cl Hundreds of houses on golf club land 'much-needed', claims developer By www.heraldscotland.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 04:34:00 +0000 Up to 650 houses could be built on land at the golf club Full Article
cl Steve Camley on ... Tam Shepherds closing By www.heraldscotland.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 07:11:05 +0000 You can purchase Steven Camley's cartoons by calling 0141 302 7000 or visiting thepicturedesk.co.uk. Full Article
cl Motorists urged to plan ahead with Kincardine Bridge due to close By www.heraldscotland.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 11:00:12 +0000 Motorists have been urged to plan ahead with a major bridge due to close for work is carried out. Full Article
cl RPG Cast – Episode 567: “Supermarket Cloth Map” By rpgamer.com Published On :: Sun, 20 Dec 2020 22:59:52 +0000 This week we discuss the bacon that broke Anna's back, Kelley shows us the power of the nip-nado, Pascal meets the Bok Choys, Josh is sponsored by revengecrabs.com, and Robert speedruns the produce department. The post RPG Cast – Episode 567: “Supermarket Cloth Map” appeared first on RPGamer. Full Article News Podcasts RPG Cast Criminal Girls 2: Party Favors Parasite Eve Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin Seven Knights: Time Wanderer World of Warcraft: Shadowlands Yakuza: Like a Dragon
cl RPG Cast – Episode 572: “Partly Cloudy Souls With a Chance of Roguelike” By rpgamer.com Published On :: Sat, 06 Feb 2021 22:55:03 +0000 Josh is having an Ys-y time. Anna Marie ranks all the slime families. Robert gets notified every time google kills a product. And Chris tells everyone to blink on cue. The post RPG Cast – Episode 572: “Partly Cloudy Souls With a Chance of Roguelike” appeared first on RPGamer. Full Article News Podcasts RPG Cast Children of Zodiarcs Dragon Quest Tact Final Fantasy Brave Exvius Giraffe and Annika Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity Suikoden V The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV Ys IX
cl RPG Cast – Episode 577: “Eclipse, I Love You, but GO AWAY” By rpgamer.com Published On :: Sat, 13 Mar 2021 20:01:20 +0000 It's a slightly quieter week after the mass dump of games that was February and the first week of March. Kelley doesn't want her mom to think she's watching hentai, while Anna Marie insists our reviewers don't hate every game. Josh will one day be free of the epic grip of Cold Steel IV, but not before Chris convinces him if he just lifts a truck, he can find a new orbment. The post RPG Cast – Episode 577: “Eclipse, I Love You, but GO AWAY” appeared first on RPGamer. Full Article News Podcasts RPG Cast Atelier Ryza Bravely Default II Harvest Moon: One World Skyrim The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV Ys IX
cl RPG Cast – Episode 606: “I Have Digimon Poop to Clean Up” By rpgamer.com Published On :: Sat, 30 Oct 2021 19:54:35 +0000 Kelley Ryan starts a new studio to make the darkest, hardest game ever. Josh explains why everyone hates JRPGs. And Chris wonders if he can use pencils as healing items. The post RPG Cast – Episode 606: “I Have Digimon Poop to Clean Up” appeared first on RPGamer. Full Article News Podcasts RPG Cast Digimon World: Next Order Lost Judgment Pathfinder: Kingmaker Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Tales of Arise
cl RPG Cast – Episode 615: “The New Dialga Looks Like My Brother’s Broken Vacuum Cleaner” By rpgamer.com Published On :: Sat, 22 Jan 2022 20:40:16 +0000 Kelley ruins Warcraft by including Conker. Chris mortgages his Xbox. Josh's cat won't let him control his Xbox. And Microsoft has announced their new Candy Crush themed Windows 12. The post RPG Cast – Episode 615: “The New Dialga Looks Like My Brother’s Broken Vacuum Cleaner” appeared first on RPGamer. Full Article News Podcasts RPG Cast Final Fantasy Legend II Final Fantasy V Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers Gyromancer Nobody Saves the World Scarlet Nexus
cl RPG Cast – Episode 636: “Cloud Is a Winter SOLDIER” By rpgamer.com Published On :: Sat, 02 Jul 2022 19:23:20 +0000 Kelley kabongs all the monsters. Anna Marie summersaults with her warhorse. And Chris learns that two times zero is still zero. The post RPG Cast – Episode 636: “Cloud Is a Winter SOLDIER” appeared first on RPGamer. Full Article News Podcasts RPG Cast Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes Monster Hunter Rise Skies of Arcadia Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga
cl RPG Cast – Episode 683: “Tifa Pop-Pop, Barrett Pew-Pew, Cloud Cleave-Cleave” By rpgamer.com Published On :: Sat, 01 Jul 2023 23:37:45 +0000 Chris can't drink his coffee anymore. Kelley plays Sonic on Titan's tentacles. And Jason reminisces about the Ouya with Mads Middleton. The post RPG Cast – Episode 683: “Tifa Pop-Pop, Barrett Pew-Pew, Cloud Cleave-Cleave” appeared first on RPGamer. Full Article News Podcasts RPG Cast Diablo IV Final Fantasy XVI The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky
cl RPG Cast – Episode 710: “Xenoblade Chronicles X Doesn’t Love You Back” By rpgamer.com Published On :: Sat, 03 Feb 2024 22:21:31 +0000 Robert finds out what Godzilla sushi tastes like. Josh pimps his Segway. Phil has a pictomancer at home. The awards all Chris's fault, because he didn't vote. Also, PoE is to Chris, as CoH is to Phil. The post RPG Cast – Episode 710: “Xenoblade Chronicles X Doesn’t Love You Back” appeared first on RPGamer. Full Article News Podcasts RPG Cast City of Heroes Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Persona 3 Reload Stranger of Paradise Final Fantasy Origin
cl Buffett joins $200K club. Membership: 1 By www.theaustralian.com.au Published On :: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 00:21:00 GMT IMAGINE if you’d spent a grand on a single Berkshire Hathaway share 31 years ago. That stock just passed $US200,000 and is still climbing. Full Article
cl Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Gets Gameplay Deep Dive By www.vgchartz.com Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 15:35:15 GMT ublisher Bethesda Softworks and developer MachineGames have released a gameplay deep dive video for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle that is nearly 15 minutes in length. "From locations and puzzles to gear and combat, MachineGames Audio Director, Pete Ward, takes us on a whirlwind journey through the world of The Great Circle," reads the description to the video. "Get ready for launch with this look at Indy’s grand adventure." View the gameplay deep dive below: Indiana Jones and the Great Circle will launch for the Xbox Series X|S, PC via Steam and Microsoft Store, and Xbox Game Pass on December 9. A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.Full Article - https://www.vgchartz.com/article/463033/indiana-jones-and-the-great-circle-gets-gameplay-deep-dive/ Full Article Analysis Charts Industry
cl Uncle Chop's Rocket Shop Releases December 5 for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, and PC By www.vgchartz.com Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 18:06:12 GMT Publisher Kasedo Games and developer Beard Envy have announced he roguelite spaceship repair simulation game, Uncle Chop's Rocket Shop, has been delayed to December 5. It will launch for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store. View the release date trailer below: Read details on the game below: Come on down to Uncle Chop’s Rocket Shop, for all your roguelite spaceship repair simulation needs! Wake up, clock in, fix ships, make friends and enemies, pay R.E.N.T., upgrade your workshop, ponder the futility of your existence, go to bed and then do it all over again the next day. On an asteroid-bound service station in an unfrequented space lane, Wilbur carves out a paltry living as a mechanic, repairing as many ships as he can to afford the ever-rising R.E.N.T payments to his corporate overlord, Uncle Chop. Where most of his customers find meaning in pastimes like worshipping deranged space gods, feeding random crap to a sentient black hole, endlessly digging for The Treasure™ or mentally enslaving donut shop workers, Wilbur lives a more humble life, fixing the galaxy’s ills one broken ship module at a time. Fix Stuff Using a range of tools, diagnostic devices, parts and workshop appliances, you’ll be correcting faults in the modules of procedurally generated spaceships. From simple refuel jobs to total overhauls, get ready to frantically fumble, slice, loosen, tighten, grab and drop as you try to complete as many jobs as you can within each daily time limit. With a huge variety of ships and modules, your hands are gonna get real dirty real fast, in some real unusual places. Read Stuff Flaunt your basic literacy by consulting manual pages for guidance on diagnosing and correcting faults in spaceship modules, as well as operating workshop appliances. And if basic literacy isn’t your bag, then at least you’ve got pretty diagrams to gawp at! All your IKEA furniture-assembly training has led to this moment. Upgrade Stuff Using whatever hard-earned pennies Uncle Chop doesn’t take from you, expand your workshop and kit it out with a range of workstations. From industrial devices to esoteric altars, these workstations will allow you to fix bigger and more lucrative ships. Talk About Stuff Interact with a diverse range of oddballs as you engage with both anthology-style storytelling and a multiple-ending, overarching narrative. The lore is (*consults notes*) “deep and rich and good,” with different factions you can choose to ingratiate yourself with – each with their own inane agendas. Discover Stuff Narrative and random events, hidden puzzles and upgrades, secret lore—we got all that goodness that ensures each day and gameplay run will feel substantially different from the last. Do All That Stuff Again, But Better Meeting those escalating R.E.N.T payments ain’t gonna be easy, but chin up, champ – certain station upgrades will persist across gameplay runs, making life a little more tolerable every time around. You’ll also get faster and smarter the more you do the thing, so keep doing the thing! A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.Full Article - https://www.vgchartz.com/article/463037/uncle-chops-rocket-shop-releases-december-5-for-ps5-xbox-series-xs-switch-and-pc/ Full Article Analysis Charts Industry
cl Microsoft closing Arkane Austin was “stupid”, says founder: recreating “a very special group” like that would be “impossible” By www.rockpapershotgun.com Published On :: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 09:24:52 +0000 Today in "person you already like says something you already agree with, but it’s still good to hear them say it" news, Arkane founder and im-simmy RPG studio WolfEye head Raphael Colantonio has spoken on Microsoft’s decision to shutter Prey (2017) studio Arkane Austin - alongside a handful of others - back in May. Colantonio, who founded Arkane in 1999 and departed in 2017 to form Weird West studio WolfEye, recently chatted to Jeremy Peel for PC Gamer about Arkane’s closure, saying: I think if you look a little bit, it's obvious that Arkane Austin was a very special group of people that have made some cool things and that could pull it off again. I think it was a decision that just came down to, 'We need to cut something.' Was it to please the investors, the stock market? They're playing a different game. Read more Full Article First person Puzzle Prey (2017) PC RPG Shooter Action Adventure Single Player Bethesda Softworks Arkane Studios Xbox One PS4
cl Nightingale can't outfly "the stark realities of the industry" as creators Inflexion close UK office and lay people off By www.rockpapershotgun.com Published On :: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 15:10:44 +0000 Inflexion Games are closing their UK office, laying off staff and restructuring their main Canadian studio after failing to find commercial success with their Victorian fantasy survival game Nightingale. Reportedly, at least 22 people have been let go. Read more Full Article Layoffs Inflexion Games PC Action Adventure Nightingale
cl You can now make video clips using Steam's built-in game recording feature, as an update rolls it out to all users By www.rockpapershotgun.com Published On :: Wed, 06 Nov 2024 10:23:41 +0000 Steam's built-in game recording feature has been usable in beta since the summer, but it has now been properly launched for every user, following a client update to Steam yesterday. It's basically another method of capturing funny ragdoll glitches and posting them on the "lol-games-are-dumb" channel of your friend's Discord. Or for posting that flukey knife throw in Call Of Duty to Twitter, as if you really meant to kill the man from across the map all along. Or saving a clip for your personal records, like the footage of that time you yeeted an innocent citizen off the 50-foot wall of a castle town in Dragon's Dogma 2. We all do that, right? Right? Read more Full Article Steam PC Valve
cl Metal Slug Tactics, the surprising genre-twist of the classic run-and-gunner, is out now By www.rockpapershotgun.com Published On :: Wed, 06 Nov 2024 20:34:43 +0000 I would never have predicted there'd be an isometric tactics game based on run-and-gun series Metal Slug, yet here Metal Slug Tactics is, and I am here for it. We've been following its development for a while but it's out now on Steam, and seemingly as strong as its demo suggested. Read more Full Article Fighting Strategy Nintendo Switch Indie PC Leikir Studio Metal Slug Tactics RPG Bird view / Isometric Single Player DotEmu
cl Take-Two are selling Private Division and closing Roll7 and Intercept, because they're in "the business of making great big hits" By www.rockpapershotgun.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Nov 2024 12:20:03 +0000 Take-Two Interactive have sold their publishing label Private Division to an unnamed party, along with five of Private Division's "live and unreleased titles". The GTA 6 publisher have also finally confirmed that they have shut down OlliOlli World and Rollerdrome devs Roll7 together with Kerbal Space Program 2 creators Intercept Games, months after performing mass layoffs at both studios. Read more Full Article
cl Sega are delisting over 60 'classic' games from Steam, including Crazy Taxi and Streets Of Rage By www.rockpapershotgun.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Nov 2024 19:55:29 +0000 Sega are delisting several bundles of 'classic' games from digital stores, along with "select individual" games. On Steam specifically, this adds up to over 60 games in total, including several actual classics including the original Streets Of Rage trilogy, Crazy Taxi, and Jet Set Radio. The games will be removed on December 6th but will remain playable to those who already own them. Read more Full Article Nintendo GBA Third person Crazy Taxi Streets Of Rage 2 Single Player Arcade Acclaim Games Racing SEGA Corporation Android PS2 PS3 Empire Interactive Platformer Xbox 360 Multiplayer Competitive Multiplayer Cooperative PC Side view iOS Sega BlitWorks Hitmaker SEGA of America Atari Jet Set Radio Hack & Slash
cl Overwatch 2 is getting a "Classic" mode that restores the shooter to how it was in 2016 By www.rockpapershotgun.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 10:49:38 +0000 The developers of hero shooter Overwatch 2 must have dropped a box full of old photographs while clearing the attic, spilling old snapshots of Route 66 onto the floor and getting snared in a nostalgic daze. The game is launching a "Classic" mode today that will let you play the first-person payload pusher as it (mostly) was back in 2016 when the first Overwatch launched. That means 6v6 fights, the original abilities of its heroes, and no limits to stop the entire team picking the same character. Read more Full Article First person Strategy Activision Blizzard Blizzard Entertainment Nintendo Switch Overwatch 2 Multiplayer Competitive Multiplayer Cooperative PC Shooter Shooter: First Person Single Player Xbox One Overwatch PS4 Square Enix
cl Grand Theft Auto: The Definitive Edition trilogy on PC gets a classic lighting update from the mobile version By www.rockpapershotgun.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 13:44:27 +0000 My strongest and most enduring memory of Grand Theft Auto will always be creasing into complete hysterics watching my mate pile into a crumpled police officer with a wooden baseball bat in GTA 3 after school one time. Young’uns these days just don’t appreciate how revolutionary it was to be able to hit a cop with a thing after he’d already fallen over. Suffice it to say I’ve got good memories of the open world series’ nascent forays into 3D, though never enough to tempt me into revisiting them, especially given the poor reception to Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition. I can sympathise. I’m annoyed just having to type a semicolon and a dash in the same game name. If you’re in a similarly non-fussed position (I will never not be annoyed that ‘nonplussed’ doesn’t mean what it sounds like it should mean) I can’t imagine a lighting update that’s been available on the mobile versions for a while is enough to tempt you back. But what is a reporter's job if not pathetically treading water between chunklets of Grand Theft Auto news, upon the publishing of which Graham presses the button to release the nutritious pellets on which we all wholly subsist? I hope he doesn’t read that last sentence. I don’t get my pellet if the syntax becomes too convoluted. Moving swiftly on. Read more Full Article iOS Android Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition Nintendo Switch Rockstar Games Third person PS5 PC Simulation RPG Shooter Action Adventure Xbox Series X/S Single Player Xbox One Racing PS4
cl Trump’s claim about predecessors, fallen troops disputed By www.pbs.org Published On :: Tue, 17 Oct 2017 12:53:14 +0000 File photo of President Donald Trump by Joshua Roberts/Reuters WASHINGTON — For U.S. presidents, meeting the families of military personnel killed in war is about as wrenching as the presidency gets. President Donald Trump’s suggestion Monday that his predecessors fell short in that duty brought a visceral reaction from those who witnessed those grieving encounters. “He’s a deranged animal,” Alyssa Mastromonaco, a former deputy chief of staff to President Barack Obama, tweeted about Trump. With an expletive, she called Trump’s statement in the Rose Garden a lie. Trump said in a news conference he had written letters to the families of four soldiers killed in an Oct. 4 ambush in Niger and planned to call them, crediting himself with taking extra steps in honoring the dead properly. “Most of them didn’t make calls,” he said of his predecessors. He said it’s possible that Obama “did sometimes” but “other presidents did not call.” The record is plain that presidents reached out to families of the dead and to the wounded, often with their presence as well as by letter and phone. The path to Walter Reed and other military hospitals, as well as to the Dover, Delaware, Air Force Base where the remains of fallen soldiers are often brought, is a familiar one to Obama, George W. Bush and others. Bush, even at the height of two wars, “wrote all the families of the fallen,” said Freddy Ford, spokesman for the ex-president. Ford said Bush also called or met “hundreds, if not thousands” of family members of the war dead. READ MORE: What Trump said about his drug czar pick, health care fixes Obama’s official photographer, Pete Souza, tweeted that he photographed Obama “meeting with hundreds of wounded soldiers, and family members of those killed in action.” Others recalled his frequent visits with Gold Star families, and travels to Walter Reed, Dover and other venues with families of the dead and with the wounded. Retired Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, confirmed these contacts, tweeting: “POTUS 43 & 44 and first ladies cared deeply, worked tirelessly for the serving, the fallen, and their families. Not politics. Sacred Trust.” Trump addressed the matter when asked why he had not spoken about the four soldiers killed in Niger. They died when militants thought to be affiliated with the Islamic State group ambushed them while they were patrolling in unarmored trucks with Nigerien troops. “I actually wrote letters individually to the soldiers we’re talking about, and they’re going to be going out either today or tomorrow,” he said, meaning he wrote to the families of the fallen soldiers. He did not explain why letters had not been sent yet, more than a week after the attack. “If you look at President Obama and other presidents, most of them didn’t make calls,” Trump said. Pressed on that statement later, he said of Obama: “I was told that he didn’t often, and a lot of presidents don’t. They write letters.” He went on: “President Obama, I think, probably did sometimes, and maybe sometimes he didn’t. I don’t know. That’s what I was told. … Some presidents didn’t do anything.” Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said later that Trump “wasn’t criticizing predecessors, but stating a fact.” She argued that presidents didn’t always call families of those killed in battle: “Sometimes they call, sometimes they send a letter, other times they have the opportunity to meet family members in person.” She said anyone claiming a former president had called every family was “mistaken.” Bush’s commitment to writing to all military families of the dead and to reaching out by phone or meeting with many others came despite the enormity of the task. In the Iraq war alone, U.S. combat deaths were highest during his presidency, exceeding 800 each year from 2004 through 2007. The number fell to 313 in Bush’s last year in office as the insurgency faded. Bush once said he felt the appropriate way to show his respect was to meet family members in private. READ MORE: What the Bannon vs. McConnell fight means for Trump and the GOP Obama declared an end to combat operations in Iraq in August 2010 and the last U.S. troops were withdrawn in December 2011. As Obama wound down that war, he sent tens of thousands more troops into Afghanistan in 2009 and 2010, and the death count mounted. From a total of 155 Americans killed in Afghanistan in 2008, which was Bush’s last full year in office, the number jumped to 311 in 2009 and peaked the next year at 498. In all, more than 1,700 died in Afghanistan on Obama’s watch. Among other rituals honoring military families, the Obamas had a “Gold Star” Christmas tree in the White House decorated with hundreds of photos and notes from people who had lost loved ones in war. Gold Star families visited during the holidays, bringing ornaments. Trump visited Dover early in his presidency, going in February with his daughter Ivanka for the return of the remains of a U.S. Navy SEAL killed during a raid in Yemen, William “Ryan” Owens. Trump’s relations with Gold Star families have not always been smooth, dating from his belittlement of the parents of slain U.S. soldier Humayun Khan, who was Muslim. Trump was angered when the soldier’s father, Khizr Khan, was given a platform to criticize him at the Democratic National Convention. Owens’ grieving father said he didn’t want to talk with Trump at Dover. But the sailor’s widow, Carryn, attended Trump’s address to Congress and wept as he thanked her. ___ Associated Press writers Robert Burns and Jesse J. Holland contributed to this report. The post Trump’s claim about predecessors, fallen troops disputed appeared first on PBS NewsHour. Full Article Donald Trump Military Niger
cl Trump ignites furor with claim past presidents didn’t console military families by phone By www.pbs.org Published On :: Tue, 17 Oct 2017 22:40:11 +0000 Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: Now: new questions surrounding the deaths of four Green Berets in the Western African nation of Niger and the role of the president as consoler in chief. John Yang has the story. JOHN YANG: Sending young Americans into harm’s way can be the most serious decision a president makes. Consoling the families of the fallen has become the latest controversy to engulf President Trump. To bolster his claim that he does more than his predecessors, Mr. Trump today invoked the dead son of his chief of staff, retired Marine general John Kelly. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: To the best of my knowledge, I think I have called every family of somebody that’s died. Now, as far as other representatives, I don’t know. I mean, you could ask General Kelly, did he get a call from Obama? JOHN YANG: Kelly’s 29-year-old son, Robert, a Marine lieutenant, was killed in 2010 when he stepped on a land mine in Afghanistan, an episode Kelly rarely talks about publicly. Kelly and his wife did attend a 2011 Memorial Day breakfast President Obama hosted for Gold Star families. President Trump ignited the furor when he was asked about his public silence on four Green Berets killed two weeks ago in Niger. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: If you look at President Obama and other presidents, most of them didn’t make calls. A lot of them didn’t make calls. I like to call when it’s appropriate, when I think I’m able to do it. JOHN YANG: Reporters pressed him to back up the claim. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: I don’t know. That’s what I was told. All I can do — all I can do is ask my generals. JOHN YANG: The response from former Obama officials was swift and forceful. Former Attorney General Eric Holder tweeted this photo and insisted: “Stop the damn lying. I went to Dover Air Force base with 44 and saw him comfort families,” a reference to one of Mr. Obama’s late-night trips to pay his respects to troops killed in Afghanistan. Mr. Obama and President George W. Bush often visited wounded warriors at Walter Reed and Bethesda hospitals, a practice Mr. Trump has continued. In February, the president and his daughter Ivanka went to Dover for the return of the remains of a Navy SEAL killed in Yemen, the first casualty of his administration. So far this year, the Pentagon says 16 Americans have been killed in action. Another 17 sailors died in accidents. In the first year of the Obama presidency, 344 were killed in action. During last year’s campaign, Mr. Trump publicly feuded with the Khans, the parents of a Muslim American soldier killed in Iraq, after they criticized him at the Democratic Convention. Today, the Khans said: “President Trump’s selfish and divisive actions have undermined the dignity of the high office of the presidency.” The current controversy comes as questions are being raised about how and why the four soldiers died in Niger. Senator Jack Reed is the top Democrat on the Armed Services Committee. SEN. JACK REED, D-R.I.: I think the administration has to be much more clear about our role in Niger and our role in other areas in Africa and other parts of the globe. JOHN YANG: The Pentagon is investigating the deaths. Reportedly among the questions, did commanders adequately assess the risk, and was there ready access to medical support? Today, President Trump called the families of the four dead Green Berets. For the PBS NewsHour, I’m John Yang. The post Trump ignites furor with claim past presidents didn’t console military families by phone appeared first on PBS NewsHour. Full Article Barrack Obama Donald Trump military deaths Niger
cl Ex-DWP insider reveals essential tips for PIP and Attendance Allowance claims By www.express.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 12:34:00 +0000 A DWP employee who has been working in the welfare system for 42 years has shared some key advice for new claims for the likes of PIP and Attendance Allowance Full Article Personal Finance
cl Thousands of ‘overlooked’ Brits urged to claim new £150 energy payment - check eligibility By www.express.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 15:25:00 +0000 The energy bill support has been described as a "crucial lifeline" for certain individuals who are often "overlooked". Full Article Personal Finance
cl Martin Lewis issues warning to anyone with a Tesco Clubcard as £18m savings at risk By www.express.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 16:45:00 +0000 Martin Lewis has warned Tesco customers of a piece of small print that could see £18m worth of Clubcard points wasted. Full Article Personal Finance
cl Welcome to the New Scientist Book Club By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Mon, 05 Aug 2024 12:22:22 +0100 Find out what we're currently reading in the New Scientist Book Club - and catch up on all the great books we've already explored Full Article
cl A black hole devouring a giant star gives clues to a cosmic mystery By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Fri, 09 Aug 2024 18:12:24 +0100 In the centre of a distant galaxy, a supermassive black hole has swallowed up a star 9 times the sun’s mass in the biggest and brightest such cosmic meal we’ve ever seen Full Article
cl Falling satellite will give clues to how objects burn up on re-entry By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Fri, 30 Aug 2024 13:00:35 +0100 A chance to observe the high-speed re-entry of a falling satellite will give researchers important insights on how debris burns up in our atmosphere Full Article
cl Cloud atlas of Mars reveals an atmosphere unlike our own By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Tue, 10 Sep 2024 11:43:36 +0100 Using images captured by the European Space Agency’s Mars Express spacecraft, researchers have created a cloud atlas of Mars, to better understand the climate of the Red Planet Full Article
cl Freeze-thaw cycle helps asteroids ferry molecules of life to planets By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Tue, 01 Oct 2024 17:00:59 +0100 Cracks running through samples of asteroid Ryugu were probably formed by the repeated thawing and freezing of water inside it, which could have helped asteroids like this carry the building blocks of life to early Earth Full Article
cl First breathtaking images from Euclid telescope's map of the universe By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Tue, 15 Oct 2024 20:59:06 +0100 The Euclid space telescope's massive “cosmic atlas” promises to shed light on fundamental questions in physics and cosmology Full Article
cl A supernova may have cleaned up our solar system By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 15:55:58 +0100 A nearby star that exploded some 3 million years ago could have removed all dust smaller than a millimetre from the outer solar system Full Article
cl What preparing for an asteroid strike teaches us about climate change By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Wed, 06 Nov 2024 18:00:00 +0000 Averting an asteroid strike will need many of the same skills we must hone to tackle climate change and future pandemics Full Article
cl Chinese nuclear reactor is completely meltdown-proof By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Fri, 19 Jul 2024 17:56:39 +0100 The first ever full-scale demonstration of a nuclear reactor designed to passively cool itself in an emergency was a success, showing that it should be possible to build nuclear plants without the risk of dangerous meltdown Full Article
cl Smart speakers at crime scenes could provide valuable clues to police By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Fri, 06 Sep 2024 15:25:01 +0100 Information on faces recognised, voice commands and internet searches can be extracted from an Amazon Echo smart assistant without help from the user or manufacturer Full Article
cl Electric vehicles race combustion cars in 'battle of technologies' By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Thu, 12 Sep 2024 09:00:23 +0100 ‘Battle of Technologies’ sees electric vehicles and combustion cars compete at the highest level. Who will win? Full Article
cl Tiny nuclear-powered battery could work for decades in space or at sea By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Wed, 18 Sep 2024 18:05:23 +0100 A new design for a nuclear battery that generates electricity from the radioactive decay of americium is unprecedentedly efficient Full Article
cl Useful quantum computers are edging closer with recent milestones By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 20:00:33 +0100 Google, Microsoft and others have taken big steps towards error-free devices, hinting that quantum computers that solve real problems aren’t far away Full Article
cl Battery-like device made from water and clay could be used on Mars By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 18:55:15 +0100 A new supercapacitor design that uses only water, clay and graphene could source material on Mars and be more sustainable and accessible than traditional batteries Full Article
cl Video Friday: Quadruped Ladder Climbing By spectrum.ieee.org Published On :: Fri, 04 Oct 2024 15:30:02 +0000 Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion.IROS 2024: 14–18 October 2024, ABU DHABI, UAEICSR 2024: 23–26 October 2024, ODENSE, DENMARKCybathlon 2024: 25–27 October 2024, ZURICHHumanoids 2024: 22–24 November 2024, NANCY, FRANCEEnjoy today’s videos! Not even ladders can keep you safe from quadruped robots anymore.[ ETH Zürich Robot Systems Lab ]Introducing Azi (right), the new desktop robot from Engineered Arts Ltd. Azi and Ameca are having a little chat, demonstrating their wide range of expressive capabilities. Engineered Arts desktop robots feature 32 actuators, 27 for facial control alone, and 5 for the neck. They include AI conversational ability including GPT-4o support which makes them great robotic companions.[ Engineered Arts ]Quadruped robots that individual researchers can build by themselves are crucial for expanding the scope of research due to their high scalability and customizability. In this study, we develop a metal quadruped robot MEVIUS, that can be constructed and assembled using only materials ordered through e-commerce. We have considered the minimum set of components required for a quadruped robot, employing metal machining, sheet metal welding, and off-the-shelf components only.[ MEVIUS from JSK Robotics Laboratory ]Thanks Kento!Avian perching maneuvers are one of the most frequent and agile flight scenarios, where highly optimized flight trajectories, produced by rapid wing and tail morphing that generate high angular rates and accelerations, reduce kinetic energy at impact. Here, we use optimal control methods on an avian-inspired drone with morphing wing and tail to test a recent hypothesis derived from perching maneuver experiments of Harris’ hawks that birds minimize the distance flown at high angles of attack to dissipate kinetic energy before impact.[ EPFL Laboratory of Intelligent Systems ]The earliest signs of bearing failures are inaudible to you, but not to Spot . Introducing acoustic vibration sensing—Automate ultrasonic inspections of rotating equipment to keep your factory humming.The only thing I want to know is whether Spot is programmed to actually do that cute little tilt when using its acoustic sensors.[ Boston Dynamics ]Hear from Jonathan Hurst, our co-founder and Chief Robot Officer, why legs are ideally suited for Digit’s work.[ Agility Robotics ]I don’t think “IP67” really does this justice.[ ANYbotics ]This paper presents a teleportation system with floating robotic arms that traverse parallel cables to perform long-distance manipulation. The system benefits from the cable-based infrastructure, which is easy to set up and cost-effective with expandable workspace range.[ EPFL ]It seems to be just renderings for now, but here’s the next version of Fourier’s humanoid.[ Fourier ]Happy Oktoberfest from Dino Robotics![ Dino Robotics ]This paper introduces a learning-based low-level controller for quadcopters, which adaptively controls quadcopters with significant variations in mass, size, and actuator capabilities. Our approach leverages a combination of imitation learning and reinforcement learning, creating a fast-adapting and general control framework for quadcopters that eliminates the need for precise model estimation or manual tuning.[ HiPeR Lab ]Parkour poses a significant challenge for legged robots, requiring navigation through complex environments with agility and precision based on limited sensory inputs. In this work, we introduce a novel method for training end-to-end visual policies, from depth pixels to robot control commands, to achieve agile and safe quadruped locomotion.[ SoloParkour ] Full Article Agility robotics Anybotics Boston dynamics Robotics Robotics videos Video friday
cl Demand Senators Publicly Support a Leader Who's Pro-Trump By www.realclearpolitics.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 09:02:21 -0600 Hours after Donald Trump wins the most conclusive mandate in 40 years, Mitch McConnell engineers a coup against his agenda by calling early leadership elections in the senate. Full Article AM Update
cl Xbox Game Pass releases for November 2024: Everything coming to PC and console as Microsoft drops surprise classic By www.dailystar.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 7 Nov 2024 11:33:48 +0000 From Goats to airplanes, Xbox Game Pass has another bumper month in store for subscribers. Here's everything you need to know about what is heading to PC and console this November 2024 Full Article Gaming
cl PlayStation classic gets surprise release on Xbox today – it only took five years By www.dailystar.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 7 Nov 2024 17:04:23 +0000 Death Stranding, originally launched in 2019, has finally come to Xbox consoles five years after its initial debut as a Director's Cut version from Hideo Kojima. Full Article Gaming
cl Overwatch 2 6v6 Classic release time revealed as fans claim 'we're so back' By www.dailystar.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 11:57:41 +0000 Overwatch 2 is bringing 6v6 gameplay back from Overwatch 1 - and fans are overjoyed. Here's all we know so far, including when you can finally play the Classic mode Full Article Gaming
cl Call of Duty's Black Ops titles ranked - including zombies, CIA and Gary Oldman By www.dailystar.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 16:15:23 +0000 Black Ops 6 is here, and it's Black Ops 2's anniversary, so what better time than to rank the Call of Duty Black Ops titles? Here's our ranking of every mainline version. Full Article Gaming
cl New comet makes historically close approach to Earth today, but spotting it will take some luck By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Tue, 12 Sep 2023 04:00:00 EDT Comet Nishimura (C/2023 P1) was discovered in August and is now whizzing by Earth, but finding it in the sky will be a challenge. Full Article News/Science
cl Some scientists say blocking the sun could slow climate change — just like on The Simpsons By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Tue, 12 Sep 2023 18:19:00 EDT Scientists say geoengineering, or doing things like intentionally increasing Earth’s reflectivity or blocking the sun, is a “really big deal” in slowing down climate change. Here are the ideas they are proposing. Full Article News/World
cl Electric vehicles could save thousands of lives by reducing pollution, new study finds By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 15 Sep 2023 15:24:33 EDT Researchers calculated that if 30 per cent of vehicles in Chicago currently running on combustion engines were converted to electric, the reduction in pollution would save billions in health care costs every year. Full Article Radio/Quirks & Quarks