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This 7th edition of the Blockchain Workshops, in collaboration with the African Development Bank and IBM Africa, is a multidisciplinary collaboration between leading academic research institutions that will convene a special group of stakeholders at the intersection of related disciplines to focus this discussion on the high value application of blockchain technologies, commonly viewed by Internet pioneers as the next generation Internet for the globe.
From business to government, from traditional monetary systems to alternative economies, to identity, health and education, blockchain technologies have the potential to be a powerful tool, one that offers opportunity, equality and shared prosperity. This event will be a unique opportunity to learn from each other, from the architects of these emergent technologies to the architects of policy and governance systems.
Nii Quaynor, Internet Pioneer
Vitalik Buterin, Founder, Ethereum
Bruce Schneier, Security Expert
Bitange Ndemo, former Cabinet Secretary, ICT Kenya
Peter Todd, Bitcoin Developer
And many more.
8:15 AM - 9:00 AM Registration
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM Opening Remarks
COALA Foundation
9:15 AM - 9:30 AM Welcome Remarks
African Development Bank
9:30 AM - 10:15 AM Keynote: "Africa Today and Tomorrow"
Nii Quaynor (Internet Pioneer)
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM Panel: "Demystifying the Blockchain"
A brief introduction of the various blockchain technologies and consensus mechanisms implemented today. How is the blockchain different from traditional decentralized databases? What are the different types of blockchain that are currently being developed? What are the different consensus mechanisms that a blockchain can use? What exactly are smart contracts how do they actually work, and why are they revolutionary?
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Morning Break
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Panel: "Africa Today and Tomorrow"
A discussion contextualizing the recent impact of rapid technological change and corresponding social and economical shifts across the African continent. Exploration of the specific implications of blockchain technologies with the greatest potential to impact rapidly developing economies. How is Africa addressing this new paradigm shift, one thought to be as fundamental as the rise of the Internet? How can Africa best leverage the opportunities of these new technologies? Will the African adoption of blockchain technologies differ from that observed on other continents?
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lightning Presentations: Blockchain Applications Today & Tomorrow
A brief overview of the different uses that have been made (or will be made) of blockchain technology, with regard to different sectors of activity: from financial empowerment, including increased access to low-cost global banking, payment, and credit systems; from public registries to intellectual property management systems; from the impact of immutable recordkeeping and provenance for health and education.
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Lunch
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Panel: Financial Empowerment in Africa
Despite the rise of mobile connectivity, ordinary citizens across Africa still lack basic access to banking services and capital. How can blockchain technologies contribute to financial empowerment in Africa? Will these technology provide greater access to the global financial systems? Could they led to the emergence of alternative systems of micro-financing, and more local economies complementing or supplementing the global financial system?
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Demonstrations
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM Afternoon Break
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Panel: Blockchain for Identity & Privacy
Blockchain technologies offer new opportunities for secure and non-counterfeitable identity platforms and systems. Yet, the decentralized nature of these technologies raises important concerns when it comes to establishing the identities of users. At the same time, the transparency of blockchain technologies introduce new opportunities of surveillance, which might impinge upon the privacy of end-users. A variety of solutions have been proposed so far to address one or the other of the concerns, yet none of them are capable of addressing the legal requirements for anti-money laundering or terrorism financing while preserving essential civil liberties of end-users. Can we develop blockchain-based identity systems that address these critical and often competing concerns?
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Closing Keynote: "Can Blockchain Technologies Enable New Models of Prosperity?"
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM Drinks and Canapes
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Keynote: "Can (Blockchain) Technology Solve the Social Problem?"
Bruce Schneier
10:00 AM - 1:00 AM Panel: Institutional Transparency and Accountability
Can we leverage blockchains to bring more transparency and accountability to institutions, while reducing the potential for corruption? Can blockchains improve the efficiency of organizations, through a significant reduction in transaction costs? What use cases are being developed, from financial to quality control, supply chain management, automated transactions, etc.
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM Morning Break
11:15 PM - 12:15 PM Panel: Law, Regulation and Operational Risk
What are the relevant laws and regulations for blockchain technologies? What opportunities and challenges might regulators face when building new regulatory frameworks for crypto-currencies and other blockchain-based applications? How do we address the increasing "regulatory gap" that subsists between technological innovations and the pace at which the law can evolve? What are the common operational risks for these based applications and how can stakeholders address the common development of best practices? Are there proven methods for emergent technologis to gain foothold into existing systems while minimizing risk?
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Panel: Alternative Economies
A discussion on how blockchain technologies can be used to create alternative economies, moving the focus of attention from the "formal economy" towards a variety of "informal economies". Can the blockchain disrupt the current monopoly of market-based economies? How can we deploy systems to support the creation and viability of competing value systems? What kind of economies and new incentive structures can be built on a blockchain?
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM Demonstration: Solar Energy Applications
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Break
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Panel: Blockchain for Intellectual Property
From micropayments to public and incorruptible registries, blockchain technology provides new opportunities, which may have deep implications in the realm of intellectual property. Can blockchains and smart contracts solve the critical gaps between content producers, intermediaries and end users? Are blockchain-based databases different from DRM? What has been currently developed to create blockchain-powered applications for metadata protocols, decentralized public registries, micropayment systems, and IP rights administration?
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM Demonstration: IP Applications
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Panel: "Paving New Roads Towards Prosperity"
Can blockchain technologies break new ground in increased health and education, poverty reduction and shared prosperity? Can trusted, trustless technologies be applied to promote economic opportunity, community-building and stakeholder collaboration? How can we leverage blockchains for current social and economic systems in Africa?
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Closing Fireside Chat: "Looking Towards The Future"


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Tyrone GAA star's porn movie roles and gambling to be revealed in autobiography
An All-Ireland winner who battled a gambling addiction and ended up taking part in a pornographic film plans to tell his story in an autobiography.
Tyrone Gaelic footballer Cathal McCarron took to Twitter yesterday to publicise his forthcoming book, due out later this year.
McCarron - the Dromore and Tyrone corner-back who was a panellist when the Red Hand county won the 2008 All-Ireland - has had a well-publicised battle with a gambling addiction that has led to a number of low points in his personal life, including theft and taking part in a pornographic video.
Now he has teamed up with publishing house Simon & Schuster, and ghost-writer Christy O'Connor - the former Clare hurling goalkeeper and author of the award-winning book 'The Club' - for 'Out of Control'.
It tells the story of McCarron's emergence in Gaelic football, his addictions and his problems.
After news of his gambling habit became public, he moved to London seeking a fresh start, but his problems continued and a video featuring him engaging in sexual activity went public.
At the time, the GAA community lent their support to the troubled footballer, with Joe Brolly tweeting: "Cathal McCarron needs our support. Kid is in a bad place.
"Hard to know how it got so bad. Time for Gaels to rally round".
GAA figures brought McCarron into a recovery programme and he received much support from manager Mickey Harte among others.
McCarron has made significant strides in his recovery since, returning home to Tyrone to play for his county in their run to the All-Ireland semi-final last season, when he was nominated for an All-Star award after a series of impressive displays.
'Out of Control: How my addiction almost killed me and my road to redemption' is expected to be on the shelves sometime after Tyrone exit the All-Ireland championship.
McCarron tweeted a picture of the jacket of the book with the message: "Delighted to be releasing my autobiography later this year".
The book jacket reads: 'Cathal McCarron is a 28-year-old inter-county footballer from Tyrone.
'A winner of one All-Ireland senior medal and three Ulster titles, he was nominated for an All-Star in 2013 and 2015.
'Yet behind all that success lay an extremely dark secret, a gambling addiction that cost him hundreds of thousands of pounds, endless relationships and, almost, his life.
"The illness took such a grip on McCarron that he was forced to leave the country but the addiction led him down an even darker path and into a world of total depravity where he was willing to do anything for money.
'Out of Control is a sports story unlike any other, a tale of success, lies, deceit, theft, recovery, rehabilitation and ultimately, redemption'.
McCarron played in Sunday's Ulster semi-final draw with Cavan and has been one of the most consistent Tyrone players over the past two seasons.
Belfast Telegraph

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Backup WordPress to Keep Your Website Safe
It is important and relatively easy to backup WordPress, but you have to take action and do it regularly. I am going to show you four different ways to backup WordPress. Each of them creates the backups differently. I do three of the four on a regular basis. Only two of the methods are redundant and one of them can be automated.
You cannot depend on your webhost to keep a current backup of your website. While it is nice to think that they will have recent copies, most hosts do not guarantee that your site can be restored in the case of a hard drive crash. You should take responsibility to have a recent backup of your WordPress website. Often data loss is caused by user error. You can protect yourself from yourself or even from hackers by making regular WordPress backups.
Backup WordPress Content
Built right into WordPress is a way to export and import all of the content of your WordPress install. This is a flat file that you can save for the purpose of importing into a new WordPress install. Besides being a quick and easy backup solution, this backup makes it easy to move from a hosted WordPress.com blog to a WordPress.org installation on your own web server.
Start by going to your blog's dashboard. Towards the bottom of the left-hand column is the Tools menu. Expand that and choose Export. By default it will export most of your blog's contents. You can choose to limit the exported file to certain dates, categories or authors. There are other limitations you can put on the file, but for backup purposes, you will want to choose everything.
The negative aspects of this backup type is that you do not get all of your media backed up with it. Some of my images were backed up, but not all. My comments were not backed up either. While it is an easy backup, it is by no means complete.
Backup WordPress Structure
Using an FTP program you can, and should, backup your WordPress themes, structure and media. This will only work with an installation of WordPress on your own web host (a WordPress.org installation). This method will not work on a hosted WordPress.com website. While you may have your data backed up using one of the other methods, none of them actually back up your WordPress structure. Any changes you make to your WordPress theme can only be backed up by copying those changes to your computer from your webhost.
This is not as simple as clicking a couple of buttons, but definitely worth the effort if you have made any changes to your WordPress theme.
Open an FTP program and connect to your account at your webhost. You really only need to backup the folder wp-contents and everything in it. By copying the folder to your hard drive you will be copying all of the theme files (along with your changes) and all of your media. If you have a lot of pictures on your blog, this could take some time to copy. For example, my oldest website contains 120 MB in this folder.
Besides the wp-contents folder, there is one other file you should copy to your hard drive: this is the wp-config.php file in the main folder of your WordPress install. Because the whole WordPress installation is less than 10 MB in size (besides your wp-contents folder), then it is easy to simply copy the whole installation back to your local computer's hard drive. This ensures that you have a complete backup of everything related to the structure of your WordPress installation.
Backing up WordPress this way is the only way to preserve any of your theme changes. If your webhost crashes, or you make a mistake in altering a file related to your theme, you can easily restore the structure of your site using this backup. This method also is the only one to relaibly backup your media (uploaded photos, videos or audio files).
It is important to remember that this type of backup does not backup your posts, comments and other associated data. You must use one of the other backup methods for those items.
Backup WordPress Database Through a Plugin
There are two ways to backup the WordPress database: using a plugin or through phpMyAdmin. Both can be used if you host an install of WordPress.org on your own server. The plugin method is the only way to backup the database when using WordPress.com. We will start with the easier of the two methods first.
From your WordPress dashboard click on Plugins. There is a link at the top of the next page and one down on the side which say Add New. Click on either one of those links and search for wp-db-backup in the search box on the following page. Install the plugin by clicking the link that says install now.
Once the plugin is installed you will find a new link in the Tools menu on the left sidebar of your dashboard. It simply says Backup. When you click on that you can choose which parts of the database you want to backup. By default it will backup the critical data for your website. There are other plugin-related tables that you can manually choose to backup.
Backup options are: backup the file to the server, download the file to your computer or have a backup emailed to you. Alternately, you can schedule a backup which will be emailed to an address of your choice.
Making a WordPress backup using this method will give you the full contents of your database, but does not include the structure or media of your website. You will still need to backup the wp-content folder from the previous step.
Backup WordPress Database Through phpMyAdmin
This method gives exactly the same results as the previous method, however it is much more capable and complicated. The reason you might want to use this method is to avoid installing a plugin. There are more fine controls you can put on your data by using this method as well. This means you can backup only parts of your database that you feel are important, or you can include even more tables than the plugin above allows. This method is only available if you host WordPress on your own web server.
Log in to the administration panel of your webhost. You may have a version of cPanel, webmin or one of many other webhost control panels. Whichever one you use, you are looking for phpMyAdmin. This is an interface which allows you to directly manipulate the data inside your WordPress database. Approach with caution!
Once you have the database open in phpMyAdmin choose the Export link on any of the pages within the database. On the next page under the Export box, choose select all (you can choose only tables you want if you are making a custom backup for a specific purpose). Then choose the type of file you want to export the database to. By default this is set to SQL which is appropriate.
Leave all the default settings and choose these additional options: Add DROP TABLE, Complete inserts. Choose the Save as file box too. You can choose to compress the database or leave it uncompressed. If it is a new installation then leaving it uncompressed will not matter much. Once your database grows significantly in size, it will help to compress the database. You do not need to understand the compression options nor be able to read the file for this to work. When you restore a database backup, the system can read the compressed data file. Choose any of the compression options and click the Go button to save the file to your computer.
This method is functionally the same as using the plugin option above. It has the added benefit of choosing only certain parts of your database that you feel are important. Because of the easy plugin option, this method only needs to be done if you need more control over the backup or you do not want to install plugins on your system.
Backup WordPress Conclusion
Remember that you will need to do at least two of these different backups. Only one creates a backup of your theme changes and media. While the first method is easy and built into WordPress, it is not a complete backup. The best option is to backup the content (the second method mentioned above) and to backup the database using the WP-DB-Backup plugin.


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New for 2016
For 2016, all 4Runner models gain the latest version of Entune®, allowing you to connect and display your phone's navigation to the vehicle's infotainment screen. The 4Runner also now supports Siri Eyes Free for iPhone® users.
Keepin' It Old-School
The Toyota 4Runner has been on sale longer than almost any other SUV, but the market landscape has changed significantly since the Toyota truck first rolled into U.S. showrooms in 1984. Most SUVs have sacrificed genuine utility and off-road prowess for car-like driving manners and attempts at greater fuel economy. The 4Runner remains unapologetically old school, offering everything a modern SUV should, but with a few tricks the common crossover doesn't have.
The 2016 Toyota 4Runner is offered with a single powertrain option that is as capable as the rest of this go-anywhere vehicle. A 4.0-liter V6 produces 270 horsepower and 278 pound-feet of torque. It's connected to a five-speed automatic transmission, with rear-wheel drive, multi-mode full-time four-wheel drive, or part-time four-wheel drive with a two-speed transfer case. The latter provides greater control over power distribution in low-traction situations.
The 4Runner has been on sale since long before most people heard the word "hybrid," but it still returns respectable fuel economy. The EPA rates rear-wheel drive models at 19 mpg combined (17 mpg city, 22 mpg highway),* while models with either four-wheel drive system are rated at 18 mpg combined (17 mpg city, 21 mpg highway).*
Most SUVs on sale today are actually car-based crossovers, but not the 4Runner. It retains old-school body-on-frame construction, making for off-road ability matched by few other vehicles currently in production. Four-wheel drive models have an impressive 9.6 inches of ground clearance, with approach and departure angles of 33 degrees and 26 degrees, respectively. The Trail model also features Crawl Control and Toyota's Multi-Terrain Select system, which can adjust wheel slip depending on terrain.
That off-road prowess is enhanced by the TRD Pro model. It comes from the desert rats at Toyota Racing Development, the performance division behind Toyota's numerous Baja 1000 victories. The TRD Pro adds remote-reservoir Bilstein shock absorbers, TRD-tuned springs, a front skidplate, matte-black 17-inch alloy wheels with more aggressive Nitto Terra Grappler tires, and other upgrades.
The 2016 Toyota 4Runner is a midsize five-door SUV with standard seating for five, or seating for seven with the optional third row. It's available in seven trim levels, with prices starting at $33,810.**
The base 4Runner model is the SR5, which comes standard with features like LED taillights, 17-inch alloy wheels, a rear spoiler, a 40/20/40 split-folding second-row bench seat, power tailgate, Entune® premium audio system with navigation and app suite, and a leather-wrapped multifunction steering wheel.
A Premium package adds a power moonroof, SofTex-trimmed seats with front heating, and an auto-dimming rearview mirror. The Trail and Trail Premium models largely mirror the equipment of the SR5 and SR5 Premium, but with added off-road equipment and model-specific styling elements.
The TRD Pro includes the aforementioned suspension and wheel-and-tire upgrades, plus model-specific, mostly blacked-out exterior trim, badging, and a unique retro "Toyota" grille.
The top 4Runner model is the Limited, which adds more luxurious features such as 20-inch alloy wheels, dual-zone automatic climate control, leather seats, and a sport suspension system.
The 2016 Toyota 4Runner's toughness and off-road ability is matched by its macho tough-looking exterior styling.
The 4Runner features a bold front end with a wide-mouthed grille and aggressively-shaped headlights and deep channels housing fog lights. At the back, standard LED taillights and a rear spoiler continue the sporty look. Skid plates ensure owners will never mortally wound their 4Runner while putting the truck through its paces.
The hard-edged exterior is complemented by a comfortable interior. The leather-wrapped steering wheel boasts Bluetooth and audio controls, while a split-folding second row, and optional third-row, bench make the 4Runner a great family vehicle. Maximum interior volume is a useful 144.5 cubic feet.
Standard safety equipment on the 2016 Toyota 4Runner includes anti-lock brakes, and stability and traction controls, all bundled as part of Toyota' Star Safety System. Other standard features include a rearview camera, hill-start assist, Safety Connect telematics system, and a full complement of airbags. A park-sensor system is available on the Limited model.
The 2016 Toyota 4Runner is an old-school SUV that still has a place on modern roads. It sports a few tricks modern crossover don't, and is a must for customers seeking a more traditional, go-anywhere, approach to SUV design and functionality.
For more information, or to schedule a test drive, contact us online or visit Molle Toyota at 601 W 103rd St., Kansas City, MO 64114.
*2016 EPA-estimated mileage. Actual mileage will vary.
** Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price, excludes the Delivery, Processing and Handling Fee of $825 for Cars, $885 for Small/Light Trucks (Sienna, RAV4, Highlander Gas, Highlander HV, 4Runner, Tacoma and Venza), $1100 for Large Trucks (Tundra), and $995 for Large SUVs (Sequoia and Land Cruiser). (Historically, vehicle manufacturers and distributors have charged a separate fee for processing, handling and delivering vehicles to dealerships. Toyota's charge for these services is called the "Delivery, Processing and Handling Fee" and is based on the value of the processing, handling and delivery services Toyota provides as well as Toyota's overall pricing structure. Toyota may make a profit on the Delivery, Processing and Handling Fee.) Excludes taxes, license, title and available or regionally required equipment. The Delivery, Processing and Handling Fee in AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, OK, SC and TX will be higher. Actual dealer price will vary.
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Cole used to be a member on that committee, but since she was elected Council President on Dec. 12, she now must chair the Rules Committee and determine what is on the Council's docket each meeting. She is the first female African-American Council President.
The new chairperson of the public safety committee is Sixth District Councilmember Chris Cate, and he acknowledged "it's going to be a learning curve for me." Cate urged the speakers and anyone else to call him on issues involving public safety.
The five speakers Monday are all African-American and several asked Cole to reconsider her choices, saying the new members might not understand crime issues in their area.
"You've taken yourself off (the public safety committee)," said one unidentified man to Cole. "It's like a spit in the face. We don't have any voice. We need somebody to represent us."
(Normally people are identified who speak before City Council, but someone else filled out his speaker slip in their name but let him speak for her.)
Dwayne Harvey said he was disappointed "in no representation" on that committee. A representative from the San Diego Organizing Project said she was "disheartened" over the committee membership.
"I'm still part of public safety," responded Cole, saying she will determine the Council docket. "We will continue to go forward."
First District Councilmember Barbara Bry, who is on the public safety committee, pledged to the speakers she will look out for them.
The other members on the public safety committee include Third District Councilmember Chris Ward and Second District Councilmember Lorie Zapf.
That committee hears all matters involving police including four crime statistical reports per year, police, ambulance and fire response times, and other public safety matters such as lifeguards at beaches.
These other committee heads were approved:
*David Alvarez, Environment Committee
*Georgette Gomez, Audit Committee
*Scott Sherman, Smart Growth & Land Use
*Barbara Bry, Budget & Government Efficiency
*Mark Kersey, Infrastructure Committee
*Lorie Zapf, Economic Development & Intergovernmental Relations Committee
The Council also unanimously approved Kersey to be president pro tem who will conduct meetings if Cole is absent.
Cole started the meeting by thanking the Councilmembers for their 6-3 vote to make her Council president. "I am humbled and honored," she said.


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A man threatened to "choke" a police officer during a drunken rant in the early hours of New Year's Day after wrongly thinking he had been arrested.
Jon Ross Edwards had been out with pals as they looked to ring in 2017.
Police on duty in the Hetton area spotted the 23-year-old walking in Front Street.
After trying to help Edwards, he ended up thinking he had been arrested by the officers and lashed out at them, threatening violence.
At a hearing at Sunderland Magistrates' Court, prosecutor Jeanette Smith said: "The officers were on duty in the early hours of January and saw the defendant on Hetton Front Street, drunk.
"He stated that he had no place to go.
"They (the officers) helped him to their police vehicle and he was initially pleasant, but then his mood changed."
Ms Smith told the court that Edwards started to bang on the back of the police van.
"He continued to lash out and said 'I will choke you' to one of the officers.
"He opened the rear door and raised his legs towards the officer and continued to kick out, narrowly missing him."
Edwards then grabbed one of the officers' batons before having to be restrained.
After being arrested, Edwards said in interview that he suffers from memory loss and believed his drink may have been spiked while he was out.
Edwards, of Neville's Court, in Washington, who has six previous convictions, admitted using threatening behaviour with intent to provoke unlawful violence and obstructing a police officer.
Phillipa Wylie, defending, told the court: "Mr Edwards had been out with his friends and had a lot to drink.
"He is very ashamed of his behaviour."
District judge Roger Elsey handed Edwards a £200 fine and ordered him to pay £85 costs and a £30 victim surcharge.


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The working-method of the new cartographers:
The Gulf of Mexico and Spanish sources, 1696-1718
Monique Pelletier
The lands bordering the Gulf of Mexico attracted the attention of Claude (1644-1720) and Guillaume (1675-1726) Delisle around 1700, after the voyages of Robert Cavelier de La Salle and at the time when the French began to establish themselves in the lower Mississippi valley. This had international consequences, for the Spanish king Philip V protested, declaring that the Mississippi River was the greatest jewel in his crown. In order to work out the cartography of the region, the Delisles generally relied on Spanish textual sources, since the cartographic evidence was both lacking in interest and also hard to obtain. The printed work of Guillaume is well known, but the more abundant manuscript work of the Delisles, father and son, has been less studied, even if it has been listed and cited by researchers like Jack Jackson and Nelson-Martin Dawson.
The cartographic collection belonging to the "Fonds Delisle" at the Archives nationales de France in Paris contains both geographical sketches, relating to texts coming from the Delisles' reading, and also maps, drawn up by Guillaume. For the lands surrounding the Gulf of Mexico, the maps show both the development of the cartographer's ideas and his hesitancy, while the sketches rely on the content of those sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Spanish works translated into French: the travel narrative of Hernando de Soto for Florida (the future Louisiana), and the works of Alonso Benavides for New Mexico and of Antonio de Herrera for New Spain. We can trace the delicate mixture of textual and cartographic sources by seeing how the sketches were incorporated into the maps, with the additional use of a Spanish portolan chart. This process cannot be seen apart from the aims and development of the colonial policy of the French monarchy, which also supplied information to the cartographers.
Guillaume Delisle published maps of America from 1700 onwards. At that time he had not yet been elected to the "Académie royale des Sciences," but he would be in 1702 as a student of astronomy, "even though he was not an observer." In fact, he had received a joint training: one type with his father Claude, the historian/geographer for whom he prepared maps and globes, and another with Jean-Dominique Cassini, who taught him astronomy. It was necessarily the latter who persuaded him to use the figures of latitude and longitude set out by the Académie des Sciences, to compile documents which would renew French cartography.
A recent work1 refers to the Delisles as continuing the work of Nicolas Sanson, which is true as far as their pedagogical effort is concerned, but which is more debatable as far as method goes. For while Sanson used existing cartographic models, which he developed further using textual information, the Delisles began by considering the validity of the models, renewing them by incorporating new observations. When such observations were lacking, they did not neglect any other source of information, whether old or new, but tried to work out new cartographic models using available texts. Nicolas Sanson had already used textual information, following a system that he may have passed on to Claude Delisle,2 and that may emerge from the cartographic sketches that we are going to consider. The examples shown here will demonstrate the method followed by the Delisles, whose printed maps give only a faint idea of their intense activity in re-working their cartographic ideas. They were very different from the Sanson dynasty, who produced a great number of varied printed maps, but did not often review them.
The Delisles, like other French cartographers, wondered where they should plot the mouth of the Mississippi River, reached in 1682 by Robert Cavelier de La Salle. He had come right down the great river, and in the name of the king of France had taken possession of a "Louisiana" stretching from the Ohio River to the Gulf of Mexico and, to the west, as far as the mouth of the "Rivière des Palmes", that is to say as far as the frontier of New Spain. This is what is shown on the map by Roussel which accompanied the Description de la Louisiane published in 1683 by Father Louis Hennepin, who claimed himself to have discovered the upper valley of the Mississippi River (fig. 1).
This was the situation when Claude Delisle published in Le Journal des Savans for 17 May 1700 a letter to M. de Cassini concerning the mouth of the Mississippi ("Lettre […] à M. de Cassini sur l'embouchure de la riviere de Mississipi"). This letter is well known, and sets out the near impossibility of locating the position of the mouth with precision, because astronomical methods – observing the eclipses of the satellites of Jupiter or of the moon – could not have been used and because the coast of Florida is one "of the least known in America" ("des moins conües de l'Amerique"). So Claude Delisle compiled his map of the coast and interior of Florida ("carte de l'intérieur et de le côte de Floride") using well-known travel accounts which had been both published and often translated into French. Thus he quoted the expeditions of Pánfilo de Narváez (c. 1460-1529), of Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca and of Hernando de Soto (1500-1542), emphasizing the difficulty of using textual sources for cartographic work.
In fact, some of these sources are difficult to use, as the travel accounts of Hernando de Soto show.6 The one compiled by Garcilaso de la Vega (1539-1616) is more literary than precise, and it is the one written by a Portuguese gentleman from Elvas, published at Evora (Portugal) in 1557 and translated into French in 1685,7 that the Delisles seem to prefer.8 They made a summary of it, and drew sketches carefully following the Portuguese gentleman's instructions9 (fig. 2), the result of which is far from satisfactory.
The itinerary of Hernando de Soto may also be seen on the Carte de la Louisiane et du cours du Mississippi, published by Delisle in 1718. It is the map of a greater Louisiane containing the most recent travels, those of Cavelier de La Salle (1687), of Henri de Tonty (1702), of Louis Juchereau de Saint-Denis (1713 and 1716), and of Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville. As on the map of 1696, de Soto is shown as leaving from the west coast of the Florida peninsula (at a latitude about that of Cape Canaveral) and following a track—close to that suggested by Delisle's first version—whose stops are marked by stars. From there on, the explorer's route is inserted on a more complete map that included the course of several rivers. Thus, it no longer serves to construct the map, but rather to give the document a historical foundation.
The position of official cartographers like the Delisles allowed them access to confidential documents. Thus Guillaume Delisle claimed that for his 1703 map he used a portolan chart that he does not identify, but that I believe I have found in the "Service hydrographique" documents now held in the department of maps and plans at the Bibliothèque nationale de France.15 If I am correct, the author of this document was the Spanish pilot Juan Bisente del Campo, and it was compiled at Havana and dedicated to admiral Guillermo Morphi in 1696.16 Bisente had drawn another chart covering the same area at Cartagena in November 1700, and this document also ended up in France.17 The 1696 chart may have been captured from the Spaniards in 1697 by the royal ship Le Bon in the West Indies, and if this is so, then it would have fallen into the hands of Mr. de Patoulet, the ship's captain. This at all events is what a note on another manuscript map – perhaps a copy of the first chart – suggests.18 Another copy19 (fig. 7), more similar to this portolan to which it explicitly refers, may, in the absence of the original, have been used by Guillaume Delisle to review the shape of the western coast of the Gulf from the mouth of the Mississippi River to Yucatan. This revision could only have been made using either the work of Bisente or some very similar chart; moreover, either the original or the copy of the 1696 chart must have helped Lemoyne d'Iberville to find the mouth of the great river in 1699.
This area appeared on the 1703 map alongside Florida. In order to show it on the previous maps, Guillaume Delisle had already used the account of Alonso Benavides, published at Madrid in 1630 and translated into French in an edition that came out at Bruxelles in 1631 under the title of Requeste remonsrative [sic] au roi d'Espagne sur la conversion du Nouveau Mexico. This text was also summarized in the collection by Johannes de Laet published in French at Leyden in 1640. It allowed Delisle to plot the position of the Indian tribes of Nouveau Mexique in the positions suggested by Benavides, and to estimate certain distances. On a sketch (fig. 8) the Delisles set out the geographical position of information derived from the text of the Spanish Cordelier.20 There is, for instance, the following passage from de Laet:
Nouvelle Mexique, or at any rate its capital city, Santa Fé, is situated on the 27th degree of the line to the north [Santa Fé is a little above 35 degrees on the Carte du Mexique of 1703 and at about 37 degrees on the Carte de la Louisiane of 1718]; you go there from the silver mines of S. Barbara through the province of the Conchos, which is separated from New Spain by a river of the same name. Between S. Barbara and the "riviere del Norte" is about one hundred leagues, full of danger through the lands of the Tabosos, Tarrahumares, Tepoanes, Tomites, Sumas, Hanos and other cruel and savage peoples […]. From the riviere del Norte it is also one hundred leagues to Nouvelle Mexique,21 and here you first meet the Mansos and Gorretas […]. You come along the riviere del Norte, where Nouvelle Mexique begins and has one hundred leagues from Saint Anthonio de Senecu, the first township of the Biroros, as far as the township of S. Hieronimo in the province of the Taoros.22
Bernou, related to Jean Bobé, another acquaintance of the Delisles,26 is among the people proposed as expert witnesses in the case for cartographic plagiarism brought against Jean-Baptiste Nolin.27 The comte de Peñalosa had come to the attention of the abbé Bernou, who at one time wanted him to lead a colony proposed for New Biscaya. After being chased out of Nouveau Mexique by the Inquisition, Peñalosa had successively offered his services to England and to France, proposing to conquer the north of the Spanish province, consisting of the lands of Quivira and Thogayo, which appear on Delisle's map of 1703. As was the case for Coronelli, the Delisles seemed to attract adventurers who craved new space, and thought that cartography could give their projects a certain appeal and make them attractive to the king and his ministers.
"La Nouvelle Espagne"
The Spanish chart signed by Bisente was thus used by Guillaume Delisle for delineating the coasts of Nouveau Mexique and of Nouvelle Espagne towards 1703. But for the latter great province Delisle could also call on a precious text: the Description des Indes occidentales of Antonio de Herrera. He had been named historian for the Indies by Philip II, and after being published at Madrid in 1601-1605, his work came out at Amsterdam in a French translation in 1622. Relying on this text, the Delisles compiled a map called L'audience de la Nouvelle Gallice et de la Nouvelle Espagne,28 and this was based on a set of distances which allowed them to form constructional triangles (fig. 9). Herrera provided many figures of distances, as the following extract, used by Delisle in his preparatory map, shows:
The bishopric of Guaxaca, which takes its name from the province, also called Antequera, from the city with the cathedral, between the bishopric of Los Angeles and the bishoprics of Guatemala, contains 125 leagues from one sea to the other on the side of the diocese of Tlascala, and 60 towards that of Chiapa, and 100 along the coast of the southern sea, and 50 to the coast of the northern sea, including the provinces of upper and lower Mixteca […]. When the treasurer Alfonse d'Estrada was governor he settled the town of Saint Alfonse de los Zapotecas, 20 leagues from Antequera towards the north-east.29
Our examination of three case-studies of Florida, Nouveau Mexique and Nouvelle Espagne, coming from the Delisle archives, and analysis of the corresponding maps drawn by Guillaume Delisle, show that the documentation was always consulted, but that it was differently used for different maps. Thus the material concerning the de Soto voyage eventually lost its primary value and became only of historic interest. On the other hand, the information generated from Herrera became crucially important when it was combined with the secret chart captured from the Spaniards. As for information from Benavides and Peñalosa, it was used to locate Indian tribes and was checked for internal consistency as this note shows: "the comte Peñalosa told the abbé Bernou that it was a mistake to put Quivira in the west of Nouveau Mexique and that it was surely in the east [the solution adopted by the 1703 map]. Benavides puts this city in both east and west; Laet says that he does not have much faith in this Cordelier."31
The evolution of cartography cannot be studied apart from the history of the colonial policy directed by the royal power, which allowed the geographer to collect new information and so to create new documents for the monarch's use. What would have become of Guillaume Delisle's American work, without the scientific support of Le Moyne d'Iberville and of Le Sueur, whose expeditions were a response to the aims expressed by Louis XIV in 1697? For the king, the Mississippi is the "one place where you can export the goods of Louisiana, which His Majesty's agents discovered some years ago, and which would be useless to him unless he were master of this river-mouth."32
The objective of d'Iberville's second voyage was to investigate the advantages of establishing a colony on the banks of the great river. However, questions about the successor of Charles II—who would die in 1700—made France prudent and discouraged conflict with the Spaniards over Pensacola. Moreover, Louis XIV was interested in trading with the Spanish colonies in America. In September 1698 he created the Compagnie de Saint-Domingue, one of whose objects was to organize interlopers in the trade with Terra Firma. Once Louis XIV's grandson had ascended the Spanish throne in 1700 with the title of Philip V, the former governor of Saint-Domingue, Jean Ducasse, negotiated with the Madrid government the treaty known as the Asiento, concerning the importation of slaves into French and Spanish America. Thereafter he collaborated with Spain by ensuring the security of its galleons. Then in 1701 Louis XIV made the colony on the lower Mississippi independent of New France. All these events and objectives may be traced on the Carte du Mexique et de la Floride of 1703, which traces the frontiers of Florida, defines the Spanish possessions and does not forget to show the division of Saint-Domingue between France and Spain. This is the island from which French expeditions into the Gulf left.
Louisiana replaced "la Floride" of the 1703 map as a text of 1712 shows, as the term for a "country at present known as the government of Louisiana," but now taking in the Ohio River. Letters-patent empowered the sieur "Crozat to direct the trade in all our lands between Nouveau Mexique and the English in the Carolinas […] principally the Saint Louis river, once called Mississippi, from the mouth up to the Illinois [though not including them] […] with all the lands […] and the rivers which flow directly or indirectly into this part of the Saint-Louis river."33 But Crozat had been too ambitious and on 6 September 1717 further letters were given to the Compagnie d'Occident, allotting to it Louisiana, to which Louis XV soon added "the country of the Illinois."34 This was the context for Guillaume Delisle's 1718 Carte de la Louisiane et du cours du Mississippi, published at the same time as the similar map of Nicolas de Fer, geographer to the king of Spain. Like Delisle, de Fer took advantage of the political situation which encouraged the sale of his map, though it was compiled from old work.
1718 was an important year in Guillaume Delisle's career. On 24 August he received the title of premier géographe du roi from the king to whom he and his father had given history and geography lessons. As the citation put it, he had given "authentic proof" of his "deep erudition" and had published many geographical works of high quality. Royal favor would allow him to continue publishing "such useful works."35 Our examination of a few examples concerning the Gulf of Mexico suggests that this was a wise appointment, honoring the father through the son, both having brought to their joint work on cartography the rigor of historical analysis.
1 N.-M. Dawson, L'atelier Delisle: l'Amérique du Nord sur la table à dessin (Sillery, Québec: Éd. Du Septentrion, 2000).
2 Ibid., p. 24.
3 Bibl. nat. de France, Manuscrits, Clairambault 1016, fo. 206-7, Découverte et établissements des Français dans l'ouest et le sud de l'Amérique septentrionale, 1614-1698, ed. P. Margry, t. III (Paris, 1879), p. 44-48.
4 Bibl. nat. de France, Cartes et Plans, SH, pf. 122, div. 2, p. 0.
5 On the use of information from d'Iberville, see N.-M. Dawson, op. cit.
6 B. Boston, "The route of De Soto: Delisle's interpretation," Mid-America 21 (1939): 277-297.
7 Histoire de la conqueste de la Floride par les Espagnols sous Ferdinand de Soto, written in Portuguese by a gentleman of the town of Elvas and translated by S. de Broë, seigneur de Citry et de La Guette. Paris, 1685.
8 Extrait de la relation de la conqueste de la Floride, Arch. nat., 2 JJ 55, IX, 3.
9 The sketches drawn according to the account of the Portuguese gentleman are conserved in 6 JJ 75, p. 231 C and B, where they are mistakenly described as coming from the account of Garcilaso de la Vega.
10 Arch. nat., 6 JJ 75, p. 130.
11 See J. Delanglez, "The sources of the Delisle map of America, 1703", Mid-America 26/4 (1944): 255-297.
12 Arch. nat., 6 JJ 75, p. 253 (manuscript document). See Jack Jackson, Manuscript maps concerning the Gulf Coast, Texas and the Southwest (1519-1836) (Chicago: The Newberry Library, 1995), p. 52.
13 In 1701, de Fer, who was then géographe for the dauphin, published a map of the Costes aux environs de la riviere de Misisipi, in which he tried to illustrate the expeditions of La Salle and Iberville (1683-1699). This map gave a better location for the mouth of the Mississippi than that of the first versions of Delisle's 1700 map. It rather resembles information from the Bisente portolan chart, used by Delisle for the two maps that we have been discussing. On this portolan, see below, p. 9. All this makes one believe that Delisle's work was ready before 1703.
14 Bibl. nat. de France, Cartes et Plans, SH, pf. 138 bis, div. 2, p. 3 (five leaves).
15 M. Pelletier, "Louis XIV et l'Amérique; témoignages de la cartographie," Bulletin du Comité français de cartographie 115 (March 1988): 58. J. Jackson, Manuscript Maps, p. 52.
16 Bibl. nat. de France, Cartes et Plans, SH, Archives 27.
17 Ibid., Archives 28.
18 Bibl. nat. de France, Cartes et Plans, SH, pf. 141, div. 1, p. 3, a copy which lacks coastal names and has notes on the La Salle expedition.
19 Ibid., p. 2.
20 Arch. nat., 6 JJ 75, p. 276.
21 In the limited sense of the term, including the Spanish settlements around Santa Fé, and from S. Antonio de Senecu to S. Hieronimo, as shown on the map of 1696 and some later ones, even though the Carte de la Louisiane of 1718 did not keep these two place-names.
22 "New Mexico according to the account of Alfonso de Benavides, Cordelier," in J. Laet, Histoire du Nouveau Monde ou Description des Indes occidentales (Leiden, 1640), p. 233.
23 Arch. nat., 6 JJ 75, p. 130, 128 (1 and 2).
24 Arch. nat., 6 JJ 75, p. 270. This document was used when Nolin, in the 1680s, published the Coronelli map entitled Le Nouveau Mexique, Nouvelle Grenade, Marata, avec partie de la Californie.
25 M. Pelletier, "Les globes de Louis XIV, les sources françaises de l'oeuvre de Coronelli," Imago Mundi, 34 (1982): 83.
26 N.-M. Dawson, L'atelier Delisle, p. 1127; Bobé is named the "abbé Bernov de la Régence."
27 N.-M. Dawson, op. cit., p. 35.
28 Arch. nat., 6 JJ 75, p. 278 : L'audience de la Nouvelle Gallice et de la Nouvelle Espagne, from Herrera.
29 A. de Herrera, Description des Indes occidentales (Amsterdam: Michel Colin, 1622), pp. 26-27.
30 D. Buisseret, "Mexiko" in Lexikon zur Geschichte der Kartographie (Vienna: F. Deuticke, 1986), p. 491.
31 Quoted by N.-M. Dawson, L'atelier Delisle, p. 153.
32 Quoted by M. de Villiers, "La Louisiane, histoire de son nom et de ses frontières successives (1681-1819)," Journal de la Société des Américanistes, New Series, XXI (1929): 40.
33 Quoted by Villiers, op. cit., p. 44-45.
34 Ibid., p. 46.
35 From the title quoted by N.-M. Dawson, L'atelier Delisle, p. 44.
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With their faces seen far and wide in the viral videotape of their brutal beating of a Philadelphia park ranger in LOVE Park, the skateboarding suspects had no place to hide.
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According to Fox News in Philly, 19-year-old Curtis Tanner, of Pottstown, Pa., and an unidentified 17-year-old now face charges of aggravated assault, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person and making terroristic threats in connection with the beating on Friday.
Fox News writes that Tanner has been identified as the one seen punching, kicking and spitting on the ranger in the videotape made by a bystander.
The assault occurred after the ranger told a group of young people to stop skateboarding in the park.
Background: Video of the assault shot by a park visitor from New Jersey was posted on YouTube and resulted in hundreds of tips for detectives. Police said they are still looking for other teens pictured in the tape.
The park used to be a skateboarding mecca and was even featured in a video game. However, in 2000, the city passed an ordinance banning the activity on public property, including in Love Park, unless otherwise authorized.
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NEW YORK—Catholic Health Services of Long Island (CHS) has signed a 49,000-sq.-ft. lease for office space at Rechler Equity Partners' 110 Bi County Boulevard in Farmingdale, N.Y. CHS will consolidate several of its locations throughout Suffolk County to it s new space and expand its operations to a portion of the property, which is currently leased to Bed Bath and Beyond.
Colliers International's Gus Nuzzolese, senior executive director, represented the tenant in the transaction.
"When Bed Bath and Beyond announced they will be relocating their entire operations to New Jersey, the retailer approached us to assist them in finding replacement tenant(s) for their lease that expires in 2014," said Ted Trias of Rechler Equity, who represented the ownership of the property in the negotiations. "We were able to work closely with the brokerage community to attract CHS to the space. More importantly, this deal brings hundreds of jobs back to the area and provides the local economy with a boost."
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Manchester United are in search of a complete midfielder in the summer and are linked with few quality players.
The likes of Gundogan, Schweinsteiger and Schneiderlin are three top quality midfielders but it seems that the Borussia Dortmund star will be the one to join Red Devils.
German international Ilkay Gundogan is arguably one of the most complete midfielders around and like many other former Dortmund star players, the Kaiser is set to depart the club this summer.
According to latest reports, Dortmund are to officially confirm Man United's Gundogan deal in days. Club chief expects to announce a star exit from the club next week and it is believed to be Ilkay.
As per the provided Express link, Man United's €30million bid for Gundogan has already been accepted earlier this month.
The 24 year old star recovered from his injury concerns and featured in 33 games for the Bundesliga side last season. He scored 3 goals and provided 5 assists while playing as DM, CM and AM in Jurgen Klopp's team.
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Top 5 eCommerce Internal Site Search Pages
How important is having an effective internal site search? Our preliminary data shows us that approximately 5% of visitors use the search function; and that's on sites where the search box isn't prominently featured. Even so, 5% is a big hole...and there's lots of money to be found in it. I've picked out what I see as the top 5 internal site searches on the web today You should use these as a benchmark - take what these eTailers have done right and implement it into your own site...You'll be surprised at the results :) See my top picks below:
Outdoor Gear & Clothing retailer REI takes the cake. Their site search enables you to sort your results by several different variables, including: relevance, bestselling, brand a-z, brand z-a, price low-high and price high-low. Furthermore, they have a custom banner that shows up based on keyword searches and has a link to special offers - see my examples below and click on the images to enlarge:
A search I ran for "jackets" brings up a Mountain Hard Wear banner, a popular outdoor winter coat brand:
A search for "winter boots" brings up a banner ad for what look like Ugg boots:
2. Home Depot
Hardware and home accessory giant Home Depot has an untold number of products in a broad range of categories on their web site; a powerful and relevant search is essential to their success. They separate their search results to the number of products found and the number of articles found; very useful if you're looking for more information. They also give you 8 different sort options and define a number of price ranges you can shop by.
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3. Ace Hardware
Ace Hardware has a very clean and organized search results page. The product results are displayed in a grid style complete with crisp images, shipping features and user ratings. A number of filters in the left hand column allow you to refine your search results even more.
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4. ABT Electronics
ABT Electronics search results have everything you want in a search - both as the site owner and the user. They have the product name, image, price and add to cart button all displayed in the results. They let you refine your search by category, manufacturer or price and in the left hand column they offer you their most popular searches, most popular categories and most popular brands. ABT also gives users the option to view their search results in a list view or a grid view - see both below:
List Version
Grid Version
5. Drugstore.com
In terms of layout, Drugstore.com's site search doesn't win the award for best looking, but functionally-speaking, it's got everything you need in a search on the results page - the ability to refine results in multiple ways, customer review ratings (5-star system), price listing, in stock/out of stock status, buy button, multiple sort functions and a choice of how many results you want to view per page.
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If I were to trust my fellow DCers and just buy some of that stuff because it is dirt cheap, what programs have you folks used, and which ones do you suggest I purchase?-tinjaw (July 19, 2007, 11:10 AM)
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(Reuters) – Shares in Carillion <CLLN.L> opened up 19.4 percent on Wednesday after a media report said a Middle Eastern construction company is preparing an offer for the struggling construction and support services company. City A.M. newspaper cited a source after market close on Tuesday that final touches were being put to a bid, adding that the suitor plans to submit a letter of intent for a takeover offer. (http://bit.ly/2fraUwK) Carillion did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The company has lost nearly 75 percent of its market value since mid-July when it booked an 845 million pound ($1.13 billion) writedown on problematic construction contracts and announced the departure of its chief executive. Carillion's troubles have been compounded by its debt pile and pension obligations and trouble collecting cash from clients.(Reporting by Noor Zainab Hussain in Bengaluru; Editing by Rachel Armstrong)
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The Commandos franchise has long stood for intense and cinematic World War 2 action. Each installment in the exciting strategy series played out like a great Jack Higgins or Alistair MacLean novel. The player led a handful of special ops types through a variety of dramatic Nazi-busting scenarios. Sabotaging warships, stealing important documents, infiltrating train stations, exterminating high-ranking German officials; the fun just never stops for the Commandos.
This June the Commandos series will branch out into the action genre with Commandos Strike Force. We checked in with Eidos's executive producer Michael Souto to find out just what we can expect.
IGN: Commandos Strike Force sounds like an interesting idea. Where did the inspiration come from?
Michael Souto: The Commandos series has been around for some time now. We released the first one (Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines) back in 1998 on PC which was very well received. We then released a mission pack and a second and third iteration. We always knew we had a great gameplay style and wanted to refresh the series by taking it to first person. We want the player to experience the essence of the classic Commandos gameplay and total immersion at the same time. Our old values remain true in Commandos Strike Force, all your men are very useful in missions but there's always the right man for the right job. We aren't making the slower paced tactical game of old; you can't just run through levels with a machine gun but the combination of stealth and action should appeal to all.
IGN: Who's the audience for this game? Are you hoping that fans of the strategy game will be attracted to this one or are you aiming more at the action crowd?
Michael Souto: We're actually aiming at both. Of course people that like FPS should be attracted, but the way you play the game will appeal to people who like to experience a more strategic approach to gaming. In no way is Commandos Strike Force strategic in terms of having to plan three moves in advance but we want people to be wary when moving around and taking the enemy out. Gun-and-run will work in some instances but will almost certainly get you shot to pieces in others. We want people who like to play the good guy and outsmart the bad guys. This should also appeal heavily to console gamers who want the action but require some challenge that may not always be found in games of this type.
IGN: Games like Savage and C&C Renegade have tried to bridge the action and strategy genres before. Though they've been intriguing, they never really seemed to catch on. What is it about the game design or the Commandos brand that sets Strike Force apart?
Michael Souto: I think setting is key. WWII is important to the Commandos brand, although that's not to say that we couldn't take this gameplay elsewhere. This War however was the one that gripped the minds and souls of all involved, as there was a very clear distinction between good and evil. In Commandos Strike Force you really want to get into the thick of things because you know you have a job to do.
There are also lots of elements from the original Commandos that we were able to bring across to Commandos Strike Force. Anyone that has played Commandos in the past will instantly recognize the style of play. We have chosen the favorite three character types from Commandos, each with their own different skills and abilities. From stealing enemy uniforms and posing as Nazi officers to distracting enemy guards using packets of cigarettes. From throwing knives into Nazi backs to throwing poison gas grenades into enemy patrols.
Players always enjoyed getting close and personal in the original Commandos. We've brought this to Strike Force in third person; each Commando has a number of silent kills that they can perform and the view switches to the character when these moves are executed.
We also have an open approach to level design and gameplay. The player will be able to assess the situation and choose which direction he or she wants to go in, in much the same way as the original Commandos games. Play the level the way you want to, choose the character you want to use at that moment. That's important to us.


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2015 has been a great year for video gaming, but 2016 looks like it holds a lot to be excited about. Below we've compiled a short list of some of the upcoming video games that we're really excited about.
Using the art style of 1930's cartoons, Cuphead's trailer caught eyes at E3 2014, with many left disappointed that they weren't able to get a hands on experience with the run and gun title. Cup head will allow players to repay a debt to the devil by gunning their way through continuous boss battles, also offering the choice of local co-operative play for those who want to bring a friend in on the fun.
The Last Guardian
Having become quite the story in the modern history of video gaming, many are unsure what to make of the 2016 release date that has been placed on The Last Guardian. This one has been pushed back so many times that it's been an upcoming video game some people have been excited about for years now. Because I'm one of those people, I'm going to be optimistic and believe that The Last Guardian will be making an appearance on my PS4 in the coming year.
The Uncharted 4
While I'm a fan of the series, I was a little skeptical when Uncharted 4 was announced. The game play has become quite played out now and I would rather Naughty Dog put their talent into a new IP. That being said, the age of Nathan Drake in this one points to it being the last in the saga. New moves, a change in possible game play styles and a revamped multi player will hopefully ensure that the series is going out with a bang.
The Ratchet & Clank (2016)
Not just a remake, but an entire re-imagining of the original game in the series, this one also gets me a little skeptical. I am a huge fan of the Ratchet & Clank series but this one seemed like a cash-in for me, with the upcoming video game being brought out in line with the new film. This was made even worse by the fact the release date was then pushed back to the release date of the film. However, having seen the huge amount of footage released and the interviews with people who are working on it, I can see that they really have been working on this from the ground up, the graphics especially. As one person described it, "Now we know what it would look like to have a video game made by Pixar."
The Dishonored 2 game
While the first game was released to moderate/good reviews, it was a video game I saw as having a huge amount of potential. The first person stealth mixed brilliantly with the action and the possibility to pick and choose what special powers you upgrade so you can play as you want worked great for me. Now, Dishonored 2 is on its way and hopefully it will live up to the chance for brilliance that was set down by the first game.
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Eggs benedict
I strongly recommended the burgers (which came with the awesome House truffle fries and delish sugar dusted sweet potato fries) and the lobster linguine to my girlpals and two of them ordered the dishes and all gave the thumbs up. (: It's a must have when dining at House!
Burgers; Lobster linguine
Chilli sauce
I wonder if it's House novel idea of serving sauces, but my pal asked for some chilli sauce, it came plated in a smiley face. How cute is that! Perhaps it was just a one off coincidence, cos our mayo and tartar sauce came in normal regular saucers.
Mushroom risotto
It was my last week of eating vegetarian, so I ordered the mushroom risotto. It was surprisingly good, very earthy mushroom flavours. Rice wasn't mushy soft or what, texture was just right.
Desserts time!
Apple crumble; Bitter chocolate tart
The girls wanted to try the strawberry shortcake even after I strongly discouraged them lol. End up, we didn't even finish like half of it. Perhaps a three quarters portion was left on the plate after we were done. Our tastebuds were the same, we all didn't really like the texture of the shortcake. I wonder why my Sis thinks it is amazing. Weird.
The apple crumble on the other hand, received praise from all four of us. We loved the crumble to bits. However, I recently checked the desserts menu and the menu seemed to have changed slightly! The apple crumble is no longer in the menu and there's now a lemon macadamia crumble instead! While I'm excited about the combination (total lemon fan here) BUT, I sincerely hope that they havn't removed the apple crumble from the menu!!! I will be super sad. :(
The bitter chocolate tart was also really really good. Funny how the menu introduced it as having a "thick" chocolate crust cos the one we had a really thin crust. Not that I'm complaining, cos the thin crust was really done quite nicely, when paired with the extremely rich and sinful chocolate ganache filling. As a chocolate lover, I couldn't stop my fork from scooping up the decadent treat (though I had to down tons of water after cos it was just too rich and sweet...).
After our long (4 hours again. Yeah I know, long rights. But shouldn't brunch always be like that? ^^) brunch, we headed down to town to walk around a bit and then we decided to sit at a cafe at 313 just to chat somemore. I ordered a fruit tea, which came with cubes of fresh fruit and it was pretty refreshing. Ahhhh. Another lovely day spent indeed. ^^
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Tongan Coconut Rolls
From: knobby
Our old neighbor was from Tonga and his wife made these rolls and would share with us because my husband lived in Hawaii for a couple of years and grew to love the food there. If you use the frozen dough, let them rise completely and then pour the sauce over the top and bake according to the directions. Same with homemade rolls. Rise completely and then pour sauce on and bake as directed. These rolls are sweet.
SERVES 18 -24 , 24 or more rolls
Prepare rolls according to recipe.
Mix above ingredients together and pour over raised rolls.
Bake according to recipe directions.
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