schmitz, RA., Marchfelder, A., Soppa, J. (2014) Small regulatory RNAs in Archaea.
Kramer, P., Gäbel, K., Pfeiffer, F., Soppa, J. (2014) Haloferax volcanii, a prokaryotic species that does not use the Shine Dalgarno mechanism for translation initiation at 5‘-UTRs.
Zerulla, K., Chimileski, S., Näther, D., Gophna, U., Papke, RT., Soppa, J. (2014) DNA as a phosphate storage polymer and the alternative advantages of polyploidy for growth or survival.
Jaschinski, K., Babski, J., Lehr, M., Burmester, A., Benz, J., Heyer, R., Dörr, M., Marchfelder, A., Soppa, J. (2014) Generation and phenotyping of a collection of sRNA gene deletion mutants of the haloarchaeon Haloferax volcanii.
Gäbel, K., Schmitt, J., Schulz, S., Näther, D., Soppa, J. (2013) A comprehensive analysis of the importance of translation initiation factors for Haloferax volcanii applying deletion and conditional depletion mutants.
Pedro-Loig, L., Lange, C., Bonete, MJ., Soppa, J., Maupin-Furlow, J. (2013) Nitrogen Regulation of protein-protein interactions and transcript levels of GlnK PII regulator and AmtB ammonium transporter homologs in Archaea.
Soppa, J. (2013) Evolutionary advantages of polyploidy in halophilic archaea.
Heyer, R., Dörr, M., Jellen-Ritter, A., Späth, B., Babski, J., Jaschinski, K., Soppa, J., Marchfelder, A. (2012) High throughput sequencing reveals a plethora of small RNAs including tRNA derived fragments in Haloferax volcanii.
Wurm, J.P., Griese, M., Bahr, U., Held, M., Heckel, A., Karas, M., Soppa, J., Wöhnert, J. (2012) Identification of the enzyme responsible for N1-methylation of pseudouridine 54 of archaeal tRNAs.
Soppa, J. (2011) Functional genomic and advanced genetic studies reveal novel insights into the metabolism, regulation, and biology of Haloferax volcanii.
Griese, M., Lange, C., Soppa, J.(2011) Ploidy in cyanobacteria.
Babski, J., Tjaden, B., Voss, B., Jellen-Ritter, A., Marchfelder, A., Hess, W., Soppa, J. (2011)Bioinformatic prediction and experimental verification of RNAs in the haloarchaeon Haloferax volcanii.
Jantzer, K., Zerulla, K., Soppa, J. (2011) Phenotyping in the archaea: optimization of growth parameters and analysis of mutants of Haloferax volcanii.
Lange C., Zerulla K., Breuert S., Soppa, J.(2011) Gene conversion results in the equalization of genome copies in the polyploid Haloarchaeon Haloferax volcanii.
Pecoraro, V., Zerulla, K., Lange, C., Soppa, J. (2011) Quantification of ploidy in proteobacteria revealed the existence of monoploid, (mero-) oligoploid and polyploid species.
Fischer, S., Benz, J., Spath, B., Jellen-Ritter, A., Heye,r R., Dorr, M., Maier, L.K., Menzel-Hobeck, C., Lehr, M.,Jantzer, K., Babski, J., Soppa, J., Marchfelder, A. (2011) Regulatory RNAs in Haloferax volcanii.
Soppa, J. (2011) Initiation and regulation of translation in halophilic archaea. In: Halophiles and hypersaline environments. Ventosa, A., Oren A., Ma, Y.H. (edt.) Springer Berlin, p. 191-205.
Soppa, J.(2011) Ploidy and gene conversion in Archaea.
Hildenbrand, C., Stock, T., Lange, C., Rother, M., Soppa, J. (2011) Genome copy numbers andgene conversion in methanogenic archaea.
Schmitz-Streit, R., Jäger, D., Jellen-Ritter, A., Babski, J., Soppa, J., Marchfelder, A. (2011) Archaea employ small RNAs as regulators. In: Regulatory RNAs in prokaryotes. Hess, W.R., Marchfelder, A. (edt.) Springer Berlin, p. 131-145.
Fischer, S., Benz, J., Spath, B., Maier, LK., Straub, J., Granzow, M., Raabe, M., Urlaub, H., Hoffmann, J., Brutschy, B., Allers, T., Soppa, J., Marchfelder, A. (2010) The archaeal Lsm protein binds to small RNAs.
Eichler, J., Maupin-Furlow, J., Soppa, J. (2010) Archaeal protein biogenesis: posttranslational modification and degradation. Archaea 2010.
Soppa, J. (2010) Protein acetylation in archaea, bacteria, and eukaryotes.Archaea 2010.
Kopitz, A., Soppa, J., Hauser, K. (2010) Analysis of a hybrid TATA box binding protein originating from mesophilic and thermophilic donor organisms.
Sisignano, M., Morbitzer, D., Gatgens, J., Oldiges, M., Soppa, J. (2010) A 2-oxoacid dehydrogenase complex of Haloferax volcanii is essential for growth on isoleucine but not on other branched-chain amino acids. .
Johnsen, U., Dambeck, M., Zaiß, H., Fuhrer, T., Soppa, J., Sauer, U., Schönheit, P. (2009) D-xylose degradation pathway in the halophilic archaeonHaloferax volcanii.
Kopitz, A., Soppa, J., Krejtschi, C., Hauser, K. (2009) Differential stability of TATA box binding proteins from archaea with different optimal growth temperatures.
Straub, J., Brenneis, M., Jellen-Ritter, A., Heyer, R., Soppa, J., Marchfelder, A. (2009) Small RNAs in haloarchaea: Identification, differential expression and biological function.
Hering, O., Brenneis, M., Beer, J., Suess, B., Soppa, J. (2009) A novel mechanism for translation initiation operates in haloarchaea.
Brenneis, M., Soppa, J.(2009) Regulation of translation in haloarchaea: 5?- and 3?-UTRs are essential and have to functionally interact in vivo.
Soppa, J., Straub, J., Brenneis, M., Jellen-Ritter, A., Heyer, R., Fischer, S., Granzow, M., Voss, B., Hess, W., Tjaden, B., Marchfelder, A. (2009) Small RNAs of the halophilic archaeon Haloferax volcanii.
Huber, H, Soppa, J. (2008) Gene regulation and genome function in Archaea: a progress survey.
Pfeiffer, F., Schuster, S., Broicher, A., Falb, M., Palm, P., Rodeward, K., Ruepp, A., Soppa, J., Tittor, J., Oesterhelt, D. (2008) Genome sequences ofHalobacterium salinarum: a reply.
Hammelmann, M., Soppa, J. (2008) Optimized generation of vectors for the construction of Haloferax volcanii deletion mutants. J. Microbiol. Methods75, 201-204.
Soppa, J., Baumann, A., Brenneis, M., Dambeck, M., Hering, O., Lange, C. (2008) Genomics and functional genomics with halophilic Archaea. Arch Microbiol 190, 197-215.
Dambeck, M., Soppa, J. (2008) Characterization of a Haloferax volcaniimember of the enolase superfamily: deletion mutant construction, expression analysis, and transcriptome comparison.
Pfeiffer, F., Schuster, S., Broicher, A., Falb, M., Palm, P., Rodeward, K., Ruepp, A., Soppa, J., Tittor, J., and Oesterhelt, D. (2008) Evolution in the laboratory: the genome of Halobacterium salinarum strain R1 as compared to strain NRC-1.
Zaparty, M., Zaigler, A., Stamme, C., Soppa, J., Hensel, R., and Siebers, B. (2008) DNA microarray analysis of the central carbohydrate metabolism: glycolytic / gluconeogenetic carbon switch in the hyperthermophilic crenarchaeum of Thermoproteus tenax.
Lange, C., Zaigler, A., Hammelmann, M., Twellmeyer, J., Raddatz, G., Schuster, S., Oesterhelt, D., and Soppa, J. (2007) Genome-wide analysis of growth phase-dependent translational and transcriptional regulation in halophilic archaea.
Brenneis, M., Hering, O., Lange, C., and Soppa, J. (2007) Experimental characterization of cis-acting elements important for translation and transcription in halophilic Archaea.
Large, A., Stamme, C., Lange, C., Duan, Z., Allers, T., Soppa, J., and Lund, P. A. (2007) Characterization of a tightly controlled promoter of the halophilic archaeon Haloferax volcanii and its use in the analysis of the essential cct1 gene.
Twellmeyer, J., Wende, A., Wolfertz, J., Pfeiffer, F., Panhuysen, M., Zaigler, A., Soppa, J., Welzl, G., and Oesterhelt, D. (2007) Microarray Analysis in the Archaeon Halobacterium salinarum Strain R1.
Hundt, S., Zaigler, A., Lange, C., Soppa, J., and Klug, G. (2007) Global analysis of mRNA decay in Halobacterium salinarum NRC-1 at single-gene resolution using DNA microarrays.
van Ooyen, J., and Soppa, J. (2007) Three 2-oxoacid dehydrogenase operons in Haloferax volcanii: expression, deletion mutants and evolution.
Baumann, A., Lange, C. and Soppa, J. (2007) Transcriptome changes and cAMP oscillations in an archaeal cell cycle.
Breuert, S., Allers, T., Spohn, G. and Soppa, J. (2006) Regulated polyploidy in halophilic archaea.
Soppa, J. (2006) From genomes to function: haloarchaea as model organisms.
Soppa, J. (2005) From replication to cultivation: hot news from Haloarchaea.
Zaigler, A., Schuster, S.C. and Soppa, J. (2003) Construction and usage of a onefold-coverage shotgun DNA microarray to characterize the metabolism of the archaeon Haloferax volcanii.
Herrmann, U. and Soppa, J. (2002) Cell cycle-dependent expression of an essential SMC-like protein and dynamic chromosome localization in the archaeon Halobacterium salinarum.
Soppa, J., Kobayashi, K., Noirot-Gros, M.F., Oesterhelt, D., Ehrlich, S.D., Dervyn, E., Ogasawara, N. and Moriya, S. (2002) Discovery of two novel families of proteins that are proposed to interact with prokaryotic SMC proteins, and characterization of the Bacillus subtilis family members ScpA and ScpB.
Mascarenhas, J., Soppa, J., Strunnikov, A.V. and Graumann, P.L. (2002) Cell cycle-dependent localization of two novel prokaryotic chromosome segregation and condensation proteins in Bacillus subtilis that interact with SMC protein.
Wanner, C. and Soppa, J. (2002) Functional role for a 2-oxo acid dehydrogenase in the halophilic archaeon Haloferax volcanii.
Soppa, J. (2001) Basal and regulated transcription in archaea.
Soppa, J. (2001) Prokaryotic structural maintenance of chromosomes (SMC) proteins: distribution, phylogeny, and comparison with MukBs and additional prokaryotic and eukaryotic coiled-coil proteins.
Wanner, C. and Soppa, J. (1999) Genetic identification of three ABC transporters as essential elements for nitrate respiration in Haloferax volcanii.
Soppa, J. (1999) Transcription initiation in Archaea: facts, factors and future aspects.
Soppa, J. (1999) Normalized nucleotide frequencies allow the definition of archaeal promoter elements for different archaeal groups and reveal base-specific TFB contacts upstream of the TATA box.
Patenge, N. and Soppa, J. (1999) Extensive proteolysis inhibits high-level production of eukaryal G protein-coupled receptors in the archaeon Haloferax volcanii.
Soppa, J., Vatter, P., Ruepp, A., Zur Mühlen, A. and Link, T.A. (1998) Regulation of gene expression in Halobacterium salinarum: The arcRACB gene cluster and the TATA box-binding protein. Microbiology and Biogeochemistry of Hypersaline Environments. Edited by Aharon Oren.CRC press, 249-263.
Soppa, J. (1998) Optimization of the 5-bromo-2 '-deoxyuridine selection and its application for the isolation of nitrate respiration-deficient mutants ofHaloferax volcanii. J Microbiol Meth, 34, 41-48.
Ruepp, A., Wanner, G. and Soppa, J. (1998) A 71-kDa protein fromHalobacterium salinarium belongs to a ubiquitous P-loop ATPase superfamily with head-rod-tail structure.
Soppa, J. and Link, T.A. (1997) The TATA-box-binding protein (TBP) ofHalobacterium salinarum. Cloning of the tbp gene, heterologous production of TBP and folding of TBP into a native conformation.
Sohlemann, P., Soppa, J., Oesterhelt, D. and Lohse, M.J. (1997) Expression of beta 2-adrenoceptors in halobacteria.
Ruepp, A. and Soppa, J. (1996) Fermentative arginine degradation inHalobacterium salinarium (formerly Halobacterium halobium): genes, gene products, and transcripts of the arcRACB gene cluster.
Danner, S. and Soppa, J. (1996) Characterization of the distal promoter element of halobacteria in vivo using saturation mutagenesis and selection.
Ruepp, A., Muller, H.N., Lottspeich, F. and Soppa, J. (1995) Catabolic ornithine transcarbamylase of Halobacterium halobium (salinarium): purification, characterization, sequence determination, and evolution.
Soppa, J. (1994) Compilation of halobacterial protein-coding genes, the halobacterial codon usage table and its use. Syst Appl Microbiol, 16, 725-733.
Soppa, J. (1994) Sequence comparison doesnot support an evolutionary link between halobacterial retinal proteins including bacteriorhodopsin and eukariotic G-protein-coupled receptors.
Soppa, J., Duschl, J. and Oesterhelt, D. (1993) Bacterioopsin, haloopsin, and sensory opsin I of the halobacterial isolate Halobacterium sp. strain SG1: three new members of a growing family.
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Following the successful launch of its battery look-up website, Manbat Ltd has introduced the second phase of its development plan and added a new trade login area, which will provide factors, workshops and fleet operators with a specific section that will give them access to additional information, such as fitting instructions and product related data.
and users simply need to enter the registration number of the vehicle in question into the search box and the site will use a sophisticated VRM look-up database to locate the correct car and provide access to its vehicle-specific details.
This information naturally includes the exact specification of the battery for which it is designed, and therefore provides an absolute assurance the battery is the precise replacement the vehicle manufacturer has specified for that model.
By creating an account, which is completely free, users can login and access other helpful information such as battery specification sheets, as well as battery handling information and do’s and don’ts when it comes to batteries both installed on a vehicle and stored in a warehouse.
Naturally, the look-up portal links in with the main Manbat website from where users can find out more about any aspect of the business including its UK branch network and sister companies that operate in Europe.
It also contains a raft of information concerning the brands the company distributes and the alternative sectors those brands cater for. This is particularly useful for those exploring the option of expanding their offering to include other sectors such as leisure or marine, where the profit margin is substantially greater than it is in the ultra competitive world of automotive and commercial vehicle batteries.
In addition to the VRM look-up, the site allows users to find the correct battery replacement motorcycles and light commercial vehicles, as well as passenger cars, via two alternative routes, should the registration number for some reason not be available. The first is through the vehicle’s own specific identification or VIN number, which it then links through to the database in the same way as the VRM search, the second is a vehicle search menu.
Here, users have an easy and intuitive suite of drop-down boxes to locate the vehicle in the shortest possible number of selections. Both routes allow them to make the identification process extremely quick, while maintaining the accuracy they need.
Manbat Ltd, the UK’s largest automotive battery distributor and leading member of ECOBAT’s battery distribution division, has shed light on the subject of just why AGM battery sales in the aftermarket have not mirrored their original equipment (OE) presence in the current vehicle parc.
In his recent seminar presentation made to visitors at Automechanika Birmingham, Manbat’s technical manager, John Bentley explained that although vehicles fitted with a Stop-Start function, officially known as micro hybrids, have driven the development of firstly, the absorbed glass matt (AGM) battery and latterly, the enhanced flooded battery (EFB), the replacement market has not grown accordingly.
This anomaly ultimately comes down to two factors: first, the quality of the batteries that have been designed for micro hybrid applications and second, the driver’s ability to override the Stop-Start system.
Addressing the first point, when the micro hybrid vehicle was being developed, the technology employed in the typical starter, lighting and ignition (SLI) battery that had been, and still is, used in traditional applications, was simply not designed to cope with the 20-30,000 engine starts the vehicle manufacturers (VMs) anticipated these vehicles would have to make over a four-year term. To put this into context, AGM batteries have approximately three times the cyclic (charge/recharge/charge) life of a typical SLI battery, while an EFB has double the lifespan.
Therefore, the growth in the sale of AGM/EFB batteries in the aftermarket should be clearly evident, as many micro hybrids are four years old or more and, in addition, as 70% of vehicles manufactured since last year fall into the micro hybrid classification, the growth curve should continue to rise steeply.
However, instead of reflecting the growth in their OE fitment, aftermarket sales across Europe have been pitiful and the reason simply comes back to the number of starts the batteries are designed to cope with, which is where the second factor comes into play.
In common with many of the driver aids now incorporated into contemporary vehicle design, the driver can deactivate the Stop-Start function. So while the system is designed to benefit them, the truth is, most don’t like the idea of being without complete control and so switch it off.
As a result, instead of the engine stopping when the vehicle comes to a halt and restarting as it needs to pull away, the engine remains running. Therefore, instead of making the multiple engine starts the battery is designed to undertake on a typical journey, it may only make one and the obvious consequence is that these batteries do not need to be replaced because they are not coming to the end of their design life.
The light on the horizon for the aftermarket however comes first in the fact that as drivers become more comfortable with driver assistance systems, they are less likely to override them and second, it is likely that legislation will dictate that second generation Stop-Start systems will not be able to be deactivated. The logical outcome is therefore that these vehicles should need a battery replacement within the VM’s original four-year timeframe, which means factors and their workshop customers need to have a battery partner that is able to supply the high quality replacements they need, when they need them, a forte that Manbat has provided for more than 50 years.
In order to develop this philosophy still further, Manbat now offers its own Manbat ‘Connect + Reset’ battery validation tool, which allows technicians to put the company’s advice into practice and correctly install batteries.
Automechanika Frankfurt in September will be the venue for the first official appearance of ECOBAT Battery Technologies (hall 4.1 stand C50), a new company that has been formed from the consolidation of three independent businesses operating within the ECOBAT Technologies Group. ECOBAT Battery Technologies is therefore an entirely new entity, which is able to offer a unique and comprehensive battery service across Europe.
The three consolidated businesses all have an enviable heritage and superb reputation within their home markets and in the case of Manbat, that heritage, which began in 1952, enabled the company to establish itself as the UK’s largest battery distributor and the country’s sole supplier of Lucas batteries, with a 12 branch network offering a truly national service. Now brought together under a single European identity these businesses are able to benefit their existing customers and influence the far wider market, in a way they would not have been able as individuals.
The establishment of ECOBAT Battery Technologies is a strategic development that makes the entity Europe’s number one battery partner, offering a four-fold service from product conception, design and construction, to its regional and local circulation and end of life collection. In the process it is able to provide the most suitable solution for every aspect of the aftermarket battery supply business and demonstrate the power of partnership with its existing and future customers.
Alongside the very best in customer service, ECOBAT Battery Technologies is able to back up its offering with the brands that provide the opportunities that workshops need to develop their battery related business and with premium quality products that give their customers complete confidence. Prominent in its portfolio is Lucas, a brand widely recognised across the continent and offering huge potential for future growth.
Environmental responsibilities are, quite correctly, a reality for all sectors of industry and the aftermarket is no different. Therefore, this is another area in which ECOBAT Battery Technologies can make a positive difference by providing a truly European closed-loop recycling service that takes care of all the waste management requirements for the workshop and ensures the most environmentally sensitive outcome for battery disposal.
As a result of these combined elements and the consolidation of the successful existing businesses, ECOBAT Battery Technologies is able to offer the European aftermarket a positive and unique solution that sets new standards across a wide range of requirements and delivers quality products and a level of service that will make a genuine difference to its customers and the profitability of their businesses.
Successful businesses are built on solid and dependable relationships that allow them to develop and grow. ECOBAT Battery Technologies has made partnership a foundation principle at the heart of its business ethos. Developing partnership is central in its relationship with its product suppliers, with recycling specialists and of course, with its customers. These partnerships provide the environment to power business growth and define ‘the power of partnership’.
Manbat, the UK’s largest automotive battery distributor, has had a successful, long-term distribution relationship with premium quality original equipment (OE) brand VARTA® for more than 30 years.
VARTA provides the ideal solution for every conceivable automotive and commercial vehicle battery requirement and with its automotive orientated Dynamic range caters for everything from the super-mini with lower energy demands, to the highly equipped luxury car and SUV that requires a premium battery that delivers consistently high performance. The combination of high quality batteries and excellent customer service makes the Manbat/VARTA partnership a formidable aftermarket team.
The range starts with the Black Dynamic, which offers a reliable and trustworthy choice for the standard car with typical energy requirements. It is competitively priced and includes Labyrinth lid technology, which provides safe gas discharge and is more resistant to leaks for an extra safe and maintenance free battery. In common with the rest of the Dynamic range, the Black contains PowerFrame® grid plates, which deliver extremely efficient energy transfer and therefore, reliable cold cranking power and long-term performance. This comprehensive range comes in 40Ah to 90Ah capacities and is ideal for smaller cars.
The Blue Dynamic ups the game by refining extra starting power for dependable performance over a longer time period. Available from 40Ah to 95Ah capacity, the Blue Dynamic benefits from a clean manufacturing process, which uses 20% less energy and causes 20% less air pollution, making it a particularly environmentally friendly choice.
The top of the range Silver Dynamic provides extra power and premium performance, with exceptional starting power that meets the toughest energy demands without compromise. Available in capacities from 52Ah to 110Ah and incorporating its renowned expertise with the latest technology, VARTA has been able to produce a battery that provides the ultimate solution for vehicles with high power demands.
For vehicles that incorporate a start-stop function (micro-hybrids), which since last year, make up the bulk of Europe’s automotive production, VARTA has two additional batteries in the Dynamic range; the Blue Dynamic EFB, which provides the ideal solution for small to medium sized start-stop enabled cars without regenerative braking technology and the Silver Dynamic AGM, that delivers exceptional performance for the most powerful and highly equipped start-stop enabled cars.
In detail, the Blue Dynamic EFB (enhanced flooded battery) is specially designed to manage the stresses associated with continuous discharge and recharge cycles of the engine. The battery delivers a consistently elevated performance for highly equipped cars and produces twice the extended cycle life compared to a conventional battery, which is suitable for cars with higher than normal energy demands and entry level start-stop enabled cars.
The absorbent glass mat (AGM) technology incorporated into the Silver Dynamic AGM, is designed to allow it to handle the rigorous electrical loads required in cars that include premium features such as regenerative braking. The battery delivers exceptional performance due to its internal material, which is permeable and holds the battery’s acid like a sponge to ensure constant contact between the plates and the absorbed electrolyte. The battery offers up to three times the extended cycle life compared to a conventional battery and is also designed to ensure the battery will not leak, even in the unlikely circumstance the battery case is broken.
Alongside quality products, outstanding customer service and unrivalled availability, Manbat also offers a refined scrap battery service. The package includes scrap storage bins, regular collections and the complete recycling process, as well as help with setting up the initial paperwork to ensure the legal waste disposal requirements are fully satisfied.
Manbat, the UK’s largest automotive battery distributor, has had a long and successful distribution relationship with premium brand, VARTA®, for more than 30 years. With a century’s worth of knowledge and expertise behind the brand, VARTA batteries provide the ideal solution for every conceivable battery need, including the top of the range VARTA Promotive EFB.
This battery is specifically designed for high performance commercial vehicles (CVs) and can endure a high number of charge, discharge, charge ‘cycles’ during its lifetime. Its construction overcomes a common problem associated with deep cycle applications, as it includes an acid circulator that counteracts acid stratification and keeps the acid density consistent, which enhances charge acceptance and ultimately, increases the longevity of the battery.
One of the primary benefits of this technology to fleet managers, is a significant reduction in the potential down time of their fleets, as the VARTA Promotive EFB will reliably power the vehicle, even under the most arduous conditions, so they will not encounter battery problems when in service. In addition, its construction will provide a longer life cycle when compared to a conventional battery.
Originally founded as Manchester Batteries in 1952, Manbat Ltd is a business committed to providing its customers with top quality products that are backed up by exceptional customer service. As a result of these combined strengths, and its 60-year plus aftermarket heritage, Manbat has an unrivalled reputation as the UK’s premier automotive and commercial vehicle power storage product supplier and service provider.
Manbat Ltd, the UK’s largest automotive battery distributor and leading member of ECOBAT’s battery distribution division, is the company behind the respected Numax brand.
Numax has an established reputation for quality and is a prominent brand within the caravan and motorhome community, with thousands of enthusiasts already reliant on its combination of performance, dependability and value.
“In order to ensure the Numax range provides the ideal solution across the full spectrum of possible applications, the entire range has been completely revamped to raise its overall capabilities to match or exceed the highest requirements recognised by the industry,” Marketing Manager, Myles Pemberton explained.
“The obvious industry standard to use to benchmark the revamp is the NCC’s Verified Leisure Battery Scheme because it is has been specifically designed to provide transparency for the leisure battery marketplace and help consumers select a product that’s right for them.
“In addition to conforming to these independent standards, the range now comes in three clearly defined bands, providing a good, better, best progression, which reflects the requirements of individuals across the leisure market.
“The LV range consists of two models, the 75 ampere hour (Ah) 22MF and the 110Ah 30MF, both of which are NCC category C rated.
“For those that need a battery offering more in the way of cyclic capability, the DC range provides the answer. Beginning with the 80Ah 24MF, which is NCC category C rated, the three remaining models are category B rated.
“The ‘crème de la crème’ of the range comes in the form of the dual purpose XD series: the XDC, which offers extra cyclic performance and is defined by their striking yellow tops, and the super cyclic performance orientated XDT, which features tubular plates and boasts the ability to deliver up to 1,000 plus cycles.
“The 80Ah 24MF is the best performing battery available in its size, although due to the constraints of its case, it cannot be rated above category C. The 95Ah 27MF and 105Ah 31MF in contrast have the potential of category A ratings.
“At 115Ah, the XDT 30MF is category A rated and features both leisure and canal boat imagery, as it is designed for use in high demand environments such as narrow boats and other equivalent performance orientated applications.

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George Hull worked as a teacher and as a principal for forty years in Etobicoke. He had the rare ability to bring out the best in those around him. Dr. Clive Chamberlain, founding Executive Director of the Centre, and Michael Syron, founding Chair of the Board of Directors, were both former pupils of George Hull.
When seeking a name for this new children’s mental health centre in 1985, Mr. Syron indicated that they wanted a person who was distinguished but not a headliner. George Hull was a man who worked quietly and effectively all his life with young people in schools and on Saturday mornings on basketball courts.
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(Kitco News) - Analysts say Newmont Mining Corp.’s (NYSE: NEM) planned acquisition of Goldcorp Inc. (TSX: G, NYSE: GG) could spur additional interest in the new company’s shares from institutional investors since it will become the largest gold producer in the world.
This will make Newmont Goldcorp – the name of the merged company, assuming it gets all of the necessary approvals – the “go-to” firm for investors who want exposure to the gold market through a mining stock. Still, one observer expressed mixed feelings about the freshly announced deal since it limits the choices of mining stocks for investors in general.
David Morgan, publisher of the Morgan Report, issued an alert in which he said he wasn’t “particularly favorable” to the deal but said the merger does create a leading primary producer with a deep pipeline of organic growth opportunities.
“This should become the go-to gold investment vehicle over Barrick Gold as it has better geographic diversity with 35%-40%…of production sourced from North America,” Morgan said.
The bulk of Newmont Goldcorp’s mines will be in countries considered to be mining-friendly jurisdictions, which makes this company less risky politically than the Barrick-Randgold merger, Morgan told Kitco News in an interview.
Acadia Mining – which is majority owned by Barrick – has been in a long-running tax dispute with Tanzania. After its merger with Randgold Resources Ltd., one of Barrick’s major mines is also in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where companies have had run-ins with the government in recent years.
Newmont Goldcorp’s overall production should increase in the future given Goldcorp’s numerous Canadian projects, Morgan said.
Morgan is not a major fan of the increased number of mergers in general, but he did not have any specific criticism of the Goldcorp-Newmont deal.
Meanwhile, Credit Suisse updated an early-morning first reaction to the merger on Monday afternoon. Analysts noted that a conference call by company officials was “light on details” regarding an estimated $100 million in annual pre-tax synergies and an expected $1 billion to $1.5 billion in divestments.
Still, Credit Suisse said that the deal “makes sense to us” from the perspective of Newmont.
The status as the world’s biggest gold miner likely would mean increased interest by institutional investors, Credit Suisse said in its original note.
“NEM [Newmont] is also acquiring GG [Goldcorp] shares at decade lows and should be able to improve operations at GG’s mines given its strong/consistent track record,” Credit Suisse stated.
The main issue could be shareholder approval by Goldcorp stockholders, Credit Suisse added, although noting that the merger is likely to get the necessary votes.
“It will come down to whether GG [Goldcorp] shareholders look at the ABX [Barrick] no-premium deal [with Randgold] as the benchmark, in which case they will view the Newmont deal as attractive, or whether they look at historical GG share price and view the deal as selling at the bottom,” Credit Suisse said.

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It’s time for our roundup of E3 2018 that just took place in Los Angeles. This year, the major publishers all eagerly announced ambitious projects, many of which are slated for release in the next two to three years, so the teasers sometimes contained little in the way of concrete information. But other games gave us plenty of gameplay and visuals to sink our teeth into, so that’s what we’ll focus on today. Here are the biggest projects from the expo that we can’t wait to play.
The events of Assassin’s Creed Odyssey take place in Greece in the 5th century B.C. The main hero (or heroine — you can now choose your character’s gender) — is a Spartan mercenary who travels all over the Aegean Sea and the Peloponnesian peninsula. Your goal is to earn fame and to uncover the secrets of your family, who once sentenced you to death.
Dialogue in Odyssey will give the player a choice of responses. Sea battles will be returning, and on land you will be able to take part in both minor scuffles and real battles. The game will take a decisive step away from the “action + adventure” formula towards RPG gameplay.
But while you’re gearing up for your journey to Ancient Greece, we recommend paying a visit to Ancient Egypt in Assassin’s Creed Origins. You can play it in full HD with high quality graphics on the Playkey.net platform, without worrying about your hardware.
Beyond Good & Evil 2 is on a much larger scale than the first instalment, which came out way back in 2003. The new game is being touted as a prequel, but Jade and Pey’j from the original are definitely going to be in it. You will explore a huge world as the captain of a crew of space pirates where you can choose to play solo or in a group. Ubisoft loves talking about the seamless multiplayer and the randomly generated elements on the surfaces of planets, but so far there’s no information about the story of BGE 2.
Possibly the biggest thing that happened at E3 2018 was the cinematic trailer for Cyberpunk 2077 and the showing of the hour-long demo behind closed doors. The new RPG from CD Projekt RED is based on the pen-and-paper game Cyberpunk 2020 and will offer a first-person perspective, setting it apart from The Witcher 3 (but players will be able to switch to third person when driving, for example).
The name Cyberpunk 2077 tells us when the game takes place, and the setting is Night City, a city on the U.S. West Coast with a sky-high crime rate. You’ll play as a mercenary, taking on jobs that would prove lethal for ordinary citizens. You can select your gender, modify your appearance, and choose a back story. Implants that greatly expand your abilities (i.e. stopping time) come in handy on missions.
Cyberpunk 2077 has already been the target of online criticism for its eye-popping neon version of Night City, and has been unfavorably called an FPS. The Polish developers continue to insist that the final game will be a fully-fledged RPG (and without multiplayer, at least initially). And the first previews seem to confirm this.
Control is a new TPS from Remedy Entertainment, widely known for Max Payne, Alan Wake, and Quantum Break. You’ll find yourself in New York in the Federal Bureau of Control, a secret organization that protects humanity against supernatural threats. The whole game will take place within the FBC building. After an inexplicable incident, all objects in the building, from guns to offices, have begun to change shape. The advanced physics and destructible environments will be key gameplay elements.
After a long gap, Capcom has returned to its hack-and-slash series Devil May Cry. The fifth instalment will be a direct follow-on from the fourth. Now the Japanese developers are focusing attention on Nero from Devil May Cry 4. He no longer has his demonic arm (Devil Bringer) so he has to replace it with prostheses painstakingly made by his assistant Nico. Each prosthesis expands Nero’s range of abilities and varies the gameplay. Dante will also be returning, but Capcom is keeping the name of the third character close to its chest — probably so they can reveal it at Gamescom in August.
id Software executive producer Marty Stratton and creative director Hugo Martin, who created the unforgettable Doom in 2016, are now heading the development of Doom Eternal. Just Like in Doom 2: Hell on Earth, the action will take place on Earth. The game will include familiar monsters alongside new ones. Australian composer Mick Gordon will once again create the soundtrack. id Software will be presenting gameplay footage at QuakeCon in two months’ time.
Fallout 76 is an online-only game about surviving in the wilderness of West Virginia. Bethesda won’t stop players from choosing single-player mode, but playing in a group will improve your chances of survival. But you don’t lose all your progress when you die, so it’s worth at least giving the solo campaign a try.
You won’t meet any NPCs in Fallout 76 — this time around, all the survivors in the wasteland will be real people. You’ll be able to build a house, search for resources, slaughter monsters… and launch nuclear missiles — so you’ll never be bored.
In Fallout 76, the world is four times larger than the map in Fallout 4, and the story is a prequel to the entire series. The game takes place 25 years after the bombs fell.
Avalanche Studios is working on three big titles right now — Rage 2, Generation Zero, and Just Cause 4. That’s right, the bullet-proof special agent Rico Rodriguez is coming back, and we don’t have long to wait. The developers have said that we can look forward to the following features in the new action game: a vast world with different landscapes, massive tornadoes, and improved destructibility, physics, and AI enemies. And, of course, Rico’s arsenal will be expanded — his grappling hook will be better than ever.
In Metro: Exodus, Artyom, his wife Anna, and their comrades-in-arms will try to cross Russia from west to east on the train Aurora. The post-nuclear country is divided into several major zones that you can explore in a branching rather than linear plot. 4A Games showed one of these levels at E3 — the refugees from the Moscow metro coming up against tough cultists as they cross the Volga river.
Since Capcom announced it was remaking Resident Evil 2 for current platforms three years ago, it hasn’t let slip a single word about the project. It clearly hoped to wow fans with not even five minutes of finished gameplay to show. And it did — RE 2 made as big an impression as Cyberpunk 2077 and Death Stranding. The remake is based on the same engine as Resident Evil 7, but the fixed camera has been swapped out for the over-the-shoulder view typical of the recent instalments in the series. The goal is the same — to help Leon Kennedy and Claire Redfield to get out of the zombie-infested Raccoon City.
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is the new action RPG with a dash of mysticism from the creators of Dark Souls and Bloodborne. The action unfolds in feudal Japan. The main character is the bodyguard of a clan leader, who must rescue a kidnapped lord. The character has an interesting anatomical feature: a prosthesis instead of a left arm, which can function as a grappling hook, among other things. This allows the character to climb onto roofs and attack unsuspecting enemies.
In Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Lara Croft will explore the jungles and tombs of Mexico and Peru. Some gameplay features, not presented in the Rise of the Tomb Raider will appear in the new game, such as free exploration of underwater locations. Miss Croft will also learn how to lower herself over ledges using a rope, allowing her study her surroundings in detail.
The story of Shadow of the Tomb Raider centers on the Mayan apocalypse, set into motion by our beautiful protagonist. She is once again competing with the Trinity organization in her hunt for antiquities.
Skull & Bones is an ambitious multiplayer project from Ubisoft about 18th-century pirates in the Indian Ocean. A major difference between this and the recent Sea of Thieves is that each player has their own ship to control.
At E3, the French publisher talked about their Hunting Grounds mode, which is a mix of PvE and PvP. You can also launch solo raids on AI merchant ships, but cooperating with another player is the best approach when dealing with a well-armed government vessel. Just keep in mind that your new friend can raid you too.
In The Division 2, Ubisoft has introduced a radical change of scene — the agents will be heading off to stamp out criminals in Washington, D.C. The U.S. capital lies in ruins, and the reason is obvious — seven months have passed since the start of the epidemic.
The Division 2 will offer a rich story campaign, a reimagined Dark Zone, and eight-player raids. Players will be able to choose their specialization (the promised flexible development system) from level 30. In 2019, the developers will be releasing three major expansions for the game, which interestingly, will be free to download. Playkey.net can help you prepare for the next instalment — The Division is available in our catalog.
Gamers all over the world are looking forward — with some trepidation — to every one of the games on this list. The trepidation comes from the fact that AAA games often come with high system requirements. If you don’t want to worry about how your PC, laptop, or Mac will cope with the next blockbuster, join Playkey.net. Our cloud platform allows you to play all the latest games without worrying about system requirements.
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Following the presentation, judges explored a host of displays in St. Brigid’s Community Hall. A visit to St. Brigid’s Church, the National School and St. Fiaac’s Church was followed by a trip to the Weavers Cottages, where various demonstations of craft took place. The Judges enjoyed the Derry River and made their way to the Ben Mulhall Park, where they were given an exhibition of all of the Sporting activities in the area. The final leg of the journey was Huntington Castle where a community party took place.
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ICT are planning the migration of all WKC staff and students to the Microsoft Office 365 (O365) environment to create a joint intranet for the Group. We are aware there are a limited number of staff and students that currently use our existing WKC O365 features such as OneDrive for storage of documents/files. We ask that you take note of the following and contact the ICT team if you have any questions.
Migration is planned to start week commencing 2nd May so all files need to be moved before that date.