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This year the biggest Romani festival in the Czech Republic will be hosted by the City of Plzeň from 26 – 28 June 2014. The Khamoro festival in Plzeň intends to provide space for Romani artists from around the Czech Republic to perform.The festival in Plzeň is being organized by the Slovo 21 civic association and Studio Production Saga in collaboration with ARA ART, o. s. and Ponton, o. s. of Plzeň.
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The public conference "Fundamental Rights for Roma people" aims to present the European project "Roma people have rights – INSEROM: for effective exercise of fundamental rights".
The exhibition, to be presented in Romanian Cultural Centre in London, aims to highlight both anti-Roma prejudice and the ordinariness of Roma people's reality and activism, hoping to bring a new dimension to the debate surrounding the Roma from Eastern Europe. In designing this exhibition, the curators have tried to create a space where Roma people feel safe to show themselves and their culture in ways that makes sense to them.
The exhibition is open from 19 June to 6 July 2014.
EGAM- The European Grassroots Antiracist Movement is organising 2014 Roma Pride Preparatory meeting on 12-15 June 2014 in Prague, Czech Republic to decide on and prepare all the Roma Pride 2014 manifestations/activities which will take place in 15 member states on 5 October 2014.
The Roma Pride is a pan-European mobilization which started in 2011 in a context of rising racist attacks and discourses targeting Roma communities in Europe.
On 20 and 21 June, Skullhead-management ZH and Soundmanever ZH will organize the first International Roma Festival, that include two days benefit concerts for the Roma Fresco Village Bódvalenke.
With 16 bands from various countries, a huge photo exhibition, a multi media performance and a discussion on stage, ROMA-EMBER AGAINST RACISM is the biggest event ever sending out the message that Europe must be a house for all!


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Ed. note: This is the latest installment in a series of monthly posts, brought to you by Corporette's Kat Griffin, which will deal with topical business and lifestyle issues that present themselves in the world of Biglaw. Send your ideas for columns to us here.
One of my favorite (and earliest) posts to write was about how to end your summer associateship on a high note. I still agree with most of my advice therein — getting in that last bit of targeted networking (lunch, coffee), being gracious with thank-you presents to your secretary and the HR department, saying goodbye to people in person — as well as my post-summer advice, such as keeping in touch with people you liked via email, and focusing on the positive parts of your experience once you're back at school. There are a few more tips I'll add to those ending their summers soon…
- Look professional. This is an ongoing topic for us at Corporette, of course, but this becomes even more important as your last day approaches. Particularly in this economic environment, you don't want something like an iffy fashion choice to count against you if a decision has not yet been made. If you know when your big meeting is where you might, presumably, get a job offer, consider wearing your interview suit to the meeting.
- Decide before you go to the meeting whether you want to accept the job offer on the spot — or what questions will help you decide the answer. As my friends here at ATL have noted, layoffs are looming large in many corners of the legal world, so if you should be so lucky to get an offer, do a happy dance, and strongly consider taking it.
- As with any advice on gracefully ending a job, make sure that you close projects and loopholes. It is very important, of course, that you finish all of your assignments (and finish them well), but if there is a rare case where something is unfinished, you need to write a crystal clear memo explaining why it is unfinished. (For example: The decision hasn't been handed down yet, but is expected within the next two weeks. The documents were in French, and XYZ Service was taking longer than expected.)
- Consider using LinkedIn to connect with associates and partners you worked with and were friendly with over the summer. A lot can change in the time between the end of this summer and when you (hopefully) begin work, and now is a great time to solidify connections.
- Do your best to clean out whatever stuff you've accumulated at your office before the last day — that way you'll be free to attend whatever happy hour ensues, unencumbered by a huge box.
Readers, what are your tips for ending a summer associateship on a high note? What gaffes have you seen people make?
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-Comic Books- Not Just Superheroes and Funny Animals-
When people hear the phrase 'Comic Book' the characters that come to my mind are Superman, Batman, Spiderman and other such characters. Some people think of silly books that they read as kids Asterix and Obelix, and Mickey Mouse. What most people do not think of are great works of fiction and fact such as Maus, Fax from Sarajevo and Bone. All of these are well crafted and written. I would like to open the eyes of the reader of the glorious world of comic books and graphic novels.


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Make a Kid's Witch Costume for Halloween
A no-sew tutu, pointy craft-foam hat, DIY broom and striped tights are paired with a black T-shirt for a wee witch's costume that's cute enough to cast a spell on even the biggest Halloween humbugs.
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So, I had to write something. And I simply couldn't continue my Klaine one, so I wrote a Rane one, and I do hope someone likes it, because I didn't have the guts to read it again. Be gentle.
Reed/Shane belongs to cpcoulter's amazing fanfic entitled Dalton, which can be found at FF.net
I was alive. That was why he was crying. Not because he loves me or anything, right? Oh, I should just stop thinking about Reed and what's going through that mind of his. I simply didn't know anything anymore. The only thing I could make out of his crying while hugging me tightly around the waist was that he didn't want to lose a friend, that he was glad I was alive. But, heck!, he cried harder than Mother! Would it be wrong of me to think of it as 'something' more? I truly didn't know.
Almost a week had passed since then, and I was resting at Dalton, Windsor House, to be more precise. Of course no one was to know about it, since they thought I was at home, by myself. I was staying at Blaine's bedroom, despite of his and my complaints. It was supposed to be a plan not to make Charlie notice, but I think it was a plot made by the Twins, as Reed's and Kurt's room was just across the hall. Not that I'd complain! I just had to deal with the proximity and the fact that there were two walls between us.
Reed would come see me everyday. Well, everyone who knew about me did, but I was particularly happy when I saw the strawberry waves flow past the door. He always started his visit asking me how I was and when I would take the stupid bandage off my head. That day was different. I was laying across the bed, my feet dangling off the edge as I tapped them on the air in the beat of a song. Reed came over quietly and sat beside me, leaning back and holding himself up with both his arms. I expected the usual questionary, but he made no sound at all. He was staring blankly at the ceiling.
"Reed. Is something wrong?" I asked, sitting up, trying to figure it out just by watching his gorgeous features. He looked at me, smiling melancholically and shook his head, his hair dancing in front of his face. Of course I didn't believe him, so I just kept watching him.
"Don't worry. There's nothing wrong, I just wanted to come here and hang out a bit." he gave me a warmer, but still fake smile.
"You do know you can tell me anything, yeah?" said I, laying down again, this time with my feet to the bedpost, my head almost touching Reed's legs. He nodded, not looking at me again.
Silence. I wouldn't dare to break it, and Reed had barely spoken since he got in the room. I didn't actually mind; I knew he didn't feel the same way for me, and wasn't sure if he'd ever feel, but, for now, just his company was enough. Just knowing he was there, sitting next to me because he wanted to 'hang out a bit' made me feel on the top of the world. Still, his usual glow wasn't there. He wasn't as giggly or embarrassed as ever. And I could not help but to let my terrible curiosity feed itself off of my thoughts. Something must've happened for him to be that way. I was on the brink of saying something when he opened up his mouth and let a whimper come out.
I stared up, grinning as I saw his glow come back with a pink shading on his cheeks. "I… I finished my painting. Last week." he said. I replied something along the 'That's great!' lines, but I can't recall my exact words. "It was a painting of you." he continued, and I noticed he had closed his eyes, frowning as his face was flushing redder. "The first one I could actually finish." After a moment or so, I asked if I should make something out of that sentence.
"I don't know." was the answer.
I asked if I could see it, but he refused promptly. Shrugging, I tried get a permission, but he put his foot down on the matter, saying I would have the chance to see it, only not at the moment. Right after my eyes shut close, humming the song that was still stuck in my head, I felt a tiny hand run through my hair, and smiled. "How are you?" he asked, finally.
"I'm great. Totally awesome." I replied, trying not to smile so widely like I knew I was. "I was talking to Blaine about returning home, since I'm better and all." Reed's hand suddenly disappeared. As I stared up again, he was looking at me with a surprised expression. "What? You don't expect me to continue skipping classes while hiding here with you guys, do you?" I put both my hands behind my head and averted my eyes to the ceiling. "Besides, I should just leave you alone for a while. I know I can be a little too forward and I apologise for that." Reed opened his mouth, then closed it again, frowning once more.
An uncomfortable silence followed, and I knew not what to say next. The mattress moved underneath me, but I ignored it. Then, out of nowhere, everything went dark and the softer lips touched mine for a second. It was barely a kiss, our lips just brushed lightly, but it was more than enough to send shivers down my spine. I sat up slowly, trying to regain full control of my flailing body, and held the hand that had covered my eyes, explaining the darkness. Reed was stretched across the bed, covering his own eyes with his free arm, pursing his lips; ears and cheeks red as cherries.
I pulled him up, but he kept his eyes shut tight. A sob was followed close by nonstop tears as he fell forward, landing on my chest. I really shouldn't be thinking he was so cute while he was crying his eyes out, but I couldn't help it! I patted his hair, resting my chin over his head, but he soon released me, wiping the tears with the back of his hands. "I'm sorry for crying." he tried to giggle, sobbing. "And I'm sorry about that."
"Well, I'm certainly not." I grinned, unable to contain myself.
He had something to say, that was pretty obvious. After struggling with his own head, he spoke softly, almost whispering: "I don't want you to go. I - -" his voice faded, and he gazed up, looking straight into my eyes. I had to control myself not to tackle him right then and there. Reed probably had no idea what that simple lack of words meant, and what they were doing to me. It meant he felt something. Even if that something could mean a vast list of feeling, it was good. It was great! And he had no idea.
Blushing furiously - which made me chuckle -, Reed sat closer to me, as close as he could get, and held my face between his small hands, our noses inches apart, in a way that it was almost possible to feel the heat leaving his cheeks. He just held me there, staring at me, making my heart seem as if it wanted to be freed from my chest. "Shane," he started, looking something close to angry, though Reed was just really embarrassed. "I… I-I…" he dropped his head. "I can't do this."
I took his hands and kissed them, making him look up. Grinning, I pulled him to a hug, both of us now on our knees on the bed. "I think I love you." he whispered in my ear, tightening the hug.
For the first time in a long time, I felt myself blush. I was not expecting that at all, and I couldn't believe he'd just said that, I really couldn't. He loosened the grip on my shirt, but I just held him tighter because of that. "Not yet." I whispered back. 'think', was that what he had said? Think as in not sure. Maybe I shouldn't get so overexcited with that statement. The boy was confused, especially by me, by my rushed actions. How was I to know if I hadn't practically forced him to give me an answer like that?
Reed certainly was not just another crush. Not this time. I felt my heart beat so hard it almost hurt. What if he was wrong about his own feelings? I don't think I'd be able to handle it. Unsure, I let go of him, kind of embarrassed of myself for thinking so deep into it, and also for blushing as much as Reed usually did.
But he was smiling. The overbearingly adorable shy smile he gave me. He didn't look away, like so many times before. That was driving me insane, I had to know. I pulled him towards me, making our foreheads bump into each other not as lightly as I'd planned, and I controlled myself to keep looking into his brown eyes, concentrating on his irregular breathing, and the flutter of his eyelashes. Reed was looking back, and we stayed like that for a moment or so, before he said "Please don't do that."
"Why is that?" I breathed, brushing his hair behind his ear.
"Because my heart feels like it's going to explode." he replied, closing his eyes. The perfect
moment to steal a kiss, but I was afraid that it could scare him off, so I retracted a bit. "This is a weird feeling." he smiled.
"I'm in love with you." I blurted out without even thinking properly. Reed only opened his eyes, suddenly turning crimson. And then I chuckled. "But I think it was already pretty obvious."
"Still, you never said it out loud before." he clutched his red Dalton vest, gasping. "Oh, God, I think I forgot how to breathe."
I really wanted to kiss him properly. Like, re~ally wanted to. And if he gave me any sort of sign, I wouldn't be one to miss the chance. Just as I was thinking of it, he glanced at me and leaned in just a bit. Just enough. Enough for me to do the same and run a hand over his cheek, trailing down to his jaw and bringing him closer as softly as I could possibly manage at that stage. He closed his eyes, the half-wiped tear tracks still visible. I pressed my lips against him, and felt Reed flinch, relaxing right after and running one of his hands back over my curls. I have imagined how Reed's lips would feel, how they'd taste, but I've never thought about my own chest bursting with sudden heat, or how aware I was of our every movement. And he was responding. Truly responding, because he wanted to.
I could die right there, but I tried to keep my cool and pulled back, looking at the parted lips I'd just left. He looked disappointed, but I just laughed. "So, you think you love me?"
He didn't answer. Sighing, he put both of his hands on each cheek, hiding the evidence of embarrassment from me. "If you are really going home, when will I see you again?"
"Don't worry, I'll make it work." I smiled, tempted to invade his personal space. There was no way I'd leave like that. Not when I finally had him. Blaine would have a lot to complain after that.
D'awwww… ^___^
I think my heart just burst. Literally. I think that just killed me. Why does everyone know of this? DAMN SHANES EFFECT...
Another Shane and Reed fanfiction.
laksdhfoiadhiofhadk…. OMG.. seriously that was the most adorable thing ever.
AJFKDJKAFJKJ sooo adorable!
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all I can say is that im not rationalizing anything....the setup in my E92 sounds better than almost any stereo Ive ever heard, BUT it took 2 months of trial and error and being where you are at now before I got it right.
Its been well established that the MS-8 is problematic in the 3 series....something about the setup in our cars just doesnt work with the MS-8 algorithm.....if I recall wasn't the consensus that peaky midbass from the underseats was to blame? So a simple plug and play autotune isnt going to happen for us. BUT that doesnt mean that it
It was my experience that the "kaigoss workaround" worked pretty much from the start....it wasnt perfect but it was pretty good from the first calibration. I eventually worked out my own method but kaigoss's got me 90% of the way there.
For the bluetooth issue....JBLs fix isnt perfect but it works well enough, I just have to remember to push the button on the remote to disable the delay when I get a call.
I understand if this is more nonsense than you want to deal with so do what you got to do!
Yeah, 2 months of trial and error and then I have to mount the remote in an accessible spot if I want my bluetooth to work, when I don't even want it in the car after calibration. The MS-8 was supposedly developed around the E90 and it can't deal with it
Sadly there is not a single sophisticated/reliable installer left in this region of 2 million people. Otherwise I'd just hand it over and make it their problem and eat some big $$$. Can't even do that.
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New dating show: not just another pretty face
Signs of the coming apocalpyse are increasing. For those keeping track, we recently had a Mr. Potato Head that needed security guards, and then there was the whole O.J. Simpson If I Did It book and TV show thing.
Now, from Amsterdam, comes news of a new reality show: a dating program for the visibly disfigured. A broadcaster is recruiting candidates for its Love at Second Sight show, due to be launched next month. "Do you have a visible serious handicap and are you looking for a partner?" says an appeal on the Web site.
Understandably, this Grand Guignol sort of offering is attracting some criticism. The broadcaster's spin is that the show will be "a platform for people with such problems to share experiences and feelings in a positive way…"
Ah, right. And what was the original title of the show, by the way? Uh, well, it was initially going to be called Monster Love.
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If hard-core road warriors could design an airline, what would they want? A group of 161 frequent travelers and airline-mileage junkies did just that: They spent $130,000 to charter a Boeing 737 and cover the cost of crew, fuel and in-flight service for two days. They flew to Chicago, Montreal and Denver, meeting along the way with airline, hotel and aircraft-manufacturing executives, as well as pilots, mechanics and air-traffic controllers. A junket of road warriors is a good way for the airline industry to explore new ideas and gauge what frequent fliers most value and what they most loathe. WSJ's Scott McCartney tells us what airlines may do to adapt to these frequent fliers needs. Download MP3
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You buy sight control for 3 minutes. thats either a gank or lane domination for 3 whole minutes. plus they lose sightstone charges so they run out of charges sooner. either they stay with no wards or they have to recall. thats not worthless at all
From: TheNeoArcadian | Posted: 1/21/2013 2:37:55 AM | #047
Actually Sighstone is built from Ruby Crystal now.
That makes it a nerf. You pay 475 just for the active, no extra health. This means that you need to use more than 6 wards for it to be worth anything. Not too bad, but really lame.
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Well Nunu, it's been a good run.
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The nerf to shaco E is absolute bull****.
LoL: Rontuaru - "Grasp Destiny. Forfeit Humanity." - Rah Xephon
Clutch champ got nerfed? what happened to huge risk, huge reward.(RIP ap yi) Blitz's mana nerf does nothing about why he is most banned.
On the other hand, kat buff wth? new skin coming? shunpo nerf isn't that bad, her current OP play style is hit 6 and gank sidelanes then snowball, buffing ult outweigh shunpo nerf by a mile.
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You still have no understanding of logic at all Twig. You can buy "sight control" right now for 400 except you actually burn their wards by doing so instead of just forcing them to base so they can recharge for free. The sight control "strategy" which is dumb to begin with as it attracts jungler attention, can already be used at this very moment, it's only made worse.
Frankly my Dear... let's get married again.
Hm, I swear that note about the Ruby Crystal wasn't there at first.
"Combine Cloak and Dagger with Boots of Swiftness so CC doesn't stop you from moving faster toward defeat." - Frost_shock_FTW
From: Reaper_Minion | Posted: 1/21/2013 2:41:39 AM | #052
From: TheNeoArcadian | Posted: 1/21/2013 2:37:55 AM | #047Actually Sighstone is built from Ruby Crystal now.
Actually, after doing the math it doesn't even make a difference. It's just more slot effective and you can get the health part without saving for the whole thing.
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This patch is AMAZING (for AP mids, at least.)
And yes, they increased Kat's ult scaling, but they nerfed the Q damage. They essentially moved her damage into her ult like it was pre-rework, which I like. Not sure about the shunpo nerf (she's squishy enough as it is, I mean there's a reason that tank Kat exists).
Deathfire Grasp buffs (which was underwhelming), Zhonyas buffs, Athene's buffs. and Xin Zhao Skins, Deceive Nerf. Cho's Silence isn't ridiculous anymore, new AP/Armor item which will be fantastic with all of the AD nowadays.
And for when I play top, Elise hopefully wont be ****ing ridiculous anymore. She did WAY too much damage for not actually having to build damage.
I only wish they'd hit Kha'Zix again, and this patch would be near perfect.
From: themagicpainman | Posted: 1/21/2013 2:45:20 AM | #057
Hm, I swear that note about the Ruby Crystal wasn't there at first.
Because it wasn't. It got added.
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The FAA plans to issue Airworthiness Directive FAA-2012-1111 to address wiring issues on the Beechjet 400A. The AD was prompted by a report that the wiring for the five-volt direct-current system is undersized and does not have adequate circuit protection for the smaller-gauge wire. This proposed AD would require installing an in-line fuse in the five-volt DC system for each of the five instrument lighting control power supplies.
The FAA is proposing an Airworthiness Directive for the Eurocopter AS332C, L and L1 to require initial and repetitive inspections of the outer skin, butt strap and fuselage frame for a crack and modification of the helicopter. The proposed AD is prompted by an AD issued by the EASA that states a crack was discovered in a fuselage frame during a daily check.
The FAA is adopting a new Airworthiness Directive–2012-CE-026-AD–for 35 Hawker Beechcraft C90GTi King Air twin turboprops. This AD was prompted by reports of incorrect gauge wires used in certain wiring bundles for the cockpit electrical power for backlighting and instrument panel components. This AD requires replacing the incorrect wiring bundles, inspecting associated wiring bundles and components for heat damage, and taking all necessary corrective actions. The new AD becomes effective Nov. 27, 2012.
The FAA is proposing to adopt a new airworthiness directive for all Dassault Falcon 50s. The proposed AD was prompted by a manufacturer revision to the airplane maintenance manual. The maintenance tasks and airworthiness limitations, as specified in the Falcon 50 AMM Chapter 540, have been identified as mandatory actions for continued airworthiness and include a corrosion-prevention and -control program and checking of overpressure tightness on pressurization control regulating valves.
Amac Aerospace has been granted Boeing 747-400 and 747-8 Part 145 approval. It allows the MRO provider to offer base and line maintenance services for the aircraft with no restrictions. The company also recently announced Amac Aerospace Basel has received UAE CAMO approval authorizing it to provide continuous airworthiness management services on UAE-registered aircraft.
The FAA proposes an airworthiness directive for the Cessna 500, 501, 550, 551, S550, 560, 560XL and 650 prompted by multiple reports of smoke and/or fire in the tailcone caused by sparking due to excessive wear of the brushes in the air-conditioning (A/C) motor.
The FAA is proposing an Airworthiness Directive for the Eurocopter AS332C, AS332L and AS332L1. It is based on reports of electro-valve power supply disruptions while the helicopter is on the ground. It causes the landing gear to retract and the helicopter nose to drop, resulting in damage to the forward section of the helicopter's underside. The AD would require modifying the main landing-gear control panel 33G, connector 100G and wiring.
An FAA review has found that some Gulfstream Aerospace G150s might not meet the takeoff requirements contained in the type's airplane flight manual (AFM) because data for runway slope and anti-ice corrections to V1 and takeoff distances were originally "developed in a non-conservative manner."
The FAA has issued an airworthiness directive for the Cessna 750's auxiliary power unit DC generator prompted by overvoltage events. The AD requires replacing the APU generator control unit to prevent DC generator overvoltage events, which could result in smoke in the cockpit and loss of avionics and electrical systems. On June 25 a notice of proposed rulemaking was issued proposing the APU generator control unit be replaced and the public was given the opportunity to comment.


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I See Things are Falling
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The Way We Were
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connection, and how to best grow into harmonious individuals in such
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and Muskets Roar
|As the Cannons and Muskets Roar is the second chapbook from Walter Beck; abandoning politics and protest for a look at the field of Civil War re-enacting with his off-beat, often humorous voice and a pen as sharp as the bayonet on the end of an 1853 Enfield musket.
|In the Beginning and the End is my first printed collection of poetry. It delves into important memories of family, the metaphysical aspects of our lives and the sensational senses. It explores a wide range of artistic influences including science, math, nature, and the aesthetic. It is my hope that you may find something within these pages that stimulates and intrigues.
|Poems etched in lost rooms, scrawled in loneliness, twisted in bitterness. Poems for lost girls, their faces haunting, flicking up against the lampshade. Poems that drip down the walls like agony. Poems left to burn in the night. And poems for shadows, and the people like them, coz people are shadows.
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MPs, Snipers and Crime
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Takin' Back My Heart Lyrics - Cher
I'm all through with lovin' you
Wasting my precious time on you
Gonna walk away, walk out
Kiss this love goodbye
Ain't no words you're gonna say
Gonna change my mind
I don't deserve all the hurt
Won't put up with the pain
Been too many lies baby
Too many games
So I'm taking back my heart
Takin' back my heart, yeah
Repossessin' my affection
Takin' back my heart
Because baby, baby, baby
Don't belong to you no more
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How could I be so blind a fool?
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Take my love and leave
Gonna save it up for somebody
Who really loves me
You don't deserve me around
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Kiss me goodbye baby
I'm out the door
Takin' back my heart
Takin' back my heart yeah
Repossessin' repossessin' my affection
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Because baby, baby, baby
Don't belong to you no more
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I've got one word to say
And that word is goodbye
If you'd just realized?
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The return of David 8
"So she told me a story. A story about a boy who was born with very green eyes, and the man who was so captivated by their color that he searched the world for a stone in exactly the same shade. She said the boy was me. That this ring was made from that very same stone, and that the man had given it to her, hoping one day she'd be able to give it to me. It was his gift, she said, for my birthday. And then she took it off, slipped it on my index finger, and said, "If you hide your heart, he will never be able to take it from you.""
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The actors Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy are much more than costars—they're kindred spirits who run and race, and sometimes rage, together. The duo on their latest onscreen reunion in X-Men: Days of Future Past, Shakespeare, snogging Angelina, and the meaning of true bromance.
Michael Fassbender: At some point everybody—well, not everybody, but a vast majority—has felt displaced for one reason or another. Going to high school, some people have glasses, other people have certain religious beliefs or sexual orientation. For whatever reason, they feel ostracized. I think the great thing about the X-Menseries is that people everywhere can relate to it.
Fassbender sips from his pint of Sussex Bitter Ale as his close friend and costar James McAvoy takes over the job of explaining the appeal of their new $200 million–plus film, X-Men: Days of Future Past—both for audiences and for these two accomplished actors. It's early still at the Lord Stanley in North London, but in true pub-sermonizing fashion, McAvoy becomes instantly animated.
James McAvoy: People have been asking me a lot, "Why have superhero movies become so popular recently?" And they go, "Is it because they've become really serious and blah, blah?" I'm like, "No, it's not." For thousands and thousands and thousands of years, we've been telling stories about superheroes. Norse gods, mythical fuckin' Greek gods, Roman gods—Hercules? It sounds like fuckin' Wolverine, you know what I mean? We have been telling stories about superheroes and super-villains forever. This isn't some new thing that we now do and sell out for.
MF: That was good. [Claps] I'm in admiration.
JM: I just spent yesterday junketing.
MF: I missed out.
JM: By the end of junketing, you've got some really good bullet points.
MF: It sharpens the spear.
JM: It really does.
DETAILS: Mind giving us another bullet point?
JM: I've been watching X-Men cartoons since I was 14. I'm a huge fan. And that is true, but it's also something I said about 4 million fucking times yesterday.
MF: I get pissed off at myself because you're like, "God, I've said that so many times now," and you start to feel like you're insincere. But actually, you're just looking for a truthful answer. There's nothing devious or preconceived—for me, anyway.
JM: The only time that I am dishonest … when I make shit up or when I deflect … is when I'm being asked something that is—
MF: About somebody you don't like?
JM: Totally. Then I'm a lying bastard. I'm like, "Michael, he's one of the finest."
MF: He's like, "He's such a good guy."
• • •
If life were as poetic as they would like it to be, McAvoy and Fassbender would have bonded while making Band of Brothers back in 2000, playing fresh-faced G.I.'s in the Tom Hanks–Steven Spielberg HBO series, but they didn't shoot any scenes together. Instead, their bromance blossomed a decade later, in the walk-up to 2011's X-Men: First Class, by which time they had developed lengthy résumés and mutual respect. "Before Michael and I even met, I was already willing to go with him and be open to him, because I was like, 'This guy's fuckin' brilliant,'" McAvoy says. "Not to be too fuckin' up your ass or anything like that, but the thing that elevated First Class for me was working with you."
"I had had admiration from a distance," Fassbender says, adding that the connection crystallized during the audition process. McAvoy, who was director Matthew Vaughn's first choice to play Charles Xavier, tested with all the actors up for the part of Erik Lehnsherr, a.k.a. Magneto, in an effort to find the perfect chemistry. "James came in to do the screen test with me," Fassbender says, "and from there, there was a respect and a friendliness between us. But then as it developed, there was more trust, and you realize that the other person's got your back. Then the trust becomes deeper and it goes somewhere else, for sure."
It progressed from giving each other notes to writing and rewriting lines for each other to what McAvoy calls "a relationship that was comfortable, honest, and allowed us to be able to be vulnerable in front of each other as friends and ask, 'What the fuck do you think about this?'" Not surprisingly, it's the fraternal relationship between McAvoy and Fassbender—Charles and Erik—that helped make the film a sleeper blockbuster, taking in more than $350 million worldwide.
As deep and abiding as it is, the friendship is defined by the differences in their lives in a way familiar to many men in their thirties. One is settled down, with a wife and a child, ensconced in a quiet neighborhood (sleepy Crouch End, where McAvoy lives with his wife of eight years, Anne-Marie Duff, and their son, who turns 4 in June). The other is still in the messy bachelor pad he's had for years (Fassbender's been meaning to spruce up his apartment in an edgy corner of Hackney ever since he moved there in his twenties). Both have demanding jobs. So they text, send each other videos, and are thick as thieves when working, as they were while filming X-Men: Days of Future Past in Montreal. And off set—let's just say that their outings still feel like something of an occasion.
Hence the pints, hence the pub—the Lord Stanley. Tucked away in the boho borough of Camden, the airy gastropub splits the distance, geographically and otherwise, between the two friends.
There's another thing that makes this afternoon drink-up special: It's Fassbender's birthday, his 37th. While he is going out to dinner later this evening, he plans to take it easy. He doesn't always, as suggested by the tabloid reports of him carousing with a supermodel at a club the night before. He alternates sips of Vita Coco with his first round, which comes courtesy of his good mate.
"It's not a contrivance at all. I love the guy," McAvoy says, turning to Fassbender. "I do mourn your absence sometimes when I'm working with lesser dudes."
MF: My God, man. I'm nervous.
JM: You'll be fine.
MF: You'll be like, "Oh, you fucked it!"
JM: I'll phone you up: "Remember I told you I was really excited? Aww, dude …"
The two friends wait for me to ferry over the next round of pints. And as the bitter begins to flow, so does talk of Fassbender's recently wrapped big-screen adaptation of Macbeth. He and McAvoy compare notes on the interpretation of several lines, the delivery of Shakespeare's verse, and the demands of the Bard's darkest play. McAvoy played the lead in a grueling stage production of Macbeth on London's West End last year and was nominated for an Olivier Award, Britain's equivalent of a Tony.
JM: Yeah, didn't fuckin' win it, though.
MF: Shoulda won it, shouldn't you?
JM: Didn't fuckin' win it, did I? Lost it.
MF: Yeah, yeah. Easy, easy.
JM: I'm not bitter, I'm not bitter—
MF: Just angry.
JM: I'm drinking bitter. It's just really fuckin' annoying. No, I'm only joking.
MF: Oh, no you weren't.
JM: No, listen. It's not about winning awards, and I really don't give a fuck about awards when I do a job. But if you're sitting in the room, I'd much rather they called my name out than the next guy. Of course I would. It's not like you're Mother Teresa and you're like, "No, I really want everyone else to win."
MF: We're all winners, we're all winners. Goddamn it, we are!
McAvoy pats his friend on the back as he gets up and makes for the bathroom. After a six-month-long Oscar campaign for his role as a troubled sex addict in Shame, Fassbender showed a candor rarely seen in the For Your Consideration crowd, saying he was disappointed about not getting a nomination and suggesting he was done campaigning—comments that were interpreted, by some, as a dig at those who did lobby the academy.
MF: It takes five to six months to go and do a campaign, and that's fine, but I would prefer to make the movie and tell another story. And that's all I meant by that. It's not like, "Oh God, this is a drag and I can't be bothered with this." It's not that at all, and I don't want to take away from anybody who does it, because that's not what I meant. Basically, what I'm saying is, I think we live in such a politically correct time at the moment. It almost feels like the fifties again. People are so quick to judge and pick on something that you say. The fact of the matter is, of course it affects you—because of course everybody likes approval, that's just human nature—so you'd be lying to say it doesn't. Like James said, it's nice to hear your name called out.
DETAILS: So was it validating to be up there this year, alongside director Steve McQueen, for 12 Years a Slave?
MF: Absolutely. Like I said, it's always nice to get approval from your peers. I think everybody wants that in life, to be sort of … acknowledged is not the right word—celebrated, if that's what it is. You try and tell a story and it touches people.
DETAILS: In that moment, as the envelope was opened for Best Supporting Actor, did you feel anxious or nervous?
MF: I didn't feel that at the Oscars. I just felt it was a very cool, chill, relaxed atmosphere. I knew what the result was gonna be, so maybe that was why.
DETAILS: So you predicted Jared Leto would win, but what about 12 Years? And Lupita Nyong'o getting Best Supporting Actress?
MF: I actually had predicted the way it went. I thought it would get best film. And I did sort of call the Lupita thing. I was pretty sure she'd get it, and I was so happy she did.
DETAILS: She gave you an amazing shout-out in her speech—she called you her rock.
MF: And I wasn't there!
DETAILS: What were you doing?
MF: I went outside to go to the toilet.
DETAILS: So you were taking a piss?
MF: Yes. I was taking a piss. And I did have a sneaky vodka tonic. But I got totally caught out, because I was thinking that category was going to be way down the line. And then, of course, you can't get back in until it's a commercial break, so I watched it backstage. I felt pretty embarrassed about that.
With perfect timing, at this moment McAvoy returns from taking a piss.
JM: Where was this?
MF: The Oscars—I missed Lupita winning. So there's a stand-in beside my mom. [Laughs] And Brad Pitt said he could hear them going, "Michael Fassbender? Where's Michael Fassbender?" Bad timing on my part.
• • •
MF: It was really bad. It was close here and frizzy up here. And then, because I tied it back, whenever I took the band off, it just went like this—poof—mullet. Really bad. Lucky enough, I managed to have a girlfriend. I don't know how—'cause I was really pimply as well.
This portrait of an artist as a young metalhead both is and is not a passing snapshot. Fassbender will still psych himself up on set with AC/DC, Slayer, or Megadeth on occasion, and growing up in Killarney, Ireland, he harbored rock-star aspirations. "I've gotta say, I wasn't very good. It was just two of us, both on lead guitar, and both of us singing—nobody wanted to back down," he recalls. "We couldn't get a bass player, and we couldn't get a drummer. It was a small town." The shift happened when he and a friend produced a stage version of Reservoir Dogs, in which Fassbender played Mr. Pink. (When Fassbender told Quentin Tarantino, who directed him in Inglourious Basterds, Fassbender says, "he got a kick out of it. I stressed to him it was for charity—we weren't profiting off his work!") As a teen, Fassbender waited tables at a restaurant run by his mother, who was born in Northern Ireland, and his German father, who was the chef—though he preferred tending bar. "I'm a little bit too proud," he says. "You're at the mercy of the floor when you're a waiter, whereas behind the bar, it's your domain. You've gotta wait for the bartender to come and serve you."
When he applied to drama school, he sought out programs that taught Method acting. And that training was pivotal in his breakthrough role, playing the late IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands in Hunger, his first collaboration with the director Steve McQueen. Living on just 600 calories a day for more than 10 weeks, the already slim actor dropped 35 pounds and learned an important lesson from McQueen. "I've been hearing it since Hunger," he says. "'We're gonna be gone one day, so why not just let it all hang out? Don't worry about falling on your face, because that's inevitably gonna happen if you're really searching. Because sometimes you don't know what you're trying to discover.' To put yourself in jeopardy, I think, is important for an actor." After filming one scene in 12 Years a Slave, in which Fassbender's character, plantation owner Edwin Epps, forces himself on Patsy, played by Lupita Nyong'o, McQueen found Fassbender slumped over, passed out. "I hyperventilated. I just blacked out—it was just a matter of seconds," Fassbender says. "It was the rape scene—not a pleasant place—and there was a lot going on within Epps, a lot of conflicting emotions. It was one of those things. For the most part, I don't … get so intense. I wish Steve wouldn't say anything about that."
Not surprisingly, Fassbender jumped at the chance to show his lighter side, playing a quirky, enigmatic pop singer in Frank, an indie comedy costarring Maggie Gyllenhaal that's due in theaters in August. "I would like to do more comedy," he says, a bit wistfully. "And I probably should!"
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JM: We had Ian, we had Patrick. We had the guy who carried all the other X-Men movies, which is Wolverine. Hugh Jackman, man.
As the title suggests, Days of Future Past involves multiple time periods, and the ensemble cast features Jackman as Wolverine, Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique, and two sets of Charleses and Eriks—McAvoy and Fassbender, of course, and those other famously close friends, Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen.
MF: Yeah, Ian and I literally passed like ships in the night. I got a nice little note in my trailer—obviously it was Ian's trailer before I got there—and it was, "Oh, they're determined for us not to meet." He was like, "So sorry we still haven't gotten to connect." But we did at Comic-Con, and it was great.
JM: I passed his trailer when … I had just had 17 hours, I think, of hair extensions.
MF: To get those suckers in?
JM: Yeah. It was down to here.
McAvoy points way down his back, just above his waist. In the film, however, his mop is merely shoulder-length.
MF: They hadn't chopped it yet?
JM: So I was walking past his trailer with really long hair, and Ian went, "James, James, do come in. James! Mr. McAvoy?" And I came and I sat—
MF:[Imitating McKellen] Jaaaaames?
JM: And then Patrick was inside and Ian was sitting. And I sat on the steps just there, and they said, "Would you like some fish cakes, James?" And I said, "No, I'm all good for fish cakes, thanks." Anyway, so I sat there and I had a chat with them. And they were lovely—they've always been really lovely to me. But Ian just put his hands on my face … and kept them there … for a loonnnng time. And just stroked my face for about two and a half minutes. [Fassbender laughs] And I let him. I was just like—
MF: He's a knight!
JM: He's a knight, man, and he's Gandalf, and he's fuckin' Magneto, and he's amazing! And I could smell the fish cakes sizzling, it was all going on as he's stroking my face. And Patrick was just being quiet. It was weird.
MF: They punked you. [Laughs] They totally did. You left the trailer, and they cracked up.
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JM: For the first five, six, seven years of my career, nobody even knew I was Scottish. Everybody thought I was posh English. Even Scottish people. Because it's all I did on TV, it's all I did in movies. State of Play, costume dramas, Becoming Jane, Atonement. And I was doing all right for myself—I got a real kick out of the fact that what was getting me somewhere was that I was able to pretend to be these cunts that had annoyed me so much earlier in my life.
After his parents' acrimonious split, McAvoy was raised by his grandparents in the hardscrabble Drumchapel section of Glasgow in council estates, the equivalent of housing projects. "We used to call people NEDS—it means non-educated delinquents," he says. "At times I was a NED, a borderline NED." In high school, he became fascinated with his art and music teachers. "And I very quickly stopped being NED-ish and very quickly started being pretentious and started wearing woolen waistcoats and glasses that don't have a prescription lens in them." A chance casting at age 15 diverted McAvoy from a course that might have taken him to the Royal Navy. And nine years later, playing a posh Englishman on Shameless, the original BBC version, he met his future wife, Anne-Marie Duff, who played his girlfriend. While we speak, a photo from her pops up on his iPhone. "Niiiiice," he says. "Sorry, I'm very excited. I've just had some carpet put down in my house. And I have not had carpet in a long time. We've had a drafty house for three years. I'm very, very, very excited. Check that shit out." At 35, McAvoy is unabashed in his domestic bliss. "I've been nesting since I was about 24, mate." He and Duff take turns caring for their son while the other is working and assiduously avoid celebrity trappings, refusing to make their lives and relationship a public matter. "You just choose the things you want to keep private and keep them precious. And if you sell them cheaply, then they become cheap to you also."
And yet McAvoy is not as earnest as he can sometimes project. He races cars and motorcycles when time allows, ties one on now and again, and relishes playing the occasional psychotic scoundrel. This month, American audiences can see that twisted side in theaters, as he portrays a depraved Scottish cop descending into madness in Filth, the critically lauded adaptation of Irvine Welsh's novel. And for all his BAFTA wins and nominations and highbrow roles, McAvoy still relishes his lead role in the 2008 hit action flick Wanted.
JM: It is amazing, seriously, and I am thrilled about it. [Laughs] I kissed fucking Angelina Jolie. Yes, we had a bit of a snog.
MF: [Laughs] Back again, James! Back again! Oooooh!
DETAILS: And how do you think Brad Pitt feels about this snogging?
JM: I am sure he's deeply unthreatened, deeply unmoved, and probably reassured in his masculinity. Probably.
• • •
JM: I felt the second movie was much more chilled-out than the first.
MF: Yeah, you're right, it was. Totally.
JM: The first one was quite fraught. In a good, positive way, but we were all still relatively new to the blockbuster kind of thing. So we stressed a lot over First Class.
MF: Yeah, we did, we did, we did.
JM: Whereas this one, we were all a bit like, "You know what, it's going to be all right. We'll still work really hard to make it good, we'll still sweat for it, but we won't cry for it." Do you know what I mean?
MF: Yeah. I'm going to take a pee, but … the BB guns.
JM: Well, Michael and I decided that we were going to go and buy BB guns. So we bought about 12 BB guns, and me and Jen—
DETAILS: Jennifer Lawrence and you?
JM: Jen's a demon, man.
DETAILS: Just generally or with a BB gun?
JM: She's a demon, period. She can throw a punch, she's got a good shot, she can drink. She's proper. I like that girl.
DETAILS: So was she the third amigo with you and Michael?
JM: Yeah, man. Well, her and Nick—Hoult—they're amazing. And with them and a few others, there was an ongoing BB war for about two months. Every time you stepped out of your trailer, you were pretty much guaranteed that if you weren't careful, you were going to get hit in the face. And probably get your skin broken as well. But there was a time where Michael was in his trailer and me and Jen were trying to kick the door in, trying to get in through the skylight. So … yeah … this second movie was a lot more chilled-out than the first one. Big-time. Massively.
• • •
MF: I think I'm a little crazy, but he's full-on fucking crazy.
JM: No, I think it's because I have all my crazy suppressed, and when it comes out, it just goes like that.
MF: I remember the first time we got in the golf buggy to get between the studio and base camp on the first film. James was cutting through the car park and missing parked cars by millimeters and inches, and I was hanging off the back thinking, "Jeez, this guy can drive!" Then I realized that he's just crazy, because he crashed right into the back of a parked Lexus. Smashed it up and got himself thrown off the golf cart.
JM: And when I looked up, I was about 10 foot away, and from there I saw Michael in the driver's seat.
MF: I was thrown over the back seat, banged my head off the steering wheel, and ended up in the driver's seat. I was like, "If I'm here, where's James?" Next thing, he was on the ground going, "Are you all right, mate?"
JM: Well, you've got the scar to show for it.
Fassbender sets down his glass, slaps his arm on the table, rolls up his sleeve, and shows me a knotted scar on his forearm. He then hikes up his pant leg to reveal an inch-long gouge in his shin.
MF: That's the bigger one. I'm proud of that.
JM: You've got the two. Oh.
In short order, McAvoy makes noises about having to depart soon for home, where he has his son to look after. But first, he and Fassbender start planning a date for their next adventure: a track day, to race motorcycles. ("We're great on two wheels, just not so much on four," Fassbender reassures me.) Soon, they say, after Fassbender returns from a trip to Ireland.
JM: I'm up for it.
MF: Definitely.
As we drain our fourth round of pints, I excuse myself to take a piss—much to the amusement of my drinking companions.
MF: Hey, should we just leave? Just leave and he comes back and there's only the tape recorder.
JM:[Laughs] Actually, could I have a cigarette? Are you smoking?
MF: I don't have any fags. You know this is all being recorded here.
JM: We're going to look so cool.
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Texas Rangers (33-23)@
Boston Red Sox (33-24)
Sunday, June 07
Fenway Park
Attendance: None
Game Leaders
W: Padilla
(4-3) 5.22 era
S: Wilson
L: Matsuzaka
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Boston, MA (Sports Network) - Nelson Cruz, who scored three times and knocked in a run, went 3-for-4 and was a single short of the cycle, while Vicente Padilla was solid in seven innings of work to lead the Texas Rangers past the Boston Red Sox, 6-3, in the rubber match of a three-game series at Fenway Park.
Padilla (4-3) allowed just three runs -- two earned -- on four hits with four strikeouts and four walks to collect the win. C.J. Wilson picked up his fifth save of the year.
"It all centered around Padilla going out there and pitching well and keeping those guys over there off balance, and he did a great job of doing that throughout the game. Not too many people can do that to those guys. Today he hung out there and he gave us exactly what we needed - a real good start," Rangers manager Ron Washington said.
Michael Young went 2-for-5 with a homer and two runs scored for the Rangers, who ended a six-game road trip with a 3-3 mark. David Murphy went 3-for-4 with a pair of RBI and a run scored. Omar Vizquel had two hits and drove in a run for the victors.
Daisuke Matsuzaka (1-4) got rocked in 5 2/3 frames despite fanning a season- high eight batters. Dice-K, who had his longest outing of the season on Sunday, gave up five runs on 10 hits to take the loss. He dropped to 3-1 against Texas in his career.
"It was almost a little bit backwards of some of his starts. Early on, he pounded the strike zone, a lot of strikes. I thought he missed over the middle and up on a team that can really make you pay when you throw the ball in the middle. The walks weren't there, the strikes were there but there were a lot of pitches, a lot of deep counts," Boston manager Terry Francona said about Matsuzaka.
Mark Kotsay, who came off the disabled list on Wednesday, had his first two hits of the season, including a home run for the Red Sox, who have won five of their last seven despite the loss. Jacoby Ellsbury had an RBI, while David Ortiz went 1-for-4 to extend his hitting streak to six games.
Young's solo home run to right in the first inning gave the Rangers the early edge. Texas plated another run off Dice-K in the second to build a two-run margin. Back-to-back singles from Murphy and Marlon Byrd put runners on first and second. Following two consecutive outs, Vizquel stroked an RBI single to left.
Murphy's double into the gap in left-center field scored Young and Cruz in the top of the third frame to extend Texas' gap to 4-0.
Padilla ran into trouble in the bottom of the inning, but kept the damage to just two runs. Jason Varitek walked, Kotsay singled, and Dustin Pedroia walked to load the bases with one out. Ellsbury plated two runs when he reached base on second baseman Ian Kinsler's error. Kevin Youkilis walked to load the bases again, but Padilla settled down and retired the next two batters to get out of the frame.
Kotsay's solo shot to right in the fourth cut the deficit to 4-3. It was Kotsay's first homer since August 14, 2008.
Cruz tripled to center and scored on a wild pitch from Dice-K in the fifth to put the Rangers ahead 5-3. Texas had another chance to score during its next at-bat, but Vizquel was thrown out at the plate after Kinsler doubled.
Cruz blasted a Hideki Okajima offering over the Green Monster in the seventh to give Texas a three-run cushion.
Darren O'Day and Wilson pitched a scoreless eighth and ninth, respectively, to secure the victory for the Rangers.
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The HP 12c Platinum offers both RPN and algebraicentry-system logic, memory for up to 80 cash flows, 399-stepkeystroke programming and Undo and Backspace buttons. Easily calculate loan payments, interest rates and conversions, standard deviation, percent, TVM, NPV, IRR, cash flows, bonds and more. Over 130 built in functions. Ideal for real estate, finance, accounting, economics and business work. Permitted for use on the CFP and CFA Certification Exams, and GARP FRM Exam.
Get more out of your calculator with the HP 12c Platinum model, which features over 130 functions already built in. It also has a bright display that allows you to adjust the contrast to suit your needs. This calculator is approved for use on several major certification exams for business and accounting professionals.
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The 12c Platinum calculator was built specifically for business, so it is no surprise that it comes complete with over 130 business functions already programmed into it. These include amortization, cash flow, bonds, and many more. It also can handle up to eighty cash flows, so an accountant or bookkeeper can use it for multiple accounts.
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Very few calculators come with the ability to adjust the contrast on the display, but the HP 12c Platinum programmable financial calculator has this capability. This allows you to prevent eye strain and see the display in various light conditions with ease. Adjusting the contrast also lets you see it from multiple angles, so you don't have to move it or prop it up.
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I have ever own more than 5 calculators. Every certain years I was tempted to some new calculators with new features, then I had to learn it over again. And repeat. After so...Read complete review
I have ever own more than 5 calculators. Every certain years I was tempted to some new calculators with new features, then I had to learn it over again. And repeat. After so many years of learning and re-learning new calculators I decided to stick to one everlasting calculator and give up the new fancy complex features - Use MS-Excel instead. Actually, if your task is hard enough to require a unique feature that drive a calculator upgrade, I guess you will find MS-Office handy when this task happens. I found HP-12C is the best one meeting above strategy. I have own it for over 3 years and never looked back. It's powerful enough, fast enough, reliable enough. And I also want to point out two points that are overlooked by many: 1. HP-12c has been produced for 25+ years without major change - longer than any other financial calculator in the world. I don't need to worry about replacement. 2. HP-12c battery life is freaking long. This is very, very important. I have ever purchased the most powerful, consequently most expensive HP financial calculator (I think it's HP-18c but am unsure). HP-18c takes 3 batteries and very soon I found out why - the juice runs out after months. I have to carry backup batteries on my trip. On the other hand, my HP-12c last at least 3 times longer with one single CR2032. The faulty power-on button happens to me, sometimes. I see it a manufacturing issue not an architecture design issue. There is A REASON it's produced for so long. I see this ideal to a financial guy and I won't be surprised if Buffett owns one, too.
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had hp12c made in usa, lasted 20 years. Platinum was made in China and JUNK. Need to replace every 2 years. Like others, the keys stick or dont register. Bring it back...Read complete review
had hp12c made in usa, lasted 20 years. Platinum was made in China and JUNK. Need to replace every 2 years. Like others, the keys stick or dont register. Bring it back to US, I will pay more I teach and students are not familiar with poor quality and assume answers are correct
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Poor quality compared to original
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I have been using an HP 12C since my grad school days in the mid-1980s. I still had the original from then until just a few years ago when it was lost (or stolen?). I am now on my second replacement. The quality of materials and workmanship is definitely lower now than it was in 1985. The first replacement worked fine for 1-2 years then started yielding inexplicable and inconsistent errors in calculations. The second replacement - which I've only had for two years or so - now has a defective #1 key. The key doesn't fully spring back up when released and has to be pressed VERY HARD to get the #1 to register at all. Obviously, this makes it very difficult to achieve any sort of speed, which is one of the main advantages of RPN. I will be getting another replacement now, sadly knowing that it, too, will probably have to be replaced within a couple of years. Because of the price, it's hardly worth pursing the matter with HP, but I'm very disappointed in the quality of the current product. I downloaded an HP 12C app for use on my iPhone. It works fine, but it lacks the tactile sensation of the real thing, so the process of using it is much slower than on the real HP 12C.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
12C is absolutely the BEST.
By rogersfl
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Since its introduction in about the 1075's I have bought at least 12 12Cs for myself, family, and friends. I now have one by my PC (HP of course) and my reading chair. They are an important part of my life.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
I love it.
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I love my 12C calculator. It works great and I
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Comments about HP® 12c Platinum Programmable Financial Calculator:
Great calc. I wish they included the original case and not this cheap looking one that the calculator sticks in and can't get it out if left in there for over a day. Anyone know where to get the original case design? Some keys work intermittent at times like 7 and ON.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
I finally broke down bought it!
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Comments about HP® 12c Platinum Programmable Financial Calculator:
Been using HP-12C since 1983. I bought this because I was afraid the old one might die, but it is still going strong.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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