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By Jared Malsin / Gaziantep, TurkeyUpdated: February 22, 2016 3:36 PM [ET] | Originally published: February 22, 2016 2:11 PM EST;The U.S., Russia, and other countries have reached an agreement for a cease-fire in Syria, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday.The announcement follows days of lethal violence across Syria. Expectations for a diplomatic breakthrough to end the civil war in Syria remain low, as past proposals for a truce have failed to materialize on the ground. More than 250,000 p stanley cup eople have been killed in five years of conflict, and millions have been forced to leave their homes.I am gratified to see the final arrangements concluded tod stanley cup ay for a cessation of hostilities in Syria and call on all parties to accept and fully comply with its terms, Kerry said in a statement.The cease-fire is scheduled to go into effect at midnight on Feb. 27 and will not include Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria ISIS militants or those from Jabhat al-Nusra, the local branch of al-Qaeda.Kerryrsquo announcement comes a day after a series of car bombings in Homs and Damascus killed at least 140 people. The ki stanley cup llings were a deadly illustration of how jihadists groups mdash; including ISIS and Jabhat al-Nusra mdash; have the ability to derail any cease-fire.We are all aware of the significant challenges ahead, Kerry said. Over the coming days, we will be working to secure commitments from key parties that they will abide by the terms o Jkqn Denver 420 Festival Hits Fresh High as Revelers Blaze Up Now Legal Marijuana
By Matt PeckhamJanuary 28, 2016 6:20 AM ESTEver played one of those pencil-and-paper puzzles where you have to connect all the dots with just a few lines The Witness, available Jan. 26 for Windows PCs and PlayStation 4 and coming to iOS devices later this year, is brimming with hundreds of similar stumpers, each displayed on panels scattered about a beautiful, deserted and l yeezy argely unexplained island. Unburdened by tutorials or story sequences, players can explore freely from the start and tackle puzzles in any order. Tranquil and mysterious, The Witness quickly tunes you to the mental frequency of Zen gardeningand then sucks you in for hours at a time.Designer Jonathan Blow has been working on The Witness since 2008, using proceeds from his first, much ballyhooed title, Braid. That game was an elliptical critique of side scrollers like Super Mario Bros. Its enormous jordan success helped fire the indie games movement, making it financially viable to craft skechers alternatives to mainstays like Call of Duty or Halo. This game, though more ambitious, continues Blow interest in exploring how we learn and communicate through play. That The Witness setting recalls the 1993 classic Mystthe first truly blockbuster computer gameis no accident.The learning is doled out parsimoniously. Players are presented with mazes, each with a clearly marked beginning and end, through which they must trace a line. The only prohibition is that the line can never cross itself. |
