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One of my family's weekend rituals is to hit the West Coast Drive Coastal Walk footpath in the northern beaches. We grab a take away coffee, Little Chef rides his scooter, and even our dog joins in the fun! It's a cheap and easy activity for the family, wherever you are in Perth – the coastal walking path stretches all the way up the west coast from Munster (south of Fremantle) to Burns Beach in the north.
Our starting point is usually the beach car park at Watermans Bay, near to the Watermans Bay Playground (opposite Ada St). From here we walk north to the Marmion Angling Club before turning back, an easy 2.5km round trip. Depending on the speed you walk at, it should take about 40 minutes. If you prefer to walk or cycle further, a round trip north to Hillarys Boat Harbour (6kms) or south to Trigg (6kms) will challenge you further. On fine mornings, the northern beaches coastal path is bustling with activity from walkers, joggers and cyclists. So be sure to keep left.
This section or the pathway takes you along the road, then deviates off through the dunes and along the rocky cliffs of Watermans Bay. I prefer walking away from the traffic. Along the pathway there are covered lookout points, with benches to stop and enjoy the ocean view.
There are a couple of cafes along the way, if you'd like to pop in for breakfast, morning tea or even a takeaway coffee. We usually go to the handy take away window at The Little Bay.
The pathway is also a popular spot to take dogs for a walk, being close to the North Beach dog beach (between Castle and Margaret streets). There's bags and bins available along the pathway to pick up after your pooch.
There are public toilets found at Watermans Beach, as well as Marmion Beach. At the Watermans Bay Playground there are shaded picnic tables, BBQs, a fenced and gated children's playground and also a fab little beach down some steps if you'd like to cool off after a walk. Read more about the Watermans Bay Beach and Playground here.
For wildlife enthusiasts, there are birds and other native wildlife to be found living in the bushes. We often see blue-tonged lizards.
Alternatively, head south from the Watermans Bay Carpark towards North Beach. On this route, we stop at North Beach Deli for a coffee (or ice chocolate for Little Chef).
There is also a memorial to the Centaur shipwreck found off the coast.
The path is mainly flat, with a few small slopes, which are easy enough for little legs. We like to walk in the morning, before the sea breeze comes in and before the heat hits in summer. An evening walk is also lovely if you enjoy a sunset. The beauty of this walk is you can park anywhere and make any spot your starting point. There's plenty of street parking available.
Get your walking shoes on and get your 30 minutes of exercise done with a beautiful ocean view.
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BrickInn is located near Letchworth State Park on the Western Edge of the Finger Lakes Region of New York. A stately 1915 Brick Colonial home situated on a five acre wooded parcel in the Historical District of the Village of Mt Morris, NY Huge mature trees and seasonal flower gardens grace the large front yard. The interior shared spaces and five guestrooms at BrickInn are completely updated, bright, fresh and comfortable with a touch of vintage flair honoring the home's original detail. Rest and relax in our thoughtfully appointed guest rooms
We purchased our 1915 Brick Colonial Home in the Spring of 2015, on the homes 100th Birthday. Our goal is to lovingly refurbish the entire home and share it with guests visiting Letchworth State Park and our surrounding attractions. The 5 acre property is graced with huge old trees and gardens. The BrickInn's décor is bright, cheerful and friendly, creating a casual but elegant environment for visitors to rest, relax and reconnect with the amazing natural scenic beauty of our area. Our 37 years

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In many low-income countries, proper education has remained a privilege for those who can afford it. Uganda is no exception. In his contribution for D+C, our Ugandan author Ronald Ssegujja Ssekandi takes a look at the education of girls and young women in his country.
Ronald also gives insights into the project "Girls With Tools". It facilitates young women's access to vocational training.
You can find these articles and others in our overview on education.


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Since upgrading my MacBook Pro to OS Catalina (beta), the PhotoLibrary tab is no longer finding any images.
The filters are all selected (show everything), so I don't think that is the problem.
Surprisingly, anything in a project still shows up ???
I know I am using a pre-release version of Apples new operating system, but its close to being released and i wonder if this is something DxO needs to fix.
OR, am I doing something stupid in PhotoLab (more than possible)
Thanks for any help


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The NBA free agency period is underway. Where will some of the best in the game sign? Follow along with TGH's 2021 NBA Free Agency Tracker.
Note: This will be updated throughout the free agency period.
Jarrett Allen, C- Re-Signed with Cleveland Cavaliers on 5-year, $100 million deal
Carmelo Anthony, F- Signed with Los Angeles Lakers
Trevor Ariza, F- Signs with Lakers
Lonzo Ball, PG- 4-year, $85 million deal with Chicago Bulls
Will Barton, G- Nuggets player option
Nicolas Batum, F- Re-Signs with Los Angeles Clippers
Kent Bazemore, G/F- Signs with Los Angeles Lakers
Nemanja Bjelica, F- Signs with Golden State Warriors
Bruce Brown, G- Re-Signs with Nets
Sterling Brown, G- Signed with Dallas Mavericks
Jimmy Butler, G- Maximum Contract with Miami Heat
Reggie Bullock, G- Signs with Dallas Mavericks
Alec Burks, G- Re-signed with New York Knicks 3-Year, $30 million deal
Alex Caruso, G- Signs with Chicago Bulls
John Collins, F- Signs 5-year, $125 million deal with Atlanta Hawks
Zach Collins, F- Agrees to 3-year, $22 million deal with San Antonio Spurs
Mike Conley, G- Re-Signs on 3-year, $68 million deal with Utah Jazz
Torrey Craig, G/F- Agrees to deal with Indiana Pacers
DeMar DeRozan, G- Sign and trade with Chicago Bulls
Dewayne Dedmon, C- Re-signs with Miami Heat
Hamidou Diallo, G- Pistons restricted free agent
Spencer Dinwiddie, G- Signs with Washington Wizards
Goran Dragic, PG- Signs 2-year, $37.4 million deal with Miami Heat
Andre Drummond, C- Signs with Philadelphia 76ers
Wayne Ellington, G- Signs with Lakers
Bryn Forbes, G- Signs with Spurs
Evan Fournier, G- Signed with New York Knicks
Rudy Gay, F- Signs with Utah Jazz
Taj Gibson, F- Re-Signs with New York Knicks
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, PG- Signs maximum extension with Oklahoma City Thunder
Devonte' Graham, PG- Sign and trade with New Orleans Pelicans
Danny Green, G- Signs 2-year, $20 million deal with Philadelphia 76ers
JaMychal Green, F- Re-Signed With Denver Nuggets on 2-Year, $17 million
Jeff Green, F- Agrees to 2-Year, $10 million deal with Denver Nuggets
Blake Griffin, F- Re-Signs with Brooklyn Nets
Tim Hardaway, G- Re-Signs with Dallas Mavericks
Moe Harkless, F- Signs with Kings
Montrezl Harrell, F- Sign and Trade to Washington Wizards
Josh Hart, G- Pelicans restricted free agent
George Hill, G- Signs two-year, $8 million contract with Milwaukee Bucks
Solomon Hill, F- Re-signs with Hawks
Richaun Holmes, F- Re-signs with Sacramento Kings
Rodney Hood, F- Signs with Milwaukee Bucks
Talen Horton-Tucker, G- Re-signs with Lakers
Dwight Howard, C- Signs with Lakers
Serge Ibaka, F/C- Clippers player option
Andre Iguodala, G/F- Signs minimum deal with Warriors
Reggie Jackson, PG- Signs two-year, $22 million deal with Clippers
James Johnson, F- Signs with Brooklyn Nets
Cory Joseph, PG- Agrees to deal with Detroit Pistons
Enes Kanter, C- Signs with Boston Celtics
Furkan Korkmaz, F- Re-signed with Philadelphia 76ers
Jock Landale, C- Signs with San Antonio Spurs
Alex Len, C- Signs with Kings
Kawhi Leonard, F- Clippers player option
Robin Lopez, C- Signs With Orlando Magic
Didi Louzada, G- Re-Signs with New Orleans Pelicans
Kyle Lowry, PG- Sign and Trade to the Miami Heat
Trey Lyles, F/C- Agrees to deal with Pistons
Boban Marjanovic, C- Re-Signed with Dallas Mavericks
Lauri Markkanen, F/C- Bulls restricted free agent
T.J. McConnell, PG- Re-Signs with Pacers
Doug McDermott, F- Agrees to deal with San Antonio Spurs
Javale McGee, C- Agrees to 1-Year, $5 million deal with Suns
Patty Mills, PG- Signs with Brooklyn Nets
Paul Millsap, F- unrestricted free agent
Malik Monk, G- Signs with Los Angeles Lakers
Markieff Morris, F- Signs with Miami Heat
Mike Muscala, C- Re-Signs with Oklahoma City Thunder
Abdel Nader, F- Re-Signs with Phoenix Suns
Nerlens Noel, C- Re-Signed with New York Knicks on 3-Year, $32 million deal
Kendrick Nunn, PG- Signed with Los Angeles Lakers
Semi Ojeleye, F- Signs with Milwaukee Bucks
Victor Oladipo, G- Signs with Miami Heat
Kelly Olynyk, F/C- Agrees to deal with Detroit Pistons
Kelly Oubre, G- Signs two-year, $26 million deal with Charlotte Hornets
Chris Paul, PG- Re-Signs with Phoenix Suns on $120 million deal
Cameron Payne, PG- Re-Signed with Phoenix Suns
Elfrid Payton, PG- unrestricted free agent
Norman Powell, G- Signs with Portland Trail Blazers
Otto Porter, F- Signs minimum deal with Golden State Warriors
Bobby Portis, F- Re-Signs with Bucks on 2-Year, $9 million deal
Josh Richardson, G- Acquired by Boston Celtics in trade
Austin Rivers, G- Signed two-year deal with Nuggets
Duncan Robinson, G/F- Re-Signs with Heat
Mitchell Robinson, F- Knicks team option
Derrick Rose, PG- Re-Signs with New York Knicks
Dennis Schroeder, PG- unrestricted option
Ish Smith, PG- Signs with Charlotte Hornets
Tony Snell, F- Signed with Trail Blazers
Max Struss, G- Signs with Miami Heat
Keifer Sykes, G- Signs with Indiana Pacers
Garrett Temple, G/F- Signed with New Orleans Pelicans
Daniel Theis, C- Signs with Houston Rockets
Gary Trent Jr., G- Re-signed with Toronto Raptors
Talen Horton-Tucker, G- Re-signed with Los Angeles Lakers
P.J. Tucker, F- Signs with Miami Heat
Gabe Vincent, G- Re-signs with Miami Heat
Hassan Whiteside, C- Signs with Utah Jazz
Lou Williams, G- Signs one-year, $5 million deal with Atlanta Hawks
Trae Young, G- Signs maximum extension with Atlanta Hawks
Cody Zeller, C- Signs with Portland Trail Blazers
Go to our NBA page for more articles and updates like 2021 NBA free agency tracker!
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Deflategate investigation: Tom Brady 'generally aware' of balls being under-inflated
The lengthy investigation into the New England Patriots allegedly tampering with footballs was released on Wednesday, and good luck to you if you can get through all 139 pages of it. The main takeaway from Ted Wells' findings is that the Patriots likely deflated footballs intentionally, and Tom Brady probably knew about it.
Wells wrote that it is "more probable than not" that Patriots employees participated in cheating before the AFC Championship Game. The report also concluded that it is "more probable than not" that Brady was "generally aware of the inappropriate activities" of two equipment managers.
The two Patriots staffers that were at the center of the investigation are officials locker room attendant Jim McNally and equipment assistant John Jastremski. Text messages that were exchanged between McNally and Jastremski appeared to show the two joking about Brady wanting them to let air out of footballs. You can read some of the texts below, but be aware they contain inappropriate language.
Text message exchange between two Pats employees about Tom Brady & getting his footballs ready. Damn. pic.twitter.com/oGBksapACj
— Jimmy Traina (@JimmyTraina) May 6, 2015
All in all, Wells and his team were unable to find any hard evidence that proves the Patriots let air out of footballs after they were inspected before the AFC Championship Game. What that means is the findings probably wouldn't hold up in a court of law. The Patriots' team attorneys insist the text messages between McNally and Jastremski were nothing more than attempts at humor.
That said, common sense will tell you something fishy was going on per Brady's request. Brady refused to give up his phone as part of the investigation, which many are already saying proves he is guilty.
Whether you care or not is a decision only you can make. For our previous stories on Deflategate, click here.


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Open world, freedom of exploration, puzzles, battles with powerful enemies - all this makes "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" a real gem of an adventure game.
Platform: Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Wii U
This is a game that will make you fall in love with the open adventure world. You have to go to the fairy-tale world of Hyrule, where you will embody the hero named Link and try to save Princess Zelda and protect the kingdom from the sinister forces of Kalmut Ganon.
Platform: PlayStation, Xbox, PC
Feel free to embark on the path of Lara Croft and feel her story of becoming a legendary archaeologist and adventurer. In this reboot series, you will find yourself on the mysterious island of Yamatai, where you have to survive in harsh conditions, uncover the secrets of ancient tombs and fight dangerous enemies. "Tomb Raider" promises you unforgettable moments full of dynamics and intriguing plot.
Platform: PlayStation, PC
This small indie game will take you on a unique journey where you will become a wanderer in the desert, striving to reach a mysterious mountain on the horizon. You will be able to meet other travelers and explore the world around you together. "Journey" has beautiful graphics, an atmospheric soundtrack and a deep but wordless storyline.
Platform: PlayStation, Xbox, PC
Travel to the ancient world of Ancient Greece, where you will become a hired killer and save your family. "Assassin's Creed Odyssey" is an epic adventure game that will offer you many tasks, journeys through a beautiful open world and a unique opportunity to influence the development of the story with your choices.
We hope that you will find adventure games on this page that you will want to try out and that will allow you to enjoy fascinating stories and unique worlds. Adventure and enjoy every moment with these exciting games!
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I wanted to take a moment to consider Michelle's visit to Obama Conspiracy Theories yesterday.
For whatever reason, the amount of critical discussion here is not large, and what there is has been reasonably respectful. We agree to disagree and at least communicate some.
Michelle was more aggressive than what we're "used to". I spend hundreds of hours on this blog, reading obscure texts, searching for facts and sources. It really raises the hackles on my back when someone describes the content here as "cut and pasted" because indeed most of the content here is actually original. And I got called an "idiot" with half done research by someone who refused to offer anything in the way of facts or evidence.
It all seemed grossly unfair. But here's the rub…
Michelle kept saying that "her" source, this professor Chin, proved her case and demolished mine. My error (one I have made before) was to assume she had some nut-case fringe source, and I didn't bother to try to find it. It turns out that Chin was not a nut-case fringe source, but rather a very reasonable and competent source that agreed with me (and the law review articles I link to here) that anyone born in the United States (except for the children of ambassadors) are "natural born citizens".
I think a much better strategy when I get a belligerent visitor with rampantly unfair remarks, is:
- Do not respond immediately in the heat of indignation
- Treat what argument and sources provided seriously and provide a thoughtful response
- Refuse to waste time on comments without sources. Simply ask for a couple of details of evidence
- Keep in mind that the purpose of this blog is for everyone to have a chance to learn something, not to win or run off folks who disagree.


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Meeting Topic: Careers in Live Sound
Moderator Name: Julianna Keenan, Temple University
Speaker Name: Barbara Adams of Drexel University and Soundgirls
Meeting Location: Philadelphia, PA, USA
Barbara came to speak to the Music Technology & Business Society at Temple University about careers in live sound. Her insight on what the job entails and how you can create your own entrepreneurial business from engineering live events was very beneficial to our program.
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LA Weekly has an interesting report out today about Erven, the critical darling of a restaurant in Santa Monica that, until now, was exclusively vegan. That's all changing in real time, as namesake chef Nick Erven (who himself has never vegan) has decided to let in some animal proteins and dairy to the menu.
Erven speaks with critic Besha Rodell, telling her that the move is spurred, in part at least, by flagging sales at the restaurant. More importantly though, the popular chef — who earned big acclaim at the short-lived Saint Martha in Koreatown — says he wanted to explore a wider variety of flavor profiles and ingredients. The somewhat limiting vegan parameters were what ultimately drew Rodell to leave a what-might-have-been review of the place back in January, where she asked aloud about what Erven the chef may be able to accomplish if Erven the restaurant were allowed to expand and change.
Now the menu will include things like fried chicken thighs, with vegan options noted using a V on the menu. No doubt plant-based eaters will be a touch miffed at the change, but in Santa Monica — where high rents and fast casual reign supreme — the move to a more inclusive menu just seems like a fact of life for Erven and his team, even after winning awards for being the best, most inventive vegan restaurant in town.


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Lauren Meyer '24 is planning to major in anthropology and minor in history. Outside of the Flat Hat, Lauren is a member of Swim Club and is also an avid Swiftie. Email Lauren at email@example.com.
The views expressed in the article are the author's own.
Every Monday and Wednesday, I wake up to my alarm (sound: radar, for those curious). I make the arduous trek (10-minute walk) to my 11 a.m.. After that, I get lunch at Sadler with the same couple of friends, where I usually get one of the two same things (chicken nuggets or tacos, although self-serve at Global Kitchen has really upped it in my personal rankings). If I'm feeling studious, I go to the library. If not, which is about half the time, I go home and take a nap. Then, I go to my second class. I eat dinner. I do homework. If I have time, I hang out with friends.
Tuesdays and Thursdays, I have a separate but similar schedule. It's familiar. It's comfortable. I don't have to work too hard. I always know what's coming next, and best of all, I don't have to plan. Sounds awesome, right? No decisions beyond the basics: what do I feel like eating today? Am I tired? It's a toddler's dream.
At a certain point, however, having everything laid out starts to feel less like convenience and more like complacency. After all, I am not a toddler, even if I do eat chicken nuggets at least twice a week. As a fully grown college student, I'm capable of making large life decisions. I can vote! I can build my credit score! I can eat vegetables with my meals! (That one's for you, mom).
Do I actually follow the exact same pattern every day? No. But it sure does feel like it, especially when I've already been on campus for two years. There's only so many times you can sit in one of the slightly off-putting classrooms of Washington Hall without questioning your sense of reality. And so, I am challenging myself and others: over the course of your day, make a change.
I'm not talking about a huge change. This is not an article proclaiming the wonders of selling all of your belongings and going backpacking through Europe. I'm just suggesting that we all remember we have free will. The future is not determined. You could go get ice cream right now. You could get up and scream. You could walk to class a different way. The world is truly your oyster.
Recently, I went to coffee in Colonial Williamsburg with a friend I hadn't seen in awhile. As an ex-Brown Hall resident, I used to be on that side of campus all the time, but this semester I don't think I've been farther than the Sir Christopher Wren Building. And so, when getting coffee, I was shocked. This whole side of campus exists! There's a real live town with fun cafes and restaurants and confused tourists and also their dogs!
This far into the semester, it's easy to get sequestered in your ways. Especially with midterms, it often feels like there's no room in your schedule to do things differently. But I promise there is. Spread your wings, little griffins. Explore new skies.


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More Thoughts on Partial-Birth Abortion Case
What I do not say in the column but nonetheless believe is that the distinction the statute explicitly draws, between "partial birth abortion" (when the abortion provider kills the fetus after most of it has exited the womb) and other second-trimester abortions (in which the provider kills the fetus while it is still inside the womb) is utterly arbitrary. In both kinds of abortion, the provider actively kills the fetus, and the only difference is where inside the woman the fetus happens to be at the time of death. The objective of the legislation is on its face to force the Justices and the public to confront the physical reality of later-term abortions, with which most people are understandably uncomfortable. The tragedy of it all is that the various assaults on abortion rights, including the passage of parental notification laws, which I discuss in an older column, pro-life protesters' harassment of doctors and patients, resistance to morning-after pills and RU486, and opposition to sex education that extends beyond calls for abstinence have led to more of the late-term abortions that supposedly horrify everyone (including the devout proponents of the legislation). It seems, then, that the more successful the religious right is at posing obstacles to contraception and abortion, the greater the number of late-term abortions that occur. Of course, a person who holds the view that a one-celled pre-embryo is no different from a full-term fetus might not find this development particularly disturbing.


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Towards the end of April, Melbana Energy Ltd (ASX:MAY) informed the market that it had elected to terminate the farm-in agreement for the Cuba Block 9 Production Sharing Contract.
This decision was taken in light of prospective farm-in partner Anhui Modestinner Energy Co., Ltd. (AMEC) not satisfying the conditions precedent to an agreement within the time allowed.
While management indicated it will pursue an alternative farm-out transaction with a number of other potential parties who have continued to express an interest in the world class potential of Block 9, there are other assets in play that appear to have been overlooked.
Melbana's share price came off approximately 20% in response to the Cuba Block 9 news, seemingly an overreaction given the potential worth of the group's Beehive Prospect offshore Western Australia.
Option period commenced at Beehive
During the March quarter Melbana, Total (NYSE:TOT) and Santos (ASX: STO) accepted the Beehive 3D Seismic Survey data set, confirming it as the contractual Final Data Set.
From a contractual perspective, the acceptance of the processed survey data as the Final Data Set has triggered the contractual commencement of a six month "option period" from April to 2019 whereby Total and Santos each have an option, exercisable together or individually, to acquire a direct 80% participating interest in the permit and drill an exploration well, which is planned to be the Beehive-1 exploration well.
If the option is exercised, Melbana will be fully carried on all costs incurred from the time the option is exercised until 90 days after the rig is released after drilling the well.
Drilling is anticipated in the second half of 2020, with Melbana estimating the cost of the Beehive-1 exploration well to be in a range between US$40 million and US$60 million.
Hartleys sees 70% share price upside
While Hartleys industrials and energy analyst, Aiden Bradley, acknowledged that the Block 9 news was disappointing, he noted the opportunities that could stem from the company's other prospects in Cuba, as well as the positive news that has emerged regarding the Beehive Prospect, WA-488-P.
Bradley highlighted the fact that Santos had already expressed its upbeat opinion on Beehive, in saying, "STO have highlighted previously that the Beehive Prospect is a Multi-TCF gas / large light oil prospect in a new play, so depending on the outcome of the seismic evaluation, there is a reasonable chance that this well gets drilled."
Bradley added that "as time goes by, Beehive is looking more and more like the jewel in the crown", and he has increased his valuation of the asset from US$16.5 million to US$20 million.
A decision by Santos and/or Total to drill the prospect would see that valuation increase.
However, even based on current metrics Bradley's numbers imply a valuation of 2.2 cents per share, representing upside of approximately 70% to its current price.
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Roughly 40% of students at some of America's most elite colleges now identify as part of the LGBTQ population, according to a recent study.
That's nearly six times the U.S. population at large — and roughly twice as many Republicans as you'll find on those campuses, the study's authors indicate.
The study was reported earlier this month by The College Fix, a conservative website. The research was conducted by the Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology, or CSPI, which The Fix described as a center-right think tank.
CSPI analyzed data gathered by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education in 2020 and 2021. FIRE, as the group is known, collected 57,000 responses from students at 159 colleges nationwide, which included everything from major state universities, to Ivy League and top private colleges like Notre Dame, Clemson, and Miami, and roughly two dozen elite liberal arts schools.
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CSPI noted that, collectively, they educate about 20% of the nation's undergraduates, and their student bodies represent the "intellectually influential top tier."
CSPI's work ranged across a variety of demographic categories, to include race, gender, sexual orientation, and political affiliation.
Perhaps not surprisingly, CSPI reported, "There are about 2.5 liberals or Democrats for every conservative or Republican among [these] students."
But what was surprising was the size and scope of the LGBTQ population on America's influential and pricey liberal arts colleges — places like Wellesley, Amherst, Vassar, Colgate, and Oberlin.
"Liberal arts colleges are the least politically diverse. Many have almost no conservatives, and thus very low viewpoint diversity," CSPI noted. "But they have high sexual diversity, at nearly 40 percent LGBT."
Across all 159 schools studied by CSPI, none reported an LGBTQ population of less than 10% and overall about 23% of students at those colleges identified as LGBTQ.
That's more than triple the 7.1% among all Americans, as the Gallup organization has found in its surveys, The Fix noted. And it equals the amount of Republicans found at these colleges.
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But among the 23 top liberal arts colleges covered in the research, the ratios were off the chart.
CSPI noted that about 21% of all Gen-Zers in America claim to be something other than heterosexual.
Yet at those 23 schools overall, 38% of students claim to be LGBTQ.
Three schools — Oberlin, Wellesley, and Smith College — actually reported having LGBTQ majorities, with 51%, 61%, and 70%, respectively. And given the high ratio overall, CSPI speculated that "several" of these colleges have likewise.
"Part of this effect is linked to the strongly liberal ideology at these colleges," the report noted. "Liberal arts colleges sport a relatively female (56%) and liberal (72%) student body, though these factors alone do not fully explain their exceptionalism on this measure."
In other words, politics helps explain, albeit not completely, the gravitation toward the LGBTQ side at the schools.
In an interview, Eric Kaufmann, a CSPI research fellow and board member, told The Fix, "Those who identify as 'very liberal' are substantially more likely to say they are LGBT and white left-wing activists are extremely likely to do so, with some 70% of very liberal women who support shouting down offensive speakers identifying as LGBT."
And as the report itself observed, "Identity characteristics matter more for students' political opinions than they do for the public. Consequently, women, minorities, and LGBTQ students at leading universities lean considerably further left than members of their identity groups in the wider population, even compared to those that are young and college-educated."
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Sunday Gold Review on Linux
I am a little late to review Sunday Gold - since it came out later in 2022. It caught my attention with the excellent presentation for an indie title, with awesome hand-drawn art in high resolution, cool looking interface and menus, and a voice over to match.
A Very unusual Mix
Developed by BKOM Studios and published by Team17, Sunday Gold follows three British criminals in 2070 London trying to expose the dark secrets of the evil Hogan Industries… and eventually take down his leader, Kenny Hogan. They all have different types of skills, oddly complementary. Sally is an impressive girl who fights bare hands, Frank is a tall dude who likes knives and rifles, and Gavin is your typical otaku hacker who freaks out and becomes a bit of a berserker when he loses control. If this was a fantasy RPG Sally would be the warrior, Frank the archer, and Gavin the wizard.
The style of the game is the first slap in the face. It's beautifully done. Great art everywhere, with a special mention to the comic-styled portraits used in dialogues and cutscenes. The game itself is surprising - it looks and feels like a point and click adventure, yet it introduces an AP (active point) system where you need to spend such points to do certain actions in each room. For example, opening a lock could take 3 AP points and require one specific person's skills. Hacking a computer could take 4 AP points from Gavin. When you want to refill such APs (because you always run out of them), you can end the turn by holding the space bar. Note that the time is static in-game - skipping turns won't do anything: the world does not change - it will wait for you to do things.
And this is where things get strange. When you end one turn, the level of alert increases and the likelihood of being spotted or attacked by random enemies increases progressively. Skip enough turns and you will inevitably face a fight - thereby entering the fighting mode of the game.
When fighting, the 2D artworks disappear and it turns into a full 3D scene with 3D characters. The fighting system is reminiscent of old JRPG (Remember the ATS of Final Fantasy? It's pretty much the same). Turn by turn, you know which character will get to play next, and you can decide what to do them, among several options:
- attack with one of the weapons you currently carry
- use skills (akin to magic in JRPG) where you can unlock special attacks, boost your party, or heal yourself
- use items (for defense, attack, or boosting purposes)
- guard (to refill your AP counter and also reduce the amount of hit points you lose if attacked)
The AP are still being used in the fighting scenes, so if you ended up with only 1 AP left from your point'n click phase, you will start the fight with 1 AP as well. If you have low AP, very few actions are possible and you need to guard (i.e. skip your turn but at least avoid massive damage when attacked) in order to refill the AP gauge for that character.
One thing I forgot to mention is that the way the fights are rendered on screen is fairly unique. While all characters are in 3D and the camera moves around them with the action, they have very few animation keyframes - making it look like they move from one comic-pose to another, without transition. It feels weird at first but it fits well with the rest of the game, which is a mix of 2D and 3D models with almost no animation.
The fights are easy at the beginning but get challenging fairly quickly, especially if you take longer than expected to progress in the adventure part of the game. Forgot to do something? You may have to go back in other rooms and potentially spend a few extra APs to complete additional tasks, thus increasing the change of another encounter with foes. At least, right after one fight, the alert level of your enemies typically goes down for a few turns so it's unlikely that you will fight twice in a row - yet not impossible, if one of the fights is driven by the story itself and the surrounding level of enemy alert.
There's no magical way to refill the health of all your characters at once - you need to find medicine or stimulants to achieve the same kind of outcome, or else use the "Patch Up" capability of Sally (which costs 4 AP points each time, thus increasing the likelihood of more fights if you use it during the adventure phase as you need to skip turns to refill!)
Fights have some randomness to them. Sometimes the enemy will dodge, but you have a percentage indicating how likely you are to hit every of them - it usually works well enough, and much better than games like XCOM2 where a 95% percent chance to hit almost never seems to hit anything for some reason.
Leveling up
Like in a regular RPG, your characters level up after gaining experience. Here, it's not just about fighting - solving puzzles throughout the adventure part of the game also provide experience points and can lead to levelling up. Once you level up, you unlock new skills, and new skill points. Skill points can be used to upgrade the current skills that you have - let'say one character has a special attack as a skill, upgrading it will increase its damage by 5% and the chance of critical damage by 2%, for example. Since you unlock a lot of skills fairly quickly, making sure you spend your skill points in the right place is fairly important. Your survival in fights depends a lot on that.
For certain actions (unlocking locks, lifting heavy objects), the game asks you to complete some mini-games in order to proceed. It's mostly about matching the exact timing when moving the mouse or a pointer in the right position, and it's quite full and stressful at the same time. Dull, because the mini-games are really NOT fun at all. "Ugh, another one! Give me a break" is my feeling after the 3rd one. Stressful, because if you fail to complete the mini-game, you will waste the APs that were necessary to try that task out. Most of the time they take a lot of points and require a specific character. Which means… you will need to end the turn to try again if you fail, increasing the chance that you get into YET ANOTHER FUCKING FIGHT. O. M. G.
Innovative but annoying?
After a while you will understand that the winning strategy is to waste your time to ensure that you make full use of all your characters' APs before ever skipping ANY turn at all. In the beginning I did not care as much and ended up getting my ass kicked by getting into too many fights without any efficient way to heal my people in between.
Let me explain what I mean. Let's say you used all of Sally's APs and she is the one to carry the key to open the next door leading to the exit, you could just end the turn and brace for another fight, or be a weasel and give the key that Sally has to Gavin who still has unused APs, so that he can open the door and make the whole group move forward at once. This juggling with items was probably not the way the designers wanted things to work, or if they did, the UI to do this makes things tiresome fairly quickly.
I'm not sure if I end up liking the idea of APs in the adventure phase. It feels like a burden that you have to care about instead of trying to explore the world and finding out the next clue. It feels like it brings nothing of value. The fact that random fights can disrupt the exploration phase feels a little artificial and fake.
But you get used to it, and the characters make up for some of that. You do want to progress and know what happens next. I want to see my folks swear more as things heat up. In the end, fights become almost a barrier - they are not as fun as they could be. They represent a challenge where your main goal is not to die, so that you can go on with the story.
No Steam Cloud?? No Gamepad?
This is a huge flaw of the game. No Steam cloud saves! When I received my Steam Deck, I wanted to continue the story on the go, and this is where I realized that… what? My save games are not on this device? I cannot understand why any gamedev would not consider implementing this in 2022, let alone 2023. Most gamers have tons of devices (especially PC gamers) and having cloud saves is almost as necessary as having a wheel in a car.
Also, the game does not seem to support gamepads either, which is another weird decision since there is virtually no reason why it should not. The menus and actions could easily be mapped to gamepad controls, so this is just another missed opportunity.
Proton Experimental is the way to go
If you want to enjoy this game, you need to use Proton Experimental. When I started the game in 2022, no matter the version of Proton used, none of the videos showed up in the game. That was not an issue at the beginning since you can follow the story anyway, but there is one specific part in Chapter 1 where you need to watch video feeds on the security computers to solve a puzzle. If you use the regular Proton right now (7.0-6), the videos will show up as black. With Proton Experimental (as of the end of February 2023), the videos work as expected and you can now complete the game without looking for cheats or walkthroughs.
So, What to Make of It?
I looooove the art of the game. Looks great (except maybe for the 3D fights where it looks objectively worse), and the voice-over is the cherry on the cake, I just wish the gameplay did not get in the way of the game. Right now, I just can't bring myself to play this game for a very long time because it gets frustrating with all the unecessary random fights and tedious mini-games all the time. Maybe it just needs an easy mode where the annoying bits are removed completely.
I'll probably end up finishing it, but I certainly won't be rushing to come back to it.
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"In 2012, I hit my ultimate low being 220#, overworked, stressed, fatigued, and overweight. I decided to look for help in getting me on track with a solution for better eating habits. That's when I first started to visit Lydia Grant. I rapidly lost 12# in my very first month and progressively lost more weight there after. As I continued to visit her for a few months and controlling my portions on my meals, and exercised regularly, I got to 190#. I currently now visit her at New Beginnings every now and then. My weight is now 226#, but I train very hard with a personal trainer at the gym, lift weights, eat healthy and feel very good, because I know I have muscle weight. I thank that very first visit because it helped me to get back on track and getting a boost and control of my eating habits."
-Nelson M.
"Like any person, I had my struggles with my weight (up and down, then, up again some more)..The heaviest I've been was 175 pounds, until I hit a platteau of 160 pounds. After trying many diets and over the counter pills, I had no energy to work-out. My self esteem was at an all time low. On top of all that, I was at high-risk of developing diabetes. Until I found my angel "Lydia Grant". With her help, I dropped down to 135 pounds. Not only did I drop, but with her guidance and health tips, I've kept it off for 2 years straight!! I'm married, I work a full-time job, and I'm a mother of a 3 year old and 5 year old. If I was able to do it, anyone else could too. People ask me all the time, " Whats my secret"....and my answer is "Lydia Grant"."
- Cristina P.
"It didn't take long after I got married that I started my family. I had three wonderful kids. It all added up to gaining more than 30 pounds. I was so uncomfortable not fitting into my clothes. I ate because I didn't feel good about myself. Then I gained more weight and felt even worse. I decided to look into dieting pills. I came across New Beginnings Weight Loss Center. I was so excited to give it a try. I started to see results in the first month. I had lost 10 pounds. The best part was I had energy and felt better about myself again. I even joined an exercise program to help me get fit."
- Maria R.
"Hola. Mi nombre es Irma, y estoy feliz por llegando a mi meta y de haber perdido peso saludablemente. New Beginnings Weight Loss Center es LO MEJOR que Hay..Yo vine aqui por mi hermano Mayor Jorge; que dijo que si se lo propone uno, Si Se Puede. Aqui, me a ayudado mucho la Doctora Lidia, Araceli, Cristina y demas enfermeras. A que contando calorias, y haciendo ejercicio y con el tratamiento de La Doctora Lidia, "Si Se Puede." Yo les recomiendo que toda gente que quiere perder peso saludable; vengan aqui... Gracias a New Beginnings Weight Loss, pude bajar a 125 libras, que antes tenia 156 libras; estoy muy feliz y con mas energia!! Gracias a Lidia y New Beginnings."
Translation: "Hi, my name is Irma, and I'm happy that I've reached my goal weight and having lost weight in a healthful way. New Beginnings Weight Loss Center is THE BEST there is... I came here because of my older brother Jorge who told me, that if you put forth the effort, Yes You Can do it. Here, (Provider/Nurse Practitioner) Lidia, Araceli, Cristina and the rest of the staff, have helped me very much. "Yes You Can". By counting calories, exercising and the treatment given by (Provider) Lidia, " Yes You Can". I recommend to everyone wanting to lose weight in a healthy way, to come here. Thanks to New Beginnings Weight Loss, I was able to get down to 125 pounds. I used to weigh 156 pounds. I am very happy and have more energy!! Thanks to Lidia and New Beginnings".
- Irma M.
"Before coming to New Beginnings Weight Loss Center, I have tried other ways to lose weight but they just didn't work the way that I wanted it to. Now that I have started with their weight loss program, I've lost over 37 pounds and I am closer to reaching my goal, thanks to their help"
-Luis A.
"I first discovered New Beginnings from a radio ad, and realized it was right around the corner from me! So, after I had my daughter I made an appointment and went in. That's where I realized I had seen Lydia at a previous weight loss clinic and she remembered me as well! She is always super welcoming along with her staff! With the diet plan we discussed, the B12 shot, along with the appetite & exercise I was back to my goal weight and happier than ever! Thank you!"
- Shannon T.
"I've been a patient with New beginnings since late 2014 I believe . The staff is so welcoming and non judgmental. I've had the staff even share some of their stories with me which made me feel so much more understood. They make your visit very personable. New Beginnings has changed my life . When I finally realized I had to change my way of living, I was 222 lbs . I tried everything . Over the counter diet programs, gym programs, herbalife.... Yes, I would drop a few pounds here and there but it took forever and the second I stopped the supplements I put all the weight back on, sometimes more. I called New Beginnings and made an appointment . I was so surprised of how well I was treated. Within a month I lost between 10 - 15 pounds . There are months here and there I skip a month and I always maintains weight. I have not once gone up since using New Beginnings . It's truly helps you live better. It has boosted my energy and helped me train my self to eat smaller portions and eat better. After the 2nd month it's easy. Your body and mind are used to making better choices. With the help and support of Lydia and her team from New Beginnings, I am a completely different person, physically and emotionally . I am so grateful for their team and program . Today I am 150 lbs and I'm happy and healthy."
-Shannon W.
"I worked out for many years and was unsuccessful in loosing the extra flab that was around my abdomen and my entire body (truly). I had a friend that told me about this place after I was unsuccessful with my fifth diet plan that I had started, and that didn't work. So I took a good adventure and started with New Beginnings Weight Loss Center. They gave me the tools and support I needed to drop over 25 pounds and keep it off. I'm happy and thinner than I have ever been ! This place definitely works. It changed my life and can change yours if you give them a chance. You owe it to yourself. You're worth it!!"
-Alysia H.
"After loosing 20 pounds on my own, I hit a plateau and began to feel discouraged. I searched the Internet for a solution and came across New Beginnings. From the first visit, the staff felt like friends. I wasn't going to the doctor for a problem, I was in the company of friends who could help. You can go anywhere for a meal plan and a prescription. The difference here; these women have been there, and are happy to share there experience, knowledge and support. Lydia(NP) is a mother with a busy life just like my family. She understands my struggles and I always leave with a smile. I usually bring my spirited 2 year old son along for my visits, "going to see the ladies" my husband tells him. The waiting room is very kid friendly and accommodating. We have never had to wait more than a few minutes, I feel it's important to add this. As a mother convenience, flexibility and efficiency are equally as important as results. To be honest, I have never stuck to any diet or weight loss plan for longer than a month. The consistent results have kept me committed and made me loyal to NBWLC for almost a year now I'm still happy, excited and motivated to loose weight."
- Christina L.
"After having Three kids I never thought I would go back down to my weight. Weighing 167# I felt so heavy and lazy all the time. Going to New Beginnings Weight Loss Center was the best choice ever. Thanks to their weight loss program, I was able to lose 23 pounds and I feel happy and with more energy."
- Rocio G.
"Me llamo Patricia estoy muy contenta gracias a new Beginnings weight loss Center por todo su apoyo para ayudarme a perder peso perdi 26 libras en 4 meses con la orientacion y tratamiento me cambio completamente mi vida estoy mejor de salud puedo hacer mis actividades sin problema estoy feliz muchas gracias"
Translation: "My Name is Patricia, I am very happy thanks to NBWLC for all your support to help me lose weight. I lost 26 pounds in 4 months with the orientation and treatment it completely changed my life, I am in better health, I can do more activities without a problem, I am happy." Thank you very much.
- Patricia A.
"My journey started June 4th 2017. It's been a New Journey with its ups and downs. I've been supported and I've been discouraged. My biggest supporter system has been this amazing program "New Beginnings". When I hit my slumps these amazing women have brought me back up. Today 10/11/18, I've lost a total of 38lbs".
-Allyson F.
Before During After
"I had always struggled with body image issues since childhood and never felt comfortable in my own skin. I wound up at New Beginnings for the first time about 3 years ago and was able to get my weight down to a comfortable weight, always gaining and losing the same 10 pounds, depending on how closely I was following the food plans provided. I found out I was pregnant and quickly began gaining weight, reaching an 85 pound gain. I felt awful; I was depressed, tired, in pain, and just felt like a completely different person. Thankfully, I was blessed with a healthy baby which inspired me to achieve my physical goals to feel better mentally and emotionally. About 2 months after having my baby, I completely cut out every type of food that triggered overeating. In about 8 months, I was able to lose most of my baby weight with diet and exercise except for about 10 pounds. I visited New Beginnings again after being at a halt in my weight loss journey. I was able to break my stall and lose over 15 pounds in less than 2 months. I have been able to maintain and am just 7 pounds away from my ultimate "happy" weight goal, which always seemed like an unattainable dream but I know I will achieve with the continued support of the staff at New Beginnings!"
-Mari D.
"My name is Melissa and I came to New Beginnings because I tried everything to lose weight and I needed help. I couldn't do it by myself. I was on metformin for diabetes, high blood pressure medicine and high cholesterol medicine . I've lost almost 30lbs and I'm off all the medication! I feel fantastic!! I recommend New Beginnings Weight Loss Center they know how to help you reach your goals and a better, healthy you!!!!"
"After giving birth to my second child, I was struggling to lose the weight I had gained during pregnancy. As hard as I tried, I wasn't seeing any results and actually started to gain more weight. It wasn't until I came to NBWLC that my weight loss began. This program has helped to curb my appetite and teach me healthy lifestyle changes that I can easily follow. As a result, I have lost more than 40 pounds over the last year!! I am so grateful for finding NBWLC."
Jessica A.
"When I first started my weight loss journey I didn't know where to begin but then I stumbled across new beginnings weight loss center made my first appointment walked in everyone was so very very friendly very helpful and had many positive things to say so I stuck it out continuing with my monthly appointments and before I knew it I had reached my weight loss goal I knew I. could do it but I needed a lil more help to get going I dropped over 20 pounds in no time I followed a high protein diet and took my pills and the weight shredded off I Love the super lipo injection I feel like it helped me burn more calories faster I can't thank new beginning weight loss center for all of There help postivity to help me get here now instead of covering up I can show off more I have finally got my confidence back and love how I feel daily".
Brittney L.
"For the second time in ten years I had to lose a significant amount of weight. It was very daunting, especially after staying fit for so long. I watched my relatives try every diet pill/drink in the book with little to no lasting results and have always known that a healthy lifestyle with proper diet and exercise is the only answer. Losing weight is not about looks. It's about being healthy and fueling your body to live. I was skeptical when a coworker introduced me to New Beginnings. I had just started making changes, but was often tired and struggled to find motivation. However, the day of my first visit, I felt energized! Not in a shaky energy drink type of way. It was steady, lasting energy that kept me going day in and day out. Vitamins and food are a huge part of how we live, function, and feel. Everyone of us owes it to ourselves to look after our bodies. NB helped me get the drive, accountability, and reassurance I needed. The team is amazingly friendly and it truly does feel like one big family. I am now 60lbs lighter, feel more energized, and glad I finally did something for myself!"
Alissa G.
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My name is ToniMarie I started coming here to New Beginnings Weight Loss Center back in December 2020. I was tired of not feeling good in they own skin not thinking I was beautiful. I was having health problems. I wanna to change my life, so I started to cut down on everything food, soda fast-food. Little by little I was feeling good that wanted me to work harder. I was 222lbs in December 2020 from May 2021 was down 170lbs. I couldn't tell you how I felt and was healthier my pants was a size 10 from a size 17. I was down every pound I lost it drive my harder to work. It changed my life and it will change yours.
~ToniMarie S.
Hi! my name is Maryann and I've been coming to New Beginnings for a few years. I can't say how much I love and appreciate my new life because of this place. With the help of the pills and the B12 shots,, I was able to lose 85 pounds and I feel amazing! The staff helps you get on track with eating, exercise, and water intake which really helps you take off the weight. I am forever indebted to New Beginnings! Thank you for changing my life!
~Maryann W.
Where do I begin! New Beginnings of course. NP Lydia and her staff are so helpful and friendly. I have come in with questions, research that I've done, websites that I have found all about losing weight. NP Lydia and her team take the time to answer everything to put my mind at ease and help me to understand their offerings and what may or may not be right for me. I started my journey hovering around 160 lbs. and am now 134.5. I could not be more thrilled with the staff, their programs, and their service, right alongside my inches and weight loss!
Thank you again!
~Holly P.
Hi my name is Michele H. I started my weight loss journey so many times year after year with no success whatsoever. I finally made the decision enough was enough March 1st 2023 I had the gastric sleeve surgery and what a life changed I have so much more confidence and I feel amazing. I started to come to NEW BEGINNINGS to keep my weight under control more and stay on top of my vitamin levels. It's all been such a transformation. My weight before my surgery was 218lbs and to date I'm at 148.7. Thank you NEW BEGINNINGS for all you do for us struggling with weight loss. Below and enclosed are my before and after.
~Michele H.
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The U.S. finds itself in an eerily similar position as it did not so long ago when WMD's were "confirmed" to be found in Iraq, and the next 13 years would leave America inside a conflict that would often divide the nation, and contribute to a failing economy.
The speaker of the House John Boehner has sent an open letter to President Obama asking him to detail his reasoning and urging him to consult with Congress before committing America to another conflict.
"Now, having again determined your red line has been crossed, should a decisive response involve the use of the United States military, it is essential that you provide a clear, unambiguous explanation of how military action – which is a means, not a policy – will secure U.S. objectives and how it fits into your overall policy. I respectfully request that you, as our country's commander-in-chief, personally make the case to the American people and Congress for how potential military action will secure American national security interests, preserve America's credibility, deter the future use of chemical weapons, and, critically, be a part of our broader policy and strategy."
This is a level headed approach that acknowledges the mistakes of the past and the Speaker's own party. Although the President is not required to adhere to the requests to confer with Congress and gain public support for military action, Speaker Boehner raises a good question as to whether or not he ought to have to. If President George W. Bush was required to meet such standards, included the presentation of verifiable evidence, then perhaps America could have bypassed the difficulty of the last decade completely.
In 2012 John Boehner sided with then Presidential Candidate Obama's stance that the US should explore all means but military intervention in Syria.
He did so in opposition to the candidate from his own party, John McCain. I expected to find Speaker Boehner's letter more confrontational as per the norm of the US political circus , but his tone and his questions are reasonable and it is also reasonable, given his track record, to find sincerity in his words. He asks quite simply, has America learned anything in the last 13 years and if so, what?President Obama had this to say about the chemical weapons and national security:
"…there is — there is no doubt that when you start seeing chemical weapons used on a large scale — and, again, we're still gathering information about this particular event, but it is very troublesome… then that starts getting to some core national interests that the United States has, both in terms of us making sure that weapons of mass destruction are not proliferating, as well as needing to protect our allies, our bases in the region."
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The United Nations, who existence is supposed to ensure that crimes against humanity are met with an alliance of international interests that recognize that such violations represent a threat to humanity itself, continues to respond without authority or unity. China and Russia are two of the five permanent members of the UN security council and would most likely veto any resolution for a military intervention. If The United States were to invade, it would do so in opposition to these superpowers, world wars have began for less.
The United Kingdom has also decided to forgo action leaving the US alone as the world's police yet again. A solo US intervention is still a possibility:
"We have seen the result of the Parliament vote in the U.K. tonight," National Security Council spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden said in a statement. "The U.S. will continue to consult with the U.K. government – one of our closest allies and friends.
"As we've said, President Obama's decision-making will be guided by what is in the best interests of the United States," she added. "He believes that there are core interests at stake for the United States and that countries who violate international norms regarding chemical weapons need to be held accountable."
Herein lies the main problem, of what use is the UN if it cannot act to protect innocent people from the horrors of chemical weapons? The world needs a solid and reliable international governing body that can absolve nation's from having to violate the sovereignty of a country on its own. America does not need another war, it needs to find itself among a collection of nation's who draw this "red line", as President Obama put it, in the name and for the good of humanity. With China and Russia on the other side of this line, could U.S. action in Syria start a chain of events that lead to WWIII?
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Albrighton Feeling Refreshed Following Summer Break
- Leicester City's squad returned for pre-season training this week
- Fitness testing formed part of the day at LCFC Training Ground
- Marc Albrighton reported back alongside some of his team-mates
- The midfielder says he is enjoying being back in the environment
The midfielder returned for his ninth pre-season at the Club on Monday morning following a 2021/22 campaign which saw him feature 31 times across six competitions, finding the net in both the Premier League and the UEFA Europa Conference League.
The 32-year-old is eager to help build on a progressive couple of years for the Club both on and off the pitch, which included moving to the state-of-the-art facility in Seagrave, LCFC Training Ground.
Talking to LCFC TV, he commented: "It's been very nice. It's always nice to get away with the family after a long, hard season, especially last season, which I'd say was probably the most difficult of my career in terms of the amount of games, the amount of travelling that you do and time away from family.
Pre-Season Training: Day One
Go behind-the-scenes of Leicester City's first day back at LCFC Training Ground.
"It was well needed to regroup and get away with the wife and kids and just relax for a bit. I absolutely love the time away, but I do think, if you ask a lot of the squad, there comes a point after a certain amount of time you've got off where you're actually ready to come back in and start working again.
"It's always nice to get away from Jamie Vardy at the end of the season, but it's always nice to see him when you come back too!"
Just over a month on from the final game of last term, Albrighton revealed that the squad are able to maintain a base level of fitness over the break, which they can then build up in the first few weeks of pre-season after a period of rest and recovery.
He explained: "You enjoy your time off and do things that you can't do when you're in training, but we're all lads that like to keep fit. Obviously from when we were younger, we've trained to be fit and healthy and live right.
"When you're off, you don't tend to live by those rules as much as you do during the season, but there's still an element of keeping fit, it's just nothing like the training we do here. It's a totally different environment.
"Since I've been here, every year the standard goes up and up. There's always that little bit of worry that as you're getting older you may get left behind, but you look after yourself."
One of the players reporting back in for the first day of pre-season, Albrighton conducted fitness testing alongside his team-mates inside the King Power Centre, after a morning gym session, with a chance to get out on the grass with a football at their feet following later in the day.
Albrighton Back & Ready To Go In Pre-Season
Marc Albrighton sits down with LCFC TV on the first day of pre-season as he talks through his summer and the squad's return to the training ground.
"It's changed a lot really," the ex-Aston Villa midfielder explained. "Gone are the days of just coming in and on the first day doing uphill on bikes, in parks and things like that. It's more structured now.
"Day one consists of testing - whether that's testing running or strength, or heart rate - to see where you're at and if everyone's in a good place. More than likely, everybody is.
"Having done it so many times, I know what I need to be fit and make sure I am in a good place. You do the right things, look after yourself.
"And then in the afternoon, the balls are out, and it will only be light, a bit of an adaption session, getting a reintroduction, getting used to the ball and your boots being on again and getting ready for the rest of the week."
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