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You can read the actual book, which is one of Harry Potter's textbooks in the first book and film. JK Rowling released the in-world guide for charity between The Goblet Of Fire (2000) and The Order Of The Phoenix (2003). The film follows the adventures of Newt Scamander, who is in the process of writing the book.
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This was the first thing that impressed me about Fantastic Beasts; it could easily stand alone. There's plenty left open to explore in sequels, but the central plot is resolved, and they wouldn't need to make another film if they didn't want to.
Another huge plus for the film is how the creators have gone to town on exploring the world in a depth not possible in the Potter films. A lot of time is devoted to simply expanding the universe and imagining scenarios and how this world can exist besides a 1920s New York. It was clearly made with delight and this makes for a very enjoyable watch.
JK Rowling's strong suit is in developing characters, and this film doesn't disappoint. Newt Scamander is very likeable as an oddball character, basing the film around him works because it's easy to care about him. The other main characters are well developed too and I look forward to seeing their next adventures, if the four are reunited, in the sequels.
On the negative side, there is an overuse of CGI in this film in regards to the titular beasts, and while the actors had puppets or animatronics to work with; the beasts are still clearly CGI, which took me out of the movie a few times.
The plot also stalls a little at a few points; some scenarios or conflicts are repeated a little too often; the Niffler was a little overused for example, and the ending is a bit drawn out in regards to emotional farewells. This is a minor nitpick, however, in what is otherwise a strong movie.
Despite the abundance of CGI, the film looks great – the dark, yet quirky and whimsical nature that made the Harry Potter books so enjoyable is played just right here – the film remains tonally consistent, whilst being able to entertain its audience.
In summary – Fantastic Beasts is a strong movie that manages to set up Rowling's expansion of the Potterverse well, whilst managing to be an engaging and thoroughly entertaining film in its own right.


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Dr. David Powell, a world-renowned equine researcher at the Gluck Center, said in a press release that he is "confident that the steps taken by Turfway will considerably reduce the further spread of the virus."
Elliston said the track will not release the identities of the infected horses or their trainer. The three positively tested horses have responded favorably to treatment thus far and are not in serious danger, he added, and the other horses in Barn 15 also will be monitored closely by veterinarians. Quarantine restrictions in such cases typically last about 21 days, he said.
EHV-1 is believed to be responsible for the deaths of at least 10 horses in Ohio earlier this year; those horses were not Thoroughbred racehorses. EHV-1 also was diagnosed recently in at least two racehorses based at Penn National, leading neighboring Philadelphia Park and tracks in West Virginia to temporarily ban shippers from Penn.
With the Lane's End being the biggest race of the year at Turfway, the EHV-1 scare could have been just the latest whammy on what has become a tough-luck racetrack. Since 1995, when several riverboat casinos became operational in neighboring Indiana, business at Turfway has been in a steady decline. In 1998, on the morning of the Jim Beam Stakes (now the Lane's End), a utility pole was blown over on the racetrack grounds, severing all electrical power to the racetrack and forcing postponement of the race by one day. More recently, a prolonged streak of nasty weather forced Turfway to cancel 15 programs this winter, costing the track more than $3 million in gross revenues.


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Top Ten Reasons Donald Trump is Worse Than Hillary ClintonThere is a lot of reasons that Trump is worse than Clinton.
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Um, that didn't happen. He didn't know he was disabled.
Hillary Clinton started barking like a dog during the middle of a speech.
Seriously what does that have to do with trump making fun of a disabled person? - AzN8VWoman
Imagine a j@(k@$$ like him in office. He'd b representing the USA, then he goes & makes fun off the wrong person & pisses a world leader off...
That's a huge lie.V 2 Comments
This is about 70% of why I hate Trump. Not all Muslims are part of ISIS, Trump. - Catacorn
Yes, the Muslims coming from terrorist countries. - Therandom
Not all Muslim are terrorists and not terrorists are Muslim or come from terrorist countries. - AzN8VWoman
And ALL OF THE COUNTRIES HE HAS BANNED HAS HAD 0 TEERIORISTS FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS. Talk about stupid - ARandomPerson
When he ignores what reps say & continues to say stupid stuff.
Aka the person winning in the polls. Even after Hilary's convention - Therandom
You need to stop believing the media - DoroExploro13
Nah, they are both equally as bad. Unfortunately one of them is going to win... And I don't want Trump. - cosmo
Neither are better, they both suck!
How does this affect Donald Trump's presidental performance to the point he's worse than Hillary? - Puga
Shows his lack of humility which indicates his lack of compassion... - AzN8VWoman
"I have money... A LOT of money! " Who cares S T F U trump!V 1 Comment
Again...Where's your evidence? Trump employs thousands of people, many of them women, and many of those women are highly paid professionals in management. Don't you think the media would have trotted out at least ONE woman who was "discriminated" by Trump if they could find one?
He "will"? Since he has not done this before, you must be predicting the future. If you can do that, you should be the one running.
He believes the only way woman can b successful is by having a huge rack. He believes woman shouldn't have gotten in the military meaning he'd probably try to get it where they aren't in the milatary. Sexist plus good chance to discriminate against them
And Hillary discriminates blacks for no good reason. - 3DG20V 3 Comments
A completely untrue statement, proving that Hillary and her supporters do not seem to be able to tell the truth about anything.
He has stated he respects Japan. He just said he wants profit from
Japan made good goods. Is that a problem? - Therandom
That is NOT a good commander in chief!
An interesting loophole in Donald Trump's campaign. If he says he wants to make America great again, that basically also means he's being pessimistic about America right now despite it still having some good in it. Meanwhile, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton believe that America is still great and that it can become greater. I don't necessarily think America is perfect, but I'm tired of Donald Trump acting like he's our only savior even though our country is still good in its own ways. - ModernSpongeBobSucks
He will make America less terrible. And useless Obama and crooked Hilary are both wrong by the way. - Therandom
Trump is not "our only savior", he's just the only one running for president on a major party ticket.
In which someone lost over 60k, SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS from it. And he tells everyone 'he did nothing.' Oh yes, he will make America great again /eye roll
We got a wall already. Besides that, the problem is not they r hoppin over it/breaking the wall, it's that they have underground tunnels they go through. So really, the wall would b just a waste of money... 'for the Mexicans'
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In an anti guy shooting, he just went into hate gay speech instead of addressing the issue. How DISRESPECTFUL!
Now imagine if he was president he'd try & force his way with what he wants not caring about how illegal it is, nor about the care & safety of the people! Down with trump!
In my view,Donald Trump appears to think the law and the Constitution are not applicable to him and might change them in ways harmful to the American people. That can cause a complete breakdown of America as we know it. I fear for our country because I believe all this will happen. I earnestly hope I'm wrong, but I'm heartbroken for America already!
Well put.
Like his while vinyetta against O'donnel? It's because she had an opinion she voiced on a talk show stating she thinks trump shouldn't have let a minior keep her title of miss America (I think? ) because she admitted to smoking & drinking when she was only 18 yrs old.
And in funnier news, he flipped out over someone commenting on his 'sausage fingers' & had to defend his fingers for no reason.
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2. He wants to ban Muslims just because of ISIS
3. He humiliated a handicapped man by imitating his disability
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I had to switch trains at Three Bridges, which is pretty close to Gatwick Airport. Twum called me while I was on the platform and we had a really fun conversation. I got to Brighton at almost 4pm, and picked Kathy out immediately because she is tall. J She has always been tall. She is now 6ft tall. Yup! Pretty intimidating for most guys, especially Ghanaian guys who are usually of average height. We walked down to the center of the town, to Pret A Manger, where one of her friends worked. We asked for a good place to eat and were directed to a Chinese buffet restaurant nearby. Kathy and I had a lot of fun, chatting and filling up on Chinese food. After lunch/dinner, we went into the shopping mall and got a few things we both needed, then went back to Pret A Manger to meet up with Kathy's friend. Two other friends had turned up, and we had a grand time poking fun at each other's secondary schools. Kathy and I left Brighton around 7pm I think (it could have been 8pm), and took a train back to London, where we got off at East Croydon, which is on the outskirts of London in one of the zones. I don't get the zone thing.
Anyway, Kathy has a house that she lives in with her siblings and a cousin. Really lovely house in Thornton Heath. I went in and met them, and Kathy mentioned that there was a Ghanaian restaurant a few minutes away. I wanted to eat banku and okro soup. I don't know why, but each time I hear about a Ghanaian restaurant, the first thing I want is banku and okro soup. So, after we had relaxed a bit and I had gotten to know the rest of the family, we went out to the bus stop and went on to the restaurant, called Baba Foundation, a Ghanaian community center. On the bus ride there, we encountered quite a few Ghanaian men who proceeded to propose to us and ask us out on dates. LOL! They complained when I told them I was married, saying that all the Ghanaian women they met claimed they were married. It was pretty funny.
I got my banku and had it to my satisfaction, to Kathy's amazement, since it was almost 1am. Oh yeah! It was that late. A friend of Kathy's, William, came to join us after he closed from work, and we went upstairs for about ten minutes to dance to the hiplife songs they were playing, then we left in William's car back to Kathy's house. We didn't go to bed till after 4am. Lovely night.
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
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Part 3 - 3/4
Working and Tasks
Working and Tasks
Next, let's jump into the tasks and apps of Gnome and Ubuntu. I also did not expect what I experienced, I was surprised and sometimes disappointed. Sure, the 17.10 release is not a main release, but I don't think that most of the results will change to the 18.04 LTS release.
And of course there are a lot of working pieces, but we know, I have to focus on what's not working well.
I like the files manager in Gnome. It is simple, clean and just works. There will be space for improvements, for now it's good. But I could not get Google Drive integration to work… like never… Maybe because of the VM. Preview (description in the Help/Guide) via space bar is not working. Also I could not find out what the arrows on the top, beside the folders do – not the back/forward buttons. Only (confusing) design? And where are the tabs?
That was a little weird. I like the look of the "Photos" app, but I don't like the way it organizes my pictures. Maybe just because it is more logical to have albums sorted by folders, when at the same time you have a tab named "Photos" where the pictures are shown by date. Also, it is a little weird, that it just shows every picture from everywhere. Here it shows my Google Photos pictures (still can't reach Drive via Files). But the biggest fault is when you open a photo from "Files".
This is a nice and clean viewer, but why is there no connection to the photo app? Even the click on "open with" just gives me Firefox (what?) and "Image Magick" – which should be hidden to every ordinary user out there… As a user I wanna open my photos, want to show it as a gallery and it should be easy and fast to make basic changes – like in every other operating system. And the photos app is able to do all of that – but not to view my picture fast from the files explorer. But Shotwell can. And is also there. So my question is: What??
Who will ever find a way through this?
Rhythmbox is quite useful and good for having an overview of your music, but it is a little confusing, when closing the app and the music still runs in the background. Then there is no quick way closing the music in the info panel. And: Should it maybe named "Music"? And yes, there it is – "Music" – beside Rhythmbox in Gnome. I understand why there are two of them – because the Gnome Music player is not good enough for now. But good enough to confuse people what to use. Decide!
"Videos" or "Totem" would not play a video or music in the VirtualBox. By the way, "Totem" is not a nice name. Includes the German word "Tot" which means death, if you should wonder why. Also, when you have to kill the app (I had to do this a few times in the VM) it shows not the app name "Video", it shows "Totem". Maybe it should be a kind of media player, named after what it is playing. Music or video, but on a same base like Totem.
Seems to work fine, also synchronizing with Google. More configuration would be nice in the future. Scrolling with the mouse wheel in months overview is a little weird. Maybe combine the "manage your calendar" and the "settings" (burger menu) button? Especially because in the "manage your calendar" button there are the calendar settings, which should be in the "settings" menu…
Quite good app, also synchronized with Google Contacts. Hung up on me when it tried to show the map of the location. More than once. Could not include a note to a contact, but syncs notes at least from Google. Not sure if everything works with the sync… And: The app is not present in Ubuntu. Why? Maybe it is too useful… Maybe they don't want to make business users' lives easier.
The "Help" app in Gnome is quite useful, hope they will keep it up to date and also adopt it nice for the new Ubuntu. And: Please get rid of the ugly lifebelt symbol, it's also irritating and the common symbol is a (blue) question mark. Like in Ubuntu.
Software & Ubuntu Software
It was a good choice to switch to the Gnome Software Center, but it still needs a lot of work. Like finding a nicer way to show apps in detail, making a better overview/categories at start, how to show pictures in a better way and separate user and power-user apps – ordinary users don't need to install "Gnome Packages" or a different terminal app. Also at this time – why are you hiding the "Education" category on the start screen? But there are a lot of good working app stores to learn from (also Linux based). After that, it would be useful filling the store with good/helpful descriptions and pictures.
Everything I need, it is just kind of ugly and the Ubuntu version has a bad overview somehow… the contrast between the buttons may be too low. I recommend a whole updated redesign.
Nice little app, needs a reordering for better usability. And why not bringing that app to Ubuntu? People love to have a look at the temperature while having to work on the PC… but why having a description of the weather in the information center? That's neither common nor a fast way to do it. Also: Why is that app not following the design rules? It's looking good, but does not fit to the other system.
Will maybe be useful when bringing improvements in the overview, the way it sorts and separates the documents (like Drive, documents folder, other folders and kind of document…)
AND: Why having one app to find and show documents, another app to show documents in the file explorer and then having LibreOffice, to show and work with it… better spend the work in other areas for now.
Could not try it, but the idea is good.
That is a useful app, works for me the way it is for now. Would need a little redesign in a while.
I'm not sure how useful this app is, because most of us use Google Maps and the ability to find more than just streets – like shops and restaurants and businesses – especially because of the extra information you get. But: I find myself just scrolling through streets sometimes.
Log In / Sign in
Well, when there is only one user, why have to click or to hit a key to enter my password? Just wasting time here. And: Where is the guest login?
Lock Screen
Yes, we have to think this over. Pictures as a background are okay – but is it a desktop, or a touchscreen system? It is just irritating to not see the input field for the password, I spend time to push the lock screen away to enter my password, just to find out, that this is not necessary. I would recommend to design a new lock screen, because I also like the idea of showing stuff like clock, weather and notifications, if the user wants to.
Also weird: I can set up the PC with a worse than bad password like "ok", but then I can't change it to a weak password like "weak" afterwards. Warning is good, restriction is maybe not so good.
Also here we can find inconsistency: Updates via the "Software Update" app, or the "Software Center"? And they block each other from time to time.
Again more than one. They are maybe handy, but "Terminal", "UXTerm" and "XTerm" is too much, even for pros. I think the "Terminal" is more than enough for most of us.
I really like the new settings. A wonderful new way, more logical, but also I found some things to think about. First of all: Why are you hating the user? Why should the damned owner of the PC be in "Details"? I had to search for that. It's just inconsistent, but at the same time things are just right. Like "Devices" – there are the devices. Perfect! But it would be nice to have the same way with "User", with sub sections like "Users", "Region & Language", "Universal Access", "Online Accounts" and so on. To give it a logical and user oriented feeling. I don't have a complete solution for now, but I would love to work on that as well. But for the start let's think about personal settings, which the user can change the way he wants or prefers, and global/system settings, he has or wants to do to the system, like connections, sound or devices.
I have to admit that Thunderbird is still my favorite mail client on every operating system. And I know this is no Gnome app, but I need to say: There is no progress going on for a long time. And we all know there is still work to do. What work? What about finally letting people change the order of the mail addresses. Or have simple, but better input field for signatures – like you know from WordPress – to not have to use external HTML editors. Maybe improve the design a little, give it a more modern look and feel. Better compatibility with different accounts. AND: Finally build in native sync for Google Calendar & Contacts – as well as other providers. I think I would find more things to do, but this is not about my beloved Thunderbird… just wondering how they handle a program with more than 10 million active users… maybe it is time for a new leader of the open source mail clients.
Apps & Programs Conclusion
That's it for now, there are much more things going on, but this should be also enough to break down, what I mean with "inconsistency". Gnome is close to be a continuous experience, but when you have a close look, it is still far away. I apologize if I am wrong somewhere, please tell me.
Also this list should be updated every 6 months to stay accurate. But maybe we find a better way till then.
But I have to say this task took not only a lot of time, but also cost a lot of nerves. It was often disappointing and irritating. Sometimes I thought something like "no wonder why…".
So the main task here should be to provide a nice, logical way to handle certain tasks. Not to have a handful of choices thrown on the floor. Pro users will handle everything their way and install everything needed. But the ordinary user is left alone in the dark sometimes.
Some of the mentioned points are of course personal opinions.


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Okay, so Saturday night, I met up with a girl whom I'd picked up in front of a bank that same day. She directed me to her home, so I decided to take the long ass walk.
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When I got there, I escalated within 5 minutes, getting all romantic by kissing her on her back and shoulders (out on some steps). Then her phone rings. It's her boyfriend on the other end shouting that a neighbor had told him that she's outside with some dude…which was me. She made up some kind of lie and told him that it wasn't her. He called back and told her that he was on his way over. At that point, I was highly pissed that I walked damn near 8 miles with a cup or rum & coke in hand, to then have to leave within 5 minutes over this shit!
The next day (yesterday), she hits me up but I ignored her messages
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The reason I was so pissed, apart from the fact that I walked damn near 8-10 miles for nothing, was because I expected her to have handled the BF issues before she asked me to come meet up with her.
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Staff at HPFT have scored highest for motivation and engagement in the National Staff Survey for the second year running. We know that if our staff have a good experience at work then our service users will also have a better experience. So the results of this survey impact directly on the people we support.
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