Supreme Court Takes Up Transgender Rights Case (Audio)

(Bloomberg) -- Vivian Hamilton, a professor at William and Mary Law School, and Ilya Shaprio, senior fellow at the Cato Institute, discuss why the Supreme Court agreed to take up a transgender bathroom case, which could set precedent for transgender regulations across the nation. They speak with Greg Stohr and Michael Best on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg Law."

RPGCast - Episode 403: "Wait And DLC!"

Chris dies in Dark Souls 22 times. Anna Marie plays that one town in Dragon Quest 7 AGAIN. Kelley collects demonic Pokémon. Alex loses at football. And Alice is in some sort of forced repetition hell. It's Extra Life 2016! Download now and donate later!

Russian gamers race to prevent nuclear 'war'

"Attention! Attention!" blares the Russian voice from a loudspeaker. "The nuclear bombs will be launched in one hour."

Daniel Tokaji on the Latest Voting Rights News (Audio)

(Bloomberg) -- Daniel Tokaji, a Professor of Law at Ohio State University Moritz College of Law discusses the latest voting rights news. He speaks with June Grasso and Michael Best on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg Law."

Paul Barrett on Latest Exxon Mobile News (Audio)

(Bloomberg) -- Paul Barrett, a Bloomberg Journalist discusses the latest Exxon Mobile News. He speaks with June Grasso and Michael Best on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg Law."

Murphy on FBI Reopening Clinton E-mail Probe (Audio)

(Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Megan Murphy discusses the FBI reopening the Clinton e-mail investigation with June Grasso and Michael Best on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg Law."

Cycling in Amsterdam

Photos from my bike ride in a cycling paradise

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Democrats Sue GOP over Voter Intimidation (Audio)

(Bloomberg) -- Rick Hasen, a professor at the University of California Irvine, and founder of the election law blog, discusses a democratic lawsuit against the Republican Party, which accuses the GOP of voter intimidation. He speaks with Greg Stohr and June Grasso on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg Law."

AARP Sues EEOC Over Employee Healthcare Plans (Audio)

(Bloomberg) -- Patricia Moran, of counsel at Mintz Levin, discusses AARP's suit of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission over whether or not health insurance discounts in exchange for health data may invade employee privacy. She speaks with Bloomberg Law hosts June Grasso and Greg Stohr on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg Law."

Not Just a Shoe Shop In Cheltenham - Keith Scarrott

​Have you ever visited a shop you could live in? I did last week in Cheltenham. I bought a gorgeous pair of flat shoes in a fabulous dress agency in The Suffolks area of Cheltenham. A snip at £29. The lady who sold me them pointed out the designer and said we should visit the shop which was just around the corner from the apartment we were staying in. Needless to say we went tout suite. 

Keith Scarrott (above), shoe designer, opened his shop in 1975. He has since handed over the reins to his daughter Sophie who is equally as talented as her Dad. The shoes are to die for and shockingly inexpensive. Those high boots (below) are £125 which is amazing for such style and quality.

Back to why I could live there. Well I think these photographs speak for themselves and incidentally you can buy online.

7th Annual CVAs Announce Finalists

Canadian Video Game Awards Announce Finalists for 2016

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Leads 7th Annual Awards as Finalist in 10 Categories

October 26, 2016 (Montreal, QC) – The 2016 finalists for the Canadian Video Game Awards, sponsored by Bell and IBM, were announced today in twenty categories. The winners will be revealed at the annual event to be held on November 15th, 2016 at the Palais des Congres in downtown Montreal.

“Bell is pleased to co-sponsor the Canadian Video Game Awards with IBM and congratulates the 2016 finalists,” said Adel Bazerghi, Senior Vice President, Marketing for Bell Business Markets. “The gaming community increasingly relies on cloud-based services for the development and hosting of the most in-demand interactive applications. “As Canada’s leader in broadband communications investment and innovation, Bell is proud to offer the widest range of secure and reliable data hosting solutions backed by the most advanced broadband network connectivity in the country.”

“The gaming industry continues to push the limit of possibilities”, said Mark Noppe, Vice President IBM Cloud Canada. “At IBM, we are committed to driving innovation. With advanced cognitive and cloud technologies like Watson APIs on Bluemix, IBM is helping developers and gamers to significantly expand performance, increase speed to market and improve scalability that will help spur unique gaming experiences in Canada.”

Over 55 nominations for games released in 2016 were received from all parts of Canada, with ­­45 games represented in the list of finalists. All awards are for work developed in Canada between November 1, 2015 and November 13, 2016. A body of industry experts from across the country will vote on the winners in each category. Members of the general public can get involved by casting their vote for the Fans’ Choice Awards at www.cvawards.ca. Voting will close November 2nd.

FINALISTS

Game of the Year (10 finalists)

• Dead by Daylight (Behaviour Digital)
• Deus Ex GO (Square Enix Montreal)
• Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (Eidos-Montreal)
• Eagle Flight (Ubisoft Montreal)
• Far Cry Primal (Ubisoft Montreal)
• NHL 17 (EA Canada)
• Severed (Drinkbox Studios)
• Stories: The Path of Destinies (Spearhead Games)
• The Gallery – Episode 1: Call of the Starseed (Cloudhead Games)
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege (Ubisoft Montreal)

Best Console Game

• Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (Eidos-Montreal)
• Far Cry Primal (Ubisoft Montreal)
• Jotun: Valhalla Edition (Thunder Lotus Games)
• NHL 17 (EA Canada)
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege (Ubisoft Montreal)

Best Mobile/Handheld Game

• Alone With You (Benjamin Rivers Inc.)
• Deus Ex GO (Square Enix Montreal)
• Leap of Fate (Clever-Plays)
• LOUD on Planet X (Pop Sandbox Inc.)
• Severed (Drinkbox Studios)

Best PC Game

• Dead by Daylight (Behaviour Digital)
• Death Road to Canada (Madgarden)
• Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander (Massive Damage, Inc.)
• Moon Hunters (Kitfox Games)
• Stories: The Path of Destinies (Spearhead Games)

Best Virtual Reality Game

• Eagle Flight (Ubisoft Montreal)
• Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes (Steel Crate Games)
• Modbox (Alientrap)
• The Gallery- Episode 1: Call of the Starseed (Cloudhead Games)
• Waddle Home (Archiact Interactive Ltd.)

Best Animation

• Deus Ex GO (Square Enix Montreal)
• Far Cry Primal (Ubisoft Montreal)
• NHL 17 (EA Canada)
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege (Ubisoft Montreal)
• UFC 2 (EA Canada)

Best Art Direction

• Deus Ex GO (Square Enix Montreal)
• Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (Eidos-Montreal)
• Eagle Flight (Ubisoft Montreal)
• Jotun: Valhalla Edition (Thunder Lotus Games)
• Severed (Drinkbox Studios)

Best Audio

• Deus Ex GO (Square Enix Montreal)
• Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (Eidos-Montreal)
• Far Cry Primal (Ubisoft Montreal)
• NHL 17 (EA Canada)
• The Gallery – Episode 1: Call of the Starseed (Cloudhead Games)

Best Debut Game

• Friday Night Bullet Arena (Red Nexus Games Inc.)
• Jotun: Valhalla Edition (Thunder Lotus Games)
• Leap of Fate (Clever-Plays)
• Oz: Broken Kingdom (This Game Studio)
• The Gallery – Episode 1: Call of the Starseed (Cloudhead Games)

Best Educational Game

• Modbox (Alientrap)
• Porta-Pilots: Plunging Through Time (Hibernum)
• Scattergories (Magmic)

Best Game Design

• Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (Eidos-Montreal)
• Eagle Flight (Ubisoft Montreal)
• NHL 17 (EA Canada)
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege (Ubisoft Montreal)
• Ultimate Chicken Horse (Clever Endeavour Games)

Best Game Innovation

• Deus Ex GO (Square Enix Montreal)
• Eagle Flight (Ubisoft Montreal)
• Modbox (Alientrap)
• The Gallery – Episode 1: Call of the Starseed (Cloudhead Games)
• Ultimate Chicken Horse (Clever Endeavour Games)

Best Indie Game

• Alone With You (Benjamin Rivers Inc.)
• Jotun: Valhalla Edition (Thunder Lotus Games)
• Severed (Drinkbox Studios)
• Stories: The Path of Destinies (Spearhead Games)
• The Gallery – Episode 1: Call of the Starseed (Cloudhead Games)

Best Musical Score

• Alone With You (Benjamin Rivers Inc.)
• Dead by Daylight (Behaviour Digital)
• Deus Ex GO (Square Enix Montreal)
• Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (Eidos-Montreal)
• Severed (Drinkbox Studios)

Best Narrative

• Alone With You (Benjamin Rivers Inc.)
• Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (Eidos-Montreal)
• FIFA 17 (EA Canada)
• Moon Hunters (Kitfox Games)
• Severed (Drinkbox Studios)

Best New Character

• Dead by Daylight (Behaviour Digital) – The Trapper
• Jotun: Valhalla Edition (Thunder Lotus Games) – Thora
• Leap of Fate (Clever-Plays) – Mukai
• Severed (Drinkbox Studios) – Sasha
• Stories: The Path of Destinies (Spearhead Games) – Reynardo

Best Performance

• Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (Eidos-Montreal)
• OK K.O! Lakewood Plaza Turbo (Double Stallion Games)
• Porta-Pilots: Plunging Through Time (Hibernum)
• Tappy Toes (rikkir inc)
• The Gallery – Episode 1: Call of the Starseed (Cloudhead Games)

Best Technology

• Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (Eidos-Montreal)
• Eagle Flight (Ubisoft Montreal)
• Modbox (Alientrap)
• The Gallery – Episode 1: Call of the Starseed (Cloudhead Games)
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege (Ubisoft Montreal)

Fans’ Choice Award: Best Canadian-Made Game (10 finalists)

• Alone With You (Benjamin Rivers Inc.)
• Dead by Daylight (Behaviour Digital)
• Deus Ex GO (Square Enix Montreal)
• Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (Eidos-Montreal)
• FIFA 17 (EA Canada)
• Jotun: Valhalla Edition (Thunder Lotus Games)
• NHL 17 (EA Canada)
• Severed (Drinkbox Studios)
• Stories: The Path of Destinies (Spearhead Games)
• The Gallery – Episode 1: Call of the Starseed (Cloudhead Games)

Fans’ Choice Award: Best International Game (10 finalists)

• Battlefield 1 (EA DICE)
• Dark Souls 3 (FromSoftware)
• Doom (id Software)
• Inside (Playdead)
• Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment)
• Rise of the Tomb Raider (Crystal Dynamics)
• Sid Meier’s Civilization VI (Firaxis Games)
• The Witness (Thekla, Inc)
• Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (Naughty Dog)
• XCOM 2 (Firaxis Games)

For full event information visit: www.cvawards.ca or follow along on Facebook or Twitter (#CVAwards).

The Canadian Video Game Awards are produced by the Canadian League of Gamers Inc. and officially endorsed by the Entertainment Software Association of Canada, Interactive Ontario, Alliance Numerique and DigiBC. The producers are joined by a national advisory board of developers and leaders in the Canadian digital entertainment industry.

For more information:

Angela Gatari
Canadian League of Gamers
(778) 425-3514
angela@clgamers.ca

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Fans’ Choice Award 2016: Best International Game

Thank you very much to those who voted for our 2016 Fans’ Choice Awards. Voting is now closed. Winners
will be announced at the CVAs on November 15, 2016.

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U. S. Judge Approves $14.7 Billion Volkswagen Settlement (Audio)

(Bloomberg) -- John Coffee, a professor at Columbia University Law School, and Brandon Barnes, a senior litigation analyst for Bloomberg Intelligence, discuss Volkswagen's nearly $15 billion US settlement over the company's emissions cheating practices. They speak with Greg Stohr and June Grasso on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg Law."

Court Allows Military to Try Guantanamo Detainee (Audio)

(Bloomberg) -- Jonathan Hafetz, a professor at Seton Hall University School of Law, and Jennifer Daskal, a professor at American University Law School, discuss an appeals court decision, which allows the military to try a Guantanamo detainee, potentially opening the door for the government to prosecute more inmates of the offshore prison. They speak with Bloomberg Law hosts June Grasso and Michael Best on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg Law."

Cheltenham a Jewel in the Cotswolds

Just a small part of the Literary Festival

​I've spent the last couple of months travelling. On my way back from France I joined a friend at the Cheltenham Literary Festival. It was my first ever visit to Cheltenham and I was literally blown away (forgive the pun).

I have never seen so many stunning buildings in one relatively small space. The place is full of fabulous individul shops 2 of which I will show you this week.

Take look for yourselves. I've captioned the images.

One of those beautiful terraces

A peek into someone's garden

Fabulous shops in The Suffolks area of Cheltenham

A new hotel development

Whow wouldn't want to stay somewhere called The Lucky Onion?

Another one of those terraces

Fabulous fountain

The Cycling Cartoonist book is taking shape

I've drawn 144 cartoons, 116 of them brand new. Publication date: 1 June 2017

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Nature's Little Gifts

​When I'm asked where I get inspiration from I always reply - by looking up. Nature has a way of showing me how to put colours together. Hey it's been doing it al lot longer than I have.

Take for instance this phenomenon that often happens when the sun shines through a darkened sky. The colours take on a whole new look. As they say in the design world - they pop.

Don't be afraid of the dark.

​White on black gives a 3D effect

​Black with highlights of gold becomes vibrant

​and jewel colours sing.

My favourite staircase Girl With a Pearl Earring by Chippendale and Morris at The Stencil Library

Bloomberg Law Brief: Candidates Discuss Supreme Court (Audio)

Steve Sanders, a professor at the University of Indiana Maurer School of Law, and Michael Gerhardt, a professor at the University of North Carolina Law School, discuss Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump's comments about the Supreme Court from Wednesday night's presidential debate. They speak with Bloomberg Law hosts Greg Stohr and June Grasso on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg Law."

Chenonceau Chateau The Interior

A fireplace nearly as big as my cottage

​Well where do I start? This is the most beautiful Chateau I have ever visited. It's somehow got a homely feel even though it's so palatial and the guide book easily imparts its information as you take it all in.

It's bright due to all the windows and is beautifully preserved.

I could go on forever about how fabulous it is but I'll let the pictures speak for themselves with an added caption here and there.

The ground floor gallery

The gallery is bathed in light due to 18 windows like this

The kitchens to die for

A log basket nearly my height

Worn down with use and age

Copper everywhere

Copper everywhere

Copper everywhere

A stunning range cooker

Windows so high they need 3 shutters

Stunning old floors

Louis XIV's drawing room

Stair details

Vaulted staircase ceiling

She's called Diane as well

Oh the stories these floors could tell

A stencilled bedroom occupied by Louise of Lorraine

These stencils are ageless