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Our research design involved 100 paired comparisons between lessons in nature vs. their matched, classroom-based counterparts across two different instructors, 10 different topics and weeks, and five different measures of classroom engagement. To give a more fine-grained view of our results, Figure 5 schematically depicts the results for each of the 100 pairs of comparisons. Symbols of different colors and shapes indicate which condition, if any, showed an advantage in subsequent classroom engagement in a given mini-experiment (green checkmark = lesson in nature; purple circle = lesson in the classroom), and the number of symbols indicate the extent of the advantage (no symbols = the conditions differed by less than half a standard deviation; one = the conditions differed by between 0.5 and ≤1 standard deviation; two = between 1 and ≤2 standard deviations; three = over 2 standard deviations).
Figure 5 . Differences in classroom engagement after lessons in nature for different classrooms, weeks, and measures. Condition differences in classroom engagement are depicted with symbols. The color and shape denotes the condition which yielded better classroom engagement, for a particular measure, classroom, and week; when the lesson in nature outperformed its paired classroom lesson, there are green checkmark(s); when the lesson in the classroom outperformed its paired nature lesson, there are purple circle(s). The number of symbols (checkmark or circle) represents the extent to which one condition outperformed the other, with one symbol corresponding to a difference between half a standard deviation and a full standard deviation (>0.5 to ≤1), two symbols corresponding to a difference between one and two standard deviations (>1 to ≤2), and three symbols corresponding to a difference of over two standard deviations. When the difference between a lesson in nature vs. the classroom did not exceed half a standard deviation, no symbols are depicted.
Figure 5 thus illustrates the consistency and size of the nature advantage over the entire series of mini-experiments. Of the 100 nature vs. classroom comparisons, the majority of comparisons (61) show an advantage for the lesson in nature, 25 show small or no difference (less than half a standard deviation in either direction), and only 14 show an advantage for the classroom-based lesson. Further, the size of the nature advantage is considerable: in 48 comparisons, the lesson in nature yielded classroom engagement scores a full standard deviation larger than its classroom-based counterpart; in 20 of these 48, the nature advantage was more than two standard deviations.
Visual inspection for differences across measures suggests that, of the four component classroom engagement measures, teacher ratings, redirects, and independent (photo-based) ratings are reasonably sensitive. By contrast, student ratings appear to be a relatively insensitive measure, showing fewer and smaller condition differences than the other measures.
Thus, exposure to nature has been tied to both the antecedents and the consequences of classroom engagement. Additional converging evidence comes from research in educational psychology not focused specifically on greenness. Generally speaking, time spent out of the classroom and in relatively natural outdoor settings is positive. Studies document (a) the rejuvenating effects of recess (e.g.,
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At the same time, it must be acknowledged that the question here differs importantly from those lines of investigation. This study differs from the research on the benefits of recess and physical activity in that the intervention involves formal instruction—teacher-led, formal lessons, delivered as part of a larger curriculum, with all the rules against student socializing and autonomous activity typical of classroom-based lessons. Similarly, unlike most education outside the classroom (EotC) studies and the study of garden-based learning, this study holds pedagogical approach constant in comparing lessons in nature vs. in the classroom. That is, in most EotC studies, the instruction outside the classroom is designed to take advantage of the setting; as a consequence, the experimental condition differs from the control in two ways—in setting (outside vs. in the classroom) and in pedagogical approach. In this study, pedagogical approach was held constant across conditions; the lessons inside and outside the classroom differed in setting but not instructional approach.
In sum, although it appears no study has directly examined the aftereffects of lessons in nature on classroom engagement, considerable evidence in both environmental psychology and education research points to time spent in natural outdoor settings as having positive impacts. In this study, we hypothesize that lessons in nature have positive, immediate aftereffects on classroom engagement —that is, we expect that when children learn outdoors, their classroom engagement after returning indoors is better than it would have been had they stayed inside the entire time. To test this hypothesis, we compared classroom engagement after a teacher gave her students a lesson in nature vs. after the same teacher gave her students a lesson on the same topic in the classroom (e.g., leaves) in the same week, replicating this comparison across 10 different topics (one topic per week), two classrooms ("classroom a," with its own teacher, students, and room; and "classroom b," with another teacher, set of students, and room), and five different measures of classroom engagement.
Either way I'm not going to change who I am, but it would be nice to be able to express it more freely without damaging my social options!
Angela, What was your other Trigger? Wondering if maybe re-working the way you display your passion is the key to making that trigger work for you and not turn others off? This doesn't mean stifle your natural passion for all things healthy but maybe living out your passion so as to inspire others rather than talk your passion to (or at) others, if that makes sense. When people *see* your passion at work in your life they become fascinating and inspired with you. And in terms of "getting friends" that are more like you…you will attract what you are! Be what you want to attract. You have so many gifts going for you…live them out, act them out and be who you were meant to be! And I hear ya in terms of being a stay-at-home mom…I have 4 young children (6 and under) and stay home with them as well (in the suburbs). It's not easy for sure but as Marie says…"everything is figureoutable"!
A little obnoxious (in good fun) and down right revolutionary.
I loved the point about making not being afraid to polarize folks a bit. I have definitely made that mistake – even quite recently.
LOVE this episode. Thank you Marie for the free link to the test! My triggers are mystique and passion rendering me "The Subtle Touch" which is so accurate it gave me goosebumps. It makes sense that I have not found true bliss in the corporate world and am not a fan of office drama or politics. I'm intrigued by how this information can help me grow using them to my advantage. I'm getting Sally's book now!
Great episode, thanks Marie. What's my personality trait? Just looked at Sally's website and I'm (drum roll…) "The Maestro". I love the sound of that! I'm looking forward to learning more and discovering how to use that trait as a competitive advantage! Nik x
Wow, I literally burst into tears watching that, finally permission to be myself!! Marie thank you x
I LOVE this interview, so fascinating! So many great nuggets – 1) Be more of who you are to be successful, 2) Be strategically polarizing, 3) Be the pistachio!
I recently asked for feedback from my friends and clients about my brand and the ONE word that jumped out was PASSION! I'm going to amplify that through my website messages!
As a Personal Branding Career Coach, I'm passionate about helping people differentiate as top talent talent by owning their greatness. Be OUTSTANDING to STAND OUT!
This is exactly what I needed today! 🙂
300k minus taxes, deductions and your take home 12-13k per month. About 1/2.
In the time it takes for a Ceo to go to the restroom they make that much. Many make in one year what people don't make in an entire life of working .maybe they deserve it, and glad we live in a land where people can really excel . In my mind 300k is a decent living. No you aren't flying jets wherever you go, but you can live comfortably and meet your obligations. No Ebenezer 300k is not excessive , it's middle class.
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300k is not excessive, but by definition, it's not in the "middle". Not even in the Bay Area. Median family income in the Bay Area is something like $120k. So if you take middle to be +-25% from the median, you won't have families making $300k in that class. And of course in the majority of the US 300k is top 2%.
Don't confuse middle class income with middle-class lifestyle. If you have a middle-class income Of $120,000, it is extremely difficult to afford a medium priced home of $1.5 million and raise kids.
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Well, all I have to say is that I'm glad I live in a more sensible part of the country then. Our family of 4 monthly budget is around $6K. And $800-1000 of that goes to charity because it's a lot of fun to give it away. My truck and the wife's SUV are both paid for and the combined insurance is less than $1200/yr. We spend less than $3K/yr on gas because work, school and play are all within 10 miles of our house. Our mortgage is less than $100K on a $400K home. We contribute to the retirement accounts, my brokerage account, and the 529 college accounts. We try to plan a nice vacation every year with some side trips here and there within the region, spending between $3-4K. We have a net worth that ranks in the 80th percentile nationally. And oh BTW, last year (2017) was the first time our combined gross income cracked 100K…. So $300K is NOT necessary to live a comfortable middle class lifestyle in the more sensible parts of the country… and the biggest perk… LESS STRESS! That's priceless.
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Oil prices slip as IEA cuts demand growth forecast
World oil prices dipped on Monday as the West's energy watchdog warned that a slowing global economy would nag at demand for crude.
Prices fell below $29 a barrel in London and dipped gently towards $30 in New York after the International Energy Agency (IEA) cut its forecast for growth in global crude demand by more than eight percent to 1.5 million barrels per day.
The fall in crude prices was modest however because the IEA warning was hardly unexpected, given the slowdown currently gripping the US economy, analysts said.
The Brent North Sea March contract in London fell 19 cents to $28.99 a barrel. In New York, the light sweet crude March contract fell 45 cents to $30.58.
"The global economy is slowing, curbing demand," said the IEA in its monthly report, warning of turbulent market conditions ahead.
"Oil demand figures since October have fallen below expectations. Even January shows only modest growth, despite strong short-term substitution of oil for natural gas in North America," the report said.
As a result, it cut its forecast for oil demand growth by 140,000 barrels per day to 1.5 million barrels. Analysts were not surprised by the warning.
"It's not really a shock to anyone," said Lawrence Eagles, a market expert with the GNI brokerage.
"People have been expecting world demand to slow, but the economic situation is so unclear," he added. "Some people are talking about a recession in the United States, but some people think it will be a relatively small blip."
Oil market players are nonetheless nervous of the impact a global slump could have on oil prices. A collapse in demand following the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis was a factor in reducing oil prices to below $10 a barrel.
If demand does slow, the focus will turn to producer nations to see if they will restrict output accordingly to maintain price levels.
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has already moved to slash output by five percent from February, and the IEA figures could persuade some to militate for further cuts at a meeting next month.
Qatar suggested over the weekend however that further output cuts may not be necessary when it meets next month. Saudi Arabia had already made similar remarks last week.
"In the light of the current situation on the global oil market, OPEC does not need to cut its production," Qatar's Oil Minister Abdullah bin Hamad al-Attiyah said, quoted by the Emirati agency WAM.
"If prices stabilized around Friday's level, we see no need to reduce output," he added. The basket price used by OPEC to help set output stood at $26.98 on Friday, against $27.67 the previous day, the Vienna-based OPECNA agency said Monday.
Iraq remains another unknown factor in the oil equation, with fitful exports ever since it blocked shipments in December after the United Nations rejected its pricing formula for the oil-for-food programme.
Baghdad demanded a surcharge of 40 cents a barrel from customers into an account outside of UN control, but last month decided to cut the premium to between 25 and 30 cents.
This allowed it to increase oil production by 500,000 barrels per day (bpd) in January as consumers began to accept the surcharge, the Middle East Economic Survey (MEES) said Monday.
Iraq's January oil production totaled 1.7 million bpd. In December it was 1.2 million bpd -- less than half the average of 2.5 million bpd over the past two years, it said.—AFP.
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Men's Basketball: Nashua's Joseph makes best of his second chanceBy JOE DUBALL
New Hampshire Union Leader
November 22. 2017 10:10PM
All of us have or will at one point in our lives be stripped of a dream. It's an unfortunate truth and one that Creighton point guard Kaleb Joseph knows all too well.
Sure, it's hard to say the Nashua native is in a tough spot playing Division I basketball, which most New Hampshire ballers only dream of doing. However, it's been two years without meaningful basketball for Joseph. He sat out the 2016-2017 season after transferring from Syracuse, where he went from starting as a freshman to the back of the bench as a sophomore.
"There are certain obstacles in life that come up and you can't really plan for them," Joseph said. "You can't shy away from it or fold. You have to face it like a man and that's the most important thing. I love basketball and plan on doing it as long as I can, but it's really about being a man because that goes on way after you stop playing."
Joseph's freshman year at Syracuse had him on pace to be a piece to the Orange's puzzle for years to come. He started 30 of 31 games in 2014-2015 for what he deemed his "dream school," averaging 5.9 points and 3.8 assists across nearly 28 minutes a night.
The momentum Joseph built up in that first season with Syracuse never amounted to anything more though. What should've been a breakout campaign as a sophomore turned out to be a season of warming the bench. Joseph lost his starting job and averaged just six minutes a game while Syracuse went on to make it to the Final Four, where Joseph didn't touch the floor once in any postseason game.
According to Syracuse.com, after the 2015 season, Joseph's severe role relegation was the first for a Syracuse player in 40 years. The report went on to say that Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim had previously justified the move during the season, saying Joseph practiced hard but other players provided more on-court production.
"There was a lot going on at Syracuse," said Joseph, referring to the NCAA's unprecedented sanctions against the Orange following a lengthy investigation into improprieties. "The reason for (the demotion) is something I couldn't really tell you. It's too stressful to sit there and try to figure it out there. You just sit there and control what you can control, and then everything will play itself out when it's all said and done.
"There have been many great players that have gone through worse and still come out on top."
Joseph remained very loyal to the Orange despite the demotion. He said he continued working hard on the scout team and continued to be an encouraging and sound presence from the bench for his teammates and friends game-in and game-out. But when his sophomore year came to a close, Joseph knew his time at Syracuse had run its course.
"It's a business where you have to make the best decision for yourself and your career. I thought it was best-suited for me to leave," Joseph said.
Opening up to other schools had its peaks and valleys for Joseph. On the one hand, Joseph was learning that he was still valued given the interest he was receiving. On the other side was the fear of blindly falling into another bad situation like the one he had already removed himself from.
"The transfer process was tough because you make a decision but you don't want to make the same mistake twice," Joseph said. "I wanted to go to Syracuse no matter what and I made that decision on my own. I wish I had more information on the whole process and the type of questions I should've been asking. It would've been less about following a dream and more about what's best for your business. All that was in mind the second time around."
Among the schools interested in Joseph's services was Creighton, which had recruited him during his prep school days at Cushing Academy in Ashburnham, Mass. Blue Jays head coach Greg McDermott liked what he saw in high school and nothing had changed after the guard showed he could in fact succeed in college as well.
"He had watched enough of our games to see the style that we play and he felt it would be a fit for him," McDermott said. "I've always been extremely impressed with him as a person, which was one of my main attractions to him. I thought he'd be a great leader and had all the attributes I like in a point guard."
The transfer to Creighton was made official in April 2016. Joseph's clean slate had a catch, though, as he would have to sit out the 2016-2017 season per NCAA rules. Joseph knew the move would cost him a year but struggled with sitting out again, especially since he would not even be able to be with the team during games. However, Joseph came to realize the time away from the court was a blessing.
"It was a great experience mostly because I got a lot of opportunity to observe and see what this team was missing," Joseph said. "It allowed me to kind of work on my game and cater to the needs."
"I also got a chance to sit back and learn while seeing the game from a coach's perspective. You see the mental mistakes and errors. Like some guys are so capable, but get so nervous from the environment and outside influences. It taught me a lot about keeping things simple and focusing on the game."
Gaining perspective from the year away was certainly boost, but McDermott saw overall progress with Joseph's overall performance on the floor as well.
"His shooting has gotten better and his ball handling is a little tighter, but hopefully he's got a little more confidence," McDermott said. "To go from playing and then not playing, especially when you're young, really hits your confidence. I think he's in a better place now than he's ever been in that regard."
The return to live action came in the last two weeks when Joseph played in Creighton's first two wins of the season before sitting out an upset of No. 20 Northwestern on Wednesday last week. Joseph scored three points in four minutes during the Blue Jays' season-opening win over Yale on Nov. 10 before scoring 10 points to go with four assists in 11 minutes in a victory over Alcorn State two days later.
Those performances come after Joseph sat out much of Creighton's preseason with a hamstring injury. The light game action was used more to ease Joseph back into playing.
"I'm starting to get a good feel for things now," Joseph said. "I'm excited for the challenge to step back into things. Scoring those 10 points in 11 minutes was super efficient though and really all you can ask for when you're trying to show coaches you're back. You have to be efficient with the time you have so more opportunities come."
Joseph is part of a four-guard rotation, which is why he sat out the Northwestern game. McDermott opted to ride the hot hand in that game, which was no slight against Joseph, who McDermott thinks will thrive under the competition for minutes.
"The reality of it is that he missed time while other guys were playing and moving forward. Now you come back and they're just in a different place than you are," McDermott said. "He has to stay ready and when his number is called, he's got to be ready to go and I think he was had his number been called against Northwestern.
"I don't want him to be content with the role he has now. I want him to work to change that while being mature enough to accept where he is now and improve the best he can, and I think he'll do all that."


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The automotive industry finished the first half of 2010 on a disappointing note, as sales in the U.S. slowed amid concerns over the economy. Simultaneously, it was a busy week for the group heading into the July 4th holiday, one which included a highly anticipated IPO, a shift in the global sales dynamic, and another recall. Whether the auto recovery gets back on track in the latter half of the year, though, remains to be seen.
On a year-to-year basis, domestic auto sales climbed 14% industrywide. But this does not tell the whole story, given the ease of the comparison, as the industry was in the midst of a low point in mid-2009. Instead, we look at the double-digit sequential decline as a bit more worrisome. Sales have been up and down throughout the early months of 2010, so far, but the latest setback seems to have signaled a larger hiccup in the auto recovery. Especially since a sizable portion of the improvement earlier in the year can be credited to elevated promotions and discounts, as the carmakers took aim at Toyota Motor's (TM) disgruntled recall drivers.
Detroit's three, General Motors, Ford Motor (F), and Chrysler, all experienced sequential sales declines of 10%-15%. For their Japanese counterparts, the story was much the same, with advances over last year, but down from May. Toyota sales slipped nearly 14%, while Honda Motor (HMC) dropped just under 10% and Nissan Motor (NSANY) suffered the steepest setback, falling more than 20%. Hyundai was the rare exception in the 30-day period, being the only automaker to register a sales advance from the prior month.
We are still anticipating a full-year overall increase, considering 2009's tally represented a likely trough in this cycle. That said, there is still much uncertainty as to the size of the improvement. As it stands, we are calling for a gain of over 1% from last year's 10.4 million vehicles sold. But the challenging economic picture, painted by disappointing employment, housing, and manufacturing results in June, may lead to heightened lethargy on car lots down the stretch in 2010.
And as sales hit the brakes in the U.S., GM has reported an interesting shift in its geographical makeup. Indeed, for the first time in its history, the auto maker sold more cars in China than at home in the six months through June. The 1.21 million vehicles purchased in the world's fastest-growing market outpaced the U.S. total by a noticeable amount. This should send a signal to the rest of the industry, not that it was necessary, to take notice of the vast opportunity in China. Sales in the country were up almost 50% last year, and another 15%-20% increase seems probable in 2010.
China is not the only region with a bulls-eye on its back. This week, GM also announced a joint venture with Chinese firm SAIC to produce cars for the growing Indian market. This initiative takes aim at Tata Motors' (TTM) Nano, which continues to experience strong demand behind its label as the world's cheapest car.
In other auto news, Toyota cannot seem to shake the recall bug. The latest wave of problems stems from engine malfunctions causing vehicles, primarily sedan models, to stall while in motion. This recall, of over 270,000 vehicles, can be tacked on to the over eight million cars that have already been called back since October. The company has already paid the record $16 million fine, but its reputation continues to be tarnished.
For Toyota's other major American counterpart, there was some positive news to celebrate this week. Indeed, Ford recently took another step toward improving its capital position, paring a small chunk of debt off its highly leveraged balance sheet. Indeed, the company will pay $3.8 billion in cash to the United Auto Workers trust fund, which is designed to cover the union's sizable healthcare obligations. The remaining $255 million will be paid out as dividends to preferred stock and bondholders. These payments had been delayed as Ford worked to improve its financial stature, but the car manufacturer has indicated that quarterly distributions for these securities will resume.
This is Ford's second sizable debt payment in 2010, and the auto business has trimmed its leverage by over 20% this year. Further, Ford has cut its obligation to the UAW trust fund by more than half, as it now has a little over $3.5 billion due 2022. The company seems adamant that it will pay off this debt early, though no time frame has been given.
Finally, the automotive industry welcomed a new stock on the public market, with the high-profile IPO of Tesla Motors. The company outdid even its own earlier estimates, raising $226 million with its initial offer of 13.3 million shares. The electric car maker has a long road ahead of it, but it has clearly stirred up interest. Shares traded up sharply from their initial $17 per-share price tag to $30. However, the stock's instant popularity was tamed somewhat, and the issue slipped back down to $20, all in the span of a few days.
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Torment Gamescom 2016 Roundup
Torment: Tides of Numenera is headed towards its final day of Gamescom 2016 and things are beginning to wrap up, so we decided to give you a roundup of the events. We showed the game both on the entertainment area show floor as well as some brand-new content to press behind closed doors, and we've been thrilled to receive multiple Best of Show nominations, as well as the Best RPG awards from gaming sites JeuxVideo.com and LIMBO!
Beyond that, we also of course...
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Torment: Tides of Numenera - The Explorer's Guide is Now Available
We're pleased to announce that Torment: Tides of Numenera - The Explorer's Guide is now available! This premium sourcebook for the Numenera tabletop game includes content from Torment: Tides of Numenera as well as expanded world and fiction based on the game, and is perfect for pen and paper fans and RPG collectors alike.
Delve into Greater Garravia and the splendor of Torment: Tides of Numenera. The book includes:
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Torment: Tides of Numenera is Coming to Gamescom!
Torment: Tides of Numenera is headed to Gamescom 2016! For those of you attending this August, our leader in exile Brian Fargo will be attending along with several of our other team members, including Colin McComb, Chris Keenan, George Ziets and Thomas Beekers.
The game will be showing at the Techland booth in Hall 10.1. Additionally, on August 19th, Brian will be holding an autograph session at 3 PM, so we'd be thrilled for you to come on by to meet him and talk RPGs!
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Updated Our Journal #57: Techland Partnership
tl;dr: The mystery publishing partner is Techland!
Chris here for some important and exciting news. Last update we teased that we're working with a new publisher on Torment. For those who have not yet seen the news that broke shortly after, we are pleased to inform you that we have partnered with Techland Publishing. You might know Techland as having developed some excellent games including Dying Light and Call of Juarez, but they have also done regional publishing and...
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Torment: Tides of Numenera - The Explorer's Guide Hardcover is Now Available for Preorder!
We have some good news for fans of pen and paper gaming! When the Kickstarter began, we said we'd partner with Monte Cook Games to offer a Torment Sourcebook for the Numenera tabletop game. That has now come to fruition in the form of Torment: Tides of Numenera – The Explorer's Guide by Shanna Germain!
The Torment Explorer's Guide (for short) is a deluxe sourcebook containing background in Torment's section of the Ninth World, including locations, items, characters a...
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Updated Our Journal #56: Beta Access for All Backers, About the Release Date
Hello Exiles,
Brian here!
When we last checked in, we were heading towards a content complete milestone, and we are pleased to say we have hit that mark. The game is playable from beginning to end, which marks a major step forward. This is one of the most content rich role playing games I have ever worked on. Here is just a peek at what we have been working on in the last months:
Of course there is still plenty of work ahead and we won't be cooling our heels yet. Our art...
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GameGrin Interviews George Ziets About Torment
GameGrin recently spoke to George Ziets about Torment: Tides of Numenera, asking him about his take on the Numenera universe, the area design process, and more.
GameGrin: Who are the team's favourite characters in Torment?
George: I can't reveal much about characters beyond the first zone of our game, but team favorites in zone A include Varrenoth, who appears to be a warrior woman but is actually a flesh-and-blood construct, controlled r...
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Updated Our Journal #55: Red Novella Now Available, Posters Back in Stock
tl;dr: Production update, Red Novella released, backer posters available
Hello Exiles,
Eric checking in. In our previous update, we told you about how we were targeting an April milestone for getting the game content complete. We're happy to say that we've hit that milestone – this means Torment is now playable start to finish, albeit in a somewhat rough state.
The feedback we've gained from the backer beta has been invaluable in allowing us to improve upon the game...
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By Wenna Wang and Haibing Ma
On June 27th, 5 shares of shale gas reached their daily limits at Shanghai Composite Index, the largest stock market in China, lifting the whole Oil & Gas sector above the otherwise decreasing Chinese stock market. This was stimulated by a signal from the nation's Ministry of Land and Resources: the second round of shale gas exploration rights is expected to open for bidding in September, and this time it will be open to private investors.
Shale gas, which is natural gas found in hydrocarbon rich shale formations, is one of the most important unconventional sources of natural gas and represents a rapidly expanding trend in onshore gas exploration and production today. The deposits are mainly extracted through hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling. Though it is not an ideal alternative to conventional energy sources, shale gas can be a key to energy independence and a lower carbon footprint, since it produces 43 percent and 30 percent less carbon dioxide emissions than coal and oil per thermal unit produced, respectively. However, not everything about shale gas is an improvement, as its extraction process may contaminate ground water and release volatile compounds into the soil, while the use of shale gas will still lead to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The main mining techniques used for extraction, horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, have been linked to various problems like water shortages, groundwater contamination, methane gas seeps, micro-earthquakes and coal fires. Sample surveys show that methane concentrations were 17-times higher on average (19.2 mg/L) in shallow wells located in active drilling and extraction areas than in wells located in non-active areas (1.1 mg/L on average). In addition, there are studies showing properties with shale gas wells were valued down due to the fracturing.
Shale gas, despite its drawbacks, remains undeniably attractive to China. Last year, as the largest energy consumer in the world, China had a remarkable dependence on foreign oil of 55.2 percent. About 90 percent of its energy consumption overall depended on coal and crude oil. Due to this heavy reliance on traditional fuels and a rapidly growing energy demand brought on by incredible economic growth, China is suffering from severe environmental deteriorations including but not limited to water contamination, air and soil pollution, increasing GHG emissions and worsening biodiversity.
Unfortunately for global emissions, China's energy consumption won't peak in the foreseeable future due to development needs— in fact, the International Energy Agency (IEA) suggests China may account for 40 percent of global oil demand growth by 2035. Although China has been developing its renewable energy resources significantly over the past few years, it may take time for renewables to account for a significant share of power generation. As such, China is being urged to increase the percentage of natural gas in its energy mix to meet its 2020 mitigation goal of cutting carbon emissions relative to its size of economy by 40-45 percent from its 2005 level. With 4.6 trillion cubic meters (162 trillion cubic feet) of proved conventional natural gas reserves, the country's natural gas production reached 101 billion cubic meters (3.58 trillion cubic feet) last year. Shale gas looks even more promising according to a global assessment conducted by Energy Information Administration (EIA). The EIA estimates that China tops the world with a recoverable shale gas reserve of 1275 trillion cubic feet. The Chinese government later announced its own official estimation as 25 trillion cubic meters (883 trillion cubic feet). Encouraged by these assessments, China plans to produce 230 billion and 3.5 trillion cubic feet of shale gas in 2015 and 2020 respectively. However, despite Beijing's ambition, China is still in the early stages of shale gas exploration with only 63 testing wells completed so far, and with only 30 actually producing an industrial gas flow.
On the other side of the Pacific Ocean, natural gas has become an indispensable part of the United States' energy mix. Natural gas' share in primary energy consumption increased from 22 percent in 1995 to 25.1 percent in 2010; shale gas, representing only 1 percent of America's natural gas production in 2000 and now accounting for 30 percent, contributed significantly to the increasing role of gas in America's energy structure. Between 2005, when the so called "shale gas revolution" took place, and 2011, U.S.' dependence on foreign oil decreased from 60 percent to 45 percent. Meanwhile, gas prices have kept dropping and are now at their lowest point in 10 years. IEA announced that U.S. energy-related CO2 emissionsfell by 450 million tonnes over the last five years – the largest drop among all countries surveyed. This drop could be partially attributed to an increasing role of shale gas, as hinted by IEA's chief economist Fatih Birol. In the foreseeable future, given EIA's estimate that technically recoverable shale gas reserve in the States to be 862 trillion cubic feet (second only to China), shale gas may further help the country's low carbon development path.
Since shale gas development is more mature in the States in terms of both technology and management, China has been trying hard to seek for cooperation opportunities with U.S. oil and gas companies. The three Chinese energy giants, namely China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), China Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec), and China National Off-shore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), started to engage in the international market in the 1980s, but have had little luck in investing in the States. In 2005, CNOOC, China's largest off-shore oil and gas producer, withdrew its bid for Unocal, an American oil and gas company, after the intervention of the U.S. Congress. This $18.5 billion merger was a tentative effort of Chinese energy companies to probe the U.S. market. In 2009, President Obama and President Hu Jintao launched a U.S.-China Shale Gas Resource Initiative, aiming to promote energy security and create commercial opportunities for companies on both sides. This initiative claims that "United States and China will conduct joint technical studies" and experience gained in the United States will be used "to assess China's shale gas potential". CNOOC inked two deals to develop shale oil fields with America'ssecond largest natural gas driller, Chesapeake Energy, in 2011 and 2012 respectively. Sinopec also moved forward by nailing a $2.5 billion shale deal with U.S. natural gas company Devon.
The Chinese government has also decided to explore shale gas extraction technologies through domestic development. China now allows private, small scale companies to participate in bidding for extraction permits, utilizing market competition to promote technological innovations. So far, more than 70 companies, among which one third are privately-owned, have registered for the Chinese government's second round tender of shale gas development approvals. Meanwhile, the central government is planning to provide tax-free incentives for importing shale gas extraction related equipment.
Developing shale gas seems to be a rational solution to China's current coal-heavy and import-dependent energy structure, but both technical difficulties and environmental problems are obstacles that China will need to overcome.


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Oil price holds near $94
The price of oil rose slightly Friday and finished the week 2 percent higher on signs of rising demand in the U.S., the world's biggest oil consumer.
Benchmark crude for February delivery rose 41 cents to close at $94.37 in New York. Oil is up 2 percent since closing last Friday at $92.72. Brent crude for March delivery was up 73 cents to $106.48 in London.
U.S. oil began the year near $100 a barrel but retreated swiftly on indications of ample global supplies. It regained some of that ground this week on signals that the U.S. economy is churning again, and burning more diesel, jet fuel, and gasoline.
On Thursday, the U.S. Energy Department said oil supplies fell by 7.7 million barrels last week, the seventh straight weekly decline. OPEC said in a report that it expects global oil demand to rise by around 1 million barrels a day, up from an increase of 900,000 barrels a day in 2013.
The average retail price for a gallon of gasoline in the U.S. fell less than a penny to $3.30 a gallon, according to AAA, OPIS and Wright Express. That's a penny less than a week ago and a penny more than a year ago.
In other energy futures trading in New York, natural gas fell 5.6 cents to close at $4.326 per 1,000 cubic feet (28.32 cubic meters).


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The Role of Innovative Finance in Intercity Passenger Rail
Transcript of Hearing
Opening Statements
Shuster and Denham Opening Statements
Hearing on "Role of Innovative Finance in Intercity Passenger Rail"
July 9, 2013
(Remarks as Prepared)
Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA)
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
As I've noted previously, a rail reauthorization bill is one of the Committee's top priorities this year.
Intercity passenger rail plays an important role in our Nation's transportation network, connecting major metropolitan areas and cities. I am pleased with the significant number of hearings and events, both here and across the Nation, that Chairman Denham has undertaken to hear from various stakeholders with respect to reauthorization. As you know, I want to strengthen passenger rail, and with limited resources we must target our funds efficiently.
I also strongly believe that the only way we will be able to tackle the large capital needs for passenger rail is to partner with the private sector.
Other countries have shown us that this is possible and investors right here in the United States are eager to invest in the transportation system. Programs like the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing (RRIF) program and the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) program allow the Federal government to leverage scare resources and share risk with the private sector. We've seen such a model work for highway and transit projects, and I believe we can utilize similar models for intercity passenger rail.
We also need to leverage railroad assets like stations and right-of-way to develop new revenue streams.
Again, I commend Chairman Denham for holding this important hearing and thank our witnesses for their testimony.
Chairman Jeff Denham (R-CA)
Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials
As I have said at every hearing we've held, I am committed to Rail Reauthorization this year. One area the next rail bill will likely need to address is the role innovative financing tools can play to advance intercity passenger rail projects.
We all need to be creative in ways to stretch federal dollars and work with our partners in the states, with communities, and with the private sector.
I have consistently advocated for the need to leverage private sector financing in my home state for the construction of high speed rail. Without private sector engagement and financing, the California project is doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past and will require endless subsidies from federal taxpayers.
Innovative finance has been increasingly used in the United States for highway and mass transit projects, and one of my goals for the upcoming reauthorization is extend that trend to passenger rail.
The Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing loan program is an example of a program I'd like to leverage more. Currently RRIF is authorized to lend up to $35 billion in loans and loan guarantees for the development of railroad infrastructure. The program was created principally for short line and class I freight railroads, though recently commuter and intercity passenger rail operators have expressed interest in the program.
RRIF and other Federal credit programs can accelerate large infrastructure projects, if stakeholders come together to identify repayment sources. For example, Denver is utilizing RRIF and TIFIA to complete a major expansion of Denver Union Station, which will improve intercity rail, commuter rail, and bus connections. The loans are being repaid with a combination of local revenue sources.
This is an excellent example of states, the private sector and the federal government partnering to build more infrastructure in new and creative ways. We need to encourage more of this type of innovative thinking at the state and local levels so entities like Altamont Commuter Express in my home state can make the infrastructure upgrades they need for the future.
Station development is another tool that can be leveraged to support expanded and improved passenger rail services. Rail stations are often located in desirable, downtown locations, and can become the focus around which significant residential, commercial, and retail development can occur.
Value capture methods such as tax increment financing can be a means to leverage that private sector development to spur transportation improvements.
Finally, railroads themselves can proactively use their own property to create additional funding sources. For instance, railroad rights-of-way can be used to place telecommunication and other non-transportation infrastructure. In 2012 Amtrak generated $94 million in real estate-related revenue, and I would like to work with them to grow that number.
Again, I thank the witnesses for being here today.
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The Honorable John Porcari, Deputy Secretary, United States Department of Transportation | Written Testimony
Ms. Beverley K. Swaim-Staley, President and CEO, Union Station Redevelopment Corporation | Written Testimony
Mr. Frank Chechile, Chief Executive Officer, Parallel Infrastructure | Written Testimony
Mr. John Robert Smith, Former Mayor of Meridian, Mississippi, President and CEO, Reconnecting America | Written Testimony


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Harvey Gould Named as Recipient of the 2013 Robert A. Millikan Medal
Gould has been a pioneer in computational and statistical physics education. Throughout his career, he has worked to develop collaboration and communication among his colleagues while supporting the common good, making unique and important contributions to the community of physicists and physics educators.
He earned his A. B. and Ph.D. in physics at the University of California, Berkeley and did postdoctoral work at the National Bureau of Standards (now NIST). After four years at the University of Michigan, he began teaching at Clark University, Worcester, MA in 1971. In the early1980s he made important contributions in the development of computer simulations for undergraduate physics lecture and laboratory courses, and, in particular, developed a laboratory-based course on computer simulation at the undergraduate and graduate levels. For the last three decades he has done research in condensed matter physics, statistical physics, and computational physics. Most recently his research has focused on the dynamics of first-order phase transitions with a particular interest in nucleation, as well as critical slowing down and earthquake fault systems.
Gould has shared his knowledge of the use of computers and computer simulations in physics education. In the '90s he participated in the Consortium for Upper-level Physics Software (CUPS) Project, which led to the publication of Thermal and Statistical Physics Simulations coauthored with Lynna Spornick and Jan Tobochnik. Of particular note are his undergraduate textbooks, Introduction to Computer Simulations Methods, coauthored with Wolfgang Christian and Jan Tobochnik, and Statistical and Thermal Physics, coauthored with Tobochnik. Both books have inspired physics teachers throughout the world to incorporate computers and computer simulations in their courses.
As co-editor with Jan Tobochnik of the Computer Simulation column in Computers in Physics and Computing in Science and Engineering for over ten years, Gould has had a positive impact on many physics teachers. The column and his textbooks have helped many teachers transition to making computation an integral part of their undergraduate physics teaching. He is, in no small measure, responsible for the enormous growth in the use of computers in physics education during the last 25 years.
As Associate Editor of the American Journal of Physics for ten years, he edited approximately 1000 articles and played an active and effective role in improving manuscripts to make them more accurate, readable, and understandable.
The first Gordon Research Conference on Physics Research and Education, which brings together research scientists, faculty, physics education researchers, and students around a specific topic, was initiated and co-chaired by Gould and Tobochnik. These conferences were followed by the 1999 launch of theme issues of American Journal of Physics that are tied to the Gordon Conferences.
Regarding his selection as 2013 Millikan Medal recipient, Gould said, "I have been very lucky to have had a job for many years that I enjoy. I also have been fortunate to have colleagues and collaborators who have made my life both fun and rewarding."
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Dayton to convene security meeting
ST. PAUL -- Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton plans to bring together state officials to discuss security around the Capitol complex in light of Saturday's Arizona shooting of a congresswoman and those attending her public event.
"This is a moment of great national solemnity," Dayton said before joining a nationwide moment of silence in memory of the six who died and those hurt in the shooting.
Dayton said he has not changed his security, but wants to talk to legislative leaders, law enforcement officers and others about whether changes are needed to Capitol complex security. He said a balance is needed between safety and allowing Minnesotans into public facilities and near their elected officials.
While Dayton plans to be in northwestern Minnesota Tuesday, he said that he hoped the meeting could occur Wednesday.
"Our security process is very good," Dayton said, but he is open to ideas about how to improve it.
The public may walk into the Minnesota Capitol without being screened. Many state Capitols, and other government buildings, require visitors to at least go through metal detectors.
The governor, on the job a week today, last week allowed some protesters into his office as he signed onto a federal health-care program. He even let three protesters speak, something no one in the Capitol recalls happening with previous governors.
Such tense moments are common in public life, but Dayton deflated the passion by allowing the trio to speak, even though it did not change his mind about the issue.
Today, Dayton said he will continue to allow those who disagree with him into his public events.
"We are fortunate to live in Minnesota where there is a respectable level of discourse," Dayton said.
Dayton said public officials should expect to face some violent people, but the public should be safe.
Don Davis reports for Forum Communications Co.


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I hope you don't mind if I start this Weekly Update off with some exciting, personal news.
Chloe, a beautiful baby girl! Chloe Sage Stanfield arrived two weeks early at 2:02 A.M., July 5, 2012, at a weight of five pounds, 10 ounces. The proud father, Steven, was gushing with delight when we spoke this morning. We are all very excited. Monica, Steven and Chloe live in Arizona, so I cannot just run over, but I am as happy as can be for them. This is the first baby born to either of my children.
There was some concern as the baby was breach and the umbilical cord was wrapped around the neck. But all went well and mother and child are doing great! Awesome.
You haven't heard us talk about Robotech® much lately, because we have been secretly working on some big plans for that game line. As you know, I try to keep you informed about everything going on at Palladium Books®. However, sometimes we just can't reveal our plans or projects for strategic business reasons. For example, we didn't want a competitor trying to swoop in on Robotech® if we talked too much about our plans. Moreover, we get some fan complaints when we talk about an upcoming project and it gets delayed, or worse, it falls through. We didn't want that to happen with Robotech®, so we quietly stopped talking about the line but kept working on things behind the scenes. Well, I can finally give you an exciting update.
This week, Palladium Books signed a deal to expand its current Robotech® license with Harmony Gold USA, Inc., including the right to produce and sell pewter game pieces of Robotech® mecha and spaceships. This has been one of the secret projects we've been working on for months. Our thanks to Tom Roache, Jon Paulson, Jeff Burke and Carmen Bellaire, along with many others, for their help with our investigation and research on the subject. How soon can you expect to see 1/285 scale mecha available? Probably not until next year sometime. We'll keep you posted. Sculptors wanted.
Robotech®: Genesis Pits Sourcebook is slated for final production and will probably see release before Rifts® Megaverse® in Flames. This entire time, Irvin Jackson has been working on two more Robotech® sourcebooks, and another freelancer is fooling around with other ideas for Robotech® sourcebooks that we are not yet ready to announced. (We don't know if they are going to happen or not, yet.) I plan to give the Robotech® Role-Playing Game series a big push and a lot more love, attention and products over the next 18 months.
Wayne is laying out The Rifter® #59 even as you read this. It goes to the printer tomorrow. It's another great issue, with material for Splicers®, Rifts® Xiticix, Techno-Wizardry across the Megaverse®, the second half of the Kezel, a Palladium Fantasy® adventure and more. See the full description for this issue elsewhere in this Weekly Update. A July release! Goes to the printer Friday, July 6.
I have been hot as Hades on the writing of Rifts® Black Market™ and artists are working away to depict the material. The book is epic and I think the source material it contains is going to surprise and blow people away. I think gamers will love the way we're handling the Black Market O.C.C.s, and you'll go wild over the wealth of information, the five factions, the inner workings of the organization, the new weapons and other gear . . . this book has it all. AND best of all, a lot of it can be easily adapted to just about any world setting. Rifts® Black Market has unexpectedly become a team collaboration, with something like six different writers contributing to it in the best ways possible. I'm making sure it all fits together seamlessly and having a blast working with all these talented and imaginative guys: Matthew Clements, Taylor White, Carmen Bellaire, Julius Rosenstein and Alex Marciniszyn. And artwork coming in so far has been excellent. A July release!
The writing on Rifts® Vampires Sourcebook is shaping up nicely, but a bit slower as I'm bent on finishing Rifts® Black Market. I'm working on both titles simultaneously so they can be released a few weeks apart. The new art for this bad boy is looking sharp too. We've got one stunning book after another coming out. A July release!
Rifts® Northern Gun™ One and Rifts® Northern Gun™ Two are both going to knock your socks off the way Rifts® Lemuria did. They are nothing short of epic. We are dying to see Chuck Walton's finished artwork for it. Meanwhile, I have Carl Gleba and Carmen Bellaire writing additional weapons and equipment, and the book is going to be epic.
We should get John Zeleznik's finished cover in a week or two. Chuck is working on the art for this bad boy too. Northern Gun™ Two is shaping up to be as amazing as Northern Gun™ One is going to be. Whew, the Palladium creative forces are on fire!
Yeow, that's coming up fast. As I've said before, we had originally planned to do the both titles as "one" Rifts® Northern Gun™ Megaverse® Insider offer. But a number of you contacted us and requested that we not do it as one offer, but two, a month apart. The reason was that many of you wanted to get both Northern Gun™ ONE and Northern Gun™ TWO Megaverse® crowdfunding items, but could not afford to purchase both at the same time. What many of you had suggested was that we split the Northern Gun™ crowdfunding into two offers a month apart so you could afford both. Always wanting to please our customers, that's what we have done. Having said we only intend to do 3-4 crowdfunding offers a year, and not wanting to do one during the Christmas season, we decided these two Northern Gun™ crowdfunding offers would be the last for the year 2012. So the LAST crowdfunding offer of 2012 – the Rifts® Northern Gun™ TWO Megaverse® Insider offer – starts next Thursday. We'll present all the details next week. Note: All limited edition prints and sneak peeks in EACH offer are unique and different from the previous ones.
The next seven books should come out in rapid succession.
As soon as we can do one, we'll be making a FREE Sneak Preview of Rifts® Black Market available. That might be as soon as the end of next week. Many back issues of The Rifter® are available on DriveThruRPG.com (issues #1-52), as are more than 90 out of print titles such as Rifts®, BTS™ and Palladium Fantasy® first edition rule books and sourcebooks. A sneak preview of Rifts® Vampires Sourcebook and should also be coming soon. We plan to add a few more items in the coming months that should please Palladium gamers. We are also planning to move forward with PDF only editions of The Rifter® #0.1 and The Rifter® #0.2 – both are big, juicy digital editions of new, fan created material for the Palladium Megaverse® of games.
Don't forget, DriveThruRPG.com also offers the Rifts® and Palladium Fantasy® Game Master Kits (both written by Carl Gleba and complete with maps, combat matrix, character sheets, spell list, and 20 pre-rolled characters created by Julius Rosenstein; $5 each). Of course, there are FREE Sneak Previews of Endless Dead™, Rifts® Lemuria, Rifts® Vampire Kingdoms™, and Thundercloud Galaxy™, as well as 90+ out of print titles, including back issues of The Rifter®, and first edition rule books for Rifts®, Palladium Fantasy RPG®, Heroes Unlimited™, The Mechanoid Invasion® Trilogy, and lots of other good things. ALL available as PDF downloads at reasonable prices. And there is MORE to come.
On top of everything else going on, Alex and I continue to add Palladium collectibles as well as a large number of collectible toys and action figures to my online store. More will be added all weekend long as well as more new items every few days for the next several weeks. Right now they include proofreader copies of books, Palladium gold editions, some artwork, some art prints, and other good stuff. Most Palladium items are signed by me, Alex and other Palladium creators. We'll keep them coming if you keep buying them. http://stores.ebay.com/kevinstoys-artandcollectibles
Sales remain solid. In fact, we've been seeing a much larger than usual number of "new customers" in just the last couple of weeks, suggesting the Gen Con e-mail blast has done its job. Nice. And don't overlook the Rifts® dice bag coming back into stock along with other good stuff like Rifts® baseball hats, bookmarks, Chi-Town Library pencils, T-shirts and mugs. Robotech®, Rifts® Lemuria and Endless Dead™, along with Rifts® titles, Heroes Unlimited™ and Palladium Fantasy® in general, are seeing a lot of interest.
With the holiday on the Fourth and our intense focus to get new books finished (I've been a man possessed) I have not made calls to the remaining Lemuria Insiders or the new Northern Gun™ One folks. Like I said last week, let me get a book or two to the printer first. Thanks. YOU are not forgotten. ;) Keep the faith and game on! I truly look forward to chatting with you.
Gen Con Indy is next month already! Man, time is flying by. Palladium will be there with new and old releases, original artwork, prints and lots of books. Come on over to chat, buy stuff, and get books signed by me, Wayne Smith, Chuck Walton, Matthew Clements, Brandon Aten, Mark Oberle and maybe a few others. It will be grand fun.
Things feel like they are popping faster than Fourth of July firecrackers at Palladium these past few months. And for a change, it is all good news. I talk about a lot of what's going in The Rifter® #59 and I'll share more in the next Weekly Update. For now, I need to get back to finishing some books. Game on!
– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher, Writer and Grandpa
The Rifter® is an idea factory that helps players and Game Masters to generate new ideas and keep their games fresh. It provides useful, ready to go, source material gamers can just drop into their ongoing games. A doorway to new possibilities and numerous Palladium role-playing worlds. It offers new monsters, villains, characters, O.C.C.s, powers, magic, weapons, adventure and ideas for your games. It presents new villains, monsters and dangers to battle, and new ideas to consider. Every issue has material for Rifts® and at least two or three other Palladium game lines.
The Rifter® Number 59 examines the deadly, the weird and the magical. Much of the material is suitable for use in multiple settings or easy to adapt. Enjoy.
Archie 3 and Hagan Lonovich are two of the most beloved villains (anti-heroes?) in the Rifts Earth setting. This sourcebook highlights their strange relationship, plots and blunders. One of which is inadvertently unleashing The Mechanoids® into the world!
The Mechanoids have one driving goal: To destroy all humanoid life! This book has it all. Source material, the Mechanoids, new equipment, monsters, adventure and cryptic prophecies.
The Coalition's siege on Tolkeen has had a devastating impact on people across North America. None have been more affected than the Cyber-Knights. This sourcebook reveals not only the history and secrets of the Cyber-Knights, but the schism the war has created among the fabled warriors.
The Black Market is the most prevalent trader in weapons, magic items, drugs, and contraband outlawed by the Coalition. Explore the day to day business of the North American Black Market along with its smuggling routes, practices, policies and notable nefarious products and services. Learn about the five major Black Market factions in North America and foreign groups like the Yakuza, Green Scarf Sect and the Underground Railroads of Atlantis and the Vampire Kingdoms.
In final production right now. Unknown to most humans, deep within Mexico the vampires have established entire kingdoms. There they live like tyrants and gods, dominating an underclass of cattle people used as slaves and food stock. Learn more about the vampires, their rivals, allies and the humans who willingly serve their supernatural masters for a chance to join the undead. A must-have guide for those who wish to travel deeper into the Vampire Kingdoms or play as vampires and their human minions.
Northern Gun™ is the largest independent manufacturer of high-tech weapons, robots and vehicles in North America. Outside of the Coalition States, one could argue, no other kingdom is as powerful or influential, at least when it comes to technology and weapons. The manufacture and sale of Northern Gun weapons and vehicles has given virtually every kingdom, town, colony of settlers and adventurer group a chance to survive and prosper. Located in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, NG has been the premier outfitter of mercenaries, adventurers and upstart kingdoms for generations. Now, for the first time ever, learn Northern Gun's history, goals and plans for the future. Of course, that means new weapons, robots, power armor, vehicles and gear.
More information about the weapons, vehicles and practices of Northern Gun, including the new rage of Robot Gladiatorial combat.
An in-depth look at the Invid Genesis Pits, their purpose, function and the creatures they create.
The Minion War spills across Rifts Earth, where demons and infernals hope to recruit allies and use the Rifts as gateways of destruction. Their influence shakes things up across the planet, especially at locations where demons and Deevils already have a strong presence. Demons, Deevils and supernatural beings run rampant and wreak havoc across the world.
This is a great resource for getting out of print Palladium titles and other select books. We've made 90 titles available as PDF digital downloads from DriveThruRPG.com. This is a great way to try Palladium products and get access to out of print RPG source material. Some notable titles include.
The following are in development:
Endless Dead™ is a new 96 page sourcebook that will send your Dead Reign™ campaign in new directions or add depth (and zombies). What are you waiting for? Order your copy today. And if you haven't taken a look at the Dead Reign™ RPG yet, but love zombies, you need to give this dynamic game a try.
● New! Rifts® Pencil – Cat. No. 2561 – 50 cents per each pencil. People love this item and often buy them in sets of 10. Enjoy.
● New! Palladium Fantasy RPG® Coffee Mug – red on a black, 15.5 ounce mug – Cat. No. 2560 – $10.00.
● New! Dead Reign™: "Survive or Die Trying" T-Shirt – Cat. No. 2556 – price varies with size: Medium: $18.95, Large: $18.95, XL: $18.95, 2XL: $20.95, 3XL: $22.95, 4XL: $24.95, 5XL: $26.95
● New! Rifts® Wilk's Laser Technologies™ Logo T-Shirt – Cat. No. 2557 – price varies with size: Medium: $18.95, Large: $18.95, XL: $18.95, 2XL: $20.95, 3XL: $22.95, 4XL: $24.95, 5XL: $26.95
● New! Imagination Unleashed T-Shirt – black image on a red T-shirt – No. 2558 – price varies with size: Medium: $18.95, Large: $18.95, XL: $18.95, 2XL: $20.95, 3XL: $22.95, 4XL: $24.95, 5XL: $26.95
● New! Rifts® Northern Gun™ Logo T-Shirt – Cat. No. 2559 – price varies with size: Medium: $18.95, Large: $18.95, XL: $18.95, 2XL: $20.95, 3XL: $22.95, 4XL: $24.95, 5XL: $26.95
● Property of the Coalition™ T-Shirt – Cat. No. 2528 – price varies with size: Medium: $18.95, Large: $18.95, XL: $18.95, 2XL: $20.95, 3XL: $22.95, 4XL: $24.95, 5XL: $26.95
- Old Ones™ for Palladium Fantasy® – Cat. No. 453
- Wolfen Empire for Palladium Fantasy® – Cat. No. 471
- Mutant Underground™ for Heroes Unlimited™ – Cat. No. 520
- Rifts® Mercenaries – Cat. No. 813
- Rifts® Splynn Dimensional Market™ – Cat. No. 836
- Rifts® Free Quebec™ – Cat. No. 837
- Rifts® Three Galaxies™ – Cat. No. 851
- Rifts® Black Vault™ – Cat. No. 855
- Rifts® Triax™ 2 – Cat. No. 881
- Rifts® Sourcebook 2: The Mechanoids® – Cat. No. 805
- Rifts® Coalition Wars® 4: Cyber-Knights™ – Cat. No. 842
The following new Rifts® miniatures have never before been released by Palladium Books.
● MI8021 – Rifts® Shadow Beast – $12.00
● MI8022 – Rifts® Mystic Knight – $6.00
● MI8023 – Rifts® Lord Magus – $6.00
● MI8024 – Rifts® High Magus – $6.00
● MI8025 – Rifts® Coalition Psi-Stalker (new-style Dead Boy armor) – $6.00
● MI8026 – Rifts® Coalition Dog Boy in DPM-D1 Armor – $6.00
● MI8027 – Rifts® Coalition Dog Boy #2 (with energy rifle) – $6.00
● MI8028 – Rifts® Coalition Dog Boy #3 (with rifle and Vibro-Knife) – $6.00
● MI8029 – Rifts® Coalition Dog Boy #4 (German Shepherd with rifle and Vibro-Claws) – $6.00
● MI8030 – Rifts® Coalition Dog Boy #5 (Bulldog with energy rifle and Vibro-Claws) – $6.00
The following favorite Rifts® miniatures are back in stock. Some, like the Glitter Boy, have sold on the collector's market for as much as $50-$120. They are being re-released for the first time in a decade.
● MI8031 – Rifts® Glitter Boy Power Armor – $20.00; this is a large, heavy figure.
● MI8032 – Rifts® Glitter Boy Pilot – $6.00
● MI8033 – Rifts® Kydian Overlord (Atlantis) – $20.00; this is a large, heavy figure.
● MI8034 – Rifts® Dragonsaurus (Atlantis) – $10.00
● MI8035 – Rifts® Slaver and Slave (Atlantis); 2 figs, no plastic bases – $10.00
● MI8036 – Rifts® Crazy – $6.00
● MI8037 – Rifts® Juicer #1 (with laser pistol) – $6.00
● MI8038 – Rifts® Juicer #2 (with Vibro-Sword) – $6.00
● MI8039 – Rifts® Cyborg #1 (with Rail Gun) – $12.00
● MI8040 – Rifts® Cyborg #2 (with gun hands) – $12.00
● MI8041 – Rifts® Cyborg #3 – $6.00
● MI8042 – Rifts® Coalition Officer (old armor) – $6.00
● MI8043 – Rifts® Coalition Grunt #1 (old armor) – $6.00
● MI8044 – Rifts® Coalition Grunt #2 (old armor) – $6.00
● MI8045 – Rifts® Coalition Grunt #3 (old armor) – $6.00
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Senior Abbott government ministers have rejected claims of disunity and leadership turmoil after the federal budget.
Federal parliament descended into farce on Thursday when Labor used question time to seize on a report that Nationals ministers were duped into supporting a key budget measure.
The ABC said senior Liberals had deliberately leaked the idea of removing the $5.5 billion diesel rebate for miners and farmers in a bid to inflame the Nationals so they would support the reintroduction of fuel excise as the lesser of two evils.
The debate came as cabinet minister Malcolm Turnbull, a former Liberal leader, again fended off suggestions from conservative critics he was actively undermining Prime Minister Tony Abbott, who is overseas on a trade and security tour.
Raising the ABC report in parliament, Opposition Leader Bill Shorten asked whether there was "anyone in Australia that this prime minister has not lied to?".
"Why has this government spent all week undermining each other?" he said.
Acting Prime Minister Warren Truss dismissed the report's assertions as "simply wrong", saying the coalition was strong and based on an atmosphere of trust and reliance on one another.
Any risk to fuel prices came from Labor's support for extending the carbon tax to transport fuels, he said.
In a lively rebuttal, Nationals deputy leader Barnaby Joyce referred to "rumours" about the NSW branch of the ALP, some of whose members had found themselves before the state's Independent Commission Against Corruption.
He had also heard deputy Labor leader Tanya Plibersek was after Mr Shorten's job.
"I heard someone from the NSW Right got convicted by the ICAC for corruption - hang on, that is the truth."
Mr Turnbull told parliament Mr Shorten was a "hollow man" and had a history of knocking off Labor leaders.
"They say they don't like (budget) cuts. He's been very good with a knife in the past."
Mr Turnbull had earlier tackled claims by conservative commentators he was being disloyal.
"We are a team. Tony and I are a team," he said, adding that commentators such as Andrew Bolt and radio host Alan Jones were the "bomb throwers".
"I will not stand by and let that falsehood be peddled," Mr Turnbull told the ABC on Thursday night.
"Because there is a risk that if you don't stand up to bullies and people who peddle these lies, that they will start to be accepted."


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Study recommends Millyard parking garageBy KATHRYN MARCHOCKI
New Hampshire Union Leader
June 16. 2013 10:18PM
A Millyard parking study recommended building a $10 million garage at the Bedford Street lot in Manchester that would hold 500 vehicles with capacity to handle several hundred more should the historic district's growth continue as a hot spot for mature companies and young, fast-growing tech firms.
The Florida-based Lansing Melbourne Group consultant suggested the city could build a public garage with public funding on its own. Or it could partner with a private developer to construct a hotel, condos and apartments above the garage. Lastly, a private developer could handle the project with the city ensuring public parking would be available.
The Board of Mayor and Aldermen accepted the study at its June 4 meeting and asked consultant Peter Flotz to conduct a marketing study on the feasibility of each option and present his findings at its July 2 meeting.
"The Millyard traditionally has been home to moderate size tenants with a specific desire to be in a loft or historic space and with a willingness to trade some minor inconveniences for the 'cool factor' and ambience of the Mill buildings," Flotz wrote.
But in interviews with companies and organizations that lease or own space in the Millyard it became clear there is a limit to the inconveniences they would tolerate, he said.
"Again and again what we were told was that the number one issue in the Millyard is parking," Flotz said of insufficient parking to meet employee, tenant and public demand.
Millyard buildings comprise approximately 3.9 million square feet, he said. At least 230,000 square feet is currently available. An engineering company has a tentative lease to occupy 50,000 square feet of that space by the end of the year, Flotz said.
"I've been talking about this for three years, how to do a public-private partnership to develop the lot. I don't need a parking study to know folks down there need parking,"Mayor Ted Gatsas said. "UNH, Dyn, Brady Sullivan, they all need parking."
A 500-space garage would cost more than $10 million to build — leaving a $200,000 to $275,000 annual cash flow shortfall needed to pay off a loan, Flotz said.
Possible options to cover the cost would be tapping the city's existing parking revenue fund — but Flotz said that money now goes into the general fund and doing so would negatively impact city operations.
Raising the $75 monthly rate currently charged at Victory Garage is another option as is creating a $120 to $125 monthly "reserved" parking rate for premium spaces.Other possibilities are encouraging a private developer to build a hotel or apartment-condominium complex on top of the garage. Further study is needed to determine the financial viability of these options, he said.
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Plea deal expected for man who tried to take officer's gunBy JAMES A. KIMBLE
Union Leader Correspondent
May 22. 2013 9:35PM
BRENTWOOD — A Salem man has struck a plea agreement to resolve charges that he kicked a police officer and attempted to take his gun while being arrested during a fight.
Dalton Cyr, 21, will appear before a judge to enter his guilty plea on May 28, and be sentenced on the same day, according to court records.
Cyr was indicted by a grand jury in March on charges of simple assault, resisting arrest and attempting to take law enforcement officer's firearm.
Terms of the plea deal have not been made public. The simple assault and attempt to take a firearm charges were felonies punishable by prison time.
Cyr was arrested on the morning of Nov. 30, 2012, at what police say was an underage drinking party underway at a home on Stonegate Lane.
Salem police responded to a report of two men fighting in the street near the home around 3:30 a.m., but discovered the party was at the home nearby.
When police officers entered the home, two party-goers became combative with officers before being taken into custody, according to police.
Prosecutors say that Cyr grabbed at Salem police Officer Joseph Freda's firearm from his holster and kicked Freda while being taken into custody.
Freda suffered a hand injury that later required a trip to the hospital, but was still able to make the arrest, police said.
Prosecutors sought an enhanced penalty on the simple assault charge — usually a misdemeanor — because Freda was acting in his official capacity as a police officer.
The simple assault charge is punishable by up to two to five years in state prison, an indictment says.
Cyr has been held at the Rockingham County jail on $50,000 bail.


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bitmap fonts, including the `
fixed' family, and bitmap versions
of Courier, Times and Helvetica. In the SI, these fonts are provided
in the ISO 8859-1 encoding (ISO Latin Western-European).
In XFree86, a number of these fonts are provided in Unicode-encoded font files instead. At build time, these fonts are split into font files encoded according to legacy encodings, a process which enables us to provide the standard fonts in a number of regional encodings with no duplication of work.
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added support for the Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Georgian, Armenian, IPA
and other scripts plus numerous technical symbols. It contains over
2800 glyphs, covering all characters of ISO 8859 parts 1-5,
7-10, 13-15, as well as all European IBM and Microsoft code pages,
KOI8, WGL4, and the repertoires of many other character sets.
This font is used at build time for generating the font files
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(The conversion of the standard fonts to Unicode was mainly performed by Markus Kuhn. Markus is a man of taste, which makes his use of Perl in the conversion process somewhat surprising.)
The ClearlyU family of fonts provides a set of 12 pt, 100 dpi proportional fonts with many of the glyphs needed for Unicode text. Together, the fonts contain approximately 7500 glyphs.
The main ClearlyU font has the XLFD
and resides in the font file
Additional ClearlyU fonts include
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-mutt-clearlyu pua-medium-r-normal--17-120-100-100-p-111-iso10646-1
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The Alternate Glyphs font contains additional glyph shapes that are needed for certain languages. A second alternate glyph font will be provided later for cases where a character has more than one commonly used alternate shape (e.g. the Urdu heh).
The PUA font contains extra glyphs that are useful for certain rendering purposes.
The Arabic Extra font contains the glyphs necessary for characters that don't have all of their possible shapes encoded in ISO 10646. The glyphs are roughly ordered according to the order of the characters in the ISO 10646 standard.
The Ligature font contains ligatures for various scripts that may be useful for improved presentation of text.
(The ClearlyU family was designed by Mark Leisher. Mark's usage of the foundry name mutt predates the mailer of the same name, but he won't say more.)
XFree86 includes all the scalable fonts distributed with X11R6.
The IBM Courier set of fonts cover ISO 8859-1 and ISO 8859-2 as well as Adobe Standard Encoding. These fonts have XLFD
and reside in the font files
The Adobe Utopia set of fonts only cover ISO 8859-1 as well as Adobe Standard Encoding. These fonts have XLFD
and reside in the font files
Finally, XFree86 also comes with Type 1 versions of Bitstream Courier and Charter. These fonts have XLFD
and reside in the font files
XFree86 includes Speedo versions of the Bitstream Courier and
Charter fonts. In order to use these fonts, you should ensure that
your X server is loading the `
Speedo' font backend; see Section
These fonts cover all of ISO 8859-1 and almost all of ISO 8859-2. They have XLFD name
and reside in the font files
XFree86 includes the Luxi family of scalable fonts, in both TrueType and Type 1 format. This family consists of the fonts Luxi Serif, with XLFD
Luxi Sans, with XLFD
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and Luxi Mono, with XLFD
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Each of these fonts comes Roman, oblique, bold and bold oblique variants
The TrueType version have glyphs covering the basic ASCII Unicode
range, the Latin 1 range, as well as the Extended Latin
range and some additional punctuation characters. In particular,
these fonts include all the glyphs needed for ISO 8859 parts 1,
2, 3, 4, 9, 13 and 15, as well as all the glyphs in the Adobe Standard
encoding and the Windows 3.1 character set.
-b&h-luxi mono-medium-*-normal--*-*-*-*-m-*-*-*
The glyph coverage of the Type 1 versions is somewhat reduced, and only covers ISO 8859 parts 1, 2 and 15 as well as the Adobe Standard encoding.
The Luxi fonts are original designs by Kris Holmes and Charles Bigelow. Luxi fonts include seriffed, sans serif, and monospaced styles, in roman and oblique, and normal and bold weights. The fonts share stem weight, x-height, capital height, ascent and descent, for graphical harmony.
The character width metrics of Luxi roman and bold fonts match those of core fonts bundled with popular operating and window systems.
The license terms for the Luxi fonts are included in the file
COPYRIGHT.BH', as well as in the License document.
Charles Bigelow and Kris Holmes from Bigelow and Holmes Inc. developed the Luxi typeface designs in Ikarus digital format.
URW++ Design and Development GmbH converted the Ikarus format fonts to TrueType and Type1 font programs and implemented the grid-fitting "hints" and kerning tables in the Luxi fonts.
For more information, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com , or consult the URW++ web site.
An earlier version of the Luxi fonts was made available under the name Lucidux. This name should no longer be used due to trademark uncertainties, and all traces of the Lucidux name have been removed from this version of XFree86.


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- The one-and-only "Jack-and-the-beanstalk" sauce spoon (so-dubbed by collector John LeHeup), made by jeweler/silversmith James E. Spear, who worked in Charleston between 1849 and 1851.
- South Carolina silver lovers John and Vickie LeHeup. The former defensive tackle attacks Southern silver with the same passion he once displayed on the football field. "Discovering new information through research is almost as good as owning a piece," says John, a past president of the South Carolina Silver Society who lectures on Southern silversmiths.
- Spoons, from left: The Spear spoon, mulberry pattern by William Ewan, and shell patterns and monograms by Louis Boudo. At top are sugar tongs by Charleston silversmith Charles Harris (d.1798). Portions of silver fish slices are shown on either side of the photo.
Ace silversmith Alexander Petrie (d.1768) is recognized as one of the most talented 18th-century smiths working in Charleston. By tapping out showy silver like the rococo repoussé coffeepot shown here, he became a silver star and tastemaker-and also sidelined as a real estate developer, importer, and bookie.
"Petrie served as an arbiter of taste and helped shape consumer demand through the objects he imported and created," says curator Brandy Culp of the Historic Charleston Foundation. What remains a mystery about Petrie's pieces is how much of a hand an artisan named Abraham, a slave who worked for the master craftsman, had in their design and execution.
Image courtesy of the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts
Fish slice with engraved stylized fish by Charleston silversmith William Ewan.
A dragon-handled urn on paw feet by Alexander Young is among John LeHeup's favorite pieces.
Image courtesy of Alfred L. Crabtree, The Brass and Silver Workshop, Charleston


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