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Cetuximab injection is used together with radiation treatment for advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN), or with a platinum-based cancer medicine with fluorouracil to treat SCCHN that has come back (recurrent) or has spread to other parts of the body (metastatic). Cetuximab injection is also used alone in patients with recurrent or metastatic SCCHN who have received other medicines that did not work well.
Cetuximab injection is used together with other medicines (eg, irinotecan, fluorouracil, leucovorin) to treat K-Ras wild-type, epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-expressing, metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). Your doctor will test for the presence of this gene mutation. Cetuximab injection is also used alone to treat patients with mCRC who have received other medicines (eg, irinotecan, oxaliplatin) that did not work well.
Cetuximab interferes with the growth of cancer cells, which are then destroyed by the body. Since the growth of normal body cells may also be affected by cetuximab, other effects will also occur. Some of these may be serious and must be reported to your doctor. Other effects, such as a skin rash, may not be serious but may cause concern. Some effects do not occur until months or years after the medicine is used.
Before you begin treatment with cetuximab, you and your doctor should talk about the benefits of this medicine as well as the risks of using it.
This medicine should only be given by or under the direct supervision of your doctor.
This product is available in the following dosage forms:
In deciding to use a medicine, the risks of taking the medicine must be weighed against the good it will do. This is a decision you and your doctor will make. For this medicine, the following should be considered:
Tell your doctor if you have ever had any unusual or allergic reaction to this medicine or any other medicines. Also tell your health care professional if you have any other types of allergies, such as to foods, dyes, preservatives, or animals. For non-prescription products, read the label or package ingredients carefully.
Appropriate studies have not been performed on the relationship of age to the effects of cetuximab injection in the pediatric population. Safety and efficacy have not been established.
Appropriate studies performed to date have not demonstrated geriatric-specific problems that would limit the usefulness of cetuximab injection in the elderly.
There are no adequate studies in women for determining infant risk when using this medication during breastfeeding. Weigh the potential benefits against the potential risks before taking this medication while breastfeeding.
Although certain medicines should not be used together at all, in other cases two different medicines may be used together even if an interaction might occur. In these cases, your doctor may want to change the dose, or other precautions may be necessary. When you are receiving this medicine, it is especially important that your healthcare professional know if you are taking any of the medicines listed below. The following interactions have been selected on the basis of their potential significance and are not necessarily all-inclusive.
Using this medicine with any of the following medicines is usually not recommended, but may be required in some cases. If both medicines are prescribed together, your doctor may change the dose or how often you use one or both of the medicines.
Certain medicines should not be used at or around the time of eating food or eating certain types of food since interactions may occur. Using alcohol or tobacco with certain medicines may also cause interactions to occur. Discuss with your healthcare professional the use of your medicine with food, alcohol, or tobacco.
The presence of other medical problems may affect the use of this medicine. Make sure you tell your doctor if you have any other medical problems, especially:
A nurse or other trained health professional will give you this medicine in a medical facility. It is given through a needle placed into one of your veins. Cetuximab needs to be given slowly, so the needle will have remain in place for at least an hour. The first dose of this medicine could take at least 2 hours to give.
You may also receive medicines (eg, allergy medicine) to help prevent unwanted effects to the injection.
This medicine sometimes causes nausea and vomiting. However, it is very important that you continue to receive this medicine, even if you begin to feel ill. Ask your doctor for ways to lessen these effects.
It is very important that your doctor check your progress at regular visits to make sure that this medicine is working properly. Blood tests may be needed to check for unwanted effects.
Using this medicine while you are pregnant can harm your unborn baby. Use an effective form of birth control to keep from getting pregnant during treatment with this medicine and for 2 months after the last dose. If you think you have become pregnant while using this medicine, tell your doctor right away.
Cetuximab may cause a serious side effect called an infusion reaction. This can be life-threatening and requires immediate medical attention. Tell your doctor or nurse right away if you have a fever, chills, trouble with breathing, lightheadedness, fainting, or chest pain within a few hours after you receive it.
Tell your doctor or nurse right away if you have a cough, difficulty with breathing, or other breathing problems while being treated with this medicine. These may be symptoms of a serious lung problem.
Serious skin reactions can occur with this medicine. Check with your doctor right away if you have blistering, peeling, or loosening of the skin, dry skin, grooves or lines in the skin, red skin lesions, severe acne or skin rash, sores or ulcers on the skin, or fever or chills while you are receiving this medicine.
This medicine may make your skin more sensitive to sunlight. Use a sunscreen or sun-blocking lotion when you are outdoors. Wear protective clothing and hats. Avoid sunlamps and tanning beds.
If you plan to have children, talk with your doctor before using this medicine. Some women using this medicine have become infertile (unable to have children).
Along with its needed effects, a medicine may cause some unwanted effects. Although not all of these side effects may occur, if they do occur they may need medical attention.
Check with your doctor or nurse immediately if any of the following side effects occur:
Some side effects may occur that usually do not need medical attention. These side effects may go away during treatment as your body adjusts to the medicine. Also, your health care professional may be able to tell you about ways to prevent or reduce some of these side effects. Check with your health care professional if any of the following side effects continue or are bothersome or if you have any questions about them:
Other side effects not listed may also occur in some patients. If you notice any other effects, check with your healthcare professional.
Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to the FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
Portions of this document last updated: Feb. 01, 2020
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Earthquake overview : At 09:40 local time a Mb5.6 earthquake struck Zaqatala Azerbaijan, also close to Georgia and Dagestan. 10 hours later an almost similar earthquake or aftershock hit the area again. What initially was reported as minor damage soon became more serious.
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To read the full story as it happened, we advise our readers to start at the lower part of the page (earthquake data).
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Keep this page open or return regularly as we will be back with more details when they become available
Update 18/05 - 15:30 UTC :
Strong aftershock in Azerbaijan
Probably the second strongest aftershock so far after the M5.7 mainshock on May 7, 2012. Epicenter was also this time very close to Zagatala. The earthquake was felt as far as Tbilissi, Georgia. We dot expect this aftershock to be very damaging, but minor damage on top of the already damaged houses is a real possibility. For earthquake details of this aftershock please click here.
At Earthquake-Report.com, we are once again irritated that almost nobody in the world has reported about this earthquake. 1 house cracked and a fallen chimney in a western capital seems to have more value than thousands of damaged houses in Azerbaijan. Selective reporting ? We have witnessed this situation over and over again and sometimes we feel the need to repeat it.
Update 10/05 - 08:59 UTC :
- Minister of Emergency Situations Kamaladdin Heydarov said to journalists on Thursday that the amount of money needed to repair and rebuild the damages communities may be higher than initially expected. If more money is needed, he said, more money will be reserved to accomplish this task.
- The number of earlier reported damaged constructions has increased considerably to 3123 (approx. 3000 houses and 123 state buildings like schools, social services etc). The assessment is continuing and the final outcome maybe even higher. A final count is expected within 3 or 4 days.
- Watching the degree of destruction in the villages, Earthquake-Report.com calls it a miracle that nobody was killed during this earthquake (although 1 newspaper was mentioning this without specifying any details). The number of injured is also very limited as we have counted 35 injured in total, but nobody serious. The most suitable explanation for the limited injured is that the earthquake occurred during the late morning hours when people are out of their houses.
- Medical staff and rescue teams are helping in the tented camps and are working in shifts to be present at all times.
Update 09/05 - 21:20 UTC :
- President Aliyev has visited today the earthquake damaged area. He met and talked with the homeless people. President Aliyev reiterated the relief effort of 20 million new Manats (24.5 million USD) in the initial phase in 2012, and the government has promised to rebuild and repair the area.
- The emergency services have started today with the repair and reconstruction of the hardest hit areas.
- Tents were distributed in the following villages : Zaqatala, Gözbarax, Zəyəm, Qımır, Çobankol, Bazar, Qax, Güllü, Tasmalı, Ləkid, Zərnə and Lələpaşa.
A US person with friends in Azerbaijan reports :
The epicenter was in our close friends hometown- where her family still lives. She went to visit yesterday and said that everything is destroyed. Emergency services came, set up tents- and then left. She wonders if they will do anything else, because they are only a village. Maybe only a village- but to the families there, this is everything.
Important Update 08/05 - 16:05 UTC :
- The Zaqatala district emergency commission chairman Mr. Elman Ramazanow has given more precise numbers on the damage of the double earthquake and aftershocks. This is an intermediate report with data collected in more than 24 hours. Based on the limited area of the damage and our experience following earthquake events, we assume that these numbers may only increase slightly
- 274 houses, stables and other constructions have collapsed
- 2,052 houses have slight damage (cracks, partially collapsed walls etc)
- 100 social facilities are showing cracks
- the emergency relief devision of the government has erected 500 tents in a number of hard hit villages and 1,050 families have been allocated to these tenting camps. Another 500 tents will be erected today, which bring the total to 1,000.
- 1,276 families found temporarily shelter in the houses of relatives
- The central government of Azerbaijan has reserved 20 million Manat (24.5 million US$) for reconstruction aid
Update 08/05 - 13:12 UTC :
- some villages in the direct earthquake area remain without electricity
- government officials have told the press that rebuilding and repair of the damaged houses will start as soon as tomorrow
Update 08/05 - 08:47 UTC : The map below gives an overview of both epicenters (M5.6 initial earthquake and M5.5 aftershock). The epicenters are the yellow bullets. The red bullets are the hardest hit localities (ie Muxax, Zəyəm, Çobankol, Bazar, Gözbarax). Most severely damaged villages are located in the foothills of the mountains. Zaqatala is in the upper left corner of the map.
Update 08/05 - 07:24 UTC :
- Tents had to be erected as people cannot enter their damaged houses. More than 300 people have been given a tent for this reason.
- It is currently raining very heavy in the earthquake area, which is an additional burden for SAR and relief personnel. A lot of people who did fear aftershocks have spend the night in open air (Min. temperatures are about 10°C).
- Official communication goes by the Ministry of Emergencies led by Mr. Heydarov. There are no official reports since yesterday noon about the number of hospitalized. Mr. Heydarov is currently visiting the earthquake area again and a new official press report can be expected soon.
- 35 people have been treated for minor injuries in hospitals and polyclinics and have been send home after receiving the proper treatment.
- Most of the damage was inflicted in approx. 20 villages in the Zaqatala district including Muxa, Zayam, Cobankol, Qımır, Mamrıx and Gozbarax
- Schools in the area have been closed until further notice.
- About 20 weaker aftershocks have been recorded in between midnight and 08:00 AM today.
- At the end of the month, the Eurovision songfestival will be held in Baku, the capital. The festival is extremely important for this country and the leaders as well as the population are proud to be the host. Azerbaijan did won the contest last year. Baku is far away from the present earthquake epicenter and there is no reason to believe that any related strong earthquake will take place in this area, however it has to be said that also Baku is located in a greater fault area. On November 25, 2000 a Ms7.0 earthquake left 26 people dead . the epicenter of that quake was located 25 km to the South South East of Baku in the Caspian sea. 80 buildings were severely damaged. As a result of this earthquake, the Azeri authorities only allow new constructed buildings to have 9 floors.
Update 08/05 - 06:18 UTC :
- The village of Aliabad has been severely damaged. A lot of people in the most hit villages have spend the night in tents.
Update 18:17 UTC : Video from a local TV station showing the damage and interviews with a military responsible inspecting the damaged area and earthquake victims (Language Azerbaijan)
Update 17:34 UTC : 35 minutes ago a new M4.9 moderate aftershock struck the area. This is the 3th strongest today.
Update 17:28 UTC : The authorities have decided to supply tents to the homeless in Zaqatala, probably too late as the night has almost fallen.
Update 17:13 UTC : The damage and destruction are looking to be bigger than previously reported. In Zaqatala, at least 60 houses are seriously damaged. Most of them have collapsed walls. People are too afraid to return to their houses and will probably spend the night in the streets or in the fields. We have heard no news of tents to give shelter to those living in the damaged houses or those wanting to stay away from their house. Most older buildings in the area are made of brick and are not earthquake resistant which increases the chance of damage or even destruction. For those who are not convinced that the damage is considerable, please take a look at the pictures of this Azerbaijan website.
Update 16:53 UTC : 2 people have been rescued by SAR teams from a seriously damaged house in Gulbarax, this after the latest strong aftershock. Some injured have been taken for treatment to hospitals, but none of them was seriously injured. The strong aftershock is responsible for damage to some buildings in Zaqatala (Zagatala).
Update 15:20 UTC : Aftershocks are continuing to strike the area. Most of these aftershocks are only felt in the direct area of the epicenter. The weather outlook in the area can be called mixed. Temperatures are 11 (min) to 222 (max), but rain has been forecast for today and tomorrow.
This morning earthquake damage : 3 villages were the hardest hit with many older houses seriously damaged. The 3 villages are all located in the Zagatala area. From earlier reports we know that they are : Azar, Zayam and Gymyr. Luckily no fatalities though.
Update 15:16 UTC : Azerbaijan media are talking about a M5.3 earthquake with an intensity of MMI 6 to 6.5 (local scale which is comparable with the MMI scale). Both USGS and EMSC are reporting a 5.5 or 5.6 earthquake at a depth of approx. 11 km. Both agencies are locating the epicenter at 10 km from Zagatala versus 17 km this morning. Reports from our readers living in the greater earthquake area are somewhat conflicting. Some are talking about a short shaking which was considerably weaker than this morning, others are reporting higher "Felt it" values. We reiterate that Zagatala is an important regional city with 18,277 inhabitants. A gas pipeline is crossing the area.
Update 15:02 UTC : 68,000 people are reported to have experienced a very strong shaking. Earthquake-report.com does not think on many injured or fatalities because most people will have been staying on the streets as the area has been struck by tens of aftershocks since this morning. Potential damage is likely to have happened.
145,000 people will have felt a strong shaking. This mornings earthquake was reported as a max. MMI VI (strong shaking) versus MMI VII this afternoon. As older houses were already damaged this morning, some unstable walls may have succumbed under the shaking.
Important Update 14:57 UTC : Another powerful earthquake (aftershock) occurred at 14:15 UTC. We are currently collecting more information. This earthquake looks even more dangerous than the first one as the epicenter is closer to Zagatala (preliminary data from USGS).
Update 13:25 UTC : From the time of the mainshock until this update, the epicenter area has been shaken by at least 80 aftershocks, a lot of them only recorded by instruments and not felt by the population. The south side of the Caucasus ( including the Zagatala area) is known as a seismically active zone. The last massive earthquake in this area dates from 1936 when a Magnitude 7 earthquake struck the area
Update 10:55 UTC : Azerbaijan news agency APA reports that no problem was detected in the delivery of power, water, gas and communication in Zagatala. Roads in or near Zagatala were not disrupted. The International Bus Terminal told that buses move in direction of Zagatala in accordance with the schedule, no closures of any part of the motor way was recorded so far: 'No problem is observed in arrival and departure of vehicles'.
Nearly 20 persons arrived at the hospital with different injuries, but none of them were operated or placed at the resuscitation ward. They were given first aid and sent home.
We remind our readers that this report focuses on Zagatala, very close to the epicenter, but not above the epicenter. We will need 4 to 8 hours more for a final update of the direct epicenter area.
More pictures of the damage can be found here.
Update 09:59 UTC : According to the Seismological Service of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan, the Magnitude of the earthquake was 5.7 at a depth of 11 km. Following the same agency, the epicenter was located at 17 km from Zagatala (below also called Zaqatala). The gas pipeline linking Baku - Tbilisi and Ceyhan have not been affected by the earthquake
Update 09:15 UTC : From the Azerbaijani side of the border, there are reports of destroyed houses and at least 15 people have been treated for injuries so far, mainly due to panic while fleeing the houses. The hardest hit villages at the Azerbaijani side are Azar, Zayam and Gymyr
Update 09:06 UTC : Earthquake-Report.com also fears for damage and possibly injuries in the smaller mountain villages of the area, especially rockfall and landslides. These villages are only visited many hours after the earthquake. Nobody has reported yet on the conditions right at the epicenter, as this area is populated too! It looks like farming soil with a couple of hundred houses (prevailing the preliminary epicenter location is right)
Update 08:43 UTC : As we have feared, this earthquake tends to be more dangerous than the numbers would make out. Local Georgia and Azerbaijani press reports are reporting not only damage in houses and schools (merely cracks) but also injured people. In the meantime aftershocks are terrorizing the local Caucasus population with so far at least 3 aftershocks above M4.
Update 07:43 UTC : Earthquake-Report.com fears that the damage as a result of this earthquake may be bigger than initially expected. In Georgia alone (EMSC and USGS are maintaining the epicenter in Azerbaijan) many houses have slight damage. We expect more detailed news within 2 to 4 hours.
We will start an in-depth article as the results of this earthquake will be probably beyond the scope of this page.
Update 06:41 UTC : Russian authorities are reporting a Magnitude of 5.8. The earthquake was also felt in Dagestan . People in the epicenter area have fled on the streets and remain there until further notice out of fear for aftershocks.
Update 05:41 UTC : Following other sources, the epicenter should be at the Georgian side of the border, 1 km from the village of Zemo Kedi and 22 kilometers from the city Dedoplistskaro (Kakheti region). 2 aftershocks are felt so far. The aftershocks are in the 4 to 5 range, enough to frighten the people from the epicenter area even more
154,000 people may have experienced a strong shaking, enough to create a damaging earthquake. Similar magnitude earthquakes had few fatalities, but we would not be surprised that damage is inflicted.
Closest communities are Zaqatala (pop. 18,277) and Cinarly (pop. 6,508).
EMSC reports a Magnitude of 5.5 at a depth of 10 km.
296,000 people have experienced a moderate shaking and nearly 3 million people a light shaking.
Cities who have experienced a strong shaking are : Aliabad (9000 people), Zaqatala (18277 people) and Qax (12000 people).
The area where the earthquake happened was a 3-country area. The epicenter is close to Russia and Georgia. Armenia is at a considerable distance
WAPMERR, an organization specialized in theoretical calculation of possible casualties reports, expects 5 to 40 people to be injured and 0 to 5 people to be killed. WAPMERR's calculations are based on present and past data.
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Magnitude : Mb 5.6
UTC Time : Monday, May 07, 2012 at 04:40:29 UTC
Local time at epicenter : Monday, May 07, 2012 at 09:40:29 AM at epicenter
Depth (Hypocenter) : 23.3 km
Geo-location(s) :
14 km (8 miles) SE of Zaqatala (Zakataly), Azerbaijan
101 km (62 miles) NNE of Ganca (Kirovabad), Azerbaijan
114 km (70 miles) ESE of T'elavi, Georgia
291 km (180 miles) WNW of BAKU, Azerbaijan
Links to important maps
USGS Did You Feel It Map
Google satellite map showing the epicenter and the surrounding area
Historic earthquakes map
Seismic hazard map
Shaking map
Focal mechanism report
Human impact map
GDACS earthquake report
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I'm trying to make a singly circular linked list, however i happen to be getting nullpoiterexception in my code. I've never worked with circular linked list, so im not to certain if my approach is even correct. I have a feeling its not a big error and it can be remedied quickly, but i just cant see the solution.
I think i know what the problem is, but i cant figure out a way to solve it:
-basically at line 26 (i've marked it with comments), i have a while loop that should iterate through the linked list and stop just before the 'head' (remember this is a circular list, so the last node points back to the first which is the 'head')
-originally the head is 'null' so it adds the first node, and sets the current node to point to head
-when it attempts to add the second node, im guessing while loop flips out, because it says "current.getNext() != head" but current is equal to head...
so yeah, thats about as far as my debugging has gone. But i know it has something to do with the fact that its circular. because it works as a linear linked list. if you want to try it out as a linear linked list, i've included a few comments to tell you which lines to modify; there are 3 in total.
I would be very grateful if someone could take a look and help me out
package project3; //circular linked list class Hex { Node head; Hex() { head = null; } public void insert(int n) { Node temp = new Node(n); Node current = head; //if the list is empty, then the new node equal to head if(head == null) { head = temp; System.out.println("hit"); } else { //Starting from head, move through the list until you get to head again while(current.getNext() != head) //<------- ***Error*** (if want linear, change this line to, while(current.getNext() != null) { current = current.getNext(); } //set the last node's pointer to the new node current.setNext(temp); //set the pointer of the last node back to the first node temp.next = head; //if you want linear, delete this line } } //node class class Node { int element; Node next; Node() { } Node(int element) { this.element = element; next = null; } Node(int element, Node next) { this.element = element; this.next = next; } public int getElement() { return element; } public void setElement(int element) { this.element = element; } public Node getNext() { return next; } public void setNext(Node next) { this.next = next; } } public String toString() { Node current = head; String output = ""; while(current != head) //if want this linear, change this line to while(current.getNext() != null) { output += "[" + current.getElement() + "]"; current = current.getNext(); } return output; } } public class Project3 { public static void main(String[] args) { Hex h1 = new Hex(); h1.insert(1); h1.insert(2); h1.insert(3); h1.insert(4); h1.insert(5); h1.insert(6); System.out.println(h1); } }
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException at project3.Hex.insert(Project3.java:26) at project3.Project3.main(Project3.java:102)
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Authorities say the state Division of Criminal Investigation is still looking into the death of 22-year-old Corey Rhodes. An autopsy is planned.
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text: ← Development/Tutorials/Metadata/Nepomuk/DataLayout You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in one of the groups: Users, Administrators, trusted, KDEDevelopers. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{TutorialBrowser| series=[[../|Nepomuk]]| name=Data Layout in Nepomuk| pre=[[../RDFIntroduction|RDF and Ontologies in Nepomuk]]| next=[[../Resources|Resource Handling with Nepomuk]]| reading=[[../AdvancedQueries|Advanced Queries with SPARQL]],[[../ResourceGenerator|The Nepomuk Resource Generator]] }} ==Data Layout in Nepomuk== Nepomuk is mainly about storing semantic data and meta data about resources on the desktop. This includes files, folders, emails, address book entries, but also tasks, projects, web pages, and much more. To really benefit from the data and the Nepomuk system as a developer it is important to know what is stored in Nepomuk and how it is stored. Only then can one use the data to the fullest and, more importantly, enrich it in ways that others may benefit also. In the following we give an overview of the layout of the data in Nepomuk and how it can be used. We start with the most basic type of data: file meta data. ===Layout of Automatically Added Data=== ====File Meta Data extracted by Strigi==== Nepomuk uses the [[../StrigiService|Strigi]] file analysis system to extract meta data from files and cache it in Nepomuk for powerful desktop search. As described in [[../RDFIntroduction|RDF and Ontologies in Nepomuk]]| Strigi uses the [http://www.semanticdesktop.org/ontologies/nie/ NIE] ontologies to store the data. For each analyzed file a new named graph (or context in Soprano terms) is created. For a more general discussion of graphs see [[../RDFIntroduction#NRL_-_The_Nepomuk_Representation_Language|NRL - The Nepomuk Representation Language]].) All extracted meta data about the file is stored in this one graph which is then linked to the file resource itself via the property ''http://www.strigi.org/fields#indexGraphFor'' (be aware that this property will hopefully soon be replaced by a standard in NIE). To make this more concrete, let us look at an example: <syntaxhighlight lang="text"> <urn:nepomuk:local:eb343fa9-47ec-4dae-b8d0-fb10c7b63f3d> { <file:///home/trueg/nepomuk_kio.diff> a nfo:FileDataObject ; nie:isPartOf <file:///home/trueg> ; nie:contentSize "4152"^^xsd:unsignedInt ; nie:plainTextContent "diff [...]" ; nie:mimeType "text/x-patch"^^xsd:string ; nfo:fileName "nepomuk_kio.diff"^^xsd:string ; nie:url <file:///home/trueg/nepomuk_kio.diff> ; nfo:characterCount> "4032"^^xsd:int ; nfo:wordCount "577"^^xsd:int ; nfo:lineCount "120"^^xsd:int ; nie:lastModified "2008-09-29T15:07:02Z"^^xsd:dateTime . } <urn:nepomuk:local:eb343fa9-47ec-4dae-b8d0-fb10c7b63f3d-metadata> { <urn:nepomuk:local:eb343fa9-47ec-4dae-b8d0-fb10c7b63f3d> a nrl:InstanceBase ; nao:created "2009-06-03T08:19:18.465Z"^^xsd:dateTime ; <http://www.strigi.org/fields#indexGraphFor> <file:///home/trueg/nepomuk_kio.diff> . <urn:nepomuk:local:eb343fa9-47ec-4dae-b8d0-fb10c7b63f3d-metadata> a nrl:GraphMetadata ; nrl:coreGraphMetadataFor <urn:nepomuk:local:eb343fa9-47ec-4dae-b8d0-fb10c7b63f3d> . } </syntaxhighlight> This is the (slightly trimmed) data that the Nepomuk Strigi service created for the file ''nepomuk_kio.diff''. Two named graphs have been created as required by [http://www.semanticdesktop.org/ontologies/nrl/ NRL]: 1. the [http://www.semanticdesktop.org/ontologies/nrl/#mozTocId196061 nrl:InstanceBase] graph containing all the meta data about the file and 2. the [http://www.semanticdesktop.org/ontologies/nrl/#mozTocId781665 nrl:GraphMetadata] graph containing meta data about the first graph. The first one is rather self-explanatory: it simply contains the key/value pairs extracted by Strigi like the mime-type or the size of the file. The second graph, however, is interested from a data layout point of view: it contains two interesting pieces of information: 1. the date at which the data was extracted by Strigi (the [http://www.semanticdesktop.org/ontologies/nao/#mozTocId288437 nao:created] date of the graph) and 2. the URI of the first graph. The latter allows to very easily update the file meta data. One simply removes the complete graph and let's Strigi re-create it. All additional meta data such as tags or other links will be unchanged as it is not stored in the same graph (see below for details). Thus, if we were interested in getting only the meta data extracted by Strigi and not any manually added data we could use a query like the following: <syntaxhighlight lang="text"> select ?p ?o where { graph ?g { <file:///home/trueg/nepomuk_kio.diff> ?p ?o . } . ?g <http://www.strigi.org/fields#indexGraphFor> <file:///home/trueg/nepomuk_kio.diff> . } </syntaxhighlight> Or if we wanted the exact opposite: all data excluding Strigi extracted data (interesting for a backup maybe since Strigi data can be recreated from the file): <syntaxhighlight lang="text"> select ?p ?o where { graph ?g { <file:///home/trueg/nepomuk_kio.diff> ?p ?o . } . ?ig <http://www.strigi.org/fields#indexGraphFor> <file:///home/trueg/nepomuk_kio.diff> . FILTER(?g != ?ig) . } </syntaxhighlight> Now that we saw how the file meta data from Strigi is stored we will have a look at the data created by such simple annotation tools as the Dolphin tagging and rating feature. ====Tagging, Rating, and so on via [http://api.kde.org/4.x-api/kdelibs-apidocs/nepomuk/html/classNepomuk_1_1Resource.html Nepomuk::Resource]==== The typical way to create manual annotations via Nepomuk is to use Nepomuk::Resource as described in [[../Resources|Handling Resources with Nepomuk]]. One either uses [http://api.kde.org/4.x-api/kdelibs-apidocs/nepomuk/html/classNepomuk_1_1Resource.html#aa8198a3a5264f1943ef1d45bf200df8e setProperty] and [http://api.kde.org/4.x-api/kdelibs-apidocs/nepomuk/html/classNepomuk_1_1Resource.html#ab0389964dfd6ed58235d0275ecc79db4 addProperty] or relies on the [[../ResourceGenerator|Nepomuk resource generator]] to generate convinience methods. In any case the created data has the same layout which will be familiar now. Let us look at another example of tagging a file: <syntaxhighlight lang="text"> <urn:nepomuk:local:9a70ed7b-1fc7-4680-9c65-efcf89010352> { <file:///home/trueg/nepomuk_kio.diff> nao:lastModified "2009-08-21T09:14:37.702Z"^^xsd:dateTime ; nao:hasTag <nepomuk:/Nepomuk> . <nepomuk:/Nepomuk> a nao:Tag ; nao:lastModified "2009-08-21T09:14:37.638Z"^^xsd:dateTime ; nao:created "2009-08-21T09:14:37.54Z"^^xsd:dateTime ; nao:identifier "Nepomuk"^^xsd:string ; nao:prefLabel "Nepomuk"^^xsd:string . } <urn:nepomuk:local:809c139c-07a3-4ef1-b2c7-4d4428708c36> { <urn:nepomuk:local:9a70ed7b-1fc7-4680-9c65-efcf89010352> a nrl:InstanceBase ; nao:created "2009-08-21T09:14:37.574Z"^^xsd:dateTime . <urn:nepomuk:local:809c139c-07a3-4ef1-b2c7-4d4428708c36> a nrl:GraphMetadata ; nrl:coreGraphMetadataFor <urn:nepomuk:local:9a70ed7b-1fc7-4680-9c65-efcf89010352> . } </syntaxhighlight> Again two graphs have been created. The first one containing the actual data and the second one containing meta data about the first one (most importantly the nao:created date). In the case of Nepomuk::Resource the first graph is used to group data created in the same transaction. So the main purpose of the graph is to remember the creation date. As we can see a tag is an actual resource and not only a string. Another thing worth noticing and maybe a bit confusing is the nao:lastModified date of the file resource: it has been changed although the modification date of the file itself did not change. Here we must not confuse nie:lastModified and nao:lastModifed. The former caches the actual file modification date in the file system while the latter saves the last modification date of the RDF resource in the Nepomuk store. The latter is created automatically by Nepomuk::Resource. Having the creation date of each graph allows us to perform statistical queries on annotation usage. We could for example check which were the last 5 annotations performed: <syntaxhighlight lang="text"> select ?p ?o where { graph ?g { ?r ?p ?o . } . ?g nao:created ?date . } ORDER BY DESC(?date) LIMIT 5 </syntaxhighlight> (We could again exclude Strigi extracted data via a filter as above.) More complex things would include the usage frequency of tags or other things. Let us have another look at the nao:Tag. It also has a nao:lastModified date and a nao:created date automatically created by Nepomuk::Resource. The nao:prefLabel is set by [http://api.kde.org/4.x-api/kdelibs-apidocs/nepomuk/html/classNepomuk_1_1Resource.html#af9510c616f76d18583d0354cb0cb9318 Resource::setLabel] (this should always be done). The nao:identifier is set automatically if Nepomuk::Resource is created via the constructor taking a QString argument rather than a QUrl. It allows to later re-create a Resource instance for the same tag without needing the resource URI. Nepomuk::Resource will match the nao:identifier to the string passed to the constructor. A comment on the URI of the tag: it is theoretically random. The use of the label is only intended to make the URI more human-readable. ''nepomuk:/34264345234124234523'' would work as well. Now that we saw how Nepomuk::Resource stores data a few words about manually adding information to the Nepomuk database. ====Storing Ontology Data==== Apart from actual data and meta data Nepomuk also stores the ontologies themselves in the database. The [[../OntologyLoaderService|Nepomuk Ontology Loader Service]] takes care of that. As above each ontology is stored in two graphs: the main nrl:Ontology graph containing all classes and properties and the nrl:GraphMetadata graph containing meta data about the ontology like the last modification date or the authors: <syntaxhighlight lang="text"> <http://www.semanticdesktop.org/ontologies/2007/08/15/nao> { nao:hasDefaultNamespaceAbbreviation a rdf:Property ; rdfs:comment "Defines the default static namespace abbreviation for a graph" ; rdfs:domain nrl:Data ; rdfs:label "has default namespace abbreviation" ; rdfs:range rdfs:Literal ; rdfs:subPropertyOf nao:#annotation ; nrl:maxCardinality "1"^^xsd:nonNegativeInteger . nao:Symbol a rdfs:Class ; rdfs:comment "Represents a symbol" ; rdfs:label "symbol" ; rdfs:subClassOf rdfs:Resource . [...] } <http://www.semanticdesktop.org/ontologies/2007/08/15/nao/metadata> { <http://www.semanticdesktop.org/ontologies/2007/08/15/nao/metadata> a nrl:GraphMetadata ; nrl:coreGraphMetadataFor <http://www.semanticdesktop.org/ontologies/2007/08/15/nao> . <http://www.semanticdesktop.org/ontologies/2007/08/15/nao> a nrl:Ontology , nrl:DocumentGraph ; nao:hasDefaultNamespace "http://www.semanticdesktop.org/ontologies/2007/08/15/nao#" ; nao:hasDefaultNamespaceAbbreviation "nao" ; nao:lastModified "2009-07-20T14:59:09.500Z" ; nao:serializationLanguage "TriG" ; nao:status "Unstable" ; nrl:updatable "0" ; nao:version "3" . } </syntaxhighlight> This is the information used by the classes in the [http://api.kde.org/4.x-api/kdelibs-apidocs/nepomuk/html/namespaceNepomuk_1_1Types.html Nepomuk::Types] namespace. It also allows the [[../QueryService|Nepomuk Query Service]] to match field names used in query strings to actual properties. This is done with a SPARQL query like the following: <syntaxhighlight lang="text"> select distinct ?p where { ?p a rdf:Property . ?p rdfs:label ?label . FILTER(REGEX(STR(?label),'tag','i')) . } </syntaxhighlight> This will match a query string like ''tag:nepomuk'' to a property. It will actually match nao:hasTag which has rdfs:range set to nao:Tag. Thus, the query engine will then look for any nao:Tag instances with a label that matches ''nepomuk''. ===Manually Adding Data=== Apart from using Nepomuk::Resource it is perfectly possible to add data manually through the very low level methods provided by Soprano like [http://soprano.sourceforge.net/apidox/stable/classSoprano_1_1Model.html Soprano::Model::addStatement]. This can be done using the Soprano::Model provided by [http://api.kde.org/4.x-api/kdelibs-apidocs/nepomuk/html/classNepomuk_1_1ResourceManager.html#ad6316112419b8b0d089358e598804673 Nepomuk::ResourceManager::mainModel]. When adding data manually one should make sure the data follows the same layout described above: one nrl:InstanceBase for the actual data and one nrl:GraphMetadata for the nao:created date. One way to handle this is through [http://soprano.sourceforge.net/apidox/stable/classSoprano_1_1NRLModel.html Soprano::NrlModel] but be aware that the API is not stable yet. It might make sense to copy the class into ones own codebase: <syntaxhighlight lang="cpp-qt"> Soprano::NrlModel model(Nepomuk::ResourceManager::instance()->mainModel()); QUrl g = model.createGraph(Soprano::Vocabulary::NRL::InstanceBase()); model.addStatement(...., g); model.addStatement(...., g); model.addStatement(...., g); [...] </syntaxhighlight> This will create a new nrl:InstanceBase graph including its nrl:GraphMetadata which stores the nao:created date. The graph URI can then be used to add new statements. ===One Step Further: PIMO=== For KDE 4.4 the plan is to introduce [http://www.semanticdesktop.org/ontologies/2007/11/01/pimo# PIMO] - The Personal Information Model Ontology, or at least parts of it. The basic idea here is to use PIMO classes to represent real-world entities like persons, projects, countries, and so on and then link those to desktop resources like files, address book entries, and so on. Two typical examples make this clearer. '''The one person resource''' representing the real world person provides a sort of meta-contact for all address book entries, email addresses, and instant messaging account referring to the same person. All annotations would be done on the person resource rather than its ''occurrences''. This ensures that annotations done in the address book will also show up in the instant messenger. This is something targeted by the Telepathy project in KDE. '''The invoice''' which is stored in an ODF file but also has an exported PDF version and has been attached to an email. All three representations (occurrences in PIMO terminology) can be grouped by one PIMO resource that has as type Invoice. Again, annotations are done on the Invoice resource rather then the files. One can think of the PIMO resource as the content or the spirit of the document. To quickly demonstrate the technical side of it consider the following example. <syntaxhighlight lang="text"> <nepomuk:/hsklueslfdh> a pimo:Thing ; pimo:groundingOccurrence <file:///home/trueg/nepomuk_kio.diff> ; nao:lastModified "2009-08-21T09:14:37.702Z"^^xsd:dateTime ; nao:hasTag <nepomuk:/Nepomuk> . </syntaxhighlight> Here we have a pimo:Thing (the base class for all PIMO resources) which has as its pimo:groundingOccurrence the already familiar diff file. Instead of tagging the file resource itself we tagged the pimo thing. 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|Rijsterborgh Vastgoed
|Benjamin Robichon
|project team:
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|March 2018
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The residential building has a unique appearance and contemporary image, because of the new facade. Furthermore, it is connected to the environment and the history of Zoetermeer. The facade consists of aluminium cladding. Each plate exists of a texture of lotus flowers, in Dutch "Meerbloemen", which is the symbol of Zoetermeer. The composition of folded figures creates a contrast between light and shadow and a light and softened appearance. In addition, the façade provides both transparency and privacy to the outdoor spaces of each apartment. The unique façade cladding was developed in collaboration with Metadecor.
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Public Notice - N.E.T. Opportunities, Inc. 09/25/2009
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- Published on 28 September 2009
- Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald
N.E.T. Opportunities, Inc. is now accepting proposals to perform our agency annual audit for the Fiscal Year ending September 30, 2009. Proposing entities must be able to perform audits as listed under the requirements for OMB Circular A-133, and be familiar with Government Auditing Standards issued by the Comptroller General of the United States under the Single Audit Act of 1984.
N.E.T.O. is a 501 © (3) private, non-profit Community Action Agency funded with federal, state, and local funds. We administer Head Start, Community Services Block Grant, Comprehensive Energy Assistance Program, Aging and Disabilities Services, and Rural Public/Aging Transportation Programs. Audit proposals must be submitted to the administrative office at P.O. Box 478, Mount Vernon, Texas 75457 to the attention of Beverly Logan, Executive Director. Proposals must include a state of qualifications; list of past clients; qualifications of all auditors who will be or may be assigned to this audit, if awarded. Proposals are due by October 15, 2009.
NETO reserves the right to reject any or all proposals; to waive any informality in the proposal, and to reward as may be advantageous to this agency.
For further information, contact Beverly Logan, at 903-537-2256 Ext. #29.
(NETO 8-2tc 09)


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Snapshots from Sweden: Sourdough Bread and Forested Trails at Sundsby Säteri
From June 5 to June 11, I visited Western and Southern Sweden on a trip sponsored by Visit Sweden, West Sweden Tourist Board, Skåne Tourist Board, and Volvo as part of their CAR + VACATION contest. Here's a look at something I ate during my trip.
Sundsby säteri (Sundsby manor) is an estate with over 600 years of history, nestled in the forests of eastern Mjörn, an island in southwest Sweden. But it's only been a public park with trails, shops, and a café since 2006 after being bought by Tjörn municipality in 2003. Before then it had been in private hands for 320 years, since the death of its most famous owner, Swedish-Norwegian noble Margareta Huitfeldt. Not that I would blame anyone for wanting to keep such a beautiful, calm, lush (in June, at least) estate for themselves. Even the quarter-mile path from the parking lot to the main buildings is a charming chlorophyll-heavy jaunt, with a carp pond running along one side of the path and a forested cliff on the other.
But I'm not here to talk about vegetation (unless it's edible). At the edge of the pond you'll come upon Kaffehuset i Sundsby, a café that serves soups, salads, entrées, desserts and bread baked in-house, and Fair Trade organic coffee.
A bowl of creamy seafood, fennel, and saffron soup with shrimp salad made for a filling lunch, but what I liked even better was the chewy, crisp crusted, stone-baked sourdough bread (and very smushable butter) that came with the meal.
You can buy fresh loaves of bread (and those wooden butter knives, among other wooden utensils) in a shop near the café. I didn't buy a loaf since I knew there was more food ahead (the downside of a packed itinerary), but I regret it now. I probably could've eaten the whole thing over the course of the day. While walking to the car. While in the car. During my sleep. What a missed opportunity.
In another shop you can buy more foodstuffs for the road (or gifts for friends back home), like locally grown vegetables and locally made honey, jam, cookies, and drinks. I ended up with blackberry jam from Töllås Fårgård and a few drinks by Ren.
I didn't spend nearly as much time as Sundsby säteri as I would've liked, considering all these trails laid behind the manor, and there was also a museum about the estate that I completely overlooked. If you're in Gothenburg, it's only about an hour's drive north; you could make a nice afternoon trip out of it. For more information about events at Sundsby Säteri, check out sundsbyvanforening.se (all in Swedish; Google Translate works pretty well).
Kaffehuset i Sundsby
Sundsby Säteri Sundsbyvägen 381, 471 72 Hjälteby, Sweden (map) 0304-66 60 32; kaffehuset-sundsby.se Opening hours vary with season; check website for latest info
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How are the Rays spending their off-season? Well, if you are David Price, BJ Upton, Desmond Jennings, and Reid Brignac, you hang out with cheerleaders on the sideline for this past weekend's Florida State-Miami football game.
Well played guys. Well played.
[Ed. note: No, we have not mistaken the guy on the right in the image below for BJ Upton. Upton was at the game. He can be seen in picture 2]
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Yankees honor Musicians on Call during HOPE Week
Organization sends volunteer singers and musicians to perform for hospital patients
Baseball and music act as entertainment, but they can also act as healing distractions from life's heavy realities. That was the central theme at New York Presbyterian Hospital on Thursday, where both players and musicians united for a few hours in front of 40 pediatric patients and their families.
The Yankees -- represented by players Carlos Beltran, Chase Whitley, David Robertson, Adam Warren and Vidal Nuno -- honored the organization Musicians on Call, which has sent hundreds of volunteer singers and musicians to perform for more than 400,000 hospital patients over the last 15 years.
Based in New York City, the organization, which primarily reaches patients who are confined to their rooms and given little interaction, has grown greatly since its inception. It has expanded to seven cities so far, and hopes to reach 20 more by next year.
"I grew up here in New York and so have been a lifelong Yankees fan," said Musicians on Call president Pete Griffin. "In many ways, our job is about bringing hope and joy in people's lives, as well as helping them disconnect from what can be a really tough situation as they're in the health care facility getting treated. For me, music has been that in my life, but the Yankees have been that also."
The musical event was a part of the Yankees' sixth annual HOPE Week (Helping Others Persevere and Excel) to help recognize individuals or groups of people that have spectacular stories.
As patients filed into the auditorium, the Yankees took to the stage to offer some background percussion to the real musicians. The concert began with the song "Let It Be" and continued with some original songs by 16-year-old Kahya Cohen, who is in her second year with the program.
"It's awesome to be able to do something I love and have it improve someone's day," said Cohen, who will also sing Thursday night's national anthem before the game. "To be able to give back in that way is an amazing feeling. It's unforgettable when you walk into a room and you sing for someone, and they tell you that they made you feel so much better."
Former Yankee and current musician Bernie Williams joined the various groups on stage with acoustic guitar, strumming solos for everyone in attendance.
"It was probably the perfect event to be at as [a] former Yankee and being a musician as well, to bring both sides of myself to this hospital, to these kids," Williams said. "It's something that I'd like to say is required for professional athletes to come out here and do this kind of work. There's no price for this."
Before the end of the performance, the Yankees graciously supplied Musicians on Call with a $10,000 check to continue their work.
"The awareness that this is going to generate for our program is really above and beyond what we could hope for in itself," Griffin said. "To get that financial support from the Yankees is really going to be powerful."
After the performance for the group, the players and musicians went to visit two patients in hospital rooms who weren't able to join in the festivities.
"I think the musicians, what they're doing is amazing," Beltran said. "They're really taking time to visit hospitals, and that's what it's all about. At the end of the day, life is about being able to take out of your time and spend [it] with people who are going through difficult times. In my country, I do this a lot, so being able to do it here, I'm very, very happy."
The concluding song was a rendition of Bob Marley's "Three Little Birds," whose most famous lines, "Don't worry about a thing," seemed to convey the proper send-off.
"As you're playing the song, all of a sudden the people start to smile," Griffin said. "And they might start dancing or tapping their foot. … You know that in that moment, they're disconnected from going on in the difficult situation they're in."


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Sony's Gamescom Event just finished a few hours ago and by now we're sure you've heard the big news, the Playstation 4 release date was announced. Sony's next-gen console will be releasing on November 15th in North America and November 29th in Europe. But Sony's conference had a lot of fun stuff to share besides the release date. We got a closer look at some upcoming games, some of the PS4's extra features, and some great content coming down the line for the Vita and the PS3.
The conference started with a man in a comfortable chair facing away from the audience and flipping through the PS4's UI. The man (who was later revealed to be Sony Worldwide Studios Head Shu Yoshida) fired up Killzone Shadow Fall, showing off the beautiful next-gen visuals and hectic multiplayer action. He instantly switched between the in-game action to social media sharing apps, showing off these features of the PS4. Finally, he entered into a messaging box, "Let's start the show!"
The PS3's Still Kicking
Sony's Jim Ryan took the reigns from there, making us feel at ease with his chuckling and Oscar Wilde quotes (yes that happened). He launched into a segment on new PS3 games to minimal applause from an audience who was hungry for information on the new PS4. Still, it was clear that the old PS3's still got some juice, with some very hot titles still coming down the pipeline for the nearly 7-year-old system.
Ryan focused on Gran Turismo 6 and Grand Theft Auto 5, GT6 and GTA5 respectively. With Gran Turismo 6, Polypbehony Digital is clearly pulling every last drop of pixel pushing power out of the PS3's cell processor. The game looks incredible. It will have tie ins with several auto manufacturers and other brands, and even crossover game cars being made into real world rides! Also, weirdly, Sony is working on a Gran Turismo feature film.
Grand Theft Auto 5 will get its own 500GB PS3 bundle with an exclusive headset. Folks who purchase the bundle will get a deep, 75% discount on downloadable Rockstar titles in the Playstation Store. That's a pretty hot deal.
Finally, Little Big Planet will be getting its own free to play spin-off with "Little Big Planet Hub". It will allow you to create your own minigames and locations and share them with your friends. Of course, you will be able to purchase more content, outfits, etc. with microtransactions.
Please Buy a Vita!
President of Sony Worldwide Studios Europe, Michael Denny, took the mic for the PS Vita segment, announcing the Vita's price has been dropped to US$199 and 199 Euros. He went on to announce several game packs for the system, containing up to 10 games in one and bundled with memory cards for just 35 Euros – they're clearly trying to move these things.
Some big name games were announced for the system such as Batman Arkham Origins spinoff, Lego Marvel and Borderlands 2 (to uproarious applause). Also, a bunch of popular Indy titles were announced for the Vita, including the cult smash Fez.
Some brand new exclusive first party properties are in development for the Vita too.
"Muraski Baby" is a spooky hand drawn, side scrolling explorer that uses the Vita's touch controls.
"Big Fest" is a free to play title that puts you in control of a giant outdoor festival. You'll do all the planning and select a line-up from real, unsigned bands. You can visit your friends' festies too. Sounds a little goofy but it could actually be a lot of fun.
Can We Talk About the PS4 Already??
Indy Games are Front and Center
Mark Cerny, the Lead System Architect of the Playstation 4, came out on stage to change gears and launch into the PS4 segement of the event. He started with a focus on Indy development for the new console, pointing out the ways that Sony has made the PS4 ecosystem welcoming to Indy devs. Through support of Indy studios, loaner dev kits, and exclusive partnerships, the PS4 will have a "renaissance" of Indy content.
Cerny passed the mic to Shahid Ahmad who announced a slate of exciting Indy games coming to PS4, many of which will be coming to Vita as well. Cult hit Rogue Legacy, N++, Volume – the new title from the creator of Thomas was Alone, Hotline Miami 2 and Wasteland Kings, to name a few.
Also in development exclusively for PS4 are the Chinese Room's "Everybody's Gone to the Rapture", PS4 and Vita crossplay shooter Hell Divers, RezoGun -a game that will be free for PS Plus subscribers that can only be described as Gradius in the round, TequilaWorks' Rime, and a modern re-imagining of the Amiga classic Shadow of the Beast that looks excellent.
Deja Vu All Over Again
Most of the remainder of the event was filled with segments on some of the PS4's biggest launch titles, and features that had already been announced.
We first got a look at some never before seen gameplay footage for Sucker Punch's Infamous: Second Son. That game looks better every time I see it. Also Sony showed off Killzone's multiplayer matching and its eye-popping gameplay briefly.
Ubisoft's Yves Guillemot came onstage to hype Ubisoft's long history with Sony and give us a closer look at a couple of their big launch titles, Watch Dogs and Assassin's Creed: Black Flag. Watch Dogs will feature PS4 exclusive content and character DLC. Also, Ubisoft is working with Sony Studios on a Watch Dogs feature film. Hmmmm. I'll withhold judgement until I see it, I guess. Either way the gameplay footage was beautiful and a little more of the story of the new IP was fleshed out in the segment.
Also Assassin's Creed: Black Flag showed off its gameplay with folks playing onstage in real time. The ship battle was intense and epic in scale and the combat on the ground was reminiscent of what makes the series great, once landfall was made.
But the real star of the Assasin's Creed segment was the PS Vita remote play. The game was started on the PS4 with the Dualshock 4, but finished on the Vita, streamed over Wi-Fi. The streaming worked perfectly, with no lag. Very impressive and a major selling point for the Vita.
The Playroom, Sony's suite of minigames and toys that use its Playstation Eye camera was announced as free on every system. The demo looked very impressive and fun. Sony was wise not to include its camera peripheral in the PS4 release, but it's clear it hasn't left the PS Eye in the dust.
The Social Media sharing features of the PS4 had already been announced at the console's announcement back in March and its E3 unveiling. Sony touched on them briefly today too, mentioning Twitch integration and some other sharing features. Cool stuff, but probably not a selling point for most folks. Other entertainment streams such as video services ("over 20!") and Sony Music Unlimited were touched on as well.
Playstation Plus Instant Games Collection and Other Hookups
A free 14 day trial of Playstation Plus will come with new PS4s. The trial will give you full access to the Instant Game Collection downloads, including Assassin's Creed 3 which was announced for the service. Drive Club PS Plus Edition and RezoGun will be free for Plus users to download from the PS4's launch. Also a ($50) yearly PS Plus subscription will come with a free 90 days extra.
As previously mentioned, the PS Vita's been marked down to $199. Also a new PS3 model with 12GB of flash memory will be available for $199 as well.
To ease the pain of a console transition Sony's giving deep discounts on downloadable copies of the PS4 versions of popular games that are coming out for the PS3 as well. Call of Duty Ghost, Watch Dogs, Assassin's Creed 4, and Battlefield 4 are all on board with more to come. This is a great move.
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Conclusion – PS4 Release Date Finally Announced
Sony Enterprises President and CEO, Andrew House ironically brought down the house with the long-awaited reveal of the PS4's release date. In his speech he touched on Sony's philosophy with the PS4 saying, "We set out to build the most powerful gaming platform …. with a focus on you, the gamer."
He took a not so subtle dig at the Xbox One, the PS4's main competitor. House pointed out that the PS4's launch strategy has remained consistent "while others have shifted their modes and changed their story." OH SNAP!
He closed out the show by finally telling us what we wanted to hear. The PS4 will be releasing in 32 countries by the Holiday season. It will release in North America on November 15th, and Europe on November 29th. The price will be US$399, 399 Euros, and 349 British Pounds.
Done. Drop the mic.
Altogether nothing blew me away here but it was a solid showcasing of content for both Sony's new and old systems. Sony's playing it safe and smart this generation and constantly offering added value and perks to gamers. It's going to be hard to wait for November 15th!
Check out the gallery and an embed of the full press conference below!


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