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Another trend in modern science fiction is the concept of Singularity, but also the opposite which I will cover in a later post. The thing is, that we might have seen the Singularity trend peak and that it in fact has started to fade now at least according to some posts on the Blogosphere (see links at the end of this post). Personally I think it will be here in one form or another for a long time. Technology and Science are changing the world around us and it is only natural that science fiction writers explore those changes to the limits of imagination. There is many 'modern' science fiction written which involve the singularity concept which we don't see in 'classic' SF.
Singularity refers to a theory that technological and scientific progress will continue to speed up and that we will develop more intelligent beings that will speed up the progress even more while they invent even more intelligent beings and you see where this is going. Until we reach a point where not even our imagination can follow.
Singularity science fiction follows a Moore's Law of the future, where science improves our lives exponentially over time. Eventually human life is so radically transformed that it's unrecognizable to those of us living in the relatively crappy present. – io9
This is usually done by a combination of genetics, nanotechnology and artificial intelligence. Sometimes the beings are ourself evolved and transformed to a post-human or transhuman race with little in common with the meat monkeys we are today.
History of singularity:
In 1965, I. J. Good first wrote of an "intelligence explosion", suggesting that if machines could even slightly surpass human intellect, they could improve their own designs in ways unforeseen by their designers, and thus recursively augment themselves into far greater intelligences. The first such improvements might be small, but as the machine became more intelligent it would become better at becoming more intelligent, which could lead to a cascade of self-improvements and a sudden surge to superintelligence (or a singularity).
Vernon Vinge minted The Singularity expression in 1982.
In 1982, Vernor Vinge proposed that the creation of smarter-than-human intelligence represented a breakdown in humans' ability to model their future. The argument was that authors cannot write realistic characters who are smarter than humans: if humans could visualize smarter-than-human intelligence, we would be that smart ourselves. Vinge named this event "the Singularity". He compared it to the breakdown of the then-current model of physics when it was used to model the gravitational singularity beyond the event horizon of a black hole. In 1993, Vernor Vinge associated the Singularity more explicitly with I. J. Good's intelligence explosion, and tried to project the arrival time of artificial intelligence (AI) using Moore's law, which thereafter came to be associated with the "Singularity" concept.
Proof and examples:
A good example on Artificial Intelligences is William Gibson's 1984 novel Neuromancer, in which AIs are strictly regulated by the Turing Police so that they can't become self aware, but one wants to anyway. A more recent example is the WWW series by Robert J. Sawyer.
The singularity is sometimes addressed in fictional works to explain the event's absence. Neal Asher's Gridlinked series features a future where humans living in the Polity are governed by AIs and while some are resentful, most believe that they are far better governors than any human. In the fourth novel, Polity Agent, it is mentioned that the singularity is far overdue yet most AIs have decided not to partake in it for reasons that only they know.
A flashback character in Ken MacLeod's 1998 novel The Cassini Division dismissively refers to the Singularity as the Rapture for nerds, though the singularity goes on to happen anyway.
Accelerating progress features in some science fiction works, and is a central theme in Charles Stross's Accelerando (free download). Singularity Sky also touches on singularity.
Ken MacLeod's Newton's Wake is a post-singularity work as well as the Evergence Trilogy by Sean Williams & Shane Dix both which I like.
Other authors that address singularity-related issues include Karl Schroeder, Alastair Reynold, Greg Egan, Ken MacLeod, Paul Melko(Singularity's Ring), Rudy Rucker, David Brin, Iain M. Banks, Ian Douglas, Neal Stephenson, Tony Ballantyne, Bruce Sterling, Dan Simmons, Damien Broderick, Fredric Brown, Jacek Dukaj, Nagaru Tanigawa, John Dickinson (WE), Douglas Adams and Ian McDonald etc
Popular movies in which computers become intelligent and violently overpower the human race include the Terminator series, the parody of a film adaptation of I, Robot, and The Matrix series.
On television series Battlestar Galactica and Caprica also explores artificial intelligence.
Another form of Singularity of a more spiritual kind is explored in the differentStargate installments. Ascended beings beyond human comprehension play a significant part in the Stargate universe (not SGU so far). Although most of them ascends through spiritual means, there are also cases of a more technological form of ascension now and then. The most significant ascended being in the series where Daniel Jackson here seen during the process.
Please watch this video where some of the aforementioned authors discuss Singularity.
The Singularity: An Appraisal from Michael Johnson on Vimeo.
This panel was held at Boskone 47 in Boston, MA on February 12th, 2010. Moderating was the Guest of Honor, Alastair Reynolds. Other panel participants included several time Hugo Award winner Vernor Vinge, Locus Award winner Charles Stross, and Karl Schroeder.
What's your take on Singularity?
Got any good books to recommend?
Please write a comment.
Trends in Current Science Fiction Post Index:
- Bill Joy's Wired magazine article "Why the future doesn't need us"
- Technological Singularity page on Wikipedia
- The Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
- Singularity FAQ for Dummies
- Acceleration Watch
- The Great Enhancement debate
- whatisartificialintelligence.com
- Science fiction at the end of time a blog post from Marianne de Pierres' Journal
- The Singularity Backlash a blog post from io9


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Following the announcement, the manufacturer of the device, known as a relay, released a statement implying that the problem was not with the part but with how it was used.
Officials of Entergy New Orleans, a subsidiary of New Orleans-based Entergy (NYSE:ETR), said the device, called a relay, had been installed in switching gear to protect the Superdome from a cable failure between the company's incoming power line and lines that run into the stadium.
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Company officials said the device performed with no problems during January's Sugar Bowl and other earlier events, but has been removed and will be replaced. All systems at the Superdome are now working and the dome will host a major Mardi Gras event Saturday night, said Doug Thornton, an executive with SMG, the company that manages the stadium for the state.
The power failure at Sunday's big game cut lights to about half of the stadium for 34 minutes, halting play between the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers. The FBI had ruled out cyberterrorism as a cause.
Entergy's announcement came shortly before officials appeared before a committee of the City Council, which is the regulatory body for the company, to answer questions about the outage.
Not long after the power company's announcement, the manufacturer, Chicago-based S&C Electric Company, released a statement saying that the blackout occurred because the so-called trip setting on the device, "as set by the system operators," was too low to allow the device to handle the electric load that was coming in.
The statement did not name the "system operators," but the equipment was owned and installed by Entergy New Orleans.
"Based on the onsite testing, we have determined that if higher settings had been applied, the equipment would not have disconnected the power," said Michael J.S. Edmonds, vice president of strategic solutions for the company.
In a follow-up statement, Entergy said that "tests conducted by S&C and Entergy on the two relays installed at the Superdome shows that one relay functioned as expected and the other relay did not." Entergy spokesman Mike Burns, who released the statement, did not have an immediate answer when asked whether both relays had the same trip setting.
During the morning committee hearing, City Council member Susan Guidry asked Entergy executives whether they were "fairly certain" that the relay device was faulty.
"That is correct," said Dennis Dawsey, an Entergy vice president.
However, when asked whether the outage was caused by the design or a defect in a part of the equipment, Entergy New Orleans CEO Charles Rice said that had not been determined.
"The equipment did not function properly," Rice said. "At this particular time, based upon our analysis, we cannot say definitively that there was a defect in design. What we do know is that the equipment for some unknown reason at this particular time, did not react the way that it should have."
Asked if Entergy and SMG still plan to hire a third-party investigator to get to the bottom of the cause, Rice said that possibility remains open.
"We'll work closely with SMG and if there is a need for a third-party investigation, we will do that," Rice said, adding that Entergy was also working with the manufacturer.
Shabab Mehraeen, an assistant professor of electrical engineering at Louisiana State University, said the relay device is a common electrical fixture in businesses and massive facilities such as the Superdome.
"They are designed to keep a problem they sense from becoming something bigger, like a fire or catastrophic event," said Mehraeen, who holds a doctorate from the Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla, Mo.
The devices vary in size, and while Mehraeen noted he was not familiar with the specifics of the relay at the Superdome, he added, "I wouldn't be surprised if it was bigger than a truck."
Mehraeen said the reasons the devices fail are the subject of much academic research into the interaction of relays with the complex electrical systems they regulate.
"It's not unusual for them to have problems," he said. "They can be unpredictable despite national testing standards recommended by manufacturers."
Entergy and SMG had both upgraded lines and equipment in the months leading up to the Super Bowl. Rice said the new switching gear, with the faulty relay, was installed as part of a $4.2 million upgrade by Entergy, including the installation of a new power line dedicated solely to the stadium.
In a separate project, SMG replaced lines coming into the stadium after managers expressed concerns the Superdome might be vulnerable to a power failure like the one that struck Candlestick Park during a 49ers Monday Night Football game in 2011. That outage was blamed at least partly on a transformer explosion.
Thornton stressed Friday that the dome was drawing only about two-thirds of its power capacity Super Bowl night, and said typical NFL games in late August or September can draw a little more.
City officials had worried that the Super Bowl outage might harm New Orleans' chances of getting another NFL championship game.
But NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell downplayed that possibility after the outage, saying the NFL planned to keep New Orleans in its Super Bowl plans. Mayor Mitch Landrieu said the city intends to bid for the Super Bowl in 2018.
Earlier Friday, Entergy said the device was the cause of the power outage.


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Still buzzing from last night's #ROHVepres - such a life-enhancing experience
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#ROHVêpres shining bright lights at the audience for finale was a real cop out and smacked of desperation. As for Schrott in a gown....
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Very pleased that Bryan Hymel got to sing 'La brise souffle au loin'. I really thought it would be cut. #ROHVêpres
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Michael Volle took vocal honours for me - with some highlights from Hymel and plenty of volume from Schrott #ROHvêpres
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Les Vêpres siciliennes runs from 17 October – 11 November 2013. The production will also be screened live in cinemas around the world on 4 November and is staged with the generous philanthropic support of Mrs Susan A. Olde OBE, Mrs Aline Foriel-Destezet, Mr and Mrs Baha Bassatne and The Maestro's Circle.


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A Note from the Author: Tom Davis
Scared is a work of fiction, but the world and life stories described in the book are very real. I've experienced them up close in my work as CEO of Children's HopeChest.>
I've met hundreds of kids who've lost parents, or whole communities of adults, to AIDS. I've held a starving child, and I've put my arms around a young girl the age of one of my daughters who'd been abused by a family member. I'll never forget the five-year-old boy, coming from his empty hut miles away, carrying his two-year-old sister on his back to get food at a CarePoint.
There aren't words to describe your emotions in the face of these circumstances.
I write this, like Scared, not to shock, but to give voice to these children to make them heard. And to bring them help.
At HopeChest, we meet practical and pressing needs. That's the bottom line of caring for orphans. But we do more through a unique model that helps kids to overcome their circumstances and impact their world.
About the Book
Released by Cook Communications, Scared: A Novel on the Edge of the World, follows the story of U.S. photojournalist Stuart Daniels and a young Swazi girl, Adanna. Like many in her country, she finds herself as the head of her household in a land with little to offer anyone in need. Termed "Nation of Orphans," Swaziland has the highest rate of HIV/AIDS in Africa.
The themes of the story are not easy disease, hunger, death, and man's basest evil toward his fellow man, even children. Reality in Swaziland isn't easy for anyone. In fiction, as in life, the characters show a resilience of spirit in the face of unthinkable adversity. In the same way, their stories display the power of relationship, human and divine, to heal and restore.
Stuart Daniels, a battle- and life-worn photojournalist, has taken what he believes may be the last of his assignments. His personal life, including his marriage, is a disaster. He's haunted by an award-winning photo that made his career, but has left him a shell of a person. Adanna is a young Swazi girl with an incredible gift, a voice that cries out for her people.
Scared is a testimony of the power of words to sustain and change lives and the power of God to bring light and new life, even to the darkest places. As Christian Fiction Online Magazine reviewer, Michelle Sutton, stated: "You'd have to have a heart of stone not to be emotionally moved when you read Scared. The entire time I read this book I was in Africa right along with the characters. That's great writing."
Enter the world of Scared, and you will find yourself transported to a different world. Certainly moved. Maybe even transformed.
In the final chapter of Alexandra's story, she shares what happened when she boarded the plane for Swaziland with her teammates. This post is a little longer, but I'm pretty sure you won't be able to put it down.
Thank you again, Alexandra, for sharing your heart and story with all of us.
Following Jesus: Part 3
by Alexandra Warwick.
"Touching the Image of Jesus"
Four months later, I sat in my bedroom at midnight feeling nauseous and terrified. I had to meet my team in six hours to travel to Chicago for our flight, and the realization of how out-of-my-comfort-zone this trip was going to be had begun to sink in. I couldn't bring myself to sleep even though I knew it would be a long time before I'd be able to get good rest again. I stared at my computer screen where my most recent blog post, along with several comments full of encouragement looked back up at me.
One comment in particular was glued to my mind. It said, "You are about to touch the very image of Jesus."
This post bothered me because I couldn't figure out what those words really meant and the harder I tried to understand, the more nervous I felt.
All day I had been getting calls and messages from friends and family wishing me well. Nearly every person I talked to asked me my most dreaded question: "So, are you ready to go to Swaziland?" I began to despise hearing that question, no matter how well intentioned it was.
I just wanted to scream at everyone, "No! No! I am absolutely, one hundred percent, not ready to go!" But I knew if I said what I was really thinking, they'd tell me that maybe I should just stay home where it was safer. They'd tell me I shouldn't do it, that I shouldn't go if it made me feel so uncomfortable. And I knew I'd have to explain to them how I just couldn't do that. I'd have to explain that no matter how afraid I was, no matter how uncomfortable the trip was bound to be, I had to go. I was called to go. I couldn't have told anyone who it was calling me then, but I did know that the call was too loud and too clear for me to turn back in fear. I wasn't ready, not at all, but I knew I had to go anyway.
I cannot begin to express how immensely glad I am that I got up at five in the morning that day, and boarded that plane to Africa with my teammates. Because, truthfully, there was nothing on this trip that I could have prepared myself for.
I tried to be ready to go to the CarePoint that first day in Swaziland, I tried to be ready to visit the children's ward of a hospital whose standards were terrifyingly eye-opening to me, I tried to be ready to go visit the often dilapidated homesteads of many CarePoint children with my teammates and an orphanage to play with some amazingly brilliant kids, but I never was.
I felt like I was strapped onto a roller coaster of unbelievable experiences. I was never ready for that big drop to come, but I knew that I had chosen this ride and had to stick out what I had signed up for.
And suddenly, it was the last day and the children of Ludlati were singing praise songs at the top of their lungs, and dancing around with gleaming smiles on their faces. The Discpleship Team at the CarePoint tried to get the kids to go outside for a group picture, but the children would not leave the building. They just kept dancing, and singing, and seemed incapable of ending their joyful praising of all God had given them.
I heard more than a few cries of, "Thank you, thank you, Jesus!" coming from the crowd.
And as the adults slowly trickled back in to see what was going on, and we all joined the children in song and dance, I saw one of the little girls I had bonded with staring up at me. I ran to her, held her close to my chest, and as we started to dance together, I remembered the words from that comment on my blog post before I left for Swaziland.
"You are about to touch the very image of Jesus."
And all at once, I realized what that meant.
I realized that the very image of Jesus was right there in my arms, next to me, and dancing all around me.
I realized how absolutely incredible it was that these kids, many of whom would have no food to eat until the following day when they received fortified rice at the CarePoint, and still more who had no parents to go home to, could praise God for their blessings with the utmost joy and sincerity. I realized what it meant to live on God's grace alone, to live in constant gratitude rather than constant entitlement.
I saw the image of Jesus right before my eyes and even though I could never have said that I was ready, I accepted Him that last day at the CarePoint, sitting on a log with my teammates, covered in dirt, sweat, and tears.
I probably have never needed a shower as much as I did that day, I was sick with a terrible cold and raging ear infection, and was more tired than I can ever remember having been in my life.
My salvation was far from glamorous, but as I embraced my teammates, and heard the Bomake (the women who cook, serve, and care for the children at the CarePoint every day) clap their hands and cheer for me in delight, I knew that glamorous was just not something that Jesus ever asked anyone to be.
Today, I also realize that salvation, as beautiful as it may be, is only the beginning of a Christian life. I do not wish to diminish the importance of it, but the path ahead of me holds a far bigger challenge than accepting Jesus. This challenge is to follow Him, follow Him in caring for orphans and widows, follow him in serving brothers and sisters, friends, and yes, follow him even in practicing hospitality to my enemies. This is the challenge of unwavering faith, of radical love. This is the challenge of laying my life down, of giving to people who can never repay me, in trying to love as Jesus loved.
Accepting Jesus took a minute of my life, but following Him requires everything I have ever had and ever will have, every moment, of everyday, for the rest of my life and knowing that it's completely worth it.
Even as I am typing this now, I know that in this life, nothing is guaranteed except the grace of God. I was not ready, when God called me to go on this trip, I was not ready when He told me to get on the plane, I was not ready when He sent me to the CarePoint, the hospital, or the orphanage. I was not ready to touch the very image of Jesus, to accept Him right there on that log. I am still not ready for the unexpected challenges of tomorrow but I think that's what is so exquisite about faith.
Being ready isn't important.
What's important is listening to God, and trusting that when He tells you to leap, even if you cannot see how far the drop is, He has a plan for you that will exceed all of your expectations.
When we left Alexandra, she was wondering how she was going to raise $3,411 to travel across the world with a group of Christians she didn't know.
She wasn't a Christian and had no church.
But she did feel deeply compelled to get on this trip to the Ludlati CarePoint. So she decided to enter a contest to win a free trip with Children's HopeChest that was going on at the exact same time.
We sold nearly 1,000 t-shirts–with each person getting an entry to win the contest.
Here's what happened when Alexandra entered…
Following Jesus: Part 2
by Alexandra Warwick.
"Oh Yes I Can!"
One morning an update in my newsfeed boldly proclaimed, "Buy a t-shirt and get a chance to win a free mission trip with Children's HopeChest."
I read the details and found out that if you posted the link in your blog and people bought shirts from your link, you would receive an extra entry into the contest. I wrote a quick blog post expressing my feelings about why I wanted to go on the trip, posted the link, ordered a shirt, and went on with my day expecting nothing to come of it.
Soon after I posted the link, my sister called to tell me she was buying a shirt off my blog. I was thankful, but a little nagging voice in my head kept whispering to me,
"The odds are against you. God can't do this for you and even if He could, there's probably no reason why He would."
I had all but forgotten about entering the contest until the next day when I saw a link to an article by Tom Davis on the HopeChest Facebook page that mentioned my name.
I had to do a double take.
This had to be a different Alexandra they were talking about. Why would Tom Davis have anything to say about me?
In disbelief, I clicked the link to the article and read. And somehow, most incredibly, it really was me that he was talking about.
As I read, I felt both a sense of gratitude, and a sense of immense guilt. Mr. Davis had recognized the depth of my passion to serve others. I was thankful that someone finally understood.
But I was terrified by something else he said in his article.
He had written:
"There is nothing simple about extreme poverty. And there are no quick answers to problems like human trafficking. These persistently complex problems will not be solved by a t-shirt or a mission trip contest. But they will be solved by passionate people like Alexandra who double-down on Jesus' teachings in the Gospel."
When I read these words, I felt like someone had punched me straight in the chest.
"If he only knew," I thought. "If he only knew how little I knew about the gospel. If he only knew I wasn't a Christian, maybe he wouldn't be writing this about me."
And as people messaged me on Facebook and commented on my blog to encourage me after reading his article, I felt even worse. I knew their hearts were full of kindness, but I felt so undeserving.
As the contest lingered in my mind, all I could do was pray.
I didn't ever pray to win the mission trip. That didn't sit well in my heart. I didn't want to win a prize, I wanted to serve, so I prayed every day that if I was truly called to go to Swaziland, I'd be able to find the financial resources to do so. And, I prayed that whomever God chose to win this mission trip, would be blessed, and able to bless others as a result.
I prayed this prayer up until one chilly March day when I was on the way home from college for spring break and I got a text from a friend that simply said, " Oh my gosh! You won!"
I didn't even know what to make of it. My dad was sitting by me, driving the car, but even as my stomach stirred with excitement and confusion, I kept my mouth silent, still believing that God couldn't make this happen for me.
"What are you talking about?" I texted back to my friend.
My friend replied that my sister had won the contest but was giving the trip to me.
And still, as the excitement stirred inside of me, I didn't want to believe it was true. I had talked to my sister earlier in the day and she hadn't mentioned anything about this.
Still, maybe I would have to call my sister again just to check. So I did. And my sister told me she had been instructed to keep it a secret all day until it could be posted on Facebook as a surprise for me.
And then, it sunk in, and I just screamed while my dad grasped the steering wheel in terror thinking that something was terribly wrong.
But quickly, I began to laugh hysterically and cry at the same time and he realized what had happened and shouted, "No way! That's incredible!"
And indeed, it was. It was absolutely incredible.
My sister, my dad, and I laughed for a long, long, time, unable to really articulate words. But as the three of us laughed, I felt laughter coming from somewhere else too, and I remembered how I had told God that He couldn't do this for me with such assurance.
The laughter grew louder and clearer as I felt the words, "Oh yes I can!" flood my heart.
Stay tuned for Part 3!


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With Assassin's Creed III set to release in just three weeks time, excitement for Ubisoft's long-awaited sequel couldn't be any more frenetic. Pre-orders are stacking up, and players everywhere can't wait to see what Connor, the newest Assassin for the series, can do. But it's not just about the single player adventure, as Ubisoft Montreal is once again adding multiplayer. The company recently invited us down to go hands-on with two new mode, one cooperative and one competitive, and both a lot of fun.
First, let's talk about the co-op mode, known as Wolfpack. Here, you put together a team of assassins – four in all, each controlled by a separate player – and then make your way through a number of sequences. In each stage, you have to hunt down highlighted targets that are featured on a corner of the screen, ranging from military generals to spies that don't really stand out in a crowd. To track them down, you use a detection gauge of sorts, with small circular notifications pointing out where they are, growing in size as you get closer. Once you're within visible range of your target, the entire circle glows blue, meaning you'll have to act with a little bit of decorum, or else you'll give yourself away.
From there, you can work with your buddies on making the kills. Now, there are certain ways to do it, as, with each sequence, you actually have to meet a certain score in order to get to the next level, and only a limited amount of time to do it in. A simple kill, right in public, will net you 100 points easily (maybe 50 if it's quicker than usual), but if you go a bit more elaborate, like adding an acrobative move to the kill or perhaps even teaming up with friends to take out an entire group with a multi-kill, then you see the points really stack up. The more you do with your group, the better off you'll fare.
One other thing – sometimes your target won't entirely die if you stab them and leave them on the ground. You can hit your attack button and deliver one last swift kick to their skull, adding a cool little point bonus on top of what you already earned for the kill. This enables other players to help out if they see "finish your target" flashing over their prey, so it never hurts to stay put for a second before you go running off towards the next objective.
This mode is quite enjoyable. It's like a Horde Mode of sorts, but you work together as cooperative assassins rather than gunmen, even if the "get to the next level" tactic remains mostly intact. Our demo run-through got us all the way through sequence 22, and there's plenty more where that came from. Just remember to stay on your toes and work cohesively, and who knows, you might just rank amongst the best assassin teams.
The other mode, Domination, is also team-based, but works more competitively between players. You've got two teams of four that are trying to control highlighted objectives on several maps. To do this, you need to stand in the area to take it over, while not giving away your persona to enemies. It's a little difficult, because both team types are shown, but you can use things to your advantage. For instance, don't run up to an area, because you'll give yourself away, as you stand out from other NPC's on the map. Also, you have a disguise that you can use for ten seconds at a time, so if you are spotted, you can round the corner, don your disguise, and lose your tail.
Now, if you are discovered in an enemy's area, here's where it gets tricky. If you overtake the area, you flip-flop what can be done to you, as you can kill them while they only have the ability to stun you. Likewise, if you DON'T overtake their area, they can finish you off if you don't stun them quick enough. We learned this the hard way at the beginning of the match, dying multiple times against producers. But we soon got the hang of it.
Domination offers a thrilling take on the versus component of Assassin's Creed, and the characters we played as provided a healthy amount of variety, between Indians with traditional tomahawks and weirdly dressed doctors who pack hidden hand blades, as well as musket-carrying girls who aren't afraid to lock and load.
The single player campaign of Assassin's Creed III will keep you busy, but you shouldn't overlook the multiplayer. Whether you want to team up with friends or just plain kill 'em all, there's plenty of blood to spill.
Look for Assassin's Creed III on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC October 30th, followed by a Wii U release on November 18th.


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It seemingly has every type of tree in Canada. A little difficult in its use to find and identify for a novice like myself but it may get easier as I use it more. Also a little big for putting in a pack and carrying with you on a hike or canoe trip.
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Kyle Munzenrieder / Riptide 2.0: Congratulations! Florida Had the Least Racist Tweets After Obama's Reelection of Any Southern State
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Let's Not Make a Deal — To say the obvious: Democrats won an amazing victory. Not only did they hold the White House despite a still-troubled economy, in a year when their Senate majority was supposed to be doomed, they actually added seats. — Nor was that all: They scored major gains in the states.
Discussion: Calculated Risk, Hullabaloo, Prairie Weather, Taylor Marsh, Business Insider, Wonkblog, The Agonist, Daily Kos, msnbc.com, Politico, Washington Post, Bloomberg and The Atlantic Online
Bill McBride / Calculated Risk: New CBO report on "Fiscal Cliff"
Digby / Hullabaloo: Fiscal Cliff notes
Joe Weisenthal / Business Insider: Here's An Insane Chart Showing Just How Much The Fiscal Cliff Is Being Hyped
Dylan Matthews / Wonkblog: CBO: Letting upper-income tax cuts expire would barely hurt economy
Steve Hynd / The Agonist: A Grand, no good, very bad Bargain
Georgia Logothetis / Daily Kos: Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: GOP must moderate its stances
Steven Sloan / Politico: CBO: Fiscal cliff will mean recession, rise in unemployment
Matthew O'Brien / The Atlantic Online: Don't Believe the Grand Bargain Hype
Obama says win empowers him on fiscal cliff
Obama says win empowers him on fiscal cliff
Discussion: CNN
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Schumer: 'Chastened' GOP makes deal possible on fiscal cliff
Schumer: 'Chastened' GOP makes deal possible on fiscal cliff
Discussion: Politico, ABCNEWS and Firedoglake
Abby D. Phillip / ABCNEWS: Boehner Sets 2013 for Deficit Deal
Joel B. Pollak / BREITBART.COM:
EXCLUSIVE - INSIDE ORCA: HOW THE ROMNEY CAMPAIGN SUPPRESSED ITS OWN VOTE — As Republicans try to explain their Election Day losses in terms of policy, tactics, and strategy, one factor is emerging as the essential difference between the Obama and Romney campaigns on November 6 …
Charles Johnson / Little Green Footballs: Breitbart.com EXCLUSIVE BOMBSHELL: Romney Lost
Jonathan Lemire / NY Daily News: Karl Rove claims President Obama won reelection by 'suppressing the vote'
Dave Swindle / The PJ Tatler: 3 Reasons Why I'm Joining the Republican Party Today
Kevin DuJan / HillBuzz.org: SCARY THOUGHT: Did "Project Orca" Cost Romney the Election by Diverting Resources to Failing Computer Program?
Josh Fruhlinger / Wonkette: Romney's Expensive Computer Get-Out-The-Vote Effort Explodes Miserably, Like Rest Of Romney Campaign
Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast: Mitt Was "Shellshocked" — Sorry for the delay this morning …
Ron Beasley / Middle Earth Journal: Some Manager — W. Mitt Romney's main selling point was supposed …
David Henderson / EconLog: Romney's Get out the Vote Epic Fail
Natalie Jennings / Election 2012: Epic Whale: Romney volunteers say 'Orca' was debacle
Scott Johnson / Power Line: Inside Project ORCA
Joseph / Plunderbund: GOP Project ORCA = Fail Whale
Nick Wing / The Huffington Post:
Peter Morrison, Texas GOP Official, Calls For 'Amicable Divorce' From 'Maggots' Who Voted For Obama … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Elections 2012, Elections 2012, Elections 2012, Barack Obama , Barack Obama 2012 , Video, Election 2012, Obama Reelection, Peter Morrison, Peter Morrison Secession …
Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland and theGrio
Bud Kennedy / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Hardin GOP official: 'Maggots' elected Obama
Hardin GOP official: 'Maggots' elected Obama
Discussion: Gawker
Neetzan Zimmerman / Gawker: Texas GOP Official Calls for Territorial Separation from Obama-Voting 'Maggots'
Dead pig left at Republican HQ in Manhattan Beach — animal news, mitt romney, south bay, los angeles news, jovana lara — Jovana Lara — MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. (KABC) — A dead pig clad in a Mitt Romney T-shirt was left at a Republican campaign office in Manhattan Beach.
Amanda Covarrubias / L.A. NOW: Dead pig wrapped in Mitt Romney T-shirt dumped at GOP office
Dennis Romero / The Informer: Pig In Mitt Romney T-Shirt Dumped At Manhattan Beach Republican Campaign HQ
Jim Treacher / The Daily Caller: KABC-TV: … Gee. Ya think? That was exactly the idea, and it worked.
Stephen C. Webster / The Raw Story: Dead pig wearing Romney shirt left outside California GOP office
Jim Thompsonupdated / Athens Daily News:
Charles Darwin gets 4,000 write-in votes in Athens against Paul Broun — Charles Darwin, the 19th-century naturalist who laid the foundations for evolutionary theory, received nearly 4,000 write-in votes in Athens-Clarke County in balloting for the 10th Congressional District seat retained Tuesday …
Discussion: Political Insider, The Raw Story, New York Magazine, The PJ Tatler, Inside Higher Ed and Election 2012
Jgalloway / Political Insider: Your daily jolt: 'You could see riots in the streets,' says Saxby Chambliss
David Ferguson / The Raw Story: Charles Darwin gets 4,000 votes against 'lies from the pit of Hell' congressman
Bridget Johnson / The PJ Tatler: Darwin Gets 4,000 Votes Vs. Creationist Congressman
Scott Jaschik / Inside Higher Ed: Creationist Lawmaker Loses Votes to Charles Darwin
Natalie Jennings / Election 2012: Charles Darwin earns nearly 4,000 write-in votes against Ga. Rep. Broun
Mickey Kaus / The Daily Caller:
Alert! The entire GOP elite seems to be trying to sell out en masse on immigration. Not only Boehner, but Cantor. And Hannity (who works for pro-amnesty world citizen Rupert Murdoch). Even Krauthammer. ... Maybe these people are convinced the larger GOP project can be saved simply by caving on just this one issue.
Discussion: protein wisdom, Belmont Club, Politico, Washington Monthly, ABCNEWS, National Review, Power Line, The Hill, Roger Ailes and Ballot Box
Richard Fernandez / Belmont Club: And the Band Played On — With an update on the Petraeus resignation.
Mackenzie Weinger / Politico: Hannity's immigration evolution draws praise from conservative Latino group
Jordan Fabian / ABCNEWS: Has the GOP Reached a Tipping Point on Immigration?
Heather Mac Donald / National Review: Re: Why Hispanics Don't Vote for Republicans
Scott Johnson / Power Line: In search of the Hispanic vote
Daniel Strauss / The Hill: Boehner 'confident' GOP, Obama can reach deal on immigration reform
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box: Graham: Immigration reform must be dealt with 'once and for all'
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Speaker 'Confident' of Deal With White House on Immigration
Speaker 'Confident' of Deal With White House on Immigration
Discussion: The Atlantic Online, The Huffington Post, Sky Dancing, Mediaite, Colorlines, National Review and Politico
Jordan Weissmann / The Atlantic Online: The Next Trillion-Dollar Stimulus? It's Immigration Reform
Benjamin Hart / The Huffington Post: Sean Hannity Flips On Immigration Reform, Now Supports Pathway To Citizenship
Dakinikat / Sky Dancing: Faustian Bargains and other deals
Meenal Vamburkar / Mediaite: John Boehner Presser On Fiscal Cliff: I Hope '2013 Is Finally The Year' For A Grand Bargain
Seth Freed Wessler / Colorlines: Trying to Stay Relevant, Boehner Says GOP Will Back Immigration Reform
Reihan Salam / National Review: Heather Mac Donald and Matt Yglesias on Latino Voters
David Nather / Politico: John Boehner: 'Obamacare is the law of the land'
Chris Cassidy / Boston Herald:
Awkward first press conference for senator-elect Warren — A jittery U.S. senator-elect Elizabeth Warren gave one-sentence answers, ducked questions and even passed one on to Gov. Deval Patrick in an awkward first press conference since the election. — Warren spoke for a total of less …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers, The Daily Caller, The College Fix and National Review
Jim Treacher / The Daily Caller: One of the old stereotypes about Native Americans is that they're very taciturn.
Nathan Harden / The College Fix: Elizabeth Warren Bombs First Post-Election Press Conference (VIDEO)
Jillian Kay Melchior / National Review: Obama Speaks on the Economy
Obama Ends Tradition Of Post-Reelection Press Conferences — No questions, please. — (Getty) — President Obama delivered a statement today, his first to the White House press corps since winning reelection, calling for a balanced approach to fix the deficit that included cuts and revenue increases.
Discussion: Hot Air, DCist and The Impolitic
Mary Katharine Ham / Hot Air: Sen.-elect Elizabeth Warren makes her debut in super-awkward press conference
Benjamin R. Freed / DCist: In First Post-Election Speech, Obama Asks for Tax Hike on Wealthy and Avoids Taking Questions
Libby Spencer / The Impolitic: Dear White House Press Corps
Tyler Durden / ZeroHedge:
Guest Post: The Next Four Years Won't Be As Good As The Last — Submitted by Lance Roberts of Street Talk Live, — The people have spoken and President Obama will serve another four years presiding over the United States. Furthermore, there is very little change to the makeup of the House …
Discussion: protein wisdom, Sense of Events and Questions and Observations
Jeff G. / protein wisdom: The Wile E Coyote presidency
Donald Sensing / Sense of Events: The market reacts to Obama's fiscal cliff remarks (updated)
Bruce McQuain / Questions and Observations: In reality, it's all about math
It's surprise, touch and go for Biden … Vice President Joe Biden made a surprise visit to Sussex County on Thursday morning to celebrate a 201-year-old Delaware tradition, dropping in unannounced to a Return Day reception before the traditional parade to the Circle.
Discussion: Washington Post
Rachel Weiner / Washington Post: Biden: 2016 run could depend on economy
Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
For Romney, All His Career Options Are Still Open. Except One. — BOSTON — They predict he will write a book, convinced that the daily diary he kept on the campaign trail would make for a compelling read. — They speculate that he will return to the corridors of finance …
Discussion: New York Magazine, Business Insider, Mediaite, The Fix and Hot Air
Noah Rothman / Mediaite: Touré: 'I Do Want To See Mitt Romney In The White House' As Obama's 'Secretary Of Business'
Helaine Olen / Forbes:
Mitt Romney's Campaign Cancels Staffers' Credit Cards In The Middle Of The Night — US Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney loads into a car on his way to the airport in North Canton, Ohio before flying to Pensacola, Florida, on October 27, 2012. (Image credit: AFP/Getty Images via @daylife)
Discussion: Esquire, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Raw Story and Washington Examiner
William / Alan Colmes' Liberaland: Romney Campaign Cancels Staffers' Credit Cards During Concession Speech
David Ferguson / The Raw Story: Romney staffers stranded when campaign killed credit cards on election night
Nikki Schwab / Washington Examiner: Romney staffers get cut off


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VICTORVILLE — A high percentage of local high school graduates say they'll relocate this fall to study at universities hundreds of miles away from the Victor Valley, some as far as Connecticut or the Virgin Islands, according to a Daily Press online survey and interviews.
But some graduates say they'll opt to put down roots in the Victor Valley instead, remaining at home with parents to save money and attend Victor Valley College or other nearby schools such as Barstow Community College.
"I've always wanted to get away, get out," said A.J. Walton, 18. "Mainly because I've been in California my whole life, pretty much. I want to experience a different state, different culture and different weather. I want to get away to become my own man, to do things on my own."
Walton said he will attend the University of Minnesota, Crookston, this August to study communications and business. However, this Daily Press 2014 Boys Basketball Athlete of the Year said his ultimate dream is to play in the NBA.
"It depends on where my career is going to take me," he said, in response to being asked if he'll return to the High Desert after his college graduation. "Most likely I won't live in the High Desert."
Melissa Fairchild, 18, said she's not opposed to returning to the region when she completes her studies at Yale University in four years or so. The recent Serrano High School graduate will begin school in New Haven, Conn., in August to study finance or another major. Right now she says she's undecided.
"It will depend on if I can get a job, and where my job will be," Fairchild said. "I'm not opposed to coming back here. But I really want to see what else is out there."
Fairchild was heavily involved in track and field in high school, winning four Mojave River League titles. She was accepted to a wide span of colleges, including New York University, the University of Nebraska and San Jose State.
"I was really interested in branching out and seeing what else is out there," Fairchild said. "I just want to make sure I'm making my own decisions, and not just living somewhere because that's where I lived my whole life."
According to the Daily Press survey, about 17 percent of local graduates plan to stay in the region to attend Victor Valley College; 9 percent will attend a different community college; a small percentage will join the military or go straight to work; and roughly 70 percent said they plan to attend four-year universities. A large portion of the responders were from University Preparatory School, which has a high number of university-bound students.
Overall, 75 percent said they'll leave the High Desert after high school, and a whopping 86 percent said they don't plan to live in the High Desert after completing college or career training.
"A lot of them, they have this idea that things are better somewhere else," said Andrea Porter, a counselor from Victor Valley High School. "A lot of them think that VVC is for the dumb kids. But when I explain that they have an honors program, and about the types of classes they can take, a lot of them start to feel like that's an OK choice."
Porter said she believes many students have a "misperception" of VVC, perhaps stemming from its history when students found it difficult to get into classes. But she said the K16 Bridge program has worked to alleviate the issue by providing priority registration for first-year students.
"Not a lot of kids believe that's a reality," Porter said. "They've heard so many bad things, it takes a while to dispel rumors. I think it's getting better."
Porter said she believes only 20 to 25 percent of her students plan to go directly to four-year universities and about 50 percent are going to VVC or Barstow Community College.
John Pinkerton, a counselor at Silverado High School and a VVC Trustee, said that he makes it a point to recommend students to the community college and to explain the cost savings.
"It's a quality education at a bargain price," Pinkerton said. "They can knock out the (first) two years here and save their family a bundle of money. You see what the average (debt load) a student is graduating today with a bachelor's degree? It's about $30,000. By staying local they can save a boatload of money."
Tatiana Khabbaz, 18, recently graduated from Silverado and said she hopes to complete the nursing program at VVC.
"I'm close to home," Khabbaz said. "I heard the nursing program at VVC was amazing. I don't want to accumulate a lot of loans and get into debt. I also work up here as well, at the movie theaters."
Khabbaz said most of her friends are also going to VVC.
"For me it's the best choice," she said. "I'm not worried about the reputation. I'm going to do what I have to do."
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VICTORVILLE — A high percentage of local high school graduates say they'll relocate this fall to study at universities hundreds of miles away from the Victor Valley, some as far as Connecticut or the Virgin Islands, according to a Daily Press online survey and interviews.


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Chris Brown + Miley Cyrus Unsurprisingly Voted Worst Celebrity Role Models by Parents
In today's News of the Obvious, lady-beater Chris Brown and Miley "has she become a stripper yet?" Cyrus have been voted the worst celebrity role models in a recent poll of 2,400 parents around the world.
Among the female stars, Miley earned a whopping 68 percent unpopularity rating, edging out rehab denizen Lindsay Lohan (65%), famous-by-sex-tape Kim Kardashian (63%), tabloid queen Amanda Bynes (61%), and porno-starring teen mom Farrah Abraham (59%).
Brown topped the list of unpopular male celebrities, scoring a well-earned 71 percent, which puts him above Kanye "I am the nucleus" West (67%), foul-tempered reckless driver Justin Bieber (65%), sizzurp slurping Lil Wayne (58%), warlock Charlie Sheen (56%), and lying liar Lance Armstrong (54%).
Good to know that three of the worst role models are parents, two of whom are now parenting together.
But since more than half of the moms and dads polled think celebrities as a whole are bad role models, maybe it's time to stop expecting spoiled, overpaid, judgment-impaired stars to be a good influence on kids anyway, eh?


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SOUTHFIELD, Mich. - A Southfield attorney is giving away a free divorce in a Valentine's Day contest.
The Law Offices of Walter H. Bentley III, PLLC says a winner will be chosen based on most compelling and convincing story as to why they should be the winner.
The divorce is limited to an uncontested divorce with no or minimum child custody issues.
It's limited to Michigan residents only.
"I am truly excited to be able to offer this opportunity for a free divorce. People come to my office regularly who simply cannot afford to get divorced in the current economic environment," Bentley said in a statement.
A entry form is found on Bentley's website.
The deadline to apply is midnight Feb. 13. The winner will be announced on Valentine's day.
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The other day we posted an announcement to the effect that PBS and the Society of Architectural Historians would be broadcasting a show on May 12 on '10 Buildings That Changed America,' hosted by Geoff Baer.
We like Geoffrey (I don't know where the "Geoff" came in). His documentaries on the Chicago River architecture tour have been among the most popular shows from WTTW, one of Chicago's PBS stations (which modestly bills itself as "Your 'Window to the World'"). He does a fun segment on "Chicago Tonight" where he answers questions about Chicago history and oddities. So, kudos to the SAH, WTTW, and PBS for giving Geoffrey some well-deserved national exposure.
But then we looked at his list of the "10 buildings that changed America":
- Virginia state capitol, Richmond. Thomas Jefferson, 1788.
- Trinity Church, Boston. H.H. Richardson, 1877.
- Wainwright Building, St. Louis. Louis Sullivan, 1891.
- Robie House, Chicago. Frank Lloyd Wright, 1910.
- Highland Park Ford Plant, Highland Park, Michigan. Albert Kahn, 1910.
- Southdale Center, Edina, Minnesota. Victor Gruen, 1956.
- Seagram Building, New York. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, 1958.
- Dulles International Airport, Chantilly, Virginia. Eero Saarinen, 1962.
- Vanna Venturi House, Philadelphia. Robert Venturi, 1964.
- Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles. Frank Gehry, 2003.
Really? I don't pretend to be an architectural historian, but does anyone else think there are some unusual choices - and omissions - here? Where is the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Building, where 146 young women perished in a 1911 fire that led - and here's why it's a Top 10 Important - to NYC establishing the nation's first building fire code.
Why only 1 building west of the Mississippi (Edina, Minn., and St Louis don't count as "west")? Gehry's Disney Concert Hall is a great building, but hardly the only one representing half the country.
Why Saarinen's Dulles terminal (1962), when JFK's Pan Am "flying saucer" (designed by Ives, Turano & Gardner Associated Architects and Tippets-Abbett-McCarthy-Stratton) preceded it by two years? Why Robie House (1910) rather than Unity Temple (1905-1908) for FLW?
I'll admit, it's unfair to judge Geoffrey's choices before the program has aired, and I'm sure he has strong arguments for the Virginia capitol and Trinity Church (I hope he gives credit to Goody Clancy for the beautiful restoration they led on the latter).
So, we can wait till May 12. Or you can offer your own candidates for the "10 buildings that REALLY changed America." You can leave a post here, or email me at firstname.lastname@example.com and I'll send them along to WTTW.


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