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YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT IT TAKES TO MOVE A 2-TON SATELLITE ACROSS CALIFORNIA - You may not have heard of DigitalGlobe, but you've definitely seen its work in action.
For over two decades, the company has been capturing high-resolution pictures of the Earth and selling them to organizations you're familiar with. Much of Google Earth, Google Maps, Apple Maps imagery and surveying systems used by the U.S. government is provided by DigitalGlobe. Its photography has been used for everything from disaster relief to city planning to simply helping your Uber driver figure out where he's taking you.
On September 15th, the company is launching a brand-new satellite, the WorldView-4, into orbit. More
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JAPAN'S SIXTH HTV CARGO MISSION SLATED FOR SEPT. 30 LAUNCH - Japan's space agency has set Sept. 30 as the target launch date for the country's sixth resupply mission to the International Space Station, carrying cargo, experiments and six lithium-ion batteries to kick off a major upgrade of the lab's electrical system.
The cylinder-shaped cargo craft is set for liftoff at 1716 GMT (1:16 p.m. EDT) Sept. 30 from the Tanegashima Space Center, a facility nestled on the southern coast of Tanegashima Island in southern Japan, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency announced Tuesday. More
(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Jul 29)
CHINESE ROCKET BURNS UP OVER WESTERN U.S. - Pieces of China's newest rocket could be seen burning up in the skies over the western U.S. last night as the spacecraft re-entered the earth's atmosphere.
What was first described as a freak meteor shower or space junk appears to have been an experimental Chinese rocket called Long March 7, according to experts who tweeted on social media.
Jonathan McDowell, an astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, says it's a notable event.
"So far in 2016 there have been 25 reentries of objects massing 1 ton or more. But objects of 5 ton+ class like this are rare." More
(Source: TWC News - Jul 28)
CHINESE SATELLITE IS ONE GIANT STEP FOR THE QUANTUM INTERNET - China is poised to launch the world's first satellite designed to do quantum experiments. A fleet of quantum-enabled craft is likely to follow.
First up could be more Chinese satellites, which will together create a super-secure communications network, potentially linking people anywhere in the world. But groups from Canada, Japan, Italy and Singapore also have plans for quantum space experiments.
"Definitely, I think there will be a race," says Chaoyang Lu, a physicist at the -University of Science and Technology of China in Hefei, who works with the team behind the Chinese satellite. The 600-kilogram craft, the latest in a string of Chinese space-science satellites, will launch from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in August. The Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Austrian Academy of Sciences are collaborators on the US$100-million mission. More
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CHINA TO LAUNCH 1ST HIGH-CAPACITY BROADBAND SATELLITE - China is scheduled to launch its first high-capacity broadband satellite by the end of 2018, and to begin satellite communications services by 2019, according to the satellite system's blueprint. The blueprint was revealed as part of a contract signed between the Shenzhen government and China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) on July 23, according to CASC's official WeChat platform. A new company, APT Mobile SatCom Limited (APSTAR), co-founded by the two bodies, was also unveiled. More
(Source: China.org.cn - Jul 27)
NEW SATELLITE FOR SPY AGENCY AWAITS LAUNCH INTO SPACE THURSDAY - An Atlas 5 rocket carrying a classified national security satellite was rolled to the launch pad this morning for Thursday's flight to bolster the U.S. intelligence-gathering space architecture.
Liftoff will occur at 8:37 a.m. EDT (1237 GMT). The duration of the day's usable launch window remains classified.
Weather forecasters expect favorable conditions for liftoff, placing 80 percent odds on launching. The only concern is a stray coastal shower impeding the rules.
United Launch Alliance will perform the satellite-delivery mission using a 421-configured Atlas 5 rocket that is distinguished by a nose cone 14 feet in diameter and two solid-fuel boosters for added takeoff thrust. More
(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Jul 27)
UK ASTRONAUT TIM PEAKE, KG5BVI/GB1SS, HEADS HAM CONTINGENT TO 10 DOWNING STREET - UK Astronaut Tim Peake, KG5BVI/GB1SS — just back from a duty tour on the International Space Station — headed a contingent of radio amateurs and youngsters invited to visit new British Prime Minister Theresa May at 10 Downing Street earlier this month. The July 18 reception at the PM's official residence celebrated the success of Peake's "Principia Mission" and his time in space. Sandringham School student Jessica Leigh, M6LPJ, and her head teacher Alan Gray, G4DJX, were among those also on hand, along with students from the Principia Mission schools.
Jessica, then a brand-new ham, was the first student in the UK to speak with Peake during an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) ham radio contact with the ISS. Peake inaugurated the use of the ISS Ham TV system when he spoke on January 8 with Jessica and other students at Sandringham School in Hertfordshire, England. More
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If a major war ever happens, low-Earth orbit could turn into a combat zone. To that end, the US Air Force Space Command has created the "Space Mission Force" to train soldiers to operate military satellites in response to threats. "Adversaries have developed and fielded capabilities to disrupt and deny the space systems we operate on behalf of the United States and our allies," writes US General John Hyten. "Consequently, [we] must organize, train and equip our space forces in a way that maintains our vigilance."
The Air Force already has Space Command squadrons to defend and attack military satellites, but wants to jack up the number of personnel. More
(Source: Engadget - Jul 26)
MALFUNCTIONING WEATHER SATELLITE CAN'T BE RECOVERED, AIR FORCE FINDS - "At this time, there is no impact to the Department of Defense core weather sensing mission, and the DMSP constellation remains able to support mission requirements through resilient systems and processes," the Air Force stated.
The Flight 19 satellite will remain in space and will be able to gather data for as long as it remains pointed toward the Earth's surface. Eventually, however, the accuracy of that data will degrade as it begins to point away from the Earth. At that point, the Air Force will continue tracking the satellite for situational awareness and collision avoidance purposes, the service said. Still unknown is whether the Air Force will opt to launch its completed DSMP Flight 20 satellite — which is currently being stored at manufacturer Lockheed Martin's Sunnyvale, Calif.-facility — as a replacement capability. More
(Source: DefenseNews.com - Jul 26)
LAUNCH OF SECOND NBN SATELLITE TO ADDRESS AUSTRALIA'S DIGITAL DIVIDE - The National Broadband Network is getting set to launch its second satellite into orbit as the company continues its mission to address what's been dubbed as the digital divide in Australia.
NBN Co. will launch its second Sky Muster satellite from French Guiana Space Centre in South America on October 5.
Joining the company's first satellite, the huge spacecraft is set to orbit 36,000km above Earth and will provide improved internet access to Australians in rural areas.
The two NBN satellites will have a combined capacity of 135 gigabits per second and provide services to some 400,000 homes and businesses in regional and remote Australia. More
(Source: NEWS.com.au - Jul 25)
ISRO TO USE RADAR IMAGING SATELLITE TO LOCATE MISSING IAF PLANE AN-32 - The Indian space agency will be using its Radar Imaging Satellite (RISAT) that can see through the clouds to locate the missing Indian Air Force (IAF) plane+ that went missing on Friday morning with 29 people on board, said its chief on Saturday.
"We will be using RISAT to locate the missing aircraft. The satellite can take pictures both during the day and night. It can see through the clouds," Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) Chairman AS Kiran Kumar told IANS.
He said Isro's satellites could be tilted to some extent to look at a different place in times of need. More
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ISRO TO LAUNCH INSAT-3DR WEATHER SATELLITE IN AUGUST - India will launch a weather satellite next month with its heavy rocket, the geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle (GSLV-Mk II), Indian space agency chief A.S. Kiran Kumar said in Chennai on Friday.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) will launch INSAT-3DR next month with its GSLV rocket, said Kiran Kumar at the Madras Institute of Technology Alumni Association meeting in Chennai.
He also said Isro is targeting to increase the number of its satellite and rocket launches from the current six-eight per year to 12-18 per year. More
(Source: NDTV - Jul 23)
NASA PREPARES FOR FIRST-EVER IN-SPACE DNA SEQUENCING EXPERIMENT - With the arrival of the SpaceX CRS-9 mission to the Space Station Wednesday morning, the first-ever in-space DNA sequencer experiment has arrived at the international orbiting lab. The experiment is designed to test the feasibility of DNA sequencing in a non-Earth environment as well as serve as a pathfinder for sequencing initiatives on long-duration human missions in the inner solar system and on Mars. NASASpaceflight.com's Chris Gebhardt recently sat down with two members of the Biomolecule Sequencer Project – Aaron Burton, the Principal Investigator and astrobiologist, and Kristen John, Deputy Project Manager and engineer – for an interview about the potentially revolutionary project. More
(Source: NASASpaceFlight.com - Jul 23)
A YEAR OF EARTH: STUNNING VIDEO REVEALS 365 DAYS OF PICTURES FROM NASA'S EPIC SATELLITE - One million miles away from our planet sits Nasa's Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera, aboard the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite, which has been stationed between the sun and Earth since February 2015.
From this spot, EPIC has captured more than 3,000 stunning images of the Earth as it makes the 365 day journey around the bright ball of gas.
Now, the EPIC team has used these images to create a stunning timelapse of its time in orbit. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) DSCOVR satellite is the nation's first operational satellite in deep space.
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GOT IT! ASTRONAUTS CAPTURE SPACEX DRAGON SUPPLY SHIP AT SPACE STATION - Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have snagged a SpaceX Dragon supply spacecraft, which reached the station today (July 20) after two days spent catching up to the station.
At 6:56 a.m. EDT (1056 GMT), NASA astronaut Jeff Williams, the space station's current commander, used the 57.7-foot (17.6 meters) Canadarm2 robotic arm to grab the incoming craft as it rendezvoused with the space station. Williams was assisted by NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Takuya Onishi.
Over the next hours, ground controllers will direct the arm from Johnson Space Center in Houston, to install the craft on the Earth-facing side of the space station. More
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WORLDVIEW-2 SATELLITE INVOLVED IN 'DEBRIS CAUSING EVENT' - A commercial Earth observation satellite was involved in a "debris causing event" yesterday, according to the Joint Space Operations Center (JSpOC), the part of the United States Defense Department that tracks space objects. The satellite in question, WorldView-2, is owned and operated by DigitalGlobe.
JSpOC announced the event in a tweet and added the satellite has been confirmed as operational and maneuverable. However, eight pieces of debris were tracked. It is unclear exactly when the event occurred or how many of the pieces, if any, are part of WorldView-2.
(Source: SpaceFlight Insider - Jul 21)
SECRET NRO SATELLITE MOUNTED ATOP ATLAS 5 ROCKET FOR JULY 28 LAUNCH - Crews hoisted a covert spacecraft atop an Atlas 5 booster rocket this morning for its trek into an equatorial orbit next week.
United Launch Alliance will perform the deployment mission on July 28 for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office, the government agency that oversees the country's spy satellite fleet.
The launch is known as NROL-61 and the satellite's purpose is classified.
The NRO tells Spaceflight Now that the rocket will head easterly away from Cape Canaveral along an initial flight azimuth of 99 degrees.
Liftoff will occur some time during an unclassified period of 8 a.m. to 12 noon EDT (1200-1600 GMT). The actual target launch time is expected to be announced early next week, but the duration of the usable window will remain secret. More
(Source: SpaceFlignt Now - Jul 20)
TARPAULIN DELAYS JAPANESE MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE BY TWO YEARS - - The launch of Japan's first dedicated military communications satellite will be delayed by two years after a mishap with a blue tarpaulin damaged sensitive antennas during transportation to Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, two government sources told Reuters.
The mishap has set back plans by Japan's military to unify its fractured and overburdened communications network, and could hinder efforts to reinforce defenses in the East China Sea as Chinese military activity in the region escalates.
"When we need to shift units to the southwest and troops are moving down from the north, we need a stable communications link and this delay could affect that," a senior Defense Ministry official said on condition he wasn't identified because he isn't authorized to talk to the media. More
(Source: SpaceNews - Jul 20)
THE METEOR THAT WASN'T: OBJECT COULD BE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION DEBRIS - An object which exploded over the South Island on Tuesday night is believed to be debris from supplies sent to the International Space Station, not a meteor, an expert says.
What was first thought to be a large meteor exploded over the South Island on Tuesday night, sparking a flurry of phone calls to police.
It was spotted up and down the island when it hit Earth's atmosphere and exploded about 6.30pm. Earth and Sky astronomy guide Kristian Wilson, who works at the Mt John University Observatory, clarified initial reports on Tuesday night. More
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The 2017 Concert Band Clinic will be held January 20-22, 2017 on the campus of Kansas State University. The 2017 Clinic Conductors are:
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Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down and play through the entirety of the newest entry into the Far Cry games � a series which had, for the most part, eluded me up until this point. The most that I knew about the series as a whole was how highly touted the game�s graphics and presentation were, especially given that the first game was the premier for Crytek Studio�s new engine. Eight years� worth of new developers, engines, and graphical updates later, and very little has changed. Far Cry 3 is a visually stunning game bursting with minor details that more than once left me breathless. It�s a gorgeous rush of ultra-violence and open-ending gameplay that is ultimately quite fun and engaging. All of this is enhanced by a thematically rich plot that merits a great deal of discussion regarding its themes, ideas, moral stance, and place within the medium of gaming as a whole.
Within this article, I mean to address an aspect of the game that I�ve found to be rather lacking in coverage, as well as its relation to another big title being discussed this year. That�s right � I want to address the Lara Croft-shaped elephant in the room.
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�Our young protagonist is out traveling, when unfortunate circumstances lead to them being stranded on a tropical island inhabited by bloodthirsty, rapacious pirate/slave-traders. Their friends are taken captive by said rogues, and now our protagonist must summon up inner-strength and survival instinct if they want to rescue them and return home alive.� If you haven�t caught the joke yet, it�s that I could be talking about either Far Cry 3 or the upcoming Tomb Raider reboot, published by Square Enix and developed by Crystal Dynamics. They do sound rather similar, don�t they? Now, at the time of this writing, Tomb Raider is still several months from release. What the final product could look like is anyone�s guess, and I eagerly await my own opportunity to find out. That said, I will be using what has been shown and said by the developers thus far, as well as assorted internet �talking heads� that have addressed the truckloads of controversy surrounding the title, to inform upon this discussion.
And boy, does this game have a lot of controversy surrounding it. People are angry about Lara being reinvented. People are angry about Lara being weaker. People are angry about tasteless comments made by members of the development team. And I�m sure some people are angry that Lara is no longer proportioned like the lady from Heavy Metal 2000. The number of people ready to throw the Tomb Raider reboot under a bus seem to heavily outweigh those with a more �wait and see� mindset, though that may well be due to the nature of internet discussion and the former group being by far the louder. And amidst all this cacophony, the strongest theme for these dissenters that I can find is this �why take one of gaming�s strong female heroines, and make her weak?�
I will admit, I find the question a bit perplexing. I certainly knew about the Tomb Raider games growing up, I played through two of them entirely before completely losing my taste for them come 2003�s Angel of Darkness. But I never really regarded Lara as a �strong female heroine.� My vision for what that meant growing up was a lady who stood up for what she believed in, who kicked ass with a complete lack of self-consciousness. I was enamored of the Agrias Oakeses, the Freya Cresents, the Jill Valentines. Lara always just seemed like she was trying too hard to impress me. Now that I�m older, my feelings largely haven�t changed � Lara basically has built a career of breaking into dead people�s homes and stealing their things, shooting every last endangered animal and breaking every piece of ancient pottery she can find. And she does this for what seems like no reason other than boredom. This is a woman who, when accused of murder, spends the next six hours of the game shooting security personal in the face while trying to clear her name. (Angel of Darkness spoilers, I guess.) A great thinker, she is not. And she is certainly nobody�s role-model. She�s static � the idea of a heroine, nothing actually resembling one.
"Fuck you nature, I'm too sassy for your bullshit."
So that brings us to Crystal Dynamic�s new Lara. She�s young, inexperienced, vulnerable. In way over her head, and only through gut instinct and sheer force of will can she overcome the seemingly-crushing challenge presented before her. She feels fear. She feels pain. Oh lord, does she feel pain. A common criticism that I�ve found of the game thus far is that the amount of pain that Lara must endure borders on the fetishistic. I�ve never been shipwrecked and had to rescue my friends from rapacious pirates before, so I can�t speak to whether the amount of suffering depicted is realistic, but I can say that in pre-release footage alone we�ve seen Lara be beaten, impaled, shot at, burned, nearly-drowned, and yes, sexually-assaulted. Whether or not she�s electrocuted, frozen, paralyzed, drugged, stung by hornets, or launched into orbit within the game proper is anyone�s guess. Lara�s tale, we�ve been led to believe, is one of empowerment � of trial by fire. We will see Lara brought to her lowest point, only to learn the self-reliance and skills to become the heroine that we know she can be. She is made weak, torn down, so that she may be built back up, stronger and better than what she was. At least, that is Crystal Dynamic�s spin.
She and Jason Brody, the protagonist of Far Cry 3, might just end up in the same post-island support group. See, Jason knows something about suffering. Like Lara, he is beaten, impaled, shot, burned, nearly-drowned, faced with sexual assault, drugged, forced to watch his brother die right in front of him, repeatedly attacked by vicious local wildlife, and brutally removed of one of his fingers. Like Lara, he is forced to go through hell and rise, stronger and more capable than he was before, as a warrior and a hero. Or, maybe he just descends into insanity, becoming a complete psychopath as a result of all that he is forced to endure.
When this isn't the worst part of your day, you know you're in a bad place.
There is a point, about a third of the way through the game, where Jason has finally located the fourth of his kidnapped friends, one Keith Ramsay, in the home of a villainous professional killer named Buck Rogers � a bearded Aussie who had purchased Keith from the pirates that captured him, and who forces Jason to locate a particular artifact for him if he ever wants to see his friend alive again. Throughout this entire quest-line, Buck makes repeated oblique references to his activities with his new possession, but never anything concrete. We don�t get the full picture until afterwards, when the artifact has been delivered to Buck and Jason goes into his basement, where he is told he will find Keith. And find him he does � hunched over on a dirty mattress, pleading that he can�t take anymore. Buck appears behind Jason and offers to thank him �like a man should�, gripping his groin and thrusting it lewdly. He tells Jason that neither of them would be leaving. This is the point where there is no doubt left. Buck has raped his captive multiples times, and if Jason is not able to defend himself, the same will happen to him.
If there has ever been another point within a video game wherein a male protagonist is threatened with rape, I don�t know of it. I�m sure commenters will be happy to point it out, if it exists. But for the most part, games as a whole sail around the issue of sexual assault by a fairly wide margin, often editing it entirely out of the game�s reality. Of all the Very Bad Men most heroines fight, almost none of them display any intent outside of ending their life, regardless of whether they�re coarse bandits or corrupt paramilitary members. And as rarely as the subject is broached, it�s no wonder that most heroes never have to even think about such a possibility.
And for the most part, I�m fine with that. Most game writing borders on the atrocious already, and the developer that could factor something like that into their game�s world without it feeling creepy, exploitative, or just simply misplaced, are few and far between. It�s a subject that carries weight, weight that we as a society are not conditioned to ignore in our media in the same way that we are, say, murder. But Far Cry 3 is a gritty little number, and it has no interest in sugar-coating any facit of the misery and terror that Jason or his friends are forced to endure by their circumstances, largely identical ones to what Lara and her friends are placed in.
But what strikes me as odd is the fact that so few people are chomping at the bit to condemn Far Cry 3 for any of this. Tomb Raider 2013 has been called exploitative, overly-graphic, creepily fetishistic, or worse since its debut, while the same material within Far Cry 3 has largely gone un-discussed. My best theory for this is that Far Cry 3 is working with an original protagonist, while Tomb Raider is working with one of gaming�s own poster-girls. People think they know who Lara Croft is, and how she should be portrayed, and this certainly isn�t it. But then, Crystal Dynamics has never said that this was the same Lara � in fact, they�ve been upfront that this is a continuity reboot, and that their Lara is a completely different girl. Perhaps it�s a matter of framing � Far Cry 3 is entirely first-person, while Tomb Raider 2013 is third, allowing us to see every bad thing that happens to Lara in excruciating, unpleasant detail.
Or maybe it�s simply that we in the gaming community have enough frightened, helpless female characters. Sure, all the things that happen to Jason Brody are terrible, but they aren�t costing our medium one of its few strong, confident lady warriors. Why would anyone want to take such a character and purposefully make them weak and vulnerable? But something I loved about Far Cry 3 is that, like Spec Ops: The Line before it, it�s willing to ask whether or not the alternative is any better.
Narrative Responsibility
Jason Brody is a monster. A psychopath. He is exactly what the island shaped him to be � a remorseless, pitiless murderer with a body count well into the hundreds, perhaps even into the thousands. And he�ll tell you as much himself. In the �Save Friends� ending of the game, his narration tells us �I�ve killed so many people I�ve lost count. I can�t come back from this.� In the �Join Citra� ending, he doesn�t tell us anything. After killing his friends, his girlfriend, his younger brother, he is murdered post-coitus by the woman who helped shape him into a warrior. Or a killer. Neither option presents us with a Jason who is anything but fundamentally damaged. All the blood on his hands has stained his soul, and he is fully aware of that. Even if he started out scared, weak, frightened � what he has become may be much, much worse.
This, I think, may well be my great concern with the Tomb Raider reboot, and my biggest problem with those claiming some sort of assassination of Lara�s character. For my money, Lara has always been an unpleasant, violent person. (Did I mention that she murders dozens of people while trying to clear herself of murder? Because that was a thing.) She kills without hesitation, throwing herself into situations wherein it will likely occur, often without any greater motivation than the thrill of the search, the hunt. Lara Croft may be strong, but she is only nominally a heroine. I�m very much in favor of Crystal Dynamics� efforts to reshape Lara into a more three-dimensional, nuanced person, as well as push towards more realistically-tinged, emotive story-telling. But that push also carries with it an expectation/obligation, towards more mature handling of complex themes and ideas. And I worry that Crystal Dynamics may not be up to the task.
"Accuse me of murder, will they? Someone is asking for a murderin'."
Now, again, this all purely speculation. The game isn�t even out yet, and it may well surprise me. But based on Crystal Dynamic�s own words about the game, this is supposed to be the story of Lara coming into her own, of her becoming strong. After this, she is supposed to emerge a heroine. But as Far Cry 3 demonstrates, it�s not really that simple a question. It can be, if all you want to tell is a light and entertaining adventure story, ala Uncharted. No one ever truly questions the immense number of lives that Nathan Drake seems to take every single day of his life (Drake, by the by, is much like Lara in the sense that I�m hesitant to call him a �hero�. At least he�s witty, though). But then again, Nathan Drake is also never threatened with sexual assault, or made to watch any of his own digits be chopped off. There is a point wherein the content of your story (based on how graphic, shocking, or controversial it is) must be justified by something more thematically deep and impactful. Otherwise, you�re writing smut. And at that point the arguments that call your content exploitative are, ultimately, correct.
I hope that I like Tomb Raider (2013). I really do. It does not bother me to see this new version of Lara Croft placed in all of these terrible, unpleasant situations. In my lifetime, I�ve seen plenty of movies, TV shows, and games place their characters in far worse situations. I hope that the game lives up to its new, darker tone with maturity and narrative quality, and that it follows games like Far Cry 3 and Spec Ops: The Line by providing gamers with gritty, thematically deep material. And I really, truly hope that Crystal Dynamics is able to prove so many of its detractors wrong and deliver a complex, nuanced study of its leading lady that will justify all the mud she�s dragged through. But to do so, they must realize that they themselves have changed the rules. And that having a different Lara isn�t going to be enough �their world and all its complexities must change as well if they are going to produce a work that lives up to its own promises.
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Eyewitness Accuracy Rates in Sequential and Simultaneous Lineup Presentations: A Meta-Analytic Comparison
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Most police lineups use a simultaneous presentation technique in which eyewitnesses view all lineup members at the same time. Lindsay and Wells (R. C. L. Lindsay & G. L. Wells, 1985) devised an alternative procedure, the sequential lineup, in which witnesses view one lineup member at a time and decide whether or not that person is the perpetrator prior to viewing the next lineup member. The present work uses the technique of meta-analysis to compare the accuracy rates of these presentation styles. Twenty-three papers were located (9 published and 14 unpublished), providing 30 tests of the hypothesis and including 4,145 participants. Results showed that identification of perpetrators from target-present lineups occurs at a higher rate from simultaneous than from sequential lineups. However, this difference largely disappears when moderator variables approximating real world conditions are considered. Also, correct rejection rates were significantly higher for sequential than simultaneous lineups and this difference is maintained or increased by greater approximation to real world conditions. Implications of these findings are discussed.
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EDISON, NJ - Iona College women's soccer senior goalkeeper Trista Rivera was named MAAC Defensive Player of the Week, as announced by the conference today.
Rivera made seven saves to secure her first shutout of the season and help the Gaels open MAAC play with a 1-0 win over Canisius. Rivera had three saves in the first half, and stopped four more shots in the second. Rivera kept Canisius off the board despite the Golden Griffs holding an advantage in shots and corner kicks.
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Bel, I've heard that you transitioned your LOs to a BTC schedule soon after moving to one nap. Could you share how you did that?Ā
DD has roughly about a 2 hr range in WU times, naps 1.5-2 but still takes 40-120m to fall asleep at BT. Nowadays I'm happy if it's 40m actually.. 75m is the norm. It's been frustrating to me because on EWU days I try to PD early, but it's always thwarted by her taking forever to fall asleep. (I don't feel right doing PD before 5) She's cutting molars, but is a super slow teether. ĀI totally believe in EBTs, but right now it's just frustrating me and not helping her clock more sleep. I do think she may have a CBT, but it's hard to tell. I've wondered if BTC might create more readiness/willingness for her to fall asleep at BT. I know this probably doesn't factor into your reasons for BTC, but I'm curious how you went about it.


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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) -With most of its stars sold, Malaga needed a record-setting goal Saturday from 16-year-old Fabrice Olinga to win 1-0 at promoted Celta Vigo on the opening day of the Spanish league.
The Malaga youth player went on as a second-half substitute and moments after hitting the post he knocked in a rebound of a shot by Diego Bounanotte in the 84th minute.
The goal made Olinga the youngest player to score in the Spanish league at 16 years, 3 months, 6 days. The Cameroon native also became the youngest player to play in the first division for Malaga.
Olinga wrote on Twitter that he was "very happy for the game and the victory of the team, now back to Malaga and above all back to work."
Also, Tomer Hemed scored a double to give Mallorca a 2-1 win over Espanyol, and Sevilla beat Getafe 2-1 through first-half goals by Federico Fazio and Alvaro Negredo.
Celta had played better throughout the match, but lacked precision in front of goal in its first topflight match in six seasons. Forward Enrique de Lucas grazed the post just before halftime and defender Gustavo Cabral hit the crossbar from close range in injury time.
"We were fortunate to win, but to let a draw slip in the last second would have been unfair also," Malaga coach Manuel Pellegrini said.
Malaga's Qatari owners have sold various players, including playmaker Santi Cazorla to Arsenal, in the preseason following a financial about-face after having invested heavily in the team the past two seasons. The Costa del Sol club plays Greek side Panathinaikos in the first leg of their Champions League qualifying playoff on Wednesday.
"This team has been through some complicated moments, but they have helped it become stronger mentally," Pellegrini said. "Now we have to think about the playoff against Panathinaikos and the Champions League."
At the Iberostar stadium, Hemed opened the scoring two minutes in when the Israel striker controlled a cross, spun and fired into the lower corner of the net.
New signing Wakaso Mubarak leveled for Espanyol four minutes later, but Hemed struck again in the 85th when he volleyed in the rebound of a curling strike by Michael Pereira that came off the corner of the woodwork.
In Seville, Fazio scored with a header to give Sevilla the lead in the 34th, and Negredo stroked in hosts' second goal from the penalty spot five minutes later after Getafe defender Juan Valera had fouled Juan Antonio Reyes in the area.
Getafe defender Alexis Ruano halved the difference with a header in the 51st, but Sevilla controlled the rest of the game to secure the win.
Sevilla coach Michel Gonzalez said he was satisfied with his team's debut.
"We could have won by a wider margin and their goal was fruit of our mistakes," said Michel, who coached Getafe from 2009-2011.
On Sunday, defending champion Real Madrid opens its title defense at home against Valencia, while Tito Vilanova debuts as Barcelona's head coach against visitor Real Sociedad. Also, Athletic Bilbao hosts Real Betis and Atletico Madrid is at Levante.
On Monday, Deportivo Coruna marks its return to the topflight after a one-season absence against Osasuna, Granada is at Rayo Vallecano and promoted Valladolid travels to Zaragoza.
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I'm 27 weeks and expecting a baby girl in September, my husband is an only child and his family is full of boys. This will the first girl in his family and his Mom's first and only grandchild. He just told me his Mother and aunt are both setting up nurseries and my immediate reaction was to blurt out " For what? It's a waste because our daughter won't be staying over there". This is my first baby and I can't fathom leaving my newborn with his mother or aunt (whom I have literally met twice and have been in the room with for a total 60 minutes tops combined) I understand they are excited, but I can feel my blood boiling just thinking about this. My husband is letting it roll off like it's just them "talking and being excited" but I feel like I want to lay it out there and tell them, don't waste your money, she will never be staying over there. I don't feel like I should be put out of my comfort zone because they're pining over a little girl in pink they themselves never had. Should I say something now or wait to see if comes to fruition? They're nice people and I don't want to cause any problems, but I feel like they're overzealous and anticipating a lot more than they're going to get.
Too early to get pissed?
BUT, you and your DH so not seem to have the same idea in regards to your LO. Get on the same page. Who is your childcare? How often will you be at MILs house? AILs house? When do you expect to allow overnights (and with who?)
I think you'll be shocked to realize you and your DH don't agree in anything. He's cool with his mom building a nursery because he thinks she's gonna have a hand in raising your daughter and envisions a big happy family. If you disagree, it's time to talk to HIM about YOUR expectations and how you envision your relationship with extended family.
An AIL you barely know is making a nursery?
As for them, if they bring it up, I'd have a reply ready -I wish you hadn't wasted your money because LO will not be using any of these things.
Sometimes, when supervising my child, I blink. It's true. I feel just awful about it. --TheRealMarthaStewart
I have/had a very similar problem. My MIL only had boys and around the same time in my pregnancy as you talked about setting up a nursery at her house. Like you, this really bothered me but I couldn't figure out how to express it to my DH. I was glad she was excited but it felt a little like she was expecting to have our DD at her house 2.5 hours away a lot and that we would visit a lot. DH got mad at me at first when I tried talking about how uncomfortable it was making me that she was setting up a crib saying that it is her money (which it is). So finally I sat DH down and asked exactly how often did he think that we were going to visiting his family? He thought about it and said about what we do now or less. So I said, I don't care about the nursery your mom wants to set up in her house but I want to be clear to her that we will be visiting the same or less than we did before we got pregnant. In the past we have gone for weekends because of the drive and I have never really enjoyed going because we're there for DAYS. He told his mom and I felt a lot better. Sorry for the hijack, but you do need to talk to your DH about expectations. I bet the nursery itself is not the problem but how often/how long your DD is expected by MIL to be there.
He doesn't I would if I were you. Nip it in the bud, better to set up expectations now instead of later.
It isn't the nursery in and of itself that bothers me, it's the expectation that they intend to have her so much that it's needed. His mother at some point I can foresee myself being okay with and allowing her to spend the night, but that won't be for sometime after she's born and I feel okay with her being away.
But his aunt? That's HUGE hell no. I don't know if it's worth bringing up and fighting about now or if I should just wait and see if it actually comes up or if he's right and it's "just talk" because they're excited. She is practically a stranger to me and the little boys she's adopted all have behavioral issues and are medicated, not something I would ever be comfortable with.
It's not too early to get pissed, but make sure you're aiming your frustrations at the right person. Your MIL and AIL can spend all the money they want. You have to make sure that your DH is on the SAME PAGE with you. He needs to let them know that they can spend their money however they want, but it's really unnecessary as DD will not be spending much time there.
Talk to him about boundaries and consequences for crossing those boundaries. Then, read the delivery room and post partum threads. I feel as if the nurseries are just the beginning of the BSC that is going to come from these two because they "never had a daughter." Nip it in the bud NOW and save yourself the headache later.
Also. . . you can't control their reactions. If they're really nice people, they'll understand. If they start throwing a fit, then they're not that nice are only thinking of themselves. Drama is coming no matter what. You and DH just need to get on the same page as to how you're going to handle it.
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Read what drs102008 said about 3 times.
You can't tell them how to spend their money and that they can't be excited. But you AND DH need to be on the same page and set boundaries ... now, if you have to, but espcecially once baby is born.
I do think's it's excessive for AIL to be setting up anything for her ... grand-neice ... once removed ... or whatever ...
Has MIL asked to be in the delivery room yet??
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Mil: why LO of course.
You: how weird mil, you know lo isn't spending the night any time soon right? And we aren't visiting more after she is born. We might visit less as I'm recovering and getting into a routine. Hope you didn't spend alot! Anyway, MY crib is cherry and soooo cute!
She will either go bsc or quietly go back into the shadows. I predict the bsc and a phone call to your husband.
So, talk to your husband and see what his expectations are about visits. While you are at it, discuss delivery visitors and after delivery visitors.
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Former welterweight champion Amir Khan will be returning to the ring on December 15th against an opponent to be named later. Khan has previously talk about that he wants a rematch against WBA/WBC light welterweight winner Danny Garcia, who starched him in the 4th round on July 14th.
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TOWN OF NEWBURGH — A passenger in a car involved in a three-vehicle crash on Route 9W Wednesday evening died, town police reported Thursday.
As of late Thursday afternoon, police were still withholding the name of the deceased and the drivers of the vehicles, all of whom were injured, pending notification of next of kin.
Police said a Honda Accord was going north on Route 9W at about 6 p.m. Wednesday when it failed to negotiate a turn just south of the Oak Street intersection and struck a Toyota RAV-4 almost head-on.
The RAV-4 went off the road and struck a tree, while the Accord spun out of control and was struck by a Honda CRV, police said.
The drivers suffered only minor injuries, police said, but a passenger in the Accord who was brought to the Newburgh campus of St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital died.
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One step ahead of ya. I've been using every Rosie O'donnell pic I come across for some time now.
This is a discussion on Paper and cardboard within the Off Topic & Humor Discussion forums, part of the The Back Porch category; Paper and cardboard--how do you see it? Ever find yourself not wanting to throw away that pizza box? That paper plate that doesn't look like ...
Paper and cardboard--how do you see it? Ever find yourself not wanting to throw away that pizza box? That paper plate that doesn't look like it's been used, but you won't again for health reasons? Just taking out the trash tonight and thought--jeez, I look at all that stuff as potential practice targets! Two Mazzio's medium pizza boxes that got the lids tore off them, and three 9" paper plates that got used to eat the contents last night. Needless to say, I'm saving on trash bags and I've been doing this for a long time! Anyone else support this conservation idea?
One step ahead of ya. I've been using every Rosie O'donnell pic I come across for some time now.
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About 80% by volume of the trash that goes into most landfills is paper, cardboard and other combustible packaging materials. I've worked in power plants for the last 23 years, and my first job was in a "waste to energy" plant that burned everything that the local garbage service collected. The ratio of trucks that hauled the trash in to the ones that hauled what was left out after burning was around 5 to 1 and consisted of mostly glass and metal.
I'm no tree hugger but I do see some huge benefits to recycling and reusing as much of our natural resorces as we can.
(Those pizza boxes make great target backing!)
Good tip on using pizza boxes, esp. since around here they won't recycle them (something about the cheeses, oils making it difficult to process).
As far as the recycling we do everything we can, not really a big deal just toss everything in our recycle garbage cans in the garage and take to the transfer station every once in a great while. We used to get curbside pickup, but city decided to stop.
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When I need targets I just dig through my recycle bin. After I shoot them up I just throw them back in the bin. I like cans and plastic bottles, good reactive targets. I don't go to regular ranges. I target shoot in the mountains. I always bring back more then I take. I go to places other people shoot and bring back their trash. I usually pick up brass to use in jewerly and other craft work. I use empty shotgun shells to shoot at.


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Written by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell in 1851, Our Society at Cranford focuses on the lives and social etiquette of a small community in early Victorian England. That the community is almost entirely made up (or dominated at least) by the good widows and spinsters of the parish, gives plenty of scope for gossip, disapproval and shocking social climbing. Not to mention a fixation on the latest style in bonnets!
Ian Dickens' new revival is faithful to the original 1951 staging of the play, and directs an accomplished cast in a style that will be comfortingly familiar to fans of the TV series. Unfortunately, this strategy doesn't quite pay off, as it is all too easy to make comparisons, and Dame Judi et al are just too hard an act to follow.
Kirsten Cooke (as Miss Matty) Isla Carter (Mary Smith) and Hildegarde Neil (The Hon. Mrs Jamieson) lead a fine cast, who all acquit themselves well. Karen Ford stands out in a fine comic performance as Miss Pole.
Unfortunately, as narrator, top-billed Shirley Anne Field – a fine and accomplished actress – in this, appears woefully under-rehearsed, and somewhat disengaged from the story. Far from providing the introduction to Cranford and its women-folk (which may have been a good idea in the 1951 staging, but somewhat redundant today) and a device to move the narrative along, these rather toe-curling interludes brought proceedings to a standstill.
At the beginning of an autumn tour, the show can be forgiven for the very shaky start and a few collisions on a very crowded set with voluminous victorian gowns flying around. These will be ironed out as the production settles down into its run. And despite its shortcomings, there is enough to enjoy in this gentle, undemanding comedy drama to make a pleasant evening out.
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Yong Chi has done much to introduce the pleasures of bibimbap to the Center City mainstream at Giwa, his lunchtime nook on the 1600 block of Sansom Street.
Now he has taken his hot stone bowls to the east side of Broad Street with larger Rice & Mix, showcasing Korean flavors in a sleek build-your-own-bowl concept inspired by chains like Chipotle Grill.
Choose your protein (tender spicy chicken, pork, bulgogi beef, vegetarian) and format, which range from traditional sundubu (soft tofu casseroles) to jap chae (vermicelli stir-fries). But Chi's best remains the bountiful bibimbap rice bowls topped with veggies, meat, and spicy sauce (though sweeter sauces are available here).


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The Hall of Justice with all of the Little People superheroes in place. The Hall is about the same height as the Little People Batcave, so it works well there. It's also big enough to park all of the vehicles in and use for storage.
The front of the Hall of Justice. Some additional foam board creates dimension on the front as well as the dark blue tagboard window cutouts. The black along the edges is twill tape to stop anyone from getting cut on the cardboard edges. The side is closed with Velcro and opens so you can play inside. The Velcro straps fold down and attach to the bottom of the flap so they won't stick out while you're playing.
The rear of the Hall of Justice. Not much to see, just flat white.
Another view of the front of the Hall of Justice. You can see some of the cutouts for dimension.
The side flap opened with the Velcro tabs folded under and stuck. The inside is lined with tagboard - black for the floor, white for the walls.
This view shows more of the inside of the Hall. There is definitely room for embellishment on the walls inside. I'm considering some small computer-ish graphic decals to make it look like there are all sorts of bad-guy tracking machines in there.
Wonder Woman in her invisible jet and Superman stand on top of the Hall of Justice.
A view at the height of the Little People. You can see a little under the roof of the Hall where I reinforced the top.
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The Technics brand is back in business. Panasonic, Technics' parent company, announced the comeback at IFA 2014, together with two new ranges of premium hi-fi products. The new portfolio includes speakers, streamers, stereo amplifiers and a single CD player - and now we have had a first look and received confirmed prices.Tue, 02 Dec 2014, 12:06pm
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It's been six months since we were first introduced to the new Mark Levinson No.585 as a "Swiss army knife product", but this high-end integrated amplifier is now about to hit the shelves.Tue, 18 Nov 2014, 12:27pm
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The Akurate Akudorik is the first stand-mount speaker in the Linn Exakt range, while the Akurate Exaktbox brings the option to upgrade to Linn's Exakt platform to both legacy Linn speakers and other manufacturers' speakers - starting with the iconic B&W Nautilus.Wed, 24 Sep 2014, 12:44am
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