In an interview last week, Dennis Ross, until recently the perpetual negotiator between the Palestinians and the Israelis, finally concluded that Arafat was not capable of negotiating an end to the conflict: “What is required of him is something he is not able to do.” It is not that Arafat could not give up a few acres in the West Bank. It is not even that he could not abide the partitioning of Jerusalem....
Good luck finding them all. Tufan Abdu-Wahab, head of the Baghdad section in the Ministry of Migration and Displaced People, said in an interview that only a handful of Iraqi families had returned, and most of those were Shias returning to Shia districts, rather than to formerly mixed communities. Officials have a pretty good handle on this, he said, because the government is offering a bounty of 250,000 dinars (about $192) to each family that returns to its home, and they also pay a small benefit to families who are displaced, so people both fleeing and returning have a big incentive to register....
We saw Toronto FC and Atlanta United play a thrilling classic at BMO Field, and FC Dallas shake off CONCACAF Champions League disappointment with a comprehensive victory. New England succeeded in slowing down Houston’s vaunted attack, while the LA Galaxy stopped their recent slump with a much-needed three points. FCD headlines MLS Team of the Week Coaches took center stage this past weekend. Whether it was Jay Heaps successfully slotting in Kelyn Rowe at left back, Veljko Paunovic switching to a 3-4-3 in order to slow down red-hot Columbus or Mike Petke navigating a blizzard to kick off his Real Salt Lake tenure with a victory, several coaches stepped up with important decisions that led to wins....
Thankfully, the reviews are steadily flowing in for The Last Guardian in order to help fans decide if it’s worth their time. As it happens, many of the critics have been praising director Fumito Ueda’s ability to provide the game with great visuals and imbue it with a fantastic story, but several have also walked away concerned about some of the game’s flawed mechanics and controls. Speaking of negative experiences with the gameplay in The Last Guardian, it’s quite possible that developers weren’t able to make the controls more fluid and fully intuitive since its build presented to the press earlier this year at E3 2016 by choosing to focus on plot and graphics instead....
But it’s also much harder than that; runners can seemingly spot you from a mile away, clickers one-shot you, and the human enemies are smart, efficient, and incredibly dangerous with the right weapon. Add in a large, expansive environment, and you’ve got yourself some tough moments. RELATED: Last Of Us Part 2 Features An Amazing NSFW Crash Bandicoot Joke 10 Sneaking Up On David The Last of Us eschews the traditional boss fight by having you sneak around David rather than engaging him directly....
The Last of Us: Part 2 scene in question involves the characters of Ellie and Dina, as Druckmann shared an image of the actresses Ashley Johnson and Shannon Woodward in full motion capture regalia filming their parts for the upcoming game. In addition to the shoot being “heart-wrenching”, it apparently was one of Naughty Dog’s “most complicated” filming sessions so far. However, there’s no official word as to what exactly goes down in the sequence....
The Last of Us 2 first took the stage at E3 a few years back with a moody and quiet cinematic trailer, but the development has come a long way since then. We’ve now seen extended The Last of Us 2 gameplay footage and learned more about where the story will take the young protagonist. Some gamers have worried that the title was being delayed until the PS5 release, but that doesn’t seem to be the case at all....
Throughout the first game, Joel and Ellie would bring up the guitar and Joel’s dream of being a famous singer, and at one point, he even promises to teach her how to play the guitar. By the time The Last of Us 2 gets into full swing, it is clear that he’s kept his promise and that Ellie has kept up with her practicing, as she’s very skilled at it....
Beijing has the most to celebrate, but its bashes are notoriously staid. The party faithful will meet at the Happy Valley racetrack, which easily turns to mud, because the colonial government snapped up all the better spots. David Copperfield and Luciano Pavarotti were too expensive for Beijing. Yo Yo Ma will play, but the bash may resemble a National Day celebration last week where the main action was the spectacle of some 3,000 business leaders trying to get near enough to a Chinese official to be photographed....
Is Basra on the verge of a cholera epidemic? We don’t think so yet, but it’s really hard to tell. We’re looking at the demographics of the [current] cases to see whether this is really out of the normal endemic pattern for cholera in that area. Cholera has been [in Basra] before. It’s been controlled in the past, right? Yes. The health-care staff [in southern Iraq] are accustomed to dealing with cholera....
11:55 a.m. The charity named for former Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey says it is disappointed with Boston’s decision to rename Yawkey Way outside Fenway Park. The city’s Public Improvement Commission on Thursday unanimously approved a proposal by current Red Sox ownership to rename the stretch of road Jersey Street based in part on Yawkey’s perceived racism. The Yawkey Foundations in a statement Thursday says the effort to remove his name is based on a “false narrative” about his life and ownership of the team....
Players will want to visit Beedle in the early hours of Skyward Sword. The merchant sells some vital equipment that is best picked up sooner rather than later. Most notably, the player can purchase a Bug Net and expansions for their Wallet and Adventure Pouch. Grabbing the Bug Net for only 50 Rupees should be a top priority, as catching bugs will earn the player enough profit to quickly afford Beedle’s other merchandise....
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword was once envisioned as a game meant to celebrate motion controls, and while some liked that innovation, not everyone was fond of it. In fact, many criticized Skyward Sword’s motion controls for being unwieldy or unresponsive at times. That’s a big part of why Skyward Sword HD for the Nintendo Switch includes button controls. Zelda fans who were previously lukewarm on motion controls will probably consider button controls a blessing, especially during the parts of the game where motion controls are the most pivotal....
The disaster was deemed to be a level 7 incident on the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale—the highest number possible. It was the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl in 1986, and it took place amid an earthquake and tsunami that, aside from the nuclear incident, caused nearly 20,000 deaths. What happened? The nuclear disaster occurred when a 50-foot tsunami struck the power plant after a major earthquake occurred off Japan’s coast on the afternoon of March 11, 2011....
The six-episode series was extremely atmospheric and focused on character development without an extravagant plotline. Vittoria (Valeria Golino) was a central character in Giovanna’s journey into adulthood. The ending saw a lot unfolding, including one major decision and some untimely bonds being repaired. It was also extremely poetic, much like the ending of Elena Ferrante’s novel. Disclaimer: This article contains spoilers from Netflix’s The Lying Life of Adults. The Lying Life of Adults ending explained: Why did Giovanna leave?...
Another highly deadly animal in Australia is the Blue Ring octopus. Children are mainly the victims of the Blue Ring octopus because the octopus only lives in tide pools so a kid is usually playing there, and blam, gone without the antivenom in 15 minutes. Australia has the widest range of deadly animals than any other country in the world. From Great Whites in Perth to mainly any marine life on the Great Barrier Reef....
Born in Beirut, Lebanon, in 1964, Reeves and his mother moved around the world after his father abandoned his family when Reeves was three years old. In the early ’70s, Reeves and his mother moved to Toronto, Canada, where he grew up before moving to Los Angeles in his early 20s. Over the course of the ’80s, Reeves appeared in multiple projects but his career breakthrough arguably came through his role in 1989’s Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure....
You won’t find two better exponents of the split in modern American popular song-writing. Sondheim descended from the school of Rodgers and Hammerstein, Kern, Porter, and Berlin; Newman is a creature of Hollywood and modern pop. The eclipse of the great American songwriter–a royal line that began with Gershwin and runs through Sondheim himself–has obsessed pundits and songwriters for almost half a century. Their chief culprit is usually rock and roll....
CHAN: Why London? LALIBERTE: London is the entertainment capital of the world, so that is why we want a home here for Cirque du Soleil. We want [to build] an entertainment complex using traditional businesses–restaurants, hotels, spas–and challenging them with new creative content. Like we did with the Cirque–taking the traditional and twisting it. Is that what draws people to the Cirque? The timeless quality of circus, repackaged for a modern audience?...
So, why is the MOGA XP5-X Plus so interesting? Unlike many other smartphone controllers, PowerA’s controller is officially licensed for Xbox, allowing the controller to sport the same design as Microsoft’s console, complete with Xbox branding and bright green accents, along with an adjustable clip to attach your smartphone to. The Xbox branding seemed odd when it initially appeared on the PowerA website, but all was made clear during Samsung Unpacked the following day....
